At the beginning, there was silence in the Warm Pavilion, and the girl who had been busy all night was still asleep.

Yun Niang wore a coarse cloth dress and carried a bamboo basket from the back door to the street, the Huaxiang Hutong was deserted, and the lanterns of several green buildings were lit, and the turtle was lazy and busy extinguishing the candles. Not far from this street, there is a pulp washing shop, and a maiden like her, who has no livelihood, often takes on some sewing and pulp washing work in the pulp washing shop, earning a few copper coins.

I used to be the red card of Nuan Xiang Pavilion, and I also had a beautiful scene, but I was ignorant when I was young, and I spent money like running water, and the perfume produced in the capital was sold for two hundred taels of one bottle in Jiangzhou, and I didn't blink an eye with two bottles a month. Yun Niang sighed lightly, Shaohua was fleeting, and when she was shocked, everything began to change, first of all, the Xiangge where she lived was replaced by a young and beautiful junior, and the benefactors who came to cheer no longer entered her own door.

Tightening her sideburns hair, Yun Niang felt that she was not old, and a thirty-three-year-old woman dressed up could attract men. Five years ago, the scholar surnamed Qiao said that he was willing to take her home, and the scholar was from Huangyuan Township in this county, and he looked darker, but he was a Sven person.

Yun Niang quickened her pace while thinking, she was moved at the time, but she still owed eight hundred taels of silver to the Warm Love Pavilion, how could she get out if she didn't pay off her debts? Maybe God pitied himself, the money shopkeeper of the pulp washing shop saw that he was pitiful, and after a few happy times, he introduced himself to this matchmaking business, and he was scared half to death for the first time when he said the secret words, and when he received fifty taels of silver a month later, his tears fell, and he had not seen so much silver for two or three years.

The debt of the Warm Pavilion has been paid off, and he can go to Na Qiao Shusheng at any time, but now that he is penniless to go to him, he will definitely be looked down upon. I heard the trader with the birthmark say that this time it is a big business, and he should be able to have a commission of a few hundred taels of silver, and after doing this business, he must take the silver to visit Qiao Shusheng. If he is willing to accept himself, he will wash away the lead and teach his son to live in peace, if Qiao Shusheng has already married a wife and had children, he will bring the silver to find a place to settle down, buy a field and a house, and adopt a child, and spend the rest of his life quietly.

Stepping into the pulp washing shop with longing, and a few words with the sisters who also came to pick up the work in the store, Yun Niang picked up the curtain and went into the backyard to find the money shopkeeper. Taking out the guest's sealed letter from his bosom and handing it to the money shopkeeper, Yun Niang leaned on the money shopkeeper's side, squeezed the money shopkeeper's arm with the richness on her chest, and said coquettishly: "Brother Qian, this is a big business, and the slave's commission is indispensable." ”

The money shopkeeper said with a smile: "Yun Niang, don't worry, your commission brother will not be missing you, you have a rare trip, and you will leave after lunch." ”

Yun Niang took a bite of him, understanding the meaning of eating lunch and leaving, but he didn't obey but his commission had to be given by the fat man, and he couldn't help himself in the rivers and lakes. Sighing in her heart, Yun Niang sat on the chair, threw the basket at her feet, straightened up and said with a smile: "Brother Qian, I don't know if you can feed the slave family, the slave family is hungry for a while." ”

"Don't worry, I'm going to feed you." The money shopkeeper glanced at Yun Niang a few times, tore open the envelope with a smile, and read the letter in the bright place in front of the window. Yun Niang saw the fat man's smile stiffened, and the hand holding the letter shook a few times, it seems that the vendor is not telling nonsense, this business is really not small.

Qian Fatzi read the letter twice, stuffed it back into the envelope, and asked Yun Niang, "Where is that guest?" ”

"Wait for a reply at the Grand Hyatt Inn in the south of the city." Yun Niang replied. The rule of this line is to pay a deposit for the reply within seven days, and if you don't reply for seven days, you won't accept the business.

The fat man didn't have the intention of having fun, and said: "Yun Niang, this business is not small, if you can make a lot of your commission, you go back first to listen to the letter, I will send someone to tell you if there is news." ”

Yun Niang returned with a basket of clothes

Warm Pavilion, Qian Fat Man set an ox cart out of the West City Gate, the ox cart entered a farm fifteen miles away, half an hour later, a few carrier pigeons rose into the air, spread their wings and flew south.

At the end of the next day, at a farm in the north of Changwan County, on the border between Huangzhou and Suzhou, the pigeon dropped its wings and stopped in the pigeon loft in the backyard. It didn't take much effort, and an old man in black came over with a limp and took the note from the pigeon's leg and took it to the backyard. There is a flat empty field in the backyard, there are several men dancing with fists and legs, there is a big locust tree next to the empty field, there are tables and chairs under the tree, and a white-haired old man is holding a purple clay pot while drinking tea while guiding the men to practice martial arts.

"Brother Sun, the carrier pigeon has brought a business." The lame old man handed the note to the white-haired old man. The white-haired old man pointed to the recliner next to him and motioned for the lame old man to sit, and unfolded the note to read by himself.

"Oh, it's a big business, 10,000 taels of deposit, 10,000 taels afterwards." The old man surnamed Sun put the note on the table and said, "I haven't taken on such a big job in Tianxingzong for a long time. ”

The lame old man stroked his knees and said, "The first-class business hasn't opened this year, and my Tianxing Sect is going downhill, and the work has been robbed by the rabbit cubs of the Xingyue Pavilion." ”

Tianxingzong was originally the first major faction of the Wei Dynasty, but after the death of Wei, it was suppressed by the Zheng Dynasty and turned underground, and started an assassination business, and many civil and military officials of the Zheng Dynasty were killed under the assassination of Tianxingzong. The most famous assassination was that Zhu Shujun, the imperial lieutenant, was assassinated by the Tianxing Sect on his way to the Annan Protectorate 80 years ago, which caused the anger of the Emperor Li of the Son of Heaven at that time, and ordered to pursue the Tianxing Sect with all his might. Xingyue Pavilion took advantage of the situation and became a new generation of assassination sects, ranking among the top ten sects alongside the Tianxing Sect.

After the establishment of Long Wei, while chasing the Yuan Tianjiao, he did not give up arresting the people of the Tianxing Sect, and the Tianxing Sect showed the appearance of decay, and the business was gradually inferior to the Xingyue Pavilion. The Tianxing Sect has rudders in many states, but this inconspicuous farm is where the Tianxing Sect is located. The business of the Tianxing Sect is divided into four classes, the first class is more than 10,000 taels, and the second class is 5,000 taels, and these two kinds of business should be decided by the sect, and the local rudder of the third class (1,000 taels) and the D class (500 taels) can be decided by themselves.

The old man surnamed Sun glared at the lame old man, pushed the note towards him, and scolded: "Senior Brother Zhou, don't say all the frustrating words, as long as this business is completed, my Tianxing Sect will definitely overpower the Xingyue Pavilion." ”

The old man surnamed Zhou touched his knees and didn't read the note, and asked, "What kind of big business will fall on my Tianxing Sect's head, I estimate that this silver is not easy to take." "The old man surnamed Sun is Sun Yuewu, the sect master of the Tianxing Sect, the lame old man surnamed Zhou is his junior brother Zhou Yaoming, and those men who practice martial arts are their disciples.

Sun Yuewu stroked his white beard and said: "Tianxing Sect has always used his life to earn silver, and the first-class business is naturally indispensable to fill with human life, my Tianxing Sect's reputation is falling, and there are fewer and fewer disciples, so this business must be completed no matter what." ”

Zhou Yaoming picked up the note and glanced at it, and exclaimed, "Assassinate Jiang Anyi." Senior brother, Jiang Anyi is the envoy of the court Qingtian, and he is now going to Jiangzhou with King Luo Huai to run an errand, half a month ago, there was news in Beijing, saying that Jiang Anyi injured Hua Shengwei, who fell into the door, and was rumored to be the 'first person in martial arts' by the people of the rivers and lakes. ”

Sun Yuewu sighed: "I still use what you said about the powerful relationship, someone in this business found me Tianxing Sect, just to make me Tianxing Sect scapegoat." I don't know who Jiang Anyi has offended, Fengleimen, Luoyimen, or the big people behind those officials, alas, the rivers and lakes are eventful. ”

"Senior brother, why don't we transfer this business to Xingyue Pavilion", Zhou Yaoming said with a smile: "Let this group of rabbit cubs also taste the taste of the past." ”

Sun Yuewu said with a smile: "Senior brother, your method is good, let's talk while drinking." ”

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"Jiangzhou is located in the belly of Zhengguo, the area is slightly larger than Dezhou, and it is a famous land of fish and rice

, rich land, beautiful scenery, rich products, rich in rice, lotus root, freshwater fish, ten famous tea red cloud fragrance from Jiangzhou Xialing, one of the eight famous kilns of the green kiln is also in Jiangzhou. ”

After riding a horse for a few days, Shi Chongren changed to a carriage, and after the excitement, the long journey made the young man feel tired, and he lost his mind to find a secluded place, leaning on the window and listening to Zhuang Songwei introduce him to the local customs.

"Thirty miles ahead is Xiangning Mansion, the capital of Jiangzhou, Hong Zhenyang is the Tanhualang in the first year of Fengle, and Ren Jianwu has been the history of Jiangzhou since the second year." Zhuang Songwei said: "Jiangzhou people are outstanding and talented, and one of them cannot but be mentioned. ”

Shi Chongren said with a smile: "Xiao Wang knows that Mr. is talking about Han Taibao. Han Taibao Han Boxiong, the prime minister of Emperor Zhao, wrote "Shujing Puzzle", "Miscellaneous Treatises on History and History" and "The Complete Works of Han Wen Zhenggong" compiled by later generations are books that readers like to read.

Jiang Anyi rode a horse beside the car, and asked when he heard the words: "Mr. Zhuang, Jiang knows that Han Taibao is from Yulan County, Jiangzhou, but I don't know that Yulan County is not far from Xiangning Mansion, if it is close, I want to go to pay respects." Jiang Anyi felt that he had a connection with Han Taibao in the dark, and later read Han Wenzheng's words on the officials, and he felt the same way, since he came to Jiangzhou, he should go to worship this senior.

During this period of time, Zhuang Songwei knew that Jiang Anyi was modest, there was no shelf, and Jiang Anyi learned hand talk from him when he had nothing to do at night, and the two made friends with chess on the chessboard and got along very happily. Zhuang Songwei once visited Han's family, and knew that Han Taibao's descendants lived in Hanjiazhuang, Yulan County, and said with a smile: "Yulan County is fifty miles west of Xiangning Mansion, and Han Taibao's grandchildren live in Hanjiazhuang in Yulan County, and you can go back and forth in one day from Xiangning Mansion." ”

Shi Chongren also said: "Xiao Wang has admired Han Wenzheng for a long time, if Lord Jiang goes to worship, remember to call Xiao Wang." ”

In the north of Xiangyang City, ten miles of long pavilions, a brocade shed was erected, and a large group of people from Jiangzhou Assassin Shi Hong Zhenyang took the government to greet King Luohuai and Qingtian envoy Jiang Anyi and his party. A fast horse galloped over, and a messenger strode towards the long pavilion, stood outside the pavilion, and said in a loud voice: "Tell Lord Assassin Shi, King Luohuai's car is ten miles away from here. ”

Hong Zhenyang stood up and sorted out his clothes and prepared to go out of the pavilion to greet him, and Liu Changfeng, who was sitting next to him, put down the teacup and said: "Lord Hong, it is said that we only need to greet each other at the city gate. The prince's car is still ten miles away, and it is estimated that there will be a quarter of an hour to arrive, and the sun is scorching outside, so you might as well sit and wait for the prince's car to drive two miles away from this and then greet each other. ”

Hong Zhenyang smiled slightly and said: "It's not strange that there are many people, not to mention that King Luo Huai is the prince, no matter how respectful the official is, he should be." Changfeng, say a few words, it's not good to spread it. ”

Liu Changfeng stood up helplessly and said: "Brother Hong, this cautious little brother really admires it, I already knew that I would let 'Xu Ma Face' accompany you to bask in the sun, the little brother is too soft-hearted, and your brother will follow you as soon as he says it." Alas, I was careless in making friends. ”

"Xu Ma Face" is Liu Changfeng's nickname for Jiang Zhou's farewell driver Xu Guoxiang, Liu Changfeng has a close relationship with Hong Zhenyang, but he and Xu Beijia are like fire and water, and when he finds an opportunity, he always has to say a few words in front of Hong Zhenyang.

Hong Zhenyang smiled and said: "Lord Liu, complain too much to prevent intestinal breakage, and the foolish brother will invite you to drink another day." ”

"Really, the altar of bright moon incense hidden in Brother Hong's house has to be taken out." Speaking of drinking, Liu Changfeng perked up, and walked out of the long pavilion behind Hong Zhenyang, ignoring the heat outside the pavilion, and said excitedly.

At the end of the official road, a long convoy could already be seen, and the horse flew to report that King Luo Huai's car was approaching, and Hong Zhenyang ordered: "Blow up, welcome King Luo Huai and Lord Jiang, the envoy of Qingtian." ”

The drum music is noisy, and a good excitement descends on Xiangning Mansion.

(The battery car hangs down a child, and the negotiation is being processed, which is annoying.) Updates are not guaranteed)