Chapter 665, Jianbei's Ancestral Hall
On the outskirts of Jianbei County, Xuantong County, Jiannan Province, the local villagers are taking care of the crops in the field, since the tens of thousands of thieves in Laolongshan were exterminated by the Weiwang Mansion, the common people can finally live and work in peace and contentment. Now when you go out of the city, you don't have to worry about mountain bandits and horse thieves, and those who used to be mountain bandits and horse thieves have also returned to their hometowns to work in agriculture and do business. Once the world is peaceful, the people will wake up laughing from their happy dreams.
On this morning, from the official road in Jianbei County, two horses and a carriage slowly came, two horses, one was a white horse and the other was a black horse, and immediately sat a handsome boy in a blue Confucian shirt and a little fat man in a martial artist uniform. On the carriage sat a young man, holding a whip in his arms, smiling and driving the carriage, and in the distance, there seemed to be a caravan of a dozen people following behind.
On the official road, there is a dart team called Tongcheng and two young men on horseback rushing in the same direction, the speed of the dart team is slower, when the two sides pass by, the dart master Song Shilu of the dart team happened to see the carriage lift the curtain, inadvertently revealed a beautiful face, suddenly, the dart master Song Shilu seemed to see the woman dressed in purple. Song Shilu is Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today, and has not yet married a wife, although he occasionally visits the Qinglou, he has never seen such a beautiful woman, and he was shocked for a while, and he almost fell off the horse.
When he slowed down, the two horses, one black and one white, had already escorted the carriage over, and Song Shilu was still wondering in his heart, did he see it wrong? Is there really such a beautiful woman in the world? So Song Shilu kept looking at the carriage that had gone away, trying to see the woman in purple look back again, but unfortunately, the woman in the car did not move at all. Song Shilu rubbed the saber on his waist with his hand, sighed, and was stunned.
Cheng Hongli, the head of the dart, saw that Song Shilu looked like he was not giving up, and quipped: "What's the matter, old Song, what do you look at that carriage? Could it be that you see a beautiful girl? Hey, look at the outfit of the boy and the little fat man, and then look at the demeanor of the boy brother, it must be a child of the family, and it is normal for people to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law, you, don't be a toad and want to eat swan meat!"
Song Shilu didn't know how to refute Cheng Hongli, so he had to smile and say, "Brother Cheng, what you said is unreasonable." There is a way to love beauty, everyone knows it! Even if I can't marry such a beautiful daughter-in-law, it's not wrong to take a closer look, right? Beauty is just eye-catching, and you can live a few more years when you look at it! You, if you marry a daughter-in-law, you don't know the pain of being single! When you go home, you have someone to warm the bed, but what about my brother? Most of the money I earn is scattered in the Qinglou, and I don't know when it will be a head!"
Cheng Hongli laughed loudly, he married his wife Qiu, and he was the daughter of a side branch of the Qiu family, one of the four great families in Jiannan, although it was only a side branch of the Qiu family, after all, he was also surnamed Qiu and had a good reputation. Cheng Hongli is a martial artist, a three-grade martial arts realm, an invincible opponent in Jianbei County with a nine-section whip, and he is also a master in the entire Xuantong County. Now the Tongcheng Dart Bureau has made a dart head, and has won the trust of the big shopkeeper Yan Dongsheng, and is Yan Dongsheng's right-hand man.
For more than ten years, Cheng Hongli's bodyguards have traveled all over the nearby states and counties, as well as several roads, and have never missed, although Jiannan is full of bandits, but Cheng Hongli eats both black and white, soldiers and bandits will give him three points of thin noodles, and people give him the nickname Zhen Xuantong. President Yan regarded Cheng Hongli, who was known as Zhen Xuantong, as a mascot, although it may have a certain relationship with luck that he never missed, but after all, luck is also a part of strength! Not to mention that Cheng Darthead still has the strength of three products? The business of the Tongcheng Dart Bureau in Xuantong County is getting better and better, and it has the potential to rush out of Jiannan.
If it weren't for his reputation, black and white, and his face, would the enemy family who fell next to the branch of the family would marry his daughter to him with a little dart? Although it is said that the daughter of the enemy family on the side has some disabilities on her arm before marrying him, although it is said that the down-and-out phoenix is not as good as a chicken, but no matter how down-and-out the phoenix is, it is also a phoenix, and it is not comparable to a few pheasants. The enemies of the four great families of Jiannan, even if they are side branches, are more decent than the third-rate families of ordinary counties. The dart head of a dart game can marry the daughter of the side branch of the enemy family, which is already burning high incense.
Cheng Hongli looked proud, and said with a smile: "Brother Song, call my brother and I say, you go to the Qinglou less, save more silver, and strive to marry him a wife, I heard that there is a road family in Jianbei County, which is also a big family, I heard that their family has two daughters, and they are all good-looking, you, save more silver, and I will ask your sister-in-law to help you ask when you go back, he doesn't give other people's face, does he dare not give the face of Jiannan's enemy?"
Song Shilu was displeased when he heard Cheng Hongli take a bite of Jiannan's enemy, but whether the other party was showing off or sincere, it was not wrong to compliment him twice. So Song Shilu smiled and arched his hand: "Ouch, that's a good dare! If you can get your sister-in-law's help in this matter, then your brother can't ask for it! Tsk, Jiannan's enemy, that is a famous existence in our Jiannan! In this way, if this thing really comes to pass, my brother will invite Brother Cheng to drink! Brother is here to thank Brother Cheng in advance!"
Cheng Hongli laughed loudly, waved his hand and said: "Eh, my own brother, I have worked together for many years, and I can't talk about thanks, if it really happens, you can invite me to drink two jars ......of well springs!"
The two were talking and laughing, and five fast horses passed by, raising dust and smoke all the way, and immediately there were five big men in strong suits, each with a strip of black cloth tied to his head, and a white crescent moon embroidered on the black cloth strip, and the five big men were carrying sabers on their backs, majestic. I don't know why, Song Shilu's heart suddenly gave rise to a feeling of insecurity. After the five horses passed, Song Shilu said in a low voice: "Brother Cheng, these five horseback masters seem to be very majestic, they don't look like Jiannan people, alas, we have to be careful!"
Cheng Hongli shook his head disapprovingly and said: "Don't be afraid, now that the bandits in Jiannan have been calmed down, there are no horse bandits, besides, my brother and I eat both black and white, and there are friendships everywhere, who dares not to give us face? Besides, this dart goods belong to the Xuantong Zhou family, and now we have entered the Xuantong realm, who dares to trouble the Zhou family?" It turned out that the dart goods were Xuantong big Zhou Dewang's, from Luye's Zhou Ji Score back, it is said that it is a few cars of good silk, very valuable for some silver, the Zhou family spent 800 taels of silver to ask the Tongcheng Dart Bureau to bet the dart.
It just so happened that Cheng Hongli and Song Shilu had just bet a dart of goods to arrive at the Tongcheng Dart Bureau branch in Luye City, and by the way, they escorted these cars of silk back to Xuantong from Luye. It's a big order back and forth, and it's good not to go short. Cheng Hongli is also cautious, he does not take the trail, only takes the official road, and the road is safe and sound, at this time he has arrived outside Jianbei County, and it is more than 100 miles away from Xuantong County.
Song Shilu heard him say this, but he had nothing to say, after all, Lao Cheng had been walking for more than ten years and had never missed. The martial arts, the black and white, darts on this Jiannan Road, there is no injustice for Lao Cheng. Maybe it's because I'm too worried, right? Song Shilu smiled self-deprecatingly, and took a sip of himself, with Lao Cheng here, he didn't have to worry so much. Cheng Hongli looked at Song Shilu's appearance, and suddenly laughed, "Brother Song, you don't want to give up, are you still thinking about that carriage and that beautiful girl?"
Song Shilu was also amused by Cheng Hongli, shook his head and said: "Brother Cheng, such a beautiful woman, my brother doesn't want to be in this life, he is not blessed, and he can't marry such a beautiful girl." Even if we get married, we have to be snatched away by others! Alas, we are just a little dart master, licking blood on the knife, without that life, we don't want to eat that piece of swan meat!"
Cheng Hongli was a little surprised, and quipped: "Ouch, a beauty that can make the Song brother who has been in the Qinglou for a long time miss it so much, it must be a great beauty! Well, if you have the opportunity, you must see and know!" The surrounding dart masters, executioners, and more than a dozen guys who escorted the darts laughed together. Song Shilu saw the pretty face of the woman in purple for no reason, and Song Shilu secretly said in his heart, if he could see this face again, it would be worth dying!
The handsome boy riding a white horse and the little fat man riding a black horse were wandering on the official road unhurriedly, and happened to see a small river on the side of the road, and there was a field on the side of the river, an old farmer and a girl were taking care of the crops, although the little fat man was already sixteen years old, but he was quite playful, and raised his head to look at the handsome boy and said: "Brother Sheng, that little river is good! Let's just go over and take a look at the land, see what kind of crops the old man planted, chat with him, and drink the horses by the way, okay?"
The handsome boy smiled and said: "It's good, it's just that you dead fat man is lazy at every turn, don't you fall in love with the girl next to the old man, right? Tell you, you have two beautiful daughters-in-law, be careful and move your heart, after you go home, the two daughters-in-law will let you kneel on the washboard, and no one will intercede for you at that time!"
The little fat man then rode a big black horse to follow, subconsciously reached out and touched his nose, and said with a wry smile: "How can you! Can't you see one and love the other? Besides, your brother Sheng has married a bunch of daughters-in-law, and there are a few who haven't given people a name! Isn't everyone saying anything? Aren't a few sisters-in-law getting along so well, just like a family?"
The handsome boy flicked his finger in the air, and the little fat man's head was immediately hit, and the boy brother said angrily: "Dead fat man, what are you talking about, what do you mean it's like a family, we are originally a family, okay?"
The little fat man was stunned at first, and then said in surprise: "Ouch, my brother, you have also practiced good kung fu across the mountain! Yes, yes, you must teach the fat man me when you have time! When you go out, the fat man will also take it out to bully and bully people!"
The young man driving the carriage behind was happy, "I said fat man, your thick-skinned kung fu is not enough, the prince's kung fu is not something we can learn!" The handsome boy heard the young man who drove the car call him the prince, and immediately turned his head and glared, and the young man who was driving the car knew that he had missed his mouth, so he quickly covered his mouth and didn't dare to make a sound. The woman in purple in the car lifted the curtain and smiled at the back of the handsome boy.
Soon arrived at the river, and also to the ground, the handsome boy turned over and jumped off the horse, Si Swenwen came to the old man's side, holding a purple folding fan in his hand, and arched his hand: "Old man, Xiaosheng is polite! May I ask what you are planting in this field?"
The old man who was taking care of the crops raised his head and looked at this descendant, and at a glance it was the child of the family who came out to travel, and the old man said lazily: "Young man, at first glance, it is the child of the family who came out to travel, and the five grains are not distinguished, and the six relatives do not recognize it! Is it sweet potatoes planted in this field, and they don't even recognize the sweet potato seedlings?"
Brother Gongzi smiled: "If you want to say soybeans, corn and the like, Xiaosheng still recognizes it, sweet potatoes, Xiaosheng has only eaten it, and has never seen seedlings." Uncle, you grow these sweet potatoes, isn't it enough for the whole family to eat?
When the old man heard him ask, he said with a smile: "My piece of land is about one acre, and growing sweet potatoes can produce about 6,000 catties, which is enough for the family to eat, and some can be sold." But this thing, in the peaceful years, it is not a staple food after all. In previous years, the old man and I planted some other crops, but they were not enough for the scourge of the bandits! Now, King Wei has come, cleaned up the cattle all over the land, and defeated those mountain bandits, and we ordinary people can finally live and work in peace and contentment. If you want to talk about Jiannan Dao, I haven't seen a peaceful day for more than ten years, it's really rare!"
The old man said happily, and pointed to this boy brother and said with a smile: "In our Jianbei County, there is a shrine of King Wei, and everyone is grateful to this young King Wei, hey, our King Wei, is young, just as old as you!"
Brother Gongzi and the little fat man looked at each other and smiled, yes, it is indeed about the same age as him, because Brother Gongzi is the king of Wei!