royal girl

Chapter 412

Small bridges, flowing water, and people.

In the drizzle, the white walls and black tiles are slightly hazy, and the alley paved with bluestone slabs can't be seen at a glance in the rain and fog.At the corner, an oil-paper umbrella suddenly broke into this quiet world, and a man in a green cloth robe under the umbrella with a bookcase on his back came slowly in the rain and fog.Qing Huang's tall and straight figure was even more handsome under the umbrella of rain and mist. At this moment, there was a creaking sound of the door opening in the long alley, and soon a body wearing a blue jacket leaned out halfway through the door. He didn't even open an umbrella, so he yelled at the man who was coming: "Ayi, why did you come back now, it's getting dark, I heard that you're going to Beijing tomorrow, is it true?"

"Yes, Aunt Wu, I'm leaving tomorrow. I'm going to bid farewell to the teacher's house today, and bring back the rest of the books by the way." Yue Huaiyi's voice was clear and cold, with a touch of rain mixed in, It sounds better and better.

"This is for you." Aunt Wu ran out from the door and stuffed a purse into Yue Huaiyi's hands, the slightly fat figure added a bit of joy because of the fast running.

The purse was not light, and Yue Huaiyi knew what was in it, so he wanted to refuse, but he heard Aunt Wu say: "I have been neighbors in the neighborhood for so many years, and I have watched you grow up, your parents left early. Since you want to go to Beijing to catch the exam, you need money. Your Aunt Wu is not from a wealthy family, but it’s okay to give you some Chengyi. When you finish high school in the future, just don’t forget the old neighbors in your hometown.”

Aunt Wu's voice was extremely loud, everyone in an alley knew that Yue Huaiyi had returned, and many people gathered in a short time.Knowing that he was going to Beijing, those who gave money and goods, the alley became lively in an instant.The light rain gradually subsided, and the slightly dark sky showed a little blue light. After thanking everyone one by one, Yue Huaiyi opened the door of his house and walked in.

The people living in this alley are all decades old neighbors. Everyone is very familiar with each other. It is rare to find a talented person who studies. Naturally, everyone should work together to help. It is an honor to be able to produce a champion.

Early the next morning, he entrusted Aunt Wu to take care of his yard, and Yue Huaiyi, alone with a box, embarked on the journey to rush for the exam.Going north by boat, I changed the carriage at the border of Shandong, watched the scenery of mountains and rivers all the way, and the cultural landscape slowly approached Kyoto.

The prosperity and magnificence of Kyoto was beyond Yue Huaiyi's imagination. He was used to the gentleness and comfort of the long streets and alleys of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and then he saw the openness and vastness of the northern cities, which are completely different, and he suddenly became interested.Because he didn't have a lot of money in his pocket, he couldn't afford to live in a comfortable and luxurious inn, so he found a place where students gathered after several inquiries, and found a small room to settle down.

People from all over the country gradually flocked to the capital for an early mover like Yue Huaiyi, and it was fortunate that he came earlier and could rent a clean and comfortable inn in such a cheap location.Those who came late later could never find such a good place again.

"Brother Yi An, are you going out to set up a stall again?" Looking at the bamboo box on his back, he understood.

Yue Huaiyi looked at Cheng Wei, who was opposite him, and nodded, "Brother Sanshi got up early today. He has lived in the capital for a long time, and he is short of cash, so he can sell some calligraphy and paintings to supplement his family."

He spoke openly and aboveboard, with a sense of ease in his words, which Cheng Wei admired in his heart.How many people have lost their face because they have no money but set up stalls to sell calligraphy and paintings, and they all do it quietly in the place where they betray others.On the contrary, this Yue Huaiyi was frank and open, and never concealed it. He was really a gentleman, which made people respect him.

"Wait for me, I'll go with you." Cheng Wei ran back to the room, and came out quickly, changed his clothes, and waved a fan in his hand, with agarwood as the bone and silk silk as the face.On the front are written three big characters of "Sanshi Yuelei", but on the back is a painting of a peach blossom, scorching and fragrant, and the fragrance of the peach blossom wants to burst out of the fan.

Just this fan can be exchanged for a courtyard in Kyoto.The inscriptions and paintings on the fan were all written by famous masters. With a fan, Cheng Wei was quite well-known among the students.Cheng Wei was ostentatious, and many people even knew about Yue Huaiyi. At first, everyone thought that Yue Huaiyi was courted because Cheng Wei's family was rich and powerful. Afterwards, they found out that this Yue Huaiyi was actually Yue Yi'an, a well-known member of the Jieyuan and Huiyuan in Suzhou. Well, if Chunwei can win the champion again this time, he will be the first person with three yuan and the first place since the current emperor succeeded to the throne.

Cheng Wei is the most gifted student in his family's generation, and he was overwhelmed to be able to pass the exam and go back home. He held a banquet for three days in his hometown, and even gave up porridge to release animals to do good deeds. Anyway, the Cheng family is not short of money.It was a coincidence that I met Yue Huaiyi. Cheng Wei likes antiques, but he didn't know if it was a fake. He was told by Yue Huaiyi who was passing by, so he felt that this person was worthy of friendship, so he invited him to his little Living in a courtyard house.Yue Huaiyi declined, so he simply moved to the small place where Yue Huaiyi lived to be his neighbor, just for this, the extremely mean-speaking Qian Wujiu who lived on the first floor of them satirized a lot.

Hearing the movement of the two at this moment, Qian Wujiu in the other room pushed open the door very punctually, his clothes were half covered, and with a bit of makeup on his face, he covered the corner of his mouth and yawned, looking at Cheng Wei sneered, "This boy is very smooth-legged. Some people have a face for nothing, and they have a good background, so they don't have that bone."

Yue Huaiyi didn't even look at Qian Wujiu, and pulled Cheng Wei, who had changed his face, "Let's go, if you go late, there will be no room."

Cheng Wei knew that Yue Huaiyi didn't want to fight with others, but he was furious in his heart, and after going downstairs, he said to Yue Huaiyi: "The more you tolerate such a person, the more arrogant you will become, why should you wrong yourself? "

"A gentleman should put harmony first. What's more, Qian Wujiu is only mean-spirited, but he is not a bad person."

"There are no bad people in your eyes. I really don't know how you grew up. When you go to Beijing alone, your family members feel relieved." The chance must be to teach that Qian Wugui a good lesson once, and make him talk cheap!

Yue Huaiyi just smiled lightly, but he didn't mention the fact that his parents were not there, and what he said was just pity for others.

This inn is deep in the alley, the two of them walked out all the way, met many students on the way, they got to know each other naturally after staying for a long time, greeted them all the way, it was very lively.Cheng Wei is a generous man, generous and generous, and many of his sons are from poor families, so this Cheng Wei is very popular, and there is no one on this street who does not know him.

Yue Huaiyi didn't feel at all uncomfortable walking beside him. Cheng Wei was originally a free-spirited person, and he was a very casual person in dealing with everything. Even this time, Chun Wei had a dispensable mentality. Anyway, he had already won the election It can be explained, the remaining ones who can win Jinshi are smoke from the ancestral graves, and it’s okay if they don’t win, and it’s not necessary to take a Jinshi back.

"There are people who can make friends but can't make friends. People who can't make friends stay away, why bother?" Yue Huaiyi also felt that Cheng Wei's temperament was actually a bit contradictory. Most of the time he was a casual person, and he didn't pay much attention to everything. .But when he met Qian Wujiu, he looked quite similar to a gambler who lost his red eyes, and it's not surprising that they didn't see each other so well.

When he got to the place where he had to set up a stall, the stall owner next to him took up a place for him, Yue Huaiyi quickly thanked him, took off the bamboo box on his back, put it on the table beside him, and put the landscapes, flowers and birds painted in it for the past few days Put them one by one.Cheng Wei was helping at the side, arranging landscapes and flowers and birds separately. While working, he said to Yue Huaiyi, "Brother Yi An, what are your plans after the Spring Festival?"

"If I am lucky enough to win, I naturally want to be a good scholar in the Hanlin Academy. It is my wish to study books and aspire."

"You are really boring. Others are begging to be an official, so you can become a nerd." Cheng Wei shook his head and sighed, wishing he could teach him a lesson.

"How do you sell this painting?"

The weather in early winter is a bit dry, the sun shines down and falls on people's bodies, and the breeze is a bit cold, but the sound of this pipe really makes people feel like drinking ice in summer. Comfortable like a bowl.

Yue Huaiyi raised his head to look at the person who was standing in front of his booth and spoke, and saw that he was wearing a moon white robe hanging down to his ankles, and around his waist was a brocade belt made of jasper strings, with a few rubies embedded in the middle, which was particularly bright and dazzling.The long black hair is tied on the top of the head, and the long eyebrows are a bit heroic. Under the eyebrows are a pair of black eyes. The big eyeballs rotate flexibly in the eye sockets, lining the slightly raised lips under the nose tube A little more naughty.

A boy from some unknown family ran out to play, and just by looking at his clothes, he knew that he was not a child from an ordinary family.There are famous families in Kyoto, and royal nobles abound.Someone joked that if a handful of melon seeds were sprinkled upstairs, it would be an official if you smashed it casually.Although these words are a bit exaggerated, they also have the dignity of the city of the emperor.

That pair of eyes kept staring at him, Yue Huaiyi's handsome face felt a little burning, he quickly lowered his head and pretended to be serious, and said: "One painting is five hundred words."

"Huh? How can such a good painting be sold so cheaply?"

The young man's words seemed a little ignorant of the hardships in the world. After all, he was a young master who was raised in a rich and deep house. How could he know their hardships?

"Oh, that's it. If that's the case, you follow me and just be my painter. I'll guarantee you a lifetime of easy living. How about being full and worry-free?"

The young man's words were full of ridicule, Yue Huaiyi's face turned cold all of a sudden, it turned out that he was the one who came to make trouble and provoke him.

(End of this chapter)