[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

It's interesting to say that the palace city of the Song Dynasty was surrounded by Shifang, and it was the most suffocating.What's even more peculiar is that a tall building was built outside the palace wall, and a pennant was picked up, which was used as a place for drinking tea and wine, welcoming guests from all over the world, climbing to a high place, wearing embroidered doors, and looking down on carved scorpions, you can see the palace. condition.The owner of the shop is also a strange person, he specially set up a private seat at the cheapest place overlooking the palace, surrounded by curtains, and if the bid is high, he can invite someone with excellent eyesight to explain the situation in the palace for them.The emperor also suffered from this building for a long time, but the ministers unanimously dissuaded the emperor from ordering the demolition of the building, so he had to give up.

Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun were going to this place.Just in case of fine weather, the seats were already sold out.Bai Yutang heard that there were no more seats available, so he discussed with the shop owner that he could stand on the ground and wait until someone vacated a seat.The shop owner said: "To tell you the truth, there are still a few people waiting to see. I'm afraid you won't be able to find a seat after watching."

Bai Yutang said: "Don't worry about it, we can just stand and watch it for too long."

The shopkeeper couldn't help it, so he agreed and led them upstairs.

When they reached the place, someone was coming out of the private room in a four-wheeled vehicle.Sitting in the car was a young gentleman, wearing a crown and a green robe, with the attitude of a bright moon in his arms; the one pushing him was a handsome woman, and the two of them cuddled together, they should be a young couple.It was Mei He and Pang Yu.

Pang Yu smiled wryly, and said to his wife next to him, "Yan'er, what she did was unnecessary."

Mei He responded to him: "She originally had good intentions, the only thing I owe is that I don't know the situation, when the time comes, let Can'er enter the palace and talk to her, just let me know."

Pang Yu asked, "You mentioned Can'er—where has he been these past few days?"

Mei He shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

The two were talking, when the shopkeeper saw them, he bowed to them repeatedly and said, "Don't you two stop watching?"

Pang Yu looked at him and nodded, but saw Bai Yutang and Lu Caishu who were following behind him, he couldn't help but looked at them and said with a smile: "I know you two." After speaking, he turned his gaze to Bai Yutang and asked, "But young hero Bai Yutang from the empty island?" ?” At the end, she turned to Lu Caichun again and asked, “Your surname is Lu?”

Lu and Bai met them in the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, so naturally they also knew Pang Mei and his wife, but these two are the son and daughter-in-law of Pang Taishi after all, so they should not get too close, so they just bowed their hands to them and said: "It's exactly .”

Seeing Lu Caichun, Mei He smiled and said, "I seem to have seen a girl in Pang's residence before?"

When Lu Caichun heard this, she was a little embarrassed, after all, she pretended to be a servant girl and sneaked into the Pang family's mansion, and it was not honorable to put it on the bright side.

Bai Yutang asked: "What's the matter, Your Excellency?"

Pang Yu asked: "I see that all the private seats in the attic are full, how about—" He turned to look at the shop owner, and said, "I remember this private room was booked for half a day, and now my wife and I have to go first. Let the private room be reserved for these two, okay?"

The shopkeeper naturally agreed.

Bai Yutang said: "Then thank you both for your kindness."

Pang Yu smiled, watched him nod his head slightly, then turned his head and said to Mei He, "Let's go."

The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted the waiter to carry the four-wheeled cart downstairs, then turned around and continued to greet Lu and Bai.

Looking at it from that upstairs, I feel that it is very vast and far away. The Yanyun mountain and trees in Kaifeng can be seen in the panoramic view, which makes people feel broad-minded and relaxed and happy.Sitting down in the curtain, a servant boy came forward with a copper pot in his hand, sifting tea and pouring water, very attentive.There are also maids who burn incense and divas who lead their throats, and are so romantic and indescribable.

The shopkeeper who came up looked around, and said to Lu and Bai, "You two are really lucky. This is the place where you can see the palace most clearly in the private seat. It was booked for someone yesterday, but I don't know where it is today. Why did the two guests just look at it for a moment and then left."

Bai Yutang asked casually: "I don't know who booked the private seat for the second son of the Pang family?"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper unexpectedly replied: "He is from the palace—he really has a lot of background."

Bai Yutang asked again: "Does the owner know the second son of the Pang family?"

The shop owner said: "Although I have heard - I know that he is disabled and married a lady from the Mei family, but I don't know anything else. I have only met him a few times, and I am not familiar with him. But the eldest son of the Pang family, that is, Marquis An Le, who has been stripped of his title, often comes to the building, so he knows better."

When Lu Caichun heard the words, he said, "May the shop owner wish to talk more about the eldest son of the Pang family?"

The shop owner asked: "What do you two want to hear? Is it his food and clothing, or his relationship?"

Bai Yutang said: "Just tell me who he often meets in the building."

The shop owner said: "After Concubine Pang became a concubine, he came to the building every now and then to look at the situation in the palace. Usually, the people who came with him were well-known playboys in the capital. He also often met down-and-out literati and got together to drink and talk. It's nothing more than people in the capital. The villain sees them, and there are no strangers. But—”

Lu Caichun asked, "But what?"

The shop owner said: "One time, he entered the building with a master who didn't know where he came from. They ate wine and chatted until dawn. The master was so grand that the guards stood outside the door for several times. My buddy and I went in to serve him. When I was in office, I heard Mr. Pang Jia Dalang call that master as 'Prince'. I don't know where the prince is, he came to the capital to see the Holy One. After that, Mr. Pang Jia Da Lang didn't come to our building very often."

After hearing this, Bai Yutang felt that there was nothing unusual, so he turned his eyes to the palace wall below.First, I saw the emperor sitting high on the stage, with a beautiful woman in costume leaning beside him.Seeing that he had no intention of listening to Pang Jiong's affairs, the innkeeper followed him to look at the palace wall downstairs, pointed to the beauty sitting beside the emperor, and said, "That's Concubine Pang, the huge Lang's sister."

Lu Caichun recalled what Pang Jiong said about Pang Yu, saying that he was "the second younger brother from a concubine", and he was not born of the same mother, so he asked: "That is to say, Pang Guifei and Pang Yu were not born of the same mother?"

The owner of the inn said: "The girl guessed right - the Pang family's Dalang and the imperial concubine were born to the same mother, a pair of children from the main wife of Pang Taishi; the Pang's Erlang was born in the concubine, and it is said that the lady gave birth to the Pang's family. After Saburo, he died soon after."

Lu Caichun nodded, remembering that Pang Can was almost inseparable from his second brother in the Kaifeng mansion, who turned out to be the brother of a compatriot.

Bai Yutang heard the two of them talking, and couldn't help sighing: "Shouldn't it be the empress who sits in charge? Concubine Pang is really pampered."

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Maybe this is the majesty's special invitation to perform tricks for the noble concubine. How can there be any chance of alarming the queen?"

When I looked down again, I saw that in the backyard of the imperial palace where Qionghua Yaocao grew, a long pole was raised from the ground, and a pennant embroidered with Baize was hung on the stem, and Lu Fangzheng was looking up plate by plate, deftly. He quickly took the pennant and held it in his hands. When he loosened his legs, he slid back to the ground like a bead on an abacus. Holding the pennant in his hand, he presented it to the emperor sitting under the canopy.

Lu Caichun called out: "Fifth Brother, look, the one who is running on the flagpole is the famous squirrel?" Lu Caichun didn't want to reveal that he was acquainted with the four of them. When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't help asking and being suspicious.

Bai Yutang knew what she was worried about, so he said, "I heard that this squirrel is good at climbing high places, and he is a righteous man from the Sinking Island in Songjiang Prefecture. In the past, when water thieves broke into near the Sinking Island, he would lead the villagers He went to drive away the fishing boat. He stood at the bow and couldn’t see the other party’s situation, so he set up the mast and went to detect the formation of water thieves.”

The owner of the store said: "He is a different person, but it's not good to get such a nickname?"

Lu Caichun asked, "What's wrong?"

The owner of the store said: "'Drilling the Sky Mouse' violated the Holy Majesty's offense, and must be corrected."

Lu and Bai heard these words in their ears, but they seemed to be rubbing sand in their hearts, which made them very uncomfortable.Bai Yutang looked at the store owner and waved his hand: "Master, let's go and rest first, the sun is so bright here, I'm afraid you will be exposed to the sun."

The shopkeeper knew that this gentleman hated him, and said "I'm afraid of being exposed to the sun", but in fact he chased people "Don't block the eyes". Although I don't know what offended this gentleman, he could only smile. Withdrew.

Looking at the palace wall again, it was Han Zhang who changed.Han Zhang was good at darts, but when the eunuch Huangmen released a cage of pigeons, Han Zhang raised his hand to throw darts all over the sky, and he shot one of them without landing.The spectators upstairs didn't expect to see such a good show today, and they were surprised when they saw it. When the pigeon landed on the ground, they immediately applauded.Bai Yutang said: "Second brother hasn't used his full strength yet, he is also a master of minecraft."

Lu Caichun has long seen Xu Qing's ability to "cross the mountain mouse".I saw him burrowing into the cave of the rockery, and after a while of burning incense, he sprang out from the cave on the other side, covered with moss and vines, which was both funny and cute, causing everyone to clap their hands and laugh.

It's Jiang Ping's turn.The emperor beckoned to a yellow door and whispered something in his ear.Not long after, a box was brought up by the yellow door, and the lid was opened, revealing a green object underneath, because they were so far apart, neither Lu Bai nor Lu Bai could clearly see what it was.

I only heard someone on the side shouting: "I know this, this is the favorite of the Holy One. It was originally a toad, but it had a body like an emerald, covered with gold spots, and the eye circles were also two rounds of gold. What's more strange is that This treasure has only three legs, so it is called the three-legged golden-eyed green toad, which is the most spiritual. I don’t know if the Holy One asked people to hold this thing, but how to test this strange man.”

As soon as the person upstairs finished speaking, the Yellow Gate filled a wooden bucket with golden-eyed green toad, and drove a boat to the center of Yuchi. He dumped the water and green toad into the pool, causing people upstairs to discuss .Bai Yutang said: "Fourth brother is very good at swimming, so he is called 'Huanjiang Rat'. This is probably because the Holy One is going to test his water skills."

Lu Caichun squinted his eyes, looked carefully, and saw Jiang Ping took off his clothes and put on the water support held by the yellow gate, turned over and jumped into the water, the momentum of entering the water was like a dragon like a carp, and everyone upstairs cheered again.

After entering the water for half a stick of incense, there was no movement in the water.The people upstairs were anxiously waiting, and whispered to each other about the life and death of the martyr who entered the water.Lu Caichun frowned and said, "This fourth brother won't play tricks and hurt himself?"

Bai Yutang shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate fourth brother's water skills, he can sleep in the water for several months, and he is no different from a fish and dragon."

Suddenly, a black shadow floated on the water.Everyone upstairs was afraid that a corpse would float up, so they hurriedly asked the young man with good eyesight to describe the situation in detail.I just heard the young man laughing and saying: "Don't worry, gentlemen, this righteous man is kneeling and worshiping on the pilgrimage in the water. Look, everyone——"

I saw the black shadow in the water poking its head up, clasped its hands above its head, opened its palms, and saw Bichan squatting in its palms.

The people upstairs cheered like boiling water in a tripod.

Lu Caichun twitched her brows twice, and said to herself: You have to kneel and salute in the water, fourth brother is really respectful.Thinking of this, she suddenly lost interest, and she was faintly glad that Bai Yutang did not enter the palace to perform.