Three-pot porridge and naan

He was defeated in the first battle with Quan Rong. If it hadn't been for Yang Taifu's dictation, the King of Yingbei would not have believed it.

When the old emperor was still there, Quan Rong was subdued and sent someone to sue for peace. In addition, the old emperor began to indulge in playing chess at that time, so he agreed to Quan Rong and Xidi's summation, and made an alliance in Longwai. about.

The original ten-year agreement was not over halfway, but when Quan Rong heard that the old emperor had passed away, he couldn't sit still.

This is still a small-scale Quanrong army going south, but it was defeated.

Not only Yingbei King didn't understand, but Mei Wandong, who was listening on the sidelines, didn't understand either.

But Wandong understood that this was out of his control. One of the people in front of him was the proud son of heaven, and the other was an important minister of the court, and Mei Wandong was just a small owner of a porridge and naan shop from beginning to end.

Wandong sat at the side with downcast eyes, occasionally sipping a sip of sweet tea, as if the words of the two of them were nothing more than a breeze in the mountains to him, blowing past without a trace.

*

After Yang Taifu learned about the incident in Yingbei, he handed over a memorial to the imperial court to write out the process, and severely reprimanded the governor of Yingbei County for corruption, perverting the law and doing wrong, causing harm to one party.

Yang Taifu's memorial was sent to the Ming Palace, and the queen was silent after reading it.

The queen threw the booklet on the ground, and the three chief eunuchs standing aside immediately went to pick it up.

The chief supervisor took a look and said in surprise, "Queen, what should I do..."

"Why don't you just pass on Mr. Yang's return to the capital and let this matter go?"

"The guards in Yingbei County can't be killed for their crimes. Why don't we first give up the salary for three years and wait for the Prime Minister to come back before making a decision?"

"This plan is fine, the empress might as well pass on Yi's decree."

Empress Xu thought for a moment and raised her hand: "That's it for now."

After the empress wrote the decree, it was sent by the chief supervisor. The decree to the effect was that the empress was sympathetic to the governor of Yingbei for his meritorious service in governing Yingbei over the years, and he would be punished for three years of salary for his meritorious deeds.

Hearing such a decree, the people in Yingbei said that even hundreds of years of punishment by the county guard could not fill the huge hole of corruption.

The decree was delivered, and the supervisor who delivered the decree was also sent away by Hao Shengsheng.

Most of the people in the city would lament that the king of Yingbei had been working for so long in vain after being fetched from a bamboo basket.

But within half a month, word spread that the governor of Yingbei had died in Lihongyuan.

How the sheriff died has been passed down into several versions. The most outrageous version is that he died immediately in the arms of the bustard.

In fact, the Lihong Courtyard was opened by the governor of Yingbei himself, and it was not a Qinglouwufang. It was a tea house for officials to talk. The secret of the incident was leaked, and the assassin who broke in unexpectedly took his life.

The people in the Sheriff's Mansion wanted to blame the woman for the incident to get rid of the charges, and once the news of the collusion with Quan Rong got out, none of them would be able to run away, but they didn't expect that the news would become more and more outrageous among the people.

Wandong later found out through Ge Qi from Qianyelou that the person who killed the governor of Yingbei County that day was Bailifeihu Yanhuyue.

Wandong had thought earlier that if it was someone sent by the King of Yingbei, he wouldn't just kill the county guard and save the lives of the adults. He only took the lives of the county guard. It should be a personal grudge.

According to what Ge Qi said, Yan Huyue had a brother who was caught by the sheriff and sentenced to beheading.

This happened seven or eight years ago. Yan Huyue has been investigating the adult who investigated his senior brother's case, and this investigation has been going on for so long.

Before Yan Huyue became Baili Feihu, the name of Baili Feihu still existed in Jianghu, and the previous owner of this name was Yan Huyue's senior brother.

Seven or eight years ago, Yan Huyue's senior brother stole a batch of jewels in Longwai, because of the jewels he suffered a lot of injuries, so he wanted to rest in Longchuan for a few days.

He didn't expect that the sheriff who was still the county magistrate of Longchuan brought people to surround him.

It can be seen that he has been staring at him for a long time and has been prepared for a long time.

According to the law, what Yan Huyue's senior brother stole was originally the jewelry of Hu merchants in the Western Regions, and if it is to be beheaded, it must be handed over to Yushitai.

It's just that the sheriff became selfish, and if he wanted this large amount of jewelry, he had to let this man die.

Just taking advantage of Yan Huyue's senior brother being seriously injured, the county guard dragged him out and beheaded him, but told the common people that this man was the leader of bandits outside Longchuan, who killed like hemp, and now he has paid for his life.

The common people believed in him and praised him. Over the years, he was promoted all the way, and finally became the governor of Yingbei County.

After seven or eight years of this case, how Yan Huyue found out, I'm afraid only Yan Huyue knows.

After all, Yan Huyue was only 12 years old when her elder brother died eight years ago.

The thief's whereabouts will not be disclosed to anyone, including relatives, so it is undoubtedly difficult for Yan Huyue to find out the cause of his brother's death.

Wandong thought maybe it was because of the people from Qianyelou.

After the death of the governor of Yingbei, the eldest son of the governor of Yingbei seemed to have disappeared from the world, and no one knew his whereabouts.

King Yingbei's spies failed to find out, and King Yingbei didn't arrange to investigate further.

At the end of July, another luthier came to the edge of the green water. This luthier was eight feet tall. Fang Liu is the same...

It even has a bit more vicissitudes than what Fang Liu sang.

Some people said that he was imitating a trickster to cheat money.

Some people also said that although he sang well, he was not worth much if he sang without jumping ladders.

There are many people who miss Fangliu Jumping Ladder.

There are many people who say that this middle-aged singer can sing well.

Wandong passed by the Lushui Bridge, stood under the pomegranate tree and heard him finish singing the song Pomegranate Flower. In a trance, he suddenly remembered that when Fang Liu left Yingbei Palace, the three brothers and sisters of Fang Liu were at the same time. left……

Only the youngest junior sister among them stayed in the north of the camp.

That this...

Is Fang Liu's elder brother back?

*

The palace of Yingbei Prince's Mansion is not as majestic as Shangjing, but there are many accumulated pasts under the thick brick walls.

There are princes and grandchildren, there are ladies and beauties, there are ministers, and there are luthiers who write lyrics and compose music for the nobles year after year...

Wandong's memories of the pomegranate flowers in Yingbei have become the stories of the luthiers, one after another as beautiful as the years, as charming as blood.

Fang Liu's senior brother has a nice name, Qing Huai.

This name always reminds Wandong of a person, a legend.

That person is Su Huai.

A name that he admired and hated.

There are quite a few people who have become famous in the youth of Dayi, such as King Yingbei, who was once said to be young and may not be old, or the ink carp in Yingchuan, which is only three feet, and Zou Wu'an.

Or he, Mei Wandong.

It's just that compared with that person, they all seem a little redundant.

Yan Jingtian is a young master.

The former No. [-] son Su Huai, a rare romantic figure in heaven and earth, moves the universe with every frown and smile.

He disappeared in the Jianghu for ten years, but there are always legends about him in the Jianghu.

He used to admire this name, until ten years ago in the Gu family case, when Su Huai appeared in Meiyi, among the four suspects who destroyed Gu's family, only Su Huai had the highest martial arts.

When he was young, he hated this person, not because he was the suspect who killed Gu's family, but because this person disappeared for ten years. He didn't give a single explanation, but chose to disappear silently.

Back then, Shiliu Erer was the famous first son in the world, his story was like a snowfall, covered by the snow, but it seemed that he would never wait for the day when the snow melted.

As he got older, Wandong thought about countless possibilities, but he seemed to have always firmly believed in his heart that the young man with a startling face, that kind-hearted Su Taoist with clear eyes, was not the murderer...

He kept saying this to himself, and he kept saying this to that dead Young Master Gu.

He was looking forward to the day when that little Taoist priest came out of the wind and snow, still in the appearance of Shiliu Erer, like a sea sea that had passed through time, still green, still the first son of Yan Jingtianque.

Qinghuai's piano sound always reminded him of the past, Su Huai, and the young master.

Occasionally, Wandong would hum a sentence: "Only old-fashioned parrots can see it, and spring clothes are like pomegranate flowers."

Behind the bright pomegranate flowers in Yingbei, there is sadness like snow.

There are also times when I look forward to a happy and hot state of mind.

……

Before leaving Yingbei, Wandong went to the palace, because Xi Wenliang went to see the king of Yingbei.

When he talked to the king of Yingbei, he always asked the king of Yingbei, he listened and answered again, Yu Mengjin didn't talk much, but every time he asked, it always made him think for a long time.

The king of Yingbei is by no means a person who may not grow up when he is young.

Wandong thought that he would never be able to understand the state of mind of a king and grandson in his life because he was lingering in the market, and he probably had the same state of mind for King Yingbei and Zou Wu'an.

Because he lived in the all-encompassing market since he was a child, he will not reject but accept more. Although he cannot work together in the temple, he can still be friends.

Yu Mengjin likes Wandong's easy-going mood, and appreciates his talent even more.

Wandong smiled at this, thinking that he had no talent, but was just eating.

He likes the market, likes the rivers and lakes, and may never be able to enter the temple.

After rejecting the reward from King Yingbei, Wandong came out of the palace.

This was the last time he went to see Fang Liu before returning to Beijing this time.

The servants took good care of Fang Liu.

It is still affordable to raise a person lying on the bed in the palace, not to mention that this person bet his youth and life to win a round for King Yingbei.

Sitting in front of the wooden chair beside Fangliu's bed, Wandong told the story of Qinghuai, a new luthier by the Lushui Bridge.

"I asked him where he was from, and he said Fengguo, but he clearly spoke the accent of Dayibei. I guess he is from Jincheng, do you think so?"

"I wondered why he didn't contact King Yingbei before. You and him are both meritorious people and it's so difficult to continue to serve King Yingbei. Then I thought that maybe he just wanted to sing..."

At the end Wandong hummed the song Pomegranate Flower...

When he rubbed his head and was about to leave, he suddenly realized that it was already dark outside.

This is the servant coming over and calling him to eat with a smile.

"Mr. Mei, you are leaving tomorrow. You can leave after having dinner with us. The cook in the backyard asked me to call you." The servant smiled.

In the fortified palace, only Dr. Mei, who doesn't come often, can make them feel that they are no different from others, that they are not anyone's servants or vassals.

They can also have dinner with the prince's friends.