The fifth epigram of "Zhou Yi • Qiangua": The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is beneficial to see the adult.

Zi said: "Corresponding with the same voice, seeking with the same breath, the water is wet, and the fire is dry." The clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, and the saints are all visible. He who is in heaven is above, and he who is in earth is below. then each according to its own kind. ”

The hexagram of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, one says: or will be appreciated by the big people and supported by nobles; One said: The dragon soars in the sky, and it will do something in the future; One said: It is easy to get friends with similar interests, the so-called like-minded people, and similar things gather.

What kind of noble person supports, the dragon soars in the sky, Wang Li naturally doesn't believe it, so it seems that this trip to the capital, maybe you can find three or five friends, close friends, and light a bright beacon on the eve of this dim storm like beans.

Who could it be? Cao Mengde, the hero of the ages, the great talent of Yuan Benchu, or the Xun Wenruo who is partial to the small Xun Ling?

Wang Li shook his head, took the reins of the horse and was about to walk out of the gate, but he heard the agitated horse neighing outside the gate, and a person had already led a white horse and walked in slowly, the person had a handsome face, a heroic posture, and a silver gun in white, but it was not Zhao Zilong in white and a silver gun!

Zhao Yun led the white horse to Wang Li's side, and looked at Wang Li with a smile: "Brother, how can you not tell Yun if you want to enter Beijing?" Fortunately, I hurried along the way, and I didn't miss the hour. ”

Wang Li stepped forward with relief, punched Zhao Yun, and said with a smile: "Isn't this guy Zhu Bajie climbing over the courtyard wall - beating a rake?" Are you embarrassed to laugh at me? You disappeared for more than ten days without a blink of an eye, and Li thought you had become the food of a big insect on the mountain. ”

Zhao Yun didn't understand the allusion of Zhu Bajie turning over the courtyard wall, but Zhao Yun didn't study it carefully, just felt the friendship in Wang Li's heart, his heart warmed, he chuckled, clapped his hands with his hands, and said with a smile: "Hehe! I'm afraid that a big worm has not yet been born! Huzi, you wait to come in, seven-foot Angzang man, rest like that little child. ”

As soon as the words fell, seven or eight big men poured in at the door, and Zhao Hu stood at the front. It's just that when he saw Wang Li, Zhao Hu's face showed a hint of redness, which looked extremely unnatural.

Zhao Yun stepped forward and bowed to Wang Jia's family, before he continued to say to Wang Li: "Brother, Huzi is the only son of my second uncle, and my second uncle was really killed by traitors in the official mansion in Changshan.

Don't look at Huzi's beard, he is actually a month younger than me, and he is not good at thinking, all with a pure heart. That night, thanks to my brother's care and mercy, my uncle still has a trace of blood. ”

Wang Li waved his hand at Zhao Yun and said, "You and my brother, you are so valuable, that night is just a gesture, why should Zilong care?" ”

"That's brother Gao Yi, how can Yun not know what to do." Zhao Yun glanced at Wang Li and said, "It's just that Huzi and I had to rush to Zhending overnight that night, so I didn't inform my brother in time." ”

"What about these brothers?" Wang Li looked at the big men at the door suspiciously and asked.

Zhao Yun continued: "Since returning to Zhending that night, Yun went to visit his brother, and went to the grave to burn a few incense sticks for the second uncle, and then he and Huzi went to the county to get rid of the scourge one by one, and by the way, they called the brothers of Zhaojiazhuang back to Zhuangzi, and told the elder brother and Taiping Dao all the things, and they were willing to go to Yecheng with Yun to follow the elder brother.

Yun Xunsi, a few of them have also learned martial arts since childhood, and the ordinary seven or eight big men are not close to each other, and the elder brother is now the time to employ people, so he brought them over to help him with his brother, and asked his brother not to blame! ”

Blame, what are you kidding? Zilong is a Dan heart, and he really regards himself as a brother!

Although Wang Li didn't know the names of the brothers of Zhao Jiazhuang, he knew that anything that could make Zhao Yun look eye-catching, in addition to being enthusiastic, he would definitely have a skill if he was not mentally tough.

What's more, as far as Wang Li knows, in history, he once fought with Zhao Yun against Wuhuan, and the white horse of the Yan Dynasty in Youzhou, in addition to the selected three thousand elites, there are not a few men in Zhaojiazhuang.

Wang Li nodded at Zhao Yun gratefully, looked up at the men, a warm current flowed through his heart, walked side by side with Zhao Yun in front of everyone, patted his shoulders one by one, stretched out his right hand and slapped the male in front of him, and shouted: "If you say more, the foolish brother will not say more, Li deeply feels that the brothers are deeply righteous, and today I will ask you brothers to follow me into Beijing to do a big job." In the future, but driven, righteousness goes, life and death go hand in hand! ”

"Where righteousness goes, life and death follow!"

"Where righteousness goes, life and death follow!" Large hands covered it tightly.

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Luoyang, also known as Luoyang, Kyoto of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because Gaozu Liu Bang is the "son of the Red Emperor", the Han belongs to Huode. "Luo", water also, water overcomes fire, avoids the five elements of the Han Dynasty, so it is renamed Luoyang. Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xiu established the capital here after the founding of the country, and was known as the Eastern Capital in history.

"Then increase the old Zhou, Xiuluoyi, fan towering, and show wings. Guanghanjing is in Zhuxia, and it is extremely important in all directions. It is based on the imperial city, the palace is bright, the court is beautiful, the luxury is insurmountable, and the thrift cannot be extravagant. Outside, because the wilderness is used as a garden, the spring is filled into a swamp, the apple algae is used for diving fish, and the abundant garden grass is used for Yu beasts, which is the same as Liang Zou, and the friendship is in line with the spiritual confinement. ”

Bangu's "Eastern Capital Fu" is full of prosperity in a few words, but how can it be compared to Wang Li's state of mind at this time? A dream of a thousand years, across historical time and space, standing on the side of Luoshui, gazing at this city that has been here many times, but it is very different from the previous life.

The north of the city is surrounded by the mountains, the south looks at Yique, the east is according to the Tiger Prison Pass, and the west is the Han Pass (1), surrounded by mountains, surrounded by five waters, and Luoshui is across Kyoto. More than ten miles from north to south, six or seven miles from east to west, divided into twelve city gates: Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, Jin Gate, Gu Gate, Xia Gate, Upper East Gate, Middle East Gate, Consumption Gate, Upper West Gate, Yongmen and Guangyang Gate. The streets are longitudinal and horizontal, and there are one hundred and ten squares. The east goes to Luoshui River endlessly, and the south comes in an endless stream of pedestrians.

This time into Beijing, in addition to Zhao Hu and the other two brothers left behind, the remaining four brothers of Zhaojiazhuang and Wang Li, Zhao Yun, Huang Ling and others set off from Yecheng on the same day, went to Anyang, through the Yin, Yueqi County, through Xinxiang, to Hanoi, and then took a boat along the river, through Mengjin to change to Luoyang, all the way to the mountains and rivers, leisurely, but it only took seven or eight days of effort.

Looking at the towering city walls stretching around the head of Luoyang City, everyone was encouraged, but Wang Li stopped and stayed behind, his thoughts rolling down like Luoshui, and he kept flowing.

He has changed too much, from the beginning of the late Han Dynasty to killing people on the street, from being alone in the world to having an old mother leaning on the family every day, from being a fledgling thief Cao Peng in Wei County to becoming famous now, although he is not famous as a thief in Yecheng, but he can be regarded as a well-known figure in Wei County.

It's just that he still knows his position very clearly. The Han Dynasty is coming to an end, and the troubled times will eventually come, if he wants to settle down in the troubled times, get ahead, and even retain more Chinese vitality, he is nothing, and he can't even influence the upcoming changes in Wei County.

In the face of such a situation, even though Wang Li has always claimed to be known for his calmness, he still feels tricky, whether to be an executioner who slaughters the peasant uprising, or to join the peasant army to overthrow the corrupt and dim Han court, or to support the army and divide the party with self-respect?

It's a pity that the rolling tide of history can be stopped or changed by a little thief Cao Peng? Before he could figure out how to hug Zhang Jiao's thighs, he was already standing on the opposite side of Taiping Road, and it seemed that only the thighs of the Han Dynasty were left for him.

"Brother Wang!"

A loud cry interrupted Wang Li's thoughts, and he looked up, only to find that Chen Poyu, who had returned to the capital alone a month ago, had already been stationed under Ma Pingshun's door, looking at his group with a smile.

Wang Li sighed secretly, nodded with everyone, and took the reins of the horse and stepped forward.

"Let's go, let's go into town!"

Although Chen Poyu had a smile on his face, he was still as silent as ever, with a cool look on his face, and when he saw Wang Li and others coming around, he went straight to lead Huangling's horse and took the lead towards the city.

Coming in from the Pingshun Gate in the south of the city, the crowd was bustling along the way. After walking for about half an hour, a vermilion city wall several miles long suddenly appeared in front of him, and a column of soldiers under the palace wall was dressed in iron armor and holding steel knives, with a majestic expression. The palace wall is upside down with rows of pale gold glazed tiles, and the ancient trees, pavilions, cornices, and corner towers in the garden are faintly exposed from the palace wall.

Huang Ling glanced at Chen Poyu, pointed to the palace wall in front of him, and introduced: "Kyoto is divided into the South Palace and the North Palace, the South Palace is the place where His Majesty convenes the ministers, and the North Palace is mainly the place where His Majesty, the Empress and the concubines live.

This palace is the South Palace, which is the residence of the Prime Minister Lü Buwei after the Qin Yingzheng edict, and later after the Guangwu Emperor re-established the country, after rest and expansion, the palace was set here. There are only four gates in the same direction between the South Palace and the North Palace, which are the South Vermilion Bird, the East Canglong, the North Xuanwu and the West White Tiger. ”

Huangling leads the way in front, seeing that it is about to reach the South Palace, but it turns right along the road, but at the end of the road is a row of mansions, the vermilion gate reveals a little bit of ancient rhyme, white jade steps, glazed tiles, ancient trees, stone lions, exquisite Peugeot, solemn and solemn.

Turning the corner, Huang Ling looked at Wang Li, and pointed to a road ahead: "This is the residence of the important ministers of the court, the Taiwei Mansion, the Sikong Mansion, and the Situ Mansion are all located here, and the residence of the elder brother, the second prince, the prince, is also in the middle.

If you are not accustomed to living here for the time being, you can walk along Kaiyang South Street all the way to the north, cross the East Gate, and go straight to Buguangli and Yongheli, where there are many restaurants and inns. ”

"Well, let's go directly to the inn to settle in first." Wang Li nodded, and Huang Ling still led the way.

The group walked another three or five miles, and found an inn in Yongheli and Shunfang, Kaiyang North Street, the inn is called Gaosheng Inn, the name is auspicious, but I don't know how they and their group can ascend, and where they can rise, don't they still have to take charge of Wei County Sima, Changshi, and even directly take the position of Zhang Yuanxiu's county guard?

Wang Li directly asked for four upper rooms, one for him and Zhao Yun, and one for the other four.

Seeing that everyone had made arrangements, Huang Ling hugged his fists and said: "Brother, since you have made arrangements, Ling will not disturb your rest, and after two or three days, Ling will invite my brother to go outside the city to visit Shanglin Yuan and White Horse Temple." ”

After that, he directly pulled the corner of Chen Poyu's clothes and left directly.

"Uh..."

Wang Lishang was about to speak, and he saw that the two figures had already left the inn, and the outstretched hand was hanging in the air awkwardly, and when he saw Zhao Yun and the others throwing a laughing look, he glanced at everyone, and then withdrew his hand and touched his nose.

After dealing with Huang Ling for so long, he still doesn't know his family background and what his family relationship is, but unfortunately every time he asks his mother, his mother always smiles mysteriously, while Huang Ling is face is slightly red but does not speak.

Wang Li shook his head and sighed secretly, looking at the beautiful shadow and Chen Poyu floating away.

Exegesis:

(1) Han Pass: refers to the Hangu Pass set up by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, which was built by Qin and is in Lingbao City, Henan Province; A Han She, in the territory of Xin'an County, Sanmen City. This book is a distinction and calls them Qin Pass and Han Pass respectively.