A knife in love

Chapter 688

The old man seemed to have guessed that the red-robed man intended to buy horses, and smiled slightly at the moment, saying: "To be honest, although these three horses belong to my father and son, they are gifts from a nobleman. If my father and son Donating or selling the horses to others is against the good intentions of the nobleman. Therefore, please forgive me, these three horses cannot be sold to the lord."

The man in the red robe sighed, shook his head, and kept saying "it's a pity".The four people behind him were all wearing green robes, with gloomy faces and long swords hanging from their waists.Seeing that the old man politely refused to sell the horse, a man in green robe said loudly: "You old man is so ungrateful. Our tall butler thinks highly of you, so we can persuade you well. You don't know good and bad, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

The old man was not angry when he heard his threats, he just smiled slightly and said: "One only needs to be fair and not violate one's conscience, so why should you be afraid of causing trouble? Besides, everything in the world can't be justified. The tall butler is so generous , is it a bullying and unreasonable person?"

Although every word he said was flattering the red-robed man, he just used defense as offense, putting the red-robed man in an extremely embarrassing situation.Sure enough, the red-robed man turned his head and glared at the green-robed man, and said, "How can you talk here? Why don't you shut up?!"

The green-robed man's expression changed drastically, he hurriedly took two steps back, and stood at the same place as his companion who was reprimanded by the red-robed man after knocking the waiter into the air.

The red-robed man turned his head, cupped his hands at the old man, and said, "I don't know what the old man's name is, where did he get rich?"

The old man clasped his fists in return, and said: "My surname is Liu, from Linzhou. It's not a matter of getting rich or not. It's just running some small businesses to earn a living."

The man in red was stunned, and said: "Linzhou is a long way from here, and my father has traveled thousands of miles to this remote village, what is the important thing?"

Li Qiufeng and the others sat on the side, quietly watching the two talking, and listening to the red-robed man inquiring about the old man's background, although there was nothing impolite about it, it was just that it was extremely inappropriate to ask a passer-by who happened to meet in this way.The old man was not angry, and said: "My father and son sell Sichuan brocade and often travel between Linzhou and central Sichuan. There are many wars in the world today, and the road to Shu is difficult. I heard that Taiyuan is still peaceful, so I wondered if I could We transported Shu Brocade to Taiyuan for sale. However, when we passed by here, we encountered a thick fog for no reason, and came here by mistake.”

When Li Qiufeng and the others heard that the old man surnamed Liu mentioned that "wars are everywhere in the world today", they were startled.Since Emperor Jiajing came to the throne, although there have been constant party disputes in the court and Japanese pirates have harassed the southeast coast from time to time, it is an exaggeration to say that "wars are everywhere in the world", and he is charged with "bewitching words to deceive the public". It's not wrong.

The red-robed man's face darkened, and he said: "Old man Liu's words are too exaggerated. Today, when the Holy Son of Heaven is restored, it is just when the chaos is set right, and the world is turning from chaos to order. If you say 'wars and chaos', I'm afraid it will be a big mistake." OK."

When Li Qiufeng heard what the old man surnamed Liu said, "the world is full of wars and chaos", he was quite disdainful.After hearing the red-robed man say "the return of the Holy Son of Heaven", he became even more suspicious. He thought to himself that although Emperor Jiajing inherited the great rule as a vassal king, it was definitely not a "restoration of the Holy Son of Heaven".The first emperor, Emperor Zhengde, had a lot of mischief, which caused the rebellion of Qian Ning and Jiang Bin, and even the rebellion of King Ning.However, in terms of the general trend of the world, it is far from what it means to "put order out of chaos and turn the world from chaos to great order".These two people, one civil and one military, looked like they were people in the officialdom, but their speech was too weird, which was incomprehensible.

The old man heard what the man in the red robe said, but before he could answer, the rough boy couldn't help it anymore, he only heard him sneer, and said: "That fake emperor took the throne by despicable means, bullying orphans and widows, watching his actions, It can be said to be extremely despicable and shameless. Your Excellency said that he is some kind of "Holy Son of Heaven", wouldn't it make people laugh out loud?!"

Seeing the rude young man speak rudely, the white horse knight hastily shouted, "Seventh brother, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

The rough boy was dissatisfied, but he was reprimanded by his elder brother, but he didn't dare to say any more, he muttered a few words, but he didn't make any excuses.

Li Qiufeng and the others were stunned when they heard that the rough boy uttered such earth-shattering and weeping words.Situ Qiao, Sun Guangming, and Su Yan had heard all kinds of folk legends about Emperor Jiajing's ascension to the throne. It was nothing more than the sudden death of Emperor Zhengde, leaving no heirs.At that time, the kings who were enfeoffed in various places were ready to move. Emperor Jiajing, who was the king of Xingxian in Huguang at that time, bought several court elders and eunuchs in power in the palace, and slandered the Empress Dowager Zhang.Empress Dowager Zhang was deceived by the group, and even agreed that King Xingxian would be the successor of the Datong.Unexpectedly, after King Xingxian became Emperor Jiajing, he immediately changed his face, and he was determined to make the old King Xingxian the emperor and his own mother to be the queen mother.Therefore, after he entered the Beijing Imperial Palace, he was extremely indifferent to Empress Dowager Zhang, and always wanted to find someone who would abolish her as Empress Dowager for a crime, so that his biological mother could become Empress Dowager in a legitimate way.If it weren't for the desperate admonishment of many ministers in the court, I am afraid that Queen Mother Zhang would have suffered disaster long ago.It is reasonable to say that Emperor Jiajing bullied this widowed aunt.

It's just that Emperor Xiaozong, the father of Emperor Zhengde, only loved Empress Dowager Zhang in his life, and Empress Dowager Zhang only gave birth to two sons.The eldest son was Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao, and the second son Zhu Houwei died young.Although Emperor Zhengde was sensual and sensual, he did not leave any princes behind. This is why Emperor Jiajing entered the Datong.Therefore, it is okay for Emperor Jiajing to coerce the "widowed mother". As for bullying the "orphan", even if Emperor Jiajing wanted to bully, there was no one to bully.Thinking about this rude young man who is rude and seldom read, he just heard some folk rumors and rumors, so he regarded it as a real thing, and he uttered nonsense here.

Everyone originally thought that the red-robed man would definitely fly into a rage after hearing the rude young man's rude words.Unexpectedly, the red-robed man looked calm, looked at the rough boy, nodded, and said: "Young man has such insight, it can be said to be extremely rare. It can be seen that right and wrong are in the hearts of the people. what."

Li Qiufeng and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what his words meant.

At this moment, only the sound of footsteps could be heard, but it was Shopkeeper Hu who came out from the inner hall.Seeing that there were a few more people in the room, he was startled for a moment, then his face was full of joy, he walked up quickly to have a chat with the man in red, and respectfully invited the man in red and the four The man in green robe takes his seat.After the red-robed man sat down, the four green-robed men did not dare to sit down, but stood behind him with their hands down.They didn't sit down until the red-robed man nodded to signal the four to sit down.It's just that the buttocks are only half-sat on the stool, each with their chests raised up, their eyes fixed on each other, and they are indescribably uncomfortable.

After the little boy was knocked out, he stayed in the corner of the counter until the four men in green robes left the store and sat down beside the man in red robes, then he stood up straight and rubbed his arms with his teeth bared.After shopkeeper Hu asked the red-robed man to sit down, he turned his head and glared at Xiao Er, cursing in his mouth: "Blind bastard, why don't you serve some tea to the elders soon?!"

The waiter agreed, then quickly ran into the back hall, and after a while, he brought the tea tray to the red-robed man with fragrant tea.The man in red took a sip from the teacup, his eyes lit up, and he said: "I never thought that such a good tea could be found in such a small place, it is extremely rare."

When he said this, he looked up at shopkeeper Hu, and said, "This tea is not ordinary, where did the shopkeeper buy it from?"

Shopkeeper Hu was about to speak when he heard footsteps in the yard, and then someone said loudly, "Is Lao Hu there?"

Shopkeeper Hu agreed, and then smiled at the red-robed man: "Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, and the man will arrive in a while, the uncle will ask him."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the door curtain had already been picked up, and then an old man with a gray beard walked in.The old man looked like he was in his 70s, but his complexion was ruddy, just like a baby.Although his clothes were covered with patches, they were very clean.I saw that the old man was carrying a dilapidated bag, and he didn't know what was in it.After seeing shopkeeper Hu, he laughed and said, "Old Hu, I have brought you the Dragon Dancao you wanted. There are 15 taels in total. It took me three days, and it is enough for you, Old Hu, to use for half a year."

Shopkeeper Hu said: "Thank you, old man. It's already past afternoon, old man, sit down for a while. Today's lunch is my treat."

The old man was not polite, thanked him, and walked to a table next to Li Qiufeng and the other four, put his shoulder pocket by the table, pulled out a stool and sat down.He turned his head to look at the people in the store, and said with a smile: "There are a few more faces today, and you, shopkeeper Hu, will be busy."

Shopkeeper Hu chuckled and said, "Since we are opening a tavern, the people who come here are all parents. How can we open a restaurant and think there are too many customers? What would the old man want to eat today?"

The old man pondered for a while, and said: "I collected half a bag of yellow rice from Tianhou Village today, which is the best for steaming rice. Please trouble Lao Hu to steam a pot of yellow rice, and invite everyone who comes to the store today to try ours. Delicious here."

While speaking, the old man lifted the pocket from the ground and handed it to shopkeeper Hu.Shopkeeper Hu agreed, and after taking the bag, he walked towards the back hall. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to the old man, "Just now, an old man asked about tea. Please explain the matter to the old gentleman. I am going to steam the yellow rice now, please wait a moment."

After he finished speaking, he walked into the back hall.The old man let out a haha, glanced around at everyone in the store, and said, "Which uncle asked about tea?"

The man in red took a look at the old man and said, "I asked. Does the old man know the origin of this tea?"

The old man nodded and said: "The tea itself is nothing special, it's just the green tea brewed by the old owner of Ambergris Villa on the edge of Taihu Lake. After transporting it here, I added some ice skin grass roots to it The ice-skin grass root mixed with the tea can dispel the coldness and earthy taste of the tea, making the tea taste much better."

The man in the red robe nodded and said, "The old man has an extraordinary bearing, but is he from his hometown?"

The old man said: "You are joking. I am just a farmer. How can I be arrogant? I grew up here since I was a child, and I made a living by digging herbs in the mountains. Now the loess has buried a lot of people. Half of it, one day counts as one day."

The red robe said humanely: "Since the old man lives here, I want to inquire about something, and I ask the old man to give me some advice."

The old man laughed and said: "You are too polite, just say what you have to say."

The man in the red robe didn't speak immediately, he picked up the teacup and touched it lightly between his lips, frowned, pondered for a while, and then said: "Excuse me, old man, do you know where the Skull King Temple is now?"

(End of this chapter)