When Tan Ran got off the Taiping Car, a gust of cold wind blew on his face, mixed with fine snowflakes, and hit people.
He touched the finely stitched cotton cloak on his body. Not only did he not feel cold, he had never felt so warm before.
This little blizzard is not surprising at all, it would be better to make the blizzard come more violently.
While cherishing the cloak, he looked around. Although it was a cold day, BMW cars were driving on the road. Beauties were constantly laughing on the street. Rich men were chasing after them. Everyone was wearing rich clothes and hats. There were countless teahouses and wine shops.
, towers, pavilions, row upon row.
The wealth and prosperity of Kyoto are hard to see all at once.
He couldn't bear to blink and just stared blankly.
Song Huiyue helped Mrs. Song get off the sedan. Aunt Lin came up to help her while shivering: "Madam, Kyoto is still much colder than Tanzhou. Yuanyuan, put the cloak on Madam."
Yuan Yuan had never been to Kyoto before and was dumbfounded. When Aunt Lin called her, she quickly stepped forward to tie Mrs. Song's cloak.
Song Huiyue walked out a few steps on the broken jade, then pointed to a wine shop and said: "Mom, I'm hungry."
The group of them first met when approaching Kyoto, and then separated on the pier. King Jin entered the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Li went to clean up the house, and Xie Zhou and his son led You Song and others to Prince Jin's Mansion, which had been uninhabited for a long time.
The Song family's house had been sold long ago, and Mrs. Xie invited Mrs. Song to live in her home. Mrs. Song thought that the residence in Kyoto was not as spacious as that in Tanzhou.
Even the boxes and cages can’t be accommodated.
So Mrs. Song found a hotel, sent her luggage and other belongings there, and asked for four more rooms. She planned to stay in the hotel for a few nights and move out once the room was rented.
Now they felt relaxed and went out to walk around.
"Don't go to this one. They only sell good wine and fish dishes here." Although ten years have passed, Mrs. Song still remembers the situation in Kyoto freshly. "Go to the place by the bridge."
When we walked to the bridge, there were about a dozen hotels. One of them was the largest, with half a rack of mutton hanging outside. After entering, it was already full.
Guomai came forward to greet them and let them sit at a table with a middle-aged man in his forties.
The man behaved politely. Seeing that there were many of them, he moved to the corner of the table with a bowl of raw lamb noodles.
Mrs. Song quickly thanked her and offered to sell some food.
When everyone was well, Song Huiyue asked with a smile: "Do you know if there is a house for rent nearby?"
Guomai smiled and said: "Our street, because Mr. Zhang lives here, not to mention the houses, even the cowsheds are very popular and have been sold out long ago."
Song Huiyue also smiled: "It turns out that Prime Minister Zhang also lives here, but I don't think there are any big houses on this street. It would be too aggrieved for Prime Minister Zhang to live here."
"It seems like you are from out of town. I don't even know how close this place is to the imperial city."
I didn’t say anything more about the sales, and ran to report the food to Dangtou.
The man eating noodles looked at Song Huiyue and pointed out: "This young lady wants to rent a house. You can go to the left and right wings to see the housekeeping. These two places are houses rented by officials. The price
It’s also fair.”
Song Huiyue said quickly: "Thank you very much, husband-in-law."
The middle-aged man smiled, put down his bowls and chopsticks, stood up and left.
After eating, Song Huiyue led Yinxiao out of the house first and started wandering on the street.
She was still young when she left Kyoto, and she didn't miss it too much. Now when she comes back, she just feels that everything is different from Tanzhou. The wind is dry and cold, and when it hits people's faces, it becomes like a knife, which makes the face hurt.
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Tightening her cloak, she walked north against the snow. The closer she got to the imperial city, the quieter it became, and the houses were not as dense as before. The name of the mansion was written on the plaque on the door. When she arrived at the largest house,
It's the Zhang family.
In the wind and snow, the gentle roof of the Zhang family seemed to be blown away by the wind.
The door is closed and no one comes in or out.
At this time, Prime Minister Zhang should be in the imperial capital hall, which is why the house is so quiet.
Song Huiyue passed by the front door and walked back from a path between the two mansions until she reached the corner gate of Zhang Mansion.
The corner door is not open either.
The snow gradually became heavier.
Song Huiyue looked around and saw that it was quiet and there was no one around, so she whispered to Yin Xiao: "Go in and have a look, don't be brave, if you find anything unusual, you have to get out."
"Yes." Yinxiao jumped up slightly and stood on the wall of the Zhang family, with the snowflakes flying up and down covering his figure.
As soon as he scanned the fence, he had already seen clearly the layout of Zhang's mansion, turned over and entered the backyard, hiding from the eyes of others and crouching in.
He lay on the tree and saw that the courtyards were stacked one after another towards the front yard, and there was an old building between the front yard and the back yard.
This Baoxia is not simple at first glance. It is located behind the front hall of the Zhang family. Although the Baoxia is small, it is very delicately decorated. The brackets are complex and colorful. The petals on the paintings are layered and smudged. The petals can be rolled and rolled freely, which is very vivid.
The beams and columns are placed on the stone foundation, and the stone is also carved with a turtle carrying a stone.
There is a couplet hanging outside the door in the middle: "A safe mind and a safe body, a safe body and a comfortable room."
Looking at the shadow of the book projected in the window, this should be the study room.
However, before he could take a closer look, several figures jumped up, and the swords and guns shone into a white light, forming a dense net that surrounded Yin Xiao.
Yin Xiao flew away and retreated. As soon as the rabbit rose and the falcon fell, he had already exited the wall and fell to the ground along with the snowflakes.
The pursuer stopped abruptly and stopped within the fence.
With a ticking sound, a drop of blood fell on the thin snow, which was particularly dazzling.
"Yin Xiao!" Song Huiyue rushed forward and handed the veil to Yin Xiao.
Yin Xiao pressed the veil on his right wrist.
These people had clear goals, and they all came towards his vital points. If they were a little slower, his right hand would be severed in two.
He left with Song Huiyue without changing his expression, while whispering: "The place inside is small and the defenses are tight. It is even worse than that of Prince Jin's Mansion. I only had a general view of the situation before I was discovered.
I didn’t see any trace of the uncle.”
"Have you met Zhang Xutang?"
"No."
"Well," Song Huiyue walked out of Junyi Street quickly, took him to the medicine shop to get some medicine for his wounds, and then looked at the sky, "Come early tomorrow."
Even the dandy Zhang Xutang has not appeared, so there will be no more gains today.
After they returned to the hotel, King Jin entered the palace.
The five rooms of Zhengli's main entrance are all decorated with polished vermilion paint and nailed with gold nails. The roof is made of copper tiles and engraved with patterns of dragons, phoenixes and horses, which are dazzling even in the snow.
After passing the main entrance, the palace inside is covered with green glazed tiles, white stone railings, and hollow carvings of dragons and phoenixes, making you almost want to fly away.
The imperial kiln gold bricks were stepped on, and they did not feel hard or cold when stepped on, and the sound of footsteps was carefully hidden in the floor tiles.
Occasionally, if a reckless waiter drops a cup or plate on the floor, there will be a sonorous sound like gold and jade clashing.
After passing the Ninghui Hall, you enter the forbidden area. Under the high wall, there are many guards, and all the officials inside and outside are here to wait for the call.
The smell in the air becomes colder, and every time you take a breath, you will feel the biting cold.
King Jin grew up here before he was eight years old. He left the palace at the age of eight. He spent countless years thinking about this moment, but he never thought that the Forbidden Palace would be so strange.