Chapter 017: Golden Ditch
Xie Zhang's letter was opened, and it was written: and the ceremony of farewell, then a long time of introspection, deep rudeness, sleepless, now for the expression of repentance, specially invited Xie Jialangjun in Jinxiangyuan to gather, the wine and talk, enjoy the famous songs, sweep the room and wait!
——I hope that Xie Jialangjun can do all the heart.
"Ridiculous, Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know, what does he Xiao Zhengze want to do, can't my wife think of it? Take this letter and throw it away! ”
Xie Zhang wanted to tear up the letter after reading it, but was stopped by Xie Ling.
"Grandmother, don't throw it away, Xiao Zhengze's invitation this time, I must go."
"Why?" Xie Zhang frowned in confusion, "His brother Xiao Zhengde wants to harm you, I haven't settled accounts with them yet!" Don't go! ”
Xie Zhang's sentence was an order, and he resolutely disagreed with Xie Ling's appointment, so Xie Ling took her hand and said softly and affectionately: "Grandmother, let's put Xiao Zhengde's matter aside for the time being, not to mention that we have no evidence, and it is useless to do it without evidence to prove it, grandmother rest assured, Ah Ling is not easy to bully, Ah Ling is looking for him to settle accounts!" ”
Seeing the cunning in her eyes, Xie Zhang knew that she was strange in the reluge, and he sank down his anger, held Xie Ling's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Ah Ling, what do you want to do, can't you talk to grandmother?" And yesterday's ceremony......"
Xie Ling knew that he couldn't hide this from his grandmother, so he hurriedly threw a few glances at Xie Zhang's family and signaled her not to say any more.
"Grandmother, when the matter is done, the grandson will tell grandmother the reason for everything."
She didn't dare to tell Xie Zhang's now, with Xie Zhang's temperament, when she learned that the Zhu family wanted to harm her eldest sister, she would inevitably be furious, and Xu would make trouble with Emperor Xiao Yan, and then the Zhu family might be driven out of the Xie family, but at the same time, their Xie family's reputation would be damaged, and the Zhu family must not have done such a thing, and there must be others behind her.
What she is doing now is also not going to go wrong at all, and she does not want others to intervene, and she does not want her grandmother to worry about it.
"Alright! Ah Ling has grown up and has his own opinions, which is a good thing, and he will be able to take on great responsibilities in the future. ”
Xie Zhang's praise, Xie Lingwan smiled back, looked back in the direction of the Qiushui Pavilion, and saw a corner of the robe floating out from behind the Bajiao tree next to the Water Pavilion, and it disappeared suddenly.
"Mother, why did Grandmother punish us? My grandmother doesn't seem to like us, but she loves my brother very much, so am I not her grandson? Xie Hanyan, who was hiding behind the Bajiao tree, cried with tears.
The Zhu family also secretly hated and gritted her teeth, Xie Zhang's actually asked her to recite the Xie family's motto in front of so many people, which was completely disgraceful to her, it was Chi Guoguo's humiliation, and she didn't take their Zhu family in her eyes at all.
I couldn't help but scold in my heart: What is she Xie Zhang's family, if it weren't for a high-ranking father, how could the Xie family, who is a famous family with "virtue and beauty", marry her as a housewife, but after being a rough soldier, she really thinks that she is worthy of the Xie family's grandmother - even if she sits in that position, it is just a monkey crown!
However, what about the high position, it is not because the master of the high merit was beheaded by Emperor Qi Wu and wiped out the clan.
Thinking like this, Zhu's heart became happy again, and in a blink of an eye, he squinted at Xie Ling from a distance, and secretly scolded in a low voice: Like that old woman, she is also a lowly breed born after a barbaric and vulgar soldier.
"Auntie, what did you just say?"
Completely unaware that her whispering nagging had fallen into her daughter's ears, Zhu Shi hurriedly took Xie Hanyan's hand again and said: "It's nothing, Ah Yan, it doesn't matter if your grandmother doesn't like us, you still have a grandfather and a grandfather, your grandfather is now deeply favored by His Majesty, and it is very likely that he will enter the Zhongshu Province in the future, and even your grandmother will not dare to look down on you at that time." ”
Xie Hanyan nodded, pursed his lips and laughed, and asked again: "Then can I still play with Princess Changle in the future?" Ah Yan always felt that Princess Changle had admiration for Brother Xie Xi, and invited me to play many times because she wanted to meet Brother Xie Xi. ”
Zhu's eyes lit up: "Yes, of course you can play with Princess Changle, what is she Xie Ling, you don't have to listen to her words." ”
"Okay, then I'll listen to my mother."
Xie Hanyan smiled crookedly.
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Xie Ling replied to Xiao Zhengze, and made an appointment to play in Dongzhuan City three days later.
After Xiao Zhengze received the letter, he hugged Dong Xian and Xia Houhong happily, called a group of musicians, and enjoyed the singing and dancing while drinking until he was drunk and slept until three o'clock the next day.
After waking up, Xiao Zhengze suddenly remembered that he had asked Xie Ling to play in Jinxiangyuan in Dongjiao City, and hurriedly asked Dong Xian and Xia Houhong to move out their luxurious ox carts and battle armor, and prepared to go to Xie Mansion in Wuyi Lane to meet Xie Ling with great fanfare, and at the same time show off the majesty of their ox carts.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the ox cart was ready, he saw that Xie Ling had already taken the carriage of the Xie clan of Chenjun to the door of Tale Mountain.
Today's Xie Ling also dressed up in order to meet the occasion, with black hair tied into a bun, and a jasper hairpin diagonally inserted on it, wearing a black robe embroidered with gold thread, a white jade belt tied to the waist is extremely thin, and a piece of Hetian jade hangs from the waist, and the golden tassel draws a gorgeous light in the air.
Xiao Zhengze was dumbfounded for a while: the strange Dao Wuyi Alley in the group of Wang Xie disciples are all black as expensive, always like to wear a black clothes leisurely cooking wine and talking, the beautiful name is: "celebrity demeanor", Xie Ling is dressed up, jade does not leave his body, and there is not too much decoration on his body, but it makes people feel a kind of glamorous luxury.
I didn't expect it! I can't see it at the ceremony that day, but it is still such a gaudy and vulgar goods.
Xiao Zhengze sighed in his heart, and hurriedly greeted him with a big smile: "Congratulations to Xie Jialangjun for coming, with a distinguished guest like Xie Langjun here, Ben Hou suddenly felt that the filthy air was dissipated, and the cold house immediately became clear and bright, and it was full of light." ”
"Not bad, not bad, Xiao Hou Ye is really brilliant, he is better than Zijian, and his appearance is better than Pan An!" Dong Xian and Xia Houhong were busy on the side.
Xiao Zhengze pulled Xie Ling to the two ox carts placed in front of the Houfu, pointed to the huge cattle and horses that were full of pearl agate and a local tyrant's breath, and said with a proud smile: "Have you seen our two cattle and horses, this is what our Dong Shizi bought for five thousand gold, you see, this white jade-like rhino horn and green mountain-like back are not much worse than Wang Kai's eight hundred miles barge?" ”
Xie Ling was silent with a smile.
Xiao Zhengze immediately shouted: "Let these two ox carts run, run up and show our Xie Langjun!" ”
"Yes, yes!"
Dong Xian immediately responded, and immediately ordered the coachman to hit the whip on the back of the ox, and the two oxen and horses galloped like a gallop, and the speed of the horses was not much worse than that of the horses.
"Sure enough, it is a divine thing, in the past, hearing was false, but today seeing is believing." Xie Ling's eyes widened and he sighed sincerely.
"Hahaha...... Xie Jialangjun is wise-eyed, wise-eyed, do you know what kind of names Ben Hou gave these two cows? ”
Xie Lingwu smiled to herself, of course she knew.
Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the nobles are more luxurious than rich, the Jin Dynasty uncle Wang Kai has a cow named "eight hundred miles", was praised to the sky, in order to show off in front of Wang Ji, he specially drove the ox cart to Wang Ji's hunting grounds, did not expect to be deceived by Wang Ji, played a gambling contract and lost the "eight hundred miles", Wang Ji took the cow heart wine, the Wang Kai was half angry to death.
And Xiao Zheng gave the two cows two more domineering names than "Eight Hundred Miles":
"It's called "West Wind Llamina Horse" and "Leshan Black Cow", how about it, this name is majestic, right? ”
"Majestic, majestic!" Xie Ling agreed.
Xiao Zhengze listened to Xie Ling's words very pleasantly, and laughed proudly: "Xie Langjun's speech today is really much more pleasant and beautiful, why don't Xie Langjun take this ox cart with us and visit my Jinxiang Garden, let's have a Jingou gambling shooting, how about it?" ”
"Golden ditch gambling shot?"
Xie Ling was stunned, and Xiao Zhengze put on a mysterious expression of betraying the customs division:
"Yes, it is like the hunting ground built by Wang Ji, a famous man in the Western Jin Dynasty, which was called Jingou at the time."
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The origin of the word "golden ditch" is because of the hunting ground built by Wang Ji that year, and all the ravines on the border were filled with copper coins, so the people of the time called it "golden ditch", which shows Wang Ji's arrogance and extravagance back then.
Wang Ji's "Golden Ditch" hunting ground, Xie Ling didn't have a chance to see it in person, but Xiao Zhengze brought her to Jinxiangyuan, but it shocked her senses.
Their Xie family is also considered to be aristocratic and wealthy, but most of them are mountain and river gardens, and the golden incense garden built by Xiao Zhengze is paved with pearl agate, and the silk and satin are like brocade throughout the garden.
Xie Ling thought of a story about Xiao Zhengze and Xiao Zhengde's biological father, Xiao Hong, the king of Linchuan:
It is said that when someone accused Xiao Hong, the king of Linchuan, of having a private possession of weapons Kai Ka and intended to rebel, Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, found an excuse to go to Xiao Hong's mansion to have a look, and forced Xiao Hong to open the secret room, what he saw was not the weapon Kai Ka, but one after another gold mountain, Emperor Wu of Liang was stunned, and personally counted for half an hour without counting, and finally simply did not count, and left with the guards with a smile.
Regardless of whether there are weapons or not, but judging from this matter, Xiao Hong is suspected of being corrupt and perverting the law, but Xiao Yan doesn't care, his law enforcement has always only treated the common people, and is lenient with his own Xiao royal family.
Therefore, the princes of the Xiao family can be described as unscrupulous and do whatever they want.
While Xie Ling was thinking about this, Xiao Zhengze was also looking at her reaction with a proud face:
"How? This Golden Fragrance Garden is no worse than Shi Chong's Golden Valley Garden back then, right? ”
"More than that." Xie Ling hurriedly replied.
Xiao Zhengze was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Xie Ling to speak so well today, as if the sarcasm given to him by Xie Hanyun and Lu at the ceremony that day was an illusion.
Just thinking about it, he heard Xie Ling ask: "Oh, by the way, Xiao Houye, Jingou Gambling, how do you want to play?" ”