Chapter 40: Two Looks

I drank too much last night, and I woke up too early today.

There was only a faint light left in the cellar of Fengxiao Restaurant, because the torches that were lit last night were about to burn out.

By the faint light I looked around the cellar and was shocked to find that the water was gone, but when I saw the red girl, my mood was immediately calmed again.

I don't know why the water is on fire and why do you say goodbye? I don't want to know either.

I got up and walked over to the Red Girl.

Me: Red Girl...

I shouted three times in a row, but she didn't respond, thinking: How heavy does this water fire have? It made the red girl faint for so long and still haven't come to her senses.

I shook the red girl's body vigorously with my hands, and she finally opened her eyes, saw me, and saw myself in such a strange environment, and her face was full of surprise!

Honghong: Jiang Ye, why are you? Where is this?

Me: Yesterday you were robbed by the flower thief, and I saved you. But don't thank me, it's the flower thief who let you go.

Honghong: Flower thief, I just remember that there was a man rushing onto the stage, and I felt a pain in my neck and lost consciousness.

Speaking of this, the surprise on her face slowly faded, and then said: Thank you Jiang Ye for rescuing, what kind of place is this? How can there be such a big smell of wine - one - book - read - small - say -?

Me: This is the wine cellar of Fengxiao Restaurant, let's go out first.

Honghong whispered: Okay.

I helped the red girl up, along the stairs to the restaurant, fortunately, it was still early, the sky had just dawned, there was no one in the Fengxiao restaurant, I took the red girl out of the restaurant.

At this moment, I remembered that Wang Lung and they didn't have news of me last night, they must be in a hurry to death, and now they are in trouble, where are they going to find them? However, for the time being, let's put this matter aside and send the red girl back to the Spring and Autumn Building.

Me: Red girl, I'll send you back to the Spring and Autumn Building first.

Honghong: Thank you, Master Jiang.

We walked for half an hour and arrived at the Spring and Autumn Building.

I saw that all the disciples of the three sects outside the Spring and Autumn Mansion were here, and I immediately walked over and asked, "Where are your senior brothers?"

A man said: Senior brother is in the building.

I hurriedly walked into the Spring and Autumn Building, and found that Wang Long, Benniu, Dog Baby, and Sun Xiaobao were all sitting in the lobby on the first floor, and they were all quite excited when they saw me coming back.

Wang Long: Brother Jiang, there is no news from you all night, so we can only come back here and wait for you.

I smiled and said, "You guys did a good job, I brought the Red Girl back."

The red girl came over, saluted everyone, and said, "Thank you for saving me."

We all signaled to the Red Girl, don't be polite.

Sun Xiaobao came over and said, "General Jiang, how is the water fire now?"

As soon as I thought about it, I couldn't tell them the truth, so I said: Shui Kaihuo is very cunning, and his martial arts and light skills are not bad, and I am not sure of victory, but I just saved the red girl, and I didn't chase him.

When Sun Xiaobao heard this, he immediately sighed and said: It's a pity, let him run away again, I don't know when I will have the next chance to kill him?

Me: Don't worry, the dog can't change his, he will come out sooner or later.

Sun Xiaobao: That's the only way, where will General Jiang go next?

Me: I'm going to Dongting Lake next.

Sun Xiaobao: Oh, my younger brother also wants to join General Jiang's Jianghu column, I don't know what General Jiang wants?

As soon as I heard this, I was immediately happy and said: Brother Sun is willing to join the Jianghu Column and maintain the justice of the Jianghu, Jiang Mou is very welcome!

Sun Xiaobao: Okay, please let the younger brother go back to Songshan to tell the master about the water fire, and then rush to Dongting Lake to meet General Jiang.

Me: That's good.

We had a very happy conversation, and I saw that the woman who presided over the Spring and Autumn Building Oiran Contest last night walked down from the upper floor, and said with a smile: Thank you for saving the red girl.

Me: You're welcome, these are all things that we righteous people should do. Now that the Red Girl has returned, we will take our leave.

Woman: Thank you, uncles, you often come to play when you have time!

Me: Definitely.

We walked out of the Spring and Autumn Building, and I looked upstairs to find the young girl standing in front of the window looking at us. I thought: The young girl must be reluctant to me, so she stood in front of the window to send me off. I looked at Qingqing's smile and felt pity for her, and I was going to help her redeem herself.

We said goodbye to Sun Xiaobao.

Me: Brother Sun, who is this woman?

Sun Xiaobao: This is my sister Fang Min.

I smiled at Fang Min and said: Fang Nuxia has an extraordinary temperament, and at first glance she is a heroine among women.

Fang Min didn't give me any expression, and said: General Jiang, it's over.

I thought to myself: This Fang Min, I don't know how to give the uncle a smile, how to say that I am also a dignified chief inspector of the rivers and lakes, I really don't give any face!

Me: Fang Nuxia, you're welcome.

Sun Xiaobao said with a smile: General Jiang, we will have a meeting later.

Me: Be careful on the road, there will be a period later.

Sun Xiaobao took the disciples of the three sects and rushed to Songshan.

Me: Brother Long, you wait for me outside.

Wang Long: Brother Jiang, is there anything else?

Me: It's okay, just wait.

Wang Long: Okay.

I walked into the Spring and Autumn Building again, and saw that the woman was about to go upstairs, and I quickly said, "Mom, stay here."

When the woman heard the voice, she looked back and saw me coming, and her face became smiling.

Woman: Master Jiang, what's the matter?

I took out a hundred taels of silver from my bosom and said, "Mother, this is a filial honor to you."

When this woman saw that I gave her a hundred taels of silver, where could she still close her mouth when she smiled, and said: Thank you Jiang Ye, has Jiang Ye taken a fancy to which girl?

As soon as I heard this, I felt that this woman had come up and said, "Exactly."

I took out a hundred taels of silver from my bosom again, and handed it to the woman, and said, "Are these pieces of silver enough to redeem the young girl?"

The woman looked at the silver of the white flowers and said: The green girl is the ugliest in this Oiran competition, one hundred taels of silver is enough, how can Jiang Ye be such a talent, how can he take a fancy to the green girl, how good is it to redeem the red and red girl?

Me: People, each with his own love. I thought: I can't compare my aesthetic standards to yours.

WOMAN: Okay.

I took out a white tael of silver from my bosom again and said, "For this hundred taels of silver, I want to rent a house in Chunqiu Lou, how long can I live?"

Women: at least five years.

Me: Okay, please arrange a room for the young girl, let her live alone, don't interfere with her life! Otherwise, I'll kill you!

Woman: Master Jiang, don't worry, I don't want to see your face, I also want to see the face of silver!

Me: Very good, only you take good care of it, uncle, I have money, I will definitely reward you more.

Woman: Thank you, Master Jiang.

I wanted to take out another hundred taels of silver, but I only had sixty taels of silver in my bosom, so I took out fifty taels of silver, handed it to the woman, and said, "Please give these fifty taels of silver to the young girl, and let her spend it as private money."

Woman: Master Jiang, you are such a good person! Why didn't Jiang Ye just pick up Qingqing?

Me: Jiang still has something to do, you tell Qingqing, I will pick her up when I finish my work.

Woman: Haole, is there anything else wrong with Master Jiang?

Me: No, you can go.

The woman smiled and saluted me, and then went upstairs.

As soon as I turned around, I walked out of the Spring and Autumn Building, stood downstairs, looked upstairs, and found that Qingqing was still standing in front of the window, I smiled at her, and she also smiled affectionately at me, this smile was really charming, as if it was imprinted in my mind in an instant, and it couldn't be dispersed for a long time.

At this moment, I was thinking to myself: What would the young girl think if she knew that I had redeemed her?

I didn't think too much about it, and walked directly to Wang Lung and them.

Wang Lung smiled wickedly and said to me: Brother Jiang, do you have a crush on any girl?

Me: Don't think about it, let's go.

Wang Lung, the stupid cow, and the dog baby all let out a loud laugh, I know the meaning of their laughter, this kind of laughter, even a man understands its meaning.

We turned over and walked to the south gate of Xuchang City.

All the way to the horse, in one day, I walked more than 150 miles.

At dusk, we slowed down our march and continued south along the official road, and after not going far, we saw a huge slope on the road ahead, and when we walked up the hill, we saw a city not far ahead.

Me: Brother Long, which city is ahead?

Wang Long: In front of you is Nanyang City.

Me: Nanyang City, isn't that the place where Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, farmed?

Wang Long: Brother Long is really Bogu Tongjin, Zhuge Liang said in his [Teacher Table] that he ploughed in Nanyang, this slope is called Wollongong, walk in along the path next to it, you can find the thatched hut where Zhuge Liang once lived, Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to visit the thatched house here.

As soon as I heard this, I was very excited, and I thought: When I was in Shanghai, I liked to read [Romance of the Three Kingdoms] very much, and now I can see Zhuge Kongming's thatched hut with my own eyes, and I am really fortunate to have three lives.

Me: We are fortunate to be here, so why don't we go and pay homage to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's hut.

Wang Long: Absolutely.

We turned over and dismounted, led the horse to the side of the path, walked for more than ten minutes, came to a bamboo forest, sure enough, we saw three thatched houses, we walked to the thatched house, but there was a melodious sound of the piano, this piano sound, with the sunset at dusk, the lush green of the bamboo forest, it was really wonderful.

When we heard the sound of the piano, we all stopped, for fear of destroying this natural beauty.

After more than ten minutes, the sound of the piano was faint, and only one voice was heard: There are distinguished guests visiting, and the land of Zhuge has not been welcomed from afar, and I hope that a few people will not see outside.

When I heard this, I was really taken aback, and I thought: Could it be that this Zhuge land also has the ability of his ancestors to calculate the gods?

I didn't dare to think about it, so I hurriedly said: Fan Yangjiang is ambitious, I came uninvited, just to be able to see Mr. Wolong's thatched hut, and I am really sorry to disturb Mr. Wolong's taste.

As soon as my words fell, a person came out of the hut, I took a closer look, and saw that he was tall, dressed in white, with a feather fan in his hand, and he was at most twenty-five years old.

Zhuge Dadi: General Jiang, please inside.

We saluted Zhuge and followed him into the hut.

I looked around the room and saw that there were two tables inside, one with a tea set and the other with a guqin.

Zhuge Dadi invited us to sit down at the table where the tea set was placed.

Me: Does Brother Zhuge live here alone?

Zhuge Dadi: There are still a few scholars, all of whom have gone out to herd cattle and have not yet returned.

Me: Brother Zhuge is really good Yaxing, the scenery here is beautiful, the scenery is picturesque, and it is very suitable for living.

Zhuge Dadi: Yes, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, away from disputes, it is indeed a good place, this time General Jiang passed by Nanyang, and was able to come to the Humble House, which is also considered that you and I are destined, and I have a few words in my heart that I want to say to General Jiang, I don't know if General Jiang is willing to listen?

Me: Jiang listened.

Zhuge Dadi: General Jiang was ordered to exterminate a bowl of porridge this time, which will set off a bloody storm of martial arts in the Central Plains, and will lead to the rebellion of the soldiers in the Western Regions.

As soon as I heard this, I was shocked and thought: Could it be that I traveled to the Tang Dynasty to start a war and let the common people have no good life? That's not what I want to see.

I didn't dare to think about it too much, and said: Brother Zhuge , it's not so serious, is it?

Zhuge Dadi: Everything is destined by God, but fortunately, General Jiang will become a great hero, so that as few people as possible will bleed, in exchange for most people not to bleed.

When I heard this, I thought to myself, "That's what my master told me."

When I heard this, I suddenly remembered: Our faction was handed down from Taigong Jiang Shang, among which Zhuge Kongming is also a member of this faction, and he is also my ancestor, so I really want to become a savior!

Me: Go with the flow, let it be, that's what Master Wuxiang said.

Zhuge Dadi: That's right, General Jiang, the ancestors once left a strange book [Bagua], which was used to help the world's sages calm the world, but now the time is not right, as long as the time comes, you and I will meet again and continue the frontier.

I thought to myself: It's really wonderful, I already have a [Book of People], and now there is a [Gossip] Book to help me calm the world, it seems that I, Li Yingjun, really want to make contributions in the Tang Dynasty and do a great thing. Thinking about this, I was excited.

Me: Brother Zhuge has the heart to help the world, Jiang admires it very much, and we have a fate to reunite.

Zhuge Dadi: General Jiang should be careful all the way, and we will meet again.

Zhuge Dadi sent us out of the hut, and we said goodbye to Zhuge Dadi.

Out of Wollongong.

Me: Brothers, it's getting late, so I'll rest in Nanyang City tonight and continue to go south tomorrow morning.

Wang Long, Stupid Cow, Dog Baby: Okay.

We got on our horses and ran towards Nanyang City.