Fengqi Jingshi

Chapter 13 A Coincidental Acquaintance (1)

In the second half of the day, Shu Ya started to sleep after taking the medicine.The sound of monks and priests chanting scriptures sounded from the mourning hall, and there were people in the mourning shed wearing sackcloth and filial piety to guard the spirit, and they mourned from time to time when they met people who came to mourn.

Shu Yao ordered someone to close the door, and the sound outside became much quieter.Because Shu Ya didn't eat much, the small kitchen hadn't been arranged yet, so Mama Xu brought two small stoves, chicken soup was heating on one stove, and porridge was cooking on the other.She was tired from the journey and didn't sleep well at night. After such a long time, Shu Yao felt pain all over her body and was extremely tired. She was about to rest on the bed for a while, when Chunxia said that Mrs. Yu sent someone to invite her to the Gantang Courtyard .

The person who came was a maid with a round face, she heard Chunxia call her Sister Xiyue, she looked dressed, she should be the first-class maid in Madam Yu's courtyard.Shu Yao didn't want to delay, so she had to cut her hair, and Madam Liu dressed her, and followed Xiyue to Gantang Yard.

It was night when I came here, and I couldn't see the scenery clearly, and today I was in a hurry during the day, so Shu Yao carefully looked at the surrounding scenery.

There are several tall magnolia trees and vine-climbing roses planted in the Magnolia Courtyard, but at this time they are all dead branches, not worth seeing.After leaving the Magnolia Courtyard, there are still magnolia trees outside, and more dense roses and winter jasmine are planted next to the base of the wall.After walking for a while, there was another house, and I looked up to see the words "Shulan Garden" written on the lintel of the yard.

Shu Yao remembered that Madam Yu had ordered someone to clean it up for her to live in, and it seemed to be this courtyard.The two courtyards are so close, the old lady is really careful.

Xiyue walked in front of her, looking at Shu Yao from time to time, and reminded her to pay attention to her feet, and Mother Liu followed behind.The three of them walked along the path between the two walls. Holly was planted on both sides of the path, and the green leaves were covered with snow, which looked very refreshing.As they walked, the front suddenly opened up, and a dense undergrowth appeared, and the three walked through the forest along the corridor.

Xiyue smiled and said that this is a peach forest, although it is all dead branches now, in spring, a sea of ​​flowers, walking in it, is more beautiful than a painting.Shu Yao looked at the peach grove, but she couldn't see the end at a glance, and she sighed in her heart that the Duke's Mansion is really big.

After about another stick of incense, a white wall with a height of one person appeared in front of it. The white wall was covered with black tiles, and there was thick snow on it at this moment.There is a moon gate on the wall, and a stone shadow wall stands outside the moon gate.

Bypassing the screen wall, there is a large open space in front of you, and a tall rockery stands in the middle of the open space.The rockery seemed to be hollow, because Shu Yao saw a path leading to the middle of the rockery.

Going around the rockery, there is a dense bamboo forest in front of you, and the three passages are hidden in the bamboo forest.Xiyue pointed to these passages and said:
"This road leads to Madam's Ziyi Residence, this one leads to the outer courtyard, and there is a theater over there, and this road leads to Madam's Gantang Courtyard." Shu Yao nodded, silently remembering.

Xiyue smiled and said:
"According to me, the three roads here are too similar, so they should be marked. Second Miss, you don't know that many people who are new to the Duke's Mansion get lost here. But the place where you live is okay, and Other passages are obviously different, so you can’t go wrong.”

Shu Yao smiled, and continued walking behind Xiyue.

The bamboo forest is very dense and tall, and the bamboos on both sides of the road are intertwined together, blocking the skylight, and the light immediately dimmed when walking in.Fortunately, this passage is not very long. After walking for a long time, I saw another hanging flower gate.

After passing the Hanging Flower Gate, Xiyue said:
"This mansion is divided into the East Mansion and the West Mansion. After passing through this gate, it is the East Mansion. In the East Mansion there are only the old lady and the general, and in the West Mansion live the Duke and his family."

Why do you live like this?Is it because the family is close or there are other reasons?Shu Yao was puzzled, she just waited to ask Chun Tao when she got back.

(End of this chapter)