Shu Chen

Chapter 22 The Evil Moon
In the midsummer month, the sun is in the East Well, the dizziness is high, and the dan is in danger - "Book of Rites".

May is also called the evil month.

"Evil" refers to the high humidity and heat in midsummer, the five poisons appear, diseases are frequent, and epidemics are rampant.

The same goes for the journey.Before noon, you should go to a cool place to rest your feet and avoid the sun, so as not to be poisoned by the hot sun, so that you will be "dizzy and dangerous".Zheng Pu and his party, who had set out from Mao Shi, went to the government's pavilion and stopped shortly after Shi Fang.

Well, now the roads in the land of Sanshu (Qianwei, Guanghan and Shujun) are very convenient.

The First Lord Liu Bei was honored as the Queen of Hanzhong, and in order to fight against Cao Wei in the north, Hanzhong County was the outpost foundation; from Baishuiguan to the capital Chengdu, pavilions and pavilions were set up for 400 miles to ensure the normal operation of the post.Correspondingly, the pavilion barrier from Qianwei County to Jiangzhou in Ba County was directly connected to Guan Yu, who was guarding Jingnan at that time, along the river.

These were originally used for military postages, but now they can also be used by the people after Zhuge Liang ruled.

Officials and family members traveling, traveling scholars, visiting merchants, rangers or walkers, can take a rest after showing documents to verify their identity and paying a certain fee.

It has to be said that Zhuge Liang, who used to compare himself to Guan Zhong, did a great job in accumulating wealth for the country.

Zheng Pu's return journey was to pass through Xindu and Luoxian successively, and then turn westward to Shifang.It almost coincides with the laying of the post office, so naturally you will not miss it and sleep in the wild.

For the Zheng family, a big family in Shifang, these fees are disdainful.

With the permission of the pavilion officials, everyone took the well water to cleanse the dust and sweat, and after eating hastily, they each rested.

Several squires of the Zheng family used to be caravan escorts. They traveled around the world all the year round and couldn't take time to spare. They went straight to chat with the pavilion official in front of the post.And Zheng Pu saw that Xiao Zheng Yan was sleeping on the side of the deer car, so he and Liu Yin walked away and found a place to chat in the shade of a tree.

Mainly to talk about military disputes.

Different from Ma Su's narration, Liu Yin, who is accustomed to martial arts, seems to be deliberately avoiding talking about the current situation.

Instead, he listed many ancient battles to discuss with Zheng Pu.For example, the Battle of Maling, the Battle of Guiling, the Battle of Chengpu, and the Battle of Changping, etc., and Zheng Pu are often invited to each side to play deductions for each other, which is interesting.

Slowly, the two discovered their respective strengths.

Zheng Pu attached great importance to "potential", and paid attention to the right combination and the odd victory.

Liu Yin, on the other hand, focuses on "skills", pursues the accumulation of small things, and is obsessed with the gains and losses of one battle and one city.

In addition, Liu Yin traveled all over Bashu in his early years, and was very familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers, as well as human customs. In the debate, he often added factors such as terrain to contain the war and the morale of the enemy and our soldiers, so as to dismiss Zheng Pu's strategy as difficult to practice.

Let the two sides talk more closely, complement each other's shortcomings in expressing their own opinions, and have a very happy negotiation.It also made the relationship between the two of them quickly warm up, and it was quite a sympathy for each other, and the meaning of seeing each other late.

Even the servants of the Zheng family and Xiao Zheng Yan began to feel that this majestic man had become kinder.

The reason is that in the day-to-day rush, Liu Yin, relying on the speed of his horse, goes hunting with a bow every morning, and then finds the pavilion barrier to join the crowd at noon.Although the terrain of Chengdu and Guanghan County is quite flat, the houses are spread all over and the population is dense, hunting in some low mountains and woods, Liu Yin brought back some prey, only hares or young birds, but it is enough to let everyone relax and chew dry food. tedious.

After talking and laughing all the way, he finally returned to the mulberry garden of the Zheng family in Shifang in mid-May.

The sophisticated Liu Yin, as soon as he saw the Zheng family's house, first made a confession that he was tired and asked to arrange a house for him to rest. Even Mu Shi claimed that it would be good to use it at will.

In fact, he wanted to use this to get away, so as not to disturb the usual narration of the Zheng family's long-awaited reunion.

Zheng Pu knew what it meant, and naturally it was inevitable.

He quickly led the way, placed Liu Yin in a quiet attic near the low mountain, and arranged for servants to follow orders outside the house.

Well, going to the church to pay homage to your mother, that is a close act that can only be achieved by good family members.

Although the two have a sense of congeniality, they are both from a wealthy family, and naturally know that every word and deed are related to the family behind each.Some conventions are customary, and it is still taboo.

After all, rituals cannot be abandoned or surpassed.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, the night is quiet, and all sounds are still.

Zheng Pu carried two long-beaked pottery gourds, walked slowly, and followed a servant behind him holding a pile of bamboo slips, and went to the attic where Liu Yin rested.

Interrupting in the middle of the night seems to be inconsistent with hospitality, but Zheng Pu has no such scruples.

Everyone else has come from home, and some things that are difficult to explain are better for the master to clarify automatically.

After a while, when he came to the dimly lit attic, Zheng Pu looked up at the tall figure reflected on the window curtain by the lights, and after a moment of indifference, he knocked on the door lightly, and asked nonsense aloud, "Brother Xiuran, Can you sleep peacefully?"

"Not yet, Zijin wait."

From the window on the second floor of the attic, Liu Yin's head stuck out and responded with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of footsteps stepping on the wooden ladder downstairs, accompanied by the "squeak" sound of the door shaft turning, the door was opened, and Liu Yin's body appeared.Without waiting for him to speak, Zheng Pu raised the long-beaked pottery gourd in his hand with a gurgling smile, "It's hot in the middle of the summer, and I can't sleep at night, so I came to find Brother Xiuran to drink, I hope it doesn't disturb Brother Xiuran's sleepiness."

"Ha, that's what I want!"

Liu Yin laughed, and quickly stepped aside to let Zheng Pu in.

But the servant of the Zheng family didn't come in, and handed him the bamboo slip he was holding.

Liu Yin was slightly stunned, and when he hurriedly took it, he turned his head and said suspiciously, "Zijin, this is this?"

"I'm afraid brother Xiuran is boring in Mulberry Garden, so I brought a collection of books at home."

Zheng Pu, who had already supported the wooden ladder to the attic, turned around and responded, "Well, this is the "Six Taos" that I examined and annotated first."

"what!"

Hearing this, Liu Yin couldn't help but lose his voice in surprise.

His hand also trembled, and he almost dropped the bamboo slips on the ground.

So excited, it's not that there is no "Six Tao" in his home.It is Zheng Du, who is recognized by Shu as having the ability to plan paintings. The annotations in the book are the insights that he has learned throughout his life.

It is not an exaggeration to call it the secret of the Zheng family.

Because I was fortunate enough to speculate on these annotations, in a sense, it was also equivalent to accepting Zheng Du's teaching.

Now Zheng Pu brought it to him to study, which shows the importance of this friendship.

With a touch of emotion on his face, Liu Yin just wanted to thank him, but when he saw that Zheng Pu was already in the attic, he hurried up the stairs and followed him.

When he got to the attic, as soon as he put down the bamboo slips, Liu Yin sat upright on his knees and greeted Zheng Pu respectfully, "I am deeply impressed by Zijin's love, and I will never forget it!"

"Brother Xiuran doesn't have to be like this."

Zheng Pu, who had been seated a long time ago, also returned the salute, handed over a long-beaked pottery gourd, and said with relief: "It's just a book, you and I have similar temperaments, what do I have to cherish? Besides, I will test first. The commentary is the words of a family, whether it is beneficial to Brother Xiuran is still unknown. Come and drink."

This is true.

After reading Zheng Du's commentary, whether or not it can be integrated and applied depends on one's understanding and temperament.

After all, everyone's preferences are different.

Hearing Zheng Pu's leniency, Liu Yin with a rough and unrestrained temperament also smiled, and no longer stuck to the red tape, he held a long-beaked pottery gourd in both hands in greeting, "Zijin, please!"

Just after Fang took a sip, a strange color appeared on his face.

He frowned lightly, took another sip, sipped the taste in his mouth, and then raised his head and looked at Zheng Pu in confusion, "Zijin, what kind of wine is this?" "The taste of this wine is sweet and sour, and it is refreshing and refreshing, and the taste is long. I think I have drunk all the wines in Shu, but I don't know it now!"

Zheng Pu said with a smile: "It's the wine that I brewed at home. But after brewing it, I added a machine to soak it for half a month."

"Machine?"

Liu Yin was slightly stunned, then his eyes widened and he nodded again and again, "No wonder! No wonder! I said why the product didn't come out, it was made of bayberry soaked!"

Then, taking another sip, he closed his eyes and shook his head slightly to reminisce.

When I opened my eyes again, I was overjoyed, "This trip to Zijin's house is really worth it! When I get home, I will let my family imitate it, and then I will invite Zijin to drink together! Hahaha~ ~~~”

"Although I can't bear to lose, but this year, Xiuran brother can't be imitated."

Zheng Pu also smiled, waved his hand and sneered, "The bayberry fruit is ripe in the Xiaoman season, it is mid-summer now, and when brother Xiuran returns home, the fruiting season is over!"

"Ah~~~~"

Sighing in surprise, Liu Yin lightly patted his forehead, showing a look of pity on his face, "Brother Yu forgot this! Alas, it's a pity to say that."

After he finished speaking, he brought the long-beaked pottery gourd to his mouth and sipped it carefully, as if drinking half a minute was a sin.

It also made Zheng Pu can't help laughing, and persuaded, "Brother Xiuran, I still have a lot of Jizi wine in my family. If you like this flavor, I'll ask someone to fetch it."

"No! No!"

Liu Yin waved his hands repeatedly to refuse, "The seasonal things are hidden in Zijin's house, but they must not be many. If I am greedy for too much, how can I be a guest of Wei?"

"Hahaha~~ Brother Xiuran is really a wonderful person!"

"Each each other! Hahaha~~~~"

Some jokes, repeated persuasion cups.

The small long-beaked pottery gourd saw the bottom.

Liu Yin put his hands aside and sat upright, with a solemn expression on his face, and said earnestly, "Although I have known Zijin for a short period of time, it is like drinking alcohol and getting drunk. And Zijin showed me the book of honoring the former emperor, For this friendship, I don't think of outsiders. Therefore, I have some doubts, like a stick in my throat, and I want to ask Yu Zijin. If there is anything rude, please Haihan."

After saying that, his face paused for a while, and then he tried again and asked, "Well, with Zijin's wisdom, I must have realized that I have the reason for my cheekiness to come to Shifang?"

"Well, I have guesses in my heart, but I dare not confirm it."

Nodding slightly, Zheng Pu replied.

"Then I'll be blunt."

Liu Yin bowed his hands first, and then asked, "Zijin respects the former emperor, but he will not serve as the former emperor in his lifetime. Your brother is now the Marquis of Baili, and the official reputation is excellent. I have also heard it in Chengdu. Under such circumstances, why did Zijin discuss military tactics with Ma Jianjun, and want to respond to the Prime Minister's residence to ward off evil spirits?"

It really came for this!

After Zheng Pu heard this, he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

(End of this chapter)