Chapter 2 From Daru Lane to Guozijian
The waterway was replaced by a carriage, and it took nearly half a month to arrive in the capital.
These days, Shen Wuyan chooses to be alone, reading books and writing alone, although the time is boring, he also thinks about many things that he has not thought clearly and thoroughly before.
It wasn't until he got off the boat that Shen Wuyan was thrown into the gorgeously decorated carriage by several big men who came over, and Shao Fang left after saying a few words to a few of them.
One of the big men in the carriage blindfolded Shen Wuyan's eyes and stuffed his ears with cotton wool, and then said in an urn voice: "What the head of the family means is that Mr. Wuyan has been wronged for a few days these days. ”
Shen Wuyan smiled lightly and said, "Since you have blocked your ears, why are you still talking to me?" ”
The big man suddenly smiled, and he said, "This is the process of going in the first place...... Besides, with Mr. Shen's talent, even if he doesn't block his ears, he knows where we will go by seeing the carriage just now. ”
Shen Wuyan did know that the Ming Dynasty had extremely strict requirements for pedestrians and cars, what kind of people used what kind of carriages, such gorgeous carriages could only go to one place, and that was the palace.
"Since Mr. knows, please don't say it, our brothers are all out to eat, and we don't want to be too involved."
Shen Wuyan waved his hand and didn't say much.
The carriage gradually moved away, and the northern capital in early winter was obviously colder, and the cotton clothes that Shen Wuyan wore when he was in Suzhou could no longer keep out the cold, if it wasn't for more than half a year of exercise, I am afraid it would be difficult to resist this cold wind at this time.
I don't know how long it took to start from the ferry, but in short, it had already made Shen Wuyan drowsy, and almost in his sleep, he was put off the carriage by these big men, and then roughly heard the sound of the carriage disappearing.
Get the light again, in front of you is an elegant garden, during the pavilions and pavilions are quite magnificent, not at all as graceful as Suzhou, there is indeed the majesty of the dragon city.
Next, a well-dressed middle-aged man with a handsome appearance walked out.
At a glance, this person knew that he was a scholar with rigorous studies, and although the arrogance in him was a little restrained, in Shen Wuyan's opinion, it was unobstructed, but this did not affect this person's image.
"Shen Gongzi go in."
The voice was emotionless, but the man had already turned and walked towards the garden. According to Shen Wuyan's speculation, this should be the back door of a certain mansion.
The winding path leads to the secluded, following the person deeper and deeper, Shen Wuyan suddenly felt very depressed, this is a kind of pressure from the mental and physical level, Shen Wuyan settled down, could it be that the discomfort caused by sitting on the boat for too long?
It didn't take too long, and the middle-aged man who walked in front still seemed to feel these small movements of Shen Wuyan, so he stopped and said lightly: "I forgot that Shen Gongzi came to the palace for the first time." ”
Although he guessed that the carriage would arrive at the palace early in the morning, he was still a little surprised at this time, after all, even a person like Shao Fang who worked for the royal family had never entered the palace, and although he had spent money to visit the Forbidden City more than ten years ago, he still felt different.
"The palace isn't full of hidden weapons? It is said that this palace is full of brocade guards watching, which is really scary...... Adults can't sleep at night. ”
The middle-aged man walking in front couldn't help frowning when he heard these questions, and then said coldly: "There are indeed some organs in the palace, but they are all for the sake of Your Majesty's safety. …… If Jin Yiwei is not summoned by His Majesty, he cannot appear at will. But there is indeed a brocade guard ...... here. ”
"Why is there here?" Shen Wuyan said curiously.
The middle-aged man who had been walking in front suddenly turned his head at this time, looked at Shen Wuyan seriously, and said, "I heard that Mr. Shen is also a talented and learned literati, but I didn't expect that there are so many problems, and he is no less than a long-tongued woman outside the city. ”
It was a great insult to compare a dignified seven-foot man to a woman, but at this time, he added this long tongue name above the woman, so it was even stronger, I thought that Shen Wuyan would be more restrained, but unexpectedly he still underestimated the other party.
Shen Wuyan tilted his head and said with a faint smile: "Scholars naturally have the spirit of asking the bottom of the matter, if they don't know, they naturally have to ask it, otherwise what kind of chaos will happen in the future, who will be responsible?" ”
The middle-aged man was even more angry when he heard this, but after thinking about it, what he said was reasonable, so he snorted coldly: "Because this is King Yu's Mansion, His Royal Highness King Yu is a vassal king, so he naturally has to be monitored by Jinyiwei." ”
"Yuwang Mansion." Shen Wuyan read these three words softly, and then the meaning behind these three words gradually appeared in his mind, and after a brief thought, he stopped asking.
For Shen Wuyan, whether you say that I am a woman, or even a woman with a long tongue, but I must understand what kind of place this place is, and what kind of situation I am in, as Shao Fang said, this time I came to Beijing not to wander.
I don't know how many paths I detoured, and how many small pavilions I passed along the way, and finally the two stopped in front of an elegant little study.
The study is independent, and there are no other houses around, but you can see it at a glance, although it looks simple, but in essence it implies the art of war, and it is very difficult to storm this place.
"You wait here first, I'll go in and report it." With that, the middle-aged man pushed the door in.
In the room, a mild-faced young man was writing by the window, and when he heard someone coming in, he coughed lightly and said indifferently: "Mr. Gao sit down first, I'll go out to meet him." ”
"I'm afraid this is not good......" The middle-aged Mr. Gao's face changed slightly, and he said softly: "Your Highness is ......." ”
"It's not that there is anything high or low, besides, Shen Wuyan also has some talent, I'll go and see if what Shao Fang said is true or false."
With such a sound, the young man had already thrown the pen aside, and was about to open the door to go out, when he suddenly said, "He must have known that I am King Yu...... But it's okay. ”
Push the door, and a ray of warm winter sun shines into the room.
At a glance, he saw a young man in simple clothes standing in front of the withered lotus pond, which was already in winter, so the lotus pond had long since become a puddle of mud, and it was not of much ornamental value.
"Mr. Shen, are you okay all the way along the way?"
Shen Wuyan was originally planning to go back and taste a few lotus roots, but he thought about how delicious the lotus roots in Suzhou were, why did he come to the north to eat this tasteless thing.
At this time, he suddenly heard someone behind him, and he had already guessed the identity of the other party.
"His Royal Highness King Lao Yu remembered ......" Shen Wuyan hugged his fists and bowed slightly.
King Yu smiled and stood beside Shen Wuyan and said, "Could it be that Mr. Fei is remembering the noble feelings of the ancients for this lotus root to come out of the mud without staining, and to clear the ripples without demons?" ”
Shen Wuyan was stunned, and couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
"That is the yearning for the decay of all things, and the coming year will definitely be dead wood and spring."
Shen Wuyan shook his head again, and then said with a wry smile: "I don't have so much literary elegance, looking at this lotus pond, I just think that if you can eat lotus root, it is indeed delicious, so I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”
When King Yu heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "But I think too much, probably talking with Mr. Chunfang all day long, but I have these feelings." ”
The so-called Mr. Chunfang is Li Chunfang, who was the lecturer of Yuwang's Mansion at the time, that is, the teacher of Song Yanzhi and Song Qian, so he is still in the same relationship with Yuwang.
Probably guessing what Shen Wuyan was thinking, King Yu continued: "I also heard a little about Yan Zhi over there, and later asked Mr. Chunfang to make sure that Yan Zhi did have a lung disease, so it's no wonder that he was speechless. ”
In a few simple words, the title changed from Mr. Shen to speechless, and I have to say that Yuwang's first impression of Shen Wuyan was good. And as King Yu, he still calls himself me, but it is also a different feeling.
While chatting here, King Yu suddenly said: "Actually, the 10,000 taels of silver was not for Shao Fang, he has always been more bitter. ”
"I drink tea all day long in Suzhou, and I live in an ordinary room, which is really bitter." Shen Wuyan said with deep feelings.
Hearing these descriptions, King Yu was even more emotional, and said with a wry smile: "I'm not afraid of wordless jokes, this silver was sent to Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Xiang." ”
"The prince of a country actually gave silver to the minister?" Shen Wuyan was shocked in his heart, although Yan Song was so powerful, he didn't expect it to come to such a point.
King Yu smiled bitterly: "It's indeed a bit incredible to say, it's just that Yan Shifan controls the official's money, if I don't bribe him...... The other officials did not have any money. ”
Shen Wuyan nodded: "So ......"
"I heard that Wuyan's business in Suzhou is doing well, so I ...... I would like to ask you to borrow some silver. Yuwang's face was still like a spring breeze, as if he didn't have any burden when he said these words.
Shen Wuyan had expected this ending before, but this loan was indeed not very credible, so he said loudly: "Actually, His Royal Highness can enter the shares of our Xingbake Teahouse...... It means that His Royal Highness will contribute a part of the money for the teahouse, and then according to the annual profit, we will pay His Highness the silver you deserve. Of course, if Your Highness is short of money now, I can give you a cushion first. ”
Originally, it was very difficult to ask a civilian to borrow money, but when things came to this point, they could only say it with a hard head, but at this time, when they heard the other party's answer, they were immediately very grateful.
A simple sentence will give you money, in exchange for the money you earned yourself, in fact, it is the same inside, but it gives you enough face, and I can't help but have a good impression of this scholar in my heart.
"Just do what you say without words...... In addition, Mr. Gao meant to let you be a scholar in Yuwangfu, but later I listened to Shao Fang's meaning, and let Wuyan be a scholar is really condescending, so in total, I plan to let you enter the national prison, how about being a classic? ”
After a little hesitation, he said again: "Of course, it was just an idle errand, and later Mr. Gao added that you had been a gentleman when you were in Suzhou, so I plan to let you be a professor of Guozijian at the same time." ”
Shen Wuyan smiled faintly, these two are the most humble official positions in the court, in fact, even if they are professors, they are still relatively idle, and the reason why they are arranged in the Guozi Prison is probably because that Mr. Gao is there to serve as the Guozi Supervisor of the sacrificial wine.
"Then according to His Highness's arrangement, thank you, Your Highness."
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