Chapter 52: Yellow Clay Town
The far east of the Dome is an endless dense forest, in which all kinds of mountain birds and beasts grow, which is a barren land. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoWho knows how many years ago there was a sect of cultivating immortals here, these immortals leveled the barren forests here for thousands of miles, and after killing and driving away countless man-eating monsters, there were gradually mortals living here, and then after continuous development, patches of fertile land were reclaimed, and the population was increasing. Now I don't know how many years have passed, but a mortal country has been formed here, the Great Xia Kingdom.
However, at this time, Great Xia was turbulent, just because King Xia had no way, indulged in wine all day long, and ignored the government. Therefore, there was a miasma of smoke in the Manchu Dynasty, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were not able to make a living. At this time, there were righteous people who rose up, and quickly formed a rebel army, known as the "New Xia", which had the potential to replace the Great Xia Dynasty, so a great war broke out in the sky, and the entire Great Xia is now full of wars, devastated lives, and starvation.
However, compared with the turmoil outside, Huangni Town, which is in a lonely place, seems to be like a paradise, and the people in the town still live a life that works at sunrise and sunset every day, which is so plain that people are enviable.
"Roll on...... Where did the poor scholar come from, he has no money and still wants to eat and drink, get out!" Outside the door of a small restaurant, a black-clothed guy held a broom to drive away this young man in Tsing Yi, the young man's hair was scattered, and he looked drunk, who was Qu Yiwen?
"No...... Little brother...... Give me another pot of wine, and I'll teach you peerless martial arts!" Qu Yiwen stood up shaky, holding a wine jug in his hand, and pointed to the little guy and said.
"Ahh
"Stop!"
At this moment, a middle-aged fat man in a black silk coat walked over, stared at Qu Yiwen for a long time, then turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Hehe, owner, this stinky guy drank wine and didn't give money, and the little one kicked him out of the door. The little guy nodded and said to the fat man in black.
"Hmph! How many times have I said it, now that there is chaos outside, and one or two refugees come from time to time and don't embarrass others, how can you ...... Alas...... Forget it, go get this little brother a jug of wine. After the fat man in black sighed helplessly, he turned to Qu Yiwen and said, "My surname is Yan, I make a living from this restaurant, and now I don't have any business, if the little brother doesn't dislike it, come in and sit." ”
In the next song, thank you to the shopkeeper Yan. After Qu Yiwen hugged his fists, he followed the shopkeeper into the restaurant.
"The surname Qu is not there a person with the surname Qu in a few places in Fangyuan, and the little brother has come far away. The two walked over to a table and said, "Please!"
The two sat down opposite each other, "We don't have anything too good in Huangni Town, but this glass of wine is very good, little brother might as well give it a try." After filling a bowl of wine for himself and Qu Yiwen, the shopkeeper Yan said, "I look at the little brother's appearance, not like an idler, but I don't know?"
"......" Qu Yiwen drank it all, sighed unfinished, but did not answer, just said, "Good wine, sweet in the mouth, less bitter than spirits, but not lost the bitterness of spirits, I don't know what the name of this wine is?"
"Hehe, the fame is like the moon in the water, and you have to smell the fragrance of the flowers indifferently, and this wine is called water splash. Shopkeeper Yan said after taking a sip.
"Splash wine, good wine......"
At this moment, the little guy beat Qu Yiwen's wine gourd, Qu Yiwen stood up and took the wine jug and hugged his fist at the shopkeeper Yan and said, "Thank you for the wine from the shopkeeper, let's go down." After speaking, he exited the restaurant and walked away.
"I said the owner, this person is so unreasonable, you invited him to drink and left like this...... " The little guy glared at the direction Qu Yiwen left, and said dissatisfiedly.
"Talents in the rivers and lakes are not limited to such subtleties, a look, a word of thanks is enough, but it is better than a hypocrite's thousand thanks. Based on my many years of experience in watching people, this person must have something extraordinary, so he should have a good fate......"
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A few miles out of town, there is a lake, a radius of 100 miles, which is not a small lake. The lake is called Drinking Moon Lake, the lake is full of osmanthus flowers, it is golden autumn at this time, a gust of autumn wind sweeps over, although the lake surface is only a slight ripple, but blows the fragrance of osmanthus flowers all over the shore, the poetry and painting here are really intoxicating, it is a pity that born in this troubled world, passers-by are not travelers, and this picturesque beauty is wasted in vain.
In the middle of the lake was a small boat, on which lay an old man in sackcloth, with gray hair and beard, but his eyes were bright, guarding a fishing rod, and humming an out-of-tune tune.
"Quan Lao, the wine is here!" At this moment, a young man with a large wine jug appeared on the shore, waving his hand to the old man in the lake and shouting, it was Qu Yiwen.
"Go, go, go, don't shout, the fish is about to take the bait......" The old man quickly stopped Qu Yiwen, and continued to stare at his fishing rod.
After half an hour, the boat slowly approached the shore, and the old man jumped out of the boat with two big carps with red tails in his face.
"If you don't come again, I'll think you're dead on the ship......" Qu Yiwen glanced at the old man and said dissatisfiedly.
"Sensei chirp crookedly, come and help cut the fish, do you still want to eat the fish?" The old man threw the two fish on the ground, and sat down to the side to clean up the firewood, but Qu Yiwen closed his mouth and quickly picked up the short knife to clean up the carp. After an hour, there was a charming smell of meat in the osmanthus forest.
"Hiccup...... the old man burped, took the flask and poured another sip of wine and said, "Hehe, the kid is good, you can even deceive Yan Lao'er's wine, tsk...... Splash wine and grilled fish from my exclusive secret recipe, what more could you ask for?"
Qu Yiwen took back the wine jug and took a sip and asked, "Oh?
"Hmph...... Joke...... Why do you think there is a lot of war outside, and this Huangni Town is fine? It depends on that Yan Lao'er, who used to be the one who was waiting for the sword to be guarded by the sword in the big inside!" The old man stretched out his thumb and gestured in front of Qu Yiwen before continuing, "Now those generals in the court are almost all their students, how dare they not give him some face? Xinxia's gang is even more unwilling to offend a martial arts master for this place where birds don't, so we can stay out of the matter." ”
"Oh, Quan Lao knows so much, is he very familiar with him?" Qu Yiwen asked after biting off a large piece of fish.
"Hey...... Gossip, don't spread it, hehe......" The old man snorted, then stared at Qu Yiwen and asked, "But then again, boy, why did you say that you committed suicide by jumping into the lake at a young age?" If you hadn't just met my Lao Quan, you would be a pile of fish dung now, ashamed of your parents......"
Qu Yiwen took another sip of wine and replied, "Who said that I committed suicide? I accidentally fell into it in a trance......
"Oh? ”
"Alas...... In the next is a person from the capital, but a few years ago because of my beloved wife died tragically, disheartened and planned to stay away from the rivers and lakes, at that time walking by the lake, thinking of the deceased wife, accidentally fell into the lake. ”
The old man shook his head and said, "Alas...... It's an infatuated person. But how can you quit the rivers and lakes? Do you know where the rivers and lakes are?...... You don't even know where the rivers and lakes are, how can you quit?"
"yes...... What are the rivers and lakes, and where are they?" Qu Yiwen thought to himself and muttered to himself.
"In my opinion, the rivers and lakes are like this lake, we are the fish and shrimp in it, this is the rivers and lakes, how do you escape?"
"Then what if one day we become immortals?" Qu Yiwen asked again, "Doesn't Great Xia send a group of people to the Immortal Mountain every three years to cultivate immortals?"
"Immortal...... Boy, what is an immortal? In our eyes, we are omnipotent, turning rivers and seas, but in front of people who are more powerful than him, we are not only submissive, apprehensive, and if we are not careful, we will never recover, how is it different from us? How is it different from the fish and shrimp in this lake? Just like in the eyes of ants, we are omnipotent, but we don't know that in the eyes of some people, we are also ants......
"Then according to the words of the elder, what is an immortal?" Qu Yiwen asked again.
"Hahaha...... Boy, aren't you and I immortals now?" Quan Lao suddenly laughed and said, "Regardless of the wind and rain in his rivers and lakes, the water comes from the mountains to block it." A dream, a dream, a love and revenge, a drunk, ......"
"A dream in the rivers and lakes, a love and hatred and a drunken ......" Qu Yiwen muttered to himself, suddenly stood up again, and saluted the old man, "Thank you for solving your doubts, the kid has gained a lot......"
"Haha...... I didn't say anything, old man. Alright, let's go for a walk around town, and maybe even have a late-night snack. The old man got up and bolted the boat, and after stepping on the ashes with a few feet, he walked towards the town with Qu Yiwen.