"If you want to boil porridge with kudzu, soak the rice in water overnight, and then stir the rice and arrowroot powder evenly into the pot. After this porridge is boiled out, it is not only soft and smooth and palatable, but also fragrant and refreshing, and regulates the ...... of the body" Pei Bei said this, 'poof' smiled, shook her head and said: "I don't remember much." ”

In front of Xiao Buyi, there was a bowl of kudzu porridge, fragrant. He couldn't believe that this bowl of porridge was boiled out by Pei Bei.

Pei Bei really doesn't look like a woman who makes a pot of porridge, she is more like a woman who makes a pot of porridge. But these days, she has changed so much that Xiao Buyi can hardly recognize her.

She still hasn't taken off her makeup, but she has changed into another ordinary outfit, and she is still a man, but after all, she is not so annoying. Although she knew that Xiao Buyi was not the kind of man who paid attention to a woman's appearance, she still didn't want Xiao Buyi to see her haggard appearance.

"Why don't you drink it?" Pei Bei asked anxiously, "But do you think my skills are not good?" ”

"I, I'm just smelling it." Xiao Buyi picked up the spoon, took a sip of porridge, and said with a smile: "I have never drunk such delicious porridge in my life." ”

Pei Bei's smile was as bright as a flower, "Brother Xiao, I never knew before, there are so many ways to cook porridge, and I didn't expect that cooking porridge is also very happy." ”

After Xiao Buyi slowly drank the bowl of porridge, he nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't know that a bowl of porridge would be prepared by you since yesterday, and I didn't expect it, but I was also very happy to drink porridge." ”

After Pei Bei saw Xiao Buyi finish drinking the porridge, she served another bowl for him, Xiao Buyi did not refuse, and drank it again. Pei Bei didn't serve the third bowl, looked at Xiao Buyi and said: "It's good to eat at most eight minutes full, overeating is not good for your health, you have to remember it in the future." ”

"I really can't see that you can't be a killer in the future, but you can also be a cook." Xiao Buyi patted his stomach and smiled.

"Although the weather is warm, it is still a little cold at night, you seem to be careful, and you have always been careless to yourself," Pei Bei said again: "You have to pay more attention to this." ”

Xiao Buyi's smile was already a little reluctant, Pei Bei ignored his smile, thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "I don't know what else to tell you, I have never cared about others." I'm going to go out and dig up herbs with Dr. Leshen, and although I still haven't removed the root of the disease, I'm feeling better lately and can do some simple things. Doctor Le Shen is very concerned about me, has been teaching me the truth of health, step by step, I still can't climb the mountain, but the distance is getting farther and farther, no longer soft and no strength, he asked me to follow the medicine, but it is to exercise to enhance my physique, I went out to collect medicine this time, I will come back at noon. ”

"I'll wait for you." Xiao Buyi finally said.

Pei Bei's eyes were filled with tears, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, "You don't have to wait for me, you should go." ”

Xiao Buyi was silent, Pei Bei came over to help Xiao Buyi, who was sitting, tidy up his collar, and looked left and right for a long time, "You have been with me for too long, and now that April has passed, you must go to Jiangdu in early May, you can't delay any longer." ”

"Maybe a few more days." Xiao Buyi smiled: "I am reluctant to leave you." ”

Pei Bei raised her head, sighed faintly, and when she lowered her head again, she finally suppressed her tears.

"I am also reluctant to leave you, after I know that I have a terminal illness, I just want to be with you all the time." Pei Bei said softly: "I know I'm selfish, because you have too many things to do, but I really can't afford to leave you." I was just thinking, this is my last selfishness. ”

Xiao Buyi held Pei Bei's hand, "No one is not selfish, and I am the same, but things happen every day, and if you want to do it, you will never be able to finish it." ”

Pei Bei also clenched Xiao Buyi's hand, "But now it's different, I now eat coarse tea and light rice every day, and I do trivial chores in my eyes, but I can feel that my body is getting better day by day, and I believe that I will be fine, so I can no longer pretend to leave you by my side as if nothing happened." I told myself, Pei Bei won't cry today, Brother Xiao, this bowl of porridge was prepared by me last night, and the send-off porridge I boiled for you today, there are some things, I know that only you can do it, I wish you a smooth journey. ”

When she said this, she still looked at Xiao Buyi, although she was reluctant in her eyes, she was resolute, she didn't like to drag mud and water.

Xiao Buyi slowly stood up, "Then take care, remember, I won the bet, I said that I would marry you, but you are not allowed to rely on the skin." ”

Pei Bei threw herself into Xiao Buyi's arms, hugged Xiao Buyi tightly, and said in a low voice: "Never be a skin." ”

Xiao Buyi hugged Pei Bei's delicate body, and sighed in his heart, he had been in this Taiping Village for more than half a month, and he couldn't help but leave, but he didn't think that it was Pei Bei who proposed to let him go, Pei Bei said that she didn't care about people, but he knew that she was more careful than anyone else.

I don't know how long it took, Pei Bei gently left Xiao Buyi's arms and said softly, "Brother Xiao, it's time for me to go." ”

She didn't say anything about Xiao Buyi's departure, she just carried a small basket of medicine on her back, turned around and walked out of the courtyard, but the moment she left, she couldn't help but look back, and seeing Xiao Buyi looking at herself, Pei Beiyan smiled and said: "Brother Xiao, when you and I see each other again, it will be when you marry me." ”

Xiao Buyi saw that Pei Bei was finally gone, so he slowly walked out of the courtyard gate, and when he returned to the place where he lived, he found that Sun Shaofang and the others were all packing up and getting ready and going out.

"Do what?" Xiao Buyi asked strangely.

"Brother Bei said yesterday that we will leave today." Sun Shaofang was also a little stunned and said, "Lord Xiao, we should indeed set off." ”

"Boss Xiao, everything is cleaned up." Ah Rust said aside.

Xiao Buyi already understood that Pei Bei was not parting on a whim, but had already prepared, "Let's go, it's time to go." ”

"Boss Xiao doesn't have to worry too much." Sun Shaofang comforted: "Although I don't know how to see a doctor, but for more than half a month, Brother Bei seems to be a day by day, and it is obvious to all, he is now recuperating with peace of mind, and when we turn back from Jiangdu, Guan Bao is a lively Brother Bei at that time." ”

Xiao Buyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for your comfort, Shaofang, let's go." ”

Zhou Muru and Ah Rust had already prepared everything, everyone rode out of Taiping Village, Xiao Buyi was on the road, and subconsciously looked back at the hill not far away, which was where Pei Bei and Le Shenyi often collected medicine.

Xiao Bu circled the horse around, just waved his hand and continued to move forward. Sun Shaofang and the others were puzzled, but Xiao Buyi knew what climbing the mountainside meant to Pei Bei, who was now frail!

Pei Bei watched everyone go out of the village from a distance on the mountainside, and finally disappeared, and then sat down, although there was sweat on his forehead, his expression was joyful and relaxed.

"You shouldn't have climbed this high today, and you must not rush to recover." Doctor Le looked at Pei Bei with a smile.

Pei Bei didn't look back, but just asked: "Doctor Leshen, you can be my grandfather, but have you tried to love someone irrepressibly?" ”

Doctor Le Shen smiled, gently pounded the soil at the root of a medicinal herb, and muttered, "Everyone has had a young age, and of course I am the same, so I am only persuading you, not dissuading ......"

**Xiao Buyi stayed in Taiping Village for a long time, and he acted cheaply anyway, and no one understood what he was going to do. After all, few people know about Yang Guang's wish, and more people think that he is just going south to fight the autumn wind.

After turning back to Liang County, Xiao Buyi did not delay and continued to take the boat down to the southeast.

Xiao Buyi didn't see Yang Guang often patrolling south from the Grand Canal, but he knew that the opened canal greatly facilitated his southward journey.

The opening of the Grand Canal is to make use of natural rivers and old channels, just like the Great Wall of Qin Shi Huang, which has more or less inherited the foundation of the past. The canal is centered on Luoyang, leading to Zhuojun in the northeast and extending to Yuhang in the southwest.

The Tongji Canal starts from the Xiyuan of Luoyang, leads the two rivers of Luoyang and Luoyang to the Yellow River, and then dredges the canal and enters the Huai River. It passes through Xingyang, Yongqiu and Liang County. Xiao Buyi and his entourage went from the Tongji Canal to Shanyang on both sides of the Huaishui, but they did not dismount, but went directly down the Huaishui River and turned into the ditch. Hangou is one of the four sections of the canal, it was opened by Wu Wangfu in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yang Guang carried out the dredging and expansion, and directly connected the Huaishui and the Yangtze River, and the end of Xiao Buyi's south ditch is Jiangdu. However, the canal has not yet been completed when it reaches Jiangdu, and it continues to lead the water of the Yangtze River from Jingkou to Yuhang, and enters the Qiantang River before it is finished.

Xiao Buyi looked at the outline of Yangzhou City from afar, and felt the journey all the way, quite emotional.

The canal construction from Luoyang to Jiangdu is more than 2,000 miles, the length of the Yongji Canal is also similar, coupled with the ditch and the Jiangnan River, the Grand Canal can be said to be a spectacular miracle that has not been seen since ancient times, the four sections of the canal connect the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, through the six major regions of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, at this time, it is really the main artery of north-south traffic.

Xiao Buyi traveled all the way south, that is, along the main artery to Yangzhou City in Jiangdu County.

Yangzhou City stands beside the river, silently watching the busy outside of the city and the prosperity inside the city. Yangzhou City belongs to Jiangdu County, which is actually the most prosperous city in the Great Sui except Luoyang and Chang'an.

Because from Yangzhou down the Yangtze River, you can go to overseas Ryukyu, Waguo, and Nanyang and other places, and bring back rare treasures that are difficult to see in the Central Plains, such as rhino horn, pearls, ivory, Boli and so on, which are quite profitable, and what merchants use to exchange is just the ordinary things of the Great Sui, so this place has always been the same as Zhangye, and it is also a place where merchants gather.

Yang Guang has always attached great importance to overseas trade, and after the early years of the Great Cause, he often sent envoys to visit the terracotta Nanyang and other places, and traded with overseas countries with silk, silk, silk cotton and other common things of the Great Sui, and encouraged countries to return to visit and trade. Yangzhou has convenient water conservancy and is the most important trade frontier for the Great Sui to overseas.

When Xiao Buyi arrived at the official ferry port outside Yangzhou, the riverside wharf was already full of large and small ships, both official and private. In the bustling and busy, people do not feel any signs of war.

After the three big ships came to a stop, a reception official at the wharf had already come forward to inquire, although the official was arrogant and very strict about the ships coming and going on the river, and he knew that the size of the big ship was extraordinary, and he had already put on a respectful face.

When he learned that it was the servant Shaoqing from Kyoto, the reception official just didn't lick Xiao Buyi's big toes, Xiao Buyi didn't want to alarm too many people, and he said that he was also a private visit, and everyone didn't have to know about changing the feng shui of the cemetery, just keep a low profile. Since he heard that Chen Xuanhua was thrifty, he also persuaded Yang Guang to be thrifty, and he respected her well.

In this era of male superiority and inferiority of women, many women are just goods and gifts, even the women of the Shi clan are no exception, otherwise what is the eldest grandson, Li Caiyu, Li Meier and his own Lori wife-to-be Yuan Qiaoxi will not become a bargaining chip to win over young talents, although Chen Xuanhua is unlucky, he has done a good thing for the people of the world, even if he has been benefited, he cannot but say that it is a rare woman.

Xiao Buyi felt that it was better to do things according to the rules, Chen Xuanhua didn't like extravagance, he was like this, and he had a few polite words with the reception officials at the moment, and he quietly entered Yangzhou City with Sun Shaofang, Ah Rust and others early.

There were a lot of guards he followed, all of them were restrained by Sun Shaofang, and he went to the official hotel in Yangzhou City to settle down first. Xiao Buyi gave them some pocket money early, so that they should not alarm the people, otherwise they would ruin their own affairs, and the saint would be angry, and he could not do anything.

Xiao Buyi was thoughtful, and all the guards said yes, saying that whoever wants to make trouble for Lord Xiao will not need to ask Lord Xiao, everyone will throw him to the Yangtze River to feed the turtles. Xiao Buyi knew that the guards were also ruthless, so he asked Sun Shaofang to take the guards out to play, but he took Zhou Muru and Ah Rust to travel to this ancient capital.

'Ten miles long street market is connected, and the fairy is seen on the moonlight bridge', 'On the moonlit night of the twenty-four bridge, where can the jade teach? Thinking of these famous sentences that have been recited through the ages, Xiao Buyi is full of yearning for this land of bright moons in ancient times.

The two bright moon is the praise of the ancients to Yangzhou, the origin comes from the Tang Dynasty Xu Ning's poem reminiscing about Yangzhou, Xu Ning praised the moonlit night of Yangzhou, this is what to say, 'the world is divided into three bright moon nights, and the two scoundrels are Yangzhou.' Later generations yearn for Yangzhou like a dream, and most of them replace Yangzhou with two bright moons.

When he arrived in the city, Xiao Buyi found that most of the ancients liked nightlife, so he respected Mingyue. When I came to see it during the day, I only saw the traffic, the head was hanging high, there were no gods on the bridge, and it was full of laypeople who wanted to see the gods like themselves. Mingyue is not there, and the jade man doesn't know where to teach who to blow the flute, and there is no trace of him.

However, Yangzhou and Xiao Buyi's long-term eastern capital have something in common, that is, the rivers in the city are vertical and horizontal, and the water system is quite developed.

The twenty-four bridges are just imaginary fingers, there are no less than 100 stone arch bridges on the river here, the home is by the water, and the flowers on both sides of the river. Xiao Buyi suddenly discovered that although people are still laymen, flowers are fairy flowers.

He was in a good time, it was the romantic season of Yangzhou Qionghua.

Qionghua is a famous flower through the ages, not charming in color, not intoxicating in fragrance, but it blooms on both sides of the river, elegant and unique, no one can compare.

As soon as the breeze is sent, the fresh air is blowing in the face, and the flower branches are swaying, just like the grace of a pure girl, delicate and elegant.

Qionghua is as white as jade, and the end is 'beautiful in jasmine, smiling roses in the earth, but narcissus can be and its leisure, and Jiangmei seems to be the same as its clear lady. ’

Xiao Buyi looked at the swaying flowers on both sides of the strait, dancing like butterflies playing with beads, and was also intoxicated for a while, and it was difficult to extricate himself.

He had seen the snow in the eastern capital, but he didn't expect to see another snow when he went south to Yangzhou.

The tall tree is adorned with white jade flowers, at first glance, the sky is shrouded like snow, but at a closer look, it is more brilliant than snow, and it is better than the crystalline.

Xiao Buyi sniffed, sighed for no reason, indulged in the beautiful scenery, and forgot everything for a while. Ah Rust and Zhou Muru were also intoxicated by the Qionghua and clear water, and they were silent for a long time.

However, even if it is a fairyland, in the eyes of some people, it is no different from a thatched house after seeing it for a long time.

The three of them are looking at the Qionghua on both sides of the strait, but the people in the market are just noisy and noisy, looking at the goods in my hand, the copper money in your hand, for the beautiful scenery around you has long been commonplace, most of them wish that this Qionghua turned into flour better.

Suddenly, a few gongs sounded in the city, and suddenly there was a 'coaxing' sound in the streets and alleys, and all the people seemed to be attracted to the east by an invisible gravitational force.

Xiao Buyi and the three of them temporarily broke away from the fairyland, looking at the world, and they didn't know why.

"Boss Xiao, what's the matter?" Ah Ru asked in a low voice, "Could it be a rebellion by the people?" ”

Xiao Buyi shook his head, "You think I'm an immortal and know everything?" He took a few steps to the side, came to a vendor and asked, "Dare you ask what they are doing?" ”

"Buying something?" If the hawker is looking forward to it.

Xiao Buyi said in his heart that the Qionghua on both sides of the river, the endless river water does not seem to be able to wash away the qi of your market, and what is close to Zhu Zhechi does not necessarily look correct. took out a few pennies and threw them on the stall, picked up a child's whistle-like handicraft, and then asked with a smile, "Can you tell me now?" ”

The peddler finally smiled, "It's going to kill someone." ”

Xiao Buyi frowned, "What's so nice about killing?" ”

"It's not nice to kill someone." The peddler's eyes lit up, "Guest officer, if I don't guard this stall for fear of losing something, I will also go to see the murder." You don't know, the executioner's knife is sharper than the butcher's machete, the back of the knife is thicker than the palm of the hand, a knife can be at least dozens of catties, a knife can be cut down, the head falls to the ground, blood splashes out at once, and some can run a few feet away......"

"There's nothing to see about killing people, we kill people all day long." Ah Rust said on the side: "Boss Xiao, it's better to eat." ”

When the peddler heard Ah Rust say that he killed people all day long, his face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't dare to say anything like a chilling cicada. After looking at Ah Rust carefully, he saw that his face was rusty, like the condensation of residual blood after killing, and he regretted his boasting.

Many people live too plain lives, and of course they will show off their differences, and the hawker just saw the three people who seemed to be from out of town, and originally wanted to brag about killing people, but they didn't expect to meet a murder expert.

Xiao Buyi said with a smile, "Although we kill people all day long, it's the first time we've encountered so many people watching the killing, and I don't know who we want to kill?" ”

The peddler saw Xiao Buyi looking at him with a smile, as if he was thinking about where to get the knife, and said tremblingly, "Yes, the one who wants to kill is the former head of Jiangdu, the current palace supervisor Zhang Heng Zhang." ”

Xiao Buyi was slightly stunned and muttered, "It turned out to be him." ”

The hawker couldn't see Xiao Buyi's intentions and didn't dare to respond, but Ah Rust asked, "Boss, do you know Zhang Heng, the head of Jiangdu?" ”

Xiao Buyi shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Seeing that the hawker was frightened, Xiao Buyi took the two brothers away a little longer, and then said: "Although I don't know this Zhang Heng, I know that he offended the saint and was falsely accused by Wang Shichong, but I didn't expect him to live until now." ”

Of course, Xiao Buyi knew that Zhang Heng, the palace supervisor of Jiangdu, had already put Zhang Heng together when Wang Shichong entered Beijing, saying that he was cutting corners and buying people's hearts with Yang Guang's things, Yang Guang's anger at the beginning Xiao Buyi also saw it, he originally thought that with Yang Guang's surname, people would be executed Zhang Heng non-stop, but he didn't expect that it was now April before Zhang Heng was beheaded.

He is far from being ignorant when he first arrived in the Eastern Capital, and he knows that this Zhang Heng actually has a great background, of course, when Yang Guang was also the general manager, he was quite friendly with several people, Yang Su, Yu Wenshu, and this Zhang Heng are all people who do their best for him to win the world. Yang Guang was able to become the emperor, and this Zhang Heng also contributed a lot. Originally, this Zhang Heng also worked as a doctor of imperial history, and he was quite trusted by Yang Guang, but he was dedicated to the emperor's sake, and forgot to pat himself on the back, so he said that there were many years of hard labor, and the people were tired, and I hoped that the saint would pay attention to it and reduce the labor a little. Yang Guang was not happy when he heard this, so he said to the ministers in front of him, Zhang Heng, this kid thinks that hard work is high, and he always thinks that it is his planning that allows me to get the world. After Yang Guang said this, he sent Zhang Heng to Yulin to be a guard, where there is always to guard against the Turks, the climate is bitter and cold, obviously he is rectifying him, and then he is degraded again and again, let him supervise the construction of the palace in Jiangdu, I didn't expect Wang Shichong, a sycophant expert, to add fuel to the fire, saying that Zhang Heng bought people's hearts, that is, he wanted to put Zhang Heng to death.

When Xiao Buyi thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh that he understood that he was like a tiger, how to do it is not like that at all?

Others see the majesty of the saint because they don't know the hole cards of the saint, but you Zhang Heng even saw Yang Guang's underwear, needless to say, Yang Guang has long looked at you unpleasantly. He has seen a lot of difficulties in this world, but he is blessed and shared with Xiao Buyi, Yang Su is not cured of his illnesses and hard work, he just wants to die early, Yuwen Shu has always said nothing, what Yang Guang said, he should live to be more than seventy years old, but this Zhang Heng is only afraid of a long life, so he keeps admonishing Yang Guang.

Xiao Buyi saw that there was a restaurant on the opposite side of the river, which was quite spacious and spacious, and it was noon to see the time, so he didn't want to see the beheading, but said, "Let's eat, the people take food as the sky." ”

Ah Rust and Zhou Muru both readily agreed, Zhou Muru was generous, rarely said, and this time he couldn't help but say: "Boss, I heard that Yangzhou is the most famous for food and Qionghua, I saw this Qionghua, it is really beautiful, the boss will break the time, how about we have a good meal?" ”

Xiao Buyi gently patted him on the shoulder, "Muru, your request is simple. ”

Ah Rust smiled and said, "That's all he has." ”

Zhou Muru blushed and said, "Then what do you have to say, say it and listen to it?" ”

Ah Rust thought for a long time before saying: "I just want to follow the boss and see the world, and I don't expect any three wives and four concubines in the future, just find a mother-in-law who can give birth to a baby, and give me a bunch of babies when the time comes. ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and patted him on the shoulder again, "Ah Rust's request doesn't seem to be difficult to achieve." ”

"And what about your request, boss?" Zhou Muru and Ah Rust both asked.

Xiao Buyi actually thought about it for a long time, "I don't have any big ambitions, I just want to count the money until my hands cramp." ”

The two brothers were laughing, knowing that Xiao Buyi was joking again, and crossed the river with him to the other side. Although it was noon, most of the diners went to see the beheading, and many seats were vacated.

The three of them picked up a position near the river, looked at the Qionghua that was close at hand, smelled the fragrance secretly, and couldn't help but feel happy.

Ah Rust and Zhou Muru are rarely in such a prosperous place, and when they enter this kind of restaurant, they only feel that the ground is bright and sparkling, which makes people panic, Xiao Buyi is a servant Shaoqing after all, and he has seen it a hundred times more than this, of course he doesn't think anything, he took out the ingot of gold and put it on the table and said: "Man, come and report the name of the dish." ”

When the guy saw Xiao Buyi take out the ingot of gold and put it on the table, his eyes were a little straight, at this time, five baht coins were popular, and gold and silver were not universal, but this kind of earth direction was not worried about exchange. Although the five-baht coin is universal, it is not convenient, and the large families come out, in order to swing wide, of course, it is impossible to carry a dozen catties of money out, and many of them are replaced by gold and silver at this time.

The guy saw that the three of them were dressed normally, but he knew that the current Yangzhou official salt trade was traded with large gold plates, and the same was true for the private salt lords.

It's just that the mother with milk and the father with the money, what does Xiao Buyi do, the guy ran over and asked, "Guest officer, what do you want to eat?" ”

Xiao Buyi didn't wait for a reply, there was a noise at the staircase, and five or six guards came up in an instant, the first one of them had blazing eyes, and looked at Xiao Buyi coldly with a horizontal knife and said: "You are so bold, you kill someone and still eat as if nothing happened, is it really impossible to do without the king's law?" ”

Xiao Buyi and the three of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

(To be continued)