fluttering night wind

In the middle of August, it's clearly autumn, but it's not cool at all. Xiao Rongyue was woken up by the heat in the morning.

In Luoyi, where she lives all year round, the summer is already very difficult, but I didn't expect the heat in Pengcheng to be even worse.After she got dressed and washed, she opened the door and heard a maidservant whispering something outside the courtyard.

A woman said happily: "General Bai Er defeated the Hu people in Xuchang, and he will be back soon."

The other woman applauded and laughed: "The Second General has been through life and death all these years, isn't he victorious in every battle! I said that the barbarians are not that scary. They couldn't beat them before, but they were raging soldiers and generals."

Xiao Rongyue wanted to laugh when she heard this, but she thought that Xuchang was very close to Luoyi, and she didn't know which general Baiyanfeng was fighting against from Xianbei, so she was very worried.

The first woman lowered her voice and asked, "I heard that Hu people don't wear clothes, but only wear felt clothes. The northern region is very cold, and they live in caves, and humans and animals depend on each other."

"How can humans and animals live together? Don't talk nonsense."

"Really, really. I heard that there is a pool in Hudi Mountain, where the poisonous dragon lives, and there are so many monsters..."

This is getting more and more outrageous, Xiao Rongyue walked out unknowingly, and said with a smile: "That's not the case, the mountains and rivers in the north are the same as Pengcheng, and it's cooler than here. Hu people also wear clothes, and the cloth comes from Han people." Buy it here."

The two maidservants were shocked when someone came out unexpectedly, after seeing clearly that it was Xiao Rongyue, they immediately lowered their faces and looked at each other, saluted, walked around her and left.

Standing under the tree, Xiao Rongyue was embarrassed and annoyed, thinking of her majestic little princess of Yan country, how many people hugged her and flattered her since she was a child, never had she ever put her hot face on her cold butt like this.There were two packs of tears in her eyes.

Li Xiangnan could see clearly from the corridor, he came over and called her, "Miss Xiao, the general calls you to the martial arts arena."

Xiao Rongyue was startled, quickly wiped her eyes with her hands, turned around and walked towards her.

The two girls walked side by side under the verandah, both beautiful and beautiful, just in their prime.Knowing that Li Xiangnan was going to marry Bai Yanfeng, Xiao Rongyue was also happy for her, and laughed heartily while talking along the way.Li Xiangnan took her hand, and whispered in her ear: "Miss Xiao, don't take offense. I'm from Xichuan. Mr. Meng left a few years ago. I stayed here alone, and some people talked about me behind my back. It's a spy."

This was to comfort her, Xiao Rongyue understood, she was still a little uncomfortable, but she still showed a bright smile.

In the martial arts arena, one person and one horse were running around the arena, and when they saw them coming, they stopped their horses and took the bridle.Xiao Rongyue saw clearly that it was Bai Yansheng who was riding a horse, he was a little strange, he was always very busy in the morning, for some reason he had the leisure to ride around here today.

Bai Yansheng got off the horse, led the horse over, and handed the reins to Xiao Rongyue: "This is a hard-earned horse from the Western Regions, you can ride it."

Xiao Rongyue looked at the horse, its head was thin and its neck was high, its steps were light and graceful, and its hair was maroon.She grew up on horseback since she was a child, and knows how to recognize horses best. When she sees a famous horse, she is very happy, and she gallops the horse on the martial arts arena without saying a word.

Seeing Bai Yansheng looking at the field without blinking, Li Xiangnan also had a faint smile on his lips.She didn't know the story of Xiao Rongyue's bay red horse drowning in the Yangtze River, she only thought that Bai Yansheng was trying his best to please the beautiful woman, and when she thought of that man in Xichuan, she felt a little sad.

Suddenly Bai Yan said: "Sister and brother, I will go to Zhongzhou in a few days. In the days when I'm not here, please take care of Rong Yue."

Sure enough, seeing the newcomers laughing but not the old ones crying, Li Xiangnan responded, but felt sad and disappointed.

After a few days, Bai Yansheng rode out of Xuzhou alone and came to Zhongzhou.

There are two major barriers in Zhongzhou, one is Ganshui and the other is Cangshan Mountain.On the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of September, there are rumors in the world that a meeting of martial arts figures is held at Xianglu Peak in Cangshan Mountain to elect a leader and discuss the major issues of expelling the northern captives and restoring the Central Plains.

After Bai Yansheng traveled from Pengcheng for a few days, he suddenly felt that someone was quietly following him along the way.He walked day and night quietly for several days, and caught Xiao Rongyue who was following him in a small town along the way.When she was caught, she was still eloquent: "Pengcheng is too boring, your family doesn't want to see me, and it's pointless for me to stay there. If you come out to work, can't I be your bodyguard?"

Bai Yansheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Thank God, just don't hold me back."

Xiao Rongyue's face blushed, knowing that he was talking about being besieged by stragglers on the road to Yongjing that day, so she argued with reason: "Then you are a great general and a hero, it's not very embarrassing for you to go out and have no one to call you. I'll be your little girl."

Bai Yansheng thought to himself, how dare I order you around, and I also know that it is really hard for her to stay in Xuzhou.He knew a lot about Yongjing and his party from Xiao Rongyue. This girl's personality was similar to Yan Rong's, she was out of the way, she had a chivalrous style, she was very fond of him.It is also a pleasure to have such a little sister to accompany me along the way.

He looked her up and down, saw that she immediately pulled the human skin mask on her face obediently, and felt amused, so she nodded in agreement.

Xiao Rongyue was overjoyed.She came out this time to avoid people's eyes and ears, so she didn't even ride a bloody horse, just stole a horse from the stable, and followed the sound of white geese these days, people and horses were exhausted.

The two cherished their horsepower, took a rest in the small town, and then chased the rolling mountains to the depths of the mountains, and finally arrived at a county called Yulin.

I entered the county town in the afternoon, although there were still a few days before the ninth day of September, there were already a lot of people with knives and swords in the city.

The two of them followed the main street to find an inn with a modest appearance and looked clean, and booked two rooms.Everyone went back to their own houses and covered their heads to make up for sleep.Sleeping until dusk, Xiao Rongyue woke up from hunger, barely got up, and the waiter called her to go to the second floor for dinner outside the door.

She went downstairs, and saw a table by the window on the second floor, Bai Yansheng was already sitting there sipping a drink.On the table are stewed hair vegetables with mushrooms, cold bamboo shoots, braised vegetarian chicken, four side dishes with salt and pepper pine nuts, a pot of rice, and a pot of wine.

Xiao Rongyue unconsciously drooled all over the place, without talking nonsense, picked up the chopsticks, and started to eat.

Bai Yansheng observed the surrounding environment while drinking.In the lobby came a group of Taoist robes and buns, people from the Huashan sect, sitting at the table at the door, all of them looked like burly men, like the Qinglong gang walking darts in the rivers and lakes.Looking out from the window, in the corner of the street, there are piles of ragged beggars dressed as beggars. ...

He counted them one by one, silently remembering them in his heart.

It was getting dark and there were not many people on the road.Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came from the gate of the city, and a carriage with a green cover and two horses came towards the city along the long street.The young man driving the car was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a childish face and a long sword at his waist, and he couldn't tell where he came from.

There is only one main street in the small town. If he wants to stay at the top, he has to walk in front of everyone.

At that time, the lanterns were just coming on, and the evening wind blew away the Xiangzhu curtain of the carriage, and the person sitting inside had a strand of white hair floating out, and it seemed that he was not young.

Bai Yansheng's heart tightened, and he crushed the white porcelain wine glass in his hand with a "crack".Fortunately, there were people coming and going in the inn, and his position at this table was also off, so no one paid attention.

On the contrary, seeing this, Xiao Rongyue was extremely attentive, and handed a rag to wipe the wine, and handed the gold medicine, really like a little girl running back and forth.

He didn't dare to say anything for a while, and only kept the direction of the carriage in his heart.When it was dark, I took out the inn and looked around the stables of each inn along the long street. Finally, I found the carriage behind the farthest and smallest inn.

Just after Xu time, there were still people coming and going in the other inn, but it was abnormally quiet here.There are only two floors in the inn, and he was thinking about how to find one by one, when someone came out upstairs and stood by the railing and said loudly: "Is this Xuzhou General Bai? My Majesty, please come up and explain."

Bai Yansheng was stunned for a moment, then came out from the hiding place, and went up the stairs to the second floor. This inn was probably occupied by Meng Ziying, and there were no other people around, that's why he was able to be so open and honest.

He climbed up the wooden stairs step by step, his heart pounding.He and Ziying haven't seen each other for three or four years since they parted on the Yangtze River boat that year.

The young man driving the carriage claimed to be Xichuan Shen Junli, and after letting him go, he went straight downstairs.

Bai Yansheng walked to the door of the innermost room, paused in his footsteps, and heard an extremely familiar voice in the room saying: "Come in, there are many mosquitoes outside."

The door opens without wind.

A man in plain clothes, with white hair as snowy as snow, is sitting at the table, holding a scroll in one hand, and resting his stomach in the other.His eyes neither fell on the book, nor looked at Bai Yansheng, but looked at the flickering candles, and he didn't look up when he came in, he just pointed to the opposite seat with his thin and long fingers and said, "Please sit down. "

In the eyes of ordinary people, he is still elegant and noble, but in the eyes of Bai Yansheng, he is very thin. Suddenly, a feeling of desolation and loneliness hits his heart, and his eyes are sour.Turning around and closing the door, he walked to the table and sat down.

"Zi Ying", Bai Yansheng just opened his mouth, Mencius Ying threw down the scroll in his hand, picked up a teacup from the tea tray on the table, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of him, lukewarm He said hotly: "The humble name is nothing to worry about. I would like to congratulate Your Excellency, the freshly released general who seeks captives, Lord Cheng."

Bai Yansheng called "Cheng Guogong" to him, blushing and begging for mercy: "Ziying, see that we have known each other for ten years, we are in the same heart for thousands of miles, we support each other with kindness, and forgive each other for the sake of embarrassing each other."

The corners of Meng Ziying's mouth curled up, and there was a slight smile in her words: "I dare not say whether they are in the same heart or not. But what about your little friend who has traveled thousands of miles, why don't you come in and sit with us?"

Bai Yansheng was taken aback for a moment, and it took him a long time to realize that the "little friend" he was referring to was Xiao Rongyue, so he said in a daze, "I didn't tell her when I came out. Did she come with me?"

"Oh," Meng Ziying's face turned cold again: "Perhaps General Shen invited her to drink tea. If you are worried, you can go and have a look."

Bai Yansheng just moved his buttocks, but he was reluctant to leave the bench, he thought that with his capacity, he would not embarrass a little girl, so he left Xiao Rongyue alone.A pair of eyes fixed on Meng Ziying, and said in a shy voice: "That person on the grassland that day was you. Thank you for taking care of Princess Shen and saving my life."

But Meng Ziying was impatient to hear his polite words, and said in a rambling voice: "I don't care about Princess Shen's affairs. Did you rush into my room just to say these things?"

Bai Yansheng's heart trembled, and he said softly: "There is another happy event, Xiangnan and Yanfeng are in love with each other, and I have decided to marry each other, and the day will be on the tenth day of next month."

This was a surprise, Meng Ziying raised his eyebrows and glanced at him. If I remember correctly, Li Xiangnan was a few years older than Yanfeng, but Yanfeng was young and mature, and they were a match made in heaven.

"Because you think highly of my Xi Chuan's daughter, she has a lifelong trust, and I will be happy on her behalf. I will make up a dowry to marry my sister in the future to congratulate her."

Bai Yan paused for a moment, and said again: "There is also the matter of the Xie family, thanks to you."

"It's nothing. I admire Xie Gongde very much when he is accepted by the world. It is what a righteous man in the world should do for his loyal ministers."

All in all, it's not because of your Bai Yansheng's face, you should stop being sentimental.

Bai Yansheng was very embarrassed, touched his nose, thought about it, let's get back to business, and then asked: "Ziying, did you hear something when you came to Xianglu Peak? You also received the invitation card?" He said from his sleeve. He took out a big red envelope.About ten days ago, someone sent an invitation to Xuzhou Mansion, saying that he was inviting heroes from all over the world to discuss the big strategy. When he saw Mencius glanced at the envelope and nodded, he knew that all the heroes he met along the way were for this purpose. Here comes.

Bai Yansheng asked: "Do you know who this person is from?"

Meng Ziying sneered, he obviously had a lot of sources of information in his hand, but he still wanted to make money from him, so he said slowly:

Zhongzhou has thousands of miles of fertile fields and outstanding people, which is enough to be the capital of emperors. Yingjiesi of the three counties has made great contributions to the world for a long time.

There is a villa on the Xianglu Peak of Cangshan Mountain. The owner of the villa is surnamed Su, who is a hundred years old. According to legend, he is a descendant of Su Qin, who is good at forging swords.At the beginning of Chongming, when Emperor Yuan crossed the river, Mr. Su saw that the world would be in chaos, so he practiced in seclusion and did not see the world.The ninth day of September this year is his [-]th birthday, and when they heard that he was going to leave the customs, his disciples wanted to take this opportunity to invite heroes, first to celebrate his birthday, and second, to take advantage of his venerable status to nominate the leader of the martial arts alliance to do a great job cause.

Meng Ziying is now the head of the Xichuan Huajian faction, so being invited is a matter of course.But the person who sent the invitation probably didn't expect that, given his [-]th grade, he was willing to come to celebrate his birthday in person, so he just thought that sending an agent would be enough.

Bai Yansheng had already thought of this point, he stared at him with piercing eyes and said: "I can trouble you to come here in person, you must not be an ordinary old man in the mountains and forests."

Mencius Ying sighed and said, "There are many strange people and strange things in the world. I heard that Ziluan is here, so I came here to visit. Yang Nandang and Lu Che are both old disciples of this old disciple. Haven't you heard of it? When Lao Wei was famous, our grandparents were not born yet. Those who fought against him back then are all dead now. If Meng Ziyou was alive, he would not dare not take this trip. "

When he mentioned Mencius Yau, his expression became gloomy. When Bai Yansheng saw it, he wished he could replace him with his own body. With a movement of his arm, he crossed the table and held his fingers. He said in a trembling voice, "How have you been these few years?"

"Good or bad, what does it matter to you?"

Bai Yansheng stared at him blankly, all kinds of past, rolling in his heart over and over again.He suddenly opened his mouth and said: "When good friends meet, how can we separate. I have thought about it countless times over the years, and I can't figure it out. At that time, we were so close as one person, why did you suddenly follow your brother away. Xiangnan and I chased you to the boat, but you didn't even want to see us."

When you are young, don't care about the person you love, you know where the mountains and rivers are far away.

Mencius Ying's eyelashes trembled slightly, but she didn't answer.

"I've thought about it for a long time. You left me after I got engaged to Miss Xie."

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