Chapter 783: Canyon Scenery
The two county lords had been trying to ask clearly, and Hua Youying and his brothers had discussed where to open the Medicine Fragrance Society, but his sister and brother had been tight-lipped and refused to say anything until Yang Xianmao came.
When the two county lords heard that they were going to Panlong Canyon, they immediately stroked their palms and said: "Good idea, the scenery of this place has always been very beautiful, with strange rocks on both sides of the river, each with its own characteristics, what does it look like." It's good to take a boat down the river, enjoy the scenery of the cliffs on both sides, and feel the magic of nature. β
The county lord of Yaoxiang looked at the county lord Bai Zhi with wide eyes and said, "Have you been there, when did you go?"
This Panlong Canyon is half a day's journey from Tokyo Bianliang. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the county lord of Bai Zhi, who is the county lord, to get permission to go to such a place to play, so the county lord of Yaoxiang asked, and the county lord of Bai Zhi smiled and said: "You haven't been there, of course I haven't been, how can I leave you alone to go to play? I heard people who have been there, saying that the scenery of that place is good." β
The lord of Yaoxiang knew that his cousin would not deceive people, since she said so, the scenery must be very good, so he suddenly said with interest in his heart: "Hahaha, then let's go quickly." β
Yang Xianmao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Slow, I heard that Panlong Canyon is at least half a day's road from here, it takes almost a day to come and go, and it has to be accelerated, and at the same time, we have to play there, it is impossible to go and leave, so let's go now, how can we come back tomorrow, are you ready?"
Hua Youying said: "Ready, a few big tents, enough food to eat, and a dozen maids and coachmen, add up to enough." β
Yang Xianmao said: "But there is one thing, you may not have taken into account ,ββthat the identities of the two of them are unusual, and if they want to spend the night outside, will the prince agree?"
The lord of Yaoxiang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this, I have already told my father and mother that we are going to form an association, and you are back, you are going to go out to play, maybe you will have to play for a day." My father said, as long as I am with you, there is no problem, just tell me to be careful, from the tone of his words, I will stay for one night before going back the next day, and he will not say anything, because you are with Brother Yang. β
Yang Xianmao smiled and said, "Thank you for your trust." β
He looked at the county lord of Bai Zhi next to him again, and his eyes were obviously asking if her father agreed.
The county lord of Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Yaoxiang's father has agreed, and my side is fine." She was frail and sickly, and her father didn't care about her sleeping outside, and my father wouldn't care about me. Still, we sent a maid back to tell them where we were going, so that they wouldn't worry. My father is the same, he heard that we formed an association because Brother Yang came back, so he also said that it was very good, and he also appreciated Brother Yang's medical skills very much. After all, Sister Yaoxiang's illness can't even be cured by the imperial doctor, but Brother Yang has been cured, who will have this ability in the world?"
Hearing her say this, Yang Xianmao's head was a little sweaty. In fact, the cure for this disease is largely due to an accident, not medical skills. Of course, if there is no medical skill as a foundation, then even if you encounter such an accident, I am afraid that you will not be able to find its usefulness.
At that moment, the two county lords each sent their maids back to report, saying that they were going to Panlong Canyon, because the two county lords brought a few guards to protect them when they came out, and presumably the prince would not be too worried.
Yang Xianmao followed them to the door, and saw more than a dozen carriages parked outside the door, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, in the end, it was the county lord and Cao Yunju's daughter and son who were traveling, how could such a battle be comparable to ordinary people. Yang Xianmao smiled and said: "You have prepared so many cars, but my family doesn't even have a carriage, and it is really stressful to be with you rich people." β
Lord Yaoxiang giggled and said, "Brother Yang, we are embarrassed if you say this, if you fancy any carriage, just say, I will give it to you." β
The county lord of Bai Zhi glanced at his sister and said, "Look at what you said, Brother Yang still lacks your carriage? You didn't see the previous Zhou Pavilion Master pulling boxes of silver to their house, I don't know how many carriages I can buy with a box of silver!"
"That's right, Brother Yang, this is called wealth is not exposed. β
Yang Xianmao laughed a few times: "Okay, don't be poor here, let's not leave, there will be less time to play here in the afternoon, you are not in a hurry, I still want to enjoy the scenery of the canyon as soon as possible." The evening view of this canyon must be beautiful. β
As soon as they heard this, several people immediately became excited, and they all shouted to leave immediately, so they each got into the carriage, and the lord of Yaoxiang specially prepared a carriage for Yang Xianmao.
Yang Xianmao was still thinking in his heart before, whether there would be a chance to sit in the same carriage with the two county lords, so as to have a close contact, deepen the relationship, and prepare for the future courtship, but the people had already prepared the carriage, and he could only dispel this idea.
Their carriage roared out of the city and galloped straight in the direction of Panlong Canyon.
The canyon is a famous scenic spot near Kaifeng, but it is far away, and the ordinary people do not have the conditions to go there to play, and those who have the conditions to go are also some official eunuchs, and even include some royal relatives, so the road to this famous canyon is quite smooth, and the carriage is galloping on it, and it does not feel too bumpy. Sure enough, as Yang Xianmao expected, although their carriage was galloping fast enough and the road was good enough, it was already dusk when they arrived at Panlong Canyon.
The reason for the name is that the canyon is like a coiling dragon, winding between the mountains. The surrounding cliffs were like knives and axes, and a stream meandered between the canyons like a coiling dragon.
The scenery here is wonderful, not only because of the beautiful scenery on both sides of the canyon, but also because the water is so clear and deep that almost no one can dive to the bottom to check it.
The river flows here for hundreds of miles upstream, and before flowing into the canyon, the river is relatively wide and has a large amount of water. However, after flowing into the canyon, because of the steep mountains on both sides of the canyon and the narrow river channel, a large amount of river water is squeezed into a narrow stream, which is actually not comparable to the mountain stream.
However, the river is not turbulent, just because the river channel is very deep, and it is precisely for this reason that the water changes from wide to deep after entering the canyon, so it can accommodate it. Local fishermen tried to dive to the bottom of the stream, but none of them could do so, because the water was so deep that they couldn't even see the light when they swam down, and it was pitch black. The air in the lungs of the fishermen who dived down was almost depleted, and they had to re-emerge.
It is precisely because of this that this stream is famous, he is like a coiling dragon flying in the sky, you can imagine but you can't really see his face.
Their carriage could not go directly to the edge of the canyon, so they had to stop outside the valley post road and walk down the mountain to reach the edge of the canyon.
From the upper reaches of this canyon to take a boat down the river, you can visit the whole canyon, the canyon is twenty or thirty miles long, the water is gentle, it takes about two or three hours to wander all the way, you can enjoy the scenery along the road. It's just that when they arrive, it's already evening, and if they want to take a boat, they can only have a night view, and this canyon is simply a line of sky, and what you can see when you visit the canyon at night is afraid that you can't see anything except a few stars in the sky. From time to time there are still the chirping of unknown beasts on the cliffs on both sides, and the scenery on both sides of the river is not clear.
Hua Youying has already thought of a countermeasure, that is, now set up a tent and camp on the river beach outside the canyon, wait until dawn the next day to take a boat tour of the canyon, and open a club to test each other, and after the tour is finished in the afternoon, the wine is almost drunk, and you can return by car.
Except for a few servants who were left to watch the carriage on the official road, the other servants and guards laboriously unloaded the large and small packages from the carriage, carried them on their backs, and followed the cheering two county lords and Hua Wuxiang sisters and brothers down the winding and rugged mountain road to the mouth of the canyon.
When they reached the edge of the canyon, they could no longer see the sun, but it was still relatively bright, because the sun had not yet sunk below the mountain, but had been blocked by the steep peaks.
Hua Youying walked too fast, a little gasping, but very happy, and instructed the servant: "Hurry, hurry, camp in place, the sun is about to set, once the sun sets, we can't see clearly when we camp, hurry up." β
It was very common for ancient people to set up tents for the night, because the ancient means of transportation were too backward, and the road traffic was extremely underdeveloped, and it was often impossible to reach the destination in a day, so it was necessary to sleep in the middle of the road. If there is a village to spend the night, it is fine, but if there is no village nearby, or if there are many people accompanying the group and cannot spend the night, then the only way to stay overnight is to set up a tent.
And it is more common for people who like to go out to play to set up tents, Hua Youying and Hua Wuxiang sisters and brothers like to go out to play, so there is such a tent at home, although the two county lords have not made preparations in this regard, but Hua Youying They have prepared. At the moment, the servants quickly set up tents on the grass by the riverbank, and set up a bonfire in the middle of the tents that surrounded them.
Bonfires can be used to barbecue, eat and drink, and at the same time drive away wild animals, and although it is summer, in this deep mountain valley, the temperature is still relatively low at night, and there is a campfire to keep warm.
For the two county lords, there was a lot of fun around the campfire, and they had certainly experienced this kind of camping and barbecue. Because when they went out hunting with the emperor or the prince's father, they needed to set up camp and raise a bonfire to barbecue, and they were familiar with this, so they took a fork and inserted a piece of meat sprinkled with spices, and barbecued on the bonfire, chatting excitedly while roasting.