As soon as Cao Xiangnan arrived in Nanyang, he heard from Shopkeeper Fang that Zhenmen Pass had been occupied by Zinu after he broke through the city gate.
Cao Xiangnan had been here for at least a few years, so he naturally knew what Zhenmen Pass was like. Now that Zinu had entered the pass and occupied Zhenmen Pass, it was equivalent to breaking through the first barrier of Feng Dynasty, which was definitely bad news.
The Li family army was completely wiped out, even the last general of the Li family was gone. When Manager Fang mentioned the death of General Li, he shook his head, sighed and said, "Alas, it's a pity that General Li fought on the battlefield all his life, and he is gone just like that."
Since ancient times, emperors have been jealous of generals who hold military power, and have long wanted to take back the military power and kill them. The emperor could tolerate the Li family for so many years, firstly because Feng Dynasty really needed the Li family to protect it, and secondly because they could not destroy the Li family and make people in the world feel cold, so the royal family has been jealous of the Li family for so many years, but they dare not really touch the Li family. But
now that the Li family army is gone, the world of Feng Dynasty is probably hard to protect.
Cao Xiangnan didn't know how to comment on the affairs of the court. He was worried about Cao Gang and Wang Dahu. He didn't know where they went. If they met Zinu, he was afraid that they would be in danger. He felt a little uneasy and mentioned this to Fang Zhanggui.
"Okay, I'll ask someone to find out for you later." Fang Zhanggui said.
People's lives are already difficult due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. Why make things more difficult for the people? The people just want to have enough food to eat, men can marry wives, boys can marry into good families, have a few boys, and live a peaceful and happy life.
But now that the war has started, the people are still suffering. It is not known how many people will die. The people naturally don't want to fight, but it's the way of heaven. This war is not something the people can avoid just because they want it.
As for Nanyang City, Zinu will not be able to reach Nanyang for a while, but it is not ruled out that Zinu may reach Nanyang.
The city is still prosperous and lively, and the people still live their lives like this. I wonder if the world will be as peaceful as it is now in the near future. The news has not yet reached Nanyang so quickly, and the people in the city probably don’t know that Zinu has entered the customs, but it won’t be long.
"Let’s go and have a drink with me." Cao Xiangnan didn’t expect to meet Jiang Dongyi in Nanyang. A big hand was placed on his shoulder, and he was pulled into Yipinzhai regardless of whether he was willing or not.
He had just walked out of the gate of Yipinzhai for a few steps when he was pulled back again. Well, he could only look for Sun Ji later.
When Fang, the shopkeeper, saw Jiang Dongyi, he greeted him familiarly and said, "You guys find a place to sit down first. I'll come find you after I finish my work here."
It was fate that he and Jiang Dongyi met. It was only when Cao Xiangnan returned to Nanyang that he found out that Jiang Dongyi and Fang, the shopkeeper, were old acquaintances. It was only later that he found out that Jiang Dongyi was Fang Ziye's man. Jiang Dongyi was in charge of the caravan on the land, so some of his goods were still transported by the caravan led by Jiang Dongyi.
Fang Ziye's caravan was divided into two routes, land and water. Jiang Dongyi was in charge of the land route, and a man named Chushouyu was in charge of the water route. As for this man, Cao Xiangnan had only heard of him, but had never seen him.
They sat down and chatted for a while, and then Shopkeeper Fang came over. He happened to hear Cao Xiangnan say that he had never met Chu Shuyu, and asked in surprise, "Nan boy, you haven't met Lao Yu yet?"
Cao Xiangnan nodded. Yes, he had never met him. Is that strange?
Shopkeeper Fang then remembered that Cao Xiangnan had really never met Chu Shuyu, so he smiled and turned to Jiang Dongyi and said, "It so happens that Lao Yu is also in Nanyang, Dongyi, you take Xiangnan to find Lao Yu later. We are all family, and it will be convenient for everyone to do things in the future if we get to know each other.
"Okay. "Jiang Dong replied.
The merchants traveled north and south without a fixed destination. Chushou Yu followed the boats on the waterway. When the boats passed Nanyang, he would come to Nanyang City. However, Cao Xiangnan never met Chushou Yu by chance, so naturally he never met Chushou Yu in person.
There were many things to do in the building, so Fang, the shopkeeper, sat down and drank a cup of tea and went back to work, leaving Cao Xiangnan and Jiang Dongyi to sit together and drink tea.
Cao Xiangnan and Jiang Dongyi talked about the business and mentioned that Zinu had entered the customs. Jiang Dongyi was naturally aware of the war in the north. He had just come from Fengdu. Even if there was a war in the north, their caravan would not stop as long as the road was passable.
The sky outside was getting darker and darker, and the shops on the street were closed one by one.
Flower Street is the busiest place at night. The lights in the brothels are bright, and there are big red lanterns at the door. Seeing this, Cao Xiangnan was a little amused and asked, "Brother Jiang, are we here to find Chu Shouyu?"
Shopkeeper Fang asked Jiang Dongyi to take him to find Chu Shouyu. Cao Xiangnan didn't expect Jiang Dongyi to bring him to Flower Street to find someone.
"Well, Chu Shouyu is at his lover's place. Don't you want to see Chu Shouyu? "Seeing Cao Xiangnan's look, Jiang Dongyi rarely showed a smile on his face, but the smile looked a little embarrassed, and asked, "Why, you're not going?"
"..." Cao Xiangnan, "Yes, then go."
Since he has come here, can he still say no? After all, he is a man, isn't it just a stroll in a red-light district? There is no need to be so nervous! He went there with Fang Ziye last time!
But he didn't expect that Jiang Dongyi took him to the place where Fang Ziye took him last time, Qingfeng Tower.
Cao Xiangnan thought secretly in his heart, maybe this is also Fang Ziye's place, otherwise why did all of them come to the same place by such a coincidence?
Cao Xiangnan really guessed it right, Qingfeng Tower was Fang Ziye's place. Jiang Dongyi and Chushou Yu both knew about the business that Ziye was in control of. Chushou Yu's old acquaintance was the owner of Qingfeng Tower. Whenever his people came to Nanyang, they would stay in Qingfeng Tower.
Compared with other buildings, the entrance of Qingfeng Tower was much quieter, and there were no guys dressed up to attract customers. The guy at the entrance recognized Jiang Dongyi at a glance, and greeted him with a smile, saying, "Master Jiang, you are here. Xiao Ling'er is thinking about you. Who is this young man?"
"A friend." Jiang Dongyi said.
"Please come in, gentlemen. "The receptionist didn't insist on finding out who was coming. He smiled and welcomed the person inside. But the young man who followed him looked familiar. Maybe he was the young man who had been to their Qingfeng Tower. Maybe he didn't have any impression of him because he hadn't been here for a long time.
The two were brought to the door of a room, and the guy who led the way knocked on the door.
The door was opened from the inside. It was the owner of Qingfeng Tower. Seeing that it was Jiang Dongyi who came, he smiled at Jiang Dongyi and called him "Master Jiang."
Liu Qinghong had been begging for food in this place of debauchery for half his life. Naturally, he had trained himself to remember anyone he had seen once. Naturally, he recognized at a glance that this was the young man their boss brought last time. It was the first time their boss brought people to Qingfeng Tower, and he was deeply impressed by this Young Master Cao.
He still remembered that this young master was as frightened as if he had seen a flood and a ferocious beast when he saw their beautiful brother. He frankly admitted that he was afraid of his wife at home. Liu Qinghong joked, "Young Master Cao, you are here. Are you not afraid of your wife at home?"
In his ups and downs in half a lifetime, he has seen all kinds of people. Those old men said they were afraid of their wives at home, but when they came to this land of fireworks and took off their pants, they didn't care about their wives at home. If
you don't say anything about this cheating, who would know about it?
"Haha, boss, don't tease me." Cao Xiangnan lowered his head and touched his nose. He was not afraid, but loved. Because he loved that man too much, he naturally wanted to keep his body pure for him and couldn't do anything that would let his wife down.
Jiang Dong glanced at Cao Xiangnan who was lowering his head. He didn't know that the boy had been here.
The jokes stopped with a nod, and Liu Qinghong hurriedly invited the people inside.
As soon as they entered, they saw a man half lying inside, with his chest half open, looking unruly and unrestrained, and the smile on the corner of his mouth showed that he was not a good person. When Chushou Yu saw the people coming in, he sat up. Seeing that it was Jiang Dong and his group who came to Qingfeng Tower to look for him, he hurriedly invited them to sit down and asked, "Old Jiang, why are you here?"
"Who is this kid?" Chushou Yu glanced at him casually and then retracted his eyes.
Cao Xiangnan felt the sharpness of the glance that was coming at him, and he said, "I am Cao Xiangnan."
There was a piano on the table in front of them, and they heard the sound of the piano coming from this room before they came in. It seemed that the owner of Qingfeng Tower was playing the piano for this man in this room just now. The person who could be served by the owner of Qingfeng Tower was really not an ordinary person.
Cao Xiangnan thought of Jiang Dongyi's mention that Chuchu Yu was with his lover just now, and it seemed that the owner of Qingfeng Tower was Chuchu Yu's lover.
"Oh, it turns out to be you, boy. I really can't tell that you are still so young." Chuchu Yu suddenly realized when he heard the name, and looked at Cao Xiangnan with a less scrutinizing look, and became much friendlier.
"Xiangnan said he had never seen you before. Since you are here, I will bring him to meet you." Jiang Dongyi found an empty seat and sat down. Cao Xiangnan followed and sat down next to him.
There was no one else to serve in the room, so the boss naturally took on the task of greeting guests. He picked up the wine pot and poured wine into the cups to entertain the guests.
"Qinghong, you don't have to pay attention to them." Seeing his people serving the two people, Chushou Yu became jealous and pulled the people away and stopped them from pouring wine for the two people.
Liu Qinghong's face turned red and she glared at the troublemaker. Chushou Yu obediently stopped.
Cao Xiangnan noticed the little movements of the two people. Just now he thought that Chuchuyu was like a beast lying down and ready to stand up and bite people at any time. Now he felt that this was a proud big cat that was domesticated and had been tamed and obedient. He had a different view of Chuchuyu in his heart.
All the men who are dominated by their wives in the world feel particularly friendly when they see a man who is dominated by his wife.
He said thank you to the boss who poured him a glass of wine.
Knowing that they had something to discuss, Liu Qinghong found an excuse to go out, closed the door, and had someone guard the door.