One Piece of Song Dynasty

By the way, I have never been to Hangzhou City in my previous life, and I have never even seen the West Lake. Now that I have come to the Song Dynasty, I have the opportunity to visit Hangzhou City. .

Entering Hangzhou City, we found an inn close to Cai Mansion, packed up our things, and tied Lao Wang in the bedroom. He fed him some cooked meat, and he obeyed and fell asleep on the blanket.

"Zhang Hu, let's go and visit the West Lake. Just let the four of them take care of their luggage."

"Yes, sir, I will make arrangements now."

Zhang Hu and I left the inn and walked towards the West Lake. There were people coming and going on the road. At this time, Hangzhou was also a big city with a population of one million like Quanzhou and Kaifeng. Moreover, Hangzhou was also the financial and tax center of the Northern Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. , Hangzhou's great development began in the Northern Song Dynasty. When the famous poet Su Dongpo was the governor of Hangzhou, he dredged the West Lake and used the excavated mud to build a long dike (Su Causeway) spanning the north and south. There were six bridges on it and the sides of the dike. Planting peach willows and hibiscus will make the West Lake more beautified. The Maoshan and Yanqiao rivers were also opened, and six wells were dredged to prevent brine from entering the market and making drinking water convenient for the people. The architecture in Hangzhou is also very gorgeous. The graceful curves of the ancient buildings and the beautiful colors are intoxicating.

The bank of the West Lake is the most attractive place for talented people and beauties. Various painted boats are passing through the West Lake. You can see all kinds of beauties in the crowded West Lake. It’s just that Zhang Hu and I don’t seem to attract the attention of beauties very much. Maybe it’s because Because our clothes are too ordinary and even a little old. After all, we are not here to find beauties.

It is really refreshing to see such beautiful scenery, but it seems that all this will not last long. It is really sad to think that this place will be destroyed by war in more than two years.

After visiting the West Lake, Zhang Hu and I returned to the inn. After changing into formal clothes, we went to Cai Mansion to meet Master Cai Yun.

Cai Jun was nicknamed "Cai Hu" by his people. When he was in office in Hangzhou, Cai Jun relied on the power of his father, Cai Jing, Taishi Cai, to abuse the government and bring disaster to the people. The people complained, and was later killed by an assassin. This assassin was Wu Song. This is the true story in history. The Wu Song fights the tiger, not the Wu Song fights the tiger in Water Margin. This tiger is not the other tiger. Later generations also discovered the tomb of Wu Song, the martyr, on the edge of the West Lake; but even though I came here and knew Cai Jun’s ending, I He will not participate in this matter. Who is to say that he is a scum that harms the people and deserves to be killed by Wu Song.

"This little brother, this is a greeting card from a certain person. Li Xin is from Lijiazhuang, Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Road. He is here to pay homage to Mr. Cai Yun today. Please let me know."

"What do you want from my master?" the boy asked arrogantly.

"Someone is here to give a gift to Mr. Cai."

"Okay, you wait here, I'll go in and announce." After a while, the boy came out.

"Come in, my lords have invited you, but I need to search your bodies first, so that you won't do any harm to my lords when you go in." This boy is quite vigilant, and it seems that Cai Yun is also aware of what he is doing. He knew it well and was afraid that others would assassinate him.

"That's right, that's right. Apart from bringing some gifts for Mr. Cai, we didn't bring anything else." After the boy searched, we went in.

This mansion is really big, with rockeries, gardens, and a small lake. There are fish and lotus flowers in the lake. The whole mansion is luxuriously decorated and cannot be compared to my small country mansion. We met Cai Yun in the pavilion by the lake. The man in silk robe is feeding the fish in the lake.

"Are you Li Xin from Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture?"

"Yes, sir, so and so is."

"Why did you come to see me today? I heard that you brought me a gift."

"Yes, this is one thousand taels of gold. I hope you will accept it." Cai Jun saw the gold, and there was a hint of greed in his eyes, but it was fleeting.

"Tell me, what's the reason for giving such a heavy gift? If it's something illegal, I won't accept it." Cai Yun said sanctimoniously.

"No, no, I just want to ask you to introduce me to your father, Grand Master Cai. I want to seek an official position from Grand Master Cai."

"Oh, that's it. I want to go to my father to seek an official position. This is easy to do. I'll write you a letter and you can take it to Tokyo to seek an audience with my father."

"I would like to thank you in advance. I wish you success in your official career."

After Cai Jun finished writing the letter, I took the letter and left. He returned to the inn to rest for a night, and left Hangzhou with everyone early the next morning. There is no record of the specific time of Cai Yun's death in history. After finishing the work, since he didn't plan to wade into this muddy water, it was better to leave as soon as possible. Hangzhou is good.

After walking all the way north for a few days, we came to Jiankang City, which was later known as Nanjing. The famous Qinhuai River is here. Since we came here, we had to take a look at the famous night view of the Qinhuai River. The Qinhuai River at night is really beautiful, the lights are bright, and the boats are cruising on the Qinhuai River. This scene reminds me of the two lines of the great poet Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty that have been passed down through the ages: "The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but she still lives across the river. "Singing Flowers in the Back Garden", the situation now is so similar to that then. The empire has reached its twilight years, and the foreign races in the north are eyeing it with eager eyes, but here we are in a state of intoxication, and we can't feel the coming crisis at all. It is really sad, pitiful, and hateful.

After staying one night in Jiankang City, we crossed the Yangtze River from Jiankang City and continued walking north. After walking for a few days, we entered Huai'an. After asking about the location of Liang Mansion, we found it near the gate of Liang Mansion. The noodle seller ordered a few bowls of hot noodle soup and ate the noodles while waiting for Liang Hongyu to appear.

Just after finishing the noodles, I saw a woman in red riding a tall white horse towards Liang Mansion. She immediately carried a spear. The woman was tall, with a pair of slender thighs, and her oval face was so beautiful that it made people cry. Drool, this is a beauty, much prettier than the so-called beauties of later generations. This should be Liang Hongyu, but I still need to confirm.

"Boy, come here and ask you something?" I said as I handed the boy a few copper coins.

"Sir, please tell me." The boy said happily.

"Is the woman in red riding a tall horse going to the Liang Mansion a girl from the Liang Mansion?"

"Yes, this beautiful woman in red is indeed the eldest daughter of Huai'an Navy General Liang. I see her every day. There are many people who covet this beautiful woman, but no one dares to touch her. First, because she My father is General Liang of the Huai'an Navy, and secondly, this beautiful woman is very skilled in martial arts, and ordinary people cannot beat her."

"Thank you, waiter."

"You're welcome, sir."

"Zhang Hu, you guys must remember this woman's appearance. I'll go meet her face to face."

I walked up and passed by Liang Hongyu. We looked at each other pretending to be inadvertent. After walking around in a circle, I returned to the place selling noodles.

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