Chapter 073 – Jingo Iron Horse Comes to Dreams
Xu Fengyen was sitting alone by the river withered, Luo Changhe Luo old scholar and his group had already seen it. At midnight, Xu Fengnian harnessed his sword Xuan Lei and dripped blood to raise his sword tire. Ten heavenly stems, twelve earthly branches, the metaphors behind these two sayings, in the Northern Liang Royal Palace is a first class secret, the former is Xu Fenian’s dead soldiers, the latter is Xu Snap’s beloved retinue, after obtaining the twelve flying swords of the Peach Blossom Sword God, Xu Fenian can be said to be engraved in the bones of the latter, Zi Xuanjia, Ugly Spring Plums, Yin Bamboo Horses, Dao Chaolu, Cinnabar Spring Water, Si Peach Blossom, Noon Golden Wisps, Wei-Huangtong, Shen Emei, You Zhuqiao, Xu Xu Antiqiao, Ohio Tai’a. Sword raising hours and flying swords out of the time echo, in addition to the golden strand of a sword by chance, by the Buddha’s golden blood gift, was able to raise most of the sword tire, the rest of the flying swords are not more than half.
Especially the sword is the most flourishing Xuan Lei Tai Ah two sword, simply stubborn, and the new master seems to be horizontal and vertical eyes, progress turtle speed. Put away the handle of the Xuan Lei, sacrificed the golden strand, with the finger slip wipe, flying sword in the river stabbed a swimming fish, idle Xu Fengnian smacked a sword stirring the water is not bold enough, simply harnessed out of the eight handles again, make up a nine, gradual splash countless, and then instantly put away all nine flying swords, wear sleeves after almost all are close to the arm around the bladder into the sword capsule, not to mention the other, only this subtle pinch, enough to make the unusual martial arts man’s jaw dropping.
Xu Fengyen picked up a stone and threw it into the river, then the elite escort who was hosted in Mr. Luo’s family came from afar, stood at a distance and hesitated for a while, seeing Xu Fengyen throwing stones into the water from time to time, only then he approached thirty paces away and said aloud, “My name is Feng Shanling, if I’m disturbing Mr. Xu, I hope you will bear with us if I’m being presumptuous.”
Xu Feng Nian threw a stone, clapped his hands, turned his head and smiled, “It’s alright, I also happen to be unable to sleep.”
Feng Shanling sat a little farther away from the riverside, arched his hand and said, “I am grateful to you for helping to kill the horse thieves a few days ago, Feng Mou here instead of a few brothers to say thank you, I am not afraid of Mr. Xu’s jokes, Feng Mou and his brothers are only slaves and servants, and do not dare to say something about the grace of the springs of the water in return for the spectacle of the word, for one thing, it is really a great gift to save your life, and secondly even if you have a desire to pay back there is no such thing as to get He only dares to say that when he arrives at the town on the day, he will privately invite Mr. Xu to find a clean pavilion to drink and eat meat.”
Xu Fengnian laughed: “That’s good. I still have some silver left on me, after I’ve had enough to drink and eat, I can’t afford to pay for the girls in the big green houses, but it’s still possible to visit a small kiln, old brother Feng, are you interested? Although I said that the small scholar family origin, in fact, it is a merchant’s son, and the high family of Luo Gongzi they are not all the way people, and also afraid of hot face to cold ass, and Feng old brother is the right way. There is a say a, treat to stroll kiln, is only thinking about the future to a few gentlemen territory, so that Feng old brother you have the honor to eat a meal together, Xu Mou’s small business or some care.”
Originally some of the color constrained Feng Shanling boldly laughed: “Xu Gongzi is a quick person, this trip is Feng Shanling to the heart of the gentleman’s heart, since Xu Gongzi open the windows of the sky to say bright words, I surnamed Feng will not be tricked glue ambiguous, is really the duty, do not dare to take it lightly, the horse thieves were repelled earlier, but not to talk about the deaths and injuries of the heavy, Feng Mou is afraid that Xu Gongzi is the horse thieves! Inside, these days are secretly let a scout origin brother in the periphery to spy on the news, but there is no trace of horse thieves, this is not tomorrow will enter the military town to rest, I think it should be wronged Xu Gongzi, Feng Mou and brothers are only know the sword and gun rough, but the face skin is still to be, this is thinking of coming to give Gongzi apologized for a few words, any beatings and scoldings.”
Xu Feng Nian waved his hand and said, “As a human being, old brother Feng is overly concerned, put yourself in my shoes, I will also be cautious and more cautious when I go out.”
Feng Shanling was not a talkative and lingering character, and after finishing his long brewing words in one breath, he did not know what to say. Xu Feng Nian hesitated for a moment and asked, “I heard old Mr. Luo say that old brother Feng used to be a Breaking Crossbowman in Northern Liang?”
Feng Shanling revealed a flash of trance and smiled, “It was a long time ago.”
Xu Fengyen picked up a flat stone at his side and hit the water, saying, “The Liang-Mang border has set up a crossbow control gate to prevent crossbows from flowing across the border, so I’m afraid that Elder Brother Feng hasn’t touched a Breaking Tension Crossbow for some years, right?”
The rough man who once became a Northern Liang crossbowman because of his outstanding ability smiled bitterly and said, “Yes, I remember before I quit the army, a big man, squatting on the ground and touching the broken crossbow, secretly crying for half a day, all these years, I’ve been working as a guard for the Luo family as a martial arts instructor, and based on the skills that I learned from the Northern Liang army, I’ve been teaching more than a dozen of the Luo family’s common children’s archery and horsemanship, and also saved up some silver, and I was thinking that it would be hard to get a good job. Some silver, I thought it was hard to finally buy a good crossbow over the hands of addiction, but last year the family added a daughter-in-law without a handle, daughter-in-law said it is now necessary to save the dowry for her daughter, buy this and buy that, not to mention other things, say that the carving of the daughter’s bed, not to mention the rest of the matching dresser washstand silver cabinets, chairs and stools, a bed to sixty taels of silver, alas, the silver is also like running water like spending out of the money, I was angry to drink a few days mulled wine, and then returned to the family. A few days of mulled wine, and then returned home to see their own little girl’s flushed face, but also immediately eliminate the anger.”
Xu Fenian smiled heartily, “Does your daughter look like Feng Laogao or sister-in-law? If she looks more like Feng Laogao, it is indeed necessary to prepare more dowry.”
Feng Shanling froze for a moment, then laughed loudly, “Mr. Xu’s words are honest, old Feng loves to hear, hey, not to mention, that daughter is fortunate that apart from her eyes like me as a father, she is like her mother, and in the future, it should not be too difficult to find a good family that is a good match.”
Xu Fengyen joked, “It’s a pity that I’m a bit older, otherwise I could have climbed into the family with Feng, recognizing an old man or something.”
Feng Shanling said in a serious manner, “No way, before my daughter was thirteen or fourteen years old, if any little bastard dares to have bad intentions, I will hang him on a tree and beat him up.”
After saying that, Feng Shanling himself was the first to laugh, and then did not forget to apologize to Xu Fenian.
Xu Feng Nian nodded his head and said, “A son-in-law is half a son of the mother in law, the more you look at him, the better he looks, but he is also half an enemy of the old father in law, a vermin who steals his own girl. My father said that he hated to let my two sisters never marry out in this life, marrying out for what, it’s not hard to raise a daughter, but being bullied by other men who don’t know how to be heartbroken.”
Feng Shanling laughed: “Yes, yes, yes, yes, in the past, I always complained to my daughter-in-law that when I first came to the door to propose marriage, my old husband was always cross-eyed at me, but not nose to nose, and now that I have my own daughters, I finally understand.”
Xu Fengnian looked at the bright stars above his head, and then looked at the south.
Feng Shanling heart and soul felt that this Xu Gongzi close, compared to Luo Changhe these family sons, to be smooth and comfortable too much. Those characters, even if on the surface there is no frame, easy-going, in the end still draw a clear line with him and his brothers. Sense of humor standing outside the boundaries, those big family children natural and peaceful, there is a smile, if it is not long-eyed across the line, can be planted. These scales, Feng Shanling this kind of in the big family door wall to eat within the martial arts, are well aware of, on the contrary, in front of this son of a brother, perhaps more than the merchant component of the cause of the identity of the clergy, to be close to a lot of good, but also on the Feng Shanling’s appetite for the temperament, it is worth to make friends with. As for whether deep friendship, of course, still have to be a long way to know the horse power, Feng Shanling is not that three-year-old boy, all of a sudden to pull out his heart and lungs, thinking that he can become the kind of brother that can change his life.
Xu Fengyen curiously asked: “How did Feng old brother quit the Northern Liang Army?”
Feng Shanling looked towards the river, pulled a clump of weeds with his hand and sighed: “I joined the army late, I didn’t make it to the Spring and Autumn War, I joined the army on the way of the Great General going to Beiliang, and the two old men in my family passed away, so I have no worries, I just thought of saving up my military service so that I could shine, so that I could go back home to my old man’s grave and toast him, and could straighten up my backside too, right? Luck, coupled with some brute force, not two years from the army, became a member of the Breaking Crossbow, followed the General and the Northern Liang army all the way to the Northern Mang Nanjing, the pain ah, kill the barbarians killed old me my eyes are red, once to the Breaking Crossbow pedal broken frame, only to be frozen do not know what to do, was the Lord Lieutenant slap on the head, want me to take the Northern Liang sword to kill in the then also do not care about anything is not it! Greedy for life and fear of death, only thinking that can kill a barbarian is not a loss, kill a pair to earn a, and then kill a few more words, I can get a small captain when when. I did not expect to follow the brothers only ran a few hundred paces, to the body tripped a dog shit, well after getting up while the courage is still there, randomly chopping a pass, and finally even I cut two barbarians, and then a few wars, did not have the opportunity to enter the battlefield to kill the enemy, there are great generals and generals Chen in the north manganese barbarians simply do not have the power to fight back, and then heard that His Majesty the emperor also imperial troops and our northern Liang army convergence, at first I and my brothers are quite happy, and then we are all very happy. At first, my brothers and I were quite happy, and then later, I couldn’t understand, the war said not to fight, and the Northern Liang army even want to take the lead in the south retreat, the great general didn’t say anything, I didn’t understand anything at that time, I only felt that I had invested in the wrong army, and I was suffocating, so I retreated with many brothers, and a few of them became horse thieves, and said that the great general didn’t kill the barbarians, and that they were going to kill them. I and some other brothers are also on the road to scatter separately, this does not run into the Luo family of a partial family head, I think at least is also the Central Plains migrated over the family, to them to do things is not a disgrace, on the landing, I also very later to listen to the Luo family gossip, only to know that in the beginning it was the Zhao family of the Emperor issued an imperial decree, forcing the great general to withdraw the army.”
Feng Shanling threw the weeds into the river, said with a regretful face, “All these years of sleeping at night, or as soon as I hear the sound of hoofbeats outside the wall, I will wake up, either dreaming, subconsciously a carp, going to think of touching the sword on the battlefield.”
Xu Fengnian wanted to laugh but couldn’t.
The brown man rubbed his cheeks and muttered to himself, “I don’t know how many times I’ve already been complained about by my daughter-in-law, but it looks like I won’t be able to change in this lifetime.”
Xu Fengyen let out a long breath, pursed his lips, and remained silent.
How many old pawns in Beiliang, jingo and iron horse come into the dream?