Chapter 009: Daning Mansion
Entering the gate is a wide shadow wall, blocking the gaze directly into the courtyard. Yang Qing looked at Steward Ding following behind him, but his eyes always glanced towards Xiang'er Xiaosi, and he knew in his heart that the old housekeeper was worried that the young master would have something to ask him and didn't dare to go away without permission, but he remembered the miscellaneous things he had moved all the way, for fear that something would go wrong. Looking in a dilemma, he smiled and said to Steward Ding: "You don't have to worry about me, go get busy, I'll just go in by myself." ”
Steward Ding bowed when he heard this: "Yes, second son." Xiaosi, a few of them are frizzy, this mountain is far away, and there are many homes, and I don't know if there is any damage, I'll take a look. Second son, you are at your own convenience. After speaking, he turned his head and called out to a small guy who was helping to carry the box: "Wang Quan, don't move it yet, accompany the second son in." After speaking, he bowed his hand to Yang Qingyi, and then went outside.
Yang Qing secretly praised this steward for his old way, and walked towards the house.
This is a large residence with three courtyards, but the finesse of the decoration and the scale are really astonishing.
Just now at the door, Yang Qing found that there was a stable built on the left side of the main house, and two neat carriages and two sedan chairs were parked at the door, which belonged to the courtyard and were cleverly separated, which was very scientific.
There are two small houses on each side of the shadow wall, looking like the communication room of the later unit, Yang Qing didn't know what it was for, and only after asking Wang Quan did he understand that it was the gatekeeper who lived during the night, and the less important guests or strangers came to visit here to wait for the report.
Facing the shadow wall is the lobby, the width is more than ten meters, the depth is also five or six meters, the front of the hall is five stone steps, a wide carved brick road leads to the back of the shadow wall, it is used to hold important ceremonies in the family and receive important visitors, you can also feast guests, dozens of people at the same time is no problem. There is a small hall on each side, one is used to receive more intimate friends and relatives for less formal visits, and the other is a large study room, which can also be used as a tea room.
Corridors extend from the left and right sides of the shadow wall, leading to more than a dozen side rooms on the left and right for male servants. It is connected to the side of the two small halls, and continues to the middle courtyard through two doors, and the front yard is an open area in the middle. There are more than a dozen luxuriant locust trees planted in the yard, which are lush and beautiful, especially in this midsummer.
Walk along the corridor into the middle courtyard, there is a large rockery pond in the courtyard, the pavilions and pavilions on the rockery are surrounded by vines, a few lotus leaves float quietly on the pool, and watch the goldfish swimming under the leaves. On the west side is the toilet and kitchen utility room, on the east side is the residence of the maids, the atrium is smaller than the lobby, but it is also thirty steps square, and on both sides is the dining room and flower hall that are usually used by the family before and after, from which you can enter the backyard where the master and the ladies live.
In the middle of the backyard is a small garden full of colorful flowers. In addition to the small pavilion in the garden, there are also swings and other small furnishings for the entertainment of women and children, which are delicate and cute. On the front is the owner's bedroom and inner study, and there are six or seven rooms on each side of the east and west.
Yang Qing looked at it all the way, in addition to marveling at the grandeur and delicacy of this house, he also really fell in love with the living environment of this new home. After standing at the door of the flower hall to the backyard for a while, he remembered to ask Wang Quan an important question: "Where do I live?" And will my eldest brother move in? ”
Yang Qing heard that the eldest brother had a twisted temperament, and refused to live in the courtyard where Miss Guo was married, so he dragged his wife to rent a house to live, Miss Guo was gentle and gentle, and her husband obeyed, but his father-in-law also laughed when he heard about it, not only was he not angry, but he also praised this son-in-law for having a backbone and a future. The old lady seems to have mentioned on the road that she wanted her eldest brother to move over.
"Back to the second son, Mrs. said that you live in the west wing of the backyard, and when you settle down, the eldest son will also come back to live, in the east wing." Wang Quan bowed his head respectfully and replied.
Yang Qing waved his hand: "You don't have to be so restrained in the future, you can answer whatever I ask." ”
"Yes." Wang Quan still lowered his head and responded.
Well, such a big house should be reunited.
Seeing that Yang Qing was about to enter the backyard, Wang Quan bowed: "Second son, then I'll go to the gate to help." ”
Only then did Yang Qing realize that the male servant was absolutely not allowed to enter the backyard without being summoned, and hurriedly called Wang Quan.
"Uh...... That Wang Quan, do you know Xiang'er...... And where does the junior live? After Yang Qing asked this, he felt that his face was a little red, and secretly scolded himself for being useless.
Wang Quan glanced at Yang Qing strangely: "Xiao Si lives in the east wing of the front yard. Miss Xiang'er has been following the second son, and she should also be in the backyard...... I lived with Childe. "I thought that the second son hadn't seen him for two months, why was he embarrassed to get up, and asked me about Xiang'er, who in the Yang family didn't know that it was Mrs. Ru in the future. It's kind of funny when I think about it.
"Oh, okay, I see, you go get busy." The two of them turned around sharply at the same time, both of them were a little deserted and fled.
The backyard was quiet, and Mrs. Yang had been tired all the way, and she was tired for a long time, so she went back to the room to rest after a few words of explanation. Yang Qing walked slowly to the east wing, his nose was full of the faint fragrance of flowers, and he secretly said in his heart that this Song Hun was greedy, and he still had a lot of feelings in his own home. Just looking at the door, I thought it was just a rich family, which must be luxurious and gorgeous but there was no interest at all, and I didn't expect to walk in and find that the road was exquisite and well-behaved, and it was ingenious. There are trees without flowers in the front yard, and there is a faint fragrance of locust; Water lilies in the water in the middle courtyard, faint lotus fragrance; The backyard is full of fragrance and flowers.
Slowly pushing open the door in the middle of the east wing, a pear wood square table is placed in the center, and there are high-backed pear wood chairs on both sides. There was a door on the left and right, and the curtain hung low.
Lift the curtain on the left, and at a glance, this must be your bedroom. The ground is covered with a large Yizhou splendid carpet, and there is a copper incense burner in the shape of a lion on each side. A large banquet screen divides the spacious bedroom into two parts. Outside, there is a sandalwood bookcase by the window, an iron candlestick on the table, and a pot-bellied high-necked plum blossom porcelain vase on each side, which is used to place calligraphy and painting scrolls. There is a small round table in the middle and four round stools, which are simple and generous. There is a see-through cabinet on the right side of the bookcase, which can be used to store books, furnishings, etc., but it is empty at this time. Turning the screen, a large high-legged bed was covered with a green practice tent. On the wall is a row of tall cabinets, almost to the roof, quite like the later generations from the top to the floor of the large wardrobe.
Looking at this luxurious bedroom, Yang Qing could imagine the scene of his parents and sighing slightly. Song Hun is the official in the imperial history, an official on the fifth grade, several levels lower than Yang Wang's servants, but the imperial history Zhongcheng is responsible for supervising the impeachment of hundreds of officials, in fact, he is the prefect of the imperial history platform, and the people who have intersections with him are basically officials, and this Song is responsible for supervising but guarding and stealing, greedy and bribery, look at this private house, the disadvantages of the Tang Dynasty officialdom can be seen.
If you want to complete your "grand will", stop the Anshi Rebellion, and continue the glorious prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, it is extremely difficult!
While he was pondering, a "childe" interrupted Yang Qing, and Xiang'er came.
"The master is back, the small hall in the middle hall is preparing to eat, son, let's change clothes."