Dragon Gate Inn, is quite famous in the world.
The name "Longmen" actually has two meanings.
One is because of the region.
For example, at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, at the entrance of the Yellow River to Yumen, it is said that Da Yu split the mountain to form a gate here, and the Yellow River rushed through. The terrain is dangerous, so there is Dragon Gate Inn...
There is also the Yumen Pass in Dunhuang, a strategic point on the ancient Silk Road, and the image of a solitary shop in the desert. When you leave Longmen in the west, you can see the solitary smoke in the desert...
Second, it is a false reference to "Jianghu Longmen".
After crossing this threshold, there are rivers and lakes, whether they are smelly crabs and rotten shrimps, or carps jumping over the dragon gate and rising into the sky, each has its own destiny.
And this Dragon Gate Inn of Dragon Gate Post is naturally the former.
Nearby is the famous Longmen Grottoes.
"This place is located at the Yi River ferry in the south of Luoyang City, backed by the remaining veins of Mang Mountain and adjacent to the Longmen Ancient Post. It is the water and land hub of Yuzhou, connected to the Yellow River water transport in the north, and connected to the Funiu Mountain Road in the south..."
Di Longzi introduced it as he walked, then suddenly turned his head and said:
"Young Hero Li, what did you think of?"
Li Yan nodded slightly, "Trouble!"
Needless to say, this kind of place is not only a traffic thoroughfare, but also a place where rivers and lakes Three Religions and Nine Schools gather. The green forests of Funiu Mountain, the Grave Robbers of Mangshan, and the water bandits of the Yellow River are all sure to come here.
"Young Hero Li is right."
Di Longzi nodded and said, "This Dragon Gate Inn is famous in the world of Yuzhou."
"It was originally the private residence of Pei Min, the censor of the Tang Dynasty. His ancestor was a descendant of Xuanmen 'Heluo Geomancy Sect' and was proficient in the art of Feng Shui. After An Lushan Rebellion, the descendants of the Pei family changed the residence into an inn, named 'Qiyun Courtyard', to secretly shelter the monks who fled south..."
"Southern Song Dynasty was purchased by Pan Jiu Niang, the outer sect elder of 'Meishan Sect', and renamed 'Dragon Gate Inn'. On the surface, it operates a wine shop, but in fact it is a stronghold for the Meishan Sect to communicate secret messages with Northern Xuanmen and fight against Golden Horde Wolf Country shamanism."
"Under the foundation of the inn, there is <"Suppressing Mountain Eight Dragons Plate"> buried. It was the formation set up by the ancestors of the Pei family to suppress 'Yique Flood Dragon' with Mangshan's earth energy, and locked the soul of the dragon with the power of the Yi River dragon gate. It is said that the roar of the dragon could be heard on rainy nights at that time..."
"Later, the iron cavalry of the Wolf Kingdom defeated Divine Capital, and the two sides fought a big battle here. One of the Divine Land Top Ten Grandmasters at that time, Quanzhen, the elder of the Longmen Sect, Mangshan Xuandu Temple Chen Shoujing, the leader of, was trapped in Dragon Gate Inn by Doji Sangbu, the direct disciple of Basiba and the emperor of the Wolf Kingdom."
"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Chen Shoujing fought against many masters alone and was surrounded by thousands of wolf country cavalry, so he defeated <"Suppressing Mountain Eight Dragons Plate">."
"On that day, the demon dragon escaped from the trap, Yi River poured in, the dragon energy shook, the ghosts of Mang Mountain came out, Chen Shoujing Grandmaster also died with the enemy..."
"Good man!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard it, and Wang Dao Xuan couldn't help but praise it.
In that turbulent era, the fate of the family and the country, the righteousness of life and death, countless thrilling stories happened in the land of Divine Land.
Chen Shoujing's name, Li Yan, had also heard of it by chance. He glanced at it lightly and said, "Senior, if you have anything to say, you might as well just tell me."
He knew that Di Longzi was definitely not acting as a tour guide for them, so he must have other intentions behind his words.
Di Longzi smiled when he heard this, and continued, "There was a fire back then, and this place was reduced to scorched earth. Now this Dragon Gate Inn has naturally changed its owner."
"Great Xuan Dynasty rose up and destroyed Daxing and Golden Horde Wolf Country. This Dragon Gate Post was established again. As the Yi River ferry was restored, it gradually prospered."
"The current innkeeper is "Brocade Fur Fox" Madam Pei, who claims to be a descendant of the Pei family and the owner of Heluo Horse Caravan. He rebuilt the inn for travelers and merchants to rest."
"And because of Dragon Gate Inn's reputation, he has also become Rumor Inn in the world. His well-informed information on Yuzhou Road is no less than that of Luoyang City!"
Li Yan suddenly understood, "Okay, let's release the news here first and see if any fish take the bait."
According to what Di Longzi said, those people were very secretive, and even with his ability on the Yuzhou Road, he couldn't find any clues.
They came to Zhao the Donkey and have been delayed for a long time. In order to avoid any accidents, they could only alert the enemy and lure the enemy to their door!
While chatting, everyone saw the inn.
But I saw an inn opposite, backed by the Yi River cliff, and its main body was an irregular courtyard with three entrances.
The front hall is as low as a farmhouse, and the back building is as tall as a bunker. Wing Room are stacked one after another according to the mountainous terrain. The roof is covered with green tiles, and the outer walls are made of rammed earth mixed with broken porcelain pieces.
In front of the door, there is a three-foot wooden pole hanging with the "Dragon Gate Inn" flag. The wooden pole is rough and cracked, and the flag has faded after weathering.
There is also a special stable compound on the side. Although it is covered by a loess wall, there are many mules and horses neighing.
The inn was very simple and shabby, and it didn't seem worthy of Dragon Gate Inn's famous name, but everyone didn't find it strange.
This inn was originally designed to serve caravans and business travelers. It was similar to the carriage and horse shops in the city. The road in Jianghu was difficult, and most of the people were poor and poor. They couldn't afford to live in it even if it was too good.
Before he even got close, noise could be heard from inside.
There was a mixture of cheers, punches, and children singing.
This time, without Di Longzi's instructions, his two disciples quickly stepped forward, one to the left and one to the right, and opened the door curtain at the same time.
Sha LiFei almost burst out laughing when he saw it.
The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
Di Longzi is vicious and domineering by nature, but he bullies the weak and fears the strong. Fortunately, he is saving face. The disciples he has accepted are not very capable, but they are good at flattering.
On the road before, Xu had a grudge against them and always made trouble in small things. After being secretly taught a lesson by Sha LiFei, he became a lot more honest.
This set of movements was so smooth that it immediately highlighted the majesty of Di Longzi. He was really impressed.
Sure enough, everyone in the inn was frightened.
But I saw two people pushing open the door and entering. They were smartly dressed, one on the left and the other on the right. They looked like they were disciples of a famous family.
For a moment, there was silence in the inn.
Many people poked their heads out to see who was coming.
However, Di Longzi was not in a hurry to enter. Instead, he raised his hand sideways and said, "Young Hero Li, please!"
Li Yan shook his head and said, "Senior, please go first."
Di Longzi often did this on the road before. It seemed polite, but in fact it was all false.
If he really advanced, the old man would definitely hold a grudge.
Li Yan I'm really too lazy to play this trick with him.
Unexpectedly, Di Longzi insisted this time and said with a smile, "I am also half a Yuzhou native. You are a guest, so of course the guest invites you first."
Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, stopped talking nonsense, and strode through the door.
Di Longzi curled his lips and followed through the door.
Suddenly, many eyes focused on him.
Just as Di Longzi said, Three Religions and Nine Schools gather here.
There are silk and satin merchants wearing Liuhe hats, medicine dealers wearing tung oil clogs and Straw Cape, cart drivers wearing rough cloth, and even a few Persia Hu merchants with tilted felt hats...
After being away from home for a few years, Li Yan was already a veteran. With just a glance from the corner of his eye, he roughly figured out where everyone was in the store.
Those horse and carriage porters have tattoos exposed on their arms, and there is a mountain whip wrapped with hemp rope beside the wine bowl. The iron hook on the tip of the whip is secretly engraved with "River Earl Diagram", which is the symbol of Heluo Horse Caravan...
The person drinking with them was barefoot and wrapped in leggings. Thick calluses could be vaguely seen on the collar and shoulders. He should be a tracker on the Yellow River...
Heluo Horse Caravan is also a big force in Yuzhou. It is said to be a caravan, but in fact it does both land and water work, and also works part-time in the escort business.
The blind storyteller huddled next to the stove with a three-stringed string in his arms, a scar hidden under his blindfold, and a hidden arrow mechanism hidden on the peg, he is the intelligence-gathering dealer of Storytelling School.
The man wrapped in a sheepskin jacket and sitting by the window, covered in sheep's hair, is chewing cold mutton with garlic cloves. Wild Goose Feather Blade is placed across the edge of the table, and the handle of the knife is wrapped in oil-soaked cowhide. At first glance, he is Guanxi Blade Wielders, who deals in human lives...
There was also a group of people, all dressed in black with copper nails, and iron scale armor with hidden seams on their wrist guards. Their faces were dusty, and they all used short guns. They were sitting in a position that vaguely protected everyone, and they were leaning against the window.
This is typical of escort agencies.
Judging from the attire, it should be HeShuo Escort.
As for the building inside the inn, the pillars are made of unpeeled pine wood. There is a broken arrowhead left in the tree scar at the corner.
The legs of the square table are bound with rusty shackles.
This is used to prevent table-topping fights.
It is indeed a place of right and wrong!
However, Li Yan was attracted by something else.
The top beam of this Dragon Gate Inn is actually made of wooden ship keel, and there is a picture engraved in the center of the ship's beam.
Although it has been mottled over the years, you can still vaguely see the water god driving a dragon chariot and riding a white turtle. There is also a dragon carved in the waves opposite.
"Chu Ci·Nine Songs" once mentioned that riding on a water chariot is chasing a lotus cover, riding on two dragons is chasing chi... riding on a white turtle is chasing fish.
This is the appearance of "River Earl".
The belief in Hebo originated from the worship of the Yellow River. It was incorporated into official sacrifices during the Han Dynasty and was integrated with the local Daoist witchcraft and blessing methods. For example, in Ximen Baozhi Ye, there was the bad habit of "Hebo marrying a wife".
But what really caught Li Yan's attention was that there was a faint trace of Incense Qi circulating on the wooden boat "River Earl Parade" statue.
This is obviously something for the town house.
In Dragon Gate Inn, there is a knowledgeable Xuan Gate People!
Li Yan was thinking secretly in his heart, but in the eyes of others, it looked like he had his nostrils pointed upward and looked arrogant.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort came from the corner.
But it was Guanxi Blade Wielders, who was chewing mutton, who whispered in a cold accent, "What a tender boy, your tail is almost up to the sky."
Li Yan doesn't care, Guanxi Blade Wielders is like this, even if he beats him to death, he won't accept it. He was like this before.
However, the disciple Di Longzi next to him refused to give up.
"You're a bitch, you should be beaten!"
A disciple's voice was cold, and he picked up a chopstick and threw it out.
Although he has not reached Hidden Strength, his waist and horse are integrated, his arms are shaking outward, and he uses the Hidden Blade technique.
Phew!
The bamboo chopsticks broke through the air with extraordinary momentum.
Clang!
The Guanxi Blade Wielders reacted quickly. With a clatter, he pulled out half of the Wild Goose Feather Blade and lifted it up. The flying chopsticks suddenly stabbed and broke.
Not from the middle, but from the beginning to the end.
This kind of vision is truly extraordinary.
Clang Clang Clang!
At the same time, people in other directions of the inn also drew their weapons.
There were business travelers passing by, an honest-looking salesman, and even an entertainer with a small drum hanging from his waist.
"Hey, we are still in the same group and want to do business..."
Sha LiFei glanced around and lazily held the handle of the musket.
However, there was no rush to take action.
On the contrary, the faces of those HeShuo Escort all changed.
These people seemed to be targeting Li Yan and others, but they were all disguised and occupied, and they were vaguely surrounded by them.
"Copy guy!"
The bodyguards simultaneously held the front end of the gun handle, stretched out two feet with a shake of their hands, grabbed it with the other hand, and pointed in all directions, like a hedgehog array.
The leading bodyguard suddenly raised his foot and stepped on the stool, the three-ring bronze medal around his waist clanged, and he looked around with a serious face:
"Everyone, which tile are you lifting? Which incense stick are you worshiping?"
Li Yan and others did not expect that they would encounter this incident accidentally.
Di Longzi wanted to show off and spread the news, but when he encountered this, he was as disgusted as eating shit. He immediately said impatiently, "If you want to do business, go outside and don't be an eyesore here."
"Old guy, you're looking for death!"
The young salesman suddenly had a fierce look in his eyes.
"You are looking for death!"
The disciples of Di Longzi also looked gloomy.
But just when they were about to take action, a charming and aggressive voice came from upstairs, "Hey, are you going to destroy my shop again?"
Everyone looked up and saw a woman appearing on the second floor.
Not "woman", but woman.
She was dressed in red, with a pile of clouds and a gilt copper hairpin with chi-patterns. Phoenix Eyes flew into her temples, her nose was as high as a knife, and her red lips seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
There is a shallow scar on the left cheek, which is covered by flower decorations. Not only is it not ugly, but it adds to the wildness, and there is an indescribable charm about her body.
"Young man, I advise you to endure it."
She moved on her red embroidered shoes, and the outline of her legs loomed under her crimson skirt. She swayed downstairs and said at the same time, "This is Tongtian Sect elder Di Longzi senior."
"More people died at his hands than you have ever seen. I have collected corpses three times this month, but I don't have the money to wrap you in straw mats..."
Li Yan knew that this must be the shopkeeper Madam Pei.
While he was talking, the other party came downstairs and said with a half-smile, "Senior Di Longzi, please calm down. The news came from Luoyang a while ago that Xuanmen warlocks killed people, but it's a lot of trouble."
"Warlock?!"
Guanxi Blade Wielders Hearing this, the expressions of these people changed drastically.
Divine Land Xuan Gate People There are quite a few, but compared to the entire Jianghu, they are very rare. The techniques are so dangerous that even people at the lowest level of Xuanmen and ordinary people in the Jianghu are not willing to mess with them.
What's more, this old man seems to have a lot of background.
"Thank you!"
"I'm offended!"
He raised his hands to Madam Pei and Di Longzi respectively, said hello, turned around and left with his brothers.
"Wait a minute."
But Madam Pei suddenly spoke, with a smile on his face but cold eyes, "Remember to stay away, you are not welcome on Heluo Road in the future."
I'm just reminding you that you have to keep a line as a human being, but as the leader of Heluo Horse Caravan, I naturally don't want to see these people doing business without capital.
"Okay!"
The swordsman nodded in agreement, turned around and ran away.
After driving away these people, Madam Pei looked at Di Longzi, made a wish, and said softly, "Junior handles it on his own, senior, please don't be angry, after all, a small business can't stand the trouble."
"Just kidding."
Di Longzi glanced faintly, his eyes faintly glanced upstairs, "I always convince people with virtue, how can I be a person who kills indiscriminately."
"That is."
Madam Pei responded, then looked at Li Yan, covered his mouth and smiled, "This handsome young man is unfamiliar, let me guess... Could it be that you are the Li Yan Young Hero Li who is famous in Sichuan and Sichuan."
"Everyone, is this Twelve Yuan Chen?"
Li Yan frowned slightly, "Madam Pei is indeed well-informed."
"Hahaha..."
Madam Pei laughed so hard, "The slave family also knows that you are more famous in Chang'an Pingkang Ward."
Li Yan heard this, and the corners of his eyes suddenly twitched.
"Night Crying Man has been here?"