Guo Jia's residence is right next door to the county mansion. Wen Yuan personally arranged it for everyone in the mansion. Without any notice, Wen Yuan entered Guo's mansion. As soon as he entered the first-level courtyard, he heard the sound of a piano coming in like a mountain and flowing water. in the ears.
No, although Guo Jia is talented and knows all the classics and history, I have never seen him play the piano on weekdays. How could he be so elegant today?
Moreover, the sound of the piano is gentle and soft, as gentle as water. It makes people feel intoxicated and intoxicated. It is not in line with Guo Jia's bohemian personality.
Wen Yuan couldn't help but become curious and walked a few steps towards the source of the sound.
When I came to the garden of the Guo Mansion, I saw Guo Jia, wearing a short shirt, practicing Wu Qin Opera in the courtyard. A woman in white was sitting on the corridor and leaning on the piano. The beautiful sound of the piano like flowing water came from her pair of delicate hands.
The woman was only twenty-eight years old. She was wearing a lake green skirt. Her hair was like clouds of ink and was flicking silently. Her skin was like creamy white jade, with a hint of crystal. A pair of beautiful eyes as bright as a deep pool were looking at her with tenderness. He was listening to Guo Jia, moving his slender fingers lightly, and each beautiful note came out along with the trembling of the strings. It actually coordinated with Guo Jia's movements, and it was natural.
Wen Yuan took a closer look at the woman. She was very beautiful, and she was concentrating on playing the piano. She had a kind of elegant temperament that floated out of the world, like a fairy in the sky who could not eat the fireworks of the world. Even though Wen Yuan had already developed some immunity to beauty. Even though I have a far-sighted view, I can't help but be dumbfounded.
Anyone who is proficient in music will have a calm mind when playing and seem to be able to sense everything around him. As soon as Wen Yuan arrived, the woman seemed to have felt it. Her hands stopped and the sound of the piano suddenly stopped.
The woman turned around and saw Wen Yuan. She didn't seem to recognize him. She was about to pick up the piano and go into the room to escape. Guo Jia had already looked over and saw that it was Wen Yuan. He hurriedly walked over and said, "Why are you doing this today, my lord?" You are so pleased to pay your respects and come to my residence." Then he waved his hand to the woman and said with a smile: "Yan'er, come and pay homage to my lord."
"Cai Yan has met the general," the woman Luoluo said, bowing to Wen Yuan in a gentle and thorough manner.
Wen Yuan raised his eyebrows. It turned out that this woman was Cai Wenji, the daughter of Cai Yong, one of the four most talented women in history. No wonder she was so beautiful and had outstanding piano skills. At that time, because Guo Jia had a secret love for Cai Yan, Wen Yuan asked Zhou Cang to Cai Yan snatched back the giant deer, but Wen Yuan had been staying in Shangdang since he came out of Chang'an and never had the chance to see Cai Yan. Now that almost half a year has passed, Wen Yuan has forgotten all about it.
"It turns out she's the queen of a famous family. I'm disrespectful," Wen Yuan suddenly realized, raised his hand and smiled slightly.
I remember that it was Wen Yuan who was entangled in the relationship between Diao Chan, and it happened that Cai Yan's incident helped him make up his mind to rescue Diao Chan, so Wen Yuan felt an inexplicable feeling of gratitude in his heart towards Cai Yan.
Wen Yuan laughed again and joked: "Hahaha, I asked how Fengxiao could control his temper and practice Wuqinxi well. It turns out that he has a beautiful woman to keep him company. Sure enough, it is a combination of men and women. The work is not tiring. The ancients are honest with me. Bullying,"
"When men and women work together, they will not be tired from work. This is what the ancients of which family said. It is indeed a wise saying. However, if you are not talented, how can you be as good as the lord? I heard that the lord has been wandering among the flowers these days. , enjoying all the blessings of the whole family is really enviable," Guo Jia laughed and said indifferently, but Cai Yan's pretty face turned red for a while, and she couldn't stand there or walk away.
"Boy, you are cruel," Wen Yuan slapped Guo Jia's small body and staggered. Compared with the thickness of his face, Wen Yuan thought that he was no match for this boy.
After joking, Wen Yuan said seriously: "Today I want to go incognito and inspect various places in Xiaquyang. Is Fengxiao free to go with me?"
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said, "Jia'an dares to disobey my lord's orders. Yan'er, you can rest at home and I'll be back in the evening." After that, he reluctantly said hello to Cai Yan.
Cai Yan bowed affectionately and stood up to leave.
Wen Yuan pulled Guo Jia out of the mansion and said with a smile: "The sun is really shining in the west. Our prodigal son Guo actually became a good man. Where are Xiao Tao and those confidante you have been talking about?"
Guo Jia waved his hand and said with a smile: "The past is over, the past is over..."
Seeing the sweet expression on Cai Yan's face just now, Wen Yuan was filled with emotion. Although Wen Yuan unintentionally changed Cai Yan's life, the two masterpieces "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" and "Poem of Sorrow and Indignation" must be the masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. It cannot come out, and Cai Yan will definitely not be as famous as in history. However, compared to these, Wen Yuan still feels that a person's happiness is more important. If Cai Yan is allowed to choose, I believe she will definitely choose it. It is good to live a happy life instead of writing poems that have been passed down through the ages with blood and tears. Guo Jia and Cai Yan have already strived for their own happiness, and Wen Yuan has also brought Diao Chan into his house.
A person's happiness can only be obtained by actively striving for it.
After leaving Guo Mansion, the two of them walked casually. In the past, they would ride horses or cars, but today they went out incognito for a patrol, which was a different experience.
He has not returned to Xiaquyang for two years, and his face has gradually become blurred in the minds of the people in Xiaquyang. This time he was walking again, so he was not afraid of anyone recognizing him.
It was already morning, and the Xiaquyang market was already full of bustling crowds. I remember when Wen Yuan first arrived in Xiaquyang, all he saw was the deserted market, the potholed streets, the people with sallow faces, and confused eyes. Since the massacre in the first year of Zhongping, this county has been like a twilight city, lifeless. Until Wen Yuan took over Quyang and now, this county has regained its vitality.
In the second year of the Yellow Turban Uprising, as millions of corpses of the rebels were exposed in the wilderness and could not be dealt with, a huge epidemic broke out throughout the Han Dynasty. Among them, Hebei, especially Julu, was hit hardest, and Jizhou was the hardest hit. Originally the largest state in the world, there were nearly one million households and more than four million people before the Yellow Turban Uprising. After the Yellow Turban Uprising, coupled with a subsequent great epidemic, the surviving people in Jizhou were not even half of the previous population.
The most typical example of this is that before the war, there were nearly 100,000 Dingkou people in the county. By the time Wenyuan came, the population was not even 20,000.
Natural and man-made disasters, despite the huge trauma caused by epidemics in this era to the people, when Wenyuan first governed Quyang, he required garbage to be piled at designated points and designated people to clear it regularly, and spent a lot of financial resources and energy to repair urban roads and drainage systems. Public bathhouses and toilets were also built to solve the problem of public health for the people in the city, and this was implemented throughout Julu and even Shangdang County.