Kawanakafu, shogunate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was originally an obscure small town, only during the lotus picking festival did some outsiders come to visit, and later the canal was opened, Tongcheng took advantage of the geographical advantage and quickly prospered. It just so happened that the officials of that session had more ideas, and added the selection of flower gods in the traditional lotus picking festival, and all local women could participate as long as they were innocent and good-looking, and the government would give rich benefits to the women and their families who were selected as the flower gods.

The influence of the lotus picking festival, which was supported by the government, spread from the small shogunate to the entire Kamanaka Prefecture, and even attracted the attention of the people of Kyoto, who recommended one of the flower gods to the palace as the imperial concubine, and then every time the flower god was selected, people from the palace were present. They took the flower goddess to Kyoto and became a nobleman among the nobles.

There are five days left before the Lotus Picking Festival, the air in the shogunate is filled with the fragrance of lotus brew and fat powder, and you can hear young girls chanting or plucking the orchestra, and occasionally the doors and windows sound, and you can see the pretty faces of the girls, which is when the girls are tired and take a break.

The inns and houses in the shogunate city have long been occupied by outsiders, and Pang Song led Nangong Fei to walk on the street dejectedly, and he wanted to sleep in the wilderness again!

Fortunately, they found a dilapidated house, and they didn't have to worry about the sudden rainstorm in the middle of summer.

Laying out the soft hay on the ground, Nangong Fei pulled out a thin blanket from the package and spread it on the hay, and took out a paper bag, which was a medicine block used to smoke snakes, insects, rats and ants. These were all prepared when he knew that he was going to sleep in the open tonight, and he couldn't live in an inn, Nangong Fei worked very hard to make the current living environment more comfortable.

When he finished arranging, Pang Song came back with a steam face, and said with a smile: "Even if you bring a woman, you don't take care of it." ”

"I want to go after watching the Lotus Picking Festival. Nangong Fei smiled and looked for a suitable place with the lit medicine block.

Pang Song was also a little interested in these folk events, and Hezhong Mansion was a well-known and prosperous place, so he also wanted to experience it: "I heard that both sides of the canal are the most lively, and there are huge fleets passing by from morning to night, both official and non-governmental. The delivery of ships is not only fast, but also numerous, for example, the porcelain from Jingtai Town, which used to take a month to reach the capital, can now be shortened by half with the help of the canal. The people on the boat are also well-informed and well-informed. ”

"Then let's take a boat after the lotus picking festival, and then change to the place where we deviate from the route. Nangong Fei listened and happily suggested.

"That's not going to work. Pang Song immediately vetoed, and said with some embarrassment under Nangong Fei's puzzled gaze, "I'm seasick." ”

"What does seasickness mean?" Nangong Fei asked.

Pang Song was about to explain, when he heard a strange voice similar to a mockery, and then immediately fell silent.

The two glanced at each other, Pang Song laughed and jumped up to the corner covered by debris, only to find that there was another person in the room. The body is thinner than Nangong Fei, wearing tattered clothes, his face seems to be dirty and there are dark marks, but his eyes are surprisingly bright and good-looking, and he is staring at him in horror at this time.

It turned out to be a little beggar!" Pang Song smiled at him apologetically, and went back.

As soon as it was dawn, Pang Song inadvertently looked into the corner and saw that the little beggar was gone, leaving a series of footprints on the ground because of the accumulated dust.

Although it was early in the morning, there was already a commotion on the side of the canal, and the two found a place to have breakfast. Blowing a cool breeze with moisture, it is very pleasant to talk or listen to others.

Some rude voices were asking the people who were eating, "Hey, have you seen anyone in the portrait?"

Pang Song looked over and saw that it was a person dressed as a family member holding a portrait in his hand and asking them one by one, and after a while, he came to them.

The portrait is a very beautiful girl, Pang Song looked at it seriously for a while and shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it, is this the young lady of your mansion?"

"The second lady in the house was the most promising to become the god of flowers, who knew that so many things would happen later. The family sighed, and his words were full of pity.

"I see that my eldest brother is also tired, so I will sit down and rest for a while. Pang Song asked the boss to bring another bowl of soy milk over and pushed it to the family, "Being able to be a god of flowers, that's amazing, I don't know what's going on?"

Nangong Fei was a little puzzled, Pang Song was quite gossip as a big man.

The family was looking for someone early in the morning, and he was really tired, so he asked the boss to talk while eating a few steamed buns.

It turned out that there was a Yun family in the shogunate who was in the cloth business, and the conditions were also solid, and there were only two daughters in the family, both of whom were famous beauties in the shogunate. The eldest lady missed the lotus picking festival last year due to illness, and this year with the second lady, the big guys all said that there will be two flower gods this year, who knows that the second miss broke her leg when she practiced dancing, and the doctor said that even if she is raised, she can't dance anymore.

"Hey, then this second young lady can't stand the blow, so she ran away from home?" Pang Song asked.

"Who knows. Jia Ding shook his head, "With the fame of the second miss, not to mention that she just can't dance, even if she is lame, there are people who want to marry her." As soon as the news spread that day, the prefect's little son came to propose, not to mention the rest, the second lady is usually open-minded, and it is said that she will not run away from home for this little thing. But not necessarily, children of this age have big hearts, and the second miss is such an excellent character, do you say?"

Pang Song nodded in agreement.

"Anyway, the second lady is leaving, but the old lady is in a hurry, and the eldest lady is even more ill, alas. The family drank the remaining soy milk in one gulp, stood up and said, "I have to go to find someone next, brother, you eat slowly." ”

After the family left, Pang Song frowned and thought for a while, and whispered to Nangong Fei: "I suspect that Miss Yun Er is the little beggar last night. ”

Nangong Fei was taken aback and asked, "It was so dark last night, you can see people's faces?"

"It's enough to have those eyes, and although I haven't seen much of the world, I'm sure there's no one in the world who looks better than hers. Pang Song said firmly, "In addition, the footprints left by the little beggar on the ground are deep and shallow, and he is a cripple. ”

Hearing this, Nangong Fei also believed it: "Then this Miss Yun Er is too temperamental, and she would rather be a beggar than go home." ”

Pang Song remembered those frightened eyes and muttered, "Who knows what the truth is." ”

After breakfast, the two of them walked along the canal, and the trees on the bank were as thick as two people hugging, and although the sun was getting bigger, it was always cool here.

"Brother Pang, is that the little beggar from last night?" Nangong Fei suddenly pointed to a thin figure in the crowd and said, "Hey, this is not a cripple. ”

"It's her. Pang Song looked at it for a while, and said with some surprise, "She walked with one foot, and she couldn't see it if she didn't look closely." She probably went to a crowded place and left like this, the little girl is clever enough and strong enough. ”

Nangong Fei tried to take a few steps, but he was more tired than jumping on one foot.

The two watched the little beggar walk and stop in the crowd, and finally stopped in front of a stall with a banner hanging in front of the stall, on which were written the four big characters "Maoshan Family Biography".

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