Chapter 42: Yan's Mansion
Coming out of the inn, Du Yuxuan bought a stone of rice and dozens of catties of meat at the nearby market. After shopping, Du Yuxuan looked at Zhuran's figure, shook his head and put the rice and meat on his back.
He led the way in front and walked to the remote neighborhood of Xishi, and the more he walked, the more depressed and dilapidated he felt. The things he was carrying were really not light, as heavy as two bamboos, and the weather was very hot, so he sweated a lot on his forehead. Zhu Ran walked in front of Du Yuxuan, then faced him, walked backwards, and said, "I'll help you share some of it, you carry rice, and I'll take the meat." ”
Du Yuxuan smiled instead: "A dignified seven-foot man, these things can still be carried." If you want to help me, you might as well wipe the sweat off my forehead. So saying, he lowered his waist.
Originally, men and women did not kiss, but thinking that it was really not easy for him to carry such things on his back, how about wiping his sweat, he reached out to take the silk handkerchief, but only to find that he had changed his clothes, and the silk handkerchief was thrown in the inn.
Du Yuxuan urged: "Can you wipe this, my waist is going to break......"
Halfway through the sentence, a succession of fast horses galloped past the two of them, and both of them subconsciously retreated to the side. Du Yuxuan threw the things on his back on the ground and scolded: "In this Kyoto city, there are people who are more arrogant than this son!" ”
Zhu Ran lost his mind for a while, and among the group of people who had just passed, the woman in pink led by him was very similar to Xiaohe who helped him escape when he was in Huizhou!
Du Yuxuan pushed Zhu Ran, picked up the thing and said, "What's the matter, let's go!" ”
Du Yuxuan took Zhuran to three dilapidated houses connected together, and the tiles on the roof of the house could not be partially removed, barely sheltering from the wind and rain temporarily. The ground inside the house was covered with weeds, and on the weeds lay an old man and two children about six or seven years old, a boy and a girl.
When the two children heard the door, they were a little alert at first, but after seeing Du Yuxuan, they were overjoyed, the boy quickly stood up and pounced on Du Yuxuan, and the girl ran to another room to greet the people in the room. "Auntie, auntie, uncle is here to bring us something."
The two women came out, exchanged a few words with Du Yuxuan, and said some words of thanks before noticing Zhu Ran. "This is a girl!"
Although Zhu Ran is dressed in men's clothes, she is thin and fair-skinned, and she knows that she is a woman at a glance.
Zhu Ran nodded slightly and replied, "Sister-in-law has good eyesight." ”
From time to time while talking, I heard the old man on the ground coughing, and one of the women sighed: "The child and his uncle are sick, I'm afraid he won't get better." ”
"Sister-in-law, how can you say this, good people have their own good rewards." Saying that, Du Yuxuan waved to the two women and the old man on the ground: "It's time for Yuxuan to say goodbye, the two eldest brothers will come back in a while, I'm afraid I'm going to be unhappy." ”
"Then sister-in-law won't keep you two." He sighed again.
When the two children heard that Du Yuxuan was leaving, they hugged his thighs and didn't let him go. Du Yuxuan touched the child's head and patiently coaxed: "Seeing that it is almost noon, your two fathers will come back from work in a while, and they should be unhappy again, uncle will come in a good time next time, will you accompany you two again?" ”
When I went out, the sky was already overcast, and the weather in May and June changed as soon as I said it. There was a light rain in the sky, Du Yuxuan and Zhu Ran walked side by side, and Zhu Ran asked him, "Why did you bring me here?" ”
Du Yuxuan raised his face, faced the drizzle, and replied: "Feel the suffering of the world." ”
Zhu Ran looked at the coarse cloth clothes he was wearing, and the coarse cloth clothes he was wearing, and asked him, "Since you are here to deliver food and silver, why do you dress like this?" ”
"Don't you feel out of place when I, a man in brocade clothes, walks in the slums of this common people?"
Thinking of the hard life of the poor, his heart was heavy, and he stopped talking. Du Yuxuan saw that Zhu Ran was silent, so he explained: "I originally wanted to take you to a good place, but I happened to get here by the way." ”
"Are they loyal people who have been framed by traitors and villains to end up in such a situation?"
Du Yuyan shook his head and said: "No, it's just an aspiring tenant farmer, because of the heavy taxes paid by the imperial court, and was exploited by the landlord, it happened that last year there was a disaster year, the grain was halved, and he had no choice but to sell the house, and the two men worked in the blacksmith shop in the city, barely living." ”
Zhu Ran couldn't help but ask: "Then how did Du Gongzi get acquainted with them?" ”
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, Du Yuxuan didn't answer, but suddenly grabbed Zhuran's sleeve and ran away.
"Where to go?" Zhu Ran asked in the face of the rain.
"Go to a place you're going to love."
Stopping at a mansion, Du Yuxuan took Zhuran into the mansion through the back door, because he didn't see the plaque in the mansion, he was curious, and unconsciously thought: This place, Du Yuxuan dared to say that he must like it?
The family in the house opened the door and was not surprised to see Du Yuxuan's dress, but reminded in a low voice: "Young Master Xuan is okay if he dresses like this on weekdays, but it's just that today is not in a hurry, the eldest girl is back." ”
Du Yuxuan's face changed, and he said, "My mother is here!" Subconsciously wanted to escape, looked at Zhu Ran, and said apologetically: "It's really not a coincidence today, why don't I take you to another place?" ”
The family persuaded him with good words: "Master Xuan is here, the little one quietly goes to bring the clothes that Prince Xuan wears on weekdays, and Master Xuan can find a place where no one is there to change it." As for this girl, she will have to suffer some grievances and wear the clothes of the maid in the house. ”
Zhu Ran was helpless in her heart, and swore that she would never dress up in men's clothes in the future, and the discerning people knew that she was a woman when they saw her.
Du Yuxuan heard what Jia Ding said, thought about it for a while, took Zhu Ran into the house, and did not forget to say to Jia Ding: "I will reward you back!" ”
After changing his clothes in the side room of the house, Du Yuxuan resumed his appearance as a son of a family, while Zhu Ran was wearing a maid's skirt, peach-pink, but felt uncomfortable.
"I was going to take you to my grandfather's study, but I didn't expect my mother to come!" Du Yuxuan shook his head.
Zhu Ran didn't answer his words at this time, but said, "You left before the two men who worked came back, but I was afraid that those two men would misunderstand that you had the intention of giving them charity?" ”
Du Yuxuan said: "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”
"You haven't answered me yet?" Zhu Ran insisted on asking him.
Du Yuxuan looked at Zhu Ran and said: "Yes, they are all ambitious people, if it wasn't for the last time I came here, the little boy in it stole my silver because there was really no money at home to grab medicine for that old man, I wouldn't know them." There are a lot of poor people, and there are many desperate people, but there are very few people who are desperate, and that's why I'm willing to help them. ”
Hearing Du Yuxuan's answer, Zhu Ran said softly: "Gunzhou has implemented a policy of reducing taxes, I don't know when this policy will be implemented nationwide?" What she was thinking at this time was: If Zhu Heyu wins the throne, will the people of this world be better.
"What did you say?" Du Yuxuan asked incredulously.
Zhu Ran changed his words and said to Du Yuxuan: "When this rain is over, you can send me back!" ”
"Don't you want to see the Danqing work of Yan Jiyi, a famous teacher of the current generation?" Du Yuxuan asked her.
"Yan Jiyi is your grandfather? No wonder you are so good, it turns out that your grandfather has passed it on. Zhu Ran suddenly realized not only this, but also Du Yuyan's name, Du Yuyan, Du and Yan, presumably Prime Minister Du Cheng and his wife have a deep relationship.