Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

A few days after Marquis Yongyi left Beijing,

Imperial gardens such as Jinming Pool and Qionglin Garden outside Bianjing City are closed.

Most of the people in Da Zhou want to go in and see it again, but they will have to wait until March or April next year.

Yong Yi Hou Mansion

Because Zhuang Xuexue went out to meet friends today,

So take a break from school,

Xu Zaijing got up a little later than usual.

Looking at the beautiful green grape trellis in the yard in the early morning and the pomegranate tree with red flowers in bloom beside the wall, Xu Zaijing stretched out.

When we came to the racecourse, there were no many soldiers from the Hou Mansion, and the place seemed a little deserted.

However, the two handsome horses were soon released and began to have fun in the wide open space.

It was a bit more lively.

While Xu Zaijing was slowly warming up, his master walked out of the hut. He did not look at Xu Zaijing, but focused all his attention on the two magical horses.

At this time, two horse attendants from the Northern Liao Kingdom, Alan and Xun Shu, led Li Ju and Xiao Ma Ju out of the stable.

I don't know if it was Xu Zaijing's illusion, but he felt that Li Ju's body was stronger and his fur was shinier.

For half a year, two young men from Northern Liao Kingdom lived in a house that was sorted out next to the hut.

Having Master Xu Zaijing, who could speak Bei Liao dialect, made them less unfamiliar with the environment.

Coupled with the fact that he worked diligently and took good care of the horses in the Hou Mansion, Master Xu Zaijing made the decision, so the treatment of the two of them was only slightly lower than Qingyun.

Therefore, these two teenagers have long lost their original look of being slovenly and shivering in worn-out sheepskin coats.

Seeing Xu Zaijing, the two teenagers hurriedly bowed and saluted. When they stood up, they saw Qingyun walking over not far away holding something that looked like a bundle of bamboo.

"Sir, I brought a bundle of sugar cane from the south as soon as I entered the house."

Xu Zaijing waved his hand and said: "Let the two of them chew on the grass and play."

After saying that, Xu Zaijing picked up the strong bow carefully made by the general supervisor and started practicing with a pot of feather arrows.

Next to them, Alan and Xun Shu looked at the sugar cane in their hands curiously.

Imitating the appearance of grass, I split the sugar cane skin with my teeth and bit off a piece.

Hiss. Sucking the juice,

Feeling the sweetness in their mouths, the two looked at each other in surprise.

Looking at the two of them, Qingcao smiled and rolled his eyes.

When Xu Zaijing went to his mother's courtyard for breakfast after his morning exercise, he realized that the caravan sent by Bianjing's Gu Xucaoliang family to search for cotton seeds on Guangnan Road had returned.

On Guangnan West Road, Xie Zijue, the father of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xu family, Xie Shi, is here, which makes the caravan much more convenient. After all, no matter how distinguished you are from Bianjing, you can't compare to the long-term commander of the first army who has stayed here.

I learned that I had to return to Bianjing.

The Xie family specially selected some good sugar cane from the sugar cane field of Xie's dowry, and brought it back to the caravan as trinkets for eating and playing.

Looking at my sister-in-law, who has been teased by her mother-in-law Sun and amused by her sister-in-law Hualan in the past few days, and is gradually coming out of the sadness and worry of parting,

Xu Zaijing smiled as he listened to the three conversation.

Xie hugged Xu's parents and grandchildren and said: "Mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law just read the letter. In the letter, mother said that King Yong helped the Xuanfu envoy to recruit Nong people and made great contributions to the country. The official said that the children under his knees are suffering from many diseases. Your Majesty has agreed to let the family members return to Beijing."

Hearing this, Mrs. Sun nodded and said: "There has been news in Bianjing for a long time, but I didn't expect that it would arrive at about the same time as our caravan."

"Mother-in-law, the son of the leader of the Nanong people is also among the group returning to Beijing."

The last sentence Xie said was something that was not found in the rumors in Bianjing.

Xu Zaijing stopped picking up vegetables with his chopsticks, then returned to normal and thought to himself: King Yong has appeased the Nong people, which may prevent a military disaster in the south of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future.

After breakfast,

Xu Zaijing stood up and said, "Mom, some of my best friends are asking the children to go out to play today, and they won't be back for lunch."

Sun waved her hand and said, "Go."

When he was going out, he heard his mother and daughters-in-law talking about going to the Liang family for a banquet.

When they arrived at the door, Qingcao saw his young master walking leisurely over with a plate of sugar cane pieces that had been cut to a suitable size.

Xu Zaijing looked at the green grass and handed the plate over:

"Well?"

Qingcao, whose mouth was sore from chewing sugar cane, shook his head.

After returning to the yard and packing up my clothes for going out,

Xu Zaijing took Qingcao and Qingyun out of Xu Mansion in a carriage.

There are also a few crisp and sweet sugar canes placed behind the carriage.

On the way, we passed two or three temples that were popular with incense. Each temple had the smell of cooking the spices and sugar water distributed free of charge on the Buddha’s birthday.

From time to time, devotees come in and out of the temple, holding gourds or water bowls in their hands.

When we arrived at Panlou East Street, it was still early.

Xu Zaijing opened the car curtain and said, "Qingyun, go around Donghua Gate. I heard from Brother Heng that vegetable farmers from outside the city have gathered there these days."

"Yes, sir."

Arriving at Donghua Gate,

The noise suddenly became louder,

On the street which is still some distance away from Donghua Gate,

Vegetable farmers carrying poles or pushing carts were looking at the palace gate expectantly.

When the palace door opened and the officials responsible for purchasing from each palace came out, the greetings suddenly became louder.

The officials were not arrogant, they were choosing carefully as if they were at a vegetable market. When they saw good-quality eggplants and gourds, the officials were generous with their money.

Xu Zaijing got off the carriage and happened to see an internal official looking carefully at a pair of sweet gourds in his hands. The pair of sweet gourds were of the right size and had a skin like jade, which made people happy to see them.

After the internal official asked the vegetable farmer about the price, when he was about to bargain, another internal official walked over directly, threw a few pieces of silver in his hand and said:

"This melon is growing well, so I collected these five taels of silver."

"Thank you, officer!"

With that said, the vegetable farmer hurriedly served the sweet gourd.

Hearing this conversation, the vegetable farmers nearby were very envious.

The official who was robbed didn't say anything. After all, someone who spent money so happily must be favored by the palace.

Soon, more eggplants of excellent quality were bought, and there were more than four of them.

Seeing this scene, Qingcao, who was following Xu Zaijing, was stunned. She had never known that a pair of melons and fruits could fetch such a price.

The clever vegetable farmer saw the clothes of Xu Zaijing and his party, so he abandoned the palace officials and went to Xu Zaijing to sell.

Qingcao listened to the vegetable farmer's words and tasted the 'test product' delivered to him. It tasted very good. After all, he wanted to buy it for the palace, but what about the price?

When Xu Zaijing returned to Panlou from Donghua Gate, there were several more vegetables and fruits in baskets behind the car.

The waiter at the door saw Xu Zaijing's carriage and came up to him.

Seeing Qingyun, Brother Min quickly said: "Brother Qingyun."

Qingyun smiled, took out a few sweet and tender fruits from the basket and threw them to him.

When I went up to the third floor,

Shopkeeper Ran from Pan Tower followed behind and said, "Sir, we have some new drinks from Qingfeng Tower in our building. You..."

"Have a bowl."

The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand, and another waiter followed up with a jar of wine in his hands.

Entering the private room on the third floor, Xu Zaijing was the first to arrive.

While Dr. Pan Lou’s tea wine was busy plating the vegetables and fruits brought by the guests,

Qingcao secretly put a sugar cane into the waiter's hand and ordered:

"Find someone to peel it and cut it into smaller pieces."

at this time,

It's already Si hour (9 a.m.)

Xu Zaijing came to the balcony outside the private room on the third floor of Pan Building, lay on the wooden railing, and looked at the scenery of Bianliang, the capital of Zhou Dynasty.

While I was watching the birds flying above a certain pavilion, I saw three women riding horses on the street below, wearing veils and fluttering clothes.

Next to the woman were several wealthy young men from Bianjing. They were shirtless and exposed their tattoos, riding horses and riding around the three women.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zaijing had no idea of ​​being a hero and saving the beauty.

Because of those three women.

Just as I was thinking about it, a rich boy's voice came over and asked loudly: "I wonder where the three sisters are from?"

Listen to the words,

There was a carriage passing by, and the curtains were raised. Liang Liulang's head popped out and took a look before retracting.

While the teenagers were still circling the three women like peacocks in full bloom, Liang Han went upstairs.

After picking up a tender melon, he came to Xu Zaijing's side, looked at Liang Han downstairs and said:

"These young boys look like they have just arrived in Bianjing. They really thought those three people were from good families."

Looking at Liang Han's height, Xu Zaijing laughed and said, "Liu Lang, how old are you?"

"Tsk, what does this have to do with age? Brother Jing, just watch. Those three women will definitely leave with these people in a while."

Talking

The two of them continued to watch the excitement on the street downstairs.

After a while, Qi Heng entered the private room:

"Brother Jing, what are you and Liulang looking at?"

Liang Han quickly pulled Qi Heng over.

Qi Heng took a look and said:

"At this time, there is no woman who does not ride with her brothers and does not take servants and maids with her. I am afraid she is not a hooker."

"Ahem, eh"

Buwei, who was following behind, coughed as if his throat was uncomfortable.

Qi Heng stopped talking.

Seeing the woman downstairs resisting the request and leaving with a few rich boys, Liang Han clicked his tongue and shook his head.

Then the two of them returned to the private room,

Another two quarters of an hour passed,

Gu Tingye and Changbai Changfeng entered the private room one after another.

Haichaojie, who had met several times before and had more interactions because of what happened outside the Jinbo Temple, also came here with several close friends of high-ranking officials.

Everyone sat down and tasted the fresh fruits.

Because those who come here are all students who want to take the imperial examination, so most of the conversations are filled with poetry and songs.

Xu Zaijing used his memory to cheat,

I used a few poems that have been handed down from ancient times, such as "The lotus leaves touching the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are uniquely red."

But he also received a lot of praise and admiration.

We had dinner at Panlou at noon.

During the dinner, there were all young men, drinking some wine.

A lot of news about the two northern countries has been released these days.

Unconsciously, the conversation came to the current situation in the north.

The slightly tipsy Shen Herui put down his glass and said, "These days, I read the newspaper at home, and there seems to be more news about Bai Gaoguo."

Everyone in the room nodded.

"I heard that Bei Liao had a fight with Bai Gao at the border between the two countries, and Bei Liao did not take advantage."

"Now that Bei Liao is being troubled by the Jin Kingdom, you actually dare to fight with the Bai Gao Kingdom?"

"Maybe I think if I, Da Zhou, can bite off a piece of meat, they can too."

"Hahaha"

Waiting for everyone to finish speaking,

Liang Han, who was a little drunk at the side, stood up and said:

"I, Liang Han, Liang Liulang, would like to thank all my brothers for coming here to participate in this poetry meeting. When the imperial examination is over this month, I also invite all brothers to come to my Wu Building and I will be the host!"

After hearing this, Chang Feng, Qiao Jiulang and others all agreed.

No time (3 p.m.)

Because most of the people had to go to school tomorrow, they started to disperse early.

A group of people went downstairs and walked outside. When they came to the carriage waiting for them outside Pan Building,

Xu Zaijing's eyes narrowed and he saw a woman walking on the street carrying a bamboo basket with her head down. There were several paper packages tied with thread in the bamboo basket.

Qingyun felt his young master's gaze and looked over:

"This woman looks familiar."

"The woman who jumped off the ship in Yangzhou."

Qingyun suddenly realized: "Didn't she join the Yuan family?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head. After returning to Bianjing, he didn't bother to inquire about the Yuan family's results.

All I know is that the title of the Yuan family was gone, and the official positions of the Yuan family and his son were wiped out. They went to the north to become horse officials and started from scratch.

There is no news about the big and small Zhang family at all. I don’t know whether they entered Tongchuan or were divorced.

Fortunately, the emperor was benevolent and righteous, and the Yuan family's house in Bianjing was not taken away.

Thinking of this, Xu Zaijing was about to get on the carriage.

An anxious voice came from the side: "Brother Min, have you seen my Zhiyue? Has she been here before?"

"Sister Luoyou, no! I haven't seen her for a while!"

After hearing the conversation, Xu Zaijing looked over.

"what happened?"

Seeing Xu Zaijing, Yang Luoyou seemed to see a life-saving straw. He hurriedly walked over and was about to kneel down, but was supported by Qingcao.

"Sir, I don't know if my Zhiyue was taken advantage of or something. I just went to repair the pipa and asked her to wait in the yard, but I couldn't find her when I came out."

"Is there any reporting officer?"

"Slave, I think I'll look for it myself first. Maybe she's lost. I'll report it to the official. What should I do if she can't find me?"

As he said that, Yang Luoyou started to cry.

Xu Zaijing waved his hand and said: "Go."

Qingyun on the side quickly untied the horse from the carriage, got on it and ran towards the Bianjing government office.

Seeing what happened to Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye and others also came over.

After knowing the whole story, they sent people to inquire about Yang Luoyou near the place where the little girl disappeared.

The ancient roads are hot and spicy, and so is Xu Zaijing's face.

When Qingyun and a team of officers from the Bianjing government came on horseback, the servants and envoys also came back, but they had nothing to gain.

The yamen servant came to Pan Loulou and got off his horse. When he saw Xu Zaijing, the leader quickly raised his hands and said:

"The villain Li Mubai has met Yanei."

Xu Zaijing nodded. He was considered an acquaintance. He had met him before on the way to Jinmingchi.

Later, the yamen servant Li Mubai asked Yang Luoyou in detail, and after hearing the results of the search by the servants and maids from other families,

Li Mubai shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be like this!"

Xu Zaijing cupped his hands and said, "Why did this person say this?"

Li Mubai said: "It's better to go to the yard over there and take a look. The little girl is waiting at the door. If there is any strange movement, someone around the people will definitely notice it."

"Since no one said anything unexpected happened, and Miss Yang said that the little girl is extremely smart."

Everyone was talking and walking towards the yard where Yang Luoyou was repairing the pipa.

In the yard, the craftsmen who were repairing musical instruments were a little surprised when they saw the Yamen coming.

Li Mubai asked his men to explain to the craftsmen,

He walked around the yard and saw the craftsman's quilts being hung to dry on bamboo poles, chairs and other equipment.

There were a lot of quilts, which blocked a lot of sight.

He walked around the bamboo pole and looked behind him.

He smiled and waved to everyone.