AD 756.
Tang Tianbao's fifteenth year.
The Anshi Rebellion officially broke out.
Wei Zichun invited Li Bai to serve as the staff of Yong Wang Li Lin many times.
"The ideals of King Yong coincide with mine. If I follow King Yong to take action, King Yong will definitely treat me as Xie An, and I will definitely be able to kill the enemy without leaving any trace behind!"
Li Bai has already made plans to join the Yongwang camp. He hopes to achieve his long-cherished wish in his life by making achievements, helping the people and appeasing the country, and then retire with success, leaving a good name that will go down in history.
But what Li Bai didn't know was that King Yong's army would eventually be classified as rebels, and his wish to be famous throughout the ages was once again frustrated.
Throughout his life, Li Bai longed to make contributions, but except for his poetry, which was recognized by everyone, he never seemed to succeed in anything he did.
Since his initial attempt to enter Chang'an as an official as a merchant's son was rejected, his life has been a wandering life.
On the other hand, my friend Gao Shi seems to have become a general now.
This time, he and his friends took two opposite paths. Gao Shi chose the camp of Prince Heng. Prince Heng was said to have proclaimed himself emperor, but he felt that King Yong was more emperor-like.
They are both sons of Xuanzong Li Longji, and Yongwang is no worse than the prince. He firmly believes that the Anshi Rebellion will eventually be quelled by Yongwang Lin, and he will usher in his highlight moment in his later years.
It's just a pity that now I don't have many friends by my side.
When I was young, I had friends all over the world. No matter where I went, there would be a group of people calling them friends and walking together.
When I got old, I became a loner.
At this time, Li Bai thought of the few kilograms of wine that a friend named Qin Luo gave him a few years ago. It was the strongest and most delicious wine he had ever drunk in his life.
Unfortunately, later on, I searched all over the Huaihe River and Chang'an City, but could not find any trace of Qin Luo.
If I could drink that kind of wine again today, I would have no regrets in this life.
But even without drinking, he almost decided to follow King Yong and establish his achievements.
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AD 1189, the sixteenth year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was still surrounded by enemies on all sides.
In the north, the Jin Dynasty is eyeing, and in the west, the Xia Kingdom is ready to make a move.
At this time, Lu You was 64 years old. He had been dismissed and re-employed several times in his life. But this time, he completely resigned and returned to his hometown, which is today's Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
On this day, Lu You had just returned from Shenyuan.
Shen Yuan was the most painful place in his life.
This was the place where he and his cousin Tang Wan fell in love, and it was also the place where he later witnessed Tang Wan fall in love with others.
His cousin Tang Wan was the most painful memory in his life. When he was young, Tang Wan left him because of his mother's obstruction.
To this day, the song "The Hairpin-headed Phoenix: The Love of the World" is still engraved on the wall of Shen Garden.
"The world is thin and human beings are evil. Flowers fall easily when the rain comes at dusk. At dawn, the wind dries, and the tears remain. I want to write down my thoughts, but I speak alone. Difficult, difficult, difficult! People are different, today is not yesterday, and the sick soul is always like a rope on a swing. The sound of the horn is cold, the night is dark, I am afraid of being asked, I swallow my tears and pretend to be happy. Hide it, hide it, hide it!"
But Tang Wan had already passed away.
After returning home, Lu You's cats came to greet him.
Meowing at him.
"Wait a minute, I'll feed you little guys later!"
After resigning, Lu You may have been too lonely. He fell in love with raising cats. Cats are humane. Although they are sometimes too naughty, they also made Lu You a little more fun in his later years.
There is another poem by Lu You that is relatively famous in later generations, which is "Wind and Rain on November 4th".
In this poem, there is a sentence: "I lie down at night and listen to the wind and rain, and the iron horse and the glacier fall into my dreams." 'It can be said that everyone knows it.
But when I was writing this poem, there was another one before it.
It's one of "The Stormy Days of November 4th".
The original poem is written like this,
The wind swept through the rivers and lakes, the rain darkened the village, and the sound of the four mountains was like the rolling waves of the sea.
The firewood in the creek was soft and warm, so the raccoon slave and I didn't go out.
It can be seen that Lu You is a typical cat slave. He has given many names to his cats, among which the more famous ones include Xue'er, Fenbi, Yutu, etc.
Lu You slowly found a few fish fillets from the cabinet. His cats were really lacking in the ability to catch mice, but Lu You didn't care. He didn't raise cats to let them catch mice, but to accompany him.
So Lu You often got some fish fillets to feed the cats, which whetted their appetites and even made them hate eating ordinary rice and steamed buns.
When Lu You took out the fish fillets, several cats meowed around him.
Right now.
There was a knock on the door.
Lu You put down the fish fillets, opened the door and saw a boy.
"May I ask if you are Lu You or Lu Fangweng?"
Lu You replied: "Exactly!"
"Here is a box of canned cats given by Mr. Qin Luo, as well as a cat teasing stick and two cat scratching posts!"
Lu You was stunned
Canned cats?
What is that?
There were also cat teasers and scratching posts, which he had never heard of.
"I wonder who Mr. Qin Luo is?"
The boy replied: "Mr. Qin has admired Mr. Fang Weng for a long time and learned that he loves cats, so he specially gave this thing to Mr. Fang Weng. If he feels it is inappropriate, he can just give Mr. Qin Luo an object in return!"
"So good!"
"Sir, prepare it first. I'll be back in five hours to pick it up!"
After saying that, the boy turned and left.
If Li Bai had lived into the Song Dynasty, he would probably have recognized this boy as the boy who brought him wine at that time.
Watching the boy go away, Lu You opened the items the boy sent and looked at them curiously.
Canned cats, presumably for food.
He opened a can and saw that it was made of shredded chicken and a few shrimps.
It also exudes a light fragrance, so that most ordinary people may have never eaten this thing.
But this is called a canned cat, presumably given to cats.
Lu You likes to raise several cats, but he doesn't want to compete with them for food.
Since it’s for cats, just give it to them.
As soon as it was placed on the ground, several cats actually gave up on the fish fillets and lined up to snatch the canned cat. Seeing this, Lu You opened a few more cans, so that the cats did not have to snatch it.
Then he saw the so-called cat teasing stick, which turned out to be a toy with a bell. Lu You tried shaking it twice.
The cat named "Xue'er" jumped up and tried to reach the bell. After trying this for a few times, Lu You found it very funny.
It seems that he can interact more with the cats in the future. The workmanship of these toys is extremely exquisite. Lu You doesn't know why Qin Luo is such a person.
But since someone had sent such a generous gift, I wanted to return the gift well.
Lu You carefully inspected the room and found that there was nothing he could take. Finally, he set his sights on an ear-piercing bottle in the corner. This was specially made when he was playing pot throwing in his youth, but now the pot throwing activity has declined. , he himself is getting old.
Just take this as a souvenir and give it to Mr. Qin Luo.
