Chapter 4

Don't love, where is the fragrant wind blowing you back to Yangzhou? Murong Qianqiu asked intimately, holding my shoulder intimately

Jie Yu looked at the two men with a huge contrast in image with curiosity. Judging from their appearance, it was really hard to imagine that they would be friends for many years.

Xu Xu's legs were trembling and his eyes were dazed. The number one strong enemy of Tongmenghui, the number one master of the underworld, would be this fat man who seemed to have difficulty walking. If someone had described Murong Qianqiu like this before, she would not believe it if she killed her. Now, she was standing only three or four feet away from him and watching him and his master holding her arms around her. She could even clearly see every small wrinkle on his fat face.

It's not Xu Xu's fault. Although Murong Qianqiu attends martial arts parties almost every year, only Master Shaolin Kongwen, Wudang Qingfeng Zhenren and other three people can see him. With the noble status of these people, they will never use Murong Qianqiu's appearance as their topic for discussion.

Alas, brother, I have no shame to see you! Before I mentioned Su Jin, Murong Qianqiu had already started criticizing himself: I thought you were not at home, so it would be good for Su Jin to go out for a relaxing mood, but I never expected such a thing to happen! Also, this is my brother's new favorite, Murong Zhongda's fool was blind and dared to offend my brother and sister. I really wanted to chop him up, but I just thought that he turned the wrong thing into a good thing in the end, and the robber turned into a matchmaker, so I let him go!

He turned to Jie Yu and smiled: When you are happy, brother and sister-in-law, I will let him be a meat stool for you, and you will step on him into a flower sedan chair

Hearing Murong Qianqiu say this, even Jie Yu can't say anything anymore, he just pouted his mouth and hummed

I smiled and said: OK, I know you are short of staff now, so let him spare his life!

Turning back to see Sui Li standing behind Murong. After a few months, his hair turned much whiter. He couldn't help but be stunned and said: Mr. Sui is old.

He was tired and the battle between Dajiang Alliance was so dangerous that it was all up to Mr. Sui to plan. Sometimes he didn't sleep for two or three days, how could he not grow old!

Oh? It seems that Sui Li has completely gained Murong Qianqiu's trust and his intelligence has been fully utilized: Brother, you have indeed achieved great power in this battle. Mr. Sui is very remarkable in his military service!

Do you know too? I thought you could not get out of the old paper pile of experiences! Murong Qianqiu joked

I thought to myself, how could you know, I will fight on the front line of the competition between Dajiang League and your Murong family. Without me, maybe your results would be greater. This is the price of your indulgence in Su Jin and your subordinates.

However, there are many things in the first battle between these two powerful people, and I am puzzled. I have to understand it now.

Walking into the incense garden, the base camp of Murong Family, I clearly felt that the alert here was much more severe than before. Murong Qianqiu asked the eldest wife, Lu, to greet Jie Yu, Xu Xu, the two men became unrestrained and jumped into the large bathhouse filled with hot water. They attracted two handsome maids of fifteen or sixteen years old. While enjoying the shy and delicate service of the girl, they began to test each other how much friendship they had in the past seven or eight years.

Brother, when fighting, we pay attention to concentrating our troops, and we should avoid attacking from two lines...

I know, the people below came to report that you didn't even go back to Shenyuan, but came here directly from the inn. I knew that I was a lobbyist for Yang Shen.

Murong Qianqiu knew the elegance when he heard the string song, and squinted his eyes and said: But Yang Shen and his son are the enemies of your teacher Yangming Gong. I really can't understand it.

I didn't explain the links to him, but just put the interests in front of him:Brother, at this important moment, you are willing to take on this job. Someone must have promised to support you in your battle with the Dajiang League. Not to mention that these swearings by officials are like farts, nor do they say that Yang Shen and his son have countless friends in power in the court. Although they dare not disobey the emperor, it is easy to destroy your Murong family. Even if he really wants to help you, can you help this? Think about it, brother, what was the first to be cut off since the emperor ascended the throne? Jinyiwei! How many have they been cut?140,000! This is not what Yang Tinghe blew the wind in the emperor's ears a few times. It was because the emperor saw through the faces of these people in the local area when he was King Xingxian, so he was ruthless when he was cut off. It was ridiculous that the Jinyiwei did not dare to disrespect the emperor, but used Yang Tinghe as a punching bag. He didn't think about what tricks they could do even their big boss Zhang Zuo had his tail stomped in his hands! Then Zhang Zuo was still an old person in the King Xingxian Mansion! If you have this heart, it would be more useful to build a solid relationship with Wu Chengen.

Murong is a hero. He knows that if he wants to maintain his position and foundation, the court always needs someone to speak for him, but he knows nothing about the government. It is probably a coincidence that he cursed Wu Chengen.

Hearing me say this, he stared at me for a while before saying: Brother, I believe you! But... I have promised me, wouldn't it be even worse to regret it? Besides, although these bastards eat people and don't spit bones, they are still thinking about it...

It's not that you want to regret it, but that the situation forces you to stop, otherwise the other party will not even be able to save himself. So, boss, I need at least two killers' heads

Damn, you kid is so dark! Murong Qianqiu couldn't smile bitterly when I said it, so he had to pat the maid's big white butt hard, and his fat eggs were in and out of the secret place, causing the pool to crackle

It seems that the officialdom is much darker than the fucking world. You are just a man who can make a fool of yourself. You are not afraid of you making jokes with you. After dealing with Wu Chengen for several years, he spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. His grandmother still can't figure out what he likes! I heard that his female lady was visiting her house... As she spoke, an ambiguous smile appeared on her face.

Yes, maybe one day I will become his son-in-law and I know I should give Murong some benefits: Brother, don't worry, Wu Chengen will say something good for you, and I will never let him stand in the wrong team.

Murong Xin smiled with satisfaction. After all, my promise was much more reliable than those people. When the topic shifted to the first battle with Dajiang League, I actually got more information than I thought.

With accurate information in advance, Lu Meigong successfully defeated the killers' attack that night, and left two of the weakest wills. According to their confessions, Lu Meigong recruited Yangzhou prefect Chen Zhuo and general arrestee Qu Hua overnight.

Henan Qingguansi was in charge of the criminal name of Yangzhou Prefecture. Under the supervision of his immediate superiors, Chen Zhuo and Qu Hua visited the Murong family overnight. Murong Qianqiu naturally pushed him all, but he finally found an excuse to deal with the parties involved in the Jinyiwei. So the people who followed Yang Shen and his party for many days suddenly disappeared.

The easy solution made Lu Meigong look at me differently, and even Yang Shen came out and said thank you

I discussed with Mr. Lu Mei and said that I would go home to visit my relatives for three days before going south to Suzhou. Mr. Lu Mei agreed without saying a word, saying that he would take the opportunity to let Mr. Sheng'an's care stick hurt me, so I left a thousand taels of silver for the expenses of several people. Then I returned to Chenyuan to visit the master's wife.

When the master's wives saw that the one who came with me was Jie Yu who visited a few days ago. I knew that I had another wife, Mrs. Mo secretly told me that although I had seen Jie Yu in Suzhou, I didn't pay attention. When I came to Yangzhou last time, I saw her talking about my twisted expression, and I vaguely guessed the result today. I looked at her carefully. Although Jie Yu was still easy to look at, just looking at her skeletal skin was an extremely outstanding person. Mrs. Mo told me to treat her well.

But what interested me even more was the news about Su Jin brought by Wu Niang. It took three months for Shenshoumen to find clues.

Between February and March this year, Su Jin left Yangzhou secretly twice, each time for about ten days, with unknown whereabouts, but he said he was sick and unable to come out.

The first line of the secret report surprised me. Although Su Jin always played a little trick of getting sick, she had me as a backing at that time. However, even when I was in Yangzhou, she rarely went out with me. Every time she went out was arranged by Murong Qianqiu himself, because there was no shame in the itinerary. Everyone knew where her destination was. Such a trick of hiding the world has never appeared in my memory.

Based on this point, I have concluded that Su Jin's two outings were arranged by Murong Qianqiu as before, but he needed to hide something. Therefore, almost no one in Yue Pavilion knew that Su Jin was not in the Pavilion for a while.

My first reaction was that Su Jin was presented to a big man by Murong Qianqiu as a living tribute to a big man in exchange for support for the Murong family.

However, this idea was quickly rejected by me. For five years or even longer, Murong Qianqiu had reason to do so no less than ten times, but he gave up. For this reason, he offended Wei Datong, the then prefect of Yangzhou. He really had no reason to push Su Jin into the arms of another man when he knew that I had already learned from high school.

So where did Su Jin go? What did he do?

I looked at the map and was stunned. Ten days, then the three to four days drive around Yangzhou might be Su Jin's destination, and the circle drawn at this distance almost covers the entire Jiangdong.

The secret report said that Shenshoumen had investigated the old horse carriage business. During this period, Su Jin did not take the old horse carriage business. It seemed that the other party sent the carriage to pick Su Jin up. In this way, it would be even more difficult to check her destination.

During the same period, there were secret guests staying in Su Jin's place, and the identity of the guests was unknown. Someone heard a happy voice in his house.

This is consistent with Ji Xiaoxian's statement, because after all, it is in Tingyue Pavilion, and it is almost impossible to completely avoid other people's eyes. Just look carefully at the characteristics of the seven or eight guests listed in the secret newspaper, but there are many similarities between the few. If you summarize the characteristics and time of occurrence of these people, I have roughly concluded that these seven or eight people are actually just three people, because each time they change different appearances, others feel that Su Jin's guests are different every time.

Why is this? I frowned. Although I immediately guessed that this was to hide my identity, especially the physical characteristics of one of them, I could easily think of the man in green beside Su Jin, but it was intriguing that all three of them needed to deliberately hide their identity.

Not to mention that person, if Qingyun, the elder of Wudang Zhenwu Palace, I have some problems with my guess that he is the bodyguard assigned by Wudang. According to Su Jin's words, it is actually a bit incredible that the three people appeared at the same time, because Su Jin only disappeared for seven days in April after that. According to the date of her pregnancy, she was pregnant in these few days.

...Young Master, you think you've lost me. I really like him. I seduced him...

Young Master, I really want to give birth to him...

Su Jin's sad words echoed clearly in my ears. If she was telling the truth, then the one who met in April would be her lover, and knowing him would be something between me and April. In other words, while Su Jin was in love with this man, she also maintained a physical relationship with the other three men.

Is this really the Su Jin who has been in love with me for five years?? Even if I haven't seen through her side of the watery and beautiful side, such a thorough indulgence is still beyond my imagination. There must be hidden things in between that I don't understand!

My thoughts turned to Murong Qianqiu again. Even if it wasn't for him who forced Su Jin because Su Jin was an orphan, the only one who could become a prop for coercing her was me. And I was not something that Murong Qianqiu could threaten, he must know the hidden truth. However, when he heard Su Jin's tone, he was obviously ready to push everything completely. When he asked rashly, he would only bring ridicule to him.

Looking at Jie Yu who was building snowmen in the garden and having fun playing snowball fights, Xu Xu and Sui Baoer, I felt confused.

Maybe they didn't know how much trauma Su Jin's betrayal caused to my heart. Before I could figure out the truth, only I knew how many times the devil who sowed the seeds of distrust had visited my heart more than before.

After a short while, Mrs. Mo likes Jie Yu very much. The mother and mother often stay for most of the day. I know that the master's wife's magical skills are as good as those of the Demon Sect. Jie Yu must have benefited a lot, but when she asked her, she always smiled and said nothing.

The fifth master's wife's Divine Hand Sect is the best at arithmetic, and Xu Xu also benefits a lot.

Jie Yu and I also took the time to secretly go to the Yangzhou number of Baodaxiang, which has been operated by Tangmen. The shopkeeper is an old man from the jewelry industry. The big-box player also has strength above the level. Although the style is temporarily unmatched with Jiyuezhai, the price is even lower than that of Jiyuezhai. Thinking of the batch of sea beads that Chen Yi smuggled, I really feel familiar when looking at the pearl necklaces placed on the counter at this moment.

After careful conditioning by famous doctors in the city, Yang Shen recovered a lot of body and spirit. Although the rod sores have not been cured, the pus and blood have been completely disposed of, and no need for help when walking. If he changes into the most luxurious carriage in the old carriage, he can also lie on the couch and let his butt rest well.

On the riverside, we said goodbye to the officials of Yangzhou Prefecture and politely declined a large ship specially prepared for us. We found two small black-sailed boats to prepare to cross the river.

Mr. Sheng'an's nerd's temper was offended again. Mr. Lu Mei said to me helplessly, because I took my female relatives, Lu asked Yang Shen to ride on the same boat with me, and ran to another boat with his companions: They are all big and rude, so don't scare your younger brother and sister. Lu explained

I don't care. I have nothing to say to Yang Shen anyway. Seeing him moving his body to the old boatman and having a word of congratulations, I took out a pair of fishing rods from my luggage and sat at the stern of the boat.

The temperature has risen a lot after several sunny days. Although the river wind is still a bit cold, the sun is still warm when shining on her body. Jie Yu, Xu Xu also got out of the cabin and stood behind me. He chattered and kept talking. He first talked about the interesting things that happened in Shenyuan these days. Then Jie Yu pointed out the scenery on both sides of the straits, saying that this is the ancient ferry of Guazhou, which is the scenery of the three mountains. She has walked many places, and there are any famous places and historical sites in each place, and what are the moving legends? She knows it, which makes Xu Xu fascinated.

I didn't tell Jie Yu and the others why I suddenly returned to Yangzhou. Politics is a dark and shameless thing. I don't want my woman to be involved in any relationship with it.

Xie Yu didn't ask, she thought she was a kind side of being rude and well-behaved.

What a big black fat head! Seeing that the fat head fish I caught was nearly two feet long, Jie Yu couldn't help but shouted in surprise: Master, can I make a fish head for you at noon?

These days, Jie Yu has been stealing from Mrs. Lu and Nan Yuanzi's wife. Her talent in this area is not much worse than that in martial arts. After a few months, her cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. In terms of the women around me, except for Wuxiao, she is almost counted. Even Xiao Xiao sometimes wants to give up the disadvantage. After saying this, the greed in my stomach was also hooked up and said with a smile: That's good. Sanniang has prepared a pot of good daughter Hong for me. Today I will be drunk in the river!

Haha, brother, the black fat head is paired with a daughter with a red one, it's good, but the solar term is wrong, so I'll ruin that pot of good wine! The old shipkeeper at the bow obviously heard my words and smiled happily

How do you say this? I became interested immediately and came to the bow of the boat. Yang Shen's face also showed a curious look.

Although the black fat head meat in winter is delicious, it is also very cold. You guests are either weak scholars or women. They are not as strong as us fishermen who have been making a living in the river for many years. My daughter is not very energetic.

The old shipman picked off the wine gourd from his waist and threw it to me, and said with a smile: You smell this first

I pulled out the plug, and the sunlight shone directly in. I vaguely saw the turbid liquid inside. Although it was a thousand miles away from my daughter's redness, the bitter fragrance of wine that came to my nose made me feel energetic.

What a strong wine! I praised it and asked: Mr., what kind of wine is this?

Homemade, no name!

Then let Mr. Sheng'an give it a name. He is a famous literary master in this dynasty! I said casually

What is the name of the wine! The old shipman laughed indifferently: Speaking of which, my ancestors had also lived with Mr. Liu Bowen, and it is said that he had named the wine, but he had forgotten that name long ago!

What a pity! Yang Shen and I said in unison

What a pity!? The old boatman smiled and said: A few days ago, the old man took a guest and was also a scholar. He recited a poem to me, "What is the rolling Yangtze River... What is the water of me?" Oh, I have a bad memory. That is to say, the Yangtze River has washed away many famous people. What is the name of my wine?

The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. I chant

The old shipman nodded and said right, that's what he said, he is a knowledgeable person!

I laughed in my heart. The author of these two widely circulated poems is right in front of you. I was determined to tell you, but I saw Yang Shen winked, and I swallowed the words I had to say back.

Yang Shen was greedy for the beautiful scenery on the river, and the boat drove very slowly. It was almost noon. The Cishou Tower on the Jinshan Mountain was vaguely visible to the rain, stewing a pot of fat-headed fish heads, and the fragrance was everywhere, which made the old shipwreck roll up his sleeves, steam a silver carp, and a pot of turbid wine. Several people started chatting in the vast sky. Lu Meigong came over and urged him several times, but Yang Shen dragged him over with words. I threw the pot of daughter Hong to them, and they were so happy that they went to drink happily.

There are many ancient monuments on both sides of the river, and there are many stories in the old boatman's belly. But Yang Shen and I are knowledgeable and me. He told a legend, and we cited the scriptures and classics to prove it. Before we knew it, the sunset was setting.

Oh, you have to drive it quickly, otherwise even Jinshan would not be able to live in. The old shipwreck then realized that he was busy rowing

Yang Shen and I developed a sympathy this afternoon. Yang Shen only knew that I was a experience in the experience department, but I didn’t know my origin. I was much more polite to me at this time. And I also saw that his talent was more than me. This top scorer was not a lucky one. I thought that his father Yang Tinghe had been in charge of the ruling court for many years, but he had not been moved for thirteen years. He was still the Hanlin Academy Xiushou when he passed the exam in the sixth year of Zhengde. It was not because he was a little talented or a simple and arrogant official business. It was because he was arrogant and did not want to get any benefits when his father was in power. Although his father and son were in a different political opinion, he spared no effort to attack political enemies, but his character was very shining.

In addition to major disputes, who can be said to be right and who is wrong in political struggle?

What are the plans for Mr. Sheng'an in the future?

Yang Shen stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the endless stream of Yangtze River, speechless for a long time

I can understand his feelings. In the case of the great gift, the emperor has achieved an overwhelming victory and will definitely take the opportunity to reorganize the court. As the leader of the successor, the father and son of the Yang family may never have a chance to make a comeback.

Of course, I didn't expect that Emperor Jiajing's resentment towards his father and son was so deep. In the past 30 years, Yang Shen, apart from returning to his hometown, Xindu, Sichuan twice due to his father's illness and attending funeral, did not take a step forward in Yunnan after Jiajing. This ferry of the Yangtze River was also the last time in his life.

The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes

Just as I turned around and was about to return to the cabin, Yang Shen's slightly sad voice came from behind me. I was surprised why he read a word of his poem, but I heard him continue to chant: Right and wrong, success and failure, the green mountains are still there, the sunset is red several times

I was shocked all over. After this difficulty, Yang Shen actually saw through the worldly love!

Looking back at his bright and white eyes, there is a kind of smile that is indifferent to life.

Yes, right and wrong, success or failure, turn into emptiness. When the sunset passes several times, people and things have passed by the wind, and the only thing that can be left behind is probably the green mountains and clear waters.

I could not help but be excited when the old shipwreck heard it.

White-haired fishermen and woodcutters on the river bank, used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze

Just as Yang Shen was stunned, I continued to chant: A pot of turbid wine meets each other, and many things in ancient and modern times are all laughing at.

Yang Shen couldn't help but be fooled and murmured twice, laughing at himself, suddenly laughing at the sky: Yes, many things happening in ancient and modern times, all of them are just laughing!