Chapter 45: The first glimpse of life (2)
Shu'er looked at the map and decided to find an inn to stay in Binghu Town. Binghu Town is in Chen Guonan County. Because the surface of the lake south of Binghu Town does not completely freeze in winter, "Binghu Town" is named after
This is how it got its name.
Shu'er booked a single cabin in a lakeside inn. Wearing a red fox fur cloak, she sat at the wooden table in front of the window and watched the lake view. The glacier lake was indeed shiny and covered with a thick layer of ice. The inn was elegant.
There is also a white porcelain vase placed on the wooden table, with a few snowy plums unique to Nanjun inserted in the vase. The bright red snowy plums add a bit of color to the white winter day.
She drank the jasmine tea brought from Fanjing and waited for the sun to set over the ice lake.
The sun has not yet set on the ice lake, but suddenly I saw a young man in a wide robe, long sleeves, and a silver belt with his hair walking onto the lake. He casually carried a long sword, put the sheath on the ice, and swung it.
He started practicing his sword. His footwork was light and agile, his wide sleeves fluttered like immortals, the ice lake and the sword both reflected the setting sun and shone with dazzling light.
Shu'er didn't know that someone could be so carefree and comfortable on the ice. She wanted to see how this immortal-like man would slip, but she didn't expect that he could move freely and jump frequently. Shu'er thought that he was the most beautiful person she had ever seen in her life.
The man in question is probably her younger brother Lin Ying, who has no power but is sought after by countless ladies in Fanjing, or herself who is known as the Duanxiu Boss who disguises herself as a man...
But I didn't expect that a man in this world could be like this.
She stared blankly at the man on the lake in the distance. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, she held her chin and smiled foolishly, with the dimples looming at the corners of her mouth.
She suddenly thought, I wonder how well my brother is practicing martial arts? Is he better than the man on the lake? I wonder how tall my brother has grown. Is he taller than the man on the lake?
As the sun set, the man on the lake put away his sword and went to the lakeside to light a fire. A red-haired animal came over and sat quietly beside the fire. The man set up a grill and lowered his head to take something from something.
He picked up something that looked like a fish and put it on the grill to grill, turning it over from time to time. The red-haired animal came closer. The man lowered his head and picked up another fish, and skewered the fish onto the skewers of the grill.
Looking at the sizzling flames, Shu'er's stomach couldn't help but growl, so she closed the window and went out to find something to eat. Although she ate a bowl of noodles in the inn, she still felt hungry and thought angrily: "Tomorrow
I’m going to grill a fish too!”
At dawn the next day, Shu'er couldn't wait to run to the ice lake, hoping to catch a fish and grill it. There was a hole dug in the water near the shore, probably where the sword practitioner practiced yesterday.
It was dug for fishing. On the shore there were the remains of the fire and grill erected by the sword-practicing man yesterday. Shu'er walked around to see if the man had left the fishing rod with him, but unfortunately he didn't.
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Although she did not have a fishing rod, she did have a long sword, which could probably be used to insert fish. I think back when she traveled across Shu with her three aunts and Lin Ying, there were no inns and taverns in places where she could only hunt in the wild.
, stick fish, and eat it on the barbecue. At that time, she didn't even have a decent sword, but she could still stick fish. Now that she has a good sword, she is naturally eager to try it.
By the way, Shu'er's sword was also bought by Lin Ying at the Fanjing black market a few days ago for her solo trip. It was the most expensive sword in the Fanjing black market that day, selling for twenty taels of gold, and there were many more.
People were fighting for it. The owner of the sword seller on the black market had grown up watching "Yan Shu" from the Biliang cosmetics shop and his younger brother "Su Ying", so he naturally sold the sword to Su Ying. It is said that the sword was from the war that year.
King Huai of Song Dynasty, who died on the battlefield, left it in Chen State during the Chen-Song War nineteen years ago. Later, Li Chen, the current King of Chen who killed King Huai of Song Dynasty, took it back to Jinyang Palace for collection. Jinyang a few days ago
A criminal thief entered the palace, stole many of the palace collections, and resold them on the black market. Because King Chen had said before: "A master who has the ability to steal the palace collections will have a hard time practicing. If he is not caught, he will be punished by joining the army for five years."
.The collection is resold to the black market, and there is no need to search for it. It can be regarded as something given to the people by King Chen." Therefore, in Fanjing's black market, there are occasionally big days, which are the days when the palace collection is auctioned.
Lin Ying told Shu'er: "This sword of Liu Ying, King Huai of the Song Dynasty, is not an ordinary sword! Sister Shu'er, have you ever heard of 'Qi Baiyu, Wei Baojian'? It means that Qi State produces white jade and Wei State produces swords. It is said that Wei State produces white jade."
There once was a sword master named 'Meng Lin'. This Meng Lin also used the sword he made to assassinate King Wu of Song Dynasty. He was the father of King Huai of Song Dynasty who destroyed Qi and Wei. Moreover, Meng Lin made a sword.
His sword, except for the corundum produced in the Wei Kingdom, is actually harder than any jade! The sword he made is light and beautiful, and is most suitable for you, sister!"
Shu'er asked: "Does this sword have a name?"
Lin Ying shook her head and said: "Probably only King Huai of Song knows the name of this sword."
Shu'er said: "Then let's call it 'Huaiwang Sword' for the time being."
So on the bank of the Ice Lake, Boss Yan, disguised as a man and wearing a red fox cloak, was swishing fish while waving the "Huai Wang Sword" which was worth more than twenty taels of gold.
I picked up a small thin fish, cut it open with the Huaiwang Sword, cleaned it in the ice water, and used the Huaiwang Sword to cut off the scales. Then I skewered the fish on the grill, lit a fire, and started cooking from time to time.
I turned it over and sprinkled some of the grilled fish ingredients that are always available in my restaurant. After a while, it was already fragrant.
Shu'er swallowed her saliva and was about to pick up the fish skewer when she suddenly heard light footsteps coming from behind through the snow, and a crisp voice with a hint of confusion: "Little fox?"
Shu'er was cherishing the fish in his hand, fearing that it would fall off the spindle. Without raising his head, he turned around and said, "My surname is not Hu."
The crisp voice explained: "I'm talking about the fox's fox."
Shu'er couldn't help it anymore and took a bite of the fish before raising her head to look at the confused man.
So that mouthful of fish became the longest piece of fish that she had held in her mouth for the longest time in her life.
The young man in front of me has clear eyes, long eyebrows, and a tall figure wearing a gray coat with wide robes and long sleeves. He looks like a man in an ink painting.
So even though that mouthful of fish was the longest piece of fish that Shu'er had held in her mouth for the longest time in her life, she still couldn't remember what that piece of fish tasted like.
The man lowered his head to look at the grilled fish in her hand, went over to smell it, and asked in admiration: "What condiments did you sprinkle on it? It's even more fragrant than the grilled fish I made!" He then thought thoughtfully and said, "It seems like you
It's not my fox, because I have never cooked such delicious grilled fish for it."
Shu'er suddenly realized that this man was the man who practiced swordplay on the ice lake yesterday. He couldn't help but blush and muttered in a low voice: "If I were transformed into a fox, you would have walked out of the painting."
The man laughed loudly, touched the red fox cloak on her shoulder, and said, "The color of your cloak is very similar to the red fox I raised. Last night I grilled fish by the lake and didn't give it to it, so it ran away in anger.
, I haven’t come back yet. So I didn’t wake up just now. I looked out of the window and saw something fluffy grilling fish by the lake. I thought it was my little fox. Unexpectedly, I looked closer.
Chapter completed!