The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 122 The History of the Old Man You Quyue

Six or seven days passed in a blink of an eye, and the two of them had already left the boundary of Yongzhou, passed through Gaoping, Langshan and other places, and arrived near Hualu, the capital of Quyue.The two of them had never been here before, but seeing the passers-by on the road, most of them were almost the same as those in the Central Plains area, so they didn't feel much novelty.

In the early morning of this day, the sky was bright, neither the cold of winter nor the heat of midsummer.Wan Jianfeng led the donkey and walked on the endless field. The sun poured on his body, making him feel warm.Although the weather wasn't very hot, there was no shade in the field. After walking for a while, the sweat on Wan Jianfeng's face slowly trickled down from his forehead, gathered between his neck and dripped to the ground.

Wan Jianfeng wiped his sweat with his hands, looked up at the sun again, and suddenly felt thirsty.He habitually untied the wine gourd from his waist, and took a few big gulps into his mouth. He was very thirsty at this time, and drank all the wine in the gourd before his thirst was quenched.

Murong Yunyao saw that there was no wine in his gourd, so she smiled and said: "Smelly beggar, don't you think you've been soaked in a wine tank? You said you drink wine like water every day, how much wine does it take to drink like this?" ?”

Wan Jianfeng shook the wine gourd, and said: "Hey, don't tell me, when I was a child, I actually fell into someone's wine vat, if it wasn't for the quick hand of the shopkeeper, he would have lifted me out of the vat , I am afraid that this young hero will have been buried in the wine vat long ago."

Murong Yunyao smiled and said: "You stink up a tank of wine, and the shopkeeper won't beat you to death?"

Wan Jianfeng said triumphantly: "Just because I am so smart, I can still be beaten! Not only did the shopkeeper not beat me, but he even rewarded me with a few copper coins before leaving."

Murong Yunyao asked in confusion: "Could it be that the shopkeeper's brain is sick?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "No, no! Because this young hero gave the shopkeeper an idea, let him buy the vat of wine that I soaked in this young hero as ginseng wine, and earned several times more. !"

Murong Yunyao had already bent over laughing at this time, she pointed to Wan Jianfeng and said: "What else have you done, you have recruited them truthfully, this girl is not afraid to die laughing here today!"

Wan Jianfeng said helplessly: "This young hero is so thirsty that I can't talk anymore. Fortunately, Quyue people often use wine instead of tea to entertain guests. It's very convenient to drink wine. Let's go quickly."

While the two were talking, they gradually walked out of the wilderness, and saw a small county town not far away.Wan Jianfeng pointed at the county town as if he had found a treasure, and said excitedly: "Little witch, there is a small town there, there must be wine to drink in the city, I will go first!" After speaking, he led the donkey and ran away go.

Soon, Wan Jianfeng came near the city gate.

He took a brief look at the small city, and saw that the city walls were low and dilapidated, with weeds growing in the gaps between the bricks and stones, and the houses in the city were also very simple and sparse. A plaque on the city gate read "Zhining County". Chinese character.

Wan Jianfeng couldn't care about these anymore, he quickly ran into the city gate, looking around for restaurants.But when he saw it, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.It was found that this place is not a restaurant, not even a decent house.

He had no choice but to walk into the city, and saw a tall old tree in the city, and under the shade of the tree, several old men were sitting around, playing chess and chatting.The sun slanted on the old tree, casting a thick reflection on the ground, enclosing the old people in it, and the scene was very warm and harmonious.How much they wish time could stay at this moment forever.

Wan Jianfeng stood in the distance, looking at these old people silently, and thought, "Hou Renbao let us wander around among the people, just because he wanted us to have a fight with this guy, and I will help them ask for some drinks by the way. It happens to kill two birds with one stone."

He thought about walking slowly to the old people, and said with a smile: "One day's leisure is better than two days, old men, you are living a life of gods! I wonder if you can tell me, a stranger, about you. Yue’s story?”

Several old people glanced at Wan Jianfeng up and down, and then said with a smile, "Encaili Dudu?"

Wan Jianfeng scratched his head and asked inexplicably, "Double belt? Only women and children wear bellybands. Is this Encai a woman? Your Qu Yue's story is not so special, it actually starts from a woman named Encai Let’s talk about the bellyband you’re wearing?”

The old people didn't seem to understand Wan Jianfeng's words, they looked at each other for a while, waved their hands and said: "The Empress You Wannan, Dihao Aida."

"You think I'm annoying, so you want me to go for a stroll in the south?" Wan Jianfeng became more and more confused, and was about to go to the front to find some Chinese-speaking people, when a burly old man came over, " Little brother, what do you want to ask, just ask me."

Although the old man was a bit old, he still spoke with full of energy, and his voice sounded like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.Wan Jianfeng was so shaken by his voice that he quickly covered his ears with his hands, and said with restraint: "Old man, this young man is a foreigner. He is a newcomer to Quyue recently. He was thirsty just now and wanted to find a cool place place to take a break and ask for a drink. Seeing a few old men who seemed to be telling stories, I came over to listen to them. But when these old men spoke, I couldn't understand a single word. It's cloudy."

The old man smiled and said: "The young man is from the Central Plains, so naturally he can't understand Qu Yue's dialect. In our Qu Yue, only these old people who don't live at home can speak Chinese."

He said, looking at the old people under the tree, and said in Qu Yue dialect: "Uncle Boluo is very good." These old people seemed to be very afraid of this old man, and they stood up one after another as soon as he finished speaking, and sat down. The bamboo chair she was sitting on gave up.

The old man nodded in satisfaction, picked out the strongest bamboo chair and sat down slowly, then pointed to a bamboo chair next to him and said: "Little brother, if you are interested in hearing our Qu Yue's story, just sit down and listen to my slow talk." Tell it slowly, don't lean on it like a bamboo pole, or you will be exhausted before my story is finished."

Wan Jianfeng saw that the old man was talking very funny, so he couldn't help feeling a little more fond of the old man, and sat opposite him as he said, looking at the old man curiously.The old man cleared his throat, and said in a low voice, "At the end of Tang Dynasty, we, Quyue, were still a part of the Great Tang Dynasty, and were called Jiaozhi by you Han people at that time. Yang Tingyi, the commander of Jinghai Jiedu in the Jiaozhi area, also took advantage of the situation to separate the regime, and thus the prototype of our Quyue came into being."

"What!" Wan Jianfeng's eyes widened in surprise, and he said in disbelief: "You guys here are also part of the Tang Dynasty? This young man sees you chattering, and I still think you are fighting with the Central Plains eight poles." I can't make it."

The old man laughed and said: "Didn't expect that! At that time, Yang Tingyi had two generals under Yang Tingyi, one was Wu Quan and the other was Jiao Gongxian. This Wu Quan was born with outstanding looks, both civil and military, and was deeply loved by Yang Tingyi. Jiao Gongxian Although the quality is not bad, compared with Wu Quan, it is still a little worse. At first, the three monarchs and ministers worked together to govern the country, and they lived in peace, but as Yang Tingyi's daughter became more and more beautiful, he faced the I have found a good husband for my daughter. Yang Tingyi's most important thing is naturally Wu Quan, and Wu Quan has long been in love with Yang Tingyi's daughter, and this marriage is a matter of course."

Hearing this, Wan Jianfeng interjected: "The left hand and the right hand are both hands. If that Jiao Gongxian also likes Yang Tingyi's daughter, wouldn't it be a bad thing?"

(End of this chapter)