Chapter Ninety-Eight: Drunk in Jiangnan, Poor Dream Early

Zhang Xiaochuan, Jiang Bai and his entourage were sandwiched in the crowd, went to the snake mountain, saw the first floor towering from afar, quite imposing, gradually approaching, only to see that the yellow crane tower is more than ten zhang high, the eaves and corners are numerous, and they want to fly. Li Xueyao and Dai Lin were curious, and counted around the Yellow Crane Tower, and there were as many as a hundred cornices and corners. The entire floor is covered with yellow glazed tiles, which are gorgeous and magnificent in the sun. The Yellow Crane Tower is abrupt, at that time, the Yellow Crane Tower is set against the blue sky and white clouds, and it is even taller.

Entering the building, the first floor is hung with Cui Hao's poem, "The people of the past have taken the yellow crane to go, and the yellow crane tower is vacant here." People recited poems and told myths about the Yellow Crane Tower, and Li Xueyao and Dai Lin were intoxicated, imagining the scene of the Taoist riding a crane and soaring.

The Yellow Crane Tower is supported by dozens of huge logs, and the logs can't be hugged by a few people, and everyone is amazed to see them. Walking up the stairs, the breeze is coming, and the scenery is even more beautiful. The water of the Yangtze River rolls eastward, until it reaches the end of the day, I don't know what kind of place it is, which makes people leisurely and fascinated. Looking upstream, it is vast, and the white clouds in the sky also give people endless reverie.

"The pavilion of the river towers to the sky, and the whole Chu mountains and rivers shrink to the ground. "To the fifth floor, the tourists are around this couplet to discuss, listen to their discussions, and then look at the scenery, only to see the water of the Yangtze River rushing through the peaks of Ba Mountain, surging and rushing, gathering Xiaoxiang. The turtle and snake are sandwiched between the two mountains, and the aura of the mountains and rivers is breathed, and the river is turbulent, and the weather is thousands. Through the corridor, looking around, the sun sets, and the scenery of the three towns is in full view. At dusk, the town seemed to be covered with a veil. The Yangtze River goes west to the east, the smoke is vast, and the beauty is breathtaking. How many literati and artists come here, and how many people can't help but express their admiration for "the first floor of the world".

Since the Yellow Crane Tower became famous, people "must swim then" and "feast must be then". There are a lot of tourists, but fortunately there are not many people to eat. Zhang Xiaochuan and others chose a window position to enjoy the "superb scenery of the world" while tasting delicious food. Zhang Xiaochuan and Jiang Bai drank, and Li Xueyao and Dai Lin tasted tea. From time to time, I look at the beautiful scenery or two, and everyone is thinking and dreaming.

When the wine was in full swing, a man in black showed his head at the door, and quickly shrank back. Zhang Xiaochuan and Jiang Bai glanced at him and didn't care, and the two continued to drink. After a while, footsteps sounded on the stairs, and five or six big men rushed in, all with swords in their hands, and due to the cramped space, there were still people who could not get in, and they blocked the door. The big man at the head has broad shoulders and a round waist, a horizontal face, is blind in one eye, and is covered with a black cloth, which makes him even more vicious and hideous.

One of the big men carried a single knife, stepped forward, and shouted to Zhang Xiaochuan and the others, "This is the position that my eldest brother fancies, you can get out of the way quickly!" Zhang Xiaochuan and Jiang Bai didn't look at it, they only cared about drinking, and Dai Lin also calmly picked up the teacup and tasted tea. Li Xueyao was originally very nervous, but when she saw the three of them, she was not shocked, so she also calmed down, picked up the cup, and took a sip of tea. "Fuck, I ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and pretended to be deaf and dumb in front of the uncle. Another big man shouted.

Zhang Xiaochuan and the others knew that they were deliberately here to find fault, and waited patiently for him to attack. Seeing that Zhang Xiaochuan and the others ignored them, the man couldn't bear it anymore and swung his knife at Zhang Xiaochuan. Li Xueyao saw it in her eyes, and her face had already lost color. Zhang Xiaochuan's right hand rushed forward, twisted the man's wrist, and then hit his right elbow, which caused him to fly back, knocking down two or three accomplices. Several people began to wail, apparently not lightly injured. The one-eyed man, separated from everyone, stepped forward, and roared, "You dare to break ground on the head of Tai Sui Ye, you are really tired of being crooked!" Seeing this, Jiang Bai was about to get up, Zhang Xiaochuan said to him, "Brother Jiang, please continue to drink, don't let this house spill the fun." After speaking, he picked up a bowl of wine and dried it with Jiang Bai. When the one-eyed man saw that he was so despised of himself, he was so angry that he shouted "Wow Wow" and jumped like thunder. His right hand was slightly bent and he used the throat locking technique to take Zhang Xiaochuan's throat. Zhang Xiaochuan looked at the six roads, listened to all directions, and saw him come to lock his throat, and as soon as his body turned, he came behind the man. The one-eyed man couldn't get it, but he didn't see Zhang Xiaochuan's figure, he was horrified, he hurriedly turned around to look for it, and when he turned around, Zhang Xiaochuan was looking at him with a smile. He shouted violently, the hungry tiger pounced, the black tiger pounced, and made several ruthless moves in a row, using fists and feet, mixed with grappling techniques, only to hear the whirring, but not the slightest touch to Zhang Xiaochuan's clothes.

Zhang Xiaochuan played twenty or thirty tricks with him, and seeing that he couldn't use any new tricks, the wine bowl in his hand flicked and buckled on the man's head, and the wine bowl shattered and flew apart. The man flickered and collapsed to the ground, and the rest of the people looked at each other, and they didn't dare to step forward to fight Zhang Xiaochuan, and they didn't dare to carry the one-eyed man away. "Lift him, hurry up!" Zhang Xiaochuan spoke, and those people hurriedly went out of the door as if they were amnesty, and the one-eyed person was carried out. "There will be a next time, I will not be spared!" Zhang Xiaochuan roared again, and two people were so frightened that they trembled, their legs were weak, and they rolled down the stairs with one foot, and there was a sound of screaming and wailing.

Zhang Xiaochuan returned to his seat, changed the wine bowl, and drank with Jiang Bai, remembering what Jiang Bai said before, Zhang Xiaochuan asked him about the details of the Liao State's crime against the Song Dynasty. It turned out that the Liao State coveted the heart of the Central Plains and knew that it could not be taken lightly, but it was never forgotten. The Liao people found out that Emperor Zhenzong was so happy, the pro-villain Yuan Xianchen, the powerful general Zhuge Ziyu was violently killed, Zhang Xiaochuan did not return, and the upright ministers such as Kou Zhun were also excluded, and the Liao people tentatively launched several wars, but the Great Song Dynasty did not have a strong counterattack, and there were no effective measures. The Liao people have to make inchs and inches, seeing that there will be a big battle soon, and it is inevitable that the lives will be ruined, Jiang Bai sighed while talking, but he couldn't do anything, he couldn't return to the sky, he was really short of breath.

Zhang Xiaochuan was also speechless when he heard this, thinking of the poem "Where is the sunset township, the Yanbo River makes people sad", both of them have a kind of melancholy that cannot be discharged, they have their own and the country. The two drank a few more bowls silently, Jiang Bai filled a bowl of wine, and said to Zhang Xiaochuan, "After drinking this wine, Brother Zhang and I will say goodbye!" Zhang Xiaochuan was stunned and asked, "Brother Jiang, why are you in a hurry, you and I happen to be companions, drinking and traveling the rivers and lakes, wouldn't it be happy!" "Where does Brother Jiang say, Tai Ye will see you, you and I will join forces, why not get rid of the trouble!" "Thank you Brother Zhang for your kindness! The little brother has made up his mind, you and I have a fate to see him again one day!" "In that case, I don't know what Brother Jiang's plans are?" Jiang Bai looked blank and said gloomily, "Hiding in Tibet in the east, wandering in the four seas." Zhang Xiaochuan knew the difficulty of his situation, and said to him, "I don't know if I can do anything for Brother Jiang?" Jiang Bai thought that there was a master on one side, and infighting and a villain on the other, he shook his head and said, "Thank you Brother Zhang, I believe that the truth will be revealed one day." "Well, it will be, may Brother Jiang wash away his grievances as soon as possible." "Brother Zhang, please!" "Brother Jiang, please!" The two humbly dried up the wine and cherished each other, Li Xueyao and Dai Lin got along very well for several days, and they also said goodbye, and then set off separately.

After staying overnight, on the second day, Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao hired a carriage and horses, and traveled for several days, all the way without incident, seeing that there were more rivers and lakes in front of them, and the car was inconvenient, so they gave up the car and boarded the boat, and took the canopy boat to move forward. When I arrived here, I felt that I had really entered the Jiangnan Water Town, and it was a different kind of scenery here, and the more I looked at it, the more I liked it. When I heard people say that "there is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below", they are even more yearning, playing while walking, smooth the water and wind, and after more than ten days, the two of them arrived at the boundary of Hangzhou.

The spring in Hangzhou is extremely beautiful, the sun is warm, the flowers and soil are fragrant, looking around, full of clear green, intoxicating. It is the spring of March, the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, Hangzhou is beautiful, and the West Lake is even more beautiful.

Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao got up early in the morning, ate breakfast, and couldn't wait to go to the West Lake.

Before reaching the lake, a peach blossom came into view, with pink petals and delicate stamen. A huge piece of peach blossoms, Li Xueyao and Zhang Xiaochuan have never seen it. Both of them widened their eyes in surprise, looked at each other, smiled at each other, and the two of them ran towards the peach forest in unison.

When she got closer, Li Xueyao looked at the flower tree, looked at the flower branch, she sometimes kissed, sometimes played, and sometimes closed her eyes and reveled in it, and after a while, she opened her eyes and ran a few steps briskly like a deer. Her clothes are fluttering, and sometimes the petals of peach blossoms fall, as if dancing with her. This is a fairyland, Li Xueyao is a fairy, and Zhang Xiaochuan feels that he is a fairy here. The peach forest has been to the lake, the peach blossoms are reflected in the water, there are flowers on the shore, there are flowers in the water, with the face of the fairy, it is really a beautiful picture.

The willow trees nearby, the willow silk is smoking, gently blowing the lake, and the delicate warbler in the forest is tactful, calling people lightly. The swallows hovering low on the surface of the lake are whispering softly. The water on the lake is rippling, and pleasure boats and fishing boats are constantly coming and going. The mountains in the distance are empty, green and green, undulating and undulating, Li Xueyao and Zhang Xiaochuan are both drunk and can't wake up for a long time.

After more than an hour, the two of them moved forward with the flow of people. On a lake embankment, the embankment is shaded by green willows, and the grass is green under the willows. The tide outside the embankment rolls in, the waves are magnificent, the water and the sky meet, the mind is instantly open, seeing the sea, the two are even more surprised, both face the sea, open their arms, they want to embrace the sea affectionately, and want to shout loudly.

The mood of the two people gradually calmed down, and when they looked into the embankment, they saw that the lake was as flat as a mirror, and it was another scene, and the two couldn't help but admire the magic of nature. Walking slowly forward, the different scenery inside and outside the embankment gives people different feelings and shocks.

Moving forward, a group of people were watching, Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao also surrounded them, it turned out that the storyteller was telling the story of "The White Lady and Xu Xian", the two of them listened to a half-understanding but were already moved by the story and completely fell. When the story was over, the people began to disperse and a new audience gathered. The two of them followed and began to listen from the beginning. This time, they stood at the forefront, and with the rhythm of the storyteller, their emotions were all given to the White Lady and Xu Xian. Surprised, moved, angry, happy, all kinds of emotions are intertwined, and imagination is intertwined. After listening to the complete story, he reluctantly moved forward, and the storyteller's voice sounded again behind him. The two of them glanced at each other, with infinite affection, as if she was the White Lady and he was Xu Xian.

"Sister, let's get an oil-paper umbrella!" a little girl of eleven or twelve years old said to Li Xueyao in a sweet and gentle voice. Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao saw that she was smart and well-behaved, and they held an oil-paper umbrella in their hands, and several of them were unfolded on the ground next to them, and their eyes were instantly attracted. I saw that the oil paper umbrella has red, pink, yellow, green, colorful, colorful, there are characters, there are landscapes, there are flowers and birds, the content is rich and colorful, the beautiful oil paper umbrella, people can't put it down.

Zhang Xiaochuan chose a pink peach blossom umbrella, opened the umbrella, and handed it over to Li Xueyao. The little girl was also stupid, and couldn't help but say, "Sister is so beautiful, she must be more beautiful than the White Lady!" Li Xueyao was praised by her, slightly shy, and said with a coquettish smile, "Little sister is really good at talking, how can there be anyone in the world who can compare with the White Lady?" "Sister is really beautiful, I don't believe you ask the big brother!" After speaking, she asked Zhang Xiaochuan again, "Do you say that my sister can be compared with the White Lady?" The little girl is innocent, well-behaved and cute, Zhang Xiaochuan has already been amused, plus You Hu is in a good mood, haha laughed, " The little sister said that it is better than it, it must be better than it!" Hearing him say this, the little girl said proudly to Li Xueyao, "Sister, you should believe it this time!" Li Xueyao looked at Zhang Xiaochuan, smiled and said nothing, but her face was intoxicated and happy.

Zhang Xiaochuan took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the little girl, who bowed and thanked her. Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao walked forward with umbrellas and strolled onto a small bridge. "Brother Xiaochuan, this is the broken bridge!" Zhang Xiaochuan said with a smile, "It should be here." Li Xueyao moved the lotus step lightly, arrived in the middle of the bridge, put the flower paper umbrella on her shoulder, turned around, with affectionate words in her eyes, and said slowly, "Brother Xiaochuan, I am also willing to wait for you for a thousand years!" Zhang Xiaochuan was moved, stepped forward, held her hands, and gazed affectionately, at this time, he was the most affectionate Xu Xian.

Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao were intoxicated in the peach blossom forest for a while, and wandered in the white sand embankment for a while. The legend of "The White Lady and Xu Xian", I don't know how many times I have heard it, and I don't feel bored at all. Sometimes they look at the willows on the shore and support the wind, sometimes listen to the sound of the tide, the beautiful scenery here, never get tired of seeing, they linger. It wasn't until their stomachs "growled" in protest that they realized it was time to eat, and the two went to eat special food together. Then they continued to walk around the lake without feeling tired. The sun gradually moved west, but the people's interest was not reduced, Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao went south with the flow of people. After walking for a while, suddenly someone started running forward, and I heard the sound of someone cheering. Zhang Xiaochuan took Li Xueyao's hand and jogged forward with the flow of people.

When I got to the front, I saw that the sky was full of red clouds, and the red clouds in the sky were reflected in the water, and the water surface was also fiery red. After the red sun stealth tower, the entire tower body is also brightened, as if all the lights are lit inside. Cruise boats and fishing boats on the water gently undulated on the sparkling waves, the waves flowed, colorful, and the beautiful sunset picture was beautiful. People cheer and admire, the sun fades, and the scenery changes. At this time, the bell of the nearby temple rings, long and clear, between the mountain peaks and the water surface, the echoes are repeated, the symphony between heaven and earth is mixed, enduring, the clear sound of this Buddha country, thought-provoking, unforgettable.

Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao played in the West Lake for seven or eight days, the peach blossoms gradually withered, and they heard that the nearby Lingyin Temple was famous, so the two went to visit.

Lingyin Temple, it is said that it is very effective to ask for a lot here, and since the temple was built, the incense is extremely vigorous. Along the way, there was an endless stream of people who went to make incense and make wishes. Lingyin Temple is backed by the north peak, facing the Feilai Peak, with dense forests and a quiet environment.

Feilai Peak, although not very high, but it is unusually abrupt, the mountain stone is very different from the surrounding mountains, no stone is not strange, no tree is not ancient, no hole is not secluded, it attracts a large number of tourists, and also first attracts the attention of Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Xueyao. When I arrived at the peak, I saw strange stones and beautiful stones. Strange rocks and strange stones, such as Jiaolong, such as running elephants, such as crouching tigers, such as startled apes, ancient vines and old trees on the mountain, intertwined roots, rock bones exposed, peaks and edges such as cutting. When they saw the stone carvings on the peak, the two were even more surprised. In particular, the pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha, sitting in the Buddha shrine, stomping his feet and knees, holding a few beads, laughing heartily with his chest and belly, vividly expressive, and portraying the image of "allowing the world to be intolerable, laughing at the world's ridiculous people" vividly and vividly.

Swimming to the Flying Peak, the two passed through the Tianwang Palace, came to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, in the middle of the hall is a Sakyamuni lotus sitting statue, sitting like a wonderful appearance**, the charm is vivid, the chin looks down, it is admirable, people have bowed and worshipped. Li Xueyao also bowed down and silently made a wish. The two of them looked at the other Buddha halls one by one before leaving. Out of the temple gate, Li Xueyao held up an oil-paper umbrella, and the two walked slowly, Zhang Xiaochuan was about to ask Li Xueyao what wish he made. Suddenly, there were two "pop" sounds, and Li Xueyao's oil-paper umbrella broke two holes, Zhang Xiaochuan was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to protect her, but fortunately she was not injured. Zhang Xiaochuan looked in the direction where the projectile was fired, and a little girl was sliding down a tree.

The girl was holding a slingshot and was about to slip away, "Stop!" Zhang Xiaochuan suddenly broke off, the sound was like thunder, the girl was so frightened that she shuddered and stopped on the ground. She turned around slowly, smiled and said slowly, "You, have something to do with me?" "The girl has a good slingshot, why do you specialize in sneaking attacks from behind?" "Hehe, hee, thank you for the compliment! I can also sneak attack in the front!" This time she said the second half of the sentence quickly, and as soon as the words fell, she shot a projectile at Zhang Xiaochuan. The projectile was very strong, and in order to protect Li Xueyao, Zhang Xiaochuan stopped in front of her and did not move. I saw that he didn't dodge or dodge, took advantage of the situation, copied the projectile in his hand, and pressed his fingers to smash the projectile. When the girl saw this, her face was pale, and she knew that it was not easy to get out today. She gritted her teeth, didn't do anything, and was ruthless, "swishing" fired three projectiles in a row, and hit Zhang Xiaochuan in the upper, middle and lower three ways. Zhang Xiaochuan copied the projectile on the road with his right hand, copied the projectile on the middle road with his left hand, raised his hands lightly, threw it with a hidden weapon, and then bowed down to catch the projectile on the lower road, and bounced it out casually. The girl sent it fast, Zhang Xiaochuan had a quick eye and a quick hand, and she picked it up quickly and returned faster. The girl was so embarrassed that she had dodged the first two projectiles, and she couldn't avoid the third projectile anymore. Suddenly, the figure flashed, and there was a "pop" sound, and someone reached out and took the third projectile. When Zhang Xiaochuan looked fixedly, he saw that the man was a big boy. "Ichiro, are you alright?" the girl asked the boy with concern. This girl is Ren Wuregret, and at the critical moment, Ichiro Nitta stepped forward and took the third projectile.

Ichiro Nitta held the projectile tightly and said to Ren Wuregret, "I'm fine, let's go!" Ren Wuregret picked off Ichiro Nitta's hand, only to see that the projectile was a little cracked, and when he took the projectile, his palm was red and already a little swollen. Ren Wuregret couldn't help but feel distressed in his heart, and he was even more angry. She pulled out her slingshot and shot seven or eight projectiles in one go. The projectiles shot at Zhang Xiaochuan and the others one after another, Zhang Xiaochuan knew that the girl and the boy must have some kind of relationship with him, and he couldn't bear to hurt them, but in the face of so many projectiles, and in order to protect Li Xueyao, who didn't know martial arts at all, Zhang Xiaochuan took a projectile in each hand and threw it out. When he saw that there were more and more projectiles, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, so he simply waved the sleeves of his robe, rolled up the projectiles, and saluted back one by one. Ren Wuregret dodged two, Nitta Ichiro took two, and seeing that the remaining projectiles could no longer be picked up, Nitta Ichiro simply blocked Ren Wuregret with his body. Ren Wuregret screamed anxiously, trying to push him away hard, but he hugged his arms tightly. "Zheng Zheng" a few sounds, the projectile did not hit Ichiro Nitta, the two of them turned around, and saw two women holding long swords, protecting the two of them, it turned out that they used the long sword to block the remaining projectiles.

"Aunt Ting!" Ren Wuregret saw the person who came clearly, and shouted, Lan Ting nodded slightly to Ren Wuregret. Zhang Xiaochuan was very surprised when he saw the two of them at first glance, it turned out that Lan Ting and Princess Mingyang had arrived together. "Lan Ting, Mingyang. Zhang Xiaochuan called out to the two, paused for a moment, and then asked slowly, "How are you?" Lan Ting moved her lips, and stopped talking, but Princess Mingyang said mockingly, "How can you be as happy as General Zhang!" "Mingyang", Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but scream when she saw that she was so hostile to herself and her tone was so unkind. "You live happily with the White Lady and Xu Xian, and you know that you care about our life and death!

Zhang Xiaochuan knew that he was sorry for them, and he felt guilty, but he didn't know why they suddenly hated him so much, seeing that Princess Mingyang's tone of voice was extremely choking, Zhang Xiaochuan turned to Lan Ting and said, "Lan Ting, why are you messing around with children!" Lan Ting was already aggrieved in her heart, and seeing that he had the intention of questioning, she hesitated for a moment, without words, but Princess Mingyang had already laughed "hahaha". laughed a few times, and said to Zhang Xiaochuan, "You said we were messing around, why don't you say that you Zhang Xiaochuan are messing around, how many people have you hurt by your nonsense?" When Lan Ting heard her say this, she also raised her head and glared at Zhang Xiaochuan, her eyes were full of resentment, and she said slowly, "What my sister said is good! I don't know how many people you have harmed, and you have hurt people deeply, do you know? Even the two of them know and hurt because of you!" Zhang Xiaochuan saw that her eyes were becoming more and more resentful, and her tone was becoming more and more unkind, Zhang Xiaochuan knew that the situation was getting more and more serious.

Lan Ting continued, "Her name is Ren Wuregret, but how many people can be truly without regrets, do you know whose child she is?" Lan Ting became more angry the more she spoke. "Aunt Ting, don't say it!" Ren Wuregret was already in tears. Lan Ting endured it for so many years, she couldn't control her emotions anymore, and said to herself, "And him, Ichiro Nitta, do you know whose son he is?" "Aunt Ting, don't talk about it, okay?" Ren Wuregret said again. "Why don't you say it, there are many things that should be known to him!" Lan Ting made up her mind to scold Zhang Xiaochuan well, and it was difficult to calm down her emotions. "How much grievances and how much suffering my senior sister Fangfei has suffered!" Ren Wuregret cried out with a "wow", turned around and ran. "Sister without regrets, sister without regrets. Ichiro Nitta was afraid that something would happen to her, so he chased after her.