Chapter 1: The Wind Rises
The beginning of autumn comes, the wind comes, the turtle does not live, and the dragon does not sleep.
Twenty miles away from the suburbs of Yongqing County, there is an inn called Shangshe. The inn is backed by the foothills of Qingyuan Mountain, located on the Datong official road, which traverses the north and south of the South Liang, south to Wuling County, the capital of Nanshan Prefecture, the southernmost part of the Liang Dynasty, and the north is directly connected to Jinling Mansion, the capital of the Great Liang Dynasty. On the official road, there is not only the majestic scene of mountains and mountains, but also the Jiangnan style of the fisherman's house on the side of the green water and willows. Therefore, businessmen, dignitaries or cloth people often take this road, which is the only way for the people of Daliang.
As the evening approaches, the fiery afterglow colors the earth, and the evening breeze blows on the mirror-like water, sparkling like a sparkling jewel. The maple leaves become a forest, the red rolling leaf waves blow the mountain, and also blow the beauty of the water, the mountain, the water, the road seems to be a piece of red, the mountain road water and sky are the same color. Gentle and demure without losing elegance.
Being in the middle of this landscape, listening to the breath and whispers of the scenery between heaven and earth, it is as if you are living in a paradise, not only in addition to the miscellaneous things in your heart, but also make your heart calm and peaceful, calm and natural.
Under this beautiful scenery, the three people and three horsemen are running on the official road of Datong, the first person has a moire hat on his head, wearing a gray robe, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth, the angular face reveals wind and frost, and a pair of dark and deep eyes are very powerful. The two backward people are also not reckless, both of them wear gray robes, one of them looks white, the cold face and frost make people not look at themselves, and the other person is full of black light, beard, revealing a taste of rivers and lakes.
The wind tightened, the horses galloped, and after a while, the three of them hurried to the Shangshe Inn. The man at the head immediately turned over and dismounted, and at this moment you could clearly see his figure, the man looked in his twenties, more than eight feet tall, slender and powerful. He looked up at the signboard of the Shangshe Inn, bowed his head, nodded to the two people behind him, and then took the first step, pushed open the door and stepped in. The two people in the back looked at each other and followed them into the inn.
When the second child in the store saw that a customer came to the door, he went over with a smile on his face and asked, "Is the guest officer sharpening or staying in the hotel?" ”
The leader man's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "Hit the tip, don't live in the store." In addition, it is troublesome to feed the three horses tethered at the door. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to answer, he swept his eyes, and when he saw an unmanned dining table, he walked over and sat down first. The two men behind him also paced quickly.
"What special dishes do you want to eat, our restaurant has the most characteristic sea bass dishes in this Jianghuai land, which is a delicacy that cannot be tasted in other places." After the three of them sat down, Xiao Er asked after explaining the matter of feeding the horses.
"Okay, just serve your special sea bass here, in addition, boil three pots of hot wine to warm our bodies, this cold day will freeze me." Before the man in charge could speak, the black-faced man replied with a big grin.
"Okay, you can wait." The shopkeeper also replied heartily.
When the shopkeeper walked away, the black-faced man asked the leading man with a curious expression: "I said Steward Pang, what is this Young Master Song sending us here for?" This is really not revealed to us at all, you can tell me, if you don't say it, I don't have a bottom in my heart. ”
Without waiting for the Pang steward to answer, the other cold-faced man said solemnly: "Since this news is so important, it must be a major matter related to our business, how can this matter be known to our subordinates?" Tong Biaohan'er, can you change this curious problem? ”
This man named Tong Biao is also an interesting person, knowing that since this cold-faced man has said so, then this housekeeper Pang will definitely not reveal any news to him, so he just said "oh" and didn't say anything more.
"Hey, hey, have you heard, yesterday the Golden Gun Marquis went down to Qishan, Maoxian and Hulukou three counties, and they were already approaching the Yancheng army, and it is estimated that they will soon arrive in Yancheng at this time." As the three of them sat on one side, a man in brown linen at the back table chatted.
"Yes, yes, I've heard that this golden spear marquis is amazing, since the king ordered him to crusade against the Jin Kingdom, but only a month, but he has successively captured the Jin Kingdom of the size of the passes, fourteen cities, captured weapons, and tens of thousands of baggage, which can be described as a noble soldier and a god of speed, and the courage is not to be done." The other person at the back table replied in the same way, with an uncontrollable smile.
"I've also heard that this Golden Spear Marquis is very powerful, and everywhere he goes, not only does he hit the Jin people who throw away their armor and flee in the wilderness, but also Ah Qiu has not committed any crimes, and every city he has beaten is explicitly forbidden to kill, burn, rob, plunder and other behaviors, which can be described as a benevolent and righteous gentleman." The dark-brown man replied.
"That's of course, this golden gun marquis, but our Liang Guotang Zhenxi General is a general who is the prince himself, how can he not have this ability? This Golden Gun Marquis is not only both civil and military, but also has great courage, and he is also a talent, quite stylish. Suddenly, there was a sound from the second floor, with a slight disdain and sarcasm in his tone. When the gang looked up, they saw a person, dressed in white, wearing a jade pendant at his waist, and a mustache with small eyes, giving people a shrewd feeling; There were three or five guard-looking people beside this man, looking at the people downstairs with great vigilance.
As soon as they saw the appearance of the man in white, the people who were gossiping downstairs just now suddenly fell silent, all quietly eating their own dishes, and a few individual people were whispering and talking, and from time to time they glanced at the person with a kind of fear, as if they were very jealous.
Steward Pang couldn't help but raise his head at this time, looked at the man in white upstairs, and looked at this person with a curious eye.
"Guest officer, the perch is here, I see that the three of you are not locals, you can taste our local perch here." Without waiting for Steward Pang to finish looking, the shopkeeper said enthusiastically to the three of them, and presented the sea bass dish as he spoke.
"Don't worry, Xiao Er, let me ask you something, who is the man in white upstairs, why do I feel that everyone is afraid of him? Isn't it the son-in-law of which family? The housekeeper asked the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.
"Hey, guest officer, you can be quiet, this is really a guess for you, the person on this is surnamed Huang, called Huang Ji, this Huang Ji is the second young master of the Huang family in Yongqing County." The guest officer looked around, as if to make sure that no one was listening, before explaining in a low voice to Steward Pang.
"Yongqing Huang family? This Yongqing is just a small county town, this Datong official road comes and goes with a lot of people, what princes and nobles, sitting Jia Xingshang has not seen it, it stands to reason that the young master of a small county town family should not make everyone so afraid. Steward Pang wondered.
"A few masters, you are outsiders, but have you ever heard of the Huang family of this Great Liang Country?" The shopkeeper asked rhetorically to Steward Pang.
"The Huang family? Isn't it the Huang family in Jinling Mansion? Steward Pang couldn't help but say dumbly.
"Isn't it, a few masters, you said that if it is a small county family, of course these people on the official road are not afraid, but the Huang family in the capital is different, it is a dignified family of the prince, a famous family, although the Yongqing Huang family is not much, but this is the distant nephew of the prince of the dynasty, and it is still a little related to the family in the capital, and it is this background that the big guys are afraid of." The shopkeeper explained to Steward Pang and his party.
"The reason why everyone is so kind to this Huang Gongzi is because this Huang Ergongzi relied on his birth as a nobleman, and he was domineering all day long, and he was ruthless, he was not only greedy for money, but also lustful, it is said that this Gongzi brother saw which girl was good-looking, so he didn't say a word and asked someone to grab it, and even the newlywed bride didn't let go, alas, the people in this county dare not hate him, and he can't say anything angry." The shopkeeper continued to say to the three of them.
"Hmph, I look at this guy, what a scoundrel, since this Huang Ji is like this, but the Huang family is unattended, presumably the head of the Huang family is not a good bird, right?" This Tong Biao sneered and said to himself while staring at this Huang Ji.
The shopkeeper just wanted to open his mouth to stop it, but Huang Ji seemed to sense something, and suddenly turned his head to look directly at Tong Biao, and a playful smile appeared in his mouth while looking at it.
"This brother, master, I'm afraid I didn't provoke you anything, why did you look at me with such fierce eyes, as if I had done something sorry for you, have we seen it before?" This Huang Ji asked Tong Biao in a loud voice, but he slowly walked downstairs, and went straight to the table of the housekeeper Pang.
As soon as others looked at this scene, people who knew Huang Ji's habits understood that this was Huang Ji's usual trick when he taught people at the beginning. They all stared at the three of them with worried and good looks, and sighed secretly. The atmosphere in the store suddenly became tense, and there was a hint of solemnity in the air.
As he spoke, Huang Ji walked to the table and looked at Tong Biao with a look at the prey, as long as Tong Biao dared to say anything to him and behaved disrespectfully, he would definitely let the guards clean up the big man in front of him. Who told him to dare to stare at him like this, since he was a child, except for the old man in his family, no one dared to look at him with such eyes, although Huang Ji had such an calculation in his heart, but on the surface, he was silent.
"This son, I'm afraid you've misunderstood, my brother, he's a weird temper, but whenever he meets anyone, it's like this, and I hope that the son won't mind." Steward Pang knew that according to Tong Biao's character, there would inevitably be a dispute, and they didn't have time to delay here, so he said to Na Huang Ji.
"Steward Pang, you ......" Before this Tong Biao finished speaking, this Steward Pang glanced at Tong Biao, and suddenly this Tong Biao had nothing to say.
Huang Ji saw that the big man who was proud just now obediently obeyed the words of this Pang steward in a blink of an eye, then turned his mind and looked at this Pang steward again, and asked: "Look at these people don't seem to be locals, dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname?" ”
"Hahahaha, you and I met in Pingshui, so you don't have to make friends with each other because of a little thing, but for the sake of Gongzi, tell Gongzi that the surname of the contemptible person is Pang, and the single name is the same Chinese character, these are my two buddies, and I am going to Yongqing County to do something." This Pang Zhong said heartily.
"Oh, I'm here to do something, hahaha dare to ask what this brother is called?" This Huang Ji did not give up, and asked Pang Zhong.
"What's the matter, this doesn't seem to be something that Childe should know, you and I don't know each other, and I don't want to make everyone unhappy and upset my mood." Pang Zhong replied in a calm tone.
Huang Ji suddenly began to laugh, this laughter sounded quite strange, and with Huang Ji's appearance of thief eyebrows and rat eyes, it was very joyful. Seeing this Huang Ji like this, Pang Zhong also had a strange smile on his face. The cold-faced man had a calm face, but Tong Biao didn't dare to laugh when he held back his laughter, which was also an indescribable funny.
"I advise you, I can't guarantee it elsewhere, but if you want to do what you want to do in Yongqing County, then tell me, if I am happy in my heart, maybe this thing will be done, if I don't tell me, I have a hundred ways to let you, and I can't do it!" Huang Ji deliberately dragged his throat and said slowly, as if he wanted to scare Pang Zhongzhong.
Pang Zhong glanced at Tong Biao and the cold-faced man, so he deliberately replied dumbly: "Oh, it seems that Gongzi has some power in this Yongqing County, dare to ask Gongzi's surname?" ”
"You don't have to know who I am, for the sake of you being a foreigner, if you have difficulties, even if you come to me, in this Yongqing County, my words still have a bit of weight, remember, the Yongqing Huang family came to me, just say it's looking for the second young master, hahahaha." Huang Ji showed a very proud smile and then smiled very proudly.
Pang Zhong deliberately showed a very surprised expression at this time and said dumbly: "Ah, it turned out to be Huang Erye, who has been looking up for a long time, Tong Biao'er, Zhao Cang, if you had known that Huang Erye could be so righteous, then what else would you worry about?" As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them.
"Hahaha, I think this brother is also a cheerful person, and he will definitely have a good life when he stays in the house." This Huang Ji couldn't stand such compliments, and was even more proud, and agreed to the three of them with such a big smile without thinking too much. Then he stopped talking and walked straight out of the inn, and several guards behind him also followed closely, for fear that others would not know which noble son he was.
Pang Zhong looked at each other, played with the chopsticks in his hand, and pondered for a moment, this Tong Biao and Zhao Cang also knew that this was Pang Zhong's habitual and unique habit, which showed that he was thinking about something, so they were waiting for him to speak. I saw this Pang Zhong laughed suddenly, and then poured himself a glass of wine, the two people next to him were at a loss, I don't know what medicine is sold in the gourd in this Pangzhong, after this Pang Zhong finished drinking, he immediately shouted to the shop's Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, serve the wine." ”