"Master, would you like to take a ride?"
Pei Ziyun walked out of the corner gate. As soon as the spring rain and cool breeze blew, he didn't want to continue holding the imperial edict. It was not good to get wet. At this moment, an ox cart came over. The driver said, "This driver is not young and has some wrinkles on his forehead." .
Just now I saw Pei Ziyun coming out of the eldest princess's mansion from a distance. He looked around and saw that he was waiting for the bullock cart.
Pei Ziyun smiled when he saw the driver coming. It seemed that he didn't have to wait any longer: "How much does it cost to go to the Dongping Street intersection?"
"Sir, it's twenty cents to go to Dongping Street. You're a good boy." The coachman grinned, missing a front tooth and smiled.
"Okay, here are 20 coins, send me there." Pei Ziyun took out 20 coins from his pocket and got into the oxcart. Seeing that the inside was simple and clean, he sat firmly in his chair. The driver took a look inside the car and saw Pei Ziyun sat firmly and smiled: "Sir, it's still cold and it's windy and rainy. I'm shaking even in my cotton robe. Why are you wearing just this?"
Pei Ziyun was startled for a moment, then smiled: "I have a jacket inside."
The driver shouted, and the ox cart started moving. On this cloudy and snowy day, there were still many pedestrians in the streets and alleys, so we had to walk slowly, listening only to the sound of the ox hooves stepping on the muddy water and the drizzle hitting the oilcloth.
Pei Ziyun stroked the imperial edict and looked at it.
Imperial edicts are actually very mature now, and have five basic formats: imperial edict, edict, system, edict, and edict.
The imperial edict means to announce it widely. It is the highest level. The emperor only uses this format when announcing it to the world. His own imperial edict does not reach this level.
The imperial edict is an important edict, conferring titles of five or above and hereditary titles, while the imperial decree is written by the emperor himself, and the imperial edict is an ordinary separate order, conferring titles below five or seven grades, and non-hereditary titles.
The edicts are daily instructions and oral instructions. If you are canonized or lower than the seventh rank, a private seal will suffice.
Imperial edicts all have shafts, and their textures are strictly different according to their properties: imperial edicts must be made of jade, imperial edicts must be made of black rhinoceros horn, and edicts must be made of black ox horn.
The imperial seal used to confer the true monarch was a black ox horn scroll. The scroll was made of silk and was dyed red. There were auspicious clouds and cranes on it, and there were dragons on both ends.
After unfolding it a little, the first sentence is the edict: "I heard that Songyun Dao Guanshan's Taoist magic is efficacious, and it has been proven in one place, and its merits have benefited the people. It is appropriate to show the brilliance of the dynasty, to present it as a true king, and to add glory to the treasure book." "
There is also a seal of Emperor Xu on it, which makes people feel majestic and solemn when looking at it.
"Eh? Am I dazzled?" As he was bumping in the drizzle, he suddenly felt that every word on it was shining with light, and there was a red dragon circling around. Pei Ziyun was startled, but when he looked again, there was no difference, and he felt a chill in his heart. Just stop looking at it and put it away.
The rain continued to hit the oilcloth, and when he saw the car curtain hanging down to block his view, Pei Ziyun thought to himself: "System!"
A plum blossom appeared in front of me. It quickly enlarged and turned into a translucent information frame, floating in the field of vision with a faint sense of light. When I stared at it, a line of words appeared naturally.
"Mission: Establish meritorious service and become one of the three heroes of the outer sect (completed)"
But even though it was completed, the task did not move toward one point. Pei Ziyun frowned. It seemed that the task must be completely implemented and truly formed before it could be completed.
After a long time, Pei Ziyun sighed: "It seems that we must escort the imperial edict back to Songyun Gate."
"Here we are, sir!"
I don't know how much time passed, Pei Ziyun was woken up, got out of the car, the rain stopped, and in front of him was the Pei Mansion. Spring has come, and the little girl planted flowers on the inner wall. When she glanced at the door, the Bai family's mother and daughter swept the floor. , when he saw Pei Ziyun coming back, he welcomed him out with a smile.
"Nothing, just keep busy." Pei Ziyun said.
"Yes, Master." Bai Sanchu said. The happy life now is very different from the hard life before, so he works extra hard.
Pei Ziyun saw this big tree. Some buds had grown on the branches, and it was full of vitality. As for the traces of the previous gold nuggets, there were no traces.
Without saying anything at the moment, he went straight into the inner room and packed up. There were not many things, just a few things to change and wash. Then he heard Chef Bai knocking on the door: "Master, you can dine at home tonight, I will prepare it."
After hearing what Chef Bai San said, Pei Ziyun was silent for a moment. He originally wanted to serve as a cleaner for a few days, but he was thinking of saying, "No, I'll leave tomorrow."
At this time, he saw the little girl cleaning the window, trying to stand on tiptoe, and said: "Hey, don't be so high, it will be bad if the rain slips."
The little girl looked back: "Master, I'm not afraid."
He wiped it harder, but this look made Pei Ziyun feel sour. What he was going to say got stuck, and he remembered the first time he met this family, and what they had just met on the road.
The Lantern Festival has passed. Although there are winds and rains, the weather is gradually getting warmer. Seeing this, literati and poets can't help but go for an outing, holding umbrellas by the mountains, or taking a boat in the lake, making tea and chanting poems, enjoying the rain and listening to the wind, which is very pleasant.
In the face of the wind and rain, the common people had no intention of watching. They hurriedly curled up their necks, or trotted all the way, or clung to the base of the wall, carefully hiding from the rain along the eaves.
The reason is just that the clothes are thin. If you are exposed to rain or wind, or get sick, even if you don't die, the cost of soup and medicine will be a big expense. The Bai family was even worse back then. They lived in a narrow alley, with sewage flowing across it, and their hair was messy. He didn't even have any clothes to wear.
Pei Ziyun was startled and said, "Prepare a rich dinner for me."
"Understood, young master." Bai Sanchu replied, and then started to prepare.
Looking at their figures, this house was originally purchased for gold digging, and it was convenient for them to have a place to live. However, they didn’t know whether they would come to the capital in the future, so they would have been rational to sell the house and say goodbye to the Bai family mother and daughter. But I can't bear it. I am not the Holy Mother, but it is a little help for me, so why not pluck a hair
Even Ya Po has made a hundred taels of silver from her, let alone this mother and daughter
Pei Ziyun started thinking about it. He glanced at the brand-new house that had been built for a while, entered the study, and took out a volume to read.
Not long after, the little girl came to invite Pei Ziyun. When Pei Ziyun went out, Chef Bai was setting out the wine and dishes. When he saw him coming in, he came out with a smile and knelt down to say hello. Pei Ziyun sat at the table, and the little girl poured the wine and raised his glass to "Cao". After swallowing it, he looked at it and saw that it was a rare dish in this season. He smiled and said, "Sit down and eat together."
"Master, how can we come to the table?" Chef Bai declined quickly, and Pei Ziyun said, "I have something to give you today. Let's serve it together. I have something to say."
After this order, Chef Bai reluctantly sat down, but he was restrained. Pei Ziyun didn't care. He ate the food and drank the wine and said, "I'm going to prepare to respond to the state. I'm afraid it won't be a year or two until I come back."
"Bang!" The little girl was startled. Her hands shook and a bowl broke. Her face suddenly turned white. During these days, Pei Ziyun gave her new clothes and food. This little girl felt that she had hope in life. I didn't want to say that I was leaving today, and I was suddenly confused as to where to go.
"Sir, are you coming back?" Bai Sanchu was still calm, scolded the little girl, and asked Pei Ziyun. Pei Ziyun smiled and said, "I will come back in the future, but I won't stay permanently."
The look in the little girl's eyes just now showed that poverty and hardship cannot be solved by outsiders' sarcastic remarks.
"Thank you for taking care of me, sir. We will move out tomorrow." Chef Bai said solemnly, his whole body was shaking a little, and his face turned pale. He had just been through hard times, but now it is unbearable to lose him all of a sudden, and he is reluctant to let go. But she had lost too much and knew there was nothing she could do.
"Don't panic, I have a plan, and I have arranged two paths for you."
"First, I still want to live in this room, but I have less time to come back. You guys can take care of it for me. I may come back here in a year or two, and I won't give you less money." Pei Ziyun said, "I'll give you thirty For two silver dollars, you three can choose to live in a wing in this house, but you are not allowed to move my room."
"The second item is that you follow me to Yingzhou. I have a house in Yingzhou, but I am short of people."
After listening to Pei Ziyun's words, Chef Bai and her daughter were silent for a while, and then the little girl mustered up her courage for the first time: "Master, are you not coming to the capital anymore?"
"If so, I want to go to Yingzhou with my mother and you."
"Girl!" Bai Sanchu interrupted quickly.
"Mom, can't you see that the young master is saying this out of pity for us? If he doesn't come back, how can the two of us guard this house, even for how long?"
The little girl blushed and said, Pei Ziyun was startled, he never thought she would have such courage and asked: "Little girl, what is your name?"
"Bai Sanya."
"If Sanya doesn't sound good, let's call her Baiya." Pei Ziyun said, touching her little head and looking at Chef Bai. Chef Bai gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, let's follow the young master."
"That's okay. I told Granny Ya about the house. The wing can be rented out. The house will not deteriorate quickly if someone lives in it. Now that you have made up your mind, get ready!"
On the same day, Pei Ziyun went out to look for the ox cart and drove into the dock. He saw that although it was night, people were coming and going at the dock, and people were coming and going on the canal in the distance.
While we were walking, a young man came forward and asked in a low voice: "Sir, we need to take a boat. To take a boat, we have to take our Jingshang Lian Bank's boat, which is safe and practical."
A young man from a boat shop next door said quickly: "Who said that only Wanrong Boat Shop is the biggest? Master, where are you going? You will not suffer any loss if you take our boat at Wanrong Boat Shop."
The two boys faced each other.
"I'm going to the capital of Yingzhou. I don't know which of the two families has a boat? I'll take the boat with whoever has it." Pei Ziyun said that the competition between the two boys would help them understand the situation better.
Upon hearing this, the boy from Jing Merchant Shipping Company put a smile on his face and said, "Sir, you have chosen this. Our Jing Merchant Shipping Company will have a passenger ship passing by Yingzhou at noon tomorrow, and you can take it."
"Hmph!" The boy from Wanrong Trading Company couldn't compete, so he snorted coldly and turned around to leave.
"Sir, please." The young man invited Pei Ziyun to come into the boat. There was a water area map on a large wall and a bamboo sign hung on it. The young man said to the shopkeeper at the front desk: "Shopkeeper, this young man is going to Yingzhou."
He turned around and said to Pei Ziyun: "Sir, what room do you want? If there are maids, servants, or large cargo, we can pick it up and drop it off. It's all cheap."
"Give me room A. I have two maids. Give me room B. I don't have anything to bring." Pei Ziyun realized that it was indeed a capital city, and the transportation had become a system.
"Okay, sir." The shopkeeper at the front desk said, taking two boat tickets and handing them over: "Sincerity twenty-three taels."
The shopkeeper said with a smile that when Pei Ziyun came in just now, the shopkeeper observed that the clothes, boots and materials were all of high quality, so there was no need to worry about not being able to pay the shipping fee.
(End of chapter)