The Great Hero [Comprehensive Martial Arts]

Zuixianju is indeed the best restaurant in Jiangnan.

Sweet and crisp sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root, sweet and sour squirrel mandarin fish that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, Dongpo pork that melts in the mouth, all the special delicacies in the south of the Yangtze River, made Chu Xiao very satisfied.

The atmosphere at the table is also very harmonious.

Lu Xiaofeng is used to adjusting the atmosphere, and Chu Liuxiang and Hua Manlou are not difficult people to get along with. After a while, the strangeness in Chu Xiao's heart was dispelled, and he started to chat with them, holding a glass of wine, calling them brothers and sisters.

The old daughter's red wine is mellow, sweet and fresh, with full stamina, but after a few cups, a blush appeared on Chu Xiao's white and tender face.

But his mind is still very clear.

He has been waiting, waiting for Lu Xiaofeng to 'make a move'.

But Lu Xiaofeng didn't change anything, he just exchanged a few pleasantries with Chu Xiao in a well-regulated way, and even deliberately avoided some intimate topics during the conversation, and didn't make any inquiries about Chu Xiao's origin.

Chu Xiao was a little confused.

Could it be that he really thought too much?

Lu Xiaofeng invited him to drink, could it be because he felt like old friends at first sight?

Lu Xiaofeng was actually very helpless.

He originally planned to probe Chu Xiao's background at the dinner table, but whenever he was about to speak, he would feel an inexplicable sense of guilt. Driven by this feeling of guilt, he couldn't help but change the The topic, chatting back and forth, just chattered a bunch of irrelevant gossip.

Seeing that the meal was coming to an end, Lu Xiaofeng, who still got nothing, finally couldn't sit still.

"cough."

He cleared his throat, his eyes flicked over Chu Xiao's body, and then he pretended to ask casually: "Listen to the accent, Xiao Xiao, you should be from Kyoto. This is the first time you've been to Jiangnan?"

finally come!

Chu Xiao rolled his eyes and replied with a smile: "Yes, brother Lu really has good eyesight."

"Hahaha." Lu Xiaofeng laughed a few times with the corners of his mouth pulled, and then asked dryly: "Then what are your plans for the future——I mean, if you are not in a hurry to leave, I can take you Have a good time in Jiangnan for a few days."

Hey mom, this way of saying 'there is no silver 300 taels here'...

Chu Xiao shook the fingertips holding the wine glass slightly, and then couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Lu Xiaofeng.To be reasonable, this kind of cliché method without the slightest technical content at all, he can see through it when he was three years old, okay?

In order not to insult his IQ, Chu Xiao went straight to the point decisively.

"Brother Lu, you should speak directly."

Stop embarrassing your IQ.

Lu Xiaofeng, who received obvious contempt from this sentence: "..."

The incomparably wonderful expression on Lu Xiaofeng's face successfully amused Chu Liuxiang who was watching the play, and even Hua Manlou couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Although he couldn't see, he could guess Lu Xiaofeng's reaction at this time.

That must be very interesting.

Lu Xiaofeng, who was despised by a teenager and ridiculed by his friends, with a face full of aggrieved and helpless, asked Chu Xiao in a muffled voice, "Do you mind if I do this?"

Chu Xiao shrugged, and joked, "Just treat me as a cannibal with a short mouth."

Of course Lu Xiaofeng would not take this joke seriously, he reckoned that Chu Xiao probably did not care about what happened just now because of Chu Liuxiang's face.

But anyway, his goal was achieved in the end.

"Since you are so frank, Xiaoxiao, then I won't repeat myself." Lu Xiaofeng patted his beard habitually, sat up straight, and said straight to the point: "I actually want to ask you for proof—that Jiangnan Chief envoy, was it killed by you?"

Hearing this, Chu Xiao immediately showed surprise on his face.

This is different from what he expected in advance!

He thought that Lu Xiaofeng approached him because of curiosity, saw his martial arts routines, and wanted to find out about his identity, but he didn't realize that Lu Xiaofeng's purpose was to verify the matter of Jiangnan's chief envoy Son.

And judging from the tone of voice, Lu Xiaofeng had clearly identified him as the killer.

Chu Xiao said, "How did you know about this?"

He obviously didn't leave any flaws. Except for the initial manslaughter, Chu Xiao would pay extra attention every time he assassinated, making sure that no witnesses would be present when he did it. Afterwards, he would also clean up the scene to make sure. No trace will be left.

So, how did Lu Xiaofeng know about this?

"It's really you."

Hearing Chu Xiao's answer which was tantamount to admitting his identity, Lu Xiaofeng smiled and pretended to be mysterious: "Actually, besides me, there is another person who also knows about this matter."

"Who?"

"Here." Lu Xiaofeng grinned, pouted his chin in the direction where Chu Liuxiang was sitting, then folded his arms, as if waiting for a good show.

He was looking forward to what kind of wonderful reaction Chu Xiao would have when he learned that he had accidentally cut off Chu Liuxiang's beard.

Chu Liuxiang gave Lu Xiaofeng a helpless look.

This fellow knows that he is not good at dealing with "admirers" like Chu Xiao, but he wants to bring the topic to him... Tsk, this narrow-minded guy must be revenge for his "schadenfreude" just now.

Lu Xiaofeng: Come on, hurt each other.

Under Chu Xiao's inexplicable and eager gaze, Chu Liuxiang told Chu Xiao the whole story as concisely as possible.

When Chu Xiao learned that he cut off Chu Liuxiang's beard by accident, Chu Xiao was stunned.

He actually made the Bandit Commander who had never missed a hand fail once!

Oh~ Thinking about it, I feel a little excited for no reason =v=

Chu Liuxiang: "..."

The thoughts of kissing you are all written on your face, did you make it→_→

Looking at the speechless Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng endured and endured, finally couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing loudly with a 'hahahaha'.

"What's the matter with him?"

Seeing Lu Xiaofeng who was laughing and twitching like a epileptic, Chu Xiao subconsciously moved to the side, distanced himself from him, and then asked Chu Liuxiang with an inexplicable expression.

"Don't worry about him, he'll be fine in a while."

Chu Liuxiang sighed with exhaustion, tried to ignore the loud laughter in his ears, and said slowly: "May I take the liberty to ask, what is your purpose for taking those belongings?"

After this contact with Chu Xiao, Chu Liuxiang had a lot of doubts.

A person's living habits are often engraved in his bones, even if there is some cover-up, one can still see one or two.

Chu Xiao has a delicacy that no one in the rivers and lakes has. The clothes he wears, some small movements during meals, and the kind of arrogance unconsciously revealed in his speech, all show a kind of arrogance that can only be born in a wealthy family and have The breath that has been pampered and raised since childhood.

Such people are often not greedy for money.

Because they themselves have wealth that ordinary people can't match.

Chu Liuxiang really couldn't figure out why a person like Chu Xiao wanted to become a killer, and why he wanted to collect money everywhere.

"My purpose is very simple." Chu Xiao shrugged, and explained his behavior of stealing the sheep with confidence: "The gold and silver treasures are mostly obtained by them by accepting bribes and oppressing the people. They are all unrighteous. These wealth did not belong to them in the first place, nor should they belong to their descendants after their death, I took these properties to use them where they should be used.”

Chu Xiao felt that Chu Liuxiang would definitely understand what he did.

Because in a way, what he did was the same as what Chu Liuxiang did.

In fact, Chu Liuxiang did the same.

Although he never kills people, and he doesn't approve of killing people as a way to solve problems, he can understand and respect Chu Xiao from the bottom of his heart—even though Chu Xiao is only a dozen years younger than him, and he has nothing to do in the arena. Unknown young man.

After being honest with each other, the relationship between Chu Xiao and Chu Liuxiang and the others became a little closer. When they were drunk and full, Chu Xiao was invited to sit in the small building in Huamanlou for a while.

Lu Xiaofeng even suggested that he take Chu Xiao and Chu Liuxiang to have fun in Jiangnan for a few days.

To be honest, Chu Xiao was really moved.

But he still rejected Lu Xiaofeng's proposal in the end.

His trip out of the palace was not purely for eating, drinking and having fun, but he had a very important task - he was going to collect evidence of Nanwang's rebellion.

Nan Wang's fief is far away in the east of the Lingnan Road, and Chu Xiao has been delayed a lot of time on this journey. If it is delayed any longer, something may happen.

In the past two years, since Emperor Qing succeeded to the throne, the Southern King, who had been stationed in the fief, suddenly went uncharacteristically, frequently went to Beijing under the pretext of reporting the situation of the fief, and even contacted many courtiers in private.

His actions made Emperor Qing have to raise his guard.

Nanwang is the late emperor's brother. He made many military exploits when he was young, and he has great prestige in the court. He participated in the competition for the throne, and once beat the late emperor, and almost sat on the throne.

It's a pity that Nanwang is arrogant by nature, and immediately lost his temper after gaining the advantage, and attacked other contenders for the throne.

Several princes, including the first emperor, were all murdered by Nanwang.

Suppression, assassination, poisoning, under the persecution of King Nan, the brothers of the late emperor either died in Huangquan, or their bodies were damaged, and they could no longer have children. His bones are weak, so he won't live long.

God knows what you did.

These acts of King Nan were eventually exposed, rejected, and missed the throne.

Xu was worried that the first emperor would retaliate against him when he came to power. After the crime was exposed, the king of Nan asked for punishment on his own, and went to garrison in Lingnan, where banditry was serious at that time.

During the years when the first emperor was in power, Nanwang stayed in the fief obediently without any changes.

Xu knew that the first emperor didn't want to see him, he didn't even dare to show his face during the annual pilgrimage, but he just entrusted someone to send tax offerings to the capital regularly to show his submission.

Seeing that Nan Wang really seemed to have the intention of repenting, because of the brotherhood, the first emperor finally spared him.

With the passage of time, that tragic battle for the throne was gradually forgotten by people. Nan Wang, who was once cast aside by everyone for killing his brothers, also restored his reputation because of his good governance of the fief.

To be honest, Emperor Qing didn't want to doubt Nanwang's disobedience.

The heirs of recent generations of the royal family have withered away. Apart from the direct descendants of Emperor Qing and Chu Xiao, only the lineage of the Southern King and the lineage of the King Taiping remained. To kill his lineage.

In this way, the entire royal family is left with only the direct line and the line of King Taiping.

Population decline is an extremely serious problem for every family.

Especially the royal family.

Emperor Qing knew that the change of dynasties is the cycle of heaven, and sooner or later the Chu Dynasty will disappear in the long river of history like the previous dynasties, but as the emperor, he naturally hopes that the Chu Dynasty can prosper forever.

At least, in his generation, the Chu royal family cannot perish.

Therefore, Emperor Qing chose to forbear when he could directly order Nan Wang to be investigated.

He wanted to deal with this matter in a low-key manner without alarming others, even if Nan Wang really had the intention of disobedience, as long as the matter did not become serious and Nan Wang's son had nothing to do with it, he would have a chance Keep the incense of Nanwang's lineage.

It just so happened that Chu Xiao was going to travel around the palace at this very moment.

Although most of the time, Emperor Qing treated Chu Xiao as a child, but he was actually quite confident in Chu Xiao's ability to handle affairs.

……

Well, no one will believe this when I say it ╮(╯▽╰)╭

In fact, the main reason was that Emperor Qing didn't have many useful people at his disposal, so he had no choice but Chu Xiao.

The author has something to say: I can't wait to let the city lord play =v=