Branch and the first always have the grand event of the Qujiang feast, the new science and technology scholars take advantage of the fun, on and put the plate in the meandering stream, the plate turns with the water, who is drifting in front of whom, who will hold the cup and drink, and then punish a poem, then become a person of elegance, gradually, three or five friends gathering, also do this style, Tang Dynasty romance, people want to bring the dancing girl to help the fun.

It's summer, the Qujiang River at night is quite fashionable, put a wooden plate on the water surface, the bright candle high cup on the plate, such as the bright moon with the waves, the cup of the elixir jade liquid, the Yao Chi fairy beside the body, under the thousands of stars, drink with beauty, but it is a great joy in life.

Qujiang Pond in early summer is still full of people at night, the night breeze of incense blows lightly on the face, pairs of talents and beauties, nostalgic for the night and refuse to return, only to pat their chests in front of the beauties to say their ideals and ambitions, facing the eyes of the beauties' obsession, only to pick off the thick half-flowered one, inserted in the beauties' sideburns, or in exchange for the beauties' hearts, or in exchange for the old farmer's scolding.

Li Qing arrived at Qujiang Pond is already twilight, the sky is half bright and half dark, the lake is light and water, the wind and weeping willows, so that he is relaxed and happy, but he rode around the horse, but he doesn't know where the apricot orchard is, and he has the heart to ask the way, but the people are in love with the concubine, like glue and paint, Li Qing 'feeds' twice, or the water can't be splashed in, and the sound waves bounce back; Either the air to the mountain, do not hear the echo, helpless, have to find it yourself, apricot orchard? After all, there are many apricot trees, but what does the apricot tree look like, Li Qing scratched his head, but he couldn't remember at all.

It's easy to see a lonely person, leading a horse to the lake in a daze. Li Qing was overjoyed, stepped forward and saluted: "This duke, I'm disturbed." ”

The man turned back, but he was not a man, he was about forty years old, and he saw that he was wearing a hard hat, his forehead was full, and his eyes were like bright stars. His long and straight nose is somewhat similar to his own, his three long whiskers under his jaw sway lightly in the wind, his face is vicissitudes, with a little servant dust, he has a long body, and is dressed in a white robe. Shu Hu Ge, carrying a three-foot long sword at his waist, is awe-inspiring, and quite chivalrous.

He looked Li Qing up and down, then bowed his hand in return, and said with a slight smile: "What's the matter with the princess?" ”

Li Qing saw that his eyebrows were extraordinary, and he had a good impression, and said with a smile: "I want to go to the apricot orchard but I don't know the way, I want to ask Mr." ”

The man smiled, turned over and said to Li Qing, "Go to the apricot orchard." Just come with me. ”

"Did you also participate in the poetry meeting?"

As soon as the words came out, Li Qing felt abrupt. Hurriedly apologized: "I saw that Mr. had an extraordinary temperament, so I thought I must be participating in the poetry meeting." The words were abrupt and a little rude. ”

The man glanced at Li Qing again, and suddenly asked, "This noble surname, it seems that I have seen you for the first time." ”

"Under the surname Li, the nameless person."

Li Qing's heart turned around, and when he heard the tone, this person really came to participate in the poetry meeting, and he didn't know which celebrity it was, so he added with a slight smile. "Under Li Yangming, a merchant in the West Market. I can't write poems and can only drink, I am a friend of Wang Jiangning, I don't know your surname? ”

The status of businessmen in the Tang Dynasty is very low, mainly in the eyes of scholars, so Bai Juyi said that the boss marries a businesswoman, or a businessman who values profit over separation, is full of derogatory meaning, but in the eyes of ordinary people, businessmen are very ordinary, and there is no difference between soldiers and farmers, so although the status of businessmen in Datang is low, business is prosperous, which is the reason.

When the man saw that Li Qing calmly called himself a businessman, and also bluntly said that he couldn't write poetry, his heart suddenly had a good impression of him, so he smiled and said: "My surname is high, my name is good, my name is Dafu, and I am also good at drinking.

"He is Gao Shi, Gao Shi that Du Fu wants to introduce to himself,"

Li Qing was pleasantly surprised, but slightly disappointed, he always felt that he should be as old as himself, but he was already young, no wonder, without dozens of years of hard study, how could he be famous all over the world, so most of the people in the Tang Dynasty were over thirty, like he was promoted to the governor at the age of twenty-seven or eight, which is purely weird.

"Sir, there is no evidence!"

Li Qing pointed to the charcoal steed under him and said with a smile: "Isn't it your basis?" ”

Gao Shi couldn't help laughing when he saw that he was talking interestingly, "Li Gong said very well, there are no people in the world who have no support. ”

After a pause, Gao Shi said again: "I heard Wang Jiangning say that he has a friend who is an official and businessman, and it is none other than Li Gong." ”

"Yes, it's me! To govern the country as an official, to support a family as a businessman, both public and private affairs must be taken into account. ”

Gao Shi shook his head and said earnestly: "I'm not targeting Li Gong, but as an official and a businessman, I tend to use public power for private purposes, and in the end, the gains outweigh the losses, so Li Gong should be careful." ”

Li Qing smiled lightly, "I'm just a small official, and Mr. is serious." ”

The words seemed a little unspeculative, but at this time, the two had already come to the apricot orchard, and Li Qing saw his housekeeper Zhang Wang from afar, who was directing more than a dozen family members to set up the venue by the lake.

Gao Shi suddenly found his friend, so he said goodbye to Li Qing, laughed and greeted him, but his friend Li Qing had seen another poet Cen Shen, Li Qing secretly shook his head and turned to leave.

Many things are often like this, they are good to imagine and paint brilliantly in their minds, but once they are really touched, they often feel that it is not like that.

Gao Shi is like this, although the appearance is kind, and what he said is also somewhat reasonable, but Li Qing feels that he is a little out of place with him, perhaps, poets like Du Fu and Li Bai are only suitable for writing poetry, but they may not be as good as Yang Guozhong in politics, which is like the academicians of the Academy of Earth Sciences in later generations are just experts in a certain field, and local leaders prefer to regard them as almighty gods.

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The apricot orchard is in a corner of the Qujiang River, covering a wide area, every year on March 3 has been the festival, the officials will hold a banquet of the new branch of Jinshi here, but it is usually open to the ordinary people, the water flow here is gentle, the most suitable for people to hold the activity of Qujiang flow drink, Wang Changling made this night drink, it was a gathering between more than a dozen friends, but because of Li Qing's instructions to Zhang Wang, 'choose the best to do', Zhang Wang naturally spared no effort to publicize, the result is just a dozen friends of the gathering has become a grand event, this people who read poetry are far more than do poetry

The three sects are rushing here, as if whatever the future generations set up a platform or something, and the transformation of the country will be destroyed on it.

"It's rare for General Li to be interested in poetry." Suddenly, a man's low, slightly sarcastic voice came from behind him.

Li Qing turned around, only to see a man and a woman standing a few steps away, the man's big nose and thin eyes, a youthful version of Li Linfu, and the woman had a pair of Danfeng eyes, but when she laughed, the Danfeng eyes would shrink sharply and become thin fish eyes, these two people were naturally Li Yin and Cui Liuliu, they came to Qujiangchi early in the morning to play, communicate with the heart, and were reluctant to leave at night.

"Each other, each other!"

Li Qing arched his hand to Li Yin, and said with a smile: "Qujiang flows, a poem, a wine, a beauty, I am here for wine, and Brother Li Yin is naturally here for beauty." ”

Li Yin came out early in the morning, he didn't know what happened in the court, and what he remembered was still framing Li Qing for the failure of abducting slaves, and at this moment he saw Li Qing's eyes glancing at his hand, and his heart was even more proud, so he squeezed Cui Liuliu's hand tighter.

Li Qing saw that he was amorous, smiled faintly, and said to Cui Liuliu: "Your mother thinks that you are being held by wicked people, and the whole house can't look for you for a day, and she has already reported to the official." ”

Cui Liuliu has never learned what embroidery as her mother said, she was a willful and freewheeling woman, first admired Li Qing, unrequited love, and at this time under Li Yin's flattery and pandering, her heart was lost. At this time, when she saw Li Qing at first glance, she seemed to be caught as a thief, her heart was panicked and confused, and she wanted to shake Li Yin's hand away, but he was squeezed tightly, so she had to bow her head deeply, not daring to look at Li Qing's eyes.

But his ears couldn't be blocked, and Li Qing's words flew into his ears without missing a word. If it was said that her father was looking for her, Cui Liuliu didn't care, but her mother was looking for her, and the effect was different, she looked up anxiously and said to Li Yin: "Brother Li, I'm going back." ”

Li Yin coaxed Cui Liuliu for a day. Finally looking forward to the twilight coming, he was itching unbearably, but Li Qing's words shattered his sweet dream, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, glared at Li Qing viciously, and said softly to Shi Liuliu: "When I finish participating in tonight's Qujiang drink, I will send you back." ”

His idea was that after the Qujiang River was over, he was afraid that the city gate and the fang gate would be locked, and they would have to spend the night outside. Wouldn't it be right for him?

Without waiting for Cui Liuliu to express his position, Li Qingxin first said to Li Linfu that he was offended. He said to her again: "When I came, I heard from your uncle that your mother had entered the palace. I'm afraid I want to ask the emperor to send troops to find you. ”

Although the words are absurd, they are very effective for Cui Liuliu, just like telling fairy tales to children, and they will fall asleep when they talk about history, Cui Liuliuxin was really scared, and he didn't want to talk to Li Yinduo anymore, so he shook off his hand and ran to the carriage that had been following them behind.

"You! It's despicable. Li Yin pointed at Li Qing. I was so angry that I was trembling and couldn't speak for a long time. looked back at Cui Liuliu, who had already run away, and stomped his feet in hatred and chased after him.

"Gong Li, if you really like it, wouldn't it be better to let Xiangguo go to Cui's Mansion to propose marriage?"

After that, Li Qing laughed and entered the apricot orchard with his hands.

The pavilions and pavilions in the apricot orchard are lined up one after another, and hundreds of carriages are parked in the open space in one corner, most of which are Chang'an citizens who have heard the news and come to see the lively Chang'an. Li Qing poet did not see one, but saw a lot of tourists with their families, spread a thick hemp blanket on the grass, piled up with all kinds of food, the wife happily snuggled in the arms of her husband, recalling the acquaintance in this year, I don't know if the mosquito on the head is still not the group of matchmakers back then, and the concubine is busy pouring wine and making tea next to her, but from time to time squinting at the man's bitter face, thinking about going back to the bed and then tidy him up, a group of children in the crowd frolicking and chasing, this is also a bright spring picture in the daytime, but, I don't know if the inspiration for the poets tonight will still be found.

Li Qing was looking around, looking for a place to go, when suddenly a low complaint came from his ears, and the complaint seemed to contain the sorrow of a widow for twenty years.

"Yang Ming, look at the good deeds your subordinates have done!"

Li Qing turned his head and saw that Wang Changling was walking towards him with a bitter face, and he was slowly followed by a person, also dressed in a white robe, with a long sword at his waist, and a slender figure, but the twilight was faint, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

"What, Zhang Wang, doesn't he work hard?" Li Qing looked at Zhang Wang, who was working diligently in the distance.

"Hard! He just worked too hard, and hired hundreds of children to promote it everywhere in Chang'an City, you look at this painting. ”

Wang Changling handed over a piece of propaganda paper, Li Qing took it, and by the faint moonlight, he saw that it was a picture of E running to the moon, which was well drawn, but the key was the words next to it, what 'peach blossom water in the apricot garden, mellow wine and beautiful Ji Pan'; what 'orchid dance, grand and unrestrained'.

In this way, the citizens of Chang'an naturally yearn for everyone, no wonder it is so lively as a garden, and there are people who are coming in an endless stream, their faces are full of yearning for wine and beauty, they really don't have to ask for directions just now, just follow the flow of people.

"This. He, he doesn't understand! ”

"More than a dozen of our friends gather to write poems and drink, what are we doing so lively."

Wang Changling's eyes were about to erupt with fire, "Then tell me, what should I do now?" ”

"I mean to change places, but Wang Jiangning said that he would ask for your opinion."

The white-robed man behind Wang Changling slowly stepped forward, his voice was clear, a little magnetic, and when he got closer, Li Qing saw a Yixing flying face, with slanted eyebrows, eyes like apricots, eyes like Dan, nose straight like a lying silkworm, two long whiskers flying, a wisp of beautiful hair hanging down on his chest, he is about the same age as Gao Shi, his smile is kind and kind, and his eyes are with a hint of eagerness and expectation.

'Who is he?' Li Qing suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.