The west wind of the hunt tore off the bright flags, and the magnificent dragon boat anchored at the Jinling ferry port with the sound of the horn rushing to the sky. The shore was already full of local officials, and a carpet embroidered with heaven, earth, rivers and mountains was spread from the ferry to the newly built palace.

This carpet is finely worked, the material is of the highest quality, and it is several miles long, and I don't know how many skilled women will have to work day and night to complete such a delicate and atmospheric embroidery.

The local officials also thought of this idea after breaking their heads, which means that they will step on the heavens and the earth and dominate the world, and who in power does not like such flattery.

Under the bright yellow canopy, Emperor Chongming was quite satisfied, stepping on the delicate carpet, looking at the people who welcomed the people on both sides of the road, and couldn't help but admire. He turned back to Xia Yan beside him and said, "Yan'er, didn't you say that there were many people starving to death because of my southern patrol? How did I see all the rich and happy people today, and they are all grateful to me!"

"Father, which official dares you to see that the people under his rule are poorly clothed and hungry? These are all appearances, and they are all deliberately arranged by the local officials to curry favor with you. Xia Yan has always been straightforward, and immediately said.

"Presumptuous, are you saying that my father has no eyes?" the emperor flicked his sleeves and frowned slightly.

Xia Xuehan, who was on the side, saw that the situation was not right, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is angry, the second prince is straightforward, and it is really not appropriate to anger Long Yan, but the local officials are not shallow, please ask Your Majesty to issue a decree to convict." ”

"Oh, Xuehan, why are you telling me about their crimes?"

"First, as a parent official, he cannot ask for the people's life, but is bent on currying favor with the emperor, which is the crime of official injustice; second, this carpet can be completed by at least a thousand skilled women for a year in a row, which is the crime of working the people and hurting money; third, since the woman is not at home, the man must have no intention of farming, so that the treasury is insufficient, and the lack of treasury will shake the foundation of the country and disturb the social society. Your Majesty, these three sins should be sins!" Xia Xuehan counted them unhurriedly.

The emperor frowned, waved his hand, and said: "Xue Han's words are serious, the territory under my rule is rich and the people are rich, how can these taxes shake the foundation of the country." And they are also doing this to promote the divine power of my Heavenly Empire and protect my royal dignity, what a crime, there is no need to say more!" Ignoring Xia Xuehan and Xia Yan, they walked towards the palace surrounded by hundreds of officials.

Xia Yan shook his head and sighed in a low voice: "The country is about to die, there will be a demon way!"

Xia Xuehan pulled his sleeve and shouted in a low voice: "There are many people, Hugh is talking nonsense!"

Xia Yan was stunned and followed the emperor stupidly.

Jinling is located in the southeast, since ancient times is the place where soldiers must fight, before this there were several dynasties built their capitals here, gathering the dragon veins of all directions, gathering the world's heroes.

Jinling has fertile land and accessible trade, and has the reputation of "the wealth of the world comes from the southeast, and Jinling is its meeting" since ancient times. The mountain bends at the top of the water, the light fan is thousands of miles of smoke and clouds, the Xuanwu Qinhuai is folded, and the purple gold of Qixia is revealed. The rise and fall of the Six Dynasties was held here, and many literati and writers relied on Wang Xie to be romantic.

The most famous in Jinling City is the Phoenix Tower in the north of the city. There are high-rise buildings in the north, the phoenix inhabits it, here the literati and scholars are endless, drinking and composing poems, listening to music and dancing, it is the premier pavilion in the south of the Yangtze River.

On the elegant seat of the Phoenix Building, Xia Xuehan, dressed in white, quietly tasted the wine in the cup, listening to the melodious piano sound in the bead curtain and green curtain downstairs. The low and tactful singing voice is like a clear spring stone, bubbling out, and the song says: "The peach blossoms thank the spring red, too hurried; Rouge tears, leave people drunk, when will it be heavy?

After a song, the guests of the Phoenix Building all had a faint loneliness, and they seemed to have a song in their hearts that they played alone, but they didn't know who it was blowing with.

"Who is the singing girl? I have never seen such a mournful singing voice in my life. Xia Xuehan waved his hand and called Mei Erniang, the owner here.

Mei Erniang has worked hard in this Jinling City for more than ten years, and naturally learned a good ability to see people, as soon as she saw Xia Xue's cold air, she knew that he came from a good background, and walked over with a smile, and said: "This son must be from other places, Fengqi Wufeng girl is the first singer of our Phoenix Building, naturally extraordinary." ”

Xia Xuehan nodded and exclaimed, "Feng Qiwu, good name!"

"The ancients said: 'The phoenix soars in a thousand miles, not a wu or a perch; Feng Qiwu, the name is beautiful, presumably people are more beautiful!" A person from a sitting seat opposite took over the conversation and stroked his palms in admiration.

Xia Xuehan raised his eyes and saw that there was a black-clothed young man on the elegant seat less than a zhang away from him, with a graceful and leisurely smile on his handsome face, and a pair of dark eyes like ink jade were looking at him gently, it was actually Xiao Fan, a scholar he met by chance at a roadside wine shop that day.

Xiao Fan raised the wine in his hand and saluted Xia Xuehan and said: "Say goodbye to the wine shop, in the blink of an eye, I salute my brother today, please!"

Xia Xuehan raised his glass and responded: "Brother Xiao is polite!" but secretly marveled in his heart that this person is not simple, not to mention the five cars of Xuefu, the roadside wine shop can still drink calmly in the face of the killers that day.

There are only two possibilities for this situation, one is that he is absolutely sure that those people will not hurt him, and the other is that he is absolutely sure that he can deal with those people. And either way, it means that this person is unfathomable.

Xiao Fan smiled at Mei Erniang and asked, "I admire Miss Feng's unparalleled piano skills very much, can I invite Miss Feng to come up and have a drink?"

Mei Erniang bowed and smiled: "Miss Feng came to my Phoenix Mansion to make a living only by her talents, and never accompanied the guests to drink, forgive me!"

Xia Xuehan said: "Miss Feng's wonderful voice, curling as light as smoke, lingering around the ear bones, a quiet room with cold cicadas. It's a pity not to see each other!"

As soon as the words fell, a woman in white came to this side, she was even more elegant without fat powder, but there was a sense of arrogance between her eyebrows, and there was a kind of coldness that rejected people thousands of miles away. Looking at this beautiful face, many guests were suffocated, and the woman saluted Mei Erniang: "Where does Mother Mei speak, when you meet a gentleman who can understand the sound of the strings, why not have a few drinks!"

The voice is like the wind blowing jade, and the smile is like the wind blowing the water lotus.

After speaking, he took a glass of wine, and said to Xia Xuehan, Xiao Fan: "The little woman will do it first as a respect!"

The entire Phoenix Building was silent, and all the people in the hall couldn't help but look up at these three people, the lobby of the original noisy wide factory suddenly became very quiet and narrow, and the building was full of the brilliance of the three of them, but they looked left and right but didn't know who to look at. Such an outstanding person, I don't know if I can see one in my life, but at this time, three of them appear at the same time, which makes people almost suspicious of being in a dream!

"It turns out that the girl is so bold!" Xia Xuehan couldn't help but chuckle when she saw that she had finished drinking it in one go.

"It was the first time that Qiwu drank the guest's wine. Feng Qiwu frowned slightly when he heard this, and replied coldly.

"Oh?" Xia Xuehan turned her head to look at her when she heard this, but saw that her cheeks were as cold as ice and snow, and because of the rendering of wine, a faint blush swelled up, subtracting a point of cold arrogance and adding a point of color, "The girl's singing skills are so superb, it should be the world that is competing to invite her." ”

"Qiwu never drinks from guests. Feng Qiwu's voice was still cold, and his eyes were not far from Xia Xuehan, as if there was no one else here.

Xia Xuehan finally looked at her with a straight face, but saw a touch of persistence flashing in those Qingling wonderful eyes, but what was she obsessed with?

In this way, it seems that I am fortunate to be able to get the girl's face. Xia Xuehan said with a smile.

Feng Qiwu was silent, but there was a touch of desolation in his eyes.

When Phoenix Lou opened her throat and sang the first song, she knew that this life had fallen into the dust, and everything in the past was like yesterday and could never be returned.

It's just that the past has dissipated in the boundless sky with that wisp of green smoke, and she still has that little bit of pride, maintaining her only dignity, unwilling to fall into the dust forever, and not to be reincarnated, just because there is a little bit of thought in her heart that she will not give in.

At the end of the song, the moment I raised my eyes, I only saw a white dress, but it flashed with a dazzling light that only Lang Ri can have, and for a moment, I didn't feel cold and panic, but felt a shallow warmth through the night, gently surging into my heart that had not been warmed for many years.

"Qi Wu sang in the Phoenix Tower for two years, but drank the first glass of wine for the two sons. She said, hoping that this person would understand, that she was the first drink for him!

"Over the years, I have traveled all over the world, but it is the first time I have heard such a wonderful singing voice from a girl. Xia Xuehan paused slightly, then looked at Feng Qiwu, and said lightly, "I don't know if the girl is willing to go with me to see the mountains and rivers outside the Phoenix Tower?"

After that, she poured wine from the wine jug, and no longer looked at Feng Qiwu, it seemed that it was not important whether she agreed or not.

The moment she heard the words, a glimmer of light flashed in Feng Qiwu's eyes, but it was extinguished in an instant, still as beautiful as a peach and plum, cold as frost, but a pair of slender hands gently rubbed the corners of her clothes, and the slightly trembling hands revealed the thousand layers of turmoil in her heart at this moment.

Xia Xuehan turned his head to look at Xiao Fan with a smile on his face, and said, "Brother Xiao has an extraordinary bearing, he is not an ordinary person!"

Xiao Fan looked at Xia Xuehan lazily, and said with a smile: "Brother Tai is too famous, Xiaosheng has only read poetry books for a few years, where can he compare with the world-famous Xuehan son!"

Xia Xuehan was slightly stunned, and said in her heart, this person is really not simple.

"Hehe, if it comes to machine changes, Xue Han asks himself if he is a little inferior to Brother Xiao!" Xia Xuehan raised his glass and drank it all, the scheming depth of the man in front of him had never been seen before, and he had a feeling of mayfly shaking the tree in the face of him.

"Brother Tai is humble, there will be little place to ask for advice in the future, please don't hesitate to give advice!" Xiao Fan raised his glass to Xia Xuehan and drank it all.

Xia Xuehan's clear eyes were filled with shallow ripples, and the murderous aura looming on her body flashed away.

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