It turned out that Lord Shaoyang Mansion and Mu Yunfan were old acquaintances, and the two had met in Yinzhou in Western Xia. Mu Yunfan is the noble son of the merchant family, known for his talents, proficient in history books and music, and good at martial arts. Because of his free and easy nature, he was uninhibited, he didn't like to be sent, and he was tired of the open and secret struggles within the family, as well as all kinds of system constraints, so he broke free from the fetters of fame and fame, and simply placed his affection on the wind and moon, crisscrossed the mountains and rivers of the four seas, visited the famous mountains and rivers, and was determined to take over the customs and customs of the world, make friends with heroes and heroes from all walks of life, and realize the ambition of "ambition in all directions" in childhood.

Mu Shao is wise and smart, and he came to Shaoyang,

Before entering the city gate, an unsolved case was solved, and I admired it!" As he spoke, Zhizhou instructed the official to drag the old woman down, put her in prison, and fight for 30 sticks first!

The old woman wept bitterly, begged for forgiveness, and cried: "My lord, the old woman's late husband died early, it was really because the family was poor, her son was sick and bedridden, and the daughter-in-law just entered the door and couldn't endure the hardships and ran back to her parents' house, and she had no rice to cook and no money to treat the disease, so she had to do such a stupid thing!"

At this time, Mu Yunfan changed his attitude and pleaded for the old woman: "The old woman is over the year of the cane township (the year of the sixtieth year), because she is eager to save her son, she has done illegal things, and she remembers the ethics of her parents' kindness and the compassion of 'the old and the old', and I hope that the adults will be extrajudicial and open up!"

"But this woman is full of lies, how can you trust her?" Shen Zhou wondered.

"This time it shouldn't be true. Her hands were black and thick, full of calluses, and she knew at a glance that life had been difficult. The parchment paper she used to wrap the copper coins just now emitted a pungent smell of Chinese medicinal herbs, which must have been used to wrap medicinal herbs for a long time, so it was judged that someone in her family had indeed been sick for many days. Mu Yunfan explained.

When the young man heard this, he also fell to the ground and petitioned Lord Zhizhou to intercede for the old woman.

Shen Zhoujian was instigated by Mu Yunfan's sincere words, and the crowd of onlookers immediately became restless, so he had to treat the old woman leniently, and instructed the official to loosen the tie for her: "Since there is a reason for the incident, and the victim also intercedes for you, a sinner, this official will spare you this time, and will not pursue this, but if you find that there is a next time, you will be severely punished and will not be tolerated!" After the old woman thanked her again and again, she bowed down in front of Mu Yunfan and the young man, and cried: " This morning, the old woman went out in the rain and originally wanted to go up the mountain to collect medicine for her son, but she didn't want to breed evil thoughts.

Mu Yunfan stepped forward to help the old woman up, and said with concern: "Old man, do things that are only a last resort when love has to be, there are 50 taels of silver here, you can save your son's life!" As he spoke, he took out the silver taels from his sleeve and put them in the woman's hand. In an instant, there were bursts of applause and cheers from the crowd.

After thanking her again, the old woman broke into tears and left with a smile. The young man was also ready to leave with the other half of the silk silk and the money handed by the servant. Mu Yunfan smiled and said to him: "Today's toss has also delayed the young man's business, your kindness and tolerance will give the remaining half of the silk silk a better price, everyone is right!" Mu Yunfan raised his voice, and his heroic and chic demeanor was a little more light.

"Yes!" a loud echo rang out from the crowd in unison, and the onlookers became even more agitated......

"I thank you all for my little brother!" Mu Yunfan is like a spring that can be retracted and released freely, able to catch the excitement of the audience at any time. He thanked the crowd of onlookers loudly, and turned back to the young man and said: "I also buy your remaining half of the silk silk for 50 taels, as my unsurpassed respect for the simple folk customs of the heavenly city, I hope you can give me this honor, so that I have the honor to give this dedication to our Qingtian prefect who is deeply loved and loved by the people!"

Suddenly, there was thunderous applause all around, the atmosphere was warm, and a girl with a rippling spring heart stepped forward to offer flowers to Mu Yunfan. In the end, the young man happily sold the silk to Mu Yunfan, and Mu Yunfan immediately sent the goods to Shen Zhou's officials as a meeting gift.

"Mu Shao, you are really a god, you can interpret a farce of slander and money in our state capital into a hand-me-down story of 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom', which has won the full hall and won the reputation of Ying Tiancheng!" Shen Zhou couldn't help but praise.

Back at the prefect's house, Mu Yunfan was treated as a guest, and Shen Zhou ordered his subordinates to make the best oolong tea and prepare delicacies for warm hospitality. The two exchanged pleasantries.

Mu Yunfan told him that he planned to stay in Yingtian (Nanjing, also known as Jinling) for many days, on the one hand, to indulge in the landscape, and on the other hand, to investigate business opportunities.

"Jiangnan beautiful land, Jinling Imperial Continent. Yingtian is connected to the rich Yangtze River Delta in the east, Ningzhen hills in the south, Anhui and Jiangxi mountains in the west, and the fertile Jianghuai Plain in the north. Mu Yunfan said: "I admire 'Jinling has been prosperous since ancient times', and I also want to appreciate the ten thousand customs of 'the head of the smoke and moon of the six dynasties, the capital of gold powder'." As he spoke, he smiled and looked like a wave.

"Mu Shao, I can't imagine that after many years, you still have this piece of residual jade. Shen Zhou stared at the jade and said with emotion: "You are really the noble person of my life, and this piece of residual jade has brought me back to the days when I was a pacification envoy in Western Xia." ”

"Such a good Hetian nephrite, I naturally have to be careful to keep it, knowing that it is a rare and auspicious tribute. I said that the day of the reunion is the day when it will return to Zhao!" Mu Yunfan took a sip of tea and said slowly: "I'm not a nobleman, just a passerby." No, I'm riding horses from your territory again!"

"Master, it turns out that this jade is a tribute, no wonder Mu Gongzi said that it can 'predict good luck and evil, reflecting the past and the present'!"

"Hehe, it can not only 'predict good luck', but also turn evil into good fortune!" Shen Zhouxin said happily: "This baby let the master and I walk on the ghost gate, if it weren't for Mu Shao's good strategy to evoke the 'curse', my Shen family's family members may have been crying for 4 years in the grave of the master!" Saying that, Shen Zhou took out another piece of broken jade from a box at home that had been sealed for many years, and the two pieces of broken jade came together to form a "jade bucket".

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Western Xia belonged to the Pan-Han coalition politics, dominated by the Dangxiang ethnic group, supplemented by the Han and other ethnic groups, and was mainly located in the Hexi Corridor and Hetao area, which were surrounded by the great powers. The Song Dynasty set up pacification envoys in Hedong, Shaanxi, Hebei and other places, and concurrently served as the highest governor of the state capital, but could only manage the troops and did not have the power to send troops, and at the same time was subject to the supervision and restraint of other officials.

In the first year of Zhao Heng Xianping of Song Zhenzong, it was also 4 years ago, because of advocating the Buddhist customs of Xixia, Mu Yunfan went to Yinzhou Gaotai Temple to understand Zen theory, climbed to the top of the tower, looked out from the window, the scenery of the ancient city and the scenery on the plug are in full view, and the Yellow River at the junction of heaven and earth, and saw the incense flourishing, the tourists are endless, "the celebrities of the East Land" and "the West Heaven Dashi" come and go frequently, full of interest, blurted out: "The high platform is now Ciyun, the view of a thousand acres of pleasant color, all are the three empty wonderful truths; happened to be bumped into by Shen Zhou, who was then the history of the five states of Western Xia, and felt that this person was brilliant and extraordinary, so he had a conversation and laughter.

Until one day, Shen Zhou panted and found the inn where Mu Yunfan was staying, with a gloomy face, two pieces of residual jade spread out in his palm, and said in a panic: "Mu Shao, this time I am in a big disaster!" It turned out that the mother of Xia Yizong of Western Xia Yizong did not hide the sincerity of the vassal of the Great Song Dynasty to Song Zhenzong, and the specially appointed craftsmen made a pair of jade barrels with high-grade Hetian jade as a tribute and sent them to the Shen Mansion.

"I Ching" water represents wealth, jade bucket water, that is, wealth, meaning "full of bowls", now broken one, is a bad omen, but also a dereliction of duty, the light will be demoted, the heavy will be dismissed!" Shen Zhou said anxiously.

"I'm afraid it's even worse than expected!" Mu Yunfan explained after hearing this: "The reason why the Queen Mother chose to carve a 'wooden barrel' to give it to the saint is that the biggest implication is not wealth, but the country, symbolizing 'preparedness' and 'solid gold', and now it is broken, not only a bad omen, but also a great omen, the light is the head of the people, and the heavy is the nine clans!"

When Shen Zhou heard this, he almost sat down on the ground, and said calmly: "Mu Shao, you are resourceful and knowledgeable, but you want to save me!"

Mu Yunfan was relaxed, he smiled and persuaded Shen Zhoudao: "Breaking a jade bucket, don't worry, you just have to rest assured to go back to Beijing and enter the temple to face the saint, as long as you say what I said, you will be safe, maybe, you will be blessed by misfortune!"

The next day, after Shen Zhou had a good night's sleep, he calmly took the remaining jade bucket with a pleasant face, as well as ivory, silk, cheese and other tributes to return to Beijing again, but left the other half of the broken jade bucket in Mu Yunfan as a parting gift, and reunited the "residual jade" on the day of reunion. Lu Ye then left Western Xia and began the next leg of his journey.

More than half a month later, at the Xuande Hall in Bianjing, Shen Zhou decisively admitted that he had deliberately knocked out a jade bucket in private. In the surprised eyes of all the ministers and Song Zhenzong's angry expression, he said unhurriedly and righteously: "For the sake of the long live country, I have no choice but to knock out the jade bucket, because 'there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people', there is only one unification (barrel) of the country, how can there be two unification (barrels) of the country?

Afterwards, Shen Zhou was really as Mu Yunfan expected, because of a blessing in disguise, otherwise Ji Tailai, not only was he not demoted, but he was transferred back to the south of the Yangtze River to "wealth and wealth", and the economic benefits and social status were both harvested.