The chariot is chariote, the horse is Xiaoxiao, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors.

This is Zhu Ping'an's most intuitive feeling of the capital at this moment, with endless traffic and horses, and a hint of coolness in the spring breeze.

Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, as tour guides, want to take Zhu Ping'an to Chongfu Temple outside Xuanwu Gate, which is the modern Fayuan Temple, which is not too far away. Out of the Xuanwu Gate, walk along the street all the way to the south, and it doesn't take too long to get to Chongfu Temple.

Conventionally, after the imperial examination, many candidates like to go to the temple to find spiritual sustenance, make a wish to burn incense or something.

In addition, it is the apricot blossom season at this time, and the apricot blossoms of Chongfu Temple are also famous for their beauty.

The three of them walked south along the street outside Xuanwu Gate, which was very crowded with people and vendors, and it was very lively. There are all kinds of shops on the street, inns and guilds, shops and teahouses, but the most are vegetable stalls, although it is early spring, but all kinds of vegetables have begun to be sold on the street.

Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen are competent tour guides, and they introduce the customs and customs along the way to Zhu Ping'an as they walk.

"This is the vegetable market, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the largest vegetable market in our Ming Dynasty, and most of the entire capital has come here to buy vegetables." Zhang Siwei introduced the street to Zhu Ping'an as he walked.

Oh, this is the vegetable market.

Zhu Ping'an nodded when he heard this, it turned out that this was a very famous vegetable market in later generations, in the Ming Dynasty, this vegetable market street was only the largest vegetable market, and in the Qing Dynasty, it became famous, and the main reason for the fame of the vegetable market was that the Qing government moved the killing ground from the West Fourth Archway in the Ming Dynasty to the vegetable market outside the Xuanwu Gate, and on the eve of the winter solstice, the prisoners sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn were executed.

But. Now it's just the largest vegetable market.

"When you get here, there's a place you have to see." Wang Shizhen was still walking behind. When I walked to a place, I suddenly became energetic. While talking to Zhu Ping'an, he took the lead in one direction.

Just a few steps away, I arrived in front of a pharmacy called "Nishizuru Niando".

The pharmacy is magnificent, the scale is also large, but the most attractive thing to Zhu Ping'an is the plaque of the pharmacy, the three words "Crane Year Hall" are engraved on the plaque, among which the word "Crane" has many strokes, and the other two words are asymmetrical, but the three words are put together but the layout is excellent. It looks like a lot of sense.

"The words in this plaque are like a shock, the backbone is accessible, and there is such calligraphy in the market" Zhu Ping'an looked up at the three words of the Crane Year Hall, this person's calligraphy seemed to be above himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Zi Hou, good eyesight." Wang Shizhen originally wanted to point out this plaque to Zhu Ping'an, but when she saw Zhu Ping'an, she noticed this plaque at a glance, so she praised it with a smile.

"Wensheng. The child is thick, and it is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Zhang Siwei seemed to be a little disgusted by this Crane Year Hall.

"Why?" Zhu Ping'an was a little puzzled.

"That's right, Ziwei, what are you anxious about." Wang Shizhen was also confused. He had only recently discovered this plaque, and when he happened to pass by this pharmacy, he found this plaque, and was attracted by the font on the plaque. Because there was something at the time, I just watched it for a while and left. Passing by this time. I couldn't help but ask Zhu Ping'an and them to come over and admire this plaque together. I wanted to take a good look this time, but I heard Zhang Siwei say that it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Wang Shizhen is also difficult to understand.

Zhang Siwei did not answer on the spot, but waited for Wang Shizhen and Zhu Ping'an to leave the Crane Year Hall after reading the plaque, and then went a little farther away, before telling Zhu Ping'an and Wang Shizhen the reason.

Originally, this Crane Year Hall located in the northwest corner of Caishi Street is the back garden of Yan Song's first auxiliary house, and this pharmacy is the old prime minister who is both harmful and cured by the old prime minister who is invested in politics, and the name means "pine crane prolonging life". Yan Song's reputation over the years has been quite bad, although his power is monstrous, but in the eyes of some Qingliu, he is far away.

"What, that means the plaque is strictly written?" Wang Shizhen's face was a little bad, as if she had swallowed a fly.

Zhang Siwei nodded, and after getting the confirmation, Wang Shizhen's face became even more embarrassed, as if she had seen a pig gnawing ginseng.

"Alas, it's a pity." Wang Shizhen shook her head and sighed.

In the evaluation of calligraphy in the past dynasties, calligraphy and character are a flesh-and-blood whole, character has always been higher than calligraphy, calligraphy is the embodiment of people's knowledge, talent, and quality. For collectors of calligraphy works with low character, it is equivalent to collecting evil spirits, which not only tarnishes the family style, but also damages their own character.

That's why Wang Shizhen sighed.

"So that's the case, no wonder, it's a pity"

After listening to Zhang Siwei's explanation, Zhu Ping'an nodded, it turned out to be written by Yan Song, no wonder, Yan Song is one of the three traitorous calligraphers in history, and there is an allusion to Yan Song's calligraphy in later generations: it is said that it is the three big characters of "to the public hall" on the plaque of the main hall of the Beijing Gongyuan, which is written by Yan Song, and when Emperor Qianlong learned of this fact during the Qing Dynasty, he wanted to replace it, so he ordered the Manchu Dynasty to write these three big characters, and he himself as a son of heaven who likes to dance and ink, and also wrote it several times. However, he found that his imperial pen and other people's books were not as good as Yan Song, so he had to give up and still let the traitor's words hang high.

It can be seen that Yan Song's font is indeed called everyone, but it is a pity that Yan Song's character is too poor, and because of the waste of words, the font is also despised by many people.

It can be seen from the reactions of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen that these two brothers do not have much affection for Yan Song. The two could also see from Zhu Ping'an's reaction that Zhu Ping'an did not have much affection for Yan Song.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, shook their heads, came to Caishi Street, and continued to walk south.

After walking for a distance, at the entrance of a small alley connecting the vegetable market, a number of people, most of them men, gathered. Groups of three or five gathered there, surrounding an open space, pointing at the open space, and there were many discussions.

What happened?

The three of them stepped forward curiously to see what was happening.

The onlookers saw that the three of them were dressed well, and at first glance they were either rich or expensive or rich and expensive, so they dodged a small path and allowed the three of them to walk through the crowd and walk to the front.

When I walked to the front, I realized the truth of the crowd:

In the venue, a young girl dressed in a plain shirt knelt in front of everyone, with a straw stuck in her hair, her black hair covering half of her face, and the exposed half of her face was lightly powdered, and there were faint tears on it.

In this era, the straw on the head is not to sell cuteness, and the meaning of "grass" means cheap, that is, this thing is not "valuable" to me, and it will be sold if it is inserted into the grass label. In different historical periods of ancient Chinese society, grass mustard (grass labels) were used in everything from daily necessities to poor families selling their children due to hunger and cold.

The young girl in front of her is sticking straw, which means that she has to sell herself.

This kind of plot is often seen in novels, but I didn't expect it to let me see the real plot, I hope there is no bloody plot, Zhu Ping'an shook his head slightly. (To be continued......)