Liu Juan once read Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs of the East", which describes the travels of a sun god.
At the beginning of the poem, the warm and bright brilliance of a bursting red sun is deliberately described. It is like a dark theater suddenly opening the curtain, showing a bright and bright background, which makes the whole atmosphere very intense. The rising sun
To come out, it is natural to first illuminate the sunrise place where the sun god Dongjun lives, and naturally lead out the sun god. Dongjun is great. The sun he controls brings light and tropics to mankind. He is so generous and selfless. Naturally,
He has that calm and unhurried attitude. Therefore, he is always calm and calm, driving the sun chariot slowly and quietly, performing his sacred duties for the day.
So, when the sun shines on the earth, what is the significance of everything that the sun god brings to mankind? The author does not turn to describing the reflection of the earth's mountains and rivers, but still describes a magnificent scene of the sun god walking in the sky around the theme. The dragons and dragons here
The horses mentioned above are actually the same thing. Whether it is a flying dragon or a celestial horse, they are both gods from heaven, so they often refer to each other in Qu Fu. The celestial horses are free and unconstrained, so they can be compared with extraordinary horses. The thunder here is actually a dragon chariot rolling by.
The sound. And the accompanying brilliant clouds in the sky are like ten thousand flags on a dragon cart, and how majestic it is. This kind of scene can only be understood from the descriptions of the Emperor's mighty travels in later generations.
At this point, the author turned his pen and made Dongjun sigh. What was he sighing for? Because he would return to his place of residence and would not be able to revel in the glory of bringing light and everything to mankind for a long time, so he could only
Nostalgic thoughts are only hesitation. But the roaring dragon chariot (sound) and the snake-like cloud flags (color) really gave him pleasure, and even the viewers were so happy that they forgot to leave.
The mention of spectators naturally led to an extremely grand and enthusiastic scene of worshiping the sun god. People played harps, bells and drums, blew bamboo flutes, and danced gracefully. As a result, Dongjun’s officials were also moved by the people’s piety.
Feeling in my heart, the sky was blocked and the sun came down one after another.
Dongjun's duty is very clear, which is to bring light to mankind. However, the Dongjun described here is different. He does not quietly return at dusk, but continues to work for the peace and happiness of mankind. He wants to lift up the
Long arrows to shoot at Sirius who is greedy and lustful and dominating other places, wielding the sky bow to prevent disasters from coming to the world, then using the Big Dipper as a goblet, fill up the wine, sprinkle it on the earth to bless mankind, and then drive the dragon chariot to continue
March. The word "high" here once again vividly expresses Dongjun's unhurried, great and invincible demeanor.
However, what Liu Juan saw now was the scene of Li Shimin traveling.
At five o'clock in the day, all the guards inside and outside the Chengtian Gate stood in line and lined up in sequence in front of the Tai Chi Hall.
A carriage with six horses stands under the west steps. The carriage is decorated with gold and red, with a three-layered canopy, a blue dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, and golden phoenix bells. It is extremely gorgeous.
One person leads the horse solemnly and stands facing south. The other person holds his hands in the coachman's seat and faces west. Although one of these two people is a horseman and the other is a coachman, they are not ordinary people with their bright clothes and angry horses.
Those with knowledge will naturally recognize that the "horse herder" is Chenghuang Ling of Taichang Temple, a seventh-rank court official. The "carriage driver" is even more surprising. He has the same position as Sun Wukong and is the emperor's "Bi Ma Wen".
The Taipu Siqing of the fifth eunuch of the temple is a third-rank official who is in charge of the world's horse affairs.
That car was certainly not ordinary, it was the Emperor's "Jinluo".
The emperor has five chariots, a jade road, a gold road, an elephant road, a leather road, and a wooden road. The gold road is used for shooting, sacrificing, and drinking.
The emperor will leave Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer heat, so he uses the "Golden Road".
The emperor's Luanjia can be divided into three types: the big one, the legal one, and the small one. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, cherished the power of the people and only used the small one when traveling.
General Qianniuwei stood in front of the chariot with a long sword in his hand and stood arched in the north.
The emperor ascended to Luo (boarded the chariot), and the imperial servants drove him and served in the middle. The Zhongshu ordered the following to serve on the left and right.
Huangmen Shilang’s prelude is “Please send me your message”.
The praisers recited a chant, the horses were driven, the drums were played, and all the ministers and guards followed.
Exit Chengtianmen.
Guards outside the gate. Each of the Jinwu Guard generals on the left and right carries a bow, an arrow and a sword, leading the Suzaku, and other troops, holding a yellow commando, carrying a guide, recording drums, Luan flags, warding off evil, and Pi Xuan five chariots;
Horse twenty-four. There are purple and yellow ribbons, but the scarlet scarf is the precursor.
The Qinglong and White Tiger flag troops followed, followed by the accompanying court officials.
The left and right guard generals were led by swordsmen, and the ceremonial swordsmen were followed by twelve teams each.
The guards in the left and right chambers are led by General Qin, Xun and Yi.
Then came the emperor's Luo. He was led by the Imperial Servant, accompanied by thirty-two charioteers, accompanied by General Qianniu Guard, and accompanied by generals on the left and right guard, all with swords drawn and bows and arrows accompanying them.
After that, there are the women's cart, horse cart, ox cart, sheep cart, dragon flag, horse flag, animal flag, deer flag, lin flag, bear flag, pheasant tail fan, round fan, partial fan, canopy, and left and right majestic guards.
The Black Matter Infantry Team, the left and right White Matter Infantry Team, the left and right Leading Guard Huanghui Team, the left and right Wu Wei, the left and right Xiao Guard...
Divided into twenty-four queues into one hundred and twenty rows.
It's mighty and mighty, like rolling clouds and flowing water, meandering out for a mile or two.
Li Shimin went to Jiucheng Palace to hold a water and land meeting. The cabinet ministers accompanying him included Liu Jie, the minister, and Suiliang, the waiting man of Huangmen. The princes included Li Yuanying, the king of Teng, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, Li Shen, the king of Ji, Li Yun, the king of Jiang, Li Fu, the king of Zhao, and Li Ming, the king of Cao;
The married women include Concubine Yang, Concubine Yan De, Xu Chongrong, and Wu Meier; as well as the eldest princess Pingyang, the eldest princess Danyang, the princess Gaoyang, and the head of Shouchun County...
Liu Juan didn't know that the Tang Monk he was looking for was inside. It had been a month, but Tang Monk still hadn't been found. Liu Juan didn't know what he should do. On this day, he flew into the sky and looked at the travelers numbly.
Tang Emperor Li Shimin.
Wrapped up among the guards, Yi Bingshui felt like a chestnut in the blue sea. There was no head in front and no tail behind. All she could see were banners fluttering on the left and right and swords standing horizontally. Yi Bingshui came with Mrs. Yuan, and she didn't want to
Come, but Mrs. Yuan said something about the land and water conference. In order to find the holy book, Yi Bingshui had no choice but to travel with Li Shimin.
The emperor is just a "little chariot", what will happen to the great chariot? No wonder Liu Bang saw Qin Shihuang's chariot that day and sighed: "A real man should be like this."
I finally understood why the ministers had to remonstrate so hard to prevent the emperor from traveling. It was really a huge effort and wasted money and people.
Yi Bingshui secretly lamented that those who thought they could assassinate the Emperor while he was driving out were mostly just wishful thinking. Not to mention the Emperor's Luo, even a princess was surrounded and surrounded.
Jiucheng Palace is located in Linyou County, northwest of Chang'an City.
Yi Bingshui had an impression of Jiucheng Palace, but it was Ouyang Xun's copybook "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription Stele", which was hailed by later generations as "the best regular script in the world".
The distance from Chang'an City to Jiucheng Palace was only over 300 miles, half a day's journey by horse. However, the emperor's journey was complicated by many steps, with a mixture of foot and horse, making the journey very slow.
Although they set off at nine o'clock, it was already two o'clock when they arrived at the shore of the Weishui River in Xianyang. The team stopped again, started cooking, and started breakfast.
Yi Bingshui wondered in her mind, how long would it take to reach Jiucheng Palace in this way? At the beginning, she could still look around, sighing at the strange things everywhere, but by this time, she was getting a little impatient.
Seeing King Teng, King Yue, and King Ji sitting together, they quietly changed into men's clothes and discussed with the three of them to go alone first. King Teng and the other three were also feeling depressed, and they hit it off with Yi Bingshui.
While everyone was not paying attention, everyone pretended to be respectful, avoided everyone's sight, gathered together, threw away the emperor's honor guard, and set off for Jiucheng Palace first.
When Liu Juan saw this in the sky, he decided to play a trick on these young men. He transformed into a poor scholar and waited for them at a post station ahead.
The weather in summer is changeable. It was still cloudless early in the morning, but at this time, the wind blew cirrus clouds and blocked the sunshine. However, there was no direct sunlight, which made it easier to walk.
Yi Bingshui had always loved to play, but these days when walking in the city, she became less naughty and more melancholy. At this time, she changed into men's clothes and straddled the horse in the wind, and she actually regained a lot of her former self.
We had a great time chatting nonsense with King Teng, King Yue and King Ji all the way.
The four men let go of their horses and ran wildly. By early noon, they had arrived at Fufeng. The emperor's holy chariot had long been lost without a trace.
The four of them escaped secretly in the morning and did not eat properly. They were already hungry. When they saw Fufeng Inn from a distance, they cheered and rushed in together.
Fufeng Station is a big station, with people coming and going. Before noon, the station was almost full.
The four of them finally found a seat to sit down, but they shared a table with others.
Fortunately, Yi Bingshui was not particular. King Teng, King Yue, and King Ji would not have been so easy to get along with, but seeing Yi Bingshui's boldness, they no longer cared about it, and they all sat down eagerly, unwilling to be outdone.
I called the courier to bring some wine and meat, and the people came and wolfed down the food.
The person sharing the table with the three of them was a scholar in his thirties. He was quite handsome, with a refreshing expression and an extraordinary demeanor. However, his brows were furrowed, as if he was infinitely sad.
There was only a plate of peanuts and a pot of wine in front of me. Every time I ate a peanut, I took a sip of wine and smacked it in my mouth for a long time. It seemed that the wine and peanuts were extremely sweet.
When Yi Bingshui saw it, she thought that this miserable scholar was probably acting like this because he was short of money and couldn't afford meat.
Feeling pity, he asked the postman to serve a plate of beef, pushed it in front of the scholar, and said: "Meeting each other is fate, and sitting at the same table is fate. Please don't be polite, brother."
Liu Juan glanced at Yi Bingshui, his brows furrowed even more tightly, and a sharp flash appeared in his eyes: "Take it, take it" with a hint of anger in his tone.
Yi Bingshui was stunned and was about to speak.
Li Yuanying, Prince of Teng, was standing aside. Seeing that Yi Bingshui was ridiculed for her good intentions, he immediately became furious and slapped the table and stood up: "You ungrateful thing, how dare you treat her like this..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yi Bingshui hurriedly grabbed him and said with a smile: "It's just me who is nosy, so that's okay. Don't be nosy."
He turned around and called the messenger to come over, pack the beef, and said, "Just right, I'll eat slowly when I get hungry on the road."
Liu Juan glanced at Yi Bingshui and stopped talking.
The three kings of Teng were angry, but they were blocked by Yi Bingshui and ignored them.
After the four of them finished their meal, they started discussing how to move while having tea.
It turns out that there are two ways to go from Chang'an to Jiucheng Palace and Fufeng. One way is to continue to the west and take the Yi Road, which is easier to walk but a little farther. The other way is to go northwest, take a small road, and go directly to Jiucheng.
Go to the palace, we are close but it is difficult to get there.
Both the King of Yue and King Ji agreed to take the shortcut.
"This path leads directly to Jiucheng Palace. It only takes an hour to get there. Going around to the west will cost you hundreds of miles, and you may not be able to get there even after dark."
Prince Teng did not forget to show his pity for the beauty. He looked at Yi Bingshui and said, "It's better to take the post road. The post road is easy to walk. If you can't get there before dark, at least there is a post road where you can stay."
Yi Bingshui shook her head and said with a smile: "Don't worry about me. I grew up in the mountains. The thing I'm not afraid of most is hardship. Compared to you young masters, I won't make any concessions."
After hearing this, Liu Juan glanced at Yi Bingshui casually, with a strange look in his eyes, shook his head, and continued to drink.
Yi Bingshui had already seen it and was secretly surprised.
The four of them agreed and immediately left the inn and continued on their way.
After leaving the inn, Yi Bingshui smiled and said: "We'll take the main road. Although it's a long way around, after all, the Holy Master is behind us. At worst, we won't go wrong until the Holy Master comes with us."
She left first with the three kings. Although she left a letter, she was worried that if something happened along the way, she would not be able to bear it.
"Why were you talking big words just now? Now I'm scared again." Yue Wang Li Zhen said with a smile,
"The scholar at the inn looks a little weird," Yi Bingshui said.
"Well, I feel a little weird too." Prince Ji Li Shen said, with his usual cold expression on his face.
King Teng and King Yue no longer insisted, but began to make fun of Yi Bingshui along the way.
"You always thought you were brave, but you turned out to be so timid and cautious."
Yi Bingshui was not annoyed and said with a smile: "Being careful is not a hero, being careless is not heroic, but just a fool. Your Majesty has always been brave, doesn't he bring so many guards when he goes out, shouting from left to right, and makes him feel depressed just looking at him?
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"The Holy One crossed the Wei River alone and formed an alliance with the barbarians. He was so courageous. How can he be compared to ordinary children?"
As soon as Yi Bingshui finished speaking, she heard an unhurried snort from someone behind her.
The four of them turned around and were surprised when they saw it was the sad scholar they had just seen in the inn.
Yi Bingshui thought to herself: The reason why the four of them did not take the small road was to guard against this weirdo, but unexpectedly they ended up walking all the way.
