Chapter Eighty-Five: When I first entered Yunnan, I met a red face
It is said that after Gong Xingwen went down from Wuxia to the mountain, he did not know where to go, so he had to go all the way to the south, when he was young, he often heard his parents say that Yunnan is an excellent and good place, where the people are simple, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the four seasons are like spring, and the climate is pleasant. Since childhood, I have been fascinated to travel a little, and now I have to go out of the school, although the mood is not good, but it is not a way to be cocooned and self-bound, you might as well put everything away, play in the mountains and rivers, and enjoy the nature, maybe you can untie the knot, and it may not be natural when the time comes.
It's just that on the way to the south, I have been hearing rumors in the rivers and lakes, Lan Qianyang is making waves everywhere, causing everyone in the rivers and lakes to endanger themselves, the Tianya Sword and the Soul Chasing Sword are in hand, and the martial arts are outstanding, plus there is no trace, and there is no trace, and those who want to seek revenge on him do not know where he is hiding. Gong Xingwen really became more and more strange the more he listened, although Lan Qianyang acted arrogantly and strangely, but he also did not lose the style of narrow-mindedness, he was lonely and indifferent, but he did not have the evil spirit of Master Yi back then, and he accidentally saved him that day because he was forced by Xiaochen.
Gong Xingwen heard that the Tianya Sword had been seized by Lan Qianyang, and this matter was even more strange, after the destruction of the Nangong Villa, he clearly saw the Tianya Sword in Xiaochen's hand, at this time, the Tianya Sword should be in the Xia Ke Villa, and he met him in the inn half a month later, and he didn't see him have any Tianya Sword, could it be that he snatched the Tianya Sword out of the hands of the current martial arts alliance master? How could there be no rumor in the rivers and lakes of such a big thing? The more I thought about it, the more I didn't understand. suddenly returned to reality, sighed, shook his head and laughed at himself helplessly: "Gong Xingwen, Gong Xingwen, my own affairs have not been solved yet, how can I manage other people's affairs." ”
It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, the moon in the sky is still as round as in previous years, the nightingale in the forest will not care about the moon, the insects on the grass will not care about people's joys and sorrows, and the nightingales and insects still sing to their heart's content. Gong Xingwen has been traveling south for more than a month, and he doesn't know where he has come at this time, only that he has arrived in Yunnan and entered a magnificent city.
Tonight coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the city is not lively, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is the most lively time for the annual lantern festival here. For him, who has lived in Wudang Mountain since he was a child, this time is really an eye-opener: putting lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, burning incense, Mid-Autumn Festival, lighting tower lanterns, putting sky lanterns, walking the moon, and dancing the fire dragon...... There are all kinds of activities, Gong Xingwen let himself fit into them to the fullest, and the unhappiness in his heart was swept away.
Unconsciously attracted by a place of singing, followed the sound to a stage, crowded with people, could not squeeze in at all, had to find a remote seat that was almost invisible to the stage to sit down, at a glance, everywhere were people wearing all kinds of clothes, from time to time to hear applause one after another, applause endlessly.
Looking at the stage again, it turned out to be the song "Kite Mistake" sung, the story of this song has been seen in the book, and the content is probably as follows: Zhan Liehou has two daughters, the younger daughter Shujuan is beautiful and virtuous, and is born to the Liu family, and the eldest daughter is called Aijuan, born to the Mei family. A scholar Han Qizhong was on the kite inscription poem, and another noble son, Qi You, flew the kite first, but unfortunately the kite line was broken and fell to Zhan Liehou's house, where it was picked up by Shujuan, the second lady of Zhan Mansion. After Shujuan picked it up, she saw that the poem was very moved, so she wrote a poem. The kite was returned by the Qi family's children. Han Qizhong was in Qi Youxian's study, and when he saw Shujuan and the poem, he deliberately composed another poem, and then flew a kite, and this time the kite fell in the courtyard of the ugly lady Aijuan. Aijuan mistakenly thought that it was done by Qi Youxian, so she pretended to be Shujuan, and asked the nurse to invite her to meet on a moonlit night, Han Qizhong came in an impersonation and was scared away by Aijuan's ugly appearance. Han Qizhong has been concentrating on reading hard since then. Later, Aijuan was promised by her parents to Qi Youxian, and the cave room mistakenly recognized her husband as Han Qizhong, and Qi Youxian saw that the bride was an ugly Aijuan, and she was furious. Aijuan's mother rushed to persuade her, and allowed her to marry three more wives and four concubines, and you gave up first. After Han Qizhong won the championship in high school, his father-in-law planned to marry Shujuan.
After listening to the song, Gong Xingwen felt a lot of emotion in his heart, life is not a play, a kite will still complete a beautiful marriage, then a misunderstanding will also lead to irreparable bloodshed, and he said: "There are lovers in the world who will eventually become dependents, I don't know where my destined person is?"
I don't know why, the figure of Lin Yu appeared in front of her eyes, her face, her cheeks, her smile, Chu Chu was pitiful when she cried, and unconsciously touched her lips with her right hand, as if her residual warmth was still there that day, the more she recalled, the more eager she was to see her, and a burst of warm applause brought him back to reality, Gong Xingwen sighed at this time.
Gong Xingwen stood up, and suddenly remembered that Lin Yu was in the Cold Moon Palace at the moment, and he was forced to leave Wudang because she was misunderstood by her father and uncle. At this time, a person sat down beside him, and when Gong Xingwen saw his face, he was a little familiar, which was really strange. How could he have acquaintances when he first arrived here? Suddenly he remembered that the person in front of him had been following him soon after he stepped into this city.
Gong Xingwen looked at the man and said, "I don't know what the purpose of Brother Ren is following?"
The man turned his gaze from the stage to Gong Xingwen, and said with a smile: "Brother Ren has good eyesight, it seems that Miss is not mistaken." ”
Gong Xingwen was puzzled and said: "What does Brother Ren mean? ”
The man got up and saluted: "In the second rank of the king of Xia Yunnan, he guards Liu Yefeng with a knife, and on the order of my young lady, please go up to the pavilion in front of me to enjoy the moon and tea together, and hope that the young man will appreciate his face." The man turned around and led the way in front, Gong Xingwen looked puzzled, and didn't think much about it, and followed Liu Yefeng.
Not long to come to a lake, there is a small pavilion in the lake, there is only one way to go to the pavilion on the shore, look at it from afar, the pavilion is an excellent place to admire the moon or put the sky lantern, but the guards on the shore are heavily guarded, all of them are full of energy, equipped with a long knife, obviously they are all extraordinary good hands, there is no other person who plays within a radius of 100 meters dare to approach, the pavilion is surrounded by bead curtains, and the people in the pavilion reflect the moonlight like a shadow.
Liu Yefeng said: "Report Miss, someone has been brought." ”
"Got it, go down. I saw a hollow and distant woman's voice from the pavilion, like the sound of flowing water in a mountain stream.
Watching the willow leaves wind go away, Gong Xingwen didn't know what to do, and stood in place without moving.
"Childe is still doing outside, afraid that the little woman is a poisonous insect and beast? If you don't dislike it, I hope that Childe will come into the pavilion to talk. ”
Gong Xingwen hesitated for a while, he was new to the city, and he was not familiar with the place, so it was better to be careful, looked at his saber, and entered the pavilion with a hard head.
I saw a woman in the pavilion with her back to him, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, the woman heard the sound of opening the bead curtain, turned around, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate face, wearing silk and satin, wearing beaded flowers, earrings shining under the moonlight, bright and deep eyes, a shallow smile, a faint dimple on her cheeks, a pair of slender hands on her waist, well-proportioned, as if a fairy in the sky descended to earth, I am afraid that only Nangong Yu and Jiaoyue can compare with it in the world.
Gong Xingwen saw that her face was a little stupid, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time, and the woman saw that Gong Xingwen had been staring at her, and she was very shy.
"I wonder why Childe keeps looking at the little girl?"
When Gong Xingwen heard the woman's voice, he quickly came back to his senses and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm rude, but I mistakenly thought it was a fairy in the sky who came down to earth." "I regret it after saying it, although this is the truth, but if it is mistaken for a light word, there are heavy guards outside, and it is impossible to escape by myself, I am afraid that there are ten lives and I am afraid that I will only have to explain here.
But the woman didn't get angry when she heard this, she smiled even more charmingly, and slowly walked in.
"Childe is a man of temperament, and the moonlight is charming tonight, why don't you sit down and have a few drinks and taste some pastries?"
Gong Xingwen said with a smile: "Thanks to Miss Zun, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." It's just that I don't know the young lady under it, and I don't know why I ......"
The woman saw Gong Xingwen sit down and came to pour wine for him, Gong Xingwen hurriedly got up, picked up the wine glass, and said in his mouth: "Don't dare to be, Miss, please sit down, how can you do these things, let me do these things." ”
After a few cups, the woman said: "The little girl Hou Mengran, the daughter of the prince of Yunnan, was unfortunately born in the princely family, and there are too many secular etiquette to abide by everywhere. Now it's been three or four years, the marriage is not autonomous, my father is hard to force me to marry a general named Yu Fei, I would rather die than obey, my father is helpless, and finally agreed to give me a half-month deadline, let me find a good fate, if I haven't found it, I will compete with martial arts to recruit relatives, then Yu Fei's martial arts are strong, I'm afraid I can't escape his clutches in the end, seeing that the deadline ......is approaching, I shed tears.
Gong Xingwen said: "As an outsider, it's not good to take care of Miss's family affairs, but if Miss has any needs, even if she is instructed, as long as she can do her best, it is incumbent on her to make up her mind!"
Hou Mengran heard Gong Xingwen's words and knew that he was willing to help, so he immediately wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"My father's order cannot be violated, but I heard that Yu Fei is already in the age of no doubt, pretentious, arrogant, violent and arrogant, and it is rumored that there are as many as twenty or thirty wives and concubines who died under his sword......"
Gong Xingwen said: "Then why is the prince still ......?"
Hou Mengran said: "He has a heavy army, and even his father is a little jealous, so he hopes to marry to strengthen the relationship between the two families, but he is really not the right person in my heart." Besides, this general lives a life of adding blood to the edge of the knife all day long, maybe one day...... ...... one day"
Gong Xingwen confessed what she meant.
"Then I don't know if Miss has a suitable person? Maybe there will be a turnaround after discussing it with Ling Zun?"
"It's useless, I'm just a gift, I don't have the right to speak. But the biggest wish of a woman in her life is nothing more than to find a wishful husband, who will know each other from then on, hold the hand of her son, and grow old with her son. Hou Mengran paused and continued, "I didn't mean to inquire about the news of the son, but I was helpless, the son was born in Wudang, and he also has a certain prestige in the Central Plains martial arts, and his martial arts are strong, and he will definitely be able to defeat General Yu Fei and save me from the sea of suffering. ”
Gong Xingwen said: "I'm willing to give it a try, but you and I have to have an appointment first, if you lose in the next, then you don't have to say, if you are lucky enough to win that Yu Fei's one and a half moves, so what?"
Hou Mengran's face was slightly red, and he said embarrassedly: "Then you should be my husband." ”
Gong Xingwen said: "Please don't misunderstand, I am not a womanizer, but if I win, please forgive me for not being the husband of Miss, and I hope that Miss will explain everything to the prince when the time comes." ”
Hou Mengran looked at the full moon with deep and bright eyes, nodded, and said, "Don't worry, the little girl should be self-aware." ”