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Chapter ○30 [Four generals, traveling south of the Yangtze River] Part 2
Mu Linfeng saw that the scholar was wearing a white robe. He was quite handsome, but his figure was a little thin, and his whole body showed a sense of sadness. The waiter came over and said to him: "I'm sorry, sir, we don't have any red nuggets in our store.
This is our Shandong specialty wine."
The scholar raised his head and glanced at the waiter, then asked: "Then please introduce me."
The waiter said: "We have Jingzhi, Kongfujia and Baotu Spring here. Which one do you want, sir?"
The scholar thought for a while and said: "Just have a bottle of each of the three kinds." He said that there were a few more side dishes to go with the wine.
Mu Linfeng heard that his accent sounded like he was from Huaiyin in the south of the Yangtze River, that is, from the border town of his hometown, and he immediately developed a liking for the scholar. He might as well take a few more glances.
The scholar suddenly looked towards Mu Linfeng and met Mu Linfeng's eyes. Mu Linfeng did not avoid it, but just smiled at the scholar. The scholar's face was expressionless, and his eyes slowly moved from Mu Linfeng to Mu Linfeng.
Chen Yuanyuan's eyes were still expressionless, and then she turned her head.
Mu Linfeng felt that this person was strange and felt strange. Chen Yuanyuan only lowered her head to eat and did not notice the way the scholar looked at her.
Mu Linfeng turned around and asked Su Duxiu in a low voice: "Mr. Su is well-informed, can you recognize this person?" Su Duxiu turned around and said to Mu Linfeng after a long time: "I don't know, but if the master wants to know
I can find out his identity in half an hour."
After Mu Linfeng glanced at Su Duxiu with admiration, he said softly: "Then there is Mr. Lao Su." He said that he was no longer distracted. After finishing the meal, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Chen Yuanyuan asked Mu Linfeng to accompany him for a walk on the street. Mu Linfeng thought to himself, "That's fine. Anyway, I have been in this era for so long, except for running away or staying in the village, and I haven't really seen anything."
When Mu Linfeng followed Chen Yuanyuan downstairs, he happened to meet the cold-faced scholar going upstairs. Only then did Chen Yuanyuan see the scholar's appearance. Mu Linfeng smiled at the scholar, but the scholar didn't look at him and kept looking at Chen Yuanyuan.
Mu Linfeng accidentally glanced at Chen Yuanyuan's eyes and saw that she didn't seem to know the scholar at all and didn't even look at him.
The scholar's eyes when looking at Chen Yuanyuan were still expressionless. It was not like other people who would immediately salivate when they saw Chen Yuanyuan's beauty, nor did he seem to have any issues with Chen Yuanyuan.
Mu Linfeng felt wary when he saw the strange scholar. Please remember
Along the way, Mu Linfeng and Chen Yuanyuan were the focus of everyone on the street. In modern words, they were standard handsome men and beautiful women. In ancient words, they were talented and beautiful women. They attracted the envy of many people. All men were jealous of Mu Linfeng.
She was so lucky to have such a beautiful wife, and the woman also envied Chen Yuanyuan for having such a happy husband. Along the way, the two of them were like a couple of gods, making others envious. But Mu Linfeng always felt that one of the eyes in the crowd was staring at him.
, but looking left and right, nothing was found.
Mu Linfeng suddenly had an idea: "Could that scholar be Zheng Xiyu in disguise? She is indeed good at disguise, and she can change her voice."
Thinking of this, I felt a feeling that was difficult to describe in my heart. I hoped it was her, but I didn't hope it was her. But when I thought about it, it was impossible. Although the scholar was not as tall as me, he was still considered the tallest man among the men of this era.
He is a very special character, much taller than Zheng Xiyu. Zheng Xiyu can't even pretend to be tall, right?
Chen Yuanyuan saw that Mu Linfeng was absent-minded and asked quickly: "Mu Lang, are you worried about something?"
Only then did Mu Linfeng wake up, and he quickly smiled and said: "How can I have anything on my mind? I was thinking about what kind of gift to give Yuanyuan to surprise her."
Chen Yuanyuan quickly spat: "Mu Lang is really good at coaxing Yuanyuan. If you really meant it, you wouldn't have said it."
Mu Linfeng smiled awkwardly and stopped talking, secretly thinking that he would give her a surprise next time.
Chen Yuanyuan said: "Since Mu Lang is interested, let's go back to the inn."
Mu Linfeng knew that Chen Yuanyuan had different opinions, but it was true that he was not in the mood to go shopping at the moment. Moreover, even in the 2nd century, he never went shopping with women when picking up girls. He just gave them money to buy whatever they wanted. Little did he know that in ancient times, everything would be
Changed, Mu Linfeng couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
After the two returned to the inn, Mu Linfeng sent Chen Yuanyuan back to his room, and immediately went to the room where Su Duxiu and other four generals were staying. The four of them were sitting at the table. When they saw Mu Linfeng approaching, they immediately stood up and said, "Master."
Mu Linfeng quickly motioned for the four of them to sit down. He sat aside and asked Su Duxiu, "Mr. Su, I asked you to check..."
Before Mu Linfeng finished speaking, Su Duxiu said: "I have found out clearly that this person's surname is Mao, his first name is Xiang, and his courtesy name is Bijiang."
Mu Linfeng was shocked and said: "What, he is risking the border?"
Su Duxiu asked curiously: "What? Master knows this person?"
Mu Linfeng shook his head and said: "You can say you know him, you can also say you don't know him." He said in his heart: "It turns out that this person is one of the four young masters in the late Ming Dynasty together with Fang Yizhi, Hou Fangyu and Chen Zhenhui.
When watching Mao Bijiang on TV, most of them portrayed him as just a scholar. Today, it seems that he is more than that simple. Looking at the sword in his hand, he should also be a martial arts practitioner. Moreover, the history books say that at this time
Mao Pijiang should be a free and unrestrained, literary and romantic person."
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng became confused. If this person really wanted to make friends with him, Mu Linfeng really wanted to make friends with him. However, he looked arrogant and his eyes were not friendly. Moreover, he didn't understand why he was there at the moment.
Always staring at Chen Yuanyuan.
And according to Mu Linfeng's understanding of history, Mao Pijiang should have something to do with Dong Xiaowan, the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, and not Chen Yuanyuan.
When Mu Linfeng wanted to ask Su Duxiu what else he knew about Mao Bijiang, Su Duxiu shook his head and said: "That's all we can find out so far, and his Maojia swordsmanship is also quite exquisite.
However, it is not known what kind of person this Mao Pijiang is, because no one has seen him take action so far."
Mu Linfeng was confused. According to history, Mao Bijiang was just a scholar and scholar. How come he had Mao Jia swordsmanship? Mu Linfeng finally realized that maybe he didn't want to change history at the same time.
History has unknowingly undergone major changes because of his appearance. From this point of view, I can only take one step at a time.
Mu Linfeng felt uneasy, always feeling that something was about to happen, and the look in his mind of Mao Pijiang looking at Chen Yuanyuan always flashed through his mind. Mu Linfeng thought about it again and again, and decided to leave the cavalry overnight, no matter what, he would go back to Wu Xing first. At the end of the day,
At that time, the four generals quietly led the brothers out of the inn and got into the carriage. Mu Linfeng also got into the carriage with Chen Yuanyuan, who was sleeping on his back. The group went south at night. Mu Linfeng felt relieved when he saw that the carriage was far away from Jinan Mansion.
After a night under the stars and the moon, Mu Linfeng and others walked to the Chongzhou area and set up camp. Chen Yuanyuan asked Mu Linfeng why he was in such a hurry along the way. Mu Linfeng only said that he wanted to get to Jiangnan as soon as possible and didn't say much else.
Along the way, Mu Linfeng found no trace of the suspicious person, so he thought that he might be suspicious.
Mu Linfeng asked Su Duxiu how long it would take to reach Nanjing. Su Duxiu said: "In front of you is Chongzhou City, and then you can reach Jiangsu. You can go from Xuzhou to Fengyang, and then from Fengyang to Yangzhou. After passing Yangzhou, you can
Directly to Nanjing.”
Mu Linfeng calculated in his mind that it would take at least half a month to a month to travel. He quickly asked Su Duxiu, "Is there a shortcut?"
Su Duxiu said: "There is a shortcut, that is, by water and land. We can rent two boats from the Grand Canal to the west of Chongzhou, and we can directly reach the Huaihe River Basin. The time cannot be shortened much, but it can avoid the bumpy rides along the way, right.
Madam is better too."
Mu Linfeng knew that the lady Su Duxiu was talking about was Chen Yuanyuan, and thought to herself: "That's good, Yuanyuan has not had a peaceful sleep all the way. I believe it will be better if you take the water route." He nodded after thinking: "
In this way, we can travel by land and water."
The group of people didn't arrive at Chongzhou until noon. They were already exhausted, so they had to stop at an inn to rest for a while and eat some food and wine before continuing on the road. They headed to the west of Chongzhou as planned. People were hungry along the way, and sometimes they felt like enjoying the wind.
I also tried to show my kindness, but when I saw that I saved a person, a lot of people followed me immediately, so I had to give up.
Everyone looked at the beggars as if they were numb. Mu Linfeng was a little unhappy at first, but after doing it two or three times, he understood what was going on.
Now Li Zicheng in Shaanxi must have started an uprising. Although Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan was defeated by Zuo Liangyu this year, it was very costly. War started again in the Northeast soon. In order to increase the treasury tax, Emperor Chongzhen continued to increase various inexplicable taxes.
, coupled with the drought, there were dead bodies along the way, Mu Linfeng couldn't bear to look at it, and did some personnel work. As a result, the journey was naturally a lot of trouble.
Some of the villages he passed by did not have ten or nine houses, but some were old, weak, sick and disabled. It turned out that those people were either recruited to serve as soldiers or to escape from famine. Everyone felt pity. When Mu Linfeng saw how poor the Ming Dynasty was, he was so moved.
Although there was still talk and laughter on the road, there was a hint of sadness.
The group of people traveled for about two more days, and it was at noon on the third day that they arrived at the Grand Canal. The carriage was riding under the wind, and they saw busy traffic and pedestrians on the bank of the canal. It was much better than the place where they came.
But there were many hungry people. Some young and strong people were waiting to be hired, and even some children were waiting for someone. However, they were standing far away and few people paid attention. However, when everyone saw Mu Linfeng,
The gang didn't come forward.
Mu Linfeng wanted to help, but he had spent a lot of money on the distribution along the way, and he had enough energy but not enough. It seemed that if he wanted to do something good, he could only make more money. Mu Linfeng thought about it for once, and saw that there was a road along the shore.
Officers and soldiers stood guard and patrolled.
Mu Linfeng ordered everyone to park the carriage on the shore, and Su Duxiu and Fang Gaoao went to find the ship heading south, while the rest of the people waited on the shore.