Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

The serious official road is smoother, and it is also a dusty dirt road, but there are no ravines and stones on the small road.Little Wan Zhen'er was sitting in the carriage, wearing a half-new muslin dress, her face was a little dark, and her face looked chubby. Judging from her attire, she seemed to be the little businessman. The little lady in the caravan is the daughter of a merchant, and the big and small fellows in the small caravan are all kind to her. Now everyone else follows the car on the ground, and she and the merchant are the only ones sitting in the car.

The bad horse was pulling the cart, and it didn't go fast, it wobbled and made people feel a little sleepy.

Wan Zhen'er held the iron pot, took two sips of water, pursed her lips, opened a corner of the curtain, and looked outside secretly.There is a desolate scenery of falling leaves. The north is colder than the south, and Beijing is also colder than Tianjin. The leaves fall earlier. The scenery in front of me is getting more and more desolate.

Slowly shaking sleepy, she dozed off lying on the padded box of donkey-hide gelatin.

Hungry food and thirsty drink, Xiao Xing overnight, this journey is no big deal. After more than 20 days, it disappeared in the blink of an eye. What Wan Zhener missed was her parents and brothers, but unfortunately, the distance was getting farther and farther.

The curtain of the cotton door was raised, revealing a brown-red, honest and reliable face: "Sister Wan."

Wan Zhen'er sat up quickly, imitating her mother's way and scratching her temples with her small hands: "Uncle Jia."

"Sister, get out of the car and be careful." Jia Gui said slowly, "Let's stay here for one night, and we'll arrive in the capital tomorrow. My sister is about to enter the palace. Take advantage of the last few days and eat something delicious." Yes, after playing in the capital, it will be difficult to come out after entering the palace."

Wan Zhen'er stepped on the stool and got out of the car, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, I don't want to play. Hurry up and go to the palace so that Daddy won't worry."

The inn clerk was greeting the guests at the door: "How many, how many, who came from a long way? Hard work! Quickly wipe off your sweat, dust off the dirt, and come in to rest. Third brother, third child, hurry up and unload the car, and unload the mules and horses." Take it to the back and add more fodder. There are hot tea, hot water and hot noodle soup, newly planted Chinese cabbage, freshly planted eggplants, and newly cooked big dumplings. What would you like to order? Oh man, it’s getting dark It's cold outside, quickly take the lady into the house to avoid the wind, our place is clean, how many county magistrates have lived here!"

Jia Gui took the little girl into the inn: "I want an upper room, arrange the rooms for the guys, make my sister's noodles more delicate, and put less chopped green onions."

"Come on, you~ It looks like you're going to Beijing to make a fortune! The young lady also has a rich look on her face! Please."

There are no good dishes, but a bowl of hot noodle soup for each person, boiled cabbage on a duck rack, stewed winter melon and mutton soup, and big steamed buns.

Wan Zhen'er was not used to food from other places, so she tried her best to eat more than half a bowl, asked for water to wash up, and went to bed.

When Jia Gui took her out for more than 20 days, they only had one room, and they slept in their own clothes.When there are two rooms inside and outside, let Miss Wan sleep on the bed, and he will make do with the night on the soft kang. If there is only one bed in a poorer place, let the shopkeeper bring wooden planks, three pieces A wooden stool is a bed.He just hugged Pu Dao and snored in sleep.

Wan Zhen'er was very puzzled and unwilling at the beginning. Although she was only four years old, she hadn't reached the time to learn that men and women sit differently at seven years old, so she just felt something was wrong.

Jia Gui is very helpless, the world today is still peaceful, but there are still kidnappers and stalkers, if you let the little girl sleep alone in the room, if the gangsters collude with the kidnappers and steal the little girl away in the dark, Even the police can't find it!

There are precedents for this kind of thing... Besides, little boys are easier to lose than little girls, alas.

Since I was entrusted by Brother Wan to send his daughter to the palace in a safe and sound way, and thanks to his deep friendship, he bought me three cars and two and a half cars of goods, how dare you not do your best!

It was only then that Wan Zhen'er knew that there was such a terrible bastard as a 'kidnapper'.

He took off his shoes and climbed onto the bed, dragging a heavy quilt to cover himself, not paying attention to Uncle Jia's snoring at all.

Because, root!Book!sleep!No!Go!

I slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night, so I just thought about my father, my mother, my brother and my little boudoir, the fragrant quilt and a lot of snacks.I want to cry.

At dawn the next day, after breakfast, Jia Gui supervised the men to inspect the two and a half carts of goods, tightened the hemp rope, brushed the horse's back and looked at the horse's shoe, seeing that everything was in order, then hugged Miss Wan In the car, I settled the bill with the innkeeper.He drove the car by himself, and headed towards the capital with a flat and solid official road.

The difference is only twenty or thirty miles away, and the price of the inn is completely different. The inside and outside of Beijing are two different worlds. From the time of entering the city gate, the prosperity and prosperity on both sides of the street make this group of foreigners who came from afar Shocked and admired.

Wan Zhen'er opened the curtain and looked around curiously. Many colorful silks were particularly eye-catching, and the hairpin jewelry on the woman's head was also very eye-catching.

Jia Gui inquired with the officers and soldiers who guarded the city. Most of the business houses are in the south city. The bustling and bustling fish and dragons are mixed in the overpass, fireworks and willow alleys. There are also such famous eight alleys. The cart shops where the merchants stay are on the edge of the north city wall. .

He asked someone to inquire, and after spending more than 100 yuan, he found out the addresses of Lord Guo, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, and Master Zhang, the steward of the Kunning Palace, outside the palace.Diligently took the five boxes of gifts that he had brought, and took Wan Zhen'er, led a horse and walked out.

The shopkeeper of the big car shop asked: "Brother Jia, give me some samples of the goods you brought. I'll ask the broker if anyone wants it."

Jia Guigang put Wan Zhen'er on the saddle, let her hold the reins, and he held the short rope under the horse's neck: "Shopkeeper, the things I brought are just some local products from Shandong, which are not worth much." He also left an extra In my heart, that box of Dong-E-E-Jiao is worth a lot of money, but it is easy to be dangerous if it is said clearly.

"Hey~ brother, you don't come to the capital often, do you?" The shopkeeper played with a stone, smiling: "Nowadays, the favored Sun Niangniang is from Shandong. The nobles in the capital look at it. Beautiful people come from good mountains and rivers. I will tell you that the goods from Shandong are more expensive than those from other places. Especially donkey-hide gelatin, jujubes, and roses are beautiful things that grandmas love. !"

Jia Gui was delighted when he heard it: "Dong'e Ejiao, Dezhou Braised Chicken, Leling Jinsi Xiaozao, Pingyin Rose, Rizhao Green Tea, Longshan Black Pottery, besides Ejiao, I brought a lot of them. Wait, I Take it now. Sister Wan, come down first."

Wan Zhen'er was carried down again.

After the sample was handed over to the shopkeeper, Jia Gui carried her on the horse again. Several gifts were wrapped in furoshiki and tied to both sides of the saddle.Leading the horse and going out: "Sit still. Sister Wan, I saw that there were many people with horses along the way, but they didn't ride. Maybe it's the rules in the capital. You sit still, the journey is too far, You will come down when you get there in a while."

The horse he was leading was actually quite strong, and the coat color was not bad, but the more he walked towards the steward's residence outside the palace, the more he felt that he was leading a weak and weak horse.

Many people passing by were full of arrogance and dressed like the children of officials. The red robe with full sleeves on the left was as red as a hawthorn, and the green Taoist robe on the right was embroidered with flowers. A young man in a pink white butterfly suit, with a red pompom hanging under the neck of a white horse, not to mention how playful he is.

Jia Gui didn't dare to look up, and he didn't know how high a rank he was, so he avoided it for fear of not being able to catch up.

Asked the way all the way, and arrived after half an hour.

The Guo Mansion and the Zhang Mansion live next to each other, and they are both houses awarded by the emperor. The relationship between the two is the same as the relationship between the emperor and the empress—very good.Live closer so that we can play together during breaks.

Jia Gui hesitated for a moment, didn't know who to go to, and remembered Wan Dalang's instructions: "Either it is the Palace of Compassion, the Palace of Shoukang, or the Palace of Kunning, but don't send Zhen'er to other palaces."

Finally arrived at the gate of Zhang's mansion, and saw the tall lintel, more imposing than the county magistrate's mansion, and two black-clothed servants standing in front of the vermilion gate.

Jia Gui first took Wan Zhen'er down, let the little girl pull her cuff, and went forward to salute: "Greetings to the two gentlemen."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Jia Gui smiled all over his face: "The villain wants to see the housekeeper."

"You... are the housekeeper's acquaintance?"

"Small people don't have that kind of blessing." Jia Gui quietly stuffed them with a tael of silver: "I'm asking for something."

Then he met the butler.

Wan Zhen'er tried her best not to speak, but commented on the scenery inside the gate: "Wow~"

There are a row of flower pots under the eaves, a lot of beautiful flowers, plum blossoms, crabapple and plantains are planted in the yard.There are fruits hanging on the plum trees, the begonias are in bloom, and the plantain leaves are wide and big, which is very beautiful.

The slave follows the master's surname, and the housekeeper is called Zhang Fu. He is a kind-hearted man in his 50s, holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand: "What's the matter?"

Jia Gui knelt down and said, "Greetings to the butler, the villain has a small gift, please have a look."

Wan Zhen'er thought for a while, since she had to kneel when she saw the county magistrate's grandmother, and Uncle Jia also knelt, so let's kneel.

"Excuse me, I never accept gifts." Zhang Fu glanced at the tiger-headed child next to him, frowned slightly, and said in his heart: "Looking at your clothes, although you are not rich, you won't send your son to the palace as a eunuch." Bar?What else can we do if we ask our master, Miss Sun has never been involved in politics.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't delay my chanting. Amitabha. Get up."

Jia Gui hurriedly stood up, bowed his body, took a peek at his expression, then quickly lowered his head: "I want to ask Mr. Zhang to send this child, sister Wan of my brother's family, into the palace as a maid."

Wan Zhen'er's eyes turned red and she lowered her head.

Zhang Fu's face blushed slightly, bad, I missed it!Thought it was a boy!The counting beads in his hand paused slightly: "Sister Wan, you want to enter the palace as a maid? Who is this person?"

"Yes." Wan Zhen'er was a little confused by his question: "My father asked me to enter the palace as a palace maid, and Uncle Jia is my father's fellow villager."

Zhang Fu nodded slightly, this girl was quite articulate, after all she was still young, a local girl from a foreign country, a tomboy.When answering the question, he still behaved politely: "How is your father?" Is he still alive?

"My father is fine." Wan Zhen'er blushed, and she didn't remember the words that adults usually say when they are polite to each other.TOEFL, TOEFL?

Zhang Fu asked again: "What does Master Wan do for a living?"

Jia Gui replied: "I can't afford to be a housekeeper. My brother Wangui is a rafter in the mansion and serves the grandfather."

"Judging from your accent, it seems to be from Shandong."

"Yes, Brother Wangui and I are both from Qingzhou Zhucheng."

"Oh~ that's a good place." Zhang Fu cross-examined these things clearly, so that he could have a conversation with the master, and then smiled slightly: "Leave the things, the master will not be free today, and the master will leave the palace after three days On the day of rest, you come back at that time, come earlier. Someone, take the two of them back to the inn, and recognize the door."

"Yes!"

"Farewell, thank you very much."

"Resignation, Zhen'er." The two went out.

Zhang Fu continued to twist the beads, and muttered to himself: "A girl's male face is a blessed face. Hey, I finally met today. You look like a kid."