Volume 15 Chapter 5 (2)

After Shui Qing broke up with Yang Ning and the others, he returned to Chengdu with Lu Qi to be the sphere of influence of the Han King, but Liao Shuiqing did not use the privilege of the Han Princess, but took Lu Qi to use the ordinary business travel to travel slowly. Despite this, but every time they go to the town station, there are people who arrange the accommodation and diet in advance, when they rest, the carriage will be specially maintained and cared for, and the next day the coach will also be replaced with a new one, although these Sichuan horses are short, not as good as the horses in the north, but the patience is excellent, and obviously have received special training, it is effortless to drive, and it is very effective to walk on the uneven mountain roads in Shudi, with these factors, coupled with the careful care of the old ancients, this road is like a tour of the mountains and rivers, without any sense of fatigue。

The wind in Shu is beautiful, although it has entered the winter, the climate is still warm and humid, although the dangerous peaks of the mountains are snow-capped, but both sides of the road are verdant, Lu Qi remembered that she was still in the ice and snow before the month, only to feel like a dream, her mind was clear, Yang Ning has taken Qingping to seek medical treatment outside the Saiwai, whether it is successful or not, she can no longer use her strength, simply put aside the worries in her heart for the time being, hang up the car curtain, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, the warm sunshine makes people want to sleep, the mountains in the distance seem to be shrouded in a layer of light mist, like a fairy mountain Qiongge, looking at it, Lu Qi couldn't help but sigh"People say, 'If you are young, you will not enter Shu, and you will not leave Sichuan', and you will not deceive me." ”

Liao Shuiqing leaned on the other side of the carriage, although there was a scroll on the bookcase in front of her, but her expression was quite relaxed and leisurely, obviously after returning to Yizhou, she also relaxed a lot, and heard Lu Qi sigh like this. She couldn't help laughing and said: "Since the green girl likes the scenery of Shu so much, it is better to stay in Yizhou to accompany me in the future, my health has gradually deteriorated in recent years, and the prince has long advised me not to go out again, that is, I want to control the water, and it is not a matter of one or two years, it is better to take care of my body first, but I have developed a habit, if I don't look at the three rivers and five lakes all year round, I feel bored." You girl is very suitable for my temperament, and she plays the piano very well, if you are willing to accompany me for a few years, I am afraid that the prince will thank you for leashing me. ”

Lu Qi has known that Liao Shuiqing has a sloppy temperament these days, and his actions are often out of shape, so he doesn't take it seriously, but just smiled slightly: "The younger generation has already promised to stay with the seniors, so naturally they will not regret it, but the Shu people are outstanding and the younger generations have a slight piano skill." I'm afraid that I'll compare it with the musicians of the predecessors, not to mention others. Even compared with the Lord of Splendid County, I'm afraid it's inferior. ”

Liao Shuiqing frowned slightly, since he lost his smile, he stretched out his finger and rubbed it a few times in the heart of Lu Qi's eyebrows, and said: "The green girl's tongue is a little sharper than the sword, don't worry, although I am more eccentric, I am not an old fool who does not distinguish between right and wrong, and I know what punishment Huanyu should receive." ”

Lu Qi smiled silently. The eyebrows and eyes are low, and she seems to be well-behaved and obedient, but Liao Shuiqing is so shrewd, she can naturally see the frost condensed in the eyes of this delicate and vulgar girl. Not only did she sigh secretly, but this girl in her own house really offended Yang Ning and Shuangjue completely. It seems that there is no hope of resolving this deep hatred.

But five or six days, a group of people have arrived in Chengdu, Lu Qi can't help but be curious, want to take a look at this prestigious Jinguan City, pick up the car curtain, look around, only to see a piece of fertile soil, there is a big city, the endless city wall is boundless, the seven-zhang high city wall precipitates the traces of the years, but it is not dilapidated feeling, the carriage is parked on a hillside, over the city wall, you can see the vast buildings continuously, green tiles and red walls, flying eaves and arches, rich and prosperous, not under the Central Plains Jiangnan Dayi. From the direction of Luqi, you can see the east gate of Chengdu, the city gate is not as heavily guarded as other capitals that Luqi has seen, except for a group of soldiers who look very leisurely, there is no form of garrison, although the pedestrians who come and go cannot see their faces clearly, only from the posture, you can already feel their peace and joy. There is a vast lake not far from the east gate, and in the farmland on both sides of the road, there are thousands of ditches stretching in the direction of the lake, because it is the slack season, the ditches are dry land, but Luqi can imagine that in the summer and autumn season, the lake water will irrigate the land under his feet through these ditches, what a beautiful picture it should be. Although coming to Chengdu, it is not Lu Qi's own wish, but seeing the scene in front of him, Lu Qi really has a feeling of envy for such a peaceful and happy Yizhou.

While Lu Qi was in a reverie, Liao Shuiqing said indifferently: "Old Gu, let's go back to Lingyan Temple first, if Huanyu and Qianqian come back, let them go to see me." After saying that, Liao Shuiqing lowered the curtain and isolated all the scenery from the car, and Lu Qi found that Liao Shuiqing's gaze was unprecedentedly cold and cold, as if she had not returned to her homeland after a long absence, but came to the battlefield. Lao Gu promised, raised his long whip, and the carriage turned in one direction, bypassing Chengdu from another trail, and galloping towards the northwest.

Lu Qi was shocked in her heart, she didn't understand why Liao Shuiqing didn't return to the Han Palace, she seemed to understand her thoughts, Liao Shuiqing explained lightly: "It is Liao Shuiqing who travels the world to survey water conservancy, and the Han princess should keep women's morality, thinking that the people of Yizhou are exemplary, how can she pretend to be a man, the Han princess is weak and sickly, and she recuperates in Lingyan Temple all the year round, this is something that everyone in Chengdu knows, in fact, I am in Yizhou, and I am also in Lingyan Temple. ”

Lu Qi then understood, listening to Liao Shuiqing's tone, although she and the Han King Li Zishan respected each other, but the love between husband and wife did not seem to be deep, I don't know how many hidden intentions, she naturally did not want to touch Liao Shuiqing's heart, the conversation changed, and asked with great interest: "Although the younger generation has never been to Yizhou, but also heard of the name of 'Lingyan Holy Lamp', it is reported that Lingyan Temple is near Dujiangyan in Guan County, and the predecessors chose Lingyan Temple as a place of seclusion, is it because of this? Taishi Gong once praised Dujiangyan and said. Dujiangyan was built, the Chengdu Plain water and drought from the people, do not know the hunger, there is no famine year, the world is called Tianfu also', the younger generation of how to build water conservancy although not very clear. But I also know that Dujiangyan is shaking the past and the present, and if you can see it with your own eyes this time, it will be in vain. ”

Hearing Lu Qi's admiration for Dujiangyan, Liao Shuiqing's eyes flashed with bright light, and he sighed: "Li Bing's father and son built Dujiangyan, and the land is indeed a feat of Ze for thousands of years. The green girl has already seen Chengdu, looking at the construction of the city in the past dynasties, or relying on

Or occupy water conservancy, only Chengdu has no danger to fear. There is no advantage of the boat, the depression, damp and rainy, more swamps nearby, it was not suitable for building a city, it was all planned by manpower, digging the ground and taking soil, and collecting water into a pool, just what you saw was the Chitose Pond in the east of the city, in addition to the willow pond in the west of the city. The Tianjing Pond in the northwest, the ink washing pond in the north of the city, and the Banzai Pond can irrigate the fertile land. It can also raise fish for food, and if it is wartime, it can also be used as a natural barrier in the east, west and north of Chengdu. However, if there is only these, Chengdu will not have today's Tianfu reputation, before the construction of Dujiangyan, the Min River flowing through Shu is a disaster river, whenever the spring and summer flash floods erupt, the river rushes down, because the river is narrow, often causes floods. As soon as the flood receded, it was thousands of miles of sand and gravel, and the Yulei Mountain in Guan County blocked the eastward flow of the river, causing drought in the east and flooding in the west. Since Li Bing and his son built Dujiangyan, they solved the three major problems of flooding, irrigation and shipping in the Chengdu Plain in one fell swoop, which made Shu a country of abundance. The people of Yizhou can live and work in peace and contentment. Thanks to the grace of Li Bing's father and son, I grew up in Shu since I was a child, every time I see Dujiangyan, I feel breathtaking, the water division of the fish mouth embankment, the overflow of the flying sand weir, and the water diversion at the mouth of the treasure bottle, are interlocking and integrated, using the shape of rivers and mountains, taking advantage of the situation, so that the embankment, water distribution, flood discharge, sand discharge, and flow control are interdependent and impeccable. I traveled all over the world, studied the way to control the water, every time I encountered a problem, I would take the Dujiangyan map to figure out carefully, often touch the bypass, the more intensively studied, the more mysterious it is. Green girl, after arriving at Lingyan Temple, when you are better, you may as well go to Dujiangyan often, even if you are not interested in water control, you can also understand the truth that people will win the day. ”

Lu Qi bowed her head to be taught, peeked over, only to see Liao Shui's eyebrows fluttering, radiant, and Fang Cai's cold and tired very different, obviously only things related to water control can arouse all her enthusiasm, but it is a pity that the world is chaotic, the emperor and the feudal clan are fighting, few people put their minds on the river and water control, suddenly, Lu Qi understood the mind of the woman in front of her, maybe for her, anyone who will hinder the ideal in her heart is the enemy she wants to eradicate, thinking about this, Lu Qi even faintly understands, why the lord of Huofeng still has respect after breaking off the relationship with this woman, presumably because she really has no selfish distractions and does not seek fame and fortune, don't seek power, diligently pursue, it's just a Haiqing River banquet, such a character, who can really resent her?

Guan County is not far from Chengdu, but dozens of miles away, before it gets dark, a group of people have arrived in Guan County, although not familiar with the roads here, but Lu Qi can feel that Lao Gu is obviously around a ***, not through the city, but around to the east bank of the Min River, let Liao Shuiqing and Lu Qi enjoy the scenery of Dujiangyan, before stopping the carriage to Yulei Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, there are already two shoulders waiting, Liao Shuiqing and Lu Qi each take a lift, the old ancient walk to protect each other, on the way to the mountain, from time to time to see pilgrims down the mountain, Lu Qi asked the porter to know, it turned out that this road is leading to Li Bing's father and son's temple - Chongde Temple, I don't feel strange, is it Liao Shuiqing still going to worship first? It didn't take long for the mystery to be solved, and the two shoulders did not continue to move towards the Chongde Temple, but along an inconspicuous mountain road, this mountain road is very narrow and steep, but there are many ginkgo biloba on both sides of the road, the trunk is straight, the posture is beautiful, although it is already winter, the branches are still sparse yellow leaves, people can imagine the beautiful scenery in summer and autumn.

Walk through the "Gate of Heaven" opposite the mountains and rocks , bypass a stone wall, suddenly open up in front of you, a simple and solemn temple appeared in front of you, now is the time of the afternoon class, and did not see the monks who came to greet each other, the shoulder from the side door directly carried to a courtyard behind the temple, the king of Han is the Lingyan temple protector Tanyue, this next to the seven star rock before and after the two small courtyards are specially opened out for the Han Wangfu of the female dependents to use, although because it is a holy place of Buddhism, it is impossible to be overly luxurious, but the furnishings are elegant, simple and elegant, but it is also a very pleasant place to live.

The servants and maids in the courtyard have already gotten the news, everything has been arranged, Lu Qi went to the backyard to bathe and change clothes under the service of the two maids, and went to rest after eating, and did not see Liao Shuiqing again when she arrived at the dinner place, she could feel that the atmosphere in this courtyard was a little tense, although she did not hear or witness, but it was expected that Liao Shuiqing should be summoning her subordinates, Lu Qi did not want to be involved, so she closed the door and took a Buddhist scripture on the desk to study carefully.

The night is getting deeper, the courtyard seems to have calmed down, Lu Qi has been sleeping less these days, and felt a little depressed in his chest, so he pushed open the window to breathe, there is no moon tonight, only the sky is full of stars, Lu Qi thought of Yang Ning and Qingping who were about to go out of the plug, and he was not stunned, at this time, he inadvertently glimpsed a light like a firefly, and couldn't help but pay attention, and then counted the points, gradually to the innumerable, and fluttered under the Seven Star Rock, among which there are several lights that are the brightest, such as the stars and the moon, up and down.

Lu Qi looked at it for a long time, and suddenly understood, is this the holy lamp of Buddhism recorded in the classics? Thinking of this, I can't help but fold my hands, and secretly say in my heart: "The Buddha is above, the believer has nothing else to ask for, only hope that the sister's trip outside the plug can relieve the poison on her body, and return safely, may her husband and wife be harmonious, a hundred years of good together, no matter what kind of suffering, the believer is willing to bear it on her behalf, the Buddha is merciful, and the Buddha blesses." ”

When Lu Qi was silently praying, a few lights suddenly lit up at the door of the inner courtyard, covering the magnificent scenery of ten thousand holy lamps, Lu Qi was slightly startled, raised her eyes, and saw five or six beautiful maids surrounding a snow-clothed woman wearing a beaded crown walked in, under the bright palace lamp, I saw that the woman's appearance was extremely beautiful, a pair of bright eyes were as bright as stars, and a double phoenix was swaying obliquely on the cloud temples, and she was like a fairy concubine under the light, looking forward to her posture, which made people almost dare not force her to look.

Lu Qi was guessing the identity of the woman, only to see her walk to the front of the main room steps, and bowed down and said: "Mother, my daughter has come to greet you, Sister Qianqian is occasionally sick and inconvenient to go up the mountain, so she also asked her daughter to kowtow to her mother on her behalf." ”

Lu Qi only felt a bang in her brain when she heard this, her hands grabbed the window lattice, and the slender hands almost showed green tendons, it turned out that this woman was Li Huanyu, the enemy who caused her sister to be so miserable, if it weren't for the fact that she didn't have a sword by her side, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a glimmer of clarity in her heart, Lu Qi almost wanted to rush out and fight to the death with the snow-clothed woman.

There was silence in the courtyard, and I don't know how long it took before Liao Shuiqing's cold and indifferent voice slowly sounded: "You came too late, but you finally came, return the jade, come in." ”