New Year's Eve is still five days away. The old year is about to pass, and the new year is coming.
At this time when the old and new changes, the most sluggish industry in Xiangyang City is undoubtedly the inn industry
Because the end of the year is approaching, the merchants and travelers who are away from home are full of homesickness. They have packed their bags and returned to their hometown and reunited with their families.
No matter how hard this year is, as long as you can go back to your long-lost home and see the warm smiles of your parents, wife and children, then everything will be worth it.
But even on such days, some people still have to wander in other places.
Either they don’t have a home at all, or they have a home but can’t get home, or there are things that need to be done more than reunited with their families…
Chengbei Dongsheng Inn
The sycamore tree at the door is already bare, withered leaves flying in the wind
Manager Chen stood at the counter and looked out the door, feeling a little depressed
The customers in the store are already leaving, and the remaining few are poor people who have been owing their house money. If this continues, I am afraid I will feel a little sad this year.
Thinking of the nagging of the wife at home these days, Manager Chen's face is as ugly as a bitter gourd
Suddenly, a storm-like sound of horse hooves came from a distance
But a horse team galloped from one end of the long street and stopped abruptly at the door of the store.
Could it be that there is a business coming?
Manager Chen was excited and hurried out of the counter to greet him.
Before he could walk out of the door, a big man had already rushed into the door
The shopkeeper, do you have a good room? The big man asked
Manager Chen glanced at the big man, but saw that he was burly, thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly short bearded under his jaw, and only a piece of animal skin was wrapped around his thin clothes.
Although the weather was cold, the man was not cold at all. He seemed to have a hot air coming out of his naked chest under his slightly open clothes.
Manager Chen was amazed, but he was already answering: Yes, yes, yes! How many rooms does the guest official want?
While talking, six more people came across the door.
Everyone is dressed in similar clothes, and they are covered with an animal skin. A man in the middle is over 30 years old. He is so majestic, with a dragon-like stance, and has a compelling momentum. His skin is dark, his eyes are like lightning, and his thick beard almost covers his entire face.
Manager Chen has rich experience and can tell at a glance that this person is the leader of these men.
The six people didn't even look at Manager Chen, so they found a table to sit down.
The man who came in first said: We want four rooms. At the same time, he took out a few ingots of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of Manager Chen. He also said, "This is the money." You first ask someone to go outside the door to cook our horses, and then prepare a table of good wine and dishes for us."
After the man finished speaking, he walked towards his companions and sat down together
Manager Chen weighed the silver in his hand, which was as much as thirty or forty taels. He couldn't help but smile and said loudly: Dear guests, please wait for a moment, and the wine and food will come up in a while.
After the shopkeeper Chen recruited a friend to give the order, he personally made a pot of good tea and brought it to the table, and asked about his well-being.
Shopkeeper, I heard that your Wen family in Xiangyang City is organizing weddings these days? Just as Shopkeeper Chen was about to leave, the leader suddenly asked
His voice is mellow and gentle, and it makes people feel good when they hear it
Manager Chen hurriedly asked: Where is the guest official coming from? He also knows that there is a Wen family in Xiangyang City?
The leader smiled slightly and said: We are a merchant from outside the gate. We have some good fur goods in our hands and want to sell them to the Wen family.
Manager Chen said in surprise: It turns out that the guest came from outside the pass and looked like the Chinese New Year is coming soon, why are you still running around outside?
The leader smiled and said: The world is difficult, and in order to support the family, it is impossible to work harder. Is the Wen family really doing weddings?
Storekeeper Chen smiled and said: Yes! The eldest lady of the Wen family is about to get married, but I heard that the new son-in-law married into the Wen family.
The leader asked again: What is the character of that new son-in-law?
Storekeeper Chen smiled and shook his head, saying: For example, the wealthy families like the Wen family, we can't curry favor with each other on weekdays, how could we know what the new son-in-law is? But... Speaking of this, Storekeeper Chen wanted to speak but stopped.
The leader took out a ingot of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of Manager Chen.
How can I be so embarrassed? Although Manager Chen said that, the silver had already been put into the bag without hesitation
Since I took the money from others, my mouth naturally became loose. I also heard from others that the new son-in-law of the Wen family turned out to be a pimped man. I don’t know what luck he had, but he actually fell in love with the eldest lady of the Wen family...
The leader laughed: Hahaha! When did the famous Eagle Sword become the Turtle Master? I was so laughed to death... The shopkeeper, you don't have to say anything more, you go
Shopkeeper Chen was about to argue a few words, but someone had already pushed him away
The man had a very strong stern force. With a slight push, Manager Chen staggered and almost fell on the spot.
Manager Chen knew something was different, so he didn't dare to talk more, so he swallowed his saliva and left.
Young Master, it's a pity that the few taels of silver just now, I can't find out anything
After Manager Chen walked away, he smiled and said to the leader.
The leader smiled and said: At least, we already know that Eagle Sword is quite low-key, not the kind of person who likes to show up in public. Otherwise, how could he be misunderstood for being a pimp in his name? Haha...
Everyone couldn't help but laugh
Then he said a few more gossips, and soon after, the shopkeeper came up with steaming wine and food
The seven people did not use wine glasses when drinking, but replaced them with large bowls. They filled a bowl of wine and raised their heads and poured them down. They were like drinking water. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen empty wine jars were piled up by the table.
Such a large number of people made Manager Chen surprised and happy. What was shocked was that he was afraid that this group of people would cause trouble when they got drunk, but he was happy that the wine tasted like a person. These people were so refreshed that they would not be stingy when paying the bill. No matter how much they added, they would probably not care about it in the money they paid for.
The wine was soft and powerless until it drank, which was far from the burning knife in our horse farm! The leader raised his head and drank a bowl of wine, reached out to pick up a chopstick of beef from the table and put it in his mouth and chewed it.
His few people immediately echoed: That's right, the wine can fade out of the bird when I drink it. It's a pity that I brought too few burning knives when I went out. I hadn't even drunk it before I even arrived in Taiyuan.
Only the youngest person in the grade looks at others with a smile and doesn't speak
The leader glanced at the face of the man and smiled: Lao Qi, you must have some wine hidden in you and you didn't take it out to share with us...
The old seventh smiled and said: Before leaving, the owner specifically told me to look at the young owner and not allow you to drink and make mistakes, so I hid some, and it was not deliberately concealed.
The leader smiled and said: No wonder I always feel that I don’t have enough alcohol to drink. It turns out that you are making a fool! Lao Qi, now we have arrived in the field, what are you still worried about? Go and bring the wine!
The old seventh agreed and said: I'll get the wine immediately outside the store.
Amid the laughter of everyone, Lao Qi turned upside down from his seat and rushed out of the door
He was in a hurry to go out. As soon as he jumped out of the door, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him silently.
He was shocked. Before he could see the person clearly, he felt a strong force hitting his chest
The visitor deliberately attacked, and the timing was just right. It was his whereabouts. The old power had just left the new power and the most vulnerable time. At this time, it was impossible to avoid it at all, so he had to force his luck to resist it.
One move is done, and only the ears are heard. A crack sound is heard, a pain in the chest, and a mouthful of blood is sprayed. Before he could even scream, he was knocked out by the visitor and fell to the ground like a dead fish.
Who dares to hurt my seventh son? The leader saw the sudden change and shouted angrily, put his toes on the stool, and jumped towards the door.
His body movement was very fast. As soon as Lao Qi landed, he had already held the person in his arms. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand and pulled out an arc-shaped fine iron knife from his waist and slashed it horizontally.
A green light rolled up at the blade, and the surging true energy surged out of the tip of the knife, as if it were physically attacking the opponent's waist.
If it is slashed by this sword light, it is no different from the blade directly touching it.
Huh? Biluodao? Are you from the Kanto Sunset Horse Farm?
The person who came screamed, folded his waist and dodged three steps like a ghost, and then avoided the leader's angry sword.
Despite this, the visitor seemed to be quite afraid of him and did not dare to slacken at all. He used his body technique to the extreme and ran in the room. His speed was so fast that everyone in the room could only see a blue shadow circling around them, and even the other person's face could not be distinguished.
The Sunset Horse Farm was founded more than a hundred years ago
Hu Hansheng, who first founded the horse farm, was just an ordinary scholar in Linzi, Qi, Lu, and Linzi in his early years. He was determined to seek fame and honor to serve the court. However, things did not go as expected. He took the exam three times in a row, failed the list again and again. He was discouraged and joined the army. He was introduced by a friend to be a small army under the command of General Zhenyuan, Chengzhenyuan, Jinzhou.
Jinzhou is both a border fortress and a key to entering the pass. If people outside the pass want to do business inside the pass, they must pay enough tariffs in Jinzhou before they can pass. Therefore, although there are often wars in Jinzhou, there are still countless royal relatives and nobles who have sharpened their heads and have to serve here. After all, this is a Feng Shui treasure land. As long as you add a little bit of hat to the customs, silver will pour into the bag like flowing water, and you can't even push it out.
People are not satisfied with their hearts and snakes swallow elephants. There are really not many people in this world who think they have too much money.
Officials seek benefits in their positions. When they are in a good mood, they will add a few hats to the tariffs. When they are in a bad mood, they will also add a few hats to the tariffs. The hats get higher and higher, and there will often be a shocking situation.
Under such heavy exploitation, people outside the customs who rely on selling fur, medicinal materials and other goods to the customs office to support their families are overwhelmed and can only use smuggling to evade tariffs.
Smuggling is a serious crime that violates the court's laws. The most important thing is that it infringes on its own interests. In response, the officials and soldiers naturally strive to take the lead in cracking down on it.
There are many races outside the pass. For their own interests, tribes and tribes always fight with weapons. In addition, the living environment is extremely harsh, so people outside the pass are rebellious in nature, and they respect Wu and lightly literary. The pulses are full of wild blood flowing in their pulses.
For such people, how can you conquer them with force?
Especially at that time, the Jurchen tribes outside the pass were more than 10,000, and there were more than 1,800 soldiers in the tribe. They were all brave and good at fighting. No one dared to underestimate them. They could be said to be the largest clan outside the pass.
His patriarch Hulunklin was born with extraordinary force and was brave enough to be a man of thousands of men. He was the best master outside the pass at that time.
Hu Hansheng's journey of success began when he first saw Hulunklin
At that time, the relationship between officials and the people was extremely bad, and the oppression and exploitation of the government by the tribes outside the pass had reached an unbearable level of being unable to bear it
So, Hulunklin relied on his prestige outside the pass to unite the nineteen largest tribes to form an alliance, and raised an army to reach Jinzhou City. He would rather die in battle than bow his head as a slogan, and openly rebelled.
This is the famous Jinzhou incident in history
The tribes outside the pass fought against the government with their passion, but in the end, because the uprising was too hasty, insufficient preparation, and had strategic mistakes. They only knew to rely on their courage to attack the city, but did not know how to lure the enemy out of the city, and used the wide field outside the pass to conduct deep field battles. In the end, this vigorous uprising ended in failure.
Hu Hansheng first met Hulunklin in the prison in Jinzhou City
As an interrogator, Hu Hansheng met Hulunk seven times in this heavily guarded prison
Every time he saw Hulunklin, his favorability deepened a little. By the seventh time, he had completely changed from the initial sympathy to the final admiration, a deep admiration!
Hulunklin was born a hero. His innate extraordinary personal charm was enough to impress Hu Hansheng, a somewhat stupid scholar, and would like to use it.
With Hulunklin's planning and Hu Hansheng's efforts to help, the Jurchens used more than 300 warriors to sneak into Jinzhou City and successfully escaped from Hulunklin's prison by robbing Hulunklin.
Hu Hansheng did such a traitor, and he had no place to stand in the pass, so he fled to the outside of the pass with Hulunklin.
Hulunklin, who survived the disaster, was not discouraged and reconciled his troops to make a comeback and confronted the government again.
As the saying goes, one's mistakes lead to wisdom. This time, he learned his intelligence and followed the strategies of the scholar Hu Hansheng. He no longer foolishly attacked the city, but adopted harassment and guerrilla tactics to attack the small official army that left the city to perform anti-smuggling missions. He hit the target with one blow and then went far away.
If a large group of officials went out of the city to encircle and suppress the enemy, he would lure them to remote mountains and forests, and with the advantage of familiar terrain, he would defeat the officials one by one.
As a result, the government gradually felt difficult to support it, while Hulunklin's side became more and more powerful, and it was more powerful than the pass.
At this moment, Hu Hansheng offered another suggestion to Hulunklin, hoping that Hulunklin would take the initiative to negotiate peace with General Zhenyuan in Jinzhou City.
Hulunklin's martial arts are growing more and more powerful, and he is very puzzled by Hu Hansheng's idea, but Hu Hansheng pointed out that he did this entirely for Hulunklin.
Because with Hulunklin's strength, there may be this possibility of conquering Jinzhou City, but if you want to confront the entire court, or even finally break the territory and establish a country on your own, it is still too far too far.
In this case, instead of fighting in this way and breaking completely with the court, it is better to surrender while there is still room for recovery in exchange for the actual best interests.
Hulunklin trusted Hu Hansheng very much. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to adopt Hu Hansheng's suggestion to discuss peace with General Zhenyuan's mansion.
The specific matters of peace talks were handled by Hu Hansheng, and the General's Mansion responded quickly.
Because there are unsuppressible riots in the jurisdiction, if such a thing is heard, the court will inevitably be furious. Once the blame is made, not only will it have no future, but it is afraid that even its life will not be able to be safe. For this consideration, the General's Mansion also hopes that the situation can develop in a calm direction.
Through Hu Hansheng's vigorous efforts, the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement
Most importantly, Hu Hansheng not only won the right to negotiate the tariff determination of Jinzhou City for Hulunklin, but also won him a royal title from the court - the Marquis of the Pass, and a fief located about a hundred miles between Baishan and Hei River.
The right to determine the negotiation and the title of the Marquis of Guanwai are only immediate benefits, and only that piece of fiefdom of hundreds of miles is the real long-term benefit.
With this private fiefdom, the Jurchens have the cornerstone and opportunity to develop and grow.
Hu Hansheng can be said to be the benefactor of the entire Jurchen tribe. Hu Hansheng's influence outside the pass is increasing day by day, almost standing side by side with Hulunklin
A year later, Hulunklin betrothed his beloved daughter to Hu Hansheng as his wife and helped him establish the Sunset Horse Farm in Guandong.
With the Jurchens behind, the Sunset Horse Farm is naturally as stable as a rock outside the pass. In addition, although Hu Hansheng is a weak scholar, he is good at dancing and is proficient. Within a few years, the Sunset Horse Farm's business flourished and became one of the largest horse farms in the north. Even the imperial court often buys war horses from him.
A few years later, the Hu family's Youer grew up. Hulunklin, who was a grandfather, cherished his greatness and gave all the power of the Jurchen tribe to defend himself.
After several generations, the descendants of Hu family have improved Biluo Zhenli many times, especially Hu Keke, the fourth generation of Hu family. Although she is a woman, she has become a fool in martial arts. At the age of 40, she suddenly realized something and supplemented all the strong Biluo Zhenli with femininity. Biluo Zhenli's power has increased dramatically. For a time, Hu Keke almost fought against Jiangbei's invincible hands with a scimitar in his hand and the improved Biluo Zhenli.
Since then, the Hu family's Biluo Zhenli finally entered the palace of martial arts, and the Sunset Horse Farm has become a family of the martial arts world in Jiangbei. It was finally ranked as the eight valences of Jiangbei with the Zhao family, the Xun family in Qilu, the Xun family in Zongyi Mountain City, Lantao Yaxuan, the Wen family in Guanzhong, Huaiyin Nangong, and the Xiushui family in charge of the north and south canal transportation.
These seven people have such a strong background, no wonder the people who come here are so afraid
The leader saw that the person who came was very fast, and he revealed his origin with one move. He knew that there was something strange, so he hurriedly picked up the move and hugged him. Lao Qi retreated back, and the blue knife in his hand protected him in front of his chest, and his strength was not released.
Several of his brothers also rushed to him to form a circle of protection, and took Lao Qi from his arms to treat him.
When the visitor saw that they had no intention of taking action, he gradually stopped and stopped about ten feet away from them.
Only then did everyone see clearly what the person is looking at
But the other person had long hair in green clothes, pink eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a pair of big watery eyes as hazy as smoke. He turned out to be a beautiful woman.
The leader ignored the beautiful woman for the time being and turned around and asked his subordinates behind him: How is Lao Qi?
I just fainted, it was nothing serious about his two ribs on his chest. He was unable to move for the time being and needed to rest for a while. One of his subordinates replied
The leader nodded and let go of his worries
He turned to the woman and asked in a deep voice: Who are you? Why did you attack my brother for no reason?
The beautiful woman giggled, stroked her fair fingers with long hair between her cheeks, and said with a giggle: I really didn’t expect that the people in the sunset horse farm would do such shameless things. I have seen what a hero outside the pass is!
The leader frowned and couldn't touch his head, saying: What shameless? What do you mean? I don't understand
The beautiful woman's face suddenly became cold and she said unhappily: Since she did it, why don't you admit it? Everyone said that Hu Feng, the young owner of the Sunset Horse Farm in Guandong, is a man who dares to do it and stands tall and upright. She is the first hero outside the pass. When she saw her today, she really disappointed her.
Since the woman has named her, it means she is very clear about her true identity, and it seems that there is no need to hide it.
The leader laughed and said: It's Hu Feng, but I really can't understand what you said. I have never seen you, so I can offend you? Besides, you hurt my brother as soon as you meet. I haven't even asked you for any crime. You bit me back? If I hadn't seen you as a woman, I'd have done it long ago.
The beautiful woman snorted and said: Although I am a woman, I am afraid you may not be able to provoke you. Don’t talk nonsense, return the things quickly
Things? What? Hu Fengqidao
The beautiful woman frowned and said angrily: Are you still pretending to be garlic? What did you do in Huainan a few days ago?
Huainan? Haha... It turned out that happened
Hu Feng smiled slightly, and he had already guessed the origin of the arrogant and domineering beautiful woman in front of him.
It turned out that Hu Feng came to Xiangyang secretly this time, and was ordered by his old father to come to observe the current tense situation in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, so as to determine the future direction of the family.
But the group came to Huainan and suddenly received two messages. One was that Wen Shizhong's two sons died and disappeared; the other was that Wen's family wanted to recruit the Eagle Sword as their son-in-law.
Hu Feng immediately judged that the Eagle Sword had a very critical influence on the Wen family, and decided to lend the Eagle Sword the opportunity to congratulate you and get in touch with Eagle Sword.
The Jianghu Fengshu has an unscrupulous character and is despicable and vulgar, and often relies on nepotism to climb upwards. He gives people the impression that he is walking on the rivers and lakes by relying on things under his crotch, or using a little obscene word to describe it as the so-called "going to the world with one stick"
Hu Feng is certainly skeptical about this, but as the saying goes, groundlessness may not be without cause. The ability of the Eagle Sword to win such a bad reputation at least shows that he is not very careful in the relationship between men and women.
Therefore, since it is a congratulations and gifts, you must always give your preferences. Eagle Knife likes to have relationships between men and women, so you must also make decisions about men and women's affairs so that you can't be wrong.
This kind of thing is not something you can get with money
Hu Feng was entrusting his relationships everywhere and was indifferent. Finally, he found out that there would be a batch of tribute medicinal materials in Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and the tea would be transported to the capital through Huainan.
Especially among them, there is a strange medicine called Yufeng Wan, the name of Jiuzhitang in Jiangnan. Its performance is to strengthen the aphrodisiac and replenish qi. Ordinary people can take it to prolong their life and avoid the death of ten women at night. However, martial arts scholars can accelerate the process of refining essence into qi and refining qi into deficiency, which is of great benefit to the growth of their skills.
Because the refining of this medicine is extremely time-consuming and laborious, and the medicine of this medicine is difficult to find, it takes a lot of opportunity to get it. Jiuzhitang spent ten years to refine eight pills, which shows how rare this medicine is.
Because the beginning of next year is the tenth anniversary of the current emperor's ascension to the throne, the prefect of Jiujiang put a lot of pressure on Jiuzhitang to bring these eight pills and Yufeng pills out to pay tribute to him.
Hu Feng has always been bold in his actions, so he immediately decided to rob these eight pills. Yufeng pills are used as a gift to the Eagle Sword.
The charge of robbing tribute is really a big deal, but in Hu Feng's eyes it is just a trivial matter
Of course, making such an irrational decision is also related to his liking to find trouble if he has nothing to do.
The action to rob the tribute was very smooth at first, masked, poisoned, and held the sheep with ease. It was so simple. The real trouble started only after I got the Yufeng Wan.
It turned out that the person responsible for transporting tributes this time was Xiushui House
Like the Wen family in Xiangyang, Xiushui people do the business of water transportation.
However, the Wen family in Xiangyang does the water transportation from east to east to the Yangtze River, while the Xiushui family does the water transportation from north to south to the Grand Canal.
Therefore, although everyone is the eight valleys in Jiangbei, they all take their own routes and do their own business, and there is no substantial conflict of interest, and they have always been peaceful.
Hu Feng only realized afterwards that the goods were carried by Xiushui family, but they could not be robbed or robbed. Liangzi had already formed, and regretting it later was not his usual style.
In order to catch up with the wedding date of Eagle Sword, Hu Feng did not stay in Huainan for too long. He took the Ba Wan and Yufeng Wan and rushed to Xiangyang all the way with the eight pills and Yufeng Wan.
When Xiushui family reacted, Hu Feng and others could no longer be found.
Xiushui family is also capable. With no loopholes, they can chase Xiangyang with the tails of Hu Feng and others. The only unexpected thing is that the person who robbed the goods will be Hu Feng, the young owner of the Sunset Horse Farm.
Not bad, I took the stuff, but my throat hurt a little two days ago. I took those medicines casually. You want it? Then I spit it out for you? Hu Feng said with a smile
The beautiful woman's face changed drastically and she said angrily: Hu Feng! I warn you! What you robbed was a tribute to the current emperor, not a joke. If you really refuse to hand over the things back to me, I'm afraid that you can't afford this crime by the Sunset Horse Farm
Hu Feng laughed and said: I'm really scared! But I've eaten it all, what's the solution? Even if I really spit it out for you, I'm afraid I can't stick it back.
So, are you unwilling to return the thing to me? The beautiful woman sneered
Hu Feng quickly pretended to be serious and said: No, I want to give it back to you, but I really can't come out yet! What should you do if you think I should do?
The beautiful woman stomped her feet and wanted to fight with Hu Feng, but thought she was not strong enough
She thought about it, and finally gritted her teeth and said to Hu Feng fiercely: OK! You are cruel! But I tell you, this matter is not over, I hope you still have the life to return to the outside world...
After saying that, she never paid attention to Hu Feng again. She twisted her waist and flew out of the door.
Young Master, it seems like a big event! I think... it's better to return the things to her. After all, this is not our place, so it's better to keep a low profile. A subordinate of Hu Feng came over and said to him worriedly.
Hu Feng looked at the beautiful woman's disappearing back, and a strange smile suddenly surged from the corner of his mouth, but he said: Didn't I say it? We are people with identities, either if we don't play, just play the emperor's tribute? Apart from my father, I am not afraid of heaven or earth, what other bullshit emperor would I be afraid of?
At this time when the old and new changes, the most sluggish industry in Xiangyang City is undoubtedly the inn industry
Because the end of the year is approaching, the merchants and travelers who are away from home are full of homesickness. They have packed their bags and returned to their hometown and reunited with their families.
No matter how hard this year is, as long as you can go back to your long-lost home and see the warm smiles of your parents, wife and children, then everything will be worth it.
But even on such days, some people still have to wander in other places.
Either they don’t have a home at all, or they have a home but can’t get home, or there are things that need to be done more than reunited with their families…
Chengbei Dongsheng Inn
The sycamore tree at the door is already bare, withered leaves flying in the wind
Manager Chen stood at the counter and looked out the door, feeling a little depressed
The customers in the store are already leaving, and the remaining few are poor people who have been owing their house money. If this continues, I am afraid I will feel a little sad this year.
Thinking of the nagging of the wife at home these days, Manager Chen's face is as ugly as a bitter gourd
Suddenly, a storm-like sound of horse hooves came from a distance
But a horse team galloped from one end of the long street and stopped abruptly at the door of the store.
Could it be that there is a business coming?
Manager Chen was excited and hurried out of the counter to greet him.
Before he could walk out of the door, a big man had already rushed into the door
The shopkeeper, do you have a good room? The big man asked
Manager Chen glanced at the big man, but saw that he was burly, thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly short bearded under his jaw, and only a piece of animal skin was wrapped around his thin clothes.
Although the weather was cold, the man was not cold at all. He seemed to have a hot air coming out of his naked chest under his slightly open clothes.
Manager Chen was amazed, but he was already answering: Yes, yes, yes! How many rooms does the guest official want?
While talking, six more people came across the door.
Everyone is dressed in similar clothes, and they are covered with an animal skin. A man in the middle is over 30 years old. He is so majestic, with a dragon-like stance, and has a compelling momentum. His skin is dark, his eyes are like lightning, and his thick beard almost covers his entire face.
Manager Chen has rich experience and can tell at a glance that this person is the leader of these men.
The six people didn't even look at Manager Chen, so they found a table to sit down.
The man who came in first said: We want four rooms. At the same time, he took out a few ingots of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of Manager Chen. He also said, "This is the money." You first ask someone to go outside the door to cook our horses, and then prepare a table of good wine and dishes for us."
After the man finished speaking, he walked towards his companions and sat down together
Manager Chen weighed the silver in his hand, which was as much as thirty or forty taels. He couldn't help but smile and said loudly: Dear guests, please wait for a moment, and the wine and food will come up in a while.
After the shopkeeper Chen recruited a friend to give the order, he personally made a pot of good tea and brought it to the table, and asked about his well-being.
Shopkeeper, I heard that your Wen family in Xiangyang City is organizing weddings these days? Just as Shopkeeper Chen was about to leave, the leader suddenly asked
His voice is mellow and gentle, and it makes people feel good when they hear it
Manager Chen hurriedly asked: Where is the guest official coming from? He also knows that there is a Wen family in Xiangyang City?
The leader smiled slightly and said: We are a merchant from outside the gate. We have some good fur goods in our hands and want to sell them to the Wen family.
Manager Chen said in surprise: It turns out that the guest came from outside the pass and looked like the Chinese New Year is coming soon, why are you still running around outside?
The leader smiled and said: The world is difficult, and in order to support the family, it is impossible to work harder. Is the Wen family really doing weddings?
Storekeeper Chen smiled and said: Yes! The eldest lady of the Wen family is about to get married, but I heard that the new son-in-law married into the Wen family.
The leader asked again: What is the character of that new son-in-law?
Storekeeper Chen smiled and shook his head, saying: For example, the wealthy families like the Wen family, we can't curry favor with each other on weekdays, how could we know what the new son-in-law is? But... Speaking of this, Storekeeper Chen wanted to speak but stopped.
The leader took out a ingot of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of Manager Chen.
How can I be so embarrassed? Although Manager Chen said that, the silver had already been put into the bag without hesitation
Since I took the money from others, my mouth naturally became loose. I also heard from others that the new son-in-law of the Wen family turned out to be a pimped man. I don’t know what luck he had, but he actually fell in love with the eldest lady of the Wen family...
The leader laughed: Hahaha! When did the famous Eagle Sword become the Turtle Master? I was so laughed to death... The shopkeeper, you don't have to say anything more, you go
Shopkeeper Chen was about to argue a few words, but someone had already pushed him away
The man had a very strong stern force. With a slight push, Manager Chen staggered and almost fell on the spot.
Manager Chen knew something was different, so he didn't dare to talk more, so he swallowed his saliva and left.
Young Master, it's a pity that the few taels of silver just now, I can't find out anything
After Manager Chen walked away, he smiled and said to the leader.
The leader smiled and said: At least, we already know that Eagle Sword is quite low-key, not the kind of person who likes to show up in public. Otherwise, how could he be misunderstood for being a pimp in his name? Haha...
Everyone couldn't help but laugh
Then he said a few more gossips, and soon after, the shopkeeper came up with steaming wine and food
The seven people did not use wine glasses when drinking, but replaced them with large bowls. They filled a bowl of wine and raised their heads and poured them down. They were like drinking water. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen empty wine jars were piled up by the table.
Such a large number of people made Manager Chen surprised and happy. What was shocked was that he was afraid that this group of people would cause trouble when they got drunk, but he was happy that the wine tasted like a person. These people were so refreshed that they would not be stingy when paying the bill. No matter how much they added, they would probably not care about it in the money they paid for.
The wine was soft and powerless until it drank, which was far from the burning knife in our horse farm! The leader raised his head and drank a bowl of wine, reached out to pick up a chopstick of beef from the table and put it in his mouth and chewed it.
His few people immediately echoed: That's right, the wine can fade out of the bird when I drink it. It's a pity that I brought too few burning knives when I went out. I hadn't even drunk it before I even arrived in Taiyuan.
Only the youngest person in the grade looks at others with a smile and doesn't speak
The leader glanced at the face of the man and smiled: Lao Qi, you must have some wine hidden in you and you didn't take it out to share with us...
The old seventh smiled and said: Before leaving, the owner specifically told me to look at the young owner and not allow you to drink and make mistakes, so I hid some, and it was not deliberately concealed.
The leader smiled and said: No wonder I always feel that I don’t have enough alcohol to drink. It turns out that you are making a fool! Lao Qi, now we have arrived in the field, what are you still worried about? Go and bring the wine!
The old seventh agreed and said: I'll get the wine immediately outside the store.
Amid the laughter of everyone, Lao Qi turned upside down from his seat and rushed out of the door
He was in a hurry to go out. As soon as he jumped out of the door, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him silently.
He was shocked. Before he could see the person clearly, he felt a strong force hitting his chest
The visitor deliberately attacked, and the timing was just right. It was his whereabouts. The old power had just left the new power and the most vulnerable time. At this time, it was impossible to avoid it at all, so he had to force his luck to resist it.
One move is done, and only the ears are heard. A crack sound is heard, a pain in the chest, and a mouthful of blood is sprayed. Before he could even scream, he was knocked out by the visitor and fell to the ground like a dead fish.
Who dares to hurt my seventh son? The leader saw the sudden change and shouted angrily, put his toes on the stool, and jumped towards the door.
His body movement was very fast. As soon as Lao Qi landed, he had already held the person in his arms. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand and pulled out an arc-shaped fine iron knife from his waist and slashed it horizontally.
A green light rolled up at the blade, and the surging true energy surged out of the tip of the knife, as if it were physically attacking the opponent's waist.
If it is slashed by this sword light, it is no different from the blade directly touching it.
Huh? Biluodao? Are you from the Kanto Sunset Horse Farm?
The person who came screamed, folded his waist and dodged three steps like a ghost, and then avoided the leader's angry sword.
Despite this, the visitor seemed to be quite afraid of him and did not dare to slacken at all. He used his body technique to the extreme and ran in the room. His speed was so fast that everyone in the room could only see a blue shadow circling around them, and even the other person's face could not be distinguished.
The Sunset Horse Farm was founded more than a hundred years ago
Hu Hansheng, who first founded the horse farm, was just an ordinary scholar in Linzi, Qi, Lu, and Linzi in his early years. He was determined to seek fame and honor to serve the court. However, things did not go as expected. He took the exam three times in a row, failed the list again and again. He was discouraged and joined the army. He was introduced by a friend to be a small army under the command of General Zhenyuan, Chengzhenyuan, Jinzhou.
Jinzhou is both a border fortress and a key to entering the pass. If people outside the pass want to do business inside the pass, they must pay enough tariffs in Jinzhou before they can pass. Therefore, although there are often wars in Jinzhou, there are still countless royal relatives and nobles who have sharpened their heads and have to serve here. After all, this is a Feng Shui treasure land. As long as you add a little bit of hat to the customs, silver will pour into the bag like flowing water, and you can't even push it out.
People are not satisfied with their hearts and snakes swallow elephants. There are really not many people in this world who think they have too much money.
Officials seek benefits in their positions. When they are in a good mood, they will add a few hats to the tariffs. When they are in a bad mood, they will also add a few hats to the tariffs. The hats get higher and higher, and there will often be a shocking situation.
Under such heavy exploitation, people outside the customs who rely on selling fur, medicinal materials and other goods to the customs office to support their families are overwhelmed and can only use smuggling to evade tariffs.
Smuggling is a serious crime that violates the court's laws. The most important thing is that it infringes on its own interests. In response, the officials and soldiers naturally strive to take the lead in cracking down on it.
There are many races outside the pass. For their own interests, tribes and tribes always fight with weapons. In addition, the living environment is extremely harsh, so people outside the pass are rebellious in nature, and they respect Wu and lightly literary. The pulses are full of wild blood flowing in their pulses.
For such people, how can you conquer them with force?
Especially at that time, the Jurchen tribes outside the pass were more than 10,000, and there were more than 1,800 soldiers in the tribe. They were all brave and good at fighting. No one dared to underestimate them. They could be said to be the largest clan outside the pass.
His patriarch Hulunklin was born with extraordinary force and was brave enough to be a man of thousands of men. He was the best master outside the pass at that time.
Hu Hansheng's journey of success began when he first saw Hulunklin
At that time, the relationship between officials and the people was extremely bad, and the oppression and exploitation of the government by the tribes outside the pass had reached an unbearable level of being unable to bear it
So, Hulunklin relied on his prestige outside the pass to unite the nineteen largest tribes to form an alliance, and raised an army to reach Jinzhou City. He would rather die in battle than bow his head as a slogan, and openly rebelled.
This is the famous Jinzhou incident in history
The tribes outside the pass fought against the government with their passion, but in the end, because the uprising was too hasty, insufficient preparation, and had strategic mistakes. They only knew to rely on their courage to attack the city, but did not know how to lure the enemy out of the city, and used the wide field outside the pass to conduct deep field battles. In the end, this vigorous uprising ended in failure.
Hu Hansheng first met Hulunklin in the prison in Jinzhou City
As an interrogator, Hu Hansheng met Hulunk seven times in this heavily guarded prison
Every time he saw Hulunklin, his favorability deepened a little. By the seventh time, he had completely changed from the initial sympathy to the final admiration, a deep admiration!
Hulunklin was born a hero. His innate extraordinary personal charm was enough to impress Hu Hansheng, a somewhat stupid scholar, and would like to use it.
With Hulunklin's planning and Hu Hansheng's efforts to help, the Jurchens used more than 300 warriors to sneak into Jinzhou City and successfully escaped from Hulunklin's prison by robbing Hulunklin.
Hu Hansheng did such a traitor, and he had no place to stand in the pass, so he fled to the outside of the pass with Hulunklin.
Hulunklin, who survived the disaster, was not discouraged and reconciled his troops to make a comeback and confronted the government again.
As the saying goes, one's mistakes lead to wisdom. This time, he learned his intelligence and followed the strategies of the scholar Hu Hansheng. He no longer foolishly attacked the city, but adopted harassment and guerrilla tactics to attack the small official army that left the city to perform anti-smuggling missions. He hit the target with one blow and then went far away.
If a large group of officials went out of the city to encircle and suppress the enemy, he would lure them to remote mountains and forests, and with the advantage of familiar terrain, he would defeat the officials one by one.
As a result, the government gradually felt difficult to support it, while Hulunklin's side became more and more powerful, and it was more powerful than the pass.
At this moment, Hu Hansheng offered another suggestion to Hulunklin, hoping that Hulunklin would take the initiative to negotiate peace with General Zhenyuan in Jinzhou City.
Hulunklin's martial arts are growing more and more powerful, and he is very puzzled by Hu Hansheng's idea, but Hu Hansheng pointed out that he did this entirely for Hulunklin.
Because with Hulunklin's strength, there may be this possibility of conquering Jinzhou City, but if you want to confront the entire court, or even finally break the territory and establish a country on your own, it is still too far too far.
In this case, instead of fighting in this way and breaking completely with the court, it is better to surrender while there is still room for recovery in exchange for the actual best interests.
Hulunklin trusted Hu Hansheng very much. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to adopt Hu Hansheng's suggestion to discuss peace with General Zhenyuan's mansion.
The specific matters of peace talks were handled by Hu Hansheng, and the General's Mansion responded quickly.
Because there are unsuppressible riots in the jurisdiction, if such a thing is heard, the court will inevitably be furious. Once the blame is made, not only will it have no future, but it is afraid that even its life will not be able to be safe. For this consideration, the General's Mansion also hopes that the situation can develop in a calm direction.
Through Hu Hansheng's vigorous efforts, the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement
Most importantly, Hu Hansheng not only won the right to negotiate the tariff determination of Jinzhou City for Hulunklin, but also won him a royal title from the court - the Marquis of the Pass, and a fief located about a hundred miles between Baishan and Hei River.
The right to determine the negotiation and the title of the Marquis of Guanwai are only immediate benefits, and only that piece of fiefdom of hundreds of miles is the real long-term benefit.
With this private fiefdom, the Jurchens have the cornerstone and opportunity to develop and grow.
Hu Hansheng can be said to be the benefactor of the entire Jurchen tribe. Hu Hansheng's influence outside the pass is increasing day by day, almost standing side by side with Hulunklin
A year later, Hulunklin betrothed his beloved daughter to Hu Hansheng as his wife and helped him establish the Sunset Horse Farm in Guandong.
With the Jurchens behind, the Sunset Horse Farm is naturally as stable as a rock outside the pass. In addition, although Hu Hansheng is a weak scholar, he is good at dancing and is proficient. Within a few years, the Sunset Horse Farm's business flourished and became one of the largest horse farms in the north. Even the imperial court often buys war horses from him.
A few years later, the Hu family's Youer grew up. Hulunklin, who was a grandfather, cherished his greatness and gave all the power of the Jurchen tribe to defend himself.
After several generations, the descendants of Hu family have improved Biluo Zhenli many times, especially Hu Keke, the fourth generation of Hu family. Although she is a woman, she has become a fool in martial arts. At the age of 40, she suddenly realized something and supplemented all the strong Biluo Zhenli with femininity. Biluo Zhenli's power has increased dramatically. For a time, Hu Keke almost fought against Jiangbei's invincible hands with a scimitar in his hand and the improved Biluo Zhenli.
Since then, the Hu family's Biluo Zhenli finally entered the palace of martial arts, and the Sunset Horse Farm has become a family of the martial arts world in Jiangbei. It was finally ranked as the eight valences of Jiangbei with the Zhao family, the Xun family in Qilu, the Xun family in Zongyi Mountain City, Lantao Yaxuan, the Wen family in Guanzhong, Huaiyin Nangong, and the Xiushui family in charge of the north and south canal transportation.
These seven people have such a strong background, no wonder the people who come here are so afraid
The leader saw that the person who came was very fast, and he revealed his origin with one move. He knew that there was something strange, so he hurriedly picked up the move and hugged him. Lao Qi retreated back, and the blue knife in his hand protected him in front of his chest, and his strength was not released.
Several of his brothers also rushed to him to form a circle of protection, and took Lao Qi from his arms to treat him.
When the visitor saw that they had no intention of taking action, he gradually stopped and stopped about ten feet away from them.
Only then did everyone see clearly what the person is looking at
But the other person had long hair in green clothes, pink eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a pair of big watery eyes as hazy as smoke. He turned out to be a beautiful woman.
The leader ignored the beautiful woman for the time being and turned around and asked his subordinates behind him: How is Lao Qi?
I just fainted, it was nothing serious about his two ribs on his chest. He was unable to move for the time being and needed to rest for a while. One of his subordinates replied
The leader nodded and let go of his worries
He turned to the woman and asked in a deep voice: Who are you? Why did you attack my brother for no reason?
The beautiful woman giggled, stroked her fair fingers with long hair between her cheeks, and said with a giggle: I really didn’t expect that the people in the sunset horse farm would do such shameless things. I have seen what a hero outside the pass is!
The leader frowned and couldn't touch his head, saying: What shameless? What do you mean? I don't understand
The beautiful woman's face suddenly became cold and she said unhappily: Since she did it, why don't you admit it? Everyone said that Hu Feng, the young owner of the Sunset Horse Farm in Guandong, is a man who dares to do it and stands tall and upright. She is the first hero outside the pass. When she saw her today, she really disappointed her.
Since the woman has named her, it means she is very clear about her true identity, and it seems that there is no need to hide it.
The leader laughed and said: It's Hu Feng, but I really can't understand what you said. I have never seen you, so I can offend you? Besides, you hurt my brother as soon as you meet. I haven't even asked you for any crime. You bit me back? If I hadn't seen you as a woman, I'd have done it long ago.
The beautiful woman snorted and said: Although I am a woman, I am afraid you may not be able to provoke you. Don’t talk nonsense, return the things quickly
Things? What? Hu Fengqidao
The beautiful woman frowned and said angrily: Are you still pretending to be garlic? What did you do in Huainan a few days ago?
Huainan? Haha... It turned out that happened
Hu Feng smiled slightly, and he had already guessed the origin of the arrogant and domineering beautiful woman in front of him.
It turned out that Hu Feng came to Xiangyang secretly this time, and was ordered by his old father to come to observe the current tense situation in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, so as to determine the future direction of the family.
But the group came to Huainan and suddenly received two messages. One was that Wen Shizhong's two sons died and disappeared; the other was that Wen's family wanted to recruit the Eagle Sword as their son-in-law.
Hu Feng immediately judged that the Eagle Sword had a very critical influence on the Wen family, and decided to lend the Eagle Sword the opportunity to congratulate you and get in touch with Eagle Sword.
The Jianghu Fengshu has an unscrupulous character and is despicable and vulgar, and often relies on nepotism to climb upwards. He gives people the impression that he is walking on the rivers and lakes by relying on things under his crotch, or using a little obscene word to describe it as the so-called "going to the world with one stick"
Hu Feng is certainly skeptical about this, but as the saying goes, groundlessness may not be without cause. The ability of the Eagle Sword to win such a bad reputation at least shows that he is not very careful in the relationship between men and women.
Therefore, since it is a congratulations and gifts, you must always give your preferences. Eagle Knife likes to have relationships between men and women, so you must also make decisions about men and women's affairs so that you can't be wrong.
This kind of thing is not something you can get with money
Hu Feng was entrusting his relationships everywhere and was indifferent. Finally, he found out that there would be a batch of tribute medicinal materials in Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and the tea would be transported to the capital through Huainan.
Especially among them, there is a strange medicine called Yufeng Wan, the name of Jiuzhitang in Jiangnan. Its performance is to strengthen the aphrodisiac and replenish qi. Ordinary people can take it to prolong their life and avoid the death of ten women at night. However, martial arts scholars can accelerate the process of refining essence into qi and refining qi into deficiency, which is of great benefit to the growth of their skills.
Because the refining of this medicine is extremely time-consuming and laborious, and the medicine of this medicine is difficult to find, it takes a lot of opportunity to get it. Jiuzhitang spent ten years to refine eight pills, which shows how rare this medicine is.
Because the beginning of next year is the tenth anniversary of the current emperor's ascension to the throne, the prefect of Jiujiang put a lot of pressure on Jiuzhitang to bring these eight pills and Yufeng pills out to pay tribute to him.
Hu Feng has always been bold in his actions, so he immediately decided to rob these eight pills. Yufeng pills are used as a gift to the Eagle Sword.
The charge of robbing tribute is really a big deal, but in Hu Feng's eyes it is just a trivial matter
Of course, making such an irrational decision is also related to his liking to find trouble if he has nothing to do.
The action to rob the tribute was very smooth at first, masked, poisoned, and held the sheep with ease. It was so simple. The real trouble started only after I got the Yufeng Wan.
It turned out that the person responsible for transporting tributes this time was Xiushui House
Like the Wen family in Xiangyang, Xiushui people do the business of water transportation.
However, the Wen family in Xiangyang does the water transportation from east to east to the Yangtze River, while the Xiushui family does the water transportation from north to south to the Grand Canal.
Therefore, although everyone is the eight valleys in Jiangbei, they all take their own routes and do their own business, and there is no substantial conflict of interest, and they have always been peaceful.
Hu Feng only realized afterwards that the goods were carried by Xiushui family, but they could not be robbed or robbed. Liangzi had already formed, and regretting it later was not his usual style.
In order to catch up with the wedding date of Eagle Sword, Hu Feng did not stay in Huainan for too long. He took the Ba Wan and Yufeng Wan and rushed to Xiangyang all the way with the eight pills and Yufeng Wan.
When Xiushui family reacted, Hu Feng and others could no longer be found.
Xiushui family is also capable. With no loopholes, they can chase Xiangyang with the tails of Hu Feng and others. The only unexpected thing is that the person who robbed the goods will be Hu Feng, the young owner of the Sunset Horse Farm.
Not bad, I took the stuff, but my throat hurt a little two days ago. I took those medicines casually. You want it? Then I spit it out for you? Hu Feng said with a smile
The beautiful woman's face changed drastically and she said angrily: Hu Feng! I warn you! What you robbed was a tribute to the current emperor, not a joke. If you really refuse to hand over the things back to me, I'm afraid that you can't afford this crime by the Sunset Horse Farm
Hu Feng laughed and said: I'm really scared! But I've eaten it all, what's the solution? Even if I really spit it out for you, I'm afraid I can't stick it back.
So, are you unwilling to return the thing to me? The beautiful woman sneered
Hu Feng quickly pretended to be serious and said: No, I want to give it back to you, but I really can't come out yet! What should you do if you think I should do?
The beautiful woman stomped her feet and wanted to fight with Hu Feng, but thought she was not strong enough
She thought about it, and finally gritted her teeth and said to Hu Feng fiercely: OK! You are cruel! But I tell you, this matter is not over, I hope you still have the life to return to the outside world...
After saying that, she never paid attention to Hu Feng again. She twisted her waist and flew out of the door.
Young Master, it seems like a big event! I think... it's better to return the things to her. After all, this is not our place, so it's better to keep a low profile. A subordinate of Hu Feng came over and said to him worriedly.
Hu Feng looked at the beautiful woman's disappearing back, and a strange smile suddenly surged from the corner of his mouth, but he said: Didn't I say it? We are people with identities, either if we don't play, just play the emperor's tribute? Apart from my father, I am not afraid of heaven or earth, what other bullshit emperor would I be afraid of?
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