Spring, summer, autumn and winter scenery are continuous, and time flies year after year.

When his thoughts were drawn back from the memories of the past, after careful calculation, Yun Meng had lived in "Yilu" for more than nine years, and at this time Yun Meng had fully grown up, and had changed from a young boy to a personable and elegant son. In the past nine years, Yun Meng has really learned a lot and understood a lot, in an almost isolated environment, his state of mind can really be very quiet, many problems are no longer a problem, and many things seem to be able to be put down, of course, this kind of letting go is for the sake of taking on more ......

On this day, Yun Meng took Qing Yao, ready to pick some honeysuckle planted by himself for his teacher, at this time Qing Yao was also twenty years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, tall and thin, over the years, although the two were called master and servant, but in fact they had already become close friends, more like brothers. Yun Meng selected the honeysuckle on the tree, and told Qing Yao: "This honeysuckle blooms in March every year, rises in May, is slightly fragrant, the pedicle is red, the color is white at the beginning of the flower, and the color is yellow after one or two days, so it is also called honeysuckle." And because of one pedicle and two flowers, two stamens poke out, form pairs, inseparable, like male and female accompaniment, and like mandarin ducks dancing together, so there is also the mandarin duck vine called. Its nature is sweet and cold, fragrant, sweet and cold, clear heat without hurting the stomach, and the aroma is transparent and can dispel evil. It can not only dissipate wind and heat, but also be good at clearing blood poison, this year's honeysuckle in Yilu grows exceptionally well, pick some good ones, dry them, and when Yu Weng comes again, you can bring them back to the teacher, use it to make tea, and you can clear away heat and dispel fire. ”

Qing Yao said: "Count, Yu Weng should also come to Yilu, but the old man is old, and it is very hard to run around every time!" ”

"Haha, it's still Xiaoqing Yao who misses the old man!" It was Yu Weng who came.

Yun Meng hurriedly handed over the honeysuckle in his hand to Qing Yao, and said to Weng: "The old man has worked hard all the way, hurry up and go into the room to rest." ”

Yu Weng thanked him, everyone entered the room, Yun Meng asked Yu Weng to sit first, and then sat down by himself, and Qingyao served fragrant tea again. Only then did Yun Meng ask, "Old butler, is the teacher good?" ”

Yu Weng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Childe doesn't have to worry about it, everything is fine with the master." I don't know what Childe's new academic achievements are? ”

Yun Meng replied: "Shame and shame, Yun Meng is stupid and has not made achievements so far. ”

"Childe must not be too modest, and the old butler is not an outsider." At this time, Qing Yao interjected, "Over the years, Childe has studied hard every day, forgetting to sleep and eating, and has never been wasted for a moment. Just now, it was Childe who was picking honeysuckle for the master, and he was going to let your old master take it back. Qing Yao said again.

"That's good. It's just that it's better for this piece of filial piety to be sent by the son himself. Yu Weng smiled again.

When Yun Meng heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Yun Meng can go and meet his teacher?" Has the teacher returned to meditation? Do you have any other instructions? ”

"Hey, Childe has asked so many questions in a row, I don't know which one to answer first. Childe can meet the master, this time the master sent the old man to pick up the childe, but the master is not in Jingzhai, but in Jiankang. ”

Yun Meng was overjoyed when he heard this, and Qing Yao was also very happy, after all, he had been in this deep mountain for almost ten years, and he finally had the opportunity to see the outside world. Yun Meng ordered Qingyao to pack up all his belongings.

Three days later, everything was cleaned up, and after Yilu was settled, the master and servant, the old and the young, set off out of the mountain, and when they arrived outside the mountain, there was already a carriage arranged by Yu Weng waiting, so everyone drove towards Jiankang. Along the way, the three of them passed through the state and the mansion, non-stop, and Yun Meng didn't care about the customs and customs along the way, and just wanted to rush to Jiankang as soon as possible.

On this day, three people and a car finally came to Jiankang City, Jiankang is the capital city after the imperial court moved south, expanded on the basis of Sun Wu Wangcheng, now it is more magnificent, Jiankang City range is forty miles from east to west, north and south, there are three palace walls, south of Qinhuai, north of Houhu, Zhongshan Longpan, Shicheng Tiger Standing, the garden is mainly distributed in the northeast of the capital, there is Hualin Garden in the north of the palace city, there is a pleasure garden in Zhoushan, Hualin Garden, Tianyuan Pond and other palaces are dotted among them. Jiankang has no outer Guocheng, but there are stone cities and Xizhou cities in the southwest, the Yangtze River in the northern suburbs is built with white stone bases, there are Zhongshan in the northeast, there are Dongfu cities in the east, and the southeast two sides are along the Qingxi and Qinhuai rivers to erect fences, set up fences, and become the outer defense line. The main gate of the south of the capital is the Xuanyang Gate, and then five miles to the south is the Vermilion Bird Gate, and there is the pontoon bridge Zhuzaku Navigation across the Qinhuai River outside the door. Between Xuanyang Gate and Suzaku Gate, the two sides of the five-mile royal road are arranged with the government office temple. The residential lanes are also mainly distributed on both sides of the royal road and on the banks of the Qinhuai River. The Changganli on the south bank of the Qinhuai River is the famous residential lane, and the Wuyi lane on the north bank is the place where the king of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Xie Mingmen giant family have lived for generations. The residences of princes and nobles are mostly distributed in the scenic area near Qingxi in the east of the city. Jiankang's large southward migration, coupled with the local scholars, with more than 200,000 households, forced them to open up new residential areas along the outer side of Qingxi in the eastern part of the city. Jiankang has the convenience of the Yangtze River and the water network navigation, the boat can reach the east and west of the city through the Qinhuai River, and some settlements appear along the river and the water network. With such a metropolis, the degree of prosperity can be imagined, neither Yun Meng nor Qing Yao has ever seen it, but at this time, Yun Meng has a different complicated mood from others. Yun Meng knows how difficult it is to make achievements in Jiankang, and it is even more difficult to be ambitious.

Originally, Yun Meng thought that they would go directly into the city, but Yu Weng let the carriage go around the city gate and walked more than thirty miles to the west, and stopped in front of a small courtyard, the courtyard was nothing special, no different from ordinary houses, Yun Meng and the others got out of the car, because Weng led into the house, the whole house was empty. Yun Meng asked, "Old butler, isn't the teacher here?" ”

Yu Weng said: "Back to Gongzi, the master will temporarily settle Gongzi here, and meet Gongzi in a few days." This way to come, the son is also tired, let's rest early, all the utensils used by the old man have been arranged, but you can walk around if you have nothing to do. The old man wanted to return to his master, so he retired first. With that, Yu Weng left.

"It's strange, since the master asked us to come to Jiankang, but we didn't meet." Qing Yao muttered quietly on the side.

"Qingyao can't be like this, there must be a reason why the teacher arranged it like this, you and I can just wait patiently."

Qing Yao said again: "In fact, since Qing Yao entered the Gongsun Mansion, he has never seen the true appearance of his master for twenty years. Just stay in this house and don't suffocate people to death. ”

Yun Meng actually had the same question, Yun Meng smiled at Qing Yao and said: "You are also an adult, why are you still full of children's tempers, take a break today, tomorrow you and I will go out to walk around, and also look at this Jiankang scenery." Qing Yao was also very happy to hear it.

On the second day, the master and servant ate breakfast early and went out. After all, neither of them has ever been to Jiankang, and they don't know where to go. So Yun Meng asked Qingyao to ask the locals, and Qingyao reported back: "Jiankang City is lined with all walks of life, the most lively is the Qinhuai River, of course, the best scenery belongs to Qingxi in the east of the city, but Gongzi doesn't like to be lively, how about I go to Qingxi?" And I heard that the famous Xie family is holding a talk about the Tao in the past few days, and many celebrities have come to participate, I guess the son will definitely want to go and see it. When Yun Meng heard Qing Yao's words, he also wanted to see the demeanor of these celebrities, so he and Qing Yao went to Qingxi in the east of the city.

Qingxi is another water system in Jiankang, originating in Zhongshan, converging in Qianhu, flowing into Jiankang in the south, connecting the tide ditch in the north and the Qinhuai River in the south. Qingxi was excavated in the Sun and Wu periods, and was originally known as the "East Canal". Qingxi is five zhang wide, eight feet deep, the waves are vast, ten miles in a row, the scenery is very beautiful, at this time it coincides with June, it is the birds and flowers, it is beautiful, many buildings have been built on the bank of the Qingxi River, most of them are the princes and nobles, the place where the celebrities and scholars live, the most prestigious of them is the Wang, Xie two families. After the rebellion of Jin Yongjia, the Langya Wang clan and the Xie clan of Chen County moved south from the north to Huiji and Jinling. At that time, the literati advocated Qing Talk, and there were often various forums held, and these days were just in time for the Xie family to set up a forum to invite the world's celebrities to talk about the mysteries. There is almost no threshold for the forum, and anyone who reads can enter the forum. Yun Meng and Qing Yao were dressed as scholars, and naturally no one would stop them.

Today is the third day of the discussion, Xie Fu specially set up a platform more than half a person high for the forum, with a canopy roof, on which there are three futons placed in the east and west, and a futon is also placed in the center, incense is burned in the center, and there is a colorful shed in each of the four directions under the stage, all of which are equipped with futons for the use of observers.

When the two Yunmeng masters and servants entered the venue, the discussion had not yet begun, but the surrounding colorful sheds were already full of people, and there happened to be two vacant seats in the east shed, so the two sat down. Someone next to him whispered, and one said, "I don't know what the topic is today?" I don't know which celebrities participated in the discussion? ”

Another replied, "Yes, but looking at the situation of the previous two days, the scene today will be unusual." As he was talking, he heard the sound of the golden drum on the field, and the field was suddenly silent.

I saw a handsome middle-aged man dressed in a gorgeous costume walk up to the stage and said loudly to the four people: "Thank you for this year's discussion of the mysteries, today is the third discussion, and the topic is "The Changing and Unchanged of the Royal Road." The contemptible Xie Mingzhi was entrusted by the head of my family to serve as the judge of this forum, and the upper hand was the three talkers invited by my Xie family, and the lower hand was the three talkers invited by the Wang family, and six gentlemen were invited to appear. ”

But I saw that from the left and right sides of the stage, each walked slowly to the three, although each of them had different appearances, but each had a good temperament. Of course, none of these Yun Meng knew each other, so he whispered to the one sitting next to him, "Brother Tai, little brother is disturbed." People in Xiaqingzhou first came to Jiankang and admired the name of this talk about the Tao for a long time. It's just rude and unheard, and you don't recognize everyone on the stage, can you ask your brother for some advice? ”

The man looked Yun Meng up and down, and saw that he was handsome, handsome, and polite, so he returned the courtesy: "This son is polite, I see that the son is also a scholar, this is the first time to travel, right?" It's no wonder that these people on the stage who don't recognize it can be briefly introduced to the son below. ”

Yun Meng replied: "Then there will be labor." ”

The man pointed to the stage and said: "The six on this stage are all new rookies who have emerged today, first of all, the three invited by the Wang family are not tall, the young man with a high round face is named Liu Yan, the word is long, don't look at his young age, but he is very talented, he is cold and arrogant, especially for Lao Zhuang, he has a deep insight, and he is deeply appreciated by the current Wang family, I heard that the emperor is also going to give marriage, and the princess of Luling will marry him." The other two should be with Liu Zhengchang, one is called Wang Meng, and the other is called Sun Sheng, after the famous family, the first name of the Xie family is Yin Yuan, the word is Haoyuan, and he is a strange person, I heard that this person loves "Lao Tzu", and has lived in seclusion for ten years to specialize in research, Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong have recruited Yin Yuan as an official several times, and he has not resigned...... "As he was speaking, he heard the sound of the bang on the stage, and the discussion began, and the two stopped talking for the time being, and they both looked at the stage.