(7)
After Sima Tu left, people at the time came to congratulate him because they heard that Bai Feng was about to be awarded a title. However, for some reason, Bai Feng suddenly closed the door and no one heard any congratulatory messages.
The next day, the academy disciples just discovered that Bai Feng and Murong Yan had set up a spiritual platform in their residence for people to worship. The disciples in the academy didn't know who they were commemorating, so they could only discuss it privately with their own thoughts.
Bai Feng fasted for three days, with her hair wrapped in plain clothes, and kept vigil every day, seemingly preoccupied. Murong Yan was there to host the guests, and would sing an elegy every day to appease the departed souls.
The songs of foreign races echoed in the academy. Most people could not understand the lyrics. They only felt that the tune was sad yet solemn, as if it was praising the tenacity and fragility of life. The souls of those buried heroes would definitely come back to see us through the singing. Once you take a look... and listen, you will feel awe in your heart.
After three days, it's time to reward people for their merits. Bai Mu and Bai Mu didn't put on any new festive clothes, they still wore their hair down, as if they were about to attend a funeral.
Before leaving, Bai Feng took up his pen and wrote a quatrain: "The weeds are weary, and the Bodhisattva is also rustling. In the middle of October, the frost will send me to a distant place. If I push the door open today, I will never come back when my sword comes out."
The young swordsman handed the letter to Su Qing and warned him to burn it after reading it. Then he took the Xianbei witch and went out with his sword.
Zhao Mansion hung up more than a dozen pairs of red lanterns today, seemingly preparing to hold a banquet all day and night.
A-Bian, who is now the head of the Zhao family, stood in front of the gate and counted the number of guests, and found that most of the distinguished guests had already arrived, except for General Bai Feng, who was attending on behalf of Yuyi Academy...
"Young Shaoxia Bai has a deep grudge with that guy. I'm afraid he won't come." A-Bian thought about the anecdotes he had heard and told Zhao Kuo the next moment. Zhao Kuo also thought that Bai Feng should not come. As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, so he announced the banquet to begin.
Just listen to a group of musicians playing music, leading several beauties to perform on the stage, wearing gauze hats, pleated skirts, hairpins and red hairpins, and nodding to the stage. After several turns, the dance music became more peaceful, and a peaceful atmosphere filled the hall.
A moment later, the sound of the nursing boy rushing to stop someone outside disrupted everything.
"General Bai Feng, you are not allowed to bring your weapons to the table."
"The general's outfit is..."
"General Bai Feng, please wait for us!"
After a moment, the door of the hall was kicked open, and a loud noise came down like thunder, which shocked everyone's soul. The drumming stopped and the discussion stopped.
The group of dancers ran away in fear when they saw the unkind person coming, but the distinguished guests sitting here were not so lucky - they escaped, how could they get the credit and rewards?
"Brother Bai, are you finally here?" Zhao Kuo looked at the young man anxiously. Now in public, he couldn't say much: "Then take a seat and sit down!"
Under the guidance of a servant, Bai Feng and Murong Yan found a seat and sat down, which happened to be the second one to the left of Zhao Kuo. The first one was naturally the two elders that the Zhao brothers and sisters relied on most. The teacher Fan Liwu; and the envoys of Da Qi State were sitting on the right. Sima Tu and Li Keyong all looked at Bai Feng.
Fan Liwu was afraid that the night would be long and he would have many dreams, so he bowed his hands to everyone and said in respect: "Since everyone has arrived, we might as well continue the topic we just talked about... Priest Wugou, where did you talk?"
"Ah, hehehe..." Sima Tu gently stroked his long beard and replied: "Yuyi Town has made great achievements in resisting the enemy. Among them, the merchant heroes from all walks of life, led by Mr. Zhao of the Zhao family, are even more heroic. King Qi is also from Beizhen. He I have always respected heroes, so I specially sent a poor man to come here and confer rewards and titles on you. Come and read out the edict."
Li Keyong took out the imperial edict and stood in the center of the hall and said: "Yuyi Town has made great contributions in resisting the enemy and suppressing chaos. The town general Huang Yixiao and the wealthy businessman Zhao Kuo are canonized as 'Yuyi Hou', and they will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and a hundred pieces of silk."
After reading these few sentences, Li Keyong returned to the table.
Zhao Kuo asked in confusion: "That's it?"
"Hahaha." Sima Tu sneered: "You can also recommend three people to be knighted together with you."
"Okay." Zhao Kuo stood up happily and said by name: "Ma Shitu, Guo Shouyi, and... General Bai Feng, you three come forward."
Ma Shitu and Guo Shouyi smiled from ear to ear and stepped forward to greet each other. Only the young swordsman remained sitting upright, his eyes watching Sima Tu's every move like a hawk.
"General Bai Feng? General Bai Feng?" Zhao Kuo reminded him repeatedly, but there was no response, and the situation was deadlocked.
Everyone here looked at Bai Feng, begging him not to harm their good deeds, but how could Bai Feng care about this? He raised his sword and stood up. He did not stand in front of the hall to join Ma Shitu and Guo Shouyi. He just asked from the side: "Since today is such a grand event, I am willing to dance with my sword to cheer for the occasion."
Bai Feng looked around, with a serious face as if telling everyone: "If you have the guts, come and stop me and try!"
"Presumptuous!" Fan Liwu had never been so threatened by a third person except before bowing his head in front of Zhao Wei. He was immediately furious: "General Bai Feng, this is the Zhao Mansion!"
Seeing this, Zhao Kuo quickly went over to comfort him and said, "Sir, let him alone. Don't worry, I have arranged everything..."
After hearing this, Ma Shitu and Guo Shouyi returned to their seats disappointedly and gave the hall to Bai Feng to perform sword dance.
"Do you all here know why I wear my hair and clothes today?" Bai Feng said: "I am keeping vigil for my dead comrades. I am keeping vigil for my dead friends. When I think of them, I can't help but feel joyful. Today's day A dance is dedicated to them..."
After finishing speaking, the young man drew his sword out of its scabbard, and the cold light of the Dragon's Crying Sword shone in all directions, shocking others to the point where they could not move as if they had been captured, and were sweating profusely. But I saw him flipping up his sword flower, spinning around and leaping forward, heading straight towards Sima Tu!
"I'm here to join in the fun!" Li Keyong yelled, and then he pulled out two daggers from his sleeves, blocking the blow just as Bai Feng was about to succeed.
Two swordsmen performed different sword dances and competed with each other in the center of the hall. One wanted to step forward and assassinate, while the other wanted to risk his life and die together, so many things were broken.
Li Keyong was injured in the academy a few days ago and has not yet recovered. After a few moments, he was exhausted. Bai Feng saw the right moment, attacked his weak spot, and pushed him to the door with a horizontal sword. Just as Li Keyong was about to get up, another strange guest walked outside the door.
"I didn't expect that your banquet was quite lively?" The man waved his paper fan, with a handsome face, and a huge and strong man escorted him behind him.
"My Excellency, Yu Wenxuan, came uninvited. How offensive it is." Yu Wenxuan looked at the two swordsmen, expressed confusion, and continued: "Although I don't know what you are doing here, the hospitality of Yuyi Town is very good. It really chills me!”
Guo Shouyi didn't dare to talk back when he saw Bai Feng being like this before. Now that he met a stranger rarely, he finally couldn't bear his temper and cursed loudly: "Zhuzi, Zhao Mansion is a place where you can come and go at will?"
"I am the younger brother of the King of Zhou Dynasty, and I have been ordered to come here to confer knighthoods for the Yuyi Zhao family and Yuyi Town generals!" Yu Wenxuan replied: "I didn't expect that the king's good intentions would allow you to be such a wolf-hearted person. Are you being treated like this? Oh, isn’t that Taiping Dao Celestial Master Sima Tu? Could it be that you have already made a secret deal with the Zhao family, so you are not prepared to receive our envoys from the Great Zhou Dynasty at all!"
Zhao Kuo's right hand, which had been raised high just now, suddenly slowly lowered it. He sighed softly, left the table and walked away. He raised his hands and said in respect: "Master Yuwen, it is a villain who has been neglectful, but everything has a first-come, first-served basis. It is better to wait for Sima." After your husband leaves, can I visit you in person?"
"Huh, no need!" As soon as Yu Wenxuan finished speaking, the strong man beside him whispered something to him, and his arrogant attitude immediately changed a lot: "Ahem...that person in mourning clothes Young Master, I think we’d better leave, we’re not welcome here.”
Bai Feng seemed to sense something extremely wrong in the other person's eyes, and immediately said to Murong Yan: "Yan'er, let's go back to the academy. We are not blessed to accept this fame, so we say goodbye."
Murong Yan left in response. Although Sima Tu said nothing, he watched her angrily.
Bai Mu and Yu Wenxuan met by chance. In fact, they shouldn't have a deep friendship, but Yu Wenxuan kept saying politely: "Thanks to you making trouble inside, I had the opportunity to meet the Zhao family master once. As expected, he I have no intention of receiving the envoy from Zhou Dynasty."
The four of them came to a teahouse for a break and continued: "Sir, if you didn't leave just now, when Zhao Kuo waved his hand, we would all be killed on the spot."
"How do you explain this matter?" Bai Feng still had little idea at this time.
"Master Zhao will not do such a thing to us." Murong Yan agreed.
Yu Wenxuan said: "My subordinate Zhu Dian was born with clear eyes and ears. He noticed that there were at least fifty sword and axemen ambushing around Zhao Mansion. Perhaps, they wanted to kill you or Sima Tu at the banquet? But? Zhao Kuo seems to have softened his heart in the end..."
"My Majesty Bai Feng, thank you Mr. Yuwen for your advice." Bai Feng talked for a while, and when Yu Wenxuan's men came outside the teahouse to take orders, the prince and nobleman of the Great Zhou Kingdom said goodbye.
"General Bai Feng, let's meet again when we are destined!"
