Temperament

In the land of the Central Plains, amidst the rolling dark blue distant mountains, a magnificent river breaks through the mountains, rushes away, and reaches the sky where the clouds and water meet.

Picturesque rivers and mountains, beautiful sunsets, but no one appreciates them at the moment.On weekdays, on the river where boats and boats come and go, a bamboo trestle bridge was erected at some point. If you look carefully, the trestle bridge is built on top of dozens of boats connected by ropes. It is only half the length of the river, with a fleet of ships at each end. wait.On the mast of the leading ship of the Jiangbei Fleet, "Zhuo" in red letters on a black background fluttered in the wind.Echoing this is the "Meng" with yellow letters on a blue background on the leading ship of the Jiangnan fleet.

In the center of the trestle bridge, there is a wide bamboo pavilion. The bamboo pavilion is transparent on all sides, and there are many figures in the pavilion. A peace talk that is extremely eye-catching in the martial arts world is about to take place.

In the bamboo pavilion, the leaders of more than 20 martial arts schools, including Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, and Kunlun, sit on both sides.On the main table in the middle, there is a long row of three sacrificial animals, as well as wine jars and cups.The leader of the martial arts alliance, Mo Qiancheng, stood with his hands behind his back, facing the wind of the river and waiting for the arrival of the negotiating parties.

When Shen Shi arrived, there was a sudden rush of drums on the river.

After the sound of the drums, there were two loud thuds, and two figures flew over from the leading boats of the two fleets on the river, and with the sound of the wind in their clothes, they swept across the distance of tens of feet in the blink of an eye. The surface of the river landed on the trestle bridge in front of the bamboo pavilion at the same time.

Mo Qiancheng's eyes flashed. The heads of both sides of the peace talks, Zhuo Xiaocang from the Jiangbei Zhuo family, and Meng Liren from the Jiangnan Meng family, finally arrived.

Cheers came from the direction of the two fleets, which were cheers for their own family members.Although it is a peace negotiation, both sides of the peace negotiation still have a lot of energy, and each uses their own unique skills.This appearance is half a catty and eighty two, no one has lost face.

Zhuo Xiaocang and Meng Liren looked at each other, bowed their hands politely, then turned to Mo Qiancheng, bowed their hands and saluted, "Leader, I've been waiting for a long time."

Mo Qiancheng smiled and said to the two of them: "Master Zhuo, Master Meng, I invite you both."

The three of them entered, Zhuo Meng and Zhuo Meng each met the heads of the sects who came to witness the peace talks.

Mo Qiancheng watched with cold eyes the scene where Zhuo Meng and the heads of various sects exchanged polite greetings.Zhuo Xiaocang has a dark complexion, beard and hair all stretched out, and looks like a reckless man, but a pair of radiant eyes clearly show his shrewd and capable side; while Meng Liren, with a white face and willow beard, looks like a Confucian scholar, his gestures are impeccable, and needles are hidden in his cotton. It has fully revealed his aura of being able to compete with Zhuo Xiaocang.During the greetings between the two in front of each sect, there was still an invisible turmoil, fighting openly and secretly.

They are not fuel-efficient lamps. No wonder they have been fighting for more than 100 years. Mo Qiancheng sighed in his heart, wondering whether today's peace talks can really stop the fighting.

The Zhuomeng family is not only a family of martial arts established in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years, but also both are martial arts merchants.Adhering to the tenet of using business to support martial arts and using martial arts to protect business, the two furniture have not only established a family status and demeanor in the Jianghu after more than a hundred years of careful management, but also accumulated extremely amazing wealth and power.

Perhaps due to the same experience and status, since the establishment of the two factions, the two have been in a state of rivalry.For more than a hundred years, there have been three major battles in martial arts.In each of those three matches, most sects in Jianghu were involved, resulting in countless casualties.As for the scramble and mutual dismantlement in the mall, there are countless.

For more than 20 years since Mo Qiancheng took office, he has been working hard to mediate between the Zhuo and Meng families, and Zhuo Xiaocang and Meng Liren, the heads of the two families, are tired of disputes and gradually intend to reconcile. His repeated efforts finally led to the much-anticipated peace talks in the martial arts world.

However, although the terms of the peace talks have been negotiated through him as an intermediary, the grievances and interests involved behind it are by no means so easy to clarify, and sudden changes are not impossible.Moreover, most of the financial resources needed for the operation of Zhengtian League, the joint organization of martial arts in the Central Plains, come from the support of the Zhuo and Meng families. This point must not be ignored when he, the leader of the martial arts alliance, presides over the peace talks.

Mo Qiancheng reminded himself again in his heart before coughing lightly, and said to the two sitting on both sides of him: "Master Zhuo and Master Meng, thanks to the trust of both of you, let me be the middleman to host this event for the two families." It is a great honor for Mo to negotiate peace. The two masters are broad-minded and extraordinary, and they are indeed role models in the martial arts. I, the leader, will be here on behalf of the common people in the martial arts. I thank you two for your kindness." He raised the cup in his hand and took a sip. And do.

Under the watchful eyes of all, is there any reason not to accept the top hat personally handed over by the leader of the martial arts?Zhuo Xiaocang and Meng Liren also came with the purpose of letting go of their past enmity and putting peace first. Seeing that Mo Qiancheng respected himself first with the respect of the leader, they naturally accepted his affection and rushed to pay back.

Meng Liren cupped his hands and said: "Leader Mo is serious. The leader has worked day and night for the safety and prosperity of the martial arts world. It is obvious to all in the Jianghu. The Meng Zhuo family has been fighting for years, with countless casualties on both sides. Meng has long wanted to meet with Master Zhuo to turn the war into friendship. Abandoned, working hard for the two families, Meng, on behalf of the ancestors of the Meng family, thank the leader." After speaking, he drank the glass of wine in his hand.

As soon as these words came out, Zhuo Xiaocang was naturally not willing to be left behind, "Dang Meng is right. The Zhuo and Meng families are members of the martial arts world, and I, Zhuo Xiaocang, am a reckless man. The reason for the two defeats. This time, the leader Mo is in charge of the peace talks between the two families, Zhuo is very grateful, and I am here to help the Zhuo family with 860 people, and then toast the leader." After speaking, he touched the cup in his hand to Mo Qiancheng, Lift your head up and drink it up.

After such a round of mutual respect between you and me, the atmosphere of the peace talks was established, Mo Qiancheng thought to himself that he should start his head, then put down his glass, and said with a smile: "The two masters speak quickly, what a hero has done, you deserve it It is the right-hand man of the Zhengtian League. So, let’s start.”

Zhuo Xiaocang and Meng Liren immediately agreed.Zhuo and Meng's two businesses cover a wide range of businesses, and they overlap with each other. The fight stems from the conflict of interests in the business field, but later it slowly evolved into fighting in martial arts.In this peace talk, both sides are holding the goal of letting go of past enmity and developing the future together. Therefore, in the peace talk, no mention of past grievances is mentioned, and the focus is on the exchange of interests between the two parties.

Both Zhuo Xiaocang and Meng Liren were businessmen, so they stopped holding it at this moment, and immediately spread out their terms of peace talks, and discussed with each other under the witness of Mo Qiancheng and the leaders of various sects.

In a blink of an eye, the sun set on the west mountain, and a layer of mist formed on the surface of the river, enclosing the bamboo pavilion in it. Looking from a distance, it looks like a painting, which is not very real.

On the bow of the "Meng" flag, Shen Qinglan looked away, looked up at the sky, turned to the tall man beside him and said, "It's getting late, brother, can we talk before dark?"

The man he called "senior brother" was Meng Huaiyuan, Meng Liren's only son.Hearing this, Meng Huaiyuan turned around and smiled and said, "Don't worry, the conditions are all negotiated before, today is just a formality and an agreement, it won't take too long."

His tone was determined and down-to-earth, coupled with that warm smile on his face, in Shen Qinglan's eyes, it was a complete guarantee.Shen Qinglan smiled unconsciously, and gave a heavy "hmm".

When he lowered his head, his gaze swept across Meng Huaiyuan's waist. Outside the blue satin robe, a sky blue waistband was shining with the unique soft luster of jade, highlighting its existence.

Shen Qinglan's heart softened, and she touched down with her right hand to the jade pendant of the same color and texture engraved with the same twig pattern around her waist, and skillfully found the small word in the lower left corner of the jade pendant with her sense of touch, and traced it with her fingertips. The strokes of the characters were stroked, just like when the characters were engraved, it was a small "Meng" character. "Brother, do you still like this waistband?" Unknowingly, the question came out.

"Of course I like it. Your vision is the best." Meng Huaiyuan touched his head with a smile and stretched his voice, "But..."

"But what?" Shen Qinglan turned her head to avoid his hand, and asked vigilantly.

Meng Huaiyuan's smile deepened, "However, you shouldn't give me this kind of thing, I should give it to you. We own a jade shop."

Shen Qinglan was full of joy, but she chased after Meng Huaiyuan, "That's right, then put it on the account first, and send me off when you go back!"

Meng Huaiyuan smiled dotingly, and rubbed his head again with his big hand, "It's a deal, after returning to Suzhou, the senior brother will reward you."

Shen Qinglan also smiled, looked away, and looked at the bamboo pavilion dozens of meters away, hoping that the peace talks would end soon.

On the bamboo pavilion, the negotiation has been roughly concluded. The Zhuo family handed over the land deeds of ten restaurants and ten inns in the south of the Yangtze River to the Meng family, and exchanged the land deeds of the Meng family's [-] silk and satin shops and clothing stores in the north of the Jiangnan, and the other two industries with intersecting parts. Work together for mutual benefit.Mo Qiancheng was drafting the covenant, and Zhuo and Meng were waiting by the side.

As the sky darkened, torches were lit in the bamboo pavilion and the fleet on both sides.There was a wind blowing on the surface of the river, mixed with moisture and blowing in bursts, chilling through the bones.

Under the banner of the word "Zhuo", Zhuo Tianyi stretched out his hand to hold the hand of the skinny young man beside him, and rubbed it gently, "Is it cold?"

The young man gave a "hmm", blinked his slightly upturned eyes on his pale face, frowned slightly, pinched the collar of the cloak made of fine fox fur with his slender fingers and lifted it up lightly.It was clearly a movement of fear of the cold, but it forced him to show a sickly beauty, which made people feel pity.

The next moment, with a soft cry, the young man was wrapped in a black cloak that was unfolding, the man's arms were tightly wrapped around his shoulders, and the faint body odor filled his nose, which made him flush with shame, " Don't... your family is watching!"

"What are you afraid of? I just want them to know that you, Jiang Moyan, are the most important person in my Zhuo Tianyi's life, so they will value you!"

"But, your father..." Jiang Moyan raised his face and said worriedly.

"Don't 'but', my father can't stop me, I've already identified you!" Zhuo Tianyi looked at his eyebrows and said heavily.

Infected by the firmness in his eyes, Jiang Moyan swallowed a soft sigh, but was forced to cry again by a burst of coughing.

Zhuo Tianyi quickly helped him rub his back, and it took him a long time to suppress his cough.He simply pulled him to his chest and wrapped him tightly in his arms, "I have already inquired that there is a thousand-year-old ginseng in Yulong Villa in northern Shanxi, and I will send someone to buy it tomorrow. This time, I must take you The root of the disease is gone!"

Jiang Moyan raised his face, his watery eyes were covered with mist, "Don't do this, it has already cost so much money to redeem me from Tianxianglou, and it would be too expensive to buy me a thousand-year-old ginseng."

"How do you talk? What is 'expense'? You are my person, so what do I call 'expense' when I spend money for you?" Repeated questions made Jiang Moyan lower his hot face again, especially the "my person" "Three words.

Zhuo Tianyi saw this, and chased after him and explained softly in his ear, "After tonight, you will be mine, and I have arranged the bridal chamber. As long as you really become a member of the Zhuo family, my father will object again." I can't do anything to you either."

The warm breath sprayed into his ears, Jiang Moyan's face was on fire, and this time he couldn't even say "hmm", he just put his head on Zhuo Tianyi's solid chest, not daring to lift it up.Zhuo Tianyi's heart itched unbearably, he lowered his head and pecked lightly on his ear.

In the public, this move naturally attracted everyone's attention.But Zhuo Tianyi didn't pay attention to it at all, he hugged Jiang Moyan in his arms, and stood boldly under Zhuo Zi's banner.

In the bamboo pavilion, Zhuo Xiaocang squinted his eyes, looked away, glanced at the covenant handed over by Mo Qiancheng, then picked up a pen to sign his name, and then stamped his seal.

Mo Qiancheng distributed the signed agreement to Zhuo and Meng, and kept the third copy as a witness of Luoying Villa.Only then did he pour wine into the glasses of the two, and said with a smile: "The covenant has been concluded, the two masters have opened a new chapter in the martial arts, congratulations!" The three clinked glasses and drank it down.

Mo Qiancheng put down his cup, "It's really a blessing for the Wulin to put aside their grievances and shake hands to make peace. From now on, the two of you should cooperate sincerely and work together to benefit the Zhengtian League and the common people of the Wulin."

Zhuo Xiaocang nodded, "Master, don't worry, since I, Zhuo Xiaocang, have signed and sealed the alliance letter, I will naturally abide by the alliance agreement and be strict with myself, but..." He stopped talking and glanced outside the pavilion Meng's fleet hesitated and said: "Brother Meng is old, and the position of being the head of the family will one day be handed over to the next generation. But I don't know if Mr. Meng will abide by the covenant by then, and I will not afford to arms?"

Meng Liren smiled and cut off the conversation, "Brother Zhuo was too worried. Although the dog Huaiyuan is not a weapon, he is still a reasonable and understanding person, and he will never do things that break his trust. On the contrary, Mr. Ling, who is young and energetic, Everything is so strong, but I don't know how much I can abide by the covenant?"

The atmosphere became tense. Mo Qiancheng didn't expect the two of them to have such an argument at this time. Just as he was about to open his mouth to mediate, Zhuo Xiaocang smiled heartily, "Brother Meng is very true. The Zhuo and Meng families have been fighting for hundreds of years. , Too much blood has been shed, and too many people have been hurt. I, Zhuo Xiaocang, swear here that I will never allow the children of the Zhuo family to do anything that breaks their trust!"

As he spoke, his complexion changed, and he said regretfully: "It's a pity that you and I have only one son under our knees. If someone's family is a daughter, they can be relatives of sons and daughters."

Hearing his change of tone, Meng Liren swears in public, naturally he doesn't want to be left behind, "It doesn't matter if you can't be an in-law, Brother Zhuo, don't worry, I, Meng Liren, can also swear that the covenant will be valid for generations, and the descendants of the Meng family will never be allowed to break the contract and break the promise! "

Zhuo Xiaocang got his follow-up words, his brows loosened, and he smiled and said: "Brother Meng is a man of benevolence and trust, so Zhuo has no doubts about Brother Meng. It's just... people's hearts are hard to control, they are their own children, How can you beat him?"

Meng Liren saw him circling around in the clouds, mountains and mist, and already knew there was something in his words, "Brother Zhuo means..."

Zhuo Xiaocang smiled, "The friendship between the two countries, using the son as a hostage, shows the determination to make a good relationship. Although the Zhuo and Meng families are not between countries, but for the sake of the friendship between the two families for generations, it is not impossible to follow suit." He After finishing speaking every word, he turned a pair of shining eyes to Meng Liren, waiting for his answer.

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