"Since I entered the palace, I have never left the city of Sui'an. I occasionally show up. I don't fight many people, and even fewer people remember it. In recent decades, that scholar named Cao Changqing, very… "
The young eunuch fell silent suddenly, as if he didn't know how to describe the Confucian scholar of Western Chu who was rich and god Yulang in his memory.
In the end, the young eunuch did not make a conclusion for Cao Changqing of Western Chu, so he passed by, raised his head, looked at Xu Fengnian, and asked for the first time: "Will you usurp the throne and become emperor?"
Xu Fengnian said frankly: "Because of Xu Xiao, I will not be the emperor. But if Xu Xiao leaves and my master lives another ten years, I will fight for him."
The young eunuch stared into Xu Fengnian's eyes and nodded, "You and I are both sincere."
The sincerity of Xu Fengnian, the king of Beiliang, was to speak out, while the sincerity of the eunuch was to leave the capital and come to Beiliang on his own initiative.
At that time, Xu Fengnian was killing all directions inside and outside the Qin Tianjian. The reason why the young eunuchs didn't do anything was probably because of the situation in the Central Plains at that time, and it was not enough for Beiliang's thought to be related to the world's surnames.
Sure enough, the young eunuch smiled and said, "If I had known this earlier, I would not have let you leave when I was in the capital."
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "At that time, it was not easy for you to keep me."
The young eunuch thought about it for a moment, "At that time, there was the ghost of the flood elephant by your side, and Deng Tai'a was watching the battle. It was really not easy."
The young eunuch stretched out his hand.
Xu Fengnian also sat on the mouth of the well.
The young eunuch sighed: "There are fewer and fewer people who can sit down and reason calmly. I have seen many people with my own eyes. The Emperor Liyang is even more so."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "When you say such things, you have no murderous intentions, but you have murderous intentions. Isn't it appropriate?"
The young eunuch said calmly, "Am I talking about myself?"
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Don't talk about the level of force, you and I have thick skins, it can be said that we are equal to each other."
The young eunuch looked up, and in the twilight, he saw dark clouds hanging down, as if a storm was about to come.
He turned his head and looked at Xu Fengnian, "In Tai'an City, in the past few decades, I have seen Xu Xiao when he was young, and Zhang Julu, and I don't like them very much. The first time I met Xu Xiao in the palace Xiao, at that time was still a miscellaneous general, and his whole body was filled with the spirit of meeting gods and killing gods and Buddhas. Zhang Julu, who had been the Huangmen Lang of the Imperial Academy for many years, walked in the retreating team, even if he was of high rank at the time. Very low, you can also see from him the arrogance that the whole world is turbid and I am alone. I know that Cao Changqing entered the palace three times, but he never showed up."
"In contrast, I think Huan Wen is more pleasing to the eye. He is a very smart person, but he has pretended to be confused all his life and is always kind to others, so I met him alone in the palace twice, and the interval was about 20 or 30 years. , the second time he still recognized me at a glance, but pretended not to recognize me, just greeted me with a smile."
"Among the emperors of Liyang, the young emperor Zhao Zhuan is considered the most generous. Of course, this is only in comparison with his father's and grandparents'."
An Jing heard this, Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "That's why you have this trip to Beiliang?"
The young eunuch shook his head and said, "As long as the surname is Zhao, it doesn't matter if it's Zhao Zhuan or not."
The young eunuch then said flatly: "Unfortunately, your surname is Xu, not Zhao."
As soon as this sentence was finished, there was a drizzle on the street, and the outline of the whole bluestone street seemed to soften.
…
This well is located at the corner of Zhijie Street at the entrance of the post house, so Chen Wang climbed up from the post house and looked into the distance, and he happened to be able to see the scene over there.
Although it was night and rain, Chen Wang still recognized the identity of the young man who appeared beside the well.
Chen Wang hesitated for a moment, and still walked down the post building, but before he could walk out of the gate of the post house, he found that Xu Beizhi had already sat on the threshold, blocking the way.
Xu Beizhi picked up another jug of wine from nowhere, and seemed to be talking to himself, "It was agreed not to come, but he came again, and in the end he didn't see the right owner. It seems that this groom who usually looks at him in a normal manner is amazing."
Chen Wang said in a deep voice: "Xu Beizhi, you'd better not stop me. That person's cultivation is definitely beyond your imagination, even your princes can't imagine it!"
Xu Beizhi's face remained normal, and he took a sip of wine, "Oh?"
"Xu Beizhi, maybe Xu Fengnian doesn't have to be afraid of anyone in the world, but the person he is facing now is an exception!" Chen Wang's tone was anxious, it was obvious that it was definitely not a trivial matter for Chen Shaobao, who was known for his calmness in the government and the opposition, to lose his composure.
Xu Beizhi turned his head and smiled and asked, "Would you like to drink some wine to calm down the shock?"
Chen Wang was about to yell, but looking at those clear eyes, Chen Wang sighed heavily, took the jug, and took a sip of green ant wine.
Xu Beizhi didn't go to pick up the jug that Chen Wangdi returned to him, but looked back at the end of the street, and murmured: "That guy and I fought all the way from Beimang back to Beiliang. The fifth raccoon blocked it, but I never doubted that I would be able to come to Beiliang alive. Deep down, I always felt that as long as I stayed with that guy, even if the sky fell, he would be the first to go up there with cursing. In short, he Die first before we die."
Xu Beizhi grinned, "Just like this guy wouldn't tell me how much the Liyang court values me, and I wouldn't tell him that either."
Suddenly Xu Beizhi slapped his thigh, "Damn it! When I broke my wrist with Zhong Hongwu in Longjing County, Lingzhou, I was so drunk that I passed out. This guy carried me back, don't talk about drinking." !"
Chen Wang couldn't laugh or cry, when is it, do you still miss this kind of thing
At this time, Chen Wang remembered that in the files of the household department, there was a trivial matter about Xu Beizhi that was easily overlooked. In Beiliang, Xu Fengnian and Xu Beizhi, who were inseparable, never called each other brothers, but Xu Fengnian was a persimmon, and Xu Beizhi was an orange.
If it wasn't just in Beiliang Dao, but in the temple of a dynasty, the relationship between the two could probably be called a model of harmony between monarch and minister.
Chen Wang thought of today.
Smile knowingly.
He also sat on the threshold and drank the wine by himself. It tasted very strange. After all, he hadn't drunk this kind of hometown wine for more than ten years.
but still feel
The hometown of Beiliang has the grace of nurturing, and the court of Liyang has the grace of knowledge and encounter.
The world is safe and secure, and the family and the country live up to both.
Will they fail in the end
Like failing her
Chen Wang raised his head suddenly, and drank the green ant wine in the pot in one gulp.
Xu Beizhi suddenly smiled and said, "Master Chen, actually, maybe you will return to your roots one day in the future."
Chen Wang held the flagon tightly, and said softly, "I won't come back again."
Regrets in the world often start with the word goodbye.
And the lucky thing in the world often lies in the time when we really meet again later.
It's a pity that there are many regrets and few lucky things.
Chen Wang repeated: "I will never come back again."
…
The young eunuch stood up slowly, and put one hand on the water well wheel, "Your father, Zhang Julu, Cao Changqing, and you, plus those long-forgotten elders from the Liyang Dynasty, are actually the same kind of people. I don’t even like it, but if I ask myself, the reason I don’t like it is because I envy you.”
The young eunuch fell into reminiscence, "It has been a few years since the founding of Liyang, and the diligent house for the children of the Zhao family to preach and teach has existed for a few years. I admired scholars very much a long time ago, so I often listened to the sounds of reading there. I have forgotten all of them, but for some reason, I still remember some of them.
See you gentleman!
After the young eunuch came back to his senses, he looked down at the young vassal who was still sitting on the mouth of the well, and said with a smile: "In my heart, Cao Changqing and the others are gentlemen, and so are you, so I am very happy regardless of life or death."
The raindrops on the side street became heavier and heavier, and the young eunuch smiled even more intensely, "Perhaps being regarded as a gentleman by an unknown eunuch is not something to be happy about, is it?"
Xu Fengnian stood up, "Being regarded as a gentleman is of course something to be happy about. It's just that I can't be happy when I see you."
The young eunuch smiled and said, "If you are unhappy, just fight?"
Xu Fengnian replied with a smile: "It's exactly what I want. It's best not to talk about things that can be solved with fists. If you can't beat them, let's sit down and continue to reason."
The young eunuch exclaimed in admiration: "No wonder I say that I have quite a thick skin, I have seen it."
Xu Fengnian raised his head and looked at the gray sky, "Someone taught me to walk in the rivers and lakes without thick skin or reputation."
At this moment, in the distance, Fan Xiaochai seemed unable to stand being reduced to a spectator, slowly drew out the cold knife from his waist, and began to run wildly in the rain.
Mi Fengjie couldn't stop it at all.
If you look closely, you will find that Fan Xiaochai's clothes are ticking under the splash of rainwater, which seems to be gentle, but Fan Xiaochai was only leaning forward in a forward pounce. , as if there was a mountain pressing down on the top of the head, and he was forced to bend down and charge forward.
On this street, a drop of rain is a true meaning.
bit by bit.
Scarlet blood began to flow from Fan Xiaochai's seven orifices, but this stubborn woman still rushed forward frantically, and every time her feet stepped on the ground, the momentum became more dull and stagnant.
Xu Fengnian, who had his back to Fan Xiaochai, waved his sleeve, and she immediately flew backwards and hit a wall.
Clinging to the back of the wall, some blood and rainwater slid down.
Mi Fengjie looked back at Fan Xiaochai who had gone and returned, with helpless and frightened eyes.
The young eunuch stretched out his arms and spread his palms. All the raindrops that fell on his palms did not turn into rain, but bounced up drop by drop, not straightly, but swirled and drawn arcs again and again, and finally gathered into a circle.
The young eunuch smiled and said, "Actually, I'm not very good at fighting, but... I have never lost."
This time Xu Fengnian directly pressed the cold knife on his waist with his left hand, "I am not as old as you, but I must have fought more times than you, and I... have never died."
Never lost, of course domineering in plain.
If you haven't died, it sounds like a joke, but it is absolutely impossible to make people laugh.
A small street, two land gods.
One is the youngest and the other is the oldest, because the age difference is hundreds of years.
The wind and rain are like darkness, and I see a gentleman.
But still have to fight.
The old eunuch couldn't help but have the urge to jump up and scold his mother, didn't he say that a good gentleman would talk but not move? !