An old man with a shoulder-length beard, holding a fan in his left hand and a small wooden block in his right, sat upright at the table and shouted for a story. This is a new thing for the people of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, at first, three or three, then one after another, and then more and more, and finally the three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding the old man.

Seeing that there were enough people, the old man stroked his beard thoughtfully, sighed, and said, "This matter is a long story, and listen to the old man slowly." ”

Thirty years ago. The prince and his wife went to Lin'an to transfer officials and rented a private house. After living for a few days, I thought he was cramped and inconvenient. So the prince went out into the streets, and found a house that was spacious and clean, and very suitable, and rented it out.

After returning, he said to his wife: "The house is very good to live in, I will move things tomorrow, and when it is over, I will hire a sedan chair to pick you up." ”

The next day, the boxes were sorted out and prepared, and the prince took his luggage to pack it first. Before going out, he said to his wife: "You wait here, the sedan will come when it arrives." ”

The prince commanded him to settle down in his new home. I called a sedan chair to pick up the lady in the old apartment. The sedan chair has been gone for a long time, but I haven't seen it. The prince waited anxiously, and went to the old apartment to ask.

The old apartment said: "When the official went not long ago, there was a sedan chair to pick up the lady, and the lady had already gotten on the sedan chair. I asked him, 'Madame has already gone to the sedan chair.' "Those two took the empty sedan back and went back, why haven't they arrived yet?"

The prince was shocked and turned to the new apartment to see. I saw two sedan chair men come to beg for money and said: "I'll wait for the sedan chair to pick up Mrs., Mrs. has come first." Although we can't carry it, we have to rent a sedan chair and foot money. ”

The prince said, "I called your sedan chair, how can anyone go to the sedan chair first?" ”

The palanquin man said: "We don't know this. ”

The prince will take a few dozen dollars and send it away, and he has no owner in his heart, and he is as irritable as thunder, and there is no solution.

The next day, I went to Lin'an Mansion to complain, and I got the owner of the old apartment, just as I said yesterday, and there was no different word. Ask him about his neighbors, and he will go to the sedan chair to see it. He asked the two sedan chair drivers behind him and said, "I only hit the empty sedan chair and went back, and there were many people on the local street who saw it, and I didn't know the rest of the situation." ”

Lin'an Mansion had no choice but to make an arrest document and visit the two previous palanquins. But I don't know my name and address, I don't know my name, I don't know my name, I don't know my name, I don't know my name, I don't know my name, I don't know my name, I don't know my name,

The prince was miserable and in pain. Since then, he has lost his wife and will not marry again.

Someone said: "The prince here, it must be you, right?"

The old man looked sad, nodded lightly, and sighed sadly: "Between the green mountains and green waters, take your hand and walk across this bridge, the bridge is green leaves and red flowers, under the bridge is flowing water, the other end of the bridge is green silk, and the end of the bridge is white hair." In the flick of a finger, it's been 30 years!"

Someone said, "Even if your wife is still alive, how can she recognize you?"

The old man sighed: "I remember that I wrote a poem that year, only she can understand: red crisp hands, yellow silk wine, and willows on the palace wall in the spring of the city." The east wind is evil, and the joy is thin. A melancholy, a few years away. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Spring is as old as ever, people are empty and thin, and tears are red and silky. Peach blossoms fall, idle pond pavilion. Although the mountain league is here, it is difficult to trust the brocade book. Mo, Mo, Mo!"

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but burst into tears, and the onlookers were all moved, sighing, and even worse, crying with the old man.

Suddenly, there was a hunched old woman in the crowd, with teary eyes and trembling eyes, walked out in front of the old man, staring at the faint old eyes, when everyone was surprised, they saw the old woman grab him, and the old tears were all over in an instant.

The old man was stunned: "Are you?"

"I was so loving back then, and I never wanted to be victimized by a traitor. Thirty years later, you won't recognize me, but do you still remember this poem?" The wind is dry, and the tears are left. If you want to write about your heart, you will be oblique in your monologue. Difficult, difficult, difficult! People become different, today is not yesterday, and the sick soul is often like a swing. The horn is cold, and the night is dark. Afraid of people asking, crying and pretending to be happy. Hide, hide, hide!"

The old man was shocked: "Madame!?"

The two hugged and cried. The onlookers all sighed at the joys and sorrows of the impermanence of the world, and the large whimpering sounds were everywhere, and the scene was extremely moving.

The old woman said: "After 30 years of hard work looking for a husband, Guazhou has turned into dust without results. Stepping on the iron shoes will eventually meet, and we will never change our companionship for a lifetime!"

"Madame, would you like to go back to Yangzhou with me?"

The old woman nodded, and the two supported each other and walked forward slowly, but the old woman stumbled and fell, knocking down a woman in front of her.

The man next to the woman was willing to give up, pulling the old woman unyieldingly. The onlookers were still rejoicing in the happy meeting of the two old men just now, but they suddenly encountered such a fraudulent thing.

The man yelled angrily: "What kind of slander is money? My lady is happy, if there is an accident, how can this be good?"

The onlookers suggested: "Then let's find a doctor and take a look......

"How can a small town like Guazhou be qualified to see a doctor for my wife. If there is nothing, if there are three long and two short, who can bear it?"

The old woman pleaded to no avail, and when she thought about the thirty years of suffering, she burst into tears again. Everyone sighed, and suddenly someone proposed: "You might as well hire a carriage, and we will contribute to this footwork." We are also sincerely happy that the two old men can meet again. I wonder what everyone thinks?"

When you look at it, isn't this the magistrate of Guazhou? He is also here. As a result, his proposal was unanimously approved. The old man and the old woman helped each other into the carriage, and then the old man said to the man: "Seeing that you are also in love with the lady, and you will never give up, you should also come up, don't be like me, leave a lifetime of regrets." ”

"What a good person has a good reward!"

"Who's to say it isn't. ”

At this time, Yazhi County, Guazhou Prefecture, said: "When I heard about the prince, the government was greatly shaken. A cadre was sent to protect the two elders all the way to Yangzhou. ”

The old man thanked him, and the groom drove away. Because of the government's accompaniment, how dare Huang Zhangmen make a mistake, although he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't think about it too much, and the road was unimpeded.

Literati and writers who have been to Guazhou know that there is a good place to go here, and even Hongzhi County has visited it several times. Why? Just because there is a "drunken spring building" here.

This is certainly a place where rich people have a lot of money. On this day, the old bustard suddenly shouted out the pillar of the "Drunken Spring Building" - Spring Moon. This woman looks like a shy flower in the closed moon, sinking fish and geese, and everyone is amazed.

The old bustard said again at this time: "Bid 100 taels, you can see the true face of Chunyue, bid 1,000 taels, you can hear Chunyue play a song, bid 10,000 taels, and you can take Chunyue to ecstasy for a night." ”

How high is this price? A magistrate county can only pay 100 taels of silver a year, which is equivalent to 40,000 yuan at most, that is to say, if you spend 40,000 yuan, you can take a look at her. For 400,000 yuan, you can listen to her play a song. For 4 million, you can turn the clouds and rain overnight.

This price is sky-high. Although the Tang Dynasty was rich, it was one of the few that could afford 10,000 taels.

Suddenly, at this time, someone shouted, "What if I get 100,000 taels?"

The old bustard was startled, and when he looked up, it turned out that it was Hongzhi County, a distinguished guest here, who said this. A smile immediately appeared on his face, and he said, "If the magistrate can get 100,000 taels, Chunyue will accompany you for a month." What do you think?"

Hong Zhixian looked up to the sky and laughed: "What is the way to do it with just 100,000 taels?" At that moment, he carried the whole box of gold, silver and jewelry into it.

"Why is Zhixian so generous today?"

"Was Benfu stingy before?"

"That's not what it means...... Look at my mouth, it's really ...... hit."

"Didn't you say that Chunyue only sells her art and not her body? Why did you suddenly change your mind today?"

"Isn't that a little tight...... the old bustard smiled unnaturally.

"You're still short on money, so how can everyone else live?" Hong Zhixian laughed.

The old bustard said: "The magistrate should be happy, the price you pay depends on whether people are willing or not." ”

I saw the spring moon lotus step lightly, like a fairy, and said with a smile: "The little woman has always wanted to go to Yangzhou to walk around, if the county is willing, we will set off immediately, along the way you can also watch the wind, see the scenery and see the people, talk about the piano." Isn't it beautiful?"

"Beautiful! It's really beautiful!" Hong Zhixian nodded happily and agreed, took Chunyue's jade hand, ordered someone to do a good job, and sat in a sedan chair with Chunyue, swaggered out of Guazhou, and went straight to Yangzhou.

Along the way, I only heard the spring moon in the sedan chair, sometimes smiling, sometimes sneering, but Hongzhi County didn't say a word. Chunyue said angrily: "Zhixian turned out to be tired, okay, then rest and rest." ”

Then, she asked in the sedan chair, "Are we out of Guazhou?"

The palanquin man replied, "Out." ”

She asked, "Is the weather up ahead?"

The palanquin man replied, "It is evening, and the trees are moving before the sound of the wind, for fear that there will be wild beasts." ”

She asked, "Why do you go to the toilet?"

The palanquin man replied: "There is no place to go to the toilet, it is dangerous here, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time." ”

She ordered: "I am a red dust, not informal, people have three urgency, and those who come are unstoppable." Stop the car!"

Car stop. Chunyue got out of the car and twisted her waist and went to the depths of the dense forest. Suddenly, at this time, only to hear a coquettish cry of "ahh Poor Hong Zhixian was shocked and frightened, but he had no choice but to point the acupoint, couldn't shout, and couldn't move his steps.

Everyone fled for a while, and suddenly remembered that Hongzhi County had not escaped in the sedan chair, so they returned in groups of three or five. But seeing that the sedan chair has been scattered, Hongzhi County does not know where to go, leaving only a shoe and bloodstains, looking for it along the blood mark, and finding the tiger's nest, it is feasting on the corpse of Hongzhi County, smelling the smell, it raised its head, "whoop", and everyone was so frightened that they fled with a crawl.

The unexpected appearance of this tiger helped Fang Yu and Yu Yan a lot. The two took off their disguises, took advantage of the night to slowly fall, changed from walking to light work, and rushed to Yangzhou in the time of a stick of incense. When he arrived in Yangzhou, he immediately wrote a letter to the bustard, informing him of the relevant situation, and spent a lot of money to order someone to deliver it quickly.

After reading the letter, the old bustard showed regret on his face, but his heart was full of joy. Hongzhi County was eaten by a big worm and lost a cash cow, which is a pity. Happily, these gold and silver treasures are really their own, as the hero said. So he secretly called the real Spring Moon, and the two of them combined, claiming to pretend to pass out, but when they woke up, they saw that the big worm had gone and they were not dead, and they escaped overnight.

Poor Hongzhi County has been bribing and looting the people's fat and ointment for 15 years, but he ended up like this, which can be described as karma.