At this time, Pan Yao had arrived at the door of Shao's Mansion, Shao Xu slowly walked out of the door, and saw the person standing at the door at a glance.

"Brother Ziheng!" Shao Xu shouted loudly.

"Xiao Xu, I heard that you performed the crown ceremony yesterday, what word did you take, tell me about it." Pan Yao said with a smile.

"Take the word and be frugal, cultivate the heart of literature and virtue and practice the way of frugality." Shao Xu replied slowly.

"A good person who cultivates the heart of virtue and walks the way of frugality, thrift, thrift."

"Brother Ziheng, you have been in Dijing for a long time, do you know the meaning of this post?" Shao Xu took the post in his hand and handed it to Pan Yao to read, and Pan Yao took the post and studied it carefully.

"This, this is the "City King's Post"! ”

Shao Xu didn't know what he meant, and asked with doubts: "What is the king of the city, and what kind of person is this king of the southern city, Pingsuli?" ”

"This Nancheng King is different from other princes, he doesn't like political affairs, he is good at playing, he likes calligraphy since he was a child, and he also has a good hand. Ping Suri liked to make friends with all kinds of talented and learned celebrities and madmen, and then the number of them increased, so he disposed of a "Zhuxuan Courtyard" on the outskirts of the imperial capital, which was specially used for these people to drink, write poems, and talk with him. Pan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and Shao Xu hurriedly asked, "Then this city king post is from He." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, listen to me slowly. This Nancheng Wang Ping Suxi book some posts, only when he heard that person has a certain talent, he will personally write a post to invite that person to come, and there are not a few in this year. This city king post is also hard to find, and there are few people today who have such a handsome penmanship, and elegant people have been able to get this post to be proud. ”

After hearing this, Shao Xu felt that something was wrong, so he continued to ask: "Brother Ziheng, then the king of Nancheng will not be a person with a small belly, right?" Don't hide it from Brother Ziheng, this time I pushed the matter of His Majesty's marriage to the county lord of Pingcheng, I'm afraid that King Pingcheng will remember the old enmity and talk to me during the banquet...."

"I don't know about this, isn't it because you're pushing off the marriage for the sake of the pity?" Pan Yao frowned and said.

Shao Xu hurriedly explained: "It's not all because... By the way, I'll take Brother Ziheng to meet someone, and you'll understand when I see you. ”

Pan Yao saw Shao Xu's face talking and smiling, so he was relieved and said to him: "Xiao Xu, you will also sell Guanzi in front of me, okay, I'll go with you to meet you!" ”

After a while, Shao Xu took Pan Yao to a courtyard, and saw several women frolicking in the courtyard.

"Key'er, come and see Brother Ziheng." Shao Xu said to Yang Yingkey, who was sitting on the stone steps with his hands on his cheeks behind his back.

Yang Yingjian heard that it was Shao Xu's voice, hurriedly stood up, turned to Shao Xu and said, "Xulang, who is this?" ”

"He is the Pan Ziheng I often mention to you, Brother Ziheng."

Yang Yingkey's hands twisted and folded together, and he gave a salute and said, "Yingkey has seen Brother Ziheng and elder. ”

"The girl is polite, looking at the girl, it doesn't seem to be an ordinary woman in the south, but a woman in the north." After Pan Yao finished speaking, he leaned over and whispered to Shao Xu: "Xiao Xu, you kid is a treasure in the golden house!" ”

Shao Xu explained slowly: "Key'er is originally a person from Saibei, but she is more special than ordinary women, and she doesn't love wealth and wealth. ”

Pan Yao was silent for a long time after hearing this, he had already heard a little bit of the meaning of these words, but it was also a blessing to see Shao Xu have a new home.

"Xiao Xu, you and this girl are not married yet." Pan Yao asked.

"Not yet, my military affairs are in the body, and now the military situation is urgent, as the new guard general of Pingjing Pass, I have to set off tomorrow and go to the pass to take office, so I can only wronged the key first."

Pan Yao looked at Yang Yingkey, he nodded thoughtfully, and said to Yang Yingkey: "How did you and Xiao Xu meet, Miss Yingkey, can you tell me about it." ”

Yang Yingkey was asked what happened but couldn't speak, stunned for a while, Shao Xu saw this and slowly stepped forward to hold her hand, the two looked at each other, and Yang Yingkey's cheeks were flushed with a faint flush when he "brushed".

"Okay, okay, Xiaoxu, don't be so affectionate in front of me, I haven't married a wife yet, and I can't stand such a toss!" Pan Yao smiled helplessly.

"That's right, Key'er, I'm going to go to the banquet of the King of Nancheng in a while, you wait for me in the mansion for a while, if you are bored, ask Steward Qin to arrange some maids to take you to the market." Shao Xu's voice was gentle and considerate, Yang Yingjian couldn't help but be moved a little after listening to it, and said a few words to Shao Xu, the voice was extremely small, Pan Yao saw the two holding hands with each other and whispering.

"Xiaoxu, then I'll take my leave!" Pan Yao coughed lightly and said.

"Brother Ziheng, don't leave yet, wait for me for a while, you have to take me to Zhuxuan Courtyard." After Shao Xu finished speaking, he whispered to Yang Yingkey: "Miss Yingkey, you go to Steward Qin and send someone to take you to the market, and we can leave this "land of right and wrong" tomorrow." ”

Yang Yingkey stayed in place and slowly watched Shao Xu's departing figure, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in the past few months, he has changed and become completely different from himself.

After a while, Pan Yao and Shao Xu rode out of the city gate and headed for the outskirts of the city.

"Brother Ziheng, where is this Zhuxuan Courtyard, so far away, and so muddy, is the King of Nancheng really here for a banquet?" Shao Xu looked at the muddy forest paths around him caused by the rain, and couldn't help but complain.

"Xiaoxu, I came with you, I can't blame me, I've only been to this courtyard three times, if you hadn't asked me to come to this place today."

Shao Xu was silent for a while, and a lot of mud gradually stuck to the horse's hooves, and the horse couldn't run, so he had to slowly "cross". After less than half an hour, Shao and Pan walked out of the forest path, and suddenly opened up in front of them, and a courtyard came into view at the green bamboo, and they approached the four exquisite fonts of "Zhuxuan Courtyard" that could be vaguely seen.

Pan Yao got off the horse, took the reins and stepped forward to knock on the door and said: "Shanyang sings and the bamboo shadow is sparse, and the breeze blows the sleeve wine fairy drunk." "Drunken guests in the mountains" came with wine. ”

After these words, a voice came from the courtyard: "The bamboo body buckles the door with its tail, and it hits two times and knocks three times." ”

Shao Xu looked puzzled, holding the reins and following forward, Pan Yao took out the tail of the bamboo cane from the "skin" on the horse's back, hit the door knocker, and then knocked on the door twice, the person opened a gap from the door, and several people came out of the door to lead the horses of the two of them, and Shao Xu held the king of the city into it.

"Brother Ziheng, this king of Nancheng is very particular, and there are such rules for entry." Shao Xu followed and said.

Pan Yao leaned over and whispered to Shao Xu: "Those who think they are literati and scholars are all good at this, and I just seconded it, and I don't like these people's style." ”

"Two, this is the place where the prince feasts, I will say goodbye first, and someone will come to sit for the two of you at the entrance." When the man had finished speaking, he turned and left.

Pan Yao took Shao Xu into the door, and the door was very empty at first glance, and there were only twenty-six or seven people inside. Some of those people were sitting, some were standing, some were lying on the side of the table, some were leaning against the doorpost, drinking wine jugs in their hands, in short, they did not look like Shao Xu's own impression of serious and elegant people.

"Two sons, please come here and sign your name." A person on the side greeted him and said.

Pan Yao bowed down and thanked him, then leaned down and wrote his name on the booklet, and Shao Xu also wrote his name when he saw this.

The two were led to the end of the seat, Shao Xu looked at these people in front of him, he didn't have the slightest appearance of a high-ranking person, drunkard, frivolous, these are probably the impressions these people gave him.

"King of the city, this wine is very good! Drinkable, drinkable! A man who looked like a scribe said barefoot to the man reclining on his side.

The barefoot man pushed the jug toward the man, and the man took the drink, and regardless of whether it had been drunk or not, the wine spilled out through his mouth.

"This person is the King of Nancheng!" Pan Yao said in his ear.

Shao Xu was still skeptical after hearing this, and he was skeptical, this king of Nancheng was also a member of the royal family, and he should be a noble and upright prince, but the person in front of him was misbehaving and unruly, and some people would be able to trust him if he was a street maniac.

At this time, the king of Nancheng, who was lying on the ground, suddenly got up, staggered and walked to the main seat in the center, and the "gentlemen" on the side did not help him, and several of them laughed loudly, and the person who had just asked the king of Nancheng to drink wine held the wine jug high and scattered to the ground.

The king of Nancheng was already sitting upright on the main seat, and those people immediately retracted, and immediately all of them were full of energy, and they all sat upright with their waists straight.

"King of the city, this is the list of those who are seated today, please take a look." The king of Nancheng rolled back his sleeves, cleared his throat and said, "Who is the first to show his "skills" today!" ”

"King of the City, I'm coming!" One of the drinkers just replied loudly.

"Lu Jifu, you don't have to change your way to cheat and drink." After the king of Nancheng finished speaking, he laughed loudly, and then continued: "Last time, you came to an "export into a fu", and you drank the ten jars of wine of this king, and you are not allowed to make any words today, and this king will not have a jar of wine with you. ”

"The king of the city is a little stingy today, I don't have any wine, I don't want to make a word for the king, I want to beat the drum for the king of the city today, if the king of the city is good, I don't know if the king of the city can appreciate a few pots of wine." After Lu Jifu finished speaking, he laughed to himself, and the king of Nancheng said after thinking about it: "No matter how good the drum is, it is not interesting to dance the sword without one." ”

Shao Xu heard about the sword dance, and had some thoughts in his heart, he liked to dance the sword the most since he was a child, and today he heard that there was a lack of one person to dance the sword, and his heart was a little touched. But today I am here to make amends, not to "make trouble", and more things are better than less.

At this moment, a man drew his sword and danced in the middle. The drum sounded immediately, and although Narutifu looked like a scribe, he was not as weak as he was when he beat the drum, and his hands struck on the drum surface, which seemed to have little strength, but the sound of the drum sounded one after another. This one after another drum sound comes in bursts, you can listen carefully to the drum sound in the strong, there are weak, close your eyes as if you are surrounded by mountains, overlooking the side of the ridge into a peak, there is a sense of distance and nearness, there are four times of light and dark changes. At this moment, the drumming suddenly stopped, Shao Xu opened his eyes suddenly, and the scene of "surrounded by mountains" was gone.

"Why did Ji Fu stop?" Nancheng Dynasty asked Lu Jifu.

"The excitement is over, Xu Yongnian is very happy to dance the sword, I don't want to disturb his interest, the drum is not the right sword ear!"

"Lu Jifu, you! You are too arrogant, in front of the king of the city, I don't care about you! Leave! Xu Yongnian said, threw the long sword in his hand on the ground, and left the table angrily. At this time, Lu Jifu laughed loudly: "The puppet is a sword, and his steps are just like a bird. Don't say that there are many heroes in the world, and there are few people who are high and peaceful. Lu Jifu suddenly felt a little itchy on his body, scratched his body, turned around and shouted to the other side of the seat: "King of the city! Wine, there are not many requirements today, five altars are enough! ”

When the king of Nancheng heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, and then read in his mouth: "Today's drum beating is just average, I have heard that Lu Sheng is good at stroking the qin, do you want to deceive this king of a few jars of good wine just by hitting these drums today?" You, Ganyang (Ganyang is the name of the place) "beggar", didn't you come to Kuang me to drink and eat. ”

"Kuang wine and food? It seems that the king of the city is not very satisfied with today's drumming, I wonder if the king of the city has a good piano? ”

King Nancheng: "Someone will take my guqin!" Look at how this Ganyang "beggar" tricks me into drinking! ”

"No one is dancing the sword alone, and everyone here is afraid that they are all Xu Yongnian and others, even if you don't drink this wine, it doesn't matter! Don't play this piano, don't play! Lu Jifu waved his hand and stood tall. He was very complacent.

Pan Yao was not interested in the slightest, just drinking while talking to Shao Xu. Shao Xu's heart was excited, and when he heard these words, he was eager to try, but he was afraid of being rude in front of others, so he had to sit upright in the banquet.

"Xiao Xu, you are not the best at sword dancing on weekdays, why don't you go up and try it today, and kill this majesty."

Shao Xu was broken by this sentence, and he also had this intention in his heart, but it was difficult to speak, so he whispered back: "I'm afraid this is not good, I came here today just to refute the face of the city king, this..."

Pan Yao laughed loudly at the table after hearing this: "The good sword dancer is here!" ”

Shao Xu was shocked at the moment, this Pan Yao was so publicized, he was afraid that he was going to "suffer".

The king of Nancheng and Lu Jifu both turned their eyes to Pan Yao, Pan Yao suddenly got up, and said to the king of Nancheng: "King of the city, the sword dancing posture of this person next to me is rare in the world, I don't know if the king of the city wants to see it?" ”

"Hahaha, isn't this Pan Ziheng. I thought that Lu Jifu was a "crazy" person here, and I didn't want there to be even more crazy people! But dancing doesn't hurt! King Nancheng's eyes immediately turned to Shao Xu's side and said to him, "Who are you!" This king sees that you have some faces, and you can report your name before dancing the sword. ”

Shao Xu got up slowly and replied: "In Xia Shao Xu, he is good at playing with a few swords on weekdays, and he is not very proficient, Brother Ziheng just said a little too much, I hope the prince will forgive me." ”

The king of Nancheng frowned slightly, then recovered his state, and said with a sigh of relief: "It was the son of Shao Hu, this king remembered, yesterday it was a book with your father, you and dance the sword, this king wants to see if Pan Ziheng is exaggerated!" ”

Shao Xu saw that he couldn't push it off, so he stepped forward and pulled out the long sword, bowed down to the king of Nancheng and said, "King of the city, it's ugly below." ”

After a while, there was a sound of applause during the banquet, Shao Xu's steps were like a sword shadow flashing, his figure was sometimes spreading, sometimes receiving, when he was like a wild goose skimming the water surface and startled, when he was closed, he was like a koi swimming and smart.

The king of Nancheng clapped his hands and shouted at Lu Jifu: "Ji Fu, when will you wait if you don't stroke the qin!" The words were still falling, but the piano had already sounded.

"Hope is like a flowing wind, and care is like a light cloud; Thousands of mountains and ravines, ethereal and lonely shadows. I am on the side of the high mountain, and I am among the flowing waters; Say goodbye to the old sorrows, and meet you at the age of 100. ”

Lu Jifu stroked the qin and sang, the melodious and long sound of the qin slowly echoed in the banquet, and everyone was drunk with the sound of the qin. At this time, the long sword in Shao Xu's hand suddenly turned, and his body also turned up, only to see his body half in the air, as if he was about to fall, his footsteps were only slightly on the ground and then soared into the air again. At this time, the sound of the piano also slowly and rapidly with its pace, plucking and stroking, the sound of the piano becomes high and low, the high sound is like a phoenix chirping on the side of the ears, and the low sound is like an eagle striking out of the sky. The sound of the piano is gradually rapid, the first hearing is like a rain downpour in the lotus pond in the middle of summer, and the sound of raindrops hitting the lotus leaves is like a sound of raindrops hitting the lotus leaves, which is crisp and pleasant. Shao Xu changed his steps into a trend, and the long sword in his hand had turned into a burst of "phantoms", and a violent sound of "chaotic sword cutting wind" sounded in his ears, and the person, the piano, and the sword had become one, and what he heard in his ears was like no difference, and what he saw in his eyes was only the separation and separation.

After a while, the sound of the piano gradually weakened, the sound of the wind and the sound of the steps gradually stopped, these two people, a piano, a sword, in a moment has taken everyone to appreciate the changes between the four seasons of "spring, summer, autumn and winter", the king of Nancheng also saw the fascination, only to see the sound of the piano heard, there was no sound in all directions. "Good! Good! Good! The sound of this piano is melodious and high-pitched, the sword posture is exquisite, and the two are "intimate" and intimate, echoing from afar, seconds, seconds! ”

"King of the city, I don't want this wine today!" Lu Jifu stood up and said.

The king of Nancheng didn't know what he meant, and after thinking about it for a while, he smiled on the spot: "Don't you Ganyang "beggar" have any high opinions!"

When Shao Xu heard what the two of them said, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, is there something wrong with his actions, I am afraid that someone has caught the handle, isn't it..."

At this moment, Lu Jifu turned around and walked towards Shao Xu, and before he could react, Lu Jifu was already in front of him, Shao Xu's heart panicked, and when he wanted to bow down, Lu Jifu's hands were already tightly holding his hands that wanted to be shaken.

"Today I am fortunate to get acquainted with Brother Shao, it is really a blessing for me Lu Jifu, a thousand cups of confidants, although I only saw today, but I feel that I have known each other for a long time, I don't know if Your Excellency can enjoy your face to Ganyang in the near future." After saying this, Shao Xu was startled at first, this person suddenly stepped forward and behaved so enthusiastically that he was at a loss for a while, so he had to wait for him to let go, and slowly bowed down and said: "Mr. Xie Lu is warmly invited, I will have to go to the border tomorrow to take up my post, and I will go to Ganyang to meet Mr. in the next day and ask Mr. for advice."

"Today's interest is enough, I'm addicted to alcohol, Lu Jifu, Duan Yimu, let's drink a few pots!" The king of Nancheng had already gotten up to pick up the wine, and the subordinates all looked panicked, and wanted to move to help get it, and after seeing the face of the prince, they also stood still.

Shao Xu was already very puzzled in his heart, seeing this king of Nancheng today, he didn't seem to have any intention of "seeking revenge", and it was not difficult for himself or for others... Very.. Bold, that is... Some don't look like a prince.

"I said that the wine was full of wine, and the prince came to greet him with a pot." One person staggered from the table as he read aloud, looking already drunk.

Shao Xu looked at the place where the voice came, his body was slender, and the cyan scarf was tied to his black hair, and he carefully looked at the face of this drunken man, only to see a face like a crown of jade with a burst of "redness", this person... Born well, good born handsome.

"Duan Yimu, where are you hiding and secretly drinking, and you don't call this king!" King Nancheng said as he walked and drank the wine in his hand.

"Lu Jifu, this king will reward you with wine today, but this drinking can be done, poetry can be written, but gossip should not be said again."