Chapter 16 The 16th round of Juanjuan women show off their skills Shijiazhuang imperial envoys compose poems in Mid-Autumn Night

In the golden autumn of August, the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, which is a good day to go out for a long trip.But soon after Fu Heng left Beijing, things changed.First, the wind blows, and the deserted autumn clouds dye the sky into a gray sky.The green gauze tents in the Zhili area of ​​the capital had been cut off long ago, and the westerly wind was raging on the empty and lonely fields, and waves of yellow sand and floating soil were blowing towards the face, making people suffocate.After passing Baoding, the wind was a little bit lower, but it began to rain.Zhejiang, Zhejiang, and Lili, the rain is dense and sometimes sparse, like a sieve with no friends in the sky that "sieves water" down unhurriedly.Fu Heng walked in the cold autumn rain, and at first he was in high spirits, talking and laughing all the way.After several days in succession, there was either the sound of the wind or the sound of rain, gradually.Feel boring and monotonous.Wu Xiazi and others who accompanied him didn't understand his style of elegance.Fu Heng had no place to hang his book bag, so he became depressed.After Xinle, Huolu County is ahead.It leads to Jingjing Road in the west and Dezhou Fu Water Transport Wharf in the east, and the north and south post roads run through it, and the population is getting denser and denser.There was an endless stream of merchants and merchants, and Fu Heng's mood gradually improved.

By the end of the day, the rain had subsided a little.Blind Wu saw a big, dark town in front of him, raised his whip and pointed with a smile, "It's been down for seven days and seven nights. It seems that the sun will clear up this day. Sixth Master, you are tired of walking with such a precious body." .Ahead is the famous Shijiazhuang, and we will be shooting here tonight. Today is August 15th. Let's take a good rest for a day, and we can make it in the day after tomorrow?" "It's not the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I completely forgot about it!" Fu Heng laughed. In this way, rest here tomorrow before leaving." A servant next to him named Xiao Qi'er smiled and said, "It would be nice to go to the south of the Yangtze River to take a waterway. Take a boat to see the scenery, and when you are tired, you can walk around the shore. After a few times of persuasion This time, I don’t listen! Riding on horseback and walking in rainy weather is enough for me, not to mention me, even the servants can’t take it anymore.” Fu Heng laughed and said, “You know what! I want to go to Henan first, let’s go Has the waterway been completed? Besides, the water transportation is busy now, and the canal is full of boats transporting grain to the north, and it takes half a day to block it. When will it be possible to reach the south of the Yangtze River?"

Blind Wu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Didn't the Lord say to disembark from Dezhou? Why are you going to Henan again?" Fu Heng laughed and said, "I also want to go to Xinyang to buy tea." Seeing that he had already entered the town, he got off his horse, Pulling the stiff rope, he said, "Let's find an old shop to rest first." While talking, I saw a few shop assistants coming over with a lantern in their hand. On the lamp were written "Liu's Inn", "Ludao Linfeng" Shunfeng Restaurant" and other words, these are the inns in the town who came out to solicit customers-seeing Fu Heng and his party coming, several people rushed up one after another, grabbing business, and there was a lot of noise.Fu Heng was so annoyed and funny by the noise, he pointed to a guy next to him who couldn't squeeze in, and said, "This is the one I live in - the old Ji's shop!" Going to look for other guests.

Fu Heng and his entourage followed the staff to the south and turned a corner. They saw an empty field opposite a hotel facing north. There was a big beige watermelon lantern hanging in front of the gate, which read: Jijia, a century-old shop The six big characters imitating the Song Dynasty were written neatly. There are two stone lions, one big and one small, standing beside the door. The big one is as tall as a person, and the small one looks like a monkey.Blind Wu looked carefully at the threshold. It was a stone slab carved with passionflower, and the center had been ground into a crescent shape. The claws and necks of the stone lion beside the door were bare due to many people stroking it. It was really an old store, so it was put down Come on.But Fu Heng was very curious, and asked the guy, "Why is the lion one big and one small? - There is a big open space over there. It seems that a house has just been demolished. What is the purpose of building such a big shed?"

"Go back to the master." The guy said with a smile: "This lion is left by our old master of the previous three generations. Our old master was a stonemason, and he also built the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Long Live Lord! We are not a gentleman. If the lion Generally big, so it can’t be a yamen? Just because of this big and small, people passing by find it interesting, and I don’t know how many customers have been recruited—the empty space over there is the homestead of Mrs. Shi, and it will be refurbished. August 10 Five tenants, all those who plant the old man's stone land, every one of them has to come to eat this feast." The man chattered, and let Fu Heng and the others into the inner courtyard to go to the room.Open the door and light the lamp, wash your face, wash your feet, keep busy, and keep your mouth shut: "This autumn, the crops in our place are growing. Do the math, and you can get three stones for an acre of land, pay thirty-seven rents, and collect two dollars." Stone one. One hundred hectares of land—how much should I charge? This year, on August 15th, there will be a ring to fight!" Fu Heng saw that the man was so talkative, but couldn't understand what he said, so he rubbed his feet in the basin He said with a smile, "Just now when you received the guests, you stood aside and said nothing. I thought you were a boring gourd. I didn't expect you to be a character who asked questions and answered ten questions!" The clerk smiled and said: "There is knowledge in receiving guests, and killing pigs and tails has its own way. How to kill. For example, your old man, so many people refuse to go, so you want to live in our old Ji's house, can this be fate?" He twisted a hot towel and handed him a cup of tea.

Seeing that he was going, Fu Heng stopped and said, "Don't go in a hurry, what you said is very interesting: why are tenants and landlords fighting in a ring?" The east wants to seize the tenant, and the tenant wants to reduce the rent. The decision must be made at this banquet. If the landlord is strong, the tenant will lose; Rent reduction——Zhengding Hu’s house surrounded the tenants on August 15th last year, and the house was set on fire. Mr. Liu personally led the troops in the mansion, and killed three troublemakers on the spot before suppressing it— —The poor people in this place are so anxious that they can do anything that is beyond the law of the king!" At this time, Fu Heng vaguely knew the general idea-it turns out that the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is not only about eating watermelon and moon cakes, but also making rabbits and watching the moon. It is also the day when the owners and tenants settle the general ledger and establish the charter for next year's lease and plantation.When I wanted to ask again, someone outside shouted: "Luo Gui! Here is a guest—living in the West Wing!" Luo Gui replied loudly, and said to Fu Heng, "Rest in peace first, and just order anything you want!" The water Fu Heng used went out.

After dinner, it was already dark.After a while, a round of bright moon gradually rose, and through the sparse tree shadows outside the courtyard, the soft moonlight like a veil fell down.Fu Heng took off his shoes and walked out of the upper room wearing only an azurite poplin robe. He walked in the courtyard and looked up at the moon.Blind Wu walked over lightly, and said with a smile, "Does Master Liu want to compose poems again? Just now I sent someone out to buy some good Baoding moon cakes and a big watermelon. I'm wronged today, just a few of us enjoy the moon. It’s already the fifteenth day of August.”

"There is no poetry today." Fu Heng listened to the noisy voices on the street outside, sometimes accompanied by cheers, and said, "Is the Shi family's 'Ring Arena' feast open? It's so lively, let's go out and have a look." Xiao Qizi smiled and said in the corridor: "No. Just now I went out to take a look. It was a group of performers walking the rope outside, and a large group of people gathered around to watch!" Fu Heng suddenly became excited, lifted his heels and said : "Go, take a look." Blind Wu and the others had no choice but to follow.

When the six people came out, they saw the dark crowds of people on the street, and the four lamps in the empty field opposite just illuminated the middle of the street. There was a girl in her twenties standing against the light, with a small and exquisite figure, dressed in a lambskin wind fur rose and purple fashion, it seemed that there was a sword hanging from her waist, but she couldn't see her face.There are two wooden poles standing along the street, and a thin rope is tied to the two wooden poles, stretched straight.The old man arched his hands, and said to the crowd, "Piao Gao once again pays tribute to all the judges, not for food or money, but for making good relationships in the world. "Sighing the World" says that this year's count is eighty-one , I have practiced for sixty years, just because I am old and have lost my sex, and I have to pay back my granddaughter! Just now a gentleman said that the rope that the young disciple stepped on was thick, and it was not the trick of the gods. Changing a red velvet rope here is a small disciple. It’s used by Juanjuan in braiding her hair. Can any believer come and inspect it?” Fu Heng couldn’t help but feel his heart sink when he heard this.He vaguely remembered which book he had seen these cut-off words.But I remember the three characters of "Sighing the World Classic" very clearly.It was said that the White Lotus Sect was prevalent in Jiangxi, and whoever would have thought that they would meet the preachers before going out of Zhili.Fu Heng secretly glanced at Blind Wu, but Blind Wu didn't look around, but only touched Fu Heng's elbow to express his understanding.Fu Heng regained his composure, and laughed beside him, "How can braided woolen rope be able to withstand it? I don't believe it!"

"It's reasonable to see if the official doesn't believe it." Taoist Piao Gao gave Fu Heng a bow and said, "Please examine it for yourself!" Fu Heng squeezed sideways to the middle, and pulled the velvet rope with his hand. Without much effort, the velvet The rope broke with a "bang", picked up the end of the rope and looked closely in the moonlight, it was a red velvet rope that was not surprising, he nodded and passed it back to Piao Gao's hand, saying: "It's velvet rope, no Fake." Piao Gao smiled, put the two ends of the rope together, and somehow, he twisted them tightly and then tied them together.Everyone just shouted "Yes!"Juanjuan threw off her cloak, flipped lightly on the spot with one foot already on the rope, tied a door with both hands, and drew out a pair of swords.Looking at this Juanjuan under the moon, she is dressed in official attire, with an apricot-yellow long skirt wrapped around her lower body, her upper body is trimmed with gold thread and light red bijia, her delicate face seems to have no expression, she is dancing slowly on the velvet rope with her mouth tightly pursed Taiji sword, sometimes jumping high and splitting, sometimes circling and dancing, really like the Luoshen Lingbo, soaring into the sky.The velvet rope only trembled slightly with the footsteps. The hundreds of people below looked up and were stunned. It wasn't until she flew down in the air that they breathed a sigh of relief and cheered loudly:

"it is good!" "It's really extraordinary." Fu Heng even praised the combo festival, even forgetting that these three people are cult members, and happily said to the people around him: "I've seen so many people in Beijing, today I just opened my eyes." !” Just as they were joking, Juanjuan took out a plate from her bag.Piao Gao said with a smile to the crowd: "We are practitioners, not for show, everyone, we only want to make good fortune, collect money not to make ends meet, just to see the officials and seek blessings and avoid disasters. Donate as you like, no matter how much you don't care about." Seeing the lively collection of money, more than half of them went there immediately.On the contrary, the women are generous here, some throw copper buddies, some pull out the silver hairpins on their heads and put them in respectfully.Before receiving Fu Heng's business, Fu Heng hurriedly touched his sleeves, but it was a twenty-two-one-ingot Jingke, which was too eye-catching to put in, and felt apologetic if he didn't let it go. After a little hesitation, Juanjuan had already moved the plate away.Fu Heng was very close to Juanjuan at this time, and when he looked closely, he had willow-leaf eyebrows, crescent moon eyes, and jet-black pupils that shone brightly, as gorgeous as peaches and plums, but his expression was as cold as ice.Fu Heng couldn't help but hastily took out the ingot of silver, put it on the plate through the people, and said softly, "Miss, put some clothes on." Seeing Fu Heng's generous hand, Piao Gao came over and bowed, and said, "Your nobleman is willing to form such a good relationship, and your life is boundless! If you want to watch Juanjuan practice, please feel free to order." Fu Heng smiled and said, "What kind of 'noble man' am I? Selling tea, selling porcelain, just a real "businessman" - just now I saw that Juanjuan girl danced very well with swords, after all, she was restrained on a rope, and dancing on flat ground must be even more spectacular. If you are willing to do it for me Showing off your demeanor is really a blessing to your eyes." Piao Gao was about to answer, when he heard the sound of gongs at the entrance of the east street, a few yamen servants raised lanterns and shouted, and two sedan chairs came from behind.Dozens of servants of the Shi family stood under the big lantern and yelled to drive people away: "Everyone go to the table! Hurry up! What's so good about a stinky playboy? Old Mr. Shi invited the county magistrate to come!" So even the rest of the audience left one after another.Fu Heng saw Juanjuan and that brat cleaning up the place, so he walked over and asked, "Which inn do you live in?" Piao Gao smiled and said, "The monks are happy with whatever happens. We live in the Guandi Temple in the east of Zhendong. Do you want to stay?" Seeing Juanjuan dancing sword, I had to go down to our place." Fu Heng said with a smile: "Then simply make a fortune - I have a small courtyard in this shop, there is a spare house, please move here I will pay the shop money." Piao Gao didn't really refuse, but told Juanjuan to pack her suitcases, and then told the boy: "Yao Qin, go to the temple and fetch our bedding." After packing up the boxes , followed Fu Heng into the store.Fu Heng gave them the three rooms in the West Wing. He went into the upper room and ordered the servant to serve wine, and ordered, "Buy a few more candles, and light them brightly inside and out, so we can watch the sword!" Blind Wu saw Piao Gao They haven't come yet, they approached and said: "Master Six." "Ok!" "Be careful." "Ok?" "I've never heard of it in the world. Their method is not serious." Fu Heng nodded, and said softly: "I want to ask about the situation in their church. They have no enmity with me, and I invited them here, so they won't lie to us..." Piao Gao came in before he finished speaking, Then he stopped and said with a smile: "Please sit down—it's a fate. Today is August 15th, a beautiful moon. We will eat wine and watch the moon under this eaves, watch the sword dance, and have a good night's talk. It's a great pleasure." Piao Gao took a look at blind Wu who was sitting silently at the side, raised his face and said, "May I ask the names of the two nobles?" "Don't dare, my surname is Shi, and my name is Yong." "Wu Liang, known as Blind Wu," said Blind Wu coldly, "I don't use my real name—how do you think we are nobles?" Taoist Piao Gao only smiled slightly, and said, "Blind Wu, of course you are not an idle person. You must have some 'serious skills', otherwise why would you be praised by the world's bodyguard bureaus, black and white friends?" After hearing this, he felt even more vigilant, he smiled, and asked tentatively: "Then—Piao Gao, which 'dao' do you belong to?" "I am Huang Dao." Piao Gao laughed and said: " I am the missionary envoy of Zhengyang Sect; I vow to help the world with my body, cut my legs to heal people, gouge out my heart and feed eagles; The ambition of robbery, what is there to hide from others and ask people to 'be careful'?" "The Taoist master's skills are really amazing! When we are away from home and meet strangers, it's normal to remind them behind our backs, isn't it?" Fu Heng also laughed: "But I just heard you say that the 'Zhengyang Sect' seems to be Confucianism is like Taoism and Buddha, and neither Confucianism nor Taoism is not Buddha. Is it the "Bailian" school? Oh, I don't know much about this, so just ask." Piao Gao sighed and said: "There are many roads. How can we generalize it? On the contrary, Zhengyang numbers are against the White Lotus Sect, which is clearly stated in our song of salvation." Then he hummed softly and said: White Lotus Sect, go to hell, suffer in life and death; White Lotus Sect, turn back to life, never stand up; White Lotus Sect, coaxing people, money and good things; Breaking the law of the king, arresting you, and harming many people! For some reason, Fu Heng felt relieved after hearing this.Seeing that Yao Qin has come back and his family has set up melons, fruits, vegetables, tea and wine in front of the eaves, Fu Heng said with a smile: "We are all merchants and businessmen on foot, don't care what he teaches, come and sit!" Please float high After entering the guest table, I poured myself a glass of wine and gave it to Miss Juanjuan, saying: "Thank you for a glass of water and wine, please show your talents." Juanjuan took it with both hands, looked at Piao Gao, saw that Piao Gao Hui nodded slightly, drank it in one gulp, said "thank you" in a low voice, and handed the cup back to Fu Heng.Under the moonlight, seeing her slender hands as bright and white as jade, Fu Heng couldn't help being stunned, but he heard Juanjuan scolded: "Sit down and watch the sword!" ", the two gleaming silver swords are already in the hands, but they turn around with the swords, chopping, stabbing and slashing, the two hands have different techniques, and they have circled in the sky like wind and snow.Blind Wu is an expert among them, sitting at the side holding a cup and meditating, he saw that this sword technique is neither Taiji, nor Emei, nor Rouyun, nor Kunlun... Given his wide belly, he didn't know what kind of trick Juanjuan was using , In the blink of an eye, Juanjuan has changed her posture, protecting her body with two cold swords, spinning like a spinning top into a ball of silver, and a gust of whirlwind hits her.Blind Wu couldn't help shouting: "Okay, the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara technique! This is too labor-intensive, I'm afraid it won't last." "Mr. Shi, do you have an inkstone?" Taoist Piao Gao asked Fu Heng a question, but seeing Fu Heng watching intently, he didn't hear him.After saying another word, Fu Heng woke up from the shock: "Ah? Ah, do you want an inkstone?" Then he turned around and ordered: "Take out the big square inkstone in the saddle, as well as paper and pen. I can use it." Xiao Qizi hurriedly agreed, took the inkstone to scoop up water, and ground the ink, and it took a long time to grind half of the ink from the inkstone.When Fu Heng was about to write, Piao Gao grabbed the inkstone without saying a word, and splashed half a sea of ​​ink on Juanjuan who was dancing with a sword! Everyone exclaimed, caught off guard.The ink was blocked by the sword and splashed in all directions. The people under the eaves could not avoid it in time, and ink stains were splashed everywhere on their faces, hands, and clothes.Just as she was in amazement, Juanjuan's rotation slowed down, she quickly retracted her two swords, sheathed her swords together, and bowed to the crowd under the eaves, still with a solemn and solemn demeanor.After a while, everyone came to their senses and applauded in unison, "Okay!" "Ah!" Fu Heng got up and went down the steps, walked towards Juanjuan in a hurry, walked around, and saw that there was no ink on his body, he shook his head and sighed: "Such a unique skill, how can I bury a pearl in the world!" Piao Gao on top He said to Blind Wu: "Mr. Wu, is it true that Mr. Shi is a noble person? I am afraid that the tea and porcelain dealers can't say that." Blind Wu just drank his wine and said nothing. Come on, I'm coming to Shixing." Several people in the upper room immediately got busy setting tables and spreading rice paper.Juanjuan seemed to have just taken a serious look at Fu Heng at this moment, and immediately turned her head away.Fu Heng chanted step by step in the courtyard: There are heroes in the crescent eyebrows, and the evening makeup is thin.Short temples red clothes, narrow sleeves lingering tied.Wearing a tight Hunan skirt on the back, holding a lotus collar on the side.Please dance for the feast and enjoy this good night.Take the ink-stained inkstone pool, which was originally filled with poetry.Xiao Li was silent, trying to expand left and right.Wei Zhuo's boot toes suddenly let go.At the beginning, there were two jade dragons, fighting and grasping in the air.Gradually, it is like electric horse training, winding and interlacing.Even if no one is seen for a moment, a cold light flickers.Go straight up and startle the apes, and come across to sweep lightly.Courage down pedantic Confucianism worry, heartbreak strong man ashamed.Lei Tong shrank and was discouraged, and the treacherous man trembled and wanted to be abused.The ink spilled across the sky, draining the inkstone pool to dry up.Stop dancing and look at yourself, never write a little ink. It seems that the chapter has come to an end here, Fu Heng stared at Juanjuan, and then slowly chanted: "Yan Ran's clay figurine's arms, her waist and limbs are as thin as a skin."When waiting for the inscription, he hesitated for a moment, and wrote: "On a Mid-Autumn Festival night, under the moon, the beautiful woman Juanjuan dances her sword." After handing this ink-dripping handwriting to Piao Gao, Piao Gao smiled and said to Juanjuan: "This is also a poem. This is the best dance I've ever seen you do, and it's not in vain for Mr. Shi's poem!" Juanjuan took a closer look sheepishly.Her eyes flashed, and she glanced at Fu Heng again, her cheeks blushed, she sighed with emotion, and then said in a low voice: "Sir, can you give this to me?" "Of course." Fu Heng said with a smile, "It's just for you." Before he could speak, he suddenly heard shouts from the street outside, and a group of people rushed into the front yard, Fu Heng Frowning, he said, "Is there something wrong? Little Qizi, go and have a look!" Little Seventh promised, but before he reached the second gate, more than a dozen yamen servants rushed in with torches in their hands.Before Xiao Qizi had time to ask questions, he was shoved by a burly man, throwing his legs upside down!Xiao Qizi is used to being domineering by following Fu Heng, how can he spare these people, and immediately yelled: "Forget you bastard! You dare to come here to bully people even if you can't read or write! I'll fuck you bloody grandma, Is this a rebellion?" A yamen servant who looked like a team leader lifted him up, and with two mouths in his face, he pushed him along the way, kicked his buttocks again, and kicked Xiao Qizi lying on the ground for a long time, unable to move.The Yatou stared at Fu Heng and the others, called Zhuang Ding, and said, "Go up and recognize the murderer!" "It's Luo, Team Leader Jiang!" A Zhuang Ding came out with a sound, walked up to the steps, and looked at each person with his eyes under the bright lamp.After a while, he took a step back suddenly, pointing at Yao Qin in surprise and shouting, "That's him!" Team leader Jiang grinned grimly, and said, "Life is hard to hide in a three-foot world, it's true! Take all these people away!" Down!" "Meng Lang!" A person behind him suddenly said coldly.When Team Leader Jiang turned around, he saw a short black man standing behind him, and he couldn't help but startled: "Who are you, are you standing in the way?" Seeing that this man was blind Wu, Fu Heng had already evaded him at some point.Blind Wu said again: "What are you guys going to do? Speak slowly if you have something to say, how can you hit someone just by raising your hand?" "Beat people?" Team leader Jiang gritted his teeth and said, "The murderer is nesting here with you, and I'm going to catch people and kill people!" Involuntarily, a skyrocket hit Wu Xiazi in the ribs.Unexpectedly, when the fist touched the body, it felt like being hit on a pig iron ingot, and the pain in several phalanges was unbearable immediately!Team leader Jiang stepped aside, kneaded his dislocated hand with a frown, and shouted at the crowd: "Beat him!" Nineteen yamen servants rushed up in a swarm, surrounding blind Wu in the middle.Some punched, some kicked, and some squatted and hugged their legs, trying to overturn him.That blind man Wu has a hard work, he is pushed, beaten and pulled, as if he has taken root, he remains motionless.Fu Heng also wanted to let him show his kung fu in front of Piao Gao, so he said after a while: "Old Wu, don't worry about them. Come here!" Blind Wu let out a muffled growl, his whole body trembling, and five or six yamen servants scattered in all directions.Blind Wu snorted and went to the table and said, "Speaking of beating, can you stand up to the flick of my finger?" He took the porcelain lid of the wine pot on the table, took off the thumb-sized top button on the top, and gently pinched it with his thumb and index finger. , the solid porcelain buttons have been broken into powder one after another, seeing his hard work, Piao Gao is also horrified in his heart. Only then did Fu Heng step down; he said: "We are duty-bound people who know the law. If my guest kills someone, I will not protect him." Pointing to Yao Qin, he asked Zhuang Ding: "-- such a small child, Did you see him kill someone with your own eyes?" "Yes..." Zhuang Ding was frightened by Fu Heng's gaze, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's him!" "Who did you kill, when and where?" "It was our Old Master Shi who killed him, just now at the banquet outside!" Fu Heng burst out laughing suddenly, and said: "He is with me in this courtyard, never leaving him. If he can't catch the murderer, can he just slander him for nothing?—Please come to your county magistrate, and I will talk to him face to face. !"