The rain gurgled outside the window, accompanied by the faint sound of thunder.

In midsummer, the sultry heat is gone.

The inn where Shen Kuang stayed was far away from the busy city. He deliberately chose a room facing the street so that he could occasionally pay attention to the movements outside.

Under the rain curtain, there were few people on the street, and the occasional pedestrian held an umbrella or wore a raincoat.

Amid the sound of rain, the sound of rapid footsteps came from a distance. Shen Kuang looked through the window and saw a neat team of Heavenly Supervisors dragging two corpses across the long street.

After being washed away by the rain, the body was pale and there was no trace of blood left.

Pedestrians on the street occasionally saw this scene and either avoided it or looked away and then looked away. They knew that the grassland people who secretly sneaked into Kangzhu City had been caught again, and this was the fifth batch since yesterday.

Shen Kuang didn't look much. When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but think of the girl who was disguised as a man in the hook bar a few days ago. According to the recent rumors, the person leading the grassland team this time seems to be Abahai, which means princess in Zhongyuan. , I don’t know if the girl’s identity has been exposed.

In addition to the pursuit of the grassland people, the other major event in Kangzhu City recently was the death of the Thirteenth Prince Yuan Wu. There was no news of the death of the other injured princes, but the Thirteenth Prince Yuan Wu was indeed dead.

For this reason, many officials, including Zhao Menglan, the prefect of Kangzhu City, have been frightened in recent days and have trouble sleeping and eating.

In addition, the Wu family in Kangzhu City is also working on this matter.

The death of a prince, and his death in Kangzhu City, no matter what the cause, is not a trivial matter.

Although the death of the Thirteenth Prince cannot be blamed on them, if there is a strict investigation from above, the blame for improper guarding will definitely not escape, and whether this crime can be big or small depends on the meaning above.

It is a pity that Kangzhu City is now fully taken over by the Supervisor Tiansi, and even the prefect Zhao Menglan does not have the right to interfere too much. So they have nothing to do except lament, and they only hope that this unreasonable disaster will not cost them their lives.

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The evening meal was served by the waiter in the store as usual, but this time the waiter also brought a letter.

After knocking on Shen Kuang's door, the waiter took out a sealed letter from the bottom of the dinner plate and handed it to Shen Kuang and said: "Sir, this is the letter that another guest asked me to forward to you just now. You will naturally know what he means after reading it."

Shen Kuang took the letter and looked it over suspiciously, but there was nothing special about it.

"Did that person have any other words of advice?" Shen Kuang asked.

The waiter shook his head when he heard this: "The guest officer only asked me to bring this letter to you, and the rest is gone."

After finishing speaking, the waiter saw that Shen Kuang was still in suspense and said something more: "Sir, to tell you the truth, our Kangzhu City is indeed not peaceful recently. It is always right for you to be careful. However, I looked at the young man who delivered the letter. He doesn’t look like a bad guy.”

After saying the last sentence, the waiter also knew that he had violated a taboo, so he hurriedly patted his mouth and apologized: "Look at my talkative mouth. Please just listen to those nonsense words."

The innkeeper was just an ordinary local who ran a small business. The waiter also had good intentions, and Shen Kuang could see that, so he didn't blame anything.

Afterwards, Shen Kuang took the meal and thanked him again before closing the door again.

What makes Shen Kuang suspicious is not that anyone would send him a letter, because not many people would care about him at this time.

Sure enough, after Shen Kuang opened the envelope, he recognized Jiang Ning's handwriting.

Jiang Ning's letter roughly stated that her father, Jiang Taixu, wanted to meet Shen Kuang. Jiang Ning asked Shen Kuang to take some time to go to Zhilanting, which was the courtyard where the Louwailou group stayed in Kangzhucheng.

At the end of the letter, Jiang Ning said: "Father also asked me to tell you not to be too surprised after meeting."

Shen Kuang frowned and looked at this last sentence without a beginning or end. Surprised? Why?

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What should be surprising?

However, Shen Kuang didn't know whether it was unexpected or not, but he was definitely nervous.

Originally, Jiang Ning already had the majesty that shocked everyone, so as the head of the Jiang family in Louwailou and the owner of Louwailou, Jiang Taixu would definitely be even more difficult to get along with. Moreover, there is still Jiang Ning among them, no matter from the background or from the perspective of Jiang Taixu. From every aspect, Shen Kuang is unreasonable.

When Shen Kuang was having dinner, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really not easy to deal with the elders.

It rained almost all day today, and it barely stopped until the evening. After the rain stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, the night rose, and the bright moon hung high.

After the rain and the moonlight, Kangzhu City took on a new look, and the lights of the past were restored.

In the evening, Jian Tiansi had already announced that there were only four people in the last group of grassland people who were on the run. There was no need to worry about the threat from the grassland people in the future, and anyone who provided clues to the grassland people would be heavily rewarded.

In fact, most people are only concerned about the whereabouts of the grassland people, and they are happy to see the consequences of the princes Jian Tiansi choosing to remain silent.

The red candles fluttering on the long-sleeved street, the light shines into the distance.

Lingshan City, the Lin family mansion.

Tomorrow there will be another batch of important goods that need to go to Qu'er City by water, so at this time in the evening, Lin Wanzhao, accompanied by Lingxue and housekeeper Lin Songfeng, is counting the goods for the last time.

Lin Songfeng looked at the thin figures busy in front and behind and said softly: "Miss, just let me take care of these little things."

When Lin Wanzhao heard this, she stepped back. She looked at Lin Songfeng and said slowly: "It's okay, Uncle Lin. It's still early and I can't sleep."

How could Lin Songfeng not know that his eldest lady was worried about the safety of tomorrow's boat trip, so he smiled and said: "Miss, you don't have to worry about transporting goods. Since that time, the bandits such as the wolf gang along the way no longer dare to embarrass us. ,Thanks to Jiang Shaoxia."

Listening to Uncle Lin talking about Shen Kuang, Lin Wanzhao remembered what Uncle Zhongshan had told her in recent days.

My husband is now far away in Kangzhu City, and has also gained quite a reputation in the world.

Naturally, Lin Chongshan did not tell Lin Wanzhao the facts. If nothing good happened, he would have to make it up. Those frightening things he saw made even him worried, let alone his eldest daughter."

When Lin Songfeng saw Lin Wanzhao's thoughts drifting away, he knew that she was thinking about Jiang Yi.

He was also happy to see the little girl's family's longing.

Lin Wanzhao quickly recovered his thoughts. Seeing that Uncle Lin and Lianxue were looking at him, he turned around with some embarrassment and continued to count the goods.

Lianxue walked in with a smile, took Lin Wanzhao's arm and joked with a smile: "Miss, are you thinking about Young Master Jiang again?"

When Lin Wanzhao saw that her thoughts had been exposed, she didn't refute. She just gave Lingxue a roll of her eyes and pointed at her forehead: "You, you."

Some thoughts last forever, and some feelings linger endlessly.

The moonlight in Lingshan City is beautiful tonight, but it's just a little faint.

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The next day, Shen Kuang got up very early.

I haven’t been out for a long time, but it’s still a bit fresh today.

The waiter who had been delivering food to Shen Kuang saw Shen Kuang coming downstairs. Although Shen Kuang was dressed in a blue shirt and a bamboo hat with a long sword on his back today, he recognized him at a glance, so he smiled and fought with Shen Kuang. He said hello: "Good morning, guest sir!"

When Shen Kuang heard this, he glanced at the waiter, smiled and nodded: "Morning."

Since I was getting ready to go out, I had no intention of stopping in front of the hall.

When the waiter saw Shen Kuang going out in a hurry, he thought he was going to join in the fun at today's gathering in the city, so he reminded loudly: "Sir, there is a greater chance of meeting the treasure on the Changxiu Street side."

After the waiter finished speaking, Shen Kuang's figure also disappeared from the door.

The shopkeeper glared at the waiter displeasedly: "What are you thinking about, you kid? The recent rumors

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You don’t know, don’t you? If I offend these guys and smash up my shop, then you guys should go drink the northwest wind too.”

After hearing the reprimand, the waiter just laughed and laughed without replying. He just thought that this guest was easy-going.

Shen Kuang actually heard the waiter's last words, but he didn't understand what they meant at first, until he passed by Changxiu Street.

Originally, Changxiu Street was a place for drinking flower wine, but today there were especially many stalls set up along the street. As Shen Kuang looked along the street, there were many selling all kinds of things.

Listening to the conversations around, it seems that Kangzhu City holds such a gathering once a month, and this time there are a lot of people in the world, so there are many people who missed it and bought some clever secrets and weapons.

According to Shen Kuang, this gathering is somewhat similar to Dama Street in Qiuluo City, where merchants and travelers from all over the world sell goods to each other.

Because of the rally, there were many people walking on Changxiu Street.

Shen Kuang did not stay here for long. He looked along the street and then went straight to Zhilanting, where the building outside the building was located.

The closer Shen Kuang got, the more nervous and uncontrollable he became.

The area where Zhilanting is located is all private gardens, so there were not many pedestrians along the way.

After getting closer and closer to Zhilanting, Shen Kuang regained his appearance, wearing a green shirt, a bamboo hat, and a long sword.

Jiang Ning didn't expect that Shen Kuang would come so quickly, so she was slightly surprised when she saw Shen Kuang outside Zhilan Court, but the surprise soon turned into joy. This didn't mean that Shen Kuang took this matter seriously.

Jiang Ning was accompanied by Wen Jiu. He was particularly proud of Li Chengren's offer to teach him several swordsmanship skills. So when he saw Shen Kuang from a distance, he shouted loudly: "Senior Brother Shen, here is ,here!"

Shen Kuang couldn't help but smile when he heard the word "senior brother." When he got closer, he said, "Wenjiu, I remember that master didn't agree to accept you as a disciple."

Wen Jiu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Senior Brother, why do you care about those false etiquette? Since Senior Li is willing to teach me some swordsmanship, he is my master."

Shen Kuang smiled when he heard this. The temperament of his "fellow disciple" was somewhat similar to that of their master and disciple.

After saying goodbye to Wen Jiu, Shen Kuang looked at Jiang Ning and asked with a guilty conscience: "Isn't your father already waiting for me?"

Jiang Ning looked at Shen Kuang and smiled and said, "Are you scared?"

Shen Kuang twitched the corner of his mouth and nodded: "It's quite a bit!"

Jiang Ning smiled and said: "Father won't do anything to you, so what are you afraid of? Besides, Senior Li and Senior Zhu had a very peaceful chat with their father before."

"Have they ever talked about us?" Shen Kuang asked.

"No."

Shen Kuang said in frustration: "Then we can't run away this time."

Wen Jiu on the side heard the words and smiled and said: "Senior Brother Shen, don't be afraid, Uncle Jiang is very easy to talk to, and you are so good, there is no reason why he should not accept you."

The three of them walked and talked.

By the time Wenjiu said this, the three of them had already walked around Zhilanting for a while. As soon as Wenjiu finished speaking, the three of them heard a dull voice suddenly coming from the front: "Xiaojiu'er, Tell me why I have to accept it?"

Wen Jiu paused when he heard this and glanced up blankly, ah, it was really Uncle Jiang.

Wen Jiu felt guilty and shouted: "Uncle Jiang."

"Father." Jiang Ning also said. In contrast, she looked the most at ease.

Shen Kuang also raised his head at this time. When he saw the appearance of the middle-aged man in front of him, he couldn't help but frown, because they had met before. On a mountain road after leaving Liushui Village, he was meeting with another white-haired man. The ageless middle-aged man was playing chess in a stone pavilion on the side of the road, and even drank from Shen Kuang for this purpose.

"Are you...the one who wants a drink?" Shen Kuang blurted out.

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