The shape of Hangzhou Mansion City is like a moment, the circumference is up to 40 miles, although there are city walls to separate, but the inside and outside of the Mansion City are bustling with people, the market extends more than 10 miles, and there are hundreds of thousands of fireworks. Especially around the West Lake in the western suburbs of the city, there are even fewer houses, and there are thousands of cars and horses. Nearly half around the lake, the scenery of the Qu Temple, the Loyal Martyr's Pavilion, the Temple of King Qian, the Leifeng Pagoda, etc., and the Jingci Temple at the foot of Nanping Mountain on the south bank of the lake, the sunset has sunk. I still wanted to go boating on the lake to watch the snow, but I had to give up.

Enter the city from the Qingbo Gate and drive directly to the north of the city to settle down. When you settle down, it's completely dark. Su Gaozhao and Zhao Dangshi made an appointment to go to Yingjiang Tower for a banquet the next day, and left with their entourage. Zhao Dangshi and the others couldn't stay idle, and walked out of the inn one after another, pointing out from the natives, and visiting the night market outside Beiguan.

The north pass is the Wulin Gate, the north gate of the city, there is Hulin Mountain nearby, and Wu Yin is falsely rumored to be Wulin. This gate is close to the canal, so the merchants are radiant, whenever the sunset is "the sail is unmoored, the department store is on the market", after nightfall, it is "no prohibition of Jinwu, the bonfire candle shines like the day". When Zhao Dangshi and his entourage came, it was already a scene of people and a forest of markets.

Walking along the canal for a long time, I relieved my hunger and wandered around, but it was still as noisy as day. Zhao Dangshi hugged Huaqing, but thought: "If you are a rich man, you can live here with Huaqing for a long time, enjoy the beautiful scenery and go to the city, which is really unique." But as soon as he thought of the situation in northern Chu and even the world, this thought was fleeting, and he could only sigh secretly.

The deeper the night, the more people returning home from the West Lake and the more people disembarking from the canal, the more people there are. Facing the tide of pedestrians, one after another, Zhao Dangshi held Huaqing in his hand and walked slowly, but inadvertently felt a chill on his waist. At the same time, Zhou Wenhe's roar exploded in his ears: "Who dares to do wrong!" Looking at the past in a hurry, the crowd screamed and stirred, Zhou Wenhe even grabbed the belt, bumped into a crack, and chased him out early.

Deng Longye and Man Ning escorted Zhao Dangshi and Huaqing to a small pavilion by the river to rest for a while. Zhao Dangshi reached out to touch his lower back, only to feel a little itchy. Hua Qing exclaimed after looking at it: "How did you suffer this injury! "It turned out that Zhao Dangshi's back had been cut at some point, but fortunately, the wound was not deep and had begun to scab.

"The lord doesn't have a bag on his back, if it's a thief trying to make money, how can he go here." Deng Longye said solemnly after seeing it, "And the location of this wound is close to the backbone, it was not Commander Zhou who broke it at that time, I am afraid that it will be directly pierced into the bone seam in the future, and the technique is really sophisticated and ruthless." ”

Zhou Wenhe also came back at this time, and first knelt down on one knee and said: "The subordinates are not doing their jobs well, so the thieves ran away." He also said, "The thief is very clever and has a good body, and he is a practitioner." ”

Deng Longye said: "My lord, I'm afraid that Xiuning is a thief who is not dead and has chased here." ”

Zhao Dangshi first asked Zhou Wenhe to get up, and then muttered: "This is hundreds of miles away from Xiuning, blocked by mountains and rivers, unless Xiuning's local thieves are righteous and want to avenge their dead brothers, there is no reason to come all the way." And judging from the methods and purposes of these two thieves, these thieves are well-trained and well-organized, and may have other backgrounds. ”

"What a dog thief ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and brushed the lord's male tiger's whiskers!" Zhou Wenhe said hatefully.

Zhao Dangshi shook his head and said, "I don't have a clue for the time being." Now that the enemy is in the dark, I am in the open, and we need to be very energetic to prevent accidents. ”

Zhou Wenhe and the three agreed in unison, and Hua Qing hugged Zhao Dangshi's arm tightly with tears in his eyes.

After this risk, You Xing swept away, and Zhao Dangshi and his party turned back to the inn vigilantly all the way, and they were going to rest early. It was a night to prevent thieves from taking advantage of the situation, but the night was peaceful.

At dawn and sunrise, Zhao Dangshi got up early to take a bath and change clothes. At three o'clock, Su Gaozhao came to visit on time. A group of people followed him through the city to the southeast, passing by the Gongbei Pavilion, Zhao Dangshi suddenly stopped, looked around inside and outside the pavilion,

Su Gaozhao asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Zhao Dangshi replied with a smile: "I mentioned to Brother Su that I wanted to meet a brother here in Hangzhou, and I made an appointment to meet here today, but I happened to catch up with Zheng Gong to set up a banquet." ”

Su Gaozhao nodded and said: "I see, it's better to hurry up than to hurry, and you can invite that brother to Yingjiang Tower together." ”

As he was talking, a person turned out from behind the tree coldly and went straight to Zhao Dangshi. Zhou Wenhe and the others reacted quickly, rushed up, pressed the man, and scolded angrily: "Thief, you have to do it again!" ”

The man begged for mercy and shouted, "Lord, lord! It's a subordinate, Pang Xingong, Gongzi! ”

Zhao Dangshi hurriedly asked Zhou Wenhe and the others to let go, and looked at it, his face was full of suspicion - the man who called himself Pang Xingong wrapped his head tightly with a white ribbon, only showing a pair of eyes, a mouth and two black hole nostrils, where can he see the slightest look.

"You're Kyoko?"

"Yes, yes, how dare you make a mistake in front of the lord!"

"Why do you seem to be a thief in broad daylight?" Zhao Dangshi listened to his voice, which was indeed the same as Pang Xingong in his impression.

"How did the lord forget, his subordinates unfortunately contracted smallpox a few months ago, and although they lost their lives, they left their faces full of pockmarks, and it was difficult to see people, so they were dressed like this...... It's been a long time. ”

Zhao Dangshi walked closer, ran to a secluded place with Zhou Wenhe, and asked him to take off the headcloth for inspection. When the cloth is taken off, in addition to the pockmarked face, which is really shocking, the facial features are really Pang Xingong himself.

Pang Xingong re-wrapped the headcloth, turned back with Zhao Dangshi, knelt down and said, "My subordinate Pang Xingong has seen the lord!" He choked up as he spoke, and seemed to have countless bitter complaints, "The subordinates are ashamed of their high hopes for the lord, and they have achieved nothing so far......

Su Gao was on the side, and Zhao Dangshi was afraid that he would tell something secret under his agitation, so he immediately helped him up and said, "I'm going to Yingjiang Tower now, and I'll find time to talk to you another day." ”

Pang Xingong was stunned for a moment and said, "Yingjiang Tower? ”

Su Gaozhao walked up and said: "Today, at noon, Master Zheng will hold a banquet to entertain Lord Zhao, this is a friendship bureau, no informality, you can go with it." ”

"Which Zheng Ye?"

"Which other Zheng Ye, Zheng Ye in the Southeast Sea."

"Ahh Pang Xingong listened, and was startled, and his tone was full of disbelief, "Master Zheng...... Zheng Ye is actually in Hangzhou! "He is also a person who has crawled on the sea, and he naturally has a deeper influence on the Zheng family on the sea than others. He is at the bottom, and Ping Suli's impression of Zheng Zhilong is only the legend of the cloud and mountain fog cover, and now that he has the opportunity to see his true body, how can he be calm and calm.

Su Gaozhao said: "If you want to see Zheng Ye, with the light of Lord Zhao, today is the best opportunity." ”

Pang Xingong nodded again and again, and then shook his head again and again. Su Gaozhao frowned and said, "What?" ”

"I look like this, I have an ominous body, and I am afraid that I will be happy at the banquet."

Su Gaozhao said unhappily: "Who are you Zheng Ye?" In the early years, when you were still fighting with Zhong Bin, Liu Xiang and others at sea, where was there less spirit to gnaw raw meat and eat salt water next to the pile of dead people, how could you look at each other differently because you were flawed. What does it matter if you have cured smallpox, as long as it is not tuberculosis or plague, what are you afraid of? ”

Zhao Dangshi also whispered: "If you go today, you will have something else to explain." After this village, there is no such shop. ”

Su and Zhao took turns to speak, and Pang Xingong put down his burden and hugged his fists to receive his life.

The carriage and horses resumed, and arrived at Yongchang Gate in the middle of the corner. Yingjiang Building is on the river bank outside Yongchang Gate, the Southern Song Dynasty is "Yanyun Fish and Bird Pavilion", the Yuan Dynasty rebuilt as "Guanjiang Pavilion", the pavilion is built in this Dynasty, the original name is "Yingjiang". The floors stand high and overlook the river, which is quite imposing. There are still tide viewing floors, Shunji temples and so on in the southwest of the building, which are prosperous and lively, and are not inferior to Wulin Gate.

A servant stood outside the door to greet him and said, "Master Zheng has already sat down, please go upstairs." ”

Zhao Dangshi and Huaqing and Su Gaozhao hurriedly climbed the ladder and reached the third floor, the sky was bright and the scenery was wide, and it was a big platform. Only one table was placed on the stage at the northeast corner near the river, and the rest were empty.

One person took the lead in standing up from the banquet, and greeted with a smile: "Old Su, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Zhao Dangshi saw that the person who spoke was in his early thirties, with a white beard, medium build, thin and capable, although he was Han Chinese, he was dressed strangely like a foreigner. Holding a golden scepter, wearing a green robe hanging from the ground, a shining gold cross that seems to be inlaid with a human figure hangs on his chest, wearing a long hat with a tasseled velvet body and a light red shape like an elephant's trunk, and long boots, the overall style is somewhat similar to the original Du Chunchen.

Su Gaozhao couldn't suppress his excitement, his mouth trembled when he introduced, and he said: "This, this is my family, the head of the family, Zheng Ye Zheng Guerrilla." "It's Zheng Zhilong, the long-awaited Ming Five Tigers guerrilla general.

Just as he was about to turn around and introduce Zhao Dangshi, Zheng Zhilong raised his hand, skipped him, and saluted directly: "Lord Zhao, I have admired the name for a long time." ”

Su Gaozhao smiled, and Zhao Dangshi replied: "I have admired Zheng Gong's style for a long time, but I have never known Jing." See you today, great comfort in life! He had heard from others that Zheng Zhilong was not very old, but he never expected that he was so young, just looking at his face, Zheng Zhilong, who was very heavily maintained, seemed to be a few years younger than Zhao Dangshi.

There was also a young man standing beside Zheng Zhilong, with a white face and a demeanor very similar to Zheng Zhilong, who also came to see him, that is, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Sen, whom Su Gaozhao mentioned at that time. Zheng Sen spoke quickly, and seemed to be an impatient, which was very different from the slow and logical Zheng Zhilong. He was still young, and Zhao Dangshi just said hello and didn't care.

There were a few other people standing behind Zheng Zhilong, all of whom were guests at the same table today. A familiar face is Fuji Xinliang, he looked at the white headcloth when Zhao Dangshi introduced Pang Xingong and said with a smile: "I see that your headcloth looks like the head-wrapping robe of the bald donkeys of my country's Hiei Mountain." Regardless of the embarrassment of Zhao Dangshi and Pang Xingong, the spit flew everywhere and there was no one around.

After the embarrassment, Zhao Dangshi's heart flashed: "This Japanese man said so, it may not be an obstacle for Gongzi to go to the Japanese country in this dress." "Lost in the east, harvested mulberry. The earlier worries about Pang Xingong's outfit were dissipated by Fuji Shinliang's unintentional words.

In addition to Teng Xinliang, there are two other people, one Zheng Zhibiao and one Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhilong's fourth and fifth brothers, respectively, who are both very young. But in comparison, Zheng Zhibiao has a strong figure and wears a martial arts suit; Zheng Zhi leopard's skin is white and slender, and he is more delicate. They have followed their eldest brother all these years to go south and north, and they have never left an inch.

Although Hua Qing wears men's clothes, because she is too feminine, she always gives people a glimpse of a woman's body. This time is no exception, Zheng Zhilong asked with a smile: "This girl is heroic, and she is against Lord Zhao, she must be your lady." ”

In front of outsiders, in order to avoid extraneous branches, Zhao Dangshi didn't want to be too entangled in Huaqing's identity, so he nodded neatly, regardless of Huaqing's blushing face, and laughed in response: "Yes, it's clumsy." After that, he immediately changed the topic, "What is the origin of those black ghosts on the other side?" "It's the three tall Kunlun slaves standing along the railing at the end of the platform.