During the Five Dynasties period, the chaos in the world was even greater than that of the Three Kingdoms. In the Central Plains, there were Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and five dynasties, and in the south and other regions, there were also ten feudal towns such as Chu, Wu, and Shu. Among the separatist forces here, the weakest force was only the Nanping king Gao Congzhi, who ruled Guizhou (near present-day Zigui), Shaanzhou (near present-day Yichang), and Jiangling.

Nanping is narrow and weak, and he should have stayed honestly, but Nanping Wang Gao's father and son have the demeanor of a traverser———— I am a hooligan, who am I afraid of." Because of its location on the main transportation route, every year when various regions pay tribute to the Central Plains regime, as long as they pass through Jingnan, Gao Jixing and Gao Congxue's father and son will intercept the envoys, plunder the property, and return the property when the other party accuses or sends troops to attack, and they will not feel that this behavior is very embarrassing. Later, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Liao State, and the Later Han Dynasty successively possessed the Central Plains, and the Southern Han Dynasty, the Min Kingdom, the Southern Wu, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Later Shu were all called emperors.

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Looking at the topographic map near Yuezhou and listening to Tuoba Heng's introduction to the relationship between Chu and Nanping and Li Tang, Ma Yun couldn't help but feel a little difficult. Envoy to the Central Plains, Li Tang's public security is relatively good, and the place is quiet, but the relationship between Chu and Li Tang is relatively bad, once the news leaks, Ma Yun may be invited to tea by Li Jing, the lord of the Tang Dynasty; You say let's go from Nanping, this scoundrel country is not right on the top and crooked on the bottom, and there are many heroes in the green forest who fall into the grass, and he has also laid down the state capital, and the high scoundrel is also known for "robbing the mission".

Shi Wende said in embarrassment: "Li Tang must not go, he can only pass from Nanping." As long as we send troops to move in the direction of public security, we will not dare to rob the mission if we want to come to Gao Congxue. ”

Li Xiang shook his head and said: "It is absolutely impossible to send troops, first of all, it is impossible for our army to protect the mission from Nanping. If we send troops to bland in the direction of public security, then the scoundrel will inevitably think that there is a trick in the mission, and he will 100 percent come to rob the mission. It's better to be calm. ”

Ma Yun blinked and said, "To be honest, the most valuable thing in this mission is not me." In this case, we might as well act separately, Lord Tuoba will take the Ming Road, and I, I will do the way between the merchants, and when we reach the ground of the Jin Kingdom, we will meet again. ”

Wu Ban hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, this is absolutely unacceptable, it is extremely dangerous for the white dragon fish to suit that." ”

Ma Yun said arrogantly: "I brought Qian Qing and Shi Da with me, it shouldn't matter if I have them to protect me." Besides, I'm a merchant, and even if someone robs him, I'll just give him something. There shouldn't be any life-threatening injuries. ”

Shi Wende was still trying to persuade him, but Tuoba Heng smiled and said: "I think this strategy of the little prince can be tried." Since Shentu Congjian, a giant who was defeated by Gao Congjian's army, the ground in Nanping is still safe. We will arrange another person in the mission who looks similar to the little prince. And the little prince himself went another way, which was much safer. Today's discussion of this matter is all the ministers of the humerus, presumably this news will not come out. ”

Ma Yun finally waited for someone to support him, of course, he was extremely happy, and he made a decision at the moment.

Before leaving to say goodbye, Li Xiang suddenly rushed to Ma Yun and said in a low voice: "There is a person named Wang Pu in the court of the Great Jin Dynasty, who is talented and not used. ”

Ma Yun was shocked, took a closer look at Li Xiang, and said perfunctorily: "I wrote it down, Mr. Duolao has done much in Wenzhou." "Xindao: Li Banxian, it's really vicious. Who is Wang Pu? Zhuge Liang of the five generations. It's a pity that Lao Tzu just wants to be a rich man, and I don't even plan to look for Chai Rong, let alone Wang Pu. For me, visiting Zhao Kuangyin is the king.

After Ma Yun left, Shi Wende was still whispering that Tuoba Heng supported this risky route. And Wu Ban also has a lot of opinions on this, and Li Xiang laughed in a low voice: "When the river enters the sea, you know the size of the ocean; The white dragon fish suit, only to know the suffering of the people. ”

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Ma Yun took Qian Qing, Shi Da and other ten people to dress up as cloth merchants, and Liao Renyong also brought 20 soldiers to follow them from afar to protect them. In this way, the group went out of Yuezhou, crossed the stone head, traveled day and night, and was calm along the way. After arriving at the police, Ma Yun and Liao Renyong pretended not to know each other, rented a big boat, and went up the river. got on the boat, Ma Yun pulled Liao Renyong to chat, Liao Renyong is worthy of being the son of Liao Guangtu, the head of the eighteen bachelors of the Tiance Mansion of Chu State, with a family history and a wide range of knowledge, the two talked from Chu to Nanping, from Gao scoundrel to the thief Shentu Congjian.

It is the wind and the sun, the window overlooks, the sky and the water are the same color, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. Ma Yun, who has never comprehended the artistic conception of "beautiful and delicious", finally found a little bit of feeling. I heard Qian Qing shouting: "We fished a person in the water." ”

Ma Yun has never lacked curiosity about new things, and after listening to Qian Qing's words, he immediately wanted to run to the side of the boat to see what was going on. When he was about to get up, he glanced at Liao Renyong beside him, and just raised his eyes and said to Shi Da, who was waiting outside the door, "Let Qian Qing bring him in." ”

Said to have brought it, but in fact it was dragged up, and this guy didn't know how long he had been soaking in the Yangtze River, and after dragging it into the house, it brought a fishy smell. Look at this person, about 35 years old, burly, a little black Li Kui feeling, but unfortunately the bubble is too bad, and the black Li Kui is a little bleached.

Ma Yun asked kindly: "Don't be afraid, we are serious businessmen, who are you?" Where do you live? ”

This man, completely lifeless, except for the occasional movement of a pair of eyes, indicates that he is still alive. Qian Qing kicked him and said, "Aren't you quite good at shouting for help just now?" Pretend to be deaf, go back to the king... Uncle's words. ”

Ma Yun said in his heart: Oh, it turns out that you don't have the strength to speak, but you don't bother to pay attention to me.

So, Ma Yun said with a smile: "It seems that this benevolent brother is crossing the Yangtze River, it is our abruptness, Qian Qing, send this benevolent brother down the river and continue his great journey." ”

Qian Qing and Shi Da were about to make a move, but they saw that this person was a little anxious, and said: "Don't, don't, I said, I am Shentu Congjian." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was silence in the room at that time, Ma Yun and Liao Renyong glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: The ground in Jiangling is really evil, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. We were talking about your glorious deeds when you appeared. But this way of playing is novel, it's a bit miserable.

Shentu Congjian looked at Ma Yun and they didn't seem to believe it, and said hurriedly: "The eldest husband will not change his name, and he will not change his surname." I've already said my name, if you want to kill or scrape, if you want to kill it, Shen Tu is not a good man if he frowns. ”

Ma Yun hurriedly stood up and said kindly with a little surprise: "It turned out to be Shentu Zhuangshi, I was offended a lot just now, Shi Da quickly helped Shentu Zhuangshi to go to the wing room to rest and have some food." ”

After Shi Da helped Shentu Congjian out, Ma Yun asked Liao Renyong: "Old Liao, is he really the king of the mountains in Nanping?" ”

Liao Renyong's old face turned red, and Nuo Nuo said: "Shentu Congjian is very famous, but there are few people who know him, and his subordinates are not easy to judge. ”

Damn, I'm still a legendary character after a long time. Forget it, let's just assume that he is real, there is no shortage of food on the ship anyway.

Early the next morning, Ma Yun heard that Shentu Congjian was going to visit him, so he hurriedly walked out of the door and let Shentu Congjian into the room.

Ma Yun smiled and said, "Shentu Zhuang, I slept well yesterday." Actually, Ma Yun knows that after he fished this guy out of the river yesterday, after he had eaten enough, he began to fall asleep until he woke up just now.

Shentu Congjian said: "Thank you for your concern, there was a lot of disturbance yesterday, I don't know the name of the official, he will definitely thank Shentu again in the future." ”

Ma Yun said with a smile: "Under the surname Ma, a cloth merchant." In the past, I listened to the chivalrous names of strong men and admired them a lot, but I didn't expect to see each other today, which is really comforting. ”

Shentu Congjian's expression darkened, and he said: "The big official has won the award, and Shentu has been removed from now on." ”

Ma Yun sighed lightly and said: "I have always heard that Shentu is a bold and righteous man, how to twist and pinch when I see it today, Qian Qing, go get some good dishes, and bring two jars of good wine, I will get drunk with Brother Shentu." "Ma Yun is not very comforting people, and secondly, he doesn't know what happened to Shentu Congjian, and he doesn't know where to open his mouth if he persuades him. As the saying goes, a drunk can solve eternal sorrows, and Ma Yun really let go in order to win over the sea today.

Ma Yun said in his heart: Why did you win over Shentu Congjian? Because he is a road robber, and he is also a big thief, so he can help me do a lot of things, first, I want to do business, know a big thief buddy, walk the world, ordinary people dare not rob; Second, in the business world, there is always competition. If there is a business that wants to compete with him, he has nothing to say, let Shen Tu rob him, and if he doesn't believe in robbing him, he won't die; Thirdly, in case the surrender is unsatisfactory in the future, with this friend, I can easily devote myself to the promising industry of robbing the ------...

Shen Tucong shook his head violently, and said categorically: "Thank you for the love of the big officials, today I got drunk with the adults." ”

Ma Yun was dissatisfied: "Brother Shentu, you are too polite, you don't have the heroism of the children of the rivers and lakes at all, you and I are fated to meet here, what big officials and small officials, all brothers are brothers in the four seas." If Brother Shentu doesn't give up, call me Brother Ma. ”

Shentu Congjian clapped his hands and said: "Okay, a good sentence "all brothers in the four seas", come, Brother Ma, let's drink." ”

If you don't get drunk, everyone gets drunk, it's really the truth. A man like Shentu Congjian had just drunk two bowls of wine, and then he leaned on the table, still muttering: "You white-clothed boy Zhao Kuangyin, I'm so bitter in the pit." ”

Ma Yun was taken aback when he heard this, and with a "snap", the chopsticks fell to the ground.