Besides, Hui Feng saw that Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi were very close, and he was very sad in his heart, and he spent the day in the smoke and rain building in Caizhou City all day long. The Yanyu Building is a famous restaurant in Caizhou City, which is as famous as the welcome and Juxian building of Huangchao, but the welcome and Juxian building are owned by Huangchao, and only receive the VIPs reused by Huangchao, and do not greet ordinary past merchants. In addition, Yanyulou is located in the downtown area of Caizhou, which is also convenient for attracting business from all over the world, so the teahouse is full of guests every day, and laughter continues.

Hui Feng came to Yanyu Lou every day to drink and sing, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant gradually got to know this old patron, and when he came early in the morning, he was very attentive to let him into a cleaner empty seat in the room to sit down, and did not wait for Hui Feng to order, the shopkeeper let the people who ran the hall quickly fill the table with several jars of good aged champion red, a plate of peanuts, a plate of cooked beef, and a plate of dried tofu. Huifeng didn't answer the shopkeeper in the store, so he was alone and borrowed wine to drown his sorrows.

One morning, the smoke and rain building is particularly lively, gathered all kinds of passing merchants, they do not understand the language, different temperaments, some guests like to be elegant, whisper about some elegant and elegant, poetry and songs; some guests like to be bold, talk highly, talk about some rumors on the rivers and lakes.

Hui Feng was drinking stuffy wine, and suddenly heard a table of merchants talking loudly about the Huangchao competition to recruit relatives. One of the men with a red face said: "This Caizhou Heroes Conference, I wonder if the brothers have gone to see the excitement?"

A big man with a beard on his face, with his clothes open and his round belly exposed, replied while beckoning his fellow table to drink: "It's a pity that I missed the trip on the road in those days, and I didn't see it as this competition.

A black-faced man on the other side of the table sighed: "Brother Wu Jun, with your iron head kung fu, it's a pity to miss this opportunity to become the Yellow King's concubine!"

The red-faced man added: "Yes, Brother Zhao, I heard that in this martial arts competition, regardless of regional character, as long as you have real kung fu, you can go to the ring and try it, I don't know if it's true or not?"

The eldest brother surnamed Zhao on the opposite side shouted: "Is that still fake? I saw it with my own eyes, just say that the elected concubine Xu Zhi doesn't have three heads and six arms, but he is just a yellow-haired boy, and he is not outstanding in martial arts, and his appearance is also mediocre, if it weren't for the Yellow King to protect him, he wouldn't have been able to take his turn." ”

That Wu Jun licked his mouth, swallowed his saliva and said, "Then the princess of the Yellow King must be as beautiful as a fairy, it's really cheap for that kid surnamed Xu." After speaking, he raised his head and took a sip of wine.

After Wu Jun finished drinking, he pretended to be mysterious and said: "Brothers may not know, the road to Chang'an Jingzhong is not easy to walk now, since the Yellow King controlled the Central Plains and was the enemy of the official army, it turned out that the merchants and students in the south of the Yangtze River could go north along the Sui Canal and take Gongluo to enter the pass; now they can only take the Yangtze River waterway and enter Beijing from Hanzhong." When everyone heard this, they all shook their heads and sighed.

Seeing that everyone's mood was a little low, Wu Jun pointed to a shy young man beside him, and said with a smile: "This Li Zhen brother is a scholar in Huizhou, Jiangnan, this is the first time he has left home, and he wants to go to Beijing to make a name for himself and return to his hometown! So I didn't catch up with this grand event, otherwise just based on the appearance of my little brother and the knowledge in my belly, maybe I would be able to grab a horse master to be the pawn, and save me from going to Chang'an to catch the exam?", Li Zhen's face was red and the others laughed.

Hui Feng listened to Wu Jun's words, glanced at the scholar, and couldn't help laughing, it turned out that although this Li Zhen was a scholar, he had long thief eyebrows, sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and his complexion was like paint, which was very ugly, so he became the object of everyone's drunken fun.

It was almost noon, and the building was already full and crowded. A white-haired old man, with a dilapidated erhu behind his back, led a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with a pipa half-covered face and walked in. Although the girl was dressed as a farmer, she could not hide her beauty. The old man and the girl first bowed to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper nodded slightly, and the two of them made a big bow to the guests. Suddenly, everyone laughed, and someone shouted loudly: "Isn't this Miss Cheng from Wanxianglou?" ”

The girl Cheng helped her grandfather find a corner and sat down, and Grandpa Cheng took off the erhu from behind and pulled the strings, and tried the sound. The girl began to be a little shy, and said a deep blessing to everyone, and then hugged the pipa in her arms and sang the song "Pipa Xing". This "Pipa Xing" was originally a new song made by Bai Juyi when he was belittled in Jiangzhou and met a pipa singer, and it is still popular in the world after several decades.

Hui Feng had already drunk two jars of wine, and gradually became a little drunk, only to see the girl start singing: "Xunyang Jiangtou night send-off, maple leaves and flowers in autumn." ......", the voice was crisp and high-pitched, more euphemistic than the call of a lark, and she couldn't help but forget to drink, and listened to her continue to sing: "...... Thirteen learned the pipa, and the name belongs to the first part of the teaching workshop. Qu Ba once taught good people to wear, and made up every time he was jealous of Qiu Niang. ...... , in front of the door snub pommel horse, the boss married a businesswoman. The businessman valued profit over parting, and Fuliang bought tea the month before. Miss Cheng's singing voice changed from high-pitched to low, and it became deeper and deeper.

Huifeng is usually carefree, innocent and romantic, but he was emotionally traumatized for the first time in Caizhou, and he was deeply touched by the tragic experience of the pipa girl in the song, and his mood also fell with the song.

The tune was so low that it turned into a girl's low sobbing, and Hui Feng couldn't help but listen to it in a daze, until the girl finished singing the last sentence, "...... , who cried the most in the seat, Jiangzhou Sima Qing's shirt was wet. I don't know if it was the girl's superb skills, or the tragic experience of the pipa girl in the song, which moved everyone, but no one made a loud noise on the way, only a soft sigh. The guests here live in the troubled times, empathize, "the same is the end of the world, why should we have known each other", after Miss Cheng finished singing, bursts of applause and cheers resounded throughout the Yanyu Building.

Just as everyone continued to coax and ask Miss Cheng to sing another tune, a group of officers and soldiers who looked like a rebel army broke into the Yanyu Building, led by a young general of about forty, wearing soap armor, carrying a scimitar at his waist, holding a leather whip, majestic, and behind him was a group of soldiers with gold seals tattooed on their faces, armed with spears, short knives, bows and arrows and shields.

When the shopkeeper of Yanyulou saw it, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face, and whispered: "General Zhu Cunzhu, what kind of wind brought you to our shop today, and what is your business trip to the store this time?"

Zhu Cun shouted loudly: "On the orders of King Huang and General Zhu Wenzhu of the city defense, General Ben will routinely inspect the wineries and teahouses in various parts of Caizhou to see if you black-hearted businessmen are hiding spies from the imperial court?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "How dare you collude with the court spies in a small business, don't you want to do business under King Huang and General Zhu?

Zhu Cun shouted: "I don't think so, you are in business, you are not businessmen, you dare to do anything." After speaking, he ordered the soldiers to come forward and search. When the shopkeeper saw it, he quickly took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and secretly handed them to Zhu Cun, who counted the silver tickets in his hand before waving his hand to stop the soldiers and not alarm the guests of the restaurant.

The shopkeeper and everyone were relieved when they saw that Zhu Cun had collected the money, but they knew that Zhu Cun had no intention of leaving, but walked straight to the grandfather and grandson who were singing, and said with a wicked smile on his face: "The little girl is really a water spirit, sing a little song quickly, and relieve the fatigue of this general!", after speaking, he stretched out his hand and wanted to hug the girl, the Cheng girl panicked for a while, and quickly turned around to dodge.

Zhu Cun said with a lewd smile on his face: "Why do you sing a song to this general, you still don't want to?" I think you look like a female spy, come to someone, arrest this grandfather and grandson for me, take them back to my house, I want to interrogate them well!"

When the guests saw it, they all dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, seeing that those wolf-like officers and soldiers were about to arrest the grandfather and grandson, the grandfather hurriedly stopped in front of Zhu Cun and the soldiers, smashed Zhu Cun with the erhu in his hand, and hurriedly shouted: "Yingying run, don't care about grandpa!"

Zhu Cun was furious, picked up the horsewhip in his hand and whipped it fiercely at Grandpa Cheng, who was beaten all over his body, but Grandpa Cheng always hugged the general's trouser leg and refused to let go. Zhu Cun had no choice but to pull out the saber, and the knife rose and fell, and actually cut Grandpa Cheng into two pieces.

Cheng Yingying saw her grandfather die tragically in the hands of Zhu Cun, she cried helplessly, and shouted frantically: "Grandpa, grandpa, you still return my grandfather's life." ”

Zhu Cun smiled cruelly: "Okay, little girl, come here, I will pay for your grandfather's life!", and pounced on Miss Cheng after speaking.

At this time, the big brother Wu Jun with a full face and beard couldn't help it, slapped the table, jumped up, and shouted: "How can people live in this world? There is no king law everywhere, even the territory of the Yellow King, little girl, you don't have to be afraid, run to the eldest brother's side, the eldest brother will make the decision for you." ”

When the girl heard this, she ran to Wu Jun's side tremblingly, and Zhu Cun chased after her with a knife, shouting, "I think who dares to stop General Ben's good deeds?"

Although Wu Jun is a businessman, he also knows some martial arts, turned around and dodged the oncoming knife, and without waiting for Zhu Cun to react, he hit Zhu Cun's chest with his iron head and pushed him to the ground. Zhu Cun stood unsteadily, fell on all fours, and ushered in a burst of laughter from everyone.

Zhu Cun hurriedly got up from the ground, and shouted angrily: "You group of Diao people, you really want to rebel, come on, take all the people, if you encounter resistance, you will be killed!"

After Zhu Cun finished speaking, he ordered the soldiers behind him to pick up bows and arrows and shoot Wu Jun. Wu Jun had nowhere to dodge and was killed by a random arrow piercing his heart. Pity this big brother Wu Jun, a trader, because of a moment of injustice, righteousness and bravery, he died tragically in the Yanyu Building in Caizhou.

Huifeng saw that Zhu Cun was so inferior to a beast, he couldn't bear it anymore, and waved his hand to throw a wine jar at Zhu Cun, Zhu Cun didn't take precautions, and was actually smashed on the head and bleeding, dizzy. Huifeng jumped up and fell from the sky, everyone exclaimed, they were dumbfounded, after Huifeng landed, with lightning speed, he snatched the blade in Zhu Cun's hand with his left hand, and locked the back of his neck with his right hand with eagle claw skills, so that he couldn't move.

Hui Feng shouted: "Dog officer, quickly release those innocent people, otherwise you will be killed on the spot!" After speaking, he held Zhu Cun hostage and asked everyone to leave quickly. And everyone was stunned by the change in front of them, and they actually stood in place, not daring to move.

Hui Feng had no choice but to kidnap Zhu Cun and withdraw from the Yanyu Building, and those soldiers saw that their general was arrested, and no one dared to step forward, so they had to follow him and slowly withdraw from the Yanyu Building.

Hui Feng was also afraid that someone behind him would plot against him, so he held Zhu Cun hostage to a clearing in front of the Yanyu Building, and then everyone came to their senses and fled in all directions. Only Cheng Yingying and Wu Jun's brothers were still crying bitterly in the Yanyu Building, unwilling to leave for a long time.

Huifeng drank a lot of wine, and his heart was more excited, the wine came up, he felt that his eyes were hazy, and gradually he couldn't support it, and then a dark dart shot from not far away, hitting the back of Zhu Cun's neck, Zhu Cun fell into Huifeng's arms without squeaking, and he died with a whimper. Hui Feng was shocked in his heart, and he couldn't figure out many things, so he had to use himself to be quite awake and struggle to support his body.

When those soldiers saw Zhu Cun die in front of Hui Feng, they shouted: "Kill this madman and avenge General Zhu!" The one shouted: "Don't run away from the murderer, hurry back and report to Lord Zhu, the general of the city defense!", but they were all afraid of Huifeng's martial arts, and no one dared to step forward, just bluffed and surrounded Huifeng.

Zhu Wen got the news and was taken aback. It turned out that Zhu Cun was his second brother, and since the brothers joined the righteous army in Dangshan, they have shared blessings and hardships, and they have been intimate.

It turns out that although Zhu Cun and Zhu Wen are brothers of the same mother, the two brothers are completely different in personality. On the contrary, Zhu Wen is very humble and cunning, and he is also very capable of leading troops to fight, so Huang Chao has great trust in him, making him the pioneer of the righteous army and the city defense general of Caizhou.

Zhu Wen never thought that his own brother who was born and died with him would die on the Yanyu Tower, the territory under his jurisdiction, so he was very angry, and he didn't return to Huangchao, so he privately brought the army and killed Yanyu Tower, claiming to arrest the murderer Huifeng and avenge the second brother.

When Zhu Wenxing rushed to Yanyu Building with guilt, he was very angry when he saw his second brother dying on the street, but he found that the murderer Huifeng did not leave, and he was drunk next to Zhu Cun's body, but he was very puzzled. Just as he was about to step forward to personally kill Huifeng and avenge his brother, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi also rushed over when they heard the news and stopped Zhu Wen's killing of Huifeng in time.

Although Zhu Wen was fierce, when he saw Zhou Yuanzhi, he still made a big salute respectfully. Zhou Yuanzhi would never believe that Huifeng would kill Zhu Cun, and hurriedly explained to Zhu Wen: "General Zhu, don't be angry first, I think there must be a misunderstanding, let's figure things out and deal with it, how about it?"

Zhu Wen said angrily: "Princess, Huifeng killed my second brother, my soldiers saw it with their own eyes, is there still a fake, and he was wronged?"

Xu Zhi argued: "General Zhu, with all due respect, what your soldiers said, I'm afraid it is also one-sided, besides, my senior brother Hui, drunk and powerless, how did you move your generals?"

Zhu Wen listened to Xu Zhi's words, and could no longer hold back the anger in his heart: "No matter what, Huifeng is always suspected of murder, I need to take him away, detain him, and interrogate him slowly!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Zhu Wen was cunning and scheming, afraid that once Huifeng fell into his hands, it would be difficult to survive, so he hurriedly stopped: "General Zhu, I think it's best to tell my father about this matter and let him deal with it impartially, after all, Huifeng is also a guest of honor we invited, and he can't deal with it casually, otherwise it will make the heroes of the world laugh, do you think this is feasible?"

Zhu Wen gritted his teeth secretly, but he was still very calm on the surface: "Princess, even if this matter is reported to King Huang, King Huang will still let his subordinates interrogate, after all, his subordinates are still responsible for the safety and defense of Caizhou, and this trial is also a matter for his subordinates." ”

Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi discussed with Zhu Wen, and there was no room for turning back at all, and they were very worried about Huifeng's safety after that. Xu Zhi said: "If my senior brother Huifeng killed General Zhu in Yanyu Tower, but Yanyu Tower should also have eyewitnesses, how can I listen to the words of General Zhu's subordinates?"

Zhou Yuanzhi also hurriedly said: "Yes! Even if General Zhu wants to try this case, he should first ask the shopkeeper or his associate of Yanyu Building, and he should not be emotional and too arbitrary!"

Zhu Wen said impatiently: "That's natural, please rest assured that the princess and the concubine will bring all the witnesses in the Yanyu Building back to the mansion in the next meeting, ask them carefully, and finally give an explanation to the Yellow King and the princess." After speaking, he ordered his soldiers to carry the bodies of the sleeping Huifeng, Wu Jun and Grandpa Cheng, and locked up the shopkeeper of Yanyulou, his buddies, Cheng Yingying, Li Zhen and others, and brought them into the general's mansion for interrogation.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Zhu Wen escorting Huifeng and the others, and left from his side angrily, and persuaded him: "King Huang and this girl both hope that General Zhu can handle this case impartially, after all, the recruitment of vanguard officers who led troops to Jiangnan this time has not yet been finalized, which is more important? I believe that General Zhu will weigh it clearly!"

When Zhu Wen heard this, he stopped, hesitated for a moment, but did not look back, and left with his soldiers and horses.