The original land, since ancient times, has had a strange place called Jianghu.

All lakes and seas are called rivers and lakes, rivers and lakes are everywhere, and rivers and lakes are everywhere.

There are rivers and lakes, there are naturally people in the rivers and lakes, and there are all kinds of people in the rivers and lakes, their lives are different from ordinary people, in this, there are chivalrous, assassins, and swordsmen.

Chivalrous people, fighting three-foot swords, hoeing and treacherous, managing the injustices of the world, full of blood, admired by the world.

Assassins, whether they live or die, whether they are enemies, kill them as a great task.

But the swordsman is different from the two.

Chivalry is called chivalrous, for the country and the people, dare to be the first in the world, there are very few such people, but it is not nothing, can become a chivalrous, and must be remembered by people.

Assassins are only for profit and not fame, and they often will not be famous, the more successful the assassins, people will never know their existence, in the past, Zhuzhu, Yaoli, Jing Ke, Nie Zheng and the like, although the name has been passed down through the ages, but they are definitely not successful assassins, famous assassins, are failed assassins.

They don't care about the identity, character, or reputation of the person being assassinated, they don't have any concept of right and wrong for the sake of wealth or profit, and once they have a concept of right and wrong, they are naturally not qualified assassins.

And the swordsman is not the same as either.

A swordsman is a businessman.

If there is a court, there will be rivers and lakes, and if there are rivers and lakes, there will be swordsmen.

When the knife guest receives the guests and negotiates a good business, they will do their best for the guests, and the business they do is to kill people.

Of course, this is not a business that cannot be put on the table, but it is not as deep as the Assassins hide, and as swordsmen, they have the professional ethics that have been used since ancient times, even if they die, they will not betray their employers.

Guests can choose the right knife maker, and the knife maker can choose whether or not to accept the hiring, and they can make a decision based on their preferences and ethics.

Some swordsmen do all kinds of business, but most swordsmen will have their own rules, for example, some swordsmen will not provoke the government, some swordsmen will not bully the weak, and the values and character of swordsmen determine the business they choose.

A bold swordsman may dare to take on a business that he may not be able to eat, while a cautious swordsman usually considers whether he can handle it before deciding whether to take on the business.

And just like the merchant's business, once the business is taken and cannot be completed, then according to the verbal agreement realized, it will be doubled, and under normal circumstances, it must be a promise to become a swordsman.

Otherwise, as long as you break the trust once, not only will you never receive business again, but your peers will come to the door by breaking the rules of the game.

There is business and competition, and the difference between fame and ability determines the difference in price.

Lin Dai'er is in the rivers and lakes, naturally very aware of the existence of the swordsmen, and also knows the rules of the swordsmen, when this person reported his name, Lin Dai'er's pretty face was slightly surprised, and couldn't help but say: "You just don't kill the enemy like blood?" ”

"Don't kill women, don't kill children, don't kill family members!" The man said with a smile: "Playing games always has its own rules of the game. ”

Lu Tianyou also showed surprise.

Qiu Ruxue's fame is definitely not small in the rivers and lakes, and in the world of swordsmen, he is definitely a top swordsman, but he can't imagine that there are such characters among the prisoners who died with him.

Lu Tianyou couldn't help but clench his fists again and said, "It turned out to be the third master of Qiu!" ”

If you don't kill the enemy, you will be familiar with it on the rivers and lakes, and you will shout "Qiu Sanye".

Qiu Ruxue shook his head and sighed: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." I often walk by the river, and eventually I get my feet wet. I killed too many officials, but something went wrong and I was caught ...... trap! A little embarrassed, he waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it." ”

Lu Tianyou and Lin Dai'er glanced at each other, knowing in their hearts that this hatred was probably a business failure and was arrested and put in prison.

Lin Dai'er's eyes were still a little suspicious, but Lu Tianyou smiled and said, "The third master is the chief killer on weekdays? ”

Qiu Ruxue said with a smile: "In the past few years, I have found out that killing officials earns a lot of money." Moreover, officials seem to be difficult to kill, and if they really want to kill, sometimes it is much easier than those landlords and bullies. He smiled bitterly: "If you do too many easy things, you will inevitably be negligent." ”

Lin Dai'er frowned and said, "The third master has many injuries on his body, and he must have been severely punished in prison." ”

Qiu Ruxue smiled: "They want to ask me where I come from, but Lao Tzu won't tell them." In the past two years, the government has found clues, and the deaths of many officials are related to my hatred, and many corrupt officials are worried because of my existence, and if they know that I have been caught and beheaded, they will inevitably be proud, and they will do many evil things in the future. I died silently like this, and no one knew that the three no-killings were already dead, and many people couldn't sleep at night...... Hahaha, isn't it a very pleasant thing that a dead person can keep many people awake. ”

Lu Tianyou also smiled: "Reasonable." I am honored to meet the third master today. ”

Qiu Ruxue waved his hand and said: "Brother Lu, Qiu's life was saved by you, and you must give back your life." ”

Lin Daier was thoughtful, but silent.

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The Governor's Palace.

Chu Huan and the others were full of wine and food, and the dishes and chopsticks were all cleaned up by the people, but Qiao Mingtang still did not appear, but the people served Longjing tea before the rain, and the fragrance of tea was permeated, so that everyone could taste it.

Everyone was full of suspicion and looked at each other, really not knowing what Qiao Mingtang was going to do.

Time passed, faintly until the third watch, everyone did not speak, there was silence inside and outside the house, and the atmosphere was not weird.

Li Zongquan was a little impatient, and finally couldn't help but ask Wei Tianqing: "Lord Commander, when are we going to wait?" ”

Wei Tianqing's cup of tea has been changed three times, he took a cup of tea, knowing that Qiao Mingtang arranged it like this, there must be a reason, although he was suspicious, he was calm, glanced at Li Zongquan, and said calmly: "There is food and drink, wait for a year, you will also wait honestly." ”

Li Zongquan was helpless, pulled out a knife to wipe it, and glanced at Chu Huan, only to see Chu Huan leaning on the table, his expression calm, his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

Li Zong sneered wholeheartedly, and he was about to be ruthless. Inserted into the scabbard, there was a sound of "choking", several people looked at her, but they didn't speak, but Chu Huan didn't seem to hear anything, closed his eyes and recuperate, and his eyelashes didn't move.

After another moment, he saw that someone had arranged for food to come in, and Li Zongquan couldn't help but say, "We're not hungry!" ”

The servant smiled and said, "This is arranged for General Guo Lang and General Qiao Lang." ”

Wei Tianqing frowned and asked, "Are they back?" ”

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, and then I saw Guo Yang and Qiao Yin coming in a little embarrassed, with rain trails on their armor, followed by two guards.

Wei Tianqing got up immediately, everyone in the room also got up, Chu Huan, who had his eyes closed, also stood up at this moment, Guo Yang took the lead and walked in front of Wei Tianqing, and arched his hand: "Lord Commander, accept the guilt of your humble position!" ”

"How's it going?" Wei Tianqing hurriedly asked: "Can you catch up with the chaotic party?" ”

Guo Yang and Qiao Yin glanced at each other, and then sighed: "My lord, I am incompetent, and I only caught a dead man." ”

In fact, Wei Tianqingxin had already had this premonition, the chaotic party could plan to rob the law field, so he naturally thought of a way out, if he could really catch it, it would be really hell.

He motioned for a few people to sit down before asking, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Guo Yang said: "The humble duty led people to chase from the north city gate, and when he went out of the city for more than ten miles, he saw the horses' hooves on the ground fleeing in three ways. ”

Wei Tianqing bowed slightly, and said, "Their purpose is to let you divide your troops. ”

"The lowly job went all the way to the north, and the chase was only more than ten miles, and they fled in three ways, and the lowly ...... The humble duty can only continue to divide the troops, lead the people to the west to chase over, chase less than ten miles, then see two chaotic party escape, they saw us catch up, and divided into two roads, the humble duty at that time only wanted to catch a live mouth, so no longer divide the troops, only stared at one person to chase up, shot an arrow to shoot the man off the horse, when catching up, the man has bitten his tongue and committed suicide...... When we returned to the city to gather, none of the other roads caught up with the rebels, and only got the corpse ......! Speaking of this, his face was full of guilt, he got up again, bowed down and said, "My lord, I am not doing my job well, and I ask my lord to condemn him!" ”

Wei Tianqing shook his head and said, "I don't blame you, these people are scheming...... cunning!" Pointing to the food on the table, he said, "Let's eat first." ”

Guo Yang and the four of them went to the table to eat.

Wei Tianqing looked at Chu Huan and asked, "General Chu Wei, do you think these people will escape from the West Mountain Road?" ”

Li Zongquan saw Wei Tianqing asking Chu Huan, obviously he was very serious about Chu Huan, he had followed Wei Tianqing for many years, and he had never been treated so favorably, and his heart was even more resentful of Chu Huan.

In the final analysis, Li Zongquan still regarded Chu Huan as his roadblock.

The four major generals of the Praetorian Guard, Qiao Yin, Pan Fu and Guo Yang are all in the prime of life, if there is no accident or transfer, these three people will stay in the position of Lang General for a long time, only Fei Lang will be older, and there have been attacks of old injuries on his body in recent years, maybe this Lang General's position will be vacant, if it is not for Chu Huan to appear, with Li Zongquan's qualifications in the Praetorian Guard, there is a good chance that he will serve as Lang General.

But Chu Huan appeared, got Wei Tianqing's weapon, and even became an official in just ten days, and was on an equal footing with Li Zongquan, who had been working for many years, which naturally made Li Zongquan resentful, and regarded Chu Huan as a thorn in the eye.

If he knew that Chu Huan would enter Beijing soon, he would not be worried about the position of General Lang, but with his character, he would definitely be jealous of Chu Huan being appreciated by King Qi.

Chu Huan had already said: "Lord Commander, although the party is making trouble on the execution ground today, they have not succeeded. Rescued a person, but we caught another person, since they dare to take a big risk to rob the law field, it proves that the prisoner is very important to them, they will not give up easily, they may be worried that the government will trace and disappear in a short time, but they should not leave Xishan Road, maybe when things calm down, there will be other ways to save people. ”

"That's self-defeating." Wei Tianqing sneered.

"He is an outlaw who seeks his own death." As soon as Wei Tianqing's words fell, a clear voice outside the door took over the conversation, and then everyone saw Qiao Mingtang, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walking in with his hands behind his back.

Everyone saluted in unison, and Qiao Mingtang had already said with a smile: "Can you eat and drink enough?" ”

Wei Tianqing took two steps forward and arched his hand: "My lord, I don't know what to call us here?" ”

Qiao Mingtang smiled and said: "This is the order of Scholar Xu, to be elite, not straw bales!" ”

Everyone was stunned.

Qiao Mingtang's expression became solemn, and he said slowly: "You are all the elite of my Praetorian Guard, in addition to you, this official is in the Praetorian Guard, and has selected two hundred elite soldiers with one enemy and ten, this time this official wants you to do a big thing...... Success, not failure! ”