Chapter Twenty-Four: Jindu
The emperor of the Great Qi State was not as reckless as the emperor of the previous dynasty, and he had always disdained the theory of heavy agriculture and suppressing business, so although the emperor of the Great Qi State was not as holy as the emperor of the previous dynasty, the people were much richer than the people of the previous dynasty.
Outside the gate of Jindu City, there are people queuing up to enter the city, some carrying baskets and carrying burdens, and some wearing silk and silk to lead horses, all of them are well-behaved, and there is not much noise, and the soldiers guarding the city gate are released one by one, in an orderly manner.
Shang Wanyan looked up at the two vermilion seals on the city wall, and felt a little emotional, this is the place where she has lived for more than 20 years in her previous life. Just thinking about seeing those people again, the good mood of returning to the old land was immediately discounted.
Jinshu is the first time to come to this Jindu, everything is strange, seeing that his own young lady was stunned, so he pointed to the side of the city gate and asked, "Miss, what is over there?" It seems that there is also a city gate, why no one has passed? ”
Shang Wanyan looked over and saw that there was a river over there, more than ten zhang wide, with willow trees planted on both banks, and the city wall was painted pink and white, and she vaguely saw officers and soldiers with spears patrolling back and forth. There is indeed a straight door, but it is tightly closed.
Shang Wanyan has lived in this Jindu for more than 20 years, so she naturally knows where it is, so she said: "That is the moat, and there is a royal road for the emperor to travel at the city gate, which is closed on weekdays, and is guarded by heavy soldiers, so the people will naturally not pass." ”
Jin Shu listened with admiration: "Miss, you know so much!" ”
Shang Wanyan smiled and didn't explain. At this time, it was already their turn to enter the city, and Father Song got the sign from Aunt Gu, and handed it to the soldier who checked it with a smile. The soldier had been standing for nearly a whole day, and was feeling a little tired, so he took the sign over and looked at it, and when he understood that it was the Shang family's brand, he was immediately shocked, stepped forward a few steps, and asked the carriage: "I don't know if it's the family members of the Marquis of Wuwei?" ”
As soon as they heard that these carriages were filled with the families of the Wuwei Hou Mansion, the surrounding people immediately became excited, full of respect for the hero's family at the same time, they were also a little more curious, and they all whispered and looked at this side quietly.
When everyone in the Shang family saw the reaction of these people, except for Shang Wanyan, they were all slightly surprised. Shang Wanyi is a showy little lady, Aunt Gu's body is not very cool, she didn't look at her, but she opened the curtain of the carriage, revealing half of her pretty face, and smiled brightly: "Master Jun, the little woman is the second daughter of Wuwei Hou." ”
It turned out that the daughter of Wuweihou was not as burly and rough as Wuweihou, although she was a little lady in the north, she looked even more agile than many little ladies in Jindu. This was the first reaction of the people around him.
Someone whispered to the people around him: "People say that northerners are hearty, not like our little ladies in the south who are so shy and unwilling to see people, I was not sure before, but now that I have seen the second lady of the Wuwei Hou Mansion, I can be regarded as believing this statement." ”
This is saying that the little lady in the north doesn't understand the rules! Shang Wanyi didn't hear it, she really thought that others were praising her, and the smile on her face became brighter and brighter.
The city gate official who stepped forward to greet him couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, he just wanted to talk about the new upstart Wuwei Marquis Mansion in Jindu by the way, but he didn't expect that it was such an ignorant young lady who responded to his words. If something unpleasant comes out, maybe it won't work, but it will be resented by the Wuwei Hou Mansion.
Thinking about it like this, the city gate official didn't want to deliberately please them, and said: "The Marquis of Wuwei sent someone to pick you up, but after waiting for a long time, the weather is cold, and some can't stand, so I just went to the city tower to drink tea." Madies, ladies and ladies, please wait, and the little ones will go up and ask someone to come down. ”
Shang Wanyi just mumbled, and saw the city gate official running away in a few steps, and then saw everyone staring at this side, and faintly felt a little uncomfortable, so she put down the curtain of the car and pouted to coax Aunt Gu to rejoice: "Mother, the city gate official called you Mrs. just now!" The people of Jindu are people who are smaller than Pengzhou. ”
Aunt Gu was going to teach Shang Wanyi a few words, but when she said this, her face couldn't stand up, and she was really a little happy in her heart, and said: "People are just polite to us, how does he know who is sitting in this carriage!" ”
"In short, people just talk." Shang Wanyi couldn't find the words to refute, but she refused to agree with Aunt Gu's words, so she played a scoundrel. After a pause, he complained again: "Who did Daddy find to pick us up?" Inevitably he was too careless, obviously he came to wait for us, but he went to the city tower to drink tea, but let us wait for him! ”
Aunt Gu was also a little unhappy, but she couldn't see it on her face, but told Shang Wanyi seriously: "When you get to the Wuwei Hou Mansion, you can't sue for this!" Your grandfather and grandmother and your second uncle's family have already moved to live in the Hou Mansion, we have just come from Pengzhou, if we take the liberty of offending people and losing your father's joy, Hejin will have no place for us. ”
Although Shang Wanyi's temperament is not good, she can listen to Aunt Gu's words. Aunt Gu's advice, she listened to every word in her ears and put it in her heart, and Aunt Gu breathed a sigh of relief.
After teaching Shang Wanyi, Aunt Gu thought of Shang Wanyan again, and she thought in her heart, if Shang Wanyi accidentally offended people and made trouble, it would be good if she didn't do anything when the time came, and naturally someone would clean up Shang Wanyan.
The people who entered the city fell their eyes on the Shang family's carriage, and Shang Wanyan refused to lift the curtain to look out, and asked Jinshu to put the curtain down, leaned back slightly, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.
Seeing that Shang Wanyan had endured this way, she was finally willing to rest for a while, where did Jin Shu dare to make a little sound, and the cotton curtain of the carriage was pressed more tightly by her.
Shang Wanyan closed her eyes and fell asleep in a daze, and when she was woken up by Jinshu, the carriage had already stopped outside the gate of Wuwei Hou's Mansion.
Wuwei Hou Mansion is the gate of vermilion lacquer, there are two stone lions squatting in front of the door, the four words of Wuwei Hou Mansion directly above the gate are given by the saint today, the flying dragon and the phoenix, the momentum is extraordinary. This Hou Mansion is newly renovated, Shang Wanyan tried to hold back a yawn, and glanced at it casually, every pillar, every brick, she had witnessed them peeling off the paint and climbing on the moss.
She's back!
Shang Wanyan held back her trembling hands, looked up at the newly repaired stone steps, and seemed to see a middle-aged woman, wearing a half-new Luo skirt, kneeling there with a desperate face. His eyes were fixed on the tightly closed door.
At this time, the door opened, and a man with a gray face full of anger walked out, and a trace of joy flashed on the middle-aged woman's face, and then she saw the man's hand wave, and the hot boiling water splashed on her face, and her body hurt hotly.
Steward Yu was asking Shang Wanyan to say goodbye, but when she saw Shang Wanyan staring at the carved patterns on the stone steps in a daze, she looked stupid, and she couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and the eldest lady really hadn't seen anything in the world in Pengzhou, but her face was smiling, and she shouted one after another: "Miss? Miss? Miss? ”
Shang Wanyan came back to her senses, her eyes shrunk, where did the middle-aged woman come from on the stone steps!
Steward Yu looked very good-tempered, and said to Shang Wanyan with a smile: "The old lady and the second lady and a few young masters and ladies in the house are waiting, if the eldest lady likes the carvings on the stone steps, Gai Ming'er invited the master to go to the yard of the young lady to carve it, why delay the time because of this." ”
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