"Where to look at Shenzhou? full of scenery Beigulou. How many things have risen and fallen through the ages?

is young and good, and the southeast war has not ended. Who is the opponent of the heroes of the world? Cao Liu, giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou. ”

The Southern Song Dynasty Xin abandoned the disease of this poem "Nanxiangzi Dengjingkou Beiguting Youhuai" words written to the beauty and magnificence of Zhenjiang in the south of the Yangtze River, the beautiful Zhenjiang was called Runzhou in the Tang Dynasty, surrounded by water on three sides, one side pillows the mountain, a busy canal traverses the city, people come and go, very prosperous and lively.

It is said that there is a small fishing village by the river in Runzhou City, surrounded by peach trees and willows, there are more than a dozen families living in it, there is a blacksmith shop at the westernmost end of the village, the owner is called Xu Cheng, Mrs. He, the couple usually make a living by fishing with iron, they are kind and charitable, and only at the age of half a hundred did they give birth to a son named Xu Zhi, Xu Zhi has been beautiful since he was a child, clever and cute, and the daughter of the neighbor Luo Jin's family, Su Ying, a childhood sweetheart, two little no guesses, grew up together. The parents of the two families saw it in their eyes and were happy in their hearts. It's just that Su Ying has no mother since she was a child, and the father and daughter depend on each other, and life is very difficult. Seeing that the Luo family did not have a hostess, He often sewed and mended for his family, and the two families moved very closely.

Time flies, one day is the Dragon Boat Festival, everywhere peach red willow green, warblers singing and dancing. Xu Zhi and Su Ying made an appointment to go to the Jinshan Temple in the heart of the river in Runzhou to pray for the whole family, and by the way, they went to the Shili Lotus Pond by the river to pick some lotus roots and iris to come back for the Dragon Boat Festival. Xu Zhi walked along the riverbank full of weeping willows to the front, Su Ying followed closely behind, and the two of them didn't say anything all the way to the river. Xu Zhi saw that Su Ying in front of him had grown into a big girl who was Tingting Yuli, the breeze was blowing, her skirt was swinging, like a fairy, she couldn't help but be confused, and asked for a long time: "Sister Su Ying, should we pick lotus seeds first, or go to pray for blessings first?"

Su Ying was a little embarrassed by Xu Zhi, and replied with a shy face: "Brother Xu, there are so many people who go to Jinshan Temple to pray for blessings today, why don't we go to the lotus pond to pick some lotus seeds first." ”

Xu Zhi said "um", and went to prepare the boat, the two of them laughed while rowing the boat into the dense lotus pond, only to see that all around: pink lotus, dark green lotus leaves, Tingting's lotus pod, the fragrance of talking, and the sound of frogs. Xu Zhi couldn't help but take out the willow flute made of purple bamboo that he was wearing by his side, and blew it whining, and after a while, a loud flute sounded in the lotus pond. Faced with this situation, Luo Suying couldn't help but sing the lyrics of the Southern Dynasty Yuefu:

"Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves, He Tiantian, fish play lotus leaves, fish play lotus leaves, fish play lotus leaves east. Fish play lotus leaf west, fish play lotus leaf south, fish play lotus leaf north. ”

The song was crisp and tactful, Xu Zhi couldn't help but be stunned, and praised: "It's so nice to sing." ”

Su Ying smiled at Xu Zhiwan, pursed her mouth, and whispered: "If the eldest brother likes it, the younger sister will often sing it to you in the future!"

Xu Zhi couldn't help but take Su Ying's little hand, and Su Ying turned around embarrassedly. After the two finished picking lotus seeds and calamus, they rowed the boat to the Jinshan Temple in the center of the river, boarded the shore, climbed the steps, and believed in men and women along the way, carrying incense pots and burning vegetarian incense, very religious. The two entered the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the middle of Jinshan Temple, burned incense, worshiped the Buddha, made a wish, blessed Qi, and were about to go back. Luo Suying felt thirsty, so the two of them left the temple, came to a teahouse called Yuejianglou at the top of the mountain, found an empty seat and sat down, asked for a pot of tea, and laughed while drinking tea.

At this time, a group of people walked into the teahouse, led by forty or fifty years old, a little fat, with a big belly, wearing a jade belt brocade robe from Xichuan, full of official authority, an adult who accompanied him, wearing a red robe and jade belt, was also forty or fifty years old, nodded and bowed, and asked carefully, "Gonggong Li came to Runzhou this time, what is his business? Why do you come to Jinshan Temple in Ezhou without resting, what is the important matter, just order the officials to do it!"

Gonggong Li did not answer, but directly found a private seat by the window by the river to sit down, Dr. Tea hurriedly came over, carefully served, and held the "first spring in the world" before the rain tea and a few exquisite saucer fruit plates.

That Li Gonggong tasted tea carelessly, but his eyes looked out the window, only to see the vast and ethereal river in the distance, colorful flags fluttering, gongs and drums, hundreds of boats contending for the stream, it was the local annual Dragon Boat Dragon Boat Competition; near the foot of Jinshan, peach red and willow green, people come and go, the river tide rolls in, and keeps beating a few mottled reefs on the shore. Gonggong Li couldn't help but sigh: "It's really good tea, good water, good mountains, and good scenery!", and then asked: "Lord Wu, how many years have you been promoted to the Noble Treasure Land?"

Wu Tingshi hurriedly replied: "Xia Guan is a Jinshi in the first year of Qianfu, and he has been an official in Runzhou for 5 years, and I am afraid that he will die in a foreign country in a few years, and I ask my father-in-law to say a few more kind words for me in front of the emperor and Lord Hetian!"

Gonggong Li replied lazily: "That's natural, Lord Wu has been in Runzhou, Jiangnan for a few years, his sleeves are clean, and he is an upright official, no wonder the people praise you as Wu Qingtian when they mention you." After speaking, he looked around and waved his hand.

Wu Tingshi saw it, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to retreat, and let the guests in the teahouse avoid, Xu Zhi and Su Ying had to leave stupidly, and when they went out, they saw Gonggong Li whispered: "There are two main things in Jiangnan this time: one is to draft a girl for the emperor, and the other is to find a secret thing ,......."

After Gonggong Li finished speaking, he looked at Su Ying's graceful back and sighed: "You girls in Jiangnan are really water spirits." ”

Wu Tingshi replied "hehe", and then flattered: "Of course, this beauty pageant will definitely not disappoint my father-in-law." ”

Besides, Xu Zhi and Su Ying returned home, He had already prepared a meal, Xu Cheng invited Luo Jin and Su Ying to come to the house for dinner, and the father and daughter readily agreed.

Xu Cheng saw the father and daughter enter the house, and hurriedly beckoned them to sit down to eat, and asked his wife and son to come over to accompany him.

There are not many meals on the table, but they are also very rich, there are steamed anchovies, braised saury, lotus leaf chicken, a few kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, a plate of steaming, fragrant zongzi, and a jar of locally produced, Lanling tulip wine.

Xu Cheng poured Luo Jin full of wine and sighed: "Su Ying, this child has grown so big, I still remember that she is so big, like a fart to follow the eldest brother, hehe, the years are really unforgiving, a flash of hard work, our brothers are old." ”

"Yes, more than ten years have passed, and both of us are old", Luo Jin was old and suffering from phlegm, and coughed several times in one sentence.

Xu Cheng glanced at his wife, and gave Luo Jin a glass of wine: "Brother, discuss something with you, you see that Xu Zhi and Su Ying's two children have grown up, can you consider their marriage", at this time, Su Ying glanced at Xu Zhi secretly, lowered her head, and was so ashamed that she didn't dare to raise her head again.

Luo Jin glanced at the shy daughter beside him, "Brother, I'll just wait for your words, the two children are not young, it's time to start a family." ”

He smiled and said, "In-laws, when do you think you will give them a happy event?"

"When the Chinese New Year is over next year, let Su Ying pass through the door!", Luo Jin readily agreed.

Xu Cheng saw that Luo Jin had agreed to the children's family affairs, nodded to his wife, and when He saw it, he took out a gold hairpin, a pair of jade bracelets, and a jade pendant from his sleeve, and said: "There are only these valuable things in the family, take these as a dowry, and wronged your in-laws!"

Luo Jin said: "Mrs. Sister-in-law, you have seen the outside, we are all married, the family does not speak two words, in fact, you don't have to give any dowry, and I can't take Su Ying's dowry! ”

Mrs. He hurriedly dissuaded: "Su Ying, we watched her grow up, just like our daughter, the dowry will be waived, but the dowry still has to be given, which is also the courtesy and respect of our elders for Su Ying!"

Luo Jin had no choice but to nod and take the dowry with both hands, seeing that there was a dragon-patterned jade jade pendant, which was very exquisite, crystal clear, white and flawless, but there were two unformed words engraved on the back, "Shouzang", as if it was deliberately engraved by someone, Luo Jin carefully identified it, as if he was taken aback, and he was speechless for a long time.

Xu Cheng saw Luo Jin looking at Yu Pei stunned, and asked with concern, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Luo Jin sighed and said: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, it's really providential, my family also has a very similar phoenix-patterned jade jade pendant, it seems that the marriage between Xu Zhi and Su Ying is destined by God a long time ago!", After speaking, he handed over the jade pendant to Su Ying for safekeeping, Luo Suying blushed, accepted the jade pendant, and secretly hung it by his side.

The two families agreed on their family affairs, and they finished their meal happily, only Xu Zhi and Su Ying were silent, but they were very happy in their hearts.

The next day, Xu Cheng got up early in the morning to strike iron, and saw from afar that Xue Ba led a group of officials to come along the river embankment, and Xue Ba beat gongs and drums to inform the people in the village to gather, and at the same time raised the emperor's holy decree, requiring all unmarried girls in the village to participate in the draft girl, otherwise they will be punished for resisting the decree and disrespecting the crime, and the nine clans will be destroyed.

For a while, Murakami cried and shouted, and many families knew that Xue Ba was ruthless and reluctantly sacrificed his daughter. Xue Ba sneered at Luo Jin and said, "Luo Suying also meets the conditions of a draft girl, why don't you see her?"

Xu Cheng hurriedly came over and said with a smile: "Su Ying is already the daughter-in-law of my Xu family, and the dowry is down, right, Brother Luo." ”

Xue Ba said: "Your Xu Zhi is married, why don't I know, when did they hold a happy event, such a big happy event even relatives and neighbors don't know?"

"By the way, do you want to disobey the will of the imperial court, you will be killed!", after saying that, Xue Ba made a motion to wipe his neck with his hand, and then shouted: "Escort Luo Suying out and bring it back to the state office." ”

Luo Jin hurriedly grabbed Xue Ba's hand and begged, "Chief Xue, you can't." ”

Xu Cheng also hurriedly knelt down: "Xue Baochang, for the sake of the villagers in the big hometown, let Su Ying go."

Xue Ba shouted: "This is the will of the imperial court, the order of Lord Wu, do you want to rebel against your life, come, take them all." ”

Su Ying said loudly: "Lang Lang Qiankun, you bully men and women, is there still heavenly reason? If you let my father and Uncle Xu go, I will go with you." ”

"Su Ying, you can't go with them!", Xu Zhi cried as he rushed towards Xue Ba, wanting to fight with him.

Xue Ba raised his waist knife and slashed it, at this moment, Xu Cheng saw that his son was in danger and pounced on his son, but it was still a moment late, Xu Zhi was stabbed in the chest, and blood gushed out, Xu Cheng hurriedly held his son in his arms, and his back was also slashed several times, and suddenly the flesh and blood were blurred, and the blood stained his clothes and Xu Zhi's eyes, Xu Zhi was so angry that he fainted.

"Do you still talk about the king's law?", Luo Jin saw that Xu Cheng was in danger, and rushed towards him, and was already tightly clamped by a group of officials with sticks, and was beaten to the point that his skin was broken and he passed out.

With tears in her eyes, Luo Suying said to Xue Ba: "I'll go with you, I want to see my father again before leaving!", Xue Ba agreed. Su Ying knelt on the ground, rubbed her father's wound repeatedly with her hand, and shouted, "Father, you wake up!", Luo Jin was also beaten unconscious.

Suddenly, Luo Suying stood up suddenly, turned around and rushed to the river, and jumped into the rolling Yangtze River. Xue Ba saw it, and hurriedly asked a few officials to go into the water to salvage, it was the sixth river tide in early May, and without waiting for the servants to go into the water, Su Ying had already disappeared into the vast river tide and disappeared without a trace.

Xu Cheng's wife, He Shi, cried and screamed when she saw her husband and son dead, and also died under a big willow tree by the river. When the neighbors saw it, they all wept with emotion.

When Xue Ba saw that Luo Suying was missing and Xu Cheng and his wife were dead, he was afraid of causing public outrage, so he had to take a few girls back to the state for a business.