In the northwest of Jingkou, there is an ancient city called Iron Urn City. This city is built in the south of Beigu Mountain, surrounded by peaks and mountains, shaped like an iron urn and indestructible, so it gets its name.

This city was originally built in the late Han Dynasty, on the eve of the Red Cliff War, Jiangdong Sun Quan gathered troops here to resist Cao Cao, so the original scale of the city was very large, quite a royal city atmosphere. However, with the change of history, this place was gradually abandoned, and it was not until recent years that the atmosphere of Guangling and Jingkou in Jiangbei became tense, and it was renovated and opened as a garrison near Jingkou to guard against Jiangbei.

In addition to the military role, the scenery near the Iron Urn City is also beautiful. According to legend, Sun Liu married that year, and Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong at that time, personally entertained Liu Bei in the villa in the south of the city, leaving many legends. Today, the hero has gone with the river, and the romance exists alone in the world.

With the influx of many families into Beijing, the wind of buying houses everywhere is hot for a while, and the magnificent scenery of Beigu Mountain is inevitably vulgar. Although it is limited to military use, the enclosure in this vicinity is slightly less popular than in the southern suburbs of Jingkou, but many of the best viewing locations have gradually been excavated. In just a few months, this area has been recommended by many celebrities and gentlemen to say that there are ten scenic spots, and each landscape is full of interest and excellence.

Among them, Yishui Floating Platform is a popular place. Yishui is a tributary of a large river on the side of Beigu Mountain, which goes around the mountain, winds and turns because of the topography, and is shaped like a silver snake. The strange peaks on both sides are different stones, the pines and cypresses are lush, lying on the stone and the long howl echoes to respond to the river tide, the breeze comes slowly and does not stir up the dust, makes people refreshed, and lingers.

The stream at the foot of the mountain makes a bend, the waterway is open, and the river is gentle. One day, a group of mountain travelers discovered this wonderful thing and decided to erect a pontoon on the waterway.

Today, this pontoon bridge on the river has already been built, and it is difficult to call it a pontoon bridge, the bridge deck is nearly ten zhang wide, the bamboo platform hangs several feet on the water surface, the clear water flows at the foot of the murmur, the slightest trembling of the water splash washing the bridge makes people feel like floating on the river, which can be described as interesting.

Sit on the ground in a robe, listen to the pine waves rolling slowly, the feather fan gently shakes to get rid of the heat, or fishing with a rod, or turning the strings to sing a song, walking without fatigue, and wandering into the eight wildernesses. Since the day this floating platform was built, there has been an endless stream of tourists. Such a deep mountain is interesting, and the people who come and go are extraordinary, adding a lot of elegance and vitality, but without the noise of the world.

Today, a group of young people came together, beautiful in gorgeous shirts, hugging each other in front and back, and it can be seen that the origin is extraordinary. After the group arrived, they first enjoyed the scenery between several bamboo pavilions on the left side of the floating platform, and the attachés carried many utensils onto the floating platform, and soon built a simple but exquisite viewing building on the floating platform.

The small building is tied with animal tendons and erected with bamboo joints, many exquisite step screens surround the wall, there are tulle hanging down inside and outside, although it is not as magnificent as the grand hall, but it has a kind of ingenuity and ingenuity.

After nightfall, the young people walked into the small building, and as the candles inside and outside were lit, the seemingly ordinary light veil that had been hanging around the small building changed amazingly. In the light of the lights, the light veil reflected a misty glow.

There are dots of light in the mist flickering, looking like a starry sky, but the most surprising thing is that there are still some soft light lines hidden in this hazy starry sky, looking at it, the lines are actually intertwined into a slender and graceful figure, when the night wind blows, with the swaying of the light yarn, the hazy figure seems to have vitality, which makes people feel surprised.

"What kind of foreign object is this? How could there be such a miraculous change? ”

Young people are the most curious, especially when they suddenly see strange pictures that they have never experienced, they are even more stunned. For a while, the small building continued to sound with a sound of amazement, which lasted for a long time.

This group of young people is naturally not an ordinary person, and the people who are surrounded in the center are Wang Biaozhi, the son of Wang Bin, Yang Ben, the son of Yang Man, and Zhuge Heng, the youngest son of Zhuge Hui, all of whom are the leaders of the Qingxu family. As for the other young people, they are also members of various families nowadays.

These young people here have extraordinary backgrounds and have a wide range of knowledge, but most of them are still the first time to see such a strange picture, and after watching and marveling for a moment, they can't help but look at an inconspicuous young man in the seat, and ask with a deep curiosity: "The thin light veil actually hides the figure, I don't know where Brother Cao got such a strange thing?" ”

Although the young man surnamed Cao, who was in the spotlight, traveled all the way, he was almost a transparent person in the team since the afternoon, and few people greeted him. At this time, he finally attracted everyone's attention, especially even Lang Jun of Wang Guanglu's family looked at him with burning eyes, and there was no lack of curiosity and surprise in his expression, which greatly satisfied his vanity.

As if to avenge everyone's ignorance of his petty grievances, the young man was not in a hurry to solve the doubts of everyone present, but just stood up, bowed respectfully to Wang Biaozhi at the top, and then said: "Pengcheng Cao Li, the name of the prince has long been admired, this time I am finally fortunate to travel with Wang Lang, which really makes me overjoyed!" ”

At the banquet, Wang Biaozhi received this courtesy, but he just smiled reservedly and bowed his head slightly in response. He vaguely remembered that the young man seemed to be the owner of the trip, but because he was not familiar with the young man, his reaction was relatively cold.

Because his father Wang Bin has been highly valued in Xingtai recently, even Wang Biaozhi has risen and is highly sought after by young people in Beijing. Nowadays, I don't know how many young people in Jingkou have hollowed out their minds to invite Wang Biaozhi to a banquet, and he naturally can't afford to look at people differently because of a banquet.

At present, many people downstairs are questioning Cao Li, but after this young man got up, he didn't answer others, just worshiped Wang Biaozhi. This scene fell in the eyes of others, and I felt a little unhappy in my heart. After a while, someone whispered to the core people in the party, including Wang Biaozhi: "Wang Lang, you shouldn't know this person, this Cao Li's father Cao Na is currently in the army in Guangling, and several of his fathers in Jiangbei are also based in their own forts......"

Wang Biaozhi originally had a smile on his face, but after hearing about Cao Li's background, his face suddenly sank, and he glanced at the sheep on his side with a slight frown. Pengcheng Cao's family was originally the old surname of Xuzhou, but listening to the resume of Cao Li's father, it is clear that he is just the head of the ordinary Han Ling army in Jiangbei, and he is not a Qingwang family at all!

Some time ago, because of the tense war in Wu County, and his father Wang Bin came to Jingkou after reporting victory, Wang Biaozhi also rushed here from Wu County. He got his father's advice, and made friends with some old surnames of overseas Chinese in Jingkou, and exchanged words with each other to form a friendship, and if necessary, he could help because of his own family. Although he is making friends, it does not mean that Wang Biaozhi has no bottom line, if he is cold, he does not know that his own reputation will be hurt, and he will even be criticized by his family.

So when making friends, Wang Biaozhi also has a choice. Even so, as he was overly active in Jingkou, there was actually some faint criticism. Therefore, Wang Biaozhi can't help but be more cautious, and he generally ignores invitations like this kind of invitation that is not the root of the matter.

However, this time, it was Yang Benli who asked him to see some kind of fantasy scene, which was really hard to push, and Wang Biaozhi reluctantly attended. But he didn't expect that the host of this invitation was actually an unliterate humble warrior, which made Wang Biaozhi feel that he had been pitted by the sheep, and he had some resentment in his heart, and his face suddenly became unsightly.

Seeing Wang Biaozhi's change of color, Yang Ben was also bitter in his heart, and he said after a little groan at the banquet: "When you come to the south, it is inevitable that your clan will be displaced. This Cao Shi brother was originally a relative of the Yigong clan, and his family was quite popular with the country, and he came south with a crowd, and he couldn't bear to abandon the relatives and villagers, so he was trapped in this township and was not known to the people of the time. ”

Hearing this, Wang Biaozhi's face eased slightly. Yang Ben's mouth said that the name of Yi Gong is Cao Yi, and he is also a celebrity at that time, but he is a descendant of the former Wei general Cao Shuang, because Cao Shuang was not on good terms with Emperor Xuan when he was alive, so although Cao Yi was the emperor of the previous dynasty, he was repeatedly unsuccessful in the Chinese Dynasty, and only after crossing the river was he was appointed as a scholar under the recommendation of Taibao.

It's just that after hearing Yang Ben's words, even a few people in the banquet laughed, including Zhuge Heng, who was sitting at the top. Because the explanation given by Yang Ben is really not convincing. When Cao Yi crossed the river, he didn't have many relatives, and he died a few years ago, and he never heard him say that there was still a family in Jingkou when he was alive.

Therefore, this statement is a real death without proof. The sheep didn't know how much benefit he had received from others, so he found his heart to help people make up such a background. As for whether this Cao Lizu is a general of the Three Princes or a butcher and thief, no one can tell.

As Yang Ben said, nowadays, many families come to the south, and it is inevitable that some people will be displaced, so naturally some people want to fish in troubled waters, pretend to be their ancestors, and seek a good background for themselves. Similar to Cao Li, finding an old surname who is almost dead to cling to, that is still a relatively low-end method, after all, there is no living evidence, there is no convincing power, and few people will take it seriously.

The more advanced method is to directly impersonate those old surname families who are still alive, and the means are also very simple, either coercion or inducement. But those who have wealth and power but come from a poor background do not want to improve their ranks. With the chaos in the world, those old surnames with noble families in the past are no longer unattainable, and more importantly, the genealogy may be missing in the war.

This phenomenon is also a tacit unspoken rule nowadays, and it is seen through but not broken. If there is no actual conflict of interest, if the descendants of those families with old surnames do not care about the legacy handed down by their ancestors, and insist that what the impostor is saying is true, what do others have to say? After all, nowadays, not everyone has the toughness of Liu's, and they can sell the first pot of gold for the second venture by weaving straw shoes.

Hearing the inexplicable laughter of others, not only Yang Ben couldn't sit still, but even Wang Biaozhi was a little panicked. Up to now, he still can't see that this tour is not simple, the reason why he was invited is obviously to testify to that Cao Li who pretended to recognize his ancestors!