Chapter 6: Writing the Burrow
Writing about the second floor of the Burrow, it is talking about private seats, but it is actually a small cubicle. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Coming up from the stairs, there is a faint sound of water. A two-person high silk screen is erected at the top of the staircase, on which is embroidered a thatched hut, a few mulberry trees, and in the blank space is a poem: Rare people in the wilderness, poor alleys and oligo-rounded martingales. Cover the thorns during the day, and never think about wine.
The dark-clothed man glanced at the poem, a hint of surprise in his eyes. The blue-robed young man kept paying attention to his expression and smiled smugly when he saw this.
"Two of you, please inside!"
They walked around the screen, and in front of them was a long vertical pool, in the middle of which was a craggy rockery, on which a clump of thatch grew, and above the pool was a row of inclined bamboo tubes, and thin living water flowed out of the bamboo tubes, and flowed down the rockery into the pool. The pool is surrounded by a bamboo curtain separated by a single room, and the adjacent private rooms are separated by a five-foot-wide water.
"Well, this place is good, isn't it?" The young man said to the man in deep clothes as if offering a treasure.
The man glanced at him lightly: "It's good." ā
The young man didn't expect him to answer, he was stunned for a moment, laughed and said to the shopkeeper Hou: "Haha, the shopkeeper Hou is terrible, but Gongzi Yu rarely speaks." ā
"Thank you for seeing it!" Shopkeeper Hou was modest, but there was a bit of smugness in his eyes, "We wrote about the Burrow, and we asked Master Bi of Zhuji Pavilion to design it himself, and the guests who came said it was good." ā
As he spoke, he led the two of them to a compartment facing the street.
Shopkeeper Hou settled them down, personally served tea, and then rushed downstairs, instructed Xiao Er to let the kitchen prepare refreshments, and specially instructed to use bamboo utensils with orchid grass.
There are more and more customers in the store. In the hall, a scholar in a green robe was telling a story on the south platform, talking about the "Battle of Luocheng", and every time there was a wonderful place, the audience cheered. A few shopkeepers came and went serving tea and pouring water, and they were so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground.
After the shopkeeper returned to the counter, he sat on the chair, looked at the hall where the guests came and went, took a sip of tea, showed a comfortable expression on his white fat face, and leaned comfortably on the back of the chair.
Near noon, the capital has become a sea of joy, like a festival.
Li Guan sat in a sedan chair and looked at the crowd on the street through the silk curtains. She rarely goes out, especially after moving to Kwai Yuan, she has basically never seen such a lively scene, and she can't help but widen her eyes, and the corners of her mouth raise a brilliant arc.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the sedan chair stopped, and the Burrow arrived. Li Guan put on a veil, someone opened the sedan curtain, and Li Wan helped Hewang's men get off the sedan chair. Bi Shen also wore a veil and was standing by the sedan chair waiting for her. The three of them took the maid into the Burrow.
A junior came forward to greet them. Xiao Ying said to Xiao Er: "Let's find someone." ā
Xiao Er had already been instructed, and knew who they were looking for, so he hurriedly said, "A few upstairs, please." ā
Everyone followed Xiao Er upstairs.
The ibis waited left and right, and finally waited for them. Hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Wan to sit down on the soft couch by the window, and looked her up and down.
Li Wan sat there with a smile and watched by her.
After a while, the ibis sighed solemnly: "Miss has grown up!" ā
Li Wan didn't expect her to pop out like this, one couldn't help laughing, and the others also laughed.
"You're only seventeen, and you're so old-fashioned!" Crane Wang smiled and shook his head.
"People just sigh!" Ibis didn't blush at all, and then quibbled, "Besides, I'm a few years older than Miss, so there's nothing wrong with saying that." ā
"Really? I don't know who told me a few days ago that the sugar man in the night market next to Cuiyan Lake is beautiful and delicious, and I want to open a shop in Ming'er," Li Guan teased, flicking his forehead with one finger, "Specializing in sugar people!" ā
Everyone laughed even more.
Ibis Yu felt embarrassed now, and squeezed to the soft couch with a red face to scratch Li Guan's armpit: "Miss likes to make fun of me!" ā
The window of this compartment protrudes from the window of a windowsill, which is padded for people to lean on. Li Wan was tickled by her, and hurriedly hid back with a smile, leaned on the windowsill, leaned back with his face sideways, and the string of pearls in his hairpin shook slightly, reflecting her bright smiling face.
A fresh breeze blew and raised the curtains. There is a lot of traffic outside the curtain, and there is constant laughter inside the curtain, which is intertwined into a harmonious picture.
Li Guan was so troubled that he begged for mercy repeatedly, and the ibis stopped at this time. Li Guan pressed the back of his hand on his forehead, slowed his breath, and suddenly felt a trace of strangeness, turned his face sideways, and unexpectedly crashed into a pair of shining eyes.
The handsome young man leaning against the window was looking at her with a smile.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Ibis didn't get up for a long time, thinking that she was uncomfortable.
Li Guan blinked slightly, slowly turned his head, sat up straight with his hand on the window lattice, and said with a smile: "It's okay." ā
"Are you really okay?"
Everyone looked at her with concern.
"It's really fine, I'm not a paper sticker." Li Guan said angrily.
Seeing that her face was as usual, Hewang breathed a sigh of relief and brought her a cup of tea: "Take a sip of tea slowly." ā
That's when everyone started laughing again.
Before you know it, it's noon.
Sentinels on horseback galloped through the streets: "The army is in town!" The army is in the city! Everywhere they went, the crowd automatically retreated to the side of the street, vacating a road seven or eight feet wide.
Everyone craned their necks to look, and in a moment there was a loud cheer, and then a black, orderly army turned around from the corner of the street.
The cheers were louder and louder, and they spread far away.
"It's coming, it's coming!" The warbler pointed out the window and shouted.
The curtains were tied, and the scene on the street was unobstructed. Li Wan sat by the window, a few maids stood behind them, and everyone looked at the street curiously.
The silent army came from far and near, and at the forefront was a general in black armor, riding on a tall horse in maroon, which should be the general Qu Fu. He was followed by a lieutenant in silver armor on a black horse, and further on, several soldiers on horseback surrounded a carriage in which there was a neat queue of soldiers.
Li Zhiwei, the eldest young master of the Li family, is a young general under Qu Fu and is also in the team. But at a glance, you can't tell who he is.
Although the emperor wants to reward the army, not everyone can see the face of the sky, most of the army is still stationed outside the city, and when the reward is completed, they will be pulled back to the camp in the west.
After a while, the procession approached the Burrow. The general on the horse, with his helmet covering half of his face, sat on the horse without moving, and had an extraordinary momentum. The soldiers behind him were all held high and solemn, in stark contrast to the noisy crowds on both sides of the street.
Majestic generals, disciplined troops, uniform steps, cheering crowds along the streets...... Li Guan looked at the scene in front of him, his expression became in a trance, and some unforgettable pictures in the depths of his memory were about to come out.
She had seen such a picture before, but it was just ......
"Miss." Someone took her hand, and she came back to her senses to see Tsuruwang's worried eyes.
"I'm fine." She said calmly, her face was not shocked, but a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes.
There were some things she knew she wouldn't come back.
"That's the Four Princes of Xifan, right?" Bi Shen pointed to the carriage and asked.
"It should be." Ibis replied, with unconcealed curiosity in his tone, "I thought he was being held in a prisoner's carriage, but I didn't expect that there was still a carriage to sit on, and I couldn't see what he looked like." ā
Hewang glanced at her funny: "You should be a monkey!" The four princes are here to be protons, not prisoners. ā
Ibis nodded disappreciatively.
Protons, in fact, and prisoners, are just the difference between prisoner carriages and carriages, Li Wan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The four princes of the Western Fan Kingdom were born to the queen, and they were not as weak as the crown. It was not his fault that the two countries were at war, but he had to bear the consequences, it was really fate.
In just half an hour, the procession left Zhengnan Street and went to Zhuang Street. The crowds on both sides of the street dispersed, some going their own way, some still following the line, and everyone was still discussing what had just happened.
Li Guan and the others stopped looking, and the little maid stepped forward to put down the window screen, and Xiao Er brought exquisite refreshments.
A few people laughed for half an hour, and Bi Shen said goodbye to Li Guan: "There is still work in the store, I will go first, you have time to come to the treasure embroidery workshop to sit." ā
Li Guan responded with a smile and sent her back in a soft sedan chair.
Seeing Bishen away, Hewang sat down beside Li Wan and asked her with concern: "Is Miss tired?" Do you want to go home now, or do you want to sit a little longer? ā
Li Guan has been out for most of the day, and he feels a little tired: "Go back." When the eldest brother returns home, he has to go to his mother's place for dinner. ā
Hewang pointed to a little maid and asked her to call the palanquin man to wait at the door.
"I won't be able to see you often after the young lady returns home." Ibis took Li Guan's hand and looked at her baba.
"It won't be long, when I'm past my birthday, we'll go back to Kwai Garden." Li Wan looked at her with a smile, "When the time comes, I will take you with me every day and take care of your leisure!" ā
"Oops, Miss!" Ibis Yu thought that he always ran out to play when he was fine, so he couldn't help blushing, and helped Li Wan to go out with Hewang.
went downstairs, and the shopkeeper saw them and hurriedly greeted them: "A few girls, are you leaving?" ā
Ibis Yu wore a veil and looked at him calmly: "Shopkeeper, I have worked hard for you today." ā
"Don't dare, don't dare." The shopkeeper said respectfully and personally escorted them to the door.
"Shopkeeper Hou!"
A clear voice suddenly sounded, and several people heard it. I saw two richly dressed men coming down the stairs, one in a royal blue robe, the other in a dark navy blue robe. It was the round-robed young man who spoke, and the two walked side by side towards Li Guan.
"Yo! Third master, Yu Gongzi, are you ready to go home? Shopkeeper Hou turned around to greet him, and on his white and fat face, a pair of eyes smiled into slits.
Li Wan glanced at them and said lightly, "Let's go." ā
Hewang and Ibis helped her to get into the soft sedan chair, and then they each got into the sedan chair, and the sedan chair man carried the sedan chair smoothly and walked away slowly.
Writing in the Burrow, the young man with a folding fan in his hand asked the shopkeeper with a smile: "Which house are these girls from?" ā