Chapter 175 Thinking back to the past, the feather fan towel
Chapter 175 Thinking back to those days, feather fan scarf
It rained heavily all night long.
Jiangdong sent no more people to harass, and the mission also significantly strengthened its defenses. The night was uneventful until daybreak the next day.
The rain finally stopped before dawn.
After Cao Peng and Xia Houlan hitched the carriage as before, one drove the carriage and the other sat on the deputy's seat, and slowly drove out of the inn gate. At the inn gate, Xun Yan got off the carriage and met Zhang Zhao with Wang Lang.
Afterwards, the mission's carriages and horses set out slowly.
Zhang Zhao intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Xun Yan's carriage with the corner of his eye.
But when he saw Xun Yan getting off the carriage, he immediately stopped observing.
Zhang Zhao knew the children of the aristocratic family very well. These people were very high-minded and extremely proud. Not everyone could ride in the same carriage as Xun Yan. If they were not equal in status but sat in the same carriage, then what would happen to the aristocratic family?
Disciple, it is tantamount to humiliation.
Zhang Zhao learned from Han Zong that he was ordered to hunt down the thieves, but Han Zong was not very clear about the specific reasons.
The thief was an idle man in Wu County, so there was no need to worry that Xun Yan and the thief would be riding in the carriage. Therefore, Zhang Zhao's attention immediately turned to the other carriages and horses, and under his instructions
, soldiers kept blocking the vehicles intentionally or unintentionally to conduct inspections. However, such small actions could not be hidden from the eyes of Xun Yan and Wang Lang, and they both frowned slightly.
Cao Peng noticed that someone seemed to be staring at him.
Looking back, he saw Han Zong behind Sun He, looking at him fiercely.
But Sun He, as if nothing happened, stood aside with a smile on his face, listening to the conversation between Zhang Zhao and Wang Lang Xunyan...
However, the corner of his eye always glanced at Cao Peng.
Is it great to have fierce eyes?
Cao Peng showed a sneer.
He suddenly raised his hand, patted the knife bag placed next to him, then pointed at Han Zong and made a motion of slitting Han Zong's throat.
The disdain shown in every gesture made Han Zong's face turn red immediately.
Although he had never seen the throat cutting ceremony, he could feel the humiliation that Cao Peng felt towards him.
Han Dang can be said to be a veteran of Jiangdong for two generations.
When Sun Jian was alive, Han Dang followed Sun Jian in his expeditions to the east and west, and also participated in the wars of the princes against Dong Zhuo. After Sun Jian's death, Han Dang began to follow Sun Ce and crossed the river to conquer the east, helping Sun Ce to achieve today's huge situation... Sun Ce's Account
There are not many people who can compare with Han Dang. Except for the veteran Cheng Pu and Huang Gai and Huang Gongfu, the son of the former Nanyang County Governor Huang Zilian, there are really not many people who can be higher than Han Dang in terms of qualifications. That's right.
Because of this, Han Zong can be regarded as spoiled and even arrogant.
Growing up, Han Zong had never been humiliated like this.
He gritted his teeth and looked at Cao Peng, writing a poem and about to rush out.
Sun He stretched out his hand and held Han Zong firmly.
Smiling towards Cao Peng, Sun He gently shook his head.
That means warning Cao Peng: Enough is enough. If you do something too much, you will be in big trouble.
Cao Peng also laughed, turned his head, and ignored Sun He.
"This Sun Bohai is not simple."
He lowered his voice and said to Xia Houlan.
Xia Houlan stretched out his head in surprise and glanced at Sun He, "It's just two eyes and one nose. It doesn't seem to be anything special."
Sun He's appearance is not very outstanding.
His original surname was Yu. He followed Sun Jian in the Eastern and Western expeditions from Han Dynasty, and was highly valued by Sun Jian. Later, he followed Sun Ce across the Yangtze River to conquer the east. Sun Ce gave the surname Sun and included Sun He in the genealogy, which was a recognition of Sun He's role in the family tree.
His status in the clan. This man was loyal and honest, quick in words and deeds, and was quite prestigious among the Jiangdong generals. Even veterans like Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang were full of praise for Sun He.
Cao Peng said: "If you look good, you may not have the ability."
As he said that, he glanced at Sun He again.
However, at this time, Sun He was saying goodbye to Xun Yan and others, so he did not pay attention to Cao Peng.
This procrastination lasted until it was almost Chen time before the mission was finally on its way. Zhang Zhao asked Wang Lang and Xun Yan to ride with him, but Xun Yan refused.
"I didn't sleep well last night, so I need to go back to the car and take a nap."
Xun Yan's answer was very tactful, and Zhang Zhao didn't press any further.
However, Wang Lang and Zhang Zhao were old acquaintances, so they followed Zhang Zhao into the carriage.
Xun Yan returned to his carriage. Cao Peng jumped out of the car and helped Xun Yan get up. The two looked at each other and nodded lightly.
Sun He kept looking at the two of them with a smile.
"Ah Fu, Sun Bohai seems to be very interested in you."
"oh?"
"Haha, otherwise he wouldn't keep asking about you."
"Pursuing about me?"
"Yeah, I think he wants to recruit you."
Cao Peng couldn't help but laugh after hearing this...
Xia Houlan raised his whip to drive the carriage, and the carriage moved slowly along with the large group of people.
It can be seen that Sun Ce should attach great importance to this visit of the envoy. Not only did he order Zhang Zhao to come to Dantu to greet him in person, he also sent hundreds of fine cavalry to follow. Cao Peng looked leisurely, sitting on the carriage, and
Sun He nodded in greeting again and then put away his smile.
"Bo Hai, just let them go like this?"
Han Zong asked through gritted teeth.
Sun He looked at him and said softly: "Then what do you want?"
"The thief must be hiding inside, and I'm sure it must be related to that Xun boy."
"You saw it just now. Everyone passed in front of you, but you didn't see any clues, let alone any evidence. What else do you want?"
"Why don't I stay on the road..."
"Han Zong, don't be so presumptuous." Sun He's face sank and he said in a deep voice: "If you hadn't broken into the post house last night, why would you have caused so many troubles? Why didn't you tell me first?
I can also discuss it with Wang Lang and Xun Yan. Wouldn't that make it justifiable?
But you decided to make your own decision and rushed in with others, and you lost the lord's face in vain.
Do you know how eagerly my lord looks forward to the imperial edict? If he gets the imperial edict, the lord can justifiably conquer Jiangdong.
I'm telling you, don't take any chances with that mission."
After saying this, Sun He let out a long breath, pondered for a moment and then said: "I will send people to keep an eye on the mission. You should return to Wu County immediately and report to the lord... You are also a thief in the county, how can you arrest him?
You little thief, are you in such trouble? You, you, you..."
Sun He shook his head, turned and left.
Han Zong was left standing there with a red face, looking at Sun He's back with a ferocious look in his eyes.
Sun Bohai, this is too much!
Just as Xia Houlan said to Cao Peng last night, although the rain stopped, the road became extremely muddy.
The motorcade traveled all the way and had not reached Qu'a by evening. However, the bumps were so severe that even Wang Lang felt a little uncomfortable.
With no other choice, Zhang Zhao had to order his people to stop and set up camp on the spot.
At the same time, he sent people to Qu'a and ordered Qu'a to build the road overnight to avoid further delays.
After Xia Houlan drove the carriage into the camp, a mud monkey rolled out from under the carriage. It turned out to be Luo Kedi. This guy was indeed able to endure it. He hid under the carriage for almost a whole day. But he got off the car.
After that, he seemed very energetic, put on some clothes, and left quietly.
"Ah Fu, why should you pay attention to these roosters and dog robbers?"
"I heard that there was a man who had many retainers. Later, he offended the king of Qin and had to flee. When passing Hangu Pass, the city gate was locked. Everyone was helpless. It was a retainer who imitated the crow of a chicken and deceived
Only after opening the city gate did I escape from birth."
"It's Mr. Mengchang!"
Xun Yan couldn't help but laugh.
I know it’s Mr. Mengchang!
Cao Peng murmured in his heart: If I didn't do this, how could I give you a chance to reveal myself?
However, he made Xun Yan speechless with this story about chickens and dogs and thieves. Luo Kedi probably had no place to live in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if he went to the north of the Yangtze River, he would still do the same thing. Cao Peng felt that he was not skilled enough.
Weak, it would be a pity to just abandon him in the market. Therefore, Cao Peng introduced Luo Kedi to Haixi. Anyway, Deng Ji was lacking helpers.
Roosters, dogs, and thieves may be cheap, but if they are useful, they may be of great use.
On this point, Cao Peng believed in Deng Ji.
At least Deng Ji is not too bad at employing people...
"Ah Fu, I see that you usually read a book when you have nothing to do. What book are you reading?"
"Oh, the student is reading "On" now."
"Read "On"?" Xun Yan expressed his appreciation.
"How was your reading?"
"No more than a cursory reading."
"Well, there is a lot of knowledge in "On", and it is worth studying... By the way, who did you learn "On" from?"
"Mr. Hui, this is Mr. Puyang."
"Chen Liu, Puyang Kai?"
"Exactly!"
Xun Yan nodded, "Puyang Kai is a bit rigid, but his knowledge can be said to be solid. Especially "On" and "Spring and Autumn" are quite insightful. If it weren't for being a thief, it would be hard to say
Now you can achieve something."
Even Xun Yan said that Puyang Kai's knowledge was good, so Puyang Kai's knowledge was really good.
Xun Yan said: "Ah Fu, I heard that you are going to win the championship this year?"
"Well, my brother has this plan."
"Are you ready to seek fame?"
"This..." Cao Peng was a little confused about Xun Yan's true intention. He thought about it and smiled bitterly: "The student has thought about it, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it. My family was originally in Nanyang, and I wanted to ask for merit.
I’m afraid it’s not that easy.”
"Nanyang!"
Xun Yan scratched his head and suddenly said: "I remember, isn't Zi Lian in Nanyang?"
"Well!"
"You and Zi Lian seem to have a relationship, and I heard that Zi Lian set up a casino in Luoyang. It seems that both you and Zi Dan were involved."
Cao Peng was startled. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded lightly.
Speaking of which, Shengshi Casino officially opened at the beginning of the year after half a year of preparation.
It is said that the business is good and the business is quite profitable every day. Especially the gadgets in the gambling house are quickly popular among the people.
Mahjong, Pai Gow and other games are very popular among people.
However, since Cao Peng was in Guangling County, he didn't know much about the situation there.
As for how much profit he will get? Cao Peng is not sure. He does this thing because he wants to establish a relationship with Cao Hong. If something happens in the future, Cao Hong can also come forward to speak for him. As for making money...
Cao Peng felt that his profit from cooking sea salt and making salt in Haixi County would be far greater than that from a gambling house. After all, food is the most important thing for the people, and farming and salt production are serious things.
"Forget it. Although Uncle Zilian and I have a relationship, it's better to rely on yourself for this kind of thing.
Otherwise, if word spreads, even if you gain fame, you will be looked down upon by others... If you don't get it, you won't be able to eat mutton, but you will be in trouble."
"Well……"
Xun Yan couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
The words are crude, but if you think about it carefully, it is really the truth.
Xun Yan became even more fond of Cao Peng, and at the same time, he also made up his mind.
This night, everything was calm.
We set off again the next day and the road became much easier.
Especially after passing Qu'a, the road became smoother, so the speed of travel also accelerated. In about five or six days, Cao Peng and others passed Wuxi. Going further south, it took about a day and a half.
, you can reach Wuxian County, and everyone feels much more relaxed.
After a heavy rain, the sun shines brightly for several days.
On this day, the motorcade drove to the bank of Zhenze and suddenly stopped.
Zhang Zhao sent someone to inquire, but learned that the road ahead was blocked.
The two carriages suddenly overturned in the middle of the road, so that the roads were different. However, the other side was moving their vehicles and soon gave way to the road.
"When you go out, things will inevitably go wrong."
Xun Yan seemed very generous, "Since they said they would give up the road soon, we don't have to worry. I often hear people say that Zhenze has unique scenery, but it has never been seen. Since I passed by today, although I can't go boating on Daze
, but you can also enjoy the scenery by the lake?"
"Well……"
Zhang Zhao thought about it and felt that Xun Yan's request was not excessive.
Zhenze is also known as Taihu Lake in later generations.
It is also the cradle of Wuyue culture.
Zhang Zhao felt that he could take this opportunity to show off the beauty of Jiangdong.
So I happily agreed and walked to the lake with Wang Lang and Xun Yan...
"Afu, you come too."
Xun Yan took two steps and waved to Cao Peng.
Cao Peng was startled, jumped out of the car and followed quickly.
"Xiuruo, this Ah Fu of yours is quite a lovely person."
Pleasant?
You damn well know how to compose your words!
Cao Peng cursed secretly in his heart.
It turns out that Wang Lang is fond of pedophilia and loves beautiful men.
At first, Cao Peng didn't know about his hobby, but later Xun Yan accidentally mentioned it. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, many scholar-officials had eccentricities.
The Longyang style has emerged since the Warring States Period, and raising child molesters has become a social trend.
Later, Cao Peng also heard that Wang Lang had proposed to Xun Yan several times, consciously or unconsciously, that he wanted Cao Peng to go there.
This old rabbit...
When Cao Peng learned about Wang Lang's hobby, he immediately became wary.
Fortunately, Xun Yan found an excuse to push the matter away. But Wang Lang always looked at Cao Peng with a lustful look.
Anyway, Cao Peng was very uncomfortable.
Xun Yan ignored the hints in Wang Lang's words and chatted and laughed happily, pointing out the scenery of Zhenze.
But seeing the Zhenze, the vast mist and the majestic waves... Standing on the shore of Taihu Lake always makes me feel passionate. This is different from the magnificence of the sea, and has a unique color of Jiangnan.
"I have heard for a long time that I have no talent and quick thinking. Now I am looking at Zhenze. Why not write a poem to commemorate it?"
Xun Yan was shocked and looked towards Zhang Zhao.
This old boy has been holding back for so long, is he finally ready to take action?
When he came here this time, he knew that there would be a battle. Jiangdong is full of outstanding people and talented people. Zhang Zhao himself is also a man of profound knowledge. He said that he was sent as an envoy to Jiangdong, but in fact, he would inevitably have some poetry and verbal exchanges with Jiangdong's heroes.
Xun Yan was already prepared for the contest.
Since ancient times, there has been no one who was first in literature, and no one who was second in martial arts.
Sun Bofu occupies the east of the Yangtze River. Although he ostensibly submits to the Han Dynasty, his ambition cannot be underestimated.
It is better to say that it is a competition of poems and essays than it is a game between the Jiangdong gentry and the Central Plains aristocrats. Since getting off the ship, Zhang Zhao has been very restrained. But I am afraid that he has already made a calculation in his heart. Today's shock
The bank of the river is just a trial.
Xun Yan's mind immediately started spinning.
If he doesn't take the move, it will definitely weaken Cao Cao's face; but if he does...
"Sir, why don't you let me try?"
"Afu?"
Xun Yan turned around and looked at Cao Peng.
Cao Peng said with a smile: "In the past, my husband often told me about the past of Wu and Yue. Today, standing by Zhenze, I can't help but feel emotional, so I composed a poem and asked my husband for advice."
Cao Peng's interruption immediately attracted Zhang Zhao's attention.
"Afu is good at martial arts, but I didn't expect that he could also compose poems?"
"Um!"
Cao Peng looked nervous and nodded vigorously.
"But this poem, boy, was just written casually. If there is anything wrong with it, please enlighten me, gentlemen."
"In that case, why not recite it and listen to it?"
Xun Yan couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He knew that Cao Peng was trying to save him... But the problem was, how could he know how to compose poetry at such a young age? What if he...
While Xun Yan was thinking about it, Cao Peng started reciting it.
The poem says: The vastness of the area is boundless, and the light of the vast lake is pure green. The green mountains are dotted in the middle, and the cold sky is intruding into the white sky.
It has been a thousand years since the barbarians left, and the people of Gao Yun have passed down their stories to this day. The rise and fall of Wu and Yue were paid by the flow of water, and the moon was left in the sky to shine on the boats in Dongting.
Cao Peng's voice was very loud, with the high-pitched sound unique to that young man.
Xun Yan couldn't help but feel shocked, and a faint smile immediately appeared on his face.
Afu, what a great poem!
Although at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the five-character and seven-character poetry style had just emerged, it was not popular and promoted. But after all, it appeared. Although it was not the mainstream, it was not unacceptable. Besides, Cao Peng's current identity was only a little book boy. He could do such a thing
Psalms are enough.
Zhang Zhao's face looked uncertain.
Although he wanted to point out the problem, he didn't know how to speak for a while.
This poem depicts the vast and beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake, and at the same time praises Fan Li's high-spirited and honorable retirement. The first four sentences describe the scenery of the lakes and mountains, the best mediation, the clear and beautiful scenery; the last four sentences use flat rhyme again.
, praising Fan Li for hiding in the Five Lakes, nostalgic for the past and looking forward to the present.
Zhenze, also known as Juquze.
Cao Peng's use of this seven-character poem seems to show his personal noble character.
Zhang Zhao looked at Cao Peng with a complicated expression. After a while, he suddenly smiled, touched his palms and praised...
"The Xun family in Yingchuan has a long family history.
When I saw him today, he certainly lived up to his reputation."
At this moment, a series of applause came from the distance.
"Where can I find an elegant scholar to compose poems? It turns out it is Zhang Zibu."
Zhang Zhao quickly turned around and looked over. This sight made Zhang Zhao overjoyed, and a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face.
It's actually him? If he takes action, things will be settled!
