Chapter 13: The Meeting of the City God
Chen Mingye and Cai Ling'er had lunch and wandered for half an afternoon to the City God Temple, and now the sun is setting, and the night is approaching, but the two are stupidly sitting and looking at each other, like stone carvings.
Cai Ling'er pouted sullenly: "Bearded, I'm really going crazy." ”
"You said that you called me Brother Night, little Lingzi. Chen Mingye casually touched her head again.
"I don't!" Cai Ling'er shook off his hand unhappily, "Bearded man, tell me what the hell you're waiting for." ”
"Don't worry," Chen Mingye chuckled, stretched out his finger and pointed in the direction where the gate was, "Look, he's not here." ”
Cai Ling'er turned her head to look, but she happened to see a middle-aged man in a gray robe enter the door.
"We waited for a long time just to wait for him?" Cai Ling'er looked at the middle-aged man curiously, her big eyes sparkling.
"Maybe. Chen Mingye replied.
The gray-robed man looked quite square, but his body was a little thin, he glanced at the door seemingly casually, and soon fixed his eyes on the two teenagers under the locust tree in the courtyard.
"Your surname is Chen?" He didn't dodge or dodge, and walked straight over and got straight to the point.
"It's me. Chen Mingye nodded, "Who is Your Excellency?"
"My surname is Jiang, I don't think you recognize me. The gray-robed man smiled lightly.
Chen Mingye thought for a while: "It's only the first time I've come to Southern Xinjiang, so naturally I don't know Your Excellency. ”
"Hehe, you don't recognize me, I know you, boy, do you know who you are now?"
"Your Excellency is thinking about asking me to come, what can I do to help?" Chen Mingye said unhurriedly.
"Why should I help you? Not to mention a fugitive, what can I do. The gray-robed man said with a smile.
Cai Ling'er, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, suddenly tightened her eyes at this moment.
Chen Mingye was still indifferent: "I remember, the city lord of Anshun City seems to be surnamed Jiang." ”
Cai Ling'er on the side glanced at him and said, "How can he be Jiang Hechuan, the city lord of Anshun?" I heard my grandfather say that Jiang Hechuan is the top master of the Nine Grades of Martial Arts, and no one in the entire southern Xinjiang can be unbeatable, how can he be such a thin uncle with a mediocre appearance?"
"Hahaha," the gray-robed man laughed, "You kid is really not polite at all. ”
"Xiao Lingzi, don't be rude, this should indeed be the Jiang City Lord. ”
"How do you know?" Cai Ling'er pouted, obviously not believing.
"See if you can sense his breath. Chen Mingye said.
Cai Ling'er frowned slightly, silently sensed for a moment, and then said with some surprise: "As soon as my aura reached his body, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no sound. ”
Chen Mingye nodded: "The entire southern Xinjiang can thoroughly grasp my every movement and still have this cultivation, except for Jiang City Lord, I really can't think of anyone else." ”
"You kid is really smart, it's not in vain that I still wanted to recruit you to be my cheap son-in-law at that time. The gray-robed man apparently admitted his identity.
"......" Chen Mingye was stunned, "Could it be that the Jiang City Lord saw me a long time ago?"
"Your father and I are sworn brothers, and you happened to be born the year I entered Beijing for the assessment," Jiang Hechuan said with a smile, "I have not only seen you, but also hugged you." ”
Chen Mingye was completely stunned at this moment, he never expected that there was such a relationship between himself and this Jiang City Lord: "So that's the case, that kid has seen Uncle Jiang." ”
"You're not afraid I'll bluff you?"
"I don't know the family seal of the Chen family, but if the Taoist priest in the restaurant can draw it, I know that the person who asked me to come will not harm me. Chen Mingye said lightly.
Jiang Hechuan nodded: "That Taoist chief is a good friend of my grandfather, but he just helped me a favor." ”
"Uncle Jiang's grandfather......?" Chen Mingye was shocked in his heart, not only guessing a little bit of the secret of southern Xinjiang, but also deeply doubting the identity of that person.
Jiang Hechuan nodded and said, "Yes, the one enshrined in this City God Temple is my grandfather." ”
"......" Chen Mingye was silent.
Cai Ling'er was excited: "That general of Nanchu is your grandfather?"
He pacified the rebellion in southern Xinjiang, gathered the hearts of the people in southern Xinjiang, and also made Southern Chu no longer have the worries of southern Xinjiang, so that he could free up his hands to focus on the north and guard against the attack of Haoming and Lihan. Jiang Hechuan said, "It's just that Haoming has a fierce general like Chen Shuo's predecessors, who swept the world and finally helped Haoming dominate the Eight Desolations." Although he was in a different camp at the time, his grandfather told Chen that his predecessors had been friends for a long time. ”
"So after Haoming unified the Central Plains, in view of the prestige of the Jiang clan in southern Xinjiang, for the sake of stability, he let the Jiang clan guard the land of southern Xinjiang for generations?" Chen Mingye had a guess in his heart, these things had never been seen in the history books.
"Not bad. ”
Chen Mingye was puzzled: "In that case, how could the one in the capital let me come to Southern Xinjiang?"
Jiang Hechuan said: "The Chen and Jiang families have never intersected, your father and I met by chance in the capital, and no one knows about this relationship. ”
"I see, that kid will have to rely on Uncle Jiang to take care of him in Anshun City for the next few years. Jiang Hechuan is his father's best friend, and Chen Mingye is not polite.
"Hehe, you kid is not polite at all," Jiang Hechuan twisted his long beard and scolded with a smile, "Those two officials who escorted you have already entered the city to ask for you to be wanted everywhere, and I have already sent someone to put them in prison." I want to toss you all the way, how do you want to deal with it. ”
Chen Mingye sighed: "It's another disaster to let it out, not only to me but also to Uncle Jiang, so let's kill it." ”
The gray-robed man nodded approvingly: "I'm afraid you're not decisive enough before you kill you, but I'm thinking too much." ”
"In this case, Uncle Jiang, let's pay homage to the general together. ”
That's exactly what I mean. ”
Cai Ling'er hesitated and said, "I won't go." ”
Chen Mingye knew that she had a crux in her heart, nodded, and entered the hall with the gray-robed man to pay respects.
"That must be Aoki's girl. After visiting the shrine, Jiang Cheng Lord glanced at the little boy who was quietly waiting under the locust tree, and smiled.
"Uncle Jiang knows?"
"Hehe, she made a lot of noise. The Kuroki clan used this excuse to provoke Aoki, saying that their dowry had been handed over, but the bride was gone, but Aoki couldn't get the dowry to be returned. Speaking of this, Jiang Hechuan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"The six clans in Southern Xinjiang are bound by an alliance, so they shouldn't make too much trouble, right?" Chen Mingye asked tentatively.
City Lord Jiang shook his head: "Heimu has been gathering momentum for a long time, and this time I'm afraid I just found an excuse." The Hidden Wood clan of the Six Clans has been missing all year round, Genki Temu remains neutral, and Kuroki and Baimu have always been breathing out of one nostril, leaving only Aoki afraid that he will be hit this time. The Union, in the face of a real war, is nothing more than a joke. ”
Chen Mingye's eyes gradually sank: "How long has Southern Xinjiang been safe, do they want to mess up Southern Xinjiang again?"
Jiang Hechuan sighed softly and said, "Rights and interests are things that can make people obsessed with crazy. ”
"Will Haoming interfere here?"
"The overall situation can't be messed up, and small things don't interfere. City Lord Jiang shook his head, "Haoming's power in Southern Xinjiang is really limited, and he is just in a position of domination on the surface. ”
Chen Mingye nodded, stretched out and took out the letterhead: "The kid still has something to ask Uncle Jiang." ”
City Lord Jiang stretched out his hand to take it and looked at it carefully: "It's Ziyan's handwriting, it seems that he wants you to go to Qingxuan Mountain." ”
Chen Mingye nodded, his father's word is Ziyan, and it is normal for Jiang Hechuan to call him so. He opened his mouth and asked, "Does Uncle Jiang have any advice?"
"Don't worry, Qingxuanshan pays attention to the word chance, and deliberately looking for it is not beautiful. City Lord Jiang said with relief, "You can stay at ease, as long as Uncle Jiang in Southern Xinjiang keeps you safe, it will only take ten years to expire, whether it is Qingxuan Mountain or where, the world can go at will." ”
"Thank you, Uncle Jiang. Chen Mingye sincerely thanked him.
Jiang Hechuan glanced at him: "Thank you, thank you, don't say much, let's have a meal at my house first, let's talk while eating." ”
"Okay, that's the kid going to bother. ”
Jiang Hechuan quipped: "I heard that your kid has been very stubborn since he was a child, why is he so polite now." ”
The young and casual made Uncle Jiang smile. ”
"Okay, who hasn't had a young and romantic time......" Jiang Hechuan laughed.
The three of them talked while walking, the City Lord's Mansion was also located in the city of Anshun City, not far from the City God Temple, and the three of them arrived not long after walking.
"Your Excellency!" the guard at the gate hurriedly saluted when he caught a glimpse of the three of them returning.
"Good work. Jiang Hechuan greeted casually, and as soon as one foot entered the mansion, he heard a coquettish shout: "Jiang Hechuan, eat me with a sword!"
Before the person arrived, the sound had arrived.
City Lord Jiang smiled faintly, took a step forward and went out.
Chen Mingye saw a woman dressed in white holding a long sword, her long hair flying, like an immortal, but her move was fierce, and the sword took the lead, and she stabbed at the Jiang City Lord.
"The momentum is good, but the strength is still a little worse. City Lord Jiang stretched out his hand and easily clamped the swiftly stabbing sword blade with two fingers.
"Hmph!" the woman was not discouraged at all, and said coquettishly, "Eat my pear blossom sword technique!"
The woman's sword blade twisted, forcing the Jiang City Lord to let go of his fingers, and danced a sword flower casually, and the sword suddenly became smart, stabbing left and right at the Jiang City Lord.
A wicked smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Cheng Lord's mouth, and with both hands, he swung out a strong wind to hit the woman's vacancy, making her sword move crooked, and actually stabbed at the defenseless Chen Mingye!