Just after dawn, a tall man and a thin boy stood at the ferry on the north bank of the Guandu River, as if they were waiting for the boatman to cross the river. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The man is young and handsome, and he looks so extraordinary in a green shirt.

The little boy is more than ten years old, with a childish face and a pair of bright eyes that reveal a hint of aura.

The young man is, of course, Li Yan, and the little boy is Li Xiao.

It was the morning of the second day after returning from Zhang Cangfu.

When he returned from Zhang Cang's mansion, Li Yanmulan found that there were suddenly many more sergeants on the street, either disguised and hidden in the crowd, or patrolling the city in teams.

Li Yan knew that it would be too late if he didn't leave, and it was time to leave.

After they finished eating at the restaurant, they did not go back to the inn directly, but went to Chen Ping, said goodbye to Chen Ping and asked him to confess to Wei Xiaotian and Zhao Qing on their behalf, so as not to say goodbye to them in person, so as not to add to the sadness.

Chen Ping really placed his sister-in-law outside the city, and every once in a while he would go to give her some daily necessities. Although his actions were secretive, they also made some neighbors see some clues, and suddenly rumors spread, and those who were already suspicious of their relationship and talked about it were triumphant.

"Look! I'll just say it! Sure enough! ”

Those who have not thought about it like this have suddenly realized.

"I see! I said so! I really can't see it, it's really unseemly! ”

Anyway, after Chen Ping revealed the secret of his sister-in-law's placement outside the city, it immediately caused an uproar. However, these neighbors rushed to tell each other for a while.

"Hey! I'll tell you a secret in a whisper! You can't talk to people ......."

"What's the secret? I would never tell anyone about it! ”

"Oh! I see! ”

Words like this have been making a fuss for a while.

However, Chen Ping was obviously mentally prepared, he did not take these rumors to heart, he believed that the rumors stopped at the wise, and he believed that what he did was not wrong. He placed his sister-in-law more calmly than these rumors.

Of course, Chen Ping's eldest brother Chen Bo also heard about these rumors, and the eldest brother was tolerant, he did not blame his younger brother, but thought that his younger brother was right, because he believed that those rumors were all rumors.

Chen Ping's eldest brother, Chen Bo, is a wise man.

Li Yan saw Chen Ping this time, his state was obviously much better than the last time he saw him, he was a person who sought spiritual liberation, as long as he had a clear heart, he would not care about some external things.

Chen Ping was not surprised when he heard that Li Yan was leaving, because he himself often traveled to study, and it was long enough to stay in one place like Li Yan. It's just that he wants to preside over the sacrifice of his neighbors next month, and now he is being troubled by his sister-in-law's affairs and the neighbors have a very good opinion of him, which is nothing, Chen Ping has no shame in his heart, and he doesn't care, but in this way, how can he preside over the sacrifice? I don't know what the patriarch thinks, why did he take a fancy to him who is being looked down upon by his neighbors? I'm worried about this, and I want Li Yan to help me come up with ideas!

Li Yan saw that Chen Ping wanted to speak and stopped, and looked a little embarrassed, so he asked.

Chen Ping was embarrassed to explain the situation.

Not to mention, Li Yan, who has no research on history, really knows such an allusion.

It seems to say that the year coincides with the community festival, and people elect Chen Ping as the shrine in the temple to preside over the sacrifice to the shrine god and share meat for everyone. Chen Ping divided the meat very evenly. For this reason, the local fathers and villagers praised him one after another; "Chen Ping, this kid shares the sacrificial meat, it's really good, it's so competent!" Chen Ping said with emotion: "If I, Chen Ping, have the opportunity to govern the world, I can be as appropriate and competent as dividing meat." ”

Chen Ping saw that Li Yan was stunned, and thought that he was also quite embarrassed about this matter.

"Brother Li doesn't have to be embarrassed, I'm abrupt!"

Li Yan listened to it and knew that he had misunderstood him, so he smiled slightly and did not explain.

"Brother Chen is polite, this social sacrifice may be able to let the neighbors get to know you again, but it can dilute the turmoil for a period of time."

Chen Ping's eyes lit up.

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Yan knew that this little thing was difficult for Chen Ping, but his sister-in-law's affairs made it a little difficult for him to concentrate on other things, although he had no guilt in his heart, but her sister-in-law always had to take care of her reputation, so it was inevitable that she would be anxious.

Li Yan didn't mind taking it for granted, and mentioned the allusions he knew, anyway, this is what Chen Ping is going to do.

"Brother Chen just needs to firmly grasp the word fairness."

Li Yan didn't say much, Chen Ping was still thinking about it, so he waved goodbye.

When Chen Ping came back to his senses, he didn't see Li Yan's figure, so he had to bow his head and smile bitterly, but his face was without the sadness he had at the beginning.

On the north bank of the Guandu River, Li Yan and Li Xiao stood hand in hand.

The corners of Li Yan's mouth suddenly overflowed with a faint smile, this guy is really the legendary Chen Ping, no wonder his thinking is so agile and his knowledge is amazing. It's just that this Zhang Cang is erudite and talented, and he can never be a nobody, he only hates that he didn't study history well at the beginning, and he doesn't know which celebrity in history he is?

Not long after, a small boat appeared in the river, and it was slowly heading this way.

When the boat approached, the sound of the boatman's rough vicissitudes came.

"The two little brothers are going to cross the river?"

Seeing the boatman's questioning, Li Yan did not dare to slack off, he grew up in modern society and respected everyone and every profession.

"That's right, we're going to cross the river, it's troublesome!"

The boat family saw that he was a well-mannered scholar with a teenage child, and he listened to the young man's polite speech, which greatly increased his favorability!

The boatman held up the boat tightly to make the boat slowly dock, and beckoned Li Yan and Li Xiao to come to the boat carefully.

The boatman was an old man, dressed in coarse linen clothes, with a few patches on the linen, but the pulp was clean; The long period of wind and sun had made his dark cheeks covered with furrows like knife cuts, and his silver-white hair was raised high, and a bun was tied on the top of his head; The long beard, which had turned white, hung down to his chest.

"It's hard work!"

Li Yan saluted respectfully, and Li Yan has always respected this kind of low-level laborer, and never dared to despise it.

"Little brother is polite, this ferry is my life!"

With that, the boatman hurriedly introduced Li Yan and Li Xiao into the cabin.

The cabin is very clean, there is a low couch in the middle, there is a table on the couch, there is a porcelain pot and a few cups on the table, it seems that this is for the guests to drink, the boatman is very thoughtful.

The boat family poured two cups of tea for Li Yan and Li Xiao, and respectfully placed them in front of them, humble and natural, without flattery.

"Although the little brother is dressed ordinarily, he has a lofty atmosphere and a noble face, he is not an ordinary family at first glance, how can he only take a child out of the house, why don't you ride a horse and ride a car?"

The boatman has been begging for a living by the river since he was a child, and he doesn't know how many people he has to take across the river every day.

"Hehe, my husband is really blind, in fact, my family is poor, but I have been studying with the teacher for a long time, and I am a little bookish. As for this little kid, it's the younger brother I just recognized. ”

Li Yan himself came from the afterlife, and he didn't dare to talk about it to anyone, even the people closest to him. He won't mention Li Xiao's background again, which will hurt Li Xiao's self-esteem.

"I said, how can a person with such an extraordinary bearing as my little brother dress so ordinarily! However, no matter where the hero comes from, the little brother is a scholar, and he will definitely have a future in the future. ”

The boatman smiled and saluted, and walked out of the cabin.

The boat made its way smoothly to the opposite shore.

When I first went out, the weather was fine, but then it was foggy. Li Yan looked out from the cabin, and the thick morning mist covered the Guandu River with a thin veil, as if she was a girl who believed in Islam, beautiful and mysterious. The sun had just risen, and the sun was shining on the river through the thick morning mist, gentle and warm.

At this moment, a thick and desolate singing voice came from the bow of the ship.

"The water of the waves is clear, and it can wet me; The water of the waves is turbid, and it can wet my feet. ”

This is the old man of the boat family singing, the song is melodious, and he sings it over and over again.

Li Yan is very familiar with this first Qin ballad, as early as when he was in middle school, he was able to recite it backwards, just listening to the teacher talk about its meaning, imagining the background of its appearance, and not really feeling the meaning it represents, the helplessness hidden in it.

Hearing the ferryman singing this ballad today, the mentality of a kind ordinary person who goes with the flow and is at peace with what he encounters made Li Yan face it bloodily at this time, as if he had been hit by something in the heart, and there was an indescribable depression in his heart.

"How long has my husband been ferrying here?"

Li Yan didn't know when he had walked out of the cabin and stood beside the boatman.

"Little Lao'er can't remember how much time I have, since I can remember, I have been on this boat with my grandfather, and then my grandfather died, only this boat was left for me, and I am begging for a living on this boat just like my grandfather!"

The boatman said very plainly, plain like the water in this river, and there was no sadness in it, as if he was talking about some trivial things that happened normally in life.

This may be a normal little thing in the hearts of the boatman, like the clouds rolling in the sky, as if the water in the river is flowing quietly.

Li Yan was silent!

"My husband sang this ballad very well just now!"

Li Yan couldn't help but want to find out the origin of such a famous ballad, and couldn't help but say tentatively.

"Little brother is saying that the ballad just now, the boatman who begged for a living on the boat will sing it, I also learned it from my grandfather, and my grandfather sang it!"

The boatman said with a smile, it seems that this old man is very talkative.

"Now that there is no war, my father-in-law's life will be a little better, right?"

Li Yan asked casually.

"There has been no war in the past two years, and the laws of the Qin State are strict, and no one has embarrassed us anymore, but it is also rare. However, Qin Shi Huang paraded many times, laboring the people and losing money, and the officials along the way had to offer food, but the taxes were heavy! ”

The boatman said, and kept sighing!

Li Yan didn't know how to comfort him, and he really responded to that sentence: Xing, the people are suffering; Death, the people suffer!