The Qinhuai River rippled quietly, and for a moment, it seemed to be a quiet Don River.

Sunset on the West Mountain, on the bank of the Qinhuai River, deserted and noisy is just one step away. Not far away, the cruise boats, pavilions and pavilions stand on the river bank and both sides, which are already brilliantly lit and fired. Looking far along the river, this brocade prosperity is endless. From a thousand years ago to a hundred years later, the fat powder of the Six Dynasties does not seem to have changed.

Sitting on the cold upstairs watching this scene, it was a handsome young man with delicate facial features, slender fingers, fair complexion, and a slight heroic spirit, but the fat powder was slightly thick. Ren is not willing to apply grease and powder, and he can't help others to do it. However, he was dressed in a coarse blue cloth with a white wash, as if his face did not bring him a material match. However, this instead set off his face.

It had been three days since he woke up. In the past three days, he almost found an opportunity to stay alone, avoiding some people, and the scar on his head was still a little faintly painful.

Solitude did not sweep away his troubles, and at this time, he was a little depressed.

Zhen Feng used to be a reader, watching those historical stories at a certain point, many people who crossed through either entered a wealthy family, even if it was in decline, or had a bit of a network, even if it was potential. He has neither encountered divorce, nor has he encountered a fortune, let alone the blessing of identity, even if he is a showman, he seems to have no golden finger. Those scenes and identities that pretend to be pigs and eat tigers as soon as they appear on the stage are even more absent, such as the god of war who went home and found his daughter sleeping in a kennel, the son-in-law who sat on the door with two billion gifts for grandma's birthday banquet, and the young master who ran errands for his classmates to earn pocket money and was beaten by his family for 50 billion as pocket money...... To borrow a lyric, that is: the story is all deceitful.

It can be said that the start was empty.

According to the second uncle, ten years ago, when the Central Plains changed dynasties and his parents died, he and the second uncle depended on each other, and according to the genealogy, they took refuge in distant relatives in Jiangning. In fact, Jiangning Zhen's family was not wealthy, and he only opened a restaurant back then, barely supporting his family, and his status was low. once slapped a swollen face and became fat, pretending to return to his hometown, so there is a record in the genealogy of his hometown, which became the object of Zhen Jian and Zhen Feng.

Although the second uncle and himself were taken in, they were not welcomed, and even the only few servants in the family were arrogant to them. It's easy for the second uncle to marry, that is, the aunt just now, although her appearance is average, she is gentle and virtuous, and the second uncle is blessed.

Half a year ago, the Zhen family opened a new restaurant with the savings of more than ten years, and did not hire shopkeepers, runners, cooks and other people in the store, and brought all their families to work, even their younger brothers and sisters who were less than nine years old, and they did not give money and food, just like free servants. In Zhen's eyes, all this seems to be taken for granted.

What does the future hold? Zhen Feng felt that this kind of quiet life was not bad, but as a human dignity in the 21st century, Zhen Feng did not want to continue to be looked down upon by others, let alone be greased and whitewashed to serve guests, nor did he want to live without dignity. In this era, soon the Southern Tang Dynasty will be destroyed, and perhaps you can go to the Song Dynasty to seek an errand to ensure the safety of the family.

He was under the impression that there were indeed cases worth learning from. There was a fallen student in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Fan Ruoshui, who relied on the book Song Taizu to say that Jiangnan was desirable, and volunteered to act as a spy, and immediately exchanged for the official position of Shuzhou military magistrate. Maybe you can use this as a vote to change your official position with Zhao Kuangyin. The key to this matter lies with the family.

This afternoon, in order to live with dignity, he went to his second uncle to talk about this idea in private, but he became even more depressed.

"Second uncle, you have taken us to beg for a living all these years, and you have really suffered. My nephew is now an adult, and I hope I can do something so that our family doesn't have to send people under the fence anymore. ”

Zhen Jian also looked at him in surprise, and said slowly: "Da Lang, aren't you stupid? Why did you break your head and be sensible? ”

Zhen Feng twitched a few times on his mouth, people are difficult to dismantle, they can't see through it, the second uncle is too upright, I really don't know how this kind of emotional intelligence has come over the years. He had no choice but to pretend not to understand, not to pick up, and to continue to get down to business: "My nephew looks at the situation in the world, Shu and Jinghu were destroyed by the Song Dynasty, and seeing that the Lingnan Han Kingdom is in danger, and even the Tang State is also a vassal to the Song Dynasty. ”

Zhen Feng didn't dare to show too much historical trends, even so, Zhen Jian's face changed a little, and his voice suddenly became louder: "Do you think it's so easy to be an official?" Without fame, no connections, and no money, it is difficult to get into the yamen on an errand. Besides, we finally fled from the Central Plains to the south, this Jiangning is rich and prosperous, and the Tang State occupies the granary of the world, so why go back to that place to suffer? ”

Zhen Feng was a little caught off guard, the second uncle would rather suffer here than go to the Song Dynasty, and he would not try to get an official position, maybe he was defeated by reality, or maybe he was too poor to imagine, and he couldn't tell him that he could get an official position by being a spy for the Song Dynasty.

He tried again, thinking about convincing the second uncle: "Second uncle, do we still have to look at the eyes of Zhen Jili's family?" ”

"In the chaos of the war, they took us in for the sake of the same clan, no matter how they treated us, we had a place to live, so that we would not starve to death on the streets, this is a debt we owe, and we have to pay it back."

Zhen Feng thinks about it, this is also the case, human affection is greater than the sky, and if a person who talks about love and righteousness does not repay his kindness, he will not be able to get over the hurdles in his heart. But this doesn't mean that we don't find a better way out: "Second uncle, we can find another way out to repay the favor, it is said that heroes are born in troubled times, and now that the Song and Tang dynasties are fighting, we have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters......"

As soon as he said this, Zhen Jian brushed his sleeves away, just took two steps and turned around, and said: "Brother Feng, don't think nonsense, you are not allowed to go to the Song Kingdom, and don't think about being an official in the Tang Kingdom, we will be good people and live a good life." If you dare to do this again in the future, Hugh blames the second uncle for turning his face and not recognizing people. ”

Zhen Jian said very seriously, Zhen Feng was a little stunned, and the second uncle's reaction was too unexpected. Could it be that the Zhen family suffered from the scourge of officials of the two countries before, and the second uncle was unwilling to join the same stream? He actually still has an idea in his heart, that is, if he is not an official, he can do business to make some money and become a rich man, but he doesn't dare to mention it again, in case he is strangled in the cradle again.

Leaning on Jiangnan, the railing was patted all over, Zhen Feng hummed softly: "I am still the same boy from before, there is no change in the slightest, time is just a test, and the belief planted in my heart has not diminished at all." The young man in front of him is still the same face as before, and no matter how difficult and dangerous there is in front of him, he will not retreat......"

"Brother Feng, where are you going to mess around again, why don't you hurry up and greet the guests!"

With the urgent sound of the wooden planks of the building, the shrill woman's voice had broken the coldness. The young man who looked at the Qinhuai River from afar did not turn his head away, nor did he have the slightest idea of getting up.