Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 158 Plum Blossom Plays the Flute

Yang Shucheng followed Wang Jigang and ran to the villa. The lights in front of the villa were brightly lit. Sure enough, a group of bandits had arrived.

Yang Shucheng ran closer and saw three bandits fighting fiercely around a white-faced scholar.

Yang Shucheng looked at these four people and couldn't help being shocked.

These three bandits are the "Taihang Three Heroes". They are Niu Shiming, Hu Liangjian, and Wang Bao.

Another white-faced scholar, holding a jade-colored flute, was playing one against three, looking very composed.

The scholar is Xiong Songlin, the "Jade Flute Master" from Handan.

He also rescued Yang Shucheng and went to Jinshi Villa as a guest together. Later, he also defeated Shi Renjun at the Yunyin Ancient Temple in Hebei Province.

Yang Shucheng saw that both sides were friends, so he walked in and shouted:

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, we are all brothers."

When the four of them looked at each other, they all recognized Yang Shucheng. They immediately stopped and greeted Yang Shucheng.

Master Wang recognized Yang Shucheng, and seeing that both parties were friends, he no longer regarded the "Three Heroes of Taihang" as bandits, and hurriedly invited them to come to the villa.

It turned out that the "Taihang Three Heroes" were in the deep mountains and gradually ran out of food and wine. They found out that Wangjiazhuang had a lot of wine, so they led their brothers to attack Wangjiazhuang.

All the capable servants followed Wang Jigang on his long journey. The "Taihang Three Heroes" led a crowd to surround Wangjiazhuang and were about to break in. Unexpectedly, Xiong Songlin just passed by.

After asking for the reason, the two sides started fighting. The "Jade Flute Master" was naturally very skilled in martial arts. The "Taihang Three Heroes" had no choice but to fight around Xiong Songlin together.

It happened that Yang Shucheng came over. He was his brother, so he was invited into the house by Master Wang.

The Wang family was indeed a wealthy family, so they immediately set out food and wine to entertain the group of people.

The brothers of the "Three Heroes of Taihang" were placed next door. The candles were burning brightly in the main hall. Master Wang kept raising glasses to accompany these wealthy people.

It turned out that Wang Jigang had just been kidnapped by Shi Renjun and sent a servant back overnight to report the news. The owner of Wangzhuang was about to send someone to rescue his son. He did not want to be entangled by the "Taihang Three Heroes" and could not save his son in time. When he was extremely anxious and embarrassed, His son Wang Jigang was also rescued by Yang Shucheng.

The family was reunited, and the owner of the village, Wang, was the happiest and kept urging his guests to drink.

After drinking until late at night, the "Taihang Three Heroes" led their men to return to the village. The owner of Wangzhuang was also generous and gave a cart of grain and two tanks of wine. The "Taihang Three Heroes" were very happy.

The "Three Heroes of Taihang" said goodbye to Yang Shucheng and returned to the village overnight with wine and food.

Here, after the wine is finished, Master Wang arranges for the guests to sleep.

The next day, when the sun rose very high, everyone got up and drank again. However, this time, the banquet was placed in the plum grove in the back garden.

In the plum forest, there was a pavilion with a banquet. Wang Jigang, Xiong Songlin and Yang Shucheng were sitting in the pavilion drinking.

A large pot is cooking mutton, the aroma is wafting, as well as pheasants, muntjac and other mountain delicacies. There were four large fire pots next to them, and the charcoal fire inside was burning brightly. Even though I was drinking in the open space, there was no breeze, and my whole body felt warm.

There were several servants standing nearby waiting on him.

The three of them drank until they were half drunk.

Xiong Songlin said: "It has been cold these days, and the plum blossoms are in bud but not blooming."

Then Wang Jigang said: "If you want the plum blossoms to bloom, what's the difficulty? I have a way."

"any solution?"

It is extremely difficult to make the plum blossoms bloom. The weather was warm and warm a few days ago, and the plum blossoms were able to bloom. However, it has been freezing cold these days, and the plum blossoms are still in bud. How can we make the weather warmer?

Wang Jigang said: "Of course I have a way. Come on, please go and put a pot of charcoal fire under each plum tree."

"Yes." Several servants who were standing waiting responded and left.

Xiong Songlin couldn't help but nod, this is a good idea.

Sure enough, after a while, the servants brought several pots of charcoal fire and placed them under the plum tree. The charcoal fire was burning brightly, making the whole plum courtyard steaming with heat.

Wang Jigang said: "Let's drink and slowly wait for the plum blossoms to bloom."

The three of them were drinking.

Xiong Songlin said: "I will play a song to encourage the plum blossoms to bloom."

With that said, Xiong Songlin took out the jade flute, put it to his mouth and started playing.

They both stopped drinking and listened to him playing the flute. The high-pitched and exciting sound of the flute was the famous plum blossom music.

After playing the song, the three of them walked down from the pavilion and walked into the plum forest. Their noses first smelled a faint fragrance of plum blossoms.

The three of them walked along the scent, and sure enough they saw a plum blossom half blooming on a low branch.

The three of them stood under the plum blossoms and admired it. It was half-open, like a shy beauty, and the fragrance was alluring.

The three of them were wandering under the flowers. At this time, the charcoal fire was strong and the heat was steaming. In the time it took to have a cup of tea, more than a dozen plum blossoms bloomed.

The aroma was ethereal, and the three of them returned to the plum pavilion to drink.

At this time, the corner door creaked open, and a maid walked in. It turned out to be Wang Hong.

Wang Hong walked to the pavilion and said hello. Wang Jigang asked: "Wang Hong, what are you doing here?"

Wang Hong said: "I heard that the plum blossoms are in bloom here, and the lady asked me to pick one."

"Okay, you can pick some nice ones."

Wang Hong picked a few plum blossoms and left.

The three of them played in the plum garden all day.

At night, Yang Shucheng slept in the guest room. In the middle of the night, he heard the sound of a flute outside, which reminded him of Zhao Xiaolin from Jinshi Villa.

Yang Shucheng was completely sleepless, so he immediately got dressed and walked out of the room.

He followed the sound of the flute and came to the plum garden.

The gate of the plum garden was open, and Yang Shucheng walked in. The moonlight was hazy, and there seemed to be a vague figure in the plum forest. Could it be that Zhao Xiaolin was here?

She has the ability to sneak into this plum garden.

Did she follow the plum fragrance?

Yang Shucheng took a few hurried steps and saw clearly through the plum blossoms that it was not Zhao Xiaolin.

Those were Wang Hongping and her maid Wang Hong.

Wang Hongping turned around and spotted Yang Shucheng. Yang Shucheng hurriedly took a few steps and said:

"I've seen Miss."

Wang Hongping asked: "So Mr. Yang also came to appreciate the plum blossoms?"

Yang Shucheng said honestly: "I came to Meiyuan because I heard the sound of the flute. It was really abrupt and disturbed the lady."

"It doesn't matter. I think the plum blossoms are open during the day and lively. At night, they are deserted. I think they are lonely, so I took Wang Hong to see the plum blossoms."

Yang Shucheng said: "My lady's flute playing is really superb, which adds a lot of color to the plum blossoms."

"Young Master Yang is so polite. I've really made a fool of myself. By the way, I haven't thanked Young Master Yang for saving my brother."

Yang Shucheng said: "I just happened to be in the right situation."

At this time, the moonlight is melting, the shadows of the flowers are hazy, and the fragrance is ethereal.

The two came to the plum pavilion, sat down, and talked for a long time.

Get up the next day. "Prince Jade Flute" Xiong Songlin said goodbye and left. He heard that Li Zicheng had proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an and he would go to Xi'an to observe the situation.

Yang Shucheng also wanted to take the opportunity to leave. Wang Jigang reluctantly asked him to stay for a few more days.

In the afternoon of this day, the servant came to report that Tong Yuhui continued to attack Gongyi County and led his troops back east. In order to vent his anger, he looted along the way.

He was coming towards Wangjiazhuang along the foothills of Taihang Mountain. Since he came with a team of two to three hundred people, Wangjiazhuang expected that he would not be able to resist it. The owner of Wangjiazhuang said:

"We avoided him and hid in the mountains."

It turns out that in troubled times, thieves were on the rise. The owner of Wangzhuang was far-sighted and built a villa in the mountains. He had already moved the food and grass from the village into the villa.

After Master Wang gave the order, the servants packed their bags, loaded onto the carriage, and headed towards the mountains.

Yang Shucheng also wanted to see Zhao Xiaolin, so he said goodbye. Wang Ji just made an appointment with him to see him again, and the two parties said goodbye.

After Yang Shucheng left, he did not go north. Instead, he walked into Wangjiazhuang and waited for Tong Yuhui's troops to arrive. He wanted to fight Tong Yuhui in a decisive battle to avenge his father's murder.