Chapter 1: Ivy Valley
Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat crosses the ten thousand mountains.
- Li Bai
"Hearing the hard to know the sorrow, the line cries into the house. Duojun and Cai Yan asked Cao Gong in tears. Zhideng Wu Zhangling, the past is inseparable from death. The rugged stone road folds into the clouds. If you sigh when you see each other, you can hear the wail. ”
From the White Emperor City to Jiangling, there is a section of the Yangtze River, the water flow is very turbulent, and the sound of the water flow of "Whoop Bang Bang ......" echoes in the high mountains on both sides, which is mixed with the singing of birds and the cry of apes.
At this time, Li Bai was drunk and lying in the boat, whispering softly, which made people sad when they heard it.
Li Bai was dressed in a white robe, holding a wine jug, and seemed to be drunk and awake in the half-lying boat, although there were a few strands of white hair between his temples, and his expression was a little sad, but he still had a free and uninhibited temperament. At the head of the boat stood a big man in a black shirt, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, in his early thirties, dressed in black, which made him even more powerful and tall, not at all like a boatman, but more like a good hand in the rivers and lakes. It's just that the black-shirted man looked very anxious at this time, and he didn't know if it was because the boat was too fast and scared or because of other reasons.
The black-shirted man never said a word, and he didn't even move his body at all, as if an iron stake was nailed to the bow of the boat, and suddenly the black-shirted man slammed the oars in his hand twice and said: "I said old man, you scholars are really troublesome, and you like to do poetry when you have nothing to do, and you can't clean up the noise." ”
It turned out that the poem that Li Bai had just made was done after he was arrested and imprisoned in the "Cong Phosphorus Case", and at this time he was supposed to be on the way to exile Yelang, but when he went to the White Emperor City and was pardoned, he took a boat down to Jiangling. Along the way, thinking of Mrs. Zong, Li Bai recited this poem with mixed feelings of longing, gratitude and guilt to comfort himself. But the black-shirted man was a rough man, where could he understand this, and he taught Li Bai a lesson in impatience.
The river is turbulent, and the speed of the boat is already extremely fast, at this time, when the black-shirted man is rowed like this, the speed is suddenly increased, and Li Bai, who was about to drink, did not open his mouth, and the wine splashed his face. If ordinary people had already hurriedly wiped the wine on their faces at this time, Li Bai hurriedly stretched out his tongue and licked the wine that was still on his lips and smiled: "Then I will make a song that you can understand." ”
Li Bai thought about what kind of poem to make, looked far away, and saw the White Emperor City looming between the green mountains and white clouds, and thought of his own situation in recent days, and then groaned:
"Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day. The apes on both sides of the strait couldn't stop crying, and the light boat crossed the ten thousand mountains. “
As soon as the poetry came, Li Bai expressed his joy after being pardoned with the magnificence of the rivers and mountains and the smoothness and lightness of the boat, and he didn't expect the black-shirted man to understand it at all.
But Li Bai had just finished chanting, but the black-shirted man laughed and said, "The old gentleman has done a good job in this poem, it is really good." As long as my subordinates work harder, why do they need to reach Gangneung in one day. ”
Listening to his words, he only understood it literally, when Li Bai was boasting that he was sailing very fast, Li Bai was angry, but it was difficult to put it bluntly, and he said: "Yes!"
When the black-shirted man heard Li Bai praise himself, his impatience disappeared for the moment, so he talked to Li Bai and said, "Sir, do you have something to do when you go to Jiangling?"
"There's something to do there, it's just playing!" Li Bai said with a smile.
The two talked freely, and half a day has passed.
The sun is setting in the west mountain, the two have arrived in Gangneung, it is the early spring season, the grass and trees on the shore are pumping new branches and buds, a vibrant scene, the afterglow of the sunset is sprinkled, more beautiful.
The black-shirted man slowly rowed the boat to the shore in a gentle place, Li Bai looked around, only to see the barren grass everywhere, the trees were lined up, where was the shadow of a family, it was a sign of a barren mountain and a wild ridge, and said suspiciously: "Here are the barren mountains and wild mountains, why do you land here?"
While speaking, the boat was firmly docked on the shore, and the black-shirted man turned around and said, "Old man, I can only send you here, I don't know what you plan to do next?"
"What are your plans to stop in this barren mountain and wilderness?" Li Bai asked rhetorically.
The black-shirted man laughed loudly and said, "I have my own place to go." So saying, he went ashore.
At this time, not long after the Anshi Rebellion subsided, Li Tang's vitality was greatly injured, and the eunuch ****. On the surface, Li Tang is still prosperous, and the people's lives are good, but in fact, most of the people live hard, pay heavy taxes, and sleep in the open. Li Bai only said that the black-shirted man was the same as him, he was a wanderer, and he wanted to spend the night with this barren mountain and wilderness, and said with a wry smile: "Where you go is where I go." ”
The black-shirted man thought to himself: "It seems that this old gentleman is relying on me!" Looking at Li Bai, he saw that he was old and alone, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart and said: "Old gentleman, if you don't give up, then I will take you to a place!"
Li Bai thought to himself: "It's good that the two of them sleep together in the barren mountains." Thinking like this, he smiled, "Okay!"
Immediately ashore, followed by the black-shirted man, along an overgrown path.
The trail twists and turns, and among the withered yellow weeds on both sides, a touch of green is rising in high spirits. Not long after, at the end of the path, the two came to a wood, the trees were dense, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance, and the black-shirted man said in a deep voice: "Old man, follow closely." ”
Stepping into the forest at the moment, Li Bai followed closely behind, and suddenly Li Bai saw the trees in front of him moving, which really frightened him, and hurriedly followed behind the black-shirted man, very close.
About a stick of incense time, Li Bai suddenly felt a burst of fragrance of flowers and plants wafting into his nose, which made people feel refreshed suddenly, and couldn't help but look forward, only to see that he was at the entrance of a valley, and there was a boulder more than one zhang high standing beside him, and the three big characters "Ivy Valley" were written on the boulder.
Li Bai is proficient in poetry and songs, and he is also quite accomplished in calligraphy, but at this time, he was also shocked by these three big characters.
I saw the three big characters of "Ivy Valley" flying and phoenix dancing, but they were mellow and vigorous, not at all like they were carved by hand, but as if someone had directly raised the pen and swayed it.
"Old gentleman, please. The black-shirted man said, saying and making a "please" gesture.
Li Bai came back to his senses, laughed dryly, and walked into the valley with the black-shirted man, but saw that the grass and trees in the valley were verdant, the flowers were like brocade, it was a rare place of beautiful scenery, there were five or six cranes in the distance, there were flocks of white deer, squirrels and rabbits were not surprised to see people, the two sides of the trail were full of all kinds of flowers, exuding fragrance, there were palaces on the mountainside in the distance, and there were curling cooking smoke rising, like a fairyland.
After walking forward for a while, the sun was completely hidden behind the western mountain, and the valley became dim. Suddenly, two people flashed out from behind the big tree on the side of the road, both holding long swords, blocking Li Bai and the black-shirted man from their way, and one of them shouted, "Who is coming?"
"Haha, you haven't seen me for three months, so you don't know me?" said the black-shirted man with a laugh.
Hearing the voice, the two people in front of them were obviously stunned, and then said, "It's the third master, the third master is back." As he spoke, he put away his sword and let the two of them into the valley.
It turns out that this black-shirted man is the third master of the "Evergreen Valley", named Yu Wenkuo, and the 36th Road "Tiangang Knife" makes it superb, and it is quite prestigious in the rivers and lakes, and people give it the nickname "Knife Splitting Both Sides".
"Ivy Valley" is one of the five grains of the mighty martial arts, the valley lord Yuwen Ling is proud of his unfathomable Xuanbing strength, and he is kind, but he rarely asks about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so the people of the rivers and lakes give him the title of "Hidden Gentleman". Yuwen Lingao has three younger brothers, the second brother Yuwen style, love to chant poetry, natural and romantic, but his martial arts are also good hands on the rivers and lakes, a pair of judge pens make the superb, the people on the rivers and lakes are called "amorous Langjun"; the third brother "knife splits both sides of the strait" Yuwen Kuo is needless to say; the fourth brother Yu Wenqian, when he was a teenager, made a good sword, and is a chivalrous and righteous courage, the people in the rivers and lakes are called "chivalrous swordsmen", but Yuwen Qian was a monk in the Great Mercy and Grace Temple of the Four Sects of Buddhism when he was twenty-six years old, and since then he has escaped into the empty door, so the people of the rivers and lakes are called"It's a pity monk".
Li Bai followed Yu Wenkuo into a hall, which was brightly lit, but there were only two people sitting in the huge hall.
One of them was in his early forties, tall and thin, with a somewhat thin face, a pair of unfathomable eyes, and his long fingers were tapping on the table, making a "da...... The sound of "Da Da ......", this person is the "Hidden Gentleman" Yuwen Lingao. Next to Yuwen Lingao sat a monk in a monk's robe, about thirty years old, although he had no hair, but he still looked handsome, this monk was the "pity monk" Yuwen Qian.
Yuwen Qian got up and greeted Li Bai and Yu Wenkuo and said, "Third brother, you are here." After a pause, he looked at Li Bai and said, "Third brother, I don't know who this is?"
Before Yuwen Kuo could answer, Yuwen Lingao smiled and said, "Fourth brother, how can you still have such a heart after being a monk for three years." When the distinguished guest first arrived, it is not too late to invite someone to sit down and make an introduction!" he stood up and invited Li Bai to take a seat.
After taking their seats, Yuwen Kuo and Yu Wenqian were silent, Yuwen Ling smiled proudly: "I don't know who Mr. is?" He saw that Li Bai was old, but he had a sense of freedom and uninhibitedness, thinking that he was the master in the martial arts, and he was very polite when he spoke.
After Yuwen Kuo introduced Yuwen Qian and Yuwen Lingao, he thought that he had always called Li Bai "old man" but didn't know his name, and couldn't help but look at Li Bai in embarrassment. Li Bai is proud of the poems and books in his womb, and has always been a little conceited, and said loudly at the moment: "The next surname is Li Taibai, and the world calls him 'Xianren'." ”
As soon as the words fell, Yuwen Lingao laughed, and then struck the table with his finger and said: "Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, close to wine, don't stop the cup, and Jun Song a song, please listen to it for me: the bell and drum are not expensive enough, but I hope to be drunk and don't want to wake up." Haha, I hope I don't want to wake up after being drunk. Brother Taibai's poem 'Nearly Wine' is really deep in my heart, the poet of the world, I admire Brother Taibai the most! I am fortunate to see it today, it is really a blessing for three lives!"
A trace of pride flashed across Li Bai's face, and he said with a smile: "Brother Yuwen has won the award." ”
While speaking, a few boys offered tea and snacks, and Yuwen Ling proudly hugged his fists and said: "I hope Brother Taibai forgive me, I have always heard that Brother Taibai is not happy with wine, but today he can't be treated with good wine, only two cups of weak tea, please don't dislike it." ”
Li Bai lowered his head, only to see a bowl of tea was cold, and there were two or three tea leaves floating on the water.
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