Chapter Twenty-Seven: On the Bianhe River

The two packed their luggage and traveled sixty miles east to Weizhou City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Le Yiyang bought paper and pens at the Wenmo shop, and copied the image of the sword score on the bamboo slip to the paper one by one. Then he said to Ji Yun: "Yun'er, we scholars have a habit, that is, we like to copy books, copy them a few times, and naturally memorize them." ”

Lai Jiyun smiled silently, thinking: "Brother Yang, you are so studious and motivated, you will become a great tool sooner or later, don't forget me then." ”

After finishing things in Weizhou City, Le Yi Yang thought about the way, Yelu Zhongying must have arrived in the capital, and Tuoba Jiyu will inevitably follow. So he spent fifteen taels of silver in the bazaar to rent a carriage and went to Kaifeng Mansion overnight.

At noon the next day, they came to a narrow road. The road is about three miles long and less than five zhang wide, and is flanked by steep mountains about 300 feet high. The horseman drove to the intersection and said to Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun: "Two guest officers, this place is called Yagut Pass, after passing here, you will arrive at Kaifeng Mansion." There are often talc falls here, so sit down. With that, he waved his whip vigorously, and the carriage sped up on the mountain road.

Le Yiyang looked back at Yajiguan, remembered what happened along the way, and said to Lai Jiyun: "Yun'er, we have finally arrived in the capital." Lai Jiyun nodded lightly. Le Yiyang said: "We are not familiar with the place, so we must be cautious in everything. Lai Jiyun smiled and said: "When I arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, Yun'er obeyed Brother Yang's arrangement. ”

After two hours, the carriage traveled to the west gate of Kaifeng Mansion. Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun got out of the car, paid the silver taels, and walked into the city gate.

Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun went to the city and found a small inn to live in. Although the inn is small, it lives a lot of people. The two put their luggage in the room and went downstairs with their long swords to eat. In the stairwell, a man in a cloak rushed up. Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun sideways to avoid. The man turned, glanced at the two men, and without replying, turned and walked into the hallway of the room.

Lai Jiyun saw him coming and going in a hurry, and said to Le Yiyang: "Brother Yang, what the hell is this person doing, he is so rude." If we hadn't dodged in time, we would have been knocked to the ground by him. Le Yiyang smiled slightly and said, "Maybe he has something urgent." After saying that, he slowly walked downstairs and found an empty table to sit down.

Lai Jiyun also came over and sat opposite Le Yiyang. Le Yiyang sat down, saw her face full of displeasure, and comforted: "Yun'er, this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are many people coming and going, among which the fish and dragons are mixed, right and wrong, and there is no way to say anything for a while." Lai Jiyun nodded and said softly: "You're right, that person has his own reasons." Okay, let's not talk about it so much, we have been running all the way from Youyun Villa to here, and we can finally have a good meal today, and I invited this meal. ”

Le Yiyang smiled and said, "Yun'er, you've worked hard these days, but I'm still invited." After that, he waved his hand to call the shopkeeper over and asked, "What specialties do you have?" The little second stood beside him and replied respectfully: "Guest officer, there are some in the small shop, but you are afraid that you will not be able to eat them in other places: fried Khitan liver, stewed Khitan bones, cold Khitan ears, braised Khitan meat, and so on." ”

Le Yiyang couldn't help but be surprised, such a menu was unheard of before. Lai Jiyun also felt strange, and asked: "Why is your food so special?" The shopkeeper said: "Two months ago, my family's recipe was still written about fried pork liver, stewed pork bones, cold pork ears, and braised pork, and now Dajin is going to fight with the Khitan, and the shopkeeper of my family has changed these names." Lai Jiyun quipped: "If the Khitan soldiers see it, you will suffer." The little second smiled and said: "If the Khitan hits the capital, the Great Jin Kingdom will be over, what else will we have to live?" Lai Jiyun nodded and said: "You have a point." ”

Seeing that the two of them were uncomfortable with each question and answer, Le Yiyang felt hungry in his belly, and interrupted: "Little brother, let's have a stewed pork bone, cold pork ear, plus a green vegetable and two bowls of rice." The shopkeeper glanced at him with disdain, and after a long time he replied, "Okay, guest officer, I'll order someone to do it." ”

After the shopkeeper left, Lai Jiyun asked, "Brother Yang, why did you deliberately say that just now?" Le Yiyang put the sword on the table and replied calmly: "Yun'er, I grew up on the border since I was a child, and I saw most people of all ethnic groups getting along like brothers. The Khitan people were not willing to fight. I can't bear to call them that in the recipe. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a clapping voice from the neighboring seats: "Okay, good, I didn't expect that there are still people in the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty who can treat the Khitans like this." Le Yiyang turned around and found that the person clapping his hands was the man he had just met in the stairwell.

Lai Ji Yun also recognized the person at this time, and asked loudly, "When did you come down?" The man looked at Ji Yun and teased: "Little girl, how can you notice when I am sitting here." With that, the man laughed and drank a large bowl of wine.

Le Yiyang saw that he was full of murderous aura, and the cloak and sword were placed next to the chair at the moment, and he didn't want to make any extraneous branches, so he got up and bowed and said, "This big brother, dare to ask your surname?"

The man only cared about drinking, and replied without raising his head: "My surname is Mei, the small character is Jiutong, and now I am working in the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion." I passed by the inn and saw a suspicious person, so I followed up to take a look. I didn't expect to meet two people in the stairwell. Le Yiyang said: "It turned out to be Master Mei, in Xiahedong Le Yiyang, this girl is from Luzhou to Jiyun, see you again today, fortunately I will be lucky." ”

The man handed over a bowl of wine and said, "Brother Le, this wine tastes strong, I wonder if you can drink a glass?" Le Yiyang took the wine bowl, drank it all and said: "Sure enough, it's good wine! ”

This Mei Jiutong has just passed the year of establishment, and he is usually famous for his generosity in Kaifeng Mansion, but at this time, seeing that the young man in front of him is so enthusiastic, he said: "Well, the eldest brother is welcome." After speaking, Mei Jiutong drank three bowls in a row, said: "There will be a period later", and then laughed away.

Lai Jiyun sat silently on the side, waiting for Mei Jiutong to walk out of the door, and said this time: "Brother Yang, this Mei Jiutong is a public person, and we are people in the rivers and lakes, and we have always entered the water without violating the river. Le Yiyang smiled: "This person is so profligate, but he has a bit of a chivalrous demeanor." ”

The two were tasting Kaifeng's delicacies with relish, when they suddenly saw several people with big knives walking into the inn. As soon as those people entered the door, they shouted loudly: "Little Er, if you have any good wine and meat here, bring it out to me." The shopkeeper hurriedly ran over, saw the big knives in the hands of several people, and asked cautiously: "A few masters, please sit down, and the little one will arrange it for you." As he spoke, he guided them to Mei Jiutong's position just now.

Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun lowered their heads, only cared about eating by themselves, and ignored those people.

After a while, a man walked up and down from the upper floor. The men hurried to beckon him over.

After the man sat down, one of them said: "I don't know what the general thinks, dozens of us are divided into pieces." The man who came down from the upper stairs replied, "The general knows that the target is too big to be discovered." It was so dangerous just now, and I was almost discovered by a catcher. The men said, "Big brother is right. That catcher is nosy, and you must not let him go when you encounter him in the future. The man motioned for everyone to be quiet and said, "Don't care about it for now, anyway, we have money, let's eat and drink enough today, and then go to the Farewell Building for a few drinks." But it's a pity that the cuixin girl in Don't Love Lou only sells her art and doesn't sell herself. Those people laughed and said, "What are you afraid of, there will naturally be a way to do it then." Money talks. Hahaha. ”

Seeing that these people were not easy to mess with, the shopkeeper hurriedly ordered the kitchen to make a large table of wine and food. The crowd was noisy and drunk.

Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun heard everyone's conversation clearly, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Le Yiyang turned his head and looked at the clothes on them, and found that he seemed to have seen these people somewhere. Lai Jiyun saw all his thoughts and asked, "Brother Yang, what are you thinking?" Le Yiyang came back to his senses and wrote the words "Tuoba Jiyu" on the table with chopsticks.

Lai Jiyun showed a surprised expression, leaned his head over, and said softly, "It's such a coincidence that I actually met them here." Le Yiyang touched her with his foot and motioned for her not to expose herself.

Lai Ji Yun comprehended and stopped talking. The two settled the accounts, and the party warriors were still drinking and chatting. Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun got up and left the inn, hid in a corner, and quietly waited for them to come out.

After three rounds of drinking, the people left the inn one after another and staggered out. Le Yiyang and Lai Jiyun quietly followed behind them, walked a few lively streets, and came to the edge of the Bianhe River.

The Bianhe River was called Bianshui during the Qin Dynasty and originated from the capital Junyi County. In the early years of the Jin Kingdom, after Emperor Gaozu Shi Jingjiao moved the capital to Kaifeng, he ordered to open the water of Jinxiang in Jeju, which received Bianshui in the west, reached the Jihe River in the north, and Xu Pei in the south. Merchants gather here, and the pavilion is built near the river, which stretches for several miles.

Most of these pavilions are green buildings, not far away. At the door of each house stood several women in bright clothes and with light makeup, and when they saw someone coming, they were all extending their hands to solicit guests. Those party warriors ignored their accosting and dragged them all the way to the back of the farewell downstairs. The building is splendidly repaired, and the lights inside are bright. The downstairs is full of traffic, and the tourists are blazing. Downstairs there was also a woman holding a flower fan, this woman was about twenty-one years old, handsome, followed by two big men, each holding a large bag of five colors.

On both sides of the gate of the farewell building, there is a white curtain, on which are written two poems made by Du Mu, a genius of the Tang Dynasty. One of them is "Farewell": "More than thirteen years of grace, cardamom tips in early February." Spring breeze ten miles of Yangzhou Road, roll up the bead curtain is not as good. One of them is "Repatriation": "The down-and-out rivers and lakes carry wine, and Chu's waist is slender and his palms are light. Ten years of Yangzhou dream, won the Qinglou Bo Xing name. These two poems are portrayals of Du Mu's life when he was a staff member in Yangzhou. Du Mu was frustrated in his middle-aged life, wandering the rivers and lakes, indulging in Qinglou, and infatuated with beautiful women. Today's Kaifeng Mansion is comparable to Yangzhou City in those years, and it is also prosperous and gorgeous. A few miles along the Bianhe River, there are countless young beauties, and the first person is the cuixin girl in the farewell love building.