On the Qingjiang waterway leading from Liyang Dangtu to Xuancheng on the Qingjiang River, merchant ships escorted by warships could often be seen passing by last year. At the beginning of the spring of this year, after the bandits on Qingshui forced the warships of the Qingjiang Water Battalion into the small Hongjiang River, the warships of the Qingjiang Water Battalion only routinely patrolled the Qingjiang River, while merchant ships, fishing boats, and passenger ships passed by on their own. The Qingjiang River, which had been silent for decades, gradually became lively for a while.

Although it has been a long time since I have seen the sentry ships of the bandits haunting the Qingjiang River, there are no warships patrolling the Qingjiang Water Battalion at night, and I always feel that there is no guarantee in my heart, and these merchant ships and passenger ships bound for Xuancheng will dock at night. The momentum of the Liukou in Qingjiangyi is gradually declining, and only three or four thousand people are left in Xuancheng who are sealed in the hills east of Tiankui Village, and they can't come out to make waves.

The dry grass of the winter is draped on the stone edge, and the inscriptions of the three big official books of "Fenglingdu" are covered by half.

The mouth of the Fengling River is only ** zhang wide, there was a sluice gate in the old dynasty, which separated the Fengling River from the Qingjiang River, so as not to get the big water in the Qingjiang River in the summer and poured into the Fengling River Channel, flooding the Fengling River valley with slightly lower terrain.

After Qingjiangyi became a deserted city, the sluice gate was abandoned, and the Fengling River flooded the Qingjiang River once a year. There have been no people on both sides of the Fengling River for a long time, and no one has paid attention to them. After the battle of the Secret Saying, the remnants of the Twelve Kou Leagues were blocked, and the arrogance of the other rogues was extinguished at once, although the Fuzhou side was fighting happily, the people of Qingjiangyi believed that Qingjiang would not be like the Lishui River Valley in a short time, and it would be the same as the grand occasion of decades ago.

The banks of the Fengling River have been silted up for decades, and those who know a little about farming know that as long as the sluices on the Fengling River are repaired, the banks of the Fengling River will become the most fertile and fertile fields.

At this time, the wind and waves have not completely calmed down, and those bold people have gone down the mountain and built a draft house in the Fengling River Valley, saying that they are already residents of the Fengling River, and hope to obtain the fertile land in the valley in the future.

Seeing that there are people constantly gathering here, there are no less than 2,000 people living on both sides of the Fengling River in February, so they have no choice but to push the problem to Xuancheng. Xuancheng's response was very fast, and asked the nearby village to repair the Fengling Gudu, and a few days later, two large wing ships and two sentinel boats were stationed, and at the same time, there were also soldiers of a sentry battalion stationed at the Fengling Ferry.

With the garrison, the merchant ships were willing to tie their boats here and go ashore for the night, and this Fengling ferry immediately became lively, and restaurants, inns, and wine shops sprung up four or five at once. Shao Haitang and Xu Boying saw that the Fengling Ferry was lively, and considering that the people in Qingjiangyi also had a large number of materials coming in and out, they sent a sentry battalion and 500 reserve soldiers to Fenglingdu, and organized the nearby villages to build a dock fort at the mouth of the Fengling River. The construction of the Wubao had just begun, and more people had gathered in the Fengling River valley after receiving the news, and the Fengling Ferry looked like a market town that had begun to take shape in just two months.

The weather in Xiaoyangchun is warm and cold at first. Yesterday, when the first day was in its prime, I was still sweating in a spring shirt, and the north wind blew overnight, and today it was extremely cold. The cloth curtain outside the store danced endlessly in the wind, and the bamboo knots wearing the flag "snapped" on the vertical pole, which made people feel bored to listen to it.

The head of the store looked up at the river outside the window, and the deep forehead lines were like the blue waves of the river wrinkled by the north wind of the quilt, and he thought in his heart: This limelight is flourishing, and most of the boaters will take advantage of this time to travel more, I am afraid that there will be no boats to go ashore.

The head of the store turned around and was about to tell the shopkeeper to clean up, but he heard an exclamation from outside the house: "There is a floating corpse coming down." ”

"How many?" The bearded middle-aged man glanced back, put the flask in his hand on the table, and made a gesture to stand up. A voice came from outside the window: "The three bodies are all soaked in the river water." The middle-aged man muttered "startled" in his mouth, sat down again, saw a lot of wine in the jug spilled on the table, hurriedly lowered his head, and leaned his mouth against the table to suck the wine.

The shopkeeper had never seen such a drinker, so he smiled secretly, greeted a fellow, and hurried out of the house, and the two took out a long bamboo pole with an iron hook tied to their heads from the backyard and walked towards the dock.

"What are you doing with a long pole to the river?" A middle-aged man and a young Confucian poke their heads out of the window.

The shopkeeper turned around and said, "Hook up the dead man and give it to the soldier to be buried, and you can get ten big money." ”

"Just three corpses, a group of you people are struggling to go over, trying to divide the corpses. Come back and give us another jug of wine. The middle-aged man shouted loudly and laughed as he spoke.

The shopkeeper's face was a little unbearable, and he shoved the long bamboo pole into the man's hand and said, "Maybe there was a big battle above last night, you go to the water's edge to keep an eye on it, and if you have it, you will shout loudly." After that, he walked back to the store and shouted, "Just a few pots of rice wine, it's better to go to the water and hook the dead." ”

The young Confucian smiled faintly and said: "We came to Qingjiang for the first time, and we have heard a little about the Qingyan Army, the shopkeeper, you might as well pick a few deeds of the Qingyan Army and tell us, the reward is not less than yours, it is better than you going to the waterside to hook the dead." ”

The shopkeeper immediately smiled, but felt that it was too revealing, so he went in and gave them hot wine with a sneer.

The young Confucian asked the shopkeeper to put another pair of chopsticks, poured him a bowl of wine, and said, "I asked the shopkeeper for this bowl of wine." The ** customers in the store came to Qingjiang for the first time in many years, and they moved the wine and food to the table next to them together, and listened to what the owner of the store said about the deeds of the Qingyan Army.

The shopkeeper poured down the wine in one go, and the juice dripped down his sparse beard, and the middle-aged man felt distressed for a while, but he hoped that he would hurry up and say something. Most of the people in the meeting were not optimistic about the development of the Qingyan Army in Qingjiang Mansion, but Gongzi insisted on going to Qingjiang in person to discuss it again. Xijing, Luochuan, Jining, Jiangjin, Yongyang, everywhere talk about Qingyanjun and Xu Ruyu, Gongzi listened silently, but now he took the initiative to listen, thinking that he saw the huge changes in Fenglingdu compared with four years ago, which touched Gongzi.

Every time the guests who go to Xuancheng from here will inquire about the deeds of the Qingyan Army and General Qingfeng, the shopkeeper also grinds out a good mouth, and is thinking about where to say, the light in the store suddenly dimmed, and when he looked sideways, the two girls stood side by side at the door. The face is backed by light, and the appearance is not real.

The two of them walked towards the house, and looked at the beautiful woman who looked like she had stepped down from the painting and smiled softly at him, and the shopkeeper only felt his heart tighten, and looked at it in a daze. The young Confucian nudged him lightly and said, "The guests are here, you greet them first, and then tell you about the deeds of the Qingyan Army." ”

The stunning woman in front of her has a gentle expression, like a thrush with a pleasant spring breeze, a thin face as white as the moon and a slight red face blown by the wind, and a section of the neck that is exposed is like clotted fat and smooth and white, the water green oblique placket is a large plain flower jacket, and the dark green lake silk pleated skirt is rusted with deeper water lines and floating lotus. Behind her was a beautiful girl, Qiushui's eyes revealed some coldness, and she frowned slightly and looked at the shopkeeper stunned, and scolded lightly: "Quickly set up a clean table, why are you stunned?" ”

The shopkeeper stood up in a panic, and unexpectedly, the wine bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and with a "snap", it was split into several petals. The porcelain in Qingjiang Mansion now needs to be purchased from other places, and the price is very expensive, and the shopkeeper has a bitter face to pick up the broken porcelain. The young Confucian said, "This bowl is mine, and you will count it later." ”

"Why are the hands and feet of the store so unfavorable, how can you be embarrassed to let the customers pay if you break it?" The woman said.

The shopkeeper stood aside, looked at the young Confucian student, and then at the beautiful girl, not knowing what to say.

"Sleeves, when you get to Qingjiang, you won't rein in ......"

The glamorous girl's face turned red, and she silently found an empty table and sat down. The stunning woman smiled lightly and said, "I heard that you are going to talk about the Qingyan Army, and the shopkeeper may as well let me invite the wine." ”

When the young Confucian heard the name of "Sleeve", his heart moved, and when he heard the woman in front of him say this again, he thought about it and said, "Miss Ruying wants to invite the shopkeeper for this drink, how dare I not let it?" ”

"Huh, how did you guess?" Sleeve turned his head and asked.

"In the past two years, the matter of General Qingfeng has spread tightly, and the righteous deeds of the sleeve girl and the girl Ruying in Yongyang City have also been widely spread."

Shui Ruying left Yongyang two years ago, and scattered the flower boat, and the two of them found a secluded place to live, deliberately avoiding Xu Ruyu's news, sorting out the music scores collected in the past, and occasionally composing new songs but they were sad and sad, and finally said that they couldn't solve it, and the starry sky fragrance sword created by Xu Ruyu danced to the extreme, and people said that they were thin. Sleeve thought to himself that if he didn't look for anything else to do, it would be difficult to recuperate if he was sick. The two of them came out again, hired a passenger boat, and finally said that the rivers and lakes were overflowing, at this time, the two of them were getting higher and higher, and they were not afraid of the rivers and lakes.

Shui Ruying smiled faintly and said: "Ruying is just at the right time, and Yongyang City was saved by relying on the flesh and blood of 20,000 soldiers and the impromptu decision of General Qingfeng. ”

The matter of Shui Ruying and Xu Ruyu was very happy at the beginning, and then Jiang Youli appeared, and Shui Ruying disappeared in front of the eyes of the world.

The shopkeeper heard that she had something to do with Xu Ruyu, but he didn't think so, and thought: General Qingfeng is famous, who doesn't want to have something to do with him. But looking at the water like a shadow and a beautiful flower, I thought again: Beauty has always been a hero, maybe she really has something to do with General Qingfeng, and they all say how beautiful Mrs. is like a fairy, I think this woman in front of me is really comparable to a fairy.

The middle-aged man grabbed the wine bowl and said loudly: "Miss Ruying is tuning the piano in front of the two armies, and her courage makes me admire, and I Gu Changhuai drank this glass of wine to show my respect." ”

The young Confucian had no intention of coming to Qingjiang this time to contact the people of the Qingyan Army, so he kept hiding his true identity, and only indicated that he was a Confucian student who traveled to study, and now Gu Changhuai, who was accompanying him, was violent and self-defeating, and he couldn't hide it, so he stood up, bowed and lowered his voice and said: "Donglin Xiao Yizhi, I have seen the girl like a shadow." ”

Gu Changhuai, who left the knife in his hand, was the guest of the Donglin Society, and Xiao Yizhi was the eldest son of the Donglin Society, Shui Ruying was a little surprised, thinking of Xuancheng before this trip, there was an embarrassment of being spied on, and said: "Xiao Gongzi also cares about the affairs of the Qingyan Army?" ”

"General Qingfeng became famous in Donghai County, and the prestige of Rong Yanmen back then was no more than that. The battle of Yantan and Secret said made him more famous, and no one in the world could overshadow him, and now there are two rumors in the world, one is the restructuring of the Xun family in Fenjun, and the other is the rise of the Qingyan Army in Qingjiang, of course, I am not exempt from vulgarity. ”

"The restructuring of Fen County, although it is spread in the south, few people know the details, the two seem to come from the north, please explain one or two." The guest at the table next to him was looking over with his wine glass in his hand.

The man was thirty-four or five years old, with a narrow face, a faint scar on the arch of his left eyebrow, and he spoke very elegantly, and his eyes were shining, but he was a rare good hand.

Xiao Yizhi said: "There was once a saying in the world: Those who get the six handsomes can lead to the world, that is, as long as one of the six handsomes helps, the hegemony can be profitable." The head of the six Jun is the father of Qingfeng General Xu Ruyu, when Xu Xing helped Southern Fujian to eliminate the bandits, and helped Donghai County to drive out the Puji bandits. It's a pity that Xu Xing died in the hands of the Qingzhou rebels. Xiao Yiren paused for a moment, saw that everyone's faces showed a look of pity, and thought: Although Xu Xing is famous, why is it taboo by the family. continued: "The world only hears the name of 'Liujun', but the specific person represented by Liujun is not known to the world. ”

The person with a scar on the arch of his eyebrows said: "I only know that the Xun family appointed him to be the county guard of Fen County at the beginning of last year and presided over the restructuring of Fen County, but I have never heard of this person before." ”

"He is the hidden jun of the six. After the rebellion of Xiangfanhui, the power of the Xun family was weak, and gradually there was no way to resist the momentum of the Hulan people in the north. ”

"Hmph, the Xun family's power is weak?" The eyebrow scar snorted coldly and interrupted Xiao Yizhi's words.

Xiao Yizhi smiled faintly and said: "Everyone in the world spreads this, and I am just hearsay." ”

"Xiangfan will be in turmoil and it is not the place under the jurisdiction of the Xun family, and the power of the Xun family will be damaged, but I think it may not be known that the Xun family wants to take the opportunity of restructuring to expand its power to the entire Fen County. The implementation of the county system, the first thing to change is the military system of the guard army and the battalion army, except for the Xun people, other families can not have private soldiers, set up the prefecture and county, all officials are from the Xun family, these two alone, it can be seen that Fen County is the Fen County of the Xun family, I don't see a few years, Xun to Tai is going to weigh the system. The eyebrow scar said coldly.

Xiao Yizhi treated it indifferently and didn't answer his words. A person next to him asked in surprise: "The Xun family is the system, and the world's families are vying to follow suit, so won't the world be torn apart?" ”

"That's it, although Yiguanyuan is listed in Liujun, he actually harbors evil intentions and wants to tear our big country apart."

Xiao Yizhi looked at the eyebrow scar coldly and said nothing. Shui Ruying lowered his head, his thoughts were full of thoughts, and he vaguely felt that Yiguanyuan's various measures were beneficial to the people's livelihood, and he didn't seem to have other ambitions, but he didn't know how to refute his words, frowned lightly, sat down slowly, and didn't speak.

Gu Changhuai smiled coldly and said loudly: "This gentleman has a high opinion, but may I ask you, what is the difference between the world and the broken up now?" ”

The shopkeeper put wine and food on the table of Shui Ruying, and when he saw that the atmosphere was abnormal, he sneered: "Divide or not, but we ordinary people only hope to live in peace. You think, what kind of character General Qingfeng is, he never wants the world to be in chaos. ”

Xiao Yizhi was slightly surprised when he saw the shopkeeper say this, and asked, "This Fengling also needs to be placed in the county?" ”

"There are many sayings, this is nothing, leaning on the corner of the wall and basking in the face, right and wrong will be born. A few days ago, a guest who passed by also said that the Qingyan Army would only defend the Lishui River Valley in the end, and the places outside the river valley would be abandoned, and this Fenglingdu was still thirty miles away from Tiankui Village, and he asked us to close the store as soon as possible, who believed him. What he said is the way, the Puji bandits, the Fan family, the Zhu family, and the analysis all say that the Qingyan Army can only retreat to the Lishui River Valley and avoid the Puji bandits. But he forgot the key point, General Qingfeng is here, when he was in Donghai County, Gongliang Youqin will not be planted, and he will plant it this time. ”

"You can't say that, there are 80,000 Puji troops who have landed, and the Puji Water Battalion has 1,000 warships, and the strength of the Qingyan Army is weak." One guest couldn't help but interject.

Xiao Yizhi was silent, few people in the meeting were optimistic about Xu Ruyu's situation in Yuejun, but he wanted to see the opinions of the locals in Qingjiang.

The shopkeeper smiled: "How to fight a war is something that General Qingfeng has to consider, I don't know; Even if you know, you can't tell you. The crowd burst into laughter.

The shopkeeper pointed out the window and said, "The Qingjiang water battalion is fighting on the river, and even the corpses of the enemy will be buried, and this benevolence and righteousness will not be seen even if they go all over the world." When the person first died, his body sank, and it would take a while for him to float up, so the Blue Flame Army offered a reward to collect the body and bury it. ”

Gu Changhuai said: "The Qingyan Army also produces characters like 'Chef Wei'. ”

"How is General Wei not? If there is no General Wei, can you still cross the Qingjiang River leisurely? ”

Gu Changhuai saw the shopkeeper at the beginning, but now he said this unceremoniously, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with relief: "I said it wrong, this glass of wine is for you, I see that there are heroes and heroes in the river." ”

The shopkeeper's tone also softened, and he said apologetically: "We don't know what kind of reputation General Wei has spread outside, and we don't care, but in the eyes of Qingjiang people, he is a famous man." ”

"What about General Liang Bao, he usually looks at his pockets, how can he be considered a man?"

The shopkeeper turned his head and saw his sleeves looking at himself with a smile, but he couldn't get angry in his heart, and secretly scolded himself for being useless, but he said: "Of course, General Liang is also a man, but he usually doesn't have a fight, last month, he led people over to change the guard, I thought he was an ordinary sergeant, and asked him to help me carry a bag of rice, and he carried it, and drank a sip of water at my house, and said several times 'thank you'......"

Sleeves laughed out loud and said to Ruying: "He's still so stupid." The pink face flushed, and he didn't dare to look at Ruying when he lowered his head, for fear that she would laugh at herself.

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