Nanzhou borders Yanzhou to the north and Luzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou to the south.
The egrets are flying, the willows are green, the smoke is covering the river, and the music is melodious.
The boat on the painted boat building goes up the river, and the rouge enters the water full of tenderness.
The bank is full of willows and peach and red flowers, and I can hear sweet voices singing about love.
Outside Bailu City in Nanzhou, geese come to the lakeside, willow trees are shady and spread in the wind, and peach blossoms are shining brightly.
To the east of Yanlai Lake, surrounded by willows and peach trees, there is a Taoist temple named 'Qingxia Temple'.
In this Qingxia Temple, there are nearly a hundred "Nv Guan" practitioners. Under the influence of the bees and butterflies, the talented people and celebrities from all over Nanzhou often come here to attract attention, gather in Bailu City, and hang out in this Qingxia Temple.
Fang Jian rode the third prince, walking slowly under the willow trees and peach blossoms full of pink and pink. On the flat and wide road lined with willow trees, from time to time there would be women wearing Taoist robes and immaculately dressed women waiting on them. Passing by under the service of the maid.
And on the road, carriages would pass by from time to time. Just looking at the decorations of those carriages, it can be seen that the people in the carriages are definitely rich and powerful people.
Fang Jian walked for a while and finally came to the Qingxia Temple. The Qingxia Temple was extremely beautiful and magnificent, with mountains and rivers on both sides, and gardens full of flowers and fruits.
On both sides of Qingxia Temple, there are two man-made canals flowing through the peach grove. At this time, many talented people and celebrities are sitting by the canals, and beside them, each is sitting with a woman wearing a Taoist robe. crown.
Although those women's crowns were beautifully dressed, the Taoist robes they wore were all thin silk gauze, faintly revealing the delicate and smooth skin underneath.
Although they were holding "Tao Jing" and "Huang Ting" in their hands, their faces were full of romantic smiles.
The talented and famous people played with the water and sang poems and rhymes from time to time, while the ladies chanted with smiles on their faces. Every time someone composed a poem, they applauded and then raised their wine glasses to toast.
Fang Jian sighed, glanced at Qingxia Temple in front of him, reined in his horse and turned to leave.
"Stinky girl, you still dare to come? Get out!"
At this moment, there was a sharp shout from behind. Fang Jian turned around and saw a male Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe kicking a seven-year-old girl off the steps at the entrance of Qingxia Temple.
The girl rolled down the more than thirty steps, then fell to the ground facing the door.
Upon seeing this, Fang Jian immediately got off his horse and walked quickly towards the girl.
But before Fang Jian could get closer, he saw the girl's two baby-fat hands holding her fists on the ground, and then her arms trembled to hold her young body up.
"Bah." The girl spit out the mud and broken leaves in her mouth, then stood up and sat on the ground. Her chubby face was red from holding it in, but she said to the male Taoist priest on the steps reluctantly: "You let her Return Kuixing Inkstone to me, as long as you return Kuixing Inkstone to me, I will never come again."
The Taoist priest's expression changed when he heard this, and he said: "Hey? You little bitch, you are kicking your nose and face. That Kuixing Inkstone was given to Taoist Xuan Shang by your unlucky dead ghost father. Your father is already dead." , now Kui Xingyan has nothing to do with you."
When the girl heard this, her stomach bulged with anger. She glanced left and right, then grabbed a stone on the ground and threw it at the Taoist priest.
"You liars, my father lied to you, especially Taoist Priest Xuan Shang, she is a prostitute! She doesn't deserve to be called Taoist Priest! Return the Kuixing Inkstone to me quickly, it is my father's heirloom!" The girl cursed angrily.
The Taoist priest's face darkened, he stared at the girl and cursed: "I think you are looking for death. Today I will let you know how high and thick the sky is!"
After that, the Taoist priest took out a cowhide whip as long as an adult's arm from his sleeve and started to beat the girl.
When the girl saw this, she was so frightened that she quickly raised her hands to hold her head, and continued to say: "Even if you beat me to death, I will turn into a ghost and ask you for the Kuixing Inkstone!"
"stop!"
At this moment, a clear drink sounded from the steps behind, and the Taoist priest stopped immediately, then turned to look.
Fang Jian also looked up and saw a tall, thin figure, delicate and bright face, with tied hair and a crown, wearing a jade gauze Taoist robe, and a peerless and independent female crown standing on the steps.
"Taoist Master Xuanshang!" The Taoist priest saw the person coming and called out quickly, "Why are you here?"
Taoist Priest Xuan Shang glanced at the girl squatting on the ground with her head in her hands with a cold face, then took out an embroidered bag from her sleeve and threw it down.
The embroidery bag, carrying the strong aroma of rouge, drew an arc in the air, and then landed in front of the girl with a 'snap'.
"There are one hundred taels of silver here, enough for you to spend ten years. You go away and don't come back again. Kuixing Inkstone was given to me by your father and is no longer an heirloom of your Mei family." Taoist priest Xuan Shang said coldly. said.
When the girl saw the Taoist priest Xuan Shang, she became even more angry. She stood up and kicked the embroidery bag open: "Whoever wants dirty money from you, I want the Kuixing Inkstone! Give the Kuixing Inkstone back." I!"
"You little bitch, don't be so shameless!" The Taoist priest yelled angrily when he saw that the girl did not give Taoist Xuan Shang any face.
"Shut up!" Upon hearing the Taoist priest's scolding, Taoist priest Xuan Shang lost his composure and immediately scolded the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest immediately reacted and couldn't help but secretly cursed himself for being arrogant. If this girl is a little bitch, then who is Taoist Master Xuanshang? Big bitch?
Yes, Taoist Xuan Shang was the biological mother of this girl. The girl's father, Mei Qing, was also a son of an official. At that time, Taoist Xuan Shang was just a famous prostitute in Nanzhou.
The story is cliché. Mei Qing, a son of an official, and Xuan Shang, a famous prostitute, fell in love at first sight, and then staged an unforgettable love story.
Later, it was Mei Qing who came forward and funded Xuan Shang's "Dudu", which officially transformed her from a famous prostitute to an officially certified female crown of the Tang Dynasty, and then she moved into Qingxia Temple.
Originally, the next plot was for Xuan Shang to be cleansed, and then a female crowned woman returned to secular life, married Mei Qing, and completely joined the wealthy family. At this time, Mei Qing even gave her family heirloom "Kui Xing Inkstone" to Xuan Shang.
However, at this moment, the Mei family suffered a disaster. Mei Qing's father was killed because he was on the wrong side in the DPRK-Chinese party dispute. No money, no power, no future.
It happened that Xuanshang also gave birth to a daughter for Mei Qing at this time, and it was this girl.
After hearing about the tragedy in the Mei family, Xuan Shang once considered continuing to follow Mei Qing and become a poor couple.
However, under the persuasion of the "female crowns" in Qingxia Temple, and under the temptation of the glory and wealth in front of her, Xuan Shang finally abandoned Mei Qing and gave her daughter to Mei Qing.
Mei Qing and her daughter came to Qingxia Temple many times to look for Xuanshang, but in the end, Xuanshang sent people to defeat Qingxia Temple.
After all, if you stay in Qingxia Temple, you still have hope of joining a wealthy family, but if you follow Mei Qing, there will be no hope at all.
Mei Qing was finally completely desperate, but he still had a daughter, so he began to rely on writing and selling paintings, and raised his daughter until she was six years old with difficulty.
However, when his daughter was six years old, Mei Qing finally fell ill after years of fatigue and depression. However, he did not go to a doctor. Instead, he gave the remaining twenty taels of silver to his daughter and He told his daughter two regrets in his life:
The first thing is that Mei Qing's parents always wanted him to take the imperial examination, hoping that he would get ahead and not become a second-generation official.
The second thing was that he gave the Mei family heirloom to Xuan Shang and he never got it back.
After saying these two regrets, Mei Qing died, and she did not rest in peace.
Mei Qing named his daughter "Mei Xianzhang", which shows how regretful he was for living up to his parents' expectations.
Xiao Mei Xianzhang, who was only six years old, used 10 taels of the twenty taels of silver left by her father to bury her father Mei Qing. The remaining ten taels have supported her to this day. At the same time, this is the year since her father died. The sixth time I went to Qingxia to observe the Kuixing inkstone.
One of her father's last wishes was to get back the Kuixing Inkstone. Xiaomei Xianzhang didn't understand or know how to take the imperial examination, but she knew how to do it when it came to getting the Kuixing Inkstone back.
Taoist Priest Xuan Shang looked at Mei Xianzhang with a cold look, that look was extremely strange and heartless, as if it was not flesh and blood that came from his own body at all.
Seeing that Mei Xianzhang refused to accept his money, Taoist priest Xuanshang said calmly: "No matter what you think, Kuixing Inkstone is no longer an heirloom of your Mei family. You can go and don't bother me by messing around here again." .”
After finishing speaking, Taoist Priest Xuanshang said to the Taoist priest on the side: "If she doesn't leave after a while, you will lead someone to push Mei Qing's tomb away."
"You... how dare you!" When Xiaomei Xianzhang heard that Taoist Xuan Shang wanted someone to knock down his father's grave, he immediately roared angrily in a childish voice.
Taoist priest Xuan Shang said coldly: "You can do whatever you want here. Do you think I dare to do it?"
After saying that, Taoist priest Xuan Shang waved his sleeves and walked towards Qingxia Temple, never looking back again.
Xiaomei Xianzhang looked at the back of Taoist Xuan Shang angrily. After a long time, he lowered his head feebly, his fists clenched and shaking.
In the end, she glanced at the majestic archway and palace gate of Qingxia Temple with unwillingness in her eyes. She no longer dared to make any noise, turned around and limped away with her head lowered.
"Ha." The Taoist priest looked at Xiaomei Xianzhang who finally limped away and sneered, thinking that Taoist Master Xuanshang had a way to deal with such a little rogue.
Fang Jian watched all this with cold eyes, looking at Xuan Shang's ruthlessness, looking at the Taoist priest's madness, and looking at the little girl's futile efforts, he always remained silent.
When he saw that the little girl was being threatened, and after she left with anger but helplessness, Fang Jian took the third prince and quietly followed the little girl, and followed her out of the smoky and confusing Yanlai Lake. .
However, Xiaomei Xianzhang soon discovered Fang Jian, but she just turned her head and glanced at Fang Jian, and then stopped paying attention. Instead, she turned her head and looked at the road ahead intently.
