Changle Floating Life

On the first seven days of Ning Laocai, the whole city of Xuzhou was under martial law, and every household was ordered not to go out to watch.Even so, when the long funeral procession passed through the long street, many curious people secretly opened the cracks in the windows and doors of their homes.

Pulling the children to sing songs, white ji to sing the Yuan, Mingjing, Lingfan, and paper money flying all over the sky.

After all, a dead camel is bigger than a horse, and Ning Bancheng, the God of Wealth who is as rich as an enemy, organizes funerals as grandly as weddings, and never loses the face of Xuzhou salt merchants.

Zhao Nanxing was at the front of the team, wearing a Zhansheng, and saw that Ning Bancheng's coffin fell on a geomantic treasure that he had chosen long before his death.Half of the officers and soldiers were mixed in the funeral procession, and Zuo Fengmian stood behind him, very conspicuous.The servants of the family did not dare to be presumptuous because of the presence of outsiders, so they lowered their voices and sobbed mournfully.

The sky was low and cloudy, half cloudy and not sunny.After Zhao Nanxing performed the ceremony and filled the grave with soil, Zuo Fengmian poked him on the back and said, "Look at Gaogang in the west."

Zhao Nanxing's heart skipped a beat, and he looked up.I don't know when there was one more person and one rider circling on the hill, and it was difficult to see his face from a distance, but with that figure, he was as graceful as a dragon, as graceful as a frightened bird, even if he was burned to ashes, he would not forget it.

One year when the spring breeze was bleak, he went to Plum Blossom Academy to do odd jobs, and the academy allowed him to listen to lectures for free.A sick teacher wanted to bring a letter to his family, entrusting him to visit Jinling.

In the courtyard of durian flowers, I often hear the warbler seeking friends, the Xiliu Pavilion, and the swallow attracting young at first glance.

It was his first time to travel far away, and everything was novel. He saw mountains and rivers all the way, but he missed the ferry, and was robbed by thieves again.After drinking a bowl of green tea, his whole body became ill, and the few ingots of broken silver that the teacher asked him to bring were also snatched away.When he was able to move, he chased him out of the hut, and those people had already fled away.

When he was about to cry but had no tears, he only heard the sound of the horse's hooves, which seemed to be ringing in his heart.A few young men on fur horses come here, like the princes of Wuling, rich and powerful, but bold and unrestrained, like Chang'an rangers.The leading man was holding an eagle with his left arm and leading a dog with his right. He thought he was blocking the way and wanted to whip him.The smaller one from behind galloped forward, with a fair complexion, like a beautiful girl.The little boy blocked the whip and asked him softly, "Why are you crying alone on the road?"

He touched his cheek, and when he saw him, tears flowed down unconsciously.

When the leader of the rich family heard what happened to him, he laughed loudly, and said: "The little thief is nothing to worry about."As he spoke, he hit his horse hard and chased forward.The little boy asked him if he knew how to ride a horse, and he shook his head blankly.

"Then you sit behind me, hug my waist, you will always hug people, right?"

He nodded desperately, the young master pulled him onto the horse, and galloped forward.With the wind whistling in his ears, he was too scared to speak, but hugged the person in front of him tightly.Not long after, he vaguely heard the neighing, cursing and fighting sounds of the horses in front of him, and he boldly poked his head out to see that the dandy was fighting with the thief who stole his money. .

"Hold tight!" While speaking, the young man took out a small light bow from under the saddle, fastened three arrows to the string, stretched the bow to the full moon, and shot it out in one go.The three arrows hit the three thieves' arms, buns, and calves respectively.

"Here, there are many high-flyers in the future, so the money should be well hidden."

The package that the teacher gave him was lost and found again. When the little boy handed it to him, he saw the callus on his hand and asked in surprise, "You are a scholar, where do you study?"

"Plum Blossom Academy." He whispered.

"I'm also from Plum Blossom Academy, why haven't I seen you?" The dandy rode forward, walked around him twice, and suddenly realized: "You are the little Tsing Yi from the academy."

He was shamed and annoyed when his identity was exposed on the spot, but the young master didn't mind, he smiled and showed two dimples: "My name is Ye Jianqing, we met by fate, let's make friends."

The pear blossoms are blowing, green plums are like beans and willows are like eyebrows.

"It's fate to meet again, and the situation is on a different road, why don't you go to catch up on the past?" Zuo Fengmian idly played with the horsewhip in his hand.

Zhao Nanxing came back to his senses, Xiao Suo smiled and said to him: "Lord Zuo, I have fulfilled my wish, let me go back to the government office with you."

Zuo Fengmian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately lowered his face, just about to say: Are you entertaining me.With a glance in his eyes, he saw the man on the post raised his arm and made a gesture of drawing a bow.Zhao Nanxing followed his gaze, screaming inwardly, stomped his foot, and threw himself on Zuo Fengmian, hitting, biting and kicking, the two of them rolled into a ball on the ground.

The people around him were stunned for a while, and then someone stepped forward to pull the two apart. The officers and soldiers cut Zhao Nanxing's arms backwards, and slapped him more than a dozen times in the face, causing his mouth and nose to bleed.Zuo Fengmian was lifted up from the ground, he has always been obsessed with cleanliness, his whole body was covered in plaster, he couldn't help cursing, "You lost your mind, didn't you?" He suddenly remembered something, looked up at Gao Gang , there is no trace of the breeze on the hill, so there is no one left.

One Buddha of Zuo Fengmianqi was born, and two Buddhas passed into nirvana. He shouted at his subordinates, "Hurry up and chase after me!"

It turned out that the person on the post was none other than the young master Ye Jianqing.He wholeheartedly wanted to save his best friend, and finally seized this opportunity, so he ambush here alone.Unexpectedly, the people brought by Zuo Fengmian followed Zhao Nanxing every step of the way. He couldn't find a gap, so he wanted to shoot Zuo Fengmian.

He stretched his bow fully, when suddenly a whip flew from the side and rolled his light bow away.He was shocked, and when he looked back, there was a rider beside him, who was dressed as a middle-aged scribe.

Ye Jianqing was surprised and delighted, and shouted: "Mr. Gu, why are you here?"

That person was Gu Tingrang, the teacher of Liushanzhuang, at this moment he said solemnly: "Follow me."

Ye Jianqing looked back at the crowd not far away. For some reason, the crowd suddenly formed a group, and he was still looking for Zhao Nanxing.Gu Tingrang took the reins of his horse, whipped the horse's butt, and took him away.

The two ran for more than ten miles in the direction of Jinling, and finally stopped.Ye Jianqing's head was covered with sweat, and he begged wronged, "Mr. Gu, please save my friend."

Gu Tingrang said with a cold face: "Killing an official is tantamount to treason, are you going to add another serious crime to the princess mansion?"

Seeing his expression, Ye Jianqing couldn't help shivering, and asked, "What do you mean by 'again'?"

Gu Tingrang sighed and said, "Follow me back to Jinling. Pei Zhaoye has brought people to raid the princess mansion. If the princess mansion does not collapse, your friends will have a chance to save it. If something happens to the princess, there will be no eggs left under the nest. "

Ye Jianqing felt as if Jiao Lei had been slapped on the top of his head, and he didn't dare to ask him where he got the news, so he tremblingly said: "How can it be a joke to steal the house? What serious crime has our family committed?"

"I can't tell for a while, let's go back and talk about it!"

Zhen Guo Princess Pei Yongzhen had a nightmare last night, and she didn't feel sleepy until the morning.She was in her sixties and she was very old. In her later years, she suffered from convulsions. When she heard the sound, she was startled and couldn't sleep at night. Therefore, when she was resting, she did not leave a servant by her side.Even passing cats tiptoed in the yard.

However, this morning, there were hurried footsteps on the promenade outside the courtyard.In his light sleep, Pei Yongzhen heard Butler Yang shout several times outside.After she woke up, she was about to curse, but after thinking about it, she was afraid that there was something important, so she raised her voice to ask the housekeeper to come in first.

A girl waiting outside opened the door and went into the bedroom to help her up.Steward Yang listened to the sound of getting dressed behind the screen, and said a few words.

Pei Yongzhen hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Then who is Wu Xiaocun, how dare he talk about our princess mansion?"

Butler Yang told the truth, he still had a little luck in his heart, thinking that Pei Zhaoye would not dare to act rashly as a junior.

The wrinkles between Pei Yongzhen's brows gathered together.The little girl trembled in fright, and the princess was very angry when she frowned.

"I've said long ago not to meddle in Yuan Huaike's business. Jiang Xilie is the boss's man, and his work is too unreliable. This kind of person can be killed once, why do you still keep it to harm the master? Where is Jiang Xilie?" After finishing her clothes, she got out of bed, walked around the screen, sat in front of the dressing table under the window, and stretched out her hand to push open the carved window.The spring is just right outside, and the forest birds are singing, making fun.

"Princess, have you forgotten? Mr. Jiang went to dispose of the property in Xijun according to your instructions this morning."

The little girl loosened her hair and asked timidly, "Your Highness, what kind of hair do you wear today?"

Pei Yongzhen said: "Put a white flower bun in the palace." After saying this, she said casually: "Send someone to look for Jiang Xilie, and tell him not to go back to the Princess Mansion, but to find a safe place to hide for a while."

Butler Yang was terrified.

Pei Yongzhen continued: "Find some helpers to tidy up the things in the accounting room, and don't keep what can be burned."

"Take a few people back to Liushanzhuang, and ask Jianqing to follow them out to sea, whether it's Ryukyu or Champa, as far as you can go."

Steward Yang was dripping with cold sweat. After listening to her orders one by one, he hesitated and said, "Your Highness, is this too much?"

Pei Yongzhen licked his temples, sighed and said: "Anything can be established if it is forewarned, and it will be abandoned if it is not forewarned."

Steward Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said, "Understood. Other things are easy to handle, I'm afraid the young master will be disobedient..."

There was a hint of a smile on Pei Yongzhen's face, and while supporting Cui Tian on his head with one hand, he stood up and stretched his wide sleeves.A beautiful lady in palace costume suddenly appeared, the girl and the housekeeper were dazzled, it had been more than ten years since the princess was dressed up like this.

"Prepare the frame, I will go back to Liushanzhuang myself."

Ginger is old and spicy.Pei Yongzhen remained calm, and Shi Shiran arrived at Huiliu Villa.When entering the door, he singled out Qingyun among the servants with a glance and said, "Qingyun, where is the young master?"

Qingyun couldn't see Nuanxue was killing a chicken and wiping her neck, she gave a wink, and said straightforwardly: "I just came back from the gallop, so I should be in the Duyue Hall."

Pei Yongzhen nodded in satisfaction: "You guys pack up a few unassuming clothes for the young master, pack them up and put them on my car rack. The young master is going on a long trip."

Ye Jianqing went out in the morning in a well-dressed outfit, but when she came back, she remembered that she had been sleeping in Duyue Hall for the past few days, and when she sneaked away in the middle of the night, she left her outer robe in the study.As soon as he entered Duyue Hall with his back foot, Pei Yongzhen also stepped into the gate of the villa with his front foot.

The princess walked along the lake embankment without touching her feet. Her steps were extremely vigorous, and she didn't look like an old man in her sixties at all.Instead, Qingyun Nuanxue was panting behind her, holding the hem of her skirt in one hand, trotting.

Hearing the sound of the piano from a distance, Pei Yongzhen paused for a moment, then quickened his pace.She went straight into the water pavilion, and saw the young man sitting cross-legged on the futon, with a guqin called Jiuxiaohuanpei on his lap.

Ye Jianqing heard footsteps, looked up, and said in a daze, "Grandma, why are you here? Mr. Gu went to the Princess Mansion to look for you."

Pei Yongzhen stepped forward and pulled him up, saying without doubt: "Follow grandma."

Ye Jianqing exerted a little force to break free, her eyes were already red, and she choked up with sobs, "Mr. Gu said that our princess mansion committed a major crime, is it true?"

Pei Yongzhen looked at him firmly and said, "If it's true, how about it?"

Ye Jianqing burst into tears, and said: "I won't leave, I will stay and help grandma. In those few years, I also took over some foreign affairs, so I am not an ignorant child."

Pei Yongzhen said indifferently: "The three generations of the Ye family are single-handed, and if you can't keep your flesh and blood, how can I see your parents after I die."

"He can't get away!"

There was a thunderbolt from the blue outside, and the two looked out the window at the same time, and saw rows of knives and axes standing on both ends of the small bridge at some point.A man in bright yellow clothes walked across the small bridge and came to Duyue Hall. He bowed deeply to Pei Yongzhen and said, "Emperor Zhaoye is alive and cannot fully salute. Please forgive me, Princess Zhenguo."

It turned out that he had already ambushed outside the villa, and only waited for Pei Yongzhen to leave the princess mansion, then went in to search the house, and it was the same here, he only showed up when everyone gathered.

Ye Jianqing dodged to stand in front of Pei Yongzhen, and said anxiously: "Cousin, please speak carefully. Grandma is getting old..." Before he finished speaking, Pei Yongzhen stretched out his hand to catch a chick and pushed him aside, the princess looked at him coldly Pei Zhaoye said, "Where is your imperial order?"

Pei Zhaoye yelled, and a man came up to the bridge with a sword and a baton. Pei Zhaoye said: "When the lonely king came out of Beijing, His Majesty gave Shangfang a sword and Jieyue in the Lingxiao Palace, and patrolled the hunting on behalf of the sky. Cut first and then play."

Pei Yongzhen tidied up the gold buds and emeralds on her head, flicked her sleeves, and Bai Niao Chaofeng's gold-sprinkled skirt fluttered without wind. With her hands behind her back, she said to Pei Zhaoye: "Then what did I do that deserves to be raided?" Let me tell you about the crime of destroying the family." While holding Ye Jianqing's arm from behind, he wrote in the palm of his hand: I will fight with him, you are good at lightness, go first.

Ye Jianqing's face was as white as paper.

Pei Zhaoye knew she had this question early on, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "His Highness supports the wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, and ordered them to hang the signboard of the Zhenguo Princess Mansion to harass the place. The state government dare not collect taxes from them because of their power. The fisherman's profit is huge, and the annual income is huge. He also ordered the grain boats in Caohe to cooperate with the salt lords to carry private salt on the grain boats and buy and sell them on their behalf. , then let it be annexed without any scruples. Because Xuzhou salt merchant Ning Bancheng refused to accept the jurisdiction of the Princess Mansion and wanted to escape from the control, His Highness burned his house on fire, and his people were also poisoned to death."

Ye Jianqing trembled at the end, staring at the princess's back, unable to say a word.

Pei Yongzhen frowned and said, "Pei Zhaoye, what nonsense are you talking about? I can't understand any of these crimes you mentioned."

Pei Zhaoye also smiled in the breeze, and said: "Your Highness knows in his heart whether he intends to commit a crime. What his subordinates do is no different from what he did with his own hands. You can't escape the responsibility of the mastermind."

Pei Yongzhen said: "Bloody spitting, what evidence do you have?"

Pei Zhaoye said: "Wu Xiaocun, a person from Xuzhou, testified that Jiang Xilie instigated the Governor of Water Transport, Yuan Huaike, to buy his son's life, colluded with subordinate officials, controlled the government, and framed the government at will, causing serious harm. There is also Zhao Nanxing, the son-in-law of Ningbancheng, Seven days before the testimony, Marquis of Anning Ye Jianqing sneaked into the Xichun Hall and the Euphemism Mountain House on his wedding night, and set fire to it."

Ye Jianqing was shaking with anger at this moment, and said: "Nonsense! I never did it! Mr. Zhao will not testify against me." He wanted to step forward to distinguish, but was blocked by Pei Yongzhen, only to hear her sneer: "When the person is in their hands, the top ten torturers will take turns. What kind of confession can't be made?"

Pei Zhaoye was a little guilty at the time, and slightly staggered his eyes, saying: "As for the physical evidence, the twelve yellow books in Ningbancheng, which record private salt accounts, are hidden in Liushan Villa this time."

When he looked away, Pei Yongzhen let out a whistle, flicked his sleeves, and slapped him.Pei Zhaoye palmed the wind in front of him, knowing it was not good, he moved slightly to avoid the first move.Unexpectedly, although Pei Yongzhen is old, his body is like a butterfly flying, he moves like a cloud and flowing water in motion, he is relentless, and he followed three palms in succession.Pei Zhaoye didn't dare to underestimate him, and drew his sword to fight. The princess's wide sleeves brushed against the cold light of the sword, and shot straight at him like a sail.

This trick is Pei Yongzhen's master plan to become famous.It's a pity that she came in a hurry and didn't bring a sword in her hand. Otherwise, once her Xuanxin sword was released, few people in the world could resist it.

Pei Yongzhen shouted while fighting: "Hurry up!"

Ye Jianqing hesitated on the spot, wanted to leave, but was worried about Grandma Princess, so she didn't leave. Seeing the soldiers at both ends of the small stone bridge surrounded him, she was really anxious.

At this moment, a person in crimson clothes and plain crown, like a fairy, came from the lake.Ye Jianqing was overjoyed: "Mr. Gu..." Before finishing speaking, Gu Tingrang stepped on the white jade railing, and sent a money dart in each hand towards Pei Yongzhen.After he sent the dart, he unsheathed the dagger at his waist, turned around, and landed behind Ye Jianqing like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

He mustered up his anger and shouted, "Stop it all!"

The situation suddenly reversed.

Pei Yongzhen and Pei Zhaoye each backed away, the princess took out two green money darts from her right arm with flesh and blood on them, and threw them on the ground without frowning.

"Gu Tingrang, it turns out that you are Pei Zhan's inner ghost. You have been in my house for ten years, and I thought I had never treated you badly, and I even handed over my precious grandson to you. Jianqing showed that you are like a master like a father, and you obey what you say. You are sorry." Us?"

Gu Tingrang's facial features were correct, elegant and handsome, and he said without guilt at this time: "Your Highness, we each have our own masters, and we have different positions, so there is no love or hatred." While speaking, he handed Ye Jianqing over to the officers and soldiers who rushed up .As soon as Ye Jianqing got into their hands, he was immediately tied up by Wu Huada.His eyes were wide open, and he couldn't believe that his good teacher and friend who had been with him for ten years turned out to be a spy lurking at home.

Pei Yong was palpitating and dizzy, and a thin line of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. She knew that the money dart was poisoned, and asked again: "You just came from the lake, did you use the Mingyue Liufeng footwork? The move to catch Jianqing , is it Huifengwuxue?"

Knowing that she must have asked this question, Gu Tingrang knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and said, "Gu Tingrang's first master's surname is Xie, and Master Xie said that his most proud disciple is the senior sister, and he must avoid the attention of the senior sister when he travels in the rivers and lakes in the future. "

When Pei Yongzhen heard the old man's name, there was a layer of water vapor in his eyes, and he suddenly laughed non-stop, the hairpin swayed, and after laughing, he sighed: "Pei Zhan's deep thoughts, do you return the same way to him? So that's it Come on, he started planning about 20 years ago. Xie Master, Master Qing, I think this ending is really good."

She raised her head to the sky and screamed loudly again, the willows on both sides of the bank swayed in the wind, rustling, the lake roared, and a water wall of tens of feet was erected, and the wall stood thousands of feet high.

Gu Tingrang's face changed suddenly, and he shouted at Pei Zhaoye: "Back!" He picked up Ye Jianqing with one hand and jumped back.

A rain of blood spurted out from Pei Yongzhen's body, the ground shook, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and Duyuetang behind her exploded with a roar.

After the rain and mist splashed by the lake fell, everyone saw that the stone bridge broke from it, and the water pavilion built on the bridge had been submerged into the bottom of the lake. White foam appeared on the lake surface, floating countless books, calligraphy and paintings, and ferry boats. Various things in the moon hall.

Looking back at the bleak place, there is no wind, rain, or sunshine when I return.

The author has something to say: The next chapter is a treasure from the bottom of Xiaojing Lake

I blew up my nest, dear friends, if you don’t collect it, am I too pitiful? ~~~~(>_<)~~~~