"The weeping poplar courtyard embroidered the curtain to the east, and the remnants of the Ying Pavilion have not met. Arriving at the Xiling cold food road, the peach blossoms are among the beauties. ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled and looked at Qian Qianyi, holding the pale yellow manuscript paper in his hand, and gently recited the poems on the paper.

"Peach blossoms are beautiful women, peach blossoms are beautiful women...... to the end, Qian Qianyi kept repeating this last sentence, which seemed to be extremely unfinished.

"This poem is a scene of the West Lake, and Mu Zhai's official literature is very popular, what do you think?"

"The human face does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. It's a pity that I don't see people when I see good sentences, and I am lonely. Qian Qianyi sighed, and turned his eyes to see the small words next to the poem, "Jiaxing Yinglian? The name is familiar. ”

"The name of Yang Ai, Mu Zhai Gong must have heard of it."

Qian Qianyi put down the manuscript paper and said suddenly: "The frozen jade in the pot flies into snow, and the clouds outside the pavilion are regarded as Zen. Could this Yang lover be the one who won Zhang Ximing's praise? ”

Zhao Dangshi stroked his palms and smiled: "Not bad." That is, in the past, Wujiang Shengze Fang in the Yang girl, Zhang Ximing and Zhang Ximing had been merciful in the Chuihong Pavilion. ”

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but nod and said: "I see, I can get Zhang Ximing's love, and I am really outstanding in my shots." ”

"Zhang Ximing" is Zhang Pu, the word Tianru, the number Ximing, a native of Taicang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Zhang Cai in Tongli are equally famous, called "Loudong Erzhang". There are few talents, and the poems are agile. There are people in the Quartet who solicit works, never draft, and they do it immediately. and long, very wide, the world's celebrities are not proud of harmony. In the second year of Chongzhen, he united more than ten clubs in Yinshan, Suzhou and established the "Fu Society". Although the Fushe inherited Donglin's legacy, the actual momentum has surpassed that of Donglin, and Zhang Pu has also reached the point of "the world's saltiness" and "although he is registered, he can govern the government from afar", and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is firmly in the top spot in the world's literary world.

"Miss Yang left Wujiang and went to Hangzhou in recent years, and changed her name to Liu Rushi, the word is Wu." Zhao Dangshi baked his hand and said, "The student was in Hangzhou a few years ago, and occasionally passed by the hidden house of Mr. Caoyi on the shore of the West Lake, and met Miss Yang, sighing at her talent, so I couldn't help but ask for the manuscript paper to carry with me. ”

"I see how charming Qingshan is, and I expect Qingshan to see me like this. This is Mr. Jiaxuan's poem, the name comes from this poem, soft with rigidity, graceful and heroic, wonderful. Qian Qianyi said, "The contemptible people and Mr. and Mrs. Caoyi are also fated to visit, and I originally planned to take the time to visit after purchasing this semi-wild hall." ”

Zhao Dangshi said again: "This Yang ...... Miss Liu is indeed the most interesting person. The student had talked to her about marriage, and Mu Zhai knew what she said. "Let's just sell it on purpose.

"Haha, such a strange woman, the requirements must be very comparable."

"There are still others in the time room, but Miss Liu is unscrupulous, but she said, 'Only erudite and ancient, Kuang Dynasty Yicai, I am from it.'" The so-called world has a confidant, who dies without regrets'. ”

Qian Qianyi nodded and said: "That's how it should be, it's easy to get a daughter, but it's hard to find a confidant." For example, Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, Li Yi'an and Zhao Mingcheng are in harmony with each other, and it is a joy to be able to get a confidant and white head in life. When he spoke, his eyes unconsciously showed a bit of loss.

Zhao Dangshi smiled and continued: "Miss Liu then said, 'I am not as talented as a scholar and a scholar in Yushan, and I will not marry'. "What's more, "Although it is a joke, but I thought about it, since he is called by Zhang Ximing, how can ordinary people enter her eyes again." But if there is anyone else in the world who can compare with Zhang Ximing, except for Mu Zhaigong, there is really no one else. ”

Lin Wuzhang also came to make fun: "The teacher is rich in five cars, but there is a lack of one person to wash the pen and study the ink, and mark the book search. If you can be accompanied and guarded by Miss Liu, you will be a true fairy couple and envy others. ”

Rao is Qian Qianyi was used to seeing battles, and he couldn't help blushing at this time, and shook his head again and again: "It's a joke, it's a joke......"

Zhao Dangshi stopped at the point, and the topic changed to other things. However, when talking to Qian Qianyi, he could already feel that he was more or less absent-minded, and he was very relieved.

After the main affair was over, Zhao Dangshi said goodbye to Qian Qianyi not long after. Walking out of the Banye Hall, Lin Wuzhang asked on the way: "Gong Zhao, you want to make friends with Mu Zhaigong, why are you leaving?" Now that I know Miss Liu, I can use it to match. ”

Zhao Dangshi replied: "It's too late to act, Mu Zhai Gong is a respected elder, how can the private relationship between men and women allow my generation to point fingers and whip too deeply, but it will cause vigilance and disgust." Thousands of miles away from each other, Mu Zhai Gong and Miss Liu are both romantic characters, with their own assertion personality, and they can also watch quietly. I only started up, if it really happens, I will have a lot of favors in the future pastoral office; Even if it doesn't work out, it's not embarrassing. ”

When Lin Wuzhang heard this, he nodded secretly.

After visiting Qian Qianyi, there was nothing else to do. One day later, the group left Changshu non-stop and drove straight to Zhenjiang. However, halfway through the journey, he felt that the land route was frozen and difficult to travel, so he temporarily changed his course and hired a boat in Xia Harbor in Jiangyin County, Changzhou Prefecture, to sail the waterway in advance.

Tracing the river, at the end of the first month, Fuda Anqing. Zhao Dangshi thought about the last time he broke up with Shi Kefa, and he wanted to accompany Lin Wuzhang and visit him again, but he was told that Shi Kefa's father-in-law was seriously ill and had already taken leave to save his relatives, so he gave up.

In the middle of February, out of the south of Zhili to Huguang near Qizhou, Wen Jian Jun Dao Yuan Jixian recently used Chenzhou soldiers to drive away thieves, and the vicinity of the state city was not peaceful. So the group went ashore from Makou Town, took Daye, and detoured to Wuchang. The road is difficult, not easy to walk, and there are many situations on the way, but it took nearly half a month to reach the city of Wuchang at the end of February. If he wanted to cross the river, he also got the news that Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, would beat Yang Shien, Luo Anbang and others to the Mulan Mountain in Huangpi.

The situation of the rampant thieves in Wuchang Mansion attracted the attention of Zhao Dangshi, and he placed Huaqing and Lin Wuzhang under the protection of Deng Longye and Manning, and went to the area along the river with Zhou Wenhe to investigate the situation. After going around and inquiring, I learned that at the end of last year, Ma Jinzhong, who was "mixed with 100,000 people", was forced to surrender to Zuo Liangyu due to the situation. Returning to the camp in the Yunyang Mountains and having a gap with Cao Ying, who had already been recruited, Ma Shouying, the "old Huihui" and He Yilong, the "Geli Eye", repeatedly failed to be appeased, so they re-emerged from the mountain and wandered in the Chuyu area. Recently, he traveled back and forth between Huguang Huangzhou Mansion and Henan Runing Mansion, which caused a military disaster.

After counting the giants who are still stubbornly resisting today, only Shaanxi broke into the camp and Huguang returned to the camp, and the situation seemed to be very good for the officials and troops, but Zhao Dangshi never let go. He knew very well that the imperial court had surrendered Xiying and Caoying without follow-up practical actions, and although it could quench his thirst for a while, there was no way to completely solve the problem. Xiong Wencan's actions are just another copy of Yang He's back then, and past experience tells Zhao Dangshi that in this seemingly peaceful atmosphere, there is still an undercurrent. This is also an important reason why others are outside, but they dare not delay for a moment.

At the beginning of March, when he returned to the camp, he once again asked to surrender to the prison army Kong Zhenhui, and the two sides mediated, and the war rested for a while, and Jiang Ban had brief contact. Zhao Dangshi and his entourage took this opportunity to dare not go to Huangzhou, transferred to De'an Mansion, and returned to Zaoyang through Xiaogan, Yunmeng, Anlu, and Suizhou. The return journey of this overland route is completely different from the safety of the outbound journey, and the journey is extremely tense, if it were not for Zhao Dangshi's acumen for many years, he would have almost been caught by thieves several times. In the middle of the year, I arrived at Zaoyang Fanhe City first.

Huaqing missed Xiaozhu, so Zhao Dangshi was not in a hurry to send her to Xiangyang, and the first thing he did when he returned to the camp was to gather the generals and inspect military affairs.

I haven't seen him for a few months, and the generals are a little tired, Hou Dagui and Xu Hui, the two second- and third-in-command of Zhao Ying, are even more anxious and tired at night in the days when Zhao Dangshi is not there, and they don't dare to relax at all, and Hou Dagui's beard is even a little grayer.

One of the military affairs lies in military reform. This matter was promoted by Xu Hui, and at present, the five battalions of the field army have been rectified and completed, and the drills are also continuing as scheduled. Originally, the thieves surrendered, and whether they accepted it or not needed to be reported to the court to participate in the seizure, but Wang Guangen and other soldiers who surrendered to the Kou were basically dispersed, with Xiong Wencan's cover, and only said to the court that the Kou "scattered the crowd and surrendered alone". This situation was much easier to handle, and Zhao Ying escaped the charge of "tyrannizing and self-judicing".

In January and February, when they returned to the camp, Hou Dagui and Xu Hui also received military orders, and also took their soldiers and horses to assist in several battles to suppress the Kou. However, this positive performance after listening to the order gave Xiong Wencan a good impression.

At present, the five battalions of the field are deployed, Hou Dagui Wuyu battalion and Han Gon Feijie's left battalion are stationed in Fanhe City, Xu Huixiaojie's battalion is stationed in Zaoyang County, Guo Rukeqihun battalion is stationed in Cen Pengcheng, and Ma Guangchun Feijie's right battalion is stationed in Chungling City.

The second military affairs lie in governing the county. At the end of last year, Wen Shurong, the new magistrate of Zaoyang, arrived at the office, this person is a native of Yangzhou Mansion in Nanzhili, and was the chief secretary of Fuliang County, Raozhou Prefecture, with mediocre political performance, and the post of magistrate is not his turn this time, but the previous recommended person is afraid of the danger in the north of Chu, and he dare not obey it, so he got the opportunity. The military and political affairs in the county have been controlled by Qin Qigong, Li Wanqing, and Sun Weizheng, and he will not give half a point to this Wen Shurong.

Zaoyang County is controlled by Zhao Ying, and all fields, minerals, fish and salt and other industries are placed under Zhao Ying's control. In order to assist Qin Qigong in managing the county and participating in production, Wang Laixing set aside the left and right battalions of the Tuntian Army, which were led by Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun, the envoys of Tuntian, respectively, and specially stationed in Zaoyang County for dispatch, not only to participate in the operation, but also to assist in the defense of the city. Even though the second battalion had a total of 6,000 Tuntian soldiers, it still felt overstretched from time to time.

The third military task lies in repairing the city. Wang Laixing built the city mainly with the second battalion of the front and rear battalions of the Tuntian Army, with the rear battalion as the main camp and the front battalion as the auxiliary, and by the beginning of February, all the projects had actually been completed. The whole Fanhe city is approximately rectangular, the city is two zhang four high, divided into the inner and outer cities, the outer city wall rammed earth, and the inner city is covered with bricks. Eight miles around the city, divided into east, west, small west, south, north, small north six gates, more than 3,000 pheasants, eight enemy towers, around the moat introduced by the Fan River, six zhang wide, seven zhang deep, more than 1,500 zhang on Monday. Outside the city, there are countless arch guards in the camp, and watchtowers, beacon fires and so on are set up in the high and dangerous places of the nearby mountains. In terms of solidity, it surpasses Zaoyang County.

During the construction, there was also a shortage of budget, and the entire project was facing the crisis of postponement or even unfinished. However, after Wang Laixing consulted with He Kejing, he turned to Qin Qigong for help. Qin Qigong immediately made a decision, took the county's middle acres of land as a yard, raised funds from businessmen, and only one month, collected all the funds needed to solve the urgent need. The two sides work together to make Fanhe City stand tall today.

Everything went smoothly in the army, and Zhao Dangshi was relieved from the beginning, and at the same time expressed high praise for the cooperation of all parties in the battalion. Subsequently, Zhao Dangshi introduced Lin Wuzhang to He Kejing, and also explained the cooperation with the Zheng family in detail. The follow-up matters were drafted by He Kewei and Lin Wuzhang first.

Zhao Dangshi returned to Zaoyang for only ten days, and in April, he was about to send Huaqing back to Xiangyang, but Zuo Liangyu from Henan sent someone to bring a letter first. There are only a few strokes on the letter, and there is no redundancy, only four words are shocking - Zaoxi will change.