On the same night, on the shore of Qiu Lake, a Wu boat swayed a lake of spring breeze, gently rippling on the water.
Suddenly, a hurried bell rang, and a glimmer of light from the cabin was reflected on the deck, and a thin rope was tied to the gangway, and a bell hung on the thin rope, which was now stretched straight, and the other end was far into the water, and the bell continued to shake with the rapid trembling of the thin rope.
"Hahaha, take the bait" With a loud laugh of old and loud laughter, a stocky old man in a round-necked civilian robe and barefoot hurried to the deck with a book in his hand, and when he saw that the bell was ringing rapidly, he hurriedly threw the book aside, and hurriedly pulled the rope up from the water.
Two more people came out from behind, one was a sturdy black and thin man, who ran forward to help him pull the rope, and the other was a beautiful girl in green clothes, who unhurriedly rolled up the bamboo curtain, tied the rope to the hatch frame, and the cabin light illuminated the bow of the boat.
With the help of the man, the old man at the bow of the boat pulled the rope onto the bow of the boat, and a big grass carp was dragged onto the boat by him, and the big grass carp weighed thirty or forty pounds, and jumped hard, almost pulling the fat old man down.
The fat old man saw that the big fish had already gotten on the boat, and he didn't want to unhook it again, so he laughed and said smugly: "How about it, what did the old man say, I said that we can catch fish without fishing gear hahaha" The old man crossed his fat waist and laughed triumphantly, and the big grass carp "snapped" at his feet, and the force was so great that the cabin shook slightly.
The light shone on the fat old man's face, his hair and beard were already eighty percent white, a round and slightly black face, with a plump face, and his eyes were attentive, giving people a gentle and generous feeling, and a big beard did not know how to trim it, and his same fluffy and slightly crooked bun matched very well, completely raunchy.
"Haha, Ah Lang really has a way, so he can catch fish."
The lean man grabbed a whacking stick, and struck it the head of the fish, and at last the fat grass carp stopped jumping, so he leaned down, untied the string with swiftness, took off the "hook" and the bell, washed it with water, handed it to the fat old man, and excitedly picked up the big fish.
The fat old man picked up the bell and shook the water inside, handed it to the girl in green clothes, and said, "Chanjuan, the bell will return you." ” The beautiful girl in Tsing Yi took the bell from the fat old man's hand, squatted down and pulled up her trouser legs, and hung it back on her foot bell, and the old man also pulled out a thin rope from the side of the collar, and there was a small circle at the end of the rope, and there was a hook on the "fish hook" in the old man's hand.
The old man rubbed his hands and urged the lean man with a smile: "Hey, Ah Sheng, hurry up and pick up the fish, stew it and give it to the old man Chanjuan, hurry up and make the fire more prosperous, the old man's saliva is about to flow down." ” The pretty maid in Tsing Yi pursed her lips and smiled, and then turned around and walked into the cabin, where the strong man named Ah Sheng pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and slaughtered the fat fish at the bow of the boat.
The fat old man squatted beside him like a child, as if he didn't blink, and this Ah Sheng could clean up the fish immediately.
Ah Sheng muttered while slaughtering the fat fish: "The Queen of Heaven summoned Ah Lang back to Beijing, what a big deal this is, Ah Lang is not in a hurry, this road stops and stops, until now, I have arrived in Haiyang County, and it is still a long way from Luojing." ” The fat old man glared at him and said, "The queen of heaven summons the old man to return to Beijing, the old man is not in a hurry, what are you anxious about?"
Seeing Ah Sheng scraping the fish scales neatly, the old man sighed again, looked up in the direction of Luoyang, and muttered: "It's going to change the sky."
Ah Sheng buried himself in slaughtering fish, and said: "No, look at the weather in the evening, it is very sunny, and it should not turn cloudy." ” The old man ignored him, stroked his beard, and said leisurely: "This day has changed, and it is another bloody storm, let's arrive a few days late, and we can get a little less fishy smell on our bodies, what's wrong?"
Ah Sheng looked up and saw the old man brushing his unkempt beard, and couldn't help but say, "Ah Lang, you haven't washed your hands just now when you catch fish, this is a fishy beard." ” "Ahh The fat old man was so frightened that he ran to the side, picked up a wooden barrel with a rope, went down to the lake and filled it with water, and then washed his beard with a bang.
By the time he had finished washing his beard, Ah Sheng had already packed up the fish and sent it to Chanjuan.
The fat old man was washed with water, and there were drops of water on his beard, which wet his placket, and he ignored it, just leaned on the side of the boat and looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ah Sheng walked next to him, followed his gaze and glanced into the distance, but he didn't see anything to see, so he leaned on the side of the boat boredly, and said to the fat old man: "Ah Lang, the queen of heaven has summoned you back to Beijing, it should be of great use."
The fat old man said "hey" and said nothing.
Ah Sheng scratched his head and said: "Since Ah Lang is not in a hurry to return to Beijing, then let's hang around Qiu Lake, Zhongli is not far from here, doesn't Ah Lang have a cousin who lives in Zhongli, why don't we go there and be a guest for a few days?"
The fat old man shook his head lightly, and said gloomily: "The dictatorship of the Queen of Heaven, the Li Tang clan is withering day by day, I, Di Renjie, as a minister, can neither support Li Tang orthodoxy, nor do I want to be a gentleman, my cousin is upright, and he is quite dissatisfied with me, so why should I come to the door to ask for it."
It turned out that this person was Di Renjie, when he said this, this old man, who had been like an old naughty boy with a pure heart from rushing to the bow of the boat, had a hint of heaviness and depression in his tone, and his expression also had a trace of solemnity.
He was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, pointed to the water surface of the flashing silver snake in front of him, and asked, "Ah Sheng, do you know who is the strongest in this world?"
Shu Asheng didn't waste that brain at all, and replied directly: "The villain doesn't know." ” Di Renjie looked into the distance, and said in a loud voice: "It is water that is rigid and easy to break, and good as water."
The water dwells in a good place, the heart is good, and the people are good, the words are good, the government is good, the things are good, and the time is good.
On the surface, it looks weak, but its goal has never changed, and no matter how big the bend is, it will eventually get to where it wants to go."
Shu Asheng said: "There are so many doorways for water" Di Renjie sniffed his nose and said, "Not only can the water be used to clean the beard and can also be used to stew fish, the old man has already smelled the fragrance, quickly move out the jar of Jiannan Burning Spring that Liu Yuanjun gave to the old man."
After only a moment, Lao Di's face showed an optimistic and cynical demeanor, he pulled out two strings from under the collar, wrapped them around his ears, and the two silver hooks hung down, and then divided his beard left and right and hung it on the hook.
It turned out that the hook he had just fished was his whisker hook.
On the bank of the Yishui River, Wu Zetian was half-lying on the bamboo couch, a fishing rod was fixed on the edge of the bamboo couch, and a Huangluo umbrella cover was held on her head, covering her with shade, and the warm sun shone warmly on her legs.
The turquoise water was calm, and occasionally a breeze blew and blew up the scales, and a fish floated on the surface of the water, half sinking and half floating.
Princess Qianjin took small steps and hurriedly walked over, Wu Zetian heard the movement, opened his eyes slightly, saw that she had arrived, and said lazily: "Qianjin, what are you doing in the morning, I have already caught three fish, and you have just arrived." ” Princess Qianjin smiled: "Ouch, even if Qianjin came to fish first last night, it is impossible to fish more than you in the queen." ” She sat down on the Hu bed next to the couch, leaned over, and said to Wu Zetian: "Didn't the queen of heaven say yesterday that she wanted to find a wishful husband for Taiping, how dare the daughter not care, and when she went back yesterday, she asked someone to select all the men who are qualified to be Taiping in Beijing, didn't you choose it early in the morning." ” "Oh" When Wu Zetian heard this, he sat up with great interest, and said happily: "You can choose to come out."
Princess Qianjin said: "Qianjin carefully selected five people in the morning, and you can listen to it first to see which one is suitable." ” Wu Zetian smiled: "Okay, good, you say" As she spoke, she beckoned, and the pretty maid who was waiting for her hurriedly presented a bowl of morom.
This group is the cronies and girls around the Empress Wu, and she takes care of the Queen's food, drink and residence, Wu Zetian has a look, she knows what the Empress Wu needs, and she is the most favored by the Empress Wu.
Wu Zetian took a sip of mash and said to Princess Qianjin: "You say, I listen, whose son-in-law has this blessing." ” Princess Qianjin said with a smile: "This first one is Ni Ming, a member of Shangshu Province, who is only twenty-seven years old this year, and he is an official from the sixth grade, working in Shangshu Province, and he is young and promising."
This Ni Ming originally married a wife, but because he had no heirs, he gave him a divorce, and now he has not married a wife. ” Wu Zetian frowned slightly, and said, "Ni Ming, the surname Ni sounds like it, it's not a child of a high-ranking family."
Princess Qianjin hurriedly said: "Yes, this Ni Ming's background is ordinary, but he is talented and learned."
Wu Zetian waved his hand slightly, and said unhappily: "No, my beloved daughter, how can I marry the son of the Han family of the Shu clan, who is next?"
Wu Zetian attaches great importance to her background, although when she was in power, in order to fight against the Shandong Gate Valve and the Guanlong Gate Valve who were enemies of her, she promoted and reused some Shu people's children, but this is only for political purposes, Wu Zetian, who was born in an aristocratic family, looks down on those Shu family from the bottom of his bones.
At the beginning, her beloved daughter Princess Taiping married Xue Shao, and Wu Zetian even disliked Xue Shao's two sisters-in-law from humble backgrounds and were not worthy of becoming concubines with their daughters, so he ordered Xue Shao's two brothers to divorce their wives.
Fortunately, Xue Shao's two brothers and his wife were deeply in debt, and they couldn't bear to give up, so they hurriedly "researched" to prove that their wives were from the Jiangnan Shi clan, so they gave up.
She refused to accept even her daughter's sister-in-law from a poor family, how could she let her daughter marry a poor child, so the princess only said half of it, and she vetoed it.
The daughter princess was embarrassed and said: "Oh, these people selected by the daughter, if you want to talk about appearance, character, and talent, they don't have to choose, but they are from birth."
Wu Zetian said: "Could it be that these five people you carefully selected are all from poor families, and there is no one from a high-ranking family?"
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