In the second year of Zhenghe, autumn.

Gu Chaoyun turned around the long pavilion as usual, bypassed the shade, and came to Sweet Water Lane.

It rained for half a month, but it couldn't wash away the sound of warblers and swallows here. Since the white peony was here because of a song of rain bells, the glamorous crown of Jinghua, after the fame moved the world, countless literati have been nostalgic here, even if it is the current emperor, it is not exempt from vulgarity.

In this way, it has created an unprecedented prosperous sheng song of "Sweet Water Lane".

Although it is a goulan tile shop, fireworks alley willows, but this "sweet water alley" only receives a reward every day is not a pound or two can be calculated, there are many people who spend a lot of money, such a piece of fat, naturally attracts a group of wolves to scramble.

If you want to talk about it in detail, this was originally the territory of the "Lost Heaven Alliance", but unfortunately since Guan Qi went mad, it was encroached upon by Su and Lei, and the first gang of famous martial arts in the past, and now a few people remember.

However, at the moment, this "Sweet Water Alley" is ownerless. Someone once tried to stretch out his hand, but it disappeared without a trace in less than half a month, although there was no owner in the open, but Su and Lei were fighting in secret, and they both wanted to bite off this piece of fat, so naturally they couldn't tolerate the covetousness of a third party.

Extreme Soul Chaos

In the light rain, there were bursts of osmanthus fragrance in the wind.

Gu Chaoyun came in a hurry, his face was slightly pale, and he coughed in his mouth, like a down-and-out scholar, with a chessboard under his arm.

But after walking for a short time, he suddenly stopped, stood under the rain eaves in a corner, and looked at the men performing in the rain on the street.

There are people coming and going, either prostitutes or drinkers, very few can stop and watch, and some people throw out a few copper coins from the restaurant on the side, and then let them turn a few somersaults with their toes.

The man was holding a spear, drenched, silent, and did not say much, but bent down and picked up a few large coins that had been scattered from the rain, and the consequences really turned over in the street, causing everyone in the building to laugh.

It was actually Gu Xichao, who had not been separated for a long time.

Gu Chaoyun sighed, and the five flavors of the sigh were really mixed, and it was extremely complicated. Such a civil and military figure who should have moved the world, but now he has been reduced to performing on the street for a few pennies, and the word fate is difficult to explain.

I have the ambition of a bird, and my heart is higher than the sky, so I can't bear to be humiliated and trapped in the mud.

He tried his best to become famous, and Gu Xichao did the same, but the difference between the two is that he never accounts for the ways and means of becoming famous, whether it is good or bad, as long as it is a big name. But Gu Xichao was only willing to take the right path from beginning to end, self-recommended and submitted, I don't know how many powerful people he knocked on the door, and he wanted to win fame in a dignified manner, but unfortunately he only got contempt and insult.

And the most unbearable thing is that Gu Xichao originally visited flowers in high school, but he was removed from his fame because of his lowly status, just because he was the son of a prostitute.

But he miraculously endured all of this, even if he was performing on the street and being ridiculed, he still didn't give up his desire to become famous.

Nine money, nine heels.

After Gu Xichao finished flipping, he also saw Gu Chaoyun under the eaves, and looked at Gu Chaoyun's appearance even more backward than himself, and couldn't help but have a wry smile of sympathy.

"Running out of medicine?"

Hearing this, Gu Chaoyun raised his eyebrows, but he just forgot to make an appointment with someone, and smiled with a smile: "Drinking? ”

"Good!"

The two turned and disappeared into the rain.

"Is that him?"

It's just that Gu Chaoyun didn't notice it, and at the same time as they turned to leave, in the "Sweet Water Alley" behind them, in front of the screen behind a green window, a gray-haired old man in blue clothes was sitting half-hidden and half-exposed.

The old man was over the age of six, sitting on his knees, his face was clean and clear, listening to the music in the building, he tapped his white index finger lightly, and his narrow eyes were slightly closed as if he was intoxicated.

"Hui Xiangye, this is this person, if you don't see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid no one would believe that there are two people who are so similar in the world."

The one who replied was actually one of the four people who lifted Di Fei's clothes and held an umbrella a few days ago.

"Hehe, when the storm is surging, there is such an extra person out of thin air." The old man had gray hair, gray eyebrows and gray hair, and his temperament was calm, but he was simply sitting, and he already had a compelling momentum, but his words were orderly and slow, "What is the origin of this person?" ”

This person first appeared in Jinling more than a year ago, and in just over a month, he established a gang called the "Money Gang", but it was quickly eaten up by other gangs, large and small; Then he went into business and was extorted; then went to join the army, but the military salary was greedy, and food and clothing could not be satisfied, so he cheated to death and left the camp; Later, he wrote a book and wrote a few wonderful poems, which can be regarded as famous, but there was a satire on the words of today's saints in the book, and he was imprisoned......"

The man said word for word, and in the end, even his own expression gradually became strange.

The old man laughed even more when he heard it.

"Hahaha, both civil and military? It's really bad luck, and there are enough bad luck. ”

He looked at his kneeling subordinates in front of him and asked, "In my opinion, he does so many things in just two words, do you know which two words?" ”

The man bowed his head and said respectfully: "My subordinates don't know." ”

The old man smiled: "One is famous, and the other is profit." Now that he has entered the capital, and he wants to make a name for himself in chess, I am afraid that his efforts will be in vain, and he is only to blame for having this face. ”

"You, step aside!"

After laughing, the old man commanded again.

When his subordinates retreated, the old man glanced out the window in the rain and said with a smile: "What do you think?" ”

"It doesn't matter what I think, what matters is how Xiangye looks."

A stiff voice sounded coldly from the shadows in the corner.

It turned out that there was another person in the house from beginning to end.

The man stood in the shadows, with a pair of black boots exposed, and could only barely see a very thin and tall figure, with a bag on his shoulders and his head half-bowed.

The old man said, "Just say it." ”

The man thought for a moment and raised a pair of grim and cold eyes, "It is said that Lei Shen is the most terrifying person in the 'Six and a Half Hall', but in my opinion, Di Fei is the most feared and hidden danger. Right now, Su and Lei are fighting, if at this time, Di Fei is shocked that the hall master is frozen by Li Daitao, then he will only have to wait until Su and Lei fight to the point of life and death......"

At this point, the man in the shadows didn't say anything more.

The old man smiled and stood up, "This is an unprecedented wonderful dark chess, if you use it well, the capital is at your fingertips, and if you don't use it well, it's just an insignificant little person." The question is, how do I control this dark piece? ”

The music downstairs has stopped.

The old man walked out, his tall figure suddenly bent, and his smile was already a little more flattering and flattering.

Of course, he was not facing the people in the house, but at the people outside.

"Since it's a dark chess, there are naturally not too many people who know, and if they can, I hope even Di Fei doesn't know it."

The old man said as he walked.

The man in the shadows muttered for a moment, "I see. ”

The words fell, the half-hidden wooden window was suddenly covered, the candle on the table twisted slightly, and then looked, only the old man was left in the room.

The old man smiled like a fox, straightened his sleeves, opened the door, and a person walked in with a smile outside the door.