The old man came to His Royal Highness the Prince, and first bowed, "The old man sees His Royal Highness the Prince." Then he turned to face everyone, hugged his fists and said, "The old man has seen you." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, "No need to be polite, sir, please take a seat." Then he beckoned to Wu Shu, "Go and inform the room to serve the food." ”

Wu Shu hurriedly informed the master to serve the food.

The old man sat down in a chair to the southeast. This chair was brought by the guards when they moved the chair for Aoeda.

After the old man sat down, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "I heard that the Tang newspaper cavalry said that there is a master in this mountain, yes, since I happened to pass by here today, I should invite the gentleman to come over and drink a glass of wine to show respect." ”

The old man said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is old and decrepit, and he is not talented, how can He De be summoned by His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "Mr. is too modest. The place where the gentleman lives is a place that mortals like us can only yearn for. ”

The old man said: "Let go of the earthly thoughts, and anyone can retire to the mountain dwelling." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "Sometimes the world is involuntarily. ”

The old man said: "When the heart is at peace, the closed door is the pure land." You don't have to find such a place. The small is hidden in the world, and the big is hidden in the court. ”

At this moment eleven soldiers from the quarters arrived, ten of them carrying a plate, each containing two dishes or soups, and another carrying a wooden barrel with clean cutlery and drinking utensils.

After the soldiers put the dishes, soup pots, tableware, and wine utensils on the table, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at the table and saw that there was fish soup and steamed fish, so he said to the old man: "Among these dishes today, there are fish caught by this lake. The fish soup in the middle, the steamed fish on the side of Mr., are all made of fish in this lake, please taste the craftsmanship of the master of the next room, presumably this fish Mr. often eats, right? ”

The old man said: "It's not very often, I don't usually like to eat fish, I occasionally come here to fish, and most of the fish I catch are put back into the lake." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled slightly and said, "Mr. doesn't like to eat fish?" That's a pity, the fish soup and steamed fish that the chef worked so hard to cook. ”

The old man said: "It's really old and rotten that doesn't have this blessing." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "Since Mr. doesn't eat fish, then let's taste other dishes, and I hope that Mr. won't dislike the food in the barracks." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, picked up his wine glass and said to everyone at the table, "Let's have a drink first." ”

After a glass of wine, the old man saw Lu Shikang and asked, "This son is the son who once went to my humble house to chat, right?" ”

Lu Shikang said: "It is here, I have seen Mr. again this time, and the younger generation will do it first as respect, you can do it at will." As he spoke, he raised his glass to the old man and drained the wine.

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "If you have a chance to come here in the future, please come to my humble house at any time." said, looking at the people at the table, "I don't know who these are?" ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "The people at this table are all my beloved generals and brothers. As he spoke, he pointed to the privy envoy Qin Qiming, "This is my court's privy envoy Qin Qiming." ”

Then, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reported the names of the others in turn: "This is Ma Xiao in front of the palace, this is Shi He Shouxin, the commander of Ma Bujun, this is Shi Gao Muyuan, this is Shi Guo Haoming, this is Lin Taoyin, the master of Hanlin, and this is Qin Wu, the champion and grand prize." The one sitting by the lake is the doctor of Kong Qing in Jiangbei City. As for the one next to her, I don't need to introduce it, you've seen it. ”

The old man said: "Although I have seen it, but this son did not report his name last time." ”

Lu Shikang said: "The younger generation's surname is Lu, and his name is Shikang." ”

The old man said: "Lu Shikang...... Good name. ”

The old man continued: "Today, the old man has seen so many big people, it is really a blessing for three lives. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "Come on, let's not be polite, eat, drink!" ”

A table of people talked and laughed, chatting and eating, and after an hour, this banquet under the moon was dissolved.

And because of the cold weather, the chef changed the hot dishes several times during the period.

After drinking, His Royal Highness the Prince, who was slightly drunk, said to Lu Shikang: "Come, you come to dance the sword with me, so as to live up to the lake and landscape tonight, and live up to this piece of moonlight." ”

Lu Shikang said: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so interested, he will accompany him for his younger brother." ”

The two of them each held a sword and danced by the lake.

The others got up from the table and stood by the lake, watching the two of them dance their swords in the moonlight, and applauded one after another.

After the sword dance, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still not happy, so he asked the men present to light a bonfire by the lake, and then let the soldiers sing and dance to the moon.

Soon after the bonfire was lit, the old man went back to the mountain.

The fun at the foot of the mountain does not stop with his departure.

played until the moonlight set in the west, and then the prince's palace disbanded everyone.

On the second day, the troops began to set off early in the morning. This time, I will go to Kangshan, which is thirty-six miles east of Lishan.

There are no risks on this part of the journey, and there are no hidden dangers where you arrive, so the journey is uneventful.

For Wu Shan, this journey is the most difficult road in his life.

Because since the morning they found out the situation and knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already walked east, they began to follow the troops all the way east.

Along the way, the pain in his arm was bearable, but the helplessness in his heart was nowhere to be relieved.

In fact, this helplessness started early in the morning.

In the past, Lu Yuanqing would get up and cook by himself in the morning, because he thought that the food he cooked was difficult to eat, so he did it himself.

Today, however, she was lying on the bed all the time, not getting up anyway.

He thought that if the food he cooked didn't suit her appetite, she didn't want to use chopsticks, so he came to her bed and said to her, "Fourth girl, why don't I cook today?" As long as you don't dislike the food I cook, it's unpalatable. ”

Lu Yuanqing replied to him: "I won't cook with my hands in the future, because my hands are not white enough, people's hands are not white, and the food I cook is not fragrant, and such meals will cause some people to revolt." ”

Wu Shan said helplessly: "Fourth girl, what are you talking nonsense......"

Lu Yuanqing said: "If you want to eat by yourself, go to the village to find someone with white skin and not so thin body, and make it for you." ”

Cover your head with a quilt while talking, and don't speak again.

Wu Shan then went to the room to cook by himself.

Anyway, if it's good or not, it can fill your stomach.

After the meal was ready, he first went to call Chen Zhuo to eat, Chen Zhuo said that he would wait for Miss Lu to get up and eat together, so he came to Lu Yuanqing's room and said to her: "The fourth girl got up to eat." ”

Lu Yuan said slowly: "The food you cook, let's go and eat it for some fair-skinned and beautiful people, this girl doesn't have that blessing to enjoy." ”