Chapter 44: I'm Across the World Who Dare to Stop Me?
Before the Autumn Festival, we saw Miao family members from all over Lingnan, dressed in costumes, gathering from all directions in Phoenix City. On the day of the Autumn Festival, Phoenix City was a grand costume banquet. The Miao family's daughter was dressed in a wedding dress from the day she was born. They began to accumulate gold and silver jewelry and the most beautiful clothes as dowries. They came in groups from different Miao villages to celebrate the harvest in Phoenix City. Occasionally, they would sing a few more folk songs to the Mi who admired them. Such simple feelings are not uncommon in the Lingnan area.
It's rare to see such a grand event. Early in the morning, Mr. Chai and others put on clean Miao men's clothes. Miss Du was also dressed as a Miao daughter. He was wearing the clothes of the store owner Wang Xi when she was young. She wore sparkling gold and silver clothes. Decorated on her body, this one-of-a-kind beauty is simply more beautiful than the azaleas in the forest.
Little sister Ayi also took out the clothes she wore for the event and put them on early along the way. A group of people got ready and prepared to go out to participate in the event for the Autumn Festival. But it was not as expected. A certain guy is still not wearing it until now. She was trapped in the room and refused to get up. Miss Du called the man several times but did not answer. Mr. Chai, who was responsible for saying good things for the guy, could not resist the hateful looks of the two women. He just smiled and told the people next to him. Xue Rengui asked him to wake up his third brother.
Xue Rengui smiled bitterly. He did not dare to disturb his brother-in-law.
"Let's go." Seeing this, Miss Du, who had not shown the spirit of a military advisor from the beginning of her journey to Lingnan until now, said decisively. She had already stepped out of the door with Miss Ayi.
"Huh." Mr. Chai breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He thought to himself: "Third brother, third brother, every woman you mess with is not a kind person." Mr. Chai sighed as if he was there. He actually knew that Meng Xinghe had been there for a long time. He got dressed and went out before dawn. No one knew the reason why he closed the door tightly. Mr. Chai didn't ask much. The third brother's behavior was often unimaginable to ordinary people.
When a plot to hide the truth was being staged in an inn, in the bustling Phoenix City, there was a man wearing low-grade cyan Miao clothing. He was looking up at the many Miao women around him who were looking at him. Although this Mi Duo was only wearing low-class Miao clothes, there were still many Miao Mi Duo who immediately fell in love with this Mi Duo. Some of them were even thinking about whether they should sing a few folk songs to attract the other person. He was overtaken by other women around him.
"There are clouds in the sky. Autumn is coming and the geese are flying south. When they fly to the Yunshan Mountains, they are nowhere to be seen. I quickly ask my brother to help my sister take a look."
Just when Mr. Meng memorized the words of Miss Ayi about not singing folk songs with Miao girls on the road, not far from him, there was a beautiful girl who liked him, Mi Guai, who had a lot of ears, and sang sweetly. Meng The adults followed the voice and looked over. It was a woman wearing beautiful Miao costumes. She was fair and clean, tall and elegant. She wore a shining silver headdress on her head. She was waiting expectantly for Meng Xinghe's reply.
Looking at the woman's devoutly waiting face, Mr. Meng lowered his head and walked silently. He couldn't be right. Once he was right, he couldn't leave the woman alone.
The front was not far from Yang Xuangan's General's Mansion. Meng Xinghe quickened his pace. The place he was going to today was the General's Mansion. As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. If there is any movement in Yang Xuangan, there will definitely be clues. He I would like to see how Yang Xuangan breaks the twenty-year disguise with the Lingnan Miao family.
Although the Autumn Festival is a grand event for the Miao family, Yang Xuangan is the lord of the Lingnan area. He controls the taxation and military administration of all the land in Lingnan. It can also be said to be an uncontrolled vassal town. Every grand event, he will be subject to the Phoenix He was invited by the chief priest of the Nanzhao Ancestral Hall in the city to serve as a referee for the grand event and select the most outstanding Miao family Miduo and Micai at each grand event. Of course, he was invited to this year's Autumn Festival as well.
Yang Xuangan was not too happy or angry about Meng Xinghe's uninvited visit. He greeted him in front of the general's mansion. He did not neglect Meng Xinghe, who was the only person in the Yang family who was now qualified to inherit the national jade seal. He just and Compared with Yang Xuangan's humility, the expressions left by the two black-faced generals beside him were very unfriendly to Meng Xinghe. They even showed obvious disdain. They really echoed the proverb that the king of hell is easy to see but the devil is difficult to deal with.
"Mr. Meng, this is your first time in Lingnan to attend a grand gathering of the Miao people in this area. I think it was more than 20 years ago. I was just like you. I first came to this place and I was not used to the customs that were different from those in the Central Plains. However, More than twenty years have also smoothed away many of my original feelings of reluctance to leave the Central Plains." Yang Xuangan did not lead troops or sit on a sedan chair. He only took two of his confidants and went to Nanzhao simultaneously with Meng Xinghe. Walking to the ancestral hall. For him, he has attended several such events almost every year and has no sense of curiosity anymore.
Although it was Meng Xinghe's first time to participate in the so-called Autumn Festival, he was a person who came here a thousand years ago. Flying in the sky and running on the ground are much more dazzling than this era. What else can make him feel strange? Hehe smiled. It was considered an optional answer. He said: "Compared to the Central Plains, Lingnan is a little more peaceful. At least here, under the leadership of General Yang, you can see the beautiful scenery of Taoyuan Resort everywhere. Even I am here. People who have been here for only a few days want to stay here for the rest of their lives.”
"I don't dare to leave you in Lingnan. Maybe that day Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty will send his army and Lingnan will not be so stable." Yang Xuangan said with a smile. The army in Lingnan had already started a head-on conflict with the Tang army outside. He just said The words can almost be included in the perfunctory sentences about Meng Xinghe.
It is true that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Yang Xuangan is a strong local snake. He has carefully managed Lingnan for more than 20 years. It is almost the same as Li Shimin's strategy of recuperating and recuperating various parts of the Tang Dynasty. Now when the war begins, there will be no three or five. In a few years, I won't be able to tell who lost and who won. I don't know how prepared General Lan is. Whether he can easily capture Yang Xuangan is still a question. After all, this is his territory.
Not long after walking, we have already seen the Nanzhao Ancestral Hall in Phoenix City. There is a wide square there. It is already crowded with people. Miao family members from Miao villages all over Lingnan came here very early and gathered around. Singing and dancing began the activities before the Autumn Festival. At this time, Yang Xuangan suddenly stopped. The two dark-faced generals beside him also stopped at the same time.
"Mr. Meng, there is something that I have been thinking about for a long time and have always wanted to ask you." Yang Xuangan's voice was very low, but it seemed as if he was asking an extremely important matter.
Meng Xinghe immediately became alert: "Why does General Yang care so much? Please just say it doesn't hurt."
"Mr. Meng, do you know someone?"
"I know a lot of people from the Central Plains to Lingnan. I don't know who the general is talking about." Meng Xinghe thought in his heart. Who would Yang Xuangan ask?
Yang Xuangan was stunned for a moment and said, "Xiao Yi, Mr. Meng, do you recognize him?"
"Xiao Yi." Meng Xinghe shook his head and said, "It's a bit familiar. But I don't know who it is. Can General Yang make it clearer?"
Who is Xiao Yi? Why does she feel so familiar? Meng Xinghe sometimes couldn't figure it out. He even thought that it would be great if Du Baike was by his side. She must know.
The corner of Yang Xuangan's mouth twitched. Before the third daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty arrived in Lingnan, he had not noticed that there was a person named Meng Xinghe in the Central Plains. It was not until the third princess suddenly appeared in Lingnan that Yang Xuangan, who had not inquired about things in the Central Plains for many years, found out. In recent years, A powerful figure named Meng Xinghe came out of the Tang Dynasty. Even Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others, who he had always felt in his heart, did not have as much experience as this man. In two years, he could rise to prominence in the Tang Dynasty, which focused on cultivating the children of noble families. To achieve the official position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is really incredible.
Despite the ups and downs in his heart, Yang Xuangan's face still showed no trace of uneasiness. People like him who have experienced too many ups and downs and still have no peace are the same as Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others. They are all old foxes. What's going on? You can listen to everything calmly. Of course, Meng Xinghe said that he didn't know Xiao Yi. Yang Xuangan couldn't guess whether he was hiding it or if he really didn't know. He had always liked tricks and conspiracies, but he was very enthusiastic. He was very careful. He explained Xiao Yi to Meng Xinghe in detail and said: "Mr. Meng is unaware of something. The Xiao Yi I just mentioned is none other than the leader of Taiping."
"Taiping Sect." Meng Xinghe was shocked. Hey, it turned out to be the Holy King. It turned out that his name was Xiao Yi. It's strange that my master sister never mentioned it to me.
Yang Xuangan saw that Meng Xinghe was only in his early twenties. He might not have been born when Xiao Yi became famous all over the world. He suddenly felt that except for Yang Xuangan feeling the arrogance of the Taiping Sect Saint King in his body, he really would not be able to relate to this. What is the connection between the young man and Xiao Yi, who has been missing for nearly twenty years?
Suddenly there was a feeling of being separated from another world. Yang Xuangan said: "I remember that in the tenth year of the founding of the emperor, Lingnan surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen celebrated the unification of the world. On the Lantern Festival, he celebrated with all the people in Chang'an. Those who were present at that time. There were Jin Wang Yang Guang, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Jian, Wang Shichong, Li Mi, and many other future heroes. At that time, Emperor Wen improvised and ordered people to hang a lantern on the highest place of the Chang'an city wall. It was facing all the officials around him. Haoyan said that whoever can win this lantern first, Emperor Wen can agree to any condition he proposes. I remember clearly that Emperor Wen was just talking, and Xiao Yi was already laughing. None of the heroes dared to talk to him. Even Yang Guang, who has always been conceited and proud, could only speak dumbly at that time. Do you know what Xiao Yi said at that time."
It is hard to imagine what Xiao Yi said at that time in front of the emperor and even the heroes of the world. Meng Xinghe smiled and said: "I am all ears."
Yang Xuangan recalled that he had returned to the tenth year since the founding of the Emperor. Even though many years had passed, he could still feel Xiao Yi's sharpness at that time. He said: "He only said one sentence. I will dominate the world. Who dares to stop me? Finished." His figure was rising and falling. While everyone was either angry or admiring Xiao Yi, he had already taken back the lanterns from Chang'an City."
Meng Xinghe only regretted that he had not been able to see the heroic figure of the Taiping Sect's Holy King for decades after he came. It is no wonder that the current master and sister will never forget him. With such a man, no woman in the world can stop her from falling in love with him.
Just when Meng Xinghe also had admiration for the Taiping Sect Saint King, Yang Xuangan sighed with regret, which made Meng Xinghe instantly retract his thoughts. He really admired Xiao Yi back then for being so arrogant in front of so many people.
"It's a pity. It's a pity." Yang Xuan sighed twice, as if he said to Meng Xinghe specifically: "Although Xiao Yi is unmatched, after all, it is a hero who has to endure the beauty."
Meng Xinghe originally wanted to listen to the matter about the Holy King again, but Yang Xuangan stopped talking. He looked forward and murmured: "Haha. The Nanzhao Ancestral Hall has arrived."