After resting for another two days, Zhang Xiang's injuries had basically healed, and he also began to practice the 'Nine Ways of Breaking Internal Strength' that Qin Elegy had taught him.

He has already memorized this set of internal strength methods, as long as he runs the meridians according to the method taught to him by Qin Elegy, and cultivates the internal force in his body.

Although he has today's physical conditions, it is a pity that Zhang Xiang cannot practice external skills, but as long as he can cultivate internal skills, it is not bad, at least at critical moments, he can save his life.

When you are hunted down, you won't be so embarrassed anymore.

Although the process of internal cultivation is slow, it depends on the accumulation of time, but relying on one's natural comprehension ability, people with good qualifications are actually fast.

Of course, Zhang Xiang does not belong to this category, and in Qin Elegy's words, his qualifications for martial arts training are mediocre.

Although the blow to him is not small, as long as he can still cultivate, he doesn't care.

On this day, he did a set of radio gymnastics to exercise his muscles, and then sat in the courtyard and practiced cross-legged.

About an hour later, an uninvited guest was ushered in.

Yuan Shen.

When he opened his eyes with a feeling, Yuan Shen sat on a stone not far from him.

Dressed in black, with a long sword in his arms, he looked at him calmly.

was assassinated that night, Yuan Shen rescued him, he was deeply impressed by Yuan Shen, and he felt less strange when they met again this time.

"Yuan Shen." Zhang Xiang smiled at him and stood up.

Yuan Shen got up: "Zhang Xiang." ”

"Elegy has told me everything." Zhang Xiang walked over.

"She also told me what happened after you were hunted down that day, and it is a blessing that you can be saved by the iron senior. She is very good to you, and she has taught you all the 'Nine Ways of Breaking Internal Skills' from the master, which is a unique internal skill passed on to her by the master, and I haven't learned it. Yuan Shen said sourly.

Zhang Xiang laughed: "I hope to have your peerless martial arts." ”

Yuan Shen said flatly: "She said that your qualifications for practicing martial arts are mediocre, and if you give you fifty years, you won't be able to practice at my level." ”

"Don't be too honest when you speak, it's easy to find a daughter-in-law." Zhang Xiang blushed and said hatefully.

Yuan Shen put down his clasped hands, got up and said, "Okay, she asked me to see if your injuries have healed, now that I've finished reading it, it's fine, and I have to go." ”

"Leaving so soon? How long have you been here? ”

"Half an hour, seeing that you can exercise and cultivate, it proves that there is no major problem."

"Don't worry! I have a lot more to ask you! ”

Zhang Xiang hurriedly stayed, and then invited him into the house.

Yuan Shen did not postpone it.

After entering the house, Zhang Xiang glanced at the courtyard: "By the way, when you came in, did anyone in the Horse Mansion see it?" ”

Yuan Shen glanced at him: "Where I want to go to this Pingzhou, no one can find out." ”

"Yes." Zhang Xiang suddenly, with his martial arts, he came to the Horse Mansion unconsciously, and no one could find out, after all, he only noticed it after more than half an hour after coming to his side.

After sitting down, Zhang Xiang handed him some leftover snacks from the morning and said, "After Elegy and I were rescued from the city by Tie Senior that day, she was still worried about your safety, and now I am relieved to see that you are fine." ”

Yuan Shen ate dim sum expressionlessly: "At present, there are not many people in this river and lake who can hurt me, and there are no more people who can kill me except for people like Master." ”

It's better than pretending!

Zhang Xiang stretched out his thumb: "Then after we went out of the city that night?" Where have you been? ”

Yuan Shen said: "That night, I and Guan Sheng, Du Erniang and his wife chased after you, but when I came, you and my sister have been rescued, Shi Guangshun and He Sinan also don't know where to go, I looked for the way, came to the east gate of the city, saw the gate of the east of the city closed, only to hear the city guard say that someone escaped from the city, I don't know if it is you and my sister, as well as Shi Guangshun, He Sinan, seeing that the city guard has stepped up the defense, I can't get out of the city for the time being, so I have to go back to find Guan Sheng and his wife, but these two people don't know when they disappeared, I searched for a night but did not find you, the next morning I received a news from my sister flying pigeons, and learned that you were safe and sound, she asked me to continue to search for Shi Guangshun and the four of them in the city. ”

"How's that going?" Zhang Xiang hurriedly asked.

Yuan Shen shook his head: "Pingzhou City, once they hide, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

"But they shouldn't be able to get out of the city, right?" Zhang Xiang added.

Yuan Shen nodded: "After you were assassinated, the Pingzhou Mansion strengthened the guards, the city gates of the four cities had to check the people who entered every day, and the arresters and officials were also looking for them in the city every day, in such a tense situation, if I was an assassin, it would be difficult for me to get out of the city, and they should not be able to get out." And since they assassinated you, they should have received a secret order, and if they didn't succeed, they won't give up, and now they are just hiding temporarily, and they should find another chance. ”

Zhang Xiang's eyes flashed fiercely: "I won't give them another chance." ”

Yuan Shen sneered: "We are in the light, they are in the dark, I am not always by your side to protect secretly, if you run around like this all day, as soon as they find an opportunity, I'm afraid you will not be as lucky as last time." ”

"Then you can be by my side at any time!" Zhang Xiang laughed facelessly.

"If you want to die, I don't have a problem." Yuan Shen glanced at him.

Zhang Xiang is bored, this guy, won't he laugh?

He said solemnly: "You and the government can't find them, but I have a way." ”

"Tell me?" Yuan Shen was also curious.

Zhang Xiang said: "The government officials only know how to look for portraits all day long, just like the police have to turn on the alarm when they arrest people, isn't there no silver three hundred taels here!" When the official arrived, the people had already run away, and you had limited manpower to look for it alone, so I wanted to mobilize the people of the whole city to find it together, there were people everywhere in Pingzhou City, and I didn't believe that the people in a city couldn't find four assassins. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shen suddenly became interested: "How can you get the people of the whole city to help you find it?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that, I'll have my own way." Zhang Xiang smiled mysteriously: "But now is not the time, when this method works, I will pass on the news to you as soon as I have it, and you will be responsible for helping me to be a thug." ”

"Then I'll see." Yuan Shen nodded.

Zhang Xiang said: "By the way, when you go back, help me bring a message to the elegy, just say that I will go to Ningxiangju tomorrow night." ”

"The relationship between you and her must not be exposed to outsiders." Yuan Shen instructed.

Zhang Xiang said: "Don't worry, I'm just asking a friend to drink flower wine, it's normal!" ”

……

Early the next morning, Zhang Xiang asked the people from the Horse Mansion to send a letter to the Yang Mansion, and Yang Li's reply was quickly received.

After evening, Zhang Xiang got into a carriage and went to Yang's mansion.

Yang Li waited for him at the gate of the mansion in advance, then got into his carriage, and the two went to Ning Xiangju together.

"Haha, Brother Zhang, I haven't seen you for many days, you look good!" Yang Li heartily surrendered to him.

Zhang Xiang smiled: "Brother Yang, when did I look bad?" ”

"I heard that Brother Zhang was assassinated a few days ago, and Yang was worried for a long time, so he sent someone to the Horse Mansion to greet him, but he couldn't see Brother Zhang." Yang Li said.

I don't know who spread the news after he was assassinated that night, and it spread all over the city, making a lot of noise, and it was not surprising that Yang Li knew.

It's just that the news of his disappearance for a few days has not been leaked out, so no one knows that he was injured except for the Horse Mansion.

Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "It's just some bandits who burned, killed and looted, it was my bad luck, I happened to run into it, and there was nothing serious." ”

Yang Li nodded lightly: "Brother Zhang is fine." ”

Soon, the two of them came to Ning Xiangju with a smile.

At this time, it was just night, and the girls of Ning Xiangju had already begun to solicit guests outside the door.

Yang Li seems to be a frequent visitor to these Fengyue places, as soon as he got off the carriage, he was sought after by many Qinglou women, and he was also familiar with those women.

Then the old bustard of Ning Xiangju personally welcomed him and Zhang Xiang in.

This is Zhang Xiang's first time entering the Qinglou.

There is a sense of novelty of Grandma Liu's entry into the Grand View Garden, curiously looking left and right, the dusty woman who is drinking with the guests in the hall, stretching her graceful waist, dancing on the stage, singing Qingqi people.

is similar to the Qinglou in his impression, just by experiencing it himself, can he really feel the wind and snow permeated by this tradition in this era.

"Brother Zhang is coming to Qinglou for the first time!"

Yang Li on the side said funny.

Zhang Xiang nodded: "Don't hide it from Brother Yang, it's really the first time to come." ”

Yang Li said with a smile: "Princess Gaoping is stunning, Brother Zhang has such a lady, presumably ordinary women can't enter Brother Zhang's eyes, and in this incense center, only Qin Elegy is outstanding." ”

"Brother Yang came here today, just to see this Qin girl again." Zhang Xiang nodded slightly.

Yang Li gave him a stinking look, and said with a smile: "Isn't it that after meeting Miss Qin last time, Brother Zhang will never forget it?" ”

"My Fair Lady, what a gentleman!"

"Haha, no wonder Brother Zhang asked Yang to come here, this Qin girl really doesn't want to see her on weekdays, if she doesn't want to, even if she gives her a thousand gold, ten thousand gold, she doesn't care about it, if she is willing, even if she doesn't want a penny, she will invite you to enter the account, Yang has a good personal relationship with this Qin girl, if she doesn't have other guests to see tonight, she should be able to see it."

"Otherwise, how could I invite Brother Yang here?"

Yang Li smiled and said: "Brother Zhang has such Yaxing, so how can Yang disappoint Brother Zhang?" ”

After that, Yang Li clapped his hands, called the old bustard on the side, and gave a few orders.

The old bustard came back after leaving for a while, and smiled at the two: "Miss Qin is free tonight, and she has prepared wine and food in the room, Yang Gongzi, Zhang Gongzi, and come with the slave family." ”

This old bustard's surname is Cui, the double name Yingying, the girls of Ning Xiangju call her Cui's mother, she is only about thirty years old, very well maintained, and her figure is also good.

followed this Cui mother upstairs, came to a room, and after opening the door, this Cui mother left.

In the room, Qin Elegy, who was dressed in green clothes, looked much more elegant, more gentle than her in black, and she smiled and saluted the two: "Young Master Yang, Young Master Zhang, the slave family is polite." ”

"Miss Qin doesn't have to be polite." Yang Li smiled and pointed to Zhang Xiang on the side and said: "Today, Yang is a guest, and he made a special trip to accompany Brother Zhang to have a look, Miss Qin can entertain Brother Zhang, don't worry about me." ”

"Two sons, please, the slave family met with Zhang Gongzi last time on the painting boat, and admired Zhang Gongzi's talent and learning, and wanted to invite Zhang Gongzi to come and point out the rhythm of the elegy, and today Zhang Gongzi bent over and made the elegy very happy." Qin Elegy glanced at Zhang Xiang, Ying Ying smiled, the moment the two made eye contact, Zhang Xiang felt a hint of banter in her expression, and hurriedly coughed.

Yang Li said with a smile: "It seems that even a person like Brother Zhang can hardly resist the charm of Miss Qin." ”

"Yang Gongzi laughed, the elegy is just a dusty woman, Yang Gongzi is one of the four famous people in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Gongzi is the princess of Gaoping, talented, both of them are dragons and phoenixes among people, it is the honor of elegy to be able to come to the elegy field." Qin Elegy gently saluted.

Afterwards, Qin Elegy accompanied Yang Li and Zhang Xiang to drink a few glasses of wine, and then got up and went to the bead curtain behind to play the piano for the two.

In the sound of heaven that she played, Zhang Xiang also talked to Yang Li about business: "Brother Yang, I can't hide it, I asked Brother Yang to come here today, because I want to ask Brother Yang for help." ”

"Tonight's beauty, under the music of the piano, I have a good time with a confidant like Brother Zhang, but this is the fortunate thing in life, I don't know what else Brother Zhang wants to say?" Yang Li drank a glass of wine freely.

Zhang Xiang said: "It is precisely because there are thousands of cups of wine with a confidant, and there is no conversation with a bosom friend, so Zhang wants to talk to Brother Yang about this." ”

"Tell me about it?" Yang Li put down his wine glass.

Zhang Xiang said: "Brother Yang has a wide range of connections, so he must be very clear about the famous Bao in Pingzhou City!" ”

"Brother Zhang wants to buy news?" Yang Li said strangely.

Zhang Xiang shook his head: "I want to hire all these bags." ”

"Hire?" Yang Li frowned incomprehensibly.

Zhang Xiang understood that he probably couldn't understand the operation method of giving him popular science, so he could only say simply: "Yes, I want to hire these bags and let them help me collect news." ”

Yang Li said: "If Brother Zhang wants any news, just ask them to buy it directly, why hire it?" ”

Zhang Xiang explained: "This is different, I hired it, and in the future, their news can only be controlled by me, without my permission, they can't leak it, if they just buy, they will sell it to other people, so that the news doesn't have much value." I hired these bags to inquire, and it was just a business means to make these messages more valuable. ”

"Yang doesn't understand, do you still want Brother Zhang to teach you?" Listening to Zhang Xiang's meaning, Yang Li understood a general idea and knew that he was going to use it for business, but he didn't understand how to do it?

Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "To put it simply, I just want to hire their people, and their future news can only be mastered by me, and then I will sort out and classify these news, record them, and then formulate them into a paper form, and then sell them, such paper is called 'newspaper', such a 'one' Newspaper' can accommodate a lot of news, everyone can buy, a newspaper to accommodate the news after the value of a single message although reduced, but the emphasis is on the number, Pingzhou City nearly one million people, converted into ninety, even if only 100,000 people buy, a penny a copy, the daily income is also very considerable. ”

"Moreover, I will classify the different importance of the news, the price of the important news must be higher, and the price of the unimportant news will be lower, so that everyone will have a clear goal of what news to buy."

Yang Li was dumbfounded when he heard that it was one head, two big: "Can this news still make money like this?" ”

Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "I don't know what the effect is, but as long as it is made, I believe it will not be very bad." After all, as long as people are curious, if there is a way to get news, there will always be people who are curious to get it, even ordinary people, they will not be stingy to spend a penny to buy a newspaper. ”

For a scholar like Yang Li, Zhang Xiang is not afraid that he will steal this kind of business means, and it doesn't hurt to tell him, firstly, a celebrity like Yang Li disdains to be a businessman, and secondly, even if he knows this way of doing business, he can't do it well.

Doing business is not about knowing what to do, but about the means of operation.

Yang Li thought about it for a while, and said with interest: "I didn't expect you to think of a way to do this business." ”

Zhang Xiang smiled slightly: "If this person is idle, he can always come up with a way." ”

"I'm kind of looking forward to it." Yang Li waved his hand happily: "No problem, I can mobilize the power of the Yang Mansion to help you find it, I don't know how many such bags do you need?" ”

Zhang Xiang said: "I don't need a lot, I need the kind of well-informed, every area of Pingzhou City needs, at present, I only need to be able to cover the entire Pingzhou City." ”

Yang Li agreed: "Then you wait for my news." ”

"Thank you, Brother Yang!"

"You're welcome!"

Then the two continued to drink while listening to the sound of Qin Elegy, and time gradually passed.

The bag Zhang Xiang is looking for is naturally a 'reporter'...... (4,000 words, Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!) ）