On the northbound road, the weather was calm.
The martial arts of the Daquan Dynasty were prosperous. In the past few decades, only the frontier troops had bullied others. The Northern Jin Dynasty in the south and the Southern Qi Dynasty in the north had both suffered a lot. If the three princes had not fought for the Dragon Throne, almost all of them would have died.
The battle was about to begin, which involved a lot of energy from the eldest prince, so that the eldest son of the Liu family, who was in the north, had to suspend a scheduled Northern Expedition to avoid accidentally conquering thousands of miles of Southern Qi's territory and seriously injuring himself.
Losing the momentum, wouldn’t it be a wedding dress for Mirage City’s new emperor?
There are also four or five small countries bordering the east and west. The monarch of one of these countries regards himself as his nephew and respectfully calls Emperor Daquan Liu Zhen his uncle. The other one is directly reduced to the Daquan vassal state.
The team stopped every thirty miles to wash the horses' noses. At this time, Yao Zhen would leave the carriage and go to chat with Chen Pingan.
After going back and forth, his grandson Yao Xianzhi became familiar with Chen Pingan, but this piece of "Yao's Uncut Jade" was very reserved in front of Chen Pingan.
Yao Xianzhi is only fourteen years old this year, but he has already been in the frontier army for three years. He became an official scout in the second year, and was promoted to a corps commander with his military merit. He learned the art of war from his master at a young age, but he did not like to talk too much. He was young and mature, and was very popular with the family master.
Yao Zhen’s respect.
Yao Xianzhi made no secret of his admiration for Chen Pingan. When he was being brutally hunted down by two mountain monks in the valley, it was Chen Pingan who came out of the blue and saved the children of the border army, including his grandfather Yao Zhen, with one punch.
The terrifying master who was wearing nectar armor fell back after beating him, and faced a terrifying swordsman with infinite killing power, and he was able to deal with it with ease.
Yao Xianzhi confronted Chen Pingan, and later heard from Yao Lingzhi about Chen Pingan's feats at the inn, and killed Shen Guogong's son with three punches on the spot. Yao Xianzhi dared to confront Li Li, the chief of the imperial horse supervisor, and Yao Xianzhi became even more admired.
I wish I could lead Chen Pingan's horse and feed it every day.
Chen Ping'an had a very good impression of Yao Xianzhi. He fought bloody battles in the valley and the resolute eyes of the armored boy were still fresh in his memory.
It's just that Yao Xianzhi, probably to get close to him, would always find something to say. He often made some not-so-funny jokes, such as the Southern Qi Dynasty was in the north, while the Northern Jin Dynasty was in the south. He also said that some writers who were good at writing frontier poems yearned for Daquan the most.
Among the Yao family cavalry in the frontier army, one of the great poets wanted to exchange poems for a first-class war horse, but his grandfather refused, so he held a grudge. After returning, he slandered the Yao family frontier army in the capital for ten years.
Yao Xianzhi vowed that when he came to Mirage City, he would definitely meet that gentleman.
Chen Ping'an didn't talk much, but he wasn't bored either.
Among the Yao family, Yao Lingzhi, who is the most talented in martial arts, has quite complicated feelings towards Chen Pingan. He is both grateful and in awe, but also a little unconvinced in his heart. He is also a young girl, so he is not too sure about it.
I am willing to follow Yao Xianzhi and get close to Chen Pingan.
Chen Ping'an has ridden a horse before, and even accompanied an old Taoist on a donkey ride in the Lotus Flower Blessed Land, so he knows that those so-called travels a thousand miles a day in storytellers and romance novels are all deceptive and ordinary worldly things.
Dynasty, the 800-mile express delivery of military information boxes at the post station can indeed be done, but it requires changing people and horses. There is no responsibility for killing people on the post road. Just running like this will often hurt the horse seriously, even if it is horse shoed
, or the horse's hoof may be broken directly.
The officials at the stations along the way who were responsible for the reception, as well as the local county and county yamen where the station was located, were very attentive. After all, he was a general with the prefix Zheng, the old head of the Yao family cavalry. Moreover, this was not a matter of disarming and returning to the countryside, but going to Beijing to take up the post of Minister of the Ministry of War.
, the emperor relies on him, and he has become the pillar of the court from the mainstay of the border. General Yao can probably kill several small county magistrates with a little finger. Who dares not to take it seriously?
When Yao Zhen was welcomed and sent off, he was tired of socializing and could not be said to be very enthusiastic about local officials, but he never showed the slightest domineering arrogance. He would hardly refuse the banquet of any governor. As for the warm invitation of the county governor, he would occasionally
With excuses to refuse, the county magistrate certainly did not have the courage to hold a wedding banquet for a minister without permission.
Chen Ping'an would not attend these banquets, but Pei Qian wanted to sharpen his head and dig in. Once, after hearing Yao Xianzhi's description of the names of the dishes, he became greedy and drooled. The strange thing is that Yao Zhenci
I would take Yao Lingzhi and Yao Xianzhi with me every time, but I ignored Yao Jinzhi who seemed to regard the carriage as a deep house.
This time we passed through a county with no good reputation, and it turned out to be a street sweeping style. Chen Ping'an still did not participate in it. He just left the inn with Pei Qian and Zhu Lian, intending to buy some trivial items, such as a jade hairpin.
But Yao Jinzhi left the post house for the first time and wanted to go shopping with Chen Ping'an and others.
She was still wearing the elegant and simple curtained hat that covered her skirt and neck. In fact, when the team stopped before, Yao Jinzhi would take off the curtained hat as long as no outsiders were present. Chen Pingan had seen her face many times and she was indeed beautiful.
, the beauty is even better than that of the female swordsman Immortal Sui You, according to Zhu Lian's joke, Miss Yao has such a charming appearance, in the decades when Zhu Lian has been domineering in the land of lotus flowers, he has not been able to meet anyone,
I heard that later there was a little girl from Jingxinting named Tong Qingqing. I wonder if she could be comparable to Yao Jinzhi. At that time, Chen Pingan nodded and said yes.
Zhu Lian then said that if the beauty of women in the world were calculated in terms of a hundred cents, then Yao Jinzhi and Tong Qingqing should have more than ninety cents.
Chen Ping'an didn't want to talk about other people's looks behind their backs. He only had one thought in his mind, which was that these women were born with perfection, but they were just worth a hundred cents. In his mind, Miss Yao's money was like Guyu money, gold and copper coins.
So when Chen Ping'an met a girl like Yao Jinzhi, it was just an encounter.
Chen Ping'an wanted to buy a hairpin. Yao Jinzhi said that there was a children's lane in the county that specialized in selling antiques and treasures. She followed some gossip and wanted to find tiles there, as well as an ancient lucky money called Huai Jing. Zhu
Leng Ze likes fantasy novels. As for Pei Qian, she likes and wants all valuable objects. Just by following Chen Pingan, it seems that most of her natural sinister temper has been worn away. She only wants Chen Pingan all day long.
Let her be the accountant, just like Zhong Kui in an inn. Even if she only has a few taels of silver in her pocket, she will be satisfied.
Chen Pingan ignored her at all. If he had ten cents in his waist, he would shake his clothes, and he was talking about Pei Qian.
This county town put a lot of thought into welcoming Yao Town. Yao Jinzhi explained the reason to Chen Ping'an on the way to Hao'er Lane. The county guard was from the Yao family's frontier army. By chance, after quitting the frontier army, he began to
As he climbed the local official career, I heard from the third master of the inn that he was a very ambitious young man back then.
Walking into the very long Children's Alley, there are shops of all kinds. In addition to the serious shops, there are also quite a few Baofengzhai. They look like poor scholars, most of whom come from low-income families. Most of them are cunning and have items in their baggage.
If the road is not right, if you take other paths, you may simply be a gentleman.
Chen Ping'an found these undesirable Baofuzhai transactions on the street very interesting. After the two parties had the intention to buy or sell, they went to a secluded corner and did not talk about money. They only compared the price in their big sleeves. Yao Jinzhi
Xiao Yan said that this move was jokingly called "pairing in a cage". In addition to the unique gestures that symbolize copper coins and silver, the numbers are also particular about it. The index finger socket forming a hook shape is nine, and the index finger and middle finger are overlapped to form ten.
In this children's lane, Chen Ping'an and the three of them each gained something, except Pei Qian.
Yao Jinzhi got what he wanted and bought a bunch of ancient copper coins from all dynasties, which were known as famous springs. The prices may be high or low. It doesn't matter. When Yao Jinzhi found a few tiles in a small shop, there were Taotie
There are tattoos, auspicious words written on them, and a complete set of four-god tiles. Even through the curtains and white gauze, Chen Pingan can feel her surprise.
After she went out, she had an extra package. Chen Pingan said some kind words to help carry it, but Yao Jinzhi quickly refused.
Zhu Lian bought two novels about talented scholars and beauties disguised as monsters.
Chen Pingan bought a white jade dragon hairpin. It was plain and had no seal inscriptions. The dragon pattern was simple and smooth. Chen Pingan fell in love at first sight, but thought it was a bit expensive. The shopkeeper even offered a price of eighty taels of silver, saying that it was made by the previous dynasty.
The handiwork of Master Jade is just not signed, otherwise it would not be sold for three hundred taels. If Chen Ping'an turned around and left when he was studying in the Sui Dynasty, before today, he would still have bought it.
Fortunately, Yao Jin went over to talk and bargained for thirty taels of silver. This basically meant that he had collected a jade carving passed down from generation to generation by that master, which was a daffodil. It was called Linglong Qiqiao. For this
She was very familiar with the art of carving, and she belittled the material of the Chilong jade hairpin, which made the shopkeeper speechless. He angrily cut the price in half for the lady and sold the jade hairpin to Chen Ping'an.
After leaving the shop, Chen Pingan took the small brocade box and thanked Yao Jinzhi for helping to negotiate the price. Then he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "If you tell Miss Yao like this, why do you think this hairpin is not worth thirty taels of silver?"
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Yao Jinzhi was silent for a moment, and when she was far away from the shop, she laughed softly and said: "The hairpin is really the work of that jade-picking master. Not to mention three hundred taels of silver, five hundred taels are worthy of collection, and this person admires the quality of jade."
Those who are not good will not be cured. The material of your hairpin is excellent, so good that he thinks it is the best material of jade, and the Kunlun knife dare not fall on the face of a beautiful woman. It’s just that everyone can see whether the jade in the world is good or not.
, it’s hard to say how good it is specifically, not to mention everyone’s tastes are different, so it’s hard to reach a conclusion.”
Zhu Lian smiled and nodded, not knowing whether he appreciated Yao Jinzhi's knowledge or recognized the jade-picking master's attitude towards beautiful jade.
Chen Pingan put the brocade box into his sleeve and asked with a smile: "Miss Yao really has that jade-carved narcissus?"
Yao Jinzhi smiled and said: "Those rhetorics are all copied from the book."
That means there is no more.
Pei Qian rolled her eyes. She originally thought that she would flatter her more in the future. Maybe one day Yao Jinzhi would be happy and give her the narcissus jade sculpture.
Yao Jinzhi added: "The words are indeed in the book, but that jade carving is one of my little aunt's dowry."
Chen Pingan had no choice but to smile politely.
In this regard, Miss Yao is actually quite similar to her younger brother Yao Xianzhi, but their moral conduct is deeper than his, so it won't be too embarrassing.
It can be seen that Yao Jinzhi is not difficult to get along with.
Pei Qian had already begun to flatter him, and Jiao Didi asked: "Sister Yao, are you tired? Can I help you carry the package? I am very familiar with carrying things. I will carry them all the way. I promise not to break your babies."
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Yao Jinzhi smiled and shook his head, his white gauze curtain swaying slightly.
Pei Qian was a little disappointed, but still refused to give up, "Then sister Yao, you must tell me when you feel tired. This alley is still more than 5,600 steps away from the inn. Sister Yao, you have long legs, about
Four thousand seven hundred steps is almost enough."
Yao Jinzhi could only nod.
What a weird little girl.
The four of them were walking in the bustling Children's Lane. Zhu Lian lowered his head and asked with a smile: "Do you remember the number of steps so clearly?"
Pei Qian sighed and said, "It's boring. You don't want to spend money on me anyway, so I have no choice but to find something to do. What else can I do?"
Zhu Lian laughed loudly.
To be continued...