Chapter 046: Meet an old friend again
As for knights, they have been surrounded by swords and sabers since they entered the martial arts world. If they are not careful, the grass on their graves will be as high as their waists. Therefore, it has become their instinct to keep their eyes and ears open and listen carefully.
It was not surprising that a dozen people started fighting by the West Lake and people around them were shouting and running away.
But it was strange that a man in white was coming against the flow of people.
Both parties who were fighting noticed Lu Sen.
When Lu Sen took out the wooden longbow, the Five Rats immediately remembered who this person was, especially Han Zhang, who felt his scalp tingling when he saw the golden longbow.
If Bai Yutang hadn't asked for the Cicada Wing Sword back, he wouldn't have been able to cut the arrow that pierced his calf.
His left leg was healed for more than half a year, and he used countless high-quality medicinal herbs and drank tonic soup every day before the penetrating wound was healed.
But even so, the painful experience of not being able to move freely for half a year made Han Zhang feel both fear and hatred towards Lu Sen.
So now when he saw Lu Sen’s bow, he immediately recognized him.
At the same time, they shouted, "Four brothers, the troublemaker is here."
The other four had also spotted Lu Sen, and seeing this, they simultaneously forced the enemy in front of them to retreat. The eldest brother, Lu Fang, shouted, "The enemy is coming to reinforce us again, let's retreat first."
Afterwards, the five of them jumped back and fled at the same time, with Bai Yutang covering their retreat.
A golden arrow shot diagonally from the side, and almost everyone could see that the arrow was off target, and extremely off target, and it was not aimed at any of the Five Rats.
The group of people who were fighting with the Five Rats also subconsciously retreated after the Five Rats escaped.
Seeing this scene, they all shook their heads in their hearts, not quite understanding why the Five Rats ran away when they saw this man.
It was as if mice saw a cat, or rather, the Five Rats seemed to be less afraid of the Imperial Cat Zhan Zhao.
Although it was strange, they were relieved to see the Five Rats retreat.
To be honest, the seven of them are no match for the Five Rats. If the fight continues, something bad will probably happen.
Just when they were wondering why the Five Rats ran away, they saw the arrow, which was extremely accurate, suddenly turned a corner and hit Han Zhang's back.
The seven people looked surprised.
However, Jinmaoshu had expected this to happen. He moved sideways in the air and used his iron sword to deflect the arrow aside.
Lu Sen ignored him, took out another arrow from the system backpack, quickly put it on the bow, locked onto Han Zhang, and shot it high.
But Bai Yutang was very good at martial arts. After seeing Lu Sen throwing the arrow high, he tapped the willow branches next to him, jumped high, and knocked Lu Sen's second arrow away.
At this time, Han Zhang and others had already run away without a trace. Bai Yuting smiled triumphantly at Lu Sen, with the seductive look of a beautiful woman. After landing, she made three quick leaps backwards, her body swaying like a willow dancing in the breeze, and quickly disappeared into the willow forest by the lake.
Lu Sen reluctantly put away his longbow.
There was nothing that could be done about the fact that he didn't know how to perform Qinggong. Besides, even if he practiced Qinggong, he had only been in the Northern Song Dynasty for a year, so he certainly couldn't run as fast as the Five Rats.
It's hard to catch up.
At this time, the seven people came over.
The middle-aged man in the lead clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you for your help, young man. The Qingcheng Sect will remember this. May I ask your name, young man?"
This middle-aged man was really grateful to Lu Sen. If the latter had not intervened, the seven of them would most likely have died here.
The Five Rats have a high reputation in the martial arts world. They can’t say that they are invincible, but they are among the top ones.
Especially when five people join forces, except for a few people who can deal with it, the others really have no way to deal with it.
It is difficult to win even if you form a group.
"You're welcome." Lu Sen clasped his fists and said, "I have some conflicts with those five rats. May I ask how did the conflict come about?"
He wanted to see if he could get any clues about the Five Rats from these seven people. Since the five of them had come to Hangzhou, they must have some agenda.
Even if we can't kill Han Zhang, it would be good to give them some trouble.
The middle-aged man had a weathered face, but his emotional intelligence was naturally sufficient. Seeing that Lu Sen seemed unwilling to sign up, he stopped asking questions and told him about the conflict between them and the Five Rats.
It turned out that this middle-aged man was the current leader of the Qingcheng Sect. He brought six disciples out to travel and see the world. It happened that the martial arts leader election conference was held in Hangzhou, so he came upon hearing the news and wanted to let his disciples see the world.
Among these six disciples, there was a girl who was pretty good-looking.
In the martial arts world, the number of female knights is obviously much smaller than that of male knights, almost one hundred to one. Whenever there is a female disciple in a sect, she will be pampered and protected by all the fellow disciples.
What's more, this female disciple is pretty.
Not long ago, the master and his disciples were visiting the West Lake. When one of the brothers saw the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, he could not help but say: Although the West Lake is beautiful, it is not even one tenth as beautiful as my sister's.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him laughed.
Several fellow disciples immediately glared at the person who was laughing, and at the same time, their hands reached for their weapons, as if they were going to attack if the other party did not admit defeat.
Unexpectedly, the other party was not afraid, but shook his head and said: "With a thin face that has not grown up and a skin as yellow as mud, you dare to say that you are smart? If my fifth brother changes his clothes and dresses up as a green dress, I don’t know how many times more beautiful he will be than your yellow-faced girl!"
Then these brothers saw that next to the man who was speaking, there was indeed a young man with a fair complexion, who was much more handsome than the woman.
Although the other party was telling the truth, the young man was hot-blooded and had a bad temper. Several of his fellow disciples drew their weapons angrily and started to beat up the man who was speaking.
As a result, the five opponents attacked together.
During the fight, the leader of Qingcheng Sect realized from the opponent's moves and weapons that the five people fighting with them were actually the famous Five Rats in the martial arts world.
Although I wanted to retreat, it was too late.
If they surrender in the middle of a fight and word gets out, the Qingcheng Sect will have no chance of saving its reputation.
For at least a few decades, when people talk about the Qingcheng Sect, they will definitely point at the spine and curse: You have no nerve, you coward!
If they continue fighting, they won't be able to hold out for long, and something will surely happen to the seven of them.
Fortunately, Lu Sen suddenly appeared and scared away the five rats.
After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Lu Sen smiled bitterly. He thought that the Qingcheng Sect had a conflict with the Five Rats over some issue of interest.
But I didn't expect that they would start a fight over such a small matter.
The heroes in the martial arts world are really good at settling scores.
After finishing his story, the middle-aged man clasped his fists and continued, "Young man, could you please do me a favor and share some strong liquor with us? This will also allow us in the Qingcheng Sect to repay you for saving our lives."
While the middle-aged man was speaking, a young girl next to him looked Lu Sen up and down with her big black eyes.
Lu Sen actually noticed her too.
The girl was wearing a green top and black bottom outfit, and looked quite lively and cute.
She looks good and seems to have a temperament somewhat similar to Yang Jinhua.
But there is no comparison between the two. Yang Jinhua looks more fair and lovely, has a dignified and elegant appearance, and has a pair of peach blossom eyes. It can be said that she is an all-round winner.
Lu Sen withdrew his gaze from the girl, clasped his fists and said, "I just did it for my own revenge. I can't say I've done a favor to your sect. I still have things to deal with here. It's a pity that I can't drink and chat with you. Goodbye."
After finishing his words, Lu Sen left without waiting for the other party to try to stop him.
The middle-aged man raised his hand and wanted to stop Lu Sen and persuade him for a while, but seeing the situation, he could only sigh and put his right hand down.
He could see that this young man had an extraordinary bearing and his archery skills were superb. He thought that there must be a powerful background behind him. He was just trying to make friends with him, but the other party didn't give him the chance.
The girl looked at Lu Sen's back with a rather regretful expression.
Both Lu Sen and Bai Yutang were the most handsome young men she had ever seen, and it was hard to tell who was better.
As a result, one of them became my enemy, and the other seemed to look down on me. It was really depressing.
Am I really not pretty?
Lu Sen walked back along the way he came and opened the system character interface at the same time.
In the spouse column, I saw the girl's profile picture as expected.
Junior Sister of Qingcheng (new to the martial arts world): The speed of practicing external martial arts is slightly improved.
This 'slightly' is not good at first glance.
Character cards are really hard to brush!
Is it really true that I can only choose one between Zhao Bilian and Yang Jinhua?
When Lu Sen returned to the temporary rental house, Hei Zhu, who had been waiting impatiently, breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw Lu Sen, he bowed and said, "My dear, something bad has happened?"
"What's wrong?" Lu Sen was a little surprised. He and Hei Zhu had not been separated for a long time. What big thing happened during this period of time?
"I returned to the house half an incense stick ago, and I happened to see Captain Zhan and his group of detectives hurrying by." Hei Zhu took a breath and continued, "I asked a few questions, and Captain Zhan said that Sima Xianggong was assassinated."
"Wait, Sima Xianggong is Sima Guang or Sima Junshi?"
Heizhu nodded vigorously. "It was Captain Zhan who mentioned it to me. It turns out that the person who presided over the election of the leader of the martial arts world this time was Sima Xianggong. He was approached by a masked man last night. Fortunately, Guard Zhan was on night patrol and ran into him. He shot the masked man with a hidden arrow. Now he is chasing the injured throughout the city, and at the same time he has sent people to guard all the hospitals in the city."
Sima Guang was an important official in the court and had a great reputation among the people. His status was no less than that of Bao Zheng, Ouyang Xiu and other ministers.
He is in charge of the election of the leader of the martial arts world, so one can imagine how much the court cares about this matter.
"It seems that someone doesn't want the court to recruit warriors." Lu Sen walked into the hut and sighed.
Sima Guang was an important official in the court, and he was also in charge of such an important event as the election of the leader of the martial arts world. He was bound to come into contact with ruffians in the martial arts world, and it was impossible for him not to be surrounded by strict guards. But even so, he was still approached by someone. It seems that the assassin's lightness skills must be first-class. After being injured, he was able to escape from Zhan Zhao's pursuit. This kind of strength is not something that can be unknown.
Hei Zhu asked, "Sir, which villains in the underworld do you think would want to assassinate Si Guang?"
"Who knows?" Lu Sen sat down in the house and stretched his body: "There are too many suspects, both inside and outside the Song Dynasty."
Heizhu also sighed. He didn't understand any big principles, nor did he understand any political interest disputes, but he just didn't understand why a good man and good official like Sima Xianggong would be assassinated.
Don’t good people get rewarded?
Lu Sen rested at home for half a day, and in the evening, he went to the brothel again.
There's no way. He doesn't have any social circles in Hangzhou. If he wants to use his character card, he has to go to places like this, where it's easier to get in touch with women.
Besides, he didn't really want to find a spouse, he just wanted to swipe more cards to see how many ability bonuses there were.
Then choose one that is truly suitable and useful to you.
Anyone who has played the game will understand this feeling. I don't 'open the box' to get more skill books, but just to see how many skills there are.
Singing and dancing, laughing and making noise.
He and Heizhu drank the turbid plum wine, and then heard the young lady across from them singing in a melancholy tune: "The love is gone, where is the old friend, the smoke and water are endless!"
Lu Sen's eyebrows twitched: "Wait, Miss Li, this poem sounds very familiar to me, but was it written by Liu Sanbian?"
The young lady surnamed Li smiled and said, "Of course, I bought this piece of music from Mr. Liu for one tael of silver."
"Oh, Liu Sanbian has come to Hangzhou?" Lu Sen was a little surprised: "Miss Li, do you know where he lives now?"
"Mr. Liu doesn't like to be disturbed by outsiders."
Lu Sen took out a piece of silver from his system backpack and placed it on the table: "Liu Sanbian and I are indeed close friends. I had tea with him and Mr. Zhao in the capital."
The young lady surnamed Li hesitated for a long time, her expression changing, and then she took the small change on the table, then leaned over and whispered, "Mr. Liu lives in an alley at the southern corner of the city, in a newly built black-tiled and blue-brick house."
Lu Sen immediately got up, left the brothel and ran towards the south of the city.
Liu Sanbian's home is easy to find. The houses near the alley are all old, but his is the only one that is newly built and looks different.
Lu Sen and Hei Zhu walked to the front of the house and saw a thin old man who was lowering his head and scattering a handful of chopped weeds on the ground, attracting a group of black chickens to scramble for the food.
Lu Sen walked over, clasped his fists and said, "Long time no see, Liu Duntian."
He was not very familiar with Liu Yong, and in terms of age, he was a junior, so it was naturally not appropriate for him to call Liu Yong by his "zi" (name), which was a term only for elders and peers.
Therefore, it is more appropriate to call Liu Yong by his official title.
Liu Yong retired when he was the Yuanwailang of Tuntian, so his acquaintances generally called him Liu Tuntian.
Liu Yong looked up when he heard the voice and saw Lu Sen. He was immediately surprised: "Lu Xiaolang? You are such an honored guest. Why are you in Hangzhou? Please come in!"
He put down the bamboo dustpan filled with weeds in his hand, took the initiative to come over, pulled Lu Sen's arm and walked into the house, while shouting to the house: "Madam, come out quickly, look who's here!"
Soon, Zhao Xiangxiang, who was wearing a woman's hairstyle and coarse cloth, came out from the inner room. She was also very surprised to see Lu Sen: "Lu Xiaolang, it's you. Please take a seat. I'll go make tea for you."
"No need to bother." Lu Sen waved his hand: "Just give me a glass of well water."
In front of his house, I saw a well in Liu Yong’s courtyard.
Zhao Xiangxiang naturally would not neglect Lu Sen. To both of them, Lu Sen was a great benefactor.
Liu Yong pulled Lu Sen to sit down and sighed, "I have been planning to retire here. I was too indulgent when I was young and my body was weak. I thought I would not live for many more years. I didn't expect that I could see my old friend after living in Hangzhou for just over a year. I am so happy. Even if I die in bed tomorrow morning, I will not regret it."
At this time, Zhao Xiangxiang just came out of the inner room carrying tea sets. Hearing this, she rolled her eyes at him and said, "Sir, even if you want to die, you have to wait until our child is born and take a look at him before you leave."
Hearing this, Lu Sen subconsciously looked at Zhao Xiangxiang: "Oh, Madam Liu is pregnant?"
Zhao Xiangxiang sat down next to Liu Yong: "Yes, but I had no choice before, I had to go back and forth, in order not to get pregnant, I took a lot of strong medicine, which hurt my body. Although I got pregnant, the doctor said that my pulse was not good, alas..."
When Liu Yong heard this, he also looked worried.
He has been wandering around brothels all his life and has never had a child. Now that his wife is finally pregnant, the chances of her giving birth are slim.
He was so worried.
In order to help his wife maintain her health, the arrogant man had to go to the brothel again to sell his poems to the ladies in exchange for some money.
The black chickens at home are also raised to nourish my wife's body during her confinement after giving birth .
