Chapter 944: The Beginning and the End
"This damn weather, it's really going to be hot." A peddler walked into the liquor shop with a rough shout, and as soon as he entered the liquor shop, he shouted: "Bring me two catties of wine, this ghost weather, everyone is going to fucking dry up." Soon a handsome young man came from behind the counter of the liquor store, and saw that the young man was dressed in a blue shirt, but his steps were light and nimble, and he came to the peddler's table with two jars of fragrant wine in his hands.
Before the young man could stabilize the jar, the dealer hurriedly tore open the seal on the jar and poured a coarse porcelain bowl full of it, and he took the coarse porcelain bowl and poured it into his throat. Wine stains spilled down the corners of his mouth, and he hiccuped as if he was enjoying it. "It's so fucking refreshing, shopkeeper, you're really enjoying this wine!" The peddler exclaimed to the young man.
The young man only smiled slightly, and saw that his figure was as busy as the wind, and soon there were more plates of peanuts on the peddler's table. After the dealer poured a bowl of wine, he began to enjoy it slowly, and the wine was not very hasty, as if the bowl of wine had eliminated all the heat in his body. The young man returned to the counter with a pair of bright eyes, and then he held his chin and froze.
At this time, it was already July, and the tomoko on the trees on both sides of the street was not ashamed to scream, and the rolling heat came to his face. This is just an ordinary wine shop in Dingyuan County, and this young man is the shopkeeper of this wine shop, and of course he is also the second shopkeeper of this wine shop. This liquor shop has only been in operation for a few months, and no one knows where the teenager came from, and there is an unknown liquor shop in this small remote county town, which is actually the most ordinary.
By noon, there were more and more people, and the business of this nameless liquor store also improved. The liquor shop was already small, and the liquor store that was getting better seemed to be a little crowded, and the young man was busy like a bee shuttling among the flowers, and he kept taking the wine jar out of the backyard of the liquor store, and then placing the wine jar on the long table stained with oil. After setting up the wine jar, plates of peanuts or soybeans were neatly placed on the tables of these guests.
After all this was done, the young shopkeeper sat behind the counter and listened quietly to the unbridled conversation of the guests. The young shopkeeper's brow furrowed slightly, apparently he hadn't heard what he wanted to know in the guest's conversation. In the past few days, whether it is a peddler or a pawn or a person in the rivers and lakes, it is more obvious than before, and the young shopkeeper walks out of the counter from time to time and returns to the counter from time to time.
"Alas, it's just that the weather is so hot, I heard that there is another war." A Jianghu swordsman wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth and said to his companion. "Who said it wasn't, I heard that the Great Zhou Emperor Long Yan was furious and wanted to personally lead his troops south, and several state cities bordering the Great Zhou began to be on alert. Shouzhou City also borders the Great Zhou, so it seems that the flames of war will soon burn here. Another Jianghu companion in a strong suit took over his topic and said with a sigh.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have heard that it is Xuzhou in the territory of the Great Zhou, that is, the Xuzhou bordering Shouzhou, and I heard that hundreds of people died in a small mountain village in Xuzhou. The Xuzhou government reported the matter, and the Great Zhou Emperor knew about it and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. Guys, do you know what happened in the end? A shopper said to the crowd in a mysterious tone.
"It won't be that it was found out that this matter is related to my Datang, I don't know who is so frustrated that he actually slaughtered hundreds of lives in a village. This is terrifying, and besides, even during the war between the two countries, such a tragic thing did not happen. Immediately, a guest echoed. The other guests also had incredulous looks in their eyes, and they all looked at the shopkeeper.
It is said that one of the hundreds of villagers who were killed did not have his last breath, and finally the Xuzhou government secretly sent the villager who did not have his last breath to Bianliang, the capital of the Great Zhou Emperor. The villager said that he saw more than 100 soldiers wearing my Tang military uniforms slaughtering their entire village, and all the evidence pointed to my Datang, you said that the Great Zhou Kingdom was so humiliated, how could they swallow this breath, all the Great Zhou emperors were furious, and vowed to avenge the villagers who died in vain. And our Shouzhou is the first to bear the brunt, maybe this war will be the first to burn to our Shouzhou. ”
"No, this is an obvious blame, if you want to slaughter a village, how can you leave a living mouth, I think there must be a conspiracy of people with intentions, just to provoke a war between the two countries. My Datang has always governed the country with courtesy, how could I do such a thing that lost my conscience, someone must have planted the blame. When a middle-aged man who looked like a scribe heard this, he immediately said indignantly.
"I said that this brother, even if it is an obvious blame, but who believes it. Besides, the witnesses have already been sent to the Great Zhou Imperial Capital, so you can't go to the Great Zhou Imperial Capital to confront the witnesses face to face. Besides, the Great Zhou Kingdom has long coveted the wealth of my Tang Jiangnan, and people may need a reason, a reason to invade my Tang Dynasty, as long as the Great Zhou Emperor thinks that my Tang army did it, that is what my Tang Dynasty did. The shopper retorted to the middle-aged scribe.
When the middle-aged scribe heard this, he was speechless, and he sat down dejectedly, and his face became very sad and indignant. He poured a glass of wine alone and drank it for a long time, in fact, he also knew in his heart that although this was a false accusation, as long as the Great Zhou Emperor agreed, this was an accident between two countries. It wasn't just the middle-aged scribe who understood, but all the guests here understood the truth, but some pretended to be confused, and some were angry.
The young shopkeeper just listened quietly to the unbridled conversation of these people, and occasionally a guest shouted and brought wine, and then he rushed out like a gust of wind with a jar of wine. The already crowded liquor store, coupled with the noisy noise, this liquor store is like a miniature version of the market, some people shout loudly, some sigh, and some people frown, and the atmosphere becomes solemn at this moment.
"I also heard that the Great Zhou Emperor was going to go out in person, but he gave up at the unanimous request of the Great Zhou ministers. However, this time, the generalissimo of the Great Zhou army is the righteous brother of the Great Zhou Emperor, who is Zhao Xiang'er of the Zhao family, and the vanguard general of the Great Zhou army seems to be a young man named Ling Tianyun. I heard that this young man named Ling Tianyun may not be at the age of a weak crown, but he is strong in martial arts, and according to rumors in the rivers and lakes, he is also the righteous brother of the Great Zhou Emperor. The shopper seemed to remember something again, and he threw out a big news again.
"What, the vanguard general of the Great Zhou Army is called Ling Tianyun, hahaha, Lao Tzu came at the right time, I must go to meet the kid named Ling Tianyun for a while in the future." When the Jianghu swordsman heard this, his face suddenly flashed with excitement, and he said loudly. But everyone was deeply unimpressed, and they all shot contemptuous glances at him, as if this Jianghu swordsman was talking big, he was a pioneer general, and you were only drinking this cheap wine here.
"How do you peddlers and pawns know about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, if you want to talk about Ling Tianyun's deeds, you can't finish it for three days and three nights. Ling Tianyun was not a person in the rivers and lakes, he was the son of the general of Baishuiguan Zhenguan in the Northern Han Dynasty, and later coincided with the adventure and began to break into the rivers and lakes, he is also a master of the rivers and lakes with a knife, Lao Tzu just wanted to meet him for a while, whether his knife was powerful or Lao Tzu's knife was powerful. The swordsman shouted unashamedly.
When the young shopkeeper heard Ling Tianyun's name, he couldn't help frowning, but he still didn't say anything, but listened very carefully. This wine shop is not a high-end wine shop, and it sells some ordinary wine, but there seems to be some chic in this wine, which makes people drink it with a sense of pride. Due to the high quality and low price of the wine in this wine shop, and the unique taste of this wine, most of the people who come here to drink are some peddlers and pawns and some people from the rivers and lakes.
"In fact, that Ling Tianyun is indeed a young hero, his strength is extraordinary and extraordinary at a young age, and he can be called the most promising young hero today. In today's rivers and lakes, there are only a few young heroes of his generation, of course, the four ancient martial arts sects are not counted. The people in our rivers and lakes cannot be compared with the four ancient martial arts sects, and the four ancient martial arts sects can be regarded as the supreme in the martial arts cultivation world. The power-suited companion sitting next to the Jianghu swordsman continued to talk about the topic.
"The future is immeasurable, no matter how promising it is, it can't compare to the Central Plains Sword Saint, the Central Plains Sword Saint can be regarded as the pinnacle of martial arts, and it is said that it is the most likely to reach the Broken Void in these hundreds of years." Listening to the words of the powerful Jianghu guest, the black-faced man at the other table obviously said disapprerovingly. And his words were naturally recognized by other high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, in the rivers and lakes, if you say that you don't know the Central Plains Sword Saint, then you are in vain in this rivers and lakes.
The rivers and lakes do not respect national borders, and the people in the rivers and lakes admire the Central Plains Sword Saint, which is a respect for a strong man, mainly because the Central Plains Sword Saint has a compassionate mind for the world, and his battle with the Khitan Great Division Changbai Mountain is spread all over the world. Moreover, the Central Plains Sword Saint is the world's number one master who is invincible, and the Central Plains Sword Saint is famous and powerful, which can be said to be admired by people in the rivers and lakes.
"This brother didn't know that although Ling Tianyun was a young man who was not as weak as the crown, he had already been recognized by the Central Plains Sword Saint, and the Central Plains Sword Saint had also accepted him as a personal disciple. Otherwise, why did the Central Plains Sword Saint rest assured that Ling Tianyun, a young man, would fight an invincible duel with Wanyan in the Great Zhou Imperial City, which showed that his strength was extraordinary. In the battle of the Great Zhou Palace, Ling Tianyun and another young man, Ye Yinfeng, won the invincible half-move, do you say that his achievements in the future can be small. The pretending quackman didn't show any annoyance, he said again in a soothing tone.
"That's right, how do I think that Ling Tianyun is also very familiar, it turns out that it is the young man who fought with Wanyan Invincible in the Great Zhou Palace. I heard that the battle was so-called a battle that shattered the world, shocked the world and cried ghosts and gods, and finally became invincible and seemed to lose the palace. It's just that I didn't see it with my own eyes back then, and I didn't expect that this Ling Tianyun would become a popular person of the Great Zhou Emperor, and he actually served as the vanguard general of the Great Zhou Army. ”
Soon, someone called for peace, and it seemed that Ling Tianyun's reputation was getting louder and louder. "By the way, I heard that there is also a young man named Ye Yinfeng who is invincible after fighting with Ling Tianyun, it is said that he is from our Tang Dynasty, and I heard that he is still from this Dingyuan County." Someone else seemed to remember something, and echoed it.
The young shopkeeper was stunned by everyone's discussions, until someone shouted for wine, and he hurriedly took out a few jars of wine from the backyard. What he didn't expect was that everyone's discussion between Ling Tianyun and Ye Yinfeng intensified. They began to discuss who was better and who had higher martial arts, and the discussion was in high spirits, and there seemed to be endless signs.
At this time, a thin old man walked in from the wine shop, and saw that the old man had one eye, and the old man entered the wine shop with a little cold breath. Everyone soon felt a cold chill emanating from the old man's body, and the chill almost made everyone shiver, and everyone quickly stopped discussing, and they all drank the remaining wine and checked out.