There are two roads from Su City to Luoyi.
One is the official road built by the Zhou court.
The advantage of the official road is that it is safe and the road is smooth.
Of course, if there are advantages, there must be disadvantages. The disadvantage of the official road is that it is a long way.
After all, the purpose of official roads is to connect various cities. It is impossible to go directly. Many official roads need to go around a long way.
Ever since, some businessmen have opened up a business route in order to save time.
There is only one advantage of Shangdao, and that is saving time.
Take the journey from Su City to Luoyi as an example. It takes more than 20 days to take the official road, but it only takes more than ten days to take the commercial road, which is twice as fast.
For businessmen, time is money. These ten days can determine whether they will make a lot of money or lose everything.
Of course, business roads also have shortcomings, that is, there are too many bandits.
There are dozens of cottages along the entire business road, the largest of which is Qingfeng Village, with a total of two thousand bandits, and the leader Yue Zhenshan is a Jiuding warrior.
"Kui Tong, the second master of Shunfeng Village, has something important to ask to see Brother Yue Zhenshan. I hope it will be convenient for the brothers."
Not long after the second master entered Qingfeng Village, he was spotted by the Qingfeng Village bandit who was responsible for keeping track, so he immediately clasped his fists and shouted to explain his intention.
Although colleagues in the industry are enemies, bandits are different from other professions in that they take care of each other when necessary.
If a cottage is captured, the bandits in this cottage will also be taken in by other cottages, just like outsmarting Weihu Mountain.
"The second master of Shunfeng Village?"
The Qingfeng Village bandit who was about to take action stopped when he heard the identity of the second leader, frowned and asked: "If you are not staying at the base of Shunfeng Village, what are you doing in Qingfeng Village?"
The second master rolled his eyes and pretended to be impatient, "Momen plans to destroy Qingfeng Village. I am here to save Qingfeng Village."
"Momen wants to destroy Qingfeng Village."
The leader of the bandits from Qingfeng Village exclaimed, and immediately said: "Follow me, and I will take you to see the big boss."
"Thank you so much brother!"
The second boss breathed a sigh of relief.
Qingfeng Village is the largest village on the entire trade route. It is not easy to meet the leader Yue Zhenshan, so he can only speak alarmist words.
Soon, under the leadership of the bandits, the second master easily entered Qingfeng Village.
Because it was night, there was no one else in Qingfeng Village except the bandits standing guard.
However, there are fire pots lit everywhere in Qingfeng Village, so even at night, the general outline of Qingfeng Village can be clearly seen.
The second master looked at the houses one after another and couldn't help feeling that Qingfeng Village was indeed the largest village, while Shunfeng Village was just a beggar compared to it.
"Don't move around here, I'll inform everyone in charge."
The second head of the family was taken to Zhongyi Hall by the bandits. After giving instructions, he left quickly.
After a while, the eight heads of Qingfeng Village arrived one after another and sat on both sides of Zhongyi Hall.
The last person to arrive was naturally Yue Zhenshan, the head of Qingfeng Village.
The moment he saw Yue Zhenshan, the second master felt a chill in his heart, because Yue Zhenshan's strength was definitely higher than what was rumored.
However, what surprised Yue Zhenshan the most was that among the eight heads of Qingfeng Village, there was a girl.
The girl was dressed in blue clothes, with her hair hanging down naturally. She had no strength at all, just like a young lady from a wealthy family.
The girl looked out of place sitting with the other seven heads.
Yue Zhenshan sat in the top position, like a tiger patrolling his territory, looking around the Zhongyi Hall, and finally landed on the second master.
The second master immediately clasped his fists and said, "The second master of Shunfeng Village, Kuai Tong, pays homage to Master Yue."
"Um!"
Yue Zhenshan nodded slightly and asked in a deep voice: "You are the one who said that Momen wants to destroy Qingfeng Village?"
"That's right!"
The second boss nodded.
After hearing this, the other heads of Qingfeng Village started talking about it.
"Although we in Qingfeng Village are bandits, we have never killed innocent people indiscriminately. We have only robbed those with big doors. In times of disaster, we will even give porridge to the common people. Why would Momen target us?"
"Hmph, I have long disliked the Momen. They are always clamoring to eliminate harm to the world. I think they are the biggest harm. They kill people all over the house at every turn. This is not what a hero would do."
"Who makes the Momen strong? Let's not talk about the giants of the Momen. There are dozens of grandmasters alone. They really want to destroy Qingfeng Village. It's really easy."
Listening to the discussions of the heads of Qingfeng Village, the second master couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth with a smile.
Originally, he thought that only those small cottages were afraid of Momen, but he did not expect that cottages of the size of Qingfeng Village were also afraid of Momen.
This is much easier to handle.
"I ask you……"
Just as the second master was thinking about it, a clear voice sounded, "You have no proof, how can you prove that Momen intends to destroy Qingfeng Village?"
The one who spoke was the girl from the eight heads of Qingfeng Village.
She had a smile on her lips and stared at the second master.
"Who is this……"
The second master cupped his fists towards the girl.
"The sixth master of Qingfeng Village."
The girl showed a bright smile.
"It turns out to be the Sixth Master! I've admired him for a long time!"
The second master said politely, and then solemnly took out the badge given to him by Jiang Yifeng.
The moment the girl saw the waistband, she quickly stepped forward, took it in her hand and started looking at it.
After she read it, she asked a bandit to deliver it to the headmaster Yue Zhenshan.
But Yue Zhenshan didn't look at it at all. He looked at the girl and asked, "Sixth sister, is this waist card real or fake?"
"it is true."
The girl nodded slightly, "This waist card seems simple, but in fact it contains a hidden mechanism. There is a life-saving pill hidden in it. Only true disciples of the Mo Sect will possess it."
After hearing this, Yue Zhenshan held the waist card in his hand and planned to open it.
Helpless, he tried his best several times, but he only heard the belt card making a crisp sound and showed no sign of being opened.
"Brother, don't try."
The girl spoke to stop Yue Zhenshan and continued: "The Momen trap cannot be opened with violence. Even if it is opened, the pills inside will be destroyed."
"Hmph, Momen is bullying people too much."
Yue Zhenshan snorted coldly, very angry.
"They are just a bunch of lunatics, there is no need to get angry with them."
The girl chuckled lightly, as if she didn't care about Momen's house. She looked at the second master and asked: "This waist card does not mean that Momen will destroy Qingfeng Village, and as far as I know, Momen only kills the most evil people." Disciple, this is not the case for our Qingfeng Village."
"..."
The second master couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard the girl's words.
He is not afraid of powerful warriors. In his eyes, those warriors with simple minds and well-developed limbs can be deceived in a few words.
Only those scribes... no, to be precise, they should be smart scribes, who are the most troublesome for him.
The reason is also very simple: smart scribes are not easy to deceive.
And it was obvious that the girl in front of him belonged to this category.
This is a bit troublesome.
He must fabricate his lies perfectly enough to avoid being seen through, otherwise all his efforts will be in vain.
"Compared with Momen's destruction of Qingfeng Village, I'm more curious about why you were able to get the badge of a Momen disciple?"
Seeing that the second master was silent, the girl smiled and kept talking, "Is there a possibility that Shunfeng Village intercepted and killed a Momen disciple, and then she was afraid of being retaliated by Momen, so she wanted to drag Qingfeng Village into trouble? If so, In this case, as long as Qingfeng Village captures you and sends you to Momen, not only will you not be destroyed, but you may also get benefits from Momen."
As soon as these words came out, all the heads of Qingfeng Village turned their attention to the second head.
At that moment, the second master felt like he was surrounded by several tigers and would be torn to pieces at any time.
Faced with this situation, any other person would be so frightened that he would immediately kneel on the ground and be speechless for a long time.
But the second master just swallowed, calmed down, thought for a moment, and hugged everyone.
Then, he looked at the girl and said, "Sixth Master, it is undeniable that your analysis makes some sense, but there are some things that cannot be explained."
The girl smiled slightly and said, "Speak out and listen."
The second master replied: "As far as I know, Momen disciples all act together in pairs, with higher-ranked disciples leading lower-ranked disciples. Shunfeng Village is just an inconspicuous small village. How can we deal with two Momen? disciple?"
The girl shook her head slightly, "Although Momen disciples move together in pairs, this is not absolute. They will also move separately, and sometimes they will be alone."
The second master said: "The sixth master also said that they are rarely alone. Isn't it a coincidence that Shunfeng Village can meet the Momen disciples who are alone?"
"Right!"
The girl pursed her lips and looked at the second master, "However, you still haven't explained why you have the badge of being a disciple of Momen."
thump!
The second master hesitated for a few seconds, then suddenly knelt down towards Yue Zhenshan, kowtowed and said, "First master, I deserve to die. I deceived you. Momen did not intend to destroy Qingfeng Village."
"Um?"
The girl was confused by the sudden frankness of the second master, and she couldn't see through the second master.
Unfortunately, before she had time to think about the second master's intention, the grumpy eighth master stepped forward and picked up the second master.
He stared with big eyes and said with a ferocious look: "You are such a young person, why are you trying to scare us for no reason? Believe it or not, I will chop you with an axe?"
The second master repeatedly begged for mercy, "The eighth master, please calm down and listen to me explain slowly. The matter is very important and I have to say this."
After saying that, the second master looked at Yue Zhenshan, "First master, listen to my explanation!"
Yue Zhenshan looked at the pleading second master and couldn't help but frown slightly.
He originally thought that the second master was a hero, but now he seemed to be a timid coward. His eighth brother just shouted loudly and frightened him out of his wits.
However, he still said to Master Ba: "Old Ba, let him go, I want to hear what he has to say."
"snort!"
The eighth master of Qingfeng Village snorted coldly, threw the second master on the ground, and sat back down again.
The second master knelt down in front of Yue Zhenshan with runny noses and tears, "The sixth master was right. Shunfeng Village did offend Momen, but...but..."
As the second master said, he suddenly raised his palm and slapped his face hard.
Seeing this scene, Yue Zhenshan, whose interest had just been aroused, became anxious and said: "You can slap yourself later, but tell me what happened first."
"yes!"
The second master said: "This morning, we met a small caravan in Shunfeng Village. The caravan only had a dozen low-level warrior guards, but it was pulling many boxes. Those boxes were made with very good craftsmanship. I thought they contained treasures, so we went to Shunfeng Village. Zhai decided to rob them."
"Originally everything was normal. Even the young master of the caravan said that he would give all the silver and women to Shunfeng Village... But I thought that I could easily come up with a hundred thousand taels of silver and have such a beautiful woman with me. , this caravan must not be simple, so I plan to kill people and silence them to prevent them from retaliating. "
Hearing this, all the heads of Qingfeng Village could not help but nod, believing deeply in the words of the second head.
Because of this kind of thing, not to mention Shunfeng Village, even Qingfeng Village has done it secretly.
However……
No one in Qingfeng Village noticed that all their expressions were seen by the second master.
"What happened next?"
The girl didn't find any loopholes and continued to ask.
"Next..."
The second master hesitated and hesitated. After a while, he finally said: "Just when we were about to take action, the young master shouted and someone stepped out of the carriage."
"one person?"
The girl frowned slightly, "After all, you have three hundred men in Shunfeng Village. Don't tell me, are you afraid of being beaten by this one person?"
The second master smiled bitterly and nodded, "That man is not an ordinary person. The young master calls him Brother Ghost Hand, and his method of dealing with us is also very simple. He stands still and throws out a large number of rainstorm pear blossom needles, which easily injure him seriously. A lot of people."
hiss!
As soon as these words came out, all the heads of Zhongyi Hall took a deep breath.
The Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle is one of the most famous hidden weapons in the world. Each one is worth a lot of money, but...
Such a precious Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle was used casually. This Momen disciple named Gui Shou must have an unusual identity.
Yue Zhenshan looked at the girl and asked: "Sixth Sister, do you know that Mo Sect has a disciple named Gui Shou?"
"He is not a disciple of Momen."
The girl's face became solemn and she continued: "He should be Guishou Cai, the master of Momen Shu Pavilion. He is a martial arts master. The rainstorm pear blossom needle in his hand will not be more valuable than the stones on the roadside."
After hearing this, the head of Zhongyi Hall no longer gasped for air, but his legs became weak with fear.
They originally thought they were just ordinary disciples of Momen, but they didn't expect that it was the master of Momen who was provoked by Shunfeng Village.
The second master continued to cry: "Later I found out that the young master was just fishing for law enforcement. He was deliberately luring us into a copycat to rob him."
Yue Zhenshan asked: "In that case, shouldn't he destroy you? Why should he give you the Momen waist card?"
The second master explained: "This young master probably thought it was fun, or it could be for other reasons. He gave me a card and asked me to pick a copycat with heinous crimes and destroy it. This can be regarded as making up for the merit."
Yue Zhenshan frowned and asked, "So you chose Qingfeng Village?"
"How can it be?"
The second master shook his head repeatedly, "My admiration for Qingfeng Village is like the endless stream of a surging river, or like the overflowing Jiujiang River..."
"Okay, stop saying compliments."
Yue Zhenshan quickly raised his hand to stop the second master and asked: "Tell me directly, which copycat did you choose?"
"Guzhenzhai!"
The second master continued.
"Guzhen Village commits murders and arson. It is true that it should be destroyed, but..." Yue Zhenshan looked at the second master, "Since you want to destroy Guzhen Village, why did you come to Qingfeng Village again?"
The second master said with a mournful face: "How could Shunfeng Village have the strength to destroy Guzhen Village, so I wanted to use the power of Qingfeng Village."
"That young master said that if he couldn't destroy one copycat that committed a heinous crime, he would destroy all the copycats on this business road."
