Baihu'er's face was closed again, and before stepping into the Tide Tide Pavilion, the lake surface on the back foot was completely shattered. Not only that, the whole lake began to sway, and countless koi jumped out of the water, making the young fish Wei look dazed.
The lectures in the Shangyin Academy are complicated, except for the saying of putting an end to ghosts and gods, but the weird and strange scene in front of her eyes, Yu Youwei does not believe that it is humanly possible, even Jiang Ni, who is used to seeing thousands of carps in the sky, frowned tightly, unable to figure out the reason .
Xu Fengnian pondered for a moment, cursed in a low voice, and threw the cucumber he gnawed into.
The groom, Old Huang, trotted over with his hands in his sleeves trembling, presumably to join in the fun.
This old servant has a special status in the palace. He has no relatives and no reason, but because he has raised horses for His Royal Highness and the Second Princess for many years, even the vicious Steward Shen will slow down and nod when he sees the old groom, while the old No matter who he sees, Huang always has the same naive look for thousands of years, grinning, missing front teeth, and smirking.
Xu Fengnian asked Lao Huang to sit down, and the lake had calmed down.
Ask the servants to prepare a black awning boat, take the ginger mud fish young wei and Lao Huang to the center of the lake to cook wine and enjoy the snow. Bump, the whole old face is a smile.
In the boat, Lao Huang set up the stove and added dry firewood at the right time. The wine was not yellow rice wine, but a kind of local wine special in Lingzhou. As thin as an ant, it is called green ant wine by some poor people in Lingzhou who can't afford good wine. It doesn't pay much attention to it, but Dazhu Kingdom likes it.
Green Ant Wine is really famous, but it is because the first line of "Green Ant New Grain Wine, Red Clay Small Stove" written by the second princess of the Beiliang Prince's Mansion at the age of ten, "Green Ant New Grain Wine, Red Clay Small Stove", was praised by extremely cool scholars, and then spread widely , was amazed by many celebrities in the capital, and suddenly there was a trend of warming green ants in winter.
Xu Fengnian, Xu Longxiang, the second son of Xu Xiao, King of Beiliang, Xu Zhihu, the eldest daughter, and Xu Weixiong, the second daughter. Qiu He, at the age of sixteen, entered the Shangyin Academy to study, and learned the art of latitude and longitude from Han Guzi. The only fly in the ointment is that the second princess is stunningly beautiful, but his appearance is ordinary, far inferior to that of the eldest princess and His Royal Highness.
Jiang Ni still doesn't drink, because she hates Green Ant Wine and everything related to that woman, second only to Xu Fengnian.
Yu Youwei drank several bowls, and Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang drank the rest.
Listening to the tense atmosphere at the Chaoting Pavilion, Da Zhuguo in thick fox fur saw a group of people boarding the boat, and with a wave of his hand, six or seven shadow masters in the palace retreated slowly, five of them Three guard slaves came out.
When the wine was on the rise, Xu Fengnian pointed at Jiang Ni with drunken eyes, then ordered Yu Youwei, and said with a smile:
"You, and you, in fact, there is no injustice or enmity in the final analysis, but you are so mortal, kill me? Okay, Jiang Ni, you take out the talisman, and I will let you stab me. I want to see, Is it because the Wukui armor on my body is strong, or your dagger is sharp. How about we make a bet, you win, and the result is of course needless to say, if I win, you make me laugh, Princess Taiping, how about it, Is this a good deal?"
Jiang Ni narrowed her beautiful eyes, eager to try.
Jiang surname. Rune. Princess Taiping.
Yu Youwei, whose mother was the former emperor's sword attendant and whose father was the Sanguan of Western Chu, shook her hand, causing Wu Meiniang in her arms to let out a lazy yell.
Xu Fengnian threw away the golden fox white fur on his body, and tore off the skirt of his clothes, revealing the navy blue armor that he was reluctant to take off after returning from his travels, and opened his chest: "Come on, stab me."
Jiang Ni is hesitating, waiting for the opportunity to move, like a young leopard.
Old Huang wasn't worried about seeing blood. In the past three years, the young master had suffered from inexperience in the world and was rather embarrassed. Later, he became more treacherous.
In the end, she gave up the tempting opportunity and said with a sneer, "You will do business at a loss? I would rather believe in ghosts than you."
Xu Fengnian quickly put on his clothes and put on the fox white fur again, haha said: "Fortunately, fortunately, I broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and I really can't drink too much wine. Lao Huang, go to punting, let's go back, and pick it up from the ghost gate One life."
Jiang Ni's eyes were full of annoyance.
Lao Huang followed the young master happily.
On the shore, Jiang Ni left angrily.
Yu Youwei didn't put on the sable fur he sent to the yard, so she gave her the fox white fur, which was the only luxury in the entire royal residence, and touched Wu Meiniang's small head by the way, and said casually:
"You learned Fengzhou dialect to cover up people's eyes and ears, but in Bashoyuan, a small temptation exposed you. On the boat, there was another half-truth and half-fake Princess Taiping of Xichu, who hooked up your fox tail Come out, Youwei, you are really not suitable to be an assassin, so you can be a canary in a cage with peace of mind from now on. Look, I didn’t lie to you, there is a beautiful snow scene here.”
After Xu Fengnian finished speaking, he yelled the lingo of the grass-cut bandits, "The wind is tight, pull!", and ran away with his servant Lao Huang.
The young fish Wei, who was wearing a thousand-gold fur, stopped in place, unable to tell whether it was a fox white fur or Fengxue.
… In the sixth year of Qianyuan in the Liyang Dynasty, on the twenty-eighth year of the lunar calendar, Xu Xiao, king of Beiliang, and his eldest son Xu Fengnian set off at dawn. Except for Chen Zhibao and Chu Lushan, the other four adopted sons accompanied them, three hundred cavalry, and headed for Kunzhou mightily Jiuhua Mountain in the territory.
Although this mountain is the ashram of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Liyang Dynasty has always worshiped Taoism and suppressed Buddha. Besides, Jiuhua Mountain is located in a remote place, and there are no big temples and Buddhas to worship. Mount Jiuhua looks particularly lonely.
There is a Thousand-Buddha Pavilion on the top of the mountain, and there is a great bell on the top of the building. The bells here are very particular, and they ring one hundred and eight times a day. 18 times slow tap 18 times, and then 18 times not too fast, so repeated twice, a total of 108 a day, corresponding to the twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two climates in December of a year, the meaning of Buddhism is eliminated One hundred and eight roots of trouble.
After the death of the princess, Xu Xiao, who had never taken a concubine in his life, even made up his mind not to marry a wife in this life, and every Qingming Festival, Chongyang Festival and the 29th day of the lunar calendar, he would personally come to the Thousand Buddha Pavilion on the top of the mountain and ring the bell twice in the morning and evening.
Before entering the mountain gate, everyone unloaded their armor and dismounted their horses tacitly. Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian walked side by side. The four adopted sons Yuan Zuozong, Ye Xizhen, Yao Jian and Qi Dangguo opened a distance, not daring to overstep.
Among the four, "Zuo Xiong" is a vanguard military general who takes the head of a general among thousands of troops, and his force is superb, and his marching formation is also outstanding.
Ye Xizhen is a Confucian general who is good at plotting and strategizing behind the scenes, completely opposite to Lu Qiuer, who likes side-door schemes.
Yao Jian came from a branch of the Taoist sect, and was good at finding dragons and inspecting sand. He always carried a torn "Geography Qingsang Jing" with him. Qi Dangguo is the bearer of Beiliang Iron Rider Xu Ziwang Banner.
As for the head of the six sons, Chen Zhibao, known as "Little Rentu", his life achievements can probably be known by a single leaf.
That night, the six of them stayed overnight in the ancient temple on the top of the mountain. On the morning and evening of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar calendar, Xu Xiao of Dazhu Kingdom rang the bell one hundred and eight times. Before going down the mountain, at dusk, Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian were standing in the corridor of the Thousand Buddha Pavilion, and Da Zhuguo said softly, "After you perform the coronation ceremony, you will be the one to ring the bell."
Xu Fengnian nodded and hummed.
The mountain wind blows suddenly, and the sea of clouds drifts away in the twilight. The mountains and mountains are like fairy islands in the sea. When the mountain wind blows again, Fu'er is hidden in the waves of the sea of clouds, and the weather is majestic. Occasionally, more than a dozen thick mushroom-shaped cloud pillars will be aroused in the sea of clouds, soaring into the sky, falling slowly and drifting away, turning into wisps of wandering clouds, which is a unique scene in Jiuhua Mountain.
Xu Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed at the mysterious scene, saying:
"Very few people can keep smooth sailing for decades. Ups and downs are the norm, and those veterans of the three dynasties in the court who have one foot into the coffin are no exception. Your father's glory is the result of countless gambles. , so I most refrain from others saying that climbing high and falling hard, I am afraid that if you fall, you will not be able to get up. To be a general, to be a king with a different surname, is to reach the top, and to be a civil servant, Dazhu Kingdom is also the ultimate. This monstrous honor is one of the few in the Liyang Dynasty for four hundred years."
In the vision of the father and son, the scene is like the waves of the sea, like snowballs rolling to the ground.
Da Zhuguo's voice was mellow and upright, exuding the unique intensity of Green Ant Wine.
"It's just you and my father and son here, plus your mother in the sky at most, and there are no outsiders. I'll just say it straight. Li Yishan is right. It's easy to achieve success, but hard to retire from fame. I'm already riding a tiger.
Three years ago, the imperial court intended to summon you to the capital, and His Majesty even intended to marry the twelve most beloved princesses to you. At that time, you will go to Beijing to be the son-in-law with a splendid reputation. You are actually a proton. But I declined, and asked you to travel for three years and walk six thousand miles to seal the mouth of the court, but this is still a temporary solution, not a root cause.
I am waiting, if His Majesty still refuses to give up, hum! Xu Xiao killed people with a knife at the age of ten, and he has been in the army for forty years, but he hasn't read a few moral articles. Then it's no wonder Xu Xiao is unfaithful and unrighteous! Xu Ziwang's 300,000 Beiliang cavalry, who would dare to fight head-on? "
Xu Fengnian smiled wryly and said, "Father, I'm not interested in the throne of the emperor. Once you're old, don't do the hard work of conquering the world and making your son the emperor, how stupid. If I become the emperor, I won't be as good as the emperor in the past." It's comfortable."
Xu Xiao glared and said: "Then you are willing to be a son-in-law? Be a bird in a cage like that woman surnamed Yu?"
Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and said: "Even if it's reversed, you can't be the emperor. There has never been a dragon in Liangdi. How has there ever been a person who ruled the world?"
Xu Xiao sighed and said: "Li Yishan said the same thing. If you are just a trash like Li Hanlin, then it doesn't matter to you. It's okay to be a son-in-law. You can live under someone's fence, at least under the eaves of the imperial palace.
What your second sister said to me before she went to the Yin School Palace, is right in one sentence. A family is rich and moist on the surface, with a graceful appearance, but it is useless. Most of them are hollow inside, especially worrying about having no successors. Once the children and grandchildren are not as good as the next generation, it is far more terrifying than the gradual depletion of their inner pockets.
So Dad is not afraid of your extravagance at all, but Feng Nian, you have created a huge problem for Dad, you have to find out for Dad, do you have any plans to hold the Beiliang Soldier Talisman in your hand in the future? At that time, your second sister will be a military adviser, and Huang Man'er will lead the charge for you. With your father's six sons, even if your father dies, the 300,000 cavalry will not be scattered. "
Xu Fengnian asked back, "What do you think?"
Xu Xiao said shamelessly: "Father is quite old, and it's hard to save the family's fortune. You are an unfilial son, so why don't you think of your father?"
Xu Fengnian said boldly: "Well, there is no problem at all. Isn't it a prodigal, I am good at it."
Da Zhuguo's hunched waist seemed to straighten quietly at that moment.