spring water

In Gusu City, the sound of water can be heard everywhere.

The hand-operated boat swayed slowly on the widest main pole waterway in the city. The passengers were not in a hurry, and the boatman was naturally not in a hurry.

It happened to be a beautiful spring, and the girl on the boat was flipping through a thick book. The boatman was not surprised. Since ancient times, there have been many literati in Gusu City, and scholars who study hard can be seen everywhere. Once every three years.The fragrance of ink is floating in the city, and the sound of children reading aloud is behind the ears.

Today's Xia Dynasty women can also be officials, and Gusu City is the city where the first female champion was born, so the boatman will not feel strange when seeing such a woman who loves to study books.

The night market buys water chestnuts and borrows them, and the spring boat carries Qiluo.The water town of Zeguo is such a good time, and it is also a good time for reading.

The hand-operated boat swayed forward at a slow speed, and a much more gorgeous big boat came up behind it.The roof of the big boat was paved with high-quality Gusu precision forging, and there were tables and chairs inside the boat, a pair of girls faced each other to watch the game.

The two women seemed to be ladies from wealthy families. At some point, these girls were no longer willing to stay alone in the deep boudoir, and the girls who had no husband's family went out in groups for spring, sailing their luxury boats. When he went out, he showed off to see if there was any young master holding a folding fan on the bank to block the boat, and he took him for a ride.

The girl on the boat with the book heard the girls on the opposite ship who were playing with the book, talking about the defeat of the rebel army three years ago, and they were talking quite enthusiastically.

The passenger girl took out a crabapple cake from her pocket, and listened to their conversation while eating.

"If it wasn't for Liu Yutang's conspiratorial plan, and finally turned against Song Manjun, there would probably be no Xia Dynasty now."

"That's not necessarily true. Song Manjun has arranged everything, and Liu Yutang just turned her over temporarily. Now Song Manjun doesn't know where she is, and whether she is dead. Although she failed, I still admire her a lot. She. And the past three years seem to be calm, but in fact it is not."

"And you know why otherwise?"

"Of course..." the girl said in a low voice, "My father has news that the rebels may come back at any time, and this time they are bound to march straight into the imperial city!"

"No way, the emperor has already been frightened once, so he must have been prepared. How could he give the rebels another chance?"

"Don't you remember that Liu Yutang was rewarded by the emperor after turning against Song Manjun at the last moment, and now he stays in the imperial city as a high-ranking official? There are rumors that he is actually performing a bitter trick with Song Manjun, but In order to delay the war situation. At the beginning, the emperor was obsessed with rituals and music every day, and he seemed indifferent to the government. In fact, he had expected that there would be a rebellion by the rebels. On the only way from Lanzhou City to the imperial city, they wiped it out in one fell swoop. Song Manjun stayed behind and retreated, and the emperor was even more proud after that battle. It is expected that no one in the world can overthrow him This time, it is true that he has gone to the harem every day, and I heard that he is no longer in the early court."

"Long live is a cunning and cunning old fox. He was able to take down the Twelve Dynasty in one fell swoop. Now this part of the remnants is not a problem. I think the world is peaceful now. Those rebels are exhausted and will not fight back. They are already defeated dogs, how can they have so much strength to make a comeback? I think they should be finished, find a cool place to rest, and don’t come out to harm the people... Eh? Hey!"

As the two girls chatted, they felt that the ship was suddenly bumped, as if they had been hit by a storm in the sea. All the baskets and tea sets fell to the ground, and the tables and chairs moved sideways. The two of them screamed and couldn't sit still. , and then fell on his back and stood up, screaming in shock.

"Girls and ladies, please sit still! I don't know who used the sorcerer's magic to cause big waves in this calm waterway!" The man who punted the boat was a servant from the house of one of the two girls. He saw with his own eyes that a foot stretched out from the hand-operated boat passing by, and with a kick, the whole big boat became a lone boat with huge waves.Even the punting master was almost shaken into the water no matter how good he was.He was just full of anger in his heart, but he saw that the one who made the move was a young girl, she seemed to have such power without using any strength, she must be an expert who is not used to listening to the ladies in the ship , to give a little punishment, so he only dared to pretend to be stupid to ask for a little advantage.

The hand-operated boat rowed away from the side of the waterway in front of it, and slowly left the sight of the big boat. Then the boatman of the hand-operated boat laughed: "The girl looks knowledgeable, but her temper is not small. I have nothing to offend the girl. Right? Don't kick me into the water for a while."

The girl continued to flip through the book as if she didn't hear it, reading every word very seriously.

The [-]th Mile Street was exactly where the girl was going. The girl gave the boatman some copper coins and got off the boat, heading for the inside of the [-]th Mile Street.

Halfway through the journey, it started to rain. The girl didn't bring an umbrella, so she hid in a teahouse to avoid the rain.

She should have thought about it a long time ago, Mouchen said earlier that the spring rain in Gusu City is very urgent, and it will come as soon as it is said, even if the sun is shining, it can rain, so it is better for her to bring an umbrella.But when she came out, there was no sign that it was going to rain. She really forgot about such a trivial matter.

In the middle of the teahouse was a pillar of sunlight, and it was already getting late, and if it was too late, it would be too late to miss the time to apply for the exam.

This rain is like a naughty child, the more impatient one is, the harder it rains, making it impossible to leave.

The girl glanced at her body, the new clothes she wore today might not be able to keep.

She was about to rush into the rain.

"Miss impatient?" A sweet voice sounded from beside her, she turned around and saw an umbrella lying in front of her.

"The little girl sells umbrellas for thirty cents a piece."

Looking at the face of the umbrella seller in front of her, the girl forgot to borrow an umbrella.

"What's the matter? The girl thinks it's expensive? Hey... I don't know how old this heavy rain will be. It matches the girl's golden jade dress."

The girl just woke up like a dream, and said, "Thirty Wen, right...but I only have twenty Wen left."

When the umbrella seller heard her voice, the sly smile disappeared suddenly, as if she had been haunted in broad daylight.

"Twenty Wen? Twenty Wen is twenty Wen..." After a while, the umbrella seller said quietly.

The girl put thirty Wen into the hand of the umbrella seller, opened the umbrella and left.She walked only a few steps into the rain, then looked back, and asked the umbrella girl, "Have you been selling umbrellas on [-]th Mile Street?"

The woman nodded.

"I'll send you back the remaining ten coins later. My name is An Mu and I live in Anfu, Qili Street. If I forget to send the money, the girl can come to Anfu to ask for it."

The woman ignored her and continued to recommend her umbrella to the people sheltering from the rain in the teahouse.

When An Mu returned to Anfu, she didn't answer anyone who called her. Mochen was putting dinner on the table tonight, and she was startled by her distraught appearance.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Why do you look like this? Didn't you catch the wind and cold?" Mou Chen stepped forward and found that An Mu's body was clean, and the extra umbrella in his hand was still dripping, so he probably wasn't drenched.But this spring rain is a bit too cool, I'm afraid it's blowing with the wind, making the young lady uncomfortable.

"It's okay." It took An Mu a long time to come back to his senses, and he was about to walk into the back room with his umbrella.

"Hey, miss, the umbrella is still wet. Give it to me, and I'll leave it at the door. It's time for dinner. Do you still want to go back to your room?" Jing Muchen reminded An Mu before he realized it, but he still put the umbrella on Hold it in your hand and say,

"I put the umbrella in the house, and I will come out for dinner in a while."

An Mu stayed in the room for a long time, waiting for her to come out, waiting for her to come out... Seeing that the food was getting cold, Mouchen knocked on her door.

"Miss, let's put the book aside first. It's important to eat. It won't be easy to eat the food when it gets cold." Mouchen knew that the annual national exam was coming soon, and the miss studied books without sleeping and eating, hoping to take it off in one fell swoop in the exam. The title of champion.

But it's not easy to not eat, how can I explain to the master and wife later?

The knock on the door kept ringing, but An Mu turned a deaf ear to it.

She put the oil-paper umbrella on the table, lying on the side and staring carefully.

Fate is such a thing, once it sticks, it's hard to get out.

The world of mortals has reincarnated several times, and you will still meet the person you are destined to meet, and you cannot escape.

The author has something to say: The city of Gusu here is borrowed, full of loopholes, and cannot stand the test of evidence.Please show mercy