Xianping 3rd year, December 10, Quanzhou. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Southern Fujian is mountainous, because of the heavy mountains apart, and close to Boni, Luzon and other places, it is prosperous with sea trade. Compared with the prosperity of Hangzhou, Fuzhou and other large ports, Quanzhou is a city because of the people of the rivers and lakes, and in a certain sense of prosperity compared with Hangzhou and Fuzhou.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the well-known industry in Quanzhou is not a serious business, but smuggling. This point is known to everyone inside and outside the government and the opposition. Even in the palace of the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, there are some fathers-in-law who have private property in Quanzhou, after all, how can they compete with the people for profit?

After all, "ruling the world with scholars" is a rule handed down by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, even if the Son of Heaven himself cannot rely on the so-called "Mandate of Heaven" to do something as arbitrary as Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

So for this level, whether it is the face of the hundred officials or the face of the Son of Heaven, there are almost a few big mansions of smugglers on every street in Quanzhou, and these smugglers who seem to be rich are actually just puppets in and out of the palace. It is precisely for this reason that the garrison of the Great Song Dynasty naval army in Quanzhou must be said to be strict, and of course these naval troops are not ordered to ban smuggling, but are specially to deal with water bandits.

Whether it is inside the palace or outside the palace, they do not want Quanzhou to be harassed by water bandits, so that their own interests will be harmed.

It is such a port city, today it has ushered in a fleet, this fleet has three large ships, three small boats, the big ship can carry thousands of catties of goods, the small boat can carry more than a thousand catties of cargo, this terrible fleet, how to look like a smuggling ship, let alone a grain ship.

Those small smugglers who only dared to load 100 catties of goods and had to take out a part of the goods to bribe the navy army from the smuggled goods, almost burst into fire when they saw this fleet.

However, when they saw the Quanzhou sailors hurriedly dispatching and returning after boarding the big ship, the hundreds of pairs of eyes almost set the sails of the three big ships on fire.

"Just let them go?" asked one of the Quanzhou sailors to his companion, and they all saw the two eyebrows of the commander twisted like hemp rope as he disembarked from the big ship.

"Who are they......"

Everyone was watching the fleet sail into port, whether it was the smugglers of the fleet or the sailors, all eyes were on the first person to land.

"Jianghu people?"

"No, the one-armed ......"

"Do you mean ......?"

"That's right......"

The sound of chirping was like that of a bird, but it did not reach the man's ears.

"Brother Li, the old man of the Sword Immortal came to Quanzhou, I am afraid that within ten days, the entire rivers and lakes can be said to be known to everyone. ”

Sikong Gu smiled, but lowered his hat, after all, when the moon was slightly snowing in the middle of winter, there were not many people in the rivers and lakes who were still standing at the head of the bridge, not to mention that Sikong Gu and Li Yan were just wearing a single dress, how could such an eye-catching outfit not be eye-catching?

For the masters of the rivers and lakes with high internal strength, wearing cotton clothes will only lead to sluggish movements, especially for sword masters, after all, except for the heavy sword method, all swordsmanship focuses on lightness and speed, which is more important than the knife method "potential", and the sword law is more proficient in "skill".

Therefore, even under the surprised gaze of pedestrians, snowflakes fell on the shoulders of the two in the sky, Sikong Gu and Li Yan still insisted on wearing close-fitting clothes, standing at the head of the bridge and watching the river slowly flow into the sea.

Li Yan glanced at Sikong Gu, and finally smiled bitterly, he shook his head and said: "Brother Sikong doesn't know, although the teacher is low-key, he doesn't understand the world at all, plus this time to seek medical advice, the brothers in the door are not worried that the teacher will come alone, which is why there is such a big movement." ”

"The officers and soldiers can't stop it. ”

"Brother Sikong, think about it, hundreds of people died in the civil strife of the beggar gang, when did the government take care of those lives?"

"When Brother Li was in the Central Plains for a long time, he was also sharp-toothed. ”

When Li Yan heard this, there was a hint of blush on his face, he scratched his head, and licked his cold lips again, his expression seemed to be a little shy: "Brother Sikong praised it." ”

"This is not a compliment, Brother Li, and you know the purpose of my search for the Commander. ”

Li Yan raised his head and looked at the inn not far away, now it is only Shen Shi, the inn has closed, this is definitely not caused by the snow, it stands to reason that when it snows, it is precisely the time when the inn's business is the most prosperous, not to mention that this inn is the premier inn in Quanzhou.

"Brother Sikong, little junior sister, her jokes, don't you have to take them seriously?"

"I regard Brother Li as a friend, so I told the truth about the matter. ”

Of course, it is impossible for Sikong Gu to tell Li Yan about the "deal" between Sikong Gu and Feng Lingshuang, but telling Li Yan part of the truth can indeed be called "telling the truth".

"Brother Sikong, the grievances between the teacher and the little sister...... That's also a family affair for the teacher. ”

"Since it's a family matter, then Brother Li doesn't have to worry about it. ”

"It's precisely because it's a family affair that I have to take care of it. ”

Sikong Gu ignored Li Yan and walked straight to the inn, and it wasn't until Li Yan called him for the third time behind his back that Sikong Gu turned his head.

Li Yan's hesitant appearance came into Sikong Gu's eyes, and Sikong Gu's determined eyes were also published in Li Yan's eyes.

"Brother Sikong......

"Brother Li, if you persuade me again, you don't need to. ”

"No, Brother Sikong, I want to know ...... below"

Sikong Gu frowned, although there was no trace of turmoil in his heart, but he had to let Li Yan feel his dissatisfaction, after all, a person as hesitant as Li Yan, if he didn't give some external pressure, he would never be able to make a decision.

"Brother Li, a manly man, hesitating and hesitating, how can he achieve great things?"

Hearing this, Li Yan finally made up his mind:

"Brother Sikong, do you ...... to the little junior sister Is there a love between men and women?"

Sikong Gu naturally wanted to pretend that he didn't understand Li Yan's meaning: "What kind of love between men and women?"

"That's it...... Did the little junior sister promise anything to Brother Sikong, for example......"

Speaking of which, even a fool can guess a thing or two from the look on Li Yan's face. And Sikong Gu, who had already understood what Li Yan meant, naturally couldn't pretend to be a fool anymore.

Sikong Gu frowned, and his face darkened: "Brother Li thinks that I, Sikong Gu, am the kind of villain who will do things against his heart because of his beauty?" )