Chapter 15: Heading South
Today's ten-day appointment has expired, and Zhou Jinyu got up early in the morning, and he was going to say goodbye to his uncle Yinran. Yin Ran also happened to be in the hall of the second courtyard of the General Soldier's Mansion. Zhou Jinyu walked into the hall and saw that her aunt Yin, her cousin Yinyichen and her cousin Yimeng were also there, so she said: "Uncle, Jinyu asked a friend to go to Suzhou to find 'Mo Xie' to avenge her father's revenge, and she is here to resign today." ”
Yinran didn't expect Zhou Jinyu to really go, so he said, "Are you really going?"
Zhou Jinyu said: "The child must go, my family was ruined by the killer, and if I don't take revenge, I won't be able to sleep and eat." ”
Yinran was about to speak, but Yimeng suddenly said, "Is my cousin going to Suzhou? It must be beautiful there, right? Can you take me with you?"
Yimeng suddenly asked, but Zhou Jinyu was stumped, and it was nothing to take Yimeng there, but how could she be her master? ”
Yin's mouth opened his mouth and said: "Nonsense! What is a girl running away with blindly?"
Yimeng has always been well-behaved, but today she is like a demon. She had to go, because she had seen so many things about Suzhou in the book, and she had dreamed of going there, where there were deep and elegant gardens of various dynasties, the famous Gusu Mountain, the famous Hanshan Temple, and she had heard that the water area of Suzhou was more than the land area. She couldn't imagine how the people lived in a city with so much water.
Yimeng has seen the rubbings of the Southern Song Dynasty's "Pingjiang Tu", with narrow streets, wide water surfaces, smooth bluestone slabs, and a dazzling array of small commodities on the streets. It's the same with Shantang Street, whenever she sees those things on the picture, her full girlish heart also floods. She didn't want to stay in this unchanging, deep-walled compound, so she had to go.
It is said that the daughter is the father's lover in the past life, which is not wrong at all, Yimeng already knows how to deal with her father, as long as the father agrees, she can follow.
Yimeng pouted and said coquettishly to Yinran: "Daddy..." ”
Yin Ran said: "Jinyu is looking for a sword, and it is inconvenient for you to go with a girl." ”
Yi Meng said: "Daddy... Don't you often say that you can travel thousands of miles by reading 10,000 books? What is the use of reading those books if you lie to me that I have read so many books, and now I don't ask people to go out?"
Yimeng has been different from other girls since she was a child, and Yinran hired a private school teacher for her. Therefore, Yimeng read a lot of books, and those books let her know that there are not only Xuanfu and Taiyuan in this world. It's so fascinating to have such a big world, and each place has its own characteristics.
Yin Ran was not rigid, he felt that since he had read the book, he really wanted to go out for a walk, so he said: "You can't go with Jinyu alone, you need someone to accompany you." ”
Yimeng heard her father agree, and couldn't hide her joy and said: "I've thought about it, ask Sister Hong to accompany me, she has been coming to the north from Yunnan for many years, and she has been in a bad mood, it's time to go out for a walk." ”
The red sister that Yimeng said is one of the eight King Kongs who make the nine-section whip. She loves red, and everything she does except the nine-section whip is red. She was very beautiful when she was young, and even now she is still charming. But she doesn't have a name, everyone calls her the Red Lady. The red lady inherited the family nine-section whip method, and learned a good light skill, but her life was not very good.
The red lady got married when she was twenty years old, and she did not allow others to share a thing with her, including men. But her husband took a concubine despite her objections. Therefore, the red lady killed her husband and Naxinna's concubine to join the army.
Yinran sent a message to the red lady and asked her to accompany Yimeng, and then instructed the things that needed attention on the road, so she said to Yimeng: "You have to listen to your cousin and your red sister along the way." Don't cause trouble. ”
Yimeng ran over and grabbed Yinran's arm and said coquettishly: "I know Daddy..." ”
Outside the Great South Gate, Wu Hongwen and his father Wu Yi had already prepared the goods from Taiyuan, and Ouyang Yuting, who was standing next to him, also came early. They have already discussed that they will take a dry road from Taiyuan to Dezhou, Shandong, and then take a waterway back to Suzhou from Dezhou.
Not far away, three red horses galloped forward. Immediately, it was Zhou Jinyu, Yimeng, and the red lady.
Wu Hongwen saw Zhou Jinyu riding over, stepped forward and said, "Brother Xian hasn't seen me for a few days, and there are two more beauties beside me." Admire, admire. ”
Zhou Jinyu was a little embarrassed by Wu Hongwen, so he hurriedly introduced: "Brother Wu made fun of it, this is the guard under the tent of my cousin and uncle." The misunderstanding a few days ago still hopes that Brother Wu will not take it to heart. ”
When Wu Hongwen saw Yimeng, he remembered that it was the girl in the sedan chair he met in Willow Lane a few days ago. At that time, I didn't have time to take a closer look, but now that the distance is very close, I saw that Yimeng was born so beautifully, and I had a good impression in my heart.
Wu Hongwen said with a smile: "Hahaha, if you don't say that I have forgotten it a long time ago, and besides, I didn't suffer any losses, it was the Yuting brothers who took a kick." Ha ha. ”
At this moment, Ouyang Yuting also came over to greet Zhou Jinyu and his party. Yimeng recognized Ouyang Yuting, who was the sturdy young man who was kicked over by the one-eyed scarface that day, and now saw that he was greeting everyone, so he said: "Brother Ouyang, what happened in Liuxiang a few days ago was our fault, and I hope you will bear with me." ”
Ouyang Yuting saw that such a delicate girl was apologizing to herself, and she couldn't afford to give birth, so she said, "Miss, don't worry, Ouyang Yuting is by no means the person with a small belly. ”
The three exchanged a few words, and Wu Hongwen took Zhou Jinyu to meet his father Wu Yi. So they took it to the east, and went to Dezhou, Shandong.
The flowers bloom much earlier than the leaves, and now it's close to April, and along the way, peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, cherry blossoms, and magnolia flowers are in full bloom. The group was so happy to enjoy the beauty of nature while hurrying. Yimeng thinks that it would be good if people were always on the road.
Zhou Jinyu found an interesting thing, Wu Hongwen suddenly became poetic, and often in front of Yimeng. Like what: 'Wet clothes want to wet the apricot blossom rain, blowing the face does not chill the willow wind.' ''The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom. These verses are very appropriate.
Half a month later, they had changed their waterways in Dezhou and had now arrived in Nanjing. It is the 'smoke cage cold water moon cage sand, night park Qin Huai near the restaurant. 'The boundaries of the land. I saw that the Qinhuai River stretched like a jade belt, quiet and beautiful, and the river was slowly moving forward in the small town, caressing the riverbank, and the sound of the water was silent. From the boat, the pavilions, gray tiles and white walls, coupled with the silent flowing water, are really like ink paintings. Yimeng thought: It's just that when I arrived in Jiangbei, the world was so beautiful and charming. And what about the real Gangnam?
Yimeng watched the ink paintings pass by in front of her, and felt that it was not enough to just look at them, if there was something to record them, it would be great. She stared blankly at the shore, as if she was stupid.
Wu Hongwen saw Yimeng's thoughts and proposed: "Nanjing is not far from Suzhou, this goods are escorted back to Suzhou by my father and the servants at home by water, let's go to the dry road, right?"
Yimeng also had this intention, and said: "This is the best, cousin, Sister Hong, what do you think?"
Zhou Jinyu was born in Saibei since she was a child, and she had never seen such a tender and lingering scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, so she readily agreed.
As the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's style and prosperity are more than Taiyuan. It is 'what you hope for in life to be rich, and you can't marry the king of the owner early.' Under this grandeur and prosperity, it is difficult to hide the poetic beauty of Nanjing. It is the 'Southern Dynasty 480 Temple, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain. ’
Life can read this beautiful scenery in the world, this life is enough.
Zhou Jinyu and Wu Hongwen walked in front, and Ouyang Yuting walked alone behind. Yimeng was attracted by the prosperity of Nanjing Confucius Temple's business, and her eyes were already inseparable from those strange gadgets, and she couldn't wait to take them all. She pulled the red lady to look left and right, and she had already fallen a long distance from Zhou Jinyu and them.
Wu Hongwen was introducing Zhou Jinyu to the tribute courtyard of the Confucius Temple, but he saw a large circle of people in front of him, crowded with people, and he couldn't see what was going on in the circle. Wu Hongwen was curious, so he pulled Zhou Jinyu and squeezed in to see what was going on.
After seeing the situation in the crowd, it really made people laugh and cry.