The dream of a lonely hero

Zhao Guangmei, the king of Fangcheng County, looked embarrassed and livid, asking questions. This ignorant horseman had just stopped him to write a letter, and was ridiculed by him, and was beaten by the soldiers. Now he wants to reward him. This is not a slap on his face. Your own face? What if you don't give a reward? After all, you have made great achievements; if you don't give a reward, how can you silence the mouths of these ignorant people?

The people on the street and Yan Yun were all looking forward to Zhao Guangmei, the king of Fangcheng County, speaking.

Judge Yan Huaizhong was very good at observing words and deeds and trying to figure out what was going on. He understood the dilemma of Prince Zhao Guangmei. After thinking for a moment, he shouted:"Yan Yun, you are a pariah except for military status. You have ruined the overall situation of His Highness, and you still have the nerve to ask for credit and reward!" All the people seemed to have heard wrongly and looked at each other in confusion.

Yan Huaizhong continued:"This is the prince's plan to lure the enemy deeper. We could have wiped out all the Liao bandits in one fell swoop, but now we have only killed a few. Yan Yun, do you know your crime? I think you are a first-time offender and will not be held accountable for the time being." , get out of the Hengfeng Army’s territory quickly"! He said to the people on the street,"You haven't left yet, what are you waiting for?" The people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so they dispersed. Yan Yun returned to Ma Zhengjian, packed his bags, picked up the Qinglong Sword and quickly left the Hengfeng Army.

Yan Huaizhong and others accompanied Zhao Guangmei, the king of Fangcheng County, to the Hengfeng Army Yamen. Yan Huaizhong said:"Congratulations to Your Highness, Your Highness! Your Highness has planned a decisive victory thousands of miles away and won the 'Hengfeng Great Victory'. He commanded the Hengfeng Army to kill ten thousand enemies, and took the lead to kill the Liao General Yeluhui. Your Highness, you can go up to heaven and listen." ?

Zhao Guangmei smiled happily and thought to herself: Third Brother Guangyi, your"Tuzheng Victory" seven years ago was much inferior to my"Hengfeng Victory". Let's see how arrogant you are in the future!

Yan Huaizhong said with a smile:"Your Highness Dutang (the name given to the prime minister), please correct me if there is anything wrong."

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said:"Okay! But you have forgotten a genius of the Hengfeng Army"!

Yan Huaizhong couldn't fathom what Zhao Guangmei meant and didn't dare to lie.

Zhao Guangmei looked at the confused Yan Huaizhong and said,"This wizard is your Hengfeng Army judge! It should be added that Tong Zhongshu's Pingzhangshi Fangcheng County Prince's Inspection Envoy Zhao Guangmei obtained it with the help of the Hengfeng Army Judge. The great victory of Hengfeng’"

Yan Huaizhong burst into tears of gratitude and hurriedly knelt down and said,"Your Highness's kindness is as great as the heavens and the earth. I am willing to die for His Highness through fire and water"!

Just as he was talking, smoke and dust filled the road to the south, and a group of cavalry came quickly. Zhao Guangmei was shocked and said,"Mo--it's not the Liao invaders." Yan Huaizhong kept calm and said,"Your Highness! No, the Liao invaders will not attack from behind the Hengfeng Army." In an instant, the cavalry was approaching. It turned out to be the cavalry of Yi Ding Jiedushi of the Great Song Dynasty. Sun Xingzhou, the envoy of Yi Ding Jiedu and Tongping Zhangshi, rolled off his saddle and saluted Zhao Guangmei, saying,"Your Highness, Dutang, I am late to rescue you. Please forgive me! This place is too close to the Liao border and we cannot stay for a long time. Please return to Ding as soon as possible." state". Sun Xingzhou and others escorted Zhao Guangmei back to Dingzhou, while Yan Huaizhong returned to Hengfeng Army Yamen.

Yan Yun left Hengfeng Army's boundary for more than ten miles in one breath, and sat on the roadside feeling really depressed, thinking: There is no way to serve the country when the wolves are in power. Where else to go? Fang Xun, Brother Fang, had no choice but to go to Brother Fang in Yizhong County, Songzhou and try again. Heading towards Songzhou, he still walked at night and stayed day and night to display his light skills of flying on land. At about 8:30 p.m. on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Yun entered the territory of Sanwei Prefecture. Through the starlight, he saw a woman running not far away, with two thugs chasing after her. The woman was panting and fell down. At the foot of the clouds. The woman wore a gold hairpin, silk and satin, and held a bronze mirror in her hand. Yan Yun leaned over and helped the woman up. She looked like an old friend. He was shocked when he took a closer look.

The girl is tall and graceful, her waist is as graceful as a weak willow, her hair is like clouds, her round face is like morning glow reflecting the snow, her eyebrows are like smoke, her big eyes are like autumn water filling a pond, she has jade teeth and beady lips, and a beauty mark on the corner of her lips. , full breasts and plump hips.

Yan Yun lost her voice and said,"Feiyan! Shang Feiyan!"

The woman looked at the dusty man in rags before her, got up, and said in surprise:"Yan Yun! Yan Yun is really you!"

Yan Yun said:"Exactly. Why is Feiyan like this?"

Unable to explain, Shang Feiyan hid behind Yan Yun and said hurriedly:"Yan Yun, Yan Yun, save me." One hand was stroking her hair, and the other hand was holding a bronze mirror to look at her face.

The two thugs who were chasing Shang Feiyan were already approaching, one tall and one short, like wolves and tigers, carrying whips. The dwarf thug yelled at Yan Yun:"Get out of here, you birdie, if you wait a little longer, I'll skin you!"

Yan Yun said:"You two gangsters robbed a good girl, aren't you afraid of the king's law?"

The short man said:"Open your dog eyes! Is this a girl from a good family? A water-based beauty from Yanchun Tower."

Before Yan Yun could answer, the tall thug said:"Eryang, why should I waste my words with this poor man?"

Eryang (dwarf) said:"Why is Big Tiger so anxious? This pink head is already in our pocket, why are we afraid that she will fly away?" He said to Yanyun,"You pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, right? Come to Yanchun Tower with enough silver.".

Dahu (the tall man) was impatient and said:"This poor person is not worth a lot of money, and he still eats swan farts"! Chao Yanyun punched him in the face. Yan Yun had suffered from the cowardice of the Yizhou Hengfeng Army for several months. At this time, he saw two evil slaves insulting Shang Feiyan and abusing him. He was so angry that he lost his mind. He avoided the punches and used the"Cowardly" move. Jumping up, he raised his knees and hit Dahu's chest."Crack" Dahu's ribs were broken, his nose and mouth were bleeding, and he fell to the ground rolling in pain. Before Er Yang could react, Yan Yun had already grabbed his collar and threw him into the sky. Before he could land, Yan Yun jumped into the air and faced Er Yang with three legs. Er Yang fell to the ground and a layer of dust swept up. Yan Yun was steady. After landing on the ground, Fei Jiang went over and grabbed Eryang's arm and twisted it hard. With a"click" sound, Eryang's arm was broken. Eryang cried for his father and mother and howled without knowing it. Yan Yun wanted to use his fists and kicks. Shang Feiyan stopped him:"Yan cloud! Yan Yun, stop, stop!"

Yan Yun held back his fists and feet and was furious:"I really want to tear these evil slaves into pieces."

Shang Feiyan put the bronze mirror into his arms and said,"What if you kill someone? Chu Anshen, now, it is no longer easy to explain to Yan Feng." Yan Yun asked doubtfully:"What does this have to do with

Yan Feng?"

Then he left. After walking a few steps, he turned back to the two evil slaves and said,"You two, just bear with it. I'll tell Yan Feng and he will send someone to take care of it."

Shang Feiyan's heart was like an arrow, and Yan Yun led Yan Yun along the road. Yan Yun was full of suspicions all the way: How did Shang Feiyan's unmarried daughter-in-law end up in Sanqi Prefecture? Did she really fall into prostitution as Eryang said? Yan Feng, Yan Feng's own brother, wasn't in the Sixth Battalion of Jinzhou Xiang Army? The leader of the Wudu Shenwu Team is here for some reason. We haven’t seen him for half a year. Has he really changed his past and abandoned his evil ways? What is the relationship between those two evil slaves and Yan Feng? How is your mother? Shang How are uncle, Aunt Ma and other uncles? Shang Feiyan must know when he comes out of Zhenzhou Guiyun Village - a series of question marks are rolling in his mind. Yan Yun and Shang Feiyan have not seen each other for nearly a year, and Yan Yun is not too sure The marriage between the two was kept in mind, but Shang Feiyan was after all the apple of the eyes of the Yan family's benefactors, Uncle Shang and Aunt Ma, and the sister who grew up with her. Yan Yun had many things to say to her, and the one that included too much was friendship. It's not a love affair. Yan Yun saw Shang Feiyan walking quickly like a meteor in a hurry, so he followed behind silently and silently without disturbing him.

Shang Feiyan was anxious and walking like the wind, and Yan Yun followed closely behind. Shang Feiyan complained:"Yan Yun! She is really born in the year of the Ox. She walks slowly and vigorously and is not as good as a little girl like me!" Yan Yun heard that he was walking quickly and quickly threw Shang Feiyan dozens of steps away. Shang Feiyan shouted angrily,"Yan Yun! You deliberately bully people, right? A grown man leaves me alone, you are a rabbit!" Yan Yun stopped and let Shang Feiyan walk in front. After a few steps, Shang Feiyan said angrily:"Are you a snail or a tortoise?"I've never seen a man like you"! Yan Yun passed Shang Feiyan with a few steps. Shang Feiyan said strangely:"Okay!" You go your way, and I'll go mine!" Yan Yun was not walking in front, nor was he walking behind. He said:"Feiyan! How on earth do you want me to leave?" Shang Feiyan said:"You can leave however you want!" Yan Yun was so angry that she really wanted to leave Shang Feiyan alone, but she also couldn't think of it. Even if she met by chance, she couldn't be called a weakling. The woman walked at night, not to mention she was in love with her brother and sister. She endured her anger and tried her best to walk as close to Shang Feiyan as possible.

The two walked more than ten miles to the outskirts of Sanwa Prefecture, climbing over mountains and ridges, and passing through a forest. I saw a large farmhouse with red walls and green tiles, and two to three hundred big elm trees outside the wall. A red lantern was hung high at the door of the farmhouse, and two doorkeepers stood beside the door. They were tall and full of flesh, wearing black clothes. Wearing cowhide belts around their waists, sheepskin jackets, earmuffs, and mountaineering sticks in their hands. Shang Feiyan and Yanyun approached the door. The servants were surprised to see Shang Feiyan. Shang Feiyan said:"Brother Kuaijun (Yan Yun)"The wind) reported that Shang Feiyan and Yan Yun are here." A servant said:"Miss, I will report later." After saying that, he turned and entered the door. On the winter night in November, the cold wind was biting, Shang Feiyan, Yan Yun had just walked so far that she didn't feel cold anymore. When she stopped, she suddenly felt the chill. Shang Feiyan rubbed her hands and stamped her feet. A servant standing at the door said to Shang Feiyan:"Miss! Yanchun Tower is so cold that you can't even freeze it. Why are you running around so late at night? Come to my arms and feel warm."

Shang Feiyan took out a bronze mirror and looked at her cheek, stroking her hair. She said,"Okay! Do you have the guts, do you have the money?"

Yan Yun glared at the servant.

The servant said:"Miss, I haven't seen my skills for a long time. I even found a bodyguard. I wanted to find a decent one, but I just found a beggar, a beggar. , and they just found a sick man with a yellow face and skinny muscles!"

Yan Yun could no longer help himself and shouted:"Watchdog! If you dare to call Miss Shang (a prostitute) again, I will break you to pieces!"

The servant said:"Haha! You still don’t know who Miss Shang is? Grandpa told you that she is the young lady from Yanchun Tower. Miss, Miss! Come and break Grandpa's teeth." Yan Yun was so angry that he flew over and slapped the servant dozens of times. The servant was beaten until his nose and mouth were bleeding, and he stepped back more than ten steps, steadying his feet, and said viciously,"You have the guts to beg for food, how dare you The 'Zhen San'ao' mansion shouted""! He ran towards Yan Yun with a mountaineering stick and hit him on the head. Yan Yun did not evade, he held the mountaineering stick with his left arm,"Crack" the mountaineering stick broke into two pieces, and hit the door of the housekeeper's face with his right fist."Bang bang" the servant's teeth were smashed. The servant turned around and ran into the gate. Shang Feiyan said strangely:"Yan Yun! You are so capable, you can do it with a little effort! When you beat a dog, it depends on the owner. It depends on whether Jun Biao blames you." Yan Yun was said to have fallen into the clouds and mist by Shang Feiyan. He acted bravely to uphold justice but ended up being like a human being. He couldn't hold it in any longer and said :"Feiyan, Feiyan! What the hell is going on?"？

Shang Feiyan said:"Feiyan, Feiyan! It was you who called it"!

Yan Yun knew that Shang Feiyan had a surly temperament since childhood and didn't know why, and thought that the truth would be revealed when he met Yan Feng.

An official holding a lantern walked out from the gate. He had a short body, a fat head, and dark skin. He gave Yan Yun a fist and said,"Deputy Yan, you are fine!" When he opens his mouth, it appears that he is full of teeth. Yan Yun took a closer look and recognized Xu San, the escort officer of the Wudu Shenwu Team of the Sixth Battalion of the Jinzhou Xiang Army. Xu San's toothless mouth was his masterpiece, and said:"Xu San, does Yan Feng live here?"

Xu San blinked and said,"Don't call me that. Not many people in our Sanwa Prefecture dare to call me that. It's not appropriate for you to be the town's brother. You're called Yanei."

Yan Yun said:"What kind of yamen! My father has been dead for many years and has never been an official. I think you are talking nonsense. Stop talking nonsense, I am going to break in!"

Xu San said:"No, no! The mayor asked me, an old friend, to greet you." After saying this, he led Yan Yun and Shang Feiyan into the gate. After walking three times into the yard, a maid took Shang Feiyan away.. Yan Yun followed Xu San for a while and entered a side room.

Xu Sandao:"Grandpa Zhen told you to rest here. Master Yan will take time to see you later."

Yan Yun said:"It is more difficult to see your own brother than to see the emperor!"

Xu San said:"You are right this time. The mayor is the emperor of our Sanqizhou, and the governor listens to him. Okay, okay! It's getting late, rest, rest."

Although Yan Yun desperately wanted to know all the questions, it was late and it was time to rest. After Xu San left, Yan Yun lay on the kang and tossed and turned, a series of questions rolling through his mind again. The next day, Yan Yun wanted to find Yan Feng early in the morning, but Xu San stopped him and said,"Uncle Yun! It's not like I'm going to stop you, and why would I dare to stop you? The town master is very busy every day. You get up early."He got up still early and has already walked to the state government office for half an hour. If you don't believe it, go to the stable and see if the mayor's horse, the Curly Jade Lion, is there."

Yan Yun said:"Then I will wait at his residence every day."

Xu San said:"Wait! If he doesn't come for ten days and a half, you'll have to wait in vain. Just live in peace. The mayor has asked me to take care of Uncle Yun's food and accommodation. If you can't come, just ask."

Yan Yun was not in the mood to listen to Xu San's chatter, and remembered wandering around the room. Three days later, early in the morning, Yan Yun saw Yan Feng's horse in the stable running towards Yan Feng's Crouching Tiger Hall. In the past two days, Yan Yun wandered around and visited Yan Feng's residence. When he entered the hall, he saw Yan Feng, his head Wearing a crown of three righteousnesses, a jade ring with a golden ring; a floral robe with brocade woven flowers on her body; a soft silver belt around her waist, and black oil-soled boots on her feet; she tidied her clothes. Xu San was waiting on the side.

Yan Yun said:"Jun Biao, can you take some time off from your busy schedule?"

Yan Feng saw that Yan Yun looked dejected, with a green rag on his head, a green cotton-padded jacket with some tatters showing the cotton, black shoes and boots, a variegated coarse cloth belt around his waist, and a green dragon sword on his back; With some compassion, he said to Xu San:"You blind thing! You don't know how to change Yan Yun's clothes."

Xu Sandao:"What Master Biao said is, if you are young, go now, go now!"

Yan Feng said:"Get my two sets that don't last long."

Xu San hurried away.

Yan Feng greeted Yan Yun to sit down with a slight smile, and said,"Master Ju Ren has been away for so many days, how did he get to this point?" There was sarcasm in his words.

Yan Yun said:"Jun Biao, didn't you serve in the Sixth Battalion and the Fifth Capital of Jinzhou Xiang Army? How did you come to Sanqizhou?"

Yan Feng's face suddenly changed and he was filled with anger:"Thanks to your brother!"

Yan Yun said:"Brother! How can you ask for my blessing?"

Yan Feng said:"Brother! Brother! You also know that we are brothers - new brothers from the same mother!"

Yan Yun said:"How do you say this?"

Yan Fengpi smiled and said:"How to say it, how to say it! You have caused me so much misery. You are such a sanctimonious person who went back on your word. You clearly promised me to take over the matter of the Qingsongling Shenwu Army's military rations spoiling. At that time, I still believed it to be true. , thinking that he is really a brother who fights tigers, and bows to the ground that you, my brother, admired - I bow to the ground! I never thought in my wildest dreams that you - you would betray me, go to the military yamen over there to retract my confession, retract my confession! Fortunately, we are blessed with great fortune. The fortune is great, and destiny should not be cut off to create today's weather."

You still have the nerve to say, 'Words must be true and actions must be resolute'! If you had not retracted your confession, how could I have been arrested by Jinzhou Xiangjun Yamen and assassinated on Salmon Island, but you would have been safe and sound; if you had not retracted your confession, I would have reached the position of deputy commander now. You are really my brother, and my future was ruined with just one word from you! hey-hey! Now he actually has the nerve to stand up to Yan Yun and say:"Yan Yun will always be faithful to his words and deeds as he walks between heaven and earth, and he will never repudiate his confession!"