Liang calendar 21 summer

The capital of Liang Guoguo is Xuancheng

Qingque Street, which leads directly to the gate of the imperial city, is still prosperous, and the teahouse, wine shop, dance house and song shop are still lively, and the sound of beauty is accompanied by the laughter of men and the cry of women continue to drill into people's ears, as if the defeat half a month ago has not affected people's mood. In the midst of this singing and dancing, no one will notice a little beggar on the side of the street. The little beggar was no more than four feet tall, with his back bent, his head bowed, and his ragged and unkempt head curled up in a corner, and he did not move for a long time, when passers-by hurried past him, but no one stopped for him. Half a month ago, the neighboring Tang Dynasty did not declare war, invaded Yinzhou, although the Liang State sent troops to meet the battle but was defeated, the army of the Tang Dynasty forcibly occupied Yinzhou and burned and looted, for a time Yinzhou refugees fled to different states and counties for refuge, some of them came to the imperial capital, presumably this little beggar is also one of the refugees.

"At the moment of the great enemy, the Chinese people are acting like this, which is really chilling." A middle-aged man who looked like a coachman let out a heartfelt sigh, his eyes full of disappointment.

"It is useless to lament to yourself...... Let's go", an old voice sounded faintly in the green cloth carport behind the coachman.

"Yes, Master," the coachman replied, and raised his whip casually, and was about to fall when a noise came from not far away.

"Hahahaha, I'm happy to be able to listen to the palace girl's song, it's not in vain that I throw a thousand gold! Come on, take out all the food and drink, and give them to these beggars! I saw a richly dressed, oily-faced, pot-bellied man standing in front of the door of Fengyi Pavilion and ordering loudly, and after a while, a group of small servants came out with all kinds of wine and food, which attracted a lot of refugees to come to eat.

"Throw!" The pot-bellied man gave an order, and the little servants threw the food in their hands into the air, and many refugees rushed up, some of whom devoured it; There were scrambles, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

At this moment, the little beggar huddled in the corner of the street moved, he slowly stood up against the wall, and after slowing down, he walked tremblingly, but he walked in the opposite direction to Feng Yige, and seemed indifferent to the free wine and food.

As the little beggar slowly walked past the four-wheeled carriage covered in green cloth, a voice came out: "Aren't you hungry?" The little beggar looked up at the coachman with difficulty, and he wondered if he had said this to himself, or if he had been hungry for too long and had hallucinated. It wasn't until the coachman's eager smile and expectant eyes came that the little beggar reluctantly said, "I'd rather starve to death than eat," and turned his head to leave.

"What a 'don't eat'! Little brother, how old are you? ”

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"Why are you living on the streets?"

"I don't have a father, I'm an orphan" Although the words were still weak, when he said this, he clearly saw tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Even so, I am willing to follow the old man to learn the craft, so that I will not lose my dignity, and I will not starve."

The little beggar raised his head at this time, his dirty face still couldn't hide the disbelief in his eyes, he didn't believe that in this troubled world, there were still people who cared about his life and death as a beggar.

The little beggar didn't respond for a long time, and the person in the car urged again, "What, don't you want to?" ”

"I'm already homeless" The little beggar raised his head, changed his sick appearance, and said loudly "yes"!

"Okay, ambitious! Getting on the bus"

After a short hesitation, the little beggar climbed into the green cloth carriage.

"Go"

Hearing the crackling of the whip, the carriage slowly turned around and gradually moved away from the noisy market.

The carriage drove through the Qingque Street, which was paved with green stones, and went straight to the main gate of Xuancheng out of the city - Ziyang Gate. As the capital, Xuancheng's city defense has always been strict, but the strange thing is that when the carriage drove through the Ziyang Gate, the guards guarding the city did not come up to check, but respectfully moved out of the way. This scene, passers-by did not pay attention, and the little beggar in the car did not know at all, his thoughts were all on the white-bearded and white-haired old man sitting in the middle of the car. Since he got into the car, the old man has not said a word, and he has closed his eyes and looked calm. In the face of such a strange old man, the little beggar was bewildered; For the unknown ahead, the little beggar has expectations, but the only thing he doesn't have is fear, he knows that for a beggar like him, there is nothing to lose, and what he can do now is to passively touch the unknown future.

I don't know how long later, the carriage began to jolt, "maybe it left the official road and walked onto the dirt road", the little beggar thought to himself, he wanted to reach out and lift the curtain to see what kind of scenery was outside, but he did not dare to do it in this cramped space, so he could only endure it, and could only hope that the car would stop soon. Perhaps it was his anticipation that played a role, and soon the carriage stopped.

"It's here, get out of the car", the old man said softly.

Before the little beggar could reply, the curtain on the front of the carriage was lifted, and the coachman was already standing by the carriage respectfully reaching out to help him. The old man took the coachman's arm, and stood firmly with a small jump, "I didn't expect this old man to be at this age, but his skills are good", the little beggar didn't think much about it, and then jumped out of the car, and when he looked up, the scenery he saw was completely different from Xuancheng: they were in the mountains, surrounded by lush green bamboos, and occasionally a few birdsongs could be heard; Beneath his feet was a narrow bluestone road, just wide enough for the carriage; Suddenly open up in front of you, there is a pair of crimson gates on the top of the seven steps, there is a pair of golden knockers on the door, the knockers have been faintly a little patina, presumably some years, a stone plaque on the book "Qingshan Academy" four vigorous and powerful official books, in addition to no decoration, only the endless blue brick wall as far as the eye can see on both sides. Against the backdrop of the setting sun, the estate is extraordinarily tranquil.

It was at this time that the little beggar began to look at the two seriously: the white-haired old man really had a white beard, and his forehead was already quite wrinkled, but the old man's eyes were extraordinarily bright, not at all like the old man, with a white robe, he looked energetic, and he had a taste of immortals; Look at the coachman again, about forty years old, with a marked face, very ordinary facial features, only a pinch of mustache on the chin has some taste, a coarse cloth short style, rolled up sleeves to reveal a thick and powerful arm, the appearance of a farmer.

"Do you know these four words?" The white-haired old man asked suddenly.

Presumably asking himself, the little beggar looked up at the old man and shook his head.

"It's okay, you'll know later...... Hengsan, go knock on the door."

"Yes, Master." The coachman immediately stepped up the stairs in a few steps, raised his hand and knocked on the door knocker vigorously, and not long after, the door creaked open, and two young men with tied hair ran out quickly, both of them tied their hair with black hair bands, dressed in white indecency, wearing black robes outside, and black cloth belts were buckled around their waists, and a round cyan jade plate was buckled in the middle of the cloth belt, and the word "Qingshan" was written in the middle.

"The master is back," the two teenagers clasped their hands into fists and bowed deeply, very respectful.

"It's windy, it's cold outside, let's go to the academy quickly", facing these two teenagers, the old man showed a rare sense of love. The group walked towards the academy, and the little beggar followed for unknown reasons.

Stepping through the gate, the little beggar was stunned by the sight before him, and directly in front of him was a huge crescent-shaped lake, in which lotus flowers were planted, some of which were already in full bloom in summer, and some of which were full of buds; From this end of the crescent lake to that end is connected by a wooden bridge, and this wooden bridge actually follows the arc of the lake, turning nine turns. Most of the buildings in the distance are faintly obscured by plants, and you can't see through the edges, who would have thought that this Qingshan Academy would be so big. Looking at the little beggar's slightly open mouth and his unconcealable surprised expression, Heng San smiled and said: "The crescent moon lake in front of you is called Lanyue, the bridge on it is called Jiuqu, and the pavilion is called Luoyu, this is only a small part of our Qingshan Academy, and there will be opportunities for you to see the whole picture in the future." ”

"Hengsan, take him to bathe and change clothes first, and then let everyone come to Shangde Hall"

"Yes, Master, come with me", Heng San patted the little beggar on the shoulder, and then took the lead in walking towards the southeast direction of the manor, gradually moving away from the Jiuqu Bridge, while the old man and the two teenagers went on the Jiuqu Bridge and gradually walked away, and the little beggar followed Heng San closely with a cleverness. The two of them walked along the flower path, and all they saw were lush plants. "Huh?" The little beggar suddenly found that behind a towering tree in front of him stood a high platform, which was all made of wood, and was a little higher than the blue brick wall, just as high as the big tree, and the bottom of the platform was suspended in the air, all supported by four pieces of wood the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, until near the canopy there was a small shed, which was covered on all sides, and it was not really visible.

"Third Uncle Heng, what does that high platform do?"

"You kid is a quick learner, and everyone in the garden calls me that, so you can continue to call me that in the future. As for the platform, it's for defense. ”

I thought that Heng San would continue to explain, but I didn't expect him to stop and continue to walk forward on his own, and the little beggar had to put away his curiosity and hurriedly followed. After continuing to walk for about a quarter of an hour, the narrow flower path under the green cover suddenly opened up, in front of it was a square flat land, two stone low lampposts lined up left and right, in the center of the flat ground a two-story small building, the small building is boxy, the whole blue cover, the gray bricks and tiles are neatly and closely arranged, the four cornices are not decorated, it seems that no one is in it at all, if it is not for the lack of shelter around, no one will pay attention.

"This is Suxin Building, although the appearance is simple and unpretentious, but there is indeed a hole inside", Heng San seemed to see the little beggar's doubts, "Come in with me."

Stepping through the three steps and gently pushing open the wooden screen door, there was immediately a warm current blowing in the face, the little beggar immediately felt a little hot, and then walked a few steps inside, and found that there was a circle and two pits in the building, and there was a curtain between the two, which was steaming outward, and the little beggar was close to this square pit.

"This is a natural hot spring pool, the spring water will not be interrupted throughout the year, the water temperature will change according to the season, it is early summer, the temperature of the spring water is just right, can be a good relief of fatigue, this hot spring pool is not just want to soak in it. Your change of clothes is placed on the stone bench next to the pool, give it a try, you can't be so sloppy when you come to our academy", Heng San said to the little beggar with a smile.

The little beggar couldn't remember the last time he took a bath, and he was shocked when he squatted down to test the temperature of the water with his hands. Without hesitation, the little beggar quickly stripped naked and jumped into the pool, splashing a pool of water.

"Haha, it's so urgent, call me when you wash it, I'll wait outside", said Heng San and left, put down the curtain by the pool, and immediately left the little beggar alone. He slowly leaned his body against the edge of the pool, gradually relaxing, the water temperature was really just right, and he didn't feel hot at all. "I don't know what awaits me tomorrow, so I have to grasp the present", he silently told himself in his heart.

The afterglow of the setting sun had already spread across the sky, and the entire Qingshan Academy was shrouded in this residual red, as if to foreshadow the fate of the country.

"I'm done"

Heng Sanyi turned around and saw a young man dressed in white underwear, covered with a blue robe, with his hair tied in a high bun, red lips and white teeth, and good facial features. Heng San was also stunned, and then smiled, "I didn't expect the little beggar to be such a young man."

The little beggar seemed a little shy and bowed his head slightly.

"Alright, let's go, Master, they're still waiting." Heng San said, pointed to the northeast direction with his finger, the little beggar followed his gesture, stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to see clearly, but unfortunately the distance was too far, he couldn't see anything clearly, he didn't know what kind of place that "Shangdetang" would be, where he was favored by the old man, and what the future would be......