Gengzi year, spring.

Kyoto, Yueguo, Changning Lane in the capital; At five o'clock in the morning, the sky had already begun to turn gray and the fog was filled. Although it is already early spring, there is no cold, no spring cold, but there is no grass and warbler flying, green, fat, red and thin.

Lao Jiu is an old man who lives in Changning Lane, and today is the second day of the second month of February, and he and his wife rushed to prepare tea and fruit early in the morning. As a subject country of the Qinglong Kingdom, the Chinese people naturally attach great importance to the traditional festival of the dragon raising its head, which has both symbolic significance and historical and cultural significance! Now that the four kingdoms are in constant dispute, it is naturally excellent for the dragon to raise its head.

Warm deed is a very important custom on the second day of the second month of February, the location of Dongyue is northern, the prosperity of the six animals is not as good as the north of the country, the abundance of grains is not as good as the rain and rain in Annam, and the abundance of products is not as good as the barbarians in the west. But if there are many talents, the other three countries will not be able to keep up with the weight of Dongyue if they are tied together. The more beautiful people are, the world knows. The old people feel that so many outstanding people have a lot to do with the warm contract. Therefore, on the second day of February every year, all kinds of tea fruits must be prepared to be shipped early in the morning. Many of the dexterous women stayed up all night trying to get some food.

Lao Jiu complained that he and his wife were not neat enough, seeing that the incense had fallen on the side of Dilongtai, and even the first fireworks had been lit, and his Qibao fruit box had not yet been cleaned up. Lao Jiu is a tavern owner and a well-known drunkard in Changning Lane. Neighbors often laugh and say that if it weren't for a powerful mother-in-law, I'm afraid the banquet wouldn't be able to stand up.

Lao Jiu looked at the busy figure in the kitchen, couldn't help but smile a little, seeing that the work in his hand had been completed, he simply took out a yellow bamboo hookah from the side of the curtain, quietly walked to the door, squatted on the ground while looking at the half-bright clouds while rolling up the tobacco, recalling the bits and pieces of meeting his mother-in-law when he was young, time, don't be slow to me.

"Uncle~" A somewhat immature voice sounded suddenly.

Lao Jiu was a little surprised, and when he looked up, the fog cleared slightly, and a young figure slowly pacing slowly approached. The clouds and smoke dissipated, like an immortal walking out of the picture scroll, looking gentle and beautiful, only a few points inferior to his mother-in-law when she was young.

"How did young people get up~"

Suddenly thought of something, the old wine eyebrows and eyes changed the words: "Mr. Xiao is going to participate in the spring public examination, the Beijing examination was released a few days ago, and now it is a public examination, I don't know if it is a literary examination or a martial arts examination."

"Reading the book of the sages," the young man also began to laugh softly

"It's amazing, it's younger than our stupid boy, and it's already a third-class scholar" The old wine can't help but feel a little bit of my emotion that the more people really show off the world. They are all scholars

Glancing down into the depths of the alley, he smiled even more, and said with a little old man's fault: "Do you know what our Changning Lane is most famous for?" ”

The young man followed and looked deeper into the alley, and said proudly: "I'm afraid Shikoku is also the most famous."

The old wine laughed, smart and smart: "The Yue people show off the world, and the Gu family dragon army shows off the military tent, monopolizing the world's soldiers." The disputes of the four countries, the Yue people live and work in peace and contentment, it is all the vigor of the generals of the Gu family who sprinkle the battlefield with all their spirits, you have to read it well"

The young man's eyes were gentle and said, "It's all good."

Mrs. Lao Jiu prepared all the things early, straddled the back and stared at the old man with a smile and laughed here, she was satisfied with her life now, and she didn't mind the first-class fragrance of Dilongtai, what else did she want. Nowadays, the world is not the best, but the spring breeze is heard everywhere in the world, and the spring rain can also be bathed.

Lao Jiu noticed Mrs. and said with a smile: "Why don't you mention me, you have to rush back to prepare the banquet when it gets dark, have you prepared the tea fruit of the Gu family?" ”

The woman glared and said: "Naturally prepared, there are two copies every year, when General Gu Qi went out of the city, he asked the neighbors, the nine sons of the Gu family, now only the ninth grandfather has not reached the crown, does not join the army, and is studying at home, the little grandfather does not understand the common etiquette, we help to worship it, but no one looks forward to it."

The young man only felt that the corners of his eyes were a little warm, and he hurriedly said: "Uncle and aunt, you are busy, the boy should be in a hurry."

Seeing the old couple gradually disappearing into the fog, the young man began to pace deep again: "Three points of spring and two branches of people are in a hurry, add a point of fog and rain, the world, the scenery is pleasant, right?" ”

After the old wine couple left, there was no one in Changning Lane, and it was empty. The boy seemed to be muttering to himself.

"Xiao is fortunate to have three glasses of wine in his life, and a new flower, whether it is good or bad, it is impossible to say" In the depths of the seemingly empty alley, a rough voice picked up the young man's words. A tall figure walked out from the corner, holding a wine jug and making a drinking appearance.

"Boss Xiao's life is not close to the sage book, and today I borrowed the knowledge of the ninth grandfather to come to the dance and write to make ink, hehe" A crisp voice sounded from the west. A woman dressed in green walked out with an umbrella.

"Yiren, Dongyue is known as the Tianxia Sect, the place where the imperial examination of the Four Kingdoms has the most weight, don't say that the style of the head of the family like Xiao Boss, that is, I, an idle beggar, come here to learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, Lu Wang Feng Gu" A beggar seems to appear out of thin air, and it seems to lie down in the corner of the wall early.

The woman couldn't help but be a little annoyed when she heard her say that the identity of the four people present was revealed, but the big man didn't care. The young man couldn't help but cry and laugh. As soon as I left the house, someone came to the door.

"You don't seem to have come here to discuss your studies?"

The beggar grinned and said, "The general is a nine-liner, that's a monstrous piece of knowledge~"

The young man also learned to grin and smiled: "The elder brothers don't follow the text, and they have been reading since the seventh brother."

The beggar was stunned for a moment, but he really didn't expect to slap the horse's fart on the horse's feet.

The big man laughed and looked up to the sky and drank again.

The woman was covering her mouth and laughing, and when she saw the young man looking at her and laughing, she couldn't help but feel a little strange, and asked, "What does the Ninth Master think is funny about the little woman?" ”

The young man laughed: "There is no funny place, but the woman is not small"

The woman is only about twenty-five or sixteen, and she is naturally older for ordinary women, but for the rivers and lakes, it is by no means "not small".

Hearing this, his face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Will the general's subordinates only play tricks?" ”

Before the words fell, a pale hand pierced out of the gray sky and slapped the woman, the speed was not fast, and everyone present could see it clearly.

The foil Luoyi people have been famous for many years, naturally not by their looks, and that one-handed swordsmanship is also worth a first-time evaluation under the pen of the Daomen Arsenal Daoji monk.

Such a slow slap is like clearly telling the Luoyi people that I am here to slap you.

Luoyiren's mouth was full of bitterness, and she just couldn't avoid this slap. With a "snap", the Luoyi people fell to the beggar's position, the beggar smiled coldly, didn't pay attention to it, and didn't see how to move, the Luoyi people had passed out in the beggar position, but the beggar had already stood in the position of the Luoyi.

The hand slowly retracted, and the young man was beside the white-clothed Shengxue.

"Brother Seven, you're back"

The big man frowned and didn't speak, but he didn't drink the wine.

The beggar seemed to like trouble by nature, and said to the man in white: "Qinglong Lao Qi, hehe, the unreasonable hand is really unreasonable"

People who come to heat themselves are famous all over the world, and Gu Qi, who is known as the Seven Divine Dragons, Gu Xingyue.

"Xiao Jiu, when did you come out of the Chaosheng Pavilion? Does Daochang Li know? ”

The young man turned out to be the general's house, and the nine sons Gu fell into the city. As the youngest son of Gu Tiansheng, the military god of East Vietnam, although Gu Qingcheng did not reach the crown, the rumors in the rivers and lakes were no less than his two brothers. At the age of eight, he read through the Five Classics, and entered the Bihai Pavilion at the age of twelve, and now he is out of the Chaosheng Pavilion.

Gu Tingcheng smiled bitterly: "Today's public test, Lao Gu kicked me out"

Gu Xingyue nodded, turned around and said, "Do you two have anything else to do with my Xiao Jiu?" ”

The beggar laughed and retreated: "The saber, the son's sword, the trick is varied." The Seven Divine Dragons are here to take the Ninth Grandfather home, how dare you stop the old man?"

Gu Xingyue turned to the big man, and her eyes were a little lower: "What does Nan'an Gongzi say here?" ”

The big man was silent for a while, and suddenly took a step forward and said: "The trace of the Seven Generals Divine Dragon, Xiao naturally does not stay"

Gu Tingcheng smiled when he heard this: "Little Ninth Grandpa walks slowly, so naturally he has to stay."

When the man surnamed Xiao heard this, he looked at this good-looking little ninth grandfather, and there was already a smile in his eyes, he was an interesting person. It's a pity.

As soon as the big man stretched out his hand, a saber just fell from the eaves above his head, fell into his hand, and with a wave of the situation, a majestic murderous aura had already arrived in the air, Gu Qingcheng pointed to the ground in front of him, and retreated, no more, no less, just one step behind Gu Xingyue.

Gu Xingyue's pale hand was in the shape of a crane's beak, and he poked in front of him, as if he was holding something and waving it into the sky, but he swept away the mist in the sky. At this time, the murderous spirit is coming. It turned out to be the sword qi before the murderous qi.

Suddenly, an afterimage crossed Gu Xingyue, and in an instant, it had already arrived in front of Gu Qingcheng, like fireworks, exploding countless hidden weapons, and rushing to the vital point of Gu Qingcheng.

Gu Xingyue was about to move, and the sword of the man surnamed Xiao followed him like a shadow. I had to turn around and open it, and out of the corner of my eye, I even saw the "not small" woman who should have fainted to death, and she also jumped up, handed out a cyan lotus flower in the direction of Gu Qingcheng, and explained the flowers. He could already think that the person who used the remnants of the rainstorm pear blossom must be the old man named Hanako who pretended to retreat. These people looked like they were in a group. Now he only hoped that Xiao Jiu just had the square inch charm of Daochang Li on his body.

It's not that the men of the Gu family can't die, it's just that the general dies on the battlefield so that he is not in vain. The people of the Gu family are naturally generals.

Suddenly, a spring breeze blew, and the three figures ran faster than rabbits.

Gu Xingyue took a long breath, looked at the falling flowers all over the ground, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "One blow misses, and the whole body retreats, it doesn't seem to be the style of Gongzi's sword."

"It's not, although Xiao Wuxian is under the door of his son, he secretly entered the Red Flag three years ago, and the military atmosphere is very obvious."

"People like Hua Jian and Tang Zhaohua can also enter the Red Flag?"

Gu Qingcheng smiled self-deprecatingly: "If you kill General Gu Jiu, you can enter"

Gu Xingyue lowered her head and said, "Very good, what are your plans in the future, General Xiao Jiu" General Xiao Jiu said, his eyes were already full of smiles.

For the Gu family, there is no more important coming-of-age ceremony than a named general.

Grandpa Xiaojiu, Gu Qingcheng, can now also call "General Xiaojiu"

Turning around and walking back into the depths of the alley, the surrounding residents have already returned one after another, and the morning worship ceremony where the dragon raised his head must have ended.

"It seems to be a warm spring, isn't it, General Xiaojiu"