In the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty-five years have passed since the Battle of the Sea.

Legend has it that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji was displaced in the war, and finally lived in the Southern Xiongnu for 12 years, so he missed his hometown very much, and integrated the sound of Hu Ji into the guqin and composed the next song "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats". The song exhausts Cai Wenji's long-term feelings in her heart, sad and sad, and touches people's souls.

Now, this song is quietly flowing in the wing room of Ruan's house, and the sound of resentment in the song has not diminished, but it has a different meaning. The girl stroked the piano for a while in the deep boudoir, and sighed in a low sigh of melancholy in her heart. Stood up, opened the curtain, walked to the window, looked at the autumn rain outside the window, the banana leaves were full of rain, and couldn't help but read: "The autumn clouds do not disperse, the frost flies late, and the dry lotus is left to listen to the sound of the rain." ”

This girl's name is Ruan Xizhi, and she is the only daughter of Ruan Wen, the chief official in charge of the case in Bianliang Road, Jiangbei Province, Henan Province, in the Yuan Dynasty, and is seventeen years old. On weekdays, he likes to write poems and play the piano. But looking at her goose egg face, her complexion is the pale yellow of a standard yellow race, but her skin is smooth and delicate. The soft black hair is combed with a hanging bun, the eyebrows are thin, a pair of apricot eyes are full of affection, but it is always as wet as holding half a cup of autumn water, the delicate nose, the bridge of the nose is slightly straight, the pink mouth is clearly defined, and the delicate begonia flowers are about to bloom. I don't see the enchantment, but I am naturally quiet like a deep valley orchid, not powdery, and it seems to be carved naturally by beautiful jade.

At this moment, she frowned slightly, thinking that now the Mongols have implemented an ethnic policy and divided the people into Mongols, Semu people, Han people and Nan people, and the original people of the Great Song Dynasty have been classified as the lowest class, and her heart is extremely sad. But she is a little woman, what can she do? Every day is just reading a private school and playing the piano.

At this time, a small mustache of Xi Zhi walked in from outside the door. Her name is Lianyu, she is about fifteen years old, her face is fair, her eyebrows are big, her eyes are very smart, like stars at night, and on her white jade-like neck, an incomplete piece of amber jade is tied with brown silk thread. Smiling, two small pear vortices appeared on his face, and he said softly, "Miss, Miss Fang Ling is here." ”

Xi Zhi suddenly said happily: "Please come in!"

Xi Zhi arrived in the lobby, and she greeted her from afar. But the woman who came was fair and delicate, with bright eyes and a bright smile. Gan Fangling took off her hat and handed it to Lianyu along with the oil-paper umbrella in her hand. Xi Zhi said with a smile: "Miss Gan is so anxious to see me in the heavy rain, is it 'a day without seeing me like three autumns'!" Gan Fangling pointed at her and said to Lianyu: "Look at your young lady, your mouth is getting more and more tricky." Then he smiled and said: "Although it is raining, but staying at home is boring to be a bad person, it is better to talk to you." The two of them went into the back room holding hands, and Lian Yu retreated with Fang Ling's hat and umbrella.

Fang Ling looked at a spread out "Bai's Changqing Collection" on the table, and asked, "Are you reciting poems at home again?" Xi Zhi said: "There is nothing to do left and right, Mr. also said Bai Letian's poem "Charcoal Seller" a few days ago, so I will find his poetry collection to see. Fang Lingle said: "Oh, look at you, don't leave Mr. in three words!" Xi Zhi suddenly blushed, smiled shyly and said, "You can spare me!" and then sighed lightly. Fang Ling was straightforward and said directly: "You don't know this affection with others, although Mr. is smart, I don't know that you are so fond of him." Xi Zhi said in a low voice: "How can I have the face to take the initiative to say it." What's more, I'm not outstanding, I'm shy by nature, and I don't even dare to look up at him, he ...... He probably doesn't even remember my name. Fang Ling said: "Don't always say that you don't look outstanding! Don't you have to grow up to be as good-looking as Diao Chan Zhaojun! Besides, can you not be so arrogant! Your article is so well written, you don't remember how long you wrote the three nostalgic poems that taught you to read the 'him' in your mouth." Xi Zhi said lightly: "Anyway, he won't like me." "My face was depressed and sad.

"Are you really so fond of it, are you so serious?" Fang Ling couldn't help but ask softly. Xi Zhi was very surprised by her tone, "What?

"I'm very supportive, but I'm afraid your parents won't agree. Don't you really care that Mr. can't stand up on his legs......" "Of course you don't care. Xi Zhi interrupted her in a very firm tone. She continued: "What's more, a man like Mr. will definitely marry a woman who is more than ten times better than you and me, and I am just ...... Say whatever you want. Fang Ling smiled: "Then you are more affectionate than those ordinary couples." ”

Xi Zhi can only put this heart in her heart for her private school Mr. in the bottom of her heart, and she doesn't dare to show half of it, for no other reason, she is so shy by nature. Fang Ling said: "Recently, there were some small earthquakes on Taiyuan Road, and the common people said that it was the Tartars who plagued the Central Plains, and God had condemned it!" Xi Zhi said: "The Mongols occupy my Central Plains, for the sake of the people, if you want the heavens not to condemn, if you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, then only he Mongolians withdraw from the Central Plains and go back to his desert." ”

"Yes, the Mongols are really deceitful right now. I am really angry at the reuse of those party members, the Arabs as high-ranking officials to oppress us, call us Han people southerners, and impose heavy conscription from time to time!" Fang Ling said angrily.

"But we are women, we can't do anything big, and we can only sulk in vain every day. Xi Zhi frowned and said. "If Mr. can participate in the imperial examination, he will definitely not be worse than Su Dongpo back then, and he can be a high-ranking official and do good things for the Han people. But this imperial examination has been abolished for so long, and I don't know if it can be reactivated. ”

"If it can be activated, our Han nation may be able to revitalize itself. Fang Ling said. Suddenly, she remembered something, and said excitedly: "I almost forgot the purpose of coming here, I came to tell you that today I listened to my father and a friend gossip, and actually talked about the life of our husband." I've heard my husband's name!"

Xi Zhi suddenly looked childlike joy. This private school was opened by their husband, but they only knew that his husband's surname was Qiao, and he also lived in Bianliang Road, but they didn't even know his name anymore. At this time, when I heard what Fang Ling said, I was very happy.

"I heard my father talk to a friend of his today, saying that our gentleman lives in a bamboo-shaded garden on the outskirts of Bianliang Road, and only lives with his adoptive father. She took a sip of a cup of tea, looked at Xi Zhi who was listening attentively with a smile, and then said, "He seemed to have a disease in his leg when he was born, so his parents threw him right in front of his adoptive father's door. "What! How can there be such ruthless parents in the world!" Xi Zhi couldn't help but exclaim, "That's right, I also think his parents are too ruthless." But listen to me go on, our gentleman's adoptive father is a high-ranking man, and it is said that he can be both literate and martial. My father said that most of the time because his husband couldn't stand up on his legs, his adoptive father had no way to teach him martial arts, so he could only teach him piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Mr. is quick in thinking, and he speaks with a graceful and elegant style, which we all know. But I heard that Mr. is best at chess, or chess, it is said that when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he had already won all the chess masters of Bianliang Road, and most of them only used half a game. ”

Xi Zhi's face was flushed, and she was as bright as a peach blossom in the candlelight, and she sighed: "Our husband is so powerful." "There is even more affection in my heart. Suddenly I felt that I could become his student, which was really a great thing in life. So Deng Shi felt so satisfied, thinking that even if the fate with him only stayed between teachers and students, it would be thousands of times better than not meeting him, how dare you ask for more.

"We didn't know the name of the gentleman before, but now I heard from my father that his parents left him with a piece of paper. I'm afraid no one knows what is written on it, but there is the name of the gentleman. Fang Ling deliberately sold a pass, and took another sip of the teacup.

Xi Zhi's eyes lit up, and she asked anxiously, "What is it?"

"His surname is Qiao, and the two words behind him: Luo Yu. This Luo character is Luo in Luoyang, Henan, that's it, but which word do you say this fool is?" Fang Ling asked with a smile.

Xi Zhi wrote in her hand and asked, "Is it Zhou Yu's Yu?"

Fang Ling said: "No. It's a dull foolishness. Today, I was surprised to hear my father's friend say this to my father. How can anyone use this word as a name!"

Xi Zhi said softly: "Qiao Luo is stupid...... Qiao Luo foolishly ...... "Thoughts fluttered, she ran to the guqin, and a song "Guangling San" flowed out under her fingers, and the original sonorous tune became very affectionate. After a while, she stood up quietly and asked, "Would you like me to explain the teacher's name?" Fang Ling looked at her with a smile and said, "That's what you want to do when you play the piano? ”

Xi Zhiwan smiled and said: "This surname Qiao is from the surname of the Duke of Sanguoqiao, and his two daughters are beauties who have captivated the country and the city; this Luo, you just say that it is Luo of Luoyang, Henan, why don't you say that it is Luo Shen Zhen Mi? Also, what is the bad speculation about this foolish word? Doesn't Su Shi's "He Ouyang Young Marshal to Shiqi" say that 'great courage is cowardly, and great wisdom is foolish'? And ah, I think he probably has a brother named Jolo Timid!"

"If you can analyze this name carefully, I'm afraid there will be no second person like you in the world. Fang Ling half-scoffed.

Xi Zhi didn't find words to refute, but her heart was sweet when she heard this. After concentrating, the gentleman's face loomed in his mind, and his affectionate eyes were looking at her. Although her mother once told her husband after meeting her, her husband was born with affectionate eyes.

"Alas, but the only bad thing about our husband is that he is too arrogant and treacherous, and he always has his own opinions that are different from those of the world when interpreting sentences. Fang Ling pouted. "I think," said Xi Zhi, "that my husband's views are in line with my spleen and stomach, and that it is natural for him to be withdrawn because he has a disabled leg." ”

Moreover, he must be arrogant on the surface, but kind and affectionate on the inside. Xi Zhi said firmly.

"Alas, I can't save you......" Fang Ling shook her hand and sighed as she looked at her.

In September, the weather is slightly cool, but the autumn sun is still bright. Xi Zhi changed into a light cyan silk shirt and asked three or five female companions to go to the suburbs to enjoy the autumn scenery.

The scenery on the outskirts of Bianliang Road is very pleasant. Daise distant mountains half around a pool of water, the wind gradually rises, the pool water ripples a few times, a few birds from the surface of the pool swept away, fly to the mountains and forests, quiet, it seems that you can still hear the sound of bamboo leaves in the distance, the world is peaceful like an empty fairyland.

"There is still such a peach blossom paradise in the world. Xi Zhi couldn't help but sigh. "It would be nice to live here forever in such a wonderful place!"

After living in the boudoir for a long time, she was very happy to be able to come out to play today. took a paper kite that Lianyu folded at home and released it with his friends. The wind on this day was surprisingly strong, making the kite fly high, and the girls ran and chased here, enjoying themselves.

There was a gust of wind, and the kites in the air did not obey the call and drifted into the distance. All the female companions felt very depressed, and Lianyu said angrily: "The kite that has been done for many days is gone!" Xizhi also felt a pity beside her, and she liked the style of the kite very much, so she turned her head and said to the female companion: "It's also afternoon, we haven't eaten yet, if you don't want to play, go back, Lianyu and I are looking for kites here." Lian Yu hurriedly said: "Miss, there is no pity that this kite is lost, let's go back with all the young ladies." Xi Zhi looked at Lianyu's eyes and said with concern: "How can this work, the kite you worked so hard to break is gone after only one flight, we must find it." Don't worry, if we don't find it in the evening, we'll take the carriage back. ”

So all the girls returned, and Lianyu and Xizhi chased all the way in the direction of the kite. At first, it was still open and flat, but the deeper you go, the narrower the road becomes.

After walking inside for a while, suddenly another gust of wind blew the kite completely out of sight. Xizhi and Lianyu were extremely lost, and suddenly, the sound of Xiao Xiaozhu came, echoing in the mountains for a long time, and soon, it slowly dissolved in the wind.

Listen closely, but you can't hear it. But I feel that this bamboo sound has been concerned in my heart and cannot be forgotten, as if it has been stirred up and down in my heart. "It's strange that we can't see the bamboo, but we can hear the sound of the leaves. Lianyu said on the side.

Xi Zhi was deeply attracted by the sound of bamboo at this time, forgetting where she was, and she wanted to find this bamboo forest. So the two of them followed the sound just now, and the sound of bamboo started and stopped, as if it was guiding them. In a few moments, they came to a quiet place. A path appeared on the road, the path was full of broken flowers, and when the wind blew, there was a burst of fragrance. Xi Zhi continued to walk inside, and suddenly a large green bamboo appeared in front of her, blocking the way. This bamboo is emerald and pleasant, there are many bamboo leaves, when the wind is strong, this bamboo leaf will fly all over the sky, and the exciting sound of bamboo will come, teaching people's hearts to ripple. Although the green bamboo is dense, you can still see a small garden hidden in it. Xiaoyuan also seems to be made of bamboo, revealing a refreshing feeling. Xi Zhi approached the green bamboo, gently stroked the bamboo leaves, a gust of wind blew, the bamboo leaves were blown in the air, but Xi Zhi felt extremely relaxed.

The wind swept through the tips of her hair, blowing her drooping bun slightly soft, and she couldn't help but cover the wind with her hand, turned around, and watched the bamboo leaves flutter like butterflies in the air.

"Miss, you are wearing a pale blue silk shirt, even if you enter the depths of the bamboo forest, others can't see it if you don't look carefully. "Pity Yu said.

Xi Zhi turned right and went deep into the bamboo forest. The more you go inside, the more elegant the atmosphere around the bamboo forest will be, Xi Zhi likes it, so she walks faster, accompanied by the flying bamboo leaves, seeing that the end of the bamboo forest is about to arrive, and a window appears in front of you. Xi Zhi turned around to look for Lianyu, and suddenly, a hard object flew and hit the back of her neck, and the dizziness in the sky hit, her body was weak, and she couldn't support it and fell to the ground when she heard Lianyu's exclamation.

In a daze, I only felt that I was lying on a very comfortable bed, and the room was warm and warm, and when I looked closely, it turned out that there were many candles lit. Xi Zhi sat up gently, she stroked her head, the bun had been loosened, and although her head was still a little dizzy, it was not very painful.

She tried her best to think about today's events, and her thoughts were picked up with great difficulty, and only then did she remember that she had been hit by some unknown hard object, and then she fainted. Where was it at this moment, she wondered a little in her heart, could it be the house of the person who saved her? Strangely, she was not afraid. The place was bright and warm, and the interior was elegantly furnished, and she came here with a sense of reluctance to leave.

She looked closely, and it was a study. The room is clearly divided, and on the inside is a large table with pen, ink, paper and inkstone. On the outside of the window, there is a chessboard, on which is an endgame. Near the bed, there was a harp. It can be seen that the owner of this house should be a person who is good at piano and chess. Suddenly, a figure was in Xi Zhi's mind, as if he had stopped.

When she thought of this person, her heart pounded, and she only begged not to be him, and secretly hoped that it was him, but she thought that even if it was him, what could she do, and the melancholy thoughts flooded her heart like a night light, and she couldn't help but sigh lightly, and lay down again.

At this time, a person pushed the door into the house with medicine, and Xi Zhi looked at it, but it was Pian Yu. Seeing her wake up, Lian Yu said happily: "Miss, you can be regarded as awake." You've been asleep for more than two hours. Xi Zhi hurriedly asked, "Where am I?" Lian Yu smiled slightly: "I'm afraid that if I say it, you will run away in fright." We're at my husband's house. ”

Xi Zhi was surprised, her face was flushed, and before she could answer, she heard a voice coming from outside the door: "Why are you so scared to run away when you come to my house?" Immediately, the sound of wheels turning sounded, and a young man appeared at the door in a woodcarved wheelchair. saw that he was twenty-three or four years old, wearing a moon-yellow satin robe and a wide glass-white belt around his waist, and raised his hand and said, "Quickly give the medicine to your young lady." The shirt on his arm slipped down, revealing his thin arm. This person's face faintly shows a sick face, a pair of peach blossom eyes but bright, looking forward to the eyes as if there is a moon, river and sea of stars flowing, looking at people ruthless and affectionate, but the eyebrows are just like a knife cut ink color distant mountains; the hair is tied with a pear-white hair band, a vein of black and refreshing hair draped behind him, at this moment he is gently brushing the long hair under his temples with his two fingers, and his appearance is very handsome and chic. The face is like the word crown jade, I'm afraid only he can afford it.

"Sir," Xi Zhi was flustered in her heart, thinking about what she had become in bed, and hurriedly wanted to get up, but she heard the boy say, "Lie down quickly and drink the medicine." He slowly rocked his wheelchair and entered the room.

This person is Fang Ling Xizhi's private school teacher Qiao Luoyu. Xi Zhi obediently drank a bowl of medicine that she didn't know what it was, and her mouth was slightly bitter. She didn't dare to look up at Luo Yu, she just felt that she usually met in a private school, but today she was in his house, and she still had her hair scattered, and she didn't know what it looked like, so she was extremely tormented in her heart.

"In the afternoon, I was playing chess, and I don't know how to ...... A piece of chess flies out and hits your acupuncture point, causing you to fall unconscious. You should have woken up in a while, but you may be weak and haven't woken up for a long time, and I don't worry about you going home, so I let you lie here and rest, and fried a bowl of medicine...... How's that, are you feeling better now?" asked Qiao Luoyu as she stared at Xi Zhi.

Xi Zhi still didn't dare to raise her eyes, only nodded and agreed: "Well, it's already good." "The shy look is unobstructed. "Hey, I just heard this girl say, why do you run away in fear when you see me, am I that scary?" Luo Yu asked with a smile.

"I'm afraid I don't know my name, sir. Xi Zhi asked timidly.

Luo Yu looked at her, couldn't help laughing, and said: "How can you not know? In these two verses, your name is included. ”

Xi Zhi's heart fluttered, and she couldn't help but say: "Xi Zhi thinks that Mr. has always been 'or take all the embrace, and realize the words in a room, or because of the entrustment, let go outside the wreckage." 'The handsome character, I didn't expect that the explanation of my little woman's name could also be clear. ”

Luo Yu laughed loudly, turned to look at Xi Zhi and said, "If I can't remember the names of the students in my private school, how can I talk about other things?" After a pause, he asked, "How did you come here today?" Xi Zhi said lightly: "I came to the suburbs with a few partners to play, because of today's strong wind, I put up a paper kite, but the paper kite line was blown by the wind, I pondered that this kite was pierced by my maid's own hand, and if it was not good, I didn't want it, so we came to find it." Unexpectedly, attracted by the sound of bamboo here, the kite was not found, but was led here. Li Qingzhao's feeling of 'intoxication and not knowing the way back', I have experienced it today. When Xi Zhi said this, the timidity in her heart eased slightly, and she slowly raised a pair of watery eyes.

Luo Yu smiled and asked, "Do you like bamboo?" Xi Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "Bamboo is the most elegant, Su Shi wrote: 'No meat makes people thin, and no bamboo makes people vulgar', not to mention, the sound of bamboo leaves sounds the most heart-cleansing." If I hadn't heard the sound of bamboo leaves, I wouldn't have known that I would have met the teacher today. As he spoke, his face flushed slightly, like a blooming begonia in the glow of the red candle.

Luo Yu suddenly recalled a poem in his heart: I was afraid that I would fall asleep in the middle of the night, so I burned a high candle to shine red makeup. At this moment, it is the person in front of you. He smiled and said, "It's better not to listen to this bamboo sound, so that you will not suffer today." I'm sorry after all. Xi Zhi shook her head and said with a smile: "Being able to talk to the teacher like this is something that you can't have on weekdays, not to mention that the teacher is also an unintentional mistake, what is the crime?" Luo Yu said: "Xi Zhi, you are a generous woman." More open-minded than the average woman. ”

When she heard this, she thought to herself, "I wonder when you will be able to talk to me as a teacher and student like this." I couldn't help but feel a little melancholy, and there seemed to be a flowing cloud between my eyebrows. Under the charm, there is an extra layer of dignified demeanor, which adds to the glory. She said lightly: "Outside Bianliang City, there is such a world that can give people peace. Luo Yu said: "Although it is good to be quiet, it has become an idle wild crane like Ji Kang, Liu Ling and others." As he spoke, his eyes were very dark. Xi Zhi heard Luo's foolish meaning and said: "Today, Mongolia is bullying my Han people, and everyone in my Han nationality is resentful. Although I am just a little woman, I still have the heart to serve the country. When Luo Yu heard this, he secretly admired this woman's feelings in his heart. "It's just that I also yearn for Tao Qian's lotus hoe east fence, idle clouds and wild cranes, leisurely Nanshan, looking at the birds and returning every day, how chic and free!" Xi Zhi continued, looking forward to it.

"If you want to live the life you said you would live for the rest of your life, but without the bustle of the bustling city, would you be willing?" Luo Yu asked.

"As long as I can be with the people I like, I am happy and happy wherever I am. Xi Zhi's voice was soft, but her tone was firm. She knew that although she shouldn't have said these things to her husband, she had said these things to the maid on weekdays, and today she said them with a heart. She peeked at Qiao Luoyu and saw that he was thinking and his eyes were ethereal.

Although it was a moonlit night, it was inconvenient for Xi Zhi to stay at Luo Yu's residence, so she left. When leaving, re-entering the bamboo forest, Xi Zhi suddenly found a bamboo leaf inlaid with chess pieces in the corner, although she was puzzled, she couldn't think of a reason, so she quietly put it in her arms.