"Mad Zen, one of the five masters, is actually in Hongjue Temple?" Song Zheng was really taken aback.

"You can't be wrong. Although I have never met this person, this person's kung fu is so high that he is by no means below you and me! Chihu said solemnly, "Hongjue Temple is extremely well guarded, and I can't sneak in with my skills, so I can only take advantage of the night to watch from afar on the wall." At that time, there was a monk in the courtyard who was competing with Di Fei Bald Donkey, although he did not use a knife soldier, but I could see that the man's kung fu was extremely high, and he was on a par with Di Fei. ”

"Could it be a master from somewhere else?"

Chihu shook his head, "No, this monk's age and appearance are similar to the legendary Crazy Zen, it should be him." ”

"I heard that Mad Zen is an ascetic and has been staying in Songshan. How did you come to Jiangning? Still messed up with the old bald donkey? Song Zheng said suspiciously.

Chihu shook his head, "I don't know, I also followed a person to Hongjue Temple." ”

"Tracking? Who to track? ”

"A man who wields a full moon scimitar. When you left Chengdu Mansion and went east, I have been following you silently. Later, I found out that there was another person who was following you, and this person was also very good and careful. I thought it was someone sent by the Shu Kingdom, and he didn't make a move against you, so I didn't deal with him. Later, when you left the army and returned to Daqi, I followed you. Later, when you were delayed for a day in Fengjie and stayed in Zigui for another day, the man followed you. However, he did not stop at Zigui, but went directly east. When I saw that you had returned to the territory of Daqi, I no longer cared about you, but followed the man back to Jiangning. ”

"So you came back the day before yesterday? Why ...... Today"

Chihu glanced at him, "You think I can be like you, with all kinds of conveniences available?" ”

Song Zheng suddenly realized that he was traveling all the way with the help of the ships of Huitong Commercial and Trade Bank, which was indeed faster than ordinary passenger ships.

Chihu continued, "I was on the same passenger ship as that man, and I only arrived in Jiangning this evening, and I followed him all the way to Hongjue Temple. The contest between the two bald asses stopped because of the man's arrival. ”

Song Zheng nodded, "That person's name is Luan Xu, and he is a disciple of Di Fei Old Bald Donkey. On that day, he chased and killed me on Qingcheng Mountain, and there was this person. ”

"What? If I had known that, I should have killed him on the way! Red Tiger frowned.

Song Zheng waved his hand, "This person is quite different, I fought with him a few years ago when I was on Shandong Road. Although he is a disciple of the old bald donkey, he is not an evil person, but he is just a little extreme. Song Zheng explained Luan's origin to Chihu.

"If that's the case, this person is not a killer."

"Yes," Song Zheng sighed, "I expect that there will be a war between Jin Qi in the future, and he may be a fierce general." ”

"Do you think there will be a big war between Jin Qi? Just like at the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi? Chihu asked with a solemn face.

"It's inevitable. It's not one or two people who have the final say. Song Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Chihu sighed, "My ancestral home is Shu, and I moved to Daqi to avoid the war in Shu, and the last thing I want to see is war." When I first learned from Inghi, I appreciated your visit to Daikin very much. But the war is not to be avoided if you want to, Dajin has now begun to use troops against Xingqing Mansion, and the Dajin Emperor has a lot of ambitions, once the conditions are ripe, I am afraid that he will wave his horse south. ”

Song Zheng was silent, looking a little lonely. When he helped Wan Yan Yusheng kill Wan Yan Yudu, he knew that the main battle faction within Dajin was strong, and at that time, Song Zheng had to put forward the strategy of letting Dajin go west to send it to the middle in order to win the support of the main battle faction. In his interactions with Wanyan Jing, Wanyan Zhangshou and others, Song Zheng understood that the main battle faction was extremely eager for the fertile soil of the Central Plains, and even the main peace faction was very envious of the customs of the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River.

In this case, once the Qi state is weakened or there is turmoil, it will not become the object of Dajin's use of troops like today's Western Xia. But the government of Daqi has been in an abnormal state for more than ten years, first the palace coup, and then the vicious fight between Xiao Hui and Huang Song, and finally hoped that these two people would stop, but Xiao Hui died, and there was a suspicion that emerged.

If Daqi doesn't straighten out the domestic problems as soon as possible, and when Yan Yusheng frees up his hands, I'm afraid it will be the time for Dajin to fully invade. Throughout Chinese history, the vast majority of wars have taken place in confrontation with the northern nomads, the Dog Rong, the Xiongnu, the Khitan, the Jurchen, the Mongols, ...... Whether you win or lose, war is inevitable. The nomads were aggressive, and the Han Chinese had always taken great pride in expanding their territory, and the result of the confrontation was misery.

Peace is never sought, but fought, as evidenced by thousands of years of history.

Having said this, the faces of both of them were a little heavy.

After a while, Chihu shook his head slightly, and suddenly said, "I also found a man there, about sixty years old, with a goatee. Oh, I remember, Di Fei old bald donkey seems to have called him 'Doctor Xi'. ”

"Imperial Physician Xi?" Song Zheng's eyes widened, "It seems that this should be the person." ”

"What? Do you know this person? ”

Song Zheng nodded and said, "This person is a imperial doctor, and he has been serving in the Guogong Mansion all the year round. He was born in the prosperous town of Yingchang Mansion, and I specially asked people to investigate. In addition, Ping Xizhi, the person in charge of the current Zuo Si in the city guard, whose real name is Xi Pingzhi, is also from the Xi family. ”

Chihu frowned, "Why is it so complicated?" Forget it, I don't care about that. I'm going to rest with you for the night, and I'll go back to the palace tomorrow to have a good rest." Oh, I owe you two favors and will pay it back to you. ”

Song Zheng said helplessly, "Sister, don't keep mentioning favors, okay?" "But in my heart, I am happy: you just admit this favor.

"Hmph, you kid is too cunning, I don't want to be sold by you in the future, and I have to count the money for you."

"Am I that bad?"

"You still think you're a good thing!" Chihu sneered, "There are beautiful wives and concubines at home, and they are merciful everywhere, and even Li Hongniang can't escape your poisonous hands." ”

Song Zheng was dumbfounded, it turns out that this is the standard of good and bad? That's a bad home.

"Alright, don't hesitate, arrange a place for me to live." Chihu stretched, "It's not bad, I wanted to find a place to rest casually, but I didn't expect to meet you, and I finally didn't accompany you in Xishu for more than half a year." ”

"I haven't even seen each other in the past half a year, how can I say that you accompany me? I died unjustly. ”

"I'm with you! Why else should I go to Shu? Red Tiger glared viciously.

Song Zheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed, "Okay!" Good! You're with me! Stay with me! ”

Chihu also heard the language problem, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he turned around and went to get the sword. Poor Chihu is dedicated to the pursuit of martial arts, and he has never even talked about love, how can he be ridiculed like this! However, in the past few years, I have encountered an evil boy who has no eyes, but he was beaten by the Red Tiger and couldn't take care of himself.

Seeing that something was wrong, Song Zheng hurriedly shouted, "Sister, I really have something for you to help with!" ”

Changing the topic in time has always been Song Zheng's life-saving magic weapon in front of women, but this time he sacrificed it again in a hurry.

Sure enough, Chihu attached great importance to his promise, and immediately stopped the sword in his hand, and said with a frosty face, "If you have something to say, there is ...... Hurry up! ”

"First, you send a message to Brother Ying and ask him to come here tomorrow. The second is that my sister will do me a favor tomorrow night and steal someone out. ”

"What? Stealing people? ”

"Yes, steal a person, steal a woman!" Song Zheng said eagerly. He asked Chihu to help, mainly for this matter.

As soon as Chihu's eyes widened, he stabbed at Song Zheng with his sword, and shouted in his mouth, "Let me help you steal women, I will kill you!" ”

Song Zheng hurriedly jumped away and hurriedly explained, "It's not the one who stole the person, it's the one who robbed the woman, oops, no, no, it's just stealing the woman......"

Poor Song Xiaolang, although he has sharp teeth, can't explain the word "stealing people" - "stealing people" is the patent of bad women. And the three words "stealing women" simply lost the face of Zhuang Yuanlang.

Fortunately, Mu Yu and the others, who had been paying attention to the movement here, rushed in and stopped Chihu. Li Hongniang was even more courageous and hugged the red tiger to the death. After some chickens and dogs, Song Zheng finally explained the strategy of "stealing people". He also emphasized that he was not robbing a woman from a good family, but a woman with a vicious heart, and this woman had reached the point where she had to "steal".

Although it was explained that this "stealing people" was not the other "stealing people", the red tiger did not do it. Let Chihu, one of the five masters of the dignified state, accompany Song Zheng to rob a woman who has no power to restrain the chicken, which is simply ridiculous!

Mu Yu's eyes lit up, and he praised this plan very well, but Li Hongniang and Yuan Rong were a little hesitant. "Xiaolang, isn't this too ruthless? After all, a woman's name can kill people. ”

"Now the time has come for the trade to be alive and dead." Song Zheng finally took a breath and said coldly, "It is the Prime Minister's Mansion and even the entire Great Qi that is implicated. Without some ruthless moves, we have no certainty of winning. ”

Mu Yu also said, "Since the other party has done the first year of junior high school, then it's no wonder that we are doing fifteen." For such a vicious woman, you don't have to be polite at all. Zheng'er, I'll go with you. ”

Song Zheng shook his head and said, "Brother Mu, you have another task. Only by such clever arrangement can this matter be realistic and achieve maximum effect. Then, Song Zheng explained the detailed planning.

Mu Yu and the others nodded again and again.

Song Zheng said again, "Although that place is not as good as the Rujiang Courtyard and Hongjue Temple, there must be masters stationed there. Ordinary people, etc., are not sure of success. ”

Speaking of which, Song Zheng looked at Chihu, and Mu Yu and the others also set their eyes on Chihu.

Chihu said coldly, "Can you explain what is going on in the trading house?" Why is it related to the Prime Minister and Daqi? ”

Song Zheng couldn't, so he had to start from the original intention of the business and trade house, and then to the old case back then, and then to the Jiangnan family, the Guogong Mansion, and the two big money houses, and explain it to Chihu.

It's a pity that after hearing half of it, Chihu's head became bigger, "What a mess, I don't understand, let's put it simply." ”

Song Zheng had an idea, "This matter is related to whether Daqi can be strong in the future and whether it can win foreign wars!" ”

"Can a woman make such a difference?" Red Tiger said disdainfully.

"You have to eat the meal one bite at a time, right? You don't have more than ten or twenty years of hard work day and night, and you don't have the skills you have today! Song Zheng was also impatient. Damn, it took you a long time to have this attitude, and you could do this errand without your master.

Who knows, Chihu nodded, "What you said seems to make some sense, okay, I'll make an exception." Alas, my dignified Red Tiger actually wants to do this thing of stealing chickens and dogs with you, and it won't make people laugh out of their big teeth when it spreads. ”

As he spoke, Chihu subconsciously lifted the face towel under his chin upward, as if he felt ashamed to talk about it.