Zhang Dian walked a few steps and looked back at the picture scroll of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" in the hand of the little guy, although his face jumped tightly, he couldn't hide the smug smile.

Gu Yanzhong followed Zhang Dian all the way, and he felt that the five-flavor bottle was overturned, and by mistake, "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" still hooked Zhang Dian, and he really didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.

Gu Yanzhong walked at the end, the three of them didn't go far, Gu Yanzhong saw a big mansion not far away, and when he got closer, the two vermilion lacquer doors "clicked" and opened, Gu Yanzhong looked up and saw that the door was written: Zhangfu.

Gu Yanzhong looked at the hexagonal square wood embedded in the lintel, as well as the stone steps in front of the door, a total of eight levels.

These are all manifestations of status, combined into a popular word: the glorious lintel.

You can't go wrong this time! Gu Yanzhong laughed at himself in his heart, after all the twists and turns.

He stood at the door, stopped for two seconds, the huge regular script, squarely written on the door plaque, the last stroke of the word "chapter" is a hanging needle, like a sharp needle piercing down, but also pierced into Gu Yanzhong's heart.

He thought to himself: this is where I should be.

He suddenly remembered that the alley outside Prince Gong's mansion in Beijing was still well preserved. It seems that the scale is about the same as this.

He looked up at the beams on the upper part of the door frame above the main entrance, apparently a thick solid wooden lintel with four door stalls.

In ancient times, according to the system, only the mansion where the court officials lived could mark the lintel above the main entrance, and the ordinary people were not allowed to have the lintel, even if you were a big family, a rich party, and no official identity, you could not mark the lintel on the door of the house.

There are two stalls on the lintel, corresponding to the five to seven rank officials; If there are four door stalls on the lintel, they correspond to officials of more than four grades; As for the twelve door stalls, they can only be used by the rank of the prince or above.

There is a bunch of lions in front of the door, majestic and magnificent, which is very consistent with the momentum of Zhang Dan.

The male lion is on the left, and the hydrangea is stepped on under the right paw, which is called "lion rolling hydrangea"; The female lioness is on the right, and under her left paw is a lion cub, called "Young Master and Young Marshal", which means that the offspring is prosperous and the generation is a high-ranking official.

Zhang Dian slowly walked up the steps, and as he walked, Gu Yanzhong counted the number of steps, and when he counted "eight" in his mouth, he stopped.

In ancient times, there were also requirements in front of the door, and officials paid attention to the fact that the door was higher than the road, and there should be steps in front of the door.

This step cannot be repaired casually, but must be done according to the system. The front steps of the sixth and seventh rank officials cannot be higher than the second level, and the front steps of the fifth rank official cannot be higher than the third grade.

And so on, the maximum number of steps cannot exceed eight steps, and if it exceeds eight steps, it is nine, and nine is the extreme number, which is the number that represents the apex, and no one can use it except the emperor.

As officials were promoted, the number of steps in front of the door would slowly increase, and the literati often talked about the term "step to the body", in which the "step" came from.

Zhang Dian went straight inside, and Gu Yanzhong was still standing in front of the gate of Zhang Dian Mansion and watching.

The black mole boy cautiously asked, "Master, this son?" ”

Zhang Duan said coldly: "You take Gu Gongzi to the South Courtyard to rest first." After he finished speaking, he walked away without looking back.

Gu Yanzhong looked at Zhang Dan's back, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

The black mole guy looked at Gu Yanzhong, shook his head, and walked straight to the south courtyard with Gu Yanzhong.

Gu Yanzhong didn't have time to visit the construction of Zhangdun Mansion, the little guy walked quickly, followed the little guy through the winding corridor, bypassed a small pavilion, and walked a garden path, Gu Yanzhong saw a semicircular arch with two words written on it: South Courtyard.

On the wall next to the arch, there is a row of diamond-shaped holes, from which you can see the lush flowers and plants of the southern courtyard. Under the wall, there are various flowers and plants, and the wall echoes from afar.

Gu Yanzhong had just stepped into the south courtyard from the arch, and a burst of aromatic fragrance filled his nose. He glanced around, and the layout of the southern courtyard was somewhat similar to the style of the Jiangnan garden.

The moon season in the courtyard is very brilliant, purple and red, but there is no red begonia to attract attention. What's even more rare is that there is a row of golden ** under the opposite wall.

A golden osmanthus tree in the corner of the wall falls all over the courtyard densely covered with a layer, the autumn wind blows, and the fragrance of osmanthus is stronger than other flowers.

However, the strongest thing in this breeze is the smell of books.

The yard is large, and the doors of the three spacious houses are open, from which you can see some people reading books and others drinking tea. Seeing strangers coming in, some people cast strange glances at Gu Yanzhong.

The golden cinnamon is in the corner of the courtyard, which is the feng shui of the ancient house. Most families like to plant osmanthus flowers, sticking to the homonym of "expensive".

The cultivation of this osmanthus tree is also exquisite.

Osmanthus has a long lifespan, generally living for decades to hundreds of years, and some even live for thousands of years, so its flowering age is relatively late.

It takes about ten years for the seedlings to bloom; Cuttings take four years to flower; The grafted cinnamon and silver cinnamon bloom one-fifth by the following year; Although the grafted four seasons laurel blooms that year, there are very few of them. Some of the transplanted osmanthus trees can bloom in the same year, and some need to adapt to it for one or two years before flowering.

Ordinary people like to plant four seasons osmanthus, the flowers bloom early, and there are a small number of flowers every month, and the color is white.

Officials like to plant golden cinnamon and silver cinnamon. Golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus bloom in autumn, especially the golden osmanthus is golden yellow, which is deeply liked by officials of all sizes in the court.

Of course, the courtyard of Zhang's house is planted with golden cinnamon, and this osmanthus tree looks like a very big trunk, Gu Yanzhong blinked at it, and three or five people must not be able to hold hands.

There were three or five scholars sitting under the tree, shaking their heads and chanting something.

In the shade of a tree, two scholars were playing chess, and the others were gathered around.

On the side of the osmanthus tree, there is a long corridor and rockery, and some scholars are also reading books against the pillars in the corridor, while others walk back and forth under the corridor.

Immediately after that, there is a secluded small courtyard in the south courtyard, which reads: backyard.

The backyard entered from the northeast gate of the south courtyard, and Gu Yanzhong followed the black mole boy to the northeast of the courtyard and went around to the backyard.

There were still three rooms in the backyard, which looked much smaller than the previous ones, and in the corridor in front of them was a row of red pillars, which had been freshly painted in red paint and sparkled in the sun.

There is also a golden osmanthus tree in the southwest corner, the golden osmanthus gives off a faint floral fragrance, and the fine petals are blown into the air by the wind and fall gently fluttering.

The black mole maid took Gu Yanzhong to the room closest to the osmanthus tree.

The black mole guy gently pushed the door open, standing by the door, this room is about forty or fifty square meters, a mahogany round table is placed in the middle of the room, and there is a set of celadon teapots on the round table, revealing a faint green light, which looks both atmospheric and elegant.

The whole set of porcelain is azure, which makes people feel a kind of pleasure after the rain and the sunny weather, and the glaze is thick, like a pile of grease and tears. He walked over and picked up the teacup, and tapped it gently, the sound was crisp and the knock was like a chime.

Gu Yanzhong's eyes lit up, and two words flashed in his heart, Ruyao.

Before crossing over, although I had also seen the unearthed porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, after experiencing thousands of years of wind and rain, and sleeping in the soil for such a long time, no matter how fine the workmanship was, it was incomplete.

He shrugged his nose slightly, as if he had already smelled the scent of tea wafting from the pot.

Gu Yanzhong walked a little further inside, there was a mahogany square table, and there was a snow-white rice paper on the table, he didn't touch it with his hands, he only used his eyes to see that it was the top grade in Huixuan.

There is a piece of ink next to the rice paper, which is exuding a faint rosin fragrance. His heart itched, and he really wanted to write a few words.

There is a bookshelf next to the desk, in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, there are also some books such as the Book of Poetry, and there are many books used for exams in ancient times.

Gu Yanzhong gently touched the side of the book with his hand, it was spotless, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, these books were paving stones to the official career for ancient people, and in his eyes, they could only be paving books for recreation.

The black mole guy leaned over and said carefully: "Gu Gongzi, you stay here first, if there is anything, you go outside and let me know, and someone will naturally come to help you." If you don't have any orders, Master Zhang can't do without people, I will leave first. ”

"Oh, thank you." Gu Yanzhong turned his head and saw a few heads poked out by the doorman.

The heads saw him turn to look at the door, and hurriedly retracted their heads.

Gu Yanzhong sent the black mole girl out and sent it all the way to the aisle between the two courtyards.

Gu Yanzhong pointed to the other two rooms in the courtyard and asked, "Is there anyone living in the opposite side and the next room?" ”

The black mole boy saluted again: "Oh, opposite is Liu Yutang's Liu Gongzi's residence, and next to it is Fang Tianruo Fang Gongzi." ”

Gu Yanzhong frowned slightly, bowed and said, "Thank you, you can go and get busy with you first!" ”

Under the promenade around the yard is a row of colorful chrysanthemums. Gu Yanzhong slowly walked to the flower bed, and as he walked, he pricked up his ears and listened to the sound of seventy-seven-eighty-eight coming from behind.

"Lord Zhang's personal servant personally sent him over, and he was so polite to him, this person is different!" One of them said.

"I think he will definitely overshadow Fang Gongzi in the limelight."

"Fang Gongzi is the first guest of Zhang Mansion, and he is exploring flowers this year, what is the origin of this guy......"

Gu Yanzhong shrugged his shoulders, and as soon as he turned around, a person hurriedly ran towards the place where he was standing.

Gu Yanzhong's body was flexible, and he turned sideways, only to see the person running towards Fang Tianruo's room quickly.

The man banged on the door vigorously and shouted, "Master Fang, come quickly, Master Zhang is back." ”

"Squeak!" The door opened, and out came a white-clothed scholar, who straightened his collar and straightened the hat on his head, his two thick eyebrows bent downward.

Before Gu Yanzhong could react, the doormen who were talking behind him just now ran over and gathered around Fang Tianruo.

Fang Tianruo's face was expressionless, looking like the ice that had been frozen for thousands of years.

One of the doormen bent over, tilted his head, and said cautiously with a flattering picture: "Young Master Fang, Master Zhang, I just came back and am looking at paintings in the study. ”

"Look at the paintings? What painting? Fang Tianruo looked at the doorman suspiciously.

The doorman lowered his head, as if he had made a mistake, and whispered, "The villain, the villain doesn't know." ”

Fang Tianruo glared at the doorman, and the doorman subconsciously took a few steps back.

Fang Tianruo said, walking forward quickly. When they walked to Gu Yanzhong's side, a doorman pushed Gu Yanzhong, and Gu Yanzhong hurriedly retreated.

He stepped on the flower bed, was slipped by the stones in the flower bed, could not stand for a while, leaned back, and slammed his waist directly on the stone in the corridor next to the flower bed.

"Holy! This posture is a little more majestic than that of ordinary officials. ”

Gu Yanzhong's right eyebrow was raised, Gu Yanzhong stood up, patted the dirt on his body, walked a few steps, and glanced back at the group a few times, they had already walked away.

Gu Yanzhong exhaled deeply, and there was an indescribable displeasure in his heart. He lay in bed and fell asleep unconsciously.

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