Jinling City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, across the Huai Belt River, strong and defensible, in the late Tang Dynasty five dynasties is a very large scale city, now the Tang State has been operating for fifty or sixty years, not in the midst of the war, the city in the south of the Yangtze River is more prosperous.

Zhao Dezhao saw that there were many shops, restaurants, teahouses, medicine halls, bathhouses and the like on both sides of the market, and there were also many stalls on both sides of the street......

Today is the day after the Chung Yeung Festival, and it is a good season for the autumn breeze to be cool and the weather is clear, the market of the City God Temple is still open, and there are many pedestrians of all kinds on the street.

On the way to the City God Temple, there are also jugglers organized by the government and the people at this moment, wearing the service of various folk gods, wearing all kinds of hats, wearing fake mustaches, walking on stilts and walking through the street, performing while walking, and the people and pedestrians on both sides consciously stand aside and enjoy the juggling......

The two of them crowded into the crowd to watch a group of jugglers dance with the fire fork, the man did not use his hands at all, but used the fire fork with his shoulder and arm, kicked the crotch and pushed it, a fire fork danced up and down, and the iron ring that touched it rang out, and the people on the side applauded continuously...... Watching the performance, the two mixed in the crowd, there were many people here, and the two struggled to squeeze through the crowd, and finally walked out of the crowd.

Zhou Jiamin hung his head, shook his body and said: "Brother Zhao, let's find a place with fewer people, I'm afraid you have seen a lot of the City God Temple Market every year." ”

"Sister Zhou is really a knowledgeable person, why don't you go to the lake for a walk." Zhao Dezhao heard that there is a lake near here, so it shouldn't be more than the people near the City God Temple.

"Let's go!"

At this moment, after passing from the west of the bridge outside the water west gate, soon the two of them arrived at the west of the Qinhuai River, a lake at the junction of the big river, at this time the river has not yet been roaded, the lake at this time is just a lake connected to the big river, this lake is called Hengtang, because it is close to the stone city, so it is also called the stone city lake. It's not the Mochou Lake of later generations.

Zhao Dezhao looked at the lake and couldn't help but say, "Mo Chou is really a bitter woman!" ”

Zhou Jiamin asked, "Who is Mo Chou?" ”

Zhao Dezhao sneered and said: "You don't even know Mochou, this is Mochou Lake, according to ......legend" Zhao Dezhao told a legend of Mochou Lake, after he finished speaking, he shouted, the name of Mochou Lake actually told him, and in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty "Taiping Huanyu Ji" recorded: "Mochou Lake is outside the Sanshan Gate, and there used to be a prostitute Mochou who was here, hence the name." ”

When he said this, it also attracted Zhou Jiamin on the side to look sideways, her expression was low, she suddenly felt that her fate was different from Mo Chou, what was the difference between Li Yu and that Emperor Wu of Liang, but Mo Chou finally threw himself into the lake and died, and he didn't know what the future would be.

Zhao Dezhao naturally didn't know what Zhou Jiamin was thinking, but saw her standing by the lake with a flute, and at this moment Zhao Dezhao looked at the water on the surface of Hengtang Lake (Mochou Lake) sparkling in the sun, and there were three or four large family flower boats and painting boats in the lake, coming and going on the lake.

Zhou Jiamin came back to her senses at this moment, forgot about it for the time being, and then introduced the beautiful scenery in Jinling City next to Zhao Dezhao, and told Zhao Dezhao all some historical allusions, humanities and customs. The beauty's face and red lips opened lightly, the breeze blew, and the fragrance of the beauty also poured into Zhao Dezhao's nose, and a faint, looming fragrance in the tent made people intoxicated.

Zhou Jiamin didn't know what Zhao Dezhao was thinking at this moment, Zhao Dezhao was completely intoxicated by Zhou Jiamin's posture, demeanor, tone, etc., a touch of fragrant figure swayed in front of Zhao Dezhao, the light green skirt, with a light blue shawl on her shoulders, also set off her playful cuteness.

When passing by the lake, it was a series of autumn winds blowing, the golden light wave of the lake was rippling with the wind, the leaves were also swaying with the wind, and the light blue shawls on both sides of Zhou Jiamin's shoulders also floated with the wind, gently brushing from Zhao Dezhao's face, like a pair of beautiful hands teasing people's chests, and at this moment Zhao Dezhao's heart also rose and fell with the light blue cloth.

Zhou Jiamin saw that the autumn wind blew her light blue shawl everywhere, and immediately ripped off the light blue shawl and held it in her hand, but Zhou Jiamin's hand was relatively small, and the soft light blue shawl fell off her hand mischievously, and she bent down and picked up the shawl on the ground. It's just that because the autumn wind is blowing, the shawl is not easy to pick up all of a sudden.

Zhao Dezhao behind him also bent down to pick up the shawl, and the two accidentally touched each other, and Zhou Jiamin's small hands pressed his forehead and smiled bitterly. However, a gust of autumn wind blew, and the pale blue shawl was gently blown from the ground and floated in the air.

"My shawl!"

Zhou Jiamin shouted, Zhao Dezhao raised his head, and saw that the shawl actually fell on a big tree at this time, this tree was three feet high, and the shawl was hanging on the branch safe and sound at the moment.

Zhou Jiamin sighed, she was relatively petite, and the tree was so tall, naturally it was out of reach, and there were no bamboo poles or anything like that around, so she had to stand aside.

"How is it a good ......" Zhou Jiamin was so anxious that he stomped his little feet.

At this moment, Zhao Dezhao didn't say a word and performed his tree-climbing skills, he skillfully climbed the branches, but the shawl hung on the small branches of the tree, and Zhao Dezhao felt that it was not easy to borrow strength, and it was not easy to step on, a careless, his weight would inevitably crush the thin branches.

Somehow, Zhao Dezhao didn't take into account the danger, at that moment, he had already crawled towards the end of the branch, a few inches away from his hand, and he was about to pull the shawl.

Zhou Jiamin stood under the tree and looked up at Zhao Dezhao's movements, but she said at the moment: "Brother Zhao, if you can't get it, don't want it, if you fall from the tree, it will be my sin." ”

Hearing Zhou Jiamin say this, Zhao Dezhao didn't answer, it was just a branch, and if he jumped down at this height, and then rolled a few times when he landed. At this moment, he chose to continue walking towards the branch, Zhao Dezhao had completely laid his body on the branch, in order to maintain the balance of his body and the speed of movement so as not to break the branch, he slowly moved forward, and under the tree, Zhou Jiamin stared at the person on the branch with a nervous expression, also worried about that person.

When it was reached, one end of the shawl was held in Zhao Dezhao's palm at the moment, and suddenly there was a "click", and the branch finally broke, Zhou Jiamin saw that Zhao Dezhao on the tree suddenly lost support, and she immediately lost her face, her hands shrunk on her chest, and she looked at it uneasily.

As Zhao Dezhao expected, when the branch broke, he immediately chose to jump down, when the sole of his foot touched the ground, he chose to roll as a way to reduce the damage caused by the ground, he rolled to the ground a few times, and the dust on the ground spread all at once, making Zhao Dezhao, who was dressed in a black robe, dirty.

Zhou Jiamin saw Zhao Dezhao lying motionless on the ground face down, she immediately stepped in front of Zhao Dezhao, squatted down and cried and shouted: "Brother Zhao, wake up!" She desperately shook Zhao Dezhao who was lying on the ground, but Zhao Dezhao was still lying face down.

After a while, Zhao Dezhao woke up quietly, and Zhou Jiamin saw that the man moved, so he burst into tears and laughed, and said angrily: "You scared me to death." From time to time, he patted Zhao Dezhao's back with his little hand.

"Oh, lighter!" Zhao Dezhao got up from the ground, but his right arm was a little bruised, but fortunately it was only a small injury, he handed the shawl to Zhou Jiamin, and found that his body was full of dust, so he patted it with his hand.

On the side, Zhou Jiamin also helped him pat on the back, but she didn't control her strength well, so she missed hitting Zhao Dezhao's right arm, and Zhao Dezhao screamed out in pain.

Zhou Jiamin didn't know that Zhao Dezhao was slightly injured, at this time she lowered her head embarrassedly and asked, "Why don't you say anything when you are injured, in case there is a good one, can you teach me how to live as a little girl?" ”

"A small injury isn't a big deal." Zhao Dezhao shook his arm as he spoke, "Do you think you can still move?" ”

"Poof", Zhou Jiamin laughed again, only to see her take the shawl and say, "Show me how you are hurt?" ”

Zhao Dezhao pushed left and right, and Zhou Jiamin swept up the arm of his right hand, and some bruises had already appeared on that arm.

"Ahh You tap! ”

"Is a big man still afraid of pain, go back to the house with my sister later, and I'll ask someone to get some dog skin plaster."

"Sister Zhou, you don't need it, there is a pharmacy on the street, you can buy some when you go in."

Then the two of them walked along the lake and turned back to the pharmacy in the city.

The two walked to a place by the lake, where there were reeds rippling all around, no one passed by here, and the surroundings were quiet, only Zhao Dezhao and Zhou Jiamin really had a feeling of "the leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost".

At this moment, Zhao Dezhao wanted to stay and enjoy the beautiful scenery, and Zhou Jiamin beside him was also attracted by this scenery.

And at this moment, in a corner of the east of the reeds, suddenly there was a movement in the ground, and then a howl was heard, and four or five black shadows rushed out of the reeds. Then five black-clothed men with tall horses and round waists and hips came out of the reeds, holding thick wooden sticks in their hands, blocking in front of Zhao Dezhao.

"Who are you?" Zhao Dezhao asked.

"It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is that you can't go back today." The black-faced masked man at the head held a mace in his hand, and then waved it at Zhao Dezhao.

"Big brother, this little lady is really smart, or ......" An obscene person immediately stared at Zhou Jiamin tightly, as if only a beautiful woman was left in his eyes.

"Fourth, the task given to us today is this young man in a black round-necked robe." Saying that, the masked man had a rough voice, staring at Zhou Jiamin with a straight face, "As for that little lady, hehe......"

Zhou Jiamin's eyes widened angrily, and he said with a sigh: "You thief really don't know what to do, if you offend us today, you will not die well tomorrow." After speaking, Zhou Jiamin was not afraid, but still stood beside Zhao Dezhao.

"The second, third, and fourth children will do it!"

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