Volume 1 The Dragon Rises Chapter 8 The Three Stooges
Time can always be interrupted at the most pleasant moment, and a steward of the palace hurriedly ran to Chen Jingcang's courtyard to report: "Lord Wang, Liu Gongzi of the state pastor of the state said that he wanted to see you. ”
When Chen Jingcang heard that it was his brother Liu Mang, he got up and said to Xiao Qi: "The young master is going out to do a big thing, you go down first." After Chen Jingcang finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the house.
Outside the palace.
A young man was looking at the private soldiers of the palace with a look of contempt, thinking to himself: "What do I have to do with your little prince, do I still need to report it?" The new private soldier had a look of contempt on his face, the state pastor is only a third-grade petty official, besides, it's not you, what are you dragging, can the Chu Wangfu also enter if you want to?
When Chen Jingcang walked to the gate of the palace and saw Liu Mang fighting with the private soldiers of the palace with a look of contempt, he couldn't help but laugh secretly, walked forward, and was just about to speak, only to see Liu Mang see Chen Jingcang come out, without saying a word, he took Chen Jingcang's arm and left, and said as he walked: "Brother Jing, go quickly, the big man is waiting for us." ”
"Why didn't he come?" Chen Jingcang was a little puzzled: "Isn't Han Chu just a little bigger, after shouting for so many years, people are lifting people, if you get a champion in the imperial examination in the future, you will wait to be skinned by Han Chu." ”
Liu Mang smiled and said: "He can't beat me in a fight, I really didn't take this to heart." ”
"Where are we going?" asked Chen Jingcang with a smile.
"You'll know when you get there. Liu Mang said mysteriously, and winked at Chen Jingcang after speaking.
"What kind of eyes are you?" Chen Jingcang was a little speechless.
Liu Mang in front of him talks about his appearance, and he can be regarded as a jade tree in the wind, and his face is like a crown of jade. Compared with Chen Jingcang's appearance, it is much better, but Han Chu, who is called a big man by Liu Mang, looks a little ordinary among the three of them.
Han Chu is the most simple of the three, but under his simple appearance, he is also a romantic reader. At the age of twenty, he is already a high school student, and he can be regarded as a genius.
Chen Jingcang followed Liu Mang into a carriage, and the carriage slowly drove towards the east of the extremely spacious palace.
Chen Jingcang asked in the carriage: "What is the matter, where are you going, can you say it now." ”
Liu Mang said with a mysterious smile on his face: "I heard that there is a wealthy family in the city who wants to sell some martial arts cheats in the largest green building in the city, and also accept a few disciples. ”
"Selling cheats in the Qinglou? It's a shame that they came up with it, you also believe it? It's not those yin and yang magic skills that claim to be invincible in the world, the eighteenth style of the sword god and the like. Chen Jingcang was a little funny.
Bingzhou is also considered rich, and everyone in Bingzhou will practice some martial arts to accompany them, which is also related to the poor water mountain in the adjacent west, there are evil people in the mountains, and there are also ringing horse thieves hidden in the deep mountains, in such an environment, it is also very normal for everyone to learn some martial arts, but those martial arts are nothing in the eyes of ordinary Jianghu people.
Therefore, when there is a powerful Jianghu sect sent to Bingzhou to recruit disciples, it will generally be welcomed by the people of Bingzhou. It just so happened that in the middle of March this year, there was the most magnificent event of recruiting disciples and selling secret books.
After talking with Liu Mang, Chen Jingcang remembered that such a grand event would be held once a year in Bingzhou, but he had been outside for a long time, and he didn't even remember it for a while, which was also related to the choice to hold it in a green building this year.
Such a grand event has been held since the unification of the world, so this is a thing that is approved by the government, generally speaking, the government will not ask, nor will it be too much praise, all according to the people's wishes, the troubled times are just peaceful, and the idea that it is not a bad thing to have a skill in those bones is still deep-rooted.
In previous years, such a grand event was only to accept apprentices, and generally only one or two apprentices would be accepted among hundreds of people, and in recent years, it has become more and more tasteless, except for some of the "wealthy" sects that claim to be on the rivers and lakes, other real Jianghu sects are disdainful to do, and some sects will widely distribute hero posts and hold what world martial arts conferences.
also made a list on the rivers and lakes.
Every year, what beauty list, devil list, killer list, everything.
This year, I heard that there will be a grand event in the whole rivers and lakes in June and July, and a martial arts master will be elected to become the leader of the martial arts alliance on the rivers and lakes, and it is said that there are thousands of high-rollers in the rivers and lakes who have signed up for the election, all of them are some masters who have made a name for themselves on the rivers and lakes, the gang leaders of the top ten gangs, the sect masters of the ten major sects, and those rangers who have been chivalrous and righteous on the rivers and lakes, and the martial arts predecessors who have been incognito for many years.
"Brother Jing, let me tell you not to look at those martial arts conferences, it's like playing at home, this year is different. I heard that the Demon Sect Xiao fell, and the big demon Xiao released a word that he had won the martial arts leader this year. Liu Mang said with an amazed face.
"Who is Xiao Fall?" Chen Jingcang's rivers and lakes don't have those legendary figures.
"It seems that you have been in Liangzhou for a long time, and you don't know these secrets of the rivers and lakes. Then I'll talk to you about it. Liu Mang introduced the recent rivers and lakes with great interest:
"Let's start with the top ten devils, Xiao Fall is the seventh of the top ten devils, he once slaughtered a sect that was considered first-class in the rivers and lakes, and was later accepted by the great demon lord of the Demon Mountain, in recent years, there are more than ten sects destroyed under Xiao Fall. All of them were slaughtered, and the methods were extremely cruel and bloody, which made the entire rivers and lakes turbulent, and the righteous people attacked them en masse.
Xiao Shen also has a hobby, that is, he likes to engrave words on people's faces after killing, and he usually writes four big characters 'this person'. Sometimes a red silk will be hung on the murderous sect, and then it will be written on the plaque of the sect, God will not accept you, do the right thing for heaven!" Liu Mang said that the characters of those big devils looked worshipful.
Liu Mang also has a quirk, when he does secret things in the boudoir, he likes the tone of being extremely cold, and he likes those torture and abuse methods, Chen Jingcang has also said this many times, but he has never paid attention to it.
When Liu Mang was young, his family was not as good as it is now, his father was originally just an ordinary scholar, and the world was just settled in those years, but it was still in chaos, and his mother was tortured and killed by a nest of thieves, and there was a shadow in his heart at that time. But if you are a good person to him, he would rather fight for his life to protect you, this is what Chen Jingcang and he can be good brothers for so many years, and of course, Han Chu, who reads and reads people, this person is simpler.
looks silly and stupid, but he can read a lot, not to mention knowing astronomy and geography, but it's almost the same, the three of them used to fight and beat others, but they relied on Han Chu's eloquence to say that the person felt that Chen Jingcang beat them for their good, and they were moved one by one.
Some new things are found out by Han Chu from the book, Chen Jingcang and Liu Mang practiced, I used to remember to find a shell in the book that is said to be dug out of the sea and developed into powder that can make the skin whiter, the three of them bought 10,000 taels of silver shells to make, generally made, Han Chu went to the pharmacy to sell, Liu Mang went to the street to shout and sell goods with his appearance, Chen Jingcang was the most miserable, moving goods.
The sales were not bad a few days ago, but the more they got later, the more useless they became, but fortunately, the three of them earned more than 30,000 taels of silver. As soon as they got a share of the spoils, the three of them left Bingzhou and went to Chang'an City to be chic and happy, how could they squat in Bingzhou and be chased and killed. After half a year, the three dared to return to Bingzhou, but they were still thrown eggs and cabbage by many people.
The carriage was very fast, and it took more than half an hour to get from the palace to the largest Qinglou in Bingzhou, called Accord.
The Actic Tower is ten zhang high, there are six floors, and from the top floor, a big red lantern can be surrounded by two people, and it hangs directly to the plaque on the first floor, which is extremely magnificent.
Entering the front yard, the courtyard is quiet, and it is not at all obvious that it is a green building, and after the front yard, I faintly hear a noise from a distance.
Chen Jingcang didn't expect to cross a bridge after the front yard, Chen Jingcang had already gone to Liangzhou to serve in the army when this green building was built, and he didn't know why this green building was so magnificent.
There are also high-rise buildings built across the lake, Liu Mang introduced with a smile: "Accord, Accord is naturally worthy of being called Ya when it is a pair, and it can only be called a lonely building if it is alone." ”
Chen Jingcang nodded and asked, "What is the background of this Qinglou?"
Liu Mang pondered for a moment and said, "According to unreliable sources, someone built it in your name. ”
"Me?" Chen Jingcang looked stunned. "Do you think so?"
"Don't say it, if you are really the only one in this world who can build such an Accord, of course I am not talking about this one, it is the Accord of the whole world, and even Chang'an City has a branch of Accord. Liu Mang said.
"So exaggerated?" Chen Jingcang was even more puzzled: "Even your father can't find out the background of this Qinglou?"
"It's really impossible to find out, you can use the palace to check it. At the end of the search, it was found that all the clues would point to one person. Liu Mang looked at Chen Jingcang and said, and after speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Jingcang.
"Me?" asked Chen Jingcang, pointing to his nose.
Liu Mang nodded.
That's really strange, how could the three-year Liangzhou battlefield have the heart to drum up such a green building. It seems that you really have to check the background of this green building.
Chen Jingcang followed Liu Mang across the long bridge called the cross-water bridge. When I came to the place where Accord really received guests, the hall was already bustling and crowded with people, and it was basically difficult to find a place to stay.
Just when Chen Jingcang and Liu Mang were a little confused, a sturdy young man suddenly squeezed through the crowd, smiled at Chen Jingcang and said, "Brother Jing, go, I have already booked a box upstairs, hurry up, the cheats auction is about to start." ”
The one who smiled at Chen Jingcang and spoke was Han Chu, who was once one of the iron triangles of Bingzhou, he pulled Chen Jingcang with one hand and Liu Mang with the other, and used his majestic body to squeeze out a passage, in this crowded crowd, Chen Jingcang's headbands were squeezed crookedly, he didn't care, he stretched out his hand to tidy it up and went up to the second floor with Han Chu, there were already a lot of melons and fruits in the private room on the second floor, and a few maids were standing on both sides, seeing Chen Jingcang and the three of them coming in, bowing and saluting.
As soon as I sat down, I heard someone downstairs say loudly: "The auction of martial arts cheats has begun, everyone is silent." ”