Chapter 1 The rain hits the south bank of the river
In March, the spring breeze is like a cut, blowing green on the south bank of the river.
Last night's drizzle was weaving, and the rain stopped in the early morning, and the verdant green willows and poplars were still shrouded in moisture.
Huo Roufeng was dressed in caftan brown, walking on the damp bluestone path, she looked at the little yellow dog that followed her, and said with a smile: "You can pick people, knowing that the ninth master's family has money, you will follow me?" ”
The little yellow dog seemed to understand her, and wagked his tail at her obediently.
The puppy met her from the old lady's haggis stall, she drank the haggis soup and only drank the soup, picked out the haggis and fed the little yellow dog, and the little yellow dog followed her.
Huo Roufeng has liked dogs since she was a child, but her sister didn't let her raise them, and her sister said that dogs can only live for more than ten years, and when the dog dies, won't it be very sad, so don't keep it.
A few days ago, Huo Roufeng's nose was not very comfortable, she rubbed her sore nose, and thought about how to tell her sister so that she could take in the little yellow dog.
Huo Roufeng took out her pocket watch and looked at it, at this time, the people in the long house had already arrived, but she guessed that the people in the long house would bring the men in the family to the door, and she slipped out of the house early in the morning.
It's not that she's afraid of the people in the long house, she just doesn't want her sister to worry about it.
During the Chinese New Year, Xiao Shi in the long room called her wild seed in front of her, and was beaten by her with a blue nose and swollen face, and the third aunt ran to the ancestor of the family to cry so much that her liver and intestines were broken, beating her chest, and the ancestor personally came to the door to talk to herself for half an hour, and her sister sent a thirty-year-old ginseng, and he left.
But after all, it was because of her that her sister was complained, so today she heard that the people from the long house were coming again, so she came out of the house early, she didn't want to meet the people in the long house, she didn't want to make trouble for her sister.
Huo Roufeng was bored walking in the morning breeze, and the little yellow dog walked at the same pace as her, one person and one dog walked and stopped, and there was a tacit understanding.
Huo Roufeng rarely has the opportunity to go out alone, but she can't walk on the street all the time, the air after the rain is exceptionally fresh, she rubbed her somewhat sore nose, and was thinking about where to sit, when she saw the new sign in front of the bookstore not far away.
The sign with gold letters on a black background sparkled in the sun, and the big characters on it were a little dazzling - Taiping Shengxing.
At a glance, Huo Roufeng's clear eyes sank, and she wanted to turn around, but a pair of legs involuntarily walked into the Pick-up Hall.
Chuwentang is the largest bookstore in the south of the Yangtze River, with more than a dozen semicolons, although this one in Hangzhou is not the largest, but whether it is the official version of the scriptures, or the words and books of the private workshop, you can buy them in the Chuwentang.
When Huo Roufeng walked in, there were only three or three guests in the bookstore, and the old shopkeeper Qi Bo was eating breakfast with relish in front of the screen on the side of the bookstore, and several guys were greeting the guests with a match.
In the most conspicuous place in the middle of the bookstore, there are several books like stars holding the moon, and you don't need to look closely to know that this is the "Taiping Shengxing" that Guozijian handed over to Chuwentang for exclusive sale in Jiangnan.
Huo Roufeng's eyes stared directly at the word "Taiping" on the page, and she didn't move away for a long time, until a guy came over, she took out a small ingot of broken silver from her purse and threw it on the counter, pointed to the book that was offered like a baby, and said, "I bought it." ”
The literary style in Jiangnan is at its peak, and the old shopkeeper Qi Bo will not put a child in his eyes, so he drank a bowl of sweet bean curd with tea eggs, and was about to ask the guy to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, when he heard a childish voice coming.
"It's all bullshit, it's bullshit!"
Qi Bo followed the prestige, and on the steps outside the door of the bookstore, there was a man and a dog.
From Qi Bo's point of view, it can only be seen that he is a thin child, wearing azure caftan brown, at most eleven or twelve years old.
Huo Roufeng scolded and scolded, tore off a page from the new book she had just bought, put it on her nose, poofed, blew her nose, and then tore another page, threw it on the ground, pulled it hard with both hands, and a good book was torn apart by her, she slammed the book on the steps, still angry, and stepped on it a few times, and then she went away, and the little yellow dog wagged his tail and trotted behind.
Qi Bo shook his head and glanced at the young man, the young man walked quickly to the door, picked up the broken book that was thrown on the ground by Huo Roufeng, dusted off the dust on it, and took it back to the bookstore, he looked at the incomplete pages and sighed: "The ninth master of the Huo family is really, such an expensive book, he tore it up in less than a moment after he bought it, alas, ruined things." ”
Qi Bo frowned and asked, "That kid is the ninth child of the Huo family?" ”
The man said: "It's him, the baby bump of the Yongfeng, during the Obon Festival last year, the female head of the Yongfeng took him to put the river lanterns, and the younger one was there at the time, and happened to see him." ”
Ziber sighed and took the book under the counter, so as not to get into trouble by the eventful sight. This is a book praising Emperor Taizu, which is comparable to ordinary books.
Books are noble things, this kind of official seal book is more expensive, this record of Emperor Taizu's life and virtue of the "Taiping Shengxing" to seventy words, many readers are reluctant to buy. This Yongfeng Huo Jiu tore up the new books casually, and I don't know how the famous female master taught her younger brother.
"Qi Bo, is he tearing the "Taiping Shengxing"?" A voice came from behind the screen, cold and cold.
"Yes, it's the ninth young master of Yongfeng, a merchant, who doesn't understand the preciousness of this book, I'm afraid I don't even know a few big characters. If this is seen by the people in the yamen, Mrs. Huo will have to spend money. Qi Bo said helplessly, this is a book that records Emperor Taizu, and if it is torn up casually, ordinary people will be beaten to the board, and it will be replaced by a giant like Yongfeng, of course, it will cost money to eliminate the disaster.
"Show me his torn book...... Cough ......" The voice behind the screen sounded again, but the person who spoke coughed violently before he could finish speaking.
Zieber walked quickly behind the screen, and when the coughing stopped, he came out from behind the screen again, took out the broken book that had been placed under the counter, and found a clean rag to wipe it carefully, but unfortunately the little shoe print on the page could not be wiped away.
Ziber held the book in his hand, carefully took it behind the screen, and walked out lightly.
After a long time, there was a chuckle behind the screen: "Qi Bo, this Huo Jiu may really know how to read, you see, although this book is incomplete, it is only missing two pages." ”
Speaking of this, the person behind the screen paused and said faintly: "He happened to tear up all the two pages that recorded the Taizu Gao Empress Xie. ”
Hearing this, Qi Bo only felt a layer of cold sweat on his back, and he forced himself to calm down, but the corners of his eyes still twitched irrepressibly.
He took a deep breath, took a copy of "Taiping Shengxing", opened the two pages that recorded Empress Taizu Gao, and a few lines of words jumped into his eyelids.
Taizu Xiaowu Renrui Duansu Shengdegao Empress Xie, Shaanxi Xi'an, Zhou Dingxi's daughter of Hou Zhen, stepmother, Zhou Mingshu county lord. Later virtuous and benevolent, wise and wise, from Taizu to prepare for difficulties, in favor of the great cause.
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