After Song Xin and the others went out, the woman seemed to be still thinking about the music just now.
"Miss, I think those people are traveling here together. Why don't we ask the general for an order to recruit him as a musician in the palace?" said the maid who was quarreling with Zhang Xiuyang.
"How do you know such a wonderful person? He has extremely high musical attainments and looks like an alchemist."
"Alchemist? Are you the legendary cultivator of immortality?"
"Store, how long have these people been here? Did you hear what they said?"
"Back to Miss Sun, I also heard a few words when they were chatting, talking about things like 'water house' and 'realm'. Their voices were not loud and they couldn't hear clearly, so I didn't hear everything." The shopkeeper replied.
"Well, I think they are talking about the alchemist, so you can only make friends with such people sincerely and not by force. Remember? Didn't you hear him say that the person who was quarreling with you was his junior brother? Again? Judging from his clothes, he must be an alchemist. There are rumors that my brother Fu died because he killed an alchemist and attracted his curse. Later, after my third brother Zhongmou succeeded to the throne, although there was no explicit order It’s forbidden, but I feel a little repelled by the alchemist in my heart, maybe she knows some inside stories.” The woman said.
"Okay, let them all come in. After eating, we have to go back to Chaisang." She continued.
In fact, people at that time only knew that practitioners were called alchemists, but few people knew that practitioners were also divided into different realms based on the strength of their spiritual cores. Therefore, when mortals see them, they call them alchemists.
"Yes, miss, I remember." The maid agreed, walked out, and asked the remaining women to come in and have dinner.
Song Xin and the other three left the shop and continued walking into the town. Song Xin wanted to see the scenery and people in the south of the Yangtze River.
The town is not big, but the houses are neatly arranged and the streets are very clean. It is not like Xiangyang, Jiangling and Xiakou, which are crowded and dirty because of the war. There are willows planted on both sides of the road. At this time, they have begun to sprout buds, showing a slight green and vitality.
"Brother Zhang, the piece you played just now was so beautiful. When I listened to it, I felt like I had let go of all my worries." Song Xin said.
"Oh? Brother Song seems to have a good sense of music. My junior brother is not as good as you in this regard. Every time I talk to him about music, it's like playing the piano to a cow. Hahaha." Zhang Moyang said with a laugh.
"Brother, you can't talk nonsense. Who said I don't understand music anymore? I'm just not as proficient as you." Zhang Xiuyang blushed, a little unconvinced.
"Brother Mo Yang is so complimentary. Brother Xiu Yang's understanding of music is better than mine. If you play the piano to a cow, wouldn't Brother Xiu Yang become a stupid cow?" Song Xin said jokingly.
"You just said that my music is better than yours, and then you said that I am a stupid cow, so you are stupider than a stupid cow, hahahaha." Zhang Xiuyang caught the loophole in Song Xin's words and said quickly.
"Oh, yes, hahaha. It seems that I am really stupid." Song Xin laughed to himself.
Zhang Xiuyang asked: "Brother, can you tell who those people were from just now?"
"Yes, brother Mo Yang, you have been in the world for a long time, can you tell anything?"
"I don't know the details, but I have heard someone say that Sun Jian had three daughters. The eldest, Sun Quan's sister, was married to Qu Ahongzi. The second daughter and the third daughter are still unmarried. These three daughters are about eighteen years old. She has a personality similar to that of Sun Jian and Sun Ce. She likes to practice martial arts, and she often brings hundreds of maids with her when she goes out, wearing armor and swords. The person I saw today is probably the third sister of Sun Quan."
"Sun Shangxiang!!!" Song Xin was shocked and almost shouted. Unexpectedly, he accidentally met the famous Sun Shangxiang.
"I really didn't expect that there would be such a strange woman in the world." In fact, Song Xin was quite impressed when he saw this woman, because he had never heard of a woman practicing martial arts and leading troops.
Moreover, this woman was quick-witted, straightforward, not sloppy, and spoke in a measured manner, which made Song Xin quite fond of her.
"Senior brother, do you know her name?" Zhang Xiuyang asked.
Zhang Moyang said: "Everyone in the world calls him Sun, but few people mention his name. It seems to be called Sun Zhu."
"Sun Tiao? A person who is a fool is sad. Why did you choose this name?" Zhang Xiuyang asked in surprise.
"It is said that his father died before he was born, and later his brother also died when he was young. Therefore, few people mention this name, and they all call him Sun, or Sun Xiaomei." Zhang Moyang said.
Song Xin was equally surprised, "It turns out her name was Sun Hao. It seems that the name was made up by novelists in later generations." Song Xin had never heard of the name Sun Hao, and her name was not recorded in history books, even if it was Sun Quan's sister and Liu Bei's future wife, just because she was a woman, was not enough for historians to write down her name. Moreover, at this time, the children of the gentry were all named with a single character named Zun and a double character named humble. Therefore, the name Shangxiang does not seem like the name of a noble girl.
"It's still a day's journey from Chaisang. Let's just walk all the way there and see what the scenery is like." Zhang Xiuyang said.
Song Xin actually thought the same thing. He had seen too much devastation and war in the north, and he really didn't want to walk on the road. It was never a happy thing to always see human and animal corpses in his eyes. Later, Earth Escape Technique was introduced, and everyone used Escape Technique to move around.
Now that I have come to the south, I see that the scenery here is harmonious and there is no war, so I want to take a walk and take a look. "Well, I think this suggestion is good. I also want to see the scenery of Jiangnan on the way."
"Since you two think so, let's go for a walk." Zhang Moyang said.
The three of them drank some wine in the town and bought some food to take with them. Leave the town and head east.
"Miss, the three of them bought some food and drinks and went all the way east. They seemed to be visiting this place." Sun Xiaomei was sitting in the shop when a maid came in and said.
"Well, I understand, you go down and have something to eat." She ordered.
"These people behave quite strangely, and Zhang Moyang is proficient in music, not Zhou Yu. It would be good if we could make friends with them."
She thought to herself, and the two maids who were close to her looked at what the master was thinking, and seemed to have guessed something. They looked at each other secretly, smiling without saying a word.
During the Han Dynasty, alchemists were still very attractive to ordinary people. Even nobles are not exempt from vulgarity.
Song Xin and the others headed east, and met many civilians and soldiers transporting food on the way. Apart from this, it is almost impossible to tell that there is a war going on in Jiangnan, because the people's faces are relatively normal. "Sun Quan's governance of Jiangnan was really fruitful. Even during wartime, the people were not in too much hardship."
"The land south of the Yangtze River is rich in products and densely covered with water nets. As long as you are willing to fish for it, there is an inexhaustible supply of fish, shrimps and crabs in the water, and rice is grown here. Unlike the north, the climate is dry and cold, and the people have to work hard to harvest. ." Zhang Moyang said.
"The people and nobles here support the Sun family. This is one of the important factors why Sun Quan was able to defeat Cao Cao this time. If the south of the Yangtze River is occupied by Cao Cao, then the people will definitely resist, which may lead to massacre. Prime Minister Cao massacred the city because of the people's resistance. Not once or twice." Zhang Xiuyang also said in admiration when he saw the scene here.
"Indeed, Sun Quan relied not only on capable ministers like Zhou Yu and Lu Su, but more importantly, the clans behind them. In addition, local wealthy families such as Gu, Lu, Zhang, and Zhu also supported the Sun family, so they could unite as one during the war. , How could Cao Cao be undefeated?" Zhang Moyang commented.
"What you guys said is good." Zhang Moyang and the other three were chatting when a voice came from the side. Several people turned around and saw that it was a man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He had bright eyebrows and bright hair, and was energetic. He was sitting on the side of the road, holding a wooden stick in his hand and folding his hands on the wooden stick. Several people were a little surprised. Whenever this person appeared here, they were not aware of it.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Zhang Moyang smiled and saluted.
"Are these little friends disciples of Zhang Yuanqing's disciples of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect?" The man did not answer the question, but instead asked first.
"Does this gentleman recognize Master?" Xiu Yang and Mo Yang were surprised.
"I would like to ask you for your name, sir." Zhang Moyang thought that his tone seemed a bit disrespectful when he first asked for this person's name, so he changed his tone and asked politely.
"That's the old man Ge Xuan. I wonder what sect this little friend belongs to?" He gave his name, then looked at Song Xin and asked.
"Hello, old gentleman, I am Song Xin. I don't have any sect. I just became friends with my two brothers and traveled here."
"I see that you are not very old, and your body is full of spiritual energy. It is very rare to be able to practice to this level without a sect." Ge Xuan said.
"Ge Xuan...Ge Xuan, could it be...?" Zhang Moyang seemed to have heard the name, but couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Could it be Tai Chi Left Immortal Gong Ge Xuan?"
Zhang Moyang immediately bowed and saluted: "This junior does not know that Senior Ge Xianweng is here, it is really disrespectful."
He remembered that his master once mentioned that Ge Xuan, the immortal master of Tai Chi Zuo, was a big figure among today's practitioners who was proficient in alchemy. Zhang Xiuyang was also surprised when he heard Ge Xianweng, and immediately pulled Song Xin to salute.
Song Xin didn't know why, so he was pulled by Zhang Xiuyang to salute, but he didn't know who this person was or where he came from.
When Ge Xuan saw several juniors saluting, he twirled his beard and said, "You are both an immortal and a senior, as if I am very old. You're welcome, we are all cultivators, so don't worry about these common etiquette. I'm just watching. You guys walked steadily, breathed deeply, and there was a spiritual light in your eyes. When you saw these two people wearing the robes of the Five Dou Rice Cult, you took the liberty to ask a few questions."
"I didn't expect to meet Ge Xianweng here. I heard from the master that Xianweng's alchemy skills were superb and he had the true inheritance of Zuo Cigong. Mo Yang admired him very much." Zhang Moyang said.
"I also feel that I am quite destined to meet some of my friends. It is inconvenient to walk on the road here. There is a pavilion by the river. How about we go into the pavilion and talk about it?"
