Jiangnan is a very beautiful place, every spring and summer, there will always be countless literati and visitors to watch here, inscribe poems and lyrics, drink against them, it can be said that they are very happy, inherent "fireworks in March under Yangzhou" and other beautiful poems, Tang Dynasty Li Bai, Du Mu and other top poets have been here, the ancient sages and saints, also happy to come here, in their opinion, the scenery here, has been unable to be expressed in the crude form of words, they are like a beautiful gift from God to the mortal world, making people feel that even if it is slightly modified, All are a blasphemy against the gods.

It was after the Qingming Festival, it was the end of February, today was not a good weather, on the street, the drizzle continued, but he moistened all things, so that the earth recovered, many of the fine buds that did not come out, but also quietly climbed out of the soil in the past two days, breathing the outside air, when they saw the beautiful mountains and rivers outside, they couldn't help but be attracted by this land, the beauty of this, who can say it, but can only be detailed

On top of the Yellow Crane Tower, a young man stood there, from the back, graceful, chic, handsome the word is indescribable, one meter eight tall plus a strong figure, the combination is just right, the thousands of girls standing behind him, can't help but be fascinated, eager for him to give himself happiness, but when he turned around, the back of the thousands of girls who had been fascinated before turned into fine sand, and went away with the wind, only to see the man's thick lips and nose, thick eyebrows and small eyes, anyone who looked at his face, couldn't help but feel that it was an illusion, But it was true, the dream was shattered in an instant, and all illusions were shattered in an instant.

At this time, he was sitting on a small table upstairs, following his friends to chant poems, and what he said was nothing more than some interesting things that literati loved, and after everyone touched the cup, he said with a smile: "Brother Lu, I have to say that your back is indeed the dream of thousands of girls, but your appearance is too bad, you see, another group of girls were scared away by your appearance!" ”

After everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing, drank all the wine in their hands, and smiled at the literati surnamed Lu.

And another literati next to him shook his head, "Eh~ Brother Li's words are wrong, how can we literati and other literati be attached to our faces, get the top prize, become famous, and retreat to the mountains and forests when we are old is what we want!" ”

The words of the people are different, and the opinions of the people are different.

I saw that the literati surnamed Lu shook his head with a smile, "Why do you say that?" Why? ”

Everyone didn't understand what he meant, and they all doubted him, and the literati surnamed Lu talked eloquently, and said, "Appearance and fame are nothing but things outside the body, you don't bring them in life, you don't take them in death, even if you are known by future generations, you can't be like Li Bai and Du Fu, if we really have real talent and learning, why not govern the country and level the world!" Even if future generations don't know it, it's not in vain to come here today! ”

After hearing what he said, everyone was surprised, and checked if there were any officials and officials around, and after seeing that there were no officials in the vicinity, they were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, and the literati who was called "Brother Li" hurriedly said: "Brother Lu, how can you say such a thing on such an occasion?" ”

The literati surnamed Lu was a little angry when he saw Brother Li, and hurriedly explained: "Isn't everyone coming out to play and discuss to express their own opinions!" Brother Li, why are you angry?! ”

The literati surnamed Li was so blocked by his words that he didn't know what to say, so he had to sigh and said slowly: "Brother Lu, Brother Wang, Brother Sun, there are still some things in Li's family, you can continue to watch here, I won't accompany you!" ”

As soon as they heard that he was leaving, everyone had no way to stop him, so they had to let him go, and the grandson brother was brought by the brother Li, and when he saw that he was gone, he didn't have much to stay here, so he found a reason to leave.

When the literati surnamed Wang saw that the two people had left at once, he shook his head helplessly, poured wine into his wine glass, and said to the literati surnamed Lu: "Let's go, come Brother Lu, let's drink this cup together!" ”

The literati surnamed Lu smiled at him, poured wine into his wine glass, and the two of them drank this glass of wine together

The rain in the sky was still falling, and it was getting cooler and cooler as it approached evening, and the literati surnamed Wang did not bring warm clothes, so he took his leave, and the literati surnamed Lu did not want to leave, so he refused the invitation of Brother Wang, and drank sullen wine upstairs alone, looking at the drizzle outside the window, so open.

"Alas!" The literati surnamed Lu sighed softly and said slowly: "What is today is to the ancients, and what is still ancient to the future generations." What is today is to the hereafter, and what is now to the ancient. Therefore, if you judge the present, you can know the ancients, and if you know the ancients, you can know the past, and the ancient and modern can be the same before and after. ”

This is the view of history in "Lü's Spring and Autumn", judging from the urgency of his words, such a person must be a person who does not care about fame and fortune, and it can even be said that such a person must be a very rational person

The two middle-aged men with extraordinary spirits sat by the window, and the two of them looked kind, but whoever saw them would compare them to the ministers of the dynasty who pointed out the country, but because the weather was getting colder, there were only the two of them left upstairs and the literati surnamed Lu, looking at the young man, one of the middle-aged men in a purple robe said: "Brother Wang, what do you think of this kid?" I think it's quite to my liking! ”

The middle-aged man in the gray robe opposite him looked out the window, just nodded, and didn't say a word.

And the man in the purple robe didn't hear his brother Wang say a word at all, and after turning around, he pondered for a moment, and said softly: "Brother Wang, I think we should choose a candidate, right!" We are indeed a person caught in the middle, with military power in our hands, but it is useless, and we also want to increase our bargaining chips, I think now we should seize such an opportunity, so as not to be in a hurry! ”

I think both of them have already guessed who it is, right! That's right, the two of them are Zhao Lin, the king of Henan, and Zhao Hong, the king of Jiangnan, this time the king of Henan came to discuss things with the king of Jiangnan, and the two of them had nowhere to go, so they decided to come to the Yellow Crane Tower. It just happened to be a little rainy today, and there weren't many people at all, which made the two of them a little impulsive to cry and laugh.

Zhao Lin: "Oh~? After a sigh, he asked, "What?" Could it be that Brother Wang, you have already found someone available? ”

Zhao Hong smiled slightly, snapped, and snapped his fingers, "That's right, it seems to be the heir of the miscellaneous family, I have been investigating him for half a month, and he is indeed a bit of a real talent, I think with him joining us, we don't have to be so wordy!" ”

Hearing Zhao Hong say this, Zhao Lin nodded, "That's right, we really should arm ourselves well and not let ourselves be killed by the change of emperors of this dynasty, but the question is what about the heirs?" Could it be him? ”

Zhao Hong smiled and acquiesced noncommittally, "That's right, it's him, although his appearance is really poor, but there is really something in his stomach, compared to Zhao Xuan, he is more innate and intelligent, but I think this person is also a little deficient compared to Zhao Xuan, that is, he is a little too upright, and he is too bad compared to Zhao Xuan's eight-faced Lingrong's temper!" ”

Zhao Lin thought for a while, and said slowly: "Didn't Zhao Xuan also get up slowly the day after tomorrow!" It's okay, there are still five or six years left before the final battlefield, Zhao Yongqian's old thief will definitely not let Zhao Fangyin lose, we are the middlemen in this war, but in order to survive in the end, I think we need to make some preparations, such as making a wall grass! ”

Hearing the word "wall grass", Zhao Hong's brows wrinkled unconsciously, it is true, their forces are not as strong as those factions, at most, their brains can see this war all the time, they know how to survive, but if compared to the conspiracy, they are still a lot worse, so they can only make themselves invincible through the wall grass, and when the time comes, help the one who is about to win, so that they can survive better

From ancient times to the present, when the literati come to the Yellow Crane Tower, they will definitely leave some engraved poems, in their opinion, if future generations see their own poems, this is also good.

And at this moment, the literati surnamed Lu also has this intention, after all, in the final analysis, he is still a literati, many problems are not easy to correct, most of the walls, have been written with verses, he found a piece of land that can write, but not much writing, others are leaving their own poems, but he did not, wrote a passage in the "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period": For the world and the country, it is better to be virtuous, than to do righteousness.

His words are very neat, the power of each word is used just right, giving people a feeling of flowing water and floating clouds, he left his name at the end - Lu Zhi, thinking that his father must be a respected person, and it is true, he is a person from Suzhou, I don't know how many generations, the family moved here, this time he came here is a friend Wang Kun proposed to come here, and at this moment, he wants to write this sentence, go to the city to find a restaurant to rest for a night, and then the next day will go to Suzhou.

His father is a local squire on their side, because their family is the descendant of Lu Buwei, so they also pay great attention to miscellaneous knowledge, and therefore their family is very talented, but Lu Zhi's father was also dignified when he was young, and Lu Zhi was also very cute when he was young, but what he didn't expect was that Lu Zhi grew up like this, which made Lu Zhi's father a little sad, although their family was not short of money, but because Lu Zhi's face was too ugly, So there are no girls on their side who can look up to him, and that's it, Lu Zhi is now twenty-five years old, and he has always been unmarried, and he will be very sad every time he is ridiculed.

"For the world and the country, there is nothing better than virtue, and nothing is better than doing righteousness. Not bad, yes, it turned out to be the words in "Lu's Spring and Autumn", the young man has big ambitions! I saw Zhao Hong walking behind Lu Zhi and talking eloquently, he was indeed very interested in this Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi was a little surprised when he heard that someone could see the source of what he wrote at a glance, and when he turned around and saw that it was a middle-aged and elderly man who was over half a hundred years old, he bowed slightly, "The old man laughed, Xiaosheng just happened to remember this sentence, so he wrote it, not to mention having great ambitions!" ”

As soon as he heard Lu Zhi say this, even Zhao Lin, who was sitting not far away, was a little happy, he forgot which court minister he listened to, it seemed that it was Bai Hong or not Bai Hong was someone else, when the King of Chu saw Zhao Xuan, Zhao Xuan seemed to say something like this, "Are these heirs of all families so humble now?" This was the idea in Zhao Lin's mind, and when he heard Lu Zhi say this, he really wanted to laugh.

And Zhao Hong took the initiative to invite Lu Zhi, how could he have the slightest dislike for his appearance, "Come on, young man, anyway, it's just us two old men here, and the two of us don't have much interest, how about coming and chatting with us?" ”

Since someone invited him, of course Lu Zhi was very happy, not to mention that it seemed that these two middle-aged and elderly people were not idle people, and it made him want to have a good talk with these two, anyway, he was not in a hurry to leave, he didn't care, it was a big deal to stay here for a few more days, and smiled at Zhao Hong: "Since the old man invited me, Lu Zhi won't look like if he doesn't go!" As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhi sat down with Zhao Hong.

The three of them sat there, from the Yellow Emperor to Li Yu, from astronomy to geography, and from poetry to words, the three of them talked about everything, as if there was nothing they didn't know, Zhao Lin and Zhao Hong sighed at Lu Zhi's knowledge at the same time, Lu Zhi wanted to know more about what the two of them were, how they had such a high level of knowledge, and many of the explanations were difficult for even his father to understand, but the two of them didn't have the slightest difficulty, as if something came to them, Both of them were able to tell the reason, this night, Lu Zhi benefited a lot, he couldn't wait to have an urge to apprentice, but he knew that although he was a little knowledgeable, but it wasn't anything at all, maybe only like his father would they accept them as apprentices, and the idea of apprenticeship settled in Lu Zhi's mind and lingered.

The two kings of them watched him listen so fascinated, Zhao Lin unconsciously sighed, if this is the case, what this Lu Zhi values more is knowledge, he didn't even ask who the two of them were in order to study, just buried his head in studying like this, and he could learn as much as he could, "Alas, it seems that the inheritance strategist selected by the two of us is still a little far behind the Mo family and the Legalist family, even if it is compared with Zhao Xuan, there is not much chance of winning!" ”

The three of them drank this glass of wine together, and all the sorrows, all the joys, at this moment, were integrated into it