Early autumn, the Zhou Dynasty, the third year after the Yuan Dynasty.
Beijing.
Nowadays, pedestrians are crowded on the streets. Houses on the streets and painted boats by the lake are lined up in rows. In the pavilions and on the bows of boats, talented people are reciting poems and playing poems, and beauties are playing the harp and sheng, expressing affection with their eyebrows and laughing, for this busy season.
It adds a bit of leisure and fun.
Only Liang Xiao, dressed in white, did not participate in the autumn harvest, nor did he hang out with the talented and beautiful. He sat by the lake, with his right foot stretched out, his left knee bent and his hands on his hands. His uninhibited sitting posture attracted the disdainful eyes of passers-by.
, but he turned a blind eye.
"Diemengzhuang Zhouzhuang Mengdie?"
Liang Xiao looked at the fallen leaves by the lake in trance, murmuring to himself, and drinking wine.
The autumn wind sways the hangover memories...
He was struck by lightning while performing a mission on a rainy day.
When he woke up, he became Liang Xiao of the Zhou Dynasty.
He was born into a general, but he is the descendant of a guilty minister.
Seventeen years ago, barbarians invaded, and the Zhou Dynasty suffered a disastrous defeat and was forced to move its capital.
His father, Marquis Lanling, died in battle with one hundred thousand soldiers.
His mother heard the bad news and died after giving birth to him.
The Lanling Marquis Mansion was also raided.
Liang Xiao was adopted by an old man and lived in seclusion in the mountains for fifteen years. After completing his studies, he came down from the mountain and just in time for the amnesty, he went to find the daughter of the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion to whom he had proposed to marry.
However, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion kept him out for various reasons, and the intention of drawing a clear line was obvious.
How vulnerable the two families, who have been friends for decades, are in the face of reality!
In Zhou Dynasty, where there were more women than men, he became a "toad" among the people in the capital!
The old man just wanted him to swear to serve the country, marry three wives and four concubines, and expand the branches of the Liang family, otherwise the master and the disciple would never see each other.
It is a pity that the son of the guilty minister who was deprived of his title was not qualified to obtain meritorious service, and his career in the army was met with obstacles.
In desperation, Liang Xiao could only count his family assets and do business first. As a result, he lost thousands of taels of silver and became the laughing stock of the entire Nancheng District, drinking to drown his sorrows all day long.
The world took a different trajectory after the Qin Dynasty. Hundreds of years later, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, aristocratic families were at their peak.
As the son of a guilty minister, he may be destined to die in humiliation and depression.
But as a human being in two lifetimes, the word surrender is not in his dictionary!
After smoothing his memory, Liang Xiao woke up from his dream.
"As long as your thinking doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties!"
After a short period of melancholy, Liang Xiao suddenly became enlightened, smiled slightly, and his eyes fell into the distance.
Someone was watching him not far away.
He was a young man in white clothes, with delicate features and a feminine appearance. He waved his paper fan gently and his eyes were bright and sparkling. Compared with them, the eyes of the most beautiful girl he had ever seen paled in comparison.
If it weren't for the young man's chest, he would definitely believe that the other person was a woman disguised as a man.
A follower behind the young man also seemed to be indistinguishable between male and female.
He has been sitting here for two hours and has long been accustomed to other people's attention to crazy people. This boy is no exception. It's just because of his beautiful eyes that attracted his short attention.
The young man glanced at him for a few times, then turned his disappointed eyes to the boat in the lake.
The talented people and beauties in the lake are mourning the spring and autumn, and they are murmuring words.
Liang Xiao's ears were extremely sharp, and he vaguely heard the muttering of the young man next to him.
"There are three thousand talented people in the capital. They are either arty or drunkards. The country is in danger!"
Liang Xiao couldn't help but laugh, and stood up holding the wine gourd.
Who else could be the one who was dubbed a "bad drunkard" by the other party, not myself?
When the young man heard Liang Xiao's chuckle, he frowned and looked up to see that Liang Xiao was walking to the inn to get a drink.
The attendant behind him glanced at Liang Xiao coldly and sneered: "This man is somewhat self-aware and dare not respond to Mr.... Young Master!"
"He is born with a good skin, but it is a pity that he is idle. If the younger generation in my generation is like him, there will be no cure."
The young man sighed, ignored Liang Xiao, and took out a calligraphy painting angrily, looking at it fascinatedly.
"It has been seven days. Looking at the literary world in the capital, no one can guess the second couplet..."
As he spoke, the young man looked depressed.
The entourage thought hard for a long time before comforting him: "After all, even the person who asked the question can't admit it. The three lights of the sun, moon and stars, this is an eternal absolute!"
The young man just looked at those five words and nodded in despair.
"I can't be sorry either! Because there is a word '三' in the couplet, so the second line cannot be repeated, and there are only three words after Sanguang. In any case, the number of characters in the second line and the right line is either more than three, or less.
Yu Sanzi."
The entourage listened quietly to the young man's explanation without daring to get angry.
"What's so difficult about this? Four elegant poems."
Liang Xiao's inappropriate chuckle interrupted the young man's thinking.
The young man was stunned and stared blankly at Liang Xiao who was passing by.
Seeing that his master was distracted from his thoughts by Liang Xiao, the attendant finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "What nonsense! This ode to elegance is only three words, how can it be four poems?"
Liang Xiao glanced at the master and servant, turned around and left.
The attendant was about to teach Liang Xiao a lesson, but the young man in front of him exclaimed: "This is a wonderful pairing! The word 'Ya' in the Book of Songs can be divided into Daya and Xiaoya, which corresponds to the four poems!"
The attendant was immediately at a loss, his face was full of shame, and he did not dare to say anything.
"Please stay, your Excellency!"
The young man stopped Liang Xiao and introduced himself.
"In Xialinduan, how do you call your Excellency such a talented person?"
Liang Xiao looked back at the young man and replied: "It's not worth mentioning a drunkard in the market. I just saw you looking extremely sad and couldn't bear it."
The entourage was ashamed and quickly clasped his fists at Liang Xiao and said: "It turns out that your Excellency has good intentions, but I was the one who offended..."
Only then did the young man remember what he had just said as a "rotten drunkard". His face suddenly turned red and he hesitated: "I wrongly blamed Your Excellency. The autumn wind is bleak right now, and there are hundreds of talented people and beautiful women here who are moved by the scene, but you are the only one who is drinking freely."
, different.”
Liang Xiao just laughed, carried the wine gourd and walked home, singing loudly.
"Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely. I say that autumn is better than spring!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Duan felt as if he was struck by lightning, and the talented and beautiful people in the distance were also stunned.
After a while, there was a burst of cheers from the riverside, and the atmosphere suddenly changed to one of optimism.
"Selling wine in white clothes, Mr. Zhuo Shijia..."
Lin Duan looked at Liang Xiao's back in rapt attention, with a bit of surprise in his eyes.
In a cabin in the middle of the lake, a woman in yellow robe was drinking tea and said softly: "Which talented man is reciting poetry outside?"
A beautiful woman opened the curtain and replied: "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Princess is talking to that person..."
The woman in yellow robe nodded slightly: "Oh, she is very discerning."
At this time, Lin Duan came to his senses and hurriedly led his entourage to stop Liang Xiao.
"Your Excellency is open-minded by nature and has extraordinary knowledge...but you are from the capital?"
Liang Xiao glanced at Lin Duan, nodded and said, "So, I've lived here for two years."
Lin Duan said happily: "What a coincidence! I'm here to find someone: Liang Xiao of the Liang family, the son of Marquis Lanling. Does your Excellency know this person?"
"I know." Liang Xiao's face didn't change and he took a sip of wine.
Lin Duan sighed: "Everyone knows that this person is ignorant, has no respect for etiquette, and does not want to make progress! But I have to go see him. I hope to hear your opinion of him!"
Liang Xiao picked up the gourd and took a sip, laughing.
"Not only that, this guy is also violent, sexually audacious, and proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. Are you sure you want to see him?"