king array

Nine hundred miles away, Yunmeng is a land of fish and rice, with Chu Mountain across the land, Han River connecting to the sky, connecting Wuhui to the east, and Bashu to the west.However, blessings and misfortunes depend on this stretch of fertile land, but because of its uniqueness, it also bears a difficult fate. Not only has it become a battleground for military strategists in wartime, the flames of war are not extinguished, and even in peacetime, it is unavoidable. Get into a lot of right and wrong.

Ling Xun and Fang Jue rode lightly from Qingping Mountain all the way to Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, they caught up with an early winter snowfall as soon as they entered the boundary of Jingzhou.

When Fang Jue came back from exploring the road, he opened his mouth and let out a cloud of white air, "Master Feng, we still have more than 30 miles to reach Wuling County, and the road is slippery in snowy weather. We may not be able to arrive in time before the city gate is locked. Why not?" Find a place to rest."

Ling Xun knew what to do and wrapped himself tightly in a fox fur jacket, the neckline and cuffs were covered with coquettish white hair, a delicate face was huddled under the white fur, which was exactly the same as him at this moment. The image of reining in horses and slashing swords is very incompatible.

"Well, let's rest for one night before leaving. Is there an inn nearby?" He coughed a few times, looking a little listless.

Chuxiu is famous all over the world, and Jinxiu Building has also opened a branch in Jingzhou, but Ling Xun, as the big boss, rarely sets foot in this land that raised him. Perhaps he is born with a disagreement with this place. I feel uncomfortable all over.He counted the number of times he has come to Jingzhou in the past ten years, and he can count on ten fingers.If it wasn't for important matters that he had to deal with in person, he would almost never get in.

Fang Jue replied: "I haven't seen the inn, but I found a village in front of me just now, maybe I can find someone to borrow."

So the two went to the village, but before they reached the place, they saw a person standing at the entrance of the village from a distance.In the heavy snow, she was holding an exquisitely crafted oil-paper umbrella, standing motionless in the quiet world, as if a big radish had been planted in the garden, and a meat bun had been mixed into the sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Abrupt and abnormal.

When he got closer, Ling Xun was surprised to find that although this woman was already a middle-aged woman, her facial features were very beautiful, and she might have been a beauty when she was young.

Snowfall in the countryside is the quietest time, except for the sound of horseshoes weakened by the snow, nothing else can be heard.

However, the woman didn't seem to notice anyone approaching at all, and her eyes were fixed on the distance. If it wasn't for the cold weather, a few wisps of white gas would occasionally emerge from her mouth and nose, proving that she was alive. Others probably thought it was a piece of cake The watcher's stone has become fine.

Ling Xun saw that the woman's sanity might be questionable, so he intentionally pushed the horse's head away, wanting to go around her, not wanting to provoke her.

But who knows what to fear, at this moment, the woman suddenly came alive, a pair of dark eyes rolled around in the eye sockets, and suddenly settled on Ling Xun's face, the facial muscles twisted and twisted, and she was inexplicably excited stand up.

Ling Xun thought it was bad, and was about to run away, but the woman took a step in front of his horse, and said in a mournful cry: "Your Majesty!"

Ling Xun: "..."

"Your Majesty! My servant is sorry for you! This servant killed the little princess..."

The woman burst into tears, and the more she wept, the louder she was, she grabbed Ling Xun's horse by the reins and refused to let him go, Fang Jue almost couldn't help but want to do something to her, but Ling Xun managed to stop him.

Finally, the noise at the entrance of the village startled the villagers out.

The villagers rushed forward to pull the woman away. Seeing that Ling Xun was very particular about his attire, the young man at the head was afraid that he might be some rich and powerful person not to be trifled with, so he explained apologetically, "Don't be surprised by this young man, she is a woman from our village. Hui Niang, who is not very smart, calls everyone Niang Niang. It’s snowing and the roads are difficult to walk. If you don’t mind, go to a fellow villager’s house and drink a few cups of hot wine to warm yourself up!”

Ling Xun already hated being mistaken for a woman, but this time it was good, he got a crazy woman out and carried him directly to the harem, so he became more and more convinced that he and Jingzhou were guilty.However, he has long practiced the kung fu of thinking one thing in his heart and saying another thing with his mouth to the extreme, so he just laughed it off magnanimously, and took the opportunity to propose to borrow it.

"If you two want to stay overnight, the house of Carpenter Wang at the east end of the village happens to be spacious, so go there!" The young man was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to guide the two of them.

Ling Xun and Fang Jue followed the young man to the east of the village. Looking all the way, they found that almost every household had some lacquerware drying in the yard and wooden carcass that could not be painted in the future. Most are covered with tarpaulins.

Ling Xun asked, "Is your village specialized in making lacquerware?"

The young man proudly said: "Yes! You must not be a local, right? The lacquerware produced in our village is the best in Jingzhou, and even the Assassin's Office has asked for our lacquerware by name!"

The village is not big, and he had already walked to that Wang Jiang's house while talking.Ling Xun looked into the yard through the wooden fence around the outside, and found that the yard was empty, not even a single piece of lacquerware. He asked curiously, "Why, this Wang Jiangren doesn't make lacquerware?"

The young man smiled mysteriously: "This craftsman Wang is excellent at making lacquerware! However, he has a weird temper and never makes lacquerware for others at will. He must be bought for his temper. Therefore, his family has very few lacquerware, but As long as you sell it, it will be a priceless boutique." After finishing speaking, the young man patted the courtyard door and shouted inside: "Is Carpenter Wang there?"

Not long after, a man came out of the house unhurriedly, with his hands arched, as thin as a bamboo pole, a gray beard and silver hair complement each other perfectly.

Ling Xun was a little surprised, he didn't expect this craftsman Wang to be so old.

The courtyard door opened, revealing a creased face of Master Wang, as if he hadn't seen Ling Xun and Fang Jue, he asked the young man with an unhappy face, "What's the matter?"

The young man smiled brightly: "Mr. Wang, it's snowing heavily, and someone wants to stay overnight."

Carpenter Wang was straightforward, without saying a word of nonsense, "Ten cents a night, no matter the food, love can't live!"

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" At this moment, a silver-haired woman chased after her. Because of her stature, at first glance she seemed to spin out a large teapot.Seeing that the old woman hooked Carpenter Wang's leg casually with her foot, she hooked him away from the door, out of the way, and corrected her with a smile on her face: "Ten cents a night, take care of the food! Come in, both of you!" "

Before Ling Xun could open his mouth to speak, there was faint sound of slow footsteps behind him. He looked back and found that it was the crazy woman who called him Empress before, and he didn't know when she quietly followed her. , Ling Xun's hair exploded in shock.

At this time, the oil-paper umbrella in the crazy woman's hand was gone, but there was half a white steamed bun, licking it like a candy bar. Seeing Ling Xun looking back, she stretched out her hand and handed over the steamed bun with a piece of glistening saliva hanging on it, and turned to Ling Xun. She smiled innocently and said, "Your Majesty, eat candy!"

Ling Xun: "..."

"Yo, our Hui Niang is back?" Seeing the mad woman, the old woman with the teapot immediately laughed like a spring flower, and encouraged her: "Our Hui Niang is so good, we all know how to give the candy to my brother!"

The blue veins on Ling Xun's forehead were throbbing, and the young man explained with a smile: "By the way, I forgot to tell the young master that Hui Niang is the adopted daughter of this craftsman Wang, and she also lives here."

No matter how good Ling Xun's self-cultivation is, he can't resist his face turning black.

He felt that the people in this village were not normal.

In the front, there was an old woman with a teapot, who was busy making up food and bedding, and in the back, there was Hui Niang, who was messing around and messing around, and after a while, she finally settled down before dark, and took care of Ling Xun and Fang. A room for Jue to spend the night.In the end, Ling Xun's full body was smoothed by Madam Wang's excellent cooking skills, and the sullen stomach dissipated, and he was gradually able to chat with them.

In fact, the old couple of Mr. Wang are also very pitiful. They lost their sons and daughters when they were young, and they have no children after that. They just stayed with each other for decades. Li picked up Hui Niang, and raised her as a daughter ever since.

Ling Xun asked: "This Hui Niang always talks about her maidservants and maidservants. Could it be that she used to be a member of the palace?"

Just after dinner, Hui Niang was helping to clean up the dishes. Ling Xun looked at her, and could see some familiarity in her eyebrows, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Mrs. Wang sighed, patted Hui Niang's head with pity, and took the bowls and chopsticks for her, "Who knows, from her tone, maybe she was a court lady before."

Ling Xun asked again: "Just now she met me at the entrance of the village and said that she killed the little princess... what does this mean?"

Mrs. Wang's complexion changed slightly.

Carpenter Wang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly coughed and scolded, "You woman is so talkative! Even eating can't stop your mouth!"

Mrs. Wang gave Carpenter Wang a hard look, turned around and left without mentioning Hui Niang's matter again.Ling Xun wisely didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Carpenter Wang was squatting in a corner with his concentration, he was carving something like a wooden carving with a knife. Fang Jue went to guard the door after eating. He didn't want to be with the only Hui Niang left. Staring wide-eyed here, he turned to look at the display racks that Carpenter Wang had placed in the small hall.

Although there is no lacquerware in Wang Jiangren's yard, there are many good goods on this shelf. After all, Ling Xun is someone who has been in the rich and wealthy all year round. He can see at a glance that these things are high-grade lacquerware. The colors are beautiful, and even the patterns drawn on the lacquerware are exquisitely crafted.These lacquer wares include bottles, jars, and some carved ornaments. However, Ling Xun browsed around and was finally attracted by a special thing.

It turned out to be a chessboard.

The chessboard is not a rare thing, but if it is made into lacquerware, it is rare.Because although the craftsmanship of making lacquerware in the Great Xia Dynasty was relatively advanced, lacquerware was still a luxury item exclusively for noble officials, and these luxury items were usually seen in containers and ornaments. Who would have thought that chessboards would be made into lacquerware?

"Mr. Wang, are you willing to sell this chessboard?" Ling Xun asked.

Unexpectedly, Carpenter Wang didn't even raise his head, blowing his white beard and said angrily, "Not for sale!"

Ling Xun was just asking casually, and he definitely didn't have a habit of seizing people's love. Anyway, the ingenuity of this chessboard is just his mind. At worst, he will find a lacquerware craftsman to make another one for him when he has a chance.Unexpectedly, before he could look at other things, Hui Niang suddenly leaned into her ear, and asked Ling Xun, "Does your mother like this chessboard?"

Ling Xun was startled, but suddenly thought of something, turned to look at Carpenter Wang, saw that he was concentrating on engraving something, and smiled at Hui Niang with evil intentions.

Hui Niang looked at Ling Xun's so-called alluring smile, she was stunned, her eyes began to straighten again, and she called out in a low voice: "Niang Niang..."

Ling Xun looked into Hui Niang's eyes, and asked in a low voice, persuasively, "Why do you call me Niang Niang?"

Hui Niang was a little confused, "Because, because you are the empress!"

"Then which lady am I?"

This question made Hui Niang's already messy head even more chaotic, and she was suddenly at a loss.

Ling Xun looked at Xiuniang, who was old enough to be his mother, and felt that it was cruel to force a crazy woman like this, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, if you don't know, don't say it."

Hui Niang failed to answer Shang Ling Xun's question, she seemed to blame herself very much, and was eager to find something to make up for it, but she didn't have any good ideas, her black eyes rolled around, and her eyes fell on the chessboard that Ling Xun had just fancy, boldly He reached out and took it down, and was about to present the treasure to Ling Xun, but he stabbed a hornet's nest.

Old man Wang's nose was like a watchdog. When he noticed the change, he raised his eyes and took a look, and immediately jumped three feet high and shouted: "Bastard! Put back Brother Huaifeng's chessboard!"

Hui Niang was stunned by his roar of thunder, holding the chessboard and not daring to move, she stiffened herself into a stone statue.

Ling Xun turned his head suddenly: "What are you talking about, whose chessboard is it?"

Although there are clues provided by Sun Lang, he can only tell the place where he finally parted ways with the head of the Mu family. Ling Xun inquired along the way, and probably speculated that the head of the Mu family went to Wuling County. It is difficult to know where the three counties are.Ling Xun was worrying, but he never thought that there would be nowhere to go after breaking through the iron shoes, and it would take no effort to get it——

Just half a month ago, the Patriarch of the Mu family passed by here, and he also stayed at Carpenter Wang's house. He chatted with Carpenter Wang very well, and asked him to make a chessboard and leave his address, and asked Carpenter Wang to make the chessboard ready. After that, the messenger sent it to him.

After Ling Xun's stalking and three-inch tongue skills, and repeatedly vowed to ensure that he and Mu Huaifeng have a close relationship, Wang Jiang finally let go and decided to take Ling Xun to Mu Huaifeng early the next morning. where you live.

Ling Xun was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, thinking that the pretty woman had also been lying on the bed he was lying on, he couldn't explain why, but he always felt numb.As a result, early the next morning, Ling Xun had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, which made Hui Niang teary and asked her if she was sad because His Majesty did not come to the palace for the night.

However, because Ling Xun was in a good mood, he didn't know her as well.

At the time of parting, Ling Xun paid the accommodation money as promised, and gave some more, making up fifty cash.

Mrs. Wang was very embarrassed, touched the belly of the teapot and said: "Actually, if it wasn't for that old man who is not doing his job all day long, making the family unable to open the pot, we wouldn't be able to charge this money..."

"Old lady, accept it quickly. Being able to shelter in the heavy snow for one night is like sending charcoal in the snow. The younger generation is not very grateful. These are all rewards for yesterday's hospitality."

Ling Xun's beautiful words were not money-like one after another, which made Mrs. Wang smile so much that even Carpenter Wang didn't give him a bad face. But this may also be because Ling Xun boasted that he and Mu Huaifeng He is a close friend, and Carpenter Wang didn't want to talk to him because of Mu Huaifeng's face.

Half a day later, Carpenter Wang rode a little donkey and finally brought Ling Xun to Mu Huaifeng's residence, but he didn't expect that there would be a crowd of horses and horses in that small mountain depression!

Just listen to people talking to each other.

One said: "Have you heard? Three people have been rejected today!"

The other person was stunned, "I don't know what Mr. Sichen likes, but he even withdrew the ceremony of Jingzhou Inspector Young Master!"

Ling Xun leaned over the crowd and listened for a few times, only to hear people discussing what gifts to give to Mr. Sichen, and then touched his sleeves, he realized that he came in such a hurry that he forgot about it.

Being able to find this place specially to give gifts to that person, he must be someone who is not waiting for nothing. Ling Xun glanced at those chariots and horses that showed wealth and wealth at first glance, and knew that even if he prepared it temporarily, the fineness and preciousness of the gift would be far more than that. But these people.

So what should I do to show my uniqueness and my sincerity?

"Hey, if only the half-burned signboard of Mu's house is still there..." Ling Xun was thinking like this, and he inadvertently muttered to himself, deeply regretting that he threw the wooden signboard on the spur of the moment. .

Fang Jue, who was always like a shadow, could not speak without speaking, silently stretched out his hand at this moment.

Ling Xun glanced at his hand, and immediately widened his eyes.

I saw the half wooden sign rescued from the fire lying quietly in Fang Jue's hand, and the elegant characters on it were still faintly visible.

Ling Xun took the wooden sign ecstatically, already preparing a heart-warming speech in his heart.