Chapter 37: The Forbidden City
August 15, night, the sky is cloudless and dewy wet clothes, the starlight gushes out of the rules, a round bright moon hangs in the starry sky, dotted with the vast dark night sky, the bright moonlight is like water, quietly sprinkled all over the earth, sprinkled with flowers full of small buildings, a large table in the courtyard is full of all kinds of moon cakes, flowers are full of buildings, Shi Xiuxue, Gongsun Lan, Xiaocui, together in the moon appreciation.
"On the night of August 15 in the past year, by the apricot orchard by the Qujiang Pond. On the night of August 15 this year, in front of the Shatou Water Museum in Huangpu. Where is the northwest looking township, and the southeast is full of the moon. When the wind blew last year, no one will, and tonight the light is as clear as in previous years" Shi Xiuxue sang in a low voice, feeling depressed, thinking of Emei Mountain, remembering Master Dugu Yihe, and thinking of the two senior sisters who died in Huo Tianqing's hands, she was a little sad for a while.
"Sister Shi, Sister Lan, let's sing Su Shi's "Water Tune Song Head" taught by the young master!" Xiao Cui looked at Shi Xiuxue, who was sad at the scene, and suddenly said, wanting to transfer her sadness. Xiaocui has not been pleasing to Shi Xiuxue recently, and the relationship is very good, but there is a tendency to hold together, and she is wary of Gongsun Lan.
"When is the bright moon?
I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace.
I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable.
Dance to figure out the shadow, how it seems to be in the world!
Turn Zhu Pavilion, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly.
There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye?
People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny,
This matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ”
Gongsun Lan's crisp voice like a silver bell led Shi Xiuxue and Xiaocui to sing the tunes of modern pop songs that were made up by Hua Manlou, and the singing voice filled the entire courtyard with a unique flavor.
"Good song, good song!" Lu Xiaofeng clapped his hands from outside the courtyard wall and turned in, accompanied by Sikong picking stars, very unceremoniously sat down at the table, the two reached out to pick up the moon cakes and ate them, for a while the very good atmosphere of moon viewing was destroyed by the two, Xiao Cui stared at the two angrily.
"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Miss Xiaocui!" The two of them were stared at unnaturally by Xiaocui for a while, and arched their hands towards Xiaocui, making a loss.
"I welcome you two to come for the festival, don't mention other things!" Hua Manlou blocked his intention before Lu Xiaofeng could speak, Ye Gucheng and Ximen Blowing Snow are known all over the world, and they are in such a sensitive place as the Forbidden City, he must have been involved again, and the Jin Jiuling incident Xue Bing was not dead compared to the original guilt in his memory, and now he is alive and kicking up the mess.
"Xiaolou, Xiaoji and I invited you to the capital to eat Wufangzhai food, I heard that you have recently searched for all kinds of delicacies, and you have eaten the ups and downs. Sikong Xingxing said while eating, as if he hadn't heard Hua Manlou speak just now.
In recent months, in order to cultivate the mouth and tongue acupoints, Hua Manlou has begun to search for various flavors of food, stimulate the senses through foreign objects, and speed up the progress of cultivation.
"Yes, yes, yes, there are still a lot of strange delicacies in the capital for you to eat, especially the imperial kitchen in the Forbidden City, where the world's delicacies are concentrated. Lu Xiaofeng also echoed Sikong Xingxing, and invited Hua Manlou very sincerely: "As long as you go, I will pay for you to ensure that you eat all the food in the capital." ”
"Which local tyrant has found you, are you so arrogant?" Hua Manlou asked very suspiciously, Lu Xiaofeng's silver couldn't be kept at all, where did he get the confidence to invite him to eat all over the capital.
"Li Yanbei, the chief dart master of the three major dart bureaus in the capital!" Lu Xiaofeng replied: "He and Du Tongxuan gambled 600,000 taels of silver and all their respective territories, just for the first battle on September 15!"
Gongsun Lan, Shi Xiuxue, and Xiaocui gasped, the trench is inhumane, the three of them are all together and the family is only 100,000 taels of silver, and these two local tyrants in the capital directly gamble on millions of taels of assets.
"It's indeed a local tyrant, your conditions make my heart move, I'll reluctantly go to the capital with you!" Hua Manlou said in embarrassment, his heart was happy, he was originally going to see it, and by the way, he gambled and made a small profit, Lu Xiaofeng actually hit the door by himself, and he had to pit it.
Seeing that Hua Manlou agreed, Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Xingxing left very happily and with some doubts, Lu Xiaofeng always felt that something was wrong.
"It's not good, monkey, I was pitted by Xiaolou!" Halfway through, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly slapped Sikong Xingxing and said very regretfully.
"Haha, little chicken, you also have today!" Sikong Xingxing smiled very happily, and the two of them instantly understood that this kind of martial arts event, if the building is full of flowers, it will definitely go.
"Young master, I'm going too!" Xiao Cui said to Hua Manlou after seeing the two of them leave, recently Xiao Cui felt that she couldn't let the young master go out alone, and she went out twice and brought two women back, and she wanted to keep an eye on the young master.
"The three of you go, such a martial arts event is rare in a hundred years, go and see it!" Hua Manlou agreed, and simply went to everyone.
In the capital, on September 3, a man and three women came in from outside the city gate, the man was chic and handsome, and the woman was beautiful and with a sword, and she was heroic.
The officers and soldiers on the city gate are strictly on standby, and recently the obvious people from the rivers and lakes have poured into the capital, with the soldiers, and the entire Beijing division yamen has cheered up and does not dare to relax at all.
The sun had risen, and we strode along the long, straight streets, which were flat and wide, with neat houses, and even the storefronts of each shop were far more elaborate than in other cities. After noon, the wind began to blow. As long as there is a wind at the beginning, it will blow dust all over the sky, but no matter how big the dust is, it will not hide the beauty of the city.
Hua Manlou can't see this beautiful capital, and can only sense the density of the surrounding crowd from Xiaocui's constant chirping mouth and walking on the road, and you can feel the prosperity and beauty of this capital very clearly.
The Hua family in Beijing also has a place to stay, and the steward arranged a delicate small courtyard, and the people of Hua Manlou lived in it.
During the period when Hua Manlou entered Beijing, Ye Gucheng was injured, and under the poison hidden weapon of the Tang Gate, Ye Gucheng seriously injured Tang Tianyi, the eldest son of the Tang Gate, with a move of 'Flying Immortals Outside the Sky', but he himself was also hit by Tang Tianyi's poisonous sand.
September 15 sword news, can be heard everywhere in the capital, very lively, each gambling house has opened different prices from the very beginning of the two Bo one, betting on Ye Gucheng to win, to now has begun to waver, the handicap is very unstable, Xiaocui has been inquiring about the handicap news recently, half a day to report to Hua Manlou, I hope the young master will bet early, she will win a handful.
The news that Ye Gucheng was injured in the rivers and lakes of the capital began to surge, and all gambling houses were ready to move, and they were all ready to reshuffle their cards through this gamble. The sword match between Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng has changed a little, and many stakeholders are looking for the two.