The prince is very fierce

Xu Buling thought about it, but didn't point it out. He acted a little proud:

"A group of barbarians from Northern Qi are making noises in front of the current emperor. They don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. It's not worth mentioning to teach them a lesson."

Wang Ruiyang nodded with a smile, put down the teapot, and looked at several friends in the room:

"The Xu family of Prince Su has made great contributions to guarding the national gate for Dayue, and Master Xu is even better than them. I heard that a few months ago, Master Xu single-handedly broke into the mansion of Prince Zuo in Heicheng. Such courage is really amazing."

The three young men sitting there were all stunned when they heard this:

"There is such a thing?"

Jiangnan is more than 5,000 miles away from Suzhou. Without instant communication, these things can't be passed on at all. Only the aristocratic families with extensive connections can understand it.

Seeing the two courtesans showing surprised expressions, Xiao Ting shook his fan and nodded:

"It is true. At that time, the Left Prince of Northern Qi was celebrating his birthday. Xu Buling rushed in alone and almost angered the Left Prince to death."

Xu Buling's eyes showed a bit of pride:

"I wanted to go there to take a look when I was sixteen, but it's a pity that it's hard to find in the thousands of miles of yellow sand. This time I went to take a look on my way back to Suzhou. It's not dangerous."

It sounds a bit exaggerated to enter the enemy's country as if entering an empty land. A courtesan sitting behind the beaded curtain asked with a smile:

"I heard that there are thousands of troops stationed at the border, how can one person run in?"

This tone is obviously a bit unbelievable, Wang Ruiyang raised his hand: "You are a woman, you naturally don't understand the heroism of men. At that time, Prince Xu not only went there, but also asked Prince Zuo for a family heirloom jade pendant as a souvenir. Prince Zuo was scared at the time and handed over the jade pendant honestly."

"Really?"

The beautiful courtesan showed a look of surprise in her eyes and looked at Xu Buling's waist.

At this time, in order to prove that she had done something exciting, she would definitely take out the jade pendant to show off to the beauty.

But Xu Buling gave the jade pendant to someone else, so he couldn't take it out, so he shook his head and chuckled:

"I did rob a jade pendant, which I kept at home and never wore. I will bring it to you next time."

Wang Ruiyang heard this, nodded with a smile, and didn't ask any more questions.

But Xu Buling had already understood the other party's intention, so he introduced it:

"That piece of 'Ice Flower Hibiscus Pendant' has a great origin. I heard that it was given to four disciples by Zuo Zhexian, a founding hero of Northern Qi. There are four pieces in total, all of which are priceless treasures. People in the martial arts world are searching for them, saying that they can find some Tongtian Treasure Book."

Xiao Ting blinked: "There is such a thing? Why haven't I heard of it."

Wang Ruiyang smiled calmly: "I have heard of such rumors, and practicing it can make you immortal or something, but it is not surprising. It's true. Xu Shizi went to the Cao family in Junshan and heard that the Cao family also gave the famous sword "Zhanlu" to Xu Shizi. If the rumor is true, Xu Shizi got two of the four, almost all of them. "

Xu Buling shook his head, leaned against the window lazily, and stretched out three fingers:

"It's three of the four."

"Huh?"

Wang Ruiyang blinked and chuckled: "Three of the four? Did Xu Shizi get one from somewhere else?"

Xu Buling raised his hand and pulled out the jade hairpin on his head, stroking the eight characters on it, "The moon shines on the pine, the lotus is like jade" A small word:

"Xiao Ting and I are both students of the great priest Song Baiqing. When we came here, we stopped by Yuelu Mountain to visit the old immortal. Unexpectedly, we found him. When we asked him about it, the old immortal said that immortality was nonsense and gave me this hairpin."

"Oh..."

Wang Ruiyang looked at the white jade hairpin in Xu Buling's hand, and his eyes flashed with surprise, but he quickly hid it and smiled:

"Mr. Xu is really blessed. The old immortal of Yuelu Mountain... A dragon is born, but its head is not seen. When I was young, I wanted to become a disciple, but I couldn't find anyone. "

Xu Buling smiled softly: "Yes, I was not very interested in collecting all four jades. Now that I have three, I really want to see what they are useful for. Mr. Wang, do you know what the last jade is and where it is?"

Wang Ruiyang waved his hand: "How can I know this? I have never heard of such news."

Xu Buling made a disappointed expression, put the jade hairpin back between the hair crown, and changed the topic to talk about the courtesan next to him.

Speaking of women, Xiao Ting finally found resonance, and began to comment on them eloquently. All kinds of poems and songs describing beauties came out in an endless stream. He looked like a talented person and obviously studied this seriously.

Xu Buling had to hide his shortcomings, and he got along well with a few people, perfectly showing what a "flower prince" is. He could easily come up with all kinds of vulgar jokes, which made the two courtesans blush and the talented people dumbfounded.

Wang Ruiyang saw that Xu Buling was not as detached from the world as rumored, and gradually showed a bit of frivolity under the atmosphere, and spoke more casually.

Xu Buling took this opportunity to make a few indirect probing remarks while laughing, but unfortunately Wang Ruiyang was obviously not stupid and cleverly avoided the topic.

In this way, they drank and had fun in the brothel. Around afternoon, there were more people on the prosperous long street outside the window. Scholars and ladies poured into the street, walking between the small bridges and flowing water, and various small pleasure boats were also parked on the street to solicit business.

While Xu Buling was talking and laughing, he looked out of the window and found that there were several waves of ragged beggars in the crowd walking on the street, singing various auspicious words and asking for money at the door of each shop.

Beggars are not uncommon in this world, but these people on the street all came from the same direction, young and old, and they all looked like they were with their families. Judging from their skin color and weight, they were not ordinary beggars, but more like they had suddenly encountered a disaster.

A group of beggars walked to Caiyan Pavilion to ask for money, and immediately the thugs from the brothel came out to chase them away.

Xiao Ting was startled by the noise, looked out the window, and said:

"Give them some reward money to send them away, don't disturb the guests."

The thugs from the brothel below hurriedly nodded respectfully, took out money and sent the group of beggars away.

Seeing this, Xu Buling asked, "These poor people don't look like beggars, where did they come from?"

Xiao Ting sighed, "It seems that Muzhou suffered a disaster. I don't know. You have to ask my aunt."

Wang Ruiyang took a few glances and said, "There were heavy rains in the past few days. Muzhou, Xiuzhou and other places suffered from floods, resulting in no harvest. At the end of the year, they have to pay the annual tax. If they can't pay, the government will collect it by force, which has caused banditry. These people are all fleeing from there."

Xu Buling said softly Frowning: "When there was a famine, didn't the King of Wu write to the court to reduce the annual tax?"

Wang Ruiyang shook his head: "Most of the money and grain of the court was collected from Jiangnan. In the past, the King of Shu could share the burden, but last year Shu encountered a severe drought and relied on the assistance of the King of Su to survive. Hangzhou and other places are important towns in Jiangnan. If the annual tax is exempted, the border will be short of food and grass, and the consequences will be disastrous."

Dayue is sandwiched between the Northern Qi in the north and the Southern Yue in the south. There are too many troops to support.

The King of Su is in a barren land to fight against the Northern Qi. It is difficult to support 200,000 troops and be self-sufficient, and he does not need to pay the annual tax to the court. And the King of Wu is in charge of the Dayue granary. If he can't pay the money and grain, it will be the same as the King of Su can't stop the Northern Qi. Why do you need a vassal king with a fiefdom? You have to find a way to make up for it out of your own pocket.

Xu Buling thought about it, didn't say much, and continued to try to get Wang Ruiyang to talk. But Wang Ruiyang was very tight-lipped, and there was no valuable information at all.

They chatted for a whole day, and when it got dark, Xu Buling got up and said goodbye.

After leaving Caiyan Pavilion, Xu Buling thought for a while and did not look for Manzhi and the others, but went to Linhe Villa.

After all, no one knows the complicated situation in Jiangnan better than Xiao Qi... ——

Two chapters today, I'm really sorry...