Song Ran immediately explained: "There are not many idlers in the inner city school. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and there is an advantage to meeting in the inner city - most of the people in the inner city will only remember the identity of Prince Jun Li in the Suzaku Mansion, and will not think about the Black Bamboo Society. ”

"But I never go to study too much—just as I would never go to the Guards in the inner city. ”

"In the eyes of the Tai students, Jun Li Gongzi is a guest at the Qing Talk Party, and he and I sit next to each other, and it is not surprising that I have a good acquaintance. It's just that if the Lord Tian of the Prince's Mansion knows about this matter, he will inevitably laugh at the prince again. ”

"It's a good thing to laugh -- a person like me, who is not familiar with poetics, should listen to some literary lessons and make up for it. If it weren't for Suzaku, I wouldn't be able to explain it, but I'm afraid I should still apply for a too many students. Xia Yan was a little joking.

Song Ran laughed. "As the son of Jun Li in the inner city, whether you are enrolled in school or audited, no one will stop you. But...... It's not necessary to be too frequent, since I'm in Lin'an, I have my own means of collecting black bamboo news, if it's something important, you don't have to go out of your way to meet me. If you have any doubts, I will come to you. ”

"How did you come to me?"

"There's always a way. Song Ran smiled, "I don't know anyone like today, but I still see it, right?"

The two talked about the situation in the inner city for a while, and Xia Yan told the ins and outs of this trip to Dongting, and then asked about some details in the records of previous years. It turned out that the Song family had a huge collection and a few unique libraries, and the Black Bamboo Society's mission record books were sealed into the bookbox once every two years, which only accounted for half of them. In addition to recording and collecting books, the family is also accustomed to exploring all kinds of news in the martial arts for the Black Bamboo Society, and excerpting important excerpts for reference, but in the past twenty or thirty years, the mountains and rivers have been turbulent, and this kind of anecdote book is more recorded in some of the movements of the Jiangbei Jinjing, and there are fewer things in the rivers and lakes.

Song Ran said half-Chen, half-like to himself: "I am studying in Taixue, it is convenient to read books, of course I don't have to move the books at home, and there is no need for martial arts anecdotes and general records of Heizhu - even if there are things I don't remember, Ah Ke must remember them." Only the booklet of the Black Bamboo Society's record task is inseparable from the record, and it must be carried in full to Lin'an. This time I was in a hurry, and only brought a few boxes with the keys in my hand, which is about seventeen or eighteen years old. Earlier, I explained that it would be shipped together when the Akes came. ”

Xia Yan heard it strangely, "The box with the key? Brother Ran means - seventeen or eighteen years ago, there is no key?"

"This ......," Song Ran explained, "Prince Jun Li should know that once the booklet of the Black Bamboo Society to record tasks is sealed in the bookcase of the library, it must be unlocked by the leader of the Black Bamboo and the Zhilu with the keys in their respective hands before it can be opened and consulted. But now, there shouldn't be a key in Jun Li's hands, right?"

"The key?" Xia Yan thought for a moment, "The old leader, Zhang Gongchang, also stepped down unofficially, and the key was never handed over, most of it was still in his hands. - It's strange that Ling Daxia didn't mention this to me. ”

Song Ran shook his head, "Ling Li didn't mention it because he never got this key either." Before Yu Rui's predecessor was imprisoned in the prison, he was already on good terms with Ling Li's son, and he didn't expect to be suddenly captured, so it was impossible to hand over the key in advance. After that, Ling Li Gongzi stayed in Heizhu for a short time, and after Brother Gong Chang succeeded him, he thought that he had searched everywhere, but he never found it, and his father guessed that Yu Rui's predecessor was captured with the key with him - since he was in the prison, everything on his body must not be able to stay, and after so many years, it must have been lost. ”

"It's lost—can't you make a remake?" Xia Yan wondered.

Song Ran still shook his head. "This key is not so much a key, but a very delicate spring, and this one in the hand of the record must be meticulously buttoned before he can open the lock of the bookcase. The father of the fierce son is good at delicate machinery. If that key was so easy to make, wouldn't he have made it long ago?"

Xia Yan stopped talking now. If you can't even make Qu An, this machine spring must be really tricky.

"Fortunately, those records of the past are not needed on a daily basis. Song Ran said again, "It's been so many years—there's nothing important to check anyway." The box couldn't be opened, so my father found another one to store the records of the past ten years. At first, I also asked Ling Li Gongzi if he needed to make another pair of keys for the new box, and the two were in charge separately, but Ling Li Gongzi said that these contents were not a secret to the executive record, so only one key was used, and it was kept by his father. This saved my father a lot of trouble, but now that I think about it, although it is convenient for us, it also alienates the connection between Zhilu and the leader of the black bamboo. Now, Heizhu respects the prince of Jun Li, taking advantage of this change of events, how to deal with this matter in the future, why don't you also make an explanation. ”

"It's easy to store it in the future, but it's a trouble to keep old things open. Xia Yan said, "Everyone in the rivers and lakes says that the booklet of the Black Bamboo Society is a rare thing of great value, and it can afford to stir up the bloody wind and rain in the rivers and lakes in the big way, and it can also provoke relatives and friends to turn against each other and turn against each other -- but it turns out that we can't even get it ourselves, and we can't see it? Since Heizhu regards this matter so important, it is always inappropriate to deceive ourselves like this, right?"

"Childe is right. Song Ran admitted, "So except for the head of the Black Bamboo and our ruling family, this matter is never mentioned inside and outside the Black Bamboo Society, if people know, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble." It wasn't for me that I didn't think about it—I really couldn't, so I had to try to break the bookcase open—and wait for Ah Ke to bring it in. ”

Xia Yan thought about it for a while, and it could only be like this, so he nodded and said, "I'll talk about it when you have settled down in Lin'an." ”

After talking about the record, Wutongxu has already passed, and Qingbo Gate can be seen in the distance. Xia Yan stood up and said, "There is one more trivial matter to ask Brother Ran." ”

Song Ran hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, Jun Li Gongzi just asks." ”

"The leader of the East Water Alliance, I don't know if my brother knows?"

"The leader of the East Water Alliance...... Why did Childe suddenly ask this?"

"Just a little curious. Xia Yan said, "I heard that the Dongshui Alliance is the Jiangnan Zhengdao Martial Arts Alliance, but in recent years, there seems to be very little activity, and this alliance leader doesn't seem to like to show up, which is a bit mysterious." The Zhilu family is well-informed, and the brother is even more travelling, I don't know if I know a thing or two. ”

Song Ran said with a smile: "I haven't had the pleasure of meeting the leader of the Dongshui Alliance yet, but as far as I know, the current leader of the Dongshui Alliance should be surnamed Qu, but the adopted son of the previous leader of the Qu Alliance, who took over after his death a few years ago. Although the main hall of the Dongshui League is located in Jiankang, the whereabouts of this alliance leader are very uncertain. There are two local theories in Jiankang, one is that the leader of the alliance walks the rivers and lakes all the year round, helping the needy, but does not leave a surname, so no one can know his identity for sure; ”

"It's not easy to record the family fruit - I didn't get the details of this Dongshui Alliance leader even if I inquired about it, but my brother actually knew his surname and identity. Xia Yan smiled.

"Don't hide it from the son, the housewife happens to be from Jiankang's family, although she doesn't know anything about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but I have been to Jiankang many times because of this, so I have heard some news from the leader of the Dongshui Alliance, but I don't know if it is true. Song Ran also smiled, "But I remember that there is a sentence about this alliance leader in the record of the deacon, which should be true, saying that this alliance leader did two things at the beginning of his tenure, one is to change the name of the original 'Jiangxia League' to today's 'Dongshui League', and the other is to send a letter to the alliance leader of the famous factions, hoping that Jiangnan Zhengdao can unite and unite to support each other and help each other...... That's what it means. ”

It sounded like he wasn't like an idle. ”

Song Ran shook the fan in his hand that had never been opened again, "I don't think so." ”

"What do you mean?"

"This Qu Alliance leader should have been quite ambitious at first, otherwise, he would not have changed his name and sent a letter at the beginning of his tenure. However, several years have passed since this incident, and up to now, the thunder and rain have been small, and the East Water League has never made any achievements in the rivers and lakes, let alone any prestige that surpasses its predecessors, does this show that this Qu League leader may have no ambition but no strength? Judging by his original actions, he should not be willing to be a nameless person, so if the rumors of his chivalry and righteousness everywhere are true, he should leave his own name and the name of the East Water League -- since he does not, I am willing to speculate -- His intentions have not received much response from Jiangnan Zhengdao for many years, and seeing that the Eastern Water Alliance is declining day by day, he is disappointed and frustrated, so he simply gives up on himself and no longer pays attention to these things, and he has become a fool in his mouth. ”

Xia Yan was silent for a while. A few days ago, he sent people to guard near Xiafu, and overheard a report that the Dongshui League had sent an envoy to Xiajiazhuang, and the intention was unknown. Because someone bought Xia Chen's life a few days earlier, he was a little like a frightened bird, and immediately tried to inquire about the details of the East Water Alliance. The news in Lin'an City is very convenient, speaking of this Dongshui Alliance, as Song Ran said - although everyone knows that it is the Jiangnan Zhengdao Martial Arts Alliance, but if you want to say what achievements it has, it really can't be said, and even who the name of the alliance leader is, I can't inquire for a while. In contrast, the predecessor of the Dongshui League, the "Jiangxia League", is more famous, and even - Xia Yan also learned - the Jiangxia League and Xiajiazhuang have a very deep origin: thirty or forty years ago - during the Jianyan period, the old capital Kaifeng fell, and many martial arts people in the Central Plains went south, and met with the Jiangnan martial arts righteous warriors who heard the news and went north to meet with the righteous warriors of the south of the Yangtze River, and set up a martial arts conference on the spot in a village called Dongshui near Jiankang, forming an organization, vowing to seize the land and resist gold, because the meeting was located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it was called "Jiangxia League" at that time The first leader of the alliance was also the initiator of the rally, Xia Wuzhi, the owner of Xiajiazhuang at that time, and a righteous man from Jiangbei. In the following years, the two of them had a sword and a gun, and they were called "Jiangxia Shuangxiong", and they led many times to face the Jin people in battle, which can be said to be the first soldier, and the reputation of Xiajiazhuang's "first village in the south of the Yangtze River" was obtained from that time.