Chen Zilong looked at the beautiful woman in front of him with tears on her cheeks, and couldn't help but feel sour and bitter in her heart, how can the beauty repay her kindness. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At this moment, someone outside suddenly asked in a loud voice, "Dare to ask." This is Songjiang South Tower, Mr. Liu's residence? ”

Chen Zilong was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect someone to come again at this juncture, Liu Ru said in a low voice: "Zilong, I also invited an important person to come today, and it will be of great benefit to you and the resumption of the society, it should have arrived!" ”

"Someone else?" Chen Zilong frowned, he knew that although this south building looked like an ordinary small building in the south of the Yangtze River, the mountain was not high, there was a fairy, and the water was not deep. With Liu Ru is such a gorgeous beauty in the south of the Yangtze River here, it is naturally a famous building. Liu Ru is communication is extremely broad, and her vision is extremely high, and she can make her say something important, and she will be an extraordinary husband.

At this time, the maid Xiaoju came in from the outside, blessed Liu Ru, and said: "Sir, there is a guy outside who brought some Songjiang perch, saying that it was sent by Mr. Xiuning Cheng Er, how to deal with it, and please instruct!" ”

"Xiuning Chenger?" Chen Zilong glanced at Liu Rus, and secretly thought that this person was the "important person"? But seeing that Liu Ru is face also showed a look of surprise, he knew that it should not be.

"I don't know Mr. Xiuning Chenger, he should have made a mistake, you refused!"

"Yes!" Xiao Ju replied and retreated, but came back after a while, and said to Liu Ru a little angrily: "Sir, that guy is so rude, but he refuses to leave, and insists that as long as this is Liu Ru is Mr. Liu's residence, he can't be wrong." These sea bass were sent by Mr. Cheng Er for the lunch banquet! ”

"If so, let's go out and have a look!" Chen Zilong said with a smile.

"It's good!" Liu Ru wiped away the tears on his face, and went out with Chen Zilong, only to see a man in Tsing Yi standing at the gate of the courtyard, with a small melon skin hat on his head, with a shrewd and capable face, followed by a few guys, driving two donkey carts, a large wooden basin was placed on the donkey cart in front, and some sundries were piled up behind. When the man in Tsing Yi saw Liu Ru and Chen Zilong, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and sang: "This is Mr. Liu, right?" The villain was ordered by the owner to send some sea bass for the afternoon banquet, and asked the gentleman to accept it! ”

"Your master?" Liu Ru frowned: "But what is Mr. Xiuning Cheng Er?" I don't know him, so why do you want to send me perch? ”

While speaking, Chen Zilong walked to the donkey cart and looked at the big wooden basin with twenty or thirty perch, each about four or five taels, the perch has four gills on its body, it is the world-famous Songjiang perch, this fish is born in brackish and fresh water, the taste is particularly delicious, at that time people thought it was the first among the fish. Now that winter has just begun, it is the time when the perch is the most fat, like this Songjiang perch, a tail will cost two taels of silver, these twenty or thirty perch, I am afraid that it will be worth the property of a medium-sized family. Rao is Chen Zilong is a big family, and he can't help but be secretly surprised by this Mr. Cheng Er's handwriting.

"Mr. doesn't know my master, but he knows Lord Xu, right? My master is a close friend of Lord Xu, and I will come with him later. These sea bass were brought by my master at the behest of the villain. ”

"Lord Xu's best friend?" Liu Ru heard Chen Zilong's whisper, his face changed slightly, and he immediately smiled: "I see, then I will be disrespectful, but I have a narrow kitchen here, but I am afraid that I may not do a good job of this world-famous Songjiang four-cheek perch!" ”

"It's not a bother, Mr. Lao!" The man in Tsing Yi said with a smile: "The chef and everything have been delivered, just bother this little lady to point out the place, and leave the rest to the villain!" ”

Liu Ru was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then smiled: "It seems that your lord is going to grab this host with me today, or I will simply eat him once today!" ”

"Mr. Liu said he was laughing!" The man in Tsing Yi owes his body: "Who doesn't know that Songjiang South Tower is the first elegant place in Jiangnan, my master has long wanted to come but didn't have a chance to see it, if a few perch can be smiled by Mr. Bo, my master must be very happy!" ”

Liu Ru instructed Xiao Ju to take the man in green clothes to the kitchen, and then went upstairs with Chen Zilong, and asked in a low voice while going upstairs: "Zilong, have you ever heard of this Xiuning Cheng Er?" ”

"I've never heard of it!" Chen Zilong shook his head: "Xiuning is not very Confucian, but there are many people who go out to do business, and they should be businessmen." ”

"Well, it's like hate!" Speaking of this, Liu Ru suddenly turned around and grabbed Chen Zilong's sleeve and said with a smile: "But today is a good mouthful, I can eat Songjiang four-gill perch." ”

Chen Zilong couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart when he saw Liu Ru's sudden childlike appearance, and said with a smile: "If you like it, I will ask people to send you some every day tomorrow!" ”

"Which one you want to deliver every day?" Liu Ru curled her mouth: "What I like is this kind of unexpected joy, besides, even if it is dragon liver and phoenix brain, I am tired of eating it every day, do you really think that I am rare this Songjiang four-cheek perch?" ”

"That's, that's!" Chen Zilong said with a smile: "If you let out the rumor that you want to eat Songjiang perch, I'm afraid that the south building of Songjiang is full of perch, but the fishy smell is stronger, I'm afraid it won't be able to live there!" ”

Liu Ru listened to Chen Zilong's joke, and couldn't help but smile and laugh, for a while, his eyes flowed, like autumn water, Rao is Chen Zilong really put a lot of effort into cultivating qi on weekdays, and he couldn't help but lose his mind for a while. He hurriedly gathered his mind and asked, "If so, who is Lord Xu you just said?" Is he the guest and guest today? ”

"Not bad!" Liu Ru said with a smile: "He is the new Lord Xu Hecheng of Yangzhou Bingbeidao!" ”

"Yangzhou is ready to go? Xu Hecheng? Chen Zilong's face suddenly flushed with excitement, and his voice didn't feel high-pitched: "Isn't it Lord Xu who just defeated the thieves, killed the thieves' 'Yidou Valley' and 'Black Tiger Star', and saved the gentry and people of Yangzhou?" ”

"Isn't it anyone else?" Liu Ru raised his chin slightly, and his eyes showed a proud look: "Zilong, don't say it, this Lord Xu is really not easy to invite, I made two posts a few days ago, and he said that the military was tense and he couldn't get out, and he only crossed the river two days ago, so it's really not good to invite." ”

"It's no wonder he's gone!" Chen Zilong's expression was solemn: "Since the autumn, the thieves have contacted dozens of thieves to rush out of the mountain, between the Jianghuai and Huai, more than a thousand miles from east to west, I was in Nanjing, even this stone city was shocked overnight, and even the cruise ship on the swallow rock was locked, so as not to let the thieves rob the river and come." Lord Shi Kefa Shi led troops to patrol Anqing, Chizhou and other places to supervise the defense of Jiangbei. And the Huangmei thief attacked Susong, Qianshan, Taihu Lake and other places, legend has it that Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong led the troops to the east, and the soldiers reached Wuchang. Only Yingcheng defended itself, sitting back and watching the thieves sweep around. Only this Lord Xu led the troops to fight the thieves and protect the safety of one party, and between the Jianghuai and the Huai, only Zhongdu and Yangzhou were not poisoned by the thieves. Thinking about those days, he must have been too late to rectify the defense, where will he have time to go to your appointment. ”

"Yes!" Liu Ru rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Zilong, do you know how this Lord Xu became a soldier in Yangzhou?" ”

Chen Zilong shook his head: "Then I don't know, I only heard that he came from the department, but I don't know what his background is!" ”

"Zilong! I've heard a story! Liu Ru smiled and poured Chen Zilong a cup of tea: "Do you remember the capture of Nanyang by thieves this spring?" ”

"Naturally remember!" Chen Zilong sighed: "Before that, Hong Chengchou was still saying in the Tang newspaper that the thieves had been forced into the mountains, and they would be beheaded and sacrificed to their subordinates in a few days." But within a few days, the thieves were killed from Luyang Pass to Nanyang City, which was really a traitor and misled the country! ”

"Speaking of which, this Lord Xu can be a soldier in Yangzhou, but I have to thank that thief!"

"Why do you say that?"

At that time, it happened that this Lord Xu was on official business, passing through Nanyang, and there were more than 100 guards around him. When the thieves broke through the city, he disregarded his own safety and escorted the Tang Wang couple to Xiangyang. Although Nanyang City fell, King Tang was unharmed. It was precisely because of this incident that soon the imperial court promoted it to Yangzhou Military Reserve. ”

Listening to Liu Ru's description, Chen Zilong couldn't help but grow his mouth, and said: "What a Xu Hecheng, he is really loyal and courageous, today's trip is really not in vain, and it is not in vain to be able to know such heroes!" ”

Seeing Chen Zilong so excited, Liu Ru couldn't help but secretly rejoice. She wasted so much trouble to invite Xu Hecheng to come here by herself, naturally not just to please her lover. Compared with most of the members of the Restoration Society at that time, on the contrary, Liu Ru, a weak woman from Zhangtai, was more sensitive to the tide of the times, and she was eager to use the little influence brought by her appearance and talent to do something for her lover, perhaps even she didn't realize that although she was a woman, she was more suitable for this stage than these men who were considered to be the elite of the empire, and she herself enjoyed it.

"Sir, Mr. Li, Master Xu has arrived!" Xiao Ju knocked lightly on the door. Chen Zilong stood up excitedly, looked downstairs from the window, and most of the medium-sized mansions at that time, there was also a courtyard more than ten zhang square downstairs, there were a few mulberry elms in the yard, as well as a few stone tables and chairs, and a well, for the owner to bask in the sun in the yard and do some chores in his spare time. After all, there was no glass at that time, and the indoor lighting conditions were not very good, and many times it was more comfortable outdoors than indoors. At this time, there were more than ten people standing in this courtyard, people like tigers, horses like dragons, but it seemed that the yard was full. Chen Zilong and Liu Ru glanced at each other excitedly-this Lord Xu Hecheng is really extraordinary.

Liu Ru and Chen Zilong went downstairs and went out to greet each other, only to see that the person standing in the middle was not wearing a hat, but wrapped his head in a piece of black silk, with dark skin, towering cheekbones, a broad forehead, and a beard with sideburns that extended to the chin, wearing a knee-length robe with a round neck with narrow sleeves, the hem of the robe exposed the deerskin pants worn when riding, and a woolen robe was covered outside, and a short knife with a length of feet was inserted on the left side of the wide belt around the waist, and a long-handled waist knife was hung on the other side. When he saw Liu Ru is out, a smile appeared on his face, and he arched his hand: "You are Mr. Liu Ru is Mr., right?" ”

"Yes, right down!" Liu Ruye's face showed a surprised expression, the man in front of him was completely dressed as a martial artist, and the image of the Confucian general he imagined was too different from the one he imagined to talk and laugh and use soldiers to defeat the thieves. She subconsciously asked, "Are you—"

"I am Xu Hecheng!" Xu Hecheng said with a smile, he was very experienced in the rivers and lakes, and he had already seen Liu Ruye's thoughts, but he didn't care too much: "Mr. Liu has been invited twice, I have official business, I have to come today, please forgive me!" Speaking of this, he owed Liu Ru a little bit to his body.

Liu Ru realized her rudeness at this time, and she hurriedly smiled: "It's me who is abrupt, it's such an honor for Lord Xu to come here today." It's not convenient to talk here, so please go upstairs! With that, Liu Ru hurriedly made a gesture of please.

Xu Hecheng left most of the attendants downstairs and took the other two upstairs with him. Everyone sat down, Liu Ru saw that one of the two people who went upstairs with Xu Hecheng was standing aside, and the other was sitting side by side with Xu Hecheng, and secretly thought that this should be Xiuning Chenger, who sent the perch, so he smiled and said: "This is Mr. Xiuning Chenger, thank you for those perch!" ”

"It's down there!" Cheng Er smiled and said: "Coincidentally, I went to Yangzhou two days ago to meet Lord Xu, and I originally wanted to invite the adult to taste this world-famous Songjiang four-gill perch, but I didn't want to happen to be an adult by Mr. Liu's post, so I Cheng Er simply became a villain, uninvited, rude, please forgive me!" ”

"What did Mr. Cheng Er say, a distinguished guest like you, I can't invite you on weekdays!" Liu Ru smirked and said with a smile, for a while she couldn't find out the depth of the other party, but looking at the arrogant appearance that this person unintentionally revealed, she must be used to giving orders on weekdays, and she is a character who is either rich or expensive.

Liu Ru and Cheng Er were chatting about it, but Xu Hecheng, the main owner, sat there silently, just looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the surrounding walls with interest. Chen Zilong took the opportunity to observe the Yangzhou soldiers who rose like a comet. After entering the house, Xu Hecheng had already taken off the woolen robe, and the long knife on his waist had also been untied and handed over to the guards behind him, leaving only the short knife on his waist. I saw that his back was straight, his body leaned forward slightly, and his muscles and muscles were wrapped in his moon-white short-sleeved round-necked robe. At this time, the maidservant brought tea, Xu Hecheng reached out and took the teacup, and Chen Zilong saw an ugly and hideous scar on his arm from the cuff, extending to the root of the fingers on the back of his hand. Chen Zilong thought to himself: "Even if this person sits on a chair and chats with us and drinks tea, he is still a fierce tiger who may choose someone to devour at any time!" (To be continued.) )