Chapter 65: Night Talk in the Fishing Village
After Xu Yongzhi and Xia Xiaogui started talking, Huo Yizun had been playing word solitaire with Chirp Gray in the distance, and this bird would learn more and more.
Huo Yizun felt a little uneasy in his heart, Xu Yongzhi did a lot of things this time, which was a bit strange.
For example, this time when he came to meet Xiaogui, Xu Yongzhi actually brought the lost and recovered white horse with him.
The two of them seemed to be fine at first, but then they seemed to turn their faces as they spoke.
Xu Yongzhi walked away first, and then Xiaogui also rode away.
Xu Yongzhi waited for a while before coming over, his face gloomy and ugly.
"Young master, there are some things, maybe it's faster to take your time." Huo Yizun knew that the two of them had a bad discussion.
"Uncle Yizun, you go back first."
"Just kidding, what are you going to do then, leave yourself on Zhongshan?"
"There are still a few days off, Xu Xiaoyu is running fast, I will ride back by myself to relax."
That's an explanation.
Indulging in landscapes has always been a way to solve boredom.
"This season, it may rain here in Jinling, son, it's better for you to go back quickly." Huo Yizun said.
"Got it, I'll meet you guys, and then there's something to do." Xu Yongzhi said.
Huo Yizun made a gesture, opened the portal and left first.
Xu Yongzhi rode his horse and walked down the mountain slowly.
He was afraid that he would meet Xiaogui if he walked fast.
Thinking too much, Xiaogui was angry, and he had already ridden a horse and ran.
"Xu Yongzhi, Xu Yongzhi, can you not be willful twice a year!" Xiao Gui couldn't help but shout.
The sun is sinking in the west.
Xu Yongzhi saw a small house with a big scoop hanging on it in a small town by the river, and knew that it was a small restaurant, so he walked in, asked for wine and food, and drank it himself.
"Where is Childe from?" The proprietress of the hotel was a woman in her forties, and she was very impressed to see that he was handsome and polite.
"I'm from Tanzhou."
"Ah, I heard that the men in your Dongting Lake area have a relatively explosive temper, I didn't expect you to be so gentle, it can be seen that there are really a lot of prejudices in the world." The proprietress said with a smile.
"There are people with bad tempers everywhere, and there are people with good tempers everywhere." Xu Yongzhi said with a smile.
Xu Gongzi's smile is very good-looking. This makes many strangers have a crush on him at first sight.
The first time Xia Xiaogui saw him, he knew that he was a good person and came to save himself.
When Duan Meimei saw him for the first time, she felt that he was a chivalrous man who would take care of his own affairs.
At the first glance of Zhao Kuangyin, he felt that he was a righteous man and could be his brother.
Even if Chen Xiaohuan saw him leading the horse and not riding, he had to ask him about his intentions.
When Li Lianqiao saw him for the first time, he felt that he was a person who was easier to deceive, but he also had all kinds of likes in his heart, of course, we knew that the eldest princess's liking was very distorted, and ordinary people couldn't afford it.
"No, the people of our town are fishing, iron, and boating...... In short, there are a lot of rough people, and many people have a bad temper, except for a Mr. Li who has just moved in...... "The proprietress chatters."
Not to mention, Xu Yongzhi still likes this kind of chatter.
It's really raining outside the window, Huo Yizun, this crow's mouth.
Looks like I'm going to live in this town today.
The proprietress brought out the dishes, including marinated duck meat, monk beans boiled with fennel, a mixture of gluten cubes and edamame, a plate of meat and boiled eggs cooked in old wine, and a plate of vegetables blanched in white water.
The daughter of the proprietress looked at the fourteen or fifteen years old, and had already scalded the wine and served it, and when she saw Xu Yongzhi's good looks, she couldn't help but peek a few times.
This is a delicate girl, a proper beauty embryo, Xu Gongzi said thank you to her, and she quickly turned her eyes away.
Good-looking men want to see, it's nature; To look secretly, this is upbringing.
Good girl.
Xu Yongzhi immediately thought that when Xiaogui was so old, he was more obedient than now.
Thinking of Xiaogui, my heart was sour and bitter.
It seems that in front of Xiaogui, he always can't do it right.
After a few drinks, a middle-aged man pushed the door in, wearing a robe, a hat, and a fishing rod.
"Mr. Li! Today's harvest was okay. The proprietress greeted the fisherman with a grin.
"Boss lady," Mr. Li smiled, "a fresh grass carp, please make a fish soup, the weather is cold, and you want to eat a cup in the rain." ”
The proprietress hurriedly brought out the snacks, lifted the fish to the back and let the guy clean it up, the little girl heated the wine, and wanted to give it to Xu Yongzhi, Xu Yongzhi smiled and said to her: "Serve it to Mr. Li first, it will be warm after drinking." ”
"Childe, your wine is old, and the wine Mr. Li wants is turbid wine, and if you give it to him, it's not his wine." The little girl looked serious.
"Then I'll invite Mr. Li to drink a pot of aged wine." Xu Yongzhi said softly.
Mr. Li over there obviously heard that Xu Yongzhi was going to have a treat, and when he saw Xu Yongzhi's face, he was slightly surprised.
"Childe is kind, Li has thanked you."
"If you don't dislike it, sir, why don't you come over and sit down and drink together?"
Mr. Li hesitated slightly, and the proprietress shouted, "Mr. Li, this son is also a scholar!" I also said just now that Mr. Li is the only scholar in this town, so you should be able to talk together. ”
The proprietress didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, so she moved the dish to the son's table, and continued to help her daughter scald the wine.
Mr. Li untied his coat, took off his hat, and gently walked to sit opposite Xu Yongzhi.
"Thank you Childe for your kindness, the fish soup will come up in a while, please drink it with me." Mr. Li also reciprocated the favor.
Xu Yongzhi looked at Mr. Li and vaguely felt that he was a little familiar, but he didn't remember where he had seen it.
This man was a little tanned, obviously a trace of a few months of fisherman's life, and his long beard was quite beautiful, and he seemed to be a person of status before.
"Sir, it's so comfortable to live in seclusion here." Xu Yongzhi asked coldly, in fact, it was a blind guess.
"Did Childe come to me on a special trip?" Mr. Li looks very calm, but this look is a little reluctant.
"I'm here too, Mr. Li......"
Before Xu Yongzhi finished speaking, the door of the hotel was kicked open.
A man wearing a hat and looking like a public man came in scolding, and another stood under the eaves outside the door.
The proprietress hurriedly greeted, "Zhutou, sit down and eat!" ”
"No!" Zhu Tou shouted, "The above sent us to inspect the river, and the Taihu Lake water thieves have recently arrived near Jinling!" Bring me some hot wine! ”
Zhu Tou threw a gourd on the counter, and the proprietress hurriedly asked her daughter to scald the wine.
"You person, look at the face of life," Zhu Tou saw Xu Yongzhi, "Where did you come from?" What is your name? ”
He saw Xu Yongzhi's sword at a glance again.
Zhu Toushou was also really fast, and he pulled out the knife in one fell swoop.
Xu Yongzhi's identity is no problem, and if he takes out Xu's waist card as the deputy commander of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army, there will be no problem.
Once this identity is exposed, the government of the Southern Tang Dynasty will inevitably report it to the imperial court, and the trouble will be very big.
If you draw your sword and cut them down because of your own work, this is not Xu Yongzhi's style, and the boss mother and daughter are afraid that there will be big trouble.
He was about to make up nonsense, when suddenly Mr. Li opened his mouth.
"Congratulations, don't be nervous, your own people."
Zhu Tou saw Mr. Li speak, and his expression softened a lot.
"Is it a friend of Master Li?" Zhu Touer calls Mr. Li the master, which shows that he is a famous person.
"It's not a friend, it's a relative, this is my cousin, surnamed Xu, who is a very good doctor. He came looking for me, and we sat down before we could speak. Mr. Li looked kind.
The proprietress didn't say much, poured the wine and took it out.
Zhu Tou took it, "Then you brothers drink well, farewell!" He dodged out the door and disappeared into the evening rain.
Xu Yong's hand kept pressing on the sword, and only then did he let go.
The proprietress cowered in the charcoal stove behind the counter to bake the fire, hiding from them from a distance.
What a sister-in-law who knows things.
Mr. Li lowered his voice and looked at Xu Yongzhi.
"Did Childe not recognize me and meet me by mistake?" Mr. Li said.
"Forgive me for being clumsy......" Xu Yongzhi knew that Mr. Li was not hostile.
"My name is Li Wang, my name is Gui, and I used to be the prefect of Tanzhou in the south of the Yangtze River."
This time, Xu Yongzhi understood.
This is the prison officer Li Sigui who wants to exonerate his father and postpone the execution!
Li Sigui has issued Xu Yongzhi's wanted warrant, and he has also seen it in the court, so his appearance is clear.
Xu Yongzhi had only seen Li Sigui from a distance, and he was dressed in an official robe, but now his appearance has changed, so he just feels familiar and can't recognize it.
"Why did Master Li come to Jinling?" Xu Yongzhi asked politely.
"I was originally from Jiangdong, I was selected to be an official in Tanzhou, Li Forsythia caused chaos in the government, I resigned and returned to my hometown after that execution, and I was always depressed, so I came here to think about coming to this town, studying and fishing and living for a year." Li Sigui said.
"It's a rare day away." Xu Yongzhi praised.
"Childe doesn't blame me," Li Sigui said, "I've done my best in the matter of Lingzun Lingtang." ”
"No wonder, Lord Li's kindness, I understood it early. I toast you. Xu Yongzhi said.
The two of them drank a full drink.
After the incident, Xu Yongzhi asked Xu Taishi to find the remains of his parents, and it was also the kindness of Li Sigui and Feiyanggu that he was able to secretly get it, and then temporarily stored it in Ezhou, waiting for one day to be buried in Linquan Town.
"It's rare to have a chance to meet Lord Li today, Xu Jin is very grateful here, my lord, I will toast you again, and I wish you all the best." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Childe, don't dare to call an adult anymore, now Li is a real idler." Li Sigui looked like he had seen through the world.
"If the adult does not dislike it, Xu Jin is willing to recommend the adult as a guarantor and work for Da Zhou." Xu Yongzhi's words are to the point.
"Da Zhou, Da Tang ......" Li Sigui was speechless.
"Isn't Mr. Li already unintentionally famous?"
"Young Master Xu, I'm tired of being an official of the imperial court."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I love reading "Three Kingdoms", I don't know if Childe has read it." Li Sigui poured the wine.
"I have read that when Xu Jin was young, he studied in the Yan family, and he learned the ram, so he knew a little bit about history books." Xu Yongzhi said.
"That's great! Childe, I like Zhou Yu's words. ”
"That?"
"The righteousness of the monarch and the minister on the outside, and the grace of flesh and blood on the inside."
"That's really good."
"It seems that he and his lord are kings and ministers, but they trust each other and are brothers, so it is interesting to be an official."
"I am a thirty-one middle school jinshi, six years of county governor, six years of school inspector, and a prefect, how many states are there in this Southern Tang Dynasty? I have never seen an emperor like Zhou Zhuocheng, who doesn't know a few words, and it is really annoying to be arrogant to me. Li Sigui said.
"This is also the situation in troubled times." Xu Yongzhi comforted him.
"The Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion was not like this," Li Sigui said, "If scholars don't rule the world, who rules the world?" ”
"There needs to be a person who is born in martial arts, but is willing to be the leader of Confucianism in the world." What Xu Yongzhi was thinking about was his eldest brother Zhao Kuangyin.
"Gongzi is both civil and military, I expected to escape from the poison, I don't know now, is there a place to stay?" Li Sigui asked.
"I am in Bianliang, Tokyo, and I am the deputy commander of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army." Xu Yongzhi believed that Li Sigui would not betray himself, so he clarified his current situation.
"Good place, the kingdom is a general, and he became a deputy commander at a young age, if there is a ten-year situation, he will inevitably become the pillar of the Great Zhou, and then if he wants to take revenge, it will be easy." Li Sigui said.
Coincidentally, Li Sigui saw through Xu Yongzhi's revenge plan at a glance.
"Sir, even if you become a famous general of the Great Zhou, how can you take revenge on the eldest princess of the Southern Tang Dynasty?" Xu Yongzhi is still pretending to be confused.
"At that time, the marquis was in charge, and if he asked the emperor for an edict, he wanted the head of Li Forsythia, so why was it difficult." Li Sigui said with a smile.
"That's his sister, how can he do that?" Xu Yongzhi's words are genuinely asked, and he has been worrying about this question.
"What sister, one of several women, when a man's own life is in danger, the first person to give up is the woman." Li Sigui said.
"After all, it's a sister in name, let him send someone over, even if he wants to, he can't do such a shameless thing." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Childe, what's wrong with you? Who said that if you give someone a head, you have to really give a head. Li Sigui said.
"Sir, do you mean ......?"
"Childe has read the "Historical Records"."
"Read a little."
"When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a great general Wei Qing, who was from a humble background and used to be a groom of the princess's family."
"I know that."
Later, Wei Qing made meritorious service and became a general, and the princess became a widow at this time. Everyone matched them and said that Wei Qing was good. The princess said, "That's my groom!" Everyone said, not now, now it's a general. They became married. Li Sigui said.
"Mr. Li, this must not be." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Why not?"
"Wei Qing married the eldest princess, although they have the distinction of master and servant, they have no enmity between parents and parents." Xu Yongzhi said.
"I want to promise to marry Li Lianqiao, and I don't need to pay homage to the prime minister at all, I have already done it. But marrying someone for revenge is an unrighteous act, and marrying and then killing or torturing is also cruel. Xu Yongzhi said.
Li Sigui looked at no one around, and fell to his knees from his seat.
"How did Mr. make this big gift and kill Xu Jin." Xu Yongzhi hurried to help.
"It's not to make amends, I was testing Childe just now." Li Sigui said.
"I have always admired Ling Zun's heroism, I have admired Childe's talent for a long time, just now, Childe was unmoved, it can be seen that he is a big husband, I hope Childe can accept me." Li Sigui's face was sincere.
"Take the ......"
"I am willing to give advice to the son, the son will be the face, Li Wang will be the lizi, serve the son, and work together for the great cause." Li Sigui looked serious.
"With Mr.'s help, Xu Jin is grateful." Xu Yongzhi was also deeply moved.
"I am Gongzi's staff, not a courtier of Da Zhou." Li Sigui said.
"Sir, you can take the old and young in the family to Tokyo Bianliang to settle down, I will write a letter to Xu Taishi in Tokyo City, and you can wait for me there."
"Yes!"
"Do you know the latest situation in Feiyang Valley, sir?"
"After the incident, he also resigned, and it is said that he took a group of his cousins into exile, and I don't know what happened later." Li Sigui said.
The proprietress served the boiled fish soup, the two drank the soup and ate the fish, they were full of wine and food, Li Sigui wanted to leave Xu Yongzhi to live with him, Xu Yongzhi refused, or looked at the city.
"Childe, there is a sentence in my subordinates that I don't know whether to say it or not."
"Sir, please."
"Some things may not be rushed, a thousand dollars, you can't take risks, and it may really take ten years to bring down some people."
"Thank you, sir, for your advice."
By this time the rain had stopped, and the moon was bright and bright.
"Take care, Childe."
"Take care, sir."
Xu Yongzhi urged the horse to go straight to the avenue.
There are some things that must be done, even if it is one person and a sword.
Kill it, and you have a chance.