The rain gradually fell heavily, Yang Xiqing accelerated the speed of the horse, about two miles of the bank, there was a wine shed in front, made of bamboo and oil tiles, the shed was huge, it could accommodate more than 100 people, more than 20 couches were placed under the shed, full of tourists who sheltered from the rain, and there was a side shed, which was used to place the horses.

The group who asked for directions just now walked away from the wine shed under the guidance of two guys, Yang Yuanqing saw that the wine shed was basically full, and was about to leave, but the guy standing under the wine shed waved to him enthusiastically. "This son, there are still two seats, come in and have a bowl of hot soup, eat something before leaving."

Yang Yuanqing hesitated, and the guy ran up and took out his horse and said with a smile: "Childe, our family is more than ten miles before and after, it is raining so hard, come in and take shelter from the rain!" ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that the guy was quite enthusiastic, so he turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to him, "Use good fine materials to feed the horse well." ”

casually took out three hangs of money from the horse bag to reward him, the guy took the reward money, and went away happily, Yang Yuanqing swept around the wine shed, there were indeed two vacant seats in the northeast corner, it was the middle-aged man who asked for directions just now, and their group sat on two couches, but their hostess was not present, it should be in the carriage, and the carriage was parked next to it, the men and women in the wine shed were mixed, and life was noisy, and the woman in the carriage was estimated to be the son-in-law of a large family, and refused to come in and sit together.

"Little brother, please take a seat here!"

The middle-aged butler recognized him and warmly beckoned him to sit down, and several attendants squeezed to the side, making way for an empty seat.

"Then it's time to criticize everyone!"

Yang Yuanqing was also not polite, sat on the wooden grip, put the leather bag and the long lance and bow and arrow by his side, and smiled and arched his hand to the middle-aged man and the entourage around him.

In fact, middle-aged men also look at people talking, generally speaking, in the Sui Dynasty, there are still rules for different seats, middle-aged men are just housekeepers, and several entourages next to him are just family members, and their status is slightly lower, if Yang Yuanqing is wearing a brocade robe and a golden crown, the middle-aged man will never be so presumptuous to invite Yang Yazheng to share the table with them, if Yang Yuanqing is noble, it is a great rudeness.

But when he saw that Yang Yuanqing was wearing a blue cloth robe and a flat scarf, with a leather belt around his waist, and there were no ornaments on the leather belt to identify his identity, he immediately judged that Yang Yuanqing was just a commoner, and it was okay to sit with them.

Yang Ya

o sat down, it was the time of Zhongniu, and he was also a little hungry, so the guy smiled and beckoned: "Come here with three catties of mutton with sauce, three pieces of Hu cakes, and a pot of wine." ”

"Great! Guests sit for a while. The man shouted and ran to the back to get ready.

The middle-aged housekeeper picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Yang Yuanqing, and asked with a smile: "Listen to the accent, the little brother is from Beijing!" Name? ”

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly clasped his palms and thanked him: "I am from the capital below, so I don't have the surname Yang." ”

He also asked with a smile: "Is this uncle from Jiangpai or from Puzhou?" ”

"We are Jiangzhou Wenxiren, escorting my son-in-law into Beijing."

When Yang Yuanqing heard that they were Wen Xi people, his first reaction was Wen Xi Pei Valve, who was the head of the eight great clans in the world, could they be too?

Although he thought so, he didn't dare to be reckless, Yang Yaqing smiled: "Wenxi is a good place!" Isn't Guan Yu a great person? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound from the carriage, snort! , chuckled, Yang Yuanqing reacted, he suddenly blushed, and hurriedly said: "It's me who is confused, Guan Yunchang is a good person in Puzhou." It's not a pleasant smeller. ”

He couldn't help but glance back, just now he chuckled, his voice was very soft, it should be a young woman, the housekeeper smiled and said: "My grandfather is an official in Beijing, and we are sending my son-in-law to Beijing this time." ”

Several entourages next to him are paying attention to Yang Yuanqing's horse lance, they are all people who practice martial arts, and they have some knowledge, although Yang Yuanqing covered the lance blade with a leather bag, but the unique lance of the horse lance still made them roughly guess, and they were all full of envy in their eyes, they had never seen such a long horse lance.

"Good lance!"

Someone behind him exclaimed, Yang Ya, Qing turned around, and saw five or six men sitting on the wooden couch behind him, all of them tall and strong, brave and strong, with long weapons around them.

Although Yang Jian issued a ban on martial arts in the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, prohibiting the people from owning long weapons, but in fact his ban had little effect, and only restricted the sale of weapons.

Yang Yuanqing also found when he entered the wine shed, many people in the wine shed are martial arts practitioners, with bows and arrows, the big man behind him, about 20 years old, big shoulders and round waist, red hair, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, extraordinary appearance, he also carried a long lance, is a jujube yang gold nail lance, the head of the lance is a jujube-shaped iron hammer, densely covered with six rows of gold-plated two-inch nails, this lance weighs about seventy or eighty It can be seen that this big man is also a strong martial artist.

Yang Yuanqing raised his glass to show him, the young man is a bold person, he also raised his glass and smiled back: "In the next order Xiongxin, a native of Shangdang County, Luzhou, he has loved horse lance since he was a child, what is the name of this son?" ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him carefully, it turned out that he was the red-haired spirit official Shan Xiongxin, and his appearance was really extraordinary, and the person next to him looked quite similar to Shan Xiongxin, and it was estimated that he was his brother Shan Xiongzhong.

Yang Yuanqing also happily raised his glass and said: "Under Yang Yuanqing, a person from Jingshi, he has long admired the name of the two heroes of the single family of Erxian Village, and I salute the two brothers with a cup." ”

He reported his name, and there was another table not far away, huh! , sighed, and looked at Yang Yuanqing together, when Yang Shiqing came to speak, he found that the person at the table was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while? Surprised to hear him sign up, the group obviously knew about him as well.

Yang Yuanqing still couldn't remember who this group of people was, so he had to put it down for the time being, and smiled at the Shan Xiongxin brothers behind him: "How did the two single brothers think of coming to the capital? ”

Shan Xiongxin brothers in Shangdang County to help the poor and the weak, good at fighting grievances, like to make friends with the world's heroes, in Shangdang County and even Luzhou, mentioning Erxian Zhuang Shan Shi Erxiong, it can be said that everyone knows, no one knows, but this is the capital, is the foot of the Son of Heaven of the Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Shan Xiongxin brothers saw that this little brother actually knew their reputation, and couldn't help but have a good impression.

Shan Xiongxin said with a smile: "This Brother Yang might as well come and sit here." ”

Of course, chatting with Shan Xiongxin was much more interesting than the unknown butler opposite, Yang Ya and Qing smiled apologetically at the housekeeper and sat down at Shan Xiongxin's table.

There are five or six people at a table of Shan Xiongxin, in addition to the Shan brothers, there are several people who are big men who practice martial arts, Shan Xiongxin introduced Yang Yuanqing one by one, "These are all Luzhou heroes, this is my eldest brother Shan Xiongzhong, this Shan Renjie is my brother, this is Xu Chongshan, this is Martin Yuan, the three of them are known as the three tigers of the party, and they are all bold men." ”

Shan Xiongxin is only l long Shan Xiongzhong is a man of both civil and military affairs, although he is also very bold, but more careful than his brothers, the two of them are Luzhou Haoqiang, the family is rich, so his brother Shan Xiong can afford Zaoyang lance, and although the young man opposite is dressed simply, but there is a calm temperament between his gestures, and more importantly, his horse lance is longer and thicker than the average horse lance, at least worth 10,000 gold, Shan Xiongzhong felt that this young man should not be an ordinary person.

"This son should also be a famous family!" Shan Xiongzhong asked with a tentative smile.

At this time, a big man next to him raised his glass and walked up, and said with a smile: "You guys actually even have Yang Ya." Qing Du doesn't know, then you are really lonely and unheard, you should have heard of the war against the Turks five years ago! ”

Shan Xiongxin was moved, he stared at Yang Yuanqing, "It turns out that the little brother is the famous Yin Mountain Flying General Yang Yuanqing?" ”

For the first time, Yang Yuanqing knew that he actually had the nickname of "Yin Mountain Flying General", but this one. Nicknamed he ting likes "but make the dragon city fly in, not called Hu Ma Du Yin Mountain"

Yang Yuanqing raised his glass and smiled slightly, "It's just an ordinary border army, I can't afford it, flying general, two words, second brother Shan is too famous." ”

He stood up again and smiled at the big man who revealed his identity: "I seem to have seen Brother Ren somewhere, please forgive the little brother's clumsiness, I really can't remember." ”

The big man squinted and smiled, smiling dangerously, "Brother Yang forgot?" At the Renshou Palace Station, we rabbit once. ”

Yang Yuanqing suddenly remembered that this person was one of the four personal bodyguards of Yang Lai, the king of Yuzhang, at that time, it gave people the feeling that these four people were not trivial, Yang Yuanqing looked at the table next to him, and there was a scribe in Tsing Yi in his thirties, who seemed to be Yang Lai's side, and the other people were dressed as Shi Wei.

"I remember."

Yang Yuanqing smiled happily: "We have met, but this benevolent brother has a great name, can he teach him?" ”

"In Xialiang Shidu, a native of Xiazhou, a cheap name is not enough to worry about."

"It turned out to be Brother Liang, come! I toast you. ”

Shan Xiongxin raised his glass to salute Master Liang, but Master Liang ignored him, only raised his glass to Yang Yuanqing, turned around and left, Shan Xiongxin's hand froze in the air, his face was swollen red, and after a while, he snorted and sat down, his eyes were extremely annoyed.

Yang Yuanqing lowered his voice and said to him: "They are the subordinates of Yang Lai, the king of Yuzhang, and it is best not to make friends." ”

The Shan brothers glanced at each other, and both of them had a vigilant sè in their eyes, when they came, they knew that the capital was hiding the dragon and crouching tiger, and they should not be too careless, but Shan Xiong Xinsheng was bold and bold, good at making friends, and it was difficult to change for a while, but he met the people in the royal mansion just on the ba, and it was really the depth of the capital, which made him secretly scream ashamed.

However, Shan Xiongxin's impression of Yang Yuanqing is very good, he is actually a flying general of Yin Mountain, this kind of border army hero, he must make friends, Shan Xiongxin no longer pays attention to Liang Shidu and others, and smiled at Yang Yuanqing: "General Yang came back from the side, could it be that he also wants to participate, and select generals and talents,?"

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, what kind of selection of generals and talents, he had never heard of it, Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I came back to visit relatives, I have never heard of it, what is going on with the selection of generals"? ”

"It turns out that Brother Yang Xian doesn't know, but it's no wonder that Brother Yang Xiandi is already a side general, and he doesn't need to ask for this and fame anymore."

Shan Xiongxin explained with a smile: "The saint will send an edict to the world, and the edict will select the world's generals, and the test will be held in Beijing, and those who are strong in martial arts can be awarded military positions, and those who hear the wind will move, so we also want to try our luck in Beijing." ”

Yang Yuanqing suddenly understood, and he secretly thought, "It is estimated that Yang Guang is going to prepare for the opening of the imperial examination, and he will first use martial arts to test it......

Yang Yuanqing asked again: "How to select the generals, does Second Brother Shan know?" ”

Shan Xiongxin scratched his head, "This ding, the details are not very clear, I heard that it is mainly based on riding and archery, and there are some other famous halls, so you will know it when you enter Beijing." ”

"This strong man!"

A guy in the back anxiously called out to Shan Xiongxin, "Is that your horse outside?" ”。！。