Chapter 128: All the way south
Fu Bi has been picking up Xiao Ying and other envoys in Taiyuan Mansion for several days, these days are always stop-and-go, feeling that they are interested in everything, a little girl kicks them with a feather shuttlecock and they have to watch for a while, passing by the county to see snacks, acrobatic legs can not move, Fu Bi thought, although the Great Song Dynasty is very weak in force, but in other aspects, Liao, a country established by the horseback nation, can not catch up, this is also a kind of pride.
One day he found that Xiao Ying was a thin and weak soldier next to him was very special, he stood with Xiao Ying and other soldiers never approached them, until later when he was next to the soldier, he smelled a special fragrance, and he knew that it was a girl, this girl's status should be very high, after knowing the identity, Fu Bi carefully observed, many times the girl stopped what she wanted to buy or what she wanted to see, Xiao Ying would also take the initiative to stop.
On this day, they arrived in Jinju, Fu Bi after consulting Xiao Ying's opinion, ready to let everyone rest in Jinju for a day, to the post station, the soldiers rushed into the house to sleep in the cheers, set off at the end of the first month, now at the beginning of the month, in the cold and frozen ice and snow for more than ten days on horseback are tired.
The least tired of these people is Xiao Guanyin, sitting in a carriage, Xiao Ying didn't let him go out when he was in Taiyuan, and the rest of the places he passed by were some small places, Jinzhou was the largest city outside Taiyuan, so she wanted to go out for a turn, she was a Liao person, she didn't understand the rules of the Song people, and she urgently needed a Song guide.
"Uncle Xiao, just let them go out with me! Safety, you can let Brother Baturu follow me, without the Song people, how do I know where it's fun and where it's not fun, I won't reveal my identity, you know what I say in Chinese. ”
Xiao Ying understood Xiao Hui's constipated expression when he handed over his daughter to him, and he said, "I'll go and discuss it with the Song envoy." ”
Fu Bi looked at Xiao Ying who came over and said, "I don't know what the envoy has come over?" ”
Xiao Ying said in embarrassment: "Song Envoy can see my niece!" She is the daughter of the little general of our Great Liao Zhi Privy Council, and she admires the culture of the Great Song Dynasty to follow me, she wants to go to Jinju City to wander, can the Song envoy help me find a guide? ”
Fu Bi smiled and said, "No problem, Xiyuan, you take Miss Xiao to the city to take her around and protect her safety." ”
Zhang Tangqing looked unwilling, he was the champion of the Jiashu family in the first year of Jing You, and his mentor was Han Qi, no one waded into troubled waters in this negotiation, and in desperation, the emperor ordered his own general, not to mention the wind and rain, and he had to accompany a foreign girl to go shopping.
"Yes, rich man, I don't know how long Miss Xiao wants to go shopping, but the city gate will be closed when she is late."
Fu Bi said, "Just come back before the gates are closed, go!" That's so much resentment. ”
Zhang Tangqing's eyes lit up when he saw Xiao Guanyin, what a beautiful woman, with bright and bright teeth, dressed as a minority person, looking very novel, and said: "My name is Zhang Tangqing, word, Xiyuan, your guide today." ”
Xiao Guanyin said with a smile: "I know you, you are the champion, I have read the article you wrote, it is very powerful, my name is Xiao Guanyin, I have no words, but I have a number." ”
Zhang Tangqing almost laughed, the number is very different from the word, the word is the name of the grown-up, generally taken by the elders and teachers, the number is different, most of the numbers are taken by themselves, because you live in seclusion in a certain place or have a high achievement in a certain aspect, what number do you go to for a little girl, I couldn't help but smile and asked: "I don't know what the number Miss Xiao takes." ”
Xiao Guanyin said happily: "I'm a monk of Xiaoshan, how is it, don't you feel magnificent." ”
Zhang Tangqing said: "Well, fresh and refined, it is really good." ”
"I know you're laughing at me, I think we Liao people talk about learning in front of you Song people is playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong, I have admired Confucian culture since I was a child, and I began to study the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of eight, etc., five years may not be as much as you, but I don't think I'm weaker than yours, what reason do you have to laugh at me." Xiao Guanyin was very dissatisfied with Zhang Tangqing's perfunctory attitude.
Zhang Tangqing clasped his hands into fists and said, "It's disrespectful, I didn't expect to be a talented girl!" I don't judge the level of the girl, I have the opportunity to let you see the knowledge of our girls of the same age as you in the Song Dynasty, and their poetry, calligraphy and painting are not weak. ”
Xiao Guanyin said: "Why don't you compare me with your male students of the Song people, do you look down on me?" ”
Zhang Tangqing said: "This time you have a lot of opportunities to meet our talented people in the Great Song Dynasty, don't be in such a hurry, I am a person who has done a better job, and the rest are at the bottom compared to friends in the same department, when the time comes, you can compete with them, Miss Xiao doesn't have to worry about this problem now, I will take you to see Jinzhou City first, I don't know why you want to come to this kind of small city to shop." ”
After Xiao Guanyin entered the city, he became a curious baby, looked at the lively Jinzhou City and said, "There are so many people! It's really lively, you just now mean that this is still a small city, is there a bigger city than this? ”
Zhang Tangqing said: "As for whether it is or not, it's up to you to feel it yourself!" I told you that you don't believe it. ”
"Hey, don't go so fast! This is this, let him blow one for me too. ”
Zhang Tangqing said: "This is a candy blower, do you think there is a person as big as you to blow?" I'll take you to get something to eat first. ”
Xiao Guanyin just stood there and didn't leave, the guards also stopped three steps away, Zhang Tangqing turned around and helped Xiao Guanyin blow a rabbit under the surprised eyes of everyone, Xiao Guanyin was reluctant to eat it if he had a treasure in his hand.
All the way down, what rock sugar gourds, fried dumplings, round cooking cakes, I can't take them all in the hands of the guards, Baturu looked at the delicious food in his hand, wanted to eat but couldn't eat, and his saliva was several feet long.
After walking down a few streets, Zhang Tangqing's legs were numb, Xiao Guanyin was still happily jumping and continuing to shop, women are born to go shopping and give birth to children, you may not be able to let them work, when it comes to shopping, they may not be tired after walking for a few days and nights.
"Ancestor, this kind of porcelain is not for you, is it good, there are a lot of porcelain like this in Luoyang, you can have as much as you want when the time comes."
Xiao Guanyin said: "Why can't I use it, you see how beautiful the pattern on it is, I have never seen such a beautiful one in most of the capital." ”
Zhang Tangqing said: "This thing is a dead vessel, it is for the burial of the dead, you see what kind of flower is the flower on it, it is called the other side flower, also called Manshu Shahua, it is a kind of flower that grows on the Huangquan Road, what do you buy it for, isn't it a curse to your family?" I bought people's jokes, and I like porcelain to buy it in Luoyang. ”
A jewelry store and a ready-to-wear store were connected together, Xiao Guanyin went in Zhang Tangqing and the guards had a chance to rest, and when they were all asleep, no one came out, Zhang Tangqing went in and saw that there were already a lot of things next to Xiao Guanyin, he said: "These clothes are bought and can't be worn now, you buy a few pieces of jewelry and let's go to dinner!" I beg you. ”
Xiao Guanyin said: "You guys are really disappointed, and I don't want you to pay, the boss helps me wrap these things." ”
The old face of the shopkeeper smiled like a flower, and said, "Girl, a total of five hundred and four guan, I will accept you five hundred!" ”
Zhang Tangqing shook his head, these things are not worth so much money in the capital, this kind of person in charge of the shopkeeper has seen more of this kind of injustice than the Liao people, don't slaughter her, who do you want you to buy, I am too lazy to pierce it, I should contribute to the economy of the Great Song Dynasty, the guards gave the money, and the shopkeeper gave Zhang Tangqing a grateful look.
In order to eat, the disagreement came out again, Xiao Guanyin wanted to go to the roadside stall to eat, saying that the taste was good, Zhang Tangqing felt a little out of identity, and wanted to go to the restaurant to eat, stalemate, Zhang Tangqing said: "Let's go to the restaurant to eat, there are often storytellers in the restaurant who tell that kind of very interesting story, you promise to like it." ”
"Then I'll reluctantly agree, let's go." After walking a short distance, he saw a sign of 'Jinzhou No. 1 Restaurant', Zhang Tangqing thought that this breath was quite big, Xiao Guanyin felt interesting, the first one represented that it was very good, pointed to the plaque and said, "That's it." "A few mermaids rushed in, there were two floors inside, and the point was very lively.
Zhang Tangqing didn't have time to stop it, Xiao Guanyin came over, and after following over, he saw more than a dozen young scholars divided into two factions, fighting with red faces and red ears, and one of them said: "I will take out this bottle of special Xifeng wine today as a lottery head, you southern scholars are facing this couplet today, and this bottle of wine is yours." ”
The other party took the lead in standing up and said: "A few of us can't represent the scholars in the south, today you northern scholars put forward a challenge, we can agree, you can do whatever you want if you lose a few of us present, but you can't lead the face with a point." ”
The north took the lead and said: "Yes, this bottle of wine is a bottle of 1,000 guan in Kaifeng City, and there is no price for 3,000 guan outside, you lose and see us retreat, we lose, this bottle of wine is yours, how about it." ”
A gentleman in the south said, "How do I know if you are lying to us with this wine?" ”
The leader of the south motioned for him not to speak, and said to the scholars of the north: "You are the host, you have the problem." ”
The leader of the northern scholars said, "There is no other topic for this couplet. ”
The owner of the restaurant smiled and asked Xiao Er to open the couplet, which read: 'Wangjianglou, Wangjiangliu, Wangjianglou Wangjiangliu, Jianglou is eternal, Jiangliu is eternal.
The southern scholars scratched their ears and cheeks one by one, and they still couldn't think of an answer after two pillars of incense, and the southern leader said neatly: "We can't come up, we admit defeat, and we will retreat when we see a few in the future." ”
Amid the cheers of the north, the southern scholars departed, and the leader of the north said, "One of the people here today is counted as one, and whoever comes up to him will belong to this bottle of wine." ”
Seeing that there was silence all around, Xiao Guanyin said, "We can come up." ”
If Zhang Tangqing knew about this situation, he would not accompany her out.