Article 139
The capital is also known as Yongcheng, since it was almost broken by the Chiyan clan thousands of years ago, the kings of the past dynasties have not forgotten to thicken and widen this city.
From a distance, Yongcheng is like a beast lying on the field, stretching for dozens of miles, and the gate like a hill is like a beast's bloody mouth.
Standing on the city wall, looking at the people entering and leaving the city gate, they are as small as children, about hundreds of feet high and 100 meters thick.
There is a mezzanine inside each city wall, which can garrison tens of thousands of soldiers, and there is a watchtower every kilometer, a beacon tower stands in it, and a warehouse, in which there are countless fire oil rolling stones.
The city surface is made of Nanshan marble, the base stone falls on it, will not leave any traces, if it is attacked from the outside, it is bound to be more difficult than ascending to the sky, the four gates in the west of the city, the left is the Xuanwu Gate, the right is the Vermilion Bird Gate, the front is the Qinglong Gate, the back is the door.
There is a main road leading to Qinglongmen, the name is Tongtian Road, until the gate of the imperial city, it is 100 zhang wide, and the number of carriages can be walked side by side.
The imperial city is located in the center of the city, there is Anguo Mansion in the lower left, Dingguo Mansion in the lower right, and Wuhou Mansion in front of it.
However, the Wuhou Mansion has been extinguished by a fire, leaving only a bronze statue of Wuhou on his old site, which was built spontaneously by the people in order to commemorate Wuhou thousands of years ago.
In the blink of an eye, things are wrong, and Wuhou, who was quite cheap, how did he feel when he couldn't even protect his descendants until now.
Wu Anguo and Dong Zhenguo were both heroes who resisted the invasion with Qin Xuanyuan at that time, but Qin Xuanyuan was quite dazzling, and later generations only remembered Qin Xuanyuan, but they didn't know the two of them. If they are placed alone in an era, they are also leading figures.
For Dousheng Xiaomin, their names can only be known in the history books. But for the people above the court, these two forces have a pivotal position in both the government and the opposition and the army. Compared with the birth of Wuhou Mansion, Anguo and Zhenguo are actively entering the WTO, and the change of dynasties in the past hundred years can see their shadows behind them, so that now the court can not know who the emperor is. But you have to know where the gates of the two houses are.
There are also emperors who want to remove the two tumors that grow on their bodies, but before they can do it, they die on the dragon bed the next day. The future emperors no longer dared to have this idea, and could only be regarded as a puppet.
They either shepherd one side outside the country or do business and are rich enough to rival the country, but they have no immediate family members to enter the court. It's just to nurture spokespeople who are close to you to speak for yourself.
For two years. The two factions fought for power and profit, especially for power, and only swords and soldiers met each other.
Yang Mubai and Qin Qing were speechless in shock when they saw this city for the first time, and passers-by were already surprised by this.
When most outsiders come, most of them look like this.
When the two entered the city, and when the city was still majestic, a small servant came up and said: "I see that the two of you have just arrived in the capital, and I have a map of Yongcheng here, whether the two of you are visiting relatives and friends or traveling." They are all must-haves at home, and there is an essence version. The major attractions and inns in Yongcheng are marked in detail, as long as five taels of silver, this is the only one, and there is no semicolon. ”
Yang Mubai was thinking, such a big city, when his eyes were really black, the map seller found him, when he was thirsty, someone would send water to drink, the service in the capital was good, and when he was about to let Qin Qing pay for a copy, he couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that the little guy was actually Bai Fuji, and said: "Really, it's not that the enemies don't get together, you can be seen anywhere, I was miserable last time, I was looking for you, I didn't expect to come." ”
Bai Buji took a closer look, it turned out to be Yang Mubai, turned around as if leaving, but he was caught from behind, and he didn't leave, so he had to turn around and smile: "Don't thank me too much, after all, we are all our own people!" ”
Yang Mubai was angry and said, "Hey, I really want to thank you for saying that!" After saying that, I wanted to try to beat him up.
Bai Buji looked at Yang Mubai's posture and hurriedly said: "Don't, this is all at the feet of the Son of Heaven, if you don't want to squat in the prison for a month, come on!" After speaking, he closed his eyes and looked like he was going home.
When Yang Mubai heard this, he looked around, and sure enough, as he said, a soldier guarding the city was looking this way, so he had to put down his hand and say to him: "Bring the map, I want the essence version." ”
Bai Buji looked at Yang Mubai and said, "Anyway, we have a deep relationship, and I will give you a friendship price, three taels of silver." ”
When Yang Mubai heard this, he wanted to attack again, then Qin Qing came up and said, "Here, this is money, are you Brother Bai's friend?" How come I haven't seen you before? ”
Bai Buji took the silver, looked at the beauty in front of him seriously, and said: "Presumably you are Qing'er's sister, Xiaobai often talks to me about you, when I see you today, it is really a reasonable and reasonable, beautiful young girl who is loved by everyone, and flowers bloom!" ”
Yang Mubai was speechless for a moment, are we so familiar?
Qin Qing said a little embarrassedly: "Where am I as good as you say, and I haven't asked for a call yet?" ”
Bai Buer patted his chest and said: "Just call my second brother, when you get to our territory, I will pick you up tonight, and by the way, talk about life with Sister Qing'er and talk about ideals." ”
Before Bai Buer finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Mubai, he walked in front of Qin Qing, covered Bai Buer's sight and said, "Don't beat my Qing'er's idea, stay away from her." ”
Bai Buji said with a dissatisfied face: "Brother, this is your fault, the so-called fair lady, a gentleman." Don't lie to me that you are husband and wife, even if you are married, you have the right to pursue happiness. ”
Yang Mubai watched Bai Buji digging the foot of the wall, digging so brightly and impassionedly, he was really afraid that he would abduct Qin Qing in a few words, and even he had been cheated by him many times, not to mention that she was a little girl who had never been in the world.
"Qing'er ignore him, let's go!"
Yang Mubai was very unhappy, took Qin Qing's hand and walked past Bai Buji, and when he passed by that guy, he heard "Miss Qing'er, we have time to talk privately, don't pay attention to this eye-catching guy, wait for me!" ”
Qin Qing was amused by him, looking at Yang Mu's pale face, he was very happy, it turned out that he still cared about himself. Turning his head to Bai Fuji, he smiled. Wave goodbye!
Yang Mubai can't see him anymore, and if he looks at him again, he won't be able to control himself, and he will come forward and beat him. I quickly found the nearest inn and lived in.
As soon as he packed up and was about to go out to ask about Qin Qing's younger brother, he didn't expect Bai Buji to arrive, he actually came to fulfill his promise, which surprised Yang Mubai a lot. It's like I'm going to kill him, but this time I'm so active, and my motives are really not pure. It's better to be careful.
Qin Qing also gave him a great deal of face to the only one of the opposite sex who expressed his affection, and happily agreed to go.
Yang Mubai didn't stop it, the canary in the cage always had a time to fly. It's not bad to walk around the bustling city with her.
All the way. Bai Buer kept introducing Qin Qing to the places of interest on both sides, and if he didn't know, he thought that he had really lived here for many years.
Yang Mubai despised him very much, and in order to pick up the girl, he actually memorized all the information on the map, and he had to admire his memory ability, and sure enough, it was different to engage in intelligence.
The night in the metropolis is not like that of a small town, it is deserted after dark, and it is only after night that it really begins. The lights lit up the entire dark street, and the hawkers on both sides were shouting. The crowd of people who flock to Sangsang is a testament to the prosperity of the city.
The three of them came to the most lively place in the night market, where stalls selling supper abounded, Bai Buji said: "If you want to talk about special snacks, the big restaurants will never be as authentic as the small stalls, there are no meat and vegetables here, only what you haven't seen, and nothing you can't eat." ”
After speaking, he found a booth with the most customers, and led the two to find an empty seat to sit down.
"Whatever you want to eat, order whatever."
Yang Mubai looked at Bai Buji, who suddenly became generous, as if to say, don't be like last time, play tricks after eating.
"Don't look at me with such eyes, my brother is a rich man now, and besides, there are beautiful women in front of me, why should I be a gentleman!"
Bai Fuji patted his chest and reassured.
Sure enough, with women present, the men spent money refreshingly.
The camaraderie of a meal, the time of a song, and feelings are such wonderful things, no one knows anyone one second ago, and a second later it is a lifetime.
"Haha, today I'm going to touch the face of Qing'er's sister, big tyrant, don't let you bleed, this trip will be in vain! The girl ordered, don't be polite to him! ”
Yang Mubai frustrated and said to Qin Qing with both hands: "Then second brother, I'm not welcome." ”
Bai Buer said arrogantly: "We are happy to come today, don't save for your second brother." ”
Qin Qing looked left and right, but didn't see the menu, Bai Buji saw her doubts and explained: "You don't need a menu here, just talk to the guy directly." ”
Qin Qing suddenly realized this, and said to the busy man who didn't touch the ground: "This big brother, we want to order!" ”
Bai Buer listened to Qin Qing's weak voice, patted his head and said, "Is it mine, tell me what you want to eat, I'll have some, according to what you say, we won't have a turn tomorrow." ”
Qin Qing said embarrassedly: "You can do anything!" ”
Bai Buer was not polite, and said to Qin Qing: "Eating here, what you want is this kind of atmosphere, and you have to shout when you order food." After speaking, he stood up and yelled: "Man, man, we have been waiting for almost half a day, and we still haven't opened yet, do you want us to eat!" ”
Qin Qing smiled when he heard this, obviously we just came.
I saw a man with a towel around his neck, trotting here, holding a notebook in his hand, "What do you want to eat?" ”
The guy touched the sweat, didn't say hello, and said directly.
"Let's drizzle small greens in oil, hot and sour cabbage, shredded potatoes with green peppers, sauerkraut fish, peanuts to be fried, and then come to the second pot of the altar to be fried."
After Bai Buji finished speaking, the guy quickly wrote it down in his notebook, and after a while, he gave the list to the cook, and hurried to the next table.
"Okay, I see that you are quite familiar, you only came a few days earlier than me, enough for you!" Yang Mubai looked at the serious Bai Buji and said.
Yang Mubai was also overjoyed, and asked: "Why don't you do your blacksmith shop, you can run faster than me!" ”
"Don't say it, it's not all your fault, work hard, and if you say yellow, you'll be yellow!"
Yang Mubai thought to himself, it's my fault, if my boss had fired you earlier, but he didn't ask the specific reason.
At this time, the meal was also served, Bai Buji poured wine for the two of them, and said to Qin Qing, "Do you want to have some?" ”
Qin Qing shook his head. Bai Fuji didn't insist either.
"This degree can only be regarded as a high drink in our hometown."
Bai Buji smiled but didn't answer, stood up and brought the dishes and chopsticks, divided them to the two and said, "I'll know it as soon as I hear it." You don't know the life of a foodie. ”
Bai Buer paused and continued: "Whether you like money or power, even if you are a saint or a monk, you can't avoid eating, drinking, and sleeping, eating is the first thing, no matter how good or bad, it is three meals a day. In life, there is more sorrow than joy, so why bother to embarrass yourself in eating this convenience. So a man who knows how to eat. is a good man. ”
After listening to Bai Buji's tirade, Qin Qing's crooked reasoning, at first glance, was really like that, and said with a smile: "It's good if you just praise yourself." Actually, it's okay to drink some. ”
Yang Mubai didn't particularly care. casually said: "Who said no, it's rice wine, but there is still stamina." ”
Bai Fuji also agreed, tacitly raised the wine glass and touched it, and drank it all.
Neither of them cared about the content of each other's words, and they were used to it, so they missed the opportunity to know each other's identities.
The glass comes to dry, not long. A pot of wine was drunk, and the two of them were not yet satisfied. Somehow, Yang Mubai and Bai Buji felt very relaxed when they sat together, just like the feeling of being the same kind of person, and the same was true for Bai Buer, with him, I could temporarily let go of everything, and I thought to myself, could it be that there is something wrong with my sexual orientation.
When the two of them were about to come to the altar again, Qin Qing stopped and said, "Said that you came to accompany me shopping, you two are good, you have a good drink, who will accompany me?" ”
The two looked at the unhappy Qin Qing and hurriedly accompanied them, and the two of them were drunk, Bai Buji waved his hand and said, "Don't drink, don't drink, I almost missed the right thing." After getting up and settling the account, he said, "I don't know anything else, but I don't know about this Qin family house." ”
The stamina of the wine came up, Bai Buer spoke with a big tongue, and said as he walked: "I think that the Qin family was also brilliant back then, but now there is not even a tomb sweeper, and the huge mansion has been reduced to a night market, which is really sad!" ”
Bai Buer said unintentionally, Qin Qing listened to it like a thunderbolt from the sky, and hurriedly turned Bai Buer and asked, "You just said, where is this?" Qin Mansion? Which Qin Mansion? ”
Bai Buji said in a daze: "Which other Qin Mansion is Wuhou Mansion!" See the bronze statue over there, it's the statue of Wuhou. ”
Qin Qing looked in the direction of Bai Buer's finger, and sure enough, she saw a bronze statue more than one person high, hurriedly ran to the bronze statue, touched the surface with her hand, and the fragments of memory in her mind hit her, and for a moment there was a playful and playful when playing with her younger brother.
Lying in the arms of her parents, coquettish and willful, the old servants who took care of themselves appeared again for a while, dying in front of them one by one, the sword and the sword, the fire soared, slowly Qin Qing's eyes were full of tears, her hands were clenched, her body began to tremble constantly, and the memory awakened the sadness in her heart, the past that she didn't want to remember. Even though it was just a few scattered fragments of memory, she still couldn't accept the fact that it was.
Yang Mubai stepped forward, put his arm around her shoulders, and comforted her in a wide voice: "It's all over, at least now you still have your brother and me!" ”
Qin Qing suddenly threw herself into Yang Mubai's arms, tears falling like rain.
Yang Mubai looked at her constant body, and could only hug her tightly and let her cry to her heart's content.
I don't know how long it took, Qin Qing fell asleep in Yang Mubai's arms.
Together with Bai Buer, he carried her back to the inn, and after settling Qin Qing, Yang Mubai had a gloomy face, and said unceremoniously to Bai Buji, who was sitting at the table: "I said why are you so heartburned, it turns out that you have other plans, tell me your intentions!" ”
Bai Buer was very embarrassed, although he had other ideas, there was no need to take advantage of a little girl, and said, "I guess you have already guessed, we are not from the Red Mansion." The Red Chamber had completely disappeared from the world five years ago, and no force wanted a time bomb to be placed around them. ”
Yang Mubai was originally very puzzled about the previous few things, but when he heard Bai Buji confess truthfully, he said: "So what you said before is also lying to me." ”
Bai Buji shook his head and said: "This is not true, what I said before is true, but the name of the organization has been changed to the Anti-Traitor Association, which is only aimed at Anguo Mansion and Zhenguo Mansion." It is because of their existence that the court has been in turmoil, and the people are struggling to make a living. ”
Yang Mubai was puzzled and asked, "Why did you choose me?" ”
Bai Buji still replied as before: "I only know you as a person who knows martial arts and has justice. ”
Bai Buji stood up, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, what those old men taught me is what those old men taught me, and the following is the conversation between the two of us." ”
Bai Buer's change was too fast, Yang Mubai didn't react for a while, one minute he was still worried about the country and the people, but the next second he was hanging.
"I also chased ducks to the shelves, no way, the old man believed in me so much, insisted that I was the savior who saved the world, those two missions were also true, and I didn't complete them either, of course, I didn't necessarily do them if I really fought. However, in the old man's opinion, if you don't complete it, you will be considered passed, which means that you still have a chivalrous heart and a benevolent heart. Bai Fuji smiled bitterly.
"At that time, my brother and I were just soft-hearted, and I thought so much there, so I joined in in a daze. Yang Xiaoshan of Yangjiabao belongs to the Anguo Mansion faction, they secretly sold weapons to people in the rivers and lakes for their own interests, and they were not tolerated by the anti-traitor club, and it happened that you killed his father at that time, so I found you! ”
Only then did Yang Mubai know that it was all a coincidence, and he had been looking at Bai Buer's eyes, if he was dissatisfied with his answer, now he was already on the ground.
Yang Mubai laughed at himself in his heart: "In the novels I read in my previous life, the people who traveled through the world were the protagonists of the world, but in fact they were just a spectator, don't take yourself too seriously, in fact, I am just a grass." (To be continued.) )