This is the second time for Yelu to come to the Song Kingdom. Compared with the first time, he is more calm and has been looking forward to it.
The year before last, Yelu went out to Song State as an ambassador, representing the Liao State. He painted a portrait of the ruler of Song State, and met a good friend, Yun Yanhui. Although the distance between the two countries is long, whenever someone came to Song, he would take the opportunity to ask someone to send a letter to say hello.
This time, Yelu's shoes are semi-official.
Since the beginning of this year, the wind of aquatic plants landscaping has blown from Song to Liao, which has made Liao extremely obsessed. Even Emperor Liao did the same. Of course, Emperor Liao would not take care of it by himself, but the bamboo forest listening to the Zen urn had been in his palace for a long time, and the palace staff took care of it carefully.
This month, Song State will hold an aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting, and invites aquatic plant landscaping enthusiasts in Liao State.
The Liao State's aquatic plant tanks played well, and they were all high-ranking nobles, and it was impossible for all of them to go to Song State. As a result, some people were selected almost according to the mission's standards.
Yelu Yalu has both the experience of being an ambassador to the Song Dynasty and high artistic attainments, so he was selected to study and exchange, and became the head of the exchange group - and also shouldered the responsibility of purchasing.
Yelu Niaolu himself also raised aquatic plants, and unlike others, he prefers to pick wild fields. It is said that the most elegant literati of Song Dynasty went to pick the wild, instead of using ready-made raw materials sold in shops.
The aquatic plants landscaping is three-dimensional. When Yelu was playing with aquatic plants, he felt that he had a higher degree of control over the picture when he was painting, which made him not very happy.
Yelu Yaolu knew that the organizer of this aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting was Kaifeng House, and the organizer was Water Scenery Ji, and the major shareholder of Water Scenery was his good friend in Bianjing, Yun Yanhui, which made Yelu Yaohui. Lv is more willing to go to Bianjing.
The Yelu Crawler team traveled for a month and arrived in Bianjing. This time, because it was an "academic exchange", there were no high-profile officials, only simple personnel came to receive them.
In addition to inviting Liao people, the aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting also invited people from other surrounding countries.
Yelu walked to see that there was no Yun Yanhui among the people he received, so he grabbed an official from the Kaifeng government and asked, "I am a good friend with Yun Yanhui from the residence. I wonder if he is not. Is he in charge of receiving other missions?"
The official said with a good attitude: "You are a friend of Brother Yan, no, although Brother Yan was not assigned to receive work, he originally came here today, so he must be looking for you, but he was temporarily stumbled by something. Stopped."
Yelu asked bluntly, "What's the matter?"
The official said hesitantly: "It's... a family scandal, so it's inconvenient to publicize it."
Yelu curled up: "??"
Before I could ask further, the official had already left in a hurry. Yelu was puzzled for a long time, and had no choice but to go back to Yunyan himself. He found a post house to lead the way and went to Kaifeng Mansion.
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In the past two years, there have been many changes in Bianjing, not in architecture, but more novel objects sold on the street.
But Yelu's heart was attached to Yun Yanhui, so he didn't take a closer look, and went to Kaifeng Mansion to ask for an interview.
Because of Yelu Yalu's special status, soon, the judge in the palace came to receive him in person. Hearing that Yelu Yalu was looking for his friend in a private capacity, he said to take him to the parlour to wait for a while.
Considering that Yelu Yalu was from Liao, the judge followed him closely and planned to follow him until he was sent out of the house.
Yelu didn't think too much about it, and walked to the parlour with the judge.
Unexpectedly, Yun Yanhui unexpectedly met Yun Yanhui on the road. Yun Yanhui was chasing a cow-colored cat, but the cat was extremely nimble, jumping left and right, and Yun Yanhui couldn't catch it at all.
Yun Yan ran back and shouted, "Don't run, thief cat! See if I don't kill you!"
Yelu curled up: "..."
Judge: "..."
Uh…
Don't say Yelu is walking, even the judge thinks that this kind of Yan Geer is really rare.
"Brother Yan!" the judge shouted.
Yun Yan was stunned and stopped.
Yelu greeted her embarrassedly, "Yanhui, I heard that you have a housework to do, so I came to the door by myself, didn't I disturb you?"
"Ah, no, Hailin, I was going to find you in the afternoon." Yun Yan smiled shyly, "I made you laugh."
"Brother Yan, what are you doing just now? Could it be that that cat is..." The judge suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly.
Yun Yan looked back and became a little indignant, "That's right, it's it! The three big-haired children are its species, you can tell by looking at the color of the fur!"
Yelu curled up: "..."
- This is exactly what the officials of Kaifeng government are talking about.
Half a month ago, Da Mao suddenly gave birth to three kittens.
The cat is only pregnant for about two months. During the period, the belly will only bulge in the later period. It is not obvious if you don't pay attention. However, Yun Yanhui has been busy with work and hasn't brushed her hair for a long time, so she didn't notice it. Therefore, until Da Mao gave birth to a child, the whole family did not know that it was a child.
Yun Yanhui was quite displeased. The several rat catchers in the mansion had always only been active within the mansion and had their own territory. The kitten's father must have been a wild cat outside, sneaking in and making a big hairy belly...!
Although this is the instinct of animals, he is still so angry that he will not know what to do until the child is born. Moreover, Yun Yanhui has always felt that she has to control the number of female cats with six hairs.
After all, this is ancient times, and without modern pet medical technology, mother cats are prone to diseases in the uterus of many children.
Today, Yun Yan caught this male cat to peek at Da Mao, and he jumped on it at that time, but he was unable to catch the male cat who had been hiding for so long.
The judge had to comfort him, "Forget it, there will always be a chance."
"Well..." Yun Yanhui glanced at the direction in which the male cat fled a little unwillingly, and said to Yelu, "Hai Lin, I'm sorry, I made you laugh."
Yelu shook his head dumbly, not quite understanding the attitude of the people in Kaifeng Mansion towards cats, "Then, what will you do with the child of your mother cat?"
"When they are three months old, they will marry off." Yun Yan replied.
This is the usual practice of the Song people. Three cats per litter are considered too few. It is impossible for every litter to stay. Kaifeng mansion now has enough cats. Six hairs are in their prime, and they will not be retired until When the time is up, the kitten will be married off, that is, to those who need it.
Regarding the customs of the Song people, Yelu found it interesting, and Yun Yanhui told him the rules when marrying a kitten.
Yelu curled his feet and called out his inspiration, and he was going to make a picture of beating a raccoon slave.
"Okay, I have preserved the portrait you painted for me last time." Yun Yan smiled back.
The two talked for a while, and Yun Yanhui also listened to Yelu's walk and said that their exchange group came this time with the spirit of humility to learn.
For the aquatic plant lovers in Daliao, the biggest trouble may be the explosion of the tank. Because the aquatic plants they raise are generally rough, and they like everything, so the phenomenon of cylinder explosion often occurs in the end, and some people even take it seriously.
Yelu sighed with emotion: "I have burst the tank twelve times... Some water plants are really hard to control, but when I think of the beauty after the scene, I continue to work tirelessly..."
Yun Yan returned to comfort him, "Take your time, everyone can discuss it at the exchange meeting."
Yelu walked back to Yunyan to look back at the tank he had raised by himself. Speaking of the scenery alone, it was definitely the first-class level in the Liaoning water and grass world. , Occasionally weeds, an old man Dai Li is fishing on the edge of the cliff.
"It's a pity you didn't bring this tank, it's really artistic!" Yun Yan praised back.
"You still have taste!" Yelu complained, "Some of my colleagues actually said that the scenery I made was not in line with common sense, and no one's fishing rod would be that long."
Yun Yan smiled back, this is clearly an artistic exaggeration.
However, although the landscaping of Yelu Ciaolu is good, it is still a little lower than the domestic level of the Song Dynasty. The literati and poker here are really good at playing.
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There were still a few days before the official aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting was held. Yelu wanted to go to the Daxiangguo Temple to see the new murals there in recent years, so Yunyan took him there.
When they arrived at the Daxiangguo Temple, Yunyan went back to see Liaoran and Xiaobao as usual, and put Yelu's shoes in the temple, anyway, he would stay motionless for a few hours.
No, I saw Shuangyi first outside the hospital.
"Shuang Yi, why are you here?" Yun Yan called back to Shuang Yi, who was bored and sat on the wall with her cheeks resting.
Shuang Yi jumped down with his hands on the wall and pointed to the hospital, "Send someone with a broken leg over to fix the bone."
The hospital door was open, Yun Yan looked back inside. Although he couldn't see the patient, Xiaobao was indeed dispensing medicine. There was a gentle young man standing next to him, staring at Xiaobao's movements and asking questions from time to time. If so, I don't know if it is a pilgrim or a family member.
Yun Yan replied: "Alas! Why did you break the human leg again!"
The young people there looked over in amazement.
Yun Yan returned to cover her mouth, consciously her voice was a little louder by accident.
Shuang Yi was anxious, "What nonsense, he was hit by a carriage, I kindly sent him to the doctor!"
Yun Yan replied embarrassingly: "I misunderstood you..."
Yun Yan Hui felt that she couldn't blame herself, but Shuang Yi had a brilliant record.
Shuang Yi said angrily, "You don't care about me at all. When did I hurt someone and send me to see a doctor?"
Yunyan replied: "..."
The young man inside: "..."
Yun Yan whispered back: "Don't say it, who is that inside?" He felt that the person was frightened.
"I don't know, a passer-by had to do me a favor and send them over together, saying that I was a weak woman who couldn't carry the patient, but I almost had to carry him with me." Shuang Yi also whispered, "The body is too weak."
"That's a kind heart." Yun Yan replied and walked in.
"Brother Yan." Xiaobao shouted and introduced him to the people beside him, "Donor Shen, that's my brother, Yun Yanhui."
"Shen Shizhu" heard the name, but his eyes widened a little, "Yun Yanhui? But the inventor of scented tea, that Yun Yanhui?"
Several people present were stunned, didn't they say that this was a foreigner? How do you even know something like this that most locals don't know
Yun Yan looked back and looked again, confirming that she did not know this person, "May I ask if Xiongtai is...?"
The donor Shen blushed and cupped his hands: "In the next Shen Kuo, the words are in the deposit, a person from Qiantang, who traveled to Beijing with his father, just because he heard about Yunlang's deeds a long time ago, so he was a little rude, and I hope you forgive me."
Yun Yan covered her mouth back, tears welling up in her eyes.
Everyone: "???"
Shuang Yi: "What's wrong with Brother Yan, so rude?!"
"It's nothing." Yun Yan covered her face and muttered to herself, "Hey! I want Qing Shi to be named..."