Chapter 34: The meaning of the thirteen thousand (big chapter)
Tiejiazhuang.
"Master Tie Zhuang, what does this mean?" Chen Kui asked.
"Maybe there is a surprise waiting for Brother Chen." Tie Youxia looked at Chen Kui and said with a smile.
"surprise?"
"It can't be said, it can't be said. Anyway, it won't take more than half a day, so just wait. Brother Chen also has a good rest." Tie Youxia suddenly transformed into a fortune teller.
"All right."
This morning, Chen Kui and the others originally planned to leave Baoding, continue north, and rush to the capital. Although they are not far from the capital now, as the saying goes, it takes half a mile to travel a hundred miles. It is closer to the capital, although it means that it is six kilometers away.
The inner door is closer, but it also means that it is also closer to the headquarters of Dongchang. In addition, in the capital, the power of the Blood Clothes Tower is definitely not small.
The capital city is truly a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
However, only the real Dragon Pond and Tiger Lair can give birth to the giant dragon that soars through the nine heavens and the fierce tiger that dominates the mountain forest. This Dragon Pond and Tiger Lair must be entered.
Originally, according to Tie Youxia's plan, the four of them rested for one day and two nights at Tiejiazhuang and set off early on the third day. However, this morning, the owner of the village, Tiexiong, kindly invited them to stay for an extra half day.
Tie Youxia trusted his sworn brother and agreed to stay for an extra half day without asking any questions. Chen Kui didn't say much out of his trust in Tie Youxia, but he still couldn't help but ask in private.
"Judging from your appearance, something good has indeed happened." Qingqing suddenly interrupted. Compared to Tie Youxia, Wuqing is a real fortune teller. She is proficient in the art of fortune telling.
"Sister Qingqing, do you know how to tell fortune tellers?" Before Chen Kui could speak, the little girl on the side looked at Wuqing with admiration and said.
During this period of time, the little girl was like digging for treasures and found many "treasures" from Wu Wuqing. She often shouted that she wanted to become Qingqing's teacher, but Qingqing just smiled and did not agree. Maybe she only thought of this in her heart.
It's a little girl's joke.
I don’t know if it’s Chen Kui’s illusion, but Chen Kui has a feeling that there is some kind of “story” between Qing Qing and Sima Hong, a little girl. How should I put it, both of them seem to be deliberately approaching each other, but deep down in their hearts,
At the same time, Qing Wu seems to be a little distant from the little girl, which is a very contradictory feeling.
But according to Chen Kui, this must be his misunderstanding. After all, Chen Kui knows Qing Qing's special ability. If the little girl really has a problem, Qing Qing will definitely be the first to find out. After all, this little girl does not have a martial arts book.
Nor can it block the ruthless ability.
"That's no problem." Tie Youxia looked even more relieved after hearing Qing Qing's words, because he knew Qing Qing's ability.
Qingqing actually has two masters, one is the master Zhuge Zhengwo, and the other is Master Wuhen who is known as "the most knowledgeable in the world". Both of them are people who have learned a lot about ancient and modern times. Qingqing's talent is already very high, and he has learned a lot.
Naturally, he has a lot of skills, but his martial arts is relatively weak. However, with Iron Hand as a bodyguard and ruthless special ability, safety is basically worry-free.
"Good thing? What good thing can happen?" Chen Kui was confused when he heard this. Ever since he came to this world, Chen Kui felt that he had never encountered any good things. Even if he broke through Gang Jin, it took a lot of effort.
Some of them were not killed by the phantom heart poison.
But since both of them stopped talking, Chen Kui stopped asking any more questions. In just half a day, he soon knew that if they wanted to harm him, they would have done it long ago. There was no need to wait until now. Chen Kui
Holding Tie's hand, they chatted about some affairs in the world.
Tie Youxia is indeed a veteran of the world, and he knows a lot about many things in the world, but there is nothing that Chen Kui urgently wants to know.
For example, is there any other relationship between the "Tiedan Shenhou" Zhu Wuwu and the "Undefeated Naughty Boy" Gu Santong? Is there a woman named Su Xin between them? For example, where is Tianxiang Cardamom now? For example, is there Liu Ren?
The existence of the divine dice? For example, the true background of Anyunshan...
These things are very important to Chen Kui, but nevertheless, these things are very secret information. Tie Youxia may know it, but does not intend to tell Chen Kui, or maybe he does not know it at all and has no way to talk about it.
Out of caution, Chen Kui did not ask directly, but just guided quietly and made insinuations.
There is no doubt that the person with the strongest martial arts skills in the world today is Zhuge Zhengwo. After all, he is a master. However, there are two richest people in the world, one is named An Yunshan and the other is named Wan Sanqian.
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Wan Sanqian's business scope is mainly in the south and the Central Plains, while Anyunshan mainly monopolizes business in the southwest and northwest. Both of them are extremely wealthy, and they are both mysterious, and their whereabouts are erratic. They have always been the gods.
The beginning is missing, and even Tie Youxia's information is quite limited.
An Yunshan's identity is extremely special. He is the nephew of Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen's favorite concubine Wan Guifei. If calculated according to seniority, An Yunshan and the iron gall god Hou Zhuwu are of the same generation, and he is a great good man.
, even Zhuge Zheng and I admire him very much.
Concubine Wan Guifei is really no ordinary person. Her real name is Wan Zhen'er. In her early years, her father was exiled because of Liang Si. In order to give her daughter something to rely on in the future, she had to send her four-year-old daughter Wan Zhen'er to the palace.
When she was nineteen years old, Wan Zhen'er was assigned to take care of Zhu Jianshen, who was only two years old. The two were seventeen years apart.
Because of the turbulent situation, Zhu Jianshen was appointed as the prince twice. He was involved in the prince's dispute when he was young, which put him under great mental pressure and suffered from a stutter. During this period, the "nanny" Wan Zhen'er
But he was always with Zhu Jianshen, inseparable.
In the first year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne as emperor. The first thing he did was to make Wan Zhen'er the queen. However, because he encountered too much resistance, he could only settle for the second best and make her a concubine. But in fact, Wan Zhen'er did
She has been a nameless queen for more than twenty years.
Zhu Jianshen had been in power for twenty-three years, and he always doted on Concubine Wan Guifei. He never changed. Concubine Wan Guifei once gave birth to a child. Zhu Jianshen made her the crown prince and sent envoys everywhere to pray to the gods of mountains and rivers. Unfortunately, this emperor
The prince died less than a year later, and this was Concubine Wan Gui's only child.
After Wan Zhen'er died, Zhu Jianshen burst into tears. According to the standards of a queen, he presided over her funeral and stayed away from court for seven days. In August of the same year, the depressed Zhu Jianshen also died.
As a humble palace maid and an old lady, she gained the favor of the harem for more than 20 years, managed the harem, and even interfered in the government affairs. No matter what the reasons were, she was indeed a powerful woman. Perhaps that was why the rumors about her
There are also quite a lot of rumors.
In many later literary works and film and television works, the image of Concubine Wan Gui was not good. For example, in the movie "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", Concubine Wan Gui was played by the military wife.
Concubine Wan Gui was so favored, and the status of the Wan family naturally increased accordingly. This is what the ancients said, "when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."
But what’s interesting is that although An Yunshan is the nephew of Concubine Wan Gui, so he should be able to ride on this bandwagon, but he passed the imperial examination and entered the court in an upright manner. As for whether there is anything fishy in it, then
We don’t know, but during the Chenghua period, An Yunshan was a good official. He had a pretty good reputation both among the people and in the court. When he was serving in the capital, he even selflessly suppressed the forces of his relatives, that is, himself.
of the family.
This may be what Concubine Wan Gui wants to see, she is a smart woman.
Zhu Jianshen passed away and the late emperor Zhu Youtang ascended the throne. Naturally, he had to eliminate the evil influence of his relatives. However, An Yunshan chose to "betray" the Wan family and became the sharp blade in the hands of the late emperor. After this incident, An Yunshan
He resigned and stayed away from the court, becoming a businessman who "stinks of copper".
As a businessman, An Yunshan is obviously successful. In just five years, he has become a very rich man. At the same time, he is also enthusiastic about charity and has become a world-famous philanthropist. In addition, he has made several great achievements among foreigners.
During the large-scale invasion, he also took the initiative to raise food, grass and ordnance for the imperial soldiers on the border, which was a great contribution to the imperial court.
Compared with the "imperial relative" Anyunshan, Wan Sanqian's experience is equally legendary. Wan Sanqian and the late emperor Zhu Youtang were friends in adversity.
Although Zhu Jianshen only dotes on Concubine Wan Guifei, he is still a man after all, and he is still the most powerful man in the world. He cannot control the things below. It is not surprising. Zhu Youtang is Zhu Jianshen's third son, and he almost lost Concubine Wan Guifei several times.
Fortunately, he survived and escaped from the capital for a time. In the process, he became friends with Wan Sanqian.
I just don't know if there is any blood relationship between Wan Sanqian and Wan Zhen'er, but I guess there is not.
After Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, faced with the mess left by his father, he was determined to reform the bad government. However, there was great resistance within the court, lack of money and food, and he had just ascended the throne, so his foundation was too weak, so Zhu Youtang thought of his friends.
Thirteen thousand.
Zhu Youtang actually took out a large sum of money from his in-laws and gave it to Wan Sanqian. Wan Sanqian took this money and relied on his own ability to bring Zhu Youtang a fortune in just half a year.
The generous returns of more than three times laid the foundation for Zhu Youtang's future reforms, which is known as the "Hongzhi ZTE" in history.
As a result, Wan Sanqian unlocked his business skills and went further and further on the road of business, eventually becoming a "man of ten thousand officials" who was extremely wealthy.
To be honest, when Chen Kui heard Tie Youxia talk about these things, he couldn't help but feel that it was a bit nonsense, but that is the fact. As the same saying goes, reality is often more exciting than novels, because novels require logic, but reality does not need it at all.
"So, Wan Sanqian and Anyunshan are both great virtuous people." After listening, Chen Kui concluded.
Tie Youxia nodded: "That's right!"
"Hahaha……"
"I really didn't expect that I, Wan Sanqian, would have such a high status in Brother Tie's heart. It really surprised me. I thought that in Brother Tie's heart, Wan Sanqian was just a businessman who smelled like copper.
, but I really don’t deserve the words ‘great benevolent person’.” A hearty laughter came from outside the hospital, and a middle-aged man wearing Chinese clothes, slightly fat, and smiling was seen.
The man walked in, and Tetsuo followed him.
"Hahaha..." Tie Shou also laughed and said, "If you, a great official, smell like copper, then I also smell like iron."
Thirteen thousand.
Yes, those who come are the rich and powerful Thirteen Thousand People.
Even without Tie Youxia's reminder, Chen Kui could still recognize his identity at a glance, because his appearance is almost exactly the same as Wan Sanqian in the TV series World's Best, both in appearance and temperament.
"This is Wan Sanqian. It seems that he doesn't know martial arts." Chen Kui observed Wan Sanqian's appearance and thought to himself: "I just don't know if the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi are protecting him personally now. If it is true,
If that's the case, then the Four Ghosts in Western Hunan are so terrifying that I didn't notice them at all."
Chen Kui can see through the Japanese invisibility technique, and he has made great achievements in this aspect. If the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi are following Wan Sanqian now, but Chen Kui cannot sense it, then Chen Kui's evaluation of the strength of the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi may be...
It's about to be torn down.
In No. 1 in the World, the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi are actually quite powerful, but they just "seek death" and teach the "Phantom Magic" to Zhu Wuwu in disguise, letting Zhu Wuwu know the flaws in it, and they are eventually punished.
From this point of view, the reason why Tiexiong asked Chen Kui and others to stay for another half day just now was to wait for Wan Sanqian. In fact, Chen Kui also heard footsteps just now, but Chen Kui thought he was a servant of the villa, and he didn't expect it to be Wan Sanqian.
But why does he appear here?
Is it for Iron Hand or Wu Wu? Or for myself? Or is it for that little girl?
"Could it be..."
A possibility suddenly appeared in Chen Kui's mind.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, but Wan Daguan is still looking good!" Tie Youxia said, cupping his fists.
"Brother Tie Shou, Miss Qing Qing." Wan Sanqian returned the greeting with a smile and cupped his fists. Wu Qing just nodded expressionlessly. She had always been like this. Wan Sanqian seemed to be used to it and didn't find it strange.
"Who is this?" Wan Sanqian put his eyes on Chen Kui and asked deliberately.
Afterwards, Tie Shou gave a brief introduction. There was no need to mention the process. With a little politeness, Chen Kui and Wan Sanqian were considered acquainted.
"Chen Shaoxia is not in good health? It's a coincidence. This time I am traveling, Sai Hua Tuo, the best doctor in the world, happens to be traveling with me. Let Sai Hua Tuo take a look at Chen Shaoxia later." After knowing that Chen Kui was injured, Wan Wan
Sanqian said.
These words were said so naturally. Although everyone knew in their hearts that there was a high probability that the so-called coincidence came from being prepared, his attitude and tone did not make Chen Kui feel at all.
Discomfort.
"In that case, I would like to thank Wan Daguan." Chen Kui was not pretentious.
It would be good to let Sai Hua Tuo take a look. Although the second part of "The Art of Seizing Soul" and "Rama's Internal Skill" both have the possibility of curing one's own meridians, it is only a possibility after all. There are multiple possibilities, which is always a good thing.
As for the favors owed because of this, it will be repaid in the future. As long as the body can recover, those will not matter.