[I wish all book friends a happy Dragon Boat Festival, ask for tickets, and strive for double changes today]

On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, if the journey goes smoothly, Ye Da Cabinet and Wang Ge should have passed Wuzhou earlier, and I believe that there will be a letter back soon. This day is Xinwei Day, the previous day's market has dispersed, leaving the mess outside the city has not been cleaned up, but today it is full of people who have gone out of the city for outings.

The annual Double Ninth Festival is the second best day of the year after the New Year Festival and Duanyang, the emperor will sacrifice to the sky during the winter festival, but the folk may not be lively, but Duanyang and Chongyang are the same as the most popular festivals of the people.

The Han people of Guizhou inherited the customs brought by their ancestors from the north, on this day in the suburbs of the city, there are never a few people who climb high, enjoy chrysanthemums, play swings and fly kites, and even the ladies who do not show up on weekdays will travel with their families with sedan chairs, not to mention that there are not many in this Guiyang city that can be called boudoirs. The officials who got Mu Ri took their families to and fro in various private homes on both sides of the Nanming River, as if they had forgotten all the chaos outside the city a few days ago. The days after the autumn harvest are the most comfortable for the common people in a year, and the current situation of eating and drinking is even more foiling the mood, coupled with the cool weather, the faces of the officials and people who travel are overflowing with joy.

Wang Xingping's sister is far away in Chongqing, and now she is pregnant again, so naturally she can't follow the custom to return to the door at this time. Xiao Shi and the chef's newly made flower cake couldn't welcome their daughter back to eat, and after it was done, it was only distributed to Lan Niang, Qu'er and a few handmaidens to eat, which was a heart. Wei Qianlan is now also calculated to be a slim and peugeot, Xiao feels that this woman will most likely be able to become a son's room in the future, although the way is a little embarrassing, but it seems to be innocent, and with the Wang family, since Lan Niang's identity will not be a wife, there is no need to worry too much, all in all, Xiao is still a good housewife. And Lan Niang's daily housework at home gradually made the house inseparable, and the little adoptive lady Qu'er was a year older after more than half a year, and she didn't see Wang Xingping all day long, so she loved to pester Wei Qilan and Xiao's family, and no one was surprised.

Several wineries in the city are brewing on this day, and the spring wine that was sealed before the year was opened by the merchants at this time to make chrysanthemum wine and sell it separately, and all the restaurants inside and outside the city were filled with the aroma of wine, which made people not indulge. At this time, the wine is like this, it still smells mellow, but there are a lot of impurities, and it is extremely difficult to eat without sifting it, Wang Xingping is a little intoxicated by the current atmosphere, but he is only intoxicated and does not eat.

It's all like this, how good it is to be quiet. ’

He thought in his heart, the current scene is really like a peaceful season, but unfortunately it is always only temporary, and it is Wang Xingping's luck to be able to look at the development of things from the perspective of the overall situation of history, so it is not surprising that the chaos in the world is gradually appearing in the southwest corner. At present, the natives are indeed temporarily obedient, but Guiyang's armament situation has always been like walking on a tightrope, and now it is barely maintaining balance because there is no external force to catalyze, if there is an external signal, the southwest Tusi will not lead to some trouble like the instigation of butterfly wings, it is really impossible to say, and the butterfly that Wang Xingping is worried about is Liaodong, which is thousands of miles away......

The customs of the festival are often complicated, Wang Xingping can't stand these, it just so happens that today's school is also on vacation, early in the morning and three or five students are invited to go on an outing outside the city, the customs of the Double Ninth Festival are only this one can enter his interest, Wang Xingping's favorite festival in the previous life is food, but since he came to this life, this blessing is really not easy to accept, not only many flavors can not be made because of the lack of materials, but more worries about food hygiene, but let him maintain his health early.

Today's meeting is the beginning of Ma Shiying, with him, the senior brother of Jinshi, it is naturally easy to become a meeting, and it is said that it is to go to a unique place, and naturally everyone is full of interest.

Out of the Chaojing Gate early, a group of people rode the rented donkeys and horses to the south, where the scenery on several small hills is good, along the banks of the Nanming River winding very some officials in the city to build another village there.

After crossing the river to the south, about a mile to see a small hill called Laizi Slope, there is a big garden on that slope I don't know which one is the other village, the garden is surrounded by ancient trees again, the scenery is stacked. At the door, a small spring leads a river of living water from the water gate under the courtyard wall, and you can faintly see the pavilions and pavilions in the garden, which seems to be a quiet and leisurely place, which makes people feel happy.

If you want to come here on weekdays, it must be used as the place where the owner of the garden spends summer and escapes the heat, and the old courtyard has already seen someone coming at the door, and the garden gate has been opened to pick up guests. Wang Xing said calmly, there are many Zhuangzi of officials and Tusi around Guiyang, and even more so on both sides of the Nanming River, but there are not many people who learn that the gardens in Jiangnan have to open their doors to welcome foreign guests on weekdays, Ma Shiying will look for it, and see what kind of person the owner is.

But this time it was Wang Xingping who thought badly, and before he reached the door, he heard a hearty laughter from inside, and a young man came out of the courtyard wearing a home soap-colored civilian clothes, and a Dongpo scarf on his head was crooked.

Ma Shiying smiled and crossed his hand, "Longyou got up early today." ”

The man also laughed, "Where did you come early, the sun is drying your butt." ”

The person who came looked like the owner of the garden, but he looked like he was only in his early twenties, and his personality was very straightforward.

Ma Shiying was also polite, "I'm going to bother you today." ”

"Whatever you say, I often want you to come to me and take a shadow, and often walk and jump so as not to be depressed." This person spoke like the scholars he usually saw, but Wang Xingping could still judge that he was also a scholar, but his style was too out-of-the-box, he thought so, but the man asked Ma Shiying directly, "Which one is Wang Xingping?" ”

Wang Xingping didn't know what to do, but when he saw that he was also a scholar and older than himself, he could only be polite. "Aftermath is."

Unexpectedly, the man looked unhappy, and said angrily: "It's so sour at a young age, you just say it's not convenient, my name is Yang Wencong, you can call me Yang Da." ”

'So it was him?' ’

Wang Xingping's heart jumped when he heard the name, he had already heard of Yang Wencong's name, his father Yang Shikong was a Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli, and he was also a local nobleman. This Yang Jinshi heard that he is quite upright, but there is a more powerful case, ten years ago when he was the magistrate of Shanyang County, because of the clear governance, the official reputation of the long-cherished imperial court examination "the world's outstanding first" comments, because of Yang Wencong's grandfather Yang Wenqu and grandmother Hu have been able to receive the imperial court canonization, Yang Shikong since then to the Hanlin Academy review position in the country as a scholar, Qingwang Rilong, the country of the king of Fu is also he served as a banquet speaker, it can be seen that the emperor values it.

"Don't dare, the little brother is also very recognizable." Here, Wang Xingping saw that Yang Wencong was so bold and temperamental, and he also joked, and immediately found the topic again, he looked around and asked, "Isn't this the famous first garden villa in Guiyang 'Stone Forest Essence'?" ”

Entering this garden, Wang Xingping felt that the bearing was different, and listened to a few senior brothers who came together whispered comments on the side, suddenly it was a small Qiu Pond, and suddenly it was Songfeng Pavilion, what jade pavilion, thatched cottage, Mingxia Cave, it seems that everywhere the scenery has a beginning, the Mingyang ditch outside the courtyard is really also connected with the fish pond in the courtyard, bypassing the east courtyard, you can see several stone forests like bamboo shoots are surrounded in the house, leaning on the mountains and forests in the garden to look east, the Nanming River overlaps in front of you, the river is circuitous, Shen Bi Ning Cui, the river bay is called the Yuji Bay of the small West Lake, On the other side of the river bay, looking east is Shuiwo Village and Gu Fengming's original Zhuangzi, watching the wind and water is a rich man's capital, and this section of the relationship is naturally regarded as an intersection between this place and Wang Xingping.

Ma Shiying was out of sight in front of Yang Wencong, came in and looked all the way, and suddenly asked in surprise, "Why are you alone in this huge villa today?" ”

Yang Wencong was still asking Wang Xingping first, but when he heard Ma Shiying's words, he didn't shy away from it, and sighed, "Today is not a holiday, my mother took my sister back to her parents' house, and I still have to work at home alone." ”

His father is still in Beijing, and Yang's mother Yue is the continuation of Yang Shikong, and his mother's family is also a local family. His father Yue Wenhui was born, the official to Yunnan Wuding Mansion Tongzhi, now has returned to his hometown, his younger brother Yue Qijie is Wanli 34 years to raise people, now in Sichuan as an official. Yang Wencong's biological mother Ding died early, but she never had a bad feeling for this stepmother.

A Yang Shikong continued to serve in Beijing all the year round, he was upright, not a villain, very offended a lot of powerful relatives, he invited himself to teach all the year round, and also had the intention of avoiding it, so he sent his stepwife back to his hometown in Guiyang early, and also left a back road, counting many days Yue and Yang Wencong lived together but more.

Second, when Yang Wencong was fifteen years old, he had a relationship with the daughter of Yue Qijie, the eldest brother of the Yue family, and later failed to kiss because of the death of Yue Girl, which was also later mentioned by Wang Xingping, because of this, the two had different feelings.

This is off-topic, only saying that Ma Shiying saw that Yang Wencong was lying again, and he didn't laugh angrily: "What? Still afraid that you won't be able to lift? ”

Wang Xingping knew that Yang Wencong was no longer studying in Fuxue, he already had a reputation for showing talent, and he was born in the township examination next year, which is indeed enviable at such an age, but it doesn't matter much if Ma Shiyinggongshi's foundation ridicules this junior.

But seeing Yang Wencong laughed to himself first, "Where am I working hard for myself, I'm not afraid of delaying the jade girl." ”

Ma Shiying didn't expect the other party to play tricks like this, his face turned green, and the people who knew the reason next to him secretly laughed at themselves, Wang Xingping whispered to the classmates who walked behind, and he knew the reason, it turned out that Ma Wenqing's second daughter Yumei had promised Yang Wencong as his wife, but this time Yang Wencong blindly took a share, insisting that only after passing the exam would he get married, and the Ma family was also a scholarly family, so it was not easy to say anything about such a reason, but if Yang Wencong really wanted to fulfill his promise but didn't win, this delay would be another three years, he joked about it, Ma Shiying didn't have a good answer.

The group talked and laughed and came to the back garden, the servants in the garden had already prepared tea, wine and snacks, sat down and gossiped, and then talked about next year's township test.

"The second brother and the fourth brother are going to take the exam next year, right?"

These two are Ma Shiying's two cousins, Ma Shisheng, the eldest son of Ma Wenqing, the second uncle, and Ma Shiao, the eldest son of Ma Hanqing, both of whom are all living beings, and if they are lucky this year, they will also have a chance to win.

"Naturally, but not as 'hard-working' as you." Ma Shiying nodded in confirmation and replied with a smile. He also has three half-brothers in this room, Shijia, Shijie, and Shiwang, but he is already a tribute, and the Ma family is a military household, and each military household in the Ming system has only one person for the examination, and the three brothers have no chance to take the imperial examination again. Although it is not impossible for the Ma family in Guiyang to be accommodating, Ma Shiying's father is a lifter, and his uncle Wen Qing was already a Jinshi at that time, there is also a reason for this, but it is really unnecessary. Ma Shiying's three brothers don't like to read either, but now they all have an errand in Weizhong, it is naturally impossible for Yang Wencong to hide at home alone and study, of course, he is such a friend, Ma Shiying didn't care about it when he spoke.

Yang Wencong smiled when he heard this: "I don't know if the fourth brother can have such a temperament as the younger brother, if he really fails to win, he will hurt people again." ”

Several big families in Guiyang City have marriages, Ma Shiying's fourth brother Ma Shiao is married to Yang Wencong's sister, Yang Wencong doesn't know if he is joking or really worried about his sister.

But now he was obviously a little tired of this topic of children, and suddenly returned his words to Wang Xingping, "It's still good to be natural, and we have to wait for another subject." ”

Wang Xingping's family knows a lot about things in Guiyang City, he has to keep the system for three years because of his father's funeral, and he is only eligible to participate in the scientific examination after three years, Yang Wencong is actually quite taboo to talk about this, even Ma Shiying was a little embarrassed when he heard it, but Wang Xingping had already adapted to this style when he came in, and he didn't seem to mind, so no one talked anymore.

However, this one is still a chivalrous character after all, seeing that Wang Xingping did not respond, he spoke again to himself, "I arranged a target in the garden this morning, and several senior brothers will try their skills." ”

Literati archery is not a strange custom, the Dragon Boat Festival is an example of the willow, the solar terms in the ranks will also be arranged to shoot the royal competition for the standard, as for the Confucianism, the six arts also have an archery technique, and it is guilty of hiding the crossbow privately, but the bow and arrow are not counted among them. Wang Xingping once heard people say that the eldest son of the Yang family is a civil and military all-rounder, not only good at poetry, painting and calligraphy, but also loves to dance knives and guns on weekdays, and it is common to have such a battle.

Wang Xingping was still thinking about how to deal with this archery trick, but he heard Yang Wencong ask him, "I heard that Brother Tiancheng Xian killed more than ten thieves in the north corner, did you come with a musket today?" ”