fluttering night wind

After Li Jingzhong came back from Luming Pavilion, he was ill for many days, and the family was in a hurry. When he got better, Yansheng came to greet him and bid him farewell.

After entering Li Jingzhong's bedroom, he felt sick, even the best incense in the incense burner could not cover it.But the houses, couches, utensils, and decorations are all exquisite and meticulous, with daily necessities that are hungry, cold, and unclothable, and they are more respectful than arched walls, and they enjoy light gold.By this time, he was no stranger to it, and he was used to it.After a while, someone rolled up the brocade curtain, and saw Li Jingzhong lying on his side between the mattresses, his hair loose, his face paler than Fu Lefen's.

Yan Sheng was startled, he couldn't find Li Jingzhong that day and went back to Li's mansion by himself, later he heard that he came back in the middle of the night, so he didn't know how seriously ill he was, so he hurried forward and sat down on his bed On a spring stool in front of the bed, I greeted with concern.

Li Jingzhong understated a few words, Yansheng saw that he seemed unwilling to talk more, thought that the illness was inexplicable and knew it well, so he stopped asking, and told him how he met Pei Xiu and his engagement to the Pei family.

Li Jingzhong was silent for a long time, and sighed softly: "It's true that each has its own destiny. I don't envy anyone. Pei Sixuan is a handsome young man, rare in the world, and he is tolerant of both literary and martial arts. He is a famous first-grade noble son in Yongjing City. When he was young, he was a matchmaker. Pei Xiu almost broke through the threshold of the Pei family. Pei Xiu never let go. Two or three years ago, when he heard that the emperor wanted to betroth Princess Huayang to him, Pei Xiu said that his son was too young to be determined, so he might delay the princess. In fact, everyone knew at that time , His vision is too high, and he doesn't like the royal family. I didn't expect this marriage to fall on Sister Yanrong, so congratulations."

Hearing what he said, Yan Sheng let go of a big stone in his heart. He really admired Pei Xiu as a person that day, and was overwhelmed by his aristocratic bearing. Pei Xiu's face was like an iron pot, the more she didn't dare to think about it, she just felt that Yan Rong was too wronged.

Li Jingzhong saw that his face was full of joy, more and more beautiful, and suave, and he couldn't help sighing: "Xiang Jun is really stupid. A person like my cousin has suffered for two years. Isn't it time for him to be successful?" She concealed it for her younger sister, but when others heard it, she knew that she disliked the poor and loved the rich.

Yan Sheng didn't want to answer the conversation, but felt that he needed to express his concern at this time, so he said, "I'm just not lucky. I don't know which house my cousin is staying with, and when will she go through the door?" The Li family is so anxious, it must be There are tall and golden branches to climb.

Li Jingzhong coughed and said with embarrassment: "It is the son of Duan Hui, the imperial historian."

Yan Sheng's heart suddenly became clear, his uncle's promotion was already very strange, but now it's clear when he thinks about it, he can't help but feel contempt and pity in his heart, and he doesn't dare to look at Li Jingzhong even if he lowers his head.

After a while, Li Jingzhong resumed the conversation, and Yan Sheng said goodbye. Li Jingzhong stayed for a while, but seeing that he couldn't stay, he ordered his family to prepare luggage for him. Yan Sheng waved his hand quickly and said that he was not returning to Yongcheng. Pei Xiu recommended him a position in Dongping County, and he wanted to visit Dongping first.It's only ten days' journey from Yongjing to Dongping, but if you go back to Yongcheng first and then go to Dongping, it will take a month or two.

Li Jingzhong also knew what he was thinking.It must be because he was afraid that someone would find someone early and fill up the vacancy, so the letter of recommendation from Pei Xiu in his hand would be useless.In fact, Yansheng has another meaning in his heart, he wants to go to Dongping first to have a look, if the situation is good, he is going to take Yanrong and the others to Dongping, if it is not ideal, he can go home and resign under the excuse.Of course, these deep meanings should not be said to Li Jingzhong, but he wrote them all in a handwritten letter, and attached the approximate address of Dongping. Before he left, he asked Li Jingzhong to find someone to take them to Yan Rong in Yongcheng.Li Jingzhong readily agreed.

They are all young and in their prime, so how do they know that time passes quickly and things are impermanent. If there is a chance to come back again, they will definitely not walk the same path again.

So after another two or three days, Yansheng left Li's residence. When he left, Li Jingzhong insisted on giving him some money, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to pick up two pieces of clothes and some broken money.I just walked to the gate of Yongjing City in the early morning, and I remembered something, and I turned back to the King Kong Bridge of the Confucius Temple. On the bridge, I saw a small boat tied to the willow tree on the bank, and I couldn't help being overjoyed.He walked to the shore in three steps and two steps, and saw that the boat had its curtain rolled up, and there was a boy of sixteen or seventeen in it, wearing a blue shirt and trousers rolled up, sweeping the water.A piece of felt was piled up in one corner of the cabin, and several familiar Hedi white-flowered rough porcelain bowls were placed on the table.

Bai Yansheng stepped forward and said: "Brother, please excuse me."

The boy raised his head when he heard the sound, his facial features were fairly neat, his eyes were particularly well-shaped, and he looked at him suspiciously.

Bai Yansheng clasped his hands and said: "Brother, half a month ago, did you tie your boat here and saw a person sleeping under the bridge, and gave him a blanket and a bowl of porridge at that time?"

The boy narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded.

Bai Yan said: "That person is me, please ask brother Taifu."

The young man folded his hands on the broom head, and said in a brisk voice, "When you ask someone else's name, shouldn't you give your own name first?"

Bai Yansheng's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "This is Bai Yansheng, Yingchuan County, Qingzhou. Thank you, brother, for sending blankets at night in Taihan, and porridge at dawn, for the warmth of a blanket and the kindness of a meal, Bai Yansheng will never forget it. Ask your benefactor If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely repay you tenfold."

The young man rolled his eyes and said: "Meeting by chance, I don't ask for anything in return, so you can do it yourself." After saying that, he retreated to the cabin and lowered the boat curtain.

Bai Yansheng stood on the shore for a while, seeing that he still didn't come out, he was bored, so he took two neat pieces of silver from his bag, wrapped it in a handkerchief, put it on the bow of the boat, turned and left.

He followed the canal all the way to the east. At that time, the spring flooded and some places stopped sailing. He walked by water and land for four or five days. About half of the distance, he arrived at a small town named Shannan.In that small town, there are high horse-head walls, white walls and black tiles, bluestone roads along the street, beautiful mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and rich products, which are not like the dilapidated Central Plains.When he entered the city gate, he hid himself among a group of farmers going to the market, watching with cold eyes.

At some point in the street, there stood a young man in Tsing Yi, with a long burden on his back, looking around anxiously. After a long time, he felt helpless and walked forward dejectedly.As I was walking, I suddenly heard the sound of scolding and crying coming from the front. I saw a circle of people around the street, so I walked over to watch the excitement.It was a snack shop selling Hubing. A monk was chatting with an old man, while two other monks stood beside him pointing.The two were fighting for a bamboo basket of copper coins. The old man was full of wrinkles and tears, and wept, "My wife is seriously ill, and my grandson is hungry and crying all day long. Please forgive me."

The monk said viciously: "The emperor's grandson's birthday is celebrated everywhere. The eunuch wants to build a ten-level pagoda (pagoda). How dare you not donate the threshold money? Be careful that the Buddha is angry. You old bones will be seriously ill by then or there will be no birthday. If you have any problems, don’t come to ask the Bodhisattva for protection.”

The old man let go of his hands in fright, and the basket of money was snatched away. The three monks walked away smiling side by side.Everyone in the audience had expressions of indignation and injustice on their faces, but no one dared to stop him. One or two enthusiastic people stayed behind to comfort the old man, while the rest gradually dispersed while cursing in a low voice.In the distance, at the end of the long street, you can see a smoky green hill, and there is indeed a white pagoda on the halfway, which is under construction, overlooking the town with power.

The three monks took the money in the basket to buy wine and meat along the way, and happily turned into a narrow alley. In the middle of the alley stood a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with a long burden on his back.The alleyway only allowed two people to pass sideways, he stood in the middle and did not give way, the monk looked him up and down, and said: "Where did you come from, little bastard, dare to block Grandpa's way?"

The boy stretched out a hand, with long and delicate fingers, and said calmly: "Take out all the money on your body and let you live."

The three monks all looked up and laughed loudly, and said: "The bastard is not small, dare to rob Lafayette."

It was too late to say it, and then it was fast, I saw silver light flashing, and the wind whistled past in the ears, the three of them were slapped one by one in the blink of an eye, their faces were covered with blood, and their front teeth fell off. There was an extra silver-white long whip, and he looked at them with a smile and said, "Bring it."

Seeing that something was going wrong, the last person turned around and ran out of the alley. As soon as he took a step, his neck was strangled by the cold whip coming from the sky. Stacked into a mountain of meat.The boy sat down on the three of them and said with a smile, "Take out all the money on your body."

A fat-headed monk said: "You are so bold, this is the money the eunuch wants to build ten-level pagodas, this great merit, you dare to rob? Are you afraid of retribution?"

When the young man heard the words, three catties of frost immediately hung on his face, and he said coldly: "Ten level pagodas? These are all done by the common people selling their children to subsidize their wives. If the Buddha knows, he will only be merciful and sympathetic. Your sins are indeed higher than Futu, what merits do you have?"

The three monks looked at each other, terrified, the fat monk gave him a wink, and the three obediently put all their money on the ground.

The young man nodded in satisfaction, got up and put away his whip, and the three of them fled without their lives, crying and howling: "You wait, wait."

With a look of contempt on his face, the young man bent down to pick up the money on the ground one by one, put them back in the bamboo basket, took them out of the alley, and returned the same way.Seeing from afar that the snack shop was closed, the neighbor shook his head and said that the old man went back to the yard behind the shop crying. When he turned around the front door, he saw a small courtyard behind, a thatched hut surrounded by bamboo fences, white board doors, and a hut. The sound of mourning and crying of adults and children was faintly heard.Feeling ominous in his heart, he stepped into the courtyard and walked to the half-closed door. Inside, he saw three or four people, men and women, old and young, all crying loudly. Hanging on the hemp rope, someone stepped on the table to put him down, and it was the old man who threw him.As soon as the body was put down, all the family members jumped up and cried loudly. Next to him was a young man dressed as a doctor.

The young man stared blankly at the door, but no one noticed him. After a while, he came to his senses, put the bamboo basket in the yard, and left in a daze.

He was walking on the long street in a trance, and at some point he felt that people were watching him secretly, and was about to ask what happened, when a passerby approached him and whispered, "Son, why did you offend the monk at the White Horse Temple?" , is leading officers and soldiers all over the city looking for you, you run away quickly." After speaking, he didn't dare to look at him, and walked away immediately.

He shivered all over his body. Looking back, he saw the first ten monks with sticks chasing from an alley not far away, and later followed a small group of peasant soldiers. Seeing him, he was overjoyed and gritted his teeth: "That's him." He is the one who slandered the Bodhisattva, slandered the Buddha, and robbed the road.”

He witnessed the tragedy of the poor family just now, he could not stop the murderous aura overflowing from his chest, he was eager to vent, at this moment he twitched the silver whip around his waist and stood in front of the street.

Those people saw that although he was young, he didn't escape, and he had a vague knight-errant aura. They all paused, and a leading monk with a swollen face shouted: "What are you afraid of? He's the only one. Don't be afraid that he will use demon magic." People either with sticks or with swords all rush forward.

The boy was not in a hurry, he shook his sleeves, stepped on gossip, and waved the silver whip. In the whistling wind, the people who were close to him were all drawn, their clothes were soaked in blood, and they lay on the ground in pain.The rest of the people were seven or eight steps away from him, hesitating and not daring to approach him.

He smiled coldly, and was about to take a step forward when he heard someone above his head say, "Are you still messing around? What does it look like?"

He looked up in doubt, and there was a tall figure standing on the roof tiles of a street house, his face could not be seen clearly against the backlight, but it was the person he had accidentally lost and searched for for a long time.

When he was distracted, the mixed team of monks, officers and soldiers saw an opportunity and rushed forward. He had just received two punches when someone grabbed him by the collar. We will meet in the purple bamboo forest." As he said that, he was thrown on the roof.

He looked down and saw that one person was fighting with the crowd with a long sword that had not been unsheathed. His technique was superb and far surpassed his own. Said: "There are people coming again, you go too." As he said, he stepped on the roof tiles of the markets on both sides, and ran all the way out of the city.

He was carrying a big burden that was half a person long, and ran all the way, panting tiredly, seeing a lush and green bamboo forest outside the city, so he went in without distinguishing anything.He ran until he was out of breath, so he stopped and took a breath.

After he breathed a little, a person fell from the bamboo branch above his head, Bai Yan looked at him with a smile, and said, "Why are you following me?"

There was no one around, the boy almost made him startled, he collected himself, took out a bag of things from his bosom, it was the money that Yan Sheng had thrown on the bow four or five days ago, puffed out his cheeks and said angrily: "Which one?" If you want you dirty thing, throw it on the boat without a sound, take it back, and dirty my hands for nothing."

Bai Yansheng took the money without saying a word, but looked him around, eyes full of narrowness.The young man made him blush, and he said displeasedly: "The silver is returned to its original owner, I'm leaving." He turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute." Bai Yansheng said, walked in front of the young man unhurriedly, and said in a gentle voice: "You want to pay me back the money, there are plenty of opportunities in these four or five days, and I haven't seen you coming out yet. Why are you following me?"

The boy pouted and remained silent.

Bai Yansheng continued: "Look, I told you my name and history, it can be regarded as treating each other with sincerity, but you still don't want to tell me my name and surname, and you don't show your true face, why?"

The young man was startled, and after a while he slowly tore off a piece of white skin from his face, revealing the handsome appearance of his brother and sister of the Bai family. Help, help me out."

Bai Yansheng looked at the bundle behind him and said, "Are you a luthier?"

Mencius nodded and said, "That's a good guess."

Bai Yansheng spread his hands and said with a smile: "Then why did Brother Meng follow me?"

Mencius Ying knew that he couldn't fool him, so she snorted and said, "Didn't you keep calling me benefactor, and you said you would repay me ten times. I haven't figured out how to repay you. If you don't follow you, when the time comes, you will pay me back ten times." What should I do if I renege on the debt?"

Bai Yansheng couldn't help laughing, and said: "A friend recommended a job for me, and I'm about to go to Dongping County, so Brother Meng wants to go with me?"

Mencius nodded again and again, and suddenly saw Bai Yansheng retracted his smile, looked at him silently, with jealousy and balance in his eyes, he felt his heart beating violently, and he was very uneasy, only the rustling sound of the wind passing through the bamboo forest was in his ears , So he mustered up the courage to break the embarrassment and said: "I am not a bad person. Two or three years ago, Xiangyang was repeatedly attacked by the Hu tribe. Both my parents died and my house was burned. After a cold meal, I ran out in a fit of anger. My family has been a happy family for many generations. It was not until my father accumulated a small amount of property that he was able to get out of the family. However, the ancestral craftsmanship has not been lost. With this piano, I rented a boat for shelter. In this place, I live here and there in the dark day and night. It’s just enough for me to stay in Yongjing. I want to walk around. You can take me with you. I can do laundry and cooking. If you dislike me, I’ll leave. "He said at the end that his eyes were red and his voice was thick nasal. It was probably when he had never been so arrogant and arrogant in his life to beg for help.Many years later, he thought it was funny when he thought about it. At that time, he hated Bai Yansheng to bully people like this. In fact, this is why Yansheng was cautious.

Yan Sheng still had many questions in his mind, such as the names of his relatives in Yongjing, such as how he said he was a luthier, and how did he learn martial arts well, but these questions were interrupted by the sound of horseshoes coming from far and near , He pulled Meng Ziying and said: "Now is not the time to talk, you walk with me, you must listen to my words, and stop being unscrupulous and causing trouble."

The author has something to say: The first one to board the boat is here. . .

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