Huaxi Chronicle

In the 15th year of Yongxing, Huaxi County.

The weather in early spring is cloudy and cloudy. Because of the heavy rain last night, when the morning breeze blew across the street, it was all mixed with a little bit of coolness.

In the private seat on the second floor of Baiwei Restaurant, there are two women who are having breakfast.

Going to bed too late yesterday and waking up too early today, Chu Wuge squinted his eyes and yawned again and again.Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and she looked sleepily at the elegant person in a white dress and skirt who was eating leisurely and could not help complaining: "Although you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, you can't wait to use it." Too early to eat, and then find me again? I yesterday..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Wuge felt his mind was in chaos, and he put his head on the table weakly.

Last night, in order to please the little girl, she accompanied her and told anecdotes for half the night. She was called here to have a meal with her within three hours of falling asleep. Halfway through, I couldn't hold it anymore, and fell asleep again in a daze.

Seeing that she was so sleepy, Yan Cong'an didn't disturb her to catch up on sleep. After breakfast, he sat quietly by the side and drank tea.

About an hour later, Chu Wuge woke up from the dream leisurely, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Yan Cong'an who was leisurely drinking tea opposite him.She was taken aback for a moment, and then she regained her composure, her eyes were clear, without the slightest bit of confusion just now.

She opened her arms wide, stretched her waist vigorously, raised her hands and turned her sleepy shoulders, and said to the maid wearing a light green skirt beside her, "Baozhu, ask the servant to serve me a basket of small bags, and then another." A bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus wine stuffed with small balls."

Baozhu responded, and went out to find the servant in the shop.

Chu Wuge turned his head and looked Yan Cong'an carefully up and down, but didn't see anything unusual, and asked concerned: "Isn't it a letter saying that I came back yesterday, why did I arrive this morning? Something happened on the way?"

Yan Cong'an looked calm, took a sip of a cup of Chinese tea, and slightly parted his lips: "It's nothing serious, there was a heavy rain when passing by Bailipo. When the rain stopped, it was already late, so we didn't continue our journey."

Mountain roads vary from day to day, and it is common to encounter sudden changes in the weather when going out.Yesterday, Huaxi County was sunny and sunny during the day, but it rained heavily at night.

Chu Wuge breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words. Yan Cong'an was a few days earlier than the team of her peers, so she thought that something had leaked the news and someone was deliberately ambushing her.

The Yan family in Huaxi County can be counted as a big family. Their ancestors were engaged in business, and they have accumulated tens of thousands of furniture for several generations.Yan Cong'an is the granddaughter of the third wife of the Yan family. Five years ago, Yan's father and Yan's mother had an accident on their way out. The carriage the couple were riding in rolled down a cliff and both died.

Because of the death of his parents, Yan Cong'an was overwhelmed with grief and became ill for two years.Seeing that Yan Cong'an had been ill for a long time, his grandfather who was far away in Kyoto missed his grandson, so he took Yan Cong'an to his side to take care of him.After arriving in Kyoto, it may be a sad place far away, or it may be due to the meticulous care of his grandfather's family, Yan Cong'an gradually recovered from his illness.

I haven't been back to Huaxi County for three years, but the breakfast of this Baiwei restaurant is still as unchanged as I remember.Yan Cong'an looked at the person opposite who was eating buns, feeling helpless. The way this person devoured the meal, he couldn't see the demeanor that the third lady of the foreign government's mansion should have.

After drinking the last sip of sweet soup, Chu Wuge sighed with satisfaction: "The steamed buns at Baiwei Restaurant are more authentic than those in Lin'an City."

Seeing her finish eating, Yan Cong'an put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Where do you live now? Do you want to live with me in Yan's house? Or find another house?"

Although Chu Wuge is a young lady of the Duke's Mansion, she joined the Qingyun Sect when she was young, and learned a bit of the habits of the Jianghu people. She has a chic and unrestrained temperament, and she doesn't like being restrained by others.Yan Cong'an and her have known each other since childhood, and they can be regarded as childhood sweethearts.Hearing that Yan Cong'an was going back to Huaxi County to deal with old affairs, he said he wanted to come for a visit together.But she disliked that Yan Cong'an's chariot and horses were really slow, so she rode the horse first and arrived in Huaxi County a few days ago.

After dinner, Chu Wuge returned to his tired and lazy appearance, leaned back in his chair, waved his hand and said, "No, it's good that I live in Cui's mansion now, and I can check some news for you."

The Cui Mansion that Chu Wuge mentioned was the residence of Cui Cheng, the county magistrate of Huaxi County.

The wife of Cui Cheng, the County Magistrate of Huaxi County, and the mother of Chu Wuge are cousins. The two cousins ​​had a deep relationship before they left the cabinet. It was only in recent years that Cui Cheng was transferred to Huaxi County to serve as the county magistrate. less.

Chu Wuge borrowed Cui's house, apart from wanting to help Yan Cong'an find out some news, he also had some hidden thoughts.Thinking of the cute little girl who had been standing in front of him for the past two days, Chu Wuge subconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth.

The corners of his mouth turned up a little, afraid that Yan Cong'an would see something strange, Chu Wuge coughed pretendingly, cleared his throat and said, "Don't say it, it's really not in vain for me to come here a few days earlier. Knowing you It will take a few days to come back, and some people can't sit still for a long time."

Yan Cong'an didn't answer, she looked up at Chu Wuge, motioning for her to continue.

The two have known each other for many years, Chu Wuge knew what Yan Cong'an meant, took a sip of tea, and then said: "Your old man, I know you are coming back, and there have been a lot of rumors in the open and in the dark recently, it seems that he wants to get you Be a pawn in marriage, win over the big clans in Huaxi County."

Huaxi County is affiliated to Binzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan Road. It has been a land of prosperity since ancient times. The county is rich in products and has convenient access to waterways. Its high-quality silk and Nailiang ancient tea are famous all over the world.

The place with frequent business contacts is rich and powerful. There are still a few clans in Huaxi County, and the Yan family can only be regarded as the middle class.

Old Master Yan wanted to use Yan Cong'an to win over the big family, Yan Cong'an had already guessed it, and it was not surprising to hear Chu Wuge mention this matter.

After Chu Wuge finished speaking, seeing that Yan Cong'an was still indifferent, he clicked his tongue and said, "Are you not worried at all?"

Yan Cong'an put down the teacup in his hand and said, "If I don't want to, he can't coerce me, but it's a little troublesome to deal with."

Yan Cong'an was not very worried about the marriage. Although Old Master Yan had intentions, he was afraid of Yan Cong'an's grandparent's influence, so he would not marry her at will without her nod.It's just that she is 19 years old this year, and the girl is fifteen years old, so Yan Cong'an can be considered to have reached the age of marriage early.Old Mrs. Yan is not the only one in the Yan family who wants to marry her. If she doesn't get married, people will always bother her with this matter.

Chu Wuge remembered something again, leaned to Yan Cong'an's side, suppressed his voice, and said in a low voice: "I heard that your old man's health has become worse and worse since two years ago, and he took a lot of soups and medicines, but it didn't work. Last year, a veteran Daoist came to Qinglong Temple, besides being proficient in the five elements and eight trigrams, he is also good at medical theory, after he heard about it, he went to the Taoist temple to seek medicine."

After Chu Wuge finished speaking, he said with emotion: "It is said that after taking it, it has really improved. Now I go to Qinglong Temple for a few days every month to practice. It seems that I will prepare to cultivate immortality and enlightenment in the future."

While the two were talking, there was a sudden wind blowing outside, which made the wooden windows creak, which was very disturbing.

At this time Yuzhu was not in the house, and Yan Cong'an didn't call her, he got up from his seat and wanted to close the wooden window.When she came to the window, she just lowered her eyes for a moment, and then she saw the two people talking across the street.

Yan Cong'an raised his eyebrows, stopped what he was doing, and stopped to watch.

Directly opposite the Baiwei Restaurant is a painting shop.There are two rooms in the painting shop. Looking from the second floor of Baiwei Restaurant, you can just see some decorations in the house.There are many paintings hanging on the wall of the painting shop, and there are two talking people standing beside the wall.Of the two, one is a middle-aged man in a robe, and standing opposite him is a young girl in a blouse.

In Liang State, women can also become officials, so no matter men or women, as long as they are scholars, they can wear Tsing Yi shirts.

While the two were talking, the girl slowly unfolded the scroll in her hand, and the middle-aged man smiled happily when he saw it. After he nodded frequently, he carefully put the painting away.

Yan Cong'an was standing where he could see the painting.This is a landscape painting of pines and cypresses in high mountains.The green cypresses and green pines stand proudly on the steep mountains, and the brushwork is vigorous and powerful.

It is indeed a masterpiece.

While Yan Cong'an was admiring, the girl had already taken a bunch of copper coins and blank paper from the middle-aged man, then turned around and walked out the door.

The girl looked up at the sky before going out. After the gust of wind passed, the sky that was still clear just now had faintly started to rain.She carefully hugged the paper in her arms, and ran out of the painting shop with small steps, heading towards the west of the city.

When she ran to the street, she seemed to feel something, and stopped to look in Yan Cong'an's direction.Perhaps because it was raining lightly, she didn't notice anything unusual, she shook her head and sighed that she was careless, then turned around and left at a faster pace.

Seeing Yan Cong'an got up and closed the window, Chu Wuge stood there, looking out the window quietly.She leaned over curiously, just in time to see the leaving figure.

Chu Wuge glanced back at Yan Cong'an, pretending to suddenly understand, and joked with a smile: "Yo, yo, this figure looks pretty, do you know this scholar lady?"

Yan Cong'an closed the window, slowly sat down at the table, raised his eyebrows slightly, and talked: "We met once, and I got her help yesterday, so I saved some trouble."

Friends for many years, when Chu Wuge saw her like this, he knew that although this person was not obvious on the face, he must be happy in his heart, and suddenly became curious: "Quickly tell me, it sounds like the little scholar who rescued her." Beautiful, attracted the heart of Miss Yan San."

Liang's national style is open, and since the founding emperor of the country a hundred years ago, many people have followed suit. Now, there are no restrictions on marriages between men and women in Liang. Women can marry wives, and men can also marry husbands.

Yan Cong'an glanced at Chu Wuge lightly when he heard the words, and seeing that she had already made an attitude of listening attentively, he knew that if he didn't make it clear today and let Chu Wuge make random guesses, he might be killed in the whole capital within a month. Each of the noble girls will have an extra copy in their hands. It is a booklet of stories about Yan Cong'an and the young scholar from hero saving the beauty to tying the knot.

Although Yan Cong'an felt helpless, he had no choice but to tell Chu Wuge what happened yesterday in detail.

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