The North Sea is the largest armament port at the southern end of the Chu State. Since Chu Yuan took the throne, although there has never been a naval battle, the number of navies has increased year by year, from the East China Sea to the South China Sea. Continuously, the loud and clear horn sounded on time every morning can almost reach the other end of the world. It is also for this reason that more and more businessmen have gone to Nanyang to do business in recent years. With such a strong state behind them, they are naturally not afraid of being bullied by foreign countries. Flavorful.
The Guanhai City, which is subordinate to Beihai, has become the most important trading port. Merchant ships loaded with porcelain and silk set sail and gradually disappeared in the rising sun. Chu Yuan, dressed in casual clothes, ate a bowl of fish ball soup at a stall by the pier. The stall owner is a young offspring with a doll on his back, talking and laughing with his daughter-in-law while doing business. Chu Yuan heard it interesting, so he sat for a while longer, and only then did he put down a piece of broken silver and get up until Si Xi came to him.
"Master." Sixi held an umbrella in his hand, "It looks like it's going to rain, so go back earlier."
"Where's the senior?" Chu Yuan asked.
"It's just ahead." Sixi said, "The Southwest House has opened a shop in this Guanhai City, specializing in collecting pearls caught in the deep sea. In the past few days, people from the house happened to come to collect the goods, so Master Nan said to drop by and see. Look."
"Pearl shop?" Chu Yuan said, "Let's go, let's have a look too."
Not far from the pier is a lively and bustling street. The shops on both sides wished they could huddle together. Most of them were engaged in the business of aquatic products and seafood, and they smelled fishy, but Chu Yuan didn't dislike it. :"here?"
"Yes." Sixi said, "Master Nan should still be inside."
Chu Yuan opened the curtain and walked in, but there was no young man to greet him, but there was a five- or six-year-old baby sitting at the back door and playing with his fingers. Hearing the movement, he looked up curiously.
Seeing that he was pink and cute, Chu Yuan smiled and stretched out his hand: "Come here."
The little baby stood up and asked in a milky voice, "Who are you looking for?"
"Let's find Master Nan." Chu Yuan crouched down, "What's your name?"
"Xue Xiaoman." The little baby replied.
"Xiaoman?" Chu Yuan nodded, "The name is good."
"Master Nan is behind." The little doll stretched out his finger, "I'm eating, and my mother is behind."
Chu Yuan said: "I will take you to find your mother?"
"Okay." The little doll was too lazy to walk, and reached out and waited for a hug.
Chu Yuan picked him up and just walked to the backyard when he heard Nan Moxie's loud voice, and then, a woman came from the other end, it was Jin Niang who was rescued by Zhao Wu from the back mountain - she was in the front section. The days have been busy in the Southwest Mansion, and Aunt Jin felt distressed, so she asked her to collect pearls with the caravan, first to relax, and secondly to hide for leisure.
"Mother." Xiaoman reached out and called her.
Chu Yuan stopped abruptly, and Eunuch Sixi's expression was a little surprised.
"Your Majesty." After seeing who was coming, Jin Niang's face instantly turned pale, and she knelt down when her legs softened.
Nan Moxie stepped into the courtyard gate with one foot, and after seeing this scene, he said in surprise, "What happened?"
"Take the child down first." Chu Yuan handed Xiaoman to Sixi.
"Your Majesty, the child is innocent." Jin Niang was anxious, kneeling and taking two steps forward.
Four Xi covered Xiaoman's eyes, and went to the front while coaxing.
Seeing this, Jin Niang stood up and wanted to chase, but Chu Yuan reached out her hand to stop her, she turned her head and saw Nan Moxie, she immediately rushed forward and knelt, "Master Nan."
"You get up first, get up first and talk about it, what's wrong with it." Nan Moxie was confused and pulled her up.
"Zhen naturally won't feel sorry for a child, no matter who his father is." Chu Yuan said coldly, "Where is Chu Xiang?"
Nan Moxie was a little surprised to hear this, Chu Xiang
Jin Niang even lost the color on her lips, and after a long time, she told the truth intermittently.
Jin Niang's original name was Xue Ting'er. She was originally a dancer in Liu's house. Although she was average in appearance, her dancing posture was very graceful. Chu Xiang and Liu Jinde had a very close personal relationship, and after a few banquets, they logically brought them back to the palace. Xue Tinger came from a humble background and was naturally not qualified to be a concubine. After a few years, Chu Xiang was exiled to Hainan. According to her status, she could have been exempted from the crime, but she was infatuated and followed all the way to Hainan.
"If that's the case, why are you coming back?" Chu Yuan asked.
Jin Niang said: "When he first arrived in Hainan, he missed me with a sincere heart, which was a blessing. Even when he fled to the sea, he didn't forget to take me with him. It's just that when he arrived in a new place, the days were better, but he didn't. Instead, he became more and more violent, beating or scolding all day long, and even…”
"Even what?" Chu Yuan asked.
"I even want to revive it." Jinniang's voice was hoarse, "I know that he is not self-sufficient, but he can't see the current situation. I saw that he was getting more and more mad, and there was no cure. After giving birth to Xiaoman, I ran away. I was not afraid of death, but I didn't want my son to be taught by him to be a paranoid and cruel person, and I didn't want Xiaoman to be implicated in the future. "
Chu Yuan said: "After leaving Hainan, where did you go?"
Jin Niang shook her head: "I don't know, the boats pass through the vast white fog for many days, and sometimes they can't even tell the difference between day and night. After I arrived on the island, he didn't allow me to walk around, and the people there were dressed in extremely strange clothes. , there are many wizards in black cloaks."
When Nan Moye heard the words, his heart suddenly moved.
The vast white fog, the black robe wizard, everything seems to be consistent with the rumored Emerald and Burmese country.
Chu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said nothing.
Nan Moxie burst into tears, and wanted to slap his forehead hard, or slap it twice - after looking for Tianchensha for so many years, he didn't expect that there would be a person from the Emerald and Burmese country in the southwestern mansion. Why didn't he ask more than twice sentence.
In this case, I don't know whether to say that good luck fools people, or to blame the disciple's life.
Nanhai Lijingguo, Duan Baiyue was wiping the Xuanming cold iron in the inn, when he saw Si Kongrui pushing the door and entering, holding a stack of washboards in his hands.
Duan Baiyue joked: "Want to take it back to kneel?"
Sikong Rui's face was full of disdain: "How could I kneel on this thing?"
Duan Yao answered: "Yes, they are all kneeling nails."
Duan Baiyue held back a smile. Si Kongrui couldn't talk about two people with one mouth, so Si Kongrui was helpless and took the teapot and drank tea himself: "Since it's in the name of doing business, you can't do nothing, this Lijing National College produces all kinds of wooden tools, bathtubs The washboard, I picked it for a long time, only this one is the lightest."
Duan Baiyue said: "I also inquired about something with Yao'er."
"Let's hear it." Sikong Rui became interested.
"No one can say where the people on Xingzhou Island come from, but there are some vague wind noises." Duan Baiyue said, "It is said that the ship comes from the north and has to pass through the vast white fog. The prepared dry food is not enough to eat, so I will use some herbs to exchange for some living needs for the merchant ships."
"In the north, Baiwu, herbal medicine, it has to be a big place." Sikong Rui clicked his tongue, "I can't think of a second one other than the Emerald Kingdom. It seems that you are lucky, and even God wants to help, otherwise why would you be so stupid? I don't want to wait anywhere else, but I chose this one."
Duan Yao said: "How do you get in? My second brother led the people to drift at sea for more than half a year, but he couldn't find the exact location of the Emerald-Myanmar country. If it was a day or two, he could hide at the bottom of the big ship and get ashore, but from here It will take several months to get to the Emerald and Burmese country, so you can't just hide."
Sikong Rui said, "Find a fair and honest way to get in."
Duan Yao was puzzled.
Sikong Rui said: "There is a place in this city. It is said that the master has something to do with Xingzhou."
Duan Baiyue asked, "Where?"
"You may not believe it, but there really is such a coincidence in the world, and I just found out." Sikong Rui said, "There is a place in this city called Xiao Feiluan."
Duan Baiyue laughed dumbly: "Jing Liuxuan?"
"This can be considered to be delivered to the door by yourself." Sikong Rui said, "Before tying him back to Jing Liutian, there may be other uses."
Duan Baiyue nodded: "Very good."
The buildings in Lijing Kingdom are quite characteristic of southern countries, only Xiaofeiluan in the downtown area, with blue walls, gray tiles and carved wooden windows, has the charm of Chu Kingdom and Jiangnan. The Great Chu Feiluan Building is famous. It is said that the owner of this little Feiluan is the younger brother of the owner of Feiluan, and naturally the business is not too bad.
Jing Liuxuan reclined on the couch, watching the dancer perform in front of him, quite happy and romantic. It was 108,000 miles away from Da Chu, so he naturally wouldn't worry about being approached by his brother, so he didn't shy away from using the signboard of Feiluan Tower. Every day, a large sum of money comes into the account, and no one is in charge of the east and the west, and the gods are happy.
The little servant ran upstairs and said that another guest was asking to see him.
Jing Liuxuan sat up and waved to the dancer to step back for now.
Sikong Rui pushed open the door and came in, followed by a man wearing a silver mask.
"Two guests." Jing Liuxuan stood up, "but what information do you want to find out?"
"Exactly." Si Kongrui respectfully said, "Excuse me."
"It's easy to say." Jing Liuhuan smiled and called someone to serve tea, "I don't know what to do?"
"To be honest, it's not the one who is here, but the brother who is here." Sikong Rui said, "He has left his hometown now and wants to find a business that can make money as a business. Hearing that the master of Jing has a lot of connections here, he dared to go forward. Come and ask."
"There are so many businesses that make money, it's too general." Jing Liuhuo shook his head, "At least tell me which business you want to do, and I'll tell you whether you can do it or not, so it's convenient for everyone."
Sikong Rui said: "We have also inquired for a few days. The small business is too slow to make money, and we don't like it. But recently, there are many large merchant ships carrying logs to Xingzhou Island, which seems to be a good business. , I don't know if I can get a share of it?"
"Do you want to do business with Xingzhou?" Jing Liuhuan said, "Impossible."
Duan Baiyue asked, "Why?"
"The master on Xingzhou Island doesn't take business from strangers, let alone business from the people of Chu." Jing Liuhuan replied.
Sikong Rui said, "How powerful is the Dachu Merchant Gang, why are they unwilling to do business with them?"
Jing Liuxuan shook his head: "This cannot be discussed in detail."
"Is there really no room for accommodation?" Sikong Rui said, "The master of Xingzhou Island doesn't like Da Chu, and my brother was also forced by Da Chu to have a home and can't go back, but he has a bit of backbone and refuses to rely on me to steal his life. , This is why I went to Nanyang without taking the trouble, and I want to rely on myself to get back on my feet. The cost of doing business is as much as I need here, and he is very good at kung fu. He is also a first-class master in the Central Plains martial arts, let alone fear. pirate."
"Kung Fu is good?" Jing Liuxuan became interested, "How good is it?"
Duan Baiyue said: "One enemy can defeat a hundred."
Jing Liuxuan was suspicious: "But there is no Your Excellency in the ranking of the rivers and lakes."
Duan Baiyue said: "The level of kung fu is more convincing than a piece of paper."
Jing Liuxuan asked again, "Why are you wearing a mask?"
Sikong Rui said on the side: "Being framed by others, your face is completely ruined, and you don't need to mention the sad past, or don't mention it."
Jing Liuxuan thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's not possible to do business, but I have another errand here, which is also related to Xingzhou Island. And if it is done well, the money will not be less than the timber business."
"Really?" Sikong Rui asked happily, "I don't know how to make a living?"
Jing Liuxuan said, "Teacher."
"Hello, teacher." Si Kongrui gave a high five and asked again, "But my brother doesn't make a big deal. If he kills someone, what should I do?"
"If you can be beaten to death during military training, you are a waste. What if you die a few wastes?" Jing Liuxuan said, "Just before that, I have to try your skills first."
Duan Baiyue nodded: "Okay."
Jing Liuhui said again: "After talking so much, I still don't know what to call the two of you?"
"It's easy to say." Sikong Rui said, "Below is Sikong Rui, the young master of Wangxijiao. This is my righteous brother. I don't need to mention the previous name. Now that we are going to be reborn, we naturally have to choose a louder new name. Number, the landlord can just call Wang Fugui."
Jing Liuhui was choked for a moment, and after a while, he said, "Brother Wang."
Duan Baiyue is very calm: "It's easy to say."
Si Kongrui held his hands beside him, his smile extremely sincere.
Three days later, when Duan Baiyue and Si Kongrui left, Jing Liuxuan had already arrived, and there was someone standing beside him, it was Chu Xiang.
"Your Excellency is the master of Xingzhou?" Si Kongrui praised, "I really don't think Yuxuan Anzhuo is in the crowd. My brother will follow Your Excellency in the future, and I hope you can help me more."
"You're welcome, Xiongtai." Chu Xiang said, "As long as you have the ability, it's hard to be at a loss by following me."
Duan Baiyue asked, "Who do you want to compare your kung fu with?"
"It's not a comparison with others." Chu Xiang pressed a big rock beside him, and the ground slowly cracked a gap.
Sikong Rui asked Jing Liuxuan in a low voice, "Comparing with ghosts?" Why did he have to go underground.
"You'll know when you look at it." Jing Liuhui smiled slightly, unfathomable.
Duan Baiyue jumped down, and the soles of her feet touched the ground in a moment, which was not high.
The rest of the people also jumped into the dark room. The walls were illuminated with bright pearls. The light was very dim, but they could clearly see a dozen nine-foot bronze figurines neatly lined up in an open space in front of them.
It is the Eight Desolate Formation.