mountain river road

Chapter 12

Xu Zhenqing changed into an official robe, and took Liu Muyi to Lin'an.

Lin'an City, which had been attacked for three days, was already somewhat dilapidated. Although the corpses had been dragged away, the broken arrows and blood dried up in the open space in front of the city gate.

The soldiers guarding the city saw two figures from a distance, one in blue, which looked like it could be blown away by a gust of wind, and one in solid black, which could be seen as a martial arts practitioner.

"What are you doing?" the soldier shouted at the two people under the city gate.

"The Chu family's envoy!" Xu Mo spoke before Zhenqing.

Zhenqing felt a headache, this must have been ordered by Chu Xi again, it should have been Yan Qi's emissary.It is true that the Chu family is beneficial, and no one dares to touch him if the name is put on the air, but it is not very kind.

The soldiers were really startled, hurriedly went to inform their leader, and then shouted: "My lord, wait a moment!"

Even if it was a rebellion, for princes and nobles, there is still such a natural smoothness in their bones.These peasants, facing the loess and back to the sky, knew from birth that some people should be superior to others. Even if they came up with a heroic spirit at the end of the road and rebelled with a hoe as a gun, they couldn't straighten their backs.

An unremarkable man with a smooth goatee led a few rebel soldiers towards the city gate. This man was Fu Qiming, the leader behind the rebel army.

Fu Qiming is a man of God.The rebels called him Big Brother Fu.He used to be a businessman, and he sold special products from the north and the south to each other, which made him flourish.Big Brother Fu traveled all over the world selling things while making friends, and there were a few buddies everywhere.Now that there are floods in the south and drought in the north, Fu Qiming's goods have been robbed by one of Yan Qi's subordinates and taken into the army. It's okay if the business is not doing well, and he can barely hold on. This is good, there is no business.Fu Qiming gathered the rebels who were in their own camps together.The businessman has nothing but a mouth full of words about the iron tree.

This man can speak, is rich, and has a beautiful beard, so listen to him.

"Brother Fu, it is said that he is the envoy of the Chu family. There is a very beautiful young master and a tall and strong bodyguard!" The soldier said as he followed behind him.

"What a beautiful young master?" Fu Qiming stroked his goatee with a smile, and said, "Nonsense. No one would say that about young master."

"Really, if you don't believe me, elder brother, you can go and see for yourself! But, elder brother, why did someone like the Chu family come here? Nothing will happen, right?"

"It's okay!" Fu Qiming said and asked someone to open the city gate.

Xu Zhenqing's hair was neatly bundled up, and her facial features were clearly displayed. The color of her eyeballs was lighter than that of ordinary people, instantly reminiscent of clear glass. The outline of her eyes was narrower and longer than that of ordinary people. The tiny cinnabar mole adds a touch of brilliance, the lips are thin, pale, and the contours are undulating, making people think infinitely.His bluish-white complexion exudes a three-point sickness, and his figure is like a strong bamboo.

Fu Qiming stared at his eyes in a daze.

Zhenqing put on a stylized smile: "I am the envoy sent by General Yan. I don't know how to call you?"

Fu Qiming came back to his senses: "Young master's demeanor makes people fascinated. Seeing you today will comfort you for the rest of your life. If you don't mind, how about calling me Big Brother Fu?"

After finishing speaking, Fu Qiming raised his hand as an invitation gesture: "Please!"

Liu Muyi followed behind, staring at the familiar "Brother Fu".Envoys from the enemy army come, why are they so affectionate as soon as they come up, this person should be vigilant.

Fu Qiming led the two of them into a fairly tidy house.

Sit down.

Fu Qiming scrutinized Zhenqing for a long time before he said, "I don't know why the young master is here?"

Zhenqing let him look at him, "In order to save Lin'an City."

Fu Qiming laughed loudly, "Tell me. Why save? How?"

Zhenqing put on a sincere look: "Right now, Lin'an has been besieged for three days. Although there are many wells in the city, but now there is a severe drought, how long it can last is hard to say."

Fu Qiming narrowed his shrewd little eyes.

Zhenqing continued: "The rebel army is short of water, food, and weapons. It is obvious that the strength is at a disadvantage." He looked back at Fu Qiming: "It is only a matter of time before the city is destroyed."

"Furthermore, if you risk your life and try to escape, you will suffer heavy casualties." Zhenqing said calmly, "For the current plan, there is only one word: surrender."

The soldiers next to him immediately glared at Xu Zhenqing, but Fu Qiming said calmly: "If an army of this strength has been attacking for three days, the commander is incompetent, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, why should I surrender like this army? If I can take it with confidence , why do you need to send someone to persuade you to surrender?"

Xu Zhenqing said: "If Mr. Fu didn't have this idea in mind, why would he treat me with courtesy?" He raised the teacup in his hand and said, "This is such a good tea, treat me, an unexpected guest."

Fu Qiming touched his goatee: "I have other reasons, my son wants to hear, please let your guards back down."

Liu Muyi immediately stepped forward and said to Zhenqing, "No."

Xu Zhenqing nodded: "Mr. Fu doesn't know something, the surrender is just my idea. I also have other reasons."

Fu Qiming: "I wonder if General Yan is in good health now?"

Xu Zhenqing looked directly at Fu Qiming: "TOEFL. It's nothing serious."

Broken, he thought I did it.Fu Qiming sighed in his heart, he just had information.

Fu Qiming sighed: "Don't you want to know my reason?"

Zhenqing said: "I don't have such elegance."

Fu Qiming spread his hands helplessly: "May I ask if you know that Qinhuai famous prostitutes are on the decline?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhenqing's face immediately changed, and his face turned three points pale.He turned to Liu Mu and said, "Please step back."

Liu Muyi frowned: "No. I am ordered by the prince to protect you."

Fu Qiming interrupted the conversation between the two: "Brother guard, I just want to catch up with this young master, and I promise not to move him. Just stay by the door, and if anything goes wrong, you can kill me with one knife. I None of my subordinates can withstand your three moves."

Liu Mu hesitated for a moment, then said "be careful" to Zhen Qing, and then backed out.

Fu Qiming stood up from his seat, walked up to Zhenqing, and looked at his face carefully.

"Young master, your eyes really resemble hers."

Xu Zhenqing said coldly, "I am his son."

Fu Qiming smiled and said, "It's true. Do you know who your father is?"

Seeing that Xu Zhenqing was about to get angry, Fu Qiming raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "I made a slip of the tongue. Don't get angry, my lord."

Xu Zhenqing said: "Is this your reason?"

Fu Qiming: "I just miss my old friend. Your mother is in the land of love and moon, but she has a strong character. She is very picky about the guests who enter the curtain. I can't catch her eyes. I can only come to see her dancing and playing the piano. It's funny, I'm such a half-old person, but I still miss her. Your eyes and her eyes are really carved out of the same mold. I didn't know that she actually entered the Chu Palace in the end. "

Zhenqing managed to maintain her expression, seemingly indifferent: "She didn't enter the Chu Palace, she passed away a year ago, and was buried here."

Suddenly, Fu Qiming slipped across his face, as if waking up from a big dream, he murmured: "So, so it is?"

An unbearable silence lasted for a while.

Zhenqing asked hesitantly: "One year before I was born, my mother became a conscientious person. I don't know anything about the past, I only heard some gossip. What was my mother like in Qinhuai?"

The string songs return to the strings, the boats go back against the current, the traces of the years disappear, and the dusty memories rewind...

Fu Qiming was only in his teens that year, but he had already learned how to make a living. At that time, he was just a hawker who could speak well.

Fu Qiming has no ambitions, he just wants to live well and happily on his one-acre three-point land.

He was sitting by the window drinking and chatting with his three or five friends, and he was saying that the pretty maid had come to his stall to buy rouge three times.

Friends joked that he was a toad who wanted to eat swan meat, and the maids of famous noble families looked down on him.

Fu Qiming raised his fist with a smile and wanted to hit him. When he looked up, he saw a woman in a blue skirt with double-breasted sleeves and gowns from a distance. sedan chair.

Even if it's just a figure in the distance, thousands of demeanors are already in it.

He had never seen anyone like her since.

Friends said that she is the top song of Xunhuanlou, which has been gaining popularity recently.

"It's so beautiful that people can't even speak clearly. The dance is like a fairy coming down to earth, but she has a weird temper. She has to pick people." One said.

"It's so beautiful. I don't have one for many years. It's a signboard. It's okay to go to a dance. If you have a temper, you have a temper." The other laughed.

Fu Qiming didn't speak. For the first time, he felt that he was really a tortoise.It's just a little tortoise who earns a small amount of money and is greedy for Xiao'an, so he can only take a look from a distance in the audience.

Talented scholars and wealthy gentlemen bowed down one after another, but he felt embarrassed even to approach him.

Friends said that Fu Qiming had changed. He was thinking of ways to make money, and he no longer made jokes about the little maids.

She didn't dance like she was in the world of mortals, she didn't see those people full of desires in the audience, only the distant and empty sky.

She doesn't seem to belong to the world.

Fu Qiming always stayed at the sidemost seat, watching her quietly.

A soldier, a farmer, a businessman, and a soldier, he is a businessman that no one looks down upon.

At the end of the song, Qu Shiwei bent down briskly to salute, and floated past him.

"Girl!" Fu Qiming couldn't help calling her, and picked up a pearl that had fallen from her hairpin.

Qu Shi looked at him slightly, and couldn't help but chuckled softly, "Can this gentleman buy me a drink?"

As if the spring breeze had blown away the peach blossoms in the garden, Fu Qiming stammered and replied: "Okay, okay."

This is the best day of Fu Qiming's life.

He was only an arm's length away from Shiwei, but he didn't dare to look up at her.If he knew that he would never see her again, he would muster all his courage to hold her hand.

But at that time he didn't know anything, the girl in his heart was sitting opposite him, and he just cared about his heart beating like a drum.

Her voice was slightly hoarse, and the lazy ending was like the ripples left by a fish on the water after jumping up and down.

"I have an impression of you, you always sit on the side."

Fu Qiming blushed: "Girl, girl dances beautifully."

With a chuckle, Qu Shiwei rested his chin on one hand and said lazily, "Aren't people beautiful?"

Fu Qiming's mouth was smoking, and he hesitated and couldn't speak.

After a while, he raised his head with difficulty, with a flushed face: "Does the girl have any wishes?"

Qu Shiwei smiled when he heard the words, and Fu Qiming saw a pair of glazed eyes bent into the shape of a crescent moon, and two beautifully shaped lips opening and closing, "I want to go far away and look around."

The tone was slightly joking, but the expression was serious.

This was the happiest day in Fu Qiming's life.At the same time, this is the last time he sees Qu Shiwei.

Later, when he went to Xunhuan Tower again, he disappeared.It is said that he has become a good man. I heard that the man is a handsome scholar.

He will never forget those eyes, those glazed eyes, those eyes that look like crescent moons when he smiles.

From a peddler to a big businessman, he traveled far and wide, visited many places, and never blushed again, but he was speechless for a long time.

However, he never had the chance to see her again.

The end of the last sentence scattered in the air.Fu Qiming said: "My lord, every time I see your eyes, I think of her."