Book of Changes

The two walked to the back of the bushes, seeing that the two were still asleep, Xie Qiulang patted one of them on the face with his hand.Looking at that person's expression, it seemed that he wanted to pull himself out of the dream, but failed.Seeing this, Xie Qiulang said, "I'm addicted to drugs, let's drag them away first."

Xie Qiulang picked up a slightly burly middle-aged man on his back, and Wang Lingrang picked up a boy who seemed to be no more than sixteen or fifteen years old, and walked towards the carriage.The two took the package and drove to a small river.Xie Qiulang filled a water bottle with some water and splashed it on the faces of the unconscious two, but they still didn't wake up, so Xie Qiulang simply threw them into the river.

Wang Lingrang was squatting by the river to wash off the dirt on his body. When he saw the two people who had been thrown into the river sit up from the bottom of the river, they seemed to be waking up from a dream.

The young man suddenly reacted, he protected the young man beside him, and looked at the two of them vigilantly.

"Don't look at us like that." Wang Ling could splash water on his face. "What are we going to do? You are still indulging in dreams."

"Aren't you hungry, let's eat some biscuits?" Xie Qiulang squatted by the river, eating a biscuit with his left hand, and passed a biscuit with his right hand, "here"

The young man hesitated, tore the biscuits in half, and gave half to the boy behind him.

"It's already past Bailu, and the river is still a bit cold. Both of you are soaked through, why don't you go ashore." Wang Lingrang looked at the fish in the river, and asked, "God, do you know how to catch fish?"

Xie Qiulang casually picked up a stone and rubbed it against Wang Lingrang's back, "Are you still addicted?" He said that he was about to swallow the last bite of sesame seed cakes, and then he pulled out his broken sword and stepped into the river.

The two men went ashore hesitantly, took off their coats, surrounded the fire without saying a word, and ate sesame seed cakes to warm the fire in silence.

After a while, Xie Qiulang caught a few fish and strung them up with branches, but after a while, the fragrance wafted.The middle-aged man was baking his clothes seriously, while the boy looked at the fish, swallowed, and looked away.

Xie Qiulang handed one fish to Wang Ling, and gave the remaining two to the two of them, "You take it and eat it in the car, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time."

The four hurried into the car, and the whole scene was filled with a kind of quiet embarrassment.

"My surname is Wang, my first name is Shoutui, and my name is Lingzhi. I am from Huai'an. This is my cousin, Xie Anlang, and his name is Qiuwu. He went here to do business and never thought of being robbed by officers and soldiers, so he came here to find out." Wang Shourang said, " What are the names of the two brothers? Where did they come from?"

"My name is Zhang Qing, and this is my younger brother Zhang... Zhang You. He is from Yanzhou." Zhang Qing said.

"How did you get transported to the car?" Xie Qiulang asked.

"I don't know. I fell asleep after lunch, and I was in the river when I woke up." Zhang Qing sat next to Zhang You and rubbed Zhang You's head.

"Can you tell me about the cause and effect of entering Anling Mountain?" Wang Lingrang asked, seeing that Zhang Qing had no intention of speaking, so he said, "This matter is of great importance, so please tell me the truth."

"Brother Wang, since you saved me, you are Zhang Qing's benefactor, but it's better not to go to this mine, Brother King," Zhang Qing said.

"Why not?" Xie Qiulang asked.

"This young master doesn't know that Anling Mountain is guarded by heavy soldiers, and no one who is waiting will be able to enter." Zhang Qing said.

"In that case, then we won't go." Xie Qiulang was stunned for a moment and said, "Let's go to Hangzhou."

"Hangzhou?" Wang Lingrang was a little puzzled.

"When we went to watch the tide on the Qianjiang River, the folks said, "August [-]th is the most spectacular tide in the world." Counting the days, we can catch up." Xie Qiulang turned to Wang Lingrang and said, "Don't feel bad about the money and have to find a reason. It’s over, the daughter came back after leaving. Don’t you like tea the most, and we can also have a taste of Hangzhou’s Xueshuiyun green tea and visit the beautiful scenery of the West Lake. Wouldn’t it be nice.”

"Okay, let's have a taste of the local snacks by the way."Wang Lingrang said, "It's just your appetizer."

The two sang and chatted all the way, from the scenery of Hangzhou to the wind and snow in Saibei, to the gate of Yanzhou City, the four of them parted ways.

"Should we turn back to Anling Mountain?" Wang Lingrang asked.

"No, let's go to Hangzhou." Xie Qiulang said.

"Really go to Hangzhou?" Wang Lingrang asked.

"Yes, when I went to lead the horse just now, I stood on the top of the mountain and took a look. This mine is indeed heavily guarded, so we will ask the Zhenhai Jiedu Envoy to accompany us to explore this mine." Xie Qiulang said with a smile, "Old scholar, Just learn it, this is called the strategy of a military strategist."

The two hurried to Hangzhou to meet Yuan Heng, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu. The two held the imperial decree and went all the way unimpeded.

"The two sons have come to Hangzhou for thousands of miles. Yuan should have accompanied him, but he is busy with business, so he can only be accompanied by the housekeeper. Please forgive me."Yuan Heng said with guilt.

"Jiedu envoys are welcome, but my two brothers came here to discuss business matters."Xie Qiulang said. "I don't know if Jiedushi knows about the Anling Mountain Copper Mine in Yanzhou City?"

"I know about the copper mining in Yanzhou City." Yuan Heng said. "Yuan has just written a note on this matter and handed it in. He was delayed because he went to suppress the bandits earlier. Please be more tolerant, both young masters."

Xie Qiulang seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Wang Lingrang who was silent at the side, "Since that's the case, we brothers can rest assured. I have heard about the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, and I have to visit it, so let's not bother gone."

"I asked the housekeeper to accompany the two young masters," Yuan Heng said.

Wang Lingrang politely declined Yuan Heng's offer, and left with Xie Qiulang.

Seeing the two of them leaving the mansion, Yuan Heng called the housekeeper up, "Go and follow them, come back and tell me where they have gone and what they have done, make sure to see that these two have left Hangzhou completely. "

Xie Qiulang led Wang Lingrang to the West Lake for a boat trip, and the two of them took a flat boat to drink wine against the wind, the wind was gentle and the willows were soft, until the silver plate was hanging high.The two talked about the world, from anecdotes to poems and songs, I don't know how much tea and wine they used during the period.

After staying for one night, the two left.

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Yuan Heng was a little surprised and said, "They haven't separated all this time? And they talked about this while boating?"

"Yes, in addition to these, we also talked about a lot of embarrassing things about the two of us when we were children." The butler replied.

Yuan Heng smiled and seemed to be a little relaxed, "Forget it, he's just a brat, send someone to Jie Shukang to tell him to stop for a while in the next few days. Don't startle the snake, and don't treat the second son badly."

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