How many buildings are in the mist

Before Feng Zizhang had time to worry about it for a few more days, she had a new worry.

The rain continued, and the two were not allowed to go out, so they had to stay at Gongsunman's house and wait for news.From her point of view, Gongsun Man and Xie Yan are very close, even close.During the two's stay, the three of them chatted and played chess all day long. Gongsun Man was also fond of wine, and danced swords for fun, so he brought Xie Yan together.If Xie Yan refuses, Gongsunman will pretend to be drunk, lean on Xie Yan's shoulder, sing a local ditty, and change the lyrics casually, singing that this year's flowers are withered because of the heavy rain, and reprimanding Xie Yan for being a heartless person. I don't want to dance the sword together, thinking about how I played together in the past; the words used are very vulgar and provocative at one time, and like Chuci for the other.Feng Zizhang was present at the meeting, at one moment he felt that this beauty was extremely talented, at another moment he felt that the beauty hanging on Xie Yan's body was really...

Good-looking is good-looking, but she doesn't want to see it, and it's better never to see it again.

Gongsunman is very smart, she couldn't say anything about Xie Yan, and changed her appearance in the next day, after dancing the sword, she asked Feng Zizhang if she liked it, of course Feng Zizhang said she liked it, she immediately invited Xie Yan to join, the purpose is To please Fengzizhang.Now Xie Yan has nothing to do.As a result, during the performance, Feng Zizhang focused on Xie Yan, while the smart and careful Gongsun Man looked at Feng Zizhang.It didn't matter what she saw, she was also attracted by those eyes.She didn't bother to guess and ask Feng Zizhang why he refused to take off his veil, no matter what was ugly underneath - how could someone with such eyes be ugly? ——Scars or something, this kind of mystery is more interesting.

Since then, Gongsun Man has changed from being extremely friendly to Feng Zizhang to actively and trying his best to show hospitality to Feng Zizhang.Feng Zizhang chatted with her, and carefully inquired about the worldly customs and the situation of the big clan around her, she knew everything she could say, and her words were humorous and unrestrained, and she told her what Feng Zizhang wanted to know, Feng Zizhang might not want to know much She also told her gossip about the corners, even including how many concubines or male favorites, what each looks like, and what kind of story they have.If Xie Yan said where did you talk so much nonsense, could it be that you just inquired about other people's affairs when you have nothing to do, she immediately started bickering with Xie Yan, trying to make Feng Zizhang happy.

As a result, Feng Zizhang didn't like it very much.

Gongsunman is worthy of being a veteran in the field of love. He changed his strategy to seduce Feng Zizhang to express himself, and waited for an opportunity to say a few words to win the beauty's favor.If you want to say what is the real reason for doing this, it is not, Miss Gongsun just enjoys such a process of pleasing each other with beauties.But Feng Zizhang is more attractive than others, because she is mysterious, she maintains indifference neither far nor near, and she obviously has a lot of talents but doesn't care about expressing them.Such a full-bodied bait is irresistibly attractive to a greedy big fish like Gongsunman.

However, when Feng Zizhang realized that Gongsun Man had such an idea, she was already sitting at the banquet in the evening, listening to Gongsun Man singing with a pipa in her arms, feeling embarrassed that something was wrong.At the beginning, she felt that Gongsun Man and Xie Yan were so close, and dared to be so intimate in front of others, without shy away, a little uncomfortable; now Gongsun Man regards herself as a target to please—why? ——What should I do?How can I avoid it?I admire this person's heroism and talent but it doesn't mean that I can be with her...

I can't do anything with her!

After Gongsunman sang a song, she looked at Feng Zizhang with lazy makeup, a lazy expression, three parts charming and three parts longing and three parts slightly drunk eyes, Feng Zizhang was feeling embarrassed, Xie Yan said seriously : "Gongsunman, you are almost done. I can't control myself when I see people all day long. Be careful. I will make a special trip to tell your master one day, and tell her that you have no rules and are extremely frivolous during these days of her retreat. Look at her Come down and not peel your skin."

Gongsun Man reached out to pick up the wine glass and was about to smash Xie Yan, "So much good wine can't stop your mouth!"

Xie Yan turned against the general and said, "Such a good master can't control your heart?"

Feng Zizhang was still guessing the story, but Gongsun Man really stopped trying to please her enthusiastically.The three drank and chatted, watched the moon and played the flute.At the end of the song, Gongsunman talked about the civil and military competition that Jiankang would hold, and detailed how Cui Xuanji refuted the opponents in the court that day.Xie Yan said that Cui Xuanji is like this, he hides his secrets, and it's not for any other special reason, but because of his personality, he doesn't like to show his face.As for the rhetorical humor, it is even more powerful.If she intentionally killed people by making fun of her, the dead would already be countless.Gongsunman asked, how is your cousin compared to you?Xie Yan smiled and said, I am only a little better than her, I am faster than her, if I am better than Ji Feng, I am better than her.Gongsunman said again, how is that better than beauty?Xie Yanzhen threw a wine glass at Gongsun Man, who was easily caught by Gongsun Man.

Xie Yan feigned anger and said: "Pretty? Do you think I am a more beautiful person? If you want to tease me, just say so! Grandpa, I will play with you!" Gongsunman laughed and asked seriousness, Xie Yan simply pretended to spit : "You have other hobbies besides lust! You say that you are not ashamed!"

Feng Zizhang thought about the Cui Xuanji in official uniform he had seen, in terms of appearance, he should be better than Xie Yan.But to say that, it seems difficult to imagine Cui Xuanji's charming appearance.This Master Cui is a beauty, but not the usual beauty...

While thinking about it, I heard Gongsun Man ask Xie Yan if he would like to participate.Xie Yan said: "Of course not. I also know that this is not specially set up for the children of the noble family, but the emperor deliberately suppressed the noble family and set it up for the purpose of recruiting scholars from other places. There are many wastes in the current imperial court who serve as officials. Let’s talk about Sun Mu, if it wasn’t for his elder brother Sun Yi’s early death, how could he be an official? He’s not an attacker! The current emperor wants to recover the lost land in the Northern Expedition since he succeeded to the throne, and he also inherited the legacy of the late emperor. But if you want to go to the Northern Expedition, you will definitely not be able to do it if you are bound by these rotten scholars." Gongsun Man cut in and asked why, Xie Yan glanced at her, as if to say that such a smart person as you can't see it?

"At the beginning of Your Majesty's personal administration, my uncle Xie Hui became prime minister, and the imperial court worked hard to implement some financial and tax reforms. But you think, people like you sheltered many slaves, let alone other big families? If slaves don't pay taxes or food, how can the treasury be able to do so?" Substantial! Later, because of Zhu He’s case, my uncle resigned from office to avoid misfortune. Why did His Majesty use Zhu Shijing? Wasn’t it because he thought Zhu Shijing was from a family close to him, so it was convenient to use? Who would have thought that this guy is just as unusable. Finance and taxation reforms have been going on for many years She implemented it but the effect was not great, and it was definitely not as expected by the Holy One. She is smart, how could she not guess that it was all the fault of the big family? This is just the beginning of her attack on the big family. The emperor does not need the family to show off, what she needs is the poor family The appearance of the younger generation; if the aristocratic family goes away, she would like to be ashamed of these people who can be officials by virtue of their family background. At this time, to show off one's ability, win the ranking, and obtain the official position is just to attract the emperor's hatred. So, I I don’t want to take this risk, and I don’t want to occupy the quota that originally belonged to the poor family. It’s easy for me to become an official, so why do I have to fight for a name? It’s just a name. I don’t have enough names in my head?”

She talked eloquently, and she didn't mind that Feng Zizhang was sitting opposite her. Everything she said could, or even would, be conveyed to the emperor by Feng Zizhang's letter.

Gongsunman listened thoughtfully.Feng Zizhang took the opportunity to ask Gongsunman why the news came so quickly, "I heard you said it was just the day before yesterday."

Gongsunman laughed and said: "I have my own eyeliner in Jiankang, and I always fly pigeons to pass on {68}. Girls, you should know that it's not that I understand the affairs of Taicheng, but that I care about these aristocratic families. Because the aristocratic families have something to do, they can't help I am waiting for people in the world. To protect myself, keep abreast of the news and be careful."

Xie Yan said that's all, what are you talking about, let's toast together and pray for the rain to stop tomorrow, "It will really be a disaster if it rains like this."

The next day when he woke up, Feng Zizhang saw Gongsun Man and Xie Yan reading the note on the pigeon's leg in the corridor.The servants sent to the surrounding counties said that they wrote back one after another, saying that all grains in the nearby counties are priced and there is no market, no matter whether beans or wheat are available.The three sat down to discuss, and Gongsunman was still thinking about why it happened, and who was harming her secretly. Xie Yan played a trick on Feng Zizhang, Feng Zizhang understood, and said that since this is the case, it is better for her and Xie Yan Let's go to the nearest Anyuan County to have a look.Gongsunman said it was fine, then let's go together. "No, we can't go together." Xie Yan stopped her, "If we go together, people will see that we and you are together." Gongsunman looked at the two of them and had no choice but to agree.After lunch, Xie Yan and Feng Zizhang set off.

On the road the next day, Feng Zizhang finally found an official post and sent back the letter to his sister.Xie Yan didn't ask, she leisurely checked the situation nearby.Feng Zizhang walked out of the post station and passed by the stables, but saw that the official iron utensils piled up inside were very old, some of them were almost decayed, and the horses were old and weak, he was surprised.Logically, shouldn't the piles in the backyard be all spare things?She went back to the house and asked the officials, pretending to care about whether the express service she bought with a lot of money was delivered by the horse in the backyard, and the answer she got was yes.She also mentioned in the gossip that she saw the decay of iron, and asked how poor this inn is on weekdays?The official was about to explain, when he suddenly thought of something, he immediately avoided it and hesitated to answer.Seeing that his expression was different, Feng Zizhang didn't ask any more questions.

Anyuan County is to the west of Jian'an County. According to Gongsun Man, since Lu Yu became the Prime Minister of Luling this year, the Lu family started to develop and spread eastward from the border of Luling Kingdom, and their power has gradually grown.The two rode through the official road, and saw that a large number of trees on the side of the road had been cut down.Take a closer look, no matter how big or small it is, it's like a massacre without leaving a single one.Feng Zizhang was looking at the cut surface to judge the cutting technique and time, when he heard Xie Yan say:

"If you cut down the tree, you only need to dig the mud, and there are no blacksmiths in the town. There are also a lot of good materials around here."

Feng Zizhang mounted his horse again, and said with a smile, "Can you still forge?"

"My uncle, Xie Yi, loves to do two things in his life: blacksmithing and fortune-telling. I also visit him often, so I have mastered this skill."

"I remember him saying that you are 'the number one in this generation'."

"Yes. He is considered an alchemist and knows everything. As for why he said that, I don't know, and my parents never told me."

"Then what do you think?"

Xie Yan laughed loudly, "I never cared, I just cared about the so-called requests from time to time. After all, although I don't ask much from the world, and I don't want much, I still have some."

Just as Feng Zizhang was about to ask her, "Then what are you asking for", he no longer thought about why he asked this question, when the two of them heard a distant noise at the same time.Xie Yan glanced at her with determination, and the two immediately galloped forward.Feng Zizhang felt that his coming out this time was probably determined by God, and everything was determined by God, otherwise, how could he encounter this kind of thing repeatedly-if the road is uneven, he should take care of it?

When I ran closer, I saw a group of men in white clothes kidnapping civilian husbands.Xie Yan said to her, you go save those farmers, and I will beat them.Feng Zizhang smiled and nodded, when Xie Yan stepped forward and kicked the black man in front of the farmer, he quickly cut the rope on the farmer with Zhezhu's knife, and took several peasants aside.Xie Yan was beating and cursing, and just when someone knocked down shouted, "Do you know who I am, Grandpa", she was beaten with a sword hilt until her mouth was covered in blood and her teeth stinky, "Hurry up and take something with a human face and a dog's mouth. Get lost with your dog teeth!" Feng Zizhang was about to laugh, looking back, a group of evil servants were beaten with bruised noses, crippled feet, broken hands, helping each other and running away in a state of embarrassment.

Xie Yan stood in the middle of the road and cursed for a while, until he could no longer see anyone, then came back to check the situation of the farmers with Feng Zizhang.There were only a few bruises on everyone's bodies, Feng Zizhang took some medicine to rub them on.The peasant women and children hiding in the house also came out to thank them at this time, and couldn't stop crying.Xie Yan asked why you were kidnapped, the farmer didn't know, they only knew that the master of the Lu family wanted to confiscate people, and we were tenants, so we couldn't be exempted.Xie Yan and Feng Zizhang looked at each other with a tacit understanding.He also asked the farmer if he could repay the grain, but the farmer said that he had no food left.Asked if he knew anything else, the farmer replied that he knew nothing.The two gave some money and told them to flee to the east to hide if they didn't want to be confiscated again.Otherwise, go all the way to Gongsunman's house, saying that you are Xie Yan's friends, and they will naturally take you in there.The farmer thanked them more than once, and the two got on their horses and left together.

Calculating the time, they will arrive in Anyuan County in the morning.The two of them decided not to hurry tonight, but to sleep in the woods nearby to prevent those evil servants from coming back.In the woods, he found a clearing that had been cut down to only stumps, and he used the stump of a big tree as a table.Xie Yan swung his knife at smaller tree stumps, harvesting a pile of firewood from time to time.The two then lit a fire, beat rabbits, and grilled meat.Feng Zizhang saw that Xie Yan peeled and removed the meat very skillfully, and asked: "Mencius said that a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, but you are very skilled."

Xie Yan grilled the meat seriously, staring at the fire, and said, "It's so boring if you know how to eat but can't cook. If the cook runs away but still wants to eat, who can I ask?"

Fengzi Zhangfu laughed when he heard the common saying, poked Xie Yan's head with his hand and said, "What do you think is in your head?"

Xie Yan smiled at her, "My head is empty, but it can hold everything in the world {69}."

"Oh, what a breath!"

"If you have a big mouth and eat a lot, you can hold everything."

"The so-called 'a gentleman does not fight, a group does not party{70}', I think it is you."

Unexpectedly, Xie Yan laughed when he heard the praise: "If you want to use a so-called norm to frame yourself, it's like living in the vast world, but you want to use a small room to limit yourself. You know what is right and wrong in your heart. Act in accordance with the avenue, without sticking to any rigid rules, and the small room is as wide as the sky and the earth.”

The sky was getting dark, and the birds were screaming and flying by. Xie Yan looked up and read to the crackling bonfire: "'Cutting wood Dingding, birds chirping. From the deep valley, moved to the trees. Chirping, please Its friends sound {71}.'”

Feng Zizhang looked at her face reddened by the flames for a long time, then suddenly asked: "You haven't finished talking just now, life is alive, what are you asking for?"

"Avenue."

"What is the avenue?"

"Well, the avenue is indescribable and indescribable, but I think that the avenue is to allow people in the world to live and work in peace and harmony. Although, you see, just like this rabbit, people have to hunt and eat them to survive. But You can’t kill too much. It’s different between people, and it shouldn’t be a relationship that depends on killing others to survive. The Dao should be like this, something that allows people to survive together and survive better.”

"You don't want to live like a saint, but you want to be a saint?" Feng Zizhang put his elbows on his knees and rested his face on the heels of his palms.

"No, I want to be a hermit the most. But maybe before that, I need to find the Dao. If I find it, I can live in seclusion anywhere." Xie Yan took the roast rabbit back, tore a piece and tasted it, "It's just right. You want Which leg to eat?"

The author has something to say:

{68} Feige Biography originated in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and became popular in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.According to scientific data and competitions in recent years, the average flying speed of homing pigeons at medium distances is about 48 kilometers per hour, and the fastest observed flying speed reaches 95 kilometers per hour. It seems that there are even faster ones in actual competitions.The approximate geographical location of Jiankang (now Nanjing) and Jian'an County (northern Fujian, southern Jiangxi) is at most 1000 kilometers away from the place where the story took place.

{69} Quoting an allusion from "Shi Shuo Xin Yu · Pai Tiao": Prime Minister Wang rested on Zhou Boren's knee, pointed to his belly and said: "What do you have in this?" He replied: "There is nothing in it, but there are hundreds of Qings in it. people."

{70} "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong"

{71} "The Book of Songs · Xiaoya · Logging", translation: The sound of logging is booming, and the birds are chirping in harmony.Birds come out of deep valleys and fly to the tops of tall trees.Why do birds chirp?Just for the sake of understanding.