Tu Yan immediately raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of surprise.

These four words are unusual, but if any son has these four words, his reputation is completely ruined. When the world talks about filial piety, it is the old man who serves the parents and has a little decency in front of the young master, these sons and ladies have to respect a little, but you are the girl who is flirting with your mother, and you don't even care about your parents, filial piety and shame, so what good can this person do?

In the royal family, if a prince bears such a crime, he will not be qualified to compete for the throne in disguise. It's the same with everyone. It's one thing to do it in private, it's another thing to make a fuss and let people know, it's not that the people around your parents can't be touched, you can ask your parents, or you can simply be rewarded by your parents.

It is conceivable that Jia Baoyu made this trouble, don't think about finding a desirable family in the family in Beijing. After all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that the people of the Jia family are so broken, no matter how tightly the master covers it, the outside will still know.

Lin Qingyun really didn't know how to comment on Baoyu, so she didn't say a word, just talked about things: "It is said that it was the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Jia Baoyu went to the second wife's room of the Jia family at noon, and ran out in a panic after a while, and then the second wife called someone in and led a girl named Jin Chuan in front of her to her parents out. Although the second wife said to the public that Jin Chuan had broken her beloved vase, her voice was obviously different from usual, and it was useless for anyone to plead. A few days later, I heard that the girl was hard and jumped into the well and died. After Jia Baoyu heard about it, he was bumped into by Jia Zheng, and the chief historian of the Zhongshun Palace's Mansion came to Jia Baoyu to ask for a scene where the mansion was lost, Jia Zheng was extremely embarrassed, and someone told him about Jin Chuan's death. That Jia Zheng is a pedantic and old-fashioned character, where can he tolerate such a thing, he was angry, and he personally the board and beat Jia Baoyu. When Mrs. Jia and others heard the news, Jia Baoyu's face turned pale. ”

Tu Yan only felt as if he was listening to the story, which was even more interesting than the story.

Because of talking about Jia Baoyu, Tu Yan remembered something, so he asked her: "You have been to Jia's house, and you have also seen Jia Baoyu, have you ever seen the treasure he held in his mouth when he fell into the grass?" ”

"Although I haven't looked closely, I have indeed seen it, it is a good jade, and there are words on it. There is also a joke that because he has a piece of jade, he asks others if they have jade, and if they say no, he will go crazy. When my sister went to Jia's house, because she didn't know his temperament when she first arrived, she didn't answer a word correctly when she saw him jump up and smash the jade, and the people who made trouble turned on their backs, causing my sister to worry and be sad all night. Lin Qingyun complained as if it was true or false, just because Jia Baoyu's piece of jade had a strange origin, and she didn't want to go around that again.

Tu Yan seemed to be very interested: "When I was eight years old that year, I suddenly heard that there was a young son in the second room of Rongguo Mansion, and he was born with a vision, and he actually held a jade in his mouth. It's really a strange news in the world, whether this kind of thing is true or not, Rongguo Mansion should be firmly covered, and it was publicized with great fanfare, and it was named Baoyu, and the name was posted all over the street, just to make people shout, in order to make a living. At that time, it was the first two years of my father's ascension to the throne, and when I heard about it, I thought that those four kings and eight princes were unwilling to abdicate the emperor and wanted to set up another lord. As a result, after observation, Jia Baoyu actually lived up to her smart and clever appearance in vain, and some people in the palace joked, saying that Jia Baoyu was born in the wrong car, and it should have been a girl. ”

Lin Qingyun sneered: "The emperor guessed so, but after elevating them, where do they have that ability, and they don't have that courage and courage." Now the four kings and eight dukes, as far as I know, only the Nan'an Wangfu and the Wang family are still in full swing, but after all, there are only a few years of scenery. ”

Tu Yan smiled and asked, "Why did you leave out the Shi family?" The historian is a double marquis. ”

"Want to test me? If I look at the situation from the court, I can't see it, after all, I haven't heard any news from historians. Shi Hou died early, and his eldest brother left a daughter, who has been living with Baolinghou, but spends most of the year in Jia's house. That big girl Shi is a plain and hearty and informal character, and it is inevitable that she will not pay attention to her words on weekdays, and the people of the Jia family will inevitably see a little. The Shi family even cut the needlework in the house, and everything was done by the female dependents, so it can be seen that life is difficult, but it is just to maintain the shelf outside. Lin Qingyun couldn't help but wonder: "Their family is not supposed to be so difficult, why is it suddenly like this?" It was the first of the four great families to fall. ”

At first, Lin Qingyun guessed whether the historian would repay the silver owed by the treasury, but later dismissed this idea.

The four major families have always been in the same spirit, and the Shi family has never been the first, in the past, Jia Daishan was alive, and the four major families were headed by the Jia family, and now the Jia family is declining, but it is headed by Wang Ziteng. What's more, when officials in the DPRK borrowed money from the state treasury for a long time, no one has ever repaid it, so how could the historian come forward first.

In the end, it was in vain that Yan revealed the hidden truth, he only asked rhetorically: "Don't you often say that the pockets in the Rongguo Mansion have come up, and the private property of each room is in the house, and there is no money in the huge public middle school, and even the monthly expenses of the girls have been reduced again and again, and the girls' use is not as good as that of Miss Lin's mother." You understand how the Jia family became the current situation, but why don't you know the historian? These old nobles of the four kings and eight princes are almost the same, and they look glamorous from the outside. The children and grandchildren are not successful, sit and eat empty, loot the public middle school to fill the private treasury, and then divide the family, no matter how much silver is not enough. The historian has a double family, and the expenses are even more huge, not to mention ......"

Lin Qingyun knew what was going on.

What's more, the four major families are the old department of the abolished prince, and they later made the wall grass, and now the prince of filial piety is up, according to the swaying nature of the four families, he must be pleasing but dare not bet on all his net worth. Prince Jingxiao had already learned a lesson from his father's affairs, and although he had to endure these people for the sake of employing people, how could he trust them? It's just trying to get the benefit out of it. The other, the historian still has a position in the army, and this time he married the Wei family so lightly, which also means to use the historian. General Wei Lao is a subordinate of the prince of Nan'an, and now among the "four kings", only the prince of Nan'an is stationed along the West Sea with military power, which has long made the emperor unhappy.

This time, their last stop was Guangzhou, where the prince of Nan'an was stationed on the coast of Guangdong, training sailors day and night to prevent thieves and bandits from harassing the people of the merchant ships on the border.

The prince of Nan'an was reluctant to hand over the military power, and he was extremely familiar with the war along the West Sea, and the emperor had no suitable successor and no suitable time to take power, so he could only put it on hold for the time being.

Lin Qingyun was just a little worried suddenly, this time they went to Guangzhou, they must have to contact the prince of Nan'an, if the other party noticed something...... After all, Guangdong is the residence of the prince of Nan'an, and if the local city has hidden taxes and even shipping routes, it will be difficult to get rid of it, and it will be difficult to get rid of it.

Tu Yan saw that her eyebrows were deep, guessed a few points, and said with relief: "Let's go all the way with a big stab, one is to hide people's eyes and ears, and the other is for safety, the more upright and upright, those people don't dare to act rashly." Moreover, the prince of Nan'an rarely returns to Beijing in order to protect his military power, so how can he give the emperor a reason to seize his military power? He will not be like that. ”

Lin Qingyun understands that the prince of Nan'an is still there with the emperor, and some don't take the emperor in their eyes. And these old nobles have had something to do with the abolished prince, and some of the policies implemented by the emperor after his accession to the throne touched the interests of the old family, making them very dissatisfied with the emperor, and even hoped to set up a new lord.

At the end of the month, when the ship arrived at Xuzhou Port, the group abandoned the ship and landed on the shore, and local officials had already prepared carriages and horses to greet them. After resting for half a day, I went to Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province by land, and this trip was much slower. When I arrived at Jiuhua Mountain, I was catching up with a torrential rain pouring down, and I didn't go to the village before I was born, and I finally met a tea shed two miles away.

This tea shed is very simple, just a large wooden shed that is open on all sides, with a large straw mat made of reeds as the roof, and four rough wooden tables and benches are placed in it. Behind the tea shed was a peasant house, three and a half adobe houses, very old, with a pile of firewood on one side of the house. In front of the house and behind the house, there are scattered plots of land planted, and some vegetables and fruits are planted, obviously for the family to make a living here.

The farmhouse has some small fenced yards, and out of the yard is a small river about two feet wide, and a wooden plank is built to make a bridge. After crossing the bridge, you can't walk more than ten steps to the tea shed, which also provides simple meals, so there is a thatched hut for merchants to eat hot porridge and steamed buns.

Today, the business of the tea shed is very cold, only an old couple is sitting and gossiping, and they see a large group of chariots and horses coming from a distance, busy boiling water and making tea, and calling the son and daughter-in-law of the family to help.

The first to come were two guards on horseback, because of the heavy wind and rain, even if they were wearing a cloak and a hat, their faces were still covered with rain. The two ran to the tea shed, Le Ma looked carefully in front of the tea shed, left and right, and asked the family in the tea shed: "Who else is there in this neighborhood?" How many people are in your family, and who are they? Where is it now? ”

The family of five was frightened.

Although they are from a mountain family, because they have a tea shed, they have traveled a lot in the past, so they have also practiced some eyesight. Seeing that these two people were imposing, wearing exactly the same dark brocade clothes, sitting on a horse with a horizontal knife at their waists, and asking questions as if an official was trying a case, the old man Wang who was in charge guessed that this line must be a nobleman. Immediately bowed down and answered, reported his family members in detail one by one, and talked about the nearby terrain and villages.

"Don't be nervous. The rain is heavy, our master wants to rest here and boil some hot water to prepare, and we don't need anything else, we have our own people, and we only borrow your place for use. "This guard had also gone out with Tu Yan in the past, and he was familiar with the procedures, so he explained it first, and asked the other person to go back and inform the convoy, and he continued to survey forward.

Old man Wang's family was busy, and as soon as the water was boiled, the convoy slowly arrived, and a luxurious two-horse cart stopped in front of the tea shed. The carriage was accompanied by guards on the front and right sides of the carriage with tall horses and horizontal swords, and another man dressed as a retinue followed the carriage, and another boy of thirteen or fourteen years old held an umbrella for him.

"Lord, princess, the tea shed has arrived." Father-in-law Le wiped the splashed rain from his face with his hand, and frowned: "This tea shed is really simple, it is windy on all sides, it really can't block the rain, but it's not as good as a carriage." The mud is uneven, not only is it difficult to walk in the mud, but it is also waterlogged, and it is really impossible to get off your feet. According to the minion's idea, it was better to get in the car and continue walking until the rain stopped. ”

In the car, Lin Qingyun glanced at Tu Yan and said, "I don't go down with the prince, you can do it yourself, although the rain is heavy, it won't rain for a long time, and it will be fine after a while." "They have been sitting in the car, lukewarm and not drenched, but Le Gonggong Zhang Bao has a few chamberlains, passing things back and forth to serve, just holding an umbrella, and his body is already wet. Thinking about it, he explained: "Let the owner of the tea shed cook a pot of thick ginger soup, and each of you will drink a bowl, and the guards will also share a bowl." It's past noon, and you'll get some to eat in the tea shed. ”

"Princess Xie is compassionate, and the slave will be used once." Grandpa Le responded with a smile, and kept the little bun Xiao Xiazi to greet him, and the eight guards rested in two shifts, and the maids in the other cars had been sitting in the car for a long time, so they had to come down to relieve themselves, and then got back into the car. The tea shed is really too simple, although it is summer, because of the rain and wind, it is very cold outside.

Lin Qingyun listened to the movement, and knew that only the inner supervisor and the guards and coachmen were in the tea shed.

In vain, there was nothing to do all the way, and he simply drew the coastal route. When they traveled, they also brought a map, marked with the geography of various coastal ports and major cities, but they were all scattered, and there was a map of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, but it was not very detailed. Tu Yan gathered the information, and Lin Qingyun helped find all kinds of tools at hand, and finally drew a three-foot-long coastal route map, which not only marked the main large ports, but also included various bifurcated tributaries, small ports, coastal provinces, cities, and even marked famous scenery and buildings in various places.

Tu Yan focused on the three cities, and then set his eyes on the coastal areas of Guangdong and the coastal countries.

Lin Qingyun ordered a sketchbook by herself, painted the scenery all the way, and had saved a thick book. Tu Yan was itchy again, followed by learning, and accompanied her paintings with text descriptions, which became a travelogue.

Tu Yan saw that she was painting again, and she was painting a small village that she passed by in the morning. There is a hundred-year-old locust tree at the head of the village, under the locust tree is a land temple, a group of children play there, the morning sun has just emerged golden light, the warm golden glow will be bathed in it, and the farmers in the ridge of the field have begun a day's work.

The painting was already in the finishing stage, and after it was completed, Lin Qingjun handed him the booklet and waited for him to sign it.

However, he saw that Tu Yan described the scenery of the mountain village in just a few sentences, and turned to the title page of the booklet, and wrote on the cover of the booklet the words "Records of the Southern Journey", "Youzhujun Manuscript", "Yanqi Accompanying Text" and so on.

"Youzhu-kun? Is this an alias for me? How did you remember calling yourself Yan Qi? The cloud-chasing monk is not very smooth. Lin Qingyun smiled, but knew that "Youzhu" corresponded to her name. Clear, secluded; Yun, bamboo also. As for Yan Qi, he is ranked seventh, and his name "Yan" is homophonic to "Yan".

Tu Yan smiled: "You are also a layman, and I am also a layman, and it is too overflowing." ”

The two were talking and laughing, and suddenly heard the tune of Huangmei outside, and it was still a duet between men and women. Although the voice is not very good, it is very simple, and it has a unique charm to listen to in this heavy rain. When I asked outside, I found out that the heavy rain did not stop for a while, and the people resting outside were bored, so the old couple in the tea shed rapped two tunes to relieve boredom. The status of the Taoist drama in this world is indeed low, belonging to the lower ninth class, belonging to the lowly status, and cannot intermarry with good people. However, in the countryside and villages, it is not as particular as the high-ranking families, singing a mountain song tune, and occasionally singing folk songs are nothing, and the couple is also old and can let go, on the contrary, his daughter-in-law is a little shy and has been hiding in the stove and has not come out.

After listening to a few words, Tu Yan suddenly picked up the pen and took the paper, wrote out the "Husband and Wife Return Home" that he heard from Lin Qingyun, and ordered the little eunuch to give it to Grandpa Le. Father-in-law Le has been serving the apprentice since he was a child, and he is also literate, and after listening to the little eunuch's relay, he understood what the prince meant, so he taught these words to the old couple. It is not difficult for people who are used to singing tunes to say a few words, and they can sing it immediately.

It's a pity that the old couple is old after all, and their voices are older.

"It's still better for Wei Qing to sing." Tu Yan said jokingly.

After more than half an hour, the heavy rain finally stopped, and although the road was not easy to walk, there was nowhere to stay at night if you did not walk. Until the night was dark, the convoy finally arrived at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain, and the local county commander Cai Wen had been waiting for a long time, and was busy welcoming the convoy into a private garden. This private garden is used by the big families in the city for summer leisure, and when he learned that Prince Chun came to Jiuhua Mountain, he took the initiative to find the county order to dedicate it, and renovated all parts of the garden.

Even though it was getting late, Tu Yan glanced at it and said, "It's too extravagant." ”

They didn't plan to live at the bottom of the mountain, after all, it was inconvenient, but because of the heavy rain, they couldn't get to the town on the mountain. The two of them sat in the carriage for a long time, and they were really tired, so they went to sleep after freshening up. Before going to bed, Lin Qingyun instructed Zhang Bao to ask who the private garden was, what kind of livelihood the family did, etc., after all, she was not very used to this kind of dedication to the garden and the hotel.

The next morning, Lin Qingyun slept late and woke up at the end of the morning.

While combing her hair, the egret said, "The prince woke up more than half an hour ago, and when he learned that the princess had not gotten up, he did not bother. The weather is fine today, but it just rained heavily yesterday, and the road up the mountain is not easy to walk. ”

The thrush preached outside: "Princess, Grandpa Zhang is here." ”

"Let him in."

Zhang Bao came in and saluted, and replied: "The slave went to inquire about this garden, the owner of the garden is surnamed Qi, he is a tea merchant, his ancestors have made a living here, there is a big tea house, the family is rich, and the Qi family is the richest family in Chizhou. Their family also has a tea mountain in Jiuhua Mountain, and there is also a courtyard for their family on the mountain, which is said to have been dedicated together. ”

"I've already lived here, so why bother with one more place." Lin Qingyun asked again: "How is their family style?" ”

Zhang Baodao: "The Qi family's style is good, and when it comes to the Qi family, the locals call it benevolent." It is said that every year the Qi family in the construction of bridges and paving roads or the amount of money in the township is a lot, the children of the family did not have any bad deeds of bullying men and women, several sons have been studying since childhood, and only when they are older do they officially accept business, this is also an interesting story in the local area, the old man of the Qi family even donated a private school outside the city, and many poor children can be enlightened for free. ”

"If it's really as good as it says outside, it's just using his garden." Lin Qingyun was afraid that she would owe favors because of this, and in the future, the other party would ask for help, and it would be difficult to help or not, so she usually refused to owe favors.

At this time, the little eunuch Xiao Baozi came to report: "Princess, the Chizhou prefect and the Qingyang County Decree are leading the daughters of Chizhou officials and the daughters of the Qi family to greet the princess." ”

"Is there anyone visible over there?" Lin Qingyun asked.

"The prefect of Chizhou and the Qingyang County Commander and others have been summoned by the prince."

"Then I'll ask them to wait in the hall." Lin Qingyun got up late, she had just finished dressing up at this time, and she hadn't eaten yet. Those people must have waited a day earlier in order to see her, because they didn't dare to alarm because it was very late, and they came here early this morning, and it was really hard to think about it.

Bailing Thrush served breakfast, she only drank half a bowl of porridge, ate two steamed dumplings with vegetarian filling, and changed into the clothes of the guests, and then went to the hall.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw the pearlescent sideburns of the huge hall, except for the few women in front of me who were dressed in commanding clothes, the rest were mostly young and delicate girls. Everyone sat in the hall together, Ya Qi'er didn't hear it, and when he heard the little eunuch's courtesy, they all got up and greeted him.

"Greetings to the princess, and I wish the princess all blessings and good health."

"Hurry up, please." Lin Qingyun sat upright, swept over everyone very quickly, and his eyes fell on the two people who were the leader. This kind of meeting and greeting is a polite greeting, Lin Qingyun goes in and out of the palace banquet, and it is also used to this, talking while looking at his family.

This time, these officials and their dependents all brought their own girls, and they were all dressed very well, but the Qi family did not bring their daughters. According to Zhang Bao, the Qi family has a daughter who is now fifteen years old and has not yet promised to marry, but the person who seeks to marry is like a carp crossing the river.

At this time, I only heard the Chizhou prefect's edict and said: "Although the second girl of our family looks ordinary, she has also followed her husband to learn poetry and composition since she was a child, and if the princess does not dislike it, she will be left behind." ”

Lin Qingyun remained silent, and looked at the second girl with a smile, she was sixteen or seventeen years old, delicate and tender willows, and immediately praised her. At the end, he said, "Has such a good girl ever decided to marry?" If you have a family affair, it is really inappropriate to stay by my side, if you have never made a marriage, I have a good family affair to tell her. ”

The prefect's edict changed color slightly, obviously hesitating for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Our adults have mentioned this matter, but something has been delayed before, and it has not yet been approved, and I don't know what the master means for a while." ”

"That's a pity." Lin Qingyun turned his head and spoke to the county commander again, and at the end he didn't forget to say a few words to the daughter of the Qi family, so he said that he was tired and served tea to the guests.

As soon as the person left, Bai Ling said angrily: "What do you mean by the prefect's edict?" Are we all dead? Aren't we enough of the princess to call us, and we want to use the concubine of the four-grade prefect, who doesn't know what it means! ”

"If you know, you know, what are you yelling about, the princess hasn't spoken yet." Thrush glared at her.

Lin Qingyun smiled and watched them bickering, ignored it, and went straight back to the courtyard. Although the prefect's edict made her unhappy, it would not make her have more worries, she could still trust him as a person, but if he didn't have a heart, even if he came to a fairy, he was not afraid, not to mention, she, the princess, was not a decoration.

Tu Yan also heard about this, but he just laughed it off, such things were commonplace, but her trust made him quite warm.