Section 2: Storytelling

"There is a division of teaching: 'The first to advocate the volunteers to stay in Chen, and punish Dong Thief Society Ji'an. Conquered Lü Buping Hebei in the east, and fought in the north to settle rivers and mountains in eastern Liao. How can the south sweep Liu Biaoxi Pingliang, how can Longwang Shu be investigated? Yeshui, Yecheng, Shuizhangshui, and death in the grave are not the same?' But it is said that one night in the first month of the spring of the 25th year of Jian'an is the time when the traitor is dying. When the storyteller said this, the bamboo sticks were beating on the drums, and the audience in the hotel applauded with the drums.

"It's a pity that the usurper Cao thief has lost his life, but my Han country is also desperate. Among the heirs of the Cao thief, the eldest son Cao Pi, the second son Cao Zhi, and the third son Cao Zhang are the most outstanding. What I said this time is that Cao thief's family affairs, brothers take the heirs, I cheat, and the organs are exhausted!"

"The prince Cao Pi was as early as Luoyang, and the ministers supported him, so he became the king of Wei. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, what he was most afraid of was his two brothers. The second eldest Cao Zhi is outstanding in literature, and the third Cao Zhang, who is excellent in martial arts, is the master who does not want to send people under the fence. And said that the third son Cao Zhang was brave and powerful, he was a fierce general, and when Cao thief first died, Cao Zhang asked the first king Xishou, and then said to Cao Zhi: "The first king summoned me, and he wants to establish you." Cao Zhi said, "No." I don't see the Yuan brothers!' Cao Zhangnai didn't mention it, and secretly conspired to do something. After this incident, Cao Pi knew about it, and he was very jealous. ”

So Cao Pi thought of a plan. Although Cao Zhang is a military general, he loves to play chess. Cao Pi did what he liked and invited him to play chess, and when he reached the middle game, he had already seen the upper hand. At this time, he instructed the maid to take dates and eat them together, so the two of them played chess and ate dates at the same time. Cao Zhang had long suspected that Cao Pi had the intention of harming each other, so when he saw Cao Pi on dates, he was not in a hurry to eat, and he was relieved when Cao Pi ate it. It's a pity, Cao Zhanggang is upright, he doesn't know how to change the conspiracy, where did he expect that Cao Pi had already made a mark on the dates, and he picked up the unpoisoned ones to eat, how could he be poisoned? Poor Cao Zhang was kept in the dark, but after a while, he was top-heavy, his eyes were straight, and before he could say a word, he fell to the ground, and the chessboard was splashed with bright red blood, reflecting Cao Pi's proud smile. ”

"Since Cao Zhang died, Cao Pi captured his brother Cao Zhi for the crime of treason, and eliminated his henchmen. When he wanted to kill his younger brother, and he was afraid of falling into the truth, he thought of a plan, and said to Cao Zhi: "Although I am a brother with you, and righteousness belongs to the monarch and minister, you dare to contempt for talent? That's the theme. In a moment, Cao Zhi took seven steps, and the poem came true. ”

Cao Pi was shocked, but he was unwilling to say: 'Seven steps are especially late, can you make a poem in response?' These seven steps are already extremely difficult, but he wants Cao Zhi's life, how can he let it go? So he decided to answer the title of the poem, and his heart was as vicious as his father. After everyone heard this, they all said: "I don't miss brotherhood at all, it's so vicious!"

The storyteller knocked on the eye-catching stop and continued: "Everyone looks at the official, it should also be that Cao Zhitian's genius, and his life should not be extinguished." On such a difficult topic, he didn't even think about it, and said: 'Boiling beans burns beans, and beans cry in the kettle; ’”

The storyteller chanted with emotion, and beat the drum lightly, so that others could not help but be amazed.

"Alas, even if we listen to it, we can't help but be hurt, let alone my flesh and blood compatriots? Cao Pi is degraded to Cao Zhi as a marquis, and he will not use it for life. How can there be brotherhood in the family of the emperors through the ages? This is the story of the seven-step poem. ”

After the storyteller finished speaking, he woke up Mu Shuwen, and the guests sighed. He took the money from the drinkers and withdrew. This is a small wine shop, the lights are a little dim, but there are about four or five private rooms, and more people gather in the hall, mostly people from the rivers and lakes.

"As the old saying goes: 'Houmen is as deep as the sea', and it is really not easy to survive in this splendid palace. One sighed.

"Not really. Don't say that it is the family of the emperor, it is a family of rivers and lakes, and it can't get out of this cage. "Another humane.

A story is a story in the end, and even if it is wonderful, it cannot satisfy the human psychology of curiosity. They are always curious about real-life family matters, especially other people's homes.

"Brother, don't you mean the Xingtai Nangong family?" asked one person earlier.

"Exactly. Since my brother knows, I don't have to hide it. The battle of Yuan Jiu and the death of Feifeng seem ordinary in the martial arts, but it is also a tragedy. What's more, although there have been many rumors recently, there are still strange things in them, and we must not be gullible. "The man was in his thirties, slightly wealthy, more like a businessman.

"Oh, why did you say that, dude?" the man from before instantly smelled the gossip and hurriedly asked. Not only him, but also the men and women of the restaurant, young and old, all pricked up their ears and looked at them, including the young man sitting in the southwest corner.

The silence that had been lost for a long time was broken at this moment.

The middle-aged man looked very proud under the eyes of everyone: "Hey, you and I have listened to the story of the Three Kingdoms of the storyteller just now, don't you feel half of it?"

"Hey, exactly. The middle-aged man took a sip of wine and continued: "Do you think, that Nangong Yuan is the respect of the son, and Nangong Jiu is favored by his father, how similar is it to the three of the Cao family's father and son?" But Nangong Jiu would really be so stupid as to collude with Xinglou to kill his pampered father to suppress Nangong Yuan? Vainly trying to get the first opportunity? Isn't this lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot!?"

The man from before hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?" and he used his many years of language skills very skillfully, and he clearly guessed, but did not say anything. Even if you know something, you must say it from the mouth of others, if you can not say it, if you can not express it, try not to say it, and try not to express it. Therefore, although the martial arts of a person like him are not high, he can live for a long time in this deceitful rivers and lakes.

"Brother, let's think about it, why did Cao Pi kill Cao Zhang first and not get rid of Cao Zhi first? Isn't it to cut off his brother's wings? What Cao Pi is really afraid of is that Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang join forces. What about Nangong Yuan?" The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, as he thought of something that excited him.

"You mean......" The man from before connected his index finger, but he couldn't speak.

The middle-aged man couldn't help but slap the man's hand and scolded: "Stupid! Can't you think of such a simple truth? That Nangong Yuan killed his father and blamed his younger brother! In this way, he can rightfully become the master of the Nangong family!"

Everyone present suddenly realized: "Yes! The assassination of Nangong Feifeng, all the evidence points to Nangong Jiu, since Nangong Jiu has become a great sinner for killing his father, how can he inherit the position of the head of the Nangong family again? Who is the biggest beneficiary behind this incident if not Nangong Yuan?"

Everyone was nodding their heads, and several people even said, "What you said makes sense." But as soon as these few voices were justified, I heard a voice: "The mouth is full of oil, nonsense!"

This clear voice once again broke the silence.

Two people came in from outside the wine shop, a man and a woman, the man was handsome, the woman was beautiful, and it was the woman who spoke.

The young man in the southwest corner also saw himself, put the wine glass he picked up to his lips, and muttered, "Hehe, it's him, but not her." Interesting. ”

This young man is none other than the nephew of the sword immortal Yin Lianfeng, the "Wind Swordsman" Yin Xiao of the Emei faction. And that pair of men and women, needless to say, are Mo Junyan and Yu Meng.

"This girl, how can you hurt people?" the middle-aged man was very dissatisfied. Just imagine, he was talking with relish, and suddenly he was interrupted and didn't say anything, and he was also dubbed "nonsense", isn't it like a slap in the face in public?

Yu Meng took the lead in sitting down at an empty table, put the long sword on it with a "snap", and reprimanded: "What you said is just a judgment out of thin air, how can you say it as if you have seen it with your own eyes?" Mo Junyan sat down silently next to him, he knew why Yu Meng was angry, so he didn't stop it.

"It's an inference, but it's not a vacuum. ”

"If you don't do it out of thin air, then you show the evidence. If it is reasonable, this girl will apologize, if there is no evidence, don't blame this girl for wanting you to look good!"

"This ......" The middle-aged man was frightened by Yu Meng's momentum, and he was speechless.

Yin Xiao laughed out loud, and the rest of the people secretly covered their lips. He was laughing at her truthfulness, and the rest of the people were laughing at her straightness.

Mo Junyan saw that it was Yin Xiao, and couldn't help but arch his hand and said, "Brother Yin is good." Yin Xiao nodded, the last time he saw Mo Junyan in Laizhou Ji, he mistakenly thought that Mo Junyan was also a thief who wanted to snatch his scabbard, so he was not polite to him. Later, I learned the truth, and I was quite grateful afterwards, but I didn't know his origin and identity, so I just smiled slightly.

Mo Junyan saw that Yin Xiao had replaced the scabbard with an ordinary scabbard, and said in his heart: "When I see him this time, the arrogance is much more restrained than last day." ”

He turned his head and saw that the middle-aged man's face was like a pig's liver, angry and ashamed, his heart softened, and he persuaded: "Senior sister, these people are just talking casually, they are only talking after drinking, and they can't be taken seriously." Yu Meng glared at him and said, "It is precisely because you can't take it seriously when you say it casually, so you can't talk nonsense." Don't you know that people are talking about gold and slandering their bones? What I hate most is those people who spread rumors. ”

The middle-aged man didn't dare to talk anymore and drank in a muffled voice. Everyone laughed secretly and didn't say much. This cadre is just to see the excitement, how can he be?

Yin Xiao's right palm was facing up, stretched out to the right of his table, and invited Mo Junyan and Yu Meng to sit together. Mo Junyan didn't have a bad impression of him, and immediately moved to the southwest with Yu Meng.

Yin Xiao saw Yu Meng's proud appearance, and she didn't like it, and said: "This girl is so domineering, she must be so powerful." Yin thought that the man's words were not completely unfounded. So his words were slightly ironic.

"Well, whether there is a basis or not is another matter, but if he talks nonsense, the girl will not be used to it. Furthermore, I don't think Nangong Yuan is that kind of person. Also, who are you?Xiaojun, do you know him?" Yu Meng asked as she looked at Yin Xiao.

Yin Xiao was also looking at her, because they both had a sword in each other's hands, a good sword. One is the sword of the dead sun that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Emei faction, and the other is the frost cast by the Marquis of Wuqing.

Mo Junyan didn't have to think about it, he knew that when the two of them first met, they had a fighting heart with each other, and said with a secret smile: "Senior sister is really, she is finally willing to take out Shuanghua and use it today, but she can't wait to find a good opponent." ”

Recently, he had just learned a lot of advanced martial arts from his uncle, and he couldn't wait to try his skills. They are like two children who suddenly have a favorite toy and are anxious to show it to others.

How can he have a young man's heart? He is more pure than an adult.

Mo Junyan hurriedly said: "Senior sister, this is Brother Yin Xiaoyin, the nephew of the predecessor of the Emei Sect Sword Immortal. Under Mo Junyan, this is my senior sister Yu Meng. ”

"Yo, it turned out to be the apprentice of Emei Sword Immortal...... Yu Mengzi was not to be outdone, and he paused halfway through his words before continuing: "...... No wonder it's so atmospheric. ”

"Hmph, don't dare to be. Yin Xiao sneered slightly, and said: "Miss Yu thinks that Nangong Yuan is not that kind of person, what evidence does it have? It is nothing more than subjective likes and dislikes, what is the difference between that person and Fang Cai's nonsense." ”

Yu Meng said: "I don't have any real evidence, but I have a relationship with Nangong Yuan, this person is as gentle as jade, has a decent style, and has no sense of hypocrisy." Is that proof?"

Yin Xiao sneered and didn't speak, but the meaning was very clear.

Yu dreamed that his expression was arrogant, and his willow eyebrows were also upside down.

When Mo Junyan saw it, he hesitated for a moment before he said: "Senior sister, you and Nangong Yuan met before, it is inevitable that you will have a preconceived sense of him, and if he wants to hide it in front of you, he can't." And that day, I watched coldly from Qingfeng Tower, although Nangong Jiu was aggressive, but he didn't necessarily care about his brotherhood. In my opinion, there is no difference between these two brothers fighting for power. ”

Yu Meng'er didn't refute him for the first time, but nodded and said, "Maybe you're right, but I still think that the dead fat man's inference is difficult to hold." If Nangong Yuan really wanted to deliberately frame Nangong Jiu, he should have better means, and he would never be so superficial. ”

There are not a few people who peek at Yu Meng in the wine shop, there are teenagers, middle-aged, and old people. Including men, of course, also women, women look at women, more envy and jealousy.

Because Yu Meng is indeed beautiful.

At this moment, she lifted her bangs with her right hand, and then put her elbows on the table, holding her cheeks with her five fingers. Even if he is just wearing the most ordinary purple gauze skirt, he still sets off the most beautiful figure like a fairy, plus that pretty face that is difficult to paint, that pair of seductive eyes, and that crisp and pure voice, a natural stunner, nothing more than this.

Therefore, Yin Xiao was also looking at her with squinted eyes, looking very carefully and seriously.

It's just that he doesn't pay attention to the same details as them, and he only has her sword in his eyes, because he can feel her strength.

Yu Meng was also looking at him, because before she appeared, Yin Xiao was one of the main targets of all the female guests here. He is very handsome, handsome like the male protagonist in the story of a talented and beautiful woman, dashing and talented. But like Yin Xiao, Yu Meng's focus is only on the sword on his left hand called "Death Day".

"Do you want to fight?" Yu Meng began. She's flirting with him, very directly. Yu Meng is such a girl, so straightforward that people have to like her.

So, Mo Junyan smiled.

Even Yin Xiao was amused by her directness: "Very good, go out after drinking this glass of wine." Yin asked the girl to make three moves, how about we order it so far?" Yin Xiao is very generous, because he thinks that as a man, he should have grace.

Yu Meng didn't buy it, and said with a smile: "Hmph, who wants you to let you fight, just fight fairly, otherwise you will lose later, and it will be very boring." ”

Yin Xiaojun's face turned red, the wine glass was put down, and a few drops of wine spilled out.

He said angrily, "How can I lose!?"