Chapter 1: White Clothes Wine
In early autumn, the Great Zhou Dynasty, three years after the Yuan Dynasty.
Capital.
Nowadays, the streets are full of pedestrians. Street houses, lakeside boats, row upon row. In the pavilion, on the bow of the boat, the talented people chanted poems against each other, and the beauties drummed and played the sheng, eyebrows and eyes, and laughter and laughter, adding a bit of leisure and fun to this busy season.
Liang Xiao, who was the only one dressed in white, neither participated in the autumn harvest nor was he in the company of talented and beautiful people, sitting by the lake, with his right foot stretched out, his bent left foot and knee on his hands, and his uninhibited sitting posture greeted the disdainful eyes of pedestrians, but he ignored it.
"Butterfly Dream Village Zhou Zhuang Dream Butterfly?"
Liang Xiao looked at the fallen leaves by the lake, muttered to himself, and drank stuffy wine.
The autumn wind sways with the memories of a hangover......
He was struck by lightning while on a rainy mission.
When he woke up, he became Liang Xiao of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
was born in a general, but he is a descendant of a criminal minister.
Seventeen years ago, the barbarians invaded, and the Great Zhou Dynasty was defeated and forced to move the capital.
His father, the Marquis of Lanling, died on the battlefield with 100,000 soldiers.
His mother heard the bad news and died after giving birth to him.
The Marquis of Lanling's Mansion was also copied.
Liang Xiao was adopted by an old man, lived in seclusion in the mountains for fifteen years, and went down the mountain after completing his studies.
The Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion turned him away for various reasons, and the meaning of drawing a clear line could not be more obvious.
The two families have been friends for decades, how vulnerable they are in the face of reality!
In the Great Zhou, where there are more women and fewer men, he has become the "toad" in the mouth of the people of the capital!
The old man asked him to swear to serve the country, marry three wives and four concubines, and spread out branches for the Liang family, otherwise the master and apprentice would never see each other.
It's a pity that the son of the criminal who was stripped of his title is not qualified to take the meritorious examination, and he has encountered a wall everywhere in the army.
In desperation, Liang Xiao could only count his family assets and do business first, but as a result, he lost thousands of taels of silver and lost all his money, becoming the laughing stock of the entire Nancheng District, and borrowing wine to drown his sorrows all day long.
This world went to a different trajectory after the Qin Dynasty, and hundreds of years later, in the Great Zhou, the family was in full swing.
As the son of a sinner, he may be destined to die in humiliation.
But in two lives, he didn't have the word "admit defeat" in his dictionary!
smoothed out the memory, Liang Xiao woke up like a dream.
"As long as the mind does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties!"
After a short period of melancholy, Liang Xiao suddenly brightened, smiled slightly, and his eyes fell into the distance.
Someone was watching him not far away.
He was a young man in white, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, born with a female appearance, a paper fan shook gently, his eyes were bright, and the eyes of the most beautiful girl he had ever seen were also overshadowed by them.
If it weren't for the young man's chest, he would definitely believe that the other party was a woman dressed as a man.
An entourage behind the boy also seemed to be indistinguishable from male and female.
He had been sitting here for two hours, and he had long been accustomed to the attention of others, and this boy was no exception, but his short attention was attracted by the good looks.
The boy looked at him a few times, then turned his disappointed gaze to the boat in the lake.
The talented and beautiful people in the lake are sad and sad, and they have words in their mouths.
Liang Xiao's ear power was outstanding, and he vaguely heard the muttering of the young man next to him.
"There are 3,000 talented people in the capital, who are either vassals and elegant, or rotten drunkards, and the country is in danger!"
Liang Xiao couldn't help but smile dumbly, and got up with the wine gourd.
The one who was honored as a "rotten drunkard" by the other party is not himself, who else can it be?
The young man frowned when he heard Liang Xiao's chuckle, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Liang Xiao was walking to the inn to drink.
The entourage behind him glanced at Liang Xiao coldly, and sneered: "This person is a little self-aware, and he doesn't dare to respond to the public...... Son! ”
"He gave birth to a good skin, but it is a pity that he is idle, and if I am like him in the younger generation, there is no cure."
The young man sighed, ignored Liang Xiao anymore, and took out a piece of ink treasure stupidly, looking at it intently.
"It's been a full seven days, and looking at the literary scene in the capital, no one has been able to make a ...... to the next couplet"
Between the words, the young man's face was full of depression.
The entourage pondered and meditated for a long time before comforting: "After all, even the person who wrote the question can't figure it out, the three-light sun, moon and star, this is an eternal absolute!" ”
The boy just looked at those five words and nodded in disappointment.
"I can't come out either! Because, there is a 'three' word in the couplet, the next link can not be repeated, and there are only three words after the three lights, in any case, the number of words in the next link and the pair is either more than three words, or less than three words. ”
The entourage quietly listened to the young man's explanation, and he didn't dare to come out.
"What's so hard about that? Four poems and elegant songs. ”
Liang Xiao's untimely chuckle interrupted the young man's thinking.
The young man was stunned and stared at Liang Xiao who was passing by.
Seeing that his master was disturbed by Liang Xiao's thoughts, the entourage finally couldn't bear it anymore and scolded: "What nonsense! This style is just three words, how can there be four poems? ”
Liang Xiao glanced at the pair of masters and servants, turned around and was about to leave.
The entourage was about to teach Liang Xiao a lesson, but the young man in front of him exclaimed: "This is wonderful!" The 'Ya' in the "Book of Songs" is also divided into big and small Ya, facing the four poems! ”
The entourage was suddenly at a loss, full of shame, and did not dare to squeak.
"Your Excellency, please stay!"
The young man stopped Liang Xiao and introduced himself.
"In Xia Linduan, Your Excellency is highly talented, how do you call it?"
Liang Xiao looked back at the young man and replied: "The drunkard in the market, why worry about it. It's just that I couldn't bear to see you unusually sad just now. ”
The entourage was ashamed, and hurriedly hugged his fist to Liang Xiao and said: "It turns out that Your Excellency is a good heart, and I offended ......"
Only then did the young man remember what he had just said about the "rotten drunkard", and his face suddenly turned red, and he said: "It's your Excellency who is wrong, now the autumn wind is bleak, and hundreds of talented and beautiful people here are hurting the scene, but Your Excellency is drinking chicly and is different." ”
Liang Xiao just laughed, walked home with a wine gourd, and sang.
"Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely, and I say that autumn is better than spring!"
As soon as the words fell, Lin Duan was struck by lightning, and the talented and beautiful people in the distance were also stunned.
A moment later, there was a burst of cheers from the riverside, and the atmosphere changed abruptly and there was a sense of optimism.
"White-clothed wine, the son of the turbid world......"
Lin Duan looked at Liang Xiao's back and was fascinated, and there was a little more surprise in his eyes.
In a cabin in the middle of the lake, a woman in a yellow robe who was drinking tea said softly: "Which genius is chanting poetry outside?" ”
A beautiful woman lifted the curtain and replied, "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Princess is talking to that man......"
The woman in the yellow robe bowed slightly: "Oh, she is very discerning." ”
At this time, Lin Duan came back to his senses and hurriedly stopped Liang Xiao with his entourage.
"Your Excellency is open-minded and insightful...... But the people of the capital? ”
Liang Xiao glanced at Lin Duan and nodded, "Sort of, I've lived around here for two years." ”
Lin Duan said happily: "Coincidentally! I'm here to find someone: Liang Xiao, the son of the late Marquis of Lanling, and the Liang family. Do you know this person? ”
"Yes." Liang Xiao's face did not change, and he poured a sip of wine to himself.
Lin Duan sighed: "This person doesn't learn and has no skills, doesn't respect etiquette, doesn't want to forge ahead, everyone knows it!" But I have to go and see him again, and I want to hear what you think of him! ”
Liang Xiao picked up the gourd and poured it, laughing.
Not only that, but this son is also tyrannical, cowardly, proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling. Are you sure you want to meet him? ”
"Tyrannical sex? Lustful? ”
Lin Duan's heart was shocked, and his expression changed.