On this day, a few people arrived at the bank of the Xiangfei River at dusk, so they stayed at the inn at the ferry port on the south bank, and waited for tomorrow to hire a boat to cross the river.

Fang Xiaomu was young and went to bed early.

Pei Qiong and several of their guards were all young people, and they took Wang Ruoli to the wine shop by the river.

I saw that although it was late at this time, across the river, it was brightly lit and singing and dancing.

Although the ferry port on the south bank is not as prosperous as the other side, the nearby wine shops, tea houses, side stalls, and restaurants are also lively and prosperous.

"The young master doesn't know, across the Xiangfei River is Shuangmen City, which is the most prosperous and wealthy place in the central and southern regions, and it is also the place where the gate valves of various families compete for each other!" Wang Ruoli was holding a cup in his hand, looking at the other side of the river, and Pei Qiong behind him walked over with interest.

"Speaking of the city of double gates, I have to mention the origin of its name, all the cities are built on all sides, leaving city gates. However, this double-gate city was built at the corner of the Xiangfei River, and the north and west sides were close to the river. No other two walls have been built for a hundred years, and the name of the Twin Gates Castle has been used to this day. One of the guards couldn't help but come over.

"Shuangmen City is located on the bank of the Xiangfei River, and the merchants, merchants, and ships are all closely related to the Xiangfei River, so there is another name, called Xiangfei City!" Another guard also joined the discussion with a cup.

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Wang Ruo was chatting with a few people, and not far away, an old man in a linen robe with a thin face and a long beard poured himself a drink, and looked over: "Do you know why this river is called Xiangfei River?"

Most of the guests sitting next to the house were strangers, and one of them couldn't help but joke: "Does the old man know the reason, why don't you tell everyone about it?"

"That's it!" the drinkers seemed to be intrigued.

When the old man saw the drinkers around him, he was waiting for himself to tell the origin of the Xiangfei River, and seemed to be a little complacent, and said eloquently: "A hundred years ago, there was a small town by this river, and there were two rich and noble families in the town, one surnamed Xiao and the other surnamed Zhang, and the two fathers were friends for many years.

At that time, the two wives were pregnant at the same time, so Xiao Zhang's two families held a banquet at the same time to celebrate, and through the feast, the parents of both sides made an agreement for the two children, if they gave birth to two male babies, they would become brothers, if they gave birth to two female babies, they would marry Jinlan, and if they gave birth to a boy and a girl, they would become husband and wife. ”

The old man said, took a sip of wine, and the drinker next to him was listening to the beginning of the story, and couldn't help urging: "Then, is it a male or female baby?"

Wang Ruo left a few people, picked a table nearby and sat down, while pouring wine, while listening to the old man continue to speak: "When the two wives of Xiao and Zhang give birth smoothly, the Xiao family will give birth to a young lady and be named Concubine Xiao Xiang, and the Zhang family will give birth to a young master and be named Zhang Shimei.

The two children played together when they were young, childhood sweethearts, and their feelings were strong, and when they were crowned, they followed the covenant of their parents and became husband and wife.

After marriage, the two of them, Qin Se and Ming, were very affectionate.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the Xiao family not only lost a lot of money in a business, but also provoked a high-ranking official in the court.

That high-ranking official, made up a crime, and blamed the Xiao family.

Although the Xiao family scattered their wealth and asked for help everywhere, they could not escape from prison.

The fall of the Xiao family made the young Zhang Shimei realize the power of a high position, and since then he has been running for fame.

Helplessly, a few years have passed, but there is still no one to recommend, and when Zhang Shimei is discouraged, he is appreciated by a vassal king. The vassal king valued him very much, and made him a confidant, often asking him to intervene in various affairs.

Zhang Shimei was in it and tasted the sweetness of power, and since then, she has been even more out of control.

Zhang Shimei took advantage of the trust of the vassal king to secretly frame and drive down the high-ranking official who framed the Xiao family back then, and asked the vassal king to come forward and overturn the case for the Xiao family's grievances back then.

Although the grievances of the Xiao family are clear, the two elders of the Xiao family have already died in prison.

Later, in order to thank the vassal king for his favor and help, Zhang Shimei specially set up a banquet at home to entertain the vassal king.

Who would have thought that the vassal king was lustful, and when he saw Zhang Xiao's beauty through the strength of wine during the banquet, he would put his hands on him and wanted to do wrong.

Zhang Shimei saw the vassal king behaving like this, and was about to say something to stop, but was moved by the high-ranking official Houlu promised by the vassal king, and did nothing, and sat back and watched his wife be humiliated.

Zhang Xiao was humiliated, so he threw himself into the river that night, and his soul was immortal after death, and he turned into a river spirit in the river.

As for Zhang Shimei, he was reused by the vassal king, and since then the two have been in cahoots, harming the country, and finally raising troops to rebel.

At that time, the vassal king and Zhang Shimei led the rebel army to attack the city, and one day, the two led the rebel army to cross the river, and encountered a terrifying wave on the river, and the entire rebel army was swallowed into the belly of the river.

According to rumors, it was a Jiang Ling who made waves and used the raging river to punish the traitors, and this Jiang Ling was Zhang Xiao, who committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, that is, Concubine Xiao Xiang.

In order to thank Concubine Xiao Xiangfei for leading the waves and drowning the rebels, the people named this river Xiangfei River!"

The old man in the hemp robe spent a lot of time and finally told all the origins of the Xiangfei River, but everyone listened to it in their ears, and it seemed that they were still unsatisfied.

At this time, the proprietress of the wine shop twisted her waist and came over with two jars of wine, and said happily while patting the mud open: "It's rare that all the wine guests gather in the cold shop tonight to talk about the legends, and the slave family also thinks it is quite interesting, these two jars of wine, the slave family treats!"

When a group of drinkers heard this, they applauded, and a big man at the table hurriedly took the wine, poured a bowl, smelled the pure aroma of wine, and couldn't help but praise: "The proprietress is not only beautiful, but even this wine is so mellow!"

When the proprietress heard this, she covered her mouth and laughed and scolded: "Flamboyant tongue!"

Wang Ruoli couldn't help but take a look at the proprietress of this wine shop, and saw that although she was in her forties and wore heavy makeup, she could not hide her appearance.

Everyone was pushing themselves to drink a glass, and at this time, a middle-aged scribe on the left put down the wine glass in his hand, straightened his sleeves, and said in a long voice: "I have another theory for the origin of the name of Xiangfeijiang here!"

"If there is anything else to say, you might as well tell me and listen to it!" The drinkers next to him took advantage of the wine and asked the middle-aged scribe to share it.

The middle-aged scribe was not in a hurry, and drank a full glass of wine before he said slowly: "It is rumored that nearly a hundred years ago, there was a family surnamed Zhang by the river, his father was a scribe who read poetry and books, and he had a son, named Zhang Yuanzhi, who was born in a scholarly family, was literate at the age of two, and composed poetry at the age of six, and was a well-known little prodigy.

grew to eighteen, and even became a jade tree in the wind, a great talent with a graceful demeanor!

Although Zhang Yuanzhi is talented, he has a cold temperament, often lives alone, and likes to fish in the lonely river in winter.

On this day, Zhang Yuanzhi was fishing in the small island in the middle of the river, and suddenly the weather changed suddenly, and it was still a scorching sun just now, and it had become a dark cloud and thunder.

But under the river, many fish were bubbling, and some were jumping towards the river.

Among them, a small red carp accidentally jumped out of the river and landed on the gravel beach. Leaving the river, the little carp was obviously more anxious, jumping desperately, but it deviated from the direction, and the more it jumped, the farther away from the river.

Although Zhang Yuanzhi likes fishing, he enjoys the fun of fishing, does not kill fish, and often likes to release the hooked fish.

When I saw this little carp paralyzed on the gravel beach of the sandbar, dying, I moved my heart of compassion, picked up the little carp and put it back in the river.

The little carp was bubbling under the river, shaking its tail, as if thanking Zhang Yuanzhi for saving his life, and then swam to the depths of the river.

Zhang Yuanzhi did not take this matter to heart.

After a few years, one day, when Zhang Yuanzhi was wandering around the temple fair, he met a young woman, who looked like a beautiful country, and was very beautiful.

After Zhang Yuanzhi returned home, he always recalled the temple fair that day, recalled the bright and moving Miss Xiao family, recalled her seductive look back and smiled, and praised from the bottom of his heart: Concubine Xiang smiled and poured the country's color.

So, Zhang Yuanzhi launched a strong pursuit offensive against Concubine Xiao Xiang, and with his extraordinary talent, good family background, and handsome appearance, he quickly captured Concubine Xiao Xiang's heart.

The two fell in love with each other, and soon worshiped heaven and earth and became a loving couple.

It's a pity that the passing year is not good, and there are vassal kings in the states and counties where the two are located. In order to raise food and wages, the rebels often burned, killed and looted everywhere, causing resentment among the people.

From time to time, a small group of rebels broke into Zhang's house, and they slashed and killed the family slaves, which frightened the Zhang family's father and son.

The rebels were extremely vicious, not only looting the Zhang family's money, but also refusing to let go of the Zhang family, seeing that Ailang Zhang Yuanzhi was about to be killed by this rebel army under the knife.

At this time, Concubine Xiao Xiang stepped forward and displayed a powerful spiritual technique to eliminate all the evil rebels and rescue everyone in the Zhang family. It turned out ......"

The middle-aged scribe said a long list of words, seemed to be thirsty, took the wine glass, and drank another glass to the full.

"What is it?" The drinkers who were listening to the rise next to him suddenly stopped when they saw the middle-aged scribe, and they couldn't help but urge.

The middle-aged scribe waved his hand, motioned for everyone to wait, and poured a full cup to drink, before smiling and continuing: "It turns out that this Concubine Xiao Xiang was transformed by the little red carp rescued by Zhang Yuanzhi a few years ago, just because she was weak at that time and couldn't save herself, but fortunately she was rescued by Zhang Yuanzhi.

The little carp has always been grateful, so he turned into a human body and came to repay the kindness.

However, the Zhang family has been deeply influenced by ethics for many years, and after knowing the cause and effect, they are afraid that Concubine Xiao Xiang is a monster and dare not be with her.

Zhang Yuanzhi couldn't resist the pressure of the world, as well as the fear and anxiety in his heart, and finally wrote a letter of resignation, breaking off the fate of husband and wife with Concubine Xiao Xiang.

Concubine Xiao Xiang left gloomily after seeing the coldness of the world and the estrangement of Ailang.

Since Concubine Xiao Xiang left, Zhang Yuanzhi has been thinking about it every day, often waking up at night, and his heart has become more and more unpleasant.

After a few days, Zhang Yuanzhi even borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and with his reminiscences of Concubine Xiang, he wrote with a pen: 'Once the East China Sea was difficult to turn into water, but Kunshan is not a cloud'!

It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, and there are a large wave of rebels who have broken into Zhang's mansion, and it is precisely for the revenge of the rebels who were wiped out in Zhang's mansion a few days ago.

Under the chaos of knives, Zhang's mansion was slaughtered!

By the time Concubine Xiao Xiang couldn't help but miss Zhang Yuanzhi and quietly came back to visit, she had already seen Ai Lang killed.

Concubine Xiao Xiang was in pain, hugged Ailang's corpse and cried for three days and three nights, and saw the poem written by Zhang Yuanzhi before his death, she couldn't help but cry like rain, and threw herself into the river with Ailang in her arms, and there was no news since.

People sighed that this pair of lovers were obviously in love but could only be separated by yin and yang, so they named the river where the two threw themselves into Xiangfei River!"