There is a small town at the junction of Hanyuan County and Xing'an County in Qinzhou, called Osmanthus Town. Because all parts of this town are planted with laurel trees, every autumn in September and October, the streets and alleys are in full bloom, and the osmanthus is fragrant like a fairyland on earth, so it often attracts the Han Yuan, Xing'an two counties of the merry and famous people, talented and beautiful people come to visit, chant poetry and paint here, spend a lot of money, spend a lot of money before the moon, thousands of families in the town are also stained with the light of these sassy people, and the life is more moisturized than the people in other places.

However, this autumn, this osmanthus town has lost the poetic and picturesque feeling of previous years.

In the history of ancient and modern millennia, a large-scale natural disaster broke out every few decades on the land of the Central Plains, such as droughts, floods, snowfalls, plagues, locusts, earthquakes, and ...... Once it rises, tens of thousands of people will be displaced, their families will be ruined, and this year, the fifteenth year of Emperor Chunfeng, is even worse, with drought in the north and flooding in the south.

Since the beginning of spring this year, there has never been a decent heavy rain in the four prefectures of Beidiyou, Ji, Rong and He, and after the autumn, the grain output of the four prefectures has decreased by nearly one million stone compared with the previous year. It was at this time that the Great Khanate north of the border of Wuzhao was also due to the drought weather, which led to the large-scale degradation of domestic pastures and led to a sharp decline in livestock, and the Great Khan tried to take risks to spend the winter on the border of You, Ji and Rong, in an attempt to solve the urgent need through the means of war between the two countries, and Wu Zhaoguang was this summer, under the personal command of Chen Song, the king of Wei in the north, and Han Bingxuan, the general of Zhenbei, he fought four major battles with the Northern Khanate on the border of the three states, with nearly 90,000 dead and wounded.

There is no rain in the north, but the rain in the south is continuous, the eastern part of Jianzhou and the land of Luzhou are flooded, tens of thousands of people are displaced, and the power in Luzhou is in order to make the country difficult to make money, embezzle the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court, resulting in a large number of people fleeing, and some of them poured into Wu Zhaoyu Huajing City, the matter was found out by Emperor Chunfeng, and Liu Anshi, the assassin of Luzhou, was even more angry to death.

Under this situation, the four prefectures of Qin, Qing, Hua, and Kui, which are located between the north and the south, have become the target of public criticism, not only to collect grain from the people under the rule of the imperial court to solve the problem of the supply of war in the north and the shortage of food for the disaster victims, but also to continuously accept a large number of disaster victims who moved in from Luzhou in the south.

As a large county of Qinzhou, known as the "granary of the world", Hanyuan County is about to lose a layer of skin for this, and the ridiculous thing is that this "granary of the world" has now become a problem for the people of the county, and the town of Osmanthus located at the junction of Hanyuan County has also been affected.

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The sky was dark and the autumn rain was hazy.

In previous years, it was the fragrance of osmanthus in autumn, and the osmanthus town full of tourists now seems to be very depressed, there is no scene of flowers in full bloom, and the laurel trees in the streets and alleys are only bare branches. The osmanthus on the laurel tree, which was called "Jiuli Xiang" by the literati and scholars, had long been used as food to fill the mouth by the begging victims who fled from the south to the town kneeling on the side of the street, and ate it into the hungry stomach.

If this scene is seen by those pedantic literati who are nostalgic for the past and hurt the present, they will definitely sigh a sentence of insult.

Yan Longyu and his entourage have been in Guihua Town for two days, because the autumn rain for several days has made the mountain roads muddy and difficult for cars and horses to pass, so they plan to recuperate in Guihua Town for a few days, and then continue to go south after the weather is clear.

In the past, there were many dignitaries and dignitaries in Osmanthus Town, and it was a good place to collect information, so there was a "floating and drunk" restaurant in the town of Xishu Floating and Sinking Hall, under Mo Fei's arrangement, their group was arranged to live in the restaurant in the past few days.

Yan Longyu has been in the second realm of martial arts since he learned the twelve styles of the Eternal Sword Emperor in his dream "Tiangang Sword Technique", just like a different person, under the supervision of everyone, he got rid of his previous lazy nature, in addition to chasing the carriage when he was in a hurry, under the guidance of Hua Fengju, the young man insisted on holding the sword every day, grinding hard all day long, trying all kinds of ways to pull Dugu Haoran and Yan Gui to learn face-to-face.

In just a few days, the twelve-style sword moves in the hands of the young man can already be regarded as perfect.

In these days, several teenagers also named the twelve sword moves that Yan Longyu learned according to the trend of Yan Longyu's twelve-style sword moves: Swimming Dragon, Spirit Snake, Swallowing Whale, Waterfall, Changhong, Lotus Pond, Treading Snow, Seeking Plum, Picking Flowers, Folding Willows, Autumn Rain, and Spring Breeze.

Just after noon.

The rain is still falling, the town is bustling with pedestrians, three handsome and upright waists, narrow shoulders and wide shoulders of the young man in a wide robe with a large sleeve holding an oil-paper umbrella side by side on the bluestone paved street, from time to time to attract three or two girls passing by on the road The heart of the boudoir swayed, and secretly squinted.

The young man is Yan Longyu, Dugu Haodang and Mo Fei. After coming to Osmanthus Town, Yan Longyu asked Hua Fengju for a few taels of silver, went to the blacksmith shop to pick out a worthy iron sword, and learned from Yan Gui and Dugu Haoran to carry the sword on their backs all day long, and became a merry chivalrous man who coaxed young girls.

Yan Longyu, who was dressed in white, walked to the side of the street where the beggars were gathered, bent down and quietly stuffed a few pieces of broken silver into the hands of the little girl begging alone under the eaves, smiled and pinched the little girl's cold red face, didn't say anything, and turned around and walked back to Dugu and Mo Fei. The young man was very careful, afraid that the silver he gave to the little girl would be snatched away by other beggars on the side of the road, so he deliberately did not hand it to her directly, but quietly stuffed it into the little girl's hand.

With tears in her eyes, the little girl who had fled so far silently retracted the hand holding the silver into her cuffs, and watched in a daze as the handsome big brother holding an umbrella in the rain gradually moved away from her.

Walking back to the street, Yan Longyu sighed with a delicate brow, "I stayed in the restaurant all day and was so panicked, so I pulled the two of you out for a walk." I never thought that I would go all the way and see the poor people displaced on the side of the street, and my heart was even more depressed! ”

Dugu Haolan was deeply touched, and sighed, but he didn't say anything with a cold face.

Mo Fei said: "The flood-stricken local officials in Luzhou filled their pockets, deceived their superiors and subordinates, and killed a good assassin who worked all day but had a weak heart, and also cooled the ......hearts of people all over the world."

Maybe it was because they couldn't see the bleak scene of the destruction of the family on the street, and the three of them walked back together in the direction of floating and drunk.

"Your shop is so treacherous, the two of us want osmanthus wine from your town, but you sell us this fake wine mixed with water, I have to smash your shop today!"

"The two heroes are angry, the osmanthus in our town has long been eaten up by those victims from the south, and there is really no osmanthus in the small shop to make wine......"

On the way back to the restaurant, Yan Longyu and the others heard a familiar voice coming from the restaurant on the street, arguing with the guys in the restaurant. The three of them put away the oil-paper umbrella and walked into the liquor store together.

The familiar voice in the wine shop was still chattering, and it was from the mouth of Han Jianglong, who had hurried here. After saying goodbye to Yan Longyu and the others in the mountains and forests that day, Han Jianglong and Huang Wenmang continued to walk the mountain path, and also came to this osmanthus town a day ago.

The two men with their respective swords on their backs were questioning by the collar of the guy in the wine shop with angry faces on their faces, not noticing the three teenagers who had already entered.

"If the two elder brothers of Han and Huang want to drink good wine, I have a good place to go, junior brother, I wonder if the two elder brothers are willing to appreciate their faces?" Yan Longyu smiled heartily.

Han Jianglong, who was carrying the saber on his back, turned his head to see the three young people at the door when he heard the sound, the anger on his face seemed to have subsided by half, and he stretched his raunchy brows again, clenched his fists and smiled: "Haha, it really made the three little old people laugh." ”

Huang Wenmang, a mute dressed as a walker, also loosened the collar of the guy in the wine shop, clenched his fists and opened his mouth to smile. The emaciated man who had been loosened from his collar rushed into the backyard like a wild horse escaping the reins, ignoring the liquor business.

When everyone saw the embarrassed appearance of the guy in the wine shop, they looked at each other and laughed.

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The three teenagers just brought the two men who had only one side of each other back to the Fushen Drunken Restaurant.

The restaurant is divided into three floors, the quadripartite cloister structure, the scale is large, the furnishings are elegant, the hall on the first floor has more than 30 square tables, a stage is set up, it is responsible for entertaining ordinary visitors to eat, the main hall is hung with the big plaque of "looking forward to the brilliance"; The second floor is responsible for banqueting guests, divided into window seats and private rooms with separate partitions; There are forty large and small wings on the third floor, responsible for reception and accommodation, and at this moment, Qin Ruoyang and the servant Lao He are serving tea and holding books in a first-class wing room on the third floor. There is one steward in the building, four people who take care of the door, more than 30 people who are big and small, 18 cooks, 8 old women, 16 musicians, servants and storytellers.

When a few people entered the building, there were no guests in the lobby on the first floor, Mo Fei instructed the restaurant guys to arrange a place for Han and Huang to live, Yan Longyu led the two to a private room on the second floor, and Dugu Haoran found Yan Gui, who was forced by Yan Longyu to change into a luxurious dress and was ashamed to dare not go out.

Inside the private room on the second floor.

Yan Longyu, Dugu Haodang, Mo Fei, Yan Gui, Han Jianglong, and Huang Wenmang, dressed differently, sat down at the sandalwood table regardless of priority, and the restaurant guys put the mountain treasures in front of the six people one after another.

Wang Sui, the person in charge of the Fushen Drunken Restaurant in Osmanthus Town, heard that he was the righteous son of the owner of the Fushen Restaurant, Mo Fei, the little manager, wanted to entertain the guests, and personally sent a few pots of the well-known famous wine "Fushen Drunk" in Wuzhao.

After Wang Sui went upstairs, he first saw a few young men in brocade clothes who had been familiar with him in the past few days, and then saw the two shabby-dressed fresh-faced Jianghu people. ”

After the dedication, Wang walked out quickly, as if he was casually interested, it was enough for him to show his face in front of these distinguished guests of the old hall owner, and sometimes talking too much made people disgusted.

Yan Longyu can drink, but he doesn't like to drink, because when he was on Qishan, he saw a lot of Hua Fengju's ridiculous behavior after drinking. And today, Yan Longyu was the first to stand up and raise his wine glass, facing the two Jianghu people who had wanted to help him: "When they parted that day, Yan said that when they met the two brothers again, they would push the glass and drink together. ”

Dugu Haodang, Mo Fei, and Yan Gui also stood up with Yan Longyu and raised their wine glasses.

In the private room, the mountains and rivers are high, the plants, trees, fish and insects are magnificent, and Han Jianglong and Huang Wenmang, two low-level Jianghu people who have obviously lived for half their lives and have never been to this kind of elegant place, are more or less restrained.

The two men looked at each other, maybe the two of them had some concerns in their hearts before coming here, but after seeing the sincere attitude of the teenagers at this moment, their two honest faces were like happy flowers, no longer restrained, and at the same time stood up and raised the wine glass in their hands, and drank it all in front of the four teenagers.

Floating and drunk, Han Jianglong, a man from the rivers and lakes, reminisced about the mellow and strong wine, and laughed happily: "We reckless people in the rivers and lakes are most afraid of being snubbed, but you ......" The man paused, and then laughed at himself: "Okay, okay, don't talk about this, it looks hypocritical!" As long as the brothers have enough wine, there are a lot of stories to ........."

If you treat me as a countryman, I will repay you as a countryman! This may be what this unreadable man wants to say but can't express!