Ye Qingxuan carried several exquisite invitations in his arms, and rode a tall horse, led by soldiers and guards transferred from two city guard battalions, on the streets of Jingnan City, which had just returned to calm.
There are still four days left before the banquet held by the "General Zhennan Mansion".
Xie's mansion was extremely busy up and down, inside and out, and Ye Qingxuan, a group of newcomers to the mansion, also started to get busy. Because Ye Qingxuan saved the life of the second young master of the Xie Mansion, he was also taken seriously. The famous martial arts figures in Jingnan City handed over invitations to Ye Qingxuan. The little book boy who had been in the limelight felt that Xie Yuanlue was able to send such a young expert to deliver invitations, and felt that he was taken seriously, but he didn't dare to be rude, so Ye Qingxuan made quite a small fortune in the past few days.
The number of pedestrians on the street began to increase, and most of the shops resumed normal business. Jingnan City has returned to its former prosperity. It seems that the people of Huaxia are particularly able to adapt to life in a stressful environment.
The atmosphere of the entire Jingnan City felt a little bit of relief when the storm was about to come.
Of course, Ye Qingxuan knew that this was just an illusion, even he, a marginal person who knew a little bit about the inside story, could feel the pressure of the approaching storm.
dull, depressing, gloomy...
A few days ago, Ye Qingxuan, whose alias Zhang Xiaosheng was aliased, stole the limelight at the "Daiqing Yard". Originally thought that he would attract attention, be troubled, and be under a lot of pressure because of this... Unfortunately, the result of the matter made Ye Qingxuan feel a little helpless, or lost...
The incident of independently defeating the barbarian masters by himself turned into a fart in the face of the master duel between Wei Wuzhen and Ban Nai. Gone with the wind, disappearing invisible... Some martial arts professionals who happened to meet at the meeting even regarded the duel between these two celestial masters as a good wine for their own food and drink, enough to spend ten days and a half months , as long as you talk about the details, you will inevitably be invited several times by those drinking buddies who like Shenkan. And as for the front of this competition, the little book boy was at most talked about by others, no matter what he said or what he heard, he didn't have much interest in talking about it...
In that contest, Wei Wugui won a small victory in the end. This kind of duel between masters at the absolute level often doesn't last for a few days, and it is generally difficult to tell the winner. Wei Wuxie was just relying on his superior strength to forcefully inflict some concussion injuries on Ban Nai...
Qiu Feiyan finally got his wish and met Xie Yuanlue. This Xie Changshi was only in a coma for a moment. After all, he was a congenital master. Although his mood was ups and downs, he didn't see any root cause of his illness. After simply asking the before and after of the matter, he met Qiu. On the non-smoking side, the two talked secretly for a long time. In the early morning of the next day, everyone saw Qiu leaving the Xie mansion with satisfied expressions on their faces, while Xie Yuanlue's face was a little gloomy, as if his mind had been greatly exhausted. Not long after that, outside It was widely rumored that Qiu Feiyanqiu and everyone would attend the banquet in a few days and perform for the martial arts people in Jingnan City. This immediately caused an uproar in the martial arts. People in the arena, who were still a little apprehensive and didn't know whether to participate or not, made up their minds to participate in this grand event.
Huo Dong and the others were also quite curious about Qiu Feiyan's origin, and suspected that it was the power of the court, but everyone's internal injuries were not healed, and they didn't know much about Qiu Feiyan's identity, so it was difficult to follow up and investigate, so they had to endure it for the time being. However, Huo Dong gave Ye Qingxuan a knot in private. It is said that it is a token of mutual recognition between senior court officials. It is really a hidden stake of the imperial court, and his status must be very high, so it is entirely possible to recognize the knot in Ye Qingxuan's hand because of this.
At the critical moment, showing Qiu Feiyan the token in his hand became Ye Qingxuan's new task. It's just... After the "Daiqingyuan" incident, Qiu Feiyan lost his trace and it was difficult to find him. I'm afraid we can only see him again when he comes to see Xie Yuanlue on his own initiative.
Xie Yuanlue immediately decided to double the original scale again. Not only the famous people in Jingnan City were invited, but also in Yunzhou, all the martial arts people who could arrive in time basically prepared an invitation letter. A specially trained kite eagle was sent to various state capitals, and the local officials were invited to personally invite these martial arts figures. As for whether the other party participated or not, they did not care at all. Anyway, this is just a kind of etiquette used for balance. Some places are thousands of miles away from Jingnan City In addition, unless you use an extremely fast beast as a mount, it is impossible to arrive at all... Whether you can be there is the guest's business, but whether to invite others is the master's business. Since Xie Yuanlue has expanded the scale and scope of the banquet , then some people have to take care of them, at least on the surface, there must be such a greeting card...
If the distance is far away, use birds... If the distance is short, use people...
Now, even Ye Qingxuan, a little book boy who has just entered Xie's mansion, has to do these tasks of sending greeting cards.
Ye Qingxuan did not expect that during the first day's itinerary, he invited all the masters he met in the "Daiqing Courtyard" that day.
Mo Yeli, Lu Xuantong, Cao Zhengfang... and just happened to return the Bixiao Sword to that Changkong disciple, and learned that this Changkong disciple named Ao Ziqing was Lu Xuantong's brother, the first-rank elder of Changkong The status of Lu Zhengtong's direct disciple is several times higher than that of the former Chang Jingfan. As for the other Changkong disciples, they are all disciples of Lu Xuantong.
After all, they had helped each other, and Ye Qingxuan was not good at alienating the other party because of his status as a disciple of Changkong, so he expressed his gratitude in good faith.
The invitation card in his hand today is not too far away. Ye Qingxuan looked at the invitation letter in his hand, and the person who was invited on it was "Ningbi Mountain Villa" Yan Jingshu.
It sounds like a very learned name, but it is not a scholar, but a very famous local businessman in Yunzhou. He is also a master of martial arts in the Jianghu. the villa.
Fifty miles out of the east gate is the mountainous area.
I really don't understand this Yan Jingshu, who is obviously a well-known businessman, but he doesn't like socializing and entertaining, so he ran all the way to this mountain to be a monkey.
The two accompanying soldiers and guards are all elite soldiers, natives of Jingnan City, who are very familiar with this generation, and the family has a few acres of Susukida, and the family has something to eat because of being a soldier and exempting some taxes. , As for the military salary, after deducting it up and down, he can barely support himself. If he doesn't know how to charge it normally, he can't even get a spare set of clothes.
Of course, from ancient times to the present, this city guard has never lived on military pay. He works as an errand at the city gate every day and accepts some "personnel" to live comfortably. It's similar to the urban management in later generations. If you can't bully small businesses and peddlers, fine them, and accept some "partner money", who would want to suffer that kind of infamy and earn that little hard money.
People in this position have stayed for a long time, and they are basically old-fashioned people who have good eyesight and can see how people do things. They can't be called good people at all. , but if you can suppress them, there will be benefits for them, and they will handle things more quickly than ordinary people.
Ye Qingxuan is a person who can control the scene, regardless of his young age, but his skills are not weak, and he is from the Xie Mansion, so he can show his hands, show off a little, and then share some benefits. After dinner, after a few glasses of water and wine, Ye Qingxuan didn't need to express, the two of them took the initiative to post it, and the master and slave made a clear distinction.
During these two days, these two soldiers and guards accompanied Ye Qingxuan to busy back and forth, Ye Qingxuan was not stingy, half of the reward was distributed to the two of them, and Ye Qingxuan took care of all the food and drink expenses along the way. For the ambitious Ye Qingxuan, Ye Qingxuan didn't pay much attention to this kind of money, let alone trying to please the two city guards, but it was just because of his personality, he was used to it...
Two soldiers and guards rode two rough horses, Ye Qingxuan rode the tall horse provided by the Xie Mansion, and the three of them left the city gate, pointing Yan Lan, talking and laughing along the way, unknowingly walking for more than half an hour.
Turn around a high cliff in front, and you will be not far from "Ningbi Mountain Villa".
On the left side of the road is a tall, upright, smooth mirror-like cliff, while on the right side of the road, it faces a vast plain.
There is a lush forest growing on the original, gloomy and dense with branches.
Although it is already early autumn, because the sun is warm and the spring is sweet, the leaves are rarely yellow and fall. Covered in thick shade, from time to time you can see clumps of red maple leaves dotted among them. Looking down from a height, it looks like a brocade embroidered mattress, which is extraordinarily gorgeous. In addition, the sky is full of wind, the sound of springs, the lofty mountains, the condensed purple piles of green, the clear clouds and the sky, and the endless blue sky, which makes people feel more relaxed and happy, without any worries.
Ye Qingxuan couldn't help taking a long breath, smelling the fragrance of flowers in his chest, and exhaling to the end, praising his comfort.
City guard Lao Yang couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Zhang looks very interested. The scenery here is indeed good, but at the intersection ahead, fifty miles to the south, there is a Qixia Temple, where there is a whole forest of red leaves. Looking down from the temple, there is a piece of Danxia, which is the fairyland in the world. If I don’t have an errand this time, I must take Brother Zhang to play. The vegetarian food in the temple is also a must. Day, really carefree, like a fairy day."
When Ye Qingxuan heard this, he immediately became interested, and asked with a smile: "After hearing about such a good place, I will definitely go there, but how come the monks in this temple have wine?"
Another city guard called Da Zhuang explained: "The great monk in the temple used to be a brewer and was well-known in Jingnan City. Later, his wife ran away with someone, hahaha... In a fit of anger, he came to this temple. Became a monk. He has always been informal. Not only does he make wine, but he also enjoys drinking after becoming a monk. But he doesn’t eat meat anymore. This vegetarian dish has become a must. If you call friends every day, look at this Vegetarian Vegetable Fruit Wine Yes, on the contrary, the incense in this temple has flourished... It's very interesting... "
Talking and laughing, they turned around the cliff and saw "Ningbi Mountain Villa" more than a dozen miles away. There was a sound of shouting and killing in the woods on the side of the road ahead. The three of them exchanged glances, turned their heads quickly and left , but didn't go far, a large group of martial arts figures rushed out from the woods behind him, and only surrounded and killed the one in front of him.