"Spring is gone, and the flowers are unintentional. ”

A middle-aged man in a black robe walked by the Sushui River in Jinzhou, the wind around Xiao Xiao, the grass swaying, dotted with a lot of small purple wild flowers, this flower is called Tingqiu, the legend is the incarnation of the goddess of autumn, a cluster of clusters, the color is bright when it opens, it is extremely gratifying, it is also quite temperamental, it only grows in the wild, moves into the house to serve most of the people who live for more than one month, it is a kind of wild flower with a great reputation in the boundary of Jinzhou, and it is also the favorite autumn flower of Jinzhou people.

At this time, it is the day when the autumn flowers have just opened, there are a lot of idlers who enjoy the flowers and scenery by the riverside, they are all small households in Sushui City, and those dignitaries, the children of rich families have another place to go, they gather at the foot of Bamu Mountain in the upper reaches of Sushui River, there is a Wanhou Pavilion, Sushui River surrounds the pavilion, it is the most pleasant place to enjoy the flowers, and at this time the Bamu Mountain is also dyed with autumn colors, compared with the graceful listening to the autumn flowers, there is a unique taste, so as early as before the establishment of the Great Summer Dynasty, every time the flower viewing day, this Wanhou Pavilion has become a place where people with status and status can come。

Therefore, most of the flower admirers on the banks of the Sushui River are flat-headed people, of course, they are not the kind of people who are extremely poor, food and clothing are not a problem, they drag their families to bring their mouths, the riverside is naturally full of many young men and women, go out to enjoy the flowers, these young people also pick their best clothes, all of them are moving, and there are often young men and women in this flower-filled place when they first meet secretly in love, and they have a good impression of each other, and often ask people to inquire about each other's identity。

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of Sushui City, this autumn flower appreciation has also been given another meaning, that is, a subtle blind date meeting.

And the black-robed man and the style here really don't match, there are actually two kinds of people next to the river, one is old, pure flower admirers, most of them bring food, sit around the riverside in twos and threes, talk in a low voice, enjoy the flowers and joke, the other is the young men and women who are wandering around, they are often in groups, some chant poems, some play musical instruments, and the black-robed man undoubtedly does not belong to either of the two, he is tall, although his face is dignified, he can vaguely see the handsome demeanor of his youth, but now he is middle-aged, there is already a trace of old in his eyebrows, and there is a lingering loneliness between the cold looks, coupled with the fact that the black robe is nondescript, neither the dress of an official family, nor the dress of a scholar, and it is mixed on the banks of the Sushui River where ordinary people often come, so most people think he is a frustrated person at the first glance when they see him.

As for whether it is the frustration of officialdom, or the signal of the book, or the gesture of love, it does not matter.

"What you said is inappropriate," a young man dressed as a scholar shook the folding fan in his hand, although it was autumn at this time, but Jinzhou has always been a stuffy place, so at this time the people who came and went were dressed in light clothes, and there were many people with fans, this young man sat under a weeping willow, heard the emotion of the black-robed man, and corrected a little strangely, "This is autumn, spring has already gone to March, and this place is in full bloom of autumn flowers, a hundred miles of purple, how can you talk about falling flowers unintentionally?"

The black-robed man stopped, he glanced at the young man, "Who said I was lamenting this moment?"

The young man was stunned, "Could it be that you are reminiscing about the past?"

The black-robed man nodded.

The young man suddenly scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Seeing the scene and remembering love is also the normal state of people, but I am Meng Lang and disturbed Your Excellency's thoughts, I'm really sorry." ”

The black-robed man shook his head and was about to walk away, when he suddenly paused again, raised his hand and pointed to a hill upstream of the river in the distance, "Where is that?"

The young man turned his head and frowned slightly, "Your Excellency turned out to be from my Sushui clan?"

"No, I spent a few days in Sushui City in the early years, and now it's half my life. ”

The young man was stunned, and he was also quite emotional, "After half a life, and to my water, this is also a rare fate, no wonder Your Excellency just sighed with emotion," the young man sighed lightly, as if he was also related to the same family, paused for a while, and he eagerly explained to the black-robed man, " There is Bamu Mountain, but also a good place to enjoy flowers, in the previous dynasty, that mountain was the place where the eight Jinzhou patriarchs sacrificed to the sky, there is an ancient stone tablet on the top of the mountain, there are some ancient words on it, there is a Wanhou Pavilion at the foot of the mountain, it is my founding emperor of the Great Summer Dynasty led his soldiers to worship the queen of heaven to build, it is said that there were more than 100 Hou Ye participated at that time, but the name of Baihou Pavilion is not bold enough, so it is named after Wanhou, Bamu Mountain is a famous spot near my Sushui City, there are often outsiders who are famous for coming, Your Excellency has not been to before?"

The black-robed man shook his head, did not explain, whispered a word of thanks, and walked upstream along the riverside.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, Your Excellency is going to Bamu Mountain?"

"Hmm. ”

"I'm afraid you're going to disappoint you. The young man sighed, "Do you know the big people in Sushui City?"

"Big shot?" the black-robed man stopped and glanced at the young man, "What's a big shot?"

"Uh....." The young man looked at the black-robed man strangely, "It's the high-ranking officials and nobles!" City Lord Bai Family, Sushui Marquis Qi Family, City Gate Captain Zhao Family, and Great Confucian Ling Family.......

"I don't know," the black-robed man's face was flat, "I'm just going to Bamu Mountain, why do I want to know them?"

The young man's eyes widened, "Your Excellency is really a foreigner!"

"I've already said that. ”

"Alas, on this day of flower-viewing, Bamu Mountain is a place for dignitaries to play, and we ordinary people are not allowed to enter, and there are elite soldiers stationed at the bottom of the mountain, unless you know the people I mentioned, otherwise before you get close, you will be thrown out by those soldiers!" the young man persuaded, "If you really want to go to that Bamu Mountain, you might as well wait for this flower-viewing day to pass, when the soldiers have withdrawn, and you will go shopping with you." ”

"I'm going to climb the mountain today. ”

The black-robed man's voice was not loud, and his tone was calm, but the young man inexplicably felt a decisive and undeniable power in him, and he stood in place, staring at it in a daze for a long time, and suddenly stomped his foot fiercely and followed.

"What are you doing here?" the black-robed man asked without looking back when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Your Excellency, you really don't listen to persuasion, you will suffer a big loss in this way! That group of soldiers is a vicious dog raised by the Zhao family, the captain of the city gate, and they have always been unreasonable, if Su Shui Hou is here, he will restrain them, but this Su Shui Hou has already gone to the front line, this group of guys will not show mercy, you can't say that you will be beaten!" the young man said in a rambling voice. Their fists and feet are not long-eyed, and if you can't get it, you have to lie in bed for a month and a half, but my brother-in-law is also on an errand in the city guards, and I also know a few leaders of the city guards, and if I go with you, at least I won't let you be beaten too badly...... Why do you think you're doing this......."

The black-robed man listened quietly, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, interrupting the young man's chatter, "I see that the young men and women on the riverside are all full of affection, why don't you go looking for a young beauty?"

The young man stopped his mouth stupidly, "How can it be so easy?" Your Excellency, let me tell you, this woman in Sushui City is good, she is famous in Jinzhou, but she is also very shrewd, even if she is eye-catching with you on the riverside today, when she returns to the city, she will inquire about the origin of your family, if she is not satisfied, she will turn her face and deny people in the blink of an eye......

"I listened to what you just said, isn't your brother-in-law a city guard? In this Sushui City, he is a good family, right?

"It's not because of this," said the young man, blushing and wrying, "it's that I don't have a good reputation, but it's just a misunderstanding, two years ago I accidentally ran into a noble woman, and after being seen, I had some gossip, and I don't know which bastard said that I was delusional, and planned to do some wrongdoing, so that few women in the city dared to associate with me." ”

The black-robed man looked him up and down a few times, "Just a misunderstanding?"

"Of course!" the young man was a little anxious, "although Miss Qi is beautiful and virtuous, how many young people in the city do not love her? Naturally, I am no exception!

"Qi family......." The black-robed man thought thoughtfully, "Among the nobles you just mentioned is the Sushui Marquis Qi family. "Keyuan

"Qi Anran is the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Sushui," the young man looked around, lowered his voice and said, "The Marquis of Sushui is one of the princes of my generation in the Great Heat, and it was sealed here as early as the founding of the Great Heat, and the Wanhou Pavilion was built by their family, which is unspeakably expensive, and the Zhao family of the city gate captain is just a small follower of the Qi family, and even the city lord Bai family must be respectful in front of the Marquis of Sushui, and if he offends the Qi family, there is no place for him in Sushui City." ”

"Then why are you still here? Didn't you collide with Miss Qi?"

The young man snorted, "So it's all a misunderstanding! It's just that I bumped into it, and Miss Qi is very generous, so she doesn't care about .......it at all."

The black-robed man suddenly raised his hand and patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Do what?" the young man tilted his head to look over his shoulder, confused.

"Encourage you," the black-robed man lowered his hand and nodded in satisfaction, "Maybe your dream can come true." ”

"My dream?" the young man was even more puzzled, "I don't even expect to be famous......

The black-robed man smiled, did not explain, and quickened the pace, the young man thought silently, and no longer cared, followed in small steps, casually told some historical legends of Sushui City, the two spent a small half a pillar of incense, and walked out of the place of flower appreciation on the bank of the Sushui River, and embarked on a small road, which leads directly to Bamu Mountain, deviates from the Sushui River, but the road is also overgrown with autumn flowers, and it is a path with a good view.

When the young man was talking, the black-robed man flicked his fingers, and a trace of black light fell into the young man's legs, and he unconsciously increased his speed, in his eyes, the surrounding scenery was no different from the usual speed, but if it seemed to outsiders, these two people walked through this place like the wind.

Bamushan soon appeared in the eyes of the two.

"Arrived, arrived?"

The young man looked back at the Sushui River blankly, and then looked up at Bamu Mountain, a little skeptical about life.

"Who are you?" several soldiers in armor stepped forward with swords, staring at their clothes with unkind expressions, "This is not the place for you!"

The young man's body was agitated, and he immediately bent down slightly, rubbed his hands and stepped forward, and said in front of the black-robed man, "Brothers, my brother-in-law is Song Mo from the West City Gate, known as Song Heiscar, counting it, I and our city guards are still a family." ”

"Song Lao Liu?" the leading soldier looked at the young man and frowned, "Are you the one named Liu Cheng? I heard Song Lao Liu mention you, what are you doing in this Bamu Mountain? Your brother-in-law is not on duty in this Bamu Mountain today." ”

"That ......" Liu Cheng took out a few strings of copper from his body and stuffed them into the leader's hand, "Buy wine for our brothers." ”

The leader put it away with satisfaction, "Yes, I have a lot of eyesight, let's say, what are you doing here?"

"My brother wants to go in and take a walk, don't worry, we won't disturb those nobles. ”

"This can't be done!" the leading soldier refused very decisively, "If this is known by Captain Zhao Cheng, we will all have to be punished!"

"We don't go to Wanhou Pavilion, we just go around the back of the mountain. ”

"This ......"

The leading soldier hesitated, but one of the soldiers behind him stabbed him in the arm, "Forgot Zhao Gongzi's explanation? If something happens, don't die?"

The leader Ding shuddered, as if he remembered something, shook his head very decisively, and threw back the copper in his hand, "No, no." ”

"Zhao Gongzi's explanation?" the black-robed man smiled slightly, "According to what you said, this son belongs to Zhao Chengwei's family?"

"Well," the leading soldier nodded and glanced at Liu Cheng, "Since you are Song Laoliu's brother-in-law, I won't hide it from you, this Zhao Gongzi has let go today, let us guard this Bamu Mountain well, and we must not let any irrelevant people in, if something goes wrong, we will all have to lose our heads." ”

"Is there anything big on the mountain?" Liu Cheng was also a little curious, "Isn't it just to enjoy the flowers?"

"I heard that the son of the Zhao family is going to visit the mountains and enjoy the flowers with Miss Qi. "Someone interjected in the back.

"Shut up, this is something you can talk about?" the leader turned his head and scolded angrily, then put on a straight face, "You better come back another day." ”

Liu Cheng arched his hand, "Thank you, big brothers." ”

He turned around again, bowed his head and said to the black-robed man, "You also saw it, we can't do anything, let's come back another day, how about I invite you to the city for a drink?"

"You can drink the wine again in the future," the black-robed man smiled, "but the mountain still has to be climbed today." ”

"Didn't you understand what I said!" the leading soldier heard this, and became furious, and pulled out the big knife in his hand.

The black-robed man snapped his fingers slightly.

Several soldiers froze instantly, their eyes glazed, and the knives in their hands fell to the ground with a snap, as if they had been drained of their souls.

The young man exclaimed, and took a few steps back, "What's wrong with him—they?"

"Don't worry, I didn't take their lives, and in a moment and a half, they will wake up unharmed," the black-robed man walked forward, turned around and smiled, "Are you still coming along?"