68. Si Nong
We sat on the shore for a while, only to see the Luoshui boat boat coming and going endlessly, the people on the boat recognized us, they approached to greet, some wanted to land, the rapids within a radius of one or two miles were steep, and there was no reliable shore place, so we had to see the salute from afar, and we could not come to disturb, most of the people who came were aimed at me and Cui Mingde, Dugu Shao, but the three of us are the most reserved, we are familiar, but I nodded slightly, just smiled, Cui Mingde didn't even smile much, occasionally came elder-like people, but the upper body leaned forward slightly, fortunately, these people can't go ashore, and we don't need to socialize - I understand why Dugu Shao set the banquet here, but asked with some curiosity: "Sixteen Niang is very familiar with Luozhou?"
Before Dugu Shao could answer, Pei Lansheng said first: "Ah Shao is the first Sui Weiguo Gong, and he lives in Luozhou. ”
I don't know who Wei Guogong is, but seeing that Dugu Min showed a little self-contained on his face, it must be a nobleman of Gaomen, surnamed Dugu in the Sui Dynasty, I only know one, that is, the famous Queen Dugu, this surname is so rare, it is probably a little related, so I nodded and said, "I see." ”
Dugu Shao suddenly smiled: "Erniang doesn't know who Wei Guogong is?"
Pei Lansheng secretly pulled her sleeves, but was avoided by Dugu Shao, and smiled against her: "Lansheng, you are always like this, our ancestors, we know ourselves, what do others remember?"
Pei Lansheng was robbed by her, rolled his eyes rarely, and let go of it, I saw that Dugu Shao was frank, but the more I had a good impression, and said with a smile: "I really don't know." ”
Dugu Shao said with a smile: "My ancestor was a wish, and he also married Cui's family, and gave birth to an aunt, who is the late Sui Wen Queen, my clan is the eldest house in the clan, and I have lived in the Luozhou mansion for generations, and my father is an official, so he led us into Beijing - the queen of literature, Erniang should know?"
Of course, I nodded and smiled at her, and said, "It's me who has shallow knowledge and doesn't know the ancestors." ”
Dugu Shao said: "If we talk about genealogy, even our own children may not remember it clearly, let alone anyone else." When she said "no one else", she glanced at Cui Mingde again for some reason, Cui Mingde put down the wine glass, got up slowly, and said: "The weather is so good, but it's a pity that there is no fake boat, otherwise you can go down the Luoshui River and enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait." ”
Dugu Shao smiled and said: "There is a boat, but I am afraid that you will be cold, so I will only prepare it there, and I am also afraid that there will be many people on the river, and it will be cumbersome to go back and forth, what does Erniang think?"
I was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she was asking me, and I had already seen the scenery here, and there was nothing new, so I said, "Okay." "Dugu Shaofang led us on our horses, and rode all the way to a manor, where the villagers took us in, and bypassed a large area of winding water towers inside, and then we arrived at a wharf, on which five or six boats were parked, one of which was a sailor who was ready to stop, and a special Kayaka and Maiko who accompanied the boat.
Dugu's subordinates didn't wait for orders, so they smiled and accompanied my guards on the boats next to them in turn, and there were banquets on these boats, but there was no wine, and the captain at the head looked at me, and I said, "You have worked hard all day, take a good rest." "He ordered the soldiers to take turns on duty at the bow of the ship, and he still waited by my side with eight guards who were always walking around me.
We got on the boat in turn, and when we were playing, I was a little hungry, and before I could speak, the maids around Dugu Shao had already gone to the banquet, but this time it was a normal feast:
First there are four kinds of dried fruits, including lychee, ginkgo, quimbnut, hazelnut; then there are four kinds of carved nectar fried, there are carved plum balls, carved bamboo shoots, carved kumquats, carved ginger; then there are four kinds of fragrant salty and sour, perilla naixiang, fragrant Xuanhua willows, fragrant grapes, licorice flowers; eight kinds of main dishes, sheep tongue sticks, quail soup, gild palm sticks, mandarin duck fried belly, pangasius belly, fried sandfish soup, sheep pigs, bull bears and deer five sheng plates, red sheep branch sticks, spring cakes, lettuce; appetizers are ginger vinegar snails, simmered oysters, Jiang Yaosheng, and cockle sticks; there are also preserved meat, chicken curd, duck wax, steamed hu, Soup cakes, ancient buildings, flax porridge, almond porridge, cold toad porridge with food.
We were hungry, and when we saw the feast, but there was nothing to eat, we only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, and when we heard the commotion outside, we simply went to the bow of the boat and looked out. Today's beginning of spring, whether the high gate is rich and noble, or the poor scholars, and even the small people in the market, have flocked to the shore of this Luoshui, the water cruise ship is like a shuttle, the head and tail of the cold boat are full of people, the boat is full of laughter; the more elegant, you can hear the chanting and chanting inside, the people on the boat are all excited, and they are happy to fly; if they are like us and such a rich boat, they can already listen to the melodious music from afar, and when they look closely, there are either maiko or servants, and the two boats meet, and the people on the boat will inevitably come out and ask each other about the cold and warmth across the water.
When I saw this scene, I was moved a little bit of poetry, and when I wanted to make a rhyme, I didn't do much, so I turned around to find Cui Mingde, and wanted her to rhyme, I only followed the couplet, who knew that Cui Mingde was not there when I turned back, and even the master of Dugu Shao didn't know where to go, but Pei Lansheng was beside me, pointing to a place and saying to me: "Erniang, look, it seems to be the prince's boat." ”
I looked into the distance, and sure enough, I saw that the instrument was from the mighty, and the dragon flag was flying, it was the prince Lu Book, and subconsciously said: "Stop the boat." ”
Pei Lansheng looked at me puzzled and said, "Doesn't Erniang visit the prince?"
I pursed my lips and smiled dryly, "Of course I'm going to see you." Prince Yiwei saw me from afar, lined up the boats outside, put our boat in, and before we approached Li Sheng's boat, he had already walked out, and called me "son" with a smile, the prince's personal guard set up a springboard, and I moved the boat on the water for the first time, but I didn't dare to go up. Li Sheng smiled, walked over in person, held my hand and said, "Brother take you." ”
I hadn't been so intimate with him for a long time, and he thought I was scared, so he ordered his guards to stand hand in hand on both sides of the springboard, holding me with one hand and covering my eyes with the other, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, just go forward." ”
His hand still made me feel warm, even the crook of his arm also gave me a sense of security, I closed my eyes, trembling and took a step forward, when one foot stepped on the springboard, after all, I felt unsteady, my left eye quietly opened, and I was found by Li Sheng before I looked down, he smiled, lifted me up, and strode over with me, until my feet stepped on his board, I felt my heart shrink and jump, looked up at Li Sheng, he only smiled at me brightly, and there was a bit of initiative in the smile: " The son is getting taller and taller day by day. ”
After so much time, I still don't know how to face him. The hatred had long since dissipated, but the sense of alienation was getting stronger and stronger, and I don't know if he was aware of it, so he ignored the prince's physique, whom he cared about most in the past, and became intimate with me in public.
Li Sheng followed many people, many I don't know, after I met Li Sheng, they came to salute me, Li Sheng introduced them one by one, talking about their hometown and official position, I didn't remember very much, when I saw a slightly black thin old man, I was stunned, and listened to Li Sheng smiled and said, "This Si Nong Qing Wei Ji is a native of Yongzhou Wannian, Jing Zhao Wei's" when his heart suddenly twitched, and he hurriedly asked: "I also have a little lady of Jing Zhao Wei in the palace, single name is Huan, I don't know who Wei Si Nong is?"
Wei Ji arched his hand and said: "It's the minister's grandson - Siniang has been naughty since she was a child, and the clan is famous, if there is anything wrong, I hope to forgive my sins." ”
I thought that period had long passed for me, but when I saw her family, I still had a little bit of affection irrepressibly, and unconsciously showed a big smile to Wei Ji, and said, "Ah Huan is very good, not naughty at all." ”