The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

This is the second time for Yelu Niaolu to come to Song Kingdom. Compared with the first time, he is more calm and has been looking forward to it.

The year before last, Yelu Niaolu was sent to Song State as an envoy, representing Liao State. He drew a portrait for the ruler of Song State, and met a good friend, Yun Yanhui.Although the distance between the two countries is far away, whenever someone comes to Song State, he will take the opportunity to ask someone to send a letter to say hello.

This time, Yelv Niaolu is semi-official.

Since the beginning of this year, the wind of aquatic plant landscaping has blown from the Song Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom, which has fascinated everyone in the Liao Kingdom.Even Emperor Liao was like this. Of course, Emperor Liao didn't know how to take care of it himself, but the bamboo grove listening to the meditation tank had been in his bedroom for a long time, and the palace people took care of it carefully.

This month, the State of Song will hold an exchange meeting on aquatic plant landscaping, and invites the lovers of aquatic plant landscaping in the State of Liao.

The water planted tanks in the Liao Kingdom are all high-ranking officials, and it is impossible for all of them to go to the Song Dynasty.Therefore, some people were selected almost according to the standards of the mission.

Yelu Niaolu had both the experience of going to the Song Dynasty and his high artistic attainments, so he was selected to study and exchange, and became the head of the exchange group—and also assumed the responsibility of purchasing agent.

Yelv Niaolu also raises water plants himself, and unlike others, he prefers to pick wild plants.It is said that the most elegant literati in the Song Dynasty all went to pick wild materials, instead of using ready-made raw materials sold in shops.

The aquatic plant landscape is three-dimensional. When Yelu Niaolu was playing with aquatic plants, he felt that he had a higher degree of control over the picture when painting, which made him very happy.

Yelv Niaolu knew that the organizer of this water plant landscaping exchange meeting was Kaifeng Prefecture, and the organizer was Shuijingji, and the major shareholder of Shuijingji was his good friend in Bianjing, Yun Yanhui, which made Yelu Niao Lu is more willing to go to Bianjing.

The Yeluyu crawler team arrived in Bianjing after traveling for a month. This time, because it was an "academic exchange", many officials were not visited with much fanfare, and only simple personnel came to receive them.

In addition to the Liao people, the aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting also invited people from other neighboring countries.

Seeing that Yun Yanhui was not among the people receiving the reception, Yelu Niaolu grabbed an official from the Kaifeng Mansion and asked, "I am a good friend with Yun Yanhui from the mansion. May I ask if he is in charge of receiving other missions?"

The official said with a good attitude: "You are a friend of Brother Yan, no, although Brother Yan was not assigned to receive work, but he came here today, presumably he was looking for you, but he was stumbled by something temporarily. Hold your feet."

Yelu asked bluntly, "What's the matter?"

But the official said with some hesitation: "It's... a family scandal, so it's inconvenient to publicize it."

Yelu Niaolu: "??"

Before he could ask, the official had already left in a hurry.Yelu Niaolu wondered for a long time, so he had no choice but to go to find Yunyan by himself. He found a posthouse to lead the way, and went to Kaifeng Mansion.

……

In the past two years, there have been many changes in Bianjing, not in architecture, but more novelty items sold on the street.

But Yelu Niaolu's heart was on Yun Yanhui, so he didn't take a closer look, and followed others to Kaifeng Mansion to ask for an interview.

Because of Yelv Niaolu's special status, soon the magistrate of the mansion came to receive him in person. Hearing that Yelu Niaolu came to see his friend in a private capacity, he said to take him to the living room to wait.

Considering that Yelu Niaolu was from Liao, the judge followed him closely, intending to follow him until he was sent out of the palace.

Yelu Niaolu didn't think too much, and walked to the living room with the judge.

I don't want to meet Yun Yanhui unexpectedly on the road, Yun Yanhui is chasing a cow-colored cat, but the cat is extremely agile, jumping left and right, Yun Yanhui can't catch it at all.

Yunyan ran back and shouted: "Don't run, thief cat! See if I don't kill you!"

Yelu Niaolu: "..."

Judge: "..."

Uh……

Not to mention Yelu Niaolu, even the judge felt that this kind of brother Yan is really rare.

"Brother Yan!" the judge shouted.

Yun Yan was stunned and stopped.

Yelu Niaolu greeted with embarrassment, "Yanhui, I heard that you have some housework to do, so I came to the door by myself, didn't I disturb you?"

"Ah, no, Hailin, I was just planning to visit you in the afternoon." Yunyan smiled back, "I made you laugh."

"Brother Yan, what were you doing just now? Could it be that the cat is..." The judge suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly.

Yun Yan regained her expression and became a little angry again, "Yes, it is it! Da Mao's three children are its offspring, you can tell by the color of its fur!"

Yelu Niaolu: "..."

——This is exactly what Kaifeng government officials call a family scandal.

Half a month ago, Da Mao suddenly gave birth to three kittens.

The cat is only about two months pregnant. During this period, her stomach will only swell up in the later stage, and it will not be noticeable if you don’t pay attention. Yun Yanhui has been busy with work, and she hasn’t plucked her hair for a long time, so she didn’t notice it.Therefore, until Da Mao gave birth to a child, the whole family did not know that there was a baby.

Yun Yanhui was rather displeased, the mouse catchers in the mansion have always only been active within the mansion, and each has their own territory, the kitten's father must be a wild cat outside, sneaking in and messing with the big hairy belly...!

Although this is an animal's instinct, he is still so angry that he didn't know until the child was born.Moreover, Yun Yanhui has always felt that he must control the number of times the six-maoli female cat gives birth.

After all, this is ancient times, without modern pet medical technology, the uterus of a female cat who has many children is prone to disease.

Today, Yunyan caught the tomcat peeking at Da Mao when he returned home, and immediately pounced on it, but he couldn't catch the tomcat after hiding for so long.

The judge could only comfort him, "Forget it, there will always be a chance."

"Hmm..." Yun Yanhui glanced at the direction the tomcat was running away unwillingly, and said to Yelu Niaolu, "Hai Lin, I'm sorry, I made you laugh."

Yelu Niaolu shook his head blankly, not quite understanding the attitude of the people of Kaifeng Mansion towards cats, "Then, what will happen to the child of your mother cat?"

"When they are three months old, they will be married off." Yun Yan replied.

This is the customary practice of people in the Song Dynasty. Three cats per litter is considered a small number. It is impossible to keep every cat in every litter. Kaifeng Mansion now has enough cats, and six cats are in their prime. Therefore, the kitten will be married off, that is, to someone in need.

Yelu Niaolu was very interested in the customs of the Song people, and Yun Yan told him the rules when marrying a kitten.

Yelu Niaolu was so inspired that he wanted to make a picture of hiring a raccoon slave.

"Okay, I still kept the portrait you drew for me last time." Yun Yan replied with a smile.

The two talked about the past, and Yun Yan also heard from Yelu Niaolu that their exchange group came this time with the spirit of humility and learning.

For aquatic plant lovers in Daliao, the biggest problem may be the explosion of the tank.Because they are generally rough in raising aquatic plants, and they like a lot of everything, so the phenomenon of tank explosion often happens in the end, and some people don't even take it seriously.

Yelu Niaolu said with emotion: "I have exploded the tank twelve times... Some aquatic plants are really difficult to control, but when I think of the beauty after the scene, I continue to deal with it tirelessly..."

Yun Yan comforted him back, "Take your time, everyone can discuss it at the exchange meeting."

Yelu Niaolu also showed Yunyan the tank he drew for himself. In terms of the scenery alone, it is definitely the first-class level in the aquatic and plant world of Liao. , Occasional weeds, an old man wearing a Li on the edge of the cliff is fishing.

"It's a pity that you didn't bring this tank, it's really artistic!" Yun Yan praised back.

"You still have good taste!" Yelu Niaolu complained, "Some of my colleagues even said that the scenery I made did not conform to common sense, and no one's fishing rod would be that long."

Yun Yan smiled secretly, this is clearly an artistic exaggeration.

However, although Yelu Niaolu's landscaping is good, it is still a bit lower than the domestic level of Song Dynasty. The literati and poets here are really good at playing.

……

There are still a few days before the water and plant landscaping exchange meeting will be officially held. Yelu Niaolu wanted to go to Daxiangguo Temple to see the new murals there in recent years, and Yunyan took him there when he returned.

When they arrived at Daxiangguo Temple, Yunyan went back to visit Ran and Xiaobao as usual, and put Yelu Niaolu in the hall, anyway, he would not move for several hours after seeing it.

No, I saw Shuang Yi outside the courtyard first.

"Shuangyi, why are you here?" Yunyan called back to Shuangyi who was sitting on the wall resting her chin on the wall.

Shuang Yi jumped down with his hands on the wall, pointed to the courtyard, "Send someone with a broken leg over here to have his bone set."

The courtyard door was open, and Yun Yan went back to look inside. Although the patient could not be seen, Xiao Bao was indeed dispensing the medicine, and there was a gentle young man standing beside him, staring at Xiao Bao's movements, asking a question from time to time I don't know if it's a pilgrim or a family member.

Yun Yan replied: "Oh! Why did you break a human leg again!"

The young man inside looked over in astonishment.

Yunyan covered her mouth back, feeling that her voice was a little louder accidentally.

Shuangyi was anxious, "What nonsense, he was hit by a carriage, I kindly sent him to the doctor!"

Yun Yan replied awkwardly: "I misunderstood you..."

Yun Yanhui deeply felt that she could not be blamed, Shuangyi had a brilliant record.

Shuangyi said angrily: "You don't care about me at all, when did I hurt someone and send him to see a doctor?"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

The young man inside: "..."

Yun Yan whispered back: "Stop talking, who is that inside?" He felt that the man was frightened.

"I don't know, a passer-by from other places insisted on helping me, and sent someone over together, saying that I, a weak woman, couldn't carry the patient, but I almost carried him with me." Shuangyi also whispered, "The body is too weak."

"That's kind-hearted." Yun Yan said back, and walked in.

"Brother Yan." Xiaobao called out, and introduced to the people beside him, "Benefactor Shen, that's my brother, Yun Yanhui."

"Shen Benefactor" heard the name, but his eyes widened a bit, "Yun Yanhui? But the inventor of scented tea, that Yun Yanhui?"

Several people present were stunned, didn't they say that this is a foreigner?How do you even know this kind of thing that most locals don't know?

Yun Yan looked back and looked again, confirming that she did not know this person, "Excuse me, brother...?"

The benefactor Shen blushed, cupped his hands and said: "Shen Kuo, a person from Qiantang, who traveled to Beijing with his father in the character deposit, just because he heard about Yunlang's deeds a long time ago, he lost his composure a little, please forgive me."

Yun Yan covered her mouth with tears in her eyes.

Everyone: "???"

Shuangyi: "What's wrong with Brother Yan, you lost your composure?!"

"It's nothing." Yun Yan covered her face and said to herself, "Hey! I want to leave my name in history..."