blue shirt oath

Chapter 286: The East Wind Blows the Wei River

Kou Zhun's heart was full of flowers, and after drinking, he ordered Qian Tao to serve him with pen and ink, determined to express his heart, and denounced the heavenly scriptures as false, wishing the king to be a virtuous minister and far away from a villain.

After the memorial was written, an urgent call came from outside the door: "My lord father-in-law! My lord father-in-law!"

Looking up, it was Wang Shu who came from Kaifeng with his servants.

"Oh, good son-in-law!"

"My son-in-law pays respects to my father-in-law." Wang Shu noticed the memorial on the desk, "My father-in-law, what are you writing?"

"The virtuous son-in-law came from the capital, and he must have known that the official sent an envoy to inquire about the Qianyoushan Heavenly Book for his father, wrote a memorial for his father, and reprimanded the heavenly book to the king, so that the envoy could bring it back to the court."

"Oh, I can't write it, I can't write it! My father-in-law, I can't write this memorial!"

Kou Zhun was taken aback: "Why can't I write?"

"Father-in-law, do you know why the imperial court asked you to check the Heavenly Book this time?"

"For my father's guess, it must be that the official has the intention of repentance, and ordered me to investigate."

"Oh, I'm wrong! My father-in-law, I'm wrong, I guessed wrong!" Wang Shu said, "The servant Zhou Huaizheng colluded with Zhu Neng and offered the heavenly scriptures in vain. Dilemma!"

"My son-in-law, let's talk about it in detail, what is the dilemma?"

"That day, the virtuous son-in-law looked at the official's expression, and seemed to hope that his father-in-law would agree with the heavenly scriptures. If his father-in-law still bluntly said that the heavenly scriptures were false, he might be disobeying the official's wishes again."

"Ah this."

It's like a basin of cold water pouring down on your head!

Kou Zhun sighed: "The officials are confused! They are confused!"

I thought the officials had a heart of repentance, but I never thought that I was thinking too much.

"You expect the old man to go along with the scriptures? I can't do it! I can't do it!"

"Mother-in-law thought of this, so she ordered me to come to Chang'an all day and night, and explain the pros and cons to my father-in-law." Wang Shu said, "Nowadays, the position of prime minister in the court is vacant. If father-in-law obeys the emperor's will this time, the emperor can re-admit father-in-law!"

Kou Zhun sighed deeply: "My son-in-law!"

He looked at the memorial prepared on the table, and sighed with his hands behind his back:
"You should be clear about the harm of the heavenly book. Just because the emperor thought that the Chanyuan peace negotiation was an alliance under the city, it was a great shame and a great shame, so he was so powerful that he allowed the traitors to forge the heavenly book.

"Especially in the name of enshrining the heavenly scriptures, building the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, exhausting the national treasury, and exhausting the national power, can this not be called a stern reprimand by the old man?
"Now the emperor thinks that I, Kou Zhun, will bend when I get old, so I can submit to his wishes?!"

Hearing this, Wang Shu sighed: "Mother-in-law has already expected that father-in-law will not submit, so she wrote a letter and ordered me to hand it to father-in-law."

As he spoke, he presented Mrs. Kou's letter.

After reading Kou Zhun's letter, he burst into tears.

It is enough to have a wife like this in this life.
The servants Zhou Huaizheng and Zhu Neng panicked when they heard that Kou Zhun had denounced Qianyoushan Tianshu as nothingness in the memorial.

Therefore, Zhou Huaizheng pretended to visit the scenery of Chang'an, and stayed at the post house again and again, just to wait for Kou Zhun to let go.

But Zhu Neng visited Kou Zhun every time, stalking and begging Kou Zhun to agree with Tianshu.

Kou Zhun was so annoyed that he simply hid.

Chang'an's spring scenery is much better than Kaifeng's, especially in the Weishui area in the suburbs, where the spring clothes are even more harmonious.

Sima Xiangru, a writer of the Western Han Dynasty, wrote in the famous Fu "Shanglin Fu" that "dangling and diverging the eight rivers, opposite and different", describing the magnificent beauty of Chang'an Shanglin Garden in the Han Dynasty.

Since then, it has the reputation of "eight waters around Chang'an".

Among the eight waters, the Wei River flows into the Yellow River, while the other seven waters flow directly into the Wei River.

Today Kou Zhun, dressed as a fisherman, brought his concubine Qian Tao to the outskirts of Chang'an as usual, boating on the Weishui River, fishing alone.

Thinking that I am close to sixty years old, since Wang Dan passed away, the power in the court has been controlled by Ding Wei, and everyone is vying to offer the heavenly scriptures and worship Ding Wei, but I can only pay attention to the mountains and rivers. :

"Things are left behind in the Dinghu Lake, and sometimes come to Weishui to throw fishing rods. If you want to know the way of life and death of sages, you have to look at it repeatedly."

Qian Tao was paddling in front of him, and saw that Mr. Kou was fishing, but he was frowning and preoccupied. She knew what he was thinking, thought for a while, and said to Kou Zhun, "My lord, did you catch any fish today?"

Kou Zhun, wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, turned his head, shook his head and sighed, "I have nothing."

"Your Excellency is frowning today, but what's on your mind? Let's talk to this concubine. Although I can't relieve your worries, I can be a person who listens to you."

Kou Zhun looked at his beloved concubine Qian Tao, who had traveled around with her demoted self for many years and was familiar with her own concerns.

After thinking about it, Kou Zhun asked with a smile: "What's bothering the old man, how about Qian Tao guessing?"

Qian Tao blinked, and joked, "Your Excellency lost your patience when you failed to catch mandarin fish?"

Kou Zhun smiled and shook his head.

Qian Tao said again: "The imperial court still believes in the heavenly scriptures, so your lord is worried about the common people?"

Kou Zhun still shook his head.

Qian Tao thought for a while, and pretended to be mysterious and said: "I know it, it must be because Zhu Neng has been entangled several times, and the adults are very annoying, so I took my wife and hid in the Weishui, hoping to take advantage of the clear water of the Weibin. Water will sweep away the depression in your chest, but that's it?"

Kou Zhun laughed loudly, and praised: "Qian Tao, oh Qian Tao, you are indeed the flower of the old man's explanation. You can see all the thoughts in the old man's heart."

After a long sigh, he looked at the lake full of clear water, and was very annoyed: "I hate that Zhu Neng is so bold that he actually played to the court, saying that the heavenly scriptures appeared in Qianyou Mountain in Chang'an, and even stalked me, begging the old man to agree, ah! The old man is so annoying , it's so annoying!"

Qian Tao said angrily: "Everyone knows that adults don't believe in heavenly scriptures, but Zhu Neng insists on urging adults to agree with them. Don't be fooled easily by such young people's wishful thinking."

"Qian Tao, the old man doesn't want to pay attention to it, but the villain is hard to deal with. The current plan is to wait for the envoy to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and bring the old man's memorial to the court, hoping that the officials will find their way back."

"According to my concubine, the official family is old. It is better to expect the adult to catch a fish today than to expect him to find his way back."

"Hahaha." Kou Zhun laughed loudly, picked up the fishing rod in his hand, there was nothing on the hook, and Kou Zhun said to Qian Tao, "Qian Tao, you are really the pistachio of this old man. Let go of my worries."

Qian Tao smiled and asked: "My lord, you fish every day, but you don't bring any bait, and you let Qian Tao row the boat, how can the fish take the bait?"

Kou Zhun said: "Good Qiantao, tomorrow I will take the bait and catch a fish for Qiantao!"

"really?"

"When a gentleman says something, he will naturally take it seriously."

"The concubine thanked the lord first."

Seeing the adults show their faces, Qian Tao is also happy in her heart. The boat travels between the green mountains and green waters, like a free boat.

Suddenly, a high-pitched song came from the misty distance. The song said:

"Don't be cold-eyed to fishermen. Strange people have been hidden here since ancient times. Jiang Taigong fished to defeat Shang Zhou, and Yan Ziling fished Ao Guangwu. A few feet of silk is tied to the world, and a hook can determine rise and fall."

(End of this chapter)