Hu Xiaotian said: "He has a somewhat arrogant temperament, and he may not be willing to accept your help, I want you to explain it and take care of him secretly, so as not to be bullied." ”

Wang Wenyou nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

So Hu Xiaotian described the location of Yang Lingqi, and Wang Wenyou remembered it firmly in his heart after listening to him.

After explaining to Wang Wenyou, Hu Xiaotian decided to go to Guanlan Street, the snow has completely stopped, but the snow on the ground is already very thick, anyway, Guanlan Street is not far from the post house, Hu Xiaotian decided to go on foot, after the Lantern Festival, the shops on the street have been opened one after another, Tianbo City is the largest city in the north of Kangdu, the market is still relatively prosperous and lively, Hu Xiaotian walked not two steps and found that Zhan Peng was following him behind, stopped and turned to look, Zhan Peng smiled at him, I want to hide in the crowd. Wen Boyuan asked him to follow Hu Xiaotian and pay attention to Hu Xiaotian's every move, which just gave him a high-sounding reason to protect Hu Xiaotian.

Hu Xiaotian smiled, continued to walk forward, came to Yang Lingqi's painting stall, and saw that Yang Lingqi had already left the stall early, and the business was as cold as last night, standing alone in the cold wind, looking down, looking at the crowd with a little numbness, I don't know what to think.

Hu Xiaotian quietly observed Yang Lingqi on the side, and found that there was still stubbornness and unyielding in the depths of this person's gaze, although he did not have much contact with Yang Lingqi, he felt that this person was by no means a person who would be crushed by fate. A person's appearance can deceive people, but his eyes can never deceive people.

Hu Xiaotian slowly came to the painting stall and coughed, which attracted Yang Lingqi's attention. Yang Lingqi saw Hu Xiaotian hurriedly bowing his hand, and his address to him changed from Hu Gongzi to Hu Daren.

Hu Xiaotian said: "I'm not an adult, Brother Yang is not polite, if you can afford it, I'll call me Brother Hu." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority. Ling Qi didn't dare! ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "I don't have an official position now, why should Brother Yang care about these small sections." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "In the past two days, there has been some news in the city, although Ling Qi is not talented, but from the situation when we met last night, I still guessed some things, if Ling Qi did not guess wrong, the young lady who hugged her last night is the current Princess Anping." Lord Hu's trip is to escort Princess Anping to Dayong to get married, isn't it? ”

Hu Xiaotian secretly admired his eyesight and said with a smile: "Brother Yang doesn't seem to have much business." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "There has been no business. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "I will leave Tianbo City tomorrow morning, and Brother Yang is quite close at first sight, I don't know if Brother Yang is free, let's find a place to sit and have a glass of wine to catch up?" ”

Yang Lingqi pursed his lips, and he could see that he was still a little hesitant, but finally nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Hu Xiaotian pointed to the Duowei Fang in front of him and said, "Let's go over there." Yang Lingqi closed the painting stall and followed Hu Xiaotian to Duoweifang.

Today is also the first day of the New Year. Everywhere he went, Xiao Er greeted each other with a smile on his face, if Yang Lingqi walked in like this, he might be driven out as a flower child, but he and Hu Xiaotian were obviously different when they walked together. Hu Xiaotian's clothes are gorgeous, the instruments are extraordinary, at first glance, he is either rich or expensive, Xiao Er followed Hu Xiaotian to ask for warmth, and flattered him to the fullest. turned a blind eye to Yang Lingqi beside Hu Xiaotian, Yang Lingqi secretly sighed that the world was cold and cold.

Hu Xiaotian called a seat near the window on the second floor. asked the little second to bring the recipe and handed it to Yang Lingqi, Yang Lingqi said: "Hu Gongzi looks at it." Glancing at the recipes, all of them were sky-high prices for him.

Hu Xiaotian smiled, not reluctantly, ordered four special dishes casually, and ordered a pot of good wine.

After the wine and food are served. Hu Xiaotian picked up his wine glass and said: "You and I are destined to meet thousands of miles away and have a toast for our acquaintance." ”

Yang Lingqi nodded, he stretched out his right hand and his crippled left wrist against the wine glass, took it up and drank it up.

Hu Xiaotian's pity suddenly rose when he saw him like this, and he drank his glass of wine and said in a low voice: "What happened to Brother Yang." How did you end up here? ”

Yang Lingqi put down the wine glass, and when he didn't pay attention to the wine glass pouring, Hu Xiaotian quickly grabbed the wine glass, put it in front of Yang Lingqi again, and poured the wine for him.

Yang Lingqi couldn't help but sigh gloomily when he saw that he couldn't even do such a simple thing.

Hu Xiaotian had heard the news of his parents' misfortunes before, and still remembered that Xiao Tianmu once said that Yang Lingqi was missing on the way to Qingyun's funeral, and judging from Yang Lingqi's current situation, he must have suffered a life and death ordeal.

Yang Lingqi said: "I was already on the way to the capital to catch the exam, but halfway I heard that my father had an accident, so I gave up the exam and hurried back to Qingyun, but when I was about to get to Qingyun, I was attacked by a group of horse thieves, they were not for money but for the sake of killing, I am a weak scholar, how can I be the opponent of their more than ten fierce thieves, my scholar was cut by them on the spot, I was also cut by them, I jumped off the cliff in desperation, maybe my life should not be extinguished, It just so happened that a tree on the cliff hung on me, and I picked up a life from Hades. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Lingqi took a sip of wine, and his pale face was covered with a layer of blush because of the wine. He said gloomily: "I have returned to Qingyun County after a lot of hardships, and I will send my father to the end no matter what." When I returned to Qingyun County, I heard that silver had been found in my home, and my mother committed suicide by hanging herself because she was humiliated. He was so sad that he couldn't help but leave the man's blood and tears.

Hu Xiaotian said: "When I was the Cheng of Qingyun County, I heard some things about my father, and I knew that Lord Yang was an honest person. ”

Yang Lingqi said: "My father's sleeves are clean and jealous, he has taught me since I was a child to be a man who stands up to the sky, and to be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth in doing things for others. My ancestors lived in Donghai City, my father has excellent water properties, and he can chop waves in the big rivers and seas, so how can he lose his footing and drown? ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Xu Qinglian and Liu Baoju's gang are all corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the entire Qingyun County government is all corrupt, but your father is upright, maybe because of this, he has become a thorn in the side of those people." ”

Yang Lingqi nodded with red circles and said, "Not bad!" My father and mother died at the hands of these corrupt officials. They must have colluded with the horse thieves in the Sky Wolf Mountain, and it was also because of them that I was stopped and killed by the horse thieves on the way. ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Why don't you go to report to the official?" ”

Yang Lingqi sighed and said: "The world is as black as a crow, the rule of this Dakang has been corrupted, what can I do if I go to Xiezhou, Xizhou, even if I go to Kangdu, in the end it is not the protection of officials and officials, they are worried that someone will overturn the case for my father, so after my father and mother were buried, they still sent people to ambush in front of the grave, I am really unfilial, and I couldn't send my father and mother on the last journey." ”

Hu Xiaotian comforted him and said: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, before the revenge, you must not act blindly, if you also encounter an accident, then who will avenge your father and mother?" ”

Yang Lingqi nodded: "It was with this thought that I survived the humiliation, and I didn't dare to stay in Qingyun, so I went to Honggu County to recuperate while looking for an opportunity for revenge. ”

Hu Xiaotian laughed.

"Later, I heard that you arrested all Xu Qinglian's gang, and then I knew that you were different from those of them, and there was hope in my heart, I was going to go to Qingyun to find you and see if I could help my father Zhaoxue, but I heard that you went to Xiezhou." Yang Lingqi said: "Not long after you left Qingyun, there was a mutiny in Xichuan, although the war did not affect Qingyun, but Xu Qinglian's gang was released again and regained the authority of Qingyun. ”

"What?" Hu Xiaotian was stunned.

Yang Lingqi said: "Li Tianheng supports the army and stands on his own, but those who take the initiative to surrender are not only not guilty of the past, but also may be added to the rank of knight, for those officials who dare to openly resist him, adopt the strategy of killing without forgiveness, Xu Qinglian is insidious and cunning, and shows his loyalty to the rebels at the first time, so he is still appointed by the Xichuan Li family, or to be his Qingyun County Commander." ”

Hu Xiaotian regretted and said: "If I knew this, I should have killed them all." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "After Xu Qinglian's gang took power, they naturally intensified, and they took revenge on those who were close to the adults at the beginning, and Qingyun didn't know how many unjust cases occurred during the period after you left." ”

Hu Xiaotian gritted his teeth and said: "This bastard thing, when I take time out in the future, I will definitely put this thief to death to relieve my hatred." ”

Yang Lingqi said: "Don't look at Xu Qinglian is just a small county order in Qingyun County, this person is not simple, he and the horse thieves of Tianluo Mountain have been exchanging songs, I don't know how many innocent people have been killed together." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Brother Yang, you must have experienced a lot of hardship when you escaped from Xichuan, right?" ”

Yang Lingqi said: "I'm just a waste person, I didn't want to leave Xichuan, but after Li Tianheng became independent, Xichuan began to clean up the rebellious party, and those lower-level officials in order to show loyalty to him, have searched and arrested within their jurisdiction, for a while, I was worried that my true identity would be discovered, so I fled all the way to Dakang, I wanted to go to Kangdu to settle down temporarily, but I didn't expect to come to Tianbo City after several rounds, and I was no longer penniless here, so I had to settle down temporarily, and I wanted to earn some entanglement and then go to the capital. Speaking of his own experience, Yang Lingqi sighed: "I am in such a situation now, and the paintings I paint can't sell for any price, and I still have some paintings in the past, but I am reluctant to sell them to those who are vassals and elegant." ”

I wish you all a happy new year! (To be continued......)