A man with a chubby figure and a forgettable face saw him coming and strode out. The man narrowed his eyes and his nose. His face looked like a big white bun steamed inside a steamer. The Yinzhuang's shopkeeper followed two steps behind this man and slightly bowed his head very respectfully.
When the chubby man saw Zhou Zishu, he paused for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "Are you ... Lord Zhou?"
Zhou Zishu laughed and said, "Why, Ping An can't even recognize me?"
It turned out that the man who spoke to him was Song Daping, the head of “Ping An Yin Zhuang”. Song Ping An was originally a housekeeper in the Nanying Prince's Mansion but When his master died, he left the palace by himself and with his little savings began to do business for a few years. Looking at him now, he had really done a great job.
Song Ping'an was very excited, and ordered the shopkeeper to leave. After he dismissed the young man, he cleared a space and asked Zhou Zishu to sit down. Once he was seated, he said, "I was near Yangzhou but when I heard the news of your visit, i immediately returned. I hope the people here weren't negligent and treated you well. My master has been missing you for years "
Then Ping An lowered his voice: "Thank you very much, Mr. Zhou, for concealing the news that my Master has left all those years ago"
Zhou Zishu took a sip of tea and laughed: "It was just a small matter, how is Lord seventh by the way. Is he good?"
Though he thought in his heart that it would be better to get rid of him as soon as possible, so that everyone would be able to live a peaceful life,bPing'an instead laughed: "He's so good, so good. The troublesome villain sent a letter back when he received the news of your return. Only yesterday did i receive a reply from the master saying that he and the shaman would be arriving here in ten days. I think they will be here soon ... "
Ping'an said: "Is there anything wrong? My master has lived in southern Xinjiang for a long time and has been busy doing nothing. He just came out to move his body and bones. The master said that he had agreed with you that year, that he would he would find a beautiful bride for you in the future. A beautiful woman from South Xinjiang to be your wife. ”
Zhou Zishu sweated nervously and quickly said, "it was just a joke, a joke ..."
Suddenly, he thought of the day before in the deserted courtyard when Wen Kexing solemnly said, "I want to live with you forever," Remembering that, he felt like he was sitting on a chair with a nail under the bottom. It felt so uncomfortable.
Ping An then proceeded to the main topic, "When you came to ask about the Lapis armor, I ordered my slaves to pay attention to any information regarding it. However, yesterday a man named Shen Zhen appeared in Dongting with Abbot Shaolin, and brought a piece of the armor "
Zhou Zishu said: "Shen Zhen, the leader of the Shen family in Shu?"
Ping An nodded: "Yes, this person hasn't shown up in public for a long time, but suddenly he appeared, apparently after hearing the news of the Zhang family's death, almost like he couldn't wait."
Ping'an said: "Zhou Gongzi really knew everything, and when Shen Zhen appeared, Gao Chong also acknowledged that he had a piece of the Lapis armor. Finally, he explained the technique of this thing. Have you heard of it? Yin Yang Book which is broken into two parts the "Fengshan Sword" and the "Liuhe Divine Gong"?
Zhou Zishu frowned slightly and nodded: "I only heard a little about the book of yin and yang, I do n’t know if it is true or false. It is said to be the sacred object of the Valley of Divine Medicine. The peerless master Rong Xuan, who had fallen into the magical way before, created it himself. The lower part is a sword trick, and the mentality of the first part is something he learned from the "Liuhe Divine Gong", which was passed down from ancient times. There are many defects, which are very obscure and easy to get into with magic, but they are also very powerful that not one powerful competitor can cover it. But is the secret of the Lapis armor understood by the two martial arts classics left behind by Rong Xuanliu. ? "
Ping An nodded and said, "Exactly, according to Gao Xia, Rong Xuan went into the path of darkness in the past. on the one hand, it was due to the pain of loosing his wife, but after that, his qi deviation was also caused by improper practice. After Rong Xuan died, several martial artists found that after seeing the Lapis armor, they also discovered the two great skills and the sacred medicine of the Valley of the Holy Medicine 'Yinyang Book' are contained inside, but anyone who practiced it could not do so successfully. They only thought that this thing was too dangerous, so they took the Lapis armor and broke it into pieces.
Later, it was agreed that each of the five families would save one piece, and from then, no more magical powers would appear.
Ping an lowered his face and said shamefully: "My Slaves' intel is really limited."
Zhou Zishu shook his head with a smile and said, "For martial arts to, the inside story of the tragedy that occured thirty years ago is still unknown, it will be difficult for us to find that out let alone a businessman. You have helped a lot-but then, the five big families had a piece of the lapis armor, what about the Zhao family? Zhao Jing didn't say anything about it? "
Ping An nodded and said, "Zhao Jing, the sect leader of the Zhao family claimed that the piece of Lapis armor given to the Zhao family was stolen and went missing. Once he said this, everyone at the scene wanted to cause trouble. The head of Huashan seemed to have conclusive evidence, saying It was like Zhao Jing had purposely hidden the glazed armor of the Zhang family. the slave I sent there yesterday reported to me that the head of Huashan almost started to fight with Zhao Jing"
Zhou Zishu remembered the piece of Lapis armor that he saw in the underground cave that day, it could be the Lapis armor that was lost by the Zhao family. One of the thieves who died that night must have been Yu Tianjie or Mu Yunge. Unfortunately, like a mantis stalking a cicada, a small ghost from the ghost valley got its hand on the Lapis armor which happened to fall into Wen Kexing's hands but then it was stolen by Feng buzhi who is now dead and suspected to have been killed by the delighted mourning ghost.
Zhou Zishu just felt uncomfortable as if a big rock blocked his heart. He kept fighting against the bitter feeling thinking his mind couldn't be any more complicated.
He bid Ping an goodbye, and went back to where Zhang Chengling and Wen Kexing was. With what Gao Chong said, Zhou Zishu was not fully convinced- he had to deal with a lot of true and false news in the past, and had always reported it to the emperor. For one thing, there were often many causes and consequences that needed to be verified, and all had to be deeply investigated before they dare to be submitted to the emperor. Therefore, no matter what he hears, he was used to being doubtful and unable to really trust.
After entering the tavern, he looked up and saw Wen Kexing, Zhang Chengling, Cao Weining and Gu Xiang. Zhou Zishu was surprised seeing these four people together. Later, he found that Zhang Chengling and Wen Kexing each occupied a corner of the table, their expressions were very grave, and they looked a little depressed. So he raised his legs and went upstairs to join them when he heard Cao Weining's talking.
"... In fact, what I am most worried about is the fact that the backyard of everyone is on fire. Everyone is hurting each other for this lapis armor. Have you heard the story of the second 'Li' killing the three men? This is the scene of the 'deceased as if ...' "
Gu Xiang asked looking silly and innocent: "What's the scene of the deceased?"
Cao Weining said patiently: "'Zi is by the river, the deceased is like a husband'. It was a poem written by Lao Tzu an elderly man who wandered in his sleep one day as if he had reached the river. Looking down, the dead were together with the flowing water. Down the river, he felt very sad, looking at it ... "
Gu Xiang widened her eyes and said, "Master, Brother Cao knows so much, he even drops literary references!"
Now, Zhou Zishu understood why Zhang Chengling and Wen Kexing looked so grave. At that moment, nothing seemed to be happening, so he turned around and was about to walk out.
but he was spotted by Wen Kexing's sharp-eyes.This person who had previously been gloomy like a dead person suddenly dragged him by his back, and immediately exclaimed excitedly, "A...xu, were you about to leave? We've been waiting for a long time, come over here ! "
Wen Kexing pulled out a chair cheerfully, asked Zhou Zishu to sit down, and poured him wine himself. He said diligently, "Come and taste the good wine of this restaurant. It tastes good."
Zhou Zishu expressionlessly tried to express his condemnation with his eyes. Wen Kexing just stared at him for a long while, then suddenly whispered, "This is still under broad daylight ..."
Gu Xiang covereed Zhang Chengling's eyes with both her hands, and said bitterly, "You can make a dog go blind."
Cao Weining blushed before he stuttered and said, "Gu Xiang ,in fact, you don't need to envy Brother Zhou and Brother Wen. If a girl is a beautiful, There will be good people secretly admiring ... "
Gu Xiang blinked at him with big ignorant eyes and asked, "Ah? Really? Where are they?"
Cao Weining stared at her dumbly, and for a long while, she said unansweredly, "Gu sister, can I... call you Xiang?"
Zhou Zishu bowed his head intently and raised his cup to drink, telling himself not to listen to shameless talks. He felt like he was sitting on a needle and his tongue was numb as though he was about to vomit and for the first time in his life, he could not drink the contents of the cup.
However, at this moment, a person came in suddenly and stood at the door. when they all saw this person, the noisy restaurant suddenly quieted down—this was a woman who came in quietly. The shopkeeper holding the plate stared at her dumbly. She smiled slightly at him and the plate in the shop keeper's hand fell to the ground and broke.
She was so beautiful. Most people who saw her felt it at that moment. She was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. Even Gu Xiang stared at her for a while. Cao Weining's flung his sleeve and whispered: "Look at her, isn't she a fairy?"
But then Cao Weining just glanced down and caught Gu Xiang's eyes. He regained his attention, whispering "This woman's eyes drift and drift, it's called peach eyes, and her eyes is definitely not right, not as good as ... ... "
The words he spoke were so low that Gu Xiang, who was staring at the beauty, did not notice.
However, Wen Kexing laughed aloud, and said that Cao Weining was not clever, so he couldn't see other's beauty. He was so straight-eyed and narrow-eyed as Gu Xiang.
The beauty glanced around, then went upstairs, and walked towards them, she didn't notice anyone. Her eyes was set on Zhou Zishu alone, and her pair of affectionate eyes settled on him. She stood beside him, bent down and whispered to him, "I ask you to invite me to drink, will you?"
She was like a big peach blossom that fell from the sky. Anyone would be mesmerized by her and turn dizzy. However, Zhou Zishu was about to speak when a sudden hand stretched out from the side, jutting in between them. Wen Kexing politely poked his hand into Zhou Zi's arms, brought out his money bag, shoved it into his pocket, and said calmly, "Girl, I don't think so."
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