Chapter 37: Spring Tide

On the ferry outside the Wulin Gate, on a tea shop, Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu, who were dressed as men, drank tea and watched people come and go. Shi Huiyu also held a copy of "China Daily" in her hand.

The two are young and beautiful, and it is difficult to distinguish between male and female, which has attracted the prying eyes of many passers-by.

"Sisi, I heard that your second brother went to Jinling City, why didn't you send it?"

Shi Huiyu looked at the newspaper and frowned slightly.

"What to send? It's not life and death, it's just going to Jinling to take the martial arts exam. ”

Wei Sisi seemed to have something on his mind, and replied nonchalantly.

"In my opinion, your second brother went to Jinling, and you were also moved. Isn't it? ”

"Aren't you impressed? Stay at home all day, boredom to death! ”

Wei Sisi pouted and muttered.

"You say, we're going to take the martial arts test, can people accept us? From ancient times to the present, there seems to be no precedent for the imperial court to accept female students! ”

Shi Huiyu instantly became sad and pitiful.

"Don't be discouraged. In my opinion, the martial arts hall will recruit female students. You see, the newspaper just said that I am a young man with ambition in the Song Dynasty. Youth, as the name suggests, is young people, both male and female. ”

Wei Sisi glanced around and "shhh

"Remember, I have to tell the other sisters about this, and I have to do it secretly. If we let the court know, our dream will be in vain. ”

"Confidentiality! Secrecy! ”

Shi Huiyu said softly, the two looked at each other, and they both laughed.

"I just don't know, does my dad agree?"

Wei Sisi made a bitter face and expressed his concerns.

"Your father is busy in Jinling City all day long, where can he take care of you? When the raw rice is cooked and cooked, your father just wants to object, the emperor is there, what can he do? ”

"You're right! Let's cut it before we play! ”

Wei Sisi was elated, and the sadness on his face was swept away.

My father was stern but loving. As long as he can enter the lecture hall, my father has no choice, I am afraid he can only accept the fait accompli.

"It is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar. The emperor is wise and ambitious, let's make contributions together, like Mulan! ”

Shi Huiyu smiled, her eyes shining.

"Good! Why don't the men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures. Let's go back and pack up and go back next month. I don't want my dad to find out and be kicked back! ”

Wei Sisi was also full of interest, and even a little impatient.

Jinling's lecture on martial arts may be an opportunity, an opportunity to change the fate of their lives.

She didn't want to be swayed by her parents and tied up in a deep mansion compound.

"Let's go, go back to the city first, and talk to the others about it."

The two of them paid the money and walked away lightly.

In front of the sign at the gate of the city outside the Wulin Gate, it was full of people entering and leaving the city, and everyone looked at the notice above, and someone seemed to be blocking.

Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu, who entered the city, were also attracted by the content of the show.

"Lin'an Mansion announced that from now on, the laws of the Great Song Dynasty clearly stipulate that it is forbidden for women to bind their feet, and all related actions such as cockfighting and crickets are prohibited. Whoever is found to be bound by the foot of the people of the Great Song Dynasty shall be fined 20 times for the first time, and 40 times for the second time, and shall be fined in multiples......"

Someone read it, and the people below were in an uproar.

"10 times! Punish well, anyway, those rich and noble families have money! ”

Someone immediately shouted hello.

"10 times at a time, it doesn't seem like much, seven or eight fines a year, and the rich and noble families will also go bankrupt!"

Someone calculated carefully, which immediately caused an exclamation.

"In the future, there will be no birds and crickets in Lin'an City, but it will be much quieter!"

"Those dumb kids, who don't want to die, can always find a place to gamble!"

"That's going to have to be sneaky, too! If you are discovered, you will go to jail! ”

Everyone was talking, Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu smiled at each other, and then walked away.

In fact, these news and decrees are all in the newspapers, but when I hear them with my own ears, I still feel different.

At the gate of Wulin, a group of healthy servants came out of the city carrying a few sedan chairs, but were stopped by officials at the city gate.

"Stop, get off the car and check!"

"Bold, this is the family of Ge Hongge, the secretary of the Criminal Department, why don't you let him go quickly?"

Kennu's eyes widened, and his hand rested on the handle of the knife.

"What? Want to get your hands dirty? ”

The official who took the lead took a step back and commanded the other officials to go up.

"Take this guy down and go back and hand it over to the prime minister!"

"Wait!"

The man in charge of the sedan chair in front stepped forward and stopped the menacing official. He took a few steps forward and pulled out a few treasure bills from his money bag.

"Little brother, it's Ge Xianggong's family inside, it's not good to show up. Please make it easier. ”

Huizi stuffed it into his hand, how could there be one or twenty times. The official nodded slightly, waved his hand, and the soap officials stepped back.

"Release!"

The official took a few steps back, and the sedan chair was lifted forward, but after a few steps, it was stopped by two armored forbidden soldiers.

The official was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he had been restrained by the two forbidden armies.

"You are going to ...... Do? ”

"Don't do, openly accept bribes, you are really easy to be an official!"

Du Er stepped forward and slapped the hat on the official's head.

"Listen, I'll take over now, and you'll be taken to Lin'an Mansion for trial! Hold on! ”

Du Ertoe waved his hand arrogantly, and the forbidden army pressed down the dejected official.

In the past, these soap officials showed off their power to their brothers, but now that they have sent it, they don't want to be more comfortable in their hearts.

The imperial court implemented the new policy, and these forbidden soldiers from the bottom of the people, who were well versed in the people's livelihood and suffering, could just make overt and covert visits as a supervision.

"Go back!"

Under the obstruction and coercion of the forbidden army, the two sedan chairs were carried back.

"What do you want? Do you want to receive a second payment? Go back and tell us Ge Xianggong, go to the emperor to visit you! ”

The steward's face was pale, and the fox was pretending to be a tiger.

"The emperor personally decreed, and the Lin'an Mansion clearly stipulated that all sedan chairs entering and leaving the city should be checked to see if there were any bound feet. The emperor's will, do you dare to disobey it? ”

Du Er pointed to the notice on the city wall, his face cold.

"You bribe tolerance, threaten the forbidden army, treat the law as nothing, and go in and out of the city gates at will. Don't you want to live anymore? ”

"You ......"

The steward's face turned pale, and he could no longer speak.

"Drop off the car and check! Otherwise, you're welcome to blame me! ”

Du Er was unceremonious and immediately issued a military order.

What do you care about Ge Xianggong Guo Xianggong, he is ordered by the emperor, he is the law, he is frank and unrestrained, and no one cares.

"Good, good! Don't check, I'm out of the fine! ”

The steward panicked, and he had to pay for it to settle the matter.

In broad daylight, it is not always a good thing for the women in the house to show up.

"It looks like it's foot binding. However, we still have to check it to see how many times it is, and then we have to register it and check it every month. ”

Du Er looked at the steward and smiled coldly.

"You have money, and we are happy to accompany you. But when you enter the city, the fine you pay will be doubled. Don't forget! ”

After checking whether the foot was binding, the name was verified, it was registered, the fine was collected, and the receipt was issued, and everything came to an end.

The steward's face was ugly, and he waved his hand, and everyone carried the sedan chair out of the city gate.

"Ma'am, how can this be done? I don't know how much it costs to go in and out like this? ”

Out of the city, the steward whispered distressedly to the sedan chair in the back.

"How many times is it today?"

The lady in the sedan chair was still soft-spoken.

"Mrs. Hui, it's the second time, and it cost 40 yuan."

The steward whispered back, not forgetting to remind.

"Madam, if it is found next month, it will be 80 times."

Whenever a woman is found to be bound to her feet, I heard that the government will send Lang Zhong to regularly go to the house to investigate. If you find that you are still binding your feet, each time you are stricter than the law.

"It seems that the only way to do this is to stop Yue'er from entangling her feet!"

Madame hesitated for a moment, and then spoke softly.

found it a few more times, not to mention the loss of money, I was afraid that the black gauze hat of my official would not be able to keep it.

Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu looked carefully, each made a grimace, and led the horse into the city.

"You two, are you going out for a walk?"

Seeing that it was Shi Huiyu and Wei Sisi, Du Er greeted him with a smile on his face.

These two women often practiced martial arts in Yujin Garden, and their brothers knew each other.

"Du Er, well done!"

Wei Sisi gave a thumbs up.

"Du Er, when are you going to Jinling?"

Shi Huiyu asked curiously.

"The lecture hall started in early March, and we will probably pass by the end of February, and we will have to take the assessment at that time, but it is not a big problem."

Du Eryi replied.

"Du Er, let's see you in Jinling then!"

Wei Sisi said a thoughtless sentence and walked away with Shi Huiyu.

Du Er looked at the backs of the two women leaving and shook his head.

See you in Jinling when the time comes, what does it mean?

Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu walked for a while, Wei Sisi's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly screamed.

"Huiyu, who is that? How does it look so familiar? ”

"It seems to be Wu Yanei! Leading the horse with a burden, that's his father, right? Where is he going? ”

Shi Huiyu looked at it and said curiously.

Wei Sisi's eyes rolled, and he immediately became interested.

"Go over and ask!"

"I've seen Uncle Wu."

Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu went over and saluted Wu Nian one after another.

The magnates of Lin'an City are such a big circle, princes and nobles, basically everyone knows each other.

"Sisi, Huiyu, you are ......"

Before Wu Nian finished speaking, he was snatched by Wei Sisi.

"Uncle, where are you going with all these big bags?"

"Sisi, the emperor has made a decree that the Jinling Lecture Hall and the Jinling University Hall will recruit the children of Lin'an officials and eunuchs. Wu Feng had to go to the martial arts hall, so he refused to go to Jinling University Hall. Uncle, I'm ......."

Wu Nian's words were interrupted impatiently by Wu Feng.

"Dad, what are you talking about? Hurry up and go, catch the ferry! ”

Wu Feng stepped forward with a dark face, ignoring the earnest greetings of Wei Sisi and Shi Huiyu.

Wu Nian was helpless, and hurried to follow with his entourage.

"Wouldn't it? Jinling talks about martial arts, won't everyone accept it, right? ”

Wei Sisi looked at the back of Wu Nian's father and son leaving, and sighed strangely.

"Actually, Wu Feng is good, he can ride horses, shoot arrows, and he is also bold, but he is too anxious. Besides, ordinary people can't ride horses or shoot arrows, how can they compare to them? ”

It seems that Shi Huiyu has a good impression of Wu Feng.

"The Wu family and the emperor don't deal with each other. You say, Wu Feng went to Jinling to lecture on martial arts, could it be the Queen Mother's idea? ”

Wei Sisi was whimsical and suspicious.

"It must be so! The emperor is open-minded and ambitious in the world, and he is really a generation of romantic figures! ”

Shi Huiyu's face flushed, and she said faintly.

"Huiyu, I see that your spring heart is moved. You simply entered the palace and directly became the emperor's concubine, entangled every day, that is much better than going to the martial arts hall! ”

"Wei Sisi, you are the spring tide bursting! See if I don't tear your stinky mouth! ”

Shi Huiyu's whole face turned red.

"Huiyu, why don't you go to the Qiantang River and see the spring tide?"

The two stopped fighting, and Wei Sisi was full of interest and suddenly became interested.

"The spring tide brings rain and comes in a hurry, and the wild ferry is unmanned and self-sufficient. Let's go, go to the Qiantang River to see the spring tide! ”

"Let's go! When I go to Jinling, maybe I won't have a chance to see it! ”