During the Lin Xiang Festival in Yanzhou, a variety of items are sold, including a variety of beautiful costumes. After everyone entered Yanzhou City, they all changed into a new set of clothes. Zhu Xiaomin, Xiao Liying and Tang Junhe were originally girls who loved beauty, but now they don't want to wear the robes of Taiqingzong all the time during their play. And Lu Baifeng, Tianxiao and Tianyao's clothes were already in tatters, so they had to be changed. When they went out shopping, everyone left the fairy sword at the Xueqing Inn, so that no one could see that they were immortal cultivators.

Zhu Xiaomin ran back from the examination office with a cheer, attracting the attention of an old man at a roadside tea stall. "What a beautiful girl, she is a good match for the third son, there is hope now! No, I have to go back to report to the son quickly." The old man didn't even have time to finish the fragrant tea he had brewed, so he left in a hurry.

Zhu Xiaomin took the medal and went to redeem the prize and came back, looking at her elated appearance, everyone's mood was infected by her. The small snacks I received were very delicious, such as sweet cakes with red dates, shortbread with bean paste, peanut cakes, mung bean cloud slices, and sesame pastries...... The assortment of dim sum is neatly arranged in a beautiful sandalwood dim sum box, which has a delicate appearance and a delicious taste. The tea for the prize is a very famous Huaxian tea produced in Yanzhou. The tea leaves are mixed with sun-dried crushed petals, and the aromatic smell is refreshing. If you want to taste it immediately, you can also ask Xiao Er, who is responsible for pouring water, to ask for a pot of hot water and a few small teacups, and play chess and chat with relatives and friends while tasting fragrant tea. The petals in the flower show tea are white and red, the tea leaves are green and yellow, the tea is inhaled, and the floral fragrance and tea fragrance are lingering between the lips and teeth, which makes people deeply intoxicated. Seeing that the prize was so good, Xiao Liying and Tang Junhe were also eager to try, ready to guess a few lantern riddles to try.

Lantern riddles are not only anagrams, but also objects, names, place names, and pairs. The pair is not particularly difficult, for example, a fragrant lamp reads: "The spring breeze blows green and a river water, please say the next sentence", and Xiao Liying is right, "The summer night is lit up with stars." "It was very neat and charming, so I got the prize.

There is also a pair of last sentences: "The fog is long mountain, snow-capped, the peaks and peaks are rugged, and the mountains are majestic", and Tang Junhe is right: "The snow is a big river, foggy, turbulent, and surging". The last sentence says that the mountains are "snow" with "Qin Xue", and the next sentence says that the water is with the "fog" of "Wuling", which can be described as "mountains and rivers reflect each other"; in addition, the last eight characters of the two sentences are "mountains" and "water" with the same radical, and once again "mountains and rivers reflect each other", and it is really interesting to "reflect each other".

Even Lu Baifeng said with great interest, the last sentence on the incense lantern is: "The dragon soars all over the world, the sea rises to the bright moon, the moon is white and the wind is clear, and the dragon shadow appears in the west of the clear clouds", Lu Baifeng is right: "The phoenix dances for nine days, the sky rains nectar, the dew is red and purple, and the purple air comes to send the phoenix to the east." This pair of sentences not only conforms to the sentence structure of "the first word and the end", but also contains auspicious meanings, so they deservedly won the prize.

Tianxiao guessed a riddle to fight the characters, and the riddle was: "With a sword in hand, everything is gone." Shockingly, the river is red. Hit a character. "Looking at this riddle, isn't it exactly what the Taiqing Sword Immortal held the Chengying Sword in his hand back then, and Yu Qinxue Dajiang killed the one-horned evil Jiao with one move? As a disciple of the Taiqing Sect, how could he not guess it? Tianxiao naturally got the prize effortlessly.

As the night wore on, the people who had been playing all night were content to disperse. At a table in the corner of the square, Lu Baifeng was drinking wine one by one. Lu Baifeng likes wine and doesn't like tea, so he went to a hotel to exchange the tea prize he got for a pot of Youlong County's famous mellow wine-Zi Miaoqing. Tang Junhe sat on the other side of the table, sipping Huaxian tea, and the two watched with great interest as Zhu Xiaomin, who was still tireless in the distance, pulled Tianxiao, Tianyao and Xiao Liying to continue to guess the remaining riddles.

Lu Baifeng raised his head and drank a cup of Zi Miaoqing, and let out a long sigh of relief: "I haven't been so relaxed for a long time." Since entering the sect to cultivate immortals, he has been diligent and penderic, pursuing a higher realm. Everyone says that the path of cultivating immortals is very hard, and it seems that there is nothing wrong at all. ”

Tang Junhe smiled and asked, "What's the matter, Senior Brother Lu regrets cultivating immortals?"

Lu Baifeng laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's all now, where can I regret it?" From the time I entered the Taiqing Sect to now, I have been cultivating for forty years, and I am used to it. Sometimes I even think that a person's life should be so hard. ”

Tang Junhe looked at the night sky in the distance: "Senior Brother Lu, you are all in the late stage of the Cave Void, and you are about to ascend to the third level." But what about me, I'm only in the middle of the middle of the void, and it will take almost twenty years to cultivate to Senior Brother Lu's current realm. ”

"My current cultivation realm has also survived from the beginning, everyone is the same. Lu Baifeng took another sip of wine.

"I sometimes think, if I didn't cultivate immortals at the beginning, but became an ordinary woman, found a wishful Langjun, had children together, grew old together, and spent my life, how would it compare with my current life?

"Don, you can't think so. Ordinary people also have the troubles of ordinary people, money desires, worldly rights, and they are much more troubled than us. Although cultivating immortals is hard, fortunately, they will not be bound by things outside their bodies. When the void is broken in the future, what kind of wonderful world will it be!" Lu Baifeng's face was full of longing.

Tang Junhe pursed his lips and smiled: "Senior Brother Lu is not far from that wonderful world. After stepping into the third level, the most important thing is to prepare for the future Heavenly Tribulation. ”

Lu Baifeng shook his head: "How can it be so easy to break through a level? This perception is really an ethereal thing, and it should not be rushed. ”

Tang Junhe took a deep breath, looked at the lively backs of Zhu Xiaomin and the others, and sighed: "Yes." The road to cultivating immortals is long, if you can always be as carefree and unrestrained as them, how good it would be......"

At this moment, two people appeared from the corner of the street and quickly walked towards the square. One of them was the old man who left in a hurry after seeing Zhu Xiaomin before, and in front of him was a handsome young man. The young man's long sideburns hung down on his chest, and he wore a bun on the top of his head, looking like a rich kid in his dress.

The old man pointed to Zhu Xiaomin, who was fascinated by playing, and whispered something in the young man's ear. The young man's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward happily and bowed: "Hello, this girl. In Xia Sun Songxing, I wanted to talk to the girl in detail, I didn't know if I could appreciate my face, so I went down to the restaurant to get together. ”

Zhu Xiaomin chewed mung bean cloud slices in his mouth, and didn't even look at the young man: "I don't know you, I don't want to talk to you in detail." ”

The old man was angry when he heard this, and shouted: "My son-in-law is a member of the Sun family, how can you be so rude?"

The young man hurriedly stopped the old man: "Old Wu, don't scare others, after all, it was us who was abrupt first." After that, he bowed deeply to Zhu Xiaomin again, "Forgive me for being presumptuous." Please don't be suspicious, it's not that I covet the girl's beauty, but now there is a thing that is quite tricky, and you have to help me, girl. I wonder if the girl wants to?"

Xiao Liying, Tianxiao and Tianyao walked over. Xiao Liying asked as she walked, "Xiaomin, what's wrong?"

Zhu Xiaomin replied: "It seems to be called Sun Hexing, saying that he has something to ask me to help with." Her mind has always been on the mung bean cloud.

"Oh?" Xiao Liying looked Sun Songxing up and down, polite and polite, and didn't look like a bad person.

Sun Songxing raised his eyes and saw Xiao Liying, his eyes lit up again, and he said: "In the next Sun Songxing, I am really embarrassed to have something to worry about." ”

Lu Baifeng and Tang Junhe also walked over, and Sun Songxing greeted them together. Seeing Tang Junhe, he became more and more pleased. sighed in his heart: "They are all amazing peerless beauties, are there so many beauties now? Why did I meet three of them all at once? As long as one of these three people is willing to help me, this matter will be settled!" Thinking about it, Sun Songxing asked Zhu Xiaomin again: "I don't know if the girl is willing? For the girl, it is just a delay of a few days, you can rest assured, there is no malice in the next place, and there will be heavy thanks after the deed." ”

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a while and replied, "If you want me to help, you first have to tell me what is the matter, so that I can think about it." Also, go through my division, eh...... With the consent of my brothers and sisters. ”

Sun Songxing was very surprised: "These are all your brothers and sisters? With all due respect, your brothers and sisters don't look alike." ”

Zhu Xiaomin asked rhetorically: "What's so strange about this? Besides, didn't you ask me for help alone? What does it have to do with how our brothers and sisters don't look alike?"

Sun Songxing hurriedly bowed and bowed: "No, it doesn't matter, it's rude and said something boring." I don't know what to call you?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled slyly: "That one over there is my eldest brother, Zhu Baifeng." Next to me is my second sister, Zhu Junhe. This is my third sister, Zhu Liying. The latter two are my fourth and fifth brothers, Zhu Tianxiao and Zhu Tianyao. When talking about the names of Tianxiao and Tianyao, Zhu Xiaomin deliberately changed his tone, reading the yin level of the word "Tian" as Shangsheng, the Yin Ping of the word "Xiao" as the voice, and the Yang Ping of the word "Yao" as Yin Ping. After finishing speaking, Zhu Xiaomin couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Tianxiao and Tianyao glared at her fiercely.

Sun Songxing was covered with goosebumps when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: "The names of other people are okay, but it's a pity that these two handsome young people are gone." 'Licking laughter'?'Licking demon'? What kind of name is this......" Although he thought so in his heart, but the surface etiquette still had to be sufficient, Sun Songxing bowed again: "Since you are brothers and sisters, then please go to the Moon Tower to talk in detail, I don't know what you think?"

As the saying goes, many people are not to blame, Sun Songxing was so polite from the beginning, and everyone was embarrassed not to give face, so they agreed to his proposal. Sun Song was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the old man to go to Wangyue Tower to arrange a table of wine banquet first, and he led everyone to walk over slowly.

Mochizuki Tower is the most famous restaurant in Yanzhou City, and unlike Xueqing Inn, Mochizuki Tower only sells wine and food, and cannot be accommodated. Moreover, the taste of wine and food in Mochizuki Tower is famous for the word "wide". In this restaurant, you can taste the delicacies of all over the Qinglong Continent. Because the ingredients of some local dishes are relatively rare, and sometimes they need to be purchased locally and transported to Yanzhou for a long time, the price of the dishes in Mochizuki Tower is very high, and it is undoubtedly a symbol of status and status to be able to hold a banquet here.

There is Sun Songxing to invite everyone, and everyone is naturally willing to taste. A large table of wine and food makes people have a great appetite.

"Please don't be polite, just enjoy. This 'Green Dragon Banquet' is famous. Sun Songxing said enthusiastically.

"'Qinglong Banquet'? There is still a name for this table of wine and food?" Zhu Xiaomin looked at the dazzling array of dishes, very novel.

The shopkeeper next to him proudly introduced: "Guest officer, are you from out of town? This table is the most famous banquet in our Moon Tower." The reason why it is called 'Qinglong Banquet' is because this table contains the most famous specialties of the seven counties of the Qinglong Continent.

For example, the four dishes in the southeast corner are the famous dishes of Xianglong County: baked lobster in soup, steamed grouper, stewed snow clams with papaya, and boiled snails;

The four dishes in the east are: soaked belly in mushroom soup, stir-fried bacon with quinoa, red stewed sheep's trotter flowers, and chestnut roasted cabbage sum, representing the flavor of Kanglong County.

The four dishes in the northeast corner, sour and hot mullet eggs, braised Jiaji fish, fragrant grilled beef strips, and milk soup and pu vegetable pot are all famous dishes of Qianlong County.

Looking at the twelve dishes here, the four dishes in the northwest corner are: Sanzhen deer antler slices, diced white dace, egg yolk lion's head, and bright moon reflecting coral, representing the flavor of Thang Long County;

The four dishes on the west side are local dishes that represent the flavors of Youlong County: stewed white fungus with wolfberry, crystal lotus vegetable cake, silk camel's trotter soup, and yellow rice ginseng with chicken sauce.

The four dishes in the southwest corner are the specialties of Feilong County: sea bass soup with snow cabbage, hibiscus crab bucket, charcoal roast suckling pig, and Longbai lotus duck;

Finally, the four dishes on the table: stir-fried shredded beef, spicy chicken with red pepper, chrysanthemum soft-shelled turtle pot, and steamed pork with round cage noodles are the specialties of Tenglong County.

The seven counties of Qinglong, the taste gathers together, of course, it must be called 'Qinglong Banquet'. Xiao Er introduced all the twenty-eight dishes in one go.

"It's delicious just by listening, the delicacies from all over the Qinglong Continent......" Zhu Xiaomin swallowed quietly.

Sun Songxing said: "You don't have to be polite, just move the chopsticks." Brother Bai Feng, I just smelled the smell of wine on your body, but you like to drink? This table of Qinglong Banquet is also accompanied by seven pots of famous wine from each county: Zi Miaoqing, Rain Between Flowers, Drunken Haibo, Run Xiangliu, Guangxiao Xian, Dengtianke and Xue Bingchao. ”

Lu Baifeng suddenly became fond of his mouth when he heard this, wine and swords were his two favorite things. "Brother Sun, this Blue Dragon Banquet is really extravagant, and it is estimated that the price must be expensive. But in case we can't help you, or what we help doesn't work out, it's ......" Lu Baifeng didn't want to eat someone else's meal for nothing.

"Hey, Brother Bai Feng is too worried. The price of this meagre Qinglong banquet is still affordable with my grandson's financial resources. It can be seen from what you just said that you are all sincere and kind-hearted people, and I, Sun Songxing, am very willing to make such friends. This table is an invitation for me to make friends with you, and it has nothing to do with him. Brother Bai Feng, there are ...... Uh, 'licking, licking' brother, 'licking demon' brother, a few of us drank some Qinglong wine today!"

Seeing that Sun Songxing was so refreshing, everyone no longer shirked and began to enjoy this table of delicious green dragon banquets that gathered all over the world.

Tianxiao and Tianyao don't like to drink, so only Lu Baifeng and Sun Songxing drink together. After three rounds of drinking, Lu Baifeng asked Sun Songxing: "I don't know what is difficult for Brother Sun to help with my sister?" Hearing Lu Baifeng ask the point, the rest of the people also listened carefully.

Sun Songxing filled Lu Baifeng with a glass of wine and sighed: "Alas, this matter has to start with my four major families in Yanzhou. This place in Yanzhou is the main point of transportation between the east and west and the north and south in Youlong County, so the business is very developed. There are four major families in Yanzhou: Gu, Shi, Sun, and Ge, and I am the third son of the Sun family. The four major families are in charge of the four major parts of Yanzhou City's commerce: dry transportation, money and pawnshop, rice, flour, oil and salt, and mineral medicines. Our four families are mutually restrictive but interdependent, and have been at peace with each other for many years.

However, in April of this year, my father, the patriarch of the Sun family, suddenly fell ill and died, leaving no advice. I also have an uncle, but he has long since left the Sun family and is missing. Therefore, it stands to reason that someone in my generation should inherit the family business and continue to lead our Sun family. My father had five wives and concubines, and he gave birth to seven of our brothers. The eldest mother and the second mother died early, and my mother was my father's third concubine, who also passed away the year before last.

After the death of her father, Siniang played tricks to squeeze out Wu Niang, who had just entered the door of my grandson's house for two years, and then Wu Niang reluctantly returned to her parents' house with her young seventh brother. Among the remaining six brothers, the fifth and sixth brothers are still minors, so it stands to reason that only the eldest brother, the second brother, me and the fourth brother are eligible to inherit my grandson's family business. The fourth brother and I are the same mother, and he will not compete with me for the current head of the Sun family. But Siniang has her own plans, she wants to seize power and occupy the position of the head of the family first, and then let him inherit the family business when her son, that is, the fifth brother, becomes an adult.

In this way, not only has our Sun family been ownerless, but the people in the family have also been divided into several factions, fighting each other openly and secretly. The rice, noodle, oil, and salt shops we were in charge of were gradually being eaten up by the other three that were eyeing each other. Seeing that the huge family business is gradually declining because of our serious internal friction, I should be really anxious. The eldest brother and the second brother are not business management materials at all, and the fifth brother has just turned fifteen years old now, and by the time he reaches the age of eighteen, my grandson's property may have long been gone. ”

"Brother Sun, I don't understand a little. Your brothers are vying for the position of head of the family, and that is understandable. But your fourth mother, what qualifications does she have to occupy the position of the head of the family?" Lu Baifeng asked.

"Well, it's a shame to say that...... That's it, I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, Siniang is only thirty-five years old, twenty years younger than her father. She took a fancy to the wealth of my grandson's family and married her father. She is a romantic person, and she has already hooked up with the city lord of Yanzhou behind her back, but we didn't know about it until her father passed away. A few months ago, the city lord of Yanzhou suddenly ordered us, saying that Siniang has been working for the Sun family for many years and gave birth to a son, which is indispensable, so she is qualified to temporarily take the position of the head of the family, and then pass it on to him when the fifth brother becomes an adult in the future. There is no way, my Sun family does not dare to go against the will of the city lord, because our commercial transactions with other state cities must be approved by him. provoked him, and he directly cut off my grandson's wealth, which would be miserable. ”

"Then why didn't the city lord directly order you Siniang to inherit the head of the family?" asked Zhu Xiaomin.

Sun Songxing replied: "The city lord is just managing the affairs of this city, if he dares to directly order Siniang to inherit the Sun family's business, then don't talk about my Sun family, the other three major families will also unite to rebel against him." Just imagine, if their family also faces this situation in the future, and the city lord directly sends a close person to replace the family master, who can be willing? This time the city lord helped Siniang like this, which was already a bit out of line, but it did not involve the interests of the other three major families, and they were still profitable when my Sun family was unstable, so they didn't say anything. ”

"Then you just say it, what do you want me to do for you?" Zhu Xiaomin listened to the power struggle of the Sun family, and he felt that his head was big.

Sun Songxing's expression was slightly helpless: "That's the case, I don't know who proposed the absurd idea to the city lord, the city lord ordered, and the method decided by the lord of the Sun family was ...... Be...... Beauty pageant ......"