Wu Dan was originally born as a horse thief in Kanto, and he was the most brutal by nature, and he hurt people as soon as he opened his mouth, so Mu Zixu hurriedly stepped forward to stop it. He glanced at the man who was testing the wind power, and asked with a smile: "Big brother, since you can't stay here, why are you here?" ”

"I'm Hebo Chen Tianyi!" Chen Huang said coldly, "This person has a kind of hurtful exit, just let him stay here, you guys go quickly!" He said, his hand was more than his eyes and he didn't stop for a moment, and he didn't look at Kangxi and his party, and said, "Peach Blossom Xun will arrive in an hour, and here is an ocean in an instant!" ”

When Kangxi heard this, he got off the horse instead, came over and asked, "Is your life not your life?" I sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman! Xiong Cixu was suddenly anxious, no matter whether this person is crazy or stupid, there must be peach blossoms in this season. He deeply regretted that he was careless and didn't take it into account today, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Kangxi, and said: "Master Long, there's nothing to see, and go to the town to fight - this brother, thank you for reminding me!" Kangxi followed and said loudly: "Even if it's so dangerous, you should go quickly!" ”

"I want to measure the water level, and it's hard to buy it at the moment." Chen Huang agreed without looking back, and threatened quite complacently, "Drown me underwater for the rest of my life before you can come!" So saying, he hurried upstream.

Kangxi Junchen rode back to Tieniu Town at a gallop for more than ten years, and sat under a passing dry shop shed at the edge of the town. Kangxi asked for a plate of Yellow River carp, a table of side dishes, and while eating, he looked at the river uncertainly, and after sandwiching the dishes several times, they all slipped off the chopsticks. It is seven or eight miles away from the Yellow River. Everyone saw that the town was full of people coming and going, bustling, and everything was calm, so they were relieved. Mu Zixu saw that Kangxi was unsettled, and said with a smile: "The forest is big, there are all kinds of birds-I don't know if that person is a madman or an idiot, don't pay attention to him!" Kangxi nodded slightly after hearing this, and sat down to eat silently. Xiong Cixu and Jieshu sat on one side, not daring to move, only picking water chestnuts and fresh lotus roots to carefully accompany each other.

After a while, Chen Huang also walked over from the river beach, bought two baked cakes and a plate of beef jerky from the shopkeeper, and sat opposite Kangxi honestly and unceremoniously, biting and munching on his hands. Kangxi quietly took the watch and looked at it, it had been nearly an hour, and said with a teasing smile: "I said Brother Hebo, why did you put a squib?" Didn't you say that the flood would arrive in an hour? ”

Chen Huang didn't answer immediately, looked at the shadow of the canopy, looked upstream, stuffed a large piece of beef into his mouth, and said vaguely: "No matter how good the watch is, the sun is not accurate - look at it later!" Jie Shu and Xiong Ci couldn't help but laugh when they saw him bragging. Wu Danwei smiled and said to Mu Zixu: "You and my brother have seen a little bit of the world, but I have never seen such a living treasure who brags to death." ”

But their faces changed immediately. Because the sound of the rolling waves like heavy thunder had been faintly heard, the earth was shaken. The quiet Tieniu Town was in an uproar, and the ground guards were sweating profusely, running and shouting as if they were flying gongs: "The tide god is here!" Residents and others all went to Donggang to avoid it - "the sound of people barking, dogs barking, the sound of old ladies chanting Buddha, the crying of children, the jingle of cleaning pots and pans...... As if boiling a pot of gruel, groups of people rushed eastward in a group of slices and rolls in a ball.

"Guys, what the hell is it!" The shopkeeper's face was pale, and he ran over in a panic, and saw Kangxi standing still under the shed, and several people next to him were also frozen, and said anxiously: "This year is not as good as in previous years, and the river embankment has collapsed!" Hurry, go! ”

"This is really a snake bite, ten years afraid of the well rope." Chen Huang only got up to look, but sat down again, and said with a broken smile: "This is Iron Bull Town, there is a sacred cow town water, why be afraid?" Let's go, such a good table of wine and food, only cheaper for me Chen. When I go back to Handan tomorrow, it's just right for me to go north! Kangxi knew Chen Huang's ability, so he grabbed Chen Huang and said: "I'll set the wine for you tomorrow, it's too dangerous here!" ”

Chen Huang looked at Kangxi, shook his head and said, "Thank you a lot, I have to stay here to watch the tide." Don't worry, Peach Blossom Flood can't come to Tieniu Town! Kangxi saw Su Lun and Delentai rushing over to help him, and waved his hand to stop it, and his eyes suddenly became aggressive: "Why? Are you a god? Chen Huang was stunned, and then laughed and said: "Where are there any immortals!" Let me tell you, at this time, there is 60% sediment in the water of the Yellow River, and the river around Tieniu Town is 500 zhang wide and 7 feet deep. The riverbank is 1,100 feet away from the town, and this beach is a natural barrier. On the water beach, the flow is buffered, the sediment will be silted, and the more it accumulates, the higher it is, maybe a long causeway will be silted. This can save the emperor hundreds of thousands of silver......" he said endlessly, and Kangxi was stunned when he heard it. Chen Huang pointed fingers, picked up the beef and sent it to his mouth, and said at length that he had already been spat on by Wu Danzhao: "Shut your dog's mouth!" You're a madman, you're tired of it! Wait here to feed the king! Xiong Cixu shouted: "Delentai, Su Lun, take the master and go quickly!" ”

Delentai and Su Lun agreed with a "chirp", and couldn't help but help Kangxi to the horse, Wu Dan whipped the horse's buttocks, and the horse neighed and drove away. Wu Dan got off the horse with a gloomy face, and pointed at Chen Huang's nose and said viciously: "You bastard, come out alive, don't bump into Lao Tzu's hands!" With that, he beat the horse and left. The huge town was immediately left and falling, and only one Chen Huang sat firmly under the shed. At this time, the whistling sound of the river waves has come like thousands of troops......

But after all, the water of the Yellow River did not enter Tieniu Town, and after the first flood, a natural sand bank more than a foot high gushed out miraculously. In the early morning of the second day, Kangxi sent Mu Zixu Pegasus to the town to see that the people who fled the water had not yet returned to the town, and only Kangxi had a rich meal that was eaten by Chen Huang, but the people did not know where to go.

On the way back to Beijing, Kangxi has been unhappy about this. The little eunuch Qin Zhe didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he changed his way to amuse him and make him happy, and he actually provoked Kangxi, making him rip off his pants and beat him to death. Although Wu Dan was careless, he also knew that he had mistaken Kangxi's affairs, and when he saw that he was angry with people, he was more careful along the way, for fear of touching the moldy head, and even the sanctimonious Xiong Cizhi became a little tiptoe.

Jin Fuyin, the governor of Anhui, has several extremely capable staff members and has always been quick to do things. After the order, within two months, he cleared up the backlog of cases in his hands, and transferred all the unfinished copywriting to the Yamen agent of the feudal department, and ordered the two masters to go to Qingjiang to check the intersection of the Huang, Huai, and Yun rivers, and prepare to move the River Governor's General Office from Jining to Qingjiang. When everything was ready, he called Feng Zhiren, his most useful guest, to come over and play chess. In fact, where did he get the leisure, he was worried about the incoming river governor!

Jin Fu has been passionate about water conservancy since he was a child. In the tenth year of Kangxi, he was appointed governor of Anhui, which coincided with the diversion of the Yellow River and passed through the border. He tried the way to control water for the first time, and it was quite effective. But to take over as the governor of the river, Jin Fu was a little uneasy in his heart. The Yellow River goes east from Sanmenxia, the water potential is gentle, to the area of Huining because the terrain is more flat, the sediment is deposited, the riverbed is silted higher and higher, looking at it from afar, like a soil dragon that does not care about the earth and the earth, so it is called "hanging river". Historically, magistrates have regarded the position of river governor as daunting. Now that the decree has not been issued, Mingzhu's letter has revealed the letter of serving as the governor of the river, although Jin Fu has been promoted from the second grade to the first grade, he seems to be a little uncertain.

Feng Zhiren, who was sitting opposite, saw him wandering and knew that he had something on his mind, so he knocked on the chess pieces he ate with both hands without saying a word, rolling his eyes and looking at Jin Fu from time to time. He knew Jin Fu's temperament, and if he didn't ask, this Dong Weng would say it himself sooner or later.

"What kind of system is it now?" Sure enough, after a while, Jin Fu stretched his brows and said to himself, "It's getting more and more difficult for this foreign official to do - if you ask for money, the people will scold you for being a thief; If you don't want money, you can't send your boss, and some people in the court will accuse you of being a national thief...... Anyway, it's a thief's name! Alas......"

Feng Zhiren nodded, walked a "high hanging horse", and asked, "Dong Weng, how much money will you bring to Beijing this time?" ”

"Huh?"

"I mean, it's not good to bring less."

"Bring fifteen thousand." Jin Fu smiled and said, "This time I will also be a corrupt official." When the river workers come down with money, this account will be spent. The river governor is no better than the governor, and I can't afford to fill this hole. "Fifteen thousand!" Feng Zhiren repeated softly, blinking slyly, unable to tell what kind of aura it was. Jin Fu glanced at him and asked in surprise, "What, isn't it enough?" ”

Feng Zhiren rubbed his hands, smiled casually, and said, "It's enough to make it clear!" As long as Zhongcheng has popularity, there is no flower for a child. I really don't know what the market of the feudal officials is. My fellow villager Liu Blind donated a fellow acquaintance, donated only 300 taels of silver, and voted for the Ming Xiang Gate, with 1,007 door bags and 5,000 officials, and 8,000 in the hands of the Ming Xiang, so he put a real shortage of prefects. Jiangxi Liu Ruben, with 1,500 taels of gold to play a Buddha to send Suo Zhongtang as a birthday gift, the ticket is intended to be awarded Huaixi Salt Road. There is also a cousin of mine, Xu Qiuren, who entered Beijing in the middle of the month, and I heard that he brought 50,000 ...... This is actually the same as doing business, the buyer is willing, the seller is willing, the price is the penny, the price is the same, and the child is not deceived! As he spoke, Jin Fu's face had changed color, he leaned back, and said with his neck twisted: "If that's the case, I don't have one!" I'm such a big official, I can't do that. This ten thousand five is just to buy peace, if it doesn't work, you have to let him be! ”

Just as he was saying this, the door boss walked in and said, "Zhongcheng, there is a young woman outside, with two children, who wants to see Zhongcheng - it is said that it is the family of Lord Li Anxi......" After saying that, his lips moved for a moment, and he stopped talking. Jin Fu was stunned when he heard this: Li Anxi is Li Guangdi, he only has a meeting relationship, and now he is a national minister, how can he entrust his wife and children to himself, and how can he not even seal the book and the name of the assassin, and the mother and son come to worship? He was puzzled in his heart, but he commanded: "What are you standing and stunned, please come in!" The chief bowed and agreed: "Yes...... But the three of them...... The slave really doesn't look like an official. The clothes were torn like flowers, and the shoes were blooming......"

Jin Fu stood up when he heard this, sat back again, and looked at Feng Zhiren a little at a loss. Feng Zhiren asked: "Didn't you tell her that Lord Jin didn't bring his family, so it was inconvenient to receive him, and he was going to leave his post and enter Beijing on the same day?" The chief hurriedly said: "Back to the words of the master, the slave said." She said that she heard that Zhongcheng had entered Beijing, and asked Zhongcheng to read the same dynasty as an official favor, take her mother and son with her, and defect to Master Li, she was entangled in everything...... Jin Fu hesitated slightly, sighed and said: "In this case, please come in and see it." ”

In a moment, Naga came in with a young woman dressed in rags. When Jin Fu looked at it, she was only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, picking her figure carefully, with two thin eight-character eyebrows on her face, and the tips of her eyebrows were slightly cheeky, although she looked haggard, her two eyes flickered and looked very energetic, and she pulled a child in one hand and came in, without waiting for Jin Fu to speak, she squatted for two blessings first, then knelt down, and said softly: "Concubine Li Xiuzhi knocked on Master Jin to see Master Jin......" Jin Fu helped him with his hand, and said: "Mrs. Zun, please get up, look at the seat, this is not daring, Lord Jin Qing is today's son Xingchen, Jin Fu relies on a lot." How does this make it? ”

"Back to the words of the adult," Li Xiuzhi sat down, took the tea handed over by the next person, and said with a red face, "This is a rite of course, the cheap concubine is not a ......good match for Jin Qing" As he spoke, he handed the tea to the child in his left hand, and said in a trembling voice, "Xingbang, you drink some, and then give it to ......the younger brother" The child took the tea and only drank half a sip before handing it to the child on the right, and said: "Xingguo, you drink ......" Xingguo was probably very thirsty, and took it and drank it to the bottom.

When Feng Zhiren looked closely, the two brothers were generally tall, generally dressed, and generally looked like two or eight years old, very similar to twin brothers, because he asked: "Under Feng Zhiren." Forgive me for being rude, and I dare not ask Mrs. Li why she has fallen to this point? Xiuzhi's eyes turned red, and she leaned over and said: "Our mother and son sold their fortunes, from Hangzhou to Anxi, Fujian, and traveled thousands of miles here. I heard that Mr. Jin is about to enter Beijing, and I would like to ask you to take us to Beijing to meet the light...... I can barely hold on, and the two children can't walk......" said him, tears falling early.

"Is there no one in the Anxi Li family?" Jin Fu asked in surprise.

"Some ......" Xiuzhi sobbed, her sleeves were already wet with tears, and she only kept her voice reserved, "...... They won't confess ......"

Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren quickly exchanged glances, Li Guangdi's family is a famous Fujian family, how can it be so unreasonable? Jin Fu hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "How old are the two young sons this year, how could they be born in Hangzhou?" ”

"My lord, don't ask about it." Xiuzhi wiped away her tears and said, "If you suspect me of pretending to be an official, please punish you; If you believe, I will take me; If you don't want to bring it, that's it. I owe you this glass of water, and I will pay you back in the future. As he spoke, he got up.

The young woman spoke softly and softly, and said a few words lightly, but Jin Fu was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Please don't misunderstand, I don't suspect what you mean, if you really pretend to be an official, how dare you go to see Jin Qing with me?" Feng Zhiren had already called someone to come and ordered to clean up the house, arrange tea and dinner, and ask someone to go to the street to buy clothes for his wife.

"It's another embarrassing thing." When Xiuzhi and the others went out, Jin Fuchang took a breath and smiled at Feng Zhiren, "The Li family in Fujian doesn't recognize her, and Li Anxi doesn't recognize her, it's still between the two." I'm afraid there is something hidden here! ”

Feng Zhiren tapped the back of his hand with a fan and muttered: "This matter has long been clear, but she still protects Master Li and refuses to say it." During the period of mourning, Master Li actually had an affair with a woman in the Qinglou, the word 'Taoism'...... Alas! Jin Fu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly an ominous premonition hit his heart, and said: "In fact, the sin of mourning is secondary, abandoning flesh and blood, being unkind to the father, and it is even more scandalous." Li Guangdi is hot now, waiting to enter the study, how can he admit these two major crimes? He gasped. Feng Zhiren suddenly smiled and said, "Dong Weng is too worried, I think this is a strange commodity to live in." If you quietly cover up the past for Master Li in Beijing, I am afraid that this favor will be worth more than 10,000 silver. Dong Weng, Li Jinqing is the most proud of Suo Etu Zhongtang! ”

The next day, Jin Fu took Feng Zhiren and Xiuzhi's mother and son to set off. Because the silt of the Yellow River has long been cut off from the waterway, it is impossible to take a boat, so he went west along the north embankment of the Yellow River, and checked the river situation along the way. After Kaifeng, it folds to the north and enters the territory of Zhili. Jin Fu couldn't wait to enter Handan City, and came to the Linhaoguan Post Station in Huangliang Mengbei to settle down.

After dinner, it was already dark. Jin Fu wore a crimson robe and did not wear a gown, and walked out of the patio with Feng Zhiren. Seeing the brilliant lights around Huangliang Meng, half of the sky was bright, so he asked: "Zhiren, you have passed by since you rushed to the exam many times, and the bright front is shining, what is the place?" Before Feng Zhiren could answer, the doorman on duty at the post station smiled and said: "Lord Futai, if you want to leave tomorrow, the little one will go and take a look." That excitement is rare in the world! On April 4 of Ming'er, Huangliang Dream Race God, six seats were set up on the stage alone. Jin Fu nodded with a smile and said to Feng Zhiren: "Walk with me, just eat and drink!" ”

The two chatted and walked, and half a meal was in Huangliang Dream, which was really lively. There are thousands of fire candles in the temple and outside the temple, and hundreds of jars of sea lanterns are lit with egg-thick twists, which illuminate the surroundings. A team of stilts has people who play the eight immortals, some who play Guanyin, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and some who sing stories such as the West Chamber and the Peony Pavilion. Six big operas, three each in the east and west, singing together, the gongs and drums beat like a torrential rain. There were explosions of war, artillery and ping-pong, and it was impossible to hear what was being sung on the stage. The crowd at the bottom of the stage was pushed around. What sells melon seeds, sells sesame sugar, butter tea, sells wine, food and snacks, stalls, clusters, everything, and the gentleman who puts hexagrams and divination, and divination, and fortune-telling, shouts loudly and vigorously...... Feng Zhiren said with emotion: "Dong Weng, it seems that Confucius is difficult to compare with Taishang Laojun and Buddha!" I have also seen Qufu Festival Kong, where is there such pomp and circumstance, such a lively! ”

"The war is not over, and the peace and prosperity have been revealed." Jin Fu's mood was a little happier, "As long as you don't fight, the recovery will be very fast!" Zhiren, have you seen it? There is also a foreign goods store here, and such a big chiming clock is on the counter - Wei Dongting is really a person with a way! "That's," said Feng Zhiren with a smile, "what was shipped out of customs was silk, tea, and porcelain, which I had seen with my own eyes; The heap of silver on the returning ship, sea! With that, the two of them stepped into the back temple, and looked at the inscriptions of their predecessors along the wall by candlelight in the Shinto tablet corridor. There are those who praise Shinto, there are those who pray for blessings, and there are those who express their aspirations and complain. Jin Fuyin saw Gao Shiqi's criticism, and the word "dog fart" was used upside down, and laughed: "This surname Gao is really arrogant!" ”

"Qiantang is a famous talent, and it is inevitable that he will be high-minded and empty-eyed." Feng Zhiren smiled and said, "I heard that he criticized other people's articles and poems, probably only these three words. 'Dog fart' refers to a person who farts a dog, occasionally doing it; 'Dog fart' is to blame him for misconduct, and the text is still desirable; 'Fart dog' refers to a dog who specializes in farting and blames his character for being inferior in character and literature......" Before he finished speaking, Jin Fu couldn't help but laugh and said with a smile: "In short, it's all fart, but the advantages and disadvantages are subtle - oh, this Chen Huang's poem is interesting: 'I want to borrow a pillow from Mr.'." The words are also quite elegant - Chen Huang, this name is so familiar, I can't remember who it is anymore! ”

Feng Zhiren shook his fan and groaned for a long time, and said, "Chen Huang-Chen Tianyi!" The younger brother of Chen Shouzhong in Qiantang. Due to the lack of water, he couldn't help but play with water and tide in his family since he was a child, and he became a material! Zhongcheng must have forgotten that you have read his "Yangshui Edition", isn't it a reward for hitting the festival? Jin Fu sighed: "It turned out to be him!" It's a pity that I was unfortunate and ended up here! It's a pity to envy the ancients for a romantic dream - I just can't wait to see it! ”

"No," said someone behind him, "what do you two gentlemen have to say?" ”