Volume 10, Chapter 50: Spring and Autumn
The night is getting deeper and deeper, the wind is clear and the moon is bright, and the stars occasionally twinkle, like the eyes of the gods in the sky, quietly watching the beauty of this place.
The scenery of the mountains gradually became charming, and the shadows of the trees consciously became gentle, like the clotted fat that could be touched by reaching out.
Under the shadow of the tree, Jiang Xiaoshu and Xiaoyu began to drink non-stop again. Xiao Yu's heart knot has been solved, and he is very happy, pulling Jiang Xiaoshu one bite after another, without pausing at all, the two of them drank and said something boundless, and when they talked about their hearts, they laughed loudly at the same time, so happy.
Soon after.
"Hmm......" Jiang Xiaoshu turned the mouth of the altar upside down:
"It's gone." Xiaoyu also picked up the jar and shook it:
"I've drunk it a long time ago."
"Good guy, drink faster than me, you are the real hero of wine." Jiang Xiaoshu quipped. Small Fish Passage:
"How many times can you get drunk in life? Why not drink until dawn. Jiang Xiaoshu looked up at the top of his head:
"But it's still late at night, and the wine is gone." Xiaoyu said again:
"Why do you need to stay in the day? The breeze is the star for the plan. Jiang Xiaoshu shook his head with a smile:
"To be honest, even if the most prestigious talent in the world comes, I won't believe that you have only read for half a year...... Quoting scriptures and classics at your fingertips, I see that if you go to the imperial examination, maybe you can become a champion. The little fish waved his hand:
"Don't exalt me, the champions are all learning to save the people through the world, where can I get on the stage with these idle words?" Jiang Xiaoshu shook his head and said:
"I don't think so, Li Taibai once wrote a poem "Mocking Lu Suo", the poem wrote - Lu Su talks about the Five Classics, gray hair and dead chapters and sentences, asking about economic strategies, and is as blank as falling smoke. The imperial examination is full of unrealistic eight-strand essays, all of which are made in the grammatical structure, and the things that are written are all things that drill the horns of the bull, although the writing is brilliant and catchy, but it is just a pile of waste paper with empty content and a special lecture form...... In comparison, the poems are much more informative and also focused on form. Xiao Yu asked:
"It turns out that the smiling scholar thinks that relying on Baguwen to select talents is a big bad thing?" Jiang Xiaoshu shook his head:
"How many of the officials selected by these things can really save the people? Which of the big and small officials in Xiangzhou didn't write the Bagu essay? But as a result, it was still a group of fish and meat people, sheltering treacherous dog officials...... It's a pity that I'm short-sighted and can't come up with a better way to select talents, otherwise I must write to the emperor and let him change it. ”
"If the smiling scholars are short-sighted, everyone in this world will be stupid." Xiao Yu smiled, and then asked:
"Listening to you say this, the smiling scholar is very able to speak in front of the emperor?" Jiang Xiaoshu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile:
"Sort of, the girl who said before that she was wrapped like a rag doll on a snowy day is the eldest princess today, and the brother who laughed at her with me is the emperor, and the three of us grew up together from a young age." Xiao Yu was startled and hurriedly asked:
"What does the emperor look like?" Jiang Xiaoshu thought for a while:
"Hmm...... In his twenties, about the same age as me, taller and handsome than me, of course far worse than me. What's wrong? Xiao Yu smiled:
"I thought it was like a stage, with a big beard, no smiles, and a very majestic appearance......
"Bullshit, the old emperor is almost the same, he's not that majestic," Jiang Xiaoshu said with a smile:
"Emperor Jiaxin is no different from ordinary people - he will beg for mercy when he is beaten, he will run away when he gets into trouble, he will blow his beard and stare when he is angry, oh, I almost forgot, he has no beard...... Anyway, it's not as mysterious as you think. Xiao Yu nodded silently, and then put on his coat:
"We're done drinking, let's go back."
"Okay." ………… When he walked to the door of the inn, it was already late at night, and there was no one around, Xiaoyu stepped forward and pushed the door, and then turned his head:
"Laughing scholar, the door is locked, it's terrible."
"This is easy to do," Jiang Xiaoshu pulled Xiaoyu and walked to the courtyard wall:
"When I came home late when I was a child, my dad locked the door, and I quietly turned back to sleep, and since I was a child, I turned it over not a thousand times, but eight hundred times...... Shhhh Seeing Jiang Xiaoshu suddenly think about it, Xiao Yu smiled and patted him on the shoulder:
"Okay, go back and think about it slowly, bring me over first." Jiang Xiaoshu nodded, then grabbed Xiaoyu's belt, and was about to jump, but was stopped by Xiaoyu:
"What if the belt breaks?" Jiang Xiaoshu was stunned:
"It's very strong, so it won't break like this." Xiao Yu shook his head, and then moved Jiang Xiaoshu's hand:
"No matter how strong it is, it's not as strong as the waist, you still hold on to my waist, so it's more stable."
"It's fine." Jiang Xiaoshu nodded, and then an internal force surged, and his figure flashed, and he took Xiaoyu to the wall, and then jumped down, before Xiaoyu could react, he felt that the soles of his feet were solid, and the two of them had arrived in the courtyard.
Jiang Xiaoshu saw that Xiao Yu's face was red, and couldn't help asking:
"What's wrong?"
"No," Xiao Yu shook his head:
"The courtyard wall is too high, and I am a little afraid. The laughing scholar is really amazing, he came over with such a high and light jump," Jiang Xiaoshu smiled:
"How's that, it's chic...... Come out! Halfway through his words, Jiang Xiaoshu drank in a low voice, turned his head and looked in the direction of the stable:
"Who? What are you sneaking up on? I could hear a little rustling in the stable, and then a little man came out, and as soon as he came out, he squatted down with his head in his hands:
"The good man spares his life, I'm just a small guy, the richest one is the shopkeeper, he lives in the backyard wing, the little one promises not to reveal your whereabouts, please raise your noble hand......" The little guy begged for mercy constantly, Jiang Xiaoshu couldn't help but laugh - this is a strongman who treats us as robbers in the middle of the night.
He laughed, and then stepped forward and patted the little guy on the shoulder:
"Look at who I am." The little guy was excited, and immediately lowered his head:
"No, no, no, the little one knows the rules, and when he sees your appearance clearly, he will die, uncle, hero, you spare me, I really have no money...... And ah, this good man, I advise you to leave quickly, we only lived in a group of chivalrous customers in the store yesterday, and even the Jiang Yue Gang was deflated in their hands, if you run into them, it will be very troublesome......" Jiang Xiao bookbled his face:
"Don't you look? Hum! If you don't listen to me, you won't even want your life. As soon as he pushed the scabbard, the little guy immediately softened, and quickly raised his head and opened his eyes wide:
"No, no, no, I'm obedient, I'll open my eyes, you...... Huh? You, are you Jiang Gongzi? Jiang Xiaoshu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the guy who was born in front of him recognized him:
"I haven't seen you, but you know me?" The little guy patted his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief:
"My mother, I was scared to death, I thought I had met a strong man, since it was Jiang Gongzi, then it would be fine......"
"You haven't said it yet, how can you recognize me?" Jiang Xiaoshu said. Little Guy Road:
"Gongzi Jiang is famous, even the Jiang Yue Gang was defeated by you, who in the entire Wuling County can't recognize you? When you arrived yesterday, I wasn't in the store, but when you went out, I happened to be wiping the table, and I heard the shopkeeper say that it was Jiang Gongzi, so I took a look, and I was very obedient, full of heroism, and I couldn't forget it at a glance, so I recognized you at a glance. Hearing the other party praise himself like this, Jiang Xiaoshu smiled, and then said:
"Little second brother, I haven't slept in the middle of the night, what are you doing in the stable?" At the mention of this, the little guy's chest straightened:
"Naturally, it's for you, Gongzi Jiang."
"For me? your fart," Jiang Xiaoshu said with a smile:
"Did you know that I would come over the wall in the middle of the night and come to greet me?" The little guy shook his head and said:
"It's not, but I admire Jiang Gongzi's personality, I want to visit, ask the prince who has been sitting in the courtyard, but he said that you went out, I thought, since I can't see you, then I will add some forage for your mount, who knows that I happened to meet Jiang Gongzi, and it can be regarded as a good retribution, and I got what I wanted, hahaha......" Jiang Xiaoshu looked at the stable, his cart was still parked in the same place, but new forage had been added to the horse trough, and he couldn't help but praise:
"Good guy, it's really heartfelt to be so busy in the middle of the night." Then he took out a small piece of silver and handed it to the little servant:
"Little brother, take it." The little guy took the silver and weighed it, and immediately laughed happily:
"Thank you, thank you, don't worry, I will take good care of your horse, and make sure it is fat and strong......"
"It's good to add one more night grass, let's go and rest," Jiang Xiaoshu smiled, and then asked:
"Just now you mentioned that the prince who has been sitting in the courtyard?" The little guy nodded:
"Yes, the young man who wears black clothes and holds a double knife, he seems to have something on his mind, he has been sitting in the backyard, and he hasn't even slept." What can Sheng Yu Shen have on his mind?
Jiang Xiaoshu frowned, and then said to Xiao Yu:
"Let's go, drink for most of the night, and make up for sleep." The two Jiangyu left, and the little girl looked at their backs and couldn't help muttering:
"With such a big reputation and such a beauty on the side, I really envy others...... Alas, where is it like me, I can't achieve anything all the time, and I am always deducted from my salary by the shopkeeper, no, the shopkeeper! Jiang Gongzi! Jiang Gongzi! Jiang Xiaoshu naturally heard the little guy's self-talk, and when he heard the other party raise his voice and call out to himself, he smiled without looking back:
"I know, I won't go to your shopkeeper to complain, just rest in peace." The little guy thought that he had met a robber and sold the shopkeeper in the first sentence, and if this word spread, he would have to be put in small shoes again.
Hearing Jiang Xiaoshu's agreement, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief, and stood in place to watch the two Jiangyu leave. Upstairs, Xiao Yu walked to the door, pushed the door open, turned his head and asked:
"Laughing scholar, are you drunk? Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea? Jiang Xiaoshu shook his head:
"The smell of peach blossoms on our bodies can't be covered, and the smell of wine has already swam all over our bodies, and we can't solve anything by drinking...... Hurry up and rest, I'm going to see what Sheng Yushen is up to. ”
"Oh," Xiao Yu nodded, and then entered the room, and after closing the door, a faint voice came:
"Laughing bookboy."
"Huh? You said. ”
"What time is it?"
"Hmm...... Two o'clock. ”
"It's so late, thank you for the book, I should go to sleep."
"Okay." Listening to Jiang Xiaoshu's footsteps gradually leaving, the little fish in the room stood by the door, her beautiful eyes lowered - before this moment, you and I were drunk and sang and talked about everything, we are best friends, and this matter cannot be changed, because it has passed.
The second quarter of the second hour, the fifteenth day of September, the second quarter of the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the third year of Jiaxin, because you and I will remember this moment.
My dream words can no longer only tell the starry sky, because the dream man appeared alive in front of my eyes.
I knew how I was supposed to live. I found hope, an ordinary and great hope.
I kissed you, and the fragrance was so fragrant that it made my heart pound. Because I drank the most fragrant peach blossom brew in my life, I smelled the smell of peach blossoms, as if it was spring.
September 15, in fact, it should be considered late autumn, right? But who said it was autumn? When you are beside me, I can clearly feel that a hundred flowers are blooming, and the birds are singing and the cicadas are singing.