Chapter 585: The Covenant of the Lower Strings
After eating, a post man came to distribute new bedding, basins and other toiletries for Zhou Nan and others. The two post guards replaced all the supplies in Zhou Nan's bedroom with new ones, and went to change to other rooms.
Zhou Nan stopped one of the post guards and wanted to ask briefly about the street outside the post house. Who knows that this post man is probably a natural talker, and it is easy for someone to live in, Zhou Nan just opened his mouth to ask if there are other people living in this pavilion station, and this post man said, "If your envoy has something to say, just ask the villain." The villain has been in this pavilion for twelve years. You want to be here for the first time, right? This pavilion is specially built for the envoy of the Liao State, covering an area of more than 40 acres, and there are 512 rooms alone. Even the Western Xia Kingdom and the recent Jin Kingdom are only sharing a Duting West Station. Except for the envoys of the Liao State, this place is empty. ”
Zhou Nan couldn't imagine that Da Liao still enjoyed such generous treatment here in the Great Song Dynasty, and asked, "I wonder if there is a fun place near this left?" As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu understood, took out a small silver ingot from his arms, and handed it to the guard. This post man originally talked a lot, but now that he got the silver ingot, he said more and more carefully: "Your envoy, according to the rules, you can't go out of the post house to play until you see the embassy companion...... However, this rule is rarely said now, but the envoy and his companions should not make trouble after they go out. ”
Zhou Nan smiled and said, "Do you think I look like a troublemaker? I'm just going out for a walk, and if I wait for the Tomorrow Pavilion to come, I won't be at ease. ”
The postman thought that Zhou Nan was going to Fireworks Willow Lane, and immediately said, "The villain naturally understands." The envoy only had to follow the streets and alleys all the way to the east, and when he arrived at the Records Alley, there were both sides of the alleys; Or if there are many people in Lushi Lane, you can also go east, along Madao Street to the north, along the way, there are many Sweet Water Lane, you just need to find what you like. ”
Zhou Nan knew that he had misunderstood what he said, so he hurriedly asked, "Zhou Bridge is not far from here?" ”
"The state bridge is not far away, go to the north of the royal street, and you will see, a stone bridge is. There is no noble envoy to find, hehe, Zhouqiao is just selling food along the street at night, what rice, pork, eel buns, fried sheep, frozen fish head, ginger and spicy radish, rabbit, wild duck meat, can't say, the villain is called a miscellaneous chew here, until the third watch, it gradually dispersed. If the envoy is hungry on the way back, it is convenient. "In short, this post guard thinks that Zhou Nan is going out to do bad things tonight.
"Go, and if anything happens, I'll call you again." Zhou Nan inquired about where he wanted to go, so he asked the post man to go back.
"Your envoy, the villain will live at the small corner gate facing the street in the north, if you come back late, it is inconvenient to enter and exit the main gate, you can let people call the villain at the corner gate in the northeast of the post house. The villain has his own way to get in and out of the corner door. It's just that the envoy doesn't want to return the next day, the court will have an envoy to accompany the embassy early tomorrow morning to set up a banquet for the envoy to wash the dust, and to explain to the envoy the etiquette of entering the court and entering the palace to summon him, and he can't delay it. The basket of words chattered endlessly, and then retreated.
Zhou Nan took Xiao Jiu to walk around in the Duting Post again, and then he knew that this post guard did not talk nonsense. There are more than 500 rooms, just to entertain the envoys of Da Liao, and it is indeed luxurious enough in Bianjing City, where every inch of land is expensive. But this way, you don't have to worry about too many people.
After dinner, Zhou Nan changed into Song clothes, and went out from the main gate of the post house with Xiao Jiu, who was dressed as a servant. As the postman had said, the soldier at the gate looked at him, but he did not stop him.
When Zhou Nan and Xiao Jiu came to Yujie, they turned to the north and walked away. The royal street is no longer like a street. The width of the east and west is more than 60 zhang, and the middle is divided into three parts with a wooden fork erected on the ground as a partition. In the middle is a smooth passage paved with stones, which should be the royal road for the emperor to travel. There are ditches dug on both sides, and withered lotus stems can be seen soaking in the river water in the ditch. A row of trees was planted on both sides of the river, and black wooden forks were erected on the outside of the trees, and outside the black wooden forks was the corridor, and many people walked on the corridor. There are also shops on the street on the outside of the corridor, and people walk through them, buying and selling, and it is very lively.
Zhou Nan and Xiao Jiu walked through these people, both of them were Han Chinese, and they were both wearing Han clothes, and the people passing by did not see that they were foreigners at all. The bustling night market has opened Xiaojiu's eyes, and I have never seen such a lively place in Sanssouci Village and Yanjing City. Under the various colored lanterns hanging on the porch, the ornaments on the woman's head are colorful and shining, and it looks jewelry. On both sides of the street, there are those who sell jade beads, those who sell fashionable paper flowers and fruits, those who sell headscarves and handkerchiefs, and small shops that sell food.
Zhou Nan had no intention of lingering on the new and strange shops on the street, but just walked towards the state bridge to the north.
"The moon in the corner of the building can't be kept, it seems that there is an old man on the Shangzhou Bridge."
On the light incense flower note, there is only this line of poems written in small letters. Zhao Huan peeked hard at the squint eye, Zhou Nan was really afraid of just one line of words, showing Zhao Huan's head.
Looking at the neat and neat pen, it seems to be from a man's hand. As for why a man uses what kind of flower paper and still has a fragrance, there may be only one explanation, that is, in this era, men in Bianjing prefer this style, right?
The first quarter moon naturally refers to the last quarter moon of these days; The state bridge is naturally the state bridge on the Bianhe River. The time and place were there, so Zhou Nan came out of the post house to see who wanted to see him.
Before I reached the bridge, I could already hear the "whoosh" of the river flowing. Zhou Nan took a few steps forward and saw a stone bridge spanning the Bianhe River, connecting the royal streets that separated the Bianhe River. This stone bridge is surprisingly flat bridge body, under the bridge is the stone pillar standing in the river water, the bridge body is on both sides of the stone railing, even the bank on both sides of the bridge body, are also made of stone baffle, in the faint light reflection, you can vaguely see that the stone baffle is also carved with flying clouds, mythical beasts, sea water and other contents.
Zhou Nan walked to the middle of the bridge, there was a boat floating on the river in the Bianhe River, and the boat that had been busy for a day also stopped, and there was a lantern on the bow of the boat, floating with the stars in the sky in the reflection of the river.
The lights in the Bianhe River and the lights under the corridor on the shore are intertwined, far and near are connected, which looks refreshing, Zhou Nan held the stone railing, and couldn't help but say, "Bianjing is prosperous, and it is indeed worthy of its name." It's not in vain to run from Yanjing. ”
"The bright moon of this state bridge is one of the eight views of Bianjing." A tactful and soft voice sounded behind Zhou Nan, "The stone bridge is high in Junyi Ditch, and the moonlight is like silver and cold soaking in autumn. Whenever the moon is bright, the sky is clear and the moon is right, overlooking the river, the silver waves are overflowing, and the moon rises and falls, then it can be called a worthwhile trip. "I like Song Chungui, please collect x Song Chungui.