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Since the heavy snow that Zhou Han encountered when he first arrived in the capital, the dark clouds finally dispersed and the sun hung on the sky.Qin Minzhi could no longer live the leisurely life of the heavy snowfall period, with heavy official duties every day, as long as the sky was still bright, he was so busy that no one was seen.

Zhou Han had lived in the Qin Mansion for six days, and it was cold when the snow melted, so he didn't want to disturb Qin Minzhi, except that he went out alone on the third day to visit Jiang Weizhen, the curator of the Hongwen Museum, and went to Du Wenzheng Gong Temple according to his father's advice. After burning the incense, the rest of the time I stopped thinking about reading.

Every day when Qin Minzhi came back, he would find Zhou Han to play chess, and Fuyan would put one or two bergamot hands on a white porcelain plate on the red sandalwood beaded Kang table and put it aside, or put a bergamot on the flower table inlaid with marble. Looking at the narcissus flame blue kiln and turning it into a glazed shallow basin, then stood aside and watched the two of them chatting, pouring tea and lighting the lamp to doze off.

Zhou Han's mother, Mrs. Qi Hong, was a national player back then. She once defeated the chess-obsessed king and grandson of Dada Jilang Kingdom. She taught Zhou Han scatteredly in her spare time.And Qin Minzhi's Mr. Go is a Layman Shulu who works in the Imperial Academy, and his strength should not be underestimated.

The two played chess a few times, but Qin Minzhi missed the game and often missed.But he has a good temper, and when he loses chess, he is happy to know Zhou Han like this, and he will definitely say "Hanzhi is really good" several times.Of course, Qin Minzhi not only took pleasure in praising Zhou Han, but by the fourth day, he had roughly figured out Zhou Han's strategy and learned a lot of tricks from him. The two played two games last night, and Zhou Han failed to win. him once.

Zhou Han still got up early this morning, and didn't see Qin Minzhi, so he thought he had gone to the official department early.The weather is cold and the weather is harsh. According to Zhaoyu, there is a snowy Momo Lake in the back garden of the Qin Mansion. Last summer, new lotus flowers were planted. When autumn came, Qin Minzhi didn’t let people pull out the dead branches and dead leaves. The breakfast food was placed in the Qingqu Pavilion by the lake.Zhou Han smiled and walked to the back garden.

"Morning Hanzhi." Qin Minzhi stood by the lake wearing a white fox armpit fur, his black hair was still neatly tied up, standing in the distance like a jade pine in the wind, with a dignified demeanor.He was holding a handful of snow in his hand, and when he saw Zhou Han coming over, he wiped his hands and called out.

"Hey, did I get up early today?" Zhou Han was slightly surprised to see Qin Minzhi still in the mansion.

Qin Minzhi wiped his hands and waited for Zhou Han to come over, "I'm taking a rest today, so I can sit here and have breakfast with Hanzhi." He walked to Qingqu Pavilion side by side with Zhou Han, "In winter, people are greedy. Warm and tired, Mr. Chen Hongzhong, the doctor of the food department, told me last year that he likes to wake up late in winter. He bought a biscuit on the street and ate it while walking. I have eaten more than ten cooking cakes with all the adults. The mutton cooking cakes in black bean sauce from Xiaoliuxiang’s house in Yuebo Lane are delicious, and the scallions are freshly picked. I asked Fuyan to buy them."

"Gu has been eating this pancake for more than half the winter and still can't forget it, so I must try it," Zhou Han said, and he couldn't help laughing when Qin Minzhi mentioned Chen Hongzhong, "But I know old Mr. Chen. Rong Gu probably knows too. Master Chen gave himself a nickname, Baili Wangdu Chen Laoshi. My father once said that when he was not married, he would often go to the restaurant of Lianhuaqu with Chen Food Department to drink. Master Chen tasted the delicious peanuts served with the wine. So I drank wine on credit in that restaurant for half a month, and on the pretext of repaying the money for the wine, dragged on for half a year to get the knack of frying peanuts. It turned out that the peanuts were only scalded with boiling water before oiling."

Qin Minzhi heard this old anecdote, and felt that it was very suitable for Chen Hongzhong's temperament, "I remember this method. I heard that Master Chen's family lived in Qingliangtai, Jingzhou, and now there are twenty cooks in the family. The first-hand pure Jingzhou cuisine, Jinjing Crispy Duck, Candied Crab with Honey Embrace Sword, and Peach Blossom Zhaoshui Fragrant Pear Vinegar are all excellent. If there is a chance, I will take you there.”

Chen Hongzhong is over sixty years old, with a broad heart, fat cheeks and curved eyebrows, and he is famous in the royal capital for being able to eat.Zhou Han recalled the past, "By the way, Mr. Chen once ranked the restaurants in Wangdu. Chen Shoumei's Jianyun Analysis of Fish and Brasenia Soup and Xiaotiansu's Crab with Gold and Silver Flowers were listed side by side due to seasonal restrictions. In the top spot, Qingfuzhai at the entrance of Qinghulu Lane won the second place with exquisite tea and food such as Tianxue Bafang Cake and Sun-Seared Bright Shrimp. As for the number one scholar..." He said that it was a trick, not mentioning who won the number one prize.

"Hahaha, Hanzhi is really familiar with the scenery of the royal capital, but I hate that you and I met too late, and you have already returned to the south before I entered Beijing. But...it's not difficult to guess," Qin Minzhi said with a thought: "The cook of the champion's family, It must have already entered the gate of the Chen Mansion when the list was posted."

Zhou Han said "It's not bad" and nodded with a smile, and the two went into the water pavilion, chatted and had breakfast with a smile.It was sunny today, but the winter wind was still bitter. Qin Minzhi asked Zhou Han to add a layer of clothes, and asked someone to lead a horse to ride slowly with him, and went to Tanying Temple in the northern suburb of the capital to admire the plum blossoms.

There is a thin hot spring in Tanying Temple in the south of Ganlu Mountain. It is warmer than other places in winter, and the plum blossoms in Tanying Temple bloom earlier and more abundantly.Zhou Han and Qin Minzhi rode over, and from a distance, they could see that the outside of the temple was red as if it was on fire, a patch of red plum blossoms spraying mist, as bright as crimson clouds.

Qin Minzhi's intention was not to show flowers outside the temple. He had previously performed meritorious deeds with several adults in the temple, and got the opportunity to fold precious branches in the temple to pray for blessings.

There are eighteen precious sceneries in Wangdu, and Tanying Temple monopolizes three scenic spots. Except for the spring flower mirror and moon pavilion, Longgen Buddha plum and Lingyun poem wall are all in the Boyao Meirui Garden in the temple.Boyao Meirui Garden is the place where the dreamy bubble spring of Ganlu Mountain gushes out. Beside the spring grows an ancient plum planted by the blue-eyed monk Bodhi Liuzhi a hundred years ago. The white petals and green calyx are old and vigorous, covering half of the garden. It's still insufficient, but I don't know when the roots that broke through the soil grew into the shape of a dragon's head.

A few years ago, the eminent monk Xuanxiang of Tanying Temple returned from a nine-year tour of the six countries in the Western Regions. After preaching the scriptures and propagating the Dharma, he closed his door to translate Buddhist scriptures.Recently, there have been several heavy snowfalls in a row. The temple only wants to be quiet, and the pilgrims and tourists are a little deserted.Zhou Han followed Qin Minzhi into the garden along the wall of Ling Yun's poems, but met only a few people.

I don't know when, the wall of Ling Yun's poems was repainted every ten years. When it was repainted, booksellers came to copy and print the old poems, and sold them in bookstores. He became an important minister in the court, so this wall is named Lingyun's poem wall after Du Jiuhua's old poem "People didn't know Lingyun wood at that time, and they waited until Lingyun began to reach the top".No matter who you are, as long as you write poems on it, you can get three flowers, and now the new wall has already been filled.

"The line 'The End of the World is like a Neighbor' should come from Zijian's "Gift to the White Horse Wang Biao"," Zhou Han stood beside Qin Minzhi, reading the poem on the wall and chatting with Qin Minzhi, "Zhong Zhongwei said that Zijian's poem His character is extremely high and his words are brilliant, but I think his talent is not as good as that of Emperor Wen."

"It's hard for Zijian to be talented, but Emperor Wen is the emperor. Liu Yanhe once said that 'Emperor Wen is respectful and less talented, and Siwang is more expensive than embarrassment'. From this point of view, most people who are unappreciated with talents sympathize with Zijian." Qin Min Zhizhi walked in front of Zhou Han and said, "Hanzhi just said that poetry requires poetic talent, but you can't follow the old to make new ones, but I think that true poetry must also describe true temperament. This sentence is a bit of a surprise. The meaning of a good dream suddenly—”

Zhou Hanzhi leaned over, and just saw the words "clothes and figures are too hasty" on the whitewashed wall, a flower suddenly hit him on the head, he belatedly looked up at the flower, and the ancient tree came into his eyes , could not help admiring.

Qin Minzhi stood in front of the wall, his back still as straight as ever, and the sunlight sifted by the flowers and branches shone on him, and when the wind blew, the flowers and shadows flickered on and off, as if shaking some indescribable emotion.

"I can't get rid of the shadows of the flowers after tidying them up, and they have bloomed and fallen several times to catch white heads." Qin Minzhi read a couplet of poems on the pink wall. The fallen flowers did not catch the white heads, but only caught the black-haired Hanzhi.He picked up a fallen white plum from Zhou Han's shoulder, "Hanzhi should have seen this tree many times when he was young, but now he feels that it has grown again?"

The cold fragrance of plum blossom penetrated into the heart and lungs, Zhou Han shook his head and smiled and said: "The Buddha plum has a long lifespan, but it grows slower than me. When I look at it now, I don't think it is as tall as when I was young."

"It's generally like this in the world. Time is like the shadow of flowers. Even if you and I don't move, it will flow away. This life is like a big dream. The dreamer drinks and weeps, and the dreamer weeps and hunts. I don't know if I am awake or not. Being in a dream but not realizing it, or having another dream in a big dream." Qin Minzhi put the plum blossom in front of his nose and sniffed it lightly, "The fragrance of this flower is elegant and sweet, Hanzhi picks two. Zhimei, I'll let someone put it in front of your bed."

Zhou Han called Hou Zai's little monk to cut off two white plums, and said: "Everything is like a dream, like a bubble, like a dew, like a lightning. You don't say anything, I don't listen to it. When Li Ji's country was first attacked by Jin Xiangong , Li Ji cried every day, and Li Ji regretted crying when she was favored by the public and enjoyed the wealth. Rong Guruo feared that life is a big dream, and there will be a day when she wakes up from the dream, so how can she be afraid of the dream? Don't you wake up like Li Ji back then? After waking up from the great dream of life, it may not be just misery. Hahahaha, but you and I lament the time, the name of this dreamy bubble spring is appropriate for the occasion."

Qin Minzhi smiled, and said inexplicably, "If I were Li Ji, I hope you will be a dedicated and devoted public servant."

After the little monk finished cutting the flower branches, seeing that the two had arranged to send someone to send the flowers back to the mansion, he called to inquire: "The two masters of Tanyue have been blessed, please drink the spring water of Dreaming Bubble Spring, so that the auspicious people born by the water Hua Ruiqi knows both of you." After speaking, he led Qin Zhou and others along the stone platform in the water, through the moon cave gate, to the spring flower mirror and moon pavilion.

In the water pavilion, only an old monk was discussing the Dharma in a low voice with a middle-aged man who looked like a literati. The appearance of the man could not be seen clearly through the carved partition.The old monk stood outside the partition door, dressed simply, with white eyebrows and downcast eyes like glazed glass, when he saw the little monk and Zhou Han coming, he smiled and asked a question, Qin Minzhi returned the gift and pulled Zhou Han to sit by the water up.

Xiaoshamen took the warm spring water, Zhou Han took a sip of the white water and looked up, the moon cave gate framed a scene, and there were white plums in full bloom in the scene, just like the paintings hanging on the wall.He lowered his head, and the shadow of Qin Min beside him was reflected in the water, holding a thin blue and white porcelain cup in his bony hand.Qin Minzhi in the reflection looked at him in the water, after a moment of stupefaction, he lowered his eyes and staggered his gaze, raised his glass as if nothing had happened, and took a sip.

Qin Minzhi drank the water, and found that Zhou Han couldn't help but stare at the water. Instead, he looked at him openly and smiled at him, and Qin Minzhi in the reflection also smiled at Zhou Han's shadow.He said: "At this time, there is no wind and the level is like a mirror, but it matches the 'spring flower' of this water pavilion. It's just that the sky is still early and the moon is not out, so we can't fully appreciate the four characters of 'spring flower mirror moon'."

Seeing Qin Minzhi in the reflection, Zhou Han couldn't help but curled his lips, "I came here with my father on a bright winter night, when the flowers were still in bloom, and I could see clearly without lighting a candle. But it was too cold, There is water mist on the dreamy bubble spring, and the flowers and moon in the water and I can't see it clearly."

He said, beckoning Qin Minzhi to also look at the water, "I heard a great master say that the world is like a reflection, and there are few perfect things in the world, and this moment is only possible when there are karma. Today, you and I are close friends to each other, and we are both in this world. Here, and this place coincides with the time when there is no wind and no fog, all kinds of causes and conditions are available, and finally the phantoms meet in the world of water. How lucky? You and I look at the world in the water at this time as reflections, but we don’t know that you and I may not It is not a phantom where the leading edge meets and then meets."

"If you say that, I would also feel happy that there is no moon in the shadows." Qin Minzhi looked at the water and said casually, "Then I should have done good deeds in my previous life and accumulated great virtues. Now that I have cultivated to perfection, I finally have enough karma to see you." you."

Zhou Han almost choked up after hearing this, "That's not okay, I'm lucky to meet you, but I can't let you accumulate karma silently."

"Hahahaha," Qin Minzhi laughed, "Actually, you and I don't have to argue about this. It's the same when I see you or you see me. Then in this life, you and I have accumulated karma, and we each work hard to move forward." Take a few steps, and then you will meet."

The author has something to say: At that time, people didn't know Lingyun wood, and they waited until Lingyun began to reach the top. ——Du Xunhe's "Little Pine"

All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity. --"Diamond Sutra"