Zhengcheng, located in the north of the longest "Tianjiang" in Kyushu in the world, the fifth city in the Eastern Regions, the geographical location is extremely important, almost connecting all the big cities in the east, west, north and south of the Eastern Regions, and its official road and post road density is second only to Chang'an City, the capital of the empire!

In the northwest of this magnificent Zhengcheng, there is a county called Hanshui County. In the southwest edge of the county, there is a Lotte town.

The town is not big or small, because of its proximity to Zhengcheng, it is relatively prosperous compared to some small towns on the border of the empire.

Later, because of one man, the town was completely famous. It was the big family that lived on the east side of the town, the old owner, who used to be a legend.

His name is Bai Anyi. The old man is called "Mr. Drunken Yin".

Because of the family of "Shidun Confucianism", he went to Chang'an City to study in his early years and went to a distant cousin's house named Gu Jing.

Gu Gu is also a romantic gentleman, Bai Anyi first entered the house, and asked when he saw the situation, "Chang'an is expensive, and it is not easy to settle down with white hands." ”

Bai Anyi just smiled and composed a poem on the spot: "Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered." Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate. ”

Considering the situation, I couldn't help but exclaim: "You kid, you can settle down as much as you want!"

Since then, Bai Anyi has become famous in Chang'an City.

However, having literary style does not mean that officialdom is proud, and it does not mean that you can go all the way to the top.

During his time as an official, Bai Anyi was demoted several times. Write countless famous articles. For example, this song "Fishing":

There was a long roar near the water, and I thought about the beginning of the decade. Three Dengjia and B, one into Chengminglu.

There are many changes in life, and there are profits and voids in foreign affairs. Today, with Jiangsuo, the sand head sits and fishes.

Bai Anyi went through the ups and downs of officialdom, and when he was about to return home in old age, he sat on the book of the Criminal Department. During this time, his daughter, son, and wife all died. It's really what he wrote, "Jiangzhou Sima Qingshan is wet"!

During his early years as an official, he also loved the country and the people, and wrote many poems that ridiculed court officials, including "Half a horse of red silk and a zhang of silk, which is tied to the head of the ox and filled with charcoal." ”

But in his later years, he was powerless, so he could only barely do it alone.

There is a quarry river outside Lotte Town, which is 18,000 miles long, ranking tenth in length in the Eastern Regions. It's just that the quarrying river here is obviously not fast, not in the middle and lower reaches or downstream.

By the river, an old man was watching the slow flow of the river, and a man with a young face was standing aside to watch the river with the old man.

"There's nothing wrong with you leaving that little girl alone in the town?" asked the old man.

"No problem, my apprentice, very smart. "The man is Chu Chou.

"In the lower reaches of this quarry river, there is a poet buried, who is said to be Taibai Xian. Hey! I hate that I was born thirty years late! I can't see the demeanor of Taibai Xian, it's a pity in life!" the old man sighed heavily, a little sad.

"Quarrying the riverside is too white grave, and the grass and clouds are infinite around the field. Poor barren mounds and poor spring bones, there was an earth-shattering text. But no matter how thin the poet's life is, he will not be able to fall into the king. This is exactly the poem written by the old gentleman, right?" Chu Chou glanced at the old man beside him who had been up and down for most of his life, and felt a little sympathetic.

"Hmm. When the old man was young, he admired Taibai Xian's 'Son of Heaven couldn't get on the boat, and claimed to be a wine fairy', but the more he read, the more he found that he couldn't be as chic and romantic as Taibai Xian......"

"When I was just not confused, my poor daughter! has been raised for three years, and she has only been sick for ten days! A cute and agile little girl is gone!" It was Bai Anyi's old man, even if he was already eighty years old, who couldn't help but sigh when he talked about this time.

Chu Chou had heard of a poem written by Bai Anyi back then, "I love my heart when I cry, and I love my heart when I cry at dusk." ”

When Bai Anyi was young, because he read too much and used his brain too much, he grew gray hair early, but his literary style was famous all over the world, but fate seemed to be joking with this brilliant poet, and the son he liked later died at the age of three.

This drunken old man also witnessed the death of his confidants and friends, and even witnessed the death of the descendants of those friends who called him uncle. Those who come are all deceased, which can be said to have experienced the short and long sufferings of the world.

"I have something in my heart, and I am far away. I felt something in my heart, and it was in my bowels. Chu Chou was quite touched, and unconsciously chanted.

When Bai Anyi heard this, he spread his white hair, looked at the river, and murmured softly.

"Come and dream together at night, and you can't collect tears in the morning. ”

"The old body of Zhangpu has been sick for three degrees, and the grass in Xianyang has returned to autumn for eight years. ”

"Jun buried the mud under the spring, and I sent the world full of snow. ”

"Ah Wei Han Lang went to the same time, did you know that Yetai was at a loss?"

"What a 'gentleman buries the mud under the spring, and I send the world full of snow. "Ah!" Chu Chou heard this poem, and his heart was also full of emotion.

"For some reason, young man, I always feel that you understand the sorrow of my heart. Injustice in my heart. The old man turned his head and no longer looked at the river, but at the young man who had met him unexpectedly by the river, and there was a feeling in his eyes that he had met a confidant.

"Sir, what should I do if I have grievances in my heart?" Chu Chou asked.

If you can't express it, you will bury it deep in your heart, and wait for the day when you have the ability or when the time comes, you will express your injustice. The old man no longer looked at Chu Chou, and turned to look at the river again, "Of course, there can be anger in the heart, but there must be no depression, depression makes people lose themselves, so that people can't really find a way to spit out." The difference between these words is really a world of difference. ”

"Definitely. Sir, this is correct. Chu Chou nodded, this poor poet who was younger than him, at this point, actually agreed with him, and he was really a confidant.

Chu Chou's spirit, just like the sound of the piano, its music is high, and its harmony is widowed. But this old man has experienced joys and sorrows, and his mood is almost the same as Chu Chou, but there is still a little difference in nature. That is, Chu Chou has the ability to have the opportunity to spit out the spirit in his heart, but this old man ......

At this time, a large boat floated on the river, and on the huge bow stood more than a dozen famous young ladies. It looks like I'm here to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

There happened to be a ferry near here, and behind the big ship moored, a dozen men and women slowly disembarked with thirty-four slaves and maids.

Although the clothes of the son's brother are expensive, they are not gorgeous, and the clothes of those daughters are eye-catching. It is not a threaded gauze skirt, or a soft wool cotton cape, or a carved silk mud gold and silver ruyi moire satin. It shows the nobility of the wealthy.

The dozens of people walked slowly, wanting to ask for directions to Chu Chou and the drunken old man Bai Anyi, when a middle-aged drunk man suddenly appeared, walking crookedly in the direction of Chu Chou.

"Young Master, be careful!"

"Miss, stop!"

There were several masters of the rivers and lakes hidden behind the sons and ladies of the wealthy families, and they jumped out one after another at this time, standing at the forefront, protecting the young masters and ladies of the high-level of the empire behind them.

After the middle-aged drunken man approached Bai Anyi, he took out a small dagger from the wine jug, then dropped the wine jug in his hand and stretched out his hand to stab Bai Anyi.

At this critical juncture, the middle-aged drunk man's body suddenly stiffened, the dagger fell off, and his body fell straight to the ground, fainting for some reason.

Chu Chou obviously didn't figure out who this person was, when this person appeared in Lotte Town, he had a strong murderous aura, at that time, Chu Chou had already noticed this drunken middle-aged man, but he didn't expect that he was going to assassinate Bai Anyi in the end.

"It may be that when I was the secretary of the Criminal Department before, I inadvertently provoked the enemy. Bai Anyi is obviously accustomed to it, usually in Lotte Town, there are two masters of the criminal department who specialize in protecting him to hide in the shadows and prevent countless assassinations. This time I went out just to feel that I might meet a confidant and that it would be safe, so I left the town alone without even bringing a guard.

The young people who had already approached had their eyes lit up and looked excited when they heard this.

"Lao Shangshu, I am Wu Yuanjing, the son of the current right attendant of the Criminal Department!"

"Old Shangshu, I am Nangong Ziyun, the daughter of the current left attendant of the Ministry of Rites!"

"I am He Keji, the son of the former Ministry of Works!"

............

After some introduction, it turned out that these young people were the sons of Bai Anyi's old man, and this time they traveled to Beijing to visit the Quarry River, and they happened to pass by here, and their parents asked them to come to visit to express their gratitude.

"Come on, tie up this damn waste, take it back to the Criminal Department, and wait for it to fall!" Wu Yuanjing, the son of the waiter of the Criminal Department, saw the middle-aged drunk man who fell to the ground for some reason on the side, his eyes were displeased, and he ordered him to obey.

Bai Anyi's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, but only Chu Chou noticed it, and those young sons and daughters didn't pay attention. But Bai Anyi didn't say anything, and let those people take the middle-aged drunk man away.

If you have the determination to assassinate, you will have the consciousness of death.

Bai Anyi actually admired these enemies in his heart who he didn't even know. The relatives who died of those enemies, almost nothing he knew, may have been killed by his subordinates when they were doing business, but now he is asked to bear all this. But he had no regrets, because he knew the grief of losing his loved ones, so after each assassination, when he caught those assassins, he had to kill them, and those who could not be caught on the spot would not make a big move. Otherwise, now with so many of his protégés and former officials, he said casually, those assassins did not say that the assassination was unsuccessful and escaped, it is estimated that there is no chance to get close to him and assassinate him!

"I don't know who this son is?" He Keji saw Chu Chou and was slightly puzzled, he had never seen Lao Shangshu have this son of a protégé.

"This gentleman is a year-old friend I just met. Bai Anyi smiled and introduced Chu Chou to those boys.

Hearing this, everyone was a little envious and sorrowful, and they actually became friends with Lao Shangshu, which was something that their parents did not do and regretted.

As for Chu Chou, facing those eyes at this time, he just looked calm and relaxed.