Winter goes to spring, and the warbler steals the sound of birds. In the green grass and trees on both sides of the post road in Youzhou, groups of small orioles can often be seen shuttling among them. It is a pity that the folk customs in Beiliang are rough, and there is no such thing as going to listen to the "yellow spring" in spring. Literati and scholars, a carriage was driving slowly northward on the road, and a woman in the carriage had a warbler's nest plucked from a low branch, and occasionally opened the curtain to take a look at the scenery along the way. Along the way, in order to catch up with time, there are few stops in the city, and the village does not go to the store. The most embarrassing thing for a woman is that she has three urgencies. She wants to go to the toilet for the first time, her legs are clamped, and her teeth are gritted. After insisting on it for half an hour, he had already noticed the strangeness, but he just didn't open his mouth. When she finally couldn't hold it back and asked to get off, when she lowered her head and turned back to sit in the car, she heard him tell a nasty joke. An official made a private visit to observe public opinion, but he felt uncomfortable in the wilderness. Every time he had a thought, he asked the groom to help him find a quiet place to take off his pants. The groom found several places for the official, but when the official Every time I unbuttoned my trouser belt and squatted down, I didn't think about it again. Later, whenever the official asked if I found a place, he said he couldn't find it, so the official finally couldn't hold it anymore, jumped out of the carriage and ran while taking it off, okay? Yi finally felt comfortable, and when he came back, he felt that it was really a place of geomantic omen. Finally, he added fuel to the flames and asked her if she had found a geomantic treasure. On the way back, she picked up the warbler's nest made of pine needles and grass ears. After hearing about it, she smashed it hard and was singled out by the man. The hand-painted circle gently took the Yingchao, handed it back to her with a smile, and made amends by telling an embarrassing incident about himself, saying that when he was traveling, he accidentally went to the toilet and heard a lot of noise next door, bored, so he made fun of it A few words, brother, did you eat garlic, but after waiting for a while, a woman with a face like frost took down the small door of his latrine with a sword, scaring him so much that he almost fell into the latrine, and quickly covered his crotch with his hands , in the end, the heroine threatened to cut off his three legs with a cold face. Damn you, it really came out of your mouth, if he hadn't been quick-witted, let go of his hand suddenly, let the heroine see what it means to be a hero, and scare her away, I'm afraid she would have a full meal.
Pei Nanwei saw that he rarely showed superficial complacency when he said this stupid thing, and couldn't laugh or cry, so he didn't bother with him any more. The majestic princes of Beiliang have been in such a state of embarrassment. She is no longer the concubine of the vassal king, so she doesn't bother to pretend to be a heroine. On this trip to the northbound border, peregrine falcons kept passing secret reports on the way. Naturally, Xu Fengnian did not mention those important military information, but he told her all the innocuous secrets. For example, Wu Lingsu, the king of Qingcheng in Qingyang Palace, is now in Beijing After receiving the title, half a cup of soup from the minister in feather clothes in Tianshi's mansion was given away, and he was able to rule the river, hold great power in his hands, and control the North and South Taoist gates together. Longhushan, who has always been aloof, seemed unable to bear such grievances, and quickly took out the trump card at the bottom of the box. It is rumored that the head teacher Zhao Danxia built the most common Jade Emperor Tower in Taoism, and joined hands with the old heavenly master Zhao Xiyi and his son to soar to the top , and then the imperial court immediately allowed Zhao Danping, the Prime Minister of Qing Ci in the capital, to serve as the head teacher of the southern Taoist sect, and made an exception and granted the young Taoist priest Zhao Ningshen of the Tianshi Mansion to enter the court as an official, becoming an emperor's personal servant who is more coveted than Huang Menlang. There is another incident that has nothing to do with the temple, it is purely a matter of people in the Jianghu, the nameless old swordsman who loves to eat swords finally made a sword, but it was not Emperor Wucheng Wang Xianzhi who made the move himself, but let the four direct disciples block one by one Sword, the first three apprentices who were recognized as talented in the sky were unable to resist, and finally the big apprentice Yu Bridegroom, who had been concealed by his apprentices, blocked the sword with a knife, shaking the world. This swordsman was immediately regarded as a terrible The top expert who let General Gu Jiantang fight with all his strength.
Hearing these inside stories that made all the boys and girls excited, Pei Nanwei couldn't arouse the slightest interest. He went in one ear and out the other, just as a joke to relieve boredom.
Near the frontier fortress, the carriage stopped in Qing'an County for a while. Xu Fengnian took Pei Nanwei to a restaurant to have a meal of the local unique Qingjing rice. The color is blue and the aroma is attractive, but the big blue and white bowl that holds the rice is nearly a foot wide, which makes Pei Nanwei dumbfounded. After Yun Yong swept away, he took Pei Nanwei's job without hesitation, still enjoying it. Xu Yanbing didn't enter the restaurant before, and when he showed up, there was a middle-aged man in satin casual clothes next to him. Xu Fengnian, who was still eating with his head bowed, waved and motioned for the strange-looking man to sit down. After the man sat down, he said softly : "At the end of the day, I will see His Royal Highness."
Xu Fengnian put away the empty bowl and chopsticks, leaned lazily on the rough and rough back of the chair, and joked with a smile: "Huangfuping, what are you going to do? You have already changed from Captain Guoyi to Captain Guoyi." Are you still used to being the general of Youzhou who is in charge of a state's military power?"
Huangfu Cheng, who was the new general of Youzhou, did not have the fear and modesty of ordinary generals and captains, but said in a deep voice: "Wan Shi dare not disappoint His Highness!"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Chen Xiliang is in charge of the salt administration. If he hadn't asked you for help, you, Huangfu Cheng, wouldn't have to be sentimental and let those uncontrolled places go wild. When will Chen Xiliang ask you to borrow troops?" Killing, you do it again, don't be soft when the time comes."
Huangfu Cheng's rapid rise in Beiliang Dao was second only to Xu Beizhi, the governor of Lingzhou, and he was a well-deserved confidant of His Highness, but the price was really chilling. It was just watching his family die. Such a Huangfu Cheng, who was addicted to officials so much that he was insane, naturally had a good reputation in Youzhou official circles. It's just that Huangfu Cheng was fighting with his back in Beiliang. This kind of insidious villain wants to form a party, and no one wants to sit with him. This kind of puppet is most suitable for killing people with a borrowed knife. Liang is only Xu Fengnian qualified to hold a knife. If you talk too much, you will lose, and Huangfu Cheng has always believed in exchanging credit for his official position. Even if he is successful, he will give people the illusion of being unhappy. Xu Fengnian didn't care whether this Youzhou general had eaten or not, he still ordered a piece of green rice for him, and said with a smile: "You have integrated the forces in Youzhou's rivers and lakes well, and my sister has a good opinion of you. , I promise you to extend your arms and legs to Liangzhou generously in the future. By the way, you pay for the meal, and I will treat you as a landlord."
He stood up and sent His Royal Highness away respectfully. After sitting down, Huangfu Ping took a big bite of the rice. In the end, he took out all the gold and silver in the eyes of the restaurant clerk looking at the fool, put all his brains on the table, and walked away.
The friendship of the landlord!
The gold and silver they carried with them bought the military power of the entire Youzhou. Is it expensive or cheap
The carriage drove out of Qing'an County, Xu Fengnian lay comfortably in the carriage, burping with Erlang's legs crossed, Pei Nanwei sneered: "Isn't this notorious Huangfu Scale just what you call a person who has no bottom line? Don't you use it?" Are you comfortable?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "How do you know he has no bottom line? Huangfu Cheng, and even Chu Lushan, are actually not as simple as the outside world thinks. They are naturally incompatible with good people, but if there is a bottom line, let me do it." Said, compared with those gossiping celebrities who keep on worrying about the country and the people while molesting children and sexing prostitutes, they have a much lower line. Those who think of themselves too much are not human. It can even leave a little heart. To make an inappropriate analogy, Wudang Mountain and Longhu Mountain are both the ancestral home of Taoism. If you can't walk through that door, the old Taoist with the highest seniority on Wudang Mountain has no sense of immortality, but he can chat with common people and pilgrims. Who do you think is more humane? No matter if you weigh yourself, you won't deny it, but the bitterness and bitterness in Huangfu Cheng's stomach, if you really want to make this Youzhou general complain, you can't bear to listen to it."
Pei Nanwei said flatly, "I don't want to hear it either."
Xu Fengnian sighed: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and only Qingfeng, who flipped through the books for no reason, knows."
Pei Nanwei was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I can't see it, but you will also hurt the spring and the autumn?"
Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and said, "I'm a genius who writes hundreds of poems a year, okay?"
Pei Nanwei squinted and said, "Is buying poetry and copying poetry counted?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "If I hadn't paid a lot of money to buy the poems of these poor scholars from Northern Liang, do you think they would have enough money to go to the capital thousands of miles away to take the exam?"
Pei Nanwei asked back: "Has there ever been someone who said good things about you and remembered your kindness?"
Xu Fengnian curled his lips, a little embarrassed, "Probably because I didn't hear what I said."
Pei Nanwei sneered and said, "Besides, Beiliang is barren, and the scholars are even more withered. In the end, you gave them to the court with both hands. Your Royal Highness, you really have a big belly!"
Xu Fengnian rubbed his belly that could hold two big blue and white bowls of green rice, and laughed at himself: "The belly is not small. But good people are rewarded with good rewards. Isn't there nearly a thousand scholars from other places coming to Beiliang to take root?"
Further north of Youzhou Qingan County is the border Yanzhi County. The reason why it is called Yanzhi County is that Yanzhi's wife is famous for being handsome. Even in the Central Plains, she has been known for a long time. It is proud to have a concubine with a young girl from Yanzhi County. Many girls from Yanzhi County who are somewhat beautiful and unwilling to suffer, most of them like to leave the border and go to the rich Central Plains. Never looking back, was ridiculed by the Liyang court as flowers blooming inside the wall and fragrant outside the wall. There is another Yanzhi County with the same name in Yanzhi County, which is rich in juicy beauties. To be able to marry a woman from Yanzhi County and go home to heat the kang is really a blessing that a man has cultivated for several lifetimes. Youzhou officials don't have a house full of rouge women as concubines or housemaids, so they don't have the face to go out to say hello to their colleagues. Pei Nanwei may have been bored with the cumbersome veiled cap. When she entered the Yanzhi County Inn for the night at dusk, she abandoned the veiled cap. The men and women who were lucky enough to recognize her face were astonished. Today is the first year of Xiangfu The Lantern Festival is a big festival, and the officials and the people have fun together, and go out to enjoy the lanterns together. The territory of Youzhou is obviously very different from Lingzhou, which has a granary. The street lights are lively, but there is no brilliance , men’s and women’s clothing is mostly simple, not as luxurious as Lingzhou. Youzhou is neither Liangzhou where the Xu family is located, nor is it relatively stable and comfortable Lingzhou. Prospects and connections have all sharpened their heads and headed to Lingzhou to collect oil and water. Of course, they will not forget to bring along one or two women from Rouge County who were bought with a lot of money, as a stepping stone to the advancement of unfamiliar officialdom. If you don't give it away, you will be stared at, but giving a woman can be both elegant and affordable.
Xu Fengnian and Pei Nanwei walked side by side, a bit like a man and woman. In the night, they can only be illuminated by the lights. If they are a little farther away, they can't really see Pei Nanwei's appearance. This did not cause much sensation, but some people who have seen her The ones with the face and figure are unwilling to go far away. If they are not in their own bowls, they can take a closer look at the ones in other people's bowls, and they can satisfy their cravings. A few loafing rascals were quite courageous, they wanted to take advantage of the crowds to come over to profit, but Xu Fengnian kicked them far away. They were all vicious little shrimps who dared not speak out, and they were wronged first, and then they restrained themselves Many, originally they wanted to pretend to call people to surround and beat up the young master, but no one was willing to take a few glances at the plump and flying woman on the mural, so they gave up resentfully. Just turn a blind eye and close your eyes, but if you make trouble at the Lantern Festival Lantern Market, you will definitely be caught by patrol soldiers and peeled off several layers of skin. Walking in front of Xu Fengnian and Pei Nanwei were three scholars. The accent was that of the Central Plains scholars who went to Liang. Most likely, they heard that there were so many beauties in Yanzhi County, and the streets were full of beauties and beauties, so they came to try their luck. Yes, Beiliang women are bold and unrestrained, and if they don't keep together, there will be a dewy marriage. The three young scholars had long seen the young and beautiful woman behind them. Due to etiquette and self-esteem, they were too embarrassed to strike up a conversation, so they had to slow down and speak loudly, as if they were competing there. Who is even more shocking and deadly? Some say that they are relatives to a certain official in Lingzhou, and they will soon enter the county government office to serve as an official. Some say that the Liyang Dynasty has always been watching the excitement of Beiliang with ulterior motives. With Chu Fuguo approaching, Beiliang can finally eat melon seeds on a bench, sit down and watch the jokes of the court. It is also said that since childhood, he has longed for the iron horse Jinge in the frontier, which scholar has thousands of households, so he gave up the fame that is within reach, and wants to join the army in this poor place.
Xu Fengnian heard a scholar mention the winner of the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom, he smiled, stepped forward, and asked, "Master, how do you know that the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom is destined to happen within half a year?" Did it end badly?"
The scholar who did have a bit of elegant temperament did not answer Xu Fengnian, his head was wrong, he glanced at Pei Nanwei, and introduced himself: "The boy is a student of the Fan family in Huansha County, Jiangnan Dao."
Xu Fengnian also pretended to be surprised and said: "The Fan family of Huansha County is the most famous family in the southern part of the old Northern Han Dynasty. I never thought that Mr. Fan's family background is so famous, and there are not many families in Beiliang. It must be us. The prefects of Beiliang will also be treated as guests, it's an honor, it's an honor to meet Mr. Fan!"
The other scholar also hurriedly reported his family name as the Shizao Zhou family on Dongyue Road. The remaining scholar, probably because of his mediocre background, was resentful and speechless. In fact, Huansha Fan's and Shizao Zhou's branches and leaves flourished during the Spring and Autumn Period, and they are not first-class families with high thresholds. As long as the surname Fan and Zhou are in the local area, most of them can climb up to relatives, and no one will really take it back. thing. These two obviously came to Beiliang, where the horizon is not wide, to pull the banner, in order to make up for it. In this era when the servants of rich and noble families can see through the deep family property with a belt, such a clumsy trick is really not worth mentioning. They obviously underestimated the morality of the officials in Beiliang. Beiliang is poor, but the poor are those ordinary people who face the loess and their backs to the sky. Those who are officials are really poor.
Xu Fengnian wanted to have some fun at first, but Pei Nanwei's words were undeniably shocking, "What are your surnames? It's none of my business?! My mother only likes strong men over two hundred catties. Go away and cool off!"
As if struck by lightning, the three scholars walked away without daring to fart.
Xu Fengnian stretched out her thumb to Pei Nanwei, and she stroked the black hair on her temples. When she turned her head, the corners of her mouth curled up, with a rare expression on her face that if she didn't make a move, she would be invincible.
Xu Fengnian, which pot he didn't open and which pot he picked up, exclaimed, "Beiliang is really a place of geomantic omen, and Sister Pei has also acquired a heroic spirit."
Pei Nanwei frowned coldly, kicked the back of Xu Fengnian's shoe, and twisted it to death.
Xu Fengnian took the soft but not the hard, let alone the pain, and murmured to himself: "It's only been half a year? Cao Changqing and Sun Xiji, the two survivors of Western Chu, joined forces, wouldn't it be so useless?"
Pei Nanwei said coldly: "Many people will die."
Xu Fengnian's eyes were cold, and he said slowly: "Yes, a lot of people will die. But you also need to know that there are so many people in Xichu who shave their hair and escape from meditation, who don't hesitate to shut themselves up in the cellar, escape into the mountains and become wild old people, lose heart Crazy in the middle of the night, knocking on the watch and patrolling the city, yelling that all ghosts are ghosts, and that life is better than death. This group of lonely ghosts who never forget the Western Chu Dynasty wish to drag their families and their families to die a heroic death. Such foolish loyalty You don’t even know how to evaluate the remnants.”
Pei Nanwei said bitterly: "They want to die well, no one will stop them, but don't hurt innocent people who only want to live a peaceful life and sleep peacefully!"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "I used to think that you were lifeless, like the kind of female ghost in human skin that haunts ancient temples in the mountains, but today I realize that you can still speak a few words. Why don't you stay in Yanzhi County? Maybe in the future you will become a living person completely. Whenever you miss listening to the reeds by the Chaohu Lake, just go back and watch it.”
Pei Nanwei said without hesitation, "Okay."
Xu Fengnian lost his mind for a moment. He seemed to have said this lightly spoken word to others before. It's just that Xu Fengnian quickly returned to normal, nodded and smiled and said, "Then I can only show off my status as the eldest son, say hello to the prefect of Yanzhi County, and buy you a private house that will not be disturbed by others."
Xu Fengnian asked the way and arrived at the prefect's mansion. Unfortunately, the governor of the county also took a large group of family members to have fun with the common people. The concierge with a pair of piercing eyes saw that he was in a good mood, so he let him sit in a small room by the side door. After waiting for a full two hours, even the concierge admired the young man's patience. During the period, he was courteous and asked for tea and water many times. Naturally, Xu Fengnian borrowed the beauty of Pei Meiren from the rouge spectrum. When the county guard Hong Dongdong came back in high spirits, he rubbed his eyes. He had set foot in Beiliang Palace in his life, and he didn't recognize the son, but he recognized the "servant" who could only stand, the personal bodyguard of the general. Xu Yanbing! One year when the General was inspecting the border, passing through Yanzhi County, Hong Dongdong was lucky enough to meet him once. He was actually qualified to sit, eat and drink with the General, and his memory was particularly vivid and deep. Xu Yanbing needs to stand, so who is the young man who is sitting and drinking tea? Hong Dongdong is not a heartless fool. A crowd of descendants of the Hong family crowded outside the hut all stared wide-eyed. The older ones knew the ways of the world and were a little afraid, while the younger ones had innocent and childlike curiosity in their clean eyes. Even though the threshold of the prefect's mansion of a county parent official is not low, but the man with the highest hat among the officials who have received so far in the mansion is only the former general of Youzhou. How high an official is His Royal Highness? When this young man puts on the yellow mang robe and becomes the King of Beiliang in the future, Quan Liyang will know how big he is.
Talking in secret in the study room full of books, Hong Dongdong didn't have the guts to take a look at Pei Nanwei from beginning to end. After knowing that this woman with no clear name would live in Yanzhi County, he was surprised but not happy. He doesn't mind enshrining her as a female bodhisattva, this is what he should do, it may not be a merit, but since ancient times, if there is a slight mistake, his smooth career will come to an end? It's just that His Royal Highness opened the golden mouth, so Hong Dongdong can only grit his teeth and squeeze out a smile to agree. That night, the prefect tossed out an elegant house with mountains and water. Xu Fengnian asked Shishi Yin to secretly say hello to the spy from Yanzhi County. Shishi Yin was originally a powerful spy. If you are familiar with the door and the way, you can do it seamlessly. Then Xu Fengnian abandoned the unnecessary carriage, and rode out of the city overnight with Xu Yanbing to the familiar Daomaguan.
Pei Nanwei didn't forget to carry the veiled hat when she got off the carriage. In the secluded house with only two elderly maidservants, she stood in the courtyard without saying a word, until she went to her room to sleep, she threw away the veiled hat and went to bed. In the yard, I caught a glimpse of several boxes of delicate and expensive rouge on the dressing cabinet in the house, and said with a sneer, "It's all a burden."
How many seemingly valuable items are really valuable