Chapter 049 – Seeing ghosts in the daytime

Jiangnan mountains are winding like coiled snakes, Huainan Longwei slope is especially so, 300 miles from the town of Tielu, many merchants and travelers, but a rare snow blocked the mountain road, the mountain road is difficult to travel difficult, the general merchants would rather go around the road into the stagecoach road, Longwei slope there is a traveler hard to the north, a simple carriage slowly moving forward, inferior horse hooves did not get into the snow, it is even more strenuous, the mane of the dark black horse snorting, spraying out a cloud of mist! The coachman is a dry and thin old servant, can not swing the whip to drive the horse, said the horse whip, but the clever woman can not cook without rice, an old horse eliminated from the military, whip whip more, to the rogue temper, nine times out of ten will not want to go, good thing in the carriage ride the master of the understanding, from time to time with the coachman to comfort a few words, so that he does not need to be too anxious to rush, the old man in the carriage emaciated, wrapped up in a piece of fear than old horse But also on the age of the tattered fur, calm, holding the book read, the car outside the mountains and forests covered in silver, suddenly like a night of spring wind, thousands of trees and pear blossoms, the old man lifted the curtain and raised his eyes to look out, the original accumulation of depressed state of mind, but also for the opening up of a few points.

The same is the dragon’s tail slope, less than half a mile behind the carriage, there are five riders closely followed, most of the black suit, three men and two women, the first rider is a silhouette of slightly chubby rich middle-aged man, had a pair of rounded earlobes such as a Buddha statue, it should be blessed people, covered with an eye-catching white fox skin surface of the crane cloak, give a person not vulgar, easy to be close to the heart. Behind a ride young handsome, face like a crown of jade, lifted a wrapped gold gun stick, that is, such as the cold weather, is also breathing slowly, is really when the style of the four words such as God comment. Two women in the slightly older, if the woman like water, in the eyes of the world, her whole body will flow with the flow of style, but rare is charming and not foxy, there is a dignified lady, side by side with the horse of the young girl will be eclipsed, only in the posture of the people, just like the neighborhood of the first growth of a small family Jade, the last rider is a rough-looking teenager, shabby clothes, horsemanship is also crappy, every now and then we have to sneak to rub almost Blossom of the buttocks, several times to the front of the small family Jade caught a current, not without a blank stare, so that the teenager red face, hate to dig a pit to bury themselves in the snow, when the way with his pinpointing the young girl turned his head, a different face, with the rod Junyan laughter, it is difficult to hide a poor and cold gas of the teenager will sneak courage to look at the slightly older woman’s shapely back.

His name is Li Huai Er, authentic Tielu city people, parents went early, there is an uncle is a teacher, the name is also the uncle to take, he thought this life is also this crepe sour name is still holding out, Li Huai Er since childhood like martial arts, the city never lack of those godly rumors of the jianghu, like the good old man for the city of Tielu lined up the top ten masters, the bottom of the peng crane can one-handedly raise the horse thrown throw! Several feet away, the sixth of the military town general Ding Ce is an arrow can shoot through the mill, for these, has been thinking of one day can be famous in the world of Li Huaier rather believe it, even if every neighborhood fight, time and again to the bruises and swelling, but also does not harm his enthusiasm for the line of the jianghu. This time to follow the first four people on horseback together, because two days ago in the city a pile was he inadvertently broke the bloody secret, half a mile away from the old man surnamed Huang in the carriage, said to be a big official, to go to the capital, I do not know why to a group of black-clothed assassination of the people with crossbows, the old man staggered into the shadows of the narrow alleys and lanes, and Li Huaier collided with a full, a rain of knives and arrows, the bow and crossbows buzz, nailed into the wall, suffered an unintentional disaster Li Huaier. Undeserved disaster Li Huaier is also hot blooded, mainly for a moment did not have time to be afraid, pulling the old man on the head scurrying, and then the front of the four horsemen came out of nowhere, a good narrow way to meet, kill the sky and the earth, Li Huaier saw that the play stick Junjie a stick knocked down, almost to make an alley wall smashed out of a long pit, and also to see this time before the eyes of the woman with a sword dragon stunned, snow illumination, coincidental By Li Huaier saw that cold and beautiful face when killing, Li Huaier then knew that as long as you can break out of the hall of fame, then this life is not her not to marry.

Li Huaier simple, but also not stupid, said the world’s high people watching the tide will be able to understand the sword, but also outside the city of Tielu a river, Li Huaier a free to go to the riverside pouting ass, wide-eyed and fierce to look at the river, no wind and no waves to see the torrential rain and floods to see a few days ago when the snow is majestic to also see, but did not see a fart. Inadvertently heard that the world outside the high people are in the mountains and forests, and then the iron hut around the mountains and small mountains back and forth a few times, in addition to shitting and peeing, nothing left behind, but also did not meet anything. The Leopard Master is said to have got a great secret book of two or three pages, there is a high level of martial arts today, but Li Huaier although there is a great uncle of the bookmaker, the nature of his life with the crops to deal with the father, was born to not like to read, the word did not know a few, know that even if he got a martial arts secrets, most likely not understand.

Li Huai Er looked at the men and women in front of him, some discouragement, the fairy sister said, and so will be sent to the capital, Huang Ta-Jen, will give him some money to return to his hometown, and then Iron Lodge this side of the side will not be looking for his trouble, he can continue to live a peaceful life.

Li Huaier then hemmed and hawed, did not say a word more, what he thought in his heart, did not dare to speak with others: I just want to break into the world with you ah.

Dragon’s tail slope slope top there is an inn, I do not know why there has been no name, anyway, opened a number of years, the business is not warm, only to maintain subsistence, really happy to throw money to the literati are not happy to go.

Peak snow cleared up, finally drive away the cold for a few minutes, five horsemen came to the inn near the horse, see the old man stood on the side of the carriage to welcome with a smile, near the two carriages parked, seems to be the same as the guests of the traveler, cover the rich middle-aged man in a crane cloak rubbed the sable hat, some helpless, dismounted after a quick step forward, whispered: “Huang Taoshi, we have dry food for the stomach, don’t stop, right? ?”

The old man draped a stone green satin fabric mending clothes, after clearing, the sunlight presents a unique reddish-brown luster, the old man after all, is the official of the grade, coupled with the belly has poetry and books, there are a few can let the people of the marketplace look away from the not-so-angry self-contained authority. Crane cloak sable hat man’s family is excellent, naturally, not because of the yellow master’s identity from the eighth grade officials and personally involved in danger, at the expense of collusion with the western part of the Guangling Road, the embrace of the officials tore their faces, but in the yellow master’s position in the important position, rank is not high, only into the stream, but the words of the heavy, with the up to the sky to hear the description of the same, the western part of the Guangzhou Road, the old man’s respect for the yellow for the people to ask for the orders of the people, candid admonition, this time to serve in the capital, with the Northland Confucian Zhu Guiyou together “into the Taiwan”, raised to become the Imperial Palace of Supervision, but Lord Huang to go to the capital to face the Holy Spirit, with enough to make the western part of the Guangling Road several huge counties dozens of hats to go to the folding, which brings the old man to kill, if not a large number of insightful people have the money to pay out the strength to pay out the power to the old man to block off a number of sets of not The colorful and ruthless attack, not to mention the towering Tai’an City, the old master can not walk out of Guangling Road half a step. In his opinion, the old man has two sleeves clean, very high bones, but some times too broad, acting stereotypically, invariably to the secret escort Jianghu warrior brought great crisis, but he is not good to tell, some times privately laugh, but also can only comfort themselves if not the old man so character, but also can not be the supervision of the royal inspector.

Guilt-ridden old man Huang toward a few warriors clasped his fists and thanked him, as much as in the words.

Li Huai’er, a few horseback riding within the successive dismounted, all respectfully clasped his fists and returned the salute. Ning Zong, who had always been known for his righteousness in his family’s county, that is, the crane-cloaked middle-aged man retreated and laughed softly, ”Then let’s have lunch with Lord Huang and then speed up our journey. On the border of Guangling Road, there will be a team of people to receive them, the famous Liang senior martial arts senior of the two Huaihuai will personally come out, and then that gang of Tie Lu crumbs will not dare to be so rampant.”

The young girl wrinkled the delicate nose, whispered complained: “Liang old master since in the jianghu respected, eighty years old, a rod of sixty pounds pear flower gun still play to splash water, but also have the martial arts fellow help, how come is not willing to walk two or three hundred miles more.”

The sword-wearing woman frowned and gently droned, “Tsubaki bud, don’t be rude!”

On the contrary, it is Lord Huang who has relieved the siege, slowly walking towards the inn, with a pleasant face and smile, explained to the young girl: “These have been famous for a long time jianghu families and sects, not to mention the first family members and the gang, even the family guards who are just trying to make a living, but also have to keep their names on the register, and it is not uncommon to have to deal with the officials, and a lot of things have to be looked up to the nose, like when Huang was a young boy, he was still the kind of person who only seeks to be fast and furious. Jianghu, once gone, never come back.”

Ning Zong, who felt this most deeply, laughed and said, “Your Honor Huang has learned a great deal, and knows the world’s affairs at home.”

Thin old man waved his hand, self-deprecating: “Just read a million books can not, but also walk a thousand miles, the book is dead, do is alive, I do not read a day Huang Shang will be sleepless, decades down, indeed also read a lot, but also often go to visit the countryside, but know the weight, too much dead, will not live to do, especially do not know in the officialdom in the move. This time to the capital, is Huang Shang even tired of all the heroes and heroes. Of course, there are also the women’s Zhou girl and Hu girl. In addition to the building of hidden books that was taken away from him, Huang Shang is already a penniless pauper, and this time he went all the way north, thinking that someday in the future, when he is no longer an official, he will write a biography of a chivalrous man in the hope of repaying them a little bit.”

Ning Zong’s face revealed joy, “This is a fortunate event that will go down in history.”

The young girl known as Chunya chirped and leaped, “Lord Huang, don’t forget me, my name is Hu Chunya.”

Lord Huang smiled and promised.

The woman surnamed Zhou, who had a fairy chivalrous air, and the handsome gentleman who carried a stick, looked at each other and smiled faintly.

Li Huaier, who has nothing to do with him, follows the crowd and crosses the threshold with his head bowed; he has always regarded himself as a useless drag, with low self-esteem and few words.

The inn is not large, each desktop oil stains accumulated over the years, flooded with greasy oil, not a rag can wipe clean, rich experience in the jianghu Ning Zong looked around the week, some vigilant uneasiness, five tables in the inn, the same group of only five people, will occupy the window of two, which a robust young man more oozing with a share of the blood, which is nothing, the main table, a young man is probably the cause of the young white head, the main table, a young man, a young white head, a young white head, a young white head, a young white head, a young white head, a young white head. White clothes, white shoes, white jade belt, there is a pair of not easy to see the peach blossom eyes, Ning Zong a look at the tricky, this kind of people even if the body hand flat, but just look at that frame, is extremely difficult to deal with the children of the family, white-headed young man sitting in the left hand position of a tanned teenager, the right hand sits in a cup of wine drinking man, knowledge of the man kung fu is not shallow Ning Zong is instant scalp numbness, the man is estimated to be nine feet tall, the party to make the stick of the expert Xu Zhan! Already considered a majestic figure, than which is still slightly inferior, Ning Zong’s family is not far from a military fortress in the territory of Guangling elite soldiers, have seen the actual battlefield from the pile of dead people climbed out of the murderous flames, is very familiar with.

If this group of people to intercept Lord Huang to go to the capital, Ning Zong estimated that even if his side of a few lives are surrendered in this Dragon Tail Slope, in all likelihood, it will not help.

At one table are Xu Fenian, Junior E, and Yuan Zuozong.

At one table were Lu Song and Wang Lin, the cavalry generals who had participated in the battle outside Shenwu City.

The green bird is very seriously injured, it is not easy to bump south to Shangyin Academy, follow the big team together to go to Beiliang, Chu Lushan personally open the way, grace and mercy to play point relationship, heaven and earth, can be difficult to solve.

Xu Fengyen this trip to the Palace to pick up people, and then go to Qingzhou secretly meet two sets of people, the next can go to Beiliang, how to absorb that everyone on the horse can fight off the horse can plow 100,000 stragglers, is Li Yishan deliberately left him to solve the problem, made this living eye, to really open the new situation in Beiliang. The reason why bring a Confucian general style Lu Song and wounded Wang Lin, is in the intention to cultivate them to become a full-fledged believer, in order to successfully nail into the Northern Liang army before, there must be a gradual process of mutual acquaintance, the two under the command of the pawns were killed and injured, Xu Fengyen can not pat on the ass on the parting of the ways, and leave the two meritorious ministers to dry on the side, Xu Fengyen never believed that a few words of bravado can be made to have the talent of the person to head to the bow.

As for White Bear Yuan Zuozong, who is second only to Gu Jiantang Chen Zhibao in terms of force in the Liyang army, it was he himself who requested to go south on the same road.

Apart from Ning Zong’s constant eye peeps and the young girl Hu Chunya’s efforts to look at Xu Fenian, the rest of Master Huang and the woman surnamed Zhou as well as Xu Zhan held their breaths after asking for food from the inn’s staff.

The last two jars of the inn cellar wine to Xu Fengnian two tables to go, good in Ning Zong know that greedy cup missteps, at the beginning did not think of warming wine to warm the stomach, but went to Beijing to serve as a supervisory royal inspector of Huang Shang life is good, but is to read and drink and eat crabs three things, every year the poor salary is also used in the three things, at this time has long passed the time to eat crabs of the light of the season, the carriage, although there is a book can be read, can travel in haste, life Worry, a few jars of drunken crabs carefully made at the time of Gui Zi were not able to take care of, Huang Shang at this time smelled the aroma of wine, it was a little moved, but only perennial cultivation, and did not how to speak.

Xu Fengyen sat against the window and asked with a smile, “Old sir, I still have half an altar of wine on my side that I can’t drink, and I’m a bit distressed about the silver, should I sell it to you cheaper?”

Huang Shang’s heart was moved, but still smiled and shook his head. The jianghu is dangerous, compared to the official world is treacherous, in fact, many times all the same gas, but are the four words of the human heart ghosts and evil spirits.

A ignorant heart are tied to the flamboyant playboy Xu Zhan on the Hu Chunya, after seeing Xu Fenian, the mind fluctuates, but the words out of the acerbic, “looks quite handsome, is the white head, look scary. When I saw it at night, I definitely thought I saw a ghost.”