On the golden wheat field, a white figure suddenly swept by.

The old wheat farmer wearing a hat raised his head, glanced at the white figure, and pouted his lips in surprise, "Hey, Bai Xiucai, don't step on my wheat again! Be careful that I really go to the shopkeeper to sue this time!"

A moment later, a clear voice drifted in the wind.

"I know, I know, but Old Liu, you know in your heart that I haven't stepped on your wheat!

Before the words fell, another swift figure flew away from the old peasant's side.

It's just that this figure is black and red, and there are some dazzling reflections.

The old farmer was stunned, pinched his fingers, and was slightly surprised.

Today, General Rong, why is it so much faster.

When he first came to chase Bai Xiucai three days ago, Bai Xiucai stopped halfway to greet him. But today, Bai Xiucai couldn't even say a word.

Dare to love this General Rong is indeed a martial arts wizard as rumored, maybe he will be able to have the cultivation of that little hundred people in the future...... It is no wonder that the weak crown ceremony many years ago was favored by the old general Xu, and the next day he was greeted by the official of the military department like a daughter-in-law.

Speaking of his daughter-in-law, Lao Liu wiped his face, looked at the big sun hanging in the air, and then looked at the wheat bundles in the wooden cart beside him.

Lao Liu straightened his waist and put the sickle on the wooden cart.

I'm always old, but I'm not in a hurry, and I'll cut it after eating.

......

The breeze blew through the golden sea and over the small mound that was not high.

The towering old locust tree swayed with new green leaves.

Under the shade of the trees, the brilliant spots of light are intertwined and bright, like a kaleidoscope in the hands of a child, and there is always an endless charm left in it.

The man in a white robe stood under the tree, his blue-black hair fluttering in the wind on his temples, adding a bit of grace to his already jade tree's windy figure.

He stretched out his palm and gently pressed it against the stout towering puppet tree.

Three years ago, it was decadent.

Three years later, it withered and returned to spring.

After a moment, Bai Shirt let go and turned to look at the panting figure behind him.

He was dressed in a red brocade official uniform that only officials of the fifth rank and above in the DPRK and Central China could wear, and he wore a black fish-scale armor symbolizing the military attaché on the outside, and he also wore a dragon-headed short knife given by the emperor at his waist.

Bai Yi smiled faintly, and waited for him to take a few breaths before he opened his mouth, "Captain Rongdu, it's hard work." ”

"Not by you...... Okay, you're a king manxiu. The military attache gave him a blank look, and finally calmed down and calmed his mind.

"The current word. Bai Yi smiled and said softly, "Just call me 'Bai Xiucai'." ”

“...... Okay, that Bai Xiucai, don't you really think about the general's proposal?" Captain Rong Du wiped the sweat from his forehead, "That's a senior official from the third rank." ”

"Didn't I say that?" Bai Xiucai raised the corners of his mouth slightly, walked in front of him, and reached out to gently sweep the fallen leaves on his shoulder, "Captain Du, when you can arrive at this locust tree before me, I will go to Yongyang with you." ”

As soon as he heard this, Captain Rong snorted lightly and sat on the ground.

"Come on, King...... Bai Xiucai, don't pretend, how can I catch up with you. Today, who can catch up with you? ”

Bai Xiucai chuckled, "Aren't you much faster today than you were three days ago?"

"I even have the strength to feed. But what about you? 70 percent, 50 percent, don't say 10 percent!"

The white shirt sat cross-legged in front of him, three fingers outstretched.

Just listen to a long sigh.

"Man Xiu, I, Rong Zhexing, am four or five years older than you, so I will say a few honest words to you as a brother. You said that you don't like the battlefield, and you just rejected the former general position of the third grade. Captain Rongdu, who had a drooping face, sighed, "But this brocade-clothed official from the third grade is said to be the chief eagle dog of the saint, but in fact, he is just sitting in the temple and drinking tea. With high income, less hard work, more oil and water, and a wide range of contacts, it is better than you are now a bookkeeper in a restaurant in this small county town. Alas, I said you, if the world is still worried—"

"Mr. Bookkeeper is also very good. ”

Bai Yi said lightly, turned sideways, and looked at the golden wheat field.

Captain Rong also turned around and followed his line of sight, quietly watching the waves of the golden ocean.

Idyllic pleasures.

"Alas, it is also because the saint today is the lord of benevolence. Rong Zhexing shook his head, "If it were me, I would have tied you up and taken you back to Yongyang a long time ago." ”

"Captain Rongdu, be cautious!"

"Uh...... Phew, big rebellion, big rebellion. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and then they couldn't help but laugh.

After quietly watching the 'sea' half-pillar incense in the shade of the tree, Rong Duwei stood up with a carp, "Let's go, come back tomorrow." ”

Bai Shirt looked up in a little surprise, "Are you still here......?"

"Come on, why don't you come. Maybe I'll be one day a little hundred. ”

"Well, in fact, the little hundred people are also-"

"Don't be too proud of your white talent!"

......

On the square road leading to today's capital city, there is such a county town called 'Pingshui'.

It is located in the north of Yongyang, less than 100 miles away. If the weather is clear and cloudless, you can see the faint outline of the city wall of Yongyang City, which is the 'capital of Yonghua', when you walk on the hill outside the city.

The county town is not large, but there are only about a dozen major commercial streets, and the county town is not small, and the total population can be as small as 100,000 if you count the floating population who come and go.

If you want to talk about the reason, it may be because the building near the water gets the moon first. Whether you are going to Yongyang or going north from Yongyang, it is not surprising that you will settle down in Pingshui County to rest. Whether it is a person who wants to make waves or a person who is seeking a career, the three religions and nine streams of the entire rivers and lakes can catch a glimpse of this small county town. Especially during the annual examination, the poor scholars who have no money to stay in Yongdu will crowd into this small county town - maybe which of the poor children will become the pillars of the country in the future.

Dressed in a white shirt, he walked slowly down the paved stone avenue.

Yonghua country style is extravagant, both men and women in the country are dressed up more, good powder. Therefore, it is actually rare for a plain scholar like him to always wear a white shirt - of course, Bai Xiucai has no silver to dress up.

When he saw several richly decorated carriages appear at the other end of the street, the white shirts walked to both sides of the street, making way for the nobles who were dressed in bright clothes.

He walked along, occasionally recruiting with the owners of the street shops. Liu Laotou who sells pork, Master Wang who makes pastries, Miss Peng who makes some pink rouge, Kong Juren who sells some elegant tea sets, Brother Sun who sells some embroidered weapons, and Tailor Liu who weaves some clothes...... And when they see Bai Xiucai, they will naturally call 'Bai Xiucai' and say something, 'Running out again to be busy?' 'Be careful of being deducted from your salary by the shopkeeper' or something. The appearance of intimacy with each other, it is difficult to see that this white shirt is actually a foreigner who has not been in Pingshui for many years.

The meeting in Pingshui may not be a good fate.

Turning the corner, the white shirt stopped in front of the gatehouse with the red lantern.

Looking up, on the plaque with gold characters on a red background, there were three big characters written 'Rainbow Carp Pavilion'.

It is said that there are two gold-lettered signboards in Pingshui County, the first of which is this three-story restaurant that is not very luxurious. On the first floor, there are eight small tables for four people, six square tables for six people, and two long tables for eight people; on the second floor, there are ten private seats for two people and several for one person; on the third floor, there are 10 ordinary wings, three second-class wings, and one upper-class wing.

There is no day that is not full of guests.

There are three reasons for this.

One is that there is a braised carp in this rainbow carp restaurant, which can be said to be full of color, flavor and flavor, and the name of the dish is pleasing to the ear, calling 'Yuelongmen', those poor scholars who can't live in Yongdu Restaurant will always spend some broken silver to please a good fortune, and those who are not trapped by fame will also be curious to taste.

Two counts as the fruit of one. Those who have tasted the Yuelongmen in this rainbow carp hall are thousands of poor scholars, among which it is inevitable that twenty or thirty people later became the officials of Yongdu, and some of them are willing to be repeat customers. There are even rumors that once, the great minister who was above 10,000 people under that person also visited this rainbow carp pavilion privately.

As for the third, it is a bit difficult to explain. Yes, the female shopkeeper of this rainbow carp pavilion was a heroine and fairy when she was young, and when she was wandering the rivers and lakes, she had a romantic past with the young and good ranger emperor. The two even called the 'Pingshui Heroes' together when they were chivalrous. But later, the storyteller said that after the first emperor was named the prince, the chaste woman did not want to be the caged bird, and served a husband with the three thousand concubines, but she could not be ruthless and walked away. Therefore, in the end, I took all the coils and opened this 'rainbow carp museum' in this place less than 100 miles away from Yongyang City, the capital of the world. If she wants to jump over the dragon gate and enjoy the rivers and lakes with the person she likes, why not herself?

It's a pity that the storyteller said that the first emperor did not come to Pingshui County once until he was nicknamed the word 'thick'.

Alas, if I had been the Emperor, I would have been—

"Bai Xiucai, where did you die again?!"

A clear and sharp voice suddenly rushed into his ears.

Bai Xiucai shuddered, raised his head, and looked at the woman standing at the door of the store.

The woman put her hands on her waist, and her hands pinched the embroidered fan, dignified and atmospheric.

She is not tall, probably less than five feet, more than half a meter. She wasn't fat, and her plain breast-length skirt looked very ethereal—but on her chest were the mountains and mountains, and it was obvious that it was real.

Although her appearance is not a country or a city, she can be regarded as dignified and youthful, especially after learning that she is not dressed in powder.

But unfortunately, in fact, she is forty years old-

"Bai Xiucai, are you deaf?!"

Before he could come to his senses, the woman walked down the stairs with an arrow - there was no graceful figure of an ordinary woman, only the wide opening and closing of chivalrous behavior.

Then, he grabbed his ear.

This is a bitter Bai Xiucai, who is a head taller than her.

"Alas, alas, shopkeeper's, shopkeeper's, shopkeeper's, big shopkeeper, hurt, hurt, tap, alas!"

"Oh, you still know that it hurts!ah? When it's full of guests at noon, where are you going to be lazy without accounting for it?!"

"Alas, no, alas, I'm going to ......"

"Why don't you settle accounts for me yet!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the shopkeeper grabbed his ears and walked briskly towards the ledger.

"Alas, I understand, I can go by myself! The shopkeeper let go! Alas, it hurts!"

But she turned a deaf ear to his pleas for mercy, and in front of everyone's eyes, she carried him in his ear and shuttled through the halls of the restaurant.

Those poor sour scholars who rushed to Beijing to take the exam were all dumbfounded, but the local county people who often came were no longer surprised. It was nothing more than a smile and a smile, "Bai Xiucai, are you lazy again?", and continued to drink wine and eat meat.

After staggering all the way to the ledger, the shopkeeper let go of his hand, glared at him, and turned to go up to the second floor, where he went to serve the guests who could afford to sit in a seat.

And Bai Xiucai, while rubbing his hot ears, raised his head and smiled helplessly at the little little one behind the counter.

The little girl was a bright little girl, about six or seven years old, and according to the shopkeeper, it was a swaddling baby who had been abandoned not far from the door of the restaurant. The shopkeeper had no choice, so he raised it in the restaurant and named it 'Little Carp'. But later, Xiao Er drank high one night and secretly told Xiucai that the 'little carp' was carried home by the shopkeeper himself on a night when it was pouring rain - he didn't know if it was an abandoned orphan.

Xiao Li, who was less than a year old, called the shopkeeper 'Niang', and finally corrected it to 'aunt' under the bitter heart of the shopkeeper - but since he later called the shopkeeper 'uncle', the shopkeeper regretted it. Xiao Carp couldn't walk at the age of two, but on his third birthday, he suddenly trotted all the way to the highest building of the restaurant, which made everyone very happy. Since then, she has started to work for restaurants, doing simple tasks such as serving tea and water. Those guest officials and nobles all greeted each other with smiling faces after seeing such a beautiful girl, which was far more sincere than those smiling faces in the temple. Don't talk about it, let's be honest, since the old county guard saw this little carp staggering and trying to serve a plate, he would give a lot of broken silver every time he ate and checked out. Since then, the shopkeeper has been much more sincere to his smiling face.

When she was four years old, Bai Xiucai taught her to read, write, and calculate, and she was also a little bit of a machine - no, when Bai Xiucai ran out to be lazy, this little bit volunteered to settle the account.

Thinking of this, he looked at the little one who was blinking his big eyes and inviting merit with his eyes, smiled slightly, and gently stroked her head, "Well done, go rest." ”

Xiao Carp smiled and nodded, the two dimples on his face looming.

After watching this little little bit jump up the stairs, Bai Xiucai sat on the wooden chair that was not too comfortable, glanced at the heavy account book, and was stunned.

For a meal of 650 yuan, the guest gave one or two pieces of silver, and this little bit found a guest for 450 yuan.

He panicked in his heart, and hurriedly flipped through the book.

When he was away, Xiao Li calculated a total of fifteen accounts, of which eight were miscalculated, and he lost five hundred and forty-seven dollars.

Bai Xiucai let out a long sigh.

One point is clear, it doesn't mean that it is integrated.