Chapter 020 – Under the Flaming Clouds
Clouds hung low over the capital, a large and gorgeous fire burnt cloud.
The woman’s purple clothes dragged in the snow, finally she still piled up a crooked snowman, Xu Fengyen lay on the rattan chair and asked with a smile, ”How many sets of purple clothes did you bring with you? I listened to the old man in the pavilion of the tide to tell the legend of the jianghu, always very curious about those white clothes fluttering swordsman, how to take care of their own line, last time I went to the north mang in the reverse horse pass, I saw one, I now wonder after you Xuanyuan Qingfeng walking in the martial arts, but also iron will only wear purple clothes? However, it is also said, the world’s many colors, but the pure color after all, there are so many kinds, green clothes have Cao Changqing, white clothes have Chen Zhi Bao, the turn of you this junior, there are not a few can be picked.”
Xuanyuan Qingfeng seems to be very satisfied with that small snowman, laughed, stood up and clapped his hands, convergence of laughter, “you do not think why the surname Sui’s old man eating the sword to come down to the Mawei stage pavilion, is not not a good heart? Take a step back, Huang Sanjia claimed official son kung fu is more in Cao Changqing above, in addition to Wen Hua’s folding sword, wounds are still out of the sword above, Huang Longshi really have no other devious tricks? If you are killed in the capital, whether it is the hatred of the king of the northern Liang Chunqiu remnants of the chaotic party, or the northern Mang latent forces, I believe that they will clap their hands, more than just floating a big white? Moreover, the winter pilgrimage ceremony, sealing the king as a vassal to establish the crown prince, have not seen how you are concerned, these days will only harbor in this stagecoach, you do not mind holding your breath to hold the panic?”
Xu Fengyen looked at the pitiful snowman, sat up and asked with a smile, “Then go for a walk? Xu Snapdragon said about some marvelous little eats, I would like to try them, but I don’t think I can look at them, and I think it’s too dirty to land a seat.”
Xuanyuan Qingfeng wanted to subconsciously retort for the sake of retorting, but he swallowed the words that came to his mouth and laughed softly, “You and I weren’t meant to be on the same path.”
Xu Fengyuan nodded, “Yes, you are on the same journey as the bewildering number of capital scholars at the restaurants and inns on the streets outside of Dismounted Mawei.”
Xuanyuan Qingfeng lazy to pay attention, just remembered a matter, two days ago this guy suddenly came to the interest, to go out to buy a kind of yellow wine is not easy to see, is still snowing even the world, the streets on both sides of the courtyard and pavilions have long been given to the capital ate and braced for the three religions and nine streams to occupy, Xuanyuan Qingfeng and Xu Fengyian traveling together, in addition to Liu Wenbao continue to shiver under the dragon claw acacia tree, away from the lower Mawei some places, there are more than a pair of rags fur wrapped in warmth! Liu Wenbao is even worse than a pair of old and young beggars, Xu Fengnian saw Xu Fengnian walking towards them, thought it was a sympathetic gesture of rewarding the silver, but did not think it was just kicking the old beggar, seemed to dislike the old man’s vicious dog blocking the way, and the bad behavior of the general fop, Xuanyuan Qingfeng did not think about it deeply at the time, but the two walked out of the building after a while, they saw many people run out of the building, not only is a large amount of silver to drop, there are also Send fox fur to send fox fur, send meals to send meals, previously empty broken bowl, immediately piled full of white flowers silver, even silver tickets have several, and then later, the two buy wine back, listen to the lower Mawei stagecoach children Ziliang said that the begging in this street for a number of years of grandparents and grandchildren, has been given to a luxury gentleman take over to the beautiful mansion of the Zhu Men high-walled, to the old beggar rewarded a clothing and food of the leisurely errand, and that the luxury gentleman that day will be Won nearly half of the capital’s praise, Xuanyuan Qingfeng heard after dumbfounded, then look at just the first gently kicked Xu Fengnian, then some understanding. Xuanyuan Qingfeng walked in the snow clean road, both sides of the street squatting from other places flocked to the beggars, which in turn to the idle young and strong majority, looking at the Northern Liang Shi Zi, only hate themselves do not dare to block the way, was his kick or received a slap in the face.
Xuanyuan Qingfeng remembered when he was young to see his father brewing, he had said something: “Hou family lights poor family moon, the same Lantern two kinds of look. It has always been considered to be the best way to see the world. The lights of the Hou family are bright but sudden, and the moon of the poor family has been full for thousands of years. Only then can we see the true world sentiment.”
Xu Fengyen heard Xuanyuan Qingfeng muttering and asked, “What are you reciting?”
Xuanyuan Qingfeng said blandly, “Pitying you.”
Xu Fenian laughed softly, “I need you to pity me?”
Straight down to the corner of the end of the street in Mawei, with Xu Fengyen Xuanyuan Qingfeng line of people on the opposite road, there is a carriage parked, the curtain lifted up a corner, the woman’s face can be described as the absolute generation of splendor, the four words weight, obviously more than the so-called seductive fish and wild geese pouring the country into a city is also to be heavy.
Rouge comment, she does not lose Nangong.
In addition to this beauty, there is a pair of posture to be far inferior to her mother and daughter, the daughter has freckles on the tip of the nose, do not hide the hostility to her, the woman’s demeanor is calm, the mother of the world.
The plain looking woman said softly, “So it really is white head.”
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A goose feather snow in the capital city, snow omen a good year, inside and outside the capital people in and out of the city face with a few points of celebration, even if it has always been to be cautious as the first purpose of public cultivation of the city gate soldiers, eyebrows also dipped in the New Year’s festive atmosphere, the city of Tai’an, the city of the sea, the city gate lieutenants, soldiers, pawns have seen more than strange characters, but today a pair of men and women still let the city gate pawns more than a look at the eyes of the young girl did not look how beautiful and beautiful, the capital of the city of the city, the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the young woman is not a woman, the woman is not a woman, the woman is not a woman. How beautiful, the capital of the beautiful people chaotic eye, she is at most in the posture of the people, so that it is difficult to remember, but the young monk beside the young girl can be unusual, robe dyed with red and green, in the capital is not rare, there must be a great merit and virtue plus the body in order to be able to cloak the statement of the monks, the young monk red lips and white teeth, all the way to a lot of line of sight, the world’s imperial court to eliminate the Buddha, monks with the street rats are not the same, the little monk’s temperament is calm. This little monk’s demeanor is calm.
He approached the city gates, and the city guards submitted a different from the people’s two household ultimatum, behind the girl tiptoe grabbed and pinched a fluffy snowball is not solid, jumped up and smashed on his head, many of which splashed into the robe collar, freezing the little monk a jolt, turned his head with a bitter face, the girl made a face. The city guards took the ultimatum, looked hard at a few eyes of the little monk, do not dare to make a mistake, and hurriedly reported to the city gate lieutenant, after verifying that there is no error, the courtesy to enter the city. Boy, this little monk is a serious two Zen Temple monks, and so young, who knows whether the future is Buddha? Burning incense and worshiping the bodhisattva, these city guards are all respectful, carefully escorted, and in their hearts, they all want to dip more into the Buddha’s qi, so that they can bring back to protect their families. Extermination of the Buddha, that is the court officials, they these small fish and shrimp, can not afford to offend the Bodhisattva.
The little monk saw the young girl to go to the roadside again to pinch the snowball, a bitter face asked: “something, snow began you smash me, this snow has stopped, not smashed enough ah?”
“Enough I naturally do not smash you, need you ask? You say you are stupid or not, stupid north and south?”
The little monk held his head and let her smash it.
“No blocking!”
Having said that, she went back to squeezing snowballs, this time pouring out two in one breath.
Stupid North-South said bravely, “I’m just such a robe, dirty cleaning, it will take days to wear, delayed me to go to the palace to preach, things, I can be really angry.”
“I let you get angry.”
“Let you angry!”
Snapped two times, not dare to use his hands to cover that bald head of stupid north and south, and received two snowballs.
Stupid north and south rubbed his bald head, saw her bulging cheeks look, thought with his heart, “Not angry.”
The young girl took a serious look at him, as if she really wasn’t angry, which made her a little depressed instead, and ran to pinch the snowballs again, laughing as she jumped up and took another shot.
Stupid North and South saw her smile for the first time since the old abbot passed away, so she should really not be angry.
Li stuff took his sleeve and wiped his hands, these days all the way crazy play over, are dealing with snow, hands frozen red and swollen, looking at a glance as if there is no end to the imperial road, sighing and asked: ”Do you think we how to find Xu Fengyin ah? I heard dad say that there must be a million people in the capital.”
Stupid North and South smiled brightly and said, “When we enter the palace, I’ll help you ask ah.”
“Can you do it?”
“Yes!”
“If you can’t find it, believe it or not, I’ll let you start snowballing from the city gate behind us and roll all the way to the city gate at that end?”
“I can promise, but I don’t know martial arts, I can’t roll a snowball that big.”
“With you being so stupid, can you be the presiding officer of our temple?”
“Alas, I am also worried.”
“Huh? Look, the rouge store!”
“Worried.”
“Stupid north and south! Turn your head around and say, what are you sad about?”
“……”
“I’ll let you worry! Stand still and don’t move, I’ll shoot you to death!”
“Li Zi Li Zi, look, look, look, the rouge store is about to close and close.”
“Ah, hurry!”