Taiping Inn

In the blink of an eye, the time of the Peony Fair is approaching. The best peonies in the world are in Longmen Mansion.

This year's Peony Fair is particularly special, because the news has spread in the martial arts world that the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu, the Great Sword Immortal Li Daoxu, and the "Heavenly Sword" Qin Qing will meet in Longmen Mansion to enjoy the peonies together.

The whole martial arts world was in an uproar.

Because there was a news that the Great Heavenly Master intended to reorganize the Taoist sect, and Mr. Qingping traveled all over the country for this. At first, people in the martial arts world were skeptical about this news. As we all know, it has been more than a thousand years since the Taoist sect broke up, and the disputes between the good and evil sects have also run through the more than a thousand years of the martial arts world. Not long ago, the good and evil sects were fighting each other, and now they are talking about integrating the Taoist sect, which seems a bit child's play.

But with the spread of the latter news, those who originally did not believe and those who were skeptical had to believe it.

The peonies in Longmen Mansion bloom every year, but the three immortals have never come to appreciate the flowers. This year, the three of them suddenly gathered in Longmen Mansion. No one would think that they came to appreciate the flowers, but only to integrate the Taoism.

However, some people also found that the three did not invite the geomancer Xu Wugui or Tan Taiyun to the meeting this time. In other words, the Northwest Five Sects were excluded this time. So many people understood that the so-called integration of Taoism is essentially a battle between good and evil, but the name has changed, and the scale is larger. After all, the three immortals are personally involved, so how can the scale not be large? It seems that the three immortals want to end the thousands of years of grievances in one battle.

But that's all for later. Now many people's minds are still on the upcoming Longmen Mansion Peony Fair. There is no doubt that this is an out-and-out Jianghu event. Not only will the three immortals come in person, but the famous masters and masters of the major sects under their command and even the sects and rivers and lakes affiliated with these sects will also go with them. If you can participate in this peony flower fair, it will not only be glorious, but you can also take the opportunity to make some friends in the Jianghu. It is said that more friends mean more roads, and sometimes you walk in the Jianghu with your connections.

In this case, countless Jianghu people flocked to Longmen Mansion just to wait for the day when the peony flower fair began - the fourth day of April in the eighth year of Tianbao, Guyu.

Liu Jin was originally a Jianghu wanderer, without a sect or school, but with good qualifications. He worked hard all the way and even achieved the cultivation of the Xiantian realm. Last time, when the young Tianshi of Zhengyi Sect got married, he wanted to join in the fun and see if he could get a chance, but he encountered other things on the way and was delayed for a while. When he arrived in Wuzhou, he had missed the time of the ceremony. As the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly. If that were the case, it would be fine. Liu Jinyi didn't expect that he would be inexplicably involved in a fight between gods. First, the corpse qi covered the sky, then the mountains were destroyed, and there was a huge figure like a demon standing between heaven and earth. Although he was far away from the battlefield, he was still affected.

It was not until later that he knew that it was the old man Zang from the Zaoge Sect fighting with Mr. Qingping, and later Bai Xiushang from the Cihang Sect and Li Shixing from the Yinyang Sect took action one after another.

After the battle, Liu Jinyi wanted to see if there was anything missing, but to his disappointment, he searched the entire battlefield. In addition to the corpses, corpse water, pus and blood everywhere, there was the bronze carriage that was split in half by a sword. But the wreckage of this carriage has lost all its spirituality. Not to mention treasures, even the appearance of spiritual objects is not there, and it can only be regarded as an ordinary object. Instead, the remaining corpse qi began to erode Liu Jinyi's body, making him miserable. It was extremely difficult for Liu Jinyi to leave the battlefield at this time. At this moment, a mysterious woman appeared and saved him. From then on, he joined a mysterious organization called Taiping Inn, and his boss was called "Paotang".

At the beginning, Liu Jinyi guessed that this "Taiping Inn" had something to do with the Taiping Inn of Taiping Sect, but later he gradually discovered that there was no connection between the two. It seemed that such a name was deliberately chosen to confuse people.

The reason why Liu Jinyi was a wanderer in the rivers and lakes instead of joining the sect was because he understood that if he joined the sect, he had to listen to the sect. This life also belonged to the sect, and he had to give it or not. He didn't want to live that kind of life, and would rather be free in the rivers and lakes. But this time, he couldn't escape, not to mention that he was restricted by others. This life was saved by others, and there was nothing to say about selling it to others.

But he later found out that having a backer also has its advantages. At least his boss treated him well. He taught him some skills and gave him guidance on his cultivation, which allowed him to finally reach the Return to the Realm. In the martial arts world, he was considered a master. But after he reached the Return to the Realm, he still couldn't see what realm his boss was in. This was very scary. Liu Jinyi speculated that his boss must be above the Return to the Realm, and it seemed that the Heavenly Man Free and Easy Realm was even lower, and it was possible that he was at the Heavenly Man Infinite Realm.

Liu Jinyi was shocked by his bold speculation. What does the realm of heavenly beings mean? It means that he has the qualifications to be on the Taixuan list. He is one of the few masters in the world. No matter which sect he is in, he is a high-level figure like the sect master or elder. And his boss is just a "waiter" in the inn, not a "shopkeeper". In addition, there are "odd jobs", "accountants", "cooks" and others. In this way, the power of this mysterious organization is not inferior to many sects. Liu Jinyi couldn't help but feel deeply curious about such a mysterious organization. What are they going to do? Are they secretly accumulating strength and waiting for one day to dominate the world? Or do they want to become a Jianghu force like Bailianfang, Wenxiangtang, Wandumen, and Tingfenglou? Who is the "shopkeeper" who is high above? Will it be someone on the Taixuan list? Or someone on the Laoxuan list?

However, Liu Jinyi also knows the rules. He should ask what he should ask and never ask what he shouldn't ask. Knowing too much is not good for him. He just needs to do his job well. So although he was curious, he just suppressed it in his heart. Now his status in the inn is the Di Zi Waiter, and there is a Tian Zi Waiter above him. As long as he becomes a Tian Zi Waiter, he will be considered to have entered the core senior management of the inn, and even have the opportunity to participate in the inn's regular meetings. Since he has joined, he must make it to the end. Even if he is abandoned, he will start from the bottom. The higher the status, the safer it is.

This time he received a letter from above, asking him to go to Longmen Mansion and participate in the Peony Flower Fair as a Jianghu Wanderer. At the same time, he secretly contacted other Jianghu Wanderers to observe whether there are people with ulterior motives doing illegal things in secret, especially those from the Yin-Yang Sect and the Confucian School, and he must pay special attention.

Liu Jinyi immediately understood that the wind rises from the end of the green duckweed, and the waves rise from the waves. Many major events actually have signs in the subtle places before they happen. In the Jianghu, the numerous Jianghu Wanderers and small sects are the end of the green duckweed.

Liu Jinyi was a well-known Jianghu wanderer with many friends. He didn't need to pretend. He just needed to suppress his realm to the original Xiantian realm, and then go to those old friends to drink and chat, and then wait for an opportunity to observe, or even make indirect attacks.

After receiving the news, Liu Jinyi rushed from Jinzhou to Zhongzhou without stopping. Fortunately, along the way, there were countless Jianghu heroes like him rushing to Zhongzhou, and they were already accustomed to it. His move would not make people feel strange, at most they would think he was a little anxious. Finally, Liu Jinyi arrived at Longmen Mansion in Zhongzhou on March 25.

The "Central Plains" mentioned by the Golden Horde refers to the entire Great Wei's two capitals and nineteen states, and the "world" mentioned by the Golden Horde includes the Central Plains, grasslands, Posuozhou, Jinlinzhou, and the Western Regions. The "world" mentioned by the people of Jianghu refers to the two capitals and nineteen states of the Wei Dynasty, and "Central Plains" refers to Zhongzhou. Other places are either the Western Regions, the Northwest, Jiangnan, Lingnan, or Jiangbei and Liaobei. No matter where the capital is now, for Jianghu people, this place is always the center of the world.

The largest prefecture in Zhongzhou is Longmen Prefecture, and the largest inn in Longmen Prefecture is Mingsheng Inn.

Mingsheng Inn is located on the street opposite the Wanxiang Academy. In a year, no one knows how many people go to the Wanxiang Academy to study or pay homage. When they are not allowed to enter or waiting, they wait here to see and rest. There are also many people in the academy who set up wine and talk about things nearby, most of them are generous. Relying on this business, Mingsheng Inn earned silver money that could not be spent in several lifetimes, and then bought the surrounding shops one after another, opened them up, expanded the scale of the inn again and again, and decorated them carefully. Many luxurious private rooms were separated by windows on the second floor, and the lobby on the first floor was also separated by screens so that the guests who came here could drink and talk about things. Outsiders say that the gold and silver in the counter of Mingsheng Inn are like flowing water, which never stops day and night. As the sun and the moon are bright, Mingsheng Inn must rise, so people in Longmen Mansion say that the innkeeper has a good name.

When Liu Jin arrived at Mingsheng Inn, he spent exactly ten taels of silver, asked for a pot of tea that was neither good nor bad, and sat quietly in a private room that was neither good nor bad for about half an hour, when a group of people pushed the door in.

The leader was a burly man, carrying a ghost-head knife, with a fierce look on his face and a murderous aura. Behind him was a short old man, a local snake in Zhongzhou Jianghu, and a well-known master, with the cultivation of Xuanyuan Realm, but the recent battles between good and evil were related to Zhongzhou, and his life was not easy. The last one was a young man, waving a folding fan in his hand, with a picture of a lady and a peony painted on the fan. He was also very romantic, and his realm was the highest, similar to the realm Liu Jinyi showed now, both were in the innate realm, but Liu Jinyi was more than ten years older than him. From this point of view, this young man could be considered a young talent.

As soon as the three entered the door, the man shouted: "Brother Liu, it's been a long time since we last met. Where have you made money recently?"

Liu Jinyi stood up to greet him, and said with a wry smile: "What kind of wealth? Losing money is more like losing money. Last time, I happened to catch up with the earth master attacking the Great Immortal Mansion. When the gods fight, mortals suffer. I have been hiding to heal my wounds this year."