Before the Northern Song Dynasty ushered in the catastrophe, the Central Plains had been peaceful for more than 100 years.

In ancient times, human reproduction was far more powerful than in modern times. As long as there is no war, even if there are droughts and earthquakes within a country every year, it will not affect the snowball growth of the population.

By the time of Emperor Huizong of Zhezong, the population of Gyeonggi Road, that is, Kaifeng Province and the surrounding 16 counties, had already approached 1.5 million.

Most of them are the urban population living in Kaifeng City, including 100,000 forbidden soldiers.

The area of Kaifeng City in the Song Dynasty, according to the research of later generations, whether it is 200,000 square kilometers or 450,000 square kilometers, is far smaller than that of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.

In such a bustling city where every inch of land is valuable, the population density of the streets and alleys where civilians live is quite large.

Thanks to the neighbors who love each other and huddle together, the speed of gossip spreads faster than that of opening an air job.

However, in the Yunjiang Fang where the Shen family is located, from the white-haired Weng Yuan to the drooping children, they all know that Shen's second sister-in-law has taken in two more people.

Shen Fuzhi did not take the initiative to publicize the matter of shaking hands with the Zeng family, but since the Zeng Mansion wanted to avoid Zhang Dian and Zhang Jie from making a big fuss about the forced marriage of the martyrs of the Battle of Hongdecheng, they naturally did not hesitate to mobilize the power of public opinion for their own use.

The idlers in the streets and alleys, like the Internet water army of later generations, spread the good story of Li Gefei as a witness and Yao Huan as a righteous daughter in the Zeng Mansion's long house.

Shen Fuzhi obviously felt that the position of the neighbors had changed subtly.

People are like this, he sees that you are in trouble in the blue sky and the sun, and the voice of sympathy is blurted out. But if he finds out, hey, instead of continuing to suffer because of this, but instead of knowing the powerful and becoming a guest of honor, then in his heart, not a few lemon trees will grow, and he will really be sorry for the real human nature.

At this time, there were two more men in Shen Fu's house.

The younger one, the one who just took off his open crotch pants, is not taboo, but the old one, who is said to be the housekeeper who was kicked out by the Yao family, lives in the Shen family with a room of children so inexplicably, what's the matter?

A few women who had eaten the delicious soup shared by the Shen family kindly reminded Meituan to convey the gossip to the hostess.

And the No. 1 cat slave in the alley, Granny Wang, is kind-hearted and has made the right direction.

She went directly to report to Cai Yingwen.

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Our second uncle, who loves literature and cares about his ex-wife, Cai Ying, who is too learned in Kaifeng, came to the door again with mutton.

This time, relying on the accurate information of Granny Wang, the Shen family, old and young, the master, the servants, are all there.

Yao Huan was observing whether the crayfish were growing well by the fish pond, and saw that it was his uncle who opened the door to welcome Meituan, busy with the blessing of the juniors, half innocent and half teasing: "Uncle is healthy, what words did you bring to your aunt today?" ”

Cai Yingwen understands very well the importance of placing God Assists for herself, and cheered Yao Huan: "Sister Huan laughed, your face looks very good, but my uncle's ability to fill in words still hasn't improved at all." ”

At this point, he coughed slightly twice and cleared his throat, raised his tone slightly, and continued: "I can't fill in my own words well, what I brought to your aunt today is still a famous lyrical, Zhou Meicheng's "Jinling Nostalgia", beautifully, who remembers the grand event of the Southern Dynasty?" The mountain surrounds the old country around the Qingjiang River, and the bun is on the ...... The swallow does not know where the world is, to the ordinary alley strangers, relatively such as the rise and fall, in the sun. ”

Zhou Meicheng, that is, Zhou Bangyan, Yao Huan, as a layman of Song Ci, left Du Niang, about Zhou Bangyan's words, she will only memorize a few sentences of no more than four words, such as "Wu Yan Shengxue", such as "Wind Lotus". However, Yao Huan remembered an anecdote about Zhou Bangyan in later generations that he didn't know whether it was true or false.

It is rumored that after Duan Wang Zhao Ji became the Son of Heaven, he often had private meetings with Li Shishi, a famous prostitute in the capital. Master Li is the best at singing, so he is very fond of literati who write beautiful lyrics, and Zhou Bangyan is one of them. One day, Master Li invited Zhou Bangyan to a small gathering to try out his new words, but halfway through the singing, Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, arrived. Master Li was afraid that the Son of Heaven would be displeased, so he asked Zhou Bangyan to hide under the bed. It happened that Zhao Ji brought new oranges, and the Song people loved to dip oranges in salt, so Master Li ordered someone to take fine salt, peel the oranges, dip them in some salt flowers, and feed them to the Son of Heaven to enjoy. I don't want to say that three or two days later, a song will be circulated in Kaifeng City: "And the knife is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and the slender hand breaks the new orange." …… Whisper and ask, to whom to lodge. When the Son of Heaven heard this, he said in his heart that this is not the replay of the scene of the day when I and my teacher, and I went to Master Li to ask, only to know the reason, and he was so angry that he deposed Zhou Bangyan from the capital.

Yao Huan listened to his uncle's words dragging Zhou Bangyan at the moment, just to solve his doubts about this rumor.

"Uncle, this Zhou Meicheng, did you still make a song, what kind of knife, salt, orange ......?"

Cai Yingwen was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted: "Sister Huan, what you said is like water, Wu Yan wins snow, and breaks the new orange with your slender hands?" ”

Yao Huan nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, this is it." ”

Cai Yingwen frowned slightly: "This is Zhou Gong's most famous "Youth Tour". ”

The implication is that I lament that my niece's literary literacy is low.

Yao Huan said in his heart, look at it, let me say it, you will know how many anecdotes about Yan Shi in later generations, many of them are nonsense. In this era of Zhezong, maybe as early as the previous era of Shenzong, Zhou Daci had already written "Youth Tour", and he had a half-dime relationship with Master Li and Song Huizong? Zhou Bangyan, there are not fifty but forty this year, wait for another five years, Zhao Ji will take the throne, and after being the emperor for more than ten years, Zhou Daci should be a person with a sixtieth birthday, and he will spend a night under Master Li's bed? What a joke.

She was secretly complaining, her aunt Shen Fuzhi had already come to the front yard from the stove, with a sneering face, snorted lightly, and said to her ex-husband: "What does a woman's knowledge of the scriptures have to do with whether she reads the small order or not?" Even if you read Xiaoling, do you have to know the words of the remnants of the royal party? ”

Cai Yingwen was taken aback and said in a low voice: "What you say, it's just a matter of talking at home, don't talk about it when you go out." Do you know that at most in autumn, Zhou Meicheng will return to Beijing in response to the edict. ”

Shen Fuzhi's eyes became more and more cold: "Cai Xuezheng, I am a pig seller by the Bianhe River, how can I understand the affairs of the court." You can't reveal this heavenly opportunity, you belong to the earliest you know, look more conceited than Cai Shangshu. ”

Yao Huan, a melon-eating crowd who listened with his ears pricked up, secretly screamed "not good".

Zhou Bangyan was a supporter of Wang Anshi's reforms, and was expelled from Beijing by conservatives during the Yuan You period, and now the little emperor Zhao Xu, who is bent on getting back to the reform of the law, will naturally be reinstated.

Uncle was really cool for his wife at the beginning, and now he is chasing his wife in the crematorium, knowing that his aunt hates the New Party, and reciting Zhou Bangyan's words is death!

Seeing that the atmosphere was going to be even more wrong, Yao Huan stepped forward.

She smiled and said to Shen Fuzhi: "Aunt, uncle, he used to write a small order for you and me, but you always dislike it as a sour song and disdain to read it." Today, he recited the words of Bachelor Zhou, the hometown of mountains and rivers, the rise and the fall, there are many patterns, Huan'er listened, just like the words of Bachelor Su and Su Gong, the big river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the romantic characters through the ages ......"

Uncle Cai Yingwen hurriedly picked up the pole: "Yes, yes, yes, you see, Sister Huan is the one who really understands words." ”

Shen Fuzhi rolled his eyes, stuffed the apricot peel water he was holding into Yao Huan's hand, and reprimanded: "Don't compare Zhou Bangyan with Master Su. ”

Yao Huan took the apricot peel water, yo, it was still frozen in the well, and he couldn't help laughing.

Auntie, I understand, I understand, what old and new party disputes, euphemistic words, don't care about these details, apricot peel water, apricot peel water is the key.

What kind of action is more than giving you a bowl of cold apricot peel water in the hot summer when you know that you can't move, "I still miss my old love, my mother"?