Infrastructure masters in the red building

When the third prince woke up, he recalled his drunkenness, and there were only a few fragments in his memory - what impressed him most was that the wine was really good.

What else? ... The third prince stretched out his hand to rub his temples, recalling the conversation he had with the fifth younger brother yesterday while he was drunk.

The fifth child asked about the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the garrison of the Beijing camp.At that time, he generously agreed, saying that he would speak for Lao Wu and find a position for Lao Wu in front of the emperor's father.

But when the fifth prince heard that he wanted to ask His Majesty the Emperor, he flinched first, saying that no matter what, he was unwilling to disturb the emperor's uncle who was recuperating in the Li Palace on the outskirts of Beijing.As for looking for an errand, I might as well ask my third brother to help him think about it and see what is suitable.

Now that the third prince was sober, he thought about it: he has no right to transfer the candidates for the Wucheng Bingmasi and the Jingying Garrison, but it should be possible to recruit them.

He thought about it hard, and then he remembered: Now the Beijing garrison has newly promoted a young man, surnamed Wang, who is the son of Du Taiwei's ruler's family, and his name seems to be Wang Ziteng.The Wang family's in-laws, Shihoufu, had repeatedly recommended this person.

He immediately ordered an aide to find a suitable opportunity for the prince to come to the East Palace so that he could meet him.

Besides Wucheng Bingma Division and Jingying Garrison, what else did the two brothers talk about?

The third prince lowered his head, reached out and tapped his head - by the way, he remembered, the fifth child also asked about the Shuntian Mansion case.

And what did he answer?The third prince recalled bit by bit, and finally remembered:

At that time, the third prince was already drunk, and he felt a little annoyed when he was forced to question him like this... He seemed to have dropped a cup.

"I, Zhou Deyu, swear to God, the matter of the second child has nothing to do with me..."

"Although I was not good at investigating the case after the death of the second child, I never had a moment to intend to harm the second child."

"I have a clear conscience..."

"This is the bottom line of my life!"

He still remembers the eyes of Lao Wu at that time: there was a moment when Lao Wu's eyes were cold and disgusted.The fifth child probably didn't realize it himself, it just showed up so naturally, and he caught his eye.

At that moment, he thought that the fifth child wanted to kill himself to avenge the prince.

If the fifth child wanted to do something at that time, the third prince would not have any resistance - after all, all the guards had been sent out of his bedroom, and all the eunuchs had been shunned to allow the two brothers to talk.

If there was poison in the wine, or if the fifth child rushed up and grabbed his neck, the third prince could only hold his hands and wait for death.

But the third prince raised his chest, faced his brother, and clarified the moral bottom line he insisted on.

He and the prince's second brother have different political views, different backgrounds, and different ways of acting...but they are brothers, siblings.He never intended to harm his second brother.

Sure enough, after he said these words, Lao Wu's eyes finally turned clear, with admiration and even flattery on his face.

The third prince thought: he finally got the approval of a brother, and for the sake of the look in the eyes of the fifth brother at this moment, he is willing to invite the fifth child to the East Palace every day to drink and chat together.

But first, I need to find something for the fifth child to do.

It's just that the third prince still doesn't quite understand why Lao Wu always thinks about the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the garrison of the Beijing camp as soon as he comes up-these two yamen, are they lucrative, or are they too leisurely?

After this period of brotherly love and drinking under the moon, the third prince's fortune has changed.

Some clues were found in the case of the prince: the portraits provided by Jia Fang and Shui Xian played a role. Someone recognized them in two courtyards in the capital dedicated to renting houses for wrestlers and porters. The two people before and after the assassination of the prince It is true that he once rented a house in the capital.

This is a rare clue.Shuntian Mansion is following this path to investigate.

If we can find the two killers who chased Jia Fang and Shui Xian with firecrackers, and then trace the mastermind behind them, maybe we can find the real culprit behind the prince case.

Just after receiving such a little bit of good news, the third prince was so happy that he could even walk with wind.

But Jia Fang put down all the affairs in his hands and returned to the Grand View Garden to take a good look.

It's a bit ashamed to say that recently, all the repairs in the Grand View Garden have been presided over by Shuangwen, and he has almost no time to ask.

At the same time, Shuangwen has gradually gained some fame in the capital: many people have heard that there is a female "Ming Gong" from Rongguo Mansion, who is good at drawing exquisite meticulously-painted towers, and is also good at building mountains and ponds, building towers and tree pavilions , plant bamboo and flowers, and add scenery to the garden.

After hearing about Shuangwen, many literati and scholars in Beijing just waited for the "Royal Garden" of Rongguo Mansion to be built quickly, so that they could invite Shuangwen girl to go and build an elegant back garden according to the pattern. It is good to add a bit of poetry to the boring daily life.

When Jia Fang heard this, he was naturally happy, and said to Shuangwen: "When we finish repairing the whole garden, I will greet the mansion and let you go free. Then you will open in this capital city." A gardening society, with the name of Lingzu, everyone in Beijing will come to invite you..."

When Shuangwen heard Jia Fang's unconstrained imagination, he just thought it was him saying something nice to coax himself, and immediately covered his mouth with a smile and didn't speak.

The other person who was with Jia Fang, Li Qingsong, drooped his head at this moment.

Jia Fang knew what Li Qingsong was thinking, and continued immediately: "At that time, Sister Shuangwen will always need a big butler, a big manager. Sister Shuangwen must be accompanied when she visits the garden, right? Help? When you need all kinds of brushes, pigments and rice paper, do you need someone to run errands?... Tell me, where is the best place for Sister Shuangwen to find this candidate?"

Li Qingsong immediately puffed up his chest and raised his chin, but secretly watched Shuangwen's expression with his eyes.

Shuangwen immediately laughed with a "puchi" and said, "How can such a thing happen? Could it be said that after the garden is finished, we won't work for the third master?"

Li Qingsong didn't care: what he feared most was that Shuangwen left Rongguo Mansion, but he still had to stay with Jia Fang as an errand.

Li Qingsong, Jia Fang, and even Shuangwen himself all know Li Qingsong's thoughts very clearly.

But the age difference between him and Shuangwen is really a bit big, everyone is not optimistic about Li Qingsong.It should be noted that Shuangwen is the most capable female general around Jia Fang. Jia Fang is right. With her painting skills and experience in presiding over the restoration of the Royal Garden—as long as the Rongfu is willing to let her go free, she will be able to do so immediately. Establish a foothold in Beijing.

Therefore, Li Qingsong was extremely worried, fearing that Shuangwen would not wait for him to grow up.

But Jia Fang feels that age is not a big problem, the key depends on Shuangwen's own thoughts.After all, after getting along for so many years, everyone knows the basics.If Shuangwen is willing, Li Qingsong will definitely be able to hold her in the palm of his hand and protect her like a treasure until he grows old.

So he said to Shuangwen seriously: "Sister Shuangwen, do you still remember what I told you the first day you came to my yard?"

Shuangwen immediately lowered her head, how could she forget?

In the past few years, she really felt that she had found herself in this garden, and she also saw clearly what kind of ability she has and what she can do in the future... All of this is inseparable from the opportunity Jia Fang gave her.Therefore, Shuangwen had secretly made up her mind a long time ago that as long as Jia Fang needed her, she would stay in the Rongguo Mansion, stay by Jia Fang's side, and help him with those trivial and complicated things when he was at a loss.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang never forgot his original promise.

Jia Fang turned his head and looked at Li Qingsong: "As for you, the decision is not up to me, it's in your Sister Shuangwen's hands. If she wants you, I'll let you go. If she doesn't want you, I won't let you pester him... "

Li Qingsong regained his energy all of a sudden, and turned to Shuangwen with begging eyes.Unexpectedly, Shuangwen raised her willow eyebrows slightly and glared at him fiercely.Li Qingsong was scared back immediately, staring at the ground obediently, not daring to look at the double text again.

"Okay, let's go and have a look at the places you have repaired recently." Jia Fang smiled at the young couple and changed the subject on purpose.

Shuangwen responded heartily, and immediately led the way, leading Jia Fang along the road in the Grand View Garden.Li Qingsong paused and quickly followed.

On the way to the water's edge, Jia Fang passed by one place after another that he carefully built, which in turn brought him surprises.

The few fields in front of Daoxiang Village are already prosperous.Vegetables are planted in the fields one by one, and fresh gourds and small eggplants are hung on the two green fences on the side, and fresh and tender lentils are wrapped in light purple on the vines.

According to Shuangwen, the four-season vegetables grown in this field can basically supply the daily needs of Ningrong Second Mansion.Sometimes Mrs. Shi would specially send someone to say hello, asking Shuangwen to find a way to allow some vegetables to be sent to other houses as a gift.It is said that the vegetables produced by Rongguo Mansion are well received by others, and the gifts are especially respectable.

Jia Fang thought about it: With all these fields, how can they supply so many people in the entire family?

After careful consideration, Jia Fang finally understood, turned to look at Shuangwen, and stretched out his thumb: "You are amazing!"

Shuangwen blushed and said, "Didn't you also say, Third Master, that the resources in the mansion should be used rationally?"

The "resources" she refers to refer to the two flower gardens in Hengwuyuan that can be cultivated quickly. The seedlings cultivated from here all grow fast and have high yields.After this batch of seedlings are propagated again, the seedlings produced will gradually "degenerate" into normal crops, and there will be no more "plants" from then on.

The vegetable fields in front of Daoxiang Village are all planted with seedlings grown from the flower garden of Hengwu Garden, so the speed of vegetable production is naturally high.

A group of people passed by Daoxiang Village and Hengwu Garden, looking at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the distance.Jia Fang immediately felt grateful: My life has a limit, but knowledge has no limit.Without the large library of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the changes he can bring to this time and space alone are always limited.

After crossing another courtyard, Jia Fang saw that the back of the courtyard was like clouds steaming and rosy clouds, with red roses pouring down from the bamboo fence like a waterfall.

"By the way, how do you usually take care of this Yihong courtyard? Is there anyone to use it?"

"Yes!" Shuangwen nodded. "Last time on Grandma's birthday, birthday wine was served here, and the daughter-in-law was invited in to give a lecture. It was very lively." What she was talking about was Jia She's wife, Mrs. Zhang.

Jia felt relieved: This place full of flowers is really suitable as an entertainment place to enrich everyone's cultural and entertainment life!

"Grandma said, this is naturally a stage. The few operas that people in Beijing like to listen to most, such as "Waiting for the Moon in the West Chamber" and "On the Wall", the most brilliantly sung ones can be put on the stage. Come here to perform, the scenery is ready-made, just like the moving picture of carnival..."

Shuangwen continued to introduce.When Jia Fang heard it, he burst out laughing immediately: "Immediately on the wall? Waiting in the moon and west chamber? Isn't sister-in-law afraid of children asking so many why?"

Shuangwen shook his head: "Master Lian and Master Hu? No way. Those who have the opportunity to come in and listen to the play of the first daughter are all friends of the eldest grandma and young daughters-in-law from various prefectures. If the eldest and second young masters are here, they will be sure." I won’t do these things anymore, but I will find a few troupes who can fight and dance to perform a martial arts show that can be well fought.”

Jia Fang: ...That's not bad. It seems that the entertainment activities of Yihong Courtyard have their own age classification system.

Passing by Yihong Courtyard, Jia Fang could already see the brand new scenery by the water.Sure enough, I saw that the new scenery was formed by stacking strange rocks, forming a long and narrow stone port, and Qinfang Creek pierced through the stone port.

On the rocks piled up on top of each other, there are vines and succulents climbing everywhere, and fallen flowers float leisurely on the water.Between the four hanging vines, one can see that a piece of stone surface has been chiseled flat, with the four characters "Liaoting Huaxu" written on it.

In addition to the waterscape, this "Liao Ting Huaxu" has built a narrow mountain trail beside the rocks in the piled stone port. Visitors can climb vines and trees along the trail, and walk to a high place to look down on the whole city. The waterscape of the Grand View Garden.

Jia Fang was in great spirits. He walked around the trail, bypassing the rocks, and arrived at Ningyezhu Ningyedu.

Liuyezhu was originally a shoal wetland by the water. In addition to planting a large piece of water lily in accordance with the artistic conception left by the name "Niongleyezhu", Shuangwen also built embankments and ferries to increase the water surface. A sense of vertical and horizontal lines.Therefore, the Liuyezhu appears very deep and far away.

Seeing it, Jia Fang praised him and said, "Shuangwen, you have really realized the true meaning of 'Lishui'."

Once upon a time, the ancients still said that "there is no garden in the market".Even the largest gardens in the city are only a few acres or tens of acres in size, which is not the same as the natural landscape.

But as long as there is ingenuity, you can use techniques such as stacking mountains and rationalizing water to create a mountain and forest in urban gardens.

Hearing Jia Fang's praise of Shuangwen, Li Qingsong grinned from the sidelines, even happier than himself for being praised.Shuangwen pursed her lips and smiled softly.

"However, you must know that there are people beyond the human world, and there is a sky beyond the sky!" Seeing Shuangwen's outstanding talent and great understanding, Jia Fang wanted to give her a shot, so he was very aggressive, "You must know, some people can live in a courtyard without water at all." , you can also use the method of water management to show the waterscape!"

Shuangwen suddenly became curious: "How is this done? There is no water... where does the water feature come from?"

Li Qingsong also favored Shuangwen, yelling: "If the third master doesn't explain what he said, we won't listen to you."

Jia Fang put his hands on his forehead, pretending to have a headache, and said, "Everyone is an extroverted girl, why are you an extroverted boy, why don't you listen to me?"

Hearing Jia Fang's comment, Li Qingsong and Shuangwen looked at each other, both blushing.

But Shuangwen has such curiosity, Jia Fang will never give up if she doesn't explain why.

Under such pressure from Shuangwen, Jia Fang had no choice but to describe the artistic conception of the Japanese Zen "Karesansui" that he knew.

That is a completely different way of expression from Chinese garden landscapes. The name "Karesanshui" sounds like a "sense of desolation", but the simplicity and abstraction are also extremely simple.At this time, it is a garden style that tests both builders and appreciators, but he believes that bilingual writing will definitely be fine.

Shuangwen's comprehension is excellent. As soon as Jia Fang finished speaking, she had roughly understood it, and even wanted to find a place to try it out.

"Look back and decide what to build later!" Jia Fang persuaded, "I'll find a book later for your reference." Regarding dry mountains and rivers, he can go to Xiaoxiang Museum to borrow books.

This is what Shuangwen should do.A group of people looked at the water features in the Grand View Garden in detail from beginning to end, and then turned back to Daoxiang Village.

Shuangwen knew that Jia Fang needed to read the scroll, so he wanted to push Li Qingsong away.But Jia Fang thought it was all right, and said, "Leave Qingsong, I won't hide this from you, Sister Shuangwen, and I won't hide it from you either."

Since the two are both his right-hand men, Jia Fang intends to treat them equally.

Li Qingsong's eyes widened immediately: he also knew that there were a lot of strange people in Daoxiang Village, but Jia Fang didn't talk about it, so he never dared to ask.

At this moment, Li Qingsong pointed at himself in surprise, and asked, "I, can I do it too?"

Jia Dang nodded grandly.Li Qingsong was overjoyed immediately, proudly puffed up his chest, and stood beside Jia Fang, knowing that he would be the one who could share secrets with Jia Fang and Shuangwen from now on.

Shuangwen went to the West Chamber, took out the scroll, and carefully opened it.

Sure enough, several water surfaces on the scroll, "Liaoting Huaxu" and "Xiangyezhu", have all turned into watercolors.In this scroll, [-]% of the buildings in the Grand View Garden have been built, but it was not shown before.If you have to wait until now to paint the water surface in detail on the scroll, the whole Grand View Garden looks like it has been dotted, exuding incomparable spirit.

Jia Fang was in a hurry, looking for the new "target" outlined with ink lines but not yet colored on the scroll.

Shuangwen stretched out his hand and pointed: "Here!"

It was a Buddhist temple surrounded by rockery, a small mountain gate, and a few plum branches protruded from the mountain gate, revealing cleanliness and detoxification.

The scale of the Buddhist temple is small, with only one main hall, two meditation rooms in the east and west, and side rooms on both sides for the daily life of monks and nuns.

Jia Fang also found a courtyard at the same time, and saw that the courtyard was located in a mountain depression, not far from a waterside pavilion. Coming out of the waterside pavilion, he passed a narrow road with crossing gates on both sides, and there were stone plaques on the gate. The one facing outward has the word "Chuanyun" written on it.

Jia Fang secretly speculated that the word "Duyue" should be inward.

It may also be that there are not many buildings left in the Grand View Garden. Today, these two items are particularly easy for Jia Fang to guess.

"This Buddhist nunnery should be Changcui nunnery." This is the only religious building in the Grand View Garden.

"The courtyard in that mountain depression should be Nuanxiangwu, and the waterside pavilion connected to it should be lotus root fragrance pavilion, right?" Jia Fang said.

There are not many blank spaces on the scroll, and the only small blank space is the word "right" that suddenly pops up.

Shuangwen immediately praised: "The third master is still profound!"

Jia Fang: ... It's not that I'm knowledgeable, I'm a spoiler party!

Li Qingsong leaned his head and squeezed beside Shuangwen. Suddenly seeing a word automatically pop up on the blank space, he took a big step back and almost fell down.

Jia Fang and Shuangwen looked at each other: If I knew this, I should have given Li Qingsong a hint earlier.

He could only make amends afterwards, explaining to Li Qingsong: "This is a scroll of immortal pictures, and the pictures here are all drawn by the immortals, so it is the immortals who are instructing how to repair this Grand View Garden."

Li Qingsong immediately believed it, walked up to the scroll and bowed, and said: "Gods, please bless me Li Qingsong..." He suddenly stopped in the middle of his words, embarrassed to say it, he could only turn his head and look at the picture. Bilingual.

But since he has this expression, it is clear what he is asking for.Shuangwen's pretty face was red, she didn't get angry, but just spat lightly.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang snorted, and suddenly saw a word "no" appearing on the blank space.

What?Isn't Li Qingsong and Shuangwen a couple?This pair of siblings with a long age span is not blessed?

Fortunately, Li Qingsong and Shuangwen didn't see the word "no", and the word quickly disappeared from the blank space.When Li Qingsong and Shuangwen heard Jia Fang's "Huh" and looked up at the scroll together, they saw a word "yes" appearing in the blank space.

Immediately afterwards: "God".

Finally: "Xian".

"Is it a god?" Li Qingsong was surprised and delighted, and bowed again, his lips opened and closed, it should be praying in a low voice.Shuangwen was also taken aback by this posture, and quickly clasped the palms of both hands.

But only Jia Fang saw all the words.

"Not a fairy?" He kept the words in his heart and didn't say it.

This means that the scroll that accompanied him all the time, pointing him to various texts, isn't it a fairy thing?So, who has been answering him in the blank space of the scroll all this time, who made him travel to this time and space, and build this amazing Grand View Garden, and why?

Now this scroll has been almost filled with every scene in the Grand View Garden, leaving very little blank space.This means that if he doesn't hurry up and ask some questions now, he may not have a chance.

He suddenly held the scroll and asked loudly: "I ask you, who are you?"

Although Jia Fang lives in a time and space completely different from his own, he is still an atheist in essence. He believes that everything happens for a reason, and that the most incredible experiences can also find scientific explanations.

Both Shuangwen and Li Qingsong were surprised: After all, Jia Fang just said that this scroll is the picture scroll of an immortal, and the scroll also said, "It is an immortal".

But Jia Fang suddenly asked the other party loudly at this moment, asking who is the other party? !

Has Mr. Jia lost his mind and gone crazy?Want to offend the gods?

Unexpectedly, the small blank space on the scroll actually responded, and four words appeared in sequence:

"--you--ask--me--?"

After the last word slowly disappeared in the blank space, another strange symbol appeared in the blank space. It was small, wide, and occupied the entire blank space horizontally.

Shuangwen and Li Qingsong didn't recognize each other. They turned their heads to look at Jia Fang at the same time, but saw the strange expression on Jia Fang's face:

Because the symbol that appeared in the blank space of the scroll was——

"QAQ".

The author has something to say: ① This paragraph is written with reference to the description of Nuanxiangwu in the original work "Nuanxiangwu Yazhi Spring Lantern Riddles".