Chapter 547 Returning to Beijing

Sending others back to Chunri slant, single whip and weak horse point to the end of the world.

Yuesheng Jiang Shangxiang was heartbroken, so he hurried to a restaurant to stay.

Only stayed at Li Shu's house for one day, before the fireworks that the two of them just ignited had even bloomed, Zhu Pingan set off for the capital. Several urgings from the capital forced Zhu Pingan to leave Wenrou Township and return to Beijing.

Li Shu helped Zhu Ping pack up the salute, and his mother, Chen, put the pickled cucumbers in a jar for Zhu Ping, smoked two of the hares Zhu's father hunted, and wrapped a few baked oil cakes with paper and stuffed them in. Zhu Ping'an's luggage.

This time, Zhu Pingan went alone when returning to Beijing, because rich man Li missed his daughter too much, and insisted on staying at home for a few more days before sending someone to send Li Shu to the Houfu in the capital. When Li Shu said a word, rich man Li burst into tears It was about to flow out, and according to the village's custom of "returning to the door in three dynasties", the woman had to stay at her mother's house for seven days, so Li Shu stayed at home for a few more days before going to the capital.

Zhu Ping'an returned to Beijing this time on horseback. The last shipping accident made his mother Chen's and Li Shu's faces change when they heard the boat, and they unanimously opposed Zhu Ping'an's going on the boat again.

Of course, it is not advisable to avoid diseases and avoid medical treatment.

Zhu Pingan decided to go down the Yangtze River by boat, and then go north on horseback when he arrived in Nanjing. Both modern and ancient coastal economies were more developed. be quick.

Mothers Chen and Li Shu were worried about encountering bandits and shipwrecks again by sea boat. It was much safer to take a boat in Neiliu, and they did not object to Zhu Ping's going straight down the Yangtze River by boat.

The reason why Zhu Ping'an wanted to ride his horse north in Nanjing was out of time considerations. It only takes a few days to go down the Yangtze River to Nanjing, but it will take a long time to go from Nanjing to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Recently, there has been less precipitation along the line of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, which has caused the water level of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to drop. Nature is also greatly affected; some sections of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal are borrowed from the original natural rivers and lakes, and some sections of the river are excavated manually. Most of the water flow of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is collected by natural rivers. It is also different. It is good to go along the current, but it will be slower if you go against the current, especially now that there is less precipitation and the canal is shallow. In places against the current, you even need trackers to pull the boat, which is naturally time-consuming; The gate blocks the water flow to increase the water level, and the gate is opened to release the water when passing the ship, and the time for waiting for the gate to open is also counted.

Many factors are not a problem when the water volume of the canal is usually large, but they have to be considered when the water volume is small recently. The weather and wind direction, the size of the water flow, the upstream and downstream, the river traffic jam, waiting for the gate to be opened, and many factors together, it will take a month or two to travel from Yingtianfu to Shuntianfu by boat. In contrast, riding a horse north is a good way. chosen.

Li Shu gave Zhu Ping'an his third brother's beloved horse, Liangju, which made Li Shu's third brother feel distressed for a long time.

Packed up and saluted, bid farewell to his parents, and Zhu Pingan embarked on the road back to Beijing. Li Shu and Zhu Pingan arrived at the ten-mile long pavilion in a carriage, and then stopped.

"Does it look good?"

Li Shu broke off a wicker stick outside the long pavilion and tied it to Zhu Ping'an's horse's head. At the end, she tied a bow tie. She patted the horse's head with satisfaction, looked up at Zhu Ping'an with her pretty face, and asked with bright red lips. .

Bright eyes and bright teeth, a little makeup, a sweet smile, bewildering Yangcheng and fascinated Cai.

"It looks good." Zhu Pingan looked at Li Shu and nodded vigorously.

"That's what I'm talking about." Li Shu rolled her cute eyes, pouted her mouth, and stretched out her slender hands to pull the bow-knotted wicker on the horse's head.

"Ahem, it looks good too." Zhu Pingan coughed involuntarily.

From the "Book of Songs", "the past is gone, the willows are Yiyi", breaking willows has become an indispensable part of farewell.

"Dumb."

Li Shu snorted coquettishly, her face was as charming as the moon, her eyes were bright and sultry, and Zhu Pingan couldn't help but look twice more.

Talent man and woman appearance, ten miles long pavilion.

Of course, there will be a farewell to sending you thousands of miles away.

In the end, Zhu Pingan still rode his steed on his way to the capital alone. Li Shu watched Zhu Pingan's figure disappear into the distance from the Changting Pavilion.

"Miss, miss, you're back to your senses, my uncle is gone." Baozi's little maid, Hua'er, covered her mouth and looked at her lady, and couldn't stop laughing.

"If you laugh any more, I'll send you away." Li Shu said angrily.

"Miss is not willing to part with it." The little maid stuck out her pink tongue, and then said with a blushing face, "I'm still a roommate."

"I don't know how to be ashamed~~" Li Shu stretched out her small hand and tapped the little girl's forehead.

"Hehehe, my uncle is not ashamed. I saw my uncle kissing the young lady." The little maid covered her mouth and blushed, as if she was the one being kissed.

"What are you talking about?" Li Shu was quite angry.

"I saw it." Baozi's little maid nodded her head affirmatively.

"You read it wrong, it was the stinky toad whispering to me in my ear." Li Shu's pretty face flushed.

When we set off, it was still sunny and sunny. After riding for about an hour, Zhu Pingan saw dark clouds gathering. Within a few minutes, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and then the raindrops as big as peas began to fall. Suddenly it began to rain heavily.

Zhu Ping'an got off his horse and put on his poncho, covered his salute with an oilcloth, mounted his horse again and continued on his way.

At this moment, I have already entered the official road, and there are few people around. There are no villages in sight, and there is no place to take shelter from the rain. I can only continue to move forward and find a place with a village to shelter from the rain.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind was also getting stronger. The rain was blown obliquely and only penetrated into people's clothes. The salute was okay. Zhu Ping'an wrapped it all in oilcloth at 360 degrees without dead ends, so there was no need to worry about getting wet, but It was a bit miserable for me, there was a lot of rain slipping through the net under the poncho, and after a while Zhu Ping'an felt that his clothes were wet, and he was shivering under the wind.

Fortunately, the steed under him is worthy of being a good steed. It is much faster than Shamate's dark horse, and its speed does not slow down despite the wind and rain.

About half an hour later, Zhu Pingan saw a village ahead and a small shop not far from the road.

Zhu Ping'an rode a horse to the small shop, tied the horse in the stable outside the shop, and entered the shop with a salute.

The shop is not big, but it is full of people sheltering from the rain. The small shop is very rural, with simple tables, chairs and stools inside. There is a firepit in the shop for people to dry clothes, but there is no place around the firepit at the moment. Today was sunny and sunny, and everyone wore thin clothes, but the weather suddenly changed, with strong winds and showers, and the temperature dropped sharply. Although many people had already dried their clothes, they were still talking and laughing around, unwilling to leave, and the newcomers couldn't squeeze through.

"Do you want to be a guest officer or stay at the hotel?" The waiter with a white towel on his shoulder trotted over to ask.

"Strike the tip." Zhu Pingan put down his salute, reached out his hand to squeeze the rainwater that squeezed his clothes, and a lot of it flowed away.

"Okay. What would you like, sir?" asked the waiter.

Zhu Pingan looked at the people around the firepit, licked the corners of his lips slightly, and replied: "A bowl of hot soup, one meat and one vegetable, two steamed buns, and please get some more meat to feed my horse. "

The clerk in the store looked confused, "This guest officer, don't horses eat meat?"

"You just have to feed it." Zhu Pingan waved his hand.

The shop waiter had no choice but to take some meat, and went to feed Zhu Ping'an's horse in the shed outside the shop, his face was curious and speechless.

Horses eat meat?

I'm sorry, I heard it right, how is it possible, this kid was kicked in the head by a donkey, right? There are horses that eat meat?

Many people in the store heard the conversation between Zhu Ping'an and the waiter, pointed at Zhu Pingan, or scorned or laughed at him, but they couldn't bear their curiosity after all, and many people went to see it with the waiter.

Zhu Pingan turned a blind eye to everyone's advice, walked towards the firepit calmly, found a vacant place, put down the salute, removed his outer shirt and squeezed the water dry with his hands, and then baked the clothes on the firepit.

(end of this chapter)