The Xiongcheng city was built on the ground outside Beiliang Pass, and this new city, which has just been officially named as Jubei, is further south. It also has the appearance of tall buildings rising on the ground. There is a small-scale market. Four inns, pawnshops and gambling shops have everything you need. Merchants and peddlers come here to find business, scholars travel to the border, people from the rivers and lakes invite friends to visit here, some tell stories here, and some women do shady flesh and blood business. . There was a lot of discussion about the name of the new city, and the high-ranking foreign guests felt that the idea of rejecting the North City was not strong enough, and it was not as straightforward as the very popular Shaman City. It is generally believed that Jingguan City is more appropriate. Although the evil spirit is a little heavier, but after staying in the northwest for more than a year, going to the countryside to follow the customs, and the scholars who went to Liang began to be infected by the customs of the Liang people. It is a clear spring in a secluded mountain forest, but it is like turbid wine.
Jubei City, which broke ground at the beginning of the second year of Xiangfu, can be said to be the top priority of Beiliang, whether it is strategic or symbolic. Entering the new city, and a new Liangzhou Biejia will also build a government office here, becoming the "Guanwai governor" who has both military and political power in Liangzhou, but the north city is so important, and the elite frontier troops stationed around the new city are still Beiyan Nansong This can be seen from the lack of any ranger patrols in the market. At first, the scholars who went to Liang were puzzled by this, but they were relieved after the explanation of the original local businessman. It has been more than twenty years.
Near noon, under the scorching sun, Xu Fengnian walked alone in this market nicknamed Xiaoque Town, without the white horse guards, not even Xu Yanbing. Most of the residents in the market are foreigners. Except for the people of Liangzhou Zhoucheng and Yan Wenluan, a group of old people from Beiliang, in fact, there are not many ordinary people in Beiliang who are really familiar with the appearance of King Xinliang. It's a pity that including the main general Liu Jinu, they all died in battle. He is also familiar with Youzhou Wanqi who is Xu Fengnian as a robe, but in the second battle of Hulukou, more than half of the casualties, except for Yu Luan Dao, will not appear here.
At this moment, Xu Fengnian's face was a little pale. This was the sequelae of the battle of Qin Tianjian. The premise of Cao Changqing's smooth battle in the Xiamawei post house is that now the flood is breaking through and roaming freely in the body, such as a large army passing through the border, and iron cavalry stepping on the ground, Xu Fengnian's body is like drums and thunder, if it is replaced by a Taoist who is good at inner vision If you become a holy master, you will probably completely despair about the matter of longevity.
Xu Fengnian chose a restaurant with a lot of people to sit in. Three times in the rivers and lakes, the first and last two times he lived a life of worrying about every detail. Weighing the wallet, Xu Fengnian ordered a jug of wine, two bowls of rice and three dishes. He sat by the window, took off his cold knife and put on casual clothes, like an ordinary scholar traveling far away. The restaurant is not big, but the business is good. More and more diners poured in, and some people planned to share a table for dinner. The shop waiter came to tell Xu Fengnian with a face of embarrassment. Xu Fengnian smiled and nodded and said it was all right, but asked for two pots The green ant wine has to be calculated according to the price of a pot. The waiter in the shop thought that this business is still profitable, so he helped the restaurant owner agree to it on his own initiative. There were five people sharing the table with Xu Fengnian, one woman and four men, and the four men had very different attitudes. Heroic and scholar, I don't know how they got together. Man, the scabbard of the saber is made of gold, and the fragrance of the book of the scholar, not to mention the scarf and Confucian shirt, also has a red sandalwood sprinkled gold folding fan, and the quality of the fan pendant is Qinan, which is hard to buy, but Xu Fengnian's vision How old-fashioned they are, one of them is a honey knot with the Qinan fan pendant and the other is a low-grade iron knot, then the level of family background of the two will be revealed, obviously the latter is trying to pretend to be fat. A table with four benches, two wealthy guests and two scholars sat side by side around Xu Fengnian, only the young and beautiful woman sat alone opposite Xu Fengnian. People rely on clothes and Buddha depends on gold. Probably they didn't regard Xu Fengnian, who was dressed plainly, as a green onion, and he talked freely. The woman has a Jiangnan accent, soft and waxy, and she doesn't speak much, but she doesn't go along with the man. The two heroes are very chivalrous. The man with enough feet has a Jizhou accent and a Liaodong accent, and the scholars are from Qingzhou in the Central Plains and Jianzhou in the southeast.
The four men chatted about the current situation and anecdotes about Jianghu. They had mixed opinions about the Liyang court. They felt that the officials of various ministries and yamen in the temples of the capital were looking at flowers on horseback. The failure of the generals made the Guanglingdao rebels take advantage of the situation, but without exception, there was no doubt that the entire Liyang Dynasty was going to be prosperous. Once Beiliang defeated Beimang, the northwest gate was as stable as a rock. Gu Jiantang's Liao frontier army finally took the initiative and won a series of inspiring victories. The National People's Congress was disappointed, but fortunately Gu Jiantang of the Dazhu Kingdom stepped forward at this time, which relieved the government and the public. It turns out that we Liyang, except for the Beiliang Frontier Army, no one can wrestle with the Beimang barbarians. It talked about Liang Liao and Xu Gong, the servant of the military department who patrolled the border for the emperor. The scholar from the Central Plains said that his father and Xu Shilang had a close relationship. When General Xiang entered Beijing to take up his post, several members of his father's generation were in the send-off team, and they still communicate with each other to this day. Hearing this, the woman who used to glance at Xu Fengnian from time to time suddenly became aloof again.
Xu Fengnian ate slowly, but there were only two bowls of rice and three dishes. No matter how slow he was, he would finish eating. Fortunately, he still had a jug of green ant wine at hand, so he put down his chopsticks, opened the wine jug and poured a glass of wine. In fact, it's not just his table talking loudly, nine out of ten people in the restaurant are pointing out the country, eating dishes and drinks for two or three taels of silver, and talking about the hearts of the Tai'an City Palace or Beiliang Qingliangshan Palace. Xu Fengnian smiled and listened to the commotion around him, raised his wine glass, and turned his head to look out the window at the sunny sky. I don't know when, the Jianzhou scholar holding the iron-knotted Qinan carved Maitreya fan pendant, talked about the Xinliang king who had never been masked. I don't know if he was too drunk, or he was deliberately trying to make shocking words in front of the woman he likes. There was some conflict between the words, and after drinking a cup, he sneered and said: "Everyone knows that the eldest son of the old Liang Wang, His Royal Highness was a jerk in the early years. He has been a bastard for more than ten years and has a notorious reputation. It was the old King of Liang who asked him to participate in the martial arts parade outside the Beiliang Pass before his death. Obviously, this was paving the way for the hereditary king to replace the King of Beiliang. Now the people in Beiliang are saying that the king of Xinliang used his eldest son as the mausoleum When General Zhou was in charge, he dealt with the Huaihua General Zhong Hongwu who had disarmed and returned to the field, which was very satisfying, is this really the case?"
The beautiful woman asked curiously: "Young Master Song, what do you mean by this?"
The young scholar sneered and said, "It's all about knocking the mountain to shake the tiger and crossing the river to demolish the bridge. After all, it's not that the old King of Liang was afraid that his son would not be able to convince the public, so he secretly instructed Li Gongde, who is in the officialdom of Lingzhou, to punish Zhong Hongwu to make an example to others? Otherwise, with Xu Fengnian's status at that time Popularity, dare to challenge the majestic Northern Liang cavalry commander? Who doesn't know that General Zhong Hongwu has countless disciples in the frontier army. Not only that, Lingzhou, which is rich and well-off in Northern Liang, is also called the Zhong family's backyard. Liang first forced Zhong Hongwu to leave the frontier army, and then took down the old army leader. At the same time, during the reorganization of the army in Beiliang, the frontier army was not moved, only the garrison in the territory was moved, and it was done in one go. ?”
The young man who claimed to have a family friendship with Xu Shilang smiled and nodded: "It should be said that he killed the 'old' tiger to scare the tiger. Zhong Hongwu is not in his position, like a tiger without teeth. , couldn’t be more appropriate. He is also a general of the Beiliang Frontier Army and Yan Wenluan, who is also the emperor of Youzhou. Because he still held the military power of Youzhou at that time, did the old King of Liang move? Does His Royal Highness dare to move? Fact It was Xu Fengnian who never went to Youzhou before succeeding to the throne! Why did you choose Lingzhou? Because compared with Youzhou, where military generals fart and civil officials can talk, the civil officials here can compete with the generals, and Li Gongde won How dare you not die for the Xu family when you are an official of the Jinglue envoy? To be precise, the so-called three things of Brother Song were done in one go. I am Zhong Hongwu, I should have been vigilant long ago."
Those two heroes said that Jianghu said that martial arts can be boastful, but when it comes to officialdom and temples, they are confused, but they sound murderous. The two looked at each other and smiled, the pen in the hand of a frail scholar, isn't it a knife in his hand
The scholar surnamed Song took it very seriously, and continued to sneer: "It doesn't matter whether Xu Fengnian's status as the great master is true or not, let's just say that Youzhou Wanqi appeared outside Hulukou, and now people in Beiliang say that this move has the style of Xu Xiao, but Among the big men in the world, is there really someone who takes the lead on the battlefield? Even if there is, that is a brave general who can be defeated by tens of thousands of people. As a vassal king, Xu Fengnian is really appropriate to do this? Doesn’t he know that if he dies outside the customs, this Northern Liang So there is no need to guard at all? The old King of Liang and his 300,000 cavalry have guarded the Northwest Gate for 20 years, just to let Xu Fengnian use his emotions to add a few good names to himself?"
Speaking of this, the young scholar laughed loudly, "Everyone in Beiliang said that General Xu Xiao was never afraid of infamy, and everyone said that Xu Xiao once said that Li Yang's cursing saliva could fill thousands of large jars, and it would take him several lifetimes to wash his hands. His feet are enough. Looking at it now, it may be true that Xu Xiao is not afraid of infamy, but his son wants to be famous in history books, and he must leave a good name, which is even more true!"
The other young scholar skillfully opened the folding fan with a snap, "Xinliang Wang Xinbeiliang, the feat of refusing to accept the imperial decree won the hearts of countless people in Beiliang, amazing! But I don't know if it is Xu Beizhi's intention or Chen Xiliang's plan, let me see If it weren't for Xu Beizhi in Lingzhou to buy food vigorously, and Chen Xiliang's strategizing in Qingcang City in Liuzhou, even if Beiliang had a frontier army of 300,000 cavalry, it would not be able to stop Beimang's million-strong army."
Scholars are naturally close to scholars.
Of course, the premise is that there is no direct conflict of fame and fortune between the scholar and the scholar, otherwise the scholar will harm the scholar, let alone kill without blood.
Xu Fengnian drank the wine slowly, the meaning of the two young people was very simple, he was able to become the king of Beiliang today because of his father Xu Xiao and Li Yishan, guarding the outside of the pass was because of Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang. And he himself was just wandering around in Beiliang, seeking fame and deceiving the hearts of the people.
Xu Fengnian was actually not angry at all, but rather happy.
At any rate, these two foreign scholars admitted that two generations of the Xu family had guarded the northwest.
The hero with the golden sheath and sword lowered his voice, and said cautiously: "You two young masters, the wall has ears. I heard that the Fushuifang spy from Beiliang has a first-class ear."
The Jianzhou scholar surnamed Song laughed and said: "It's okay, if you take it away, you will take it away, which just proves that Xu Fengnian's tolerance is not enough to be a powerful vassal guarding the important area in the northwest!"
Xu Fengnian immediately looked at this person with admiration. There are many spies in Fushui House in this small town, and everyone is an experienced veteran. This guy made such a sentence, which seems to be bohemian, but in fact it is like posting a picture to himself. For the amulet, if the "Xu Fengnian" who was trying to gain fame knew about it, he should have laughed it off after hearing the news, and he might even have to spend a lot of money to buy a horse, so as to buy people's hearts and give an explanation to the scholars who went to Liang. Xu Fengnian sighed, lowered his head and took a sip of wine. Although the people at this table were very Jianghu, he rang for no reason by the shore of Chunshen Lake. There was a young man who died just after entering the Jianghu. His name was He Zhu, and he was related to the Xu family in Beiliang. However, in order to repay Jia Jiajia, he was seriously injured and went to Kuaixue Villa to report to Xu Fengnian, and finally died in the villa.
A thousand pieces of gold promises to commit suicide.
Xu Fengnian respected such a person very much, and even in the depths of his heart, he placed this person, this kind of person, second only to Lao Huang and the old man in sheepskin fur, and even above Deng Tai'a, the Peach Blossom Sword God.
It's not who you are, it's what you do.
It's not about what feats you've done, but about putting yourself in your shoes. As long as you do something that I can't do, then I, Xu Fengnian, will admire you from the bottom of my heart. If I can sit at the same table and pour a toast for you, so what
During his second trip to the rivers and lakes that year, there was a swordsman retinue named Lu Qiantang, His Royal Highness, who had scolded Xu Fengnian a bit of shit before he died.
The meaning is very simple, if you are not the son of Beiliang, Xu Xiao's son, or listening to the secret book that Chaoge wants, I will work hard for you
Therefore, when Xu Fengnian sprinkled the ashes on the Guangling River according to Lu Qiantang's last wish, he still felt guilty.
So Xu Fengnian always thinks that she is a real heroine to the heroine who is ashamed to compete with others because of her full breasts, and the woman who is willing to show kindness when he and Wen Hua are down and out.
Li Chungang's Jianghu is very big, and he has grown up all his life, so Daxueping Sword came for the green robe, and Guangling Riverside for the green-clothed swordsman who was the most glamorous swordsman in the world, only for the two of them. Borrowing the sword thousands of miles before death is to personally negate the sentence "I was not born to Li Chungang, and the way of swords is like a long night forever".
Lao Huang's world was very small, he died at the head of Wudi City, for his master Sui Xiegu, who liked to eat swords, to prove to his master that he had a pretty good apprentice. It was more because of the young man who made him willing to call him a son, the young man who walked through the rivers and lakes together, and the old man who had lost his front teeth and carried a sword box, so he did not regard Xu Fengnian as His Royal Highness, but as own juniors.
When Wen Hua Zhejian left the arena, he must have regarded Xu Fengnian as Xu Fengnian, just that friend who called him brother and brother, and went to the rivers and lakes together.
Because of these people from the rivers and lakes in the rivers and lakes, Xu Fengnian lent the saber to the boy who yearned for the rivers and lakes in Daomaguan, killed in anger for Qingzhu Niang in Beimang, and did not treat the devil couple in Yatoulu at all. no hate.
So when these people gradually disappeared from the arena, Xu Fengnian became one of the four great masters of martial arts, but he didn't care about the arena.
Xu Fengnian has always had goodwill towards the world and the rivers and lakes.
Just like the sun outside the building, everyone thought it was the culprit of the scorching summer.
But when it comes to winter, the sun will not come because people hate it in summer, but it will still make people feel warm.