The mountain is not high, and there is a fairy name. Mangdang Mountain obviously belongs to one of the representatives, Mangdang Mountain is located in the north of Yongcheng, in a radius of about 30 miles, there are more than 30 small hills of all sizes, the highest of which the main peak is only more than 100 meters, compared with some famous mountains and rivers, it is simply a bunch of small mounds.

However, Mangdang Mountain here is Confucius's lecture place to avoid the rain, leaving Confucius Mountain and Confucius Ya, it is also Chen Sheng's defeat and escape, was killed by the coachman after the burial of the bones, the same period of the Han Gaozu Liu Bang also killed the snake uprising here, he led the troops to fight with the Qin army here for three days and three nights, in one fell swoop to lay down Dangcheng, became the origin of the Han Dynasty.

During the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei was defeated, and also once established a military village in Mangdang Mountain to resist the Cao army, and later after Cao Cao laid down here, in order to excavate the tomb of the king of Han Liang in Mangdang Mountain, he specially set up "Touching Jin Captain" and "General Faqiu" in the army to rob the tomb, and finally dug out seventy-two boats of property.

After Li Zhang came to Yongcheng to rest for two days, he got up early on the third day, and then took a carriage to Mangdang Mountain, he first went to Confucius Mountain at the southern foot of Mangdang Mountain, where there is a Confucian Temple, that is, to commemorate Confucius once took shelter from the rain here to give lectures, Li Zhang had no interest in Confucius, just passing by here, so he stopped by to take a look.

However, this Confucian Temple really has nothing to see, the area is not large, there are not many buildings, and it is newly built, the Confucius Cliff has some carvings, but it is also of little value, so Li Zhang probably looked at it and left, the place he was going to was the main peak of Mangdang Mountain, where there was not only a snake stele, but also a person he was looking for there.

Although there is no high mountain in Mangdang Mountain, there are roads between the various small mountains, so Li Zhang took a carriage quickly through the surrounding hills, and finally came to the foot of the main peak, only to see that the main peak of less than 100 meters is gentle, although it is already late autumn, but there are evergreen pines and cypresses growing everywhere on the mountain, so both sides of the mountain road are still dark green.

Li Zhang climbed the main peak of Mangdang Mountain along the mountain road, originally he thought that the snake tablet was just a lonely stone tablet, but when he came to the top of the mountain, he found that there was a Taoist temple of considerable scale in front of him, and there was a stone tablet standing in front of the Taoist temple.

According to the inscription, after the Han Gaozu cut the snake here, in order to commemorate the Gaozu, the Han Wen Emperor set up a sacrificial temple in this place, and later it was destroyed in the war many times, and it has been rebuilt many times, this snake cutting view in front of you is built by the descendants on the original site, and the legend is that the snake cutting tablet is in the view.

After reading the introduction of the inscription, Li Zhang stepped forward to the door, and the old knife next to him stepped forward and knocked on the door, and soon a little Taoist priest opened the door and saw Li Zhang, and immediately showed a smile and said: "Childe is also here to participate in this garden party?" ”

Li Zhang was stunned when he heard this, but then nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, is Brother Li Zhi and Li here?" ”

Li Zhang came here to find Li Zhang, that is, Cao Xiaoniang's ex-husband who jumped over the wall and escaped, and he was also quite curious about this person Li Zhang, and it was obviously quite unusual for him to run away on the wedding night, so Li Zhang wanted to find a breakthrough from him, maybe he could find out what Zhao Zhen wanted to know.

According to Li Zhang's investigation, Li Zhi came to the main peak of Mangdang Mountain today, but after all, he just came to Yongcheng and was not very familiar with Yongcheng, so the news he heard was limited, and he only knew that the other party came to the main peak of Mangdang Mountain, but he didn't know what the other party was doing here, but now listening to the meaning of the little Taoist's words, it seems that he came for the garden party.

"Master Li Shi has been here a long time ago, and now he is in the back garden, son, please come in!" The little Taoist priest replied with a smile at the moment, and after speaking, he invited Li Zhang in, and he didn't seem to suspect Li Zhang's identity at all.

Li Zhang was also a little curious at this time, and when he followed the little Taoist priest to the so-called back garden, he realized why the other party didn't even ask, and brought himself here.

I saw that the back garden is a garden that covers a large area, the garden is full of all kinds of chrysanthemums, now it is planting late autumn, it is the season when the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, Kaifeng is the capital of the Song Dynasty, the chrysanthemum is the city flower of Kaifeng, especially in the Song Dynasty, the planting of chrysanthemums in Kaifeng has reached its peak, coupled with the influence of Kaifeng City, so other places also like to introduce chrysanthemums.

Of course, what surprised Li Zhang was not the chrysanthemums, but the people in the garden, I saw that in the small pavilion in the garden, next to the rockery, and by the pond, there were men dressed as scribes everywhere to enjoy the flowers and visit the garden.

"There are so many people, which one is Li Zhi?" Li Zhang looked at the people in the garden and couldn't help but whisper to the old knife next to him, two days ago, the old knife took people to inquire about Li Zhi's news.

"I've inquired, Li Zhi is about twenty years old, tall, quite handsome, and some people even say that he is more beautiful than a woman, this kind of person should not be difficult to find." The old knife also reported in a low voice at this time.

Hearing Lao Dao's words, Li Zhang also nodded in agreement, a young man with a handsome appearance and even a bit like a woman, this is indeed a very conspicuous figure, and there are so many people around, he can also inquire about it, so Li Zhang let his entourage scatter around the garden to look for it, and he only took Lao Dao to turn around the garden.

This garden is quite large, and the chrysanthemums planted are also very professional, all kinds of chrysanthemums are planted in various places in the garden, many chrysanthemums have different flowering periods, but now they are open together, plus there are many kinds of chrysanthemums here, even in the big chrysanthemum garden in Kaifeng City, it is just so.

In addition to chrysanthemums, there are many other plants in the garden, such as a dense bamboo forest growing on the east side, but now the leaves of the bamboo have turned yellow, and the ground is also covered with bamboo leaves. Li Zhang observed the crowd around him while walking, and he found that most of the people who came today were scholars, one by one, with scholars or entourage, playing together among the flowers, after all, most of the scholars had money and leisure in their homes, otherwise it would be impossible for them to study.

At this moment, I suddenly saw an entourage rushing over and whispering to Li Zhang: "Master Qiqi, the villain saw a group of people in the bamboo forest, and one of them is suspected to be Li Zhi!" ”

Li Zhang, who also nodded approvingly when he heard this, and then walked into the bamboo forest with an old knife, and after walking a stone path full of bamboo leaves, a bamboo pavilion finally appeared in front, and a group of strange-shaped people gathered in it, and Li Zhang was also startled when he first saw it.