Subei Road
daxing
As the northernmost Daozhi in the south of the Yangtze River, Daxing city''s current geographical location is particularly attractive. Pang Ba, the former general of the great Sui Dynasty, raised the banner of the Qing monarch in the south of the Yangtze River, and took Daxing city as the foundation for a long time. When Pang BA''s army crossed the river and went north, it also took Daxing city as the starting point.
Daxing city has a history of at least 500 years. As the first important town in the south of the Yangtze River after Emperor Taizong of the great Sui Dynasty ordered the southern expedition, it has never lacked attention. At the beginning, Li Xiao chose this place as the place to operate on Nanchen because its strategic position is extremely important.
It can be regarded as an important hub in the north of the Yangtze River.
The most famous in Daxing city is Meiyuan.
When emperors of the Sui Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River, they must go here.
As one of the seven famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, it once received five emperors of the great Sui Dynasty, and the owner of this Meiyuan, Daxing Jin family, can naturally imagine its status. Speaking of people, the people have forgotten how many years the king family has been doing in Daxing city. No matter which dynasty ruled the Central Plains, Daxing city has always been the gold family has the final say. Even if this is the New South County, there is a sheriff, even if this is the North Jiangsu Road, there is a governor. But no matter which adult, as long as he is still in Daxing City, he always has to visit Meiyuan first.
Zhou Huaien, governor of Subei Road, is a frequent visitor to Meiyuan. People in Daxing city often see the governor''s carriage parked outside Meiyuan.
As one of the twenty-four governors of the Sui Dynasty and a real frontier official, Zhou Huaien can''t do anything in Daxing without the support of the Jin family. If his decision conflicts with the Jin family, he will never go his own way, but will do it according to the Jin family''s will.
Because of this, Zhou Huaien''s governor was particularly stable. In the Sui Dynasty, the Ministry of officials would send people to inspect the administration of officials every year, and the inspection officials of the Ministry of officials would secretly visit all places and listen to the people. Then, we will comprehensively evaluate whether local officials are qualified by integrating the political performance documents written by local officials themselves.
Among the 24 governors, Zhou Huaien ranked first in the evaluation of the Ministry of officials every year.
He has no outstanding political achievements, but his victory lies in stability. During his term of office, Subei road has been smooth and stable, and nothing has bothered the imperial court. Because it was close to the Yangtze River, there were many floods, but he never asked the household for a silver or two to repair the levee, but he didn''t do anything.
So even if he finally chose to stand on the side of the rebels, the local people did not curse him very much. After all, over the years, Zhou Huaien has really done a lot for Subei road.
Since Meiyuan can be called one of the seven famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, it naturally has its praise. This garden can be called the model of Jiangnan gardens. It is beautiful everywhere, but it doesn''t seem small.
Every time Zhou Huaien comes to Meiyuan, he will find different beauty.
Sitting in the pavilion beside the lotus pond, tasting a pot of sparrow tongue worth enough for a middle-class people to live for a year, he looked at the koi in the lotus pond and was a little distracted. Jin Shixun, the eldest son of the Jin family and currently in charge of the affairs of the Jin family, glanced at him, smiled and said, "what''s on your mind today, governor?"
Jin Shixun
If Fang Xie heard the name, he would think of Jin Shixiong, a general who is now struggling to support in the northwest of the great Sui Dynasty. In fact, Jin Shixiong is indeed from the Jin family in Daxing city. He is Jin Shixiong''s third brother.
Jin Shixiong is in his fifties, and Jin Shixun is the eldest son. He is sixty-two years old.
Unfortunately, he has the final say in this family. He has been waiting for this day for many years. However, he has a healthy and long-lived mother and an absolute desire for power. But even so, no one dared to underestimate the uncle Jin.
"Is there any news from the third master?"
Zhou Huaien asked.
Jin Shixun shook his head: "The situation of the third man in the northwest is very hard. Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu control the waterway, and Luo Yao''s people are in the middle. Even if I want to help him, I can''t help him. Now it depends on whether he can bring up the team by himself. If he can... We don''t care so much about Yang Zhi who has been banned in the northeast for more than ten years, let alone hold up a pang ba."
"If you can''t, let the third master come back. The tens of thousands of disabled soldiers in the northwest are not worth his energy. With his ability to lead the troops, he doesn''t worry that he can''t accomplish great things in the future."
"Look again, you also know the stubborn nature of the third. If you recognize something, nine cows can''t pull it back."
"That''s right"
Zhou Huaien asked, "why haven''t you seen the old prince for a while?"
"She?"
Jin Shixun shook his head: "I don''t know much about cultivation. My mother has entrusted most of the things to me over the years and has been closed for almost all the time. I was very happy when I came out a few days ago. I didn''t know much about this, so I didn''t ask much. However, the higher my mother''s cultivation, the more stable the position of the Jin family in Tonggu Academy. Dong Qingfu The reason why I always respect the Jin family is not because my mother''s cultivation is strong enough. "
Zhou Huaien nodded: "the old gentleman went out and walked a few years ago. It is said that he taught several young people who don''t know the heaven and earth in Tonggu academy a good lesson. We can''t afford this courage. According to my guess, even if the cultivation of the old gentleman is not as good as the legendary ten thousand stars, I''m afraid it won''t be much worse."
"Ten thousand stars..."
Jin Shixun glanced: "his time has long passed."
Just after saying this, he was suddenly stunned.
"Who is that?"
Zhou Huaien looked in his eyes and found a bent old man walking slowly, carrying a package and a long sword.
"Not from Meiyuan!"
Jin Shixun was slightly angry: "those servants are becoming more and more licentious and lazy. Everyone goes to the garden!"
He was about to get up and order someone to drive the old man away. Suddenly, he was in a trance. The old man came to him somehow. Shi Shi ran picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip, and then there was some praise in his eyes. The old man, who looked like an old plum tree, squinted at him and said faintly, "the stars have never been in any era, but it''s not difficult if he wants to have them."
Jin Shixun was stunned for a moment, and then became angry. He pointed to the old man and just told his servant to take it down. Suddenly, he found that there was an extra thing in his hand, sticky.
He looked down, and then ah screamed, but he was stunned.
A head fell from his hand to the ground and plopped into the lotus pond.
"Lao... Lao Taijun..."
Zhou Huaien was so frightened that he fell down. When he looked again, there was the figure of the old man, as if he had never appeared.
At this time, a three-story wooden building behind Meiyuan suddenly fell in half, and the broken mark was so straight that it was like being cut into tofu. The old woman''s body was in the half of the building that didn''t fall down and had no head.
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city in Guangxi
There is a small courtyard on the west side of the city. It looks ordinary and no different from the folk houses next to it. But the owner of the yard has always been very mysterious. The neighbors have never seen him come out. Every day, only the servants of the family go out to buy vegetables and seldom talk to the neighbors.
The little girl of the neighbor''s house was born. The man who had just become a father was overjoyed and wanted to invite the neighbor to drink and knock on the door of the small yard. Only a servant came out and asked what he wanted. After he explained his intention, the servant turned in and soon handed him a silver letter saying that the owner was unwell. This silver should be used as a gift.
Fifteen years later, on the day the little girl got married, the man with many wrinkles on his face thought for a long time, and finally decided to invite his neighbor. Fifteen years ago, he received so much silver as a gift from others, but he didn''t even make up a cup of wedding wine. It''s not that he didn''t want to, but that the owner of the family refused all the time. So he knocked on the door again and found that he didn''t know when the servant changed. After he explained his intention, the servant returned with a silver letter and said that there was a happy event in your family, and my master was also very happy. This is a congratulatory gift.
Twenty years later, the man died of illness. His wife asked his son-in-law to help inform the neighbors. The son-in-law knocked on the door of the neighbor''s house. A stranger asked what he wanted. He explained his intention. The servant came back and handed him a silver letter, saying that the owner is also very sad about your family''s misfortune. The old neighbor for decades said to leave. This silver is the owner''s intention.
Ten years later, the woman with gray temples led the family door-to-door to say goodbye. After her parents died, she moved in with her husband. Now her sons have married and worked as a copywriter in the county government Yamen. She plans to take them all to the county government. She also misses her son and decides to move out. When she knocked on the next door, a little schoolboy asked what she wanted. She explained her intention. The little schoolboy went in and came back and handed a heavy purse.
At this time, she remembered that she had never seen the owner of the house mentioned by the people next door since she had memory. I don''t know what kind of person I am. Now she is old, but the owner of the house has never appeared in her sight.
She understood something in a trance, and three words came out of her mind.
Practitioner
Yes, if you are not a practitioner, how can you have such a strange habit? How can you live so long? So she gave a deep salute at the door, murmured that there was a fairy beside her, and then left in awe.
After that, her family was strangely killed on the way to the county. Without that whisper, she might be able to enjoy her old age in the county. Or maybe her father shouldn''t have knocked on the courtyard door from the beginning. She didn''t know that in fact, the old neighborhood nearby moved away for various reasons, and then died on the way. Therefore, the new people do not know who lives in the small yard.
The two little schoolboys talked in a low voice as they walked. Their voice was very light and their steps were lighter. Today is the first day for the two of them to serve the master in the yard. The former servants are too old, so they came instead. They were chosen from more than 300 servants of the Chen family in Haining. They were smart enough. The old man who lives in this yard seems to like the little schoolboy with beautiful faces to serve.
The two of them didn''t know the identity of the tall old man. They only knew that the owner of the Chen family personally brought them last night and confessed a lot of things on the way.
A little schoolboy pushed the door open and lifted the curtain for his companion. Another schoolboy went in with a tray. On the tray was a bowl of Japonica rice porridge and several plates of exquisite dishes. When the two of them went in, they first bent over and saluted, straightened up and startled.
In the house, I don''t know when there was an old man with a hunchback sitting opposite the master.
"It''s been 70 or 80 years since you repaired cicada Kung Fu and regarded this house as a cave... But your heart is always absent in the cave, so you can''t take that step in the end."
The hunchback old man reached out and brought the rice porridge on the tray, and then drank the rice porridge with small dishes.
The tall old man looked at him and asked seriously, "why did you come out?"
The hunchback old man wiped the rice grains stuck on his beard: "I''m dying. Take some old friends down to tea."
The tall old man was silent for a moment and said, "you''re unreasonable. We haven''t done anything for so many years. We just don''t want you to come out, but you finally came out. You set this rule at the beginning. People above Tongming are not allowed to participate, but you''re breaking it now."
The hunchback old man threw his mouth: "I beat you to obey my rules. The rules were originally set by an unreasonable person. Don''t you understand the truth that who has a hard fist is reasonable? In addition... One of the three killed by Zhang Yiyang knows the world. You really shouldn''t test me like this."
With these words, the hunchback old man got up, picked up the package, picked up the ancient sword and walked out of the house. The two little schoolchildren looked at each other and didn''t know what had happened. After pondering for a few seconds, the tall old man suddenly gave birth to a pair of transparent cicada wings behind him and flew to heaven. A few seconds later, he became two corpses. He fell from the high clouds and hit two deep pits on the ground.
Finally, he lived in a cave. Unfortunately... It''s separation.
The hunchback old man trembled with the ancient sword, but disappeared in an instant.
"How tired..."
He sighed with some helplessness: "I don''t know how many doors he can visit and how many old friends he can see."