rebirth [rebirth]

After taking a bath, the two arranged Zhong Qi's errands and left the inn together.

Chongning's red jade horses are very famous. Although they are not as fast as the wind in Bianjun's pony horses, they can travel long distances. They are the horses that can carry the most weight in Da Chu.

Now Rong Jingxuan couldn't buy a pony horse, so he thought of Chongning's ruby ​​horse.

What he told Zhong Qi to do was to go to several nearby racecourses, buy some in batches, and let the people from the racecourses send them directly to the largest inn in Hongdu.

Of course, the Sentinels would arrive at Hongdu ahead of schedule to take over the horses.

Zhong Qi was involved in the racecourse, Ding Kai was involved in the military supplies, Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze had a rare leisure time, so they went out to look for food together.

The most famous sweet-scented osmanthus chicken in Chongning is tender and sweet. Young chickens that have just turned three months old are boiled in boiling water, then boiled in cold water, and finally poured on the chicken with a special sweet-scented osmanthus sauce. This is a famous dish.

The royal chef in the palace can also make this dish, but it is not as local as it is.

The two of them changed into brocade clothes and long gowns, but they looked a little like ordinary rich men.

The inn is at the southernmost end of the most affluent commercial street in Chongli. The two came out of the inn and walked slowly all the way north.

Near noon, the commercial street in Chongli was very lively.

On both sides of the wide street, hawkers who set up stalls yelled up and down, but behind the hawkers were neat and bright two-story shops, with long banners fluttering in the wind, dyeing the blue sky with colorful colors.

Rong Jingxuan looked left and right, as if he was very curious about this place.

Seeing him like this, Xie Mingze couldn't help turning his head and laughing.

Although the two of them often ran out of the palace to play, Rong Jingxuan grew up in the deep palace garden, which was square and square, surrounded by a palm-sized sky.

He is always curious and longing for the world outside the palace.

Rong Jingxuan seemed to be curious about everything, stopping and looking in front of the stall.

Xie Mingze's mood has eased back now, and his attitude is no different from the past. Seeing that he seemed to be looking for something, he quickly asked, "Brother, what do you want to buy?"

There are a lot of people here, so it's not easy for him to call Rong Jingxuan's name.

Rong Jingxuan turned back and smiled at him, but didn't answer his question, only said: "I feel that the things on the stall are very ordinary, let's go to the shop and have a look?"

Xie Mingze came out anyway to accompany him, so naturally what he said was what he said.

The two of them switched to the shops on the street again.

The inside of the shop is naturally different from the stalls on the roadside.

Rong Jingxuan looked around, chose a jade shop and walked in.

Xie Mingze followed him for a few glances, and the quality of the jade here is really good.

The hosta that Rong Jingxuan is holding in his hand is exactly the best sweet white jade, its color is white with greenish-blue, smooth and delicate, it looks like suet from a distance.

One end of the jade hairpin is carved with a lotus leaf clear pool, and the knife work is also good.

Changxin Palace has the best things in the whole Da Chu, things that no one else has ever seen or heard of. He has been playing since he was a child, and his eyesight is naturally good.

Xie Mingze thought the hairpin was pretty good, so he naturally liked it at a glance.

After repeated bargaining with the shopkeeper, Rong Jingxuan bought it with 30 taels of silver.

After buying the hairpin, Rong Jingxuan was in a good mood, and walked out of the shop with a smile.

Xie Mingze joked with him: "The elder brother will still negotiate with the boss, the younger brother really didn't expect it."

Rong Jingxuan raised his eyebrows at him: "Brother knows a lot, Yan Zhi has to study hard."

The two talked to each other like this, and went to the biggest restaurant in Chongli.

Right now, the house was full of guests, and Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze came upstairs to share the table with another pair of young scholars.

They originally wanted to hear about the people's livelihood in Chongli, so naturally they would not refuse.

Rong Jingxuan ordered sweet-scented osmanthus chicken and small fried river prawns, while Xie Mingze ordered vegetarian three silk and yam pork rib soup. Thinking of the season here, he added another dish of edamame loofah.

There are two kinds of staple food, one is the more famous green rice in Chongli, and the other is hibiscus cake.

The two of them eat a lot, the whole osmanthus chicken, plus side dishes, filled most of the table.

The two scholars next to him were almost stunned, but Rong Jingxuan still refused to give up, and ordered another small jar of the restaurant's signature sweet water wine.

Sweet water wine is a kind of sweet fermented rice, with a light taste, and it won't get hot if you drink too much.

The wine was served soon, and Rong Jingxuan filled it up for the two of them himself, and raised the wine glass: "Yan Zhi, I wish us success soon."

Xie Mingze smiled and clinked glasses with him: "Well, success will come soon."

The two ate and drank, having a good time.

Because they shared the same table, they didn't talk about anything other than eating, but listened carefully to other people's voices.

In fact, the common people can’t say anything else, but it’s true to live a normal life with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

Although there is not much real information, Rong Jingxuan can probably hear that since the end of the war, the lives of the people in Chongli have returned to their original state, but many shops facing the street were smashed by Da Chen's soldiers. This year is very difficult.

What's more, when they heard that Fengning was hit by a disaster, the imperial court did not reduce or exempt the agricultural tax, but asked the people to pay it in the coming year.

This practice made the people of Chongli very indignant.

Now the restaurant is talking about it the most, and the voice is the loudest.

Rong Jingxuan asked Lang Ningyou to spread the practice of Emperor Chen to other provinces, and this was what he wanted.

If it hadn't been for the catastrophe, maybe Rong Jingxuan would not know how the superior should act.In their view, Fengning is just Fengning and has nothing to do with other counties, but in the hearts of the common people, they are all common people.

If the emperor can do this to one county, he can do the same to all counties. Chongli relies on the Jiulian River. If there is a flood during the summer rainstorm, will the imperial court refuse to save it?

For a while, people in Chongli panicked and lost confidence in Emperor Chen.

They didn't have a good impression of Chen Shengzhi in the first place. When Chen Jun swept through Chongli and left a dilapidated county capital, it was the defeated Dachu soldiers who changed their appearance and helped the people rebuild their homes.

Which is better, they naturally have a steelyard in mind.

It's a pity... Da Chu had bad luck and came to an end.

Rong Jingxuan listened to what the people said, and raised his head and took a big gulp of wine.

Since the moment he escaped from Changxin, he hasn't had a drink for nearly three months.

At this time, even drinking the sweet rice wine, I still feel a little drunk in my heart.

The simple language of the people seems to have given him endless strength and courage, and no difficulty can stop his determination to restore the country.

Rong Jingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, helped Xie Mingze pick up a piece of chicken, and said softly: "It tastes really good, you should eat more."

Xie Mingze stared at him blankly.

Rong Jingxuan's smile was a little satisfied and a little regretful, but after all this, it was a gentleness that was hard for others to see.

For this table of dishes, he ordered his favorite, and he ordered his favorite.

Xie Mingze naturally put him above his heart, and hugged and covered him vigorously, for fear of being wronged in the slightest.The same is true for Rong Jingxuan, does it mean that he also has himself in his heart?

At this moment, he only felt that the sky was bright and cloudy, and many memories flooded his heart.

In the past dozen or so lives, he regarded Rong Jingxuan as a god, and he was always in his heart, and he was never underestimated.

He can go down the mountain of swords and fires for him, and he can die thousands of times for him, just like before.

No matter how painful the death is, he will not complain, he only hopes that this person can live for a long time.

Even so, he never knew how he felt about Rong Jingxuan.

It was probably family affection, with longing and admiration, but in those unspeakable dreams, there were more ambiguous reveries.

Downstairs there is the sound of silk and bamboo, and a singer sings softly:

From now on, go away from the Bell and Drum Tower Buddha Hall,

Go down the mountain to find a young brother,

Because he hit me, scolded me, said me, laughed at me,

If you don't want to become a Buddha, you don't want to read Amitabha Prajna Paramita!

Xie Mingze was shocked, almost unable to hold the celadon wine glass.

Let him beat me, scold me, scold me, laugh at me, and I will be happy with it, and I am willing.

For him, he does not want to become a Buddha; for him, fame and fortune go with the wind;

This scene of Si Fan, but he sang through all his seven orifices.

It turned out that I didn't know when or where.

He has been deeply attached to Rong Jingxuan for a long time.

Those looking up, longing, anticipating, those bizarre dreams and struggles, have already clearly explained his feelings for Rong Jingxuan.

Suddenly, warm palms held Xie Mingze's hand on his lap.

Xie Mingze raised his head abruptly, and stared blankly at Rong Jingxuan.

Rong Jingxuan asked him with a smile: "What's the matter? Don't be in a daze and eat more. You've been too tired recently, and you're thinner than before."

As he spoke, he squeezed Xie Mingze's hand.

Xie Mingze felt that the tip of his heart was trembling with his movements. He had just understood his feelings, and he really didn't know how to calmly face the only person in his heart.

Rong Jingxuan looked at him with some doubts, and seeing that he was looking at her with a blushing face, he couldn't help but exert more force in his hands, and his heart warmed up.

Xie Mingze was smart since he was a child, and among Da Chu's many descendants from aristocratic families, none of them could compare to him.

He is so smart, but he is always very slow in dealing with emotions.

Rong Jingxuan spoke so clearly several times, but he still didn't understand, and his expression was indifferent.

But Rong Jingxuan was not in a hurry, he never doubted Xie Mingze's feelings for him.From childhood to adulthood, he only listened to him alone, and cared about him ten thousand times more than himself. It would be a joke to say that he had no feelings.

They have a long way to go, and they don't have to rush the day and night.

Thinking of this, Rong Jingxuan smiled in a low voice, and poured wine for the two of them again.

"Have a drink?" He naturally concealed Xie Mingze's stiffness.

Xie Mingze picked up the wine glass, touched him earnestly, and then drank it down with his head raised.

After dinner, Rong Jingxuan took him around various silver shops and pawnshops, exchanging 50 taels of gold for silver almost inconspicuously.

There is no need for them to do this by themselves, but waiting at the inn is not very interesting, it is better for the two of them to do it themselves, it is wonderful.

Back at the inn after dinner, both Zhong Qi and Ding Kai came back. After they reported their errands, Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze returned to the guest room, washed and changed their clothes.

Rong Jingxuan changed into a moon white tunic, sat by the bed and waited for Xie Mingze, playing with the hosta he just bought.

Xie Mingze changed his middle clothes and came over, bowed his head and asked him, "You like it so much?"

Rong Jingxuan raised his head, suddenly pulled him to sit next to him, and then helped him retie the long hair that had just fallen out, and inserted the beautiful hosta in Xie Mingze's hair.

"give you."

Xie Mingze was stunned.

Rong Jingxuan bent down and hugged Xie Mingze from behind: "It's rare to come out this time, I've been looking for something good to give you, this jade hairpin is engraved with lotus leaf Qingtan, it matches your name."

Mingze, Mingze.

The sky is blue and bright, and the blue waves are clear.

It does match.

Rong Jingxuan pressed close to his ear and asked, "Are you happy?"

Xie Mingze felt his ears were burning, he didn't dare to turn his head, he just nodded and said, "Thank you Jingxuan, I'm very happy."