That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 357

Xu Beiyou made friends with the Yamen of the Third Division of Jiangdu, and he naturally had all the relevant road citations, so he entered the city smoothly without any twists and turns.

Walking in Jiangling City, the most obvious feeling is that it is much more deserted than Jiangdu. Xu Beiyou looked around and said: "The first time Emperor Xiao went to the south, he conquered Shuzhou and went to Huzhou. He set up a Jiangling camp in Jiangling. The Jiangling battalion was in charge of printing, and he took over the military and political power, and later, Liao King Shepherd Qi and Zha Mang took advantage of Xiao Huang's southern expedition, and the defense was empty, and personally led the Northeast Army to break into the territory of Xiheyuan, and the soldiers approached the city of Zhongdu. The huge northwest was in danger in an instant."

Wu Yu said in surprise: "Brother still knows this."

Xu Beiyou said with a smile: "I didn't know it before, I made up for it later. My house is very close to the ancient battlefield where the two armies fought. There was a lot of evil energy there, and there were often evil soldiers who came and went to hurt people. I used to practice swords with swords. These things make targets."

Wu Yu had never heard Xu Beiyou talk about his past, so he couldn't help asking curiously at this moment: "Brother, are you from the Northwest?"

Xu Beiyou said in the dialect of his hometown in the northwest: "Xihe Prefecture in the northwest, but now it belongs to Shanzhou."

Wu Yu stopped entangled in this issue, and asked instead: "Then what happened later?"

Xu Beiyou continued to move forward, and said in a slow voice: "Later, Jiangdu Lu Qian took advantage of the situation and dragged Lanyu's Jiangling camp. The humble retreat enabled Lanyu's Jiangling camp to withdraw from Huzhou and return to defense, and then blocked the retreat route of the Northeast Army. I spared no effort to compete in the world, and finally had to surrender to Daqi."

Xu Beiyou smiled, "In the 20th year of Taiping, I went to Liaozhou with my master to visit the current king of Liao, Mutang, that His Highness was extremely gloomy, and his temperament was even more gloomy like a woman in a deep palace, so terrifying. "

Wu Yu shook his head and said, "It's all about the affairs of emperors and generals, it's too far away."

Xu Beiyou stopped in his tracks and said softly, "But you will meet them one day."

Wu Yu was startled for a moment, then bowed his head and hummed.

Wu Yu's beauty has always been ranked among the top three beauties that Xu Beiyou has seen in his life. Leaving aside Zhang Xueyao and Qin Mumian, who are not in their youth, the leader is of course Her Royal Highness Xiao Zhinan, who is full of beauty and beauty. The second place is male and female, Murong Xuanyin is indistinguishable between male and female, but no matter how happy Murong Xuanyin is, he is still a man in the end, and lacks the natural femininity of a woman in his bones.

As for Wu Yu, compared with Xiao Zhinan, after all, he lacks the solid background given by his family background, and lacks a bit of grandeur, so he can't be as mellow and smooth as Xiao Zhinan. He will definitely surpass Murong Xuanyin, and maybe one day he will be able to compete with Xiao Zhinan.

Xu Beiyou didn't dare to say that he would be Wu Yu's sculptor, but he just tried his best to open up the situation for her, hoping that she could make further progress, hoping that one day she would be able to overwhelm the country and the city.

After a group of people wandered around for half an hour, they finally found a semi-official high-class inn, which only received passing court officials on weekdays. With Bai Yu's status as the deputy commander of the rear army, they were able to reserve a courtyard.

Xu Beiyou didn't take a rest immediately after checking in, but took off his outer robe and asked someone to bring two bamboo chairs to enjoy the shade in the courtyard.

Wu Yu sat down on the vacant seat, and asked softly, "Could it be that senior brother hasn't been invading from cold and heat?"

Now that Xu Beiyou and Wu Yu don't feel too unfamiliar, he said with a smile: "The cold and heat do not invade, but the habits formed in the past ten years are not so easy to change. Back then, in Xiaofangzhai, every day On summer nights, the house is sweltering and hot, and my husband and I have to enjoy the cool air in the courtyard, thinking about it now, it really seems like a lifetime ago."

"What kind of life is that?" Wu Yu asked, tilting his head.

Xu Beiyou's eyes glanced at her beautiful face, and he said softly, "Whether it's you or Xiao Zhinan, neither of them has anything to do with being poor or humble. "Xi, eight words, do you understand the meaning?"

Wu Yu never thought deeply about the deep meaning of these eight characters, and after hesitating for a while, he shook his head.

Xu Beiyou stroked the jade pendant hanging from his waist, and said slowly: "A lamp oil and a candle are more valuable than a day's ration. How can poor people afford to light lamps? Naturally, they can only rest at sunset. As for the sunrise But doing it is because planing food in the ground is the most fair thing. If you work hard, you will get some food. If you slack off, you will be hungry. I sleep alone at three poles in the day. Who is a god, I am a god. In the poor family It seems that being able to sleep until the sun rises is already a day for a god."

Xu Beiyou paused for a moment, and said: "A few disciples in the Sword Sect were slack in practicing swords. They said that they felt hard after practicing swords for five or six hours. In my opinion, they were in the midst of blessings and didn't know their blessings. When I was in Xiaofangzhai, The whole day is spent working. When the times are bad, you still have to go hungry. Sometimes you still have to mow grass, herd sheep, and do coolies when your stomach is empty, because if you don’t work, you will starve to death. Are you saying that they are in the midst of blessings and don’t know their blessings?”

It was the first time Wu Yu heard Xu Beiyou talk about his past experience. She only knew that Xu Beiyou traveled the world with his master Gongsun Zhongmou, and then chased him all the way to Jiangdu in the Temple of Demon Suppression, but she didn't know what he was doing before he traveled the world. At this time, I couldn't help being shocked, "Senior brother also did... a coolie?
The last two words were bitten lightly by Wu Yu, as if he couldn't believe it.

Xu Beiyou smiled warmly, and said: "That happened when I was 15 years old. My husband ran out of money, his life was not good, and my family had no food. I had to go to Danxia Village to do coolie work. There were caravans coming and going. A lot, when you are lucky, you can earn dozens of pennies a day."

"Dozens of pennies?!" Wu Yu really couldn't believe it. For her who was born in an official family, money was always calculated in taels. It was hard for her to imagine that she could use millions of taels of silver now. Xu Beiyou, what it was like to work hard all day for dozens of pennies.

Wu Yu looked at Xu Beiyou, who had a calm face, and his heart seemed to be pulled by something.

Xu Beiyou talked very much today, and then said: "I have experienced most of the suffering in the bottom world, so I have never been reconciled to living like that for the rest of my life. My husband said, 'Time is destiny, and only by doing your best can you obey the destiny', So I told myself that I should do my best and wait for the fate, but fortunately, the sky has not let me down, and finally let me wait for the master and see the magnificence and prosperity of another world."

At this time, Xu Beiyou had a strange demeanor, not a bit reserved, but full of vigor.

"I'm here, so I don't plan to leave again. I hate those words that are indifferent to fame and wealth. While enjoying the glory and wealth, I also advertise that I don't admire glory and wealth. How is it different from being a bitch and setting up a memorial arch? In the world, you are supposed to make contributions, so why hide it?"

Wu Yujing listened to Xu Beiyou's talk about his ambitions, and a sentence that had been repeated countless times came to mind.

No pain No gain.

(End of this chapter)