Chapter Twenty-Eight: The North Underworld
Jiaxing South Lake Yanyu Building
Yanyulou is located on a small island in the center of the South Lake, with a total of three floors.
The entire South Lake is Xiao Yuesheng's private property, and a small part of the center of the lake belongs to a part of the South Lake, which naturally belongs to him.
The island in the middle of the lake is called the island, it is also extremely reluctant, the place is very small, and only more than 20 houses can be built, most of the place is occupied by the smoke and rain building, and the rest of the land, a few shops, that's all.
Although the place is small, but the scenery is excellent, it is really a must-visit place for literati and ink writers, climb the smoke and rain building and look into the distance, it is bound to be a great poetry, and the literature and thoughts are gushing. There are only two floors in the Yanyu Building, after Xiao Yuesheng took over, it was expanded to three floors, the third floor is specially prepared for scholars and literati, where the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all ready, and visitors only need to wave it.
The building is plastered everywhere with the masterpieces left by the predecessors for future generations to see, and naturally it is inevitable that the good and the bad are uneven, and the fish and eyes are mixed.
Therefore, when all literati and artists come to Nanhu to play, they must go to a Yanyu Building, or pay homage to the masterpieces of their predecessors, or write their own poems.
The literati has a good name, Xiao Yuesheng grasped this point, so that Yanyulou has endless guests and prosperous business, for him, this is just a casual nod of his words, and Sun Zi Ming will do what he says, so there is a third floor.
Sun Ziming naturally didn't know that his master was a leader who had galloped in the modern shopping mall, and had a shrewd mind that did not match his lazy appearance, so in his consciousness, his master was omnipotent.
At this time, the South Lake is full of tourists in other seasons, and the boats are completely different, cold and deserted, and the more empty and spacious.
Sitting on the smoke and rain upstairs, open the attic window, the calligraphy and painting shafts hanging everywhere flutter gently, the slight northwest wind with the chill of the material, people can only sigh, such weather, it is indeed not the best time to climb high and look far away.
Therefore, on the huge third floor, there is only a table of people near the window, which seems empty and deserted.
There are three people at a table, it is Huang Yaoshi, Yang Guo and Xiao Yuesheng.
"Jiaxing has been exceptionally cold this winter. Yang Guo put his finger in and flicked the charcoal fire in the small oven on the table.
A high-tuned silver flask sits on a small roaster, the spout of the pot curling with heat, and the mellow aroma of wine permeates the entire floor.
"Second brother, your kung fu is becoming more and more refined, and your fingers are burning very much!" This teasing tone was immediately from Xiao Yuesheng's mouth.
"Big brother, you always don't miss the opportunity to make fun of me. Yang Guo retrieved his finger and smiled.
With Yang Guo's surname, how can he allow others to make fun of him like this, he would have drawn his sword in anger, but he knew that the eldest brother cared about him very much, and the eldest brother's surname was like this, the more intimate the person, the more unscrupulous he spoke, and he always liked to make fun of him.
"Brother Yang's internal strength is really deep, I didn't expect to enter the country so quickly. "Huang Yaoshi knew that Yang Guo's internal strength was superhuman, but he didn't expect that he was already strong.
"Huangdao Master ......" Yang Guo just spoke, heard a dry cough from the eldest brother, smiled, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa has won the award, the kid's internal strength practice method is unique, more than fierce, not pure enough, but it just looks scary." β
Hearing Yang Guo call his grandfather, Huang Yaoshi was stunned for a moment, then he was relieved, glanced at Xiao Yuesheng on the side, and saw that he was lazily looking at the lake outside the window, and his expression was indescribably free and leisurely.
"By the way, grandfather, when it comes to martial arts, I have encountered a strange incident. Yang Guo took off the silver wine jug, and poured the yellowish wine into the small jade cup of the three of them.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Huang Yaoshi raised his eyes from the slightly steaming jade cup and looked at Yang Guo.
Yang Guo saw that the eldest brother was still lazily looking at the scenery, without a curious appearance, and felt slightly disappointed in his heart, but he also knew that the eldest brother was really not interested in martial arts, so he cleaned up his mood and said: "I and Neiko once wanted to go to the Western Regions, but the road was too far and could not be completed, but when we went west, we met a strange person, who could absorb people's internal strength, which was really terrifying, and my grandfather didn't know if he knew what kind of exercise this was?"
"Absorb people's internal strength? Hmm,...... I think of a kind of martial arts, which is just a legendary magic skill from a hundred years ago, and I have never seen it with my own eyes, which is a pity. Huang Yaoshi's eyes froze, frowned and thought for a while, and then slowly said what he thought, he had a wide range of knowledge, and he was deeply impressed by the martial arts a hundred years ago, especially the strange skills.
I don't know when Xiao Yuesheng turned his head, lifted the jade cup lightly, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, second brother, what are you doing to say these disappointing words, let's drink! Grandpa, I will toast you first, and wish you a long and healthy life, like a pine like a crane." β
Huang Yaoshi smiled slightly, his heart was quite comfortable, and secretly said that this kid also knew etiquette, but said on his lips: "If you are like a pine and a crane, then you don't dare, if you live so long, won't you become an old monster? β
"Hehe, grandfather, you are honest and open-minded. β
He held it with both hands, and a glass of wine was in his stomach.
Yang Guo also saluted.
"Big brother, do you know what kind of martial arts it is? The person I met was very shallow in cultivation, so he was shocked and died by my internal force, and if he is a person with a slightly worse internal strength, he will be sucked out of his internal strength, and he will be miserable, alas, this exercise is really vicious and weird!" Yang Guo was haunted by that kind of exercise, and his heart was palpitating.
"Hehe, this is the disaster of your impure internal strength, if you are a grandfather, the other party absorbs his internal strength, as if giving up resistance, opening your chest to the sword, it is really self-defeating. Your internal force is not pure, and your control over internal force is poor, so you will naturally call it, second brother, it is useless for internal force to be only deep!" Xiao Yuesheng found an opportunity, which was a lesson, and it was quite a sense of schadenfreude.
Yang Guo smiled bitterly, who would have thought that there would be such a strange martial arts in the world, and sure enough, the world is so big, there is no wonder.
"Maybe it's called the Northern Shengong, it is said to be the inner magic of the Xiaoyao School two hundred years ago, but I don't know how to pass it on since then, it is estimated that it is extremely difficult to practice, and it has long been lost,...... Alas, this is really a shame for future generations, the ancestors can create such miraculous skills, and future generations can follow the law, even so, but there are many miraculous skills lost, which is really a pity!"
Huang Yaoshi is extremely smart, and most of his martial arts are self-created, and he knows that it is difficult to do so, so he hates the loss of martial arts.
"Come, grandpa, drink another cup to dissipate your anger!" Xiao Yuesheng picked up the silver pot on the roaster, poured a cup for Huang Yaoshi, and then poured a cup for Yang Guo.
The three of them raised their cups and drank them all at the same time.
"Big brother, we drink wine here, there is a lot of difference from the north, there are big bowls of wine, the wine is so spicy and strong, I can't drink a few bowls, I can't bear it. β
Yang Guo was shrewd and knowledgeable to tear the topic away.
"Well, drinking, the southerners seek Yaxing, and the northerners take pleasure, so the trade-offs are different. Xiao Yuesheng turned the wine cup lightly and replied in a casual voice, his hand turning the jade pendant has become a habit, and he can't be idle, and he plays with the wine cup unconsciously.
"After that, I don't know what the identity of the person you killed, I'm afraid that if it's someone's disciple or a disciple of a certain sect, then it's going to be troublesome. "Huang Yaoshi is a little worried, he has a lot of experience in these vendettas, and he knows how powerful they are.
"It's probably not a member of the gang, and as for whether it's a disciple or not, I don't dare to say for sure. "Yang has been in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and he is not a fledgling child, and he also has a deep understanding of the powerful relationships.
"If you want to talk about this Northern Spiritual Skill, I think of a person, who must know this skill very well. Xiao Yuesheng saw that the two of them were so interested in the Northern Spiritual Skill, and they were helpless, so they had to tell each other.
"Who?" asked Yang Guo, who was holding the pot.
"Master of One Light!" Xiao Yuesheng smiled slightly.
"Master of One Light?"
"Emperor Duan?"
Both of them were surprised, and they really couldn't understand why such a strange martial art could be related to him.
Looking at the frowning Huang Yaoshi, Xiao Yuesheng put down the jade cup, smiled, and asked, "Grandpa should know what the first sword technique in the world was more than a hundred years ago, right?"
"The world's first swordsmanship?...... Hmm, it should be the Six-Vein Divine Sword, right?" Huang Yaoshi's brows were still not stretched.
"Six-vein Divine Sword? What kind of sword technique is that? In front of the two of them, Yang Guo can only be regarded as lonely.
"Six-vein Divine Sword, this is it!"
Xiao Yuesheng understated, his left hand stretched forward obliquely, first clenched his fist, and then stretched out his little finger, a golden light shot out from his fingertips, shot through the hanging canvas, straight into the carved beam, but dissipated invisible, and then stretched out his little finger, stretched out his ring finger, another golden light, and then closed his finger, and so on, in turn, the middle finger, index finger, thumb shot out of golden light, and the last finger, but the painting that had been passed through four times was turned into pieces, fluttering and sprinkled, falling on the floor, and the poplar floor became one, and it was difficult to distinguish it anymore.
Huang Yaoshi and Yang Guo were both stunned, shocked and inexplicable.
Although Yang Guo knew that his eldest brother's martial arts were superb, such unbelievable martial arts still made him a little at a loss.
Huang Yaoshi was shocked that the external force could be condensed but not dispersed, and the purity of his grandson-in-law's internal force had reached an appalling situation.
The internal force can pass through the tissue paper and disperse, without hurting the carved beam, it seems nothing, but to do it, it is difficult to climb to the sky, the internal force that shoots out is not the internal force of the meridians in the body, just like the water that splashes out, how can it be recovered?
Xiao Yuesheng's profound and magical cultivation realm in the plainness really made Huang Yaoshi admire.
Seeing the two of them like this, Xiao Yuesheng was quite amused, what was there to make a fuss about.
"Second brother, this is the six-vein divine sword, the real six-vein divine sword is qualitative and invisible, I just can let you see it clearly, so that the sword qi is tangible. You said that you can resist such martial arts?" Xiao Yuesheng chuckled lightly, holding the wine cup in his hand and playing with it gently.
Yang Guo shook his head, thinking to himself that kind of invisible force, he really couldn't guard against it.
"I see, no wonder the Six Veins Divine Sword is called the first sword technique in the world, I always thought that it was a set of extremely exquisite sword techniques, but I didn't expect it to be like this. Huang Yaoshi suddenly realized.
"Grandpa, in fact, this six-vein divine sword is the martial arts of the Duan royal family in Dali, which is the work of the Tianlong Temple town faction, and outsiders cannot pass it on. β
"Hehe, if Emperor Duan could practice such magical skills back then, what would Wang Chongyang be worth?!" Huang Yaoshi raised his head and took a glass of wine into his stomach, he was defeated by Wang Chongyang back then, although he was convinced, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Presumably, this kind of magic skill is extremely difficult to practice, right? Master Yideng has profound skills, why can't he practice them?" Yang Guo was puzzled in his heart, if he talked about the depth of his skills, among the people he saw, there was undoubtedly the master of Yideng who was the most.
He saw that Huang Yaoshi's wine cup was empty, so he took the pot and filled it again.
This is also the confusion of Huang Yaoshi, Master Yideng is an emperor, with excellent talents, and has learned Wang Chongyang's innate skills, the strength of internal strength, far above everyone, can't he practice this six-vein divine sword?
"Ha, this world's first swordsmanship, naturally not so want to practice, those who don't have enough skills, not only is it useless to practice, but it hurts a lot, presumably it's not that the master of a lamp doesn't want to, but he can't do it. β
Xiao Yuesheng shook his head, picked up the wine that Yang Guo had poured full, and poured it into his stomach, this is the wine of Yanyulou's town building, the name of the wine is traceless, the wine is mellow, and the aftertaste is lingering, which makes people invisibly drunk.
"Emperor Duan's internal strength is so deep that he can't practice? The requirements are too strict, so who else in the world is qualified to practice?! Hehe, if Wang Chongyang is resurrected, he must be able to practice!" Huang Yaoshi laughed at himself, but he didn't think about what kind of swordsmanship the grandson-in-law in front of him had just used.
"Alas, such a miraculous skill, but there is no chance to practice, presumably Master Yideng is also really painful in his heart!" Yang Guo is already thinking about people's hearts, and he also drank the wine in the cup, and his regret is beyond words.
"That's why I often say that there are people outside the world, the second brother, the grandfather of Emperor Duan, that Emperor Xuanren of Dali's Xianzong is the one who has learned the six-vein divine sword. Xiao Yuesheng said with a smile, he said Yang Guo clearly, but he secretly stabbed his future grandfather.
That Duan Yu later ascended the throne, that is, Emperor Xuanren, who can be called wise, reigned for a long time, and was a generation of famous monarchs in Dali.
"Oh?" Yang Guo's interest increased greatly, he hurriedly picked up the wine jug again, and poured wine for the three of them.
"Xiao Er, another pot without a trace!" Yang Guo raised his voice to signal.
The three of you have a cup and I have a cup, and before you know it, a pot of wine has been exhausted.
Huang Yaoshi frowned and pondered, and said: "The internal strength of the Duan family is not too outstanding, and Emperor Duan's internal strength is so profound and strong, because he has learned Wang Chongyang's innate strength, how can his grandfather's internal strength be so profound, it is even stronger than Emperor Duan, it is indeed unpredictable, it is indeed unpredictable...... Could it be that the Duan clan still has a stronger internal strength method?"
Seeing that the two of them were looking at him eagerly, Xiao Yuesheng coughed dryly: "This has to talk about this Northern Spiritual Skill!"
"Northern Spiritual Skill?!"
"Yes, at that time, Emperor Xuanren's internal strength was so deep that he was the best in the world, so he could cultivate the Six-Vein Divine Sword, but why was his internal strength so deep?"
"Why?"
"That is to say, he has the Northern Spiritual Skill in his body, and he has absorbed the internal strength of others for his use. Xiao Yuesheng said slowly, with a few inexplicable smiles on his face.
β...... I see, I see!" The two of them suddenly clumped.
"Hehe, about this story, if the second brother is interested, you may wish to ask a few of your sisters-in-law, they all know, even your daughter Ruonan, also knows. Xiao Yuesheng drank the wine and brushed his clothes, quite a bit like leaving.
Yang was in a hurry, he had just heard it with relish, how could he let the eldest brother leave, hurriedly poured him the wine, and said with a smile: "Brother, the dishes in your restaurant are also very slow, we have all drunk a pot of wine, but the dishes have not yet come up!"
"It's your fault! You can pick some expensive food, it's hard to do!" Xiao Yuesheng scolded with a smile.
"Guanlan, you said, since Emperor Xuanren understands the Northern Spiritual Skill, then why doesn't Emperor Duan understand it?"
"Could it be that this Northern Spiritual Skill is also like the Six-Vein Divine Sword, which is very difficult to practice?" Yang Guo was also curious.
"Alas......" Xiao Yuesheng exclaimed: "This is the wisdom of Emperor Xuanren!"
After saying this, he didn't speak anymore, looked at a plate of steamed pork and steamed mandarin fish, sniffed the aroma vigorously, looked at the appearance, and examined its color and fragrance.
Huang Yaoshi glared at him dissatisfiedly, and wondered why such a miracle could not be passed on.
"This Northern Spiritual Skill is no different from a thief, or even more hateful, taking the internal strength that others have worked hard to cultivate is used, this kind of behavior is inevitably hateful, I think, it's better not to practice it!" Yang Guo thought about it and said his thoughts, but in his tone, there was a bit of Xiao Yuesheng's usual tone, which was a little funny.
"Yes, the old decay also thinks like this, this Northern Spiritual Skill can be regarded as an evil skill! Huang Yaoshi nodded approvingly.
"Come, grandpa, please eat vegetables, the fish will smell cold and fishy, so you have to eat it while it's hot." Xiao Yuesheng picked up the bamboo chopsticks and asked the two of them to pick up the vegetables.
"In this way, Emperor Xuanren is really well-intentioned. Yang Guo picked up the bamboo chopstick, and he was fascinated, but unfortunately he didn't see such a person.
"That Yang Finger is already a rare strange learning, there is really no need to learn the six-vein divine sword, in vain to cause trouble, the martial arts of the master of the first lamp, isn't it also the best?
The three of them began to eat vegetables, and they were at ease with warm wine and fish.
After eating for a while, I took a break and started drinking.
"Big brother, I heard that you are going to marry Miss Guo into the door?" Yang Guo finally asked the ultimate purpose of coming to Yanyu Building this time.
It's a pity that Xiao Yuesheng had already guarded against his question, so he invited Huang Yaoshi to accompany him.
Xiao Yuesheng smiled slightly, glanced at Huang Yaoshi, nodded, and said, "Yes, I will leave for Xiangyang and marry her!"
"Big brotherβ" Yang Guo shouted loudly, looking a little excited.
Xiao Yuesheng pushed away the wooden chair, got up and came to the attic window, and the cold wind was coming.
"Second brother, do you want to persuade me to treat your sisters-in-law exclusively?" Xiao Yuesheng looked at the calm and vast lake and asked softly.
"Yes, big brother, you have to be single-minded!" Yang Guo couldn't see others in the morning, and he had to look at Shu, but there was really nothing he could do about this big brother.
Although he knew that he had no power to change, he still had to say it, otherwise he would not be happy in his heart.
"Second brother, we have debated this issue countless times, and it is useless to talk about it more, people live for a lifetime, don't they just want to live happily, why do they have to follow those worldly morals?"
Although these words are a bit shocking, they are extremely popular with Huang Yaoshi next to him, and Huang Yaoshi hates those morals and etiquette.
Self-cultivation, housekeeping, governing the country, and leveling the world were the common ideals of people in society at that time, and they were the most orthodox thoughts. When he said this, he would definitely be reprimanded for being unenterprising and unambitious, and coupled with his wild and profligate debauchery, he would definitely be called a madman.
"But, eldest brother, you are like this, how sad should the sisters-in-law be?!" Yang Guo asked in a loud voice.
Huang Yaoshi is also extremely conflicted in his heart, and it is really difficult to choose between singleness and granddaughter.
"Alas, second brother, how can others know everything about husband and wife, and the unpredictable changes in feelings, how can you know everything, is the relationship between you and your wife still as sweet as it was at the beginning?
Yang Guo was stunned, thought about it, nodded, and said, "Well, my feelings for Long'er are still the same as before." With that, his face flushed slightly.
"Hehe, second brother, you are not telling the truth, feelings are a thing, the most mysterious, it is always changing, it can never be in the same state, but sometimes you don't realize it! Feelings are like flowing water, there are no obstacles or twists and turns, they will only become more and more dull. Xiao Yuesheng chuckled lightly and pierced Yang Guo's words.
Yang Guo picked up the wine cup in front of him and took a small sip slowly.
"Second brother, did you say that your sisters-in-law are having a bad time?" Xiao Yuesheng sat down again and took a sip of wine.
"This ...... Judging by the way they looked, they were doing well. This is also a reality that Yang Guo does not want to accept, but has to accept.
Because of this, he couldn't say anything hard about his eldest brother's inattentiveness.
"They are very happy, I am happy, everyone is very good, so what is there to worry about, do you have to marry only one person, and make the others sad and painful?
"Alas......" Yang Guo sighed, Lu Wushuang was also the knot in his heart.
"If you marry that peerless girl again......"
"Never succeed!Big brother, don't say it again, although I feel guilty for Miss Lu, I will never make Long'er sad and cry!" Yang stood up violently and said loudly, and the wooden chair under the seat was knocked to the ground by him.
"Hehe, I know, I know, I don't have to say it so loudly, my ears are so good!" Xiao Yuesheng smiled lightly, he didn't have that thought, he just saw that Lu Wushuang was really pitiful, and he just said a word of injustice.
"Alas-" Huang Yaoshi, who had been listening to the debate between the two, suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed.
Lu Wushuang has always been by her cousin's side, and her cousin Cheng Ying has been with her master Huang Yaoshi, after getting along for such a long time, he naturally has a lot of feelings for Lu Wushuang, and when he saw her so desolate state of self-suffering, his heart was really sour.
For a while, none of the three of them spoke, and their mood was a little sullen.
"Daddy, Daddy" On the surface of the river, there was a sudden sound of a man's crisp cry, melodious and melodious on the vast lake, which was extremely good.
Yang Guo got up, with only a smile on his face, and came to the attic window, where he saw his daughter coming from the lake in a flat boat.
"Huh?...... Why is Miss Cheng here too?" Yang Guo was curious, he knew that his daughter grew up by the lake, and she was extremely skilled in water, and she often traveled alone on the lake in a boat, and she didn't need others to accompany her at all.
"Hehe, you see that Ruonan misses you so much, he doesn't want to leave for a moment, you are still wandering around, leaving her, it's really ruthless!" This was naturally said by Xiao Yuesheng, for this matter, Yang Guo has been taught by him countless times.
"Ruonan, this little girl, is cute in ice and snow, very similar to Rong'er back then. Huang Yaoshi heard Ruonan's voice, smiled, brushed the clear beard under his chin, and fell in love in his heart.
Seeing Yang Guo's figure upstairs, Yang Ruonan traveled faster, and flew like a water snake on the lake, cut a water line, and landed on the shore in the blink of an eye.
Ruo Nan pedaled deerskin boots, wore an apricot yellow robe, and flew ashore on a flying treadboat.
Cheng Ying is still in a green shirt, holding a jade flute, facing the lake breeze, Tingting Yuli, her clothes are flying, elegant as a fairy.
Yang Ruonan said hello to Cheng Ying and jumped up to the third floor.
"Ruonan, why are you here?" Yang Guo walked to the staircase and asked dotingly.
"Hee-hee, Dad, my godmother asked me to come, let me control my godfather and not drink more!" Ruonan giggled, his delicate little face flushed, extremely cute.
Yang Guo smiled and shook his head.
Xiao Yuesheng also shook his head with a smile, he didn't like to drink alcohol, even so, he couldn't get drunk, and his body was able to resist spontaneously.
But Xiao Yuesheng likes to find the feeling of being drunk, often pretends to be drunk, and likes to play drunk, and others can't see his disguise, so they think that he really doesn't drink much.
He is also happy to be like this, after all, covering his face with wine, he can do many things that he can't usually do, such as the secret things between husband and wife, many ridiculous things, he can take advantage of the situation, and the women see him drunk, and they are not so careful, half pushing, half pushing, but let him enjoy all the blessings.
"Godfather, Aunt Cheng has something to discuss with you, let you go to the boat to find her!" Ruonan saluted Huang Yaoshi and said to Xiao Yuesheng.
"Miss Cheng looking for me?" Xiao Yuesheng was stunned for a moment, and never thought of it, "It can't be that you are playing a little trick, right?" Is it to prevent your godfather from drinking and lying to me?!"
"Hmph, if a man doesn't like to deceive people like his godfather!" Ruonan snorted disdainfully.
"Okay, grandfather, second brother, you eat by yourself, I'll go and see what Miss Cheng is looking for me. Xiao Yuesheng saw that Ruonan didn't seem to be lying, and saw Cheng Ying standing in the boat outside, so he opened his mouth to leave.
went downstairs, and saw the elegant and standing Cheng Ying's clothes flying from a distance, he was suddenly a little intoxicated, such a temperament, such a woman, it is really a favorite work of creation.......
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