Chapter 73 Encountering an old friend
Laba just passed, and the New Year is approaching.
The weather was good these days, and the Shenjing City, which had experienced ice and snow, began to warm up. The white snow inside and outside the Shenjing City is now transformed into a distant mountain, with only a little white snow. Under the cover of the warm sun, Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger walked on the streets of Shenjing City, following Su Yang, the people who were following Su Yang, were Shangguan Xianger's maid Xia Qing, and the other was Li Yuan, who dared to resist the King of Qi in the imperial city.
After taking the peach, Shangguan Xianger was in seclusion for a long time. After finally leaving the seclusion, she heard Yan Ruyu go to the Wheel King's Mansion, Jinse presided over the editing of Buddhist scriptures, Chunyan helped to cast silver coins, Sun Li compiled medical scriptures, helped Tiangong Academy make various equipment, so as to make pills or observe the condition.
In this way, among the sisters, only Shangguan Xianger had nothing to do. She cultivated her skills with her peaches and wanted to leave the imperial city and kill evil spirits. Su Yang happened to know that there were a nest of monsters in Shenjing City, so he took Shangguan Xianger away from the imperial city and walked on the streets of Shenjing City.
In today's world, the new emperor ascended the throne and the new policy was gradually implemented. The people all benefited from the new policy and had a new spirit. Most of the people living in Shenjing City were Yinshiren's families. The weather is good now, and they all took to the streets, men and women, like ants.
"That's right, there is a prison student in Jiaxing who is in his thirties and born to be stingy. Although the family has a wealth of thousands of yuan, the cost of servants has always been harsh. A maid only has half a liter of food a day, and a servant only gives Liuhe food..."
There were many people surrounding the front, and there was a quiet voice coming.
When Shangguan Xianger heard this voice, she forgot about her intention to kill demons and eliminate demons. Qiqi Aiai looked at Su Yang and wanted to join in the fun.
Su Yang looked at Li Yuan, and Li Yuan immediately stepped forward, pulled the person inside and pulled it out, trying to give up the place for Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger.
“What do you do?”
The person who was pulled by Li Yuan turned around and grabbed Li Yuan's arm directly, shouting dissatisfiedly: "What are you pulling me to do?"
Li Yuan is quite old, but the person who was pulled by Li Yuan is in his prime. The two of them are having fun here, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Give Way!"
Li Yuan frowned. He was also from the imperial city. When he frowned, he also had a momentum of being arrogant without anger.
But with such a momentum, the young man smiled and looked at Li Yuan and said, "The new emperor has ascended the throne, and the new policy has been issued. Are you a bully who is not dead yet? You still have to make trouble on the street? Want to go to the yamen with me to try the killing stick?"
Since Su Yang ascended the throne, he issued several edicts and liquidated many people. Now many officials have put away their tails, especially in Shenjing City, where wealthy families often close their households, and the servants in their families have no previous arrogance.
And the people of the Shenjing City who came out to promote people have not seen each other for a while.
“Bold!”
Li Yuan scolded sternly: "If you go to the yamen with me, I'm afraid..."
"alright!"
Su Yang stopped talking, you followed him to the yamen. Should you do anything today?
It was Li Yuan who was beside him today, and Su Yang called him out together. However, from his words and actions, Su Yang still felt that this person was a habit of being arrogant. If the adopted son was by his side, he would definitely be able to handle things well and there would be no such conflict.
Su Yang stepped forward and bowed to the young man, laughed and said, "The old servant in the family hasn't been out for a long time, so everyone has laughed. There is a little money here..."
Su Yang took out a newly minted silver coin from his arms and handed it to the young man.
Silver coins are made with a stamping machine, one or two, one on one side is peony and the other on the other side is the amount. This coin craft is unprecedented in this world and is highly praised once it has appeared. Many people exchanged silver coins with money houses and kept these coins at home.
Therefore, after this coin was circulated, everyone loved it.
When the young man looked at the coins, he smiled at Su Yang and said, "Young Master wants to watch a rat show with his wife. Please... Please let me go, the young master spends money."
Rat play?
Shangguan Xianger was full of surprise, but Su Yang knew in his heart that this kind of rat show was a street show, and most of the people next to him were free. Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger spent money to enter the venue, and the people next to him knew that it was paid, so they immediately made room for Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger.
When the person who was fiddling in the rat show saw Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger, he also smiled and handed over the small stool next to him, let Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger sit down. Li Yuan and Xia Qing stood behind Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger respectively, and then the person who performed the rat show continued to perform.
Today's plays are about a stingy student who has a wealth of wealth in his family, but he is stingy and unwilling to pay. After his wife passed away, he never married her. Later, a widow also had a lot of money in his family. As soon as the stingy student and his widow brother talked, he betrothed the widow to him. All the money for the marriage was paid by the widow.
The widow got a lot of money from the dowry, but after she got married to the prison student's house, she would eat simple food and save money every day. As a result, the widow couldn't bear it anymore and asked her brother to take the prison student out and swept away all the money from the prison student's house.
In the end, the student in charge had nothing to do because he was greedy for money. He regretted that if his family still had money, he would definitely be able to have a day of Lantern Festival.
The main house sitting there used ventriloquy, while the rat was wearing small clothes and walking on the ground with two feet, performing vividly. Especially when the two rats were in the bridal chamber, the group of people around him gathered here to watch the rats perform various poses. The common people next to him made a sound, and they said they had learned it. Shangguan Xianger was so embarrassed that she was red.
"Okay, it's pretty good."
After the rat show, Su Yang took out a handful of coins from his arms and placed them directly on the copper plate of the artist.
Shangguan Xiang'er's face turned red and followed Su Yang to retreat from the crowd.
"This kind of opera..."
Shangguan Xianger pulled the corner of Su Yang's clothes and had a fever on her face.
“It’s quite interesting.”
Su Yang replied with a smile.
There are also records of rat plays in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, but there is only one passage.
One person was playing rats in Chang'an. He carried a bag and stored more than ten mice in it. Every time he came out of a small wooden frame and placed it on his shoulders, it looked like a theater. He then slapped the drum board and sang ancient zaju. As soon as the song moved, a rat came out of the bag, covered with a mask, dressed in a small costume, climbed the tower on his back, and danced. The joys and sorrows of men and women were all in the play.
In other words, in the records of the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, people are singing songs and mice are performing songs. What Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger see now is people are talking about books and mice are performing.
These mice are not very intelligent, but they are smarter than ordinary mice. They think they are the things they feed.
"Young Master Su, we meet again."
Suddenly, someone bowed to Su Yang.
Su Yang looked over when he heard the sound. Seeing that the man was wearing a blue cotton coat, his clothes were clean and his manners were well-behaved. He naturally had a poetic and literary demeanor on his body. He immediately smiled and said, "Feng Xiangru!"
The person in front of me was Miss Hongyu's first love. Now she has married the Wei family. The couple is harmonious and have a happy life. As the scientific examination is approaching, Feng Xiangru also came to the capital from Guangping.
"After a long time no see, you are getting more and more energetic."
Su Yang smiled when he saw Feng Xiangru.
"Relying on the help of the young master and the current emperor, Feng Xiangru has today."
Feng Xiangru bowed to the imperial city and said humbly.
The young master and the current emperor...
Shangguan Xianger looked at Su Yang, isn’t this alone?
But in Feng Xiangru's view, the person who rescued his wife on that day was Su Yang, and then in the yamen, the current emperor Chen Yang rescued their father and son from Zheng Xiong and others.
There is no avatar of Su Yang on the circulating silver dollar, otherwise Feng Xiangru could recognize Su Yang at a glance, so there would be no such misunderstanding.
"Xiangru was deeply trapped on that day and could not protect himself. The young master's rescue of his inner son has never been rewarded. Today I am lucky to see the young master again in Shenjing. Please give me the young master's face and let me take a look. Please drink a few glasses of wine to give Quan Xiangru a little bit of your heart."
Feng Xiangru was in Shenjing City, with nothing but a little money, and he really couldn't come up with anything else.
"Okay, we just happened to reminisce about the past."
This is also considered a reunion of old friends, so Su Yang agreed.
Feng Xiangru led the way, Su Yang and Shangguan Xianger followed closely, and then came to a restaurant.
Shangguan Xianger walked into the restaurant and saw that the layout was elegant, with winter flowers placed on the windowsill, and there were a few bamboos and two plum blossoms in the courtyard, adding some colors to this winter season.
"I have seen this restaurant several times, and the layout is elegant, and the wine in it is said to be also fine wine."
Feng Xiangru greeted Su Yang, Shangguan Xianger sat down, and Li Yuan and Xia Qing were entertained by Feng Xiangru to sit on another table, and then sat together. The two of them talked about gossip. Feng Xiangru said that since Su Yang and the current emperor helped, Feng Xiangru almost crawled from hell to the fairyland, with a wealthy family, and he worked hard to study. He did not want to come and did not want to sell himself to the King of Qi. However, when he heard the prince ascended the throne, he hurried from Guangping to Shenjing City, and was living with a scholar from Zhejiang.
"The scholar's surname is Ning?"
When Su Yang heard this, his heart moved. With his skills at this moment, he already knew who this person was.
Feng Xiangru immediately asked about Su Yang's situation.
"I am a wanderer, traveling around the world, traveling to Yishui, Qingyun, Jinling, Hangzhou, Shaanxi, Guangdong and other places. I have recently gotten married and settled in the capital."
Su Yang responded with a smile, pointed at Shangguan Xianger, and introduced that this was the inner son.
"Gonggong Feng, Master Su."
A voice came from the left, Feng Xiangru's roommate came from the outside, saw Feng Xiangru and Su Yang, and was overjoyed and came forward to greet him.
"Ning Caichen, long time no see."
Feng Xiangru's roommate surnamed Ning was Ning Caichen who Su Yang met while inspecting the goose in Hangzhou.
"It's rare that the young master still remembers me."
Ning Caichen bowed and smiled, saying, "My friend urged me very quickly that day, and I never talked to the young master in depth. My master's handwriting was only imitated by one or two, and I felt that my calligraphy had made great progress."
All three knew each other, so Ning Caichen naturally sat down.
"Why haven't I heard you mention the judgment?"
Feng Xiangru asked in surprise.
The two of them have slept together recently, and they are both loyal and loyal. They can talk about everything, but Feng Xiangru has never heard of the matter of judging the book.
"It was Mr. Su's handwriting, and his writing and ink were magnificent. In Xiaosheng's opinion, he could already be compared with the famous people who have been around forever."
Ning Caichen said, "It's a pity for this handwritten book. When I was in Jinhua, I met a strange woman who was very beautiful. She was so weird that she robbed the verdict without saying anything. She asked where the book came from. I told the situation of the young master that day, and said that his wife and family were on the side. The young master listened to the goose. The woman's expression changed a few times. Finally, she took the verdict and covered her face. But after a turn, she couldn't find her. I don't know where she was hiding. I searched for it for a long time and didn't find it. I deeply regret it."
"See you goodbye to the young master today. No matter what, you have to be shameless. Please write another post."
Ning Caichen bowed and said.
"A small matter."
Su Yang said with a smile.
Ning Caichen thought he missed the book, but in Su Yang's opinion, he missed Nie Xiaoqian.
However, with Yan Chixia saving his wife, Ning Caichen would not care too much even if he missed this elf female ghost. After all, he was "unparalleled in life". When his wife was alive, Ning Caichen never took a concubine. After his wife passed away, she married Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen took a concubine again.
It can be seen that in Ning Caichen's heart, Nie Xiaoqian's status is far inferior to his wife.
"What is a geese?"
Shangguan Xianger asked strangely.
Feng Xiangru looked at Shangguan Xianger, wasn’t this a wife and family? Why didn’t you know?
Then Feng Xiangru looked at Su Yang.
"It wasn't her with me at that time."
Su Yang responded calmly.
ps: I will delay the update for four or five minutes later. It will be around four or five o'clock tomorrow morning. A little thing will be delayed. But then, I will do it this time no matter what. There will be one or two updates before twelve o'clock.
Chapter completed!