On the sixth day of April in the 29th year of the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Xuan, a scholar of Jixian Hall and Hou Zhou Xuan of Xinzhou, left Jinling and went south, passing through Yizhou and Shezhou, and went to Xinzhou to worship his ancestors, and then returned to Jiangzhou through Hongzhou to move his family.

This time he went south, accompanied by Jingyi Fairy, Lin Hanyun, Mingfeng, Jianyue, Cumin, Fan Judge, Three Idiots, Lin Ning, Laifu, and Qi Hong, the general of the Fenghua Water Army, led 50 government soldiers to escort him.

Zhou Xuan left the four idiots in Beijing, and there was no master in charge, and the house was afraid of unrest.

At the beginning of the hour, the convoy of the Marquis of Xinzhou set off, a total of ten double-wheel carriages, and fifty government soldiers also rode horses, mightily, heading towards Yizhou, and the officials in Beijing who saw them off had dispersed, only Lin Heishan, Sun Zhan, Sun Sheng brothers, Gu Changshi, four idiots, and Yang Xiaofeng and Nian Nujiao in the carriage were sent far away, and they couldn't bear to be separated.

Zhou Xuan rode the extraordinary "Black Rose" of the divine horse, and arched his hand: "Brother Black Mountain, two grandson brothers, Master Gu, please go back, I will return to Beijing in three months at most---- fourth, I am generous this time, and I have left three Longlong games for you, these three Zhenlong games are extremely complicated, study it carefully, I hope that your chess skills will improve greatly when I come back in June and July." ”

Zhou Xuan comforted Yang Xiaofeng and Nian Nujiao a few more words, and asked them not to send them again.

In the early summer, the four fields are verdant, the weather is sunny on this day, the distant mountains and trees are picturesque, Zhou Xuan rode the "Black Rose" with the convoy has gone far away, the figure of Lin Heishan, the four idiots and others who saw off is invisible, suddenly, a pure and bright singing voice rises from the ground, like a very thin silver filament drilled into the sky, and descends rapidly, ups and downs, looping back and forth, such as ribbons flying in the air, such as fireworks suddenly bursting into flames----

This is the song of the sheep Xiaofeng, this is the most beautiful and pure dolphin sound in the world!

The entire southbound procession seemed to freeze in this pure singing. After a while, the chariot and the horse continued to move forward.

Zhou Xuan went to Xinzhou this time and brought 5,000 taels of silver from the house, as well as 500 taels of gold after Xiao Zhou, which was equivalent to 5,000 taels of silver. A total of 10,000 taels, you can also do something good for the old folks in Shinshu.

Lin Hanyun rode the "crane in the clouds", smiling like a flower and riding with Zhou Xuan, the last time he came to Jinling from Jiangzhou was by boat, it was relatively boring, and it was fresh to ride a horse and take the land route, and the chatter kept talking.

"Brother Zhou Xuan, your ancestors have left Xinzhou for hundreds of years. Who do you know when you go back? ”

"I don't know anyone. As long as you see the surname Zhoudi, it's okay. ”

Lin Hanyun said innocently: "That family heard that the Marquis of Zhou returned to his hometown with a heavy amount of silver to recognize his relatives, maybe many people will change their surnames to Zhou." ”

Everyone laughed.

The convoy arrived in Danyang County in the afternoon of the next day. Danyang County is one hundred and fifty miles away from Jinling, it is a rich county, and the fairy Jingyi wants to see the tomb of Yanling Jizi. The convoy rested early in Danyang County Pavilion Station, Zhou Xuan had the imperial order in his body, and was the inspector of Yizhou, Chizhou, Shezhou, Xinzhou, Raozhou, and Jiangzhou. There is a small post thirty miles by land. There is a big post in a hundred miles, and it is a public expense to travel. It's very convenient.

When the postman learned that he was the Marquis of Xinzhou, he was extremely attentive and personally led Zhou Xuan and Fairy Jingyi to see the tomb of Yanling Jizi.

Yanling Jizi is the fourth son of Wu Wang Shoumeng in the Spring and Autumn Period, Ji Zha, who lived in seclusion in Danyang because he did not want to inherit the throne.

In the evening, Zhou Xuan accompanied the fairy Jingyi to the Jizi Temple in Yanling, and saw the inscription that is said to be the handwritten inscription of Confucius---- "Woohoo has the tomb of the gentleman of Wu Yanling".

Lin Hanyun asked: "Brother Zhou Xuan, why did you say that Gongzizha didn't let King Wu do it, and came here to plow?" ”

Fairy Jingyi said: "Isn't it written in "Zuo Chuan" that Gongzi Za is the fourth son of Wu Wang Shoumeng, and the etiquette system stipulates that the eldest son will succeed to the throne, so Gongzi Za resolutely refuses to accept it and wants to give up the throne to his brother. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I don't think so, doesn't Ji Za like music and dance, I think he is a playful person, unwilling to let the throne restrain his fun-loving nature, and, there is an important point, there is no record of ---- in "Zuo Biography"

"What?" Fairy Jingyi was also very curious, and asked in unison with Lin Hanyun.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "Ji Zading is accompanied by a confidant, like Fan Li and Xi Shi boating on the five lakes, how can this kind of happiness be comparable to the throne!" Lin Hanyun took it seriously and asked, "What is the name of Gongzi Zadi's confidante?" ”

Zhou Xuan scratched his head and said, "Then I don't know." ”

Lin Hanyun asked again: "In which book did Brother Zhou Xuan see the ground?" I don't usually see you studying, but you know a lot. ”

Zhou Xuan was a little ashamed of Lin Hanyun's words, and said: "Read, what to read?" Only those who have no knowledge can read! ”

Fairy Jingyi smiled, she knew that Zhou Xuan was open-mouthed, and said, "The female Taoist knows that book, called "Zhou's Spring and Autumn". ”

Talking and laughing, back to the pavilion, Danyang County Ling, the county Cheng waited for a long time, set up a banquet to entertain Xinzhou Hou, Zhou Xuan refused not to disturb the people, just drink "Qua wine" in the pavilion, eat Danyang bad chicken, and talk about flowers with Jingyi fairy at night, it is very pleasant.

On the morning of April 8, they continued to hurry, the sky was really not beautiful, from this day on, it rained every day, the soldiers were wearing robes, wearing hats and rushing in the rain, Zhou Xuan and they got into the carriage, and looked at the rain from the window, the rain looked fresh at first, but after a few days, everyone was tired of it.

Zhou Xuan felt quite sulky, the three idiots have a wife, chess, swords, and insects are not very stupid, and he is obsessed with his wife, it has been raining these days, so he and Lin Ning hid in the carriage sweetly, and did not come to play chess with Zhou Xuan, but the carriage was bumpy, and he couldn't play chess, but it was always okay to chat!

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "The third child seems to be wasted, don't think about any further growth in chess or swordsmanship in the future, or the fourth child has a future, I knew that I would bring the fourth child here, would the fourth child be willing to share the car with me?" ”

Zhou Xuanzheng was thinking about the appearance of the fourth place with a smile, and suddenly heard Lin Hanyun's voice: "Brother Zhou Xuan, pull me." ”

Zhou Xuan looked out of the car window, Lin Hanyun climbed the car door with one hand, ran with the carriage, quickly stretched out his hand to pull her into the car, and asked, "What are you doing, your hair is wet?" ”

Lin Hanyun wiped the rain on her face with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "It's too boring at my sister's place, she is chanting the scriptures, and I dozed off until I read it, so I came to your side to listen to your story, I'm amazing, I dare to jump off without stopping." ”

Zhou Xuan looked at Miss Lin's second lady's white and pure face like a melon, and grinned: "What if I fall, Sister Daoyun didn't scold you?" ”

"Scolded, I don't listen." Lin Hanyun said: "Brother Zhou Xuan, tell my sister, I'll go back in a while." ”

Zhou Xuan probed out of the window and looked back, the carriage behind was the Jingyi Fairy, and the Jingyi Fairy was looking out of the car window looking ahead.

Zhou Xuan smiled: "Sister Daoyun, Hanyun is on my side, it's okay, let her go back later." ”

Fairy Jingyi sat back in the carriage, shook her head and thought: "Hanyun is really ignorant, Zhou Xuan is not her own brother, this is a lonely man and widow in the same car, such a narrow place in the carriage, bumps and bumps, crowded and crowded, she is not a child, alas, regardless of her, let Brother Xuan take care of it, this time Brother Xuan will return to Jiangzhou, he should propose to my father." ”

Thinking like this, Fairy Jingyi felt melancholy, collected her mind, and began to recite the "Taiqing Sutra", but she always thought about the scene of Brother Xuan and Hanyun in a carriage, and she couldn't read the Tao Sutra, so she simply stopped reading, and was stunned by the rain curtain outside the car window----

In the carriage in front of him, which was only a few feet away, Lin Hanyun said with a smile: "Brother Zhou Xuan, you don't know, I actually like rain, I like that kind of heavy rain, it's so dark and dark, the rain is like to go underground, and the roof crackles, when I was a child, when I encountered this kind of weather, I liked to hide in the quilt alone, scared and happy." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled, Lin Hanyun spoke very interestingly, pointed to the heavy rain clouds outside the window and said: "It's so dark now, and there will be another torrential rain like a whip, you have to dig a hole in the ground and hide." ”

"Scolding rats!" Lin Hanyun rolled his eyes, suddenly heard a thunderous sound of "flash", and was startled, and saw that there was a camel hair blanket sent by Abu in the carriage, so he quickly shook off his head and wrapped his body, and lay crooked and shrunk into a ball.

After the thunder, large raindrops fell so intensively that the canopy of the carriage sounded like a drum.

Zhou Xuanhao envied Lin Hanyun who was in the camel hair blanket, so he lay on her side and said, "Hanyun, let me tell you a story about thunder and fox spirits." ”

Lin Hanyun said in a muffled voice under the camel hair blanket: "Okay, okay, I like to listen to Brother Zhou Xuan's story about fox spirits, there are so many fox spirits, and the story is different every time." ”

Zhou Xuan told a "Liao Zhai-Jiao Na", about the scholar Kong Xueli was shocked to death by thunder in order to save Jiao Na's family, Jiao Na spit out the red pill Neidan of cultivation, and crossed it into Kong Xueli's mouth with the tip of her tongue----

Lin Hanyun's head came out, and her two big eyes were exceptionally bright in the dim carriage, staring at Zhou Xuan's lips, and said, "Isn't that just a kiss?" ”