Not far from Hangzhou, there is a small city called Shaoxing. After Mu Xiaojiu left Peach Blossom Island, he took a boat and went directly to Shaoxing. After entering the Qiantang River basin, he changed to a small boat.

At this moment, on the Qiantang River, the wind and rain are shaking.

The boatman who supported the boat wore a coat and a hat, and silently supported the boat. Mu Xiaojiu sat in the canopy, quietly enjoying the scenery along the coast.

"Childe, if you look at both sides of the strait, Shaoxing on one side and Jiaxing on the other." In the midst of the rain, the boatman suddenly said, "Do you see the weeping willows along the embankment on both banks?" It's not a good time now, otherwise there will definitely be more than us on the Qiantang River at this time. When you arrive in Shaoxing later, if you are fine, you can go to Lanting, which should be regarded as a more worthwhile place in Shaoxing at this time. ”

Mu Xiaojiu didn't answer, just smiled lightly, and said after a while: "Boat family, I heard that Yue Opera originated in Shaoxing, I am more interested in this, I don't know if you have any good drama gardens that you can recommend and recommend?" ”

The boatman thought for a moment, and then nodded, "Childe, if you want to watch Yue Opera, we really have a good place to recommend it to you." After you enter Shaoxing City, just stop a villager and ask where the 'Qiyu Pavilion' is, and you will go over after saying hello. That Qiyu Pavilion is the longest in Shaoxing City, and the most correct place to sing songs. And the Qiyu Pavilion not only sings well, but their flower carvings are also a must. ”

"Okay, thank you." Mu Xiaojiu thanked him, and then stopped talking. Seeing this, the boatman also knew that this master was probably not the kind of person who liked to chat, at least at this moment, this man probably didn't want to talk very much. So the boatman also stopped talking and did not continue.

After another quarter of an hour, the ship slowly docked at the pier facing the Qiantang River in Shaoxing City. Mu Xiaojiu stood up, took out a piece of loose silver from the money bag on his waist, and threw it to the boatman, "The extra money is considered a reward." ”

The boatman took the silver, was overjoyed, and nodded at Mu Xiaojiu busily, and kept saying: "Thank you, Childe", "Thank you, Childe".

Carrying the package on his back, Mu Xiaojiu was about to leave the dock when he suddenly heard a soft sound behind him, and at the same time, a strong wind hit him straight above his head.

Mu Xiaojiu was shocked in his heart, his steps were wrong, and his body suddenly flashed to the side, and when he looked back, he saw a big knife slashing at the place where he was standing before.

The knife is a big knife, and it is a golden wire nine-ring big knife, but the person holding the knife is extremely incompatible with this knife. Because, the one carrying the golden silk nine-ring broadsword was a cute woman who was petite and had just reached Mu Xiaojiu's chest.

Seeing that the knife was unsuccessful, the corner of the woman's mouth was raised, and as soon as her wrist moved, the golden silk nine-ring big knife slashed at Mu Xiaojiu's waist and abdomen again.

"Good arm strength!" Mu Xiaojiu praised, but his right hand pulled out a short knife from the left side of the big sword, and then slashed the woman's slash, "But who are you?" Why did you attack me? ”

The two knives collided, and the woman only felt that an extremely strong anti-shock force was transmitted from the golden silk nine-ring broadsword in her hand, shaking her arm numb for a while, not only was this slash blocked, but even her body was taken back several steps back.

"Oh, you don't care who I am, just know that I'm here for your head!" Although the cute woman made two moves and was frustrated twice, she was not discouraged, but slashed again.

Mu Xiaojiu's eyes narrowed, "Since you want my life, then leave your own life behind." As he spoke, Mu Xiaojiu suddenly seemed to have stumbled under his feet, and the whole person rushed forward, and at the same time, the red-clothed knife in his right hand was not idle, and went directly to the woman's chest.

The woman suddenly laughed, wiped her left hand from her waist, and suddenly brought out a soft sword, which just right to block Mu Xiaojiu's knife.

Seeing this, Mu Xiaojiu's brows suddenly wrinkled, "Yin and Yang inverted chaotic blade method? Are you a disciple of the Valley of Despair? It's just that I don't remember what I had with the Valley of Despair, didn't you recognize the wrong person? ”

The woman's wrist flicked, and the soft sword in her left hand suddenly seemed to turn into a poisonous snake, and the snake head, that is, the tip of the sword, suddenly pointed towards the vein of Mu Xiaojiu's right hand.

At the same time, I only heard the woman's coquettish voice say: "Heh, I have heard that the prince of Qumu is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and when I saw it today, I really deserved my reputation, and I actually guessed that I was a disciple of the Valley of Despair just by the sword in my hand." ”

Mu Xiaojiu single-handedly flirted and took the woman's move, and couldn't help but think in his heart, there are not a few sets of swords and swords in the whole martial arts, plus your sword and swordsmanship are already so obvious, and I am not blind, how can I not see it?

"It's just that I can kill you if you have an old grudge against the Valley of Despair?" The golden silk nine-ring broadsword in the woman's right hand once again slashed down at the top of Mu Xiaojiu's head, "Let's pick up the Star Pavilion and kill you famous people!" ”

Hearing this, Mu Xiaojiu couldn't help but have a cold look in his eyes.

Star Picking Pavilion, Picking Star Pavilion, Fucking Star Picking Pavilion. It wasn't enough for a North Underworld Tower to jump out to make trouble before, but now it actually ran out of a Star Picking Pavilion. And these people can know that they will come to Shaoxing, and it is likely that there are disciples from Peach Blossom Island who have joined them.

This time Mu Xiaojiu's departure is not a secret, people like Huang Yaoshi, Lu Chengfeng, Mei Chaofeng, Huang Rong and even some third-generation disciples on Peach Blossom Island know that Mu Xiaojiu will take Shaoxing as his first stop this time.

"Can't you people settle down a little? Now that the enemy of the Central Plains is currently in the present, you still think about the nest every day? There was sarcasm and helplessness in Mu Xiaojiu's words.

Of course, for Mu Xiaojiu's words, the cute woman is very disdainful, after all, she is just a player, even if the Central Plains is really captured, what does it have to do with her? Besides, isn't there still a tall man standing on top of the sky when the sky falls?

Therefore, the woman's offensive began to become more and more intense. Moreover, she whistled at the same time.

As soon as the whistle fell, four people in different costumes suddenly pulled out their weapons from various places, rushed forward directly, and surrounded Mu Xiaojiu in the middle.

Five people, five pairs of swords, five disciples of the Valley of Despair.

Mu Xiaojiu squinted his eyes and suddenly laughed.

"Now that I know everything I want to know, please ......"

"Die!" When he said the last three words, Mu Xiaojiu's voice had already changed to a light drink. As soon as the words fell, his whole person suddenly became erratic.

The next moment, Mu Xiaojiu was already standing outside the encirclement, and the five Ruthless Valley disciples led by the lovely woman were already in different places.

Blood was spilled on the docks, causing many boatmen and dockers to take refuge.

Mu Xiaojiu wiped the two knives of red clothes and red sleeves on the clothes of the corpse on the ground, and then put them back away. Then, he looked at the lovely woman's unpretentious head, and said with a slight sneer: "Do you think you use two weapons? ”

If you were an ordinary person, maybe you would be merciful and leave that lovely woman alive. After all, the woman was petite and had a lovely face, especially the pair of tiger teeth, which made her whole person look a little more delicate.

But Mu Xiaojiu won't, the enemy is the enemy, since he already knows all the news he wants, then this woman has no value to him. A worthless enemy, if you don't kill it, do you have to wait for the New Year?

Of course, I didn't leave because I was dying, after all, it was still raining lightly.

Mu Xiaojiu raised his hand to straighten the somewhat crooked hat again, and then quietly looked at the entrance of the dock, which was now surrounded by officers and soldiers.

"I'm the head catcher of the six gates of Shaoxing—"

A sign thrown from Mu Xiaojiu's hand instantly interrupted this person's words, and the words on the sign made this person directly swallow all the unfinished words back into his stomach.

"Xiaguan Wang Qihe has seen the envoy, and he has been offended before, so I hope my lord will not be surprised." Wang Qihe, the catcher who shouted before, trotted in front of Mu Xiaojiu, and then respectfully presented Mu Xiaojiu's sign with both hands.

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, and took the sign from Wang Qihe's hand, "Wang Zhutou is polite, and his surname is Mu." These five people are all disciples of the Valley of Despair, and they also belong to a Jianghu force called the Star Picking Pavilion. You don't have to worry about the direction of the Valley of Despair, but I also ask you to check it out if you can take a good look at the Star Picking Pavilion. It is really bold that these people dare to openly attack one of my court officials in broad daylight. ”

Regarding Mu Xiaojiu's words, how dare Wang Qihe say half a word? Mu Xiaojiu had just given the order, and Wang Qihe nodded directly, "The lower officials obey the order, please rest assured that Lord Mu will not tolerate this matter, and will definitely try his best to find out all the accomplices." ”

After a pause, Wang Qihe said again: "But Master Mu ......"

Seeing Wang Qihe's stumbling appearance, Mu Xiaojiu couldn't help but shake his head, "What does it look like to talk like this?" ”

Wang Qihe's body was shocked, he didn't dare to be a little ambiguous, and said directly: "That's the case, because this matter has a lot to do with you, so the lower officials have the courage to ask you to come with me." ”

As soon as Wang Qihe finished saying this, the cold sweat on his head flowed down, and at the same time, in his heart, he kept scolding himself for being an idiot.

It's just a matter of listening to the words of these adults, so how can you take them seriously? Why "come with me", Wang Qihe asked himself, if a catcher who was younger than him talked to him like this, he would definitely be mad. Since he was going crazy, he could imagine how the imperial envoy in front of him would react.

However, the storm that Wang Qihe imagined did not come, on the contrary, when he said this, Mu Xiaojiu actually laughed.

"Is it possible...... Is this adult still a smiling tiger? Wang Qihe secretly thought in his heart, and it was precisely because of this thought that he began to become more and more uneasy.

Mu Xiaojiu is naturally not a smiling tiger, and the reason why he laughs is not because of any "angry anti-laughter", his laughter is completely from the heart. It's just that because he is wearing a hat, Wang Qihe can't see his eyes covered under the eaves of the hat, otherwise Wang Qihe will definitely not think he is a smiling tiger.

Of course, Mu Xiaojiu didn't know what Wang Qihe thought.

"Okay, no problem, lead the way, I'll follow you. It just so happened that this time I came over to meet the parents of Shaoxing City, and it happened that this trip went straight to the whole. Mu Xiaojiu's words were very simple, which also made Wang Qihe feel relieved.

"Okay, Lord Mu, please come here. Shaoxing Mansion is not far from here, let's walk a stick of incense to get there. Wang Qihe owed, stretched out his hand and led forward, signaling Mu Xiaojiu to go first. Mu Xiaojiu was naturally not polite to this, and took a step forward directly, taking the lead in walking, while Wang Qihe was very consciously half a step behind.

Although I don't know why the Shaoxing Mansion will be built so close to the wharf, the fact is indeed as Wang Qihe said, before the time for a stick of incense, Mu Xiaojiu has already arrived at the Shaoxing Mansion.

"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry in and let people open the door, and by the way, inform the adults, just say that the imperial envoy Lord Mu has arrived." Wang Qihe first patted a fast catcher on the shoulder beside him, asking him to go in first to report, and then arched his hand at Mu Xiaojiu, "I'm sorry, Lord Mu, I may have to ask you to wait for a while." It's still early, and the government hasn't opened the door yet, so I'll let my men go in and help you open the door. ”

Mu Xiaojiu waved his hand, "No need, let's go in directly through the side door." After speaking, he took the lead in walking towards the side door and asked, "How is your prefect's style on weekdays?" Along the way, I think Shaoxing is still prosperous, I don't know how much it has to do with the governance of your prefect? ”

Wang Qihe was stunned by Mu Xiaojiu's question, and the steps he was about to take suddenly stopped.

"Uh, this...... Lord Mu is just a small chief catcher, and the prefect's affairs are not easy to discuss casually. Let's talk to him about these things later, after you meet the prefect. ”

Mu Xiaojiu's eyebrows, hidden under the hat, raised slightly, "Oh? It's hard to say? ”

Wang Qihe's heart trembled, and he nodded, "It's hard to say." ”

"Tsk, okay, I got it." Mu Xiaojiu didn't make things difficult for Wang Qihe, after all, he felt quite good about Wang Qihe along the way. This matter will not make him look down on Wang Qihe, after all, this kind of thing is indeed a little difficult to say.

However, the most important thing is that it is difficult to say, doesn't it mean that it has been said?

There was a smile on the corner of Mu Xiaojiu's mouth, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

It seems that this trip to Shaoxing was not in vain, and this Shaoxing prefect is worth meeting for a while.