On the day of the Shanyin Lanting Cultural Meeting, Jiankang City was more than half colder than before, there were few pedestrians on the street, the doors of the mansions were closed, and most of the owners of these mansions that symbolized status were not there, and they all went to the Shanyin Lanting.

Chengxi Zhou Mansion, this is a house that has become famous, but it looks inconspicuous on the outside.

And all Jiankang people know that there is a real immortal living inside, which is where even the emperor and queen mother dare not offend, and the generals bow down to enter and exit.

It's just that when all eyes of the world are gathered in Shanyin Lanting, as the behind-the-scenes planner of the Cultural Society, Zhou Cheng is still in Jiankang City.

He sat leisurely in the courtyard, with a tea set in front of him, and a faint green smoke rose from the teacup.

And in the entire mansion, there was no one else except Zhou Cheng, looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was waiting for someone.

Hundreds of miles away in Shanyin County, Lanting is located more than 20 miles outside the city, because the Spring and Autumn Period Yue Wang Goujian planted orchids here, and later the Han Dynasty set up a post pavilion here, so there is the name of Lanting.

However, since a few days ago, the Lanting has completely changed its appearance, and at this moment there is no longer any way to see the original Lanting, everyone can only see that in the original position, a colorful canopy hangs down, enveloping the original Lanting, and no one knows what it has become.

Outside the Inner History Mansion of Sanyin City, a number of carriages were parked at this moment, and people were getting on the carriages one after another.

Soon the convoy started and headed in the direction of Lanting.

"Sister, look, I heard that the canopy is the means of the immortals, and it has the power to divide the heavens and the earth. The curtain of the last carriage was lifted, and a boy in his teenage years poked his head out, pointed to the canopy more than ten miles away, and said to another girl of twelve or thirteen years old in the carriage.

These two people are not Wang Xizhi's children, but Xie Xuan and Xie Jiang.

Xie An still agreed to their request and agreed to take them to the Lanting Wenhui together, and they lived in the Inner History Mansion two days ago.

"How do you know so clearly?" Xie Jiang asked as he looked at Xie Xuan in a bit of a trance.

Xie Xuan looked at his sister who was a little distracted, shook his head helplessly and said, "Sister, you have been in a state of mind for the past few days, I'm afraid you don't care what others say, right?"

"Oh. Xie Jiang sighed casually, still a little distracted.

"Is it because of Wang Ningzhi?" Xie Xuan sat in the carriage, his face a little strange.

Wang Ningzhi is the second son of Wang Xizhi, who is fourteen years old this year, because the eldest son died early, Wang Ningzhi is actually the eldest son of Wang Xizhi and Xi Xuan.

In the past two days, Xie Jiang and Xie Xuan came to Wang Xizhi with Xie An, Xi Xuan fell in love with Xie Jiang at a glance, and had already expressed to Xie An that he hoped that Xie Jiang would be the daughter-in-law of their Wang family.

Wang Xie's two families have always been good friends, and they also live next to each other in Jiankang City, and the children of the family have many intermarriages, and the matter between Wang Ningzhi and Xie Jiang is also logical.

"I'm sure that the man is getting closer to me. Xie Jiang still looked like she was in a state of despair, and said something completely irrelevant, as if she hadn't heard Xie Xuan say Wang Ningzhi at all.

Xie Xuan looked at Xie Jiang a little speechlessly, it turned out that he had been talking for a long time, and his sister had not listened to what he was saying.

However, Xie Xuan is also very curious, who is this person who Sister has been talking about?

This time, Wang Xizhi not only brought a few talented sons to Lanting, but also Xi Xuan, who is known as the 'Female Pen Fairy', also went with him.

Wang Xizhi and Xi Xuan were in the same car, Wang Xizhi closed his eyes in the car, and Xi Xuan looked around, as if he was thinking.

"Husband, what do you think of the girl of the Xie family who lives in the mansion these days? If Ningzhi marries her, the two families will be right in Yemen!" Xi Xuan likes Xie Jiang very much and is very concerned about this matter.

"Xie Jiang?" Wang Xizhi opened his eyes, this was the first time Xi Xuan had explicitly raised this matter in front of him.

Wang Xizhi only said Xie Jiang's name, but Xi Xuan could also feel the abnormality in his husband's tone, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with this kid?"

"I don't know if there is a problem for my husband, but this child is definitely not very human, and I'm worried that Ning Zhi is not worthy of her. Xie Jiang's sage remarks that day still lingered in Wang Xizhi's mind.

Xi Xuan's complexion changed slightly, but it only returned to normal in an instant, and then said with a smile: "Naturally, you also need to be an extraordinary person to match our Wang family's son, Wang Xie and the two families have always been good friends, plus the relationship between you and Brother An Shi, there is no problem in thinking about it." ”

"General, the carriage in front of you is impassable, I'm afraid you can only walk. Wang Xizhi hadn't spoken yet, but the voice of the coachman outside the carriage came.

Wang Xizhi and Xi Xuan also felt that the carriage had stopped, and then Wang Xizhi stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and when he saw the carriage in front of him, which was already densely packed, and countless pedestrians walking forward in groups.

"Young Brother Yi, get out of the car, there are too many people in the communication meeting, and the road ahead is already blocked. Xie An appeared next to Wang Xizhi's carriage, and he had already taken Xie Jiang's sister and brother to get off the carriage first.

"This place is not far from the Lan Pavilion, so let's go on a journey. Wang Xizhi took Xi Xuan's hand and slowly walked out of the carriage.

Then the group walked along the official road towards Lanting, which was still five or six miles away from Lanting, but the road was already full of carriages, and at this moment, no matter what their origins were, whether they were rich or poor, they could only walk over on foot.

Even along the way, Wang Xizhi met several important ministers from Jiankang, who were either famous Confucians, or brought famous children in the family.

After walking for half an hour, Wang Xi and his entourage came to the place where the original Lan Pavilion was located.

And here is crowded at the moment, and there are probably tens of thousands of people as far as the eye can see.

In front of the curtain of light that hung from the sky, there was a large number of elite warriors in leather armor and halberds besieging a human wall.

On one side of the light curtain there is a gentle slope with a makeshift bamboo shed. Huan Wen was dressed in exquisite clothes, looking at these tens of thousands of people coldly, and there were more than ten generals in armor behind him.

Wang Xizhi stood far away, but his eyes quickly fell on Huan Wen, when he saw Huan Wen, Wang Xizhi couldn't help but say to Xie An: "In less than a year, Huan Wen's momentum is better than before." ”

"During the Yongjia disaster, Huan Wen fled Luoyang with his family, and it is rumored that they encountered an army of the Qiang people on the way, and were finally rescued by an immortal. Xie An whispered, his eyes also following Wang Xizhi's gaze towards Huan Wen.

At that time, Huan Wen took a lot of his family to the south, and there were many people who saw what happened that day, and Huan Wen had no intention of hiding it, so that incident was not a secret.

Later, shortly after Zhou Cheng rescued Huan Wen, he went to save Mrs. Wei again, and the interval between the two events was not long, plus the change in his attitude towards Yuntai Guan before and after Huan Wen's defeat of Shu was also an important information for Wang Xizhi to infer Zhou Cheng's identity.

"There is less than half a pillar of incense time in the Lanting Wenhui, and there will be immortal means to attract you at that time, please don't be surprised and flustered. After entering the Lanting Enchantment, please don't make any noise, everything has its own arrangements. Huan Wen's voice suddenly sounded, and his voice was amplified by the Nandou Dao people with supernatural powers, and even tens of thousands of people could hear it clearly.

Just when the Lanting Cultural Festival was about to officially begin, at the side gate of the Jiankang Palace, a simple carriage slowly drove out of the palace.

Today, Jiankang City is unusually deserted, the carriage drove through the street, few people saw it, and finally the carriage came to the west of the city and stopped in front of the Zhou Mansion.

The carriage was driven by a lean old man with fair skin and a somewhat hunchback, and when the carriage stopped, the coachman opened a door from the back of the carriage, and a man with a hood stepped out of the carriage.

Because of the hat and sand, I can't see the appearance of this person, but this person is dressed in plain clothes and white, and his figure is graceful, so there is no doubt that he should be a woman.

The woman in plain clothes and white clothes walked slowly to the Zhou Mansion, and finally stood at the gate, reaching out to touch the copper ring on the door, it seemed that she had come to the Zhou Mansion specially.

But before the woman could touch the ring, the two heavy wooden doors opened on their own, and no one appeared behind them.

"There is no one else in the house, please come in by yourself. With the opening of the door, Zhou Cheng's voice sounded in the woman's ears, and at this moment, Zhou Cheng was indeed the only one in the Zhou Mansion.

The plain woman hesitated for a moment, but still raised her feet and stepped into the Zhou Mansion, and when she entered the gate, the two doors closed automatically.

In the middle courtyard, Zhou Cheng had already stood up and was looking at the figure slowly walking towards him.

"The Queen Mother came to the cold house, and the poor road was far away, so please forgive me. Zhou Cheng bowed slightly to the plain-clothed and white-clothed figure, and directly explained the identity of the person who came.

Seeing Zhou Cheng giving a salute, the plain and white-clothed figure also stopped, stood two feet away from Zhou Cheng, and reached out to take off the hat on his head, and under the hat was the appearance of the Empress Dowager Chu.

"Yuntai is really polite, and he is as young as rumored. Chu Lianzi held the hat in his hand and bowed slightly to Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng smiled when he heard this, and then said jokingly: "Poor Dao just looks young, but he is actually a hundred years old. ”

"Hehe, the real person is funny, the Wenhui will start in a moment, the real person is not in Lanting but in the mansion, it seems that the old woman will come a long time ago?" Chu Lianzi also smiled, she was only in her twenties, and she also called herself an old woman at the moment, which seemed to be a response to Zhou Cheng saying that she was already a hundred years old.

"Poor Dao knows that the Queen Mother is a smart person, and some things need to be faced after all, so you will naturally come to me. Zhou Cheng said as he turned around and walked towards the stone table beside him.

After Zhou Cheng finished saying these words, he was already sitting on the stone bench, and the tea on the table was still smoking.

Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the stone bench opposite, motioning for Chu Garlic to sit down.

Seeing this, Chu Lianzi naturally walked towards Zhou Cheng, and also said as he walked: "The general has written a book, please seal the real person as the national teacher, and the real person comes to Jiankang in person, what he wants is not as simple as the national teacher." The old woman has come today to find out what the real man wants.

After finishing speaking, Chu Garlic happened to also walk to the stone table, and she naturally sat opposite Zhou Cheng, and Zhou Cheng poured an empty cup full of tea and gently pushed it in front of Chu Garlic.

"Since you're here, I'll let you know. But before that, would it be good to ask the Queen Mother to listen to the poor Tao tell a story?" Zhou Cheng picked up his teacup and sniffed the tea lightly, but did not drink it.

"I want to hear about it. Chu Garlic said seriously.

Zhou Cheng put down the teacup, looked up at Chu Garlic slightly, and then slowly spoke: "In the fifth year of Yongjia, Liu Yuan sent Shile to the south. Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and Wang Yan, the Taiwei, defeated Xiangcheng, and then Luoyang, Chang'an, fell one after another, and so far they have crossed the ....... in the south."

Chu Garliczi's expression changed greatly, but she still listened to Zhou Cheng quietly, because she knew that Zhou Cheng mentioned the disaster of Yongjia, perhaps to tell herself that there was still a major secret in this unbearable disaster.