Chapter 44: Nangong Murong (I)
"Here, this is ......" Huang Ji stopped in front of a two-story restaurant and said, "This is the restaurant I want to bring you two to!"
Xiao Tian and Su Jia looked up and saw the three words "Drunken Xianglou" on the signboard of the restaurant. Huang Ji said: "I know the owner of the shop here, and he is very polite to me, let's go!"
So, the three of them entered the drunken fragrance building. Since it wasn't dinner time yet, there weren't too many people in the building. The three of them found a table in the corner and sat down.
The shopkeeper at the counter saw it, walked over with a smile and said, "Yo, Huang Gongzi brought two friends to my 'Zuixiang Building' today?"
"Ah...... These two are my friends, and we're here for drinks today. Huang Ji also smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Li, we are going to drink 'sworn wine' today, and we are also troublesome with Shopkeeper Li to make a jar of haode ......."
Shopkeeper Li replied with a smile: "No problem! Huang Gongzi is a frequent customer of this store, and I will give you a little discount today, less than 20%! And this brother and this girl, you can often come to my small shop in the future, you can get a discount!" After speaking, he told Xiao Er to go to the wine cellar to get wine.
Xiao Tian saw it and exclaimed: "Brother Huang, your popularity is really good, why is it that Bianliang City is full of people who know you?"
"Hey, in fact, the title of 'Bianliang Doctor' was ......given to me by them," Huang Ji said, "I often help the people in the city to see a doctor and heal, and I have healed many people in two years, so naturally many of them know me." ”
"Huang Gongzi has such a chivalrous and benevolent heart, which is really admired by the little woman, and he is worthy of the title of 'Bianliang Doctor'. Today, I can get acquainted with the famous 'Bianliang Doctor' on the rivers and lakes, and I am really fortunate to have three lives!" Su Jia also said on the side.
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be a ......" Huang Ji also said with a smile, "It's that Miss Su has an extraordinary temperament and strong martial arts, and she can be called a heroine among women, and it is also Huang's luck to get acquainted with Miss Su!"
After a while, a jar of good wine was served, and three bowls were placed in front of it. After pondering the wine, Huang Ji raised the bowl first and said: "Today, Huang and Brother Xiao and Miss Su have become brothers and friends, and Huang is grateful in this life!
"!" Xiao Tian and Su Jia also said together.
After drinking, the three of them were even more refreshed. Xiao Tian also gradually became able to drink, and felt that it would not be a problem to make a few more bowls. Su Jia put down the empty bowl and said to Huang Ji again: "I didn't expect Brother Huang's personality to be so bold and unrestrained, not like a scholar at all. ”
Huang Ji heard this, and laughed to himself: "Hmph, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are my good, and Huang's character is not bound by him." ”
Su Jia thought for a while, and then said, "Brother Huang, you can ask you if you don't know anything about Bianliang City, right?"
Huang Ji replied, "Yes...... Could it be that Miss Su has any questions for Huang?"
"Then I'll ask directly......" Su Jia asked, "There is a question that I have always been puzzled about, the various sects in the martial arts have always been inseparable from the Mengyuan Imperial Court, weishenme compromised with the two this time and successfully held a kendo conference in a politically and economically concentrated city like Bianliang City? Also, there is always a starting point for everything, who proposed to hold a kendo conference here, and who took such a big risk?"
Huang Ji listened, closed his eyes and shook his head: "Actually, this question is not very clear below...... And not only me, but even many martial arts seniors have not been able to figure out this matter, and they always feel that the Mongols have some conspiracy secretly...... I only know that almost all the funds used to hold this kendo tournament are ...... from the Nangong family and the Murong family."
"Nangong and ...... Murong Family?" asked Su Jia.
"Yes, these two great families are in the central area of Bianliang City. Huang Ji asked again, "How much does your team know about the Nangong Murong family?"
The two shook their heads together, and Xiao Tian said, "I don't know, does Jia'er know?"
Su Jia also shook her head and said, "I don't know...... But these two families are not simple, Brother Huang can tell us about it. ”
"Hmm...... Okay, I'll tell you a little bit about the general situation of the Nangong family and the Murong family......" Huang Ji said, "The Nangong Compound and the Murong Courtyard are located in the center of Bianliang City, and they are the two wealthy families of martial arts that have taken root in the city after Mingjian Villa. The head of the Nangong family is Nangong Lu, and the head of the Murong family is Murong Zun, one of the seven heroes of today's martial arts. ”
"Then what about the martial arts of the two of them?" Xiao Tian asked.
Huang Ji said: "The specifics are not too clear...... However, since Murong Zun can become one of the Seven Heroes of Martial Arts, presumably martial arts are naturally not a problem. ”
"I've heard of Nangong Murong's 'Nangong Seven Sons, Murong Four Young'......" Su Jia said again, "Then what about them?"
"This is exactly what I am going to say...... Huang Ji said, "they are the seven sons of the Nangong family and the four sons of the Murong family. From the eldest to the second, the 'Seven Sons of Nangong' are Nangong Cheng, Nangong Ce, Nangong Zhun, Nangong Zheng, Nangong Xun, Nangong Jun and Nangong Ao, and the 'Murong Four Youths' are Murong Xin, Murong Xiao, Murong Tiefeng and Murong Fei. Because they are all talented, outsiders have given them the nicknames of 'Nangong Seventh Son' and 'Murong Fourth Youth'. ”
"Talented, really, or fake?" Xiao Tian wondered, "I've heard that many of them are unprofessional, idle, and some are even addicted to alcohol......
"You're right, Brother Xiao!" Huang Ji added, "Most of these individuals don't have any ambitions. In addition to the eldest Nangong Cheng, the eldest Nangong Cheng often helps his father manage family affairs, there is only one sixth son, Nangong Jun, who still has some ambition, it is said that Nangong Luo's favorite son is him, and only Murong Fei is slightly better among the 'Murong Four Youths'...... Not only that, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, two slightly better couples, are both disciples of Master Xuankong, and my friend Zhao Zichuan is also under Master Xuankong......"
"Master Xuankong......" Su Jia muttered. She couldn't help but think of the scene when she first met Master Xuankong when she was in the Wind Chasing Sect and was awarded the "Cold Spirit Divine Skill" by Master Xuankong, as well as the series of thoughtful words that Master Xuankong said to her, and her heart couldn't help but tremble......
"What's wrong with you, Miss Su?" Huang Ji couldn't help but ask when he saw Su Jia's sudden contemplation.
"Oh, no, no...... It's nothing......" Su Jia quickly came back to his senses and said, "It's the two great families of Nangong Murong, do they have anything else special?"
Huang Ji said: "Then there are the two landmark buildings of the Nangong family and the Murong family - the 'Qianqiu Tower' of the Nangong family and the 'Bishui Yao Pool' of the Murong family!"
"Landmark?" Xiao Tian asked.
"That's right, look outside!" Huang Ji turned sideways and pointed out of the corner window of the restaurant, "See, the slender white tower in the center of the city is the 'Qianqiu Tower' of the Nangong family, and the people in this city have circulated a very funny saying, called 'Outsiders are lost in the city of Bianliang, look up at Nangong Qianqiu Tower', and look at that tower to find the right direction again." And the Murong family's 'Bishui Yao Pool' is not so conspicuous, after all, it is a pool, and you will never know if you don't go inside to take a look. But this 'Bishui Yao Pool' is indeed fresh and beautiful. ”
Sure enough, the 'Thousand Autumn Tower' stands in the center of Bianliang City, although it is not as high as reaching into the sky, but it is also particularly eye-catching, no matter where in Bianliang City, it can be integrated into the field of vision.
Su Jia thought for a while, and then asked, "Are the two great families of Nangong and Murong really so rich, and almost all the funds of the kendo tournament are paid by them?"
"I don't know how they compromised with the Mongols?" Xiao Tian also muttered, "Since the two great families of Nangong and Murong are the two most wealthy families in the martial arts, the Mongols should always be on guard, right?"
"This ...... I don't know. Huang Ji said, "It's not just me, almost all people in the martial arts are thinking about this issue now. ”
"Then did you invite some other martial arts celebrities to this kendo conference?" asked Su Jia again.
"Of course there is!" Huang Ji said, "There are the 'Jianghu Divine Doctor' Hong Ji Fenghong seniors, Yangzhou's 'Furong Woman' Li Yuru, and the beggar gang leader Ge Wei and the 'Jianghu Double Ranger' Xue Feijian Xue's seniors, as well as Shaolin Abbot Shi Ming and Emei's Aojing Shitai." ”
"I talked to Ah Tian before, and Abbot Bacheng also came to meet his old friend Master Xuankong...... Su Jia pondered, "But Li Yuru and Master Aojing have met too much, this is ......"
"Is there any problem?" Xiao Tian asked.
Su Jia said: "Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that Li Yuru and Aojing Master have an inextricable grudge. Li Yuru's parents died tragically at the hands of Aojing Shitai, because Li Yuru's mother was a disciple of the Emei faction before, and was stabbed to death by Aojing Shitai with a sword because she violated the gang rules and intermarried with her father. But Li Yuru was rescued by someone and became the 'Furong Woman' in Yangzhou, but she was regarded as a sin by Aojing Shitai. When they meet this time, there will definitely be a spark between the two of them. ”
"Li Yuru, I don't know much about ......," Xiao Tian said, "I am not familiar with many things in the rivers and lakes. ”
"Let me tell you, Brother Xiao. Huang Ji said, "Li Yuru is now seven or eight out of ten, but she can be chivalrous and righteous in Yangzhou, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called 'Hibiscus Woman', and she is also called 'Hibiscus Fairy' because of her appearance." But what is even more admirable is that Li Yuru's ancestor was Li Tingzhi, a famous anti-Yuan general during the Song Dynasty. In that year, Li Tingzhi was killed by the Mongols in Yangzhou, and the people of Yangzhou were grief-stricken. Even Wen Tianxiang once wrote a poem to mourn: 'Leave the jade tent guard empty, and then avoid the pulsatilla.' The dead have long been gone, and the Huaihai Sea is full of breeze'. After Li Yuru was rescued to Yangzhou, she inherited the will of her ancestors and vowed to let the people of the world escape from the shackles of the Mongols, and became the famous Yangzhou 'Furong Woman' on the rivers and lakes!"
When Xiao Tian heard this, he also seemed to admire a little. When Su Jia heard this, she lowered her head and thought about it, she seemed to feel that her parents' grievances and hatred could be said to be trivial compared to Li Yuru......
"Speaking of Nangong and Murong ......," Huang Ji turned the topic back again, "They each have a daughter. ”
"Hmph, the rich house is still emotional...... Xiao Tian said idlely.
"The daughter of the Nangong family is called Nangong Jiao, and the daughter of the Murong family is Murong Ying. Huang Ji continued, "Nangong Jiao's personality is very arrogant and always doesn't take ordinary people seriously, while Murong Ying is very introverted, but she likes martial arts. ”
Xiao Tian said: "Everyone is like this, either they are rude or have quirky personalities. ”
Su Jia listened and smiled secretly......
While the three of them were talking, a plain-clothed boy who pointed to his shirt suddenly walked in from outside the door of the "Drunken Fragrance Building". Although the whole body is plain, there is a sense of refreshed spirit, which radiates from the whole body. Not only that, but behind him were some people who were tall, short, fat and thin, some of them were holding weapons, and some were sturdy, it seemed that this son was not simple.
Huang Ji saw it, and immediately said in a low voice: "Hmph, 'Say Cao Cao Cao arrived', but I met ...... at this time."
"Who is that plain-clothed boy?" Xiao Tian saw that Huang Ji's voice suddenly decreased, and he felt that the person who came was not good, so he also asked in a low voice.
Huang Ji gently buttoned the wine bowl on his table and said in a low voice: "He is the third son of the Nangong family - Nangong Zhun!"
"No wonder you are dressed in such a magnificent ......," Xiao Tian sighed to himself.
Su Jia picked up a small wine glass on the table, took a sip of wine, closed her eyes and said softly: "Hmph, I didn't expect to meet people from the Nangong family in such a small place, I really want to see it......"
Huang Ji said softly again: "This Nangong Zhun usually likes to make some bad friends in the rivers and lakes, and even villains, and often mixes with them. I heard that his father, Nangong Lu, was very disgusted by this...... Now, the kendo conference is approaching, and from time to time there will be some abnormal martial arts people in the city, and those guys are all bad friends made by Nangong Zhun with money......
I only heard Nangong Zhun sitting in the center of the hall shouting: "Shopkeeper, Young Master Nangong, I want to invite a few of my brothers to drink, I wonder if the shopkeeper can appreciate his face?" Nangong Zhun obviously had a contemptuous tone in his tone.