This is Jianghu

Chapter 18 Changzhou Tang Family
When the girl heard her maidservant yelling, she asked Zhang Liheng to find a place to hide. If people saw her staying with a strange man, it would be a big disaster!
Zhang Liheng originally wanted to get out over the high wall by himself, and that would be all right.However, the girl pointed Zhang Liheng to a bush beside the big tree just now, signaling him to hide there.Zhang Liheng was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the girl meant, he thought he should go out.

Seeing that Zhang Liheng was still standing there, the girl saw that the footsteps of the maid Ke'er were already very close, so she walked over and pushed Zhang Liheng up anxiously, and said while pushing him, "Why are you standing like an idiot? Hide away!"Zhang Liheng was taken aback by the girl's actions, so he quickly walked a few steps faster, distanced himself from the girl, and hid in the grass within a few strokes.It was only after the girl's hand separated from Zhang Liheng that she felt that something was wrong. She was so bold just now. Thinking of this, her face suddenly turned red.

At this time, the servant girl Ke'er had already arrived in the backyard. Seeing the girl's appearance, she asked, "Miss, why is your face so red? Are you feeling unwell?"

The girl touched her hot face, and said falteringly: "Is...is it? Maybe I was a little tired from flying the kite just now." While speaking, she kept looking at the bushes hiding Zhang Liheng from time to time.

Ke'er said: "Miss, you have to pay attention to your body and don't get tired."

The girl wanted to send Ke'er away so that she would not find Zhang Liheng in the grass, so she asked, "Ke'er, what do you want from me?"

Ke'er replied: "Oh, that's right! I saw that the master received a lot of strange people in the front hall. It was interesting for me to watch from behind. I was just looking for you to go see together, Miss."

The girl evaded and said: "I have been flying the kite for a long time, and I want to rest here, so I won't go, you can go and see for yourself."

Ke'er said: "Miss, take a good rest, Ke'er will come back after watching for a while."

The girl was secretly happy, and said: "You go and see, I will go back later, it will be fine if you watch for a long time."

Ke'er responded and jumped forward to Tang Tang. The girl was relieved to see her walking away.Then he waved to the grass and said, "That... you can come out!"

After Zhang Liheng came out, he murmured, "Actually, I could go outside just now."

When the girl thought about it, it seemed to be the same. She didn't think of it just now, so she stopped Zhang Liheng for some reason, but she refused to admit it, and said, "I was afraid that you would accidentally fall when you climbed over the wall." , That's why I told you to hide first!"

Hearing the girl's words, Zhang Liheng muttered in a low voice: "The tree was no taller than the wall just now...and I didn't see you..." Although the voice was low, the girl still heard it, and couldn't help but blushed again.

The girl broke the topic and asked, "Hey, what's your name, why did you come to our backyard?"

Zhang Liheng replied: "My name is Zhang Liheng. I am determined to stand, and I am eternal! I broke in by accident. I am really not a bad person!"

The girl chuckled lightly and said, "I didn't say you were a bad person! Establish it first, and then keep it. Your name is quite good." The girl paused, and then said: "I am Tang Li, the etiquette of Li! That’s how we got to know each other.”

Zhang Liheng smirked and said, "Yes!" He didn't know why he couldn't make up his mind in front of this girl named Tang Li.

When Tang Li saw Zhang Liheng for the first time in the carriage, she felt that Zhang Liheng was different from other young masters she had seen. She saw Zhang Liheng's eyes were so clear that she couldn't bear the slightest bit of guard.Tang Li blinked her big eyes and asked, "Zhang Liheng, how old are you this year? I think you are older than me. I am sixteen this year."

Zhang Liheng scratched the back of his head and said, "I'm eighteen, so I'm older than you, right?"

Tang Li was amused by his words, and said: "You are eighteen, I am sixteen, of course you are older than me, what you said is really interesting!"

Seeing Tang Li smiling, Zhang Liheng didn't know what to say, so he could only smile along with it.

Seeing that Zhang Liheng was always giggling, Tang Li felt that Zhang Liheng was more interesting. It had been a long time since she had talked so happily with others, so she continued to ask Zhang Liheng like a curious baby: "Why did you accidentally run to here?"

Zhang Liheng said: "I just saw a lot of people from the rivers and lakes gathered there, so I jumped on the wall to see what was going on. There were servants patrolling, so I hid here because I was afraid they might misunderstand. up"

Tang Li heard this, and said: "So you are also one of those high-ranking people in the Jianghu. No wonder you were able to scare away those beggars yesterday."

Zhang Liheng said: "Actually, those few beggars yesterday were from the Southern Beggars Gang, and they can be regarded as people in the Jianghu. It's just that I have defeated them before, so they are a little afraid of me."

Tang Li heard this, and enviously said: "If only I were as good as you, I can climb over this wall in one fell swoop, and go outside to play every day."

Zhang Liheng also gradually became less dull than when he first came into contact with Tang Li, and said to Tang Li: "It's very dangerous for you to walk outside as a girl, you'd better stay at home."

Hearing this, Tang Li sighed suddenly, walked into the pavilion, sat on the fence, and said while shaking his legs lightly: "Like a bird in a cage all day long, even if it's very comfortable, then there's no need to worry about it." What do you mean? I miss when I was young, I was free all day long, and my parents would obey me wherever I went. When I grew up, my father said that a girl can’t go out easily when she grows up.”

Tang Li actually had an inexplicable trust in Zhang Liheng, and unconsciously confided in Zhang Liheng who only knew his name.And Zhang Liheng listened quietly to Tang Li's words. He felt that Tang Li's melancholy voice was as pleasant as the first time he heard it.

After Tang Li talked for a while, seeing Zhang Liheng quietly listening to her, he was touched, and said: "I have never talked about this with anyone else, not even Ke'er. I don't know why I just talked to her You said it, so strange!"

After Zhang Liheng heard this, he replied without thinking: "Your voice is very nice." He didn't understand why he said this, so he scratched his head foolishly.

At this time, Zhang Liheng suddenly heard footsteps coming towards the backyard, so he said to Tang Li: "Someone is here, this time I have to go."

When Tang Li heard Zhang Liheng say that someone was coming, she couldn't help being surprised. When she heard that Zhang Liheng was leaving, she felt a little disappointed in her heart. When she looked up, she saw that Zhang Liheng had jumped onto the wall, and she blurted out: "Zhang Liheng !"

Zhang Liheng stopped, turned around and asked, "Huh?"

Tang Li was quick to talk and stopped Zhang Liheng again. He wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, he hesitated and asked: "Will you come here tomorrow?" Zhang Liheng was taken aback, Tang Li immediately changed his words and said: No, no, I think your kung fu is quite good, I mean, will you go to my father to help him escort the batch of official silk?"

Zhang Liheng didn't intend to rush into this muddy water at first, but after hearing Tang Li's question out loud, he couldn't bear the slightest refusal in his heart, so he said casually: "I should come."

When Tang Li heard Zhang Liheng agreed, he felt as if a big stone had been dropped in his heart, which was very strange.

After Zhang Liheng came out of the backyard of the Tang Mansion, he walked on the street, and when he passed the gate of the Tang Mansion again, there were still a bunch of people from the rivers and lakes huddled together, all talking to their companions, and the scene was very lively.

Zhang Liheng wandered around in the crowd for a while, and after listening to some conversations, he learned a lot about the fact that the Tang Mansion recruited Jianghu masters to escort them with a lot of money.It turned out that half a month ago, the Han Palace in Central Shu ordered a batch of top-quality silk from the Tang family to make colorful phoenix feather coats for the Queen's birthday. Unexpectedly, they were robbed by bandits from Woyun Mountain on the way to Chengdu. .Because of this, the King of Han's mansion almost missed the colorful phoenix feather coat for the queen. The King of Han was furious and almost took the Tang family into the government.Fortunately, the Tang family found another batch of the same silk in time. In order to ensure that this batch of silk was safe, the Tang family had to pay a lot of money to recruit some martial arts masters from the rivers and lakes to escort them. After two times, this has already exceeded the value of that batch of top silk.

After hearing the news, many people in the Jianghu were eager to take the 5000 taels of silver.Although people in the rivers and lakes live freely, they also need money to live by drinking and eating meat.Except for those gangsters, most of the other people's money is earned through the right way by virtue of their own abilities. 5000 taels is not a small amount, it is enough for a person to eat and drink for several lifetimes.As the saying goes, "a penny can't beat a hero", after the Tang family's trip, they no longer have to worry about money, so everyone wants to take on this kind of work.

This batch of silk from the Tang family will leave the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow is the last day of recruitment.After Zhang Liheng stayed here for a while, he planned to go to the Tang Mansion tomorrow. He didn't know if he would be able to pick him among so many good players, but he did what he promised Tang Li.Thinking of this, Zhang Liheng left here and found an inn to stay.

When Zhang Liheng arrived at the inn room, he was not in a hurry to rest, but practiced Tianxin Kungfu as usual, and did not go to bed until the third watch and slept for two or three hours. This has been like this every night for more than a month, without interruption.Zhang Liheng's martial arts progressed so rapidly, apart from his extremely high talent, it was inseparable from his daily hard training.

The next day, Zhang Liheng went to the gate of the Tang Mansion again, and seeing that there were already many people missing, he helped a few people out from inside from time to time.Zhang Liheng asked the people around him, and only then did he learn that the Tang Mansion had recruited five masters of the rivers and lakes. From yesterday to now, no one could compare with those five people, and there was no need to find a sixth person.

Sure enough, after a while, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler came out of the Tang mansion, and he cupped his hands to the people around him and said, "Heroes and heroes, thank you for your kindness in coming to Changzhou to accept the recruitment order of the Tang family. Now we have recruited Now that the five masters have arrived, those five heroes will escort the Tang family's official silks tomorrow morning, everyone, I'm really sorry."

As soon as the butler said this, the rest of the people were a little disappointed, and they were about to disperse for a while.Zhang Liheng thought in his heart, how is this going to be a good time, he has not even entered the door of the Tang Mansion, so he is no longer looking for anyone, isn't he going to break his promise to Tang Li?
Just when those heroes were about to leave, the middle-aged butler asked again: "May I ask if there is a young hero named Zhang Liheng among the heroes?"

Zhang Liheng was taken aback when he heard this. Why did the butler know his name, so he stood up and said, "I am Zhang Liheng!"

The butler sized up Zhang Liheng, then cupped his hands and said, "Young man Zhang, our master also invites you and five other heroes to protect our Tang family on this official journey. I don't know what you want?"

Zhang Liheng just couldn't think of any way to fulfill his promise to Tang Li, so it was just right now, there was no reason not to agree, so he immediately replied: "Of course!"

Seeing that Zhang Liheng agreed, the housekeeper said: "Then please Zhang Shaoxia come with me to the mansion to discuss with our master and five other heroes about the escort tomorrow." After that, he made a "please" gesture.

Zhang Liheng followed the butler into the Tang mansion, and when he arrived at the inner hall, he saw seven or eight people already seated inside.Zhang Liheng took a glance, and suddenly found a veiled young girl sitting next to a dignified middle-aged man in the middle of the inner hall. Seeing Zhang Liheng coming in, the young girl winked mischievously at him.Zhang Liheng could tell at a glance, who else would this masked girl be if not Tang Li!
　These two chapters are so difficult to write...

　　
　
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