5. Who is the princess?

Zuo Minshangshu Lu Na has been worried since his wife Zhang Wenjun entered Beijing, and the rumors in Beijing are naturally one of them, and the dispute between his brother Lu Shi and his brother Zhang Andao made Lu Na even more annoyed, and worried that Zhang Wenjun was not adaptable to the water and soil, and the old disease recurred, and he was happy that he did not see obvious discomfort in the past two days, so he heard that Zhang Wenjun was going to Jiangling Lake to relax in the spring, and he agreed, and ordered Lu Weirui to accompany his stepmother to play, and he was anxious to go to the court, and the matter of the engineer, if the relocation of the capital is agreed, and the Jiangzuo refugees want to move north, then the officials of the Zuo Minshang Department will be very busy-

Hengtang Lu Mansion is close to the north gate of Jiankang City, at the beginning of the end of the year, Mrs. Lu and Lu Xiaoniang's seven or eight ox carts, dozens of servants out of the Lu Mansion, to Jiangling Lake.

Lu Weirui's personal maid short hoe brother Chestnut was ordered to go first, Chestnut was twenty years old, loyal and clever, met the farmer village woman on the side of the road, and asked if there was a handsome Langjun passing by?

The handsome Chen Caozhi and the majestic Ran Sheng are so eye-catching that as long as they have seen it, they are all impressed, and the farmer village woman pointed out to the chestnut that there was a handsome man with a giant man more than eight feet tall and an ox cart that had just passed, and it was only a stick of incense time-

Chestnut thanked him and hurried away, but he didn't see Chen Caozhi until he arrived on the shore of Jiangling Lake, and Chestnut was so strange: "Where did this Chen Langjun go?" "Carefully identify the ruts on the mud floor, last night's heavy rain, the mud on the lakeside was soft, the ruts, hoof prints, and footprints were like them, but it was not a car, look at the ruts, there were at least four of them, and they were horse-drawn carriages, and the footprints were mixed, about dozens of people, but they were going west along the lakeside.

Chestnut was very surprised: "Chen Langjun shouldn't have brought so many people out, right?" "I immediately followed the rut all the way to see what happened.

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Chen Caozhi used the famous public case in the "Altar Sutra" "not the wind to move, not the heart of the benevolent" to branch the law away, he wants to see Lu Weirui, and he can't follow a chattering monk around him.

Chen Caozhi's footsteps are strong, the road is fast, Laizhen's driving skills are better than his brother Laide, the ox cart is very fast, and when he comes to the shore of Jiangling Lake, it is about the first day.

Ran Sheng was tall and looked far away, pointed to the west bank of Jiangling Lake and said loudly: "Xiao Langjun, Lu Xiaoniang arrived first, over there, four or five miles away, there are many people and carriages——"

Xiao Chan said angrily: "Xiao Sheng, have a quieter voice, and we are not deaf." ”

Ran Sheng smiled "hehe", lowered his voice and said, "Little lady Lu is in a hurry to see Xiao Langjun, she arrived earlier than us." ”

Xiaochan said: "Xiaolangjun and get in the car first." ”

Mrs. Lu and Lu Weirui must have a large entourage, so Chen Caozhi sat in the ox cart, Lai Zhen drove west along the lake shore, and Ran Sheng rode his big white horse in front.

Xiaochan saw that there were a few mud stains splashed on the hem of Chen Caozhi's robe, so she wanted to rub it off for Xiao Langjun, but Chen Caozhi stopped: "Don't rub it, it will be even dirtier if you rub it." With his hands spread over the hem of his robe, a few mud stains were sparse, and he couldn't help but think of the freehand splash ink painting, and looked up and said: "Sister Xiaochan, isn't this mud spot very beautiful?" ”

Xiaochan didn't look at the mud spots, looked at Xiao Langjun's eyebrows, and said, "It's good-looking, it's good-looking." ”

Chen Caozhi smiled faintly, turned his head to look out of the car window, the spring breeze was warm, the spring water was blue, the small island in the center of Jiangling Lake was verdant, a bright scene, Chen Caozhi couldn't help but think of the Mingsheng Lake in Qiantang, Jiangling Lake is about the same size as Mingsheng Lake, the water depth should be better than Mingsheng Lake, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu once practiced the navy here-

Xiaochan also leaned over, climbed the window with one hand and looked at the big lake, then looked at Chen Caozhi, and asked, "Xiao Langjun is homesick?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Well, I will be outside for a long time in the future, and the time in my hometown will be short, I really miss Zongzhi, Run'er, and my sister-in-law." ”

Xiaochan said: "Xiao Langjun is a man with ambitions in all directions, where can he be confined to the family, I think, when Xiao Langjun has an official position and marries Lu Xiaoniang, will Zongzhi, Run'er, and Youwei Niangzi all be brought to Jiankang?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Zongzhi and Run'er will definitely come out, as for my sister-in-law, I don't know if she is willing to come out?" ”

Xiaochan said: "Zongzhi and Run'er have come out, and the young lady is so lonely, so she naturally wants to come out together." ”

Chen Caozhi nodded and said with a smile: "It's too early to say this, I can't stay in Jiankang for many days, I am unstable, how to pick up my sister-in-law and them out!" ”

Xiaochan said: "Xiao Langjun is going to Xifu, right, is it okay to make a decision with Lu Xiaoniang's family affairs before going?" ”

In Xiaochan's opinion, Lu Xiaoniang is infatuated with Xiao Langjun, and this time she entered Beijing with Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu is very kind to Xiao Langjun, isn't it very promising for Xiao Langjun to marry Lu Xiaoniang!

Chen Caozhi shook his head and smiled, and said in his heart: "Marriage? Is it so easy, it's so hard to meet each other! Thinking about seeing the beautiful woman who showed him ankles in the lotus leaf boat in Huating Pinghu three years ago, even if Chen Caozhi was determined and calm, he couldn't help but beat his heart faster, he knew that Lu Weirui had suffered a lot of grievances for him in the past two years, how difficult it was for a pampered wealthy girl, so affectionate to say that it would be blasphemous to repay, only never lose each other.

A man, a horse, and an ox cart, turning a willow forest, with a large lake on the right and a rolling low hill on the left, the retinue of chariots and horses that I had seen from afar were nowhere to be seen.

Lai Zhen pointed to the rut marks on the ground with a whip and said, "Xiao Langjun, the people of the Lu Mansion have gone to this mountain. ”

Chen Caozhi felt a little strange and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Two hills, a mountain road in the middle, about two or three miles, Ran Shengxi said: "It's here, ah, it doesn't seem right-"

Chen Caozhi looked out of the left car window, and saw four luxury carriages parked at the foot of the hill, and a tree-sealed tomb halfway up the mountainside, and several women worshipping in front of the tomb-

Chen Caozhi knew that this was definitely not from the Lu Mansion, so he immediately ordered to shake the car back, but Ran Sheng's shout just now had alarmed the people on the side of the carriage at the foot of the mountain, and seven or eight big men rushed over, dressed in martial arts and carrying a knife at his waist.

"Huh!" A Wu Ben looked at Ran Sheng who was riding a big white horse, and said curiously: "It's you!" ”

Ran Sheng also recognized that these people met Wu Ben who was escorting the convoy at the intersection of Jurong Road, and almost had a conflict at that time, so he immediately surrendered his hand and said: "My little Langjun is swimming in the lake, and he took the wrong way, so he will go back." ”

Na Wu Benhu looked at Ran Sheng and the ox cart suspiciously, and said, "Wait, who is in the car?" ”

Chen Caozhi turned on the car and got out of the car a little, and said lightly: "Qian Tang Chen Caozhi." ”

That Wu Ben had obviously heard of Chen Caozhi's reputation, and looked Chen Caozhi up and down in surprise, thinking that this person was so handsome, it should be Jiang Zuowei Chen Caozhi, and asked, "What are you doing with my princess?" ”

Chen Caozhi raised his eyebrows, and was surprised in his heart: "Princess, where did you come from?" Princess Xin'an? "The hand of the woman who was as white as jade and delicate and beautiful in the sun flashed in her mind, and the woman in the carriage was definitely not Princess Xin'an—

Another Wu Ben hit Wu Ben who was talking with his elbow, and Wu Ben changed his words and said, "What are you doing with my lady?" How can it be so coincidental, encountered again and again! ”

Ran Sheng jumped off the horse, angry and about to refute, Chen Caozhi waved his hand and said: "It's just swimming in the lake, and it's common to meet by chance, why do you have to ask so aggressively!" Turning to Lai Zhen and Ran Sheng, he said, "Let's go." ”

For some reason, these martial artists were quite hostile to Chen Caozhi, although they did not stop them again, but their expressions were quite unfriendly, Chen Caozhi walked out a few zhang, and heard a martial artist behind him say: "I heard that this Chen Caozhi will enter the West Mansion——"

Back to the shore of Jiangling Lake, the brother Chestnut who was meeting a short hoe rushed over, and they all knew each other, and the chestnut saluted Chen Caozhi and said: "Chen Langjun, my wife and the little lady are almost here, please Chen Langjun to Guo Puting for a while, Guo Puting is on the north shore of the lake - Chen Langjun, then I will rush back to know the little lady first." "With that, turn around and leave.

Ran Sheng was very angry about what happened just now, and rushed up to ask, "Brother Chestnut, whose mausoleum is in the mountains over there?" Isn't it some kind of prince? ”

Chestnut turned his head and looked at the intersection of Xishan Road, and said: "I don't know much about this, by the way, Guiyi Hou, who died of illness last year, seems to be buried here." ”

Ran Sheng asked: "Who is Guiyi Hou, from the Sima royal family?" ”

Chestnut, a domestic servant, knew very little, and hurried back again, saying, "I don't know, you ask Chen Langjun to go." "Hurriedly left.

Ran Sheng led the horse and walked back, and said to Chen Caozhi: "Xiao Langjun, Chestnut said that what is buried over there is a Guiyi Marquis, and a dead marquis is so arrogant, and the road will not let people go!" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "No matter what, let's go to Guo Puting." Sitting on the ox cart, he thought, "Who is Guiyihou?" Who is the woman who worships the righteous marquis? It's really strange that Wu Ben called the princess and the lady all at once! "Because Lu Weirui is coming soon, I don't have time to explore who is the woman who is impressive with just one hand?

Jiangling Lake is long and narrow from east to west, the east bank of the lake is only three or four miles, when Chen Caozhi took an ox cart around the east bank to Guo Puting, he saw the convoy of Lufu appear on the south bank of Jiangling Lake, Chen Caozhi ordered Ran Sheng and Lai Zhen to ride horses and drive to avoid temporarily, leaving only Xiaochan by his side.

Guo Pu Pavilion is a hexagonal pavilion of civil engineering structure, built on a high platform, on the north shore of the relatively flat Jiangling Lake, it appears lonely and arrogant, standing on the high pavilion, the scenery of the big lake is in full view.

The Lu Mansion convoy came around the shore of the lake, and when the convoy stopped when it was still two miles away from Guo Puting, Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun and Lu Weirui got out of the car, and Mrs. Lu said softly: "Rui'er, do you see it, Chen Langjun is on the pavilion over there." ”

Lu Weirui looked at the high pavilion on the north bank, far away, and could only see that there was a faint person on the pavilion, but it must be Chen Langjun.

Lu Weirui's slender body trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes gradually filled with tears, her eyelashes were raised, and she didn't dare to blink, three years of lovesickness, a thousand days of bitter love, how many times in her dream The man who tied the red rope for her left ankle is not far away, this is the marriage rope of the old moon, divided into lovers, as long as both parties do not fall off, although thousands of miles away, they can finally meet.