Chapter 32: Meeting the New and Forgetting the Old
In front of Fengling Ferry, a thin man was anxiously waiting for the ferry.
He was drunk all over, and there was a big gourd behind him, with a depressed expression and looked like an unsatisfactory person.
Because of heavy rain last night, the Yellow River overflowed, and the ferry temporarily stopped ferrying at the ferry, and dozens of people gathered here to cross the Bude River.
The thin man was bored and could only wander around. Then he saw the handwriting on a wall and became interested.
This is a five-character poem. The thin man read it again, then carefully examined the handwriting, and suddenly shouted, "Oh!"
"Honey husband also saw this poem? This was written by a man Ye yesterday..."
The water man next to him came up and smiled and said what happened yesterday. The thin man said "tsk tsk": "No, I never thought of such a person waiting for me..."
He stuttered a little, and looked at the poem and words, and couldn't help but dance.
Ye Chang's handwriting is not very outstanding strictly, so Qian Qi and Yuan Highway criticized him for being "craftsman-like". However, after that, Ye Chang spent a lot of time thinking and practicing. The words on the wooden wall on this wooden wall were used to being hard pens in another life, so he has made great progress compared to what Qian Qi saw.
It is normal for Mrs. Gongsun to not pay too much attention to this handwriting. Mrs. Gongsun’s sword dance is almost the same. Even several famous masters of name at this time had to look for inspiration from her sword dance. But now this person is different. This person knows calligraphy but is not good at writing. Among the friends he makes, there are one of the best calligraphy masters in the world.
"Miao, Miao, this thing should be taken to him. If he read it, it will change... This is written with charcoal? Oh, this is a problem!"
The thin man noticed that the words were written in charcoal. As long as someone stretched out his hand to wipe them, they would be destroyed immediately. He sighed and turned anxiously: "This is bad. If it is destroyed, it will be a repentance for the ages. Oh, I have a way!"
After thinking about it, he actually started to remove the wooden boards. The shuike next to him suddenly became anxious: "I'm telling me what do you mean by this person? Why did you demolish the house?"
"This is five cents, so I'll buy you some wooden boards." The man took out a few cents from his arms: "This thing is in the sun and rain here, and then some people write a few 'going here', and that'll be completely ruined!"
He became anxious and did not stutter. After collecting his money, the scuba tourists came up to help. After a while, they took down several wooden boards written.
The long wooden board was not easy to carry. The thin man thought about it and then borrowed a saw. He sawed the part of the wooden board. After looking at the sky, he simply took off his clothes and carefully wrapped it.
"That's it. This thing cannot be ruined!" He smiled with satisfaction.
It was almost noon at the ferry, and the water finally calmed down and there was no wind on the river surface. The thin man successfully crossed the Yellow River. Although he was walking, his speed was not slow, and he passed Tongguan that day.
While he was crossing the Yellow River, Ye Chang rode on his slow horse and bowed to Aunt Gongsun: "Today's business is thanks to Aunt Gongsun."
Aunt Gongsun smiled slightly. Although she was over 40 years old, she was still full of charm when she laughed: "Ye Langjun was joking. It was originally a problem that we caused. It was our fault that it implicated Ye Langjun."
Mrs. Chen beside her snorted and her head tilted slightly.
Ye Chang could only smile bitterly. This Mrs. Chen was not a good person. She offended her verbally because Shanzhi offended her. After killing someone, she even set up a trap, making Ji Wen think that it was Shi Shanzhi's doing it.
"Our trip was to kill this evil thief. Mrs. Chen followed me to learn swords for five years to avenge his husband." Mrs. Gongsun said again: "Na Jiwen is the magistrate of Xinfeng County. The killed official is his official and her enemy to kill her husband."
When Mrs. Chen heard this, her eyes turned slightly red.
"Anyway, we caused this matter, Ye Langjun, sorry again."
Ye Chang was speechless for a moment. Aunt Gongsun’s style of acting was cheerful and straightforward, but Ye Chang felt... she seemed to be cheerful and straightforward.
No wonder she was so outstanding in the sword dance, and she was so outstanding that she was viewed by Li Longji several times, but she could not stay in Chang'an City and had to travel around the Tao. With her temperament, no wealthy family could stay for a long time, let alone the Emperor's Imperial Garden, which was as deep as the sea.
"Miss Chen dares to do it, but... you really return to Beihai to surrender?"
Just now, when Ji Wen forced Ye Chang to find any solution, Aunt Gongsun stepped forward, not only intimidating Ji Wen, making Ji Wen not angry, but also admitted that it was her disciple Chen Niangzi who killed Ji Wen's servant. Finally, she even said directly that the case started when the servant killed Chen Niangzi's husband in Beihai. Therefore, Chen Niangzi would return to Beihai to surrender to Beihai Prefect Li Yong.
Perhaps due to the name of Gongsun and fearing the power of Li Yong, the prefect of Beihai, Ji Wen finally put the matter aside after receiving Mrs. Chen's promise.
But from his cold and gloomy gaze, it is not difficult to see that he has not really given up.
"Did Mr. Ye go to Chang'an?" asked Aunt Gongsun again.
“That’s right.”
"With the poem by Langjun Ye, after he arrived in Chang'an, it is probably not easy to make a comeback." Aunt Gongsun said casually.
Ye Chang was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Aunt Gongsun thought he was one of the many scholars of this era and could write poetry, so she dreamed of going to Chang'an and going to the cultural and political center of this huge empire, making a splash there, gaining appreciation from everyone, and then making a fortune.
Therefore, he said sincerely: "I am not good at poetry or writing. The poems on Fengling Du yesterday were copied by someone."
"ah……"
Aunt Gongsun couldn't help but be speechless for a moment. Ye Chang's words made her prepare a bunch of words was useless. At this time, she could only say embarrassedly: "Since that's the case, then... let's say goodbye."
Mrs. Gongsun was generous in nature. She thought that Ye Chang could write such poems at a young age, and the fonts were unique and intentionally supported, but she was afraid that Ye Chang would be too arrogant, so she suppressed her desire to promote her.
As a result, Ye Chang suppressed himself by saying "I am not good at poetry and literature." This made Aunt Gongsun realize that the young man in front of him looked immature but was actually a slippery person.
Aunt Gongsun didn't like young people who were too sloppy, so she showed it. After saying something lightly, she led Miss Chen and left.
Their carriages were walking backwards. It seemed that they were as Gongsun said, and they surrendered themselves when they were Li Yong who was far away in the North Sea.
"This... Shiyilang, do you think they will really surrender?" Shi Shanzhi asked.
He was completely confused now. First, he became the murderer in the mouth of Xinfengcheng, and then Mrs. Chen came from Chengren and was killed by him. Then Ji Wen did not pursue Mrs. Chen and asked him to surrender himself in Beihai... The monk couldn't understand why in the eyes of these people, the Tang Dynasty's law is a toy that can be played with at will.
"I don't know." Ye Chang was telling the truth: "I have been delayed for a long time today. I have to step up and strive to arrive in Chang'an within two days. Master Shanzhi, are you still going with me?"
"Why not?" Shanzhi was a little confused.
Ye Chang smiled self-deprecatingly and asked this monk for nothing. His original intention was that Ji Wen was definitely not a broad-minded person. He might have to meet him again when he went to Chang'an. It would be fine if he was just a self-righteous person. Ji Wen would definitely remember Shanzhi and would not know what would happen then.
But if you say this matter to the straightforward words, I am afraid that the monk's stubborn temper will break out, so that he can control him from letting him kill the dog official, which has already spent Ye Chang a lot of effort. After thinking about it, Ye Chang felt that the possibility of meeting the two parties was relatively small. The other party was the county magistrate of Xinfeng, and he was in a hurry and it seemed that there was something important to him. As long as he slowed down, there should be no problem.
"Let's go!" he greeted.
He deliberately slowed down, and at that night he missed the night and had to spend time in the wild again. However, after passing through the mountains, the population became increasingly popular, and they borrowed a firewood from a family. At night, Ye Chang had to borrow someone's pot, paid a few cents, bought some vegetables, and made a dinner for Shanzhi to eat.
After picking up the bowl, Shanzhi was not in a hurry to eat this time. He frowned and suddenly started crying.
"Hey, Master Shanzhi, I'll treat you to dinner, but I never asked you for money. Why are you crying?" Ye Chang said in shock.
"How can I not cry? When I was in the temple, my master said that I could not do anything big and all four things. I was greedy for my mouth and stomach. It was really not a good thing to be a monk. A few days ago, I was so greedy that I ate the dog I raised by someone else, and my master drove out of the mountain gate..."
Ye Chang's eyes suddenly became wide open. Why is this monk's experience familiar?
"You are Shi Shanzhi, not Shi Jueyuan, are you?" Ye Chang asked.
"Master Jueyuan has passed away for many years, so of course I am not... Why did Langjun Ye ask this?"
"I heard that Master Jueyuan of Shaolin Temple loves to eat dog meat. Now I heard that you were driven out of the mountain gate to eat dog meat. I was surprised and asked." Ye Chang scratched his chin, hesitating whether to continue gossiping again. Is the dog that the rampant monk stole from a shepherd girl?
"I didn't realize that Master Yuan liked to eat dog meat." Shanzhi said this, and then started crying again: "After going down the mountain, I was always hungry. No temple is willing to accept me. I either think that my monk eats too much or that my monk likes to eat meat..."
He came and went, and a rough and ugly monk cried like a little baby, which made Ye Chang speechless: "Monk, what do you want to say?"
"After eating the food you cook, the monk no longer wants to eat other foods... How can I live in the future when I let the monk?"
Shanzhi cried here and did not forget to peek at Ye Chang with those eyes.
Ye Chang was speechless. After a while, he saw Shanzhi still howling, so he said weakly: "Monk, even if you pretend to behave, please pretend to behave like something, even if you can't speak such a touching saying as "It's so difficult to prosper the country", at least you have to look up at the starry sky and show your true feelings, but it's not like this, while howling, you are peeking at me... Don't you just want an iron rice bowl? I've given it!"
Shanzhi was overjoyed and immediately put down his hand, with no tears on his face: "Take it serious?"
"If I don't agree, are you willing to leave?" Ye Chang asked back.
"If you don't leave, you will drive me away, and I will not leave!" Shanzhi looked at Ye Chang with his eyes hooked straight.
Ye Chang felt that all the hairs on his body were standing up, and before he could catch up with Shanzhi to stay away from him, he heard a sound outside the wooden door: "Dispair!"
"Who?" Shanzhi was furious. Seeing Ye Chang agreeing to him, he would have a long-term donor in the future, but now the sound outside surprised his dream!
"Ahhh, you continue, you continue, this Dragon Yang habit has existed since ancient times, and it is not surprising...don't you!"
The man outside was naked and carrying a cloth bag. He was a thin man. He finally calmed down, but when he saw Shanzhi's appearance, he immediately vomited wildly.
"What did you vomit?"
"I really can't stand it. Even if I love to split my peach and cut my sleeves, I should be facing a handsome man like a flower, and facing such an ugly man!"
This person was drunk and was still a little drunk. He spoke in a shocking way. Ye Chang Haoxuan didn't faint, but Shanzhi hadn't figured it out yet: "I am a little ugly, but I am still quite attractive. I will like you after watching it for a long time. The so-called love over time..."
Ye Chang's eyes suddenly turned around and he was almost fainting.
"The monk said this...let me vomit a little more." The thin man couldn't help it.
"Ye Langjun, let's make up for what happened just now... Hey, Ye Langjun, Ye Langjun!"
The monk grabbed Ye Chang's shoulder and shook it hard. Ye Chang pretended not to be faint, so he could only wake up and patted his head weakly.
This monk is a fool, and he has known it for a long time, but at least he claims to be quite capable of fighting and even compared with Aunt Gongsun. It would be nice to have such a person by his side.
He turned to the thin man and bowed, "I wonder why this gentleman is here to eavesdrop on our conversation?"
"I missed the stay here and came to stay here. The owner said there was still room for the woodshed." The thin man was also a little embarrassed. After all, he saw someone else's secrets: "I heard it unintentionally. Let's just continue and I will stay there again."
"Well, don't misunderstand me, this Master Shi Shanzhi is joking..."
"I have never joked, I am sincere..."
"Monkey, shut up!"
"Why should the monk shut up? Where did the monk make a mistake?"
"Anyway, shut up first and wait until I finish talking to this person..."
"I understand, Langjun Ye, you are fond of the old and forget the old when you meet the new one!"
The thin man was laughing at him and heard the two of them arguing, but when he heard the monk say the next sentence, he suddenly realized that he took his big cloth bag back and took two steps back and shook his hands repeatedly: "This, this... I don't like this tune, I will let you go, and I will say goodbye!"
"Wait a moment……"
Ye Chang spoke, and the thin man jumped out like a deer, and said repeatedly: "You can't wait, you can't wait, stay, don't send it, don't chase..."
Chapter completed!