The world is unpredictable

Fame and fortune are in the sky

Life is full of joys and sorrows

Merry love and hate

"Uncle, be careful, slow down, slow down." A stubb, sturdy old man with a scruffy beard and a very large bag on his back, carefully helped a middle-aged scribe step by step onto the boat.

"The boatman, the boatman, our lord is here, quickly open the good room we have set, and let our lord move in." Seeing that there was some noise and disorder on the boat, the fat old man shouted.

"It's coming, it's coming. You please, you please. The room has been cleaned for you step by step, and the couch is waiting. We look forward to your stay. The boatman with a smile on his face trotted all the way over, nodded and said.

When the ship's house arrived, the two of them were ushered to the only empty room on the ship, and many luggage were put away. Looking at the two lively rooms at the back, the fat old man asked the boatman, "What's wrong with those two rooms?" Why is it so lively. ”

The boatman smiled, pointed to one of the rooms and said, "There is a noble man in that room who is happy with his son and is celebrating........"

The chubby old man asked, "How can you have a way to do it?" ”

The boatman arched his hand and said: "The little old man has been sailing for decades, and he has seen many characters, and there are countless fortune-telling and fortune-telling who have sat on this boat, but it is really uncommon to have such a demeanor as the old Taoist, and there are only three or five who have a fate to see in his life.

The fat old man hurriedly said: "So powerful? What about the future? How much is hexagram gold? ”

The middle-aged scribe next to him coughed as if muttering to himself: "Zi is silent, strange and confused~~ Yayan bows and deeds, and there is something to gain..."

The boatman glanced at the middle-aged scribe and replied to the fat old man: "I didn't know this, the little old man has nothing to do, and he didn't dare to ask the hexagram easily, and he didn't hear the other guests mention it." ”

The fat old man rubbed his hands, touched the blanket on his body, and smiled at the middle-aged scribe: "Aunt.... Sir, the check-in is over, you can rest first. I'll go out for a while and I'll be back later. ”

After speaking, he made a color to the boatman, and the two walked out of the boat room briskly, one after the other.

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Watching the people coming and going on the boat, some got off the boat to buy some local specialties to take away, and some stood by the boat to browse the scenery on both sides of the river.

Li Bai was a little poetic, and chanted to Fan Li, who was a little bored: "The floating boat chases the river, and the breeze swims with the waves." Drunk..."When he was halfway through the chanting, he saw the boatman and the fat old man who entered the boat room at the end of the boat respectfully and carefully, Li Bai was a little excited, he always felt that the words of the old Taoist priest that day were read to him, especially when he took a nap just now, he had a feeling of escaping, and suddenly, the old Taoist priest's demeanor of Shen Dao reappeared in front of Li Bai again.

The old Taoist priest was chattering, but after the boat family and the fat old man came in, he stopped thinking and looked at the two.

In an instant, staring at the fat old man with his eyes, his eyes lit up, he said twice, and he said: "What I don't want to know, what you really want to know." ”

pinched his fingers slightly, and continued to chant: "Advance, retreat first, do not reach the speed, all because of the full person mourns, do not sing, cry, drink water and think of the source, keep good and embrace benevolence, and virtue is rich and noble·····"

After a pause, he waved his hand at the fat old man, closed his eyes and said, "Turning back is the shore, don't hesitate to go." After saying that, he lowered his head and began to muttered again.

The fat old man was a little dumbfounded when he heard the clouds, he opened his mouth wide and wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it, turned his head to look at the boatman, and was about to ask what was going on, when he suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "Master Fan, Master Fan, Daddy Hu, Daddy Hu..."

The stout old man heard as if it was the voice of his aunt's servant Ah Sheng, and hurriedly confessed his guilt to the boatman, and ran out of the ship's room with his legs up.

Seeing that Ah Sheng at the bow of the boat was anxiously saying something to the people walking around the boat, the fat old man shouted: "Ah Sheng, here, here, you slave, hurry here to do something." ”

Ah Sheng, who heard the shout, hurriedly trotted over. Panting and said to the fat old man: "Daddy Hu, it's not good, Mrs. Fan has gone to ....."

At this time, the middle-aged scribe who heard the noise had just come out of the ship's room to see what was going on, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate, his face changed, his hand held on to the door of the ship's room, and he asked in a trembling voice: "What, what did you say?" ”

The fat old man also blushed, and said viciously to Ah Sheng: "You dog slave, obviously the old lady of the in-laws was fine when we came out, what nonsense, be careful that I break your dog's mouth." ”

Ah Sheng had a sad face and cried: "Daddy Hu, the old lady is so good to our subordinates, how dare I curse her old man with nonsense, really, the old lady is really immortal." ”

The middle-aged scribe exhaled a long breath on his back, and tears slowly overflowed in his eyes: "Mother, how can you be blessed and don't enjoy it, lack of food and clothing and work hard for pediatric examinations all your life, and your children will raise people in the middle of the year, so that your old man will not be hungry and cold, and can be fed and clothed." Recently, when I visited my teacher, the grandmaster said that I have arrived, and I will be able to enter the undergraduate class, and I still want to earn a seal for you, why don't you wait for you to do your filial piety again? ........”

I saw that the middle-aged scribe was depressed, and his steps were staggering, and he slowly walked forward and disembarked from the boat slowly reciting the words "Mother, Lord .....", and Ah Sheng followed behind with the guards.

The fat old man raised his hand, opened his mouth to speak, and then squatted down, and sighed deeply: "Big test, big test... ”

Oh Ji turned his head to look at the old Taoist priest's room, got up and walked over with his legs raised.

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With a small square table and four backrest pear chairs, a group of people in the boat room where Fan Li was were staggering and pushing cups to change lamps and drink happily.

Uncle Fan Li looked at Li Bai and said with a smile: "Sir, why are you so secretive about that old Taoist leader?" Didn't the boatman say that what he said was so effective? I should take the opportunity to ask for advice more often when I am on the same boat. ”

Li Bai said a little helplessly: "I want to ask you to ask for advice, I don't dare, no, please don't mention him to me, I still think what he said when he got on the boat was said to me, prompting me generally, that look, ah, I don't dare to think about it, the chill in it is so scary......"

Fan Li's second uncle interjected: "Along the way, it has really subverted my consistent perception and cognition, immortals, celebrities." Speaking of this, he quietly glanced at Li Bai. "And the old Taoist is a god who has the ability to calculate, it's really the world is changeable, and people can't look good. It is said that in order to ask for a blessing for his son-in-law, the old man chased the old Taoist chief around, and he kowtowed to the old Taoist chief step by step, which was really sincere. ”

Fan Li's uncle said: "If you win the imperial examination, you can jump into the dragon gate in one fell swoop, and it is a once-in-a-triennial opportunity, and it is not easy to catch up with Enke this time." Now there is something in the family that needs to worry about Ding for three years, and then take the exam after three years, and change the exam questions and test the examiner, no one knows what the situation is, after all, this time there is his teacher in the court..."

Fan Li's second uncle shook his head and took a sip of tea: "It is said that this Fan Juren has been taking the exam for 30 years, and he only won the middle school last year, and his family has always been embarrassed.....

Fan Li's uncle let out an "oh" and smiled at his second uncle: "I haven't heard of this, brother. . . Hehe. Did she tell you that when she was with the little maid of the Lu family in the afternoon? ”

Fan Li's second uncle turned red, and said in a panic: "No, Zi Yan and I just passed by and said hello and left, and didn't say anything else." ”

"Zi Yan?" Seeing the meaningful eyes of the three people at the table, Fan Li and his second uncle felt that he had seen too much in the illusion recently, and his intelligence had declined, and he didn't have a door to open his mouth.

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After staying in Wuwei County and setting off, the big boat crossed Chaohu Lake and went straight to Luoyang through Luzhou, Huainan, Yingzhou, Xuchang and Dengfeng. Along the way, you can see endless beautiful scenery and endless customs. Occasionally, there were people getting on and off the ship, as well as supplies and food, and they set sail with a slight delay.

A few days later, Luoyang was in sight.

There are gradually more commercial ports on both sides of the strait, and there are also boats and boats on the Grand Canal, which is very lively and noisy.

Staggered back and forth, the big ship slowly sailed into Luoyang.

The people who packed their luggage gathered on the boat and waited to get off the boat, and Li Bai, who was flying in the wind at the bow of the boat, raised his hands and shook them vigorously, shouting: "Lao Tzu is back again." Cheer and pour out for me. come on！ come on！ come on baby！ ”

The woman washing clothes by the river, the boy playing on the shore, and the guests on the big boat rowing past in the river, all looked at the crazy man who passed by the big boat with a smile.

Fan Li's uncle also smiled and said to Fan Li: "Don't look surprised, Shixian is also a mortal, this is his true character as a madman, you should understand it along the way." ”

I only heard Li Bai read aloud again: "Whose beauty is the sound of fairy music, the song is like a spring breeze lingering in Los Angeles." The rhyme is like the sound of flowing water, hooking me with lovesickness. ”

Applause, cheers, whistles suddenly erupted.

At this time, in the ship's house "Attention! Attention! I've crossed the Tianjin Bridge! I've crossed the Tianjin Bridge! I was about to dock at the pier. In the reminder, a loud voice came from the bridge in front of him, saying: "Whose Bai Yulang is taking a boat through Tianjin." Look at the eyes of the people and alarm the people of Luoyang. It was an old acquaintance, a poet in the world. Today's happy meeting, why not pour one. ”

Everyone looked up and saw that on the Tianjin Bridge, a scribe wearing a gray crown hat, a black silk shirt, and a free brocade paper fan was holding a free brocade paper fan with a smile on his face, and he smiled and said nothing.