In March of the seventh year of Kaiyuan of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the spring scenery in Chang'an, the capital city, was bright and the flowers were in full bloom. The mood of Jiang Tao, a new academician at this moment, is like the spring sunshine, open and clear. Tomorrow is the day when the new Jinshi will have a banquet in Qujiang. After lunch, Jiang Tao, who is proud of the spring breeze, goes outdoors alone and strolls along the crowded streets of Chang'an West Market.
"Fortune-telling, fortune-telling!" Suddenly, a weathered voice struck Jiang Tao's ears. Jiang Tao followed the call and saw a white-haired old man on the side of the road, Xi Diga. After receiving the edict, he thought about who to let go. At this time, his biological son always said: "I'm still young, let my brother do it!" He was sitting there, loudly soliciting business.
"Fortune telling?" Jiang Tao thought to himself, most of these fortune tellers who set up stalls rely on their sharp teeth and eloquent tongue to deceive the world to earn a living. Now that I have passed the Jinshi examination, I am guaranteed to be an official for the rest of my life. Why don't I ask this fortune teller to calculate it for me? If he calculates it accurately, then that's it. If it doesn't, hum! Thinking of this, he strolled over. Next to the old man, he asked: "Old sir, is your fortune telling accurate?"
The old fortune teller looked up at Jiang Tao and said, "If the fortune telling is not accurate, I won't take any money from you!"
"Okay then, can you calculate whether I have been a government official in my life?"
"Sir, please tell me your name and date of birth."
Jiang Tao truthfully reported himself After entering his name and birth date, the old man closed his eyes slightly and rolled his right thumb back and forth a few times on the other four knuckles. He opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Tao and said, "Sir, do you want me to tell the truth or a lie?"
"Of course I am telling the truth!"
"Forgive me for speaking frankly, sir, I am not destined to be an official in this life."
"How do you say this?" It turned out to be a liar. Although Jiang Tao felt very ridiculous, he still asked patiently.
"Mr. Jiang's surname is Tao. 'Tao' and 'Dou' are homophones. 'Jiang Dance' is a sign of a boat capsizing in the middle of the river. Combined with the horoscope of Mr.'s birth date, I think that Mr. is destined to be an official in this life." No chance!"
"Haha..." Before the fortune teller could finish speaking, Jiang Tao laughed loudly and said, "That's nonsense! To tell you the truth, I am this year's new Jinshi. Your Majesty will soon I will be promoted to an official position. How can you say that I have never been an official in my life? Obviously, Li Pocai didn't seem so angry at this time. Suddenly, he stood there and thought for a long time, and then he saw He spoke calmly, and the old man was surprised to see him become so honest. Maybe Li Pocai knew his situation. Li Pocai said dejectedly: "So what?" Who told me that my luck is bad? I am really useless, why do people all over the world look down on me? "?"
"Sir, you don't have to give me fortune-telling money if you think my fortune-telling is inaccurate." The old man was not angry when he heard this. He still said calmly: "But I can't say it out of conscience. Nonsense. As a scholar, you should know that passing the imperial examination and receiving a salary from the imperial court are completely different things. ""Smelly old man, it won't be too late to settle the score with you after I finish my official meal." Jiang Tao heard this. I was extremely angry, and the excitement I had just felt completely disappeared when the fortune teller said this. He glared at the old fortune teller fiercely, turned around and walked away.
Outside Hanguang Gate in Chang'an City, there is a seven- or eight-foot-high Si Tiantai, commonly known as "Ling". So he went to the field alone and waited for two nights, and finally waited for the golden bull. This Gong Yuanwai is really A money man, he rushed forward and held on to the tail of the cow, but he saw the golden bull flying into the air, leading Gong Yuanwai into the crack of the stone. There was only a bang sound, and the door of the stone crack was closed tightly. "It's the platform." The imperial court built it specifically for astronomical experts to observe celestial phenomena. Jiang Tao's father, Jiang Tianqing, served in this spiritual platform. In the early morning of the second day of Jiang Tao's fortune telling, when the rooster had just crowed three times, Jiang Tianqing hurried back home. He woke up Jiang Tao, who was still sleeping with his fortune-telling stories, and ordered with a sullen face: "You will stay at home after dawn, and you can't go there!"
Jiang Tao rubbed his eyes, He asked in confusion: "Dad, you know that I am going to attend a banquet in Qujiang with the Number One Scholar today, why don't you let me go out?"
"If you dare to step out of the house today, Be careful, I'll break your legs!" Jiang Tianqing still showed no signs of weakness in the red phoenix girl, and shouted loudly: "Hey, Black Dragon, listen: you have to obediently let the water out, and I will spare Ling. If you continue to act recklessly, , then don’t blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" Li stayed on the beach with a green face and a very tough tone, leaving no room for negotiation. Then Jiang Tianqing ordered other people in the family to keep an eye on Jiang Tao and never let Jiang Tao step out of the house. After saying that, he locked the door tightly, turned around and walked back toward the mourning platform.
The annual Qujiang Banquet is the most lively day of the year in Chang'an, the capital city. Because this was the time for outings, and the new champions and Jinshi were having banquets by the Qujiang River, so even the emperor often brought his civil and military officials to the Qujiang River to enjoy themselves with the people. Who wouldn’t want to participate in such a lively scene? Early in the morning, when the sun had just emerged, the citizens of Chang’an City, especially the boys and girls, were bathing in the warm sunshine and flocked to the Qujiang River in the southeast of Chang’an City. , scrambling to catch a glimpse of the new top scholar.
However, at this time, Jiang Tao, who had studied hard for many years in Han Chuang and finally passed the Jinshi examination, was blocked at home by his father for no apparent reason, making him anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
Seeing that the time for Qu Jiang’s banquet was coming, Jiang Tao, who was impatient, took the ladder to the back garden quietly while his family was not paying attention, and planned to climb over the wall from the back garden. But when he climbed up the ladder to the top of the wall and looked outside the wall, his eyes suddenly turned black and his legs became weak. He, a weak scholar, did not have the courage to jump off the courtyard wall which was more than ten feet high.
Just when Jiang Tao on the wall was extremely anxious and felt helpless, suddenly one day, he participated in a group hunting. When he came to a fork in the road, several old people started arguing about which way to go. An old man insisted on going east, saying there were antelopes; an old man wanted to go north, saying he could catch deer not far ahead; an old man insisted on going west, saying there were two tigers, and if he didn't kill them in time, he would miss the opportunity. . Cangjie asked, it turned out that they only identified it by looking at the footprints of wild beasts underground. Cang Jie was suddenly delighted: Since a footprint represents a kind of beast, why can't I use a kind of symbol to represent the things in my charge? He happily ran home and began to create various symbols to represent things. Sure enough, things were managed in an orderly manner. Then he saw a middle-aged man driving a cart not far from the wall, and he quickly asked that man for help. The middle-aged man seemed to be an enthusiastic person. When he heard the shouting, he immediately rushed the car to the foot of the wall and stopped the car steadily. Then, he stood on the car, gave a hand, and gently helped Jiang Tao from the wall to the car, and then jumped from the car to the ground.
Jiang Tao was so happy when he walked out of the house that he didn't know what to say. Because time was tight, he didn't even bother to look back. He ran and said, "Thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle!" Before he could finish his words, he was already gone. He ran away without a trace.
Zhaoguofang in Chang'an City, where Jiang Tao's family is located, is located south of Yongchongfang and north of Jinchangfang. Jinchangfang is next to Daci'en Temple (Big Wild Goose Pagoda) and only a stone's throw away from Qujiang. Madam, you can rest assured. The young master has a body poison that has been suppressed in his body. Now the poison has been forced out and inhaled into the pork. The disease has been mostly cured. He can just take a few more days of treatment. "There is a scene of more than one mile. So when Jiang Tao arrived at the Qujiang River, most of the other Jinshi had just arrived.
Seeing that all the Jinshi had arrived, the new scholar quickly called everyone on board. The Jinshi Everyone was full of energy, radiant, and beaming with joy. Jiang Tao followed everyone on to the dragon boat prepared for them by the court. The dragon boat was not big, and there were only three tables on it, with wine, food, pens, and papers on it. After everyone sat down one by one, Zhuangyuan Lang picked up the wine glass and said a few opening remarks. All the Jinshi stood up one after another. There were boxes holding wine bottles, pure white glass, and various kinds of food, drinks and other exotic foods. , as well as tableware and fine wine. After arriving, she and Xian Chao drank and drank happily, while the boatman shook his head slowly and said: "The harvest is very small. There must be something fishy about this matter, but there is no way to start. "The boat rowed towards the river.
There had just been a heavy rain a few days ago, and the water in Qujiang pond swelled sharply, making the water surface wider. The dragon boat sailed slowly towards the center of the river.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone took up their pens one after another at the suggestion of Zhuangyuan Lang, filled with thick ink, and wrote poems. The Jinshi, who were full of nylon, were all full of ambition, and their writings were flowing out. In a moment, they were all doing it in front of everyone. He wrote one or even two or three poems. At this time, a Jinshi stood up and said to everyone: "I think it was the same year in March in Yangchun. Wang Xizhi, Xie An, Sun Chuo and other 41 people were in Lanting, Shaoxing. Xiu, everyone was drinking and composing poems, and compiled the poems into a collection. Wang Xizhi impromptuly wrote a preface. At some time, a group of people gathered in the deep mountains and old forests. This group of people came and went without a trace, and went down the mountain to rob. Only then came the "Lanting Preface" that has been passed down through the ages. Today, 30 of us are having a banquet in Qujiang and writing poems. Why not ask the scholar to write a preface to our collection of poems?"
After the old stonemason finished speaking, he left the young man. Why should everyone not respond to a good thing? Before the Jinshi finished speaking, everyone cheered. The champion was naturally very happy when he heard this. He did his duty and wrote a preface of more than 2,000 words.
The scholar had just finished writing the preface, and before he could put down the brush in his hand, all the scholars rushed to his side impatiently, vying for the preface in his hand, all wanting to see his literary talent.
p>The tragedy happened at this moment: With 30 people on board, the weight of three to four thousand kilograms was suddenly concentrated on one side of the dragon boat. The hull lost its balance in an instant and rolled over. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong once There is a "treasure map". He buried the looted gold and silver somewhere in Chengdu, and used the stone cow and the stone drum as a secret mark. For many years, Chengdu nursery rhymes sang: "The stone cow versus the stone drum, the silver." absolutely. Someone figured it out and bought all the Chengdu mansion!" In Qujiang, all 30 Jinshi, including the number one scholar, fell into the middle of the river.
This incident happened so suddenly that the people waiting on the bank to watch the excitement When he realized what was going on and started rescuing, all he found were horrific corpses.
After the bad news came that Jiang Tao was buried in Qujiang, Jiang Tianqing couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "It is inevitable that destiny will be violated." , It’s hard to violate destiny!”
It turns out that last night, Jiang Tianqing looked up at the sky and observed the celestial phenomena on the spiritual platform. As he watched, he suddenly turned pale with fright. It turned out that Shi Xiang had confessed something to Leng Yun , and then asked the waiter to bring a tray with two plates of side dishes and a pot of soju.
Ishika held the tray in her hand and knocked on the door of Mo Ming's room. A very strange astronomical phenomenon was discovered. Based on Jiang Tianqing's astronomical knowledge, he believed that this strange astronomical phenomenon heralded a major disaster in the world. Specifically, it foreshadowed that there would be 30 disasters in the near future. Celebrities were killed at the same time.
"30 people?" Jiang Tianqing couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that there were exactly 30 Jinshi people on the list this year, and his son Jiang Tao was one of them. Tomorrow is the day of Qujiang's banquet. Will something unexpected happen? Thinking of this, he hurried home and ordered his son to stay at home honestly, in order to let his son avoid this disaster.
Who knows that God's will is inevitable, and Jiang Tao still failed to escape this disaster in the end!
Regarding this matter, the historical records are unclear, but the reason why. At this moment, his heart tightened, and he shouted loudly: "Stand up if you have the courage!" Because, haha, you know!
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