Time flies, and it has been ten years in a hurry.

Just after the New Year, because today's son Yang Jian had a decree a year ago, saying that it was on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival would be set up in Daxing City to have fun with the people, so local officials at all levels have presented exquisite lanterns to add scenery, and many wealthy businessmen and gentry have traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to join in the fun.

It just so happened that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was the birthday of Yang Su, the loyal minister of the dynasty. Yang Su was born in a family, and he won the trust of the Son of Heaven when he came out, and now he is in a high position, and his protégés are all over the world. His birthday, naturally, many people remembered it, and prepared a rich birthday gift early in the morning to send people to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

The two things together, even if Daxing City is the largest metropolis in the world, these days there are some signs of overcrowding, the most prominent manifestation is that the pavilions and inns inside and outside the capital are all full, and the people who have just arrived in Beijing are holding the silver two with white flowers, and it is also a firewood house thatched hut that can be used to live in.

On this day, a group of people came up on the road leading to the capital, five of the current six people were dressed as officers, and the other was dressed as a son, and dozens of sturdy soldiers behind escorted more than a dozen carts, which were full of cage gift boxes. When the people on the side of the road saw it, they all guessed that this must have been sent by the local government to give Yue Gong a birthday gift.

The six horses in front of him galloped all the way, and the handsome young man in the son's costume said to a big man with a face like pale gold and a majestic body: "Brother Shubao, we are a little late, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a place to stay." ”

The big man said with a smile: "Si Chang is at ease, Brother Yu has already made arrangements, and he has asked a friend to book a separate courtyard in the 'Natural Residence' ten miles outside Mingde Gate, which is enough to accommodate us people." ”

"But that's the 'guest on the natural dwelling. The young man was surprised when he saw the big man nodding. With a look of admiration on his face, he said, "People say that Uncle Bao has friends all over the world. When I saw it today, I realized that it was true, and even the famous and mysterious 'natural dwelling' had friends. ”

These two people have great origins: the young son's name is Chai Shao, and the word is Chang, and he is the son-in-law of Li Yuan, the Duke of Taiyuan, who stayed in Taiyuan;

Now Qin Qiong is serving as a flag officer under the Shandong Road Xingtai and Qingzhou Governor's Lai Hu'er Account. This year is Yang Su's sixtieth birthday, and he prepared a valuable birthday gift early in the morning. Qin Qiong and four other flag officers brought a team of personal soldiers to the capital to celebrate his birthday.

When Qin Qiong and his entourage walked to Lintong Mountain, they happened to meet Chai Shao, who was sent by Li Yuan to congratulate him on his birthday. After some mistakes, Chai Shao learned that Qin Qiong was the engongs who saved his father-in-law's family at the foot of Lintong Mountain, and he was interested in making friends. Qin Qiong was originally a good friend, and she liked Chai Shao's demeanor and bearing, so the two hit it off at first sight.

The "Heavenly Habitat" they mentioned is an inn that has appeared in recent years, and in just a few years, it has been favored by travelers for its unique food, accommodation, and service, and has now opened dozens of branches in larger cities around the country after snowball expansion. It is worth mentioning that "Natural Residence" will do business all over the world. But there have always been a few shopkeepers in charge of affairs, and the real proprietor has never appeared in front of people, which is really a bit mysterious.

Everyone walked along the road for a while, and sure enough, a large inn with a large area appeared in front of them. They dismounted at the inn's door. When I looked up, I saw a plaque hanging directly above the gate, with three big characters of "natural residence" written on it. There is a couplet next to the door. It is written that Chai Shaofang just said two sentences: "The guest lives in nature, and the guest is actually a guest in the sky." I have to say. Natural dwelling can be famous all over the world, and the credit of this hidden mystery and evocative couplet is also not small.

Qin Qiong and the others had just dismounted. There were already two neatly dressed natural dwellers who hurried forward. One of them smiled at Qin Qiong and said, "Isn't this guest officer Qin Ye from Shandong?"

Qin Qiong smiled: "It is Shandong Qin Qiong." ”

"The little ones have seen Qin Ye. The two guys bowed to Qin Qiong together, and one of them said politely, "The courtyard you ordered has already been cleaned up, just waiting for all the gentlemen to move in." ”

At that moment, one of them led Qin Qiong, Chai Shao and the other four flag officers into the main gate, and the other led the soldiers to drive the carriage and horses through an alley next to the inn and enter the side door.

The front of the courtyard prepared for Qin Qiong by the Natural Residence is five upper rooms, one of which is the living room, two bedrooms on the left and right, and six wings on each side. Qin Qiong and Chai Shao commanded their respective soldiers to first move the birthday gifts on the car into a side room, and arranged a special person to guard them, and then asked the men to lead all the horses to the stable for placement.

After the rooms were allocated, everyone washed up in the room for a while, and the man from the inn brought wine and food. The soldiers all dined in their respective rooms, while Qin Qiong and the other six set up a table in the living room to eat and talk.

At the banquet, a big man with a blue indigo face and cinnabar eyebrows in the four flags first saluted Qin Qiong with a bowl of wine, and then said with a smile: "Brother Qin, can you succeed in begging you?"

Qin Qiong looked at the big man in front of him, and immediately had a headache. The four flag officers who accompanied him this time were actually fakes with impostors. These four people are all his friends on the rivers and lakes, named Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng, Qi Guoyuan, and Li Ruqi. They joined forces in Shaohua Mountain, Huayin County, Huazhou, and gathered nearly a thousand minions under their hands, which is also a force in the green forest.

This time when he came to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, Qin Qiong and the four of them met by chance. When they heard that Qin Qiong was coming to the capital, they all wanted to come to see the excitement, so they used their friendship to trap him, and followed him with the names of the four flag officials.

That Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng are both people with a steady temperament and careful thoughts, but they don't need Qin Qiong to worry about it, but Qi Guoyuan, who was talking in front of him, and Li Ruqi, who was sitting next to him, were both arrogant and reckless and fiery tempers, and they really caused a lot of chaos along the way for Qin Qiong to clean up.

"Brother Qi Xian, what do you want to do?" Qin Qiong asked with a sigh.

Qi Guoyuan smiled and said: "The junior brother has long heard that the emperor is going to set up lanterns in the capital this year, and now that he has arrived in the capital, there is naturally no reason to miss it, so I want to beg Brother Qin to take the younger brothers to the city to play." ”

Qin Qiong groaned slightly, and said: "The brothers have already come to the capital, and if they turn around without even entering the city gate, it is indeed a little unkind." However, Gyeonggi is not a child's play, and it will inevitably cause trouble, so the four virtuous brothers can wait patiently in the inn first. When it comes to the Lantern Festival, Brother Fool will take you to the capital to watch the lanterns again, and after a night of fun, you will turn back immediately. What do you think, brothers?"

Seeing that Qin Qiong agreed, Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng just smiled and nodded in agreement, but Qi Guoyuan and Li Ruqi cheered together.

After the lights went out at night, Qin Qiong and his clothes lay on the couch and listened attentively, and after making sure that everyone in the courtyard was asleep, he quietly turned over and got off the couch and crept out of the room. He came out of the corner gate of the courtyard, and walked around several corridors to the door of another courtyard. Just as he was about to reach out and knock on the door, a voice came out first:

"Uncle Bao, come in. ”

Hearing this voice, Qin Qiong's face showed excitement, and he walked into the courtyard quickly, bowed down to a person in the courtyard, and said, "Disciple Qin Qiong, meet the master." ”

Under the cold moonlight, the one sitting on a stone bench who calmly accepted Qin Qiong's bow was Li Jing, who had grown into a handsome young man. (To be continued......)