"Ah Shu, you are a person who learns easily, you won't have heard of 'Wenchen North, Xia Jiangnan'."

Yu Shu shook her head honestly, she knew that Xia Mingming's real surname was not Xia, but a compound surname "Xia Jiang", and she had been busy making a living since entering Beijing, so she didn't have time to inquire about the origin of this Xia Jiang family.

Xia Mingming sighed and said: "Sometimes I think you are really strange, you obviously know a lot of things, but you don't know what ordinary customers are familiar with." ”

Yu Shu sneered: "It's me who is lonely and unheard, you say it, I'll listen to it." ”

Xia Mingming held the teacup tightly in his hand and whispered a history of change in the Da'an Dynasty:

"About a hundred years ago, the same dynasty produced two Yi Zi, one surnamed Xia, one surnamed Wen, this is the first time since the Great Yan trial for a hundred years, when the Son of Heaven was happy, Qin gave the title, one is Wenchen, is the Ming of the stars in the north, one is Xia Jiang, is the Yu Central Plains Yangtze River is wide, Wenchen and Xia Jiang two Yi Zi are loved by the Son of Heaven, because Wenchen Yi Zi is older, it is when the Si Tianjian is free to mention the position, so he entrusts it, and can not favor one over the other, and gave marriage to Xia Jiang Yi Zi, and made him a horse, very a hundred years ago a beautiful talk."

This is the second time Yu Shu has heard the name of Yi Zi in the history of the Da'an Dynasty, the first time is at Cao Zixin's place, she still remembers that at that time she was talking about Qingyang and Yunhua, two Yi Zi, according to time, this Xia Jiang and Wen Chen were even before the two of them.

But how can the emperor of the Da'an Dynasty like to give the princess to Yizi, is it because the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders?

Twenty years ago, Yunhua Yizi also married the eldest princess, but unfortunately the genius died early, and the princess was martyred. The two used a tragedy to compose a good story for future generations.

"Who thinks that the good times will not last long, Xia Jiang and Wenchen, the two Yi sons, for some reason, have a grudge, to the point where water and fire are incompatible, even the Son of Heaven cannot be reluctantly matched, and the two are unwilling to work together in the same dynasty. Both resigned, and the Son of Heaven had no choice but to give them two cities in the north and south to move to settle down, Wenchen in the north and Xiajiang in the south. Since then, the two have taken the Yi name as their surname, and crowned them with their descendants to show their respect for the Son of Heaven. ”

Yu Shu held his chin with both hands, listened with relish, and interrupted here: "So your surname is Xia Jiang, and you are the descendant of Xia Jiang Yizi." ”

"That's my ancestor."

Yu Shu nodded: "You continue." ”

was interrupted by Yu Shu like this, Xia Mingming forgot where to go. After thinking about it, he continued:

"The world admires the name of Yizi, and has come to seek advice, looking for Xiajiang in the south, visiting Wenchen in the north, Xiajiang Wenchen is a friendly person, and those who come do not refuse, and there is an endless stream in front of the door every day. It's becoming a trend. At that time, what the Son of Heaven did was to isolate the two of them from their grudges, how do you know that ten years later, the Yike people under this world have become the north and south, and every year Dayan meets in Beijing, and the square sheath is round. Wenchen is the first in the north and Xiajiang is the first in the south, and they are incompatible with each other. Some people even said that Wenchen Xiajiang was plotting against each other and instigating the fatwa to change customers between the north and the south. ”

When Yu Shu heard this, he secretly said to himself, it seems that there are two Yi Zi in the same dynasty, which is not a good thing, the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, this is the truth.

"Fortunately, the Son of Heaven knew the matter well and did not listen to the villain's slander, but ordered the Heavenly Supervisor to build the Taishi Library, so that after the Great Yan Test, the North and South Yike could choose teachable people to study in it, and they would have a classmate to resolve the conflict."

Yu Shu's expression was straight, and he secretly said that the emperor was clever, so that no matter if you are south or north, all the materials that can be made can be made will be unified and educated when you arrive in the capital and enter the Taishi Academy, which not only solves the dilemma of the north and the south of the country, but also strengthens the status of Si Tianjian.

Xia Mingming licked his lips, lowered his head and took a sip of the cooled tea, and said slightly:

"A few decades ago, Xia Jiang and Wenchen passed away, and the two families were not as prosperous as they used to be. So, in order to cheer up the court, from my grandfather's generation, he began to send the children of the clan to the mountains to seek the Tao, but our Xiajiang family incense is not vigorous, to my generation, six sisters of the same generation, only one cousin inherited the incense. ”

Yu Shu touched his chin, remembering that he had just eavesdropped, what that Miss Xia Jiangsi said to go to Longhu Mountain to seek enlightenment.

"Go to the mountains to seek the Tao, not to mention the hardships, maybe even the Taoist mountain gate can not enter, my great-grandfather set the rule, all the children of my Xiajiang family, sent to the mountains to seek the Tao, if nothing is found, they are not allowed to return home, so there are people who die of old age, and even more unbearable to leave home. At that time, I was young and ignorant, and the fourth sister who was almost killed replaced the second sister, and our sisterhood has always been discordant, and she should resent me. ”

Yu Shu could hear Xia Mingming's voice regretting and sad, and he was somewhat sympathetic, born in such a family, it was wrong to do nothing.

was about to comfort her, Yu Shu suddenly felt that something was wrong, and remembered that when he was sleeping in the mountains and forests, Xia Mingming claimed that he was "the waste of the Xia Jiang family", but these days get along, Xia Mingming is clearly a good seedling with good qualifications, and it may not be without achievements to study hard, even if the dream person is useless in life and death, it is not a waste, is it that her peers in the family are all as wonderful as her fourth sister?

"Mingming, let me ask you, do you still have sisters in your family who are studying in Taishi Academy?"

Xia Mingming didn't know about Yu Shu's temptation, shook his head and said, "Only my fourth sister was admitted." ”

It's weird, Yu Shu touched his chin, glanced at Xia Mingming suspiciously, and there was a vague guess in his heart, he couldn't hide it, so he asked:

"Obviously, in your family, apart from you, can anyone else dream of the aftermath?"

Hearing this, Xia Mingming was stunned, his eyes dodged, and his voice was unnatural: "You, what are you asking for?" ”

Looking at her expression, Yu Shu already knew the answer, but because this was the secret of the Xia Jiang family, he didn't ask any further, even if he was very curious:

It turns out that this Xia Jiang family is not the only one who has Xia Mingming's dreams solved, but she is the most chicken.

"Alright, it's not too early, let's go back." Yu Shu pinched a piece of snack on the plate on the table and put it in his mouth, stood up and said.

Xia Mingming said: "Go home? But my fourth sister, she—I haven't talked to her yet. ”

"And you're going to spend the night here?" Yu Shu said, "If you want me to say that you shouldn't be able to see her today." ”

Based on Xia Mingming's angry appearance when the four sisters left before, the two of them quarreled when they met.

Xia Mingming said anxiously: "How can that work, I didn't dream of what happened to her on a specific day." What if it's tonight? ”

Yu Shu patted her on the shoulder and said fearlessly: "Didn't you say that the incident happened on a rainy day, don't worry, isn't it me, tell you that it won't rain in the last three days, and you will come back tomorrow to persuade her." ”

"That's right, Ah Shu, you are the most accurate in terms of rain and rain," Xia Mingming's face showed a little joy. Then he said uneasily: "Are you sure you remember correctly, it won't rain today?" ”

"I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure, okay, let's go, I'll be able to catch up with the cooking if I go back early."

Yu Shu couldn't help but say that he pulled Xia Mingming out of the country. When I got to the staircase, I was stopped by Xiao Er's smiling face:

"The two guest officers have eaten good tea, do you see if you can settle the account."

Yu Shu said: "Checkout? I gave the money, so I ordered a pot of cloud flakes and gave you the money at that time. ”

Xiao Er stretched out his finger and pointed to the private room behind them, "The small one is the table." ”

Yu Shu frowned, pulled Xia Mingming's ear and said, "Your fourth sister didn't give any money?" ”

"I don't think so."

Yu Shu secretly called unlucky, turned his head and asked Xiao Er: "How much?" ”

"Thank you for your patronage, a pot of red robes. The four kinds of dim sum are all five taels and seven corners. ”

Yu Shu's face stiffened, and in her heart she scolded Xia Mingming and her fourth sister together, so she reluctantly picked up the money bag and pulled out all the broken silver and corners in it, barely enough.

Xia Mingming knew that she was distressed about money, so she didn't dare to squeak on the side, and saw that she had settled the bill. asked Xiao Er for oil paper again, and then he was puzzled and asked:

"What do you want paper for?"

Yu Shu glared at her: "What else can I do, a few taels of silver snacks, don't you have to pack them if you haven't finished eating?" ”

“”

"What kind of expression do you have, this one will be recorded in your account, and we will settle it together."

“”

***

Yu Shu and Xia Mingming returned to their home on Huixing Street, and it was already afternoon. Before she reached the door, she heard laughter in their yard, Yu Shu took two quick steps in wonder, and Xia Mingming followed closely behind her.

The courtyard door was ajar, Jing Chen and Yu Xiaoxiu were sitting in the courtyard, and two people had their backs to the door. Looking at the back was a young girl and an older woman, and what Yu Shu heard from afar was the laughter of the two of them.

Seeing that outsiders came to the house, Yu Shu frowned secretly, in order to reduce Jingchen's contact with outsiders, she didn't talk much to the surrounding neighbors, where did this come from.

"Brother, you're back!"

Yu Xiaoxiu saw Yu Shu first, he shouted, Jing Chen turned his face one by one, and then the two guests got up from the maza and turned their heads to look.

Yu Shu was stunned when she saw the face, she recognized the woman, it was the eldest lady of the opposite family in the alley, surnamed Xu, but what was the little girl, if she remembered correctly, this woman had come to her stall to ask for divination, and it seemed that her surname was Zhou.

The reason why I remember it clearly is because she took Jingchen to set up a stall that day, and it was because of this Zhou girl that she went home early.

The little girl smiled when she saw Yu Shu, and shouted without recognition: "Yu Gongzi." ”

Yu Shu put away his stunned and nodded in response: "Miss Zhou." ”

"Do you remember me?" The girl Zhou pouted and said angrily: "I forgot about me a long time ago, I waited for you on the street that morning, but I didn't see you, and I said that I would test the eight characters, are you not trustworthy?" ”

Yu Shu didn't answer yet, Xia Mingming listened to the girl's voice and questioned Yu Shu in the back, she was not happy, she had something in her heart, she was suffering from no results, and she was not happy to see anyone, so she pulled Yu Shu, and asked in a low voice:

"Who is this?"

"The one who once counted hexagrams in my stall," Yu Shu turned his head to look at Miss Zhou and Aunt Xu, and hesitated: "Who are you?" ”

Aunt Xu took over with a smile: "Fangfang is my niece, I came to see me today, I happened to make lunch and lacked a little vinegar, so I asked her to come to your house to borrow it, who thought you knew each other." ”

Zhou Fangfang turned her head to look at Jing Chen beside her, and said sweetly: "It just so happened that it was Brother Jing who opened the door, if it weren't for me, I wouldn't have recognized it." ”

Yu Shu laughed dryly, looked at the two uninvited women, and thought about how to get rid of them quickly.