Plum blossom before waxing, plum blossom after the year.

The thick plum tree, the branches are tortuous and meandering, the flowers on the branches bloom extremely gorgeously, delicate red like fire, the fragrance is beautiful, it is lovely, a cold wind blows, the fragrant fragrance is blowing in the face, refreshing people's hearts.

This old plum, I heard that it has grown here long before the Qingfeng Guanjian Temple, at least four or five hundred years old, and the bark on many old trunks has been cracked, cracked, dark black, like a weathered old man.

Zheng Sui wore a cloak forged with white feathers, standing beside the plum tree, staring at the scenery in front of him, near the tree is full of red plum blossoms, the flowers dance with the wind, blooming with vitality, in the distance, the entire Jiankang City is shrouded in the white snow world of pink and jade, Qingfeng View is located on the stone mountain, and the stone mountain can overlook the entire Jiankang City.

This is also one of the reasons why Zheng Sui wants to come to Qingfeng Temple.

The first thing to enter is the palace garden with three palace walls, carved beams and painted buildings, bead curtains and pillars, the palace city is to adopt a strict central axis and the layout of the front and back bedrooms, large and small palaces stand in the meantime, pavilions and pavilions, layers of cornices and corners, revealing an extremely spectacular momentum.

In the east of the city, in the north of the city, the high-rise buildings of blue bricks and tiles rise up in the garden, all of them are the residences of the wealthy families, the Qinhuai River is like a jade belt, crossing from the south, the restaurants are spread along the river, the most eye-catching is about the Buddhist temples like the dots, looking around the whole Jiankang City.

The Southern Dynasty worships Buddha, and this statement is true.

Palace walls, high-rise buildings, columns, temples.

This is the Jiankang City that the fifth brother has always thought about, but now it is shrouded in silence.

A white expanse. It covered its face, and it was still in the New Year's Festival, and there were very few people who came out of the city. After the New Year's Festival, when the spring flowers bloom, it must be another grand scene.

But where is the fifth brother now?

Thinking of it, it was flickering, there was no excitement, and the expression was gloomy, and the pickers on the side saw it. couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Little lady, it's cold in this view, and it's easy to freeze." That's all for now, let's go back first. ”

"Let's go back. Zheng Sui agreed.

As soon as he heard this, Wang Shishilang next to him turned his head sideways, "This is leaving?"

Zheng Sui hummed lightly and glanced up at Wang Shishilang. Nodding.

"It's fine. It's a little colder here. ”

I heard Wang Shishilang say: "However, this Jiankang City is a little deserted, nothing to see, and in a few days, the yamen of each department will start construction, and the east market and the big market of Jianchu Temple will be opened, and the vitality and prosperity of the past will be slowly restored, and the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." It's also very lively, so you can let Shiro take your sisters to go shopping. ”

Zheng Sui bowed slightly. With a few maidservants, he turned and left.

All the way down the mountain on his shoulder, and then changed to an ox cart, but when he was about to leave after getting on the car, he saw a small road servant running down the mountain in a hurry, and shouted, "Zheng Niangzi wait a minute." ”

"What's the matter?" Zheng Sui glanced at Cai Fu beside him.

"Go and see. Cai Fu just got up and lifted the curtain slightly.

But seeing the morning breeze poking his head in, he said coolly: "Sister doesn't need to come down, I'll go and take a look first." After saying that, he turned around and walked along the bluestone steps, turned around and walked up the mountain.

After a while, I just watched the morning breeze come back with a few plum blossoms.

This time, Cai Fu only lifted the corner of the curtain of the car slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

Twelve Lang broke a few plum blossoms, and ordered the Taoist servants in the temple to send them over, saying that they would let our little lady take them home to watch. Chenfeng handed a few delicate red plums in his hand to the eyes of Hua Caifu, and then said: "It's just that Twelve Lang also confessed a sentence, let me bring it to the little lady, and said: All things, Fang Sheng, Fang Sheng, Fang Sheng, how can you be human? Let the little lady take good care of her body." ”

Fang is born and dies, and Fang dies and is born, which refers to Zhuang Zhou's "Zhuangzi Theory of Things", which refers to the fact that there is no absolute life and death for all things in the world.

It's just the last sentence: What is it?

It seems to mean something.

Zheng Sui couldn't help but be stunned, her mind suddenly became clear, she didn't want to think about many things, and the people around her, according to her wishes, would not say much.

However, if she doesn't want to say it, it doesn't mean that she can avoid it, all the things that have happened have already happened, and no one is powerless to change them.

Fang is born and dies, and Fang dies and lives again.

Ever since he was able to stay, Wen Weng would talk to her more or less about the outside world every day.

Although the fifth brother has died, he is not living in this world in another form.

Reputation is contemporary, and the name is left in history, which has been the lifelong pursuit of a scholar and literati since ancient times.

And the fifth brother, who is not weak in his youth, has already done it.

Just ask, who cares about the short and long of life?

Next to the ear, is the squeak of the car rolling in the snow, the ox cart does not know when it has started, Zheng Sui leaned sideways on the hidden sac behind him, because of how many horses are cattle in the south, and compared with the carriage, the ox cart is very safe and stable, therefore, in the south, people travel with the ox cart to travel, in order to follow the customs, when leaving Linru County, the Zheng family did not bring a horse, but purchased another ox cart to travel.

The stone mountain is in the west of Jiankang City, and the house of Zheng Mansion is east of Qingxi Middle Bridge in the east of the city, enters the West Fence Gate, crosses Xizhou City, and the ox cart goes all the way to the east along the Qinhuai River in the south city, crosses Dongfu City, and then goes to Qingxi Middle Bridge, which is equivalent to passing through the entire Jiankang City.

Xizhou City, where Yangzhou Thorn Shizhi is located, Dongfu City, is the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Fortunately, there was little driving on the road, and the ox cart drove faster, but Rao was like this, and it took more than two hours to go back and forth, just on the road.

Entering the house from the side door, as soon as he entered the house, Xiao Rong greeted him, took the cloak handed over by Cai Fu, and replied: "Sister, Shiro came back just now, I'm afraid that this time I already know that the little lady has gone out." ”

"Got it. Cai Fu paused for a moment, and then instructed: "Wait a while, you go and find a pair of blue-glazed porcelain plum branches, and put them in the house." ”

Xiao Rong replied.

Zheng Sui had already let Xin Yi and Wuyi sit on the bed, and Cai Fu walked over, "Dinner will take a while, why don't you eat some snacks first, there are still some cheese pastries made by the maid yesterday, and the little lady will cushion her stomach first." "The lunch was eaten in the view, but Zheng Sui was not used to eating and almost didn't move.

"I'm not hungry, give me a warm bowl of buttermilk. After Zheng Sui finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Xin Yi beside him, "I want to write a letter to Aya home, you can help me study some ink first." ”

The last reply was written on the bed a year ago.

She won't be able to do it until December next year, and according to Aya's wishes, she will have to spend two more years in the south before she can return to Xingyang.

In the past two years, no matter whether Shiro is out of office or not, I am afraid that he will always stay in Jiankang City, turn over the year of Renchen, and now enter the year of Guisi, the twenty years of Dachu Tongguang, the nineteenth year of Shilang, and the sixteenth year of Jiuniang, all of them have already reached the age of marriage, and compared to the age of marriage in the south, it is still a little too late, especially Jiuniang, Jiuniang's birthday is in February, and there is such a reputation......

From this, thinking of himself, thinking of the fifth brother when he refused to marry in Xiangguo, he said that she had promised to marry, which is now known to everyone in the world.

Suddenly thought of Huan Yu, the last time I saw him, it was four years ago, when he was over twenty years old, but I don't understand, according to the customs of the south, it is very common for men to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, why is he so old and has not married, and now four years have passed, the reason why the fifth brother said that, presumably he is still not married.

Although four years have passed, her impression of Huan Yu is still very deep, probably because she has known Xiaolang since she was a child, and they are all sons of families who have read poetry and books and have graceful manners, except for him and Zong Kan's brother-in-law, or because of the savior who appeared in front of him on the line between life and death.

It's just that her marriage is decided by Aya, and Ayah will never look down on a general who leads troops to fight like Huan Yu, even if it is a child of a family, I am afraid that she will not agree.

Just when his thoughts were flying, Zheng Sui took the buttermilk handed over by Caifu, and then completely shook his head, and immediately shook his head.

How did I think of this, I can't help but laugh at myself: it's really cranky.

It's just that Zheng Sui didn't expect that at this moment, she thought of Huan Yu out of whims, but she responded to the saying, saying Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Let's say that over there, Shiro Zheng Jun has not yet returned from the Jixian Pavilion next to the Qinhuai River, and he heard the news that Zheng Sui went to Qingfeng Temple, although it was the news sent by Caifu, but Zheng Jun received the news and was not worried, Wulang's life, he had asked several Taoist priests who knew how to test it, and it was not the fate of early death, so he was not worried, Zheng Sui went out and went to find the Taoist priest to measure the fate.

Besides, he didn't believe in such things as destiny since he was a child.

After this, they were even more unbelieving.

probably didn't expect it, but Zheng Sui wanted to understand it because of this trip.

Shilang Zheng Jun was thinking about asking her nurse Yu Niang to pass a message to Zheng Sui Jiuniang and A Luo, and they dined together in the middle hall at night, since Zheng Sui recovered from his illness, thinking that now the four of them are in the south, so he set a rule, the four of them eat breakfast together in the middle hall, and the lunch and evening food are in their own rooms.

This is because he is not often at home during lunch and dinner, or he may not be able to return in time.

was about to call Yu Niang, but saw the servant next to him walk in, "Xiaolang, Yuan Liulang ......"

"I didn't tell it earlier, and I won't see him when he comes. Zheng Jun hurriedly frowned and interrupted the servant's words, since a few years ago, Yuan Liulang returned to Jiankang for his father to report on his work, and he often came to visit the house, but Zheng Jun was estranged because of the previous incident in Jingzhou, so he listed Yuan Xun as a refusal household, and he never even took the post, let alone meet, and welcomed him into the house.

"Ah Lang, in addition to Yuan Liulang, General Huan also came together. ”

Zheng Jun was stunned, and now he is known as General Huan, and the only one who can go to the gate of Zheng's Mansion is Huan Yu, the general of Xuzhou Mu Qingche, so he hurriedly ordered: "Quickly invite them in, lead them to Cuixuan Pavilion, and invite Wen Zhubo and Fu Zhubo to come over." ”

"What about Yuan Liulang?"

Zheng Jun groaned slightly, "Together too." (To be continued......)