mountain and river drinker

Let Nianyan play with it.

The little guy will be cute, afraid of neglecting Qin Ronggu who was holding him, poked Qin Ronggu's face and asked him: "Mother said that my brother has a white jade lion, which was brought by a golden-winged roc. Is it true?" of?"

"Well, I really don't know if this is true or not." Qin Ronggu looked at Zhou Hanzhi when he said it, "My father got it when he was hunting. Suddenly there were dark clouds covering the sun that day, so he drew his bow and shot towards the sky. Hearing a long cry that resounded through the sky, I reached out and caught a jade lion with a finger bone. I happened to be born on that day, so my father gave the jade lion to me and named me Xi. Forget goodness and keep the peace of the mountains and rivers. And I gave the jade lion to my beloved, I hope he is safe."

"Oh—" Nianyan nodded with a drawn out voice, "Brother Hanzhi stretched out his hand and showed me that little lion, okay?"

"..." Zhou Hanzhi smiled awkwardly and put her hands behind her back, making the pure-hearted Nianyan feel a little embarrassed when she saw the doorway.

"Nianyan stand alone, okay, I'll go find your mother." Qin Ronggu put him on the stone table, Nianyan nodded generously and said: "Brother, go, I will go with Brother Hanzhi Feed my deer."

"Yes." Zhou Hanzhi also nodded.

"One day I will let you call me aunt." Qin Ronggu left with a smile after speaking.

The night is as deep as water and insects are singing quietly, and the crape myrtle flowers are on the moon hook at the beginning.

I don't know what Qin Ronggu and Qin Supo said and promised, Qin Supo looked tired, but he still personally sent him and Zhou Hanzhi away.

"Rong Gu, if you've made up your mind, I won't say anything else." Qin Supo finally spoke, with helplessness in his tone, "I only hope for your future, don't regret it."

"Auntie, Rong Gu has already tasted all the charms that can be obtained from gold, silver and money. Only with Han Zhi, he will not get tired for a long time, until death."

"If you are determined to this point, then you... treat him well." She waved her hand, "I only hope that the two of you will have a clear and clear piano sound in the future. As for what is going on, my aunt is meddlesome, so I don't want to ask. You guys go, I won't see you off when I go out, it's time to go back and coax Nianyan to sleep."

"Auntie rest early." Qin Ronggu turned around and walked out of the moon gate, holding Zhou Hanzhi's hand who was waiting for him outside the gate, and covered their clasped fingers with his sleeves.He looked sideways and saw the corners of Zhou Hanzhi's lips curled up, he felt satisfied without saying any more.

"Alas—I knew I wouldn't put Hanzhi in the Ministry of Punishment. When you come back, I'll transfer you to the Hongwen Hall to write Changzuo Cihai together with Mr. Lu." Qin Ronggu sighed.

Over the past few years, he has selected talents from various places, but he has not reused them. He has arranged them in the new branch of the Ministry of Justice. He just wants to see if these talents can calm down and bide their time. The Ministry is the Constitutional Platform, which specializes in secret investigations and private visits to the Supervision and Procuratorate in various states.For example, Liu Zhanfang, with a humble status and great talent, won the first prize in one fell swoop, but he was thrown in Bibu to copy the account books for two years, and was ignored by others.Unexpectedly, there are vacancies for positions. When selecting candidates from northern Xinjiang, Zhizhou gave the opportunity to Zhou Hanzhi.

"In a few days, when you go to Luli, remember how much you miss me... Can you not go? But you are going to such a far place for an unannounced visit, and it is good to go to a good place like Hezhou to rest. Luli has been separated from the court for many years , there is not even a procuratorate there... It is very troublesome to clean up. Forget about the big officials related to Lu Lihou, a bunch of small flies can't clean them up."

"I am the person by your side. I will share your worries. You can rest assured." Zhou Hanzhi covered his sleeves and coughed, "Rong Gu, I don't dare to be proud of being favored. I am willing to be your brother. I only want to look good in the future There is also a pride that you like to appreciate."

"My Hanzhi is so attentive." Qin Ronggu couldn't tell what it was like, Zhou Hanzhi was so worried about gains and losses.Breaking up five years ago, he was young and stubborn and hurt people deeply. Later Zhou Hanzhi took a step, rushed into his arms and said that he could not forget him, it turned out that Hanzhi was so honest.

"Hanzhi."

"Huh?" Zhou Hanzhi looked at him because he didn't know.

"It's okay." He smiled, and lowered the curtain of the carriage, "You come back from the deer, I'll give you something nice."

"What's more appetizing, wait for so long, maybe you will forget."

"No, I will never forget." Qin Ronggu said seriously.

On the twenty-second day of midsummer in the second year of Changzuo, the sun was bright and the wind was fine, and the sky was as clean as a sweep. Old farmers in plain clothes were selling cucumbers under ancient willows.Zhou Hanzhi and a few others left from Andingmen, they walked very quietly, nothing unusual, Qin Rongmao sent him away on behalf of his elder brother.

Zhou Hanzhi suddenly felt reluctant to let go, the last time he grew out of the Anding Gate, he went to the northwest, this time he went out of the city and changed his route to the south.

"Maybe Zhanfang keeps a low profile for so long, making people think that the pearl is cast in the dark, and this time it can be regarded as reused?" Zhou Hanzhi and Liu Zhanfang who came with him were joking. The sun has just risen, and the sky is still blue like a duck egg shell.

Liu Zhanfang glanced at him and said: "I just copied the paperwork and account books in the capital for a few years, and you have been wronged more than me. Others thought that I offended the current Supreme Emperor during the palace examination, but today's His Majesty is against you." I nodded my head secretly, so I have waited for so many years with peace of mind. You offended the prince, and you dare to run so far by yourself, are you not afraid that you will never return? "

"Where did you get the reason for this? It is obvious that the crown prince offended me first. I really thought I was going to die there, no matter how I said it." Zhou Hanzhi jumped off the horse to wipe off his sweat, and walked on the ground in a leisurely manner. On the way, "Longzhou gets dark very early in winter, and it gets dark in the evening. There are few people, but it is so quiet. I lay alone on the kang, and I dare not sleep or wake up at night. When I fall asleep, I always dream about many things. But when everything is relieved, if you don’t embarrass yourself, there will be no unbearable suffering.”

Liu Zhanfang also got off the horse, took the rein and nodded, "It doesn't matter, it's left and right. Do you think I look like a down-and-out scholar?" He said and patted some dirt on his body.

"It's not enough to have a desolate look, but it's true to look poor. It's a waterway and a dry road, which makes our delicate Master Liu look pale."

"I am so delicate." Liu Zhanfang chuckled, "I am a child of a poor family. I lost my father when I was young. My mother dragged me alone... In order to make a cotton padded jacket for me, I picked cotton that others picked in the field in winter. Picking cotton out of shells, I was blinded by cotton branches. I don’t complain about the world, just say I endured it, but I never saw the poor’s children being bullied.”

"Sorry, I reminded you of something sad..." Zhou Hanzhi felt very sorry.

"No, these things... I have to remember. Han Zhi learned from Master Lu, it doesn't matter if I like writing, but I don't like civil work in my whole life, so I have to do something." After saying that, he raised his head. The bright light of the day enveloped the road ahead.

Zhou Hanzhi also raised his head, with a sense of grandeur in his heart, seeing that the future is bright.

Difficult to travel

Zhou Hanzhi and Liu Zhanfang parted ways from Yuanzhou. Liu Zhanfang pretended to be a down-and-out scholar who took refuge with his relatives and went to the village, while he entered Luli from Wushang City to pick out officials left over from the dark cores of small towns.

When the lights first came on, the flower girl in the alley was handsome without revealing her commoner clothes, she wore a green wooden hairpin skirt and a purple valerian jacket, and her voice was graceful and graceful.The new tea kid Xinxing bought a sprig of jasmine, and when he turned around, he ran into a drunken bully with a full face.

Thinking of being a hero to save the beauty, Xincha boldly said: "Husbands are very capable, and I am not as strong as I am. But...but I am not afraid of you!" There was fear in his words, and his small body was trembling.

The leader sneered, pushed the new tea like a piece of paper, staggered, and walked towards the flower girl with a dirty smile, looking as if he was bound to win, and even glanced contemptuously at the onlookers .

Zhou Hanzhi was listening to a story in a teahouse, about the wind and rain in Wushang City, and he was talking about the origin of the city's name - there are many crows in the deer, and the crows are filial and feed back, and the people are not as good. The first magistrate who came here called the city filial piety Injury, the original Wushang City was changed under this name to remind future generations.

He hurried through the streets and alleys of Wushang, watching the intersection of waterways and listening to the sound of oars breaking the water.The folk customs are simple and simple, with fire and water farming, people eat fish and rice, fruits and vegetables and clams are always enough to eat, and there are always doctors sitting in the medicine shop, but if most people are stupid and do not change their slavish nature, how strong their physique will be? Just a numb spectator, or just a wooden man in prison.From this point of view, after hundreds of years, Wushang still cannot be changed back to the name Wushang.

He heard what Xincha said in a trembling tone and walked out, right in front of the girl.

"Yo—my little brother is handsome, but he thinks his life is too long. You might as well borrow some money, and my brothers will just accompany you."

Zhou Hanzhi wasn't annoyed, and just said a word calmly: "Please go away."

"Hey hey, I can't get away with it! What's your reasoning, the whole street is owned by brothers and sisters! Women have been a disaster since ancient times, and this little girl is standing at the corner of the alley selling flowers. I don't know who she is shamelessly seducing. As for the men, our brothers are just doing good deeds for the people, do you think there are people blocking this street? My brother and I are heart-to-heart, brothers, come, come, take off the clothes of this nonsense brother and hang him up , let him meet us honestly, and try our strength first, hehehehe."

Zhou Hanzhi took a look at those people, and silently walked to the edge of the wall to lean against. The girl behind her was holding on to his sleeve tightly, her sleeve was soaked with tears.

Originally, men in the world could be sages, but the disaster of women blocked the way.Zhou Hanzhi just smiled and said nothing, these words are extremely ironic, a sage, never restrained by men, women and children.Men have all kinds of abilities, but women are vassals of disasters?This is the most absurd joke Zhou Hanzhi has ever heard. If he insisted on giving those people another word, he would definitely be extremely disdainful.