Xing Jiao was stunned for a while, then blushed and cursed herself in her heart.

Seeing that Mr. Li who called himself Li Yan, he bent over and quickly helped him up.

"It's just a trivial matter, you don't have to be too polite." Xing Jiao smiled and said to him, "My name is Xing Jiao, just call me A Jiao."

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that this girl was so straightforward and free and easy. She immediately didn't know how to answer the conversation.

Of course, Li Yan couldn't call her Gillian.

This girl looks like a pretty girl who is not married, so she is very impolite to just call her other people’s names. How can she call her obviously intimate name like Gillian?

Besides, he just saved you. He said that he is a benefactor.

Li Yan smiled awkwardly and said, "Miss Xing, you are polite. If you hadn't helped me, you might have been carried to the clinic today."

Xing Jiao looked at Li Yan with her hands behind her back, and smiled and said, "How would the young master want to thank me? I heard that the eight buildings opened by the Hou family in Dingyuan are very famous in the capital, and Qingyun Tower is not far from the east. How about the young master asking me to drink?"

Li Yan was stunned. Unexpectedly, this girl was so generous and quite heroic.

Li Yan likes to read Li Bai's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He likes to make friends with heroes in his hometown, and likes heroic characters.

This girl is bold and stingy. Although her behavior is a bit out of style, her personality is so cool that he also appreciates her a little.

The social atmosphere was open in the late Ming Dynasty, especially Wang Yangming's study of mind swept across the country, and the people's customs were changing rapidly. It was common for gentry and officials to come out to drink.

Li Yan is not a pedantic person either.

"I dare not ask for it, I want it," Li Yan said with a smile.

The two of them came to Qingyun Tower on the back seaside. Xing Jiao was obviously a regular customer here and took him up the stairs.

As soon as Xing Jiao came up to the second floor, she shouted: "Waiter, find us a seat to look at the sea by the railing."

During this time in Beijing, Xing Jiao took her younger brother out to play a lot.

Houhai is one of the rare open waters in the capital, and it is very prosperous. Qingyun Tower is the highest-end restaurant here, with a good scenery, so she has come a lot.

When the waiter saw that it was her, he thought that this aunt was very generous in giving her rewards, so he immediately greeted her with a smile.

"This morning, the young man heard the magpies screaming, but I didn't expect that you would come to take care of the young man. Don't worry, there is no place for others to come, but how can you still have no place for you when you come?" The waiter immediately stepped forward and said flatteringly.

"Hmph, my mouth is sweet, take it and give it to you."

A piece of broken silver threw out a parabola and fell into Xiao Er's hand. He slammed his hands and found half a dollar. He smiled and his face was filled with chrysanthemum pleats, and he quickly led them to the best seat.

Li Yan smiled and looked at Xing Jiao and waiter. Unexpectedly, this girl is very different from everyone in the Ming Dynasty. She is more like a child of the world. For a moment, she couldn't guess what her origin was.

Although the ladies from officials will come out, most of them are not like this.

This table is right in front of the long floor-to-ceiling window of Linshui. It is the best location on the second floor.

There are four floors in total. The first floor is a scattered seat, the second floor is a scattered seat, and the third floor is a private room. There is a small terrace on the second floor. Through the railings, you can see the water surface of Houhai and the Yinding Bridge. The bustling street view of this area is full of views.

Li Yan held his hands behind his back and looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, sighing: "This is such a good place. I didn't expect that the capital was so prosperous."

Restaurants and shops are everywhere by the water, and the waterfront is carved and jade-made, and tourists are everywhere. The surrounding alleys are full of commercial streets, crowded with people and very popular.

In the lake are lined with black-sailed boats wandering in the water.

These boats sat guests, either tasting delicious wine or drinking tea and chatting, and talking. At the stern was a boatman rowing the oar, and the singer sat on the bow, holding the pipa and singing.

If it is lit at night, it will be a great scene in the Qinhuai River in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xing Jiao walked to him and looked out of the railing.

This is the most prosperous place in the capital and the place where the most consumer-capable people live in the capital. At the end of the water is Huangcheng North Street, which is the largest, widest and cleanest street in the capital.

"Miss, can you tell me what the magnificent building in the distance is." Li Yan looked at the building complex on the island on the south side of the Yinding Bridge and asked curiously.

Xing Jiao looked at it and said, "That is the General's Mansion of Dingyuan Marquis. It is the most impressive building complex in this capital except for the imperial palace. Legend has it that the Western Garden of General's Mansion of the Capital is the most beautiful garden in the capital. Unfortunately, it has never been opened and few people have visited it."

Like Li Yan, Xing Jiao held the railings and admired the beautiful scenery. She turned her head and asked, "Brother Li, you look like a scholar. Are you here in Beijing for the exam?"

She had long heard that Mr. Li was like her, speaking with a Henan accent, and it was obvious that the two were fellow villagers. He was a scholar and not a Beijinger. He was probably here to take the exam.

Li Yan said a little embarrassedly: "I am indeed coming to Beijing to prepare for the final exam next year."

Xing Jiao was a little surprised. Mr. Li looked like he was no older than him and was already a juren. He was really not as handsome as a person. He suddenly became a little nervous.

Compared with this young master, his background is almost a different difference.

Li Yan said: "When I was a child, my father was an official in the capital and decided on a marriage for me. He was a lady from the Tang family in Qi County. This time I came to visit Uncle Tang and decided on this marriage."

Xing Jiao felt a little disappointed. Although she saw the young master's behavior, she guessed that he was from a good background. Unexpectedly, even the marriage had been decided long ago.

Early marriage is common in this era, which is also very common.

What surprised her was that Mr. Li’s daughter-in-law, who had no place to pass the door, was actually the lady of the Tang family in Qi County.

Xing Jiao is from Henan, so she naturally knows that the Tang family is a wealthy family. She also knows how precious the ladies born in the legitimate family are.

I'm afraid this Young Master Li is not a mortal either.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "Oh, the Tang family in Qi County, I remember that the Tang family is a wealthy family in Henan. It seems that the young master is also very extraordinary." Although Xing Jiao felt a little sad, she did not show her face and asked with a smile.

Li Yan said embarrassedly: "My father was the governor of Shandong, worked with Uncle Tang, and was the Minister of War in the Tianqi Dynasty, and his name was Jingbai."

Xing Jiao sighed in her heart, it turned out to be the son of former Minister of War Li Jingbai.

No wonder Mr. Li has such a good temperament. It is said that the three generations of people have developed aristocrats and are naturally elegant. He should have thought that how could such an excellent person be of ordinary origin?

He sighed in his heart. The two of them are so different from their backgrounds, and they are even more like cars running on two roads. Today, they can have a drink with him, perhaps the biggest fate of them.

However, she is free and easy by nature. Although she falls in love at first sight, she can still take it and let it go.

Since he is already a married man, he naturally cannot do anything else, and it makes people look down on him in vain.

Seeing her silent, Li Yan turned around and asked, "What does the girl do at home?"

In history, the affairs of Li Yan and Hong Niangzi still need to be verified.

Gu Cheng believes that Li Yan may be a fictional character because there is no record in official history, but it is mostly recorded in unofficial history.

In recent years, I discovered the "Li Family Genealogy" by Li Yuanshanxiu in the 55th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty in Boai County, Henan Province. It stated that Li Yan was indeed a man, not from Qi County, but from Hanoi (now Boai). He had just lived in Qi County for a short time. His uncle was Li Chunyu, and his courtesy name was Jingbai. He was not the celebrity Minister of War Li Jingbai. And Li Mou was his cousin.

This family tree records that Chen Wangting, the founder of Chenjiagou Chen-style Tai Chi, was Li Yan's cousin. They jointly founded Tai Chi. There are long and short sentences from Chen Wangting in Tai Chi songs: Getting gifts is in vain, and I am still in this year. When I am busy, I will farm and build boxing when I am free, and teach my children and grandchildren to be convenient for them.

It can be seen that Chen Wangting participated in the war in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, but he didn't know which side he belonged to.
Chapter completed!