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Chapter 71 Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance Book Wine Chips

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It was early spring, and the wind that was blowing towards him was still a little chill, but after leaving the Luoyang Xiong City, Du Shiyi couldn't help but speed up the horse. The feeling of speeding up hit every nerve in his body, making him feel a deep comfort when he was in Luoyang City for many days and felt uncomfortable all over.

"Langjun, is Princess Yuzhen's other hall right there?"

The familiar sound from the wind behind made Du Shiyi suddenly come back to his senses. When he looked up, he saw the villa at the foot of Longmen Mountain. Unlike the square courtyards in the city, many pavilions and towers in this villa were built in an orderly manner along the mountain. When we got close, we could even see a mountain spring that was not known to be natural or caused by natural springs. The sound of water came into his ears, making him unconsciously think of the waterfall on Xuanlian Peak. When he arrived at the main entrance, a servant had already come forward. Before Tian Mo came forward to submit a letter, the servant smiled and said, "But Du Langjun?"

Seeing Du Shiyi nodding, he took the initiative to explain: "Today, the host is holding a banquet in another restaurant, and they are all regular guests, and Du Langjun is the first to arrive."

Since they were all regular customers and only had a new face, Du Shiyi certainly understood why the other party recognized him. After following the servant into the other hall, the man called someone to take the horse down. Seeing Tian Mo hurriedly untied his bag and presented the brocade gifts in it, he could not take it with a smile, and ordered someone to send it to the back immediately. He also ordered Tian Mo to take it down and place it. He respectfully asked Du Shiyi to untied his sword, which led him all the way inside.

As the sound of water became louder and louder, passing another door, Du Shiyi saw the mountain spring she had seen from a distance outside the other hall fell from a high place. Although it had no great power, it was a different scene. Under this mountain spring that could not be called a waterfall, a woman in the Taoist dress stood there with her back facing him, as if she had not noticed his arrival at all.

"The Lord, Du Shijiulang has arrived."

The servant saw that it was close to Princess Yuzhen, so he reported respectfully. Seeing that Princess Yuzhen had not spoken, he smiled apologetically at Du Shiyi, and then tiptoed away quietly. At this moment, seeing that there was no one else in this huge place, quiet and silent, only the sound of water flowing, Du Shiyi couldn't help but feel a strange feeling. He was a casual person, and today he sent Lu Hong and his party out of Jianchun Gate to the southeast of the city, and then rushed to Longmen Mountain in the southwest of Luoyang. He rode his horse all the way for more than an hour and had not stopped. At this moment, he simply closed his eyes and rested in a daze.

This time, Lu Hong returned to the mountain and was given an imperial official position and a supply of rice and silk every year. I think Lu Hong would never use it on him. It seems that the poor students in the mountains are blessed!

After sitting for a long time, he heard the woman in Taoist dress standing in front of the mountain spring and asked softly without looking back: "I heard that Du Shijiulang and Mr. Sima of Tiantai Mountain are friends forgot their age?"

Faced with such a sudden question, Du Shiyi said frankly: "I have only met Mr. Sima twice. I have recommended Mr. Lu for being kind to me, but I dare not say that I am a friend of my age."

"Oh?" Princess Yuzhen turned around and looked at the young man who was only fifteen or sixteen years old. If it were someone else, since she could be recommended by Sima Chengzhen and Lu Hong, since she had asked, she would probably climb up along the way, pointing out and implying how she had a close relationship with the Taoist master, but Du Shiyi denied it. She took a few steps forward with interest, and then asked with a smile, "But, I heard that Mr. Sima had just printed several medical books and pharmacopoeias in thread-bound methods because of your suggestion, and is known as Du Lang's book?"

"Shu Du Lang?"

This time, Du Shiyi, who stood up to salute, couldn't help but be truly surprised. He copied books like crazy in the cottage in the past two years. Because Lu Hong's collection and the books carried by his disciples and students were quite rich, he had never been to the shop shop. Therefore, after Sima Chengzhen printed the books, he did not pay much attention to whether the thread-bound books could be promoted and how it would be. At this moment, he suddenly thought that he had seen one or two thread-bound books at Cui Jianxuan's place in Yongfeng. At that time, he thought that Cui Jianxuan had copied it without any trouble. Now, thinking about it, how could that guy have such patience!

Princess Yuzhen was surprised when she saw Du Shiyi, and then began to ponder thoughtfully. Finally, she suddenly realized that she raised her eyebrows thoughtfully. The princess Yisi found out that the bindings of the books that Sima Chengzhen had printed were completely different from those popular books. For a while, the bookstores in the market were mostly imitated, commonly known as Du Lang's books. I heard that Sima Chengzhen, who adopted this method, said it was said by Sima Chengzhen himself. She only linked it with Du Shijiulang because of Cui Jiuniang's words. It was originally just a temptation, but now it seems that it is true!

So, without waiting for Du Shiyi to speak, she smiled and said with a smile: "Even if Mr. Sima has only met you twice, it can be said that he can pass on the world because of your advice and the name of Du Lang's book, which shows how Mr. Sima appreciates you. Mr. Sima's Taoist master, a secluded and noble man, is still unavailable for ordinary people to seek one side. You are so lucky to have a blue eye!"

Seeing Princess Yuzhen speaking, she showed a bit of longing. Du Shiyi finally understood the reason why she was invited today. He thought that Princess Yuzhen was the elder sister of the emperor, and entered the Tao only to seek freedom. The so-called female crown was nothing more than formality, but he didn't expect that she was really a bit fanatical. Thinking of Sima Chengzhen who disappeared from Songyang Temple without a trace, he vaguely developed a trace of enlightenment.

I'm afraid Sima Chengzhen wanted to avoid these dignitaries who were too fanatical to practice Taoism or immortality, so he disappeared shortly after he appeared!

Since he understood the purpose of his invitation this time, Du Shiyi knew that he was hiding it and was suspicious, so he simply pointed out all the reasons why Sima Chengzhen came to Songyang Temple in the mountains and rain, and the next time he gave Kunlun slaves and copied books and recommended books. Finally, he said sincerely: "Mr. Sima has indeed helped me. I have only been reluctant to see the teacher's fairy tale since I parted two years ago."

"So that's it." Although she was quite disappointed and regretful, Princess Yuzhen pressed the matter in a moment. She glanced at Du Shiyi again. Seeing that there was a hook with a sword on her belt around her waist, she couldn't help but remembered Cui Jiuniang when she stayed in Anguoguan two days ago, she added fuel to her and recounted the things her brother Cui Jianxuan said, and she pondered again.

Thinking of Du Shiyi's relationship with Sima Chengzhen, she often mentioned her own affairs lightly. She smiled and said, "The people I feast today are Miao Jinqing of Luzhou, Kou Zhao of Shanggu, Wang Lingran of Taiyuan, Sun Di of Bozhou, and more than ten children of the Dongdu family, all of whom are talented. The people in the past often struggled to quarrel with each other. When the orders were implemented in the past, if Brother Song or Brother Qi were there, they were all for the magistrate Ming Mansion, and I personally took charge of the law. Today I am a little lazy and unspirited, and I just plan to be a leisurely magistrate Ming Mansion. Do Du Shijiulang want to give a try on this law?"

As soon as these words were said, Du Shiyi couldn't help but feel a little sad. The so-called laziness was clearly just an excuse from Princess Yuzhen. In his old memories, he also had the experience of following the elders of Du to the powerful family to have a banquet. However, because he was young, he was very cautious and accepted orders, and never served as a supervisor or a clerk. At this moment, facing Princess Yuzhen's smile-like look, he remembered that when Cui Jianxuan came to see Lu Hong in person today, he once quietly told him that when Lu Hong entered the palace to meet the saint, Cui Jiuniang told Princess Yuzhen to explore the Xuanzheng Palace, which was the same as Dou Shilang said. No matter what, he always owe favors, so he had to smile bitterly.

"Since your master has a destiny, I have to try it hard. I just don't know if it is a common order today? If it is a common order, what kind of wine is used?"

Seeing that Du Shiyi agreed readily, Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but nodded happily and said, "It's the first time Du Shijiulang has arrived in another restaurant, so it's better to implement both orders. If others don't recognize you, then use the common order first. However, if the common order is used to use the old order, it would be boring. Why not remake the new order? As for the elegant order, it's all up to your preference!"

Since he had just agreed, the elegance and vulgarity were in parallel, and it sounded difficult to make new wine cakes, Du Shiyi still nodded. Princess Yuzhen smiled for a moment, and immediately ordered the servants to pick up dozens of smooth, white bamboo chips, and then ordered people to pick up the pen, ink, paper and ink. Then, she rolled up her sleeves and grind the ink, then took a bamboo chip in her hand, dipped the pen in ink, and looked at Du Shiyi with a smile.

"Wine a friend with a thousand cups, but not a single sentence, and you don't have any speculation. You can drink 20 minutes each of you."

When Princess Yuzhen thought about this for a moment, she nodded with praise and immediately picked up her pen and wrote quickly. After she finished it with her extremely beautiful Feibai, the maid next to her immediately held it carefully to the tall table on the side with her hands, just waiting for the handwriting on her top to dry. Since Du Shiyi had already started, she became calm.

"I advise you to have a glass of wine, and you will have no friends when you go west to Yangguan. Please drink a glass with two friends on the seat."

"The luminous cup of grapes and wine, and the pipa is about to drink. The seats are eager to compete for orders, and each drinks a cup."

"The water flows even more when you draw a knife and cut off the water, and raise a glass to relieve your sorrow and sorrow. Those who sit alone on the seat and don't speak will drink five points each."

"Lanling wine tulips, jade bowl holds amber light. Drink five minutes by yourself."

After a moment, more than ten books were finished. The maid who took the wine he wrote to the high table next to him and hung it on the sidelines was still amazed, but Princess Yuzhen was even more amazed. After these more than ten books, there were two or three sentences that had been circulated in the past, but most of them were excellent sentences that she had never heard of. At this moment, Du Shiyi thought about the wine order and seemed to be able to pick it up at will, and every word was inseparable from the things in the cup.

"Du Langjun is so anxious that it is enough to show that Jiang Lang has finished his talents, but it is just a false statement."

"Your master has been too rewarded, but he has read too many books in the past."

"The palace has more books, why haven't I read these?"

Knowing that the more he explained, Du Shiyi simply said nothing. After a moment of twenty pieces of money, the outside world reported that Wang Langjun arrived. She immediately put down her pen and rubbed her wrist and smiled: "Okay, OK, these twenty pieces of money are too few, but now it's time, everyone else should have arrived!"

Since Princess Yuzhen held a banquet, except for Du Shiyi who arrived half an hour earlier because he wrote it on the post, the rest of the people often took a step earlier. Among the people, the older ones were only in their early thirties, and the younger ones were often only weak. However, when Princess Yuzhen was accompanied by a young man in his fifteen or sixteen, most of them were quite surprised. After a young man mixed with everyone recognized the person at a glance, his expression changed slightly. He thought Du Shiyi would not recognize him, but when Princess Yuzhen smiled and took the lead, he nodded slightly to him. He immediately realized that the other party still remembered him who had only met one time.

After Liu Zhuo, who was ordered to inspect locust hunting in various prefectures and counties, returned to Beijing, he was demoted from Beijing because he was sued. Although his grandfather was as stable as Mount Tai at that time, he might not have planted any hidden worries that time. Then he traveled to Shaolin and met Cui Jianxuan and Du Shijiu in front of him. After returning, his grandfather stopped prefecture, but he regained his holy family because he supported the Eastern Tour of Luoyang. Later, he wrote a letter to express his wise words, which moved the emperor who wanted both civil and military to create a peaceful and prosperous era. Now the Yao family has finally stabilized, but he never thought that Lu Hong, who was summoned by the emperor, had resigned and returned to the mountain like this!

There were banquets in other restaurants, regardless of their superiority, Princess Yuzhen sat in the main seat and explained to everyone one by one the guests today. She laughed and said that according to the order of the year, everyone followed it. After more than a dozen maids brought a table to deliver wine and food, Princess Yuzhen smiled and said, "It is rare that all the talents gathered together today. It was supposed to be a joyful reception for guests, but it would be boring to play the wine and entertain each other. If there are elegant and civilized people, today we will first prepare the wine and civilized order, and then the elegant order. It happened that Du Shijiulang of Fanchuan first met you, and he was the youngest. Then, how about the time when the Yaling Order was recorded? "

As soon as these words came out, the old guests who had been to Princess Yuzhen's villa three or four times were accustomed to it. However, they had not been selected for the first time. Although they thought they were the first among the guests here, Wang Lingran, the former Jinshi, who was the first among the guests here, changed his expression. In his early twenties, he stood up proudly and looked down at Du Shiyi, who was in the last seat, and said with a smile: "Fanchuan Du Shijiulang? I have heard of it before, but... I won't talk about the old things in the past, but this law is not easy to be taken. If Du Langjun is not capable of catching it, it would be better to give it to other mature and steadfast people. Although he is not talented, he is willing to take this important task on behalf of Du Langjun."
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