As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. After Xu Zizhen put on a brand-new yamen official uniform, he looked even more majestic and distinguished. All the police officers in the government knew that he went into the den of thieves alone to rescue more than a dozen abducted women.
This group of rough guys admired this new colleague very much, and Xu Zizhen soon became familiar with them.
Magistrate Wen was very kind to him. Knowing that he had no place to live, he specially allocated a wing in the mansion for him to stay. The place was not big, but it was still a nest.
Just as he was cleaning up the room, someone suddenly called his name outside the door. When Xu Zizhen opened the door, he saw that it was a policeman he had just met. He was a very likeable young man named Jin Yuxi with a smiling face and eyes.
Jin Yuxi did not enter the house, but stood at the door and said with a bad smile: "Brother Xu, there is a big girl looking for you outside the door." At this point, he winked and said, "Hey, it's your crush, right? Brother Xu is really amazing.
I just arrived in Suzhou a few days ago and found such a beautiful one..."
Xu Zizhen's heart moved and he quickly interrupted him: "Okay, okay, I'll teach you a few tricks later so that you can go around the world and harm other people's daughters." After saying that, Jin Yuxi didn't let him say any more, and pulled him out of the door. He arrived not long after.
At the gate of the government office, I saw a pretty girl standing on the roadside outside the door, it was Mo Lier.
"Li'er? Why are you back again?" Xu Zizhen hurriedly walked out with a serious look on his face. In fact, he was very happy. Just now he was thinking about how to find this girl in the future, but now she came to her door automatically.
As soon as Mo Lier looked up and saw Xu Zizhen's outfit, his eyes suddenly lit up. This uniform seemed to have been tailor-made for him. It completely highlighted his strong body and tall figure. He was tall and mighty.
Handsome, the little girl's heart fluttered unconsciously.
"Li'er thinks that Brother Xu doesn't have a place to live yet..."
Jin Yuxi smiled and interjected: "So my sister-in-law plans to let Brother Xu live at your place?"
Mo Li'er's little face immediately turned red. Xu Zizhen gave her a weak kick and scolded her with a smile: "Don't make trouble here. Li'er is thin-skinned. Don't make fun of her."
Jin Yuxi smiled and dodged away, but still said to Mo Lier: "Sister-in-law, are you planning to go to the temple fair with Brother Xu? Today is the last day."
"Temple fair? What the hell?" Xu Zizhen didn't know what the temple fair was and was a little confused.
Jin Yuxi said: "You don't care what he is, anyway, it's the busiest place there these days. Just take your sister-in-law there." As he said that, he secretly took out a piece of silver from his arms and stuffed it into Xu Zizhen's hand, and said in a low voice.
, "Brother Xu, I know you are in trouble, but this girl is really nice, hurry up."
Xu Zizhen was moved for a while. Xiao Jin was really interesting and clever. He knew his difficulties before he said anything. He stopped being polite, put away his money and replied in a low voice: "Thank you, brother."
Jin Yuxi smiled and turned back to the door to take charge. Xu Zizhen turned back to Mo Lier, scratched his head and said: "Xiao Jin said there was some kind of temple fair? I have never seen monks and nuns gather together for a meeting in my life. Can you lead me?"
Want to see something?"
Mo Lier was stunned and laughed out loud: "Brother Xu, the temple fair is a traditional folk activity in Suzhou Prefecture. It is divided into two times a year, spring and autumn. Spring is for spring outings, and autumn is for chrysanthemum appreciation. However, it has nothing to do with monks and nuns."
Xu Zizhen's old face turned red, damn, it's embarrassing again!
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The location of the temple fair is on Huqiu Mountain in the northwest corner of Suzhou Prefecture. It is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is just a small mound. There is a Huqiu Tower on the top of the mountain, which is where the bones of King Wu Helu were buried. This is the first place in Wuzhong.
At that time, the great writer Su Shi of the Song Dynasty once said: "It would be a pity not to visit Tiger Hill when in Suzhou!"
When he first arrived at Huqiu, Xu Zizhen was stunned by the bustling scene in front of him. Oh my god, there were so many people! He hadn’t seen many people on the road since he got here, and there wasn’t even a ghost when he first woke up.
Have you seen it before? It turns out that these people have come to Huqiu?
There are many stalls on the flat area at the foot of Huqiu Mountain. They are all brought by local people with burdens. There are handicrafts, silk products, and many Suzhou folk snacks, sugar porridge, red bean dumplings, and crabapple cakes.
, plum blossom cakes, etc., there are so many in total that Xu Zizhen’s eyes are a little dizzy.
It was almost noon now. Xu Zizhen, who had been hungry for more than ten hours, could still hold back. He pulled Mo Li'er to eat from one end of the stall to the other. He originally loved sweets, but now he was like a rat draining the gas tank.
It looked like it was inside, and within a short time I had a mouthful of colorful bean paste, sesame, candies and the like.
Mo Lier always followed Xu Zizhen with a red face. She could only ignore the pointing fingers of others and could not help it. Xu Zizhen was so good at eating that he had visited almost all the dozens of stalls along the way.
, but she didn't feel embarrassed, but felt sweet in her heart. When she turned her face, she noticed the abnormality on Xu Zizhen's face. She couldn't help but pursed her lips and chuckled. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of Xu Zizhen's mouth.
Xu Zizhen felt sweet in his heart. He was about to take the opportunity to hold her little hand, but he was suddenly bumped into from behind. He was not careful and almost jumped on Mo Li'er, but even so, he accidentally stepped on Mo Li'er.
The baby's little golden lotus made the little girl's face turn pale for a while in pain.
He stood firm and looked back, only to see a few young men dressed as scholars behind him. It was enough to say sorry for bumping into someone, but those scholars didn't take it seriously, as if it was nothing.
As he passed by Xu Zizhen, one of the fat men glanced at him disdainfully.
Xu Zizhen was not happy immediately. He was not a person who swallowed his losses to begin with, not to mention that the pear hurt from being stepped on. His face turned dark and he wanted to go up and teach those scholars a lesson.
Seeing that something was wrong, Mo Lier quickly grabbed his collar and said softly: "Brother Xu, forget it, there are so many people here, it is inevitable that we will bump into each other."
Xu Zizhen had no choice but to suppress his anger and glared at the scholars hatefully. To be honest, he didn't want to beat anyone in front of Mo Li'er, which would damage his image, but the fat man's eyes were too irritating, and he clearly showed his superiority.
Posture.
Mo Lier knew that he was still angry, so she quickly pulled him away: "Brother Xu, today is the last day of the temple fair. There is a chrysanthemum festival next to the Thousand People Stone. Don't miss it."
Thousands of people stone? I have only heard of Thousands of People Killing, Teacher Xiang Cang, who else...
There is a small pond on Huqiu Mountain called Sword Pool, and not far from the Sword Pool is the Thousand People Stone. It is said that King Helu of Wu killed thousands of craftsmen at this place to prevent leaks after the tomb was repaired.
So the name was left behind, and a chrysanthemum festival is held here every autumn. Firstly, the place is spacious, and secondly, it is used to commemorate the dead craftsmen with chrysanthemums. It has become a tradition in Suzhou.
When Xu Zizhen arrived at the location of the Chrysanthemum Fair, he felt dizzy. The place was filled with chrysanthemums, overwhelming, red, yellow, purple, and green. The petals were also tongue-shaped, wide-shaped, claw-shaped, and linear. Xu Zizhen was stunned when he saw it.
Endless.
Mo Lier chuckled and said, "Brother Xu, what do you think of this flower party?"
Xu Zizhen sincerely praised: "Except for my last trip to Dali, I have never seen so many flowers at once."
Two years ago, several of their college classmates made an appointment to go to Yunnan. They once went to Dali and happened to catch up with a camellia exhibition held at the old site of Prince Mu's Mansion in Dali. At that time, the garden was full of camellias, and he looked at them in a variety of colors.
stunned.
Suddenly a voice came from behind: "Huh? Has this brother been to Dali?"
Xu Zizhen looked back and saw a scholar of similar age to him. He was handsome, elegant and polite. He was followed by a boy who looked a few years younger. He was also dressed as a scholar. His eyebrows were very similar to those of the previous scholar, and he had a pair of bright and clear eyes.
His big eyes looked at him curiously, and he looked like an eccentric person, which was really endearing.
"I've been there, just in the past two years." Xu Zizhen didn't use that sour tone, so he replied carelessly, "I've been to Erhai Lake, Butterfly Spring, and the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple. It's also a good place."
After saying that, he glanced at the two scholars. They were not tall and their skin was not fair, with some flaxen color.
Xu Zizhen's heart moved and he said with a smile: "Are you two from Dali?"
The older scholar bowed: "Brother, I have good eyesight. I am a young man named Duan Chen. This is my young brother Duan Yan."
Xu Zizhen hurriedly returned the gift: "I...I am Xu Zizhen." At this point, he was stuck. He really didn't know how to communicate with the scholars. It was only because he didn't learn classical Chinese well when he was studying, and he couldn't even say a few sour words.
The little scholar Duan Yan also saluted with a smile, and suddenly said to Mo Lier, who was silent at the side: "This sister is so beautiful, just like the person in the painting."
Mo Lier blushed a little, Fu Yifu was a gift in return, and shyly hid behind Xu Zizhen. Xu Zizhen felt funny in his heart, and he didn't mind Duan Yan's sweet mouth. He was just a child anyway, could he be his love rival?
?
Duan Yan rolled his eyes and suddenly jumped to Mo Lier's side, grinning and saying: "Sister, my brother and I are new to Suzhou. Could you please help me take us around?"
This guy is a bit shameless! Xu Zizhen couldn't laugh or cry. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard an unbridled laughter coming from beside him: "Now that we are so beautiful, why don't the three of us write a couplet to form a poem and have fun together? I don't know.
What do you think, Brother Nian?"
Xu Zizhen turned his head and saw, hey, we really are enemies on a narrow road, and we bumped into these three guys again.