Along the way to the south, the climate is getting warmer and the cultural landscape is also very different.
The north is cold, the south is warm; the north is bold and unconstrained, and the south is graceful.
Most of the guards, maids and wives in the procession were brought by them from Wangdu. They never left Wangdu. People's exclamations and comments can be heard from time to time along the way, which makes the originally monotonous travel more interesting.
In late March, a group of chariots and horses finally entered the boundary of Jingzhou.
There is a saying: "good rain knows the season, when spring is happening." Originally, Xiao Yi and nangongyue planned to stay at the mouth of Jingzhou for one night and then continue their journey. However, it rained a little at noon on the day of entering the city, which made the road muddy and difficult for vehicles to travel.
By the time they arrived at the post station, a line of chariots and horses was already in a mess.
Yi Cheng put on his coir raincoat and went forward to meet the guests. He apologized: "a few officials, these days, the drizzle is constant, and it's inconvenient to travel. The herringbone room is full, and only the floor room is left. The room will be empty until tomorrow."
According to Dayu's rules, to live in a post station, you need to rely on the "post coupons" issued by the government. Officials of different levels enjoy different treatment. Moreover, they have to leave after more than three days, so the Yi Cheng can be sure that there will be room available tomorrow.
As the largest town in Jingzhou, there are many officials and postmen who come and go. In addition, the continuous rain in spring makes the rooms of the post station tense.
Zhu Xing, who was riding on a high horse, frowned. The room was for postmen. How could the prince and his concubine live in this kind of room! What's more, what they want is not a herringbone room.
Zhu Xing asked in a deep voice, "where was the house that day?"
Yi Cheng was stunned and said in his heart: did you come to a distinguished guest? If that's the best way to avoid offending others.
Yi Cheng nodded his head: "there is still a place for Tian Zi Hao room." Tianzihao is the best place to live in the post station. It is almost a small yard, so it is specially for high officials and nobles to live in.
As soon as the post Cheng's voice fell, he heard a strange male voice coming from his right hand: "we'll take this Tianzi room!"
Zhu Xing's face sank. Looking at the sound, he saw a black lacquer covered carriage coming from the other side of the street. Several guards in coir raincoat were riding on the high horse beside the carriage. One of the guards with short whiskers said in a loud voice: "courier, please arrange a room for us quickly!"
Listen to the voice, it is obvious that this person has just made a sound!
Zhu Xing held the reins and arched his hand at the passers-by and said, "brother, we are the first to tell all this
The guard disapproved and said, "by you? Do you have a silver medal Said, the guard from the waist took out a silver sign, to Zhu Xingliang light, "can not be any people can live in the emperor's room!"
The post coupons of Dayu were divided into four types: one was Jiao Fu, the other was paper coupon, the third was silver medal, and the fourth was zhuanfu. Officials at different levels enjoy different levels of treatment. Only those who hold silver medals and runes can live in the Zi Hao room. However, this silver medal can not be used by everyone, at least if the officials above grade three and their family members.
"Brother, don't look down on others!" Zhu Xing sneered, "I really don't have a silver medal, but I still want to live in the Tianzi room. How do you stay?"
Hearing this, even the Yi Cheng was stunned. He said in his heart: is this man joking? Do you want to live in Tianzi room without Silver Post coupons?
The guard also sarcastically raised his lips and said, "brother, don't make trouble! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude... "
He did not drop his voice, but saw Zhu Xing take out a gold medal engraved with Kirin from his arms, and suddenly shut up.
This is Jinqi's Rune!
The highest level Jinqi Rune in post coupons!
Yi Cheng's heart also fell with him. It was the first time that he saw the golden Qi's Rune when he was a Yi Cheng for so many years! It's said that only the prince and Prince, yipinda, and princess can hold the Jinqi rune. It seems that these flattop carriages look ordinary, but they are among the distinguished guests!
Zhu Xing said faintly, "I don't know we can live in the room of the son of heaven?"
"Certainly Yi Cheng was busy responding, and his heart was full of sweat. Fortunately, the master of the Jinqi zhuanfu came early. If the other party came a step later, who would he let live in the emperor's room!
The guard's face is a little stiff. Although his master's grade is not low, he certainly can't compete with the owner of Jinqi zhuanfu. Another guard behind him suddenly stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear. Then he said to Yi Cheng, "Yi Cheng, since there is no heavenly room, we will arrange a double room for our adults."
Yi Cheng said in a dilemma: "officials, the character room is full, only the character room is left..."
"Can't we adults even live in houses with people's names?" The guard impatiently interrupted Yi Cheng, "you're a little post Cheng, and you don't look at the third grade master in your eyes! Our judge, however, was ordered by the king of Zhennan to go to Wangdu to face the saint! "
Zhennan Wang? General judgment? Zhu Xing is unavoidably surprised, which is still a bit of a bitter enemy!Zhu Xing was just thinking about whether he wanted to talk to Xiao Yi in the carriage. Xiao Yi's lazy voice had already sounded: "Hong Tong sentence is really a great prestige! Even the son of a generation laments that it is so far! "
At the same time, Xiao Yi jumped out of the carriage, and bamboo helped him with an umbrella.
The guard with short whiskers said that he was unlucky. He met a meddler today. It's just that the other party can't even provoke him!
"Does this childe know our Lord Hong?" The guard said politely, "I offended you just now. I didn't! Now I'm going to apologize to you. In the future, we'll keep the well water away from the river. " He meant that as long as he didn't rob Xiao Yi's room, Xiao Yi would stop meddling!
Xiao Yi chuckled his lips and said, "I'm afraid it's hard to obey your orders."
"You..." The guard choked his chest with breath, but he could not speak ill of the nobleman.
Xiao Yi gave Zhu Xing a wink. Zhu Xing nodded slightly, then raised his voice and said, "Hong Tongbian, don't get out of the car to see the prince!"
Son of a bitch?! The guard didn't react for a moment. He said in his heart: it's just a son of a generation. Is it Hou Shizi or Bo Shizi? At most, he is a prince's son wait!
He suddenly thought of something. He turned pale and stammered, "hard Is it The son of a generation? "
The Yi Cheng was confused, only knowing that the two sides were acquainted
At this time, the curtain of the Huagai carriage was lifted up, and a young man helped a middle-aged man with brocade robes down. The man stepped forward quickly, and the rain falling along the umbrella made his clothes wet. However, he had already ignored it. He went to Xiao Yi and bowed his head respectfully and said, "I'm going to see the prince!"
As expected, he is the son of a generation!
Hong Tong was still lucky, but now he was shocked.
Isn't shiziye pledging in the capital? How can it appear here He subconsciously looked at the motorcade that followed Xiao Yi. With so many people, did the emperor allow him to take his family back to southern Xinjiang?
Does the Lord know about this?
Hong Tong's heart was full of doubts.
Judging from Hong Tong's respectful appearance, Yi Cheng didn't know what was going on. It seems that the young man who was not so beautiful as ordinary people was actually the son of Zhennan king! This Hong Tong sentence is also very unfortunate, playing authority even played in front of the master!
Xiao Yi looked at Hong Tongbian with a slight eyebrow and asked casually, "what's the matter with Hong Tongbian going to Wangdu this time?"
Hong Tong decided to calm down and quickly replied, "my subordinate is ordered by the Lord..."
In fact, Hong Tong was ordered by the king of Zhennan to deliver the book to Wangdu. The king of Zhennan consciously made a peace talk with Baiyue, which was to avoid a war, so he specially ordered Hong Tongbian to take an Zhezi to Wangdu. On the one hand, he expressed his loyalty to the emperor, and on the other hand, he also wanted to invite merit.
Xiao Yi can also guess one or two about this, but it will not be beautiful if he is allowed to say everything. So Xiao Yi interrupted him directly and said with a smile, "Hong Tong judged that although you have official duties, you should not let people think that our Zhennan Wangfu is bullying others because it comes first and then comes first."
"Yes, the son of God taught me. I'm sure I'll have a good life and restrain my subordinates. " Hong Tong's head was sweating, and his head was lower than before.
Fortunately, Xiao Yi didn't want to talk to him more. He waved and said, "my son is tired, so I'm going to have a rest. Hong Tongbian should find a place to stay. "
After Hong Tong sentenced, he thought secretly that he had to report to the Lord quickly!
He stepped back respectfully, and the horses and chariots that followed him almost ran away, and soon disappeared
In his heart, the postman said happily, and eagerly led the people into the post station.
It took more than half an hour to settle down at the post station.
Although there are kitchens and cooks in the post station, how can these cooks compare with the cooks brought by nangongyue? That night, the cook and several servant girls borrowed the kitchen of the post station to cook a good table for the masters.
After he was well fed, Xiao Yi suggested in a very good mood: "I heard from Yi Cheng that Jingzhou has been rainy recently. I think the road is muddy and inconvenient to travel with. I'd better stay at the post station for one more night, or go shopping in the city of Yakou tomorrow..."
"That's a good idea!" Fu Yunhe couldn't wait to clap and said, "the most famous thing in Yaokou is the Yellow Crane Tower. I'd like to climb the Yellow Crane Tower for a long time." Last time, whether going to southern Xinjiang or returning to the king, they were all under the emperor's command. They came and went in a hurry. Where was such a leisurely time like this one!
Xiao Yi's face turned black. He had intended to please Nangong Yue, but Fu Yunhe took the opportunity.
When they heard that they could go to the Yellow Crane Tower tomorrow, nangongyue and Xiao Fei were both bright and happy.
The Yellow Crane Tower is known as "the first tower in the world". Scholars of all ages have left many unique songs in the Yellow Crane Tower. I'm afraid there are few scholars in the world who don't want to go to the Yellow Crane Tower to admire their predecessors. Thinking that nangongyue was born in a scholar's family, he seldom went far away. Xiao Yi actually planned to take her to see it and relieve the tiredness of the journey This spring rain is just an excuse for him."Yi, take yue'er and your sister to the Yellow Crane Tower, and I won't go with you." Lin Jingchen put down his tea cup and said, "I'm going to visit the herbal medicine market in Jingzhou tomorrow."
Nangong Yue was dumbfounded. His grandfather was not a literati. His old man was full of ideas about "medicine" and "medicine". His whole life was devoted to it, so he could achieve his present achievements.
Xiao Yi also understood this and didn't persuade him. He just said, "grandfather, let Zhou Dacheng go with you tomorrow."
Although Lin Jingchen didn't think he was old enough to be looked after, and he had been traveling alone over the years, but his grandson's son-in-law and his granddaughter's heart were always the same, so he readily responded.
After setting the schedule for tomorrow, they all went back to their rooms to have a rest.
The next morning, at dawn, Lin Jingchen and Zhou Dacheng went out together.
As for Xiao Yi, he started his day with a sigh. In his original plan, it was supposed to be a day for him and the stinky girl, but he had to take Xiao Fei and Fu Yunhe with him.
Thinking about going to the Yellow Crane Tower today, Xiao Fei was so excited that she didn't sleep well all night. When she got up in the morning, she was still in a deep shadow, but she didn't feel tired at all, even a little excited.
In order to travel conveniently, Nangong Yue specially changed into a man's clothes. Early in the morning, when Xiao Fei looked at Xiao Yi's familiar and unfamiliar gentleman, she was stunned and called out in a slow voice: "sister-in-law..." Isn't sister-in-law a lady in a big family? How can I learn to dress up as a man in a play book? And it seems quite comfortable to look at it. It's not once or twice.
It must be big brother!
Xiao Fei squints at Xiao Yi. It must be elder brother who taught her sister-in-law
"Fei sister," said Nangong Yue, interrupting Xiao Fei's thinking. She took her arm and said, "come with me."
Nangong Yue took Xiao Fei to the inner room, pointed to a set of clothes on the table and said with a smile: "Fei sister, you also go to change it."
Xiao Fei was so stupid that she didn't come back to her mind for a long time.
Women disguised as men?!
It was something she would never have thought about before, but
She hesitated to look at Nangong Yue with a smile. Since the elder sister-in-law is disguised as a man, then this matter is not out of line? Right?
Xiao Fei half pushed by Baihui and magpie, she put on men's clothes, when she walked out of the screen, the whole person felt very uncomfortable.
Magpie son smilingly covered her mouth and said: "the son of a concubine, the big girl looks like a little scholar in men's clothes."
Que'er's words are completely from her heart. Xiao Fei has a cool temperament and a clear and straightforward manner. Unlike those delicate women in the south of the Yangtze River, maybe the "Wu" of Zhen'an palace still has an influence on her. Even though she has read so many books and is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is still different from the ladies of the Wenchen family.
Nangong Yue looked around Xiao Fei and praised: "I didn't expect our Fei sister to be so handsome in men's clothes!"
Xiao Fei laughs nervously. On the one hand, she doesn't want to go out in this awkward dress. On the other hand, her desire to go to the Yellow Crane Tower is overwhelming
The four set out in Xiao Fei's tangled mood.
Xiao Fei is not used to dressing up as a man for the first time, but Nangong Yue has a feeling of reliving the old dream. When she remembered that Yun Ying was not married, she also went out with Xiao Yi in men's clothing several times
Xiao Fei's unaccustomed soon disappeared, and the aroma of books in the south of the Yangtze River soon attracted her attention.
Xiao Yi frowned and looked like Xiao Fei, who was a countryman entering the city. When his eyes moved to nangongyue, he became soft again and said, "ah Yue, are you still in Jingzhou for the first time?"
This is indeed nangongyue's first visit to Jingzhou, no matter in previous life or in this life. Therefore, for her, it is full of novelty everywhere.
Jingzhou is a typical town in the south of the Yangtze River, where the climate is much more comfortable than Wangdu. In addition, Jingzhou has a remarkable feature that literati with paper fans can be seen everywhere. Although it is still early spring weather, there is no need for fans at all.
Xiao Yi thought it was interesting, so he bought one for each of the four of them. The four young gentlemen learned from the literati to shake up their paper fans.
The Yellow Crane Tower is located on the top of the Snake Mountain, but the peak is no more than 30 Zhang. Although the mountain is not high, there are many stone tablets left by famous literati and poets along the way. Nangongyue and they are not in a hurry, so they walk leisurely, stop all the way and look all the way. When they get to the Yellow Crane Tower on the top of the mountain, they have already passed by for a long time.
The Yellow Crane Tower is indeed worthy of being the first of the three famous towers in the south of the Yangtze River. The roofs of the three floors are overlapped with each other and the angles are raised. From a distance, it looks like the wings of a crane.
After enjoying the "white clouds and Yellow Crane" ceramic murals on the first floor, the four people went to the second floor. On one wall of the second floor, the story of the Yellow Crane Tower was engraved on one of the walls.
Not surprisingly, many scholars and students have gathered on the second floor. Some of them are appreciating the inscription of the Yellow Crane Tower on the wall, some are looking at the vast Yangtze River, overlooking the lofty mountains, and some are talking about the past and the present.As soon as they heard the footsteps going upstairs, many literati turned their eyes to the four.
Seeing that all four of them were handsome and handsome young men, several young students were in favor of each other. One of them, a scholar in a green robe, stood up and said with a smile, "four brothers, would you like to come and sit together?"
Both Xiao Yi and Fu Yunhe are cheerful and like to make friends, but they don't care. They still take nangongyue and Xiaofei with them today, so Xiao Yi looks at nangongyue nearby.
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei again. Although Xiao Fei felt that there was something wrong with her, she now took the lead of her sister-in-law. Since she had no objection, she nodded.
As soon as the four men approached, some of the students could see that Xiao Yi's appearance was beautiful, but his temperament was not soft. He even faintly exuded a kind of arrogance of a superior person. At a glance, he knew that he was not from a small family. Fu Yunhe was also tall and vigorous, and his pace was not fast or slow. He walked with the steadiness and sagacity of a warrior. In contrast, nangongyue and Xiaofei wear men's clothes, but their manners reveal a few wisps of women's delicacy
One of them, who was in his thirties, secretly exchanged a look with his friend, wondering what the relationship between the two women dressed as men and the beautiful young man in brocade. Although these two women seem to have clear eyes and high temperament, how can they dress up as men if they are big girls?
Is it not
The scholar and his friend laughed in a vague way. They realized the truth and thought that these two young gentlemen were romantic people.
At the same time, several scholars and scholars gave up one of the benches, and Xiao Yi's four thanks made them sit by the railing.
Xiao Fei glanced over the fence, but seeing that the landscape was the same color, surrounded by clouds and fog, she couldn't help but sigh: "if it's a lonely sail, you can only see the Yangtze River's skyline.". Big... " She wanted to call her sister-in-law, but she remembered what they were wearing at the moment, so she changed her mind and said, "big brother, little brother, the Yellow Crane Tower really deserves its reputation!"
Hearing her reciting poems, the scholar in green robe felt that he was a fellow scholar and said, "brother, there is an old saying in Jingzhou that only good tea and beautiful scenery can live up to. Brother, would you like to have tea with us
On one side of the table was a set of tea sets, a small cauldron shaped charcoal stove, and several scattered porcelain cups. In the cups, you can see the residual tea soup, and a few wisps of tea fragrance.
Although nangongyue and Xiaofei don't care about the quality of tea, they don't use the cup from unknown road.
Baihui and Que'er, seeing Nangong Yue's eyes, knew what he meant. They took out a set of exquisite tea sets, small pots and exquisite cups from their baskets.
At the same time, Nangong Yue said with a smile: "everyone give up your seats, let's invite you to drink tea."
These elegant scholars and students knew at a glance that this set of purple clay teapots was made in Xuanxing. They thought: it seems that these four people are not ordinary people.
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