The needles inside and outside the thatched hut could be heard, only the sound of mixed breathing, and suddenly a burst of footsteps broke the strange silence, and then Wang Xizhi's figure appeared at the door of the thatched hut.

Wang Xizhi's eyes fell on Xie Jiang, this woman from the Xie family, Wang Xizhi had seen it here before, but Xie Jiang had always behaved very ordinary, and there was no outstanding place on his body.

But I don't want to see you for a few months, but today Xie Jiang brought such a big shock to Wang Xizhi.

"Young Brother Yi is here. Xie An looked at Wang Xizhi and greeted casually as usual.

"I've seen General Right. The children of the Xie family in the thatched hut saluted Wang Xizhi in unison, they had all seen Wang Xizhi more than once, and they all knew that the right general had a bad relationship with his uncle.

"You study on your own, I'll go out for a while. Xie An saw that Wang Xizhi had been staring at Xie Jiang, so he pulled Wang Xizhi's cuffs and walked out, and at the same time instructed the children and nephews in the house.

After Xie An pulled Wang Xizhi away, the expressions of the Xie children in the house who looked at Xie Jiang became a little weird, for these strange eyes, Xie Jiang was calm, and smiled at these brothers and sisters.

"Sister, it's really yours. Xie Xuan slipped over to Xie Jiang and sat down with a look of reverence, and gave Xie Jiang a thumbs up with a smile on his face.

"Study hard, and have less flamboyance in the day. Xie Jiang glared at Xie Xuan, reached out and gently knocked on the top of Xie Xuan's head.

Although Xie Jiang has the majesty of his sister, this originally serious action is difficult to hide his love for his younger brother when Xie Jiang does it.

"Hey, hey. Xie Xuan also smiled stupidly, and subconsciously touched the top of his head, in front of his sister, he lost his previous maturity and stability.

Without Xie An's school, these Xie children were teenagers after all, and they soon revealed their childish nature.

And Xie An pulled Wang Xizhi out of the garden house and came to the ridge outside.

Wang Xizhi and Xie An stood opposite each other next to the ridge, and in this mountain and field, the two were like a different landscape.

"That was Xie Jiang just now, what does Brother An Shi think she said?" Wang Xizhi spoke first, not about his own intentions, but about Xie Jiang.

Xie An's expression had regained his calmness, and Xie Jiang's performance earlier surprised him, but at this moment he was happy in his heart, because in his heart, Xie Jiang's answer was not much different from his answer.

"Jiang Er has indeed changed a little dramatically in the past few months, but what she said is what I think in my heart. In troubled times, this is our holy way, and isn't that what we practice?" Xie An said, his words made Wang Xizhi's expression gradually normalize.

Wang Xizhi looked at Xie An and found that Xie An had a lot of gray hair on his temples, and he and this good brother who lived and died together were no longer young, but Wang Xizhi suddenly had a smile on his face, and the joy was completely from the heart.

Xie An saw Wang Xizhi suddenly show such a smile, and he was puzzled, and when he was about to ask, Wang Xizhi took the first step and said: "I have been obsessed with calligraphy all these years, and you live in seclusion in Dongshan, and the world thinks that you and I don't care about the world, and I have lost the ambition of my youth. ”

Without waiting for Wang Xizhi to finish speaking, Xie An hurriedly stepped forward half a step, and suddenly asked with some excitement and expectation: "Could it be that the incident has already been seen? You came here for this today?"

Xie An and Wang Xizhi have a good relationship, and they don't need to say a lot of words between the two to know each other's thoughts.

Wang Xizhi looked at Xie An, who was as excited as he was a teenager, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious and relaxed, and then under Xie An's gaze, Wang Xizhi nodded solemnly.

The two looked at each other like this, their hands subconsciously clenched into fists, and after a while, Wang Xizhi continued: "If the information we have collected over the years is correct, Engong has already come to Jiankang. ”

Wang Xizhi didn't say anything earth-shattering, but when this sentence fell into Xie An's ears, he was even more excited.

I saw Xie An's right hand clenched into a fist, hit his left palm hard, and shouted excitedly: "Great!"

Then Xie An paced back and forth in place, his hands kept beating, and he couldn't help himself for a long time.

It seems that his nearly twenty years of waiting have turned into the joy of this moment, but in the end he only said three words.

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The flag of Jiankang City is now flying, and the huge building boat cannot directly sail from the Yangtze River into the Qinhuai River, Huan Wen and Zhou Cheng and a small number of entourages replaced them with small boats, and they came directly to the wharf of Xikou City along the Qinhuai River.

From here, you only need to walk a few hundred kilometers to the Suzaku Bridge.

After crossing the Suzaku Bridge, there is the Suzaku Gate leading to the inner city of Jiankang, and the imperial palace is in the inner city.

At this moment, at the head of the Vermilion Bird Bridge, Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, has been waiting for a long time with hundreds of civil and military officials, and such a grand welcome formation has not appeared for a long time since the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Zhou Cheng stood in the crowd, with Beidou and Nandou Daoists on the left and right, and behind him were the dozen or so Inner Courtyard Daoists.

On their periphery, it was Huan Wen's henchmen and entourage, and Huan Wen walked at the front of the team, and at this moment, this great hero who returned triumphantly was only like a guide.

Seeing Huan Wen approaching the Vermilion Bird Bridge, Sima Yu and the others stepped forward quickly and stopped a few feet away.

Led by Sima Yu, the courtiers behind him bowed to Huan Wen, and said in unison: "Welcome the triumphant return of the general." ”

Early this morning, the imperial court has officially issued an order to canonize Huan Wen as the general of the expedition to the west, and at this moment, these people are also gathered at the Suzaku Bridge in the name of welcoming the triumphant return of the general.

Huan Wen looked at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in front of him, but his face slowly became a little difficult to look at, these people were polite and thoughtful, but they only said that they greeted themselves, and did not mention Zhou Cheng, which not only made Huan Wen a little embarrassed, but even a little angry.

"General, a banquet has been prepared in the palace, and the emperor and the queen mother are also looking forward to it, and invite the general to enter the palace to meet you. Sima Yu's face seemed to be smiling, and he was also extremely polite to Huan Wen between his words, and completely let go of his identity as the king of Huiji.

As Sima Yu spoke, the courtiers behind him and the honor guard who greeted him also automatically separated, making way for them.

"Wait. Suddenly, Huan Wen shouted, ignoring the surprise of Sima Yu and the courtiers, turned around and walked behind him.

Soon Huan Wen came to Zhou Cheng, he bowed to Zhou Cheng, and asked loudly: "Please show the real person." ”

Huan Wen's voice was so loud that it could be heard by the welcoming crowd at the Suzaku Bridge.

Huan Wen's voice was together, and the smile on Sima Yu's face instantly froze.

No one expected that King Huiji respectfully greeted Huan Wen, but this general showed respectful respect to a Taoist in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who greeted him.

At this moment, the embarrassing atmosphere appeared among Sima Yu and the courtiers, and some people had a faint bad feeling in their hearts, and a bad thought slowly appeared in the minds of many people.

Zhou Cheng glanced at Huan Wen, then at the courtiers gathered in the distance, and then his eyes fell on the Suzaku Gate, and only after a while did he say: "Let's go into the city, but don't go to the palace first, I want to go to a place to see." ”

"It's all at the command of a real man. Huan Wen immediately responded, just now Sima Yu and others secretly calculated, which had made him angry, and Huan Wen also wanted to give Sima Yu and Empress Dowager Chu a dismount to fight back.

Sima Yu and the others didn't hear Zhou Cheng's words, and seeing Huan Wen walking towards the city with these people, Sima Yu hurriedly let the guard of honor open the way, and the sound of drums sounded, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military also followed back to the Vermilion Bird Bridge, and soon crossed the Vermilion Bird Gate.

However, after Huan Wen and the others walked across the Vermilion Bird Gate, they did not continue to walk towards the Eastern Jin Dynasty Palace along the straight road in the middle, but suddenly turned left and walked into the alley.

Sima Yu and the courtiers who were following behind him, how could they have thought that such a change would happen again, and they were all stunned for a while, it was not right to keep up, it was not right not to keep up.

"Wait any longer, and the king will go and see. In desperation, Sima Yu had to order the guard of honor to wait on the spot, and he followed Huan Wen and the others with his cronies.

Soon Sima Yu saw that Huan Wen and the others were standing outside an ordinary mansion.

This is an old three-entry mansion that has been around for some years, and I saw Zhou Cheng standing alone in front of everyone, looking up at the plaque on the courtyard door, while others, including Huan Wen, were waiting quietly.

Sima Yu looked at the scene in front of him puzzled, and just when he was about to step forward to ask Huan Wen, he suddenly saw Zhou Cheng slowly raise his hand, stretched out a finger and pointed to the mansion in front of him, and then whispered: "I want this courtyard, no matter how much it costs, buy it for me." Give them a quarter of an hour to get the people inside out of here with their stuff at once. ”

Huan Wen heard Zhou Cheng's words, and without thinking too much, he immediately beckoned, and several henchmen came to his side.

"Buy this house and let all the people inside leave within half an hour. Huan Wen simply repeated Zhou Cheng's meaning, but he shortened the time even more, from a quarter of an hour to half an hour.

"Nuo" Huan Wen's subordinates clenched their fists and led the order.

Because it was daytime, the door of the house was not locked, and several five big and three thick generals broke into the door directly, first there were a few frightened shouts inside, and then quietly, and soon the sound of turning over boxes and cabinets was heard inside.

"Quick, tell the Queen Mother about this place immediately. Sima Yu was behind the crowd and basically understood what was happening.

Although he also felt inexplicable about this Taoist's actions, he still reported the sudden situation to the Empress Dowager Chu as soon as possible.

Soon, people in this mansion came out one after another with large bags of things, and some valuable things were also carried out by the men in the courtyard.

"Back to the general, the mansion has been bought, please let the general and the real person in. In less than half an hour, Huan Wen's subordinates clenched their fists and resumed their lives, and the original owners of the mansion had all left.

Zhou Cheng glanced up again, and then walked towards the mansion, and just as he was moving, he said a sentence again: "Beidou, replace the plaque with Zhou's mansion." ”

A calm voice sounded in everyone's ears, and Zhou Cheng had already crossed the courtyard gate and entered the courtyard.

Because of Zhou Cheng's words, everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the plaque on the door.

However, when everyone's eyes fell on the plaque, they only saw a bright light flashing, and then the plaque was cut off a layer, and then two brand-new words appeared, which was the word 'Zhou Fu' in Zhou Cheng's mouth.