[Comprehensive] Our city lord is glamorous and noble

Chapter 86

Lu Xiaofeng is so smart, how could he disappear?

Whether it was Ye Gucheng or the little emperor, they couldn't believe it when they heard the news.

But the news from Tianji Pavilion cannot be false, since it is said that Lu Xiaofeng is missing, he must be missing.

It is inconvenient for the emperor to stay in the Forbidden City to go out, but Ye Gucheng can leave the palace immediately. For him, the little emperor built a new secret road to facilitate Ye Gucheng's entry and exit.

It was also very troublesome.

Although Ye Gucheng doesn't have many friends, he is very loyal, not to mention that Lu Xiaofeng is also the most important among friends. If he disappears, nine out of ten times he will be involved in weird incidents.

Ye Gucheng rushed out at that time and got into the carriage that his family had been waiting for for a long time outside the palace.

The style of the carriage is low-key, and going to the street is like swimming fish into the ocean. It is impossible to tell which one is the frame of Lord Ye, but it is led by the extremely low-key coachman, and slowly drives into the back door of Tianji Pavilion.

Only a few years after the rise of the Tianji Pavilion, it has become a very mysterious and well-known organization in the world. No one knows who the owner of the Tianji Pavilion is, and no one knows what they will know so many secrets. Selling so many rare treasures, only knowing that if they have money, they can learn all the secrets and find anything they need to find here.

What's more, the information of Tianji Pavilion is not as vague as Dazhi Datong's answer to questions. Sometimes even though it costs more money, it makes people feel that it is worth the money.

Although the pavilion has a bright name, it is a place for private transactions after all. Naturally, it is impossible to expose it to the sun brightly, but it is under a restaurant. Only by speaking some secret words with the shopkeeper can someone lead the way in.

It's kind of mysterious.

But these Jiang Hu people never imagined that the backside of Tianji Pavilion turned out to be a small courtyard, and those mysterious people who didn't show their faces took off their wide cloaks and turned out to be some pretty girls and servants.

After all, Baiyun City is a land of geomantic omen, and everyone is beautiful.

When Ye Gucheng got off the carriage, he saw Lanfeng greet him at the door. Apparently, the servant girl knew his behavior pattern thoroughly, and knew why he came back in a hurry. The manager who directly led the information was waiting behind him. .

Sure enough, behind Lan Feng was a guy all in black.

He looks very energetic, his eyes are bright, and he seems to have a flexible mind.

Ye Gucheng said: "What's going on."

His expression was extremely serious, because Ye Gucheng knew that if his subordinates were not sure about Lu Xiaofeng's disappearance, they would never send him an urgent report. Lu Xiaofeng is also a very shrewd person. If he can disappear, there must be someone behind A big conspiracy is brewing.

The spy said: "Lu Daxia passed the letter by flying pigeons before going to the conference."

Although Lu Xiaofeng likes to take risks very much, he is very rigorous in what he does. He is also very smart, so he will have a faint perception of the upcoming danger. Just like this time, although he doesn't think that the Labor Party is very dangerous, he also thinks that it is very dangerous. It is a very wrong organization, sending invitations to the heroes of the world, how can they determine where each hero is?

One must know that people living in the Jianghu are everywhere, if someone wants to find Lu Xiaofeng, it will even take a month or two.

He felt that the other party's claim to entrust Sikong Zhaixing to find him with the only 1 taels was an excuse, because there is no one in this world who is more difficult to find his whereabouts than Lu Xiaofeng.

Just this tiny omission would be noticed by Lu Xiaofeng, he didn't even tell Sikong Zhaixing who was going to steal him, but secretly sent a message to Ye Gucheng.

Pass the book with flying pigeons.

As long as it is Ye Gucheng's friends, there is a way to find him.

Lu Xiaofeng's caution lies in that he left a note before actually entering the restaurant, because he was afraid that if something happened to him and he couldn't come out, Fei Ge would be released by others to find Ye Gucheng, this was his escape route for himself.

Then Fat Pigeon flapped its wings and came to look for Ye Gucheng, as for the rest of the hidden guards, most of them were allocated to go to the restaurant where Lu Xiaofeng disappeared to inquire about the news.

Ye Gucheng said: "What news?"

The spy said: "Our people are going."

He paused and said again: "A group of people from that side have come back and said that there is nothing wrong."

The people on the other side were talking about the little emperor's people, Ye Gucheng couldn't open part of the Tianji Pavilion to him, the little emperor didn't do anything.

They're not even friends, just partners.

The compensation received from the little emperor and what Ye Gucheng paid just matched the income and expenditure.

Ye Gucheng said: "There is nothing wrong, so what is right?"

The detective said: "It's just that a lot of mobs are gathered and people are locked in the restaurant. Occasionally, some people come out of the restaurant with their heads poking around, and the guards outside can even hear the people inside slapping the table and shouting and cursing."

He is also very charismatic.

Ye Gucheng said again: "How are those people who went out?"

The detective said: "Perhaps he left."

This is also very normal. Not all people will attend this kind of conference when they arrive, and some people will leave when they hear something wrong.

It turned out that Lu Xiaofeng played this wishful thinking.

Ye Gucheng said: "How many people left?"

The spies answered fluently: "23."

Ye Gucheng said: "How many are here?"

The spy said: "570 four."

Ye Gucheng frowned, he felt that the numbers were a bit wrong, and there seemed to be fewer people leaving.

But even if I felt a little bit in my heart, it was not wrong to that extent. Maybe the Lord made people speak very motivatingly, and they all talked about the hearts of those who went, so why so few people left?It is also possible to think about it.

But no matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was very strange that Lu Xiaofeng didn't leave.

Ye Gucheng said: "Let someone go and check it out."

He paused and said, "Just find out where those who left went after that."

His order doesn't seem to have much logic. Why do those who leave have to be investigated, why do they need to know where they are going, and if someone else specifies it, they will lose face.

But after all, the spies are none other than Baiyun City's subordinates. As long as Ye Gucheng says something, they will never complete it [-]%, but complete it [-]%, [-]%.

Being able to help City Lord Ye is their blessing, how can they be picky.

The spy immediately said: "Yes."

Then, like the wind, it swished away.

Ye Gucheng thought about it and said to Lan Feng: "Take a pen and paper and bring two pigeons."

"I want to send news to Ximen Chuuxue and Huamanlou."

Lu Xiaofeng has many friends, but besides Ye Gucheng, the most trustworthy ones are Ximen Chuixue and Huamanlou.

The two of them are not only young and trustworthy, but also have good martial arts and their own uniqueness, and they are both willing to do anything to Lu Xiaofeng. If something really happens to him, even if it is thousands of miles away, They will also come to help Lu Xiaofeng.

The pigeon flapped its wings and went out, leaving only Ye Gucheng frowning. He read the letter that Lu Xiaofeng had prepared in advance, and felt that this matter was full of strangeness.

If it really has something to do with the recent actions of the court, why is it Lu Xiaofeng who disappeared?

Except for Ye Gucheng and the little emperor, no one knew that Lu Xiaofeng was missing, and people walking on the rivers and lakes at this time would not pay attention to him.

Everyone is talking about one thing, and that is the newly released "Xiafu" by the imperial court.

What is "Heroes" about?Who is it aimed at?

It can be seen at a glance that it is aimed at Jianghu people.

"Too deceiving!"

The young and energetic guy couldn't help but slam the wine glass on the solid wood table.

He is a very young chivalrous man with a sense of justice, so he will not participate in the Raoshizi Conference, but instead rushes to Yingtian excitedly to see Yunhentian and ask him to kill him.

Young people tend to have a stronger sense of justice than old people, because they have not been smoothed by society, and their blood is boiling in their veins.

For a villain like Yun Hentian, not to mention beheading, even if he was cut into pieces by thousands of knives, he would die without regret. He couldn't help feeling ashamed when he saw the common people cheering.

People who are also martial arts practitioners actually have such a scum, they should be beheaded.

At that time, he even faintly had the urge to applaud the court.

But the impulsiveness stopped at the promulgation of "Xiafa".

Hearing the new law, his mind buzzed for a while, and after hearing the eunuch read out the content of the law in a trance, he wished he could go up and draw his knife to chop him off.

How could they, people from the Jianghu, suffer such a great humiliation?

There were many people who reacted similarly to him on the spot, because people in the Jianghu are used to privileges and wandering freely. Even though many of them did not violate the so-called chivalry, after hearing the content, they felt it imperceptibly. There are several heavy constraints on the body.

These constraints originally did not exist.

It's like putting a saddle on a horse, and the fierce horse will continue to struggle. This law is nothing more than a rein on the people of the rivers and lakes. If you hear it suddenly, don't you want to fry the pot?

The arresters of the new yamen had long thought of the reaction of these Jianghu people. Everyone gathered behind the eunuch who read out the imperial decree. The Xiuchun knife was slightly out of its sheath. hello to go.

Since these people can catch Yun Hentian, there is no problem at all if they want to deal with ordinary small characters in the rivers and lakes.

The young man thought at the time that his martial arts were indeed not as strong as Yunhentian, and he even said that there are very few people who are stronger than him in this huge Jianghu. Isn't it all food delivery?

The content of "Xiafu" ran through his mind again. If he rushed up and didn't hurt the people, he would be considered an attack on the imperial court official.

Thinking about it, it seems a bit outweighed the gain.

After all, there are very few people who act rashly. Although most people have the urge to do it like young people, the last string in their minds is tense and rational, making them dare not really rush forward.

Seeing that there were so many Jiang Hu people present, none of them actually did anything, but with righteous indignation written all over their faces, they could only put away the weapons in their hands and run away in resentment.

The impulse is true, but these people are not unreasonable.

But after the incident, people who denounced it sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Since these people refused to participate in that conference, they naturally wouldn't gather together to join in the fun now, but they were just scattered in alleys, taverns , complain, or accuse the court of how it is not.

These days, there is no such thing as not to talk about state affairs, and each of them speaks impassionedly and joyfully, like a young scholar living in a thatched cottage with his heart in the world.

Scholars are not the only ones who are energetic, and so are Jianghu people.

The young man was accompanied by a man who was not much younger than him, and he also had a look of resentment on his face. He nodded every time he heard the young man say a word, and said straightly: "Extremely extreme."

He said: "The person who promulgated the law also deceived people too much..."

Before he could speak, he heard a loud noise behind him.

The voice was so loud that it made the whole tavern instantly silent, and even the two young people who spoke freely turned their heads back hesitantly.

Then I saw the hale and hearty old man blowing his beard and staring at them.

There was a scabbard on the table in front of him. The scabbard was dark, unpretentious, but very heavy.

Obviously, the loud noise just now came from here, and he slapped the scabbard on the table.

The young man wanted to look at the knife, but also looked at the person, and was horrified. This person turned out to be a well-known senior in the world, Yan Zhengyi!

Yan Zhengyi is a man of high morals and prestige. His seniority is particularly strong, and he is of the same generation as Mu Taoist in Wudang Mountain.

He is recognized by the Jianghu people as a just person. After he reached middle age, he established the Justice Villa. Although he has not been active in the Jianghu in the past two years, what he has to do every year is to hunt down and kill those who have committed the most crimes.

The number is much higher than Ximen Chuuxue killing four per year.

He said that he couldn't live long at his age, and it would be a blessing if he could really die in the pursuit of the heinous people.

He has a lot of money, but he eats and sleeps in the open every day, and most of the money in the family is used for charity or doing other things that benefit the people. He is a well-known good person in the world.

Although the behavior is infinitely close to that of the Pacific police, even Ye Gucheng respects this kind of senior who is really dedicated to the people. Ximen Chuuxue will nod his head when he sees him.

It is enough to prove how deep this person's prestige is.

Originally, meeting such an old-timer in a tavern was something worth talking about, but none of the two young knights was happy.

Instead, they were nervous as hell.

Because the well-known old man was waiting for them with a pair of eyes like copper bells, which looked even bigger than the eyes of a cow.

Strength explains what it means to blow your beard and stare.

The young man was already dripping with cold sweat, because he really didn't know what he said wrongly that caused the old man to be so furious.

Already the anger taking form can be felt.

He was so angry that his beard was going to stand on end.

Yan Zhengyi yelled violently: "Little Huangkou, stop talking nonsense!"

The sound was as loud as bells and drums beating against his ears, and the few people around him directly covered their ears.

The young man bite the bullet and said: "I don't know what advice senior has."

Even if it is a mistake, there must be a reason and a direction.

When Yan Zhengyi heard that he didn't know what he was angry about, he became even angrier. He said, "I just heard you say that the imperial court's promulgation of "Xiafa" is too much to deceive people?"

Apparently the end has been found.

But this is a young chivalrous man after all, being scolded by an old man under the watchful eyes of the public would not be able to lose face, and he also has a bit of a young man's unique aggressiveness. Hearing Yan Zhengyi say this, he has no intention of calming down the matter, and there is something in his heart Samadhi is really on fire.

He said, "Isn't it?"

Yan Zhengyi said: "Children can't be taught!"

He said something politely, and the words that followed were like cannonballs.

He said: "Let me ask you, if Jianghu people kill innocent people indiscriminately, should they be punished?"

The young man said: "Not only should they be punished, but they should also die!"

Yan Zhengyi said: "The old man has been in the world for 40 years, and he has killed one hundred and thirteen wicked people."

The young man couldn't help being in awe when he heard it.

A sense of awe for this person suddenly rose in his heart, because he knew how difficult it is to chase and kill so many villains from thousands of miles away.

He also wanted to be like the old man in front of him, killing all the villains in the world, but although all the villains in the world have their own disadvantages, they have one thing in common.

If they're repeat offenders it means they're vicious at heart.

Vicious people must be cunning, because ordinary people really don't have the imagination to do bad things.

So the young man said: "Hero Yan is a real hero."

It takes not only time, but also energy and martial arts to kill these villains, and the most important thing is not to be afraid of death.

Some of these people's martial arts are superb, like Yun Hentian, and some are mediocre, like Zhao Butcher, but when Yan Zhengyi hunts down villains, he never looks at their martial arts level, but their crimes.

As long as it died in his hands, at least ten lives were in his hands.

Yan Zhengyi said: "I tell you this not to make you admire me, but to let you say, am I doing the right thing!"

The young man said: "Of course it is right."

Yan Zhengyi said, "Wrong!"

Yan Zhengyi said: "In the past, Zhou Chu eliminated the three evils. Although he killed the big worm that ate people in the village, he never thought that he was also the third evil in the fish and meat village."

The young man said: "But Daxia Yan is not the Zhou Chu who makes trouble in the village."

Yan Zhengyi said: "Although I killed more than 100 villains, I also have more than 100 lives in my hands."

He continued slowly: "There was even one person who threatened ordinary people to prevent me from going forward in order to force me to let him go."

The young man was fascinated and asked, "And then?"

Yan Zhengyi said: "The life of the common people is also their life, but there is only one. Those big villains have the lives of dozens of innocent people in their hands. In order to kill him, they have to sacrifice the lives of the common people."

The young man said: "Hero Yan did the right thing."

If the villain is released, he can kill more people, so it is better to behead him there to eliminate the possibility of killing people.

But Yan Zhengyi not only didn't smile happily when he heard his words, but also showed deep remorse on his face. He looked at the young man with some disappointment in his eyes.

He said: "How is my behavior different from that of that wicked man?"

The young man froze.

Yan Zhengyi said: "I originally killed them to save people, but in order to save more people, I also sacrificed innocent people. Although those innocent people were killed by evil people, they were indirectly killed by me."

He said, "This is my debt."

People cannot make decisions about the life and death of others.

He said: "The law of measuring life and death is not something that I can make a conclusion by being reckless. I am a famous teacher for killing villains, but the common people are so innocent that they are judged by me."

The young man said: "If a hero with high morals and respect like you can't judge people's life and death, there will be no people in this world."

Yan Zhengyi said: "Big mistake!"

His voice was deafening, and both the Jianghu people and ordinary people were shocked, but they looked at Yan Zhengyi with admiration in their eyes.

Such a respected old man deserves everyone's respect.

Yan Zhengyi said: "The only ones who can decide life and death are themselves, and heaven."

"Heroes of the rivers and lakes are heroes, but they are also human beings. How can a person decide another person's life or death at will?"

The young man finally understood what he meant, and he said, "What do you mean?"

Yan Zhengyi said: "The promulgation of the "Xiafa" by the imperial court is just like the promulgation of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty". It is up to the heavens to judge who deserves to die and who does not deserve to die."

He said: "With this law, there is no harm to true heroes, but it can restrain those wolf-hearted things."

He smiled coldly again: "I came this time to take the life of that thing Yun Hentian, but I didn't expect the government to take the first step, and even caught and beheaded him, what a pleasure!"

He grabbed the sea bowl next to him and poured it into his stomach with a gurgle, until all the wine had entered his stomach, then said: "Since this "Xiafa" has such miraculous effects and can benefit the people, what's wrong with it?"

The young man was shocked when he heard this, as if enlightened, he got up, knelt down respectfully to Yan Zhengyi, and kowtowed several times.

He said: "The juniors are taught!"

Zhao Zhengyi said: "If you are really educated, you should remember one sentence."

The young man said: "Hero Yan, please tell me."

Zhao Zhengyi said: "Xiamen, practice martial arts for the sake of all living beings."

silence.

The restaurant was silent, no matter if they were from the rivers and lakes or ordinary people, whether they were swordsmen, the waiter serving drinks, or the shopkeeper sitting at the counter.

"it is good!"

Not long after, there was another loud shout from the crowd, but this loud shout was for the sake of applause.

The applause said: "This is the real hero!"

The young driver himself had talked so loudly just now, his face was flushed red, he was so ashamed that he wanted to bury himself in the mound, he could only say: "Junior, remember."

Listening to Yan Zhengyi's words today can benefit him for the rest of his life.

Yan Zhengyi said, "I'm not your relative. It's not good to kneel like this for a long time. You'd better get up quickly."

Hearing what he said, the young man immediately stood up, and sat down respectfully at the edge of the wine table like a pupil.

The tavern seemed to be calm again, everyone should drink and eat meat.

Suddenly, several young and strong fellows walked up to Yan Zhengyi with several jars of fine wine, talking about famous wine.

Yan Zhengyi said: "This is..."

The waiter smiled and said, "This is from the hero sitting on the second floor."

Yan Zhengyi immediately looked up to the second floor, and saw that there was a very elegant screen separating people from other people's sight. People in the Jianghu seldom do this. He wondered if it might be a nobleman somewhere.

But thinking about how Xiao Er actually said that he was a hero, Yan Zhengyi was even more puzzled.

The people on the second floor seemed to know what Yan Zhengyi was talking about. As soon as he gave instructions to the people around him, the screen was slowly closed, revealing a face carved out of ice and snow.

As soon as I see that face, I think of snow mountains, or sharp swords.

Just like the sword on a person's waist, it is a peerless sword.

Yan Zhengyi was also very pleasantly surprised when he saw this person, and immediately said, "City Lord Ye!"

Sitting on the second floor is Ye Gucheng, the lord of Baiyun City.

Ye Gucheng raised his glass from a distance and said, "Listening to what Yan Daxia said is better than reading ten years of books."

He added: "I'm ashamed that I don't have the generosity of Yan Daxia, so I can only offer Bojiu as a token of my heart."

Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that Yan Zhengyi is good at wine, and it is very good.

He spent money on only one thing in his life, and that was fine wine.

Hearing what Ye Gucheng said, Yan Zhengyi didn't dare to respond casually, let alone treat Ye Gucheng like a junior in the rivers and lakes. On the contrary, his expression was extremely serious.

Yan Zhengyi said: "City Master Ye's words are wrong. Although there are not many people in Jianghu who know about it, I know that City Master Ye is also a person who thinks about the people. I don't know how many people he has saved. If you really follow your words, I am ashamed of it."

Whether he was talking about Ye Gucheng's plan with the little emperor or not, no one knew except the two of them involved.

What Yan Zhengyi said was something else. Ye Gucheng had something to do with his participation in disaster relief when the Jiangnan flood happened last year.

He didn't want to talk too much, because Ye Gucheng was born with a temperament that would not make high-profile announcements on such matters, so he just nodded lightly to show that he knew.

That Yan Zhengyi has also traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, seeing Ye Gucheng's appearance, how can he not know what it means, so naturally he kept silent and happily took Ye Gucheng's fine wine.

He said: "In that case, I thank City Lord Ye."

Ye Gucheng nodded slightly.

What Yan Zhengyi said in the restaurant was so deafening, and it was heard by many people. With respect for him, ordinary people spread the word spontaneously, and it spread more and more widely, and those Jianghu people also heard the full version from the mouths of their companions. of.

For a while, the promulgation of "Xiafa" not only did not cause too much backlash in the world, but more and more people believed that it was a good law that could truly benefit the people.

Ye Gucheng quietly watched the development of the situation from behind, and couldn't help sneering when he saw that Mr. Pingshu changed it into a joke and said it back and forth in various restaurants.

He said that it would not have been fermented to this point without someone with a heart to promote it. Now seeing those storytelling masters, how can we not know whose method it is?

Little Emperor: =v=.

That's right, I'm a Gongdou character who is very good at intrigue.

But Ye Gucheng is not unreasonable. On the contrary, he is practical and has a strong sense of responsibility. As long as he wants to do something, he must do it well. After he really got started, he, a man from the rivers and lakes, put in as much energy as the little emperor.

It's also amazing.

What Yan Zhengyi said was so good, if the little emperor didn't act, he would promote it in Jianghu as appropriate.

To be fair, if there were more people with righteous views in the world, more people like Yan Zhengyi, there wouldn't be so many villains practicing martial arts who are very domineering, and his workload would be extremely reduced.

Then Yan Zhengyi was really powerful. After saying these words, he went directly to the headquarters of the Jianghu Yamen in Kaifeng, and excitedly told the other party that he wanted to be a "righteous arrester".

There is no doubt that this term is transferred from vigilante.

The inventor is of course Ye Gucheng.

The little emperor is obsessed with beauty, such trivial things are naturally what the Lord Ye said.

The people who work in the yamen are also very excited. A strong, upright and charismatic old-timer came to the door, and said that he wanted to do something for them, so why not do it, he almost woke up laughing when he slept.

They happen to be short of manpower, and the righteous catchers go straight to work after a short-term training, and they shine for the common people.

Besides, Yan Zhengyi's words in the restaurant spread, not only influenced many passionate young people in the rivers and lakes, but also made them have a strong ambition to serve the country, and heard that the respected old man was going to be a righteous arrester in the yamen. Everyone seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and the tide rushed towards the Yamen.

If you can't go to the general yamen of Yingtian, you can still go to the local yamen in other states!

Because there were too many people, the officials of the yamen had to start selecting people, which limited the upper limit of the number of righteous arresters, and only selected people with the purest and best martial arts in the center.

The benign reaction after the promulgation of "The Art of Heroes" made Ye Gucheng's irritated mood because of Lu Xiaofeng's disappearance a lot better.

But the good was also temporary, when the next news came to his ears, his face darkened in an instant.

The spy said: "Those who left have been investigated."

Ye Gucheng said: "How is it?"

The detective said: "After they left, they actually changed their appearance and sneaked into the restaurant quietly."

Ye Gucheng said: "Going back again?"

The spy said: "Yes."

Ye Gucheng's expression was extremely serious, that is to say, none of the so many knight-errants left?

This is not normal.

He wanted to say something, but another spy rushed directly to Ye Gucheng.

He said: "City Lord, Yan Zhengyi is dead!"

Ye Gucheng's pupils constricted for a while.

He was fine yesterday, why did he suddenly die? !

Ye Gucheng said: "When did he die?"

The detective said: "This morning."

Ye Gucheng said: "How do people die?"

The spy said: "He was poisoned to death."

Ye Gucheng said: "Poisoned?"

The spy said: "Someone poisoned the wine."

Yan Zhengyi likes wine, but he didn't expect that this hobby would cost his life.

Ye Gucheng said: "Take me to have a look."

The detective said: "Okay."

He added: "Many Jiang Hu people have already gathered there."

Ye Gucheng's face finally lost his indifference, his brows were furrowed, and a cold light shot out from his eyes.

There must be something wrong with Yan Zhengyi's death!