This time out of Beijing, the two have agreed on the journey and take the waterway.

First, Tu Yan's body could not stand the long-term bumps of the boat, and the waterway was relatively stable, and the way down the river was also lighter than the land route. Second, they mainly went to Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou, so they naturally took the waterway at the beginning, and it was cheaper to do things later. They had to take the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, launch at Tongzhou Port, pass through Tianjin Port and Linqing Port, dock at Xuzhou Port, and turn overland to Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province. After the pretense, he went directly to neighboring Zhejiang in the name of travel, first visited Ningbo City, and then followed the coastal route down, followed by Quanzhou and Guangzhou in Fujian.

Lin Qingjun was not seasick, and after getting on the boat, he enjoyed the water scenery for a while, and then returned to the room and ordered someone to prepare light food such as porridge and vegetables.

This official ship is very large, raising the big sail and breaking through the water at a very fast speed, there are more than 10 large and small houses on the ship, all of which are carved beams and painted buildings, rich and exquisite, very pompous. The room where she and Tu Yan lived was originally one, but there was a small hall in the middle, and the two lived in the left and right wings.

Although Tu Yan was used to walking outside in the past, he was not in good health, and he was tired after only a few days of work all the way out of the capital, and he was a little dizzy when he got on the boat. They traveled with a doctor, who was in his thirties, surnamed Qin, and was the eldest son of the envoy of the hospital, with very good medical skills, and was known as the little Qin doctor. After Dr. Xiao Qin's consultation, he said that it was due to overwork, and it would be fine to recuperate for a few days.

When Tu Yan woke up, there was no one in the room, and through a bamboo curtain, he heard the maids frolicking on the deck outside, and vaguely saw someone guarding the door, so he called out.

Who knew that as soon as the curtain was lifted, it was Lin Qingyun who came in. Now on the ship, he is surrounded by close attendants, except for the boatmen, the only foreign men who can be regarded as foreign men are accompanying the palace guards and Xiao Qin's imperial doctors, these people will not come over when they are idle, so Lin Qingyun changed the way he dressed when he was in Beijing, and he only had homely clothes every day, and it was very simple to clean up. And because it is a summer day now, it is very hot, even if there is some water vapor and river breeze on the boat, Lin Qingjun still likes to wear skirts, especially all kinds of gauze silk skirts. Today, she is wearing a dress with a light gauze of Tianshui Bi, except for the cuffs of the same color rolled on the cuffs, there is no embellishment all over the body, which is very refreshing. She held a homely bun, a white hosta, plain face, and a pair of red drop earrings swayed leisurely as she walked.

"You're greedy and cool." Tu Yan saw that she was dressed lightly, but her cheeks were slightly red, and there was sweat on her forehead, so he smiled and said, "Are you playing with them again?" Beware of falling down. ”

Although the weather is hot, the river water is cold, the guards and boatmen like to take river water showers, and the maids also like to take river water to soak their hands and wipe their faces, and they like to play with each other for fun. There is nothing to do on the boat, and the weather is hot, even the lovesickness is often lazy to use needlework, and the maids are illiterate and do not know how to read, so they can only find these jokes, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. Lin Qingyun always reads a book or paints, and when she sees the rise of the girls playing, she can't help but go to the boat to pick up water with her hands, which is really cool.

The only alternative person on this ship is Tu Yan, not because he is clean, but because everyone else is too hot in gauze clothes, but he doesn't sweat. The days on the ship were very good for him, he was dressed in summer silk and was refreshing and comfortable, and he was covered with a placket every morning and evening.

"What do you think? Are you still dizzy? Seeing that he was awake, Lin Qingyun poured a cup of warm water from chasing him and handed it to him.

Tu Yan took a sip and drank, and replied, "It's better." ”

As she spoke, Hong Aya came in with toiletries, and Tu Yan was not served by anyone, so she wrung a handkerchief and wiped her face, and Red Aya tied her hair. Lin Qingyun was very unaccustomed to seeing the maids serving him to dress and freshen up at the beginning, if it was someone else, when he thought that this person was his husband, even if they didn't have anything at all, there was always a little twist in his heart. Now she is used to her daily life, after all, even if she learns to sort it out, the conditions do not allow it, but she doesn't have to be so demanding, and the more uncomfortable she is.

As soon as Lu Luo went out with the residual water, the egret and Acacia came in and put the porridge dishes they had ordered earlier on the table one by one.

"Let's all get out." Although this ship is large, the space is also limited, not to mention the heat when there are many people. Tu Yan sat at the table for a late lunch, while she took a book and leaned against the window to read it.

What she watched was "Qingyang County Chronicles". Qingyang County is where Jiuhua Mountain, the purpose of their first stop, is located. Although Jiuhua Mountain is a disguise, since it is here, it is worth the trip to take a tour by the way. As for the matter of seeing the strange man in the grass and reed, neither she nor Tu Yan took it to heart. She has golden lotus seeds, and she has already used them for Tu Yan, and she knows that Tu Yan will be fine in just two or three years. Tu Yan guessed that his health had improved greatly in the past year, so he was not in a hurry.

After the meal was finished, Tu Yan rinsed his mouth and came over to sit opposite her.

"Although I haven't been to Jiuhua Mountain, I have gone to Huangshan, and I have tasted authentic Hui cuisine in the villages and towns under the mountain, and listened to a folk Huangmei tune." Tu Yan is talking about the second year of the opening of the mansion, when he was sixteen, but he was discouraged, and went to Huangshan, knowing that his body was not enough to support the hard work of mountaineering, and he wanted to go up for a walk. As a result, he stayed in the local area for more than a month, and only continued his journey after he had enough energy.

Lin Qingyun didn't know what he had experienced during that time, but he only heard him mention Huangmei Opera, and asked casually: "What play?" Have you ever heard of "Tianxian Pei"? ”

""Tianxian Pei"?" After thinking about it for a while, he guessed: "But "Dong Yong Sells Himself"? I heard such a flower drum show in Fengyang. ”

Lin Qingyun knew that "Tianxian Pei" was only adapted later, and the reason why Fang Cai rushed out of his mouth was that Huangmei's tone was really catchy, but anyone who heard it could hum a few words.

Tu Yan chased after her and asked, "The Tianxian match you said is also the story of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies?" ”

"It's a little different, the Tianxian match is adapted by later generations, and the Jade Emperor and Fu Shanren in it are both big villains. Although these two people beat mandarin ducks hatefully, it is better than letting Dong Yong take advantage of the old story, and the person who originally made up the story really imagined. "Lin Qingyun is a woman, she will look at the problem from the standpoint of a woman, that Dong Yong was accompanied by a fairy when he was poor, and later the fairy returned to heaven and sent a son, Dong Yong won the champion again, married the daughter of the Fu family, and his life couldn't be more complete.

Tu Yan smiled and said: "Human nature, otherwise where did so many talented and beautiful people come from." ”

Lin Qingyun remembered what Jia's mother said on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the original book, saying that the words of those talented and beautiful people were all nonsense of the book editors, although they meant something else, but there was some truth in it. Thinking of Jia's mother, and thinking of Daiyu, I have been away from Beijing for seven or eight days, and now I am stable and idle on the boat, and I just wrote a letter.

Stuffing the book in his hand to Tu Yan, Lin Qingyun took a pen and paper to write a letter.

Tu Yan didn't bother her, but from time to time I heard her humming in a low voice, and the tune was very familiar. When Tu Yan raised her eyes, she was still writing letters, but the tone in her mouth was Huangmei tone, and she couldn't help but laugh for a while. It must be because we talked about this. Pretended to read a book, listened carefully, and vaguely heard a few words: You plough the field and come to me to weave cloth, I dive to you to water the garden, although the cold kiln can shelter from the wind and rain, the love of husband and wife is bitter and sweet.

This word is vulgar and straightforward, full of the simple life of the countryside, accustomed to the rhetoric of the graceful school, this tone is undoubtedly fresh.

The gaze was too focused, and Lin Qingyun raised his head with a feeling, just opposite his eyes. The atmosphere was inexplicably quiet for a while, his face suddenly turned red, and he casually said: "How did the prince peek at me writing a letter to my sister." As he spoke, he got up and hurriedly went out with the letter.

Tu Yan sat still, and it took a long time before he slowly smiled, his eyes full of tenderness and water.

In the past, he only knew that she was special, and he used her as a confidant, and he was the only person in the world who knew his heart better than his parents. Only today did I find out that when he didn't pay attention, she was already unconcealable, blooming, and smiling beautifully. Tu Yan was born in the palace, and since he was a child, he was accustomed to seeing all kinds of beauties, and there may be those he admires, but there has never been one who has attracted him. In the words of the queen and the eldest princess, it is that he has a very high vision, and ordinary people can't look down on him at all. He does have high vision, but he does not have too high expectations for women's appearance, his face is dry and his bones are dry, and the flowers will eventually fall, for a person with an extremely limited lifespan, his appearance does not mean much, he cares more about whether his mind is the same.

After all, God treats him well, and if he is like this, what more can he ask for.

At this time, Lin Qingyun was standing on the deck blowing the wind, still feeling that his face was burning, his heart was beating wildly, and he felt uncomfortable when he thought of Fang Cai's gaze. She is not really an innocent girl, she naturally understands the reason for this reaction, and after being slightly at a loss, her mind is calm and resolute.

If you don't have confidence in life, who else can you rely on? When they were not married, they didn't know each other, but now, how could she not know that she was a human nature, and how fortunate she was to meet such a person in the world.

"Why is the princess standing in the bow of the boat blowing the wind? Although it is cool, it is easy to catch a cold after blowing for a long time. The egret came up and persuaded.

"Just you talk a lot." Lin Qingyun scolded with a smile and turned around and went back to the room.

She didn't mean to avoid it, but she had already run out after all, and she was not in a hurry to turn back again, and besides, she was halfway through the letter, and she hurriedly finished it so that she could send it out when the ship docked to replenish it. As long as her letter to Daiyu is to keep her safe, tell her where Daiyu has gone, what she has seen and heard on the way, etc.

As soon as the letter was written, Bai Ling ran in from outside: "Princess, I will arrive at Linqing Port in half a day." ”

"So fast? Isn't there another day? ”

"It's a good day, and the boat is going fast." Bai Ling said with a smile and said, "It's evening when you arrive at the port, does the princess want to get off the boat to breathe?" It is said that the port is very lively. ”

Without waiting for Lin Qingyun to answer, he first heard Tu Yan's voice sound: "I can stay for a day or two, just say that I want to rest here, just go to see the relics pagoda." ”

Bai Ling hurriedly turned around and saluted, and then looked at Lin Qingyun's eyes with extremely earnest eyes.

"If I don't promise you, will I not die of weeping?" Lin Qingyun was helpless, the maids were suffocated on the boat, and it was difficult to go out, so it didn't matter if they stopped for a day or two.

It's just that the courage that I mustered up seems to have run out, knowing that Tu Yan is looking at him, he doesn't dare to look at him, and secretly thinks that he has no interest. After a long period of mental construction, she finally looked over, and saw her eyes staring faintly with a smile, which was obviously normal, but a red cloud rose on her face, and she hurriedly turned around and pretended to look out the window to enjoy the scenery. Bailing, the girl, ran out early to spread the good news, and there were only two people in the room, she wanted to grab the door and go out, but she couldn't help it.

Tu Yan endured it, but he couldn't hold back, and chuckled.

Hearing the laughter, Lin Qingyun became bold, turned around and said in shame: "What are you laughing at!" ”

Tu Yan was busy suppressing her voice, but the bright smile in her eyes couldn't be deceived, in order to prevent her from getting annoyed and throwing away, Tu Yan was busy taking the conversation. "I just got the news that Concubine Xiande is pregnant."

As soon as she heard that it was a serious matter, Lin Qingyun couldn't care about those little feelings, and frowned and said, "It's true." As early as before, I heard that she asked the Jia family to go to Qingxuguan to play for three days of peace Jiao, and it can be seen from the previous contact that she has always been cautious, and she will not have such a big move, thinking that it is because of the fetus. She is not young anymore, and it is easy to be favored because of the emperor on Chinese New Year's Eve, and now she is finally pregnant, and her mood can be imagined. It's just that the Jia family can resist not publicizing it, so it can be seen that she didn't explain the reason to the Jia family, but Jia's mother is old and fine, so she guessed a few points. ”

Tu Yan said: "I just said that Jia Yuanchun is smart but stupid, he is pregnant but refuses to announce it, but hides it, if he is afraid that people will know about the assassination, why bother to let the Jia family go to the safe Jiao?" Or in the name of the virtuous concubine. Who in the capital doesn't know about this now? But anyone with a brighter eye and a brighter heart has guessed it. ”

"I'm afraid she won't be able to give birth to this baby." Lin Qingyun muttered in a low voice, as if with a sigh.

Although Jia Yuanchun is not liked by the emperor, the emperor will not do anything about his own flesh and blood. The supporters of the Emperor Taishang are all the four kings and eight princes, and they always talk about the exploits of Jia Daishan and others, and give favors from time to time, Jia Yuanchun is pregnant, although the Emperor Taishang is not very happy, but he will also give some rewards on the old side. Several county kings don't care about multiple nursing brothers, even if those old families have thoughts, but they can't withstand the age difference, even waiting for the little prince to grow up for one or two decades, when the big event is already decided, and it is not necessarily the prince who is born, even the prince may not be raised. The most reluctant to see Jia Yuanchun give birth to a child are Concubine Zhen Gui and Prince Jingxiao, if it is really a little prince, it will directly touch the vital interests of the two. Moreover, Jia Yuanchun has been in the palace for many years, no matter how cautious and low-key and kind she is, in the end, if she gets in the way of others, how can those concubines make her feel better.

Tu Yan felt this more deeply than her: "There are so many princes and princesses who died in the palace, there are many prefaced teeth, no ordered teeth, and even many who died before they were born. ”

The queen also had a miscarriage and injured her body, which made the queen have nothing to do since Tu Yan. The battle between the harem women does not see the sword and sword, but it can kill people invisibly.

That night, the big ship docked at Linqing Port, and Tu Yan sent someone to the nearby post station to clean up the courtyard, and took Lin Qingyun to stay at the post station. The Linqing County Order, who learned the news, rushed to greet the driver on the one hand, and ordered someone to clean up the best private garden in the local area, and did not forget to urgently send someone to report the seal, but when he arrived at the post station, he was closed.

Gonggong Le had already received the order of Tu Yan, and said to the county order: "The county commander of Lao County ran away, and the prince temporarily docked this time, just because he was tired of taking the boat, he went ashore to evacuate and evacuate, and he didn't want to alarm the local officials and people." At this time, the prince and the princess have rested, and they will not see the county commander, the prince said, the county magistrate has merit under the rule, the port here is busy and orderly, and the hustle and bustle does not let Tianjin. ”

The county order didn't expect to see Prince Chun's face in person, and after listening to the prince's praise, he was immediately overjoyed, and even called "the prince's false praise". In the end, he didn't dare to disturb Wang Jia, so he saluted at the gate of the courtyard and withdrew. Turning his head to find the post station, he didn't dare to inquire about the food and lodging of the prince and others at will, but only repeatedly explained that the post man tried his best to entertain, and he could report everything he needed, which would satisfy the prince.

Yi Cheng is a promise.

At this time, Tu Yan and Lin Qingyun, who claimed to be resting, were dressed as ordinary wealthy businessmen and husbands, and walked out of the back door of the post station with the first-class guard Gaoyang Li Li.

This time, although it is to be simple to drive, in fact, there are still a lot of people. Lin Qingyun brought four maids, Zhang Bao, and Xiao Baozi with him, and Tu Yan brought Red Silk Luluo, Le Gonggong, and Xiao Xiazi with him, and a total of eight guards accompanied him, including Gaoyang Li Li. Xiao Qin's imperial physician was given by the emperor, and there were nineteen people in total, plus the box cage salute, and he didn't feel that there were many people on the boat, once he took the land route, there were two or three carriages and horses for the salute alone.

Originally, Lin Qingyun didn't plan to bring such people, but said in vain that because of his body, he couldn't save all the way, since he couldn't save it, she might as well bring two more people, after all, this time she came out for more than half a year, in case one person was not enough, it would be difficult to buy it again.

She didn't have that much need, but the two of the lark thrushes were looking forward to it, and it was really unbearable to refuse. If it weren't for something else this time, Daiyu would have married again, and she would have wanted to bring Daiyu out.

At this time, Bailing and the others went to go shopping together, and Lin Qingyun and Tu Yan were also at ease.

Because of its proximity to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the port is not only prosperous and busy, but also has a mix of northern and southern flavors, and you can eat almost all kinds of snacks from all over the country from beginning to end in the street market. In the lively night market, Lin Qingyun was in a trance several times, as if he had returned to modern times. When she came out, she specially took a money bag and filled it with a lot of loose silver and copper coins, tasted a bowl of tofu brain for a while, ate a siu mai for a while, and saw that the fragrant noodles were good, and couldn't help but taste a few bites...... In the past few years in another world, tonight is actually the first time she has eaten freely.

"Eat less, eat too much at night, beware of accumulating food." Tu Yan just tasted a piece of siu mai for what she ordered, and the rest did not eat anything else, holding the money bag in his hand and paying the bill. Tu Yan's body has poor immunity, so he naturally has to pay more and more attention to hygiene, and try to touch as little as possible on the streets and alleys outside.

"It's true that there are some people who have eaten too much, so let's go to the teahouse and sit down." A little forgetful for a moment, Lin Qingyun rubbed her stomach, and then realized that her behavior was indecent and withdrew her hand.

Tu Yan couldn't help but laugh, entered the teahouse, and ordered her a cup of Pu'er to eat.

The two sat by the window on the second floor, watching the people coming and going in the night market, and the shouting of the hawkers in their ears was endless. Lin Qingyun saw Bailing dragging the thrush at a glance, two people like happy rabbits burrowing into the crowd, and there were a few red silk egrets in twos and threes, for safety, they were all followed by post guards in regular clothes. How could the people who often do business here not know the people in the inn, and when they saw them, they didn't dare to beat the idea of beating the egret and others.

Lin Qingyun sighed for a while: "This is the case only in Linqing Port, and what a grand scene it is for Quanzhou and other places to trade with thirty or forty foreign countries." ”

Tu Yan had seen it, and he also sighed: "It's really spectacular!" Every day, hundreds of merchant ships come and go, hundreds of laborers gather in groups, and the number of goods is almost non-stop from morning to night. ”

Qingyun asked, "Does the imperial court have merchant ships to trade at sea?" ”

Tu Yan first looked at her, then understood, and shook his head: "Those who are officials do not compete with the people for profit, let alone the imperial court." In addition, the imperial court had always been controversial about overseas trade, so only three offices were set up in the city, and the number of citations issued during the reign of the emperor was reduced to 60 for a time, and even the sea was forbidden. Men were rampant, bandits were rampant, and the seas were not uneventful. Because of trade, there was a lot of chaos along the coast, and the imperial court may not always be able to take care of it. ”

"How's the water master?" Qingyun asked again.

"Not as good as before." The former dynasty in Tu Yan's mouth is the court before they won the world. Today's imperial court does not attach importance to water divisions, and the fees here have been reduced again and again, and independent water divisions were almost banned due to the ban on the sea. Because he has personally walked, seen, and felt, and has never participated in politics, he can see the situation from the perspective of a bystander, so that he can get a glimpse of the hidden crisis from the prosperity of ocean trade.

Seeing that he was unhappy for a while, Lin Qingyun stopped mentioning the matter.

The next day, the two went to see the relics pagoda, five kinds of pine, and visited the Daning Temple, when they came back, it was late, and they fell asleep after freshening up. Turning around in the morning, I packed my things and prepared to board the ship to continue south, but before the boat started, I received a letter from Daiyu. The letter came from the post station, and it almost passed by, so I had to go to the next port and wait.

Waiting for the boat to leave the shore and the line was stable, Lin Qingyun opened the letter and read it.

Seeing her frowning, Tu Yan couldn't help laughing: "What did Miss Lin say, you actually have this expression?" ”

Lin Qingyun smiled and sighed: "It's nothing important, it's all a short matter of parents." My sister mentioned one thing in the letter, Baoyu of the Jia family was beaten, and was severely beaten by his father, and he lay down for several days without getting up. ”

"Is there such a thing? Didn't Jia Baoyu get seriously ill once in March? Besides, the Jia family is like a phoenix egg, Jia Zheng is willing to do it? The old lady at home didn't stop it? "Vain Yan asked on the point.

Lin Qingyun sighed again: "How to say it, then Jia Baoyu is born to be close to girls, although he doesn't have those unbearable thoughts in his heart, he can't hold back some actions, words and deeds are very frivolous in the eyes of others." When he was born, he caught Zhou, but he caught rouge gouache, which had caused Jia Zheng to be extremely disliked, and then it came true, he became a family in the house and hated reading, and said that the person who read was Lu beetle, and his father was not annoyed when he heard it. ”

"What was the reason for the beating this time?"

"Molerate the mother-in-law."