Jiangning City is located in the middle of the Great Song Dynasty, after many dynasties to change its name, Kaibao eight years of winter, the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, restored Jiangning, renamed Shengzhou. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the people do not change the old name, some are called Jiankang, and some are called Jinling, but after the Southern Tang Dynasty Yake, most of them still evoke the old name Jiangning, that is, those Zhizhou, and most of them call themselves Jiangning Zhizhou outside, and the voice of changing the name to the old has also been passed on to the imperial court, but it is a pity that the imperial court has refused to change the name of Jiangning for a long time in order to remove the influence of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Jiangning City is the first big city in the south of the Yangtze River, compared to the prosperity of Yangzhou on a higher level, the merchants and horses come and go innumerable, it is a small tea house outside the city, that is also from the time of Mao to the time of the unitary are full, twelve hours a day, the travelers are like weaving, the cars and horses are like flowing,

The tea house here belongs to a branch of the Chu family, one of the two major forces in Jiangning City, and it is also one of the eyes of the Chu family placed outside the city. On the fifteenth day of May, there was a down-and-out boy in cloth and linen pants, the reason why he was called a down-and-out boy was only because he was holding a folding fan, smiling, and not like those farmers and peasant women who drank hot tea in a big bowl under the big tree outside the door.

As soon as this boy entered the door, before he opened his mouth, a guy beckoned him to find a private seat to sit down, although he only needed a family of tea, and the guy was also respectful, but after seeing the disdain in the eyes of the few Jianghu people at the next table after the guy brought the tea, Brother Gongzi understood that this tea house guy was no different from other tea house guys.

Although the founding of the Great Song Dynasty was less than half a hundred, it had already conveyed the atmosphere of emphasizing literature over military force to the rural houses?

Just as the boy picked up the tea and put it to his mouth, a slightly hoarse voice came from his ear:

"This brother, I don't know if there are guests here. ”

Childe raised his head, but saw a person walking towards him with a few swordsmen, and this sentence seemed to be said to himself.

This boy looked at the white and fat face of the person who came, and the white robe with elegant floral decorations and not luxurious, and then looked at the four or five kinds of jade pendants and a woman's sachet on his waist, and guessed that this person was about the same as that Liu Sanbian, born in an official eunuch's family, but compared with Liu Sanbian's weak and incompetent scholar, although this person was bloated and slightly ugly, but there was also a trace of heroism between his eyebrows.

"No, look at the appearance of those Jianghu people behind him, this person is by no means a noble son, but the son of a Jiangning martial arts family, could it be that he is Situ Song? No, it is rumored that Situ Song is handsome and extraordinary, but he is extremely cold in dealing with people, he doesn't like to associate with people in the rivers and lakes, and the only thing he likes in his life is to practice martial arts and visit the kiln. This person doesn't seem to be unsociable, and he deliberately treats me here, so he must not be Situ Song. So which son of the Situ family is it? Or is it the young talent of the Chu family? According to the information left by the old man, there should be no young talents in the Chu family's generation, but the two brothers Situ Song and Situ Bai of the Situ family are more outstanding...... Isn't this person Situ Bo?"

This son's heart moved, but he thought about it again: "No matter how accurate the old man's information is, it was at least three years ago, who knows if there are any other talents from the Chu family and the Situ family who have emerged in the past three years?"

This son is Sikong Gu, who has changed his clothes and dressed up a little. Since Yangzhou went south, it has been about 20 days, these days because there are constantly the so-called Sikong family old defectors, so the speed of the boat is extremely slow, every time to a ferry, almost there are some idle people or speculators to come. But Sikong Gu knew very well in his heart that the real core had already been "cleaned up" by Mr. Wu, and there were only Zhang Wenwen and Zhou Ruchen who were deliberately left behind, but they had also played the last role as chess pieces, and there was no cronies who really knew Sikong's family background.

These so-called "old ones" are just speculators who take a fancy to their strong martial arts and gamble that they can make a world in Jiangning. And Sikong Gu also had his own plan in his heart, and on Friday, which was less than three days away from Jiangning City, he was about the same size as himself, dressed up as himself, pretending to be unaccustomed to the water and soil and deliberately slowed down the trip. And he took Jia San and Guo Si, who were lurking in the shadows with Friday, to sneak into Jiangning.

Jia San and Guo Si took the first step, and had already rushed into the city today, selected the address in advance and inquired about the general information in the city, so that Sikong Gu could make a decision. Sikong Gu dressed up in disguise and slowly bumped into the eyeliner of Situ's family and the Chu family, planning to try his luck and see if he could bump into the farmer who was waiting for the rabbit. After all, according to the process of Friday and the others, they will be able to rush to the vicinity of these tea houses at about evening, and then they only need to arrange some accidents to attract them to rest here, so that it is extremely convenient to obtain information related to themselves.

It's just a pity that this is just speculation.

After all, if there is no one who can guess what he thinks in his heart, then this Jiangning is not a Longtan tiger's den, but can only be regarded as a paradise on earth like Yangzhou. And this tea house is already the third, although I don't know which of the Chu family or the Situ family is the boss behind those tea houses, but when I saw the Jianghu people trying to hide their figures outside the door, I could also see that this was an arrangement made to "welcome" his group.

When Sikong Gu came out of the first two tea houses, he had already seen all the informants of the Situ family or the Chu family clearly, some pretended to be farmers but had no calluses on their hands, some pretended to be scholars but were obviously rude when they walked, and of course, there were a few people who looked sneaky on their faces, either informants or thieves.

After reading this through, it made Sikong Gu sigh in his heart, if the people under the Chu family and the Situ family are all this virtue, then it may not be difficult to swallow these two families together within a year.

And now, there are finally people who can recognize Sikong Gu, otherwise they will never arrange a full house, Sikong Gu's heart is meticulous, and naturally the situation in the store will be clear before and after the guy delivers tea, after he is seated, there are more customers in the store for some reason, and they are all armed with blades, but I don't know whether it is a nurse or a Jianghu person.

As a result, the store was instantly full.

Sikong turned his mind quickly, and when the fat boy came to the table, he had already swept the expressions of the hundred and ten customers in the store, and also pondered the expressions of the shopkeeper behind the counter and a few guys running around, and finally determined that except for a few masters who suddenly appeared, the shopkeeper and the guys of this store did not know the identity of this person.

It stands to reason that if this person is noble, or arranges everything early and waits for himself to fall into the net, then these bosses and guys should also focus on themselves or around this boy like those good players. But Sikong Gu only saw that the people in this tea house were busy, running inside and out, and they didn't slack off at all about snacks and tea, it seems that at least they don't know.

That's really terrible, in order to make the play real, he even deceived his own people.

When Sikong Gu secretly admired in his heart, he saw that the white fat boy had already pulled the bench, sat down, and naturally ordered the man to bring him a cup, and the two Jianghu people behind him were obviously used to this boy's amazing behavior. With a wry smile on his face, he turned around and walked out of the store, thinking that he had gone to the shade under the big tree.

"This brother, I don't seem to have promised you yet, right?"

Seeing that the guy brought the teacup, he seemed to think that this boy was his friend, and he left with a smile without saying anything, and the man reached out to pick up his pot of tea. Sikong Gu suddenly reached out and picked up the teapot and personally poured a cup of hot tea for the self-cooked white fat boy.

"I don't see you responding, just rolling your eyes, and I think you're agreeing. But if you want to come to Jiangning to revive the glory of the Sikong family, the Sikong Gongzi won't care about this, right?"

Sikong Gu's eyelids almost jumped, but the method of controlling his mind over the years still suppressed this impulse, he never thought that this person would dare to reveal his identity in a grand manner, so he no longer hidden: "I don't know which son this host is?

A pair of small eyes on the white and chubby face of the boy suddenly opened round, and he blinked again, as if he was a little puzzled, but after a while, he suddenly smiled and said: "Heaven and earth? Sikong Gongzi, you think badly, these people are just here to protect my safety, and there is no medicine in this tea, and Sikong Gongzi is also very clear about it." ”

Of course, Sikong Gu didn't believe this son's explanation, and he knew from the fact that he didn't deny his previous question that this person must be the son of the Situ family or the Chu family, so he said: "If it wasn't set up for Sikong, who would be waiting for someone in the rivers and lakes inside and outside this door?"

"It's my second uncle who is waiting for the person who pretends to be you behind you, and told him that you will sneak into the city in disguise first, but he just doesn't believe it, so I took a few subordinates out to relax, but I didn't expect to meet you here, this is also fate. ”

The fat man smiled kindly, as if he regarded Sikong Gu, a potential enemy, as a friend, and after taking a sip of tea, he suddenly patted his oily forehead, looked at Sikong Gu and said: "I was a little excited to see Sikong Gongzi, but I forgot to introduce it, the contemptible surname is Chu, the name is Zhong Cheng, the word Tianshun, the ninth generation disciple of the Chu family." ”

After saying that, he bowed his hand, but Sikong Gu couldn't guess the meaning of this person in his heart, and he hadn't seen such a number one person in the Chu family in the information left by Mr. Wu, but he couldn't show it on his face, and he still wore that kind of smile that had not changed for thousands of years, and said to Chu Zhongcheng: "Contemptible Sikong Gu, the word Meng Yuan, I think that Master Chu has already investigated me clearly." ”

Chu Zhongcheng nodded, took another sip of tea, and his tone was as relaxed as talking to a friend: "I've heard the name of Sikong Gongzi for a long time, and some of my uncles and uncles look down on you, and some are extremely afraid of you, and they want to intercept you halfway." It's a pity that everyone disagrees with this stupid idea, after all, the deeds of Sikong Gongzi who killed Jin Youde and his wife with a sword are already well-known, and Bai Xiaosheng still wants to meet you so that you can be included in the Who's Who. What a stupid idea. ”

After saying that, Chu Zhongcheng filled the empty teacup again, he was sweating profusely, and he looked really thirsty.

But Sikong Gu's heart was like a tidal wave, and he knew very well that his real test was coming.

This is no longer Yangzhou, all the white and black are scattered, just waiting for him to play against God, everything is under his control.

Jiangning is my first battlefield, and sure enough, it is right to follow this road.

The joy in his heart made Sikong Gu's smile even stronger.