Chapter 25: The Fallen Scholar
What a lot of snow!
In the early spring of Jinling, there was a heavy snowfall.
From a few miles away from Jinling, Bai Kai is a piece, as if there are thousands of goose feathers falling, flying like a seat, cold and biting, as if the whole world is going to freeze.
In front of the houses in Jinling City, the snow drifted by, piled up to the knees, and formed a thick layer of ice scabs in the blowing of the north wind, like molten iron poured, and occasionally glowing with cold light, which made this cold even more aggravated.
And the huge mansion in the south of the city, but it is separated from the surrounding people, the front of the door is crowded, not cold, the ice and snow are not covered but are swept away, so that the whole mansion becomes quiet.
The roof of the house paved with golden glazed tiles, the vermilion gate, the white marble like fat, and the sharp stone carvings are shrouded in thin ice in the heavy snow, solemn and majestic, and beautiful.
And on the archway of the main gate that is as high as five zhang, there are four big characters of 'Ling Wanghou Mansion'.
"Whoop......"
Not far from the door of Prince Ling's mansion, with a soft sound, a servant-like man threw a pile of charred items in the snow, and if you look closely, it is the waste charcoal used in the palace.
Even so, after the servant left, there was a burst of exclamations, and in just a moment, more than a dozen men gathered around.
Looking at each other, they didn't say too much to each other, but they focused their eyes on the pile of waste carbon, so they fought wildly.
"Hey......"
With a soft sigh, the servant shook his head slightly.
He was numb to the almost daily scene, or more precisely, too lazy to care, for for these commoners, everything in the palace could be said to be a treasure, even discarded charcoal was beyond their reach.
Not for anything else, but because of the pile of discarded waste carbon, there are still four points of raw materials, which are taken from the distant mountains, and need to be carefully mined, then escorted by military horses, quenched for several days, and then carved with dragon figures and flying phoenixes, before they are allowed to be used by the royal palace.
Therefore, it can be seen how precious this kind of wood is in the eyes of these civilians.
With a creak, the door closed again, very thick, as if closing two completely different worlds, untouchable.
"Huh...... What is that? ”
At noon, the wind and snow gradually stopped, and the winter sun loomed, revealing wisps of warm light in the clouds, driving away the dust and fog, and it seemed that it was no longer so cold.
At this moment, a snow-white carriage quietly galloped over from a distance.
If you look closely, the whole body of the carriage is completely carved from luxurious white marble, as smooth as mutton fat, and glowing with a little white in the sun, which makes the cold and snow around it a little inferior.
Around the wheel, there are many plants and trees carved out, among which the dragon and phoenix are intertwined, and the birds and beasts are singing in unison, which seems to be ready to break free at any time and gallop in the heaven and earth, which is amazing.
"It's probably the former Great Chu Tianjiao and the daughter of the palace 'Lingxi'!"
At this moment, someone whispered, which suddenly woke everyone up, and the eyes looking at the snow-white carriage were even more terrifying.
Because for the people of Da Chu, the name 'Lingxi' is too extraordinary, to be precise, it has almost become a belief in the hearts of young talents of Da Chu.
If nothing else, her dusty face alone can pour everything, not to mention her great talent.
One of the two, either way, is enough to make everyone catch up.
But I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see it today!
"Heaven and earth are natural, how can we crack ......"
In front of the main gate of the palace, the carriage stopped for a long time, but there was no movement at all, which made everyone suspicious.
It wasn't until a long time had passed that a soft sigh slowly came from inside the car.
But apparently, there is no one to answer this question, there are only more doubts.
In the earthly world, heaven and earth are the greatest, and they cannot be disobeyed, but how can the mortal womb of the flesh be cracked?
People only remember that the voice was ethereal and beautiful, like the whispering of an immortal, refreshing, and seemed to be able to cleanse everything in the world.
"Hey......"
It wasn't until a long time passed that a sigh came from inside the carriage again, and then I saw the door curtain open, and a beautiful figure quietly appeared in everyone's sight.
At a glance, its body is shrouded in a hazy mist, moving with the wind, like the ripples of clear water, sparkling again and again, but it still can't cover the almost perfect body, and the haze adds beauty to it, almost unreal.
But this was only a matter of moments, and in a short time, he was surrounded by maids, stepped out of the carriage, and walked up the steps carved entirely from white marble, and slowly entered the mansion.
What remains in people's hearts is only the peerless beauty of that moment.
"The heart is clear, the person is clear, and all things can be driven!"
Just as the gate of the palace was about to close, a voice came from the crowd, which immediately made everyone look sideways and turn their eyes together.
I saw that at the back of the crowd, a young man who looked like a scholar stood still, being watched by everyone, but his emotions did not fluctuate in the slightest, but squatted down and slowly picked up the waste carbon on the ground into his arms.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Ling Xi's footsteps also paused slightly, and his misty eyes crossed with a touch of surprise, pondering for a long time, and suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he understood something, and the surprise in his eyes became more and more intense.
And when he looked at the young man at the back of the crowd, he saw that he had just picked up the charcoal on the ground, gently patted his old clothes, smiled at Ling Xi and nodded, and then stopped staying and slowly walked into the distance.
"Miss, who is that?"
Seeing this, a maid was surprised, judging from Ling Xi's demeanor, the young man had naturally done something very valuable to the young lady, so he felt incredible, so he asked softly.
"A very interesting teenager, perhaps...... Even better than those so-called talents in Kyoto! ”
After pondering for a long time, Ling Xi's gaze calmed down again, looked at the back of the young man leaving, and said slowly.
"What...... Better than the talents of Kyoto......"
Hearing this, the maid was surprised and a little incredulous, and said, "But I think he is just a poor scholar, how can he be compared with a talented man in Kyoto?" ”
"Where grass can grow into a tall building, and ants can still lie down to listen to the scriptures, how do you know that a scholar will only be ordinary forever?"
"That's what Miss said!"
"It seems to be a bit heavier now......"
Looking up at the fine snow in the sky, Ling Xi lost his mind slightly, and then stopped staying and slowly walked into the mansion.
In the third year of Xiangshun in Eastern Chu, Lingxi stepped into Jinling again, in the twenty-fifth year of Yuanxiang in the previous dynasty, Dayu Linchen died in Tongling, Lingxi rode a horse and a sword out of Jinling in white, and since then there is one less woman in the world who has captivated the country and the city, and there is one more iron-blooded female general who has Xuanwei in the world.