Chapter 4 Chapter Four: True and False

Lang Fanyun, who turned into the "handsome gentleman" Xue Mingyu, sat in a rented carriage and came to the capital disguised as an ordinary businessman. Although it takes a long time in this way, it avoids attracting attention due to the need to develop body skills. Because his true and false identities are both shady. It would cause a great uproar if people knew that he was a raging man, and of course it would be very wrong for people to recognize him as Xue Mingyu, a generation of prostitutes. Fortunately, there is still an hour before leaving Shen, enough time for him to rush to Luohua Bridge, and handing over to Xue Mingyu's daughter at that time will be regarded as fulfilling Xue Mingyu's last words.

The man driving the cart vigorously urged the two old horses pulling the cart, hoping to make an extra turn before dark and earn more money. At the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, the car left Sanlong Village and arrived at the west bank of the Yangtze River, the opposite bank is the capital city. There were more than a dozen people waiting for the ferry at the ferry. Lang Fanyun looked out through the curtains, and saw that most of them were locals, and only four or five were traveling merchants. Lang Fanyun put on the bamboo hat to cover the fake face of the prostitute, and lifted the big bag that concealed the Rain-Fuying Sword. When the carriage stopped, he got out of the carriage and rewarded the man who drove the carriage with an extra penny.

After thanking him a thousand times, the man pointed to more than a dozen small boats moored beside the ferry and said: "Guest officer, if you want to go to Luohua Bridge, you can rent a ferryboat and cross the river into the Qinhuai River. It takes half a boat at most." It's time to reach the Luohua Bridge, it's better than being forced on the ferry with someone." After thanking the waves over the clouds, he walked down the ferry. Suddenly, he felt a few sharp eyes falling on him. It turned out that there was an official boat moored alone on the other side of the ferry, and a few big men in plain clothes were looking at him carefully. They were all equipped with swords and other things, and their expressions were calm and fierce. , unlike general tolerances.

Lang Fanyun deliberately hunched his tall body, suppressed the divine light in his eyes, and pretended that he was almost tripped by the goods placed on the ferry. The bamboo hat fell off, revealing Xue Mingyu's handsome fake face. If he was not mistaken, these people should be the Iron Guards of Dongchang under Shurangan, responsible for guarding the only way to cross the river. Seeing how helpless he was, all the big men on the boat shook their heads and laughed, and ignored him. Lang Fanyun also secretly smiled in his heart. Slight and rhythmic footsteps sounded from behind, and Lang Fanyun knew that there were three people coming, all of them were people with deep dark martial arts skills. Showing an impatient look, he walked towards the ferryboat on the right, so as not to recognize these martial arts figures by face.

A small boat sailed over, and a boat girl shook the scull lightly, shouting: "If you want a boat, the guest officer, you only need to pay half the price to go to the largest Qinhuai Red House!" Lang Fanyun secretly praised the boat girl for her knowledge of business, nodded and walked down the boat, and was about to sit on the bow of the boat so as to enjoy the scenery along the Yangtze River and the Qinhuai River, the boat girl called: "Guest officer, please sit in the cabin." , lest the water splash up and splash you." Lang Fanyun's heart trembled slightly. It turned out that when his attention came to the cabin, he immediately detected Ruoyou Ruowu's slight breathing deliberately suppressed.

At this point he has three choices. One is to go back to the ferry right away, but this will attract more attention. If the martial arts figure following behind recognizes who he is, the problem will be even greater. The second option is still to sit on the bow of the boat, but if the other party deliberately deals with him, maybe he can capsize the boat halfway, it will also attract attention, and it will not be beneficial or harmful to him. So the remaining choice is to still sit in the cabin, try to restrain the hidden man who doesn't know what his plan is, and then force the boat girl to send him to the opposite bank.

After making up his mind, he shyly entered the cabin, and deliberately sat with the pile of goods hiding people on his back. A smug look flashed in the boat girl's eyes, and she swung the boat to the opposite bank. Lang Fanyun took off the bamboo hat, put it on the deck beside him, put his luggage casually beside him, stretched himself, and looked to the other side. Ten years ago, when he was young and full of vigor, he went to the capital alone, and met Ji Xixi on the Qinhuai River on the way home, that scene seemed to happen yesterday. The temperature of the hidden human body beside him rose sharply.

Knowing that the opponent is about to attack, Lang Fanyun smiled inwardly. For a master like him, every inch of muscle can exert astonishing strength, even if ordinary martial arts figures hold a sword, they would never want to pierce him into the body. Only from the opponent's breathing and body heat, he can roughly grasp the opponent's level of cultivation, so it is best to rectify the flaws and wait for the opponent to make a move. The cold hit the waist and kidneys. In this short moment, he judged that although the opponent's attack was fast, he still had enough power, and more importantly, the murderous intent was not strong, so that he knew that the opponent only wanted to restrain him, not kill him with a single blow.

He pretended to be stunned, and when the dagger touched his waist, he didn't move. The boat girl continued to rock the boat, as if she didn't know anything about what happened in the cabin. A cold female voice said from the side: "Don't move! My dagger is poisonous, as long as it cuts your skin, you will be killed on the spot." Lang Fanyun was silent. The woman with the dagger appeared from the pile of goods and sat next to him, the dagger was of course still tight to him. After a burst of cruel laughter, she said with a half-crying smile: "Unexpected Xue Mingyu, even though you escaped I have been waiting for you so hard for three years! I think about you every night, and want to bite off your flesh."

Lang Fanyun sighed and said, "Miss, you are denying the wrong person!" He estimated that as long as he speaks, the other party will recognize his strange voice immediately. At that time, he only needs to explain a few words to clear up the misunderstanding. Get away, so that the other party will not be entangled, and also let the other party be liberated from the shame and hatred because Xue Mingyu is dead. Unexpectedly, the woman sneered and said, "You are finally willing to speak! Why didn't I respond to all my beggings that day, and just continued your evil adultery."

The woman stretched out her other hand and touched several acupuncture points on his back. This will not have any effect on Lang Fanyun, pretending to be weak, and hit the woman. The woman's dagger was still tight to him, she moved her pretty face in front of him so that he could see clearly, and supported his shoulder with her other hand to prevent him from falling down. Lang Fanyun's eyes brightened. The woman was about twenty-three or fourteen years old, and she was delicate and beautiful, with tears in her eyes.It was full of extremely complicated expressions, including deep hatred and inexplicable resentment. The woman laughed wildly, calmed down a little, and said coldly: "You murderous thief, do you recognize me? I have been tortured by you all my life. Not only my husband despises me, but everyone who knows about it treats me with strange respect. Look at me! Well, now that you have finally fallen into my hands, after I cut you apart, I will die with you, and I will sue you when I arrive in the underworld, and teach you that you will never be reborn." Lang Fanyun felt pity in his heart, hesitating whether to tell her the truth. The rowing girl shouted, "Miss! Where are we going?" When Lang Fanyun heard that they had no predetermined plan, he immediately knew that the other party was going to kill him on the boat, and was about to slide her dagger away with strength, when the woman responded: "Shake it to the Qinhuai River!" The maid who was pretending to be the boat girl was stunned for a while, but she still went to the Qinhuai River. The woman looked into Lang Fanyun's eyes again, flashed a strange look, and shouted angrily: "Why do you look at me with that kind of eyes, don't you recognize who I am? Huh! Your eyes turned yellow, is it because of the wine color?" Excessive, hurt the body." Lang Fanyun knew that the boat was going to the Qinhuai River, so he was not so eager to get out. Tears welled up in the woman's pretty eyes, and she said sadly: "Since you did the beastly violence to me that night, I only thought of death in my heart, and only death can repay my innocence, but I will die first if I don't see you for a day. How can Yan Ru be willing to be willing, Xue Mingyu! You are going to die today." At this time, it was Lang Fanyun's turn to dare not reveal his identity, otherwise he would have indirectly harmed the woman. Yan Yanru slapped open one of his acupuncture points, and shouted: "Speak and beg for mercy! Otherwise, I will cut off your body piece by piece." Lang Fanyun smiled wryly, and didn't know what to say for a while, his mask was worthy of being the product of Bei Shengtian, the number one master in the world a hundred years ago, and even the expression on his face could be clearly conveyed. Yan Yanru was stunned for a moment, this wry smile had a kind of unrestrained and masculine charm, never dreamed that it would appear on the face of this flower picker who wanted to eat his flesh raw. When she thought of the thief who had ruined her chastity before, she always wanted to kill him immediately, but for some reason, now that she faced each other, she realized that she didn't want to kill him so quickly. The little maid who was rocking the boat shouted again: "Miss! There are three boats following us!" Yan Yanru's face changed, she looked at the little maid and shouted: "Try to delay them for a while." Looking at Lang Fanyun again, her eyes first showed a cold killing intent, then turned to strong resentment, and finally became more complicated and difficult to understand, showing that several different thoughts in her heart were fighting. He quickly took out a porcelain bottle from Huai Ai, poured out a bright red pill, and stuffed it into Lang Fanyun's mouth. The pill melts in the mouth, goes down the throat, and cannot be vomited out. No matter how poisonous the pill was, of course it wouldn't be on Lang Fanyun's mind, but he didn't understand why Yan Yanru didn't just kill herself. Yan Yanru leaned into his ear and said: "This is a poison specially made by the Wang family in southern Fujian. If you don't get the solution within three days, Da Luo Jinxian will not be able to save you. With your cunning, of course you will guess that I hid the solution elsewhere." .” Lang Fanyun couldn't help but said: "Since you hate Xue Mingyu so much, why don't you kill him, so as not to have many dreams in the night." Yan Yanru said coldly: "Why did you mention your name as if you were talking about someone else? Did you think I would let you go? It would be too cheap to kill you with one knife. I sacrificed my own body to learn it." The most ruthless poison torture in the world, if you don’t teach you to taste it, how can you rest easy. I will never let you be killed by others.” He walked out of the cabin and watched the speedboat coming. At this time, the small boat has reached the most famous Huafang section of the Qinhuai River. All kinds of large boats and small boats moored on the river are gorgeously decorated, and the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard hiddenly, making it very lively. Lang Fanyun couldn't help but laugh, thinking to himself that I'm sorry, I have to do it once, because if I don't leave, I won't be able to keep up with the Luohuaqiao appointment. Han Bai and Ye Sudong rode side by side, surrounded by armored imperial guards, marching along the street towards the palace. Ye Sudong smiled and said: "Master Special Envoy! Over there is Xuanwu Lake, which is also the place where we train sailors. The foreign guest house where Your Excellency settled is in the garden east of Mochou Lake. The scenery is quite beautiful. Oh! This is the first time for Your Excellency Special Envoy. I’ve come to Yingtian Mansion, so I don’t know the story of Mochou Lake!” Han Bai felt that the well-known elder masters of the eight factions were surprisingly courteous, spoke in a calm manner, and showed extraordinary cultivation and patience. I was afraid that he would also be slow in telling stories, so he hurriedly changed the subject and asked questions. He said: "Why did your majesty suddenly call this envoy into the palace? My heart is still beating wildly." Ye Sudong glanced at him with a smile, wondering why Goguryeo would send such a tender child to show shame, and could only respond: "The emperor's actions have always been unpredictable! Look! That's the imperial city." Han Bai looked forward, and saw a very imposing palace in front of him, surrounded by a moat, his heart beat even harder. Ye Sudong introduced: "The imperial palace was built by moving mountains to fill Yanque Lake. The city is divided into two parts, the inner and outer parts. The outside is the Chengtian Gate, and there is an Outer Five-Dragon Bridge in front of it; the inside is the Duanmen, and there is also an Inner Five-Dragon Bridge. The Emperor will see the Special Envoy in the Imperial Study Room of the Inner Palace." Han Bai saw that the imperial palace was heavily guarded, like a giant beast that swallowed people without needing to spit out its bones, and almost wanted to escape, but there were guards with high martial arts skills in front and behind, and there was a first-rate master like Ye Sudong, so he fled in fear. I can't escape.Only bite the bullet, and Ye Sudong entered the palace through the south Meridian Gate.