The mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are winding like snakes, especially Longweipo in Huainan. It is three hundred miles away from the important town of Tielu, and there are many business travelers. It is just a rare heavy snow that blocks the mountain roads. Turning to the post road, there is a group of travelers on Longwei Slope who are struggling to go north. A simple carriage is moving forward slowly. He is a skinny old servant who is reluctant to drive a horse with a whip. They all say that the horse must be whipped, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. An old horse eliminated from the army has been whipped too much and has a rascal temper. In all likelihood, he will not leave. Fortunately, the owner of the carriage is considerate, and comforts the groom from time to time, so that he does not have to hurry too much. The old man in the carriage has a pale face and is wrapped in a dilapidated fur that is probably older than the old horse , with a peaceful demeanor, holding a book and reading silently, the mountains and forests outside the car are covered with silver, suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom, the old man lifts the curtain and raises his eyes to look out, his originally depressed mood is also opened up a bit.
On the same Longwei Slope, less than half a mile behind the horse's body, there are five riders closely following, most of them are dressed in black, three men and two women. The round earlobes of the girl should be a lucky person. She is covered with an eye-catching crane cloak covered with white fox leather. It looks good and is easy to get close to. Behind him was a young and handsome man with a face like a crown jade, holding a stick wrapped in gold, even in such a cold weather, he was also breathing slowly, which really deserved the four-character comment. The older of the two women, if it is said that a woman is like water, in the eyes of the world, she has a romantic style all over her body, but it is rare that she is charming but not vulgar, and has the dignity of a lady, and the girl who rides the horse side by side To be eclipsed, it is only a middle-aged person, like a young jasper in the neighborhood, the last one is a rough-looking boy, dressed in shabby clothes, and his equestrian skills are poor. I caught Xiaojiabiyu in the front a few times, and there was a look of rolling his eyes, which made the young man blush. He wished he could dig a hole and bury himself in the snow. With a face, and a handsome laugh, the young man who couldn't hide his poor air would secretly look boldly at the graceful back of the slightly older woman.
His name is Li Huaier, an out-and-out native of Tielu City, his parents left early, his uncle was a teacher, and his name was given by his uncle, and he thinks that in his life, he can get it with such a sour and elegant name. To make a move, Li Huai'er liked martial arts since he was a child. There has never been a shortage of gossips in the streets and alleys of the city. It's like the gangsters ranked the top ten masters in Tielu City. Ma Diu throws several feet away, and Ding Ce, the sixth military town general, can shoot through the millstone with one arrow. Regarding these, Li Huaier, who has been thinking about one day becoming famous all over the world, would rather believe it, even if every time the neighbors beat him Fighting, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen every time, but it didn't hurt his enthusiasm for rivers and lakes. This time I was able to ride the horse with the first four people because of a bloody secret in the city that he inadvertently broke through two days ago. In the capital, for some reason, he was assassinated by a group of men in black with knives and crossbows. The old man staggered and hid in a dark alley, and bumped into Li Huai'er. There was a rain of swords and arrows, and the bows and crossbows buzzed , Nailed into the wall, and Li Huaier, who suffered an innocent disaster, was also a hot-blooded youth. The main reason was that he didn't have time to be afraid. He dragged the old man and ran away with his head in his arms. Huai'er saw with his own eyes that the handsome guy who was playing with a stick could almost make a long hole in an alley wall when he knocked down with the stick, and he also saw the woman in front of her at this time with a sword swimming in a fright, shining on the snow. Ying, happened to be seen by Li Huai'er with the stern and beautiful face when she killed someone. Li Huai'er knew at that time that as long as she could make a name for herself, she would have to marry her in this life.
But Li Huai'er is simple, but not stupid. They say that the world's best people can understand swordsmanship by watching the tide, but there is also a river outside the city of Tielu. Li Huai'er would go to the riverside to poke his butt and stare at him whenever he has free time. I looked at the surging river, when there was no wind and no waves, when there was heavy rain and flood, and when the snow was heavy a few days ago, but I couldn't see anything. I accidentally heard that the world's experts lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, so I walked back and forth to the mountains and hills around the iron house several times, leaving nothing except shit and pee, and I didn't encounter anything. It is said that Master Bao, who has been invincible in several streets nearby, got two or three pages of a peerless secret book, and he has a superb martial arts today. The father who deals with the crops all the time doesn't like reading by nature, and he doesn't know a few words. He knows that even if he gets a martial arts secret book, he probably won't be able to understand it.
Li Huai'er looked at the men and women in front of him, and felt a little discouraged. The fairy sister said that when Master Huang was sent to the capital, he would give him some money to return home. At that time, no one would look for him in Tielu. He can continue to live in peace.
At that time, Li Huai'er was nonchalant, didn't say a word, what was in his heart, he didn't dare to say to others: I just want to travel the rivers and lakes with you.
There is an inn at the top of Longweipo. I don’t know why it has no name. Anyway, it has been open for many years.
It was snowing heavily on the top of the mountain, and it was finally getting rid of the cold. Five riders rode their horses to the vicinity of the inn, and saw the old man standing by the side of the carriage and greeted him with a smile. There were also two carriages parked nearby. The rich middle-aged man in the cloak rubbed his sable hat, feeling a little helpless, he walked quickly after dismounting, and said in a low voice: "Master Huang, we all carry dry food for our hunger, so don't stop?"
The old man wore a men's suit made of stone blue silk and satin fabric. After the sun cleared, it showed a unique reddish-brown luster in the sun. It can make the common people in the market look intimidated without anger and prestige. The man in the crane cloak and sable hat has a good family background, naturally not because of Mr. Huang's status as an eighth-rank official, he personally took risks, and he did not hesitate to tear his face with the officials who were colluding with the group officials in the west of Guangling Road, but because Mr. Huang holds an important position and his rank is not high. It’s just that he’s only in the stream, but the words are so important that it’s not an exaggeration to use Shang Da Tian Ting’s description. Everyone in the west of Guangling Road respects Mr. Huang’s pleading for the people, and speaks frankly. They "entered the stage" together and were promoted to become the supervisor of the imperial censor, but Mr. Huang went to the capital to face the saint, and he carried a pass that was enough for dozens of official hats in several large states and counties in the west of Guangling Road. The old man brought the disaster of death, if not for a large number of insightful people with money and strength to block several rounds of disgraceful and vicious attacks for the old man, let alone the majestic Tai'an City, the old man would not be able to walk half a step on Guangling Road. In his opinion, the old man has a clean sleeve and a very strong character, but sometimes he is too broad-minded and rigid, which invisibly brings a great crisis to the knights who are secretly escorting him, but he is not good at telling it directly. Sometimes he smiles bitterly in private and just I can comfort myself that if the old man didn't have such a personality, he wouldn't be a supervisory censor.
The guilty Mr. Huang cupped his fists and thanked the knights without saying a word.
Li Huaier got off his horse one after another, and they all respectfully returned the salute with their hands clasped together. In the county where his family is located, Ningzong, who has always been known for his generosity and wealth, that is, the middle-aged man in the crane cloak, took the second best, and said with a soft smile: "Then let's have lunch with Mr. Huang, and then hurry up. On the border of Guangling Road, There will be a team of people to support them, and Senior Liang, the famous martial arts senior in both Huai and Huaihe Rivers, will come out of the mountain in person, and then the gang of small iron huts will not dare to be so rampant."
The girl wrinkled her delicate nose, and complained in a low voice: "Since Mr. Liang is highly respected in the Jianghu, he is eighty years old, he can't splash water with a sixty-pound pear flower gun, and he has fellow martial arts to help him, why don't he want to?" Walk an extra two or three hundred miles."
The woman with the sword frowned, and softly shouted: "Chun Ya, don't be rude!"
On the contrary, it was Mr. Huang who got out of the siege, and when he walked slowly towards the inn, he explained to the girl with a smile on his face, "These long-established sects of the Jianghu family, not to mention the direct relatives and the gang, are just servants who eat and drink. Nursing homes also need to be registered in the register, and they have to deal with the government, and they have to raise their noses in many things, just like when Huang was young, he was the kind of Jianghu who only wanted to be happy, and he would never return it."
Ning Zong, who felt the most deeply about this, said with a smile: "Master Huang has learned to be rich and five cars, and he knows the world's affairs at home."
The thin old man waved his hands and laughed at himself: "It's not enough to read thousands of books, and you have to travel thousands of miles. The principles in the books are dead, but life is alive. I, Huang Chang, can't sleep or eat if I don't read for a day. Over the years, I have indeed read a lot, and I often visit the countryside, but I know that I am too serious, and I don’t know how to be a normal person, especially I don’t know how to move around in the officialdom. This time I came to Beijing. Yes. Of course, there are Miss Zhou and Miss Hu who don’t give in to women. Apart from the books on the first floor that were taken away by others, Huang Chang is already a penniless pauper. When I become an official, I will write a biography of a knight, hoping to repay one or two."
Ning Zong showed joy, "This is a blessing that will go down in history."
The girl called Chunya chirped happily and said, "Master Huang, don't forget me, my name is Hu Chunya."
Master Huang promised with a smile.
The woman surnamed Zhou, who was quite chivalrous, looked at each other with a faint smile at the handsome young man who was carrying a stick.
Li Huaier, who had nothing to do with him, followed the crowd, bowed his head and crossed the threshold. He always regarded himself as a useless motivator, inferior and reticent.
The inn is not big, and oil stains have accumulated on each tabletop all year round, with a greasy sheen, which cannot be wiped clean with a rag. Ning Zong, who has rich experience in the world, looks around, a little vigilant and uneasy. There are only five tables in the inn, and there are only a few people in the same group Five people occupied the two windows by the window, and one of them was a strong young man with a smell of blood, which was not a big deal. The young man on the main table probably had a white head and white clothes, white shoes and a white jade belt. There is a pair of peach-blossom pupils that are not easy to see, and Ning Zong finds it troublesome at first sight. Even if this kind of person is average, but just looking at the airs, he is an extremely difficult family child. The white-headed young man is sitting on the left hand. A dark boy, Sitting on his right hand was a man who raised a glass and drank wine. Ning Zong, who knew people well, felt his scalp go numb immediately. The man was estimated to be nine feet tall. For one thing, Ningzong's family was not far from an elite army stationed in Guangling, and they were familiar with the murderous arrogance that climbed out of the dead on the battlefield.
If this group of people prevented Mr. Huang from going to Beijing, Ning Zong reckoned that even if he gave his life to Longweipo, it would be useless in all likelihood.
At one table are Xu Fengnian, young man Wu, and Yuan Zuozong.
At one table are cavalry generals Lu Song and Wang Lin who participated in the battle outside Shenwu City.
Qingniao was seriously injured, and it was not easy to travel south to Shangyin Academy. She followed a large team and rushed to Beiliang. With Chu Lushan personally clearing the way, and using kindness and power to make connections, even the most difficult problems can be easily solved.
On this trip, Xu Fengnian first went to the Academy to pick up people, then went to Qingzhou to meet two groups of people in secret, and then he could go to Beiliang. How to absorb the one hundred thousand refugees who can fight with each other is what Li Yishan left on purpose. The difficult problem he was going to solve, made this eye-catching, can really open up a new situation in Beiliang. The reason why Lu Song, who is a Confucian general, and Wang Lin, who is injured, is that he intends to cultivate them to become confidantes of the direct line, so that they can be successfully nailed into the Northern Liang Army. The tragedy is that Xu Fengnian can't just pat his ass and part ways, leaving the two heroes aside. Xu Fengnian never believes that a few bold words can make a talented person accept his head and worship.
As for Yuan Zuozong, the white bear whose military power was second only to Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao in the Liyang Army, he asked to go south with him.
Except for Ning Zong's constant prying eyes, and the young girl Hu Chunya trying to look at Xu Fengnian, after asking the innkeeper for food, the rest of the old man Huang, the woman surnamed Zhou, and Xu Zhan held their breaths.
Xu Fengnian asked Xu Fengnian for two tables of the last two jars of wine in the cellar. Fortunately, Ningzong knew that greedy drinking was a mistake, so he didn't think about warming the wine to warm his stomach at the beginning. , but reading, drinking, and eating crabs. The poor salary is spent on these three things every year. At this time, the time for eating crabs has long passed. Although there are books to read in the carriage, the trip is in a hurry , his life was in danger, and several jars of osmanthus seeds were carefully made in season. Huang Shang was a little moved when he smelled the aroma of wine.
Xu Fengnian sat by the window, and asked with a smile: "Mr., I still have half a jar of wine here, and I feel sorry for the money. How about selling it to you at a lower price?"
Huang Chang's heart skipped a beat, but he still smiled and shook his head. The rivers and lakes are dangerous, and the officialdom is more turbulent. In fact, many times they are the same, but they are all four characters of people's hearts and ghosts.
Hu Chunya, whose ignorant heart is tied to Pianpian's elder brother Xu Zhan, saw Xu Fengnian, his mind was ups and downs, but he said sharply, "He looks very handsome, but he has gray hair. He looks scary. See you at night I must have thought I saw a ghost."