Tang riddles

Entering Wu Gorge from Qutang Gorge, the iconic scene on both sides of the Strait is the towering Wushan Mountains.There are twelve peaks in Wushan, six in the north and six in the south, which can't be seen at a glance.Standing on the bow of the boat and looking at it, you can only feel that the mountains are high into the sky, the valleys are deep and the gorges are long, the peaks are shrouded in clouds and mist, and in the distance there are many mountains and strange peaks.With the deepening of the boat, the river twists and turns, as if walking into an ink painting, which is fascinating.There is a poem that says: The rain is falling in the evening, and the clouds are born in the mist.The dangerous peak enters the bird's path, and the sound of apes in the deep valley.The heavy rocks are endless, and the peaks are overlapping.The twelve peaks of Wushan are all in the green void. 【Note】

Among the twelve peaks, Shennv Peak on the North Shore is the most beautiful and tall.There is a tall and straight stone pillar on it, looking from a distance, it looks like a slim girl looking at the other side.Every day, this "girl" is the first to welcome the morning glow, and the last to send off the sunset glow, so this peak is also called "Wangxia Peak".

There are countless legends about this Goddess Peak, the most famous of which is the legend about the Goddess of Wushan in the dream of King Huai of Chu.According to legend, Wushan Goddess is Yaoji, the daughter of Emperor Yan, whom King Huai of Chu met in a dream.Yao Ji recommended herself as a pillow mat, which made King Huai of Chu very happy, and he pampered Yao Ji day and night.The two also agreed on a time to meet, and they would say "Chaoyun" in the morning and "Xingyu" in the evening. Since then, there has been an idiom - Wushan Yunyu, which refers to the happiness of men and women.

But in fact, before the former dynasty (referring to the Sui Dynasty), Wushan was a symbolic term and did not specifically refer to a certain geographical place.It's just that there were too many talented poets in the Tang Dynasty, and everyone loved to write about the Three Gorges when they visited the mountains and rivers, which made them famous, so Wushan only refers to the Three Gorges Wushan from then on.There are many Wushan Mountains in the Tang Dynasty. The place where King Huai of Chu Mengyao Ji is located is Yunmeng Wushan Mountain. It is not the same as Wushan Mountain in the Three Gorges. A romantic story.

Shen Sui scoffed at this.She felt that if there was a goddess like Yao Ji in this world, she shouldn't find a mortal man like King Chu Huai, even if he was a hero and had great ambitions.But he can't correctly judge the general trend of the world, and he is so stupid that he perishes the country. He is undoubtedly a sad person.Perhaps, this story is more a satire on the emperor's lust.

The common people really enjoy the love between men and women, and only this kind of stories about obsessive love can be widely circulated among the crowd, so that women and children know it.

The sky over Wu Gorge is full of cumulus and rain all the year round, and the boat trip seems to have entered a fairyland.There was a lot of steam on the deck, and the robes were all wet. All the officials entered the cabin. Zhang said that he was still surrounded by people and couldn't get away.Shen Sui was not in a hurry to enter the cabin, she stood on the deck, let the steam suffocate, soaked her robes, heard the cries of apes on both sides of the strait, and suddenly thought of the good cause of the "strange ape" in the case of Ci'en.

Shanyin, the layman's name is no longer known, and the military records of him and his brother in the army have all been erased, and there is no way to check it.Qian Yumen has been investigating for so long, but only learned from the side that he and his brother were soldiers in the imperial army.But later he was transferred for a special reason to perform a certain task.After the task was over, his elder brother disappeared, and he also escaped from the imperial army, ordained as a monk, and hid in the temple.Shen Sui speculated that perhaps his brother had already been silenced.

What makes Shen Sui always feel strange is, why did he choose these two brothers?In the Forbidden Army, masters bloomed everywhere, and they were not outstanding regardless of their background or their own abilities.The only special thing is the climbing technique, which is the special skill of the two brothers.Shen Sui could only speculate based on common sense that the people behind it wanted to use their climbing skills to achieve a certain purpose.

There was a shadow in her eyes, the climbing technique... This made her think of her father who died tragically. On the day of Shangyuan 17 years ago, her father was nailed to the high tower of Danfeng Gate and died. How did you get there.

Who has the ability to silently crucify his father on the tower of the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace.Except for the two brothers who are good at climbing with ape arms and are good at light work, Shen Sui can't think of others.

Shanyin climbed up the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and hanged himself in the end. His main motivation was to warn the people behind the scenes that there is no impenetrable wall in this world. Someone has already watched what he committed back then.Even Shan Yin may have revenged the person behind the scenes who killed his brother in a hidden way.With his incredible climbing skills, he is implying to the outside world that I died because I was good at climbing.

There is also the tragic scene of his father's death, although Shen Sui has never seen it with his own eyes, but he has heard it described by Ying Niang.Even though Yingniang only used a few words, it still made her suffocate with grief and fear. From then on, Yingniang never mentioned the events of the past, and they were not allowed to mention them.

Xiong Niang said: "Your father was hung upside down on the gate tower, his throat was cut and he was bled to death. On his back was a cross-shaped wooden frame. Both palms and feet were nailed to the wooden frame with long nails. Its arms are outstretched and its feet are together and fixed."

Thinking of this, Shen Sui's face turned pale, took a deep breath, and suppressed the gloom in her heart, she put the matter on hold for the time being.

Footsteps sounded beside her, and Hutuo walked out of the cabin holding two white pigeons and came to her side.

"Dalang, I have written the letters to the Yizhou and Jingzhou branches, should I send them now?" Hutuo asked.

Seeing that there was no one on the deck, Shen Sui said:

"Fat, what the maidservant Lian mentioned should be investigated as soon as possible."

Hu Tuo nodded, raised his hands, and immediately two white pigeons spread their wings, one on the left and one on the right, and flew towards the east and west, and soon disappeared in the misty mountains and rivers.

"Dalang, your complexion is not very good. Do you want to go back to the cabin to rest? There is still an hour's boat ride from Zigui." Hutuo asked concerned.

Shen Sui shook his head and said:

"The cabin is too noisy, I need to clean up and think about some problems."

Hu Tuo stopped talking, and stood quietly beside Shen Sui, silently accompanying him.Looking at the back of Dalang standing on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, Hutuo inadvertently recalled that when he was in trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, he was sold by hanging grass on a slave ship by the canal. When the boat passed by, he bought him and rescued him from the sea of ​​suffering.When I saw her for the first time, she was standing on the bow of the boat with her hands behind her back like this, Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi, with a depth that did not match her age at all.

Shen Sui seemed to have the idea to confide, and interrupted Hutuo's recollection, saying:

"Hu Tuo, keep an eye on Hao, Jiang, and Li for me. I can't find any more clues on them now, and I don't have the energy to deal with them. Let me mention something, pay more attention to Li Zhongyuan, he is a bit suspicious .”

Kuta asked strangely, "Why?"

"I talked to these three people before. Both Hao and Jiang's brocade bags were embroidered by their wives. Only Li Zhongyuan was unmarried. His brocade bag was obtained from a prostitute. This means that the source of the brocade bag is unknown. In addition, Li Zhongyuan is the governor of Yizhou Metropolitan Government, and he lives in Yizhou all the year round. He is only separated from Lizhou by Mianzhou and Jianzhou. The kit from Fufeng Famen Temple should have nothing to do with it. If there is, it would be too much of a coincidence. Now, we can only wait for the partners in Yizhou to find out Li Zhongyuan's background and see if it is related to the Wu clan in Lizhou. There is something to say."

"Da Lang, since you don't believe the connection between Li Zhongyuan and Fufeng Jinnang so much, why do you need to investigate? In fact, I also think that this matter may just be tricked by San Niangzi."

"She lied to me." Shen Sui said with a wry smile, "What she said was half-truthful and half-truthful, and she was tempting me. I think the feeling of being watched after boarding the boat she mentioned may be true Yes, but the so-called Hao, Jiang, and Li Sanjin Nang is nothing more than she forced her connection with Fufeng Jinnang. Her real purpose is to tell me about the secret letter of Fufeng Famen Temple Jinnang She wanted to test my attitude, to see if I was on Jinyue's side. Second, she wanted to test if I was really related to Qianyumen."

"It seems that San Niangzi has changed the angle of testing you." Hu Tuo said.

"That's right, she's starting to investigate the information associated with the skin of 'Shen Sui' now, instead of just exploring whether I'm Chishi or not."

"Khutuo is puzzled, isn't your performance this time completely led by the nose by the third lady?" He asked.

"Yeah, I made my attitude clear on the spot, admitting that I am from Li Jinyue's camp. At the same time, I also promised to find out about the kits, and seemed to have indirectly admitted that I was related to Qianyumen. But these are actually all from me. I wanted to make it clear to her that I didn't want to hide from her about supporting Li Jinyue. As for Qianyumen, I don't admit it, and she can't know anything. She actually knew that I was related to Qianyumen. She knows my identity. The Qianyumen and the Shen family are originally separated, and no one knows that the Shen family is the founder of the Qianyumen."

"However, quite a few people know that Changfengtang is Shen's business, and Changfengtang is inextricably related to Qianyumen. You and Erlang are also considered to be the spokespersons of Qianyumen." Hu Tuo pointed out the key point .

"That's right, Hutuo, it's just a spokesperson. They think we are the puppets behind the Qianyumen. People like to think they are smart, but who can really believe that the Qianyumen was created by me, Shen. This is psychological warfare. Hutuo, you have to understand how people like to think, so that you can guide their thinking and hide our secrets. The real secret is not to keep secrets, but to reveal some half-truths and half-false clues, so that people can go wild. Guess. In this way, there is no truth in this world."

Hutuo admired in his heart that Dalang is really a wise man.

"The lotus maid has always been very smart. She likes to dig pits and let me jump by myself. But unfortunately, I have the ability to distinguish. I know which pits I can jump into and which ones I can't. To be honest, If Hao, Jiang, and Li were knowledgeable, talented, and virtuous people, I don’t think the lotus maid is cheating me by lying to me about them. Instead, she gave me a piece of delicious pastry. It’s a pity , They are not this kind of people, I can only say that the lotus maid has tricked me this time."

Hutuo was speechless.

Shen Sui smiled, and recalled: "No way, she and I were like this when we were young. We are both arrogant people, and we are both regarded as dragons and phoenixes by the elders. We can't see that others are better than ourselves, so we always fight each other. I was so happy. I used to lose all the time, and I cried because I was not convinced. When I got older, I felt that if I lost, I lost, as long as she was happy. But now, I can’t let her, it’s not the time to let her Crossing the bottom line of secrets."

Hu Tuo looked at her profile, and a thought came to his mind: before, he always secretly compared Da Lang and Mrs. Zhang San, trying to find out who was smarter.Both of them are the think tanks of the world, and their strategies are comparable.Now he has a feeling in the dark that Da Lang's resourcefulness should have surpassed that of Mrs. Zhang. Unless she voluntarily reveals the secret, no matter how Mrs. Zhang makes up traps and sets traps, she will not be able to learn the real secret.

"Hutuo, you have to arrange someone to investigate Qianhe. This blind girl is not simple. She is very clear about things in the Jianghu, and she also understands my Qianyumen. I want to know what she has experienced in the past, and why she is now with her After the lotus maid, does she have two minds? If I don't find out about this, I don't feel relieved," Shen Sui warned.

"Here."

While the master and servant were talking on the deck, in the cabin, Zhang said, who had just escaped from the "siege" of many officials, was planning to go on the deck to get some air.These people frantically begged him for calligraphy, painting and poetry, which really made him hard to guard against.

As soon as he reached the exit, Zhang said that he stopped because he saw a beautiful lady in white standing at the exit, looking at the deck through the half-open hatch.He was too familiar with that figure, but he didn't know why this person appeared here, so he couldn't help calling out tentatively:

"The lotus maid, but the lotus maid?"

Zhang Ruohan was startled by the sudden call, and when she looked back, she saw the person who was the closest to her when she was young standing not far away looking at her.She collected herself, with a smile on her face:

"Daoji Shibo, long time no see."

"It's really a lotus maid!" Zhang said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

The author has something to say: [Note] The verses quoted here come from three poems respectively.

Ling Taiqing in Wushan was cut into a hut.

The rain is falling and the rain is falling, and the clouds are born in the mist.

The dangerous peak enters the bird's path, and the sound of apes in the deep valley.

Don't have a secluded guest, drowning in the love of climbing osmanthus. —— Zheng Shiyi's "Wushan Mountain High"

The Three Gorges are seven hundred miles long, but Wu Gorge is long.

The heavy rock is not very strong, and the overlapping mountains are Ling Cangcang.

The cliff is in danger, and the berry moss is rotten.

It is clear at night, there is no wind and waves.

Faithful to what I have done, how hurt is whitewater rafting!

It can be a mainstay, and it can be a floating beam.

Where is the beauty now?Ganoderma lucidum is self-explanatory.

The ape screams at night in the empty mountains, and the tears of the conquerors stain their clothes. ——Yang Jiong's "Wu Gorge"

The twelve peaks of Wushan are all in the green void.

The sun is cloudy and cloudy, with light rain and wind.

The sound of the ape is colder than the water, and the trees are dark and empty.

Sorrowful looking to Gaotang, Qingqiu sees Chu Palace. ——Li Duan's "Wushan Mountain High"

In addition, explain the question raised by a friend in the previous chapter.One is about "There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants." This sentence is originally from "Mencius Li Loushang".If Shun married without warning, he would have no offspring.The gentleman thinks it is still telling.It means that there are many kinds of unfilial behaviors, and failure to fulfill the responsibilities of future generations is the most unfilial.Shun married a wife without telling his parents, which was a failure to fulfill the responsibility of future generations.The gentleman thinks it is better to tell the parents.

This sentence was misinterpreted by later Confucian scholars, such as Zhao Qi in the Eastern Han Dynasty.It is interpreted as "having no descendants is a great disobedience." But in fact, in the "five unfilial piety" mentioned by Mencius, it does not mention that having no descendants is unfilial.But there is no doubt that in the eyes of the ancients, not marrying a wife and having children is a kind of unfilial piety, and it is an act of inheritance from the ancestors, especially the eldest son, which must not be done.Filial piety is a tool for the ruler to control the thoughts of the people and consolidate the rule. Undoubtedly, this kind of thought is very suitable for the needs of the ruler.

In the previous chapter, when Hao Ye mentioned this, he used this misinterpreted meaning, and the purpose was to put pressure on Shen Sui's filial piety and make her agree with his point of view.I am not wrong in using it, but everyone must understand what the original meaning of this statement is, so that when someone uses this statement to force marriage in the future, you can easily refute it. (laugh)

Second, some friends did not understand why Shen Sui was tricked by the lotus maid this time.On this point, there is a detailed explanation in this chapter.

There is another chapter later today.