Chapter VII

Hongye Li blurted out, only to realize that he had caused trouble, and hurriedly lowered his head and rubbed the old mud on the sweet potato with his hand, and said in a low voice: "These are just rumors in the rivers and lakes. I washed some of it and took it to bake first. With that, he wrapped some soggy sweet potatoes in his hem and hobbled to the shore.

Xu Youran and Long Jin looked at each other, not knowing what kind of illness this red leaf plum suddenly had.

After that, Hongye Li did not deliberately distance himself from him, and continued to play and laugh stupidly, but he didn't say a word about the story of the Liang sisters. Xu Long and the others are not the elves who watch people put down dishes, but it is clear that Hongye Li does not want to mention it again, so they naturally will not be bored. So the two of them muttered and guessed the reason why Nan Duo was secretive and continued on the road, and when they arrived at Taiyuan Mansion, it was five days later.

Taiyuan Mansion is like a besieged city, the city gate is deep and secluded, the corner tower is towering, the outer wall is solid like gold and strong more than the iron urn, and the momentum is a little grander than that of Los Angeles. The two of them left their relatives for the first time, and after a long journey to this point, they were instantly calmed by this city, only to feel that they were just a mayfly between heaven and earth, and they were not enough to worry about.

"Our north and south rudder take Taiyuan Mansion as a watershed, one likes sour and one is sweet, and this family also has two stoves to fire. When you see the lord of the north helm later, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, and do not lose the face of the lord of the south helm. Yang Yizhi grabbed the reins, made the mule and horse stop, and admonished, at the end, he faced Xu Youran and added, "The master of the southern rudder should not be good-looking, he is a little similar to you, you may like him." However, you are not allowed to come nonsense, be killed by curiosity, and get into trouble. ”

"Lend you good words." Xu Youran hugged his fists and thanked him.

"Big mistake." Long Jin just wanted to correct her speech, and after the city gate guard had finished interrogating Bai Yingchun, the group went to the city in a mighty way. By the time we reached the top and slept and everything was cleaned up, it was already the willows on the moon, the city gate had been closed, and there were no pedestrians on the streets. This Yunlai inn is full of people and lively.

Wanmu Shuge wrapped the lobby in a circle, ordered wine and meat side dishes, and staggered between the dishes, as if it was a New Year's holiday, noisy and noisy. Thirty or forty people were divided into five tables, and Xu Youran and Long Jin sat alone, sitting on the edge away from the center, unable to see the situation at the main table. However, although the north and south rudder converged, but did not see the figure of the south rudder master, Xu Youran felt bored, and his stomach was empty, so he simply used wooden chopsticks to pull a bowl full of knives to cut noodles, snoring and inhaling, without any twisting.

"It's a girl, why don't you do it properly." Long Jin muttered quietly, for fear of falling into the ears of others and causing trouble to Youran. Fortunately, the wine table was noisy, and there was a bearded uncle who was using the strength of the wine to say something about what he had seen and heard in recent years, and the other table was clinking glasses, and Long Jin's words had long been drowned out by the sound.

"Eat and sleep, which nerd said that?" Xu Youran listened to some gossip from the rivers and lakes, inhaled the noodles, and said vaguely.

"It's me." Long Jin raised his hand in surrender.

"Hah, nerd." Xu Youran put down the sea bowl, clapped his hands and smiled, and Long Jin's old face turned red.

At this time, Hongye Li came from another table and sat down with a wine bowl, which became a table for three people. He drank mediocrely, and after several rounds of drinking, he was already drunk. He sat beside Xu Youran with a big grin, put one hand on her shoulder, approached Xu Youran and said: "These seniors are scattered all over the world, and they can't see each other once a year. ”

Xu Youran is willing to learn from the old-timers who walk the rivers and lakes, but she is still shallow in drinking, and she has to fall down if she can't drink a glass. That's it, Yang Yizhi told him before, don't talk too much in front of the North Rudder, and if his daughter's identity is exposed, I'm afraid that Yang Yizhi's disciples will be more worried, so I will give up.

As soon as she wanted to find an excuse to prevaricate the past, Hongye Li was pulled by another person to make a fist. At this moment, a woman with a big shoulder and a round waist walked down the stairs and walked towards the main table. Xu Youran was curious, covered half of his face with a noodle bowl, and paid attention to the woman's movements with his peripheral vision.

I saw that the woman was eight feet tall, burly, wearing a hair crown, dressed in men's clothes, if it weren't for the delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a little powder, I thought it was a feminine son. Seeing her coming, Fir raised his glass and stood up, and the rest of the people also stood up, shouting in a staggered manner: "Hello Mulan helmsman!" ”

It turns out that the lord of the south helm is actually a woman! Xu Youran's eyes lit up, and she felt that her dream was not a fantasy, and she was about to jump into the air like a monkey in the sky, but the woman took the wine bowl, looked around, and the other half of her face fell into Xu Youran's eyes, she took a breath of cold air - a scar extended from her left eye to her temple, and the waste eye was already covered by a layer of shadow, which was eerie and terrifying; And the sideburns, as if they were attached to a flesh-colored earthworm, twisted and twisted, I don't know if it was a soldering iron or other burns.

"I haven't seen you for many days, and I miss it very much." Fir drank the wine down.

Seeing him like this, Mulan also poured the wine into her mouth and raised the empty bowl above her head: "Hahaha!" I miss it for many days, but today I can last for three years! Don't come unharmed! ”

"Hahaha, the helmsman of Mulan is joking, hurry up and take a seat, let's talk about family things." After Bai Yingchun drank the wine in his bowl, he came to greet the guests, and Mulan walked with the wind and neat steps, and sat in the seat.

Xu Youran stretched his ears, but he could barely hear what the main table was talking about, only feeling that the atmosphere at the main table was not very harmonious, Mulan laughed from time to time, interrupting Fir's words, and Bai Yingchun was circling in it, trying to ease the relationship between the two.

"What are the little loaches listening to?" I don't know when, Yang Yizhi has walked to their side, he is already lame, his steps are very light, the lobby is noisy, and he can't hear his footsteps.

"What am I listening to them arguing about?" Xu Youran replied truthfully.

"Haha, it's not those old problems, don't think about it," Yang Yizhi picked up the wine jar, poured a full bowl, and drank half of it, "It has nothing to do with you." ”

"That's not necessarily," Xu Youran took a bite of noodles and said casually, "If Youran is lucky enough to join Wanmu Library, I would like to tell some stories written by Uncle Yang." ”

Yang Yizhi's hand holding the bowl was white, and he deliberately scared the two of them, and said in a low voice: "That kid of Hongye Li, there is no one on his mouth, and he actually leaked some rumors to you, see if I don't let Yingchun give him a good guidance."

"Second uncle, don't blame Xiao Li, it's just that the journey was boring, and we begged to tell the story of the Liang sisters, and he also said that this story should have been irrelevant. It's just that I and Youran were whimsical and speculated on his unfinished words. Long Jin hurriedly explained.

"Oh?" Yang Yizhi became interested and put down the wine bowl, "I'm curious if you have these seven exquisite hearts to be able to see the way." This is already three rounds of drinking, and the night is sinking and the moon is gone, so why don't you tell me what you think, and I will forget about it when I wake up tomorrow. ”

Xu Youran stood up, poured a small half bowl of wine from the wine jar, raised a glass to him, took a sip, Long Jin tacitly raised his hand to take the small bowl, moved half a circle, took a sip, and said: "We are stupid, it is really unwise, if there is abruptness, please treat it as a drink."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Yang Yizhi also raised the bowl and took a sip.

Xu Youran smiled with a smile on his face, moved the wooden bench back half a step before sitting down, wanting to leave a chance for Long Jin to perform, and Long Jin regarded it as a leisurely shy stage fright, so he said: "There are many rumors and stories on the rivers and lakes, Wanmu Shuge is a talented person, and Wen Tao has both martial arts; Although Heluo is not accessible in all directions, it is not far away, why can the predecessors only pick up people's teeth and wisdom, confined to the form, serve in the heart, and cannot publish books on their own, such as Linglong Bookstore, famous all over the world, leaving a name in history. ”

The corners of Yang Yizhi's mouth raised, and he said, "You are so thoughtful, it coincides with the fir." Indeed, half a year ago, at the North and South Rudder Meeting, Fir had proposed to the big boss that he wanted to go against the current and do business at this source. ”

"Then Mulan doesn't allow it, yes or no?" Xu Youran answered. She turned her head sideways to look at Mulan, this woman was resolute and resolute, pungent and straightforward, and she did not look like a forward-looking and wavering person.

"It's not that it's not allowed, it's that it can't." Yang Yizhi sighed silently in his heart, he named a Yi character that day, just to get the meaning of being outstanding, not caring, not compromising, not strong and not afraid. However, the world is unpredictable, people's hearts are changeable, and it is not easy to be able to do what you say.

"Linglong Bookstore is located in the capital, which makes others a little jealous. If Wanmu Shuge wants to compile and publish a book, it will not only provoke the individual knights, but also offend Linglong Bookstore. It's not cost-effective to take full responsibility for a few deals. Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing parents, this move will make countless enemies, not to mention that Wanmu Shuge cannot participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival rally this year, and it is too big to say that he has offended the heroes of the rivers and lakes and still does not know it, and it is not cost-effective to be greedy for small things and lose big. Long Jin added that these are the results of his discussions with Xu Youran in recent days, and not all of them are his ideas. It's just that Xu Youran is not greedy for merit, and takes a back seat, giving Long Jin the opportunity to show himself in front of the second uncle he respects.

Yang Yizhi hooked the corners of his mouth, Long Jin, this kid has always been honest and silent, and he is a nerd who doesn't listen to the window and only reads the books of sages. As soon as he glanced at it, he saw that Xu Youran was there, and he knew in his heart that Xu Youran was the mirror of Long Jin, which could not only reflect his sincere desires, but also hook out the desires in his heart.

It can also be regarded as a teachable and buildable material. Yang Yi's heart moved, and he nodded: "Indeed, the foundation of our book pavilion is not stable, and it is not appropriate to collide head-on. Moreover, this book writing, from collection to compilation, from writing to review, and then from typesetting to printing, whether it is manpower or material resources, we are no match for Linglong Books. If you want to write a book before the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is almost impossible, and it will be a matter of course, and we will not be able to do it, and it will be difficult to ensure that something is wrong. Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, no three or five years to talk about this foundation is wishful thinking. Moreover, Linglong Bookstore relies on a little bit of heaven to eat, no matter whether the characters are written true or false, good or bad, no one dares to provoke them. Our north and south rudders have long quarreled over whether to transform, and now they are just pretending to be superficial. In the final analysis, the future of Wanmu Library, whether it should rely on others or seize the opportunity, is all in the thought of the master. After all, we don't rob this business, and some people covet it. ”

"Oh? Is anyone really taking that risk? Xu Youran asked with great interest.

"That is, there will be brave men under the great reward. Linglong Bookstore is entrenched in the capital, and the power in the north is the strongest, so ......" Yang Yizhi deliberately lengthened his voice.

"There will be people in the south who will compete with it for territory, and the buildings near the water will get the moon first." Xu Youran shouted.

"That's right," Yang Yizhi said, "That person is Jiang Fuming, the big boss of the bookstore in the south." ”