The opening ape's body leaned obliquely, one hand kept the posture of holding the knife unchanged, but the other hand was quickly stretched out and placed on the back of Zhang Xu's shoulder.

"What's the matter? What is this?" he smiled.

"Could it be that he has been out of the house for a long time, and has not returned for many days, and he is very sentimental and nostalgic for the young and old at home, so he sobs unspeakably and is depressed. The man's tone was teasing.

Zhang Xu looked sad, neither pretending to be reserved nor pretending to be sad, he just read the master over and over again in his heart.

The pioneer ape was unaware. Gu Gu said: "When you are young, where does you get the air of decadence and sorrow. Look at this autumn scenery, it's beautiful. Ten thousand kinds of frost are free. The country is picturesque. It's just a pity that I've seen it all, where do you have the time to be sad?" The man was kind and pleasant, and before Zhang Xu could answer, he had already withdrawn his arm, leisurely grabbed the reins, and walked straight to the city.

Hengzhou Town is roughly similar to the layout of the cities south of Dachu. There is no difference between the furnishings and neighborhoods in the city and those ordinary alleys and lively willow alleys, which are almost the same, and they are all surrounded by Jiangnan gardens. It's just that since there is a well-known flower and plant corridor in Hengzhou Town, in order to maintain the natural scenery of the river, the roads in the city are mostly curved routes, which makes the young man who entered the city with the opening ape suddenly have a sense of seeing that the mountains and rivers are doubtful and there is no way, and the willows and flowers are bright and the village is bright.

The little girl rode on a tall horse, and at first she felt lively and curious, but after looking around for a moment, she again became a dull expression. She looked lonely, her head heaved and she almost fell.

After a while, the little girl suddenly turned around, looked at the young man and asked, "Li Zhiyu, do you say that there are also demons here, and the ghosts are charming." She asked suddenly, panic in her eyes.

The young man listened to the demons and monsters, and subconsciously tightened the saddle bridle he was holding under his hand. Without waiting to answer the words of the girl, who had always been happy and fearful, his puzzled eyes had been looking around for a long time.

The autumn wind presses the branches, quiet and serene. He looked at it for a moment and saw that there was no change, so he lowered his head with confidence. I thought in my heart, this place is far away from such a deserted village, not to mention the demons lurking, even the open terrain here is absolutely impossible to lurk demons.

The young man frowned slightly, saw the distant city towering, the tower was like a star, the pedestrians were weaving, the white clouds and blue sky, the green smoke was curling, there seemed to be a fairy coming to the world, where did the demon come from.

Yang Zhiqiang walked in the rear with many of his peers, close to the past. After saying the earnest words in his heart to many senior brothers, his curious gaze naturally shifted to the strange boy and girl riding in front of him.

Zhang Xu saw that his eyes suddenly turned, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Yang, don't look at it. I don't know these teenagers either. It's just the first time we met, although there are occasional words along the way, but most of them are just real poetry and books, as for the origin. Don't say that my brother has little heart, it's really that this young girl is too silent, so don't you hold your brother's finger and look at me to explain to you?"

"Senior Brother Zhang, I really don't know" Yang Zhiqiang smiled and grabbed Zhang Xu's arm.

Zhang Xu shook his head, but finally did not answer.

A group of people walked by, watched and appreciated.

Since the palace is the leading scholarly family in Hengzhou Town, not to mention raising eagle dogs and recruiting disciples like those wealthy families, it can rely on the thick heritage of the first-class scholarly family, as well as its own son-in-law to teach and lecture, although it is only a corner, but the name of poetry and books is still widely spread, and in Longhai County, there is naturally no shortage of people who study from afar. At this time, a frustrated scholar in Tsing Yi took a dejected step from the palace.

"I didn't expect that I, Pan Zhijun, climbed mountains and crossed rivers, walked countless mountains and barren rivers, and thought that I had realized a little poetry and writing, and I was suffering from articles. Unexpectedly, in the end, what I thought I was full of poetry and books was just a joke in Mr. Wang's eyes. The man's expression was decadent and pale, but his early thirties had already been stained with the vicissitudes of time.

The man walked away in despair, carrying a white package on his back. The package is not bulging, and there is obviously no thick belongings. It's just an occasional protruding corner, which looks like a book, and looks like a hidden blade and hidden blade.

The reader staggered, and the package he was carrying was undulating. He had few steps and a gloomy expression. Before he could get out of the long corridor street outside the palace, there was a white dog following behind him, taking advantage of the moment when the down-and-out scholar was not paying attention, his body jumped up, and bit the package he hung down impartially.

There was a rustling sound, and a lot of rice and millet fell from the tattered package.

"Alas, in this life, when you are down, even this dog can eat people. The man looked sad and sad, and looked down at the little dog that was robbing by the side of the road licking and eating the rice all over the ground.

The boy rode on a tall horse and enjoyed the scenery. is comparing the scenery all the way in his heart, not waiting for his words to be determined. Zhao Qingrou's face suddenly had two playful smiles. With a whip in one hand, she spurred her horse forward and slammed straight for one of the forks in the road that branched out into three paths ahead.

"Hey, Zhao Qingrou. The boy shouted in alarm, but only a string of afterwords remained.

Zhang Xu Jun walked idle, He had expected this untouchable scene. He stretched forward with one hand and grabbed the reins of the horse, and was about to stop it, but when he saw the direction in which the girl was galloping, he had to stop, and he passed.

The girl galloped on her horse, surrounded by pedestrians selling goods, or ordinary diners leisurely drinking tea and eating some snacks at the early stalls, as well as those peddlers and pawns who opened their eyes in a daze and couldn't avoid them, naturally looking at the place where the two had left and jumping to their feet and scolding their mothers. But even if the scolding continues, it will not help what has already happened. Some frustrated scholars who were lying on the ground, sitting on the big dream of spring and autumn, and those men who were drunk in the night market, looked at the sunny sky, just sighed that their fate was ill-fated, and their deeds were not smooth, and they finally dispersed after a long time.

Yang Zhiqiang looked at the figures of the two of them riding away, and asked the senior brother who had also not come back to his senses: "Senior Brother Zhang, what is the origin of these two people?" Why is it so busy in the city, aren't you afraid of the government yamen investigation and inquiry. ”

"Official?" the man asked rhetorically, dragging his whip and walking away.

To the west of Hengzhou Town, there are mostly liquor stores and inns opened by people here. Although the taste of the food is average, it is also a rare place of hustle and bustle in the border area of Dachu, which has not eased its breath in the past few decades. In addition, the price is fair, the host is bold, and the drunk at the table has happened repeatedly. What's even more commendable is that the owner will always count a few less copper coins and silver taels after getting drunk, and many locals will still secretly take out a few copper coins and drink a pot of Hengzhou Flower Brew that is not very authentic in Hengzhou Town. At this time, an old man with a white beard and a man in Tsing Yi sat in a half-covered and half-closed small room on the second floor, drinking and laughing.

The men's clothes were unpretentious, just like the most common coarse long coats in Hengzhou Town, with no color dots, but the buttons on the clothes were connected, which was a little more complicated than those long clothes. The man drank the wine from the glass cup after cup, and when there was no trickle left in a jar of good wine, he stood up in a daze, and walked to a corner near the window, and was in limbo.

The old man was surprised by this, reached out and picked up the flask on the table, and poured himself another full glass. Don't wait to drink the freshly poured drink. The man in Tsing Yi by the window raised his sword eyebrows slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, since you and I are confidants, we are each other's confidants." That Fei will talk about the things that have been suppressed in his heart for a long time today. ”

The man turned, took two quick steps, and stood beside the old man.

The old man smiled and bowed his head slightly.

The man looked reminiscing and said, "Since the northern army went south more than ten years ago, the horses have stepped on the rivers and mountains. Our Great Chu army and people fought bloodily, the treasury was empty, and the people died in battle, ten rooms and nine empty. The imperial court once again vigorously rectified the defense of the north and the south, but after all, the results were modest. He smiled miserably, picked up his glass again, and drank it on his back. Unexpectedly, the cup was empty, and there was no longer anything, so I had to give up. The old man smiled slightly, reached out to lift the flask, and poured the man a full glass of wine.

The man didn't raise his glass and drink, he turned around and leaned back in his chair, and continued: "Fei has been an official for three years. I was hoping to do something. But now three years have passed, but the people are still not peaceful and the soldiers are sluggish. ”

The old man finally spoke, "So, what then?"

"What's the matter? Fang is in a state of turmoil today, and the people are not happy. In the officialdom, there are all drunken people who dream of death, and in the school, they are all thieves who cry and cry. What can I do?" the man asked rhetorically.

Outside, a cold wind was blowing. In the corner of the wall, drill into it, adding two points of chill.

The old man tightened his old coat and jacket, "So you give up on yourself and feel sorry for yourself." ”

The man smiled.

"I don't dare to give up on myself. It's just that Fei has worked hard, and he can't vomit in the end, and he is just melancholy in his heart. Tomorrow should I wear that green robe, or still wear that green robe, should I go to order Mao or go to order Mao, how dare I say more. It's just that I want to tell those literati that it is the faint monarch and the minister in their eyes who resisted the southward movement of the northern kingdom again and again, and it is we, the people of the dogs and horses, who have repelled the pace of Wu Yue Beishan again and again. ”

The man's face was drunk, and he had the momentum of a book.

The old man waved his finger and motioned for the henchman standing in front of him to exit the room. He picked up the flask and poured himself another glass of old wine.

"Lord Prefectural Order. It is better to say less of these heart-wrenching words. Nowadays, it is not easy for the three countries to sign a treaty. Although there is a suspicion of an alliance under the city, at least it has maintained the peace of the three kingdoms. Bound Wu Yue and the wolf ambitions of the three grasslands. In the past ten years of peace, Lord Fei, do you think that all of them were won by the officials and soldiers fighting to the death?" the old man reached out to support the county magistrate, who was a little unsteady, and helped him back to the table and chair.

The man rolled out his sleeves angrily, "Why not?" If it weren't for Zhao Hengtong and General Zhao fighting to the death on the northern front of Taoguan and holding back the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Wutun Department, don't say that the northern line of Great Chu would all fall into the hands of the northern country. Even the four states and counties in the north are afraid that they will also be suspected of changing banners. ”

After he finished speaking, he seemed to feel incomprehensible and depressed. took off his robe, revealing his arm full of scars, and said, "This is when Wu Yue invaded Longhai County, he was cut by Wu Yue's thin knife. This is Fei Moufeng's order to go to the periphery of the White Grass Valley to deploy defenses."