Shi Keqi had heard Wang Yuan say that Gao Jiangnan was a famous pianist, and this was to hear that Sister Hong, Mr. Gao, was long and Mr. Gao was short, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Gao's piano skills are really so good?"

"You can listen to it, his music is written with a soul. ”

"Oh, you know this sentence, I've heard that a rich boy is chasing you. ”

Sister Hong's eyes shone with some brilliance, and she said, "When I was young, there were a few, but only one was sincere, and I told you about it." ”

"It was a spring breeze in March many years ago, and I opened the door as usual, and he was like a young man walking out of a poem, with a crown fluttering and the wind blowing through the courtyard gate. ”

"My heart is like being blown by the spring breeze, and I can't help but shout Son, please stay, listen to the slave sing a song, okay?"

He looked back at me as if he had seen a ghost, and hurried away in fright. I knew he understood my profession in an instant. I thought I would never have a chance to see it again, but I didn't run into the door with me this time, I guess he measured it in his heart. ”

"It was the first time he had tasted a woman, and it was out of control, but at first I just wanted to earn his money. He then wrapped it for a month and didn't let anyone touch me. ”

"I was both enjoying and afraid, and he said he would take me home and marry me openly, but his father was a very poor child, and his mother died in childbirth when he gave birth to him. ”

Probably because of honesty, when he reached middle age, he felt that the imperial examination was hopeless, and three years later his father married the widow of a wealthy merchant. Because he brought the oil bottle with him, his stepmother treated him very badly, and his father had no right to speak. ”

"He wanted to bring me home, but he was young and impulsive, and I couldn't get through that kind of family. ”

I told him that if he was really reluctant, study hard, and marry me in a small sedan chair in the future, I would be satisfied. ”

"He is becoming more and more obsessed with me, I feel sorry that he has studied hard since he was a child, and finally got into the show, this time he came to participate in the township exam, and then he was obsessed with it and delayed this exam, and his stepmother may not be willing to entangle him next time. ”

I persuaded him that he didn't listen, so he had no choice but to flirt with others in front of him. ”

But he drove the man away, smacked all the money on his body, and said that he would support me, and the pile of money had copper and broken silver and small silver bills, about fifty taels, and I knew that it was all his money. ”

"In the end, I hit him in the face with a stick, calling him a wreck, this time he crossed his line, and in a fit of rage, he finally packed up his baggage and left. When I left, I gave him fifty taels of silver, and he threw the money on the ground and walked away with hatred. ”

"I can feel his heart broken, thinking that I am the kind of kiln sister who loves money to death, but I really can't delay him, so the promising young talent can't rot on a prostitute. ”

"After he left, my heart was also broken, and I finally knew that the feeling of both enjoyment and fear is called suffering from gains and losses, and this has nothing to do with love, the word love is too beautiful for me to bear. ”

Speaking of this, Sister Hong wiped her face with both hands, and she didn't know if it was the tears in the corners of her eyes, or the unbearable past, present and future.

Shi Keqi said: "Did he come later?" ”

"No, I believe that according to his talent, he will definitely be able to take the township test, on the day of the list, I wore the clothes of a woman from a good family, and when I saw his name at the top of the list, I knew that he would not come in the future. ”

"Why?"

"Because some people are destined to fly in the sky, and some people are destined to rot into mud, which is called the difference between clouds and mud. ”

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There are still more than 20 days left for the New Year, because the Northern Zhou Dynasty has been stimulated this year, all the front-line troops have canceled their annual leave, continue to maintain training, and the reserves of the company and regiment training township warriors may be turned into combat troops at any time.

The huge war machine of the Northern Zhou Dynasty slowly began to operate, and everyone's fate was like countless small cogs on this machine, slowly or rapidly spinning on this machine.

Wang Yuan did not dare to disobey the military order to stay in Youfu, did not dare to go back for the New Year, and only passed the news of peace home through the post station.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty stipulated that generals and above could bring their families with them if they were not on the march, and Wang Tong bought a big mansion in Youfu and lived with a wife, two concubines and four children.

The coldest time of the year came, and Xiaolan slept a little more than before, sleeping almost all day.

Shi Keqi originally wanted to repair in the Youfu for a few days, and after recuperating his spirit, he took it to the Ghost Forest to find the eternal unfrozen spring, but now that it is like this, he doesn't know if it can survive in the ice and snow, so he has to stay in the Youfu temporarily.

In the next month or so, Wang Yuan took Shi Keqi to find Sister Hong again, and saw that he was always listening to stories when he didn't open meat, so he didn't bother to go to that place again. All that's left is to eat and drink, and be merry all day long.

Time swished to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the ice and snow had melted, the sky was blowing a south wind, and Xiaolan finally stopped being sleepy and became lively.

It also likes to follow Shi Keqi upside down, its body has not grown, and its behavior seems to change slightly. The habit of blowing saliva bubbles in the past has turned into grinning, lowering his throat and making a low roar.

But Xiao Lankong has a low roaring posture, but the sound it makes is similar to "woo woo haha", it's really not whether it is laughing or roaring.

Its saliva bubbles are not applied to Shi Keqi's face, and he knows to go to the grass when he releases the water, and he will not accidentally drip that bubble of boyish yellow water on his pants again.

My favorite action is to hold the owner's thigh like a monkey, or hang the tail on the owner's body.

Shi Keqi decided to embark on the road, and told Wang Yuan where he was going, but he couldn't keep it, so he gave Shi Keqi a brown military horse and related paperwork permissions, and also gave him a thousand taels of silver tickets to wrap around, which was enough for him to spend all the way.

You must know that in these years, the monthly salary of ordinary people is only about three or five taels of silver, and the living expenses of a family of three do not exceed three taels, less than forty taels a year.

One thousand taels of silver can provide a family of three for at least twenty years without rising prices, and of course the cost of going out will be several times more expensive.

In ancient China, you can go to Yangzhou in March with fireworks, which is equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver, you can go to similar places in heaven and earth for a while, and you can also talk to young women in the alleys for a long time.

As an ordinary general in the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although the income is good, it is almost impossible to come up with such a large sum of money to reward Shi Keqi for saving his life, and it is almost impossible to rely on silver alone, which shows that Wang Yuan and even his brother cannot be linked to integrity.

The prices of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were about the same as those of the Song Dynasty, and Shi Keqi rode a high-headed horse with a bulging waist and went all the way to the ghost.

The Southern and Northern Zhou dynasties each had one or two states bordering the Ghost Shadow Forest, and there were two roads from Youzhou, the far one needed to detour to Xiangzhou, and the nearest one was to enter from Wuzhou.

Although it is said to be a short road, it is only relative to Xiangzhou, after all, it is also nearly 2,000 miles away.

Shi Keqi has plenty of plates, and the tips on the road are all of medium standard, and there is no need to eat big pot dishes and chase shops. Food and accommodation are OK, but there are indispensable winds and dusts along the way.

Xiaolan was not tired at all, but her spirit became more and more excited.

On the eleventh day after leaving Youfu, he finally arrived at Liangcheng, Wuzhou, which was the last county seat to enter the Ghost Shadow Forest, and needed to replenish the rations of dry food and horses.

Horses can't run at high speed for a long time, the government's eight hundred miles are urgent, and they don't hesitate to run to the highest speed, and they generally have to change horses every dozens of miles, otherwise they will wait to run dead horses.

For the country, running a dead horse is a trivial matter, and delaying time is a major matter. If a horse dies on the way, and the knight is left to drive 11 to the next station, an hour or more has passed, and it will be a ghost in a hurry.

The normal way for horses to walk and trot throughout the day is to take a break at regular intervals.

Liangcheng is built on the mountain, with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, a small area, and a permanent population of no more than 40,000. The four bluestone slab main roads run through the city in a tic-tac-toe shape, and the houses on the side of the road are arranged neatly, as if they have been planned with a ruler.

The walls of Liangcheng are several meters higher than those of ordinary prefectures, reaching twelve meters. In particular, the western wall is made of long gray stones, which appear impregnable, and there are 10,000 regular troops stationed there.

Shi Keqi was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that there is no need to build such a tall mountain city in a very remote area, on the one hand, it costs the people and money, on the other hand, the gains outweigh the losses, there are at most some mountain bandits and thieves in the mountains, and they can still break through such a strong city?

With this question in mind, he found a shop called "Come in Inn" to stay.

"Come in Inn" has two floors, covering an area of less than half an acre, half of the restaurant and half of the accommodation, and the scale belongs to the middle and upper part of Liangcheng.

The cost of food and accommodation is also in line with Shi Keqi's wishes.

The warm greeting of the shopkeeper was mixed with the taste of the mountain city, the sound was very loud and even a little harsh, and there was no iron that was neither high nor low in a big city. He quickly tied his horses, registered, and led the guests to the second floor to choose a room.

Shi Keqi didn't feel anything, but instead bred a little familiarity, as a child who grew up in the mountains, he had long adapted to this volume.

The mountain is a big place, and when acquaintances meet on the road, they start to greet each other from afar. The mother-in-law called the children who went out to play to eat, and even opened their voices to shout and so on.

In the city, it is different, aside from the factor of paying attention to etiquette, the general house holds hands, and the small door and small household turn over and fart, and the neighbors can hear it, and the loudspeaker will undoubtedly attract all kinds of dissatisfaction.

From this point of view, the environment in which you are born determines the size of your voice.

Scoki picked the room and asked that question.

The smile of the shopkeeper suddenly froze on his face, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Guest officer, if there is nothing else, I will go out first, and I will send hot water to you later, and if you need to eat, you can also go down to the hall on the first floor, and you can also provide the service of delivering it to the room." ”

Shi Keqi originally asked casually, just have a passable answer, seeing the appearance of the shopkeeper, it seems that there is something hidden, and the curiosity is even stronger at the moment, and he took out a few pieces of broken silver from the waist bag and said to him: "Don't go yet, answer my question, this silver is yours." ”

The shopkeeper's brows furrowed, his eyes lit up, and the few coins of silver that the guest took out were equivalent to a few days' wages, and he seemed quite moved, but he still froze there and did not speak.

Shi Keqi decided to add a fire, took out a small piece of broken silver, put the original piece together, and placed them side by side on the table, spreading out his hands and motioning for the shopkeeper to take it.

He didn't throw the silver around in his hand to tempt people, he felt that this action was very naïve, and it also contained a little contempt, and it was not impossible to meet a hard-boned shopkeeper who turned his head and walked away.

After waiting for a while, there was no response, Shi Keqi wanted to take back the silver, a little distressed, two pieces of broken silver can eat a table of banquets, why waste money for an issue that is not important to him.

Hey, curiosity doesn't just kill cats, it also harms skinny pockets.

The shopkeeper finally couldn't resist this temptation, so he approached Shi Keqi, covered his face with one hand, close to his ear, and said mysteriously: "Guest officer, if I tell you, I must not spread it to other people's ears." ”

"Rest assured, my mouth is as solid as the walls outside. ”