I Honor

Dispute between the rivers and lakes

Tianding City is the hub of the north-south waterway, choking the throat between east and west, and it is a place of first-class prosperity in the world. It was noon, and the streets were full of people, shoulder to shoulder, very lively.

“Inquire” Cao Manzi was humming the opera, protecting his purse, he didn’t think that anything dangerous would happen in broad daylight and in full view of the public, and recently set up a gamble, and there happened to be two hired thugs following him.

As he was walking, he suddenly felt something hard against his waist, and a hoarse voice rang in his ears: “Turn to the alley next to you.”

The sun was shining brightly, but Cao Manzi had cold sweat on his forehead. He didn’t dare to take the risk to test whether the weapon against his waist was real, and he didn’t dare to question whether the other party had the courage to commit murder in the street, so he had to slowly change direction.Go to the nearby alley.

During this process, he found that the “murderer” beside him was of medium height, and his bamboo hat was hanging forward, covering most of his face.

At this time, his two thugs also noticed something was wrong, but they didn’t dare to make mistakes. One followed cautiously, and the other rushed forward, tipping off the news and seeking rescue.

Passing through two small alleys, the crowds gradually thinned out, with white walls and black tiles, moss and weeds.

“Okay, let the one in the back retreat to the entrance of the alley.” Meng Qi continued to suppress his voice and ordered. When Cao Manzi’s index finger and middle finger rested on Cao Manzi’s waist and he did not let go of the golden bell cover, his hands were like weapons.

Cao Manzi had no choice but to let the thugs retreat with a trembling voice, and begged at the same time: “Brother, everyone walks in the rivers and lakes, and harmony makes money. If you have any difficulties, I, Cao Manzi, will definitely help.”

“I heard that you were asked by Tianding City.” Meng Qi didn’t say that he had been observing for two days.

Hearing this sentence, Cao Manzi was so determined that he just wanted to answer the question quickly and send the God of Plague away: “Everyone praises you, and if you have many friends, you know more.”

“Very good, if I want to ask the twelve gods to do something, how do I contact them?” Meng Qi asked in a low voice.

The Twelve-Aspect God must have a contact method to undertake external tasks, otherwise, if they all rely on Duan Xiangfei to find their whereabouts and come to the door, they would have “starved to death” long ago.

Of course, Meng Qi suspected that Duan Xiangfei must have also tried to contact him and got the information, otherwise how could he have met so coincidentally.

Cao Manzi was smart all over, but immediately felt something tight around his waist, so he licked his lips and said, “I don’t know what Xiongtai is doing with the Twelve Gods, and I don’t want to know, you can go to Qiu Chan on Huaishu Street Let’s try it out, ask the shopkeeper to buy Wugenhua for seventy-two-six dollars, and then directly report the task and the reward he is willing to give.”

“If the twelve gods agree to take it, Qiuchantang will sell a kind of ointment called Wangyou the next day. You go in and talk to the shopkeeper directly. By the way, you have to pay part of the payment in advance.”

“That’s right, quite frank.” The hoarse voice echoed in Cao Manzi’s ears, and then he heard a crisp sound, and there were a few pieces of broken silver on the ground.

Just as he looked down at Yinzi, his vision blurred, and he realized that the person who had kidnapped him just now had disappeared to the other side of the alley.

“This skill…” He was stunned, a little afraid, if he didn’t cooperate so well, the consequences would be disastrous.

He is not high in martial arts, but has a wide range of friends and good eyesight.

Although Meng Qi planned to catch the Twelve-Aspect God with a two-pronged approach by entrusting tasks, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he monitored Youfu every day and night, meditated and practiced martial arts during the day, and scouted around for news. The news of the incident has just been spread, and the nearby Twelve-Aspect Gods probably haven’t arrived yet. If you entrust a task at this time, it will definitely be accepted by “Shen Hou”, and your efforts will be wasted.

On the fourth day, people from the nearby martial arts came one after another, Tianding City became more and more lively, and many inns and restaurants were overcrowded.

As soon as Meng Qi was full of food and drink, he returned to the monastery where he placed the order. He saw two more men and two women in the courtyard. They were both young people in their prime. One is wearing a long lake green dress and white boots, and the other is wearing a plain white dress. She has a graceful figure and looks pleasing to the eye.

They all use swords, and I don’t know if they can use them well. Meng Qi muttered to himself, the two men and two women had long swords hanging from their waists.

With Jiang Zhiwei’s pearls in front of her, and her words reminding her that swordsmanship is difficult to learn and master, Meng Qi always has a little more scrutiny on people who use long swords.

Meng Qi didn’t wear the white monk robe he bought because he couldn’t be too conspicuous when inquiring about the news. When the two men and women found out that it was a gray-clothed monk who came in, they thought it was the monks in the temple and didn’t pay too much attention to it. Talking, discussing the battle between Cui Xu and Luo Qing’s masters, and discussing the matter of Shen Hou leaving a book to steal the Buddha, he seemed very excited.

“If we can witness the fight between the two great masters of swordsmanship in the world, our swordsmanship will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.” The girl in the green skirt of the lake said leisurely and fascinatedly.

The taller man smiled and said, “At that time, the reputation of our four heroes in the south of the Yangtze River will spread throughout the north and south of the river, and the waterways from east to west.”

“But only famous seniors who have been invited can enter the city lord’s mansion to watch the battle, alas.” The girl in plain white clothes has a round face, which is a bit cute.

The man who was relatively short looked at the opposite side and said expectantly: “Brother Ning, don’t you have a lot of friends? Is there any way?”

The discussion of the few people was no different from the restaurant outside. Meng Qi really couldn’t arouse his interest, so he went directly to the meditation room where he lived.

The Zhike monk came to meet him, and put his hands together with a smile: “Master Zhending, why did you come back so early today?”

“There are too many people outside, it’s annoying to be noisy, it’s better to come back and find some peace and quiet.” Meng Qi said casually.

The Zhike monk pointed to the two men and two women in the courtyard: “Yes, many benefactors couldn’t find a guest room, so they had to live in the Zen forest.”

There are quite a lot of people from the world who came here, even this dilapidated temple has people who come to live there.

Dust duk duk, just as Meng Qi sat down, someone called and knocked on the door.

“This benefactor” Meng Qi opened the door and saw the taller man among the two men and two women standing outside the door with a smile on his face.He was dressed in an ancient style, with a pair of impressive crouching silkworm eyebrows, and said with a smile: “Ning Daogu among the four heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, those three are brothers and sisters who are sworn brothers in Xiajiang, Ji Xin, Le Shishi, Nie Yao, I don’t know. Mage up and down.”

I don’t need to know your nickname Meng Qi replied while muttering: “The poor monk is sure, why is Ning benefactor here?”

Ning Daogu tried his best to make himself appear personable: “I just thought that the master is a monk from this temple, but I was mistaken. I don’t know which temple the master is from, but he came to watch the battle of the masters and the application of the monkey to steal the Buddha.”

“The poor monk is Yehuchan. He wandered to Tianding City a few days ago. He didn’t come here on a special trip.” Meng Qi “tell the truth”.

Ning Daogu snorted, and after talking for a few words, he took his leave and left.

After closing the door, Meng Qi paced back to Tongpu, and vaguely heard Ning Daogu say to the other three: “He is an ordinary monk, nothing special.”

“Looking at his extraordinary appearance, I thought he was a fellow of the rivers and lakes like us, a famous eminent monk.” Le Shishi, a girl in a lake green skirt, said with a smile.

Ji Xin let out a snort: “It’s not uncommon for someone to be good-looking but full of weeds. Is it true that a decent family recruits disciples based on their appearance? I think he probably practiced a few three-legged cat sword skills casually.”

“Don’t care about him, it’s time to apply for Monkey Stealing Buddha in the next night. Shall we wait near You Mansion?” Nie Yao said enthusiastically.

Le Shishi’s attention was quickly diverted, and she said excitedly: “That’s right, the world will definitely gather together in the next night. No matter how good Shenhou’s martial arts are, his fists will be hard to beat. Once he is discovered, he will definitely be hard to escape. When the time comes , we might have a chance to catch him.”

“If we can catch the Shen monkey, our reputation will really spread all over the country, from east to west by water.” Ning Daogu was also a little imaginative.

Meng Qi curled his lips and concentrated on sitting in meditation. After an hour, he walked out and went straight to Huaishu Street.

“Autumn Cicada Hall” is a very old-looking drugstore. The shopkeeper’s old eyes are dim and his ears are dull, so he didn’t greet Meng Qi.

Wearing a green uniform and a bamboo hat, Meng Qi walked up to the shopkeeper and said, “I want seven taels of money for rootless flowers.”

Rootless flower, a medicine that does not exist at all.

The shopkeeper was dialing the abacus, he paused for a while, and then continued to dial, the voice was old and authentic: “Seven taels of money without roots”

“Yes, before the battle of the masters, I captured You Hongbo, the youngest son of the You family, and the reward was a phantom.” Meng Qi deliberately changed his voice.

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Hearing the phantom, the shopkeeper’s eyelids twitched, he suddenly raised his head, was stunned for a while, and sighed: “Today, there is no stock for rootless flowers, come and pick them up tomorrow.”

Meng Qi smiled in satisfaction, went out and changed his route continuously, took off his bamboo hat in a secluded place, and changed into a monk’s robe.

Back at the temple, in addition to the “Siying Jiangnan”, there are some people from the rivers and lakes in the courtyard, who seem to be their friends, and they are talking happily.

“Who is that monk?”

“An ordinary order monk.”

“Oh, no wonder she’s quite young.”

After a brief conversation, they quickly returned to their topic, and Meng Qi also concentrated on meditating on the Ning Point.

Everyone in the courtyard was talking, and suddenly found another handsome man in his early thirties, with thick eyebrows and red face, and a heroic figure.

“I don’t know if Master Zhending lives here,” the man politely cupped his hands.

Ning Daogu had an intuition that this man was not ordinary, so he greeted him with a smile: “We also just arrived today, I don’t know who is Master Zhending, dare to ask brother’s name, so we can invite friends out.”

“Mu Hengtian.” The man answered concisely.

Le Shishi’s complexion changed, and she said in surprise and joy: “But Young Master Mu of the Eighteenth Waterway in the South”

All the people present gasped, the Southern Eighteen Waterway is a first-class force in the world, the leader Mu Shan is also a first-class master in the world, and he and Cui City Lord are even brothers.

As for Mu Hengtian, who became famous when he was young, it is rumored that he has grown out of blue and is better than blue. He is a figure who is expected to be a master in the future, and he is not on the same level as himself and other so-called Jiangnan knights.

“The Eighteen Waterways are all in charge, and there is no title of young master.” Mu Hengtian said with a serious expression.

“Yes, what Hero Mu said is very true.” Ji Xin said fawningly, and everyone agreed.

At this time, Mu Hengtian saw the Zhike monk coming in, and hurriedly asked where Master Zhending was.

Zhike pointed to Meng Qi’s room: “Master Zhending just came back.”

What is that ordinary little monk is the real mage that Master Mu is looking for? Ning Daogu, Nie Yao and others were all stunned.

Mu Hengtian took a deep breath, walked to Meng Qi’s room, clasped his hands in salute, and said loudly: “Master Zhending, I’m here, Mu Hengtian, to wash away the shame of my father, please fight.”: