whale wave

After the hot summer, the weather turned cooler. A friend of Mr. Sanxi came to Nanxi to visit him.

In the previous life, he was Zhao Yousheng's father-in-law. Although the marriage was not concluded in the end, Zhao Yousheng died first.

Mr. Sanxi called two disciples to accompany them to climb the heights and look far away. Zhao Yousheng was among them, and the other was brother Meng who was well-educated.Although brother Meng is good at learning, he is a little bookish, but Zhao Yousheng has a good conversation, and he is unpredictable.I don't know if it's because his father is the magistrate of Ning County, or because he is the eldest son, Professor Huang treats him favorably.

"I have known Mingfu for many years, and I had the honor to study hard at Shanming Temple together in the early years. Mingfu has the world in mind, and he is someone I admire all my life."

The flowing water is gurgling, the waterfall is like Yinchuan, and the water splashes on the green tiles of the stone pavilion. Professor Huang's words are very clear to other people, and Zhao Yousheng is serving him, just listening.

"You Sheng has the style of a wise man. With a little care, he will become a great weapon in the future."

When Zhao Yousheng heard Mr. Sanxi's ridiculous praise, he thought in his heart that it was all thanks to his father.

It was the marriage in the previous life, and because the father and Professor Huang were old friends, the two old men intended to kiss and make an appointment for the marriage.

The young lady of the Huang family was early-witted. When she was eight years old, she enjoyed the reputation of a talented girl in the west of the city. This marriage was said to be "highly sought-after".At this time, the young lady of the Huang family is not yet old enough to talk about marriage, so it is a matter of the future to be the wife and son-in-law of the Huang family.

When the autumn wind was bleak, Wu Chu and Qian Wu came to Chaxi to take Zhao Yousheng back to the county.Wu Chu helped pack his bags, and found that his husband actually had a sword, which he hid in the suitcase.At this time, the news about Zhao's father being promoted because of suppressing the bandits, his son being unparalleled in martial arts, and father and son personally supervising the battle before the battle have spread in Quancheng.Because Zhao Yousheng was young, and he had never heard of his talents in the past. Besides, Ning County is remote, and his deeds spread to the streets and alleys of Quancheng. He has been completely out of shape, beyond recognition, and people generally don't believe it.

Before leaving Xihua Academy, Zhao Yousheng went to Mr. Sanxi's residence to say goodbye. Mr. Sanxi left him to talk for nearly half an hour.

The incense was curling up, the sound of the guqin was intermittent, and Mr. Sanxi's words were quite reserved.He said: I have many disciples, but you are different from others. You have no intention of fame or believe in the words of saints, but you are willing to learn here.You Sheng, what do you want?

Zhao Yousheng leaned over and said: What students want is the ability to protect their families.

The sound of the piano stopped, Mr. Sanxi raised his head, looked at his students with thoughtful eyes, and said quietly: You Sheng, don't do things that are not good for the people's society in the future.

Zhao Yousheng thought that Mr. Sanxi had taught him for a year after all, and had criticized countless articles by him. Maybe he could get a glimpse of the hostility hidden in his heart. He calmly said: Students will never do things that humiliate the teacher.

After saluting respectfully, Zhao Yousheng got up.

Mr. Sanxi didn't say anything else, and let him go. He knew that this student was difficult to control, and his own words and deeds had very little influence on him.Undoubtedly, he is very smart, but he does not respect sages, does not believe in justice, and seems to only follow his own laws, such a person is the most unpredictable.

Zhao Yousheng had a lot of luggage, Qian Wu and Qian Liu each carried a load, Wu Chu led the horse, Zhao Yousheng rode the horse, and four masters and servants traveled.Zhao Yousheng bid farewell to his classmates at the door. During his one-year stay in the academy, the only good friend he had was Yu Entai.

Yu Entai sent Zhao Yousheng to Daokou, saying that he would not come to Xihua Academy to study next year, and planned to travel to Quancheng to study. We will meet each other in the future and never forget each other.

"Brother Yu, if you come to Quancheng, remember to come and find me."

"But it's settled, Brother Zhao. It's not that I, Yu Entai, have too much heart, but I'm afraid that after Brother Zhao returns, he will forget me in a few days."

"will not."

Yu Entai waved his hands vigorously and slept in the same room for a year. When they parted, he still felt that Zhao Yousheng was a mysterious person.There will be such a feeling, because he doesn't show his emotions, and he seems very friendly, but he is alienated, and he doesn't know what or who can get into his heart.

In the county town, father Zhao was about to resign and was busy with some official business. When he saw his son coming back from Xihua Academy, he just met him.Zhao Yousheng came to Ning County for a year, and the number of times Zhao's father disciplined his son was very limited. He relieved his son to be taught by Mr. Sanxi, and thought that his son was already a good young man who was diligent and upright. However, even if Mr. Sanxi was so upright, some words were not good Tell him clearly.

Zhao Yousheng had nothing to do in the county, so he went to Zhang Yi from time to time, and when he went to visit, he always asked Zhang Yi for his sword skills.As far as a weapon is concerned, a sword is naturally not as durable as a knife when fighting on the battlefield, but if it is a single fight, the sword has the advantages of a sword.

It happened that both of them were leisurely, so Zhang Yi made a special trip to compete with Zhao Yousheng. After a few rounds of competition, Zhang Yi noticed that something was wrong. Zhao Yousheng's swordsmanship was fierce, and his moves went straight to the vital parts. He was a scholar, but he was full of murderous intent.Once, the two found a deserted and open house for a competition. The process was intense and thrilling. Zhang Yi, who had retained some strength, was a little slow to react. Zhao Yousheng's sword was about to stab him in the throat immediately. Zhang Yi Panic paled, shouted to knock down the sword, even he was frightened into a cold sweat.

"Lang Jun learns sword from the little one, do you have any enemies?"

Afterwards, Zhang Yi asked Zhao Yousheng seriously.Not to mention that this little official's swordsmanship has improved rapidly, and he has obviously practiced hard, even the ruthlessness of his moves makes people unavoidably surprised and puzzled.

"No."

Zhao Youcheng sat on the ground, put the blade of the sword on his knees, and untied the loops of his sleeves. He was obviously not telling the truth.

"The young one has also gone to battle to kill the enemy. He has experienced life and death. The look of Shicai Langjun stabbing his throat with a sword seems to be about to kill someone."

The black loops fell to the ground, and the sleeves of the pure white Confucian uniform were unfolded. Zhao Yousheng heard this, stood up with his sword in his hand, and his posture was like a bamboo. With a flicker of the shadow, he cut off an arm-thick dead wood by his side, and the cut was even. He looked up at Zhang Yi, and said softly, "Is it like this?"

Zhang Yi felt that there was obviously something wrong with his apprentice's personality. If he got into trouble in the future and committed a murder, Lao Zhao still didn't come to him to settle the score. For a while, he regretted teaching him to use a sword.

Zhao Yousheng wiped the sword with a cloth, skillfully inserted the blade back into the scabbard, held the sword and saluted Zhang Yi, and said something that reassured Zhang Yi: "Zhang Yi is relieved, I only learn swords for self-protection, and will not harm others." innocent."

Zhang Yi really wanted to say: Fart!Your kid killed someone one day, so don't tell me who your master is.

In the eyes of the people of Ning County, Zhao Yousheng, the son of the magistrate of Zhao County, is capable of both civil and military skills. Of course, Father Zhao knew that he learned sword from Zhang Yi. Father Zhao had seen his son go out with a sword several times, but he didn't say anything about him.

Zhao's father believed that the eldest son would become an official through the eldest son's trial, and his position would often start as a small local official. It was inevitable that he would become an official in such a dangerous and remote place.

"You Sheng, after returning to Quancheng, if you don't want to go to Zongxue to study, you can learn from Huangmeishan. Meishan has nothing to do recently."

On the way back to Quancheng, Father Zhao and his son were discussing their future studies. At that time, the two were resting on a long pavilion, drinking tea, accompanied by a group of servants.

The Huangmeishan that Zhao's father said was Professor Huang who lived in Quancheng together, and You Sheng was arranged clearly.

"Father, I want to study at home by myself."

"Then set up a quiet room, study in peace of mind, and don't go outside to make trouble like before."

"Child dare not."

Next year you will go out to serve again, this time you will be far away, how can you manage my affairs in Quancheng.

Naturally, Father Zhao couldn't hear his son's slander. On the way home, he saw his handsome son riding a horse in front of him. .

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The autumn leaves of the Gulian Temple were falling, and they flew down on him. Chen Yu, who was riding on a horse, patted off the dead leaves, and Dong Wan who followed said, "Xiao Langjun, it's autumn again."

Dong Wan is tall, fair and clean, with a childish face, he can only run errands, and the one in charge of leading the horse is another entourage, named Pan Zhen, in his early 20s, a steady man, a distant relative of the housekeeper Pan Shun .

Chen Yu came to the end of Post Street and turned into an unremarkable deep alley. He got off his horse in the middle of the alley. Dong Wan led the horse and walked with him to Zhao Yousheng's house outside Muzong's courtyard.Wu Xin, an old servant of the Zhao family, took the reins, and A Xiang, a maidservant, welcomed Chen Yu to sit in the hall and serve tea.

I heard from Axiang that Zhao's mother took Zhao Youqing to burn incense in the temple, and Wu Chu went to Ning County to meet Zhao Yousheng.

Chen Yu sipped his tea, and saw a handsome but unfamiliar little maid came out holding fruit. He hadn't been to Zhao's residence for a while, and he didn't know when such a maid came out.

Ah Xiang said to the little maid: "Ah Jin, put the fruit on and go upstairs with me to clean."

Ah Jin whispered back: "Yes."

Chen Yu didn't stay in the house for long, when he heard Zhao Zhuangdie's voice outside, he got up immediately and greeted him.

Zhao Zhuangdie followed Zhao Duanhe, the two of them were still the same, Duanhe was as thin as a bamboo pole, and Zhuangdie standing next to him still had a round face and was short, although he should have grown a little taller.

"Xiao Yu, Ah Yun said in his letter that he will arrive on the [-]th of this month, the day after tomorrow." Zhao Zhuangdie was well informed, and he and You Sheng also exchanged letters.

"I also heard what Wu Chu said."

Ever since the weather turned cold, Chen Yu often asked his servants to come to the Zhao residence to find out when Zhao Yousheng would come back.

"When someone comes back, if you want to hold a dust-cleaning banquet for him, it will be held in the Chunfeng Building!" As he grows older, Zhuang Die's pocket money has obviously increased a lot, and he is confident.

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate to talk about it when I come back." Zhao Duanhe was always calm, and Zhao Yousheng's father would probably not agree.Chunfeng Building is a place where people die, and Zhuang Die and Xiao Yu are not old enough to be drinkers.

Zhao Zhuangdie said flatly: "Oh, with Uncle Shi Mian here, nothing is right."

Zhao Yousheng's father, Zhao Shimian, is tall and majestic, not to mention Zhuang Die, other children in the Muzong Academy are afraid of him.

The three of them arrived together and went out together. At the door, Zhao Zhuangdie said: "I didn't know that Xiaoyu also went to Qingzhou Tea House to listen to books. Duanhe and I often go there. I love listening to Mr. Kuocheng's stories."

"Me too, we can be together in the future." Chen Yu was very happy, they gathered together again.

Since Zhao Yousheng went to Ning County, Chen Yu had less contact with Zhao Zhuangdie and Zhao Duanhe. He was coming back recently, and everyone gathered again. Undoubtedly, Yousheng is the backbone of their friendship group of four.

Today they met at Qingzhou Tea House to listen to books. This is a tea house loved by the common people. The story told by the storyteller is not only down to earth, but also full of wit.I don't know how the eldest sons Duanhe and Zhuangdie of your family would go to such a tea house to listen to books.

Qingzhou Tea House was opened beside a ditch where boats transport goods, and people traveling to and from all over the world were bustling and chaotic.Chen Yu would know that the place where fish and dragons are mixed up lies in this ditch, which is the ditch leading to the water pass of Shibosi. All sea merchants have passed by here by boat, and Chen Yu came here several times with his father and brother.

The facade of Qingzhou Tea House is plain and unpretentious, and the house is full of tea customers. The three of them are regular customers. The doctor of the tea house knew them, so he directly invited them to go upstairs and sit in the private room with expensive tea.

The three of them chose the best location, which was close to the storytelling desk and could see the bustling ships and pedestrians outside the window.

The guests were seated, Dr. Tea came to serve tea, Zhao Zhuangdie hurriedly asked him what story he was talking about today, whether he still told the half of "Zhang Chao Ji" he heard last time.Dr. Cha announced the title of the story that the storyteller was going to tell today, and then he resigned vaguely.

"I can't talk about "Zhang Chao Ji" today. Mr. Kuo Cheng's leg was broken."

After Dr. Tea left, the guy serving the tea fruit secretly told them.

"How could Mr. Kuo Cheng have his legs broken?" Zhao Zhuangdie was very surprised. He liked Mr. Kuo Cheng's "The Story of Zhang Chao". In the story, Zhang Chao was a cunning and witty dwarf. .

The clerk looked around, bowed his head and whispered, "Naturally, he made up a story that shouldn't be made up, said something that shouldn't be said, and offended the eldest son." The clerk was also ignorant and innocent, he didn't know at all that among the three guests, two were Eldest son, he wouldn't dare to say that unless he was killed.

"Which eldest son did it?" Zhao Zhuangdie was greatly surprised.

The man wanted to say something, but he was called away by Dr. Tea. Dr. Cha obviously has good eyesight. He should have seen that Zhao Zhuangdie was the eldest son.

Zhao Duanhe frowned and thought about it. The bowl of tea in front of him was steaming, and he seemed to be talking to himself: "Could it be the story of the old soldier Lin Zhong letting goose?" many.

Zhao Zhuangdie was dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked: "Duanhe, what kind of story can you tell me?"

"Veteran Lin Zhong's family raised [-] geese. They wanted to sell the goose fat to buy a dowry for their daughter, but they didn't want the fat goose to go to the fields of the eldest son's family and be wiped out by the evil servants of the eldest son's family, leaving only goose feathers."

Zhao Duanhe picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and gently wiped off the tea foam on the corner of his mouth with his thumb.

"It's just a story, why hurt people?" Zhao Zhuangdie took a silver fork to pierce candied fruit, stopped suddenly, and shouted: "Wait, I seem to have heard of it!"

Chen Yu was the youngest among them, he just listened, but when Zhao Duanhe said that the fat goose was eaten by the evil servant of the Zongzi's family, he reacted faster than Zhao Zhuangdie.This is a true story, and the eldest son's servant not only refused to pay for a goose, but also arrogantly injured the veteran.

Yuan Ya told him this story, and Yuan Ya also said that the old soldier was quite capable, but unfortunately when he went to sea when he was young, his arm was twisted by a boat rope, and his life was hard because of his disability.

Zhao Duanhe glared at Zhao Zhuangdie, when he called out, someone at the next table turned his head immediately, Zhao Zhuangdie drank a sip of tea to suppress his shock, he whispered: "This happened in Zhao Jizhou's farm, didn't it?"

Chen Yu and Duanhe nodded.

"King Xi's branch is full of thieves and donkeys, and it's really annoying to ruin our eldest son's reputation again!" Zhuang Die bit a candied fruit from the silver fork, chewed it twice, and said viciously.

This Zhao Jizhou and Zhao Jidao are cousins, and their branch has the largest number of people in the local clan, and many of them hold positions in the Zongzheng Division.

"It's too much to eat other people's geese and beat people, and even hurt Mr. Kuo Cheng!" Zhuang Die became more and more angry when he thought about it. He would not hear "The Story of the Rising Tide" for a while, and he was filled with righteous indignation: "Is there any king?" If the eldest son breaks the law, he will be guilty of the same crime as the common people!"

"Ahem..." Zhao Duanhe choked on drinking tea.

Chen Yu took his own handkerchief and wanted to pass it to Duanhe, but Duanhe signaled not to use it, so he took one from Zhuang Die.

Not long after, Zhuang Die's white silk handkerchief was coated with green tea foam, crumpled into a ball, and stuffed back into his pocket.

Chen Yu'an quietly listened to the conversation between the two. It was hard for him to say anything about the eldest son's matter, but he just wondered whether Mr. Kuo Cheng's injury was serious or not, and whether he could still talk about it in the future.

On the stage, the newly invited storyteller came on stage, the noise in the tea house gradually quieted down, the storyteller cleared his throat, and briefly introduced the content of the story to be told today.Zhao Zhuangdie felt that it was boring, and it was not the story he liked to hear. He looked around and saw Chen Yu looking out of the window without moving. He asked, "What is Xiao Yu looking at?"

Chen Yu saw the figure of Zheng Yuanya downstairs. He was driving on the Hao Canal in a small boat. He was accompanied by a person of the same age, Li Shian, the grandson of Bao Zhangzheng (Astronomical Officer). The two of them were probably going to the city. ship division.

Chen Yu pointed to the two people downstairs and said, "They are the grandsons of Zheng Yuanya and Bao Zhangzheng."

Zhao Zhuangdie hurriedly stretched his neck and looked out. He had heard of Zheng Yuanya. From the direction Chen Yu pointed, he saw a tall man standing at the bow of the boat, with his hands on his hips and a knife on his waist. He was majestic and full of gangsters , he asked curiously: "Xiao Yu, are the Zheng family pirates?"

"It used to be." Chen Yu said truthfully.

"He's here, how about we invite him upstairs for tea?" Zhao Zhuangdie looked back at Zhao Duanhe for advice.

"No." Zhao Duanhe refused.

The boat carrying Zheng Yuanya and Li Shi'an gradually went away, and the three people in the tea house were silent for a while, Zhao Duanhe said to Chen Yu: "People's words are scary, so we have to be cautious. I hope Xiaoyu will not be offended."

"I know." Chen Yu sighed, sometimes he really forgot the identity of their eldest son.

As he grew older, Chen Yu knew that their dealings with a businessman like him had already attracted people's gossip, and if they made another son of a pirate, it would be very sensitive.

After listening to the storytelling for a while, the three of them felt that it was quite boring, so they went downstairs together and walked out of the tea house.Zhao Zhuangdie planned to go to the bookstore with Zhao Duanhe, and asked Chen Yu if he wanted to go together?Chen Yu said that he was going to find Yuan Ya and Shi An, and they must be going to the Shipbuilding Department. I heard that there are several ships entering the port today, and the Shipping Department must be very lively.

Chen Yu rode a horse along the Hao Canal, accompanied by two attendants, one tall and one short, he was outstanding in the crowd, and from time to time someone looked sideways, Zhao Duanhe was keen and naturally caught it.Zhao Zhuangdie rode carefree on the horse, squeezed onto the bridge, and called Duanhe to hurry up, Zhao Duanhe followed, and asked, "You said you met Chen Yu in Yu Shengxia?"

"Xiao Yu personally went to Xihua Academy to look for A Leftover, and stayed overnight in the dormitory. He said that everything there was crude, and A Leftover suffered a great crime..."

Zhao Duanhe ignored Zhuang Die who complained bitterly about Zhao's father's ruthlessness, but was thinking about something.

"Duanhe, why did you suddenly ask about this?"

"Not suddenly, You Sheng is coming back."

"what?"

Zhao Zhuangdie didn't understand, and he was the only one who thought that Zhao Yousheng and Chen Yu had such a deep friendship, and it was normal for him to even hurt the Qin brothers for Chen Yu's sake.

The author has something to say: —————————

Zhang Yi: My apprentice may kill and set fire.

Director: No, he's just sullen, he doesn't get sick when he sees Xiao Yu.

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Duanhe: I always feel that there is something wrong with Yousheng and Xiaoyu...

Zhuang Die: It's because you have too much gossip.