Chapter 167: A Woman’s Mind

The soil anointing is both thick, and when the spring thunder moves, everything happens.

Fine rain like silk, near dusk, in the rouge county capital city and bishan county bordering the official road, three riders galloped, finally still rushed to the point of dinner into the wheel street, three riders slowly in the slightly muddy streets, and finally a few turns to a secluded courtyard. Three people dismounted, the back hangs that big frost long knife Lu Yun Chang face suspicious, do not know why Yu Di Long this guy is dying to come to a trip to this bird shitting place, at that time the master said directly back to Liangzhou, this guy whole face collapsed, go back to the house delayed for half a day, through the door to the room that he ate a bad stomach, let him Lu Yun Chang accompanied the master to move on first, Lu Yun Chang on the spot on the spot was happy, on your Yu Di Long that inner strength base, is swallowing the sword and eating the knife can’t get it, but the sword and eating the knife can’t get it. You can’t get a bad stomach even if you swallow a sword or eat a knife. Lu Yunchang teased a difficult to be pregnant? In the past, I can not afford to joke about the big brother will have to use their fists to spar with him, but this time there is no reaction. Then the master also do not know how, just said first go to the trip Bishan County well, Yu Di Long immediately on the dragon and tiger, galloped to the stables, and then lead the horse horse, a breath of fresh air. The door of the courtyard with firewood stalks as a door latch, if Lu Yunchang casually pushed the door open, but Yu Di Long familiar with the way to tie up the horses, but in the doorway solemnly straightened his lapel, patted the shoulder rain marks, which is a serious knock on the door of the firewood. Soon Lu Yunchang saw the inner room door slowly hit, out of a plainly dressed woman, Lu Yunchang asked in a low voice: “Yu Di Long, is your mother?”

Yu Di Long looked annoyed, subconsciously blurted out, “It’s your mother!”

Probably because he felt that if Aunt Pei in the courtyard became Lu Yun Chang’s mother, then Lu Yun Chang was too much of an ancestor, this is not scolding, it is clearly complimenting him, Yu Di Long quickly tensed his face and said, “Don’t be playful, wait and shout Aunt Pei together with me. I don’t care about other times, today if you dare to not be serious, I’ll really beat you up.”

Lu Yun Chang rolled his eyes, but soon he couldn’t move his eyes, boy, this sister is really good looking ah, but Lu Yun Chang soon watched his eyes and nose, he is not a fool with a lack of heart, he has been crawling and fighting for so many years at the bottom of the jungle in the East China Sea Wudi City, he is not very old but he is also an old jianghu, with his ass guessing, he should also know that this stunning woman is the that what of their master. The next sister’s words and behavior can be even more impressive to Lu Yunchang, their master who? Is away from the sun dynasty’s most powerful feudal king not to say, casually mixed a few years in the jianghu, to get the world’s first master of the name, Lu Yunchang also heard that now in the jianghu call the wind and rain of the purple Xuanyuan, that hundreds of years, the only woman jianghu alliance, was only the master’s side of the follower of the escort. But this woman across a broken wooden door of firewood, also not in a hurry to pull out the bolt, face cold and clear, glanced obliquely at Xu Fengnian, seemingly smiling, not smiling, really not as good as not smiling, that is, Lv Yun Chang looked at that is also absolutely have a subtle have a murderous intent, only to hear her say, “Yo, rare guest ah.”

Admired to the ground Lu Yunchang, almost can not help but to stretch out his thumb, thinking that this is definitely a female warrior! And also the kind that does not ask the world but the kind of martial arts superb true female warrior! Otherwise, looking at the posture of giving the master a closed door, who in the whole world has the strength and guts to do so? Yu Di Long held back his laughter, seemingly happy to see his master suffer. Xu Fengyen coughed, waited for a moment, saw that she never opened the door, some embarrassment: “It’s not a little busy, right, have you eaten yet?”

Pei Nanwei ignored him, at this time Yu Di Long stretched his neck, very good behavioral bright smile, “Aunt Pei.”

Pei Nanwei smiled heartily, which opened the firewood door for the three, she rubbed Yu Di Long’s head, “Seems to have grown a bit taller.”

Yu Di Long hemmed and hawed. The four of them walked towards the house together, Lu Yun Chang ghostly looked around, really can’t see any doorway ah, it’s a very unusual Northern Liang small household, there are green and light vegetable beds in the corners, there is even a simple chicken coop. Yu Di Long kicked Lu Yun Chang, Lu Yun Chang whispered: “Do what?!”

Yu Di Long glared angrily at him, Lu Yun Chang froze for a moment before he hurriedly squeezed out a smile and said, “Aunt Pei, my name is Lu Yun Chang, I’m Master’s eldest disciple.”

Yu Di Long, who had been carrying that cool sword diagonally since returning from the gourd mouth, raised his hand expressionlessly to grip the hilt of the sword, and Lu Yun Chang, who didn’t dare to really play with Yu Di Long, hurriedly laughed and said, “Wrong thing to say, I’m the Master’s closed disciple. Yu Di Long is my eldest senior brother, and Master has another disciple, Wang Sheng, who is the second senior sister.”

Pei Nanwei smiled and nodded.

Entering the house, Pei Nanwei went to the stove room and made some light dishes for the master and disciples to eat, the four of them sat around the table with a stool each, and Xu Fengyen slowly laid down his chopsticks.

Pei Nanwei asked, “When are you leaving?”

Xu Fengyen smiled bitterly, “This is driving people away?”

Pei Nanwei was silent for a moment, then suddenly frowned and said, “Aren’t you still hanging on as Bishan County’s chief bookkeeper, how come you can’t receive your salary anymore, I’ve been to the county government office after the Lantern Festival, and the Household Room Xuyun said that you don’t need to go to the government office to order the dawn service any more either. Later I heard that the county magistrate had gotten through to the county governor and was going to replace the vacancy of the head book with a foreign scholar who went to Liang.”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “Occupying a latrine is not quite the right thing to do, and the salary is just ……”

Realizing that Pei Nanwei was staring at himself, Xu Fengnian slapped his chopsticks and immediately saw the wind and feigned anger, “Outrageous! This is not bullying, I’ll find an opportunity to go to the county office to reason.”

Pei Nanwei said, “Go after dinner.”

Xu Fengyen asked cautiously, “There is no spare silver at home?”

Pei Nanwei said blandly, “In life, what is too much silver?”

Yu Di Long, who was born as a bitter child, looked deeply convinced and nodded, “That’s right. Aunt Pei, you’re right, later I’ll go with my master to that Bishan County Yamen to help you ask for your salary, if you don’t give it ……”

Pei Nanwei smiled, “Speak properly, don’t fight.”

Yu Di Long nodded vigorously, looked at Xu Feng Nian, and said seriously, “Master, don’t we in Northern Liang have reward silver for battle merit, those outside the gourd mouth are big man’s, not counting mine, or else you will advance me ten taels of silver first, and I’ll make up for it later on the battlefield. I’ll deposit the silver on Aunt Pei’s side first well.”

Xu Fengyen kicked this stupid disciple under the table, helplessly smiling, “I don’t have any silver on me.”

Yu Di Long relentlessly chased after him and said, “We didn’t take two jars of chess pieces from the county side, there is a pawn store on Wheel Street, I think it’s worth quite a bit of money, why don’t you pick out 40 to 50 of them for me, and I’ll pawn them for 10 taels of silver first?”

Xu Fenian reached out and touched his forehead, sighing softly. This elbow to the outside of the little loser, that each of the one hundred and eighty pieces of the two red jujube wood cans, fish brain jelly black chess or snow print white chess, only in terms of material, a chess not to mention ten taels of silver, ten taels of gold are not for sale. And this kind of antique rare, with the collection of rare version of the books of a virtue, the most is to pay attention to a happy full taboo lack. Besides, that is the western chu court of the first class imperial tribute ah, god knows in the past years is not which chess to wait for the edict of the heart of the love, and may even be even the state master LiMiPi or CaoChangQing have used them to play with people pointing out the river and the mountain.

Pei Nanwei asked in displeasure: “How old is he, and he went to the sands to kill people?”

Xu Fengnian looked at her and calmly said, “He is my disciple.”

Yu Di Long was probably afraid that his master and Aunt Pei would fight because of him and smiled, “Aunt Pei, it’s fine, I’m from Northern Liang, since I have martial arts, it’s only right that I go into battle to kill barbarians. In the future, when I finish paying off the big man’s debt, and then have a military achievement, the silver will be sent to you, you help me save it, okay? At that time, Aunt Pei, you can use it as you please.”

Pei Nanwei smiled and hmmm’d, “Turn around Auntie to find someone to overhaul the house and build it into a quadrangle, when the time comes, I’ll save a room just for you.”

Yu Di Long who wolfed down his food raised his head and said, “Great!”

Xu Fengyen ate his meal, put down his chopsticks and looked at Pei Nanwei, “I’ll go with you to the county office, let the two children wash the dishes well.”

After the two of them each took an oil paper umbrella and walked out of the house, Lu Yunchang sat cross-legged on a stool, looked towards Yu Dilong who was busy cleaning up the chopsticks and asked in a low voice, “Where exactly is Aunt Pei? Why do I see that our master is quite attached to her.”

Yu Di Long, who was in a good mood, had the idea of joking, and intentionally said mysteriously, “Aunt Pei can be great, there is no second in the world in martial arts, there is also a third in the world.”

Lu Yun Chang had a look of disbelief, “You’re bluffing me?”

Yu Di Long bristled, “Believe it or not, anyway, Aunt Pei can pinch you to death with one finger. By the way, this is my home, when you pay a visit in the future, remember not to dilly-dally with food and drink, you have to bring gifts.”

Lu Yun Chang bared his teeth for a while.

Yu Di Long happily ran towards the stove room with his dishes, “I have a home.”

Xu Fengyen and Pei Nanwei walked down the alleyway, sighing, “Thanks.”

Pei Nanwei said blandly, “Because of Yu Di Long’s kid? No need, I was already quite fond of this kid. On the contrary, it’s that Lu Yun Chang, who is full of hostility, not too fond of him.”

Xu Fengnian shook his head, “You are wrong. If I leave him alone, Lu Yunchang will only be a kingpin in the jianghu, and he’ll be more or less a martial arts alliance leader. But if Yu Di Long has no control, or if he doesn’t have any worries in his heart, it will be terrible. This child may not be without a chance to become a Wang Xianzhi.”

Xu Fengnian had some headaches, “It’s hard to say how the world will be in the future, but after Huang Sanjia transferred the eight countries’ qi into the Jianghu, the current martial arts forest is like a bamboo forest, it’s a big year after the rains, but the next thing you know, it’ll be a bamboo blossom in the light of the bamboo blossoms right away, once the deaths happen, there will be a large swath of dead people, the kind of people that die out for dozens of miles, or even a few hundred miles in a radius. Not to mention the fact that there will be no more big years of harvest, it’s all small years. The more so, my three disciples, Yu Di Long, Wang Sheng, Lu Yun Chang, the more they will be outstanding. Especially Yu Di Long, who has the best chances and the highest achievements, he will definitely be the only one in the peak by then, and may be the only one who will be a land god in the hundred years of Jianghu after my generation. So whether he has a home or not is very different.”

Pei Nanwei laughed, “So that’s why you’re happy to come over here to take a look and have a meal, it’s really hard for you, the King of Northern Liang, to fight with the Northern Mang barbarians as well as worry about the country and the world. And you even count your own disciple, aren’t you tired?”

Xu Fengnian laughed to himself, “Forget worrying about the country and the people, I really don’t have that kind of spare time. In the end, I just want to hold on to the family business that Xu Snapdragon passed on to me, this is the bottom line. This is the bottom line. On top of the bottom line, if I can do something good on top of it, that’s even better. If you can’t do it, don’t force yourself. But what what to fall on the well what to add oil to the fire, also really not happy to do. As for what you said counting? Maybe, no way ah, see Yu Di Long this disciple, it is difficult not to think of that Wang Xianzhi. He and Huang Longshi Zhang Julu are three people that I hated in my early years, but in the end I had to admire myself.”

Pei Nanwei suddenly said, “I just heard the military information coming from the Hulukou side, saying that Wolbow City and Luanhe City were overrun by the Northern Mang barbarians all at once, and I thought that you’d have the spies bring me a message to move back to Qingliang Mountain. In the past two days Bishan county town has been saying that you personally led troops outside of Hulukou and killed a lot of barbarians. Is it possible for me not to have to go to Liangzhou then?”

Xu Fengnian laughed: “If you don’t like it, you don’t have to go back, and to be honest with you well, if the Northern Mang army really does go south, of the four states in Northern Liang, Youzhou will only be the last one.”

Pei Nanwei was puzzled, “Even later than Liangzhou?”

Xu Fengnian nodded, “The geographical situation makes it so, to make an analogy, Youzhou is a chicken rib, and extremely difficult to chew on. Liuzhou is a plate of appetizers, pungent and spicy in taste, but if Beimang really wants to bite the bullet, it can be eaten. Lingshou is a plate of delicacies of the sea, just a little far away, the barbarian chopsticks can not clip. Therefore the main battlefield between the two sides can only be in Liangzhou, with the city attacking and defending, and both sides’ light cavalry waiting for an opportunity to move, and even the first large-scale charging and killing between heavy cavalry in history may occur.”

Pei Nanwei said softly, “Bei Liang Dao is still too small and not populated enough.”

Xu Fengnian was a bit helpless, “Otherwise you think? Liyang’s original Zhang Lu Gu Lu’s handiwork of harnessing the many clans and towns was largely referenced from Xun Ping’s Bracketed Land Records and Xie Guanying’s County Atlas of Hongjia Nian, the boundaries of the several major clans, how many soldiers Xu Snapdragon’s Beilang Dao could support, how many soldiers Zhao Bing’s Southern Border could support, were all calculated by countless extrapolations. Since the middle of the Yonghui period, all kinds of constraints and support for the Northern Liang Dao were built on the basis that Northern Mang used Northern Liang as an entry point to the south, and Yuan Benxi was betting on the present situation today. As for Zhao Bing’s southern border, it was used to target the restoration of Western Chu on the Guangling Road, otherwise where did Liyang get the confidence to remain so calm and relaxed after the great defeat of Yang Shen Xing Yan Zhenchun? Zhao Dun even have the leisure in the death of Gu Jiantang, run to see the scenery in Jizhou, rather than go to the south of the capital to the army to encourage morale, not to let the two Liao Liao border troops south, why, it is very simple, the West Chu restoration, in the eyes of Zhao Dun is not what hurt a country’s vitality of a major event, he wants to do, but is to pinch the fire to weaken the North Liang Road outside all the feudal lords of the cut-off forces, the first eaten! Defeat more, he is not afraid, he is afraid of Yang Shen Xing Yan Zhenchun at the beginning of the war, resulting in no Guangling King Zhao Yi, Huainan King Zhao Ying, Jing’an King Zhao Xun something, otherwise you think why familiar with the military affairs of Yan Zhenchun then will rush south to aid Yang Shen Xing? Lu Shengxiang will not see the risk? After the war seems to be haphazardly give orders to the capital city of the Ministry of war, why together with Lu Shengxiang, including no one was questioned?”

Pei Nanwei worriedly said, “What if in case King Zhao Bing of Yanzhi does not send troops? With millions of troops from Northern Mang pressing against us, is the court really not afraid of being attacked from the back? At that time, can Gu Jiantang’s Two Liao defend Tai’an City?”

Xu Fengyen smiled and softly said, “You, you underestimated Zhao Dun and the famous ministers of the Spring of Yonghui. Clans, eunuchs, foreign relatives, civil party rivalries, and local military generals supporting their own troops have always been the five major evils in history, you might as well recall the scene of the Liyang court in the past twenty years, and the results since the restoration of Western Chu.”

Pei Nanwei narrated, “Eunuchs interfering with the government, neither of the two Zhao Room Emperors were alive, and there will never be any in the future. The matter of foreign relatives is the same. If you talk about the party, Yong Hui years there is a Zhang Julu, no climate, now Zhang Lu Gu Lu have collapsed, although I do not know how to change the person sitting in the dragon chair, but I also know that Zhao Dun before he died, invited the Shang Yin Palace of Science priest Qi Yanglong to go to Tai’an City to do that Gu Ming, to help the new king to stabilize the situation, I think it will not go out of the big mess. As for the local generals, after the collapse of Gu Lu, and Yang Shen Xing and Yan Zhenchun two old generals of the former, everyone is in danger, coupled with Gu Jiantang concessions, many generals are able to self-preservation are to thank God, really do not have that with the court to call the heart. And a few old feudal kings, Huainan King Zhao Ying died, Jiaodong King Zhao Suo to Gu Jiantang suppression of breath is difficult, Qingzhou side …… that person in order to show loyalty, seems to ride a few thousands of elite cavalry, right? Then, Northern Liang is going to fight to the death with Northern Mang, and the most powerful Guangling King Zhao Yi is being held back by Western Chu, so he can’t avoid a bruising, plus you said that Yanzhi King Zhao Bing is soon to be edicted to go north ……”

Pei Nanwei reached out and ran his hand through the strands of his forehead hair and laughed, “Worthy of the Spring of Yonghui.”

Xu Fengyen lamented, “Qi Yanglong did not disappoint, the new court has done many things in an all-inclusive manner, breaking the beauty of posthumous awards for meritorious military generals, adding the Six Pavilions of Bachelor’s Degrees for the civil officials, and everything is well organized.”

Xu Fengyen slightly lowered his head, looking at the rain in the alley as it was falling on the green stone boards then fading away, “Zhang Julu is dead, except for certain underlying things that won’t change, but a lot of the imprints that he and Zhang Lu had in the Liyang Dynasty will soon fade away and then disappear without a trace. Zhang Julu wrote the Spring of Yonghui, that page of the book, said to turn over. This is the most powerful thing about Liyang, it looks like it is leaking on all sides, but in fact, it is as stable as Mount Taishan. In the final analysis, it’s because the family foundation left by Zhao Dun to the current Son of Heaven is not thin.”

The two of them walked slowly, from that Bishan County Yamen is still some distance away, Pei Nanwei wanted to speak again and again.

Xu Fengyen turned his head to look at her and smiled, “Ask if you want to.”

Pei Nanwei looked at him, “Don’t you know what I want to ask?”

Xu Fengyen gathered up his oil paper umbrella, suddenly squeezed into her umbrella, Pei Nanwei did not have a different look, she wanted to “husband and wife” two people to go to the government office to fight for debt, but the result of each of them to hold an umbrella, maybe it will not be too much to say, the momentum will be weak.

Xu Fengyen took the umbrella from her hand, and walked shoulder to shoulder on the rolling street after turning out of the alley, “At that time, when I was on my way to Shenwu City with Wudang Wang Xiaoping, I wasn’t sure if I could stay alive under the hands of the human cat, Han Shengxuan, so I talked to Wang Xiaoping and said something in my heart. My father Xu Snapdragon has not been what curved intestines of the people, he said the Northern Liang Road and Liyang is a family, shut the door to quarrel are okay, a roof under the day really can not go on, then move out in the next door to set up their own homes, the old death is not good. But if others feel the opportunity to take advantage of, ran to the door of the house to show off, then Xu Snapdragon does not mind a big mouth on the fall over. It’s as simple as that. Of course, Xu Snapdragon also has a bottom line, that is, I’m the son to inherit his family business, as long as I do not die, even if the process of inheritance of the family business bumps, not so smooth, Xu Snapdragon can endure, if I die in the hands of the court, then he does not care about the Northern Liang, surely want to take three hundred thousand Northern Liang border army all the way to Tai’an City. Back when I traveled with Old Huang, the then Empress now Empress Dowager Zhao Zhi, personally used her guards to help me block the disaster, obviously as a woman, she was more able to grasp Xu Snap’s mind with her intuition.”

Xu Fengyen suddenly jovialized himself and laughed, “As for me, back then, I said big words in the capital, saying that I would guard the country’s gates for the people of the Central Plains. It wasn’t true words, but it wasn’t a lie either. Anyway, I have to help Xu Snapdragon guard Northern Liang, isn’t that helping the people of the Central Plains guard the northwest gateway? Same thing, two hearts and minds only.”

The corner of Pei Nanwei’s mouth gently hooked up.

Xu Fengyen looked at the yamen not far ahead and said softly, “That old woman in Beimang once said in front of everyone in the two dynasties that she was willing to rule the world with Xu Snapdragon. Doesn’t it sound very stirring and grandiose?”

Pei Nanwei nodded, “Yes.”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “This is a needle in a sheep’s clothing. Back then, Xu Snap refused to divide the river and rule it, and walked away from a group of disgruntled generals, if anything, it was Xu Snap’s own fault. Later on, the imperial court let the Xu family’s iron cavalry horse trekking on the rivers and lakes, and moved against the martial arts people, how many of the bottom soldiers walked away? You will never guess, it is as many as 20,000, none of them are the elite old soldiers who have been through hundreds of battles. If say Xu Snapdragon was willing to accept back then under the Northern Mang crone’s offer, how many people do you think would have walked away?”

Xu Fengnian stretched out a hand and rotated it, “At least 100,000.”

Pei Nanwei said indistinctly, “So that’s how it is.”

Xu Fengnian narrowed his eyes, “During that storm, Xu Snap and that old woman met outside the pass, and Tuoba Bodhisattva and I each acted as horsemen. In the end, it did not end happily. But if you think Xu Snapdragon didn’t agree because he thought it would disorganize the Northern Liang army, then you’re underestimating my father and Empress Murong too much. She privately promised Xu Snap and proposed a condition that you would never guess even if you beat it to death.”

Pei Nanwei casually said, “Isn’t it that after the success, Xu Snap is old and can only retire, but can let you, Xu Fengnian, be the Lord of the Central Plains?”

Xu Feng Nian was dumbfounded, after he couldn’t help but burst out a foul mouth, his face was full of shock, “You guessed this too?!”

Pei Nanwei blankly glanced at him, “I couldn’t have guessed it, but you said so, anyway, it’s just how unbelievable it is, besides, Zhao Zhi is a woman, and I’m also a woman, so I can’t guess what Empress Murong’s mind is?”

Xu Fengnian sincerely praised, “Awesome!”

Pei Nanwei said coldly, “I’m not cold.”

Xu Fengnian was at a loss.

Pei Nanwei pulled the corner of her mouth, “Really afraid that I’ll be cold and splash rainwater on my shoulder, why don’t you simply turn the oil paper umbrella sideways towards me, isn’t your sincerity a bit too sufficient? Hands off!”

Xu Fengyen resentfully retracted his hand on Pei Nanwei’s shoulder.

The two of them walked into the gate of the county office, Xu Fengyen put away his umbrella. The county magistrate Feng Jade and the county minister Zuo Jing both lived behind the government office as a rule, Xu Fengyen, who was nominally the third in command of the county office, should have had a seat, but at that time, Feng Jade had bullied him for being “young and ignorant with no foundation”, and excluded him from the office. At the beginning of the battle into the mountains to fight bandits, in fact, nothing to do just because it is a hand Feng Jade, at the end of the year evaluation got a middle and upper, Zuo Jing left a little bit of leftovers of the “share of the profits”, to go to the cool of the scholar’s identity of the county lieutenant Bai Shangque successfully transferred to the Youzhou army. When the two of them passed through the government office, along the way, those still on duty in the six rooms of the Xu Xu official have warmly greeted, they have not bad impression on Xu Qi, the young chief official who disappeared for a long time, resulting in his seat is not guaranteed, but in the warm face, incidentally, there are some playful eyes, both regrettable, but also Schadenfreude. Xu Fengyen relied on this trace, and had a clear picture in his mind. Although Xu master is about to roll away, but Feng Jade was informed of this person’s visit, but still not too unkind, after all, he is the main culprit, otherwise Xu Qi will not have to leave Bishan County so quickly, in the old yellow calendar of Youzhou, not to mention a year and a half, how many in the Yamen as a post to fish for oil will be a few years can not be seen in the shadows of the general’s children? Who let Xu Qi, the last-ranking general’s son, who has no backing and does not know what to do, is idle at the moment? Who dares not to take the roll call seriously in Youzhou nowadays? It is said that Lingzhou side, in that granary assassin’s rectification, a large number of unprofessional son of the family have been cleaned up more than grandchildren. Feng jade sitting in the study, is playing with two kinds of newly arrived good objects, bamboo root carving less lion master paperweight ornaments, and is said to be the old South Tang imperial bamboo yellow Ganoderma Lucidum Jade Ruyi, heard the subordinate report, would like to get up to go outside the study to cope with a few words on the matter, is not going to let that Xu Qi to drink a mouthful of hot tea, but when the subordinate kindly mentioned a word that Xu’s wife is also peer after the magistrate Lord on the heart of the god will understand, put the The county magistrate understood and put his butt back into the chair, saying that he would meet the guests in the study and prepare the tea.

Feng Jade did not walk to the door of the study to meet, and then the magistrate lord saw that should be full of fawning young man straight across the threshold, also did not take the initiative to talk to him polite pleasantries, the next move is even more ridiculous, even let him that “widowed” daughter-in-law sat in the chair, he himself leaned against the chair, asked: “If I remember correctly, the new chief bookkeeper and the county lieutenant are to go to the Liang scholar, respectively called Yang Gongshou and Zhu Tassel, previously are the students of the Qinglu Cave academy, now the northern Liang has a great scholar Huang Shang and other people presided over the evaluation of the northern Liang scholar article thesis, that Yang Gongshou is a half-yearly evaluation of the top of the Youzhou, do not go to talk about him, you only talk about how to look at that Zhu Tassel rule? ”

Feng Jade was still carrying that exquisite bamboo carving in one hand, one hand kept the posture of inviting someone to drink tea, not knowing what to do.

He actually did not dare to look directly at the young man in front of him for a moment.

Feng Jade himself felt strange, where did this kid get this official authority? Feng Jade had never felt this kind of pressure from Hong Shandong, the governor of Rouge County. Feng Jade who felt the loss of face put down the bamboo carving Ruyi pendant, drank a mouthful of tea to moisturize his throat, and used the official accent that was only developed after years of public practice to mop up his voice: “Xu Qi ah ……”

Xu Feng Nian smiled, “My name is Xu Feng Nian.”

Feng Jade froze for a moment and sneered, “This official is still Zhang Julu!”

Feng Jade suddenly realized that that chief minister lord has died, annoyed, a slap on the table said: “Xu Qi, believe it or not this official with your this bastard words, can brocade clothes ranger arrest you to jail? Hmm?!”

Pei Nanwei stretched out two fingers and secretly twisted Xu Fengnian’s waist, also learning that accent of the county magistrate, “Speak business! Hmm?!”

Xu Feng Nian snapped his fingers, then Feng Jiao realized that a gust of wind appeared beside him, and out of nowhere stood a black clothed strong man with a stereotypical look, pulling out a bronze “general’s talisman” with an ancient shape from his bosom, holding it in his hand and putting it in front of his eyes.

Feng jiao had heard that the high ranking generals of the border army all have that one general’s talisman, which is not used for dispatching troops and generals, but only has one kind of use, that is, when the generals die in battle on the sand field, the generals will be handed over to the vice generals to command the battle, the vice generals will be handed over to the lieutenants when they die in battle, the lieutenants will be handed over to the captains when they die in battle, the lieutenants will be handed over to the captains when they die in battle, the captains will be handed over to the standard bearers when they die in battle, the standard bearers will be handed over to the captains when they die in battle, and so on, till the whole army is dead.

However, Feng Jade is not sure if this is the general’s talisman, and again, killed him also do not believe that Xu Qi Xu book is what the king of Northern Liang, so Feng Jade froze for no reason to give birth to a heroic dry clouds, loudly reprimanded: “Xu Qi, you wantonly! Do you really think that this official is a good person to fool?”

That earth branch dead soldier who had followed Xu Snap for years looked at his new master, Xu Feng Nian waved his hand, this expressionless shadow flickered away.

Feng Jade was creeped out.

Encountering such a person, Xu Fengnian cried and laughed, reaching out to hold two fingers of Pei Nanwei, the latter struggled to draw them off.

Xu Feng Nian said hopelessly, “Let’s not talk about other things first, you give me those months’ salary, the family is waiting for the pot.”

Feng Jade’s back was merely leaning against the back of the chair, “Have a good conversation, the matter of killing and exterminating people, can’t be done by any means, there are several hundred brocade-clad rangers in Bishan County under this official’s rule.”

Instead of believing that this former chief bookkeeper is some kind of Xu Fengyen, he obviously believed more that this guy is that Northern Mang infiltrated into the spies within the territory of Youzhou.

Pei Nanwei extended a hand and said flatly, “Pay the money. Twenty four taels and seven coins.”

Feng Jade’s forehead was in cold sweat, forced a smile and said, “Two pieces of bamboo carvings, both from the hands of a famous craftsman in Chunqiu, at least it can be sold for a hundred or so taels of silver, you guys can take it.”

Pei Nanwei laughed coldly and said, “Take it for fire? Enough? Besides, it is too dirty to pass through your hands. I want silver. Eh?!”

Feng jiaojiao heart angry cursing, two pieces of bamboo carving, I just play fondle some, dirty what! Then the real gold and silver did not pass the hand? Really long hair short-sighted bitch, really white born this kind of scourge of the posture. Xu Feng Nian laughed: “Magistrate, then I can go to the household room side to collect my salary.”

Feng Jade was actually shivering on both legs, but still waved his hand in a calm manner, thinking that as soon as the couple left, he would immediately let the criminal room and the constable arrest the duo! Xu Fengyen walked out of the study and picked up the two oil paper umbrellas resting at the door. Pei Nanwei asked, “Is this how you ask for your salary?”

Xu Feng Nian laughed: “This is not for fear of not being able to reason things out, and with that pair of eyes that are all over you, I’m afraid that if I don’t get anything out of it, I won’t be able to resist slapping him to death. Fan dead Feng Jade in fact is not bad, this kind of official for anyone can be, just to Yang Gongshou and Zhu Ying vacate the position.”

Pei Nanwei’s face was a bit odd.

Xu Fengyen received his salary in the household room of the front court, that Xu official naturally didn’t dare to give any face to the chief official who had the verbal “holy decree” of the county magistrate. Walking out of the government office, he realized that the rain had stopped. Xu Fengyen softly said: “That Yang Gongshou is nothing, only write some beautiful articles that are not supported by the spirit of the beautiful rhetoric, but Zhu Ying, in the foothills of the Green Deer Mountain, the academy is not famous, but many of the articles that criticize the current affairs, none of them are on the desk of the water whisking room, and in the end, even my second sister was alarmed, and wrote to me that this person should be a great use, that is, compared to Chen Xiliang and Xu Beihao, is too sharp. and Xu Beihao, too sharp, recognize the deadliest reason, and the reasoning is unforgiving, several times even Huang Shang invited to the great Confucian lectures, are forced to get off the stage.”

Pei Nanwei coldly said, “That Yang Gongshou is not a good thing.”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “I knew it. It’s this person who is pestering you? The spy in the water whisk room hasn’t told me about this yet, was it in the last few days?”

Pei Nanwei face not much anger, “Last time I went to the yamen to collect debts, this person came to Bishan county to go to the office, probably still have to wait for the official approval of the county governor, eaten up all day nothing, every time I go out to buy things, he appeared, finally still have a little bit of the reader’s cheek, but also not close, not close to not far away from the place of the loud chanting of poems and chants, well, the level of perhaps with you back in the day equivalent to drums. .”

Xu Fengyen couldn’t help but say, “How is it possible, when I bought poems from the Northern Liang scholars, they were all heavy and high priced, and the contents weren’t bad at all.”

When Pei Nanwei and Xu Fengyen were about to turn into the alley from the wheel street, four or five ruffians who looked like they were waiting for them came around with smiles and laughs, Pei Nanwei glanced at Xu Fengyen, who frowned and said to himself, “Bishan County hasn’t learned the power of the brocade-clothed rangers? How come there are still people with the guts to cause trouble at this time?”

The answer soon came out on its own.

While the group of ruffians were saying strange things to surround them, someone came to the rescue. Not far behind Xu Fengyen and Pei Nanwei, a white-clothed, flowing man with a sword appeared, very handsome and suave in appearance, standing in a very elegant posture, with a sword, quite valuable.

When he saw Xu Fengnian beside Pei Nanwei, a flash of sadness and loss quietly flashed in his eyes, but soon this emotion was transformed into a full-blooded and endless fighting spirit.

Then he didn’t even need to use his sword like a swimming dragon, he softly shouted, dashingly stepped forward, and handed out a palm from seven or eight paces away, and instantly, one of the land ruffians seemed to be swept by the majestic palm wind, and his feet left the ground, crashing into the wall of the alleyway.

The white-clothed swordsman delivered another palm, and another person’s body spun many times, then fell to the ground, moaning in pain.

The corners of Pei Nanwei’s mouth twitched a little, skimming her head and not looking at this idiot.

Xu Fengyen reached out his fingers and pinched her chin, gently turning her head back, stifling his laughter and said, “This road warrior, who pulls out his sword to help others, is also having a hard time, okay, you should at least finish watching the play.”

The white-clothed swordsman was busy showing off his thick internal strength and unparalleled martial arts, and didn’t see this scene, or else he would probably have to beat himself to vomit blood.

Just see him palm after palm, beat the group of big and thick ruffians piss, and some “struggle” to get up, towards the white-clothed swordsman rushed, and then are not even touch the corner of the warrior’s clothes, on the “strong” palm wind swept, in a variety of brilliant They flew sideways, upside down, and spun out in all sorts of brilliant postures.

Xu Fengyin turned his head sideways and introduced to Pei Nanwei in a low voice with the experience of a “veteran”: “When I did this kind of thing, the expenses were more than two hundred taels. Because at the beginning of the king’s head of the guards and squires pretending to be gangsters, too fake, the first time to do things, I have no experience, those seven or eight guards are clearly flirting with the girl on the mouth, the results of an open mouth with the murder of the whole family is almost the same, scared that the small family Jade almost fainted, crying, don’t kill her, she what all from the later I had to step in and explain, guess what, that looks quite clean girl is not what! Shy, directly asked me to marry my wife did not, the results gave me a shock. The result is that I was shocked. I was laughed at for half a year by a couple of guys from Li Hanlin who were watching the show. After that I hired the city scoundrels to play this kind of drama, beforehand also have to say how to fight, this kind of palm wind fist Gang style, okay, the price is low, if it is a knife, people will have to increase the price. But then I am looking at the mood to give silver, I estimate that this buddy again small family, spent I’m afraid there must be twenty or thirty silver.”

At the entrance of the alleyway where Yu Di Long and Lu Yun Chang were squatting, they also looked dumbfounded.

Waiting for that warrior, who was sweating profusely just from his palms, to finish the fight, those ruffians shouted out words like “young warrior spare your life”, “young warrior’s kung fu is excellent”, and then helped each other to leave. Then they helped each other to leave.

Pei Nanwei covered her mouth and laughed, because in her ears, Xu Fengyen had already said these words before them, and this former head of the Northern Liang scourge was full of smugness, “How about it, it’s all the same routine, isn’t it? I’m the one who started this kind of thing, I don’t know how many dudes in Liangzhou Lingshu were learning from me back then.”

The white-clothed swordsman who had his back to the two hurriedly gasped a few breaths of air, when his breathing stabilized, only then did he turn around with a smile and walked towards Xu Fenian and Pei Nanwei, he was about to speak, when he didn’t know where the two troublemakers came out from, one of them, the word taller, yelled to the eyesore beside that Miss Pei, “Master Master, I’m going to go and stay at a random inn with my senior brother, otherwise the two of us crammed on a bedpan are not used to sleeping. A bedpan to sleep uncomfortable, go ah!”

Xu Fengnian’s face was a little embarrassed when he saw the two little brats running away in a puff of smoke.

Pei Nanwei sneered, “Received a good disciple ah.”

The white-clothed swordsman in front of him was Yang Gongshou, who was the new Bishan County Head Bookkeeper, and his heart was broken as he watched that “Xu Qi” stand beside the woman of his choice. He has long been on the rouge aunt of the water spirit of the handsome heard, what “marrying a wife when marrying Lingshou female, concubines to be rouge mother”, at first only as an official old sexist after dinner dirty talk, but really when he was in the Yamen appeared in the woman’s glimpse, is really the soul is gone. Later heard that she has married a woman, he also had some painful celestial war, and finally still can not hold, Yang Gongshou did not think really how, just hard to find the opportunity to appear in front of her, and then see the poetry talent is not useful, then feel that it may be the wrong way, since the northern Liang folk pugnacious, maybe she is like that kind of warrior master route, and then there is such a thing.

Xu Fengyen reached out to hold Pei Nanwei’s slender waist, smilingly said, “This warrior, should be a patriarch in the jianghu, I don’t know if there are any nicknames like thunder?”

Yang Gongshou slightly opened his mouth, this one really forgot, but his talent is indeed there, otherwise he would not have risen to fame in the Qinglu Cave Academy, cupped his fists and smiled and said, “My name is Yang Gongshou, the jianghu people call ‘Poetry and Fulfillment Sword’ …… ”

Not far away from a young scholar gently clapping came, laughed: “Wenfu brother when I climbed the Qinglu Mountain, but only half of the mountain on the gasping like a cow, I do not know how to today on the divine achievement, is not the world really that day people possessed?”

Yang Gongshou to people to reveal the old, hate to dig a hole in the ground to drill down, good thing that Miss Pei has gone with that person.

Yang Gongshou red face, finally still can not say anything cruel, heavy cold snort.

The scholar stood together with Yang Gongshou, looked at the back of the two walking into the alleyway, laughed softly and said: “My fair lady, the gentleman is good. Brother Wenfu, in the past, you and I didn’t see eye to eye with each other, but after today, your ill feeling towards me has increased greatly, and I have gained a few good feelings towards you.”

Yang Gongshou flung his sleeves and stomped towards the county office.

The man laughed and shook his head, “Yang Gongshou ah Yang Gongshou, do you really think that those two can’t see your clumsy tricks? I’m sparing you from continuing to be treated like a monkey show.”

Walking in the alleyway, Xu Fengyen laughed, “Maybe that Yang Gongshou won’t appreciate it, and will only think that Zhu Ying is tearing down the stage.”

Pei Nanwei, who was once on the list of Rouge Review, did not have any waves in his heart for this farce and said, “That Zhu Ying should not be suitable for the officialdom, right?”

Xu Fengyen sighed softly and said, “If in Liyang, unless there is that unique and tolerant Bole, Zhu Ying should not be able to get ahead in his life. There’s one thing that’s bad about readers.”

Pei Nanwei asked, “Intentionality?”

Xu Fengnian nodded, “Readers have more feelings than normal people, the more you read and write, the more history you recognize, the heavier your mind inevitably becomes. The higher the talent, often the weaker the sense of proportion, do not like to pinpoint the fire, to be precise, is disdain, lazy and people and things to go to the snake. Seeing and doing things, it is easy to non-black can be, that is, what you call the spirit of the matter. So the history of those who have high talent of the literary hero, do the official tend to be not big, this strange phenomenon, not only is the eyes of the four words can be explained by all the low. Well, it does not matter to them, the emperor is a shovelful of earth, but the drinker poet to stay his name, to drink and write a famous piece, is not it a pleasure. Thousands of years from now, naturally it will be easier for people to remember than those emperors and dignitaries.”

The two returned to the courtyard, Pei Nanwei brought two small benches and placed them under the eaves.

She looked at him sitting quietly beside her.

She said, “It’s hard to imagine that you’re the same His Royal Highness who killed people in the reeds back then.”

He was silent.

She casually asked, “I heard people on the street say that there has been a turnaround on the side of the Guangling Road, and that Western Chu has lost the battle, so do you think Cao Changqing will make a move? Or wait until King Yan Zhi goes north?”

He shook his head, “King Guangling should be going to accompany King Huainan soon. Then King Yan Zhi’s army will confront Cao Changqing.”

She asked, “You are willing to come this time and say so much, are you giving your last words?”

Once again, he did not speak.

The two were silent for a long time, and in the night, there was actually nothing to see.

She looked at the sky and finally spoke, “It’s rare for powerful men to treat women like human beings, isn’t it?”

He said softly, “Maybe not many, but certainly quite a few. It’s just that you’re not very lucky and haven’t met one.”

Pei Nanwei rested her chin on her knees and murmured, “But it’s not good to not treat a woman as a woman all year round, right?”

After she said this, she got up and walked into the house.

The figure was graceful.