Chapter 196: The old house in the painting, heard on the street
Daiyu looked at the sky outside, turned around and reminded: "If you want to go, go quickly, there will be a dinner for our ancestors in the evening."
Jia Lan nodded and was about to leave, but just as he turned around, he suddenly remembered something and rummaged around in Daiyu's room again.
Daiyu only looked at it curiously, but said nothing.
"Found it!" Soon, he pulled out a very ordinary box and handed it to Daiyu: "Aunt Lin, remember to look at this first."
Without waiting for Daiyu to answer, Jia Lan raised the curtain of the study room, said hello to the purple cuckoos and snow geese in the living room, and left.
The two maids walked in through the curtain and looked at the many boxes piled up in the study. Xue Yan said, "Brother Lang has brought quite a lot of things. I'm afraid it will take a while to pack them away."
"No rush."
Daiyu sat down and casually responded: "It looks like there are a lot of things, but most of them are books. Let's just put them here and sort them out slowly."
At this moment, her attention was entirely focused on the box that Jia Lan brought when he said goodbye.
Zijuan noticed Daiyu's gaze and asked, "What is this?"
"I don't know either."
Daiyu shook her head, opened the box and took out the contents.
It is a scroll, thick and heavy in the hand. Judging from the scroll, it is obviously a new work.
When Zijuan saw such a large scroll, she quickly asked Xueyan to help move a piano case, and the three of them cooperated to slowly unfold the scroll.
Seeing the content on the scroll, Daiyu's eyes widened even more, while Zijuan revealed a novel look.
However, Xue Yan exclaimed: "Girl, isn't the painting on this our old house in Gusu!"
The thick scrolls depict Daiyu's former residence one after another. Different from the few drafts that Jialan sent to Daiyu that were just sketches, the scrolls now spread out in front of her three eyes are all in color.
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Zicuckoo was originally a girl next to Jia Mu and had never seen Daiyu's former residence with her own eyes. Now she is deeply attracted by the colorful scenes on the scroll and stares at it with her eyes motionless.
Daiyu also didn't speak, just caressing it with her green-white fingertips.
It was slightly cold to begin with, and both the paper and the pen and ink felt a bit rough, but in her heart Daiyu couldn't put it down.
I don’t know how long it took, but a few crystal drops fell on the scroll, frightening Xueyan to scream in a low voice.
"Girl!"
Being shouted out like this, Daiyu also came back to her senses. She was also startled when she saw the crystal on the painting. She wanted to reach out to wipe it, but Zicuckoo held her hand down.
"Girl, please don't move."
This sentence awakened Daiyu. After she calmed down, she took a closer look and was surprised to find that the colors in the painting had not faded at all.
Xue Yan sighed: "Lang Geer's painting is really amazing, the ink does not melt when it touches water."
Daiyu rubbed the blank space on the scroll and whispered: "The ink he used is different. It is layered and solidified like beeswax. I think a drop or two of water is not harmful. And this paper is also a little different.
I can’t tell you exactly.”
Seeing that the scroll was intact, Xueyan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this the girl's old house?" Zijuan asked.
"Yes, I actually forgot that you were originally from my grandmother's side!" Daiyu glanced at Qiao Zicjuan and said with a smile, "It's my fault that you stayed with me all day long and kissed me so intimately that I actually forgot.
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There was an unconcealed intimacy in his tone.
To Daiyu, Zijuan is a good best friend that can be met but cannot be sought, giving Daiyu the illusion that the two have known each other for a long time.
So she introduced Zijuan one by one.
"My mother often plays chess with me under this pavilion."
"My father likes to stand here alone and admire the moonlight."
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"Girl, drink some water to moisten your throat." Xueyan handed a cup of warm tea to Daiyu, "You talked a lot in one breath, and your throat is hoarse."
Daiyu gave Xueyan a look of thanks, took a small sip to moisten her throat, and then took another sip with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Xueyan is well aware of Daiyu's habits and knows that she advocates health preservation and drinks less tea, let alone strong tea, so she only brews a cup of daughter's tea, which is most suitable for drinking in winter.
After taking the tea cup back, Xue Yan smiled and said: "Lang Ge'er really put a lot of effort into this painting. If I hadn't seen the scenery in the painting, I wouldn't even be able to remember many of the details."
"Yeah..." Daiyu's beautiful eyes were filled with brilliance, and her throat seemed to be filled with sweetness. I don't know if it was tea or something else.
She likes this gift very much!
After being away for nearly a year, Jia Lan felt a different kind of novelty while walking on Shenjing Street.
It is worthy of being the most benevolent place under the throne of the Emperor.
The people on the street are still running for a living, but compared with other places, they are full of vitality.
"Hey, look! The government notice!"
Someone shouted, and people passing by stopped and looked around.
Jia Lan also followed and took a look from a distance. It turned out that it was a government servant posting notices.
"Interesting..."
After stopping for a moment, Jia Lan heard the content of the announcement from the people who were watching. It turned out that the Holy Spirit had decided to come to worship in person on the day of spring and pray for good weather in the coming year.
That's all. He announced that the Emperor of Zhongdao intends to hold a series of polo matches at the Pine Forest Stadium east of the Temple of Heaven. They will be held for seven consecutive days. The first three days are open to the families of officials and officials in Beijing, and the last four days are open to the people of Shenjing.
To show that the emperor is happy with the people.
Everyone was talking about it for a while.
Different from the previous Ming Dynasty, although the Xia Dynasty inherited the Ming Dynasty, it followed the Han and Tang Dynasties in every aspect. Emperor Gao especially loved polo. Because of his leadership, polo, a sport that had almost disappeared in the Ming Dynasty, suddenly revived strongly and became popular in various countries.
Large cities and towns prospered, especially in the northern plains.
Emperor Gao even carved out a large open space in the pine forest on the east side of the Temple of Heaven in the southern city of Shenjing and built a huge polo field. The city wall was three stories high, and a Phoenix Tower was built on it. The three-story building was high enough to overlook the entire stadium.
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Not only can this place be used for polo matches, but it can also be used for training of the Beijing Cavalry.
"The notice says that private teams can also participate and show off their skills. They only need to pay a registration fee. If they win, they can get a huge reward!"
"Really! Then I have to leave the city quickly to send the news home. Our polo team in Hejian Prefecture is famous far and wide!"
Someone retorted: "Hey! Brother, when it comes to polo, it has to be our Xuanfu polo team. Don't forget, our Xuanfu Town is fighting Qianyuan all day long..."
A salesman's eyes lit up when he heard this: "I have to go back quickly to buy some goods. There will be a huge crowd by then, and I will definitely make a profit."
"Haha, I'm afraid you have to go and reserve a seat a whole day in advance..."
"Hey! Just go! I heard today that the canal in the south is open. I will go to Tongzhou to buy some goods now."
"The canal is open? This is great. The price of damn rice will definitely come down."
The streets were noisy and noisy right away, and people were arguing with each other with red faces, but one thing they had in common was that they were full of expectations for the polo match at the beginning of spring.
Jia Lan stepped forward again, secretly applauding Emperor Chun Zhi's move.
This not only stabilized people's hearts and invigorated the economy, but also added an income to the court.
Others don't know it, but he knows very well that the big players behind all the gambling in this sacred capital are actually the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It can be said that such a huge polo match will definitely not be a loss for the palace.