In the summer, two large carriages drove out of Chang'an Lifang and stopped at the guest house at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. A group of people got out of the carriage, including maids, scholars, sons, young ladies and ladies.

The shopkeeper came out and greeted: "Oh, it turned out to be Mrs. Cui's family, I have lost my welcome, please forgive me!" ”

Mrs. Cui's name is Cui Hongzhen, the wife of Wei Xuanzhen, who joined the army in Puzhou, and she led the family to Zhongnan Mountain to play and escape the summer, and she is an old customer of the shopkeeper.

Cui Hongzhen smiled: "Where, where, the shopkeeper is too polite." Today I brought a large family to your place to disturb the quiet, and I hope the owner will forgive me! ”

The shopkeeper also smiled: "Welcome to come and disturb often, don't blame the owner, please, please!" "Beckoned the waiter to come out to get the luggage, lead the horse, and settle Cui Hongzhen's family.

The next day, Cui Hongzhen's family went up the mountain to play, the third brother Wei Dong and the fourth brother Wei Zhu were young and strong, with vigorous steps, and opened the road in front, the eldest sister Wei Xianger and the second sister Wei Chunrong led the younger sisters Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying to follow behind while playing and walking.

Along the way, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, knowing the squeak, the whole family has to talk and laugh, smell the flowers and smell the grass, and the mood is very happy.

Come to the hill in the middle of the north foothills, see the thousand peaks towering in the distance, under the shade of green trees and bamboos, there is an antique Taoist Guanyu. When I got closer, the plaque read the words "Scripture Speaker".

The family entered the scripture platform and visited the Lao Tzu Temple. An old Taoist elder came forward, wearing a Xuan crown and 32 blue and brown and yellow curtains, claiming to be Chen Lanmao, a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect, to welcome the pilgrims.

Wei Dong and Wei Jun went without worship and visited everywhere. Cui Hongzhen led the Wei Xianger sisters to burn incense to worship the statue of Lao Tzu and donate merit money. Chen Lanmao took out the lottery holder and asked the sisters to draw lots to calculate the fortunes.

Wei Xiang'er, the second sister, and the third sister won the lottery, and what was written on it were all auspicious and smooth. The little sisters Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying drew the next sign, and what was written on the sign was a lot of disasters. The sisters were half-joyed and half-sad. Then we visited the Dou Mu Palace, the Relief Hall and the Lingguan Palace.

Chen Daochang led them to visit Shangshan Pond, where a stone-carved faucet sprayed water continuously. Chen Daochang picked up the gourd and scooped a scoop of spring water, and said: "Lao Jun dissolves the pill in this water, and drinking it can cure illness and prolong life and treat the plague, do you drink it?" ”

Cui Hongzhen took a sip, praised the spring water for being sweet and delicious, and asked the Wei Xianger sisters to take a sip. After drinking Shangshan water, the family said goodbye to Chen Daochang, climbed the steps, crossed the green bamboo forest, and walked towards Cuiwei Peak.

Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying were tired and wanted to hug, Cui Hongzhen and the second and third sisters took turns to hug the little sister, Wei Xianger walked in front and gradually distanced herself from her family.

Wei Xiang'er walked to the peak first and saw a tall alchemy furnace, where legend has it that Lao Tzu used the three-flavor true fire to refine the golden pill.

Wei Xiang'er was wandering around the alchemy furnace when suddenly, a big yellow wolf rushed out of the pine forest and pounced on her. She screamed in fright, and turned and ran into the woods, the big yellow wolf in hot pursuit.

Wei Xiang'er ran away with the silk shawl on her shoulders, but fortunately she was wearing a pair of half-arms and short culottes, and red cloth shoes on her feet, so she didn't get in the way when she ran, and she was very fast, so the big yellow wolf didn't catch up for a while.

A fenced yard appeared in the depths of the woods, and there was an adobe house in the yard, and the firewood door was not locked, Wei Xiang'er rushed through the firewood door, stuck the stick, and then rushed to the adobe house.

The door was not locked, Wei Xiang'er rushed into the door and slammed the door shut with her backhand, inserted the latch, leaned against the door and gasped. The fence yard was relatively low, and the big yellow wolf jumped in with a single jump.

The big yellow wolf put its two front paws on the door and pushed and scratched, but when he couldn't open the door, he looked for the crack in the door, and then put his paws into the crack of the door and scratched it.

Wei Xiang'er turned around and saw that two big fluffy paws reached in, took a step back in fright, looked around, found a bamboo stick, and lifted the bamboo stick to hit the big paw.

The big paws retracted suddenly, and after a while, a large fluffy tail came in again. Wei Xiang'er lifted the bamboo stick and hit the big tail again, and the big tail retracted again.

The big yellow wolf barked a few times, panted, walked around, circled the adobe house a few more times, and then there was no movement outside the door. Wei Xiang'er didn't dare to go out, so she moved a desk in the house behind the door.

The inside of the house is also neat and clean, with dragon beard mats on the floor and neatly folded beds. Wei Xiang'er sat cross-legged on the dragon beard seat to rest, facing the door, shivering.

Besides, Cui Hongzhen walked to the alchemy furnace, but did not find her daughter, and called Wei Xiang'er loudly. Wei Dong and Wei Jun also went to the neighborhood to look for a call. The family searched for a long time and did not hear a response, but when they saw that it was getting late, there seemed to be wild boars in the bamboo road in the secluded forest, so they had to walk down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, there was a murmuring stream and a waterfall and a flying spring, but Cui Hongzhen had no intention of watching it, and whimpered sadly: "My hard-working daughter, I'm afraid she will be taken away by a wild beast!" 5555”

Wei Chunrong and Wei Qiurong also sobbed in fear. The family returned to the guest house sadly.

Late at night, Wei Xiang'er was so tired and hungry that she didn't dare to light the lamp, so she collapsed on the bed and couldn't sleep, nervously listening to the movements outside the house. For a long time, I fell asleep to the chirping of summer insects and the rustling of the wind blowing the trees.

Suddenly, Wei Xiang'er woke up from her sleep again, and she heard the familiar sound of the door scratching. With the help of the hazy moonlight, she vaguely saw the big fluffy paws scratching at the crack in the door again, so she picked up the bamboo stick and hit it again.

The wolf barked again, and scratched around the door, and soon there was no movement again.

The morning sun finally shone into the adobe house, Wei Xiang'er looked out through the crack in the door, found no animals, picked up a small wooden stick and threw it out of the door, still no movement, and planned to open the door and go out.

Before she got out of the fence yard, Wei Xiang'er suddenly saw a big yellow wolf appear on the side of the woods, and hurriedly retreated to the earthen house and closed the door, panting nervously.

Wei Xiang'er thought sadly: If I continue like this, I will not be eaten by wolves, and I will starve to death in the earthen house, heaven, earth, why is my life so bitter!

Just as my brain was buzzing, I suddenly heard movement outside the door. Wei Xiang'er looked through the crack in the door and saw a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a yellow purple fairy brown veil coming from the woods.

The big yellow wolf roared at him, but the middle-aged Taoist priest didn't seem to be afraid, waved his horsetail to brush the dust, and said to the wolf: "Brother wolf, poor Dao, please take refuge in the Tao, take refuge in Taishang Laojun, and take refuge in Taoist Huangguan!" How about not being satisfied? ”

The big yellow wolf's eyes showed a fierce light, and he wanted to pounce on it and bite it, but the middle-aged Taoist priest stomped his feet and shouted: "Beast, if you haven't taken refuge yet, when will you stay?" The big yellow wolf was taken aback, turned around and fled.

The middle-aged Taoist priest laughed, walked into the fence yard, pushed the door, and locked it. Wei Xiang'er was surprised and delighted, and said inside the door: "Don't push, people are very shy!" ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest exclaimed: "If you don't return for three days, a beautiful woman has grown in the earthen house?" Wonderful, wonderful! Ha ha. Wei Xiang'er opened the door and came out, saluting: "The little woman has seen the Taoist!" Thank you for saving your life! ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest had a question mark on his head, Wei Xiang'er smiled, and told her family about coming to Zhongnan Mountain for a vacation, but unexpectedly encountered a big yellow wolf.

The middle-aged Taoist priest looked her up and down, nodded and said, "I see, the little lady is frightened!" There is a pot of wine and two steamed buns here in the poor road, the little lady should eat it quickly! ”

Wei Xiang'er took the gourd and steamed buns, eating and drinking, gobbling them up, she was indeed very hungry. The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled: "It's so fragrant, poor Baiyunzi, dare to ask the little lady's name and eight characters?" ”

Wei Xiang'er answered truthfully, Bai Yunzi pinched his fingers and exclaimed: "The little lady is fourteen this year, and it will be unspeakably expensive in the future!" Although you have a natural body odor, your face and body are still slightly flawed. ”

Wei Xiang'er said: "Could it be that Dao Chang wants to marry me? Bai Yunzi raised his ponytail and brushed the dust, and said with a smile: "Where, where, how dare a person who cultivates immortals and alchemy pills in the poor way dare to approach women?" Poor Dao will give you a secret herbal recipe for beauty and heightening, if you take it on time, it will be effective in less than a year! ”

Wei Xiang'er said, "How much does this secret recipe cost?" Bai Yunzi said: "Hey, don't talk about money, talking about money hurts feelings!" You and I have an adventure in the earthen house, it's really fate, so it's free to give each other, no money! ”

Wei Xiang'er thanked and said, "Thank you, Daoist!" Bai Yunzi took a pen and paper, wrote a prescription for her, and said: "The beauty secret recipe is the three white soup prepared by white peony, atractylodes and white poria, and the home remedies for increasing height are a handful of soybeans and a carrot, remember to take it every day." ”

Wei Xiang'er said goodbye and went home, and Bai Yunzi sent her down the mountain. When she came to the guest house, Cui Hongzhen ran up excitedly and hugged her daughter, crying with joy, Wei Dong, Wei Jun, Wei Chunrong, and Wei Qiurong also jumped and cheered.

Cui Hongzhen learned that it was Bai Yunzi who drove away the big yellow wolf and saved her daughter, and she must thank her with a lot of money.

Cui Hongzhen led the whole family to look into the sky and bowed: "Thank you for the great kindness of Daoist Baiyunzi, the old body will not forget it!" ”

Besides, the king of England, although his name Li Xian has been changed to Li Zhe, he is still easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change.

Li Zhi's mind was mainly on the crown prince, and he lacked energy to educate other princes, so the princes developed freely according to their own preferences.

The queen of heaven educated Li Xian and said: "If you can use the spirit of playing games to do business, there is nothing in this world that you can't do!" Li Xian asked, "Why?" ”

The queen said: "Your spirit of playing games contains the principles of doing business: (1) never dislike the length of the game, and often take the initiative to work overtime; (2) On call, never procrastinate; (3) I don't care about the environment of the game, but I can still play hard in dirty and messy places! ”

Li Xian clapped his hands and smiled: "A-Niang summed it up so well!" It turns out that there is such a profound truth in playing games! Keep playing there! Hee-hee. ”

The Queen of Heaven said to the emperor: "The sons are basically born in the deep palace, and they grow up in the hands of women, and they do not know the difficulties of the crops, and they do not care about the hardships of the conquest, and they are clothed and fed, and they are pampered, so how can they educate them well?" ”

The emperor said, "Leave professional things to professional people, and you can hire educators to educate them." ”

The queen asked, "Who is an educator?" The emperor replied: "The crown prince Meng Lizhen should be counted as one, he is a senior of the East Palace, and he once compiled "Yaoshan Yucai" with Xu Jingzong! ”

On August 23 of the first year of Wing Lung , King Li Zhe was made crown prince.

Li Zhe looked confused, he had not yet prepared for the prince's thoughts, did not find a wife he loved the most, and did not think of using the method of repairing books as annotations to recruit talents and cultivate his own political team.

But he doesn't have to worry about everything for the time being, he has his own diva to take care of it. The queen of heaven arranged for two old gentlemen, Meng Lizhen and Tian Youyan, to tutor and educate him.

Tian Youyan was originally a hermit in Jishan, living in the east of Xu You Temple, calling himself Xu Youdong, usually using spring stones as plasters, using smoke to cure diseases, idle and comfortable, where does he know what education!

Now that he suddenly entered the East Palace, he became the prince and washed the horse, and he would only make promises all day long, accommodate himself to keep his position, and eat a vegetarian meal in the corpse position. Jiang Yan, the deputy leader of the right guard, once sarcastically mocked Tian Youyan to his face.

Only Meng Lizhen dared to discipline Li Zhe, he said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period and the holy way is not yet thoughtful, don't lose your mind by playthings, you must have the feeling of walking on the ice in the abyss and the attitude of the entrepreneurial monarch to start and finish!" ”

If Li Zhe didn't listen, Mr. Meng would fight hard in person and learn from him, which made Li Zhe very faceless, and his scalp was numb when he saw him.

In early winter, the emperor, the queen of heaven and the crown prince Li Zhe returned to Chang'an from the east capital to the west.

When he arrived at the East Palace of Chang'an, Li Zhe wanted to go out on horseback hunting again, and his little friend Ma Luanque pointed to Meng Lizhen who was seated on the throne and said: "The old gentleman is above, His Royal Highness is playful, and the old gentleman will say that His Royal Highness is only dealing with errands for reading and studying, and he has never thought about guarding the weapon, Ke Hei Piji, and picking up the burden of the world!" ”

The two of them laughed secretly. Li Zhe said: "It's okay, the widow has a way to get out." Li Zhe took out a box and sent it to Meng Lizhen's desk.

Meng Lizhen picked up the ring ruler and patted it, and said, "Your Highness wants to play tricks again, go back and study with peace of mind!" Li Zhe opened the box and said: "Today is the birthday of the old gentleman, a little bit of the student's heart, please smile!" The student specially approved the old gentleman to take a three-day vacation, no thanks! ”

Meng Lizhen looked confused and said, "My birthday? What day is it and what is my birthday? Mr. Cheng didn't reflect it, Li Zhe and Ma Luanque had already slipped away.

Meng Lizhen took out the grandma's sake and simmered chicken in the box, ate it while drinking, and said, "It's okay, it's delicious and delicious, why bother so much?" ”

Li Zhe and Ma Luanque wore bows and arrows, and rode out of the East Palace together, intending to go to Zhongnan Mountain for winter hunting, and the hunters of the Western Regions accompanied the lynx.

When passing by a mansion in Wannian County, Jingzhao Prefecture, Li Zhe heard the laughter of a beautiful woman coming from the wall, and couldn't help but stop and look around.

I saw that the feng shui here is excellent, there is a pond in front of the walled gate, surrounded by a stream on the left, a road on the right, and a hill behind the yard. The road is lined with willows, the pond is lined with weeping willow, mulberry and peach trees, and the walls are lined with apricot trees. Geese and ducks were playing in the pond in the sun, and the little black dog barked when he saw a stranger coming.

Li Zhe dismounted with a smile, ignored the little black dog, pushed open the door and looked in. Inside, a beautiful woman was swinging, and the maid was pushing on both sides, screaming as the arc increased.

Li Zhe came in and arched his hand: "The traveler is thirsty, and I want to ask the lady to borrow a glass of water to drink, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

The beautiful woman saw that the person who came was extraordinary, and asked crisply, "Who is the son?" Where did it come from? Where to go? Li Zhe replied: "The traveler served in the Beijing Division, came from the Beijing Division, and went to Zhongnan Mountain." ”

The beautiful woman got off the swing and said, "Childe, please!" "Welcome Li Zhe, Ma Luanque and their entourage into the house, and instruct the maid to serve floating ant green wine to quench the thirst of the guests.

The beauty is a slender figure, delicate face, beautiful and dignified lady, with her hair combed in a black bun, wearing a purple silk soap silk jacket on her upper body, a red silk skirt on her lower body, and dark green silk silk socks and five-color embroidered shoes on her feet.

Li Zhe was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that he was a godsend, and chatted with the beautiful woman while drinking.

The beauty said: "My name is Wei Xianger, I am a local, and my mother is Cui Hongzhen. My father, Wei Xuanzhen, joined the army as a clerk in Puzhou, and now he is working in Shudi. His grandfather, Wei Hongbiao, once served as the pawn of Cao Wangfu's army and had four brothers. ”

Li Zhe said happily: "Li Ming, the king of Cao, is my uncle, but he is now demoted to the king of Lingling County and lives in Qianzhou. Puzhou's assassin is called Zhang Da'an, and he is the prime minister who has just been belittled! ”

Wei Dong and Wei Jun came in from outside and said, "It turned out that the distinguished guests arrived, and they missed the welcome, please forgive me!" Li Zhe said: "Uninvited guests, why use to welcome them from afar!" Ha ha. Your Wei family is a big family! ”

As he was talking, a gust of fragrant wind hit, refreshing people's hearts, and it turned out that Wei Xiang'er personally came to serve them wine. Li Zhe was very satisfied, intoxicated, and couldn't bear to leave for a long time.

Wei Xiang'er said: "Our Wei family is the surname of the Gaomen of Jingzhao Mansion, I heard the son's conversation just now, is it a royal person?" After speaking, he smiled, looking forward to the brilliance, and it was sultry.

Li Zhe took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, the traveler is ......" Ma Luanque said: "He is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and he still doesn't bow down?" ”

When Wei Xiang'er heard this, her face turned pale, and she hurriedly bowed down with her brother Wei Dong and Wei Jun. Li Zhe helped her up, and ordered the Wei family to excuse herself and continue to talk and have fun.

In a blink of an eye, at noon, the Wei family slaughtered chickens and sheep, and held a banquet to entertain Li Zhe and his party.

After the banquet was over, Li Zhe and his entourage went to Zhongnan Mountain for winter hunting, and caught some pheasants and hares, and the hunters of the Western Regions caught a wild goose. Li Zhexi said: "There is a gift, thank God for your help!" ”

When he returned to Beijing after winter hunting, Li Zhe asked the matchmaker to take the wild goose to the Wei family to propose marriage, and at the same time reported his happy event to the emperor and the queen of heaven. When the queen saw that her son liked it, she agreed.

Wei Xuanzhen and Cui Hongzhen were overjoyed when they learned that it was the crown prince who came to ask for marriage, so Li Wei and Li Wei completed the procedures according to the six rites of Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming in person.