Outside the gate of Wu Mansion, Tang Ji was about to cross the threshold, but was interrupted by someone. He almost lost his balance and fell to the ground. After stabilizing his body, he turned his head to look at this short middle-aged man with sallow complexion, and then shook his head.
He shook his head and stood aside.
Wu Jun's arms were tightly held by Wu Chengyun, so he could only respond with a naive smile: "Dad, I'm fine."
Hearing this, Wu Chengyun turned his attention to Wu Tao again: "Where is Tao'er? Have you been bullied?"
Wu Tao took two steps forward, smiled softly, and raised his arms to show: "Dad, with the protection of my brother, of course my daughter will be fine. However, we have to thank these four benefactors. If it weren't for them,
My brother and I may really die in the wilderness!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Jun spread his fingers and pointed at Tang Ji and the others: "Yes, Dad, if the four benefactors hadn't come to the rescue, the child might have been ruined by those villains."
Wu Chengyun didn't understand why those thugs wanted to harm him. In the end, it came down to the fact that they met a female robber. Why did he do such a good thing... Ahem, he didn't think about it anymore and glanced around the four of Tang Ji.
, cupping his hands and saying thanks: "Thank you to the four heroes for saving the lives of Quanzi and the little girl."
Tang Ji looked calm and raised his hand to return a salute: "Master Wu, you're welcome."
Wu Chengyun continued to smile and said: "I wonder how you call them?"
Tang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, and after thinking briefly, he smiled and said, "Tangyu."
He used the word "ranran" in Yingzhou before, but now that the story of Tang Ran and Tang Ji has spread in the northwest, it is naturally impossible for him to use it again, so he directly uses the word "Li Yu", so it can be used.
There are many more, such as Tang Xiao, Tang Qing, Tang Ling...even Jiu'er Yatou.
Afterwards, Hua Yuan'er and the other three also reported their names one after another.
Wu Chengyun chatted with the four people for a few more words and then invited them into the mansion.
The Wu family's courtyard is quite spacious, and the facilities, decorations, etc. are not bad at all. It is because it is winter now, and some of the flowers and plants planted in front of the corridor have withered, and the bare appearance looks a bit out of place.
Although Wu Tao was not injured, he was still frightened by today's scene. Outside the main hall, he took the maid towards the side corridor with the excuse of taking a shower.
The disgraced Wu Jun followed him into the main hall and waited for everyone to take their seats. After the servants brought tea, he suggested: "Young Master Tang, it's still a while before the Jianghu Conference starts, but the inn in the city has already been occupied by those who come here because of its reputation.
The rivers and lakes are full of people, and some inns have to compete for accommodation if you want to stay there. If you don’t mind, you can stay in the mansion!"
Upon hearing the "Jianghu Conference", Wu Chengyun frowned slightly and looked at Tang Ji and the others again, but in the end he didn't say anything.
After all, there is a lot of people in the city nowadays, and there are quite a few thugs who are stealing, killing, and setting things on fire. It wouldn't be a bad thing to have a few people with strong martial arts skills in the mansion.
Tang Ji actually wanted to live outside, because that way he could get a lot of information, but since Wu Jun said so, he had no reason to refuse, so he bowed and thanked him: "Then I won't bother you."
Hearing this, Wu Chengyun immediately responded with a smile: "Mr. Tang, you are too polite. The house is full of simple food and food. I was afraid that you might not be used to it. I hope you will forgive me if there is any lack of hospitality."
"In that case, Dad, please entertain the four benefactors first. I will also go take a bath and change clothes. We will eat and chat at the dinner later." Wu Jun said nothing, then casually raised his hand, and then walked out.
Lobby.
...
After a long time, the sky turned completely dark, and the chill became intense, but the Wu family's side hall was extremely lively.
"Four heroes, I would like to propose a toast to you." Wu Chengyun raised his wine glass and said to everyone.
While working as an undercover agent in Yingzhou, Tang Ji almost always knelt on the soft mat when eating at the dinner table, which was a great torture for him, so he was very satisfied with the large round table in the Wu family, and the atmosphere was quite lively.
After a while, they ate a small bowl of food. Seeing this, they quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, Master Wu."
Soon, everyone drank all the wine in their glasses and sat down again.
"Plum, come on, eat more dishes." Cheng Tie picked up several dishes for Li Qingmei in succession.
The latter did not refuse and ate silently with his head down.
Although Hua Yuan'er was holding chopsticks in one hand and holding a wine glass in the other hand and sipping lightly, she looked obviously absent-minded, and her eyes would glance at Wu Tao opposite from time to time.
Suddenly, Wu Tao, who was flipping his hair, noticed his gaze, smiled and nodded in response.
Facing her clear eyes, Hua Yuan'er lowered his head suddenly, but accidentally knocked the bowl to the ground. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and caught it in time.
Seeing this scene, Wu Tao couldn't help stroking her lips and snickering.
On the other side, after Tang Ji took a few bites of food, he also got down to the topic and turned to look at Wu Chengyun: "Master Wu, I heard from Brother Wu that the Chen family is hosting the Jianghu Conference this time, and the Chen family was originally one of the three giants in Liu County.
First, why was it possible to suddenly wipe out the Zhang family and then develop to the current situation?"
Hearing this, Wu Chengyun stopped moving in his hands, and the expression on his face became a little stiff. After thinking about it, he waved for people to leave, and then replied: "One night half a year ago, the Zhang family came home and advocated self-benevolence.
, all the servants and maids were bloodbathed, but the government did not want to make the matter a big deal, so they strictly blocked the news and spread that the Zhang family moved away from Liu County because they could not stand the suppression of the Chen family. It is said that Yang at that time
The county magistrate's investigation for a long time yielded no results. I initially thought that the Zhang family had offended some powerful figure in the world and were eventually wiped out, but later I discovered that the matter was not that simple."
Having said this, he poured a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp: "After the Zhang family was destroyed, I originally wanted to seize all the Zhang family's property to make myself bigger. Who knew that the Chen family not only wanted to be faster, but also had more methods?
He was so ruthless that he devoured all the Zhang family's property in half a month. Later, after constant investigation, it was found that the Chen family had a group of more masters, including several masters of some kind. It is said that one person
He could easily kill a thousand people, so he thought of the destruction of the Zhang family, and feared that he would follow in the same footsteps, so he didn't dare to act rashly, but now, he has also fallen to the point where he is just hanging on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Jun stuffed the dishes into his mouth and said inarticulately: "Dad, in my opinion, we should leave Liu County as soon as possible, otherwise sooner or later we will be eaten up by the Chen family.
Rather than that, it’s better to change places and make a comeback!”
Wu Chengyun raised his hand and slapped the table: "Fart, the Wu family's ancestors have been in Liuxian for generations. Liuxian is our root. As long as I'm not dead, the Wu family can't escape. If the Chen family pushes me hard, I will
Fight him!"
The corner of Tang Ji's mouth twitched. He didn't expect that the head of the Wu family would risk his life for the sake of fame. But judging from what the other party just said, it turns out that there is someone else behind the Chen family. In other words, the Chen family has now become
puppet!
He pursed his lips, said nothing, lowered his head and continued eating.
After dinner, Wu Jun ordered his servants to take Tang Ji and the four of them to the room that had been tidied up in the side courtyard.
A night of silence.
The next morning, Tang Ji finally had a good sleep quality, so he got up early. After washing, he thought about waiting for everyone to get up before having breakfast, so he borrowed the Four Treasures of the Study, sat in the courtyard and wrote down a plan, but he found that in his mind
It was so messy for the time being that I couldn't sort it out at all, so I unconsciously wrote a lot of "ran" characters on the paper.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "It seems that I guessed right. Mr. Tang is not from the world, otherwise how could he write such beautiful calligraphy."
Tang Ji was startled by Wu Tao and almost lost his grip on the pen. He smiled lightly and said: "Miss Wu is joking. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. I am naturally in the rivers and lakes. As for writing...
Just for fun."
Then, he raised his eyes and looked at the other party: "Miss Wu, why did you come here so early in the morning?"
Wu Tao originally wanted to ask what the word "ran" meant, but when the other party spoke first, she had no choice but to give up. She took out a purse from her sleeve and explained: "This is the purse that Mr. Hua left in the side hall last night. I will give it to him."
Send it here, hasn’t he gotten up yet?”
"Well, he hasn't had a good rest in the past two days, so he probably has to sleep very late." Tang Ji explained, and then glanced at the purse in her hand. She didn't expect that Mr. Hua, a carefree man, would actually carry such colorful things with him.
The purse looked a little dull. He shook his head and added: "Miss Wu, just put your purse here. I will give it to him when he wakes up."
Hearing this, Wu Tao thought about it while holding her purse, and finally put it on the table.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the door not far away opened with a creak, and then a voice came out: "I knew it was you."