The sky is clear, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the evening breeze is hunting, it is already mid-spring, but the night cold is still expected to hit people. The moonlight is shining, the wind lantern hangs high above the arrow tower of the city tower, and the school field is a thousand steps square outside the gate of Yongyang West City, only to see the crowd on the school field, and the horses neigh, all of them rushed from the direction of Suyi to wait to enter the city.

Xu Ruyu heard his father introduce Yongyang City, and at this time, he looked up at the city tower and was shocked in his heart. Jiangjin is one of the four capitals in the world, and it is the first line of defense of rivers and Jinshui waters. The semicircular urn city spans about 200 steps, the platform is five zhang high, there are four arrow towers on both sides, all of them sit in the east and west directions, and are built on the city platform that is five zhang high. The arrow tower is all heavy eaves rest on the top of the hill green trimming, the front building and the back building, the front is up to more than ten zhang wide, up and down four floors, a total of 48 arrow windows are opened.

Xu Ruyu secretly said to himself, thinking: As the saying goes, attack the city tenfold, and the Yongyang City in front of him is so solid that he is afraid that he can't attack it by brute force. Jiang Yunuo saw him stunned and asked him what was the matter, and he chuckled and said, "I didn't expect it to be so troublesome to enter the city." ”

Jiang Lingtian took over the words on the side and said: "The original advanced city doesn't need to be so troublesome, and the four gates of Yongyang are also accessible day and night, but now that there is a war in Wanling in the north, it has become cautious. ”

It turns out that Yongyang at night, first open the urn city gate, only allow a certain number of people to enter the urn city, close the urn city, after careful inspection, open the inner city gate, let it enter the city. This is troublesome, but effective in preventing the enemy from attacking the city. However, if you don't want to go out, you can only spend the night in the school field outside the city and stay until tomorrow morning.

When Jiang Lingtian was explaining to Xu Ruyu, the five beam gates of the urn city were opened from the inside at the same time. The crowd hurriedly followed the flow of people across the moat bridge, and the gatekeepers were put into the urn city in turn. There are three cast iron gates in the infield, the middle is higher than the sides, and the three iron cast gates are more than two zhang high, which is convenient for giant equipment to enter and exit. This is the real west gate of Yongyang City, five feet thick, controlled by a giant wooden winch, waiting for the urn city to close, the slightly lower door on the left side slowly opens, and the dull sound of the winch rolling can be heard clearly.

Entering the city, looking around, it is so imposing. The streets and alleys are dense like spider webs, the main road can accommodate four horse-drawn carriages, and the three-story brick and wood structure is lined with shops. It's been a long time since nightfall, but the restaurants and liquor shops are brightly lit, the lanterns along the street are tall, the wine flags are in the wind, and from time to time there are women in red clothes and green sleeves leaning on the railings and laughing and resentful, which is extremely charming.

Xu Ruyu became fascinated for a while, and thought: Chaojing's city may not be so magnificent.

Jiang Lingtian lived under Yongyang's rule, and as soon as he reached his residence, he ignored everything else, and pulled Xu Ruyu straight out.

"There are four famous names in the world, and Yongyang cannot be among them, in fact, Yongyang City is located in a corner of the East China Sea, and it has only risen in the past 20 years. When it comes to the wealth of the world, Yongyang can be said to be the best in the world. Wanling Chen family, Yongyang Mei family, Tairuxi family are all seashore salt drying family, but the East China Sea salt merchants rely on salt to make a living, more than 10 years ago Gongliang Youqin and the three families and the alliance no longer set foot in the East China Sea, Yongyang Hainan Airlines reopened, since then, Baekje's good horses, Youji's sharp blades, Bohai's fine iron, Qingzhou's porcelain, as well as the southern counties of incense, tea and wine, silk, rhino horn, ivory, gold, silver artifacts are mostly exchanged here. Therefore, there is a saying: the rich people in the world are divided into two to gather in Xijing, two to gather in Yongyang, Jining, Jiangjin, and Rongcheng are also gathered in one point, and the other three are scattered in the world. Although this is an exaggeration, it also shows the momentum of Yongyang approaching the largest city in the world. Brother, I like this city the most, I have to come here every month to live, and now Wanling is in a war, and the situation is tight, so I will ask for my surname to live and settle down. ”

Jiang Lingtian was very interested, and he kept talking, not waiting for Xu Ruyu to express his opinions, and talked endlessly: "I will take you to Dongsheng Street in Xicheng now, where the night market will not stop when it comes, pen and ink, books, treasures and antiques, calligraphy, paintings, tablets, jewelry, clothes, all kinds of food, everything. Now there are all kinds of acrobatic and opera performances on the streets, which are very noisy. What's even more rare is that there are all kinds of people there, and the news is the most well-informed. Chen Zifang is also the number one person in the East China Sea, and he must be able to inquire about it there. ”

Although Xu Ruyu had lived in Jiangjin Dayi for half a year, at that time Yongning had friction with the surrounding counties, commerce and trade had plummeted, and he no longer had the momentum of one of the four capitals in the world. The current Xu Ruyu seems to be a countryman entering the city, and he has been regretted by the momentum of the first city in the world, but he is just following Jiang Lingtian to shuttle through the flow of people.

Jiang Lingtian suddenly stopped in front of a four-story restaurant with heavy eaves and blue tiles, Xu Ruyu didn't realize it for a while, and almost hit him headlong, so he could stop his pace and take a closer look at this wine shop.

The buildings along the street are all three-storey bricks and woods, but this building, four floors high, painted heavy eaves, flying to pick the bright moon, in the long street, if standing out from the crowd, Yiren reads power. I thought: Dongsheng Street was destroyed in the war more than 10 years ago, and was rebuilt by my father, when my father designed Dongsheng Street, he once said that the buildings along the street were laid out in accordance with the "three squares and one wall, four and five patios, and corner buildings".

Xu Ruyu shook his head while thinking, but he couldn't figure it out.

Jiang Lingtian ignored him, and said while pulling him in: "The best place to drink, there are two places in Yongyang, one is the 'Yuji Pavilion' in the north of the city, and the other is the 'Picking the Moon Tower' in front of you." The pavilion is too elegant, not a child of a big family, not allowed to enter, I usually hate the rules of the door valve the most, and I don't bother to go if I am invited. This picks the bright moon building, the elegance and vulgarity are not limited, and they are not refused. But here you have to drink good wine, but it depends on the ability of each man. You can enter this floor if you have money, but the best drinks served are the ordinary wines that can be bought in markets such as Pingcheng Autumn Dew and Jiannan Yakuharu. If you want to drink Fenyang Quol, Chu Yuanchun and other high-quality wines, you have to go up to the second floor to drink. However, those who have a bad name in each county are not allowed to enter, those who are unclean are not allowed to enter, and ordinary gangsters are not allowed to enter. But if you want to drink the jade pot spring snow exclusively brewed by Mingyue Building, you have to go to the third floor of the sword to pick Mingyue to taste it, and there are also limited people and limited quantities, and more than three pots are not served a day. My brother was fortunate enough to drink a few pots, but he felt that the aroma was rich, mellow and sweet, the aftertaste was refreshing, and the aftertaste was long. Chen Ang drank the jade pot Chunxue and once said: 'The three families next door are drunk'. Look, at the mention of this, my wine worms wake up. ”

Jiang Lingtian patted his stomach, entered with a smile, ignored the bustle downstairs, and raised his feet to the second floor. A young man in Chu Yi stood by the stairs, with a smile on his face: "Master Jiang, I'm back to Yongyang today." ”

Jiang Lingtian smiled and patted his shoulder, nodded yes, and didn't say much, leading Xu Ruyu upstairs. While climbing the stairs, he shouted: "Ning boy, your Jiang Ye is here." ”

Xu Ruyu went up to the second floor at the beginning, and suddenly felt another world, in which the silence was different from the bottom floor, but Jiang Lingtian's shouting was particularly abrupt. Xu Ruyu knew that although the eldest brother seemed to be rough and free, he was actually a person who knew etiquette, and there must be another reason for this, so he smiled and said: "This second floor can't help but make a loud noise? ”

"Forbidden others can't help me, thinking that I just accidentally became the head of the gang, but the evil woman forbade me to go up to the third floor, you say hateful? I don't feel comfortable finding something awkward for her. If it weren't for my brother's unwillingness to reveal my life experience, my brother and I would be able to taste the spring snow of the jade pot again today. After that, he looked at Xu Ruyu with a pitiful look.

Xu Ru smiled dumbly and ignored it. Here, a brocade-clothed guy came over and responded: "Ning boy come to listen to Jiang Ye's orders." ”

Jiang Lingtian pointed at Xu Ruyu and said to the little girl: "This is Xu Ye, my brother who just got married today, you go to find the evil woman, ask her if she can be accommodating, let us go up to the third floor." ”

The little guy whispered "Xu Ye" and went upstairs. Jiang Xu and the others did not sit down, and stood there waiting. Jiang Lingtian pointed to several long weapons on the west wall and said, "The third floor needs to be unswordsled to go up, it seems that there are already a few people on it today." The wicked woman must be entertained above. ”

"If you call the word 'evil woman' again, you won't have to come up to the second floor in the future." A bitter sound fell from the sky, and then the man walked down the stairs. Xu Ruyu looked at the stairs in surprise and thought: This person's voice is really good. A young woman walked down with a smoky eye, her clothes fluttering, Peicui fighting, her sleeves revealing her wrists, her ten fingers were slender, and she looked forward to the brilliance of others. Xu Ruyu forgot to avoid looking at him for a while, and when he met his eyes, he couldn't help but shake his heart. I thought: Her appearance is glamorous, but her eyes are rare and clear, and her deep pupils are as quiet as a baby, which is exactly like the "beauty and leisure" mentioned in the ancient poem, which is comparable to Sister Youli. When I saw her approaching with a smile, I saved myself from staring at others all the time, and I was embarrassed, only to feel that the roots of my ears were slightly hot.

The woman was obviously used to seeing this kind of situation, so she didn't care, and said softly: "This is Xu Ye." ”

Jiang Lingtian was not confused by her beauty, grinned, but he didn't dare to mention the word evil woman again, and said: "Yun Niang, this is my brother Xu Ruyu who I worship today, can you let my two brothers go upstairs today?" ”

Yun Niang was taken aback, Ning Yue came up to the mountain and said that Jiang Lingtian had brought a brother to drink, and thought that it was a gang under him, but now she couldn't help but treat Xu Ruyu differently. She didn't give Jiang Lingtian a good face, and said: "The rules have not changed in the past fifteen years, naturally they will not be changed because of you, if Xu Ye deserves the word celebrity, you can naturally go up." ”

Xu Ruyu knew that although she had changed her opinion of herself a little because of Jiang Lingtian's relationship, she didn't value herself too much. I didn't care about it in my heart, thinking that the most important thing now was to find out the news of Chen Zifang and the others as soon as possible, and said to Jiang Lingtian: "Big brother, we are also good on the second floor. ”

Yun Niang smiled: "Although I can't go upstairs, Yun Niang is willing to take the lamp with her own hands to celebrate the two of you." I'll go and order the dishes. ”

Ru Yu saw that she didn't ask what dishes to order after she finished speaking, and walked straight away, obviously very familiar with the eldest brother, but he didn't know why the eldest brother had a bad attitude towards her, but he was actually a little afraid.

The little guy standing next to the bottom stairs came up and said to Jiang Lingtian, "Master Jiang, Ma Sanfu is waiting downstairs to see you." ”

"Tell him to come up and speak."

The little guy's face was embarrassed, and Xu Ruyu knew that this Ma Sanfu not only couldn't come up to drink, but also didn't have the qualifications to go upstairs.

Jiang Lingtian couldn't help but look at each other angrily, and shouted, "Do you want me to say it twice?" ”

At this time, Yun Niang came over, asked the reason, and ordered the little maid to come down and let people come up. He sighed and sat down.

"This rule is not very reasonable, but this was set by Liujun back then, and no one can change it."

"Xu Xing only said that those who are famous are not allowed to enter, and he has not said anything else." Jiang Lingtian retorted, but his voice was contrary to his thick voice, and it seemed to be talking to himself.

Xu Ruyu heard that this building was related to his father, and his interest increased greatly, but seeing that his eldest brother was so afraid of Yun Niang, he found it even more interesting. Fang was about to ask, and the little guy came up with the gang named Ma Sanfu.

Ma Sanfu greeted the uncle. The second master knew that the uncle was back, and he couldn't get out of it for a while, so he asked me to listen to the uncle's orders. ”

"It's the Pingcheng Gang again?"

"Yes. But now the other party's tone is soft, and now the second master is bringing someone over to negotiate. ”

"Oh, got it." Jiang Lingtian's tone was extremely light, he glanced at Xu Ruyu, and said, "You go to find someone to find out if Chen Zifang, Chen Ang's first apprentice, has come to Yongyang today." Okay, I'll wait for you here, check the truth and come quickly. ”

Yun Niang stopped: "I know where Chen Zifang is, you tell him to go down." ”

Jiang Xu and the others were taken aback, Jiang Lingtian waved his hand to let the gang go down, but he remembered something, and said: "After eating below, let's leave, if there is nothing else, call the pot bar." ”

Xu Ruyu looked at the people who went downstairs gratefully, knowing that the eldest brother was not a royal servant, but a surname like this, but he was even more loved by his subordinates, and he couldn't help but feel deeply. I thought: The eldest brother is still the leader of the Su Gang, and he will definitely ask what is going on.

Yun Niang didn't directly say where Chen Zifang and the others were, but asked Jiang Xu and the others why they were looking for someone. Jiang Lingtian didn't hide it from him, but just covered up Xu Ruyu's identity and didn't mention it.

Yun Niang was in awe, and said: "Xu Ye ran more than 600 miles in two days and two nights to report the news, it is really the work of a righteous man, please go upstairs, Yun Niang is clumsy." Xu Ruyu smiled bitterly and thought: You just don't know the relationship between me and the Chen family. But I heard her lower voice and say, "Chen Zifang is upstairs." ”

Jiang Xu and the others were startled, but they didn't say anything, and went upstairs.

Jiang Lingtian asked people to look for Chen Zifang, and the voice was quite loud, and Chen Zifang and the others heard it upstairs. When Yun Niang brought people up, Chen Zifang and the others looked at Jiang Xu and the others with deep vigilance.

Xu Ruyu recognized Chen Zifang and Chen Shuyu upstairs, and also recognized that the two people next to him were the two teenagers who had suffered together under Bayang City. Xu Ruyu understood why Chen Ang knew that he was in Jiangjin City back then. Chen Zifang is nearly thirty years old, with a wide face and fine eyes, and fine lines at the corners of his eyes, showing that he has a lot of heart for Wanling. Chen Shuyu's face is like a peach blossom, but her appearance is as if she was enlarged four or five years ago, and there is no major change between her eyebrows and eyes. And the two young men are like crowned jade, and they still have the shadow of the old name, which is very easy to recognize. Five years ago, Xu Ru looked like a child, but now his face has changed a lot. He knew the multitude, but the multitudes did not recognize him.

Yun Niang introduced: "Chen joins the army, this is Su Bang Jiang Ye, and this is Xu Ye. "Chen Zifang has no military position in Wanling, only the post of military lieutenant, and he is called a military lieutenant by Yun Niang.

When Chen Shuyu saw this young man, he didn't speak, but stared at her, his pretty face was cold, and he didn't wait for Yun Niang to finish his introduction, and interjected: "Why are you looking for us?" He didn't stand up, and his tone was point-in-cheek, as if he was questioning the next person.

Jiang Lingtian was originally a newly rising tycoon in Yongyang, and when he saw Chen Shuyu speaking disrespectfully, he couldn't help frowning, looked at Yun Niang, and didn't speak. But it was Chen Zifang who was old, stood up and arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be the Yongyang great man Jiang Lingtian Jiang Ye, in Xia Wanling Chen Zifang, I just heard that Jiang Ye has something to find here, I don't know if Zi Fang can hear it?" ”

Jiang Lingtian's face was relieved at this time, and he returned the salute on behalf of Xu Ruyu and told all the things he had heard the night before, and told the truth about the several people in Baishi he met on the road.

After hearing this, Chen Zifang said: "When we go ashore today, we will receive news that someone wants to be in Yongyang to be unfavorable to us, but the words are unknown. Let's go to Mingyue Tower to wait for the exact news. After speaking, he introduced Chen Shuyu and the three to Jiang Xu, the two teenagers, the older one is called Tian Wenguang, and the younger one is called Chu Wenchang.

Chu Wenchang and Tian Wenguang both stood up and thanked Jiang and Xu. Chu Wenchang said: "We were going to Mei's house to inquire, but the master instructed me to immediately go to Mingyue Tower to find Uncle Yun Qingxu in case of an accident. ”

Yun Niang saw that Xu Ru's face was puzzled, and explained: "My father was invited to Daxing Island by Mei Tiecao. ”

Xu Ru foolishly saw that his godfather Chen Ang was also guarding against the Mei family, and it seemed that the Mei family should be inseparable from this incident. When he was about to express the doubts in his heart, the noise of the boiling sky outside suddenly disappeared. Everyone looked shocked, pushed the window and looked, hundreds of soldiers were quickly blocking the long street, and the roofs around it were already guarded by dozens of black-clad soldiers in strong suits.

Everyone looked at each other, and Yun Niang snorted coldly: "Liangmei Tiecao doesn't have the courage to come up with a knife to catch people." ”

Jiang Lingfeng thought for a while, but said: "No, let's go down, if Mei Tiecao is really not jealous of the people's will to come up and forcibly take people, pick Mingyue Tower in Yongyang City, and lose its transcendent status." ”

Chen Zifang and the others didn't want Xu Xing's rule of unstabbing the sword and picking Mingyue to be broken, not to mention that everyone had weapons downstairs, so they got up and walked downstairs.

When I went downstairs, I saw that the second floor had been occupied by more than 20 samurai, and a man with a high crown looked out of the window with his back hand, and his blue silk robe was very well organized, and there was no trace of wrinkles. When everyone went downstairs, he turned around and looked at everyone, letting them go to get the blade without hindrance. Xu Ruyu saw that his face was beautiful, and remembered his eldest brother's evaluation of being stunningly beautiful, and knew that the person in front of him was Baishi Yin Weixiu. Seeing that he was confident, I knew that he had arranged it. Pulling Jiang Lingtian out of the crowd, he said: "Xu Ruyu in Xia Jiangjin, this is my eldest brother Jiang Lingtian, today we have taught a few minions for Brother Yin, does Brother Yin need to mobilize the crowd to come from Baishi?" Xu Ruyu had always used the name "more vulgar" in Wanling, and now he reported his family, and he was not afraid that Chen Zifang would recognize him.

"Oh, what Brother Shitsuru said was done by you." Yin Weixiu didn't see annoyance, but smiled toothily, and said: "The four crane brothers don't forget to provoke right and wrong when they carry out important tasks, thank you two for teaching you a lesson." I have not come this day for this thing, but for the four who are behind you. ”

Xu Ruyu pretended to be surprised, and said: "Brother Chen Zifang and my brother are very compatible, although it is the first time they have met, but they are invited by the jade pot spring snow, if Brother Yin does not have a good reason, the two brothers will ignore it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to walk the rivers and lakes in the future." Everyone saw that his words seemed to hinder Yin Weixiu's actions, but in fact, they cleared up the relationship with Chen Zifang. Everyone despised his behavior, and Yun Niang was even more disdainful.

Although Jiang Lingtian had only known Xu Ruyu for one day, he was as old as before, knowing that he had other plans, and Xu Ruyu secretly pinched his hand, ruthlessly ignoring the expectations in Yun Niang's eyes, and said: "Brother, there is a battle between them, and we can't interfere. ”

After that, regardless of Yin Weixiu's reaction, he went downstairs hand in hand with Xu Ruyu. There were still three stairs left, and at first glance, Yin Weixiu shouted behind him: "Slow." ”

Xu Ruyu stepped back to the clouds, the clouds swirled upward, swept upwards, and a few points of light and vertical seemed to be stepping on the void, drifting back to the original place, Jiang Lingtian was still a little slower than him.

Everyone suddenly lost color, looked at each other, and the surprise in their hearts was undoubtedly expressed on their faces. Yin Weixiu's face was calm, but the surprise in his heart was far greater than that of everyone. At the beginning, he saw that his posture was upright, his limbs were open, his eyes were cloudy, and there was no sign of Dan Qi running and storage, but when Xu Ruyu was an ordinary martial artist, he didn't want to, but he returned to his side with a slim posture that was almost incarnatable, and he could barely catch his traces with his eyesight, so his realm was really something he couldn't guess?

Xu Ruyu asked calmly, "Brother Yin still wants to keep our brothers?" ”

Yin Weixiu was frightened, and couldn't help showing a trace of panic in his eyes, and said, "Oh, no. You two haven't paid for the drinks yet. ”

Xu Ruyu looked at Yun Niang. Yun Niang saw that he was so skilled and got out of battle, and even more despised his behavior, her pretty face was tense, she didn't look at them, and said to the empty space: "Mingyue Lou should have disdained to let this kind of person in, Yun Niang was clumsy, and now she disdains to accept money from this kind of person." Yun Niang said that she was clumsy twice today, but this time she said it in an extremely sad tone.

Xu Ruyu knew that she was even more distressed by her eldest brother's betrayal, and she couldn't care too much, so she had to wronged her eldest brother.

Xu Ruyu unscrupulously unfolded the Buyun Body Method, and left the Mingyue Tower with Jiang Lingtian and went into the distance. The figures of the two disappeared from everyone's sight like wisps of smoke in the night.

"Even if Yin Weixiu is shrewd like a ghost, he was bluffed by you today." Jiang Lingtian was overjoyed.

I'm afraid that it may not last long, and after a long time, he will definitely be suspicious. Big brother needs to set up a party to let me get out of the city as soon as possible, Xu Bodang and Mei Tiecao must have joined forces with Qingzhou to deal with my godfather. ”

"Now the Mei family will definitely lock down the city and not allow the news to leak out, so that they can catch Chen Ang off guard. The arrest of Chen Zifang may be a ritual of their union. It's easier for me to get out of town. ”

"Brother Lian was misunderstood by Yun Niang, and I don't want to go. And the eldest brother is the head of the Su Gang, if his identity is revealed, what will happen to the Su Gang? After I left the city, my eldest brother could immediately explain to Yun Niang, thinking that she would definitely return from hatred to love. When Xu Ruyu said this, he couldn't help but squeeze his eyes. Immediately, his face turned solemn again, and he said: "Pick Mingyuelou's status is transcendent, Yun Niang should be fine, but Chen Zifang and the others still want the eldest brother to take care of them on their behalf." ”

Ling Tian thought that this was the only way to go, and couldn't help but sigh. It is more than 600 miles to Zehu Zhuyi, and Mei Tiecao and Xu Bodang will block it heavily to prevent news leakage. It was not easy for Xu Ruyu to deliver the news safely before the three families suddenly attacked.

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