As soon as I arrived in Xiongzhou with He Chengju, I was fascinated by the knotweed flowers of Baiyangdian.

It was a small, unassuming flower. The stems and leaves are slender, the flower buds are gorgeous, and they bloom in the lake water in patches, on the island of Zhou, and in the autumn wind of the northern country. The blue water, the cattails, the reed flowers, were scorching red by her, if it weren't for the war of the Khitans, I am afraid that even Xiongzhou City and Waqiao Pass would be lost in her boundless flower shadows.

He Chengju is also fascinated by knotweed flowers. He is the governor of Xiongzhou, and he is also a poet. Therefore, not long after he arrived in Xiongzhou, he summoned the officials of the state and county and the local literati to come to Baiyangdian to watch the knotweed flowers with great fanfare.

On the huge colorful boat painting boat, a boatload of people put wine in the wind, and Yaxing was in full swing. He Chengju quickly filled in a poem, put a branch of knotweed on my head, and said to me, Silan, you can sing my words to everyone!

I flew to the platform in the middle of the boat like green smoke, danced lightly with long sleeves, rolled skirts, wore knotweed flowers on my head, and hand-turned orchids, and sang this song "Knotweed Flower Yin" in the sound of the guzheng: lotus leaf rain, knotweed flower wind, autumn hatred of a few branches of red. The smoke is dissolved, and the geese are in the clouds......

My singing won a round of applause from everyone. Then someone stood up and sang harmony: a knotweed flower hand in hand, pink and soft. Pingshui does not stay for a long time, and each is leisurely......

Someone else replied: At the end of the water, the knotweed blossoms, and the fish are exchanged for wine. Lotus Island, Luhua Su, Baiyang Moon Fall, do not take off your clothes and sleep soundly......

He Chengju sang with everyone and walked to the platform. He took me into his arms. I felt like I was back in Bianliang, Tokyo. At that time, I danced and sang in the teahouse of the restaurant, and it was He Chengju who ransomed me home and taught me to write poems and recite lyrics, so I had a soulmate. Later, he guarded the border passes, and I went with him without hesitation. Originally, I wanted to stop singing, be a virtuous woman, and take good care of his diet and daily life, but I didn't expect that in the knotweed bushes of Baiyangdian, I couldn't control my voice anymore. In He Chengju's happy arms, I shed tears of happiness. A boatload of people surrounded the two of us, with the theme of knotweed, chanting to the fullest, until the flowers were blooming and grateful, and the water fell and rose.

Bang dang - just as everyone was drunk, one person overturned the wine table and brought the chanting to an abrupt end. That person was Huang Mao, the commander of Yijin County. I saw him clasping his fists with both hands and shouting loudly, Lord He, the Liao thieves have coveted the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, and Xiongzhou is in danger. At the beginning of his tenure, he did not think about the enemy's strategy, but did a leisurely trip. Lord Su Wen is honest and honest, but I didn't expect him to be a person who is greedy for pleasure......

Smack - He Chengju's face couldn't hold it. He let go of me and slammed the wine glass in his hand on the ground, Huang Mao, you are so bold to speak wildly and defeat my wine. Someone, drag him down, lock him up!

Huang Mao was escorted down, and everyone continued to sing. The boat boat sails to the depths of the lake.

He Chengju released Huang Mao three days later. He personally sent Huang Mao to Yijin County, and quietly said to Huang Mao, Huang County Order, you have suffered. I, He, am by no means a person who is greedy for pleasure. The Liao army repeatedly violated the border, the border people were unemployed in farming and weaving, the fields were barren, and the supply was difficult. But I'm afraid that the plan will leak, so I have no choice but to sing a song of knotweed!

He Chengju took out another memora and a volume of atlases, and handed them to Huang Mao, Huang County Order, this is my memorabilia for planting rice in Shengshangtuntian and the topographic map of Baiyangdian that I personally draw, just bother you to work harder, go to the capital to face the saint!

Huang Mao touched the ground with one leg, raised his hands above his head, the little mistake is to blame for Lord He, and he hopes to atone for his sins!

He Chengju laughed, where are you guilty? You helped me play the show so well, I still have to recommend you to the Holy One! I know you're from Hokkien, and you still have to rely on you to grow rice!

Emperor Taizong's decree soon came down. He Chengju was appointed as the envoy of Tuntian in Yanbian, Hebei, and Huang Mao was appointed as the deputy envoy of Tuntian.

The battle of the Tuntian border began. He Chengju mobilized 18,000 troops stationed in Xiongzhou, Juzhou, Bazhou and other places, built a 600-mile-long embankment along the edge of Baiyangdian Lake, and dug a number of rivers in the lake, with lakes inside the embankment and cultivated land outside the embankment. A sluice gate is set at the embankment to divert water for irrigation. Rivers can ward off enemies, and arable land can be used to grow rice. Baiyangdian has truly become the land of fish and rice.

I don't want to, let Liao know about this matter in the end. The Khitan general Yelu Ahai led 10,000 cavalry to the city of Xiongzhou on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. He Chengju ordered Huang Mao to hold the city gate, and then quietly got on a small boat with me and a few retinues. In the white moon, in the rich fragrance of ripe knotweed flowers, our boat rowed quickly. The fishing fire on the boat was lit, and He Chengju was wearing a coat and a hat, and erected the guzheng on the bow of the boat. Then he took out a wine gourd, took a few sips, and then lowered his head and stroked the kite. The sound of the zither was hard and agitated, and it pierced through the air. I leaned against He Chengju, a touch of white long sleeves floating over his hat. The song "The Song of the Flowers" floated on his hat: the rain of lotus leaves, the wind of knotweed flowers, and a few red branches of autumn hatred. The smoke is dissolved, and the geese are in the clouds......

He Chengju was on the boat - someone shouted in the Liao army array. And Jereus halted the siege, and led his cavalry after him, following the sound of the kite and my song. They didn't release their arrows, they wanted to capture us alive. So they went down the embankment, crossed the river, and chased after our fishing fires. Unexpectedly, the river channel is getting wider and wider, denser and deeper. The horses galloping across the grassland soon fell into the grass. He Chengju's zither stopped suddenly, and he ordered his followers to release a shining arrow. Soon, I heard the gate of Xiongzhou City open, and Huang Mao led the soldiers defending the city to chase and kill all the way. For a while, the arrows in Baiyangdian were like locusts, and the cannons roared. Jereiahai's cavalry was destroyed. He himself became a captive of Huang Mao.

I threw myself into He Chengju's arms in a robe, and I adored this man. I, Silan, not only witnessed his literary talent as a poet, but also witnessed him as a general of Zhizhou. I think that I will not give up on this man, I will not leave this man, I must accompany him for the rest of my life, until I die.

Later, my wish really came true. After the death of Song Taizong, Song Zhenzong ascended the throne. He fell for the discord of Wang Qinruo, a spy and privy envoy of the Liao State, and transferred He Chengju from Xiongzhou and demoted him to the training envoy of the Qizhou regiment. On the sixth day of his tenure, He Chengju vomited blood and died.

I escorted Ho Seungju's coffin back to Tokyo. On the way, I sang the song "The Song of the Flowers" with tears: the rain of lotus leaves, the wind of the knotweed flowers, and the autumn hatred of a few reds. The smoke is dissolved, and the geese are in the clouds......

In the song, a group of dusty Xiongzhou people cried and came to see him off.