A man came down from the stairs, and the two men immediately turned to the man who came up the stairs and said, "Hello master!"

Jiang Liu looked up, and saw this person who had come down, with a long heavenly court and a rich earthly pavilion, about twenty-four or five years old, with a pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes, a narrow face with a bit of bronze, a brocade robe and a embroidered robe, and a demeanor that was not angry but mighty.

Jiang Liu thought to himself: "The main master has arrived. ”

The man arched his hand to the river and said, "Brother, hello!" The voice was loud and imposing.

Jiang Liu let go of Li Zhang's wrist, Li Zhang took a step back, tied up his horse, and shouted: "Boy, I accidentally touched your way just now, let's fight again." ”

"Brother Zhang, stand down!" the man shouted, "Isn't it shameful enough?"

Li Zhang's old face turned red and said, "Yes, third brother......! I'll go out for a walk......" The man nodded, and Li Zhang walked out the door, followed by the two attendants.

Jiang Liu smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said, "Hello Childe, take the liberty to disturb." ”

"It's okay!" the man waved his hand, and continued, "I've heard it for the most part. He groaned for a moment, and then said, "Well, anyway, my fifth brother is rude, and I will give up two upper rooms for the three to live in, as an apology, how about it?"

Jiang Liu was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Thank you so much, son." ”

"You're welcome, meeting is fate. The man said, "Your name is Jiang Liu, right?"

"That's right, dare to ask Childe's surname?"

The man didn't answer, but made a gesture of please, and said, "Three upstairs, please." ”

Jiang Liu was in front, Qing Ze and the coachman were behind, and the four of them went up to the second floor together. On the stairs and in the corridor on the second floor stood several black-clothed guards, presumably also subordinates of this son.

The man asked a guard to arrange for Jiang Liu and the others to stay, and he went up to the third floor.

The guard arranged Jiang Liu's three people in two rooms by the stairs on the second floor, one for Jiang Liu, one for Qing Ze and the coachman.

The room was very clean, and as soon as Jiang Liu packed up his clothes, a guard reported at the door: "Jiang Gongzi, my master wants to invite you over to talk about it." ”

Jiang Liuxin said: "What did he see about me?" But the person was under the eaves, and this person didn't seem to have any malice, so he said, "Okay." ”

The guard said, "Please come with me." ”

Jiang Liu followed the guard and went up to the third floor, and saw that the guards on the third floor were even stricter, and it was really three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post. The guard took Jiang Liu to the door of the middle room, knocked lightly, and reported softly: "Master, Jiang Gongzi is here." ”

"Let him in!" came the man's lazy voice in the room.

"Yes!" the guard opened the door, motioned for Jiang to enter, and then quietly withdrew, closing the door.

Jiang turned his eyes and saw that the man was standing in front of a table, holding a purple pen, and was concentrating on writing something.

The man looked up and saw Jiang Liu, put down the brush in his hand, and laughed loudly: "Jiang Gongzi, come, come closer." What do you think of my handwriting?"

Jiang Liu took a closer look, only to see four big characters written on the white paper on the desktop: "Chase the Central Plains!" The handwriting was crooked, and there was no beauty at all, and Jiang Liu was confident that his calligraphy level was far better than his. But if you look closely, this person's brushwork is rough, and it can be regarded as heroic.

"With all due respect, your penmanship is average. ”

"Oh," the man frowned slightly, "really?"

"Your Excellency is eloquent and ambitious, not just a single stroke?" Jiang Liu smiled: "So the penmanship is average, but it is also natural." ”

The man's eyes were burning and he looked directly at the river, and the river did not back down and looked at him.

After a while, the man laughed, held Jiang Liu's hands, and said, "Brother Jiang, who knows me, my name is Li Cunqiao, and I am from the north. ”

"Li Gongzi is a manly husband, Jiang admires. ”

"Have you heard my name?" Li Cunqiao stopped laughing.

"I'm ashamed, I haven't heard of the name of the son for a long time. ”

"I see. Li Cunqiao smiled and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Jiang, the person downstairs is my fifth brother, named Li Cunzhang, and the Li Zhang he said is a fake name." ”

"I see!" Jiang Liu thought secretly, "Li Cunzhang reported a fake name just now, and he deliberately concealed it. This group of people came from the north, and they had to hide their identities because they had some secrets, but for me, it didn't matter if they had a real name or a fake name, it was all the same. I heard Li Cunmiao continue: "Brother Jiang and I hit it off at first sight, so we met honestly, please don't say my name to outsiders." ”

"Li Gongzi, please rest assured, this will naturally not be said, will not be said. Jiang Liu said repeatedly.

"Brother Jiang, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and my writing has always been extremely ugly. I think your calligraphy must be excellent, can you show me? ”

Jiang Liu's resignation was repeated, but he couldn't resist Li Cunqing's repeated requests, so he had to write four words: "Fengming is in the mountain." Jiang Liu's words are much better than Li Cunqing's, and Li Cunqiao praised them. Later, when he asked about the meaning of "the phoenix singing in the mountain", Jiang Liu recounted how he met the young phoenix and saw the dancing of a hundred birds, and Li Cunqiao was fascinated by it.

The two talked for a long time, until dusk. Li Cunmiao asked people to prepare a table of wine and food to entertain Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu almost died under Xiao Congwu's hands because of the recurrence of pit viper venom when drinking a few days ago, and he still had palpitations at this moment, and he didn't dare to drink.

Li Cunqiao was a little unhappy when he saw that Jiang Liu refused to drink, but he was open-minded, and when he smiled, he was relieved. Jiang Liu didn't drink with him, so he poured himself a drink, and he drank happily.

After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Liu ate almost enough, so he took his leave and went back. At this time, it was late at night, and Qing Ze and the coachman had already fallen asleep.

Jiang Liu was lying on the bed, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, guessing Li Cunmiao's identity, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out who this Li Cunmiao was. Jiang Liu heard his father-in-law say that Li Keyong, the king of Jin, was sitting in Taiyuan, and this Li Cunqiao happened to be from the north, so he vaguely felt that it should have something to do with Li Keyong.

Early the next morning, Jiang Liu and the others said goodbye to Li Cunqiao and continued on the road. The coachman wanted to go home but was unwilling to continue his journey south, so Jiang Liu gave him a few ingots of silver and told him to go back on his own.

At this time, Qing Ze's injury was completely healed, and he naturally became a coachman. The two drove the carriage to Lin'an. The further south you go, the richer and more populous you become. You can see green everywhere, compared to the depression of the two Huai land, it is really not the same.

And Wuyue Qiantang is under the governance of Qian Miao, and it is really a country and a peaceful country, and the wind and rain are smooth. At this time, it is close to the Spring Festival, and you can see the scene of lights and joys everywhere.

On this day, when they arrived in Hengshan County, it happened to be the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and Jiang Liuqing and Ze decided to celebrate the New Year in this place.