fluttering night wind

Twenty or thirty miles south of Yongjing, there is a place called "Shilipo". It used to be a post station of the imperial court. A small market has formed in Shilipo, where inns, teahouses, caravans, and car dealers gather, and it is very lively.

Outside the gate, green flags were flying, and customers were coming like a cloud. Meng Ziying and Sun Jiren were sitting next to the street in the teahouse, drinking tea and eating dry food, waiting for the shopkeeper to finish feeding the horses before getting ready to go on the road.Seeing a carriage driving up on the main road, the two green horses in the lead were very handsome. Sun Jiren saw it from a distance and couldn't help but drink hello.The carriage stopped in front of the tea house, with a pine wood carriage and a mottled bamboo curtain. The drivers were two boys and girls aged fifteen or sixteen. He ordered: "Don't use the bowls and chopsticks in the store, take five steamed buns wrapped in lotus leaves, and make a pot of boiling hot water."

Mencius Ying frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, then stood up and went to the carriage outside to meet her.Those two boys and girls had seen him a long time ago, and they didn't dare to provoke him unless he came out in person, so they hurriedly said respectfully, "Ninth Young Master, hello."

Mencius walked under the car window, and the bamboo curtain was lifted three parts. Inside was a beautiful woman in her thirties, with a melon-shaped face and a smile on her face. She looked at him and bowed and bowed: "Sister-in-law, you will be safe."

Sun Jiren drank a few sips of tea at the table, and seeing Meng Ziying saying a few words beside the carriage, the young man came over and asked him to come and talk.He walked outside and heard Mencius say: "Brother Sun, this is my distant cousin, Mrs. Shen from the Shen family in Berkshire."

As the bamboo curtains fluttered, Sun Jiren smelled the fragrance of herbs, and asked hesitantly, "Could it be the Jinzhen Shen family?" A section of green forest. It is widely rumored in the rivers and lakes that the Shen family in Berkshire has handed down acupuncture and moxibustion. Its medical skills are excellent, and it can lift up the dead. At this time, he was even more awe-inspiring.

The "Mrs. Shen" had a soft accent, and said with a smile: "Since we met here, we must have met the same goal by different routes. I am temporarily staying in the last one in Yuyin Hutong in the south of the city. If you have time at night, you might as well take a visit. Xiaojiu, you and I I haven't seen you for several years, my cousin is waiting for you."

Meng Ziying hesitated, the boy and girl harnessed the horses, the carriage did not stop, and went to Yongjing.

After the carriage left, Mencius Ying and Sun Jiren also packed their bags and rode after him.Not long after entering the city, I searched for the address and found Xu Kuang's house, but it was already empty.It happened that the landlord lived next door, saying that the family had moved out a month ago, and they didn't know where they were going.Meng Ziying and Sun Jiren looked at each other, they didn't want to make the trip in vain, so they had no choice but to stay in the city first.

It was at the top of the willows on the moon at this time, and Sun Jiren was making a bed in the room when he heard Meng Ziying say outside the door: "Brother Sun, I have something to go out for a while. If you are bored, go out for a walk by yourself. When you go out, go left and cross two streets to the east." There are quite a few restaurants and bands in the city.”

Sun Jiren thought to himself that he must have gone to find the person during the day, so he said yes.

Meng Ziying wanted the two of them to come out together and leave him alone, but she couldn't bear it, so she had to make up for it later.He had stayed in Yongjing for two or three years, and he was familiar with the house and the way. When he found the place Bairi had mentioned, he saw a big elm tree planted in front of the door, with luxuriant branches and leaves, the trunk was as thick as two people hugging each other, black paint. There are two pale lanterns hanging on the door. He raised his hand to knock on the door. The door opened with a creak, revealing a small face: "Has the ninth son just arrived? Madam has been waiting for you for dinner." Woolen cloth."

Mencius patted her chest and said, "Zhu Sha, you are frightening to death."

The girl giggled, and invited Mencius into the door. The flowers and trees in the door were scattered, and the small and exquisite layout could barely be seen under the reflection of the fireflies. Before practicing calligraphy, the teenager grinds and holds the lamp.

Meng Ziying stood outside the door and saw a plaque hanging high in front of the hall with four big characters "A gentleman is not a weapon", and it seemed that roots had taken root under his feet.

Seeing that he could not enter the hall, the woman came over and looked up at the plaque, comforting him and said: "This is my Shen family's house, you don't have to worry. When it was repaired last year, I thought the hall was too empty, so I told you My brother wrote a few words for me, and used them as a pretense, so he inscribed these words."

It turned out that although this woman was the eldest daughter of the Shen family in Ba County, she had already married Meng Ziyou, the eldest son of Meng Ye, the governor of Yizhou and the king of Bashu, as his wife.

Meng Ziying's eyes were sour, and she vaguely saw herself more than ten years ago, sitting in the school with a heavy guqin in front of her, and outside the window was Qingcheng Mountain in the middle of Sichuan, the endless forest and sea mountains.

The Master took the black ruler and slapped him on the palm. At first, he resisted the pain, but then he was ashamed and ashamed, and finally wept.The master said with a cold face: "I have taught "Oulu Wangji" for ten days, and today I still play half of it and forget the half. Where is my brain?"

Xiao Ziying's mouth was flattened, tears were like pearls with broken strings, and according to what the master said, he only lowered his eyelashes.The master was still counting, but in the end he forgot, and was so tired from beating, he dropped the ruler, walked to the podium, turned his back, and drank tea.

A young man in brocade clothes passed by the door, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, handsome face, slender figure, with a folding fan on his waist, he went straight to Ziying's window, made a face at him, saw him bow his head and ignored him, and went He reached out and took a copy of the Analects of Confucius on his desk, flipped through it a few times, and found the line "Gentleman does not use weapons" in the chapter "Analects of Confucius". , Spread it in front of Ziying.Xiao Ziying saw it, and couldn't help laughing out of tears.

The laughter startled the master, he turned around, saw the young man, went outside and said: "The unknown eldest son is here, he didn't greet you from a distance, it's impolite."

The young man hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Speak well." Before he finished his sentence, he saw his master with a three-foot white beard, and said with a straight face, "Your Highness, why are you disturbing the school?"

Unexpectedly, the young man turned his face before turning over the book, he was a little embarrassed, looked at Ziying, turned his head and said: "Master, I was just passing by. I heard Ziying crying, so I came over to have a look."

The master knew that this student was always smart, and was very spoiled by his family. He shook his white eyebrows, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Young Master Ninth, he was punished just now for not finishing his homework. What else do you want to ask?"

Xiao Ziying had already stopped crying, and there were still tears on his face.The young man touched the top of his soft head and said with a smile: "Master, I only played "Oulu Wangji" when I was nine years old. Ziying is already several years ahead of me. I want to say that those who have a long way to go should be tame. It is hard to avoid hurting Yuan Yazhi. Ziying is still young, don't worry, take your time."

The two brothers are quite different in age. At that time, brothers and sisters were respectful, affectionate and close, but who is really willing to give up something for whom, it turns out that all kinds of things in the world will eventually come to nothing.

Seeing him staring up, Shen Huaixiu felt sad, so she stepped forward to give him a hand, and brought him to the desk to sit down.Meng Ziying settled down, and said: "A few days ago, I met Brother Shen. Both sides are masters. It is inevitable that there will be some conflicts. If you are rude, please forgive me." Shen Yizhou is Shen Huaixiu's younger brother.

Shen Huaixiu smiled softly, resting her chin on one hand and said: "Since you said that everyone is the master, why should I condemn you? I know about the boat, and your brother asked him to bring you back. You are such a big man If you don’t want to go back, who can detain you? Besides, Jinguan City is not a good place. I’m just curious, who can make the ninth son of our family bow his head and obey his ears, willing to be a subordinate?”

Mencius Ying thought of the sound of the white geese, and a smile flashed across his eyebrows. Shen Huaixiu didn't take it seriously when he saw his strict tone, but said indifferently: "The world is so big, there is no problem with talent. It's just that you want to be an enemy of the Meng family. Think twice."

Mencius Ying said: "Whether we are enemies or friends from now on, I have nothing to do with the Meng family."

Shen Huaixiu seemed to have expected him to say this, picked up the lantern, and slowly said: "I am also very sorry about Mrs. Qing He's matter. But you are always blood from the Meng family, so it has nothing to do with it. Can you really make a clear settlement when things happen? If you can’t persist, you’ll be trying to please both sides, and you’ll be wronging yourself as well as others.”

She is well-versed in human feelings, insightful, and sharp-tongued, and she hits the nail on the head of Mencius Ying with one word.Ziying sat there in a daze, this was a hidden illness in his heart, he didn't want to bring it up again, so he changed the subject and said: "Sister-in-law is here in Yongjing, what's the matter?"

Shen Huaixiu didn't want to offend him either, and said: "Someone paid me a lot of money to treat illnesses."

Meng Ziying thought that the Meng family had rebelled against the imperial court, and the Shen family was accomplices with such an in-law relationship. Shen Huaixiu still dared to go in and out of Yongjing, but who invited her here.

Shen Huaixiu said generously: "It's Duan Hui, the imperial historian. His wife is very ill. She has seen all the famous doctors in Beijing, but she can't do anything. She took 500 taels of gold and invited me."

Although doctors are benevolent and serve the world well, they have to admit that there is always a difference between high and low in human life.

Mencius rolled her eyes and said, "I heard that Duan Hui is very powerful and extremely domineering. Such a high-ranking official is not common. I have finished my work today, why don't you take me to see it tomorrow."

Shen Huaixiu looked him over: "You can go if you want, but you have to change your appearance."

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Huaixiu got up very early, the carriage drove out, instead of going into the city, it went out of the city gate, and not long after, it arrived at the foot of the west mountain outside Yongjing city, and went straight into a mountain gate of Bieye.

Shen Huaixiu got out of the car, and there was a group of servants standing in front of the car, the leader was a medium fat man with a white face and a shrill voice, who claimed to be the housekeeper here, and took Shen Huaixiu, Zhu Sha and Bai Ling to the courtyard, but See halls and pavilions, majestic towers, corridors and screen walls, winding paths leading to seclusion, and finally arrive at a courtyard surrounded by mountains and rivers.After entering the inner room, there were maids and maids who were already busy, raising curtains one after another, and a pure white jade arm stretched out from under the curtains.

Shen Huaixiu stepped into the room half-footed, half-footed outside, looked from a distance, retracted her front foot, and said coldly: "Cinnabar, come here, let's see what the disease is and how to cure it."

Cinnabar responded.

The butler's face changed suddenly, and he said solemnly to Shen Huaixiu: "Ms. Shen has golden needles and plain hands. She started to make a spring and is famous in Xinglin. My master respects me very much. I don't care about the enemy and I went to Bashu all the way. A lot of money begged the girl to come out of the mountain, but why should the girl entrust it to others?"

Shen Huaixiu raised her brows and said: "Master Duan worked tirelessly to treat my wife's illness, and the love between husband and wife is deep. This girl is very moved. Zhu Sha, do you take a look at it?"

Zhu Sha cleared her throat from the side, and said hoarsely: "The person on the bed is about eighteen to twenty years old, and the sunflower water has not arrived for half a month, so it is not a pregnancy pulse."

Shen Huaixiu asked, "Why?"

Zhu Sha said: "The yin in the hand does not move, and this girl is still a virgin. If the sunflower water does not arrive, it is the essence and blood of the unpregnant. If it stagnates due to kidney yang deficiency, it will not expire. The girl is afraid of being overworked in the near future. And use cold water to purify the body and suffer from cold. The treatment is suitable for nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, promoting blood circulation and dredging the menstrual flow. You can use 2 qian Motherwort 3 qian, Atractylodes macrocephala 2 qian, white peony root 2 qian, decocted in water.

While she was talking, Shen Huaixiu nodded, and the faces of the people around her were colorful, some were embarrassed and shy, some laughed, or were in awe.The butler said in fear and trepidation: "Miss Shen really has a strong family background, how can I tell?"

Zhu Sha smiled lightly, and said: "I've been feeling the pulse for a long time, didn't you see it?" I saw the silver light shaking, and the man on the bed had a silk-like silver thread wrapped around his wrist at some point, not only the side was closed Even she herself is ignorant.

Zhu Sha showed such a skill of "diagnosing the pulse with the thread", the Duan family respected and obeyed them, and they didn't dare to fool them anymore. The housekeeper apologized again and again, and led them to go deeper into the courtyard.Bypassing several rocks, one can see a very elegant place. There are several thatched cottages in the bamboo forest.

Shen Huaixiu entered the inner room, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in Tsing Yi was standing beside the bed. The curtain was deep, and an arm protruded from under the flowery tent. Even though it was clean and well-maintained, it was still eye-catching. It can be seen that this is a man's arm.

Shen Huaixiu raised his eyes to look at the butler, the butler bent down and gave the gesture of "please" very firmly, Shen Huaixiu said: "Zhusha, Bailing go out first." The wealthy and famous families always have some hobbies that are not humane, this person is worthy of Duan Hui's burden of collaborating with the enemy It takes so much effort to be famous, and it is hidden in a golden house, so it cannot be hidden. I am afraid that it is also a person with extraordinary background.

A servant had long been waiting on the side, and led the two of them to drink tea and rest in the thatched hut next to them.The utensils in the room are exquisite and the food is rich, Zhu Sha glanced at it, picked up the teacup and drank two sips of tea, and said: "I have a stomachache, I have to go to the latrine."

Bai Ling also wanted to get up, but Zhu Sha quickly pressed him down, took a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth and said, "I'm fine by myself, don't run around."

The servants of the Duan family led him to the thatched hut in the bamboo forest. He couldn't wait outside, he couldn't wait outside, and he couldn't be urged, it was miserable.

Zhu Sha had already turned out from the back of the hut, tore off the disguised skin on her face, and it turned out to be Meng Ziying disguised as a man.He was strolling around the thatched cottage, he was not used to walking with his skirt up, and he was even more angry that Shen Huaixiu wanted him to dress up as a woman, so he flew into the bamboo forest, climbed on top of the forest sea, and looked far away. .He admired the beauty of the springs, rocks, mountains and forests for a while, and was about to turn around, when he heard a series of footsteps coming from below, and the footsteps stopped right below him.

One person said: "Yingzhou has just been delivered four hundred miles away, and the people of Chenjia Island are in a riot. They took over a dozen surrounding islands, large and small, killed the guarding officials, and besieged Yingzhou."

Another person asked: "Is it because of the Meng Clan's followers?"

Earlier, one person said: "The emergency report didn't say that Yingzhou is located in the southeast and enters the sea, and the Meng family is out of reach. This time it may have nothing to do with them."

Another person said: "What can I do?"

The man said: "Yingzhou is the closest to Fuyang and Dongping counties, why not let Chen Guangyao and Fu Xi lead the troops to destroy them first."

Another person said: "Yingzhou hangs alone overseas, and the gains and losses are not harmful to the overall situation. Why waste money and food for such a useless thing?"

The man said: "Surrounded by the Yingzhou Islands, I must pass to enter the sea, and the enemy can garrison troops. It is a matter of the rear, so we must not be careless."

The two chattered for a long time before leaving.

Meng Ziying has long since lost the elegance of continuing to explore and eavesdrop, her heart seems to have grown wings, and she flies to Dongping.

The author has something to say: one is a transition, and the other is to prove that in the previous chapter, "the Meng family is not a family that can be easily clinged to", Xiao Xiao will appear in the next chapter, hehe, amazing!