On a pleasant autumn morning, a plain-looking carriage was slowly moving forward on a road in the southeast outside the capital city.
The driver's surname was Zhao Mingyi, and he was the general bannerman of a Jin Yiwei.
Of course, at this moment, Mr. Zhao is not wearing official uniform, nor is he carrying a weapon; he has been perfectly disguised as a plain-dressed, plain-looking middle-aged man. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is just an ordinary coachman.
That's all.
At this time, there were three people sitting in the carriage behind Zhao Yi.
Among these three people, one is Sun Yixie, the other is Huang Donglai... and the other one, whose surname is Wei Mingqian, is a eunuch who is nearly sixty years old.
When seeing this, some readers with good memories may have already thought of it. Yes, Wei Qian and Zhao Yi were mentioned in the chapters of "Jiang Muchan broke into Prince Lu's Mansion at night" and "Double Harmony destroyed the Fire Lotus Sect" in the previous document.
Eunuch Wei and General Zhao Qi appeared briefly.
In Jining at that time, Eunuch Wei was lurking in Prince Lu's palace, while General Zhao Qi was hiding in the market. The two of them were working together to find excuses to cut down the vassal vassal, collecting evidence, waiting for opportunities, and planning for execution...
Originally, it might take another year or two for this matter to come to an end. Unexpectedly, because Shuangxi passed by Jining, he and Jiang Muchan and others sang a good show of "acting chivalrously and doing justice for the people, eliminating harm for the people".
The end of King Lu's lineage has accelerated.
Therefore, in the spring of this year, Eunuch Wei and General Zhao Qi returned to the capital to resume their duties after completing their mission ahead of schedule.
After that, both of them received good rewards, and in the next few months, the two who returned to Dongchang and Jinyiwei respectively no longer received this kind of "long-term undercover" drudgery, and they were free for half a year.
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Until not long ago, the treasure "Xiu Long Bi" in the palace was stolen. After subsequent investigation, it was basically confirmed that it was the Japanese mission that came to pay tribute not long ago.
The emperor intended to ask two "celestial masters to protect the country" Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai to recover the national treasure, so they went to the palace to talk.
But when Sun Huang entered the palace and heard Zhu Zhu's request, he was going abroad to recover stolen goods... things were extremely difficult to handle.
On the spot, the two men began to pretend to be the emperor's grandson, trying to shirk the task. However, Zhu Yao refused to accept their trick and just recognized them.
There's no other way, I have to go, so let's put in some more "conditions".
But the emperor didn't have the time to listen to the hundreds and dozens of nonsense requests put forward by these two guys one by one, so Zhu Zhu called Eunuch Wei and Mr. Zhao...
The work of Wei and Zhao this time was not complicated either. They were to "pick up and drop off the two heavenly masters" in a similar capacity as bodyguards and assistants.
Zhao Zongqi has to be responsible for sending Shuangxie all the way to the port of Ningbo until their ship leaves the port. During this period, Zhao Zongqi has to try his best to meet all Shuangxie's expenses and the things that need to be prepared before sailing.
Eunuch Wei had to accompany them on the ship, escort them all the way to Nagasaki, and stay there to support them when they retrieved the national treasure and prepared to return to China.
If Shuangxie fails to complete his mission and dies in a foreign land, Eunuch Wei will be the one responsible for bringing their bones back. Of course, if he can't even bring back their bones, then he can just bring back news of their death...
"By the way, Sun Shaoxia, we took out the things you asked us to pick up yesterday. Do you want to see them now?" In the car, Eunuch Wei thought of yesterday's incident and said to Sun Yixie.
"Oh? Did you really get it?" Sun Yixie was stunned when he heard this, "Okay, let me see what it is."
What are they talking about?
The endorsement in our book here is the last thing among the "Legacy of the Four Thieves" that Sun and Huang collected in Lanruo Temple.
We won’t dwell on the details of the four thieves’ nicknames and the other three things here. Anyway, apart from the recipes, diagrams and secrets, they are the only thing left that has not been disposed of yet—
—A counter note from Baichuan Bank.
When Sun Yixie returned to Hangzhou last year, he actually went to the local branch of Baichuan Bank in Hangzhou to ask if the counter ticket could be cashed. The shopkeeper was a little confused when he saw the counter ticket from more than 30 years ago. Anyway, the final conclusion was
: Judging from the text that can still be discerned on the ticket, this ticket should correspond to a certain locker in the main office of Baichuan Bank in Beijing, but after so many years, no one can guarantee whether the main office still has it.
Looking at the things in the cabinet, I can only say that Mr. Sun, if you have the opportunity to go to the capital, you can go to the main office and ask, but don't have high expectations.
Just like that, Sun Yixie put the matter aside for the time being.
Before going to Beijing this time, he took the ticket with him. However, after arriving in the capital, he had a lot of things to do, and the ticket was not very urgent, so he forgot it in his luggage.
It was not until the day before leaving Beijing that Sun Yixie was packing his luggage that he remembered this incident.
At this time, his thief temper came back, because he was afraid that the counter ticket would be related to some grudges of its former owner thirty years ago, and he was also afraid that the things taken out of the cabinet were poisonous or hidden murder mechanisms... He decided
Asking others to help him get it without even showing his face.
Who to look for?
Just in time, didn't the emperor arrange for Eunuch Wei and General Zhao to take care of us? Then I'll help you.
So, there was this scene before us.
"Here, this is it." As Eunuch Wei said this, he took out a ring from his sleeve and handed it to Sun Yixie.
Sun Yixie took it and looked at it in the palm of his hand: "That's it?"
Indeed, for Sun Yixie, who has seen a lot of high-end jewelry, such a silver wrench with ordinary workmanship and materials is not something that can surprise him, nor is it like the legendary wealth-oriented person.
The fateful "Flying Thief" will deliberately deposit things in Baichuan Bank.
He then asked Huang Dong to take a look again to confirm whether the finger ring was a magic weapon or something, but the answer he got was also negative.
Sun Yixie, who was a little disappointed, could only accept it temporarily with the thought of "in case there is any hidden secret in this thing" and put it on his right thumb.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So... is there actually such a secret?
Of course there is.
At this time, Shuanghe didn't know that it was this thing that would involve them in the martial arts storm of "Six Kings Confrontation" in the future, but that was after they came back from Japan, so I won't show it here for the time being.
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He also said that now, as the carriage the four of them were riding got farther and farther away from the capital, the scenery on both sides of the road became more and more desolate.
Although they took a main road, the official road at that time was not as good as the highway now. It is normal for you to walk halfway down the road and not see a single traveler around you for a long time.
When they reached noon, the four of them encountered such a period of time when no one was around.
It was at this moment...that something happened to them.
"Uh-" Speaking of this moment, General Zhao suddenly stopped the car and said to the three people in the car in a very calm tone, "There is someone hijacking the road ahead."
"Ah?" Huang Donglai twisted his mouth when he heard this, "We have just been out of the capital for half a day, and there are people robbing people on the road? This world is really not peaceful."
Everyone, if you look at his reaction, you will understand that he is confident.
Normal people, even people in the world, when they hear someone trying to rob someone... let alone fear, they will be on guard and prepare to deal with the enemy. However, Huang Donglai just sat there calmly and made a sharp comment on social security.
Why is this?
It's very simple, because before the trip started, he and Sun Yixie had inquired about the Wei Qian and Eunuch Wei beside them. Although his official position was only the "fifth gear head" of Dongchang, his martial arts were ranked among the best in the entire Dongchang.
He was ranked second, behind the factory owner Wang Ting.
With a person like this sitting here, the Jie Dao'er's number of people, less than a hundred, probably wouldn't be enough.
"Eunuch, why don't you...please help me?" Sun Yixie also planned to let Eunuch Wei go out for some activities based on the idea that the helpers sent by the emperor would not be used in vain.
Unexpectedly, the next second, Mr. Zhao, who heard their conversation outside the car, said again: "You are not robbing us, you are robbing others."
Only after hearing this did the people in the car understand that Mr. Zhao stopped the car not because someone was standing in the middle of the road with a knife blocking their way, but because he saw someone in the distance being robbed.
"Ah?" Huang Donglai thought for a while and then continued, "Then we have to take care of it, right?"
"You two young heroes can take care of it if you want." Zhao Zongqi is actually a relatively decent person. Although he chooses responsibility over chivalry when faced with major decisions, he still tends to help the people if conditions permit. "
Or... let Zhao take action?"
"Can you do it alone?" Sun Yixie asked casually.
Originally, he just wanted to be polite and waited for Mr. Zhao to reply "No problem", and then he took advantage of the situation and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."
But Zhao Zongqi replied: "It doesn't matter, they are just a few thieves. You can tell at a glance that they have no martial arts skills. If they hadn't met a woman, they probably wouldn't have dared to take action."
"What?" Hearing the word "woman", Sun Yixie's door opened immediately. In less than a second, his head pushed open the curtain from the car window and stretched out, his small eyes narrowed.
, and immediately locked onto a carriage and several figures a hundred meters ahead.
"Damn it!" After glancing at it, Sun Yixie retracted his head, then jumped out from the front of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage, "In broad daylight, in the clear sky, someone actually committed such a robbery.
Such a thing! As a martial arts practitioner, how can I stand by and watch?"
"Ouch~" Zhao Zongqi was shocked at that time, thinking to himself: How come Sun Shaoxia's front feet are still calm, but his back feet are as if he had been injected with chicken blood?
He was still surprised when he saw Sun Yixie running forward like a hyena chasing food.
At the same moment, more than a hundred meters away.
Five or six knife-wielding gangsters were forming an arc in front of a carriage, staring eagerly at each other and confronting the people in the carriage.
The person driving the carriage was a young woman. She looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, and her appearance could be said to be picturesque and pretty. Because she was slender and wore elegant women's clothes, she stood out from afar.
You can tell she is a young woman.
By the way, the carriage driven by the woman is going in the opposite direction to Sun Yixie and the others, that is, it is heading to the capital. If her carriage is going in the same direction as Sun Yixie and the others, Mr. Zhao Qi
Brother Sun probably couldn't see the situation clearly just by looking at the rear of the carriage.
"Hehe... Xiaonizi, I advise you to get out of the car. My brothers are reluctant to hurt you. As long as you obey, we promise not to harm your life, right brothers?" One of the robbers looked at the car.
The face of the woman above was filled with joy.
The few people standing next to him also laughed lustfully with him, as if they had already sketched in their minds the happy scene with the beauty in front of them.
They didn't notice at all... at this moment, someone behind them was approaching quietly with a trident, preparing to attack them.
Seeing this, some people may want to ask, isn't Sun Yixie's martial arts skills not low now? How can he use a sneak attack from behind to deal with a few Jie Dao'er's miscellaneous fish?
It is true that today's Brother Sun, as he has been practicing "Reversal of the Universe" for longer and longer, his internal strength can already suppress many second-rate masters in the world. In addition, he is equipped with a treasured weapon and a protective armor.
Fighting these predators head-on is no different than mowing grass.
But... the matter of "shooting from behind" is not only very consistent with his natural personality, but also a combat philosophy that he has been strengthened and brainwashed on Erxian Island. Therefore, in this situation where sneak attacks are possible,
He basically doesn't make a second choice.
However, just when Sun Yixie was about to use his trident to sweep with one hand and "cut off" all the row of robbers in front of him from his back knee...
Puff puff……
The six robbers, one by one... fell to the ground themselves.
Sun Yixie, who happened to be running nearby, quickly stopped his move. When he looked down, he saw that every one of the people on the ground had black and purple faces, and they all stopped breathing in a short period of time.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Oh, it's you." After a breath, the girl driving the carriage suddenly spoke.
The voice seemed familiar. Sun Yixie quickly raised his head to take a closer look at the other person's face. After a few seconds of reaction, he smiled: "Ha...it turns out to be Miss Xin'er, long time no see."
Who is this Xin'er?
I wonder if you readers still remember that there is a story in the previous book about "The Second Master Zuo met a noble man in the rain pavilion, and the tiger in the stone found life again". There was such a pair of masters and apprentices in it. The master was known as Jianghu.
Hu Ning'er, the miracle doctor of "Fairy Miao Hands", and her apprentice, is this Xin'er.
At first, after Huang Donglai helped "Tiger in the Stone" Xie Run to remove the "life-stealing tyrant", the pair of masters and apprentices helped cure Xie Run, who had only half his life left.
They didn't get involved in the grudge, they just cured the person and left.
Now nearly a year has passed, and I didn't expect that the two sides would meet again on this road.
"Who is your sister?" Xin'er immediately curled her lips and replied angrily, "Am I familiar with you? We call you so affectionate?"
"Xin'er." At this time, another woman's voice sounded from the car behind Xin'er, "Is it Sun Yixi and Sun Shaoxia who are speaking outside the car?"
Sun Yixie could also tell that the voice was that of Hu Ning'er.
"That's him." Xin'er turned around and responded, "He rushed over stupidly with a weapon and wanted to stand up for us."
"Oh, you have such a mouth..." Hu Ning'er muttered to Xiner in a slightly stern tone, then stretched out a hand and gently opened the curtain in front of the car, revealing her charming and elegant figure.
With a beautiful face that only mature women have, she said to Sun Yixie, "Thank you so much, Young Master Sun, for your generous action. Don't blame Xin'er for being rude."
"Ha... what are you talking about, senior?" Hearing this, Sun Yixie also borrowed the donkey from the slope, "Let's get to know each other, sister Xin'er..." When he said this, Xin'er glared at him, and then changed his words,
"...If Miss Xin'er doesn't talk like this, I won't be used to it." He paused, "Besides, I didn't do anything. If I knew you were senior in the car, I wouldn't have stopped talking from the beginning.
You have come here to show your shame based on your ability."
Now that things have happened, Sun Yixie also understands that these people on the ground were brought down by Hu Ning'er with poison. In other words, it doesn't matter whether he comes to help or not. These people who robbed Dao'er can't do anything to Master Hu Ning'er.
What threat does the gangster pose?
"Young Master Sun is too modest. His chivalrous actions are unnecessary." Hu Ning'er said, "It is a blessing for the younger generation in the martial arts world to have a talent like you."
The two exchanged polite words back and forth. In the process, Mr. Zhao, who had been watching from a distance for a while, also slowly drove over.
Then Huang Donglai also got out of the car and said hello to the two old acquaintances. After some pleasantries, the two parties went their separate ways.
None of them asked where the other person was going or what he was doing... This is also the tacit rule of Jianghu people. If the other person is not very familiar with you, it is best for you to ask less and say less about such things, so as not to expose the other person or yourself.
Cause unnecessary trouble.
As for the corpses of the gangsters just now, they were just exposed in the wilderness and no one cared about them...
At that time, this was nothing new.
"It turns out that you two... have a relationship with that East Harmony and Western Poison?" After the two parties parted ways, after a while, another person in Hu Ning'er's carriage spoke.
She was a girl who looked to be no more than twelve or thirteen years old, but her demeanor and tone of voice seemed very mature, even surpassing Hu Ning'er, who was nearly forty years old, in terms of aura.
"Yes, but it's not very deep." Hu Ning'er answered cautiously. Her words did not reveal any information that could allow people to deduce how this "friendship" came about, and she immediately asked
, "From the tone of Building Master Ling, do you also know them?"
"We had a chance encounter, but... they didn't really 'meet me,'" Ling Sheng'er replied.
Hu Ning'er understood what she meant, so she didn't go into detail about this problem, but continued to chat: "What do you think of these two young heroes from the perspective of Ling Louzhu?"
Ling Sheng'er thought for a while: "I thought these two people acted strangely before, but they do have some abilities..." She paused here, and her tone gradually became hesitant, "But when we met just now..."
The words stopped abruptly.
Because it would be inconvenient for her to say anything further.
Just now, Ling Sheng'er was sitting in the carriage. Although she didn't poke her head out, she still peeked outside the car from the edge of the car curtain that Hu Ning'er had opened.
By chance, her eyes happened to fall on Sun Yixie's hand, and she saw the silver ring that Sun Yixie had just put on.
As the owner of "Tingfeng Tower", the largest intelligence organization on Green Forest Road, Ling Sheng'er is well-informed. Others don't recognize the finger snap, but she does.
And the information that this finger was "in Sun Yixie's hands" was written down by her.