From Qionglong Mountain to Gusu, the road is rugged, the two of them are a little tired along the way, Chasun Qi's uncle, doing business in Gusu City, there is a courtyard attic to rest.

Sun Qi led Wei Ziheng to his uncle's house.

What appeared in front of me was a well-decorated pavilion, Sun Qi's uncle, whose name was Sun Gu. People who know him call him Mr. Gu, Sun Gu, like Sun Chi, has some knowledge, but he is not as rigorous and serious as Sun Chi. Sun Gu's way of doing business, with a unique style, is a famous businessman in Gusu City.

Wei Ziheng and the others came to Mr. Sun Gu's house, and said to the gatekeeper, Sun Qi: "Mr. Sun Chi's son, Sun Qi, came to visit his uncle. ”

The gatekeeper seemed to know Sun Qi as well, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Sun Qi's son, I will report to the head of the family immediately." ”

After a short stay, the two came to this pavilion, this three-story pavilion occupies a large area in Gusu City, the whole is in the shape of a zigzag, divided into two courtyards inside and outside. There are towers on the four corners, and there are guards waiting for them all year round.

When Wei Ziheng saw such a magnificent pavilion compound, he couldn't help but admire: "This pavilion is not the residence of a certain official of Wu State in the past, and it was later acquired by your uncle." ”

"Exactly. Wuyue is a place in the southeast water town, whether it is living habits, or clothing, food, housing and transportation, they are quite similar. Even the pavilions are built in a very similar style. This pavilion does have the style of officialdom, and it is indeed a legacy of someone's official residence in the past. Sun Qi explained while gesturing.

Soon, when he heard that his nephew was coming, Sun Gu immediately put down the business in his hand and came to greet him: "It turned out that Qi'er was here, and after going up the mountain with your father to inquire for so many years, he rarely came to live in my small pavilion." Today, the old man will treat you well. ”

"Alas, uncle, there's no need, Qi'er also stays overnight, so there's no need to make this big gift."

Wei Ziheng followed behind Sun Qi, accompanied by the conversation between the uncle and nephew, and entered the inner courtyard of the pavilion together.

Sun Gu, although he is a businessman, but his face is a little fierce, perhaps because of his long-term business experience, he has experienced all kinds of ups and downs, so he will have such a fierce color. Sun Gu turned his head violently and looked at Wei Ziheng who was following behind, which really stunned Wei Ziheng, and only heard Sun Gu say: "This is Ziheng, right?" is not a small amount of knowledge at a young age, and he can really be described as a talent of later life. ”

Wei Ziheng came back to his senses and said with the courtesy of a junior to an elder: "This is all thanks to Master's careful teaching over the years, so I can have my current knowledge, but I know that I don't have enough experience, and I need to go to the world to experience it before I can go back to the mountain to talk to Master." ”

Sun Gu, with a fierce face, had some smiles on his face: "Traveling the world, this is a good idea." Then you will be here with me tonight, and you will have a good rest and entertain you. ”

Then the sun set, the prosperity of Gusu City also tended to calm down, the Yue soldiers on the street began to sweep the streets, the implementation of curfew, in the past Wu State, only Gusu City curfew time extra early.

It was getting late, so Sun Gu ordered the servants to make some supper for the two energetic students.

At this moment, a guest who suddenly arrived came straight to Sun Gu's main hall.

This is a man in black, dressed a little sloppily, and his long hair in a shawl hangs very messily, which seems to be a little out of place with the always neat and tidy main hall.

This scene happened to be seen by Wei Ziheng, who was walking in the courtyard. However, Wei Ziheng did not attract much attention. Wait until he returns to his residence with Sun Qi.

Sun Qi looked at Wei Ziheng with a serious face and said, "Did a man in black enter my uncle's main hall just now?" ”

"Exactly." Wei Ziheng replied truthfully.

Sun Qi slowly closed the door, sat on the chair in the room, and said in a somewhat strange tone: "You said that after the curfew is enforced at this time, all idlers on the road will be driven away." How did you say the man in black came from? ”

"Maybe there's another way!" Wei Ziheng didn't think much about it, so he replied. But at the same time, he also saw that Sun Qi had some strange thoughts: "You don't need to think too much, maybe it's just a businessman's business." Your uncle is a big vendor in Gusu City. ”

Sun Qi nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, he thanked Sun Gu for his hospitality and left Gusu City.

Walking north from Gusu City, there are large areas of farmland and crops, and some simple farmers can be seen everywhere, working the ridges. When passing through a hill, a group of ill-intentioned people stopped in front of Wei Ziheng and Sun Qi.

The leader was a big man with a cheeky face, carrying a big wolf stick, this person didn't talk much, but said very simply: "Take some money." ”

Subsequently, a little brother beside the big man hurriedly echoed in a dark voice: "Between these mountains, there are mostly jackals, tigers and leopards, and we will also pass by pedestrians to clear out obstacles." Specially to charge some fees in return. ”

Wei Ziheng carefully looked at the group of people who suddenly flashed in front of him: I have long heard that there are tigers and hungry wolves in this area, and these people are all collecting toll money in this name.

The surrounding woods are lush, birds inhabit, and from time to time some small animals haunt, and a strong wind suddenly blows, blowing away the coarse cloth wrapped in Qihong on Sun Qi's back, revealing a corner of the hilt of the sword.

The big man's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had found some treasure, stared at the hilt of the sword and said, "Oh, this sword seems to have something like that." I don't know where it came from. ”

Sun Qi didn't look at this group of people as good people, and said in a somewhat sarcastic tone: "This is a sword that you can't afford." ”

The big man suddenly came back to his senses: "You said I can't afford it." Then I'm going to grab it today! As soon as the words fell, she was about to make a move, when she was suddenly stopped by several younger brothers beside her.

"Hey, I said the boss must not be rash."

Sun Qi took a step forward and made an appearance not to be outdone: "Mountain bandits are mountain bandits, and they pretend to be benevolent." I've seen a lot of you like that. Want to buy road money, don't you? Then it depends on whether you have the ability to get the money? ”

Seeing this, the big man was immediately furious, raised his big wolf stick, rushed forward and was about to slash Sun Qi's head and face, and beat him severely: "I don't look like an honest person here, I won't teach you a lesson today, Lao Tzu has no face to go back." ”

Wei Ziheng subconsciously took a step back, because he knew that the senior brother in front of him, although he was slightly inferior to himself in talent, but his martial arts skills were very good, not only himself, but also Mi Yang admired him very much, and even his father recognized his martial arts attainments. Otherwise, his father would not have personally handed over their family heirloom sword, Qi Hong, to Sun Qi.

I saw Sun Qi, who was usually quite elegant, suddenly changed his momentum, his body sank slightly, and his right hand grabbed the hilt of the sword, as if he could pull it out at any time. Qi Hong, as if he had spirituality, after perceiving Sun Qi's eerie murderous aura, the entire sword body also revealed a cold aura.

Just listen to a click.

The front half of the big man's wolf stick fell straight to the ground, and the big man, who was the person concerned, didn't seem to see the situation in front of him clearly, and the weapon in his hand had been broken into two sections.

Hearing another muffled sound, the big man seemed to be blinded, threw the remaining half of the wolf stick on the ground, and almost knelt down and begged: "This hero, this hero, spare your life, spare your life." It was my momentary confusion that offended the majesty of the hero. As he spoke, he became a little incoherent.

On the other side, Sun Qi stood up straight, and his right hand, which was originally holding the hilt of the sword, was also lowered.

Wei Ziheng, at this time, strode forward, looked at the big man who was still majestic just now, and said: "Where are you a mountain bandit, you came here to make trouble, but you don't know that Gusu City is not far away, aren't you afraid that the Vietnamese army will come to trouble you?" ”

Speaking of the Vietnamese army, this cheeky man's face was particularly solemn: "Don't talk about this for me, I'm not afraid of those few people wearing military armor." ”

Sun Qi, with his arms folded around his chest, straightened up and said, "Where are you a little thief, tell me something clear." If you bump into us today, you have to explain it to me anyway, or you don't want to leave. ”

This big man knew that the young man in front of him was very powerful, and he was afraid that his brothers together would not be the opponent of the two young men in front of him. At the same time, he was also secretly unlucky, how did he meet these two fierce gods today.

The grass and trees all around were moving, the wind was howling, and the big wolf stick, which was broken into two sections, rolled aside, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little tense.

This playful man, although he is a little reckless, but he is very clever, he looked at the form, a little unfavorable to himself, and immediately changed his tone and said: "The two heroes are below, and it is really helpless to do this, I am not those vicious thieves, I don't know right from wrong, and I don't argue between good and bad." I've been in the area for a few years now, and I've been looting the ill-gotten gains of some unscrupulous traders. My brothers and I didn't live to rob money. We really have ambition in our hearts. ”

Wei Ziheng began to re-examine the group of robbers in front of him, who seemed to be a little unbearable: "Looking at your clothes, it seems that life is not sloppy, and the swords held by those behind you seem to be a little too sophisticated. If you loot, you don't seem to be able to get such a high-quality thing. Judging from this, you are not ordinary bandits. There must be some people behind you, and maybe these people are not small. ”

The leader Dahan and the younger brothers behind him seemed to be a little panicked, and Dahan wanted to justify: "In front of him is Gusu City, which is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am not afraid of being punished by God for doing unrighteous deeds here." ”

Sun Qi stepped forward and looked at the big man carefully: "As far as I know, there seems to be a possibility that there will be big thieves near an important town like Gusu City. ”

"You're talking nonsense."

"Since ancient times, clothing has prevailed in the south of the Yangtze River, far less than the Central Plains, and the style of clothing is not as good as that in the north. But even so, Wu Yue's clothing a hundred years ago was quite different. From what you are wearing, it doesn't look like a Yue country. Sun Qi asked further as he turned his gaze around.

"This place was originally the capital of Wu State, and we are mountain bandits and robbers, but we don't obey the orders of Yue Guo, the country is easy, and the clothes are difficult to change." This big man, who has always been playful, spoke with some awe-inspiring meaning.

Wei Ziheng and Sun Qi glanced at each other and nodded.

Wei Ziheng said sharply: "Yesterday, I saw a team of Vietnamese troops, and they came out in a mighty way and were ordered to suppress bandits. To the outside world, it is known as the remnant of the former overlord Wu Guoguo. That's what you guys are talking about! ”

The big man also put away the robber look, and said respectfully: "Listening to this son, it seems that he doesn't think that speaking about Wu Guo is a taboo. The two of them thought well, and the next one was the Wu bandit who was now wanted by the Vietnamese army. ”

Wu bandits, a group of people known as the remnants of the Wu State, do not follow the rule of the Yue King, a group of quite organized, disciplined, rigorous, and threatening the rule of the Yue State.

Sun Qi stepped forward and said to the big man: "My surname is Sun, and my ancestor served King Wu in Gusu City in the past. ”

When the big man heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said slowly: "You are the descendant of Changqing Gong." ”

"Exactly."

Dahan's face immediately turned happy, and he hurriedly made an inviting gesture: "I see that Your Excellency is highly powerful, are you interested in stooping down to join us?" In the past, Changqing Gong did his best for Wu and made great achievements. His descendants also served the state of Wu, and today we have to meet the descendants of Changqing Gong, which is really a great blessing. I can introduce you to our deep hiding place, where the people are all descendants of the former Wu Guozong and the descendants of generals and ministers. I'm sure you'll be interested. Of course, you can also take a look at it casually, and you can visit it. ”

Sun Qi, hearing this, couldn't help but stumble in his heart, a little moved, but it seemed that it was not appropriate to do so. The descendants of the generals and ministers of Wu Guozong, the gathering of this group, Sun Qi, is inevitably a little restless in his heart.

Wei Ziheng saw some of his senior brother's thoughts, and then said in his ear: "If you are interested, you can go and have a look." Although you said yesterday that you were not interested in these things, I know that this time you are duplicitous. As a remnant of the Minister of Wu, it doesn't hurt for you to take a look. The feelings of the homeland should be like this, and if there is heresy, it should be treated differently. ”

Sun Qi, after thinking for a while, verbally agreed to Dahan's invitation. When the thieves saw this, they all cheered, as if they had met a living treasure.