Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

Zhan Zhao found Alan in a quiet courtyard in the temple. She was squatting on the edge of a flowerbed surrounded by a low fence, listening to a monk with a hoe explaining how to accurately distinguish different types of orchids, and how to Plant and cultivate them properly.Ah Lan kept nodding while listening, the earnestness and admiration on his face seemed to be about to worship the monk as his teacher.

"It turns out that the monk not only grows vegetables, but also grows flowers and plants." Zhan Zhao strode over with a frown, picked up A Lan, and smiled expressionlessly at the tall and strong monk, "I My brother is very curious about everything, and I have caused trouble for the master."

The monk glanced at Zhan Zhao, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha." After speaking, he ignored Zhan Zhao, picked up his hoe and walked away, disappearing into the vegetable garden behind the courtyard after a while.

"What did you talk to him just now?" Zhan Zhao frowned and asked Ah Lan.

Ah Lan was pinched by Zhan Zhao, and she struggled a bit in pain: "It's nothing, I saw that the master planted flowers meticulously and seriously, and I was curious, so I asked him what kind of flower it was and whether it was good to plant." She looked up Zhan Zhao said with a smile, "I didn't expect him to know so much, especially about orchids. I was fascinated by it for a while."

Zhan Zhao put on a half-smile: "You are so interested in these rough jobs, why, plan to be a gardener in the future?"

"Why is it rough work?" Ah Lan dared to talk back, "Planting flowers is also an elegant thing, I'm just curious."

Zhan Zhao didn't bother to argue with the children, and ended the education with one sentence: "Whether you are very curious or not, you should avoid dealing with the monks in the temple in the future."

"... Oh." Alan replied sullenly, "Got it."

Only then did Zhan Zhao take Ah Lan out of Hanshan Temple, the boat was still waiting outside the mountain gate, and they were going back to Gusu City to stay tonight.

It was already evening when the boat sailed away from the shore.The sky was a grayish iron blue, and even the clouds looked heavy.For some reason, the setting sun hidden behind was so thin that there was almost no light, only one or two dark golden rays of light came out and dyed the nearby gray-blue into purple.In the silence, a few unknown waterfowl soared up from the water plants and reeds where they lived, singing and not knowing where they were going.

A Lan couldn't help turning her head, looking at Hanshan Temple which was left behind by them.In just a short while, it was swallowed up by the night, leaving only a vague outline.

It was at this moment that she heard Zhan Zhao say, "I'm going to send you to a friend to learn martial arts. You should prepare. She lives in the Huainan area, and we will leave tomorrow."

"..." A Lan suddenly turned her head and stared at Zhan Zhao, trying to see the joke on his face, looking forward to the next moment when he laughed and said, "I'm kidding you, that "Encouraging Learning" I haven't finished yet, have I?"

However, Zhan Zhao didn't say anything, as if it was just a routine notice, telling Alan about the next stop of his itinerary.After saying this, he lay down on the straw mat with his arms pillowed on his pillow, and closed his eyes listening to the sound of water flowing beside his ears.

Alan couldn't help biting her lips tightly, she glanced at the boatman, whose eyes were always on the water, paying little attention to them.So Alan couldn't help showing a sad look, when Zhan Zhao closed his eyes, when no one else could see.

She already had a premonition when she ran around in the temple today.Zhan Zhao has always felt alienated towards her recently, as if he wants her to get used to the feeling of distance in advance, he is always very thoughtful and kind-hearted.Alan knew that she should be sensible and obedient, but the bitterness in her chest was expressing different opinions.

Is that so?The companionship of these few months is coming to an end, just because there is no permanent feast in the world?

The sky finally darkened, and before I knew it, the wind picked up.The boatman shouted "Sit still" in a hoarse voice, and then the hull of the boat shook violently, as if he was not stable for a while.A splash of water splashed from the side of the ship, congealed into a sickle-like shape in mid-air, but it fell down again after a while, without knowing where it ended.

At this moment, Zhan Zhao opened his eyes and sat up with help, but happened to see a tear fall from A Lan's eyes.Probably because the body shook violently with the boat, so the tears did not spread along the cheeks, but burst out of the eyes, drew an arc in mid-air, and flew down to the back of Zhan Zhao's hand.

Unlike the water splashed from the hull, this tear was not cold, but hot.

"Why, are you wronged?" Zhan Zhao couldn't help raising his eyebrows and asked her, before Alan could reply, he said, "Don't worry, my friend owed me favors in the past, she should teach you well."

Alan replied in a low voice: "Yes, sir." She didn't dare to wipe her tears with her hands, and she didn't dare to show any gloomy expression, so she forced herself to look at Gusu City not far away, and asked: "Sir, aunt Is there any interesting allusion in Sioux City?"

"Ah, that's a lot." Zhan Zhao lay back down again, with the cool breeze blowing on his face and the faint fragrance wafting, he was in good spirits, "Have you ever heard the story about how to live on your salary?"

Alan shook her head, sat with her knees hugged beside Zhan Zhao, rested her chin on her knees, and said with a smile, "Please tell me, sir."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and then said, "During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue fought for many years. The state of Wu was located in the vicinity of today's Gusu, and the state of Yue was located in Yangzhou. In the beginning, King Helu of Wu He was defeated by King Goujian of Yue, and before he died, he enjoined his son Fu Chai to take revenge. Two years later, Fu Chai led his elite troops and defeated Yue State completely."

Alan praised: "His son is so powerful, he took revenge in just two years."

Zhan Zhao ticked the corner of his mouth, and continued, "But Gou Jian was not reconciled. He pretended to surrender, and even took his family to Wu to serve Fu Chai. He flattered him and won Fu Chai's favor and trust. At the same time, he also Arranging Xi Shi, a beautiful woman from the Yue Kingdom, to commit herself to Fu Chai, the king of Wu, which caused him to be dissolute and ignorant of the government. Later, Goujian was sent back to the Yue Kingdom by the King of Wu. He was determined to take revenge, but he was afraid that he would be greedy for pleasure and waste his ambition, so he slept with a weapon on his pillow at night On the straw, hang a gall in the room, taste its bitterness every day to remind yourself."

"Ah," Ah Lan couldn't help but frowned, "And then he took revenge like this? Just sleep on the straw and lick the gall?" Gotta lick it.

But Zhan Zhao replied: "It is not easy for a king of a country to achieve this level. Since then, Gou Jian has worked hard to mobilize his troops and worked hard for ten years. Only then did he finally destroy the country of Wu and avenge his revenge. It can be seen that hard work pays off. , People with ambition can always get things done.”

"What about Xi Shi?" After listening to this inspirational story, Ah Lan asked a question that Zhan Zhao hadn't considered at all, "She is also from Yue, did Gou Jian reward her after winning the battle?"

Zhan Zhao: "..." He really didn't remember these details, so he replied vaguely, "I don't know. But most likely, she is Fu Chai's woman."

"But she married Fucha for the sake of the Yue Kingdom." Alan frowned, looking a little stubborn and naive. "The Yue people should thank her."

Zhan Zhao put on a straight face: "This is not something you should care about. I tell you this to warn you whether you are practicing martial arts or studying literature in the future, you must have ambition and perseverance, and you must never give up halfway."

"Yes." Ah Lan nodded again and again, but she still cared about this question in her heart, and forgot the sorrow of parting in front of her.

Until they set off from Gusu to go north, and arrived at Huainan West Road and Shouchun Mansion a few days later.This kind of emotion came out tenaciously again, firmly entrenched in my heart.

When Ah Lan first saw this small town, he didn't like it.

It was late autumn, and the city of Shouzhou was covered with fallen leaves and the wind was bitterly cold.The sky was dark and drooping, and it was clearly broad daylight, but it lacked the vitality that should be in the daytime.There were no pedestrians on the street, only an old tree standing by the street, with its dry and dead branches twisted strangely, stretching towards the sky.

Zhan Zhao first took her to a clothing store, ordered some decent clothes, and told her: "Mostly there are special clothes to wear when you go to the martial arts school, but you also need some ordinary clothes. But the clothes you have now are all worn by men." Yes, it’s inappropriate, and you can’t wear it in the martial arts gym, understand?”

"Understood." Alan nodded, looking at those light yellow, crimson purple, and moon white dresses, they were so beautiful that she didn't dare to think about them before, but now she got it, but she couldn't be happy at all.

Zhan Zhao prepared a few more decent gifts, picked a good day, and took Alan to Mo's martial arts gym.

Mojia Wuguan is a typical Huizhou-style building, facing south from the north, surrounded by mountains and facing water.Looking from a distance, the high walls are closed, the horse's head is raised, and the lines outlined by the black tiles and white walls are patchwork.Although A Lan is used to the exquisite Jiangnan folk houses, but seeing the elegant and poetic construction of this martial arts hall, he couldn't help but take a second look.

I saw two tall and strong girls outside the martial arts hall, wearing the same simple gray clothes, standing straight with eyebrow sticks in their hands.They waited until Zhan Zhao and Ah Lan approached, frowned and swung their sticks across their eyebrows, and shouted, "Outlaws are not allowed in the martial arts hall, and they won't back away!"

Zhan Zhao stopped in his tracks, and said with a smile, "I'm an old friend, I wonder if the two elder sisters would like to inform you?"

"Your Excellency recognizes the owner of the museum?" The girl put away the stick in surprise, and couldn't help being more polite. One of them cupped her hands and asked, "Have you asked Gao for his name?"

Zhan Zhao clasped his fists and replied, "Changzhou Wujin, Zhan Zhao."

"Ah, so it's Nan Xia." The girl immediately panicked, "I didn't know something just now, but I neglected Zhan Xia, please come in."

Zhan Zhao quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay." He followed the girl into the Mo's martial arts gym.A Lan followed Zhan Zhao, walked through the courtyard, and came to a spacious hall.The girl asked Zhan Zhao and A Lan to sit down first, served tea, and then hurriedly went to invite the owner of the hall, Mo Chenfeng.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhan Zhao instructed Ah Lan to be polite again, and when he was about to finish speaking, a hearty laughter came from afar: "Brother Zhan, you are a rare visitor." After that, people have strode across the threshold.

This is a tall, dark-skinned woman, but she is extremely beautiful. Her straight nose and deep facial features make her look a little foreign.Mo Chenfeng was nearly thirty years old, but she hardly looked old. She came all the way in a hurry, her face was slightly red, but her breath was not disturbed at all.Seeing Zhan Zhao, she first smiled pleasantly, but was slightly taken aback when she saw Alan standing up quickly beside her.

Without him, just now when he heard the word "Zhan Zhao", Mo Chenfeng came over in a hurry, he really didn't have time to listen to his disciples, there were actually two guests.

"Master Mo." Alan clumsily cupped his hands, looked up at Mo Chenfeng and said, "Alan is being polite."

Mo Chenfeng waved his hands indiscriminately, sat down beside Zhan Zhao, and said with a smile, "Don't tell me, you haven't come to see me for so many years, and when you come, you just ask for something."

The author has something to say: *The words come from Su Shi's "Imitation of Sun Quan's Answer to Cao Cao's Book". This should be the author's ignorant mistake φ(..)?