The Liao people entered the north of Kou Hebei in February, shook the Beijing division, and relied on the elite soldiers of the Hebei and Hedong camps, and finally expelled the Liao people from the ground of Hebei and trapped Gaoyang Pass.

The world is peaceful, and the panic and uneasiness in Bianjing City have also been swept away. The hustle and bustle of the Jingcheng well always uses its extraordinary power like wind and sand erosion to invisibly turn the impact of all extraordinary events into distant floating clouds. It was only a few months after the news of Hebei's victory came, and when remote states and counties such as Xiangzhou were still talking about it, the news in Bianjing had already changed many topics. One of the most concentrated, is the East Palace will be easy to store, the prince Zhao Ke planted a big heel in Hebei, the courtiers tacitly ran to contact, even the people in the market also spread the nose and eyes, it is said that only after the autumn of August, it will be easy to store.

After a period of silence, the market became more and more lively, and the Qixi Festival came unexpectedly. In order to make up for the light deficit in the market some time ago, the vendors in the East Song Gate of Panlou Street, the West Liang Gate of Zhou, the North Gate of Wazi, the South Zhuque Gate and other places in Bianjing specially displayed a variety of exquisite clay figurines, among which the best ones are produced in Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, decorated with gold beads and tooth emeralds, placed on the carved wooden railings, all of them are very cute. Children from wealthy families made new clothes, dressed in pink makeup, and held newly haired lotus leaves, running around inside and outside the house, begging their mothers and aunts for fried fruits, flowers and melons and other seasonal food.

Of course, one of the most traditional things in the Qixi Festival is that the female dependents in the house beg for the moon, that is, they hold a needle and thread to thread the needle through the moonlight, this begging needle has eyes, five holes and many patterns, who can pass through first, who will get the favor of the weaver girl. When it comes to the Weaver Girl, some people inevitably think of a pair of lovers separated by the Tianhe, who often see things and hurt. In order to express their feelings, the traders in Bianjing deliberately tied the single-branch lotus together, took the good name of the lotus, and the big families bought the furnishings, which was auspicious.

Different from the women's Taoist family, the reader has another interpretation of the Qixi Festival, because the first Big Dipper in the sky is called "Kui Xing", which has the meaning of the great Kui world, so this Qixi Festival is called "Kui Xing Festival", because the autumn is approaching in August, so it is also done "Book Festival", and the lifting of entering Beijing is all over the major inns and temples in Bianliang, filled with an ambitious and nervous and excited emotion. At such a time, it is undoubtedly the luxury of many people to meet with a beautiful woman under the moon.

For Zhao Xingde, such an extravagant hope is indeed a living reality, he arrived in Bianjing on the fifth day of the seventh month, and moved into the Li Mansion on the sixth day of the seventh month because of the preparation for the exam.

Zhao Xingde came back from serving in front of the Hejian army, and he was confined to etiquette, so he could only respectfully accompany the unsmiling Lord Yue.

The summer garden is cool, light and small fans, clothes fluttering, and dark fragrance flows. Li Ruoxue seemed to have been dressed up on purpose, with red lips and white teeth, bright eyes, and unknown observation of Zhao Xingde's changes in temperament, but she pretended to be nothing, pulling a few maids in the house to beg for needles together, laughing and playing, and her mother Wang watched with a smile. For these women, it is rare that Qixi Festival is a festival for women who are grandiose, and there are exquisite people, and there are tables in the backyard to worship the Weaver Girl.

The fiancé secretly sent Qiu Bo. Everyone next to him saw it in their eyes and smiled in their hearts.

After settling down in the Li Mansion, Zhao Xingde came to visit the master the next day, and Chao Shaofu, the son of Chao Buzhi, happened to be transferred back to Beijing when he went to Hebei, and served as the chief secretary of Zhongmu County in Gyeonggi, and was transferred from the border to Gyeonggi, but he was actually promoted. Zhao Xingde also met with Chao Shaofu on the edge of Hebei, and this time he saw him in Bianjing, and he was very embarrassed when he talked about Hebei. Chao Shaofu's original residence was in Gaoyang Guandao, so most of the old robes sacrificed their lives for the country, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"Is this really what you did?" Chao Buzhi took out the poorly printed "The Biography of the Heroes and Martyrs of the River" and asked.

"It was the students who did it, teaching the soldiers of Hejian to read and write, and they didn't want to spread it out without thinking." Zhao Xingde said. At the beginning, if the script was light and tasteless gruel, now it is a spicy soup with various spices added to the march, but it is obviously very unappetizing for many old people, and even Zhu Sen and Zhang Bing, who support him the most, shake their heads.

Chao Buzhi was silent for a moment, Zhao Xingde was worried in his heart, he still attached great importance to Chao Buzhi's opinion, and asked, "Does the teacher think there is something wrong?" ”

Chao Bu was stunned, came back to his senses, waved his hand and said, "Nothing, I remembered some past events for a while." It's nice that you can bend down and do things with your feet on the ground. ”

After Zhao Xingde left, Chao Buzhi sat in the study for a while, took out a book, the printed font is very large, not very exquisite, when you open it to see, it is full of words that lack pen and less drawing, but they can barely be recognized, repeatedly use only three hundred regular words, the agricultural tax law and the like, are all the dialects of the right area of Longzhong, simple and easy to understand.

Repeatedly comparing the similarities and differences between Zhao Xingde's work and this booklet, Chao Buzhi was waiting to put the book away, his family came to give it, and the deceased Xiao came to visit.

Chao Buzhi sighed and ordered someone to take him to the study to see him.

Xiao He had a clear face, dressed in a Confucian robe, a jade belt around his waist, and raised his hands and feet, all of them were Ruyaswen, but Chao Buzhi knew the roots of this person, his ancestors were descendants of the Liao State, and after a great change, his family fled to the Xia Kingdom, and it has been several generations, sitting and living is no different from the Han people, usually thinking of himself as a Chinese, and he can't even speak Khitan words. Won the attention of the Prime Minister's Mansion of the Xia State, and entrusted the envoy of the state, walked around the door of the minister in Bianjing all the year round, and lobbied the important ministers of the court to marry the Xia State on the surface, but what else did he do in secret, it is unknown.

"Brother Wujiao, I haven't seen you for many years, but my demeanor is still the same." Xiao He smiled and said with a smile, and sat down casually, as if he had just been here two days ago.

Chao Buzhi stood up and arched his hand, "Envoy Xiao has always been able to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. I don't know what to do? With a wave of his hand, the servant withdrew and let him entertain him in the study.

This move made Xiao He's face slightly embarrassed, and sighed: "Brother Wu is too careful, this time is different from the past." He felt slightly guilty in his heart and kept silent.

Chao Buzhi's face turned cold and he snorted. He and Xiao He were originally friends in the Xia Kingdom's bachelor's mansion, since Xia returned to the Song Dynasty, Xiao He soon came to Bianjing as an envoy, and feasted and drank with him three or four times. At that time, the imperial court was suspicious of Chao Buzhi, who had lived in the Xia Kingdom for many years, and saw that he and Xiao were very close. Xiao and in front of the important ministers of the Song court, intentionally or unintentionally mentioned, how the emperor of Chao Buzhi was favored in the Xia Kingdom, how to criticize the politics of the Great Song Dynasty, etc., the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the important ministers of the dynasty, did not dare to use Chao Buzhi easily, and his nature was to take it straight, not to forget what he wanted in the song, tossing and turning, he was actually reprimanded to the Taishi Bureau, and his ambitions in life could not be displayed. Chao Buzhi is not a fool, and after he came to his senses, he broke off contact with Xiao He. For more than ten years, although the two have been in Bianjing together, except for official business, they have met occasionally, and they have not greeted each other more than ten times.

The atmosphere in the study suddenly cooled down, Chao Buzhi calmed his face, picked up the teacup to drink, there was no meaning to care, Xiao He had a smile on his face, looked left and right, and suddenly saw the old book on the table, and said in surprise: "The calligraphy given by the emperor is still treasured by Brother Wujiao." Saying that, without waiting for Chao Buzhi's consent, he started rubbing his hand and said with a smile: "This is the first edition of the founding emperor's appointment, because the road was blue when the country was founded, and the paper used was simple and fragile, and there are not many surviving people, and most of them have been taken back by the royal family." Brother Wu is a bachelor of ancient literature, poetry, physical properties, mathematics, and astronomy, and he is a hero, and the emperor will also give this thing. He opened the notebook and praised again, "The quality is so perfect, and there are actually jade seals of three generations of emperors, which is really a rare treasure." ”

Chao Buzhi said lightly: "Chen Gong ordered this book, its intention is to open up the wisdom of the people, the emperor of your country mistakenly loved the contemptible, and gave this book, which is intended to inspire the people in the academy to not forget the duty of educating the people when they are seeking to learn." Like Brother Xiao, who is so obsessed with quality and seals, he can't help but abandon his roots and chase the end. He took the book from Xiao He's hand, reached out and dusted it, as if Xiao He's touch had stained the old book.

He put the book on the table, the back cover is facing up, I don't know which owner of this book mentioned a poem on it, "The sword is not the enemy of ten thousand enemies", the handwriting is scribbled, like a dragon and snake flying, but it seems to have an indescribable heroic, desolate, euphemistic, agitated meaning.