They say it is a "water town in the south of the Yangtze River". In fact, Jiaxing has the most "water town" character.
Jiaxing was founded in the period of the First Emperor of Qin. At that time, it was still called Youquan County. It was not occupied by Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period. Suddenly, a strange thing happened in Youquan County. "Wild rice grew by itself" in the fields. Some flatterers immediately cited it as "wild rice".
"The auspiciousness from heaven" was reported to Sun Quan, Emperor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. Sun Quan was overjoyed and thought that his ability to govern the country was recognized by heaven. This was a sign of the prosperity of Wu, so he decreed that the boxing be given as "Hexing", which means "Jiahe is prosperous and the country's fortune is prosperous".
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However, just changing the name seemed a bit unfair to this "auspicious blessing from heaven", so Sun Quan decided to build a city here. This was the original Hexing City, and later changed to Jiaxing City. Eight hundred years have passed, and Jiaxing City has gone through ups and downs.
It is still standing and becoming more and more prosperous. It is one of the largest cities in the entire Jiangnan region, and it is not far behind Lin'an Prefecture.
At this moment, in the most famous "Hexing Restaurant" in Jiaxing City, in an extremely luxuriously decorated guest room, Murong Fu crossed his legs and leaned lazily on a chair. In front of him stood a middle-aged man in brown clothes, respectfully
He bent down and reported something in a low voice.
"Since the Mingjiao had this unknown force integrated into it, they took back Guangmingding with thunderous momentum and summoned all the lurking rebels from all sides to fight back with all their strength. This caused Ruyang Wangchahan to suffer a big loss and lost his troops. The Seventh Prince
Taking advantage of the situation, we removed the military power of King Ruyang and placed him under house arrest. Now the army of Prince Ruyang is temporarily commanded by the Seventh Prince to continue suppressing the Ming Cult."
The middle-aged man said methodically.
Murong Fu's face was indifferent, and his right index finger tapped the table rhythmically without saying a word.
It has been more than ten days since he left Shenlong Island. He took his two sons and three daughters all the way south. Due to Mu Jianping's physical inconvenience, he just arrived in Jiaxing City today. He is still some distance away from Suzhou City, and in Jiaxing City
The "Hexing Restaurant" happened to be one of the largest strongholds of the Crystal Palace in Jiangnan, so he came here first to explore the news.
There was silence in the room for a moment, then Murong Fu suddenly said, "Is there any movement from Temujin and the other princes?"
The middle-aged man thought for a while and finally shook his head, "I only know that the Yuan Dynasty is currently in a state of turmoil. Temujin is vigorously reorganizing the court. Except for a few serious battles between the Seventh Prince's army and the Mingjiao Army, there is not much movement.
, and the other princes showed no signs of sending troops. Perhaps they are not at a low level and did not get the news in this regard. The young master will definitely know when he returns to Yanziwu."
Murong Fu nodded slightly. Although this Jiaxing City stronghold was located in Jiangnan Road, it was in name only because the headquarters of the Crystal Palace was at Yanziwu. Some core secrets were directly transmitted to Yanziwu.
"Is there any news about Princess Shao Min of Prince Ruyang's Palace?" Hearing that something happened in Prince Ruyang's Palace, Murong Fu couldn't help but picture an incomparably beautiful figure in his mind.
The middle-aged man shook his head, "I haven't received any news in this regard, but I have some clues about the two girls that the young master ordered to search for some time ago."
"Where are they?" Murong Fu straightened up suddenly. Although he was surrounded by beauties and blessed with boundless beauty, in fact, the two little girls Shui Sheng and Zeng Rou were always on his mind.
"The one named Shui Sheng has been brought back to his house by Shui Dai, the 'Shui Yue Sword' among the 'Four Wonders of the South'. The whereabouts of Miss Zeng Rou are not clear. We only know that she was being escorted back to Beijing by the Qing army.
She was rescued by someone, and the person who rescued her was a beautiful woman. After that, these two people disappeared without any trace." The middle-aged man hurriedly told all the information he knew.
"Beautiful woman?" Murong Fu was stunned for a moment, thinking that among the women who had good friendships with Zeng Rou, apart from Ah Jiu, Shui Sheng was the only one, but it was obviously not these two women. Who could it be?
Murong Fu thought for a long time but had no clue. Fortunately, he knew that they were safe, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being. Seeing that the middle-aged man was hesitant to speak, he couldn't help but ask, "Is there any other important news?"
The middle-aged man replied, "Yelü Hongji of the Liao Dynasty personally led an army of 300,000 soldiers outside Yanmen Pass."
"Oh?" A trace of astonishment flashed across Murong Fu's face. Temujin's thunder was heavy but the rain was light. The fact that no troops had been sent out so far was beyond his expectation. However, he didn't expect Daliao, which had been keeping a low profile, to suddenly make such a big move. It was his own fault.
Ambition or orders from Temujin?
The middle-aged man hurriedly added, "The news says that Yelu Hongji's army has no intention of attacking. I don't know why."
Murong Fu's eyes flashed slightly, and his thoughts were in a mess. After a while, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This is really a treacherous situation, everyone is showing off their magical powers."
The middle-aged man was about to say something when suddenly there was a noise outside the room, followed by the sound of tables, chairs and benches being shattered to the floor.
The middle-aged man's face suddenly turned cold, and he cursed in his heart, which bastard is so bold as to dare to make trouble at this time, but when he saw Murong Fu's unconcerned look, he relaxed a little and bowed, "Young Master
, I’m sorry, let’s go out and take a look.”
"Let's go together." Murong Fu was also quite curious and nodded.
The two of them came downstairs and saw that the hall was bare, not a single guest was left, and a few tables and chairs were broken to the ground.
"Liuzi, what's going on?" the middle-aged man shouted to a panicking boy.
When Liuzi saw the middle-aged man, he immediately calmed down and trotted over and said, "Shopkeeper, just now a female hero in yellow suddenly got into a fight with a man in black. The place was beaten like this, and all the customers were scared away."
Inns and restaurants are inherently places of disputes, and it is normal for people in the martial arts community to occasionally fight and cause trouble. However, "Hexing Restaurant" is one of the earliest development strongholds of the Crystal Palace and plays a very important role in Jiaxing City. Few people dare to cause trouble here anymore.
The middle-aged man was filled with anger. Murong Fu finally came here today. He didn't have time to show off his merits, but he did something like this. It was really embarrassing. If Murong Fu was not happy, he would not be allowed to go to the Crystal Palace in the future.
It will be difficult to mix up.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man immediately said in a cold voice, "Go to the backyard and summon those 'guardians'. I want to see who dares to disturb Tai Sui."
Upon hearing this, Liu Zi's face flashed with cruelty, and he immediately ran towards the backyard.
After the middle-aged man gave the order, he suddenly remembered that Murong Fu was beside him. He couldn't help but glance at him uneasily. When he saw the half-smiling look on his face, he felt cold in his heart, "Young Master, I'm in a humble position... I'm in a humble position..."
"Okay," Murong Fu waved his hand, "You are also a sub-ruler after all, so you should have some momentum."
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, there was another noise outside the hall. Murong Fu raised his eyebrows slightly and walked out. The middle-aged man also realized something and hurriedly followed him.
When I arrived outside the restaurant, I saw a large crowd gathered across the street. The metal and steel in the middle were ringing and figures were flashing. It was obvious that the person who had just started the fight had not gone far.
At this time, Liuzi rushed out with several people, each holding a weapon, with a ferocious face and an extraordinary aura. The middle-aged man was about to order them to capture the two of them, but Murong Fu suddenly waved his hand, "No need."
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Although the middle-aged man didn't know what he meant, he didn't dare to violate it and waved his hand to signal everyone to leave.
In fact, Murong Fu was also shocked in his heart. Although he could not see the faces of the two people, one of their auras was very familiar, and they were said to be core disciples of the Crystal Palace.
The two pushed aside the crowd and came to the field. They saw a woman and a man fighting fiercely. The woman was dressed in an apricot yellow gown. She had a pretty and stern face and an elegant and agile figure. Each hand held a long sword with a blood-red thread on the hilt.
The ribbon swayed with the figure, making a hunting sound, and it turned out to be Hong Lingbo, Li Mochou's eldest disciple.
The man in black who was fighting with her was about thirty years old. The hat on his head seemed to have been cut off, and there was a deep scar on the right side of his face. He looked quite ferocious.
"It turns out to be Hong...Ms. Hong." The middle-aged man couldn't help being surprised when he saw Hong Lingbo's face clearly. He blurted out and wanted to call her out, but he immediately realized and changed his name to Miss Hong.
After watching for a moment, Murong Fu couldn't help but shook his head slightly. Hong Lingbo's martial arts were passed down from Li Mochou, and seventy-eight of them became the ancient tomb sect's martial arts, including some of the Jade and Female Heart Sutras.
She is not very experienced, and the man in black has far less internal strength than her, but with a sharp knife in his hand, he persisted in hundreds of moves without losing. If Lu Wushuang were here, he would not be defeated in less than ten moves.
Must be defeated.
When the onlookers saw Hong Lingbo suppressing the man in black and beating him, they couldn't help but burst into cheers. In their opinion, the woman was as beautiful as a flower, but the man was ferocious and terrifying. It didn't take much to decide who was the good guy and who was the bad guy.
He recognized the situation and instinctively cheered for Hong Lingbo.
Suddenly, the long sword in Hong Lingbo's right hand shook, and the power of the sword poured out, covering the upper body of the man in black. The man in black moved the knife like flying, and used the simplest move of night fighting in all directions, leaving his upper body airtight, but here
At that time, Hong Lingbo's left hand came out from under his right hand and stabbed his lower abdomen.
As if he had expected it, the man in black took the first step and swung his sword horizontally. With a "clang" sound, sparks burst out, just in time to block Hong Lingbo's sword.
"You!" Hong Lingbo seemed not to have expected that his carefully prepared killing move would be easily broken by the other party. He was slightly stunned, and then a nameless anger surged from his heart. The internal force of his body was running, and the man could not hold on.
He was knocked out and everyone hurriedly got out of the way.
Hong Lingbo was about to take advantage of the momentum to pursue, but at this moment, a giggle sounded, "Okay, okay, okay, good fight. This move of 'peeping under the moon' is so wonderful. It is obviously a move, but it was
Senior sister split it into two moves, if master saw it, I wonder if he would praise senior sister for being smart."
Hong Lingbo's face suddenly turned cold when she heard this. She already knew who the visitor was.
Everyone made a way, and saw two pretty girls walking side by side. One of them was wearing a white dress, with a light yellow complexion, an oval face, bright eyes and white teeth, and two thin lips that were slightly upturned.
, naughty and a little mocking, it is Lu Wushuang, another disciple of Li Mochou.
The other girl was wearing a light green shirt, her face was crystal clear, her skin was as smooth as snow, and she had a small dimple on her oval face. She seemed to be uncomfortable with being watched by so many people, and she looked slightly shy.
When Murong Fu saw this girl, even though he had read countless beauties, he couldn't help but secretly praise her. Although her appearance was not as beautiful as that of Xiao Longnu, Wang Yuyan and others, she still had an indescribable restrained and reserved beauty.