On the 10th day of May in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the season of entering the plum season (June 10, 1639 AD)

Sichuan Buzheng Division, Chengdu Prefecture

Mianzhou

The first fog of Chongzhen's twelfth year came earlier than usual.

The milky white morning mist is like a bed of thick down, which is softly covered in the streets and alleys of Fenggujing.

Fenggujing, a small town in the northwest of Sichuan, the southeast gateway of Mianzhou, leads to Pingwu County, Long'an Prefecture through Mianzhou in the northeast, Santai County in Tongchuan Prefecture in the southeast, Chengdu Prefecture in the southwest, and Guangyuan in Baoning Mansion in the northwest.

This is a little-known town, as ordinary as a drop of water in the sea, although it exists, it can never be a wave.

There is only one Tongfu Street and a few narrow alleys in the whole Fenggujing, the street is flat, wide and straight, and there are only a few small bends along the way.

Tongfu Avenue is like a long belt, from the southeast to the northwest of Fenggujing.

At the beginning, Mingyou Burning Workshop, through a series of shops and courtyards such as Fuller House, Rujin Bookstore, Fusheng Salt Store, Shui Miao, Huo Yanyan, Xibao Store, Renxin Cloth Village, etc., ended in Xuanyan Xing.

From Xuanyanxing, go west, along the Tongxing Greenway by Furong Creek, about 20 kilometers is Mianzhou City. To the southeast, through the Fujiang River Waterway or the Guanfu Post Road, about 60 kilometers is Tongchuan Mansion, which is today's Santai County.

From Mingyou Burning Workshop to the southwest along the official post road, about 100 kilometers is Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan Buzheng Division.

The legend of the late Ming Dynasty began with two dozen people on the Tongfu Avenue in Fenggujing.

"Knock-knock! knock. The weather is dry, beware of the candles. Li Siming, a tall man, knocked on the bamboo stick.

"When-dang!dang!dang!dang!dang!dang!when! "The short husband Zhang Sanqing played the gong.

The two walked slowly side by side in the fog. A few magpies chirp from the branches of trees on the side of the road, bringing cheerful joy to the quiet morning.

"Three-mouthed frog, it's really weird. The magpie calls early, and the happy event does not come. The tall husband Li Siming shrank his hands, hazed white anger, and complained to the short husband Zhang Sanqing.

"Gu Yu didn't call, Mei Yu didn't call, the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, but it called such a big strange fog. ”

"Four-eyed dogs, strange things happen every year, especially this year. At the beginning of the year, Grandpa Bi's salt boat was sucked into the whirlpool in the Shandong Canal. A whole ship's well is worth a lot of silver. Zhang Sanqing's eyes showed a strange look, and his mouth was slurking.

"Yes, this loss makes the pants off, and the money makes the money weak. Uncle Zhao has earned a lot of money over the years. Li Siming smiled at the water on the side of the road, and the two smiled knowingly, continued to play, and gradually disappeared into the thick fog.

A black shadow ran out of the fog in a hurry along the direction of Mingyou Burning Workshop, and slammed Shui Miao's door knocker heavily.

Shui Miao is a large mansion with three courtyards.

The first is the miscellaneous courtyard, where the steward Lehi and a group of miscellaneous servants live. The second is the outer courtyard, where the two young masters of Shui Miao live.

The third is the inner courtyard, where the head of the Zhao family, the owner of Xuan Yanxing, the big master of the Mingyou Burning Workshop, and the place where Zhao Baiyu, the eldest young master of Shui Miao, and his wife and children live.

The light in the north wing of the inner courtyard turned on, Zhao Baiyu yawned, rubbed his eyes, looked at his sleeping wife Wang Cuihua beside him, clicked his mouth, slipped off the bed lightly, put on his clothes, and quietly pulled the door bolt.

The milky white morning mist mixed with the cool breeze rushed towards him, Zhao Baiyu shook his head, but his head was still groggy.

In the twenty-ninth year of Tang Kaiyuan (741 AD), An Lushan served as the governor of Yingzhou. In order to avoid military disasters, the ancestors moved their families to Fenggujing in Mianzhou. Although the nine-hundred-year-old family road has had several ups and downs, it has also survived tenaciously.

In the first year of Tomorrow Qi (1621 AD), he was newly married, and his wife gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses for himself that year.

Not long after becoming a father for the first time, his father Zhao Yuanyan and mother Yang Yuxiu were overjoyed and added a pair of twin brothers to themselves.

The head that came out first was big. The head is big and reads a lot, and many people suffer from poverty, so he named Zhao Baifu to make up for his wealth.

The head that comes out of the back is small. The head is running errands, and the book is less angry. named Zhao Bairu with a touch of literary temperament.

There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. Soon after giving birth to her twin brothers, her parents died at the same time. Leave yourself with four babies to be fed and a butt of debt.

In order to feed a large family, Xuan Yanxing was busy with himself, and his wife Wang Cuihua got up early to pickle sauerkraut in the dark, and she also fell ill. In order to alleviate her pressure, Mrs. also dragged her cousin Wang Changsheng over to Mingyou Burning Workshop to serve as the director.

In the third year of Chongzhen (1630 AD), he named the Zhao family compound Shui Miao in the eyes of everyone who doubted, and added a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses.

The debts left by the parents were paid off, life began to get better, and the two younger brothers began to toss. Toss is toss, but life is happy.

Eighteen days ago, on the night, a happy day was suddenly shattered by a dream.

In a cloud of yellow light, he followed the cry of "Xuan Yan Xing, Xuan Yan Xing" and wandered around. The same dream lasted seventeen days.

Just last night, the dream suddenly changed, and he passed through the yellow light, carrying a wine jar and a group of people sitting on the Julong Platform in Xuan Yanxing, listening to a young man in red speaking.

Listening to it, suddenly, a white light shot from the sky, and the entire Julongtai turned into five halos of black, white, yellow, red and blue, and shot out in all directions.

"It's been almost a year, and not half a drop of rain has fallen, could it be said that Xuan Yanxing has a firelight disaster?" Thinking of this, Zhao Baiyu couldn't help but shudder smartly and stepped into the middle courtyard.

The housekeeper Li Hai and his son Li Hai were already waiting by the jade liquid well outside the west wing.

Under the east wing of the courtyard, large and small jars are piled up, and the air is filled with the fragrance of sauerkraut pickles and pickles.

Zhao Baiyu stretched his waist, twisted his waist from side to side, deeply breathed in several mouthfuls of aroma, shook his head, and walked straight to the jade liquid well.

The thousand-year-old locust tree behind the well is dense with branches and leaves, green as a canopy, and when the breeze blows, a burst of floral fragrance comes to the nose.

Zhao Baiyu looked up and saw that the buds that were full of pearls yesterday were now in full bloom, like jade butterflies dancing in the mist.

The set of round tripods in front of the well is natural, and there are nine square big bluestone benches connected to the round big green table.

The ethereal fog wisps are smart, condensed and transformed into eighteen small fog people jumping and dancing on the table and stool, and from time to time they hide in the white mist, leaving a little bit of light, which is pleasing to the eye.

Li Hai-chan brought up a bucket full of clear jade liquid well water and poured it into a green wooden basin, bowed down and exited the door of the middle courtyard.

The housekeeper Li Hai took a snow-white towel from the branch of the old locust tree, put it in the green wooden basin and rubbed it vigorously.

Zhao Baiyu looked at the four bamboo knots at the door, leaned into the west wing of the second courtyard gate, and asked casually: "What about the idiot?

Chongzhen for three years, the eldest brother Zhao Baifu said that Bai Fu was beautiful and swaggering, and the idiot was low-key and connotative. Forcefully changed his name to Zhao Idiot.

After changing his name, Zhao Baifu, no, it should be said that Zhao is an idiot, always wears a red coat every morning, holds a huge head, and wanders around the Fengyun Pavilion in the bamboo sea of Xuanyanxing, looking east and west.

After lunch, I took a book and sat at the bluestone table with four bamboo knots and moved around, sometimes saying loudly: "Who has a big dream first, I know it in my life." ”

After dinner, he took a bamboo and cut it in the room, carved a little bit. said that this is a three-point side, and the style is oiled.

The saint seat is a scarce resource, and Wang Yangming only has one. Gefeng oil, why not come to something affordable, add some lard to Wu Jiulang to make scallion oil cakes?

Lehai Nunu mouthed, squeezed his eyes, and nodded. added: "The eldest young master, from the first day you dreamed, the second young master changed the location and changed to the Turtle Mountain on the edge of Mianzhou City." It is said that it is to fight the tiger. ”

Fighting the tiger, can this be tofu or paste?

Zhao Baiyu pointed to the room next to Zhao Idiot's room, where a broken bag hung on the window, and frowned slightly: "What about Bai Ding?

is also the third year of Chongzhen, the second brother Zhao Bairu followed the trend and said that Bai Ru was high-end and luxurious, and Bai Dingmeng ate and deceived people and loved people, so he bluntly changed his name to Zhao Baiding.

Although the eldest brother is dull, he is still the master of worry-free money. The second brother is even more terrible.

The book is definitely not read. On weekdays, he either sits in the Fengsheng Teahouse and listens to Wen Gaoxi's commentary, and stands on the hill to sing songs with Liu Rumei;

Either lead a team to crawl around in the barren mountains and mountains, saying that this is Ningyuan's journey of tranquility and discovery.

Second brother, can there be a golden house in the barren mountains, and Yan Ruyu on the wild mountains?

Lehai Nunu mouthed, squeezed his eyes, and nodded. still added a sentence: "The third young master heard that a monster appeared in the deep mountains to the west, so he set off with a discovery trip on the first watch." ”

"Madame's sauerkraut, the two young masters didn't eat it secretly a few days ago, right?"

"What about then?" Lehi smiled slyly, "I added a new lock outside the east wing, and I also tied a local dog to the room." ”

"The jade liquid well water that Xuan Yanxing needs has been sent?"

"Uncle Hui, I sent it before the third watch, and Hai Jiang personally escorted the car. ”

Zhao Baiyu nodded with satisfaction, this Lehi is really good at talking and doing things.

So, Zhao Baiyu stopped talking, took the towel and covered his face and washed it. Not to mention, eighteen years of habit is like a panacea, and I am suddenly refreshed.