Not long ago, our group came to the Xuanwu Lake, one of the three famous lakes in the south of the Yangtze River, last night only cared about chasing the female ghost, now look at it again in broad daylight, but it is a pleasant scenery, rippling blue waves, the water quality is clear, the shore is full of reeds, and get closer, you can also see the fish in the water are swimming happily in the meantime, see here, Mr. Tao Shangqian smiled and said: "This Xuanwu Lake is divided into five continents, namely Huanzhou, Yingzhou, Lingzhou, Liangzhou, Cuizhou, it can be said that the Zhouzhou embankment bridge communicates, Ouyang Xiu, a Song man, once wrote, 'Jinling is beautiful in Houhu, and Qiantang is beautiful in West Lake', which refers to this Xuanwu Lake, and Jinling refers to the Jinling Mountain, which is now called the Purple Mountain, hehe! ”

Master nodded, and continued: "This Purple Mountain has many other names, known as Jinling Mountain in ancient times, and it was named Jinling Mountain because it was built here by the Chu State during the Warring States Period. However, in the Han Dynasty, it was called Zhongshan, and the shape of this mountain was like a coiled dragon, and then there was a saying of 'Zhongfu Dragon Pan'. After the end of the Han Dynasty, there was Moling Lieutenant Jiang Ziwen to chase thieves, died here, and later Sun Quan was grateful and named this mountain Jiang Mountain, during the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang came to Jiangdong to prepare an alliance with Sun Quan of Eastern Wu to resist Cao Cao's 800,000 army. When passing through Linling, the so-called Linling is today's Nanjing, see the north according to the Yangtze River, the mountains are majestic, like a dragon coiling, the stone mountain terrain is dangerous and solid, such as the tiger standing on the riverside, I can't help but sigh and say: 'Zhongshan Longpan, the stone tiger is located, and it is really the house of the emperor's land. And urged Sun Quan to build a capital here. After the Red Cliff War, Sun Quan moved the capital to Nanjing and changed Linling to Jianye. Since then, Nanjing has been the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty and the Chen Dynasty, and the saying of "the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties" comes from this. ”

Mr. Tao Shangqian smiled and nodded, and continued Master's words: "It is precisely because this Xuanwu Lake is located in the north of the capital of the Six Dynasties that Xuanwu Lake is also called the North Lake, and as for the Houhu Lake, it is because this lake is also located in the Yin of Jinling Mountain. ”

The master agreed again, and then said: "The word Xuanwu in Xuanwu Lake refers to the god of the north, one of the four elephants, Xuanwu itself is a composite body of turtles and snakes, and Xuanwu and the green dragon, the red bird, and the white tiger jointly guard the four directions of the east, west, north and south. ”

I only heard Master and Mr. Tao Shangqian singing and harmonizing, and after a while, the old bottom of Xuanwu Lake and Jinling Mountain was lifted out.

However, listening to what they said, I can't help but feel in the various situations of the historical changes of Xuanwu Lake, but this also illustrates a problem, all things in heaven and earth do not belong to a certain person, or a certain dynasty, no matter the changes in the wind and clouds, whether it is the vicissitudes of life, all things in heaven and earth have never changed, the only thing that has changed is just a hurried passer-by who travels around this lake.

I don't know why, once the master chatted with this Mr. Tao Shangqian, it was very speculative, and it was like a confidant and old friend who had known each other for many years, and the tacit understanding was full. Even the little wave on Master's face before was swept away in an instant.

But I think that the more Master regards Mr. Tao Shangqian as a confidant and friend, when Mr. Tao Shangqian's true face is revealed in the future, it will not be the impression in Master's mind at all, but it will be very different, and at that time, Master will not know how sad he will be......

Everyone in the world says that confidants are rare. And I have been following Master for so long, and I have never seen Master have such a good impression of anyone. Most of them come and go, and there is no hindrance, and Mr. Tao Shangqian's knowledge and interests seem to have many similarities with the master, which is why the master is so happy.

We enjoyed the beautiful scenery all the way, and Master and Mr. Tao Shangqian were still talking about all kinds of historical anecdotes about Xuanwu Lake, but no matter how we talked, it seemed that we couldn't finish talking.

But I know that no matter what happens in the world, as long as there is a beginning, there will be an end. Seeing the bluestone stele not far in front of him, when he wrote "Ceramic Town", the master's voice stopped abruptly, and he hugged his fists to Mr. Tao Shangqian and smiled: "Mr. Tao, our master and apprentice are going to Jinling Mountain for a visit, so we won't bother your house, and we will visit you another day!" ”

Tao Shangqian also seemed to be a little unsatisfied, and when he heard this, he suddenly sighed and said, "I didn't expect to be separated from Mr. Yang so soon, time flies so fast!" If I swim through Jinling Mountain, I hope Mr. Yang must go to the humble house to live for a few days, and then talk about the avenue of heaven and earth, in the tavern we each have a few lines of poetry, still let Tao still unfinished, I hope we still have a chance to poetry! ”

Master smiled, clasped his fists again, and then Tao Shangqian and we each headed in different directions.

Speaking of which, the scale of this ceramic town is not small, the front and back along the mountain are the town's houses, Tao Shangqian's residence seems to be in the deepest part, and Master and I are heading straight to Jinling Mountain. Until Tao Shangqian's figure could no longer be seen, the master suddenly calmed down and said, "Where is Tao Qiliang's mansion?" Hurry up and take it as a teacher! ”

"Uh......" I was stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Master, aren't we going to Jinling Mountain?" ”

The master frowned and said, "What Jinling Mountain to go to?!" This is a perfunctory word to Mr. Tao, if he really followed Mr. Tao to his home, how could he be free to stay for a few days? At that time, the Tao Qi family doesn't know what will become, do you think Mr. Tao can't figure out the origin of that ghost? He just fooled you out of thin air before, the nine-fingered god is not so simple, once he returns home, he will definitely be able to calculate who stole his money, and Mr. Tao's words before seemed to be very bad to that Tao Qiliang, if he has the heart to retaliate, the female ghost will have no way to live! ”

I opened my mouth and looked at Master blankly, I didn't expect Master to see everything so thoroughly. I thought he had been obsessed with Tao Shangqian as a confidant, so we had to rush to Tao Qijia immediately.

Nodding his head in response, I immediately took my master to the foot of Jinling Mountain, which is in the northernmost part of Ceramic Town, and there are several abandoned mansions nearby, which seem to have long since moved out and gathered in the bustling place of Qianjie. And the front of Taofu seems to have been lively and brilliant, but now it has become deserted, and it is no longer the scene of the past.

It's just that I don't know the people of those ceramic towns, and do you remember the ceramic town that was renamed after the glorious history created by Tao Qiliang's father, and the far-reaching origin? The so-called poor in the downtown no one asks, the rich in the mountains have distant relatives, the Tao family is now a withered and decayed appearance, has long been not the richest family in the ceramic town.

When I took the master to the gate of Tao Qi's two houses, the master was stunned, looking at the broken gate, the messy appearance in the courtyard, and the rotten atmosphere of the carved and painted houses, and sighed for a while: "Alas, although the old saying is that there are no more than three generations of wealth, but when I arrived at Tao Qiliang, only the second generation has not passed, is there something wrong with the feng shui of the Tao family?" Or is there a problem with Tao Qi's two lives? ”

Walking slowly into this large courtyard, the master looked down at the ground, and then said: "The soil of the Wang house is fertile, and the ground is also a barren appearance, dry and stiff, it seems to lack a touch of earthly energy, you see the dead trees and barren grass, thin and short, and the house is empty, the population is withering, there is no sign of anger, there is no popularity, anger, and earthly atmosphere, even if you want to be poor, it is difficult to be poor." But Tao Shangqian, as a member of the Xuanmen, didn't he help his brother Tao Wenyi see the feng shui of this mansion back then? ”

I thought about it for a while, and said impatiently: "Master, don't blame me for talking too much, I always feel that Mr. Tao Shangqian wishes that Tao Qiliang's family would be out of business." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" The master frowned, and then said: "Although Mr. Tao has a hard personality, it doesn't mean that he is a bad person, as the so-called people can't be good-looking, how can you conclude that Mr. Tao must not let Tao Qi's family have a good time just by feeling?" Maybe Tao Qiliang deceived you, but I don't know, by the way, Tao Qiliang...... Seven taels ...... How could someone give such a cheap name, a poor house with a cheap name, this is clearly a sign of defeat to the end! ”

I nodded and said, "Seven taels is less than a catty, this name is indeed too light, it can't suppress the Fu Mansion at the top, and it can't suppress the poor at the bottom." Tao Qiliang's father is too stupid to take this kind of name, Master, you look at what should have been a brilliant and rich family house, but now it has become such a miserable failure, it is really embarrassing. ”

Master turned his head to look at the main entrance of the hall, which could never be closed, because one of the door panels was placed on the floor of the hall by Tao Qiliang as a bed, and I came here last night to see him sleeping on that door panel. Master glanced at the empty rooms in surprise, and couldn't help asking, "Where is Tao Qiliang now?" Looks like he's not at home! ”