Chapter XII

"Tongque Mountain falls down the Phoenix Pavilion, the flowers are fragrant, the butterflies are dancing, and the grass is green. Swinging his horse and whipping to the west, he entered the imperial capital with his own good news. On the mountain road in front of the Luofeng Pavilion in Tongque Mountain, Tang Jiusheng, who was riding a black unicorn, and Ximen Yushuang, who was riding a big white horse, were saying goodbye to the fat man, re-lai, Liu Ruqing and others, and Tang Jiusheng couldn't help but make a limerick poem.

Listening to Tang Jiusheng's casual crooked poems, the fat man couldn't help laughing, "Old Tang, you are really sour, fat man, my teeth are about to fall out." In the first half of the month, the fat man will settle the things of the cottage properly, and he will go to the Dadong Inn in Huzhou City to find you, and then I will meet your two good friends Gao Chongyang and Sun Jiangdong. ”

The emperor has decreed that the men of Tongque Cottage have been recruited by the imperial court, and there were originally six or seven hundred people in the cottage, except for the one or two hundred old, weak, sick and disabled who have returned home after receiving the resettlement expenses, and the remaining more than five hundred brothers have official and military status.

The holy decree said that he would be crowned as a lieutenant and lead this team to be stationed in Dangyang County nearby. The fat man and the re-come are negotiating with the Dangyang County Commander in the past few days, handing over the place of stationing and other matters, and they can move after they are done, and they are still living in Tongque Mountain Dazhai for the time being.

Tang Jiusheng waved his hand to the fat man and the others, "Fat brother, come again, Sister Liu, don't send it again, let's go back, let's say goodbye, we will definitely see each other again in the future." Come again, you kid practice kung fu well, I hope that the next time we meet, you can reach the Sanpin realm. ”

Tang Jiusheng, who was more than a decade younger than himself, called 'you kid', was not angry again, and said with a smile: "Boss, you also know that I like to press the realm, if I don't press to the point that I have to ascend, I will never ascend." I'm in the Four-Rank Realm, and I have to press the masters who can sweep the Four-Rank Realm before I consider ascending to the realm. Hey hey"

Tang Jiusheng smiled and shook his head, "You kid, this way of playing is different from others. Forget it, you can do it yourself. I won't talk to you, let's go, and I won't go anymore when it's dark. ”

Ximen Yushuang also arched his hand: "Fat Jiang, Sister Liu, come again, let's see you again!"

Liu Ruqing and the fat man said goodbye to Ximen Yushuang, and said with a smile on the side: "Goodbye, little sister-in-law." Ximen Yushuang took a sip with a smile.

A few people said goodbye at the intersection, and the fat man, Chonglai and others stood at the intersection and watched from afar, until the backs of Tang Jiusheng and Ximen Yushuang disappeared from sight, and then they returned to the cottage.

Out of the mountain road and on the official road, Tang Jiusheng and Ximen Yushuang put on the masks made by the fat man, one after the other, the horses passed through Dangyang County, and galloped all the way to Huzhou.

In the evening, I walked to Daxi Town, and found a relatively large inn in the town to stay, the inn is called Xiangyun Inn, which is a two-story large quadrangle. The innkeeper is a husband and wife, the boss is a middle-aged man, polite, the proprietress has a two-point posture, speaks spicy, and crosses her waist to direct the two guys to do east and west.

One guy is in his thirties, with a big pie face, and he is not good at talking, and the other is thirteen or fourteen years old, and he is a very attentive young man who smiles when he sees anyone who lives in the hotel.

As soon as the proprietress saw the horse that the two were riding, she knew that it was a child of the family who had come out to travel, and hurriedly asked the young man to lead the horse to the stable and feed it, with a warm and sincere face, while boasting that her inn was the best within a hundred miles, while taking advantage of the words to rub oil on the face of Tang Jiusheng, who looked very handsome in a mask, Tang Jiusheng pretended not to know.

When Tang Jiusheng and the others registered at the counter, they claimed to be sisters and brothers, surnamed Tang, and first went to the counter to pay a deposit of one or two silver for the room, and asked for the two upper rooms located next to each other on the second floor. When the boss saw Ximen Yushuang wearing a mask, he was obviously stunned for a moment, thinking that this girl's breasts are really not small, and her figure is not bad, but her face is mediocre, but it's a pity, if she has her brother's face, it will be beautiful.

Entering the room, Tang Jiusheng asked for a few side dishes, two bowls of rice, and a pot of rice wine, and drank with Ximen Yushuang in the room, Ximen Yushuang secretly pinched Tang Jiusheng's arm, Tang Jiusheng was in pain, and glared at him, so he quickly rubbed it himself, and asked while rubbing, "Why are you pinching me? Where did I provoke you?"

Ximen Yushuang glared and said: "The proprietress ate your tofu just now, you didn't resist, and you seemed to enjoy it very much?"

Tang Jiusheng said angrily, "Eldest sister, how is that boss lady more beautiful than you? I have been polite to you all the way, let alone to such a woman with a thick waist who is half old and half old? Ximen Yushuang thought about it, and couldn't help but laugh.

Tang Jiusheng took a bite of food, and said while eating: "I have never seen a woman who is more jealous than you, if you see a beautiful woman, I look at it twice, do you still want to gouge out my eyes?"

Ximen Yushuang pouted, "Xiao Tang, you are only allowed to look at me in the future." ”

Tang Jiusheng had a straight face, "It's late, I already have my little junior sister." My little sister is gentle and beautiful, and she doesn't get angry when I see any woman, because she knows that I only love her. ”

Ximen Yushuang was angry and wanted to pinch Tang Jiusheng again: "You still say, Xiao Tang, you are obviously bullying me and liking you, and you are angry with me every day." ”

Tang Jiusheng said: "Let me tell you, Ximen Yushuang, you are so spicy to see how you will marry in the future, if you have been so pungent to me, I dare not marry you, I am afraid that one day I will look at a beautiful woman twice, go home and put some rat poison in the wine, I don't even know how to die." ”

Ximen Yushuang pulled a chair closer to Tang Jiusheng, sat down, gently rubbed Tang Jiusheng's arm with her hand, and said angrily: "Xiao Tang, does it still hurt? It's wrong for me to pinch you, I don't see other women taking advantage of you, I feel uncomfortable." For the sake of me liking you so much, don't be like me, okay?"

Tang Jiusheng squinted his eyes with an expression of enjoyment: "Well, it's comfortable, rub it on the top again, hey, yes, yes, it's comfortable." How good it is to be so well-behaved all the time, don't you want to think about it, how many men like to spicy goods?"

Ximen Yushuang asked with a serious face: "Xiao Tang, then when are you going to marry me?"

Tang Jiusheng couldn't cry or laugh: "Eldest sister, I'm only fifteen years old, not yet sixteen, and you're only sixteen years old, why are you in a hurry to get married? You are so beautiful, there are so many good sons and daughters in the big merchant country, you don't wait to see more and then pick one, you want to hang yourself on my tree?"

Ximen Yushuang shook his head, and said very seriously and firmly: "Don't pick, you are such a good young man let me meet, am I stupid, I will go and look for it again?"

Tang Jiusheng's face was melancholy, "Eldest sister, I have to marry the junior sister first, right? Let me tell you, I'm not a person who thinks differently." My little sister is the love of my life, and from the first time I saw her, I decided that I must marry her as my wife. ”

Ximen Yushuang looked angry: "I didn't say that I wouldn't let you marry her, man, a little ability, it's normal to have three wives and four concubines, I can accept it, it's a big deal for her to be big, I'll be small." Didn't my dad marry several wives? You men, there is no good thing, all of them are very flowery, and they love one when they see each other. ”

Tang Jiusheng smiled bitterly: "Eldest sister, it seems that you have seen many men, even if you want to be small, you have to agree with the little junior sister." ”

Ximen Yushuang suddenly smiled evilly, "Then when I see her, I can coax her, she agrees happily, and I don't compete with her for favor." Xiao Tang, let's say okay, then you are not allowed to marry other women except the two of us!"

Tang Jiusheng looked helpless: "Eldest sister, you just said that it is normal to have three wives and four concubines, and in a blink of an eye, how can you make me believe that you are telling the truth? You must know that if a woman shows too much hatred for marrying, a man will be scared away!"

Ximen Yushuang looked at Tang Jiusheng with a look of resentment: "Look at you, I know that you don't like me, and you still want to have a group of wives and concubines." Xiao Tang, when are you going to come to our house to propose?"

Tang Jiusheng laughed, "Eldest sister, have you ever thought that you want to marry me, it's not impossible, if one day, your second brother-in-law, King Pingxi, rebels, my Tang family must be loyal to the imperial court, if the Ximen family stands on your second sister's side, what should we do? I have become enemies with them, and if you stand in the middle, you will be in a dilemma, will you help your mother's family or our Tang family?"

Ximen Yushuang was silent, and said after a while: "Marry your husband and marry into your family, you are your person, I will follow you as you are." ”

Tang Jiusheng was suddenly a little moved, and stretched out his hand to stroke Ximen Yushuang's hair: "You stupid girl! I promise you, if the little junior sister agrees, I will marry you too, although you are a little spicy, but I can slowly adjust it." ”

The two of them were talking, only to hear a big mess outside the store, and someone shouted downstairs: "The messengers have come to check the night." ”

Tang Jiusheng put down his wine glass, opened the window and looked down. I saw a few officials standing at the gate of the inn, and more than a dozen officials followed a team leader into the courtyard of the inn and looked around in the inn.

The innkeeper twisted her coquettish waist and stepped forward, "Ouch, Beibantou, what kind of wind blew you here today? You didn't go to drink flower wine in the middle of the night, and you took your brothers to travel more than 30 miles to this poor and remote town to check the night?"

The head of the squad surnamed Bei laughed: "Recently, there have been Jiangyang thieves in the vicinity, and there are people who have lost money and children, and the county master has an order, asking the Zhuang class and the fast class to check whether there are suspicious people in the inns under the jurisdiction of the county." Hostess, are there any suspicious people in your inn?"

The proprietress smiled: "Ouch, my squad leader, you also know that we have a small business, and there are also people living in the hotel, but I really haven't seen any suspicious people, if there is, we will definitely report it to the government." As he spoke, he secretly stuffed a small pocket containing silver coins into the hand of the head of the North Ban.

Beibantou pinched it with his hand, smiled, stuffed it into his pocket, and was just about to speak, when he saw an official who went to the stable come out, "Beibantou, there is a unicorn in this stable, this is not something ordinary people can have, don't ......"

When the head of the north team heard this, his face changed at that time, "Boss, who is this person riding a unicorn?"

The proprietress hurriedly said, "This unicorn is a son surnamed Tang, who looks like a son of a family, not like a villain." ”

The head of the northern team shook his head, "In these years, there is a shortage of soldiers, it's hard to say." I'd rather catch three thousand by mistake than let one go, or let me look at this boy on a unicorn." ”

The innkeeper looked helpless, "I'm afraid that this son has already fallen asleep and disturbed his rest." ”

Tang Jiusheng saw it clearly on the second floor, heard it clearly, and coughed: "This son hasn't slept yet, since this team leader has official business, let him check." ”

As soon as the proprietress looked up, she saw Tang Jiusheng in front of the window on the second floor, and was very grateful: "Ouch, Tang Gongzi hasn't rested yet, you see this trouble, Gongzi, you are really a reasonable person." ”

The head of the northern squad looked up at the son surnamed Tang, who didn't look like a bad person, so he asked: "Listening to the son's accent, it's not the Jiannan Dao clan, right?"

Tang Jiusheng nodded, "My family lives in Jiangnan Province, and they are people from Jiangnan Province, and they come out to travel. ”

When the head of the northern class heard that it was a famous man, he quickly smiled apologetically, "Yo, such a young man, young and promising! ”

Tang Jiusheng smiled, threw his photo card from upstairs to the head of the north team for him to check, the head of the north team took it and took a look, there was no problem, and hurriedly threw the photo card back to Tang Jiusheng, and sighed his waist, "Excuse me, Master Tang Juren should rest early." ”

Tang Jiusheng smiled kindly, "It's okay, where the responsibility is, I can understand." Then he closed the window.

The head of the northern class checked around, and the inn didn't find anything unusual, so he left with all the officials.

Tang Jiusheng continued to sit down and drink, and Ximen Yushuang said, "This class of officials is really verbose. ”

Tang Jiusheng didn't care, "In the middle of the night, who doesn't want to sleep with their wives in their arms at home? The official is the one who eats this bowl of rice, and there are Jiangyang thieves haunting, aren't they complaining? I don't blame them for this." ”

Ximen Yushuang snorted: "Just your heart." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Ximen Yushuang was tired and went back to the room to rest. Tang Jiusheng blew out the lamp, sat on the bed, sat on his knees, and practiced the internal skills of Xuanshu using the method of spitting.

Around the clock, Tang Jiusheng suddenly heard a slight sound of tiles on his roof, which was obviously the sound of night walkers jumping onto the roof. Although Tang Jiusheng was young, he had deep internal strength, so he immediately held his breath, lay down on the bed gently, and covered himself with a quilt, which made an even breathing sound.

Hearing someone on the roof gently push the window open a small gap, Tang Jiusheng hid in the quilt and watched with his eyes, only to see a thin pipe sticking in through the gap in the window, and a puff of gray-white smoke came out, which quickly spread in the house, and it turned out to be secretly releasing incense.

Tang Jiusheng hurriedly touched two antidotes and came out, stuffed them into his nostrils, and coughed twice deliberately, pretending to be in the middle of the incense.

The people on the roof heard that the people in the house had been dizzy by the incense, so they gently opened the window, jumped into the house, gently leaned in front of the bed, and reached out to touch Tang Jiusheng's burden. Tang Jiusheng was lying on the bed, smiling secretly in his heart, and suddenly pointed at this person's acupoint.