At a restaurant in the bustling city of Dongping County, about ten miles away from where Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling landed, they ordered wine and food and ate and drank.
When they were leaving, Li Shimin gave them a considerable amount of money. Of course Kou Zhong was not polite, so he immediately became high-spirited and generous.
Xu Ziling pressed the wine pot and advised: "Stop drinking, I think you are about to get drunk."
Kou Zhong pushed his hand away, poured himself a drink and said, "Just let me get drunk this time! I promise not to drink again in the future."
Xu Ziling said angrily: "Didn't you say that you saw it through? Now you have to drink to drown your sorrows. How can you be a hero?"
Kou Zhong squinted his drunken eyes and hugged him sideways, pushed him and said with a strange smile: "This is called celebrating with wine. To celebrate my first love as a scholar, I, Mr. Zhong, fell in love with a big-headed Buddha. Ha! Just for her." After getting drunk once, I will definitely make her regret in the future because she can't marry me. What kind of Shu Xi is this boy Chai, how dare you look down on me. Come on! Cheers!"
Xu Ziling couldn't do anything to him. Seeing that the few guests in the restaurant were looking at him, he had no choice but to raise their glasses and keep silent.
Kou Zhong was so drunk that he leaned down on the stage and muttered: "That's enough. Now let's go to the brothel next door and pick a woman who is a hundred or a thousand times more beautiful than her and see if we can do it without her." "
Xu Ziling took the opportunity to pay the bill, forcibly picked him up, helped him downstairs, and said following him: "Go! Let's go to the brothel."
Kou Zhong suddenly woke up and said: "Don't lie to me. Two brothers in one generation. You must take me to a brothel and choose the cutest pretty girl for me."
At this time, the two of them came to the street. It was the time when the lanterns were first turned on, but the bustling avenue was as quiet as a ghost land. Under the rustling autumn wind, there were only one or two passers-by passing by in a hurry, and it was a desolate scene.
Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said, "It seems you are still awake!"
Kou Zhongse changed his mind and said, "So you don't intend to take me to a brothel. How can we still be considered brothers?"
Xu Ziling insisted: "Did I say that?"
Kou Zhong suddenly broke away from Xu Ziling's support, staggered to the side of the road, squatted down and vomited into the ditch.
Xu Ziling rushed over, squatted down and grabbed his shoulders, rubbing his vest with his other hand, feeling so sad that he wanted to cry.
He had never seen Kou Zhong so unhappy.
After Kou Zhong vomited so much that yellow bile and water came out, he lowered his head and gasped: "Xiao Ling! I'm in pain!"
Xu Ziling sighed: "Your love career has not yet begun, and you are already suffering like this. If Li Xiuning had made a promise of each other with you but fell in love with you, wouldn't you have to commit suicide?"
Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "You don't understand. When you and Li Xiaozi were studying the account books last night, I teased her and she didn't know how congenial she was. She also showed that she cared about me."
Xuan Ze said sadly: "Looking back now, I realize that she only interrogated our origins on behalf of Mr. Li. From the beginning to the end, she never let me, Kou Zhong, take her mind."
Xu Ziling said dejectedly: "I should have known that these high-ranking people would not look down on us, a small role with no name!"
Are you looking for trouble on this trip?"
Kou Zhongxian had come to his senses, his eyes flashed with strange light, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, good brother! After this, I, Kou Zhong, will never be so easily infatuated with a woman again."
Xu Ziling asked tentatively: "Do you want to go to the brothel again?"
Kou Zhong shook his head sadly, let Xu Ziling help him stand up, and said: "Find an inn to spend the night, and set off to Rongyang immediately tomorrow morning. After we find Sister Su Su, we will... ha!"
Xu Ziling supported him as he walked slowly along the street, wondering: "What's so funny?"
Kou Zhong put his arm on his shoulder, and the more he thought about it, the funnier he said: "In fact, God has treated us well. At least we have been able to gain a glimpse of the superior martial arts and have reached the first level as mother said. There is enough money in the bag.
"Yu, at least I know that Yang Gong's treasure house is somewhere near Yuanma Bridge in Kyoto, and I even got the account book that could harm Yu Wenhua's bones, but I still have to cry for a woman, and I'm really not making any progress."
Xu Ziling said happily: "This is my good brother, but do you still want to be the emperor?"
Kou Zhong was silent for a while, stopped and said seriously: "From the time we are sensible, we have to look at other people's faces to behave. What's the point in doing this? I dare not say whether I want to be the emperor, but in short, I don't want to be subordinate to others anymore.
What are we inferior to others?"
Xu Ziling agreed: "We really won't lose to anyone."
Kou Zhong chuckled and said: "Let us make a career, so that my mother's spirit in heaven will be happy, and no one will dare to treat us as nothing in the future."
Xu Ziling became very passionate after hearing this, and sang a popular tune at the time: "I am a noble son, and I have always loved talents throughout my life."
Kou Zhong then sang: "I feel the times and want to serve the country, draw my sword and rise up from the wormwood."
The two of them strode forward and marched forward, singing in unison: "Chipping west to Dinglingsai, heading north to Shanyutai. Climbing mountains to see thousands of miles, nostalgic for the past. Whoever said that he has not forgotten the misfortune will be wiped away into dust."
The song echoed in the dark and deserted streets.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling finally said goodbye to their lives of hiding and fleeing, and could let go and do the things they like.
The two came to a well and sat down beside the well railing.
Koo Zhong looked into the well and saw that the water at the bottom of the well was reflecting the bright moon in the clear sky. He smiled and said, "This is called the universe in the well. It is deeper and unfathomable than the universe in my father's sleeves."
Xu Ziling followed him and crouched at the mouth of the well, smiling bitterly and saying: "I don't know what happened in Dongping County. All the inns are full, but the streets are quiet and clear. Eh!"
Kou Zhongqi asked: "Are you looking at the moon in the well? What's all the fuss about?" Xu Ziling showed a thoughtful look, his eyes gleaming and said: "I feel like I've grasped something, but it's hard to tell."
Kou Zhong stayed for a long time, then lowered his head to look at the reflection in the well. There happened to be clouds crossing the sky, and the moon suddenly appeared and disappeared, and there was indeed some indescribable feeling in his heart.
Xu Ziling murmured in his dream: "Didn't my mother say that her master always said that everyone is self-sufficient? This well is self-sufficient. The water in the well is like a treasure house in the human body, which can possess and become anything.
, at this moment, the bright moon rises to the bottom of the well, don't you think it's true? The truth is that it's hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood. As long as you think it is that way, it should be that way."
Kou Zhong's big eyes lit up, he patted the well railing and said, "Well said! Look again!" He picked up a stone and threw it into the well.
"Plop!" With a sound, the bright moon turned into rippling light and shadow, and it took a while for it to return to its original state.
Xu Ziling exclaimed: "I understand, this is really a powerful mental method. In the past, when I faced the enemy, I could still calm down at the beginning, just like the clear water in a well that can reflect any environment. But once I started to fight, I would
Gritting my teeth, I forgot everything."
Kou Zhong sighed: "You haven't explained it thoroughly enough. When we saw our father, we were like mice and cats. It was the same with Shang Gong last time. If we can get rid of the fear, we will be as normal as usual.
If you practice Qigong and maintain the state of oneness, you can become the clear water in this well, which can reflect all environments and be completely different from before."
Xu Ziling turned his head and pressed his cheek against the edge of the cold well, sighing: "I'm so happy! If you can reach this state of no victory, no defeat, no pursuit, no desire, and never be tempted by the bright moon in the well, your life will be short."
I have been willing to do so for ten years."
Kou Zhongshang was about to speak, but the sound of footsteps woke them up. The two followed the sound and saw two big men with long swords walking towards the well. One of them in gray clothes shouted: "Boy, don't block the mouth of the well, I want to drink."
Where's the water?"
Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Let me wait on you!"
The two of them put down the bucket with hands and feet and fetched clean water.
The two big men took it and drank it without ceremony.
Another person said: "You are a good boy, why are you still hanging out here so late at night?"
Xu Ziling said: "Let's chat if we have nothing to do. May I ask where the two uncles are going?"
The big man in gray gave him a cold look and sneered: "So what if I tell you, are you qualified to go?" After saying that, he and his companions left.
The two of them looked at each other, both confused and confused.
Kou Zhong said: "Everything is fine, why don't we just follow them and see how they look? We might as well find a place to spend the night."
Xu Ziling readily agreed.
The two of them had a childlike innocence and started Qinggong. They were able to fly over eaves and climb walls as if they were walking on flat ground. They were really good at it.
Suddenly they entered a world that they could only dream of before. Although it was only a thin line away from the world of ordinary people, it was completely different. It could only be achieved by top masters, making them full of energy.
Infused with a mysterious and extraordinary feeling.
Their hearts turned into water in a well, without any thought or hindrance, but objectively reflecting the mysterious side of the universe.
When their heads poked out from the eaves of a roof, the two Tai Mo had just entered a street from a side alley.
Outside the gate of a huge house located in the south of the city, there was a lot of traffic and bustle. There were bright lights inside and outside the gate, people were coming and going, and the sound of laughter could be heard everywhere.
Kou Zhong leaned into Xu Ziling's ear and said, "It turns out that everyone is here. It must be an important event such as a birthday or wedding banquet. How about we go and join in the fun?"
Xu Ziling said: "No wonder those two bastards laughed at us for not being qualified to go. Just by looking at the style, you can tell that the person hosting the wedding is very important. How can we get in without an invitation?"
Kou Zhong seemed to have fully recovered from Li Xiuning's blow, and said in a lively voice: "If you can't get in through the front door, just go through the fucking back door. Now that we are wearing fresh clothes, as long as we can get in, no one will suspect that we bumped into each other for nothing.
!"
Without waiting for his consent, Kou Zhong jumped down the alley and walked out of the street.
Xu Ziling had no choice but to chase him.
The two of them walked side by side towards the mansion on the corner of the street. Only then did they realize that the door across the street, which was not visible from the angle just now, was crowded with people watching the excitement but unable to get in. There were hundreds of people at least.
A group of more than thirty armed men in Tsing Yi were maintaining order and preventing idlers from blocking the streets and preventing real guests from entering the mansion.
Kou Zhong was very surprised and said: "My mother! What is going on? Even if this family holds a banquet, it will not attract so many people to see it?"
Xu Ziling saw a group of idlers in front being blocked by several big men. He turned around and hurriedly stopped one of them and asked:
"What's the big deal?"
The man glared, vented his anger on them, and said angrily, "You don't even know that Shi Qingxuan, who is famous all over the world, is here, so go back to your nest and join in the trouble with your mother!" After that, he left angrily.
Already.
Both of them were stunned upon hearing this.
You must know that Shi Qingxuan is a strange woman who is famous all over the country. Her flute skills shocked the contemporary era. I had heard of her name as early as Yangzhou, but I didn't know who was so proud that he invited her to perform here. It is said that she has always lived in seclusion.
In this life, not many people can appreciate her flute music, but those who have heard it are all in admiration.
Kou Zhong elbowed Xu Ziling in the side and said with a strange smile: "I won't be lonely tonight. I can watch a movie and drink cheap wine."
Xu Ziling felt hot in his heart and said with a smile: "If you drink again, I won't accompany you." Kou Zhong said hurriedly: "You don't want to drink, come on!"
Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, he led Xu Ziling in a large circle and came to the back wall of the mansion covering an area of nearly 100 acres.
They easily crossed the high wall and reached the deserted backyard behind the house. When they walked towards the front house, they saw that the large garden behind the main house was full of lanterns, as bright as day, and crowded with maids and guests.
The two of them dusted off their clothes and swaggered into the crowd: they were very interested.
Kou Zhong looked at the female guests who were deliberately dressed up with dazzling eyes, pointing and commenting from time to time, seeming to have completely forgotten about Li Xiuning.
When they squeezed into the main hall of the mansion, the atmosphere was even more heated. Everyone was excitedly discussing Shi Qingxuan's flute skills, as if they were experts in studying her.
There are more than ten tables lined up along the * wall of the hall, filled with delicacies and snacks for everyone to enjoy.
Kou Zhong hugged Xu Ziling and walked in and out of the crowd, sighing: "If I had known there was such a good place, I would have saved the dinner just here!"
Xu Ziling suddenly let out a low cry and pulled Kou Zhong to hide behind a stone pillar, as if to avoid someone.
Kou Zhong was confused and asked: "What's the matter?"
Xu Ziling stretched out his hand and pointed: "Look!"
Kou Zhong looked around and saw only six or seven noble gentlemen. Among the guests of both sexes, they were talking around two beautiful girls, which was quite eye-catching. He cheered up and said: "These two
This girl is indeed very beautiful."
Xu Ziling said angrily: "I didn't mean to say that they should look further away, okay? They also said that they would not be tempted by women so easily."
Kou Zhong reluctantly looked away, and then he saw three people sitting in a group of rosewood chairs on the side of the hall. The others could only stand aside, which further highlighted the status of these three people.
The man in the middle has a white beard and a majestic appearance, but his clothes are ragged. Although he is sitting, people can still feel his majestic body and majesty.
The other man was wearing a long robe and had frosty temples, which made people know that he must be much older, but his appearance was only middle-aged, and he was elegant and elegant, with an elegant attitude, giving people an otherworldly feeling.
Kou Zhong has gained a lot of experience in these days, but he still feels that these two people are transcendent and outstanding.
The person sitting and talking with these two people was a middle-aged man who looked like a high official. He was very dignified and gave people the impression of being shrewd and powerful.
Kou Zhong was surprised. Although these three people looked like characters, Xu Ziling still shouldn't make a fuss.
At this time, Xu Ziling's voice rang in his ears: "Isn't that the Shen Naitang we met before?"
Kou Zhong was startled and quickly found Shen Naitang among the dozen or so people talking around the three of them.
On that day, the two of them were escorted by Du Fuwei to get the "Secret of Immortality". On the way, they met Shen Naitang and Liang Shidu's son Liang Shunming and others. They had a conflict, which caused the two of them to sneak away in the chaos. They have long forgotten these days.
, now that I saw Shen Naitang, I immediately remembered his beautiful aunt and niece Shen Wushuang.
Xu Ziling whispered: "Hurry up and run away!"
Kou Zhong insisted: "Why are you running away? If you don't hear the sound of Shi Qingxuan's flute, you won't be able to run away. Besides, Old Shen can't see us."
Then he said: "Then Guan'er seems to be the master. I wonder who these two are?"
Xu Ziling put aside Shen Naitang for the time being and responded: "Just by looking at the way other people imitate them, you can tell that they are extraordinary people. Hey! A top master should have this kind of style!"
At this moment, the mighty old man and the long-robed Confucian scholar both looked at the two of them in unison, as if they had noticed that they were watching them.
The two of them were startled and hurriedly retreated behind the pillar.
Kou Zhong whispered: "My mother! Masters are really masters, they are not just playing for fun."
In a panic, Xu Ziling felt someone approaching from behind. He thought it was another guest walking by, but he clearly felt the other person's hand tapping his shoulder.
It was an indescribable and subtle feeling. He couldn't see the other party's movements at all, but he knew it clearly.
At this moment, his mind entered the realm of Bubojingshui that could reflect the bright moon in the sky, and he realized that the other party was not trying to hurt him.
Put your palms on your shoulders, feeling warm and soft.
Kou Zhong also felt something strange and turned around at the same time to look at the person coming.
At one glance, the two of them were immediately stunned.
It was actually Dongming Princess Shan Wanjing disguised as a pretty scholar, the person they least wanted to meet right now.