10

The sun shone on the dry land in front of the door, and the winter wind swept up the yellow sand.

Xiao Yue, on her side, ran out crying bitterly.

The factory guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew her identity, and no one dared to stop her. In a daze, Xiao Yue didn't know how far she had gone, but she remembered that there were more and more people along the way, and they became more and more mixed, and then, when she raised her head, she was already at the north gate of Luoyang. Xiao Yue just had a thought in her heart: "I'm going to get out of here." But whether this idea was to never see Ouyang Qing, or just to make Ouyang Qing anxious, even she couldn't tell.

But the world is big, where can you go? I have no relatives and no reason, there is no one to run to, and it is even more dangerous for a girl to walk alone in the rivers and lakes.

I was at a loss for what to do, when I heard an aunt with a foreign accent calling, "Alas, girl?"

Xiao Yue turned her head sideways, and saw a middle-aged woman, dressed in coarse linen clothes, walking over with a smile, and asked, "Auntie, is there something wrong with you?"

The woman smiled and said, "Looking at the girl's appearance, I don't know if I have my mother-in-law's family?

Xiao Yue suddenly seemed to be dressed in burlap clothes and was regarded as an ordinary peasant girl.

She smiled sweetly and said, "Auntie, thank you for your kindness." ”

The woman also seemed to like Xiao Yue, and persuaded: "We are cooks who follow the princess and relatives, and we have a lot of silver." Along the way, you'll eat and drink in the kitchen and no one will find out. We're living the days of a princess, and when you come back, you'll get an extra three taels of silver."

Xiao Yue's heart moved, since Ouyang Qing made himself sad and sad, then he ran to the western Xinjiang, back and forth, no matter how it was said that it had been three or four months, and he was anxious to kill Ouyang Qing's turtle grandson.

Xiao Yue felt a hint of revenge in her heart, and a playful expression appeared on her face, she nodded and said, "That's very good." Auntie, I'm sorry you took me there. ”

The woman smiled, took Satsuki in her arms, and set off happily. Xiao Yue vaguely heard her muttering: "It's good, the two kitchen girls have run away with someone, we have a kitchen, and there are four fewer people in a blink of an eye." ”

The two of them did not take the main road, copied the path, and soon caught up with the princess's car.

The woman gave Satsuki a big bag and told her to carry it on her shoulders and follow the team.

In fact, this burden weighs only a dozen catties, and the average farmer's son and daughter can carry it without effort.

It's just that Xiao Yue has certainly not suffered anything for so many years, and has been held hostage by the Heavenly Demon for a period of time, and it is also fragrant and spicy, and she has not suffered anything.

After getting to know Ouyang Qing, Xiaoyue was even more pampered.

Now walking with such a large package on her back, she is so tired that she is out of breath. Fortunately, the princess walked and stopped in the sedan chair and rested a lot, otherwise Xiaoyue was afraid that she would have collapsed.

traveled with most people like this, but he didn't suffer much sin, and there was a lot of talk to talk about.

Here, Mei Changqing did not return to the Internal Affairs Office with Zhang San.

On the eve of the two of them, the Heavenly Demon's people sent a message, saying that the Heavenly Demon had something to do and that there was no need to run around for the time being. All three stayed.

Rong Ku took care of Gongsun Zhi, drank and chatted with two friends in the evening, dizzy every day, and lived happily.

Gongsun Zhi's body usually does some physical work but is also tough, and gradually recovered, and miraculously, there was no scar left on her face.

It's just that there are places where the branches are so badly bruised that it's impossible to restore the white skin to its original whiteness.

Gongsun Zhi smiles and smiles on weekdays, but when no one is around, he always looks in the mirror, quite sullen, and seems to be very concerned about this face.

Although Mei Changqing didn't understand her daughter's thoughts, after a long time, she also guessed what Gongsun Zhi was thinking. On this day, Feng Jiuyou ordered some wine and food in the courtyard, and Mei Changqing saw that it was cleaned up, so she entered Gongsun Zhi's house.

Let her come to dinner with her.

Gongsun Zhi didn't expect Rong Ku to come in suddenly, and was taken aback, and hurriedly took the mirror back. Rong Ku smiled and said, "Something is okay looking in the mirror?"

Gongsun Zhi's face turned red, and he lowered his head and didn't speak. Rong Ku pulled her, took her out, and said, "Let's eat together." ”

The four of them sat down, and Rong Ku laughed and said, "With such a shallow scar on his face, he can't see it at all if he doesn't get within three inches." Who would look at you so closely?"

Feng Jiuyu said: "Otherwise, women are dressed up for the men they love." Others won't look at her face to face, and it's hard to say that you are prosperous and withered. ”

Gongsun Zhi's face turned red and said with a smile: "Feng Jiuyou, if you talk nonsense again, I will flash your ear scraper." "Gongsun Zhi is a lively person after all, except for being obedient to Rong and Ku, he has nothing to restrain others.

Rong Ku laughed and said: "Where are the people on our road, they are all knife-edged, who doesn't have a few big scars on their bodies?" As he spoke, he pulled out his sleeves, and there was a big centipede on the top of his left arm, which also looked like a sinuous scar, and the whole arm was covered with countless small scars, but it was not easy to see.

Gongsun Zhi exclaimed: "Ah...... It turns out that what you are doing is so dangerous, and your martial arts are so high, will you still be injured?"

Feng Jiu smiled lazily: "You don't know anything. Rong Ku's martial arts are getting higher and higher these days, but his heart is getting softer and softer, and he is constrained in doing things, not to mention the financial resources of the brothers below, and he is often plotted because of the benevolence of a thought. Most of these injuries come from this. ”

Rong Ku smiled and said, "Three, do you know what the underworld is?"

Gongsun Zhi didn't speak, but Feng Jiuyou and Zhang San glanced at each other. Speaking of which, Feng Jiuyou is not only Rong Ku's old friend, but also Rong Ku's subordinate, who leads the green forest, and is a person who really does business without capital.

Zhang San is the master of the beggar gang, the beggar gang has always been chivalrous first, but in recent years, the talent has withered, and the former gang leader died at the hands of the gangster, and there has been no gang leader.

Lu Qian has no interest in the position of gang leader, Nan Yunfei's prestige is not enough, Zhang San, a person with a very strong gangster in the rivers and lakes, will not be able to take the position for the time being, he is in charge of the Jiangnan rudder, and the beggar gang also has signs of turning black. Several people here are all green forest tycoons, but when they suddenly heard the words of Rong Ku, they were speechless for a while.

Mei Changqing deliberately told Rong Ku what happened before, coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "There are some things that the Heavenly Demon told me back then. Twenty years ago, I also participated in the martial arts tournament and won the championship, but it was the Heavenly Demon who helped me clear many obstacles along the way, but I had to fight him for a chance to enter the final battle. I remember that in the last game I fought against Chu Zhaohe of the Wudang faction. If Chu Zhaohe goes all out, don't say that I don't have much chance of winning, even if I win, I'm afraid I will be exhausted and unable to cope with the last competition. So Chu Zhaohe deliberately allowed it and was defeated by my sword. ”

Gongsun Zhi didn't know that there was still this matter, so he listened attentively.

At that time, Luo Bing was still young, although Chu Zhaohe did not do his best, he did not show any flaws in his moves, and the people in the rivers and lakes also said that Chu Zhaohe was really invincible.

Even if someone thinks of the details, but after Chu Zhaohe's retreat, Luo Bing is bold and hearty, and he doesn't care about victory or defeat, and he often makes stupid moves when he competes in martial arts, and there are not a few people who are defeated by martial arts far lower than him, and Wudang has no intention of caring about victory or defeat, but it is normal.

Rong Ku said: "About seven or eight years ago, I once made an appointment with Luo Bing to have a competition, and the night before I competed with Luo Bing, Luo Bing had a detailed discussion with me. He asked me about my plans for the future. I had been on the road for a long time, so I didn't hesitate to tell him that I wanted to unify the green forest. ”

Feng Jiuyou smiled: "Luo Bing must have laughed at you at that time, right?"

Rong Ku nodded and said, "Not bad." At that time, I had not been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, although I made some fame with my martial arts, but when it came to prestige, I was far less than some heroes who had been famous for a long time in the green forest. No matter how high my martial arts are, it is impossible to unify them. If you want to improve your reputation, the fastest way is to win the Taishan Martial Arts Conference. ”

Gongsun Zhi asked, "What is the Taishan Martial Arts Conference, is it so powerful?"

Zhang San explained: "The Taishan Martial Arts Conference is held every thirteen years, and heroes from all over the world will be present to participate. Every time someone wins the championship, it must symbolize the rise of an era. The reason why Shaolin Wudang is the Taishan Beidou of Wulin is because in previous years, sixty or seventy percent of the champions were disciples of these two schools. Not to mention anything else, forty years ago, there was an immortal hero who won the first place in this martial arts conference several times in a row, and one of his senior brothers, whose martial arts were even a few points higher than him, finally forced him to retire. For this reason, this senior brother has been in charge of the sect for forty years, although this sect has no masters in the past few years, but it is also faintly related to Shaolin and Wudang. ”

Gongsun Zhi exclaimed: "What kind of sect is that?"

Feng Jiuyou smiled: "It's a heavenly demon." The senior brother in Zhang San's mouth, known as Wudang Daoist, is Luo Bing's master. In fact, this story is inevitably farther away, to say closely, Tiemoller deliberately tolerated at the martial arts conference fifteen years ago and gave up the championship, but Tiemoller's martial arts are unknown to everyone, and it is recognized as the first in the world.

But everyone in the rivers and lakes regards this championship as Tiemoller. Since then, Tiemoller has become famous all over the world, done countless vigorous things, and made a lot of great achievements in the few years that he has been walking the rivers and lakes. Do you think, if this Taishan Martial Arts Conference is not strong enough, how can Rong Ku have to win the championship?"

Rong Ku nodded and said, "Not bad." If I can win the championship back then, I will be recognized as the first in the world, and the unification of the green forest is just around the corner. But if I fight Luo Bing, even if I win, I will eventually lose to the Wudang faction. When the time comes, it will be much more difficult to dominate again. Luo Bing also knew what I thought, so he came late at night to talk in detail. ”

Gongsun Zhi asked, "You let Luo Bing deliberately lose to you, but he refused?"

Feng Jiu smiled and said, "Where is it." Luo Bing and your eldest brother Rong are lifelong friends, in this battle, Rong Ku doesn't need to open his mouth at all, Luo Bing will also abandon his sword and admit defeat. ”

Rong Ku nodded and said, "Not bad." But Luo Bing asked me a question that I still remember vividly. ”

Gongsun Zhi asked, "What is it?"

Rong Ku said in a deep voice: "That's what I asked you just now, what is the underworld?"

Feng Jiu smiled and said: "Drink wine in a big bowl, eat meat in a big piece, change clothes every day, and divide gold and silver on scales, this is the good man in the green forest, why is Luo Bing asking this?"

Rong Ku said lightly: "At that time, I also answered Luo Bing like this. Luo Bing asked me, 'Where do you get the money?' and I said, 'Other people's money is my money.' Someone else's woman is my woman. As long as I'm better than him, I can't help him. ’”

Gongsun Zhi shook his head secretly, but Feng Jiuyou and Zhang San had no expression. In fact, since he is on the road, he has no capital to buy and sell, and this kind of thing will naturally be no less done.

Rong Ku said lightly: "Luo Bing replied to me like this, 'Kill people's wives and daughters, and take people's money, this is your ambition?'"

Feng Jiuyou and Zhang San were speechless.

Rong Ku smiled: "Luo Bing has a sentence that makes a lot of sense. He said that no matter whether it is a peaceful and prosperous world, no matter whether there is a shortage of soldiers and horses, there will never be a shortage of people who do business without capital. He believed that I could unify the green forest and dominate for a few years, but one day I would die. He also dropped a text, saying something, what rice is not thick, there is a clock at the dangerous moment, and Lao Tzu doesn't remember what it means. ”

The four of them don't read the scriptures much, so they naturally don't know that the so-called "there is no beginning and no end", what is said is that being a person, doing things, and being an official can often have a good start, but there is no good end.

Zhang San asked: "What does it mean that rice is not thick, but there is a clock at the dangerous moment?"

Feng Jiuyou finally read some books in recent years, saw a little more, and hesitated: "Rice is not coarse, it should mean that there is no coarse grain, and they all eat fine grain." But what does it mean to have a clock? Could it be that it is necessary to quarter an hour on fine rice? That craftsmanship is too ingenious. Could it be that he is laughing at you, saying that it is as difficult for you to unify the green forest as it is to carve an hour on fine rice?"

Rong Ku waved his hand and said, "Don't pay attention to so much." Luo Bing's expression that night was very solemn, completely different from the way he used to be. In fact, we have already agreed that he will help me calm the world in the future. But that night, he made me remember a saying, which said, 'There is white in black, and black in white, which is the real black.' ’”

Feng Jiuyou asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Rong Ku said: "Over the years, I have been thinking about the meaning of this sentence. Thinking that back then, Liu Chao dominated one side, how majestic he was? As a result, he angered the imperial court first, and offended his fellow people in the rivers and lakes last. No matter how strong that strength is, it will still be destroyed and killed under the siege of thousands of imperial soldiers and horses and the strangulation of countless martial arts people. Although Liu Chao's martial arts are powerful, there is no shortage of good players in the cottage, but the people and horses involved in the encirclement and suppression, in addition to the masters of Shaolin Wudang and other major factions, there are also Luo Bing, Lu Changfeng, and Ouyang Qing. Didn't Liu Chao die tragically in the end?"

Zhang San said in a deep voice: "What do you mean by your words?"

Rong Ku said lazily: "It's not interesting." I know that there are many people in the Tao who disagree with me, and even the two of you are dissatisfied with my way of doing things, and they all think that I have ruined everyone's wealth. There is no capital to buy and sell, if it gets bigger, it will be Liu Chao's end, we are mixed with the rivers and lakes, not a fucking rebel, if you want to do things big and live to enjoy it, you can only restrain the means. Heavenly demons often remind me these days, don't think that the people on the road think that I am the first to look at me, in fact, there are many people who hate me. In the final analysis, it was because I was not ruthless enough to make the brothers lose a lot of money. ”

Feng Jiuyou frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Rong Ku sighed: "For example, last year, Gao Laosan collected rent and was kicked out by the guys from Tianxianglou. Gao Laosan was not happy, so he found a group of people to demolish people's shops, from the shopkeeper to the shopkeeper, all of them were seriously injured. But the boss is a lay disciple of Shaolin Temple, and he has a relationship with the abbot, but as a result, we offended Shaolin for no reason. ”

Feng Jiu said coldly: "Do you still have the face to mention this matter, not to mention the third brother of the high elder, even I am angry." Even if the abbot of Shaolin Temple is the first to arrive at the Luohan Hall and the Dharma Hall, with our current strength, why should we be afraid? Losing your own brother and losing your face, this is your strategy?"

Gongsun Zhi was angry when he heard Feng Jiuyou's words, and the two of them gradually stopped speculating when they spoke, and wanted to ease their words. But she didn't understand anything about the things in the rivers and lakes, and she couldn't talk about it.

Rong Ku sighed: "Feng Jiuyou, do you really think that I am cowardly and afraid of things, so I handed over Gao Laosan? What you said is right, I can protect Gao Laosan." But this matter is fundamentally Gao Laosan's fault, I have already said that the rent was reduced to the original 30%, because Gao Laosan was short of money, and collected money according to the original price, which angered others, so there was such a thing as refusing to pay the money. It doesn't matter if I protect someone, but I can't break the rules."

Feng Jiuyou said lightly: "It's wrong for Gao Laosan to collect money in the middle, but it's time for us to punish and demolish other people's stores, so why not? Do you have any other ways to make an example?"

Rong Ku shook his head and said, "You can receive money after you demolish someone's shop? At the end of the day, our money is sent by those who do honest business. I know that the people below are afraid to say a lot of bad things about me, Zhang San, my rules may also affect the temporary wealth of your beggar gang. But you two believe me, I am for the good of everyone, in order to make the business bigger, and to do it in the long run. If you still have any doubts, you might as well say it directly. ”

Zhang San said coldly: "You said that there must be a way to do things. Then let me ask you, if you were the third highest, how would you deal with the boss of Tianxianglou?"

Rong Ku said in a deep voice: "Actually, there are many ways. Take the one taught me by the Heavenly Demons as an example, I found a group of fierce-looking brothers, each of them occupied a table, only ordered a bowl of tea, and sat in Tianxianglou for a day. When others saw this posture, they naturally didn't dare to come. Even if someone dares to come in and sit, I'm afraid there will be no place for him. The boss opened a huge restaurant, but he could only sell a few bowls of tea a day, of course, he couldn't sit still. In this way, there is no need to make a big fuss, and the boss will naturally compromise. No matter how you look at it, this method is better than forcibly demolishing a restaurant and ruining your reputation. ”

Feng Jiuyou was furious, slapped the table, stood up and said, "Okay, you Rong Ku open your mouth and close your mouth, do you still take our brothers who are working hard for you in the green forest in your eyes?"

Rong Ku still sat firmly, holding a wine glass, and Weng said: "Whoever says it makes sense, I will listen to whomever it is." ”

Feng Jiuyouyi was furious: "What the Heavenly Demon and Luo Bing said are all right, and what we say is wrong. Hmph, don't speculate for more than half a sentence, say goodbye, "I turned my head and left directly."

Zhang San glanced at Rong Ku coldly, and also turned around and left.