Hsu Fengnian and Huang Chang were speaking in riddles. Other than Ning Zong, who was not young, who could vaguely grasp the clues, most people felt that the two of them were too bored to just drink, so they imitated the scholar and poet to deliberately mystify things. Especially in the ears of a boorish person like Duan Chun An, he only felt uncomfortable all over. He treated it as a passing wind and lowered his head to drink. Drinking more was more profitable. There were close to eighty elite cavalrymen of the Iron Hut outside the door, not to mention the large number of infantrymen. What a good catch. Thinking of this, Duan Chun An had some complaints about the young master who led his group into the inn. He felt that instead of being on tenterhooks, it was better to kill his way out in one go than to sit and wait for death.
The boorish man who got two ingots of silver was expressionless, as if he did not understand the meaning of the words at all. His eyes were dull. The white-haired young man was still unwilling to stop. He drank and laughed, "After recruiting the Dongyue Navy Admiral Gu Zhun, the Liyang Navy was like a tiger that had grown wings. They were unstoppable. Hundreds of thousands of troops killed their way to Lake Boyang. There were more than sixty large warships, Riding Dragons and Supporting Crabs parked outside the mouth of the lake. The Liyang Navy misunderstood that the Boyang Navy was determined to break out of the encirclement and escape. Every division fought for military merit, so the heavy and difficult to float Riding Crabs and Supporting Crabs were parked outside the river and only allowed the light and agile boats to sail into the inner lake. Little did they know that the Boyang Navy who was guarding Lake Boyang was resurrected, Du Jiankang, who had come back from the dead. This person even personally led three thousand men of sacrifice to block the narrow channel at the mouth of the lake, causing the Liyang Navy to be cut in half at the waist, unable to respond to each other. He then let his two sons rush into the Riding Crabs and Riding Dragons, filling their boats with oil. They set fire to the boats and perished together with the giant ships. Finally, the unstoppable Liyang Navy was intercepted on Lake Boyang. The fire that was rumored to be visible to the entire Southern Tang burned for three days and three nights. This person did not say a word about the death of his sons. Even his two daughters-in-law who came from Jianghu aristocratic families went into battle and died together at Lake Boyang. It could be said that one person sent all the black-haired people in vain. If the family line was cut off, it would be considered unfilial. After the success of this battle, the navy of Lake Boyang disembarked, ready to die to reinforce the capital. While they were on their way to the capital, they did not know that the Southern Tang sovereign had long been tempted by the Li Yang Zhao's bestowal of the Duke of Nan Guo. He angrily rebuked this man for being disloyal and sent a secret envoy to bestow him with two pots of poisoned wine. The navy of Lake Boyang surrendered without a fight. The eighty-year-old general Du Jiankang was beheaded after his death and placed in a box. The king of the Southern Tang Kingdom wore a hemp robe and opened the city gate. He held the box in his hands and begged for forgiveness. He then knelt down to welcome the imperial advisor. That day, the Southern Tang Kingdom was destroyed. "
Huang Shang added oil to the fire and said, "After the matter, the Southern Tang, that failed ruler, rushed to Great Peace City with his brothers from the other countries of the Spring and Autumn Period. Li Yang xiandi laughed and said that tens of thousands of sailors had died in battle, so he took Du Jiankang's life to pay for it. He still owes me a head. That day, he was conferred the title of Southern Duke. That day, he died in the Southern Duke's residence and became a joke. This Old Man of the Song family wrote the history of the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a dispute with the old Grand Secretary over whether the Southern Duke should be bestowed an evil or a beautiful title. In the end, he compromised and only bestowed an ordinary title that was neither evil nor beautiful. Southern Tang's surname was Hong, which was the national surname back then. Now, everyone is ashamed to be surnamed Hong. "
The fierce-looking face of the innkeeper twitched a few times. He wanted to say something but stopped. He wiped his face and smiled. His eyes were no longer muddy. He walked lightly to the table and asked with a smile, "Guests, would you like to reward this country bumpkin with a bowl of wine to drink?"
Hsu Fengnian spread out his hands and said, "Sit."
The innkeeper rubbed his hands and sat down. He looked at Hsu Fengnian and said, "Young master, are you the important person in charge of Zhao Gou in Li Yang? You are truly young and promising. Normal people can't enter this place. "
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said with a smile, "I've barely fought with Zhao Gou, and I've also had dealings with Beimang's Spiderweb. They are all difficult to deal with. If I can avoid them, I won't touch them. Don't worry, on this trip of mine, I just happened to pass by Longwei Slope. At first, I was just curious as to why someone would open an inn in this kind of desolate wilderness. If they were looking for wealth, then their eyesight was too poor. If they were looking for stability, then that's more like it. Huang daren said he knew some physiognomy. I actually know a thing or two about physiognomy. The innkeeper's physiognomy was sixty years old, but his physiognomy was still too tender. Coincidentally, there was someone in the manor who was skilled in the weaving of facial skin. When I first met him, I was somewhat puzzled. To be honest, maintaining a face is the opposite of maintaining jade. The more jade is maintained, the more mellow and smooth it will be. However, a face that is hard to buy with a thousand gold won't be easy to wear for twenty years. However, regarding this, I can only treat it as every family having their own difficulties. Meeting was fate, so it was fine after drinking wine. However, when I walked out of the inn and went to the thatched shed to enjoy the scenery, I guessed that when the weather was clear, I could see Nantang Boyang Lake. As for the innkeeper's vocabulary, although he deliberately concealed it when he struck up a conversation earlier, it was no different from a local accent. However, there were a few words that were somewhat deep-rooted. It was clearly an old Nantang accent. Don't you think it's a coincidence? I'm just a hedonistic son of a rich family who pretends to be cultured. I don't learn the good, but I know the bad. Coincidentally, I also have some understanding of Nantang music, so I became more and more curious. "
The old innkeeper glanced at the ignorant Duan Chun An and then laughed heartily. "Young master is learned and skilled, and your knowledge is diverse. It really makes an old man like me, who has half of my body in the yellow mud, admit that I'm old. The younger generation will surpass us in time."
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