Chapter 24 Crossing in the Same Boat
At noon, the big ship slowly pulled up and sailed eastward, it was the middle of December, the west wind on the river was blowing strongly, the big ship hung up a huge sail, the drum was like a full moon, and the speed was extremely fast to the next station Longxi County.
Zhang Huan's cabin was extremely spacious, and nearly 20 people lived in it, but it was still not too crowded, and this group of scholars were all studying in the Longyou Academy founded by the Wei family, and they were all from Jincheng County.
Speaking of academies, I have to say a few more words, the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, it attaches great importance to education, in Chang'an to set up a variety of official schools, such as Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue and some specialized schools, at the same time in the states and counties also set up official schools, the number of people vary, these official schools are unified by the Guozijian management, generally speaking, the age of enrollment of students is 14 to 19 years old.
In addition to official schools, there are many private schools in various places, which are not bound by the Guozijian and have their own charters, among which the academies founded by the seven great families are the most famous, and each has its own characteristics, such as the Qinghe Academy of the Cui family is known for its respect for Confucianism, rigorous scholarship, and attaches great importance to scriptures; The Jinyang Academy in Taiyuan pays attention to the application of learning, and pays special attention to policy theory;
When it came to Wei's Longyou Academy, it was completely different, the characteristics of Longyou Academy were military management, and the students were organized according to a team of ten people, a team of 100 people, and a team of five people as a captain, and each selected a strong student to serve as an officer, with strict ranks, and equal emphasis on civil and military affairs.
Xin Lang, who has a purple face, is one of the three captains of Longyou Academy, and his status in Longyou Academy is extremely high, not only because he is from a famous family, but more importantly, he is skilled in bows and horses, and his swordsmanship is very high, and he has been undefeated in the martial Longyou Academy for three years.
At this moment, the cabin was very lively, and when the students of two famous academies met a place, they naturally had endless words, each showing off their academies, lest they be looked down upon by the other party.
Zhang Huan and Xin Lang sat opposite each other by the window, enjoying the scenery on the river together, he lifted the teapot and filled the other party with a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Xin for your righteousness today, Zhang Huan replaced wine with tea, toast you." ”
Xin Lang smiled and waved his hand, "I am a hundred ling, and my brother can directly call me a hundred ling." ”
He took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "Actually, I heard that my sick brother had a Taiyuan accent, so I agreed to give up a cabin, otherwise it wouldn't be so refreshing!" ”
Zhang Huan pondered for a while and asked: "Jincheng County is the hometown of the former Taiyuan General Yin Xin Yunjing, I don't know if it has anything to do with Brother Xin?" ”
Xin Lang nodded, "It's the father, the younger brother is eighteen at home, and he is the youngest son of the Xin family." ”
Zhang Huan was stunned, and then smiled slightly: "Coincidentally, I am also ranked eighteen at home, so my name is Eighteen Lang." ”
Xin Lang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "It seems that we are really fateful, tonight I invite you to drink our old Jincheng wine, don't get drunk or sleep!" ”
"Good! That's a certainty. ”
Suddenly, the hull of the ship shook violently, only to hear the boatman shouting outside: "Longxi County has arrived, put away the sails!" Get ready to land! ”
The spirits of the gentlemen were greatly lifted, and it was here that the ladies who had chartered the ship boarded the ship, and they all poured onto the deck, all of them with great interest in this mysterious lady.
After a while, I only heard Zheng Qingming's excited shout, "It's coming!" Here it comes! ”
Zhang Huan slowly walked to the window, looked at the shore intently, only to see the yellow dust rolling not far away, nearly a hundred knights guarding several carriages galloping forward, the front carriage was gorgeously decorated, two white horses roared and neighed, the dragon wanted to fly, the carriage stopped at the side of the boat, the head of the guard shouted loudly, ordered the boatman to put down the board, and then quickly came down from the carriage Two pretty maids, they bent their knees in front of the car and laid a small velvet blanket, then got up and stood aside, bowed their heads and waited for the master to get off.
At this time, all the scholars held their breath, staring at the lace-embroidered velvet blanket, and for a moment, a pair of delicate sheepskin boots appeared on the carriage pedal, and then a pale yellow floor-length skirt dragged down, covering the leather boots, the long skirt was embroidered with precious Shu brocade, layered and tied to the chest, she was petite, wearing a new green narrow-sleeved shirt, covered with a phoenix veil on her shoulders, and wearing a hat woven with peacock fluff, which was decorated with exquisite ornaments, but it was a pity that a layer of black light yarn hung on the edge of the hat, covering her face.
She didn't stop, she was directly helped onto the boat pedal by the maid, her posture was light and graceful, and the skirt embroidered with golden phoenix and silver goose fluttered in the wind.
"Miss is on board, everyone go back to the cabin!" The boatman urged everyone in a panic, and everyone reluctantly took one last look at her wonderful figure and went back to the cabin.
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Leaving Longxi County, the night will soon fall, the cabin is brightly lit, the smell of wine is pervasive, full of laughter, Longyou Academy does not prohibit alcohol, plus the people in the Guanlong area are fierce, so this group of scholars are all quite a lot of alcohol, everyone takes a cup and pours wine, and holds out the appetizer wrapped in oil paper, everyone is crowded together, very lively.
Among the five people in Zhang Lian, Zheng Qingming is the most greedy and lustful, a few glasses of wine, his face is flushed, and the topic naturally falls on the body of the lady, the reader has a little ink in his belly, and Feng Liu also pays attention to some taste, only to hear Zheng Qingming shake his head and chant two sentences: 'Beauty is beautiful, I don't know that the twilight rain is the morning cloud!' ’
Immediately, someone answered loudly for him: "Since the arrival of the king, no more wine glasses, Sijun is like the waning moon, and the night is clear." ”
Everyone burst into laughter, making Zheng Qingming's face like a pig's liver, and Zhang Huan knew his problem, so he only laughed and said nothing.
"Huh! It's so lively. ”
The hatch suddenly opened, and a cold wind diluted the heat in the room, and the laughter in the cabin abruptly stopped, and everyone looked back at the door.
I saw a man standing at the door, burly, with a pair of thick and thick broom eyebrows, and someone recognized him as the head of the young lady's guard.
"My young lady, please be quiet!"
"Oh! I'm so sorry. Xin Lang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "We forgot, we must pay attention!" ”
After the leader of the guards finished speaking, he had no intention of leaving, his nose twitched twice, and his eyes showed a look of intoxication, "It's Jincheng old wine!" ”
Seeing this, Xin Lang couldn't help but smile slightly: "Since you're here, why don't you have a drink and leave?" ”
"Huh! Then it is better to be respectful than to obey fate. The leader of the guards laughed dryly, turned around and closed the hatch, rubbed his hands and squeezed in, he was not polite, and casually picked up Zheng Qingming's wine glass 'Squeak!' With a bang, he raised his neck and drank it all, and couldn't help but praise it repeatedly: "Good wine!" It's strong and doesn't choke on my throat, I like it!"
As he spoke, he grabbed the wine jug, poured himself a drink, and after a few drinks, he found that everyone was silent, and he couldn't help but put down the wine glass in surprise and said, "Everyone thinks I'm vulgar and disdain to sit at the same table?" ”
"Not really!" Zhang Huan smiled and said, "It's just that we were waiting for Brother Tai's self-introduction, so we didn't raise a glass." ”
"Huh! It's rude that I'm rude, under the surname Qin Santai, a native of Beijing, may I ask my brother's surname? ”
He saw that Zhang Huan had dark skin and powerful arms, which was completely different from the white-faced scholar in his impression, so he couldn't help but feel a little good impression of him, and without waiting for Zhang Huan to sign up, he walked over and sat down with him, poured him a glass of wine and said: "Don't look at me as a school, I have served in the army in Anxi, and I have also served as the personal soldier of General Li Siye, and I have experienced no less than 100 battles large and small, and I have these experiences in this life, and I am not in vain, brother, do you say?" ”
Zhang Huan raised his wine glass and smiled at him: "The so-called traveling thousands of miles, reading thousands of books, don't hide it from Brother Qin, I am so old or the first time to come to Longyou, the first time to enter Beijing, this road is picturesque, I knew that I would have read a few years less!" ”
Qin Santai grinned, he patted Zhang Huan on the shoulder, "The country is picturesque, it's a fart, it's exciting to play with the most beautiful woman, after you arrive in the capital, go to Pingkangfang at night, and you will know what it means to live in vain." ”
When it comes to women, the atmosphere at the banquet begins to warm up, everyone sees that although this uninvited guest is rude, but he is also a person of temperament, so he is not so restrained, they drink and chat, and the scene gradually becomes lively, Zheng Qingming's cup was taken away by the guy opposite, he had to take out an empty bowl again, but the bowl and the cup of fine pouring and slow drinking are completely different, after pouring two bowls of wine, Zheng Qingming's heart beat faster, his courage became bigger, and he gradually began to lose his temper.
"That, I said Brother Qin, what is the general price in Pingkangfang, and what kind of goods can you buy with consistent money? Also, how much money can I get for a powder? ”
Qin Santai squinted his eyes and looked at the fat man in front of him, and couldn't help but smile in his mouth, "I didn't expect you to be a veteran, there are different grades in Pingkangfang, the most expensive Baiguan can only be seen, and the cheapest dozens of Wen can be sent away, but the rules for spending wine money are the same, more than two times, you can choose one of several people, and you can live happily for one night!" ”
Zheng Qingming listened to it leisurely, he suddenly remembered something, so he took a sip of wine, salivated and asked, "I don't know what your young lady's name is, have you ever been married?" ”
"Qingming, shut up!"
Zhang Huan shouted angrily, he saw that Zheng Qingming was getting more and more obscene, and he had lost his identity as a scholar, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and now he actually mentioned the master of the family immediately after he finished talking about the Qinglou, which was really rude, he saw that Qin Santai's face changed greatly, and he knew that he had offended people, so he hurriedly saluted him: "My brother has drunk a few more cups, it's really not my heart, I hope Brother Qin will bear with me!" ”
Saying that, he hurriedly glanced at Song Lianyu and Zhao Yan, and asked them to drag the dead pig away, the two had just forcibly erected Zheng Qingming, Qin Santai suddenly had a seizure, only to see him pick up the wine jug violently and smash it on Zheng Qingming's head, only to hear 'Bang! With a crisp sound, the wine jug bloomed on the back of Zheng Qingming's head, wine and porcelain pieces splashed everywhere, Zheng Qingming 'Whoa! The ground screamed, and one stumbled and fell to the ground, his head on the back of his head, blood gurgling from between his fingers.
Although Zheng Qingming had been injured and fell to the ground, Qin Santai still did not give up, pulled out his sword and threw himself at him, howling: "What are you, you dare to hit my young lady's idea, Lao Tzu has chopped you!" ”
The scolding suddenly stopped, Qin Santai held the sword and didn't dare to move, only to see a cold horizontal knife pointed directly at his face, and then stepped forward an inch, the blade would poke into his face, Qin Santai raised his hands and was forced to follow the knife momentum and slowly retreated, his eyes stared at the tip of the knife without blinking, but the blade followed like a shadow, always less than an inch away from his face, Qin Santai couldn't get rid of it, and was forced out of the hatch all the time.
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