Chapter 65: The Troubled North
(ps: Finally caught up, and it was updated when I turned on the Internet.) )
"Those families do have some strength, but they shouldn't provoke families like us, it seems that they are also on the side. It's so much fun. Gan Wu, you go back and tell the second brother that the first step failed, and start the second step plan. Let him pay attention to the news from the eldest brother's side, and if possible, don't let them go too well. As for the Luo family, now we are not in a hurry, take your time, they definitely didn't come to us specifically, if they drag it out like this, they will also be in a hurry. Well, that's all, you go back. Oh, by the way, tell the second brother, I will contact the fifth brother, but let him beware of the third brother, that guy doesn't follow the rules, it's really tricky. Well, that's all, go for it. The black-clothed young man opened his folding fan and waved his hand. The kneeling middle-aged man got up and saluted, said hello, and then slowly exited the room.
There is a screen in the house, and when the middle-aged man goes out, a person walks out behind the screen, his face is white and black on the other, and he is actually an ugly middle-aged man who was beaten by Zhang Qingyi and fainted the day before yesterday.
"Childe ......" he walked up to the young man and knelt down, no expression on his face. "The villain provoked right and wrong, and even made the son deign to be imprisoned, and even delayed the family mission, and even more ...... my fault for death!
"Okay, it's just a dog, just do what a dog should do. It's also that only you are a little more useful now, otherwise ......" The young man in black waved his folding fan, opened it with a "bang", and fanned himself. "Forget it, you go and arrange someone to contact the fifth brother, saying that this son has found interesting people here, but the strength around him is not enough now, please ask him to come and help me." Oh, forget it, you go for a trip, and everyone else isn't quite qualified. ”
The folding fan was put away with another "bang".
"But Childe's safety ......"
"Just by you, can you also ensure the safety of my son?" Hmph, why don't you get out and do things quickly!" The red light in the young man's eyes flashed, and in an instant, he brought the middle-aged man the power of the Grim Reaper.
"Yes, Childe. Suppressing the fear in his heart, the middle-aged man with a black and white face trembled and retreated.
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The imperial capital of Kaifeng, in ancient times, is the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, called Laoqiu; one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, the Wei State, also built its capital here, called the Great Liang; not only that, in the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Later Liang, the Later Jin, the Later Han and the Later Zhou all used this place as the capital, plus the current Great Song Dynasty, it is a veritable ancient capital of the Seven Kingdoms!
Thousands of years of cultural heritage, so that this place is full of beautiful atmosphere, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the business and trade is very developed, the street pedestrians come and go, bustling, the people are smiling. Obviously, the people of Tokyo are very wealthy and live very comfortably.
Ning Yufei observed all this carefully, and his heart kept flashing all the books he had read about Kaifeng in this era. However, it is a pity that he has not yet begun his research on the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, but he has recently been preparing to study the two Song Dynasty, but he has not yet had time to collect and organize materials. Therefore, his understanding of the Northern Song Dynasty is limited to the novels "Water Margin" and "History of the Song Dynasty". In fact, his main research direction is the Qin and Han Kingdoms, but some time ago he occasionally got a piece of jade pendant in the Northern Song Dynasty, after a period of research, some special discoveries made him have some interest, and then turned to the study of the Song Dynasty.
It's a pity that the jade pendant is not on me, and it is still in the office of the Institute of History and Culture of Capital University.
However, it was said that at this time, five days had passed since the birthday of Lord Zhongshu, and Ning Yufei had successfully followed Zhuang Lou's team to Kaifeng, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.
In the past five days, because of the assassination of Liang Zhongshu, there has been a wave in the rivers and lakes, and the entire northern rivers and lakes are a little chaotic, because Liang Zhongshu gave a reward of 100 taels of gold, once anyone can catch the murderer, not only can he get these rewards, but also win the favor of Liang Zhongshu and even Cai Xiang, and he can be reused immediately, and it is no longer a dream to add an official to a knighthood.
Although for some people in the rivers and lakes, being an official is not free, but in fact, most of the people in the rivers and lakes want to be officials, but they have no way, if there is really an opportunity to be an official, I believe that few people can refuse.
This is not a strange thing, because the reality is that even if you don't want to face it, it can't just stop happening.
Because of the turmoil in the rivers and lakes, Ning Yufei and they have also been affected a lot, but with the signboard of Zhuanglou, there is no danger along the way.
There were only four people in this line, Ning Yufei, Xu Fu, Yu Lianyi and a coachman, and as for Sang Ming, he had already returned to Dongchang Mansion. On the side of Dongchang Mansion, although Zhuanglou has a strong deterrent, after all, it lacks real high-level force, and Sang Ming is still needed to take charge. After all, there is some chaos in the northern martial arts now, in addition to the assassination of Liang Zhongshu, there is also the "evil god" Long Hate Tian, who is known as the "Three Great Masters of the Great Song Dynasty", and the matter of competing with people in the next month has also spread throughout the territory of the entire Great Song Dynasty. Even the masters of Liao, Western Xia, Tubo and Dali, as long as they could reach it, expressed their desire to watch such a level of battle.
It's a pity that the duel is less than a month away, and those in remote places will definitely not be able to catch up.
Of course, there are also some slightly smaller conflicts in the rivers and lakes, such as the Taohuashan bandits in Qingzhou and the Baihu Mountain with a total of 2,000 minions to attack Qingfeng Mountain. According to reason, if Qingfeng Mountain, which has only a few hundred soldiers, does not want to destroy the village, it will only be able to surrender, but what is surprising is that they actually chose to fight! Next, something surprising happened, in just three days, Qingfeng Mountain won a complete victory, killing nearly 2,000 people of the combined forces of Taohua Mountain and Baihu Mountain, and the casualties of its own hundreds of soldiers were not very large. This incident also caused quite a stir in the northern martial arts. And behind such a record, it comes from a newly joined leader of Qingfeng Mountain-'Holy Hand Scholar' Xiao Rang!
This Xiao Rang's fame is actually not big, and he is low-key, and he doesn't show himself very much. It's just that he is modest and elegant, seems to be very literate, and he writes well, and is very good at imitating handwriting, so he has this name. He was originally a friend of Pei Xuan, but because of Pei Xuan's injustice, he was reprimanded by the government, so he ran to Qingfeng Mountain to join his friend. Pei Xuan is naturally very clear about Xiao Rang's talents, and even he knows that Xiao Rang's martial arts are very extraordinary, but he has never revealed them in front of others.
Although he didn't know why Xiao Rang was reluctant to use martial arts, he didn't take it to heart, as a friend, he respected the other party's ideas.
As soon as Xiao Rang's side joined, the combined forces of Peach Blossom Mountain and White Tiger Mountain attacked, and such a huge military force shrouded the entire Qingfeng Cottage in a gloomy mist.
From the leader to the squad leader and minions, they all have bitter melon looks on their faces. Even Pei Xuan, a former orthodox military background, should be a little anxious at this time.
At this critical moment, Xiao Rang stood up and asked for the right to lead the troops.
But Yan Shun, Wang Ying and Shi Qian didn't believe in his ability very much, after all, the other party was not famous in the rivers and lakes.
"Give me 500 people, and I'll let them come and go!" Xiao Rang's voice was smooth from beginning to end, and his eyes stared at a few people warmly, without any passion or fear