Chapter 353: Flowing Fire in July, Weiyang in August
Listen to the humanity inside, dead ghosts, don't come in yet?
My head was hot, and I pushed the door in, but I saw Zhang Youqian and the two immortals sitting on the bed, not knowing what they were doing. My heart was excited, and I suddenly woke up most of the time, and said with some embarrassment, why are you here?
Zhang Youqian said, your Sect Master Xu thought this room was dirty and messy, so he changed rooms with us. Why, do you want to take advantage of the drunkenness and have an irresponsible passion?
I just have some things to discuss with her.
The eyebrow ghost suddenly said, I caught another one, I have already caught six, you two are doomed.
The facial paralysis monster said, you are so unreasonable, this is obviously in my bed, and what you caught doesn't count.
I ask you what you do?
Zhang Youqian smiled and said that we were catching fleas in the competition. Would you like to come along?
I felt a chill in my heart, and I waved my hand, forget it, my ideological consciousness is low, and I can't do such a noble and meaningful thing. You go on, I'll go out and breathe. With that, he stepped out of the cabin and went above deck.
The warship is going upriver along the Yangtze River, and the mountains in the distance are like sleeping coiling dragons, with shadows and shadows, and there is no end in sight. Due west, a red star is unusually shiny and gradually falling, which is none other than Antares (note) of the seven Nakshatras of the Canglong among the 28 constellations.
The poem says: July fire, August Weiyang, September clothes.
In late summer and early autumn, the weather gradually cools, and the wind blows on both sides of the river, with a chill, and the river water slaps on the side of the boat, splashing one after another. It was pitch black on both sides of the strait, and most of the officers and men of the sailors on the ship had fallen asleep, except for those on patrol. The chirping of autumn insects was heard in my ears, and it seemed that the whole night was so quiet.
It was probably the only rare moment of peace in recent times.
From being forced to walk the rivers and lakes by blowing the lantern at the West Gate, to being on an errand at the Six Gates, he became a wanted criminal in the imperial court in a blink of an eye. In the past two years, I have experienced more than I have been robbing the Holy Gate for more than ten years. I, a reckless teenager who doesn't understand the world, crawled in the rivers and lakes, and gradually became what I am today, and I can't help but sigh when I think about it.
Behind him, I heard Zhang Youqian's footsteps, and he also came to the deck and stood side by side with me.
I asked, why not compare?
Zhang Youqian smiled bitterly, these two living treasures, I have lost a hundred taels of silver compared to catching lice, and if I want to compare again, it is estimated that I have even lost my underwear, which is not breathable.
I looked at him and said, "Brother, I'm sorry for you."
Zhang Youqian said unhappily, where are you talking about this! I, Zhang Youqian, have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and I am proud of two things. One of them is getting to know you. Lao Su, before I met you, I was just a gentleman in the capital, although I was a little angry when I first met you, but in the past two years, I agree with you as a brother from the bottom of my heart. As for the Jianghu Division and the Six Doors, they are just floating clouds, and I don't take it to heart.
I wondered, another thing to be proud of?
Zhang Youqian laughed, of course, Young Master Ben has practiced peerless martial arts! Of course, the matter of practicing martial arts is also a mistake, if it weren't for being rich and meeting a cheap master who loves money, I wouldn't have achieved today's achievements.
I don't have a good temperament, you are just a general image realm, and now on the rivers and lakes, there are many grandmasters like dogs, and the general images are everywhere, and they are no longer as valuable as they were back then.
Zhang Youqian said, why do I sound a little sour, now that your realm has fallen to Zhixuan, I can't imagine that my knowledge has also fallen, alas, it's really sad. But don't worry, when you find the Dragon Slaying Array, your martial arts can still be recovered, but maybe at that time, I will have jumped out of the Three Realms and become a great grandmaster.
I said, I wish you success.
Zhang Youqian sighed again and said, I really didn't expect that we would come to this point. The reason why I came to Six Doors was just to escape from Zhang Million at first, and I just wanted to take the opportunity to make a name for myself in the rivers and lakes and turn the rivers and lakes upside down, but I didn't expect that we became fugitives, haha!
I asked, do you regret it?
Regret a fart. I've figured it out in the past few days, let's go all the way down, it's God who let us go this way. Isn't it the underworld, our two brothers joined forces, and they also followed the example of Qin Sanguan back then, and turned the world upside down! Zhang Youqian patted his head and said, Oh, by the way, I forgot that you are also from the underworld, so I didn't say it!
I am honest and honest, since I can remember, I have been proud to be a great Ming, as for the underworld, it is just a symbol for me. You're right, our brothers come to this river and lake for a while, we can't live in vain, since we can't make a name for ourselves in the rivers and lakes, then poke a hole in the sky!
Zhang Youqian said, if this is the case, wouldn't he become a sinner who led the underworld to invade the Central Plains?
I don't have a good airway, I'm just an analogy, you know?
Zhang Youqian grabbed me by the shoulder and said, you are right. I thought about it, as soon as this matter is over, I will marry the girl in red, and then return to the rivers and lakes to be a rich man with peace of mind. By the way, what are your plans?
I sighed, let's take one step at a time. Thirty years ago, we robbed He Daozi, the ancestor of the Holy Gate, to go to sea to find Shujian Mountain, and I also wanted to take Ruonan to see it.
The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Youqian suddenly said, Lao Su, in the past six months, I always feel that someone is not quite right.
I asked, Li Muge?
Zhang Youqian nodded, in fact, I was a little suspicious of him.
I was silent.
Zhang Youqian is a smart man, and he is not inferior to me in any way, and he also found this matter strange, and it seems that I am not the only one who thinks so.
The battle between the court and the court has always been life and death, Li Muge is Xie Shiting's protégé, Xie Shiting was forced to commit suicide, it stands to reason that Li Muge will also sink, but he didn't expect that he would become the emperor's most trusted courtier by virtue of the golden water bridge to offer the jade seal, which must be a little strange.
On the same day, Xie Donglai stole the jade seal, and now it is proved that he is the person who Xie Junyan single-handedly supported, so the jade seal will be among Li Mu's singers, and it will be inseparable from Xie Junyan. There is an idea that has been lingering in my mind, and today I saw Zhang Youqian say this, so I asked, Xie Shiting was forced to commit suicide, in addition to refusing to write the edict of succession, will there be any other reason?
Zhang Youqian said, it is very likely. Of course, in addition to this, I heard one more thing. That is, after Li Muge became the emperor's cronies, Song Chengliang, the governor of Liaodong, wrote to tell the old man to return to his hometown, and after the emperor's favor, Song Chengliang was chased and killed by a woman on the way back to his hometown, and was destroyed.
I exclaimed, you are right Song Chengliang, but the one who was awarded the title of Loyal and Brave Marquis by the imperial court three years ago for his auspicious victory?
Zhang Youqian said, it is this person.
I remember that Li Muge said that it was Li Muge's father who was the Jiqing garrison Li Shouzhong who led 300 people to kill 3,000 enemies, and died in battle, but Song Chengliang, the governor of Liaodong, robbed him of his military merits. So he asked, although Song Chengliang is old, but the title is still there, such an accident, the court did not pursue it?
Zhang Youqian said, according to the description of the person who survived, the woman who did it was very similar to Xie Junyan. I estimated that in terms of time, it should be right. By the way, I heard one more thing.
What's up?
Zhang Youqian said that after hearing that after the emperor ascended the throne, he contracted a strange disease on his body, and it was rumored that he would die soon. This time, Li Muge came to Jiangnan, ostensibly to supervise silk salt tea, but in fact, he may have done another thing for the emperor, that is, to welcome the missing prince back to Beijing.
I exclaimed, are you talking about Wu Saburo?
Zhang Youqian said, exactly.
Note: Antares, Mars. July is on fire, and August is not young. According to the Book of Songs, according to the summer calendar, Mars hangs in the west at dusk, gradually sets, and has not stopped until August.