As soon as they entered Hanzhou City, Li Chaoyi and Xiao Qianjun were surrounded by a group of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears.
This surprised him a little, but he didn't panic and stood calmly.
A hundred-year-old military man wearing golden armor and a horizontal sword at his waist came forward and stared at the scholar in green shirt who was surrounded.
"Are you Gu Tianju?"
Li Chaoyi shook his head: "No, I'm Li Chaoyi. I wonder why the military master set up such a battle?"
The military man looked at him carefully: "You are dressed in a green shirt, tall and tall, and handsome in appearance. Are you really not Gu Tianju? The second lady has your portrait in her hand. Don't try to coax me, otherwise you will be punished even more!"
Li Chaoyi smiled and replied: "That's not true. I came from the Great Wei Dynasty in the Central Region. It's my first time to set foot in Hanzhou City today. I have nothing to do with anyone, let alone Gu Tianju, as the military master said."
The military man was still doubtful.
At this moment, a series of loud hoofbeats sounded on the street, and a girl in green clothes rode up with several followers.
Soon several fast horses arrived in front of the city gate, and the soldiers moved out of the way.
"Ma Teng, what are you doing around this scholar?" The Bishang girl reined in her horse and stopped, looking around and asking.
The soldier hugged him and said politely: "Second Miss, he..."
"You have recognized the wrong person. He is not that bastard Gu Tianju!" the girl Bishang interrupted.
He also understood what was going on, and apologized to Li Qianyou with clasped fists: "This scholar, Ma Teng and others mistook you for someone else, which is very offensive. I apologize to you on their behalf!"
She is actually a bold and neat girl.
Li Chaoyi cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "It's okay. Since it's a misunderstanding, just let's talk it over."
The girl nodded, took out a portrait from the storage bag on her waist, and handed it to the military man: "This was just drawn by the artist. This is the bastard. Take a look at it and stop making jokes and delaying business. "
The military man opened it and took a closer look, and saw that the man in the painting was in his early twenties, wearing a green shirt and holding a jade fan.
Comparing it with the scholar in green shirt in front of me, it is indeed not the same person. The scholar in green shirt in front of me is more elegant and handsome than the man in the painting.
He immediately closed the portrait, clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li. I'm blind, and I mistakenly thought you were the evil thief named Gu. Please forgive me!"
Li Qingyi returned the favor again: "It doesn't matter!"
Then the girl Bishang led the people away and rode out of the city, followed by the soldier Ma Teng and his soldiers.
The river wind blew, and a few words of dialogue were faintly heard:
"Second Miss, Gu Tianju must have escaped from Hanzhou a long time ago, right? Can he still catch up?"
"That bastard dares to deceive the eldest sister's feelings, even if he escapes to the ends of the world, I, Lu Xueying, will catch him back and skin him!"
There were many pedestrians and traders at the city gate. After the girls and soldiers had gone away, they immediately started talking in low voices.
Li Chaoyi listened for a while and learned that the forthright Bishang girl was the second daughter of the prefect of Hanzhou. She also had a sister named Lu Shuirou, who had a good relationship with a scholar surnamed Gu, and the whole city knew about it.
When the prefect could not resist his daughter's pleading and finally agreed, the scholar surnamed Gu abandoned Miss Lu for unknown reasons.
It's very much like a story about a talented man and a beautiful woman.
Li Changyi didn't mind these nosy matters and led Xiao Qianjun to the Luohua Terrace in the east of the city.
Luohua Terrace is one of the most famous towers in Hanzhou City. It stands on the edge of Hanjiang River. From inside, you can see the alleys and streets of the city, and from outside, you can see the water and sky of Hanjiang River.
The falling flowers and the moon are one of the eight scenic spots in Hanzhou.
However, the most famous thing about Luohuatai is not its landscape and pavilions, but the legend about the eternal Ci Emperor Li Houzhu.
Empress Li was originally an emperor in Nanmeng Huazhou. Empress Li indulged in romantic affairs and neglected state affairs, and became the leader of the country's subjugation.
He was extremely talented, especially good at poetry. After his country was destroyed and his country was overthrown, he mourned the loss of his country and gained the true meaning of his poems. He was promoted from a human monarch to a saint of the immortal family, and became an eternal poem famous in nine continents.
emperor.
It is said that when he became a saint, he said "Ask me how much sorrow you can have, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward", which caused the nine-day rain of sorrow to fall on the world and turned into a river of spring water, flowing eastward.
Although a man became a saint, his family and country were no longer there, and his beautiful woman had also passed away. After putting the past behind him, Emperor Li Ci traveled around the world and traveled all over the nine continents.
It is said that his last stop was in Hanzhou.
On a drizzling spring day, I stood by Hanjiang River and looked across the river. I left behind a sentence: "Flowing water and falling flowers, spring is gone, heaven and earth", and then disappeared from the world, never to be seen again.
In order to commemorate this eternal Ci Emperor, later generations built a tower near the river, which is today's Luohua Terrace.
On the Luohua Terrace, Li Changyi felt a little emotional as he listened to an elegant old man and seven or eight children telling the history of the Luohua Terrace.
If Empress Li had not indulged in romantic affairs, but had governed diligently, perhaps there would not have been the "most hasty day to leave the temple", there would not have been "the motherland cannot bear to look back at the moonlight", nor would there have been "a life full of hatred for water"
Changdong".
Of course, in that case, there might be one less eternal Ci Emperor in the world.
Who knows?
Li Changyi did not disturb the elegant old man, but let the younger generations of the family remember the past and talk about the present, and entertained them with education.
He led Xiao Qianjun to the other corner of the balcony to enjoy the magnificent view of Hanjiang River.
Under the Luohua Terrace, in a street shop, a woman in her early forties spat when she heard the elegant old man talking about various anecdotes about Emperor Li Ci's past.
"Bah! Is he worthy of being called the Eternal Ci Emperor? He is just a prince who abandoned his country and disobeyed his orders!"
After scolding, the woman started to eat melon seeds, which seemed to be particularly disdainful, and she spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth on the ground.
"Mrs. Zhou, how do you sell this comb?" A young girl came into the store and took a fancy to an exquisite horn comb.
"Five cents, if you curse me for being a coward and disobey my orders, I'll give it to you for free."
"this……"
The young girl was thin-skinned and finally chose to pay.
Li Qianyi, who came down from the Falling Flower Terrace, happened to see this scene, smiled, and led Xiao Qianjun away.
Afterwards, the brothers and sisters went to Dragon Dragon Cliff, another famous place in Hanzhou.
There is also a famous legend in Zhanlongya. It is said that four hundred years ago, Hanzhou did not belong to Dashun at that time, but belonged to a small country.
In a wild bay in the lower reaches of Hanjiang River, there is an evil dragon lingering. Every month, it asks Hanzhou City for a pair of boys and girls. If it is not delivered in time, Hanzhou will be flooded for 800 miles.
A small country is too weak to control it, so it can only supply it.
Later, a woman from a village outside the city couldn't stop her five-year-old daughter from being chosen even if she tried her best, so she ran outside the city gate and cursed everyone in the city. She also pointed at the sky and cursed, hating the injustice of heaven.
His voice was hoarse and his drink was shrill. Before the eunuch came out and the God of Heaven showed up, a passing immortal came across thousands of miles and killed the evil dragon with a single blow.
The severed dragon head was as big as a small mountain. The dragon's blood spurted into the sky and turned into a rain of blood, which rained for three days and three nights.
When Li Chaoyi came to the Dragon-Zhan Cliff, he saw an extremely huge skeletal dragon head lying horizontally on the river cliff from a distance.
There is still a pure sword intent left in the fracture of the huge skeletal dragon head.
Without using the magical power of [celestial induction], he could vaguely see a bohemian swordsman. Hearing the village woman's scolding, he came out of the air, slashed lightly, and then let the evil dragon decapitate him, and then left gracefully.
go.
After coming down from Zhanlong Cliff, he went to Wenji Academy in the north of the city that the old boatman mentioned.
Wenji Academy is the premier Confucian academy in Hanzhou City. The headmaster of the academy has a reputation as a virtuous person. Almost every foreign scholar who comes to Hanzhou will pay him a visit.
However, when Li Changyi and Xiao Qianjun passed by, the academy was empty.
The principal took all the teachers and students of the college to follow the example of the sage master and went on a study tour, leaving only a blind old man as the janitor.
Li Chang had no choice but to wait until the next opportunity to visit.
In the evening, he led Xiao Qianjun to the last place worth visiting mentioned by the old boatman - Qinglian Temple.
Qinglian Temple is located in the west of Hanzhou City, beside Qinglian Lake.
The master of the temple is a lame old Taoist. Although his appearance is a little ugly, his character is excellent, and his Taoist skills are even more impressive. Anyone inside or outside the city who encounters something sneaky and evil will come to Qinglian Temple for help.
The old Taoist and his disciples never refused, and they only focused on killing evil spirits without asking for any reward. All the expenses in the temple depended on their own efforts.
Outside Hanzhou's Confucian academy, Buddhist temples were originally the most prosperous. After the establishment of Qinglian Temple, there was a trend of Taoism rising and Buddhism disappearing. The trend of worshiping Taoism in the city became a grand temple for a while.
Before Li Chaoyi and Xiao Qianjun arrived at Qinglian Lake, they saw many people carrying incense and candles flocking to the simple Taoist temple located by the lake.
Li Chaoyi stopped an elderly woman and asked, "Auntie, why are you rushing to Qinglian Temple in such a hurry?"
The aunt glanced at the elegant and handsome scholar in a green shirt, and then looked at the girl in a green skirt beside him, carrying a small bookcase.
He asked kindly: "Young students, are you from other places?"
Li Xianyue nodded: "Yes, we came from Lingzhou in the west and just arrived in Hanzhou today."
The aunt smiled and said: "That's not surprising. You are an outsider and don't know that Master Yu from Qinglian Temple invited Immortal Liujing from Changchun Temple in the East to preach. He held a Dharma conference for three days in a row. Today is the third
sky!"
"That Immortal Liujing is the most famous Taoist priest in the Eastern Realm. This opportunity is very rare. All the believers in the city are here."
Li Changyi was a little surprised and asked: "The Immortal Liujing you are talking about is Nanliujing?"
The aunt nodded proudly: "Yes, that's him! I attended Liujing Immortal's two-day Dharma conference and benefited a lot. I feel that if I listen to another lesson today, I will be able to enlighten myself and become a Taoist cultivator!"
Li Xianyue took a look at the aunt's character and qualifications, but said nothing.
The aunt hurried to the Taoist temple to seize a good seat. Without saying anything more, she waved her hand and left in a hurry with the small mazha.
Xiao Qianjun looked at the crowds of people rushing towards the Taoist temple from all directions, but he was a little curious: "Elder brother, is that Nanliu Jing Daozi famous?"
Li Chaoyi nodded with a smile: "It is indeed very famous. He was one of the top ten talents in Beizhou three years ago. He is a close disciple of the old master of Changchun Temple, the leader of the Eastern Taoist Sect, and a true Taoist disciple.
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Xiao Qianjun blinked: "Is he more powerful than senior brother?"
Li Xianyue touched her head and replied: "You should ask, is he more harmful than Xie Jiazi?"
Xiao Qianjun snorted and asked, "Then is he more powerful than Young Master Xie?"
"A bit more powerful, he's almost at the ninth level. But he's five years older than Xie Jiashu. The Xie family in five years' time may not be weaker than he is today."
Li Chaoyi smiled softly at the corner of his mouth: "After all, the eldest son Xie is the Yushu of the Xie family, the facade of Hanshan, how can he be weaker than the direct descendant of other families?"
"Xiao Qian'er, do you think so?"
Xiao Qianjun nodded, but she always felt that the elder brother's smile was a bit naughty.
"Xiao Qian'er, do you think I should compile a book and send it back to the academy, so that my husband and Masters Dong and Liu can supervise Xie Jiazi so that he can cultivate quickly and advance to the next level as soon as possible?"
"There is Ye Guiren, the number one genius in Beizhou. It's okay to put him on my head. How can I let this Immortal Liu Jing also put me on my head? It's beneath my status as the face of Hanshan."
Xiao Qianjun is sure that the senior brother's smile is not a bit bad, but his person is a bit bad.
At this moment, a clear voice came from not far away: "If I were Xie Jiashu, I would spit in your face."
Xiao Qianjun followed the sound and saw a young Taoist priest who appeared in the willow shade beside Qinglian Lake. He was as rich as jade and dressed in white.
The Taoist priest in white was walking towards the two of them.
Xiao Qianjun looked at him and then at the senior brother next to him, his big eyes twitching as he didn't understand what was going on.
However, Li Chaoyi shook his folding fan and said with disdain: "If you have the ability, why don't I print your ugly face using the Taoist Reflection method and send it to the aunties in the temple to see?"
"Pooh!"
The young Taoist priest in white clothes opened his mouth, spitting foam and flew towards Li Chao.