CHAPTER XXI
They inquired all the way and learned that the most prestigious winery in Qizhou City was in front, just a few streets away, called Yunshuifang.
A century-old shop, Tong Su is not bullied, it is said that there is no water, jujube wine is the signature of the store, but only buy fifty pots a day, now it is estimated that there is no more, but there are many varieties of alcohol in the store, and other fruit wines are also quite prestigious.
Once they had their destination, they began to walk slowly along the streets, in the direction of Yunshuifang, passing various small shops along the way, selling pastries, jewelry, cloth, embroidery, and paintings......
Before he was halfway through, under Shen Ruyu's guiding ideology of "coming out to play is to buy things", he took out everyone's free activity funds from the money bag of accountant Wang Zijun.
Soon, Mingxi's hands were already full of pastries and roast duck, Shen Ruyu wrapped several pieces of cloth with very favorite patterns and a few embroidery with very favorite patterns, and after going to the gallery to take a look, he bought a pair of autumn scenery paintings dyed with red leaves - because the object was too big, Shen Ruyu hesitated for a moment, and asked them to send it directly to the post station, and Wang Zijun dragged Shen Ruyu to pick out jewelry for a long time, and bought a pair of delicate earrings with white jade polished into a circle, like pearls, and bought a pair of hostas for Shen Ruyu. Then Wen Ming went to the bookstore and picked up several books.
After spending the money, everyone said that they were very happy and really understood the meaning of traveling.
They also found an inn called Tongfu that Shen Ruyu had been thinking about on the way.
Shen Ruyu stopped at the door of the inn and stared at the plaque, and looked at the lobby for a while before turning to leave, Wang Zijun couldn't help but hold one of the books that Wen Ming had just bought, leaned over and asked her curiously, "...... What is your relationship with this inn? β
Shen Ruyu sighed faintly and replied, "...... I just heard that there is a guy running in the Tongfu Inn...... He is handsome and extraordinary, and he is good at acupoints...... So it's a little curious...... But I didn't see it......"
Wang Zijun blinked, "Qingyang sued you again?" β
"Qingyang?" Wen Ming subconsciously turned the names of the capital's magnates in his mind, but he didn't find any suitable candidates.
"Points?" Mingxi was more interested in this, and he asked with great interest. "It's like ...... "The Secret History of Martial Arts", like the jade-faced little flying dragon, the kind that can't move for an hour after you stop it? I used to ......"
He was about to say that when he was sick in bed before, he listened to his maids talk about it, but he found that he was almost about to say something, so he immediately stopped, but said that he had bought it before...... But this body couldn't be literate, and finally it was stuck for a long time before he spit out the second half of the sentence, "...... I've heard it said. β
"Jade-faced little flying dragon?" After Wang Zijun heard this, he immediately turned his head to Ming Xi with a child-like expression, and teased him: "Jade-faced little flying dragon Qin Yang? Qin Yang is the protagonist in "The Secret History of Martial Arts"? I can't say it so openly now. Be careful that the official hears it and arrests you and puts you in jail. β
Mingxi suddenly looked at her with round eyes, his eyes as innocent as the young beast of some kind of animal.
Wang Zijun was immediately defeated by the condemnation of conscience and was defeated.
Hearing this name, Shen Ruyu's expression immediately became quite subtle. She wandered away and answered Wen Ming's question lightly. "Kong Qingyang is a friend of mine." She replied, "It's not strange that you don't know you...... She is not from the capital, she is a child of a poor family. She is ten years older than me, she should be twenty-seven this year, and her personality is very bold, sassy and uninhibited, strong in martial arts, and she is a very interesting person. She met me seven years ago when she was preparing to participate in the martial arts in Jingshi, but later she ...... She didn't pass the exam, and after staying in the Beijing Division for a while, she left. β
Wang Zijun laughed on the side, "Kong Qingyang, you may not know each other, but at the beginning, the most talkative book in the capital and the most sold in the bookstore - "The Secret History of Martial Arts", you should know, right?" The jade-faced little flying dragon Qin Yang you are talking about is Kong Qingyang's pseudonym in the text. She grinned and looked down at the name of the book in her hand - "Heroes and Heroes", and remembered that most of the books Wen Ming bought were names such as martial arts, rivers and lakes, and green forest righteous qilu, and suddenly understood, "Wen Ming also likes stories like Jianghu martial arts?" β
Wen Ming coughed slightly embarrassed.
Wang Zijun lowered his head and finished flipping through the "Heroes Record" in his hand, and wrinkled his nose in disgust, "It's another parallel book that is almost copied from the "Secret History of Martial Arts". It's not as smooth as your writing when you were ten years old. β
"Huh!" Ming Xi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and after connecting all these news, his eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Shen Ruyu, "Could it be ......?" β
"Ah Xi is so smart!" Seeing that he guessed it, Wang Zijun couldn't help but pat his head proudly, as if his own brother had done something extremely good. "The Secret History of Martial Arts was written by Ruyu! At that time, Qingyang couldn't afford to eat poorly, and she was performing on the street every day, Ruyu saw her pitiful, so she told her that she wanted to hear stories, and asked her to tell her about the things she had seen and encountered all the way from her hometown to Beijing. She told her a story, and she gave her a penny. As a result, that guy in Qingyang made up a lot of stories about martial arts masters to make Ruyu happy and cheat money. At first, it was a little reliable, black shops, bandits, thieves or something, and then there was no story to tell, what chest broken boulders, arms can run horses, eaves and walls, picking leaves and flying flowers, no sword in hand, and those who have a sword in their hearts have come out. I don't know why, Ruyu is particularly interested in this kind of thing, and the two of them pondered together for several months, recorded these experiences, and came up with a book "The Secret History of Martial Arts". β
"What kind of martial arts is written in it, rivers and lakes, all the major sects, it is said that the influence is very great, many places have popped up according to the name of the sect in the book, there were several crowd fights near the Beijing division - because they used the name of the collision, whoever wins can use it, and later the government said that this book affects education, propaganda is forbidden by force, and it is banned." Wang Zijun touched his chin as he spoke, and couldn't help but sigh, "Ruyu is so powerful, you can write." β
Shen Ruyu: "...... What are you...... Are you praising me? β
"Huh? Of course! Because it's really amazing! Wang Zijun looked at Shen Ruyu in surprise, as if she didn't think there was anything wrong with her tone at all, she turned to look at Wen Ming and Mingxi, who were a little stunned on the side, "She didn't tell you, did she?" - No wonder, you see that she didn't dare to mention it - for fear of being scolded by her mother. β
Mingxi thought about his mother's temper, and immediately nodded in understanding, "Shen family...... The family style is very strict, if you know, it's not just scolding, it's probably going to be the family law......"
"But if you want me to say, if the government knew that it was written by Ruyu, it would definitely not be able to-" Wang Zijun pouted unhappily, "It's a pity, that book is weird and good-looking, but after my brother took it away, he said that he wouldn't return it to me, and I didn't even have a place to buy a new one." β
However, after she complained like this, she didn't have much hope, but unexpectedly, Wen Ming said, "...... I've got several. β
"Huh!?" Wang Zijun immediately leaned over, "Do you have it?" How many copies? β
"Probably ......," Wen Ming frowned and thought for a moment, "About five, right?" At that time, it was really boring to stay in the Taoist temple, so I bought some books to take with me every time I went, and some of them were put in the Taoist temple next time I saw them, and then I went home and bought another one, so I didn't need to bring it with me, and it was more convenient, and then I felt that I had turned too many pages and worn, so I went to buy a few new ones, and I didn't move them, and put them there to look at the new look, and I was happy. β
"Little boy of the Wen family," Wang Zijun's eyes suddenly lit up, "You see that you have so many copies, why don't you give me one copy!" β
Wen Ming looked at her with a sincere look in his eyes, and he almost wagged his tail, as if he hesitated, but in the end he was very firm: "...... No. β
Wang Zijun was silent for a while, and silently retreated to Shen Ruyu's side, "Ayu, did you hear that?" β
Shen Ruyu couldn't help but smile and shook her head, "What? β
Wang Zijun: "The voice of my heartbreak. β
Mingxi couldn't help but tug at Shen Ruyu's sleeve and laughed sullenly.
And in this era when transportation is basically relied on, the roads in the city are not as frustrating as the later generations sometimes have to sit for hours by car, so they walked for a while and arrived at Yunshuifang.
There is no such thing as a tourist city in these years, but even if there are no large number of tourists, Shen Ruyu found that they can't rob the locals.
There was a long queue at the door of the shop pΓΉ hanging under the plaque of Yunshuifang, and when she saw so many people, Shen Ruyu suddenly lost her mind, but the opposite of her, as soon as she saw so many people, Wang Zijun and Mingxi ignited their fighting spirit.
"Looks really famous!" Mingxi said eagerly.
Wang Zijun nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to line up to the end of the line with great interest, but found that Shen Ruyu suddenly walked towards the counter, and was stunned for a moment, "...... Ruyu is ready to sell her beauty for us not to have to queue? Awesome! β
Mingxi: "......"
Wen Ming: "......"
Shen Ruyu didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in Qizhou.
As soon as she stood in front of the counter, the woman who was busy with her head bowed her head didn't raise her head, and while filling the wine jug of the person in first place, she scolded impatiently, "Line up later!" β
The people in line on the side looked at her with a dissatisfied frown, obviously treating her as someone who wanted to cut in line, Shen Ruyu was not angry, smiled at them, carefully confirmed it again, and then called softly, "...... Qingyang? β
"Huh?" The woman was stunned for a moment, then raised her head, and when she saw Shen Ruyu clearly, she immediately threw the wine scoop in her hand, rushed out of the counter, and hugged Shen Ruyu with a snort.
"Ayu!!" She hugged Shen Ruyu tightly, like a person who had fallen into the water and finally grasped the last straw, "Ayu! What are you doing here! Heaven must have heard my prayers! So I sent you to save me! Isn't it!? β
Hearing the noise in front of him and hurriedly following Wang Zijun, Wen Ming and Ming Xi were stunned when they saw this scene, and finally Wang Zijun reacted first - "Qingyang?!" β
The woman who was still in the conversation between Shen Ruyu and Wang Zijun just now suddenly raised her head from Shen Ruyu's shoulder, and with tears of joy on her face, she rushed towards Wang Zijun again, "Zijun!! God forbid!! I've been washing dishes here for months, woo woo woo, I want to sell myself if you don't come to my wife again! β