The innkeeper kept explaining and apologizing, but the winter melon kept pestering him, asking the innkeeper to find two guest rooms for them. The two of them argued louder and louder, attracting people in the shop and on the road. In a moment, there was a dense crowd.
We circled around.
What do they want to do? Test or cover?
Are you trying to test my endurance? Or are you trying to test my strength?
Isn't it a test? But a cover? An excuse to make such a noise, and then the people who cover them take advantage of the chaos to attack me?
"Sister Bai, how far is this place from the capital?" Ma Hanshan called Bai Shengxi over and asked.
"I hate it. How many times have I told you not to call me sister... I'm... I'm just taller." Bai Shengxi used to follow Ma Hanshan's call, but after falling in love with Ma Hanshan, she felt that calling her sister was old.
"Yes, yes, then I will call you Sister Bai from now on." For some reason, every time Ma Hanshan calls Bai Shengxi, he will think of the White Snake in the Legend of White Snake. He said with a smile, "Sister Bai, please tell me how far it is to the capital.
, how much time will it take?”
Damn, my sister and brother, why do they always sound a bit awkward?
"It's still far away. There are still two hundred miles from here to Yingli, and there are still more than three hundred miles from Yingli City to the capital." Bai Shengxi said pretending to be shy.
Tsk, woman, you are really a monster. Why are you pretending like this? Miss Bai's true performance is charming.
"Is it still that far? Well, are there any dangerous areas on the way, such as canyons or something?" Mahanshan thought for a moment and said.
Bai Shengxi thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "All the way north, the official roads are very spacious, there are no canyons, and there are no dangerous shoals."
"Oh, then, are they going to start here, or will they wait until Yingli City to start?" Ma Hanshan said to himself.
"I think they will start here. It is two hundred miles from Yingli and more than two hundred miles from Jincheng County. There are no people in the large area nearby. Isn't this the best place to make money and kill people? Even if you kill a few
Personally, even the upright squire in the small town can't do anything." Bai Shengxi concluded that if someone wanted to take action, they would definitely do it here.
"Really? Well, since you are sure that others will take action here, then go ahead and prepare. How about we invite you to the urn?" Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
"What about...what happened at the door?" Bai Shengxi felt that the dispute at the door should be stopped.
"Why do you care about what happens at the door? If it's just a quarrel, think of it as singing. If there's a fight, think of it as a trick. If the fight is wonderful, we should applaud." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
Bai Shengxi looked at Ma Hanshan's special smile and responded a little absentmindedly, then turned around and went back to his room, and then came out again after a while. It turned out that he had tidied himself up and was going to "listen to music" at the door.
Some people say that people's IQs will become lower when they fall in love. Based on this, is Bai Shengxi secretly in love with Ma Hanshan? Otherwise, how could she think what Ma Hanshan said is so reasonable?
"Miss Bai, where are you going?" Xiaoyue chased after her.
"I will go to the door to listen to the music. If they fight, it will be better. If the fight is exciting, I will applaud them." Bai Shengxi said seriously.
Haha, this eldest girl and sister is really a mustard in October - she is interested in the leader of Ma Dazhai, she wants to play a sibling relationship.
"I'm confused. This is most likely someone else's plan to make a splash. You all ran to the door to watch the excitement. What should I do, sir? Isn't it just playing into someone else's hands?" Xiaoyue scolded.
Sure enough, Bai Shengxi's IQ dropped extremely because of her unrequited love.
"Ah? That's right! We're not going to watch the excitement...147, 258..." Bai Shengxi was awakened by Xiaoyue's words, and couldn't help being shocked. Oh my god, I almost fell into a trap.
When Bai Shengxi shouted, 147258 and the two security guards from the Wagangzhai faction came out of the room.
"Miss Bai, what's wrong?" Yi Siqi knew her best. She was the one who led the Bai Shengxi brothers and sisters when they first met Ma Hanshan.
"Don't leave the young master. This may be someone else's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Enter the house. There are four of you and two of you inside, guarding the young master at the door." Bai Shengxi commanded the people, and he actually had the aura of a natural superior. 147 and the others
He couldn't help but agree.
Although Ma Hanshan was not afraid, he did not refuse the good intentions of these guys. He was bored in the room and even sang "A Laugh from the Sea" which he hadn't sung for a long time. Huh, don't think that he sang to embolden people and scare wolves. In his previous life, Boss Ma was a powerful figure in the world.
One of the best singers in the world sings this song "A Laugh in the Sea", which has a unique Jianghu flavor.
No one knew what Mrs. Mi and the others meant. Anyway, they left after making a fuss for a while. Then, the night was uneventful. After breakfast the next day, Ma Hanshan led everyone on their way.
Mrs. Mi and the others also disappeared. Mahanshan and the others mixed in with other caravans and arrived at Shaoguang Fort quietly and safely. This is the outskirts of Xixia Capital, a very old small market town. However, this small market town is smaller than the one that governs it.
Guishun Prefecture is much more famous.
The reason why this place is famous is that this place has produced three famous generals and two prime ministers. But there have also been two famous peasant uprisings here.
However, these are all history, and now, this is just a pass south from the capital city of Xixia.
Compared with other market towns, Shaoguangbao is relatively the busiest.
In the evening of this day, Ma Hanshan and the others entered Shaoguang Fort. Ma Hanshan decided to stay here for one night and accompany Bi Liancheng into the city tomorrow. Ma Hanshan chose to live outside the city to give those who had followed all the way secretly and never made a move.
Chance".
Some dangers are no longer dangerous as long as they are exposed to the light.
The small market towns in Hexi are really small, and the concept of small market towns in Jiangnan is completely different.
The "famous town" Shaoguangbao is located on the edge of a large mound on the west bank of the Yellow River. An avenue runs from north to south. Two to three hundred households are scattered on both sides of the avenue. The entire Shaoguangbao market town stretches from north to south.
It is more than a mile and only one or two hundred feet wide from east to west.
Even though the permanent population of Shaoguang Fort is only one or two thousand, it is well-equipped with restaurants, restaurants and groceries, and there are many inns. There are actually more than ten inns along the avenue that is more than one mile long.
It’s no wonder that this line is originally an important transportation artery in the Xixia. People who can’t catch up with the caravan entering the city, or those who leave the city late and don’t want to travel at night, will stay here overnight, so the food in Shaoguangbao
The business with accommodation is very good.
Shaoguang Fort is not big, but the inns here are very large, with dozens of guest rooms at every turn. Ma Hanshan and others found an inn with a "high-end suite" on the north side of the street and rented out the backyard.
Ma Hanshan's usual style is that he always says to keep a low profile, but he can never keep a low profile when traveling. This guy likes to enjoy himself.
nnd, he had been running around in his last life, but he felt that he wanted to enjoy it in this life.
After Ma Hanshan and others settled down, it was getting dark.
On this avenue, people come even in the middle of the night, so it is not surprising at all that someone enters Shaoguang Fort after dark.
Two businessmen entered the inn with five or six cargo guards, and asked for a separate small courtyard. The boss told the innkeeper that if any businessmen named Hou came to see Boss Jin, he would bring them to the courtyard.
, everyone made an appointment.
The climate in Hexi is different from the climate north and south of the Yangtze River. The climate here has a large temperature difference between day and night. It is the end of July, and in many places on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, it is still the time of July fire, and here in Shaoguang Fort, it is also very hot during the day.
It's hot. It's the highest temperature during the day here throughout the year, but it's very cool at night.
Late at night, except for the occasional red-faced noises coming from the two "kilns" in the south and the north, and only the occasional barking of dogs, the entire Shaoguang Fort was eerily quiet.
In fact, in ancient times, most places were eerily quiet at night.
Several bang bang bangs were heard, and at the beginning of the fourth watch, three figures "floated" across the paddock of the Shunping Inn where Mahanshan and the others lived.
Such beautiful Qinggong, a person weighing more than 100 kilograms fell to the ground as silently as a fallen leaf.
After the three figures landed, they entered the courtyard where Boss Jin lived with ease. With a hiss, as soon as they entered the small courtyard, the lights in the room turned on and the door opened silently. Obviously, the people in the room had been waiting.
them.
The leader entered the room first and said to the people sitting in the room: "Manager, they are here."
"Oh, it turns out it's the two big cave masters, please take a seat." Boss Jin, who was sitting in the middle hall, raised his head and said, without any intention of standing up to greet the guests.
The two people who came in clasped their fists and said in unison to the steward who was sitting upright: "Ingenuity... Chief steward, long time no see."
Who are the people in this room? They don't look like businessmen at this moment.
Of course they are not businessmen, because sitting in the middle hall is Master Lingji, the general manager of the Sixth Prince of Donghu, and the guy who just led in is Peng Linghu, the most ruthless killer in the Sixth Prince's house.
The two people who came to see the general manager of Lingji were not unknown people. One of them was Sang Tugong, the cave master of Bilian Cave in western Shu. This guy's name was Tugong, but he lived up to his name. I don't know where he went to learn it.
He has the ability to escape through the earth, and his unique skill is the ox-hair needle. The highly poisonous ox-hair needle is silent and seals the throat when blood is seen. In the martial arts world of Shu, people hate him but they still itching.
There is nothing you can do to him, he can escape.
The other one is Xuanhuangzi, who is also a casual practitioner in the martial arts world and is the cave master of the Qiulong Cave in Tibet. In addition to being good at Qinggong, his most powerful skill is chanting incantations. It is said that after he mutters incantations, the enemies will become stunned.
, become crazy, become weak.
Why did they sneakily come to meet Master Lingji at this time?
The reason why they came to meet Master Lingji at this time was because they were from Xixia Emperor Li Zunji. The reason why they came to see Master Lingji at this time was because they had just returned from a business trip.
What do the people of the Sixth Prince of Donghu and the people of the Emperor Xixia want to do when they secretly meet in this inn in the middle of the night?
I have nothing else to do, my goal is to live in Mahanshan in the neighboring courtyard.
However, they are not here to kill Ma Hanshan, but to kidnap him. This is why Ma Hanshan did not encounter any trouble along the way.