After eating, drinking tea and taking a nap, Mao Xiang proposed to go to the top of Dahong Mountain to play, Mao Xiang sister and Mrs. Xue didn't want to climb the mountain, Mao Xiang sister said: "You four go." It wasn't early, so we rested in the yard. Let's go straight home, I'll let the carriage go to the west on the official road and wait for you, you go down the mountain and go home from there." ”

So Mao Xiang and the other four people didn't bring anyone with them, came out of the side gate of the courtyard, went backwards, and climbed to the top of the mountain. Climbing the mountain from the south, although the road is not wide, but it is paved with ashline, Dahong Mountain is not high, the mountain is not steep, and the four of them climbed to the top of the mountain in a while.

The top of the mountain is relatively wide, along the mountain from top to bottom, there is a large bluestone paved road to the west, roadside taverns, tea shops, department stores open along the road, although it is already afternoon, but the crowd is still bustling. At the highest point of the mountain, there is a Wangjiang Pavilion, and the four of them climb to the pavilion.

When I arrived at Wangjiang Pavilion, my vision suddenly broadened, and the great river in the north flowed to the east. The big river comes to the Xiangfan Plain from the high mountains and valleys in the west, and joins the big rivers such as the Han River, although the water potential is much calmer, but the water volume increases sharply, the river surface is vast, the momentum is magnificent, and it makes people feel big-hearted.

The four of them stood side by side, and they didn't speak for a long time, and the river wind blew up their clothes, like immortals wanting to fly.

Mao Xiang raised his head and said: "The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night. The eldest husband should have great ambitions, great ambitions, and great achievements, so as to live up to what he has learned in his life. ”

Wang Yi nodded and said: "Wang Yi is willing to work with Brother Mao to share weal and woe, and the period is worthy of this life." ”

Xiangyun looked up at Mao Xiang, his face was full of redness, he didn't know whether he was drunk or excited, Ye Qi was thoughtful on the side.

Mao Xiang said to Wang Yi: "I think about it, I will prepare for the exam in Xiangyang, and strive to succeed in the exam next year." I also want to trouble my brother, you should go home first and inform my father. In addition, I will prepare some silver, and you can leave it to your mother, so that you can accompany me to Beijing with peace of mind. It's just that my brother-in-law said that the road has not been very peaceful recently, and I am a little worried about you walking alone. ”

Wang Yi said: "What's wrong with this, doesn't Brother Mao know about me?" I often went out when I was a teenager, and I was away from home for such a long time, I really miss my mother, if I don't go back, I won't be able to accompany you to Beijing next year. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard someone outside the pavilion laughing and said, "It's a coincidence, I met the two sons again." ”

A few people turned their heads to look, but it was the people who walked into the pavilion.

Mao Xiang smiled and said: "What a coincidence, the chief of the road has come to this big Hongshan to set up a stall to tell the fortune again?" ”

The Taoist said with a smile: "It's not to make money this time, didn't Gongzi see that there are temples and Taoist temples on this Dahong Mountain?" The trail is to come and visit, and by the way, visit the Taoist friends here. After speaking, he pointed to a Taoist temple not far away and said: "The path is there, and I saw a few immortals here from a distance, so I came to take a look, and sure enough, it was a few sons." ”

Mao Xiang quipped: "The Taoist himself is a god, but he makes fun of a few of us." ”

"The scholars are all Wenqu stars in the sky, and the two sons are both Wenqu stars, aren't they immortals?" ”

Ye Qi suddenly said on the side: "Dao Ye is not an ordinary immortal at first glance, not only to show people their fate, but also to call the wind and rain and judge people's life and death." ”

The Daoist smiled: "Miss Ye is falsely praised, Xiaodao is just a monk and cultivator. Relying on some slight means to walk the rivers and lakes, how can there be any magical powers. Besides, human destiny is predestined, and no one has the ability to fight for it. ”

Ye Qi sneered: "I will also have some techniques of looking at each other, I see that Dao Ye's eyebrows are evil, and the corners of his mouth are horizontally striped, so I can't get a life on my body." ”

The Taoist laughed and said, "Miss Ye is really joking, cultivators only want to bear good results and cultivate themselves, how dare they contaminate such a big thing as human life." ”

Wang Yi asked: "Chief Dao, where are you going to go next, will you go back to Jichun County?" ”

"Maybe stay in Xiangyang Mansion for a while, and then go north to visit immortals and friends, Jichun probably won't go back." ”

Mao Xiang said: "After the New Year, Huosheng and I are going to Shangjing City to participate in the Spring Festival, will the Taoist chief go on the same road with us?" ”

"Let it be, maybe I will leave earlier, and if I don't go to Beijing, I won't be able to accompany my son." ”

After speaking, he made a mockery to a few people and said, "It's not early, Xiaodao will go back to the Taoist temple first, and don't disturb a few people to play." ”

Mao Xiang said: "Isn't the Taoist chief going back to the city, do you want us to go back together?" ”

"I have to finish my fast in the temple before I go back." ”

Mao Xiang asked, "Won't the city gate be closed if it's too late?" ”

"The East City Gate of Xiangyang Mansion is closed late, and it won't be closed until the end of the day, so it's too late." ”

After saying that, he nodded and turned to leave.

When the people of the Turbulent Road were far away, Mao Xiang asked Ye Qidao with some doubts: "Seventh girl, don't you have a bad impression of this Turbulent Chief?" ”

Ye Qi asked rhetorically, "What does Mao Gongzi think of this Taoist priest?"

Mao Xiang said: "The head of the road has stayed in our Maojiazhuang for a while, and there are some methods of practicing medicine, and my father also respects him very much, and feels that he does not have those rivers and lakes." ”

Ye Qi sneered: "I think he has a sinister aura in him. We've never met, how did he know my surname was Ye. ”

Mao Xiangleng shook his eyes and said, "Didn't I introduce it?" ”

Xiangyun said on the side: "No." ”

Mao Xiang said: "Will you know from the side?" He also came to congratulate me on the wedding wine of Xie Yuan, and General Xue was also there that day, and he may have said it when he was gossiping. ”

Wang Yi said: "The wine that we don't drink together, and General Xue has never mentioned Miss Ye." ”

Xiangyun said: "Yes, my brother will not mention me and Miss Ye casually in front of outsiders." ”

Mao Xiang became more and more puzzled, and said: "It's really a little strange, my sister and brother-in-law will definitely not mention the two girls." But what does this rebel have for us? ”

Wang Yi said: "Master Ran mentioned it and asked me to pay attention to the people who are on the way. ”

Mao Xiang said: "Why didn't you tell me?" ”

Wang Yi said: "There is nothing special to say, that is, the origin of this person is unknown, and you should talk to him carefully." ”

Xiangyun asked, "Who is Master Ran?" ”

Wang Yi said: "I am a monk who has been practicing in Wan'an Mountain near our Maojiazhuang for many years, and he has taught me to read and write since I was a child, just like my teacher. ”

Mao Xiang also said: "He is not only knowledgeable, but also knowledgeable, and Huosheng and I have been taught a lot. He continued: "Now that I think about it, it's really too coincidental, and the head of the road doesn't know the day when we went to Xiangyang Mansion, how did we meet it on the road?" It's such a coincidence today. ”

Ye Qi asked, "What did this Dao person do in Maojiazhuang, and what did he ask?" ”

Mao Xiang replied while thinking about it: "He stayed in the village for more than half a month, at first he walked around the village and the surrounding mountains, and then a little girl in the village broke her foot, and he helped to cure it, and my father left him to live in my house for about ten days in order to thank him." My father thinks this person has the ability to drink and talk with him, so he should have said a lot. He also went to find Master Ran, and it seemed that the two did not fall in love. He had also met Aunt Wang. There are too many things to ask, such as the parents, the climate and products, the customs and so on. ”

Wang Yi asked Ye Qidao: "Seventh girl, where do you think that people are wrong, do you really know how to look at them?" ”

Ye Qi smiled mischievously: "I don't only know how to look at the face, but also how to look at the heart, what others think in their hearts, I will come out as soon as I calculate." ”

Xiangyun said angrily: "Give you a pole and you will become a monkey." ”

Ye Qidao: "It's nothing, but I've walked a lot outside, I've seen all kinds of strange people and things, and I've thought a lot more about things." ”

Mao Xiang raised his eyes and looked, but he couldn't see the figure of the Dao man, and said: "No matter, even if he is a Jiangyang thief, there is no reason to calculate on our heads." Let's go down the mountain. ”

The four of them went out of the Wangjiang Pavilion and slowly descended the mountain along the road paved with bluestone. At this time, the sun has begun to sink in the west, but there are still many people on the mountain, and the road with not very wide bluestone steps is crowded with people up and down.

Mao Xiang was wearing a royal blue brocade gown, a Confucian hat of the same color, and a few yellow and white chrysanthemums inserted in his sideburns. Xiangyun walked side by side with him, wearing a snow-white dress, his cloud-like hair was pulled up high, a few red chrysanthemums were inserted on his head, and two pink agate earrings in his ears were more and more set off with jade face and red lips. Behind him is Ye Qi, who is dressed in green and has a golden chrysanthemum on his head, which is naturally beautiful. Although Wang Yi, who was side by side, was dressed in a gray cloth robe, his head was not a white hosta, and his bearing was calm. A round of red sun on the horizon, accompanied by the colorful glow in the sky, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the four people, as if shrouded in a mysterious halo, the four people slowly descended from the mountain, and there was a kind of momentum of immortals descending to earth.

At first, people approached to avoid one after another, gradually like contagion, the people in front of them for some reason, they followed the others to avoid both sides, leaving a distance of about a zhang in front of the four people, and after the four people walked by, the people behind them rushed forward one after another, followed behind the four people, and did not dare to approach, only followed from a distance. The people in front of them held their breath on both sides of the road, not daring to make a sound, and only after the four of them walked by did they dare to whisper.

The wooden boat running on the river not far away gradually also found the abnormality, the river flow is slow, the boat is not fast, the people on the boat found that there are immortals on the Dahong Mountain, they have slowed down the speed of the boat, some simply stopped the boat, the people on the boat crowded to the right side of the boat, stood on tiptoe and looked at the Dahong Mountain, pointing fingers.

There were thousands of people up and down the mountain, all looking at these two pairs of fairy couples. The four of them didn't care at first, and after noticing the abnormality, they just smiled at each other and looked at each other, and continued to walk down the mountain calmly.

Later, many years later, the Xiangfan area still circulated the deeds of the immortal couples of Dahong Mountain.

This is not to say, only that the four of them went down to the foot of the mountain, and the carriages of the two families have been waiting for a long time. Because there was an explanation, there was no one else, just two coachmen. The four of them got into their respective carriages, with the Lu family's car in front and the Xue family's car behind, and drove towards Xiangyang Mansion together, leaving behind the crowd of people who were talking.

At this time, the sky had darkened, and some of the carriages and pedestrians on the road had lit lanterns and torches, but fortunately, the flow of people on the road was already scarce, so the speed of the carriage was not slow, and before it was completely dark, the two carriages entered the city one after another. No one noticed that four men on horseback had been following them.

At the fork in East Street, the two cars parted ways and went home. The four horsemen ignored the Xue family's carriage and continued to follow the Lu Fu carriage.

When they reached a wide street, the rider suddenly accelerated, and the two rushed to the carriage and stopped it. The coachman of the Lu family hurriedly reined in the reins of the horse, and the two people in the car, Mao and Wang, almost got out of the carriage.

Without waiting for the coachman to scold, all four of them jumped off the horse, and one of the leaders took out a fire sign and said to the coachman: "The county criminal department handles the case!" ”

The coachman hurriedly said: "We are from the family of Lord Lu, the magistrate of Xiangyang Mansion. ”

The head catcher ignored the driver, lifted the curtain and asked Mao and Wang, "Who is in the car?" ”

Mao Xiang fixed his mind and said: "Ji'an Mansion raises people to take risks." The man looked at Wang Yi, and Wang Yi had to say: "Ji'an Mansion Xiucai Wang Yi." ”

The man nodded and said, "It's you two, come with us." ”

Mao Xiang said: "Are you arresting us, are you not mistaken?" We are all famous. ”

The man said: "That's right, I know that you have a meritorious reputation, so don't go to the torture instrument, don't toast, don't eat and drink, and follow us honestly." ”

After speaking, the two catchers jumped into the car, sandwiched the coachman in the middle, and said, "Hurry up." ”

The coachman asked tremblingly, "Where are you going?" ”

A catcher said quickly: "The Yamen of the Criminal Division." ”

The coachman reluctantly drove the carriage, and the other two caught up on their horses and followed behind them with two empty horses.

In the car, Mao Xiang didn't come back to his senses for a while, and asked Wang Yidao: "What do you think is going on?" ”

Wang Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Mao Xiang suddenly said urgently: "Miss Xue and Miss Ye will be fine, right?" ”

Wang Yi said: "I remembered, I felt that someone was following us outside the city, and they waited until we were separated before they started, just for the two of us." ”

Mao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then don't be afraid." Arresting people in the city should really be done by the government, as long as it is not the government pretending to be by gangsters, there will be nothing. ”

Wang Yi was a little worried and said: "Knowing our identity, it is still your brother-in-law's carriage, and it is definitely not a trivial matter to dare to arrest people on the street." ”

Mao Xiang said: "We haven't done anything bad, and we can still fall into the sky." ”

Wang Yi didn't speak, but muttered in his heart: "Maybe it's really a disaster from heaven." ”