Chapter 53: The Hidden Sword: The Prosperous Tang Dynasty (Double Watch)
Leaving Chang'an all the way south, passing through Fenghua Valley, and then walking through Luodao, it is said that fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March, even if Chang'an is full of sadness, this Yangzhou is still prosperous and lively, the flow of people is like shuttle, but there is an invisible pressure on the hearts of everyone, and the pedestrians who come and go are more anxious.
"Be careful when you walk." Someone lost his temper at Meng Yan, and when he saw Meng Yan followed by a few people, he stopped quarreling and walked away with something.
"He quarreled with you." Shu Yu looked at the person who left, retracted his gaze and Meng Yan, "There is no momentum." ”
"Wu Nong's soft words are like this, and he is soft when he quarrels with you, and those who don't know think they are flirting." Su Yuandao got off the horse and walked slowly with the reins.
"Flirting." Shuyu read this word, looked down and saw that Yun Luo was tossing his clothes again, reached out and pressed it into his arms and thought about it, beating and scolding, isn't it just hands?
"I think of someone." Compared with when she was in Chang'an, Meng Yan's complexion was more than a star and a half worse, and the hurried road for several days allowed her to destroy the bones, and the heavy sword she carried every day could only stay on horseback, and let Mingyu be powerful above.
"She scolds people well, and she looks good when she moves." Meng Yan slowly descended to the ground, took out the pill that Su Yuandao had given her and ate it, only then did she look better, and said to Shu Yu with a smile, "Her swordsmanship is very good, you may be interested in meeting her." ”
"Not really." He refused, "Send you back to the Hidden Sword Villa, and then supervise Su Yuandao for a few days before he returns to the Chunyang Palace." ”
Su Yuandao snorted coldly, wishing that time would hurry up, so that this stinky Taoist priest would disappear in front of his eyes.
Several people led the horses out of the woods, and a woman was talking in the distance, "You eat raw rice and grow up, and Anon will be for a while, and it will be different." ”
"Wait for the one with the highest price, and then I can sell this thing to whoever I want."
"Anon took the money and wanted to buy it."
"Don't you understand people's words, you don't sell them."
When I got closer, I saw a woman standing under the tree, arguing with the peddler, and there was a boy standing next to him, holding a paper fan and looking at the woman, seeing that she and the peddler were arguing, pretending to pose and posing, "If the little lady really likes it, I will buy it and give it to the little lady." ”
The woman's face is slightly powdered, there is a moving color, long black hair coiled up, fixed with a few golden hairpins, but also plain, she only wore a skirt, holding a white-haired rabbit in her arms, seeing that the person talked to her, immediately raised her eyebrows, "Who is Nong?" ”
Hearing that the other party didn't put himself in his eyes, Brother Gongzi's heart was not very happy, he stared at the woman for a long time, and finally caught the opportunity to talk, but the other party didn't put himself in his eyes from beginning to end.
"Who am I?" He reached out and touched the woman's face, and when he saw that she was anxious and angry, he became proud, "Your future father-in-law." ”
"Is this flirting?" The lively people on the side asked.
"It's called molestation, bullying women from good families." Su Yuandao didn't understand how Shuyu's brain was long, he couldn't see such a simple thing, and he memorized the Tao Te Ching.
Su Yuandao was ready to stand up to help the woman rescue him, but he didn't want Meng Yan to stop him.
"Don't worry."
Su Yuandao didn't understand Meng Yan's intentions, the sound of kneeling and begging for mercy sounded at the end, and when he turned his head, he saw that Brother Gongzi was already kneeling on the ground with a blue nose and swollen face, begging grandpa to tell grandma to cry bitterly, and the woman didn't know when she lifted a double sword in her hand, and said unhappily, "Anon won't buy it." ”
The peddler would have been so frightened that he didn't even dare to say a word, seeing that this little lady spoke softly, he didn't expect it to be a disciple of Qixiufang.
She was about to put away her double sword and take the rabbit back, when she turned her head and saw Mingyu licking the hair according to Scarlet Heart's head, Scarlet Heart hung down her ears, not knowing whether she was happy or angry.
"Narutama is back." She picked up Mingyu on the ground, and regardless of whether people were reluctant or not, she kissed the cat's face fiercely, "Anon misses Mingyu so much." ”
"Meow meow." You shovel and come and save me.
Meng Yan walked out of the shadows, picked up the scarlet heart on the ground and said with a smile, "Sister Wan still likes Mingyu so much." ”
"Mingyu is soft and fragrant." Lin Wan hugged Mingyu and refused to let go, she saw that Meng Yan was still followed by two people, so she asked, "Are they Nong's friends?" ”
"Yes." As soon as Meng Yan finished speaking, Lin Wan came to Shuyu's chest, leaned into Shuyu's chest, and poked Yunluo with Mingyu's claws, so frightened that Yunluo went directly into her clothes, making Shuyu feel uncomfortable.
"Anon sees it for the first time, show it to Anon." Lin Wan grabbed Shuyu's clothes with her hand, softened her tone and coquettishly with Shuyu, she got closer, and when she raised her head, she almost collided with the tip of Shuyu's nose, and her eyes were facing each other.
"You ask Su Yuandao." Shu Yu took a few steps back, don't look over his head and didn't dare to look at Lin Wan, but the roots of his ears were red, and he lost his usual composure.
Seeing that Su Yuandao was a disciple of Wanhua, Lin Wan was naturally even more happy, so she immediately took Su Yuandao's arm and said affectionately, "Go back to the workshop with Anong." ”
"Beauty invites each other, but naturally it is disrespectful." Su Yuandao looked much more sophisticated, he replied to Lin Wan's hand, his eyebrows turned into a spring breeze and looked at Lin Wan with a smile, "It's better to bring Yunluo." ”
"Yunluo." Lin Wan blinked, "It's its name." ”
"Pick up the path to collect medicine among the clouds, and the green radish will go around the stream and forget the return date." Su Yuandao chanted and sang in a low voice, which was the graceful state of celebrities and gentlemen.
"Nong is coming, too." Lin Wan shouted at Shuyu and pulled Su Yuandao to leave first.
Seeing the two of them leave, Meng Yan was thinking, whether Su Yuandao was so good at flirting with girls, or Lin Wan was terrible to snatch pets, at least her Mingyu had been led by Lin Wan, if she followed her again, it was estimated that Yunluo would spend the rest of her life in Xiufang.
Pet madman Lin Wan, everyone in the show is well-known.
Scarlet was lying on Meng Yan's chest, and the red rabbit eyes looked at Shu Yu who came to him, and turned his head and didn't speak.
"Is this flirting?" I asked Meng Yan.
"Forget it, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer." Before Meng Yan finished speaking, Shu Yu followed the footsteps of the two in front of him and left Meng Yan in place.
"Beauty misleads people." Meng Yan sighed, fortunately, this is Yangzhou, and she can let people take her back.
**
Riding the boat back to the village, seeing the familiar grass and trees again, the heart that had been restless gradually quieted down, and Meng Yan was immersed in the joy of returning.
Or the appearance in the memory, the ginkgo tree at the entrance of the villa blocks most of the scenery, so that the first sight is robbed by the emerald green of the tree, not yet in autumn, the ginkgo tree is still verdant and dripping, and when the frost and autumn hit, after a night of heavy dew, the ground is full of gold, everyone stands on it, it becomes a beautiful landscape.
Hidden Sword Villa, I'm back.
There were already disciples waiting on the dock, as soon as they saw Meng Yan's face, everyone became excited, the young face was full of vitality, and the sharp eyes saw Meng Yan's abnormal face, and they knew that Meng Yan was not having a good time these days, and they all quieted down, and when Meng Yan stepped on the dock, she didn't dare to make trouble with Meng Yan, so she only asked cautiously, "Senior brother, how are they?" ”
"They're all good." Meng Yan replied, at least the senior brother is still alive, and there is still a hope to wait.
"Ye Luo didn't come back." Xiao Zhengtai came out of the crowd, saw Meng Yan and came back alone, pouted and ran away.
Everyone smiled, the atmosphere was much more lively, and walked back towards Meng Yan, asking about the situation in Chang'an by the way, Meng Yan patiently answered one by one, and Xiao Zhengtai, who had just left, came running again, standing on the steps and shouting at Meng Yan, "Senior Sister Yan, Zhuang wants to see you." ”
As soon as they heard that Ye Ying wanted to see Meng Yan, everyone dispersed temporarily, leaving Xiao Zhengtai alone to run down and take Meng Yan's hand and lead her to the backyard.
After walking for a while, Xiao Zhengtai couldn't hold back the question in his heart, saying that he was complaining, but he actually asked Meng Yan, "It's okay to run away quietly by yourself, now that Senior Sister Yan is back, why doesn't Ye Luo come back together?" ”
"She said she wanted to do her brother a favor." Meng Yan smiled, she still remembered Ye Luo's serious expression when she left.
Xiao Zhengtai stopped talking, he led Meng Yan to Tianze Tower, and whispered, "I will be more powerful than Senior Brother." After speaking, he ran away with a heavy sword on his back, Meng Yan was stunned for a long time before he reacted, shook his head funny, and followed the maid into Tianze Tower.
There is a huge tree in front of Tianze Tower, the four seasons are always new, full of purple flowers, the petals fall when the wind blows, and the flowers are colorful and beautiful.
Ye Ying stood under this tree, behind him was a huge stone monument, his eyes were closed and his expression was peaceful, Meng Yan walked up to Ye Ying, didn't say anything, just knelt straight down, looking like he had admitted his mistake.
"What's wrong?" Ye Ying asked her.
"The mistake is in the Ming Dynasty, the mistake is to go his own way, and the mistake is to gamble with everyone's lives." Meng Yan said.
Ye Ying didn't answer, he stood there silent for a long time, until his shoulders were full of flowers, and he said, "Your heart has changed, I can't see you clearly." ”
"Owner." Meng Yan wanted to explain the reason, she had tried her best to maintain the appearance in everyone's memory these days, but when she walked in front of Ye Ying, this layer of mask was torn apart.
"It's all good." Ye Ying helped Meng Yan up, "Why not give it a try." ”
"The owner believes me?" Meng Yan was incredulous, "Even if the villa will be accused of usurping the throne in the future." ”
"Usurpation?" Ye Ying was taken aback, and then said, "I thought you just wanted to turn the tide, if you have this idea, you should go to see your father." ”
In this troubled world, where should the Tibetan Sword Villa go, my father must have the most ideas.
Go north out of Tianze Tower, hit the horse again, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, turn around and go to the mountain, step on the wild flowers on the path, after the gurgling water, until the cliff is down, Meng Yan only got off the horse.
Tethered the horse to a tree, Meng Yan went inside.
The terrain here is peculiar, but a lonely peak is present, and then there is a sheep intestine trail under the lonely peak, a single person can enter, after walking through this road, it suddenly opens up, and the front is the sword mound.
The place where the legendary Great Orange Takeshi was born. Meng Yan stood on the path and watched for a while, not wanting the disciples inside to be impatient and walked out, she raised her hand to cover the dazzling sunlight and called her, "Senior Sister Yan, come in." ”
"Just come." Meng Yan took out the medicine bottle in her sleeve and swallowed one when the disciple turned his head, so that he had the energy to continue walking inside.
When will the wound on her chest heal, she can't even hold the sword, and what is she doing as a disciple of the Hidden Sword Villa. Meng Yan thought about it and entered the sword mound with that disciple.
"The old farmer is interested today, and said that he wants to see the sword of the past, and he is not allowed to follow us." He chattered, stopped when he took Meng Yan to the ancient sword house, and stood with Ye Fangzhi holding his hands, the two looked at each other and smiled, which was regarded as a greeting.
"Senior Sister Yan is injured, and we can't be embarrassed, but the rules are the rules, and the next road can only be walked by Senior Sister Yan herself."
"Thank you." Meng Yan naturally knew the rules of the Sword Shrine, so he didn't say much, and walked alone into the Buried Sword Valley, and then the two of them watched Meng Yan go away, and only said after half a sound.
"How do I think Senior Sister Yan has changed a lot?"
"After experiencing life and death, her perception of things will also change, and her sword intent will change."
Firmer, purer, and more determined, her kendo seems to have embarked on a path of no return, and if she doesn't succeed, she becomes a benevolent.
When Meng Yan came to the Buried Sword Valley, Ye Wuxin stood with his sword in his arms, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, ignoring Meng Yan, Meng Yan walked past him, and he was indifferent, until Meng Yan left the Buried Sword Valley, he said, "Wait until you are healed." ”
"Fight with you." Meng Yan took Ye Wuxin's battle post.
The sacrificial sword platform is located in the deepest part of the sword mound, and the outside does not shine in, only the hole dug above can penetrate a little heavenly light, illuminating the various weapons on the sacrificial sword platform.
There are many weapons that Meng Yan knows, such as the Nine Heavens Hanging Dream, the Jade Sweeping Clouds, Zhu Xuan's Huai Finch, the Cold Sound and the Silent Shadow, and the Creation and Transformation Track, all of which she has held in her hands, and some have even been stained with blood, taking countless lives.
Meng Yan finally stopped in front of the Hidden Sword Orange Wu and looked up at the old man above.
"Three generations of my Ye family sought fame, and they were finally abandoned in my hands, and then established the Tibetan Sword Villa to win a place in the rivers and lakes, and no one at the famous sword conference did not envy the sword of my Tibetan Sword Villa, and no one did not sigh that my Ye Mengqiu's eyes were like torches." He turned around, although his hair was gray and his face was old, his eyes were still the famous heroes of Jiangnan back then.
"You've been calculating all your life." Meng Yan's words were slightly mocking, the rise of the Tibetan Sword Villa and the decline of the Badao Villa are all boring, it is said that Ye Mengqiu and Liu Fenggu had a relationship when they were young, but looking at the relationship between their juniors, Meng Yan felt that the relationship between the two of them was already small, and no matter how bloody it was, it was comparable to Ye Fan's pair, as a disciple of the Hidden Sword Villa, Meng Yan disliked the master of the five villages.
"So what?" Ye Mengqiu did not deny it, he slowly paced down the steps and walked in front of the weak water, which was specially ordered by Ye Ying, four feet three inches long, weighing forty catties, amethyst inlaid with the hilt of the sword, if the pattern of flowers and branches was entwined around his body, it was beautiful and elegant, and it was a rare good sword.
It's just a good sword. Ye Mengqiu's hand was on the weak water sword, Ye Ying had already done a good job, he no longer demanded more.
"Do you want to gamble again?" Meng Yan saw Ye Mengqiu's eyes change slightly, and knew that he had made a decision in his heart, "In this troubled world, I want to fight for the Tibetan Sword Villa." ”
"What are you going to do?" Ye Mengqiu asked her.
"The three generations of the Ye family have sought fame, and they shouldn't be abandoned in your hands, how about I ask for you to come back?" Meng Yan said with a smile, "I will give the Tibetan Sword Villa immortal prosperity for thousands of years, so that it will not fall in the troubled times and carry forward in the prosperous times." ”
"Anyone can say and do big things, but few people can do it." Ye Mengqiu also smiled, if he could be the first hero and ascend to the Hall of the Son of Heaven, he Ye Mengqiu would naturally not refuse.
"How about you see what I can do?" Meng Yan said bluntly, "Give me the Hidden Sword Villa." She lifted the weak water and stood it in front of her, and at that moment, the commanding Meng Yan came back.
Ye Mengqiu was stunned for a moment, and then a hearty laugh sounded from the sacrificial sword platform, and soon after Meng Yan dragged the weak water out, Ye Wuxin was finally willing to open his eyes, he was not looking at Meng Yan, but the weak water that was abused by Meng Yan.
"Help?" Meng Yan said softly and weakly, the heavy sword was really too heavy, and now she felt pain in her chest when she lifted it.
"Twice." Ye Wuxin took the opportunity to ask that he had to compete with Meng Yan twice.
"Deal." I won't come again after I get out of the sword mound, and you have the ability to chase you to the villa.
**
said that she took over the Tibetan Sword Villa, and Meng Yan didn't really let Ye Hui retire, after she only gained power, she issued an order to buy fine wine at any cost, money is not a problem, the Tibetan Sword Villa has money.
Within a few days, Ye Hui received a lot of fine wine, it was indeed fine wine, daughter red, bamboo leaf green, Du Kang wine and so on, the list goes on, the disciple completely implemented the policy of being rich and capricious in Tibetan Sword Villa, and the wine he bought was more expensive than the other, Ye Hui stared at this month's account book, and the numbers on it almost didn't make him lift the table.
This group of rabbit cubs really used gold as bricks, and they didn't feel distressed when they threw it away, he pulled the over-looking list, and ran angrily to find Meng Yan, who was recuperating from his injuries, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
"What does the second owner of the village think of Changgemen?" Meng Yan took the long list, and laughed while looking at it, so much wine, I don't know how much money the junior brothers and sisters spent.
"Naturally, it's good." Suddenly asked about Changgemen, Ye Hui was a little caught off guard, he actually wanted to say that the group of stinky scholars, the disciples often complained about Changgemen, the reason was the martial arts of Changgemen.
"To learn written martial arts, of course it is good to have goods and the emperor's family." Meng Yan put pen to paper to outline the cheapest wine on the list, even the cheapest, hundreds of taels of gold.
"The Emperor's Family." Meng Yan read these three words and handed the list to Ye Hui, "I am tired of the second owner of the village to give the wine to the poet immortal of Changge Gate, and I said that I Meng Yan has admired the poet immortal for a long time, and I gave a jar of thin wine to show my respect." ”
"An altar?" Ye Hui took the list, and there was more than one altar on this list.
"One jar a day, of course." Meng Yan and Ye Hui looked at each other and smiled, both of them had meaning in their eyes.
The friendship between Tibetan Sword Villa and Changgemen is not so deep, so much wine is sent down, Changgemen does not owe Zangjian Villa favors, but also owes Zangjian Villa money, Qinglian is a good wine, it is difficult to say that it is a drunkard, and when a drunkard meets a good wine, he naturally goes in and out.
Sending away Ye Hui, who was completely angry, Meng Yan looked up at Shangliang, "Your Excellency, why should you be a gentleman on Liang." ”
He jumped lightly from the beam, his figure like a ghost, "The smell here is too bad." ”
"I thought you'd like it, after all, the people of the Tang Sect don't refuse money." Meng Yan hugged her chest and said, there was a Tang Sect disciple standing in front of her, wearing a half-mask, with a trap box hanging around his waist, and his body was full of anger, and he knew that he was a good hand at a glance.
"There are business rules for doing business, and we don't accept the business of Hidden Sword Villa." He said coldly, if Ye Hui finds out that he is in the Hidden Sword Villa today, there will be gossip in the rivers and lakes tomorrow.
"I heard that your order starts at least five thousand taels of gold." Before he came, Meng Yan had already fully understood this person, Tang Wu, one of the best Tang Sect disciples, none of the tasks he took over failed, and more importantly, this person only recognized money and not people, otherwise it would be strange that he would come to the relationship between Zang Jian Villa and Tang Jiabao.
"Up to 30,000 taels of gold." Meng Yan took a few steps closer, put it in Tang Wu's ear and asked, "Can you take the business of 300,000 taels?" ”
A trace of wavering flashed in Tang Wu's eyes, and then he said quickly, "Deal." With this money, he will eat and drink spicy food for the rest of his life, I really don't understand why everyone doesn't take over the business of hiding swords, a group of melon babies.
"It's a deposit." Meng Yan handed the brocade box on the table to Tang Wu, which was full of silver tickets, "You can order it." ”
After Tang Wu took the brocade box to confirm the amount, he raised his eyes and asked Meng Yan, "Who do you want to kill?" ”
"Don't kill." Meng Yan pulled the mink cloak on her body, sat on the couch and said with a smile, "You are so good, it shouldn't be a problem to pick up things." ”
Tang Wu waited for Meng Yan to follow.
"I want the title deed of Changgemen, remember it all."
The dragon well in front of the window had already been brewed, and the two cups of fragrant tea were filled with water vapor, Meng Yan took one cup and tasted it slowly alone.
She didn't believe that the Tibetan Sword Villa couldn't buy a Changge Gate.
"Senior Sister Yan, a Ming Sect disciple came outside, saying that he was looking for you."
**
The lotus flowers were breezy, and someone passed through the forest, came to the water pavilion, and saluted the people inside, "Sir, the people of the Tibetan Sword Villa ask to see you." ”
"Oh." He put down his sword, how could the people from the Sword Hiding Villa come to see him, but since they were coming for him, he couldn't help but see him, "Let him in." ”
It was a young Tibetan sword disciple who sent the wine, and when he saw Li Bai's eyes shining, he looked very excited, and he couldn't speak for a long time, and when he saw Li Bai's eyes fall on the wine jar, he hurriedly sent the wine to Li Bai, "A small meaning is not a respect." ”
"No merit is not rewarded." Li Bai's nose had already smelled the aroma of wine, but it was not his style to rashly accept gifts from strangers, so he planned to push it back.
"This is a gift from Senior Sister Yan, she said that she has admired you for a long time, and she can't wait to serve you, and she is incapable of everything, so she sent this thin wine to show her admiration." This Tibetan sword disciple is well versed in the way of slapping horses.
"So I'll take it."
"Great." He thought, if there is one, there will be two, and tomorrow's wine will not be a problem.