Zheng Hengzhou returned to the inn where he stayed, checked out, and went to Tiancheng Inn with his luggage and horses, and when he found the inn, it was already dark. Zheng Hengzhou tied his horse and walked into the inn, and saw that there were three tables of guests eating in the hall.

Zheng Hengzhou experienced the beggar gang beating, and he no longer dared to be sloppy, and took a closer look at the guests when he entered the door. I saw that the first two tables were ordinary guests, and there was a woman sitting at the corner table drinking and eating alone, it was the beggar who helped the guest Wanqing.

Zheng Hengzhou asked the shopkeeper for a guest room, checked in, turned around and was about to go upstairs, but saw the guest Wanqing staring at him with bright eyes, and raised a glass to invite him over. Zheng Hengzhou smiled, came to Ke Wanqing with his luggage, and sat down on the bench opposite him.

"Miss Hakka is invited."

Ke Wanqing smiled. "Zheng Gongzi is invited." She opened a wine glass and poured a glass of wine for Zheng Hengzhou. Then he raised his wine glass and toasted: "Today's mistake is to blame Zheng Gongzi, there are many offenses, and the little sister will do it first as a respect." ”

Zheng Hengzhou hurriedly replied, drank dry, and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty." The guest girl doesn't need to take it to heart. What about Shi Gongzi? ”

"I'm studying in my room." Ke Wanqing said with a smile. "Shi Gongzi is a good person, but it's a pity that he worries about the country and the people too much. Alas, the situation is like this, and his teacher has ended up like this, who can blame him? As he spoke, he poured wine into the glasses of the two.

Zheng Hengzhou asked: "When the girl said this, it seems that it is not a good thing to worry about the country and the people?" ”

Ke Wanqing put down the wine jug and said: "People, worry about the country and the people, keep a straight face all day long, it's rare to laugh a few times, what's the point of being a man?" Before the flower, there is a beautiful woman like a flower and jade as a companion, and he has to be locked in the room to study, what kind of truth is this, you can talk about it? ”

Zheng Hengzhou said with a smile: "Shi Gongzi is a person who does great things. With them worrying about the country and the people, we, the small people in the market, do not need to worry about national affairs. ”

"Nowadays, I don't know where they read." Ke Wanqing picked up the wine glass, did not toast, and drank it by herself.

"How many can you say? Revitalize the government and clean up the borders. Opening and closing the mouth is the teacher's table and the ancient battlefield text...... Reading all these articles that have worked hard and died, it is no wonder that every big official in the DPRK and China has a broken face, as if the people of the whole world owe them money. When she said this, she suddenly burst out laughing.

He shook his head at Zheng Hengzhou and said, "I, when I drink too much, I talk a lot." didn't cover his mouth, but called Zheng Gongzi a joke. ”

"No, the girl has a point." Zheng Hengzhou couldn't help but smile and asked, "According to what the girl said, what should the reader do?" ”

"Hmm......" Ke Wanqing widened her eyes and thought about it, shook her head and said: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon." I was born to be useful, and I will come back when my daughter is gone. ”

Zheng Hengzhou drank with a smile and said, "Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, will enter the wine, don't stop." ”

Ke Wanqing repeated: "Will enter the wine, don't stop." The two toasted each other, drank it all, put down their glasses, and laughed in unison. Ke Wanqing said: "Zheng Gongzi understands the artistic conception of this song that will enter the wine, and the little sister will not be bored along the way." ”

The two of them drank a few glasses of wine and ate some side dishes. After being happy for a while, Zheng Hengzhou asked: "The guest girl has something to say, and she talks elegantly, doesn't she sound like a member of the beggar gang?" ”

Ke Wanqing looked at the wine glass, and said quietly: "The family is in the middle of the road, isn't that what happened?" The DPRK and China have been fighting for many years, the tax history is domineering and accumulating wealth, are there still few people who are in the middle of the road? ”

Zheng Hengzhou knew that he had asked the wrong thing, and hurriedly said, "The girl is right. ”

Ke Wanqing looked at the wine glass in a daze, didn't speak for a while, then pushed the wine glass away, got up and said, "Little sister is not strong enough to drink tonight, so I'll go back to the room to sleep." Zheng Gongzi also rested early, and he had to hurry early tomorrow morning. ”

Zheng Hengzhou watched her go upstairs, his heart was empty for a while, and after her back disappeared into the door, he chanted the song that would enter the wine again: "Sing a song with you, please listen to it for me." The bells and drums are not expensive enough, but I hope to be drunk and do not want to wake up. "Tell Xiao Er to come over and add wine and food, pour himself a drink for a while, and go upstairs to practice.

Nothing was said all night. In the early morning of the next day, Zheng Hengzhou got up early in the morning and walked to the inner courtyard of the inn. The courtyard is not big, but the rockery is also elegant. As soon as Zheng Hengzhou was interested, he wanted to go back to the room to get the sword, and follow the example of the ancients to smell the chickens and dance. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard someone reading, he turned the rockery, and sure enough, he saw Shi Kefa standing by the small pond, looking at the early blooming lotus, and muttering the sentence in "Ai Lian Said".

"To love the lotus out of the mud but not stained, green ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilions and quiet planting, can be seen from a distance and can not be blasphemed."

Zheng Hengzhou used to read and write with his master when he was young, but his master had limited ink in his stomach, so he was so-so and arbitrary when teaching articles.

In the past few years, he has stayed in the governor's yamen, and Master Song and Master Liu chew words all day long, which has also made him grow a lot of knowledge. He doesn't like to read too long articles or too old texts; He remembered a lot of easy-to-understand short articles like "Ai Lian Said". He coughed and said, "Lotus, the gentleman of flowers." Brother Shi promised himself with Lian, no matter how suitable it is. ”

Shi Kefa let out an "ah", turned around, and hurriedly arched his hand after seeing Zheng Hengzhou: "It turned out to be Brother Zheng." Late last night, I didn't visit the meeting, and I hope to forgive my sins. My brother is a little angry, and he can't put it down as soon as he reads it. ”

Zheng Hengzhou smiled: "It's easy to say." It's the same in the next place, as soon as you start practicing, you don't care about anything. ”

The two laughed a few times, and Shi Kefa said again: "I heard from the guest girl, Brother Zheng is also here to escort me." For the sake of me alone, I worked so hard to move the people, and my brother was so unhappy that he didn't want to go. ”

Zheng Hengzhou said: "You're welcome. Brother Shi has a big responsibility, and that's not your business alone. If the party roster is not retrieved, the martial arts will eventually be bloody. In the lower body, he is a person in the martial arts, escorting Brother Shi, and there is no turning back. ”

"Thank you, Brother Zheng." Shi Kefa said. "Miss Ke said that my wife let my brother Ling save her. Brother Zheng, do you know if they are safe and sound? ”

Zheng Hengzhou shook his head: "I haven't heard of it." But Brother Shi can rest assured, my junior brother is reliable, and I believe that Mrs. Zuo will be fine. ”

"I hope so." After Shi Kefa finished speaking, he raised his head and sighed.

"My teacher has been loyal to the country all his life, and I never imagined that he would end up like this in order to impeach Wei Zhongxian. The world is unfair, the principles of heaven are not clear, I thought that I could make a difference by concentrating on studying, studying government affairs diligently, and becoming an official in the future when I entered the court. Now it seems...... Officials are busy dealing with officialdom struggles all day long, so how can they have time to revitalize reforms? My teacher is the imperial historian, and it is his job to supervise hundreds of officials. What do you say he did wrong, to make people fight to the ground? ”

His voice was choked, which showed sadness. "Just because you impeached someone who shouldn't be impeached. He's beaten up to the ground. ”

Zheng Hengzhou saw that he had a deep master-apprentice relationship, and couldn't help but think of his master. He persuaded: "Lord Zuo is loyal and courageous, and he will definitely be able to redress grievances in the future." ”

"When will it be?" Shi Kefa asked. "Wait until the person dies, and then come to the posthumous? loyal to the liver and brave bones, and ended up like this; Wei Zhongxian is a villain, but he can be prosperous and rich. In this world, there is almost no fairness. What can we do when we read the books of the sages? ”

Zheng Hengzhou knew that reading the books of sages could do a lot of things, and if it was a peaceful and prosperous world, reading books of sages could do even more. It's a pity that now that treachery and evil are in power, no matter how much you read, no matter how big an official is, you may not be able to achieve anything. Zuo Guangdou is a ready-made model. But at such a time, he couldn't say that.

So he said, "There's a lot to do. Right now, you can go to the party roster and avoid a martial arts catastrophe. Lord Zuo regards Brother Shi as the pillar of the world, and it is certainly not unreasonable to place high hopes on him. Brother Shi should not feel sorry for himself, let alone give up on himself. ”

Shi Kefa stared at Zheng Hengzhou, shook his head and said, "What Brother Zheng said, how can I not know? But I think the teacher is so kind to me, and when I see him in danger, I can't do anything, that kind of powerlessness......"

He let out a long sigh and looked up at the sky. "Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat. Such impassioned words, the moment I saw my teacher in prison, were like nonsense. Wen Tianxiang died in the hands of Hu Lu, and his righteousness was heroic and passed on forever. If my teacher died at the hands of eunuchs, he was loyal all his life, why did he come? ”

Zheng Hengzhou couldn't think of anything to persuade for a while, so he had to sigh with Shi Kefa. Just sighing, Ke Wanqing opened the door and came out, and said with a smile: "Shi Gongzi, Brother Zheng, little sister went to the street to buy fried cake fritters, come in and eat?" ”

Shi Zheng and the others agreed in unison, bypassed the rockery, and walked back to the front hall. Ke Wanqing looked at the two of them, shook her head and said, "Are you worried about the country and the people again?" Brother Zheng, you are too useless. If you don't persuade Shi Gongzi, you can just make a face with him. ”

Zheng Hengzhou spread his hands: "It's hard to persuade." ”

Ke Wanqing nodded lightly: "I know." ”

Shi Kefa looked at the two of them, coughed and sighed, and walked into the hall door.

The three of them used it too early, cleaned up, paid for the house, went out in a hurry, and traveled all the way south, heading towards Ying Tianfu. If you want to rely on Zheng Hengzhou, that is, fast horses and horses, and sleeping in the open air. It's a pity that there are scholars and female dependents in the companions, and the horses are not particularly fast, so they have to find a place to stay overnight. Every evening, Shi Kefa would go back to his room to study after dinner, while Zheng Hengzhou drank and chatted with Ke Wanqing, and sometimes practiced martial arts.

Ke Wanqing learned to be a family martial arts, called "Hakka boxing". This set of boxing methods is quite doorway, and it is not an ordinary official eunuch's kung fu to strengthen the body.

Zheng Hengzhou saw that her boxing moves were wide open and closed, and there was a vague shadow of Shaolin Changquan, what was rare was that the fist strength was retracted and released freely, and the moves were ready to go, and the application of internal strength was more exquisite than the moves. It seems that Elder Fan said that she is an outstanding figure of the younger generation of the beggar gang, and most of them are not scenes.

After returning to the room every night, Zheng Hengzhou began to practice the strength of the cangjue. After Fan Shihao's point, he knew that internal strength was the weakest link in his martial arts, and he stepped up his practice whenever he had free time.