The prince is very fierce

Ding bell~

The crisp ringing of the bells was continuous, accompanied by the woman's weeping murmur.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound suddenly stopped, and there were only two breathing sounds left in the warm inn room.

The originally tidy wing was a bit messy, with clothes and belts scattered everywhere, and hairpins and jade pendants randomly thrown on the small case.

Zhongli Chuchu pressed her cheek against Xu Buling's chest. After resting for a moment, she raised her cheek, brushed her messy hair, and looked down at Xu Buling:

"Ms. sir?"

Xu Bu Ling was lying on his back with some beads of sweat hanging on his forehead. He closed his eyes and calmed down before saying softly:

"Take a nap when you're tired. It's early, so don't rush out."

"I'm not tired."

Zhongli Chuchu picked up the handkerchief and wiped Xu Buling's forehead, the blush on his cheeks still lingering:

"I just don't know if I can serve my husband well."

Xu Bu Ling was not only well served, not even a drop of it was left. He opened his eyes, with a bit of pride in them:

"My husband, I am number one in the world. You alone are not enough. Just make yourself comfortable."

"Oh...isn't it enough?"

There was a hint of apology in Zhongli Chuchu's eyes: "It's because my martial arts skills are low and my body is too weak." She gritted her teeth, held Xu Buling's sides with her hands, and lowered her head to kiss Xu Buling's lips.

I'm going to...

Xu Buring's face turned pale, and he hugged Chu Chu quickly, with their cheeks pressed against each other, and he raised his hand and patted her smooth back:

"Okay, okay, I have to buy medicine and rouge later. If I go late, your master will have to blame us."

"Didn't my husband say there's no rush? It's still early. If you don't enjoy yourself, I will definitely have to take care of you."

"Uh, what about that... By the way, Sining ran away to Junshan Island alone. I killed Cao Ying, so she may be in danger..."

"Hundreds of thousands of troops are piled at the door. The Cao family's gate is not even dared to open. What danger can there be?"

"Hey, the visitor is a guest. It's okay for Chen Sining to come all the way and let her hang out alone. I should show some kindness to the landlord in the past."

"oh."

Zhongli Chuchu thought so. She sat up straighter and was about to get the skirt next to her, but she looked down at the smiling Xu Buling and asked:

"Is it hard for my husband to be better or worse? Miss Chen can't satisfy my husband."

"It's nothing. As a man, you have to suffer a little... eh..."

Zhongli Chuchu threw herself into Xu Buling's arms again, her green eyes full of admiration and care, and whispered:

"I don't want to let my husband suffer. I'm of no use. If I can't even satisfy my husband, I'll become a vase..."

"Chuchu, um...then what...wuwu"

Ding bell~

Ding bell~

The crisp ringtone rang again...——

In early spring of February, it rained continuously for days.

The originally prosperous Junshan Island was deserted, with only a few cargo transporters walking around on the dock.

Chen Sining crossed the lake alone and stopped in the square in front of the island. His eyes scanned the ancient floor tiles covered with sword marks, trying to connect this depressed-looking place with the holy land of the Central Plains in the past.

Unfortunately, the only building that can still see the original style is a coiled dragon wall at the end of the square.

Iron Eagle Hunting Deer was a dividing line between the rivers and lakes. Before that, the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains were the place of fame in the minds of all warriors. A man spends ten years in poverty in order to be named on the gold medal list, and a warrior has worked hard for ten years in order to become famous all over the world in front of that dragon wall.

Chen Sining is a princess of a country, but she is also a real warrior. She has read anecdotes about heroes from all walks of life since she was a child. She has always dreamed of being like those famous knights and becoming famous all over the world under the spotlight.

Although the 'heroes' in reality may not always be as upright as the story says. Chen Sining learned to investigate cases since she was a child, and she understood very early that the "jianghu" is a place of lawlessness. Whether you are good or evil depends on your own conscience, and when people have no restrictions, their conscience is sometimes worthless.

But after all, there is something worth remembering in Jianghu, a pot of wine, a sword, or the reckless "ranger" who suddenly ran in and beat her up while she was traveling in a carriage. Let's drink and talk and act chivalrously together. Loyalty, wandering around the world together, forgetting each other in the world...

This kind of experience that Jianghu people will never forget can only be experienced in Jianghu. If Jianghu dies, what's the point of having martial arts?

Chen Sining walked along Junshan Island and identified the buildings on the island according to the records in the chivalrous stories. Sometimes, on the stone pillars and archways, she could find some of the famous martial arts figures from decades or centuries ago, left behind. trace. However, the Jianghu without Jianghu people, no matter how glorious it once was, seems to be meaningless.

Chen Sining walked around alone for a long time, taking in the scenery, and wanted to visit the Cao family. However, remembering that the traitor of the Cao family had a holiday with Xu Buling, she decided to forget it and turned around to return.

Just like when she came, Chen Sining wore a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, jumped directly into the lake, walked on the water and flew towards the building and boat.

But when I was halfway there, I suddenly saw a small fishing boat slowly sailing towards Junshan Island on the sparkling lake.

The awning boat was not big, and the tall man in white, holding a white oil-paper umbrella in one hand and a bamboo pole in the other, slowly moved forward on the lake. Supported by the misty rain in the Dongting, the artistic conception was as beautiful as an ink painting.

Chen Si Ning's eyes lit up. Although the distance was far, she could still tell who the person was from his figure. She turned on the lake and ran to the black-sailed boat. She jumped up when she was still two feet away and landed on the other side of the black-sailed boat. She was surprised and puzzled:

"Mr. Xu, why are you here?"

Xu Bu Ling was rowing with an umbrella. Seeing Chen Si Ning coming, his handsome face raised a smile:

"Miss Chen is a guest. It's really a bit rude for me to come here to hang out alone. I wanted to go over and accompany the girl."

"Oh."

Chen Si Ning nodded and smiled, looking Xu Bu Ling up and down, and said strangely:

"It's not far away. Mr. is the best martial artist in the world. Do you need to row a boat here?"

"..."

Xu Bu Ling's cold and extraordinary expression froze. He hadn't stopped since the night before yesterday. He had been with each wife two or three times. He was almost crazy because of the wives. He was floating when he walked, not to mention walking on the waves, which was very tiring.

But as a man, you can't just say that you are weak.

Xu Buling chuckled, turned his eyes to the Dongting Lake where the rain was falling, and murmured for a while:

"The mountain path is covered with morning clouds, and the fishing rod is hung in the cool moonlight at the water gate; the wine smells warm in the spring breeze among the flowers, and the sound of chess in the bamboo is cold in the evening rain.

There are beautiful scenery everywhere in the rivers and lakes. If everyone comes and goes in a hurry like the girl, wouldn't they miss it all?"! !

Chen Si Ning's heart jumped suddenly, and she was a little afraid to look directly at the handsome and cold young man on the other side of the boat. She lowered her head slightly and said with a smile:

"I've learned my lesson. I was too impatient. So where are we going now?"

We can go anywhere, as long as we don't get on the kang... Xu Buling turned the bow of the boat and headed towards Yueyang City:

"The girl is a guest, I have to see where the girl wants to go."

"I want to have sex."? !

Xu Buling stumbled and almost fell off the boat into the lake. He turned around with a stiff and strange expression, and a little flattered:

"Uh... I'm afraid this is not a good idea... It's not impossible, um, how about we go for a walk first? I'll prepare carefully tomorrow, and then do that, there must be a sense of ceremony."

Chen Si Ning blinked, looked at the hundreds of warships neatly arranged on the shore of Dongting Lake, and nodded:

"Is it inconvenient? Actually, it's okay not to go. I just heard that your "Wukui Cannon" can destroy a city with one shot. Last time I fought against South Vietnam, I couldn't bear to watch it, and I didn't even touch it. I'm a little curious."

"..."

It turned out to be this cannon...

Xu Buling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his forehead, turned to walk towards the crossing fleet, and smiled:

"Of course there is no problem, I have to go and see it anyway , I just came back the day before yesterday and didn't have time, so we just happened to go together now. "

Chen Si Ning was a little puzzled: "Didn't the young master say that we should prepare it?"

"This cannon doesn't need to be prepared, it can be loaded at any time."

"Huh?"

"Hehe... The rain is so heavy, there is so much water, are you hungry, girl?"

"No, the young master seems a little confused, won't he catch a cold?"

"No, I'm in good health."

"Then how about we tread water to go there? Rowing is too slow."

"..., well, Si Ning, the rivers and lakes are stories and wine, walking around and seeing is called traveling the rivers and lakes, running too fast will miss a lot of things, you have to change your temper in the future."

"Oh, yes, I forgot again..."

...

In between the irrelevant words, a lone boat was drifting away on the lake...——

Thousands of miles away, Huainan.

Huainan City is the barrier of Jiangnan and the gateway to the entire Jiangnan water town. The Xiao family, which has spanned three dynasties and lasted for a thousand years, has taken root here for generations. It can be said that the entire Huainan belongs to the Xiao family.

However, with the rise of the four kings last year and the division of Dayue into two, the current situation of the Xiao family is a bit awkward, just like the Taiyuan Wang family.

Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang served as an official in Chang'an City and was directly denounced by the four eastern kings as a "traitorous prime minister" who brought disaster to the country and usurped the throne. The ancestral property of the Xiao family is in Jiangnan. If it were an ordinary family, they would have been directly exterminated by the four eastern kings.

But the Xiao family has lasted for a thousand years. The Song royal family is considered a nouveau riche in front of the Xiao family. Its influence in Jiangnan is greater than that of the court. It can be said that anyone who has read books and learned to read has more or less been taken care of by the Xiao and Lu families, because behind all the schools and academies in Jiangnan are the shadows of these two families.

When Jiangnan students enter Chang'an as officials, the first thing they do is to pay a visit to these two families. If they don't want to draw a clear line, they will definitely be regarded as outsiders by the officials of the Jiangnan faction. There is not even a classmate or fellow countryman who can talk to the whole court. It is conceivable how difficult it is to go on a career path.

Although the four kings of the East have reorganized a court, their officials are still from Jiangnan. To wipe out the Xiao family in Huainan, they first offended their own people and hundreds of thousands of Xiao's collateral branches in Jiangnan. Moreover, killing all the Xiao family, there are still Xiao Chuyang and the eldest son of the Xiao family in the capital, which has no other meaning except venting anger.

Therefore, the four kings of the East wanted to pull the Xiao family over from the beginning. The head of the Xiao family is Xiao Ting. As long as Xiao Ting speaks up to support the four kings of the East and expel Xiao Chuyang from the family, Xiao Chuyang will not represent the Xiao family.

But Xiao Chuyang is Xiao Ting's biological father, and it is easy to imagine how difficult it is for his son to expel his father from the family.

In early spring of February, seeing that the Xiliang army on the north bank of the Yangtze River was eyeing it and was about to cross the river to the south, the atmosphere in Jiangnan gradually became tense and solemn.

It was drizzling on the bank of the Huai River. Xiao Ting, who had been the head of the family for a year, sat on the stone embankment by the river, fishing with a fishing rod in his hand, and said earnestly:

"Ruiyang, it's not that my brother won't help you, but you don't know what I'm capable of? When the elders of the Xiao family were talking about something, I sat on top and grinned like an old birthday star. I had to nod my head no matter what I said. I can't let my uncles find out that I don't understand; you asked me to express my loyalty to the Holy Father, but no one believed me. I still call Xu Buling my nephew, but he agrees when I call him uncle? It’s pretty quick…”

Beside Xiao Ting, Wang Ruiyang, the eldest son of the Hangzhou Wang family, squatted beside him holding a fishing rod with a friendly expression, shaking his head and saying helplessly:

"Brother Xiao, please don't embarrass me. I've been here so many times, and I can't be sure anymore. Even if I don't mention the Holy Spirit, my father would break my legs. I boasted about Haikou at that time, saying that I would die with Brother Xiao. friendship..."

"That's natural. We have visited a brothel and drank wine together. Ask the girls in Huainan City. Who doesn't know that we have similar interests? And we are famous for being 'brave and unparalleled'. Not to mention ordinary girls, Yichun Tower That old bustard, we both have experienced it. I remember Wang Laozi's words very clearly, "The old man loses the fire", that's wonderful, that's what I like, especially those who have given birth to children, they will cause trouble. Son, I’m really a little greedy when I say that, how about later..."

Xiao Ting was as full of nonsense as he was in Chang'an City, and he was even more unruly than in Chang'an City. After all, he no longer had a strict aunt to control him.

Wang Ruiyang and Xiao Ting talked about serious matters, but each time they would be led astray by Xiao Ting in less than two sentences, and they could not get to the point at all. He always felt that Xiao Ting was deliberately playing tricks on him, but he and Xiao Ting were old acquaintances, and Xiao Ting In Chang'an City, he has such a personality, and he doesn't even pretend to be like him, so he can only laugh and listen.

Xiao Ting babbled for a moment. He must have felt a bit itchy. He got up and pulled Wang Ruiyang away:

"Just talk and don't practice the tricks, just walk around. Brother Wang came to visit today, and I happened to tell my family that we would go out to socialize. Let's invite ten girls tonight to show you what 'Huainan Ye Bu Ling' means. Maybe No matter how fierce I am during the day, I am very powerful at night..."

Wang Ruiyang smiled very forcedly. The Xiliang army was almost reaching the south of the Yangtze River. He had no intention of running away to drink wine. He raised his hand and said:

"Brother Xiao, there is no hurry. Please listen to what I have to say first. Spring has begun, and the Xiliang army is coming soon. The Xu family has kidnapped your father and the prince and occupied Chang'an. This is something that will last forever. Brother Xiao's body is As the head of the Xiao family, the Xiao family has been rooted in the south of the Yangtze River for thousands of years. If we encounter such a big change, if we ignore it and betray the old master, wouldn’t it be a chilling experience for future generations? "

Xiao Ting waved his hand: "It's not like you don't know about my virtues. I will be infamous for thousands of years after my death. Food, drink and fun are not important. By the way, I stole the jade Ruyi that Emperor Xiaozong gave to my great-grandfather. If we can exchange for a big sum of money, let's go gamble for a big sum later..."? ? !

This bastard thing...

Wang Ruiyang's face turned green and he wanted to curse a few words, but in the end he suppressed his anger and raised his hand and said:

"I hope Mr. Xiao will think carefully about what happened today. The Xiao family has been cared for by the Song family for three generations. How can there be any reason for 'the country to be ruined and the whole family'? I hope Mr. Xiao will understand the current affairs and not regret it when the time comes! Wang takes his leave. "

"Hey, don't go, I'm treating you, madam..."

"Farewell!"

……——

The water veins in the south of the Yangtze River extend in all directions, and it is rainy everywhere in early spring.

The Chihe River on the south side of Luzhou has become an important transportation route from north to south in the past two years because grain and grass are mobilized here. The town of Daqiao in the middle of the river has gradually become prosperous.

War is accompanied by chaos, and chaos means that there are more lawless places. The Jianghu people who originally stayed in the Chu region, because of the presence of a large number of imperial troops, all ran to such places where there were no troops stationed. Make a fortune.

In the early morning, a boat sailed down the river and arrived at Daqiao Town along the Chihe River. It docked at the pier, and two men in Jianghu costumes stepped off.

The leader seemed to be an elder, wearing a robe and a cape, with a hooked nose, and a serious look in his eyes. Behind him was a rather handsome young man, holding an umbrella and walking behind him, with a rather gloomy face.

The foreman on the dock was about to step forward to ask if there was any work, but when he looked up, he saw that the hatch of the large ship was tightly closed, and there were no big animals pulled inside. Occasionally, the whole ship moved. The boat will rock slightly. The hook-nosed old man raised his hand and patted the cabin twice, and the animals in the cabin became quiet.

The foreman who took the job stepped forward and said politely:

"Sir, what are you doing? Do you want the boys to help?"

The young man held an umbrella to cover the old man's head and waved his hand:

"It's just a few cows. They won't stop, just have a quick meal and then leave."

The foreman chuckled: "This cow is a bit noisy. Come on, sir, just say hello if you need anything. There is a newly opened Yang's shop in front. I came from Chudi. The food is really delicious. , if you are interested, you can come and sit down, I said that Lao Wang introduced me, and I will definitely give you a 20% discount..."

It is very common for people to help each other solicit customers on the pier. The young man said nothing and walked with the old man to the place pointed by the foreman. After taking a few steps, he looked back:

"Grandpa, won't those two ancestors cause trouble? There are so many people in this place, and it will be difficult to escape the officers and soldiers they provoke."

The hook-nosed old man's eyes were dull: "I'm very well behaved. I just moved a few times because I was hungry and there were the noises of cattle and horses outside. Jinghong, you can go buy some sheep later and ask for lambs. I'm too old to digest them."

Shangguan Jinghong nodded in agreement and entered the tavern by the dock with the old man.

The tavern had just opened, and the signature tables and chairs were all new. There was a little girl wearing a skirt, sitting at the back door, holding a book in her hand. You could faintly hear the quarreling between men and women coming from the backyard:

"...I have been drinking all day long. I asked you to find a job seriously and not to hang out with those gangsters. But you refused to listen. With just a few words from them, you were ready to go to Hangzhou with them to become a disciple of the Wang family. , How can anyone ask for your martial arts skills? You almost died last time, but you still don’t have a long memory?”

"What do you, a woman, know? You didn't look at who I met last time. It's my ability to survive. If you survive a disaster, you will be blessed later. Don't worry so much about my affairs..."

"Then you can't survive this day? The girl is still young..."

"Do you think I want to open such a shabby shop? After saving so much money and finding a boat gang, I will have a good life. If you insist on opening a dock shop here, you won't be able to make much money in a day..."

"If you weren't a girl, do you think I would tolerate you? I'm not very capable. I just know this all day long..."

snap

There was a slap and the words stopped abruptly.

The little girl sitting at the door also burst into tears.

The hook-nosed old man frowned, Shangguan Jinghong also spat on the ground, turned around and prepared to leave.

But soon, a woman in Jingchai and sarong ran out of the backyard. She picked up the crying little girl and looked up at the two guests at the door. The emotions on her face disappeared instantly, revealing a kind smile, and she quickly greeted:

"Please come inside and sit wherever you like."

There was nothing unusual about the woman's expression, but there were still a few red marks on her face.

Shangguan Jinghong frowned, thought for a moment, and then walked into the small restaurant, sat down by the window, ordered two side dishes at random, and said softly:

"Men in the Central Plains are nothing."

The hook-nosed old man said casually: "Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite, so don't pay attention to them and just talk about business."

Shangguan Jinghong nodded, picked up the teapot, and poured a bowl for the old man, looking a little lonely:

"Last year in South Vietnam, the Hundred Insect Valley was almost wiped out. Even my grandfather and second grandfather were killed. If the guards hadn't resisted to the death that night and allowed me to escape into the water, my Shangguan family would have died..."

The hook-nosed old man raised his hand and said, "What's the use of talking about this? Anyone in the world who doesn't have a few lives on his body will ask you what to do."

Shangguan Jinghong took a sip of tea and looked to the northwest: "At the beginning of spring, Xu Buling will lead an army to attack. I still have some Mad King poison. When the time comes, I will find a way to create chaos. Grandpa will go in..."

The hook-nosed old man shook his head: "You are asking grandpa to send it off. There are countless bows, crossbows and artillery in the Xiliang military camp. Your poison can confuse at most a thousand people, and the remaining hundreds of thousands can be eaten by each person." Spit can drown you and me."

"..."

Shangguan Jinghong also knew this and sighed softly, not knowing what to say.

The hook-nosed old man saw Shangguan exclaiming in surprise, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip:

"Young man, don't be impetuous and hasty. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and as long as you have patience, you can always find opportunities. Breaking into the military camp is not feasible, but if you can find a way to trick Xu Buling out and be alone, grandpa will have 20% chance Be sure to kill him..."

"Only 20%?"

"Twenty percent is very little? For ordinary people, there is at most a 20% chance of leaving alive. You are not very capable, but your ambition is as high as the sky. Are you sure that the record at Mazhao Ridge is just nonsense from a storyteller?"

Shangguan Jinghong smiled coquettishly and was about to ask again, but suddenly saw the grandfather opposite him stop talking and look up. Only then did he realize that the woman from the restaurant had walked in with a tray.

"Your Majesty, I've been waiting for you for a long time. This is the local chicken that was just delivered this morning. It has been stewed all morning and the taste is just right..."

The little woman put the two side dishes on the table, nodded and smiled, then turned and returned to the backyard.

The hook-nosed old man never spoke, just looked at the tea bowl.

Shangguan Jinghong looked a little confused and leaned closer:

"Grandpa, why did you suddenly stop talking?"

The hook-nosed old man's ears twitched slightly. After listening for a long time, he whispered:

"There is something wrong with this woman. She is so far away. When I mentioned Xu Buling's name, she paused. She knows martial arts, and she probably knows Xu Buling."

Shangguan was startled, but he didn't feel anything. He was a little more cautious at the moment:

"Could it be a hidden stake of the Xu family?"

The hook-nosed old man picked up his rice bowl and chopsticks and said casually:

"No matter what she is, I would rather kill the wrong person than let go. When traveling in the world, the most taboo thing is that the news will be leaked before the attack is successful."

"I know, um...when will we do it?"

"It's already started."

The hook-nosed old man was holding vegetables with a dull look in his eyes.

Shangguan Jinghong looked a little confused and looked around. Not sure why, he also picked up the bowl and chopsticks to eat.

After only two bites of the meal, a little girl's cry suddenly came from the backyard of the restaurant:

"Mom, look, inside the river..."

"careful!"

boom

The water exploded, the sound of wooden boards being hit, and the screams of men and women could be heard.

"Ms. sir!"

"mother……"

The ground shook, and the beams of the small restaurant swayed visibly to the naked eye.

Pedestrians on the street heard the noise and stopped in front of the restaurant to check. Some people shouted twice, asking what happened.

As a result, within a few moments, a man's lower body was broken at the waist and thrown onto the street, scaring the pedestrians on the street and fleeing in all directions.

"Girl!"

The woman's shrill cry came, followed by the sound of falling water, and the movement in the back house fell silent at this moment.

The old man with the hooked nose put down his bowl and chopsticks, took out a few copper coins from his sleeve and put them on the table, then turned and walked out of the shop:

"Let's go."

Shangguan Jinghong stared at the back door, his face pale, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. He quickly got up and ran out, his legs trembling slightly...

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