Chapter 23: Xijing

With the bright moonlight, Cui Ranxin tiptoed open the window, a cat jumped lightly and was caught by a pair of arms, Cui Jiuan only heard the sound of clanging in the burden behind the girl, she was afraid that the silver taels she brought would not be enough? Cui Jiuan laughingly hugged the girl's body and climbed over the courtyard wall as light as a swallow.

Cui Ranxin is very curious about what he won't do, even if his father says that he is generally talented, but he can also make a tie with the eldest brother who is still talented, whether it is his father who looks away and the eldest brother who does not work hard or the second brother who secretly practices Cui Ran in private I don't know, but as long as he is by his side, he will be very relieved.

"We'll ride out of town and change to a carriage when the time comes." Cui Jiu'an lifted the girl on the horse, then turned over and jumped on himself, all the way to the city gate non-stop, it was already dawn, the city gate was wide open, and the traders who came and went had entered and exited the city one after another, and when they were looking for Cui Jiu'an and Cui Ranxin in the Haoxing Pavilion and the Dream Tower, they had already galloped on the official road to Xijing.

Cui Ranxin had long noticed that they were out of the West City Gate, and went all the way to the west, happily drilling into the arms of the people behind her, or the second brother knew herself and knew that she longed for the city guarded by the woman in red.

The official road is wide and both sides are already lush farmland, at this time there are busy figures in the farmland, the birds and birds that steal food are not afraid of people's drive, the chirping is lively and lively, and the morning sun breaks the clouds and rises a little bit to light up the whole land.

Although Cui Ranxin can ride a horse and can endure some hardships, after all, he has not practiced for such a long time, even if he is a superb horse, he can't hold on after three hours, and he moves his butt uncomfortably.

Cui Jiuan stopped his horse at the edge of a farmland and dismounted with Cui Ranxin in his arms.

"We'll have to get into the city before sunset, and bear with us." Cui Jiuan said as he handed the prepared dry food and water to Cui Ranxin.

The girl nodded sensibly when she heard this.

"Let's go to Xijing first, and then turn south from Xijing, go straight to southern Yunnan, and when you're well, we will go to Jiangnan and take the waterway back to the capital?" Cui Jiuan told the other party the plan.

Cui Ran continued to nod happily, she couldn't have liked this arrangement more.

For Xijing, it is because of the longing and worship of her relatives, and the expectation of Jiangnan in her bones, so she loves Xiang Junke's poetry collection so much, and Xiang Junke expresses her yearning for Jiangnan to the fullest. So she can read the loneliness in Xiang Junke's poems.

Not far away, a toddler child stumbled to this side, probably his parents needed to work and had to take him to this field and countryside, the woman who was buried in planting raised her eyes and couldn't see the child in the same place, anxiously looked around, turned around and found that the child had come to a pair of strange teenagers, quickly dropped the vegetable seedlings in his hand, and his hands stained with dirt did not have time to wash but wiped them on his apron, and quickly ran to hug them back, saying sorry words in his mouth.

Cui Ranxin wrapped the rest of the pastry into a silk handkerchief and handed it to the woman with a light smile, the woman was embarrassed to reach out to take it, afraid that her dirty hands would stain the plain silk handkerchief, but the child was innocent and unceremoniously hugged his hands tightly, reluctant to let go, and let his mother persuade him.

The woman finally snatched the silk handkerchief from the child, and when she looked up again, the two of them had already beaten their horses and left, leaving only the dust that had been raised.

The woman took out another piece and handed it to the child to wrap the rest of the pastry, and said softly, "Take it back and eat it slowly, okay?" The child didn't understand what her mother meant, so she just nodded ignorantly.

The field is sudden, suddenly not far away a big river lively, blowing and blowing, red and red, it turned out to be a girl who married far away and came by boat, this waterway leads directly to Xijing, the sun is thin and the west mountain is along the waterway Sure enough, the appearance of Xijing can be faintly seen in the distance, the tall city tower makes people awe-inspired, and the horse under the crotch seems to know the master's mind, and runs faster.

Cui Ranxin reached out and stroked the horse's ear, and praised in his heart, "What a good horse!" ”

Approaching the city, Cui Jiuan tightened the reins to let the horse stop, and jumped down with the girl in his arms, and the two tacitly walked into the city with a respectful heart, and the soldiers guarding the city looked at them Although they were dressed in plain colors, they were all high-quality fabrics, and they were rarely seen in the world, and they did not ask too much to make it difficult to let them enter the city.

Maybe it's because of that past, the two have inexplicable feelings for Western Kyoto. Stroll into the city, look at the scene in the city, imagine the bleakness of yesterday, and cherish all that you have today.

I saw the lanterns at the door of an inn not far away, and I heard that it was the old man of the Lu family who took a concubine, and I heard that the concubine came from Jiangnan, and she lived in this inn today and married tomorrow.

"A concubine is so pompous?" There was a slight contempt in the words of the onlookers.

"You don't know, this white girl is famous in Jiangnan, Master Lu actually beat Miss Lu in order to marry her, you don't know how much Master Lu favored this eldest lady at the beginning, this is his only daughter." Gossip people are always the first to spread gossip and share gossip.

Cui Ranxin glanced at the inn curiously when he heard this, what kind of person can make the father and daughter turn against each other, and the Xilai Inn not far from the crowd was deserted, Cui Ranxin just stepped on the steps of the inn when he heard Xiao Er's complaint: "This firecracker has been ringing for several hours, when will it stop, and the noise will make my ears deaf." ”

Xilai Inn is not too big, upstairs three floors of accommodation downstairs to eat, but it is also a good inn, the waiter at the door is clever, hands and feet quickly took the reins in Cui Jiuan's hands, no need to ask more to know to give the best forage, such a posture, the horse with bright coat is really the best among the horses, the waiter fantasized, riding such a horse to run must be galloping, thousands of miles a day.

"What a good horse!" The boy sighed with emotion, and the horse looked up and neighed haughtily as if he knew that others were praising it.

Seeing someone entering the store, Xiao Er hurriedly raised his drooping eyebrows, and stepped forward with a smile: "Childe, Miss is sharp, or is it staying in the store?" ”

"Stay in the hotel." Cui Jiuan walked directly to the counter.

"Okay, we have three kinds of rooms: elegant, rich, and clear, elegant is elegant, expensive is rich, and Qing is refreshing-"

"Shopkeeper, one of your largest and most comfortable rooms." Cui Jiuan said directly, but the neglected Xiao Er was not annoyed, it seemed that he was a big customer, although there were only two people, there were no people calling left and right, and the handsome appearance of this man and the pretty appearance of the woman were also born from ordinary rich and noble families.

"Childe, our elegant bamboo room is the most spacious and comfortable, so the cost is up to three taels of silver a night." Although the shopkeeper looks at the two of them extraordinarily, what if they are a down-and-out nobleman, it is better to make it clear first.

"Ten taels of silver here, you add a quilt, prepare more hot water, and make some of your signature specialties to send." Cui Jiuan put down the silver and led Cui Ranxin upstairs, and Xiao Er hurriedly ran forward to lead the way.