A Heir Apparent very ominous hidden dragon scale shadow Chapter 9 altar/jar liquor Great Undertaking Street azure street, as the imperial city one struck to live it up greatly for a long time, entered in March/three months to stop slowly, but the person in lane were more than past, puts arms around shoulders the alcoholic who walked to discuss the Jianghu big minor matter. 世子很凶潜龙鳞影篇第九章一坛酒大业坊的青石巷,随着皇城一场大擂热闹了许久,入了三月又慢慢消停下来,不过巷子里的人还是比往日多,勾肩搭背行走的酒客谈论着江湖大小事。 Since Emperor prepares to decide Ten Martial Leaders, Arresting and Scouting Department then lets out the news, electing several fierce bandits Jianghu to compete. At present kills was also quick the result, who can become the Ten Martial Leaders first candidate and Zhao Hong eight beautiful first person, was the topics that the Jianghu alcoholic loved to talk about. 自从天子准备定十武魁后,缉侦司便把消息放了出去,选了几个悍匪让江湖人争夺。目前杀来杀去的也快出了结果,谁能成为十武魁的第一个人选和昭鸿八美的第一人,都是江湖酒客津津乐道的话题。 At noon. 中午时分。 Xu Buling has ridden to go by car to kidnap the cotton rose view outside city, the cotton rose view was away from Chang'an City to be a little far, every day runs back and forth is obviously inappropriate, Madam Lu greeted couple days ago, making Storekeeper Sun prepare two cylinders to break the jade fever, draws drinks to the city outside slowly. 许不令已经乘坐车架去了城外的芙蓉观,芙蓉观距离长安城有点远,每天来回跑显然不合适,陆夫人前几天就打了招呼,让孙掌柜准备两缸断玉烧,拉到城外慢慢喝。 Two guards pull the carriage, Old Xiao are poking the walking stick to enter the lane gradually, reason that daily comes, on road also with knowing well the face greets. 两个护卫牵着马车,老萧杵着拐杖缓步走进巷子,天天过来的缘故,路上还和熟识的面孔打了个招呼。 In the wineshop, Storekeeper Sun is a little busy, greeted the alcoholic at the same time, heard the carriage sound, the leaning head looked at one, hehe said with a smile: 酒肆之中,孙掌柜有点忙,招呼酒客的同时,听见马车声响,偏头看了一眼,呵呵笑道: „Come? How today not to have gone to the back street storytelling......” “来啦？今儿个咋没去后街说书……” Old Xiao pokes the walking stick to stop in the wineshop entrance: 老萧杵着拐杖在酒肆门口停下: „Must go to outside the city to stroll, rushes about to the old life, without method......” “要去城外逛逛,奔波到老的命,没法子……” „Hehe...... the liquor places there, prepared early......” “呵呵……酒放在那儿,早准备好了……” Storekeeper Sun referred to the two wine jugs of wineshop corner, the male servant then ran, held the wine to install the carriage. 孙掌柜指了指酒肆角落的两个大酒缸,家丁便跑进去,抱着酒缸装上了马车。 After the Old Xiao idle talk daily family activity discussed the half of the day cracked with the teeth, then jumps under the vehicle shed to sit, drives to go to outside the city. 老萧闲话家常唠了半天嗑后,便跳到了车棚下面坐着,驾车前往城外。 Although next light rain, on Number One Scholar Street as before bustling, travelling frequently and extensively business guest under eaves back and forth. 虽然下着小雨,状元街上依旧熙熙攘攘,南来北往的商客在屋檐下来来回回。 The carriage just had/left alley entrance, Old Xiao hears the street to have the street vendors'cries suddenly, the voice obviously is the barbarian in area north of the Great Wall: 马车刚出巷子口,老萧忽然听见街边有叫卖声,口音明显是塞外的蛮夷: „The area north of the Great Wall good wine...... comes to see one......” “塞外佳酿……来看一眼……” In an instant looks, on the alley outside azure street, a full beard of wear outlandish clothes stands under the eaves takes shelter from the rain, is pushing a car, inside thinks of many wine pots, the light wine may hear distantly. 转眼看去,青石巷外的小街上,一个穿着奇装异服的大胡子站在屋檐下躲雨,推着个小车,里面装着不少酒坛,淡淡酒香遥遥可闻。 „......” “呵……” Old Xiao is also in the liquor the patron, heard then knows the thing to be good, immediately nearby makes eldest child second child stop the carriage, jumping down pokes the walking stick to arrive, sized up several on the car: 老萧也是酒中常客,一闻便知道东西不错,当即让老大老二停下马车,跳下来杵着拐杖走到跟前,在小车上打量了几眼: „Does young man, how this liquor buy? Has any art, mentioned listens......” “后生,这酒咋买？有啥讲究,说来听听……” Stands in the man who under the eaves takes shelter from the rain, brown sends the whiskers, the clothes are colorful, foreign land person Chang'an of this appearance are very many. 站在屋檐下躲雨的汉子,棕发络腮胡,衣服五颜六色,这种打扮的异邦人长安还挺多。 Finds the guest to visit, man with having foreign land voice polite say/way: 瞧见有客人上门,汉子操着带有异域口音客气道: „Uncle looks is an expert, this liquor is that side Outer Mongolia makes, with the Tianshan snow lotus and Changbai Mountains ginseng, in addition tiger penis and deer whip......” “老伯一看就是个行家,这酒是漠北那边弄过来的,用天山雪莲、长白山人参,加上虎鞭、鹿鞭……” A big pile. 叽里呱啦一大堆。 Old Xiao the mouth, the probe head sizes up one in the wine pot: 老萧啧啧嘴,探头在酒坛里打量一眼: „Whip?” “鞭了？” The foreign land merchant smiles embarrasedly: „...... The whip is to make money the gadget, will not definitely bring......, or do you taste one? This liquor unique, the man drank the woman......” 异邦商人讪讪一笑:“……鞭是生钱的玩意儿,肯定不会带出来……要不您老尝一口？这酒独此一家,男人喝了女人……” Old Xiao smells carefully, the liquor truly, then made the peddler hit a cup to sip the mouth, felt slightly, curled the lip: 老萧仔细闻了闻,酒确实可以,便让小贩打了一盅抿了口,稍微感觉了下,撇撇嘴: „Does tiger-bone liquor on the tiger-bone liquor, what tiger penis deer whip...... bully the old man I to be old?” “虎骨酒就虎骨酒,什么虎鞭鹿鞭……欺负老头我年纪大？” The peddlers smile, lifts the hand saying: „Uncle is really an expert, the young time definitely is also in the liquor the immortal. If you want, small here also has, but does not sell......” 小贩嘿嘿一笑,抬手道:“老伯果然是行家,年轻时候肯定也是酒中仙。你要是想要好的,小的这里也有,不过不卖……” Old Xiao hears this saying then to understand the meaning, lifted the chin: „Is the mule is Ramallah comes out to dawdle, is really the nice wine, your next generation will fill of enjoyment.” 老萧听见这话便明白意思,抬了抬下巴:“是骡子是马拉出来遛遛,真是好酒,你下辈子都吃香喝辣。” The peddlers first sized up the carriage of distant place, sized up under the Old Xiao wear, on Old Xiao that Yin dead-wood wolf head walking stick, but King Su delivers, light/only looked that the color sense of reality knows is not the common goods. 小贩先是打量了远处的马车,又打量了下老萧的穿着,老萧手上那根阴沉木狼头拐杖,可是肃王送的,光看颜色质感就知道不是寻常货色。 The determination really buys the nice wine , the peddler nods, is a thief the squatting lower part of the body, turned in the car looked, held a wine pot, placed on the vehicle cautiously, first scratched the hand, turned on the plug. 确定是真来买好酒的后,小贩点了点头,做贼似的蹲下身,在小车里面翻找了下,抱出一个酒坛,小心翼翼放在车上,先是擦了擦手,才打开塞子。 Old Xiao approaches for several points to smell, the eye narrows the eyes slightly, just wants to appreciate carefully, the peddler then covered the wine pot, with falling two jin (0.5 kg) meat: „Uncle, this was ran ten thousand in roads, transported from the western region, in the world unique, I kept not to hate to drink, did not sell......” 老萧凑近几分闻了闻,眼睛微微一眯,正想仔细鉴赏,小贩便盖上了酒坛,和掉了两斤肉似的:“老伯,这可是跑了万把里路,从西域那边运过来的,世上独此一家,我留着自己都舍不得喝,不卖……” Old Xiao was also really brought back the interest by this liquor, pokes the walking stick to say with a smile lightly: „Opens a price, if my family Young Master likes, must have your monetary reward.” 老萧还真被这酒勾起了兴趣,杵着拐杖轻笑道:“开个价,我家公子若是喜欢,少不了你赏钱。” The peddlers look at this stance, immediately was earnest several points, holds the wine pot not to abandon completely, intertwines for a long time, developed Old Xiao was unable to continue watching, the clenched tooth, stretches out two finger: 小贩一看这架势,当即认真了几分,抱着酒坛满是不舍,前后纠结许久,演的老萧都看不下去了,才咬了咬牙,伸出两根手指: „22!” “二十两！” Old Xiao sighed, lifts the hand to nod: „Giving your opportunity you are useless,......” was saying pulls out silver ingot, takes up the wine pot then to walk. 老萧叹了口气,抬手点了点头:“给你机会你不中用,罢了罢了……”说着掏出一锭银子,拿起酒坛便走。 The peddlers stare, busy compensates to say with a smile: „Master, you misunderstood, 41 jin (0.5 kg), this jug three jin (0.5 kg)......” 小贩一愣,忙的赔笑道:“爷,您误会了,二十两一斤,这一坛子三斤……” „Businessman, the integrity is the itself/Ben, the fixed-price is the fixed-price......” “生意人,诚信为本,一口价便是一口价……” Old Xiao is holding the wine pot single-handed, opens smells, satisfaction nods, then looked at the eye. 老萧单手抱着酒坛,打开闻了闻,满意点头,回头瞧了眼。 The peddlers take money to deliver toward the mouth, after finding, compensate to smile hastily, tramples the bosom money, is pushing a cart then to walk, feared appearance that returns goods. 小贩拿着银子正在往嘴巴送,瞧见后连忙赔笑,把银子踹进怀里,推着车便走,一副怕退货的模样。 Old Xiao pounds the mouth to sigh, jumped up the carriage, goes to...... —— toward the city laymen 老萧砸吧着嘴叹了口气,重新跳上了马车,朝着城外行去……—— First outside emperor the eastern suburbs of imperial tomb in Chang'an City, the nearby construction has to defend Zhuangzi who the tomb person is occupied by, several first old imperial concubine of emperor also lives. 先帝的皇陵在长安城外的东郊,附近修建有守陵人居住的庄子,几个先帝的老妃子也在其中居住。 Couple days ago Empress Dowager and palace greets, wants to go to the imperial tomb to live in some days by the worriedness in the palace staying, after the original intention rescued Xu Buling, stayed last several days in the imperial tomb, then took poison to commit suicide, wrote one's last written words anything the cause of death advances becomes at the illness/quick anxiously. 前几天太后和宫里打了招呼,以在宫里呆的烦闷想去皇陵住些日子,本意是救了许不令后,在皇陵中住上几天,然后服毒自尽,写个绝笔什么的把死因推到焦虑成疾上。 After dying examines the body, will definitely discover that she is not a virgin, but this matter concerns Xiao Family and Song Clan face, no one dares to promote, most scolded her several to finish up secretly. 至于死后验身,肯定会发现她不是处子,不过这种事儿关乎萧家和宋氏的脸面,也没人敢伸张,最多暗地里骂她几句就完事了。 But comes now ‚Rome was not built in a day’, Empress Dowager had lost the body, dies cannot die and live cannot live, where before daring frank and upright running up to first emperor grave lives, in the evening feared that is the sleep/felt does not dare to rest. 可现在来了个‘非一日之寒’,太后已经失了身,死不能死、活不能活,哪里敢光明正大的跑到先帝坟前住着,晚上怕是觉都不敢睡。 Thereupon, being utterly confused Empress Dowager, can only reveal in the imperial tomb with Qiao'e rested one in the evening, then left hurriedly, holding elder brother Xiao Chuyang to hand over the words to the palace, on the grounds of giving Song Clan prayed from arrived at the summer resort mountain villa under Yufeng. 于是乎,心乱如麻的太后,只能和巧娥在皇陵外抱着睡了一晚上,然后就急匆匆离开,托兄长萧楚杨给宫里递话,以给宋氏祈福为由到了玉峰山下的避暑山庄。 Empress Dowager is an outsider, the alone and forsaken person lives in Lasting Happiness Palace, the background big scary, knows that Empress Dowager is staying worriedly in the palace, the Song Clan ancestor and relative has not talked too much anything. 太后本来就是个局外人,孤苦伶仃一个人住在长乐宫,背景又大的吓人,知道太后在宫里呆着烦闷,宋氏宗亲也没有多嘴说什么。 In March/three months 1 st, Shunfeng Mount covers in the fog misty misty rain. 三月初一,顺峰山笼罩雾蒙蒙的烟雨之中。 The summer resort mountain villa of government authorities is located in behind in a Shunfeng Mount level area, the scale is very big, but the cotton rose view on the summit, from is very far, can face one another distantly. 官家的避暑山庄位于顺峰山后侧的一个山坳内,规模很大,而芙蓉观则在山顶上,距离很远,可以遥遥相望。 Empress Dowager wears the red long skirt, stands in the viewing platform in mountain village, ten thousand multi-colored kois swim in the lakeside, actually no thoughts look. 太后身着红色长裙,站在山庄的观景亭内,万尾五彩缤纷的锦鲤在湖畔中游来游去,却没什么心思去看。 Field of vision end, under not high Shunfeng Mount, a motorcade, in the curtain of rain passes through the rural fair under mountain slowly, gradually arrived outside the Daoist temple of white wall grey tile. 视野尽头,不高的顺峰山下,一个车队在雨幕缓缓穿过山下的集市,逐渐抵达了白墙青瓦的道观外。 Empress Dowager closely grips, face start cannot help but blushes to feel hot, which absurd evening also remembered...... 太后紧紧攥着手,脸儿不由自主的开始发红发烫,又想起了哪荒唐的一晚上…… „Wriggles the waist clever............” “扭腰……乖……” „Good Elder Brother......” “好哥哥……” ...... ……