Chapter 05 Mid-Autumn Festival sighs
Tiny light golden beads floated into the carriage window.
I lifted the half-open curtain and peeked out.
I don't know whose courtyard wall is planted with a long row of osmanthus. The tree was tall, full of stars and fragrant winds, and accidentally slipped over the wall and landed on the shoulders of passers-by.
I reached out to catch two pieces, but the wagon procession had already passed. saw the boy in front of him turn the horse's head, sprinkled over, and said with a light smile: "You wait." ”
Flower wall at night, young horses.
It's like a painting.
He chose a favorite branch and chose it. A few steps faster to keep up with the team, happily handed it to me.
I wanted to retract my outstretched hand again, but hesitated, after all, I reciprocated each other's hearts, and I didn't want to have any involvement.
Troublesome!
At this moment, a huge black shadow sat up and leaned towards my face: "Huh? Hey, it's osmanthus! Let me taste the sweetness! ”
Oh, my God!
With that, a fat hand took the flower branch and chewed one lightly with his front teeth.
I was taken aback by her action: "Apple, you're awake!" ”
"Ah——, yes." She scratched her head, "How did I sleep here!?" ”
"Hahaha......ha Mom, a chicken, others have been born and died several times, but you have a full sleep to nourish your spirits, and you wake up in the river of the car!
The boy did not reduce his care: "Two girls, tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival, since we meet, we will have a small reunion together, right?" ”
It turns out that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival......
My heart is like a flower tree blocking the moonlight and sifting out a shadow.
He pointed with a horsewhip: "In front of us is Basket Street, and there are several famous restaurants. There is no curfew in the city tonight, it is open all night. ”
I haven't said anything yet. Sister Apple agreed simply: "Okay, good, I'm hungry." ”
Childe smiled heartily, showed his white and neat teeth, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and walked to the front first.
I quietly glanced at the watch on my wrist, and it was eleven o'clock in the night.
"I'm hungry too. If it was before, I would have agreed directly, and even took the initiative to order. It's just that now I always feel that expressing less opinions will avoid a lot of trouble, is this a silence or a passive autism? I silently measured the balance in my heart and checked the direction it was deviating.
The carriage stopped at a restaurant called Tianfuju.
The most luxurious means of transportation in this era is the same as the tractor I have ridden, jolting back and forth, tossing the heart, liver, spleen, stomach and kidneys.
Although it is midnight, there are still many people who return late to admire the moon on the road, and the Mid-Autumn Festival custom has always been fashionable. Passing by a woman, or a basket of yellow persimmons in her arms, or a moon cake wrapped in red paper in her hand. I don't know if it's a gift from Ningde's mother's family today? Or the moon worship by the water, the remaining offerings.
The sacrificial table in front of the shop on the whole street had not been removed, and the ground was the ash left by the paper lamp, and the ash was sandwiched with red confetti that had not been burned.
They tied up the horses, and the master invited the shopkeeper to invite him inside, and Apple and I followed. This restaurant is very magnificent, and the dishes must be of a grade that I have never tasted before...... If it weren't for the blessing of others, relying on me, a small people, to come here to consume by themselves would be like going to a Beijing restaurant to eat just an egg fried rice.
It's not that it's arrogant, it's just that social classes are really not easy to surpass from ancient times to the present. If you don't see the life of a person, it may not be a pleasure to live in your own one-third of an acre.
On the second floor, there is a private room named as a platform for the open moon, a wall is unsealed, extending the open air, and now by the full moon, the scenery is pleasant.
The entourage went to another room to entertain them, and only Xiangye, Gongzi, Apple and I were left here.
I didn't know table manners and felt embarrassed. The boy took the initiative to relieve the jerky atmosphere and introduced himself: "My name is Li Chengyun, and I am my father's third son. Then the words turned softer: "I don't know the girl's name......"
Xiangye interrupted him: "Don't be abrupt, this is the son-in-law of Fanzhi County, Liangsu County." ”
"Ah?????h I almost rolled my eyes.
This and this, it turns out that I still have a background? I thought that the three big characters of Fan Yusu on the roster were added out of thin air by time and space confusion!
"Can I go home now?" I suddenly popped out this sentence at the speed of modern people, maybe I was too excited in my heart!
It has always been my dream to be a princess of the county!
Is it almost happening now?!
If Xiangye approved, I would have sung and danced first, but when he frowned, I knew that there was no such good thing.
He took a sip of hot tea: "Girl, the matter about you is not finished yet. ”
"This matter is complicated, and I am afraid that it involves a wide range of things. I can't tell you what happened right now. I'll send you two to the palace first, and then somebody will take the initiative to contact you. ”
"Uh-huh, okay." The two of us had to nod and agree, first, there was no other choice, and secondly, Xiangye was in charge of protecting the two of us tonight, and he also trusted him.
As he spoke, the dishes were all ready, including steamed venison with precious apricot sauce and roast lamb, which was smeared with expensive pepper from that era. There is also a dish I have seen in the book - "Cutting Fish", when the fish is fresh, cut into thin and transparent small slices, dipped in condiments, and eaten fresh and sweet and tender.
There is a lot of meat and few vegetables. It seems to be popular to eat fruit as a side dish.
I tasted a dish of goat's milk and cabbage, and it turned out to be spinach.
Each dish has a very nice name, for example, gold and silver sandwiches.
Bounce the white crab meat and the crab roe with flowing oil on the cake, roll it up and cut it into slices, and then decorate it with honeysuckle filigree after plating, so that people can swallow their saliva.
Everyone was hungry too, and the satisfaction of the stomach made the atmosphere happy. I also relaxed and chatted: "I really didn't expect that I was sitting here eating here, I thought that even if I lived, I would have to wander like a refugee." ”
Sister Apple stopped her chopsticks abruptly and suddenly realized, "Yes, weren't we going to feed the tiger just now?" How did it come out? How did it come out? ”
The repeated questioning made the three of us laugh. I couldn't help but laugh and told her, "That's a long story, I'll talk to you slowly when I have time." ”
Childe poured a full glass of wine with us: "This osmanthus brew is the best, the first time I came to Kyoto, it is a catch wine, girls try it." ”
I was a little surprised by his warmth and thoughtfulness, and if I had been guilty of narcissism, I would have felt so good about myself. can be quiet, and I only feel that this dignified son, how can he treat us with such a distinguished guest......
I thanked them, raised my glass, and drank with my sleeve over my face, following their example. I don't know how to drink, but I can also drink the sweetness and slight spiciness, the aftertaste is pleasant, and there is no irritating and uncomfortable burning sensation.
I took the initiative to give Xiang Ye a cup: "I see that the prince has made up his mind to slaughter us in the morning, thanks to your mediation." ”
I drank it all and inevitably felt aggrieved: "I don't know when I offended him, and I want to kill him all." ”
Cheng Yun Gongzi's fingers lightly tapped the table in thought: "Dad, I think he will not give up, but I don't know what the back hand is." ”
Xiangye chewed the food silently, looking secretive.
I took the flask and refilled myself. It's a nice feeling, it's not uncomfortable, it's good! It's so good that I feel happy in my heart, the sweet cat is here, the time has gone back, and life is smooth! What gloomy clouds are bleak and bleak? What doesn't exist, doesn't exist, and now it's completely Huqin and Qiangdi!
After a while, my consciousness drifted away, and the damn thing that had just happened unconsciously came back into my mind, and I kept playing it back and forth, like a frame of movie film. But suddenly the projector was stuck, and one thing was not right!
The wine glass on my lips stopped in mid-air, I shook the red cloud slightly, and said in my heart: "No, there are eight groups in total, and Apple and I are the last group, but there are obviously seventeen people!" There is one more, who is it? That's right, the one who wore the blue clothes when he was in the Strange Tower was missing her! ”
I hurriedly told Xiangye: "There is still a girl who has not entered the Colosseum!" She's last in line! I saw her before I chose her weapon! ”
We looked at each other, and Xiang Ye touched his beard and said with surprise in his eyes: "Yes, obviously outside the group, there is also one person!" But when we left, we didn't see the third girl alive. ”
Apple continued: "You're talking about the one who is always with us, her name is Zhang Ruoqing." Did you sneak away while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos? ”
Xiangye pondered: "This ...... The attention is on the Colosseum, especially when the double-knife woman comes on the field, the field is even more eye-catching, and the grand occasion is warm. ”
Xiangye's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Go and check the carriage!" ”
Cheng Yun Gongzi touched the sword on his waist and immediately ran out of the door.
Xiangye summoned his entourage again, and ordered one fat and one thin to take off his robe and change it with the two of us.
"This ......"
Seeing that the two of us were hesitant, Xiangye quickly urged: "Things are about to change, listen to my arrangement." ”
Apple and I changed our outfits as fast as we could behind the screen, but luckily the white shirts worn by men and women in ancient times looked the same, and we only had to change out of our outer shirts. Then we threw our reluctant costumes into the cracks in the wall outside the terrace.
Immediately put his face directly in the washbasin at the door of the private room, fortunately, the ancient cosmetics were not waterproof, and the hand towel would fall off with a wipe. A beaded flower was lost and wasted, so it was hidden in a sleeve pocket.
In a panic, he grabbed a man's hair bun, and at this time, he had heard the sound of a horse team kicking and stomping at the door of the restaurant.
"Is it alright?" The Xiangye at the door urged again.
"Alright, alright." I said yes and confirmed three things, a necklace around my neck? At! A watch on your wrist? At! A dagger at the waist? At!
Finish!
Luckily, I've never tried a fragment when I drink, and even if I vomit uncontrollably, I'm still conscious.
So the two of us were buried in a group of people, and Hulala followed Xiangye downstairs to solve the trouble that had begun.
Cheng Yun's son and a military general were already in tension, and the two blades were fighting in front of the curtain of an empty carriage, as if there was some secret hidden inside.
The long-faced prince rode on the high-headed horse without saying a word, and his expression seemed to be playing with which of the two people in front of him was more powerful.
Xiangye drank: "My son stops!" ”
Then he stepped forward and asked what was the dispute, but the prince asked with a smirk: "Dare to ask Xiangye, what is the purpose of this carriage?" ”
Xiangye sighed and said in frustration: "The old man thought that he could get a few more women out of the hands of the prince." Cheng didn't expect that he went to two cars and came back with an empty one, thinking that it should be the old man's incompetence. ”
"Haha, Zuo Xiang is joking again, how can I listen to the wire report, there is another person in this car."
The Taoist priest with the hair on the side stepped forward and saluted: "Back to the left minister, what my prince means is that although this draft has ended, you also know that the method is a bit unusual and special, and it should not be understood by the people in the market." The two selected will immediately enter the palace to serve, either as female officials or as mothers, and they will have a valuable status in the future, so naturally they will not mention that they have had such an experience, haha...... But if there are other people who come from unknown sources and go to unknown, they go back to the people and say something that damages the reputation of the court, what should I do? ”
Xiangye seemed to know their plan, but he still had to pretend to be puzzled: "What are you talking about?" ”
The Taoist priest immediately changed his tone and turned out a strange taste: "The prince has promised you to approve the second daughter to pass the test." How could you bring such a person with you? ”
With that, he turned his hand and suddenly lifted the curtain of the carriage.
Everyone's eyes looked inside, and sure enough, it was the one I said was missing, named Zhang Ruoqing.
She really looks like a willow leaf, and she is already trembling in the Mid-Autumn Festival......
She didn't dare to look anywhere, her eyes were jumping, and the trembling that was suppressed was almost too much for her to hold onto.
Cheng Yun Gongzi said angrily: "This team of carriages and horses has always been personally taken care of by me outside the camp, and I have never seen her when I received my father, and the coachman who drove the car did not notice the weight of one more person!" Whatever you say is what it is! ”
"Haha." The long-faced prince laughed dryly: "I said little brother, pay attention to evidence when you speak, now that people are here, how can you deny it?" ”
Cheng Yun tapped the wheel with the folded horsewhip in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Then maybe it's while we're having dinner in Tianfuju, let's come in by herself." It may also ......"
He stepped forward, teased the prince's horse with one hand, and stroked the horse's face: "Maybe it was sent by you, the prince." ”
I was amused by his repeated mischievous amusement, and pursed my lips vigorously.
The prince was already annoyed, and scolded with his teeth: "Huangkou Xiaoer, what nonsense! ”
The scene froze for a while, and neither side had any intention of backing down.
After thinking deeply, Xiangye finally gave up the car to protect the handsome: "Lord Wang, although the person is in my car, I am really not present just now." You and I all have reasons, we all have arguments, it is better for the prince to bring back this unsuccessful daughter, so you have full discretion to dispose of it. As a result, both of you and I are also relieved, do you think it is good? ”
The prince was speechless for a while, his good plan fell through, and he had no other reason to stir up trouble for a while, so he ordered someone to tie up the woman.
Before Le turned his horse's head and left, he still threw down this sentence violently: "Tonight's suspicion of the left prime minister, this king will write it down one by one, and Gu Ben will listen to it!" ”