Changle Floating Life

Outside Fuliang City, three hundred miles south of Ganjing, there is a post house for business travelers to rest.During the Spring Festival of the 18th year of Taiping, as in previous years, a few tourists who missed the Spring Festival were stranded in the post house.

Ye Jianqing and the others are currently trapped here.Originally planned to rush back to Beijing years ago, but unexpectedly encountered a heavy snowstorm on the way.God wanted to keep people, so the three of them had to stay in this post house for ten days, celebrating a special New Year's Eve.

It was New Year's Eve, Xiao Lanshan got up early and went straight to the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.Because of the Chinese New Year, the guys all went back to Fuliang City.There is only one old and deaf janitor in the posthouse, who is responsible for feeding the animals, chopping firewood, boiling water and so on. If others want to eat, they have to do it themselves.

There are not many ingredients, but it is enough to make a whole New Year's Eve dinner.No one competed with her for the stove, she hummed and set the plate.Assortment of cured meat, cabbage vermicelli, beef with cassava, steamed egg with spring onion, rice and rice wine.She took the food and went to the door of Ye Jianqing's room first, but no one answered when she knocked on the door.She looked down from the railing on the second floor, and she saw Ye Jianqing practicing in the courtyard.

Since meeting Gu Su, he has persisted in the habit of practicing sword no matter how busy he is every day.Ye Jianqing gestured that he was not hungry.Lanshan went to the room where Wu Xiao lived.

The road is long and long, and these two people who were originally enemies, talked about the past, the present, and the world on the road, and they got along very well.Ye Jianqing consulted the southeast salt affairs minister, and Wu Xiaocun explained how Ning Bancheng got rich, and all kinds of corruption and malpractice in the Yanyuan yamen.As for the Princess Mansion case the year before last, although Wu Xiaocun was not the main person involved in the case, because Yuan Huaike and his son once intervened, he was even caught by Duan Wang.Therefore, Ye Jianqing made indirect remarks, Wu Xiaocun boldly speculated and guessed, and the two actually restored the tortuous case and the turbulent situation of the government and the public.

There is only one thing that Wu Xiaocun never let go of, and that is the case of inspecting salt censors 15 years ago.

Lan Shan kicked open the door, Wu Xiaocun had already got up and was washing up.This man is a rascal, and he is quite poor and particular.You can't "go out without cars and eat without meat", the long gowns should be well starched, and the three meals a day should not be sloppy.

He was about to move his chopsticks when he sat at the table, Lan Shan hurriedly stretched out his hand to pat it, and said, "Wait for the young master to come up." Wu Xiao kept his greedy mind, smelling the aroma of the wine as if intoxicated, and said, "What are you waiting for him to do? Don't drink with me. I don't want to drink and get rich. Where is the fun in life?" Lan Shan rolled his eyes: "Is it okay for you to speak ill of people behind their backs like this? He paid for all our expenses along the way. We are short-handed , cannibalism."

Wu Xiaocun only focused on eating hard.The oil gradually congealed, the meat gradually cooled, and when he was full of food and wine, Wu Xiaocun began to shake his head and pretend to be stupid: "The businessman pays attention to profit and leaves, and went to Fuliang to buy tea the day before yesterday..."

Xiao Lanshan was so angry that she left the house and looked on the railing. Ye Jianqing was still practicing sword in the courtyard, practicing the Cold River Guying Sword she hated the most.

After leaving Gu Su, Ye Jianqing no longer practiced Xuanxin Sword, but instead practiced the faster-growing Hanjiang Guying Sword.The latter kind of swordsmanship, Gu Su had practiced it for him several times in his spare time, and he didn't really admire him for practicing it, nor did he tell him the reason.

The Xuanxin Sword combined with the Xiaoyaoyou mental method could have achieved the effect of "there is no competition in the world".But this sword technique must be above the word "Xuanxin". With Ye Jianqing's state of mind at this time, it can't be called Xuan and Xu, it's almost crazy.He is not like Changle Marquis Pei Qing, who is born with wisdom roots, and has a superb accumulation of piano skills that can complement each other.Ye Jianqing practiced for more than a year, even he almost gave up.

But the Cold River Guying Sword is different.The key to this swordsmanship is fast, ruthless, and accurate, and he also has the internal strength of the Huajian school as a base, and he practiced hard, and he has already reached the eighth level in less than half a year.

There is another reason why he practiced this sword skill hard, that is, Gu Tingrang also used the Hanjiang Guying Sword, and one day, the two would meet.

At this time, the heavy snow did not stop, and the wind was bitter.Trapped in the posthouse for the past few days with nothing to do, he could only practice this sword technique over and over again.I just feel that every time the two moves of "the wind returns to the sea" and "the rainbow smashes the rain", the rhythm is fragmented and the energy channels are not smooth. They cannot be mixed into one, and they are perfectly transformed.

This time again.He tried his best to recall the figure of Gu Su practicing this set of swordsmanship in Nanshan, thinking of him from "Six Flying Flowers" to "Returning Wind and Dancing Snow", from "Wind Returning to Sea Standing" to "Rainbow and Rain".His childish face, every move and style is old-fashioned... Ye Jianqing flicked the sword with his right hand, and repeated it again, suddenly felt the line from the Neiguan point on the wrist to the Quze point on the arm suddenly numb, and the sword fell out of his hand. out.Relying on inertia, the iron sword flew ten feet away and was nailed to the courtyard wall, its body trembling unceasingly.

The sharp edge of the sword hit a red plum tree in the corner, and in the heavy snow, the petals of the red plum fell all over the sky.After all the flowers and rain were gone, Ye Jianqing's eyes gathered three big blood-red characters: Gu, Mei, Sheng.

Why does the more you think he is amiable, the more you want to stay away from him, and the more you stay away from him, the more you feel distressed?It is clear that I and Gu Su are not the same people.

He lost his temper, staggered back a few steps, and fell into the snow.

not good!Lan Shan could see it clearly from upstairs, he jumped over the railing immediately, flew over and touched the Tanzhong acupoint on his chest. "Are you all right, why did you train so well, did you become obsessed?" Lan Shan frowned at him.Ye Jianqing smiled awkwardly. At this moment, the hand Jueyin pericardial meridian was in severe pain, and she dared not say that it was caused by her own random thinking.

After waiting for a while, Lan Shan saw that the redness on his face had receded, so he opened his acupoints and pulled him up from the ground.During the period, he accidentally touched the palm of his hand and felt that the palm was very hot, so Lan Shan grabbed his wrist and examined it carefully.After Ye Jianqing was taken aback for a moment, he let her hold her, and said with a smile, "You can do this too?" He was used to her incomparably weird behavior, and would utter unintelligible slang words from time to time. I don't think there is a need for "defense between men and women", "not being close to each other" or the like.

Ye Jianqing's wrist was slender and straight, with prominent blue veins, a red plum petal was still stained on her pale fingers, and red water was faintly seeping from between her fingers.Lan Shan looked up strangely, raised his head and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Ye Jianqing slowly broke free from his wrist, shook his head, and said, "No, it's very good. I have also studied medicine and consulted on the pulse." There was a patch on his cheek Floating light, that is the snowflake that has not yet melted.

Unfortunately, doctors cannot heal themselves.Xiao Lanshan said with a rare expression of disgust: "Don't practice the Cold River Guying Sword in the future, it's ghostly and unlucky. Wouldn't it be better to practice something else?" Ye Jianqing was very puzzled, and said: "Why? , isn’t this the untold secret of the Snow Mountain School? Besides, the swordsmanship is only powerful or not, so what’s so auspicious or unlucky? Could it be that if I practice this, I’m doomed to be alone for the rest of my life?”

This is true.Lan Shan's eyes fell on his fingertips, and he suddenly asked without thinking: "Are you thinking about Teacher Gu?" Uncle Master is still angry. Last year Uncle Master was recuperating in Zhongzhou, and it snowed heavily on New Year’s Eve..."

It was also snowing heavily that day.He promised to accompany Gu Su to celebrate the new year, but broke his promise and got fat, and slipped away in the middle of the night in the wind and snow...

Lan Shan didn't know what was going on, so he patted him on the back and laughed loudly: "Practicing swords, you still don't forget the leader. Gu leader knows that you have the heart of Lixue, and the spring will turn into rain, and the big things will be turned into small things. I forgive you."

It's hard to say.Ye Jianqing smiled wryly.He turned his head and asked, "Have you ever been to Luofu Mountain? I heard that my grandma also grew up there."

Luofu Mountain is highly condensed with frost.Lanshan shivered involuntarily, and said with a bitter face: "When I was young, I was taken to the foot of the mountain by the owner of the Su Ying Pavilion. I was so cold that I couldn't go up the mountain because of crying and arguing. They threw me to a fragrant old lady who was looking at the mountain. Grandma Chenxiang said that the princess was on the mountain when she was a baby, and she changed the diaper and pulled the big one by herself. I heard that when Princess Zhenguo went down the mountain, Mr. Su and Mr. Gu said that the gate of the mountain would be Open up to her."

You can come back anytime, just be yourself, the innocent Pei Haohao.

Because of this, she refused to hand over the Changle Jade Bi at the cost of her life.Luofu Mountain is the eternal safe haven in the heart of Zhen Guo Princess.The temple cannot be defiled.

A look of yearning appeared on Ye Jianqing's face.He used to think that Luofu Mountain was the fairyland in his grandmother's fairy tales, the mountains were high and the roads were far away, so it had nothing to do with him.But with Gu Su gone, this fairyland has become the world on the other side that he always gazes at in the long and lonely sea of ​​revenge.

"Hey, are you two idiots? Why don't you come in the room if you want to talk? It's freezing cold outside, come and drink tea by the fire to pass the long night." Wu Xiaocun leaned on the railing on the second floor, arty.

A lot of snow flakes had accumulated on the shoulders of both of them, so Lanshan stomped his feet: "It's just right, there is so much snow, next year must be a good harvest year."

But I am afraid that there are poor people in Chang'an City.Ye Jianqing took one last look at Feng Xue and said in his heart.

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In the Spring Festival of the 18th year of Taiping, Gan Jing, because Empress Minhui died of illness last year, there was no big celebration in the palace.The emperor just called the royal family members in Beijing together and had a meal at noon.During the banquet, the prince did not appear.

After the middle cup, the emperor went back to the inner room to change clothes.After a while, Pei Zhaoye was also called into the hall.I saw Pei Zhan sitting on the bed drinking sober soup, and the servant behind him gave him a massage.Pei Zhaoye then asked: "Father, is your body unwell?" Pei Zhan hummed twice, saying that he would not go out, and asked Pei Zhaoye to see off the guests later.

After the emperor said these few words, he began to close his eyes and meditate.Just as Pei Zhaoye wanted to resign, he heard Pei Zhan say again: "A year ago, Xiao San and Xiao Si told me to visit you. Why hasn't construction started in your house yet? Will it be delayed until the year of the monkey? Just now at the banquet, your father-in-law wants to toast with you You don’t even give me a look.” Although today is called a family banquet, several chief ministers and assistant ministers were invited to sit with them, among them was Prince Duan’s Taishan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Zhu Xiyan.

Pei Zhaoye was so annoyed that which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted, so he had to reluctantly answer.The great joy brought about by the blow of the winter solstice that turned the situation around turned into overwhelming burnout and depression immediately after Ye Jianqing insisted on leaving.

Seeing his perfunctory expression, Pei Zhan was angry again for no reason.He waved all the palace servants present to retreat, and said with a sneer, "King Ning and King Fu, what did they say when they came to your house?"

The dazed look on Pei Zhaoye's face turned into astonishment, it turned out that this is where the emperor was about to explode today. "King Ning, King Fu and Princess, please ask your ministers to intercede for the prince, and hope that the father will release him so that the family can be reunited on New Year's Eve." The emperor asked, "What do you think?" "My ministers think that he should not be released." Pei Zhaoye Calm down.

Pei Zhan was taken aback for a moment, and after he came over, he said: "What a brother and friend! Tell me, why shouldn't you let go?"

"A loving father does not love useless sons, and a benevolent ruler does not breed useless ministers. The prince rebels, and the world resents. If the strong are allowed to escape punishment, who will be afraid of power?"

The reasoning is good, but these words always sound like a bit of a slanderous theory, which is against the way of a sage.But at this time there were only the two of them in the palace, and Pei Zhan didn't want him to put on a show, so he said in a low voice, "Go out and toast Master Zhu for a new year's greetings. After your wedding, I will come to clean up the mess. "

The emperor promised a time limit, Pei Zhaoye's eyes flashed coldly, and then he kowtowed out of the inner hall.

At this time, in the post house in Fuliang City, which was hundreds of miles away, Lanshan, Ye Jianqing, and Wu Xiaocun had enough to eat and drink and had nothing to do.

There was a sudden noise outside the gate of the posthouse: "Is anyone there? Is the postmaster there?" The voice was rough and tired.

Lan Shan and Ye Jianqing looked at each other, and they could tell that they were two of them, and they were both sons of the Lian family.

"I'll go out and have a look, you two play by ear." Lanshan dressed up like a man, put on an apron, went downstairs and claimed to be a handyman in the post house.Two people who looked like officials entered the door, and the two horses had already been led by the old gatekeeper to the barn in the backyard to feed fodder.

These two people have a black face and a white face, as if black and white are impermanent.One of them glanced around Arashiyama, sat down in the lobby, and asked for hot water and steamed buns.Lan Shan brought a pot of simmering hot water from the small stove in the kitchen, and poured it for the two of them.The two swept off the snowflakes on their bodies, and ate cold steamed buns while drinking water.

"It's Chinese New Year, where are the two military masters from? What do you want to eat, I'll make something for you two?" Lan Shan asked in front of him.

Hei Wuchang didn't raise his eyebrows, and asked in a muffled voice, "No need. I'm still on my way tomorrow morning, do you have a clean room?"

"Yes, yes," Lan Shan said, "However, the wind and snow won't stop for a while, you two won't leave for two days? There are still a few business owners staying here."

"None of your business!" Bai Wuchang scolded angrily: "I just came out of Beijing, and I'm very busy. Why don't you hurry up and tidy up the room!"

Arashiyama pretended to be scared and backed away.When she was about to go upstairs, she saw Wu Xiaocun and Ye Jianqing going downstairs one after the other, the former deliberately shouted at her: "Little brat, the food and drink are cold, if they are not hot, they will be full of ice scum. "

How can it not poison you to death!Lan Shan slandered to death in his heart, nodded and bowed on his face: "After making the beds for these two new arrivals, go to heat them."

Wu Xiaocun and Ye Jianqing walked to the lobby and sat down in a place far away from the impermanence of black and white.Wu Xiaocun looked like an accountant with a feather fan and scarf, and Ye Jianqing wore bunt like a bodyguard. "You two, it's fate to meet by chance. My surname is Wu, and I'm a businessman. I don't know the surnames of the two." Wu Xiaocun came over to bow to Hei Wuchang and Bai Wuchang, and reported his family name. Of course, his resume was all nonsense.

Hei Wuchang glanced at him briefly, and said coldly: "We two brothers are officials of Jingzhao Mansion. We sent a letter to the south of the Yangtze River. When there was heavy snow on the way, we went to the post to take refuge."

Wu Xiaocun rolled his eyes, fawning on his face, and sighed: "When did you two go out? Such a snowstorm, such a New Year's Eve, the food in the Yamen is not good."

Traveling to the end of the world, some people ask for their health, whether it is from the heart or flattery, it adds a bit of humanity.Black and white impermanence's expression softened a bit. "That's right. This official family treats people like animals. We, La 27, were kicked out of Beijing early in the morning. We haven't even had a good year."

According to the custom of the Great Zhou, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month is a small year, and the ten days between the 28th and the seventh day of the lunar month are all Spring Festival holidays.The two were kicked out before the holiday. In such a world of ice and snow, they actually walked three hundred miles in four days and three nights.Ye Jianqing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, what kind of urgent matter is there so urgently?

Wu Xiaocun saw that they no longer rejected people thousands of miles away, so he sat down at a table close to them and chatted with them every day.

At this time, Lan Shan had already tidied up the guest room, packed some food and wine, and made a gesture of bringing them to Ye Jianqing's previous table.Wu Xiaocun quickly waved his hands, and said generously: "Here, here, put it here, there will be more people, and everyone will drink together if there is wine."

The wine and vegetables had a steaming aroma, much better than white water and cold buns.Why do you have to suffer when you are away on a business trip during the Chinese New Year.Black and white impermanence gave way, and he readily obeyed.

Alcohol is the poison of heartbreak and the root of trouble.After a few cups of yellow soup, even Ye Jianqing's eyes drifted up.The four chatted more and more speculatively, and Wu Xiaocun suddenly suggested that they want to gamble for fun.Black and white impermanence said that he didn't have any money with him, so Wu Xiaocun pretended to be taken advantage of, and asked Ye Jianqing to go upstairs to find a big bag of broken silver, and said that if he lost the bet, it was all his fault, so he just wanted to have a good time!

If you win, it's yours, if you lose, it's the rich man's.The two soldiers and ruffians have never met a good thing, so how can they not take advantage of it.So the four of them made a table together, and Lan Shan acted as the croupier to throw the dice.In the beginning, black and white impermanence wins more and loses less, and there are mountains of broken money in front of you, and then you gradually run out of strength, and you lose what you win.

Bai Wuchang winked, and the two wanted to get away.Wu Xiaocun suddenly said: Wait a minute.Everyone looked at him, and he said with a stern face: "Masters, for the last hand, if I lose, all the money on the table will belong to you. If I win, all the money will belong to you too. But I I want to make a small request, but I don't know if you will agree or not."

"What?" Bai Wuchang said alertly.Wu Xiaocun faltered and said that he had never seen the imperial decree since he was a child, and he always wanted to see it. If it is convenient for the two of you, can you give him a sneak peek, just one glance, and never leak it.

Stupid and rotten, he pretended so much that even Bai Wuchang laughed and said, "The two of us didn't carry imperial decrees on us, and the imperial decrees are not accessible to people like us. But it's useless for you to read ordinary documents. .”

Wu Xiaocun pleaded repeatedly.Hei Wuchang was moved, and said: "Just show him what to do. Besides, we don't necessarily lose." The two thought about it and agreed to bet on the last game.Needless to say, Wu Xiaocun must have won.Hei Wuchang clicked his tongue, and was about to get the burden on his back.Bai Wuchang grabbed his hand.Wu Xiaocun thought that something happened to the two of them again, so he quickly put all the money on the table together and pushed them in front of them.

"Brother, it's okay, it's the same as licking the seal with saliva, and then sticking it back." Hei Wuchang looked at the white silver, his heart was swaying.

Lanshan was disgusted when he heard it.But Bai Wuchang's eyes glanced over the pile of money, and settled on the dice.He picked up the dice casually, and with luck at his fingertips, he squeezed hard.

After the dice was crushed, a white and bright thing inside rolled to the ground, which was mercury.

Ye Jianqing, Lan Shan, and Wu Xiaocun's foreheads were covered with cold sweat.Wu Xiaocun pointed at Lanshan, and shouted: "Little brat is cheating, where did the dice come from, tell me quickly!"

"You guys!" Both black and white Wuchang changed their colors, flipped the table, and Fang was about to stand up and draw a knife to fight, but one after another, he fell limply on the ground and passed out.It was the drugs that had worked.

Lanshan turned the burden of the two of them upside down and found a court document.Wu Xiaocun baked the wax on the back on a kerosene lamp, then uncovered it casually, and took out the inner flesh.Lan Shan saw that his hands and feet were quick and he was clearly a habitual offender, so he couldn't help gnashing his teeth and said, "Another gangster!"

"It's just a thieves. It's only useful at critical moments. Go to the kitchen and get me a carrot. I'll carve a seal and stamp it on later." Wu Xiaocun scanned the end as he spoke, and murmured after reading: "That's not right. Ah, this shit, do you need to hurry up to [-] miles?" Ye Jianqing took it and saw that it was for Xue Renzu, the magistrate of Xuzhou, and it was just a matter of paying tribute after the Ministry of Households ordered him to pay tribute, so there was really no need to rush it like this send it.

"Look again!" Ye Jianqing whispered.He bent down to touch the two of them carefully again, and sure enough, he found an oiled paper bag from Bai Wuchang's chest, which contained an unsealed letter.There is a piece of booklet inside, and a corner flower in the lower left corner, which is not printed, but painted by hand.

Ye Jianqing was stunned when he saw it.He had seen this thing in Songfeng Pavilion in Liuli Alley.In a box of books, none of them are the same, and every corner flower is drawn by him himself.

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