The world is majestic

"The mountains here are empty and the water is glistening. It's really as beautiful as ink painting. I just admired the name for a long time, but now I see it with my own eyes, and I feel Bai Gong's saying, "If you can't leave Hangzhou, half of your stay is this lake." It makes perfect sense."

The old man who punted the boat couldn't help laughing and agreeing, "That's not it, it's still day and night, but if you come over to have a look at night, then the moonlight will be reflected in the water, like a big bowl." It is like a bright pearl, and anyone who looks good can be stunned."

The young man in brocade clothes who was standing beside him waving his folding fan gave a very gentle smile, nodded his head and said: "If that's the case, then I must come over some night to have a look. This old man, how is your livelihood doing now? You are so old , why do you still come out to punting and pulling wormwood?”

"Little old man, this is a life of hard work. When it stops, I feel uncomfortable. Now it's not just to make up for the family. It's just that the old man's hands have been wormwood for decades. If I stop all of a sudden, it will be uncomfortable. "The old man chuckled, and said slowly, "It's not a good day, but it's not bad either. Since the current Lord Long Live came to the throne, he has replaced the 'poll tax' with the method of 'sharing the income into the mu'." ’, I don’t know how many times better than before. It’s not difficult to eat three meals a day in this family.”

The brocade-clothed young man smiled slightly, "Does the old man think that the current emperor can be regarded as a wise king?"

"I don't understand you, the little old man has never read any books, and he doesn't understand the principles of the literary. It's just that we can fill our stomachs now and get some savings every month. In our hearts, we are very grateful to this The emperor. I also heard that he did not know how to force those corrupt officials to spit out all the money. With these two things alone, our current emperor is a good emperor." The old man smiled a little embarrassedly, Rubbing his hands together, he said, "We are rough people, our words are rough, we can't say for sure, the young master laughed at me."

"Hey, what the old man said is very reasonable. The more honest the words are, the more you can see the sincerity." The young man in brocade clothes smiled and closed his fan, and walked to the stern of the boat, silently with his hands behind his back, not knowing what he was thinking. something.

This young master is Yinhu. He has traveled all the way south since he came out of the capital. He heard and inquired about the views of the common people on this new monarch, and all he heard were praises.He remembered it in his heart, he was relieved, but at the same time, he couldn't help churning with a bit of unconcealable bitterness.

Now it has been more than a month since I left that person, it is clear that when I left Beijing, I just wanted to take this opportunity to avoid that person, so as not to be sad and sad when we meet each other every day.Yinhu thought to himself, after a long time of parting, maybe the feeling in his heart will be a little lighter when we meet again.

That's all, since the fate is over, let's leave it for nothing.Although it was a white thought, it was just a good dream, but it was also good.

Yinhu let out a long breath, and simply sat in the stern of the boat, looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river.

When they got to the shore, Yinhu politely thanked the old man, and just turned around to leave when he suddenly remembered something, "Does the old man know where you can eat authentic Hangzhou cuisine around here? It doesn't matter what it is For restaurants, as long as the taste is good, if you can stay in a restaurant, that would be the best."

The old man lowered his head and thought for a while, his dark face was a little embarrassed, he rubbed his hands hesitatingly and said: "I'm afraid there is no place to go to a place like the building outside the building. What's more, it's famous there , but it is very unaffordable, and it costs ten taels of silver for a meal. If you don’t dislike it, the second boy of my family used to be the one who cooks in the building outside the building. Back home, it cooks authentic Hangzhou cuisine. There are also vacant guest rooms in my small courtyard, which are a bit shabby, but they are still very clean.” The old man’s voice became lower and he laughed awkwardly twice. , "If you don't want to give in in our farmyard, it's the little old man talking too much."

"How could it be? I'm just afraid of disturbing the old man. Is the old man's yard near here?"

Hearing that he intends to agree, the old man couldn't help being overjoyed, and said: "Yes, it's just a few miles behind the outer building. Although my yard is not big, you can see the West Lake not far away. If you come out at night, Mr. It is also very convenient to come out and wander around.”

Yinhu is not the picky person at all, thinking that it is a good thing to understand more about people's livelihood and people's conditions, so he smiled and said: "This is really the best, then the old man will take me there, I will probably Stay here for three to five days, and pay you five qian, what do you think, old man?"

The old man was overjoyed, nodded his head hastily, put the bed on the shore, tidied up his hands and feet quickly, took out a sweat towel and put it around his neck, and led Yinhu along the West Lake all the way south.Yinhu asked him with a smile, "How many people are there in the old man's family? Are you living a long life this year?"

"I'm 65 this year. I have two sons and three daughters at the head of my family. The eldest son died on the battlefield. It's a pity that he didn't even marry a wife when he left. Alas. Both the eldest daughter and the second daughter are married. With my second son, his wife, and my youngest daughter." The old man seemed a little apprehensive, and added cautiously, "I won't disturb the young master's cleanliness, so don't worry, young master."

"Since you died on the battlefield, the imperial court should take good care of your family. Is the money distributed every year enough?"

The old man sighed, shook his head and said: "Where can I find any money? My poor son didn't even find the corpse, but the government sent someone to say it. It's been many years, and I haven't seen a single penny." I've had it."

Yinhu frowned slightly when he heard the words, and asked in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, haven't you asked the government?"

"What's the point of asking? Some people in the neighboring village didn't give up. They went to the yamen to make a fuss, but they were not only beaten, but also imprisoned for several days." The old man looked around and said in a low voice, "Farmers like us, how can we have the ability to fight with others? As the saying goes, the people don't fight with officials, and what they say is very reasonable. Now they can eat enough, live a stable life, and don't ask for anything. Nothing else."

Yinhu listened to the silence for a moment, then sighed heavily, and said to the old man seriously: "Although the current situation is like this, the current emperor is diligent in government and loves the people, and hates corruption and clique formation the most. Although these things cannot be eradicated overnight. Yes, but one day, it will definitely get better."

The old man actually didn't understand Yinhu's words very clearly, but he just vaguely felt that what Yinhu said seemed very reasonable.Rubbing his hands, he laughed a few times, nodded and said, "Young Master said so, and we think so too."

The old man was right, he walked along the shore of the West Lake and arrived at the old man's house after a short walk.The courtyard is not too small, with narrow gates and narrow alleys, it is the courtyard in the south at a glance.The old man led Yinhu to a guest room in a hurry, and called his daughter-in-law to tidy up carefully inside and out, and brought a new quilt over. Compared with the inn, the young master will give up, and I will call my son to get you some food."

Yinhu looked around, nodded with a smile and said, "You're being polite, old man. I think this place is very good. It's bright and clean. Compared with the cold inn, it's a bit warmer. It's a hard work, old man."

"It's not hard, it's not hard, son, take a rest, and the meal will be ready in a while." The old man walked outside and beckoned his daughter-in-law to go to the town to buy some fresh rice noodles.After the old man left, Yinhu also felt a little tired, and wanted to squat against the bedpost for a while, but fell asleep all of a sudden.It was noon when he woke up again, the old man knocked on the door outside the house, "Master, the food is ready."

Yinhu stretched, got off the couch and straightened her robes, inadvertently touched the sachet on her waist.He was startled for a moment, then reached out and took out the half piece of jade pendant from the sachet.

When he left Beijing, he was traveling lightly, but he caught a glimpse of this jade pendant on the table and brought it out somehow.

After rubbing it in his hand for a while, Yinhu sighed softly, put the jade pendant back, and pushed the door to go out.

"It's hard work, old man. Speaking of which, I'm really hungry." Yinhu smiled and walked towards the main room with the old man, and said softly, "Is the old man ready to eat? If there is no one, let's eat some together."

"That can't be done, can't be done, I'll just eat something else from the kitchen later, young master just eat it."

Yinhu smiled indifferently, and said: "More people eat together, and you will have an appetite after eating. I don't have so many rules, old man doesn't need to be strict."

After hearing this, the old man laughed dryly twice, and said to Yinhu, who seemed a little sorry, "Young master, I have something to tell you. Just now another young master came over and said that the inn in front was full. As a member, I want to stay with me for two nights. This..."

Yinhu immediately understood, nodded clearly and said, "It's okay, it's also a good thing for the old man to earn more money, I don't mind."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Although the young master lives in your compartment, my house is built by myself, and the brick walls are extremely thick, so it will not disturb the young master."

Yinhu smiled and nodded, followed the old man into the main room, only to see that there was already a person sitting at the dining table.

Seeing that Yinhu stood still, the old man quickly explained: "This young master only said that eating with multiple friends tastes better. I dare not make decisions on my own, so this young master said that I will ask you personally when you wake up, young master. What do you mean?"

The person at the table raised his eyes and smiled, raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded and said: "Sit with me and have a meal, would you like to?"

Yinhu stared at him for a moment, only felt his heart beat violently, and suddenly smiled wryly: "You said you want to have dinner with me, how dare I say no to it? Old man, just as he said, I will be married to you." Put people's food in one place."

The old man quickly responded, and couldn't help asking, "Do you two recognize each other?"

Yinhu raised his eyes and glanced at the man, only to see that he was just looking at himself with a smile, and it seemed that he didn't intend to say anything more to the old man, so Yinhu had no choice but to say: "This is my brother, I don't know How could we meet here, what a coincidence."

"Hey, it's true that you and I are destined. I just went out for a walk at random. Who knew I met you here."

The old man brought up a few dishes, and saw that they were really good in appearance, and they really didn't look like ordinary people's random meals. He brought a jug of wine, said something slow, and then retreated wisely .Now there were only the two of them left in the room, Yinhu lowered his head without raising his head, added a chopstick of vegetables, and tasted carefully.

"I haven't seen me for so many days, why don't you even want to say a word? I look at you, but you've lost weight. Come, eat more fish."

Seeing what he said, Yinhu took a chopstick of fish and put it in his bowl, and couldn't help raising his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing here? If you come out so rashly, you don't care about the things in Beijing. ?”

Unexpectedly, the man just smiled meaninglessly, "There is Thirteen watching over there, nothing can go wrong. It's also because you didn't walk fast this way, I just came out of Beijing six days ago, hurry up It was so easy to catch up with you."

Yinhu felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, turned his head slightly to the side and asked in a low voice: "What do you want me for?"

The person on the opposite side was none other than Yinzhen, the current sage, and said with a soft smile, "I miss you, so naturally I want to come out to look for you."

"You..." Yinhu couldn't help but glared at him after hearing this, but Yinzhen smiled extremely softly, stared at him motionlessly, and suddenly had nothing to say.Frowning and pursing his lips for a moment of silence, he squeezed out a few words between his teeth and said, "There is no emperor like you. If something happens in Beijing, what should you do if you want Thirteen?"

Yinzhen's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he stretched out his hand to hold Yinhu, and said happily: "You still care about me so much, I know you still have me in your heart. Come back with me, after walking for so long , haven’t calmed down yet? I was wrong, very wrong. It’s just that I want to correct my mistakes now, so I just ask you to give me a chance, okay?”

Yinhu was grasped by his palm, and shook it twice anxiously, but he was so strong that he couldn't break free, so he could only stare at him and shouted: "Let go! Let the master see it, what's the point?"

"As long as you say one word, you are willing to go back with me, and I will let you go immediately."

But Yinhu stopped talking, pursed his lips and lowered his head, even refusing to look at him.

Seeing this, Yinzhen smiled wryly, "You're still angry at me for blaming me, aren't you? I came here with you all the time, can't you give me a good face?"

Before Yinhu could open his mouth, he heard a commotion in the yard outside, and there was even faint crying. The two looked at each other, got up and walked out at the same time.

I don't know when four or five big men came from the courtyard. Among them was a man in his forties, dressed in brocade clothes. He said to the old man very arrogantly: "Gao, I tell you! Don't be ashamed. Do you know? Master Fan is able to take a fancy to your girl, that is the blessing you have cultivated in several lifetimes. If you agree today, we will politely invite her out. If you do not agree, then we will Don't blame grandpa for being rude!"

The tall old man was prostrate on the ground, hugging a very thin and weeping girl tightly, and the son and daughter-in-law beside him didn't even dare to show their breath, and stood aside nonuo, only listening to the old man begging: "If you really want to What to take, then take my old man's life, my daughter is only 15 years old, she is my old man's lifeblood. You took her to be a concubine for Mr. Fan, how can I nod her head My lords, just treat me as an old man and I beg you to spare my daughter a life, the old man is here to kowtow to thank you." After saying that, he bowed heavily and kowtowed repeatedly.

The man snorted coldly, and said with a sneer: "You think beautifully! Who is Mr. Fan? He is the governor of Liangjiang, a person that our prefects can't afford to provoke. You, a farmer, still want to defy the governor? Look at it Your family is poor like this, your daughter enters the governor's mansion to enjoy the blessings, and who is she doing it like a farewell to death? Don't make trouble for me, get out of the way!" He was about to kick the old man's chest, but was blocked by a person.

"Is it possible that there is no king's law to rob people's daughters in broad daylight?"

The man looked at Yinhu disdainfully, saw that he was thin, and looked weak, but his clothes were not vulgar, so he could be regarded as the son of some rich family who slipped out to play, and said arrogantly: "Where is it?" Those who come to block the way, don’t even look at who I am, Grandpa! Go, go, get out of the way, or you will be arrested and thrown into prison.”

Yinhu smiled instead of anger, "Listen to what you said just now, you are the servant of the prefect here, right? The prefect of Hangzhou thinks that the official is too stable? You guys are so arrogant, it must be his instruction Bar."

The man became furious immediately, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing in a daze? You are so stupid! Take this man back to the mansion and put him in prison, and don't even look at whose territory this Hangzhou mansion belongs to! Come on me!" !"

After hearing this, the big men behind him each took a step forward, surrounded Yinhu tightly, and stretched out their hands to catch him, but Yinzhen suddenly said, "Let him go, if you want to catch someone to show off your prestige." , Just catch me."

The middle-aged man glanced at Yinzhen, only to feel that this person looked a little calmer, but he was not intimidated, and said with a sneer: "There are still people vying for food in prison, you say it's ridiculous ?Ha ha ha ha!"

The people around laughed, but Yinzhen didn't care. He stared at Yinhu firmly, and said with a wry smile: "I owe him two lives, so naturally I should suffer for him if there is any suffering. Mo Saying that I went to prison for him, that is to pay him my life, why not?"

Yinhu's heart was shocked when he heard this, and he raised his eyes to look at Yinzhen in disbelief, but happened to meet his gaze, which was full of tenderness and warmth, and even smiled lightly at himself.

The man snorted coldly and shouted: "You don't have to fight, neither one can escape! Listen carefully, take these two people back to me, and bring that chick back to me too. What are you waiting for? Kidnapping people!"