Chapter 7 Enjoying the beautiful scenery of West Lake
West Lake is a lake on the west side of the capital of Yue State. It is surrounded by green willows and full of lotus flowers. The scenery is breathtaking. Some scholars often compare West Lake with Xizi, the first of the four beauties in ancient times, which shows the beauty of West Lake in people's hearts.
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The West Lake was formed more than 10,000 years ago. It was originally a shallow bay formed by the alluvial deposits of the Qiantang River. It was surrounded by the Wu Mountains and the Baoshi Mountains. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the prototype of the West Lake was formed. After being repaired and cleaned up by the literati who served as officials, the West Lake became
A pearl in the land of heaven.
When you go to the West Lake in the summer, go boating on the lake, brew a pot of Longjing fragrant tea, look at the color of the lake, and appreciate the green willows and red lotuses, anyone will feel like a fairy or a god, and be intoxicated.
King Wuyou and his entourage arrived in Hangzhou and stayed at the local Qi Ci Fang. The store had already arranged all the things for use. King Wuyou asked Yinger to have a rest first, and he would take her to visit the West Lake the next day.
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The shopkeeper here is surnamed Tan. He is a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face. He had known that King Wuyou was coming, so he went to the West Lake to book a cruise ship in advance. Since a large number of heroes and warriors came from various places these days, the cruise ship was often booked. If
If you go there at will, you may not be able to find the boat for a while.
They arrived at the store in the afternoon, and Ying'er rested for a long time. King Wuyou saw that she was in high spirits, so he ordered shopkeeper Tan to prepare a carriage. They were going to Zhiwei Building to taste the delicacies here. The shopkeeper smiled naively and said
"The young master's house is such a good memory. You still remember the last time I invited you to eat there. I have booked a private room upstairs in the past few days, and I am just waiting for the young master's house to come. I will send it to you right away.
Go there with the young lady."
King Wuyou also said a few words of courtesy. Shopkeeper Tan went down and ordered people to prepare the car, and he followed on horseback to send King Wuyou and others there.
When we arrived at Zhiwei Building, the front of the building was already full of carriages and horses, and most of the people going in and out were martial arts figures with swords on their backs. King Wuyou smiled and said to shopkeeper Tan: "This West Lake was once called Wulin Lake. Now it is
It seems that it has really become a gathering place for people in the martial arts world."
Shopkeeper Tan also smiled, and while letting King Wuyou go in, he said: "Don't you know, my boss, that there are quite a few chivalrous people coming from all over the country in recent days, and I, Old Tan, have never seen them in so many years?"
There are so many martial arts people from all over the world who come from all sects, I heard they want to win the title of the best hero in the world."
While talking, a few people entered the Zhiwei Building. A waiter had already come to greet them and led them to the upstairs seating area.
A group of people pointed at King Wushou and his entourage and shouted, "How could they go upstairs?"
There was a waiter waiting in front of me, and he quickly explained: "That's a regular customer. He has reserved a table upstairs."
The group of people pushed the waiter away, and a strong man with a full beard walked up to Shopkeeper Tan and said, "Are you a regular customer? I'm here to have dinner with some of my brothers today. I want to borrow your seat. You first
Go wait outside for a while, and I’ll treat you to some food and wine after my brothers have finished eating.”
Shopkeeper Tan smiled naively and asked, "Who are you? But I don't know how long you want me to wait outside?"
The strong man said: "I am Yan Qingfeng from Youyan Valley. I want you to sit in an elegant seat. It is me who is giving you face. What are you talking about!"
Shopkeeper Tan cupped his hands and said to Yan Qingfeng: "Hero, please take a step to speak and don't yell at my young master." After saying that, he led him out. Yan Qingfeng didn't know what to do and followed him.
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King Wuyou took Ying'er's hand and said, "Ying'er, let's go up first and don't worry about him." After saying that, he asked the waiter to lead him upstairs.
Several of Yan Qingfeng's classmates looked at each other and couldn't stop them, so they went outside to see what was going on. As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw Yan Qingfeng lying at the feet of shopkeeper Tan, with a bruised nose and a swollen face, staring at her eyes.
With a look of horror, Shopkeeper Tan said: "I don't bother to give you a beating, but you shouldn't cause trouble in front of my young master, so get out of here. You are lucky, my young master is not angry, if my young master just frowned
, I will kill you alone."
Several young men who came with Yan Qingfeng wanted to pull the weapon forward, but Yan Qingfeng hissed on the ground to stop. Shopkeeper Tan raised his feet and asked him to get up, and Yan Qingfeng staggered.
With a big gift, he turned around to greet some of his fellow guests and left in a hurry. Some of the guests passing by in front of the building looked at them strangely, coming in angrily and then leaving in despair.
Shopkeeper Tan ignored them and hurriedly entered the store. When he saw King Wuyou and others had already gone upstairs, he rushed upstairs as well. As soon as he entered the house, he was about to apologize to King Wuyou, but King Wuyou had already gone upstairs.
She smiled at him, shook her head, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Shopkeeper Tan. If you have anything to eat here, please bring it to me."
Shopkeeper Tan quickly called to the waiter: "Go to the kitchen and tell them to cook the Longjing shrimps, ### fire recipe, West Lake vinegar fish, and chicken, as well as all the various snacks in your store."
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Then he turned back and asked King Wuyou: "Master, do you want any more wine? Have some Huadiao to relieve your fatigue."
King Wuyou nodded and said "Okay". Shopkeeper Tan quickly called the waiter to prepare the flower carvings.
A few people tasted delicious food, drank and chatted at Zhiweilou. They watched the fishing lanterns drifting leisurely on the lake. The lake was sparkling under the moonlight. Ying'er looked at the West Lake in the night, not caring about the deliciousness of the food, and stood up to the window.
In front of me, sisters ** and I pointed at the scenery in the distance, sometimes clapping our hands, sometimes laughing lightly.
King Wuyou and Shopkeeper Tan poured a few glasses of wine and drank, then sat on the stools, drinking tea and chatting about the scenery of Jinling.
They were enjoying themselves here, but the disciples from Youyan Valley were whispering under a tree not far away. A young disciple asked Yan Qingfeng: "Brother, who is that old guy?
Why don't you ask us to go up together to avenge you, and leave like this, and let people see our Youyangu joke in vain?"
Yan Qingfeng glared at him and asked, "You know there is a family in Qidi that specializes in kicking."
"It's just Tan Legs. You know, master often tells us not to provoke anyone from the Tan family." The young man replied.
Yan Qingfeng took a deep breath and said, "He uses Tan Kou. That year I went with my master to visit the head of the Tan family in Qi Guoquan City. The master and the head of the Tan family competed with each other, so I know some tricks." "Then."
Who is more powerful, Master or Tan Men?" the young man asked eagerly.
"Master only lasted ten interviews before he gave up." Yan Qingfeng said, "I didn't even see how Master lost."
The young man asked in disbelief: "Is the master deliberately being humble?"
Yan Qingfeng sighed and said: "Is Master a humble person? Master has been afraid of everyone in these years, but he told us not to provoke Tan Clan, what do you think?"
The young man said: "Then if we are so afraid of coming and going, we won't attend the Heroes Conference and just go back to Youyan Valley."
But Yan Qingfeng snorted and said: "I saw that businessman dressed up and said he was his young master. Maybe he was invited by that young master to come here to play. When we arrived at the martial arts field, we only watched a few things. If they
If he also participates, we will avoid him. As for other people, I really don’t care."
Everyone nodded in agreement, then helped him and walked to an inn.
The next day, King Wuyou went to Ying'er's room and saw that she was still dressing up, so he asked: "Did you have a good rest last night? Today we are going boating on the West Lake. Shopkeeper Tan said that we can eat freshly cooked food by the fishermen on the boat.
Fish soup is the most delicious.”
Ying'er smiled at the bronze mirror and gave a soft "en", and ** quickly combed her hair with hairpins. Meiliang happily went to find clothes for her to wear when going out. ** said with a smile.
: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. Today we are going to visit the West Lake. Of course, we have to dress up the princess in her most beautiful way."
King Wuyou nodded and said, "Okay, you guys will serve the princess first, and I'll wait in front." After that, he went downstairs to see how Shopkeeper Tan had prepared the carriage and horses.
In the car sat Ying'er and sisters **. Shopkeeper Tan ordered a waiter to drive the car, while he rode in front with King Wuyou and Lu Zheng. Qi Ci Fang was in the center of Hangzhou, only a short walk away from the West Lake.
When they arrived at the shore of the West Lake, shopkeeper Tan looked under a tree, parked the carriage, and asked the clerk to watch the carriage and feed the horses. He invited King Wuyou and his entourage to walk slowly along the shore of the lake. After walking a few steps, they found
A fishing boat.
There were a few people in front of the fishing boat arguing with the boatman, as if they wanted to hire a boat, but the boatman refused. It wasn't until he saw Shopkeeper Tan that he waved his hand and asked Shopkeeper Tan to get on the boat. Those around looked at the booking.
As expected, the customers came and dispersed one after another, looking for other ships.
There were also two young men who looked at King Wuyou and Ying'er and bowed before walking up the mountain. The older young man said: "My dear friend, I wonder if you can take our brothers to the lake together? We have been wandering around for a long time.
I really can’t find the boat.”
King Wuyou heard his clear voice and delicate appearance. He smiled at Ying'er and said, "I also imitate the way you dress up sometimes." Then he turned to the two of them and said, "We husband and wife still have some things to say to each other, so it's really inconvenient."
I've got two of you, you better go and have a look in front." After saying that, he pulled Ying'er and got on the boat. The boatman held the boat, and waited for Mrs. Mingli, Lu Zheng and shopkeeper Tan to come up and pull out the poles.
Go out, push to the shore, and swing away from the shore.
The two teenagers on the shore hid their feet and shouted bitterly: "Don't be proud, wait until I find the boat, catch up with you, and make you mad to death."
King Wuyou heard this, stood at the stern of the boat, waved to them, and said, "Come on, come on." Ying'er walked up to King Wuyou and said, "Brother Si, our boat is big, so let's carry them."
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King Wuyou looked at Ying'er and said to the boatman: "Then go back and take them with you."
Ying'er listened to the two teenagers waving to the shore and said: "We will take you back and swim in the lake together."
After hearing this, the boatman pulled back a pole to stop the boat and then waited to push back.
After hearing what Ying'er said, the two teenagers took a few steps back, and then shouted to the boatman: "You don't have to come over, just hold on steady." After saying that, they both ran up, stepped on the shore, and jumped onto the boat.
, the two fell together, and the ship only trembled slightly.
Shopkeeper Tan looked at the two teenagers carefully. They were similar in stature to Ying'er and the others. They looked like they were girls from that family. They dressed up as men and came out to play, but their skills were indeed good. There were two people on this boat offshore.
When they were about ten feet old, they were able to jump onto the boat and land on the boat, as light as a ball of cotton. This light workmanship made Shopkeeper Tan nod in approval.