It's already night, the full moon is shining in the sky, the canal is flowing quietly, the two children of Luchun and Xujie on the Sanmingwa white canopy boat moored on the bank of the canal have already fallen asleep, Zhang Ruoxi and Mu Zhenzhen are waiting for Zhang Yuan to come back under the oil lamp in the cabin, there are Qin Minping's stone pillars and earth soldiers guarding the shore, and those who fight are all taken away by the Hangzhou government, and the canal port that was crowded with people before is now gradually quieting down - Zhang Ruoxi is teaching Mu Zhenzhen to write big characters, and praised Mu Zhenzhen: "Zhenzhen has a strong wrist, this one is steady, not bad." , that's how it is written. He listened attentively and said, "Why hasn't Xiao Yuan come back yet, it's almost three days." ”

Mu Zhenzhen wrote a dignified word "teacher", and suddenly put down his pen and said, "The young master is back." He got up and was about to go out to greet him, but he stopped at the hatch and turned back and said, "Miss-"

Zhang Ruoxi said with a smile: "Zhenzhen's ears are sharp, I haven't heard Xiao Yuan's voice yet, well, I heard it at this time, Zhenzhen go and put on the pedal, let Xiao Wu go and tell the boat lady to prepare the meal, Xiao Yuan and they haven't had dinner yet." Watching Mu Zhenzhen go out of the cabin, he said in his heart: "This fallen girl has a heart tied to my brother, she really has martial arts, her surname is good, her appearance looked a little strange at first, but she felt beautiful when she got used to it, and it was best for her to wait for Xiao Yuan with her." ”

Mu Zhenzhen walked up to the bow of the boat, and saw that the young master was talking with Lord Qin on the shore, her father Mu Jingyan stood on the side, she stood on the bow of the boat after laying out the pedals, and waited, the moonlight was clear, and the side of the young master could be clearly seen, so he dared to stare at it so far, and he looked at it like this, and he was very happy in his heart - Qin Minping and Zhang Yuan talked for a long time under the moon before they said goodbye and returned to the Lu Family Inn.

Zhang Yuan and Mu Jingyan got on the white canopy boat, Mu Zhenzhen pulled the pedal, and Wu Ling came over and said, "Young Master, Uncle Mu, the meal is hot, let's eat quickly." ”

When Zhang Yuan was eating, Zhang Ruoxi was talking to him on the side, and asked Zhang Ruoxi to know that according to the prosecutor Zhang Fenshou had ordered the case to be strictly investigated, Zhang Ruoxi was relieved.

Zhang Yuan saw the pen and paper on the small case that had not yet been put away, and asked: "Is this a big character written by Lu Chun, it is very powerful." ”

Mu Zhenzhen's face on the side suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly came to collect the pen and paper.

Zhang Ruoxi said with a smile: "Lu Chun hasn't started practicing calligraphy yet, this is really written." ”

Zhang Yuan said "oh", and asked Zhenzhen to take the paper over, and he wanted to take a closer look.

Mu Zhenzhen saw that the young master recognized the words she wrote as written by the six-year-old young master, and felt ashamed, although she was writing with a brush for the first time, but since the young master taught her to read, she would stretch out her right index finger to write on the wall whenever she had leisure, and when she washed clothes, she would fold a wicker and write on the sand, it can be said that she had been practicing for several days, but the young master thought that it was written by the pure hand, it seems that her writing is still very poor, unsightly - Zhang Yuan actually does not encourage Mu Zhenzhen to practice calligraphy, just be literate, but Mu Zhenzhen does not sell fruit now, Idle is also idle, she is good at learning, then let her learn, this fallen girl has a sincere reverence for scholars, Zhang Yuan praised her a few words, and urged her not to waste her martial arts, Mu Zhenzhen said: "The maid has practiced every day." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Why didn't I see it." ”

Mu Zhenzhen blushed and said, "The maid practiced quietly." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "That's not good, you have to tell me when you practice, I'll watch from the sidelines, do you hear it." ”

Mu Zhen was really embarrassed and said, "Got it, young master." ”

Wash and sleep, the night passed, the next morning just dawned, Mu Zhenzhen woke up, got up and dressed and tied his skirt, looked sideways at the young master, the young master still slept very soundly, the young master's face in the morning light was clearly contoured, very pleasing to the eye, so that Mu Zhenzhen almost wanted to reach out to touch it, and then blushed again by his shameful thoughts, his right hand clenched his fist on his left shoulder to show punishment, got up to wash, and came back to see that the young master had not woken up, so he knelt at the young master's feet and waited quietly - the canal port, which had been quiet all night, began to be noisy, The sound of oars, oars, shouts, splashing water, all kinds of sounds at the same time, Zhang Yuan was woken up, sat up and looked, Mu Zhenzhen knelt at his feet and looked at him, and asked, "Zhenzhen, what's the matter?" ”

Mu Zhen said sincerely: "The young master forgot." A little disappointed, he hurriedly got up and said, "It's okay, it's okay, the maid will do the laundry." Out of the front cabin, put the clothes that he had changed yesterday in a bamboo basket, and walked to the bow of the boat with the bamboo basket, but saw the young master standing there, looked at her, and asked, "Where is the small dragon stick?" ”

Ah, the young master hasn't forgotten, Mu Zhenzhen blushed and said, "Take it." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'll go to see you practice martial arts." Without waiting for Mu Zhenzhen to put on the pedal, he took two steps back, jumped on the riverbank five feet away from the boat, looked back at Mu Zhenzhen with a smile, was a little proud, and said, "I'm not a waste who is not diligent." ”

The young master jumped up, Mu Zhenzhen was not good at setting up the pedals, so he had to hold the bamboo basket in one hand and the corner of the skirt in the other hand under the young master's gaze, and he didn't see any gesture, so he jumped lightly and went ashore.

When Mu Zhenzhen lifted her skirt, Zhang Yuan saw the small dragon stick tied to her right calf, and said in his heart: "This nunchuck at the bottom of the skirt is powerful, just to be so hidden-"

"Young Master, where are you going so early?"

Mu Jingyan came over to give a salute, Mu Jingyan also got up at the beginning of the morning, and was on the shore to learn martial arts with Ma Kuoqi and another native soldier, Ma Kuoqi admired the skills of this fallen man - Zhang Yuan said: "I think I really practice martial arts." ”

Mu Zhenzhen blessed his father and the two native soldiers, and walked quickly towards the stream half a mile away with the bamboo basket, and when he heard the young master's footsteps coming up, his heart jumped like a deer.

The mouth of the canal port is busy and noisy, and only half a mile away this stream is quite quiet, both sides are high and low willow trees, the newly pumped willow branches are tender and green, there are yellow orioles chirping in the branches, the stream water flowing out of Wulin Mountain is much cleaner than the canal water, the morning sun has not yet risen, the stream stone at the bottom of the river is already clear and visible - Zhang Yuan smiled: "This is a good place, I will practice boxing first, the class door will get the axe, I am really not allowed to laugh at me." ”

Mu Zhenzhen pursed his lips and smiled: "No, no, no." ”

Zhang Yuan practiced Tai Chi and asked Mu Zhenzhen, "How good am I doing?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "Can a woman dare to compete with me?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen saw that the young master was laughing at her, and couldn't help but blush, and said shamefully: "How dare you, a servant." ”

Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "It's me who don't dare—you really practice, I'll watch." ”

Mu Zhenzhen put the bamboo basket on a piece of bluestone on the shore, turned sideways to prevent the young master from seeing it, bent down and took out a small dragon stick from under the skirt, glanced at the young master, still a little cowardly, and couldn't let go of his hands and feet - Zhang Yuan said seriously: "Practice hard, I am a good person who can cause trouble, and there will be few people who want to beat me and kill me in the future, so it is all up to you to protect me." ”

Hearing the young master say so solemnly, Mu Zhenzhen immediately felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, nodded his head vigorously, tucked the corners of his skirt at his waist, revealing dark cyan trousers, the trousers were tightly tied, and his waist was straight, Huo Di danced a small dragon stick, sweeping, poking, splitting vertically, extracting, attacking like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, guarding like a pillar in the middle, the movements are all fancy, simple and strong, overlapping, hovering and flying in the shadow of the stick, Mu Zhenzhen's tall and healthy figure moves forward and retreats, both soft and strong - early morning, by the gurgling stream, A heroic and sassy fallen girl danced with double sticks under the willow forest, how could Zhang Yuan not let her eyebrows flutter, and she couldn't help but hum:

"Those who practice martial arts must remember that the benevolent are invincible, who is practicing Tai Chi, use nunchucks quickly, hum haxi, use nunchucks quickly, hum haxi-"

…… Mu Zhenzhen practiced for about a moment before he put away the stick, his face was like a morning glow, his nose was sweaty, he was slightly panting, his bulging chest was undulating against his clothes, as if a cute little beast was about to leap out.

Zhang Yuan applauded: "Great, the real stick method dazzles me, I really admire it, remember to call me every time I practice in the future." "Well, it's really eye-catching.

Mu Zhenzhen was embarrassed by the young master's praise, and at this time, it was inconvenient to re-tie the small panlong stick to his calf, so he hung the small panlong stick on the willow tree and said, "Young master, the maid has washed the clothes." "I walked to the big bluestone and washed my clothes happily.

Zhang Yuan took off the small dragon stick and looked at it, tried to dance twice, and with a "snap", the short stick turned over and knocked on his head, fortunately, he didn't use any strength, otherwise it would be a bag - Mu Zhenzhen has been paying attention, and when he heard the sound, he knew that the young master had hit him, so he hurriedly turned his head and said: "Young master be careful, if the young master wants to learn, the maid will teach the young master later, or ask my father to teach you." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I'd better forget about practicing martial arts, if you can't practice up or down, it's easy to die, just follow me if you really follow me, how can you do everything." ”

When Mu Zhenzhen heard the young master say this, he was overjoyed, and rubbed his clothes vigorously, making a splash.

Wu can not practice, the body must be healthy, Zhang Yuan practiced simple Tai Chi again, felt that the pores of the limbs and eight bones were open, it was very comfortable, thinking that he had not washed yet, he broke a thin willow branch, squatted upstream, chewed one end of the willow branch, and brushed his teeth with this willow stubble, the smell was fresh, and he washed his face with the stream water, which was cool and refreshing, and he did not wipe his face dry with a cloth towel, so he sat on the edge of the stream with a water-stained face, and watched Mu Zhenzhen wash his clothes - Mu Zhen clutched his sleeves, revealing two white forearms, and wiped a few times with rapeseed cake on the dirty part of the clothes, and then scrubbed, Huanjing, this fallen girl squatted there, her long skirt stretched up at the hips, full, strong, round, very attractive.

Mu Zhenzhen knew that the young master was looking at her, and he was a little flustered, the rapeseed cake in his hand slipped into the water, and he quickly touched it, his sleeves were wet, and he shouted: "Young master-" There was some coquettishness.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Mu Zhen really didn't want to let the young master see it, so he had to say: "The young master will go back first, the ship's plaque food is almost ready, the maid heard the boat's lady say last night that she will eat the plaque food this morning." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Wait for you to go back together, okay, I won't watch you do the laundry, I will recite poetry and books by myself." He got up and paced on the shore, trying to solve and undertake a few small questions in the four books--when Mu Zhenzhen had washed his clothes, the morning sun had just risen from the top of the mountain in the east.

Zhang Yuan returned to the boat and ate the leek plaque, Qin Minping came over, and went to the Weaving Department with Zhang Yuan to meet Eunuch Zhong, and handed back the post to hand over the small survey card, Eunuch Zhong said: "Zhang Gongzi, those who will never dare to trouble you again after beating the green hands, our family sent someone to inform the Yin Governor's Mansion, to severely punish those splashes, all of them are military border guards, and don't want to come back for the rest of your life, as for the Shanyin Yao clan hired murderers and hurt people, this time you can't escape, you can rest assured." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed down and said: "Thank you father-in-law for helping me, if it weren't for my father-in-law this time, the student would be embarrassed." ”

Eunuch Zhong said with a smile: "You won't be embarrassed, with Mr. Qin to help you, a few splashes can help you - your house test is next month, right, don't worry, today I will accompany our family to visit the West Lake again, and help our family consider the location of the ancestral hall." ”

This is the lifelong event of Eunuch Zhong, how can Zhang Yuan not be funny, so he followed Eunuch Zhong on the West Lake building boat, and went to the direction of Su Causeway, Eunuch Zhong is very good at choosing a place, he wants to build the ancestral hall on the first bridge of Su Causeway, near the tomb of King Yue and the tomb of Miss Silver Bottle, Miss Silver Bottle is the daughter of Yue Fei, after Yue Fei's death, Miss Silver Bottle fell in her arms and died, Su Xiaoxiao's tomb in Xiling Bridge is not far from here, loyal ministers, martyrs, names, Eunuch Zhong wants to be in it, it is really a bad scenery - Eunuch Zhong pointed to the direction of the ancestral hall on the boat and asked for Zhang Yuan's opinion, Zhang Yuan asked: "In addition to this place, can my father-in-law choose another location?" ”

Eunuch Zhong asked: "What, is this place not good, our family thinks it is good, it is lively here." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Meng's father-in-law's love, students dare not not speak out, precisely because this is a place where tourists must pass, lively is lively, but it is also very easy to be jealous, foolishly think, Jiansheng Temple does not have to be in this bustling and lively place, in Qixialing or Gem Mountain to build a shrine is the best, sit on the mountain and watch the lake, condescending, is the elegance of the profound, so that it can be long-lasting." ”

Eunuch Zhong frowned and thought for a moment, nodded and said: "You are really thinking about our family, our family listens to you, there is Baochu Pagoda on Baoshan Mountain, and there is Niu Gao Tomb in Qixialing, which is also a good place. ”

Zhang Yuan accompanied the eunuch Zhong to land on the boat, first traveled to Qixia Ridge, the peach blossoms on the ridge are splendid, the distance looks like a brocade of smoke and haze, so the name is Qixia Ridge, the east is connected with Geling, the mountain is not high, there are quite a lot of historic sites, for a time can not find a good place to build an ancestral hall, then go to the gem mountain, Baochu Tower is built in the Song Dynasty, destroyed and built, built and destroyed, now this tower is rebuilt in Wanli 20 years, Zhong Eunuch fancy a piece of land on the tower side of the Dunxia stone, Zhang Yuan also thinks it is good, the site of the ancestral hall is so decided.

At this time, it was already late afternoon, Eunuch Zhong and Zhang Yuan, Qin Minping and the three of them had some food casually in the small temple under the tower, of course, the other people who accompanied them had to be hungry, and after the meal, they toured the mountain for a while, and then went down the mountain, the building boat had already been ordered to moor at the white causeway, and the group returned to the west bank of the West Lake by boat - Eunuch Zhong chose the address of the ancestral hall, and was in a happy mood, and invited Zhang Yuan and Qin Minping to enter the weaving department to go to the banquet, and knew that Zhang Yuan's sister and nephew were on the boat at the mouth of the canal, and Eunuch Zhong also specially sent his godson Xiao Gao to send wine and food.

At the end of the day, Zhang Yuan and Qin Minping said goodbye to Eunuch Zhong, and Zhang Yuan said: "Gonggong Zhong, the student will leave for Shanyin tomorrow, so he will not come to bid farewell to his father-in-law." ”

Eunuch Zhong said: "Okay, our family wishes you a successful scientific examination, all the way to the capital, haha." He took Zhang Yuan's hand and sent him out of the gate of the Weaving Department, and sent a carriage to send Zhang Yuan back to the canal port.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yuan hired a slender man to pull the white canopy boat through the canal connecting the canal and the Qiantang River, because the terrain is different, manpower must be used, Qin Minping led the local soldiers to send it off, Qin Minping said: "Brother Zhang Xian, the person who hired the green hand is named Yao Xin, he was captured, and it was indeed Yao Fu's brother." "Qin Minping sent two native soldiers to watch the trial of the case at the Hangzhou Mansion all the time, and they came to report as soon as there was news.

Zhang Yuanxi asked, "Where did you catch it?" ”

Qin Minping said: "That Yao Xin hired the black eight who fought the line, and he lived with a girl in the city and waited for the news of the black eight, and as soon as the black eight confessed, he was arrested as soon as he arrived at the sleeping flower building." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "This is a lot of injustice will kill oneself." ”

Qin Minping and his native soldiers were sent to the banks of the Qiantang River, and originally wanted to hire four native soldiers to hire a boat to escort them to Shanyin, but Zhang Yuan politely refused.

This afternoon, the Sanming tile white canopy boat arrived at the Xiling end of the Xixing Canal, this time it is down the river, the boat is quite fast, more than two hours of sixty miles of waterway arrived, in Qian Qing had dinner, the boatman of the white canopy boat, the boat lady are all business servants, away from home for almost a month, it is also like an arrow, taking advantage of the bright moonlight, the two took turns to take the boat, one hundred and five miles of waterway overnight, March 18 early in the morning to the Huiji - Zhang Yuan, Zhang Ruoxi and others got up early to wash, Zhang Ruoxi smiled and looked at his brother and said: "Xiao Yuan, Do you want to see Miss Shang first? ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "It's also a way, the Huiji Shang clan has a dock for mooring boats by the Dongda Pond, does my sister want to meet her?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi smiled: "You still need to ask, of course you have to see." ”

The Sanmingwa white canopy boat was moored at the dock of the Shang family's back garden, and the Shang servant had already seen it and asked if it was Zhang Gongzi who had returned, and said with great joy: "The eldest lady has already ordered the villains to wait, and it is expected that Zhang Gongzi will come back these two days." With that, he rushed to report the news.

Zhang Yuan got off the boat, stood on the shore steps, looked at the White Horse Mountain not far away bathed in the glory of the morning sun, green mountains and green waters, beautiful scenery, and waited for Shang to come with a good mood.

Only half a tea time later, a group of servants came out of the back garden of the Shang family's mansion, and then Shang Ran and the Qi family, the Qi family cared about her husband, Shang Zhoude, and naturally came to ask.

Zhang Yuan hurriedly greeted him, and saluted the Qi family first: "I've seen the second sister-in-law." He waved at Shang Ran again and smiled: "Hello Ran." On the side of his body, he pointed to the white canopy boat: "My sister Zhang Ruoxi has also returned to Ning from Qingpu." ”

Zhang Ruoxi went ashore and looked at the young lady of the Shang family walking shyly, the rising sun reflected the beautiful face of this girl, combing three small buns, the beads on the bun were shining, the eyebrows were like green feathers, and the eyes were like water, the beauty was difficult to describe, as if the landscape Zhong Lingyu was beautiful here, and couldn't help but secretly praise: "Xiao Yuan is really a blessing." Just as he was about to take a few steps, he unexpectedly ran forward and said politely to Shang Ran: "Hello sister." ”

Zhang Ruoxi hurriedly said: "Don't call it wrong, this is my aunt." ”

Lu Chun and Lu Jie changed their words to call their aunts, and Shang was ashamed.

(To be continued)