Chapter 14: Three of the Four
Xu Buling thought about it, and didn't break it, making a little fluttering:
"A group of barbarians in Northern Qi are noisy in front of today's saints, they don't know the height of the sky, and they teach a lesson or two, which is not enough to worry about."
Wang Ruiyang nodded with a smile, put down the teapot, and looked at a few friends in the house:
"King Su's Xu family has made many miraculous achievements for me to guard the country, and Xu Gongzi is even more blue. I heard that a few months ago, Xu Gongzi had single-handedly entered the palace of Prince Zuo of Heicheng, and this kind of courage was really breathtaking. ”
The three young people sitting there were all stunned when they heard this:
"And that matter?"
Jiangnan is more than 5,000 miles away from Suzhou, and without instant communication, these things can't be spread at all, and only the well-connected gate valve family can understand.
Xiao Ting saw the two Oiran look of surprise, shook his fan and nodded:
"This is indeed the case, at that time, Prince Zuo of Northern Qi was celebrating his birthday, and Xu Bu ordered no one to kill him, and almost killed Prince Zuo to death."
Xu Buling's eyes showed a bit of pride:
"I wanted to go over and see it when I was sixteen years old, but unfortunately it was difficult to find it in the yellow sand, and this time I went back to Suzhou to take a look, and there was nothing dangerous."
Entering an enemy country is like entering a no-man's land, which sounds a bit exaggerated. An Oiran sitting behind the bead curtain asked softly with a smile:
"I heard that there are thousands of troops stationed at the border pass, how can a person run in?"
This tone was obviously a little unbelieving, Wang Ruiyang raised his hand: "You are a woman, you don't understand the arrogance of men." At that time, Xu Shizi not only went, but also asked Prince Zuo for a piece of family heirloom jade pendant as a souvenir, Prince Zuo was frightened at that time, and honestly handed over the jade pendant. ”
"Really?"
The beautiful Oiran showed a look of surprise in her eyes and looked at Xu Buling's waist.
At this time, in order to prove that he has done something exciting, he will definitely take out the jade pendant to show off the beauty.
It's just that Xu Bu ordered the jade pendant to be given away, and there was no way to take it out, so he shook his head and chuckled:
"I did grab a jade pendant, I didn't wear it on the house, and I brought it over to the girl next time."
When Wang Ruiyang heard this, he nodded with a smile and didn't ask any more.
It's just that Xu Buling has already understood the other party's intentions, so he introduced it:
"That piece of 'Ice Flower Hibiscus Pendant' is quite big, I heard that it is the initiation gift given by Zuo Zhe, the founder of the Northern Qi Dynasty, to the four disciples, there are four pieces, all of them are priceless treasures, and the people in the rivers and lakes are searching, saying that they can find what Tongtian treasures."
Xiao Ting blinked: "And this matter?" How I haven't heard of it. ”
Wang Ruiyang smiled quietly: "I have heard such rumors, Xi Zhi can live forever or something, it should not be true." Xu Shizi went to the Cao family in Junshan, and heard that the Cao family also gave the famous sword 'Zhan Lu' to Xu Shizi. ”
Xu Buling shook his head, leaned against the window a little lazily, and stretched out three fingers:
"It's three out of four."
"Huh?"
Wang Ruiyang blinked his eyes and chuckled: "Three out of four? Could it be that Xu Shizi got one from elsewhere? ”
Xu Buling raised his hand and pulled out the hosta on his head, rubbing the eight small characters on it: 'The bright moon shines on the pine, and the hibiscus is like jade':
"Xiao Ting and I are both students of the Great Sacrifice Wine Songbaiqing, and when we came over, we went to Yuelu Mountain by the way, and wanted to visit the old fairy, but I never thought that I really found it. When I asked about this, the old fairy said that immortality was nonsense, and gave me this hairpin. ”
"Oh......"
Wang Ruiyang looked at the white hosta in Xu Buling's hand, his eyes obviously flashed with surprise, and he quickly hid it again, and said with a smile:
"Xu Gongzi is really blessed, the old gentleman of Yuelu Mountain, Shenlong, saw the head and the tail, I wanted to go to apprenticeship when I was young, but I didn't find anyone."
Xu Buling smiled lightly: "Yes, I was not very interested in collecting four pieces of jade, but now that I have three pieces, I really want to see what it will be for you to get them together." Does Wang Gongzi know what the last jade was and where it was? ”
Wang Ruiyang waved his hand: "How do I know this, I have never heard such news." ”
Xu Buling made a disappointed look, inserted the hosta back between the crowns, and turned away from the Oiran next to the topic of conversation.
Speaking of women, Xiao Ting finally found resonance, and began to talk about it, and all kinds of poems and songs describing beauties were gushing out, looking like a genius, obviously having studied it seriously.
Xu Buling should be clumsy to hide, and a few goods mingle, perfectly showing what is called 'Huahua Shizi', all kinds of meat and vulgar jokes are at your fingertips, and the two Oiran are red-faced and red-eared, and a few talented people are dumbfounded.
Wang Ruiyang saw that Xu Buling was not as unearthly as rumored, and under the rendering of the atmosphere, he gradually became a little frivolous, and spoke more casually.
Xu Buling took this opportunity to knock on the side and try two sentences while laughing, but unfortunately Wang Ruiyang was obviously not stupid, and he cleverly avoided the topic.
In this way, drinking and having fun in the green building, about the afternoon, there were more bustling streets outside the window. Scholars and young ladies poured into the streets, walking between the small bridges and flowing waters, and all kinds of small painting boats were also moored on the side of the street to solicit business.
While talking and laughing, Yu Guang looked out the window and found several waves of ragged beggars walking through the street, singing all kinds of auspicious words and begging for money at the door of each shop.
Beggars are not uncommon in this world, but these people on the street are all coming from one direction, young and old, all of them seem to be dragging their families, judging by their skin color and fatness, and they are very young begging, more like they have suddenly suffered a great disaster.
A wave of beggars walked up to Caiyan and asked for money, and immediately a thug from the Qinglou came out to pick people up.
Xiao Ting was alarmed by the noise, looked out the window, and said:
"Give some reward money, don't disturb the guests."
The thugs of the Qinglou below hurriedly nodded respectfully, took out the silver and sent away a group of beggars.
Seeing this, Xu Buling opened his mouth and asked, "These poor people don't look like beggars, where did they come from?" ”
Xiao Ting sighed: "It seems that there was a disaster in Muzhou, and I don't know, you have to ask your aunt." ”
Wang Ruiyang took a few looks: "A few days ago, it rained heavily for several days, and Muzhou, Xiuzhou and other places were flooded, resulting in no harvest of fields. ”
Xu Buling frowned slightly: "There was a famine, and King Wu didn't write to the court to reduce the annual payment?" ”
Wang Ruiyang shook his head: "Most of the money and grain in the imperial court were collected from the south of the Yangtze River, and the king of Shu could still share it in the past, but last year there was a great drought in Shu, and he relied on the help of King Su to carry it." Hangzhou and other places are important towns in the south of the Yangtze River, if the annual tax is exempted, the border is in short supply of grain and grass, and the consequences are unimaginable. ”
Dayue has Northern Qi in the north and South Vietnam in the south, and is sandwiched between the two countries, fighting on both sides and the battle line is extremely long, and there are too many troops to raise.
King Su was in a barren land to fight against the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it was difficult to raise 200,000 troops to be self-sufficient, and he did not have to pay the imperial court. And King Wu is sitting in the granary of Dayue, if he can't hand over the money and grain, just like King Su can't stop the Northern Qi, what do you want you to do as a vassal king of the territories? You have to find a way to make up for it out of your own pocket.
Xu Buling thought about it, didn't say much, and continued to find a way to set Wang Ruiyang's words. It's just that Wang Ruiyang's mouth is very strict, and he doesn't leak any valuable information at all.
After chatting like this for a day, after seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xu Buling got up and said goodbye.
Walking out of the Caiyan Pavilion, Xu Buling considered a little, and did not look for Manzhi and them, but went to the Linhe Garden.
After all, no one knows more about the complicated situation in Jiangnan than Xiao Qi......
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I'm really sorry for the first two chapters today......