Chapter 124: The Trip to the Painting Boat
On a winter morning, the air seems to be filled with tiny ice crystals. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Early risers, who have to expose themselves to the air, try to shrink into their clothes to avoid the biting cold wind.
Li Jin was wearing a dark brown feather woven cloak, and left the Jinyue Pavilion early with Fang Guan. Today is the date agreed with the Emperor. Although it didn't take a long time to get from Li Mansion to Yujingzhai, Li Jin still decided to set off earlier. In order to facilitate walking, Li Jin is still dressed as a man today. The high bun is fixed with a hosta, surrounded by a fluffy neckline, the whole small face looks more and more small, and the whole person looks like a good fortune boy who has come out of a New Year's painting.
Half of this impression is due to the cloak that Li Jin is now wearing on Li Jin. This cloak was sent to the house for reform on the second day after the holy decree was issued according to Mrs. Li's instructions, and it was just sent back to the house last night, and it was immediately transferred to Li Jin. On such a cold winter day, such a cloak is almost like a battle armor, which can withstand any wind, sword and frost. Just because at this time, another layer of lamb's wool was added to the cloak, so the already heavy cloak was even more impermeable.
Fortunately, this is made by the most famous cloth village in the capital, otherwise such a heavy cloak will definitely make the person wearing it look bloated.
But at this time, Li Jin seemed to be very petite and lovely because of the foil of this dress. According to Li Jin's original size, it will only make people feel delicate, and it will not leave people with the impression of being small at all.
In the gray morning light, scattered pedestrians walked briskly on the street in front of the Li Mansion.
Li Jin himself left the house early today in order to get to Yujingzhai as soon as possible, and planned to leave through the front door closer to Yujingzhai. Who knew that when he came to the horse pier next to the stone lion of the Li Mansion from the front door, in addition to the sparse pedestrians in the distance, next to the fast horse prepared for himself, it was Master Yao who was waiting.
You must know that Master Yao is the head of the attendants of the Li Mansion, and he usually has to sit in Taige, especially in recent years, when he is older, Li's father and Li mother can't bear him to be too tired. Although he himself does not want to be so idle, he often has to take on the training responsibilities of the people in the mansion by himself.
At this time, seeing Master Yao in the early morning in the middle of this cold winter, Li Jin knew in her heart that she was afraid that her mother was worried again.
"Master, when did you wait here? The place where I went today is quite safe, or I will send someone to say to my mother, and when I need the master to accompany me, I will ......" Li Jin remembered that when he washed up in the morning, he ordered people to prepare horses, I wonder if Master Yao had waited until now.
Master Yao laughed heartily and said: "People who practice martial arts, where are you afraid of these little winds and colds, Miss, don't look at my age, but I am still iron-clad." ”
Seeing that Master Yao was so persistent, Li Jin didn't stop him anymore, turned over and got on the horse, looked at the horses that Master Yao had prepared for himself and Thirteen with broad backs, and immediately waved his whip forward.
Master Yao received an order from his wife last night to follow Li Jin's side to escort him today. This is what he could not ask for, even if he began to prepare before dawn this morning, and waited for half an hour in the cold wind in the morning, he did not feel any fatigue at this time. I only feel that I can finally be of some use, and recently I heard that Li Jin was given a marriage by the Holy Decree and was going to marry to Saibei. The pain in his heart was as painful as when he left his hometown, and even more so. Because he has no relatives beside him, he has watched Li Jin grow up since he was a child. Therefore, he has long regarded Li Jin as his own daughter, so he understands the mood of Li's father and mother at this time, and he can't wait to follow the cherishment by his side all the time.
The three of them rode forward, because there were few pedestrians on the road, and because of the cold and windy weather, almost all of them walked under the walls and eaves, so the road was wide even if the horses galloped should not be a problem. But Li Jin still cared about the power of Yanguan Yushi, suppressed the desire in his heart at the moment, and walked slowly forward with the reins of his horse.
Because this time he rode a fast horse with a large pace, the body of the horse was much higher than usual, and because of this, Li Jin was able to see a different scenery from the past, for example, at this time, in front of him was the plaque of Yu Jingzhai, and beyond the three golden characters of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing, you could see a dark green faintly visible fairyland in the clouds. At this time, it should be seen from a distance, but this feeling is not at all like the feeling when looking from upstairs.
When looking down from several floors of the pavilion, there seemed to be a sense of detachment and etherealism, and Li Jin remembered the person he saw in the corridor of Yujingzhai who liked to look alone at the railing by the water, and the scenery that the person showed himself in front of him. The feeling of being above the surface of the lake and floating above everything has to be said to be really fascinating.
At this time, everywhere as far as the eye can see, there is an impenetrable cloud and mist, in which the rippling blue waves of the lake are revealed from time to time, so that the feeling of being within reach and seeming to be untouchable makes people want to explore it more and more. At this time, there was a sound of Nai in the distance, and Li Jin looked around in surprise, only to find that it was far away, and a painting boat was offshore. Only then did Li Jin remember the sentence in the poetry book, 'The sound of the landscape is green', it turns out that this is imitating the boatman in the south of the Yangtze River?
Although Li Jin is very familiar with this lake, this is the first time Li Jin has come to this Yujingzhai so early, so it is also the first time to see such a scene. Looking at the colorful painting boats in the mist rising from the water surface in the distance, Li Jin remembered that he had always gone to Yicuilou but did not dare to set foot in it, and heard that when some dignitaries and nobles came to raft on this lake, they would invite the girl who was rich or brilliant to accompany him. I don't know what the scene would have been like at that time when everyone was chanting poems and painting.
Although Li Jin had some goals that must be achieved for this meeting in his heart, he had been nervous since last night, but this sound of sailing with a full flavor of Jiangnan immediately aroused Li Jin's curiosity, and even overshadowed Li Jin's nervousness.
Li Jin still couldn't find the path leading to the dock of the lake, let alone how to get to its shore. After coming to the door of Yujingzhai, Li Jin turned his head and instructed Thirteen to ask Yujingzhai's junior two about the specific route to the lake.
Thirteen took the order and left, and Master Yao came to Li Jin's side and said with a smile: "Childe, where is today's destination? If Madame knows, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain." ”
Li Jin turned his head and smiled playfully at Master Yao, and then said, "If you don't say it, naturally no one knows." ”