Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Amazing

Spring goes and spring comes, plums fall and snow remains. Time washes away the marks left by each year like water.Although the battle at Feilong'ao was earth-shattering and unpredictable, it's been a long time, and apart from the person involved, few people remember the tragedy and strangeness back then.But as long as those who have experienced it, they will never forget what happened at that time in this life! This year is also the season when grass grows in late spring and warblers sing and fly. Inside and outside the Yingwu Building in Kaifeng Mansion, there is a lot of noise, and the forbidden troops come and go like ants.Because these few days are the deadline for the imperial guards to study, so the imperial guards in the capital often come to take the exam.

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examinations were often held, and the military examinations were rarely opened if it was not an extraordinary period.If a warrior has no qualifications and no one in the court, the only way to get promoted from the Xiang army to the imperial army is to participate in the training.Those who can enter the Yingwu Building to try out martial arts skills must be at least above the deputy head, and if a large number of low-level military officers want to be promoted, they can only be assessed in the Eighth Battalion outside the Yingwu Building. In the Xiaowu Camp of the Eighth Battalion, an examiner sang: "Wang Gui has a test shot." One person came out.Everyone saw that the man's face was as black as charcoal, and he was not too old. Just standing on the martial arts field, he had an awe-inspiring air.At this time, someone handed over a hard bow, and Wang Gui stretched his arms to draw the hard bow, and everyone cheered.

All the forbidden soldiers pointed and pointed, and one of them said: "If Wang Gui passes the assessment again this time, he will be the deputy capital. We won't see him here from now on." "Of course, do you think everyone is the same as you? Seeing that you haven't made any progress in these years, you can't pass the exam for nine years, and you are still a failure. There is no one in Wang Gui Dynasty, but you have ambition, and you must pass every exam." , Never miss a chance, just from being an ordinary soldier to being a military commander, he is about to become a deputy capital commander again, he is really a man."

The person who was questioned was dissatisfied and said: "So what? Even if you are the head of the capital, there are Du Yuhou and the commander. What is the commander in the capital? If you don't enter the third class, you will be just a low-ranking officer in this life." Soldiers. Only when you enter the third class of envoys can you really have hope. No matter how brave Wang Gui is, if he wants to be included in the third class of envoys, his beard will have to be white, right? So hard to get into the third class, but You're about to die, so why bother?" The man before sighed, but said again: "Although I said so, it is always a good thing to be promoted, just like it is better to be the Marquis of Yu than to inherit the bureau." After speaking, he smiled complacently.It turned out that this man was the official rank of Marquis Yu, one level higher than Chengju, so he mocked him.

The person being ridiculed blushed a little, and said angrily: "So what if I'm in charge? After all, I was promoted based on my own ability, unlike some people who just rely on bragging and fooling around. It's not bad that I don't change every year. , but some people seem to be regressing every year. But he is a top ten general, and he is one level higher than you, Yuhou." The person before said with a smile: "You mean Di Qing?" "Isn't it? That guy was boasted that he could go to heaven and earth, and that he was omnipotent. I heard that he killed some kind of growth king. I thought Guo Zun was pretty good in the imperial army, but I didn't expect that he was also a crony. This Di Qing originally Not even the Xiang Army, but Guo Zun asked for credit for Di Qing, let him directly enter the Forbidden Army, and even became a top ten general, but Di Qing has no fart skills, it really makes people look angry." Chengju said angrily.

The general Yuhou said: "Are you angry because Guo Zun is not your relative? Hehe, the King of Growth must be the same as the clay Bodhisattva, so he can succeed with one blow, right?" Both of them laughed. At this time, there was another burst of applause in the camp.It turned out that Wang Gui had already started the assessment of riding and shooting. He flew on the horse, holding a longbow, and hit the bull's-eye with one arrow, and everyone applauded. "This is the real skill!" Jiang Yuhou praised. "Who says it's not? It's really embarrassing to be like Di Qing." Cheng Ju said.

At this time, the examiner sang: "Wang Gui is excellent, and Di Qing is trying the arrow." Chengju and Jiang Yuhou looked around and said, "I don't know if he will come out today to make a fool of himself?" After looking around for a long time, they heard someone behind him say: "Let's go." The two looked back, Embarrassed, she hurriedly stepped aside, and it turned out that the person who made the noise was Di Qing, who was standing behind them just now. After a few years of hard work, Di Qing grew taller, but also lost weight.He has a scar on his forehead, like a red mole, the word "Xiaowu" tattooed on his left cheek, a stubble beard under his chin, and his face is very haggard.

Seeing that the two stepped aside, Di Qing walked slowly to the invigilator and handed over his badge.The invigilator verified that it was correct, nodded and said, "Di Qing tries an arrow." Someone offered a bow and arrow, and Di Qing took it slowly, looking at the long bow with a complicated expression and trembling hands. For junior officers to be promoted, they must test four skills: infantry shooting, horse shooting, martial arts and crossbow opening.If Di Qing wanted to be promoted from ten generals to the leader of the army, he had to shoot six times with a bow, seven times with a stone and a crossbow, and hit three arrows with a horse. After that, the invigilator would review and decide whether to be promoted.

For Di Qing in the past, it was not difficult at all. Although he was not very skilled in martial arts, he went to the blacksmith's shop to work as a helper all day long, and his wrist strength was extremely strong.But now it is a big problem for him to open the bow and fight six times. "Di Qing tries the arrow!" Seeing that Di Qing hadn't fired his bow yet, the invigilator felt a little impatient.Seeing this, everyone booed, and someone shouted: "If you can't do it, go back and pick up the child. Don't waste everyone's time. There are still people waiting behind!"

Di Qing secretly gritted his teeth, let out a loud shout, and stretched his arms, only to hear a click, and the longbow was snapped by him.Everyone was awe-inspiring, with fear on their faces.But then Di Qing shook twice and fell down limply.He clenched a fist in one hand, his nails pierced into the flesh, and his expression was very painful. There was an uproar among the crowd, not knowing what was going on.Cheng Ju sighed: "Putting a bow can make me faint, this one is unprecedented." "If you don't speak, no one will regard you as dumb." One person said coldly. Cheng Ju looked back, and saw the man behind him with a broad nose, a short mustache, and a very powerful face.Hastily saluting: "Commander, why are you here?" The man ignored Di Qing, walked up to Di Qing, nodded to the invigilator, and personally carried Di Qing out of the camp.

Seeing the man with the lion nose walking away, General Yuhou couldn't help but ask, "Who is this man? He's crazy?" Chengju wiped off his cold sweat and said, "This man is called Wang Xin. He is the commander of the Divine Guard Army and a friend of Guo Zun. Do you know the commander? Compared with you, General Yuhou, he is nothing in the same breath." ah." Marquis Yu took a deep breath and could only shake his head and said, "This Di Qing is lucky to be taken care of by Guo Zun, Wang Xin and others. Alas, if you and I can get their care, maybe we can get along with each other a long time ago." It's head over heels." While the two were sighing, Wang Xin had placed Di Qing under the shade of a tree outside the barracks. Di Qing woke up, saw that it was Wang Xin, struggled to get up and said, "Master Wang, you carried me out again?" Wang Dao said, "If it's not possible, why bother?" A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Di Qing's mouth, and he said, "I'm just reckless, I don't think too much about it." Wang Xin looked at him for a long time, and then said: "I still have something to do, let's take a step first." He turned and left, and when Di Qing couldn't see him, he shook his head and murmured: "Oh, it's a pity for this man. " Sitting back under the tree, Di Qing still felt the roar in his head and a dull pain. He looked up at the willow branch Yiyi, with a gloomy expression, and said to himself: Is it true that I, Di Qing, have never accomplished anything in my life? It turned out that Di Qing's brain was severely traumatized by Duowen Tianwang. After waking up, he was unable to move and could not use his strength.In the past few years, thanks to Wang Weiyi's careful use of needles, Di Qing has not become a useless person, but Wang Weiyi can't take out the silver needle in his head. Although Di Qing is able to move now, but when he exerts all his strength, his brain will be so painful that he would not want to live. Therefore, he participated in the grinding twice in the past few years, but he was defeated in the link of pulling the bow and opening the crossbow.Today I heard others talking about me, although I was calm on the surface, but my heart was sad and angry. I really didn't want Guo Zun to be criticized for himself, so he pulled it with all his strength. Just passed out. When Guo Zun went to Feilong'ao, he intended to take Di Qing to practice, but Di Qing was seriously injured and almost died if he didn't want to.Guo Zun felt guilty, so he gave most of the credit for Feilongao to Di Qing, and also won the rank of ten generals for Di Qing.But Guo Zun was able to be the commander in front of the palace and take on the responsibility of guarding the emperor, not only because of his high martial arts skills, but also because of his good family background.Di Qing has no background, and the position of the top ten generals is already the limit that Guo Zun can fight for him.Although the top ten generals were not high-ranking officials, they still had enough food and clothing. Although Guo Zun felt guilty, Di Qing didn't mean to blame Guo Zun. While Di Qing was feeling sad, a young man jumped up and said, "Second Brother Di, how is it going?"He called Guo Zun the eldest brother, so he called Di Qing the second brother. In the past few years, Di Qing got along very well with the Guo brothers in the capital. Di Qing shook his head.Guo Kui saw that Di Qing was a little depressed, and quickly comforted him: "Second Brother Di, I understand, you don't need to say anything." , don't look at these people as if they are superior to others, but they are actually relying on Lao Tzu's achievements. Their Lao Tzu either works in the Sanya, or is a high-ranking official in the two courts. Even if these people are shit, they can directly enter the Yingwu Building. You are better than them It's much stronger." Di Qing thought, I'm really no better than a piece of shit right now, so he changed the subject and said, "Xiao Kui, do you have anything to do with me?" He yawned, lost in interest. Guo Kui rolled his eyes and said, "I almost forgot to tell you something, my elder brother is out of Beijing again." Di Qing asked with concern, "Where did he go? Is there any danger?" It turned out that although Guo Zun was the commander in front of the palace, because of his high skill and quick work, he was often transferred by the Sanyawai to assist the Kaifeng government and the local government to deal with some difficult problems. Therefore, Guo Zun is not in the capital most of the time. Guo Kui said: "Do you still remember Guo Miaoshan, Zhang Hai and Wang Ze?" Di Qing was surprised and said: "Of course I remember. These three were Brother Guo's subordinates at the beginning, and later disappeared in Feilong'ao. Brother Guo always misses them. What happened to the three of them?" "Guo Miaoshan and Zhang Hai rebelled in Shaanxi." Guo Kui frowned and said, "They are very powerful now, and they are already a hidden danger to the court. When my eldest brother learned that Guo Miaoshan and the others rebelled, he immediately asked for orders to go to Shaanxi to suppress the rebellion. After all, it is His subordinates, he hopes to persuade these people to return to the right path. My elder brother is very strange, I don't understand why these people don't return to the capital, but want to rebel?" Di Qing didn't want to think too much, and said with a wry smile, "I just hope Brother Guo is going well. Xiao Kui, let me go around." Frustrated, he just wanted to find a clean place.Guo Kui shouted: "By the way, Brother Di, your elder brother was afraid that you would not spend enough in the capital, so he asked someone to bring you three liang of silver. Here, here it is." He stretched out his hand and handed over the three liang of silver. Di Qing refused to answer, and asked, "Do you have a letter?" Guo Kui rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Isn't your brother illiterate? How can he have letters?" Di Qing said: "Xiao Kui, you don't have to lie to me. Brother Guo gave it to me, didn't you?" Brother once, but he really doesn’t owe me anything, you brothers have treated me very well, and I am powerless to repay you.” Guo Kui straightened out his thin chest and said, "Are you brother? If yes, don't say such things again." Di Qing couldn't help laughing, scratching the bridge of his nose and said: "Looking at you like this, you look like a hero. I really don't need money. Although I am incompetent as a top ten general, the salary of the court is enough for me. Don't worry about eating and drinking. By the way, I have to trouble you with one more thing. I have saved a few taels of silver. Your brother has many acquaintances. See if you can help me send it to Fenzhou and give it to my elder brother. He hasn't been there for a while. I've got news, I'm afraid he's worried." Di Qing took out the silver ingot from his bosom, feeling somewhat sad in his heart. When Di Yun woke up Di Qing, he saw that his younger brother was very weak and took care of Di Qing, but he was also thinking about Xiao Qing.Of course Di Qing knew what his elder brother was thinking, so he urged him to turn around. Guo Zun was even more delighted, and suggested that Di Yun directly take Xiao Qing to live in the capital.Di Yun shirked that he was not used to the life in the capital, saying that the capital is better than the capital, but he didn't like it. Besides, his hometown was in Xihe, and his roots were in Xihe, so he didn't want to move to the capital.So Di Yun returned to Xihe after his younger brother got better.Guo Zun was a little puzzled, but Di Qing knew in his heart that the elder brother insisted on going back because he was lame and didn't want to lose face as his younger brother.Fortunately, after the eldest brother returned to Xihe, he did some small business with Xiaoqing, and his life is not bad now. Guo Kui looked at the silver and thought to himself, Brother Di, he is a skinny donkey.Not wanting to embarrass Di Qing, he took the money and said, "Okay, I will definitely deliver it for you." After Di Qing left Guo Kui, he strolled away, saw a wine shop by the roadside, went in and ordered Jinjiu to drink.Thinking in his heart, staying in the capital probably won't make much progress, but if he wants to go back to Xihe, it's even more impossible.If you have a tattoo on your face, you are no different from a prisoner. It is not easy to join the Forbidden Army, and it is even more difficult to leave.Sighing lightly, he dropped more than a dozen coins, left the wine shop, looked around in a daze, and saw catkins fluttering like snow falling lightly, the market was very lively, but it was all other people's hustle and bustle, and had nothing to do with him.Suddenly hearing applause in front of him, Di Qing realized that he had crossed the state bridge and arrived at the Daxiangguo Temple.There are Goulan tile shops and performances here, which are very lively. Pedestrians come and go in the market, now is the time when flowers are blooming and everything is blooming in spring. The streets are full of shops and flower markets, colorful and fragrant.Di Qing stopped in it, feeling melancholy.At this time, a few gongs sounded from the front, and a group of horses galloped to open the way, followed by a group of literati riding hairpin flowers, all of them proud of the spring breeze, and their horseshoes were light. Some commoners tutted, "Look, look, the disciples of the Son of Heaven are parading through the streets." Di Qing looked up and remembered that today is not only the day when the military examinations are held, but also the opening of the imperial examinations for literati.Every time the imperial examinations are released and the names are awarded, the imperial court arranges for the candidates to gather together for a street parade and a general meeting to comfort the suffering of the ten-year cold window. But these ten years of suffering are by no means in vain, because the glory of this dynasty will completely make up for everything. In addition to holding a meeting at Daxiangguo Temple, these people will also go to Qionglin Garden tonight, where the court will set up wine. The Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager are here in person, the glory is boundless.Then these people will be sent to serve in various parties, observe their achievements, and then decide whether to reuse them. The promotion speed of these people is extremely fast, which is completely different from that of warriors.After Emperor Taizong came to the throne, he started to select scholars the next year. Lu Mengzheng and Zhang Qixian, who were ranked first in the list, only took seven years to enter the two mansions and became deputy prime ministers. After twelve years of hard work, he sat on the position of prime minister, which can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people! Twelve years, short or not, may make a poor student sit on the spotlight of thousands of people, why not let the poor people in the world be moved by it?No wonder people all over the world said, "In one fell swoop, you will be on the Dragon and Tiger List for the first time, and you will be in the Phoenix Pond in ten years!" Di Qing looked at the handsome disciple of the Son of Heaven, looked down at himself, and smiled self-deprecatingly.He has been in the capital for nearly half of the twelve years, but now he is still wandering around in the streets and alleys. There was another burst of gongs, and those literati rode past, all smiling, looking up unconsciously.They don't need to look aside, they don't need to look down, because the people there need to look up to them.They only looked at the pavilions on both sides, at the Fendai Chunshan in the pink pavilion.Talented men and beautiful women are originally a good story. They have worked hard for ten years. Many times, isn't it just to achieve this good story? At this time, many beauties had already left the pavilion, giggling, stopped the horse's head, and asked the talented scholars for hairpin flowers as a souvenir.The officials didn't stop it, but were happy to promote it.Some talented people are still reserved when they see a beautiful woman favoring them, but some have already taken off the flowers on their heads and threw them to the person they like. Red, the people burst into laughter, pointing and clicking. It turns out that these beauties are all girls from brothels, but Da Song has never been able to help these things, and instead regards them as romantic affairs and chats after dinner.The common people pointed and talked about it.Someone said: "Brother, back then we didn't forge iron, and you didn't grind tofu, maybe you were just like them, so romantic. Seeing how unattainable those girls usually pretend to be, it's not because they have taken a fancy to these people's talents. His brother sneered and said, "You have to be made of that material. Can you know a hundred characters?" At this time, a woman pointed to those talents, and then secretly pointed to Di Qing, and taught the naughty son: "Son, you must study hard in the future, and don't become a soldier like that man." Serving as a soldier is a waste of a lifetime', if you become a soldier, your whole life will be really ruined." The child nodded seriously, looked at Di Qing with contempt, and looked at the gifted scholar with reverence.Standing in the hustle and bustle, Di Qing heard the woman's sneer, saw those talents go away, and the hustle and bustle went away with him. Suddenly, he remembered a sentence his mother often said: The capital is covered with flowers, but the man is alone! Di Qing was haggard.The past few years have passed like running water, and Di Qing, who was loyal, passionate, and underestimated the consequences, has been haggard and tired. The crown is full of Jinghua, but the prosperity has nothing to do with him.When he first met Guo Zun, he had no choice but to join the army, even with some desire to join the army.He longed to create his own sky with his own ability and hands, but the battle of Feilong'ao had severely injured him, and the downturn in the past few years had caused his heart to be even more severely injured.He knew that drawing the bow might cause coma, but he insisted on drawing the bow with all his strength, resenting Guo Zun and the loneliness in his heart. He once saw his mother muttering in the dead of night: the crown is covered with flowers, and the man is alone and haggard;Read to tears... Di Qing couldn't feel anything at that time, but at this moment, the hustle and bustle and loneliness, the contrast was so great that he suddenly felt the loneliness and loneliness of his mother at that time. Di Qing wanted to cry, but held his head up again, and walked on numbly.My mother's face suddenly flashed in my mind, thinking of my mother looking at me, and said firmly: "Qing'er, you must be the prime minister in the future, you believe in mother. Because the person who showed mother was the one who played chess with Taizu back then. Chen Tuan." Thinking of this, Di Qing murmured, "Mother, I believe in you, but the boy must do it, and he can't." A bell rang loudly, waking up Di Qing's dream of several years.Only then did he realize that he had already walked in front of the Daxiangguo Temple.Di Qing's heart suddenly moved, and he had the idea of ​​looking inside. Daxiangguo Temple is a royal temple in the Song Dynasty. It is huge in scale and resplendent in gold and jade. When the sun shines, the clouds are overshadowed.Today, Daxiangguo Temple has transactions of ten thousand surnames, plus there is a gathering of disciples of the Son of Heaven, so the people watching the novelty can be said to be packed shoulder to shoulder, very crowded. Di Qing has been in the capital for many years, but he has never been to the Daxiangguo Temple. It is really because he is not a lively person.But today I realized that in front of Daxiangguo Temple, I remembered what Guo Zun said a few years ago.Go around the crowd, turn around from the back of the Daxiong Hall, and arrive in front of the Tianwang Hall with double eaves and brackets. There are four heavenly kings and Maitreya Buddha in the Temple of Heavenly Kings! What Guo Zun said back then flashed in Di Qing’s mind, “The Maitreya religion actually has a long history and was founded in the time of Emperor Wu of Liang. Even the Daxiangguo Temple has a Maitreya Buddha, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, sitting on a lotus platform.” After Di Qing arrived in the capital, he did not It is said that this Maitreya Buddha was originally built by the Queen Mother. He thought of the four heavenly kings, who had the idea of ​​entering and exiting the palace of heavenly kings as if by accident.When he arrived at the hall, Di Qing looked up and saw that there was indeed a Maitreya Buddha in the hall, sitting on the lotus platform, looking at the people below with a smile.Di Qing suddenly thought of the insidiousness of the Maitreya Buddha in Feilong'ao, and couldn't help shivering. Di Qing had never seen such an insidious and vicious person. Regarding what happened in Feilong'ao, he and Guo Zun had discussed it several times afterwards, but they still didn't understand why Lord Maitreya wanted the believers to kill each other.In the past few years, Ye Zhiqiu has traveled from the East China Sea to the desert, from the grassland to the south of the Yangtze River, but he still cannot bring Lord Maitreya to justice. Lord Maitreya has disappeared. Di Qing had a premonition that Buddha Lord Maitreya would never just disappear like this.The longer Lord Maitreya hides, the more likely it means that he is planning a terrifying conspiracy. After a while, Di Qing's eyes fell on the four heavenly kings on both sides of the Maitreya Buddha statue. He could only say that the four heavenly kings he saw in Feilong'ao back then were very similar to the four heavenly kings in the hall in terms of costumes, masks and weapons. . Di Qing looked at the umbrella of Duowen Tianwang, with a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, and murmured: "If you are really good, people will naturally worship you, but if you are as evil as that night, I will still take action." Di Qing stared blankly at the Duowen Heavenly King, and after an unknown amount of time, he turned around.There were not many people in the hall, only one person was standing next to Di Qing, saluting Maitreya Buddha.When Di Qing turned around, the man had already left.At the moment when they passed by, Di Qing saw in a trance that there seemed to be a trace of a smile on the corner of the man's mouth, but his face was very cold. Di Qing was attracted by the man's extremely uncoordinated expression, so he couldn't help but take a few extra glances.Unexpectedly, when the man arrived at the gate of the temple, the wind blew and lifted the man's long gown. When Di Qing saw the green belt exposed by the man, he suddenly felt as if he had been punched hard in the chest. The green belt touched Di Qing's long-buried memory.Isn't the color of the belt the same as the clothes of the Duowen Heavenly King?Isn't the smile on the corner of the mouth just like the smile of the heavenly king in the temple, with boundless coldness in his compassion? Di Qing quickly turned his head and glanced at the Buddha statue, confirming this idea even more, then turned his head again, only to find that the man was nowhere to be seen.Di Qing moved to chase, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, he shook twice, but couldn't move, but his thinking was unprecedentedly clear.Isn't that person carrying a long package on his back?Could it be an umbrella in there?There is nothing unusual about a passer-by carrying an umbrella, but the umbrella that that person is carrying is a sharp weapon that has made Di Qing suffer for many years! That person is the King of Hearings!Based on his intuition, Di Qing has already concluded that he is the king of Duowen.But why did Wen Tianwang appear in Daxiangguo Temple? When Di Qing thought of this, he felt great pain in his heart, clenched his hands into fists, and his nails sank deep into his flesh.The pain in his palm dispelled the pain in Di Qing's mind, and together with the heart of revenge, he rushed out of the Heavenly King's Palace and said in a low voice, "Don't go!" At that time, he never thought that he was not the opponent of Duowen Tianwang. But Di Qing rushed out of the Palace of Heavenly Kings, and two people came beside him.One of them was about to step into the hall when Di Qing bumped into him, and he couldn't help but groaned and sat on the ground.That voice carried the laziness of Chun Jiang Shui Nuan, it turned out that the person Di Qing bumped into was a woman. Di Qing didn't bother to apologize, and hurried to one direction, squinting at the woman, only to see that woman's eyes were clear and bright.A maid next to the woman said: "Miss, this man is so rude." Di Qing felt slightly apologetic upon hearing the accusation.But he was eager to pursue Duowen Tianwang and never looked back.After running for a while, I was almost out of Xiangguo Temple. There were more and more pedestrians, and there were many people carrying umbrellas, but none of them wore green belts. Di Qing stopped in his tracks, looked around blankly, and chased in another direction.He ran around like a headless chicken, looking around, completely oblivious to the surprise in the eyes of others looking at him.After an unknown amount of time, the sound of a chime sounded in the distance, and Di Qing stopped and punched the locust tree beside him, realizing that he was sweating profusely and exhausted. Can't find it, can't find it! A voice yelled in Di Qing's heart, his eyes were burning with anger, and he couldn't help thinking: Why did the Heavenly King Duowen come here?He came here once, maybe he will come again?But he may just pass by occasionally, and he will never come again in this life... Di Qing's thoughts were raging, and he was in a frenzy when he suddenly heard a woman say: "Miss, this is the man who knocked you down, his eyes are so fierce." Looking at himself, the woman on the left was wearing a water-green shirt and dressed as a maid, supporting the lady on the right.The young lady had picturesque features, her white clothes were more snowy, but her complexion was a little whiter than her clothes. When she saw Di Qing looking over, she moved her clear eyes away, and whispered to the maid, "Don't cause trouble." Di Qing was very upset, wanted to apologize, but felt that he had nothing to say, and was even more uncomfortable being swept by the woman's clear eyes.In desperation, she turned around and left, but she could still hear the maid muttering: "Miss, I was going to see Peony this time, but you sprained your ankle, do you still want to go?" The lady said: "It's hard to come out once, alas, I have to go and have a look." The voice was weak and full of sadness. The maid said: "That's good, but I'm afraid there are no good flowers here, and I won't see Yao Huang at home..." The lady sighed lightly and didn't say much. The voice gradually drifted away, and Di Qing was a little uneasy. He wanted to turn around, but he didn't have the courage.He is not afraid of the sky and the earth. Even when he was facing Mr. Zhao's gang of thugs alone, he was not so timid when he bravely stabbed the martial arts master Zhang Tianwang, but for some reason, he was afraid of seeing him now. The woman's black and white pupils are clear and clear. I don't know how long I walked, but there was a faint fragrance coming from the front.Di Qing looked over and saw a flower shed with peonies in full bloom, so he couldn't help but take a closer look.The flower seller was an old man. The wrinkles on his face were like dirt in a flower pot, full of vicissitudes. Seeing Di Qing approaching, he greeted him, "Guest officer, do you want to buy flowers?" "Just take a look." Di Qing hesitated.He doesn't really like flowers.Courtesy and Chinese ministers like hairpin flowers a lot, and they are even more full of hairpin flowers during grand festivals, but Di Qing always feels that it is somewhat awkward for a man to wear flowers. Seeing that there were no other guests, the old man warmly introduced Di Qing: "Guest officer, here are Zijinpan, Dieloucui, Baiyubing and Mantanghong. They are all good. If you buy a pot and put it home, it will look very nice." When selling flowers in this flower shed, they will give the flowers elegant names to attract the attention of customers. Di Qing saw that the peony called Zijinpan had purple flowers and gold borders, which was rare; Dieloucui was a emerald green peony with overlapping petals, which was also quite beautiful;This peony is in full bloom, and it is full of competition for beauty.Di Qing glanced over, and suddenly asked: "Is there anything... Yao Huang?" The old man was stunned, shook his head and said, "Yao Huang is a very rare variety. The flower diameter is over a foot. The old man has only seen it once, but there is no sale here." Di Qing asked, "Where are they for sale?" The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know, but this kind of flower can only be bought by the rich and powerful." Seeing Di Qing's shabby clothes, he couldn't help reminding him. Hearing what the old flower seller said, Di Qing thought to herself, since the young lady has Yao Huang in her family, she must be a wealthy person.He had only glanced at it just now, and was overwhelmed by the young lady's brilliance, so he didn't dare to look further, he only vaguely felt that the young lady was extremely beautiful, but he didn't pay attention to how she was wearing.While meditating, I saw a pot of peonies blooming in pale yellow, which looked peaceful and peaceful among the blooming flowers.Di Qing approached slowly, and stopped in front of the flowers for a while.The old man introduced: "Guest officer, this flower is called..." Before he could finish speaking, someone outside the shed suddenly shouted: "Old man Gao, are you ready?" Di Qing looked back and saw three gangsters standing in front of the shed, the one on the left was short and fat, the one in the middle was wearing a hat askew, and the one on the right had half of his chest bare with a ferocious tiger tattooed on it.The behavior of the three of them was very arrogant and domineering, just missing the word "villain" tattooed on their faces. Seeing this, old man Gao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Masters, what are you preparing for?" The one with the hat tilted asks: "Are you pretending to be confused? Shouldn't you pay the security fee?" Old man Gao said anxiously: "Didn't you just hand it in a few days ago?" The man with the hat on crookedly sneered, "You ate a few days ago, don't you need to eat today?" The man with the tattoo nodded in agreement and said, "Boss is right." The old man Gao said urgently: "The old man sells flowers only enough for food and clothing, how can he have so much extra money? Young masters, can I give you some money next month?" The man with the hat tilted sneered and said, "Then you can eat again next month, okay?" The man with the tattoo praised, "Boss is right." When Di Qing heard this, he knew what was going on, walked over slowly, and said coldly, "Are you ashamed?" The man wearing the hat askew said angrily, "Which one are you?" Di Qing said lightly: "Even if you are shameless, don't you know how to read?" The man with the hat on was startled, and shouted, "It's none of your business whether you can read or not?" The short fat man rolled his eyes, saw the tattoo on Di Qing's face, his face changed, and said to the man with the hat askew in a low voice: "Brother, this man is the Imperial Army." The man with the hat tilted was only arrogant, and then saw the tattoo on Di Qing's face, and his face changed slightly.They are just bastards, they usually make a living by blackmailing the weak, and they dare not offend the imperial army. Knowing the identity of the other party, they immediately softened and said with a smile: "This old man, the villain Wu Pi, was poor since he was a child, how can he have the money to invite you?" I can afford to be a teacher, let alone illiterate, I don’t know the uncle, please forgive me.” Gaiyan said to the old man Gao: “I’m joking with you old man, why take it seriously?” After saying that, he winked at the two brothers, gray yo go away. The old man Gao breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Di Qing, "My lord, thank you for your help. The capital tax is not light, and it is really a headache to deal with these scoundrels." After speaking, he shook his head, his face full of helplessness. Di Qing smiled, turned to look at the pot of yellow peonies again, and asked, "How much does this flower cost?" The old man Gao laughed and said: "If the official likes it, just take it. A potted flower is considered a filial piety to you by the old man." Di Qing smiled and said: "I'm just an ordinary imperial guard, not a lord. If I don't pay, what's the difference between me and those gangsters?" Then he reached out and grabbed a handful of copper coins and said, "Is this enough?" Old man Gao nodded again and again, "Enough, more, more." Di Qing put down the copper coins and went out holding the flowers, but suddenly froze. It turned out that the woman in white was looking at him outside the shed with her maid.Di Qing placed the pot of flowers in front of the woman in white, turned around and strode away without saying a word.The woman in white was a little surprised, and called out: "Hey..." But her voice was as weak as a mosquito, and Di Qing didn't know if she heard it, as she had already disappeared into the sea of ​​people. The maid flattened her mouth and said, "Just such a pot of broken flowers, how can it compare with Yao Huang at home? Miss, don't you think so? He hurt you, is he trying to use this pot of flowers to make up for it? It’s not that Miss has a large number of people, we’ll sue him to Kaifeng Mansion and beat him dozens of times! Hmph!” The woman in white said softly: "He may be in a hurry just now. Didn't you also see him helping the old flower seller? So, he is also a good person." It turned out that Di Qing had just expelled the three gangsters. The two servants also saw it. The old man heard the maid said that it was a broken flower, and he was a little dissatisfied: "Girl, this old man's flower is not broken, look at how beautiful it blooms. Besides, this kind of flower is not a boast of the old man, and it is extremely rare in a hundred miles around. " The woman in white squatted down and looked at the potted flower, and suddenly said: "Old man, this flower is really weird, why is there a heart-shaped pattern on the petals? This texture is very strange, like a jade flute drawn beside the heart. "She observed very carefully and saw that the flowers were different. The old man proudly said: "Of course, although this flower is not famous, there is no other family. The old man met an elegant man and gave me a name for this flower. It is called Fengqiuhuang!"