The rivers and lakes are reckless, and most of them are open guns, and they are torn and killed with real kung fu. The temple is in power and opposition, but it is an open and secret fight, and there is no blood in the laughter of the knife and the murder. Therefore, the imperial court is more dangerous than the rivers and lakes, a deep sea into the Houmen has never been far away from the Yaotai Qiong room and Luan Yu Feng Jia, the Northern Song Dynasty Bianjing Palace Room Palace City in the five miles of Zhouxia, the steps paved with high-grade white jade shine with warm light, the phoenix carved from sandalwood on the eaves spreads its wings and wants to fly, under the cover of the majesty and magnificence of the Daqing Palace and the magnificence of the Funing Palace, it seems that the gold is drunk, but it is the undercurrent surging, the pursuit and loss of power and desire here is an eternal topic.

Early in the morning, the sky has just dawned, the east is white, accompanied by the brilliant glow, in the palace where the road is deep and the begonia flowers are drunk with guests, a lady with bright eyes and bright teeth sits down gracefully in the courtyard, a pair of red phoenix eyes are slightly raised, a beaded silk golden phoenix is inserted in the bun, a red dress is bright and moving, the green jade earrings on the ears are swaying, and the bearing is graceful and quiet. She whispered to the maid serving tea on the side: "What about the lord, are you still in the study?" The maid was silent and did not answer, but shook her head. On the other side, wearing a purple and brown dress, about forty years old, the personal maid tassel, added with a somewhat solemn face: "The guards have found out, and the master of the horse went out of the mansion last night." ”

After hearing this, the woman was not angry, but showed a cold smile on her face, her jade fingers were raised lightly, her eyebrows were lowered and she played the piano, and the three-foot black silk flew with the wind, and the sound of the piano was melodious and clear like a mountain spring frolicking among the green mountains, and like the silk wool in the breeze on the willow tops. The word "detective" reflects her control of his vision, and also illustrates the gap in the relationship between husband and wife. I saw that in the glow, there was a black golden silk nanmu plaque hanging at the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate, and there were three big characters "Fengyang Pavilion" inscribed on it. This person is Princess Zhao Xuan of Lin'an, the aunt of the reigning Song Renzong, although her background is noble, she also has an identity that is quite talked about by people in the rivers and lakes: Xiao Zhengyu's main room. The Xiao family can be called the Wang family in Henan, with three generations of five scholars, seven branches and eight scholars. Among them, Xiao Zhengyu was a high school leader, awarded Hanlin editing, and gave a cabinet bachelor and a waiter of the Ministry of Rites. Because he was tired of the struggle for fame and fortune in officialdom and deceit, he resigned angrily, squandered money at home, made friends with people with lofty ideals in the rivers and lakes, was indifferent to fame and fortune, and chased the life of idle clouds and wild cranes.

The style of painting turned, the twilight was vast, and in the Yanmen Pass, which was built around the mountains thousands of miles away, Tang Rong set up a banquet to entertain the Eight Sages King and others, and sent people to sing and dance in the military tent to help the fun. After a while, Tang Rong was a little drunk, and was helped by his subordinates to go to the military tent to rest, and he and Zhao Defang, known as the "King of North and South Wine", sang and indulged in wine, after all, they were not opponents. It is said that even though Zhao Defang, the king of the eight sages, was greedy for cups, he would only get drunk when he was the happiest or least happy in his life.

After the wine was dispersed, Zhuge Buqun walked out of the tent, listened to the unique pipa music of Biansai, looked at the direction of the wild goose returning to Kaifeng Mansion, and sang with great interest: "The strings cover up the sound and thoughts, as if they are telling their lives that they are not willing." The low-brow letter continued, saying that there are infinite things in my heart. "The wind suddenly rose in the desert Gobi, and the wind and sand of the side plug blew through the goose pond shaped like the moon, and the cold light, the sword halberd, and the horn echoed in the melodious sound of the piano, which was slightly sad. The side building, the river, and the moonlit night are all sorrowful.

"It is said that Mr. Zhuge is 'an abacus ring, gold ten thousand taels', and there is also something unwilling?" I don't know when, the Eight Sages King also walked out of the banquet, and the dinner party may have drunk freely because of his happy temperament, and he couldn't help but cough violently with chest tightness. Qing Yu was afraid of the night wind and cold, so he hurriedly put on a shawl for him, and Zihan took a pot of vinegar to relieve hangover. In this regard, Zhao Defang is full of indifference, he thinks that although wealth is not in the sky, life and death have a fate.

"Life is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten! What's more, the money of 10,000 taels of gold is just the shell of many things, but it is not the fruit inside. Zhuge Buqun shook the small silver abacus of more than three inches on his waist, and played with it skillfully, quickly, accurately, and exquisitely, and then he sang with understanding: "The house of the seven sons is separated by two lines, and all of them are all one vicissitudes." The five lakes and the four seas are counted in the middle of the plate, and the three teachings and nine streams are busy. Firewood, rice, oil, salt, Xiaolishu, Jiangshan Sheji Dachaotang -- this small abacus can be described as all-encompassing, comparable to half of the Analects to rule the world!"

"Yes, since ancient times, in the psalms of the sages, abacus has been endowed with the meaning of 'miraculous calculation' and 'careful calculation', highlighting wisdom. I have heard that Mr. Zhuge is resourceful, outstanding but not outstanding, and his answers to questions are really not leaky, and his life is not willing, but he has also turned into a lot of red dust and rain. Zhao Defang said freely.

"The prince was born with a golden spoon, dragon blood and phoenix marrow, golden branches and jade leaves, and a noble status, he should have lived a life of pampering and enjoying his success, but he came to this 'drinking horses and crossing autumn water, and the water is cold and the wind is like a knife'.

Zhao Defangyun smiled lightly, and said lightly: "There is no unearned gain in the world, nor does it sit back and enjoy its success, even if it is the emperor's family, it is the glory and wealth of the blood-stained wealth of the horse leather shroud." In the wine glass of my life experience, everything is empty, I have too many ambitions in my life, and I am depressed, so I am addicted to alcohol. ”

Now the Song and Liao confrontations, the saber rattling, the Lord and the faction advocate the use of the art of gentleness to negotiate peace with the Liao State, the royal with grace and faith, treat it with courtesy, and satisfy the greed of the barbarians with gold and silk property, and avoid disasters. The main battle faction advocated the use of force to drive out the Liao, recover the rivers and mountains such as the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and maintain the unity of the Central Plains. What does the prince think about this problem?" Zhuge asked respectfully.

"In the face of foreign bullying such as the Khitan and the Western Xia, the main peace or the main war? The Great Song Dynasty has been arguing for decades, some people say that the main peace is to surrender and betray the country, sycophancy, and some people say that the main war is to be reckless and vain, blindly optimistic. In my opinion, these views are too biased, and there are distracting thoughts inside and outside the walls of the imperial city. I have been far away from the temple for many years, so I just want to be an idle cloud and a wild crane and quietly watch this game of chess pieces, and not participate in the disputes. Zhao Defang spoke impartially, did not stand on both sides, and did not offend at both ends, he drank again, raised the wine jug, took a sip, and muttered easily: "Everyone is drunk and I am sober, and the whole world is turbid and I am alone." ”

After listening, Zhuge Buqun didn't ask any more, he knew that Zhao Defang was a person of character and morality, and the more debauched and uninhibited he was, the more he chased the initial persistence in his heart. So, the corners of his mouth also smiled lightly, which was regarded as "throwing a peach into it, and repaying it with a plum", and said proudly: "I heard that what is stronger than wine is the human heart, and I also heard that no matter whether the Eight Sage Kings are drunk or not, they are all pretending to be confused!

"Hehe, heartbreak drinking, drinking hurts lungs, in the end it's heartless and lungless. How can you expect a heartless and lungless person to have any ambitions?" Zhao Defang responded, "Besides, if the host asks for a drink, the guests must be drunk, otherwise won't they sweep the face of the host's family?"

Looking at the back of Zhuge Buqun brushing his sleeves away, Zihan was a little puzzled: "He is a businessman and a businessman, and the imperial court has been heavy on agriculture and business since ancient times, how did he enter the Lin'an Palace, have dealings with the eldest princess, and know a lot about the things in the palace?" Qing Yu explained on the side: " Our Great Song Dynasty has a developed commercial economy, Taizong once sent an envoy with a trade edict, to the surrounding countries to lobby, the rise of the wind of merchants, they not only formed a unique Xingmo culture, but also actively to the powerful scholars and doctors, on the one hand, hope that future generations can pass the imperial examination to become dignitaries and dignitaries, get ahead, on the other hand, climb the elite, seek greater economic benefits in the exchange, both sides take what they need. ”