Chapter 4: Blue Rock and Flower (I)

Neighing, horses' hooves.

A famous store in the north of the city of Shangjing Xidu City, looking up at the façade of the two-storey building facing the street, the door is hung with a gold-lettered plaque, and there are three big characters on it - "Jinjun Pavilion". Behind these two floors are three high-bay stables with courtyards, and at the back is a wide racecourse, which is really luxurious with high walls and green tiles.

This "Jinjun Pavilion" is the largest stable in the Northern Dynasty Zhengguo except for the Northern Dynasty Zhengguo Imperial Court Stable, and it is rumored that this is the family property of Yang Dingbang, the uncle of the country and the auxiliary prince.

The man in white was surrounded by everyone and walked into the back garden of Jinjun Temple, and the white horse he was holding in his hand was snorting anxiously.

"Old Yang Guan, come and take a look! Look at my newly acquired silver armor Yingxue!" The man in white was full of spring breeze, and he could be described as a fresh and angry horse smiling proudly, and he could see all the flowers in the world in one day.

The middle-aged man who was called "Yang Pavilion Lao" did not look old, only about forty or fifty years old, at this time he was sitting on a low stool under a poplar tree, biting a dry tobacco pouch in his mouth, raised his head and looked at the man in white who led the horse in with a smile and said: "Zhong Ying Gongzi, you have a baby...... After that, the Yang Pavilion Lao naturally looked at the white horse, this look didn't matter, and he couldn't help but gasp and exclaimed: "You horse...... Where did you get this horse?"

The bearded man behind Zhong Ying Gongzi hurriedly replied, "Our Dong Gongzi bought it for forty gold coins!"

Dong Zhongying feigned anger and said: "Bowu, there is no place for you to talk here!

"Oh!" Bowu replied with a blushing face, turning and walking with the wheather out of the garden.

Yang Guan Lao looked at the white horse, his brows were tightly locked, and his mind had already flown into the distance......

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Let's talk about the Zhongzhou Celestial Empire, which has endured civil strife for a hundred years, and the entire Zhongzhou mountains and rivers have collapsed, and large and small forces have conquered each other, and finally formed a situation in which the Zhengguo in the north and the Qiguo in the south are facing each other across the Yangtze River. During the forty-four years, the two countries attacked each other.

Through the melee in Zhongzhou, many city-states in the Western Regions waited for an opportunity to rise, and gradually united under the leadership of the patriarch of the Fan clan in the border city, and established the Sexi Kingdom headed by the four major families, and everyone elected the patriarch of the Fan clan Yun as the king of Khan.

After a few more years, the Khan King Fan Yun successively sacrificed his sister and daughter to marry the king of Wuyan in the northwest, known as the "Kingdom of the Dome", and the two joined forces to look at Zhongzhou.

The two countries of Beizheng and Nanqi were forced to temporarily repair their alliance to defend against foreign enemies, so that the people of the world lived a peaceful life, and the people who had suffered from war were finally able to recuperate, and the forces of all parties formed a strong trend for a while.

Seeing that the world was gradually stabilizing, Sisi Fan Yun seized the opportunity to send envoys to various countries, suggesting that all countries open their border checkpoints and trade peacefully. You must know that the trade between the East and the West must pass through "Sethistan", and the Secyssi promised to provide protection for the caravans of various countries, set up post stations along the way to escort the trade routes, and at the same time open the markets in the border city, Yucheng, Lanyan, Chishan, Morogler and other places, so that all ethnic groups and countries can share common prosperity.

Let's say that on this day, the desert of the Western Regions in front of me is full of yellow sand, the scorching sun hangs high above the head and spits tongues of fire, and the cloudless sky is gray and misty.

Standing on top of the sand dunes, Zhanhong leaned over a pergola and looked out at an oasis in the distance, behind which were mountains covered with snow, and the mountains looked blue in the sun.

In the middle of this oasis there is an earthen city, not elsewhere, it is the Blue Rock City, and the goal of his trip is in this Blue Rock City.

Zhanhong picked up the water bag and poured it, thinking that he must pick a good horse after making this deal, his original mount was hit by a cold arrow outside the border city, and his life was turned to dust.

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Blue Rock City in the Western Kingdom, this city is very lively, bustling from south to north.

Guangshanfang on Chengdong Street is a quiet place in the middle of the noise, most of the poor people gather here, and the people who travel are not willing to run to this group of sleepy and chaotic places.

Zhanhong entered the Blue Rock City and went straight to this Guangshan Fang against the bustle. He looked around and saw an old man not far away, so he walked over and took off the face towel that shielded him from the wind and sand and asked with a smile: "Old man, is there a job to recruit around here?"

The old man in front of him was smoking, and the sunlight passed through the wisps of green smoke from his mouth, projecting on his white hair and wrinkles, and the old man was still smiling, looking at Zhanhong and saying, "I don't have a hand here, but I don't have a salary, are you willing?"

Zhan Hong first looked embarrassed, and then saluted: "Now I just want a place to live." ”

The old man took another puff of cigarette, coughed twice and said, "Young man from afar, you are in trouble...... then he shook his head again, and said dumbly: "This cannibalistic world...... You can't do my dough rolling work here, but you can always clean up and send it to you, right?"

Zhanhong nodded.

The old man turned and walked into the house, and said, "Come with me." ”

The old man's surname is Ma, and he opened a noodle restaurant.

The Ma Jia Noodle Restaurant is not large, the back door opens to the inner street of Guangshanfang, and the front door faces the main road of East Dazhi Street - this Blue Rock City has one road in the east-west direction, and three streets in the north-south direction, which is divided into West Dazhi Street, Middle Road and West Dazhi Street. Four main roads divide the Blue Rock Castle in all directions, and the castle lord's Miyagi is located in the northeast corner of the city.

Zhanhong settled in the store for two days, when there were customers, he was busy with Zhang Luo, when there were no customers, he cleaned carefully, and when he was free, he stood at the door and looked at the crowd.

When the moon rises on this day, most of the shops on the street have closed, and there are no other diners in the noodle restaurant except for the few two tables. Suddenly, a burst of aroma came to his nose, and Zhan Hong looked sideways, only to see a woman in a red gauze and bearded skirt walking into the store. The woman was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a delicate and full face, and her big blue eyes seemed to be dripping with water. At this time, she saw sweat on her forehead, and the sweat on her right cheek slowly flowed down, slowly flowing to her fair neck, and finally falling into her plump chest.

The woman caught a glimpse of Zhanhong looking at herself, and she didn't know that it was wrong, so she hurriedly wiped the sweat with her hands, found a table and sat down, and said, "I want a bowl of fine noodles." ”

The old man opened the curtain of the kitchen and peeked out, and when he saw that it was the young woman, he said, "You haven't been here for a few days, and it's been very hard lately." She didn't answer, just nodded.

At the table next to the woman, a man with a short figure looked at the woman in the red dress and laughed: "When my brother and I have money, I will definitely take care of my sister's business." ”

She remained silent.

After a while, a bowl of thin noodles was brought to the woman, and the old man Ma pursed his lips, stopped talking, sighed lightly and turned around and walked back to the kitchen.

The young woman ate a few bites, and then heard the "jingle bell" of the carriage and horse bells from far and near, a colorful and exquisite carriage stopped in front of the noodle restaurant, pulling the cart is a high-headed white horse, but seeing it with its head high, it looks restless, tilting its head as if to see the woman in the noodle restaurant, but instantly regained its calm, obediently lowered its head. The man who drove the carriage lowered the reins, rolled over and jumped out of the carriage, and whistled. When the woman in the noodle shop heard the whistle, she got up and put a few copper coins on the table, walked out of the door, and got into the carriage without looking back.

Zhan Hong was curious, looked into the carriage, and vaguely saw a fat man with a fat body, he grabbed the young woman, and put his mouth on it.

The white horse neighed and headed north.

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Blue Rock City in the heart of Cethistan has entered the dry season, and the slightest movement in this dry air is covered in sweat.

For several days in a row, Zhanhong would see the young woman at night, ordering only one bowl of fine noodles at a time, and she would be taken away by the carriage after not eating a few bites.

"You're always staring at me, am I beautiful?"

On this day, the woman rarely ate all the fine noodles in the bowl, and there was no carriage at the door to pick her up.

Zhanhong rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Beautiful." ”

"What's the use of being beautiful......

Just as Zhanhong didn't know how to answer, the carriage stopped at the door of the noodle restaurant from far and near.

It was the white horse that pulled the cart, but it was not usual, this time the fat man in the carriage also stepped out of the carriage, his stomach was shy, his face was full of meat, and his eyes were sunk in the flesh and turned into a slit.

"Maya Ali, your dear grandpa is here to pick you up. The driver of the carriage waved at Ali and motioned for her to come out.

Ali frowned, wanting to leave but not wanting to go.

Seeing this, the man in the carriage strode into the noodle shop, only to see that the visitor was more than nine feet tall, and his yellow hair was braided. The man's eyes were fixed on Ali, and Maya Ali was flustered by the man's staring, and pleaded in a low voice: "Vafad, I'm really uncomfortable today, I don't want to accompany this pig!"

"It's not up to you. Wafad reached out and grabbed Maya Ali and dragged her out of the noodle shop.

The fat man laughed and shouted in the distance, "My beautiful Sanger flower, I know you don't like me, but you still resign yourself to your fate, who makes me like you?"

Zhan Hong looked at it coldly, and the old man behind him sighed: "Alas, don't look at it! This girl is the same as my noodles, but it's just a commodity...... It's all business......"

Zhanhong nodded after hearing this, and said with a smile: "I looked at that horse, it was really a good horse, it was a pity to use it to pull the cart." ”

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The steam rises, and the aroma of freshly fried chili oil wafts out from the noodle shop and spreads like a mist through the streets. This chili oil is the invisible signboard of the old man's noodle restaurant, first use 28 kinds of side dishes and spices such as green onions, ginger, garlic, Daqin onions, herb vegetables and so on into the oil pot and fry them slowly over low heat, and then take out the side dishes and spices after the oil is fully integrated into the taste, and then add the best chili noodles to the sesame seeds and put in the sugar and five-tooth fragrance powder, and then add a bottle of aged liquor of the Southern Dynasty of Zhongzhou and Qiguo, while stirring and pouring hot oil, it can be said that you can get off the horse when you smell the fragrance, and you still want to eat after eating.

This is the fifteenth day of Zhanhong's work in the old man's noodle restaurant.

"Have you heard? Which of the feudal flowers that often eat noodles here is in trouble!" the noodle eater munched on the noodles, red chili oil stained his mouth, and he muttered to his table mates about the feudal flowers.

"What kind of domain flowers?"

"Oh, my good friend, it's that Maya Ali!"

"It turned out to be her, what a beautiful and lovely child. ”

"I heard that she beat the head of the Border City Chamber of Commerce here, and it is said that he opened all his filthy flesh heads, haha!" The diner laughed and continued, "But this Maya Ali is not doing well, she was almost ruined! ”

Zhan Hong on the side listened to the words in his heart, and continued to clean up the dishes and chopsticks with an expressionless face.

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In the middle of the moon, after the noodle restaurant was closed on the window panel, Zhanhong got up to clean up after listening to the old man's snoring, and pushed the door out softly after everything was ready, and walked through the streets and alleys for a while to the door of the Blue Rock City Medical Center.

Find the lady who is on duty to take care of the sick at night, and find Maya Ali's room with guidance. The smell of medicine and smoke filled the room in the room. Ali lay on the bed, her arms and legs wrapped in bandages, her face covered with ointment-soaked gauze, and only her nostrils were exposed.

"It's all flesh wounds, you need to wait for her face to be swollen before you look at it, if it's okay, you can return to its former appearance. The lady closed the door and said, "Don't worry, it's okay, the money given here is enough, and you can take it back to raise it after a few days...... It's just that don't let her receive guests for a short time. ”

The lady who thought to come to this hospital was the group of wicked people who regarded Zhanhong as a domain.

Zhan Hong thanked him and left the medical hall, after half a month of observation, he had figured out the various paths in the city, and then disappeared into the darkness after turning the alley.

The "domain" in Blue Rock City refers to the place where slaves are bought and sold. Many male and female slaves from the Western Luopa, the Great Qin Kingdom, and the Southern Shabhara were escorted here for sale, and people of different colors and races were forcibly kneaded together. In addition, the "domain" also takes advantage of its geographical advantages, with art galleries and piano buildings, where you can find women and men from all over the world, and they greet and send off lustful people from the north and south day after day.

The wails and drums in the domain mingled, and the drinkers and those in the cages who could not survive breathed the air under the sky.

Zhanhong stepped into the domain and walked into a courtyard called "Ren Hongchen", the weather was hot, but the courtyard was cool, with a huge pool in the center of the courtyard, and the roads leading to the various rooms and gardens were connected by stone bridges over the water. In the pool, it is common for women to bathe, cover their bodies with light veils, sway gracefully in the water, and indescribably charming scenes.

"What do you need, we have it here!" the red-haired boy bowed.

Zhanhong spoke: "I'm looking for Vafad. The red-haired boy looked embarrassed and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Zhanhong smiled and replied: "Let's just say that he is the envoy of Zhengguo Yang Gong to talk about a big business." ”

The red-haired boy looked Zhanhong up and down, bowed down again and said respectfully, "Your side, please." ”