That night, Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi stayed in the town.
Although they were traveling with Wu Anshi, Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi both invested in inns on their own.
Wu Anshi was accompanied by his female relatives, and it would be very inconvenient to force them to live in the same place.
Secondly, it is also because of the insistence of a scholar. I am not a guest of your family. How can I live and eat in your house for free?
This is not only the case for Zhang Yue, but also for Huang Haoyi. The two of them easily reached a consensus.
This is already Quzhou, and Huang Haoyi found a hotel with a curtain hanging over it to stay.
Zhang Yue was familiar with such inns. Before his own shop was burned down, it was the Yanli Inn.
In this Yanli Inn, except for the cooking utensils in the room, guests take care of everything themselves. This is also the most economical and affordable inn. It can be seen that Huang Haoyi is quite economical.
The two put down their luggage. Zhang Yue paid the porter and sent him back. Then he calculated the rent and asked the shopkeeper to fill Tang Jiu's wine gourd with wine and buy some food and wine. Huang Haoyi followed him.
Then put in the rice and cook.
While eating in the hall, several merchants in Tang Jiuxun's shop inquired about the situation on the road. These merchants all found that the roads were peaceful, so there was no possibility of turmoil.
Huang Haoyi looked unconvinced.
At the end of the meal, there was plenty of food and wine, but no one was full of rice.
After dinner, Huang Haoyi felt sorry for himself and said he had lit a lamp in the room and asked Zhang Yue to go over and read with him.
Zhang Yue agreed, and after reading for about an hour, Zhang Yue felt sleepy and went back to his room to rest. Huang Haoyi was greatly surprised by this move. Aren't all the students reading with their heads hanging from the beam and their buttocks thorny?
I am not that lazy even though I am a Jinshi major.
Huang Haoyi sighed again and again, forcing himself to sleep until the middle of the night.
But Huang Haoyi had a restless sleep that night. Because of what Wu Anshi said during the day, his heart was very itchy. Thinking of the slender jade feet and the method of refining Qi, he couldn't get rid of it in his mind.
His family rules have been very strict since he was a child, and his adults have been very strict with him. Except for his relatives, he has never even looked at a woman. But after hearing Wu Anshi talk about many fun things, he couldn't help but think about it, but he didn't know about men and women, so he thought
It's a bit ridiculous.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, Huang Haoyi heard the sound of footsteps.
He got up and took a look. It turned out that several merchants who had been talking to them during the day, wearing black hats and white clothes, had left the store in the middle of the night, and they didn't know where they were.
This frightened Huang Haoyi so much that he got up several times at night to check what was going on in case something unexpected happened, but he heard Zhang Yue's house was filled with thunderous snoring.
Getting up early the next day, Huang Haoyi had almost no sleep all night. He got up in the kitchen to see the movements of the people last night, but found out that they had already left.
Huang Haoyi hurriedly went to Zhang Yue's door and knocked on it. Then he told Zhang Yue about the strange things last night and said that this inn was very weird in front of Zhang Yue who looked sleepy.
Zhang Yue was a little confused after hearing this, but seeing Tang Jiu's calm look on his face, he asked for advice: "In Jiulang's opinion, where did these people come from?"
Huang Haoyi looked at Tang Jiu and thought, this man is just a soldier, how come Zhang Yue is so respectful to him.
Tang Jiuyi started drinking with a wine gourd as soon as he got up. After hearing this, he said calmly: "It doesn't matter, they are just some people who eat vegetables and make trouble. They don't have any bad intentions. If we don't pay attention to them, they won't cause trouble."
Eating vegetables makes you a devil?
Zhang Yue thought about it carefully and realized that yes, when those merchants had dinner yesterday, the table was filled with vegetarian dishes and they did not drink any alcohol.
Chapter Yue Yue Before Fujian, I had always wondered why Liangzhe Road was the richest place in the Song Dynasty, but why it was said to be uneven. Aren't the people rebelling because they had enough to eat? Why would people rebel in a land of plenty?
But now Zhang Yue remembered that the Fangla Uprising, the largest peasant uprising in the two Song Dynasties, took place on the Liangzhe Road.
Early before the Fangla Uprising, non-governmental organizations of eating vegetables and being demons were already everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.
how so?
In a sentence, "the harsh and harsh laws of the ancients are now fully implemented in this dynasty". Taxation in the Song Dynasty was extremely heavy, especially in the prosperous Jiangnan. The people used the name of religion to unite to fight against the government.
For example, Jin Yongli described Mingjiao by saying that eating vegetables will bring evil.
In fact, in Jiangnan, it is not just the Mingjiao that is the case. Most non-governmental organizations are "eating food and doing evil". The government exploits the local area and the people can no longer survive, so they have to seek refuge in these religious societies for shelter.
So the government used the term "vegetable eaters and demons" to stigmatize these non-governmental organizations. However, this is a matter of course. The government definitely does not like the people to form associations on their own, but the government refuses to reflect on itself and suppresses them forcefully.
Once the people turned into bandits and rebelled, and the government could not defeat them, the imperial court would issue high-ranking officials with generous salaries and edicts.
It is said that the most wonderful thing about Water Margin is that Zhao'an is a peasant uprising at the same time. Let's see how the capitulationists helped the court suppress the insurrectionists.
Having said this, Zhang Yue felt relieved and secretly admired Tang Jiu, thinking that when he went out, he had to have such an experienced person by his side to feel at ease. His brother really thought of him very thoughtfully on this point.
But after Tang Jiu finished speaking, he drank heavily again.
Huang Haoyi felt a little unhappy after hearing this. He thought that even though Tang Jiu knew where those people were coming, he didn't warn him, which made him worry and fear for nothing. Huang Haoyi thought about how tired he was yesterday, and how miserable he would be on the road today.
Huang Haoyi had no choice but to send someone to spend money to hire a donkey to travel instead.
They cooked the soup, made a fire to cook, and then met up with Wu Anshi and others to go north. After traveling for a few days, they arrived at Quzhou. The Wu family had already arranged boats here to prepare to enter Hangzhou along the Qishui River and go north.
The Wu family, with more than 200 people traveling north, originally hired five ships. There was still a lot of room on the ship, so they arranged for Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi to board one of the ships.
Zhang Yuehuang and Haoyi were all very happy. You must know that chartering a boat to Hangzhou is expensive and difficult to find at this time. It is not easy to find such a boat to take them there.
At this time, it was not easy for the two of them to argue, and he would not accept the money from Wu Anshi. They discussed that they would go to Bianjing to find some valuable gifts and visit the Wu family.
Hishui, also known as Qujiang River, is the waterway between Jiangxi and Zhejiang.
At this time, Fujian was still very backward. The Twenty-Eight Capitals and Qinghu Pier were only developed after the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, when Fujian people entered Hangzhou by waterway, they had to borrow the Qi River to sail.
The upper reaches of the Qishui River are rich in bamboo and wood, so the wharfs are discharged along the river. These bamboo trees are sold along the Qishui River to the Qiantang River and then to Hangzhou, and then the boats carry rice back from Hangzhou. In addition to these businesses, there are also fruits, salt,
Waiting for the boat to sail by hand.
However, the Qishui River is now in the dry season, and ships from upstream can only park at Quzhou Wharf. There is a boat bridge far away from the wharf, and several iron locks connect it across the river in the middle.
Many ships reached the middle of the river but were unable to pass, and travelers on board were not allowed to disembark, so they had to sit in the boat and wait. There were also a few scholars sitting on the bow of the ship in the wind and dew, drinking and composing poems in great spirits.
Many ships have been tied to the shore, and people come to the shore to have fun. The restaurants and restaurants on the river bank are full of people, making it very lively.
As night falls, the moon sets in the sky and there are few stars. Unexpectedly, fishing fires are everywhere on the river, and they complement each other with the lights of thousands of houses on the shore.
Zhang Yue watched this scene from the shore, letting the river breeze blow, and suddenly the feeling of a wanderer came to his heart. After only a few days, he started to miss home.
Zhang Yue let out a long sigh and was about to leave and return to the inn when he suddenly heard the sound of the piano.
Zhang Yuesheng looked around and saw a three-story waterfront terrace, with the top floor looking like a pavilion.
It is from this building that the sound of the piano comes.
The sound of the piano was heard in the cold night. It was very quiet and cold at first, but after listening to it for a long time, I felt that it was like a crane wearing feathers and fishing on the river.
Suddenly a few high-pitched sounds were heard, like a frightened heron flapping its wings on the river beach, and the sound of the piano was melodious. It seemed that I had come to the mountains, rivers, fields, and the fireworks in the world. It was a bit wild and natural, and it seemed to have the quiet feeling of a woman in a boudoir.
Zhang became more and more fascinated when he listened, and the sound of the piano flowed through his heart like running water, soothing the loneliness of leaving home. Many tourists passing by stopped to listen to the piano under the balcony.
Unknowingly, the sound of the river waves rose and fell, and the fishing fires on both sides of the bank grew brighter and darker.
The sound of the piano has stopped.
Zhang Yue and many others were at a loss, wanting to wait for another piece of music to be played on the balcony, but in the end they could no longer hear it. Zhang Yue couldn't help but leave with regret.
On the balcony.
Mrs. Fan sighed to the Seventeenth Niang who had finished playing the song: "After listening to your song, I remembered that when I was the daughter of Xiaojia Biyu, and then became the daughter of an official, she is now solemnly running the family. This is how our daughter's family lives.
Already."
Seventeen Niang said: "Isn't this how we all live?"
After speaking, Seventeen Niang walked to the pavilion, leaned on the railing and looked out at the river view. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a young man standing not far away.
Fan said: "Seventeen, you Yunying is not married, so I don't feel deeply about it. Besides, I haven't seen you playing the piano for a long time. How can you be so elegant today?"
The Seventeenth Mother was taking the handkerchief handed by the female envoy and wiping her hands when she heard the words: "Try your hand to relieve the loneliness of the journey."
“You know how difficult it was to play a song for you in the past?”
Seventeenth Mother said: "If my father hadn't wanted us Wu girls to know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I wouldn't have bothered to learn it. After studying for a long time, I knew the beauty of playing the piano, but it was just for my own entertainment. Three years ago, my father insisted on
I play the piano to entertain guests, but I don’t like to entertain people, so I will never play again.”
"It was a prince passing through the palace, so my father should respect him. I wanted to learn the piano, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity when I was young. It was too late for my father to learn the piano after he became an official. I heard that Guo Guo taught the boudoir girls in Bianjing.
The piano master is most devoted to you, and I hope your talent and understanding can be passed on to him."
Seventeen Niang smiled slightly and said, "Really? I've never heard him say it to me personally."
While the two were talking.
“I don’t know who is playing the piano in the pavilion. Could you please play another song?” At this time, Dan heard someone say from the balcony.
Fan laughed and said, "Seventeen, it's a good thing for you. If you don't play it, you'll attract the audience."
Seventeen Niang turned back to the railing and smiled shyly. Looking back, she saw that the young man had already left.
Mrs. Fan was surprised. How had she ever seen this seventeenth lady showing such a shy expression? She couldn't help but ask, "Would you like to play a song again?"
Seventeen Niang said: "My interest is gone, how can I have any good news? Go back!"
The next day.
Let the boat cross the river.
Wu Anshi took out his name card and asked the ferry official to let him go. When the officer heard that he was Wu Anshi, the nephew of the dignified deputy prime minister, he did not dare to shirk the responsibility at all, so the boat was immediately let go.
The boat immediately passed by the Qujiang River, then to the Qiantang River, and headed all the way to Hangzhou.