Into Xuancheng Xianxian, From Not Being A Son-In-Law

The setting sun was shining all over the forest, and the chatting on the carriage had no purpose. It was just to dilute the boringness of the journey. In a word, the high walls of the capital were lifted up, blurring the boundaries between heaven and earth.

There are nine thoroughfares and thirteen gates in Yujing, and there are carriages and horses rushing about.

Yujing is the official name of Da Yanjing City. The roads extending in all directions, the city gates that handle the huge flow of people, and the carriages and horses running in different directions but in the same hurry covered in these two poems are this city. Why is the city the true portrayal of the best in the world?

A small bay-red horse, even though it has traveled thousands of miles to the capital, is just the most inconspicuous part of the crowd gathered in the white horse and carriage.

On the contrary, the young master surnamed Chen who was traveling with Xu Nian and the others was named Xianhu. He came from a prominent family. Looking at the land of Gyeonggi where there were many powerful people, he was still a first-class nobleman. However, he was a carefree and dissolute man, pulling a carriage. The reins were already in his hands.

"...I went to the capital to treat my father-in-law's illness. It's a rare act of filial piety. If you have any use for me, just ask. Although I don't dare to guarantee that the disease will be cured, at least I can't ask for an imperial doctor." That’s it.”

"Then I have to take it seriously. If I can't get what I want from the doctor recommended by my elders, I will have to trouble Mr. Chen to find an imperial doctor for my mother." Xu Nian smiled and cupped his hands in thanks.

This is considered an extra road.

"Speaking of which, is this your first time in Beijing?"

"I've been here once before, but I don't know much about the capital. It's not much different to say it's my first time in Beijing." Xu Nian would say this. Actually, it's not that the scenery of the capital has changed much in eight years. It's just that trip eight years ago. During his trip to the capital, he only remembered the Zhenguo Palace which had never opened its door.

I really haven’t appreciated how much scenery there is in the capital.

"That's because I'm not very familiar with him. It happens that I know the kid very well in this area of ​​the capital. I was supposed to lead the real person on a tour, but I was ambushed outside and the family would inevitably be worried. I have to go home first, and see It seems that the real person also wants to see the doctor recommended by the elders first."

"Okay, where is that doctor? The real person gave me a lift, so I will give him a lift first, saving you the trouble of asking for directions."

It is not easy for people who are not familiar with the capital to find an address on the streets that extend in all directions.

Xu Nian reported the detailed address given by Li Shi. Unexpectedly, Chen Xianhu was stunned for a moment after hearing it and then confirmed it again. Then he shook off the reins in his hands, drove the carriage with an inconspicuous maroon horse, and drove up. Beijing streets.

"I didn't expect that the real person was going to the Baihuai Hall. It seems that what the boy said before about calling in the imperial doctor may be a joke. As long as Doctor Zhang is willing to take action, there will be no imperial doctor anywhere. thing."

Doctor Zhang should be referring to Uncle Li's senior brother. Xu Nian heard that there seemed to be something hidden in Chen Xianhu's words: "Is it difficult to ask Doctor Zhang to take action?"

"It's not just a question of whether it's difficult or not, Doctor Zhang's main temperament is, uh... difficult to predict." The well-informed Chen Xianhu seemed to be unable to find a suitable explanation for a while, and seemed a bit vague.

"He follows a lot of rules when it comes to treating illnesses and saving people?"

The first thing Xu Nian thought of was whether Uncle Li's senior brother had some rules about not saving people, but Chen Xianhu smiled bitterly and said: "If Dr. Zhang from Baihuai Hall could list a few rules to treat diseases, , Even if there are more difficulties, the most indispensable thing in the capital is the powerful, how can we still not be satisfied? But it is the complete lack of rules that causes the most headaches. "

"A rich man with a fortune, a beggar who is suffering from hunger and cold, a salesman who shouts on the street, and a noble person who comes and goes without a white man."

"You might as well take a guess, who will Dr. Zhang save?"

If it was Li Shichun's style, all four of them could have been saved, but Chen Xianhu said so. Obviously, although Dr. Zhang was Li Shichun's senior brother, their medical practices were completely different.

Xu Nian thought for a while and said, "A rich man?"

Chen Xianhu shook his head: "Anyone may be saved, but anyone may die of illness at the gate of Baihuai Hall. Maybe he couldn't enter Baihuai Hall on the first day, but he saw that Doctor Zhang the next day. Maybe it’s the other way around, if you can see it on the first day, it won’t work on the second day.”

"But it has nothing to do with how thin or thick the consultation fee is, how much sincerity is more or less, or what the sincerity is."

"No one knows who that Doctor Zhang will save and who he won't. Life and death seem to be in his hands at will, just like the weather is cloudy and sunny. Only God knows when it will rain and when the sun will shine."

The rattling sound of the claret horse stepping on the slate gradually disappeared, and instead the wheels left shallow ruts on the flat loess. The bustle of shops and pedestrians has been thrown away, replaced by the shade of the trees. .

In this rare shade, there stood an old wooden door with a plaque hanging on the door.

Baihuai Hall.

However, among the surrounding trees, there is not a locust tree.

"Then I wish the real person and Lingtang good luck, the boy will be one step ahead."

Chen Xianhu turned over and got out of the carriage, arched his cupped hands and then left quickly. Xu Nian supported his mother who got out of the carriage. The fiery little fox calmly and sensitively jumped onto his head and looked around, as if he was very interested in this bustling human city. full of curiosity.

The door of Baihuai Hall was half open, and there was already a guest inside.

"……Who are you?"

The girl with a shofar braid behind the counter rubbed her sleepy eyes, as if she was still sleeping on her stomach a while ago, feeling a little dissatisfied and dazed after being woken up.

Standing in the Baihuai hall was a young man in Confucian shirt, making a graceful bow.

"I'm Xie Qiongwen, who came from Tianshui County and went to Beijing to enroll in Youlu Academy."

This set of self-introduction, which is as short as twenty characters, is actually very particular.

In Tianshui County, there is a noble clan surnamed Xie, whose prestige in the local area is so strong that he can be called by the county name followed by the surname. It is true that there must be more than one family in Tianshui County with the surname Xie, but as long as Tianshui Xie is mentioned, the world will not think it is a second family.

So over time, if the rest of the Xie family in Tianshui County would not just say that they are from Tianshui County, to avoid being held accountable by the Xie family in Tianshui in the future.

Youlu Academy is a sacred place that scholars all over the world yearn for. Enrolling in it is enough to make a name for yourself among scholars, proving that you are a man of lofty ideals with culture and ink, not a mediocre scholar wrapped in a long gown.

More importantly, there is a very cryptic point here.

Where is the capital?

The gentry family might be called the emperor of the earth in the local area, but they may not be able to get in the capital under the feet of the emperor. After all, others may also be Qingjiang Cui, Wu Dingshen, and Bai Liuxiao.

Who is not a well-known family of poets and books?

But this day, Shui Xie is a little different.