night.

Compared with Wuming Town, the nights in Suzhou City are more lively and bustling. In Wuming Town, the sun is over and before the final update arrives, the town falls into silence. Apart from the chirping of insects and frogs, the barking of dogs and babies, the whole town seems to be dormant.

Suzhou has been a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, less than ten miles away from the town, but at night it is another scene. The tiles and tiles are brightly lit, and pedestrians are bustling on the long street, and nightlife is very rich.

Suzhou people know how to enjoy. The rich have places for the rich. They live in Taotie, listen to music from Tianxiang Tower, or take advantage of the night to hire a pleasure boat, visit prostitutes and travel at night, recite poems and sing harmony, but they are not without elegance. The poor have places for the poor. Three or five friends make an appointment to the teahouse. When they hear that the storyteller talks about history or discusses the major events in the world, they are drunk and brags about it, which is also interesting.

Today, Xiaoyao Inn's business is very good. As the evening approaches, a few waves of tourists stayed in the hotel. Maybe it was annoyed by the rain during the day, or maybe it was a fatigue of travel, so they came downstairs, flocked to cook a few dishes, ordered a few corners of wine, and started talking.

Li Qingcheng is now living in Room No. 1, Tianzi, and is the funder of spending money. Fan Wuchang naturally would not let him work. Zhao Langjiang put the knife on Fan Wuchang's neck and "borrowed" two taels of silver to Tianxianglou to find Yang Xiaoxiao and asked him to help the inn business. Fan Wuchang didn't have the courage to do this.

Only Xiao Jinyan has a good temper and is easy to talk to, but was "invited" by Fan Wuchang to help. According to Fan Wuchang's logic, I will give you free food and accommodation and a salary. I can't be an idle person, right?

The guest was drinking and eating meat in the inn. Poor Xia Xiao started to mop the floor and clean up the dishes. Xiao Jinyan was not angry. He had been the leader of the martial arts world and had been hungry. He regarded these as life experiences. From another perspective, it was a kind of practice in the world.

Xiao Jinyan finished dragging the ground, leaned against the pillar, and listened to a table of guests discussing the recent major events in the world.

A swordsman with a Longxi accent said, "Brother Lou, after five years, Xiaosheng has issued the latest three lists of heaven, earth and man. You just came from the capital. Can you reveal one or two?" As he said that, he picked up the wine pot and gave another Lanjianghu guest a glass of wine.

The man surnamed Lou was not polite, picked up the wine and drank it all, and said, "I think Xiaosheng is going to cause trouble in the world. The three lists five years ago caused some turmoil in the world. This time, the three lists are updated, and it is probably another bloody storm."

The old Xier swordsman asked, "How do you say this?"

The man surnamed Lou said, "Brother Zhang, you are still young and may not know much. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Who is willing to be the last person who is famous in the world? Ranking is originally man-made, and there must be tricks. If you rank low, you will not accept it, and if you rank high, others will not accept it. Last time, the three-row list was released, Ren Pengju, the 30th-ranked wine maniac, killed three masters who were ahead of him in one breath. Wu Fatian, the eight evil kings, did not make it on the list. In anger, he killed several famous masters on the land list. Do you think this time, the world will not be in chaos? "

The swordsman nodded as if he had any idea.

"Of the three lists, the most watery one is the human list. The top ten experts on the sky list cannot be faked. The thirty experts on the earth list are all well-known figures in the world. There must be games in the rankings. However, the human list is basically their tool for making money. To be honest, before this ranking, a field trip from Xiaosheng found me, and only 500 taels of money can be ranked in the top 500 in the human list. It's not that my brother can't bear to give up the 500 taels of silver, but I really can't bear to give up this life."

The man said, "So that's it. But Brother Lou is known as the Nine-Life Cat in the world. Even if he doesn't spend money, he will be ranked in the top 30 of the people."

Someone next to him praised, "It turns out that you are Lou Ting and Lou Yuanshan, the Jiuming Cat in Guandong. I'm really disrespectful!"

The Nine-Direction Cat Lou Yuanshan is a lone hero in the Guandong area. He is superb with the Nine-Direction Knife and is well-known in the world outside the pass. This person is well-informed and has close ties with Xiaosheng, Gossip Weekly, etc. He makes a living by selling news from the world. Of course, he also secretly engages in some activities to rob families.

Lou Yuanshan said, "Come on, I'm the nickname of Jiufen Cat, and I have only one life. By the way, in the previous people's list, it seems that only Li Qingcheng from the Li family in Jinling was on the ground list. Of course, they also have this strength. Other people are either killed or unknown, and there is no such thing as a master. Especially Xiao Jinyan, who was the leader of the martial arts world back then, but now, he has not even ranked in the top 100 people, and there is no trace in the world. Most of the time, that person was ranked fifth on the list back then, and he bought it for money, and he is just a false reputation."

Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly when he heard this.

However, Li Qingcheng, who was drinking with Qingcao not far away, smiled at Xiao Jinyan and looked at Xiao Jinyan with a playful look. This time, Xiaosheng ranked the 21-year-old Li Qingcheng on the 13th place in the local list, almost at the same level as the head of the quasi-first-class sect, and ranked among the top among the younger generation of masters.

The conversations of these people were very loud, and they were vaguely showing off. Everyone in the lobby heard them. After hearing this, Qingcao whispered, "San Young Master, you are so powerful in the world. The head of the family and the old worshippers at home, wouldn't he take charge of the Tianbang?"

Li Qingcheng bounced his head and said, "What awesome. Xiaosheng's third-ranked paper is so hard, so it doesn't take any more than a wiping his butt. There are so many experts in the world. Where is Xiaosheng's turn to point fingers? Look at Shaolin, Wudang, two pavilions, three sects, and four sects. Have anyone ever been on the list? The eight evil kings of the Demon Sect are at least the top ten in the earth list. Has anyone ever been on the list? Xiaosheng's things are fooling the laymen and cheating sales. If you really believe it, you don't know if you will be slaughtered one day."

Qingcao pouted, "Hmph, you're better than Xiao Jinyan anyway. This guy always bullies me, steals my wine, and robs me of food." Li Qingcheng laughed, "I don't have this ability."

At this time, another person asked, "Brother Lou, I wonder if you have noticed it. In this Tianlist, there are two people from Xi Chu, two people from Bei Zhou, one from Dong Yi, and four people from Daming Jianghu, the first in the Tianlist, and they are actually vacant. Can you tell why?"

Lou Yuanshan said, "After Zhang Ben, the first Tai Chi sword in the last session, he lost his shadow in the world after he first jumped out of the third realm. The other nine people, either a generation of masters or a royal relative, have never really fought with each other. If Xiaosheng wants to arrange the world, he may not have any basis to find."

The man said, "Will you become a sword immortal on Shujian Mountain outside the three realms? Can you fly with the sword and live forever?"

I heard someone in the corner saying, "That may not be necessary, it may also become someone else's meal."

Xiao Jinyan and others looked in the voice, but saw a middle-aged scholar lying on the table in the corner, wearing a gray cloth, patched on his shoulders and cuffs, washed white, wearing a white square scarf, carrying a box, swaying his slutch, looking like an unsuccessful sir, now he was drunk and drunk. If he hadn't spoken, no one would have noticed the existence of this person.

Although Xiao Jinyan had never seen this person, he saw that his divine light was restrained and he could not breathe inwardly. In the bamboo box under his feet, there was a long sword wrapped in gray cloth, and he had already guessed the identity of this person. However, he had no intention of the world and looked at it for a moment, and then stopped looking. Instead, Li Qingcheng played with his wine glass with his fingers, staring at the man without hesitation.

The swordsman who had just talked with Lou Yuanshan said, "You are not a person in the world, so where is your turn to talk too much?"

The middle-aged scholar shook his head and did not speak.

The swordsman said to Lou Yuanshan, "If you don't scold me, if you don't fight back, if you don't fight back, you're a scholar. Ha!"

The middle-aged scholar soldier ignored him, picked up the wine pot and drank it all, and said, "My man, add wine."

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, he made a pot of wine from the counter and shouted, "Here's coming!" He trotted and sent the pot over. He was about to hand it over, but the scholar quickly pulled Xiao Jinyan's wrist with his fingers. Xiao Jinyan became alert and dodged on the side of his right hand. The scholar used his fingers to Taiyuan, Jingqu two acupoints, and Xiao Jinyan changed his hand skills and delivered it to the next, putting the pot on the table, "Customer, your wine."

These moves were as fast as lightning and did not use internal strength. No one of the people present, except Li Qingcheng, noticed them. In the midst of the flash, the two had already changed several moves. The scholar smiled and said, "I'll invite you to drink." Xiao Jinyan said, "I'm on duty, and I'll be deducted for my wages when drinking."

The scholar haha, "Fun, interesting."

Xiao Jinyan stepped back a few steps, returned to Li Qingcheng's side, reached out to take a piece of peach blossom crisp and put it in his mouth.

Li Qingcheng asked in a low voice, "How?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly and said, "After all, I am one of the top ten masters on the Tianlist, and I am not an opponent." Li Qingcheng was so excited when he heard this, he held the folding fan in his hand and was eager to try it out. Xiao Jinyan stopped him and shook his head.

At this time, the inn door was knocked open, and four or five burly men broke in. Several people came to a table and cursed at the three diners who were dining, "This table is ours, get out." Seeing these people with a stingy face, a vulgar speech, and a weapon in their hands, the three of them did not dare to make a sound. They hurried to the front desk to meet the money and left in a hurry.

The leader shouted at Xiao Jinyan, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you clean up?"

Xiao Jinyan put a rag on his arm and hurriedly stepped forward to clean up. Several people sat down with a big golden knife, and cursed, "His grandma, these naive things are really unlucky. They were fooled by a girl. When I catch her, I will rape her first and then kill her, then rape her again and then kill her. Then strip her clothes and hang them on the Suzhou city wall for three days! There is also the tuberculosis cat, who doesn't know what the origin is, and she shouts at our brothers, but the boss is afraid of him. Hey, move quickly, cut meat, and drink!"

Xiao Jinyan said yes. After a while, he served the food and was about to leave. A man grabbed his arm and took out a picture from his arms, and asked, "Do you, you have a broad mind in the city. Have you ever seen this girl?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at the portrait of the woman in the strong man's hands. Who was it if it wasn't Xiao Hongyu? It turned out that Xiao Hongyu offended these people and ran to Wuming Town to find him. The two of them heard that they were like locals, but they didn't know how Xiao Hongyu messed with them again.

The man said impatiently, "Where are you asking, are you mute?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "I haven't seen it before."

The man said something really useless and said, "If you see this person, go to Taihu Water Village to report a letter to us and reward you with ten taels of silver!"

Taihu Water Village is a green forest gang east of Taihu Lake in Suzhou City. It has always been related to Wuliangdong, Fan Wuchang's father-in-law. Later, Taihu Water Village defected to Yixiaotang and used the background background to vaguely throw Wuliangdong behind him.

Xiao Jinyan asked, "I wonder what this person has to do with your village?"

The man said coldly, "Is this what you should ask?"

Another person said, "It's okay to tell you. Not long ago, the Central Plains Escort Agency escorted a secret arch through Taihu Lake, and we gave it to us. The girl was also robbed into the village. Unexpectedly, she stole our things and killed the second head of the army with a poison needle. Now the head of the army has issued a wanted order for Taihu Lake. If there is news about this person, a reward of twenty, no, ten taels of silver!"

"Why tell him this?"

"The people who run the hall are in the city are full of eyes, maybe they can help. The ten-day period is coming soon. That tuberculosis is not a good person, so we can only treat it as a living person." As he said, he glared at Xiao Jinyan, "I'm still doing it, damn it, go whatever you should do." He said, "Brothers have been busy for a day. I'll treat this wine."

"How can I ask the third leader to invite him? I'll do it."

The big man said, "Don't let it go to Tianxianglou to relax after drinking, come and invite you."

"Uhhhh...drinking!"

These people had loud voices, drank and ate meat and played with fists, which made the lobby noisy. The previous few tourists also lowered their voices. The other party was the green forest of Taihu Water Village, which was their territory. As the saying goes, strong dragons do not suppress local snakes, so there is no need to bother them and cause trouble. After a while, they settled down and went back to their room to rest.

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that Xiaohongyu provoked Taihu Water Village. Although this Taihu Water Village is not in the flow, it is also one of the 36 villages in Jiangnan. These green forests in Jiangnan each have their own active territory and like to join in groups. When one of the 36 villages is in trouble, each village helps and offends the whole family, which means offending Jiangnan Green Forest.

Xiao Hongyu killed their second leader. With her martial arts, it was not difficult to escape, but it was not easy to deal with Thirty-Six Villages.

After everyone in Taihu Water Village left, except for the scholar, the rest also dispersed. Xiao Jinyan stepped forward and said, "Sir, we are going to close." The scholar lay on the table and said drunkenly, "I don't have money to stay in a hotel, and I will only be here for one night."

Li Qingcheng whispered to Qingcao, and Qingcao said, "This gentleman's house money is recorded in our son's account."

The scholar looked up at Li Qingcheng, his eyes lit up, and he bowed, "Thank you. I'll ask for a pot of wine again, and it'll be even more thankful." Qingcao said, "Drink the wine at will and write it on our young master's account." The scholar carried another jar of wine and went upstairs to rest.

Xiao Jinyan put the door panel on and cleaned the lobby, and then sat down with Li Qingcheng, "I have been busy for a day and finally have the chance to drink." At this time, Xiao Hongyu floated down from the second floor and looked around, "Who are you leaving?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "So you knew it a long time ago."

Xiao Hongyu said, "Who is this girl? If you want to be caught by them, it will embarrass the master's sect if it is spread."

Xiao Jinyan reached out to Xiaohongyu and said, "Get it!"

"What?"

"Ten taels of silver!"

"Why?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Someone spent ten taels of silver to buy you just now. You made me earn ten taels of silver less. You have to pay me a loss."

Little Red Fish leaned over and blew at Xiao Jinyan, "I don't have the money, but I can repay it in another way."

"What?"

"Thousand Miles of Jiangling."

Xiao Jinyan stepped back and sat on the ground.

Li Qingcheng said haha, "Miss Red Fish is so interesting!"

Little Red Fish curled her lips and said, "Although you are very good at birth, it doesn't taste it."

Although Li Qingcheng was not so arrogant that he thought that all the women in the world liked him, he still couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Little Red Fish said, "It's not crazy enough."

Qingcao said, "What about Hero Xiao?"

Xiaohongyu said, "My dish."

Xiao Jinyan just got up, flew and sat on the ground again.

Fan Wuchang came from the backyard and said, "Xiao Jinyan, you have finished your work, why are you drinking here?"

With a "bang!", a piece of silver turtle fell in front of Fan Wuchang. Li Qingcheng said, "I'm treating you, can't you?"

Fan Wuchang smiled and said, "Okay, drink whatever you want."

Xiao Jinyan called the loser and said, "Shopkeeper Fan, give me the money, I won't drink it."

Fan Wuchang had already put the silver in his arms, and made a jar of wine. After thinking about it, he poured out half of it and added half of the water. He carried it to the four people, "Come on, I will never return tonight without getting drunk!" Xiao Jinyan took a sip, "Why is it so light? It's just mixed with water."

Fan Wuchang said, "Low-alcohol wine is healthier. I'll go to the back to collect the bill, don't drink it."
To be continued...