The drizzle is long, and the spring is dark. The drizzle was screened outside the pavilion by the brocade, and the faint firelight was beating in the small clay oven at the corner of the pavilion, and the aroma of wine hit people, and the smell was intoxicating.

"After several improvements, this golden jade liquid has become more and more mellow and sweet, with a sweet aftertaste, and in my opinion, the four famous wines are not as good as it." Zhang Keji smiled and drank the wine in the small porcelain wine glass.

Jiang Anyi had no intention of drinking, and casually picked up the longevity fruit with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully. This kind of fruit introduced from the Western Regions has been planted in Huazhou in recent years, the requirements of the land for the longevity fruit are not high, the yield per mu is nearly two stones, the fruit is boiled in salt water or fried in oil and used to accompany the wine is a first-class delicacy, the squeezed out of the longevity oil is also more fragrant than vegetable oil, and the price is more cost-effective than growing grain.

Since the Daqi Xianlou used a small dish to fill the fried longevity fruit as a side dish for the guests to taste, up to the high-end restaurant, down to the roadside stalls have this kind of small dish with the longevity fruit of the wine, and the longevity oil squeezed by the longevity fruit is in short supply, which is twice as expensive as ordinary rapeseed oil. Naturally, the merchants who came and went would not let go of this business opportunity, and the longevity fruit and longevity oil flowed into all parts of Zheng with the caravan, and there was a Guo Ji Oil Mill specializing in selling longevity oil in the eastern market of the capital.

The profit of honey fruit has become very thin, the appearance of the longevity fruit has directly doubled the agricultural tax in Huazhou, Fang Shishu said to Jiang Anyi proudly, his biggest achievement in Huazhou is to promote the longevity fruit, not only so that the agricultural tax increased by nearly 600,000 taels, but also benefited the people, many farmers therefore overcharged two or three times a year, this performance in the performance evaluation of the Ministry of officials is the highest evaluation.

Picking up the porcelain bottle warm in hot water, Zhang Keji filled it again for himself, looked at Jiang Anyi with a sad face, and said with a smile: "There is nothing in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves." The lord is now asking for trouble, and after drinking this cup, I talked to the lord. ”

The two small porcelain cups collided, making a crisp sound, Jiang Anyi drank all the wine in the cup, the fragrance was full of nose, the aftertaste was sweet, and the chill brought by the drizzle was swept away with the wine in the stomach.

"It is difficult for man to know for himself, but the Lord is a wise man, and it only takes some time for him to understand himself." Zhang Keji turned the cup in his hand with three fingers, and said leisurely: "Zhang was born in the Lu family, but he is not a grandson, seeing that his parents are not living well in the clan, he wants to change his fate through hard study." The lord came from a humble background and suffered a lot, but Zhang would rather be born in a poor family than fight openly and secretly with his uncles and brothers. ”

Jiang Anyi sighed, he knew Zhang Keji's life experience very well, and persuaded: "The past is over, Brother Zhang doesn't have to worry about it." ”

Zhang Keji chuckled, and his withered and glorious face flew up in the candlelight, revealing a different style. Zhang had already let go of the events of that year, and it was the events of that year that made Zhang realize that good and evil are one, and human nature is complex. The confusion of the lord today is the same as Zhang's predicament back then. ”

"Please sir."

Zhang Keji said with a smile: "I heard the lord say that his original intention was to protect the safety of his family, and with the lord and the first official shepherd guarding the side, it has become the lord's wish to protect the country and protect the people." Jiang Anyi nodded, and subconsciously touched the Dharma protection card hanging on his chest, and the words "all good deeds, protecting the country and protecting the people" were already deeply rooted in his heart.

"The big boat has a heavy responsibility, and the horse gallops far away", Zhang Keji said: "I remember that Zhang once asked the lord how to deal with the conflict between protecting his family and protecting the country and the people? ”

Jiang Anyi muttered: "You should put your family first. ”

"Zhang is the one who survived the catastrophe, and he survived with the help of the lord, and he even abandoned his surname in frustration, and only wanted to repay the lord's kindness with the rest of his life." Zhang Keji put down the wine glass and sighed: "In August last year, Zhang was already the year of knowing his fate, the old lady ordered someone to celebrate with wine, and the lord sent someone to send the congratulatory message of "Looking at Half a Hundred", which made Zhang get drunk. ”

Jiang Anyi smiled, Mr. Zhang used to drink less, but now he is a little closer to An Yong and likes the things in the cup. Zhang Keji was already three points drunk, his face was red and his ears were hot, he stood up and came to the entrance of the pavilion, the breeze blew in with a drizzle, condensed into tiny water droplets on the cyan coat, moved slightly, and the water droplets rolled to the ground.

Facing the grass and trees in the courtyard, Jiang Anyi couldn't see Zhang Keji's face, and listened to the voice with a slight trill, "Zhang's parents asked someone to bring letters and gifts, saying that they were dying of old age and missing their children and grandchildren, so I had time to take my children to Ping'en County to have a look, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to see each other again if I went late." ”

A gust of wind blew, and the drizzle hit the brocade barrier with a "rustling" sound, Jiang Anyi didn't know how to persuade for a while, so he was silent, and the two listened to the sound of the wind and rain.

Zhang Keji took a deep breath, his voice became clear again, and said: "Unexpectedly, Zhang's cheap chen actually alarmed my patriarch cousin, he sent someone to send a cart of gifts, with a letter asking me to return to my hometown at the end of the year to worship my ancestors, and the Lu family finally remembered that Zhang was a child of the Lu family. ”

Jiang Anyi knew that Lu Jialin returned to Ping'en County, Dengzhou after stepping down from the Ministry of Industry, and soon took over the position of the head of the Lu family.

With the rise of Jiang Anyi, the news that Mr. Zhang in Pingshan Town was actually a child of the Lu family gradually came, Jiang Anyi once said something for Zhang Keji in front of Shi Fangzhen, and Shi Fangzhen said that since the Lu family has become Zhang Keji, the matter of the year will no longer be investigated.

After Zhuzhu and Luoluo gave birth to a boy and a girl for Zhang Keji, they each gave birth to a son in the next two years, divided into Zhang Chengzu, Zhang Chengyu, Zhang Chengli, and Zhang Chengyi.

After giving birth to a child, Zhang Keji sent someone to tell his parents, and Zhang Keji's parents sent someone to send gifts to their grandchildren, and later Zhang Keji's younger brother Lu Jiaze also went to Pingshan Town to visit his nephews and nieces in person, and Zhang Keji resumed contact with his family. However, when other clansmen of the Lu family came to see Zhang Keji, Zhang Keji did not see him, and the incident of that year hurt Zhang Keji too deeply.

Zhang Keji turned to face Jiang Anyi and said: "The lord was puzzled when he was in Xinyi City, thinking that he had lost his original intention of protecting his family, and he had a heart of scheming and gaining and losing, but in fact, this kind of performance is the reason for the growth of the lord. The lord is a young man, happy and hateful, and has a clear distinction between right and wrong, so he was called 'two stunned' back then. ”

Jiang Anyi shook his head lightly and said, "My youthful spirit back then has been sharpened by the sea of eunuchs, and now I have been worn off by the sea of eunuchs, and I have become obsessed with the officials. ”

"The young man's spirit is solid, but the sharp edge will eventually hurt others and hurt himself, and the old man can have a long stamina." Zhang Keji smiled: "If the lord is still the same as he was at the beginning, then he will really be stunned." ”

"Take the Yuantian Sect as an example, back then, the lord hated the Yuantian Sect deeply, and he was at odds with the Yuantian Sect, and many Yuantian disciples died at the hands of the lord." Zhang Keji sat back in his chair and said with a smile: "Now that the lord is secretly trading with the Great Qi Kingdom and manipulating the trend of the Western Regions, which is right and wrong compared to what he did back then?" ”

Jiang Anyi was silent, his understanding of the Yuantian Sect has deepened over the years, Jiang Anyi knows that this group of rebels is actually mostly some good people who have been forced to rebel, and Jiang Anyi, the lord of the Great Qi State, has had a friendship with him, although the acquaintance is short, he knows that his heart is kind; Yang Siqi, the handsome minister of the Great Qi State, is talented and indomitable, and if he abandons his position, Jiang Anyi is very willing to make such a friend. As long as the Great Qi State does not make trouble in the country, Jiang Anyi is happy to see that the Great Qi State is established in the Western Regions, and there are not a few Zheng people who have been taken away from the Western Regions.

has been an official for more than ten years, and has seen too much officialdom darkness and common people, the Yuanhua River Rebellion is half a natural disaster and half a man-made disaster, in the final analysis, it is still a man-made disaster, Jiang Anyi once thought that if he was in it, he would rebel in order for his family to survive. Sighing heavily, Jiang Anyi said: "The more Mr. says, the more confused I become." ”

"Ask the heart", Zhang Keji said categorically: "If the heart is good, the complicated drama and chaos are just passing clouds, keep the road in your heart, why bother with gains and losses." ”

Picking up the wine bottle in the warm water with his right hand, Zhang Keji filled Jiang Anyi with wine, and said: "If you are drunk, you know that the wine is strong, the lord is used to seeing the sinister world in this world, but he has shaken his heart, and he has given up for the family, the country and the people. ”

Jiang Anyi's eyes became crystal bright in the candlelight, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile and bloomed, and he said: "Thank you, Mr. for mentioning, Jiang Mou's self-questioning, thinking, and doing are all out of public intentions, and he has to know whether he is right or wrong." In Xinyicheng, he was suspicious, and now he thinks that he is not abandoning his family, but that he can't do anything and seek the next best, judging from the results, it was bad to rush out at that time. ”

Raising a glass to invite, Jiang Anyi sighed: "Mr. said well, if you are drunk, you know that the wine is strong, and you will get drunk with Mr. tonight." ”

Jiang Anyi's mood has improved a little, but the knot in his heart is not easy to solve, Zhang Keji does not think it is easy, thinking that he himself is going to die or live back then, and in the end he has not seen it, as long as the lord has a clear conscience, a little trouble is conducive to growth, in the words of Buddhism, it is "breaking the barrier".

Zhang Keji knew that the lord also went to Fan Yanzhong and Master Hongxin for advice, and he respected these two Zhang Keji very much. Fan Yanzhong Fan Shi, the master of today's Shilin, the old man is seventy-nine years old this year, according to the folk saying that this year's 80th birthday, the birthday is in May, Jiang Anyi attaches great importance to the teacher's birthday, in addition to sending people to organize a birthday ceremony, Zhang Keji saw Jiang Anyi's writing in the study of a longevity couplet "Xuan Shou 8,000 and 80 birthdays, Fan Fu 959 is complete", it is estimated that there will be a congratulatory message to spread the world at that time.

The old man Fan is getting older and stronger, he has traveled around in the early years, and now he has calmed down and written a book in the village near the water, saying that Fan Shiben is now an official in Beijing, and the eldest brother Fan Shiliang Zhishi is serving his relatives at home, and at the same time helping Fan Yanzhong compile the "Theory of Near Water", I believe that when this "Theory of Near Water" is published, it will be expensive in Yongchang paper.

Fan Yanzhong and Master Hongxin's reply came almost at the same time, and Jiang Anyi opened Master Fan's letter with hope, and inside was the two words "Shen Du". "Don't see it, don't show it, so the gentleman is cautious about it", Jiang Anyi muttered the scriptures, spread the two words on the table, and bowed deeply.

Master Hongxin's letter copied the words of Master Shou Lingxiu, "The body is a Bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror platform, always wipe diligently, don't make dust." A proverb evokes the scene when Jiang Anyi first met Master Guangming, and he was also confused that day, Master Guangming used this proverb to explain himself, and later recited the first "The heart is a Bodhi tree, as a mirror platform; The heart is always pure, and where it is stained with dust".

Siren has passed away, and the three rosaries given to him by Master Guangming are still worn with the Dharma Protector Card, and the "Heart Sutra" is often recited by himself to help him survive several crises. Thinking like this, Jiang Anyi silently recited the Heart Sutra in his heart, "...... Seeing that the five aggregates are empty, and all sufferings ...... endured", the scriptures linger in the heart, and there is peace.