Jiaochu

Chapter 174 Yangzhou Governor (22)

The carriage drove towards the palace.

Seeing the carriage entering the palace gate, the two young men who had followed secretly looked at each other and hurried back to report this important discovery to Liu Hong, which frightened him greatly.

He originally wanted the two young men to find out where Ye Lingxi's family lived, and then take them to avenge their shame. Unexpectedly, he did not expect that the other party lived in the palace. Even if he borrowed a hundred courages, he would not dare to take people to break into the palace. , and did not dare to tell his father what kind of trouble Liu Shangshu had caused outside. He stayed in the palace in fear for several days without leaving the house. Every day, he was afraid that someone from the palace would come to ask for punishment. After a few days, he saw the palace There was no movement there, so I gradually felt relieved, but that was all a story for another day.

On the other side, Yan Fei met his third uncle again on the way back home. Yan Jiang asked around for a while before getting down to business, "Is that Hanyue Bow at your place? Take it out and give it to you." Let me take a look." At this point, he sighed again, "I can't even get in now, so I can't climb over the wall and steal things in my house." After that, he urged Yan Fei to go back and get the bow. Wait for him at the entrance of the alley.

A quarter of an hour later, when Yan Fei returned to the alley entrance with the bamboo bow, Yan Jiang was sitting at the stall opposite eating wontons. When Yan Fei came over, the bowl of wontons had bottomed out.

"Would you like a bowl?"

"Not hungry."

Yan Fei handed the bamboo bow to Yan Jiang. He took the bamboo bow and put it on the table. He asked Yan Fei to sit down opposite and asked the boss for a bowl of wontons. The boss was very happy to meet a customer with such a good appetite. His face was filled with joy, and he quickly brought a bowl of steaming wontons to Yan Jiang. There were golden oily flowers floating on the milky white soup, and the tender green shallots were stimulated by the hot soup to create a unique onion aroma. Paired with the wontons with thin skin and large fillings, it will make you appetizing just by looking at them.

Yanjiang stuffed the wontons into his mouth as he said they were hot, as if he hadn't eaten all day.After eating two bowls of wontons, he picked up the bamboo bow and began to study it. His fingers slowly groped along the arms of the bow, as if he was looking for some mechanism.

"I told you about Gong Ziyu before, right?"

"The prince of the former dynasty retired to the mountains after the fall of the country."

"This prince was highly praised by the literati in the south of the Yangtze River. They praised him for his rare talent. Long Yingwei also spent a lot of effort to find his hiding place. In the end, he set fire to himself. Afterwards, Long Yingwei There was no exit like a secret passage. Those rumors about attaining enlightenment and becoming immortals were all fabricated by the literati in Jiangnan. At that time, there was a great scholar named Xu in Jiangnan. He wanted to build a temple to complain about the prince. During the memorial ceremony, those literati and students also joined in the nonsense. The scholars just couldn't turn their heads, so they were all imprisoned. The others were imprisoned for several months and were released. Only this talented scholar recited poems in prison every day to vent his anger. , was imprisoned for another three years, and finally the Emperor released him. After he was released, this talented man wrote a sour poem to vent his anger. He also wrote a poem in front of the Emperor. Is he really brave or the Emperor is broad-minded? He didn't argue with this great talent, and even made a bet with him on whether he could get the number one scholar in the examination. The great talent said that the number one scholar was determined by the emperor, which was unfair. The emperor said that as long as he could enter the top three, the number one scholar would be the best. It was his. This great talent thought very highly of himself. He felt that all the scholars in the world combined were not as talented as him. As a result, he was defeated by a child prodigy. This great talent was defeated after just two sentences. , I didn’t fight for the No. [-] Scholar anymore, and went to take up my post obediently. Later, when I went to Jiangnan to do business, this talented man invited me to have a drink, and showed off the Hanyue Bow. I took it back and kept it. In his hands, he may not know what kind of Hanyue Temple he will build in the future."

After saying this long paragraph, Yanjiang ordered another bowl of wontons.The boss was so happy that the folds on his face turned into a smile. He quickly brought the wontons over and wiped the table diligently. He threw the cloth over his shoulder and walked away happily.

"How many days have you not eaten?" Seeing his third uncle stuffing the wontons into his mouth while talking about how to cook them, Yan Fei finally couldn't help but ask.

Yanjiang hurriedly hissed and looked around again, as if he was afraid that someone would see him. Yanfei said, "Sister Xi Niang is not here."

"You will understand when you get a wife in the future." Yan Jiang imparted experience in the tone of an elder.

Yan Fei: "..." After finishing three bowls of wontons, Yan Jiang took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth.The boss diligently came over and asked for the meal. He touched his body, slapped his forehead and said that he forgot to bring the money. The smile on the boss's face suddenly dropped, and in the end it was Yanfei who paid for the meal.

"Xingfangzhai's pastries are good, and I haven't eaten Lu Ji's roast chicken for a while. Third uncle, I use my monthly salary to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt. This month, the landlord came to collect the rent again. Money is really tight. Why don't you lend me some of your private money for emergency purposes, and wait until next month, uh, next month, next month, when I have more money, I'll pay you back."

"..."

Next, Yanfei paid for pastries, roasted chicken, and a bolt of cloth. His third uncle said he wanted to make a new set of clothes for Xi Niang. When he passed by a wine shop, he paid for a jar of wine.

So, when he followed his uncle into the alley that was not very wide, carrying his things, the money bag was already deflated.

Arriving outside the door of the house deep in the alley, Yanjiang suddenly hissed and put his ear to the door to listen. A man's hearty and hearty laughter could be heard from inside, and he could hear it without even leaning close to the door.

Yanfei looked at his third uncle, then looked at the wall, then raised his hand and knocked on the door without asking his third uncle's opinion.

After a while, the door was opened.

Yan Jiang pushed Yan forward, as if using him as a shield, and asked with a smile, "Are there any guests inside?"

Xi Niang nodded and said, "Senior brother is here."

"So it's senior brother. What's your surname?" Yan Jiang said as he entered the courtyard.

I saw a man standing next to a wood pile for chopping firewood. He was holding the ax for chopping firewood in one hand, and he was holding his chin in one hand to admire the heavy blade. He looked like he was less than thirty, and he had a pair of extremely sharp eyebrows. , the slightly mediocre eyes and nose have also become straighter.

Seeing that familiar face, a hint of surprise flashed in Yanfei's eyes.

"Boy, we meet again." The man waved his ax and said hello, his movements were quite unrestrained and unrestrained. When his eyes swept to Yanjiang, he looked at the other party from head to toe without saying hello, as if he was ignoring it intentionally.

"Have you seen it?" Yan Jiang showed a friendly smile on his face, and reached out to pat Yan Fei's shoulder. His eyes seemed to say: You're a good boy, you dare to poach my corner!
Yanfei looked away and pretended not to see it.

(End of this chapter)