"What kind of poem is this?"
Wang Daiji grabbed the other person's hand and hesitated a little. "Why does it sound a little strange?"
"It's an anti-poetry from the previous dynasty." Zhang Xingqian laughed and answered fluently in the wind. "When the Southern Tang Dynasty was declining, a man named Zhou Shuren wrote this poem in the Jiangdong area. It is said that after writing this poem, he joined the True Fire Cult, went to Maoshan, and rebelled... According to the Fang family's research, he should be a second-rate Jiangdong person. A descendant of the famous Lu family, he deliberately changed his name to Zhou Shuren... and what he meant was that when thousands of horses are silent, they are silently waiting to hear the thunder, but we listen to the thunder first and then think about it, so it is a joke to quote this poem."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Wang Daiji recovered and continued to laugh while leaning on the railing, holding hands. "Lian Guangyu said it very well... As for anti-poetry, it is anti-poetry. It is also the anti-poetry of the previous dynasty and the anti-poetry of the previous dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty. Shouldn't we be allowed to mess around after hundreds of years? Can you quote me?"
As he spoke, a bolt of lightning pierced the night sky again. It was shaped like a dragon and hung on the sky. It illuminated their faces for a moment. They both stopped feeling sour and looked up at the sky together, waiting for the thunder.
Sure enough, within a moment, the thunder rumbled again, shaking the whole world, as if the Nine Heavens were angry and the Supreme Lord was showing its power. Hearing it made people feel awe-inspiring. .
Even though the two of them were used to this gesture, they couldn't help but hold each other's hands under the thunder.
After the thunder, both of them were deep in thought, but Wang Daiji was obviously the first to come back to his senses. Seeing the other party thinking deeply, he couldn't hold back and asked tentatively:
"Lian Guangyu has a lot of worries... Did Zhang Sanlang have any worries before?"
Zhang Xing came back to his senses and immediately knew that the other party was trying to trick him unprepared, but he calmly asked, "I wonder what Brother Wang Jiu was thinking before?"
Wang Daiji was silent for a moment... He naturally wanted to make a cliché when he first asked, and when he was asked back, he naturally wanted to make some perfunctory remarks. However, he could see clearly along the way that Zhang Sanlang was obviously not a person either. He is a good person, and his behavior is quite similar to his own... It is said that everyone is a human being. If he doesn't say something seriously, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the trust, and this whole journey will be in vain.
As soon as he thought about this, Wang Yuanwailang held the other party's hand, smiled slightly, and actually told the truth: "To be honest, Zhang Sanlang, I was a little excited when I saw that even a relative of yours who was inspecting your home could enjoy such an estate. I felt unjust, but before I was in the house, I inexplicably thought of my own life... They all said that I was young and promising, with a bright future, but I was the only one who knew how hard it was... so I lay there and thought about it, thinking that I didn't have to do this anymore. Even if you are tired and stressed, it is not impossible to become a mediocre person who drinks, seduces and makes money, and enjoys being a drunken woman."
"Then what?" Zhang Xing quickly realized that the other party was probably telling the truth, so he was surprised for a moment and continued to ask.
"Then? Then I saw the flash of lightning and heard the roar of thunder. I immediately knew that this was God warning me that I should not be so lazy." At this point, Wang Daiji sighed. "Zhang Sanlang, I rarely get really close to people, but I have a little heart-to-heart feeling when I see you... Do you know why? It's because we are really similar. Although you were born in the Northern Wilderness, you could only join the army and work hard. In fact, I He also came from a humble background and struggled to get around.”
I know!
Zhang Xing was speechless. With your beard there, you were probably the only one who thought it was a secret.
Of course, this did not delay Zhang Baishou from sighing:
"I understand, I understand, we are from such a humble background, starting from the bottom, we are used to seeing unfair things, and we almost regard climbing up as a matter of eating and sleeping. However, those who were born in wealth and splendor have never seen the dangers and treacherous people. ? But they only use their own bodies to look down on us. But the more this happens, the more they can only continue to climb up. When the time comes, they can sit in an official position that is far out of their reach and make achievements that they can never imagine in their lifetime. Such an air of injustice. Brother Wang Jiu, do you think this is what you mean?"
These words are Zhang Xing's true views of the other party. It is most useful to use them as perfunctory words at this time.
Sure enough, Wang Daiji was silent for a long time again this time, because he actually felt that what the other party said was so accurate and right. This person was really the first caring person he had ever met in his life... But the more this happened, the less he dared to take it easy. When I open my mouth, I am afraid that I will lose my composure first, then shed tears, and then really have a heart-to-heart relationship with the other person.
Of course, after all, the human king Daiji is Jiguro of the Ministry of War and Wang Jiulang of the East Capital. He took a dozen breaths to calm down, and then he managed to nod: "Yes, that's the truth. It's just Zhang Sanlang, who has been talking about me and you for a long time. So what about today?”
"I'm similar to Brother Wang Jiu today." Zhang Xing smiled bitterly, and actually told the truth...the real truth, but he didn't mention anything about time travel, gods, class history, and rebellion. These words were more like adding confusion. "I just feel that my life is drifting with the tide, and it is rare to take the initiative and have the heart to step out of the box and do what I want to do. As a result, I hear thunder again, my heart is shocked, but I am alert again."
"I see. May I ask what exactly vigilance means?" Wang Daiji asked seriously.
"Of course it's time to return to the right path. But after all, I am younger and have more personal hobbies, so I still can't be as decisive as Brother Wang Jiu." Zhang Xing still answered seriously and only told the truth. There are still many truths hidden that are difficult to tell. "What I mean is... I really don't just think about the result of becoming a high official or getting a high title, and then abandon everything else. For example, of course I have dreamed about entering Nanya, but if I can achieve success through cultivation, If I can reach the level of condensing elixir before the age of thirty, I think it would be a good idea to take a look at the unique beauty of this world; or one day, I can write and write at home and write a book like "The Biography of the Female Protagonist Li Yue" It’s acceptable to be a celebrity through the ages…”
"This is also reasonable." Wang Daiji increasingly felt that the other person was very similar to himself, and that he was simply a younger and luckier version of himself. "You're young, it's normal to be greedy."
Zhang Xing also smiled bitterly: "In short, when people get old and their destiny declines, I hope that I will try not to regret for wasting my years, and try not to be ashamed of doing nothing... But, Brother Wang Jiu, really so hard."
Wang Daiji opened his mouth when he heard the first half of the sentence, but the latter sentence was so difficult that he almost couldn't hold on. For a moment, all he could think about was that Saburo's words tonight really hit his heart.
Fortunately, it was dark and windy, and there were thunderclouds, so I never lost my composure in my expressions and movements.
Not only that, Wang Jiulang felt that the other party's words directly hit his heart, but he also had unreasonable thoughts. He just felt that the other party had seen through him early and was better at manipulating people's hearts, so tonight he took advantage of the situation and easily manipulated it. Either he was being restrained, or the other party simply said something from the bottom of his heart... But no matter which case it was, it seemed that he was at a disadvantage or inferior.
Thinking of this, the foreign minister from the Ministry of War made things boring. He shook the opponent's hand and said in reply:
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter... Today's heart-to-heart talk must not be forgotten. Zhang Sanlang will continue to see Long Gua, and I will go back and lie down."
After saying that, he let go of his hand and walked back.
"What?" Zhang Xing was surprised for a moment, really surprised, and asked from behind. "Why did Brother Wang Jiu suddenly lose his interest?"
"The wind was strong, so I squinted my eyes for a moment." Wang Daiji smiled bitterly, and while turning back along the corridor, he raised his hands in a distant gesture.
"Yes, the spring breeze tonight is really noisy." Zhang Xing also sighed with emotion, but he didn't hold back.
As soon as the other party left, Zhang Xing continued to lie under the eaves of the corridor, and while he continued to think wildly, he also blew a burst of noisy spring breeze and watched the dragon hanging several times.
Then, after all, his mind wandered, and he couldn't stay happy for a long time, so he turned back to the house.
After a speechless night, I opened the door the next day, only to see that the overnight spring rain had already moistened the world. Thinking that listening to the thunder in silence yesterday seemed a bit out of place, I asked the servant of Zhang's Manor for pen and ink, and then went to the guest room in the human room on the couch. Half of the poem was left on the back wall.
So-called:
"Good rain knows the season, when spring is here.
Sneaked into the night wind, moisten things silently. "
After finishing writing, in front of the servants and several patrolmen who had gotten up to watch, he signed his name again, but changed his vest and called him Du Zimei, the wild old man of Huaiyang.
After finishing writing, he went out with a few people and went to wash up and eat first. When he saw Wang Daiji, he just handed over his hand. He didn't say anything about last night, and the other party just handed over his hand... But for some reason, it was Wang Daiji who was the first person last night. When he returned to the room, his eyes were red, as if he had stayed up all night. On the contrary, Zhang Xing, who went back late, was encouraged by the wind and thunder and cleared his mind, so that he had a good sleep afterwards and was a hundred times more energetic.
There was still no departure on this day, and everyone was happy to rest and play in Zhangyuan. Another day passed, but they still didn't move. They rested for three consecutive days. I don't know what basis Bai Yousi used as the basis for giving the order to the whole group. , Dongxing City Father, do serious things.
Wanqiu, the county seat of Huaiyang County, is 130 to 40 miles away from the city. It can be reached in two days by horseback. However, it has been raining for two days in a row and it has become slippery after the rain. The fertile plains along the way are all cultivated, so that the road is full. It was muddy, so the group had no intention of speeding up. They dragged their feet for five or six days, until late in the first month, before they arrived at Chengfu.
Immediately, he did not go to Longgang. Instead, he stopped in Chengfu City to the west of Wishui, and then sent a military official to the other side of the river to invite Chen Ling.
This is not because he is afraid that Chen Ling will jump over the wall and rebel directly, killing many people in the military camp, because what happened to Yang Shen is there. As a person who has experienced it personally, General Ying Yang Zhonglang probably knows better than anyone else that rebelling at this time and place is what it means. If there is a dead end, then Chen Ling, who is still a decent person no matter what, can't ruin his family and everything in vain.
In fact, Chen Ling must have thought of this possibility - transfer and relocation are the most typical and effective ways for the central government to deal with powerful and military leaders.
The answer to the reason why the patrol team is like this is also very simple. They want to guard against another possibility, that is, Chen Ling is unwilling to let go of Jianghuai's foundation and directly resigns. If this is the case, then the people in Jing'antai are not going to be polite. They will directly control Chen Ling on the other side of the river to prevent him from escaping back to Huaishang, and then use his family's reputation to influence the Changjing Gang who will come later. Activity.
Once coercive measures are taken, chaos will inevitably occur in the military camp, even if there is no rebellion.
In fact, no matter whether this guy wants to resign or accept it, Hu Yan with black ribbon is ready to lead a team of people to escort this person back to Dongdu to complete the formalities at the Ministry of War to ensure that he will not interfere with Jianghuai's mission.
After all, it is a serious job, and the atmosphere in the lobby of the Chengfu County government office was a bit dull for a while.
At this moment, Zhang Xing's eyes swept across the crowd and landed on Wang Daiji, but he suddenly remembered Li Ding's words before and couldn't help but have an interesting thought.
"Everyone, you are just bored, do you want to take a gamble?" Zhang Xing suddenly said.
As soon as these words came out, the originally dull county government hall suddenly became energetic. Several people glanced at Bai Yousi's expression and immediately joined in the fun, asking what they were betting on.
"What can you bet on?" Zhang Xing chuckled. "Bet on whether Chen Ling will resign or accept the post?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then it immediately became lively, and some people started to place bets... And everyone had different opinions.
Zhang Xing went around in a circle and finally came to urge Wang Daiji: "Brother Wang Jiu, don't you want to bet?"
Wang Daiji wanted to refuse, but when he thought that he was about to go to the military camp opposite to stay for a while, while the other party continued to work south, he didn't bother to cover it up, so he immediately took out two taels of silver from his arms and put it on the case: "I Bet he will be punished."
"Why?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.
"Because if he wants to resign, he will definitely not resign here. Instead, after hearing your news directly, he will set out from the east bank of Wishui River and go to the capital to resign himself, so as to avoid your control." Wang Daiji said one by one. . "And you didn't make any such preparations at all, as if you were certain that he would come to stand trial."
As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded and laughed, even Bai Yousi laughed.
Zhang Xing nodded first, then shook his head and laughed: "This is roughly the truth, but with all due respect, Brother Wang Jiu is actually a little bit wrong."
"What does Zhang Sanlang mean?" Wang Daiji was slightly startled.
"I guess Brother Wang Jiu has never seen the performance of the master of condensation in battle with his own eyes." Zhang Xing explained seriously. "We don't make preparations, not because we are certain, but because even if Chen Ling does that, he can't fly out of the palm of our inspection..."
Wang Daiji glanced at Bai Yousi secretly, then twirled his beard and smiled: "In that case, why do I think you are waiting here in Chengfu County, but you are wishing that he would run away on his own from the other side of the river?"
"I have this little thought." Zhang Xing nodded frankly. "But in fact, we just want to give it a try. We are sure that Chen Ling will come, because that person is also a smart and generous person. He also knows that the best way is not to break up with each other, whether he resigns or is appointed, it will be fine anyway. If you are a loser, then it is better to go to Dongdu to deal with things calmly. Then instead of being picked up from the horse by our patrol inspector on the way to Dongdu and losing your dignity, it is better to come directly here proudly."
Wang Daiji was thoughtful.
But for a moment, everyone suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves on the street outside, and then someone loudly signed up, saying that General Ying Yang Zhonglang Chen Ling was here to pay a visit to the important officials of the Ministry of War, but they immediately stopped talking.
Sure enough, the next moment, Chen Ling's red face appeared in front of everyone.
"Inspector Bai, Zhang Baishou, Hu Heishou, and a few other Baishou are all fine." Chen Ling laughed and looked as if nothing had happened. "I didn't expect that we would see each other again so soon. It's such a fate."
Zhang Xing smiled slightly and did his duty. He rushed forward and returned the favor: "General Chen, the prostitutes in the Metasequoia Forest were not killed by your men, right? I had a message that day and I would come back to see it."
Chen Ling was stunned on the spot, but then he laughed: "Yes, Zhang Baishou is back of course, but I haven't done anything to take it out on those people... On the contrary, it's Zhang Sanlang who rode up the mountain alone that day to drive the tiger away." Crossing the river, he killed so many people, he was a true hero, why did he become so benevolent as a woman?"
"Have you finished speaking?" Zhang Xing listened carefully and just sneered.
"That's it." Chen Ling responded seriously.
"That's good!" Zhang Xing responded coldly. "I have two questions for your Excellency."
"Please speak." Chen Ling said without losing his composure.
"First, do you want to resign and return to Huaishang, or do you want to accept an official position and go to the northwest?" Zhang Xing spoke clearly.
"Zhang Baishou... I am loyal to the country, and I will be transferred to the northwest by the emperor's order." Chen Ling tried his best to smile.
Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, secondly..." Zhang Xing walked forward with his hands behind his back and faced him slowly. "You, the Chen family, are the hope of Jianghuai's powerful forces. You are deeply involved and know a lot of inside information... Can you teach us, Bai Inspection, how to catch all the three Zuo brothers before you leave?"
Chen Ling was stunned for a moment. Bai Yousi and others in the hall were also stunned. Even Wang Daiji was twitching his beard for a moment, looking thoughtful.
"You ask me?" Chen Ling asked after a moment, speechless.
"Yes." Zhang Xing spoke calmly.
But Chen Ling suddenly woke up, but couldn't help but put his hands in his hands and laughed: "That's really the right person to ask!"
ps: Good night everyone.
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