Chapter Twenty-Eight: August Smells May Incense
May Square is the largest square in Tai'an City and even the Great Zhou Dynasty, located at the junction of the south city and the east city, and has always been one of the most lively attractions in the whole Tai'an City. In the shocking war 30,000 years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty achieved the greatest victory in tens of thousands of years, completely defeating the water demon in May when the lilacs were in full bloom. In order to commemorate this great occasion, the Terrans built this majestic structure that attracted worldwide attention.
In the golden autumn of August, Zhang Yi still seems to be able to smell the smell of lilacs.
The Longma luxury car was parked in front of the triumphal arch on the edge of the May Square, and many scholars recognized it as the carriage of the old man with a longbow, and stood in several lines by the carriage and bowed down to say goodbye.
The Arc de Triomphe faces north and south, with one on the east and west sides of the square.
The place where everyone in Longbow Mansion stopped was on the east side, and the old man Longbow smiled and said, "I have to deal with these people below, you can go and play by yourself." Xiao Yu, when you first arrived, let Rong'er and Jin'er take you around. ”
Zhang Yi nodded slightly, he didn't want to reveal his identity, if he stayed with the old man, he didn't know how many heads of wealthy families would come to say hello, and maybe he wouldn't be able to hide it when the time came.
The old man of Longbow stepped out of the Longma luxury car and entered the May Square with the scholars, and the young masters and ladies of the Longbow Mansion in the convoy followed him with the support of the maids.
Longbow Rong looked at the backs of these siblings, his eyes full of disdain. Zhang Yi found that in addition to the little girl and Longbow Yan, this woman's eyes were higher than the top, and she didn't seem to be waiting to see all the brothers and sisters in Longbow Mansion.
The Arc de Triomphe is ten feet high, made of hard limestone, and the patterns in it have been carefully carved by many carving masters, which makes Zhang Yi amazed.
"Dirt buns. Longbow Rong rolled his eyes and led the way towards the May Square.
Zhang Yi pretended not to hear her words, turned his head to Longbow Jin and said, "Jin'er, this May Square looks really huge, at least dozens of acres." There must be a lot of architectural attractions in it that I haven't seen before, I wonder if you can introduce them to me?"
"Of course you can, Brother Yu. Longbow Jin jumped up and down and hugged Longbow Rong's arm, and when he heard Zhang Yi's words, he turned his head and smiled coquettishly.
Beyond the Arc de Triomphe, not far away stands a pointed tower with a height of 20 feet.
The tower base is divided into two layers, three zhang high, on the top of the tower erect the statue of sword, gun, sword, halberd, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, all kinds of divine weapons and treasures. The tower is carved with countless lifelike heroes.
Near the tower, there are green lawns, flowers of various shapes, springs spraying non-stop, and various animals such as eagles, rabbits, and pigeons.
"Brother Yu, this is the most famous memorial tower. In the shocking war 30,000 years ago, countless predecessors were buried in it, and even Tao Xian, who was most likely to become a saint, fell shortly after the war. Longbow brocade pointed to the memorial tower to introduce Zhang Yi, among the most famous heroes, she can tell almost all their stories.
Zhang Yi bowed down and saluted these heroes, if it weren't for them, I am afraid that the Great Zhou would have lost the human race.
Seeing Zhang Yi saluting seriously, Long Gongrong's face changed slightly.
Listening to the introduction of these heroic stories by Longbow Brocade like a few family treasures, Zhang Yi asked curiously: "How do you know these stories? And on this memorial tower, I'm afraid there is no Tao Xian." ”
"That's natural, the status of the great sage is respected, and naturally it is impossible to be on this, otherwise it will be against etiquette. Longbow Jin grinned, pointed to the front and said, "Those statues not far away were built by the imperial court for those great sages who did their best to protect the human race. ”
Longbow Rong glanced at Zhang Yi and said in a sullen voice: "Although Longbow Daru is not a great sage, his contribution is no worse than that of any great sage, so among those statues, there is also his place." ”
Zhang Yi passed by several statues and saluted one by one, especially before the statue of the longbow Confucian, the only time he had performed a teacher salute after being reborn. Just like the countless times in his previous life, he bowed to the master in his heart.
Beyond the memorial tower and several statues of Daehyun is a number of beautiful buildings and commercial districts, where thousands of orchid merchants pile up on May Square. Those who came early occupied the favorable place and sold their orchids to the tourists, and the merchants who were not in a good place did not look gloomy, and still cheerfully attracted customers.
"They are very good at these orchids, but if they want to climb the orchid in the center of the square, they are still a little worse. Longbow Jin thought of the water orchid that Zhang Yi gave him, and his mood became more and more happy, and he introduced Zhang Yi to the orchid Dabi, "Unless they can cultivate a unique and cherished orchid, or be as ingenious as Brother Yu, and make a wonderful orchid like the water orchid." ”
"I see. ”
Zhang Yi nodded and looked at the high platform built in the center of the square, on which sat many representatives of highly respected wealthy families, as well as many Zhu Zigui's imperial relatives and important ministers of the imperial court. The old man with the longbow and several old men sat in the center of the group.
Beside the old man sat a young man, dressed in a vermilion robe, embroidered with a yellow dragon with teeth and claws, who was none other than the third prince, Li Shenji. The prince's robe is one level higher than his own rank, and Li Shenji is a tribute scholar, wearing a red robe and a jinshi uniform, which is not considered to exceed the rules.
Zhang Yi glanced at Li Shenji, then turned his gaze to Longbow Yan standing behind the old man Longbow, he didn't squint, looked ahead, but his eyes were extremely empty, I don't know what he was thinking...... Compared with the three princes, the former commander of the Tianchen Army made Zhang Yi more interested.
Yesterday, I saw Longbow Rong and Li Qiye, the son of the Thirteenth Prince, by the Taihe River. Zhang Yi was puzzled, if this person really helped Li Qiye to fight against the imperial court, he would definitely make the entire Longbow Mansion stand on the opposite side of the imperial court, didn't he have the slightest hesitation?
"Brother Yu, grandpa is waving to us, let's go over. Orchid Dabi is about to begin. ”
Longbow brocade shook Zhang Yi's arm, Zhang Yi woke up from his thoughts, nodded, followed behind the two women, and climbed the high platform with a smile.
The scholars who were able to sit on the high platform were all Gongshi cultivators at the very least, and their jade knowledge trembled, and they had already felt the arrival of Zhang Yi and the others.
Li Shenji frowned slightly, he was miserable under Zhang Yi a few months ago, and today he heard that the "Longbow Feather" would come to participate in the Orchid Festival, and he released the news early, just to overwhelm him today. What he didn't expect was that Zhang Yi really came, and his face was flat, as if he didn't take himself to heart.
When Changgong Yan saw Zhang Yi, his eyes were full of curiosity, and he looked down at the old man twice, remembering that Long Gongrong had privately complained to himself about an ignorant boy in the house in the past two days, and he suddenly became interested.
This guy is indeed a little ignorant, but he likes his little flying bear very much. Now that he has become a family, he shouldn't be so faceless anymore.
An old man said with a smile: "This little brother must be the Yu Gongzi of Longbow Mansion, and when I saw it today, he really deserved his reputation, and he was really dignified." ”
The old man sat in the front row, his status was obviously extremely high, and the old man with the longbow naturally knew that he didn't know him, so he already smiled and said: "Where is Brother Zuo, you are the old man of the Sihu Palace, where can Yu'er be worthy of your little brother." Yu'er, I haven't seen Brother Zuo soon, he is the head of a wealthy family full of wealth. ”
Zhang Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Late growth bow feathers, I have seen Mr. Zuo." ”
The Zuo family has only one family in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. It is the establishment of the great Confucian Zuo Chong who wrote the "Hundred Kingdoms Fu", this great Confucian is a legendary figure, although the old Zuo Pavilion is only the old man of the Sihu Palace, but it is not slightly lower than the status of many wealthy family owners.
"Okay, good, worthy of being a great talent in a poem. Old Longbow, I didn't expect you to hide such a treasure in your house. Zuo Ge Lao was obviously extremely satisfied with Zhang Yi's attitude, not flattering, nor groveling, and courtesy as a junior, which really impressed him.
Before the old man with the longbow could speak, a heroic armored military general behind him said: "Old man, I heard that Yu Gongzi is seventeen years old and can make poems of Zhenguo, this kind of talent is not much better than that girl in Xie Mansion, it is really worth congratulating." ”
"Go, go!" the old man with a longbow waved his hand and scolded, "You guys, don't you want to slap my Longbow Mansion in the face?" That girl from the Xie family, but Wang Daxian himself called her a 'great sage', not to mention these boys in my family, even if the most beautiful man in the world is hidden in the golden house of your Mufu Mansion, can it be compared?"
The heroic man was suddenly embarrassed, and grinned: "Old man, you are not kind, that child Wushuang has a lot of respect for you, you hurt him like this, how will he think of you in the future?"
"Ahem, don't talk about it. The old man with a longbow smiled and waved his hand, "Since the Son of Heaven and Wen Xiang did not come to this year's Orchid Festival, let's ask a few princes to preside over it." Third prince, you are the oldest among the princes, so please invite you to preside. ”
Zhang Yi looked sideways, and there were several princes wearing blue robes with golden dragons embroidered on them, but they were not enough to sit down. Seeing that the old man Longbow invited the three princes to preside, their faces were a little angry.
Li Shenji nodded slightly, first saluted with several wealthy family heads and the elders of the Six Palaces, and then walked to the high platform to announce the start of this year's orchid competition.
Hundreds of bluegrass merchants and people who love orchids hold their own carefully cultivated bluegrass in turn under the high platform to line up, there are special responsible officials on both sides of the high platform, one by one to check the quality of the bluegrass, can not meet the standard to return the same way, if the successful candidate, can climb the high platform, let the adults present evaluate. If you are very lucky, maybe any big man likes his own bluegrass and writes a poem for him, and he will be famous all over the world, and his future business will be prosperous.
The officials in charge of inspecting the orchid grass were all carefully selected by the imperial court to love the orchid, and under their harsh pickiness, only one percent of the orchid merchants and the people who loved the orchid ascended the high platform. Zhang Yi glanced at it, and the gift he gave to Longbow Brocade, Shui Zhonglan, was carried up to the high platform by the two servants of the Longbow Mansion and placed in the middle.
"Yo, the old man even wants to participate in the orchid competition this year? Then I will definitely write a poem to express my respect. The general of the Mufu Mansion, who had pretended to be angry before, saw two servants dressed in the costumes of the Longbow Mansion and laughed and joked about the Longbow.
PS: It's not that I have a heart to break it~ There was a sudden thunderstorm last night, and there was a power outage. In the middle of the night, my order was canceled for Uber, and I had to walk in the rain to the Internet bar in the town, which took two hours...... Then I forgot to bring the money, and ran to withdraw the money, but the ATM was broken again, so I could only go to a farther place to withdraw the money, and it took nearly three hours to come and go, and I was tired! I was in a bad state, and I only got it out now, so I made it up immediately! When I woke up, I would do today's chapter! I felt sorry for myself...... (To be continued.) )