Chapter 37: Drowning in the Rivers and Lakes
Zhang An is Zhang Xueyao's cousin niece, and now she is over middle age, and in her life in the past few decades, not all of them have been as calm and waveless as they are today, and there have been big ups and downs and ups and downs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Zhang An was not a Taoist aunt, he also walked the rivers and lakes with a sword.
Which woman is not pregnant with spring, Zhang An will naturally not be alone when he walks the rivers and lakes back then.
That person was also from the Sword Sect, and Zhang An was a childhood sweetheart's playmate, and they naturally came together when they grew up.
In fact, whether it is to travel the world, to explore the rivers and lakes, or to the so-called Confucian study tour, the Taoist Taoist way, the dervishes of Buddhism, in the final analysis, are all the same meaning, go out for a walk, expand their horizons, and be arrogant in their hearts.
It's just that the rivers and lakes are very big and deep, creating countless prosperity and prosperity, and also burying the bones and dreams of countless young people.
People and rivers and lakes are different.
Some people walk the rivers and lakes like a reed crossing the river, stepping on the crest of the entire rivers and lakes, and all eyes are on it.
Some people walk the rivers and lakes like dogs swimming in a plan, although it is ugly, but it is good not to drown.
There are also people who have just entered the rivers and lakes, and have drowned in the rivers and lakes before they have used their own reeds to cross the river or dog planing.
When Xu Beiyou first entered the rivers and lakes, he was almost drowned by the wind and waves between the imperial court and the Daomen, fortunately he met Gongsun Zhongmou, so he hugged the life-saving straw and floated up from the bottom of the water, but not everyone can have Xu Beiyou's good luck, some people were blown by the wind and waves, and the bones were gone.
Zhang An is deeply touched by this, because the most important man in the first half of her life is like this.
The image of a young man gradually emerged in Zhang An's mind, he was heroic and extraordinary, his qualifications were excellent, he touched the threshold of the realm of ghosts and immortals at a young age, and he was even expected to set foot in the realm of immortals at the age of forty.
This is a genuine young talent, and he was even accepted as a disciple by Zhang Xueyao, if you look into it carefully, he is Li Qinglian's decent senior brother.
If he follows the normal trajectory, he will probably climb step by step like Xu Beiyou, and if there is some chance, he may not be able to fight for the position of the head disciple of the Sword Sect, and even become a giant in one side after many years.
It's a pity that there are not so many ifs in the world and in the rivers and lakes.
Mu Xiu will destroy it in the forest wind, and it will not be higher than the others, this is an old principle that has been nagged countless times.
This young talent is just because he is too brilliant, and he is too conceited to know how to restrain, so he was strangled by several forces as soon as he entered the rivers and lakes.
Zhang An was an eyewitness to the incident, watching her lover desperate like a dying beast, and finally the two of them were surrounded by a group of horse thieves on a Gobi desert in the northwest.
Now that I think about it, where is there a horse thief, how can there be a horse thief in the world who does not care about money and death, but only kills people, and is there a horse thief who kills a man and then spares her, a weak woman, alone?
It's nothing more than a horse thief disguised as an elite cavalryman.
Some disciples of the sect have clear roots, and there are famous teachers to point out, and their combat power is very good, but they often have to be "beaten to death by punching the master" after entering the rivers and lakes, this is because the mixed rivers and lakes are different from the internal examination and school competition of the sect, it is a real desperate, no one will pay attention to you above board, only do everything, regardless of the side door or the authentic sect, it is the right way to kill others and let yourself survive.
It was because the man named Zhao Ping didn't understand this truth that he was besieged to death by a group of cavalrymen who were only in the realm of the third and fourth grades.
Zhang An watched as Zhao Ping was chained to his limbs and neck by the so-called horse thieves, and then the five horses each grabbed a chain and galloped in opposite directions.
Five horses split into corpses.
She was just an ordinary woman, she cried heartbreakingly when she saw that scene, and that scene became an unforgettable nightmare in her life, and it still hurts to the bone marrow when she thinks about it.
Xu Beiyou saw that Zhang An's face was pale, and took the initiative to divert the topic and said: "Now the big shopkeeper of Duobao Pavilion is called Guo Hanxuan, I wonder if Senior Sister Zhang is familiar with this person?"
Zhang An calmed down, his face improved slightly, and replied: "He and Chi Bing are two extremes, Chi Bing is arrogant and domineering by relying on his own cultivation, this person is lowly in cultivation, but he is scheming, the city government is deep, he has been committed to running Duobao Pavilion over the years, he has a deep foundation in Jiangdu City, and he has a close past with Jiang Bin, the governor of Jiangnan Secret Guard Mansion, and he is a figure that cannot be underestimated. ”
"Being able to host such a treasure sale will indeed not be an ordinary role. Xu Beiyou nodded and said, "If you want to take down this Guo Da shopkeeper, you have a long way to go." ”
At this moment, two carriages stopped outside the main gate in front, and two middle-aged men of the same age got out of the carriage together, and it was Guo Hanxuan, the big shopkeeper of Duobao Pavilion, who personally greeted them.
Guo Hanxuan looks about his age this year, his figure is a little rich, and his face is full of smiles, but this smile does not make people feel flattering, he is an interesting character who obviously looks full of copper but does not make people feel hateful.
In fact, strictly speaking, he is not a disciple of the Sword Sect in the true sense, because he has no interest in the way of swordsmanship, he knows that his root and bone qualifications are limited, and there is no hope for the immortal realm in this life, so he simply does not waste time on this, but regards cultivation as a means of prolonging life, and the rest of the time he devotes himself to running the Duobao Pavilion, and the Duobao Pavilion can have today's situation, Guo Hanxuan has made great contributions.
In terms of Guo Hanxuan's status today, there will not be too many people who can let him greet him in person, and there are even fewer who can make him so respectful, except for the three Lafayettes who are pressed on the top of their heads, they will not exceed the number of five fingers.
But there were two of them at once today, which made Guo Hanxuan somewhat unexpected.
The people who came were Xie Suqing, the head of the Xie family, and Ye Daoqi, the head of the Ye family.
These two people stand together, even if they are a huge Jiangnan Shilin, they have to bow their heads.
After each of the two heads of the family gave in a little, they walked side by side into this continuous building, which is known as "the return of green mountains and green waters".
After entering the main entrance, the shade of the trees is deep, and there is a seven-fold path through it, and the winding path leads to the secluded place is the main hall.
This main hall is slightly different from the main hall of the ordinary mansion, and the surrounding side hall has been all opened, it seems particularly broad, in the deepest part of the main hall to build a platform, a screen is erected on the stage, a long case is placed in front of the screen, a tray is placed on the long case, and the finale treasure "all the posts" is placed in the tray covered with brocade.
There are more than ten tables on both sides of the stage, on which the rest of the things in the cushion field are placed, mostly jade, calligraphy and painting, antique porcelain and other elegant things, although it is not as precious as "Du Xia Ti", but it is also extraordinary.
Guo Hanxuan accompanied Xie Suqing and Ye Daoqi into the main hall, and he was a little surprised in his heart. In his opinion, in terms of the status of Xie Suqing and Ye Daoqi, even if they really wanted to take "Du Xia Post" into their pockets, they would not come in person, but the two of them still came in person, I am afraid that the drunkard does not mean to drink, and the young master who has been in the limelight recently does not know who he instigated, but he also rushed over early in the name of knowing a thing or two, which made Guo Hanxuan, who has been in the Vanity Fair for decades, smell a trace of unusual meaning.
Over the years, it is precisely by relying on this extraordinary keen "sense of smell" that Guo Hanxuan has avoided the wind and waves again and again, and instead of being drowned in the rivers and lakes, he has today's status.
At this time, there were already many Jiangnan celebrities who came early in the main hall, and after seeing Xie Suqing and Ye Daoqi, they no longer had the demeanor of celebrities who were above the top on weekdays, and they all retreated and saluted.
The distinction between the noble clans is not inferior to that of the temple.
Even many monks who did not belong to the clan were afraid of the two of them.
The characters who can come here to participate in the treasure sale may not all be scholars with an orderly inheritance, but they must all be worth a lot of money, and they must have seen a lot of the world, among which there are many monks in the realm of human immortals, but even Tang Banyan Tree, who is sitting in the Duobao Pavilion today, also appeared to greet each other with the two, and the transcendent status of these two family heads can be seen.