Chapter 12 Yecheng (I)

Lotus Wind Zhai side, is also early to get the Hu Gong will Hu Yuanxi out of the news, although the name out, but in the end is sent to Yecheng to participate in the draft, Lu Jin and can not be pleased? So she had an idea with a turn of the eye, and instructed Qiu Lan to say, "Send a letter to Qi'er, and let him come to the house."

Lu Qi received a message when it was noon, Lu House and Hu House are in Huai Lin, although one is located in the South Street is located in the North Street, but also more than two hours of light, according to reason Lu Qi received a message, the evening can reach the Hu House, but the Lu Qi drumming in his heart, hesitation, he did not know whether to go or should not go.

He knows that his last behavior will bring harm to Yuan Xi, and also knows that aunt called him to go, must be to cause harm to Yuan Xi again, but if not to go, he also knows that Yuan Xi is to go to the capital to participate in the selection, if really selected, he and she will no longer be possible.

After tossing and turning all night until Yuan Xi had already left for the day, Lu Qi made up his mind to come to the Hu Mansion again.

"Nephew has met auntie!" Lu Qi knowingly bowed at the door, even if auntie couldn't see, the proper etiquette couldn't be missing.

Lu Jin just flowed the child can not get up, Lu Qi even if Lu Jin's own nephew belongs to the foreign male, naturally can not enter the Lu Jin bedroom.

Lu Jin sent the rest of the people to the courtyard in order to talk to Lu Qi conveniently, leaving only Qiu Lan, such a close friend, on the side.

"You're here!" Going around the screen, Lu Jin's scattered voice that could not be heard as sad or happy came out through the carved lacquer wooden bars.

"Yes, nephew is here." Lu Qi said in a formal manner.

"Coming at this hour, I thought you weren't coming! That girl went to the capital yesterday."

"Nephew knows."

"What do you think?" Lu Jin asked.

"My nephew dares not think otherwise."

"If you don't do what he wants then how would you come to see me at the Lotus Wind Fast?" Lu Jin's words vaguely have a kind of hate iron not steel anger and also have a kind of Lu Qi hypocritical words of contempt.

Lu Qi was choked by his aunt and didn't make a sound, ginger is still old and hot, his little tricks, how could he escape the eyes of a person who has been immersed in the mansion for a long time.

Seeing that Lu Qi didn't say anything in reply, Lu Jin didn't get angry and continued, "Now that I have a way to stop her from choosing the draft, I wonder if you dare to give it a try?"

"I ... I ..." Lu Qi stammered.

"Heart but no guts, useless thing!" Lu Jin was very contemptuous.

Lu Qi drummed up his courage and finally asked stiffly, "But I beg Auntie to enlighten me!"

Lu Jin whispered in the ear of Qiu Lan, Qiu Lan again whispered to Lu Qi, Lu Qi just got the instructions, thanked his aunt and then want to leave, just at this time Mingxi walked in.

As soon as she saw that the maidservants of the main house of the Lotus Wind Fast House all stood in the courtyard at once, Ming Xi guessed that it was her cousin who had come, her mother always liked to whisper to her cousin, seemingly even more intimate than with herself, and sometimes Ming Xi would be jealous, but as soon as she thought of that person as her cousin, she was relieved, who let that be her favorite cousin.

"Brother Qi!" As soon as Ming Xi saw that Lu Qi was standing outside her mother's bedroom, she sweetly called out.

"Cousin!" Lu Qi returned the salute.

Before anything else, Ming Xi's compartment reddened first.

"Qier, you still have things to do, go back first!" Lu Jin said.

Lu Qi was like an amnesty, and hurriedly excused himself, "Auntie rest well, in a few days, my nephew will come back to visit!"

With that, he flung himself away and walked out.

"Cousin!" Ming Xi called out in a low voice, and seeing that Lu Qi had already walked out, he was really helpless, so he went into the bedroom and complained, "Mother, how come I've only just arrived, and you're whisking cousin away?"

"Your cousin had something to do, and Ben had to leave!" Lu Jin said.

"Then why doesn't Mother stay a little longer?"

"Your cousin is going on a business errand, and there is no delay!"

"Hmph!" Ming Xi was obviously very dissatisfied with Lu Jin's answer and didn't care if her mother was still sick, she flung her sleeve and walked out.

Autumn Orchid saw that Ming Xi had already left, raised her eyes to look at the Second Lady, and said, "The slave girl sees that the young lady is afraid that she has given birth to a love that she shouldn't have!"

Lu Jin lamented, "This girl, after all, is not competitive!"

This winter snow is big, since the beginning of winter, sparse has not stopped, from Huai Lin rushed to Yecheng although they took the official road, but because of the slippery road, they spent twelve days of time, good in the New Year's Eve Eve, they rushed to Yecheng.

Yecheng, with Mount Zou to the north and the Yechui River to the south, was divided into two cities, the Inner City and the Outer City. The inner city is the center of the outer city, the inner city plan takes a rectangular distribution, east and west 660 miles, north and south 1,398 miles, the outer city is also for the north and south of the long rectangle, the length of the north and south is equivalent to the length of the three imperial city, the width of the outer city east and west three thousand meters, the north and south of the length of the city of four kilometers, south wall, north wall, west wall are very straight, the only east wall from the center of the middle of the Yangmen this section of the east protrudes into the city of the folded corners.

The city has many buildings, pavilions and eaves, very gorgeous. All four sides of the city are surrounded by moats, in addition to water from outside the city into the palace city, from the Dongyang Gate into the south gate into the palace city, divided into two streams, the other stream from the palace through, and storage of water for the JiuLian pool, and then out of the city and the moat will be flowing.

Roads in the city, from the South Gate outside the Sitong City, Yeshui on the Yongqiao straight to the Xuanyang Gate, into the city, and straight to the Palace City of the main south gate, is called the main street, but also the street of the sky that is the Copper Camel Street. There was a direct road from the Ximing Gate to the Qingyang Gate, but other than that, the avenues of the east, west, and south gates did not go straight through, which was intentionally designed for military defense.

As soon as he entered Yecheng City Yin Ruotang introduced these for Lin Nuan, more than a dozen days together, so that Ruotang is really very happy, but he also knows that this time to send Yuan Xi into the capital is to participate in the selection, the heart can not help but be bitter.

Lin Nuan looked out from the sedan chair, the market is bustling, lively, but orderly, all kinds of commodities, really is the imperial city style.

Lin Nuan they entered Yecheng from Xuan Yang Gate, the west side of Copper Camel Street is the Tai She, the Nine Levels House, the General Cao, and the Lieutenant's House; the east side is the Imperial Temple, the Zongzheng Temple, the National Zi Academy, and the Situ House. Arrived at the Helu Gate in the direction of the right guard, respectively, the Imperial Palace of Justice, too multiplied by the martial arts, turned through the door, straight north, the end of the street to the north is the door of the Qianguang, into the door of the Qianguang in the interior is the temple of Ronghua.

It was close to evening when we arrived at Ronghuaguang Temple, and the afterglow of the setting sun rendered the imperial city even more opulent.

When Lin Nuan arrived at Ronghua Temple, Yuan Xi's aunt, Mrs. Pure Dust, had been waiting for a long time. Although Ronghua Temple is a royal temple, but after all, male visitors are inconvenient to stay for a long time if they have no business, so Yin Ruotang had to leave after delivering Lin Nuan safely.

But what made him happy was that tomorrow was New Year's Eve, and since it was such a big day, he naturally had an excuse to invite Yuan Xi to take a stroll through Yecheng's markets, so the two of them made a good deal.

For Yin Ruotang, Lin Nuan naturally has no feelings at all, but she knows that the owner of this body Hu Yuanxi likes it. Since the upcoming draft in the next few days, the two can not keep each other is not a foregone conclusion, Lin Nuan also there is no need to brush off Yin Ruotang's intention, not to mention this kind of ancient Kyoto's New Year's Eve market she really has not seen before, inevitably heart curious.

Pure dust teacher since young and Buddhism, and later for the love of the choice to become a monk, now also has more than ten years, and because of good speech, and Buddhism proficient, is the later became this royal temple host.

In the end is the cultivation of people, has long been cut off from love and love six roots clean, therefore, Lin Nuan's arrival and not too many pleasantries. She has long received a letter from her brother, knowing that Lin Nuan will stay here for more than a month to participate in this year's election, so Lin Nuan settled in the east courtyard of the squatters living in the incense, and repeatedly urged that there is a piece of forbidden land in the temple can not go, and the rest of the place is free to go and then left.

The temple has the rule of not eating after noon, when they arrived it was nearly evening, naturally there was no meal, Master Pure Dust had long been accustomed to more than ten years, and seemed to have forgotten these rules of the mortal world, and did not prepare food for them individually, so the three of them hastily ate some of the food they had brought with them on the road.

The temple was surprisingly quiet, the three of them sat in the courtyard and looked at the stars for a while in a boring way, but the winter night was cold and chilly, Lin Nuan was tempted to sneak out and take a look around, but it was already curfew time, and besides it was a hard road, so she simply washed up and then fell into a deep sleep.