Cai Pingdu of Changqing County took two domestic servants to abandon the boat and boarded the dock, and the group of people got off the boat It was close to twilight, and the wind lanterns were lit everywhere, and the bustling crowd was endless.

Cai Pingdu found a hotel, saying that the old shops in the world are all the same, a small room is connected to a small room, there are twenty rooms on the left and right, and each room is lit with oil lamps at this time.

There is a yard again, Cai Pingdu made a fixed payment, and the shopkeeper personally took a few guys to carry the luggage, first boiled hot water and invited the nobles to wash it, and then invited a banquet in the building.

In this era, the etiquette system has been relaxed, Cai Pingdu took his wife and miss, and two domestic servants, a maid and a mother-in-law went up, saw a little screen separation, ordered food, asked for food, and sat down at two tables at the moment.

Cai Pingdu sat and looked around, but saw a young man opposite, wearing green cedar, with fluttering sleeves, but a silver crown on the top, with a handsome face, really out of the dust.

Although the etiquette system is lax now, those who can wear a silver crown on their heads can only wear it if they are not the sons of a wealthy family, or if they are above the seventh rank of the official residence, but they feel strange when they don't see slaves.

But I saw that the young man had a few glasses of wine down, and he was scrutinizing on a piece of paper, as if he had a problem, and chanted: "Idle and few neighbors, and the grass path into the deserted garden." ”

As soon as Cai Pingdu heard it, he poured his ears, this is a good sentence, the way of poetry, three hundred years ago, it was prosperous, but with the manifestation of Taoism, it gradually declined, even so, it still has a high status in the world, I don't want this young man to be familiar with poetry, and he wants to create new poems.

The young man pondered for a moment, drank another glass, and chanted: "The bird stays in the tree by the pool, the monk pushes the moon down the door, crosses the bridge to divide the wild color, moves the stone and moves the cloud roots, and comes here for the time being, and the tryst period lives up to his words." ”

In the poem, the grass path, the deserted garden, the birds, the pond trees, the wild colors, and the cloud roots are all ordinary scenes, and idleness, knocking on doors, crossing bridges, and going for a while are all ordinary behaviors. However, the poet is partial to the ordinary and shows the realm that no one has ever said, the language is simple, the spirit is natural, and the charm is mellow.

Cai Pingdu suddenly sighed with emotion in his heart: "Good poetry." ”

But it was a little insufficient, and I saw the young man chanting again: "The bird stays in the tree by the pool, and the monk pushes the moon down the door...... The monk knocked on the door under the moon...... Push, knock ......"

When thinking about chanting, Cai Pingdu couldn't help but say: "This poem is good to knock!"

"Who?" the young man was taken aback, looked left and right, saw Cai Pingdu arching his hand, and hurriedly shook it.

"To tell you the truth, I listened to the son's poetry, the words are elegant, the words are mellow, and this word is better to knock out...... Is this Childe's doing?"

The young man smiled and said, "Could it be that this official has heard about it elsewhere?"

Cai Pingdu was surprised when he heard this, and sighed: "If you are a young man, you are more heroic...... I'm a poor official, and I would like to invite you to come and have a drink with you?"

"The elder has a life, don't dare to say goodbye!" The young man generously walked over and waved to the two women: "I've seen Madame, Miss!"

"Don't dare!" Madame hurriedly replied.

At the moment, the old and the young are all talking about some poetry, which is very speculative, and Cai Pingdu asked about his family background.

"Don't hide it, my name is Wang Cunye, but it is a small county order, this time I came to Beijing to travel, and I was also ordered by the lord to go to the court to have something, but I am not in a hurry. ”

Cai Pingdu was taken aback: "It turned out that he was still a county gentleman, what a rude." ”

"The same official, you can get acquainted when you meet, how can it be rude, besides, aren't you bigger than my official character?"

"I'm the county magistrate of Liupin, and I haven't had time to report it, and I have no power or power, so how can I be the county magistrate. Cai Pingdu said, and tentatively said something about the yamen, and the young man also answered fluently, and went with some doubts in his heart, but sighed secretly: "Such a talent is used by local princes." ”

When the wine was hot, Cai Pingdu asked what he meant, and Wang Cunye smiled: "The lord's order is to go to Yanjing in June, and now there is still a month, but it is abundant, so he traveled around, and Ming said that he was going to go to the Fayuan Temple, and I heard that there was a set of murals of the Qingchi Heavenly Maiden in the temple, and I went to see it." ”

Cai Pingdu said: "I have something to do, otherwise I will go together, but I have heard of this mural of the Qingchi Heavenly Maiden, and I heard that it is extremely beautiful, not a Taoist custom." ”

Wang Cunye laughed: "Daomen and Heavenly Court are full of beautiful colors, which cannot be called out of line with the system, this is just common sense." ”

He also said: "Today's talk has been enjoyable, please say goodbye." ”

As he spoke, he got up and waved his long sleeves and left.

Seeing this person leaving, Cai Pingdu lost his smile, and his wife asked: "This son is handsome, generous, and elegant, and the husband seems to be unhappy?"

"This son is too young, and I thought it was fake at first, but this bearing and insight can't be fake. Cai Pingdu muttered to himself.

"Husband is very concerned?"

"I'm kind of ...... I'm afraid!"

"What is my father afraid of?" At this time, Miss Cai said, this Miss Cai is the pearl in the palm of her hand, there is only one, Cai Pingdu sighed: "I have learned some face-to-face techniques, this son is very different, wealth is just that, but there is a killing machine floating in the chest, hidden deeply, this is not a good thing, I am afraid that there is such a son among the princes, it is not good for the country!"

"Father, once there was a number of vigor, you are an official of the imperial court, as long as you do your best to do your own thing, this big number of lives, no one has hindered it since ancient times, the will of heaven is lofty, who knows how this person evolved, do you think about it is like this...... You've got a lot of heart!"

"You, it's so inspiring. Cai Pingdu couldn't help laughing: "It's that I'm thinking too much, hey, if you're ......"

Seeing that his daughter was gloomy, he swallowed the next half of the sentence, and after a long time, he sighed and said: "The world is big, dragons and snakes rise together, and there are many strange people, but there are many such people, it may not be the blessing of the court......"

Xisang Lake, a small lake in the county town, ten acres of blue waves, beautiful scenery, is a suitable place to live, this is the late spring season, the spring is bright, the trees and flowers are strong and lush, Wang Cunye stepped on the high-toothed clogs, used a few Taoist techniques, rented a house, left fifty taels of silver, and a family of servants waiting.

After Wang Cunye finished doing this, the servant boiled a large bucket of water and sent it to the room, it was already dark, Wang Cunye was lying in the quilt at will, but he was thinking.

"Looking at the appearance today, this Cai Pingdu has some foundations, but he is just a small official with a sesame seed, and it is good to be able to enter the nine grades, but with this daughter, or strictly speaking, with a daughter with this bronze seal, he can have this six-grade official - although he is not a real power official.

To be honest, if you haven't entered the stream, you will take it away, Wang Cunye will give some silver compensation, and now this person has a six-grade official seal, and he has an obvious dragon qi brand, and he must have a shot if he takes this treasure, but he can't do it until the end.

After thinking about it for a while, he called the temporary servant and asked, "It's the first time I've been back in this county, thinking about walking around, but where is it lively." ”

The man bowed down and said: "This city is very lively, the city god temple is singing pear orchard, you can go to the play!"

Wang Cunye said: "That is the case, it is convenient to play for a while. ”

After saying that, he changed his clothes, still wearing a silver crown, a sea green robe, and boots, and went to the city, entered the west gate, and arrived at the City God Temple.

As soon as I entered the mountain gate, I saw a crowd of people, burning incense and kowtowing to countless people.

Wang Cunye entered the temple to play around, turned east and west, saw a plaque in the main hall, the plaque said "Zhou Gong Palace", stopped to watch at the moment, and asked the visitors.

The visitor arched his hand and said: "Son, this Zhou Gong was originally the county guard, able to govern the people, and then unfortunately he fell ill, and the people were grateful, so he set up a statue in the side hall to worship." ”

Wang Cunye smiled and went out, not far away was a pawn shop, and thought to himself: "There is a pawn near this city god, it's really wonderful." ”

His eyes flashed, and he suddenly saw a young man entering, with a small box in his hand, he didn't care, but he swept it by chance, and his eyes suddenly stared.

I saw that the young man inside took out a pearl, this pearl is actually not imaginary precious, after the pearl is taken out, it will fade and disappear in less than 30 years, this is the origin of "people old pearl yellow".

Just at a glance, I saw a different light, but it was bright, Wang Cunye was not surprised, this is another strange treasure.

But he saw the young man go into the cupboard, and present the beads for fifty taels of silver.

Where did the fellow know that a treasure, a bead, was worth so much silver? At first, he was disdainful, and then he was pestered by the young man, so he had to go in and take it and watch it at the court.

When this courtier saw this pearl, he looked at it carefully, and asked in surprise: "This pearl is good, it seems to be a new pearl, it is indeed worth fifty taels, who wants to be it?"

The guy replied: "There is a young man outside, looking very anxious. ”

Chao Feng pondered: "I am anxious, could it be that I was killed by a disaster, so I should be this pearl?

When he came out and saw the young man, he asked, "Why did you come here, and why do you want to be a silver tael?"

The young man said, "But my mother is sick and has to be it!"

When Chaofeng heard this, he nodded and said, "I see, your filial piety is really rare, but this pearl is indeed not worth fifty taels, only fifteen taels." ”

The young man said, "How can this be justified? This pearl is worth a hundred taels of silver, fifty taels is already less, and fifteen taels you deceive me in a hurry." ”

Chao Feng smiled and said: "This pearl is only worth these silver, if you want to be willing, I will take the silver and write it as a ticket, if you don't want it, please go out and take care of yourself." ”

This man thought for a moment, but still refused, took the pearl and went out, this Chaofeng sneered, but he didn't stop it, just said: "My pawnshop is fair, give you fifteen taels, and other pawnshops are afraid that they won't give ten taels." ”

The young man went out with a sad face, Wang Cunye had been thinking about it carefully just now, but he was not happy and surprised in his heart, and then he saw the young man come out, and he made up his mind in his heart: "That's it, when you go back, you will be tortoise shell to calculate luck, but you can't show traces at this time." ”

At that moment, he stepped forward and asked, "Lingtang is sick, do you want to sell the pearl?"

The young man was stunned, and when he saw that it was a handsome boy, he responded: "Exactly!"

(To be continued)