XXXVIII. Flag Ceremony (C)

But at this time, the central stone gate suddenly opened, and there was a sound of kicking, and the nine-horse ironclad knight and the twenty ironclad infantry rushed out of the stone gate, and the first knight was wearing a yellow tiger-striped cloak, a purple light armor, and a five-foot-long black green iron sword pinned to his waist. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe horse under the crotch is tall and powerful, and it is also an iron armor, but there is a black cloth wrapped around its eyes. Hearing only the knight's order, the twenty-eight men rushed towards the three tigers, the tiger saw so many iron-shelled monsters, they were all surprised, one of the tigers suddenly bounced, and rushed towards the purple-helmeted knight, but unexpectedly, the knight was surrounded by strong men, and the three spears in the oblique stabbing came, and the tiger was stabbed three holes, but the purple-helmeted knight did not look at the sneaking tiger, and urged the horse to rush towards the remaining two tigers. The two tigers saw that the knight was charging fiercely, and in panic they fled in two parts, and the knight urged the horse to follow one of them, and in a blink of an eye they approached, and in a flash of the black mang, the tiger in front of him had been stopped and cut into two parts. The knight reined in his horse and looked at the sword in his hand, as if he had not expected it to be so powerful. When he raised his eyes again, he saw that the remaining tiger had already been cut off by the knights, and was constantly twitching and wailing on the ground.

The purple-helmeted knight suddenly waved his left hand upward, and the sound of the drums and horns in the audience suddenly stopped. But when he saw the knight turn over and dismount, he walked in front of the remnant tiger, and suddenly shouted: "Go to the flag!" The twenty-eight people around also shouted at the same time: "Flag!" At this time, the audience was silent, and the shouting was particularly loud. But he saw a sergeant holding a military flag in both hands and kneeling down. The knight caught a glimpse and shouted again: "Wine!" The soldiers around him also shouted in unison: "Wine!" Then ten jars of wine were presented, and they were placed five steps to the left of the knight, and one of the sergeants took a jar of wine, and knelt down before him.

At that time, the sky was already dark, and the black clouds were dark, and the field was already extremely dark, and a huge torch had been lit around the square, and the infantry in the field also had torches in their hands, only to see the purple helmet knight pull the military flag, show it in the wind, and then take the wine, pat open the mud seal, raise his head and take a sip, and then sprinkle the remaining wine syrup on the military flag. Then I saw him wave the wine flag at the torch in the soldier's hand, and the wine syrup caught fire and immediately burned. The purple-helmeted knight wrapped the flag of fire around his chest and shoulders with his backhand.

He didn't even seem to expect this move, and they leaned towards the knight for a while, and the spectators on the viewing platform didn't expect this knight to come like this, and there was an uproar for a while. said that it was too late, and everyone saw that the tongue of fire had wrapped the knight's helmet, and the fire was extremely bright, but they saw that the purple helmet knight was not in a hurry, holding the sword in both hands and erecting it, and the sword wheel was swinging obliquely, and the head of the struggling tiger in front of him fell in response, and the tiger blood gushed out, and suddenly sprinkled on the fiery military flag wrapped around him. The knight untied the broken blood flag on his body, and seemed not to be afraid of the scorching heat, so he waved it towards the viewing platform and shouted, "Victory!" The rest of the sergeants shouted in unison, "Victory!" ”

For a while, the audience was instantly mobilized, and they all stood up and shouted in unison: "Victory!" ”

At this time, the purple-helmeted knight took off the helmet on his head and threw it back, but he saw that under the helmet, a handsome young man had a blue face. Everyone had already guessed the identity of this purple helmet knight, but when they saw him take off his helmet at this moment, they knelt down one after another, and the mountain shouted "Long live", and for a time the platform was full of people.

It turns out that this purple helmet knight is the current emperor Xiao Zhen of the Qi Dynasty!

But after seeing that Xiao Zhen showed the blood flag, he handed the blood flag to Lu Bing beside him, turned over his horse, and ran out of the stone gate. After Lu Bing received the flag, he took the flagpole handed by the knight next to him, erected the flag on the arena, and then left the arena. When everyone on the stage saw the emperor leaving, they also got up one after another, and it was a mess for a while. Qian Wuye was about to sit down again, but a voice behind him sounded: "Lead the long sword and break the tiger, brave!" Since Emperor Xuan of the Qi Dynasty, it has not seen such a British lord in two hundred years! He said something again, but it was not the sound of the willow white pot.

Qian Wuye hurriedly turned around, only to see a slightly chubby man in official uniform standing behind him, Qian Wuye hurriedly bowed, and said with a smile: "I just saw it, but I didn't know that Lord Shen had arrived, forgive me, forgive my sins!" "It turned out that the person who came was Shen Huai, the left waiter of the household department.

This Shen Huai didn't have a stand, and replied: "What kind of crime, the next official has to confess when he is late." As he spoke, he pulled Qian Wuye into the table. At this time, he saw that there was still a willow white pot in the seat, and Shen Huai arched his hand and smiled: "But I didn't know that the ghost master was also here, and the lower official was disrespectful." Although he was an official in the court, he also knew that these two people were loud figures in the rivers and lakes, and he did not dare to slack off.

But when he saw this willow white pot, he got up at this time, and bowed back: "The boy was chewing on Lord Shen's witty words, so he forgot to say hello, Lord Shen is still asking for no wonder...... It's just Lord Shen, the kid is puzzled. The heroic lord who has not been met in the past 200 years, is it to save the suffering and save the suffering, or to send blessings and send luck? Shen Huai and Qian Wuye, who were present when they heard these words, were stunned, they knew that this willow white pot had been in the pear orchard for a long time, and they had made friends with scholars, but they didn't expect to throw out this temple argument at this time, and it was difficult to persuade people to answer.

But listening to Liu Baiju, he laughed at this time and said, "I see, this son of heaven just wants to kill the prestige today!" Qian Wuye didn't expect this ghost master not only to come abruptly, but also to go to the scene, slightly surprised, so he hugged his fist to the willow white pot and returned the salute, and the willow white pot laughed and said: "Today's official family originally asked Fengyulou to sing songs for the nobles, and the order was the first "Heroes Meeting", the kid was tired, so let the purple pot girl hold on for a while, and when His Majesty returned to the bronze bird platform, my yellow cover should also appear." By the way, the fifth master, don't forget to leave that secluded mansion for the kid to see and understand. As soon as he flicked his sleeves, he walked towards the entrance of the Jingtai, humming a song while walking, and listening carefully, it was the lyrics in "Playing the Yellow Cover", which hummed in the mouth of the leader of this pear garden, and it did have a different style.

Shen Huai watched Liu Baiju leave, shook his head unconsciously, turned around and pulled Qian Wuye into a seat, and said with a smile: "This ghost master is a madman temperament, he likes to adjust a bookbag on weekdays, let's ignore him, come, sit and sit." As he spoke, he helped Qian Wuye pull out his seat and sat down beside him. As soon as he sat down, he heard the noise around him, followed by the sound of silk and bamboo on the central viewing platform, which obviously meant that Xiao Zhen had returned to his original position. Shen Huai poured himself a glass of wine, and when the noise stopped for a while, he asked Qian Wuye: "Fifth Master, the business of Longhu has been really prosperous recently, but it has done the arms business in Hexi, but I don't know why it doesn't sell Fusang with a higher bid?" Qian Wuye, but what is the prediction of the current situation? His tone was like small talk, but the question was quite abrupt.

Qian Wuye was quite calm, and asked rhetorically: "So Wan Shanxing has been buying a lot of rice in Jiangzhou these days, but what is the prediction of the current situation?" With that, he raised his glass and touched it with Shen Huai. This Wanshan line is Shen Huai's early years before entering the officialdom opened a commercial house, the main force in the south, with rice, silk and cotton cloth as the main business, but it was also 20 years ago, and later Shen Huai entered Beijing to seek fame, because of his generosity, he made people from all walks of life happy, so he walked in the clouds, and mixed into the position of the left waiter of the household department in 20 years. Although the Qi Dynasty did not have strict orders, it was always not very good to set up a business name in the court, and he had to be careful of being targeted by the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so although Shen Huai secretly controlled the operation of Wanshan Xing, Mingli tried to put aside his relationship with Wanshan Xing. At this time, Qian Wuye broke through his words and taught him to be speechless for a while, but he was a veteran of officialdom, and after a moment of embarrassment, his expression was as usual. I saw that he filled the cup in front of Qian Wuye, and then said: "And don't say that the Longhu firm and Wanshan Xing worked together to bring down the Banglei Hall, and it can be regarded as a brother firm." Now that Longhu and Wanshan are all in the north and south, they are all serving the king, so what else do they share with each other! Watch the play! Watch the play! As he spoke, he pointed to the central viewing platform, but saw that it was indeed an opera singing, which was quite lively.

Qian Wuye didn't say anything anymore, but just looked back at the singer on the central stage, but saw that the willow white pot had already appeared, and was singing, cheering and thundering in front of the stage, attracting thousands of eyes, but Qian Wuye ignored the scenery on the stage, turned his head and said lightly: "That ghost master seems to have a good relationship with Lord Shen, this wind and rain building is probably indispensable to Wanshanxing's shares." ”

When Shen Huai heard this, he said with a smile: "This Fengyu Lou is not like Wanshanxing and Longhu Firm, it is a business that makes money, and the silver goods travel from north to south, west and east, and they are all escorted back and forth. Wanshan Xingdou can't do anything but your Longhu business, which can only operate in the south of the Yangtze River, and the nobles are all in the north, and the southern business wants to make money, so it is naturally necessary to collude with Fengyulou. ”

Qian Wuye said: "Oh, then the value of the ticket on the market is depreciating day by day, and the household department really doesn't care about the printing and payment of the ticket in the wind and rain building?" ”

Shen Huai unexpectedly asked the household department of the fifth master, was slightly stunned, and said: "The fifth master is joking, the lower officials only know that the ticket is printed and distributed according to the law, and they don't understand what the fifth master means?" ”

Qian Wuye didn't answer Shen Huai's question, but just said to himself: "The Han family has been farming for generations, there are no scholars in the family, and the poor farmer Han Bafang has a total of five sons, four of which are few and stupid, so they were abandoned, and were adopted by the Shen couple in the same village, at the age of fifteen, he suddenly fell seriously ill, and he was in a coma for more than a month, and when he woke up, he suddenly could speak and argue...... "He kept talking, but he saw Shen Huai's head sweating, and his back trembled slightly, Qian Wuye didn't pay attention to it, and continued: "...... However, the things that were said were not ordinary words, thunder and lightning could be the source of power, and all iron could float above the sea and sky, the Shen family and his wife thought that the child had lost his mind again, and they were worried that the child would be classified as a demonic possession, and they were anxious, so they sought the Taoist priest to give their lives......"

It turned out that these days Longhu merchants knew that Fengyulou had printed and handed over the bills, and most of them were sent to the south to be raised by Wanshan Xing, while the Longhu merchants needed to rely on seaborne grain to make a living. And at present, the Northern Expedition is imminent, and the waterlogging disaster is also urgent, if there is no sufficient supply of grain and grass, the political situation of the Qi Dynasty is unstable. Qian Wuye understands that it is powerful, although he is a businessman, he earns money from the country, and understands that protecting the family and defending the country is to protect the business, and he knows that if Wanshan continues to store grain at this time, the Northern Expedition will either lack of food or silver, in short, it will be very bad. So on the one hand, he arranged for the Longhu firm to secretly compete with Wanshanxing, and on the other hand, he sent people to secretly investigate the foundation of Wanshanxing, but unexpectedly, the result of this visit was incredible. It turned out that this Wanshan line was run by Shen Shilang, a member of the household department who was in charge of finance in the court, and this Shen Shilang's early performance was very peculiar, born in a poor family of five generations, and grew up in a family of farmers for many generations, but it seemed to know a lot of reasons for later generations, and there were many surprising words in the field. At that time, the business was mainly based on industrial business, and Xuandu preferred to operate some local products. Later, this Shen Huai entered the government from business, and his words and deeds were self-restrained. Qian Wuye has known about this for a long time, and he has been thinking about the cause and effect in his heart, suspecting that this Shen Huai is the reincarnation of a demon, and he originally wanted to use this flag sacrifice ceremony to set up a bureau to deter Shen Huai, and his intention was also to make this Shen Shilang jealous, so that Wanshan Xing must not be too arrogant.