Let's take a more intuitive feel of the overall style of the "Qingfengze" inn.

The location of the main hall is a two-story stone and wood structure building, with an obvious Han and Wei Jin style, with a herringbone roof ridge and wooden shingles.

An all-wood spiral staircase connects the first and second floors perfectly.

In view of the perennial lack of rain and the hot daytime characteristics of Khotan, the walls are basically stone columns and windows are the surface, which is ventilated and transparent.

In the evening or winter, the reed-made curtains are lowered to keep warm and decorate.

Parallel to the main hall entrance is a large entrance for cows, horses and caravans, directly connected to the rear yard.

Merchants always enter the courtyard from this side first, and after arranging their goods, livestock, and accommodation, they will go to the main hall from the side door of the courtyard to eat and drink.

The large fence made of logs at the entrance was opened and closed every morning and evening, and the two Tocharian men used their strength to complete the operation.

This big fence makes the whole inn have a bit of the atmosphere of the carriage and horse shop on the business road all of a sudden, and the merchants who come and go also have a little less cramped feeling of landing on the wealthy after entering the store.

The floor of the backyard is all paved with jade waste transported from the Khotan River, and in the middle of the yard is a row of troughs hewn from black bluestone, which can be used for 100 animals to eat and drink at the same time.

On both sides of the courtyard are long Tocharian-style winghouses, one of which is used as a guest room.

Most of the space in the wing house is divided into several bunks, each of which can accommodate dozens of caravan mates sleeping at the same time.

In addition, there are more than a dozen slightly decorated single and double rooms for the use of the ladies and the leaders of the caravans.

To the southeast of the yard near the shores of Lake Seifuzawa is a windmill with a slender wooden trough connecting the mill's outlet.

A steady stream of living water from that side is brought to the stone platform in the corner of the courtyard for guests to take a bath and wash their clothes.

The longhouses on the other side are the hay room, the storeroom, and the dormitory for the inn guys.

Bypassing the longhouse wing, another yard connected to the main building of the inn is the living area of the owner of "Qingfengze" and his family.

It was here that my brothers grew up, and now my great-grandchildren are playing there.

This yard is open enough for horses to run in, and it is connected to the poplar forest in the northwest corner on one side and the dock on the shore of Qingfengzawa on the other.

Among them, there are academies, archery ranges, stables, flat boats for fishing in the lake, and so on.

The grandfather, who was born in a small family, picked up some of the hobbies of his former hometown in Jincheng County when he built the "Qingfengze" inn.

Therefore, in this private yard, you can also see many life elements in the old houses on the bank of the Yellow Water.

But grandpa is no longer the gentleman boy who can only call friends and invite companions, and is freshly dressed and angry.

In the more than two years since the world changed, the family was in the middle of the road, and the end of the world came to Khotan, my grandfather's personality has undergone a huge transformation.

has changed from a child of a family who has no worries about food and clothing and does not know what it is like to be sorrowful, to a good descendant of the Han family who understands the hardships of the world and whose mission is more important than life.

After the completion of "Qingfengze", grandpa invited Uncle Ming, prepared a rich dowry, and went to Master Murong in Chang'an Fang to talk to himself and Lu Yu.

Originally, it was a matter of course with a layer of window paper, so Uncle Ming went through the motions and followed the Han people's marriage customs of "parents' orders and matchmakers' words".

Mr. and Mrs. Murong Qiu agreed to the marriage of their eldest daughter Murong Qionglin and their grandfather, and promised to marry their daughter on an auspicious day.

As for the marriage between Grandpa Lu Yu and his second daughter Murong Yaobi, Master Murong was not so generous.

He asked Uncle Ming to come back with a message, if Lu Yu could learn all the skills of the jade industry within a year, and was willing to join the Murong family as their son-in-law, this family business could be considered.

Moreover, these two conditions are indispensable.

After listening to Uncle Ming's narration, Lu Yu exclaimed in annoyance: "It seems that Murong Qiu, this old thing, is also a snob who eats at guests, why embarrass Lao Tzu for no reason, it doesn't matter if this marriage is not married!" ”

After saying that, he stood up, grabbed the spoon from the wine vat next to him, scooped out a clattering cow and drank it, and suppressed the unhappiness in his heart.

In the past two years, Lu Yu has changed amazingly, and he has changed from a young domestic servant beside his grandfather to an eight-foot-long, optimistic and heroic man in the Western Regions.

is also a brother who is dedicated to his grandfather, a chivalrous man who can't rub a little sand in his eyes.

At this time, his annoyance was not jealousy of his grandfather's happiness, but that he felt that Master Murong had neglected himself without a bowl of water.

"I don't know what Uncle Murong Shi's personality is, I am willing to marry my most beloved little girl to you, that is already to raise you to the sky! Why don't we change, I'll be the son-in-law, how about you take charge of Qingfengze? ”

Seeing Lu Yu's unprovoked anger at the respected Uncle Ming, Grandpa teased a little unpleasantly.

"Lu Yu, I see that your bastard's head was kicked by a donkey, and our master wants to train you to be the head of Chang'an Fang! If he knew your attitude of being a bastard, he wouldn't want you to be his son-in-law! ”

Uncle Ming, who has regarded Master Murong Qiu as a brother of his father-in-law all his life, picked up the pottery bowl on the table with a pale face, took a sip of milk tea, and stared at Lu Yudao with eyes like swords.

If he was someone else and was so disrespectful to Master Murong Qiu, he would fight for his life to maintain the dignity of the Murong family.

"Lu Yu, don't you pay Uncle Ming soon!" The astute grandfather stood up and kicked Lu Yu with a look in his eyes.

"Uncle Ming's anger, the kid just said a, please don't blame him!"

Lu Yu, who had already come back to his senses, quickly bowed down and knelt down and kowtowed to Uncle Ming a few times.

"Excuse me! It's normal for you to have this thought, at least it can prove that you are not greedy for the Murong family's money! Hehe, get up, Lao Su can't afford this big gift from your kid! ”

Only then did Uncle Ming turn his anger into joy, and tremblingly helped Lu Yu up.

"Actually, it's the same whether you are rich or not, my lord Murong has no son, and in the future, when the daughters marry and they grow old, how can someone support the huge Chang'an Fang. Besides, you have become the fast son-in-law of the Murong family, and you two brothers will become a real family in this life, and you don't have to be separated again, hehe! Isn't that a great thing? ”

"What Uncle Ming said is very true!"

"What Uncle Ming said is very true! Obey Uncle Ming's arrangement! ”

The two brothers were busy bowing to Uncle Ming, and Lu Yu's recklessness almost ruined his good marriage.

Half a month later, Murong Qionglin, the eldest daughter of the Murong family in Khotan's royal city, rode a poplar chariot driven by five Wusun divine horses, and married to "Qingfengze" in red and green.

Since then, this Han woman who grew up in the hinterland of the Western Regions has become my grandmother and the proprietress of the "Qingfengze" inn.

A year later, Grandpa Lu Yu and Grandma Murong Yaobi also completed their marriage contract as they wished.

My great-grandfather Murong Qiu has since quit the jade rivers and lakes and began to live a semi-hermit life of living a long life and drifting around.

At this time, the world was generally peaceful, and he once followed my grandfather's caravan back to his hometown of Wuwei County and went to Jiankang, the most prosperous capital of the Great Jin Dynasty at that time.

Finally, I realized my long-cherished wish to return to my hometown in my lifetime.

Later, on the way to Kushan with the camel caravan to trade, he died of miasma and cold.

Although the yin and yang separation from his relatives is painful, this may be the way Murong Qiu's great-grandfather wants to die the most.

There are clouds in the Confucian classics, and the saints come out and the world is prosperous.

Although the great-grandfather of Murong Qiu, the founder of "Chang'an Fang", was not a sage, he single-handedly saved three families in the troubled times.

That is, the Murong family, the Lu Yu family, and our Yi family from Jincheng County, Han Province, who have flourished in the Khotan Kingdom in the Western Regions.

He is the common ancestor and protector of our three families, and the ancient and modern sages that we will forever remember for future generations.

Every year, on the occasion of the Qingming cold food in Middle Earth, or the arrival of the Buddha Festival in Khotan, all the relatives of the three families will gather at the "Qingfengze" inn to drink and talk about family affection.

They will also burn incense and candles at the family tomb on the side of the poplar forest facing the homeland of Middle-earth to remember these deceased ancestors.