Chapter 163: The Golden Year of Chang'an (22)
Mu Qing leaned in front of the pane and looked out, although this city is not as prosperous as the eastern capital, but it is much bigger, the avenue outside the square is wide and clean, all paved with polished and smooth boulders, and the widest part can accommodate about six cars. The neighborhoods are scattered, most of them are square, and the width of the road between the squares is comparable, like a checkerboard, which not only does not lose the slightest compared to the eastern capital, but also shows a more relaxed and broad bearing.
"I don't know how much Daxing City is better than Dongdu, so why did Yang Guang build a capital and abandon Daxing?" It is clear that Daxing is more orthodox, Mu Qing looked at the scenery outside and asked casually.
At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Yang Guang was determined to stand up and build over his ancestors, and he was ambitious to start anew. Another ......" Du Ruhui smiled dumbly, "The secret of the palace, Yang Guang is cowardly, especially afraid of the charm and the ghost, in order to fight for the throne, since the queen of literature, the soul of injustice has been layered on top of each other, and the palace is full, and he is often so shocked that he can't sleep at night, so he hurriedly wants to move the palace and move the capital." ”
Mu Qing sneered, and there was a bit of contempt in his words, "How can you be afraid of those who don't have it, if you are afraid, why bother to fight, wouldn't it be good to be a rich and idle person in peace." ”
Du Ru smiled without saying a word, leaned out of the curtain, and pointed out the way with Ada. The carriage turned to a large stone square, and the word "Yongxingfang" was written on the high archway.
Judging from the gable, the square is a neat and tidy mansion, none of the doors of the house face the street, all open to the square, which means that there is no wealthy royal family in Yongxing Fang, and it is rare to find this quiet place near the imperial city.
"The house arranged by Erlang." Du Ruhui returned to the car and saw that she was looking around, so he said, "It took a lot of thought, not only to take into account the convenience of travel, but also to know that you are the least troublesome, so I chose this place." ”
While speaking, the car slowly stopped in front of a big house, and Du Ruhui took the lead in getting out of the car, and then turned around and helped Mu Qing to step down. She looked up at the simple door, which had not even hung a plaque. He has never loved Zhang Xian, she knows it, but at this time he has to be so low, I am afraid that there will be a storm waiting for him in this Daxing City, but in the days to come, I don't want to think too peacefully.
As soon as she stepped into the door, a crisp "sister" flew out from the second door, Yinghua wore a goose yellow skirt, held a skirt in one hand, and ran out of it quickly, ran to her, and called her sister twice, then choked her throat, and couldn't make a sound.
Mu Qing's heart was stirred by a warm current, and he held Du Ruhui's hand tightly with one hand to stabilize his body so as not to stumble, and the other hand stretched out to Yinghua's cheek, "You look so tall, and you are good-looking." Mu Qing's teary eyes saw that she was half a head taller than herself, her eyebrows and eyes were clear, her posture was relaxed, and her eyebrows had faded away from the childishness of the past, and she was a little more stable.
She raised her eyes, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks, and there was a hint of resentment in her tone, "Sister is really ruthless, I don't see more than three years, I don't even ask if I miss my sister, but I blindly say how I live." ”
These words suddenly brought tears from Mu Qing's eyes, and he couldn't help laughing in his heart, "You don't need to ask this, how can you not think of your sister." It's just that you've grown up in the past few years, and my sister really didn't expect to look so good. ”
Yinghua burst into tears, raised her arm, and wiped the tears on her cheeks by her sleeve, "Sister has always thought I was ugly in the past?" ”
Everyone laughed together, a reunion of sisters and sisters after a long absence, taught her a sentence to be broken, Ah Liu laughed while wiping tears.
Yinghua was happy again for a while, and led Mu Qing to take a turn in the house, this house is six into four, with a small garden, pavilions, pavilions and ponds, compared to the house in the eastern capital, it is three times larger. When he walked to the main hall of the front house, Steward He Sui had already led a dozen family members to wait in the courtyard.
Mu Qing sat down slowly on a high chair, and the Lunar New Year steward approached the hall to make a big salute. She had to stand up again and salute, "Steward He Sui can't do those false courtesies anymore, we didn't like this." The slightly older steward replied.
Mu Qing looked around the courtyard, most of the miscellaneous servants and maids in the courtyard were raw-faced, and He Sui was in charge of thinking that she was not used to these newcomers, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Ah Yun and Ah Xing, a few of their old people, are guarding in Yuhang Gu Mansion, and now they are in chaos outside, and they can't take it for a while, even if a few of us come out of the eastern capital, it is extremely difficult." ”
Mu Qing nodded, Li Mi and Wang Shichong were fighting fiercely near the Eastern Capital, and it would take a lot of trouble to come out, she smiled and pointed to the servants and maids outside the house, "It is still bound according to the old practice, and those who like to talk will be placed outside, and those who have a lot of trouble are not available, and if they are sold, they only need to add one person to come in and fill Ah Yue's vacancy, and the rest will be dispatched by the manager of He Sui." ”
After days of trekking in a car, she was tired and her waist was about to be broken, so she dismissed everyone after a few random orders. Yinghua was full of words to talk to her, but seeing her tired and tired, she couldn't bear to disturb her, so she only said: "Sister, let's go and rest, and when my sister sleeps enough, I will come to talk with her." ”
Du Ruhui led her to the inner room of the backyard to rest, the furnishings in the inner room were all old things, even the soft pillows and hanging curtains on the bed were all brought from the Dongdu house. She has always been accustomed to using old things, but the appearance of these old things here and now always makes people feel a little unreasonable.
Erlang was selfish, thinking that Yinghua also lived in this house, and the layout should be more luxurious and exquisite, but he never thought that Yinghua only said that he was afraid that his sister would not be used to it, so he made his own proposal to replace all of them, locked them in the warehouse, and replaced them with these old things. It's okay, but I also felt that it was inappropriate, so I saved a lot of pushing and talking. ”
Du Ruhui's words made Mu Qing's heart skip a beat, "After all these years, I only think that Erlang can gradually fade his mind, and he has also developed affection for the eldest grandson, and he ...... Yinghua."
"I'm afraid I've never put it down." Du Ruhui shook her head helplessly, and stuffed a brocade back on her back, "You don't have to worry about this, I just said it, everyone has their own life, this is definitely not something that others can interfere with, it was not possible in the past, and it will not be able to do so in the future." ”
Mu Qingyi said no more, and after lying down for a while, she remembered another thing, "It has been seven years since I hit Yuhang, and I don't know how many different houses I have lived in. She curled her fingers and said: "Jiangdu, Dongdu, Honghua, Jinyang, Daxing...... Is there a leak? ”
Du Ruhui leaned sideways and picked up her fingers, "I'm tired of moving around, this time, I don't have to move anymore." ”
"It's the same everywhere you move, if you are here, you are a home, if you are not there, you will live for life, and you will only live as a guest." After that, she bent her eyes and smiled, but she was a little embarrassed and tired, and turned her head to sleep.
This break came to the Shangyuan Festival. Because the Duke of Tang Guogong first entered Daxing, there were a lot of things in the New Year's Festival, and the puppet king in the Daxing Palace gave a banquet for a few days, and the Li family had a flowing banquet. The newly promoted dignitaries' relatives were busy interacting with each other, and Mu Qing also piled up a large stack of posts in his hands.
In the early years, these big red and purple posts were the most undesirable objects she wanted to see on festivals, but now she can use her increasingly heavy body to send people to push away as a matter of course.
It has been half a month since she entered Daxing, she heard that the steward of He Sui said that the east and west cities in the city are extremely lively, not losing the eastern capital at all, and it is close to Yongxingfang.
Fortunately, Yinghua is no longer as sluggish as in the past, so there is Aliu Yinghua at home to accompany her, and there is also a delay to tease, but it is not too boring.
The weather was very good on this day, Ah Liu accompanied her to sit in the garden and do some needles, Yinghua and Ah Yan laughed in front, He Sui steward came to report that there was an old friend visiting, Mu Qing was stunned, "This is strange, where did the old friend come from in Daxing City, please sit in the front hall, I will clean up and come." ”
He Sui steward hesitated, but heard a bold long laugh, "When did Qi Niang see the outside like this?" Do you also bring up the shelf of tea in the front hall? ”
Mu Qing looked up, and the person standing on the verandah at the other end of the garden was Kang Saburo, who he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Please come in yet." She didn't stand up, and beckoned to him while instructing the steward to invite him in. There are no other ladies in the house, all of whom are familiar with him in the garden, and they don't shy away from saying anything, Kang Saburo is not outside, and walks with a smile.
"When will you arrive in Daxing?" Mu Qing fiddled with the small red clay stove in his hand and poured him a hot tea with his own hands.
Kang Saburo picked up the teacup, "I came out at the beginning of the siege of Luoyang, when I heard that Tang Guogong was going to take Daxing, I guessed that Daxing was a good place to go, the shop in the eastern capital had already ended, and there was no way to make a living, so I brought my family up and down, and full net worth, to Daxing to give it a try." ”
"What do you do now?"
Speaking of business, Kang Saburo squinted his eyes and bent them in an arc, "Coincidentally, when I first arrived, there was a wine shop in a hurry to get rid of it, and it was decent to see, the original owner was in a hurry to make a move, and the price was good, so I took it." I just took over, it coincides with the New Year's Festival, and now this year's festival is not as good as before, but it is entrusted with the blessing of the Li family, the banquet in the palace, and the banquet in the Tang Palace, all of which are purchased from me. ”
"Kang Saburo's wine, but it can pry the Daxing City Gate." Yinghua walked over with a grin and took another cup of tea from the stone table.
Taking the details of Daxing City, Mu Qing had listened to Yinghua no less than three times earlier, so he knew the reason why Kang Saburo drank to relieve the city gate. "You have miraculous achievements, and you deserve more attention."
Kang Saburo smiled at Yinghua, "Yinghua saved him in time that day, if it wasn't for that arrow in time, it wouldn't have been me who sent wine at this time, but someone should have sprinkled wine on my grave." I Kang San has always been grateful, I should have come earlier, but in the past two days, there was joy in the Li Gongfu, and I was so busy that I couldn't get rid of it, and I didn't get free until today, and I came to thank Yinghua from the house, and then look at Qi Niang. ”
"Is Gong Li happy?" Mu Qing was stunned, how could he never hear Du Ruhui mention it.
"It's not Li Gong, it's Erlang." Kang Saburo frowned, and his face was full of doubts, "A year ago, I attacked the city, and only then did I kill the guard Yin Shishi, and now I have accepted the little lady of the Yin family as a concubine, and I have to put on a banquet, but I have never seen a family accept a concubine to be so solemn." ”R1152