Chapter 16 First Arrival in Jiangnan
"Yuanzhou's judiciary is more concurrent, and he returns at dusk.
The poem is full of grass and trees, and the book becomes a fast sword and a dragon.
Knowing that the official is so clear, he should ask Qing Cao Guo who is.
I remember that I was sick and had no intention of drinking Lomo at home. ”
This poem was written by Huang Tingjian, one of the "Four Song Families", Huang Tingjian is a water cultivator in Jiangxi, from the great writer Su Shi, and later called "Su Huang" with Su Shi, and founded the Jiangxi poetry school. Jiangxi poetry school in the Zen poetry and more, during the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi admired the new law, the new party headed by Wang Anshi and the old party headed by Sima Guang only repeatedly struggled, although Huang Tingjian was a close friend of the two, wanted to mediate in the middle, but the so-called "political dispute, like a feud", the struggle between the two factions has been tied to the interests of the class, intricate, and the situation into fire and water, he deeply felt powerless, only indulge in the landscape, visit the famous mountains and ancient temples, often sit with the monks and discuss the Tao, in the fairy country to seek spiritual sustenance. His poems often reveal the idea that Buddhism does not do something, and often has the meaning of retreat.
Wang Xinghui first arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, see the scenery here, quite different from Shuzhong, residents along the way, live near the water, along the river are a group of water pavilions to listen to incense, the scene of fishing boats singing at night, at this time it coincides with the early glow after the rain, only to see the distant mountains such as Dai, the pavilions and temples appear in the forest spring path, the three or five monks and laymen disappear during the period, as if there are the masters and chivalrous men who seek immortals and ask the question, it is really the scenery, it is difficult to describe and paint. He couldn't help but applaud, and recited this poem singing the beautiful scenery of Yuanzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, thinking that only a great Confucian like Huang Tingjian could write such a masterpiece with extraordinary artistic conception.
Wang Xinghui also thought that Wang Anshi cherished his family and country, and tried to change the law for the sake of the strength of the Song Dynasty, which is admirable, and Sima Guang is also a generation of upright, loyal and patriotic people with lofty ideals, and has also passed down such a huge masterpiece as "Zizhi Tongjian".
"History of the Song Dynasty" called him: the book of virtue and sincerity, and his evaluation is not high. The so-called "gentlemen are harmonious but different", although the two have different political views, they never take revenge for personal gain, and they can really be called generous and heroic people above board.
He hurried up, at this time a city wall shrouded in the golden afterglow has been faintly visible, the vendor who deals in pastries and groceries, opened the shop to the outside of the city, the flow of travelers and merchants is endless, the teahouse and wine shop is not lively, the sound of shouting, the sound of the porter driving the car one after another, there is a blacksmith shop on the left side of the city, from the inside comes the sound of clanging iron, the iron man waves a big iron cone, then scolds, the sound of striking iron is crisp, the human voice is also vigorous, like the song of the deacon, Kong Wu is powerful.
"Knock-" A night bell rang, covering a noise, far away, Wang Xing will follow the prestige, a temple in the west of the city, ** The wall is written with the four words of Yaojinshan Temple, and the bell comes from the temple.
Wang Xinghui was standing and looking, when suddenly, there was a loud gunfire in the woods on the left, and he was taken aback, but he saw that the merchants turned a deaf ear and did their own things, as if nothing had happened.
Wang Xing was shocked, and thought to himself, could it be that the people here have become so familiar with the sound of guns? He decided to check what was going on, so he quietly walked through a path in the woods on the left.
Turning a bush, Wang Xinghui laughed dumbly, it turned out that two children set off firecrackers on the ground, a boy held incense in one hand, lit a string of firecrackers, and immediately ran away, a girl stood a little farther away, applauded, the firecrackers were made very small, but the sound was not small, the horn sounded, and it was heard from a distance, just like a gunshot.
Originally, this place is the origin of fireworks and firecrackers since ancient times, and the crown produced in China is crowned at that time, although there are fireworks in all parts of the country to make and sell, but all use toner and sulfur as medicine, and the cannon produced is big, but the sound is not loud. Wang Xinghui thought to himself, the artillery battle here, the use of ** must be very violent, I don't know what composition it is, he remembered that in the posthumous work of the nameless old man in Hengduan Mountain, there is a "Fran Machine" dedicated to the manufacture of firearms, which is written, using saltpeter and aluminum powder as medicine, the power is ten times that of the black, I don't know who is more powerful than the medicine used in the artillery battle here.
Wang Xinghui shook his head, turned around and was about to leave, only to see two horns in the woods on the right, this time he heard it clearly, it was by no means the sound of a cannonball, sure enough, I saw a person in the woods dodging behind the tree, while shooting behind him, a little far away someone shot at this side, this person was in good shape, jumping back and forth to hide himself, was running towards this side, suddenly shook his body, fell to the ground, and did not move, behind him came two gendarmes wearing big caps, smiled and approached, the short gendarme approached happily, kicked on the man, and scolded: "Tell you to run, tell you to run, grandma's, it's hard for Lao Tzu to chase. ”
The tall gendarme said, "How did you shoot, how did you shoot without leaving a living mouth, how did you cut the grass and eradicate the roots?" He held his eyes and saw Wang Xinghui, waved his hand and threatened: "Get out, the gendarmes are arresting key criminals, and the idle people get out." ”
I saw the short gendarme turn over the man on the ground, the man suddenly opened his eyes, a shot against the short gendarme's chest, bang, the short gendarme has been killed, and then another shot, hit the tall gendarme wrist, the tall gendarme fell to the ground with a short gun in his hand, this change was only between the rabbit and the falcon, he was frightened and wanted to pick up the gun and shoot again, but he was shot in his right hand, it was inconvenient to pull the trigger, and he couldn't take advantage of staying to fight, glared at the man on the ground, and fled viciously, the man on the ground was not lightly injured, his face was on the side, hanging on the ground.
Wang Xing saw that he did not move again, knowing that he was too seriously injured and his life was in danger, he was moved by compassion for a while, and quietly approached. At a glance, it was discovered that this person was Lu Jianbo, the incense master who participated in the siege of Wei Yihu's Little Knife Society Guizhou Rudder in Wanren Villa. On the same day, the county magistrate Li and his party were killed halfway, and the group of thieves suffered losses in weapons, Lu Jianbo saw that the situation was not good, and the brothers he brought with him were broken in half, so he had to take advantage of the chaos to escape. Wang Xing would never have imagined that they would meet here, thousands of miles apart. As soon as he remembered the situation when this group of people besieged Wei Yihu that day, his heart suddenly swelled with disgust, and he got up to leave.
Lu Jianbo suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed him, and said, "Help me, help me pass the word!" Wang Xinghui broke free and said, "Why should I help you pass the word?"
That day in Wanren Villa, Lu Jianbo and Wang Xinghui did not meet each other, he thought that Wang Xinghui was just a local resident, so he begged each other, and did not answer Wang Xinghui's question, but said: "Help me go to Tianshun Pharmacy, just say that Brother Pao will ...... There are traitors. He was shot and wounded in the lungs, choking on a mouthful of blood, so he swallowed his breath, and grabbed a piece of silver in his hand, it seems that he wanted to give Wang Xinghui as a reward for begging him to send a letter, but before the silver was handed over, he died of exhaustion.
Although Wang Xinghui was angry with him, he saw that he died for the pursuit of the military police, and when he was seriously injured, he could kill one person and scare one person away, and he did not forget to pass out the last message when he was dying, and he couldn't help but admire it in his heart. Tao Lishen and the three of them all have this mark, this must be a sign of recognition in their gang, he thought to himself: When Tao Lishen reported to his family, he only said that he was a member of the Elder Brotherhood, Lu Jianbo said that there were traitors in the Robe Elder Association, and if he wanted to come to this Elder Brother's Association, the Robe Elder Association and the Little Knife Society, there must be a great relationship between them, and this information was not transmitted, but I was afraid that the Tao family's father and daughter would also be in danger of their lives. When he thought of Tao Guiying, his heart warmed, and her grimace appeared in his mind again.
But where is Tianshun Pharmacy? Wang Xinghui was thinking about it, when suddenly the boy who set off the firecrackers over there started crying, interrupting his thoughts, Wang Xinghui hurriedly crouched on the edge of the woods, looked towards the farmhouse, and saw the girl stomping her feet and shouting: "Mother, mother, come quickly, come quickly, my brother is hurt!
A peasant woman ran out of the house, hurriedly grabbed the boy's hand and took a closer look, it turned out that the boy ran slowly with firecrackers, and was injured by the ** explosion, although there was no blood, but it was red and swollen The farmer was very angry, pulled the boy's body, and slapped a big hand on his buttocks: "Call you to play with firecrackers, call you to play with firecrackers, this is what your father used to drive away the man, tell you to play." She scolded and beat at the same time, but her face was full of distress, and she naturally started lightly.
A man at the back of the house, pushing a cart, babbled out and said, "Okay, okay, don't blame him, I'll go." The peasant woman shouted: "His father, when you come back, go to Tianshun Pharmacy to bring some plaster powder for the baby." The man paused for half a second, didn't look back, and agreed, pushing the cart and babbling towards Wang Xinghui.
Wang Xinghui didn't want to make more trouble, he hid sideways behind the tree, and suddenly a hand slapped on his left shoulder, he was concentrating on thinking about the next step, this time he was unprepared, he secretly screamed in his heart, turned his head suddenly, but there was no one on the left, and there was a faint heat approaching behind his head, he didn't have time to think about it, and the seven-star sword in his hand did not wait for the blade to be completely pulled out, and he threw it to the right.
If it weren't for Wang Xing's ability to learn the nameless old man's various techniques, his body's instinctive reaction would naturally be extremely fast, and he would have almost scratched Tao Guiying.
Wang Xinghui turned his head and saw Tao Guiying's discolored face stunned on the ground, and the blue and faint sword of the seven-star sword stopped three inches in front of Tao Guiying's eyes, Wang Xinghui broke out in a cold sweat, withdrew the sword with a sigh, and exclaimed: "Why are you?"
Tao Guiying was shocked and said: "It's me, it's my ......"
Wang Xinghui grabbed her hand and said sharply: "Why are you here, why are you sneaking behind me, do you know just now, just now, it was almost ...... , almost hurt you. ”
Tao Guiying's mouth was deflated, and the tears in her eyes swirled: "I, I want to give you a surprise!" It turned out that she met Wang Xinghui twice, and she already had a good feeling, but this time she met again, and she was happy, so she had the idea of a child frolicking again, and when Wang Xinghui was concentrating, she suddenly approached, patted him on the left shoulder, and immediately gathered on his right, and she was almost injured, and she was reproached by Wang Xinghui, and when she was wronged, the tears finally fell.
Wang Xing met Tao Guiying's pitiful appearance, his heart softened, and he wanted to say comfort, but as soon as his hand was stretched out, Tao Guiying suddenly "snorted" and threw herself on Wang Xinghui's chest and cried in a low voice.
Wang Xinghui was stunned, and there was immediately a burst of softness on his chest. He felt a little embarrassed, so he wanted to push Tao Guiying away, and with a slight force, Tao Guiying had already firmly hugged his lower back.
Wang Xinghui has never been in contact with a girl of the opposite sex like this, and he has been with Yang Xi for more than a month, and he is just holding hands, at this moment, his heart is gradually pounding, and he has to be held by Tao Guiying, but he doesn't know where to put his hands.
Tao Guiying sobbed softly for a while, then stopped, and gently pushed Wang Xinghui away, she just smelled the masculine breath on Wang Xinghui's body in her nose, and she couldn't help but feel the deer in her heart, at this time, she blushed with shame, just lowered her head to wipe her tears, and didn't dare to look up at him.
Both of them stayed for a long time, Wang Xinghui then asked why Tao Guiying appeared here, Tao Guiying said: "I and my father, brother to Changsha after the telegram, my father and brother went to the meeting to contact the other brothers, I have nothing to do, that day I remembered that you once said that you want to go to Jiangxi Yuanzhou to do business, so I used the excuse that I am responsible for contacting the congregation in Jiangxi, I have been in Jiangxi for three days, I thought, you discussed that day, you will take the path of Liuyang and Dayao, just waiting for you here, I didn't expect that you really came." ”
Wang Xinghui listened to his words as if he was quite fond of himself, and felt a little surprised in his heart, thinking, this woman and I met in Pingshui, and waited for me for three days in this small city divided between Hunan and Jiangxi.
Tao Guiying saw that Wang Xinghui was silent, the corner of her mouth smiled slightly, and said, "Why don't you speak...... I know what you want to say, you want to say that if you don't come, wouldn't I wait for a while, right, I prefer to wait, even if I wait, I am willing, if I can't wait for you, I will accept my fate, indicating that we have no fate, now is not just waiting, then explaining, then explaining......" She is a woman with a passionate personality, just threw herself into his arms, her heart has been revealed, and she thinks it is better to ask for sex to say the meaning of love, but after all, it is a girl's family, this bold revelation of the heart to the last few words, after all, it is unspeakable.
Wang Xinghui didn't dare to look her in the eyes, so he had to say: "I, I thank you so much, it's just that you were too reckless just now, and you almost ......"
Tao Guiying's face suddenly sank, and she said, "Okay, you said I was reckless, right?"
Wang Xing saw that her tone was different, and when he raised his head, he wanted to explain: "No, I mean, just now, it was very dangerous just now, do you know?"
Tao Guiying said coldly: "You still dislike me for being reckless, the first time we met, you disliked me for pretending to be a zombie and scary, and now you say that I am reckless, okay, I'll leave now!"
Wang Xinghui never expected her to be so impatient, and if she didn't agree with her, she was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute." ”
Tao Guiying turned around, the tears on her face were not dry, she broke into a smile, and said proudly: "I knew that you were reluctant to me." Wang Xinghui was speechless, thinking that something was important, so he had to smile and say, "You come with me." ”
Tao Guiying walked over happily and grabbed him Wang Xinghui's palm, Wang Xinghui gently shook it off, Tao Guiying's mouth was deflated, and he smiled in his heart, and the two walked to Lu Jianbo's corpse. Wang Xinghui pointed to the black cloth on Lu Jianbo's collar and said to her, "You must know this person, right?"
Tao Guiying looked at it and said, "I don't know." ”
Wang Xinghui asked again: "The mark on his collar is the same as that of your father, son, brother and sister, isn't it a brother in your association?"
Tao Guiying looked at it again and said: "No, he is a person in the Little Knife Society, although our mark, although they are all black cloth, but the mark of our elder brother will be pointed upwards, and their mark is flat bottom up." ”
Wang Xinghui distinguished according to his words, and sure enough, he told her, and he asked again: "What does this little knife have to do with your elders?"
Tao Guiying said with an indifferent expression: "Maybe there is, anyway, we are all brothers in robes, listen to my father, we are all a family anyway, hey, how could he die here?"
Wang Xinghui sighed and said: "This person's name is Lu Jianbo, he is a helmsman in the Little Knife Society, he was injured by the military police just now and lost his life. ”
Tao Guiying asked, "What's wrong?"
Wang Xinghui said: "Since there is a traitor, don't be bad for you, you go and tell your father and brother, I have to follow the farmer just now to find Tianshun Pharmacy." ”
Tao Guiying said confusedly: "What kind of big pharmacy, what are you looking for? Are you sick?"
Wang Xinghui came to distinguish more with her, so he had to grab her hand and say softly: "You go back to Changsha quickly, tell your father and brother well, let them beware of traitors, I have to go, this person is dying and asked me to deliver a letter, I still have to deliver the message for him, you can go." He tore off the black cloth on Lu Jianbo's collar and held it in his hand, picked up the short gun on the ground, stuffed it into Tao Guiying's hand, and said, "Be careful on the road." So saying, he pursued the cart in the direction where the farmer had gone.
Tao Guiying was so anxious that she stomped her feet, and Wang Xinghui only heard her shouting behind her from afar: "Why don't you leave!"
Wang Xinghui searched for a while, but fortunately the farmer had not gone far, and ate noodles at a noodle restaurant outside the city, and then pushed the trolley into the city.
Wang Xinghui followed him from a distance, after the farmer entered the city, turned left and right, stopped for a while to rest, and then stopped at the door of a cold powder shop, drank a bowl of cold water, and sold the goods on the car in the morning market, it turned out to be a cart of potatoes, and then slowly and leisurely turned to the front of a pharmacy in the south of the city, and bought a pair of plaster powder for treating scalds and burns from Langzhong, and the four words Tianshun Pharmacy were clearly written on the pharmacy, Wang Xinghui waited for him to leave, and then walked into the pharmacy, which was already noon.
He looked around, there was nothing unusual, and he didn't know if this was the place where Lu Jianbo wanted to bring information, but when he thought of things sooner rather than later, he didn't care about anything else, so he walked to the counter guy coldly and whispered: "Brother Pao, there are traitors." ”
The guy was fiddling with the abacus, and without looking up, he asked, "What?"
Wang Xinghui frowned, and whispered word by word: "Elders, there are traitors!"
The guy squinted at him for a long time, wiped his eyes as if he was old and dizzy, and squeezed out a word between his teeth: "Oh." Then he lowered his head and dialed the plate.
Lu Jianbo was dying and sent the information that Wang Xinghui followed the farmer for a long time to deliver, this guy didn't seem to take it to heart, Wang Xinghui was anxious and strange in his heart, and asked: "I said little second brother, there is a second Tianshun pharmacy in our city?"
The little two replied: "No, this store is a century-old brand, and it is the only one, and there are no branches." ”
Wang Xing saw his expression, and had already guessed that he was pretending to be calm, so he smiled slightly and said, "The words have been brought, and I will leave." ”
"Wait. The shopkeeper put away his abacus, and still said casually: "What you say, it doesn't matter if you bring it or not, our shopkeeper said earlier, the Huguang Gang is unreliable, they don't believe it, you see what's going on, right? ”
Wang Xinghui was stunned again: "So where is your shopkeeper now?"
The shopkeeper gave him a blank look, and slowly cleaned up the things on the countertop: "Aren't I going to take you there?
Wang Xing would be squeezed by him speechless, so he had to follow him behind, and when he finished cleaning up leisurely, he put a piece of Tianqi special sale signboard into the store, plugged in the door panel, and then walked along an alley behind the store, and walked to a mountain in all directions, the two walked towards the mountain road for a long time, Wang Xinghui turned around, ten thousand mountains and ravines, has arrived in a big mountain, the mountain is still misty and misty I don't know how high, Wang Xing can't help but ask: "Where are we going?
The little two said: "Huili Temple, what's the hurry, the shopkeeper is in a meeting." ”
Wang Xinghui had to be patient, until it was close to noon, before he stopped in front of a small temple, stretched out his hand and patted it on the temple door, paused slightly, patted it twice, patted it three more times, and so on twice, and heard a sound of it, the temple door opened, and a monk wearing a gray monk's robe and a steel beard walked out.
Xiao Er raised his head and rushed at him, his expression was very arrogant, and he walked in with Wang Xinghui, but the monk didn't speak, and closed the door by himself. Wang Xinghui followed Xiao Er, passed through several corridors, and came to a narrow mountain gate.
The shopkeeper pushed open the door and pointed inside: "Go in, it's inside." Wang Xinghui took a closer look, it was pitch black, black smoke and miasma, and he couldn't see the situation clearly, so he had to walk in, and before he could come back to his senses, he heard someone turn back to him and say, "Close the door!"
He slammed the door shut, and the dust was dusty, and there was no sound.