Chapter 68: Westward Journey
The carriage staggered west along the post road.
Fu Tingyun was wrapped in a leather jacket, but he didn't feel cold.
She asked Zheng Sanniang, who was sitting opposite, "Where have we been?" ”
Zheng Sanniang hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and looked out.
It is not a loess slope or a laterite mound.
"Brother Sanfu," she called out to Sanfu, who was riding by the carriage, "where have we been?" ”
Sanfu was wearing a leather jacket, his face was full of red light, Le Ma turned around, and said with a smile: "You can go to Yongjing before dark, and after Yongjing, it is Zhuang Lang." In more than 20 days, we will be able to reach Zhangye. ”
Because Fu Tingyun temporarily decided to go to Zhangye, although he hurriedly bought things, but suddenly there were three more adults and one child, not to mention anything else, this dry food had to be added, and in the end it was delayed for a day, and they did not set off from Xi'an Mansion until August 27.
Out of Xi'an, there are displaced people everywhere. Fortunately, they looked tall and strong, and Sanfu and Shizhu horsewhips left blood marks when they were whipped, and they deterred many people along the way, and they arrived in Meixian safely.
Or maybe everyone thinks that the farther west they go, the more desolate they become, and after Meixian, they don't see the homeless people anymore, but from time to time there are huge caravans passing by them.
There is no need to treat those unarmed refugees, Sanfu and they are all relieved.
Hearing that Zhuang Lang was in sight, Zheng Sanniang was happy when she heard this, and was about to turn around to pay tribute to Fu Tingyun, when Zhao Ling, who heard the movement, came over.
"What's wrong?" He asked with concern, but his eyes swept over her face and into the car.
In this way, in fact, the scene in the carriage could not be seen at all, but Zheng Sanniang still subconsciously turned sideways, as if in this way, Zhao Ling could see more clearly.
"Where did Miss Fu ask?" She respectfully repeated Sanfu's words.
Zhao Ling nodded and didn't ask any more. said, "You tell Miss Fu to stop reading, be careful to see your eyes badly", and then rode forward and ran to Yang Yucheng's side.
Zheng Sanniang looked at Zhao Ling's back who was only wearing a green cloth cotton robe, put down the curtain and couldn't help but nag: "If only the girl had listened to me." Although the fur jacket of the fox fur cost more than a hundred taels of silver, the color of the fur. The oil of Qingyishui is black and shiny, and it looks like a good thing, and it is not a loss to buy it. But you think it's expensive, and you can't bear it. Now it's okay, the ninth master gave you the leather jacket. I didn't wear it, I wore a padded jacket all day......"
"Oops!" Fu Tingyun was even more annoyed, "I bought him three leather jackets, and he was good, with a big wave." You don't have to. I didn't need that, I just went out with a leather jacket. "That being said, I think of the biting cold wind outside, and he was injured before, and I don't know if it's good or not, so I don't want his leather jacket. He bluffed and left again, and his heart couldn't help but feel empty. He whispered, "How did I think it would be so cold here!" I heard that the silk in the south of the Yangtze River has to be sold through Zhangye to eat. Many of the people who do business have set up guilds there, so that they don't even have a leather jacket. Let's figure it out when the time comes! ”
That's all there is to it now.
Zheng Sanniang sighed in her heart, thinking of this journey, except that the loess is red clay, she was a little worried about what to do in Zhangye, and asked Fu Tingyun in a low voice: "How big is the general flag?" Is it a big headcatcher in the county office? Or is the general flag big? ”
The official document of the Shaanxi Dusi states that Zhao Ling is the general banner, Yang Yucheng and Jin Yuanbao are both small banners, and Sanfu and Shizhu are ordinary military households. Arsen was too young to be enrolled.
"I don't know!" Fu Tingyun tucked the leather jacket on his body and said, "When you get to Zhangye, you will know if you ask." ”
The two talked and arrived in Yongjing County.
Before I got off the carriage, I heard the sound of boiling people, and when I got off the carriage, there were caravans everywhere, the neighing of horses, the sound of camel bells, the shouts of loading and unloading, and the great cannibals with yellow hair and green eyes, Hui Hui wearing white hats, and merchants wearing leather jackets...... Rubbing shoulders and kicking up puffs of yellow dust.
Fu Tingyun opened a pair of eyes and looked around curiously, like a village girl who had entered the city for the first time.
Seeing a Huihui woman wearing an embroidered gold-rimmed hijab in the crowd, I couldn't help but stare at others.
Zhao Ling looked at it with a shallow smile.
Ah Sen shouted: "Didn't you say that the Guanwai is sparsely populated, barren and desolate? Why are there so many people? ”
Yang Yucheng and the others looked at the people coming and going in front of them, and they were also a little dizzy. Only Zhao Ling smiled calmly: "If you don't look at the snow on the top of Qilian Mountain, you will mistakenly recognize Zhangye Jiangnan." It is not surprising that this place has been a major business route since ancient times, and a large number of caravans have fed the people along the road. Then he said, "It's been hard these days, so let's have a good night's rest today." Then he walked towards the largest inn.
Everyone stood on the street with some reluctance and looked around for a moment, and then followed Zhao Ling into the inn.
They chartered a relatively remote courtyard behind the inn, and the men graciously led the horses to the stable, brought tea and hot water. Sanfu and they didn't worry about it, so they moved the things in the car to the wing room where they lived with Zheng San and Shi Zhu. Zheng Sanniang served Fu Tingyun to freshen up, Zhao Ling, Yang Yucheng, and Jin Yuanbao closed the door and talked in the house, and Ah Sen hugged Linchun at the door to watch those weird-looking big cannibals and high-nosed eyes return.
After a while, Zheng Sanniang found Ah Sen: "Miss Fu asked you to go back and wash quickly, and it will be good for dinner later." ”
Ah Sen handed Linchun over to Zheng Sanniang and ran back, finished washing, and went to Fu Tingyun.
Fu Tingyun was twisting his hair with a handkerchief, and when he saw that he was still combing his horns, he shouted, "Go and wash your hair." ”
Assen doesn't like to wash his hair, and dodges: "No one washes it for me." I can't wash it alone. ”
Fu Tingyun got up: "Go and call for water, I'll help you wash it." ”
Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Ah Sen ran away.
Fu Tingyun chased out.
Ah Sen hurriedly begged for mercy: "I'll go wash, I'll go wash!" ”
Zhao Ling, who heard the movement, pushed open the window, Yang Yucheng and Jin Yuanbao both looked towards the courtyard, and when they saw Fu Tingyun pulling Ah Sen back, they both laughed.
"This monkey finally has a pipe head!" Gold Ingot Road.
Yang Yucheng disagreed: "Miss Fu is also too lenient." ”
Zhao Ling and Jin Yuan Bao smiled at him.
He suddenly blushed and hurriedly said, "Talk about business, talk about business." ”
When he first came out of Xi'an Mansion, Fu Tingyun tactfully reminded Yang Yucheng not to pick his teeth at the dinner table after eating.
The two were afraid that Yang Yucheng would be annoyed and angry. Both of them followed his words.
"Zhuang Langwei's commander Lu Cheng. Hereditary 100 households, 36 years of Pingxi, Meng has come to attack, he served as Zhuang Langwei to command the envoy, with the Marquis of Yingchuan to recover Hamiwei meritorious service, was awarded the hereditary thousand households. In the thirty-eighth year of Pingxi, he was promoted to the commander of the capital. Jin Yuan Bao Zhengse said, "That's all I can hear." ”
Yang Yucheng said "wow": "With the recovery of Hamiwei by the Marquis of Yingchuan, it will rise from a hundred hereditary households to a thousand, and the Marquis of Yingchuan who has recovered Hamiwei will not be rewarded even more." ”
The gold ingots gave him a cold look. Unabashedly revealed a look of contempt for "this still needs to be said": "The Marquis of Yingchuan has two sons, one is ten years old, the other is four years old, and the ten-year-old one, who has been sealed as the hereditary commander of the envoy. Positive three products. The four-year-old one, who was sealed as a commander, is the fourth product! ”
"Ahh Yang Yucheng salivated, "These two boys, it's really a good life!" "His eyes lit up.
Zhao Ling couldn't help laughing: "If you work hard, you may not be able to seal your wife and son." ”
"The ninth master is right." Yang Yucheng was full of interest. "The great husband I can't shine on the lintel. Sealing his wife and son is in vain! ”
The gold ingots didn't bother to pay attention to him. and Zhao Ling said: "Ninth Master, this can't work!" What we know, and what everyone knows. I have to find a way to figure out Lu Cheng's personality, likes and dislikes, how many wives and concubines he has, which son do you like the most...... There is also the Marquis of Yingchuan, and you have to inquire carefully. ”
"Hmm!" Zhao Ling nodded, and said with a straight face, "Everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted." Since we are here, we can't mess around. He said, muttering, "Yongjing County is only forty or fifty miles away from Zhuang Langwei, if Zhuang Langwei's people want to go for fun, Yongjing County is the most prosperous and closest place to them, they will definitely come to Yongjing County." We will rest here for two days, take this opportunity to inquire about Lu Cheng's affairs first, and then stay in Zhangye for two days, and then go to the Gansu General Military Mansion to report after inquiring about the affairs of the Marquis of Yingchuan. ”
Jin Yuan nodded, the two discussed some details, Sanfu knocked on the door, said that the hot water was ready, and everyone dispersed.
Zhao Ling took a comfortable bath, and when he sat on the bed and wiped his hair with a handkerchief, he suddenly thought of Fu Tingyun.
Don't know what she's doing now?
Thinking about it together, I can't sit still.
He couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The current mood is too boring.
When his mood calmed down, he went to Fu Tingyun's house.
Ah Sen had already washed his hair and sat in front of Fu Tingyun with his hair draped, and Fu Tingyun was about to tell him to recite "A Thousand Family Poems".
"'The light moon and the stars surround the chapter', that is to say, the lanterns of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month are as bright as the moon and stars in the sky around the palace, and 'the fairy wind blows down the incense of the imperial furnace', that is, the weather in the palace is like a fairyland, and the cigarette smoke is ......"
The gentle voice made him smile slightly, and gently pushed the door in.
Hearing the movement, the two of them followed the voice, and when they saw that it was Zhao Ling, they were a little surprised.
Fu Tingyun stood up.
Arsen hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Zhao Ling smiled and touched Ah Sen's head: "Reciting poems again?" ”
Arsen nodded, his eyes wide, and he stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Ling asked him.
Ah Sen tilted his head: "The temple is full of cigarette smoke, how can there be cigarette smoke in the palace?" If the fairyland is also full of cigarettes, it is no wonder that all those women go to the temple to burn incense - the cigarettes are full of smoke, and they will soon become immortals! He said, giggling.
Fu Tingyun had a headache.
This kid always has a lot of strange ideas.
Zhao Ling laughed loudly: "Of course, the places where the cigarette is filled are not all fairylands. However, this poem is called "Shangyuan Banquet", which was written by the courtiers to the emperor during the Lantern Festival, and they had to pat the emperor's ass, so everything had to be associated with the gods in the sky. In other words, the emperor is like a fairy, understand? ”
Arsen nodded repeatedly.
Is there such a way to teach children?
No wonder Assen has become like this.
Fu Tingyun was unhappy in his heart, and said: "Ninth Master, your steps are so light, I didn't even notice it when I came in, I was taken aback." ”
Hinting at why he didn't knock when he came in.
"Really?" Zhao Ling smiled casually, "Then I'll pay attention to it in the future." Then he sat down next to Fu Tingyun and asked Ah Sen: "How many poems have you learned from Miss Fu these days?" ”
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Zhuang Langwei in the Ming Dynasty, in the current location of Yongdeng County, not the current Zhuanglang County, (∩_∩)O~
PS: I'm going to the dormitory school tomorrow to see the children, and there will only be one shift tomorrow...... (To be continued.) )
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