Chapter 44: Miss Yang is one step ahead
Hangzhou was once called Wulin because the original Qiantang County was located at the foot of Wulin Mountain.
Hangzhou has always been a place with convenient water and land transportation, prosperous commerce, and a large population, not much different from the current Bianliang City.
Because the security in the capital was too harsh for martial artists, all the heroes began to move to Hangzhou. After all, the economy there was very good, there were many people and transportation was very convenient, so it was quite easy for martial artists to make a living there.
The more people there are, the more trouble there will be.
Initially, the "Wulin Conference" did not have a special meaning. It simply referred to the gathering of large and small, good or bad gangs held near Wulin Mountain in Hangzhou to discuss and resolve disputes between individuals and sects.
But later, as the event was held more frequently, and the word "wulin" was extremely suitable for the feeling of numerous martial arts sects, it gradually became a rather special metaphor.
Specially used to describe the situation where a large number of people from the underworld gather together.
It doesn’t matter whether it was held near Wulin Mountain in Hangzhou.
This time, the imperial court held the martial arts conference in Hangzhou, with the intention of tracing back to the roots.
When Lu Sen heard about the martial arts conference, he was really excited.
Although he did not look down upon the behavior of the chivalrous men in the martial arts world who drew their swords in anger and killed people indiscriminately, there were always a group of people in the martial arts world who deserved the title of heroes.
The most typical example is Zhan Zhao in front of us.
"It's a martial arts conference. I want to go and see it for myself." Lu Sen said with a smile.
"Then let's go together?" Zhan Zhao looked at Lu Sen: "It will be good for someone to take care of us on the way."
In fact, this is a reflection of Zhan Zhao's high emotional intelligence. It would be more convenient for him to act alone.
But in Zhan Zhao's opinion, Lu Sen's trip to Hangzhou seemed a bit of a joke.
There's nothing to be done about it. Lu Sen's appearance is too delicate. It's obvious that he's out of touch with worldly matters and has rarely traveled far.
If he were to go alone, Zhan Zhao would always worry that he lacked experience in the martial arts world and might be kidnapped by some tyrant on the road.
Being handsome is very dangerous. Zhan Zhao himself encountered many such situations. There were always female warriors who wanted to knock him out and take him away. If it weren’t for his high kung fu skills, otherwise... hehe!
And there is precedent for this kind of thing.
When Marshal Mu was a young girl, he abducted Yang Zongbao to the mountain and forced him to marry her, and then she married into the Yang family.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that Mu Guiying is indeed beautiful, and Yang Zongbao probably just went with the flow. If he had replaced her with someone less good-looking, the situation would have been hard to say.
Hearing this, Lu Sen nodded and smiled, "Okay, let's go to Hangzhou together. But before that, I have something to tell you."
“Oh?” Zhan Zhao moved aside and made a gesture of invitation: “Let’s go inside and discuss in detail.”
"good."
The two sat down in the house, and Lu Sen told them what had happened before, and briefly talked about Huoshan (Hassan), and then said: "The Assassins organization has no foundation in the Song Dynasty, but they have the skills of brainwashing... that is, they are particularly good at misleading people with lies, and from the perspective of doctrine, they naturally look down on other ethnic groups, believing that only they themselves are superior, and others are just slaves to them."
When Zhan Zhao heard this, his brows furrowed and he was extremely unhappy.
He is a typical Song Dynasty man. Although he is upright and calm, and does not show contempt or disdain when he meets the Semu people, he has the idea of "all people outside the Chinese are barbarians" deeply rooted in his heart and blood.
The deep-rooted kind.
He thought for a moment and said, "I didn't expect that those escaped Semu warriors would still have the energy to harass you, Lu Xiaolang. I guess they want to take revenge on you for foiling their trick. Well, Zhan will stay in Beijing for two more days and take people to sweep the dust in Wuyou Cave."
Zhan Zhao really had no way to eradicate Wuyou Cave completely. After all, Wuyou Cave was actually a kind of "social phenomenon". If the root of the problem was not solved, it would be useless to sweep it away.
But he can come and go freely in the Worry-Free Cave, and can still deal with some targets with very obvious characteristics.
After all, he is one of the best among the young generation of warriors.
He had fought with those Semites before. Their martial arts were indeed a bit strange and their explosive power was extremely strong, but they only had three axes. After blocking three or four moves, he could kill them at will without any difficulty.
Lu Sen clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Sorry to bother Captain Zhan, will this affect your business trip to Hangzhou?"
"No, I just set out early today. In two days, I will go to Aishan again to invite you, Lu Xiaolang, to go with me, okay?"
"No problem." Lu Sen clasped his fists and left a bundle of raw vegetables as a souvenir.
Zhan Zhao did not refuse, nor did he even have the intention to decline.
Ever since he ate the raw vegetables that Lu Sen brought him last time, he has become fond of them.
Then Lu Sen returned to the low mountain and said to Hei Zhu and Ling Qin, "In two days, the three of us will go to Hangzhou with Captain Zhan to play for a few days. Are you interested?"
"Wherever you go, I will follow you!"
Xiao Linqin asked timidly, "Then I will stay at home and wait for my husband to come back, okay?"
"This is not good!" Lu Sen hesitated.
Ringo had a look of fear on her face.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to go out and play, but she is still a little worried about the outside world.
Although she can now go for walks in the city, she still has a fear of traveling long distances.
In fact, Lu Sen also understood that letting Kobayashi stay at home by himself and not go out was actually the safest approach, which was far better than keeping him by his side.
There are endless vegetables, fruits and bees here, and they can all increase your health.
Theoretically, as long as you stay in the home system and eat the food in it, you will be free of illness and pain until you die of old age.
But even though he understood it, leaving the little girl Kobayashi all alone on a hill, even if that place was safe and she had no worries about food and clothing, it would still feel like he was abandoning a child.
Unless there is someone reliable with her.
reliable?
Lu Sen suddenly thought of someone.
He said to Heizhu and Lingqin, "Take the wooden axes and cut down about half an acre of the outer layer of the eucalyptus trees on the right. I will take care of the rest when I come back."
The two men took orders and went to work.
Lu Sen went to Yang's house again with lettuce and asked to see Yang Jinhua.
Hearing that Lu Sen was visiting and asked to see her by name, Yang Jinhua's eyes widened, and then she said in a panic: "Uncle Qi, can you let Lu Xiaolang wait outside for a while and bring him in after about an incense stick?"
Uncle Qi smiled and turned to leave.
As soon as Uncle Qi left, Yang Jinhua rushed back to her boudoir.
She had just finished practicing spearmanship with her mother and was now sweating profusely.
She took her clothes and the wooden bucket and rushed directly to the inner room to take a bath. In the past, it took her at least two incense sticks to take a bath, but now she finished washing in less than half an incense stick.
Then she combed her hair with a wooden comb, put it up, changed into the kind of loose and beautiful clothes that girls wear, and blushed her pink lips with Red Plum Pastry. Then she slowly walked to the main hall.
Not long after she sat down, Uncle Qi came in with Lu Sen.
Her face flushed slightly and she lowered her head slightly.
"Miss Yang, I'm sorry for bothering you." Lu Sen walked in and said with a fist salute.
At this time, he was slightly surprised. Yang Jinhua, wearing a wide silk skirt with white plum prints, was indeed beautiful. If you want to be pretty, you have to wear mourning clothes. This is true.
Especially the collar of this dress is slightly low, and the collarbone is just exposed at the neckline. The slender and white swan neck is matched with the delicate collarbone. Although nothing is exposed, there is a subtle sense of temptation.
"Lu Xiaolang is too polite." Yang Jinhua sat very straight and said with a smile: "Everyone in our Yang family welcomes you to visit us at any time."
"Thank you for your kindness." Lu Sen clasped his fists again, then sat down and said, "This time I came here mainly because I want to trouble Miss Yang with something."
"Please speak." Yang Jinhua's peach blossom eyes would look at Lu Sen's face, then unconsciously move away shyly, and then slowly move back, repeating this process over and over again.
"In two or three days, Hei Zhu and I will go to Hangzhou with Captain Zhan."
Yang Jin's little hand clenched subconsciously: "Why are you traveling so far away all of a sudden?"
"I want to go and see the martial arts conference."
"There's nothing to see here. Just a bunch of rough guys fighting over something." Yang Jinhua muttered softly.
"Three months at the shortest, half a year at the longest." Lu Sen didn't hear Yang Jinhua's grumbling, he continued: "But if Ling Qin is left alone at home, I'm worried that she will be too lonely, so I would like to ask Miss Yang, if you can go to the short mountain every few days when you have free time and chat with her."
After listening to this, Yang Jinhua also thought of a little girl of Ringo's age living alone on the mountainside. She didn't have to worry about her safety, but she was indeed a little lonely and felt a little pitiful.
"It's just Lu Xiaolang's yard, outsiders can't come in and out casually." Yang Jinhua expressed her concerns.
"No problem." Lu Sen waved his hand: "I can give you, Miss Yang, some authority. You can come and go as you please in the yard."
"Really?" Yang Jinhua stood up excitedly, then she realized that she had lost her composure, her face turned red, and she slowly sat down.
Lu Sen knew that Yang Jinhua was very interested in the vegetables and fruits in the yard: "Of course. During this period of time, the vegetables and fruits in the yard are at the disposal of Miss Yang."
"No, no." Yang Jinhua waved her hand: "I will be very happy if you can let me walk in the yard."
At this moment, her heart was pounding and she was extremely excited.
What does Lu Xiaolang mean?
Could it be that... it means something?
The more she thought about it, the more flustered , but also the sweeter she felt.
Seeing that Yang Jinhua agreed, Lu Sen breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he said a few more words, trying to chat casually, but he saw that Yang Jinhua was a little absent-minded and her words were intermittent. So he took the initiative to stand up, left the souvenir, and said goodbye.
Before leaving, he put Yang Jinhua on the permanent visit list, just like Heizhu and Ringo.
As soon as Lu Sen left, Mu Guiying came out from the side room. Seeing her daughter still sitting on the chair, still in a daze, she shook her head helplessly, walked over and said, "You were drooling, and Lu Xiaolang saw it."
"How could it be!"
Yang Jinhua jumped up in fright and wiped her mouth vigorously, but she didn't feel anything. Then she turned around and stomped her feet in anger at Mu Guiying, "Mother, why do you always tease your daughter?"
"Isn't that good? I don't want to tease outsiders." Mu Guiying smiled, then said seriously: "Don't be timid, your shy look just now is not appropriate. We Yang family women dare to love and hate. Think about your aunts and mother, who didn't take the initiative to attack when they saw a man. Fighting for a man is like a battlefield. Once you are late and miss the opportunity, you will be controlled by others everywhere. As far as I know, the illegitimate daughter of the Prince of Runan, your best friend, seems to have also taken a fancy to Lu Xiaolang."
Yes! Yang Jinhua nodded.
"You decide for yourself. I have taught you the truth." Mu Guiying smiled and turned to leave.
Yang Jinhua thought for a while and her eyes gradually became firm.
Lu Sen returned home and told Ringo that she didn't need to go out, and told her that Sister Yang Jinhua would come to play with her every few days. Suddenly, Ringo, who had a sad face, became happy.
Then Lu Sen said to Hei Zhu, "Bring some raw vegetables down the mountain and send them to Master Yu Chang, and tell him that you two are going to take a leave of absence for three to six months."
Heizhu took the order and left.
Lu Sen went to the edge of the elm forest, put the wood blocks cut down by Heizhu and Lingqin into the system backpack, and then pulled the fence back about half an acre.
Now, half an acre of home space is vacant.
When we get to Hangzhou, we'll build a small home on half an acre of land, and at least we can sleep peacefully at night.
There is no way. There are many gangsters in Hangzhou, and there are also many people who like to break into people's homes without permission at night and take things for free.
It's okay if they just take things, but I'm afraid they might take the owner's life.
With an absolutely safe little home, at least I can sleep more peacefully at night.
During these two days, Lu Sen and Hei Zhu bought some things needed for the long journey, such as dry food and spare clothes.
At the same time, five bottles of bees, more than ten kilograms of raw vegetables, and more than thirty kilograms of fruits were also put into the system backpack as backup food and "medicine".
In addition, there is a golden apple in Lu Sen’s backpack, which is a real healing item.
Then on the third day, Zhan Zhao, wearing a sky blue uniform, came outside the yard. It was almost noon.
Lu Sen came out with Hei Zhu and said with a smile, "Captain Zhan, you are here. I have been waiting for a long time and I am getting anxious."
"I went to bed late last night and got up late this morning." Zhan Zhao smiled and explained, "We have captured four Semu warriors in the past two days. We have to thank Lu Xiaolang. We used the information you provided to successfully make a Semu warrior lose his mind. We pried a lot of information from him and seized their other hidden communication base in Zashi City."
"So you have captured all the Assassins?"
Zhan Zhao shook his head: "I accidentally let their priest escape... that is, the Semu courtesan Ai Jieli."
The two walked towards the foot of the mountain while chatting.
Kurobashi followed behind the two of them, while Kobayashi was in the yard, waving at the backs of the three people.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Zhan Zhao looked at Lu Sen and asked, "Lu Xiaolang, don't you have a bag?"
Lu Sen put his hands in his sleeves, then took out a set of clothes from the system backpack with his left and right hands, and then put them back, smiling with some complacency.
Zhan Zhao was extremely envious: "Lu Xiaolang has a lot of secrets up his sleeves. Whenever I see him, I feel that he is extremely magical."
Lu Sen also felt that this system backpack was very convenient and extremely easy to use.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, he asked, "How do we get to Hangzhou, by carriage or by boat?"
"By boat, of course."
The waterway from Bianjing City directly connected to Hangzhou. One had to board a ship on the Bianshui River, cross the Bian Canal and then transfer to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, then pass through Yangzhou, Suzhou, and then to Hangzhou.
A waterway connects the north and the south, with prosperous towns on both sides.
