The dragon boat race in Yunyang City is an annual event in Yanzhou, and the families of Yanzhou will gather here every year during the Duanyang Festival.

When the Ren family's carriage came out of Baihe Town, there were already many carriages traveling on the official road. However, there are still a few people like the Ren family who dispatched more than 20 carriages.

When I arrived at Yunyang City, it was already midnight, and although the sky was already bright, it was not so hot that people couldn't stand it.

As the weather gets hotter, Ren's carriage uses breathable curtains. From the moment he entered the city gate, Ren Yaoqi's eyes have been focused on the outside. Although she could only see faint pedestrians, cars and horses, and heard all kinds of noisy sounds in the market, she could also feel the prosperity of Yunyang City, which was the largest city in Yanbei.

When the Liao people invaded the south, the king of Liao had thought about moving the Kyoto of the Liao State south to Yunyang City, but unfortunately he was driven out of the sixteen states of Yanyun by Xiao Qishan, the fourth king of Yanbei, before it was achieved, and the capital of Yunyang City became the last wish of the king of Liao.

For Yunyang City, Ren Yaoqi is very unfamiliar. In my previous life, I only came with my mother a few times when I was still young, but when I grew up, I rarely had the opportunity to travel. She, like her mother Li, is a neglected existence in the Ren family. The last time she wanted to escape to her ancestral house outside Yunyang City to seek refuge, but she was intercepted halfway before she could enter the city.

The Ren family's carriage slowly crossed the widest main road in Yunyang City and entered the inner city.

"Where is the carriage going?" Ren Yaoqi asked Ren Yaohua.

Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi a little strangely, and then thought that this was the first time Ren Yaoqi had come back to watch the dragon boat race.

"The dragon boat needs to be launched first, and the official race will not start until the afternoon. We are going to the Ren family's courtyard in Yunyang City, and we will have to live in the courtyard for the next few days. ”

The Ren family has a house in Yunyang City, and Ren Yaoqi knows that she has also been there.

The carriage in front stopped, and Ren Yaohua lifted the curtain and looked: "It's my aunt who is going back to the Lin family, and it's not the same road as us." ”

Sure enough, after several carriages left the team, the Ren family's carriage moved again. After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, the last stopped in front of a red-painted barbarian door. This is the main entrance of the courtyard, and the door is not very open, but Ren Yaoqi remembers that this mansion is actually a spacious mansion with four entrances.

Before the trip, a personal residence had been arranged, so Ren Yaochi and Ren Yaohua were led by their mother-in-law to the third west chamber as soon as they got out of the carriage, and the two sisters lived together in the first room north of the west chamber. The room was very spacious, fully furnished, and some of the furniture in the room was still used to by Ren Yaoqi on weekdays, so it could be seen that it had been arranged before they came in.

Ren Yaohua is no stranger to this room, and he must have lived in this room in Yunyang City before. Mrs. Ren lives in the third north room. Therefore, the third west chamber is a place with better conditions.

Before settling down, the fifth master came over to ask Mrs. Ren, and then took the fifth wife Lin and a pair of children to the old man's house. Five-room people rarely live in other courtyards when they come to Yunyang City, and most of the time they live in the Lin family. Although Mrs. Ren was dissatisfied with her youngest son in her heart, she didn't want to make any unpleasantness at this time and lose the face of the Ren family in front of others, so she waved her hand and let them go.

In this way, there is no serious daughter-in-law who is serving Mrs. Lin, only Aunt Fang is a concubine.

Aunt Fang changed her clothes and planned to go to the old lady to serve, but she didn't want Ren Yaohua to take Ren Yaoqi to go to the old lady Ren first. Seeing that Aunt Fang was here, she didn't give her a chance to meddle and serve.

Mrs. Ren was surrounded by several granddaughters, as well as an eldest granddaughter-in-law. There is another room of maids and mothers-in-law saddle before and after the horse, so there is really no need for Aunt Fang to do anything.

After the most reluctance, the old lady Ren looked at Aunt Fang and then at Ren Yaohua, and still sent Aunt Fang back.

In fact, Mrs. Ren was very shrewd in her heart, and she didn't mind giving Aunt Fang a little more dignity behind closed doors in the Ren family's house. It doesn't even matter if she overpowers the Li family's main room. But when she went outside, the big families gathered together, and she was really embarrassed to call a concubine as a serious daughter-in-law. She can not have this face, but the Ren family can't afford to lose this person.

Therefore, it is not that Mrs. Ren does not understand the difference between her and her concubines. She's just dividing the occasion.

Mrs. Ren spoke, set up dinner in the courtyard early at noon, and then went out. The women in their house only need to move when the time comes. The itinerary is dotted with its own men and stewards.

Ren Yaochi listened to the sisters around Mrs. Ren happily talking about the interesting stories of last year's Duanyang Festival, and she still sat quietly and listened.

The atmosphere was harmonious, but a mother-in-law hurriedly ran in and reported: "Old lady, the carriage of Yanbei Wangfu is here." ”

The old lady Ren, who was leaning on the kang and closing her eyes to recuperate, immediately opened her eyes and sat up straight: "Which one is coming?" ”

The mother-in-law glanced at Ren Yaoqi, who was sitting on the side, and replied: "There was a carriage and a maid, saying that the county lord sent them to pick up the fifth young lady." ”

The room was quiet in an instant, and the eyes of a room of people were on Ren Yaoqi.

Old lady Ren also looked at Ren Yaoqi, thought about it, and said to Ren Yaoqi with a loving smile on her face: "Since it is the county lord who came to pick you up, you can go." ”

Ren Yaoqi didn't expect Xiao Jinglin to come to her so soon, and she was a little surprised. After listening to Mrs. Ren's words, she whispered "yes", and then got up and retreated.

The carriage of Yanbei Wangfu stopped at the door, black and blue, and it looked very ordinary, but Ren Yaoqi walked in and found that there was a sign of Yanbei Wangfu under the eaves of the carriage, an eagle with wings spread.

Ren Yaoqi subconsciously glanced at the position where the carriage driver was sitting, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it was not Dong Sheng who drove the carriage, but a middle-aged woman in her forties. The maid who was guarding next to the carriage greeted him and helped Ren Yaoqi into the carriage.

When Ren Yaoqi came out, he only brought apples with him, saying that the county lord didn't like too many people to follow. It's not easy for others to interfere with her. Because the county lord did not come, Ren Yaoqi let Apple also get into the carriage.

Xiao Jinglin's maid is named Hongying, and she is a little girl who doesn't like to talk, so she asks and answers. Ren Yaoqi is not a person who talks much, and after asking two sentences, he stopped asking. She believed that this maid was by Xiao Jinglin's side, and the master and servant were too similar.

The carriage traveled for nearly two quarters of an hour, and finally stopped at a pier in Yunyang City.

The Liyang River passes through Yunyang, so there are also a few wharves in Yunyang City. However, the wharf in Yunyang City does not exist as a civil or commercial use, and the estuary into the city is guarded by the army, so in most cases, there is no boat in the Liyang River in the city, but there are women squatting on the stone steps of the wharf to wash vegetables and laundry, laughing and scolding the market atmosphere.

Today's dragon boat race is not held in this part of the river in the city, but needs to go out of the city gate.

Hongying jumped out of the carriage first, and then turned around to help Ren Yaoqi.

When Ren Yaoqi got out of the carriage, he saw a small painting boat parked by the river. Ren Yaoqi had seen this kind of painting boat when he was in Kyoto, and the rich sons liked to sit in it and drink and listen to music. Yanbei is rare.

Ren Yaoqi was standing on the shore looking at the painting boat, but the sliding door of the front warehouse of the painting boat suddenly opened, and then Xiao Jinglin walked out of it.

Seeing Ren Yaoqi, Xiao Jinglin's face was still faint, but she asked, "Are you afraid of water?" ”

Ren Yaoqi shook his head and walked down the stone steps on the shore. On the stone steps near the water, there are a few rotten vegetable leaves, and even some filthy things such as fish scales, and you can smell a fishy smell when you go down, which is neither good nor bad.

Xiao Jinglin stretched out her hand and pulled Ren Yaoqi and pulled her onto the painting boat. Although the painting boat is not big, the boat body is very stable, and Ren Yaoqi didn't even shake it when he stepped on it.

There was only one maid dressed in the same costume as the red tassel in the painting boat, and there was no one else.

Ren Yaochi looked at it with some curiosity, it was quite spacious, at least enough to accommodate eight or nine people, and there were a few low tables and cushions arranged in it, as well as some daily utensils. Other than that, there's nothing special.

Although Xiao Jinglin's face was cold, she kept holding Ren Yaochi and leading her to sit down on the cushion before letting go of her hand, afraid that she would not be able to walk steadily on the boat.

"This painting boat was bought by the second brother in Kyoto, and a total of three boats were bought. I just went into the water for the first time yesterday. I heard you were coming, and I thought you probably hadn't sat on this thing, so I had someone pick you up. Xiao Jinglin looked at Ren Yaoqi and said lightly.

Ren Yaoqi looked around, and smiled at Xiao Jinglin when he heard the words: "Thank you county lord, I really haven't sat on this." ”

Xiao Jinglin glanced at Ren Yaoqi a few times, and also smiled: "Fortunately, you didn't faint when you came up, my mother vomited as soon as she came up yesterday, and she was so scared that my grandmother and they didn't want to get on the boat, so the second brother gave me this painting boat." There was a rare hint of naughtiness in the words.

There are few rivers in the north, so the Yanbei people do not know how to water as the southerners, and most people are not used to boats. Although Ren Yaoqi has never been on a painting boat, he has been on a boat.

The painting boat slowly sailed through the river in the inner city, and there were many people on the riverbank who stopped to look at it, not to mention that this painting boat is rare to see in Yanbei, but there are few who dare to sail in the inner city. Ren Yaoqi was stained with Xiao Jinglin's light today, and was pointed at all the way.

Xiao Jinglin's face did not change, and she didn't care about the movement outside the ship. Ren Yaoqi is also a person who can sit still, not to mention that it is difficult for people outside the backlight of the position where she sits to see her true face clearly, and there is not much pressure.

When the boat was approaching a large stone bridge across the river, there was a "bang" and something smashed on the boat.

Neither of them originally cared, and they didn't want to follow with two "bang" and "bang" in succession.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but look at Xiao Jinglin. Someone smashed the boat? (To be continued.) )