Dou Xu, whose courtesy name is Xiaohui, from Jiaozhou, was taking a nap at home that day when he suddenly saw a man in brown clothes standing in front of the bed, looking around, but stopped talking. Dou Xu asked, "Is something wrong?" The man in brown clothes said, "Mr.

Invite you to the banquet." Dou Xu asked, "Who is your husband?" He replied, "He is nearby."

Dou Xu followed him out, turned around the corner, and came to a place with many buildings and endless houses. He felt that there were thousands of houses, which were very different from the human world. He also saw palace maids and eunuchs, walking back and forth, and followed him one after another.

The man in brown clothes said hello, "Is Mr. Dou here?" The man in brown clothes said, "He is here."

In Er, a senior official came out to greet Dou Xu with thoughtful etiquette. When he came to the hall, Dou Xu asked: "I am a stranger to all of you and have little contact with you. I am flattered by the banquet hosted by your master. But there is still a trace of it in my heart."

Can you relieve me of my doubts?" The official said: "Young Master's ancestors were of noble character and belong to an aristocratic family. The king of my family has admired you for a long time and is very much looking forward to meeting you."

Dou Xu asked: "Who is the king?" He replied: "I will know later."

Not long after, two palace maids came forward and led Dou Xu to the table. They walked through many doors and came to a large hall. A king in the hall saw Dou Xu coming and stood up to greet him. The guests and hosts went through the etiquette and took their seats at the table.

During the banquet, there was a lot of food and wine. Dou Xu looked up occasionally and saw a plaque hanging on the hall with the two characters "Gui Mansion" written on it. Seeing this arrogance, Dou Xu was embarrassed and could not speak.

The king smiled and said: "Young master and I are neighbors of each other, so we have a lot of fate. I invite you here this time out of pure kindness. It's enough for you to have a drink without any suspicion." Dou Xunuonuo agreed.

After drinking for a few rounds, a Sheng song sounded in the hall, with a faint voice. The king looked around and said, "I just remembered the first couplet of 'A talented person ascends to the Gui Mansion'. Who can guess the second couplet?" The ministers thought hard, and Dou

Xu said: "The second line is here, 'Gentlemen love lotus'." The king was overjoyed and said with a smile: "What a coincidence. Lotus is the name of the little girl. Isn't it fate that the second line is so neat? Go and invite the princess to come out and meet the great talent.

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After a short meeting, the ring jingled and the fragrance hit the nostrils, and the princess came out. She was sixteen or seventeen years old and had an unparalleled appearance. The king ordered the princess to salute Dou Xu and said, "This is the little girl Lotus." Princess Lotus went

He bowed and said goodbye immediately.

When Dou Xu saw the beauty, he was stunned and sat in meditation. The king raised a glass to drink, but Dou Xu turned a deaf ear. The king seemed to be aware of it and said: "The young lady and the young master are indeed talented and beautiful, but they are not the same kind. What can be done?" Dou Xu was disappointed.

Stupidly, the master turned a deaf ear to everything he said. The minister next to him reminded him kindly: "The king bowed to you just now, but the young master didn't see it. Why didn't he hear me when he was talking to you now?"

Dou Xu was confused and ashamed, so he left the table and said, "I drank too much and behaved rudely. Please forgive me. Your Majesty is busy with official business, so I will leave first." The King said, "It's rare for me to meet you.

Why leave in a hurry? Since I have no intention of staying, I can't force you. If you are interested, you are welcome to come back at any time." He ordered the man in brown clothes to "send Mr. Dou back."

On the way, the man in brown clothes said: "I just heard what the king said, and it seemed that he intended to marry the princess to the young master. Why didn't he say a word?" Dou Xu regretted it after hearing this. When he returned home in the blink of an eye, he woke up with a start, but it was Nan Ke Yimeng. Outside the window

As the sun set, Dou Xu meditated, and the scenes in his dream were still vivid in his mind. At night, he rested his candle, hoping to dream again, but the road to Handan was far away and elusive, so he could only sigh.

That night, Dou Xu slept with his friends on the same bed. A man in brown suddenly came to visit and said, "By the order of the king, I invite you to attend the meeting." Dou Xu was overjoyed and followed him to the palace. When he saw the king's face, he knelt down.

When he went to pay homage, the king stretched out his hand to help him up and said: "After we parted, I learned that the young master misses my daughter, and I am very uneasy. If you don't mind, how about giving the lotus to the young master as his wife?" Dou Xu was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly.

The king ordered his ministers and bachelors to accompany Dou Xu to a banquet. As the banquet was about to break up, a palace maid began to play: "The princess has finished dressing up." Soon, dozens of maids came out surrounding the princess. The princess wore a red scarf on her head and walked lightly.

, came to the red carpet, bowed to Dou Xu and saluted. After the ceremony was completed, everyone sent the newlyweds into the bridal chamber. With the fragrance bursting, Dou Xu said: "The beauty is right in front of you, which makes people happy and forgets their worries. It's just that

I'm a little worried that what happened today won't be a dream again." The princess covered her mouth with a smile and said: "This concubine is clearly right in front of me, how could it be a dream?"

When he got up early the next day, Dou Xu painted the princess's eyebrows and put on makeup, used a belt to measure her waist, and used his fingers to measure her feet. The princess smiled and said, "Are you crazy?" Dou Xu said, "I have been mistaken in dreams many times, so I gave you

The princess measured the dimensions and kept them in mind one by one. Even if it is a dream, it is better to keep some thoughts." Just as she was teasing herself, a palace maid rushed in and said: "The elves broke into the palace gate, and the king took refuge in the side hall.

Disaster is not far away."

Dou Xu was shocked and hurried to the side hall. The king and his ministers met. The king took Dou Xu's hand and cried: "Thanks to the young master for not abandoning me, I wanted to become a relative with you. Who would have thought that disaster would fall from the sky and the country would not be able to survive?"

But what should we do?" Dou Xu asked, "What's going on?"

The king picked up a memorial from the desk and said, "Read it for yourself." Dou Xu opened the memorial and saw that it read: "The humble minister Hei Yi, the great scholar of Hanxiang Palace, has written this memorial. Recently, evil spirits have been causing trouble, and they are very powerful.

, please move the capital as soon as possible to preserve the foundation. According to Huangmenguan: Since the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, a giant python of 1,000 feet has appeared for no reason, entrenched outside the palace, and devoured more than 13,800 residents inside and outside the palace.

There, the palace was in ruins. The ministers tried their best to check, and saw that the python's head was as big as a mountain, and its eyes were as big as a river and sea. If he raised his head, the palace would be swallowed up, and if he stretched his waist, the towers would be destroyed. It is truly a ferocious creature that has never been seen in the ages.

, a disaster that will never happen in an eternity. The Sheji Ancestral Temple is in danger. I sincerely request the emperor to lead the family and relocate as soon as possible."

After Dou Xu finished reading the memorial, his face was ashen, and another eunuch came to report: "The monster has arrived." He could only hear the screams in the palace, and it was miserable. The king was in a hurry and didn't know what to do, so he just cried and begged Dou Xu: "Trouble.

You take care of my little girl." Dou Xu returned angrily and returned to his residence. The princess was hugging her husband and crying. When she saw Dou Xu coming back, she grabbed his clothes and said, "Will you leave me alone?"

Dou Xu said seriously: "No. I've just been poor since I was a child, and I only have three or four thatched huts. I want to invite the princess to take refuge at home. What do you think?" The princess said with tears: "The situation is critical, how can I dare to be picky?

Let's go." The two of them walked out hand in hand. Soon, the house was in sight. The princess praised: "This is a mansion, much better than our country. It's just a concubine who follows the young master and has no worries about her life. What should the parents do?

Please build another house and the whole country will come to join you."

Dou Xu thought to himself: "There are tens of thousands of family members in the palace, where can we live there?" With a look of embarrassment on her face, the princess burst into tears and said, "My husband can't worry about people's urgent needs, so what use do you need?" Dou Xu comforted her with good words, but the princess didn't.

Listen, I just lie down on the bed crying and don't listen to any advice.

Dou Xu was at a loss for what to do and was feeling worried. He suddenly woke up and had another dream. But the cry was still there in his ears, and the sobbing would never stop. He listened attentively, and found that the cry was not a human voice, but it was

There were two or three wild bees hovering above the pillow, buzzing and chirping.

Dou Xu shouted in shock: "Weird thing, strange thing." His friend woke him up and asked him what happened. Dou Xu briefly described the dream, and his friend was greatly surprised. The two got up with their clothes on, and saw a wild bee landing between their clothes, reluctant to leave.

Wipe it with your hands and never leave.

The friend pondered for a while and said, "For today's plan, it is better to build a beehive." Dou Xu nodded in agreement and invited craftsmen to quickly build the nest. As soon as the beehive was built, he saw a swarm of bees gathering, flying in from outside the wall.

Continuously, a large area of ​​pitch black, as much as a bucket, no less than tens of thousands.

Dou Xu followed the picture to find the origin of the wild bee, and gradually found it in the neighbor's vegetable garden.

An old man next door had a beehive in his vegetable garden. For more than thirty years, the bees have been multiplying and working continuously. Someone told the old man about Dou Xu's construction of the beehive. The old man went to the vegetable garden to check, and saw silence in the hive.

At first glance, there was a big snake entangled in the hive, more than one foot long. The old man caught the big snake and stoned it to death. He suddenly thought, "The thousand-foot giant python in Scholar Dou's dream must be the thing in front of him."
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