【Grain wattle】turbulent flow

Two days later, in the city of Luoyang.

The martial arts conference is just around the corner, the city is crowded with people, and the streets are not empty in the early morning. People from the rivers and lakes come and go with swords at their waists.A dusty carriage slowly drove into the city gate. It was inconspicuous among the crowd, and no one noticed who the people sitting on the shaft on the left and right were.

The carriage took a secluded road, and walked to the city for a while. When passing by a teahouse, a group of people seemed to have been waiting for a long time. The leader, a young man in green shirt, stood up from the table and came forward.

He recognized the driver at a glance, and said loudly: "Hero Gu, Hero Jing, Guan Wei has been waiting here for a long time."

Thorn sat still, Gu Yuexuan jumped off the shaft first, cupped his hands and said: "It turns out to be Guan Shao's bodyguard. I don't know who entrusted the young bodyguard to wait here for me and my junior brother?"

The one who was waiting by the road was Guan Wei, the head of the Changhong Escort.He rubbed his head and said with a smile: "Of course it was Brother Weiming who took care of him. He sent a message a few days ago, saying that his two senior brothers and a good friend were going to enter Luoyang City, and asked me to take care of them for a while. Brother Gu and Brother Jing, if you don’t mind, let’s stay in the humble house before the martial arts conference.”

There are still two days before November and a half, they originally planned to find a more secluded inn in the city, but they didn't expect that Dongfang Weiming had already made arrangements.From the time they left Hangzhou, on the way to the north, every section of the road had the help of friends found by their junior brother, so that they could escape the pursuit of thousands of miles, and protect Lu Shaolin to Luoyang City without any danger.Presumably, with unknown thoughtfulness, there would never be any mistakes in the last two days, so I entrusted a friend to help.

The head of the Changhong Escort, Guan Changhong, and Jiang Tianxiong are also known as the Three Heroes of Luoyang. With the momentum of the Changhong Escort in Luoyang City, the people in Jiangfu should also be cautious and not take the initiative to provoke trouble.

While admiring the thoughtfulness of the third junior brother, Gu Yuexuan said to Guan Wei: "Then please trouble the head of the guard, Guan Shao."

With a wave of his hand, Guan Wei called two or three bodyguards to lead the horses, while he looked inside the carriage and asked curiously, "Young Master Lu... Is Chief Lu's bodyguard inside?"

Gu Yuexuan nodded, and said: "There are too many people here, so it's better not to call him out."

Guan Wei raised his eyebrows, with an inexplicable look of color on his face, he didn't let his bodyguards lead the horses, went forward to hold the reins in his hands, and led a group of people to the Changhong Bodyguard Bureau.

After entering the bodyguard office, after dismissing the idlers and others, Lu Shaolin still did not come out, and Thorn simply stepped forward to pull the curtain, and said, "What are you doing, it's not forcing you to meet your old friend?"

Only then did Lu Shaolin jump out of the carriage, with a half-hearted smile on his face, he greeted Guan Wei: "Brother Guan."

Guan Wei patted Lu Shaolin on the shoulder: "Brother Lu, long time no see, you still look good."

Lu Shaolin smiled perkyly and said, "Where is it, it can't compare to Guan Shao's head of escort."

The two bodyguard bureaus, one north and one south, have been fighting openly and secretly for decades, and now Changhong's glory has not diminished, but Jinfeng has suffered a catastrophe and has been left out in the cold. uncomfortable.

Guan Wei was very enthusiastic, and led the three of them to the backyard, saying: "My father has gone to the darts, and he won't come back until the martial arts conference. You can stay here in peace, and take care of me if you have anything to do. I, Changhong Escorts still hold a lot of weight in Jianghu, as long as you are in Luoyang for a day, those cats and dogs will not dare to come to you easily."

Although he said this a little naively, he did have a bit of confidence.The Changhong Escort Bureau has been famous for a hundred years and has taken root in the world. It has never had anything to do with the imperial court. It really doesn't pay much attention to Tiqi and Dongchang.

Lu Shaolin spoke politely, but felt bitter in his heart, thinking that as long as he can return to Hangzhou alive, he must carry the signboard of the Golden Wind Bodyguard Agency again, and sooner or later he will not be underestimated.

When he was almost settled down, Gu Yuexuan said: "Young Guard Guan, may I ask if my unidentified junior brother has said when he will arrive in Luoyang?"

Guan Wei said: "Counting the days, Brother Weiming should be here too. He said before that if you arrive today, you can go to Baima Temple to wait for someone in the future."

Gu Yuexuan looked at the sky and said: "Then my junior brother and I will go to the White Horse Temple first."

When they came out of Suzhou City, they were separated from Fu Jianhan and Lu Shaolin, and Gu Yuexuan carried the volumes of poems with him to prevent one of them from breaking out safely, and both the people and the roster fell into the enemy's hands.Now that he has arrived in Luoyang, when he meets Dongfang Weiming, he will naturally be able to figure out what is going on with the roster.

The two were anxious, when they arrived at the White Horse Temple, there was still more than half an hour before Weishi, there were many pilgrims in the temple, but there was no sign of Dongfang Weiming inside or outside.They had no choice but to slow down, pick a road with fewer people nearby, and wait for the little junior brother who can't see the end of the dragon to show up.

When passing by a incense and candle shop, an old voice came from inside: "You two young masters, why don't you come in and buy some incense?"

Thorn was not interested in this matter of praying to gods and worshiping Buddha. As soon as he raised his leg, he wanted to walk over without paying attention, but Gu Yuexuan grabbed his arm.

Gu Yuexuan glanced at the incense candle shop and said, "There is nothing left and right, why don't you just go and have a look."

Thorn had no choice but to follow in. Gu Yuexuan lowered his head to pick out incense candles, and he put his hands on his chest and stood at the door hard.

It was the proprietress who spoke up first: "I don't know what kind of wish you two want to make to the Buddha when you go to this White Horse Temple? You will have a wealth of wealth, more officials and nobility, more children and more blessings. I have all kinds of incense here. You can pick and choose slowly.”

After listening to her, Gu Yuexuan and Jingji spoke at the same time, one said "Family is safe", the other said "Health is better". The kind that can live a hundred years.”

The proprietress laughed: "Okay, okay, the two sons want to pray for the safety and longevity of their relatives, right? I have them here, come and see, they are the best incense candles."

While talking, she personally picked out a batch of incense candles, wrapped them carefully in paper, then turned around and found two sandalwood bracelets from the cabinet, and stuffed them into the hands of Gu Yuexuan and Thorn respectively.

Thorn held the wooden bead string and said inexplicably, "I didn't say I want this."

The proprietress patted his hand, and said softly: "Just treat it as a gift from me. It's not worth a lot of money, it's just some small things that I usually play with when I read scriptures, and give them to people who are destined."

Gu Yuexuan said embarrassedly: "Ma'am, this..."

The joss stick was a small business, of course he was unwilling to accept gifts for no reason, so he took out another silver ingot and wanted to give it to the proprietress along with the joss stick money.

The proprietress shook her head, she was only willing to accept the money for the few incense candles, and said with a soft smile, "You two, hurry up and offer incense. Sincerity leads to spirit, Buddha blesses you, you will all be safe and secure for the rest of your life."

The two really couldn't refuse, so they had no choice but to accept the sandalwood bracelets, and came out of the shop with incense candles in their hands.

I have been to this White Horse Temple several times, but it is the first time for Thorn to come here to offer incense.

Seeing him finishing the incense silently, Gu Yuexuan couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Ah Ji, didn't you believe in these things before?"

Thorn frowned, and said: "The past was the past, and the present is the present. Now I believe what I love, so leave me alone."

If he could live in peace with that person for a lifetime, let alone a few sticks of incense, he would be happy to let him bite the bullet and carve Buddha statues for a few years from now on.

He didn't want to say these words to Gu Yuexuan, not because he was afraid of being laughed at, but because he was afraid that if he said it, he would vent the hidden fear in his heart.After that day, they never talked about Hangusan again, as if as long as they didn't mention it, that day would never come.Gu Yuexuan has always been so calm, always with a smile on his face, as if as long as he can be together for a day, he is already satisfied and happy.But thorns are different.Between the two of them, he is probably always the one who is more dissatisfied. Now that he has held that person's hand again, he wants to hold it for a longer time, one day, two days, one year, two years, ten years, 20 years ,forever and ever.

Thorn finally admitted that no matter how proud people are, such as himself, there will be times when they have to ask for God's will to be fulfilled.

It was almost late when the incense was finished, but Dongfang Weiming still didn't appear.

The two waited for a while, and saw the abbot of the White Horse Temple catching up in a hurry, and said, "Two benefactors, wait a moment. A benefactor came over just now and said that he would deliver a letter to a benefactor named Gu or Jing." In the hand, I don’t know if it’s the two of you?”

Gu Yuexuan took the letter, looked around, and asked: "Abbot, do you remember what the person delivering the letter looked like?"

The abbot said: "The benefactor and the two seem to be about the same age. He was wearing a green shirt and had a long sword hanging from his waist. He looked serious and only said this to the old monk, and then left in a hurry without saying anything."

Gu Yuexuan thanked the abbot, and said to Jingji: "It seems that Weiming didn't come in time. The person who delivered the letter was described as Yanyuyan Shaoxia from the Qingcheng School. Brother Fu said that day that he met Weiming's fellow Yan Shaoxia is together, so Weiming should be here soon."

Thorn snorted coldly: "That brat, he said he wanted to come but he didn't come, he was very diligent in ordering his senior brother."

When there was no one there, Gu Yuexuan opened the letter, scanned it, frowned and said: "Wei Ming said that Tiqi and Dongchang also came to Luoyang with people, and told us to be careful. He will definitely arrive on time the day before the martial arts conference." Mang Shan went to fight against the Mad Swordsman."

Thorn came over and read the letter paper, dissatisfied: "Did he mention Jiang Tianxiong?"

Gu Yuexuan frowned deeply and said: "A wise man will make a mistake if he thinks about it. I'm afraid that Weiming will calculate the overall situation too clearly, and instead, he will be careless for a while and be plotted by the villain."

Tiqi, Dongchang, Tianyi City, Crazy Swordsman, Jiang Tianxiong... These people are all gathered in one place now, this Luoyang City is about to storm, what is waiting for Dongfang Unknown?

In Changhong Escort, Lu Shaolin walked back and forth with his sleeves in his hands, restless in his heart and eyes.

Every time he took a step, Guan Wei followed closely, and walked from one end of the yard to the other together, causing Lu Shaolin to sigh even more.

He couldn't stand anymore, flicked his sleeves, and said, "I still have to go out and have a look."

Guan Wei shook his head again and again: "That's not okay, brother Lu, you can be regarded as my bodyguard now, since Brother Weiming and Brother Gu and Brother Jing have entrusted you to me, I have to protect you from mistakes."

Lu Shaolin was so forced that he broke into a few sweats.The guy in front of him is too sincere, and it is already a bit difficult for people to get involved in this mess, and he can't explain clearly at the moment. He wants to investigate the movement of Xiajiang Mansion.With the identities of Gu Yuexuan and Jingji, I'm afraid they will be recognized if they take a step closer to the Jiangfu. When it comes to inquiring about news, I'm afraid he is better at being a flirtatious bodyguard.

He thought for a while, and could only say, "Why don't you follow me, let's go together?"

Guan Wei thought for a long time with a serious face, nodded and said: "Unless you change your clothes, you won't be recognized by others."

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Shaolin looked at the clothes Guan Wei brought, and said dumbfounded: "...What is this?"

Guan Weili said bluntly: "I asked the master in the escort agency to borrow it. His wife used to wear it before, and it is the least likely to reveal your identity."

Lu Shaolin held the pink and willow green jacket and skirt, and gritted his teeth with tears in his heart.This kid in front of him must not be judged by his appearance, not only is he dishonest, but he must also be jealous of his flair from the bottom of his heart.

People had to bow their heads under the eaves. In order to let Guan Shao's bodyguard allow him to go out to let the body out, he had to put the dress on his body indiscriminately, loosen his hair, and pull a gauze to cover his face. Straightening his back, he swaggered out the door.

Guan Wei didn't know if he planned to see him making a joke at first, but he opened his mouth halfway, seeing that Lu Shaolin was so calm and happy, he couldn't laugh anymore, so he raised his knife and hurriedly followed.

A vegetable vendor on the road recognized Guan Wei and greeted him, "Hey, Young Guard Guan, come out for shopping, why don't you go with Miss Qi Li? And this is..."

Lu Shaolin turned his head when he heard the words, deliberately raised his eyebrows and smiled like those confidantes in his impression, and the peach blossoms in his eyes flew ten feet away.

It's a pity that his physique is called Qi Yuxuan among men, and he is called a hunchback among women. This figure is not like a gentle beauty, but it is clearly like that fierce old bustard, which directly frightened the peddler. Bai was dumbfounded.

Guan Wei was embarrassed for a while, grabbed several strands of hair, and said: "This... a friend, just a friend, don't talk nonsense with Ali."

It would have been better if he didn't explain it, as soon as he explained it, it would add a bit of meaning. Several vendors who knew each other in the market suddenly realized, and it didn't take long for those who watched the excitement ran to the wild goal. The figure came rushing from the street.

Seeing that Qi Li was coming, Guan Wei couldn't care less about Lu Shaolin, so he immediately went up to greet her and comforted her.

Lu Shaolin finally got the chance, so naturally he put oil on the soles of his feet, lifted the hem of his skirt and sneaked into the crowd.

He knew in his heart that Guan Wei was more conspicuous than Gu Yuexuan and Thorn in this city of Luoyang, and with this young escort following him all the way, the information he could find out was probably what kind of food Qi Li usually likes to eat.

As soon as he got rid of Guan Wei, Lu Shaolin was like a fish in water, avoiding the crowd in a cool and unrestrained manner, and walked to the most remote alley in Luoyang City.

If you want to ask where the news flow is the fastest and the most mixed, it is nothing more than some favorite places.He spent an hour or two, drank a few glasses of wine with others, rolled a few rounds of dice, and by the time he walked out of the alley, he had obtained a lot of useful information.

Seeing that the time has passed, Dongfang Weiming may have met Gu Yuexuan and Jingji, Lu Shaolin remembered what a watchman said just now, and he inevitably felt a little worried.

According to what that person said, the Jiang family has indeed made a big move these days. In the middle of the night two months ago, a large number of Jiang family members went to the south of the city to destroy the temple. For several nights in a row, he saw black shadows entering and exiting Jiang Mansion. The speed of those shadows was so fast that they flew over the eaves and walls, as if floating in mid-air, and passed by in the blink of an eye. He also told others, and they all said that he had run into a ghost.

But Lu Shaolin is not an ordinary person, so he understood it after hearing it.Jiang Yu appeared in Suzhou, and joined forces with the Eight Diagrams Sect and Tang Sect to participate in the lore against them. The connection between the Jiang Mansion and Dongchang and Tianyi City may be inextricably linked.Those killers were recalled to Luoyang at this juncture, most likely because Jiang Yu inadvertently leaked that day, Jiang Tianxiong wanted to mobilize people to deal with Dongfang Weiming.

Who would be the person in the ruined temple, and where is he being locked up now?What is the relationship between this person and Dongfang Weiming?According to the appointment of the mad swordsman, Dongfang Weiming, the leader of the martial arts alliance, had to go to Luoyang to fight the day before the martial arts conference. Could those shadows be another heavy killing situation that Jiang Tianxiong planned to prevent him from going down the mountain halfway?

Lu Shaolin was thinking while walking, he was pondering a lot, and accidentally arrived at Market Avenue.

There was a group of familiar big men in brocade clothes pushing the crowd towards him, and the leader shouted, "Over there! People are going over there!"

Lu Shaolin was surprised: "Jin Yiwei?"

He avoided Tiqi and the killers of Tianyi City all the way, and didn't really see a few people from Dongchang. He went to Luoyang after a lot of hard work, but he didn't expect to hit the muzzle of a gun.

He was anxious, turned around and ran without thinking, but he forgot that he was wearing a woman's skirt, stepped on the skirt before running a few steps, and threw himself straight to the ground.

Just as he was about to fall to the ground face to face, a hand reached out, grabbed his shoulder and pulled him.

The man pulled him, moved a few times, easily broke through the crowd, and brought Lu Shaolin behind a high wall where no one was there before Jin Yiwei caught up.

Lu Shaolin breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly turned around and said, "Thank you, brother, for your rescue—cough cough cough."

Seeing the person beside him, he coughed before he finished speaking, and swallowed "Brother Yan" abruptly.That man was wearing a green shirt, with a stern expression, whoever he was, if not the leader of the Qingcheng Sect.

He is actually not familiar with Yan Yu, that is, he met once at the Young Heroes Conference, and then heard Dongfang Weiming mention it several times.According to Lu Shaolin's temperament of making many friends, he originally planned to get acquainted with this Yan Yu when he had the opportunity, but he didn't expect to meet again under such circumstances.There are rumors that this Mr. Yan is a noble man and does not associate with ordinary people. With his strange attire at the moment, if he reveals his identity rashly, I am afraid that he will never be able to get into Yan Yu's eyes from now on.

Lu Shaolin was afraid that Yan Yu would see his true face, so he was in a hurry for a while, first pulled the facecloth to cover his face, then lowered his head pretending to be shy, and suppressed a few shrill coughs.

Fortunately, Yan Yu didn't even look at him, and just said calmly: "The group of people just now are not easy to get along with. If the girl makes enemies with them, please be careful in the future."

He said these few words, but he was polite when he saw that a weak woman on the other side was also being chased by Jin Yiwei.It's not a big deal to meet people, so he didn't say much anymore, nodded slightly, and jumped onto the wall.

When the dark blue shadow went far away, Lu Shaolin dared to tear off the veil again, rubbed his blushing face, and muttered dejectedly: "The East is not clear, the East is not clear, little brother, I am doing this for your little shit." , but I almost sacrificed the face of Yushu Linfeng. You must not be tricked by Jiang Tianxiong's old fox, turn around these messy things, and accompany me to find Xiang'er to have a good drink, and then Introduce Brother Yan again, and this trip will be over."

After shaking his head and speaking, he looked like a normal person, puffed up his chest and raised his head, stepped on the setting sun and went back to Changhong Escort.