After passing through several ravines and crossing over several mountain ridges, more than an hour passed before everyone stepped onto the back of Ziwu Ridge and walked on the straight Qin Road.
Just when they were about to find the garrison camp, a local villager happened to be passing by. Everyone greeted him happily. Once they inquired about it, the joy on their faces disappeared instantly. The old man told us that there were one garrison camp in the south and one in the north. The distances were about the same and both required a long walk.
Fan Zhongyan felt that it was not necessary to delay his trip just for a meal. He apologized to everyone and found a shady place to rest for a while. After a cup of tea or two, he continued westward and rushed to Qingzhou Prefecture.
After walking for about an hour, we met a village and everyone immediately became hungry. Considering the feelings of the women in the team, we found a family to cook a pot of rice and a small pot of vegetarian vegetables. More than thirty people crowded together and ate it as lunch. Many people only ate four to five minutes full, as if they were deliberately keeping their stomachs open in order to eat the long-awaited dinner.
After paying the farmer for the meal and waiting for the hot cup of tea to cool down, Fan Zhongyan sent Wu San to find the village chief. After getting to know the living conditions of the local people, he then headed west, with the villagers behind him.
Along the way, people kept walking and horses kept moving. As the sun set, we saw the towering Gyeongju City Wall.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, jumped off the horse, and led the horse into the city. Considering that there were a lot of people, everyone quickly divided into two groups. The Jianghu people followed Bai Yutian to the inn, and Wu San led the soldiers to escort Fan Zhongyan into the magistrate's office. When they parted, Fan Zhongyan, in order to thank the heroes for their generous help, gave Bai Yutian a piece of silver and asked him to let everyone eat, drink and live well.
In fact, this money is not free. In the previous battle with Zhao Mingxiu, Tu Long and others, most of the heroes were injured. It is understandable to eat something good to nourish the body and take some medicine to heal the wounds. The body needs it. Caring for others' good, knowing how to repay kindness, and what people want, not to mention that Fan Zhongyan always has the people of the world in his heart. These heroes of the world are the best people as long as they don't use force to violate the prohibition.
Bai Yutian and more than a dozen people checked into the inn, settled down, and washed up. Men and women sat at a table in the lobby, ordered food and drinks, put a smile on their faces, picked up cups and glasses, and kept talking.
Everything is fine, but there is one person who is called Bai Yutian. It is very difficult to address him, which is a bit unreasonable. He really wanted to call Dong Xiaowan his mistress, but Dong Xiaowan and Cui Yongyue seemed to have a deep hatred. He really wanted to call Dong Xiaowan his mother-in-law, but Cui Yingying wasn't even the wife he was married to. Leader, but calling him this seems a bit unkind, whether it is to his master Cui Yongyue or his lover Cui Yingying.
Fortunately, Taoist Wushan was an expert from outside the country and never cared much about titles. He suggested that Bai Yutian call Dong Xiaowan the Master Dong. Bai Yutian thought about it and finally adopted the advice of Taoist Wushan and treated Dong Xiaowan as Master Dong.
After the food and wine were served, Bai Yutian filled the wine glass, left his seat, walked to Dong Xiaowan, and toasted with sincerity.
Dong Xiaowan pretended not to notice, drinking the tea that Ah Xing poured for her, and eating the vegetables that Cui Yingying brought her. Cui Yingying, who was sitting next to her, didn't know what to do and barely burst into tears.
Cui Yingying saw Bai Yutian standing like a pine holding a wine glass, the flower of smile never willing to wither. She was moved by his sincerity, shook Dong Xiaowan's arm slightly, pretended to smile, and begged: "Mom, look at how ignorant he is of the world. Come on, accept his respect."
Dong Xiaowan took a deep breath, glanced at Bai Yutian, and said coldly: "I heard that you are thinking about a girl named Zhang Yanyan, but is it true?"
Bai Yutian replied truthfully: "I won't hide it from the leader, it's true. But..."
Dong Xiaowan didn't let him go on and said sternly: "When did you forget about that girl Zhang Yan'er and feel that it was the right choice to treat my Yingying wholeheartedly? When will you come and toast me with this drink again?"
Bai Yutian asked himself that he was deeply in love with Cui Yingying and Zhang Yan'er, and it was difficult for a good man to marry his second wife, so he mustered up the courage, drank the wine in one gulp, and said: "Master Dong, I have toasted you. Whether you drink or not is your business. If you want me to hold Yingying in the palm of my hand for the rest of my life and treat her well, I will do the same. If you want me to forget about Miss Zhang Yaner, I apologize that I cannot answer you or make you happy. "
Dong Xiaowan sneered and said gently, "Then you go. You don't need to worry about my Yingying in the future." She poured the glass of wine that Bai Yutian had touched onto the ground, which made Cui Yingying dumbfounded. With several other disciples.
Bai Yutian was unmoved and said happily: "Dong Xiaowan, Cui Yongyue didn't want to marry you back then, but you persisted in persisting, and finally got what you wanted. Later, Cui Yongyue wanted to save my master Jiang Qingcheng, and also avoided the people of Biluohu Sect. Chasing, disappeared for a while, unable to take care of you mother and daughter, you have held a grudge in your heart since then, and you still can't forgive him for his momentary mistake."
Dong Xiaowan said sternly: "Shut up!"
Bai Yutian sneered and said: "Shut up? You should shut up. I finally found Cui Yingying and got married to her, but you took her away by force on our wedding night, leaving me, the bridegroom, shameless in the world. Time. Even if I, Bai Yutian, am a manly man with a broad mind, I should not hold grudges against anyone or anything. But the human heart is full of flesh, and there is a limit to what it can bear. It cannot be what you want it to be."
After taking a breath, he continued: "You wave your hand today and tell me to get out and not come to your daughter again in the future. As long as you can promise me that I will not come to her and she can live happily, I will take care of her." Just do it, lest you lose face and dignity as a mother." He walked away quickly, sat next to Taoist Wushan, and started eating and drinking as if nothing had happened.
Taoist Wushan saw Cui Yingying eating the food with tears in her eyes. He was very indecent and said, "You are such a good girl, but your tears are squeezed out by your nonsense. Do you feel embarrassed? If you two still have good consciences, , I quickly apologized and asked for forgiveness."
Bai Yutian saw that he, Taoist Wushan, and the four brothers Chen Xiwen were sitting at his table. They were very relaxed, so he got up and led Cui Yingying to sit at this table. He poured tea, wine, and vegetables for her. Send words that bring joy to people's hearts.
Taoist Wushan was very happy to see that Bai Yutian was not only good at creating conflicts, but also good at resolving conflicts. He filled the table with wine glasses and started serving them.
Cui Yingying turned her tears into wine, swallowed it in one gulp, and felt much better after eating the dishes brought by Bai Yutian.
For some people, a fulfilling life seems to be only for pursuit, not for realization, just to prevent themselves from falling. Once the dream of a good life comes true, if there is no corresponding great wisdom for people to continue to live a good life, what may follow is degradation, step by step, until all the beauty that should be lost is lost.
But who doesn’t want to have a beautiful life where they want everything they want, and who is willing to admit that they don’t have great wisdom, but are sometimes too persistent, forgetting to do to others what they don’t want to do to themselves, so that their hearts are not enough, and they end up in the end. Desire is hard to satisfy.
After dinner, everyone goes back to their rooms.
Bai Yutian couldn't calm down because he had something on his mind. He wanted to chat to relieve his boredom, so he walked into Taoist Wushan's room next door. Taoist Wushan was injured and was busy adjusting his breath and internal injuries. He had so much leisure time to give to Bai Yutian, so he naturally expected him to wait quietly. Bai Yutian saw that he was nagging four or five sentences, and only occasionally received a short reply from Taoist Wushan. Not wanting to be bored, he left the room and walked towards Chen Xiwen's room.
Knocked on the door, got a reply and walked in. Seeing that Liu Jindao, Yang Xingbiao, and Ma Chuhe were all there, they happily sat down, opened up their mouths, and started chatting.
While chatting, Bai Yutian suddenly had a whim. It would be great if the four brothers Chen Xiwen could stay in Qingzhou! So he asked: "Daxia Cheng, Daxia Liu, Daxia Yang, Daxia Ma, come from Yanzhou, after these days of getting along with each other, what do you think of Master Fan?"
Chen Xiwen smiled and replied: "Master Fan, in addition to pretending to be the safety of the Song Dynasty, is pretending to be the life and death of the people of the Song Dynasty. Such good officials are rare in the world, and we brothers and I sincerely admire him."
Bai Yutian smiled and said, "What do you think if my lord asks you brothers to stay in Qingzhou and follow him to guard the country's borders?"
Liu Jindao smiled and replied: "Young Master Bai, my brother and I are a villager in the mountains. We cannot bow, horse, ride or shoot. We know nothing about marching and fighting. We are also used to private fights in rivers and lakes. We are useless in military affairs. If we stay in Qingzhou, we will do nothing but mess around. If you eat and drink around, you'll only cause trouble and cause trouble to Mr. Fan, so it's better to take the best approach."
Bai Yutian smiled and said: "Liu Daxia, that's what you said, and it's the same thing. But everything may be like a copper coin, with pros and cons. What you just said is only the side that people don't like, and the side that makes people like it. side."
Yang Xingbiao was curious when he heard that he still had some uses for him. He smiled and said, "Young hero, please tell me."
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "I once heard that Lord Fan Zhongyan commanded Yan'an and maintained strong troops and livestock. Li Yuanhao of Xixia never dared to invade the border. When the Xia people heard this, they warned each other and said: 'Now Mr. Fan has tens of thousands of soldiers hidden in his belly. , I can’t bully him any more than Da Fan Laozi.’ The Rong people called the master who knew the state Laozi, and Dafan Laozi called the former Zhizhou Fan Yongye.”
Ma Chuhe was puzzled and asked: "Young Master Bai, this is your lord's military strategy, does it have nothing to do with our brothers?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "Master Ma, how can you say it's irrelevant? Master Fan has tens of thousands of armored soldiers hidden in his belly, and the enemy respects him. If you protect Master Fan's safety, wouldn't these tens of thousands of armored soldiers be equivalent to hiding It's like it's in your belly."
Chen Xiwen said: "In this case, there is still merit for my brothers and I to stay in Qingzhou."
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "Not only does he have merit, but he will also become an unknown hero, worthy of the word knight."
Liu Jindao said: "Young hero, since you think so, my brothers and I will stay here. Whenever Master Fan returns to Beijing, I and my brothers will go home."
Bai Yutian stood up, cupped his fists and bowed, and said, "Thank you all four for upholding your righteousness. I'll take my leave."
The four of them stood up and returned the gift, sent Bai Yutian out of the room, and left to find Duke Zhou to interpret his dream.
