The second day of the fifth month.

Summer solstice.

There are clouds in ancient poems: the daydial has been extremely cloudy, and the night leak has been long since then. The green lotus is still powdery, and the round lotus is scattered.

This poem is called "Summer Solstice Summer Shelter North", which says that in the summer solstice, the days are gradually lengthening, at this time the green fresh bamboo is still powdery, and the lotus flowers in the pond have begun to exude bursts of fragrance.

There is also a poem called "The Bitter Heat on the Second Day of the First Day of the Fifth Month", which talks about this day, the sun is very hot and the weather is hot.

Wang Qilin felt that these two poems were very representative, they represented the north and the south respectively.

In his memory, the second day of the fifth month in his hometown was fine, the sun was very sunny but not very hot, but no matter in the village or outside the village, there would be flowers and green grass in the water on the ground, so that people would feel that the weather was beautiful.

But this is not the case in Shu County, after they go out, they really feel a hot water vapor rushing to their faces, like a hot water clothes, wrapping people all at once.

They set off early in the morning, left the cottage and went to the official road, at this time the second child of the Huandao wine shop was cleaning, and the proprietress had a bucket of sewage in her left hand and a bucket of rotten vegetables in her right hand, and easily went out to take out the garbage.

A group of lean hounds are waiting for her to feed, the days in the mountains are hard, the owner's family has nothing to eat, and they have to rely on their own skills to fill their stomachs.

Wang Qilin and the others appeared, and the dogs were startled and instinctively wanted to escape.

But the proprietress had already appeared with buckets of swill, and they smelled the fragrance and were reluctant to leave.

Wang Qilin saw that they didn't want to leave and were scared, so he waved his hand and said, "There is shade here, rest in the shade first." ”

Fat Wuyi glanced at the group of dogs not far away, and said admiringly: "The seventh master is a good person, kind-hearted, and approachable dog." ”

Wang Qilin rolled his eyes, what is Nima's words?

The group of dogs gobbled around the garbage, and the white ape fanned his sleeves and said impatiently: "Seventh Master, are you concerned? We don't kill less, why are you kind to a few dogs now?"

Wang Qilin said: "It's very simple, the people we killed are not as good as these loyal and hard-working dogs. ”

Swallowing gave the white ape a look, and nodded at Jiuliu: "This is called Aiwu and Wu, the seventh master always has to give Miss Jiuliu some face." ”

Jiuliu swallowed his tongue and rubbed Wang Qilin's knee.

Eight Meow is also swallowing her tongue: This is learned from Jiuliu, it's too hot.

Black Bean wiped his sweat and said, "Uncle, it's so hot." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Who made you eat so fat? When people are fat, they are easy to get hot." ”

Black Bean said aggrievedly: "Beans don't want to gain weight, but I don't know what's wrong, and I slowly gain weight." ”

Wang Qilin raised his head and laughed: "Haha, I don't know why you have gained weight? You are such a naïve stupid child!"

"Uncle told you the reason, why do pigs get fat?"

"Because they're pigs, pigs get fat," said Black Bean. ”

Wang Qilin rolled his eyes: "Stupid, it's because pigs like to eat and like to sleep when they're full!"

Black Bean said suddenly: "So that's the case, Beans don't like to sleep when they're full, so it's uncomfortable." ”

He tilted the subject aside and said, "Uncle, the beans are so hot." ”

Wang Qilin said: "It's very simple, the ancients said that the heart is calm and naturally cool, and the ancients also said that there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a big ice cube in the book - you understand what your uncle means, right?"

Black Bean scratched his nose and said, "Uncle, I'm joking with you, I'm not hot at all." ”

The weather was indeed very hot, and Suisui Niangzi took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her forehead for black beans.

Black Bean said gratefully: "Thank you, uncle, uncle is so good, the best." ”

Suisui Niangzi handed him the handkerchief and said softly: "Okay, the weather is so hot, you can wipe your sweat by yourself, don't think about saying good things to your aunt." ”

Black Bean asked, "Handkerchief for Bean, what does the aunt use?"

Suisui Niangzi smiled slightly and said: "Uncle doesn't use a handkerchief, Uncle Niang's clothes are made of ice silk, warm in winter and cool in summer, the hotter the weather is, the cooler it is, you touch it, isn't it so? But it's comfortable, Uncle Niang is not hot at all." ”

Black Bean touched the cold silk shirt, looked down at the handkerchief again, and was speechless.

After the dogs ate the leftovers in the swill, they ran to bathe in the river, and the white ape man sighed: "Alas, I don't have a dog at ease, and if I can, I want to be a wild dog, happy and free." ”

Swallowing his mouth and comforting him: "You can't be a wild dog, but you can be a dog that listens to the heavenly eunuch, and you can be the dog of the seventh master." ”

The white ape patted him on the back and said, "I don't kill you, it's all because I treat you as a brother, it's all because we have a deep relationship, do you understand?"

Wang Qilin got up and entered the Huandao Wine Shop, and the proprietress asked with a smile: "Ah, the adults are here again?

Shen Yi asked anxiously, "Amitabha, do you have any chilled rice wine here?"

The proprietress said with a smile: "You are really in the right place, although there are many shops here, but as long as my well is the deepest, you can make chilled rice wine and melons, do you want to eat melons?"

"As long as it's cold, you'll be on it, and the money will be yours. Shen San turned his hand and slapped a golden baht on the table.

The big guy is really stuffy.

The proprietress said hello, and the shopkeeper came up with a wet wine jug, and the muddy rice wine poured out, and a cold air bubbled out.

Xu Da raised the wine bowl and drank it in a big gulp, and then shouted happily: "It's so cool!"

The proprietress looked at him with a smile, her eyes were really affectionate.

Xu Da accidentally glanced at her, and suddenly shuddered.

Being stared at like this, he suddenly felt that it wasn't too hot today.

The shopkeeper sent a plate of cut chilled melons, these melons are not big, the color is green, the skin is particularly tender and crisp, Wang Qilin clicked and ate happily.

There were intermittent arrivals who wanted to rest in this place, but some of them came for the Ring Knife Wine Shop.

But in the end they didn't come in.

These people would turn to other restaurants and inns when they saw the people in the bar, after all, it was too hot and no one wanted to be crammed into a small pub with dozens of people.

Near noon, a dart team arrived with a car, and the solid wood wheels crunched on the ground, which reached Wang Qilin's ears far away.

Wang Qilin was sitting at the door, he glanced out, and saw a big flag on the back of the horse in front of the dart team, with the word 'Kan' written on it.

The dart team walked all the way, and after walking to the door of the Huandao Wine Shop, the dart head looked forward, and said irritably: "Damn, it's really evil, why are there so many people in this moxibustion shop today? What is a big day today?"

A dart master wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Today's summer solstice, the weather is hot, I'm afraid that the big guys are not willing to brave the sun to hurry, so I stopped at the moxibustion grass shop to rest." ”

Dart Head sighed and said, "Okay, let's not go, find a restaurant to rest, get cold water for the brothers to drink, and go to the hot air together." ”

He rode a few steps ahead and looked at it, then came back and shook his head and said, "No, most of the shops are full, and we have a lot of people and cars, and there is no place to stop." ”

A shrewd-looking dart master came out from behind, and shouted to the Huandao wine shop: "Erniang, is your private room on the second floor empty?"

Yan Erniang smiled helplessly: "Yo, is Brother Jiu here?" I'm really sorry, the private room is full today. ”

Xu Da took a sip of wine and said, "Okay, our brothers are resting, thank you Erniang for your hospitality, come back to you to bother, go to patrol the mountain first." ”

With a wave of his hand, Fat Four or Five got up and left with him with more than a dozen young men.

Seeing this, Brother Jiu's face was overjoyed, and he said, "Darthead, this just happens to have land, let's rest here?"

The dart head nodded and jumped off his horse, hurried into the house.

Erniang came up and asked, "Second Master Kan, ...... you?"

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and serve two bowls of herbal tea, and then a plate of fruits, as long as it is calmed with well water, just cool. The dart head interrupted her impatiently, full of anger.

The shopkeeper glanced back at him, lowered his head and walked upstairs.

Seeing this, the dart head shouted, "Then Housheng, where are you going? Our carriage is outside, why don't you hurry up and find a cool place for them?"

Yan Erniang smiled and walked up and said: "Second Master Kan sat down and drank a bowl of herbal tea, this day is really hot, the guest upstairs is also angry, and if you don't serve in time, you will scold people, the slave family will let Xiao Er take care of them first, your Ma Lao Niang will take care of them personally, and your people will also serve Lao Niang personally!"

Brother Jiu smiled: "Erniang, you are going to take advantage of us again, you can serve the horse, we don't need you to serve." ”

"We've brought six stallions with us this time, can you serve them yourself?" a stout dart master joked casually.

The others burst into laughter when they heard this.

Xu Da, who was about to go out, turned around and clapped his hands on the counter at the door: "It's hot, brothers take care of your trouser belts, and if you want to vent your anger, drink more herbal tea, and don't provoke the girls." ”

When the dart masters heard his foreign accent, they stopped laughing and looked at him with gloomy faces.

Brother Jiu asked with interest: "Where did this come from? What do you call a brother? ”

Yan Erniang hurriedly smiled and came up to play a round game: "Hey, the weather is hot, the big guys are angry, and the slave family is not small, but just drink two bowls of herbal tea." Come, come, Brother Jiu will take the brothers to sit down and drink herbal tea, and the slave family will give you the chilled fruit at the bottom of the well. ”

Brother Jiu pushed away her outstretched arm and nodded at Xu Da, and said, "Erniang, who is this brother?

Yan Erniang gave him a look: "This lord and his brother are the newly invited mountain guards from the village, and they just came to our moxibustion shop, so the big guys are all face-wrenching, and they will be friends when they see each other twice in the future." ”

Knowing the identity of Xu Da and his entourage, the dart masters who were about to move silently put away their arrogant eyes.

No matter how arrogant they are, they can't overdo the bureaucratic village and Daheitong, this is still people's territory.

Yan Erniang went to persuade Xu Da and the others again, and Xu Da led people away with a gloomy face.

A dart master snorted: "Guys, hum, their people in Dahei Mountain are even more majestic than the officials and masters of the Yamen!"

Brother Jiu said lazily: "Dam, disaster comes from the mouth, you better say a few words." ”

The dart master poured herbal tea and poured it into his mouth.

The dart team was seated, there were quite a few of them, a total of more than 20 people, and after they sat down, the lobby of the wine store was packed.

In this way, the wind can't blow in, and the human body still dissipates heat outside, and the room is as hot as a steamer.

Jiuliu couldn't stand the heat, so he stuck out his tongue and walked out.

Seeing it appear, a thin and swarthy dart master showed a look of joy on his face, and he asked, "Hey, Erniang, is this the dog raised in your store?

Yan Erniang scolded with a smile: "Eat and eat, you will know how to eat, the old lady tells you that this dog is not in our store, but it can't be eaten." ”

The dart master said with interest: "Today's summer solstice, I don't know what customs you have here, anyway, in our Lingnan area, the summer solstice is to eat dog meat and lychees, the so-called winter solstice fish gives birth to summer solstice dogs, right, the dog meat on the summer solstice is the most fragrant." ”

The dart master next to him laughed: "After eating the summer solstice dog, the west wind detoured, I heard this sentence when I walked Lingnan before, this is a proverb in your hometown, right?"

The thin dart master said happily: "Yes, it is our words there, we are particular there, what we are talking about is this person, as long as he eats dog meat on the summer solstice, his body can resist the invasion of the west wind and rain, and he will not be stained with wind and heat in summer and cold in winter, and his body will be strong." ”

"Is that good?" asked the other dart masters with interest.

The thin dart master swore and said: "Absolutely, I joined our Kan's dart team last autumn, did I ever contract the wind chill last winter? Think about it yourself, have I ever been sick?"

The other dart masters nodded.

A fat dart master went to block the door, looked at Jiuliu with bad intentions and asked, "Who is this dog? Let's eat a fat dog meat together at noon?"

Wang Qilin said lightly: "This dog meat is not fat, and you will lose your teeth if you eat it." ”

Brother Jiu asked, "Yo, is this a stone dog or an iron dog, and how hard is its flesh to knock out a person's teeth?"

Wang Qilin said: "It's not that I knocked it out, but I beat it down!"

The dart masters looked at him one after another: "Brother is not ashamed, I heard that your accent is a foreigner, I don't know where my brother made his fortune?"

Yan Erniang hurriedly came up and introduced: "These are also the masters of the mountain guard team invited by the bureaucratic village, and this young adult is the captain of the mountain guard team. ”

As soon as they heard this, the dart masters were dumbfounded, didn't the mountain guard team leave?

They couldn't afford to mess with Dahei and the bureaucrats, and the fat dart master came back with a smile.

Wang Qilin said lightly: "Stand, go and apologize to my dog." ”

The fat dart master's face changed suddenly: "What do you mean?"

Wang Qilin said: "Within five numbers, you can apologize to it, and after five numbers, I will let you kneel down and kowtow to it to make amends!"

The fat dart master pressed the short crossbow on his waist and said fiercely: "Day, your baby is a little fierce." ”

Wang Qilin stretched out his hand and began to count: "One, two......"

The dart head put down the kettle, frowned and said: "It's Kan Bingsheng below, and the friends in the rivers and lakes raise their love, and they give it a nickname called Double Knife Yaksha......"

"Five!" Wang Qilin said directly, "Let him kneel." ”

Fat Wuyi was already preparing for a long time, and when he gave the order, he immediately waved his hand and slammed the table at the fat dart master.

The dart master stretched out his hand to draw the knife, and the dart master next to him was quite clever, and shouted: "Don't use the knife!"

People in the rivers and lakes fight each other, with bare hands and with blades, which are two natures.

The fat dart master turned out to be quite profound, he saw Fat Wuyi coming into the air, but his fat and clumsy body was a flicker of dexterity, and he directly circled around the table and waved his hand to grab Fat Wuyi's shoulder.

Once you catch him, it's a spin and fall!

At this time, the dart head kicked the table away and rushed between the two.

His right hand undulated and shook like a python, entangled Fat Wuyi and pushed him backwards, and his left hand quickly buckled on the fat dart master and dragged him to him, shouting: "Listen to me!"

Seeing him move, the rest of the Qing Hu all stood up, squeezed their fists to Pei Hu, and got up indifferently.

The White Ape Gong played with his long sword and sat down on the table.

The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

Kan Bingsheng said in a deep voice: "Bajin, apologize to others!"

The fat dart master's face turned red all of a sudden: "Second master, let me apologize to a dog?"

Wang Qilin said slowly: "It's kneeling and kowtowing to apologize." ”

The dart master stood up and looked at each other angrily with fierce eyes.

Yan Erniang came up again to play the round: "Ouch, hey, everyone's anger is too big, sit down quickly, listen to the persuasion of the slave family, drink two bowls of herbal tea to go to the fire first, go to the fire first." ”

She gave Kan Bingsheng a look, and then pulled Wang Qilin: "Captain, you see that we are also acquaintances, give the slave family a face, just let that brother accompany him to admit his mistake, killing people is not enough, right?

Wang Qilin smiled and patted the back of her hand and said, "Okay, since Erniang, you ......"

As a result, he slapped it, and Erniang hurriedly withdrew her hand, as if she was afraid of being taken advantage of.

And she also stared at Wang Qilin, her face full of horror.

This expression can't be faked, she really seems to have been taken advantage of by people unexpectedly.

Suddenly, Wang Qilin's remaining words were suddenly speechless: How do these girls have long eyes?

Seeing this, Erniang had no choice but to put her hand back again, her face full of humiliation: "Thank you, Lord Haihan." ”

Wang Qilin smiled reluctantly and pushed Erniang away.

The image of a lascivious and good-looking corrupt official is vividly interpreted.

Yan Erniang looked at him quietly, her eyes were very intriguing.

She turned her head and saw that the old Taoist priest was also quietly looking at her, and his eyes were also very intriguing.

The fat dart master stood there with a gloomy face, and everyone was looking at him.

He gasped for air, his eyes rolled and his fists clenched, like a fierce boar.

The dart head frowned and was about to speak, when the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and then the sun was blazing in the daytime, but suddenly the sky outside the wine shop was overcast.

Everyone shifted their attention and subconsciously looked out.

Several large black robes fell in the air outside the door, and five or six people wearing loose and fat robes and holding large black umbrellas in their hands, they descended from the air to the ground in a very chic manner as if they were carrying a parachute.

The dart head slapped the fat dart master Jiujin, and said in a deep voice: "Come back first." ”

Six men in black walked in through the doorway, and the room was suddenly deserted.

The six of them were broadly clothed and walked with the wind, and all they brought with them was the cold wind.

Xie Toad glanced at it, lowered his head and continued to pull the bean pods and pick the beans to eat: "These people have ghosts in their hearts." ”

Fat Wuyi asked curiously: "Dao Ye, are you talking about these dart masters or this group of people?"

Xie Toad said lightly: "Both groups of people have ghosts in their hearts, one group of people has ghosts in their hearts for doing bad things, and the other group of people are raising ghosts with their hearts. Hmph, what a bold act to raise ghosts in the temple of the five internal organs!"

The sound was neither loud nor small, and everyone in the room heard it.

The man in black turned his head to stare at them, and Wang Qilin and the others bowed their heads one after another, looking very unkind.

Brush brush.

Seeing this, the man in black turned his head to look at the dart master and his party, and a voice sounded under the robe:

"The Nanzhao delegation passed through Jinguancheng, and left the city early yesterday morning at midnight and was attacked and then annihilated, and only the prince of Nanzhao, Xiao Nuluo, escaped. ”

However, the little Nulu was not yet safe, and when they found him fleeing, the bandits pursued him all night, and according to the traces left by both sides, they should now be in the straw shop. ”

"So, where are the little slaves, and where are the bandits?"