General's Gown

It's the cold winter weather again in March and September, and it's freezing everywhere, and the breath turns into ice, especially this year.Even Dongyun Kingdom, a treasure land that is never cold in winter and hot in summer and envied by everyone, suffered an unprecedented cold wave this year, and the green mountains and plains were covered with frost.In order to resist the chill that penetrated the bones, the common people put on big cotton jackets one by one, tucked their necks and tucked in their sleeves, and warmed themselves by the fire at home, lying on the kang to keep warm, and most of them were unwilling to come out.

This Liu Town is located on the border of Dongyun Country, by the waterway.Merchants from the country of Yan crossed the Jiaolu River, and they always negotiated business with merchants from Dongyun in this Liu Town.There are more business travelers coming and going, the two rows of restaurants and shops along the street in Liuzhen, the business of Goulan Teahouse is very prosperous, lively and noisy, it is hard to find one.

Except this winter.

There is a very famous old Wang's mutton soup restaurant on the corner of Liuzhen Street. At this time of year, the colder the weather, the better their business.When it was not dawn, there was a long line of diners and merchants who came here admiringly at the door of the shop, waiting for the first pot of mutton soup.The freshly brewed mutton soup is steaming hot, thick white and delicious, the mutton is tender but not smelly, sprinkled with green onion, and served with the browned and soft pancakes just out of the pan. After eating in the winter, the whole body is warm and delicious. When you are in a good mood, you can talk about business with ease.

But this year, even the busiest mutton soup shop is much quieter. A large pot of fragrant mutton soup is boiled. In previous years, it sold out in less than half an hour, but this year it was sold out for half a day. not finished.The sparse crowd of people on the street has lost the bustle of the past, and there are few diners in the shop.

Shopkeeper Wang's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd, and he sat in front of the stove with his sleeves in his hands, sighing while warming himself.The business of the adjacent shops was not much better, and the shopkeepers simply gathered around a bunch, chatting nonsense while knocking on melon seeds.

"Pity my mutton soup. It's all boiled with high-quality mutton bones. Now I can't even earn the money for firewood." Shopkeeper Wang sniffled.

"Hey, who isn't. This year even the wife is included!"

"You say it's so good, why don't people from the country of Yan come here to do business? Although it's cold today, the Jiaolu River hasn't frozen yet!" said shopkeeper Wang.

"Ah, shopkeeper Wang, you haven't heard of it yet?"

Old man Sun, who sells roasted seeds and nuts, spit out a melon seed shell and lowered his voice:

"Isn't my old woman from the country of Yan? Two days ago, people from her in-law's family came to my house. I took a look, hey, they looked ashamed and fled. After asking, I found out that they were here to flee. The chaos in the country of Yan Already!"

"What?!" Several other shopkeepers stared round their eyes.

Old man Sun spit and flew, and said mysteriously: "Civil strife! I heard that a senior official named Pang in Yan State rebelled. In order to force the emperor to abdicate, the rebels surrounded Sheng'an City, the capital of Yan State. Following the chaos, there were murderers, arson, and robberies everywhere. The businessmen are busy packing their bags and fleeing for their lives, and the ferry boats on the Jiaolu River have already been scared away. The relatives of my family took a lot of trouble to escape. came."

"Oh my God, what's the matter!"

Shopkeeper Wang lamented, thinking that his business was hopeless, but a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, and a glimmer of hope appeared:

"Hey, didn't you say that there is a powerful general in Yan State, who is known as the silver-faced Yan Luo or something? Why doesn't he come out to kill the rebels? I heard from the Yan people in my shop that he is a god-given general. Sturdy, he beat you to the point of crying and crying!"

"I've heard of him too. Didn't he clean up the water bandits we had on the Jiaolu River before?" Another person echoed.

Shopkeeper Sun's expression became a little weird, he sighed silently, and said: "You don't know, that silver-faced Yan Luo is dead! If he hadn't died, how would those thieves in Yan Kingdom dare to rebel!"

"What!!!"

There was another exclamation, and the shopkeepers were all startled. They were about to ask carefully, but they heard the sound of horseshoes approaching from far away.Shopkeeper Wang recovered from the shock, looked back, quickly put the long scarf on his shoulders, wiped his hands quickly, and greeted him with a smile.

Sure enough, the horseshoe stopped in front of him, and a young man came down.He was dressed in a dark red cloud pattern and a sable fur. He was tall and handsome, and the slightly curly hair on his forehead gave off a bit of unrestrained chic.Followed by a well-dressed personal servant.The shopkeeper Wang knew at a glance that this person was either rich or noble, and thought that the gods were pitiful, seeing that he could be regarded as a God of Wealth, so he hurriedly helped hold the horse, and said with a smile:

"Guest officers, do you want to stay at the hotel? The mutton soup has just been boiled and it's very fresh. There are guest rooms upstairs, and the fire is booming!"

"Striking."

Jiu Jin responded casually, and opened the curtain, He Lianrong stepped into the shop, glanced around, and sat down with a disappointed expression.After a while, the steaming pancakes with lamb soup were served.Helian Rongchuan drank a few big gulps, but couldn't taste anything, just remained silent.

Not long after Yan Changqing's farewell, the deadly scorched-tailed snake poison left on Helian Rongchuan's body recurred.As a result, Helian Rongchuan had to follow Wei Jin's instructions to retreat and recuperate in Diecui Valley, and he didn't fully recover until two days ago.

Waking up from a coma, the first thing Helian Rongchuan asked was "Has he come back?" But the little imperial doctor and several of his personal servants all shook their heads.He Lianrong Chuan counted, it has been more than three months since Yan Changqing left, and he couldn't help worrying about his situation in Yan.However, there was no news in the valley, and the waiting was too difficult, so Helian Rongchuan left the valley, intending to enter Yan again.

This place is on the border of Dongyun, and has always been in close contact with the Yan people.This mutton soup shop is the favorite of Yan Guo Business Travel.Helian Rongchuan originally planned to come here to inquire about the situation of Yan Changqing's siege of Ningcheng, but when he came in, his heart sank.In the empty shop, apart from him and Jiu Jin, there were only the shopkeeper and the waiter, and no other customers.

Why is it so deserted?What about those Yan people?Is it cold, why don't you come?Or something else?

I don't know how his big baby fought in this battle, whether he was injured or not.

He Lianrong Chuan anxiously touched the bag at the side, which contained all the high-quality pills he had stolen from Wei Jin.

I hope he doesn't need any of these medicines.

Shopkeeper Wang saw that Helian Rongchuan's expression was not good, and he thought it was because his mutton soup was not cooked properly, so he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.In the past few days, in order to save costs, he quietly added a few more bones and less meat to the pot.Could it be tasted out?Shopkeeper Wang scooped up a spoonful of thick soup in the large pot at the door, took a few breaths, and took a sip.

It seems... the taste is a little less?

Shopkeeper Wang smacked his lips, thinking about whether to add ingredients, but he heard a sound of horseshoes coming towards him.The shopkeeper Wang was overjoyed, the person in his heart was indeed the God of Wealth, he was really lucky, and today it can be regarded as opening!Hastily put down the iron spoon to meet it.

The carriage stopped, and nine people got off in a row, some old and some young, all of them were dusty and dusty, with earthy faces.Although the clothes on his body were expensive, they were dirty, with several big holes in them, and a few frail women seemed to have been injured. There was only a little boy who was seven or eight years old with a bit of freshness and wit on his face. , holding an old lady with silver hair in her hand.

Shopkeeper Wang was taken aback for a moment, his heart turned cold, and he said to himself, could these miserable people be the fleeing Yan people?Oh, they don't want to eat free food in their store, do they?

As a result, the smile on Shopkeeper Wang's face became a bit colder: "Hey, these guys, come on top?"

The little boy swallowed sharply towards the cauldron that was emitting white smell of meat, and raised his head a little embarrassedly: "Excuse me, do you have hot water at home?"

Heh, he was indeed a refugee, and he was regarded as a bodhisattva of good fortune boy!

Shopkeeper Wang immediately became furious, hung his face, and said with a smirk: "Where did the beggar come from? There is no hot water, but the hot mutton soup is enough. I'm afraid you can't afford it."

He knew that the people in front of him must be from rich families, and even though they were in trouble, they still wanted face.So he deliberately called them beggars and wanted to drive them away.

Sure enough, this group of old, weak, sick and young all showed embarrassment, shame and indignation, and understood what shopkeeper Wang meant.But the little boy was reluctant to leave, staring at the cauldron with big black and white eyes reluctantly, hesitating:

"Then... we only want soup, not meat, okay? Please, we came all the way, we got robbed, we lost all our money, and we haven't eaten for two days..."

As the little boy spoke, he burst into tears.The old lady behind him hugged the little boy helplessly, but she didn't want to stay any longer.

When he cried, shopkeeper Wang became even more angry.He was already annoyed that his business was losing money every day, and he finally hoped for people to come, but a group of them were beggars.Look at the dispirited faces wiping tears, it would be too bad to disturb the God of Wealth in the shop!

Shopkeeper Wang thought about it and picked up a big iron spoon to drive people away: "Go away, I'm not a Bodhisattva temple, you have to cry and go away, don't add bad luck to me here!"

A group of people were driven away by the big iron spoon and had to turn around and go elsewhere.But before he took two steps, a clear voice sounded behind him:

"Several, wait a minute."

Helian Rongchuan lifted the curtain, leaned against the door, and raised his eyebrows to look at shopkeeper Wang with some displeasure: "Isn't it just money. Here, are these enough?"

When he raised his wrist, a bright light flashed, and shopkeeper Wang held it in his palm. When he saw it, his eyes immediately became straight.

gold!The palm of his hand is a solid, shining golden key!

Not to mention ten bowls of mutton soup, even if you buy ten big fat sheep, you won't be able to use them up! !Get rich!

A group of nine people thanked them again and again, and then sat down in the store.Steaming broth, a large pile of crispy pancakes, the little boy swallowed a few times, and was about to pick up the bowl, but the old lady beside him patted his hand lightly.

The little boy seemed to think of something, stuck out his tongue, and retracted his hands obediently, then picked up the small spoon at the side, drank the soup in one bite, and ate the torn pancakes in one bite, looking very polite.

"Hey, this family is so hungry, and they are so particular about eating." Jiu Jin couldn't help sighing: "What kind of old-fashioned family educated this?"

There was a slight smile on the corner of Helian Rongchuan's mouth.This little boy is well-behaved, and the way he eats with a serious attitude makes him a little familiar.

Helian Rongchuan couldn't help feeling a little bit of love for the house and Wu, and asked shopkeeper Wang to add a portion of hand-caught mutton to send.The little boy looked surprised, looked at Helian Rongchuan, and then at the elders around him. After getting the promise, he hesitated for a while, walked up to Helian Rongchuan shyly, and bowed politely :

"Thank you big brother."

Helian Rongchuan couldn't help laughing out loud, only then did he realize that this little boy's eyes were also extremely clear, black and white distinct black pupils, which were somewhat similar to Yan Changqing.Can't help laughing:

"Little guy, where did you come from? Where are you going?"

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