Chapter 003 – Sable Covered Forehead

The child on the Spring Thunder knife love, see around this good-looking brother is not petty, simply sit on his butt on the edge of the adobe wall, a pair of feet hanging outside the mud wall, sitting dirty clothes, but is back to be read by his mother for a day or two, but the knife is a real knife ah, maybe this life can only be touched on so a time.

His Highness saw the child holding the knife, some forgetfulness, had to reach out and gently carry the child’s collar, slightly pulled back, for fear that the little guy accidentally fell off the wall.

His Royal Highness then bit a mouthful of ice candy gourds, squinting at the city outside the endless stream of official roads, water to the clear there is no fish, salt and iron and horse trading business, with the tight control of the Beiliang army and infiltration capabilities, want to catch a few fat sheep as an example to the public, it is not difficult, except that the Beiliang this is a bird does not shit the poor place, too much need to a large number of Beiliang outside of the real gold and silver into circulation, Li Hanlin that reputation is poor to a realm of the old man, Li Gongde, Fengzhou assassination Governor, the old man, the old man, the old man, the old man. Fengzhou assassination governor Li Gongde, to be able to become the new northern Liang Road’s strategy to make, not just because this old scoundrel belongs to Xu Snapdragon’s full-fledged lackey, to say that Li Gongde let the means of money is the second in northern Liang, no one dares to claim that the first, Xu Snapdragon had joked that to Li Gongde a copper, every other day will be able to give birth to one or two silver, and then again, in order to be able to get to the northern Liang Road is only second only to the sectional minister’s official hat of the second rank, Li Gongde the only The old bravery of wild geese spitting out some real money, rumor has it that some Fengzhou gentry drank with their in-laws and laughed that in the future, they will not be the only one in Fengzhou to be squeezed by Li Iron Duke.

Xu Fengyen chewed hawthorn and wandered. This trip secretly traveling, without any publicity, walking quietly, in addition to a narrow short spring thunder knife, only a few silver bills and a small bag of silver, together only three hundred to two when, this is to be put aside in the Liangzhou first-class greenhouse, only into the threshold of a meal of flowers and wine, and may not be able to enjoy themselves. Xu Fengyen holding a bamboo stick that no longer has ice candy gourd, see touching the knife boy obviously like this handle of spring thunder, put the little face on the knife sheath, towards the good-tempered big brother in front of the face of a simple smile.

Xu Fengyen saw the base of the platform on the white-clothed swordsman and the chopper man fighting only into the good, a moment and a half of the crowd can not be dispersed, but also not in a hurry to ask for the spring thunder back, this longing for the children of the jianghu, so that he recalled a certain penniless pauper, biting the bamboo stick squatting on the wall, softly laughed and said: “Touch can be, do not pull out the knife, sharp, and then your mother chased after me to play, how is it good. ”

The child tilted his head and secretly winked at Xu Fenian, deliberately raised his voice and laughed brightly, “I won’t do it, my mother never hit anyone, her temperament is very good!”

Xu Fenian touched the little head, smiling without saying anything.

Behind the big and small stood the cloth skirt and hairpin of the soft and charming little lady, she in fact has long been panting along the mud path to catch up with the adobe wall, she just stared at a hairpin stall in front of the downtown for a few moments, the bag is shy, but just over the eyes, did not have the heart to pick up the detailed end, for fear of being the owner of the stalls blank stares, did not want to think of a return to God to find that the son’s body was gone, she is light in nature, but also in the face of the rush, and indeed saw in the wall with a Strange knife male companion of the child, at first worried about will not make a storm, she such as the poor family can not stand any tossing, lifting up the skirt on the jogging to the wall, but just happened to see the male pulling the back of her son’s neckline of the small action, she did not realize that all of a sudden the state of mind to calm down, know that the child has been a small child like to adore those who walk in the jianghu of the knight-errantry, down the horse off the ruins of the old city of the competition, there is not a drop! Some times, hear the call of the playmates in the alley, but also do not care about is in the meal, they rushed out, came back and did not forget to eat a grain of rice left over, while eating while dancing with her to say how the warriors move, so that she looked only full of joy.

Many of the bitterness that can’t be expressed to others is not so bitter.

Hear the child’s “sloppy”, the body of the enchanting temperament but showy as a lady’s daughter covered her mouth and laughed, a pair of eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, convergence of demeanor, only to hide some of the charm quietly hanging in the eyebrows, she scopolamine scopolamine salute towards the heart of this male scopolamine scopolamine sleeve, about these years of hardship widowed, all kinds of men developed a keen intuition, and some of the desire to be a man, but not a man, and not a man, and not a man. Whether ulterior motives, and some want to capture the dark tricks, she can mostly see through, in front of this young man biting a bamboo stick, can be compared to our inverted horse off the lieutenant of the son who only knows the elegance of the school lieutenant, but also like a big family out of the son of it, rare is to look at their own eyes are very clear, which reminds her of the old well in the village well, clean, but can not see through the depths of the well, but it is always let a person hate not up! of.

Xiao Niang softly said, “Right Pine, why don’t you return the knife to this gentleman.”

The boy nodded his head and gave a hmmm, stood up, although his eyes did not want to give up, but still stood up smartly and respectfully handed the Spring Thunder Knife back to the big brother who was bending down to receive the knife.

Xiao Niang naturally patted away the yellow dust and dirt on the child’s buttocks, the children of a poor family, playful and crazy, but also can not trample on a needle and thread sewn out of the clothes. She is a Beiliang stagecoach widow, no man, the crops will be by her alone to do work, the government will be issued every year a pension silver money, not much, to the hand of eight silver, but finally let her have a hope, privately listen to Mr. private school said that according to the military law of Beiliang to have more than thirty two to the right, most likely by the official layers of deductions to go, but she is a widowed woman woman, but do not care about these, then again do not care about it, inverted the horse off! Nearby villages are some men who want to marry her into the door, which there is a bit of military service, but she felt that since the right pine since her husband’s last name Zhao, can no longer let him call the man of another name a father, right pine nature skin is a bit of skin, but the child so that the spirit, she is slightly literate, compared to the ordinary coarse village women to widen the horizons of every day to listen to him shake his head to memorize the poetry learned from the private school, she twirled the wick on the sidelines, only to feel the hard work of a day, but also to feel the pain of a day. She only felt the hard work of a day’s labor, life is not easy, she to the tight but fulfilling days, also do not complain about anything.

Ruins on the base of the sword, the two warriors you to and fro, fighting the darkness of the sky, most of the audience below is over a small peaceful day of the common people, do not care what you are the gods, what Tianshan wind chasing sword Chopping Horse Chopping Tiger Knife, as long as the thumping and snapping to fight, will not begrudge the applause applause, the whole of a couple hundred number of observers are crying out for pain, many men are standing on the bench clapping and cheering, and anyway, they do not need to shell out The people who have placed their bets, those who have placed their bets, are not the only ones who are not the only ones. Those who have placed bets, but is relatively to be nervous, not much noise, only to see the betting characters to play a good-looking moves, only secretly clench their fists, to see the downside to be worried.

Xu Fengnian not much interest in watching the battle, but also did not show the slightest disdain, the first to walk down the adobe wall, the little lady obediently took the child’s hand, she was afraid to stay with this gentleman, will cause the most rooted gossip in the city alleys and lanes, where to dare to stay in the wall, only want to go down the dirt road, and the child to leave the market early, they are the village of the mother and son on the edge of the village, less than a mile away. The child is grateful for this brother’s generosity, smiling tugging at the sleeve of His Highness, Xu Fengyen turned around and saw the child stretch out his hand, seems to want to hold hands, Xu Fengyen smiled, but did not reach out, just gently glanced at a slightly open-mouthed face reddened Xiao Niang, do not want to embarrass her, so just pinched the child’s cheeks, and left with a big stride.

Xiao Niang quietly exhaled a breath, her cheeks burned terribly, glared at the child, the latter in the end is as white as thin paper child, only feel that mother looks better than before, is in shyness, but do not know what she blushed.

The battle finally came to an end, and then do not end, those who were more than a dozen copper plate hired to warm up the scene of the guy will have to slap the palms of the red and swollen, a hoarse voice, not that they are how dedicated, but this competition is really playing a wonderful, black charcoal man in the hands of the chopping sword, hey, that the power can really be considered to be able to pull the mountains and rivers, just in the top of the swinging sword a couple of hundred times to let a person feel admiration, even more remarkable is that the white-clothed swordsman, a sword! In the hand, sleeves fluttering, such as swimming dragons, dazzling people.

Chopping saber strong man defeated heartily, arching his hand to admit defeat, heartily said a few good words to praise the swordsman, this open-mindedness, have let the spectators thumbs up, and let the field of several small family girl heart infatuation of the high-minded swordsman, the sword returned to the sheath, leaving a sentence “line but the Jiangnan road several thousand, return to not put a penny,” and drifted away, the end of the The sword immortal’s style is so elegant and uninhibited that it is a picture of happiness for all.

Is a picture of all happy, not waiting to play the chopper off the stage, there is a well-off old man went up to enlist the goodwill. Liu Nirong is thinking about how to step forward, in order to be able to be close to that quite capable chopper knife man without falling into the commonplace, a middle-aged man in charge of the Fish and Dragon Gang with a worried face ran, whispering with her, Liu Nirong frowned, I don’t know why the inverted horse pass lieutenant even stepped forward to stop them, saying that the official plate has a problem, Xiao Medaka have raised the identity of the generals’ sons and daughters, but the same doesn’t work. It seems that tonight is destined to stay in the pass, which makes Liu Nirong some uneasiness, according to the inverted horse pass is just a small pass, here the largest official rank of the deputy lieutenant, but the six products, fish and dragon gangs to do the work of the one, is from the four products, the head of the official hat big several levels, although it is a martial arts dispersal officer, not in charge of the tiger’s symbols of the military power, but the northern Liang army into a system of their own, hold together, and follow the vine to trace the melons, can always involve a variety of relations, a small pass! Sixth grade folding deputy lieutenant, in the premise of not less silver sent out, there is no reason not to sell face. Liu Nirong couldn’t care less about that chopper, quickly walking towards the city, encountered a sullen Xiao Medaka, obviously not small, saw Liu Nirong, walked to the side of the official road, whispered bitterly, said: “There are strange, tonight night, to be restless. Let’s find a store in the downtown area to stay, expensive, expensive, this silver can not be saved. Each class of ten people, take turns to be on duty, get through this night is good.”

Liu Nirong is not a petty woman, nodding her head, she said, “This is how it should be.”

Between words, Liu Nirong glimpsed the group of horse traders straight towards them, crowded with a haughty to the extreme of the plump woman, this woman’s age is not, to a piece of exquisite sable for wrapping the forehead of the headband, this kind of decorative Liangzhou borders are extremely popular, autumn and winter seasons can protect from the cold, but also beautiful, commonly known as sable over the forehead or lying rabbit, the earliest from the Northern Liang Wang Fu circulated, as if it is a big county princess Xu Liuhu was the first to be so skillfully attired, the sex of the lively Northern Liang noblewoman The lively Beiliang noblewomen are all busy following the trend.

Sable cover the forehead of the delicate woman around the old road is known at a glance practitioners, calm and steady posture, breathing far more than ordinary people to come to the long, especially the woman side of an old man, beady-eyed as the old eagle, ten fingers as hooks, do not know what kind of cultivation techniques, presenting an abnormal light gold color, probably is the dragon claw hand of this kind of overbearing ferocious foreign set.

Seven or eight gallant martial arts such as the stars arched at the arrogant woman, in addition to her, look at the most superfluous is a rouge gas heavy powder man, handsome, is too much feminine, not half a bit of masculinity, he birdie sticking to the woman, threw to Liu Nirong group of people’s eyes are very sinister and playful.

Xu Fengyen walked slowly, see the scene has the trend of crossbow, stop, intend to watch from afar, unfortunately he this detail, not only by the eyes of the eight sides of the Liu Nirong bumped into, caused her displeasure, even that rich to a little fat women have found, eyes bright, the corner of the mouth hooked up, even Liu Nirong are no matter, straight to Xu Fengyen hook fingers, a face to favor Xu Fengyen’s color.

A woman can look at someone so colorfully in the street, it is also considered to have a good face and ability.

Xu Fengyen took a step back, which in Liu Nirong’s eyes, is almost a death sentence, thinking that this young man with a sword is really irritating, how a little bit of the backbone of the jianghu children are not! Following a thought, Liu Nirong cold smile at the corner of the mouth, hung full of mocking contempt, this surname Xu is not a jianghu people, but is a general in the door with the master wagging his tail begging for pity, hope that he can have what bear, not too high praise him.

That dressing powder Jun brother see the side of the woman moved spring heart, jealous to eye red, pampering general muttered: “Miss, that little white man with a sword miles, these barbarians more vulgar.”

The woman raised her hand is a slap in the face of this man, the latter held his face, eyes grudging, Hyun want to cry, see the fish and dragons gang Liu Nirong group are creepy, only to feel sick to the stomach sickening mess, so that the bad feeling of that surnamed Xu is alleviated a lot.

Raise the face of the head such as raising cats and dogs of the rich woman face Xu Fengnian, and the sun hit the west side out of a spring hot face, she is a glance on the love of this slender young man, tired of eating around the fat and powder heap in the tip of the little white man, always need to change the taste in order to feed the stomach is not, she was about to speak to flirt with that, a burst of hooves on the street, there are four riders in spite of the bustle of the city horse galloped to the street full of chickens flying and dogs jumping, luckily, did not step on the injured and knocked down pedestrians. Did not step on the injured pedestrians, thanks to the four horsemen bossy to bossy, riding skills are also exquisite, a brocade-clothed gentleman jumped off the horse, behind the three horsemen armored escort but stood still.

Liu Nirong will see all this in the eyes, has guessed the identity of this gentleman, inverted horse gate folding and charging vice capital of the eldest son, Zhou Ziru, eight or nine, along the northbound need to point of the places and characters, Liu Nirong has been on the road with the master Xiao Medaka said to be very familiar with, remember the name of Zhou Ziru, because this person even Xiao Medaka have highlighted the mention of the Zhou Ziru, it is said that Zhou Ziru is not only brilliant, there are a lot of good articles circulated in the northern Liang, but also to open the three-stone bow, a hundred paces through the Yangtze. It is said that Zhou Ziru is not only brilliant in writing, but also has many good writings that have been popular in Northern Liang. Need to know thirty pounds for Jun, four Jun is stone, can pull full three stone bow has been arm strength appalling, if you can also ensure that the arrow accuracy, no water words, enough to directly into the Beiliang army as a crossbowman, jianghu military two light, but under the sky really do not dare to underestimate the Beiliang’s ignorance of the reckless, Liu Nirong looked at the Zhou Ziru, did not expect that he dismounted from his horse is not first in the woman’s words, but to her smiling face, which caught off guard! Liu Nirong subconsciously slightly skimmed her head, back to God before feeling ashamed, her eyes returned to cold silence.

Zhou Ziru in Beiliang can barely be regarded as the descendant of the general’s seed and that plump woman talk to each other happily, about this sable cover amount has Zhou Ziru this kind of real real handsome, to Xu Fengyen lost interest and sexual interest, just threw a winks, and Zhou Ziru walked into the gate of the pass, and such as a great enemy of the fish and dragon gang line of people to pass by, she did not forget to demonstrate towards the posture of the clear water hibiscus of Liu Nirong cold grunt, but it is Zhou Ziru! Zhou Ziru, on the other hand, intentionally or unintentionally paused in his footsteps. Xiao Medaka sighed with relief, out of the house, as long as the force is not looking down on the world’s lone cloud wild crane, which can be satisfied with everything, the inevitable face of a variety of forces to hold their breath a few times, for fear that Liu Nirong on the heart, looking for a lighthearted topic said: “This Zhou Gongzi both martial arts, is worthy of our Nirong.”

Liu Nirong said bitterly: “Master, you know I am most disgusted with this kind of official children, look at the peace and harmony, exquisite in the world, but in fact eat people do not spit out bones.”

Xiao Medaka laughed and stopped poking fun at this disciple with a strangely high heart. Together to find a suitable inn to stay, in general, do not enter the newly opened store, do not enter the owner of the store, are walking in the jianghu of the old rules, the reasoning is also obvious, only in the eyes of the soldiers of the inverted horse pass, do not need to be too much to care about these. Finally found a downtown in the old, more than thirty people a night to spend nearly twenty taels of silver, rapped from childhood clothes and food Liu Nirong, are some pain, know that the local acquaintances as long as less than ten taels, but to be on the safe side, even if it is treated as a fat sheep slaughtered a meal, the fish and dragon gang can only pinch their noses and bear it.

During this period Xu Fengyen quietly followed behind, the scene on the street, let the fish dragon gang on this originally not a road of young man with a sword, very contempt, think you kid with a sword is to see? Almost was a woman snatched as a white boy, even if you can’t beat those evil servants, you kid at least mean, put out a face of indignation well, you vice this do not say anything but also a step backward coward behavior, is not even tired of our fish and dragon gang are accompanied by you disgraceful eyes?

Yuck!

A fish and dragon gang young man spit a mouthful of spittle at Xu Fengnian’s feet.