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Which is the British and which is the chivalrous? Looking at this, there is a clear hook between ancient and modern.

Section 1: Birthday Banquet

Weiyang is the premier city in the south of the Yangtze River, and "Shangshu Yugong" once said: "Huaihai Weiyangzhou". According to the Tang Dynasty Du You's "General Dictionary", the area of ancient Yangzhou is already vast. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug a canal, and Yangzhou was once luxurious. The Ming Dynasty has been recovering for hundreds of years over the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, has set the capital of Nanjing, and the Yangzhou Government has been the same.

Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March." At that time, Yangzhou was misty and rainy, Qionghua was in full bloom, and it was just right: "Huaizuo is the famous capital, and Zhuxi is the best place [3]. And Yangzhou in autumn is also unique, and it can be called: "light and dark mangrove trees [4]. ”

Just when the river and moon were silent, Yangzhou was calm for a few days and nights.

Early in the morning of this day, a large courtyard in Yangzhou City suddenly roared, a round of firecrackers were set off along the road, and the people on the street were clustered, densely piled up into a mountain of people. Even if you catch the market during the festival, you haven't seen such a lively.

The fiftieth birthday of Zheng Tiannan, the richest man in Yangzhou, is really extraordinary.

Approaching the Zheng family, everyone congratulated each other, and they inevitably muttered in their hearts: "This Zheng family's pomp and circumstance can be extravagant, and the rich and noble people are indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people like us." I heard another gong, as if to bring more surprises to this prosperous alley, and as if to ring the crowd that was drunk with glory but not yet awakened.

At the corner of the street, a tall horse slowly galloped out, and immediately the man was dressed in a brocade robe, with a long crown on his head, and his charm was extraordinary.

Everyone knows that the marriage between the Zheng family in Yangzhou and Nanyue Hengshan can't help but indicate that the Jindaomen and the Nanyue Hengshan faction will be in the same breath, and it also means that the Zheng family's business has gone from Weiyang to Hunan.

The two streets praised one after another: "What a handsome gentleman!" and I didn't think that I would see him marry Miss Zheng again in the future, there are envy people, and there are countless jealous people.

Di Suying arched his hands left and right and smiled. The one in front of him was holding a gong and leading the way, and the eight men behind him were carrying a large number of bride prices. It seems that Hengshan sent this to the Zheng family, and it was also painstaking.

After crossing the street for more than an hour, the people in Hengshan arrived at Zheng's house. I saw that the red makeup outside the door of the Zheng family was bright, and the door was open, showing that there had been good deeds reported to Zheng Tiannan. Hearing that his son-in-law was coming from afar, Zheng Tiannan was also overjoyed, with a red robe and a high crown, and a long beard in his hand, he had already led a group of guests to greet him outside the house.

Di Suying hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground: "Old Hero Zheng has a big birthday today, how can he leave the mansion in person? Zheng Tiannan laughed, helped Di Suying up, and an elderly guest next to him said with a smile: "Di Shaoxia, this is your fault, how can you still call Brother Zheng an old hero?"

Di Suying hurriedly threw his hand and said with a smile: "Yes, it is extreme, the son-in-law lost his words for a while, and I hope that my father-in-law will forgive me." After saying that, he was about to bow down again, Zheng Tiannan hurriedly supported him and said, "Why do you have to do this big gift? You and I are a family sooner or later, don't be restrained, come in quickly." It turned out that Zheng Tiannan intended to take advantage of the joy of his birthday to handle his daughter's marriage together, and all the guests, except for the five big and three coarse, all knew it, and two congratulatory gifts were prepared.

At this moment, the Zheng family's courtyard was already crowded with guests, and it was still crowded around such a compound.

Zheng Tiannan asked again: "Virtuous son-in-law, how is Lingshi doing recently?" Zheng had a few encounters with him in the past, and he was always thinking about it after parting, and he wanted to go to Hengshan to pay a visit, but there were many matters in Yangzhou, and none of them made the trip, but it was a pity. ”

Di Suying hurriedly replied: "I have my father-in-law in the arms, and my family teacher is healthy, and I have been studying a new set of martial arts in retreat recently. The family teacher also has great respect for his father-in-law, and when he is empty, he will come to Yangzhou. ”

Everyone gossiped to their own devices. Zheng Tiannan invited most of his martial arts friends, as well as some local businessmen and squires, and of course, some high-rollers who came to him, and they couldn't be turned away.

So everyone was not polite, and they all sat down, and everywhere they went, they were all festive decorations. The inner hall of the Zheng family was originally very large, but there were many guests, and Zheng Tiannan set up a three-room side hall, which settled everyone down.

Zheng Tiannan sat on a seat, and there were famous names of the older generation of Jiangnan martial arts, such as Sun Baisheng of Hunan Shenquan, Chu Dai of Guangling Jian, and Ma Xingde, the head of Liuhe Boxing. Di Suying sat at the same table with his fiancée Zheng Jing and Zheng Menshi's brothers.

After three rounds of drinking, the Zheng family set off firecrackers outside the house. After the firecrackers were over, the guests cheered and thundered, and then the dishes were frequent, and the Zheng Mansion received them everywhere, very busy.

During the banquet, the disciples of Zhengmen saluted Di Suying one after another, but they were deliberately making things difficult. Since these people are in the Zheng family, they know that Zheng Jing is beautiful, and they have been coveting them for a long time. Unexpectedly, this Di Suying came from behind and took the lead, all of them were three points of annoyance, and seven points of red-eyedness.

I only heard one of them say: "Brother Di, today is Master's birthday, thanks to you coming thousands of miles to celebrate his birthday, the younger brother will give you a bowl first!" Now that he has drunk many cups, how dare he postpone it in a hurry like him. How could everyone agree, urging again and again: "Brother Di doesn't finish drinking, do you look down on my Golden Knife Zheng family?" Di Suying had no choice but to drink the wine. In this way, three or five cups are in the stomach, and the abdomen is like a fire.

Another Zheng family martial artist also got up and said with a smile: "I heard that Brother Di is a disciple of the head of Hengshan, this internal strength is bound to be strong, and the amount of alcohol is not weak." We are all rolling on the rivers and lakes, and with such a small cup, we are not arrogant. Come, Brother Di, use a big bowl!" said he snatched Di Suying's wine glass and replaced it with a large bowl.

The man from before also said: "Ah, Senior Brother He is right, Brother Di, could it be that your Hengshan faction is famous, and you can't drink this small bowl of wine?" Another said: "That is, if you are not the senior brother of the Hengshan faction, I will not come to respect you, I can't imagine that the head of Hengshan is famous, but his disciple is so poor." ”

Zheng Jing couldn't stand it, she knew the thoughts of these brothers and sisters, and hurriedly said: "Don't persuade you to drink anymore, he is really going to die." A few high-rollers at the side table laughed when they heard this: "Before the cave room has passed, Miss Zheng has begun to be so considerate of Brother Di, haha!" They said quite unbearable, and Zheng Jing blushed when she heard it.

Di Suying drank another bowl, knowing that she couldn't drink it anymore. But there was another toaster at the adjacent table, shouting: "Brother Di can't drink it, Miss Zheng can do it for you!haha!" Even saying and shouting, Zheng Jing was helpless, so she had to drink a few glasses, feeling slightly dizzy.

She saw that everyone was toasting continuously, and she didn't stop at all, and she was annoyed. It happened that Zheng Tiannan went to the other hall to pay his respects again, and he didn't know anything about the situation here, only her brother Zheng Shun was on the side. That Zheng Shun was only an eleven-year-old child, how could he understand the accident, he saw his sister's expression bitter, and couldn't help scolding: "Are you people finished?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, and one of them said: "Ouch, brother-in-law is angry, haha, your sister can't drink and you! "That person's name is Dong Yong, but he is a high-roller who came to admire, nicknamed 'Iron Arm Dong San', and he is extremely good at practicing kung fu.

Zheng Shun saw him deceive the bowl, his expression was contemptuous, and he couldn't help but turn up angrily, and he shot to grab the wine bowl, if Dong Yong wanted to hide, even ten Zheng Shun would not be able to grab the bowl. But he wanted to play with the child, so he gave it to him. Zheng Shun snatched the bowl and drank it on his back.

Dong Yong was surprised, only to see Zheng Shun put down the wine bowl, and actually counted all the spirits in the bowl, and then coughed again and again. Zheng Jing was shocked: "Brother Shun, you?" Zheng Shun's face was red, and those people in the rivers and lakes were not very measured, not to mention that he was drinking happily at the moment, and said with a smile: "Good boy, good amount of wine, drink again!" Dong Yong also said: "Haha, if you drink again, I will not respect your sister, Lao Tzu will respect you!"

Zheng Jing hurriedly came to grab it, one of them grabbed it, and flicked his left hand lightly, although Zheng Jing was a woman, but her martial arts were also five or six points hot when her father was young. Seeing that the other party's hand was coming, he was not afraid, wrapped his right hand, pinned away from the other party, and slapped his left palm towards his chest.

The man was stunned, but his martial arts were very high, although his left hand was controlled, he was stronger than Zheng Jing with his internal strength, so he broke away and hit Zheng Jing on the shoulder with both fists. Zheng Jing couldn't stop it, and leaned towards Di Suying.

Seeing this, Di Suying gently wrapped his left hand, dissolved the opponent's palm force with his right hand, pulled down the momentum, and turned his palm into a guide to the opponent's "Guan Yuan acupoint". The man collapsed to the ground. Dong Yong sneered: "What a handsome kung fu, come and take my palm!"

At this time, Di Suying's drunken spirit was surging, all supported by internal force, and his martial arts went to ninety percent, and he tried his best to win with one move, and he was even more skillful. Although Dong Yong's palm did not try his best, it came too fast, and he was only two positions away from Di Suying. Di Suying had no choice but to use her right hand, and immediately felt half of her body sore, and she fell down holding Zheng Jing together.

Everyone laughed, and Zheng Jing's face was flushed. Zheng Shun was furious and punched Dong Yong, Dong Yong grabbed his fist with his right hand, and said, "Come on, come on, I salute my brother-in-law with a bowl!" Zheng Shun shouted, but he couldn't break free.

Seeing that most of the bowl of wine was drunk, everyone frolicked even more crazy.

Suddenly, there was a sneer: "A group of practitioners have not planted, and they actually bullied a stinky kid." When the group heard this, their faces turned red and they looked behind them hurriedly.

I don't know when a man sat on the edge of the window, wearing a hat on his head, covering his face, carrying a long knife on his back, holding a wine gourd in his hand, glancing contemptuously at this side.

"I want you to be nosy!" Dong Yong wanted to scold again, but the man couldn't scream, and suddenly felt that his hands were empty, and the wine bowl was gone! Everyone was shocked, it turned out that the man jumped on the wine table in an instant, snatched the wine bowl, and drank the half bowl of wine in one go.

The knife bearer put down the wine bowl and said, "Who wants to come, I'll drink with him!" He didn't wait for others to speak, and with a slanted foot, a jar of daughter red flew to his chest. He opened the seal and immediately poured it into his mouth, only to hear the sound of "coo-dong-coo", and before a moment of effort, the altar was sold out.

Everyone was stunned and speechless for a while.

The knife bearer picked up two small jars of daughter Hong, threw them to Dong Yong, and said, "You and I have one altar, I will drink with you!" After that, he raised his neck again, and in an instant, he drank the jar of liquor as if he was drinking water.

Dong Yongqing knew that when he met a master, this person's internal strength was really unfathomable, how could he dare to fight with him like this, just to leave. Who knew that the knife-carrying man hooked his right foot, which had locked Dong Yong's throat, Dong Yong couldn't help himself, and leaned down under the knife-carrying customer, he opened his mouth, and was about to curse, a hot spring water suddenly poured into the throat, and the knife-carrying man had already opened another altar of daughters, and poured wine into his mouth in the same way.

Dong Yong was furious, and his palms slapped upwards in a hurry. The swordsman sneered, let go of Dong Yong with his right foot, but hooked his right hand again. He threw the wine jar in his left hand to his right hand, used his left hand and left foot together, and locked Dong Yong's left hand. Dong Yong's feet kicked wildly, but he couldn't reach the other party at all. The man with the knife pinch his mouth open with his left hand and poured wine down his throat. That Dong Yong is narrow-minded, and many others are not good with him, and no one helps him at the moment. After pouring an altar, the back knife man picked up the long knife with a sheath, and picked up another altar. He bit open the seal with his mouth, and didn't care that Dong Yong coughed and sprayed, and poured it into his mouth.

The crowd was stunned. At this time, Zheng Tiannan also came back from the side hall to toast, his face was full of red light, and there was still a smile on his face, but when he saw this situation, the smile froze on his face. The knife-carrying guest also saw Zheng Tiannan, and he didn't say a word, still pouring wine. Zheng Tiannan stared at the knife-bearer without saying a word, Zheng Jing followed Zheng Tiannan's eyes, she could only see the face that appeared and disappeared from time to time under the hat, but what she could remember at a glance was the deep scar on the right cheek of the person!

I only heard someone in the crowd exclaim: "He is ...... 'Thousand Blades Breaking Waves' Fang Xu!"

Fang Xu finished pouring the second jar of wine, kicked with his right foot, and saw Dong Yong take a diagonal step, his body fell to the ground, and his stomach was swollen. The two altars of daughters have more than ten catties of red feet, even if they don't get drunk to death, they can last half to death. However, Fang Xu also drank two jars in a row, except for the slight bulge in his lower abdomen, he was unharmed, this skill was far away, and it was really impossible to plan it.

Zheng Tiannan saw Fang Xu standing up, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Hehe, I don't know that the 'Thousand Blades Breaking the Waves' is coming, and it is not far away, and Zheng's crime is also." Fang Xu took off his hat, only to see that his face was cold, with a Chinese face, about forty years old, and the scar from the bottom of his eyes to the bottom of his cheeks was really terrifying.

Fang Xu said coldly: "Brother Zheng doesn't have to be polite. Zheng Tiannan said again: "Brother Fang of the Golden Dao Gate is here, it is really brilliant, please take a seat!" Di Suying and Zheng Jing were already helped up, and most of the wine was sober.

"Hmph. Fang Xu sneered: "No need!"

Zheng Tiannan's old face turned red and he was quite embarrassed. He was still thinking about how to phrase it, but he heard Fang Xu say: "Fang Mouming doesn't say secret words, he only asks Brother Zheng." ”

"What?" Zheng Tiannan questioned.

"Long Yuanjiang ......" Fang Xu's cold eyes burst out of two words: "Where is it!?"

[1] From Du Xunhe's "Little Song" in the Tang Dynasty, the full poem is as follows:

"From the small thorns in the deep grass, now I gradually feel the basil. At that time, people didn't know Lingyun Mu, and they waited until Lingyun was high. ”

[2] From the Northern Song Dynasty Qin Guan's "Second Rhyme by the Title Pingshan Hall", the full poem is as follows:

"Dongyu opened the ancient temple high, and the best place was carved into the fence. The mountains float on the sea and the green snails are far away, and the sky turns to the south of the Yangtze River and the jasper is wide.

The rain sill is shallow and small, and the wind and sake are slight. If visitors talk about the United States, they must be the first view of Huaidong. ”

[3] From the Southern Song Dynasty Jiang Kui's "Yangzhou Slow". The whole word has the sorrow of "Huang Li".

[4] From Tang Lishen's "Su Yangzhou" sentence "Light and deep mangroves see Yangzhou", the full poem is as follows:

"The river crosses the broad smoke wave late, and the tide passes through the autumn of Jinling leaves. Plug the Hong through Chu Ze, the shallow and dark mangrove see Yangzhou.

The night bridge is lit up with stars, and the water is close to the bullfight. Today, the customs of the city have changed, and there is no need to ask the maze. ”

This sentence describes the style of Yangzhou in the golden autumn season, highlighting its glory, and the times have changed, the atmosphere has also changed, and the prosperous old days, that is, like a maze building, are now ordinary.