Great Zhou Dynasty, Chengde thirty-three years winter, the twelfth lunar month.
There is an unnamed high mountain in a very remote place, a stream flows from top to bottom, and slowly flows down from the mountain stream. At the foot of the mountain is a simple wine shop, with an apricot-yellow wine flag slanting out, swaying slightly in the wind.
It's the middle of winter, everything is bleak, the earth is dead, snowflakes are floating in the sky, one after another, accompanied by the whistling and circling north wind, I feel that there is a mist between the sky and the earth.
In the wine shop, more than a dozen travel-stained business travelers sat around a few old wooden tables, frowning and looking out from time to time, cursing the bad weather in a low voice. The cloak of snow water.
Beside the restaurant, a young woman with a beautiful face was sitting in front of a small red clay stove, carefully simmering a clay pot. There are two men sitting next to the woman. One is dressed in a green shirt, with eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes like the moon. Although his expression is a little tired, there is a chivalrous and heroic spirit that looks down on the world; Feng Yue's handsome face has a youthful, suave and carefree feeling.
"Boss, bring a jug of good wine and cut two catties of beef." Someone called out loudly.
"The wine is in the jar, and the meat is in the pot!" The woman didn't turn her head, she still focused on the clay pot. The diner didn't take it seriously, he grinned, threw away the money, and went to pour the wine and cut the meat by himself.
The man in white looked at the woman's focused figure, with a smile in his eyes, as soft as water waves. He casually pulled out a jade flute from his sleeve, brought it close to his mouth, and played it slowly. Immediately, a desolate and lonely voice sounded faintly, as if the sky and the earth were big, and there was nothing left to spare, loneliness and regret.
Everyone was attracted by the infinitely sorrowful sound of the flute, stopped eating and drinking one after another, and all listened intently.
Suddenly, the man in the blue shirt changed his expression and stood up abruptly.
Almost at the same time, the man in white also put down his jade flute, and said calmly, "It's finally here!"
The woman trembled slightly, and sighed softly: "It seems that this time you two are involved again."
Before the words fell, there was only a burst of horseshoes sounding as dense as rain, gradually becoming clearer from far to near.
Suddenly there was a loud "boom", and everyone felt a shaking and shock, and the small wine shop was pulled apart from the outside.
Outside the wine cellar, there are black cavalry in black armor, standing on horseback, neat and uniform, with swords, guns, swords and halberds, shining coldly on people.
The merchants didn't know what was going on, they just screamed and fled in all directions, the soldiers didn't chase after them, they just stared at the one woman and two men closely.
One of the generals in front suddenly shouted loudly: "The prisoner is gentle, your father is gentle and upright, he was blessed with the emperor's favor, and was honored as the imperial cook, but he disregarded the emperor's favor and poisoned the imperial meal. What he did was treasonous and unforgivable. The emperor ordered all families to copy and cut. I thought you were gentle, and you had some meager achievements. The Holy One was kind and merciful, and I gave you white silk to hang your head to keep the whole body. Unexpectedly, you waited for the opportunity to escape, and failed the mighty emperor. What a boldness! "
"Hahahaha, what a mighty grace of the emperor!" Rourou suddenly stood up, looked up to the sky and laughed, extremely resentful, with an incomparable sarcasm on his delicate and exquisite face: "Father Wen Shouzheng is loyal, but he was framed by others. Nineteen members of the Wen family were innocently killed, such a foolish king, how could you be so kind!" At this point, Wen Wen's eyes widened, and her tone became even worse: "My Wen family's enmity is unshakable!"
"Bold!" The general pointed at Rou Rou and shouted, "Come on, take it down!"
"Who dares!" The man in the blue shirt stood in front of Wen Rou, his face was cold.
"Sheng Yaoshan, don't make mistakes!" The general sat upright on his horse and pointed his whip at the man in the green shirt: "You were so bold that day, you rescued Wenrou from the prison, the emperor looked at the face of Prime Minister Sheng, and spared you from death. .If you dare to stop this general from arresting the wanted criminal today, even if your father is the prime minister, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep you!"
Sheng Yaoshan snorted coldly, and was about to speak out, but saw the man in white also stand up, just standing beside Wen Rou, lowered his hands slightly, and looked up.
"Young Master Ren Yue, you've offended me!" Seeing this, the general calmed down, clasped his fists and said, "The young general Gu Changfeng, the commander of the imperial army, didn't intend to make things difficult today, but he was under the emperor's order. The young general dared to persuade you to think twice. Rescuing Wen Rou is already a heinous crime, if you act rashly again today, even if you make Your Honor the Grand Marshal of the Great Zhou Army, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the Holy Thunder's wrath!"
Without saying a word, Ren Yue slowly put away the jade flute in his hand, and pulled out a silver belt from his waist with his backhand. There was a sound of "clang langlang", but he saw that the silver belt instantly turned into a soft sword with a blade like autumn frost , Guanghua dazzling. Ren Yue said indifferently: "General Gu is too worried, today's matter has nothing to do with my father, Ren Yue is responsible for it!"
Gu Changfeng was in a bit of a dilemma. He was born in the military, so he didn't need to worry too much about Sheng Yaoshan's father, Prime Minister Sheng Biji, but Ren Yue's father, Ren Hongting, was different. He also admired him very much, and he didn't want to embarrass others for a month, so it was hard to stop for a while.
"Hahahaha, what a majestic Young Master Sheng, what a dare-to-do Young Master Ren!" A burst of insolent laughter came, and a man slowly appeared at the place where the soldiers and horses parted, with a jade-like complexion. Laughing, but looking bleak.
Gu Changfeng quickly bowed and said, "His Royal Highness, Third Prince!"
"Bold, Your Highness is now a crown prince, so you have to be more careful when addressing him as a general!" A person behind the third prince said speculatively.
Gu Changfeng was startled, and repeatedly pleaded guilty.
"His Royal Highness?" Sheng Yaoshan pouted: "Liu Zhang, it's my great misfortune that a despicable villain like you is actually appointed as the crown prince!"
Liu Zhang was not angry, looked at Sheng Yaoshan, and suddenly smiled and said: "I heard that Sheng Yaoshan, who was so brave in the world and was the champion of martial arts with one in a hundred, was besieged by a master in Jietian Prison, smashed the bone of the lute, and lost all his skills , Now he is a useless person with no power to restrain a chicken." Then he said to Ren Yue: "There is also the third son Ren who is amazingly talented and literary, how brilliant he was back then, but now he is under the emperor's command. It is a pity that it deprives him of the status of Wen Zhuangyuan, and makes him barred from official positions for life!"
As he said that, Liu Zhang looked at Wenrou and narrowed his eyes: "What a gentle, mere cook's daughter, who actually made the two of them fascinated, and fled to this remote place with you at the risk of life and death. It's amazing, amazing!"
The gentle gaze could not help but pass by Ren Yue and Sheng Yaoshan.
Liu Zhang chuckled, and then deliberately said: "Gentle, you know, and my poor ninth brother, at a young age, just because he made it clear for you that he contradicted his father, he has already been beaten by his father, He was demoted to a commoner and expelled from the capital!"
Wenrou was startled, stepped back several steps, pointed at Liu Zhang and said tremblingly, "You... what did you say!"
Sheng Yaoshan said anxiously: "Rou'er, don't listen to this bastard's nonsense!" He reached out his hand to take the soft sword from Ren Yue's hand, but he couldn't use any force, the handle of the sword slipped off, and fell to the ground with a "clang" .
Liu Zhang tutted his tongue and said: "What a martial arts champion who can't even hold a sword, really makes the prince sigh!"
Ren Yue said softly at this time: "Rou'er, don't worry, don't you know what kind of temperament His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince is, and leaving the capital this time is a good thing for him because the clouds are calm and the wind is calm, the sea is bright and the sky is bright. "
Ruan Wen was silent for a while, suddenly smiled, and said softly: "That's right, don't listen to this bastard's nonsense!"
Liu Zhang's face darkened. These three people had hindered his great cause before. This time he came here with the intention of watching a good show, but he didn't expect that these three people were not as flustered as he imagined.
"Huh!" Wenrou suddenly fluttered her nose, glanced at it, ignored the heavy soldiers at the side, and opened it from a corner of the wine shop, saw the pot on the red clay stove was slightly steaming, smiled and said: "Fortunately, this clay pot It's still there." Then, he dug out two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and filled a bowl for Sheng Yaoshan and Ren Yue.
The two took it, and tasted it there, as if they didn't know that they were in a tight siege.
Liu Zhang's face was even more gloomy.
Someone next to him said: "His Royal Highness, do you want to do it!"
Liu Zhang snorted coldly, and said with a sneer, "Let's see what tricks the three of them can play!"
Sheng Yaoshan looked at the milky white soup in his hand, it was unremarkable, took a bite, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Rou'er, today's red bean and lotus seed soup is a little simple, but it's not up to standard." Without saying a word, a look of extreme shock suddenly appeared on his face.
Gently pursed his lips and smiled.
Ren Yue also let out a low cry, he suddenly felt that the soft and sweet soup that melted in his mouth, after the sweetness had passed, the bitterness was slowly leaching out, which made people suddenly feel a little sad, but in the midst of the hard work, he suddenly felt After a change, the little bit of sweetness that reveals it is so refreshing, and it goes straight to the heart, making people feel the plain reluctance and concern.
In the wind and snow, the sleeves of gentle clothes were flying, and the body couldn't help trembling slightly. The water-colored clothes on his body seemed to be unable to withstand the invasion of the winter snow and cold wind. She couldn't help raising her head and frowning, her eyes were like autumn water, and there seemed to be a melancholy between the brows and the corners of the eyes, and there was no way to dispel it. She sighed softly, looked far into the sky, and said softly: "My soup today is called Acacia."
Ren Yue and Sheng Yaoshan were fascinated by it for a while.
Red beans grow in the southern country, and a few branches come out in spring. May you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick.
Rourou stretched out her hand to pull the hair at the temples, and suddenly bowed to the two of them, and said leisurely: "You two are deeply affectionate, gentleness can never be repaid, and will be remembered forever. I only regret that I was blind and entrusted to others, and missed a good time. , and there are also negative two. Today, I can only thank each other with a piece of cake, so I will say goodbye.”
"Rou'er, what do you mean!" Sheng Yaoshan and Ren Yue asked in unison.
Wenrou sighed, and said seriously: "In today's situation, Wenrou knows that he will die, but he doesn't want to hurt you any more, so let's leave quickly."
Sheng Yaoshan said angrily: "You look down on me too much. Could it be that I, Sheng Yaoshan, are greedy for life and afraid of death?!"
Ren Yue also said in a clear voice: "Life and death are on the same road, even if you die, you will not regret it!"
Rourou suddenly said sharply: "Shengyaoshan, Ren Yue, my Wenrou family died in vain. I died here today. I just went underground to reunite with my relatives. It's nothing terrible! But you are different, you have your parents by your side, how can you die?" Talking about life and death so lightly, you are an unfilial person who ignores your parents and hurts your parents!"
The two were speechless for a while.
"Want to run? It's late!" Liu Zhang suddenly smiled cruelly, waved his hand, and said coldly: "Let the arrow!"
"Wait a minute!" Gu Changfeng was startled, and said anxiously, "His Royal Highness!"
Liu Zhang reached out and took out a gold medal from his bosom, held it high above his head, and shouted: "Here is the gold medal bestowed by the imperial court. If the present Majesty comes here in person, whoever dares to resist the order will be a heinous crime of deceiving the emperor and punish the nine clans. Shoot the arrow!"
Wenrou said angrily, "Liu Zhang, how dare you!"
The bow and arrow were stringed, and the sharp arrows shone with a frightening cold light. Liu Zhang laughed heartily, and with an order, hundreds of long arrows roared towards Wen Rou and the three of them.
Sheng Yaoshan spread his arms wide open, his eyes wide open, protecting the tenderness behind him; Ren Yue stretched out his feet and picked up the soft sword, the sword flowers fluttered, lightly gathered his sleeves, and stood upright. Reluctantly, the arrows flew like rain, sharp and merciless, not long after, the two of them were hit by arrows in many places, their bodies were covered in blood, their green shirts were lying on their backs, and their white clothes were falling apart.
At this moment, red plum blossoms are blooming on the snowy ground, and the cold north wind is howling and whimpering.
Wen Rou's eyes were about to split, and she burst into tears.
"Hahahaha!" Liu Zhang laughed even more unscrupulously.
With a "whoosh", a sharp arrow pierced directly into Wen Rou's chest.
Wen Rou staggered, then tried to stand up straight, holding herself back to prevent herself from falling down, just looked at Liu Zhang coldly, and let the blood gushing out from her chest.
At this time, the sky suddenly darkened, and soon it was as black as ink. There were stars entering the Big Dipper in the sky, dragging their long tails, and rushed over. Almost at the same time, there were stars falling like rain. , Accompanied by the shaking of the mountain and the shaking of the ground, the horse neighed in terror and could not be reined in.
"Quick, come and protect His Highness the Crown Prince!" Someone exclaimed repeatedly.
"Liu Zhang, remember, if you can turn back the clock and go back to the beginning, even if I am smashed to pieces and my soul is scattered, I will definitely avenge today, and I will never die with you!" In the darkness, a gentle voice of gnashing teeth came. Come here, the coldness and hatred in the voice make people shudder.
002 Poached Chicken