Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 27

After turning several alleys in the noisy market, the little beggar stopped. At the corner of the alley, a skinny woman was lying there, looking like she was dying, holding a crying baby in her hands.

The little beggar held up the steamed buns in his hand and shouted excitedly: "Mother, I got two cakes! Eat quickly, eat quickly..."

The woman also smiled when she saw the steamed buns, picked up one and started chewing. Seeing how she devoured it, she must have been hungry for a long time.

After eating one in two or three bites, seeing the little beggar hand over another steamed bun, the woman said: "You son of a bitch, eat one too!"

The little beggar smiled and rubbed his stomach: "Mom, I already ate one, and my sister has no milk to drink, so you can eat more, and you can eat another one!"

Seeing this, Guan Ziyang didn't know that this little beggar named Goudaner was not a liar, but because he wanted to bring these two steamed buns to her mother, and his little sister who was still a baby and needed breast milk...

Guan Ziyang's eyes were wet, and he turned and left silently. The Eastern Jin Dynasty is such a world. With his current ability, what can he do...

As soon as he got out of the alley, he saw Hei Nuer head-on, and he hurried to meet him.

Seeing Guan Ziyang, Hei Nuer shouted from afar: "Master! It's not good, Sister Qingchan has been taken away!"

While leading the way, Hei Nuer told Guan Ziyang what happened.

The three of Qingchan and the others came to the market and bought some dry food and dried meat. On the way back to the inn, Qingchan accidentally bumped into someone.

The man was holding a scroll in his hand, and the painting happened to be knocked to the ground by the green cicada. The ground on the side of the market was not a stone pavement, but a muddy ground. It was a coincidence that the scroll fell into the mud pit.

The man was furious, and quickly unfolded the scroll and opened it to see that the mud had soaked into the painting, he was furious immediately, and ordered the accompanying men to catch Qingchan immediately, and demanded that Qingchan pay 10 taels of gold.

Ten taels of gold is 10 taels of money. When they went out, Guan Mu gave them a total of 10 taels of gold.
So the man yelled, "If you can't afford the compensation, you can take someone else to pay it back. He said that Sister Qingchan is quite beautiful. Although it is not worth 10 taels of gold, she still needs to get some compensation!"

Tiewei explained that Qingchan is a servant of the Guan family and has a bond with her!
The man said: "That's even better, hurry up and find your master, and bring gold to my He Mansion to redeem him!
So they hurried back to the inn, and heard Xiaoer say that Guan Ziyang went to the market, and asked them to wait at the inn, but Tiewei and Hei Nuer couldn't wait, but they were afraid that they would miss Guan Ziyang, so they asked Tiewei to wait. Wei waited at the inn, and the black slave came to the market to look for it.

While speaking, the two of them had already arrived at the gate of He Mansion.

Although the gate was closed, the sound of silk and bamboo came from inside the courtyard wall, mixed with a few cheers.

"Master, Qing Chan was taken into this house by He Yuanwai."

Guan Ziyang nodded to show that he understood, then took a deep breath and knocked on the iron ring of the gate.

As long as he knocked on this door, he would not be able to get away easily. It was impossible for him to get 10 taels of gold, but she had to save Qing Chan.

Whether it's the native Guan Ziyang's dependence on Qingchan, or the current Guan Ziyang's love for Qingchan, Qingchan is no longer just a servant girl, but a member of their Guan family's east building...

With the arrival of two uninvited guests, Guan Ziyang and Hei Nuer, the sound of silk and bamboo in the courtyard also stopped.

I saw 30 people sitting around in the courtyard, looking at Guan Ziyang in unison, there were men, women, old and young, and there were many youth and children's bureaus.

They are all dressed in brocade clothes and well-dressed, obviously they are not ordinary people. There is a small table in front of each of them, with melons and fruits, wine, side dishes, chickens and ducks, everything is on it.

The three pretty female musicians in the center put down the instruments in their hands, and retreated to the side under the gesture of a middle-aged man in the seat.

He Yuanwai saw the black slave behind Guan Ziyang, stood up and asked, "Is the person who came here the master who spoiled my girl?"

Guan Ziyang nodded in agreement, and introduced himself: "In Guan Ziyang on the east side of Fuling River, I heard from my servant that my maid accidentally stained He Yuanwai's painting, and came here uninvited. Also, please forgive me, my lords!"

He Yuanwai saw that Guan Ziyang was neither humble nor overbearing, and he spoke in a polite manner, and he had never heard of who this Hedong Guan family was.

He was not sure about Guan Ziyang's identity for a moment, so he turned his head to look at the person sitting on the main seat, and said, "Prefect Yu, the picture of spring rain and peony flowers I brought was destroyed by this boy's maid, disturbing my lord's pleasure. "

The person on the throne is Yu Suzhi, the prefect of Xiangdong County, who is a branch of the Yu clan in Yingchuan, that is, a distant relative recognized by the Yu clan.

The Yingchuan Yu clan is one of the top clans. Although Yu Suzhi belongs to a branch and does not have the prominent detached status of the clan, he is still considered a middle-class nobleman.
Yu Suzhi said: "It's okay to disturb my elegant mood, but it's rare for Brother Zhun to appreciate the face of He Fu. Today's Bamboo Garden Gathering may only disturb Brother Zhun's interest in appreciating paintings."

"Everything is up to fate, and nothing can be controlled by others. This Spring Rain Peony Picture is smeared with mud, which is its fate, but why is it not my fate? There is a definite destiny for both origin and extinction."

Mentioning He Zhun, Guan Ziyang was shocked. Although He Zhun was not well-known in history, his two relatives were both important figures in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

He Zhun was the fifth younger brother of He Chong, who devoted himself to Buddhism and had no official rank, so he did not serve as an official in the court. However, his elder brother He Chong was once the secretary of the court and the general of the hussars.

Sima Dan won the heirship because of He Chongli's opposition to the Yu family's proposal, otherwise the throne should belong to Sima Yu.

Sima Dan ascended the throne at the age of 2, and He Chong was the auxiliary minister, who alone held the power in the court. However, he had passed away at this time, and Sima Yu was in charge of the court.

He Zhun's daughter, He Fani, is still a little girl now, but eight years later she will become the empress of the current Emperor Jin Mu Di Sima Dan.

Although He Zhun was devoted to the Buddha, he had never been appointed and had no official position, and regarded himself as a hermit.But because of his identity as He Chong's younger brother, it was enough to make Yu Suzhi, the prefect of Xiangdong County, a dignified fifth-rank official, humbly.

Now that He Zhun had spoken, he didn't want to pursue Qing Chan's damage to the painting, and the others didn't make things too difficult for Guan Ziyang, but He Shirong, the owner of the painting, didn't think so.

This "Spring Rain and Peony Picture" can be so valued and loved by He Zhun because it is the calligraphy of Gu Kaizhi, a child prodigy in the world of painting, who ranks third in "Paintings".

He Shirong was very depressed. He spent a lot of money to let his friends part with him and bought this painting. Although he didn't like it very much, He Zhun did!

He Shirong was originally from a common family, but he has been doing business in Jingzhou for generations, and his family is very wealthy. With money, he naturally has other ideas.Climb to the He family in Lujiang, and give yourself a status as a nobleman.

In order to make him get in touch with He Zhun at the Bamboo Garden Gathering, he spent all his money to buy paintings to give to He Zhun, but he was destroyed by Qing Chan halfway through. He, who has always been stingy, is bleeding!

(End of this chapter)