Lanke Chess Edge

Ji Yuan shook the letter paper to see if there was nothing missing, then refolded the letter paper and put it back in the envelope.

'Seeing characters is like seeing people. Du Heng's left hand writing is already so smooth and powerful. It must be just like his martial arts practice. Although it is not perfect, it is extremely vigorous. '

Putting away Du Heng's letter, Ji Yuan read Yin Qing and Yin Zhaoxian's letter again.

The contents of Yin Qing's letters are as expected, most of them are just ordinary descriptions of the current situation, and they also talk about some things about studying by the river, what books they read, how the water reacted, etc., but they did not write any " Words such as "big herring" and "old turtle", this should be the most recent letter in time, written just half a month ago.

Yin Zhaoxian’s letter was written in late autumn. The distance between Wanzhou and Jinzhou is actually not too different, but the time difference between Du Heng’s letter and his is more than a month, because the roads are smooth and developed, and Yin Zhaoxian is a magistrate. , the transmission speed is so much worse.

In the letter, Mrs. Yin seldom confided to Ji Yuan some troubles in his heart, saying that even though he was mentally prepared, the officialdom is still more complicated than imagined. , things like emptiness and obscenity are secondary. Some people are really deadbeats. They can't do anything but eat and drink, and they don't want to be idle. But after the past two years, he has also become better at raising qi, and he has become more and more proficient. The rectification of Lishun Mansion has begun.

Of course, the main purpose of Yin Zhaoxian's letter was not to complain to Ji Yuan, and he is not such a boring person. The real important news is that Mrs. Yin's family has been called out for a happy pulse. It has been a while since I confirmed it, and then I wrote a special letter to inform Ji Yuan and Yin Qing.

After reading his friend's letter, his expression was rather strange.

"This... I don't know how Yin Qing will feel after reading Master Yin's letter..."

After reading the three letters, Ji Yuan stood in the courtyard thinking for a while, looked up at the branches of the jujube tree covered with snow, then stretched out his hand and said to the jujube tree.

"Ask for a new date."

As soon as the words fell, a grain of jujube fell from the branch, which happened to land in Ji Yuan's palm.

Similar to the rock turned into ashes before, this jujube is cool to hold in the palm of your hand, but you can also feel the firepower filled with aura inside, of course, the firepower is softer.

After taking the fire dates, Ji Yuan quickly went back to the house, found two locks from the inside, closed the door and locked it, and then went out to the courtyard and locked the courtyard door, although the chances of someone coming to him is not very high, but In this way, at least people can understand that he is away from home, so he doesn't have to wait all the time.

After finishing all this, Ji Yuan stood outside the gate of the courtyard, took out a kit from his bosom, and with a touch of his finger, he left a message. After an arc, it hung directly on the door of the main house inside.

The kit was hanging on the door and was still swaying left and right. During this process, a small white paper head quietly poked out from the opening of the kit, looked outside and then retracted immediately.

After looking around, Ji Yuan from outside didn't hesitate any longer. After performing a blindfold trick, he leaped lightly, whipping up a gust of wind in the air and rising to a high altitude, and then left Ning'an County on a cloud.

. . .

Jinzhou is located in the northwest of Jizhou, and also in the north of Gyeonggi Prefecture. In terms of straight-line distance, the road is closer than Jizhou to Gyeonggi Prefecture, but if ordinary people really want to go from Jizhou to Jinzhou, it is definitely faster than going to Gyeonggi Prefecture. It will take longer to go to the government, because the traffic conditions are really bad, and there are not many waterways that can be used, not to mention the rugged roads.

Ji Yuan used to fly, although there were less restrictions on the ground, but it was not really smooth sailing without worries. After flying for three or four hours, the wind in the sky seemed not to be stable, and it tended to roll down from time to time, which made Ji Yuan Yuan Fei also had to be careful when lifting. If it wasn't for the pursuit of speed, in some places it would not even be as smooth as Ji Yuan's running with his legs.

About an hour after sunset, Ji Yuanzhong set foot on the land of Jinzhou in the dark sky, obviously feeling that the temperature was much colder than Jizhou.

This is the state in the northern border of Dazhen. In terms of prosperity, it can be regarded as the bottom of the Dazhen state. The main reason is that the population is relatively small, and natural disasters and the like are not frequent, but winter and early spring are really difficult. , and the cultivation time is much less.

The location where Ji Yuan landed was a town whose name he didn't know. He didn't ask for directions and didn't care about divination, but he found it here by virtue of the Qi induction between it and the chess pieces.

Standing outside the town and looking at the town with wide eyes, although this is a rough look, at least there is no demonic aura on the surface, but the aura of human anger does not seem to be too strong, and it always feels like burning firewood. The feeling of not being prosperous, this alone distracted Ji Yuan.

This is not because there are few people. In fact, even if there is only one person, the anger of people can be distinguished from prosperous to not prosperous.

There is only one small-scale inn in Tingshui County. Although it is called a county, it looks like a bigger town in Ji Yuan's eyes.

In this inn named Yingkelou, there are several guests who haven't changed their rent for half a month. They are Du Henghu and some of his chivalrous friends.

The strange thing is that there are three upper rooms next to each other, and the wooden walls on both sides of the middle room are opened. There are nine beds in the three rooms, and they are as close as possible to each other. Cheerful.

In the middle of the three rooms, Du Heng sat in the center with a big horse and a golden knife. A long knife that was not in its sheath was just grasped by his left hand and stuck on the ground. Although his eyes were closed, seeing him like this, he must be at any time. Can be violent.

Next to them were three well-dressed Jianghu warriors, some were sitting in front of the tea table, some were sitting cross-legged on the ground practicing internal skills, and the beds that were close to each other were all asleep, three of them were intact, and the other The four people's faces were pale and clear, even when they were asleep, they were sweating, but they huddled together as if they were very cold.

"Boom boom boom..."

"who?"

When the knock on the door sounded, Du Heng suddenly opened his eyes, and a martial artist at the table shouted and asked outside the door.

"Guest officer, the hot water is ready, do you want me to bring it in?"

It was the waiter's voice, and Du Heng winked at one of the warriors, who nodded and stood up, opened the door and looked carefully at the waiter before answering.

"Bring it up, by the way, is there any news?"

The shop waiter yawned and looked inside before answering.

"It's winter, what news can there be, our roads are blocked by heavy snow in winter, and there are not many people walking around."

"Well, go get busy."

"Hey!"

Seeing Xiaoer Dian leave, the warrior closed the door again.

"Du Daxia, we have been in this county for so long and the weather has been calm. It seems that we have gotten rid of it this time."

Du Heng looked at his companions, frowned and shook his head.

"Not necessarily, don't relax your vigilance, our opponent this time is not a scum of the rivers and lakes, if we are not careful, we will be doomed!"

"Yep!"

While the others agreed, there was worry in their eyes.

"It's really delayed by this winter, otherwise we would have gone to Fucheng long ago."

"There is no way, Jinzhou has a vast land and few people, and the roads are even worse. If these small counties are county towns, they are not even as good as the big towns in Neizhou. They don't even have a Town God's Temple!"

As if to ease the atmosphere, someone made a joke while the few people were talking.

"Having encountered this incident, I will have something to talk about in the arena when I go back. Hero Du, I remember that your Du family once had an allusion about a master who slew ghosts after drinking. Let's not let it go too far, shall we?"

Du Yutian's deed of killing ghosts after drinking is not a secret in Jianghu. Of course, few people believe it, including Du Heng in the past, but now these people here are more willing to believe it.

Du Heng didn't speak, but the other person made a self-deprecating statement.

"But we don't seem to be able to kill those ghosts!"

Speaking of this, the man who just spoke didn't know whether he was scared or angry.

"Damn it, I had already chopped off the head of that temptress, but she still came to her door without dying. Those horrible children were almost fine, and it was Du Daxia who beheaded one of the children to burn Get up, no one will believe this kind of thing!"

"The most abominable thing is the poison. Li Tongzhou's martial arts is so strong, but he can't get rid of the poison. He is dying after exhausting the medicine stone. Otherwise, if he and Du Daxia are sitting together, how could we be... Hey!"

Du Heng sat there with a knife in his hand and listened to others, but he didn't speak.

"Brother Du, do you think we can escape?"

The one next to him had dark circles under his eyes, and was as tired as Du Heng. As soon as he spoke, the room fell silent.

Du Heng looked at him, and then looked around.

"Sure, we have written so many letters, there will definitely be a helping hand!"

"But the situation in Jinzhou... those who may not be sent out after winter, but before winter..."

The samurai didn't continue talking. Everyone knew that they hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter before the winter, and they had been healing their companions. Until the winter, the situation suddenly became weird, and the wounded who should have been stable also deteriorated.

"Will not!"

Du Heng gave a low voice to cheer up the spirits of others.

"I once got news from the Wei family, saying that one of my senior teachers had returned home from a wandering trip, and suggested that I go to visit. A teacher can receive the letter..."

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."

A subtle sound sounded, Du Heng's voice stopped, and all the warriors in the room looked up subconsciously.

One of them had goose bumps on his body, pointed to the top and said in a low voice.

"roof……"