Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 143 Jianzhuang and Elopement

After the five acupuncture points related to the throat were touched by the ghost doctor, the five heats converged on Ye Chen's throat. Ye Chen only felt itchy throat for a while, and then he couldn't help coughing, and even let out an unconscious moan.

"My voice..." Ye Chen opened his mouth to express his guess, and as soon as he uttered it, he found that his voice was able to speak.

"My voice has really improved." Ye Chen was ecstatic, and said again.

"Hmph! It's only temporary. You can last for three days. After three days, you will become dumb again." The ghost doctor said at the right time.

Ye Chen's face changed slightly, and he said, "How can senior cure junior's throat?"

"The senior has already tried it just now, the flesh and blood of the junior is not edible, now the senior may have a good talk with the junior."

"As the junior said before, as long as the senior cures the junior's throat, the junior can take the risk of diving across the lake, bring food to the senior, and promise to build a pair of artificial legs for the senior afterwards, so that the senior can have basic walking power." Ye Chen Said in one breath.

I don't know if he was convinced by Ye Chen's words, or if the ghost doctor had other plans in his mind. In short, he finally agreed to the deal Ye Chen said: Ye Chen will send him enough food for three months, and he will treat Ye Chen completely. Good voice, and then Ye Chen made him a pair of fake legs.

Ye Chen left the yard and came to the shore, where the owner of the tavern was sitting on the bow looking at the moon.

It wasn't until Ye Chen got on the boat that the tavern owner turned around and took a look.

"Do you know who has the final say in Yangzhou City?" the owner of the tavern said while loosening the rope and rowing the boat.

Without waiting for Ye Chen to nod or shake his head, the owner of the tavern went on to say: "Twenty years ago, water bandits in the Eighteen Villages along the Yangtze River near Yangzhou started up. At the peak of their arrogance, there were as many as a thousand people, and the people near Yangzhou suffered greatly. The Southern Tang government sent troops to encircle and suppress several times, but all of them returned without success. Suddenly, a man appeared, one man with one sword, broke into the thieves and stole the cottage alone, and assassinated more than 20 people, large and small, in Shibazhai with an iron sword. Leader, the water bandits broke out in civil strife, and the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to encircle and suppress this group of thieves. This person is the owner of Jianzhuang, a generation of sword master Bai Chenao."

A few years ago, during the day it was the magistrate of the Southern Tang Kingdom in Yangzhou who had the final say, and at night it was Jianzhuang who had the final say.And now it is still Jianzhuang who has the final say at night, but at certain times during the day it has become Jianzhuang's final say. "

Ye Chen suddenly remembered that when he was in Sizhou nearly ten days ago, he heard Li Junhao say that there are superpowers such as the Taiping Sect, Taiyi Sect, and Maitreya Sect who are good at seeking the country.And there are still some top forces in the arena, these forces are extremely powerful, and they are the overlords of one side.There are seven such forces in Jianghu, known as one surname, one village, two gangs, and three factions.

One of these villages refers to Jianzhuang. Ye Chen was not very interested in it at the time, so he didn't ask where these forces were entrenched.Now it seems that this Jianzhuang is the overlord of Yangzhou.He remembered that the swordsman who assassinated the ghost doctor before was killed by Ye Chen and the ghost doctor, but his strength was clearly at the same level as Li Junhao.This person should be from Jianzhuang.And the villain surnamed Bai that the ghost doctor said just now is very likely to be an important figure in Jianzhuang, and the most likely one is Bai Chenao, the contemporary sword master.

Ye Chen was thinking about collecting information about Jianzhuang after going back.The owner of the tavern suddenly said: "That's why Jianzhuang can build four sword towers at the four corners of Slender West Lake, and seal Slender West Lake directly."

"More than a year ago, the seven-year bet between the senior ghost doctor and Bai Chenao finally came to fruition. The senior ghost doctor lost and was forced to swear a poisonous oath. Dokdo, and it is stipulated that medical seekers can only go to the island to seek medical treatment with one hundred taels of gold, and only when the medical seekers go to the island, can they provide a meal to the senior ghost doctor. At the same time, when there are medical seekers On the island, a swordsman named non-Bai in Jianzhuang can be sent to assassinate the senior ghost doctor from the sword towers at the four corners of the Slender West Lake."

"Actually, Jianzhuang is not as good as before, especially the Bai family itself is not as good as the previous generation. Except for the current sword master Bai Chenao, there is no master in the Bai family. Instead, Bai Chenao has a personal heir named Bai Canghai. The disciple is very good. He is very talented in swordsmanship. He is in his early twenties, but his strength is already close to that of Bai Chenao. Fortunately, Bai Canghai was also given the surname Bai by Bai Chenao, and the bet between the senior ghost doctor and Bai Chenao Only Jianzhuang disciples with a non-Bai surname can go to Dokdo. Otherwise, if Bai Canghai made a move, the senior ghost doctor might have been assassinated. In addition, the Southern Tang Dynasty court is weak now, and the local government is incompetent and cannot suppress Jianzhuang. Become the half master of Yangzhou."

"So that's how it is." Ye Chen murmured in his heart.

When Ye Chen left Slender West Lake, it was already daylight.

Just now, after listening to what the owner of the tavern said, I know that the ghost doctor's enemy is so powerful in Yangzhou, and the boss of the gambling shop in Yangzhou, Bai Erye, is obviously also a member of the Bai family, and this person looks at me with the unstoppable look in his eyes Let him always have a shadow in his heart.The most important thing is that he now has travel expenses.So Ye Chen decided to leave Yangzhou immediately and go north to Song Dynasty.

Ye Chen was thinking like this, when he suddenly saw a big cart turning around from the front street corner, it was pulled by two horses, the brand-new black-painted compartment was polished brighter than a mirror, and a small red flag was stuck obliquely in the window .On the red flag are written the words 'World Escort Bureau'.A dozen warriors with swords on tall horses guarded the carriage.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are no pedestrians on the road and the traces are not easy to be exposed, rushing early in the morning is just the habit of the escort agency.

Ye Chen looked at the scene in front of him, and suddenly his eyes lit up. Maybe he could hire a team of bodyguards to escort himself and Han Keer back to Song Dynasty. As long as he crossed the Yangtze River and returned to the territory of Song Dynasty, he could contact the local government and be protected by the local forbidden army. , I am basically safe.

This day, Ye Chen heard about the Escort Bureau when he was in the border city of Yongle. It has a good reputation and has a big business. They can travel to and from all the southern countries except Khitan in the north.Even major states and roads have their branches.It's just that no one knows who their chief escort is and where the chief escort is.Quite mysterious.

"The Escort Agency is a good choice today." Ye Chen thought to himself.

At this moment, there was a buzzing and piercing sound in Ye Chen's ears. It was the sound of the bowstring being released and the arrow leaving the string.

The next moment, more than 20 warriors from the Tianxia Escort jumped up at the same time, barely avoiding the arrows, and the wall of the carriage was made of unknown material, the arrows touched it, but failed to break through at all, and all rebounded and fell to the ground .It's just a pity that more than 20 good horses were shot to death on the spot, and they fell to the ground amidst wailing.

After a round of arrows, nearly 20 swordsmen shot out from the two rows of houses next to them, dropped their hard bows and quiver, and shot straight at the more than [-] darts that had just landed. division.Soon the two sides fought together.Seeing the opportunity, the driver of the carriage cut off the reins of the two horses pulling the carriage, so the horse's struggle before death did not cause the carriage to overturn, but fell to the ground at an angle. Ye Chen just heard a woman's startled sound. Calls came out from it, but the people inside never came out.

"With so many swordsmen, I'm afraid only Jianzhuang has such skills." Ye Chen muttered to himself.He found that the hard bows in these people's hands were very good. Although they couldn't compare with his precious bow, they were still much better than the standard hard bows in ordinary armies.So, taking advantage of no one's attention, he ran over quietly, picked up a handful of hard kung fu and a quiver nearby, and quickly hid behind a corner of the wall, continuing to watch the excitement.

The battle ended very quickly, more than 20 bodyguards of the Tianxia Bodyguard Agency were all dead, and only two swordsmen died.Seven others were injured.

The fighting of more than 70 people was not small, and the nearby people were alarmed. At this moment, hundreds of people had surrounded the street.There were still a few policemen inside, but they were just watching the fun, and didn't have the slightest intention to stop them or go back to rescue soldiers.Obviously, this is not the first time such a scene has appeared in Yangzhou, and the common people are quite accustomed to it.

At this time, all the swordsmen surrounded the carriage with their swords in hand, but no one rushed up for a moment.

After a while, a swordsman said: "Little brother! We don't want to be your enemy, you should follow us back to meet the young master!"

A person poked his head out of the car window. He looked like he was 24 or five years old. He had sword eyebrows and star eyes, with a handsome expression, especially the sword-like gaze in the eyes under the sword eyebrows.But there was an unconcealable pain and sadness in his expression.

"You can't keep me, and I won't kill you, so you go back! I won't go back with you even if I die." Said the young man in the car, the junior brother among the swordsmen.

"It's him!" Ye Chen has extraordinary eyesight, so even if he is separated by a hundred steps, he can still see clearly. The young man in the car has met him twice, and he saw it last night in the tavern on the shore of the Slender West Lake. Bai Canghai.

There was also a woman crouching like a cat in the carriage, squinting her crescent-like charming eyes, crawled on the young man's shoulders, glanced at the swordsmen outside, and suddenly giggled, "You idiot, why don't you go out and kill them?" Kill them all, and when Bai Zixuan comes, we can still elope."

Her voice was as delicate and soft as her person, but when it fell into Bai Canghai's ears, it had a thorn like a cat's claw.When the swordsmen outside the car heard this, their faces changed slightly, and many of them took a step back instinctively.

Bai Canghai said in pain: "You know that it is impossible for me to kill them?"

The cat-like girl giggled and said, "If you don't kill them, they will block our way. When Bai Zixuan comes, we won't be able to leave even if we want to. If we are arrested, you will definitely be killed by them." , and I will continue to be a concubine for that bastard Bai Chenao, and after he dies, maybe I will be a woman for Bai Zixuan and be played around by them. Are you satisfied with this?"

(End of this chapter)