Book of Changes

It was getting dark gradually, Wang Lingrang looked at the crackling fire and wondered what he was thinking.Xie Qiulang used both hands to hold the chicken that had been packed on the banana leaves, and strode back in a high-spirited way, "Leave it! Look what I caught!", Xie Qiulang was full of expressions that were about to praise me.

Looking at the fire, Wang Lingrang casually said "excellent".

"Master, just say." Seeing Wang Lingrang staring straight at the fire, Xie Qiulang casually put the skewered chicken on the fire, "What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing, I was just thinking that if you are so stupid, which girl would have a crush on you." Wang Lingrang poked the chicken with a branch and said.

"There are so many girls who like my young master. Besides, I'm still young. But you, you're 21 this year, and you don't even have any news. How did you think of it?" Xie Qiulang said slyly, "Tell me, look. Who is the girl in the middle, I will help you."

"After a while, the chicken will be mushy, so I don't want to turn it over." Wang Ling avoided it, pulled out his folding fan, and fanned the fire.

"Come on~ Lord, look at it~" Xie Qiulang took two skewers of chicken in his hands and seriously roasted them.

"Wu An, what did you say that the official officer saw that made it hard to sleep at night. Also, what is the ulterior secret of that copper mine." Wang Lingrang asked.

"Young Master, how do you know? When you get to Anling Mountain, you will know everything." Xie Qiulang replied, "Retire, come, and share what news you have collected."

"It should be similar to yours. It's nothing more than the news of the copper mine. A lot of strong men have been recruited." Wang Lingrang paused and said, "The county magistrate of Zhongzhou in Yanzhou is not easy. Wu'an, do you know who the magistrate of Zhongzhou is?"

"You ask me the county magistrate of Yanzhou Zhongzhou?" Xie Qiulang raised an eyebrow, "The county magistrate of Yanzhou Zhongzhou is the former member of your royal family."

"My old family?" Wang Lingrang asked, "I rarely care about these things. Besides, there are many old families in my family. I'm not the head of the family. How can I remember them all?"

"Xie Shukang." Seeing Wang Lingrang, Xie Qiulang was still puzzled, "It was the one that gave you "Rui He Tu" when I sent you to take office a few years ago."

"It's him, Wu An, you have a pretty good memory, you still remember what was casually mentioned in the letter two years ago," Wang Lingrang said.

"That is, who made you my brother?" Xie Qiulang said.

Wang Lingrang was silent for a while, then said sullenly, "My elder brother and your elder brother are also brothers, and the whole Luojing trembles when they fight now."

Xie Qiulang didn't answer, and silently flipped through the chicken in his hand.

After dinner, the two lay on the grass, watching the moon being wiped away by the clouds and then reappearing.The two haven't seen each other for many years, and they want to say something, but they don't know where to start.

"There are a lot of clouds in the sky today, I can't even see the stars." Xie Qiulang tried to open the topic.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in two days," Wang Lingrang answered, asking questions that were not on point.

"Want to eat mooncakes?" Xie Qiulang said to himself, "I want to eat sesame fillings. The mooncakes made by Zhang Ma are very delicious, but I haven't eaten them for many years. What about you, what kind of fillings do you want?"

"Me? I still drink my sweet-scented osmanthus bar."Seeing Xie Qiulang's disgusted expression, Wang Lingrang added, "It is said that there is a custom of burning towers in the south. Shall I play with you?"

"Burn the tower?" Xie Qiulang asked, "Shouldn't we play with lanterns? Besides, I'm eighteen, and I'm not a child."

"What kind of lamp does Wu An want? Shall I make it for you?" Wang Lingrang said.

"Rabbit lamp!" Xie Qiulang turned sideways to look at Wang Lingrang, "I want an orange lamp!"

"...Okay" Wang Lingrang looked at the sky and said.

"What is this burning tower for? Is it fun? Do you want to try it?" Xie Qiulang asked expectantly.

"Volume Five of "China National Customs": Jiangxi "In the mid-autumn night, ordinary children pick up tiles in the wild and pile them into a round tower with holes.At dusk, burn them in a firewood tower under the bright moon.When the tiles are red-hot, kerosene is poured on the fire to add fuel to the fire, and the whole field is red in flames, shining like the day.Until late at night, no one was watching, and they started breathing, which is called burning tile lamps." Wang Lingrang rubbed his eyes, as if he was a little sleepy.

"Boring" Xie Qiulang suddenly lost interest.

"Yes, I really want to see it." Looking at the fire in front of him, Wang Lingrang felt his eyes getting more and more uncomfortable. "Okay, let's go to sleep."

As soon as the words fell, Xie Qiulang rolled over and hugged Wang Lingrang, "Holding and sleeping warm, what were you thinking when you were looking at the sky just now?"

"It will rain tomorrow".Wang Lingrang asked, "Have you brought an umbrella?"

Xie Qiulang thought for a while, "No..."

"If you don't, go to bed early, get up early and hurry."

"Sleep, sleep." Saying that, Xie Qiulang put his legs around Wang Lingrang's waist.

"You, if your legs come together again, I'll cut off your legs." Hearing a whoosh, Wang Lingrang pulled Sui Kong out.Xie Qiulang quickly pulled his legs back, lay flat next to Wang Lingrang, put his hands on his abdomen, closed his eyes tightly, and said "sleep".

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"Take it back, you can see that the celestial phenomena are quite accurate." Xie Qiulang said while sitting on the threshold of a ruined temple. gone?"

Wang Lingrang took a sip of wine and said, "Probably because of evil fate."

"Hey, let's go back, don't you know fortune-telling? You can figure out whether our horoscopes are compatible."Xie Qiulang said with great interest.

"Why, do you want me to propose marriage?" Wang Lingrang teased.

"Okay! If you come to propose marriage, I will give you a discount on your legs." Xie Qiulang shook the rainwater collected in the kettle, and felt that it was not enough, so he put it outside the eaves to catch some.

"You don't need to forget it, you can tell by looking at your face, the evil fate owed in eight lifetimes." Wang Lingrang fanned the fire with a fan, and glanced at the rain that leaked from the roof, "Hey, one autumn rain and one cold."

I saw Xie Qiulang jumping back with a water bottle in hand, "The officers and soldiers are catching up."

Wang Lingrang immediately picked up the package and hung it on his shoulder, picked up the broken space, and when he was about to put out the fire, Xie Qiulang carried it on his shoulder, and went out the window and ran straight to the two horses.

Xie Qiulang put Wang Lingrang horizontally on the horse, leaped up the horse like an arrow from the string, and Wang Lingrang's snow-treading black scorpion followed closely behind.After running for about half an hour, I arrived at a village and found a family to temporarily settle down.The two drank a bowl of ginger soup to warm up their bodies, and when the sky cleared, they left a tael of silver and continued on their way, not daring to delay.

The two were on their way, when suddenly Xie Qiulang tightened his rope and stopped.Seeing this, Wang Lingrang stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Why are we being chased by the officers and soldiers?" Xie Qiulang asked very seriously, "I am the general of Huaihua, who was appointed by the emperor, a third-rank official of Tang Tang, one rank higher than Jie Shukang, and now I am hiding from a group of people. No quality pawn?"

"...That's right." Wang Lingrang thought for a while, "So why are we running? But, Wu'an, think about it, what would happen if we were surrounded by guards of honor to Yanzhou City?"

"Good food, good wine, singing and dancing." Xie Qiulang said without hesitation, "But how did my young master suffer this kind of anger!"

"You can do whatever you want after we find out the truth," Wang Lingrang said.

Xie Qiulang nodded and continued on his way.Wang Lingrang shook his head, "After all, he's still a child."