Who among the gangsters wants to fall in love?

Chapter 332 Fireworks in March in Yangzhou

Crash---

A building ship was sailing through the waves, with the emblem of the Chamber of Commerce printed on its side. The river breeze swept the mist and climbed up the ship. Faintly, two or three people of the accompanying crew were seen lowering the sails, pulling up the ropes, and preparing for anchoring.

Going downstream along the river at a very fast speed, Zhao Wumian and his companions arrived at the Qinhuai River area, which is Yangzhou, at the end of May.

Once you step into the vicinity of Yangzhou, you have officially entered the East China Sea. Less than a thousand miles to the east, you will reach the headquarters of the Jade Palace.

In Dali, the so-called East China Sea starts from Qinhuai Yangzhou in the west, extends to the Tianya Islands in the east, reaches Hongze Huai'an in the north, and is adjacent to Jinchuan Yingtian in the south.

The land territory is thousands of miles, but the majority is in the Tianya Islands in the East China Sea. In the past, the cavalry of the Rong people conquered the world, and the navy...

After spending a huge amount of money, they were actually still okay. They could bully the Japanese in the Far East, but they obviously could not be a match for the Chen Kingdom that occupied the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River back then.

Luo Chaoyan's trusted elite troops, the predecessor of the Chu Navy, are the East China Sea Navy of Chen State.

During the reign of the Rong people, the East China Sea was undoubtedly a strategic location, facing the southern countries led by the Chen Kingdom across the river. Thousands of battles, large and small, were fought over the past few decades, with gains and losses, but there was no single time when the Rong people completely controlled the territory of the East China Sea.

This was also one of the front lines where the southern countries fought against the northern barbarians.

At that time, on average, there would be wars in the East China Sea for more than half a year every year, and people were dying every day.

The famous waters in the East China Sea, such as the Yangtze River, Qinhuai River, Hongze Lake and Taihu Lake, are all flowing with blood.

Thanks to this, many chivalrous and brave people from the Central Plains would come to the East China Sea to help resist the Rong people after learning martial arts.

After Liguo unified the south of the Yangtze River and defeated the Rong people in the north to recover Yanyun, the war was over and life was peaceful. Looking back, I suddenly realized that either they had married in the East China Sea and had someone to care about, or there was no one left at home.

A home without anyone is not a home.

Therefore, most of the people in the martial arts world became wanderers with no fixed place to live. Later, the imperial court gave them rewards according to the roster, and they used the money to settle down in the East China Sea.

However, people in the martial arts world seek fame, chivalry and inheritance wherever they go. After all, there are still few people who are willing to be ordinary people. Many people went to the Tianya Islands, occupied the island as kings, and established their own sects, which led to the scene of nearly a thousand martial arts sects in the East China Sea.

"My old friend left the Yellow Crane Tower and went to Yangzhou in the fireworks season of March... It's really boring to stay on the boat every day. Why don't you go down and take a look?"

Zhao Wumian, wearing a green shirt, stood on the deck, looking at the Yangzhou City which was hazy in the mist but became clearer as the ship sailed, and smiled at Xiao Yuanmu.

"There is no Yellow Crane Tower in Yangzhou, and it's not March now." Xiao Yuanmu didn't give Zhao Wumian any face at all, and said lightly while waving his round fan.

"You are such a boring woman."

Zhao Wumian turned to look at Guan Yunshu.

Guan Yunshu glanced at him, his expression slightly hesitant, and said:

"This is my first time in Yangzhou, so I can't help but be curious. But if I let you do what you want, you will definitely get carried away... I don't want to satisfy you unless you kneel down and beg me."

"You are such a twisted woman."

Zhao Wumian looked away again and looked around. He wanted to invite the gentle and virtuous Miss Su, who would just nod and agree to whatever he said, but he found that she was not on the deck at all.

"She is practicing martial arts, and your master is also teaching her. Don't disturb her. This trip to the East China Sea won't be smooth sailing. Guiyi, Guiyuan, Mo Jingxue, you can't be sure who she will beat. She doesn't want to be by your side all day long and do nothing but warm the bed. She is anxious in her heart."

Hearing this, Guan Yunshu turned his head and glanced at Xiao Yuanmu.

Currently, everyone on the ship is a master, and the worst are those who have achieved the unity of man and nature like Su Qingqi and Guan Yunshu. However, since it involves the Nine Bells, no one will send ordinary disciples to die. Those who can be sent to rob must be the top martial arts masters.

Guan Yunshu was actually anxious in his heart, but...

She looked at Zhao Wumian again.

The two looked at each other, and Zhao Wumian raised his head slightly, indicating that Guan Yunshu didn't need to exert any effort, and he could also take back the Cuojin Boshan Furnace smoothly.

Zhao Wumian is not an arrogant person. What he meant was that Guan Yunshu did not need to be anxious and should just let things take their course.

Guan Yunshu gave him a look that said "her Zen mind remains unchanged".

Xiao Yuanmu sat sideways on the side of the boat, raised his hand and used a round fan to catch a fallen leaf blown by the wind. After he spoke lightly, his eyes suddenly became complicated and he called out Zhao Wumian's name.

"Zhao Wumian."

"Hmm?" Zhao Wumian thought Xiao Yuanmu was angry that he was flirting with the little nun, but he heard Xiao Yuanmu say:
"Go to Yangzhou and take a stroll, then come back to Lin'an with me."

Zhao Wumian was slightly stunned.

Yangzhou is not far from Lin'an, but it is not close either, about eight or nine hundred miles away. If the weather is good and the terrain is flat, it can take three or four days to travel back and forth. If you use light skills, it will be even faster.

"Okay." He said.

"Can you bring a gun?"

Zhao Wumian raised his eyebrows frivolously, "The sword never leaves my body, the knife never leaves my hand, and the gun is naturally the same... Are you going to Yingtian to find Chen Qiyuan?"

"I came to the East China Sea to find the Jinboshan furnace this time, and I can't afford to make any mistakes. If I go to Yingtian to compete with Chen Qiyuan, I'm afraid I'll be asking for trouble. If I want to fight him, I can do it anytime, there's no need to do it now...

But Yingtian is not far from the East China Sea. If he hears that you are here, he will most likely take the initiative to look for you, so you should be prepared."

Zhao Wumian pondered for a moment. Old Chen was only thinking about killing Xiao Yuanmu to avenge his father. That day in Jiannan, he only reluctantly stopped for his sake.

Zhao Wumian promised him that he would challenge him to a fight, but before that Zhao Wumian was busy with affairs in the capital, and was fighting fiercely with Wugong Mountain and Huanzhen Pavilion.

Now that we have finally come to the East China Sea, we can say that we have already reached the edge of the gun leader's territory. There is no reason to delay Old Chen any longer.

He then said, "You think that fighting Chen Qiyuan again is asking for trouble. It's nothing more than that you are unsure and think that I either can't beat Chen Qiyuan or I will be half dead after the fight... If you ask me, you still underestimate me."

Hearing this, Xiao Yuanmu looked at her with a slightly amused look, picked up the leaves that fell on the round fan with his fingertips, and blew them towards Zhao Wumian.

Leaves fell on Zhao Wumian's head, and Xiao Yuanmu's voice came to his ears.

"Idiot, I just want you to be safe and sound when you go to the mountain to visit the grave with me, otherwise what if Yi'er sees us from below?
In previous years, no matter how busy you were, you would always return to Lin'an around the end of the year... This year, because of the Western Region Saint Church's Shentu Buzui, I was unable to return, so I must make up for it."

Yi'er, Xiao Lingyun's wife, was the Crown Princess of Chen Kingdom at that time.

Zhao Wumian was slightly stunned, then nodded obediently.

Guan Yunshu listened to what the two of them said, but did not intend to follow them. He just said:
"You and her should go as soon as possible and come back as soon as possible. We will explore the East China Sea first. If there is anything, ask Xue Xiao to help contact them. If I can deal with that useless Canghualou branch leader while I am at it, you must remember my kindness."

"How do you solve it? We don't even know whether he is a man or a woman, what he looks like or what his name is." Zhao Wumian asked with a smile.

"Just check it out. He didn't just appear out of nowhere... He provoked you like this and took nearly a hundred lives. You can't let him off."

Guan Yunshu said this seriously, then turned back to the cabin to prepare his belongings.

Zhao Wumian said he was going to Yangzhou for a stroll, but Guan Yunshu knew that he must want to investigate the matter. If he took a boat all the way east to the Tianya Islands and stayed on the boat, what would he be investigating?

Xiao Yuanmu looked at Guan Yunshu's back, fanning himself with a round fan, and glanced at Zhao Wumian with almond-shaped eyes, "She...what are you going to do?"

"What?" Zhao Wumian pretended to be confused.

"A proud woman like her, since she has already entered the heavens, will not allow herself to waste half her life without becoming the top martial artist. Don't underestimate Xiao Xitian's love tribulation and eight sufferings. If she can't see through it, it will be a demon in her heart. There will be no hope for her to connect the bridge between heaven and earth in this life. If you want to marry her..."

Xiao Yuanmu paused, then shook his head silently, "Why should I care about your relationship? You two should solve your own problems."

Zhao Wumian smiled but did not answer.

Yangzhou, formerly known as "Jiangdu", is very famous in the East China Sea area. This is mainly because Yangzhou is a transportation center for grain, salt, money, iron, etc. from the north to the south. It is extremely wealthy and rich in Jianghuai, and is known as "Yang one and Yi two".

Yi refers to Yizhou, which is also the ancient name of Chengdu where Zhao Wumian once visited.

rustle---

The raindrops fell quickly, and a light mist rose from the street, covering Yangzhou's scattered buildings, stone bridges, small boats, and small rivers along the streets.

The boatman held the oar, pushed into the water, and pushed the boat carrying tourists along the river. Occasionally, he saw his fellow travelers, who were very far away, and he would only greet them in a low voice when they got closer.

According to Zhao Wumian's previous life, Yangzhou was already a typical Jiangnan region. Although it was divided into the East China Sea area in this world, it still inherited the graceful and implicit style of the Jiangnan water town. There were crowds of people walking on the streets, and there were rarely any hawking sounds like in the capital.

Tap tap tap————

A swordsman in a green robe and wearing a bamboo hat walked through the street, leading a white horse.

Sitting on the horse was a woman in a goose yellow dress, holding a sky-blue oil-paper umbrella. Occasionally, she raised the umbrella and looked curiously at the surrounding scenery, and a trace of reminiscence appeared on her delicate and fair face.

Passersby on the street occasionally looked at the two of them and thought to themselves what a perfect match they were: a playboy and a young lady from an aristocratic family. The playboy was elegant and the young lady was beautiful. It was unknown whether the two were a couple who lived a peaceful and stable life in the world, or a pair of eloping lovers who traveled the world together like in the stories of the martial arts world.

But in fact, neither is true.

Zhao Wumian lifted his hat with his fingertips, looked at the mute princess sitting on the horse, and said with a smile:
"Go out and have fun, eat whatever you want. It's already the end of May, and by mid-June you'll have a high fever again, and you'll just be lying on the bed unconscious."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xiangzhu nodded her face in agreement.

Yes, yes, once you have a fever you can’t do anything, it’s so annoying…

Zhao Wumian went to Yangzhou, on the one hand, to investigate Li Baifeng, but mainly for Luo Xiangzhu.

He had long known that this little mute, who looked gentle, virtuous, mature and sensible like a young lady from an aristocratic family, was actually playful and greedy at heart, and was afraid of loneliness, illness, pain, blood and boredom. She was not much different from a little girl who had not grown up.

If not, why was Mu Lier talking about business while Luo Xiangzhu ran to a restaurant nearby to eat knife-cut noodles?

A greedy girl.

When April was in the capital, Luo Xiangzhu often invited Zhao Wumian to go shopping with her at the Sword Sect branch.

Now that she has come to the East China Sea, if Ruoguan just does his job and ignores her, the little mute will feel sad, but she doesn't want to say it out loud to cause trouble for Zhao Wumian. If she keeps it in, she's afraid that she'll get sick.

However, the mute princess was afraid of being bored on the one hand, and on the other hand she was really afraid that she would delay Zhao Wumian from doing his work.

She suddenly wiped her neck with her little hand, and made a painful expression on her face. After a few seconds, she raised her little face proudly, pointed her white and tender index finger at Zhao Wumian, and moved her finger left and right, looking down on Zhao Wumian with an arrogant attitude.

This refers to Li Baifeng, who used murder to provoke Zhao Wumian... Luo Xiangzhu was asking Zhao Wumian whether he would investigate him.

"Master, the nun and Miss Su are also looking for clues in Yangzhou. They asked me to take you with them just to let me have some fun with you."

Luo Xiangzhu withdrew her little hand, held her fingertips between her red lips and bit them, then lowered her eyes to look at Zhao Wumian. She hesitated for a moment on her pretty face, but still shook her head.

What she meant was that either she should just stay with Xiao Yuanmu and Zhao Wumian should go look for clues.

Xiao Yuanmu was not interested in investigating small minions like Li Baifeng. Since he got off the boat, he has been staying in the Yangzhou branch of Taixuan Palace.

Yangzhou is not far from Lin'an. This branch was originally established by Xiao Yuanmu. It is not a brothel, but a tea garden dedicated to opera performances, highlighting the word "elegant".

Zhao Wumian was walking on the street with his horse, paying attention to the front to avoid bumping into people. He just glanced at Luo Xiangzhu out of the corner of his eye, knowing exactly what she meant.

He thought about it for a moment and didn't answer. Instead, he led the horse to stop in front of a teahouse, bought a plate of braised meat and handed it to her.

"Don't think too much. Come, let's eat while walking. It's a rare opportunity to come to Yangzhou. Don't keep thinking about those bad things and make yourself unhappy."

Luo Xiangzhu immediately smiled and prepared to take it with a slightly worried look on her face, but it was inconvenient to hold it with an umbrella, so she jumped off the horse lightly, put the umbrella handle into the saddle bag and stuck it, and then held the bowl with a handkerchief to prevent her hands from getting burned.

Luo Xiangzhu tasted a piece of meat with a toothpick, and a happy expression appeared on her little face. She had come to Yangzhou to eat this kind of meat when she was a child, but it was obviously only this time that she had eaten it in Yangzhou. She was actually quite greedy in her heart.

Tap tap tap————

Zhao Wumian continued to lead the horse and walked with Luo Xiangzhu, looking around and searching for something interesting.

Luo Xiangzhu glanced at Zhao Wumian, picked up a piece of meat and handed it to Zhao Wumian.

It’s really delicious, you should try it too, but don’t eat too much, otherwise you’ll be full and won’t be able to eat other delicious food.

Zhao Wumian looked at the streets on both sides as if he was looking for something, and did not look at Luo Xiangzhu. He saw the meat being handed to his mouth and took a bite.

There were some women from the water town walking slowly on the street holding umbrellas. Seeing this, their faces blushed and they used their umbrellas to block their sight, not looking at Zhao Wumian and Luo Xiangzhu.

This couple is so bold, how can they feed each other in public on the street? They have no shame at all...

Luo Xiangzhu was also stunned. Wasn’t she going to feed it to Zhao Wumian? She had already handed the stick to him...

The thin-skinned mute princess's pretty face immediately turned red. The occasional surprised glances from the women around her made her feel uneasy, and she quickly looked around.

Master, Guan Yunshu, and Su Qingqi are not here, luckily...

She lowered her little head and ate the meat silently, not daring to look ahead.

However, after she finished a small bowl, Zhao Wumian brought her some crab meat lion head, a small bowl of braised pork and other food. The mute princess soon stopped caring about these small details and enjoyed the food happily.

It was not until Zhao Wumian, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped that Princess Xiangzhu turned her attention away from the food and looked at it curiously. Then her face suddenly froze.

On both sides of the pavilions, many women with colorful sleeves fluttering were leaning against the windows, looking out, talking and laughing.

When he saw Luo Xiangzhu, he knew at a glance that she was a simple and innocent lady, so he pulled his half-revealing dress towards her in a very charming way. It seemed that he was thinking about her, but in fact it was a provocation.

Look, we are women.

Then they looked at Zhao Wumian who was standing beside Luo Xiangzhu. He covered his face with his sleeves, did not speak, but just smiled. However, the eyes on his sleeves were extremely charming.

Luo Xiangzhu is just naive, not stupid. Isn't it obvious that this is a brothel?

"Yangzhou in March with fireworks... and the so-called Yangzhou skinny horses, Datong women, Taishan nuns, West Lake boat girls, must be learned from." Zhao Wumian tilted his head to look at Luo Xiangzhu and smiled at him:

"Didn't the princess want me to check on that person? This is the place. I went to the teahouse just now to inquire about him."

Luo Xiangzhu's beautiful eyes widened as she stared at Zhao Wumian in disbelief.

Don't lie to me...

Zhao Wumian did not explain much, but just handed the horse to the servant who came forward to take care of it, and then took Luo Xiangzhu directly into the brothel.

Luo Xiangzhu didn't dare to raise her head when she went to Zeng Lengyue at first, and Zeng Lengyue was not a strict brothel. She exuded elegance from beginning to end. She was like this, and it was even worse here.

Her ears were filled with obscene teasing sounds, which made her face red all the way to her ears. Her little hand subconsciously pulled Zhao Wumian's sleeve, and she lowered her eyes to the ground, not daring to look up at all.

After walking a few steps, the madam's questioning voice came from the front.

"Sir, why do you bring a girl with you when you come to our place?"

Zhao Wumian felt that these words sounded familiar. It seemed that he had used the same tone when he was leading the little nun in Taiyuan before.

When Luo Xiangzhu heard this, her pretty face turned even redder. She still suspected that Zhao Wumian was teasing her on purpose. But when she saw Zhao Wumian take out a black token from his arms, the madam's face suddenly changed. She then respectfully invited the two of them into a good room.

Luo Xiangzhu blinked and looked at Zhao Wumian's back in a daze.

The room was quiet and soundproofed. Zhao Wumian smiled and explained to the princess, "Before leaving Beijing, Madam Canghua told me which branches of Canghua Tower there were in the East China Sea... If I want to check on someone, I definitely won't do it randomly like a headless fly..."

Luo Xiangzhu hadn't recovered yet, her face slightly red, and she glared at Zhao Wumian when she heard that.

But you didn't tell me, aren't you just teasing me?

"That's true." Zhao Wumian laughed a few times and teased the little mute for a while, then hurried footsteps were heard outside the house.

Someone pushed the door open and came in. Looking up, Zhao Wumian raised his eyebrows and said, "Chief of Qihe Branch... Long time no see. It seems that you were there in Taiyuan."

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The plot on the East China Sea side is relatively large, and is related to Zhao Wumian's memory recovery. The details are still being sorted out, so the number of words in these two chapters is a bit small.

Please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)