In the autumn of the ninth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty.
On his way back from court, Zhang Shaofei, the governor of Zhongzhou, suddenly had a sudden impulse and decided to visit Wenlong, the governor of Chang'an.
Wenlong was Zhang Shaofei's classmate, classmate, and subject. In the palace examination, although the two failed to win the top prize in high school, they were the best in the world. But he was also ranked among the top three, and was named the governor of Chang'an and the governor of Zhongzhou by the imperial court.
When Wenlong saw Zhang Shaofei's arrival, he held a banquet in honor of him.
After three rounds of drinking, Wenlong suddenly became excited about drinking and asked the attendant to take out the Hongxi Cup from the wine cabinet.
This pair of Hongxi cups was recently bought by Wu Hongjun, the prefect of Yangzhou, from a shop on Yangzhou Street. Seeing that the wine cups were exquisite, he gave them to his boss Shi Wenlong as a token of his favor. .
When Zhang Shaofei saw it, he seemed to have seen it somewhere before, and couldn't put it down on the spot.
Out of good intentions, Shi Wenlong gave the Phoenix Jubilee Cup to Zhang Shaofei on the spot.
Zhang Shaofei was overjoyed and thanked him profusely. After the banquet was over, he took the Phoenix Jubilee Cup back home.
As the saying goes: A wise man does not show off his strengths, and a gentleman does not take away others' love.
Although Shi Wenlong and Zhang Shaofei were born in Jinshi and were rich in economics, like most people, they could only see the exquisiteness on the surface of the Phoenix Jubilee Cup, but could not see the hidden curse inside.
On a crisp autumn day, Zhang Shaofei and his servant Zhang Yiwu returned to his hometown to visit relatives. On their way back, they were walking on a rugged trail in the mountains when they heard a woman calling for help in the woods.
Zhang Shaofei ran towards the grove calling for help and saw a man violently assaulting a girl.
The girl's skirt was torn off and she was crying, "Help."
Not far away, there were two servants with their backs to the man watching the wind.
Zhang Shaofei strode forward and shouted at the man: "Stop! Stop raping him!"
The man hesitated: "I..."
The girl stood up, pointed at the man, and cried, "He...violated me."
Zhang Shaofei immediately stepped forward and wanted to arrest the man for the old case.
Unexpectedly, the man said angrily: "This young master is Guan Wutian, the eldest son of Guan Zhenjiang, the imperial minister. Who dares to catch me!"
Zhang Shaofei looked at his domineering look and his face sank: "The prince breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people..."
Before Zhang Shaofei could finish speaking, Guan Wutian waved his hand towards the two servants: "Come on! Beat me hard!"
When the two servants saw their master's order, they rushed to Zhang Shaofei and punched him.
Zhang Shaofei has been practicing martial arts in Wudang Mountain since he was a child, and he has 18 kinds of martial arts skills. He only saw him knocking the two servants to the ground with just a few blows.
Guan Wutian saw that the situation was not good and wanted to escape.
Zhang Shaofei quickly chased after him and shouted: "Don't even think about escaping!"
Zhang Shaofei caught Guan Wutian like an eagle catching a chicken.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two servants hurriedly got up from the ground and ran back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to report the news.
Zhang Shaofei asked the girl for a confession, and couldn't help but became furious and escorted Guan Wutian back to the government office.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Shaofei returned to Zhongzhoufu Yamen, Guan Zhenjiang arrived.
As soon as Guan Zhenjiang saw Zhang Shaofei, he shouted loudly: "You Zhang Shaofei! You are so audacious that you dare to capture my son!"
Zhang Shaofei said bluntly: "Master Guan, please calm down. I don't know your master's son. I only know how to catch criminals."
Guan Zhenjiang roared: "Zhang Shaofei! Why don't you open your eyes and take a look, what kind of person am I like in the court?"
Zhang Shaofei took office as a new official. He was full of enthusiasm and said in a tough tone: "Master Guan, as the prime minister and an important minister of the court, you should set an example. How can you let your son do anything wrong outside?"
Guan Zhenjiang was a strong-armed figure in the court, and he had never been so contradicted by anyone. Suddenly he was so angry that he jumped up and down, furious: "Zhang Shaofei, if you realize what's interesting, let him go immediately!"
Zhang Shaofei also had a tough tone: "Guan Wutian raped a gangster girl, how can he let her go just as he said?"
Guan Zhenjiang saw that the hard way was not working, so he tried the soft way and promised Zhang Shaofei: "Prince Wang, if you obey me, I will guarantee that you will be promoted and make a fortune, and you will be promoted to three levels in a row. This is all right, right?"
Zhang Shaofei refused on the spot.
Guan Zhenjiang's hard and soft tactics failed, and he couldn't help but get furious: "You! How dare you do the following and dare to go against me?"
Zhang Shaofei did not back down: "Master Guan, my official position is indeed lower than yours, but I enforce the law impartially and am worthy of the black gauze hat on my head."
"You! You are still old-fashioned and defy the truth at such a young age. Just wait and see!" Seeing that Zhang Shaofei refused to buy it, Guan Zhenjiang said a vicious word and walked away.
After Guan Zhenjiang returned, he submitted a book to the emperor, saying that Zhang Shaofei had embezzled money and violated the law while he was an official in Zhongzhou, and committed the following crimes...
The emperor listened to the slander and demoted Zhang Shaofei to the common people and exiled him to Xinzhou, Lingnan. He set off today.
"Where is the national law! Where is the justice!" Zhang Shaofei suddenly stamped his feet and shouted to the sky.
But at this time, the sky is not responding, and the earth is not working.
Zhang Shaofei had no choice but to say goodbye to his mother-in-law Wang Shaoxiang and his unmarried daughter-in-law Lu Huilan.
Lu Huilan sent Zhang Shaofei to Shanhaiyasi Mountain before saying goodbye.
Guan Hu and Li Bao, the killers sent by Guan Zhenjiang to kill Zhang Shaofei, lurked in Shanhaiyasi Mountain. When they saw a stunning beauty appearing in front of them, they became lustful and jumped on her to commit violence.
Lu Huilan preferred to die and jumped into the sea under the mountain and sea cliff...
Something happened suddenly, and the two killers had no choice but to go back and report to Guan Zhenjiang.
Zhang Shaofei did not expect that Guan Zhenjiang would send assassins to intercept and kill him here, nor did he know that his unmarried daughter-in-law Lu Huilan was buried in the sea and returned to the court to wait for her marriage.
Seeing that this plan failed, Guan Zhenjiang came up with another plan and sent officials Li Xio and Zhang Liu to escort Zhang Shaofei, ordering them to kill him on the way.
After some twists and turns, Fengxi Cup boarded the Xinzhou Ferry with Zhang Shaofei.
Two officers escorted the ferry Zhang Shaofei was riding down the river from the mouth of the Yangtze River to the confluence of the Beijiang River, then upstream and turned into the Beijiang River rushing from the northwest.
The two sides of the bank are covered with verdant peaks and green hills. Zhang Shaofei was sitting on the ferry, looking out the window at the mountains and rivers passing by, the countryside, the criss-crossing roads, and the criss-crossing rivers...
When the boat arrived at the Dongkou Pier of Xijiang River, black boats and sailing boats kept coming and going. Suddenly, a melodious and beautiful song came from the mountains on both sides of the river:
In the sky above the river, on the bank of the river, I suddenly heard the sound of autumn cicadas, and my thoughts and sorrows surged into my heart.
The mist is vast and full of doubts and worries, and two lines of bitter tears weep in the dust, burying love in a troubled world.
The soul holds the covenant and looks forward to my husband's return. Two lines of bitter tears wet the lonely pillow. All kinds of longings are still there. Drinking a thousand cups can relieve all the sorrows. All kinds of longings are still going on. The love is buried in the dusty and troubled world.
This poignant song is so sad
Listening to this poignant song, a wave of sadness mixed with the long separation of returning to her homeland hit Feng Xi's heart like a tide, and her blood rushed all over her body.
"A drink of a thousand cups will relieve all sorrows, and all the longings will not end, and the love will be buried in the dusty world..." Feng Xi triggered the past and couldn't help but sang along...
When the ferry passed the Beijiang Dongkou Pier, the two servants stood up from their seats. Just as they were about to escort Zhang Shaofei to the shore, a sudden gust of wind, lightning and thunder, and rolling waves threatened to overturn the ferry.
Zhang Shaofei hurriedly hugged his luggage tightly and stood on the ferry with his eyes closed, resigned to his fate.
Suddenly, Zhang Shaofei seemed to be a psychic. The small wine glass flashed in his mind, and he quickly took it out from his luggage. He muttered: "Ashes return to dust, soil return to soil. Wherever you come, go there." After saying this, he bent down and Put the small wine cup into the river.
For a moment, the river surface was calm and the waves were calm, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyed both sides of the river blood red.
The sunset, like spilled paint, spreads to the horizon, setting off the blood-red sunset.
An egret hovers on the river, its wings seeming to brush against the sunset; along the river bank, hundreds of miles of wilderness are dotted with jagged houses and houses...
Two officers escorted Zhang Shaofei off the ferry and headed towards Lingnan Xinzhou.
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The Phoenix Jubilee Cup was brought back to Beijiang by Zhang Shaofei. Firstly, it was hard to leave his hometown and he was nostalgic for this pure land. Secondly, he was an unforgettable old friend and wanted to wait for Long Hong to return, hoping to live together again in this spiritual land...
The Fengxi Cup returned to Beijiang, but the Longhong Cup was nowhere to be seen. I searched everywhere, and returned to the wandering days of the past...
After Zhang Liu and Li Xiu, two official servants of the imperial court, handed over to Fan Wenju, the magistrate of Xinzhou, Li Xiang took out a paper envelope from his arms, handed it to Fan Wenju, and said: "Governor Fan, Prime Minister Guan ordered this letter to be delivered to him personally. you."
After Li Xiong and Zhang Liu handed over the official duties, they left the Xinzhou County Government and returned to Beijing.
After Fan Wenju read the letter, he thought to himself: Prime Minister Guan wanted to kill Zhang Shaofei with the help of his subordinates, so that I could be charged with killing a loyal minister who had been exiled. The method was insidious... If Zhang Shaofei was not killed, it would be difficult to do business... …
Just when Fan Wenju was in a dilemma, the towering Tianlu Mountain lying in front of him came into view.
He secretly thought: Tianlu Mountain is high and far away, the mountain roads are rugged, and tigers and beasts often come and hurt people. It is better to send him to Fengshan Village in Tianlu Mountain, the most remote part of Xinzhou, to settle down.
