[Datang Shuanglong] Aspiration

Song Shidao and Kou Zhong played happily in Yangzhou City and its surrounding areas for two days, walking around the streets, eating snacks, watching dances, listening to music and drinking fine wines, and even fought with gangsters, pretending to be uncles in the casino... In short It is to make up for all the regrets that Kou Zhong wanted to do in the past, but because he had no money and skills, except for visiting brothels.

In fact, Song Shidao is really not that stingy, he originally planned to take Kou Zhong to the best brothel in Yangzhou City, so that this kid would not always be "concerned" about the brothel, but when the two of them walked to the brothel At the door, Song Shidao was dragged back by Kou Zhong—according to Master Zhong, the brothel is really not a good place, and there is no need to tarnish their beautiful experience with it.Of course, there is another reason Kou Zhong didn't say, that is, he really didn't want to see Song Shidao being touched and hugged by those women with heavy makeup... If such a thing really happened, Master Zhong would definitely get mad, Even the brothel was demolished.

Now that Kou Zhong has such a self-awareness, Song Shidao naturally no longer mentioned the matter of visiting brothels, and after they had played all they wanted to play, they left Yangzhou leisurely for Luoyang .

In fact, this is the last prosperity and tranquility of Yangzhou city.

Thanks to the persevering "informant" of some people, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty finally found out about He Shibi, and he immediately denounced Cihang Jingzhai as a "monster and chaos country", and this kind of statement soon became popular. spread throughout the world.

However, Yang Guang, the emperor, deserved to be really sad. His people all favored Cihang Jingzhai, and they only took Yang Guang's words as rumors and jokes. On the way Song Shidao and Kou Zhong went to Luoyang, the Yuwen Clan, under the leadership of Yu Wenhuaji, broke into the Jiangdu Palace and took Yang Guang's life neatly.

The waves pass the moon, and the tide brings the stars... The Sui emperor who killed his brother and forced his father to seize the throne, abused people's power to build canals and build palaces, and failed to conquer Korea three times collapsed, leaving behind a scene of wars everywhere The country and the heroes who fight for the throne.

The reason why the Yuwen faction would kill the king at this time is that they had rebelled, and because of what happened to Fu Junmai, Yang Guang severely reprimanded the Yuwen faction for being incompetent, which made them lose their last patience; secondly, the Yuwen faction They have always relied on Yang Guang's favor to control the government, and now they have gathered Yang Guang's remaining troops, so there is no need to continue to serve the faint king; three times Yang Guang has openly insulted Cihang Jingzhai, and the Yuwen lord has chosen this place It was time to act, and it also included an attempt to show favor to Cihang Jingzhai, the "righteous leader".

However, within a few days of Yang Guang's death, Du Fuwei, who heard the news, came with a large army and stormed Yangzhou. Yu Wenhuaji did not dare to fight, so he had to abandon the city hastily and took his troops to Chang'an, hoping to be able to attack Yangzhou first. Yu Li Clan won the capital and gained a firm foothold.However, Yu Wenhuaji has always had a bad reputation, and everyone regards him as the emperor's running dog. Now he is only regarded as a vicious dog who rebelled against his master. , although Yu Wenhuaji managed to quell the chaos, but his vitality was seriously injured, and he was ambushed by Li Mi in Liyang, so that he lost all the gold and silver goods "inherited" from the faint king... In the end, Yu Wenhuaji relied only on him With all his martial arts, he tried his best to save his life, and led [-] remnants of soldiers to the north to Wei County.

Bearing the reputation of being a regicide for nothing, the Yuwen clan, one of the four powerful clans, lost the capital to compete in the world. This is simply the best interpretation of "marrying for others".

And when the news of the Sui Emperor's killing reached Luoyang, Luoyang guard Wang Shichong supported Yang Guang's grandson, the 11-year-old Yue King Yang Yu as the puppet emperor. I want to understand that after Wang Shichong clears up other voices in Luoyang, the puppet emperor will be useless.

As for the Li Clan, although there are wolves around, Li Yuan's powerful sons are indeed capable: Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin acted separately, with military schemes and lures, shilling the Turks not to attack Taiyuan, so as not to go to Li Clan's "old lair" Later, he conquered Chang'an with a surprise army, and appointed another grandson of Yang Guang, the 12-year-old generation king Yang You, as emperor, which made Li Miqi, who had the intention to get involved in Chang'an, almost missed a move, and was full of resentment and anger.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, has always been a battleground for military strategists. At this time, more than half of Luoyang is in the hands of Wang Shichong. Why do you say it is more than half?Because there is another small half of the power in the hands of the Dugu Clan: the Dugu Clan is Yang Guang's mother's family, and they have been severely suppressed by Yang Guang these years, so their hope of competing for the world is very slim; They raised a lot of private soldiers, so the Li clan and Wang Shichong both wanted to win over the Dugu clan.

However, wanting to win over the Dugu Clan is one thing, and Wang Shichong doesn't want other big forces in the city of Luoyang, his chosen headquarters, to be too big to lose, so the relationship between Wang Shichong and the Dugu Clan is really delicate.What's more subtle is the relationship between Wang Shichong and the Li Clan. Everyone in Guanzhong wants to seize it. After the Li Clan occupies Chang'an, it will inevitably conflict with Wang Shichong. , so the Li family and Wang Shichong instead had the heart of an alliance against Wagang.

At such a critical juncture, Cihang Jingzhai wanted to take He's Bi to Luoyang. That was the Imperial Seal, how could Li Mi not want to snatch it?Of course Wang Shichong also thought that the Li Clan would not stand still. Even the Dugu Clan, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande... as long as they want to fight for the world, they will inevitably intervene.

Therefore, the current Luoyang has fallen into a strange calm, and no one dares to break this balance first——can Heshibi "take" it?The warlords of all walks of life and the masters of martial arts from all walks of life have hesitated. This is a hot potato. Under the circumstances, the only way to "seek" He's Bi from Cihang Jingzhai's hands--and this is what Cihang Jingzhai wants to see "choose the master on behalf of the heaven".

Balancing all forces has always been Cihang Jingzhai's forte.

On this day, nearly a month before the Dragon Boat Festival, Song Shidao and Kou Zhong entered Luoyang City openly.Song Shidao still wore a mask, but Kou Zhong didn't need it, because even if he had ten Pushan Gong orders on his head now, as long as he stayed in Luoyang City honestly, no one would dare to act rashly.This is not only because of Cihang Jingzhai's influence, but also because Luoyang is governed by Wang Shichong, so what reason does he have to deal with people who offended Li Mi?On the contrary, what Wang Shichong wants to do more is to win Kou Zhong to work for him.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, these two newly promoted young masters, were both born in humble beginnings and have no background. There are many people who want to kill them, and there are many people who want to win them over and make friends with them.So Xu Ziling's life in Luoyang is obviously very carefree.

Following the mark left by Xu Ziling, Kou Zhong and Song Shidao stepped into a luxurious restaurant, and then went up to the second floor, they immediately saw Xu Ziling sitting by the window, but unexpectedly, there was still a man beside Xu Ziling. There was another person seated - it was Ba Fenghan who once made a big splash at Shi Qingxuan's flute party.

"Hey," Kou Zhong was only surprised for a moment, then threw his arms around Xu Ziling's neck without hesitation, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few months, does Master Ling miss me?"

Ba Fenghan glanced sideways at Kou Zhong slightly, his eyes were not friendly, Xu Ziling let out a "ha", glanced at Song Shidao who silently followed behind Kou Zhong, and teased: "One day is like three autumns, I miss you Young Master Zhong has been studying for hundreds of years, but how about you, Young Master Zhong... You must have never thought about me at all, am I right?"

"Then you really wronged me, Master Ling. I miss you day and night..." Seeing Kou Zhong say such a nasty sentence with a hippie smile, Xu Ziling immediately countered: "We are together anyway." Good brother who grew up, you said that it’s fine if you miss me during the day, but you also miss me at night...Even if you really have that spare energy, don’t you worry about someone getting jealous?” His eyes drifted to Song Shidao again.

Kou Zhong choked, quickly changed the subject, and said, "Xiaoling, haven't you introduced me to this great friend?" He looked at Ba Fenghan, quite curious.

"Brother Ba's name, you've known it for a long time," Xu Ziling smiled, and stopped teasing Kou Zhong, and turned to Ba Fenghan, "This is my good brother Kou Zhong. I was joking, please don't mind, brother Ba."

What Xu Ziling said was different in closeness, Kou Zhong understood immediately after hearing it, his good brother and Ba Fenghan didn't have a deep friendship, how did they know each other?

"Why be so polite, Ziling doesn't regard me as a good friend anymore." After Ba Fenghan responded with a smile, he stared at Kou Zhong with sharp eyes and said, "You killed Ren Shaoming." The news will always spread the fastest.

Kou Zhong focused his gaze, and said with a snort, "That's right, is it possible that Brother Ba is related to Ren Shaoming?"

"Originally, I planned to go to Jiangyin to challenge Ren Shaoming in the next step, but I haven't had time to start yet." Speaking of this, Ba Fenghan looked Kou Zhong from top to bottom, shook his head and said, "Only you, Absolutely not Ren Shaoming's opponent."

"You alone are not Ren Shaoming's opponent," Kou Zhong said coldly, "but he did die in my hands, and this is the result. If you don't accept it, why don't you fight?" ?!"

In fact, Ba Fenghan was just telling the truth, but Ren Shaoming was killed by Kou Zhong and Song Shidao together. For Master Yu Zhong, belittling him can be tolerated, but belittling his sweetheart...that is absolutely unbearable .

"Brother Kou seems to be very unfriendly to me." Ba Fenghan looked at the dignified Xu Ziling, smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid of embarrassing Ziling?" He seemed to have misunderstood the reason for Kou Zhong's unfriendliness.

"Obviously what Brother Ba said was a little impolite." Kou Zhong patted Xu Ziling's shoulder, smiled casually, and said, "How could Xiaoling be in trouble? He is ready to learn Brother Ba's clever tricks with me." .”

Ba Fenghan caught a glimpse of Xu Ziling's expression from the corner of his eye, and knew what Kou Zhong said was true, if he continued to fight against Kou Zhong, then he would not want Xu Ziling as a friend anymore, so after pondering for a while, Ba Feng When Han looked at Kou Zhong again, his expression became much friendlier, and he said, "I didn't mean anything else before. In terms of one-on-one, I'm definitely not Ren Shaoming's opponent."

"Then you still plan to challenge him and die?" Kou Zhong asked back, not polite.

"Haha, my courage is not inferior to yours!" Ba Fenghan smiled provocatively, then filled two glasses of wine, handed one to Kou Zhong, and said, "Have a drink?"

After receiving the wine, the two cups touched each other and drank it all in one gulp. Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan poured the cups together and looked at each other, adding a bit of sympathy to each other. Until then, Kou Zhong and Song Shidao sat down at the table, and the four People sit around a table.

It was only then that Ba Fenghan noticed Song Shidao, his eyes paused, and he said, "I just missed it just now, so you are also a master, so you haven't asked Gao's name yet?"

Song Shidao looks mediocre at this moment, and if you don't look carefully, you might think he is Kou Zhong's servant, who made Mr. Kou so domineering... But as long as you look at him, you can feel the gleam in Song Shidao's eyes , knowing that his martial arts attainments are definitely not low.

"Yue Wuhu, the nameless man, the current military advisor of Lord Kou." Song Shidao smiled faintly, cupped his hands as a sign, and stopped talking.

Ba Fenghan could keenly feel that the person in front of him was not simple, and his name was probably fake, but he was even more surprised by the term "Military Adviser", and said: "Brother Kou has no soldiers or generals now, yet there is a military adviser accompanying him, Really strange."

Kou Zhong shrugged his shoulders and said, "No soldiers and no generals now, doesn't mean it will be the same in the future. Soldiers are easy to get but military advisors are hard to find. Brother Ba must also understand this truth."

"Brother Kou actually has the ambition for the world, that's great!" Ba Fenghan raised his glass and said with a smile, "Now I'm finally sure that we are the same kind of people, we both have goals that seem impossible to achieve, but no matter How the world sees it, we are all sure that we will get what we want one day."

Kou Zhong's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask more questions, but Xu Ziling interrupted suddenly, and asked indifferently: "Brother Ba's goal is really hard to see through. Looking at what you did before, did you come to the Central Plains just to cause trouble and show off your emotions? What about killing people?"

Ba Fenghan laughed and said, "Brother Kou would never ask me like that. It can be seen that Ziling, you really have a kind and soft heart like a woman..." He paused for a while before continuing boldly "How can I, Ba Fenghan, be so bored as to cause trouble? It's just that the way of swordsmanship needs to be developed through tempering. I came to Zhongyuan with the intention of making friends with martial arts, but those so-called famous martial arts masters who were defeated by my sword If I refused to be convinced, I turned the contest into an entangled and unscrupulous vendetta, causing my enemies to spread all over the world and accumulate more and more, but why should I be afraid of Ba Fenghan?"

"Okay! Brother Ba, you have spoken my heart. Only when you are strong can you be stronger. I, Kou Zhong, don't like to be a turtle." Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan clinked glasses again, and asked with a smile: "So Ba Fenghan Brother, what is your goal?"

"Kill Bi Xuan before he kills me, that's my goal." Ba Fenghan smiled proudly, his eyes were serious.

Bi Xuan, the Turkic Martial Venerable, was recognized by the world as a great master. He first wanted to accept Ba Fenghan as a disciple because of Ba Fenghan's excellent aptitude, but he was rejected by the unruly Ba Fenghan. Afterwards, Bi Xuan They kept sending disciples to chase and kill Ba Fenghan, intending to eliminate this huge hidden danger, and the two sides forged a deep enmity.

Ba Fenghan and Kou Zhong obviously had a good temper, they drank and talked and laughed, and got along happily.Xu Ziling wasn't very warm to Ba Fenghan, but Ba Fenghan would bring the topic to Xu Ziling from time to time, apparently quite interested in him.As for Song Shidao, he didn't want to expose his identity in front of Ba Fenghan, so he used Tai Chi to divert the topic from himself, and ate and drank silently, keeping a low profile.

It was night, after eating and drinking, they said goodbye to Ba Fenghan, and followed Xu Ziling back to the courtyard he rented early in the morning.

"Why do I always feel that Lao Ba is very interested in Master Ling, what happened between you two?" Kou Zhong asked with great interest.Brother Ba became Lao Ba, and Brother Kou also became Young Master Zhong. Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan became acquainted with each other just after the meal.

Xu Ziling pursed his lips and said, "I haven't asked you what happened, but you asked me instead?" He suddenly embraced Kou Zhong, and said with a smile, "Second brother Song, why don't you lend me Young Master Zhong for one night? , I will return it to you tomorrow."

Song Shidao snorted and said, "It's up to you." So Shi Shiran went back to his room to take a bath and rest.

Kou Zhong watched Song Shidao close the door anxiously, and said sullenly, "Is there anything we can't talk about until tomorrow... Also, what does it mean to borrow me to 'use it for one night'?!"

Xu Ziling dragged Kou Zhong back into the room, and said with a smile, "You guys have slept together for several months, even if I could give it to me for a day, Young Master Zhong, you are a perfect example of valuing sex over friends..."

"Master Ling, I think you really owe a lesson to me," Kou Zhong kicked towards Xu Ziling, and then started to fight after Xu Ziling, saying, "Come on, come on, let's fight for [-] rounds tonight!"

"Fight is to fight, who is afraid of whom?" Xu Ziling replied, "Wait, it's not time to sleep, let's take a bath first..." He dragged Kou Zhong back to the tub.

"...Let go of me, the ghost wants to take a bath with you!"