(a)

The winter in Yanzhou is cold, and it is even colder in Yanzhou, which has had a heavy snowfall, at this time it is already the time of day, there are few people on the street, all the shops have been closed, and even the blunt stalls at the corner of the red sleeve street have closed early today, and the original most prosperous Yanzhou City has become lifeless due to a heavy snowfall.

But there is one place that is still full of people, not only lively, but also full of spring, that is Tianxiang Pavilion, the largest green building in Yanzhou City, the largest is not enough, it is still the best, it is good everywhere. Tianxiang Pavilion is built well, according to an old carpenter, the wood used in the construction of Tianxiang Pavilion is decades of old pine, the doors and windows are made of good red acid branches, the red paint used is produced by Deshengfang, and all the tables and chairs inside are also excellent redwood wood. Tianxiang Pavilion is used well, all the porcelain displayed in it is produced in the kiln, the people in Tianxiang Pavilion are good, any girl can be a popular head card in other places, anyone who has been to Tianxiang Pavilion no one feels bad, but at this time there is a person who thinks that Tianxiang Pavilion is simply terrible, it is a deceptive place, his brows are furrowed, but the corners of his mouth still seem to be smiling, looking very weird.

He sat in the most corner of Tianxiang Pavilion, next to the stairs, wearing an old cyan coat, the cyan color of the clothes was dull, it could be seen that he had not been washed for a long time, although he was not handsome, but he was also delicate, he looked like a young man with a double ten, his hair was messy, and the beard on his face had not been cleaned up for a long time. At this time, he frowned slightly, chewed a few peanuts in his mouth, put a few plates of snacks in front of him, a small pot of wine, and muttered: "It is said that Yanzhou's Tianxiang Yulu is the most intoxicating wine in the world, and it seems that it is nothing more than that." ”

At this time, a young woman happened to pass by, and when she heard what he said, she couldn't help but smile and said, "What is your surname?"

He looked at the woman opposite, wearing a small jacket with rich peony, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, the skin on his face was very white and bright, and he could see that it was very white and tender, so the corners of his mouth were raised, and he said with a smile: "Don't know your surname Xu, not only Miss Fang's name."

The woman was not restrained, and went to the opposite side of the man surnamed Xu, and said: "The little girl's name is Xiaoyi, I don't know why Gongzi Xu is sitting here alone?"

"I'm here to drink, and I just want to drink, so I didn't bother my sisters to accompany me. ”

Xiao Yi picked up the cup, poured wine, covered her face with long sleeves and drank it, and asked: "The most enjoyable thing to drink is with people who are on a blind date and know each other, I don't know if Xiao Yi can sit with his son on this blind date and know each other." ”

The man surnamed Xu still smiled, shook his head and said: "Miss is right, drinking should be with people who are blind dates and acquaintances, but the wine drunk should also be good wine. ”

Xiao Yi couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker, "It turns out that Childe is complaining about this matter, it seems that Childe is indeed the first time to Yanzhou, what we say in Yanzhou "Tianxiang Yulu" refers to "Tianxiang" everyone, the color and art are the best in Yanzhou, not what Childe thinks is the wine in this cup." ”

The man surnamed Xu not only covered his head with remorse, but said: "I thought I could drink good wine in Yanzhou, but I couldn't drink good wine for half a month, what a pity."

"Childe don't have to regret, today is the day of the "Tianxiang" everyone out of the pavilion, you see my Tianxiang Pavilion is so lively today, it is all for the "Tianxiang" everyone, if the son is interested, you can also enjoy the beauty with your son, isn't it also a great thing."

"There is no good thing where good wine comes from".

Xiao Yiben saw that although this Xu Gongzi was a little sloppy, he was better than being young and handsome, and wanted to make love with him, but seeing that he only loved fine wine, not beauties, he retreated, and said: "Childe, I still have something to do, and I am out of company." With that, he withdrew.

The man surnamed Xu was not annoyed, still eating the snacks on the plate, his brows were still unraveled, and his smile was still there.

After half an hour, there were more and more guests in Tianxiang Pavilion, and many people had no place to do, at this time, two men came to the side of the man surnamed Xu, and one of the men clasped his fists and said, "Brother Tai, can my two brothers sit here." ”

The man surnamed Xu said, of course you can, the two of you can do it yourself.

The two men sat down, beckoned Xiao Er to serve wine and food, and ate and drank.

The man surnamed Xu secretly looked at the two, both of them were wearing the same white clothes, their hair buns were also the same, they were holding swords, eating and drinking also held the sword tightly, from the clothes and temperament, it can be seen that they are from a famous family, the embroidery on their cuffs is very special, like a knife, but also like a broken sword,

The two ate a lot, only drank a little wine, and the two did not talk at all, and left without saying much after eating, and got into the crowd.

At this time, a slightly older woman stood on the platform in front of the second floor and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mother Lin, I am polite, today is the day when the two of my Tianxiang Pavilion "Tianxiang" come out of the pavilion, presumably everyone is also here for the two of you, I won't say more, now please come out and meet with the guest officers." ”

After speaking, two women walked out from behind the stage, next to them were two girls of Erba, both of whom were beautiful little girls, who should be the maids who served everyone, and the women in the middle were wearing white skirts, with red coats on the outside, and their bodies were slim, just a few steps, as if they had walked out of the endless style, this person had a veil covering his nose, and he could be seen from between his eyebrows and eyes that he was a beautiful woman.

Yahuan on the left took a step forward and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think everyone knows that we Tianxiang began to be Qingqi people at the age of sixteen, because of their superb piano skills and good at poetry, they are loved by countless talents, and everyone is eighteen years old this year, so we must really start picking up customers, and today we will select a son as the guest of Tianxiang everyone." ”

Hearing this, everyone cheered, couldn't help cheering, they all wanted to be this lucky person, enjoy the blessings of this Qi people, and couldn't wait to ask, "I don't know how to choose this guest to enter the curtain." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, listen to me", Yahuan continued, and everyone quieted down, "Although we were all born in Qinglou, we were taught piano, chess, calligraphy and painting by our mother since childhood, and we must learn to learn, and we also know the story of the talented and beautiful woman from the book, so the standard for today's selection is talent, and the two of you will make a question, and you will make poems with this topic, and you will be the first to be judged by Tianxiang, and this first is the guest of the scene." ”

(b)

What is the rivers and lakes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes are the collection of people, the people in the rivers and lakes are not only martial arts people, a family is a river and lakes, a village is also a river and lake, there are rivers and lakes and there must be disputes, at this time there are many scholars, traders, and martial arts people in Tianxiang Pavilion have disputes, and this Tianxiang Pavilion is a small river and lake at this time.

At this time, the guests in the Tianxiang Pavilion are not the talents of the famous party, or the rich people of the family, as well as the rising talents of various sects, some of them are famous, some are wealthy, the money is there, the fame is there, and then they naturally want to be beautiful, the desire seems to be a swamp, no matter who you are, no matter what status you are, after stepping into this swamp, you can no longer get out, you can only fall into it involuntarily.

Thinking of this, the man surnamed Xu finally stretched his brows, and there was only a smile left on his face, because he thought of a person, a person whose eyes smiled like the moon, and who had accompanied her for 20 years, and said in his heart, "Whoever has a friend like her, I'm afraid there is no way to have any greedy thoughts, fortunately, she only has one friend, me, otherwise there are a few more hard-working people in the world."

At this time, Tianxiang and everyone were already sitting on the side of the stage, discussing the theme of the poem with Yahuan on the side, and finally looked at the crowd and whispered a few words to Yahuan on the side. Yahuan opened her mouth and said: "It is winter at this time, so the two of you will take "winter" as the theme, and ask all the guest officials to make poems, and the most talented is the guest of Tianxiang everyone. ”

"Winter" is the season, which is different from things and scenery, it is difficult to sing, it is even more difficult to express the will in the heart, and it is not easy to reach a certain level. The scholars present were all frowning, not to mention those rich men and martial arts knights, they were not good at poetry, they thought that today they would focus on the amount of money, and when they heard that poetry prevailed, their hearts were even more melancholy.

"Look at the snow on a sunny day, and the wind will set the cold moonlit night. Mo Dao Cangshan is far away, and the birds in the mountains are absolutely extinct. A man sat up and walked up to the crowd, chanting as he went, and recited a poem of five unique poems. This person is dressed in white, his face is green and white, more than the woman, there is a half-palm-sized jade pendant pinned to his waist, which is engraved with the word "blue feather", holding a sword in his hand, two dragons are carved on the hilt of the sword, the pattern of the scabbard is also a dragon pattern, and there is a ruby in the middle of the scabbard, the gem is crystal clear, just looking at the luster is an extraordinary product.

"Tell me about Tianxiang, how is my poem?" asked the white-faced man.

Miss Tianxiang suddenly sat up, took two steps forward, her eyes slowly swept through the crowd, there seemed to be a thousand tenderness in her eyes, as if she had something to say to everyone here, and finally stopped her eyes on the white-faced man, and said: "Childe's poems are neat, and the rhythm is also excellent, although there are more scenes, but the word "absolute" also improves the style of the whole poem, so that this poem can be made in such a short time, it is even more difficult, it can be seen that Childe's talent."

Tianxiang said, a slight blessing, "Tianxiang has seen the blue feather son, the people in the rivers and lakes call the son poetry and sword, it seems that the rumors are true."

"Tianxiang, have you seen me?", the man asked with a slightly more interested face.

"So handsome, so dressed, so talented, even if Tianxiang is lonely and unheard, he can know the son. Although Tianxiang has a veil to cover her mouth and nose, her body seems to be trembling slightly when she speaks, and her already charming figure makes people even more unbearable.

"Thank you Tianxiang, everyone praises it." The man didn't say much, and returned to his seat.

Everyone began to discuss this poem, and they were also discussing this person, one of them whispered: "This blue feather son was originally the descendant of the previous dynasty blue feather wait, and now although the family is in the middle, but the inheritance is still there, and the family is even richer than the country, according to legend, this blue feather son is a closed disciple of Wudang Wuweizi, and he has learned something, so he broke into the rivers and lakes, and got the name of "poetry and sword swords" in two years."

Although this person's voice is not loud, it is also heard by everyone around him, and everyone can't help but look at this blue feather boy a few more times, such a family, such a heritage, and such a talent, he is indeed worthy of the title of "poetry and sword".

After that, although several talented people made a few poems, they were all mainly written things, and their ideas were not high, and it was difficult to compare with the five unique ideas of the blue feather son.

Tianxiang everyone, said to everyone: "All the poems are the best works, but the idea, style or the best of the five unique Blue Feather Child, if you have no poems, today Blue Feather Son is the guest of my sisters." ”

Although everyone was unwilling, they really had no more poems, so they could only sigh secretly.

Young Man Lan Yu sat up and greeted everyone with his fists, "Thank you, accept and accept." ”

Lan Yu Gongzi was polite, and his expression was more of a winner's spirit, and everyone was unwilling, but his talent was not as good as others, and there was nothing he could do.

"I have a question, I want Tianxiang to explain it. At this time, I thought that the man walked out of the corner and said to Tianxiang, this person was dressed plainly, holding a short knife a foot long in his hand, and the back of his hand was full of small scars, the largest scar was on the face, although it was not thick, but from the cheeks of the face, all the way to the back of the neck, the face that was not ugly looked a little terrible.

"I don't know what questions this hero has?" Although this person was unreasonable, Tianxiang was not annoyed, but still responded softly.

"Tianxiang's gift to the cabinet is for people in the world, regardless of status. ”

"Yes, the concubine's gift out of the cabinet is indeed regardless of identity, and everyone can participate. ”

"Then why only use poetry to determine the victory, is it to look down on us and other martial arts people. ”

"This... Tianxiang was a little sluggish at this time, looked at Fluttershy, and the two briefly exchanged some time, so they said, "It's the two of me who have missed it, but my sisters do like that talented person, I don't know if this is good, you come to my sisters' gift of leaving the pavilion, I am very grateful, you eat in this Tianxiang Pavilion today by the two of us, this chivalrous man, I don't know if this is okay?"

"Naturally not, I'm here for everyone in Tianxiang, how can I put these foods in my eyes. ”

Before Tianxiang could reply, Lan Yu Gongzi put down the wine glass in his hand, turned his back to this person and said, "What a person who doesn't know how to read etiquette, since you don't eat this toast, how will you be?"

"Since you are a person in the martial arts, then how about winning with martial arts, you will hold the beauty if you win, and get out of the way if you lose. ”

"I never use force with unknown people, you report your name. Blue Feather stood up and said.

"Hades Knife, **".

"It turned out to be the Kanto Hades sword, then it will be as you wish". With that, the Blue Feather Boy drew his sword and stepped out.

Tianxiang Pavilion is a place of entertainment, sometimes there will be some small disputes between guests, guests and stores, and there are big disputes but not common, but it is not difficult to deal with, as the largest green building in Yanzhou City, it is also somewhat dependent on the official face and the underworld, but at this time, the two Tianxianglou have no way to stop it, and there is no way to stop it. People in the martial arts, especially those who are quite famous like Blue Feather Gongzi and Wen Tian, must not back down when they need to fight.

The name of the Hades knife is Wentian, which is a famous short knife player in Kanto, and there are not many people who use short knives in the rivers and lakes, but the people who use short knives as weapons are basically famous people in the rivers and lakes, and Wen Tian is one of them. There are a lot of bandits in Kanto, and they can make a name for themselves in Kanto, and there is a lot of blood on the knife, and there is even such a consensus in the martial arts, people in Kanto can not be provoked if they can not be provoked, and the Kanto people who are called are not only not provoked, but they must withdraw from their three zhang when they see it, let alone Wen Tian, but Lantian Gongzi is not easy to get along with, so he is naturally not among them.

Both of them showed their weapons, and the crowd naturally gave way to a place, for fear of being injured by mistake, although there were tables and chairs around the two, but there was enough space.

Hades Knife clenched the short knife in his hand, made a few strokes with his wrist as the axis, and then stepped forward, stabbed at Lan Yu, and fought with Lan Yu.

Lan Yu is a master of Wudang, his swordsmanship is quite elegant, although Wentian's knife is short, but the knife is an extension of his arm, every swing seems to be integrated with his arm, and his wrist can be stabbed at a strange angle with a movement, Lan Yu is not an ordinary person, Wu Tianwenzi's closed disciple has excellent natural swordsmanship, and he can deal with it calmly every time.

The two sides have no deep hatred, just for women, so they didn't use killing moves, and there was room for shots, and after a few moves, the two sides didn't even break the wine glass on the table, so it seems that the two are first-class masters in the rivers and lakes in terms of sword skills.

The martial arts of the two are basically the same, but after more than 20 moves, Wen Tian seems to be a little difficult to parry, the knife technique he uses is practiced from the pile of dead people, and the subtle moves in his knife technique are all martial arts that take people's lives, he is strong and skillful, and he is best at fighting with people, when he hurts other people's arms with the rotation of his wrist, and takes people's heads, when he is in Kanto, he fights for life and death, and basically no one can stop him from a knife.

This kind of competition is only for victory or defeat, not for life and death, he really doesn't know how to fight, he can only see the moves, looking for an opportunity to use ingenuity to unload Lan Yu's weapon. Short-handed, more is to see the elders with internal strength is superior, this is the second, on the internal strength of the martial arts is definitely not a hand, Wen Tian's internal strength is naturally not as good as Lan Yu, can not use the knife method of killing, just test the internal movement and footsteps, Wen Tian is indeed invincible, and gradually leaks defeat.

At this time, the two swords met, Lan Yu's right foot forward, his internal strength sank, and the cold light flashed, forcing Wen Tian to take a big step back.

Seeing this, Wen Tian did not continue to fight, put away his knife and handed it over, and said: "The Blue Feather Son is worthy of his name, his swordsmanship is profound, and Lin admits defeat." ”

Lan Yu Gongzi's family legend and teacher inheritance are all first-class, naturally arrogant, ordinary people can't enter his eyes, but in the rivers and lakes for several years, the vision is still there, know Wen Tian's name, but also know that his knife is a murderous knife method, if the real life and death competition, he may not take advantage, but winning does not mean that he can really win Wen Tian, so he was a little polite, and said: "Brother Lin's knife skills are exquisite, I also admire, if it is a battle of life and death, I may not be Brother Lin's opponent." If there is a chance, I will drink a few catties of good wine with Brother Lin and talk freely. There was no previous arrogance in the words.

"Childe is polite, Lin lost, if you lose, you lose, it is also a fact that my internal strength and pace are not as good as Childe, if I have the opportunity, I will accompany Childe to have a few drinks, and I will leave without saying much. With that, he turned around and left, and the people who came out of Kanto were all vigorous here.

"Lin Daxia and slow", Tianxiang slowly walked off the stage, stood between the two, and said to the two: "The two have excellent martial arts, I admire the little woman very much, since the two want to drink, I will prepare good wine and good food in the small building behind, the Luzhou Daqu prepared for eight years of cellaring a few days ago, I also took out two jars, why don't you drink to your heart's content today, I have a lot of houses in this small building, Lin Daxia can rest as soon as possible after he is happy, I arrange a sister to serve, how about it?" After speaking, a pair of apricot eyes also looked at Lan Yu, after all, Lan Yu is the winner today, so he naturally has to take care of Lan Yu's face in order to obtain Lan Yu's consent.

Young Man Blue Feather also nodded slightly, and agreed to it. Lan Yu Gongzi not only secretly thought to himself, this Tianxiang everyone is a Qinglou person, but he is extraordinary, and he is also very thoughtful in doing things, not only saving Wentian's face in front of everyone, but also quietly raising his face, but the woman of Double Ten has such a scheming and is really good, and she can't help but take a few glances at this Tianxianggao.

Wen Tian was not polite, and said: "Lin is not a person who doesn't know what to do, he doesn't take face, and he will go down the stairs if he has it, so it's better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

Tianxiang nodded slightly, "Then the Blue Feather Boy and Lin Daxia will go to the backyard first, and I will arrive later." Then he said to Yahuan, who was beside him, "Fluttershy, take the two heroes to the backyard building." "Lan Yu Gongzi and Wen Tian are not alone, so they went to the backyard with Yahuan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my sisters have no roots in duckweed, and they have fallen into the dust, thanks to your love, to participate in the ceremony of my sisters' departure from the cabinet, but tonight I can't accompany each other, if you are interested, I will definitely accompany you. Tianxiang said to everyone, and after saying a little blessing, he left.

So everyone walked away, scattered, and if there was a good one in the Tianxiang Pavilion, they went to find a good one, and they were no longer entangled in the gift of the two of them, after all, Lan Yu Gongzi and Wen Tian were not easy to mess with, so they could only give up.

The man surnamed Xu sat in the corner and watched the excitement for a long time, although the wine on the table was not considered a good wine, but with the excitement, it also added a taste, especially when he heard Luzhou Daqu, his eyes seemed to be bigger, and he swept away the previous state of loss, and said in his heart: "Luzhou Daqu, I haven't drunk it, but the wine that has been cellared for eight years should not be too bad, and it is not a pity not to drink a glass." With that, he drank the last glass of wine, took out a small gourd from his waist, and poured the rest of the wine on the table into the gourd.

The man surnamed Xu was sitting in the corner, and there were a few people around, seeing that the man's face and clothes were so sloppy, and then seeing him behave like this, there was a bit of sarcasm on his face.

The man surnamed Xu didn't care, put down the two coins of silver, and strode out of Tianxiang Pavilion wearing a pair of worn boots.