〖Diaoyutai, I haven't guessed in the wild gull for ten years. The white clouds come and go, and the green mountains are there, and they are happy with the wine. I owe Yi Zhou to help the world, violate Liu Ruan's covetousness, and repay Li Duyin's poetry debt. Suan Zhai laughed at me, and I laughed at Suan Zhai.
Returning late, the wild apes on the West Lake Mountain mourn. How many romantic monsters have been in the past twenty years, and the flowers bloom. Looking at the sky and worshiping the general's platform, the sleeve star fights An Bangce, and breaks through the smoke and moon enchantment village. Suan Zhai laughed at me, and I laughed at Suan Zhai. 〗
(The two poems of Huanci Suanzhai in front of Zhang Kejiu's palace in the Yuan Dynasty are inscriptions)
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The weather in Wuzhou city is hot, those little wildflowers in the corner of the street may know that there is not much to come, so they try their best to make the final opening angrily, the color of yellow color matches the gray city wall , appearing more dazzling.
On the right side of the straight road, next to the lake, is a newly built restaurant in Wuzhou, which is the quietest and most lively place. The so-called quiet and lively are not contradictory. Quiet refers to the environment, while lively refers to the crowd.
At this time, not long after noon, the sun in the sky was shining dazzlingly, and the hot air was floating in the city, driving all the idlers into the restaurant. Behind the restaurant, there is a newly opened small lake. The wind from the lake pours in, just like the large fans produced in the inner warehouse, but it does not require manpower, and it can also bring coolness to everyone in the building.
The green weeds on the lake are in abundance, spreading thickly on the water surface, covering the sunlight and covering the fish in the water with shadows.
Ever since there was a place called Baoyue Tower in Kyoto, all the restaurants in the world seemed to have gone crazy overnight, and they learned the arrangement, there is a lake behind the building, and a courtyard by the lake.
It's just that the buildings, lakes, and courtyards in Wuzhou all belong to one person.
To the people of Wuzhou, this person is like the tranquility of this building, the green pineapple on the lake, and the breeze that flows through the people. They are everywhere, protecting and protecting everything in Wuzhou.
There are no big merchants, no big clans, no big army in Wuzhou, there are... just this one adult.
Since this impoverished man became an official more than 20 years ago, his name has become a symbol of Wuzhou City. As long as he is around, life in Wuzhou is easy.
Everyone has a feeling of hometown, although the whole world thinks that lord is the most treacherous prime minister of all time, but for Wuzhou, lord...is Wuzhou. Even in the officialdom, people often abandon their names and call him Lin Wuzhou directly.
Yes, what we are talking about at this time is the last prime minister of the Daqing Dynasty, the former prime minister who now lives in Wuzhou for the elderly, Lin Ruofu.
Since Lin Ruofu resigned from office and returned to his hometown, he naturally rarely came out to meet the people of Wuzhou in his capacity, even those respectful grandsons who know the state and the governor who treats him like a disciple do not have many opportunities to meet him. appearance. But his influence on Wuzhou City is unparalleled, not to mention influence, at least half of the industries in Wuzhou City are surnamed Lin.
Wuzhou City was prosperous because of his greed for the world, so no matter what, the people of Wuzhou would not speak ill of Lin Ruofu, even the most passionate students.
But not everyone else.
"I want to complain about this injustice for the Ming family!" In the restaurant, a man in his thirties said indignantly, his brows were full of anger. I don't know what kind of business he is in, but the sharpness in his words can't be concealed, "Could it be that the court just fined a salary for killing a person?"
The Jiangnan incident has had too much impact, and it has also affected Wuzhou, the land in the north of the Jiangnan. In today's world, there are a lot of discussions about the Jiangnan incident. After all, the Qing Kingdom is not a closed country that strictly seals speeches, and the Eight Offices of the Overwatch Council are incapable. Supervision can be carried out in all places outside of Kyoto, so people still have a lot of courage when discussing it.
Because of the unnatural death of the old lady of the Ming Dynasty, Fan Xian's reputation as an imperial envoy on the southern road tour was greatly impacted, and after repeated actions, the Ming family was in turmoil, which further proved Fan Xian's ruthlessness. People in this world often sympathize with the weak, so in the discussion, they all look down on the government side.
It's just that Fan Xian has been too radiant since he stepped onto the stage, and even the darkness of the Overwatch Council couldn't take away his brilliance, so not everyone is complaining for the Ming family, and those young students don't know who they are from. Where did he get the news, he leaned his butt towards Master Xiao Fan, the leader of the world's scholars again.
After all, not many people would believe that Mr. Fan, who is full of poetry, would covet money from the Ming family.
"The Ming family? What's wrong?" A young man in his early twenties sneered and said, "It's just a big bandit colluding with pirates, killing people and robbing goods. It's the court's fortune and the people's blessing that Mr. Fan deals with them." , Only a fool like you can make such a stupid appearance."
The middle-aged man was very malicious, and he slapped the table and said: "Where are these pirates coming from? Don't spit out blood, I am from Suzhou, how merciful is the old lady... how can I tolerate you when I am dead?" This yellow-mouthed boy recklessly framed him!"
The young man who was arguing with him earlier was a scholar in Wuzhou City. Now, after listening to the middle-aged man's self-report, he realized that the other party was a traveler from Suzhou. : "This matter has already been spread among scholars, the Ming family...do you think it's really that clean?"
"It's Master Xiao Fan... Dare I ask this brother, do you know what shameful things Master Xiao Fan has done?"
The Suzhou businessman was taken aback for a moment, and after careful consideration, he realized that Mr. Fan had been working for the imperial court in the capital for the past few years, and he really had nothing to say about what evil he had done.
The scholar of Wuzhou smiled and said, "Can't you figure it out? Mr. Fan is so talented and upright. He exposed the fraudulent case of Chunwei and went to the Northern Qi Dynasty to promote the country's prestige outside the region. How can such a person compete with you and other money-smelling businessmen? If the Ming family... hadn't done too many things that both humans and gods are angry with in secret, how could they have provoked Master Xiao Fan to take action?"
In fact, this statement was a bit unreasonable, but it also made the Suzhou businessman unable to refute for a while, so he could only say bitterly: "The Ming family colluded with pirates? The people in Jiangnan don't know it, but you people in Wuzhou know... Where are the pirates? Why didn’t the imperial court catch it? If there is really a problem with the Ming family, the imperial court should try the case clearly and squarely, how can it use force to force people?”
The two sides quarreled more and more fiercely, their voices gradually became louder, and their anger became louder. Although the businessman did not say goodbye, his face was already red, he stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to fight.
Fortunately, someone next to him came up to stop him, so the frail scholar didn't suffer.
It's just that no one noticed that during the fight, some black feet seemed to kick the Suzhou businessman a few times, making the businessman groan again and again.
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Seeing this scene, the people in the restaurant were a little stunned, especially those passengers passing by Wuzhou, who wanted to argue about Mr. Fan, why did the Suzhou businessman seem to offend all the people of Wuzhou? After watching for a while, these tourists felt even more chilled, and even the waiter went up and kicked him!
Finally, someone couldn't stand it any longer, and a coquettish shout came from a table in the corner: "Everyone stop!"
The owner of the voice was a woman, dressed in tight clothes, light yellow clothes, wrapped around a curvy body, with a long sword tied around her waist, she seemed to be a character in the world, but her appearance was very delicate.
The few people at the table with her heard the shout and secretly thought it was bad, thinking that the little junior sister was going to make trouble again, and looked at the master behind the table with some fear, wanting to call the woman back, but unexpectedly the woman Move quickly, you have already reached the middle of the building.
The master of the group on the table had a calm face. He was approaching middle age, and his whole body was introverted. He couldn't tell the depth of it. He just shook his head with some headaches. It seemed that there was nothing he could do about this girl.
The few people who were punching the Taiping Elbow Fist saw a troublesome person coming, so they dispersed, leaving behind the poor Suzhou businessman in the middle. After all, this woman was carrying a sword by her side, no ordinary commoner would want to provoke her.
"Why did you beat him?" The woman frowned and asked.
The citizens of Wuzhou in the building smiled, and didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, but the scholar before said with a sneer: "In the public, insulting the imperial court officials, even if the adults are generous, can't we people beat them?"
"Insulting the imperial court official?" The young woman frowned in disgust, and said, "Then what's so great about Fan Xian?"
There was an uproar in the building, even though the Suzhou businessman had a lot of disrespectful words towards Fan Xian, but he couldn't help but be a little surprised to hear this woman brazenly look down on Fan Xian.
Who is Fan Xian? In today's world, is there any young man who can be more popular than him? Why did this girl dare to speak like that
The Wuzhou scholar sneered and said, "Sir Fan is really nothing special, but it's hard to find anyone more remarkable than him in this world."
The beautiful woman frowned, as if she felt that bullying these people was nothing, and asked, "But what does this have to do with you?"
The Wuzhou scholar sneered slightly: "I don't understand? Mr. Fan is our uncle in Wuzhou, and this person dares to speak ill of our uncle in a restaurant in Wuzhou. Do you think he wants to be beaten?"
Uncle Wuzhou.
Fan Xian married Lin Ruofu's daughter, and naturally established an intimate and strange relationship with Wuzhou, a place he had never been to before. Since Prime Minister Lin abdicated, Wuzhou City had no one to speak in the capital, and the people were unavoidably annoyed, but Fan Xian was such a domineering young man, and the people of Wuzhou City naturally felt a little proud, how could they tolerate it? Travelers from other places talked about Fan Xian wantonly.
The Suzhou businessman's beating was a disaster for no reason, who made him forget the relationship between Mr. Fan and Wuzhou.
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That elegant woman seemed to hate hearing Fan Xian's name, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm: "So what? I don't see him daring to act presumptuously in our Northern Qi? Wuzhou is a tortoise..."
It turned out that the people at this table were from Northern Qi!
Although Nan Qing and Bei Qi had already resumed diplomatic relations, and the marriage between the two countries and the matter of Ku He's acceptance of disciples, they were having a honeymoon, but after all, they were old enemies for decades, and the hatred between the people of the two countries had not diminished much. At this moment, hearing the woman revealing her identity, everyone in the building showed a look of fear.
Even the Suzhou businessman who was beaten felt unlucky, spat on the floor, and went downstairs instead of thanking his benefactor at all.
That Qingli girl was born noble, and her master's sect is second to none in the world. She had never received so many stares since she was a child, and her mood suddenly became extremely bad.
At this moment, the scholar from Wuzhou yelled angrily: "Master Xiao Fan is a tortoise... Then what is your Northern Qi saint?"
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The restaurant suddenly became quiet, so quiet that even the blowing of the hair beside the beautiful woman's angry face could be heard.
The Northern Qi woman's face turned indifferent, a gleam of coldness flashed in her eyes, she seemed to be truly angered by these words, she slowly pressed her fingers on the hilt of the sword at her waist, and a wave of sword intent came out, immediately blowing the breeze in the building It's like freezing in place.
Such a mysterious realm, how can ordinary people resist it? The Wuzhou scholar felt his legs go limp, and was about to kneel down on the ground with a face full of horror.
On the wine table, the solemn middle-aged man who was the teacher of the Northern Qi woman shook his head in disapproval and said, "Don't hurt anyone."
The Northern Qi woman hated to abandon the hilt of her sword, but her expression changed, and she slapped it with her palm!
At this moment, a gray shadow flashed in front of that Wuzhou scholar!
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The middle-aged man on the table frowned.
The beautiful woman slapped out her palm, but she couldn't take it back for a long time, and smashed it on a hard object abruptly!
She snorted, and felt a strong force coming from the opponent. She was not an opponent at all, her chest felt tight, and she was shocked back a few steps.
The visitor was dressed in gray clothes, with one hand firmly in front of him, holding a long knife in the tiger's mouth, and the tip of the knife was directly on the floor. He used this knife to block the ethereal palm of the beautiful woman.
The Qingli woman looked at the strange knife in the hands of the gray-clothed man, looked at the expressionless face of the other party, and snorted coldly, knowing that she was not the opponent's opponent, but she was not very scared in her heart. They were all sitting on the table behind them. In Nanqing, as long as Ye Liuyun didn't come, who could do anything to him
But she didn't know how to eat the loss of this palm, she gritted her teeth, and pulled out the rapier by her waist with a flick of her wrist.
"return."
The middle-aged man on the table behind her spoke slowly, although his voice was soft, there was an irresistible majesty.
The girl stomped her feet angrily, retreated to the table, and said in disbelief: "Master, let me fight again, I don't believe I can't beat him."
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Last year in Shangjing, even your brother Pu Zhucheng was defeated by this lord. How can you be his opponent?"
The girl was startled, and looked back, only to see that master who appeared out of nowhere bowed to her master: "Lord Langtao, long time no see."
"Brother Gao, long time no see, what a coincidence today."
The middle-aged man on the table is naturally the first disciple of Bei Qi Guoshi Ku He, the number one expert in the palace, senior brother of Haitang Duoduo, and Lord Langtao.
And the gray-clothed man who saved the Wuzhou scholar's life earlier, with a long knife in his hand, was naturally Fan Xian's personal tiger guard leader, Gundam.
Coincidentally? The sudden meeting of people from both sides in Wuzhou is naturally not something that can be explained by a clever word.
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Langtao looked at Gao Da with a smile and said, "He still refuses to see me?"
Gao Da's face remained unchanged, and he responded respectfully: "The journey is tiring, the young mistress is resting, and the young master has no time."
The girl watched the master talking to this person curiously, and only then did she know that the master knew this person, but she had been practicing in the mountains and didn't know what happened in Beiqi, so she didn't guess Gao Da's identity. In fact, even this trip to the south of the Yangtze River was done on her own initiative, and she didn't know the master's real plan at all.
Langtao lowered his head slowly, held the wine glass lightly with two fingers, and said softly: "Please tell me something, this matter can't be dragged on like this...We Northern Qi people always have the pride of Northern Qi people."
After saying this, Langtao stood up, and was about to take his disciples out of the building.
At this moment, a bamboo curtain beside the building moved slightly, and a handsome young man slowly walked out from the curtain. This young man was extremely handsome, with thin and slightly pursed lips, and a harmless smile on his face, but in today's smile, there is a chilling meaning.
Langtao stopped leaving, and looked at the visitor meaningfully.
But the young man just nodded slightly to him, then turned his face away, looked at the troublemaker girl with a half-smile and said, "This is Nanqing territory, you are committing crimes in the street, do you want to leave like this?"
Langtao was slightly startled, not knowing why she was embarrassing her female disciple as the other party, and was about to say something, but the other party waved her hand resolutely to stop her. Langtao shook his head helplessly, now the northern imperial court relies too much on this young man, so he had to let him play.
The Northern Qi girl's family didn't know who she was, and she thought she was another sarcastic scholar who only knew how to speak out, and said with a sneer, "Will the girl change her surname when she's in business, or change her name when she sits? Her surname is Wei and her name is Yingning. What advice do you have?" "
"Wei Yingning?" The young man looked at this beautiful woman, his eyes lit up, and after contacting the recent news and the purpose of Langtao's trip south, he immediately understood why the woman was so angry before.
He turned to Langtao and asked, "Your apprentice?"
Wolf Tao nodded with a smile.
The young man scratched his head: "Is she Wei Hua's younger sister?"
Langtao nodded again, a little funny, ready to see how this young man would handle this matter.
No one expected that the young man just oh, and didn't ask any more questions, turned to the girl named Wei Yingning, and said softly and gently: "See if there are no bad consequences, you put Keep the sword, and I will spare you this."
Keep the sword? Wei Yingning was furious, Tianyi placed great importance on the inheritance of masters, and the swords around his waist were all given by the masters. The so-called sword is with the people, and the sword is dead, how can it be left casually
She sneered and said, "Who are you? You speak so arrogantly?"
Finally, there was a hint of evil spirit between Lang Tao's brows, as if he didn't expect this young man to be so nostalgic.
The young man looked at Wei Yingning and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who I am, but I know who you are. You are Wei Hua's younger sister...but I and your old father at the table are brothers and sisters. You are my brother." Junior, so what if I discipline you?"
He turned to look at Langtao again and said with a sneer, "Is it interesting to force me to show up in such a shameless way?"
Langtao gave a wry smile, and sat back down again. The disciples with him saw the little junior sister being humiliated, but his own master who enjoys great reputation in Northern Qi didn't care about it, and couldn't help being shocked.
Wei Yingning listened to what he said, but she didn't believe it at all. Her father was Marquis Changning, the brother of the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi Dynasty. How could she call this young man who was as beautiful as a woman in front of her a brother? Her lips trembled slightly with anger, she pointed her sword forward, and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense!"
The young man looked at her disapprovingly, thinking that such a bad temper was not like Wei Hua's little bastard, but rather like that old alcoholic Changning Hou. Don't talk about his relationship with her family, just talk about the old whore of Beiqi The mess that my wife caused me, I have to teach her a lesson today.
With a wave of his hand, his hand was like lightning, his fingertips lightly touched Wei Yingning's tiger's mouth, and he snatched the long sword lightly and deftly!
This attack was as fast as lightning, and more importantly, there was no warning, and the movement was extremely subtle... What a beautiful little trick.
Wei Yingning watched this scene helplessly, as if seeing a ghost, she opened her mouth wide in fright, unable to speak.
The young man stroked the face of the long sword slowly, and praised: "It's really a good sword. That kid Wei Hua took all the money I gave him to his own house, and he... has the nerve to rob me of his wife."
Wei Yingning's chest felt tight, and she realized that she was so stupid that she didn't recognize the other party's identity until now. Her elder brother was the commander of Jin Yiwei in the Northern Qi Dynasty. In addition, probably only that person dared to speak so contemptuously.
The young man flicked the back of his sword, looked at her and frowned and said, "My younger sister is your little senior aunt, and my untrained daughter-in-law is your senior aunt. No matter how you count, you are my junior. I will teach you a lesson. any questions?"
Tianyi really paid attention to this, and Wei Yingning had nothing to say, just thinking that this hateful young man in front of him would be so contemptuous of Senior Aunt Duoduo, so humiliating his Weifu, his face was flushed with anger.
"That's right, I'm the aunt of Wuzhou City." Fan Xian said with a smile, "I'm also very clear about your reason for coming, but let's get rid of it, and let Wei Hua die of it. To be precise, please The Empress Dowager is determined to give up, and in a few days, you...will call me aunt after all."
After saying this, he crumpled the sword in his hand into a ball of broken copper and iron hemp flowers, and threw it back.