One, a lonely man and a widow

On the sixth day of April 19, the 29th year of Kaibao in the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Xuan, a Grand Secretary of Jixian Palace and the Marquis of Xinzhou, left Jinling and headed south, headed to Yizhou and Shezhou, and went to Xinzhou to worship his ancestors. Then he returned to Jiangzhou through Hongzhou to move his family. Zhou Xuan is now a popular man in the court, and a large number of officials set up tents and sent Zhou Xuan off.

This time, the fairy Jingyi, Lin Hanyun, Mingfeng, Jianyue, Xiaoweixiang, Judge Fan, Sanchi, Lin Ning, Lai Fu, and Fenghua naval general Qi Hong led fifty soldiers to escort them.

Zhou Xuan left the four fools in the capital, and there was no master in charge, so the mansion was afraid of uneasiness.

At the beginning of the Si hour, the convoy of the Xinzhou Marquis' Mansion set off, with a total of ten double-shaft carriages, and fifty soldiers all rode on horses, heading towards Yizhou. All the officials in the capital who were seeing off had dispersed, only Lin Heishan, Sun Zhan, Sun Sheng brothers, Gu Changshi, Sichi, and Yang Xiaopin and Nian Nujiao in the carriage were sent far away, so they could not bear to part.

Zhou Xuan rode the extraordinary "Black Rose" of the divine horse and bowed: "Brother Heishan, two brothers Sun, Lord Gu, please come back. I will go back to Beijing for at most three months - the fourth year of the year. I have generously donated this time and left three Longlong games for you. These three Zhenlong games are extremely complicated. I hope that when I come back in June and July, you will have great success in chess skills."

Zhou Xuan comforted Yang Xiaopin and Nian Nujiao again and told them not to send them off.

In early summer, the fields are green. The weather is bright and the distant mountains and nearby trees are picturesque. Zhou Xuan rode a "Black Rose" and walked a long way with the convoy. Lin Heishan, Sichi and others were seeing off, and suddenly, a pure and bright singing sound rose from the ground, like extremely thin silver wires drilling into the sky, and then landing rapidly, ups and downs, and back and forth, like ribbons flying in the sky, like fireworks blooming-

This is the singing of the sheep's little frown, this is the most beautiful and pure dolphin sound in the world!

The entire southbound team seemed to be stuck in the pure and beautiful singing. After a while, the car and horses continued to move forward.

Zhou Xuan went to Xinzhou this time and brought 5,000 taels of silver from the mansion, as well as the 500 taels of gold from Xiao Zhouhou, equivalent to 5,000 taels of silver, totaling 10,000 taels. He could also do some good things for the fellow villagers in Xinzhou.

Lin Hanyun rode a "crane in the clouds" and rode with Zhou Xuan with a smile. The last time he came to Jinling from Jiangzhou was a boat. It was quite boring. It was fresh when riding a horse on land, and he kept chattering and talking.

"Brother Zhou Xuan, your ancestors have been away from Xinzhou for hundreds of years. Who else can you recognize when you go back?"

"I don't recognize anyone, just see someone with the surname Zhou."

Lin Hanyun said innocuously: "When I heard that Mr. Zhou returned to his hometown with heavy money to recognize his relatives, maybe many people will change their surnames to Zhou."

Everyone laughed.

The convoy arrived in Danyang County the next afternoon. Danyang County was 150 miles away from Jinling, which was a wealthy county. Fairy Jingyi wanted to see the tomb of Jizi in Yanling, so the convoy rested at the Danyang County Hall early. Zhou Xuan had the emperor's order, and was the inspector of the six prefectures of Yizhou, Chizhou, Shezhou, Xinzhou, Raozhou and Jiangzhou. The hotels and posts along the way were all free to eat and drink without paying. The Tang State Post Station was well developed, and there was a small post on the land thirty miles and a large post on the 100 miles. It was very convenient to travel for public expenses.

When the postman learned that it was the Marquis of Xinzhou, he was extremely attentive and personally led the way to lead Zhou Xuan and Fairy Jingyi to see the tomb of Jizi in Yanling.

Yanling Jizi was Ji Zha, the fourth son of King Shoumeng of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He lived in seclusion in Danyang because he was unwilling to inherit the throne. He was noble, talented, and skilled in music and dance. The idiom "Amazing" refers to him.

In the evening, Zhou Xuan accompanied Fairy Jingyi to the Jizi Temple in Yanling and saw the inscription that was said to be written by Confucius - "Alas, there is the tomb of the gentleman of Wu Yanling".

Lin Hanyun asked: "Brother Zhou Xuan, why did you think that Mr. Zha would not leave the King of Wu and would come here to work hard?"

Fairy Jingyi said: "Didn't it be written in "Zuo Zhuan"? Gongzizha is the fourth son of King Shoumeng of Wu. The ritual system stipulates that the eldest son succeeds the throne, so Gongzizha is determined not to accept it and wants to give the throne to his brother."

Zhou Xuan said: "I don't think so. Didn't Ji Zha like music, singing and dancing? I think he is a playful person and does not want the throne to restrain his playing nature. Moreover, there is an important point that is not recorded in Zuo Zhuan--"

"What?" Fairy Jingyi was also very curious and asked in the same voice as Lin Hanyun.

Zhou Xuanzhan smiled and said, "Ji Zhading has a close friend who is with him, like Fan Li and Xi Shi, and this kind of happiness is not comparable to the throne!"

Lin Hanyun took it seriously and asked, "What is the name of Gongzizha's confidante?"

Zhou Xuan scratched his head and said, "Then I don't know."

Lin Hanyun asked again: "Which book did Brother Zhou Xuan see in? You haven't seen you read any books in normal times, so you know a lot."

Zhou Xuan was a little ashamed by Lin Hanyun and said, "Which book is read? Only those without knowledge can read!"

Fairy Jingyi smiled sweetly. She knew that Zhou Xuan was talking nonsense and said, "The girl knows that book, called "Zhou Family Spring and Autumn"."

Talked and laughed, and returned to the inn, the magistrate of Danyang County and the county magistrate had been waiting for a long time. He held a banquet to entertain the Marquis of Xinzhou. Zhou Xuan refused to disturb the people, so he drank "Qua wine" in the inn, ate Danyang chicken, and savored tea and talked about flowers with Fairy Jingyi at night. It was very pleasant.

We continued to rush on the morning of April 8th. The weather was really not good. From this day on, it rained every day. The soldiers in the palace were wearing straw raincoats and hats to rush in the rain. Zhou Xuan and the others got into the carriage and looked at the rain from the window. The rain scene looked fresh at first, but after a few days, everyone was tired of it.

Zhou Xuan was quite frustrated. The guy Sanchi had a wife. He was not very stupid, and he was just crazy about his wife. It was raining these days, and he hid in the carriage with Lin Ning and didn't come to play chess with Zhou Xuan. However, the carriage was bumpy and he couldn't play chess, but it was OK to talk!

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "The third brother seems to be useless. No matter whether it is chess or swordsmanship, you will not make any progress in your future. Or the fourth brother has a future. If I had known this, I would have brought the fourth brother here. Would the fourth brother be willing to car with me?"

Zhou Xuan was smiling and thinking about the fourth brother's appearance, and suddenly heard Lin Hanyun's voice: "Brother Zhou Xuan, please help me."

Zhou Xuan poked his head out of the car window and saw Lin Hanyun climbing the car door with one hand and running with the carriage. He quickly reached out and pulled her into the carriage and asked, "What are you doing? My hair is wet?"

Lin Hanyun wiped the rain on her face with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "It's too boring to be with my sister. She is chanting scriptures, and I'm dozing off, so I'll come to you to listen to your story. I'm so awesome. You dare to jump out of the carriage without stopping."

Zhou Xuan looked at Miss Lin Er’s pure face, and grinned: “What if I fall, what if I fall? Sister Daoyun didn’t scold you?”

"I scolded me, I won't listen." Lin Hanyun said: "Brother Zhou Xuan, please tell my sister, I'll go back in a while."

Zhou Xuan poked his head out of the car window and looked back. The carriage behind was taken by Fairy Jingyi. Fairy Jingyi was looking forward from outside the car window.

Zhou Xuan smiled: "Sister Daoyun, Hanyun is on my side. It's okay, let her go back later."

Fairy Jingyi sat back into the carriage and shook her head and thought, "Hanyun is really ignorant. Zhou Xuan is not her biological brother. This is a carriage with a lonely man and a widow. The carriage is so narrow and bumpy, and it is crowded. She is not a child. Oh, don't care about her, let me take care of her. This time, Xuandi will propose to my father when she returns to Jiangzhou."

Thinking of this, Fairy Jingyi felt sad, and gathered her mind and began to recite the "Taiqing Xiuyang Sutra", but she always thought about the scene of Xuan Di and Hanyun in the same carriage. If she couldn't recite the Taoist scriptures, she simply stopped reciting them. She was stunned at the rainy curtain outside the car window. The rice fields with dense raindrops, the big yellow cows, and the farmer wearing straw raincoats were thrown behind the carriage. Fairy Jingyi felt that her heart was getting farther and farther away, and it fell empty-handed.

In the carriage in front of me that was only a few feet apart, Lin Hanyun said with a smile: "Brother Zhou Xuan, you don't know, I actually like rain, I like the heavy rain. It's so dark and the rain is raking underground, making the roof crackle. When I was a child, I liked to hide in the quilt alone, afraid and happy."

Zhou Xuan smiled, Lin Hanyun spoke interestingly, pointing to the heavy rain clouds outside the window and said, "It's so dark now, and there's a whip coming soon. You have to punch a hole in the ground and hide."

"Call me, rat!" Lin Hanyun rolled her eyes wide, and suddenly heard a thunder sound of "Kasha", and was startled. Seeing the camel-haired blanket given by Abu in the carriage, she quickly shook her head and body and wrapped it all around, laying in a crooked manner.

After the thunder, large raindrops fell densely, making the roof of the carriage sound like a beating the keel drum.

Zhou Xuan was so envious of Lin Hanyun who was lying in the camel-haired blanket. He was very warm, so he lay beside her and said, "Hanyun, let me tell you a story about thunder and vixen."

Lin Hanyun said in a muffled voice under the camel-haired blanket: "Oh, okay, I love to hear Brother Zhou Xuan telling the story of vixen. There are so many vixen, and the story is different every time."

Zhou Xuan talked about "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Jiaona", which talked about the scholar Kong Xueli who was killed by Lei in order to save Jiaona's family. Jiaona spit out the red pill of her practice and used the tip of her tongue to cross it to Kong Xueli's mouth.
Chapter completed!