July is the end of the summer heat. The so-called "end" means the end of the heat. The book says that the heat has stopped here. However, folk customs believe that the weather will still be warm after the end of the heat, and it will not start to get cooler until about eighteen days later.
The sun is shining brightly today, there is no wind on the earth, and I am in the open wilderness. I am already sweating in the sun. Just as the local custom says, it can be seen that what is said in the book does not necessarily mean that it is correct.
It is a foregone conclusion that Cai Yong will return home, and the Cai family in the capital will naturally go back to reunite with him.
Cai Yong left Beijing with great fanfare, with dozens of cars packed with thousands of volumes of books instead of people. Cai Yong had the habit of collecting books when he was young, and when he came to Beijing, he had more than ten cars of books, and he left the capital by himself.
Guan, that is, the place where the royal books are collected, has been transcribed one after another for many years, and it has become what it is today. In terms of the richness of the collection, Cai Yong said it was second, and no one in the world dared to claim the first place.
Dozens of cars moved forward slowly, supported by the servants of the Cai family. Gai Jun led his horse and Cai Wan strolled along with them.
"Gai Lang..." Cai Wan turned to look at him with a look of reluctance. The two had known each other for two years and were as close as each other. They would miss each other even if they were apart for a day, let alone now that they would be separated.
Gai Jun was not like that. He whispered comfortingly: "Don't worry, your Chenliuyu County is only more than five hundred miles away from Beijing. If you step on the clouds to strengthen your legs, you can arrive in two or three days. Are you afraid that you won't be able to see me in person?"
Seeing that Cai Wan was still unhappy and not showing off his pretty face, he patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely visit you within a month."
"Really?" Cai Wan's eyes lit up.
Gai Jun secretly squeezed Cai Wan's soft palm and said with a smile, "Have I ever lied to you?"
Cai Wan glanced ahead guiltily and felt relieved when he saw that no one was paying attention.
Gai Jun warned: "I'm not around, so you have to pay attention to taking your medicine on time, do you know?"
Cai Wan's heart felt warm, but she replied playfully: "Don't bully Sister Bian when I'm not around, do you understand?"
"Why don't I remember bullying her?" Gai Jun felt innocent.
Cai Wan snorted: "That's because I was around, so you didn't have a chance. Now that I'm gone, I don't know what you will do."
Gai Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You have so little confidence in me?"
"right."
Gai Jun seemed to say casually: "Then I will propose to Cai Yilang next month."
"You..." Cai Wan's pretty face was startled, and she looked directly at Gai Jun, finding that he gradually stopped being distracted, his eyes were bright, and he didn't look like he was talking or laughing.
"Once Cai Yilang agrees, you will marry me next year."
It's not a consultation, but a decision. Gai Jun has never behaved so domineeringly. Cai Wan couldn't adapt to it for a while. After a long while, he lowered his head and said "hmm" in response.
"It will be a good story for a man from Dunhuang to marry a girl from Dongzhou." Gai Jun said with a strong sense of pride in his tone. "It's just that... the story is beautiful, but the marriage is not easy." Dunhuang is more than 5,000 miles away from Chenliuyu County.
, based on the motorcade’s fifty miles per day, it would take more than a hundred days, and the round trip would take more than two hundred days. With some necessary preparations, a wedding would not even be thought of in less than half a year. This is also the reason why he will not marry Cai Wan this year.
Where we are, we don’t have enough time.
"Marrying a good man is nothing," Cai Wan said as Hongxia blushed, she was so beautiful.
Gai Jun sent off again and again, and finally led the horse to stand on the Tianchou path far away from the city, watching Cai Wan get on the car and driving away. When he could no longer see the convoy, he got on the saddle and kicked the horse's belly hard.
Go away from the dust.
When he got home, there was a middle-aged man standing at the door talking to Gai Yin. Gai Yin was unmoved. He caught a glimpse of him coming back from the corner of his eye and immediately left the man behind to greet him.
The big man immediately turned his head and looked around, his eyes seemed to be filled with light.
"Finally here? I thought you gave up." Hearing Gai Yin say that the other party was a Taiping Taoist, Gai Jun moved the corner of his mouth slightly, jumped off his horse and walked towards the big man.
The man is in his forties, very tall, with a straight face, dense hair and thick eyebrows. He exudes an aura that can only be cultivated by people who have been masters for a long time. This man is definitely at the top of the pyramid in Taiping Dao.
"What's next..." Gai Jun asked, cupping his fists.
"Yu Ma Zhong Ma Yuanyi."
There were several people named Ma Zhong during the Three Kingdoms period, and Gai Jun would not have thought that he was one of them. The focus is on his character, Ma Yuanyi. If memory is correct, he was one of the leaders of Taiping Road, because he was one of the leaders of Taiping Road before the uprising. His accidental arrest caused the Yellow Turbans south of the Yellow River to work independently and could not be twisted into a rope. They were defeated one by one by Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others. It is not that with him, the Yellow Turbans could achieve great things. Although the Han Dynasty was weak at that time, it was not just a handful. One hundred thousand Taiping Taoists could shake him, but if he had not died, the Henan Yellow Turbans would have persisted much longer.
"Just take this step..."
Ma Yuanyi said with a smile: "Ma always likes to make friends with heroes in the world. Gai Shehu is unparalleled in his filial piety, bravery, intelligence and scheming, and he is among them."
"That's it for now. Wouldn't it be rude if I turned you away again?" Gai Jun invited with a smile: "Please, please!"
"Please!" Ma Yuanyi said and strode to the threshold. While looking around at the scenery in the courtyard, he asked calmly: "Is the person outside the door your servant?"
"He actually had the idea of Bosi?" Gai Jun shook his head and said: "No. He is my nephew, named Yin, nicknamed Bosi."
A flash of disappointment flashed in Ma Yuanyi's eyes. Based on his many years of experience in meeting people, Gai Yin has a clumsy face but a hidden spirit, and his body has the appearance of a tiger and a bear. In time, he will definitely be a first-class warrior in the world. Such talents are in short supply in Taiping Road and cannot be recruited. It's a pity for me, my subordinates.
Gai Jun glanced sideways at Ma Yuanyi. It was like this. He was poaching me.
The two entered the hall. Gai Jun ordered his servants to serve him at a banquet. After everyone left, he asked, "What is your ambition on the Taiping Road?"
"Save the people."
"How can we save the people?"
Facing Gai Jun's question, Ma Yuanyi said word for word: "Overturn the Han Dynasty!"
Gai Jun was surprised and said: "Aren't you afraid that I will report to the court?"
Ma Yuanyi smiled casually and did not respond.
Gai Jun laughed. Taipingdao was forced to start an uprising in advance. On the one hand, there were traitors within, and on the other hand, they were too arrogant to the point of being unscrupulous. He said: "In the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there have been several crises. Well, Wang Mang usurped the throne, leaving Han Zuo in a state of weakness, but he was able to recover in the end, which shows that Heaven never hates Han. If the Taoist Way of Taiping tries to go against Heaven, it will undoubtedly fail."
Ma Yuanyi retorted: "No. Since the time of Emperor Xiaohe, the great surnames have been arrogant, and they have plundered the common people's property. The court cannot and does not dare to control it. They have accumulated money and silk in the mountains, thousands of slaves and maids, countless cattle and horses, and are richer than the princes. The common people have no land. Some may be slaves of a wealthy family, working like animals and having no control over their own lives; some may wander around the world, walking naked on grass and changing their sons to eat. Since the time of the Han Dynasty, the world has been in chaos, and there has never been peace for another year. It can be seen that the spirit of Yan Han has been exhausted! At this critical moment, the task of saving the world belongs to me, Taiping Dao!"
Gai Jun was filled with emotion after hearing this. He was speechless for a long time before saying, "Do you know where I am from?"
"I know. The Dunhuang Gai family has two thousand stones for generations, and it is the surname of the place..." Ma Yuanyi then said impassionedly: "So what? Not to mention that I, the Taiping Taoist disciples, have countless people like you, even the great sages and teachers are also from wealthy families, but If you are determined to save all people from water and fire, why should you care about your background?"
It is undeniable that Ma Yuanyi's words are very stimulating and contagious, but no matter what Ma Yuanyi says, Gai Jun will definitely remain unmoved. Who would have told him the outcome. But what the other party said aroused his thinking.
If you want to conquer the world, you cannot lack the help of the powerful families. However, there are advantages and disadvantages to this matter, and the advantage goes without saying. Speaking of disadvantages, Emperor Guangwu relied on the local wealthy families to conquer the world. After he ascended the throne, he wanted to measure the land, but the verification of the population was met with great efforts by the powerful. Despite the obstruction, rebellions even broke out in some places, especially in the four states of Qing, Xu, You, and Ji. Emperor Guangwu had no choice but to let it go. There is no doubt that this was a blatant slap in the face, and it was a slap in the face of the Lord of the World.
The wealthy family has always been in opposition to the common people. How to find a balance between the two is undoubtedly a problem that will take him a lifetime to solve.
Seeing that he fell silent, Ma Yuanyi changed his topic and began to talk about the past and present. As the topic deepened, Gai Jun felt sincere admiration. Ma Yuanyi's knowledge was extremely profound. He had a thorough understanding of Taoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, and the Five Elements. Gai Jun asked himself that he had read a lot. I can't help but feel overwhelmed when studying miscellaneous topics.
If the other person was not Taipingdao, Gai Jun really wanted to have a heart-to-heart relationship with him, and maybe he could become a close friend. But now, this plan was aborted before it could take shape, and he didn't plan to see Ma Yuanyi again in the future.