Lu Chen showed the seal and rode into the city alone. Maybe he was used to the desolate desert where the wind and sand were like knives. When he first arrived in the bustling city, he was a little dazed. He almost bumped into a group of patrolling soldiers. Taking out the tray can also avoid entanglement. I never thought that the other party only asked her to ride slowly and not gallop to hurt others, which made Lu Chen feel a little uncomfortable. As the state city of Xihezhou, Wuhou City is located in the oasis, and it is also called the city without walls. Because of the festival, Helian Wuwei relied on his military strength and threatened that even if the Liyang Dynasty had the courage to attack Xihezhou, he would not need to rely on the city walls. Resist the enemy. Being in the Southern Dynasties, Lu Chen had also heard about the bravery and fighting skills of the warriors in Marquis Wu. If Murong Baoding, who was listed on the list of martial arts judges in Orange State, took away the glory of a state by himself, then Xihe Prefecture would be divided into two garrisons. One of them is Wushou Wuhou's Control Bi Army, whose combat power is second only to the Imperial Tent Guards and Tuoba Army God's White Whale Army. Lu Chen originally thought that the soldiers in the city would be arrogant if their combat power was so strong. Elephant, she didn't think deeply, she asked the way roughly, and went to the direction of Huanxi Spring. There is spring water in the city. It is said that a female Bodhisattva once bathed. Therefore, every Tantric concubine has to come to the spring to bathe for hundreds of years. There is Leiming Temple beside the spring. During the rainy season, thunder can be heard in a radius of ten miles. There are many mansions near Huanxi Spring, where the most prominent dignitaries in the prefecture live. , Quannan was gradually handed over to the Southern Dynasties, with clear boundaries, but the Zhong family owned a wealthy private house in Huanxiquanbei. Even though he has a family name of Jia, he was able to stay in the north of the spring only when he was honored. When Lu Chen approached Huanxi Spring, a luxurious carriage hung with silk and bells approached him. Hundreds of thin jade bells, the sound of which was naturally far more pleasant than camel bells Hearing the sound, Lu Chen raised his eyes and saw a man in a white robe and scarf with a bold face lifted the curtain and smiled at her gently. Lu Chen recognized him. He was the eldest son of the Zhong family. No matter which dynasty or generation they are placed in, they are already very married and established. The official residence is the captain of Jinglang, and he alone leads 3,000 cavalry. How can the light of a firefly candle be as bright as the sun and the moon? The Liyang Dynasty has as many captains and captains as a cow's hair, but they have three or four hundred soldiers in command, and they have to be controlled by others in every way. The captain of the town can be regarded as having passed a big step, not to mention that Zhongtan is still young, with both civil and military skills, and his literary talent is added by the empress's blue eyes. Wenjin Confucian shirt, also without pretentious attitude, and Dong Zhuo made friends, he was the first to bring three thousand
Lu Chen was originally the daughter-in-law of the Chong family in name, and sitting in the same car with Zhong Tan was not considered offensive. Moreover, with the prestige of the Zhong and Lu families, there was no need to care about those gossips. Curling, in this kind of place, one tael of ice and one tael of gold, the small rich and the small nobles can’t afford it, there is a plain maid sitting quietly, and I don’t see how she serves the family’s heir, but Zhong Tan holds them separately with a pair of silver tongs He gave ice flakes to Lu Chen and the maid, but Lu Chen shook his head and declined politely, but the maid took it unruly, making a slight creaking sound, as if sensing the presence of an outsider, it was inappropriate, she quickly covered her mouth and lowered her voice, Zhong Tan was slender, With long arms like apes, he bent down and lifted the curtains of the car, and hooked them up so that Lu Chen could enjoy the view of Huanxi Spring. There is a spacious bluestone path by the spring, nestled in the shade of trees, the wind and sand in the western regions, the sun is scorching, and the wind and sand are blowing. People have nowhere to hide.
Zhong Tan looked at Lu Chen, and said softly, "Miss Lu, you have been wronged."
Lu Chen lowered his eyebrows and remained silent. Zhong Tan turned his head and sighed, "It's the Zhong family who can't help you."
Lu Chen raised his head, but hesitated to speak. Chong Tan smiled, straightened his body, and waved his hands slowly, saying: "I don't have a habit of rubbing salt on my family's wounds. Miss Lu doesn't want to tell you the details of this trip, just write it down in the It’s fine on paper, and when the time comes, entrust someone to me, and you don’t have to face those nagging old guys, but let me tell you in advance, when the family grows up, gossip will naturally be indispensable, Miss Lu can do it If the left ear goes in and the right ear goes out, I will also inform the elders in my family, just as if the Zhong family never gave the Lu family any letter of engagement, so as not to tarnish Miss Lu's innocence. Sandalwood planting can guarantee that Miss Lu will have a hundred years in the future It’s such a happy union, and the family of Chong didn’t hesitate to come to congratulate them.”
Lu Chen raised his head, looked directly at the future patriarch of the Zhong family, and said with firm eyes, "I was born as the daughter-in-law of the Zhong family, and died as the ghost of the Zhong family. I would like to be a widow for Zhonggui. After seeing my father, I will persuade him to allow it." Have a ghost wedding."
Zhong Tan looked at the window, frowning.
Lu Chen said in a desolate tone, "It's Lu Chen's life, and he can't escape."
When they arrived at the gate of Chong's house, Zhong Tan got out of the car first, stood by the side, and personally protected her as she got off the carriage. In the eyes of many people who had spent their lives pondering people's hearts at the door, they were destined to have a special feeling in their hearts. The sandalwood was delivered to the gate of Yi, without crossing the threshold, saying that he was going out of the city to go to Leiming Temple to burn incense. After saying goodbye to Lu Chen, he returned to the carriage, and the maid showed a smile, absolutely flattering, as if seeing a friend who had known each other for many years Zhong Tan also took it for granted, she held a piece of ice in her mouth, her cheeks puffed up, and she asked softly and vaguely: "If you justify Lu Chen and pick her from the whirlpool, will the Zhong family feel disgusted? It's just words that are irritating." , let her marry into Zhong's family, force Zhong Gui's house to collapse, and carefully pick up sesame seeds and throw watermelons."
Zhong Tan sat cross-legged, with a relaxed expression, and said with a soft smile, "How did Zhong Gui die? I'm not curious. The Zhong family has too many enemies. Lu Chen was humiliated and returned. For a woman, It's already the limit, if you go to tease her again, not to mention that she will collapse, I am afraid that the Lu family will also be annoyed, and the marriage of the two surnames is the general trend. Since I was born as the eldest son, I must have a long-term vision. Lu Chen has this Determination, daring to be married and widowed, shows that she is not a short-sighted little woman, such an interesting woman should not be ruined in Xihe Prefecture. She should be shielded from some wind and rain, and it should be based on sentiment, reason and benefit."
The maid clamped the ice piece with one hand and held it in the air with the other, fearing that it would fall, Zhong Tan lowered her head and bit it, chewing heavily, she put down the silver tongs, and then said: "The girl is so busy thinking, this kind of incense may not make her stand forever in the future." On your side."
Zhong Tan said indifferently: "She is not the kind of person who keeps her own law and order. She will definitely cause trouble in the future. I will continue to protect her."
She suddenly covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Actually, as long as you want her body, everything will be settled."
Chong Tan said with an aggrieved face, "I'm afraid of ghosts."
She kicked Zhong Tan lightly, and Zhong Tan laughed and said, "You are much prettier than her."
She sighed, "Lu Chen survived."
Chong Tan tutted his tongue and said, "Does this count as my daily good deeds? When I get to Leiming Temple, I will have the confidence to burn incense."
The turmoil of extinction, which is enough to overthrow ordinary people, is on the side of some people, but it blows away with just a light breath.
Outside the city, there was still three miles away from the city. Xu Fengnian rode a horse on the post road full of pedestrians. It is serious, but it should be due to rules and regulations. The melon farmers who sell watermelons dare not approach the post road. They just set up booths and sell them twenty steps away from the road. Xu Fengnian got off his horse and led the horse out of the post road. There are bargainers who are good at bargaining, and they can kill from fifty yuan a catty of melons to ten yuan. Xu Fengnian led the horse and walked slowly, and saw a strong old farmer erected a wooden board in front of the stall, and wrote in charcoal "a melon a hundred". Wen, you can pick and choose." Xu Fengnian glanced at the tanned melon farmer, and the latter who was squatting on the ground also cast his gaze. The latter seemed to see that his wallet was not empty, and grinned: "Young master, choose One? It’s not tasty, and I don’t want a penny from you!”
Xu Fengnian, who wanted to move on, stopped and jokingly said, "Even if it's delicious, if I say it's not delicious, do you still charge for it?"
The old farmer didn't look like those troublemakers, and said, "I still don't accept it."
Xu Fengnian let go of the rein and squatted down. There was a pile of watermelons, and he couldn't get his hands on it. "Help me pick one, old man."
The old farmer brought a small bench to Xu Fengnian, knocked bombs on the watermelon, lifted it up and put it down, then picked a big watermelon, weighing seven or eight catties, and smashed it down with one fist, the watermelon was brittle and cracked roughly in half Break it open and pass it to Xu Fengnian. Xu Fengnian broke open the watermelon and asked while eating, "This melon is not cheap."
The old farmer said with a smile: "Other places can lower the price to ten cents a catty, but my melon land is good, and the melons come out are also sweet. Look at me, my son. Why are my melons here more than five catties? Some big ones , it must be more than ten catties, and it is not expensive no matter how you sell it. If you have customers with shallow eye sockets, you can only pick the big ones, and a melon is spread out on a flat surface. The ones that are seven or eight catties are the best, and they look like twelve or thirty yuan a catty. My family also has some money to make a living. The melon farmers who make a living are dirty, and it is not easy for a person to go through the world, and it is enough to have enough food and clothing."
Xu Fengnian didn't expect the old farmer to be so talkative, so he smiled, "No wonder my brother has a lot of energy, it turns out he has a big heart."
The melon farmer, who is already in his sixtieth year but does not see the slightest decay and fatigue, also cuts a melon himself, and instead of eating the heart, he gnaws from the edge, leaving the good things at the end, which is exactly the same as Xu Fengnian's eating method, slightly Petty, the old farmer saw this scene, smiled knowingly, and said, "I have also read some books, not many, and I like to talk about some words stolen from books, for fear that I will be underestimated by a scholar like young master."
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself: "This old man is scolding me."
The old man wiped the corner of his mouth with his cuff, and said with a hearty smile: "I dare not, I really envy scholars."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Advising the country all day long, governing the country and the world, it seems that I can do everything. Without them, I can't do it. In fact, I can't do anything. Old man, scholars come to sell melons, can they sell melon farmers around?"
The old man shook his head and said: "Young Master, I have generalized everything. Scholars also have powerful characters who are not bad in civil and military skills. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were many Confucian generals."
It seemed that he was afraid that his words would annoy the son-in-law, and that Xu Fengnian would not pay the money. The old melon farmer said with a smile: "Scholars have a job as a scholar. After earning a thousand bells and gold houses from books, it is better to be able to complain for the common people. If you sell melons, you will pay." If an old guy like me does it, if the well water does not interfere with the river water, he will have a good life. If you are young, you will travel to study, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, it is the best thing."
Xu Fengnian gnawed on a watermelon and said with a smile: "The old man's insight can be described as insightful. It is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the market."
The old melon farmer was very happy to be stalked by a scholar, and every wrinkle on his vicissitudes of face was full of comfort, "Young master can listen to the old man's nonsense, and you are a real celebrity."
Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "Then this melon?"
The old farmer was stunned for a moment, with a helpless expression on his face, and said, "I'll sell you fifty cash, nothing less."
Xu Fengnian ate most of the watermelon, took out a small piece of silver from the purse, about a hundred dollars, and handed it to the well-spoken old melon farmer, who was not too elegant, and said: "Don't ask me for extra money, just treat it as a melon. I bought two melons and gave one to the old man."
The old melon farmer was stunned for a moment, and praised: "Whoever said that scholars can't sell melons, but if you sell melons, you will be able to build a big house in the city within a few years."
Xu Fengnian also said helplessly: "The old man said so, I really can't eat the second melon."
The old farmer said frankly: "Look at what you said, old man, I will give you a cloth bag later, take two melons and hang them on the horse's back, and find an inn with well water in the city to freeze them, and then I will talk about them when I pick them up. very."
After Xu Fengnian finished eating melons, he sat on a small bench and looked at the scenery of Marquis Wu. Perhaps because he was in an oasis, he walked along the post road and looked around. The clouds were thick and layered, falling straight down, as if they were about to fall In the city, there is an air of drooping clouds from the nine heavens, and there is only a thin line between the sky and the earth.
Among this line, a building with raised eaves in the city is the most eye-catching.
Following Xu Fengnian's line of sight, the old farmer said, "That's Leiming Temple. As soon as you enter the temple gate, you can see two rows of 18 godly warriors who are angry and fearful. Those who are timid and feel ashamed dare not go to burn incense and worship Buddha." Outside the temple is the well-known Huanxi Spring in Xihe Prefecture. The Bodhisattva lowered his eyebrows facing King Kong's glaring eyes. Talented scholars and beauties with prominent status are willing to visit the temple. The Huanxi Spring has become more and more smoky over the years. In fact, there is nothing to see. If you believe in Buddhism, it’s better to go to Leiming Temple. Don’t worry, my lord, there are many big people in the city, but it’s hard to say that there are no one who bullies men and women, but there are only a handful of them. You are a scholar, so you bully even more not on your head."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "The old man said so, it can be seen that Xihe Prefecture's observance of festivals is not only a lawful way of running the army, but also a good way of running the government. It is a well-deserved pillar of the imperial court."
The old farmer smiled, shook his head and said, "I can't do it right as I said."
Xu Fengnian looked at the really towering Leiming Temple, and said to himself: "Ordinary people seek freedom in their life."
The squatting old farmer held the empty melon and sighed: "The Bodhisattva is happy in vain."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
After Xu Fengnian got up, the old melon farmer really picked two melons and put them in two cloth bags and gave them to him. Gua Nong waved his hand with a smile on his face.
In life, we meet and get together and part again by accident, which cannot withstand scrutiny. Most of them never see each other again.
Xu Fengnian didn't think about this, he just met an interesting old man from Beimang, and what he thought in his heart was the next sneak in Wuhou City. Maybe it was the assassination and hunting of the Tuoba Chun Falcon that was as dangerous as that one.
In the past, in Beiliang, which seemed to be an iron barrel, but was actually undercurrents, people from all walks of life sought revenge on him. All kinds of stories and legends, countless joys and sorrows, gathered together, can write a book "How to Assassinate and Kill Xu Xiao" One Hundred Ways to Get Together with Playboys", plus a "Complete Ways of Killing Assassins and Soldiers". The vast majority of these dead people will not change until their death, and even if they lose their lives, they will fly to the fire. However, many so-called blood feuds can be traced back to the grandfather's generation, but no one will be merciful when killing His Royal Highness. Xu Fengnian knew better that when he replaced the King of Northern Liang someday, the number of assassinations would only increase, not decrease. The reasoning is very straightforward, if you can't kill the Rentu who claims that even the Lord of the Underworld dare not accept him, can't you kill a Gaoliang boy who can't even compete for military power with a foreign surname
Chen Zhibao didn't kill Xu Fengnian, some people came to kill him, and there was no need for the white-clothed war fairy to borrow a knife to kill someone.
Xu Fengnian went straight to Wuhou City with his sword and box on his back.