Golden Greenery

"...The human face is nowhere to be seen, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze." The young talented man with an impressive figure shook his head and finished reciting his poem.

There was a burst of cheers at the Baliu garden party, and Li Bai also slapped his hands.

Only Mu Yue looked calm and thoughtful, and seemed to be mumbling something.

"Brother Mu, are you feeling something in your heart?" Li Bai asked him.

"Brother, why does it sound like he's scolding someone?" Mu Yue said, "Listen, people don't know where to go. Doesn't this sentence mean 'shameless'?"

‘Poof——’ The grape wine in Li Bai’s mouth sprayed on the collar of Meng Haoran in front of him.

After hurriedly wiping Meng Haoran's clothes, Li Bai pulled the confused Mu Yue aside.

"Brother Mu, just say this to me, this 'shameless' guy..." Li Bai said, "But the Cui family in Qinghe have a bad temper and are not easy to mess with."

"Oh? Are people from aristocratic families unreasonable?"

"If it makes sense, can we still call it aristocratic family?"

"That's right."

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They became friends because of Zhang Guo. He often came to visit Zhang Guo and asked questions. In fact, it was just out of the vanity of a studious young man. But since Zhang Guo's junior brother Mu Yue appeared in Zhang Zhenren's house, he felt that Mu Yue, who was similar in age and didn't understand anything, was more... We can talk.

Mu Yue was twenty-nine, Li Bai was twenty-five.

Mu Yue was purely out of admiration. He admired Li Bai to the point of admiration.

Today, among the three recognized strongest martial artists in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai ranks third and is known as the Sword Immortal. He learned his sword from the Sword Master Pei Min. But Li Bai is also known as the Immortal of Poetry, and his "Immortal of Poetry" is louder than the "Immortal of Swords".

The third in the sword, the first in the poem, the two immortals, no one can dissatisfy.

Nowadays, there is a saying that there are three masterpieces of the Tang Dynasty: Li Bai's poetry, Zhang Xu's wild grass, and Pei Min's swordsmanship.

Mu Yue said he was twenty-nine, but in fact he was an old monster over a hundred years old, but Li Bai was actually twenty-five. In terms of literary talent, Mu Yue was only literate, while Li Bai was a poet.

Let’s talk about martial arts again. Mu Yue practiced hard in the mountains for seventy-nine years, and Li Bai studied with Pei Min for seven years.

It’s not like I study every day, or even every now and then. I basically go there every month to ask for advice on any questions or confusions.

However, the two competed twice, and Mu Yue made eight moves under Li Bai's hands the first time and six moves the second time. Mu Yue stopped sparring for the third time because he felt that Li Bai was deliberately letting him down.

This makes people lose their temper. Comparing people to others can really make people look like scum.

Mu Yue truly admired him, and Li Bai truly admired him. His junior brother truly admired him, and the two became friends as soon as they went back and forth.

Zhang Guo introduced Mu Yue to others outside: "This is my little junior brother." He turned around and said to Mu Yue: "We are of the same generation, and I would like to say that you are the senior brother. I am afraid that others will get to the bottom of it. Junior brother is easy to fool, so I will just leave you alone." At once."

"It's easy to talk about."

At home Mu Yue calls Zhang Guo Lao Zhangtou, and outside he also calls him senior brother.

The key is that this 'junior brother' is also very weird. The age difference is not a problem. The main reason is that as the junior brother of the Living God and Master Tongxuan, Mu Yue doesn't know anything except his appearance and talent.

Lao Zhangtou said calmly: "You don't know, my junior brother has immortal roots and will definitely achieve the great road in the future."

Think about it, others believe him when he says he is 3,000 years old.

Chang'an native: "Oh——" Suddenly he understood.

So Mu Yue had a smooth time eating and drinking in Chang'an City, and was always a guest of honor at every house he went to. After living like this for four years, he felt that he was a living god during these four years, and that Lao Zhangtou was not and was a prude.

Emperor Li Longji had a sister, Princess Yuzhen Li Chiying, who was a sincere and obsessed ascetic. She said she wanted to marry Lao Zhangtou and practice dual cultivation together. What a good thing, Mu Yue was happy for him.

But Lao Zhangtou turned red with anger, beat the fish drum to hide his panic, and then refused. This was the only time Mu Yue saw him lose his temper. Also, Li Chiying happens to be in his thirties, and there is no man in his eighties who is not afraid of this.

Mu Yue only plans to stay in Chang'an City for a maximum of ten years, because within ten years he can hide the secret of "ageless appearance", but it will definitely not be possible for any longer. In fact, he and Lao Zhangtou both agreed that the two of them would leave Chang'an together in the ninth year, and Mu Yue would follow Lao Zhangtou to Wufeng Mountain in Xingzhou.

The emperor has given Wufeng Mountain to Tongxuan Zhenren, and it is his mountain.

Then hang out in Wufeng Mountain for ten years before talking about it.

Now is the time when Mu Yue enjoys the most in Chang'an City. He is very popular everywhere he goes in and out. But not everyone gives him face, such as the 'noble family' in Li Bai's words.

After the founding heroes withered, the Tang Dynasty returned to the world of aristocratic families and powerful people. In fact, the Li Tang royal family itself came from the Li family of Longxi.

But Li Bai's "Li" is not a Longxi Li, he is a miscellaneous Li from his hometown in Sichuan, and he has no relationship with the aristocratic family with Kaiyuan Tongbao.

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"Mr. Sir, save me!" The woman wearing a rough indigo skirt and hairpin rolled and crawled at Mu Yue's feet, hugged his legs, raised her head and begged.

The woman's tearful face was distorted due to panic and eagerness, but she could still vaguely see her beauty. The woman is young and wears her hair in a two-corner bun. She is obviously still a girl who has not yet had hair extensions.

Mu Yue and Li Bai were confused. They had just arrived at Zuiyun Building in West Market. Before they could go up to the second floor to listen to music, such a young lady rolled down the stairs.

Everyone has the desire to protect flowers, not to mention that although the young lady in front of her is poorly dressed, she looks really good.

"Girl...little lady, why are you panicking?" Mu Yue stepped forward before Li Bai and bent down to help him.

Li Bai didn't have anyone hugging his legs, so he stayed a little further away and curled his lips without grabbing Mu Yue, a bumpkin. He is a great talent, and it is suspected that Wenquxing has descended to earth. A sentence immediately came to his mind: If you don't know Chunfeng, why should you enter Luohu?

Before the young lady had time to answer, she heard a mess of footsteps on the stairs. Someone followed them, cursing, and it was a group of people.

"You bitch, who gave you the guts to humiliate me?"

The person who came was a man in rich clothes. He reached out and grabbed the woman's hair.

Mu Yue was no longer willing: He is half-lying in my arms anyway, why don’t you give him any face? Don’t you know that I am the junior brother of the Living God?

He stretched out his hand to open the claws of the man in fine clothes. "Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

Only then did the man in fine clothes notice Mu Yue. He was tall, powerful, and well-dressed, and he was immediately a little frightened.

The person behind him hurriedly leaned into the man's ear and muttered. Mu Yue looked at this man as he looked familiar. He must have seen him before, and he should also recognize him. As a result, Mu Yue felt proud. He gently patted the little lady in his arms and said softly: "Don't be afraid."

After listening to the soft introduction from his friend behind him, the man in the Chinese suit had an extremely weird expression on his face, and then he smiled twistedly.

"I thought who was so bold as to be the leader, but it turned out to be the most famous trash in Chang'an City!"

Mu Yue was unhappy: It's my fault that I'm useless, but if you say it in front of so many people, it's your fault.

"Be careful what you say, I'm afraid if I get angry." Mu Yue's face was dark.

"Ahahahaha~~" The man in fine clothes and his friends staggered around laughing.

"Mr. Sir, save me..." The little lady in her arms begged again, her soft words sweet and sweet. At this time, Mu Yue had to carry on even though he was a complete waste.

The man in gorgeous clothes smiled so much that he could see the overnight meal: "He is the biggest trash in Chang'an City, you let him save you? Hahahaha~~"

His face suddenly turned cold: "You bitch, I have to sell you to the Jiaofang Department today. If any loser dares to stop me, I will beat him until his senior brother can't even recognize him."

After that, take action.

Li Bai couldn't stand it anymore and turned around from behind Mu Yue: "Senior brother, please forgive me if you have to."

First among poems and third among swords, not many people in Chang'an City don't know Li Bai, and no one who knows him dares to be presumptuous in front of him. Where do you think Mu Yue, who is afraid of death, got his confidence just now? The idiom "The fox fakes the tiger's power" has appeared in "Warring States Policy".

But, senior brother?

The man in the Chinese suit was startled when he saw Li Bai, and then he suddenly realized the biggest absurdity in Chang'an City: the greatest genius and the greatest waste are as good as the same person.

"Li Bai,...are you going to stand up for this bitch?"

"Senior brother, what's going on?"

The handsome man was angry all over, but he obviously gave Li Bai a lot of face, and angrily told what happened.

He was listening to music and watching Hu Nu dancing upstairs. This woman in rough clothes was selling dye and deliberately covered him in black.

The man in the gorgeous suit is wearing a truly gorgeous suit. The satin, the texture and the fine workmanship are obviously a tailor-made version of De Yunhua's suit. It is absolutely impossible to get it without forty pieces. Although the green silk robe on Mu Yue's body was only five pieces long, he knew the goods.

In fact, five strings are already very luxurious, one string is equal to one thousand cash. Eight Wen can buy a bucket of rice in the West Market.

In other words, the richly dressed man's brocade garment is worth five hundred shi meters. It's just that now these five hundred stones have been poured with black dye that cannot be washed away, so they can only be thrown away or cut into obscene pants.

"I... accidentally... I can't afford to pay,... Lang Jun, save me..."

"Can't afford to pay? If you sell it to the Jiaofang Department, you can relieve the hatred in my heart."

According to Tang law, a young lady should indeed make compensation to others. If she cannot afford the compensation, she will be imprisoned. After the woman is sentenced, she will be sold to the Jiaofangsi, and the proceeds from the sale will be paid to the victim.

Jiaofangsi was an official prostitute of the Tang Dynasty.

"Senior brother, this woman has not yet had her hair. She is a good girl, but her whole life is ruined because of a small mistake...Senior brother, dozens of hairs are worth it to you...just bypass her."

Selling it to Jiaofangsi wouldn't even be worth forty guan, far from it.

The little lady hugged Mu Yue tightly. "Mr. Lang, save me..."

Wu Baishi was not good enough to get angry at Li Bai, and he continued to point the finger at Mu Yue: "Trash, you call me so dear, or will you pay it to grandpa?"

"Mr. Lang, save me..."

Mu Yuehao suddenly became angry: "Can I pay in installments?"

What he got in return was another round of ridicule and 'trash'.

However, with Li Bai here, it is impossible to start a fight, and his reputation is indeed big enough. In the end, Li Bai agreed to pay in installments with Mu Yue. The number of installments was not specified, but it was considered as a step up to five hundred stones. He let the little lady go, took off the forty pieces, held them in his hands, and walked away angrily.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to spit at Mu Yue and call him "trash" again.

The scene was very embarrassing at that time, with hundreds of people in Zuiyun Tower watching.

Li Bai quickly apologized to Mu Yue and let him have a lot of money.

"Is that your senior brother?"

"Well, my master's only son, Pei Zhong."

"Son of the Sword Master?"

"Well, Wenxi is the legitimate son of the Pei family."

"How is his swordsmanship? Is he as good as you?"

"Tsk~" Li Bai let out a disdainful sound from his nostrils. "He can't take ten moves under my hands, he's just a fool."

Mu Yue: "..."

I've only made six moves under you, and I'm not even as good as a straw bag.

One is a talented civilian disciple taught by his father, and the other is a legitimate son of a noble family with mediocre abilities but a golden key. The relationship between Li Bai and Pei Zhong cannot be good. They are just worried about the face of the sword master Pei Min, and each other Just to avoid falling out.

Because Li Bai was born in a poor family, despite his extraordinary talents and both civil and military skills, he is now just a member of the imperial court. To put it bluntly, he is the royal entertainment tool of Emperor Li Longji. He can come and go as soon as he is summoned, and he just writes poems and dances with swords for fun. .

Pei Zhong was as talented as Li Baibai, but because he was the legitimate son of the Wenxi Pei family, he was chosen to be the Prime Minister of Dali Temple and the imperial censor in the palace.

Can he be convinced by a person like Li Bai? Can you be willing? And such comparisons abound in Datang.

That's why he sought advice from Pei Min, asked Zhang Guo, and fawned over Yang Yuhuan. All of this was to increase his worth.

It is precisely because of this that Li Bai looks down on any children from aristocratic families and rejects them from the bottom of his heart.

Mu Yue and the handsome man are two completely opposite extremes. It is not difficult to understand why Li Bai and the good-for-nothing but sincere and friendly Mu Yue have become close friends.

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The young lady was filled with tears and thanked Mu Yue and Li Bai profusely. She looked very pitiful.

The young lady claimed to be from a village outside Kaiyuanmen in Chang'an City, and her surname was Niu and Xiaoqing. The father has been bedridden all year round, and the family can barely make ends meet by cultivating several acres of thin farmland with the help of my mother and younger brother.

Niu Xiaoqing often picked plant roots and made dyes, and went to Zhongxi Market in Chang'an City to exchange for a few Wen Tongbao to subsidize his family. I never thought that I would encounter such a disaster today, but I was lucky enough to meet these two gentlemen.

Woo~~~Woo~~~

When Mu Yue and Li Bai were together, they were both gentlemen, so they each took out a hundred coins and gave it to Niu Xiaoqing.

Then a thousand thanks again. When leaving, Niu Xiaoqing still looked back three times with pear blossoms and rain.

Mu Yue is stupid, while Li Bai is smart but lacks social experience.

How could such a beautiful woman come from a poor peasant family? Why do people who sell dye go to the West Market instead of the dye house? Why did a poor girl selling dyes inexplicably go to the second floor of Zuiyun Building, where only celebrities and dignitaries go?

The two of them were unaware of this, and Mu Yue was still immersed in the comfort of being a hero saving a beauty.

That night, a big event happened in Chang'an City.

Pei Zhong, the only son of Pei Min, the head of Wenxi's Pei family and sword master, was killed while spending the night in Zuihong Mansion in Pingkangfang. Many people saw the murderer, who looked and resembled Muyue, escape through the window.

A bloody Longquan sword was left at the scene.