Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 230
"Cough, cough, cough..." Xu Qing has been suffering from the wind and cold since he fell into the river that day, and has rushed over these few days. Thanks to the careful care of Xun Xueer and others, the high fever has subsided, but he is still coughing and weak. .

"Xu is awake," Xu Qi seemed to be watching all the time, staring at Xu Qing, seeing that he woke up, she went to help him, but she was small and weak, Xu Qing couldn't lift a hand, so she went to pat him awake The remaining three women.

"Brother Xu,"

"Master,"

"Xu Lang,"

When the third daughter called out in this way, she got up and opened the window of the car, and asked the driver to hold the donkey.Xu Qing had a headache a few days ago, and the carriage was bumpy, so the three girls changed to a donkey-drawn cart and bought a spacious four-wheeled cart, which made Xu Qing feel better.

Xu Qing opened his eyes and saw the anxious faces of the four girls. He smiled and said, "Well, I want to drink some water."

As soon as the word "drink" came into place, before the word "saliva" came out of her mouth, Xu Qi quickly brought out the teapot and said, this is your favorite old ginger and jujube tea.

The other three girls smiled and said: "Xu Qi has been very obedient these two days,"

"Okay, okay..." Xu Qinglian said two good words, and asked with a smile, "Where have we been?"

"When I was staying at the hotel yesterday, I heard from a guest that Jiangning is in front of me," Xiaoyue replied, "However, today I met someone on the road saying that Jinling is in front of me."

"Xiaoyue and I were afraid of going wrong, so we went to the official's house to ask for directions, but the official's house said that the front is Shengzhou." Huang Shimei continued: "Just now, there was a kid who passed here, saying that there is still a day's journey away. Just go to Baixia."

"Hehehe cough cough..." Xu Qing smiled, propping herself up with her arms, and Xu Qi immediately stuffed the quilt behind Xu Qing's back.Xu Qing leaned on her and said, "You don't know that Jinling, Shengzhou, and Jiangning are actually the same place, but Baixia is called it. I've never heard of it."

"Oh, that's how it is..." The four girls looked at each other. At this moment, someone outside the car door said, "Why did the car stop? Is the lord awake?"

"Yes, I just woke up," the coachman replied, and the person who spoke first ordered: "

Burn some footwashing water, the master must use it when he wakes up. "

"Well..."

Hearing the sound, Xu Qing naturally knew that it was a cow grazing, but only listening to the footsteps, there was another footstep outside the car door, but it was not talking.

The cow ate grass and said again: "My lord, is it convenient for you to come in?"

"Come in, who is the other guest?" Xu Qing asked slowly.

"It's old Xinglin," he said, Niu Cheao opened the window and saw all the girls there, so he didn't get in the car, but just got out of the car and said: "This old Xinglin has been practicing medicine for more than [-] years and has saved countless people. I invite you to show my lord."

"Oh," Xu Qing then turned to the doctor, who could be called a fairy with bones, Xu Qing asked: "I don't know who you are?"

Old Xinglin said: "This old man is just a common doctor in the mountains and fields. He is an unknown person. He is not good at medical skills, but he cures many diseases and saves many people. Therefore, he gets better with age."

"Oh, cough cough..." Xu Qing thought to himself, the older the doctor, the more accurate the doctor. Although the development of Chinese medicine in the Tang Dynasty was not high, the old Xinglin had practiced medicine for [-] years, and he should have enough experience, so he said: "Trouble Your Excellency It's..."

"Don't dare..." Seeing Xu Qing's face, Lao Xinglin asked a lot of questions. When Xu Qing got up, he touched his forehead and felt his pulse and heartbeat. In fact, it was similar to that of later generations, without a stethoscope.Not long after, Lao Xinglin wrote down a prescription: "God bless the guest, the illness has mostly healed by itself, take more warm water, don't breathe cold wind, and decoct this prescription again, and you will be cured."

"Oh, thank you very much," Xu Qing also said to the cow grazing: "Excuse me."

The cow grazing hurriedly waved his hands and said, where is it.Lao Xinglin replied again, this is more than [-] miles away, it is Jinling, where the medicine in the prescription is ready, you can take it tomorrow.

After finishing speaking, Lao Xinglin turned and left. Niu Checao hurried over to give the money, but Lao Xinglin was determined not to, and left quickly.Going out of a corner, Lao Xinglin's whole body shook, the so-called white hair and beard all fell off, and he turned into a young Taoist priest.If Yuan Tiangang was here, he might be surprised. This young Taoist priest is none other than Li Chunfeng!
He changed his attire, and muttered: "The appearance of no life, is this person a natural disaster or a blessing?" Li Chunfeng turned around, put on his Taoist robe and went away.

As for Xu Qing and the others, they don't suspect him after taking the prescription. Anyway, the pharmacist who dispensed the medicine in the pharmacy can see the pharmacological effect. It is impossible that the old Xinglin colluded with all the pharmacists in Jinling just now, right?
Knowing that the medicine was in Jinling, the three daughters could not help but hastily ordered the coachman to drive, and the group headed towards Jinling.

Jinling is Nanjing, but the "Nanjing" in Tang Dynasty is Chengdu in Shu.And Jinling, as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, seemed to be deliberately suppressed in the Tang Dynasty, and its official name was Shengzhou.

Although it is not valued, Jinling was the capital of the Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties, and it has been advocating culture and education for hundreds of years.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, more than half of the top scholars in China lived in Jinling, which was called "the first school in the southeast".

In history, whenever foreigners invaded and the Han people suffered disasters, they would choose to recuperate in Jinling. Even the cowardly Southern Song Dynasty did not want to go to the Northern Expedition, so it should be designated as the accompanying capital to appease people's hearts.When it came to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Republic of China, the designation of Nanjing as the capital also had the meaning of "expelling the Tartars".

After comparing the four ancient capitals of Chang'an, Luoyang, Jinling and Yanjing, Mr. Zhu Xie said: "Among the four capitals, the literature is prosperous, the characters are handsome, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the weather is magnificent, and the people who share the nation's adversity , are closely related to each other, especially in Jinling."

What Xu Qing and his party drove into was such an ancient city with a glorious history.

The word "Shengzhou" is written on the majestic city wall, and the cattle eat grass to take the lead in looking for spacious and clean hotels.When I used to stay in Qiantang, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou, those inns and restaurants were just names like "Zhang's Restaurant" and "Aunt Yu's Inn". The ones in Jinling City are different. The reputation of "the cultural hub of the world".

Looking at the inns on the street, they are almost called Pu Yuxuan, and the better ones are Tengfei Pavilion and Buyunlou.Knowing that Xu Qing likes to be quiet, Niu Checao chose an inn called "Ya Ling Pavilion" that bypassed the main street.

In the Yaling restaurant, wine is sold on the first floor, and the people who sit are all individual customers, sitting or standing, holding a bowl of wine, and covering the plate of appetizers in front of them with their hands, and if they want to eat, they just grab it empty-handed.

Xu Qing and others went up to the second floor, where two corridors led to the dormitory at the back.There is a tea booth in front, and the seats are all decent people, so there is no need to cover up the dishes in front of you.

After getting settled, Xiaoyue and Huang Shimei went out to buy medicine, and Xun Xueer took care of the children in the room.Xu Qing couldn't bear it anymore, and took Xu Qi to sit in the tea booth in front, ordering some tea, wine and food.

Just sitting down, a few people came up the stairs, Xu Qing turned his head to look, and saw some scholars, holding a book in his hand, and couldn't help walking to another table.Xu Qing turned his head to the other side, but his ears were listening to them.

"Hahaha, the joy of being alone is not as good as the joy of all. Today, I suddenly found a new work by Mr. Xu, and I brought it here to share with you!" A student pointed to the book and said to everyone.It's just that when talking, he refuses to put the book on the table, but only holds hands tightly so that others can watch from a distance.

At that moment someone asked: "Oh? Mr. Xu, is it true!"

The scholar holding the scroll replied: "Why not? There are comments by Shangguan Youshao and Chen Gongyili on it. Those students in Yuhang and Qiantang have long been scrambling to pass on their praises, and they have recited them like a stream!"

A scholar heard this, like a drunkard who smelled the fragrance of old wine, hurriedly said: "Hurry up and give it to everyone..." But in a blink of an eye, like an old drunkard, he doubted the authenticity of the wine: "No, it's not right, Xu Gong's works It has always passed my Jinling first, and then passed it to Suzhou and Hangzhou, why is it reversed this time?"

A few others agreed: "Yes, yes, they have always picked up Yu Hui from me, why did they come out first this time?"

The scholar holding the scroll showed an expression that you don't understand, and said: "There is another theory about this matter. It is said that Mr. Xu went south from Cangzhou, went to Yuhang for a visit, met Chen Gongyi and made a report to the Wenhui, so he left this article. "

There were several people who followed the student who took the scroll, and one of the students sighed and said: "I tell you, everyone, Xu Gong's article, everyone has read it more than a hundred times. Is this article true? I will discuss it with you." Judgment, can it be wrong?"

The suspicious "drunkard" immediately patted his chest and said: "Of course! You are here, even those scholars from Suzhou and Hangzhou have faked together, how can you talk about our eyes?"

"Hahaha," everyone laughed together, and they all looked at the scholar holding the scroll, please come: "Untie the scroll quickly, enjoy the article together, enjoy the article together!"

"Okay..." The person holding the book stretched out his voice with a good word, unwrapped the scroll with one hand, unfolded it slowly, and said, "Everyone, listen to me..."

"Journey to the West Lake," the person holding the book slowly read a short essay written by Xu Qing at the West Lake Literary Conference. His voice was as powerful as a rainbow, and his emotion was fascinating. .In addition, the West Lake travel note copied by Xu Qing is indifferent and leisurely, which captures the essence of the essay, and everyone closes their eyes to feel it.

After the pronunciation of more than three hundred characters, the lingering sound still lingers on the beam, and the reader only feels the fragrance on the lips and teeth.

"good!"

Finally one person got rid of it, said something, and asked again: "Everyone, is this article Xu Gong's article?"

"Here," a person came back to his senses and became more rational. He remained skeptical and said, "This article is indeed a top-notch masterpiece. It can't be done by those things in Suzhou and Hangzhou, but this article is not like Xu Gongzhi's style."

Another person echoed: "I also have doubts after listening to what my brother said. Mr. Xu has always written his essays neatly and neatly, as can be seen from his book "Xu Zi"."

"Go, go, you ordinary people, how can we guess Xu Gong's spirit? The ancients said that there is a degree of relaxation, and the way of civil and martial arts. Xu Gong wrote big articles in parallel prose, and wrote this short essay, naturally for the sake of whim .”

"Yes, it's because I'm petrified."

"Oh, it's just that Xu Gong did it rashly, and the pen is a top-notch masterpiece. I've searched my brains, and I can't even say a word. When will I catch up with Xu Gong?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sighed.

Suddenly, the eyes of the scholar holding the book lit up: "You don't need to lament, have you heard what Xu Gong said, the most important thing to be a human being is to be happy..."

"Oh? Did Mr. Xu say that?" One person asked, not only he was asking, Xu Qing also asked inwardly with a black face. This is a good thing, but when have I taught others?
Apparently someone understood something, and followed suit: "Yes, Mr. Xu also said that life is short, and one should enjoy oneself in time. What books should one read?"

"Haha, you all don't know, Mr. Xu also said that one should be put on the bed, the body and the soul!"

"It's better than dumplings, and more fun than sister-in-law—Mr. Xu."

"It's not my own sister, it's boring—Grand Xu."

One by one, they imitated Xu Qing and forged famous quotes from famous people. It was fine at first, but later, it was unbearable. When Xu Qi heard it, she opened her eyes and looked at Xu Qing in disbelief.Especially the sentence, "It's not my own sister, it's boring", Xu Qi seemed to think it through immediately, so it's because of this that you haven't married me for so long?
Seeing Xu Qi's teeth grinding, Xu Qing swallowed her saliva and said to herself: As long as you say something reasonable, add a name after it, like this - Nietzsche, and it will become a famous saying.

"Cough cough, everyone, Xu Gongtang is a gentleman, how can you say those dirty words in your mouth?"

For the sake of fame, Xu Qing decided to stand up and fight against these evil forces who forged famous quotes!
(End of this chapter)