Chapter 62: The West Sea
Duanyang is said to have arrived, Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi drank realgar wine in the morning, Zhang Zhaohua didn't know the weight of the first time he drank it, he saw that there were only a few drops in Gao Chi's small cup, and laughed at him for not measuring it, but he drank it himself, and the root of his tongue was unconscious for a long time, this wine is not the farmhouse wine he drank before, it should be at least 50 degrees, and people at this time will also distill and purify the wine, but they do not advocate spicy and pungent wine, the autumn dew white and cold pool incense in the palace are soft and gentle in the mouth, I didn't expect to be able to drink the wine as strong as burning a knife, Gao Chi explained to her: "This wine is not lotus chrysanthemum wine, or wheat wine, and because you want to put realgar in it, you must not only steam, but also dry, after three or five times, you just smell the smell, you will be intoxicated. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Everyone took a symbolic sip and applied it to their foreheads and between their noses and ears, in order to avoid poison. Zhang Zhaohua took a big sip, feeling that he was going to be finished, and sure enough, he was dizzy after only two quarters of an hour, and when he sat on the table and saw that everything was ghosted, he immediately called Han Dong and said: "Ask the small kitchen to make me a bowl of sobering soup, my brain here has become a mess!"
Saying that, she walked upside down and walked to the bed, Gao Chi laughed on the side and said, "You are a little drunk now!"
"No, this drink is too strong," Zhang Zhaohua muttered, "I want to sleep-"
She said that she fell asleep in a daze, and was woken up after an hour, and her head was still dizzy after waking up, but fortunately, Handong Hanshuang was already very useful, according to Zhang Zhaohua's previous instructions, the yellow rune paper and the statue of the Heavenly Master Zhong Kui had been hung on the door, Zhang Zhaohua got up and looked around, and felt very satisfied.
These two girls are dexterous people, she intends to cultivate into a right-hand man, like the princess's side of the clouds and brocade, so every day let Mama Qian teach them two simple words, both girls can remember, now the only thing lacking is to practice pen, Zhang Zhaohua plans to also open a separate room in the yard, distribute pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so that the two of them can practice words well.
Mama Qian's knowledge is very good, one day she taught Handong Hanshuang like this, and Wang An and Ma Yun, who were serving by Gao Chi's side, saw it, and both of them invariably showed a nostalgic look. After asking, I learned that they were only literate when Gao Chi started to teach, Gao Chi was four and a half years old, but Wang An Ma Yun was nine years old, and they followed Gao Chi at the age of nine to hear the first lesson and learned the truth of the sage.
"The slaves and maids are all good, enlightened at the age of nine," Wang An said: "Earlier, Gonggong Ma, Gonggong Hai, and Gonggong Li were all ten years old and secretly listened to the lectures. ”
According to him, it was a very cold winter at that time, and Ji Shan invited the Great Confucian, and every time King Yan listened to a lecture at Ji Shan House, when he came out, he would see that there was no snow on the steps at the door, but there was very deep and thick snow elsewhere, and it was the same when the snow froze, and there was very thick ice elsewhere, but the ice on the steps melted spontaneously.
King Yan naturally felt strange, and when he listened to the lecture again, he carefully opened the window.
He saw that while the gentleman was lecturing, the three little eunuchs who were waiting beside him were kneeling on the steps, lying on their stomachs and listening attentively, even though the gentleman was speaking very profound scriptures, and they did not even know the words, and could not understand them, but they still listened motionlessly, as if they wanted to memorize every word that came from the room.
King Yan was greatly moved, he immediately pushed open the window, pointed to the three people outside the window and said to Mr.: "Everyone has the heart of learning, and the saints all say that there is no class to teach, is Mr. today willing to teach such a student?"
This gentleman is not a pedantic person like Yu Fengchen, and he was very emotional when he saw this, so he did not refuse the eunuchs in the palace to come to listen to the lecture, so almost all the eunuchs in the palace were literate and read very well.
In fact, King Yan and this great Confucian can make eunuchs literate, which is a risk, because the emperor does not allow eunuchs to be literate, does not allow eunuchs to interfere in politics, and even allows female officials to share the power of eunuchs, but King Yan's mansion secretly let eunuchs also study with King Yan. The result, however, was remarkable: educated eunuchs were not only well-mannered and practical, but to a certain extent, they had their own thoughts and were able to express them at the right time.
For example, if you don't eat bear paws in the house, it is Ma Ji's advice, and King Yan returned from hunting bears, wanting to bring the most delicious bear paws to his family, but Ma Ji said: "Bear paws are rare things, and they are distributed to all the soldiers, and if the soldiers want to taste the delicious bear's paws again, they can only hunt with His Royal Highness, and even because of this desire, they are more courageous and go headhunting." However, if the bear's paw is divided among a few small masters, the soldiers will be enlisted because they still want to eat it. ”
King Yan told the princess this, and the princess thought it was a good word, and even gave Ma Ji two woven gold satin, so the eunuchs in the palace were more and more trusted.
Even Mama Qian felt that she was a very polite, cautious and dignified person after coming into contact with these eunuchs in the house, and Zhang Zhaohua had no prejudice against them.
Now Ma Yun came over and said to her: "Niangniang, the prince said that he went to the Guanghan Palace first, don't be in a hurry to go first, he will come back later, there are still two boxes of books here that have not been transported." ”
"Books, books," Zhang Zhaohua said with a smile: "You see that he just remembers to bring books, and he doesn't care about the things next to him, so I want me to pack them up for him." ”
The complaint is like this, but in fact, she has already packed up Gao Chi and her own clothes, directing people to carry things here, and there is also a call to insert calamus and mugwort next to the door, which is also the meaning of ominous, after they leave, the palace maid here will also spill realgar wine in all corners to completely expel the poison.
She was busy until noon, Gao Chi really came to move his books, Zhang Zhaohua and he saw that the last box of things had also been moved, and they hurried to Xihaizi.
When he arrived at the water's edge, Zhang Zhaohua saw the ferry boat and said, "Why don't you go to the Qingxia Palace first?"
"Where can Chang Ning and Xianning endure it," Gao Chi helped her onto the boat and said, "Let's go to the island to play first, my mother said that we should just hold a banquet on the island, and it is okay to live in the Guanghan Hall at night." ”
The Guanghan Hall is in Qiong Island, and the Qingxia Hall is on the edge of Haizi, Zhang Zhaohua originally thought that everyone was in the Qingxia Palace, but everyone went directly to Qiong Island, so he asked Gao Chi where to hold the banquet.
"Under the oak pine," Gao Chi said, "the view of the sea over there can be described as unobstructed." ”
It was really comfortable to sit on the boat and enjoy the breeze and the swaying of the lake, especially the waters of Xihaizi were clearer than she had seen in her previous life, and the splash on her face when she licked the tip of her tongue seemed to be a little sweet. After gliding in the vast sea for a short time, before she could see enough of the tadpoles in the water and the young dragonflies on the reed leaves, she had already arrived at Qiong Island.
When they landed on the island, they saw that there were indeed busy people, and they were probably caught off guard by setting up a temporary banquet, and many materials had to be transported by boat.
When they saw King Yan and the princess, several county lords came over to surround Zhang Zhaohua and asked her playfully why she was late.
Zhang Zhaohua took out the things he had prepared for them, and each of them sent one.
The county lord of Ancheng took a look in his hand, it turned out to be a little tiger made of ayaluo, and there were zongzi sachets, embroidered with gourds, worn with colored threads, a particularly small one, Zhang Zhaohua hung it on her hairpin, and it looked quite good.
Chang Ning also wanted to wear it on her head, but unfortunately she was not yet old enough to wear a hairpin, so Zhang Zhaohua tied it to her wrist, and these colored threads flew up in the wind, which made her happy.