Chapter 61 The Beginning of Autumn ...

Puqing three years, the beginning of autumn.

Shi Wuyuan, who had been missing for more than a month, finally showed up in Huaizhou. Gu Huaiyang was overjoyed and took someone out to greet him in person.

Meng Zhongyong was even more incredible. He picked up Shi Wuyuan and slapped Shi Wuyuan on the back twice as if he was striking an iron, almost slapping his shoulders away, and shouted loudly, "Let's have a banquet! Big brother, Xiao Liu Come back, let's have a feast!"

However, Shi Wuyuan only met the crowd in a perfunctory manner. When he laughed, he always seemed to be slightly absent-minded, and he was a little bit smirking. He just said that he was tired and told everyone to disperse. , then walked alone to the roadside inn where refugees were taken in, rolled up his sleeves, asked for a bowl of gruel with clear soup and little water, sat down and drank slowly.

He was dressed in half-old cloth, his lips were cracked, he was haggard, and he seemed to have a dusty smell on his body, as if he had driven a long way.

At first glance, it looks no different from the civilians whose families have fled because their homes have been destroyed. However, the very calm face revealed, but still did not hide his handsomeness, sitting there quietly, looking at a certain direction in the void, as if knowing that he was destined to come and go, calmly.

Everyone who passed by couldn't help but look at him one more time, but everyone who looked at him didn't know why and stopped looking at him a second time.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a large number of grain-carrying caravans suddenly evacuated from the northwest. It seemed that a hand quickly grabbed the grain from the market. The price of rice was soaring, and the court still could not allocate money. Yan Zhen knew that this was his use of the caravan. The trace of Gu Huaiyang's revenge was calculated.

Time is also fate and fate. Taifu Yan is only in his 40s, but his hair has grayed out. During the day, he walks every step of the way. wrong.

He couldn't help but think of the twig that had been cut into two halves by the wind on the big rooftop of Jiulu Mountain, and felt powerless in his heart.

The monarch disappeared, the shadow demons ran rampant, and no one was restrained at all, the Pope's secret covenant had been destroyed, Xuanzong was severely injured, the Mahayana Pope had an ambiguous attitude, Zou Yan came from the court and Zhang Zhixian was watching him, the civil and military people of the whole dynasty were watching him, the emperor Looking at him, the people of Puqing are looking at him.

It seems that the imperial court is slightly higher now, but Yan Zhen knows that he is actually a loser at chess. , it's really not a glorious thing, this one.

Second, he knew that Shi Wuyuan had been active in Haining these years. He always knew that Shi Wuyuan stretched his hand very long, but he didn't want him to stretch so long that he could vaguely control the grain market in the northwest.

Shi Wuyuan seems to have an amazing sensitivity to money, this person seems to be able to count a tael of silver, how to absorb money and how to use it, how to get what he wants, without a penny.

Yan Zhen originally thought that Shi Wuyuan was secretly running a caravan, but he didn't expect that he wove a web all over the continent, like a spider. , this net appeared vaguely in front of Yan Zhen.

Even if Shi Wuyuan himself died one day, everyone would be in order. Yan Zhen has to admire that there is no second person in the world who has such meticulous methods. If he has Shi Wu Yuan, if the court has Shi Wu Yuan——

Every time he thought about it, Yan Zhen couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the house leaked in the night rain, but a flood washed down both sides of the Minjiang River, and countless refugees needed to be resettled. The rebel leader Li Rushuang took advantage of the chaos and attacked the large granary in Huzhou. The businessman who was going to raise the price of rice "borrowed rice" in the name of stealing the name by stealth, and planned to be unreasonable.

Probably behind every shameless person, there is a bitter tear called "last resort".

However, even so, Taifu Yan was not able to escape the punishment of the Puqing Emperor, who had been displeased with him. After self-examination, and then the net profit was twice dismissed as Mrs. Yan's official - it's really a very clear reward and punishment.

This time, Zhang Zhixian, who was born in Xuanzong, was also unlucky. The general was quite innocent. Inexplicably, he was charged with a crime and took the blame for the emperor. In one night, he was sent to the Northwest Ping City to accompany him to inspect— In layman's terms, it is to go to Qiáng to take it.

Emperor Puqing read all the history books, and his heart was like a mirror. He knew that the emperor in this dynasty was a puppet, and it was always the pope who took turns to sit in the office. Therefore, at this juncture, which is easy to cause trouble, the emperor obviously did not intend to specifically suppress it. Tantric, so as not to allow Xuanzong to take advantage, so he still played with the technique of balance, so that the two were evenly divided.

It can be seen that he is very skillful with the emperor's technique... He understands that he must be safe from the outside world. No matter who is in the city, he has to take back the imperial power who has been traveling abroad and has no surname Zhang or Wang. It is also worthy of the emperor's spirit in heaven.

As for whether the late emperor who was so wise and wise enough to laugh at himself would accept it or not, the follow-up is ominous.

But the war continued.

Yan Zhen left the field and Zhang Zhixian was released, but Zou Yanlai was still facing the battlefields north and south of the Minjiang River.

In order to prevent the youth from being rejected, the emperor personally posted a message among the three popes at this sensitive moment, asking them to add fresh blood to the court—Emperor Puqing thought his approach was reasonable, and this was the only way to teach Zong is in a suitable position, they are courtiers, and they are dedicated to this country. If one batch is broken or dead, it will be replaced by another batch.

From the late autumn to the cold winter, even on the night of the New Year, Zou Yanlai and Gu Huaiyang thought of a place to go. Taking advantage of the night in a confused fight.

A few solitary sounds, and the sound of firecrackers that quickly annihilated sounded in the ruins of the ten rooms and nine empty spaces, as if to indicate that the swords and soldiers would meet incessantly in the coming year.

Huaizhou Dongyue was originally a land of abundance, but it was plagued by floods and soldiers, and it was almost a barren land.

Shi Wuyuan was not here. He quietly took a group of people to Huzhou, intending to go through Huzhou and head northwest, to compete with the legendary General Zhang who was from the same family.

But Bai Li, who was trapped in the fiery realm by him and should have returned within eighteen days, has never been seen.

I don't know why, Shi Wuyuan always thinks of Bai Li, the thirty-six days spent together in that ghost place where birds not only poop but also bite people, seems to be more than a lifetime, and it seems to be vivid.

He suddenly discovered that some people could not be seen.

For example, a wanderer away from home, no matter how hard he fights with others, no matter how cruel and ruthless he is, once he returns home, with his parents in his eyes, his wife and children in his lips, he will become extremely tired. I mean, how many ambitions and rhetoric I used to be empty, I will forget my own sinister, only remember the sinister outside, I want to hide at home, and I will never go out for the rest of my life.

For example, the play said: May the old be gentle in this life, and the butterfly will not envy the fairyland.

Shi Wuyuan sometimes thinks, or he is really sorry for Bai Li.

Over the years, the two of them have become a bad debt. They can't tell who is right and who is wrong. In short, they have different positions, and they are not willing to give in. The almost humble form forgives him and becomes no longer equal.

The formation he posed was just made of random stones. At best, it was a gadget to simulate a real formation. It was not easy to trap Bai Li for two hours. But a season has passed, where has he gone?

Shi Wuyuan sat in the carriage, looking at the bumpy scenery outside through the gap in the car window, and suddenly thought to himself, there must be no accident, right? He has been in and out of that ghost place for many days, and he has never seen anything happen to him, so he can't just walk away like this...

He pondered the whole way like this, and it was not until noon that Lan Ruo called him a few times before he could react.

Lan Ruo was holding a bowl of herbal medicine that she didn't know what it was. She looked a bit miserable in appearance and gave off an unbelievable smell. She whispered, "Sixth Master, the medicine is here."

Shi Wuyuan gave a "hmm" and subconsciously avoided Lan Ruona's familiar eyebrows, and took the bowl of medicine - this is naturally not for people to eat, but for rabbits.

After the rabbit left for no reason, he started a hunger strike, as if the old rabbit who had penetrated the red dust had entered the meditation, and he refused to eat. In fact, when Shi Wuyuan came back, it was a miracle that he found that he was dying and did not go directly to see the eighth generation of his ancestors.

However, the snow-white rabbit fur was already tangled into a tangle, and with a little bit of force, it fell off in large pieces. Shi went to the doctor in a hurry for no reason. However, most of the livestock raised by farmers are just cattle, sheep, and dogs. There are really no doctors who are good at treating rabbits. Only dead rabbits can be regarded as live rabbit doctors.

One who treated horses, one who treated cows and sheep, and a doctor who treated ducks and ducks, were stunned to come up with a prescription as if there were a lot of people.

Lan Ruo actually wanted to persuade Liu Ye, this rabbit has been raised for more than ten years, and it should have died long ago, but seeing his attitude towards the rabbits, he didn't dare to say anything.

Xia Duanfang just pushed the door and came in, glanced at the sick rabbit in Shi Wuyuan's arms, and then stretched out his hand to gently rub the neck of the Kingfisher standing on the beam on one side, coughing softly: "Liu Ye, Everything is done, the news is out."

"Well, thank you very much." Shi Wuyuan didn't seem to pay much attention, and responded casually. Under the eyes of Xia Duanfang and Miss Lan Ruo, he calmly dipped a little herbal medicine with his fingertips and sent it to his mouth. .

Lan Ruo said: "Liu Ye, that is..."

Xia Duanfang showed a toothache, as if he was the one who tested the medicine.

Shi Wucai chewed the herbal medicine in his mouth that saw the sadness and the tears of the taster. He didn't know what he tasted and came to a conclusion, so he carefully fed it to the rabbit. The rabbit was reluctant to appreciate it at first—it was probably because of the smell of the herb, so Shi Wuyuan slowly wrapped the bald patches of fur behind him with his five fingers. He was very gentle and patient, coaxing a rabbit to eat it like a child. medicine.

Xia Duanfang glanced at Lan Ruo and said, "Girl go first, I'll have a few words with Sixth Master."

Lan Ruo immediately backed away obediently.

Sect Master Xia found a chair by himself, sat down without seeing the place, looked at the half-dead look of the rabbit, and said, "This is not an ordinary rabbit."

Shi Wuyuan was silent for a while, and then he said lazily, "I know."

Xia Duan said: "Since it's not an ordinary rabbit, it can't be treated with ordinary methods, I don't know what's wrong with it, but I see that its eyes are dull and I can't bear to defy you, I think it is I know my end is coming.”

Hearing this, Shi Wuyuan silently raised his head and glanced at him, his face was expressionless, but his eyes were heavy, and there was some hidden anger that was about to come, but Xia Duanfang was not afraid of him, only said: "I am with you. Speak up, don't lie."

Shi Wuyuan stared at him for a while, then lowered his head again and stroked the rabbit's head.

Xia Duanfang sighed and couldn't help saying, "You are closer to these beasts than people."

Shi Wuduo said without raising his head, "Aren't you closer to brother Kong Fang than others?"

"That's different." Xia Duanfang laughed. Others had purses and jade pendants on their clothes. The head of Xia ingeniously asked someone to make a big copper coin to hang on his body, lest others not smell his copper odor.After a while, he said again, "That's different, so what's the difference? Gold and silver are dead things. When you hold them in your hand, they are yours, not like living things."

"In troubled times, people are like Piaoping and clinging to others, aren't they destined to be worried every day?" Xia Duanfang said softly, then he glanced at Shi Wuyuan, and said something unintentionally, "By the way, IListening to the news from the Daoist friends from the General's side, it seems that the monsters who are trapped in the Minjiang River and scurrying around have recently begun to move east together."