Chapter 274 – Delivering Coal in the Snow for the World

After two months, Xu Fengyen didn’t return from Guanwai until the end of winter, just when the snow was flying, no surprise, this should be the last snow in Northern Liang in Xiangfu two years.

Entering the city late at night, neither Xu Fengyen nor Xu Beihao took a carriage, behind them were 800 white horse volunteers with white armor and white horses, blending with the snowy night.

In this snowy morning, Xu Fengyen put on a fox fur that has not been replaced for many years, out of the wutong courtyard that has been expanded a lot, alone to listen to the tide of the lake in the Lake Pavilion, leaning on the porch columns looking at the lake, I heard that the two women in the mansion earlier will be used as a lotus on the lake as a small wishing pool, and often threw copper coins in the lake, the result is that not long ago, it is smashed into a hornet’s nest. When I was young, there were four children named Xu in Qingliang Mountain, two men and two women, plus Xu Snapdragon himself, it does not seem how the yin and yang are weak, now it is not quite the same, he Xu Fengyen and Huang Baner are always away from Qingliang Mountain, but there are more women, not to mention Lu Shengyan and Wang Chudong, there is also the one who likes to wear the robe of the Xu baby, wearing a sable hat of the girl Oh, the national beauty of the Chen fisherman, the Chen Xiliang went to the cool of the girl with the side of the groom, the Yu Xinlang! Stay in the house of the green robe child, occasionally Huyan Daguan’s daughter will sneak to play in Qingliang Mountain, and even the Wutong courtyard also more than seven batch of red “female academics”, nominally Wutong courtyard of the second and third class maids, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar and tea, the name of the head of the account for one, as if it was the bad idea of the Lu Cheng Yan, compared to the early years of his young master of the Wutong courtyard to the The names given to the maids, such as Green Ant White Wine Cucumber and whatnot, are really not similar to each other.

Xu Fengyen last night in Song Dongming and Bai Yu’s yamen house side to stay late, not to mention the general affairs, even if some of the important things involving the promotion of four or five officials, as long as it does not involve the sensitive local military affairs, Xu Fengyen also give the two people to act cheaply, so last night is more than Song Bai two people in the routine business similar to the king’s play, Xu Fengyen, this handcuffed cabinet to do that “nodding feudal king Xu Fengyen, the owner of the hand, was the “nodding feudal king”. There is only one thing that is troublesome, the Deputy Secretary Song Dongming specifically as the finale of the problem thrown to Xu Fengyen, when Mr. White Lotus in the side of the low head sipping hot tea, smiling playfully. Xu Fengyen also headache after hearing, the original in the finalization of Lu Chenyan as the Northern Liang Zhengfei, Lu Dongjiang, the old man of the past years of reputation in the Central Plains, the mind has live open, thinking of competing for the seat of the assassin of Liangzhou, the original assassin Tian Peifang no matter what the original intention, is the sense of the rush to retire, or forced by the situation have to do, in the refusal of the northern city back to Liangzhou, to the mountain of the Qingliang submitted his resignation, the next assassin of Liangzhou! In the next Liangzhou assassin, the special driver outside, Guanwai Guanwai appeared “inside and outside the assassin” pattern has been a nail in the coffin of the fact, which let originally only coveted the post of special driver Lu Dongjiang suddenly changed his tone, taking advantage of the father by the daughter of a good wind, hoping to one step to the position, as a civilian third hand in the official field of the Northern Liang Road. Xu Fengyian also had no choice but to use a stalling tactic, for Lu’s children into the cool after what he did, Xu Fengyian in fact know exactly, that group of heart higher than the sky of the readers, either can not help, only a handful of useful talent, also belongs to the inappropriateness of pulling up seedlings to grow, but Lu Dongjiang do not think so, even if Xu Fengyian in the construction of a new city has been given to the Lu’s compensation, but Lu Dongjiang obviously do not feel that this is Qingzhou! The luxury valve Lu’s treatment, unfortunately, after all, Beiliang is not the court, there is no Hanlin Academy can raise idlers, not to mention the title of those Temple Pavilion Pavilion Bachelor’s degree to give away, in the final analysis, son-in-law Xu Fengyen is in charge of the Beiliang Road, nowadays, not that he does not want to Lu’s family to be able to raise their eyebrows in Beiliang, but can not afford to give this face.

Xu Fengyen raised his head and saw Bai Yu walking slowly, Xu Fengyen didn’t intentionally put on the gesture of welcoming him with courtesy, he just sat up straight. Bai Yu walked into the front of the Lake Pavilion and stomped heavily on the steps, shaking off the snowflakes. The two sat opposite each other, Bai Yu took the lead to open his mouth and laughed, “Since I entered the mountain when I was young, over the years, I have seen a few Jiangnan snowstorms that I found quite spectacular, and when I came to Northern Liang, I realized that the big snowstorms are big and big, and that Jiangnan is ultimately not as good as the north.”

Xu Feng Nian smiled, “I heard Xu Snap said that the snow in winter over in Liaodong is actually even bigger, goose feather snow is not enough to describe it.”

Bai Yu joked, “Snowflakes are as big as a hand, the poems composed by the Great General, I also heard them loud and clear at Longhu Mountain back then.”

The corner of Xu Fengnian’s mouth curled up, “The civil officials in Beiliang all feel that Xu Snapdragon is not easy to serve, because ass-kissing is never on the hoof, only my second sister’s husband, Wang Priest Drinker, is able to shoot the right way, in fact, the heavenly opportunity here is very simple, that is, how to be shameless how to come, absolutely can’t end up with a literati frame, because it’s too profound and implicit, Xu Snapdragon doesn’t understand it, and listening to it in the clouds, just thinking about how to say back is not enough. He is a very difficult person just thinking about how to talk back. Wang priest is very straight to the point, two stinky chess basket, on the chessboard and Xu Snapdragon kill half catty, but also praise Xu Snapdragon ‘national player ah powerful ah, this hand down ah good life domineering,’ these good words, Xu Snapdragon of course, I understand, so it is particularly happy. Well, there’s also Huang Barbarian’s master, Zhao Xituan, who knows Xu Snapdragon very well. He remembered that the first time he came to our place, he said that Huang Barbarian was born with wisdom and good looks, and that he was worthy of being the son of a great general, etc. Even I couldn’t watch him. At that time, even I couldn’t look at it, thinking that this old man was in all likelihood a jianghu cheat, in the end, I let someone bring a dog to scare the old Tianshi, now looking back, real people don’t show their faces, this saying is very true.”

Xu Fengyen didn’t know if he opened his box, he couldn’t stop at once, “I remember when I went to Wudang Mountain to practice martial arts, the first time I met the old master Wang Chonglou, at that time I heard more rumors of the jianghu of one finger breaking the river, the old admired this Beiliang Tianzhi’s Taoist god, as a result of the meeting, the old master was indeed immortal, didn’t let people down, but soon showed his face, guess Which thing?”

Bai Yu shook his head.

Xu Fengyin smiled, his eyes narrowed in all the style, and said softly, “I was curious and asked the old Sect Master if it was true that he broke the river with one finger, the old man first shook his head and said it wasn’t, and then stretched out two fingers, and said it was two fingers. At that time I was not only stunned, admired and mesmerized, but I actually felt that this old Sect Master, apart from being full of immortal air, was actually quite earthy. You didn’t see the expression on the old man’s face after he said the two words, obviously trying very hard to pretend to be that kind of worldly superior as much as he could, but not pretending well enough, so that when one looks back afterward, one would think that it was just an old man who had made great feats of strength in his early years, and waited until he was old enough to be remembered by the young people, and especially mentioned to his face again, and then he was so happy that he couldn’t even hide it.”

Bai Yu softly said, “The Tianshifu is not quite the same.”

Xu Feng Nian looked towards the lake and muttered, “Later I realized, Xu Snapdragon, he ah, is also such an old man, only when I was young, I never praised him to his face, instead I often scolded him, and even whisked him away to beat him, always thinking of making him lose face. At that time, I only thought that it was you who killed my mother, now that I don’t have any family education and don’t know how to be polite, in fact, it’s all because of you, Xu Snapdragon, so it’s not my fault, Xu Fengyen.”

Bai Yu’s eyes missed Xu Feng Nian’s shoulder and looked to the other side of the Hearing Tide Lake, silent for a long time, slowly said, “My parents died on the way of Hong Jia’s northward run, because in the early years, they were the great perfumers of the Wudang Mountain, and then I was brought to the mountain.”

Xu Fenian said, “Not holding a grudge?”

Bai Yu frankly said, “At first, not to mention the common people, that is, we readers read history, read those dead monarchs, history books are only treacherous ministers in the way of blinding the holy hearings and so on, so I can’t complain about the emperor, not to mention those who are away from the new compilation of loyal ministers on the record, I can’t complain about those who died on the battlefield of the military generals, so I have to look for it and I can only find your father, nicknamed Xu Snap, the General nicknamed “Human Butcher”. A child witnessed the destruction of the country and the death of the family, the mountains and rivers are full of deceased people, how can I not complain?”

Xu Fengnian was silent.

Bai Yu suddenly lamented, “In the end, it turns out that I can’t complain.”

Xu Fengyen didn’t ask if he shouldn’t complain, or if he couldn’t complain.

Bai Yu turned his head to look at the path leading to the pavilion in the center of the lake, there was a graceful figure at the end of the road, probably a few minutes closer and found them sitting in the pavilion, she then turned towards the frozen lake, moving further and further away.

Bai Yu apologized and laughed, “It seems that I have ruined the scenery, otherwise it would have been the king and her face to face, not enjoying the scenery more than enjoying the scenery.”

Xu Fenian glanced at the figure and helplessly said, “I have nothing with her.”

Bai Yu’s eyes were odd.

Xu Fenian was even more helpless, “Really.”

Bai Yu glanced at the figure once more and joked, “That would be too regrettable.”

Xu Fenian smiled without saying anything.

Just as the two of them were quietly enjoying the scenery, Song Yu, the steward of the royal residence, walked quickly, saying that Yang Shenxing, the Festival Envoy, had come to pay a visit, Xu Fengyen asked him to lead that Festival Envoy, who hadn’t been in the cool for a long time, to the Pavilion at the Center of the Lake.

Bai Yu laughed, “Elder General Yang has been suffering within the state city these days, the Festival Envoy’s residence has been smashed almost every day, the readers smashed books on the gate, the common people threw stones on the wall, it is said that there were all chopper throwers, it was so lively that the servants in the residence were scared and regarded it as a hard job.”

Xu Fengyen saw Mr. Bai Yucai get up to leave after finishing his words, and coldly said, “Mr. Bai Yucai, might as well accompany me to see Yang Shenxing.”

Bai Yu only bent down and got up, hesitated after hearing this and sat down again.

When Yang Shenxing stepped up the steps, he saw the young feudal king sitting with furs and sleeves gathered together, but an elegant scholar of unknown identity stood to greet him, looking at him with a smile, not the kind of smile that hides daggers, but on the contrary extremely amiable and natural.

When Xu Fengyen introduced the identity of both parties, Yang Shenxing was shocked, and realized that the person in front of him, was actually the external Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, who was given the title of Mr. White Lotus by the late Emperor, and suddenly his heart was warmed up with a few warm feelings. When he heard Bai Yu personally say that he would go to the residence of the Festival Minister to ask for wine when he had time, Yang Shen Xing, regardless of whether it was true or false, whether it was polite or sincere, all of them were a few points of closeness to Bai Yu. After all, after he arrived in Liangzhou, the reason why the closed door thanked the guests, is only to know that as long as they walk out the door half a step, that is everyone shouting and even shouting to kill the street rat, so far, not to mention the Liangzhou civil and military officials a did not show up, is the servants on the mansion maids, but also some of the eyes are not good. Yang Shenxeng this cheeky to come to Qingliang Mountain, is previously had a secret letter pleading Xu Fengyen from the customs return to the state city must say hello, the old man into the king’s house in Qingliang Mountain, or Xu Fengyen is willing to let this section messenger into the door, the whole of the northern Liang officialdom are waiting to see, into the Yang Shenxeng may not be able to power in northern Liang, but not, Yang Shenxeng after the day is certainly can not be lived. Yang Shenxing’s initial idea is to make a trip today, not expecting Xu Fengyen to put up much of a show, just to get by on face value, but Bai Yu’s appearance is definitely an unexpected blessing. Yang Shenxeng as immersed in half a lifetime of Liyang officialdom of the old fox, nowadays the wind blowing in the north of the Liang, only need to house underlings of two words, the old man can often seize the key, for example, the choice of the main consort, as well as the resignation of the assassins of the Tian Peifang, the two things seem to be wind and cattle and horses, in fact, here are signs, it’s very telling, Tian Peifang this is ah in the with the land of the Dongjiang implicitly show good, there is a Linzhou assassins replacement of the previous experience, he rather than wait until a year or two later was forced to let go of the assassins, the assassins of the state of the first time, he is the first time in a year or two. Instead of waiting for a year or two after he was forced to give way to the outsiders, it is better to take the initiative to give way at the moment, the heart of the heart with the Lu family with the future Liangzhou assassin Lu Dongjiang, and even Wangfei Lu Chenyan to make a fire love.

The three of them talked happily in the Lake Pavilion, not talking about affairs of state, only talking about the moon and wind.

After a happy ending, Bai Yu takes the initiative to send Yang Shen Xing all the way out of the royal residence.

Bai Yu stands in the doorway to see the Festival Minister off, with a somewhat knowing smile.

Since Song Dongming was a more powerful Deputy Secretary than Li Gongde, as long as Xu Fengnian nodded and agreed to Lu Dongjiang becoming the Assassin’s Secretary, then the entire Lu family would be obliged, and the Lu family would also need to have a “man of the court” in Qingliang Mountain. Lu Dongjiang, a famous scholar, and Wang Linquan, one of the two, as the lesser of two evils, Song Dongming will of course choose the former. He, Bai Yu, is a bit more awkward and doesn’t even have a chance to choose. But now there is a Yang Shenxing who comes to his door, his situation is different, now Yang Shenxing can’t speak in the Beiliang official circle, it doesn’t mean that it will still be the same in the future. As long as Liangmang is still fighting, as long as Yang Shenxing is smart enough, he is not afraid of not having a day to make a name for himself. In the future, no matter how busy the Festival Minister’s residence is, Bai Yu will be the one who “met Yang Shen Xing at the end of the day”, the one who sends charcoal in the snow, not the one who adds flowers to the brocade.

Bai Yu is about to step over the threshold when he suddenly retracts his foot, turns around and walks down the steps, then turns around to look at the gate.

This Mr. White Lotus, looking up at the imposing plaque, and looking at the soon-to-be-replaced spring couplets on both sides, remembered the young man from the Lake Pavilion earlier, and muttered to himself, “Beiliang, Liyang, in this world, with you, Xu Fengyian, is it considered as a gift of charcoal in the snow?”

Just as the mixed feelings of Bai Yu returned to walk into the royal residence, via the shore of Hearing Tide Lake, he ended up seeing a scene that almost made Mr. White Lotus jump to his feet and curse his mother.

He had only left with his own front foot, and that honorable man who claimed to have nothing to do with the rouge assessed woman was already walking side by side with her on the lake with his back foot.

What’s even more outrageous is that after seeing himself, that guy, instead of feeling weak, raised his hand towards himself in greeting.

Bai Yu indignantly muttered in a small voice.

In the distance on the lake, Xu Fengyen laughed out loud.

Chen Yu curiously asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “Mr. White Lotus thought that I couldn’t hear him from afar, but I actually heard him loud and clear.”

Chen Yu asked, “What did Mr. White Lotus say?”

Xu Fengnian said in a serious manner, “He complimented me on my jade-like appearance, he was ashamed of himself.”

Chen Yu let out an oh before excusing herself and leaving.

Then she went straight to Mr. White Lotus.

Xu Fengnian was dumbfounded.

Finally alone on the lake, Xu Fengyen laughed.

Looking around, everything was peaceful.

In this kind of Northern Liang, no matter whether a woman is like a flower or looks evil, no matter whether a man is practicing martial arts from literature or a townsman, all of them are peaceful and quiet. The sounds of reading, selling, horses’ hooves, grunting and quarrelling were all lively and bustling.

Xu Fengnian folded his sleeves with both hands and looked up at the sky.

This young man, all he does is to seek a “Spring and Autumn no longer blame Xu family”.