Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

In Jinming Lake,

strong women were holding bamboo poles to keep the boat moving slowly on the water.

On both sides of the boat where the ladies were riding, there was a boat responsible for guarding the boat. The women sitting on the boats were all women who were familiar with water, to prevent anyone from falling into the water.

Seeing the ladies on the boat catching a big fish, both the boat and the women on the boat looked over.

Far away,

there were several other boats, and men's laughter could be heard from time to time.

On the Gu family's boat,

Zhang Jia Wu Niang raised the fishing rod, but did not use any landing net, but directly hooked the fish with the fishing rod and moved it towards the bucket.

When approaching the boat, the fish swung violently several times in the air.

The fish struggled violently, and the water drops that were thrown out made the ladies watching on the side dodge.

But Zhang Jia Wu Niang did not put the fish into the bucket, but instead carried the fish towards the ladies.

As a result, the water drops on the fish swung more violently, and the noble ladies dodged, screamed, laughed and scolded louder.

"Ah!"

"Ouch!"

"Wu Niang, stop it!"

"Wu Niang, put the fish in the bucket quickly! Ah!!!"

"Oh, my new clothes!"

Seeing the ladies in a bit of a mess, Wu Niang covered her mouth with her arms and giggled.

Seeing Wu Niang so naughty, Gu Tingyi in the boat shouted:

"Wu Niang, you are too naughty! If you do this again, I will definitely tell the Duke's wife!"

"And the Marquis of Zhongjing!"

Hearing the name of her mother, Wu Niang still didn't care,

but when she heard the three words of the Marquis of Zhongjing, she put the fish into the bucket with some embarrassment and said:

"Okay, Sister Tingyi, I'll give you face."

The noble ladies around wiped the water drops on their hands and faces with handkerchiefs, and then came to the bucket to take a look.

When the fish swung its tail, several people hurriedly backed away.

Afterwards, the pavilion on the cruise ship became quiet again.

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and took her eyes off the noble ladies. She filled another cup of tea for Gu Tingyi. She looked at the strong woman who was doing the pole and said:

"Sister Tingyi, before I got on the boat, I saw these two mothers you brought from Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion. They seemed to have practiced boxing and kicking?"

Gu Tingyi turned his head and nodded after taking a look:

"Yes! These two mothers came to my house with my eldest sister-in-law when she got married. They were born in Zhujiabao in the north of Xiangzhou. They have practiced martial arts since they were young. Some punches and kicks."

"Before my family."

Gu Tingyi said two words, shook his head and didn't continue, changing the subject and continuing:

"My sister-in-law knew that I was going to Jinming Lake for rafting, so she asked two mothers who can swim to come with me. They have been playing by the river since they were young, so they can swim."

Chai Zhengzheng said with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "Oh! Zhujiabao? Is it the home of Mrs. Xu's aunt?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Gu Tingyi's affirmation, Chai Zhengzheng smiled and looked at the two Zhu family mothers who were rowing the boat.

Suddenly,

In Chai Zhengzheng's sight, the light in the pavilion of the cruise ship became dim.

It turned out that the cruise ship sailed under the fairy bridge in Jinming Lake.

The fairy bridge spans the south side of Jinming Lake, connecting the five halls in the pool and the Lingxing Gate on the south side.

After passing under the fairy bridge, continue to drive forward to the Linshui Palace. After the Linshui Palace is the tent where you watched the championship before.

At this time, a small boat was coming towards the cruise ship from the direction of the tent. There were several maids sitting on it. They were here to deliver the lunch prepared in the tent on the shore.

The maids adjusted the direction of the cruise ship so that the slightly scorching sun could not shine in.

The noble ladies were having lunch in the boat. They were all of the same age, so there was no rule of not talking while eating.

The laughter of the noble ladies could be heard from the cruise ship sailing in the pool from time to time.

After dinner, everyone drank tea, sometimes chatting about poems and songs in the capital, sometimes about women's needlework, and sometimes about the ways of managing a household.

At this time, Chai Zhengzheng and Gu Tingyi were listening to Rong Feiyan talking.

The content of the conversation was some palace etiquette knowledge that Kong Mama had taught her these days. As the sister of the favorite concubine, Rong Feiyan was the girl who entered the palace most frequently among them.

Not only did she have "theoretical knowledge", but she also had rich "practical and observation experience".

Several girls nodded their heads.

After Rong Feiyan finished speaking, she drank a mouthful of tea to moisten her throat.

Gu Tingyi said with a sad face:

"Hey! My sister-in-law is going to give birth next month! Mother said that she wants me to help her organize a banquet!"

"But, it's so difficult! I forgot a lot of things."

Hearing this, Hai Chaoyun smiled and said:

"Sister Tingyi, what's so difficult about this?"

"For example, this is a seat. First, we need to decide which party is the man or woman, and then we need to look at their official status, origin, generation, whether they have imperial edicts, whether they are relatives, and how close the relationship is."

"Like Lord Hong, the governor of Yangzhou who has just been promoted back to Beijing, Their wife Peng is from the Peng family of Fu'an Marquis. Her sister is married to Lord Lu, a member of the Ministry of Revenue. The two sisters have the same official rank! But because Lord Lu did a good job last year, his sister has been granted an imperial decree, so, in terms of seating order."

"Also, the Peng family of Fu'an Marquis has a distant relative who was engaged to the 19th son of the 9th branch of the Sun family of Xishuimen, but it didn't work out. I heard that it was very unpleasant! So."

"The Ma family of Jinxiang Marquis should pay more attention."

Listening to Hai Chaoyun's eloquent speech, everyone on the boat looked at him with admiration.

After Hai Chaoyun stopped talking.

"Sister Chaoyun, do you have a booklet to remember these things?"

Chai Zhengzheng asked with a sigh.

Hai Chaoyun was slightly surprised and said: "Sister Chai, how do you know? I couldn't remember it clearly before, it was just written down in the book."

I just finished saying this,

Hai Chaoyun felt that there were suddenly people gathering around him.

Gu Tingyi even hugged her arm and said with stars in his eyes:

"Sister Chaoyun, from today on, you are my biological sister."

"Bring the pamphlet and let me take a look at it."

Hai Chaoyun smiled slightly and said:

"I haven't had to carry a booklet with me since I was twelve years old."

"Moreover, my mother found out some things from Mrs. Wu."

The Wu Niang of the Zhang family who was sitting aside without speaking put down the tea cup in her hand, looked back at the people who were looking at her in confusion and said:

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Wu Niang, the Duke's wife has a good relationship with Mrs. Wu. Don't you have such a book at home?"

"Yes, but Mother Fan is watching."

Afterwards, the girls on the cruise ship and the personal maids began to communicate, confirming some of the news they had heard.

The ones who were asked the most were Fan’s mother next to Wu Niang, and Zhu Jian and Baoxiu next to Hai Chaoyun.

In fact, the eldest lady of each family must know a lot of the news, but the girls don't know it. At this time, they regard it as a novel anecdote.

The ones who were most busy recording were Ningxiang and Xinbu beside Rong Feiyan. The eldest lady of the Rong family was familiar with the eldest lady Wu through her relationship with Concubine Rong.

Although there are quite a few official relatives living near the Rong family, after all, the family background is not deep, and most of what they know is that of noble military officers, but not much about civilian officials.

Everyone is talking about it being lively,

suddenly,

A cry of surprise came from far away on the cruise ship.

It attracted the attention of everyone on the cruise ship.

Gu Tingyi asked while looking out of the boat and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Go back, girl, there's a boat capsized over there, and people are falling into the water!"

"What?"

After hearing this, everyone in the cruise ship walked out one after another. Standing outside the pavilion on the ship, Gu Tingyi said anxiously:

"Quick, let our boat go rescue people!"

Similar words were heard from several other cruise ships in Jinming Pond.

As soon as Gu Tingyi finished speaking,

A cruise ship sailed towards the place where the ship capsized in front of everyone's eyes.

With the support poles on the boat and the six or seven oars sticking out from both sides, the boat is still quite fast.

On the bow of the boat, there was a young man standing against the wind, shouting:

"Girl, don't panic! I am the fifth son of the Korean public, and I am here to save you! Hurry up!"

As he spoke, the oars beside the cruise ship rowed faster.

On the Gu family's cruise, the fifth lady of the Zhang family looked at Chai Zhengzheng with some doubts and said:

"He, how did he know it was a girl?"

It was quiet in the boat,

It was Wu Niang from Li Shangshu's family. She squinted her eyes and looked over there. Feeling the blur in front of her eyes, she whispered uncertainly:

"Isn't it true that his eyesight is better?"

Mother Fan on the side looked at the girls in the boat and said in a voice that everyone could hear clearly:

"What a coincidence! Why does this Korean public servant always let us see such things? Last time outside Yiqiu Gate, he saved a woman who was being bullied, right?"

"Yes, Mother Fan."

time to speak,

Zhu's sister-in-law, who was beside the boat, said, "Look, it hasn't sunk yet. The three people who fell into the water look like they know how to swim."

Subsequently,

Han Wulang, who was on the bow of the cruise ship, jumped into the water.

Although the boat Gu Tingyi and others were on did not get close, and only sent a guard's boat, there were other cruise ships that came directly by.

Amid the exclamations and sighs of the girls on the cruise who came closer, Han Wulang sent the two girls to the Gu family's boat.

After he sent another woman to his boat, Han Wulang pulled the boatman's pole onto the boat.

Amid the applause, Han Chengyun looked at the Gu family's cruise ship not far away, smiled slightly, and shook the water on his head in a self-conscious manner.

Then, in his sight, everyone on the Gu family's boat entered the pavilion on the boat.

This made his movements stagnant. After taking the towel handed over by the boy, he muttered:

"Then the Chai family girl is really on the Gu family boat?"

"Yes, sir."

"Let's go over and thank the Gu family for their help."

"Yes, sir."

But as soon as the Han family's ship moved, another cruise ship stood across the stern of the Han family's ship. The small flag with the word "Dou" on it was very eye-catching.

In Dou's boat pavilion, two girls lifted up the hanging silk gauze and looked over.

Watching and whispering.

The boy on the side quickly said:

"Sir, this is the boat belonging to the Dou family of the auxiliary state. The two legitimate daughters of the Dou family are also on the boat today."

Han Chengyun kept cupping his hands at the cruise ships that were approaching not far away. Amidst the distant praises, he whispered to the boy:

"Who cares about the Dou family?"

"I want to go thank the Gu family or the Chai family!"

"Go around!"

The boy quickly took the order and started moving the Han family's cruise ship.

However, as the Dou family's boat got closer, they could see the boat lady on the Dou family's boat, swinging the rope and preparing to throw it onto the Han family's boat.

There was also a well-dressed servant girl of the Dou family standing beside the boat. She bowed and said:

"But in front of the Korean public servant Goro?"

Han Chengyun perfunctorily bowed his hands, and the servant replied: "That's right!"

The maid bowed again and said:

"The fifth son of your family is kind-hearted and saved people in distress! Although the spring is warm, you must be careful not to catch a cold!"

"Please drink some hot tea to drive away the cold!"

While the maid was talking, the two girls in the small pavilion on the boat continued to lift the silk gauze and look at Han Chengyun.

Han Chengyun tiptoed and looked at the Gu family cruise ship that was getting farther and farther away, and said a little irritably:

"No, please get out of the way."

Hearing Han Chengyun's words, the boatman on the boat hurriedly rowed forward, preparing to bypass the Dou family cruise ship.

But the Dou family boat kept coming over.

Han Chengyun didn't expect that he would be entangled like this one day.

He was the one who entangled others like this before!

After dodging for a while, the Han family's boat finally bypassed the Dou family cruise ship.

Han Chengyun looked at the woman in the opposite boat pavilion who looked at him with some resentment, and glared back fiercely.

Taking advantage of the speed of their own boat,

the Han family's cruise ship caught up with the Gu family's cruise ship before it reached the shore.

The Gu family's cruise ship naturally would not compete with the Han family's, and still sailed slowly towards the shore.

The maids and nannies of each family stood behind the silk gauze of the boat pavilion, blocking the view from outside.

Running parallel to the Gu family's cruise ship, Han Chengyun, who was still a little wet, stood by the boat, bowed and said:

"Thank you for your help just now, Chengyun is here to pay his respects."

As he spoke, he looked up and looked straight into the boat pavilion.

However, in the boat pavilion, there were only maids and servants behind the silk gauze, and the lady he saw through the gap was also facing away from him.

By the boat, Madam Fan from the Duke of Ying's Mansion stood outside the pavilion and said with a smile:

"It was just a casual thing. Young Master Han is too polite."

Han Chengyun continued: "No, no, no, I should choose a day to go to your house to thank you!"

Mother Fan put away her smile and said loudly:

"Young Master Han! There are only women on the boat, so it's not good to say too much! There's no need to thank you! Young Master Han, please do as you please!"

As she spoke, the small boat guarding the Gu family cruise ship inserted between the two boats.

Han Chengyun looked at Madam Fan who bowed to him and said nothing more.

After waving with a smile, the speed of the Han family's boat slowed down.

Anchored on the water, looking at the many noble ladies who came ashore and walked into the tent after borrowing the boat board, Han Chengyun looked back hatefully at the Dou family cruise ship that followed.

If it weren't for this boat, he could have said a few more words along the way!

"Go ashore!"

When they returned to the shore and waited for the Han family's carriage to come, the servant who followed them ashore put on Han Chengyun's cloak and said:

"Sir, the Dou family is also a duke. Judging from the appearance of their daughter, they like you, why not."

Han Chengyun retracted his gaze from Gu Tingyi and others and scolded:

"What do you know!"

The servant hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake.

Looking around at his own confidants, he continued: "Do you know what the boy from Huixian Botian said?"

"Sir, what?"

"His mother went to the Cao family of Tuoxi Hou. I heard from the eldest lady of the Cao family that the Gu family and the Chai family have earned tens of thousands of strings in the past few months!"

"It will not be less in the future! If I marry any of them, will this young master still worry about money? The Dou family? Tsk!"

"Don't look at them now with their backs to this young master. I don't know how they think of my act of saving people!"

The servant hurriedly bowed.

While the girls from various families were still boating on Jinming Lake,

northwest of Bianjing,

thousands of miles away,

at the border between the Great Zhou and the Baigao Kingdom,

looking out from the military camp of the Baigao Kingdom,

the rumbling of war drums could be heard,

in several huge military formations,

war flags with large characters such as ‘Cao’, ‘Zhe’, and ‘Zhong’ written on them fluttered in the wind!