At dusk, in order to avoid violating the night ban, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Siwei went hand in hand and agreed to take Zhu Ping'an to visit the capital in the next day.
At this time, the number of people in the inn was also much less, and those who remained, like Zhu Ping'an, also stayed in the inn.
When Zhu Pingan was about to get up and go upstairs, the innkeeper led the waiter over. The innkeeper was an old man with long sleeves and good dancing. He was about fifty years old and had a good conversation. He cupped his hands and apologized to Zhu Pingan:
"This young master has been incapable of discipline and has offended many people. On behalf of the boss, I apologize to the young master. This store will also clean up such arrogant clerks and enforce the rules of the store. We hope that the young master will be kind to you."
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, the shop assistant next to him hurriedly apologized to Zhu Ping'an, with an expression as if it was the end of the world, "Young Master, I'm so young that I can't see the mountains! I looked down on others and hit the Young Master! The Young Master has a lot of people,
Let’s spare the little one this time~!~!~”
Looking at the shopkeeper who handed over his hands to apologize, and the shop assistant who looked like it was the end of the world, Zhu Pingan was startled for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips and shook his head with a smile.
The matter is over, and besides, I didn’t suffer any loss. I also got free room and board for a month. Why would I care about such a trivial matter? Looking at the apocalyptic look on the face of this shop assistant, I should probably remember this lesson.
Why do you need to drive everyone out?
So, Zhu Ping'an raised his hand to the shopkeeper in return, shook his head slightly and smiled indifferently, and lightly let go of the contemptuous shop assistant next to him.
"It's thanks to your shop that I have a place to live. If I'm thankful for my safety, why should I offend you? As for this guy, a small punishment will suffice. If he makes a mistake in the future, it won't be too late to expel him."
After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, the shop assistant next to him who looked like he was at the end of the world breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Zhu Pingan gratefully. He was ashamed and regretful.
"Young Master is kind and kind, which is rare in the world."
The shopkeeper looked at Zhu Pingan with a sigh, and said something very sincerely. If Zhu Pingan's talent and knowledge in the couplet just shocked the innkeeper, then at this time, Zhu Pingan's conduct shocked the innkeeper again.
"Why don't you thank the young master quickly? If the young master hadn't interceded for you, I would have kicked you out of the store." The shopkeeper turned to scold the shop assistant next to him.
"Thank you very much, Sir. I will definitely change my past mistakes. Young Master, I am so kind to you. I will tie a grass ring around my head and I will never forget it."
The shop clerk's face was red. He looked at Zhu Pingan with shame, and he was very grateful to Zhu Pingan for his generosity.
"The customer is the Jade Emperor, don't do it again in the future."
Zhu Pingan shook his head nonchalantly, patted the shop assistant on the shoulder and said something.
The customer is the Jade Emperor. After hearing these words, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up and he seemed to be touched. When he looked at Zhu Pingan, he was even more respectful.
Zhu Pingan also saw that the waiter in the store was remorseful, so he helped him speak to the shopkeeper. Zhu Pingan's tolerance towards others is not an unprincipled accommodation. It is not a compatibility of good and evil, but a combination of tolerance for others and criticism of mistakes.
, if the other party is stubborn, I will not condone it.
After this incident, the store clerk took Zhu Pingan to the room as if he was a new person. He immediately went downstairs and gave Zhu Pingan a bucket of hot water and sent it to Zhu Pingan's room.
As soon as Zhu Ping'an entered the room, he couldn't help but admire the generosity of the inn.
The room is roughly divided into three parts. The bedroom, living room and balcony. As soon as you enter the room, you can smell the faint scent of sandalwood. The decoration in the room is also extremely luxurious. Flowers carved from gold bloom enchantingly among the white stones. The living room
There is also a small rockery bonsai, which is probably a scene of a meandering water drinking cup, and there are many other such decorations.
The most commendable thing is that the room is both luxurious and comfortable. The porch and foyer stretch to the north and south. The tables and chairs in the room are arranged to give people a comfortable feeling, and there are various living facilities.
The room may be a hidden earth dragon between the walls, and the room is as warm as spring. Zhu Pingan walked leisurely to the balcony, and sure enough, he saw a small chimney made of glazed tiles exposed on the outer wall. The location was quite secret. Sure enough, it was an earth dragon. This inn The owner is really willing to spend money. Dilong is the imaginative wisdom of the working people in ancient my country. They build the walls of the room into hollow "walls", commonly known as "fire walls". There are fire channels dug under the walls to add charcoal to the fire. The opening is located under the eaves outside the house. When a charcoal fire is burned in the charcoal opening, the heat can be warmed along the sandwich wall to the entire house. In order to make the heat circulation smooth, there is a vent at the end of the fire channel, and the smoke comes out from under the platform. The air is discharged through the vent and the heat is circulated, and the whole house will be like spring all year round.
Of course, this is also very expensive and most people cannot afford it.
City can play!
However, very satisfied.
After Zhu Ping'an was satisfied with visiting the room, he took a hot bath and soaked away all the dust and dust along the way. After taking a bath, he changed into thinner and clean clothes and took the books, pens, ink, etc. in his luggage one by one.
Take it out and put it on the desk and put it away neatly.
Then, he turned on the oil lamp, sat in front of the desk by the window, spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and recorded his recent experiences in a small book.
After writing about his experiences, Zhu Pingan opened the Analects at random, found a sentence from it, and tried to write an eight-part essay. After living in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, he became familiar with the eight-part essay style.
The more you do, the better you can do it. Grind your pen, take the time to finish writing an eight-part article, and then read the eight-part article carefully and revise its shortcomings carefully.
By the time this eight-legged essay was revised and perfected, the entire capital was shrouded in boundless silence and darkness.
Turn off the lights and fall asleep, have a good night's sleep.
It was still dark the next day, probably around six o'clock. Zhu Pingan had already gotten up and washed himself. He went downstairs with his schoolbag slung across his body and a black wooden board under his arm. He left the inn and walked along the street. At this time,
The night ban has ended. The Ming Dynasty night ban regulations are very clear. The evening drum is sounded at three o'clock at the first watch to start the night ban; the morning drum is sounded at three o'clock at the fifth watch to end the night ban. At three o'clock at the fifth watch, that is 5 o'clock Beijing time.
About 10 minutes.
It's still dark outside. In this season, it's probably around seven o'clock in the capital. But even though it's still dark at this time, there are already many people on the street outside. Zhu Ping'an is carrying a cloth bag across his body with a black wooden board between his shoulders.
Walking forward aimlessly.
After turning left and right, I somehow ended up on West Chang'an Street, which is close to Xiyuan. Most of the people living on this street are high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
At this time, the eastern sky was reddish and tinged with black. The sky was gradually getting brighter, but the visibility was still not great.
A hazy red dot appeared in front of Chang'an Street, and five or six lights appeared, coming from south to north. When people nearby saw the bright light, they consciously moved to both sides of the street to avoid it. Zhu Ping'an was also stretched out by an old man with a white beard.
Pulled to the side of the road.
As the red light got closer, I realized it was six big red lanterns.
Six red lanterns surround a curtain-covered sedan carried by eight people. There are guards on both sides of the sedan carrying swords. There are also two maids holding big red lanterns on both sides of the sedan.
Zhu Ping'an squinted his eyes slightly and watched the elegant sedan approaching slowly.
When he was approaching Zhu Pingan, Zhu Pingan heard an old man coughing from the sedan. After the cough, he saw a maid holding a lantern naturally stretched out her jade hand to open the curtain on the side window of the sedan, and then elegantly
Bend your knees and raise your face at a forty-five degree angle.
Almost at the same time, half of the old man's face appeared through the side window of the sedan, with a very kind look on his face.
Then, a spitting sound was heard.
As if she had cooperated tens of thousands of times, the maid outside the sedan raised her pink face at a 45-degree angle, lightly opened her red lips, took the thick liquid spit out by the old man into her mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Then the curtain was closed and the sedan continued to move forward.
This scene appeared too suddenly, and it caught Zhu Pingan's sight on the street without any precautions, making Zhu Pingan retching in response.
When a guard with a sword standing beside the sedan heard the sound, he glared hard at Zhu Ping'an, his eyes full of warning, and then continued to move forward with the sedan.
Damn it, the city knows how to play!
Zhu Pingan looked at the sedan chair going away, and in his heart ten thousand grass and mud horses roared by. (To be continued)