In Zhongnan Mountain in March, catkins are flying and flowers are in full bloom.

In the mountains, the country nurtured by Zhongnan Lingxiu has gradually stabilized after experiencing the disputes and turmoil between the two top powers in the country last year.

Last spring.

The new head of the Lin family in Lanxi, who had returned from Siqi Academy, attacked the then Zhongnan Imperial Preceptor on the day of the monarch's spring festival.

For many Chinese people, it is still vivid in their minds.

The subsequent struggle that lasted for more than half a year was finally concluded after a debate between Confucianism and Taoism that attracted national attention.

Chongxuguan, who had been the supreme emperor of the Zhongnan Kingdom for thousands of years, collapsed suddenly.

The fire in Taibai Mountain burned for three days and three nights.

The new head of the Lin family in Lanxi came to power and took charge, assisting the monarch in governing Zhongnan.

The reform, which had previously been hindered by the forces of the Imperial Guard, was being steadily implemented.

But for many Chinese people, these are both close and far away.

Now that it's early spring again, the turmoil and bloodshed of last year seem to have faded away.

However, the bandit gentleman who passed through Zhongnan back then helped the Lin family of Lanxi participate in the debate on Confucianism and Taoism like a nobleman sent from heaven, and won the third debate of extraordinary significance.

It is still talked about by people in the Zhongnan Kingdom, and they often think of it and talk about it.

After Lin Wenruo came to power, although many old issues and grievances were not pursued.

However, new hatreds and new hatreds are punished quickly, and the methods are thunderous and merciless.

Therefore, although he did not block the channels of speech in Zhongnan or tighten the standards of public opinion among the Chinese people.

But most Chinese people still don't dare to talk about things that might trigger a red line.

And Chinese people love to talk and talk.

As a result, the most hotly discussed topic about last year's events all invariably fell on Mr. Zhao who passed through Zhongnan Kingdom in a hurry, leaving only his back behind.

Moreover, this was also tacitly approved by Lin Wenruo.

I would like to send this song to Mr. Zhao called "What's the matter with Zhongnan".

It is still sung by Zhongnan women who are full of enthusiasm and admire talented people.

At this time, anyone who often goes to the outskirts of Luojing is almost familiar with this folk song.

The original debate between Confucianism and Taoism.

It was performed in front of hundreds of thousands of Zhongnan people and hermits and celebrities who loved to talk and debate.

The third conversation was about the debate between Zhao Gongzi, a man wearing jade, and a Taoist gentleman on the topic of "doing something but not doing anything".

It is generally recognized by today's Chinese people as the most wonderful and mysterious talk in Zhongnan Kingdom in the past hundred years.

After that, for a period of time after the young master left, the manuscript of this conversation was very popular in Luojing City, and famous people in the country rushed to write it down.

Lin Wenruo, the young head of the Lin family in Lanxi, said with a smile, "Luo Jing is so expensive."

After the news spread, the term "Luo Jing Paper is expensive" was even coined.

It was regarded as an elegant event and was widely circulated in the literary circles of several surrounding countries.

For the people of Luojing who witnessed these grand events with their own eyes, they can tell even more to later generations.

On that day, the streets of Luojing were filled with people, throwing fruit into carts, and the women of Zhongnan were throwing sachets.

And later, when parting, the king and his countrymen walked together to see each other off.

The ten-mile-long pavilion has all the willow branches broken.

The remnants of the grand event still linger in my heart.

Today, fireworks are all over Luojing City.

It’s spring again.

The King of Zhongnan held another spring sacrifice in the eastern suburbs.

But the figure of the tall Confucian scholar who ruled the country was missing.

Last year, it was he who stood on stage and suddenly got angry.

The official road from Luojing City to Lanxi is also missing the ten-mile red makeup that it was on this day last year, and no one is getting married...

Today's Taibai Mountain still retains its incense.

The fire that day caused the Chongxu Temple on Taibai Mountain to be burned down together with its thousand-year history.

However, later on, the Lanxi Lin family did not drive out all the Taoist priests.

Instead, they arranged several specific places to maintain the incense of Taoist temples and moved Taoist priests here to gather.

Everything remains the same, except that the privileges have been taken away and the name Chongxu Guan has been cancelled.

This is the case in Taibai Mountain today, with new Taoist temples and new Taoist priests.

New people in old places.

At this moment.

On a remote road in the back mountain of Taibai Mountain, a figure of a tall Confucian scholar appeared.

This was exactly the path Zhao Rong went up the mountain to explore that day in order to get the stove.

The tall Confucian scholar, dressed in white, walked on the bluestone path and slowly climbed up the mountain.

His hands were empty and he was alone.

Not long after.

In an osmanthus forest at the back of Taibai Mountain, Lin Wenruo stepped into it again.

With a calm expression, he walked straight to the special osmanthus tree with a red string on it.

Winter has just passed, and most of the branches of the osmanthus tree are bare.

But at this time, on the osmanthus tree tied with a red rope, buds were sprouting from the branches and new leaves were growing.

Lin Wenruo stared at the buds, slightly lost in thought and silent.

At a certain moment, he rubbed his face, turned around, and looked at the wild geese returning to the north.

Lin Wenruo raised his hand and reached into his sleeve, ready to take out something.

But suddenly, he stopped and turned to look at the entrance of Guilin.

There was a burst of childish conversation.

"Xu Qing, why are you so slow? Hurry up. This blue stone is not tall. What are you afraid of? You are still a man. Bah, you nerd."

"Yu Niang, wait, wait, I'd better be careful, otherwise I'll scratch my clothes again."

Not long after, two children jumped into Guilin.

In the distant forest, under the red rope osmanthus tree, Lin Wenruo watched silently.

I saw only two children, a boy and a girl.

They all look like they are eight or nine years old.

The boy was wearing well-fitting uniforms, looking like a boy from a well-to-do family in Luojing City.

The girl is wearing a simple white but clean Taoist robe, and she is a little Taoist nun.

Appearing here, you don’t need to think about it to know that she should be the Taoist nun of the new Taoist temple in Taibai Mountain.

At this moment, the little Taoist nun named Yu Niang glanced sideways at the little boy named Xu Qing next to her.

"What took you so long to come to me?"

Xu Qing grimaced, "My family has been busy these days, and my parents haven't gone up to the mountain to burn incense. How can I find you?"

Yu Niang looked back at the rebuilt Taoist temple on the top of the mountain, curled her lips and said:

"Can't you come by yourself? We agreed to watch the fireworks together during the first month of the year. I even went behind the deacon's back and secretly saved a firework for you. Well, you never came, and it's gone."

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Xu Qing scratched his head and said, "The father and master of the school said that men and women should not be intimate with each other and must maintain etiquette. How can I come to you alone?"

In the distance, a tall Confucian scholar saw this scene. He paused as he was about to lift his steps and watched quietly.

Yu Niang broke off a branch with her hands and knocked the dust on the ground without looking at Xu Qing, who was stupid and timid.

"Oh, if you don't kiss me, then why are you following me here like this?"

Xu Qing suppressed her blush, "I, I..."

He avoided the narrow gaze of the little Taoist nun of the same age whom he met when he first entered the Taoist temple.

After looking around for a moment, he changed the topic and said:

"By the way, Yu Niang, where is this? Why don't we still go to the Taoist temple, in case my parents find out that I'm missing..."
To be continued...