Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Ship of the Sea
This strange news immediately spread all over the three rivers and four rivers. In order to see the dancing of the cranes, guests from all over the world rushed to Boss Xin's shop to drink.www.biquge.info It's just that the Taoist has never appeared again.
Since then, the business in the wine store has been making money every day, and Boss Xin has made a lot of money. But people are often able to keep their virtues when they are poor, and when they are rich, they are arrogant and shallow.
The couple is developed, and this Boss Xin is fine, but his wife sees that Boss Xin is still mixed with his old poor friends, and from time to time she helps her, and this woman is unhappy. Not only did she not allow her men to continue to help the poor, but she also mixed water with wine and sold it to customers in order to earn more money.
People must not be insatiable, and the Taoist naturally knows the behavior of women. On this day, the Taoist returned to the store, and he didn't pay attention to others, but just waved his hand at the wall. He said, "Don't stay long at this moment, let's go." ”
I saw that the crane really flew down from the wall. The Taoist rode on the crane, and everyone watched the crane spread its wings and fly high, flew to the Yangtze River with the old Taoist, and flew to the sky, and disappeared without a trace.
There was no crane dance in the store, and everyone knew that the proprietress had offended the gods, and no one came to patronize the liquor store since then, and Boss Xin's business plummeted.
At this time, the proprietress suddenly came to her senses, and her husband and wife hurriedly sold the liquor store, took out all the money they had accumulated over the years, and built this high-rise building on this snake mountain. One is to commemorate the Taoist priest, but also to remember the crane. It is also a repentance and atonement for the couple's profit. Good education for future generations.
After the high-rise building was built, the Taoist really rode the crane and came again. I saw that the Taoist person did not have the sloppy image of the past, he was holding a flute, and the Dao bone fairy wind looked exactly the same as the Lu Dongbin of the Eight Immortals in the picture. Everyone hurriedly knelt down to thank the immortals, but they saw Lu Dongbin playing the jade flute, and the fairy music on the snake mountain was fluttering. The crane beneath him was clad in golden feathers and danced on the tall building. For a while, the immortals were happy, the cranes danced and the flute was harmonious, and the city of Wuhan was peaceful.
Lu Dongbin still rode a crane to the west, but the high-rise building has been standing on the edge of the Yangtze River since then. In order to commemorate this legend, this high-rise building was named the Yellow Crane Tower.
The building is five stories high, and the eaves are carved with cranes that are about to fly. The roof is covered with golden dazzling glazed tiles, which is in line with the noble status of Lu Dongbin Immortal. It's just that the river flows day and night, and the gods never come back. This white cloud is long, and the township is twilight, but I am afraid that I will no longer see the cranes dancing.
Li Yanming knew that this legend was fake, and there was no such thing as an immortal in the world. But after listening to Tan Sitong's description, I still couldn't help but be fascinated by the dancing crane. The two had already arrived in front of the Yellow Crane Tower at this time, and she urged Tan Sitong to take herself to see that there seemed to be a shadow of a crane on the wall.
The couple were playing and playing, and a voice came: "This kid is talking nonsense to coax you, do you believe it?" ”
The two turned to look. An old man in a green robe stood there, followed by a few retinues. One was carrying two old suitcases, one was leading horses, and the other was smiling obscenely with a book.
Tan Sitong hurriedly saluted, "Xiang is handsome, good." ”
A feudal official, with no more than three or two entourage, and only the famous two suitcases in his luggage, who else can this person have besides Zhang Zhidong. If it weren't for the suitcase to be pawned in case of emergency, Tan Sitong estimated that he would have lost the box as a burden.
It would be nice for the court to have more such officials. Most of the clear streams can clean themselves and be iron-clad. But he likes to talk exaggeratedly, and he misleads the country by talking clearly, so he can make amazing words, and it is difficult to seek the country for the old man. In the past, there was Hai Rui, and now there is Weng Tongshu. They are all not picky in their conduct, and their knowledge is also profound, but when it comes to government and national policies, they are all angry young people. I don't know the difficulty of governing the country and the pain of governance. It's worse than a follower. I have made a name for myself in history, but I can't do anything beneficial to the country.
This cave is called Qian Tu, which is like flowing water. But he is poorer than Qingliu. Compared with his political achievements, he has done much more practical things than Li Hongzhang, who is a self-proclaimed leader of the pragmatic faction. This is the pillar of the country who has always become a country and has a noble character.
After everyone's greetings, Tan Sitong asked Zhang Zhidong why he came to Hubei in a hurry just after the New Year, and he didn't have a good time after the New Year.
"I'm afraid that there is no one to govern Hubei, and you will be made into a miasma by your father and son. This Yellow Crane Tower is obviously a Zhenjiang Tower built by Lu Dongbin in order to suppress the Yangtze River Water Monster, and he also left his mount Yellow Crane here to suppress the demons. But you say that he is a greedy person, if you are such nonsense, then the spirit of the Chu Di scholar will be led astray by you. ”
"I think you're all talking nonsense, every single one of them is serious." Li Yan didn't expect this governor to be so funny, and he couldn't help but joke.
"My lord was originally a Confucian who was rigorous in his studies and behaved squarely, but he was led astray by my crazy man." At this time, the Confucian who was laughing obscenely interjected.
"I haven't settled accounts with you yet! Everyone gave me gold, silver, pearls and jade, and the adults also gave me Ruyi, only you, a madman, gave me a picture of the Spring Palace, what do you mean," Tan Sitong was also very happy to see this madman who was also a teacher and a friend.
"You only know that you have read the books of the sages, and I am afraid that no one will teach you the pleasures of the boudoir. The kid looked practical and ruthless. That Spring Palace picture is Tang Bohu's real handiwork, if you don't like it, give it back to me, don't spoil the treasure. Gu Hongming is really crazy, and he speaks openly.
Li Yan's face was already crimson, and he didn't dare to listen to their nonsense, so he hurriedly stepped forward. Zhang Zhidong saw that the more they talked, the more unspeakable they became, and he also straightened his face: "Reading the books of sages and talking about beasts, it really disgraces the face of the old master, and I think you are all advanced and posterior." ”
Seeing that Li Yan had gone far, Gu Hongming became more and more bold: "The next life is all beasts, I don't know if the adults have come to Wuhan, whether the signing room in the governor's yamen will be connected to the upper room." ”
If it weren't for his cronies, if it weren't for Gu Hongming, a madman, he wouldn't dare to say it if he was afraid of borrowing ten guts.
It turns out that this Zhang Zhidong's office and administration are different from others, he has a lot of opportunities every day, and he always has unfinished official business. So he stayed up all night every day to deal with government affairs in the signing room. But Master Zhang also has seven emotions and six desires, and he is only busy with office work every day, so there are two concubines who can't be left out in the cold.
Therefore, Master Zhang opened a small door to the signing room, waited for the official business to deal with a paragraph, and when he had a moment of leisure, he summoned the concubines to come and take a leisure.
Lord Zhang's leisure is irregular, when the official business is completed, when the concubine will come to do things. But sometimes the matter is just halfway done, and the official business comes again, at this time, I'm sorry, Lord Zhang can only call someone to wait outside first.
Originally, it was normal for Mr. Zhang to do the things of husband and wife, and he was still busy. But some officials listened to the adults sighing in the room in the middle of the day outside the door, and they were upset, and a copy of the letter was handed to the old queen mother. said that Mr. Zhang is a diet and daily life, and he is invincible. Fortunately, the old queen mother is reasonable and knows that Lord Zhang is still reliable, and it is still not feasible to destroy people's desires. He put the case aside and did not ask the teacher for the guilt.
The sin was not asked, but the matter of Zhang Zhidong's signing of the detention room and the secret boudoir spread throughout the government and the opposition from then on. It has become a joke all over the world. To say that Zhang Zhidong is not angry, it is a lie.
But the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, and he will not pursue the complainant. People should do things or do things, and the office should still work, and everything is as usual.
But after all, it's a scar, and it's a bit unbearable. Today, Gu Hongming just wanted to point out the sore spot of Xiang Shuai, and this person was indeed a little crazy.
But he seemed to understand Zhang Zhidong's temper, and saw that Xiangshuai was not annoyed at all when he heard it, but replied with a smile: "I forgot about this, you reminded me well." The matter of opening the small door will be handed over to you Gu Hongming, if the lady will arrive next month, if you are delayed, I will beat you thirty boards. ”
The master and servant laughed happily and walked into the Yellow Crane Tower with Tan Sitong.
The first floor of the world really lives up to its name, glazed gold tiles, flying cranes carved eaves. Walking to the fifth floor, I looked into the distance, but I saw the smoke and waves, and the water and sky were the same. The scenery of the Yangtze River is in full view, the white sails on the river are dotted, and the fishing boats come and go. Even though it's winter, it's still a thriving scene.
Zhang Zhidong groaned and said: "When I climb this building, I think of the saying that the people who live in the temple are worried about the people, and the people who are far away from the rivers and lakes are worried about the king. The sages said that we should worry about the worries of the world first, and enjoy the joys of the world after the world. I haven't cultivated enough, and I still haven't done it. ”
"My lord is humble, this is full of people, who else can be as dedicated to the country as adults, and sleep at night." Gu Hongming gave a rare serious answer.
At this moment, a foreign ship suddenly sailed on the river, the hull of the foreign ship was huge, but the speed was extremely fast, breaking the waves on the Yangtze River, and the surrounding fishing boats were all evading, for fear of being knocked over. The ship sped along, disappearing from view in a moment.
I saw Zhang Zhidong looking at the river for a long time, and his face turned pale. He didn't say a word, and he had long lost the good mood of the ridicule and banter he had just had.
Everyone saw the scene in Jiangzhong just now and understood what Zhang Zhidong was thinking, in fact, everyone had the same emotion as Zhang Zhidong. I don't have the heart to play anymore.
At this time, Li Yan came over, and everyone went back to the house together and returned to the yamen.
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