Chapter 128: Encountering Old Acquaintances in a Foreign Country

Among the heirs of Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, there is a very special person, he likes butterflies, and he also likes to paint butterflies, and because of this, there is a painting school called "Teng School Butterfly Painting" in later generations. He is Li Yuanying, the twenty-second son of Gaozu, the younger brother of Taizong Li Shimin, and the uncle of Gaozong Li Zhi.

Li Yuanying's fief was in Tengzhou, so he was called King Teng, and later because of the overhaul of the palace, etc., he made people angry. Emperor Gaozong demoted King Teng to Suzhou, and assassinated the history of Suzhou, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and he moved to the governor of Hongzhou. In Hongzhou, he still built palaces, built high attics, and liked butterflies at the same time, but also liked young and beautiful married young women.

His subordinate Cui Jie has a beautiful daughter-in-law named Zheng Man, who is originally a famous family of the Zheng family in Xingyang, so he is naturally quite domineering. Xiao Cui was forced to be helpless, so he had to offer his daughter-in-law Zheng Man. The night before, Li Yuanying was said to have come out of the palace with his head in his arms, and later according to the subordinates, Li Yuanying was beaten by Zheng Man with clogs and his face was covered with blood, and Zheng Man left the palace unharmed that night and returned to Cui's mansion.

This matter was passed on as a joke by the people of Hongzhou, and was known by the imperial history, and told Gaozong, Gaozong was furious, and degraded Li Yuanying to Langzhong, Longzhou, and later Li Yuanying repaired the Tengwang Pavilion in Yutai Mountain in Langzhong.

Of course, many years after Li Yuanying left Hongzhou, the only thing left was his ass of romantic debts and a magnificent and majestic Tengwang Pavilion.

Yan Boyu, the governor of Hongzhou, rebuilt the Tengwang Pavilion and invited Jiangnan literati to a banquet on the Double Ninth Festival in September three days later.

Wuqing arrived in Hongzhou in a few days, Hongzhou Prefecture is governed in Nanchang County, bordering Penghu, there is Ganshui flowing through, and finally entering Penghu. Wu Qing knew that this Penghu Lake was actually the Poyang Lake of later generations, and now it is really very big, if he didn't know that this was a lake, he would think that he was in the world of water.

Tengwang Pavilion was built on the shore of Ganshui, not far from Penghu. Under the guidance of the long Shi Taoren, the three of Wuqing went ashore. Prepare to rest on the shore of this Penghu Lake for a day, and then go to the Pavilion of King Nateng tomorrow.

Although Wu Qingcai is famous all over the world, he has neither an official nor a lord now, so it is really not suitable to visit. Moreover, Penghu has beautiful scenery and is a good place to visit and relax. Tao Ren wanted to discuss the poems with Wu Qing, but he didn't want Wu Qing to be so arrogant, so he felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. So he instructed and went into the county seat to report to the governor of Yandu.

Wu Qing stood by the lake and looked into the distance. I saw that the lake was endless, and fishing boats came and went, all of them were fishermen who came to the lake to fish. In the Three Kingdoms era, Eastern Wu attacked Jingzhou and set up a water village in this lake. Thousands of warships blocked the south bank of the Yangtze River, making Cao Cao, the hero of the world, jealous. What a situation that was. What a majesty that is. If you have another powerful sailor. Be sure to conquer overseas. It's a pity that the border troubles of the Tang Dynasty come from the north, and although the water division has developed, it is extremely slow.

"Childe, it's time for dinner!" Wu Yidao approached and said softly.

Wu Qing smiled: "You foodie, you think about eating all day, okay." Find a restaurant to eat and rest first! ”

Wu Yidao was very depressed, all along, Wu Qing had called him "uncle", but for a long time. called him by his name directly, although he was a little unaccustomed to it, but he also knew that calling uncle was polite to him, and it was normal to call his name.

"I've found it, just ahead, Baidie Tower!" Wu Yidao hurriedly added.

Ya Jiu was very quiet, and along the way, in addition to drinking freely, he didn't talk much, and at the moment he just followed behind Wu Qing without saying a word.

When Wu Qing heard about the Hundred Butterfly Building, he couldn't help but think that the legend said that Li Yuanying, the king of Teng, once had a picture of a hundred butterflies, which was a masterpiece, did it have anything to do with this Hundred Butterfly Tower?

But in a moment, the three of them walked into the Hundred Butterfly Building, only to see a huge screen in front of them, on which there seemed to be thousands of butterflies dancing, lifelike. Wu Qing was stunned, it is rare for a restaurant like this to set up a screen.

was in doubt, I saw a guy with a smiling face, greeted him, and said, "Three guest officers, are you staying in a hotel or eating?" ”

Wu Yidao stepped forward and said fiercely: "All of them!" The guy's face changed, obviously frightened by Wu Yidao's ferocious momentum.

Wu Qing said with a smile: "Don't scare people, Xiao Er, how can you call this restaurant a hundred butterfly building, and you have a screen in this hall?" ”

Xiao Er said weakly: "It seems that the guest officer has never been to this Hongzhou, to say that we are the most famous in this place, is it not more than ten years ago King Teng, his old man is the most fond of butterflies, listen to the old generation, King Teng is in our restaurant made a hundred butterflies, and later this building was changed to a hundred butterfly building, the painting on this screen, is the craftsmen at that time to copy the hundred butterflies carved by the picture. ”

Wu Qing nodded, and sure enough, it was still related to King Teng. For King Teng's hobbies, he is not surprised, in the Tang Dynasty, all kinds of strange things happened in the royal family, such as King Teng's fondness for butterflies and young women is not so conspicuous.

So the three of them went up to the second floor and sat down near the window, which was a very good place to enjoy the view of the lake. When Xiao Er reported the name of the dish, served the signature dish here, and asked for Rao Chun again, Wu Qing chewed and ate slowly, but Wu Yidao and Ya Jiu had no image. Fortunately, Datang eats and eats separately, and will not eat any leftovers.

The business of Baidielou is very good, just this dinner time, but in a moment, it is full, and the little two and the shopkeeper downstairs have to accompany the people who politely refuse to come to eat with smiling faces.

Wu Qing and the three of them were dining, only to hear a noise downstairs.

A young scholar dressed as a man said angrily: "I just go up to take a look, if there is no seat, I will leave, you little two, how can you stop me?" ”

Xiao Er smiled and said: "This guest officer, now the upstairs and downstairs are full, there are really no empty seats!" ”

The young scholar has learned martial arts, and his strength is strong, he pushed away Xiao Er, and entered the building, and the Xiao Er shouted behind him, and the young man ignored it at all, and went up to the second floor in a moment, looked around, and suddenly saw a seat near the window, only three people were eating, and there was an empty seat. said to Xiao Er, who caught up: "You said there is no seat, isn't there one there, do you really think I can't pay for food?" Or do you look down on people? ”

Xiao Er looked aggrieved and said, "Guest officer, that seat was bought by those three guest officers, so"

Before Xiao Er finished speaking, the young scholar's face was angry, he walked over, snapped, pressed a fan on the dining table, and said, "Dare to ask if you can sit here?" ”

Wu Qingben was pondering, not wanting to be interrupted by someone who came. Seeing that Wu Qing was unhappy, Ya Jiu instantly stood up and looked at the person with cold eyes, his eyes were like a sharp sword, wanting to pierce the young man's body.

The young man obviously realized that he was reckless, but since he had already spoken out, he had no scruples, he looked at Wu Qing, and he could tell that among the three people, the young man who bowed his head and ate vegetables was the main one.

Wu Qing raised his head and looked at the young man, feeling a little familiar, a figure flashed through his mind, he suddenly smiled, got up and said, "Brother Zi'an, don't come to harm!" (To be continued......)