Chen Shi

Chen Zhi gathered the current clues together: "The Southwest King was drafted in Huguang, and the contestant was sent to a Fujianese... What can you think of?" high hopes.

But this time Rong Yun was also at a loss: "After Fujian took refuge in the Southwest King, it was deeply favored."

It seems that this is the only way to explain it.

Chen Zhi walked around the room, suddenly looked down at the shackles, as if he was thinking about how to take him off.

"Master, I will help you." Rong Yun took off the hairpin from her head, and her long black hair poured down, smooth and not too messy.He casually combed the loose hair, lowered his head and inserted the hairpin into the hole, stirring it back and forth, left and right, and after a while, he heard a click, and the lock was opened.

Chen Zhi took off the handcuffs, moved his sore wrists, and felt that someone was touching his feet, and when he lowered his head, Rong Yun had already squatted on the ground and unshackled his feet.

He untied it carefully, and didn't notice that his hair was dragging on the floor. Chen Zhi couldn't see it, bent down and rolled up his hair, trying to hold it loosely, but the hair slipped, and half of it fell apart after grabbing it.

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A majestic immortal, if he doesn't hold a hair, how can he hold the common people?

Chen Zhi put his hair back together angrily, using a little force.Hmph, no matter where you go, you won't be able to escape from my Wuzhi Mountain.

Rong Yun looked at Master's childish expression in embarrassment, and she didn't know where to put the hairpin in her hand. When Chen Zhi looked over, she handed it to him: "Master, help me tie my hair."

"En." Chen Zhi didn't refuse, told him to sit down, combed his hair with his fingers, stroked it lightly twice, and skillfully arranged his hair in a bun.

Rong Yun stretched out her hand and touched it: "Master combs really well."

"Of course, I combed my sister's hair when she was a child." Chen Zhi smiled involuntarily.

Rong Yun opened her eyes wide: "I still have my aunt? Where is my aunt now?"

Chen Zhi's smile froze: "Of course it's where she should be."

Rong Yun was silent for a while and asked: "Is it the capital?"

Chen Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then recalled that he had fabricated the identity of the descendant of the royal family of the Chen Dynasty.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Rong Yun thought she remembered something sad, leaned her head gently, hugged him and said, "Master still has me."

Chen Zhi wanted to touch his head, but when he did it, he remembered that he combed his hair. He couldn't bear to damage it, so he patted his shoulder instead: "He's such a big man, how come he hugs him so easily."

Rong Yun looked up at him, then continued to hug him with her head down: "I have nothing else to hug except Master."

Chen Zhi instilled ideas in a timely manner: "When you marry a daughter-in-law, you will have it."

Rong Yun imagined it for a while, then frowned in disgust: "That's too short."

Chen Zhi looked down at his scalp, and thought to himself: "Short winter melon has the nerve to despise others."Speaking of which, Cui Yan in her previous life was not very tall when she was a child. It is said that she jumped up suddenly when she was 12 years old. Growing taller a little bit, I don't know if I can reach Cui Yan's height in the future.

He said, "Girl doesn't dislike you, you should be thankful."

Because of a joke, Rong Yun was sulking all afternoon, and it didn't get better in the evening. After eating a little, she stood on tiptoe and leaned against the wall.Chen Zhi wanted to remove the shackles, but he refused, saying that there was weight on his feet and he could lengthen them by himself.

Chen Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Maybe it's even shorter."

Rong Yun's expression changed all of a sudden, and she wanted to take out the hairpin to unlock it for herself, but then remembered that Chen Zhi combed her hair, and she couldn't bear to take it apart, so she came up with Chen Zhi's idea.

Chen Zhi refused without even thinking about it: "Don't even think about my hair being disheveled."

Rong Yun said, "I also comb Master's hair."

Chen Zhi looked at him suspiciously.

Rong Yun said: "I comb my hair by myself."

Remembering that his usual appearance was decent, Chen Zhi finally gave him a chance to remove the hairpin and give it to him.He took it, and opened the shackles neatly. When opening the handcuffs, because the lock was too close to the wrist, the socket was inconvenient, so Chen Zhi helped him insert it, and let him turn it gently according to the hairpin. After a while, the handcuffs were released.

Chen Zhi said, "Where did you learn it?"

Rong Yun said: "My father taught it. He gave mother a treasure chest, and would secretly stuff things into it every few days, and then lied to mother that the treasure chest made money. If my father travels far away, let me stuff it. "

Chen Zhi: "..."

Seeing that Chen Zhi hadn't spoken for a while, Rong Yun asked, "What's wrong, Master?"

Chen Zhi pressed his forehead: "I don't know what's wrong, I suddenly want to bark a few times."

But before he could speak, someone outside cried and shouted.The voice was too noisy, Chen Zhi and Rong Yun leaned against the window and vaguely heard the shout of "running water" outside.Because the window was too small, the view was limited, and the source of the fire was invisible, Rong Yun picked up the shackles and slammed it on the window, and kicked the entire window frame directly.

Rong Yun got out first, and turned around to pull Chen Zhi.

While climbing the window, Chen Zhi asked inexplicably, "Why didn't you kick the door directly?"

Rong Yun: "..."

When we went outside, we could clearly see fires on three sides, cries, cursing, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, all from all directions.Rong Yun carried Chen Zhifei up to the roof.From a height, the scene of the village is clear at a glance.There were three fires in total, two were violent and had spread from both sides, and one was splashing water around a group of people.

"Good skill!" The bearded man rushed out from the front with a few young people who were detained together, looked up at them, and held the torch that caused the accident in his hand.

Chen Zhi floated down from the roof: "What happened outside?"

The bearded man opened his eyes wide, and seemed to think that Chen Zhi's "lightness skill" was very magical. He was asked the second time before answering: "I lit the fire...a big man went west with two guards, and waited for them to put out the fire." After that, we will definitely rush to protect him. Let's go east!"

The words were a bit incoherent, but Chen Zhi understood.The man with the beard and fire pointed it out. There was a big man fleeing to the west. After the guards here finished putting out the fire, they would definitely follow him to the west, so it was safer to go east.

Chen Zhi asked, "What does that big man look like?"

"White face and thin neck, dark eyes, looks very gentle, oh, and there is a small mole on his forehead." The bearded man said.

Chen Zhi suddenly became excited.Isn't it the Fujianese seen through the window?He asked, "He only brought two guards?"

The bearded man nodded, and then said, "You want to take him as a hostage? I'll go with you."

Chen Zhidao: "Then what should they do?"

The bearded man turned his head, and those young people looked at him in panic, for fear that they would be left behind.Chen Zhi was not wordy, asked the direction clearly, and rushed over with Rong Yun, while the bearded man led the others eastward.

On the way, Rong Yun took Chen Zhi's hand and said, "Master, I think there is something wrong with him."

As soon as Chen Zhi asked what was wrong, the coachman and the nanny jumped out from the next house to meet them.The place where they were held was farther from the source of the fire, so they escaped only now.

Rong Yun said: "I think he pays too much attention to the Fujianese."

Chen Zhiyi thought, indeed.The bearded man's description of the man was almost to the point of observation, which is definitely not what he would pay attention to when he fled hastily after arson. "Then shall we go in the other direction?"

Rong Yun said: "Master, don't you want to see what they are going to do?"

Although I really want to see it, it must be under the premise that Rong Yun is absolutely safe.

Rong Yun said: "I believe Master will take good care of me, and besides, they are also nearby, so I will be fine." The "they" in his mouth are the four groups of people who secretly protect the front, back, left, and right.

Although he was locked up, their communication was never interrupted, sometimes it was a hair touching movement that couldn't be more natural, sometimes it was a strange bird sound.

Chen Zhi was a little relieved, and continued to chase as promised.Unless the other party deliberately waited for him, otherwise they walked for such a long time first, and the possibility of encountering them was not very high.

Unfortunately, the other party was waiting for him.

In the wilderness, a table of eight immortals with exquisite carvings, a pot of fragrant red robes, and a gentleman with a small black mole on his forehead greeted him.

While facing Chen Zhi and the others, the man smiled and cupped his fists: "How lucky I am to meet the special envoy of Jiangnan in this beautiful place."

Since the other party came prepared, he didn't have to hide it.Chen Zhi replied: "It was a deliberate encounter."

The man was not ashamed, but rather proud: "If it wasn't for this, how could we invite the special envoy from Jiangnan?"

Rong Yun suddenly said: "Your sentence 'if not so' is very standard."

The man laughed and said: "It seems that the two of you have misunderstood the Fujianese. Not every Fujianese is a person who is lucky or not. I said this on purpose before, just to arouse your interest in me. If you are ordinary People, even if they know that I am from Fujian, they will not think too much about it, but the Jiangnan special envoy will definitely keep an eye out and want to find out."

Now that Rong Yun spoke, Chen Zhile had to be the hands-off shopkeeper, encouraging him to speak more with his eyes.

Rong Yun had no choice but to continue: "That bearded man belongs to you too?"

The man said: "That's right. He sent a lot of people to guard the only way to Changsha Mansion. At last, God paid off, and he didn't make me wait for nothing. Whether it was on purpose or by chance, since we met Now, it means that we are from the same road, why don’t you sit down and discuss in detail? This Dahongpao is produced in Wuyi, and has a unique fragrance of rock bone flowers, please comment.” He invited everyone to sit down and poured tea himself.

The nurse and the coachman smelled it, but they were not sure, so they put the teacup back.

The man turned a blind eye to their vigilance, and said with a smile, "Allow me to recommend myself. My surname is Tang, and my single name is Xuan. I am the second son of Fujian prefect Tang Zeling."

Rong Yun has heard of Tang Xuan's name.He was known as supernatural powers when he was young, but unfortunately he acted wildly and uninhibitedly. He traveled abroad all the year round and wrote a book "Wuyi Idle Scholar's Travel Notes of Jiangshan and Mountains", which recorded anecdotes and strange things in the north and south of the river, which was very popular.He also read it, and liked the anecdotes he wrote very much, and his face suddenly softened a lot: "Are you working for the Southwest King?"

Tang Xuan said: "If I am willing to do things for him, why go to the mountains and set fire?"

Rong Yun said: "As far as I know, Fujian has surrendered to the Southwest King."

Tang Xuan sighed and said: "We have always been advancing and retreating with Jiangxi. They gave in first, what else can we do? When the knife rests on the neck, the kneecap will always be soft. However, I believe that Mr. Rong can beat Jiangnan to death. If you are so well organized, you must have the wisdom of a hundred dragons, how can you be deceived by the tricks of the Southwest King? Sure enough, didn't I wait for you?"

Rong Yun said, "You knew we would come?"

Tang Xuan said: "I heard that the marriage between Jiangxi and you fell through, so I knew that this paper might not be able to contain the fire, so I immediately sent people to strictly guard the main roads leading to Changsha Mansion. It happened that outsiders were being arrested wantonly in Huguang. So I sent someone to sneak in and wait for the rabbit. Later, Yang Yuan, who was bearded, informed me that there was a group of people with extraordinary manners, not like things in the pool, so I rushed over. The first meeting, although separated by the window paper, could only I saw eyes the size of a hole, but as the saying goes, if you see a leopard in a tube, you can see it. It’s just a pair of eyes, which makes me [-]% to [-]% sure. Sure enough, after Yang Yuan set fire, he sent you to my side.”

This sounds really nasty.

Chen Zhi couldn't help taking a sip of tea to suppress his shock.

Rong Yun and the three of them stared at him with wide eyes, almost scratching his throat to make him spit it out.

Tang Xuan was very pleasantly surprised: "It seems that this young master believed my words."

Chen Zhi shook his head sincerely: "I'm just thirsty and not afraid of poison."

Tang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "This young master is really temperamental! I don't know how to address him, although it's the first time we meet, I already foresee that we will become close friends in the future!"

Rong Yun abruptly pulled the topic back from Chen Zhi: "You tried every means to lure us out, what exactly is it for?"

Tang Xuan smiled and said, "Of course it's for the union."

Long before the Southwest King captured Huguang, Tang Zeling mentioned uniting Jiangnan to fight against Guangdong and Guangxi. Tang Xuan was against it at that time.In his opinion, Jiangnan is a bunch of clowns who kneel and lick the soles of the Southwest King's feet, and they should not seek trouble with them. It wasn't until Rong Yun was born that he became interested in Jiangnan.

Later, Huguang was broken, Jiangxi fell, and Fujian could not support itself, so we had to temporarily attach ourselves to the Southwest King, seeking time to find another way out.

This time, it was Tang Xuan who offered to unite with Jiangnan.

However, before joining forces, he still needs a test to verify whether the Jiangnan group is a pig teammate or a god teammate.That's why there was a scene of watching the Jiangxi prefect and them fight fiercely with cold eyes.

In the end, Rong Yun lived up to her expectations, seeing a "love of a concubine", and at a critical moment, she lifted her pants and refused to recognize her, playing the other party around.

At that time, he had a hunch that the other party would definitely extend his hand into the alliance.

Just, how long is his hand?Is it simply throwing a stone to create a circle of ripples, or turning your hands into clouds and rain?

He is looking forward to it.

Similarly, Rong Yun is also guessing the other party's purpose.The Rong Mansion is located in Hangzhou, and if they want to unite, all they need is a letter. Why bother to beat around the bush on the land of the Southwest King and make it so troublesome?It can be seen that there must be other reasons behind it.

He asked, "What is the King of Southwest looking for with these people?"

Tang Xuan said: "Nowadays there are two kinds of theories circulating in the Changsha Mansion. One is that the King of Southwest is practicing evil skills and needs to recruit young and strong men; the other is that the King of Southwest is about to form an army and will die That's it."

Neither sounded very good.

Chen Zhi said, "Are you here... are you in charge of this matter?"

Tang Xuan smiled and said: "If I am in charge of this matter, why give you two choices? I know that you may be here, so I forged a letter from the Southwest King, making them think that I am a special envoy of the Southwest Palace, and that's why I was allowed to live here." come down."

Rong Yun said: "Aren't you afraid to scare the snake with such a big fanfare?"

Tang Xuan said: "You don't know how many villages like this there are in Huguang. Even if something happens, it will never alarm the Southwest King. Besides, Wang Weixi arrived in Changsha Mansion yesterday, and the Southwest King must be around him. There is no time to pay attention to other people. matter."

Chen Zhi and Rong Yun looked at each other, and Rong Yun said, "What are your plans for the next step?"

Tang Xuan said with a smile: "That depends on you. If you are willing to cooperate with me, I will find a way to help you."

Rong Yun said: "If I want to go to Changsha Mansion?"

Tang Xuan said: "Is this not just a matter of one sentence? I will send you to Changsha mansion openly and aboveboard."

Multiple friends are better than multiple enemies.

There is no need to think about this question, it already has an answer.

Rong Yun agreed to Tang Xuan's joint request—so, on the important day of the alliance between the Southwest King and the Northern Yan Dynasty, Rong Yun, who represented Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Tang Xuan, who represented Fujian, formed an alliance first.

Tang Xuan said that he would bring them in openly, and sure enough he brought them in openly.Ten horse-drawn carriages formed a mighty convoy, swaggered through the checkpoint of Changsha Mansion from the official road, and sent them to Furong Villa, which greeted them temporarily.

Before he had time to take a shower and rest, he called Rong Yun and Chen Zhi over to have a secret talk.

To this day, they still haven't reported their identities, but the other party obviously knows it well, and privately calls them Mr. Rong and Immortal, but when there are people around, they call them Mr. Da Cheng and Mr. Chen according to what Chen Zhi said. Mr. Cheng.Their identities here are guest qings, mixed with other guest qings, apart from their faces, they are not noticeable.

Rong Yun still wore the heroic mask, while Chen Zhi used his real face, because he showed his face in front of Tang Xuan, so it's not easy to wear another one at this time.Fortunately, he recalled his past life experience overnight, and after much deliberation, he didn't know anything else except Shan Bushe, who had not been reincarnated after the thunderbolt, and Yan Beijiao, who had been reincarnated and regained his memory. people.

It was said to be a secret meeting, but it was actually Tang Xuan who informed them of the current situation: "The alliance hasn't officially started yet. I heard that the King of Southwest wants to have a banquet before the alliance, and he is transporting beauties and portraits from Guangzhou. .”

It's coming, it's still coming.

Chen Zhi glanced at Rong Yun, secretly glad that he was wearing a mask.

Rong Yun asked: "Do you know which Baimei Banquet is?"

Tang Xuan took out his fan and shook it: "There are so many beauties around the King of the Southwest, how can I know all of them. But I heard that the 89 beauties have not been collected. So far, there are only [-] beauties, and there are still [-] beauties among them. There are more than [-] women, including beauties from Jiangnan."

He was very dissatisfied with the practices of Jiangnan Wu, Fang and other aristocratic families. He felt that they were in Jiangnan, and they actually supported the Southwest King. It is a disgrace to the family to go in, but not to lose half of the title.

Tang Xuan said: "Don't worry, many literati have been invited to this Baimei banquet. It's okay if I bring you in, but I'm just worried that Mr. Rong's face will cause trouble."

Not to be outdone, Rong Yun said, "Young Master Tang, you should worry about yourself."

Tang Xuan touched his face and said, "Don't worry, the king of Southwest drew a portrait of me on the first day he saw me, and it has already been included in the 89 beauties. The only thing I worry about now is the ranking, It is said that Baimei is divided into three, six, and nine grades according to their beauty. The first grade is called the appearance of immortals, which is the best appearance in the sky and not on the earth. The second is called the beauty of the country, which can be called the disaster of beauty. The next one is the outstanding one. Even though she is beautiful, she just doesn't stand out from the crowd."

After Chen Zhi heard this, he felt that the King of Southwest was really good at making things happen.Originally, one, two, three, four were already controversial in terms of appearance - at least Huang Gui said that Rong Yun attacked the Southwest King for the second place, and now they have to be divided into top, middle and bottom. They are all beauties, who is afraid of who? I don't agree with anyone.If the world is unlucky and the Southwest King is really allowed to sit on the throne, the battle of 3000 beauties in his harem alone may overthrow the court again.

He sighed and asked enthusiastically, "When will the Baimei Banquet start?"

Not very long, but five days later.

The weather is beautiful, it was still raining and raining two days ago, when the banquet started, the dark clouds receded and the sky was shining brightly. The azaleas in the villa were covered with rain and dew, like shy and timid beauties, making people love and pity.

The guests who arrived in advance were all amazed. They all said that the Southwest King was so lucky that he had the appearance of a real dragon, and even the Thunder God in the sky would give way for him.

Chen Zhi felt itchy in his heart, and wanted to rush to the sky to ask if this was the case.

It's a pity that before he could take action, a group of beauties rushed in.

The guests who were chattering non-stop just now stopped talking and looked away.

At this time, spring is just right.The green and fresh grass is like a natural carpet, which bears the gentle footsteps of beauties and sets them off one by one.

The guests counted the number of guests, and twenty of them came out in total. All of them were beauties selected in a hundred. Although they were wearing uniform apricot gauze dresses, they were full of spring flowers and autumn moons, each with their own strengths. beautiful.

"Welcome everyone to Baimei Banquet."

The twenty beauties bowed at the same time, their voices were like orioles and falling jade, it was really beautiful.