The Holy Capital is a bustling scene.

This is the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties and the ancient capital of the millennium. After more than 1,000 years of precipitation and accumulation, coupled with the continuous renovation, expansion, and improvement of the monarchs of the nine dynasties, the regulation, scale, and prosperity of the holy capital are far from being comparable to other counties or counties.

Rongya was born in the Holy Capital and grew up here until he was eight years old, but he has not been to the Holy Capital since he left the Holy Capital with his father Rongzhu at the age of eight and went to Canaan County. And the memories before the age of eight, the melting cliff is already very vague. Therefore, when Chun Tuo and his entourage walked into the south gate of the holy capital, the majesty and prosperity of the holy capital stunned Rongya.

A straight avenue begins at the south gate of the Holy Capital, runs straight ahead, and continues far north to connect to the south gate of the Royal Palace. The palace is too far away from the south gate of the holy capital, and only the tall red palace walls and brilliant glazed tiles can be faintly visible. On both sides of the avenue are planted with stout and straight cypresses. This is a cypress tree unique to the Holy Capital, and it is born with nobility. The overall shape of the dragon cypress is conical, with a straight trunk and side branches spiraling upward, like a dragon wrapped around the trunk. The dragon cypress on both sides of the avenue has become a forest, looking from the south to the north, the two rows of dragon cypress show a special beauty, majestic, solemn and regular. It has been more than 20 days since the sting, and it is mid-spring, but the holy capital is in the north and on the great plateau, so the ground is quite cold, and everywhere is still the scene of late winter and early spring, most of the flowers and trees have not yet had a trace of green, only the dragon cypress on both sides of the avenue is verdant. These cypresses are hundreds of years old, extremely tall and lush, and the dragon berberlands on both sides cover everything behind the forest. The neat and spotless boulevard further highlights the majesty of the towering palace at the end of the boulevard. There are many people coming and going on the avenue, dressed in winter clothes.

Hua Yun rode on his horse and said to Rongya, "Brother Ya, have you ever been to the Holy Capital before?" ”

"I was in the Holy Capital before I was eight years old. My father used to be the Nangong Guard Order when the first emperor served as Wei Weiqing, so I was born in the Holy Capital. But when I was eight years old, I went with my father to Canaan and never returned. Have you been here? ”

"I come to Beijing with my father every year. What about you, yes. You're so young, you probably haven't been here before, have you? Hua Yun asked.

"Brother Yun, I haven't been here. I don't like the Holy Capital though, it's too cold here. It's not fun either, there are only trees everywhere, no flowers. People also wear bulky clothes and are not pretty. Zhao Yun's voice is very beautiful, and his smile is very cute.

Hua Yun said, "Hahaha, yes." The holy capital is the capital of nine dynasties for thousands of years. These centuries-old cypresses have obscured the true appearance of the Holy Capital. Let me tell you, there are so many things to do in the Holy City. When we're settled, my brother will take you to play. What do you like to play? ”

Zhao Yun said: "I like to play the qin. I heard that there are many holy hands in the holy capital, Brother Yun will find me a few violinists. ”

Hua Yun said: "What's so fun about Fuqin. However, since you like it, the pianists in the Holy Capital are easy to find, so I'll go to the palace music workshop to help you find a few when the time comes. ”

Hua Yun turned to Rongya again and said, "Brother Ya, what do you like to play?" Don't tell me, you like to play the piano too, that's too boring. Moreover, you really don't look like a person who likes to play the piano. ”

"I don't have a particular favorite, as long as I can practice swordsmanship."

"Sure enough, it's a stupid brother who doesn't have fun. The last time you ruined my good deeds in the woods, you have to make amends to me in the holy capital. The most famous Yuehua Tower in the Holy Capital, you must invite me to go. Anyway, Brother Ya, the Yun Ji I almost got in the forest last time is really beautiful. But they will soon all be His Majesty's, and they have nothing to do with us......"

Speaking of Yun Ji, Rong Ya's heart jumped suddenly, and it also hurt suddenly. After leaving the cave from Rongya and Yun Ji and connecting with Chuntuo, they walked to the Holy Capital for almost ten days. During this period, except for the fact that he saw Yun Ji at close range when the King of Ganzi County was making trouble, Rongya never had the opportunity to get close to Yun Ji. In the past ten days, Chuntuo was worried that something would go wrong again, so he strengthened the control, increased the vigilance three times, and the vigilance at night was even stronger. At the same time, Ling Ji's control over the Liuchuan Maiji has also become stricter. Every day, Rongya and Yun Ji can only secretly look at each other from a long distance, but even this sneaking a look at each other is very short and fleeting. There are too many Nangong guards on guard, and Hua Yun and Zhao Yun stay by Rongya's side at all times, and they can be discovered if they are not careful. Rongya misses Yun Ji all the time, especially when she sees the moon, Rongya can always think of Yun Ji on the moon in the vault, and think of the extremely wonderful feeling when she and Yun Ji are together in the vault. Rongya felt that she had grown up, and Yun Ji had made herself a real man who stood up to the sky.

However, as Hua Yun said, "they will soon be His Majesty's." At the thought that his Yun Ji would soon be owned by Emperor Chongjing, Rongya felt as if someone had stabbed him in the heart, and it was so painful that he couldn't breathe. But Rongya felt that it was not completely hopeless, and sometimes Rongya would think: "Maybe the emperor just watched Yun Ji dance, and he didn't favor them, after all, they are Liuchuan Dancing Girls." Sometimes he would think, "After all, we are all in the Holy Capital, and there is always a chance to meet." "But in any case, the nearly 10 days of isolation were unbearable.

"It's better to find some opportunity to meet as soon as possible." Rongya thought.

The opportunity to meet soon came.

After Chuntuo returned to the emperor, he soon returned and brought back the emperor's will. The decree is twofold, one is for the eldest sons of these county guards who are mourning for their fathers: the eldest sons of the county guards of each county immediately go to the Taimiao to mourn and keep vigils, and then settle them after the end of the 60-day mourning. All the eldest sons of the county guards who mourned for their fathers lived in Taixue, east of the Taimiao.

Another decree is not public, it is specifically aimed at these Liuchuan dancing girls sent by Shouhua Chong of Liuchuan County: During the great mourning, all drinking, feasting, singing and dancing inside and outside the palace will be stopped, and these new Liuchuan dancing girls will temporarily live in the music workshop, learn court etiquette, and will be resettled after the end of the 60-day funeral.

Coincidentally, Taixue and Lefang are both in the east of Taimiao, Taixue is in the south, and Lefang is in the north, and there is only one Yulin Garden in the middle.

The Nursery Garden occupies a large area and is dedicated to cultivating rare flowers for the Imperial Palace, but it is also a place shared by Taixue and Le Fang. The musicians of the Le Fang rehearsed among the various flowers in the Forestry, and the students of Taixue rested in the Forestry. It's just that, generally speaking, most of the musicians in the music workshop are on the north side of the small lake called Zhen Huize in the middle of the Yulin Garden, and most of the people who are too learned are on the south side of Zhen Huize, and the two sides do not interfere with each other.

The Nangong guards brought Rongya, Hua Yun, Zhao Yun and ten Liuchuan dancing girls to the Yongdao east of the Taimiao. One of the leading Nangong guards said to the other Nangong guards, "This is the place. There are three gates on the east side of Yongdao, and this one on the south side is the gate of Taixue, so you can take the three sons to Taixue and hand them over to the doctor on duty there. The one on the north side is the gate of the music workshop, and a few of you will bring ten Ryukawa dancing girls to the music workshop and hand them over to the workshop workers on duty. Don't make a mistake, the middle door is the door of the Yulin Garden, which is connected to the Taixue Music Workshop, and it will be sent there, but no one will hand it over to you. The three sons, Miss Ling Ji, and the girls, don't say goodbye. If you don't take care of it all the way, please take care of it. ”

These few words made Rongya and Yun Ji overjoyed. Finally, I can find a chance to meet.

Hua Yun was very happy, hugged Zhao Yun and said, "Yun, look, I said that I would go to the music workshop to find you a pianist, but I didn't expect that we would live next to the music workshop, which saved me a lot of work." ”

Taking advantage of this interlude, Rongya secretly stretched out three fingers at Yun Ji, Yun Ji understood that this was the meaning of "the three watches met in the Yulin Garden", Yun Ji nodded very clearly but very clearly. The two teams soon separated.

Rongya, Hua Yun, and Zhao Yun turned into Taixue. It's quite a big place. Due north is the main hall of seven wings, and there are a number of wings in the south and west and north. A Nangong guard said: "Three sons, this is the place where the doctors of Taixue teach-Taixue Palace, and the residence of the sons is still in the east. The Nangong guards led the three princes through the patio of the long Taixue Palace, through the moon gate on the east wall, and came to a duty office. The Nangong guard continued: "This is where the three sons and the other sons are going to live, I'll go find the doctor on duty." The doctor came, and the Nangong guards and the three sons saluted each other and said goodbye.

"I'm the Doctor on duty today, Dr. Sangzhong. The three sons should be the sons of the county keeper's family who mourned for their fathers, so please ask the three sons to report their family history and names. ”

Hua Yun, Rongya, and Zhao Yun each reported their family history and name, and Dr. Sang Zhong said: "Okay, the three of you are the last three sons to arrive, and the sons of the other county guards have arrived five or six days earlier than you, and now they are all keeping vigil in the Taimiao." I'll tell you about the rules of the vigil, and then I'll take you to the college where you live. ”

The rules of the wake are very simple: during the day, all the sons of the county guards who mourn for their fathers must keep vigil in the Taimiao, without exception. From the beginning of the evening shift vigil, the evening wake, no longer requires all the sons to be in the temple, but divided into six classes, respectively, in the six night hours of the time, the time of the sea, the time of the child, the time of the ugly, the time of Yin, the time of the Mao in the temple to keep the spirit, the other sons who do not keep the spirit go back to their own college to rest. The next morning began to continue the daytime vigil.

The sons of the other county guards who have already arrived have already arranged the time for the night vigil, and Rongya, Hua Yun, and Zhao Yun are the latest, so they are assigned to other people's wakes and start the vigil from now on.

Rongya thought about the agreement between Sanguan and Yun Ji to meet in the Yulin Garden, so he asked anxiously, "Dr. Sangzhong, has the time of our shift been arranged?" ”

Dr. Sanaka said, "The three sons' shifts have been scheduled, and here you can see." ”

Rongya picked up the schedule of the watchman on duty and looked for his shift, and the schedule said "Rongya: Hai Shi".

"It's fine!" Rongya breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it's not a child. Otherwise, you will have to break the appointment with Yun Ji.

Zhao Yun looked unhappy, and only heard him say, "I'm on duty at the time." The time is the heaviest time of yin, and guarding the dead emperor in the Taimiao is really too scary. What to do? ”

Hua Yun laughed twice and said, "Yun, you are really cowardly." I'll trade it with you. I'm on duty at all times. It happens to be the last hour of the six hours on duty at night, and the ion time is the farthest, so it should also be the hour when the yin qi is the lightest, right? Do you like it? ”

Rongya breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhao Yun asked to exchange values with him, Rongya really couldn't find a reason to refuse for a while. "This Hua Yun, although he is a little lustful, is really a warm-hearted person who is anxious." Rongya thought to herself.

"Thank you, Brother Yun. Thank you, Brother Yun. ”

Dr. Sang Zhong was happy to see that they had their own place, so he agreed to help them change their values, changing Zhao Yun's duty time to Mao time, and Hua Yun's duty time to Zi Shi, and then said, "Okay, then I'll take you to your academy." ”

Dr. Sangzhong said as he walked: "Taixue was a partial palace when it was in the Dagao Holy Dynasty, and the regulations of the palace were not high, but there were many rooms. Since Emperor Longwu ascended the throne, he advocated the centralized upbringing of the children of the nobles, so he specially set out this partial palace and changed it to Taixue. But before, the children in Taixue were all princes and sons of the Holy Capital and other royal nobles, and they only went to school in the Taixue Palace, and did not live here, so many palaces have been empty. This time, the eldest son of the county guard came, and His Majesty decreed that each prince should be assigned an independent palace courtyard, called the 'college', in order to facilitate management, the name of the college of each prince is the name of the county where the sons came. As he spoke, he came to a palace with the words "Canaan Academy" written on it, and there was no doubt that this was the residence of the Melting Cliff.

Dr. Sangzhong then said, "Rong Gongzi, this is your Canaan Academy. Please go in and take a break. Your Majesty has decreed that there will be no palace maids and chamberlains in the academy, only one boy and two servants. During the wake, all affairs such as the daily life of the sons and the on-duty arrangement were handled by the doctor on duty in Taixue. The duty station of the doctor on duty is the place inside the Moon Gate when the sons came in just now. If the sons have any trivial matters in life, they can ask the servants to do them, and if they have anything to do between pen and ink, they can send the boys to do it. If you find a doctor on duty, you can go directly to the duty center yourself, or you can send a boy to negotiate. His Majesty also has a strict decree that during the mourning and wake, the sons are not allowed to act without permission and are not allowed to leave Taixue, but they can go to the Yulin Garden to rest and relax. Rong Gongzi, please come in. I also have to take Hua Gongzi and Zhao Gongzi to Liuchuan Academy and Fushui Academy. The three sons can rest during the day today, and they will not be on duty during the day today, and the three sons will be on duty from this evening. When the time comes, please go to the doctor's office one moment in advance, and there will be Nangong guards to take you to the Taimiao. ”

Rongya arched his hand and said, "Hua Gongzi, Zhao Gongzi, don't leave it here." ”

Hua Yun said enthusiastically: "Brother Ya, you go in first, I will come to play with you in a while." When I've settled Yun and myself, I'll bring Yun to play with you. ”

Zhao Yun smiled elegantly and saluted towards the melting cliff.

Seeing Hua Yun, Zhao Yun, and Dr. Sang Zhong leave, Rongya turned around and walked into Canaan Academy.

This is a small palace courtyard with elegance and cleanliness. There was nothing in the yard. Due north is the main house, with two rows of side rooms on the east and west, and a hut on the left and right sides of the entrance. Each house has a front porch, which is connected to each other by a front porch. Rongya walked to the middle of the courtyard, and a boy came out of the west wing, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a white and handsome face, tall and slender, bowed down and asked, "May I ask if Gongzi is the son of Rongya, the son of the Canaan County guard?" ”

"I'm Molten Cliff."

"Meet Childe. I am a boy of Childe, and my name is Puguang. In the future, I will serve my son exclusively. Childe, if there is anything, just send Puguang. ”

At this time, two middle-aged people came out of the east wing, both dressed as servants, with a very respectful attitude, bowed and saluted, and said, "It's still Puguang's ear power." Childe forgave the sins, and the two of us were rude. We are servants during Childe's wake, and during Childe's wake, just leave all the trivial matters to us. "Two middle-aged people, one is thin and thin, and he says his name is Huang Da, and the other is slightly fat, and he says his name is Hu Xia. Immediately afterwards, Huang Da and Hu Xia began to clean up the room and arrange meals for Rongya. Puguang led Rongya to the main house in the north, and entered the main hall, Puguang said: "Childe, this is the main hall of Canaan Academy, Childe can meet guests here, and you can also eat here." The warm pavilion on the west side is Childe's bedroom, and the warm pavilion on the east side is Childe's study. I live in the northernmost room of the West Wing, which is convenient for Childe to summon. Huang Da and Hu Xia lived together in the southernmost room of the East Wing, so as not to disturb the son. The kitchenette is at the back of Huang Da and Hu Xia's room. There is also a guest room in the east and west wings, but the prince is not allowed to stay with outsiders during the wake. The yard was relatively empty, and Childe saw that he needed to buy something. Childe wants to eat and use something, just tell Puguang. Your Majesty has a decree, the sons are all nobles, stay away from their parents and come to the holy capital to keep the spirit, and they must be treated preferentially. Puguang spoke very methodically.

"Good. For the rest, I don't have anything to use for the time being. In the courtyard, it's nice to be empty, just enough for me to use to practice my sword. Do not add anything to the yard. "By the way, in a while, two of my friends may be coming." It's the son of two county guards. Didn't know if they were eating here. ”

"Okay son, I'll go and tell Huang Da and Hu Xia to prepare. Let's prepare the meal for the two sons first. ”

"Very good, Puguang. Go down. ”

After a while, Rongya's luggage also arrived. There was some change of clothes in the luggage, and Puguang laid out these clothes very properly and neatly and stored them freshly.

Sure enough, Hua Yun soon came with Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun has already freshened up and changed into a beautiful flower dress, looking even more handsome.

"Brother Ya, you see Yun, it's even more beautiful when you clean it up like this. It's even more moving than those ten Ryukawa Dancing Girls, if you had changed into such a floral dress earlier on the way here, brother, I don't think I would have stared at those Ryukawa Dancing Girls every day along the way, and I would have been tempted by you a long time ago. Hua Yun said without a straight face.

Zhao Yun didn't speak, blushing with shame.

Hua Yun continued: "Yes, but let me remind you, you can wear this kind of flower clothes here, and don't wear them when you go to the Taimiao Temple to keep the spirit." During the mourning period of Emperor Longwu, the whole country mourned, and the elements were pure filial piety. Wearing this kind of floral dress is a great sin of disrespect, you know? ”

Zhao Yun nodded gratefully and said, "Thank you, Brother Yun." ”

Hua Yun put on a wicked smile again, and said, "Besides, if you go out in such a handsome flowered dress, if you are taken by a royal family member and wants to take you away, I can't rob them, isn't it a big loss?" Zhao Yun blushed with shame again.

Hua Yun continued to chatter: "How can these academies be exactly the same, it's really not interesting. My Liuchuan College is so bitter that people can't stay. I'm going to eat at Brother Ya's place today. You are not allowed to leave. I don't want to go back and be with those three strangers, it's boring. There is still more than a month, and I can't go anywhere, so I keep watch here day and night, keeping a watch in the temple during the day, and staying in the temple at night or being on duty in the temple. A month, how can this be wasted? Yes, if I can't find a woman, I'm going to look for you, you have to be prepared, hahahaha......"

Fortunately, Rongya had already made some arrangements, and Puguang quickly brought Huang Da and Hu Xia to bring a table of food. The food is very exquisite, and it is accompanied by wine, and the wine is also very sweet. However, Rongya was unpleasant, and only thought that he would meet Yun Ji at night, and he was as anxious as a cat. Hua Yun just kept talking. After eating, I still had to drink tea, and I refused to leave.

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