The hot summer is finally over, and the weather is getting cooler in the morning and evening.

Today's engraving printing has not yet been popularized, and the almanac compiled by the imperial court is precious, and the Zhang family has two manuscripts. One is in Zhang Hongyu's hand, and the other is in Zhang Jiuling's study.

Tan Zhaozhao asked him if he wanted to come, and before resting every night, he always had to take a look at it, and then lie down to rest contentedly.

Zhang Jiuling wanted to laugh and asked, "But in Bu Ji?" ”

Tan Zhaozhao said: "No, I'm looking at how many days there are still days before I leave Chang'an." ”

turned over and faced Zhang Jiuling, raised his finger and shook it at him, and said excitedly: "It's only twenty-one days, twenty-one days!" ”

Zhang Jiuling grabbed her finger and said dotingly: "I know." Let's rest early, tomorrow after we have eaten the morning food, we will go up the mountain to pick fresh pears to eat. ”

The fruits of the Tang Dynasty are far from being compared with later generations, Tan Zhaozhao heard the delicious and juicy pears, and suddenly his tongue was full of relish, he closed his eyes and said, "I fell asleep." ”

Zhang Jiuling chuckled, rubbed it against her forehead a few times, and muttered, "Sleep." ”

Tan Zhaozhao soon fell asleep, and Zhang Jiuling sank into a peaceful sleep under the sound of her even breathing.

After a night, Tan Zhaozhao got up in good spirits, and after using the morning food, he and Zhang Jiuling went out from the side door and got on the horse separately.

The pear tree was on the mountain where the lychees were picked last time, and the two of them were casually reining in the horses, talking as they walked.

Riding a horse and turning the corner, I saw that under a few pear trees in the col, Xiao Lu was carrying a basket, standing aside with Mrs. Zhang and Qi Yifen, and commanding Xu Yuan, who was on tiptoe, to pick pears: "Xu Yuan, be careful about the slippery grass under your feet, you have to be careful." ”

Xu Yuan pulled down the branch hard, and Mrs. Zhang cheered, pulled Qi Yifen forward, and quickly picked the two pears on the branch.

"Hey, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are here!" Mrs. Zhang's eyes were sharp, she dragged the pear in her hand, and ran over with her skirt.

Zhang Jiuling and Tan Zhaozhao rode up and approached, greeted Mrs. Zhang, and said, "The dew hasn't dried yet, why did the lady come out so early?" ”

Mrs. Zhang shook the pears in her hand and said, "Auntie talked about pear soup last night, so we came out to pick pears and go back to make sweet soup." ”

Zhang Jiugao is studying with Zhang Hongya, Zhang Jiuzhang is young, Zhang Jiuling takes care of Mrs. Zhang's sister, and she always cares for her when she sees her.

In Lu's absence, Mrs. Zhang is a lot more lively and very close to Zhang Jiuling.

Zhang Jiuling said gently: "Pick a few and go back, don't play outside, when the sun is high, beware of the sun." ”

Mrs. Zhang looked at them and asked curiously, "Where are the eldest brothers and sisters-in-law going?" ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "Go to the mountains and ride a horse, pick a few pears and come back." The eldest lady likes to eat pears, so I'll ask Qianshan to bring you some later. ”

Mrs. Zhang immediately said: "Big brother, I'm going too!" ”

At this time, Xiao Lu and Qi Yifen and Xu Yuan walked forward to salute together, and Tan Zhaozhao saw Zhang Jiuling get off the horse, so she followed.

Mrs. Zhang pestered Zhang Jiuling and said coquettishly: "Big brother, I'm going too, and I'm going to ride a horse." ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "The mountain road is rugged, you rarely ride a horse, and you will fall down if you are careful." ”

Mrs. Zhang said nonchalantly: "Then I'll learn, the eldest brother taught my sister-in-law to ride a horse, and also taught me to ride a horse." ”

Seeing that Zhang Jiuling was not moving, Mrs. Zhang turned around and begged Tan Zhaozhao: "Sister-in-law, you take me on a horse, okay?" ”

Mrs. Zhang is twelve years old and is delicate and pretty. Tan Zhaozhao heard Zhang Jiuling mention that the family was already looking at her relatives for her.

Tan Zhaozhao remembered in a trance that Zhang Jiuling had a famous nephew named Xu Hao, who was a famous calligrapher and minister in the Tang Dynasty.

Xu Hao is a member of the Yuezhou Council, Zhang Junzheng has been an official in Yuezhou for many years, and Mrs. Zhang should marry to Yuezhou, which is thousands of miles away.

After getting married, Mrs. Zhang is estimated to never be able to meet her mother's family again.

Tan Zhaozhao sighed in his heart, turned his head to Zhang Jiuling and said with a smile: "My equestrian skills are not good, and I am afraid that I will fall on the eldest lady." Da Lang, can you teach her? ”

Zhang Jiuling thought that since he had already made an appointment with Tan Zhaozhao first, it would not be too late to teach Mrs. Zhang after they went down the mountain.

Since Tan Zhaozhao spoke, Zhang Jiuling said yes, and said solemnly to the happy Mrs. Zhang: "You can't be naughty, you have to be more stable right away, it's not a trivial matter to fall down." ”

Mrs. Zhang nodded like pounding garlic, responded obediently, and said to Qi Yifen: "Seventh lady, you stay here with me, and we will go back together later." ”

Qi Yifen nodded gently, and said to Xiao Lu and Xu Yuan: "Auntie, Xu Yuan, you go back first, I am here to accompany the eldest lady." ”

Xiao Lu advised: "Qi Niang, you are here with the eldest lady, don't be greedy and go away, wait for you to go home together." ”

Qi Yifen said that A-Niang was relieved, "I will definitely take care of the eldest lady." ”

Xiao Lu and Xu Yuan went back with pears, Zhang Jiuling chose a relatively flat section of the road at the mountain pass, and said apologetically to Tan Zhaozhao: "Zhaozhao sit and rest for a while, and then we will go up the mountain later." ”

Tan Zhaozhao smiled and said that it was okay, "You don't care about me, go and teach the eldest lady a good life." ”

Tethering the horse to a tree, Tan Zhaozhao found a shady place under the shade of the tree and sat patiently.

Qi Yifen walked over with two pears in her hands, seemed to hesitate, and asked cautiously, "Cousin-in-law, do you want to eat pears?" ”

Tan Zhaozhao took the pear with a smile, "Thank you, Seventh Lady." Don't stand in the sun, come and sit together. ”

There were no clean stones around that were convenient to sit on, Tan Zhaozhao got out of the way, and Qi Yifen stepped forward to sit with her.

"The big lady is really amazing, she rides decently so quickly."

Looking at Mrs. Zhang and Zhang Jiuling in front of her, Qi Yifen was all envious. She looked sideways at Tan Zhaozhao and said shyly: "My family is poor, and I used to have only one old donkey, and I can only ride a donkey." ”

To be honest, Tan Zhaozhao faced Qi Yifen with a somewhat complicated mood.

After she came to Datang, she rarely met Qi Yifen. In this time and space, she can't hate a little lady who is under the fence and looks at people's faces everywhere.

Xiao Lu once gently persuaded Tan Zhaozhao that she was too busy to serve Zhang Jiuling alone, and found another person to help by her side.

Tan Zhaozhao believed that Xiao Lu's was instructed by the Lu family, although she didn't explicitly say that she wanted to send Qi Yifen to Zhang Jiuling, but she could guess one or two.

Zhang Jiuling's talent and appearance are needless to mention. With Qi Yifen's life experience, if she marries out to be a wife, she can only marry into a commoner family at most.

In the hierarchical Tang Dynasty, the difference between the status of officials and the status of ordinary people is more than tens of thousands of miles.

Tan Zhaozhao never mentioned the matter of concubines to Zhang Jiuling from beginning to end.

The concubine always asks Zhang Jiuling to nod, and everything depends on his attitude.

In Datang, before the wife entered the door, the concubine had already been born, and it was not uncommon to be a mother directly.

In addition to the royal family, the law of Datang stipulates that the good and the poor do not intermarry. The concubine should become a wife, unless she is a good woman, or directly accepts a good daughter.

How later generations called Qi Yifen his wife, Tan Zhaozhao didn't know very well, and he didn't believe in the nonsense of Taoist priest Youfang.

Shaozhou is still hundreds of miles away from the Meiling Ancient Road, and Qi Yifen, who is pregnant, is not raising a fetus at home, how can she go to the Meiling Ancient Road overnight.

This kind of legend not only belittles Zhang Jiuling's exploits in opening up the Great Yuling, but also shows that Qi Yifen is very stupid, too extreme and ruthless.

Disembowelment to take baby blood for sacrifice, not one corpse and two lives is strange.

Moreover, if Qi Yifen really has such great merits, she should be buried in the ancestral tomb of the Zhang family, buried with Zhang Jiuling, not Tan Zhaozhao, the original partner of the main room.

Tan Zhaozhao guessed that it was probably because she had never left Shaozhou in her life, living in the back house silently, and accompanying Zhang Jiuling had always been related to Qi Yifen.

The past has become a cloud of smoke, she is Tan Zhaozhao, and she is no longer the cautious Tan family she used to be.

She wants to go out and live her life.

It is her luck to have Zhang Jiuling by her side. Without him, she would be sad, but she would still live her life.

Tan Zhaozhao left those messy thoughts behind him, and said apologetically: "It's a pity that my equestrian skills are not good, I'm afraid I will fall Qi Niang, so I can't teach you." ”

Qi Yifen hurriedly said: "My cousin-in-law misunderstood, I didn't dare to think about learning to ride a horse." The eldest lady and cousin-in-law both have cousins to teach, and I just envy them. My cousin-in-law was born with a good background, and she was born good-looking, and she was a godsend with her cousin. A-Niang often said that if I could meet Lang Jun with one-tenth of my cousin in the future, it would be my luck. ”

Tan Zhaozhao couldn't think of a solution for a while, so he could only smile and sigh with relief: "Qi Niang is still young, don't worry." In the future, you will always meet the right marriage for yourself. ”

Mrs. Zhang is one year younger than her, and she is already discussing marriage. Taizong stipulated that a woman over the age of fifteen must be married, and she only has one year left.

No matter how good the marriage is, it can't be compared with Zhang Jiuling in any case.

Qi Yifen's mouth was filled with bitterness, and she hummed softly. She looked dazed, and raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Zhang, who was riding on a horse and smiling brightly.

Zhang Jiuling, who was holding the reins of the horse, walked patiently beside her, and patiently told her from time to time: "Don't think about being fast, first ride steadily." ”

Mrs. Zhang replied loudly: "Yes, the eldest brother is really verbose, I remember everything!" ”

The corners of Zhang Jiuling's mouth rose, and he smiled helplessly.

Under the sun, the clear face blooms like an epiphany in the night.

Qi Yifen's eyes were stupid, and she stopped on Zhang Jiuling, and she couldn't move away.

Alas, it is the age when love is first opened, and it is all strange for beauty and mischaracter!

Tan Zhaozhao's calm gaze was withdrawn from Qi Yifen, and he concentrated on gnawing off the pear skin, and took a small bite of the pear to eat. Pears are sweet and juicy, crisp and raw, thirst-quenching and delicious.

After eating the pear, Tan Zhaozhao threw away the pear core and stood up.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiuling said a word to Mrs. Zhang, gently helped her get off the horse, and led the horse towards Tan Zhaozhao.

Mrs. Zhang carried her skirt and trotted all the way on her tiptoes, very happy: "It's so fun to ride a horse, I will ride a horse every day in the future!" Qi Niang, let's go back, the eldest brother is going up the mountain with his sister-in-law. ”

A trace of loss flashed on Qi Yifen's face, her face was full of smiles, she greeted Mrs. Zhang, and said with concern: "Don't move first, big lady, I'll wipe your sweat for you." ”

The pear in her hand rolled into the grass at some point, and she didn't notice it.

Zhang Jiuling went to lead Tan Zhaozhao's horse, hugged her on the horse, and said with a smile: "Sit tight, let's try to see who goes up the mountain first!" ”

Tan Zhaozhao laughed, clamped the horse's belly, and the horse galloped towards the mountainside.

Zhang Jiuling looked at her back with a smile and chased after her.