Jiang Ran felt a little awkward since he came out of the Sword-holding Division Yamen.
This trip made him have some unspeakable feelings about Si Yamen.
If you have to say something disgusting, that's not the case.
But there is always a little more worry in my heart.
"Every knife catcher who has a knife catching order will be followed by someone like Qingli.
“Although I say I’m not with you all the time, it still makes people feel awkward.
"Are you worried that the knife won't work well?"
Jiang Ran shook his head, his purpose was actually very simple.
Through the sea arrest documents issued by the court, he kept people alive.
In the process, if he makes more money, he can live to the end of his life one day, and after washing his hands in the golden basin, he can also live a better life.
Why did the imperial court establish a sword-holding department, and why did it keep the sword-holding department's yamen so secretive?
Jiang Ran didn't want to care about it, and he couldn't.
In the final analysis, he is just a commoner. The court is too far away and has nothing to do with him.
As long as it doesn't exceed his bottom line, just let them go.
But if he let this green raccoon follow him, even if it wasn't close to him, Jiang Ran would feel like he was being controlled by others.
I am even more worried that I might inadvertently do something that I didn’t want to do under the influence of influence.
The situation will become very troublesome.
Therefore, Jiang Ran refused simply.
When he walked out of the narrow alley and onto the crowded streets of Cangzhou Prefecture, these things were temporarily forgotten by him.
Walking along the street, Jiang Ran went back to the inn first.
Collect the rewards from the Second Lord of Yang and Moon.
Needless to say, he has already become accustomed to it by now.
However, Lengyue Dharma is worth mentioning.
This is truly superior martial arts.
Following Jiang Ran's thoughts, a piece of vast inner secret suddenly flowed in his heart.
Just like the Great Brahma Vajra Secret, as Leng Yue's true energy emerges from the Dantian, every bit of it is swept away by the Creation Zhengxin Sutra.
This time Jiang Ran had more experience than the last time, so he gave himself a lesson first.
Only then will the Zhengxin Meridian of Creation be assisted to digest the cold moon energy.
This time the time was much shorter than the last time. An hour and a half later, Jiang Ran opened his eyes and slowly landed on the bed from mid-air.
He opened his palms, and a touch of cold air naturally arose, and then condensed into ice spikes, rising and jumping on his palms.
"Leng Yue Nail..."
Jiang Ran flicked his hand and the ice nails collapsed, but he felt relieved.
Now that he has read the entire Lengyue Dharma, Jiang Ran naturally knows a lot about Lengyue Nails.
It was precisely because of this that Jiang Ran knew that Leng Yue Nail should not be underestimated.
This nail is made from the condensed energy of Leng Yue, and contains cold poison. Once it hits, the opponent will not only suffer unbearable pain at the broken spot, but also have cold poison enter his body.
If there is no expert to help expel him, even if he seems to have run away, it will only delay his death.
Now, Jiang Ran does not use Leng Yue's true energy to activate it, but uses the Zhengxin Sutra of Creation to fuse the cold energy of Leng Yue's Dharma to create the Leng Yue Nail.
Among them, the power surges.
"It can be said to be a relatively vicious martial arts."
Jiang Ran gave an evaluation in his mind.
In the Leng Yue Dafa, Leng Yue Nail is not the only method.
In addition to this, there is also a grappling technique called "Leng Yue Opera" and a set of "Condensation of Water into Ice" method.
Especially the latter is extremely malleable.
However, it requires water to be used.
Otherwise, like Yin Yueniang, you have to use your own blood as a guide, and it is also possible to coagulate blood into ice.
Finally, there is a move among the internal skills [Cold Moon in the Sky], which stimulates the internal energy of the whole body, leaps into the air, looks like a cold moon, and slams down.
According to the saying in the secret book, 'The air-conditioning is like boiling, and the ice burns the entire wasteland'.
Whether this is an exaggeration or not is a matter of opinion.
Jiang Ran felt that the Great Brahma Vajra Secret and the Lengyue Dharma contained in the Right Heart Sutra of Creation seemed to be connected in series through the Right Heart Sutra of Creation.
But after he gave it a try, he found that it was not as easy as he imagined.
After all, these two martial arts are very different and have no similarities. It is only through the connection of the Zhengxin Meridian that it is possible to unite.
But this needs to be carefully tried and deduced, and not rushed.
Moreover, Jiang Ran thought about it carefully. If he combined these two martial arts, when he performed the Brahma Vajra Technique, the Vajra who was originally wearing a Taoist robe would have a cold moon on his back...
Will the painting style become a little strange?
After thinking about it for a moment, Jiang Ran stopped thinking about it.
Instead, he went to chat with Liu Wenshan.
Waiting for the evening, Ye Jingshuang returned with Mingyue. Both girls were very tired.
But the harvest was good.
There are a lot of houses that I like listed, ranging in size.
The most expensive ones cost tens of thousands of taels. Jiang Ran glanced at the Tang Mansion...
This house is really big... one enters after another, one courtyard after another.
The Tang family emptied out overnight, and this huge mansion was taken back by the government.
I guess Guo Chong was still working on it at that time.
Nowadays, prices are clearly marked and sold.
Jiang Ran thought for a moment and realized that the house was too big for two people to live in, so he naturally skipped it.
It is estimated that even Ye Jingshuang has no intention of letting Jiang Ran take over this house.
It was just a matter of informing him.
The others are some houses with relatively normal prices.
The more expensive ones only cost a few hundred taels, and the cheapest ones can be bought for dozens of taels.
However, this kind of thing is not suitable.
At least Jiang Ran didn't feel it was appropriate.
In any case, on the surface, this house was not given to Liu Wenshan, otherwise there would be no reason for Jiang Ran to pay for it.
If Jiang Ran were to buy his own property, with his current net worth, he would naturally not buy a small house that could be bought for just a few dozen taels of silver.
After picking and choosing, I finally chose a decent-sized house with three entrances.
The price is three hundred and fifty taels.
The courtyard is not too big, and the three entrances are due to the layout.
It won't feel too empty when two people live there.
There is a front yard, an atrium and a back yard, and there are four side rooms on the left and right. In addition to the wing rooms and the main room, there is really room for a lot of people.
The more Jiang Ran looked at it, the more he thought the yard was good. After discussing it with Liu Wenshan, Liu Wenshan didn't get too entangled and nodded in agreement.
It was getting late now, so it was hard to do anything, so I made an agreement with Ye Jingshuang to buy the house early tomorrow morning.
Everyone here had made up their minds, and when they turned around, they found Li Tianxin walking into the inn door with a lost look.
He raised his eyes and looked around, his eyes were empty.
Jiang Ran was a little confused:
"Why does it look like this? Is this painting capable of cannibalism?"
Ye Jingshuang was also a little surprised, and her mind began to lose control of her fantasies.
What if Zhang Zhihua has ulterior motives?
Li Tianxin followed him out this time. Could it be that something unexpected happened?
Could it be that there is a conspiracy in this?
At this time, Li Tianxin finally focused his eyes on Jiang Ran and his group, and immediately rushed over, picked up Jiang Ran's wine bowl and drank it.
He let out a long breath, as if he had just come back to his senses.
After looking at Jiang Ran intently for a while, he stood up with a sigh:
"I'll go first! After you finish your work, come find me again."
"ah?"
When Jiang Ran and others were stunned, they saw that he had already hurried upstairs.
After a while, he came down again carrying his own baggage.
After nodding to Jiang Ran and others, he rushed out of the door and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Only Jiang Ran and the others were left looking at each other.
Liu Wenshan looked confused:
"What happened to this child?"
"I don't think that sister is a bad person..."
Mingyue also expressed her opinion in a low voice.
Ye Jingshuang and Jiang Ran looked at each other, and they both saw confusion in each other's eyes.
This gesture of running away was either because someone took advantage of him, or he took advantage of someone else. I guess I can't think of a third possibility.
But looking at him like this, he probably didn't suffer any loss, so he didn't take it to heart.
In the remaining two days, besides busying themselves with the house, Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang were looking for someone to arrange work for Liu Wenshan.
For this reason, Jiang Ran went to the Sword Holding Division's Yamen again to find Chief Liu for help.
Boss Liu took care of everything, which reassured Jiang Ran.
In fact, this is indeed the case. For him, some things are just a greeting.
Jiang Ran went to see him in the morning, and things had been arranged by the afternoon.
Let Liu Wenshan serve as a teacher in the government-run academy of Cangzhou Prefecture.
This matter is over.
Other than that, nothing happened during this period and everything was peaceful.
On the second day, Zhang Zhihua came to look for Li Tianxin again. He found out that Li Tianxin had run away, and he felt a little distraught for a while.
After that, he didn't visit again.
After Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang had almost arranged the matter, they said goodbye to Liu Wenshan and Mingyue and continued their journey to Hongfeng Mountain.
Both Liu Wenshan and Mingyue were a little reluctant to leave, and they only stopped after sending them all the way out of the gate of Cangzhou Mansion.
Watching Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang gradually disappear from sight.
Liu Wenshan turned around to leave, but found that Mingyue was still standing there without moving.
He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and looked at his daughter carefully before sighing and patting her on the shoulder.
Mingyue was stunned and looked up at Liu Wenshan, her eye circles a little red.
Liu Wenshan smiled:
"go home."
"kindness."
The father and daughter then turned around and returned to Cangzhou Mansion.
After taking two steps, Mingyue couldn't help but look back. However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't see the two people.
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To reach Hongfeng Mountain, you need to go all the way south.
To say it was far away, it was actually not too far away. After all, something happened to the Ye family that night, and Ye Jingshuang fled all the way, but within half a night, she ran into Jiang Ran.
According to the normal journey, starting from Cangzhou Prefecture, it can basically be reached in half a month.
If you use Qinggong to travel or ride a horse, the distance can be shortened by almost half.
Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang were on their way on horseback this time.
The two of them spent the night at dawn and were in no hurry.
Although Jiang Ran had been worried about the old drunkard before, now that he knew that the old drunkard was unusual and far away in Jinyang Mansion.
There's no need to worry at all.
If you want to get to Jinyang Mansion, you have to cross mountains and ridges, almost crossing the entire territory of the Jin Chan Dynasty.
This cannot be achieved in one or two days.
He had already planned that he would see the scenery of the rivers and lakes along the way, and he was no longer as eager as before.
Eat something delicious, watch something nice, and live up to the life you fought so hard for.
And the reason why we must go to Hong Maple Leaf’s house.
In addition to reassuring Ye Jingshuang, Jiang Ran also planned to visit Sunjiazhuang.
Although Jiang Ran felt that the reward for the knife-catching mission was very deceptive.
But...he finally got the whereabouts of Jiao Weiqin.
Now that you have it, there is no reason not to look for it.
Otherwise, if something unexpected happened later and Jiao Weiqin was obtained by someone else, Jiang Ran would still feel uncomfortable.
On this day, the two of them walked to a place with no village in front of them and no store behind them. They saw dark clouds rolling in, and it looked like the sky was about to change again.
“The weather has been really crazy lately, it’s too hot when it’s hot, and it’s suffocating when it’s cloudy.
"It's so easy to look forward to a rain, but it happened while we were rushing outside."
Jiang Ran glanced at the sky above his head and couldn't help but muttered a few words.
Ye Jingshuang smiled:
"This is an unpredictable situation."
"That's because there's no weather forecast."
"???"
Ye Jingshuang was a little confused again. After spending time with Jiang Ran for a long time, she could always hear some strange and unheard words from Jiang Ran's mouth.
Whenever he wanted to delve deeper, Jiang Ran would wave his hand:
"Do not care of details."
Ye Jingshuang no longer struggled.
Turning his eyes, he suddenly froze:
"Brother Jiang, look over there..."
Following Ye Jingshuang's finger, he saw a small building in the distance.
There is such a place in this out-of-the-way place, next to the avenue?
The two people looked at each other and felt something was wrong.
"Have you seen it before?"
Jiang Ran asked Ye Jingshuang casually.
After all, it's not too far from Hongfeng Mountain.
As soon as Ye Jingshuang shook his head, the rain stars in the sky had already fallen, and the big raindrops hit the ground, which showed that the rain was very strong.
Once it does fall, it's a downpour.
Seeing this, Jiang Ran nodded:
"It's too dangerous to ride horses in this weather.
“If there is a problem with this house, it’s the right time to take it.
"If that's okay, I'll stay here for the night... wait until the rain stops before we go on our way.
"But you still have to be careful and don't capsize in the gutter."
"good."
Ye Jingshuang nodded and had no additional comments.
Jiang Ran's martial arts skills are unparalleled, and his swordsmanship is also quite good. With this confidence, even if there is something really weird in this place, there is no need to worry too much.
Immediately the two men urged the horse forward.
The small building was not too far away from them, and they were already in front of them in a moment.
There is even a small courtyard in front of the building where some chickens and ducks are raised.
At this time, they were all locked in a cage, shivering, waiting for the rainstorm to come.
Around the yard, there were some carriages scattered, but no horses.
I guess it was placed somewhere else.
In addition, there is a large fence hanging on the wall of this small building.
When you go out and encounter a house that does not have an inn sign but a large fence hanging outside, it means that it is also an inn.
You can spend money on hotels, places to eat and drink.
Seeing this, Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang looked at each other, then turned over and dismounted.
As I was walking inside, I saw a middle-aged man coming out of the door:
"You two, come into the house quickly and I'll help you with your legs."
The so-called 'foot power' refers to Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang's horses.
Jiang Ran thanked him, handed the reins to the middle-aged man, and led Ye Jingshuang through the door first.
As soon as they entered the door, they heard a loud explosion and thunder. When they turned around, heavy rain had already fallen.
Jiang Ran shook off the water stains on his hands and looked back at Ye Jingshuang:
"so close."
Ye Jingshuang nodded and looked inside. The first floor was made into a hall.
There were many tables and chairs, and scattered guests were sitting among them, drinking tea and chatting casually.
Some were merchants on their way, and some were Jianghu people with weapons.
It seems quite harmonious.
I didn't pay too much attention to the two of them. I took a quick glance and didn't take it to heart.
There is a shopkeeper behind the counter who is keeping accounts.
Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang came to the front. The shopkeeper glanced at them and said before they could speak:
"There are quite a few guests on their way today, but now there is only one room left...
"What do you two say?"
Ye Jingshuang glanced at Jiang Ran, who smiled:
"That's just enough."
In fact, even if there are rooms in this inn, Jiang Ran plans to get a room.
It's not that he has any bad thoughts about Ye Jingshuang.
Mainly because it is an unusual place and someone has to be vigilant.
One room, one bed, and two people taking turns to rest is the best way.
"Okay, okay."
The shopkeeper nodded immediately, and just as he was about to say something, he saw that the middle-aged man outside the door had already walked in, his whole body drenched.
The shopkeeper even waved to him:
"Old Wang, take them upstairs."
"good."
Lao Wang had a simple and honest face. He just shook his head when he heard this, and then smiled at Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang:
"You two come with me."
While talking, he passed by them and walked towards the second floor.
Jiang Ran stared at this person, but he had not noticed it when he glanced outside. Now when he listened carefully, he could see that this person's breathing was light and thin, and there was a strange pattern hidden in it.
It seems that a mysterious mental method is running at every moment.
Unfortunately, his steps were heavy, as if he didn't know martial arts...
It's a little weird.
The stairs were in disrepair and made a creaking sound with every step.
In a matter of moments, the three of them had arrived upstairs.
The old Wang led them to a room and said with a smile:
"This is your room.
"If you need anything, just call me anytime.
“It’s free to stay in this hotel and eat, but you can’t choose what’s in the store and you’ll eat what you want.
"If you want to eat something else, you have to pay money according to the price... By the way, you also have to pay money for drinking."
Jiang Ran listened and nodded. Just when he heard this, the sound of horse hooves came to the door of the inn.
I lowered my head to look, and saw that a few quick-footed people had already entered the door.
I saw a young man shouting:
"Damn it, this damn weather is killing people.
"Where is the shopkeeper? I'll bring you any good wine or food. I'll give you the money."
Jiang Ran was slightly startled when he saw him. This person... was the young man who designed Zhang Zhi's painting in the woods that day.
Why did he come here?
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ps: Please ask for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month~~