Fairy Sword Inquiry 1

Chapter 25 After Reading the Book of Heaven, I Occasionally Heard the Banned News (2)
"When Ying'er was handing out wine just now, I heard the officials who came to drink the wine say that the current emperor has exempted the mountain people in the outskirts of Raozhou for three years! The decree just arrived in Raozhou City this afternoon, and the announcement has not yet been made. It's time to post it!"

"Wow! It's really great news!" Xingyan was ecstatic when he first heard the good news: "Little sister Ying'er, thank you for telling me!" In a good mood, Xingyan was a little unscrupulous, Even my sister called me! "Yeah! Ying'er didn't lie to you, did she?"

Seeing Xingyan's happy look, the little girl was also infected, and she smiled.However, at the end of the day, she murmured again:
"He's not young!" Of course, the rejoicing boy didn't hear those words.

After the excitement subsided a bit, Xingyan asked Yinger what was going on.You know, such things as tax exemption and food exemption for the imperial court are no small matter.After all, the world is peaceful now, unlike when the war just ended, this event of exempting money and food is really rare.What's more, the scene in Raozhou is now peaceful, and there are no natural disasters or man-made disasters. There is really no reason to exempt them from money and food, and the exemption will last for three years.In addition, it is said that the people who were exempted from money and food were specified to be the mountain people outside Raozhou City, which is even more strange.After the overjoyed young man, he couldn't help doubting the authenticity of the little girl's news, and began to ask carefully.However, it seems that this little maid Yinger only heard about it by chance, and didn't stay around those officials for long, so although she swears that the matter is true, she doesn't know the specific reason. It's too clear, there's no way to tell.

Seeing Xingyan questioning, Ying'er put her finger on her cheek, and tilted her face to think hard.But after thinking about it for a long time, I only remembered hearing that the imperial court wanted to confiscate pine fruit wine, but I didn't hear anything else.Seeing this little girl in such a state, Xingyan stopped asking, and went to the cafeteria to have a meal with her.

Although everyone in the Huayue Tower eats in rotation, there are quite a few people who dine with Xingyan.What Ying'er said just now about the three-year exemption of money and food for the mountain people in Raozhou is really not trivial, it is completely different from the usual boring talk, so naturally, everyone talked about it at this dinner table.

It's just that everyone is a commoner after all.Xing Yan's group of men and women in front of him all feel that they are the most authoritative in this news, and it is often seen that someone speaks clearly and vividly, as if the imperial decree was handed down by him.There are a few people who are very eloquent, and even seize the opportunity to talk about it, and based on the news they have heard, they have made a deep and detailed excavation of the reasons behind this sudden imperial decree. , and make a final analysis and judgment based on one's own life experience-unfortunately, the conclusions drawn in this way are often only considered reasonable by the speaker himself.

Among them, if there are relatives who live in the mountains outside Raozhou City, they will be even more happy as if they have won a lottery, just grinning stupidly, and the smile on their faces cannot be held back no matter how hard they are.After all, for them, this can be regarded as a once-in-a-lifetime event!Seeing them ecstatic, the others would not be sarcasm, but sincerely congratulate them, after all, this is a good thing for the whole Raozhou ground!Although most of the people here did not directly benefit from it, the so-called mighty grace of the emperor, the decree personally promulgated by the current emperor Jinkou Yuyan, was indeed a great honor at that time.In this Raozhou prefecture and county, everyone from well-dressed gentry to traffickers and pawns will feel that they have a lot of face, and in the future, they will speak more confidently in front of foreigners!
The so-called universal celebration, now in the entire Huayue Tower, whether it is the people in the building or the guests who come to the door, there is a lot of laughter inside and out, filled with a strong joy.When Aunt Xia, the proprietress of Huayuelou, heard the news, she specially added a small jar of rice wine to each table.For a while, all the tabletops set up in Huayue Tower were filled with toasts, people coming and going, voices of persuasion and congratulations were heard endlessly.

At this moment, the young man woke up, his face was also full of smiles, his face was flushed after being downed several glasses of wine.In the midst of the noisy chatter at the table, Xing Yan probably understood what was going on.It turned out that the emperor of the current dynasty had a decree to go to the prefect of Raozhou today, specifying that the Raozhou government should pay tribute to the pine fruit wine produced in the countryside.At the same time, as compensation, the tax, money and food for the mountain people in Raozhou were exempted for three years.After roughly understanding the reason, everyone praised the current emperor for his deep compassion for the people, but they also made various guesses about the origin of this imperial decree.Some people say that the land of Raozhou has beautiful mountains and rivers, and the pine fruit wine produced is naturally touched by Fengshui, which is full of the aura of Raozhou, so it is naturally extraordinary!Do not believe?If it weren't for its quality and mellowness, would it be able to shock the current Holy Majesty?As soon as such a speculation was made, it immediately won the unanimous approval of all the elders of Raozhou present, and the voice of echoing was endless.

What's more, some people even extended this, saying that the pine fruit wine produced in Raozhou is a panacea, jade liquid and fine nectar, which can cure all diseases!Occasionally someone raised a small question, saying that even if our pine fruit wine is good, how can the emperor know the things in this small town of Raozhou if he lives in the deep palace and royal garden?

As soon as the disappointing words came out, they were immediately drowned out by the raging words.After contemptuously denying it, an expert soon gave a reasonable explanation: The so-called Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, means that the emperor is the son of heaven.Knowing things thousands of miles away is just a piece of cake.The Son of Heaven knows the fine wines in Raozhou, there is nothing more natural than this!

Regarding these discussions, Xing Yan just laughed it off, and felt rather disapproving in his heart.Because he brewed pine fruit wine at home, he knew that although this wine was mellow and long-lasting, how could it be related to medicine for curing diseases, let alone jade liquid wine!Moreover, the young man who said that the emperor can know things thousands of miles away, and read a lot of sage classics, scoffed even more.Of course, on occasions when everyone is happy, the well-behaved boy will naturally not be so serious and speak out to spoil everyone's interest.

However, looking at this decree, the value of the pine fruit wine brewed by the house will double immediately!Originally, the price of this mountain village wine was extremely low, but in the future it might really be able to sell for the price of Yuye Qiongye!
Speaking of the fact that this pine fruit wine can cure all diseases, Xing Yan noticed an interesting saying at the banquet.According to the speaker, he heard this statement from a well-informed merchant in the north.The big businessman said that the Royal Princess Qingcheng, who was regarded as the treasure of the country, had been feeling sleepy and listless all day long for some reason, and in the end she didn't think about eating or drinking.The queen felt sorry for her daughter, so she asked the princess in every possible way, wanting to know what she wanted to eat and drink.The princess, who could not be questioned, finally said that she wanted to taste the folk pine fruit wine.Therefore, this supremely glorious task was assigned to Raozhou Prefecture, which is famous for its rich pine fruit wine. When Xingyan heard this, he couldn’t help laughing: Obviously, who must be the last sentence? It was added by a fellow from Raozhou.

Although all the audience nodded frequently, but Xing Yan knew that the story was full of loopholes, it really couldn't stand scrutiny.It must be another old man in Raozhou who loves his hometown, who forcibly associates this ordinary pine fruit wine with the incomparably respected Princess Qingcheng, showing that this pine fruit wine is really extraordinary.

However, mentioning this pine fruit wine and the protagonist Princess Qingcheng in this strange story reminded Xingyan of the girl whom he had been haunted by in his dreams.During those unforgettable three days, all kinds of scenes with that young girl Juying came back to the boy's mind - the blush of Xia after drinking the pine fruit wine, and the blush after jokingly mentioning Princess Qingcheng Embarrassed and speechless, they are all so vivid and vivid, as if they are right in front of them.

I also thought of the farewell at the bottom of the Horseshoe Mountain, and we will never see each other again. This young man who has always been optimistic and open-minded, actually has some inexplicable pain in his chest... An inch of worry is hot in his heart, and nine times of worry is in his stomach.Doing the math, it will be exactly one month since I first saw Ju Ying in Daoxianglou.Thinking of Juying's flowery smile and soft words, Xingyan felt very sad.So this wine, also began to drink a little anxiously...

(End of this chapter)