There is a small town called Guihua Town at the junction of Hanyuan County and Xing'an County in Qinzhou. As osmanthus trees are planted everywhere in this town, every autumn in September and October, the streets and alleys are in full bloom with flowers, and the fragrance of osmanthus is like a fairyland on earth. Therefore, it often attracts the attention of Han Yuan and Xing'an counties. Celebrities, talented people and beauties came here to recite poems and paintings, spend a lot of money, spend time in front of flowers and under the moon. Thousands of families in the town also benefited from the influence of these poets, and their lives were better than those of the people in other places.
However, this autumn, Osmanthus Town is no longer as poetic and picturesque as in previous years.
Throughout the thousand-year history of ancient and modern times, large-scale natural disasters have erupted on this land of the Central Plains every few decades. Severe droughts, floods, heavy snows, plagues, locusts, earthquakes... Once they occur, tens of thousands of people will be affected. Ji's people were displaced, their families were destroyed, and this year, the fifteenth year of Emperor Chunfeng, the situation was even worse, with drought in the north and floods in the south.
Since the beginning of spring this year, there has never been a decent heavy rain in the four prefectures of Beidiyou, Ji, Rong, and He. After autumn, the grain production in the four prefectures dropped by nearly one million dan compared to the previous year. At this time, the Great Khanate north of the Wuzhao border was also suffering from drought, which led to large-scale degradation of domestic pastures and a sharp decrease in livestock. In order to obtain money and grain for the winter, the Great Khan tried to take risks on the borders of You, Ji, and Rong states. Chen Bingwu One hundred thousand, in an attempt to solve the urgent need through war between the two countries, and this summer, Wu Zhaoguang, under the personal command of King Chensong of Wei in the North and General Han Bingzhou of Zhenbei, conducted four wars with the Northern Khanate at the border of the three states. The battle resulted in nearly 90,000 casualties.
There is no rain in the north, but it rains continuously in the south. The eastern part of Jianzhou and Luzhou are flooded, and tens of thousands of people are displaced. However, in order to enrich the country, the powerful people in Luzhou embezzle the imperial court. The disaster relief funds allocated caused the victims to flee in large numbers, and some of them poured into the capital city of Yuhua, Wu Zhao. This matter was only discovered by Emperor Chunfeng, and Liu Anshi, the governor of Luzhou, was even angered to death.
Under this situation, the four states of Qin, Qing, Hua, and Kui, which are located between the north and the south, have become the target of public criticism. They must not only collect food from the people under their rule for the court to solve the problem of war supplies and food shortages for the victims in the north, but also must continuously Received a large number of disaster victims who moved from Luzhou in the south.
As a large county in Qinzhou, Hanyuan County, known as the "granary of the world", is about to lose its skin for this. What's ridiculous is that this "granary of the world" has now become a problem for the people of this county. Guihua Town, located at the junction of Hanyuan County, was also affected.
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The sky is dim and the autumn rain is hazy.
In previous years, the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus would bloom in autumn, but now the town, which is crowded with tourists, looks very depressed. There are no flowers in bloom, and only the bare branches of the sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the streets and alleys are left. The sweet-scented osmanthus on the osmanthus tree, which the literati called the "Nine-mile Fragrance", had already been eaten by the begging victims kneeling on the street who had fled to the small town from the south as food for their hungry stomachs.
If this scene were seen by those pedantic scholars who are nostalgic for the past and hurt the present, they would definitely sigh and say something insulting.
It has been two days since Yan Longyu and his party came to Guihua Town. Due to several consecutive days of autumn rain, the mountain roads were muddy and difficult for vehicles and horses to pass, so they planned to rest in Guihua Town for a few days and wait for the weather to clear before continuing south.
In the past, Guihua Town had a lot of dignitaries, celebrities, celebrities, and celebrities here to watch the scenery, banquet, and chat. It was a good place to collect information, so there was a "Fushenzui" restaurant in Xishu Fushen Pavilion in the town. Under Mo Fei's arrangement, the group of them Tianbian was arranged to live in a restaurant.
Since Yan Longyu learned the twelve styles of the Eternal Sword Emperor's "Tiangang Sword Art" in his dream and entered the second level of martial arts, he has been like a new person. Under the supervision of everyone, he has changed his past lazy temperament, except for In addition to chasing the carriage when he was on the road, under the guidance of Hua Fengju, the young man insisted on holding the sword every day and tried every means to get Dugu Haodang and Yan Gui to compete face to face.
In just a few days, the young man had become proficient in the twelve-style sword moves.
In these days, several teenagers also named the twelve sword moves that Yan Longyu learned based on the trends of Yan Longyu's twelve sword moves: Wandering Dragon, Spirit Snake, Swallowing Whale, Flying Waterfall, Changhong, Lotus Pond, Walking on the snow, looking for plum blossoms, picking flowers, breaking willows, autumn rain and spring breeze.
It was just after noon.
The rain was still falling, and the town was bustling with pedestrians. Three handsome young men with tall, straight waists, narrow waists and wide shoulders, in wide robes and long sleeves, were walking side by side on the bluestone-paved street holding oil-paper umbrellas. From time to time, three or two of them would pass by on the road. The girl in the boudoir was shaken, and she secretly cast a sidelong glance.
The young man was none other than Yan Longyu, Dugu Haodang and Mo Fei. After arriving in Guihua Town, Yan Longyu asked Hua Fengju for a few taels of silver, went to the blacksmith shop to pick out a suitable iron sword, and imitated Yan Gui and Dugu Haodang, who carried the sword on their backs all day long and started making swords. A romantic knight who seduces young girls.
Yan Longyu, who was dressed in white and attracted attention, walked to the street where beggars were gathered. He bent down and quietly put a few pieces of silver into the hands of a little girl begging alone under the eaves. He smiled and pinched the little girl's face, which was red from the cold. , without saying anything else, turned around and walked back to Dugu and Mo Fei. The young man was very careful. He was afraid that the money he gave to the little girl would be snatched away by other beggars on the roadside, so he deliberately did not hand it to her directly, but quietly stuffed it into the little girl's hand.
The little girl who had fled here had tears in her eyes. She silently retracted the hand holding the silver into her sleeves and stared blankly at the handsome elder brother who was holding an umbrella in the rain. He gradually moved away from her.
Walking back to the street, Yan Longyu frowned and sighed, "I was bored after staying in the restaurant all day, so I took you two out for a walk. I never thought that along the way, I would see everyone on the street. The poor homeless man feels even more depressed!"
Dugu Haodang was deeply touched and sighed, but said nothing with a cold face.
Mo Fei said: "The flood-hit local officials in Luzhou enriched their own pockets and deceived the superiors and subordinates. This made a good governor who worked hard all day but was powerless and angry to death, and also chilled the hearts of people all over the world..."
Perhaps because they couldn't bear to see the desolate scene of families being destroyed and people dying on the street, the three of them walked back together in the direction of floating and drunkenness.
"You are such a treacherous shop owner. What the two of us wanted was the osmanthus wine from your town, but you sold us this fake wine mixed with water. I have to smash your shop today!"
"Two heroes, calm down. The osmanthus in our town has long been eaten up by the victims from the south. The shop really has no osmanthus to use to make wine..."
On their way back to the restaurant, Yan Longyu and the others heard a familiar voice coming from the street restaurant, arguing with the waiter in the restaurant. The three people put away their oil-paper umbrellas and walked into the wine shop together.
The familiar voice in the wine shop was still chattering endlessly, and it came from the mouth of Han Jianglong who was on his way here. After saying goodbye to Yan Longyu and others in the mountain forest that day, Han Jianglong and Huang Wenmang continued walking on the path in the mountains, and arrived at Guihua Town a day ago.
The two gangsters carrying their own weapons were grabbing the bartender by the collar and questioning him with angry expressions on their faces. They did not notice the three teenagers who had come in at all.
"If brothers Han and Huang want to drink good wine, I have a good place to go. I wonder if you two brothers are willing to reward me?" Yan Longyu said with a hearty smile.
Han Jianglong, who was carrying the saber on his back, turned his head when he heard the sound and saw the three young men at the door. The anger on his face seemed to have been reduced by most, and he straightened his slovenly brows, clasped his fists and smiled: "Haha , It really made the three little old friends laugh."
Huang Wenmang, a mute dressed as a traveler, also loosened the collar of the wine shop clerk, clasped his fists and opened his mouth with a smile. The thin man whose collar was loosened was like a wild horse that had escaped the reins and quickly ran into the backyard regardless of the business of the wine shop.
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief and burst into laughter when they saw the messy look of the waiter in the wine shop.
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The three teenagers just brought two men from all walks of life, who had only met once, back to the drunken building.
The restaurant is divided into three floors, with a square corridor structure, large scale and elegant furnishings. There are more than 30 square tables in the lobby on the first floor, and a stage is set up to entertain ordinary tourists. There is a large plaque with the four characters "Gu Pan Sheng Hui" hanging in the main hall. ; The second floor is responsible for entertaining guests, divided into private rooms facing the windows and private rooms with separate partitions; the third floor has forty large and small rooms, responsible for reception and accommodation. At this moment, Qin Ruoyang and his servant Lao He are serving tea and holding books in a first-class private room on the third floor. . In the building, there is one steward, four doormen, more than thirty waiters and waiters, eighteen cooks, eight washers, and sixteen musicians, actors, and storytellers.
When a few people entered the building, there were no guests in the lobby on the first floor. Could it be that he ordered the restaurant clerk to arrange a place for Han and Huang to stay. Yan Longyu led the two of them to a private room on the second floor, while Dugu Haodang found the quilt. Yan Longyu forced Yan Gui to change into luxurious clothes but was too ashamed to go out.
In the private room on the second floor.
Yan Longyu, Dugu Haodang, Mo Fei, Yan Gui, Han Jianglong, and Huang Wenmang, six people of different clothing and status, sat down at the sandalwood table in no particular order. The restaurant waiter placed one after another delicacies in front of the six people.
Wang Sui, the person in charge of the Fushen Zui Restaurant in Guihua Town, was said to be the adopted son of the owner of the Fushen Zui Restaurant. Could it be that Mr. Mo wanted to entertain guests and personally delivered several bottles of "Fu Shen Zui", a famous wine that everyone in Wuzhao knew well.
After Wang followed him upstairs, he first saw several young men in brocade clothes whom he had become familiar with in the past few days, and then glanced at the two strangers in shabby clothes. He was an experienced and shrewd man who had an excellent ability to recognize people, and he sorted them out in sequence. The six people in front of the table nodded and laughed, then put the wine bottle on the table and said with a flattering smile: "A glass of wine will make you drunk, and a thousand miles of joyful wind will blow your mind. All nobles, don't stop drinking!"
After showing his courtesy, Wang walked out quickly as if he was interested. For him, it was enough to show his face in front of the distinguished guests such as Mr. Gu. Sometimes talking too much would make people feel disgusted.
Yan Longyu can drink, but he doesn't like drinking because he saw Hua Fengju's ridiculous behavior when he was on Qishan Mountain. But today, Yan Longyu was the first to stand up, raised his glass, and said to the two people in the world who had wanted to help him: "When we parted that day, Mr. Yan said that when I meet my two brothers again, we must be together. Let's drink by the glass. We have wine today. Do you two brothers have any stories to tell us?"
Dugu Haodang, Mo Fei, and Yan Gui also stood up together with Yan Longyu and raised their wine glasses.
In the elegant room, there are mountains, flowing water, and magnificent vegetation, trees, fish and insects. It is obvious that Han Jianglong and Huang Wenmang, two low-class people who have never been to such an elegant place in their lives, are more or less restrained.
The two gangsters looked at each other. Maybe they had some concerns before coming here, but now after seeing the sincere attitude of the young people, their honest faces seemed to be blooming with joy. No longer restrained, he stood up at the same time, raised the wine glass in his hand, and drank it in one gulp in front of the four teenagers.
Sighing in the ups and downs of drunkenness, Jianghu man Han Jianglong relished the rich and fragrant wine and laughed heartily: "We reckless Jianghu people are most afraid of being ignored, but you..." The man paused, and then spoke again. He laughed at himself: "Okay, okay, if you don't talk about this, it seems pretentious! As long as the brothers are responsible enough, there are a lot of stories..."
You treat me as a national scholar, and I will repay you as a national scholar! Maybe this is what this uneducated man in the world is hesitant to say, what he wants to say but can't express!
