Jingzhou, a notoriously rich land in the Central Plains.

Compared with the barbaric and uncultivated southern Xinjiang, the land of Jingxiang has a flat terrain, mild climate, criss-crossing rivers and lakes, which is the most suitable place for grain production and livability.

Chen Ming galloped all the way on his horse at night, and did not stop much along the way, until he entered a small city in the evening to rest.

Xiaohong was quite excited at the beginning, but after a day of hurrying, she was already bored, so she put her head into Chen Mingye's arms and slept back and forth many times.

Chen Mingye found an inn and got off the horse with Xiaohong in his arms, but Xiaohong just muttered softly, not even opening his eyes. Chen Mingye was helpless, so he had to open a guest room led by the shopkeeper, and put the little girl down to rest first.

Xiaohong lay down on the bed with a fork, and Chen Mingye laid the little girl in a proper manner and covered the quilt, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking that the little girl didn't seem to have a change of clothes, and it was gradually winter, Chen Mingye thought that it would be better to go out and buy two clothes for Xiaohong.

After leaving the room and closing the door, Chen Mingye walked downstairs.

Since he left southern Xinjiang, he has always dressed up in disguise, in case Haoming has any shadows, so he is a little vigilant.

At this time, Chen Mingye was dressed as a scholar with a face like a crown of jade, and the cold season in late autumn was quite heavy, so he specially covered a large coat to protect against the autumn cold.

In the hall of the inn, there are only half of the guests on the table today, and the shopkeeper is standing at the door of the store quite idly, looking out as if he heard the sound of him going downstairs, the second hurriedly retreated to greet him, and piled up layers of smiles on his face: "Childe, do you need anything?"

"It's nothing, I want to go out and hang out, what good businesses do you have in this city?" asked Chen Mingye casually.

"If you want to ask the shopkeeper, you really asked the right person," the shopkeeper smiled and introduced enthusiastically, "Although our Erguancheng is not big, although the sparrows are small, not to mention anything else, the restaurant has a signboard, and Chunxue Lou has a well-known reputation." ”

Chen Mingye glanced at him: "Is there a cloth shop?"

"Childe is going to buy clothes?" Xiao Er immediately nodded, "The cloth shop is naturally the best cloth from Aunt Xu's family in the south of the city, and the craftsmanship is also the most ingenious." ”

"What's the best food in the city?" asked Chen Mingye.

"Hehe, if Childe talks about food, then Xiao Er will introduce you well. First of all, the sauce pig's trotters in our inn, which is a juicy and delicate, melt-in-the-mouth, and the guest officials who have eaten it all say that it is good, and secondly, the first noodle restaurant on Chengnan Street is also very famous, especially their fish sauce noodles, tsk......" Xiao Er said here and couldn't help but smack his lips.

Chen Mingye looked at him with some amusement, and continued to ask, "Then do you have any different scenery here?"

"What kind of scenery?" shopkeeper was stunned, scratched his head and said, "I don't know this very well, I only know that there is a Niangniang Temple in the east of our city, and there are quite a lot of people who go there every year, and there is nothing else." ”

"Okay, I see, thank you so much, Xiao Er. ”

"Childe is too polite. ”

The reason why Chen Mingye asked so many things again was just thinking about the little girl in the room upstairs.

He was going to buy some clothes, but then he thought that Xiaohong had made a big wish to eat all the delicious food all the way, and he couldn't leave her behind and sneak out, so he had a question about food and scenery, and he planned to take her on a tour after eating the food.

That's it, Chen Mingye waved his hand at Xiao Er: "Since you said that the sauce pig's trotters are a must, make a copy and add some wine and food, and bring them to me together." ”

"Okay!" Xiao Er responded, "Wait a minute, son." ”

"Good. ”

Xiao Er hurriedly shouted and went to the back kitchen, but Chen Mingye found a table and sat down leisurely.

"This son, listening to the accent, doesn't seem to be from the Chu Di clan?" A also graceful son at the next table glanced at him and asked with a smile.

"I've traveled here, and I'm not from Chudi. Chen Mingye replied.

Saying this, he turned his head to look at the person at the next table, the jade robe was wide, wearing an ink-colored robe, and his jet-black hair was combed in a neat bun on the top of his head, set in a delicate white jade hair crown, and he was a little romantic.

The man smiled at him and said: "Chu has its own mountains and rivers, and the towering tide is the most my heart. ”

Chen Mingye said quietly: "I'm annoying Brother Tai's good intentions, but it's not where is what Brother Tai said?"

"Hahaha, naturally it is the world-famous Yun Mengze, although Brother Tai is not from Chudi, he should have heard of it. The man smiled cheerfully.

"Steaming cloud Mengze, shaking Yueyang City, the famous sentence of the former Taifu Mengran, no one knows. Chen Mingye smiled, "It's just that this place is still a hundred miles away from Yunmengze, not to mention the best tide viewing spot, it can indeed be said that sitting and watching anglers have nothing to envy the fish." ”

"Brother Tai, it's a pity that you can't see Yunmeng Lake when you come here. But the scholar opened his mouth to persuade.

Chen Mingye glanced at him silently, and couldn't help but guess the origin of this inexplicable scholar in his heart, but his face was still light and calm: "This trip is in a hurry, and there are important things to do, I'm afraid I can only refuse Brother Tai's kindness." ”

The scholar smiled and said: "Brother Tai is polite, I just saw that you happened to be alone, so I started to think of traveling together, since Brother Tai has something important to do, of course, it is still important, if there is a chance in the future, we will meet again." ”

"Listening to Brother Tai's tone, it doesn't seem to be a Chudi clan, but a trip?" Chen Mingye asked with a slight squint.

"Hahaha, not a barbarian brother, I want to go to Beijing to win the first place in the spring next year, but this time I made a special trip to relax my mind. The bookseller said in a hurry.

"Brother Tai is so ambitious," Chen Mingye clapped his hands, "If Brother Tai really wins the first place one day, I will be cheeky to ask Brother Tai for a glass of wine no matter what, I just hope that Brother Tai will not know me by then." ”

"Hahaha, then I will inherit my brother's auspicious words first, there is really that time, if you come, brother, I Xiao Mo will get drunk with you!" The scholar arched his hand at him, "I don't know my brother's name?"

"Chen Ye. He said two words briefly.

"Okay, I remember Brother Chen, Brother Chen is very angry, the kid made a sudden friendship today, and I hope I don't want to blame him. The scholar's eyes were bright, waiting for his response.

Chen Mingye smiled: "Brother Xiao has poetry and books in his belly, which is what makes people envious." ”

"Hahaha," Xiao Mo smiled heartily, but took the initiative to lift the wine jug and walked over to him, "I intend to drink at the same table with Brother Chen, Brother Chen doesn't mind, right?"

"Please take a seat," Chen Mingye looked at him, the scholar in front of him was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like stars, if he was according to the old Beizhou brothers, he really deceived the little girl's good skin.

"It's really strange and strange today, I can see that Brother Chen actually has a sense of familiarity at first sight," Xiao Mo looked at him intently and sighed, "The people I met in my life can make me feel this way, but only a palm." ”

Chen Mingye was stunned, could it be that there was something special about this skin that he had disguised at will.

Xiao Mo smiled when he saw his slightly stunned look: "Brother Chen, don't be weird, it's Xiao who is straightforward." ”

"It doesn't matter. Chen Mingye waved his hand and asked casually, "Who is Brother Xiao?"

"It used to belong to the land of Eastern Wu, and now it is the place of Jinling. Xiao Mo replied, "What about Brother Chen?"

"Northstate. Chen Mingye said lightly.

"Scared, Beizhou!" Xiao Mo seemed to be taken aback, "Brother Chen actually came here across thousands of miles?"

"The world is so big, you already indulge in traveling, where can't you go?" Chen Mingye smiled and asked rhetorically.

"That's exactly the truth," Xiao Mo listened happily, poured the wine bag that he had been holding firmly in his hand, and poured him a glass of wine, "Brother Chen came to taste my home-brewed Qingjian wine, and just asked Xiao Er to help warm it up, the most resistant to the autumn cold, and the first line into the throat, the most happy." ”

Chen Mingye said strangely: "Home-brewed?"

"Hehe, exactly, I'm precious to this wine, I haven't drunk much along the way. Xiao Mo smiled proudly.

"So I want to thank Brother Xiao for his hospitality. Chen Mingye said this in his mouth, but there was no politeness in his hand, he picked up the wine glass and poured it into his mouth.

"How?" Xiao Mo waited for his reaction with anticipation on his face.

Chen Mingye smacked his lips: "The warmth is just right, sweet and mellow, and it is also the best product brewed by your family." ”

Xiao Mo raised his sword eyebrows and said: "My family has two treasures, and this self-brewed Qingjian wine can be regarded as one of them." ”

"This reputation is somewhat familiar......," Chen Mingye pondered, always feeling that this name seemed to have been heard somewhere.

Seeing his expression, Xiao Mo hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Brother Chen said that there is something important, is he in a hurry?"

"There is no hurry. Chen Mingye seemed to be smiling, it depends on how long Xiaohong slept before waking up.

"That's good, Xiao is afraid that he will miss Brother Chen's business for a while. Xiao Mo nodded, and then he was relieved.

The two chatted nonsense, Chen Mingye had seen and heard in the army, and said that the scenery of Beizhou was a vast scene that this scholar from Jiangnan had never seen, and he couldn't help but listen to it and be fascinated.

The shopkeeper served the wine and food, Chen Mingye thought about it, and was going to serve the pot of sauce pig's trotters to Xiaohong first, after all, the little girl was probably hungry after working with him for a day.

"Brother Xiao, I'll go up and deliver something, you wait a while. Chen Mingye turned back to Xiao Mo who was still reminiscing about the scenery.

Xiao Mo nodded hurriedly and waved his hand to himself: "Brother Chen, please go, don't care about Xiao Mo." ”

Chen Mingye carried the tray upstairs, deliberately walked quietly all the way, and when he opened the door, he saw Xiaohong sitting on the bed, looking at him with blinking eyes.

"Little junior brother, you're back!" Xiaohong seemed to have been awake for a long time, and her eyes were exceptionally clear.

"Has Xiaohong been awake for a long time?" Chen Mingye asked, placing the tray on the table.

Xiaohong's gaze suddenly moved from his face to the table with his movements, and then his eyes lit up slightly: "Hehe, sure enough, the little junior brother is the best, I thought you left Xiaohong and ran away secretly, it turned out that you went to find food for Xiaohong." ”

"What does Xiaohong think?" Chen Mingye's head was full of black lines, "Do I look like such an irresponsible person?"

Xiaohong raised her head and looked at him seriously for a while, before she shook her head vigorously: "It's not like." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaohong's little face immediately bloomed into a small flower, and she looked at Chen Mingye with blank eyes and asked, "Little junior brother, can Xiaohong eat it?"

"Of course, I originally brought it here for Xiaohong to eat. Chen Mingye said as a matter of course.

"Hehe," Xiao Hong jumped off the bed with a smile, picked up the chopsticks on the table and was about to make a move, but her eyes fell on Chen Mingye's body again, "Little junior brother, haven't you eaten yet, or you should eat first!"

"It's really rare, you little girl actually knows how to eat," Chen Mingye said in surprise.

"Hmph!" Xiaohong pouted unhappily, and without looking at him again, her small mouth opened hard as if she was angry, and bit down on the pig's trotter fiercely.

"Wow, it smells so good!" the little girl immediately cheered.

Chen Mingye watched Xiaohong enjoy the food with interest, but his eyes inadvertently fell into a deep feeling.

"It's over! don't leave anything behind, hum!" Xiaohong finished enjoying it very happily, but her little eyes glared at Chen Mingye fiercely, "Who made you dare to say bad things about Senior Sister!"

"Okay, okay, I'm wrong, okay," Chen Mingye came back to his senses and said helplessly, reaching out to take the little girl's hand, "Take you outside for a walk, okay?"

Xiaohong looked at his outstretched big hand, seemed to hesitate, and then couldn't help but stuff his white little hand into the big hand, and his eyes suddenly overflowed with happiness: "Okay, let's go!"

"Let's go. Chen Mingye smiled and took the little girl to open the door.

The two went downstairs together, and Xiao Mo, who was still pondering and savoring this, saw them coming down, and immediately got up and walked over: "Brother Chen, you are here, I haven't understood the exact ...... of the Eagle Bu guerrilla you just said."

"Hahaha, I'll talk about this later, Brother Xiao, this is my sister. Chen Mingye led Xiaohong and had no intention of stopping.

"Okay, if you have the opportunity, you must ask Brother Chen for advice," Xiao Mo nodded, then moved his gaze to Xiaohong on the side, and couldn't help but sigh, "Sister Ling is really jade and cute, and people feel pity at a glance, if she grows up in the future, she will definitely be the best color that captivates the country and the city, and then I am afraid that there will be a place for Sister Ling on the rouge list of the rivers and lakes." ”

Brother Xiao praised it and told her to listen, and she didn't have her tail to the sky. Chen Mingye said with a smile.

Xiaohong on the side was exceptionally well-behaved, holding his hand tightly and not looking at him.

Chen Mingye said politely to Xiao Mo: "I'm going to take my sister out for a walk, do you want Brother Xiao to go with me?"

"No, no, you guys have a lot of fun. Xiao Mo waved his hand and declined the invitation.

"Okay, Brother Xiao eats and drinks well by himself. Chen Mingye greeted him and took Xiaohong all the way out of Shi Shiran.

The stronger the autumn mood is, the more cold the night, Chen Mingye looked at Xiaohong in a thin red robe, although he knew that she had cultivated her spiritual energy, but after all, he was worried that she was still small, so he reached out and hugged her.

Xiaohong smiled "hee-hee", without the slightest resistance, just obediently and skillfully let him pick him up, shrinking in his warm arms, there was no autumn breeze.

The two walked out of the inn, but Xiao Mo, who was by the window, silently watched the back of the two leaving, and poured himself a glass of wine.

In the cold and freezing, the return of the wind and snow guests, the initial temperature of the wine, and a more journey.

Beizhou, what a bitter place.

He tapped on the table, his eyes deep.