The weather in Yunzhou is 30 days.

Ouyang Xiu kowtowed, and Shi Lu, the secretary of the twelfth brother, agreed to send someone to the river to see him off when he was in Beijing. He promised you, sent an old servant out of town, and came back and said he didn't see your boat. That night, I received your letter. I didn't know that you stopped for me and blamed me for not coming as scheduled. I didn't know that the old servant was lazy and was cheated by him.

When I left Beijing, the officials urged me in every way. I might as well urge you to leave Beijing. I'm afraid of what to do. Therefore, I didn't reply to your letter in Beijing, so I can only ask Wang to attach my meaning of Ouyang Xiu when writing to you. At first, I planned to go to Yiling by land. Because the weather was too hot and there was no Kyle to ride, I changed to take a boat by water. It took 1 10 days to reach Jiangling mansion by crossing the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River along the Bianhe River, with a journey of five thousand miles. There is no place to post letters on the road. I wonder if Wang will write to you to explain my thoughts.

When I came here to ask the local people, they said that Yunzhou was only two days away, so I was glad to write a greeting letter. I saw my brother again and said that someone saw you in Xiangzhou. It is estimated that you are now back to Yunzhou's eldest son. I don't ask whether you are happy or worried, but I am anxious to know whether you are safe after you leave. Your family lives here. You won't complain very much, will you? Has Liulang recovered from his old illness?

Although the journey is long, there are friends I used to associate with everywhere in the Jianghu. There are often friends and relatives, and there are no big storms. My mother borrowed the words of a fortune teller and said that the trip was really safe. I also heard that the Yiling area produces rice, noodles and fish. Just like Beijing and Luoyang, it is also rich in pears, chestnuts, oranges, grapefruit, bamboo shoots and tea. These are edible and drinkable, which is worth celebrating. Yesterday, I felt like a county magistrate because I visited the transshipment ambassador and bowed to our ambassador! Everything else is the same as before

In your letter, you said that you doubted me and yourself (whether I did something wrong), that's all. I am afraid to blame others too much to gain a reputation for loyalty and frankness. Looking back now, I decided to stop doubting myself. However, when you say that I don't know my friends, it seems that you don't know my heart. At that time, when I wrote to Gao Ruoren, I already knew that he was not a gentleman. I attacked him with great anger and severely scolded him for not taking him as a friend. What's surprising about his vodka scandal? Along the way, many people were surprised by my firmness and comforted me. These people don't know me. You also said that I was sorry for my mother's upbringing, which is wrong. Even if he dies after being convicted, he is not sorry for his relatives. I can't explain this point in detail until I meet you.

In the Song Dynasty in the 1950s and 1960s, these people were born cautious, lived in the world, learned from each other, and formed a bureaucratic style. I was surprised to suddenly see us doing upright things, and the old woman who went down to cook was also surprised and talked to each other. They don't know that ancient people often do such things, but just consider whether it is appropriate to do so. Some people admire people who dare to tell the truth, which is also a rare wonder. Sigh that contemporary people can't see such things in the past for a long time! In ancient times, the death penalty was for killing people, but some people would rather die than surrender. So he went to the capital punishment and regarded it as sleeping at a banquet. There is an honest gentleman who knows that he should be like this when he sees a dying person, and he is not very impressed. The reason why these people are recorded in history books is probably just to warn future generations of ignorance and timidity, so that future generations can know that some things in life should be died rather than escaped, and it is not surprising to regard it as a strange thing. Fortunately, the punishment is very kind now, and there is no such capital crime. If there is and another person is tortured, I don't know what kind of horror contemporary people will make. Then, we will naturally keep our mouths shut, and we won't say and protest as before. Living in a secluded place, I only know how to improve my morality every day. Needless to say, these things, but your letter said that I have doubts about what I did, so it is necessary to let you know how I treated them, so I will probably tell you about it.

When Ando and I were in Chuzhou, we talked about life in great detail, and Ando thought so. When I arrived in Yiling to write, after that, he understood my attitude towards life. He often tells Daoan that he often sees the celebrities of the previous generation. When he talks about the world, he is passionate and not afraid of sacrifice. He really looks like a man who understands justice. When he arrived at the place where he was sent, he was sad and complained, and some even wrote in the article that he could not stand suffering. Their joys and sorrows are no different from ordinary people, and even like Han Yu, they are not immune from this influence. I used this incident to warn Daoan not to write sad articles. You can understand my attitude towards being demoted if you see me. Modern people are also demoted because of what is said in the book. However, some people are arrogant, extravagant and addicted to alcohol, claiming to be conceited and informal. Therefore, when parting from you, encourage yourself to be more cautious, do your job well, and don't drink. I still keep my promise in this matter. My throat disease has been cured since I left Beijing, and I haven't had a drink so far. To punish myself for being lazy in Luoyang.

There is a road in Yiling, which takes only a few days to reach Yunzhou, and you can travel by servants. It's cold in autumn, take care of yourself. I won't say them one by one. Ouyang Xiu fell to his knees.