Chapter 34: The Station

The scenery to see, the street to go around, the road to rush, Xu Qing and his entourage along the bank of the Yangtze River, walked to the north of the Jiangxi in the later generations, there is a Hongzhou here, which is the place where the Tengwang Pavilion is located. It's just that the attic of the famous people has not yet been built. All there is here, only the "Bofu Tower" in Wangyunkou.

Bofu Lou does fall at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the Ganjiang River, the height of the building is 40 and 7 feet, the old base is 40 feet, and the height is increased by one-tenth. Upstairs, there is a statue of Hebo, the statue is surrounded by incense altars, and there is a lot of moss on the steps.

Where to climb the building must shoot the railing, but Xu Qing climbed the building but did not dare to shoot, afraid that a shot will be rotten, there is a street in the north-south direction, because of the Bo Fu Lou thought that it was a house, sandwiched with two pavilions, the south traced the male of the river said 'pressing the river', the north is good at the show of the West Mountain said 'Rucui'.

At the place near the river, there are also water bodhisattvas, golden Buddha statues, as well as the statue of Lao Tzu, Confucius tablet, each doing its own dojo, but also out of harmony. If you look at it at a glance, it is still a model of "harmony and difference". But it also shows that the people around them are afraid of the flood, and under such fear, the people do not move away, and invite the gods to guard, which can be said to be tough.

It's no wonder that there will be such a thing as a nail household in the future, and the flood pressure will not take a step back!

Buy, buy, buy and keep driving on the road. The land of Huguang was not Jiangnan in the early Tang Dynasty, and compared with Suzhou and Hangzhou, it was still a heaven and an earth. Even compared to the population, it is also very sparse, the land is abundant, and there is no embarrassment of squeezing into the ditch to open the fields. Huguang development, but also hundreds of years, in the past, "Guanzhong ripe, the world is full", later "Jiangsu ripe, the world is full", to the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is "Huguang ripe, the world is full". In fact, the migration of this name is transferred with the land fertility, and the late development of Huguang makes the land fertile and the grain production increases.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the grain of Huguang was as cheap as soil, with the increase of population, the land was also insufficient, so the lake was filled to make land, and now the Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, is less than the general size in ancient times.

Eight hundred miles of Dongting, the land of fish and rice, even if there is not enough time, Xu Qing also wants to see this Dongting water, and Yueyang Tower, one of the three famous buildings!

Yueyang Tower was only called "Baling City" at this time.

After walking for a long time in the poor mountains, in the afternoon, Xu Qing and the others finally saw the crowd - a dirt road ran through it, and there were several thatched huts at the fork in the road.

With a broom upside down and a fluttering cloth tied to the hut, this is the inn.

Xu Qing pointed to the cow grazing and said, "I've been on the road for a few days, go to the shop in front to see if I can rest here for a day." ”

"Whoa!" The cow graze and went to a pillar of incense and came back and said: "The store said that the store is too small, and it only makes light meals, and it can't accommodate too many people." ”

Xu Qing shook his head and sighed: "What's the use of just being able to cook, I never eat outside." ”

"Lord, the shopkeeper also said that along the road from here, there is a post station for guests to rest." The cow grazing said: "The shop in front, you can also go and sit down and let the horses rest." ”

Xu Qing smiled and asked, "Hmph, you see that there is alcohol in other people's stores, and you are addicted to alcohol, right?" ”

The cow scratched his head embarrassed to eat grass: "Where is it, I am distressed about the horse......"

Walking to the door of the store, I saw that there were many ridges of vegetables planted next to the store, and the south is this good, and there is no shortage of green vegetables in winter. There is only one shop for residents, and the rest are miscellaneous houses for raising chickens and firewood.

Walking in, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, and he smiled: "The small shop is just a farmer, because it lives on the side of the road, so I scraped together some money to cook for the guests." Sit sit sit sit ......"

"Shopkeeper, first serve a jar of wine, burn it well, I see that the chickens in your chicken coop are fat, kill and drink!"

"Okay, okay, wait a minute, I'll fix it." The shopkeeper shouted, and a young man came out, and the shopkeeper said, "Go, make tea soup for the guests, put sesame seeds, and put beans." ”

Xu Qing was slightly surprised when he heard this, this tea was still a high-end product in the Tang Dynasty, and ordinary people shouldn't have it. The shopkeeper seemed to notice Xu Qing's doubts, so he whispered: "Hehe, don't hide it from the guest officer, there are a few wild tea trees in the back mountain, I wait for seven or eight catties to be picked every year, and they are all served to the guests, and my son cooks good tea." ”

"That's ...... so" Xu Qing didn't doubt anymore, he had come all the way just now, and he had indeed seen wild tea in the mountains, and besides, it was difficult for such a small shop to ambush unscrupulous people, Xu Qing's team had a few good hands in turn, and they didn't eat or drink on the day of their turn.

Soon, the young man brought the tea soup, and Xu Qing took a bowl of thick bean tea, the beans floated, and the fine sesame seeds were sprinkled on top.

Who knew that before Xu Qing could put his mouth down, the cow ate grass and slapped his bowl on the ground, and said: "Bold, dare to ...... in my tea"

It turned out that the cow was dazzled when eating grass and saw the sesame seeds as ashes. However, before the word "sprinkling soil ash" was spoken, the young man hurriedly knelt down, begged for mercy first, and then said: "I don't know if the guest officer doesn't like to eat broken sesame seeds!" Ask for forgiveness, I'll go and make another bowl! ”

"Huh?" The cow eating grass did not say "sprinkling ashes", but said, let's go, and the broken bowl will pay you money. And when he really paid the money, the cow ate grass and spared him two taels of silver, which was a windfall.

Xu Qing couldn't help but ponder the young man's words, he first guessed where the anger of the cow eating grass came from, and then he didn't say anything "That's not soil ash", but let the cow eat grass to know that it was broken sesame seeds, which not only left the face of the cow eating grass and admitted that the sesame seeds were wrong, but also explained the truth clearly. The so-called fast and accurate public relations is nothing more than that, if you meet someone else today, the guy can be safe.

Yes, Xu Qingxin said, he is a clever young man.

The wine warmed the body, the cow ate grass and the horse rested, and seeing that it was not early, he urged everyone to get on the road. Because of the large amount of silver, the shopkeeper instructed his son to lead the way for Xu Qing and his party just now. The lake is wide and hilly, so there are many forks in the road.

Along the way, the young man encountered a fork in the road, walked in front of everyone to lead the way, walked to the straight, and slowly retreated to the end. The way of life first, the Venerable One first, the two are perfectly combined.

Hey, Xu Qing became more and more interested, called the young man to him, and asked him if he was interested in doing things. The young man refused on the grounds that his parents were still there, Xu Qing called it a pity, and left a letter asking him to go to Chang'an if he had something to do, and Luo Nan looked for him.

At the end, the young man screamed, and found a tablet with the word "Tanzhou" written on it. After walking three or four miles, he saw a post station at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and while it was not dark, the young man took his leave and left.

But it was said that at the post station, Xu Qing and others drank tea and wine in a roadside shop, ate some chicken and vegetables, and their stomachs were already rolling up at this time. When I walked to the door of the post station, I didn't see a postman come out to pick up the horse, but I heard a babbling and singing female voice inside. There is also the aroma of wine, and the aroma of meat wafts out, causing Xu Qing and others to roll their Adam's apples.

Who is holding the banquet in the inn?

The so-called post station is a public hotel funded by the imperial court, maintained by the people around the post station, providing food and lodging for past officials, and changing horses. In this case, the reception can only be an official errand, and its specifications must also be according to the grade.

However, some post stations rarely see an official errand every day, so the post stations also take on some private work and arrange accommodation for passing merchants.

It stands to reason that Xu Qing can only live in this post station alone, and the prescribed subordinates can live in it, and Xun Xue'er and other officials can only be outside the door, but Xu Qing doesn't eat the things inside, and only finds a house to rest for one night, so he can be accommodating. Besides, Xu Qing just wanted to find a place with a roof and walls, and he would pay for what he used and what he drank, not counting digging the corners of the Tang Empire.

But inside, there is both wine and meat, listening to the movement and the tricks who come to the door outside to sing songs, the sky is so dark, won't the tricks become prostitutes immediately?

When it was, a nameless fire rose in Xu Qing's chest, and he scolded in his heart, who is so ignorant of the rules! What made Xu Qing even more angry was that he was blowing the wind outside, but no one came out to open the door.

The cow grazing has already dismounted and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and an old official came out, looking very impatient. When the old official saw that there were so many people, both men and women, he didn't know where such a big official came from, because only a big official has so many family members.

The old official put away his impatient look, and felt slightly bitter in his heart, there was a second ancestor inside, and there was a "living bodhisattva" outside. The living Bodhisattvas of the official family are not as good as those of the people, and the living Bodhisattvas of the common people are benevolent, and the official family is the one who comes to get incense, and some officials call the visit of the official as receiving the Buddha.

The old official thought about it, walked to Xu Qingma, knelt down and said, "The villain greets the master,"

The old official is not in the stream, he can't call himself a lower official, just a villain, the biggest official in his eyes is just a county order, so he calls Xu Qing a master, not an adult.

Wang Shan snorted and reprimanded: "See clearly, this is Lord Thorn Shi, don't open the door quickly and welcome me in!" ”

"Thorn, thorn?" The old official was surprised: "It's strange today, there is a little son of the assassin inside, and there is another assassin outside here!" ”

"What are you muttering!"

"Return, return to my lord," the old official looked at Xu Qing, he was too young, how could the son in it be older than him, but he also stubbornly said: "My lord, there is a person at the post station today, who claims to be the son of an adult, but he is just ......."

"Oh?" Xu Qing smiled in his heart, but he didn't think that he was even an official inside, so he also pretended to be confused and asked, "Just what?" ”

"It's just that the other son's age is even older than an adult!"

"What do you know, he is my godson, and it doesn't depend on his age to recognize his son at this time!" Xu Qing thought, could it be the son of Tanzhou Thorn Shi inside.

The old official suddenly realized, as if he had understood the truth of being an official, and hurriedly went to pick up the horse and led Xu Qing and the others in.

Xu Qing didn't do anything else, and the cow grazing and the others went straight to the hall where they were babbling and singing, and with a kick of their feet, the door opened.

"Which bastard?" Someone inside asked.

Xu Qing fixed his eyes and saw three or four beauties, dressed very thinly, in order to prevent the girl from getting cold, seven or eight pots of charcoal fire were burning in the house, and a table of wine and food was eaten seventy-seven eighty-eight. An old man and a young man began to harass Kabuki, and if Xu Qing didn't come in, maybe he would go up to third base.

was disturbed by "Yaxing", of course the people in the hall were unhappy, slapped the table and stood up, pointing at Xu Qing and others and scolding the bastard. looked around, but didn't find the old official of the post minister, so he smashed a wine jug and scolded again: "Bold bastard, dare to disturb my son's Yaxing, don't kneel down, give me *!" ”

However, Xu Qing swept it away, and knew that although this son-in-law was rich and noble, he was definitely not from the Assassin's family, let alone a son.