Chapter Eighty-Four: Luoyang's First Encounter with the Netherworld
It was freezing, time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was another month later. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoChinese New Year's Eve has long passed, the new year is coming, Bai Wenyu's body has completely recovered, although this injury, the internal strength of martial arts has not increased much, but its artistic conception and true power are more broad and mellow.
Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and most people, whether poor or rich, are immersed in the strong atmosphere of the festival. At this time, Bai Wenyu was carrying a natural guqin and a simple bag, and hurriedly walked on the sparsely populated loess official road. The strange thing is that he always holds an old wine gourd with a rope in his hand, and the word "Weng" on the neck of the gourd makes him convinced that the old-timer who saved him must be a hidden martial arts master surnamed Weng befriended by his father.
Just as he was pondering and meditating, a large sound of iron hooves sounded on the official road behind him, like a burst of thunder, carrying a raging wave, rushing from behind him like a whirlwind. Frightened, he hurriedly moved to the side of the road on the side of the official road, and swept his eyes to see seventeen or eight people in the martial arts, with swords on their backs, riding healthy horses, bowing and whipping in an instant. After a while, with the roar of thunder, he galloped past him, splashing the mud and loess on the ground, which was unavoidable, making his scholarly white clothes stained, and his face was also smeared.
Bai Wenyu saw the arrogance of these martial arts people, although he was angry in his heart, he couldn't help but not have a seizure, and let them lightning away. It's just that I'm confused in my heart, for the New Year, these martial arts people hurriedly appeared on the official road, I don't know what it means?
Before he finished his thoughts, there was another sound of horses' hooves behind him, rolling past several Mongolian horses, making Bai Wenyu's body and face even more stained, like a down-and-out study nerd. Just when Bai Wenyu hesitated, dozens of hurried martial arts people appeared behind him, monks and monks, ugly, handsome, everyone had a dignified face, and there were a few words that couldn't bear to speak, so that Bai Wenyu, who was standing on the side of the road, was shocked and confused: it was said that it was the martial arts scum "Heavenly Absolute Hero" Bai Wenyu, who had recently done evil in the area of the ancient city of Luoyang, robbed money and robbed sex, killed several local martial arts tycoons, and alarmed the martial arts alliance leader "Heavenly Thunder Hand" Ma Gutong, and under the anger, issued the "Martial Arts Alliance Order" A large reward was offered to catch this thief, in an attempt to regain the prestige of the Wulin League. Although the "Martial Arts League" survived, after all, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the influence of the martial arts had not completely disappeared, coupled with the heavy bounty, which attracted them, the righteous people, who even had a restless life during the Spring Festival, and made an appointment to round up this vicious criminal, and they were lucky to be able to gain fame and fortune.
I don't know who is so despicable and pretending to endanger the martial arts? From the mouths of the martial arts people on the side, I can see how much they hate the "Heavenly Absolute Heroes", plus the "Emei Jinding Bloody Case" and the "Qingcheng Faction Tragedy" and so on, they all want to smash him to death, and it is difficult to vent their hatred!
Bai Wenyu was angry in his heart, but his face was silent, seeing this group of martial arts people, none of them knew that they were the "villains" they were looking for. Indeed, they never imagined that the "Heavenly Peerless Knight" would be so young and handsome, and that he was right next to him; they only thought that this stinky scholar with a sludge body was unlucky and down-and-out enough, although he looked like a human, he was just a useless nerd, and most of them looked at him with disdain and sympathy. Although Bai Wenyu boldly walked slowly on the side for a while, unfortunately, he never overheard much of anything valuable in the future. Helpless, he quietly pretended to be physically exhausted and backward, let these martial arts people move forward quickly, and disappeared from his field of vision in a blink of an eye.
At noon, Bai Wenyu entered Luoyang City, the thousand-year-old imperial capital located in central and western Henan.
Bai Wenyu originally did not plan to stay in Luoyang, although he longed for the holy city where Chinese civilization originated, but he was eager to wash away his grievances and take revenge, and planned to pass through Luoyang, pass through Nanyang, and go to Xiangyang City, and then hire a boat to go down the Han River, such as the Yangtze River, and go straight to Jiujiang, Jiangxi, to find the bad luck of Yan Zhongsheng, the lord of the Yama Fort who occupies Lushan as his lair. Now that he heard that someone was pretending to be himself, planting stakes to blame him, and his intentions were sinister and vicious, he had to interrupt the plan and go to Luoyang to investigate the truth.
Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the world-famous Lantern Festival is about to be held, only to see several main streets in Luoyang City, are in full swing with painted theaters, hanging delicate lanterns, "fire trees and silver flowers never sleep in the city, happy to be full of street lantern people" can not be seen until tomorrow night. At that time, fireworks were lit from time to time, so that the air was filled with a smell of sulfur and gunpowder that was unique to celebrating the Spring Festival.
Of course, when Bai Wenyu entered the city from Duanyang Gate, he not only saw the ordinary people and children in new clothes, but also watched the soon-to-be-completed Caiting Theater, and there were also many Jianghu people with swords on their backs who were curious to watch the excitement. Although he was also curious about the "Luoyang Lantern Festival", he was worried that he would meet people who knew him and cause trouble, so he avoided walking on the lively streets.
In the urban area on the north bank of Luoshui, which passes through the city, the hook leaks the cornices, and the buildings like carved beams and paintings are lined up one after another, and the style is prosperous. The rows of fireworks pavilions facing the street are even more open, and the embroidered curtains on the upper floor are rolled high, and bursts of women's soft singing and laughter are heard inside, which makes passers-by think about it for no reason, and feel uncomfortable.
Bai Wenyu was preoccupied, and was walking on the crowded street with his head down, when suddenly a strong smell of wine and meat came to his nose, which suddenly stimulated the hungry worms in his stomach, and he squirmed. He looked up and found that he happened to pass by a large restaurant, called "Chunsong Restaurant", perhaps taken from Cao Zhi of the Three Kingdoms in "Luo Shen Fu", "Soaring like a frightening Hong, like a swimming dragon;
Looking at the restaurant's elegance, he involuntarily moved in. I don't want to, the hall on the ground floor of this restaurant is the same as the restaurant and hotel in the world, martial arts people gather, drink and talk loudly, loudly tell the rumors of allusions to the rivers and lakes, the cups come and go, and the porcelain bowl "dangdang" rings. From time to time, a drinker gets drunk and expresses his ambitions, and wants to sweep away the injustices in the world with the three-foot Qingfeng; What's more, there are a few tables in the hall, and more than a dozen people are caught and guessed, and if they lose, they are coaxed to pour a large bowl of spirits. Fortunately, there are a few female guests inside, quietly enjoying the comfort brought by the food, otherwise, this "Chunsong Restaurant" is not turned upside down, that is a strange thing!
"Guest officer, please upstairs! There is a quiet private seat above!" In the end, this restaurant invited a shrewd shopkeeper, Bai Wenyu, a young man who observed his words and looked at the extraordinary bearing, frowned, knowing that he thought the hall downstairs was too noisy, so he hurriedly waved a white rag, put it on his shoulder, greeted him warmly, looked at the visitor, and then greeted him with low eyebrows, so that the guests who came in turned around and left a little embarrassed and went to another restaurant to eat.
Bai Wenyu was a little skeptical, but when he came upstairs, he was not disappointed, it was indeed an elegant and warm place, only two tables of brocade diners whispered, in the corner of the hall, a red-clothed performer gently pulled a low crying erhu, and whispered a few words from time to time, its environment is comfortable and elegant, compared with the downstairs, it is simply self-evident, a world of difference.
By the window of the Luohe River, there is also an empty seat with a wide field of vision, not only can you see the spread of the river, there are several old white sails of the size of the wooden boats staggered, but also can vaguely hear the passionate shouts of the boatmen, and clearly come to the bow of a folk singer, who seems to stand steeply on the bow of the waves, let go of the throat and sing roughly, telling the bitterness and bitterness of the boat gang people wandering in the rivers and lakes, repeating a few funny words from time to time, ridiculing a few busy laundry girls on the shore, causing laughter and scolding one after another.
It is indeed a good place to sit by the window, not only to hear the wonderful harmony of nature and man, but also to see the undulating mountains that stretch under the floating clouds.
Without waiting for the shopkeeper to come to greet him, Bai Wenyu walked over with satisfaction, unwrapped the piano bag, put it on the edge of the dining table, and asked for a few samples of the region's special dishes and a pot of Du Kang wine. Maybe it's because there are too many sad things these days, and he wants to raise a glass to eliminate his sorrows, he rarely drank alcohol before, for fear of delaying things.
Half a glass of wine was in his stomach, and his beautiful handsome face suddenly rose a faint layer of healthy and charming red, which made the shopkeeper who was waiting on the side infinitely envious, jealous and hateful. He drank a glass of wine, picked up the wine jug and poured it again, without spilling a drop of wine, his heart was depressed, and he turned his infinite melancholy eyes to the beautiful scenery outside, and forgot to eat with the chopstick.
"Tom One by One" walked up one after another a dozen or so somewhat unscrupulous farmers, their clothes were nondescript and bright, and they were all carrying strange self-defense weapons. However, the first two are extraordinary, the right one is a tall and sturdy man, with thick skin and thick meat, and a tiger-eyed boy; in his right hand, he is holding a big iron stick of 100 pounds or 10 catties, which is both majestic and dignified, and he is completely dumbfounded. The man on the left has a bit of Zhuge style, holding a goose feather fan, a blue coat and a beautiful hat, and a goose walking duck step, and when he goes upstairs, he spins his rat-like eyes and spins them straight, and he can see the layout of the situation upstairs clearly. Of course, when his eyes passed by Bai Wenyu, there was some surprise and surprise in his eyes, and after a slight pause, he said with relief: It's just a stinky scholar.
Although the shopkeeper looked down on these bitter countrymen in his heart, in the end, the person who came was a guest, as long as you paid for the meal, he greeted and made tea with the same enthusiasm, and after arranging two tables of people, he took the ordered menu to the back kitchen to serve the food.
Ouch, these people are the people of Taibai Mountain Dazhai in Qinling. That Hun is the "King of the Black Land" Niu Manfu, another obscene scholar with the style of Zhuge , needless to say, it is the military advisor in the village "Wenwu Zhuge " Wu Shiyu.
It turned out that they were instructed by the two female village owners when they left, after arranging the affairs in the cottage properly, appointing a respectable person to manage the village affairs, and leaving enough silver and two expenses, they selected more than a dozen people whose martial arts could barely get on the stage, and went down the mountain to Qinjiazhuang outside Huayin City to meet the village owner. Coming down the mountain, at the beginning was still in a hurry, but after walking for a long time, having lunch in a large polder, everyone now has to rely on, and there are enough silver taels in their pockets, so everyone naturally wants to have a full and luxurious meal. How do you know that when the "King of the Black Land" Niu Manfu saw the wine, his eyes turned green, and he didn't even know the name of his father, and he was too greedy. The boss is like this, how can everyone not learn the same, even Wu Shiyu, who was originally a little sensible, also went into the water, everyone was drunk, and it was dark and could not distinguish between north and south, east and west.
A few days later, when they staggered to Qinjiazhuang, it was already in ruins, only ruins remained, and their happy mood was suddenly thrown into a deep panic and dazed realm.
In the end, Wu Shiyu, the "civil and military Zhuge ", is still a little wise, and after some deep thought, he shook the feather fan in the cold weather, and suggested that everyone walk the rivers and lakes to find the four male and female village owners. Fortunately, by chance, I actually heard that Bai Wenyu, the unmasked owner of the big village, was in Luoyang, and I heard that there were a large number of martial arts people who wanted to be unfavorable to him, which aroused the anger in everyone's hearts. However, they never dreamed that the "big village master" they were looking for was far away in front of them, but it was a pity that they didn't know each other in the restaurant.
"King of the Black Land" Niu Manfu sat down with a buttocks, making the cypress bench under him creak, this is not counting, he saw the shopkeeper enter the kitchen, and he didn't come out for a long time to pay attention to his own people, his heart was angry, he couldn't help but reach out and slam the table, and roared angrily: "Thief bird, Xiao Er, quickly bring wine!" The sound was like a thunderbolt, which frightened the diners who arrived first at the table next to him in fear, and the cup in one person's hand shook, and he almost missed the ground. For a while, these people were all in vain, frowning, and when they saw that they were a group of ungood-looking rabble, there were many people, but they couldn't afford to provoke them, so they could only sweep their disgusted gaze and immediately retract it, so as not to misunderstand and cause trouble.
Bai Wenyu was also furrowed by the shocking scream, glanced at it, and saw that it was the reckless man who was making trouble, so he was in no mood to look at the scenery outside the window, so he lowered his head and raised his glass again, concentrating on enjoying the pleasure brought by food and wine.
When the time was about to end lunch, a handsome and delicate white-clothed scholar suddenly came up at the staircase of "Oooo", eighteen years old, melon seed face, fair and ruddy skin, with a pair of sweet dimples on his cheeks; black eyes, a pair of watery eyes, round and straight round, showing innocence and loveliness; lips like rouge, pouting one by one, slightly revealing a row of white shell teeth, the whole person smiled, jumped on his feet, and went to the restaurant like a smoke. Looking around, I saw that the upstairs was already full, only Bai Wenyu's head by the window was empty for three places, not only had a good view, but also the diner was also a fellow young scholar, faintly with a feeling of sympathy, and did not say hello, jumped over, sat down, and then glared at the innocent eyes and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm guilty, please move my things and let Xiaosheng have a place to eat!"
Bai Wenyu's face had a fever, and only then did he notice that his things were misplaced, and he should put the wrapped piano bag next to him so that more guests could have a place to eat. He was not surprised, stretched out his hand to remove the package from the table and put it away, he had a good impression of the white-clothed scholar in front of him, and was about to smile and nod his head, but he unexpectedly saw a pair of woman-like watery eyes, staring at him motionlessly, with a strange brilliance shining inside. He couldn't believe his eyes: the one sitting across from him was obviously a young scholar! )