Chapter Twenty-Six: The Rouge Tiger
A carriage slowly walked out of the Suzaku Gate, followed by a young man on horseback. The young man wore a wide-brimmed hat woven from bamboo and bamboo leaves, and a robe made of straw, and the cold wind blew towards him with rain and snow, and his face was slightly red from the cold. The wheels and hooves of the horses crushed against the muddy road, making a rhythmic dull thumping sound, the people in the carriage coughed twice, and the young man on horseback asked, "Master, do you want to stop for a while?" The man in the car said. No, where are we? ”
The young man looked around and said, "Out of the Suzaku Gate, there is a short distance in front of Longjin Bridge." The people in the car were silent.
If it is also prosperous here on weekdays, especially when it comes to all kinds of snacks on the night market street, coupled with the transportation of the Huimin River, the villages and towns by the river are also prosperous, but today they are shrouded in a haze of rain and snow, which makes the master and apprentice on this road particularly depressed.
Walk on the arched Longjin Bridge, at this time the Huimin River is still frozen, the boats and boats under the arch of the bridge row over, and most of them are the merchant ships of grain or sundries that come and go with the Jianghuai. The young man on the horse stood on the arch of the bridge and looked to the southwest, and to the southwest was the tower. The boy remembered Liang Yuexia. As Liang Yuexia said, his father, Di Qing, was framed.
Where will Liang Yuexia wait for Di Qingwang's master and apprentice, and where did she go during this time? The king knew nothing.
Now the king is even more at a loss, and he has inadvertently decided on the family matter, but he doesn't know what Liang Yuexia thinks at all. At least during this time, Wang couldn't find her at all, and she didn't show up. Will she go to Chenzhou to wait for them? Wang Bi calculated the distance, and Chenzhou was in Wanqiu County, not far from Bianjing. More than 300 miles away from Bianjing, Wang Panzhen hopes to wear it back to 2012 at once, and then wear it back with his own car. In the 21st century, even if you don't take the highway, it can be reached in three or four hours by car. But now, more than 900 years have been regressed, and the speed of finding their master and apprentice is more than 20 miles a day, and Wang Fang is frightened in his heart. Fortunately, after leaving the Nanxun Gate, it was already sparsely populated, and the coachman jumped on the car, whipped the horse, and accelerated the speed slightly.
That night, they rested at the post house along the way, and continued to hurry the next morning, and in the evening they came to Weishi County. I entered the county seat and found a mansion to settle down temporarily. Wang saw that Di Qing had been tired all the way and his body was still weak, so he asked, "Teacher, it's better to rest for a day or two before leaving." ”
Di Qing sighed and said, "I don't know where to see my girl." The horses should also be supplied, and they should rest. ”
Wang said: "We walked for two days in a row, and finally saw a decent county seat, maybe the girl under the moon is waiting for us here." ”
Di Qing nodded, and instructed Wang to walk around the street tomorrow, and by the way, take some wine and bring it on the road, he saw that Wang next to him had been cold enough for the past two days, and he could drink some to warm up when he felt cold on the road. The king served Di Qing and drank medicine, and the master and apprentice said a few words and fell asleep. Di Qing's body was weak, and he fell asleep after two more days and a while, but he couldn't sleep next to the king.
The side of the bed in the shop was extremely hard, and the bunk underneath was also thin, and his back was sore, so he turned to the side, just looked at Di Qing on the bed opposite, and he looked around the room again. This room is simple, with two beds in the east and west, and a table and two chairs by the window in the middle of the two beds. The whole pattern is a standard room. The lights were off in the room, but the moon was bright outside. The light looks bleak in this winter night. The shadow of the tree on the window lattice swayed, and Wang Bei's eyes suddenly widened, no, now that the leaves are withering, it is impossible for such a complete tree shadow to appear, not to mention that he has seen it when he enters the room, and there is no tree outside the window at all.
He was about to take a closer look, but he heard Di Qing cough again, and the king sat up next to him, and heard Di Qing say, "Side, wake you up." ”
Wang stood up and walked to the stove, and when he saw that there was still a fire in the charcoal, he gathered the fire with a small hook by the stove, and said, "Master, is it cold, do you want to ask the shop to add some coal?" With that, he turned to look out the window.
Di Qing said: "No need, you can sleep too, it's time to go." ”
Wang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Could it be??" He wanted to say whether it would be the moon to find it, but then he thought that even if Liang Yuexia had the kung fu of flying eaves and walking on the wall, he would not lie out of the window and peek at their master and apprentice.
Di Qing said: "It's a pity that Lord Bao has a good intention, but some things are already predestined. ”
The king got back into the quilt and asked, "What did the teacher say?" ”
Di Qing said: "Do you know that there is a kind of pear in Chenzhou, which is called Qingsha rot. This trip to Chenzhou is more auspicious and less auspicious. Wang Auditor's heart was sad, but there was nothing he could do, he just hoped to find Liang Yuexia as soon as possible, first, to reunite their father and daughter, and secondly, to have Liang Yuexia's strange ability, at least to make a prophetic decision.
Weishi County is not very big, and it has been slipped all over in half a day, except for the king of Bianjing, who will ask the store if he has seen a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, who is quite handsome. Asked one or two places, and the store made him happy. Wang Bei knew that it was not appropriate to ask, whether there were any shadow graphics. Just if there are beautiful girls or not, people will naturally laugh at them.
Seeing that it was noon, he went back to the Di store to find Di Qing and the two to find a tavern to eat. The tavern here is far worse than Bianliang, although it is also hung high, but the decoration of the store is very simple, such a small county naturally does not want to be like Bianjing, there are flowery and colorful courtesans in front of the door. But since the two of them came here for dinner, they didn't like these very much.
The two ordered some wine and food, drank tea and waited for the food to be served. The hotel is not big, with tables and chairs in the store, and diners can see it at a glance. A man came in from outside, dressed as a man, but passing by the two of them, there was a burst of rouge scent. Di Qing frowned, and immediately went to see the man, and the king also paid attention to it. Next to King Di Qing: "This can't be under the moon, right?" ”
The king looked at it and said, "This is also a woman dressed as a man, and she looks pretty too, but this fragrance is a bit bright." Wang next to his mind thought of the moon, the face without fat powder, and the fragrance of a girl who seemed to be nothing. And just passed by this person, although he was also wearing men's clothes, but it was difficult to hide his fat and powder, Wang next to himself thought that he had read countless people, and gave this woman a score of seven points in his heart for the appearance of a man, this woman's facial features are a sign, but her demeanor is not like that of the moon or naughty or shy. It's more brutal and arrogant. Therefore, the overall king of this woman dressed as a man was given a score of 6. But no matter what, in a small county like Weishi County, this woman is definitely a first-class beauty.
The shopkeeper put on the wine and said, "Miss Zhu." What did you order today? Seeing that the woman known as Miss Zhu glared at him fiercely, he hurriedly changed his words: "Master Zhu, the villain's mouth is wrong again, what do you think you order?" ”
Miss Zhu said: "I didn't come here to drink and eat. ”
The shopkeeper said: "That's good, that's good, I'll make you a pot of tea, you sit first." Then he turned around and went to make tea for Miss Zhu.
Seeing the shopkeeper like this, Wang was curious, and he asked Di Qing: "Teacher, do you say that this woman is the daughter of the shopkeeper." ”
Di Qing ignored him, he was wandering, what would his daughter look like in men's clothes? Seeing that Di Qing ignored him, Wang turned his head to look at the girl, he remembered Liang Yuexia, when he looked at Liang Yuexia like this, Yuexia blushed and avoided his target. But this Miss Zhu didn't blush, not only did she not blush, but she also turned her head and said to Xiao Er: "Come here, blow this person away!" ”
The king thought that he had misheard, that this girl had let people coax her away. Xiao Er looked embarrassed and said in a low voice: "Miss, no, no, no, eldest son, it's not easy to do some business." Doesn't this offend the guests and run away? ”
The girl slapped the table: "Who told you to open the door for business?" Do you go or don't go? ”
Xiao Er looked at the girl and looked at the king, and then looked back and forth. With his head down, he walked to Di Qing's table next to the king and said, "Two officials, are you ...... Why don't you change your home to eat, or where do you two live, and I'll send you to the house? ”
When the king heard this, he almost lost his temper, he stood up and said, "This son, we have never known each other, why don't you let us eat here?" ”
Miss Zhu said: "I don't want you to eat, I don't want him to open a shop......" She pointed at Xiao Er, and when she turned her face, Xiao Er didn't know where to hide.
Miss Zhu saw Xiao Er's back running to the back kitchen, so she chased in, and said while chasing: "Lu Shenyan, you stop for me." ”
The people who ate in the restaurant all laughed, and the king said: Why don't we change it? Di Qing said: "Forget it, if the kitchen has already been cooked, wouldn't it be a waste, wait a minute." ”
As he was talking, the cotton curtain of the tavern was raised, and a large man walked in, his accent was not like that of the locals, and he came in to find a place to sit down, and saw a few tables of people sitting in the house to eat. Only the store greets. He shouted, "Shop, shop"
Xiao Er came out of the back kitchen, and chased after the eldest prince Zhu who was holding a kitchen knife. Xiao Er avoided her while circling around the table, and said, "Tiger Lady, listen to me...... I'm not the material for fame. My father left me this little bit of family money, do you think I'm easy, Tiger Lady, oops. ”
Xiao Er ran and bumped into the big one, and when he saw the girl running closer, the big man grabbed the girl's wrist, and the girl's tears came down. Xiao Er hurriedly said: "Uncle, let go, this is my daughter-in-law who has not passed the door"
The crowd burst into laughter. The big man quickly let go of his hand. Miss Zhu wiped her tears and went out, and Xiao Er hurriedly chased her out. This small tavern left a few tables of people eating, and the big ones who hadn't understood it yet, and were stunned.
"What's going on?" The big man said.
The people of the county at the side table laughed, "This is a common thing, the tavern is the second little one, that girl was originally the daughter of the county lord, but she is a concubine, and his mother is a courtesan in Bianjing City, so that the county lord can take a fancy and bring it back." The county lord traveled west a few years ago, and the main house promised this girl to Lu Shenyan. Shen Yan is also a hard-working child, and he has been experiencing this store for many years. His father is gone, and these teenage kids carry the shop. That is, our old neighbor, who takes care of his business. ”
The big one nodded after listening, and Wang Bi and Di Qing also understood. The big man was embarrassed and said, "How about eating?" ”
The people of this county said: "We are all used to it, and we will go to the wine tank to make some dishes by ourselves, not have ready-made dishes, so let's get some first." When he stopped fighting, he came back. ”
After hearing this, the big man scratched his head, Di Qing said: "This virtuous brother, we have just ordered food, but it should be faster than you order food again, it's really good and there are more, why don't you come over and sit down and eat together." The king looked at Di Qing strangely. Di Qing whispered: "This person is a fierce general, it is really gratifying. ”
The big ones were not polite, and sat down at the same table with them after saying hello. After a while, Xiao Er came back, greeted everyone, and then as if nothing had happened just now, he served the food to everyone and added wine to the wine.
Di Qing also chatted at this table for a while, and learned that the big man's name was He Libo, and seeing that he was also from other provinces, he asked him where he was going. He Libo said: "I want to go to Chenzhou and defect to General Di Qing"