Zeng Zhilin, Wang Feng and the Zhao family brothers and sisters chatted for a few words, and the rear team of Wang Kunjun and others had already rushed over. Because the place where everyone met had just gone through a fight, and there were a lot of corpses lying on the ground, so at Zhang Weixin's suggestion, on the one hand, Chang Shengjun and a housekeeper surnamed Sun from the Zhao Mansion were arranged to take the guards and family members to collect the corpses, and on the other hand, they moved everyone else to a certain distance away to rest temporarily.

After everyone found a place to sit down, Zeng and Wang introduced them to each other. Everyone else didn't have any special feelings, but Zhang Weixin's heart moved when he heard the other party's name Zhao Anyi, and found that this name was the same as a certain name in his memory. However, he did not immediately ask the other party for verification, but verified his judgment by knocking on the side during the conversation with the other party.

In the face of the life-saving benefactor, Zhao Anyi did not intend to deliberately hide anything, and happily explained his identity to Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other latecomers, and that his party was returning to Kaifeng after returning to his hometown Dingzhou to visit the deceased on behalf of his brother Zhao Pu. When the word "Zhao Pu" came out of Zhao Anyi's mouth, Zhang Weixin dared to be sure that he was not mistaken, this Zhao Anyi was indeed the younger brother of Zhao Pu, the founding prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, in the time and space before the time and space. Now, his own people have saved the lives of him and his family, so they naturally have the opportunity to catch Zhao Pu's line. Although in Zhang Weixin's impression, Zhao Pu should still be just a military judge, but a seventh-rank official. But he also remembered that after Zhou Shizong's Chai Rong expedition to the south in the third year of Xiande, Zhao Pu would intersect with Zhao Kuangyin, and soon became an important staff member and official under him. If Zhao Pu and Zhao Kuangyin can get in touch, it will be of great benefit to the team's future development in the Central Plains.

Although the team has now contacted Chai Rong through Master Tai, after all, Chai Rong's reign is very short, and no one can guarantee that the team will be able to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains before Chai Rong's death. Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Weixin decided to have a good relationship with this Zhao Anyi and take the first step for the team to enter the development of the Central Plains Dynasty. Therefore, Zhang Weixin first whispered to Wang Kunjun and Xu Shaoan about the relationship between Zhao Anyi and Zhao Pu, and after obtaining the approval of the two, he began to display his excellent eloquence and set up a relationship with Zhao Anyi.

At this time, Zhao Anyi was full of gratitude to the traverser, so he gave a positive response to Zhang Weixin's deliberate overture, and the two quickly became acquainted and began to communicate relaxed and casually.

Through communication, Zhao Anyi found that these businessmen from Youzhou were very different. These people are not as vulgar as ordinary businessmen, on the contrary, they all show good insight and learning. In particular, the one named Zhang Weixin not only has a lot of insights into the general trend of the world and the strategy of governing the country, but also has a lot of knowledge in poetry and poetry and Confucian classics, which surprised Zhao Anyi. The brave and well-equipped guards, coupled with the extensive and knowledgeable master, made Zhao Anyi more and more unable to see through this strange caravan.

For a moment, Zhao Anyi even began to suspect that this caravan might be a spy sent to Great Zhou by the Liao State. However, this kind of thought is only a flash, after all, the less noticeable the spy is in the enemy country, the better, how can there be such a big and swaggering spies in the market, and it is a large group of spies who swagger through the market together.

Therefore, Zhao Anyi quickly put this unrealistic idea behind him and redevoted himself to talking to his life-saving benefactor. The atmosphere of the conversation between the two sides became more and more enthusiastic, until Chang Shengjun and Zhaofu Sun Steward, who were in charge of cleaning the "battlefield", came to report that the bodies had been cleaned up, the injured family members had been properly disposed of, and the convoy could be back on the road.

Since Zhao Anyi and his entourage also returned to the capital Kaifeng, the two sides decided to join the two teams to rush together, so that they could take care of each other. Especially Zhao Anyi, with this dangerous experience, he naturally hopes to have a strong team of bodyguards to walk with him.

Therefore, under the arrangement of Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, Zhao Anyi and others, the vehicles and people of the two sides began to be mixed. Just when everyone was making corresponding adjustments, Chang Shengjun, who was responsible for the unified arrangement of guards and family members, discovered a strange phenomenon. He found that the tall and not weak martial arts family member of the Zhao Mansion did not appear in the team of the family members assigned to him by the Zhao Mansion housekeeper, but was silently sorting out his things far away from the convoy. Moreover, judging from the behavior of the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion and the other family members, it seems that they do not care very much about this skilled family member. This made Chang Shengjun wonder, he called Steward Sun of Zhao Mansion, pointed to the famous family Ding and asked puzzledly: "May I ask Steward Sun, that blue-clothed family Ding Weishenme over there does not act with other family members, could it be that Zhao Gongzi has other arrangements for him?" ”,

Steward Sun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and after looking in the direction of Chang Shengjun's finger, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Little Lao'er thought that Chang Guard was talking about whom, it turned out that he was talking about Xu Xinsheng and Xu Zhuangshi." Don't hide it from the guards, this Xu Zhuang is not my Zhao Mansion family, so naturally he will not listen to the dispatch of the old man and the guards. ”

"He's not the Zhao Mansion's guard?" Chang Shengjun said more and more strangely, "But before I went down, I clearly saw him fighting side by side with the Zhao Mansion Family, and it seems that he killed the most bandits." ”

"Don't worry, listen to Xiao Lao'er explain it to you," Steward Sun pointed to the "family ding" and explained, "Although that Xu Zhuang over there killed the thief with the Zhao Mansion, he has nothing to do with my Zhao Mansion. He was just a passer-by who didn't know me before, and when the bandits tried to rob my Zhao Mansion convoy, he happened to pass by, and when he saw a strong man blocking the road, he desperately drew his sword to help. To say, this Xu Zhuangshi is not only tall and strong, but also has superb martial arts, if it weren't for his help, I'm afraid that we might not be able to hold out until you come to the rescue. ”

"In this way, this Xu Zhuangshi can also be regarded as a good man who 'sees unevenness on the road and draws his sword to help'," Chang Shengjun commented.

"Chang Guard's words are right," Steward Sun agreed, "this Xu Zhuangshi can also be regarded as our life-saving benefactor." Therefore, my second master also planned to give him some money to show his gratitude, but he didn't ask for it. He also said something like the Chang Guard just now, 'When a hero sees injustice, he should draw a sword to help, but not to earn money'. Later, my second master saw that he was a real man with courage, backbone, and not greedy for money, and he liked him very much, so he intended to accept him as the head of the nursing home of the Zhao Mansion. Unexpectedly, he didn't agree immediately, saying that he wanted to think about it. However, he promised to go to Kaifeng with the Zhao convoy before that, and when he arrived in Kaifeng City, he would give my second master an exact answer. Since he didn't immediately agree to my second master to be a nurse, he naturally couldn't count on my Zhao family. ”

Speaking of this, Steward Sun shook his head, obviously not understanding why Xu Xinsheng didn't immediately agree to his second master's invitation. In his opinion, this Xu Xinsheng is obviously from an ordinary person in terms of clothing, and it is estimated that he usually relies on taking care of the homes of large families or selling art in exchange for food. Now there is an official eunuch - although he is only a seventh-rank official - asks him to be the head of the guard, and instead of nodding his head immediately, he says that he will think about it carefully, which is too much. Although he can be regarded as the life-saving benefactor of the Zhao Mansion, and the Zhao Mansion will try his best to repay his kindness, it would be a bit wishful thinking for him to make any excessive demands on the Zhao Mansion.

Chang Shengjun listened to Steward Sun's introduction, and not only praised this Xu Zhuang in his heart, but also didn't understand that he hesitated to get a good job at his fingertips, and he had to wait until Kaifeng City to make a decision. In this way, Chang Shengjun paid attention to this Xu Xinsheng. Not only did he start to pay attention to Xu Xinsheng's every move, but he also reported the situation to Wang Kunjun and others. Of course, the reason why he paid attention to this matter was not for curiosity, but for the sake of recruiting talent for the team. In his opinion, this Xu Xinsheng is physically strong, strong in martial arts, and very chivalrous, if he can recruit him into his own team, he will definitely become a good player.

Of course, Chang Shengjun will not relax his vigilance because of Xu Xinsheng's chivalrous style. After all, the other party is a stranger, and he knows very little about him, and he will not let the other party know that he has the intention of soliciting until he thoroughly understands the identity of the other party.

Chang Shengjun's report and solicitation suggestions also attracted the attention of Wang Kunjun and other committee members, who agreed with Chang Shengjun's suggestion and also let Zheng Zhiwei, a professional from the review department, participate in Chang Shengjun's jihua, so that the team could better grasp the details of this person.

With the approval of the three committee members, Zheng Zhiwei and Chang Shengjun began to take action, and in the process of the team going to Kaifeng, they used all the opportunities available to contact this Xu Xinsheng Xu Zhuangshi, hoping to understand his personality characteristics, hobbies, identity and family history, and all the information related to him.

But what made Zheng and Chang feel a little disappointed was that this Xu Xinsheng had a strong sense of self-protection, and he could only get some innocuous information with all his efforts. It wasn't until the convoy arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, only one step away from Kaifeng, that they only figured out that this Xu Zhuangshi was from Shandong, and had been farming in Shandong for a living. Later, because of the changes in the family, his relatives passed away one after another, and the family property was exhausted, leaving him alone, so he had to leave his hometown to earn a living. Relying on the martial arts he had learned for a long time before, and his body was very strong, he made a living by doing hard work and selling tricks along the way, and he came here all the way.

Zheng and Chang seem to know a lot of these things, and they also coincide with what Xu Xinsheng and Zhao Anyi said, but in fact, there is not much really useful information in them. This general introduction did not explain the exact reason for the destruction of his own family, let alone explain that after Weishenme came out of Shandong, he did not go to a big city like Kaifeng to seek a living, but went to the Zhouliao border area in the north, which was not very peaceful, which was obviously unreasonable.

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