That night, they had bumped into the white-clothed Guanyin and the ghosts. Even though they couldn't find an inn after entering the city, it didn't matter to them. They wandered around for two hours. During this time, several groups of patrolling guards took the initiative to stay far away from them. In the end, Shu Xiu finally found a place to rest by the lake. As they walked, it didn't match with her impression of the ghost city of Fengdu. Inside Xiangfan, it was quite beautiful and prosperous. It was far from being comparable to the cities of Beiliang. King of Jing An, Zhao Heng, had spent 20 years of effort in managing the place.
The inn was next to one of the most famous lakes in the world, Skinny Goat Lake. This lake had ten sceneries. The inn was truly close to the water. It was reasonable for His Royal Highness to take out a large amount of silver as a stepping stone. Hsu Fengnian didn't immediately rest after he checked in. Instead, he sat on the second floor by the window and asked Blue Bird to boil a pot of wine. The green and white luan that Lu Qiu 'er had brewed fell to the window. Blue Bird opened the secret letter and handed it over. After Hsu Fengnian finished reading it, he pinched it between two fingers and placed it on the candle flame to burn it to ashes. He gently blew away the ashes and couldn't help laughing. "So lively."
Blue Bird didn't interrupt. She just quietly looked at the young man sitting beside her. She looked at him for more than a decade. She also looked from a girl to a young girl to a woman. As a servant girl in the prince's residence, she didn't seem to work hard without complaint. Furthermore, the female servants in the manor were quite willing to work like cows and horses for His Royal Highness. As for Blue Bird, she didn't like to speak. Even when she smiled, she was reserved. As a result, she always gave people the feeling that she was like a piece of snow but as hard as iron. She wasn't as likable as the head servant girl of Wutong Garden, Sweet Potato.
Hsu Fengnian had interacted with Blue Bird and had long become accustomed to this kind of self-talk. He very naturally continued to talk and laugh. "The letter said that Xu Xiao finally made a move. Outside of Baohe Palace, he beat a Deputy Agriculture Minister half to death. That guy really doesn't have good eyesight. In the palace, not only did he talk about me playing around with the Qingzhou Navy, he also brought up a pot that didn't boil and said that my eldest sister's conduct was improper. If it were me in the palace, I reckon I wouldn't have the patience to walk out of the throne room. We need to quickly go to Gangnam-do and see my eldest sister first. Then we can immediately go see my second sister and Huang Man'er. Eldest sister always says that Jiangnan's water and soil are good and that it has raised a street full of delicious girls, like baskets of green vegetables and radishes. I don't know if this is true or not. "
Blue Bird's smile was somewhat helpless. In fact, the stool was right in front of her, but she was still standing. She was very content.
Hsu Fengnian drank a mouthful of wine and said with a smile, "The letter also said that the Jianghu is very lively right now. The civil, martial, rouge, and other rankings have all been released. The newly released top ten masters of the martial arts rankings is still Wang Xianzhi. The position that Wudang's old chief vacated was given to a guy who didn't have any reputation before. He's a macheteman from Beimang. I'm very curious as to where these rankings came from. It must be some well-informed fellow who dares to release these rankings. That old man Li beside us has just come out of the Tide-listening Pavilion and he's already on the rankings. However, he's only ranked eighth, one place lower than that macheteman. It's scary. The old God of Swords may be one-armed, but he's made a lot of noise every time he fights. I really can't imagine how shocked the immortals and monsters ranked above him are. Sometimes when I look at the Embroidered Winter Spring Thunder, I feel a little discouraged. I admit that I'm already very lazy when it comes to practicing the blade, but why do I always feel that I'm miles away from these guys? They say that once you enter a noble family, you'll be as deep as the ocean. I think it's better to change it to entering the Jianghu. Those who aren't on the rankings want to enter the rankings, while those who are on the rankings want to be in the top three. Blue Bird, do you think I'll go crazy one day and try to be number one? Back then, my second sister didn't want me to practice the blade because she was worried about this. Was she afraid that I'd go crazy one day and not care about anything else? "
Blue Bird hesitated. She wasn't willing to speak clearly. She only spoke in a small roundabout way. "Practicing martial arts is always good."
Hsu Fengnian rarely thought deeply about Blue Bird's past. First, they had known each other since they were young. Second, Blue Bird was not a complicated woman. Although Blue Bird was not as close as Sweet Potato in Wutong Garden, Hsu Fengnian believed that in private, the servant girls in the courtyard would be more willing to talk to Blue Bird about boudoir. Of course, these kinds of boudoir conversations were not about the love affairs of ordinary families. They were about the matters of the military and the state. Beiliang Palace was a place filled with swords and spears. Even the servants were stained with the arrogance of the imperial court. Since Xu Xiao could be called the Second Emperor, then the Beiliang army was like a small imperial court. In this way, what difference was there between the prince's manor and a small imperial palace? It was just that Xu Xiao never admitted these sensitive facts.
Hsu Fengnian stroked the pair of scabbards embroidered with Winter and Spring Thunder and suddenly laughed. Blue Bird smiled. Hsu Fengnian retracted his fingers as if he had been caught in bed. Although His Royal Highness had two sisters, when it came to telepathy, it was like a worm in his stomach. Just now, when he touched the scabbards, he remembered that the pair of scabbards on the table were White Fox's beloved personal items that she had worn for many years. When he touched them, he always felt that he was indirectly touching White Fox's face. This really made Hsu Fengnian feel strange. He didn't have a fetish for cutting off sleeves. It was really because White Fox's face was too beautiful. Who was the champion of this rouge review? Wasn't it Nangong Pushe who was a man?! When the mysterious Rouge House of Yunshan evaluated beauties, they would usually add more than a hundred words to the beauty of the women on the list. Only Nangong Pushe was not mentioned in detail. They did not even mention his gender. When Hsu Fengnian first got the result, he laughed out loud. He thought that if the world knew that this guy was actually a man, would the woman behind White Fox's face be angry to death? At this moment, Hsu Fengnian loved the house and its crow. He was very curious about the woman on the list who was evaluated as "not inferior to Nangong". He wondered why he had to meet her during this trip. Since White Fox's face was a man, he couldn't be his sister-in-law. Besides, he was doing closed-door training in the Tide-listening Pavilion, so there was no need to snatch the Beiliang. However, Chen Yu, who was evaluated as "not inferior to White Fox's face", just happened to snatch back the Beiliang and give it to his brother, Huang Man 'er.
It was not a joke when he said that he would find a wife for Long Xiang in the early years.
Hsu Fengnian got up and said, "Let's go to the lake."
Outside the door, Lu Yangshu and the other two retainers took turns to keep watch. At this moment, it was Big Sword Lü Qiantang who was on duty. He silently followed behind the master and retainer. Lean Goat Lake was famous all over the world. In terms of scenery, Lean Goat Lake could be said to be the best in the north and south. There were more than a hundred famous scenic spots in the annals of history. Back then, the selection of the Ten Sceneries of Lean Goat Lake caused a big fight among the literati. They all had their own praises and fought until their faces turned red. In the end, the Grand Chancellor of Shangyin Academy came forward and gave the final word. Hsu Fengnian walked on the Horse Riding Embankment with Blue Bird. The name of the embankment came from the idiom "looking at flowers while riding a horse". The two sides of the embankment were full of flowers. It was brilliant every spring and summer. Hsu Fengnian, who had nothing to do, picked up the Winter Embroidery Knife and teased the embankment along the way, plucking countless flowers.
Hsu Fengnian, who was strolling under the moonlight, was bored to death. He casually picked a topic and said softly, "I'm sure the whole city of Xiangfan already knows that I've entered the city."
Blue Bird frowned and asked, "Was it King of Jing An, Zhao Heng, who spread the news? Is he trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife? "
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