In the sound of firecrackers in Gangneung City, which lasted all night to keep the New Year, and the beeping of the roaring fire tower, the small pendant calamus, which really couldn't hold up all night, dozed off on the recliner during this new and old communication, and started a beautiful dream.

As if returning to the time when she was still ignorant, Aya led her through the corridors and curved doors of the dilapidated courtyard with her big and generous hands, and climbed the old Calyx Xianghui Building.

In the process of climbing the stairs, Aya will also look at the murals and engravings that have been dusty for a long time and the paint has fallen off and mottled, as well as the carved beams and paintings that are decayed and crisp to reveal the slightest hint of skylight, telling the rich and prosperous scenery of the people who enjoyed together in those years.

A hundred years ago, the Supreme Emperor Ming, who was the culmination of the world's prosperity, stood here, and the Taizhen lady, who was favored by thousands of people, accepted the worship and congratulations of the ministers. And from the city to elect out of the workshop everyone, strange people, Fang Shi advocated excellence, competing to perform in front of the building, and just to win the blue eyes of the heavenly family, or the moving smile of the Taizhen lady.

And when it comes to the Qianqiu Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the festival of Shangyuan, the Ming Emperor and the Taizhen lady will also go upstairs to enjoy the lanterns and flowers in the neighborhood, and reward the people's shouts, thousands of people spontaneously gather downstairs to look at the holy face and cheer like thunder.

Especially the Thousand Autumn Festival, which is the Christmas of the Heavenly Family. On the feast, full of embroidered clothes, delicacies and famous meals, singing and dancing, competing with each other. In addition, there are Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, Wu Daozi's painting, Gongsun Auntie's dance, Nian Nu's singing, and Li Guinian's brothers' performances...... It can be described as a cluster of flowers, and it is beautiful.

"Dachen mountain car dry boat, Xun Lu (Tong ancient assault car) rope, pill sword horn, play horse and cockfight. He also ordered hundreds of palace maids, decorated with pearls and emeralds, dressed in brocade, and came out of the curtain, and the thunder drum was "Breaking Array Music", "Taiping Music" and "Shangyuan Music". He also led elephants and rhinoceros into the arena, or danced, moving the rhythm of the sound. (Zheng Chuzhu's "Miscellaneous Records of the Ming Emperor")

Therefore, there was once stated in "Calyx Lou Fu": "The wind is hidden, and the rain is smoky." Sit flat and look at the number of incense streets. Feng Jian looked down, the suburbs of Tianjing. There is also Zhang Hu's "Thousand Autumn Music": "In August, the calyx building is usually blooming, and the joy of all directions is a thousand autumns"

Therefore, every time there is a foreign visitor, or a traveler from the world of Kyushu, merchants, students, etc., they will also come to this unique place first, just to get a chance to see the sky.

However, all of this turned into a cloud of smoke with the sound of Yuyang's drums, and the endless elegance and richness. When the emperor of the Tang Dynasty became depressed and sick in the Daming Palace, he finally went away a few days after Suzong died of illness, and the Xingqing Palace in the south became a closed and abandoned place.

After the Zhenyuan period, the intention of the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty did not even go out of the gate of the Daming Palace for a while, and the famous government affairs building and the calyx Xianghui building in the south were also completely covered with dust and dirt in the long history.

In the Xiantong and Dazhong years, it was even necessary to repair the declining Beinei (Daming Palace) and Da Nei (Taiji Palace), and dismantle the large wooden structure from the Nannei that had not been used for a long time to replenish the time. As a result, with the exception of the iconic twin towers located in the southwest corner, the rest of the palace is not immune.

Every time he talked about this, Aya couldn't help but burst into tears, and swore to the two brothers who were traveling with him that one day he would rejuvenate the two floors and reproduce the story of Kaiyuan. However, it didn't take long for Aya to be confined to the Ten Kings' Mansion on the grounds of rudeness in front of the emperor.

Then, King Cong, who has always liked to have fun but was inconspicuous, was welcomed into the Great Inner by the eunuchs who led the Shence Army to the door, and was located in front of the Great Xingling. And Aya also seemed to have completely lost hope, so he collapsed and became drunk all day long.

It wasn't until a few years ago that he suddenly woke up for a while, but it was as if he was consciously dying soon, and he scattered all his treasures and secretly arranged his afterlife. Except for the younger brother, who stayed with him, the other brothers were arranged to go out; Even the most distressed young daughter was sent to the outside of the ridge to entrust the old family.

But it was because after the famous general of the dynasty, the Nantian Yizhu had just recovered Annan, the southwestern barbarian Nanzhao State finally made peace and invited Shang to marry in the Celestial Empire, so the government and the opposition praised the lord for a while. However, for Aya, it was a collapse of the heavens and the earth.

She didn't want to recall what happened later, and the price of the non-human trust was not only that the goods of Lingnan were swallowed up, but the nobles of the Heavenly Family were once covered in the most humble mud and dust, and they could only rely on filth to protect themselves.

When she regained the news of Aya, she had already fallen ill and died in the Ten Kings' Mansion a few years ago; The two brothers, who were called back before they had gone far, also fell off their horses on the road and committed suicide by jumping into Weishui while crossing the Baqiao.

So, in an instant, in addition to the sister beside her who was in love with flesh and blood and never left her, she was already the most pitiful loner in the world without relatives.

And what is even more ironic and ridiculous is that the grand occasion of thousands of nations coming to the dynasty and the worship of thousands of people that Aya dreamed of back then still has hope to be fulfilled in a thief who is undoubtedly committed.

Thinking of these absurdities, she couldn't help but cry in her heart, and then she woke up in the warmth of her cheeks that quickly turned into coldness, and then in reality, she saw the man who was complicated and incomprehensible.

"Little calamus, what's wrong with you, do you still cry when you fall asleep?"

- I'm the dividing line -

Huaixi Town, Shouzhou outside the city of the relics pavilion temporarily tied up under the color building, the former Luzhou assassin and Huainan soldiers and horses envoy Yang Xingshu, is leading the troops to carefully accompany the smile to welcome the envoy Zhuge Yin and his party from Yangzhou City.

Because this is also one of the most favored and popular figures in front of the current commander-in-chief Huainan's Gao County King and Gao Envoy, second only to the rural Fang Shi Lu who has mastered the power of the inner government.

Don't look at him as a sallow and emaciated, scabies and ugly appearance, in the eyes of the king of Gaojun, who has cultivated the law and is entering the best realm, it is the wonder of the incarnation of heaven and man, the person who came into the world to assist the left and right, and was respected and respected by the festival and called "General Zhuge ".

And it is said that what he is best at is the endless ghosts and gods and fairy classes, and he can quote the rules and regulations every time he indulges in drinking during the wine feast, and King Gao will not feel tired and tired even for a day when he listens to his ghosts. Even in and out of the diet must be inseparable, closer than the vast majority of Gao's children and nephews.

Therefore, this Zhuge Yin was soon appointed as the head of the Yangzhou Patrol Institute in charge of salt and iron, and in an instant, he amassed a net worth of hundreds of thousands of dollars (Qianwen). However, it is still difficult to fill the self-desire. From time to time, Yangzhou Dajia Zhou Shiru took the first place in Guangling, and Zhuge Yin saw that in the name of suppressing the demonic trouble, he easily occupied it.

This time he was ordered to come out, on the surface, under the banner of setting up a Dharma altar to sense heaven and earth to calm the disaster, collecting money and accepting acceptance everywhere, thinking that it was needed for the current flourishing practice of cultivation in Yangzhou City. Privately, there is no lack of patrols in various military states, and the other task of assessing returns.

However, this also somewhat met Yang Xingchou's secret hope for peace.

And because Yang Xingchou relied on defecting to Cao Quanyang, the envoy of Jiangxi and the envoy of Tianping Jiedu, he took over the land of Shouzhou in Huaixi. Therefore, after Cao Quanhui and his subordinates were all defeated, he, the assassin of Luzhou, who had lost his defensive territory, has not yet been publicly recognized and sealed by the Huainan camp.

Of today's eight counties in Shouzhou, only five counties are in the hands of a small group headed by Yang Xingchou, and the territory of the other three counties is controlled by local powerful local groups or town generals and anti-strangulation envoys. In terms of the name of the righteous battalion army who ordered the thieves, they were even stronger than Yang Xinghan, who occupied most of Shouzhou.

Therefore, if Yang Xinghan wants to unify the orders on his own territory, it seems relatively simple, but he has to prevent it from being hindered, and he may be taken advantage of by the nearby official and military forces to fish in troubled waters, and even condemned and conquered by the Huainan camp.

Therefore, he must get the group of envoys who came from head to toe in order to obtain the corresponding title and new rank, and even the righteousness and reason for the future fire and invasion of others.

Although he didn't think about regaining his hometown in Luzhou for a day. And he also used this as an order to constantly inspire those soldiers, but in his heart, he was helpless and sighed.

At least until you have enough power and territory, and are ready for anything; The cross-state and cross-county raids of the army are still not very realistic after all, which is always under the threat of the Yangtze River waterway controlled by the Taiping thieves, and the territory of Luzhou, which is controlled by the grass thieves and local soil groups.

In particular, the ancient sect headed by the Zhou clan of Lujiang brazenly attached to the "Zhou demon monk" and introduced himself as the righteousness of the same sect, leading many young scholars and students to cross the river to vote, and the situation in Luzhou became more complicated and chaotic.

And Yang Xingchou has not been able to fully gain a foothold in Shouzhou. Not to mention that it is indispensable as a minimum means of accumulation of territory, people and recuperation.

It's just that when this "Zhuge General", who was silent and reserved and walked with his head up, after passing through the Qinghuai people in the state city of Shouchun, a sentence suddenly came out of nowhere, but Yang Xinghan and his left near couldn't help but be surprised.

"Some people say that the Assassin has a lot of relationship with that Taiping thief."

At this moment, Yang Xingshu's first reaction was that he was not satisfied with the second-to-third business in Yangzhou City, but secretly made people entrust the business to trade with the land of Jinghu under the rule of the upstream Taiping thieves, which was exposed.

Then he reacted immediately, and before the others could reveal more emotions and events, he was stunned and argued:

This is a fallacy, but it is really harboring evil intentions; Who doesn't know that my Luzhou athletes are fighting with thieves, and in the end, even the hometown is difficult to survive for a while, and I have to leave the local area. ”

"Is that so?"

Zhuge Yin, whose face was sallow and bald in many places, continued in a long tone with disapproval in his eyes.

"The mountain people heard that after the assassin had Shouzhou, they cleared the acres of land everywhere, invited exile, and set up the land as a military village. and wantonly and strictly run the family of the rich surname and the big family. With the income from the acres of land to support the army and raise soldiers, and set up a workshop for the benefit of Huaishang. Isn't it the same thing as the thief in the mountains. ”

"I'm afraid that the envoy has misunderstood."

Hearing this, Yang Xingchou breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled with a different expression.

"These expedient measures are all left by the late Cao Yuanjun. It's just that Xiao Gui Cao has been used to this day, but it's not common to thieves. If you want to say that the means of Tuntian Anmin, it is still the high (Vietnamese) military envoy of Chuzhou who is more proficient (urgent). ”

"Naturally, as the saying goes, seeing is believing, we have already prepared the corresponding presentation (goods) in the city, and asked the court envoy to check them one by one."

"Very good, very good. Yang Jun has a heart. ”

Hearing this last sentence, Zhuge Yin's expression suddenly relaxed.

After a few days, it was easy to send it away, and after Zhuge Yin and his party were tossed up and down Shouzhou, Yang Xingchou, whose eyes flashed, said to his wife, brother and deputy Zhang Shenfu:

"Send someone to Gwangju, and say that we are willing to lend the Tao to that Liu Hanhong."