Lu Miaoxiang and the infant got off the sedan chair on the side of the single-plank bridge, the snow night was cold in the forest, the cold wind was skull, and on the top of their heads, the snow of the maple branches was falling, and the foothold was like felt.

Zeng Yu took the lantern from a servant, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to brush the snow on the single-plank bridge, and found that the snow had been frozen, and it was not easy to remove, and if it was not clean, it would be more slippery when he walked up, and turned his head to Yingzi and said: "Miss Yingzi walked ahead, Lu Niangzi followed the footprints, held on the guardrail, stepped on the foot and then moved, Miss Yingzi should be more careful." ”

Yan Shaoqing on the side shook his head and said: "Aunt Lu and Ying Zimei don't live in this remote forest, it's inconvenient to enter and exit, I'll go and tell my mother, you can still live back in Jichang Garden." ”

Lu Miao thought: "No need, it's better to live here and be clean." I felt very relaxed in my heart, just talked with Yan Shaoqing's mother Cao and Yan Shifang's wife Song, Cao and Song were willing to help each other, so that Zeng Yu and Yingzi's relatives could be together, Lu Miaoxiang's heart had been hanging The big stone fell to the ground, Yingzi has a lifelong trust is her greatest joy, this snowy night is really beautiful, and it is not difficult to cross the bridge on a snowy night.

The two servants held the lantern in their hands high, and the girl walked on the single-plank bridge, stretched out her hand to hold the guardrail, and the guardrail also had a trace of snow, and the hand went up, and the cold "sizzled" gasp, and the baby wiped the snow away, and turned back and said: "Mother, hold my shoulder." ”

Zeng Yu followed behind Lu Miaoxiang, looking at Lu Miaoxiang's heels, engrossed, ready to help at any time, Lu Miaoxiang's green cloth shoes stepped on the footprints of the baby step by step, and then Zeng Yu stepped on it, squeezing the footprints very large-

When he was about to reach the end of the bridge, Zeng Yu saw that there was a footprint in the infant posture that was slightly off, and before he could be reminded, Lu Miaoxiang's left foot had already stepped on it, and suddenly slid outward, Zeng Yu's eyes were quick, and he grabbed Lu Miaoxiang's left arm from behind, Lu Miaoxiang held the guardrail with one hand, quickly stabilized his body, crossed the bridge more and more carefully, and turned back and said: "Thank you Zeng Gongzi." Seeing that Zeng Yu was smiling a little secretly, he couldn't help but be a little shy, and asked softly: "What is Zeng Gongzi laughing at?"

Ying Zi also turned his head and looked at Zeng Yu with a pair of wonderful eyes, Zeng Yu smiled and said, "It's nothing, I suddenly remembered an eight-strand article." ”

Ying Zi praised: "Mr. Zeng is really studious, thinking about reading and writing all the time. ”

Infant Zi praised like this, Zeng Yu was a little ashamed, he did remember an eight-strand article, what kind of eight-strand article is this? Qian Zhongshu mentioned in "The Siege of the City" by Li Meiting's mouth, that is, "help the little lady cross the bridge", Zeng Yu found this eight-strand article to read, it is to use the topic to play a mockery of Mr. Taoism, the eight-strand format is rigorous, the text is harmonious in Zhuang, it is very funny, and the title is broken and said, "Those who are not afraid of support, their love is also deep." The title said, "The husband crosses the bridge with the little lady, and he actually crosses it, and the cherisher is afraid that he will not be able to cross the bridge, so he helps it——"

Although this eight-strand article is funny, it is exactly Zeng Yu's mood, his feelings for Lu Miaoxiang have not changed, but they are just hidden deep in his heart.

Zeng Yu crossed the bridge to get a lantern and handed it to the baby, watched her two enter the bamboo fence firewood door, then returned to the village with Yan Shaoqing and the sedan chair servants, and returned to the mountain hall to take Wang Wei's "Snow Creek Map" to copy, in the large number of calligraphy and painting collections in the Chashan Hall, Zeng Yu believes that this "Snow Creek Map" is the most precious, Wang Wei is the ancestor of literati painting, Wang Wei's paintings are extremely rare, the preciousness of "Snow Creek Map" is not inferior to the "Qingming Riverside Map", but it is a pity that these Tang and Song Dynasty famous paintings are not owned by him, but can be seen, enjoyed, Copying is already a great fate.

For more than ten days after that, Yuqing Hall was taught by Zeng Yu, and the matter of Zeng Yu and Ying Zi also spread, and the children of the Yan family often whispered behind their backs, but there was no malice, they just thought it was interesting; Yan Wan'er and Yan Yuexiang will also make fun of this in private, although Yingzi is shy, but he still comes to the clan school every day to attend classes, Mr. Zeng will leave here at the end of the month, and if he comes again, he will have to wait for next year, and the girl is reluctant.

On the afternoon of November 27, Yan Shifang returned from Linjiang Mansion to take the examination, along with Jing Yi and Liu Xingzhi, who were also taking the exam in Qingjiang City, and learned that Zeng Yu was about to return to his hometown, so he came to Jieqiao Village with Yan Shifang to see Zeng Yu off-

What made Yan Shifang feel frustrated was that he was in the third class in the entrance examination this time, and failed to obtain the qualification to participate in the Jiangxi Township Examination in August next year.

Jing Yi and Liu Xingzhi were both admitted to the second class, and they can participate in next year's township examination, both of them think that Zeng Yu is a person who appreciates Huang Tixue, and it is not a problem to pass this scientific examination, and they will meet again in Nanchang City next year when Guizi is fragrant

On the morning of November 28, Zeng Yu bid farewell to Yan Shifang, and Yan Shifang gave five taels of silver as a gift for the journey, and told Zeng Yu to come to Yuqingtang again to teach in the spring——

Zeng Yu hung the book and clothes box on both sides of the saddle bridge of the Mongolian horse black bean, led the horse out of the village, Jing Yi and Liu Xingzhi accompanied him, he sent Zeng Yu on the boat and will return to Yichun, because Jing Yi and Liu Xingzhi were there, Zeng Yu was inconvenient to go to Maple Bay to say goodbye to Lu Miaoxiang, Ying Zi and other Yan students saw him off in Yuqing Hall, and he couldn't say anything to Ying Zi in public, only sad and goodbye.

Yan Shaoqing insisted on sending Zeng Yu to the Yuanhe Wharf, the weather was cold, Yan Shaoqing and Jing Yi and Liu Xingzhi were all in a sedan chair, since the heavy snow in the middle of this month, it has been a sunny day, the snow on the road has melted away, and the snow is available for idlers to enjoy, it is difficult for those who are in a hurry, Zeng Yu hopes that the weather will be fine in the next ten days, so that he can return to his hometown early with light hooves -

At the beginning of noon, the group came to the west gate of Fenyi County, Yan Shaoqing invited Zeng Yuhejing and Liu Ersheng to send Changyuan for lunch, and said that his mother Cao had a thin gift to give to Mr. Zeng, and he had sent a servant to the garden to report the news.

Zeng Yu but Yan Shaoqing's hospitality, came to Jichang Garden to say goodbye to Cao, Cao thanked him for his teaching to Yan Shaoqing, and gave five taels of silver, and two green and gold satin to Zeng Yu's mother, last time Cao sent a jade Song Jin and a Goryeo silk cloth, Zeng Yu was put in the suitcase to bring back Shangrao to hand over to his mother.

Had lunch in Jichang Garden, Yan Shaoqing and Jing Yi, Liu Xingzhi sent Zeng Yu to the Yuanhe Wharf outside the East Gate, although Zeng Yu had horses to travel, he still had to take a boat to Qingjiang City in Linjiang Mansion and then change to the land route, because this way to Qingjiang City is smooth sailing, can greatly save horsepower, Yuan River waterway transportation is quite busy, Lingnan's commercial goods through the Great Yuling to Ganjiang to Nanchang have to pass through this waterway, but this day waited at the wharf for more than half an hour, did not meet a suitable large merchant ship, asked the boatman who came from the Lu, said that it was Longnan, There are bandits in Anyuan who gather to loot, and Ji'an Mansion is greatly disturbed, and many merchants dare not sail for fear of being looted-

Zeng Yu returned to his heart like an arrow, and was about to ride a horse on the road, but he encountered a big merchant ship to go to Nanchang, and was willing to let Xiucai Xianggong take a ride, Zeng Yu said goodbye to Yan Shaoqing, Jing Yi, and Liu Xingzhi, and took the horse on the boat.

This passenger ship came from Pingxiang, transported a boatload of ham and bacon to Nanchang for sale, Zeng Yu asked the businessman about the bandits in Ganzhou and Ji'an, and the Pingxiang businessman said that he only knew about the thieves there, and did not know the truth.

Fenyi to Linjiang Mansion Qingjiang City waterway nearly 400 miles, merchant ships down the river, 30 evening to Qingjiang City, Zeng Yu thanked the Pingxiang merchants, led the horse ashore, found an inn to rest, the next morning riding a horse on the road, more than 100 miles a day, arrived in Linchuan County, Fuzhou on the evening of the third day of the lunar month, still resting at the Juxian Inn in Luozhen Lane in the south of the city, Zeng Yu is an old customer, the owner is very enthusiastic, learned that Zeng Yu is going to go back to Shangrao through Jinxi and Guixi, the owner of the store exclaimed: "Zeng Xianggong, that place is not peaceful now, The bandit King Wu on the Ji'an side gathered tens of thousands, burned and plundered all the way to the north, and besieged Jinxi County the day before yesterday, fortunately the army and civilians held on, and the bandits broke the siege and went to the direction of Guixi. ”

Zeng Yu was taken aback, this is the last year of Jiajing, he thought that the Japanese were basically exterminated by Hu Zongxian, but he didn't expect that there were still a large number of bandits, who actually attacked the city and seized the land to Guixi, wouldn't the three idiot brothers in Yingtan be in danger