Chapter 108: Beppu
When Xiao Yuesheng appeared on the Su Causeway of West Lake with Xie Xiaolan in his arms, no one knew that the two of them were still thousands of miles away from each other in the Tianshan Mountains with a howling cold wind.
Xie Xiaolan was dressed in snow white, a robe and a mink hat, on the embankment full of tourists, but it was not abrupt, the two stood hand in hand under a willow tree for a while, and they had seen three noble ladies walking by with a servant, also wearing a robe and a mink hat.
The shining earrings in their ears flickered and flashed under the lanterns hanging from the trees beside the embankment.
Xiao Yuesheng smelled the bursts of fragrance, and knew that their robes must be smoked with the fragrance of roses, the faint aroma was intoxicating, and the unique soft words of southern women were like a spring breeze.
Now it is the first year of Jingding, with a flick of a finger, the Southern Song Dynasty has been in peace for more than a hundred years, and the idea of restoring the country, from the Son of Heaven to the people, has long since dissipated.
The Mongolian iron cavalry is becoming more and more violent, and all the northern lands are under his command, but this invincible iron cavalry galloping across the European land is blocked under the city of Xiangyang, unable to move forward, but at this time the Southern Song Dynasty, like the flower of thanks, is extremely gorgeous.
Xiangyang has been the only gateway to half of the world, under the Mongolian attack, has not seen the success for a long time, at this time the name of the hero Guo Jing, the wind spread all over the world, there is no other for a while, you can see Guo Daxia's side, enough to show off your pride with relatives and friends.
Xiao Yuesheng and the two stood hand in hand in the shadow under the willow tree, quietly watching the night view of the West Lake.
The lake is full of large and small flowers, the lanterns on the boat reflect the lake, the shadow is sufficient, looking from afar, the waves and lanterns reflect each other, the quiet lake is dotted with lanterns all over the place, and the stars and rivers in the sky can compete for glory.
On the lantern like the star-like Su Causeway, the tourists are like shuttles, threes and threes, groups and groups, or fur clothes, or green shirts, and even more, holding paper fans, doing the wind Liu chic, they are all calling friends, or indulging in laughter, or spring breeze and rain, lively and lively.
Like the two of them, standing in the shadows under the tree, there are also many, mostly young men and women who have a private tryst, before the flower and under the moon, vows and alliances, regardless of the change of dynasties, the vicissitudes of life, the diet of men and women, eternal existence.
Xiao Yuesheng looked at Xie Xiaolan beside him, the willow branches were sparse, falling on her delicate face, in this noisy place, under this willow tree, but it seemed to be quiet and lonely isolated from the world, with her by his side, he suddenly felt unusually happy.
"Madam, that young man must have never seen my Lord Taishan!" Xiao Yuesheng suddenly pointed to a group of young heroes passing by, they were carrying swords and swords, full of vitality, talking and laughing loudly, as if there was no one around, one of them was handsome, and the person with thin lips was in high spirits, talking about how Guo Daxia was, and the admiration was overflowing.
"Oh, why?" Xie Xiaolan asked a little perfunctorily, she had never seen Guo Jing, and she also admired this Guo Daxia for a long time, but she just stood in the shadows, looking at the lights, but her mood was suddenly low.
Xiao Yuesheng was extremely sensitive, and suddenly noticed her change, held her little hand holding the willow trunk, and chuckled: "That father-in-law, he doesn't know how to say those clever words, but seems to be my mother-in-law...... How about we find a painting and go to the lake?"
"Well, whatever you want. Xie Xiaolan felt the warmth and safety coming from her hands, and her heart seemed to be injected into the silk hot spring, lazily comfortable.
The breeze on the embankment blows, the lanterns hanging on hundreds of trees sway lightly in the wind, which is extremely spectacular, and the two strands of green silk exposed under her mink hat are also fluttering in the wind, "I still remember the last time I met you unexpectedly with your eldest brother here!"
"Hehe, it's not been a few days since the last time!" Xiao Yuesheng touched his nose with his other hand, a little embarrassed.
Xie Xiaolanyu's face was slightly sideways, and she glanced at Xiao Yuesheng, with a seductive charm, she was happy and angry, and smiled, not moving, "At that time, the eldest brother's proud appearance in the spring breeze was really annoying! I just wanted to forget, but I couldn't!"
Xiao Yuesheng smiled, kept silent in a knowing manner, ignored the rules of the law, took her jade hand, and walked towards the next painting on the embankment.
The husband and wife titles of Guanlan Villa are also quite peculiar, not called each other, not called officials, Xiaoyu's four daughters are still called sons, Wan Yanping and Guo Fu are called eldest brothers, although all wives are equal, regardless of size, but Wan Yanping's position as the eldest lady is undoubted, as the person who entered the door later, Xie Xiaolan wanted to follow Yan Ping and call Xiao Yuesheng the eldest brother.
In the past, the two of them thanked everyone, and the owner of Xiao Zhuang called him like this, and it was a little unnatural and inevitable to change his words at once.
This painting is quite difficult to walk quietly under the embankment, rugged, full of rocks, it seems that people do not want to get close, and if you change others, it will indeed be blocked, but Xiao Yuesheng's feet are bound to follow the road, and stepping on the rocks is no different from walking on the ground.
The two floors of the boat are painted with vermilion lacquer, and the lanterns on the side of the boat are hung side by side, and the pavilion and eaves on the second floor are also decorated by lanterns, which is brilliantly lit.
There are only a dozen carved wooden pillars on the first floor, just like a corridor, but at this time, there are no people, only dozens of curtains and tulles are blowing in the wind, but the six connected pavilions on the second floor are brightly lit, and Xiao Yuesheng can hear bursts of women's laughter from there.
"Big brother, I'm afraid this fat won't work!" Xie Xiaolan shook her head as she looked at this painting that was a little more magnificent than Mission Hills Villa.
"Oh, why?" Xiao Yuesheng's eyes moved away from the painting of Yunchun in the silence, and he couldn't help but ask sideways, and then chuckled: "Isn't this boat a private boat?"
Xie Xiaolan's mink hat shook lightly, and her head shook slightly: "But it's not, looking at the style of this boat, I'm afraid it is used by the Oiran on the West Lake, this kind of woman can be seen by ordinary people, not high-ranking officials and nobles, celebrities, don't even think about it!"
Xiao Yuesheng smiled warmly, but was a little surprised: "Then we, the powerless and powerless people, are we going to retreat in the face of difficulties?"
Xie Xiaolan's starry eyes were shining brightly under the light of the lake, and she looked at her husband beside her, although she hesitated slightly, she still nodded.
Xiao Yuesheng glared at her angrily, as if complaining that she could not speak gently.
Xie Xiaolan pursed her lips and smiled, "If you are in Jiaxing, those flowers on the South Lake can't invite you to go up, but in this West Lake, do others know about you?"
Xiao Yuesheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, looking at the flowers on the lake, the piano songs were melodious, the people in the boat, looking for fun, bursts of laughter came with the wind, his drunken life and dreaming of death were very different from his own leisurely and leisurely, it was a completely different way of living!
"Alas, let's go back! There is a mansion not far from here, and there is also a mansion in the official alley in the city, where do you want to live tonight?" Xiao Yuesheng was a little excited, waved his hand, and was about to go home.
Looking at him like this, Xie Xiaolan's originally depressed mood dissipated, who let him look angry when he took Guo Fu! She has the pleasure of a little woman.
"Then go to the city, these flashy scenes, the little woman can't afford it!" Xie Xiaolan grinned, and as he turned around and walked back, this sentence made Xiao Yuesheng listen to it.
"Hey, wait!" Xiao Yuesheng suddenly raised his hand and stopped his steps.
Xie Xiaolan paused for a moment, looked at him with some confusion, and thought that he had changed his mind, those who were smoky and flattering in the painting were the best at seducing men, and it was best not to see them.
"Haha, these two guys are here!" Xiao Yuesheng was stunned, and suddenly swept away, and let out a long laugh, and the people who came and went on the embankment heard this long laugh, but they didn't hear it, and they didn't look at it.
Taixue Guozi supervises martial arts, these three schools are not far away, singing and laughing, arrogant and chanting wild scholars, they have seen a lot.
Xiao Yuesheng hugged Xie Xiaolan's waist, regardless of the soft and slender feeling coming from his hand, he took a few steps out, and he had reached the embankment, Xie Xiaolan was still in a daze, he took a few more steps, and the crowd on the embankment was like a stone in the water, allowing these two swimming fish to pass through flexibly, and in a blink of an eye, they had reached the south end of the embankment.
At the southern end of the Su Causeway, under the willow tree on the embankment, a pair of wall people stand quietly, but the dark shadow under the tree can hardly hide the fluttering of a white shirt.
"Second brother, younger brother and sister!" Before anyone arrived, the sound came first, and as soon as the words fell, Xiao Yuesheng put her arms around Xie Xiaolan and appeared in front of the pair like a cigarette, laughing for a long time.
"Big brother-!?" In the clear voice, a handsome adult man walked out of the shadows under the willow tree, with trim eyebrows, a nose like a hanging gall, and a long sword hanging from his waist, but it was Yang Guo, the Condor Hero.
"Hehe, second brother, why are you here?oh, where is your carving brother?" Xiao Yuesheng patted Yang Guo on the shoulder and asked with a smile.
"I've seen big brother!" The little dragon girl was dressed in white, still beautiful and refined, without a trace of earthly fireworks, and a faint salute.
"It's almost free!" Xiao Yuesheng waved his hand, didn't tease her a few words as usual, pulled Xie Xiaolan beside him, and smiled at the two: "Well, this is your sister-in-law, let's see the ceremony!"
"Sister-in-law?...... I've seen my sister-in-law!" Yang Guo's face changed, showing a little surprise, and then put it away, but the sister-in-law shouted with a sense of hesitation.
Xiao Yuesheng glared at him, this brother's surname has always remained the same, he doesn't need to use mind contemplation, he knows what he thinks, the little female dragon is still indifferent, and it seems to be expected or indifferent to the sudden appearance of a sister-in-law.
Xie Xiaolan is down-to-earth and generous, calling her uncle, brother and sister, with an elegant expression, without any unhappiness, she and Mrs. Yang Guo are not strangers, as Yang Ruonan's piano skills enlightenment teacher, she is respected by the two.
"Second brother, didn't you say that you would go to the north?" Xiao Yuesheng didn't say much, brushed aside a few willow branches hanging in front of him, walked to the embankment, and looked at the West Lake with the light of the lake, which led to the topic.
"Well, I'm going to the north, and before I go, I'll visit some friends in Lin'an. Yang Guo followed behind him, looking at the scene of the West Lake full of lanterns, his eyes shining under the lakelight.
"Oh-?" Xiao Yuesheng looked at him sideways, smiling rather than smiling, in the faint light, it made people feel unfathomable.
"Really!" Yang overstepped his tone.
"There are no three hundred taels of silver here!What about your carving brother?Why aren't you around?Hehe, you're still with your eldest brother!" Xiao Yuesheng pursed his lips, a little disdainful.
Yang Guo couldn't help but show a wry smile, "Brother Diao stayed in the villa, and he followed our couple all these years, and it was too hard for him, so he let him stay in the villa and rest in the woods for a while." ”
"Well, it's ...... too" Xiao Yuesheng smiled noncommittally, stopped talking, and just looked at the lake quietly.
With the gust of night wind, the sound of silk and bamboo strings, light singing and slow chanting, sometimes high and sometimes low, lingering in their ears, the soft singing, is here to listen, but also heartbeat, blood flowing.
The two women behind them were whispering.
Yang Guo didn't think much of the eldest brother's demeanor, but there was nothing he could do, and he had no shame to teach others to keep one, just a few sisters-in-law were not worth it, but they didn't know that they were so obsessed, peaceful, and always accommodating to the big brother's negative behavior, which was really embarrassing.
As soon as Guo Fu entered the door, he married another one, alas, I don't know if Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo will be angry if they know about it!
Although Xiaolongnu is a cold surname, she will not take the initiative to be enthusiastic about people, after so many years, it is still the case, but when Xie Xiaolan talked about Yang Ruonan, Xiaolongnu naturally talked more, and as parents, what they like to talk about most is their children.
"Second brother, how about we go to the lake to play together?" Xiao Yuesheng turned his head and asked loudly with a bit of teasing, and the other two women couldn't hear it.
"Forget it, big brother, those singers and dancers are already pitiful, why should we bother to play again?" Yang Guo saw through the eldest brother's desire to see his jokes at a glance, he is also a smart and witty person, and he will not be restrained.
"Hehe, if everyone thinks like this with the second brother, then wouldn't they starve to death?" Xiao Yuesheng chuckled unashamedly, "Aren't you afraid that your younger brother and sister won't like it?" he said, and turned to look at the little dragon girl behind him.
"You can go if you want to go, don't worry about me. The little dragon girl said lightly.
Yang Guo sighed, when Long Er said this, he fulfilled his eldest brother's wish, so that he could be unscrupulous and afraid of laughing at himself.
Xie Xiaolan pursed her lips and chuckled, Xiaolongnu, she has always been simple and direct, these twists and turns, she will not and disdain to think about them.
"Alas, ah!" Xiao Yuesheng did not continue to make fun of it, frowning at the prosperous West Lake, shaking his head and sighing.
"Second brother, after two days, Ruonan and Xiaoyu will come to Lin'an, you will take her for a walk, if the man is also older, you should go out and see the world. Staring at the lake, Xiao Yuesheng said with some emotion.
Yang Guo laughed, his long hair was gently blowing with the night breeze sweeping from the lake, and his handsome face was chic, "There is still Brother Lao, this little girl, we can't control it!"
"Hehe......" Xiao Yuesheng mentioned Yang Ruonan, and his already heavy mood suddenly lightened, "Your sister-in-law always complains that I have no way to teach my daughter, and I teach Ruonan badly." ”
Yang Guo smiled: "Fortunately, there is a sister-in-law!"
Xiao Yuesheng also laughed, the laughter was clear, and spread along the lake, and the bursts of soft sound were suddenly suppressed by it.
The laughter stopped, and he waved his hand, "Let's go, go back, with you scared guy, you can't have a good time at all!"
As he spoke, he turned around and brushed the willows, and walked back.
"What a clever internal skill!" A broken shout was like a long cry of a clear crane, and a figure flew out of the boat in the lake, stepping on the waves, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached the embankment.
This middle-aged man has a slender figure, three locks of clear beard under the chin, his face is like a crown of jade, his eyes are like a star, a long sword is leaned on his back, the apricot-green sword spike flutters gently, his appearance is strange, his temperament is elegant, and he is no less than Yang Guo.
But when he looked around, the person he was looking for was gone.
He hurriedly jumped lightly, and flew up to the willow tree with the lantern hanging, the willow branches and the lantern swayed lightly, he looked far away, but above the Su Causeway, under the lamp, pedestrians were like shuttles, and he had never seen the appearance of the person he wanted to seek.
Under the astonished gaze of the surrounding tourists, the branches of the tree flickered, and this person had swept down from the tree to the lake like a roc, his long robe fluttered, stepping on a flowery side, and the clever swallow swept into a magnificent boat, he came and went like the wind, extremely fast, and the people who saw it next to him only felt that they were dazzled.
The voice in the flower fat floated faintly: "Prime Minister, the person is gone." ”
"There's Mr. Lao, then forget it, haha, come, like a cup of Mr. Daojing!"
Although this sound is quite imposing, the middle qi is much weaker, and the people on the embankment cannot know it.
The four of them are very good, such as weaving pedestrians, and do not hinder their walking, like swimming fish, shuttle freely and smartly, in the blink of an eye, it has arrived at the north of the embankment.
Xiao Yuesheng smiled slightly, thoughtfully, the person just now was also a master who could not be put in the martial arts.
Xiao Yuesheng's house in the city is located in the Taiping Fang in the south of Hefang Street, which is the place where the royal relatives and dignitaries compete to chase, and now the hidden mansion where they lived in the year is now changed to Longxiang Palace, which is in the middle of this square, and Xiao Yuesheng's house is very close to Longxiang Palace, only separated by two mansions.
Although the other three people have little concern with the officialdom, they see that the mansion is magnificent, and the grandeur is great, and the family in front of the mansion is mostly upturned and arrogant, so they know that this place is not something that ordinary people can enter.
Seeing Yang Guo's puzzled gaze, Xiao Yuesheng smiled and said, "The eldest brother only saved a noble man by chance, the second brother's eyes don't need to be so big!"
They walked along the neat streets, illuminated by countless lamps on both sides, as bright as day, and the lotus patterns on the green bricks under their feet were clearly visible.
When passing through a mansion, the number of this mansion is the largest, the eaves are dyed gold, the momentum is magnificent, a few sedan chairs are parked in front of the house, more than 20 brown clothes and short sedan chair drivers copy their hands, while stomping their feet while chatting, seeing Xiao Yuesheng and his party of four, the people who were talking and laughing fiercely immediately fell silent, lowered their heads, and looked very respectful.
Xiao Yuesheng and Xie Xiaolan are both dressed in robes, ordinary people just want to touch it, and it is difficult to have a chance, and the four of them are very popular, although these sedan chair men are cheap servants, they are not ignorant husbands, they all have a bit of vision, and they are not ordinary people when they see the four of them.
"Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!" Yang Guo passed by the gate of the mansion, turning a blind eye to the four soldiers standing in front of the gate of the mansion with shiny armor and long swords at their waists, and sighed through the open main gate and looking at the brightly lit outer courtyard.
"That is the Rongwang Mansion, the father of the current prince. Xiao Yuesheng didn't look at it, only smiled faintly.
Yang Guo was stunned, although he didn't know about King Rong, he was bluffed by the prince's own father, no more, and walked forward with the eldest brother, but the two daughters behind him did not look at the brilliant place.
Xie Xiaolan was originally from everyone, and later learned the piano with Guo Chuwang, and she has seen a lot of these glory and wealth, and she also knows the hard work behind its flashiness.
I didn't go far, I passed two rather simple houses, and in front of the mansion with the inscription of the palace, everyone stopped.
"Second brother, this is my house. Xiao Yuesheng said as he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Yang Guo looked at the mansion in front of him, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes, as far as he knew, his eldest brother had always been luxurious, quite the style of Kolai Gong in this dynasty, and the mansion in front of him with broken vermilion lacquer, desolate and desolate with two lanterns was actually the eldest brother's?
With the sound of the copper ring in Dangdang, an eye appeared in a small hole next to the door, and Xiao Yuesheng scolded with a smile: "Old boy, get out and open the door!"
"Ah, it's Childe who is back!" An old voice with surprise came from behind the door, and then the painted Zhumen was squeaked open, revealing a fat old man, with a round face and nose, smooth and beardless under the chin, and a chubby face full of honesty, which was reassuring at a glance, looking at his face, he was only a middle-aged man, far less old than the voice.
"Childe, you're finally back!!" The old boy's round face bloomed like a pomegranate, and suddenly burst out of the door, rushing over to bow down, and the vigor and swiftness of his skills made even the young man sigh to himself.
"Okay, let's go in and talk about it!" Xiao Yuesheng also had a smile on his face, flicked his sleeves, stopped him from kneeling, and walked into the house with a step, and did not humbly let Yang Guo go.
Yang Guo's heart moved, when the old boy's body froze and straightened up again, he had already felt the depth of this old boy's martial arts.
He took a serious look at the old boy, and as he walked inside, he wanted to keep his eyes open to see if the mansion was as dilapidated as it was outside.
For Lao Tong's martial arts, he won't care, the people under the eldest brother are all martial arts masters, if they don't know martial arts, it will make him strange, but Lao Tong's skills are too terrifying, he was a little surprised.
Lao Tong had followed behind Xiao Yuesheng at this time, and his steps made Yang Guo look weird, his steps were very different from ordinary people, his stride was very small, but the speed was fast, his fat body, when he walked, it seemed to be light.
Entering the door, Yang Guofang knows that this house is big, only the front yard is full of flowers, pine trees, green bamboo, its width is four gates wide, under the cover of plum blossoms and green bamboos on both sides, there are still pebble paths leading to the courtyards on both sides, and the courtyard is quiet.
"Old boy, don't alarm the subordinates, you can go to sleep too!" Xiao Yuesheng stood in front of the hall, turned around and commanded the old boy who was following behind him.
At this time, they had walked through the front yard nearly fifty zhang away, and came to the front hall of the heavy eaves building.
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