Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

Chapter 74

At the end of the first lunar month, the place where Meixiang floats, the shadows are sparse, and the winter snow covers all parts of Beijing.Half a year ago, the palace received the tribute from Dongying, and attached a letter of credence, mentioning that Dongying wanted to send the prince to study in Beijing, and hoped that the emperor of Shangbang would agree.The emperor approved.Now the Japanese envoy ship has entered the pier, causing many eyes in Zaitong City to watch the excitement.

Liufu and his entourage set off to Quanzhou to meet the prince of Dongying in Dongyue two years ago. He was named Prince Lianzhi Gong Junyi, styled Mei Ruo, and went to Beijing to study together.According to the etiquette, there is no need for Liufu to greet him in person, but the holy metaphor is like this, officials from all over the country have to make proper preparations, and they must not lose their dignity.

The red flowers in the Erythrina city are like fire, and the branches are covered with rosy clouds from a distance. The thousand-year-old city is full of thousands of flowers, and it is just in time for the best time of the year to travel. 44 The elephant followed Liufu to travel to this famous place.

Liu Fu had some friendship with 44 Xiang after spending half a year with him, and wanted to bring 44 Xiang back to Beijing to recommend him to the Qin Tianjian as an official, if not, he could stay in his mansion as a guest.But 44 Xiang said that he was used to being free and undisciplined, and that he couldn't be a big boss, so he was still comfortable alone.

44 Seeing that Liu Fu felt a little disappointed, Xiang said that he would go to Quanzhou together, and then we would separate there, one would go to Beijing, and the other would travel abroad.Liu Fu also knew that he and 44 Xiang were not on the same path, and it was his destiny to get his help these days, so he didn't force it.

The two entered the city, and the local government made careful arrangements. It was mentioned that the sea was calm this year, and the prince and his party came faster than expected. Now they are resting in the posthouse. When they heard that Prince Xuan was coming, they sent a greeting card early, saying that they needed Burning incense, bathing and fasting for three days came to visit in person.

Seeing this, Liu Fu promised time, and also replied to the post, so the two of them sneaked away and went for a stroll in the city.It is already the third year of the new year, the curfew is enforced in the first month, and the night city is full of excitement. The lanterns in Quanzhou are unique. The patterns on the lanterns are pierced with needles, baked with candles, and the brilliance is clear. , dazzling.

44 Xiang found a place to watch the puppet show, an open-air stage, and the two rewarded some tea money, and found a good place to watch.

The play is "Mulian Saves His Mother".The buildings of palaces and pavilions are carved with gold, and puppets come and go between the phases, which are delicate and vivid.Both of them couldn't quite understand the word, so they just watched a scene.

Tea, melons and fruits were brought up, and 44 Xiang asked, "Have you taken your medicine?"

"Not yet, I'll take it now." After finishing speaking, Liu Fu took out a purse from his bosom, took out three or four small glass bottles from it, took a pill from each of them, and swallowed it along with the tea.

44 Xiang watched him swallow the medicine, and then took a bowl of cold soup with stone flower paste, and started to eat it.He ate half a bowl, put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, took out a purse dyed with sweetgum from his pocket, and handed it to Liu Fu.

Liu Fu took the purse and saw that it was white flowers with a blue background, the pattern was simple and elegant, and there were fine ice cracks hidden in the pattern, he said with a smile: "Your cloth is dyed very well, and the painter is also good, the most wonderful thing is the ice cracks. As delicate as porcelain, much stronger than the ones on me."

44 Elephant was a little proud, and said very generously: "Dyeing cloth in winter will have ice cracks. Some people think it is a defective product, but I like it very much. I still have a lot of it. You can take a few to fill the pills."

Liu Fu opened the purse and saw a small can of powder wrapped in oiled paper, delicate and crystal clear, but had a pungent smell.Liu Fu frowned and asked, "What is this?"

"Poison that hurts."

"You're talking nonsense again."

"I didn't lie to you, but it is also a panacea to save people."

Liu Fu put down the small pot and said with a smile: "Whoever said there is no panacea in the world, why is your Fourth Master different from others?"

44 Xiang took the oil paper and wrapped the small jar carefully, and said convectively: "You must be careful not to spill this. The medicine I gave you is made of this. Don't look at this small jar. Take it with a jar of pills."

44 Xiang took out another prescription and said, "You just mix it according to this ratio, and you must pay attention to the ratio. Make up the medicine once a month and take it on your body. It used to be twice a day. Now that your mental state is much better, once a day is enough. You have been taking it for two months, and if you persist for another month, it will not be easy to lose control of your emotions, but you can’t stop taking the medicine for at least half a year. If there is no recurrence within half a year, you can stop taking it, and press it when the recurrence occurs. Now this way of eating can be used for half a year to a year.”

"Oh, it's so long-winded, I naturally remember to take the medicine." Liu Fu put these away in his arms, and said: "You just tell me the method of making this medicine, why bother to practice it by yourself, I see you After working for two months, I finally got this little bit.”

"This stuff is very poisonous. Others can't control the quality of the finished product if it's refined. If it's too little, it won't work. If it's too much, it will kill people. And this stuff is waste of brine. It's not so easy for you to do this in the east."

"The thing extracted in brine has a strong taste. I vomited it out the first time I ate it, and I swallowed it with a lot of candied fruit. The taste of this original medicine is disgusting just by smelling it, and it has an indescribable fishy smell."

"Then what is the name of this medicine?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, what do you want to call it?"

"Why don't you call it Jieshensan? Taking this medicine can relieve physical and mental suffering, what do you think?"

"Yes." 44 raised his thumb and made a gesture towards Liufu.

Three days later, Lianzhi Palace came to pay a visit, and 44xiang changed into a Taoist robe and accompanied Liufu to meet the guests.Liu Fu listened to the chorus outside, and in order to appear solemn and modest, he got up and went to the main hall to greet him.

Liu Fu saw that lingering palace jade face and red lips, elegant and glamorous, dressed in clothes and crowns, wearing a hanging tassel crown, wearing a spring robe, with red on the outside and Su Fang on the inside, with finger piercings, holding a wat in his hand, seeing Liao Liufu met Liufu according to the rituals of this dynasty.Liu Fu also returned the salute and invited him in to speak.

Liufu didn't realize that this Lianzhi palace official spoke very well, so it turned out that he personally wrote the letter of greeting, with elegant and modest words, he is a somewhat talented emperor's descendant.

Lianzhi palace ordered people to send worship, and there were countless wealth and cloth.Lian Zhigong only asked Shao Nayan to come forward, and personally took the pure white glazed water dish from him, with a flower arrangement made of erythrina flowers in the middle, and presented it to Liu Fu.

"I have prepared this small gift as a gift for Mr. Liufu, I hope you will accept it with a smile."

"Mei Ruojun is very polite. Xiao Wang heard that Mei Ruojun is good at flowers, and it is really refreshing to see her now."

Liu Fu has always liked elegant and elegant things. Today, seeing Lian Zhi Gong's appearance is more beautiful than ordinary women, but she is more graceful and powerful than a beauty. She walks with a fragrance on her body. I feel a little curious about such a man. It is very different from the Japanese envoys I have seen before.

Most of the envoys who came forward to admonish were short in appearance and unimpressive in appearance, but they were full of arrogance in their words and actions, and they did not pay much attention to etiquette when they treated women and servants.But the appearance of this Lianzhi Palace in front of him is very different from the others, he treats others modestly and kindly, and treats the maids who serve tea with a nod of courtesy, thinking that he is a royal family, but it is different.

"I'm useless, weak and incompetent, and only focus on these things. Chunhuaqiuyue, I must not let you down."

"Qingqing Yishu looks sad, and has been in the hatred of several people. I will say goodbye to the capital, and the long strips will be broken to reduce the spring breeze." Lian Zhigong closed his eyes, and chanted with his feet to beat the time.

"Mei Ruojun also loves Bai Juyi's poems?"

"Sad spring and sigh farewell, all the way through the wind and dust, now I know the pain of parting, I have seen how many years in the world." Lian Zhigong stroked his chest and sighed long.

"If you don't have blind eyes every year, you are either in sorrow or in illness. Spring is hard to stay, the world is impermanent, and people's hearts are even more sad. Xiao Wang has been away from Beijing for more than half a year, and he often thinks of the flowers in his hometown. Now it is spring again." The feeling of hurting the spring was aroused, and melancholy inevitably rushed to my heart.

"Wuliang Tianzun, the feelings of the two nobles are touching, but now it is better to have a meal first, and then talk about Fengyue." 44 Xiang stared at Liu Fu, as if saying to stop quickly, otherwise you two will be in trouble soon. Hugged my head and cried.

Liu Fu breathed a sigh of relief, regained his composure, and said with a smile: "Mei Ruojun came from a long way, and he is an honored guest. Xiao Wang will entertain you once or twice on behalf of His Majesty. If there is anything wrong, please look forward to the sea."

Lian Zhigong hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you His Majesty the Emperor for your kindness, and thank you Lord Liufu for your hospitality."

The banquet is set in the flower hall, and beside the hall is a tree palace pink plum blossom across the courtyard, called the Fenzhuangtai Pavilion, with leaning branches, and you can just enjoy the whole picture when you enter the hall.

Between the two people toasting each other, the conversation started from plum blossoms to poetry, and then from poetry to human feelings, from human feelings to all kinds of worldly situations. If the two meet a bosom friend, they still haven’t finished their words after the banquet, and they don’t feel it anymore. Curious how Lian Zhigong suddenly came to Beijing to study, this is a rule that never existed before.

"Your Majesty Liufu doesn't know that since the death of Yuzhi Palace, I have been the first person in line to inherit the throne, but I have no interest in political affairs, and I am very incompetent. Your Majesty has only one son left, and he refuses to allow me to become a monk. It is decreed that Junyi should come to Shangbang to study, and return to the palace to be crowned crown prince when he has no more absurd thoughts in his heart."

Liu Fu knew that Emperor Dongying had only two sons, and the eldest son contracted a chronic illness while touring the palace, and died the year before last, and was buried in the palace as the crown prince.And this Lianzhigong is a romantic prince who never cares about political affairs, and his political performance is far worse than that of his brother Yuzhigong. Originally, the emperor never took Lianzhigong, the second son, seriously, and let him go out for absurd fun.But now that the emperor is over fifty years old, and there is only this son left under his knees, he has to place high hopes, and it is only a matter of time before he is crowned the crown prince.

"Xiao Wang is similar to Mei Ruojun. When you have an elder brother, you don't need to lose your mind. It is enough to be a courtier with peace of mind. But good fortune tricks people, and Mei Ruojun can only accept this fate."

"Things are impermanent. My wife is also the empress of Emperor Lingshui. She is a noble queen. She abandoned me last year. I am very sad. The women in the courtyard are about to become monks, but they are dissuaded by the middle palace. I feel so sad." After painstaking efforts, I cut off the idea of ​​being born. Speaking of which, the current Qingyuan Zhonggong is newly married by His Majesty, the daughter of the Luyan Palace, a very beautiful and kind woman, who can read Chinese characters and recite poems. I once Admire the flowers with her, the moonlight is beautiful that night."

Lian Zhigong became more and more depressed when he said these things, he closed his eyes as if he was reminiscing about the wonderful things in the past, his expression was intoxicated, he touched the palace pink plum blossom, and couldn't help but think of poetry again.This Lianzhi Palace is even more insane than Liufu, when it comes to sex, it is inevitable to go crazy and sing a sad song hugging a tree.

44 like a whisk patted again and again.Liu Fu took the initiative, so he stopped the palace road with Lian, it's better to go to enjoy the lanterns in the city later, he can go back to the post house to change clothes, and meet again after You hour.Only then did Lian Zhigong close the elegy, gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and apologized to Liu Fu for being rude.

Sending Lian Zhi Gong away, 44 put his hand on Liu Fu's shoulder, pointed in the direction outside, shook his head and said to Liu Fu: "Keep a little distance from this old man, don't go crazy with him, don't say goodbye Yes, if the little emperor sees you sticking together with this flirtatious young man, he will be a ghost if he doesn't start a fight with you."

"That's also his business. He didn't tell us to live a good life for years. Baba rushed here to welcome this Lian Zhigong. Will I give him a good face when I go back?"

"It's the last time for you to be brave with your mouth. When you return to the palace, no one will listen to your mouth. Hey, you have to remember about the medicine, don't use it where it shouldn't be used someday."

Liu Fu wondered, "Can it do anything else?"

"It can make people stupid. Anyway, don't use it indiscriminately. Take it according to my prescription."

"Okay, okay, little fairy's witty words, I will follow my teachings." Liu Fu used joking words to ease the slightest reluctance in his heart.