When the white-faced scholar saw that Nangong Qin recognized him, he didn't care, raised his glass and smiled: "What?" Didn't Prince Qin welcome me as an uninvited guest? ”

Nangong Qin's face changed several times, and finally shook his head and said, "What are you talking about, Childe?" It's too late for Nangong to be happy to meet Gongzi here, where would he not be welcome? ”

Lu Yi on the side didn't expect that the two had known each other for a long time, but he heard that Nangong Qin was a little insincere, and he was obviously quite afraid of this white-faced scholar.

The white-faced scholar didn't seem to hear the meaning of Nangong Qin's words, and drank all the wine in the cup, and then said: "Since this is the case, then if I want to ask Gongzi Qin for a favor, Gongzi Qin will definitely agree, right?" ”

"That's nature!" Nangong Qin had already guessed the intention of the white-faced scholar, but he still agreed to it, but this is fine, if this guy dares to make any changes, he will find an opportunity to kill him on the river.

"That's great!" The white-faced scholar said and beckoned to Lu Yi, "It's a long way to Tianfu, and there are many bandits raging on the Yangtze River. ”

Nangong Qin saw that the white-faced scholar invited Lu Yi, and hurriedly said, "It's extreme! Yes, extremely! But I don't know the name of the son? Would you like to walk with Nangong? ”

Nangong Qin was surprised by Lu Yi's martial arts, secondly, he also saw that although Lu Yi and the white-faced scholar knew each other, they didn't seem to be very familiar with each other, and even seemed to have a small holiday, and thirdly, because he remembered something and wanted to take this opportunity to explore Lu Yi's details.

Lu Yi didn't want to go with the white-faced scholar, but he was in a hurry, and after a little thought, he agreed: "It's so good, if you are surnamed Lu, then thank you to Qin Gongzi!" But he didn't give his name.

Seeing that Lu Yi refused to say his name, Nangong Qin didn't think he was angry, so he bowed his hand to him and the white-faced scholar again, and then instructed the tavern keeper to prepare more meals and food, and led Lu Yi and the two to the dock.

The shopkeeper had already sent Lu Yi's horses to the boat, but the white-faced scholar was alone, I don't know if Nangong Qin intended it or there was no doubt, the white-faced scholar and Lu Yi's rooms were not next to each other, one was at the bow of the boat, and the other was at the stern.

Nangong Qin was the owner of five large merchant ships, and he should be in command of the head ship.

This tall ship is also the largest and most imposing of the five merchant ships, with a mast of five or six zhang high, more than ten zhang long from the bow to the stern, and a two-story building on the hull, and three floors under the ship.

The bottom floor is the space where the sailor and helmsman operate the mast; The second layer is the resting place of the Nangong family's ship guards, although the Nangong family's name is loud, and the ordinary water cowards dare not provoke, but it is difficult to avoid the harassment of some outlaws who do not have long eyes, just the ship guards on the head ship are enough to have more than 50 people, if this is counted, there are at least 200 guards on the five ships, which is more than the number of ordinary Jianghu sects.

The third layer is the place where sundries, eating utensils and goods are placed, although there are not many things to put in, but all are the most precious items, such as fine porcelain, rouge powder, silk and satin, jewelry, precious calligraphy and painting, antique treasures, etc., these are sold in Bashu and other places, in fact, most of them are purchased for the use of the Nangong family, you can think of those who can afford to use these precious items, it must be a figure with a head and a face in the Nangong family.

Of course, in addition to these precious items, there are also some private goods prepared by Nangong Qin, which he specially collected to honor the family members of the elders of the Nangong family, for example, Nangong Ren, the eldest of the five elders of Nangong, is the most favored concubine Ning Xiang, who likes rouge and pearls the most, and Nangong Qin specially spent a lot of money to ask someone to get a string of white jade beads and a box of Suxiang powder from Jinling.

The so-called private goods, naturally, will not be reflected in the accounts, because the family members are all happy to accept it, and their good impression of Nangong Qin will naturally increase greatly, and when they encounter something, they will help Nangong Qin say a few good words, which is also one of the reasons why Nangong Qin can have such a status in the Nangong family.

The family members don't seem to have any status in the Nangong family, but the power of the pillow wind can't be underestimated, for example, Nangong Ren can accept Nangong Qin as a disciple, and teach the Nangong family's peerless "Tianxing Fingering", can it be said that there is no credit for condensing incense?

These are the secrets of the Nangong family, in fact, every family has a similar situation, but most of them are not known to outsiders.

The fourth floor of the ship, that is, the first floor on the hull, is the place where Nangong Qin lives and entertains guests, not only has beautiful concubines to serve, but also has Nangong Qin's master guards around.

As for the top floor, it is naturally Nangong Qin's bedroom, as well as the place where the guests live, Lu Yi's room is at the stern of the boat, and the white-faced scholar's room is just in front, there are five or six rooms between the two rooms, and the largest one in the middle is owned by Nangong Qin.

At this moment, Nangong Qin was not in the room, but was standing at the bow of the ship in high spirits, directing the family's merchant ships to anchor and set off.

Nangong Qin looked at the mighty fleet, his heart was full of pride, thinking that after going back this time, he gave the "Plum Blossom Camellia Snow Sparrow Picture" he got not long ago to the master, begging him to help propose to the head of the family, and approved his marriage with his cousin Nangong Chu.

The head of the family, Nangong Ming, has no children under his knees, only Nangong Chu's daughter, and the four sons and one daughter of the five clan uncles are not only mediocre in martial arts, but even in terms of character and even contribution to the family, they can't be compared with him Nangong Qin at all.

Now the one who can pose a threat to him Nangong Qin is Nangong Jun alone, but I heard that Nangong Jun lost his hand in the sword grabbing in Ziyun Mountain not long ago, and the third uncle Nangong Li was also seriously injured.

Thinking of Nangong Jun, Nangong Qin's face couldn't help but sink, at the family's New Year's Day event three years ago, it was this little-known Nangong Jun who took away the Jun Tianjian that should have belonged to him, as well as the title of "The First Young Talent of the Nangong Family" that should have belonged to him, which also directly led him to go to Jingzhou and gradually moved away from the center of family power.

In the past three years, he Nangong Qin has tried his courage and studied hard, not only practicing the "Heavenly Star Fingering" taught by his master to the fullest, but also resting in secret An extremely domineering kung fu, in order to one day be able to defeat Nangong Jun and regain the honor that should belong to him Nangong Qin.

And now the opportunity has come, three months later, it will be the five-year Jinling Xuanwu Festival, and Master specially called himself back to Chengdu in order to compete for the quota to participate in the event, so as to make a name for himself at the Jinling Xuanwu Festival.

Nangong Qin clenched his fists and said hatefully: "Nangong Jun, this time I must trample you under my feet!" The throne of Jiangnan Gongzi can't belong to you, it can only belong to my Nangong Qin! ”

As long as he Nangong Qin can win the championship in one fell swoop at the Jinling Xuanwu Festival, what if he is only a distant branch of the Nangong family that is not even a side branch? There is still a chance to enter the Tibetan Sword Villa and be called the new master of the Nangong family!

Nangong Qin was ambitious, and the expression on his face became a little hideous, and his hands clenched into fists were bruised, and this scene happened to fall in Lu Yi's eyes.

At this moment, Nangong Qin also heard the footsteps behind him, he hurriedly changed into a warm smile and turned around, and greeted Lu Yi: "Master Lu, it's windy on the river, why don't you stay in the room?" ”

Lu Yi smiled and said: "Qin Gongzi, I won't tell you, I grew up in the water since I was a child, and the slight river breeze can't help me, but I saw you emotional below, but I don't know what happened?" ”

Nangong Qin was stunned, waved his hand to Lu Yi with a smile and said: "It's nothing, it's just that this trip is far away, and the road ahead is uncertain. ”

Nangong Qin paused, and then asked Lu Yi, "Lu Gongzi came here, I'm afraid it's not just to accompany you here to enjoy the river view, right?" Is there something going on? ”

Lu Yi nodded and smiled: "Don't you say that I forgot, I just came here to ask, how long does it take to get from here to Chengdu?" ”

Nangong Qin said without thinking: "If you follow the normal itinerary, it will take at least five days." ”

Lu Yi couldn't help frowning, if this was the case, then by the time he arrived in Chengdu, the seven-day period had already passed, would Xie Qingfeng still be there at that time? Will there be any dangers?

"Master Lu, is there anything urgent to do? There is still some relationship in Chengdu, if there is a place that can be used in the bottom, but it doesn't hurt to say. Nangong Qin said tentatively.

Lu Yi shook his head and said: "Thank you for the kindness of Qin Gongzi, but it is already a lot of trouble for Qin Gongzi to let him go on a boat, where can he make trouble again?" Just take care of it yourself for a few hours! ”

Nangong Qin saw that Lu Yi was reluctant to say, so he didn't ask more, after all, the most taboo thing on the rivers and lakes is to talk about it in a shallow way, and if he asks again, it will cause disgust from the other party, and it may even cause unnecessary trouble, so he didn't say more, made a gesture of invitation to Lu Yi, and then said goodbye and returned to the ship.

Lu Yi stood at the bow of the boat in the wind, constantly thinking about Nangong Qin's abnormality in his mind, and said in his heart, could it be that he discovered his identity? But it doesn't look too similar, but unfortunately I didn't hear him talking to himself clearly just now.

Suddenly there was a sound of clothes floating in the air behind him, accompanied by the crisp sound of footsteps falling to the ground, a burst of vague aroma gradually hit, Lu Yi quietly retracted his thoughts, he didn't look back, he had already guessed the identity of the person who came!

(End of chapter)