Chapter Twenty-Nine: Escape Before You Choose
When it gets dark, the snow stops, and the moonlight is exceptionally bright at night after the snow. He Libo and Lu Shenyan, these two people who didn't know that they were in danger, had already fallen asleep. He Libo's even snoring was occasionally mixed with the dreams of Lu Shenyan. In this shop in Zhoukou County, there happens to be a big room, with a bed for Di Qing in the east and a big shop in the west, which can sleep three or four people.
Di Qing was lying on his side, and the sores on his back were no longer so painful and itchy after He Li's prescription, and they were taken internally and externally. His mood seemed to calm down a lot, and his eyes just happened to see the king sitting by the window. There was a book on the table in front of this young man, but his eyes were not on the book, but at the jade given by Di Qing in his hand.
Di Qing knew that Wang was thinking about something, but he didn't want to interrupt him. I thought that this was a smart boy among the rich boys, and when he started to teach Wang Bian to ride a horse and shoot archery, it was only Wang Bian who wanted to learn, and Di Qing, who was hindered by Bao Zheng's face, took over this student. After a long period of contact, Di Qing found that in addition to being smart, this child did not have the arrogance and sophistication of a rich son at all, and he had the righteousness and harmony of a martial arts practitioner.
Before leaving, Bao Zheng discussed with him to take Wang with him, Di Qing was afraid that it would be inappropriate, and Lord Bao said that it was also Wang Anshi's idea to take it. Although they all know that Di Qing's trip may not be smooth, one is to let the king suffer some hardship, and the other is to let this child temporarily leave the land of right and wrong. Di Qing is also willing to take the king with him, and he likes it from the bottom of his heart. But now, I am too busy to take care of myself, and I have no news from my daughter. Seeing that the king was looking at the jade, Di Qing didn't want to interrupt him, the two of them had met, and it would be great if they had a good impression.
Wang was looking at the jade, this jade he had seen under the moon also had a fast, heard Di Qing say that the jade is the same, but the words on the back are different. At this time, the warm jade was in the hand, and the jade body was like clotted fat, the color was bright, and there seemed to be blue light in the moonlight, and the texture of the jade was warm. This is the mutton fat white jade in the seed jade, the best jade. And what he can feel more is the difference that this jade has brought him.
If he was still in Bianjing, Wang Bi really hoped that he would always stay at the age of fourteen or fifteen and never grow up, so that at least he could be a young hero. Or just like when he first met Lu Shenyan, what Lu Shenyan admired him, standing in the court and talking to the emperor's old man can be an official. Indeed, whenever there is an opportunity to make him speak, he believes in his own eloquence. What's more, no one will really take what he said to compare their talents with Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu and others.
Wang Pan was very glad that the body lent to him was only fourteen or fifteen years old. If it weren't for that, I thought that his IQ and experience, even if he was still in his thirties, would still be an ordinary person. Traveling to the Song Dynasty, the only advantage that can be brought to the current place is that his mental age is not only fifteen or sixteen years old. has experienced ups and downs, as well as life and death.
Now there is a master who is in danger and is seriously ill; A person who can be regarded as a "foreigner" who cannot have too formal status; There is also a shopkeeper who has not gone through officialdom at all, and is really fifteen or sixteen years old. This kind of change in environment has to make Wang Bi let go of his addiction to being an official and a rich man, and let go of the superiority of his age, his fate has been linked to Di Qing, and he has no choice but to mature. Or he didn't plan to choose, he began to feel that he was a man at best in his previous life, and now he wants to be a good man, even a hero.
After listening to Lu Shenyan's description of the situation in the county, Wang made the decision to stay in Zhoukou for the time being. This time it is not a suggestion, it is a decision, whether it is the tone or the way and attitude, it is an undoubted decision, Di Qing's condition does not allow them to continue to travel, the sores on his back are already infected, plus frostbite, even if it is only two days away, it will make the condition worse. The city gate is so tightly guarded, if it is really against them, it will be even more dangerous to go out of the city, they will not be able to go fast at all, and the danger beyond the wilderness is unpredictable.
Confucius, such a literati who set the ten years of Qilu Jiagu Meeting, can still be a saint who knows etiquette and is brave, not to mention that he now has black crystal, Wu He has a bowl, stabilize the position, and the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and use this Zhoukou as a breakthrough to see if what he has learned is on paper.
Speaking of black crystal, I have to say that Wang Bi did find that there was a problem with this crystal, and there were more and more allusions and historical events in his memory, which could not be ruled out to be related to reading, but many of them were not in the books. He tried to search for memories, but was surprised to find that what he knew by wearing crystals was that they all happened before the Song Dynasty, and almost all of the entire Song Dynasty and even the later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were all residual memories from the past, and they could not form a line at all. But these are sufficient for the time being, and only if he can speak, he can quote the scriptures. He even thought that with his eloquence, he could only stay in the Song Dynasty, so he would travel everywhere and be like Confucius.
Going back to this white jade, Wang Bi vaguely felt that this white jade was by no means an ordinary jade, listening to Di Qing say that the word on the jade in Liang Yuexia's hand was "Yi", and Di Qing's was "Wu" Di Qing was a military general, is this a coincidence?
He thought of Liang Yuexia, this kind of thinking is not love, but always needed; This kind of need is not a physical need, but the need for Liang Yuexia's ability to perceive people's thoughts in the face of danger. Even when accepting Di Qing's gift of jade, Wang Bei's heart was very conflicted. Do you have to tell Di Qing in that case: I am a person from the future; I just crossed over here by accident; I don't know if my feelings for Liang Yuexia are love. If he said so, it could only mean that he wanted to die in front of Di Qing. What's more, for Di Qing, this is a kind of recognition of treating him as a relative.
He heard Di Qing's slight snoring, it was rare for the teacher to sleep peacefully, during this time, Wang always saw Di Qing tossing and turning, but he didn't know how he could endure the pain, this polite general, Wang Fang had never seen Di Qing's real battlefield fighting, but he saw his tenacity in the fight against the sick body. Just thinking about it and thinking about sleepiness, I fell asleep on the table, and I dreamed of Jin Ge Iron Horse.
For another two or three days, the city gate was still tightly guarded, but there was still no movement in the city's mansion, and no official messenger came. It gave Di Qing some time to recuperate, although He Libo's medication was a prescription for conditioning and curing sores, but it played a big role in Di Qing. The redness and swelling around Di Qing's back sores have subsided a lot, and the improvement has gradually become less dull, this recipe is effective, not to mention that the old medicine is more effective.
Wang arranged for Xiao Lu to bring food from outside every day, and every time he had to change a restaurant, and every time he had to come back with more wine, and by the way, he would inquire about the situation on the street. He also arranged for He Libo to go out of the city alone three or four times a day, and each time he carried a little big bag of things. The guards guarding the city looked at him carefully once or twice, and when they saw three or four times they were familiar, they didn't look at him much, and then they noticed him again, and once he actually talked to a guard and threw a pot of wine, "Brother looks at me every day, don't you get tired of seeing me?" Come and warm up with a drink. ”
The guard looked at him, He Libo took a sip first, and the guard was also cold enough, and when he saw that he was drinking nothing, he took it and took a sip. He also smiled at him and said, "What are you tossing every day?" ”
He Libo squeezed his eyes at the guards and deliberately whispered, "There is a woman in the city, I want to accept it." ”
The guard smiled: "Brother Yanfu is not shallow." ”
He Libo shook his head: "There is another one at home, this is not a sporadic move, it will be placed outside the city first." ”
The guard said, "I don't look like you're from this county, what are you doing?" ”
He Libo took out a pot of wine from the carriage and stuffed it to the guard: "Brother, it's convenient." I'll pack a few brothers in the future. ”
The guards immediately understood that He Libo was privately brewing rice wine for the county restaurant. Immediately smiled knowingly, He Libo took out two more ingots of silver.
The guard held it in his arms and asked He Libo: "You said that the little daughter-in-law is true?" ”
He Libo glared: "Of course it's true, if I don't do anything with this guy, I'll settle down, and invite my brother to drink happy wine." ”
The guard smiled and waved his hand to let He Libo go.
Wang Bei saw that He Libo's side was going well, and he would be able to get up on the road in three or five days, and Di Qing, who was most concerned about now, would recover as soon as possible.
During this period, he asked the coachman to ride a horse back to Bianjing with a letter to report that Di Qing was seriously ill in Zhoukou County, but the letter did not mention anything about changing the dressing. By the fifth day, Di Qing had recovered a lot, and the sores on his body were gradually healing. I ate more, and seeing that the form was getting better and better, Wang was very happy, and asked He Libo to guard that almost all the shifts had opened up, figured out the shifts, and did not check the gifts when they went in and out, and calculated in his heart that he could almost get out of the city.
After the four of them finished breakfast, packed their bags, and beckoned the store to settle the bill, the shopkeeper came to the room next to King Di Qing. Knocking on the door at the door, the four of them stopped what they were packing, He Libo went to half-open, and used his tall body to block the gap in the door and asked, Who is it?
The shopkeeper had a smile on his face, and when he saw that it was the shopkeeper, he said, "Is it useless to press the silver taels on the cabinet?" The big shopkeeper said, "I don't owe it, I don't owe it, a few adults live in the store, and the small ones don't know Mount Tai, you forgive me, and please report to Lord Di, the county lord came to visit in person." ”
The people in the room were stunned, Wang Bei reacted the fastest, and gave Lu Shenyan a look, Xiao Lu immediately tucked the bag he had just made, and Di Qing turned around and lay back on the bed. He Libo delayed the time and said: "This, Master Di is sick, the air in the room is not good, I am afraid that the county master will smell uncomfortable."
The county commander Chen Guang flashed out from behind the shopkeeper and said: "If you are familiar with Lord Di, you will say that you are the brother of Chen Shu, and Chen Guang will come to visit him in person." Seeing this, He Libo was not easy to answer, and looked back at the king. Wang Bei nodded, He Libo let open the door, Wang Bei greeted him, and said, "I don't know that Lord Chen is coming, and I will give Lord Chen a salute next to the King of the Lower Cultivators." ”
Don't look at Wang Bian's level one level lower than Chen Guang, and he is young, but Chen Guang has long heard of the name Wang Bian, and even knows that he is Di Qing's beloved disciple, so he replied: "Lord Wang's reputation is outside, and I have heard of it below, and today I can see that it is really a young talent." This time, I came to visit Lord Di, and asked Lord Wang to introduce him. ”
Wang invited Chen Guang into the room, the smell of medicine in the room was pungent, thanks to He Libo's merits, Chen Guang really covered his nose with the sleeves of his robe, looked around and saw Di Qing on the sickbed, and saluted Di Qing. As soon as he stepped forward to greet him, Wang Bei whispered in his ear: "The teacher is seriously ill, there are sores on his body that have festered, and the smell is unpleasant, so it is better not to approach Lord Chen." ”
Di Qing lay on his side with his back to this Chen Guang, with large spots of brown marks on his clothes, snorted from his throat, and coughed a few more times.
Chen Guang really didn't come any closer, walked to the table and sat down, saw Xiao Lu carrying a cup of water, and sleeping in a big bed for a few days, it seemed that there was no official scenery, looking shabby and depressed, and secretly thought, Di Qing, you have today.
He said to the king, "Since Lord Di is passing through this place, why don't you tell the official to receive it?" ”
The king said, "The adults are seriously ill, and they are afraid that the scabies on this skin will be contagious, so they will not be spared." ”
Chen Guang said: "Welcome the due diligence of the adults, the body of Lord Di"
Wang sighed: "Don't hide it from Lord Chen, I'm afraid it won't last long." He deliberately kept his voice low, as if to prevent Di Qing from hearing it.
Chen Guang pretended to regret: "Alas, even if this is the case, it is inconvenient to force it, but there is still an invitation below, I have prepared a banquet and invited Lord Wang to the mansion for a while." ”
The king knew that he couldn't push him back: the official level crushed people to death, and Mingzhi Chen Guang wanted to start, but he didn't know whether to make the tiger leave the mountain or set up the Hongmen banquet, he could go, and if he didn't go, he had to go!