Chapter 153 (The Smoke Will Rise)
In fact, Huang Zicheng and other ministers of the DPRK and China are not surprised to know that the Dongying people are not surprising, when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, the Dongdao country paid tribute many times in order to understand the civilization of Middle-earth and the rich land.
Until now, the relationship between the Dongying people and the Ming Dynasty is also very close, but they are not treated by Emperor Jianwen, and they are all courtiers of the Dongdao country, as for the people in the rivers and lakes, they are not involved, and their ambitions are unknown.
The silent night sky, with a fiery red light, flashed from the hillside, was broken by the noise and the people who were resting at sunrise and sunset, and their steps became hurried.
Nanjing City, a not well-known inn, in the Yunxiang Inn, Yue Hu rubbed his sleepy eyes at this time, and woke up from his dream, because Fang Cai seemed to hear it, knocked on the door, got out of bed and opened the door and shouted: "Is it Brother Ling?"
I saw a young man standing outside the door, smiling, not Ling Xiao and who else, at this time, he put his hands behind his back and asked with a smile: "Brother Yue, did you sleep well?"
Yue Hu yawned and said: "A good sleep" Ling Xiao said: "Then let's go" Yue Hu came back to his senses at this time, looked around, and it was bright.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and he asked suspiciously: "Brother Xu, I obviously feel that I have been asleep for some hours, and my spirit has recovered, why is it still bright at this time, and the general scene when I fell asleep?"
Ling Xiao thought secretly: "There is really no way to take this old man" and then said: "Brother Yue, are you hungry or not..."
Yue Hu was stunned, he didn't know why Ling Xiao asked, but he did feel hungry in his stomach, as if he hadn't eaten for a few days, Yue Hu exclaimed: "Is it possible... What happened to Brother Ling...."
On the calm river, a boat rowed by, the oars paddled in the water, rippling in circles, rippling blue waves, and the boat was neither fast nor slow.
On the ship, in addition to the captain at the helm, a bearded man and a dark-skinned young man sat opposite each other in the cabin, and their faces were Ling and Yue.
After the two of them had a full meal in the inn, under Yue Hu's questioning, Ling Xiao told the truth about the night visit to the Huang Mansion.
After listening to this, Yue Hu understood that Ling Xiao's purpose of inquiring about the address of the Huang Mansion was a dissatisfied look at the moment, but he couldn't complain about others, just because he had woken up once, but when he saw the dark night around him, he subconsciously drove him to sleep with his head covered.
Then he asked again, what should I do next, Ling Xiao said: "Now that the Dongying people have formed a climate in the Central Plains, they must have also attracted a lot of forces similar to the Qingfeng Gang or other gangs, and their deeds are still very secretive, such a strong foreign enemy is not the strength of one person, and now we must notify the other major factions to convene a martial arts conference to discuss the strategy of resisting the enemy and driving the aliens out of the Central Plains."
Yue Hu clapped his hands when he heard this, so the two made up their minds, Ling Xiao went to Shaolin first, Wudang explained the reason, and the two martial arts masters, Ke Hui and Zhang Sanfeng, presided over the overall situation, and Yue Hu notified the Wuyue Sword Faction, and then Wuyue reported to the other major factions to know.
The matter is urgent and cannot be delayed, Ling Xiao wants to go his separate ways, but Yue Hu is unwilling, he has to go with him, Ling Xiao has no choice but to go down and take a boat to Jinan Mansion, Yue Hu saw that it was not far from the Taishan faction, so he was reluctant to say goodbye to each other.
Ling Xiao thought about the distance between Shaolin and Wudang, and expected Shaolin to be closer, and then changed ships to Kaifeng Mansion, there was no official road, and then changed boats, and after two days, it was not far from Songshan.
Unexpectedly, the river became narrower and narrower, and the boat could not be sailed, so I had to go down, paid the boat money, and went to the shore to walk, and when I went ashore, the sun had already set in the west.
It was expected that it would soon be dark, Ling Xiao looked around, and did not see a single family, so he was anxious, and he quickened his pace to catch up with the mountain as soon as possible.
Seeing that night was falling, I was afraid that I would sleep in the wilderness, but suddenly I saw a light not far ahead, and when I approached and saw that it was a house, my heart was very happy, and when I came to the fence, I shouted into the courtyard, "Is anyone at home, is there anyone?"
Don't shout back, just after the words fell, I saw that the candlelight in the house was actually extinguished, Ling Xiao knew that the villagers were sincere, and he didn't want to provoke right and wrong, afraid that he was a wicked person, which was understandable.
But why is it that he is hungry at this time, and if he can't stay overnight, he has to stay out all night.
Ling Xiao also rarely asked for this little thing, and continued to shout patiently: "The people in the house, I am not a bad person, I just missed the accommodation, stay for a while, and leave early tomorrow morning, and besides, I will not live in vain, give silver two"
After that, seeing that the house was still silent, he shook his head and was about to leave, when suddenly the candlelight in the house flashed, only to hear a "squeak" The door in the hut opened, Ling Xiao looked back, and saw an old man holding a wooden stick in his hand, trembling and walking out.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao knew that there was hope, and he felt that his depression suddenly dissipated for a moment, and said with a smile: "I'm bothering the old man" I don't know if the old man's eyes are not very good, he looked around and shouted: "Who is it, who is it?"
Ling Xiao said: "The old man, he is passing by, he came to spend the night" The old man groped his way to the fence door, opened the door with trembling hands, Ling Xiao said a few polite words, and the old man saw that his face was kind, so he welcomed him into the house.
When I entered the house, I saw two dishes and a few steamed buns on the old table, and there was an old woman sitting on the left, who was about the same age as the old man.
Regarding the arrival of Ling Xiao, a stranger, the second elder was obviously a little precautionary and restrained, Ling Xiao said a few words of comfort, and took out a tael of silver, and the expressions of the two old men eased a little.
After some conversation, I learned the surnames of the two old men, the old man's surname is Huang, the old woman's surname is Shi, there are no children under the knees, and a daughter has already been married.
Although it is coarse tea and light rice, it looks a little rough, but Ling Xiao, who eats mountain delicacies and game on weekdays, occasionally comes to eat this meal at this time, and also feels relish.
While eating, Ling Xiao heard something coming from him, so he asked, "Old man, can you hear someone talking outside the house?"
Old man Huang replied: "Young man, maybe the donkey is making trouble again" Ling Xiao listened attentively, like the voice of someone talking, and asked in a stunned heart: "Old man, are there other people living nearby?"
Old man Huang shook his head and said, "There is one of our households within a radius of ten miles, and there is a Zhuangzi ten miles away."
Before Old Man Huang could speak, Ling Xiao heard the voice of the voice getting closer and closer, and only heard a man's voice say: "Boss, I said that there is a family here, you don't believe it."
Another man was pleasantly surprised: "Third child, why are you talking so much" Although there was a distance between them, Ling Xiao still heard it relatively clearly, and then heard the sound of footsteps.
Ling Xiao listened to a few breaths, and then knew that the comer was not good, so he stood up and said: "Two old men, you two old men eat first, I'll go out and take a look" How can the perception of the two be compared, Ling Xiao, who has deep internal strength, didn't hear half a sound.