Sha Po Lang

The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is not harsh, and some vegetation that can withstand the cold is even green, but for some reason, people walking through it feel that this place is not much warmer than the capital city with heavy snow and frost.

There is a group of steam carriages on the official road, escorted by more than a dozen knights on both sides, and a few carriages behind are pulling things. The leader is sitting, and a string of colorful bells is hung on the curtain.An eight or nine-year-old girl opened the curtain of the car with a "jingling" sound, glanced out, and said to the leading man on horseback, "Daddy, are we late?"

Hearing the sound, a knight on horseback pushed up his windshield slightly. It was a middle-aged man with a pale face and some lines around his eyes, probably because he had been in the army for a long time. That girl, his complexion softened inconceivably: "It's not too late, just sit down obediently and don't poke your head out, and be careful not to catch the wind—tell your mother to slow down, this old bone of father will soon be unable to catch up with her."

There was a woman dressed as a woman in the car, she couldn't tell her age, she smiled when she heard the sound, raised her hand and patted the iron puppet driving the car twice, the speed of the car slowed down obviously, she took down a piano and put it on. On his knees, he bounced off the bumps without haste.

The leisurely three plum blossoms sprinkled all the way along the rut.

This is the second year of the new calendar, New Year's Eve.

This time Shen Yi happened to be patrolling the garrison in the south of the Yangtze River, anyway he couldn't go home during the Chinese New Year, so fortunately he asked someone to bring his wife and daughter over, and the whole family went to the "hometown" in the south of the Yangtze River to celebrate the New Year and have dinner together.

"Guyuan", also known as "Guyuan", is a Jiangnan villa that Gu Yun exchanged with the Emperor Taishi for the beacon ticket subscribed by the Marquis of Anding back then. This deal is really not worthwhile when you think about it, because it took a long time to exchange Zhuangzi, but in the end it still earned points. Half of the emperor, and the one who counts at home is still others.

But anyway, Gu Shuai has always been extravagant with his private property, and it's not a day or two that he doesn't know how to count, so he must be used to suffering.

Shen Yi and his party arrived at the hometown in the evening.

The hometown is backed by mountains and facing the water. From a distance, you can see rows of steam lamps in the Zhuangzi. It seems that because of the Chinese New Year, the group of lamps has been replaced by a water-filled red shade, and the light is warmly rendered in one piece, which is really beautiful.There is no road at the main entrance of Zhuangzi, but a water pavilion. Visitors have to pass through a winding floating corridor on the water, and the carriages and horses have to detour and arrange elsewhere.There is a welcoming pavilion on the floating corridor, and the wind-shielding curtain has been hung early, and a steam heater is built inside, and the smoke flows out curlingly, and spreads out on the water, as if flying through the clouds.

Seeing this, Shen Yi's personal soldiers came forward to hand over the name card, but before he had finished declaring his family name, someone from the booth lifted the curtain to welcome him out, and said with a smile: "I haven't finished a cup of tea, you will arrive soon."

Shen Yi took a closer look, was startled, and hurriedly got off his horse.I saw the person coming out of the pavilion with hair like ink satin, standing with his hands behind his back, it was not the Supreme Emperor himself.No matter how big Shen Yi's face was, he didn't dare to let the Supreme Emperor wait for him, he hurriedly prepared to go forward to pay respects, but before he bent down, Chang Geng waved his hand impatiently, and called his little daughter Shen Yan over .

Shen Yan didn't look at her father's face, she happily ran forward and shouted: "Uncle Li!"

Chang Geng glanced at Shen Yi with a half-smile: "Bookworm—come Yan'er, is it cold? Where's your elder brother?"

Shen Yan said: "Brother, get Uncle Xiao Ge to arrest him!"

After receiving a letter to announce his old age, the Spiritual Shuyuan was handed over to Ge Chen. Shen Yi's eldest son perfectly inherited his father's "rebellious love of lighters". Rolled all the way to the University, rolled all the way into the Lingshu Academy, and became Ge Chen's disciple.

Chang Geng took the little girl's hand and teased her, "What are you doing?"

Shen Yan gestured with both hands in front of her chest: "Be a big eagle."

Chang Geng laughed, and then took out a wooden diorama from his bosom. It was in the shape of a peacock. The pictures that can be switched, those pictures are like fine brushwork drawing, and they have the meaning of foreigner's painting. It can't be seen that it is a mixed school, but it is very delicate anyway.

Chang Geng said: "Your elder brother will be a big eagle, and Uncle Li will also give you a small one. The sparrow is the spirit of all birds. In the future, when Yan'er grows up, she will be able to compete with elder brother."

When Shen Yan was young, her parents were often not in the capital, and when it was inconvenient to take her with them, they would send her to the Marquis of Anding. Before she was five years old, she almost grew up under Chang Geng's nose. Give what you want, smile so hard that you can't see your teeth.

Shen Yi thought it was a Western tribute, and hurriedly said: "Children don't distinguish between good and bad, Your Majesty, don't give her something too expensive..."

"Where, the one in our family did it by himself when he had nothing to do." Chang Geng waved his hand, "He said he was going out to meet you, but he caught a cold these two days, but I didn't let him. Brother Ji Ping, don't pick on him. reason."

Shen Yixin said, the old man was lying at home by himself and ordered the Supreme Emperor to go out to meet the guests, who would dare to pick on the old man?

Chen Qingxu's eyes glanced at the things in her daughter's hands, and then fell on the wooden hairpin on the head of the Supreme Emperor thoughtfully. She only felt that the wooden hairpin's cutting method was exactly the same as that of the sparrow's feathers, obviously from the same Looking at Chang Geng's attire, there is no mystery at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it is full of attention to detail, very much like that of a nobleman from an aristocratic family back then—extravagant and extremely lustful without being conspicuous.

Chen Qingxu said with a smile: "Your Majesty's innovation and replacement can be described as ups and downs. Nowadays, there are countless kinds of exotic clothes in the whole country, and there are several sets of fashions a year, which makes people overwhelmed. See you, I didn't want to talk about new things everywhere, but here, Your Majesty has left the most authentic old fashion."

Chang Geng followed her words and looked down, with a funny and helpless look on his face, he shook his head and said, "How can I pay attention to these things."

That's true--Chen Qingxu still remembers the scene of this young majesty when he went to the rivers and lakes, and he brought two or three sets of clothes to support the scene. After all, he was an emperor from the countryside, and he was not a particular person in his bones.Chen Qingxu lowered her head and smiled, knowing in her heart that this was the "joy of the boudoir" of that person.

Gu Yun is a very interesting person.

On the one hand, he's pretty good at it.When he was young, he lived in the frontier for a long time, and he was displaced between the army and the army, so he couldn't make do with it.He could swallow dough cakes as hard as iron and half-baked meat strips with blood on his face. In the dungeon, he shared a bed with a mouse on a straw pillow, and he never saw him unable to sleep.

But "being able to make do with it" does not mean that he has a rough life. In the final analysis, Gu Yun is still a dandy seedling. Although he is often suppressed by the world, he can still grow up by giving him some sunshine.Once he is allowed to free up his hands to toss, he will definitely be able to produce some results.In this hometown, from the waterside pavilions where the horses get off the horses and sedan chairs at the gate, to the small pavilions where the water flows in the garden, the plum groves where you can smell the fragrance while walking on the snow, the kites that you can climb high and look far away, and the corridor rockery with the eaves connected... .

Most of the inscriptions on the plaque were Gu Yun's handwriting, and there were small poems added by Chang Geng next to some places. These two people really have a leisurely relationship.

This situation and this situation are completely different from the desolate and haunted Marquis Mansion back then. Shen Yi was stunned when he saw it, and thought: "It's fortunate that the old Marquis was cruel back then, otherwise he would have grown up if he had been allowed to play freely. What the hell?"

Shen Yan suddenly asked; "Uncle Li, what are you doing?"

She stretched out her finger and saw a big iron puppet on the roof, which was more than two people tall. There was only a frame, and the outer skin hadn't been installed yet, and several people were running around it in a hurry.

Chang Geng glanced at her fingers, and his expression changed immediately: "Gu Zixi, come down for me!"

Hearing the sound, a person on the roof turned around and smiled at him. It was the old and disrespectful Gu Yun. Except for a little gray on his temples, he hasn't changed much over the years, which shows that he has been taken care of really carefully.

Gu Yun was instructing the people in the room to fiddle with the half-filled iron puppet. When he saw Shen Yan, his eyes lit up. Before he could say hello, there was a sudden exclamation from behind, and then a strong wind came. The puppet didn't know what mechanism was touched, and suddenly turned in a circle on the spot. It held a three-foot-long iron fan bone in its hand, and swept towards Gu Yun's waist.

Shen Yan exclaimed: "Oh!"

Gu Yun's reaction was extremely quick, he leaned up and bent down, the iron fan brushed against his belt and swung it away, then he turned around and jumped down from the roof, landed lightly on the ground, flicking the hem of his clothes.Shen Yan opened her mouth wide, and Gu Yun lifted her up and turned her around: "The little beauty has grown a lot taller."

Shen Yan wrinkled her nose.

Gu Yun stretched out his hand and scratched the tip of her nose: "But one tael is not heavy, is it because your father is stingy and won't buy you delicious food?"

When the little girl heard that she had grown into a "thin and tall strip", she immediately smiled.

After coaxing this, Gu Yun looked up at Chen Qingxu again, and said with a smile, "How is Miss Chen?"

Chen Qingxu is calm by nature and doesn't like other people's exaggerated words, but when he hears the word "Ms. Chen", don't mention it too much - when she first married Shen Yi, Chen Qingxu was willing to be called her by others. "Young Madam", but now, it has been 20 years, and my son is almost able to set up a family. Seeing that "Young Madam" is about to become "Old Madam".

"Madam" sounds respectful, but how can a "girl" look young?

Chen Qingxu smiled at him for the first time: "I miss you, Gu Shuai."

Gu Yun amused the two beauties, one big and one small, with a few words, and then patted Shen Yi's shoulder perfunctorily.

Shen Yi, who hadn't captured the essence of this person for many years, sneered sourly beside him: "It's a great luck that the commander still remembers such a living creature."

Huo Dan ran out from the inside three steps at a time and welcomed the guests in. Gu Yun was a step behind and was about to lift his leg when Chang Geng grabbed his wrist and whispered in his ear: "Last night there was someone Tell me that his back hurts and he can't touch it, why did I see that he was very agile when he went to the house today?"

Gu Yun rubbed his nose: "Well... It hurt yesterday, but today is better, people are like new every day, so that we can live up to the beauty of the good days, right?"

Before he finished speaking, he felt a hand meaningfully caressing his back gently, and finally touched his waist. Chang Geng gritted his teeth lightly: "Yefu said .”

Gu Yun shivered inexplicably, feeling that he would not die well today, so he hurriedly said: "Today's New Year's Eve, we have to keep vigil at night, and remember the accounts first."

Chang Geng withdrew his hand leisurely: "I didn't say what to do."

Gu Yun: "..."

Shen Yan turned her head and shouted at him, "Uncle Gu, hurry up!"

Gu Yun: "Run slowly, don't fall!"

On New Year's Eve, the home garden was brightly lit, and Shen Yan finally understood what was going on with the iron puppet on the roof—the two-person tall guy was made into a thin strip, and he was wearing a dance skirt and long sleeves. Like a radiant shadow puppet.It almost scratched Gu Yun's fan bone in its hand, and wrapped several feet of silk and satin around it, spinning lightly in a cloud of smoky steam, and the beams of several gas lamps on the roof were shining brightly, so it really looked like a peerless beauty.

Both ends of the kite in the yard are covered with lanterns, rising into the air, like a big lotus flower hanging in the air.

As night fell, firecrackers sounded in the villages near and far, and it became more and more noisy. In the end, people had to raise their voices when talking in the house.

The place where there was no one for thousands of miles 20 years ago has finally regained its vitality through the efforts of a generation.

Different from the capital city where singing and dancing is peaceful, the hometown is a real family feast, where four adults and one child retreat, sit around a small stove, warm wine and cook meat by themselves.

Gu Yun was authorized to drink three glasses of wine, and he could only get two glasses of wine from Chang Geng during festivals and festivals. He didn't need to be asked by others, so he cherished it so much that he would not leave a drop after sipping for half a day.After the three cups were over, Chang Geng raised his hand to hold him down as if he had planned, and glanced at him with a hint of warning. Looking back without smiling, she actually seemed a little coquettish.

Chang Geng couldn't stand this kind of gaze the most, he hurriedly avoided Gu Yun's gaze, and resolutely refused to accept the move.

Shen Yi said to Gu Yun angrily: "Don't flirt with my daughter."

Shen Yan was already sleepy, nestling in Chen Qingxu's arms, yawning one after another, the Supreme Emperor coughed dryly and retracted his hand, and said to her kindly: "Yan'er sleepy? Go to sleep."

Shen Yan rubbed her eyes vigorously: "I have to watch the night, I haven't eaten any dumplings yet."

Gu Yun hurriedly smiled and asked someone to give her a pot of dumplings first, then took off two wind cutters from the weapon rack in the courtyard, and threw one to Shen Yi: "Come here, Ji Ping, do two tricks, see How slack are you, let my niece wake up and take a nap."

Neither of the two wind-cutting blades came forward, the black iron's long sticks collided with each other, and there was a "clang" sound, which was heard in the cold night for a long time.

Gu Yun walked away at the touch of a button, stepped on the railings and corridors, jumped up to the roof of the front room with a few steps like a swallow, Shen Yi followed closely behind.The two of them were not so much fighting each other as they were playing and performing for the children. They didn't try their best, Sen Leng's wind cutter played tricks, and Gu Yun climbed onto the roof, stepping onto the dancing fan in the hand of the spinning iron puppet. , the colorful silk on the dancing fan blossomed under his feet, Shen Yi made a mistake, and sent the wind cutter in his hand forward impartially, and precisely caught the gear on the iron puppet's shoulder. With a soft sound, the iron puppet It was nailed in place, just in harmony with the sound of the piano that paused not far away.

"Bastard." Gu Yun scolded with a smile, and before he lost his balance with the iron puppet, he stomped his feet down, the force was neither light nor heavy, just in time to shake Shen Yi's wind cutter away, and the big iron fan suddenly rushed Shen Yi's face was slapped towards him, Shen Yi was not surprised, bent over to dodge lightly, took two steps away, and landed on both sides of the iron puppet with Gu Yun, and then followed the music playing in the front yard, and tacitly shot at the same time. The iron puppet under the two of them is like a well-behaved toy. It dances when it is told to dance, and stops when it is told to stop. It matches the music perfectly, as if it has come to life.

Shen Yan wasn't sleepy at all, she was dazzled by the sight.

A string of fireworks was set off somewhere, and the shadows of the iron golem and those two people almost melted into it.

Chen Qingxu shook her head and said with a smile, "These two juggler generals are incomprehensible."

"Isn't it a good omen to use the sharp blade of Fengjiang Zhenguo to play around?" Chang Geng put down his wine glass, and took out the Linyuan wooden card from the repair box. Now there are only two pieces of the five-piece wooden card left, and he took it off. Passed one piece to Chen Qingxu, "When I left Beijing, I returned the wooden plaques of master Mingran and the Du family. Feng Hangong left a will and asked Ge Chen to inherit his mantle. I gave it to Xiao Ge, and now the Chen family’s property is also returned to the original owner, and I will keep General Zhong’s property and pass it on when I meet a suitable person in the future.”

Chen Qingxu took it over: "The Linyuan wooden sign will not see the sun for hundreds of years."

Chang Geng: "Thousands of years are good."

The two each put away the wooden cards, clinked glasses lightly, and sealed a huge monster by the small stove.

The extra episode is over ~ thank you very much, see you in the next article, good night =w=