When he got up early in the morning, An Wuyu opened the almanac.

On the third day of the seventh month, the month of the Lunar New Year, and the day of Renchen, it is advisable to visit friends, make alliances, sacrifices, and pray for blessings.

"Sure enough, it's an auspicious day for the zodiac. He couldn't help but sigh.

After reading the six letters, An Wuyu didn't sleep well all night. When I woke up in the morning, I felt as if I had suddenly been dozens of years younger, time was like a song and the future was bright, and I had a kind of idea of seizing the day.

Twenty years ago, the second uncle passed on the secrets of the clan that had lasted for more than 300 years to him. He knew that his ancestor was originally surnamed Duanmu, but he didn't expect it to be the giant deer king of the previous dynasty.

Only then did he understand why his ancestors wanted to pass down the patriarch's secret training: destroy Dahua and restore the ancestor's surname.

For more than ten years, he has been busy in secret, and he has never seen anything to do, and he is almost disheartened. It wasn't until Dahua had recently given birth to so many disasters that his mind of reverting to the great cause of his surname came alive again.

Of the six letters sent by Yu Lingyi, five were for An Wuyu to solve his doubts, and the other was for An Wuyu's hope.

A hope that makes An Wuyu think that it is worth paying all the costs for it, and desperately fighting for it.

Yesterday was an appointment, and the two met outside the gate of the Star Picking Pavilion at the beginning of the hour, and estimated that the time was almost up, An Wuyu picked up the sword and went out.

... ...

Chu Zhong went to Anxian, and there were only six masters left in the jaw king's mansion, Du Chong, Qingji, Hua Fang, Ying Sheng, Qi Qi, and Tao Tao, but fortunately, the two pro-soldiers who had just been promoted were not bad at martial arts.

Although he knew that it was very dangerous outside, Xia Chengxuan had to go out today.

In the stable, a team of pro-soldiers each led a horse to stand still, and the four unicorn chariots were also lined up in turn, and Xia Chengxuan got on the front chariot without thinking.

A tall and thin man who looked like Lu Jianting took a few steps forward, approached the wind window and waited for orders, only to hear a voice from inside: "Sword Star, go to the Yiwang Mansion." ”

Lu Jianxing responded with a "yes!", and then called "up!", and the soldiers got on their own horses, and the husbands took their places, and slowly walked out of the small gate of the palace.

The Yiwang Mansion and the Jaw Wangfu are more than 30 miles apart, which is half an hour's footsteps.

Xia Chengxuan didn't ask someone to send the post first, he knew that Xia Chenghuan would definitely be in the house at this time.

According to the current situation, the Yiwang Mansion, the Jaw Palace, and the Zhen Wangfu can't fight the Yun Wangfu, and only when the three work together can there be a chance to win, Xia Chengxuan decided to take the first step.

The team stopped at the side gate of King Yi's mansion, Lu Jianxing took out the waist card and gave it to the palace guard, and then said to him: "Our family has something important to discuss with Chenghuan Shizi, go and report it quickly." ”

After finishing speaking, he led the team straight to the house.

The guards looked at me, I looked at you, and no one dared to come forward to stop me.

... ...

Although the Chen family is considered a big family in Zhuzhou, they rarely interact with people. Therefore, Zhuzhou is still in the state capital, and even the people know very little about the Chen family. Even who the head of the Chen family is and who the people in the house are unknown. In the eyes of the people of Zhuzhou, the Chen family is engaged in the trading of medicinal materials, and there is a Zhuangzi with a large area in the Chen family in the southwest of Zhuzhou, and that's it.

Such a net worth is considered a giant in Zhuzhou, and no one has to use some crooked brains. However, whether it is the government or the bandits, no one has taken more than half of the advantage.

Over time, everyone also knew that the Chen family was by no means a good type, and slowly they all stayed away from it.

The Chen family has always been unhospitable, except for the servants who go out to buy some vegetables, meat, and firewood, the door of the mansion is closed almost all year round, which adds a bit of mystery to it.

The Chen family, which has not been entertaining guests all year round, has come to a guest today.

In the living room of the Chen family, an old man with yellow hair and withered hair was sitting quietly.

"Brother Xiaoyu has been waiting for a long time, and the near north is far away!" Chen Jinbei, who was white and slightly fat, walked quickly, apologized all the way, and smiled happily.

The yellow-haired old man returned the salute with his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm bothering again, don't be suspicious of the near north." ”

Chen Jinbei looks to be in his fifties at most, and looking at the face of the yellow-haired old man, he is too old to say the least, but the two are called brothers and seem to be quite familiar with each other.

After a few words of greetings, the host and guest sat down, and the yellow-haired old man got straight to the point and explained his intentions, "Last month, an elder of the Xu family found a pig iron mine in Luzhou, Zhulan County, with huge reserves that are unheard of. ”

It turned out that this yellow-haired old man was the eldest of the three brothers of the Xu family, Xu Xiaoyu, who had been hidden for many years.

"Oh, it's so good that there is such a thing!" Chen Jinbei's eyes widened, and he slapped his leg hard, shaking his face slightly.

Xu Xiaoyu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This elder originally just went to find green saltpeter alchemy, but he unintentionally found this mine, it is really a godsend!"

"Haha, exactly!" Chen Jinbei couldn't help nodding, and suddenly said to Xu Xiaoyu, "Can't let the court know about this!"

"The imperial court is now too busy to take care of itself, how can it be on prospecting now? And we have taken care of the Luzhou Mansion, and the official government yamen will never interfere again. At the end of last month, the Xu family had bought the five mountains where the vein was located from the state government. More than 400 households within a radius of 50 miles of the ore vein, the Xu family also gave each family a lot of money, and bought them fields in the state capital. Before I came, I had sent nearly 1,000 people to prepare for the opening of the mine. After Xu Xiaoyu finished talking about the reason here, his face became a little embarrassed, and he said, "However, the terrain of the mineral deposit is quite steep, and if you want to open a mine, you have to hire people, set up tools, open mountains, and build roads, which costs a lot of money, so I found the door." ”

Chen Jinbei smiled, his face was full of pride, and he replied loudly: "Brother Xiaoyu is polite! Money is nothing but things outside the body, and life does not bring it to death." The elder brother has this ambition, and the younger brother really admires it very much. If they can contribute to the great cause, the Chen family is naturally duty-bound! How many taels of silver are needed, but it is okay to talk about it. ”

The two have a great friendship and can be described as confidant. Xu Xiaoyu seemed to expect that Chen Jinbei would not refuse him, so although he listened to his answer, there was no discoloration on his face.

He stroked his yellow beard and said in a deep voice: "Opening mountains and building roads are hard work, and the wages for the servants should be preferential, and daily clothing, food, and lodging must not be insufficient. ”

"This is nature!" Chen Jinbei nodded in agreement.

"The matter of mining must not be delayed, except for the servants, there are people who supervise them day and night, and it is best to be from the rivers and lakes. Xu Xiaoyu said in a deep voice.

Jianghu people have always been safe with money, can do martial arts, and can also suppress the scene, and they are the best candidates for supervisors.

"That's good!" Chen Jinbei agreed.

From the doorman to the helper who sweeps the floor and cooks, Chenjiazhuang is all veterans of the rivers and lakes. Jianghu people value reputation, take people's money, and want to eliminate disasters for others. Some dead people even don't even want their lives for money, but they rarely hear of any cases of taking money to betray their masters.

"There are a lot of equipment needed for iron smelting, and it takes a lot of time to prepare them and prepare them all, so it is best to order them now. Xu Xiaoyu said again.

As Xu Xiaoyu said before, although he has found the ore vein and bought the mine, if he wants to mine the mineral deposits, he still needs to hire people, open mountains, build roads, and place tools. It takes a lot of time to open the mountain and build the road, and during this time, it is just the right time to find someone to forge the tools needed for smelting.

"That's how it should be!" Chen Jinbei replied with a smile.

"I want to hire some famous iron wrought masters and blacksmiths from Dahua to Luzhou, and all the things of forging and smelting tools will be done at the foot of the mountain. Xu Xiaoyu said again, "The casters under the mountain, the mountain is opened, the road is repaired, and the small workers who have to help the lining are indispensable." ”

Chen Jinbei groaned slightly, touched his nose, and said, "I'm afraid that it can't be done without 10,000 people." ”

Xu Xiaoyu shook his head and said with a smile: "Rough estimate, at least 30,000 people are needed!"

The more people who want it, the bigger the mineral deposit, and for them, the bigger the mineral deposit, the better.

"That's it, wonderful!" Chen Jinbei put his palms back and forth and laughed.

There are four difficulties in planning this major event: raising money, collecting grain, buying soldiers, and refining weapons.

Among them, the first difficulty is refining.

In order to prevent civil uprisings, the imperial courts of various countries have extremely strict control over pig iron ore veins, and it is difficult to build a large number of weapons. Therefore, in the past, the civil rebellion has rarely succeeded, but the army rebellion has been successful.

If you have money, you can collect grain, you can recruit troops and buy horses, and now that you have this mine that can refine weapons, things have already been completed.

The two looked at each other for a few breaths, and seemed to be able to see the raging flames burning in each other's eyes.

"How much money will be spent on this matter, the Chen family will bear it. Chen Jinbei is said to be Xu Xiaoyu.

The Chen family has money, and some have money. However, this money is not blown by the wind. Chen Jinbei is willing to help the Xu family open a mine regardless of gains and losses, because of the ancestral teachings that the Chen family's ancestors have not passed down from the previous generations.

Destroy Dahua, restore the ancestral surname.

It is true that the Chen family is rich and can rival the country, and it is not false that Dahua is declining, however, if the Chen family plans this big thing, it is still no different from a grasshopper shaking a tree.

Chen and Xu became good friends, and after Chen Jinbei became the head of the family, he learned about what Xu Xiaoyu was planning, and he has been secretly helping each other all these years.

He didn't know why the Xu family was so paranoid about this, and he never asked why. But he knew that the two were like-minded people in the vast sea of people.

Yes, there should be an Wuyu here, and the three of them are close friends.

They have always kept a tacit understanding, that is, they will never investigate each other's details, and they never ask the reason for the whole thing, which is not only a guarantor, but also a kind of self-preservation?

"One million two hundred thousand taels. ”

Xu Xiaoyu didn't think much about it, and answered it in one bite, obviously it had been measured in detail in advance.

Everyone in the world thinks that the Xu family is a century-old family in the martial arts, not only has a deep martial arts background, but also has an extremely solid family background.

In fact, although the Xu family has accumulated a lot of family resources over the past hundred years, it is far from enough to support their pride over the years. Most of the money spent is the money of the bank.

In the past, it was tens of thousands of taels or tens of thousands of taels borrowed every time, and at most it was only 150,000 taels at a time, but today, Xu Xiaoyu asked for 1.2 million taels as soon as he opened his mouth!

Chen Jinbei nodded slightly, lowered his head and thought, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, raised his head and exhaled heavily.

Xu Xiaoyu kept looking at him and did not ask or urge.

"I'll give you two million taels. Chen Jinbei put down the teacup and said with a straight face.

... ...

The palace guard found Xia Chenghuan on the mourning hall.

Xia Muren's funeral has long been completed, but the mourning hall of King Yi's mansion has not been removed. Every morning, noon and evening, Xia Chenghuan will come here to guard the spirit of his deceased father.

"Father, how can I take the palace with me, my mother, brother, and sister out of the current predicament?"

This sentence, Xia Chenghuan didn't know that he had asked hundreds of times in front of Xia Muren's spiritual seat.

"Shizi, Chengxuan Shizi asks to see, now... He went straight into the house, we couldn't stop him, and now he should be waiting in the side hall. The government guard reported tremblingly.

According to the hospitality rules of large households, guests should send a prayer post before visiting, so that the host family can arrange the time.

If the prayer has not been sent beforehand, the guest must wait outside the house until the host's family agrees before entering the house.

The palace guard let Xia Chengxuan enter the side hall directly, obviously breaking the rules of the palace.

"Xia Chengxuan?"

Hearing these three words, Xia Chenghuan Huo Ran got up, walked quickly to the side of the guard, and pulled out the saber at his waist.

I thought it was the prince of the world who was so angry that he wanted to cut himself, but he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground. Unexpectedly, Xia Chenghuan carried a knife and ran straight to the side hall, leaving behind the palace guards who looked ignorant and surprised, kneeling on the ground for unknown reasons.

"Bang!" Xia Chenghuan came up and kicked Xia Chengxuan, who was standing in the hall with his back, to the ground.

Before he could get up, he kicked him in the chest again, kicking him all over.

"If it weren't for the people of the Jaw King's Mansion who dragged the Divine Sentinel Camp all the way, why would my father have been killed?"

The more Xia Chenghuan thought about it, the more angry he became, and the whole person almost went crazy.

Seeing that Xia Chengxuan had just struggled to stand up, Xia Chenghuan slapped him in the face again, slapping him so hard that his mouth and nose were covered with blood.

The so-called poor and rich martial arts, the children of the royal family, there is no one who does not practice martial arts. Xia Chenghuan is twenty-eight years old and has been practicing martial arts for 20 years, so his skills are naturally not weak. These two feet and one palm are unreserved, and they have beaten Xia Chengxuan to the point that his viscera is rolling, and his ears are ringing and dizzy.

"If you hadn't sent someone to make trouble all the way, the Divine Sentinel Camp would have rushed to Pingshangyuan a long time ago, how could my father have been killed by thieves!"

Xia Chenghuan roared angrily, his brows already distorted with anger. After finishing speaking, he clenched the handle of the knife with both hands and slashed at Xia Chengxuan's neck.

The blade was less than two inches from his skin, and finally stopped.

Xia Chenghuan panted heavily, his eyes cracked, like a demon.

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

It was as if hundreds of voices whispered in his ear. His hands holding the knife were also shaking slightly, and it seemed that hundreds of undead were pushing the blade towards Xia Chengxuan's neck.

Xia Chenghuan pressed Xia Chengxuan's shoulder with a knife, and several cuts had been made in his neck, and blood flowed out, staining his robe collar red.

Rao was still standing upright, his eyes were tight, and his face did not change color.

From the beginning to the end, he never said a word, not even a muffled snort.

He remembered exactly what he had done on his trip: pleading guilt and making an alliance.

"Son, it's not his fault..."

"Son, it's not his fault..."

"Son, it's not his fault..."

Just when he was angry and lost his mind, there seemed to be hundreds of other voices whispering in his ear, which was clearly Xia Muren's tone.

"Father......"Xia Chenghuan sighed softly, and two lines of tears burst out of his eyes.

With a "clang", he finally threw the bloody knife in his hand aside.

... ...

After talking about business, Chen Jinbei led Xu Xiaoyu for a walk in the yard.

Although it is not yet autumn, the osmanthus tree in Zhuangzi has bloomed some small flowers, and the fragrance is already refreshing.

Walking on the trail, the two talked and laughed all the way, which is worthy of being a friend of the year.

They all keep a lot of secrets in their hearts, and they can neither tell others to listen to them, nor ignore them, for a long time, they have had less fun and more worries. Both of them thought that it would be a blessing in their lives to meet such like-minded people in their lifetimes.

Regardless of the success or failure of the great cause, if you have good friends like Qingqing, you have no regrets in this life.

"I heard that the Wulin League is going to be reorganized again on the rivers and lakes, do you think that the Xu family will not miss such an opportunity?" Chen Jinbei changed his words and asked Xu Xiaoyu.

Dahua's martial arts are extremely strong, and if they can work together, they are really a very strong force. If you can become the leader of the martial arts alliance and control the world, even the Dahua Emperor has no need to be afraid. With the Xu family's status in the rivers and lakes, they are naturally qualified enough to compete for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance.

What's more, how can the Xu family be an ordinary martial arts family?

"The third brother is already preparing for this. When the bastard boy learned of the third child's thoughts, he left a letter and disappeared, saying that he was going to lobby the big shots. Xu Xiaoyu said with a smile, with a bit of joy on his face.

"I'm afraid it's not easy to do. Chen Jinbei stopped and said, "The Salt Gang, the Imperial Wind Dart Bureau, the Suxin Palace, the Little Golden Mountain, and the Liuturbidity Temple are also not to be underestimated. ”

Although the people of the Chen family don't walk around the rivers and lakes much, they have always copied a copy of the letter from the Star Picking Pavilion. Chen Jinbei can be said to be that he knows everything in the world if he doesn't go out.

The major sects he said, not only are there a lot of people, but they also have first-class masters, if they have a heart, they may not be much weaker than the Xu family.

"Not bad. Yi Qilin, Zhang Suiguang, Yun Xiaomeng, Jin Shenfeng, and Master Ruyan are all masters who have been famous for a long time, and their martial arts are all superb. Xu Xiaoyu said, "The few people in the back are okay, against Yi Qilin, um... They met in Duanwangfu in the capital last month, and the third said that he was only fifty percent sure. ”

After coming out of Duanwang's Mansion, several people sat together to discuss the situation in the rivers and lakes, during which Xu Xiaoyi deliberately sensed Yi Qilin. He could feel that the opponent's martial arts had not regressed due to old age, but had improved a lot, and he was sure that he would never be sure of victory.

"Brother Xu, the Xu family should pay special attention to Yun Xiaomeng. Chen Jinbei Zhengse said.

Xu Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then understood, and asked, "Oh? This Yun Xiaomeng also deliberately concealed his martial arts?"

"I don't know. Chen Jinbei shook his head and said, "Brother An has a good relationship with Yu Wuyue, you know." Six years ago, Yun Xiaomeng won Jin Shenfeng in Xiaojin Mountain, and he was present at the time. Afterwards, Brother An once told me that Yun Xiaomeng has been passed on by his ancestors and will be the first in the world in the future. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Xiaoyu's face was shocked, and he muttered, "When Yu Wuyue passed away, Yun Xiaomeng was still young, but I really didn't expect her to be able to pass on the truth. Wu Yu never told me about this festival. ”

At this moment, Chen Jinbei's eldest son, Chen Luzhi, walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xu, father, Uncle An brought one person to the house. ”

The two of them were all happy when they heard this, looked at each other and smiled, "It's rare that the three of us got together again today." Suddenly remembered that Chen Luzhi said that An Wuyu came with one person, and asked, "Who is the other person?"

"I don't know, it's a British Wuhan son in his fifties. Chen Luzhi replied.

Xu Xiaoyu patted Chen Jinbei and said with a smile: "No matter what, it's just right that he asked about Yun Xiaomeng." ”

... ...

When Xia Chengxuan returned to the stable, all the guards saw that his mouth, nose, and neck were covered in blood, and they were all shocked and angry, and they pulled out their swords one after another.

"What are you doing!" Xia Chengxuan said coldly, "Put away the knife!"

"Shizi!" Lu Jianxing had already rushed to the bottom of the corridor, and when he heard this, his face was unwilling. Lu Jianting and Xia Muchao died together in Tianmen City, and none of the Lu family had any complaints. Lu Jianxing also recommended himself and took over his brother's class as the guardian centurion of the palace.

The Lu family received the kindness of the Jaw Palace, and several generations could not repay it clearly, even if they wanted Lu Jianxing to die for Xia Chengxuan, he would not frown. Seeing the young master's description, it was obviously abused and insulted, how could he stand it?

"Sword Star, go, don't ruin my big thing!" Xia Chengxuan scolded sharply.

Lu Jianxing is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that he will not be loyal. As soon as I heard that I was going to harm the young master, I had to hate and put the knife into the sheath.

Xia Chengxuan entered the last compartment and said in a deep voice: "Go out of the city and go to the camp of the white-clothed army!"

... ...

Chen Jinbei and Xu Xiaoyu were walking back, and they ran into An Wuyu and Yu Lingyi after less than a hundred zhang.

"This yellow-haired old man in front of him is a master!" Yu Lingyi sighed in his heart, "Dahua is worthy of being a martial saint, just by entering the courtyard, there are two people who are not weaker than me." ”

"Master!" Xu Xiaoyu was also secretly frightened, thinking, "When did there be such a powerful character on the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that he is not worse than me." ”

An Wuyu hugged Chen and Xu and said with a smile: "I heard that Brother Xu was also here, I thought I heard it wrong." Ha ha...... It's really beautiful!" Then he pulled the two of them to Yu Lingyi's side, and said with a smile: "This is... Mr. Yu. He has a very important matter for you. You said that it was a coincidence, he thought about it on the way here, and when he went out from this mansion gate, he went straight to Ruozhou to find Brother Xu. Haha, it's really heaven and it, I didn't expect Brother Xu to come to this mansion today. ”

How could such a coincidence be done if it was not intentionally done by God?

If God intends to match, doesn't it mean that what a few people are planning has already come to date?

When you have the sky, why worry about big things!

Thinking of this, his heart couldn't stop boiling.

Both of them had been friends with An Wuyu for many years, but they had never seen him laugh heartily, and they couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and they both thought, "What is it that makes him so happy?"

Yu Lingyi, Chen Jinbei, and Xu Xiaoyu greeted each other, and said with a smile: "Yu came here today, and he really has something important to discuss with Mr. Chen. As the Pavilion Master said, the next person Yu is going to look for is Mr. Xu, but I didn't expect Your Excellency to happen to be here, it's really good!"

Chen Jinbei knew that the matter discussed by Yu Lingyi and the two of them must be extremely secret, so he said: "In this case, it is better to change places and sit down and talk in detail." ”