The strong man hugged his fists and said: "My name is Tang Mingyin, a native of Youzhou, thank you for your kindness." Mu Qinghan also returned the salute with his fists, and at this time, Gu Xiaowei came over with the food, and Tang Yin's stomach began to scream again, and everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard it. Gu Laosan said that people were not hungry when they were old, so they went to the backyard first. Everyone ate together, but there was not much food borrowed this time, but Tang Mingyin chatted with the family very speculatively, and Aunt Wang was also a heroine among women, so she let Gu Xiaowei cook the pheasant she caught before after eating half of it. This also caused Gu Gu to be unhappy: "Didn't A-Niang say that this chicken was kept for the New Year?" ”

Aunt Wang looked at the guests and couldn't help laughing: "Aren't you going to hunt wild boars with your eldest brother, you want to eat and fight yourself!" Mu Qinghan also smiled when he listened, the young Mu Qinghan was strong, but the sixteen-year-old age made his face a little immature. Especially when he laughs, his eyes will narrow into a slit, even though his eyes are large.

Tang Mingyin, a self-familiar master, quipped: "Little brother, don't panic, I borrowed your house for this meal, and I will return you to a golden attic, which is full of the best food in the world!" Do you like it? When Gu Gu heard this, he said that this was bragging, so he said, "Are you okay, do you need to fall hungry at my door with this?" ”

Aunt Wang immediately gave a vicious look. "How do you talk to the guests?"

Tang Mingyin said: "It's okay, it's the truth." But my uncle has always been true to his word, and this matter has always counted. Mu Qinghan accurately grasped the actual information, turned his head and said with a puzzled expression: "Uncle? Because the burly man in front of him, although he has a bearded face and a strong voice, his voice is in his early twenties, and although Gu Gu is half the oldest, he is also twelve years old. In this rural place, you can marry your own baby in a few years. Tang Mingyin said: "Brother is twenty-three this year, this child is only in his early tens, so it's okay to call uncle." "To put it bluntly, I don't want to take advantage of the third child. Mu Qinghan also had to sigh in his heart that this hand was cheap and took advantage of it.

But Mu Qinghan also insisted that they were peers. However, this distant villager aroused Mu Qinghan's interest enough to ask about many local customs. He asked again: "Where do you think Brother Tang went is the most impressive place?" ”

"Chang'an, although I have lived in Luoyang for a long time, the snow in Chang'an is the most refreshing scenery I have ever seen."

"Snow? What is it like? "Mu Qinghan has lived in the south for a long time, and he really hasn't seen it.

Tang Mingyin didn't feel strange, but said: "It's a treasure that can make people calm down, one by one is very small, but when gathered, it can change the entire city." Mu Qinghan was confused by this, so he changed the topic, "Then, what are the plans of Brother Tang in the future?" ”

Tang Mingyin said with a smile: "Come here to join an old friend." Seeing that Mu Qinghan was puzzled, Tang Mingyin continued: "It's a teacher in Luoyang." Speaking of which, he seemed to think of something here, and then said, "Brother Mu, do you know how to read?" Although this sounds like an insult, in that troubled era, there were really not many literate people. Mu Qinghan replied: "I know, in the early years, there was a poor scholar who ate wine and food on credit at my house, and he couldn't pay it back when he owed too much, so my father asked him to ask our children to read and write. ”

"That's good." Saying that, he groped in his arms, took out a booklet, and handed it to Mu Qinghan, which said "Da Zheng Bingyong Gun and Stick Atlas", "This is the first emperor period, Zheng Dynasty soldiers Yong training gun stick atlas, I got it in Luoyang as a soldier in my early years, don't look at it is for ordinary spearmen to learn, but there are ten martial arts masters in Luoyang Taixue and the former Da Zheng Dianqian are all jointly compiled. Although it is not a very profound martial art, it is very practical. I heard you talk to Boss Gu before, you can repel more than a dozen bandits with a bow and arrow, and you have good qualifications, so this practice will make it easier to fight bandits in the future. ”

Mu Qinghan hurriedly took it, hurriedly thanked him, and said, "Did Brother Tang ever be a soldier before?" Tang Mingyin nodded: "Not only have you been there, but you have also fought!" ”

"Alas, I heard that Xiyue City has been recruiting soldiers, looking at your ability, big brother, it shouldn't be a problem to mix up with generals and academy officers." Mu Qinghan said while flipping through the book.

Hearing this, Tang Mingyin smiled and said: "The Chunyu brothers are tyrannical and unprovoked, have no ambitions, and stick to a corner of the southern patrol, how can they be effective." ”

Mu Qinghan hurriedly made a "shhhh Looking left and right, he was a little happy when the mouse heard the cat's meow. The funny Tang Mingyin had to laugh.

The night is getting deeper, but Gu Gu, this kid, is still very energetic. has been pestering Tang Mingyin to tell stories. After all, this Tang Mingyin eats people with short mouths, and he doesn't take the trouble to tell some anecdotes. Mu Qinghan was free, so he went to the toilet for convenience, and when he saw the yard after he was done, Gu Laosan was sitting next to the stone mill in a daze, and walked over. As soon as Gu Laosan saw him over, he accepted his expression and said, "Did you use that one again today?" ”

Mu Qinghan knew that this was referring to the birthmark, and he went out hunting at the age of seven and inadvertently triggered the power of this birthmark. Sometimes I have seizures from time to time, and my family doesn't know what's going on. Gu Laosan only said that it might be related to his biological father.

"How are you feeling today?"

"It's just a little tired, and as always, it will be back to normal in about an hour." Mu Qinghan looked at the birthmark in his hand and said.

Gu Laosan also glanced at it and muttered in a low voice: "This is more skilled." ”

Mu Qinghan didn't hear clearly, and asked what he just said, Gu Laosan only said "That's good" and didn't mention much, but he thought that the guest had just given Mu Qinghan a book, so he said, "The guest outside gave a booklet?" ”

"Hmm" After saying that, he gave the album to Gu Laosan.

Gu Laosan flipped through it: "Sure enough, it's a real thing." "Suddenly I saw a few pages, and suddenly my eyes lit up, and I leaned into the book by the moonlight, hoping to see it clearly." This is not ......" Before he finished speaking, he thought that his son was still by his side, so he only said: "This booklet is not difficult, and it is indeed suitable for you to practice." After speaking, he thought about what Tang Mingyin said when he introduced this booklet before, and seemed to understand, so he didn't speak, and then looked at the night in a daze.

Mu Qinghan answered, and after taking care of the third child, he didn't pick up any more, so he returned outside. Soon it will be over, Tang Mingyin is about to leave, Mu Qinghan said: "Now that it has passed the time, it is better to rest here for one night, I see that you have not settled down yet, eldest brother, it is better to stay here for a few days, and then hurry when you get to the city to ask about the situation." ”

Tang Mingyin clenched his fists and said, "Brother, I received the kindness, but I have been bothered for a long time, and I don't want to bother anymore." Mu Qinghan said: "At this time, the city gate has already been closed, even if you are in a hurry, it is not too late to leave tomorrow!" Only then did Tang Mingyin stay, and Gu Gu cleaned up a room for Tang Mingyin.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, the sun rose, and there was no sign of rain on the ground. I slept late last night, and the restaurant got up late, until an old customer came to the door and knocked on the door, only to find that it was not early. Originally, Gu Xiaowei went to the counter with more than 100 copper coins, ready to go to the city to buy grain, but was stopped by Mu Qinghan and said: "Xiaowei, it has not been peaceful outside recently, and a teenage girl has been arrested, don't go out today, I'll go to the city to buy it, Brother Tang said last night that he would also go to the city, and I will send him." ”

When Gu Xiaowei heard it, she knew that Qinghan cared about her, and her heart was sweet for no reason. But he pretended to question on his face: "You? Do you know what to buy when you go to the street to buy groceries? Know what Kotani likes to eat? ”

When Mu Qinghan heard this, he felt that he was being questioned, and he was about to find a way back: "I still don't know how to buy vegetables?" Kotani ...... He doesn't just like to eat meat. ”

Gu Xiaowei continued to ask, "Then what kind of meat does he like to eat?" What else is there besides meat? Mu Qinghan said: "What kind of meat ......" To be honest, he really doesn't know, not because he is not careful enough, but because Gu Gu, a kid, is really not picky about eating. "No, does he not like to eat anything, and besides, what does the young man eat?"

Gu Xiaowei shook his head with a smile, looked at Mu Qinghan's collar that he hadn't turned over because he was in a hurry to get up in the morning, helped him turn it over, and said: "And you don't bargain when you buy things, but if you go to the city to collect things, don't say that Young Master Mu is here!" ”

Mu Qinghan smiled, he couldn't refute it, although he had a hard time over the years, it was always better to open a restaurant on the official road than ordinary people, he was good at making friends, and sometimes he was embarrassed to bargain when he saw the shops of acquaintances. Hearing this, he could only say in a flattering tone: "Doesn't it depend on our good sister to guide you!" Coupled with a smiling face, it turned out to be a little cute, after all, this "Young Master Mu" is also a well-known handsome person in the surrounding ten villages and eight stores, delicate and introverted, but it is different from those grease-smeared and powdered little white faces on the stage, but this clean eyebrows and eyes and facial features always reveal a full of man's energy. In the past few years, I don't know how many young girls and rich ladies have reached the age of Gu Gu to pry into the corner of the third child. Seeing him like this, Gu Xiaowei pretended to be angry: "How can I guide you, brother, it's good if you don't provoke Peach Blossom to come back." With that, he walked back to the counter, picked up a pen and wrote a note for him, and handed him everything he wanted to buy and what price he wanted.

At this time, Tang Mingyin came out and greeted the brother and sister, exchanged a few words, Mu Qinghan told him to go into the city with his peers, Tang Mingyin readily agreed, and the two ate some porridge casually. And he set out on his way into the city. Mu Qinghan brought the wood he picked up from the mountains the day before yesterday and tied it with a strap and carried it on his back, Tang Mingyin wanted to share a little for him, but Mu Qinghan didn't refuse much. To say that this Gujia restaurant is open on the official road ten miles south of Xiyue City, even if you enter the city, it will only take more than an hour to walk, and the two of them have not yet entered the city at noon.

The two of them talked all the way, and this boring road was not so sad. Entering the city gate, Tang Mingyin asked: "That, brother, do you know that there are any private schools in the city?" Mu Qinghan replied: "Yes, Brother Tang, why are you asking this?" ”

Tang Mingyin said: "My teacher was ...... when he was in Luoyang," he paused and then said, "Mr. Teach." He is from the Southern Tour, and since I came here to join him, I should have a better chance of inquiring about the news from the private school. ”

Mu Qinghan thought for a while: "Oh, Xiyue City is not a private school run by the government, there is only one private school, next to the Liuchen Medical Center, that area is our downtown in Xiyue, there are everything sold, and I will go there to buy grain this time." ”

Tang Mingyin was surprised: "Next to the medical hall, still in the city? How can the school be in the downtown area. Mu Qinghan smiled and said: "What's the matter, this Xiyue was not the capital of the Southern Tour, and it was only moved over in the past ten years. What's more, this private school was built by a great benevolent person in the past year or two, and I am afraid that it is difficult to find other shops in the city. ”

Tang Mingyin listened to the words, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, there have been wars and chaos over the years, even if the southern tour is blocked by mountains and rivers, there are fewer wars. However, the Chun Yu brothers were expropriating violently, and the people had no money to grab real estate, since Xiyue was already the capital of the Southern Tour when this school was established, it was completely possible to find a quiet place again, and there was no need to be in the downtown of the old city. The more I thought about it, the more strange it became, so I asked, "What is this private school called?" ”

Mu Qinghan thought for a while: "It seems to be called Shangli Academy." ”

There was nothing about this name that surprised Tang Mingyin. But Mu Qinghan's next words made him excited. Mu Qinghan said: "It is said that it was not called this name before, it was called Chongyi School, last year the Chongyi Army revolted in Shuzhong under the banner of 'respecting the king and vassal', and Mr. Private School was afraid that this was seized by the government because of this, and the Shangli was changed, and he was asked several times by the official office of the royal capital. Thanks to the fact that the Liao Daguan, who donated this private school, was able to talk to the county guard, and he was able to continue to open it with some benefits. ”

Hearing this, Tang Mingyin seemed to be puzzled in his heart, and then said: "I also saw the Chongyi Army when I was in Shuzhou, and it is said that their commander is the Southern Patrol. Mu Qinghan said: "Then I don't know, I know that there seems to be a Chongyi army in the mountains in the north, and it is said that it also captured Hengpu Pass a while ago." "The two of them walked on this topic.

The bazaar is in the east of the city, the two of them laughed all the way to the city, looking north can glimpse the palace from a distance, it is said that Emperor Zheng Min three years, that is, ten years ago, Chun Yu Xianzhong from his brother Chun Yu Xianbo seized the throne, then moved the royal capital from the southern tour city to Xiyue, built a new palace. This palace is built quite magnificently, and the common people can only glimpse the palace gate tower, the flag fluttering on the palace tower, and the entire city wall is painted black, and there is a sense of pressure from afar. But in contrast, a pavilion in the west of the city towered into the sky, and it could be seen from a distance as early as when Mu Qinghan and them entered the city. Its magnificence is far beyond the reach of the royal palace, and the people look at it from below, not knowing that it has dozens of floors. If it is rainy weather, the three floors on the roof are tightly covered in fog. When he first entered the city, Tang Mingyin also asked what this pavilion was. Mu Qinghan said: "This was built by the King of the Southern Patrol last year with 100,000 labor, what is it called Wangyun Tower, and the rent is specially added for this, and there are few men in and out of the city who have not been arrested for labor." It has been under construction for almost a year, and it was just completed two months ago. Tang Mingyin wanted to ask what Chun Yu Xianzhong meant by building this high-rise building, Mu Qinghan replied: "Who knows, it is said that the purple-robed people entered the palace before yesterday, and soon they were worshiped by the king as a national teacher, and he presided over the construction of Wangyun Tower." ”

The two of them blink of an eye, and the bustling crowd was full of people. Tang Mingyin thought of the repeated wars in the Central Plains, and couldn't help but sigh: "Chun Yu Xianzhong avoids military disasters, and it is really a good place to tour the south." "This piece is the thirteen squares of Lanya in Xiyue City, with Haolan Restaurant, Wen Xiangxuan, Hengtong Cargo Bank, and Washe Goolan everything, all of which are places where rich and noble families gather to find fun. And through here, three more intersections, there is the department store and the Shangli School that Tang Mingyin is looking for.

However, after all, it is an old town, the road is narrow and there are many pedestrians, and I don't know what is going on in front of me, so I just hear a "Get out of the way!" A crowd of people were there. Anyway, it was still early, so Mu Qinghan immediately probed his brain to take a look.

Approaching and looking, a rich young master in the crowd was disheveled in front of a man in yellow, the rich young master looked like he had just finished resting from Wen Xiangxuan, Mu Qinghan couldn't help but sigh, and scolded in his heart that someone had started to linger in the land of fireworks so early. But Tang Mingyin pinched his chin and looked at it with interest. Mu Qinghan looked at him like this, but he was puzzled. turned around, looked at the rich young man and said, "Why is the little boy so angry, my brother just wants to invite you to Wen Xiangxuan for a drink." After saying that, he leaned over and sniffed the boy's neck carefully, looking intoxicated.

Mu Qinghan felt a wave of nausea in his chest. The heart said that this rich people play like this. Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, the yellow-clothed boy raised his finger and swiped his finger across the rich man's chin, and gently raised his slightly flirtatious tone and said, "Wine? I'm afraid that your wine won't get into my mouth. The rich young man smiled wickedly, but flattered: "It's easy to say, what kind of wine do you want, my brother will satisfy you even if you empty this Xiyue City." Sometimes there was a burst of disgusting laughter.

To be honest, Mu Qinghan wanted to hit someone a little at this time, not for anything else, just because of disgust. However, many, many years later, when Mu Qinghan and Tang Mingyin recalled this paragraph, they said that they shouldn't have scruples about anything at that time, and they should only be satisfied if they hit it with their fists, of course, it was not because of disgust, but other things at that time. Back at this time, Mu Qinghan was still very restrained, after all, he was just a bystander at this time. But when he looked at Tang Mingyin's weird smile, he shuddered, and there was a trace of fear, and the rest were questions: "Brother Tang, what are you laughing at?" ”

Tang Mingyin still touched his beard and said, "That chick looks beautiful and has a good body, how can you not smile when you look at it?" ”

This sentence made Mu Qinghan even more confused: "Chick? Where did the chick come from. ”

After hearing this, Tang Mingyin looked at Mu Qinghan with the expression of a little boy, then shook his head and sighed: "No wonder you have guarded a daughter-in-law since you were a child, but you can only call someone else's sister." After speaking, he raised his hand and touched his beard, and pointed lightly: "Just the one in yellow clothes, his hair is like a cloud, his eyes are like peach blossoms, and his lips are red and his teeth are white." Looking at that step and raising his hand, it was all the girl's style, and the voice was obviously speaking. To say that the gentleman in front of him must be an old guest who lingers in the fireworks field, he must have seen the identity of this girl, so he was flirting on the street. But if there are other fetishes, then I don't know. ”

As soon as he heard this, Mu Qinghan hurriedly thought about it, and sure enough, this person's gestures were more like women. I couldn't help admiring Tang Mingyin's vision, but I heard Tang Mingyin continue: "This looks at the beauty being molested, you yellow-haired boy don't come forward to behave, look at the brother's skills, it's not a problem." ”

Mu Qinghan smiled and sighed: "That's it, that's it." "The heart says that if you can not cause trouble, you will not cause trouble. But he saw the girl probe into the rich young man's ear: "Brother, it's not good to drink, why don't we do something else?" When Fu Shao heard this, he couldn't help but be angry, and he screamed. The girl nodded, and stomped on the rich man's foot. The rich young are still in longing for a lesson. At this moment, I only felt pain in my instep, and I was about to shout, but I was unexpectedly punched in the abdomen again, and I stopped after being knocked over a few times. The girl said, "It seems that you can't drink Wen Xiangxuan's wine." ”

Fu Shao scolded while shouting pain: "The stinky girl doesn't know how to lift, you are your blessing to look down on you, my eldest brother is the captain of Xiyue City, see if I don't ask someone to clean you up!" Then the servants from the left and right swarmed up. The girl was not cowardly, took out the folding fan in her arms, and fanned the wind freely, a good chic posture.

The evil servant on the left and right raised his fist and struck at the door. The girl raised her hand and folded the fan, first skimmed the front of her, and then flew up and kicked the one behind her. Both of them stumbled, and just wanted to turn around but the girl hit her calf with two stones, and the pain was unbearable for a while. The girl threw out a folding fan and knocked one down directly. With his quick strength, he strode to the side of the other person and solved the battle with a knife, and the man knelt down in pain. The girl sat down on the man's back, and the wicked servant was too frightened to move, so she could only sit on all fours with her back hunched. The girl picked up the folding fan and lifted Erlang's legs, looked at the rich young man who was already sitting on the ground, and said, "What kind of master is it to be a high-ranking official and nobleman, it's really nothing more than that." The rich young man was already frightened, so he hurriedly got up tremblingly, pointed to the girl's nose and said, "You wait, see me call someone!" "With that, the soles of my feet are oiled and slipped. To tell you the truth, you can't fight, you can't run away so fast, you don't even care about the domestic servants who are left behind. The girl sneered, stood up and walked on.

Everyone saw that the excitement had dispersed, and they were looking for their own things.