"What a pity!" Chen Tao got into the carriage, tossed the silver in the baggage, and sighed: "Ke Rong's kid is not bad, but it's a pity that people are too stupid." ”

"Hmph," Chen Ling'er said a little unconvinced, "Is he also a good name?" Just like him, he couldn't even withstand a round of Tian Xi's cousin. ”

"Alas, don't talk much about people!" Chen Tao stroked Chen Ling'er's hair quite distressedly and said, "No matter how bad people are, they have saved your life!" ”

"Didn't you just say he was a fool?" Chen Ling'er broke free of Chen Tao's palm and complained with an aggrieved face: "You know how to talk about me." ”

"I said he wasn't because of his skills," Chen Tao looked at his daughter's aggrieved appearance, and explained quite distressedly: "I said he was stupid because I gave him ten taels of silver, and he didn't ask for it." ”

"What?" Chen Ling'er's eyes widened suddenly, as if she had heard the most bizarre thing in the world, pointed in the direction of Ke Rong, and asked with an incredulous expression: "Don't want ten taels of silver?" Just like him, isn't it too little to put ten taels of silver? ”

"No, no," Chen Tao shook his head vigorously to deny Chen Ling'er's statement, "I think he lives a savage life in a remote mountain village, and he doesn't know what silver is, let alone the many places of silver." ”

"It doesn't matter if he's a savage or a beggar, it doesn't matter to me anyway," Chen Ling'er lifted the curtain of the carriage, poked her head out to look at Ke Rong, and then quickly retracted into the car, and asked Chen Tao: "If he fights with Cousin Tianxi, will he be able to survive a round?" ”

"You can't compare him to Tian Xi! There is no comparison between the two of them at all," Mr. Chen said.

Chen Ling'er didn't pay attention to Chen Tao, she opened the curtain and looked at the scenery on the side of the road and muttered, "I don't know how my cousin is doing now?" ”

"Don't worry about him, he has been appreciated by Tong Gongzi and has become a big man in Jiankang Mansion!" Chen Tao said to Tong Gongzi even if he respected and grateful: "When we are healthy, we should thank Tong Gongzi well, if there is no child laborer, can Tianxi be so prosperous?" ”

"Hmph," Chen Ling'er snorted coldly in disagreement with Chen Tao's statement: "With Tianxi's cousin's skills, he is a superior person everywhere. ”

After the battle of Baihuling, Chen Tao and the others' views on Ke Rong completely changed, they respected Ke Rong's skills, and they were even more curious, and several of them rushed to talk to Ke Rong.

"Brother Ke Rong," one of the guards asked Ke Rong with a curious expression, "where did you learn this skill?" ”

"My mother taught me," Ke Rong thought of his mother and lowered his head sadly.

"Then your mother should be very powerful, right?" The guard continued to pester: "Then why don't you accompany your mother?" Running out alone? ”

Ke Rong only bowed his head and grieved, and didn't pay attention to the man at all. The guard closed his mouth in boredom.

After a moment of silence, Chen Kui came to Ke Rong, hugged Ke Rong's shoulders and said, "Little brother, do you know where your father is in Shandong now?" If you don't know the address, it's dangerous to run into something like that. ”

"I haven't seen my father," Ke Rong said, looking up and looking dejected, "I don't know what my father looks like, and I don't know where he is now." My mother only told me that he was from Shandong. ”

"How else can I find this? It's harder than looking for a needle in a haystack! Chen Kui was completely disappointed in Ke Rong's search for his father, but he still tried his best to find hope for Ke Rong, and continued to ask: "Then did your mother tell you anything else about your father?" ”

"My mother said that my father was a chivalrous warrior in Shandong and a great hero," Ke Rong paused slightly, and said proudly: "Twelve years ago, he was also a great general who commanded thousands of troops!" ”

"General?" Chen Kui asked with some doubts, "What is your father's name?" ”。

"It's called Ke Yin."

"Ke Yin, I haven't heard of it," although Chen Kui felt that Ke Rong's words were a little unbelievable, but he had seen Ke Rong's methods, and he believed that Ke Rong's father was a person who had participated in the war even if he was not a general, so he thought of someone, "If your father has participated in the war, there is someone who will definitely be able to help you find out your father's whereabouts." ”

"Who is it?" Hearing this, Ke Rong's face showed a glimmer of hope.

"Of course, it's Song Anping, the black gentleman of Jiankang Mansion!" The guard was once again unwilling to be lonely, and his face was full of admiration and admiration when he said Song Anping.

"Who is Song Anping?"

"Haven't you even heard of Song Anping?" Although Chen Kui was accustomed to Ke Rong's ignorance, he was still a little surprised when he knew that Ke Rong didn't know Song Anping, so he patiently explained to Ke Rong: "Now among the young generation in Jiankang Mansion, there are two people whose names are the loudest, one is Tong Guan's grandson Tong Lin, and the other is the black gentleman Song Anping!" ”

"Song Anping is terrible!" The guard snatched the words over again and said: "He is the son of Song Qing, the iron fan of Liangshan, the nephew of Song Gongming in time, and he is the protégé of today's loyal handsome Yue Fei!" ”

"Song Anping is still a civil and military all-rounder, he became the prince of the dynasty at a young age!" As soon as Song Anping was mentioned, those guards also came to their senses, and they all gathered around, rushing to explain to Ke Rong: "Song Anping's face is too dark, so everyone in the rivers and lakes calls him the black gentleman Song Anping." ”

"Alright, alright, don't shout," Chen Kui continued to Ke Rong after repelling everyone: "Song Anping has a very wide range of acquaintances, especially he is very familiar with the wars in recent years, so if you ask him about your father's whereabouts, you will definitely be able to find any clues." ”

"Can you take me to meet him, then?" Ke Rong didn't believe what these people said, but he still wanted to meet this amazing person, because he didn't have any clues about his father's whereabouts, and now that he finally had some clues, of course he had to grasp it well.

"Alas, this is difficult to do," Chen Kui sighed helplessly and said: "Song Anping and my son-in-law have always been on good terms, although we admire him very much, but we dare not go to see him!" ”

Hearing that Ke Rong's little hope that had just been ignited was extinguished again, Chen Kui looked at Ke Rong's lost expression and said quite sympathetically: "For your sake of saving my life, I can send you to the gate of Song Anping's mansion after you arrive at Jiankang Mansion, as for whether you can see Song Anping, it can only depend on yourself." ”

"Thank you so much, Brother Chen," Ke Rong was overjoyed when he heard Chen Kui's words, and kept saying thank you.

The farther north you go through Baihuling, the more refugees flee on the road. Some refugees take risks in order to fill their stomachs, block the road and rob, if they meet people who are as unlucky as themselves, they may also grab some dry food to fill their stomachs, but if they encounter any ruthless people, they may also lose their lives for a meal of dry food.

When Ke Rong and the others were about to arrive at Jiankang Mansion, they met two poor people who were desperate on the road. At this time, Chen Kui saw their ability, and in order to regain the face that had been lost, he fought with those desperate refugees with great interest.

Those refugees are hungry and even struggle to walk, how can they be Chen Kui's opponents, they were knocked to the ground by Chen Kui without going through two rounds, Chen Kui slashed at the poor people lying on the ground without the slightest pause in the big knife in his hand, just when the big knife fell, Ke Rong had already come to Chen Kui's side, kicked away the big knife in Chen Kui's hand, and spared those poor people.

After the two poor men were forgiven, they kowtowed to Ke Rong and Chen Kui a few times, and then ran west.

Two "whoosh" sounds sounded, and two arrows flew out of the grass on the side, hitting the two men's vests respectively. The two men wailed and fell to the ground.

Ke Rong was shocked by this sudden incident, and quickly ran into the grass to find out which hateful person had fired the cold arrow. But at this time, there was no trace of anything other than some overwhelmed grass in the grass, Ke Rong looked along the overwhelmed grass, and saw two black shadows flickering a few times before disappearing into the grass. Ke Rong stared at the direction where the two black shadows disappeared, stomped his feet fiercely, and quickly ran back, hugged a person lying on the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, and shouted to the stunned Chen Kui: "Medicine." ”

"Well," Chen Kui reacted and ran towards the carriage.

The person who was picked up by Ke Rong grabbed Ke Rong's collar with his right hand, stared at Ke Rong with resentful eyes, and after struggling a few times, he lost his breath.

Ke Rong looked at the dead body, recalling the resentful eyes that stared at him just now, and an inexplicable anger suddenly rose in him, and he secretly vowed, "I must avenge these two poor people." ”

Since this incident, Ke Rong's face was gloomy and he never said a word, and the resentful eyes of the poor man before his death lingered in his mind. In this way, Ke Rong and the others walked for a few more days, and then came to the west gate of Jiankang Mansion, the political and economic center of the country at that time.

The city gate of Jiankang Mansion was crowded with people coming and going, including refugees fleeing from the north, businessmen, soldiers and other people crowded into one place, and the noise was endless.

Ke Rong walked under the city gate, marveled at the tall city wall, and forgot about the hateful thing for a while. At this moment, suddenly there was a commotion from under the city gate, and the crowd under the city gate retreated to both sides of the road, making way for a way out. Then a dozen or so menacing men came out of this road, drank away one or two people who were occasionally on the road, and after clearing the road, they stood on both sides of the road with their hands behind their backs and a serious face. After a while, in the midst of everyone's complaints, a luxurious carriage slowly came, stopped in front of Ke Rong and the others, and blocked their way.