Chapter 100: The Old Mansion of the Xiao Family (Part II)
Song Nancheng listened and nodded, "No wonder your father is desperate, he was unwilling to learn martial arts back then, and he was powerless, so how could he take revenge." ”
Speaking of this, he sighed, his face showed a look of remembrance, and said, "If you want to say that your Xiao family also has a great background. The ancestor of the Xiao family was the personal guard of the founding emperor of Xiliang, and the Xiao family's martial arts are also famous in Da Nei. It's a pity that it was cut off from your father......"
"Your grandfather, Xiao Zhengyu, was the deputy commander of Zijinwei back then, and the official was up to the fourth rank. Zijinwei only obeys the emperor's orders, specializes in inquiring about news, and is the emperor's eyes and ears, with a low official rank and a poor reputation, but great power. ”
"Back then, your grandfather rebelled against King Chengtian with the Duke of Weiguo, and he was called the Duke of Weiguo's guard, but he actually had the responsibility of supervising the army. Just as the army was about to win, your grandfather somehow broke away from the army and wanted to sneak back to the capital secretly. I didn't think about it, but this matter was known to the Duke of Fuguo, and he immediately asked the emperor for a copy of your grandfather. The emperor ordered your grandfather to be captured and returned to Beijing, but for some reason, your grandfather resisted arrest and was killed by the master of the worship who captured him......"
"Alas...... As for why your grandfather left the army without permission, and how he was killed, I do not know. ”
Xiao Ziyang nodded and said, "I see, I see, that old thief Su must have put my grandfather to death for that letter!"
"Letter! What a letter!" Song Nancheng seemed to be very excited when he heard this, so much so that his tone changed. Seeing Xiao Ziyang looking at him a little strangely, he hurriedly explained: "Over the years, I have worked hard to find out why your grandfather offended the Duke of Fuguo, but I have gained nothing, and today I suddenly want to hear the truth, and I am a little out of shape......
Xiao Ziyang glanced at him very gratefully, and said: "When I was sorting out my parents' relics, I found a secret letter written by Su Lao Thief to King Chengtian, these two people have already colluded, and Su Lao Thief actually has a heart of disobedience! He must have known that this letter fell into the hands of my grandfather, so he killed him!"
Song Nancheng asked anxiously: "Where is the letter?" As long as we have this letter, we will find the direct ministers of the court, and we will definitely be able to move to the old thief of Nasu." ”
Xiao Ziyang said: "As a precaution, I buried the letter in the mountains of Taifu in Ganbei. ”
Song Nancheng's face showed disappointment, and he said: "That's okay, the virtuous nephew will tell Uncle Song where the letter is hidden, I will send my right-hand man to take it, and our uncle and nephew will go to Beijing immediately...... Your grandfather's vengeance is finally coming to ......"
With that, he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, reaching out to touch the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Xiao Ziyang said with a look of embarrassment: "Back then, Zhao Zhibai, the county guard of Shanuchi County, wanted to take me, but fortunately, I had a big life, saw through his ambush, and escaped a catastrophe. Frightened, I fled north overnight into the mountains of Ganbei. In the midst of my panic, I went hundreds of miles into the mountains. The terrain in the mountains is complicated, and after many years, I am afraid that even if I go there myself, it will not be easy to find the place where the letter is hidden, and if I only describe it, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack to find the letter in the mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles. ”
When Song Nancheng heard this, he blamed: "You kid, that letter is very important, how can you be so hasty." ”
Xiao Ziyang said: "Back then, I was in a panic, and I didn't know if I had the life to see the sun the next day, and I still hoped for revenge, so I ...... But don't worry, Uncle Jiang, you go to Beijing to contact first, and I will rush back to Ganzhou, and after getting the letter, I will go to the capital to meet you immediately. ”
Song Nancheng groaned for a while, but diverted the topic and asked: "Virtuous nephew, I heard what you said, it seems that you didn't have this amazing martial arts five years ago, I don't know where you studied, why don't you ask the master for help." ”
Xiao Ziyang had already made up the story, he explained: "Xu Shi is pitiful, when I fled into the mountains of Gambi and saved an injured old man, I never thought that this old man was actually a monk, but unfortunately I have no spiritual roots and cannot practice immortal arts, so the old man passed on my martial arts in order to thank me." ”
Saying this, Xiao Ziyang sighed regretfully, and said: "It's a pity that the immortal master passed on my martial arts for half a year, and then drifted away, alas, otherwise what is the difficulty for me to take revenge." ”
A trace of surprise flashed in Song Nancheng's eyes, and he immediately disappeared, and said, "Hearing you say this, it is indeed God's eyes. It's okay, you go to Ganbei to get the letter, I go to the capital, we go separately, half a year later, on the third day of October, we meet outside the Ci'en Temple in the capital. ”
Xiao Ziyang said: "Okay, my nephew has written it down, on the third day of October, see you outside the Temple of Mercy and Grace!"
After saying that, he took three steps back, knelt down again, and said to Song Nancheng: "Uncle Song is comparable to the righteous man of the ancients, and he is really kind to my Xiao family, and my nephew has nothing to repay, so he can only kowtow to you." After stumbling three times, he got up and strode away without looking back.
Looking at Xiao Ziyang's back, Song Nancheng had a complicated look on his face.
After Xiao Ziyang left the deserted house, he unfolded his body and drilled into a low mountain on the side of the road, and over the low mountain, he released the spirit boat, gathered the spirit light and flew slowly, until he was dozens of miles away from Longkou Town, he urged the spirit boat to go northwest at full speed.
Fudong Town is a town 30 miles east of Fu'an City, the capital of Anzhou, which is located on the prosperous and rich Fu'an Plain, and is also the eastern gateway to the Fu'an City, which is the most prosperous than the county towns in the remote areas of the Western Liang Kingdom.
There is no city wall outside the town of Fudong, but the city wall is in the center of the town. The reason for this strange phenomenon is precisely because of the prosperity of Fudong Town!
Fudong Town is only a county seat, according to the Xiliang national system, the height of the city wall of the county is not allowed to exceed two zhang, and Zhou is not allowed to pass four miles. This system is placed in Fudong Town, which seems so anachronistic.
The town of Phu Dong has a population of more than 100,000 people, and how the small town in the city of Thursday lived, so there is a strange sight of the city wall now being submerged by the bustling streets.
The sky has not yet dawned, and the official road east of Fudong Town is very deserted.
Suddenly, from the woods next to the official road, a young Taoist priest walked out quickly.
This Taoist priest wears an ebony Taoist crown and a cyan Taoist robe. The face is cold and resolute, and the figure is straight. This Taoist priest is Xiao Ziyang.
If you look at the map, Longkou Town, which is located in the west of the south of Chuzhou, is much closer to Fu'an City, the capital city of Anzhou, than the distance between it and Xiang'an, which is located in the northeast of Chuzhou.
Of course, for mortals, there are mountains from Longkou to Fu'an, and there is no way out at all. But this is naturally not a problem for Xiao Ziyang, who is driving the spirit boat to fly.
In order to take a shortcut, Xiao Ziyang gave up Xiang'an City and took Fu'an City, intending to take a ship into Beijing from here.
At this time, Fudong Town is very cold, there are very few pedestrians on the road, only some cooking smoke and water vapor wafted from some early shops, indicating that this bustling city is about to wake up.