Section 3: Storytelling

This soul-shifting sentence almost spread the lust that Wu Feng had subsided a little, and he took a long breath before he could barely control it, Wu Feng took a sip of the big cow in the tea bowl before replying: "How can you be bothered, I can't worry about my brother." ”

The sound of the "horn" drew everyone's attention back to the front, and the storyteller slapped Zhenmu on the high table to start today's performance.

"Rank, last time, it was said that Li Wufeng led the Fourth Wing of the Third Division of the Imperial City Guard Corps to cross the Partridge Pass and enter the territory of Bonan, and that night Lord Li and his entourage stayed in Bonan Mansion City overnight and were warmly received by the local government. The rank may ask, at that time, Master Li was just a small commander of the Third Division, why did the local government welcome him so warmly?" The tall and thin old man was very good at whetting the audience's appetite, and at the beginning he raised a question that puzzled everyone.

"Our Lord Li is famous, and those people want to slap in with Master Li, right?" replied a middle-aged man in open clothes.

At that time, Master Li was only a wing captain, and not many of us natives in the northwest knew about him. A middle-aged man who looked a little sven retorted.

"Yes, Master Li has never been to our northwest before, so those people shouldn't know each other. An elderly businessman-like man chimed in.

"It must be Lord Li's dragon and tiger steps, majestic and heroic, and the people in the government saw the extraordinaryness of Lord Li, so they warmly received him. Another young man in brown made a clever guess.

"yes, yes. Some of the younger tea drinkers echoed this view, while others of the older tea guests disagreed, and although they also admired their current parents, they also felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched, but no one objected, perhaps because they did not want to upset the young people.

As soon as Guan Yingying heard that the protagonist of the storyteller's content was actually the lover beside her, she was happy, and quietly said next to Wufeng: "Brother Feng, are they talking about you." ”

Wu Feng was also a little surprised, although many of the empire's victorious battles were the best topics for storytellers, but Wu Feng was still a little surprised to hear the storyteller make up a story of his own experience, he turned around and hugged his fist to the two merchants sitting behind him, "Excuse me, I want to ask what story the storyteller is telling?"

The two businessmen looked at Wu Feng up and down in disbelief, and the businessman surnamed Du replied in a contemptuous tone: "Where did you come from? Listening to your accent, we are also from the Tang Dynasty, haven't you even heard of "The Legend of the Heroes of the Empire"? Could it be that you ran out of the Dahengduan Mountain?"

"Even the Gaoyue people in the Great Hengduan Mountain also know the name of our Lord Li, this guy is an idiot, right?" said the merchant surnamed Meng disdainfully.

Wu Feng suddenly felt embarrassed, and before he could answer, Guan Yingying had already interjected: "I'm sorry, two, my brother wants to ask about the content of this story, of course we have admired Lord Li's name for a long time." ”

"Oh, this play is called "The Legend of the Heroes of the Empire", which tells the story of our Lord Li's three defeats of the Luobei people, the subduing of the Gaoyue people, and the suppression of the rebellion in the northwest. This is the most popular joke in the empire now, how can you not know?" For the sake of the beauty, the businessman surnamed Du softened his tone a little.

"I see, this play must be new, our husband and wife haven't been out for a long time, and they have been staying at home, so it's a little lonely and unheard, and I'm really sorry. Wu Feng hurriedly apologized.

"Hmph, it's strange that there are still young people nowadays who don't know about "The Legend of the Heroes of the Empire", and the books in the bookstore have been sold out of print. The merchant surnamed Du shook his head, looking like a child who could not be taught.

Wu Feng had no choice but to smile bitterly and lower his head and stop talking, so as not to attract more attacks.

"There's no need to fight for the ranks. In fact, the reason is very simple, the officials of Bonan Mansion are too eager for the empire to defeat the Luo people in one fell swoop, why? Because almost every year, the iron cavalry of the Luo people will rush into our northwest like locusts to sweep and plunder, and our Qingyang is of course the first to bear the brunt, but Guide and Bonan are not much better, and these officials have no way to stop the looting of the Luo Pi people, so they have to hide in the city every year, and dare not go out of the city, allowing the Luo people to run rampant outside the city. They also had a hard time, this time the emperor [***] team marched into the northwest in a big way, intending to eliminate the Luope people in one fell swoop, of course, they won the warm welcome of the officials of various provinces, so although Lord Li was not a small wing captain at that time, he was warmly received by the local government. The tall and thin old man told the truth without hurrying.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the storyteller, and Wu Feng and Yingying were able to sit quietly and enjoy the storyteller's performance. To be honest, the storyteller's story has added a lot of his own conjectures and fictions, and the real plot is not as complex and suspenseful as imagined, but maybe this is artistic processing, both to shape and portray the characters, and to make the storyline more rendered. As the protagonist of the story, Wu Feng is offstage, appreciating his legendary experience peacefully, and he feels a little funny. However, it seemed that all the listeners were immersed in the storyteller's plot, and even Yingying beside him seemed to be intoxicated and listened attentively, and he didn't even notice that Wufeng signaled him to leave.

When Wu Feng gently touched Yingying and signaled to leave, Yingying was still reluctant to leave: "Brother Feng, listen for a while, let's leave now, maybe it will cause the anger of the public." ”

Wu Feng looked around, and couldn't help but secretly complain, the entire teahouse was overcrowded, but it was very quiet, and they were all listening to the storyteller's performance intently. The speaker's mouth is like a river, full of interest, and the listener sighs and admires, as if intoxicated. Even those tea doctors stopped working and stood aside to watch the performance with great interest. If I leave, I am afraid that I will immediately arouse the dissatisfaction of the storyteller and the audience, maybe the two businessmen behind me will tell the story of Fang Cai, and if there are good deeds to add fuel and vinegar, I am afraid that I will really not be able to eat and go around.

But it's really not a pleasure to sit here and listen to this storyteller tell his story, so I can't help but look around carefully to see if there is a suitable passage for me to sneak out quietly. But the passage of this teahouse is far away from oneself, and the toilet is at the other end. That's it, that's it, and I'm going to have to stay here for a while.

Guan Yingying saw that her lover looked like she was sitting on pins and needles, and quietly comforted him: "Brother Feng, you just stay for a while, it's hard to come out, if you don't want to listen, you can rest here for a while." ”

Wu Feng had no choice but to eliminate distracting thoughts and want to take a break, but the incident reported by Mo Lun in the afternoon immediately came out of his mind.

The Juris are also from a nomadic people, and their subordination can not only greatly affect the direction of the small nomadic tribes in their neighborhood, but it is also willing to accept the local political axe like other people in the territory, so it can also recruit a lot of cavalry from among them, these nomads are born on horseback, grow on horseback, are born and good riders, and can become excellent cavalry warriors with a little training.

It is also difficult to grasp the consequences of accepting them, and the Luope people will never be unresponsive to this, and once the northern trade routes are cut off, the entire northwest economy will suffer an unbearable blow, which is also unacceptable to Wufeng. The annexation of the Juri tribe is of great significance, and the attitude of the political axe of the northwest county directly affects the attitude of those nomads on the Tengger grassland towards themselves in the future, which is also very important for their own hegemony in the future.

Finding a balance between the two is difficult. But no matter how difficult it is, I'm afraid I'll have to overcome it myself. Morun, this kid, is really good at picking the time, not picking it early, not picking it late, but picking it up to this time, but I can't blame Molun, it's really the Juris who is too good at picking the time.

Thinking of Mo Lun, Wu Feng remembered the conversation between the two people from the Western Continent just now, it seems that Qingyang Mansion's investment promotion and immigration work is quite solid, Mo Lun really has a set, it is necessary to let people from other provinces also come to learn it.

Time passed in such a cranky thought, when Wu Feng heard the sound of the "horn", "Rank, today's book is over, everyone please be early tomorrow!"

After a burst of noise, most of the tea guests in the teahouse dispersed, it seems that many tea guests in this teahouse are coming for this storytelling, as soon as the storytelling is over, the time is almost up, except for some old tea customers, the rest of the people have gone home.

Wu Feng and Ying Ying also walked out of the teahouse with the flow of people, and the guards who were already restless outside hurriedly greeted them, and under the gesture of Wu Feng's eyes, the guards also scattered to the side with interest, and left in groups of three or five Wu Feng and Guan Yingying.

It was dark late in the summer in the northwest, and it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, the sky was still bright, and the streets were still full of people, many of whom were walking from their homes after dinner, and some women took the opportunity to catch the night market, and from time to time they could see patrolling patrols walking around dutifully.

Wu Feng didn't want to swagger through the market anymore, so he pulled Yingying and returned to the mansion under the escort of the guards. As soon as she returned to the mansion, Di Rena, who greeted her, told Wu Feng that Lord Jin Ningjin of the Intelligence Agency had been waiting in the living room for a long time, saying that there was an emergency to report.

Wu Feng didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he came to the living room, he knew that there must be a very urgent situation, otherwise Jin Ning would not have come to the house in person to wait for him, he could wait until the next day to report to himself in the Jiedu Embassy Office.

"My lord!" Seeing Wu Feng coming in, Jin Ning hurriedly stood up and prepared to salute.

Wu Feng waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and he sat down at will.

"I have urgent information about Luzon to report to your Excellency. "Jinning gets straight to the point.

"Speak. As soon as Wu Feng heard the word Luzon, his ears pricked up.

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