On the 18th day of February in the spring of the 40th year of Jiajing, the hereditary rank of the second grade of Longhu Mountain is a true heir Zhang Yongxu left Shangqing to go to Beijing to face the saint, this is a major event in Guangxin Mansion, since the prefect Lin Guangzu below, the group of officials gathered, and sent off, Zeng Yu as Zhang Dazhen's cousin, the seniority is respected, all the officials see him are not polite, Zeng Yu is not humble or arrogant, Xiao Xiaoxiu is actually with these two lists of Jinshi from the official master to fight against each other, it is also a miracle.

Zhang Yongxu was a little embarrassed when he saw Zeng Yu, blaming his uncle for giving birth to Zhang Guangwei when he was old, so that he now has to face such an uncle who is a few years younger than him, although he doesn't respect Zeng Yu much, but it's always not good to put on a show, and after a few words of greeting Zeng Yu, he turned his head to talk to others.

The old mage who is like snow and Zeng Yu go hand in hand, for the old mage who is about to enter the palace to accompany the king to cultivate, Zeng Yu has nothing to say now, the old mage is over eighty years old, familiar with the Taoist collection, reading countless people, no need for him to talk more, the only thing to worry about is the old mage's body, this is to go to the capital more than 4,000 miles of land and water, the ninth day of the fourth month will be held in Beijing Chaotian Palace Luo Tian Jiao, the schedule is quite tight, the old mage has to take care of his body-

At this time, Yu Xuandao led a middle-aged man with a small hat and a straight jacket to meet Zeng Yu, and Yuan Gang Lao Dao smiled without waiting for Yu Xuan to introduce: "Brother Xiaohua Dao, this is Zeng Xiucai, you two are so close to each other, you will definitely fall in love." ”

This middle-aged man looks elegant, and when he looks forward to it, he has a heroic attitude, and he arches his hand and says: "Luo Longwen, who has heard the name of Zeng Gongzi for a long time, knows Jing today, how fortunate is it." ”

Yu Xuandao was afraid that Zeng Yu had never heard of Luo Longwen and his people, so he hurriedly introduced: "This Mr. Luo is a fellow villager of Governor Hu, born in a famous family in Xizhou, the year before last, Governor Hu exterminated Haikou Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, Mr. Luo made a great contribution and became famous all over the world——"

Luo Longwen, who called him Brother Xiaohua Dao, waved his hand again and again: "Shameful people, shameful people, what credit do I have, it's just a letter in the middle, and Zeng Gongzi teasing the bandit leader Wu Ping is not the same as the palm of the hand, how can Zeng Gongzi know the cheap name below, but my Luo's antler glue ink is thin and famous, I don't know if Zeng Gongzi has used this kind of ink?" ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Shezhou Luo, who has been admired for a long time, and really admired for a long time."

When Luo Longwen reported his name, Zeng Yu felt that this name was a little familiar, and he heard Yu Xuandao people introduce that Luo Longwen had a meritorious service when Hu Hu Zongxian exterminated Xu Hai, and he remembered who Luo Longwen was, it is rumored that Luo Longwen and Jukou Xu Hai knew each other in his early years, and they were good with Jiaxing famous prostitute Wang Cuiqiao, and later Xu Hai went to the sea to enter the Japanese, and supported the army at sea. Hu Zongxian opened Zhejiang, wanted to recruit Xu Hai, dispersed Wang Zhi's party, Luo Longwen because he was an old friend of Xu Hai and Wang Cuiqiao, and made intermediary contact, and achieved Hu Zongxian's great achievement in suppressing thieves, but Hu Zongxian was forced by Zhao Wenhua, betrayed his promise, and gave Wang Cuiqiao to the leader of the local soldiers, Wang Cuiqiao committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, this matter was widely spread, and there were not a few people who sympathized with Xu Hai and Wang Cuiqiao. What surprised Zeng Yu was that this Luo Longwen turned out to be Luo Xiaohua, a famous ink maker, and last year Yan Shaoqing gave him stationery supplies with Luo Xiaohua's "A Pool of Spring Green" ink, and the ink quality is excellent, so it is really a long admiration-

These are Luo Longwen's previous affairs, Zeng Yu also knows Luo Longwen's future affairs, Luo Longwen took refuge in Yan Shifan and became Yan's guest and was able to enter the official career, Yan Shifan was convicted by Xu Jie's rebellion, Luo Longwen because of his acquaintance with Xu Hai in his early years, he became the ironclad evidence of Yan Shifan's friendship, in fact, it was a great wrong-

Of course, the current Luo Longwen will not know that the bad luck has been on the head, he speaks clearly, and talks elegantly, this time he is going to enter Beijing with Zhang Yongxu, Hu Zongxian because of Luo Longwen's meritorious service in suppressing the Japanese to promote him as an official, with the support of Yan's father and son, he has been appointed by the Ministry of Officials as a Zhongshu Sheren, this is to enter Beijing to be an official, no wonder such a smile is proud.

For Luo Longwen, who met in Pingshui, Zeng Yu of course has nothing to say, each has its own fate, if this famous ink maker is not keen on his career, he will not be caught in the officialdom struggle and eventually die, if someone persuades him not to enter Beijing at this time, he will blame you for being jealous that he has an official and wants to hinder his good future.

If you are enthusiastic about your career, Luo Longwen is actually still a funny and elegant person, Luo Longwen is light on wealth and righteousness, has a wide range of friends, and has a common friend with Zeng Yu, that is Xu Wei, Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi and Luo Longwen talked while walking, mainly talking about the current famous calligraphy and painting, when they arrived at the west entrance of Shangqing Town, they suddenly heard a woman crying, and heard Zhang Yongxu, a great real person who walked in front, shouting loudly-

Yuangang Lao Dao hurriedly asked Yu Xuan Dao people to rush to see what happened, Yu Xuan Dao people came back soon, with an embarrassed look on his face, and whispered to Yuan Gang Lao Dao: "Yu Shi Bozu, it is a woman looking for her daughter, she sold herself to Dazhenren Mansion two days ago, and now she is crying and asking for it." ”

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi approached the front onlookers, and saw that the two errand servants were about to drag a woman away, the woman was disheveled, crying and shouting, Zeng Yu saw that Huang Laohan, the father-in-law of Yu Xuandao, was also watching the excitement, so he went over to see the ceremony and asked, Huang Laohan inquired clearly, and said to Zeng Yu: "This woman's husband is lazy and good at gambling, and he lost his gambling money a few days ago and was unable to repay his debts, so he sold his twelve-year-old daughter to the Heavenly Master's Mansion, this woman found the town crying and wanted to bring her daughter back, and she went to the Heavenly Master's Mansion to make trouble before——"

The woman struggled desperately, and the two strong men couldn't subdue her, and the woman shouted loudly, saying that the Heavenly Master's Mansion bullied the good people and occupied the people's daughters, and begged the Qingtian Lord to be the master for her......

The young heir sect master Zhang Yongxu was furious, today was an auspicious day for him to leave for Beijing, but when he met such a sassy woman who slandered his reputation in public, he said to Guixi Zhou Zhixian beside him: "Zhou Xiantai, this shrew ruined my reputation and tarnished my name, the crime is unforgivable, please Zhou Xiantai deal with it in public." ”

The officials of Guangxin Mansion gathered here, and when this kind of thing happened, Zhou Zhixian was also disgraced, and immediately tried the case in the Changting Pavilion next to the road, and the steward of the Dazhen Mansion had already quickly taken the sale of the women's marriage book to testify-

Zeng Yu stood on the side and listened to the steward chanting aloud: "Selling the marriage book Tangwan is inhabited by people in the summer, food and clothing, now because the family is poor and unable to cook, the couple discussed, willing to put the female Bao'er, the life of the Gengxu year Bingxu month Guiwei Shen, with the media in the betrayal and the family claim Xuanshou under the name of the maid, three sides negotiated as a gift of silver six taels or eight dollars, the silver is fully collected on the same day, and the daughter Bao'er obeys the marriage of the head of the family after she becomes an adult, and her descendants will always listen to the call of the head of the family to use, and must not change her heart. If there is such a situation, obey the justice of the head of the family. I'm afraid that there will be no evidence in the future, so I set up this to sell the women's marriage book and keep the ......"

Zhang Xuanshou is a steward of the Dazhen Mansion, this deed of sale is in line with the provisions of the Da Ming Law, according to the law, there is no violation of the law to buy a maid in the Da Zhenren Mansion, this woman wants to take her daughter back and needs the permission of the main family, if the main family does not agree, the woman will not take advantage of the lawsuit, not to mention that one of the parties to the lawsuit is the Dazhen Mansion, Zhang Yongxu is young and vigorous, how can he give up, and instructed Zhou Zhixian to arrest the woman's husband Xia Yi and food, and the couple were beaten with a cane in public. Embark on the road to Beijing.

Zeng Yu looked bored, and listened to Zheng Shi in a low voice: "This Zhang Tianshi has a bad reputation in the township, and the most criticized thing is that he likes to use the art in the house, although he will not rob the people's daughters, but buying little girls everywhere in the towns and eight docks is always criticized." ”

Zeng Yu was speechless, and said in his heart: "If Zhang Yongxu is willing to accumulate virtue and do good, let the woman redeem the girl named Bao'er, is this the face of the Dazhen Mansion, but with the help of the official government, Emperor Jiajing is on the throne, and when the crown prince ascends the throne, he will definitely reject Taoism. ”

Zheng Shi saw that Zeng Yu didn't speak, thinking that Zeng Yu was unhappy, so he said, "Miss Guangwei is still-"

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Brother Shi doesn't need to say good words, I know very well in my heart, I am me, the Dazhen Mansion is the Dazhen Mansion, and I don't climb their power, I just go my own way." ”

As he was talking, a steward of the Dazhen Mansion came over and asked Zeng Yu to go to the house for dinner, Zeng Yu refused, and took the little guy Sixi and Zheng Shi to Yuxuandao to drink and gossip at Huang Laohan Tofu Shop, at this time it was noon, the Luxi River outside the window was sparkling, the spring was bright, and the warm breeze was refreshing, Yuxuandao asked: "Brother Xian has come to Shangqing this time to see the little fairy girl?" ”

Zeng Yu smiled "hey": "How can I see it, isn't there a rule that you can't see each other." ”

Zheng Shi said: "The wedding period is still far away, Jiuli is hungry and thirsty, drink two more cups of sweet rice wine." ”

Yu Xuan Daoist smiled: "Cultivators, why don't you stick to those vulgar rituals, you can see it if you want to." ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "Jiu Carp is not you, a flower and flower person, who has no rules, drinking wine, eating meat, marrying a wife, coughing cough, drinking, drinking." ”

Yu Xuan also smiled: "Drink first, drink first." ”

Huang Laohan's rice wine is sweet, bacon is fragrant, fish soup is beautiful, Zeng Yu feasted, was eating happily, suddenly heard the knocking sound of "tuk tuk" under the window, as if someone was knocking on the pillar of the stilted building.

Yu Xuandao sat still, and said to Zeng Yu: "I'm tired of Brother Jiu Li, take a look, who wants to demolish my stilted building?" ”

Zheng Shi felt a little strange, how could Yu Xuan order Zeng Yu to come, so he and Zeng Yu probed out of the window to look down, and after only one glance, he quickly retracted his head, and looked at Yu Xuan Daoist and smiled.

The stilted building of the Huang family is built on the edge of the Luxi River, supported by a thick pine column, when the Luxi River rises, the lower half of the pine pillar will be submerged in the water, the water is shallow in spring, the bottom end of the pine pillar is exposed on the rocks on the river bank, a small boat is horizontal on the shore, a person in the bow of the boat holds a penny "tuk tuk" and knocks on the pine pillar of the stilted building of the Huang family, and sees someone in the stilted building probing out of the window, and the person in the bow also raises his head——

Zheng Shi had retracted his head at this time, and it was Zeng Yu who was looking down from the window, and the man on the bow of the boat smiled and beckoned: "Zeng Xiucai, come down, come down." ”

Of course, the person holding the penny is Zhang Guangwei, Zhang Guangwei, who has already made a marriage, does not change his old habits, and still does not dress up as a fat powder person, and when he looks up and sees Zeng Yu, the smile is as bright as spring, and Zeng Yu, who is young and old, is heartbroken, and asks: "Why did you run out alone again?" ”

The boat was an open-top boat, and there was no one else but Zhang Guangwei at the bow.

Zhang Guangwei said coquettishly: "Don't be long-winded, come down quickly, I will rush back before the time of application." ”

Zeng Yu turned his head, Yu Xuan Dao and Zheng Shi both looked at him and smiled, Zeng Yu asked Yu Xuan: "Which way to go down?" ”

Yuxuan Daoist said with a smile: "Xiaodao led Zeng Gongzi to go." "Uncle Zhang Guangwei is below, Yu Xuan doesn't dare to call Zeng Yu a brother.

Zeng Yu followed Yu Xuandao people down to the bottom of the stilted house, the bottom floor is a place to grind tofu, there is a smell of beans and gypsum mixed, there are also two small windows open near the river, Luo Xixi is leaning on the window and talking to Zhang Guangwei on the bow of the boat on the shore, seeing Zeng Yu coming downstairs, Luo Xixi is shy and bows, and retreats aside.

Zeng Yu looked out the window, Zhang Guangwei was close at hand, and turned around and asked Yu Xuandao, "Did you jump out of the window?" ”

Yu Xuandao couldn't help but smile and said: "It's okay not to jump out of the window, but you have to take a detour of a mile to meet the little fairy girl." ”

Zhang Guangwei, who was on the bank of the river, ignored the other people in the stilted building, and shouted Zeng Yu: "Come down, come down, just climb down from the window." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "I insulted Sven once today." "Tuck up the corners of your shirt.

Yu Xuan had already moved a small wooden ladder to push out of the window, Zeng Yu climbed out of the window and went down the ladder, only to find that there were people on the left and right stilted buildings looking this way, he was either a traitor or a thief.

Zeng Yu arched his hand and said: "Left and right neighbors, rude and rude." With a slight leap, he jumped onto Zhang Guangwei's boat.

Zeng Yu's fame in Shangqing Town is louder than Shangrao, Shangqing Town is such a long street, almost everyone knows the fast son-in-law of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, at this time I saw Zeng Yu crawling out of Huang Laohan's tofu room, all surprised, when they saw the little Taoist aunt on the bow of the boat, everyone was relieved, and their faces showed an ambiguous look-

As soon as Zeng Yu got on the boat, Zhang Guangwei handed him the penny and said, "You come to support the boat, will you hold it?" ”

Zeng Yu used to let the hunchback man rest him to support the boat when he was ferrying at the Fengxi ferry in Ishida, and now he took the penny, the penny iron pointed to the sky, and the snowy penny iron flashed brightly, and asked, "Where to go?" ”

Zhang Guangwei pointed to the northwest: "Let's go downstream, save effort." After that, he sat on the bow of the boat with his knees crossed, smiled and watched Zeng Yu support the boat, his mouth did not stop, and he first asked: "Have you eaten enough at Luo Xixi's house, why don't you come to the house to eat?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "The house is too restrictive, but I can't eat enough." ”

Zhang Guangwei smiled and nodded in agreement: "It's just right that you don't go, otherwise it will be a while and a half, and it will be even more troublesome for me to see you." ”

Zeng Yu was an old man, and he asked the boat to float on the clear spring waves, looking sideways at Zhang Guangwei's smile in the bright sunshine, thinking that this little Taoist aunt was very cute, and smiled: "What does Miss Guangwei want to see me do?" ”

Zhang Guangwei was staring at Zeng Yu's appearance of holding the boat, and said: "It's nothing, since you are here, you must meet it." When he said this, his pretty face revealed a flush, and then he changed the topic and said: "I didn't expect you to really be able to support the boat, and you have a lot of ability." ”

Zeng Yuman groaned: "Looking for dreams, holding a long penny, wandering towards the greener grass, full of a boat of spring glow, singing in the colorful spring glow——"

Zhang Guangwei shook his head and said: "This is not good, what kind of grass is greener, inexplicable - is there a Taoist song like that last time, sing it to me." ”

Zeng Yu said: "No, how can there be so many enlightenment songs." ”

"Are you enlightened?" Zhang Guangwei smiled "sneering" and replied to himself: "I don't think so." ”

Zeng Yu smiled, and the boat went out of Shangqing Town, the grass and trees on both sides of the strait gradually bloomed, all kinds of wild flowers bloomed, and the Longhu Mountain in mid-spring was full of beautiful scenery.

Zhang Guangwei hugged his knees and said: "You don't need to hold the boat, just let the boat drift, the water flow here is slow, it's okay, come, Zeng Xiucai, sit and talk." ”

Zeng Yu put the penny on the side of the boat and said with a smile: "Is there any fruit to eat, Pingpo fruit or something, Xiaosheng has been bigu these days." ”

Zhang Guangwei said coquettishly: "You make fun of me." There was a red jujube in his hand, and he threw it towards Zeng Yu.

Zeng Yu's eyes were quick, he caught it, threw it into his mouth, said "so sweet", sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat, his knee touched Zhang Guangwei's knee, his eyes stared at Zhang Guangwei, and suddenly his head turned sideways and "pounced", spitting the jujube kernel into the water.

Zhang Guangwei was not ashamed, only shrugged his nose and said, "You look like a scoundrel like this." ”

Zeng Yu picked up a date from the small bamboo basket beside Zhang Guangwei and said with a smile: "How am I a scoundrel, this is called a cultivator who is not informal." ”

Zhang Guangwei "snorted", but asked: "Zeng Xiucai, did you bring me a gift this time?" The bride price when I was married last time was not the same as what I liked. ”

Zhang Guangwei was blunt, Zeng Yu said: "This is really nothing, what do you want, I'll buy it for you." ”

Zhang Guangwei pouted and said, "I know that you don't expect it, but I have prepared a gift for you." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Thank you, thank you, what kind of gift?" ”

Zhang Guangwei knelt down and took out a bookcase from the open-top cabin and held it in front of Zeng Yu.

Zeng Yu was dumbfounded: "Send me a book, you really want me to take the top prize!" ”

Zhang Guangwei pursed his lips and smiled: "You can open it and take a look." ”

The bookcase is made of beech wood, made quite exquisitely, the lid of the box is very smooth, and it is pulled open with a little force, and the box is full of books, and the title of the top book is "Enlightenment Chapter", Zeng Yu was stunned and said: "This is a classic of cultivation." ”

"That's right." Zhang Guangwei took out all the books in the box, and there were dozens of volumes, such as a few treasures: "This is Tan Qiaozhen's "Book of Transformation", which is not empty, erudite and practical; This is the "Tongxuan Zhenjing" of Tongxuan Zhenren, and it is better than the "Tao Te Ching", and it should be studied carefully......"

Zeng Yu looked at Zhang Guangwei dumbfounded, when this girl talked about these Taoist classics, the two willow eyebrows moved, it was like her eyebrows fluttering, and it seemed that she had great expectations for him, a Taoist couple.

Zhang Guangwei finished introducing the books in the box, and said: "These books are the most practical and exquisite Taoist books that I have selected from thousands of volumes of "Three Cave Bead Bags", "Cloud Ji Seven Baskets", and "Ten Books of Xiuzhen". ”

When he said this, Zhang Guangwei showed a look of envy, this is envy of Zeng Yu's good fortune, with her to read on behalf of the turnips, how could Zeng Yu not be interested, and said busily: "Thank you, thank you, so that I can get twice the result with half the effort, I will read these books carefully." ”

These dozens of books are only hundreds of thousands of words, it is beneficial to open the book, it is okay to read it, Zeng Yu likes to read some miscellaneous books, but slowly, Miss Zhang still has something to say, she said: "Zeng Xiucai, you finish reading these books first, I will prepare a box for you, you will read the eight hundred volumes of Daozang before I marry you next year, then your cultivation knowledge will be similar to mine, after getting married, the two of us can cultivate together, you will not hold me back." ”

Zeng Yu had such a scene in his mind: Zhang Guangwei, who was as beautiful as a goddess, feathered and soared in the bright sun, and a man grabbed her feet and flew into the air, shouting in his mouth: "I want to become an immortal, I also want to become an immortal——"

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The third volume has begun, Xiaodao has not been in good health this year, listless, I want to sleep at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, and I am aging before I get old, but Qingke will continue to write hard. Finish. ”

The bookcase is made of beech wood, made quite exquisitely, the lid of the box is very smooth, and it is pulled open with a little force, and the box is full of books, and the title of the top book is "Enlightenment Chapter", Zeng Yu was stunned and said: "This is a classic of cultivation." ”

"That's right." Zhang Guangwei took out all the books in the box, and there were dozens of volumes, such as a few treasures: "This is Tan Qiaozhen's "Book of Transformation", which is not empty, erudite and practical; This is the "Tongxuan Zhenjing" of Tongxuan Zhenren, and it is better than the "Tao Te Ching", and it should be studied carefully......"

Zeng Yu looked at Zhang Guangwei dumbfounded, when this girl talked about these Taoist classics, the two willow eyebrows moved, it was like her eyebrows fluttering, and it seemed that she had great expectations for him, a Taoist couple.

Zhang Guangwei finished introducing the books in the box, and said: "These books are the most practical and exquisite Taoist books that I have selected from thousands of volumes of "Three Cave Bead Bags", "Cloud Ji Seven Baskets", and "Ten Books of Xiuzhen". ”

When he said this, Zhang Guangwei showed a look of envy, this is envy of Zeng Yu's good fortune, with her to read on behalf of the turnips, how could Zeng Yu not be interested, and said busily: "Thank you, thank you, so that I can get twice the result with half the effort, I will read these books carefully." ”

These dozens of books are only hundreds of thousands of words, it is beneficial to open the book, it is okay to read it, Zeng Yu likes to read some miscellaneous books, but slowly, Miss Zhang still has something to say, she said: "Zeng Xiucai, you finish reading these books first, I will prepare a box for you, you will read the eight hundred volumes of Daozang before I marry you next year, then your cultivation knowledge will be similar to mine, after getting married, the two of us can cultivate together, you will not hold me back." ”

Zeng Yu had such a scene in his mind: Zhang Guangwei, who was as beautiful as a goddess, feathered and soared in the bright sun, and a man grabbed her feet and flew into the air, shouting in his mouth: "I want to become an immortal, I also want to become an immortal——"

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The third volume has begun, Xiaodao has not been in good health this year, listless, I want to sleep at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, and I am aging before I get old, but Qingke will continue to write hard.