Chapter 22: Blocking the Way
Zhang Shouyan, the first assistant of the cabinet, is in the mansion of Jingshi City, which occupies an extremely wide area, and is a luxurious forest garden in this mansion.
Zhang Shouyan's son, Zhang Kuifa, is holding a poetry party.
At this time, the poetry meeting had just opened.
There were many men and women who came to the guests, most of the men were the children of the eunuchs, and most of the women were Qing people from the major Qinglou in Beijing.
There are also some ladies in famous mansions, but they all wear veils, or simply wear hats to cover their faces.
"Hahaha, have you heard, that Liang Hong, the fortunate man who can only speak to His Majesty in this novel, he actually ...... Huhuhaha...... Unexpectedly, the stall that oversaw the plague in the capital city was next! ”
In this forest garden, everyone is standing and chatting with each other, after all, the master of the poetry club will only start when he comes.
Suddenly, at this moment, a loud laugh rang out, and everyone stopped talking and looked at the sound.
But I saw a noble son in his early twenties, surrounded by several sons and female companions who were also rich and noble, and walked into Lin Yuan, he first laughed loudly, and then said these words with some amusement.
And as soon as this noble son came, although he was still smiling and talking, almost everyone in the audience bowed their hands to this noble son, and while listening carefully to what the noble son said, he whispered and hurriedly greeted:
"Zhang Gongzi."
"Zhang Gongzi."
"Brother Kaifa."
"Qui Boy."
And after Zhang Shoufu's son finished saying that sentence with a smile, others echoed with a smile:
"Doesn't that Liang Hong know that this is a mess? I think he wants to be famous and crazy! ”
"Eh, Brother Lin Ze, don't you hear that if God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy, this plague in Beijing, even the imperial doctors in the palace are helpless, and that lucky person is just asking for humiliation."
"Is it so simple to seek humiliation, didn't I hear that he also made a military order, if he couldn't control the epidemic situation in Jingshi, he would sacrifice his head!"
"Everyone, everyone!" It's just that Zhang Kuifa, the son of the first assistant, suddenly raised his voice and said with a smile. "Let's not talk about that lucky man, alas, I think that Cao Ge is such a good person, but he was like an eagle dog like him, and he was falsely accused of being imprisoned for questioning, really! Alas~
But let's go today, that lucky man will let him go to cure the plague, come on, come on, I'll wait for these elegant people, and we will open our poems!
In this poetry meeting, we will use the "love" in the four words "singing the wind and making love" as the theme! ”
So at the suggestion of Zhang Kuifa, the son of Shoufu, this poetry meeting took "love" as the theme. Then those literati began to show their talents and began to compose poems.
"Huh? Miss Miaoya, why do you want to go out in advance? Don't participate in the poetry club anymore? Zhang Kuifa, the son of the first assistant, was picking up a cup of tea and was slowly sipping, when he suddenly saw a young beauty, but she was walking towards Lin Yuan.
When Zhang Kuifa, the son of Shoufu, saw it, he walked over, first saluted, and then said, "Miss Miaoya, why is you not in the poetry club?" Is this going to go? ”
Xu Miaoya frowned slightly, and Xuan'er saluted Zhang Kui and said, "Zhang Gongzi, Miaoya has some things, go first." ”
"Oh?" When Shoufu Gongzi heard this, he immediately said, "Does it matter?" Need my help? ”
"It doesn't matter," Xu Miaoya hurriedly said, "Then I'll go first." ”
After speaking, he walked out of Lin Yuan with a maid, and Shoufu Gongzi, behind her, his eyes were staring at Xu Miaoya's back unscrupulously, looking at him obscenely and greedily.
When Xu Miaoya walked out of Zhang Shoufu's mansion and got into the carriage, her maid also came in, and as soon as the carriage started, Xu Miaoya said a little angrily:
"Bi'er, do you say that Liang Hong is really a fame seeker? He is a talent, even if he is a little talented, and writes words like the head of the water tune, but he ...... He's not a doctor, let alone an imperial doctor, he's too capable! ”
"Miss, don't you like that water-tune song very much? Didn't the young lady also say that a person who can write such words will be extraordinary. The maid Bi'er leaned against the wall of the carriage and said carefully.
"This is different...... Xu Miaoya said, but she didn't say anything different, and her maid Bi'er didn't ask, but said, "Miss, what are we doing when we come out of the poetry meeting?" Is there really something wrong with Miss? ”
"It's just a feeling of stuffiness," Xu Miaoya said a little casually, and at this moment, the carriage slowly stopped.
At this time, the maid Bi'er lifted the corner of the curtain and said to the coachman outside, "What's the matter?" ”
The driver who was driving the car in front of him pointed with a whip, "Girl, please look, there are many people blocking the road in front." ”
Bi'er looked over and said, "A lot of people?" ”
At this time, the coachman followed: "Yes, I don't know what to do with so many gatherings, at this time the plague is raging, why don't you stay at home and do outside." ”
So Bi'er turned her head and said to Xu Miaoya: "Miss, there are a bunch of people gathered outside, our carriage can't pass, and it is estimated that we will have to take a long detour to return home." ”
Xu Miaoya said casually: "Let the coachman talk to them, just let them get out of the way that can be crossed, there is no need to take a long detour." ”
"Yes, miss." The maid Bi'er answered, and then said a few words to the coachman in front, and then the coachman went to the front.
After a while, the coachman came back and said to the inside of the curtain of the car: "Miss, Miss Bi'er, there is no way to give way over there, it is a crossroads, and those roads are full of people, so we can't cross it." ”
"Oh? Why are there so many people? The plague is still out? Xu Miaoya asked puzzled.
"The old slave also asked," the coachman's voice seemed to be very excited, and the words were much faster, "The people there said that a talented man, who said that he was the emperor's ambassador for the treatment of the epidemic, is now personally demonstrating and demonstrating what kind of pox, saying that it was made from a cow, and the specific old slave can't say clearly,
There are many people with plague patients in their families, and since the ambassador said that he could cure the plague and was willing to try the law himself, everyone was curious and hopeful, and they were ready to plant the pox if the ambassador's pox was successful.
The ambassador said that if there is a disease, it will cure the disease, and if there is no disease, as long as it is planted, it will be free from this disease for the rest of your life. ”
"And that kind of thing?"
The maid Bi'er was surprised at first, and then said to the young lady beside her: "Miss, why does the maid sound so mysterious?" ”
Xu Miaoya also heard the coachman's words in the carriage, and thought like Bi'er, at this time the coachman asked outside: "Miss, are we going to take a detour back home?" ”
Xu Miaoya thought for a moment, and Xuan'er said, "Slow, let's go to the front and take a look." ”