Fellow Daoist, come with me

The twelfth day of the first month of the year after next... Chuan Xiao made some calculations, and it is only the beginning of May, which is a good time for the grass to grow and the warbler to fly. There are still a year and seven months until the year after next, so there is still time to think about it.

So the fool felt in no hurry, and relaxed to enjoy life.This time he was tossing about the small courtyard in front of Ah Xuan's study. This study was originally a good place for learning, and the small piece of land in front of the house was nothing more than a few orchids planted here and there, standing leisurely. Noble and beautiful, there are a few green bamboos erected in the far corner, which are also for A Xuanxie's eyes.Therefore, this small scene is facing the big window of Ah Xuan's study.

Chuixiao also loves Ah Xuan's wanton and unrestrained style when he was studying, but he can't stand the restraint of the atmosphere in the study. Besides, after a long time, Ah Xuan will ignore him when he is selfless in learning, and Chuixiao also feels boring.So he thought of a way to harm Ah Xuan's two hard-to-find orchids, found three or four old grape vines in the mountains, built a small shed in front of the window of Ah Xuan's book, and found someone to make a The old man's reclining chair is next to a small mahogany table with four curved pillars. On it is a travel book, a few plates of snacks, and a small pot of tea. You can spend a few hours leisurely.

He is leisurely, but the quiet and quiet book fragrance in the garden has become a teahouse where old men drink tea and chat!It's fine if he only does this, but if A Xiao dislikes the scholar and ignores him for a long time, he can prepare a jug of good wine and drink it leisurely.The fragrance entered the study along with the wind, how can Ah Xuan, a true alcoholic, be able to calm down and calm down!You see, the scholar can't help but put down his pen and come out to have a drink with him if he can't save enough time for a cup of tea.

Really bad!

Ah Xuan, however, let him do whatever he wanted, and sometimes he made this man go bad when he was really in the middle of his heart. He wasn't angry, but when he walked out of the room, he saw that man with a handsome face upturned and a smile on his face. He raised his glass and invited: "Ah Xuan, this wine tastes very good, Xiao wants to drink it with Ah Xuan." Seeing his unrestrained and worry-free appearance, his anger disappeared unconsciously, this feeling is really amazing The helplessness makes people happy.

They don't all stay at home. There are countless scenes inside and outside Dayong City. If the sun is just right, the two will go out together. Chu Xiao had other ideas, so he forced Ah Xuan to bring a paintbrush, and even made a painting. A simple drawing board was given to him. The material and color tone of the wooden board were carefully selected by him. From cutting to polishing to coloring, all of them were done by others.Therefore, Ah Xuan cherishes this drawing board very much. Whenever Ah Xiao wants his paintings when he travels, he carries them on his back.

Ah Xuan doesn't care, just see if the scene suits his wishes, if he likes it, then he just draws it with a brush, if not, it's useless for Ah Xiao to ask for it.Just like this time, Ah Xuan felt that the small scene of "spring, forest, and green grass" was not elegant, clear enough, and not clever enough, so he didn't want to draw it. He was quite leisurely, and wanted to, which made him anxious, so the scholar spread out the scroll, and drew out the small scene with two or three strokes. A young man who was squatting with his knees hugged was drawn out. The young man had a handsome face and his face was upturned.He was supposed to be a handsome and unrestrained young man, but he called Ah Xuan with a few strokes, and drew a look like a three or four-year-old child begging for sweets, which is called flattery.A Xiao was stunned, looking at the painting.

But the scholar looked at it, You felt puzzled, after thinking about it, he waved his hand again, and added two vivid ears and a wagging tail, so he looked like a dog monster begging for meat!

Ah Xuan looked at it, and Fang nodded in satisfaction: "Adding this, it can barely be called a 'fun'." Isn't it?Just looking at that young man, you can't help but laugh.

A Xiao was dumbfounded, who was the squatting young man in the painting? !He looked at the painting, then at A Xuan, his face became a little weird, he thought: Could it be that A Xiao also knows those cute cartoons about girls? !

That's naturally impossible, Ah Xuan just thought of the Nine Heavens Black Fox, it looked like this when it was raised for a period of time in the early years and asked for Chilian five-color chickens to eat!Now, that fox has already cultivated Nine Tails, probably it is also a great power among the monster clan!

Thinking of that fox, and thinking of the imprint he planted on others a few days ago, Yin Xuanhuang's heart softened, and he said: "Forget it, I won't make fun of you, the painting will be ruined." Scribble with a pen.

Before the flute could speak, a person rushed out from the side, screaming repeatedly: "No, absolutely no!" After shouting for a long time, he threw himself on the drawing board to protect the painting with his body, Ah Xuan's The pen left a heavy stroke on the man's lake blue shirt.Life and death ruined the fine brocade.

Naturally, the two of them were not the only ones looking at the scene, and naturally the two of them were not the only literati and scholars who were looking for the scene to paint. Rush out.

I saw that man was dressed in Chinese clothes, with gray hair and a long beard, the roots were smooth, hanging down to his shoulders, which could be called a beautiful beard. If he stood upright, he might have a majestic temperament But now, old man, he's hunched over that drawing board with his legs splayed and his arms crossed, his ass pouted, leaving only a comical spectacle.

Seeing that Ah Xuan was not moving, the old man straightened up just now, straightened his clothes, still stood in front of the painting, coughed lightly, and reprimanded him: "The painting is finished, why destroy him? Although this painting is grotesque, it can be painted with a pen." Skillful, suitable shades, easy to see, this character is the most eye-catching, it makes people feel wild and interesting, good painting! Young man, your painting style is very similar to that master of painting 'Old Man of Yinshan'."

Old man Yinshan?Chu Xiao glanced sideways at Yin Xuanhuang, seeing that his expression was unchanged, his heart moved, and he listened quietly.

"Well, it's really like it. If I didn't know that others are pumping everything in Jiyang, I'm afraid the old man would make a mistake!" The old man smiled, with a bit of temptation.

Speaking of Chuquan's hometown, Yin Xuanhuang knew who this person was.Ji Shumo, the No. 21 scholar in the [-]st year of Wu Zong, with a literary talent, was appointed by Wu Zong as the Taifu of Shenzong. At that time, he was a scholar of the cabinet and a minister of rites.He values ​​education and is not afraid of the rich and powerful. If a poor student has talent, he will not hesitate to recommend him. He dares to speak for the world's scholars. During the reign of Wu and Shen, there were ups and downs. He was sent to prison three times, his life was in danger twice, and he was exiled thousands of miles for the third time. He was only recalled by Shenzong five years later. In just two years, he was appointed as a cabinet scholar.It is said that when he was in prison, tens of thousands of scholars from all over the country wrote tens of thousands of words, pleading for his innocence, and what's more, there were even those who died at the gate of the palace. Ji Shumo's style is admired by the world!

What a character.

Yin Xuanhuang has also heard of him quite a bit, and naturally he has also heard the title of "Painting Crazy".In the early years when he became famous in the painting circle, the old man sent a post to invite him to his home. Yin Xuanhuang naturally didn't want to come to his house to bow down to a mortal, so he said he wanted to concentrate on his studies, but he declined politely.Since then, the old man Yinshan has no more paintings.With praises coming from several contemporary national players in the painting circle, the reputation of the old man in Yinshan became even deeper. Those paintings that were handed out in the early years became expensive in Luoyang and became precious things that are hard to find.

Now, he was bumped into by a real person!

"Liao Zan." Ah Xuan clapped his hands with his usual expression.

The old man didn't give up, he still wanted to talk, but suddenly he said while playing the flute: "This old man, go home quickly, something bad will happen to your family!"

After hearing this, Ji Shumo didn't have a good face, and immediately raised his eyebrows: "Who are you? Do I have any grudges against you?!"

Blow the flute and gave a salute: "I don't know each other before, and I have no grievances or enmities. It's just that I know the 'three counting layman', and I know a little about the craft of reading. I would rather believe it or not. The old man is Sending someone home to investigate, there is no loss, right?"

The school of mathematics in Jing State is prosperous, from the royal family down to the common people, most of them are superstitious, so Mr. Sansuan is in the limelight for a while. Although Ji Shumo is a great contemporary Confucian, he does not talk about Taoism, but he is still somewhat convinced. At this point, Ji Shumo looked at Chuxiao in surprise, fell to the ground without saying anything, and left with his servant, just like the young man said, there is nothing to lose by going home, but I just want peace of mind. If he was cheated, he would be able to find someone sooner or later.

Yin Xuanhuang looked at him: "Ah Xiao doesn't need to be like this, even if he recognizes me, it's fine." It's just that he wants to change his place of residence.

Just laugh when blowing the flute, it's strange to believe him, it doesn't matter if he is recognized, then there is no need for Ah Xuan to answer ambiguously.

After this happened, the two of them were not in the mood to play anymore, so they put away their drawing boards and went home.Unexpectedly, three days later, on May [-]th, Chuanxiao saw the old gentleman again, um, it was actually Sansuan Layman who saw him.

Nowadays, Sansuan Layman goes back to Dangxia Mountain every first and fifteenth day of every month to set up a market, trigrams every day, and never counts too much. Now there is an additional hut next to the small pine and stone scene, which is different from the past. Nowadays, no one in Jingguo does not know that the layman of the Three Countings is a good fortune teller, which is called accurate. On weekdays, the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail, only the first and fifteenth day of the new year can see it. Therefore, more people come every month. Those in Dangxia Mountain hoped that the three hexagrams of Sansuan Layman would be applied to themselves.

Ji Shumo is now one of them. He came to Dangxia Mountain last night, stayed in the temple for one night, and waited in front of the hut before dawn. Standing for two full hours!

The old man has nothing to do now!Something big happened at home!

Speaking of that day, Ji Shumo got up early to tell his wife that he would not go home for lunch at noon, and even paid special attention to the health of his third daughter-in-law, Ji Yang. Ji Yang felt a cold half a month ago, and the imperial doctor prescribed medicine, but he has not seen her since. Well, Ji Shumo is very worried.Logically speaking, in this day and age, the father-in-law and daughter-in-law rarely interact with each other, and the relationship is all maintained by their sons and husbands. Few daughter-in-laws themselves receive the attention of the father-in-law.But this Ji Yang family is different, to put it bluntly, in the hearts of the Ji family, the Ji Yang family is a bit more important than the old lady Yao family of the Ji family.It all started with the disaster that happened to Ji's family in the ninth year of Shenzong. At that time, Ji Shumo wrote a letter to Wei Bolai, the left servant of the Ministry of official affairs, to practice favoritism and accept bribes.

His participation can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest, the Wei family is Shenzong's natal family, the mother family of the Empress Dowager Wei, and Wei Bolai is the treasure of the Wei family.Before writing the book, Ji Shumo had a premonition that he dismissed his servants ahead of time, cleared up the family property, arranged everything that could be arranged, and his daughters were all married to small officials who were willing to make progress, so he presented the memorial just now.That year, his youngest son, Ji Wangnian, had just married a wife, who was the second daughter of Yang Yanyao, the third-rank Sanqi regular attendant of the dynasty.

After he was reprimanded by the holy majesty for "having ulterior motives and plotting to destroy Wei's family style", the wind direction in the court changed. The Kong family and the Fan family were no exception, only the Yang family kept in touch as usual, even more frequently than before.After Ji Shumo was sent to prison by the saint and tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Ji Shumo was going to be in trouble.Ever since Shenzong came to power, the Wei family has been focused on finding someone to stand up and play on the prestige of the emperor's family. This time Ji Shumo is a suitable candidate. If he wants to bump into him himself, no one can blame him. Just be afraid, the Wei family will kill chickens to scare monkeys , implicating others.The wives of Kong and Fan's families came to the door and didn't know what they said to their daughters. When Ji Shumo asked his son to write a letter of divorce so as not to disturb other people's families, the two women answered them like tears. After my own mother tore up the divorce letter, she said: "The concubine was born as a member of Ji's family and died as a ghost of Ji's family. I don't want this divorce letter!"

Since this day, the Ji family has respected the Yang family a little more.Later, Uncle Ji was sentenced to exile his whole family thousands of miles away, and only this daughter-in-law was left in the Ji family. The Yang family took care of all the big and small matters in the family. The members of the Ji family were saved, and the men in the Ji family knew nothing but reading. No one in the family knew how to farm, and they needed money to buy food and food. , not much left at all.At that time, the life was really difficult, the place of exile was really barren, the whole family had to live and eat, the mother-in-law couldn’t bear the long distance, and the illness needed to be treated, all of which needed money, Ji Yang persuaded her depressed husband, called He made poems and paintings with the man in the family, sold them on consignment, and wrote letters for others to earn some money, while she embroidered flowers herself, because the place was located in a remote place, and she knew the patterns and colors popular in Dayong City very well. Kungfu is good, in order to feed the family, Ji Yang worked day and night, and only then guarded the family in the most difficult time. The share is given to the sick mother-in-law.In the past five years, Ji Yang's originally plentiful and beautiful figure quickly lost weight, and she suffered from various illnesses several times, but she always survived abruptly.The originally good years of Double Eleven have been worn out abruptly and become extremely old.

However, what really made Ji Shumo make up his mind to value the third daughter-in-law more than his own son was the incident in the winter of Shenzong's 12th year, when there was a severe drought, and the price of rice rose by [-]% that year. At the same time, my wife has been in poor health and is being treated with medication. The family that has just started to improve is suddenly worsened. By the end of the year, there is almost no rice to cook in the house. The eldest son is screaming with hunger, and the wife is weak and can't bear it. hunger.Ji Yang said she came to find a way, so she went out in the cold winter, and she didn't come home until evening, shivering from the cold, but she brought back some food. Everyone asked her how she got the food, and she just said "take it." The embroidery workshop asked her to work in the workshop, and no one in Ji's family suspected that she had told a lie. They were only happy to have food to cook, and told her to rest and not get tired. Although Ji Yang agreed, she ate The rice went into the house and continued to embroider.

From then on, Ji Yang went out every morning, cooked at noon, went out again in the afternoon, embroidered desperately after dinner in the evening, and went to bed very late. There is no way.However, one day when Ji Shumo was bored and went out to relax, he saw his daughter-in-law in a remote farmer.

His daughter-in-law, the direct daughter of a dignified third-rank official, was kneeling before a dark-skinned, round-armed peasant woman, talking sadly, and after a long time, the peasant woman returned home and threw a small bag of grains away impatiently. On Ji Yangshi, he turned his head and left.He saw Ji Yang happily opened the small bag of grain in his arms, and walked back.Ji Shumo hid, he had to hide now, he was ashamed!He was so ashamed that he wished he could find a way to get in, he was a big man, and he was actually living on the food his daughter-in-law begged for these few days!For a while, I hated, respected, and ashamed of Ji Yang's family, all mixed feelings!

This was not over, he heard the peasant women chatting behind him: "...that little lady has been coming every day these days, kneeling from house to house, begging for some food, and don't want to give her leftovers, saying that the family is full of food. People with face, only she has no face and skin, and she absolutely refuses to let her family know. People with face? People with face will come out to beg! Bah——!"

The sound of 'Bah' spat on his face, and he was stunned. Why didn't his daughter-in-law beg from a rich man in the city, but came to the outskirts five miles away from the city? He still didn't understand?Because here, no one knows Ji's family, and no one recognizes that the beggar is his Ji's daughter-in-law!She is protecting the little face left by Ji's family!At this moment, Ji Shumo swore in his heart that as long as he lived and his son lived, no one would treat Ji Yang or Yang Fanghua badly!

In the 14th year of Shenzong, the Wei family was very happy and bullied others, and even the emperor couldn't bear it because of their greed for profit. Shenzong wiped out all the officials in the Wei family, big and small, for the empress dowager's sake, and only seized half of the family property.When Ji's family was rehabilitated, Shenzong sent a servant to pick him up in person, and personally named Ji Shumo as Taifu, recognized him as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and was also a cabinet scholar.

The Ji family has returned to the upper class of Dayong City.Ji Yang seemed to be relieved. On the day the Ji family mansion was returned, she fell ill. The imperial doctor said it was due to overwork. In front of the whole family, Ji Shumo asked his third son to face the ancestors. Liezong swore that no matter what happens in this life, he will never take a concubine!The third child is a pure and kind child, he has always respected Ji Yang very much, immediately knelt in front of the ancestral tablet and swore a poisonous oath, no one in the family objected, although Yao was not happy, he didn't say anything after all.

In the past two years, Fanghua's illness has been ups and downs, and she has never recovered. What is even more worrying is that her stomach has not moved since she passed the door for seven years!A few days ago, Mrs. Yao specially invited the Hua imperial physician who is very good at gynecology to give Fanghua a diagnosis. The imperial physician said that Fanghua had damaged her foundation and had a cold palace. I'm afraid it would be difficult to have children in this lifetime!

For Yao shi, this was like a bolt from the blue!Mothers love Yao'er the most, thinking that the third child will have no heirs in this life, Yao is in a hurry!Immediately, he was going to force the third child to take a concubine, and on the second day, he gave away his personal servant girl, the past named Green Lake.

Ji Yang respected her mother-in-law all her life, but just this time she got angry with her mother-in-law. She kept the green lake by her side to be her first-class maid, as if she didn't understand Yao's meaning, and took Yao Angrily, Shi called her over and beat her hard, Ji Yang lowered his head and let her hit her softly and hard, clenching his teeth but not letting go.

Yao had no choice but to do it secretly. She called her niece Yao Zhen to come to the house to accompany her, and asked someone to dismiss the waiter in front of Yao'er's study, and asked Yao Zhen to go in to deliver the medicinal food. After calling, Yao rushed in with a group of women, and happened to 'catch the rape'. That day, it was the time when Mr. Ji confessed that he would go out for an outing and not return home.

Yao's calculations were accurate. Now that the old man is not at home, he is the oldest in Ji's family, so he called Ji Yang's on the spot, pointed to his son kneeling on the ground and his niece crying on his shoulders: "My son is not up to date, Broken Zhenniang's innocence, the third daughter-in-law, you see, is it telling people that our Ji family's family style is corrupt, or telling San'er to accept Zhenniang as a noble concubine!"

Yao's method is really not clever, but the victory is that she is ruthless enough, she dares to block the family style of Ji's family!She also counted that Yang Fanghua loves her family's third son, and she will definitely not let this matter spread and damage San'er's reputation, because Yang Fanghua can definitely see that her family's third son is right in this matter!It was her old woman's fault!

Yang Fanghua turned pale, looked at everything blankly, then bowed deeply, and said in a low voice: "In a few days, mother will go to my real sister's house to propose marriage!"

While Yao shi heaved a sigh of relief, he felt guilty towards his third daughter-in-law: "Fanghua, if you want to hate, just hate me!"

The third child, Ji Minzhi, said, "Mother, I don't accept it. I swore to my ancestors that I will only have one wife, Fanghua, in this life, and I will never accept a concubine."

One sentence made Yao shi so angry that he was so angry that he hit him a few times with a cane!Yang Fanghua's eyes lit up, and the corner of her mouth evoked a small joyful smile, that kind of youth is infinite.

When Ji Shumo returned home after listening to the flute's warning, Yao Shi had already gone back to his room and lay down angrily.But this matter is so big, how can he not get a letter, after hearing what the third child said, Ji Shumo was so angry that he had divorced his old wife, so he quickly sent someone to find Yang Fanghua.

But the people sent there couldn't find the third lady.

Yang Fanghua disappeared, just for a while.Ji's family was turned upside down, several masters pulled everyone over to question them, and finally a woman at the corner door said that the third lady ordered the carriage, and brought two personal maids with two boxes It's time to go out.

Why doesn't Ji Shumo know what happened?Ji Yang's Yang Fanghua left Ji's family, and she doesn't plan to come back!Later, Ji Minzhi found a letter of reconciliation, on which Yang Fanghua had already signed.Looking at He Lishu, Ji Minzhi slumped onto the stool. He understood that his wife must not be able to bear him taking concubines, nor could he bear to see his reputation ruined!Although his words were good, they were the last straw that prompted her to make a decision!

It has been three days, and no one knows where Yang Fanghua has gone. She has neither returned to her natal home nor found her best friend. It seems that there is no such person in this world!

Ji Shumo thought of the boy's words that day - something bad happened to your family!Isn't this a disaster? !Ever since Fanghua was pissed off, something was wrong with Ji's family. The men in Ji's family were dissatisfied with Yao Shi, and Yao Shi regretted and resented. Days of crying, Dao Ji's family ruined her innocence.A good home is actually a restless home!

He came here this time with the sincerity of 12 yuan, hoping that Mr. Sansuan could show him a clear way and tell him to find Fanghua quickly!

Chu Xiao already knew the identity of this old gentleman from Ah Xuan. He admired the scholar who is not afraid of death for justice the most in his life. Naturally, he called his name. The old gentleman told the whole story and waited for Ah Xiao hang.

A Xiao took Yang Fanghua's birthday horoscope, and used the "Yang Liudao Wufu method" for the second time. The sleeve robe that swelled without wind, and the mysterious and invisible coercion made Ji Shumo feel in awe. The answer: "Go west. Where did you come from, and where do you go!"

Ji Shumo murmured twice, his eyes lit up, he stood up abruptly, and bowed to the end: "Thank you layman!"

Chuan Xiao took half of Ji's property, Ji Shumo wrote the deed without changing his face, withholding his own seal, and left in a hurry.

"If you want half of your Ji family's property, it's appropriate to save your Ji family once." Chu Xiao said in a low voice, if Yang Fanghua can't find it, the Ji family will soon have another catastrophe, just with 'Yang' related.

Thinking of the root cause of the Ji family incident, he looked inexplicable, and sighed: "Children...Children!"