Chapter 220 Catastrophe (1)
The clouds in the sky were soft and soft, like fine fish scales. When the afternoon sun shined through the clouds in the sky, a flock of birds flew across the sky over the lake. The water of the West Lake is quiet, and Xiaoyingzhou is located in it. This is the most beautiful garden in the water. The trees surrounding the embankment are lush and green, and there are pavilions and curved bridges in it. When people gather around the embankment, the lotus flowers in the water are blooming lushly and pink. .
In the center of Xiaoyingzhou is the Baoning Temple. Some people took advantage of the still time to go inside to offer incense and worship Buddha.
Such a pattern will no longer be seen in later generations.
The painted boats are now like a crescent moon surrounding Xiaoyingzhou, and many people have gathered on the big boat in the center. According to the previous procedures, around Shen Shi, everyone arrived on the boat and began to sit down. Afterwards, the prefect spoke, and several elderly people also spoke. Then everyone discussed and exchanged. In the sunset, the chef of Fuqing House served exquisite meals. , eat, drink, recite poems and compose poems, and in the evening enjoy the night view and put out lanterns and water lanterns. This is basically the process.
At this time, there is still a little time before everyone can board the boat. In fact, the time of application is from three to five o'clock in the afternoon, and when everyone is officially seated and the prefect and others come out, it usually takes two quarters of the time, which is four o'clock in the afternoon. After the bell. Before this, for example, the current Hangzhou magistrate Lu Tuizhi, the great scholar Qian Xiwen, Mu Bochang, Tang Xiuxuan and others would basically visit each other or meet some people in private. What kind of interests were involved in this? Whether it is deep or shallow, it is not enough for outsiders to understand.
The Beginning of Autumn Poetry Festival in Hangzhou city began during the third year of drought of Jinghan in the Wu Dynasty. It once determined many things both bright and dark. Of course, for people like Ning Yi and his wife who just arrived in Hangzhou this year, no matter how talented they are, it is naturally difficult to understand the content. After that, they will have little chance to understand what the content is.
The poetry meeting held in Jinghan's ninth year did not go to the end.
The incident that happened suddenly during the poetry meeting shook the entire southeastern land in an unexpected manner, and also caused many things to fail to reach their conclusion. Of course, at this time, everyone is still doing their business as usual, looking forward to the next events that should take place. In the shade of the trees on the embankment, a woman playing the piano plucked the music with her fingers and sang softly, letting the sound of the wind spread her voice throughout the state.
On the Qian family's boat, Qian Xiwen had just met the nephew of the Chang family. At this moment, he said something to the housekeeper, and also asked a few questions about Ning Yi and his wife. He gave Ning Yi a post , I had previously asked Lou Jinlin about Miss Su and Ning Yi. If Ning Yi came to visit him at this time, he would like to see him. However, Ning Yi and his wife were said to have arrived, but they did not board the ship directly to ask for an audience. This made him a little amused. At the moment, he just smiled and asked Qian Yu to go out. Ask some other people to come in and sit.
In fact, what he is good at is his knowledge. He lectures everywhere on weekdays. Above the interests of the family, he seeks the general trend of moderation. If others are eager, he can understand it, but he may not like it in his heart.
On the other hand, after leaving the Qian family, the current head of the Chang family began to visit Uncle Mu, Tang Xiuxuan and others. On the way, he was greeted and greeted by many people, and he socialized with them one by one. The surrounding area became the center point of everyone, almost blocking the weir on the embankment.
The heads of several really big families in Hangzhou are all profoundly knowledgeable people. After all, this is a world of literati. If poetry cannot be passed down to the family, there will be no real climate. Chang Yu'an of the Chang family passed away at the beginning of this year. However, due to the good foundation, the Chang family did not decline in Hangzhou at this time. On the contrary, because the head of the family at this time was Chang Yu'an's son, all the old people were treated like nephews. , in this poetry meeting, as long as they know each other, the elders will It is inevitable to greet him with greetings. Even juniors of the same generation will have to recall Chang Gong's achievements and sigh with regret. At the banquet later, the prefect will inevitably have such a theme in his mouth. As long as it is grasped well, the Chang family will Will be the protagonist of this banquet.
In the eyes of literati, all kinds of greetings here are mostly people who follow the trend of others. Over there, under the shade of the trees and in the cool breeze, there are already well-dressed scholars and students swaying folding fans. Listening to the music played by several girls, I started composing poems in response to the surroundings. Occasionally, I found some good works and spread them around.
Moored among the many boats, on top of the Lou family's painting boat, Lou Jinlin saw off an old man who was visiting, with a smile on his face and thinking about something just now. Just now on the lake, the Qian family's boat approached on its own initiative, and Qian Xiwen cordially invited him over to talk. This incident made him feel confused now.
The Qian family and the Lou family didn't have much contact before. The other party was an heir of poetry and calligraphy and a big landowner in one area, while the Lou family was at most a big family that had many connections in the officialdom, so they were able to move up. . In the eyes of others, the status of the two families may be only a hair's breadth away, but he knows that this narrow gap may not be caught up without the hard work and luck of one or two generations. Qian Xiwen was not much older than him, but if they met, Lou Jinlin would still have to call him Qian Gong.
Originally, the two families did not have much contact with each other. The other party suddenly came over and had a casual chat. Although he was also a man who had experienced many storms, it was difficult for him to understand what the other party was thinking and whether it was true or not. It's a hint of intimacy. Or is it because Chang Yuan passed away and those old people were preparing to attack the Chang family for some reason? If those people really get mad at a certain point and the Lou family sees the opportunity, this ambiguous hint is actually enough. I just don’t think it’s possible no matter how much I think about it.
Qian Xiwen also mentioned the couple Ning Yi and Su Tan'er during their chat, but in Lou Jinlin's heart, he naturally didn't think it was such a reason. The distance between the Lou family and the Su family is actually similar to the situation between the Qian family and the Lou family. When they said they wanted Su Tan'er to marry Lou Shuheng, it was purely because they thought Su Tan'er could be a good wife to the second son. Despite this, it was a surrendering mood at the time, and it was common for both parties to give up after a long time.
This time Su Tan'er and Ning Yi came over. Although they had warmly entertained them once, they actually had no special mood and said that the original engagement was just a joke. Lou Jinlin didn't think there was anything strange about this couple. Of course Su Tan'er had some abilities, but so did his daughter. They were best friends, and that was their business. Ning Yi is the number one talent in Jiangning, but even his son-in-law Song Zhiqian would probably claim to be the number one talent in Hangzhou if he came to Jiangning. Who knows, at his status, being a talent is not a very amazing status.
It’s okay to approach Qian Xiwen, a great scholar, in the name of the most talented scholar, but even if he is the most talented scholar, it is impossible for Qian Xiwen to come and inquire about their relationship in person, so Lou Jinlin I didn't think about this at all.
In the side hall of the main ship at the venue, a group of officials and students were gathered here, led by Lu Tuizhi, the prefect of Hangzhou at this time. Magistrate Lu has an easy-going temperament, at least he likes people who appear to be unruly. This is not a formal occasion, so everyone can talk happily to each other. A large group of men gathered together to talk not about football, but basically politics.
"...With the war in the north, I want to join the army and go north with my king's army to drive out the Tartars and recover Yanyun..."
"...Brother Liang is righteous, but Now that the Jin-Liao war has been going on for a long time, there has been no news of the exact use of troops from the capital. Could it be..."
"...Zi Ran is overly worried. In fact, the Northland has been reorganizing the Liu Dynasty recently. Army, and now there is news that Prime Minister Qin has resurrected, it shows that our emperor had been planning for eight years, and it will never end in a hurry. In my opinion, it will only take a few more months to see the outcome..."
"...It seems that our government deliberately chose to launch the army before the autumn harvest. After the army launches, there will be new grain, so that the supply of stored grain will not be insufficient..."
"... Our area of Suzhou and Hangzhou has always been a land of plenty, and I must have a very heavy responsibility for warehousing and transshipment. When the time comes, the prefect will have a hard time."
"...It is a pity that there are still bandits in the southwest. And it seems to be getting worse in recent days..."
" ...Hey! Brother Chen's words are wrong. Fang Bandit is nothing more than Xianjie's fault. In my opinion..."
The excitement in each place, the thoughts and ideas in each place, these are just interludes. , on the eve of the poetry meeting, small episodes that were not surprising one after another merged into a grand scene of everyone gathering in Xiaoyingzhou.
At the same moment, Lou Shuheng was standing on the ship's side platform and looking down. The platform on the second floor of this flower ship was relatively high. Looking down from here, the cofferdam of Xiaoyingzhou was covered with lush trees. , you can see the Baoning Temple located over there in the distance. The sun shines down from the sky and shines on his body, making him a little hot. For this reason, most people prefer to walk in the shade of the road below at this time.
Lou Shuheng had just escaped from the compliments of a group of people. There was no one around him at this time, and he suddenly felt particularly careless. He felt that the current situation was quite boring.
Actually, he often feels like this - maybe everyone does, but his mood just now was probably mainly because of one thing: he just met Su Tan'er.
The accompanying story is as follows:
He came over there with some friends and met everyone writing poems. He was very poetic at the time, so he composed a poem on the spot. The style of the poem was relatively similar. It's wild and uninhibited, and it's done in one go after it's made. His consistent style has been praised as having the legacy of the Tang Dynasty. After writing for so many years, this song can now be regarded as one of his masterpieces. The important thing is not the poem, but the demeanor, mood and literary grace when writing the poem. While he was proud, he also noticed that when he was composing the poem just now, Su Tan'er and another woman were watching from the side. , that woman should be Luo Tian’s wife Wen Haiying. The two of them obviously admired him greatly.
Then he said hello and the other party left.
This is also normal. For Lou Shuheng, writing poems and being admired by others is also normal. There is nothing surprising. He didn't think about anything at the time, but then he ran over to drink water. When there was no one around, he felt a wave of excitement in his heart. Ideas came to me.
It’s mainly about Su Tan’er’s appearance, smile, ability in the mall, her running around these days, this and that. He was not that attracted to Su Tan'er at first. After all, Su Tan'er was a beauty after all these years in the game of flowers, but it was not that he had never seen Lou Shuheng who was more beautiful than her, but they were not as independent as her. She doesn't have such... temperament. The most important thing is that my father's mood rose again when he said jokingly a month ago: "This girl Su almost became your wife...".
There is a possibility that the feeling of conquering such a woman is completely different from conquering other girls. Just think about it at this time, and your heart will inevitably flutter. For example, his sister sometimes made fun of him. He didn't think it was a big deal that he might have been engaged, but these feelings were inevitable.
Now that she saw herself writing poetry, what was she thinking? She had seen the serious look in her eyes just now, and she must have admired her. It's a pity that he's already married, but he's still the most talented person among his parents-in-law. Even if they have some talent, they are completely different in temperament and momentum, so how can they compare.
With these emotions floating in my heart, I suddenly became too lazy to mess with those people. I just expressed my feelings. At this time, my heart was lonely and filled with "My heart is like a tiger, sniffing the roses carefully. After the feast, I burst into tears." "Feeling. Then, stroll down.
He walked among the crowd, and for a while, none of his friends came over. Even if someone said hello, he just smiled and nodded casually, not wanting to talk at this time. When he was about to reach the fork in front, he saw a woman playing and singing under a book in front of her, and two women next to her were chatting and laughing with her. There was a group of people surrounding them. He knew those women and had already praised them. Although they were still members of the Qing Dynasty, But at this time, there is no challenge or the desire to be attentive in the past, nothing to see.
Looking to the other side, there were also people walking. It was really boring... But then, he saw two figures by the lotus pond.
The two people were also listening to the piano. Because there were too many people here and it was disgusting, they stood on the other side of the lotus pond and looked sideways under the tree. One of them was Ning. Li Heng, and the other person was a well-behaved maid next to Su Tan'er, whose name he didn't know.
You can go over and say hello at this time, but after looking here for a while, he frowned slightly. The master and servant were talking over there. The little maid was sometimes laughing, sometimes frustrated, and sometimes slightly angry. Sometimes charming and naive, sometimes He jumped and looked at the woman playing the piano on the other side of the pool. Ning Liheng also had a smile on his face, which was a little different from the conservative look he had when he was with Su Tan'er. Then Lou Shuheng discovered that Ning Liheng Heng even held the little maid's hand at one point.
It’s so kind...
He shook his fan, smiled here, and then looked around, thinking: What would happen if Su Tan'er saw this scene. He didn't bother to inform, but Su Tan'er didn't appear in sight. With complicated thoughts, he walked over there, preparing to scare them. It was quite interesting.
The son-in-law who hooked up with the maid is no different from the groom who made the maid pregnant...
That's what he thought. And as we got closer and closer, some thoughts in my heart suddenly sprouted and expanded instantly.
He has always been a romantic person, so he thought of it, so he did it...
Here, the back figures of Ning Yi and Xiaochan are also a small episode on this big stage. And is about to become a slightly larger mid-level episode.
Lou Shuheng walked up behind the two of them and patted Ning Yi on the shoulder.
“Ning Liheng!”
The moment Ning Yi turned around, he punched him...
************
I have passed a hurdle. I have written, deleted, and deleted this chapter. No less than ten thousand words have been deleted. It is a complete tragedy, but I have finally passed it... Go to the book review area and post one of the longer scraps. If you are interested, you can Take a look...(End of this chapter)