Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

On that day, the king summoned me to the middle of the lake and said to me in a melancholy voice, "I have a story to tell you. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info"I've never heard a king tell a story, so I said, "Very well, the king's story must be extraordinary." The king's eyes were confused, and he said as if immersed, "This is a story of a noble man and a poor girl. It happened not so long ago. When the nobleman was traveling, he met a folk girl. The woman was twenty-nine years old, with a well-proportioned figure, a good gait, a peaceful demeanor, and a charming appearance. When the nobleman saw this woman, his soul was lost, and when he saw the poverty of this woman's family, he felt that this woman was pitiful and cute, so he married the woman. The woman knew how to repay her kindness and served the nobleman very carefully, and the woman's gentle temperament and extremely spiritual mind made the nobleman even more compassionate. But it's just that the woman is often depressed and depressed, and she doesn't smile, which makes the nobles have doubts, but they can't solve them. The nobleman thought that it could be that his wife had something else to love. So, the nobleman wanted to see if his wife really loved him. One day, the nobleman went out on a private tour and did not return for a long time. Some people say that the nobleman is afraid that he will be killed on the way. The woman sent people everywhere to look for her, but to no avail, so she stopped looking. Soon, the nobleman who dressed up as a peasant found that his wife began to be friendly with a young and handsome man, and the two were affectionate and affectionate, day and night, and the depression and melancholy of the past were completely gone, and their faces were full of charm and charm all day long. The noble inquired privately, only to learn that the latter and his wife were a pair of lovers. When the king had said this, he stopped talking and let out a long sigh of relief.

I looked at the king for a moment and asked, "What about then?" The king said, "I don't know what happened later, so I want to tell you the story, and I would like you to follow it up." So I didn't even think about it, and said, "After thinking about it, this noble man is a wise man." He found out that his wife was completely matched by his parents, and he was helpless, and the true love of his wife was a past lover. So, he was puzzled: although he felt that although he was a noble person and enjoyed prosperity, he was not as good as a young descendant. Although he was sad, he was still compassionate, and felt that only true love could husband and wife love each other and be harmonious and happy. So, he resolutely buried his name in seclusion, completed a happy marriage, and left a story for the love of heaven. ”

When the king heard this, he thought for a moment, then smiled slightly, and said, "The follow-up of this passage is wonderful, and if the noble man loves his wife like his life, and it is difficult to give it up, what should he do?" I shook my head and said, "If that's the case, Longhua still doesn't know, wait for Longhua to think, and then answer for Your Majesty." The king said, "If you can know the future of your son." ”

When the princess heard that I was coming, she asked Wenjuan to invite me to lunch at the Frangipani Garden. After lunch, I excused myself to go back to the Yuntai Mansion. The princess personally sent me out of the harem. When I passed by the gate of Chunyi Garden, I asked the princess, "How is Ying'er?" The princess shook her head gently, and said, "She only plays music in the house all day long, and the tunes are resentful, and the people rarely smile." Hearing this, I immediately remembered the story of the noble man and the poor girl that the king told me just now, it turned out that the poor girl was Ying'er, and the noble man was His Majesty himself, and he was telling his story in a tactful way. But I gave him a fantasy ending out of nowhere. Thinking like this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on the top of my head. I felt that I should correct my mistake right away and continue his story with a happy ending. So, I told the princess that I wanted to go to your majesty, and I parted ways with her.

When I came to the winding bridge of the King's Lake, I saw the king's maid coming from the curved bridge, and said that I had something to see your majesty. The maid answered, and went into the house to report. After a while, the king himself came out to welcome me into the book house. When the king gave him a seat, he said, "I guess the prince has already thought about the follow-up." I said, "Yes, but I don't know if it's appropriate, and I ask Your Majesty for advice." The king said, "You are welcome, but you will be please." ”

I took a sip of the hot tea that the maid had brought me, cleared my throat, and said, "Actually, the noble man knows that the young man who was with his wife was her brother. The woman was depressed all day because of her husband's departure, and her family sent her brother to comfort her so that she would not be terribly sad. After a long time, the nobleman learned the truth, and he woke up greatly, and felt that he had made his wife suffer deeply because of a trace of doubt, and he almost wronged his wife, and he was very ashamed, so he returned with makeup, and asked his wife for his guilt and asked for forgiveness. When the wife saw that the nobleman was not really dead, she was overjoyed, but she blamed the nobleman for not doing so. Since then, the noble man and his wife have sworn to love each other for a lifetime and will never be separated. ”

When he heard my story, the king was shocked and said to me with a pleasant face, "What the prince said was beyond my expectations, and it was wonderful, wonderful. Seeing that the king was in a better mood, I said, "Your Majesty, Longhua has a request, and I don't know whether to say it or not." The king said, "But it doesn't hurt to speak." I said, "The university scholar has been invited to give a lecture in Longhua Study Village." Longhua also has the idea of studying in the village for a long time, reading a lot of history books and practicing swordsmanship. I wonder if Your Majesty can give Longhua the name of the father of the school village? "Actually, this is not my will, although the school village is a quiet place to learn the sword and read history, but life is dull and dull, and I have been reading since I was a child, and I have never stopped, and I have long been tired and bored with reading. If it is an occasional reading, but if you sit under the desk lamp and read quietly every day, it is better to ride a horse to sit outside the scene, or sit by the weaving cloth of Yilan and chat with her. However, the life of the school village will make me busy lecturing all day long, forming a relatively stable living habits, so that I will gradually become indifferent to the royal palace and stay away from this land of right and wrong.

The king pondered for a moment, then sighed lightly and said, "Don't hide it from your son, I originally wanted to keep my son as the captain of the palace, but you like to be literary but not good at swordsmanship, so I have not made arrangements. Now you want to go to the school village to give a lecture, this matter is very good, I hope that the son can practice swordsmanship, intensive reading of literature and history, and use it for great use in the future. Hearing the king say so, I was very grateful, and said, "Your Majesty, Longhua I will not forget." The king said, "As a father, the prince is very busy with his studies, and he must not alienate himself from the palace and rarely come and go." I said, "Longhua is a lonely soul, with no relatives, and has long regarded the palace as his own home, how can he forget his feelings." ”

Since I came to the study village, I have set up courses such as "Musical Score Recognition", "History of the Han Dynasty" and "Stories from the Outside of the Heavens". These courses are mainly taught for the upper grades, so I often travel back and forth between Liangchuan and the vineyards to give lectures to students. If it is not too busy to just give lectures, in addition to lecturing, it is necessary to write manuscripts for these courses to be preserved as teaching materials and history books for future generations. In the kingdom of heaven, pen, ink and paper were a luxury, scarce and expensive, and there were almost no books to read in the homes of the common people, and folk anecdotes and information were mainly transmitted through oral form. Therefore, listening to stories has become the most common and widespread form of literary entertainment for the people of Heaven. During the winter farming season, men, women and children gather around the brazier and listen to the old man tell a variety of interesting historical stories. Most of these stories are recorded in the history books of scholars or prime ministers, and they are endlessly passed on from generation to generation.

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