Chapter 1: Auntie Wuzhou

The fishing platform, ten years do not go on the wild gulls guess. The white clouds are coming and going, and the green hills are there, so I’m happy with the wine. I owe the world to Yi Zhou, Liu Ruan, and Li Du, and I owe him a debt of gratitude for his poetry. The acid fast laughs at me, I laugh at the acid fast.

I’m not sure how much I’m going to be able to do with this, but I’m sure I’ll be able to do with it. The first time I saw this, it was a very good time for me. I’m looking at the sky to worship the generals, sleeve starry sky and state policy, break the smoke and moon lost souls fortress. Sour fast laughs at me, I laugh at sour fast.〗

(yuan zhang kojiu hall before the joy of the acid zhai’s two songs, thought the title)

Wuzhou city weather is hot, those in the corner of the street next to the small wildflowers may be aware of the coming day is not much, and then exhausted the whole body gas, angrily the last open, yellow oozing color and green-gray city walls a lining, look more and more piercing.

Straight to the right side of the neighboring lake side, is Wuzhou newly repaired soon a restaurant, is the most quiet and most lively place to go. The so-called quiet and lively, in fact, does not contradict, quiet refers to the environment, and lively refers to the crowd.

At this time just after noon soon, the sun in the sky scattered blinding light, baking hot air in the city floating and sinking, will all the idle people are driven into the restaurant. Behind the restaurant, is a newly opened out not long ago small lake, the lake wind to take advantage of the situation into, just like the kind of large-scale fan produced by the inner library, just do not need manpower, but also to the building in the crowd to bring the feeling of coolness.

The lake surface green weeds are extremely abundant, thickly spread on the water surface, blocking the sunlight, with the shadow shielding the fish in the water.

Since Kyoto more than one called hold the moon building, this whole world of restaurants seem to be in a night are suffering from insanity, learning up that kind of arrangement, building behind the lake, the lake has a yard.

Just this Wuzhou building, lake, courtyard, in fact, all belong to a person.

This person for the people of Wuzhou, such as the building of the quiet, the lake on the green weeds, which traveled through the folk of the breeze, omnipresent, protected, sheltered all the city of Wuzhou.

Wuzhou has no big merchants, no big clans, no big armies, there …… is just this one adult.

Since more than twenty years ago, this poorly born adult into the service, his name has become the symbol of Wuzhou City, as long as he is there, Wuzhou people have a good day.

People have hometown love, although the whole world thinks that the adult is the first traitorous prime minister of the past thousand years, but for Wuzhou, the adult …… is Wuzhou. Then in the official field, people tend to abandon the name does not say, directly called the adult Lin Wuzhou.

Yes, we are talking about this time, is that the last prime minister of the Qing dynasty, now living in Wuzhou pension former minister, Lin Ruofu.

Since Lin Ruofu resigned and returned to his hometown, in his capacity, he naturally rarely come out to meet with the people of Wuzhou, that is, those who are as respectful as grandchildren like the governor of the state adults, the governor of the courtesy of the disciples, there are not many chances to be able to see his face. But his influence on Wuzhou City is unrivaled, not to mention the influence, at least half of the industry in Wuzhou City are surnamed Lin.

Wuzhou city is prosperous because of his greed for the world, so the people of Wuzhou, no matter what, will not say half a bad word about Lin Ruofu, even those who have the most passionate students.

But other people were not to be seen.

“I will then call out this injustice for the Ming family!” In the restaurant, a man around thirty spoke indignantly, his brows filled with agitation. I don’t know what kind of business he was in, but the acrimony between his words could not be concealed, “Could it be that after forcing a person to die, the court just fined him some salary and called it quits?”

Jiangnan thing affects too much, also affects the north of the land of wuzhou territory, today’s world, for the Jiangnan thing of the discussion is very much, after all, Qing is not a strict closed speech closed country, and the eight offices of the Supervisory Yuan also does not have the ability to be able to in Kyoto outside of all the places to supervise, so the people talk about when the guts is still quite big.

Because of the unnatural death of Ming Lao Taijun, the reputation of inspector Fan Xian of Jiangnan Road has been greatly impacted, and a series of actions down, the Ming family has been shaken, but also confirmed Fan Xian’s ruthlessness. The world tends to sympathize with the weak, so in the discussion, there is some contempt for the government side.

It was just that Fan Xian had been so radiant since he took the stage that the darkness of the Supervisory Yuan couldn’t take away his luster, so not everyone was speaking up for the Ming family, and the young students had gotten the news from somewhere, leaning their asses once again toward the world’s leader of the scholars, Little Lord Fan.

In the end, there were actually not many people who would believe that Little Lord Fan, who was full of poetry, would be greedy for the Ming family’s silver.

“The Ming family? What’s so unfair about it?” A young man in his early twenties laughed shamefully, “It’s just a big bandit that colludes with pirates and kills and robs goods, it’s the court’s good fortune and the blessing of all the people for Lord Little Fan to deal with them, and only a foolish man like you would make this kind of solemn and stupid gesture.”

That middle-aged man malice, a slap on the desktop said: “Where and what pirates? Don’t want to spit on people, I am Suzhou people, Ming Lao Taijun how kind of compassion …… people are dead, how can you still allow you this yellow mouth child framed nonsense!”

Previously and he argued with the young man is Wuzhou city a scholar, at this time listening to the middle-aged man to report their own way, only to know the other side is from Suzhou travelers, can not help but sneer, waving a fan fan said: “This matter has long been rumored among the scholars, the Ming family …… you still think that really so clean? ”

“On the contrary, it is little Fan Ta-Jen …… dare to ask this brother, do you know what little Fan Ta-Jen has done What kind of unseemly things?”

That Suzhou merchant froze, thought carefully, and found that Lord Fan has been working for the court in Kyoto for the past few years, to say that he has done some evil things, but also really do not have a head to say.

The Wuzhou maester smiled and said, “Can’t think of anything, can you? Little Lord Fan’s talent, hold body is very correct, uncovered the chunwu exam case, go to the North Qi to raise the country’s prestige in the foreign countries, such a character, how would with you and other copper smelling businessmen to seize the profit? If the Ming family …… had not secretly done too many things that people and God are angry, how would it attracted the little Lord Fan out of the way?”

In fact, this is some strong words, but also let the Suzhou merchant a time can not refute, only to hate said: “Ming family collusion pirates? This Jiangnan people do not know, you Wuzhou people know …… where the pirates? How did the court did not catch? If the Ming family really have a problem, the court should be clear justice to try the case, how can you use force to force people?”

Both sides quarrel more and more ferocious, the voice gradually higher, the fire is also big. Although the merchant did not say poor, but already face red, stood up, rolled up his sleeves, ready to go to fight.

Fortunately, someone came up next to stop, the weak scholar did not suffer.

Only no one noticed that in the process of pulling the fight, there seemed to be a few black feet kicking a few times to that Suzhou merchant, kicking that merchant to ouch repeatedly.

Watching this scene, the people in the restaurant were a bit frozen, especially those travelers passing through Wuzhou, thinking about arguing about Lord Fan Jr. Why did the Suzhou merchant seem to have offended the entire Wuzhou population? After watching for a while, these travelers feel even more chilled, actually even the shopkeeper went up to kick a foot!

Finally someone can not stand to see, a table in the corner issued a cry: “Stop!”

The owner of the voice is a woman, dressed in tightly dressed, yellowish clothes, wrapped in the curves of the full body, waist tied a long sword, seems to be a character in the jianghu, appearance is born very beautiful.

With her a table of several people heard this shout, have secretly said bad, thinking that the little sister is going to make trouble again, some afraid to look at the master behind the table, want to call this woman back, did not expect this woman’s action is fast, has gone to the middle of the building.

The master of the line on the table is full of calm, nearly middle-aged, his body is astringent, can’t see the depth, just some headache shaking his head, for this girl seems to have no method.

The few people who were playing the Taiping Offset Elbow Fist saw that there was a meddler coming, so they dispersed, leaving the pitiful Suzhou merchant in the center. After all, this woman was carrying a sword around, who would want to mess with the average commoner.

“Why are you guys beating him?” The woman frowned and asked drily.

The Wuzhou citizens inside the building laughed, not bothering with him at all, but it was the scholar who said with a sneer, “Insulting a court official in public, even if the adults are generous, can’t we people beat him up?”

“Insulting a court official?” The young woman wrinkled her brows in disgust and said, “What’s so great about Fan Xian?”

The building was in an uproar, and even though the Suzhou merchant had spoken disrespectfully of Fan Xian, he couldn’t help but be surprised when he heard the young woman look down on Fan Xian.

Who was Fan Xian? What young man in the world could be more popular than him? How could this girl dare to speak in such a manner?

That Wuzhou scholar sneered, “It’s true that young Lord Fan is nothing remarkable, it’s just that it’s hard to find someone more remarkable than him in this world.”

That clear and beautiful woman frowned, as if she felt that bullying these people was not much of a skill, and asked, “But what does this have to do with you?”

The Wuzhou scholar scoffed slightly, “Don’t understand? Little Lord Fan is our Wuzhou Aunt, this man actually dared to speak ill of our family’s Aunt Lord in a Wuzhou restaurant, do you think he’s asking for a beating?”

Wuzhou Aunt.

Fan Xian had married Lin Ruofu’s daughter, and naturally, he had established a close and oddly distinct relationship with Wuzhou, a place he had never visited before. Since the abdication of Minister Lin, Wuzhou City had no one to talk to in Kyoto, and the people could not help but be a little annoyed, but Fan Xian, the aunt, was so dominant that the people of Wuzhou City naturally felt a little bit of honor and pride, how could they allow travelers from abroad to talk about Fan Xian with impunity.

This beating of the Suzhou merchant was really an undeserved one, who had made him forget the relationship between young Lord Fan and Wuzhou.

That clear woman seemed to hate hearing Fan Xian’s name, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, revealing a hint of mockery: ”So what? I don’t see him daring to act recklessly in our Northern Qi? It turns out that he’s just relying on his old man’s authority to hide in Wuzhou as a turtle. ……”

It turns out that this table is actually North Qi people!

Although the South Qing and North Qi has long been restored diplomatic relations, the marriage of the two countries plus the bitter lotus acceptance of the matter, is living in the honeymoon, but after all, it is decades of old enemies, the enmity between the two countries and the people did not reduce too much. At this time, hearing this woman reveal her identity, everyone in the building revealed a look of alarm and fear.

Even the beaten Suzhou merchant was also self-conscious of bad luck, spit on the floor, not at all to their benefactors to say thank you, they turned back downstairs and go.

That beautiful woman from a noble background, the teacher is the world’s premier existence, since childhood where suffered so many blank stares, the mood suddenly became extremely bad.

At this time, that Wuzhou scholar cursed angrily, “Little Fan Lord is a turtle …… Then what is that Northern Qi holy woman of yours considered?”

The restaurant immediately quieted down, so quiet that even the hair blowing next to that clear and beautiful woman’s angry face seemed to be audible.

That Beiqi woman face cold up, eyes flashed a trace of coldness, seems to be this sentence provoked true anger, fingers slowly press on the waist side of the hilt of the sword, a sword will be brought out, suddenly this building in the clear wind condensed in place generally.

Such a subtle realm, where is the ordinary people can resist? The wuzhou scholar only felt his legs soft, full of horror to kneel to the ground.

Above the wine table, the Beiqi woman’s teacher, a solemn middle-aged man shook his head disapprovingly and said, “No one shall be hurt.”

The Beiqi woman hatefully abandoned the hilt of her sword, but her face shifted, and she slapped her palm over!

Right at this moment, a gray shadow flashed and blocked in front of that Wuzhou scholar!

The middle-aged man on the table frowned.

The clear and beautiful woman slapped out her palm and had long been unable to retract it, slamming it hard on top of a hard object!

She let out a muffled grunt, feeling a powerful force coming from the other party, she was no match at all, her chest was stuffy, and she was jolted back a few steps.

The visitor was dressed in a gray suit, one hand steadily blocked in front of his body, holding a long knife in his tiger’s mouth, the tip of the knife was dug into the floor. It was with this knife that he blocked the Qingli woman’s drifting palm.

The Qingli woman looked at the strange knife in the gray man’s hand, looked at the other party’s expressionless cheeks, and snorted coldly, knowing that she was not the other party’s opponent, but in her heart she wasn’t very afraid, her own master and brothers were sitting at the table behind her, the whole of Southern Qing, as long as Ye Liuyun didn’t come, who could do anything to herself?

But this palm of loss, she is not going to eat, a bite fine teeth, wrist flip draw out the waist side of the fine sword, sword flower bloom, will be ready to attack over.

“Come back.”

The middle-aged man on the table behind her slowly said, although the voice was light, but there was an irresistible majesty.

The girl stomped her foot in annoyance and retreated to the table, saying, “Master, let me fight again, I don’t believe I can’t beat him.”

That middle-aged man smiled and said, “Last year in Shangjing, even your senior brother, Park Chucheng, was defeated in the hands of this lord, how can you be his opponent?”

That girl family was stunned and looked back, only to see that expert who appeared out of nowhere saluting his master, “Lord Wolf Peach, it’s been a long time.”

“Brother Gao, long time no see, what a coincidence today.”

The middle-aged man on the table was naturally the first disciple of Northern Qi’s State Master Bitter Lotus, the number one expert in the palace, and Hai Tang Duo Duo’s senior brother, Lord Wolf Peach.

And the gray-robed man who saved the Wuzhou scholar’s life earlier, holding a long sword in his hand, was naturally Fan Xian’s personal tiger guard leader, Gouda.

Coincidence? The two sides of the people suddenly met in Wuzhou, naturally, not a word of coincidence can explain.

Wolf Peach looked at Gouda and smiled, “He still refuses to see me?”

Gouda’s face remained unchanged, and he respectfully responded, “The journey was tiring, young granny is recuperating, and young master has no time.”

That girl family watched curiously as her master spoke with this person, and only then did she realize that her master knew this person, only that she had been practicing in the mountains and didn’t know what was going on in Northern Qi, and so she hadn’t guessed Gouda’s identity. In fact, even this time she went down to Jiangnan, it was also her own initiative, and she didn’t know Master’s real plan at all.

Wolf Peach slowly lowered his head, two fingers gently pinched the wine cup, and said softly, “Trouble help me to bring a word, this matter can’t be dragged out like this…….We Beiqi people, there is always Beiqi people’s pride.”

After saying this sentence, wolf peach long body up, will be ready to bring their own cadre of disciples out of the building and go.

Just at this moment, a bamboo curtain beside the building slightly moved, a handsome and clean young man slowly walked out from within the curtain. This young man looks extremely beautiful, lips thin and slightly pursed, face with a harmless smile, bias today this smile, but clamped a hint of chilling meaning.

Wolf Peach stopped his footsteps to leave, looking meaningfully at the visitor.

This young man, however, only gave him a slight nod and salute, and then turned his face away, looking at the girl who caused trouble with a seemingly non-smiling smile and said, “This is the territory of the Southern Qing Dynasty, and if you commit murder in the street, do you want to leave just like that?”

Wolf Peach was slightly stunned, not knowing why with the other party’s status he would want to make things difficult for his female disciple, he was about to say something but only saw the other party waving his hand very firmly to stop it. Wolf Peach shook his head helplessly, nowadays the northern court relies on this young man in too many places, so he has to let him go and play.

That Northern Qi’s girl family did not recognize who the other party was, and thought it was another sour midget who only knew how to agitate people with his remarks, and said with a cold smile, “The girl’s line is not changing her name, and her name is not changing her seat, her surname is Wei and her name is Yingning. What instruction does Your Excellency have?”

“Wei Yingning?” That young man looked at this clear woman and his eyes lit up, connecting to the news he had recently received, as well as the purpose of Wolf Peach’s trip south, he instantly understood why this woman had been so angry earlier.

He turned to Wolf Peach and asked, “Your disciple?”

Wolf Peach nodded with a smile.

The young man scratched his head, “She is Wei Hua’s sister?”

Wolf Peach nodded again with some amusement, ready to see how the young man would handle this matter.

No one expected that the young man would just give an oh and not ask anything else, turning to the girl called Wei Yingning, he said softly and gently, “Seeing as there are no dire consequences, if you leave your sword behind, I will spare you this.”

Leave the sword? WeiYingNing was furious, TianDongDao very important teacher, this waist side of the sword are given by the teacher, the so-called sword in the person in, the sword dead people die, where can be left casually?

She said with a cold smile: “What are you? Speak so arrogantly?”

A trace of fury also finally appeared between Wolf Peach’s eyebrows, as if he had not expected this young man to be so ungrateful for the old.

The young man looked at Wei Yingning and smiled, “I don’t care what I am first, but I know what you are. You are Wei Hua’s sister …… while I was at the table with your old father but called me a brother, you are considered my junior, so what if I discipline you a little?”

He turned to look at Wolf Peach again and said with a cold smile, “Using this kind of shameless method to force me to show up, is it interesting?”

Wolf Peach let out a bitter laugh and sat back down again. With his line of disciples to see the youngest sister was humiliated, their own in the North Qi enjoys a great reputation of the master but does not care about it, can not help but feel greatly appalled.

Wei Yingning listening to his speech, but simply do not believe, his father is Changning Marquis, the Northern Qi Empress Dowager’s own brother, how can and in front of this beautiful like a woman young man called brother and brother? Her lips trembled slightly in anger, her sword pointing forward as she drank, “Don’t talk nonsense!”

The young man looked at her disapprovingly, thinking to himself that this kind of foul temper was not like Wei Hua that little shady thief, but rather like that old drunkard of the Changning Marquis, not to mention his own relationship with her family, but just to mention that mess that the old bitch of Beiqi had caused for himself, he had to teach her a good lesson today.

He beckoned, out like electricity, fingertips lightly touch Wei Yingning’s tiger’s mouth, gently and skillfully snatched the long sword over!

This shot is as fast and fast as lightning, and more crucially, there is no sign, and the movement is extremely subtle …… Good beautiful small means.

Wei Yingning watched this scene, as if he saw a ghost, so scared that his mouth was wide open, unable to speak.

The young man slowly stroked the sword face of the long sword and appreciated, “Sure enough, a good sword, Wei Hua that kid put the old man to give him money are greedy to his own House, actually …… still have the nerve to grab a daughter-in-law with me.”

Wei Yingning’s chest was stuffy, found that he was really stupid, actually recognized the identity of the other party until this time, his elder brother is the commanding officer of the Northern Qi Brocade Guards, is a person who is afraid of the role of a person, this whole world, in addition to His Majesty the Emperor, probably only that person would dare to speak so contemptuously.

The young man flicked the back of his sword, looked at her and said with a frown, “My sister is your junior master aunt, my unmarried daughter-in-law is your grand master aunt, no matter how you count it, you are my junior, is there any problem for me to teach you a lesson?”

TianDaoDao indeed extremely preoccupied with this, WeiYingNing also had nothing to say, just thinking about this hateful young man in front of him, actually so lightweight DuoDuo master aunt, so let his WeiFu be humiliated, angry is full of red face.

“Not bad, I am the aunt of this Wuzhou City.” Fan Xian smiled and said, “I am also very clear about your intentions, but die this heart, let Wei Hua also die this heart, to be precise, please ask your empress dowager to die this heart, in a few days, you …… will eventually have to call me aunt.”

After saying this, he rubbed the sword in his hand into a ball of broken copper and iron cannabis and threw it back.