The next day is the Qixi Festival, and in the Tang Dynasty, unmarried women have the custom of worshiping Vega and begging. It is said that this custom comes from the court more than a hundred years ago, when Tang Xuanzong was very fond of Yang Guifei, and had made a vow to be a couple for generations in front of the long star, and later this legendary story spread out of the palace, and was imitated by young women of the people, these unmarried women hope that by worshiping Vega, they can make themselves ingenious and get a good marriage.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was not dead, a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, and she was sleepless all night until dawn, when she saw the maid Qiuyue carrying a flower basket early in the morning, she was about to go out to prepare the sacrifices for begging at night.

Zhou Yuanzhi was excited, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote a letter and a poem "Untitled", of which a few lines are particularly lingering:

It is difficult to say goodbye when we meet, and the east wind is powerless.

The spring silkworm is dead to the end, and the wax torch turns to ash and tears begin to dry.

After Zhou Yuanzhi finished writing, she instructed Qiuyue to bring the letter to Xu Zhi. Qiu Yue waved her hand and said: "Miss, you don't know: now the investigation inside and outside the house is very strict, if the slave maid privately brings the letter to Xu Gongzi, in case it is discovered by Huang Wang and Zhu Wen, it will be very unfavorable to Miss and Xu Gongzi!"

Qiu Yue saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was a little unconvinced, and said: "Needless to say, send a letter, even if you ask the slave maid to send a message to Xu Gongzi for the young lady, it is absolutely impossible." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi said: "Then why?"

Qiu Yue said: "Miss doesn't know, since the Yellow King imprisoned the young lady in the palace, that Zhu Wen suggested to the Yellow King: on the grounds of strengthening the garrison of the palace, additional soldiers were sent around the palace to guard, obviously to prevent Hui Gongzi from coming to the palace to make trouble and avenge Xu Gongzi, but secretly monitoring the every move of our subordinates. A few days ago, a few people finished buying vegetables and went to the casino in private, but they were secretly discovered by Zhu Wen's people, arrested for colluding with foreign enemies, and tortured them to interrogate the whereabouts of Huifeng, and no one dared to go to those unsightly places in private. Therefore, even if the slave and maid die, they will not dare to pass this letter on the young lady. ”

Zhou Yuanzhi sighed: "This Zhu Wen's methods are really vicious, so how can I not communicate with Brother Xu from each other?"

Qiu Yue said: "Miss don't worry, the slave will have a way." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly asked, "Qiuyue, what kind of method is it?"

Qiu Yue smiled deliberately: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked, Miss will know it at night!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Qiu Yue was so sure of what she said, and knew that she had already been in her chest, and said with a smile: "Qiu Yue, you clever ghost, see what method you use to fool me at night?"

Qiu Yue hurriedly replied: "Miss rest assured, Qiu Yue will not delay Miss and Xu Gongzi's business." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Qiu Yue walk out of the door and was taken away by two soldiers. She was worried about Qiuyue in her heart, but she couldn't suppress the longing for Xu Zhi in her heart, she took out the dulcimer that had been in disrepair for many years, wiped off the dust, plucked the strings, and played a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". The sound of the piano is sonorous and soft, and it spreads all around.

After a while, there was a crisp whistle from downstairs. The sound of the flute and the piano are harmonious, one high and one low, just like the phoenix and the phoenix are chirping to each other, telling each other their hearts.

Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi looked at each other, but they couldn't shout out their thoughts in their hearts, both of them were immersed in playing, and conveyed their lovesickness through music.

Just as Zhou Yuanzhi was standing at the window, staring at Xu Zhi in the distance, he suddenly heard a burst of hurried footsteps, Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly hid the dulcimer and continued to lie on the bed pretending to be sick.

After a while, Huang Chao and his wife pushed open the hidden door and walked in softly. Huang Chao saw that Zhou Yuanzhi's face was haggard, and he didn't care about it when he saw his parents, and he was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Huang walked straight to the bedside, took her daughter's hand, and cried distressedly: "Zhi'er, why have you lost weight like this in the past few days?

Huang Chao listened to his wife's complaining words, and he also regretted it in his heart, sighed, and said: "What's the use of talking to my daughter about this now? Xu Zhiren is dead, do you want your daughter to go with him?"

Mrs. Huang glared at Huang Chao, gently stroked Zhou Yuanzhi's little face, and stopped talking.

Huang Chao continued: "Zhi'er, although Xu Zhi is dead, there are many young heroes in the world, so why bother to suffer yourself?"

Huang Chao saw Zhou Yuanzhi's face facing the bed, knowing that she was still angry with herself, so she had to comfort again: "Zhi'er, this Caizhou is a sad place, you stay here, after a long time, you will touch the scene, I discussed with your mother, and decided to lead the army south as soon as possible, cross the Yangtze River, and go to the Jiangnan that everyone yearns for, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the people are outstanding, it is a good place for people to be fascinated." Daughter, do you think it's good?"

Zhou Yuanzhi didn't expect that Huang Chao would decide to go south to Jiangnan so soon, but she missed Xu Zhi in her heart and was unwilling to leave Caizhou, but she had no way to refuse, so she had to ask lazily: "Then when did Daddy decide to leave?"

Huang Chao smiled at Mrs. Huang Chao and said: "I'll just say it! Zhi'er will be happy when she hears that she is going to Jiangnan, but your mother was worried about your inconvenience just now and didn't want to go? ”

Zhou Yuanzhi was reluctant to leave Caizhou in her heart, but at this moment, she was thinking of Xu Zhi in her heart, she was very flustered, and she couldn't think of a good excuse, so she had to continue to pretend to be sick, cough softly, and ignore Huang Chao and his wife.

Huang Chao and his wife saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was tired, and it was inconvenient to continue to disturb her, so they had to tell her to take care of her body, and let the guards outside the door tell her in time if there was something, and the two sighed lightly and left Zhou Yuanzhi's embroidery room.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was still staring at him on the horse farm in the distance, and her heart was very sad and depressed. At this time, the maid Qiu Yue had bought the begging things back, and Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly greeted them, only to see Qiu Yue buy a pair of dragon and phoenix candles, a purple gold incense burner, and a few apples, fragrant pears and pomegranates and other offerings.

Qiu Yue saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was a little disappointed, and said to her with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, see what the slave maid brought back to you?"

Zhou Yuanzhi looked at Qiu Yue curiously, only to see her take out a Kong Ming lantern from behind her, Zhou Yuanzhi's heart suddenly brightened, she deliberately asked: "Silly Qiu Yue, what are you buying this Kong Ming lantern for?"

Qiu Yue said with a smile: "Miss can use this Kong Ming lantern to send a message to Xu Gongzi!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile: "It's still you, a little clever and smart, but this Kong Ming lantern flies into the sky, how can it fly to Brother Xu's side? Can Brother Xu see it in the dark?"

Qiu Yue said with a smile: "Miss! This can rest assured, the southwest wind is blowing outside these days, and after the Kong Ming lantern is released, it should fly to the northeast, Xu Gongzi sees that it is Miss who opened the window and puts it, so he will naturally understand Miss's mind." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi was still a little worried: "Then how can Brother Xu get it?"

Qiu Yue saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was too worried and too nervous, and said with a smile: "Miss has always praised Xu Gongzi for being a hero, can't a hero shoot down the everlasting light in the air?" Miss is also too worried!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said to herself: "You are a little girl who doesn't understand, when you have a sweetheart, you will naturally understand, and if you care, it's messy!"

Qiu Yue persuaded: "Miss and Xu Gongzi have a heart-to-heart relationship, they love each other deeply, they will definitely move the old moon in the sky, and they will definitely make good things happen!"

Zhou Yuanzhi listened, a little relieved, took the lantern from Qiu Yue's hand, wrote the letters and poems he wrote to Xu Zhi, carefully placed them at the bottom of the Kong Ming lantern, and then lit the red candle, gently released it, and watched it fly to the northeast little by little, until the red lantern slowly disappeared into the night, Zhou Yuanzhi was still worried that Xu Zhi would not receive his letter, and said to Qiu Yue: "If Brother Xu still can't receive our news, what should I do?"

Qiu Yue comforted: "Miss don't worry, if Xu Gongzi can't receive your message, he will see the everlasting lantern you released for him, and he will also understand Miss's mind, the lamp homonym is waiting, Miss will wait for him." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi listened, and prayed secretly in the direction of Vega: "I hope that Brother Xu can understand my mind when he sees this everlasting lamp, and I will wait for him for the rest of my life." ”

After the master and servant finished putting the lantern, they set down the offering table, put the offerings, burned the sweet incense, and bowed a few more times through the window in the direction of Vega in the sky.

Besides, Xu Zhi stood in the open space east of the palace for a long time and was reluctant to leave, and suddenly saw Zhou Yuanzhi release a red everlasting lamp out of the window, and he was puzzled, only to see that the everlasting lamp flew closer and closer, and it actually flew towards him, he hurriedly rode a horse to chase after it, and chased it until he reached the peach grove on the outskirts of the city.

Xu Zhi threw out a pebble from his sleeve and shot down the ever-bright lamp, only to see the lamp hanging on the top of a peach tree, the candle in the lamp had been knocked over, and the paper lamp was lit, he quickly dismounted, jumped on the peach tree, took off the lantern, and extinguished the fire.

Xu Zhi took advantage of the dim moonlight, only to see that the letter was written: "Brother Xu personally opened, Baiting fell into tears and said goodbye, it has been several months, it is really not seen for a day, and the little sister's thoughts about the eldest brother are like the bright moon in the sky." Now the little sister is trapped in the boudoir, and it is difficult to move, and now I hear that the army is about to go south, I am afraid that the little sister will also go with the army, and the eldest brother will be separated from the north and south. I hope that the eldest brother will go north to Shaolin, practice martial arts to help the world, don't think of the little sister, no matter where the little sister is, but the heart belongs to the eldest brother, the little sister will try to get out as soon as possible, and then meet the eldest brother. I hope that the eldest brother will cherish it, and the younger sister will worship it. ”

Xu Zhi finished reading Zhou Yuanzhi's letter, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and he wanted to try to see Zhou Yuanzhi.

In the early morning of the Midyear Festival, Xu Zhi saw that King Huang was wearing war armor and riding a jujube red war horse, Mrs. Huang and Zhou Yuanzhi each took a carriage with the support of the maids, and went out of the palace surrounded by a group of soldiers, and came to the horse field in the east.

At the front of the team stood on horseback were Zhu Wen, Shang Rang, Ye Luchun, Xu Jian, Mi Shi, Ji Kui, Zhang Quan, Li Zhen and a group of generals, everyone saw Huang Chao's family coming over, and shouted in unison: "Huang Wang is wise and martial, the righteous army will win when it goes south!", Zhu Wen, Shang Rang and others also quickly jumped off their horses and bowed to Huang Chao.

Huang Chao'an sat on horseback, stood against the wind, arched his hand to everyone, and said loudly: "Soldiers, now that the court is deaf, I, Huang, am willing to do the right thing for heaven and lead everyone to rescue thousands of suffering people in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Shang Rang, Zhu Wen, Ye Luchun and others raised their swords one after another, and also shouted: "The imperial court will be defeated! Our righteous army will win!" The soldiers of the righteous army were also full of passion, raising their swords one after another, and shouted in unison: "The imperial court will be defeated!

After the Huangchao sacrifice was completed, he led the army out of Caizhou City and went all the way south. In order to see Zhou Yuanzhi, Xu Zhi also followed him along the way. The army marched several miles south, and saw a dense forest in front of it, with rivers and ponds on both sides, and Huang Chao ordered the army to rest in the woods for a while, and then continue to advance.

As soon as Huang Chao finished placing the army, there was a report from the Malay Raiders, thousands of people from the Zhaoyi and Zhongwu armies of the imperial court were besieging Liuxiang Village in front, and General Ji Kui was commanding the forward troops to fight the enemy hard.

When Huang Chao heard this, he felt very strange, and said to Shang Rang, Zhu Wen and other generals: "This operation of our army is absolutely secret, how can it be so coincidental that it will be ambushed by the enemy halfway?"

Shang Rang shouted: "It's not good, could it be that we have the imperial court in our army?"

Ye Luchun hurriedly explained: "The monk general of the Yellow King does not need to be suspicious, now the military discipline of the imperial court is loose, and the military towns are plundering everywhere, and they have long been accustomed to it, maybe the imperial court does not know the movements of our army, this time it is just our army that happened to meet the official army!"

Zhu Wen saw that Ye Luchun's face was a little embarrassed not far away, and hurriedly explained: "King Huang and General Shang are too worried, the order of our army to go south was only conveyed to the officers and soldiers of all armies last night, and only a few of our senior generals knew in advance, and everyone is a confidant of King Huang, now that the strong enemy is in front, why should you be suspicious of yourself and mess up your own position?"

Huang Chao listened to Zhu Wen's words and felt that it was reasonable, at this time, the army should be more united with the outside world, so he raised his horsewhip, stopped everyone's panic, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, last year we fought with the imperial court Yicheng and Xuanwu armies under this Caizhou city, killing more than 20,000 enemies, and our army also killed and wounded nearly 10,000 people. At that time, the battle situation was so tragic, General Shang and General Zhu, one man and one horse, killed in the enemy formation, seven in and seven out, covered in blood, before taking this small Caizhou City. ”

All the soldiers were deeply affected by the tragic battle situation described by Huang Chao, and many of them saw their comrades-in-arms and brothers die heroically in that bloody battle.

Huang Chao saw the grief and indignation on the faces of the soldiers, and continued: "Today, the officers and soldiers plundered everywhere and invaded Caizhou City, which we exchanged for flesh and blood, soldiers! What do you say we should do?"

Zhu Wen led all the soldiers to shout in unison: "The subordinates are willing to follow the Yellow King and kill those hateful officers and soldiers!"

Huang Chao left Shang Rang and the housekeeper Huang He to continue to escort his relatives and relatives slowly, and he personally led Zhu Wen, Ye Luchun and other generals to Liuxiang Village to pick up Ji Kui.

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