Xianyang Bridge

His face had already turned pale, Qi Shaoshang looked at this old man covered in dust in the morning light, and he had to leave his hometown in his later years, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, and cupped his hands and said to him, "Then I wish you a smooth journey, sir."

Uncle He's face was a little moved. In the past few years, everyone in the world feared Mingjiao like a snake and scorpion. Such a famous arrester who is famous all over the world, I am afraid that there are not many people in the world who can win the hands of the Nine Existing Dragons.

He Bo received his salute and his mood suddenly brightened, and he swept away the confusion about the road ahead, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your kind words, but unfortunately the time is not right. If we meet again in the future, I will definitely invite Qi Daxia to taste the real world." To taste."

Qi Shaoshang also smiled, "Then I will write it down."

The old man looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and felt warm in his heart. After all, there are still people in this world who are not influenced by words and are willing to look at people with their heart. "

Qi Shaoshang watched him leave, Lei Yun scratched his head and packed a pack of dried fish out of the cabin, "Brother, Old Man He has left, can we eat his dried fish?"

Qi Shaoshang slapped him on the head, "Eat, eat."

Looking back at the ferry, he thought in his heart, even if he is fleeing, this old man who has been ferrying for his whole life is still willing to leave a little convenience for the neighbors nearby.

"Let's go." Lei Yun, who smelled like dried fish, went back on the road. The spring rain was clear at the beginning of the spring, and the river was thousands of miles behind him. The two slowly walked towards their rivers and lakes.

Once entering the rivers and lakes, life and death are borders.

four

Twenty miles to the northeast of Bianhe River is Ruyin County. The first shop under Jinxiu Square in the east of the city is an intersection shop called Qingyuan. Money can be exchanged, which is the only gold-lettered signboard in Ruyin County.

This is the destination of Qi Shaoshang and Lei Yun's trip.

Five years ago, he pawned Pingluanjue in Qingyuan, the capital, and exchanged 15 taels to rebuild Leijiazhuang. He owed a great favor to the shop owner.Later, he ordered Qianfeng to look around for the family members of Lianyunzhai Quinuocheng and Shenwei Escort who were tired by him back then. Both Ruinuocheng and Shenwei Escort rejected him, and the old eight only brought back more than 1000 lost people Husband and son's old and weak women and children.

With the addition of more than 1000 people, Leijiazhuang couldn't live there at that time. Seeing that winter was about to enter, he was so anxious that his mouth was full of foam, and he hit his idea on Ruthless Iron Hand Zhuiming Leng Xue. Unfortunately, the four famous arresters were all poor ghosts. The third master was forced to say that you should take my Ping Luan Jue as well.

Qi Shaoshang didn't have the nerve to do it, of course it was because the owner of Qingyuan said he didn't want it, and other banks didn't dare to accept it.

Unable to raise money, so many people in Leijiazhuang are still waiting for the winter, Qi Shaoshang has no choice but to go around on credit brazenly, Jiuxian Shenlong's name is so worthless for the first time, what kind of cloth, charcoal, brick and tile shop, all the shopkeepers in a hundred miles There are his IOUs.

After finally surviving the winter, in the spring of the second year, he was blocked in the Shenhou Mansion by the shopkeeper and fellows who were collecting debts.

In the spring of that year, when the envoy of Jin came to Beijing, the Taiwei took the lead to discuss the alliance at sea, and the Shenhou Mansion was besieged every day to collect debts. Not only was he tired of coping, but even the court lost face.

It was the envoy Jin who knew about Lei's family village, praised him as a man who dared to take responsibility, and gave him 100 taels of gold to pay off the debt.

Jin Shi made such a statement, and the emperor could not punish him anymore. Not only did he not pursue the matter of Ping Luan Jue, but he also gave him 100 taels of gold just like Jin Shi.

Qi Shaoshang got a large sum of money out of nowhere, and hurried to Qingyuan to exchange it into copper coins to pay off the debt, but it was still not enough.

Just when he was going to go to the border to borrow money from Xi Honglei and Helian Chunshui, all his creditors suddenly disappeared.

He was very surprised, and every family came to ask why he didn't come to collect the debt, and then he learned that it was Qingyuan's buddy who helped him pay back the money.

Qi Shaoshang came to Qingyuan again, and the shopkeeper told him that all the accounts were recorded on the Pingluan Jue, and that it was not given to him for free. He also told him that if Qi Daxia wanted to use money in the future, he could just come to Qingyuan, no matter how much it was, he would be fine. It can be regarded as Ping Luan Jue's account, and when Qi Daxia has more money, he can redeem it together.

Qi Shaoshang didn't understand why he helped him so much because he was not related to the owner of Qingyuan.

The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Even savages like the Jin people know to respect heroes. My master is just helping Xia Qi when he is in trouble, which is nothing."

Is it nothing?

Qi Shaoshang and Lei Yun were standing outside Qingyuan in Ruyin County. There were spies from Tiqi on both sides of the street, and a street was blocked.He signed up as Tiqi and didn't dare to stop him, but his gaze from a distance was quite unkind.

Over the past five years, he has owed another 5 taels one after another. Including the part that helped him repay the debt, he owed the owner of Qingyuan a total of 21 taels, not counting the fraction.The sum of his salary in the past five years is less than 4000 taels. This is a huge debt that will never be paid off in a lifetime. How can it be said that it is nothing?

Seeing him staring at the money on the signboard, Lei Yun said to him, "Brother, don't worry, you still have me, my younger brother, and my son in the future for the money we owe. There are so many people, if everyone pays it back together, it will always be finished.”

Qi Shaoshang patted him on the shoulder, "You're right, but now we haven't finished paying back, so we can only pay back the favor we owe."

It was the only time in the past five years that the owner of Qingyuan asked him for help. Even if it was a sea of ​​swords and fire, Qi Shaoshang could only come here once.

He pulled Lei Yun behind him and pushed open the door in front of him.

As soon as the door opened, Lei Yun was startled, looked out from behind him and asked, "Why did you smash it like this?"

The shop under the gold-lettered signboard has only one door that is intact, and the counters, tables, chairs, flowers and plants inside have all been smashed, and it seems that it is not easy to find a place to stay.

"It's not like this everywhere Tiqi has been." Qi Shaoshang said, stepping on the mess and walking towards the backyard.

Lei Yun followed behind him, picked up a rattle from under the smashed flowerpot, held it in his hand and twirled it twice.

The two of them passed through the front hall, and faced a locust tree entwined with twigs. The leaves in early spring had not yet sprouted, and only a little cyan was seen on the young branches. There was a weeping flower gate beside the locust tree, and Qi Shaoshang heard it as soon as he arrived here. There were screams and screams from the backyard.

Lei Yun said softly, "Brother, they are using torture."

Qi Shaoshang nodded, and the two continued to go to the backyard. After passing the Chuihua Gate, there were a few spies in black who were in charge of guarding. Seeing the two of them whispering a few words, Qi Shaoshang continued to walk forward, and when they arrived at the front, they One person bit the bullet to stop them and said, "But Master Qi, the Nine Existing Dragon?"

Qi Shaoshang looked at him and said, "What are you doing?"

"Tiqi handles the case, please don't interfere with Master Qi."

Qi Shaoshang smiled, "Interesting, I won't come if I don't interfere, who is inside?"

Before the man could answer, someone in the courtyard raised his voice, "Lu Jing, please come in Mr. Qi, you can't stop him."

Hearing this man's voice, Qi Shaoshang frowned, led Lei Yun past the spies, and saw Guo Jing sitting in a grand master's chair under the eaves.

"How is Master Qi?"

Sure enough, it was this pretending liar, Qi Shaoshang ignored him, glanced at the men, women and children who were tied up all over the ground in the yard, and saw two spies under the east wall holding sticks in their hands, and the screams came from under their feet, The two men on the ground, one old and one young, obviously had their legs broken, and their clothes looked like the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper's son.

The guys kneeling next to him all lowered their heads and did not dare to vent their anger. A woman hugged her two children and pressed them tightly in front of her body.

There were more than 20 spies scattered under the surrounding walls, and there were four or five spies holding guns in ambush on the walls. It seemed that the surrounding people were also cleared out by them.In order to deal with a few unarmed civilians, a big battle was laid out.

After seeing the surrounding situation clearly at a glance, Qi Shaoshang finally turned his eyes back to Guo Jing, "Is Guo Tianshi here in broad daylight to catch ghosts?"

This Guo Jing was originally a well-known liar on the streets of the capital. He claimed to have great magical powers in Taoism, and he went around bluffing and deceiving him. Later, he somehow got into Tiqi and began to do evil under the name of Tiqi.It is said that Guo Jing is very good at playing around the wind, never provokes people he can't afford, but he is the most ruthless towards civilians, claiming that there is no iron case that he cannot handle.

Qi Shaoshang mocked him so shamelessly, Guo Jing not only didn't get angry, but also respectfully gave up his chair to Qi Shaoshang, with a fake smile on his face, and said, "Where is Master Qi? But I'm just eating a meal, Master Qi, please hold your hand high and don't care about things here."

Qi Shaoshang unceremoniously sat down on his chair, raised his legs and said, "That's not acceptable, Mr. Guo also knows that I owe Qing Yuan hundreds of thousands of silver, and if you touch my creditor, you touch me. I can't lift it."

"This is a major case related to the Devil's Cult. Master Qi really wants to take care of it?" Seeing that he must intervene, Guo Jing stopped stooping to speak, straightened up and said with a slight change of face.

Qi Shaoshang sneered, "Which case in Mr. Guo's hands is not related to the Demon Cult? Which one is not a major case? There are quite a few Qingyuan cases. I will take care of this matter today. If Mr. Guo runs fast, If I go out from here today, I still have time to handle the next big case, so I won’t send it.”

When Guo Jing saw that he was not only messing around, but also had such a contemptuous attitude, he couldn't help but feel angry, but he also knew that even if the dozens of people under his command couldn't beat Qi Shaoshang by a single hand,