Murong Yi

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At dusk, there are fewer pedestrians on the street, only a few or two people strolling.Suddenly, the sound of galloping horseshoes came from a distance, getting louder and louder. Just as the pedestrians on the side of the road reacted and retreated, they saw a fast horse flashing past, leaving only an afterimage.

The galloping horse suddenly stopped in front of a restaurant and snorted loudly.The man on the horse didn't get off the horse, but after looking at the signboard in front of the restaurant, he suddenly flew up from the saddle, turned over in the air, and flew straight in from the second floor like an arrow.

There was commotion upstairs, but the man in Tsing Yi sitting in the corner did not move.

He was dressed in plain and simple Tsing Yi, with a handsome face and a faint smile on his lips, sitting there calmly, tasting wine slowly.

The man on horseback was dressed in black, with a bamboo hat on his head, and walked towards the man in Tsing Yi with vigorous steps.

As soon as the guests on both sides saw the man in black, they were frightened by his evil spirit, left in a panic, and fled downstairs.In an instant, only the breathing of a few people remained on the bustling second floor.

This breathing, counting the man in green and the man on horseback who suddenly flew in, there is one more person.But it came from the man in black standing next to the man in Tsing Yi.

He was standing there, but no one noticed during the bustle and bustle just now.

Immediately, the man went straight to the man in Tsing Yi.

"master."

When he called this, he half-kneeled down.

"Jingxiu, get up."

The man in Tsing Yi put down his wine glass, as if he had just woken up from his own world, looked at the half-kneeling man on the ground, and smiled.

It was just a simple smile, and suddenly, his handsome face brightened up.

The man in black called Jingxiu got up from the ground, lowered his head, took out a scroll from his arms, and handed it to the man in green respectfully.

"Master, this is the result of this month."

The man in Tsing Yi took it, but he didn't take it immediately, he just pointed his eyes at the seat opposite him.

"I'm tired, Jingxiu, sit down and have a glass of wine with me."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Jingxiu took off his bamboo hat, gently placed it on a corner of the table, and sat down on the seat respectfully.

The face under the bamboo hat is an unusual face.Such outlines and facial features are really rare in the Central Plains where there are many ethnic groups.His eyes were not sharp, but deep, with an indescribable tranquility, like a pool of thousand-year-old cold water, without waves or ripples.His facial features are sharp and profound, which should have an astonishing temperament like the cold light of a drawn sword, but the sharp edges and corners have been worn away by the violent wind and rain in the vicissitudes of life, leaving only the picturesque plainness brought into the character.

He was very respectful, but he didn't appear to be in a hurry. Even when the person he called the master poured wine for him, he didn't seem to remember the identity of the person in front of him. He just accepted it quietly, then picked up the glass and drank it down.

"Last month, Zhao Yonglong appeared at Li Yi's [-]th birthday banquet. He singled out the three major experts in the south, and then left. After Qingwei received the news, he immediately started tracking... But, the subordinates were incompetent and found nothing. .” He said, frowning slightly at the same time.

The man in Tsing Yi seemed to have already known what he said, so he just smiled and asked: "Isn't it nothing? Jingxiu."

"Yes……"

Jing Xiu lowered his eyes and replied: "Master is wise. Other information is already in the scroll. In addition, Zhao Yonglong has left the four southern states now."

Hearing the last sentence, the man in Tsing Yi groaned, but stopped talking.

"...According to the news from Jinghuan, Zhao Yonglong arrived in the capital yesterday."

"What? Arrived in the capital?!" The man in Tsing Yi obviously did not expect to receive such news. After a brief shock, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, "...as long as he appears in the capital... it will probably be soon There are results."

He murmured, he didn't know what he was thinking, but his smile got deeper and deeper. In the end, he couldn't help it anymore, and finally burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

He is really happy. Anyone who knows that a mysterious person he has been chasing for five years is now close at hand will probably have this expression.

The owner of the restaurant stood on the stairs, looked at the man in Tsing Yi who was laughing over there, stroked his gray beard, thought for a while, and then shouted to the waiter downstairs: "Mr. Han is happy today, take that The drunk in the altar dug up from the back!! Hurry up!!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the three people on the second floor, and went downstairs again.

It was the spring breeze season in March, the sky was already dark, but the street market was brightly lit, the night market had already started, and there was a constant flow of people coming and going.

The new emperor of Yan State has been on the throne for five years. He reduced taxes and exempted him from farming and mulberry. At the same time, he attached great importance to agricultural production, built water conservancy, and improved farm tools.Later, the new emperor issued relevant laws and regulations to encourage commerce that had been suppressed before. Because the Gyeonggi area was located at the foot of the emperor, the effect was the most obvious.The night market in the capital city is one of the symbols of the rich spare time life of ordinary people.

Murong Ni walked slowly, not in a hurry, looked here and there from time to time, seemed to be very interested in everything, and when he met hospitable vendors, he would stop to listen to them selling their products.He was in a good mood today, so when he was walking in the street market, he kept a slight smile on his lips.

Chong Jue followed behind, looking around vigilantly from time to time.There are many people, and there are many people at the same time, which means more danger.Therefore, he must be extremely vigilant to protect the safety of his master.

Right now, goods and goods from all over the world are gathered in Yancheng, the capital of Yan Kingdom, and Murong Yan's gaze has swept them one by one.

Green carved dragon pattern.

He stopped and picked it up from a pile of accessories.

The peddler had just finished greeting a customer, and when he saw Murong Yan, he hurried forward, smiling all over his face, with pride in his goods, and introduced:

"Young Master, you really know what to buy... This pair of earrings is a rarity."

"Rare goods? It's just a small earring, what's so rare?"

Murong Yan became interested and asked with a smile.

Seeming that the person in front of him wanted to listen, the peddler coughed and said, "Young master, don't underestimate this earring! Look at the craftsmanship, it's very delicate, and feel it, it's very unusual. right."

Murong Yan nodded.

"Of course, these earrings are made of green obsidian from the Dahan Kingdom in the west. According to the businessman from the Dahan Kingdom who sold them to me, they are worn by the royal family of Dahan."

"Since it belongs to the royal family, why did it come into your hands?"

Dahan Country is a distant foreign country, and its national language and appearance are different from the Central Plains.Judging from the carving technique, it really doesn't look like Master Zhongyuan's work.Just saying that it belongs to the royal family is a bit problematic...

"My lord, everything I said is the truth. Look at this earring, it's not ordinary!"

The peddler continued to introduce enthusiastically, but did not answer Murong Yi's question.Murong Ni was in a good mood, and with what he knew, green obsidian was indeed rare, so he simply took out the silver without asking the vendor for change, turned around and left with Chong Jue.Anyway, he didn't go for the royal thing.

In other countries, it might be strange for earrings to be sold to men, but in Yan country, it is very common.Men with one earring can be seen everywhere on the street.This is because the custom of wearing earrings, regardless of gender, has been customary in the country of Yan for a long time.Usually, it also acts as a token of love between a man and a woman.Generally, a man will give an earring to the woman he likes. If the woman is interested, she can wear the earring to answer.The other earring is worn by men.

Therefore, when Chong Jue saw what Murong Ni bought, he was taken aback, and because of this reason, doubts arose.

Murong Ni didn't notice the strange look that Chong Jue was looking at him, after putting away his things, he still went shopping as before.

Tang Shi took a sip of his wine, then sighed.

He has been thinking hard about the poem in front of him for a long time, but as usual, there is no answer.

It has been more than a month since he was drinking at this seat, suddenly became very fond of poetry, improvised, and recited the last sentence.For the past month, no matter what he was doing, he was always thinking about the good sentence he got by chance, but no matter how much he tried his best, or asked famous scholars in the capital, he still didn't find the next sentence that satisfied him.

Right now, even good wine can't make him happy as usual.

He leaned against the railing, looked at the bustling crowd downstairs along the street, and sighed softly, with a slight sadness mixed with the feeling that things are right and wrong.

"...the flowers fall in desperation..."

"It seems that I have known each other before Yan returns..."

He seemed to have heard such a sentence, he was stunned, and then followed the direction of the sound, across the railing, and looked downstairs.

It was a very young son, with a faint smile on his handsome face.

He raised his head, smiled and said to Tang Shi:

"Young master has a good literary talent, Han admires him."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands, and without waiting for Tang shi to say anything, he left with the attendants in black behind him.

"Hey!! Wait!!"

Tang Shi shouted anxiously. Seeing that the figure of the man in Tsing Yi was about to disappear into the crowd, he threw an ingot of silver on the table, and immediately flew out from the second floor.

Murong Ni took Chong Jue for a walk in the market, seeing the bright smiling faces of the people around her, her mood became better and better.

So when someone suddenly fell in front of him and blocked his way, he was not angry, but just smiled and asked:

"What is the meaning of this, son?"