Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 611: Not Spitting Out the Seeds [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 41K]

A few days after the wedding of the Yu and Sheng families,
June 6th,

Mao hour (six o'clock in the morning)

Although it was early, the sun had been up for some time.

Quyuan Street,
Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

In the racecourse, Xu Zaijing, who had taken off his armor after training, stood next to a cart, holding a wet towel in his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead and cheeks.

The cool towel made Xu Zaijing sigh in comfort.

After wiping his cheek, Xu Zaijing handed the towel to Hua Xiang behind him, picked up a peach with green leaves from the cart in front of him, and said, "This fruit looks fresh."

Alan at the side said with a smile: "Sir, this was just delivered to the manor when you and Brother Qingyun were fighting. They said they picked it this morning."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness."

After saying that, Xu Zaijing looked at the other basket of things in the car besides the fruit, then turned around and left the racecourse to wash up.

After having breakfast in my mother's yard,
Xu Zaijing then rode out of the mansion with his brother.

Unlike the past,
Today, after the two brothers left Quyuan Street, they did not head south to Sheng's house, but followed the carriage and rode north together.

On the way north,

Many passers-by were walking in the same direction as the Xu family's carriage.

Until we left the inner city,

Arriving at the Old Suanzao Gate in the outer city and crossing the bridge over the Hulu River, the Xu family's carriage and horses stopped under the shade of the trees on the side of the road.

While waiting,
The people in the city were moving out of the city like flowing water.

After waiting for a while, fanning herself,
Xu Zaijing, riding on the back of the little black colt, waved towards the Hulong River Bridge.

quickly,

Changbai Qiheng and other classmates from Sheng Family Academy were riding horses and following a carriage towards this side.

Coming near,

Xu Zaijing and his brother looked at Zhuang Xuejiu who opened the curtain of the leading carriage and hurriedly bowed to greet him.

After Master Zhuang nodded in greeting, the group joined the crowd and walked towards the north.

Today is the sixth day of June.

It is Lord Cui’s birthday.

This gentleman was a county magistrate in the previous dynasty. He was honest, loved the people, and was good at solving strange cases. It was said that he handled affairs of the living during the day and judged matters of the underworld at night. His abilities were quite miraculous. He died of illness while in office. The local people built a temple for him, and he was conferred the title of Lingsheng Huguo Hou in the previous dynasty.

This dynasty continued to continue and conferred him the title of Duke of Protector of the Country. Cui Fujun was very popular in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and his status and impression in the hearts of the people were somewhat similar to that of Bao Gong and Justice Bao in later generations, but his status was higher, after all, he was said to be protecting the country.

The Song Dynasty emperor who was later called "Wanyan Gou" was protected by this Lord in the legend of "crossing the river on a mud horse".

Following the crowd heading north, fifteen miles outside the city, we arrived at the Cui Fujun Temple.

At this time, there were already crowds of people around the temple.

When Xu Zaijing and others got off their horses and came to Zhuang Xuejiu's carriage, Xuejiu was just stepping on a stool to get off the carriage.

Looking at the students who came closer, Zhuang Xuejiu smiled and nodded, then led the group towards Cui Fujun Temple.

In addition to fruit baskets, the servants and maids behind Xu Zaijing and others also had bamboo baskets filled with Chinese toon, which was another thing Xu Zaijing saw on his own cart.

There are different opinions on why Chinese toon was presented to this Lord of the Mansion.

By the time everyone accompanied the scholar to present the fruit basket and Chinese toon trees, more than half an hour had passed when they returned to the outside of the temple.

Zhuang Xuejiu also advised Xu Zaijing and others to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, to be honest and fair in their future official duties, and to love the people like their own children.

These students of Zhuang Xuejiu were either from noble families or officials. Even if they failed to pass the imperial examination in the future, they could still be appointed as officials.

We talked for quite a while.

That's all.

Zhuang Xuejiu stood beside the carriage, waving his folding fan while looking at the students in front of him and said with a smile: "Today, the senior officials in the court are on leave, so you don't have to go back to the Sheng family with me. You can make your own arrangements."

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing and others looked at each other happily and bowed in agreement.

The voices of several people were very loud, attracting the attention of the people around them.

When Zhuang Xuejiu got on the carriage,

Gu Tingye grabbed Changbai, who was about to mount the horse and follow the scholar's carriage back to Jiying Lane, and said, "Changbai, even if you had some free time in the past, you would stay at Sheng's house and not come out. We classmates rarely had the chance to drink together."

"Today is a good day, don't even think about running away again."

Gu Tingye finished speaking.
Xu Zaijing and others nodded in agreement.

Changbai struggled for a while, looking at Gu Tingye who was holding his sleeve tightly, and Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng who were "blocking" him, he could only nod helplessly and said: "I won't run away, let go."

Subsequently,

Everyone mounted their horses and headed towards Bianjing City.

Because there were so many people leaving the city, everyone deliberately avoided the north gate and went around before entering the city from the Jin Yao Gate in the west.

It was still morning, and the sun was shining brightly from the east. Going west and south, it was just right to walk under the shade of the trees.

along the way,

The summer cicadas are chirping constantly,

You can often see stalls selling fruits and Chinese toon in the shade of trees on the roadside.

Today, business is very good.

Entered the city,
We walked along the moat beside the inner city wall for a while and arrived near the Tianbo Gate of the inner city. We continued walking eastward and arrived at the Jinglong Gate where the emperor accepted the surrender of Bai Gao.

Everyone was discussing which authentic restaurant in the city to go to.

Gu Tingye smiled and said, "Third brother, I have never been to Changbai in Panlou. Why don't we go there?"

Hearing this, Qi Heng and Chang Feng looked at each other and smiled.

Changbai looked at his hesitant brother-in-law with some confusion.

Looking at Zai Zhang's expression, Gu Tingye smiled and changed the target: "Jing'er, what do you think?"

"Brother Jing?" Gu Tingye asked again, and then looked forward along the line of sight of Xu Zaijing who was silent: "What's wrong?"

Xu Zaijing shaded his eyes from the sun with his folding fan and said, "Look at the few people passing by in the distance. Some of them look like Zhang Shipan."

Gu Tingye glared and said, "You thief named Zhang, how dare that stubborn prisoner leave the palace?"

Xu Zaijing narrowed his eyes and shook his head slightly, saying, "When I looked over there, the sunlight was a little blinding, and it was only for a moment that it looked somewhat similar."

"Never mind, let's go and take a look first! Go!"

As he spoke, Gu Tingye quickened his pace and ran forward.

Xu Zaijing tapped the horse's belly lightly, and the little black colt followed sensibly.

Zai Zhang, Chang Bai and others behind him had to speed up.

When Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye arrived near Jinglong Gate,
Looking at the endless stream of people leaving the inner city, it was difficult for the two of them to fit in with the crowd.

Looking toward the north, there were endless people riding horses, driving cars, and walking. There were colorful flags and wine banners on the roadside, and from time to time, the steam rising from the roadside stalls blocked the view.

The two men stepped on the stirrups, stood up straight and looked towards the north, but they only saw many backs.

"Brother Jing, have you seen anyone?" Gu Tingye said.

"No." There were so many shadows in the sunlight that Xu Zaijing couldn't see clearly.

Qingyun and Zhique, who were behind the two of them, also helped to watch.

But their eyesight was not as good as Gu Tingye's, so they didn't see anything.

After Changbai and the others caught up, the two looked for a while before turning into the inner city.

This also made Gu Tingye and Xu Zaijing fall behind.
On the way to Panlou,

Gu Tingye said, "Brother Jing, if it is really them, what should we do if we catch up with them?"

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye in confusion and said, "Erlang, of course, let's do what we have to do. Just shoot us a few arrows and let us return a few arrows to him."
Panlou Main Street,

East side street,

The sun is shining brightly and it's a bit hot.

Downstairs of Sibaozhai, next to several luxurious carriages, a carriage slowly stopped.

The strong woman standing at the door hurried forward and placed the stool next to the cart.

A well-dressed girl lifted the carriage curtain and said with a smile, "Thank you, Sister-in-law Zhu."

"Miss Fuyi, you are too polite."

As she spoke, Fu Yi picked up two large food boxes and prepared to step onto the stool to get off the carriage.

Seeing this, the strong woman hurriedly reached out to help carry the food box, and the maid brushed her clothes and thanked her a few more times.

As soon as they entered the first floor, the surroundings suddenly felt cool, and Fu Yi's brows, which were furrowed because of the sunlight, relaxed.

Afterwards, Fu Yi took the food boxes from Zhu's sister-in-law with a smile, and went upstairs with one in each hand.

The second floor is cooler than the first floor.

Several noble ladies from Bian Jing, wearing beautiful summer clothes, were talking and laughing while waving their round fans.

Seeing Fu Yi coming upstairs, Chai Zhengzheng stood up and said with a smile: "Finally here."

Looking at the puzzled expressions of the ladies on the second floor, Chai Zhengzheng said with a smile, "It's the cold food and drinks from the two families outside the Old Song Gate."

Hearing this, the eyes of the noble ladies in the building lit up, except for one noble lady sitting in the middle of the crowd who looked a little confused.

Gu Tingyi, who was sitting next to the girl, leaned forward and said with a smile, "Sister Chu Hong, the two shops outside the Old Song Gate are the most famous and delicious for cold food and drinks in Beijing. Other shops can't make the taste of these two shops."

Talking
With the help of other maids, Fu Yi had opened the food box on the table and took out the cold food surrounded by ice.

"Miss, this is steamed buns that have been cooled with boiled water." The porcelain bowl was placed in front of Zhang Jia Wu Niang.

Afterwards, jelly, vegetarian skewers and other things were placed in front of the ladies of each family.

For a moment, the aroma of food filled the second floor.

Finally, Fu Yi took out a large colorful porcelain plate from the bottom of the food box.

This porcelain plate is filled with pieces of various fruits such as melons, peaches, apricots, plums, and watermelons.
In addition, there are some dried fruits and candied fruits, and at the bottom of the fruit plate is a layer of crystal ice.

As soon as it was brought out, the fruit pieces and other things on the colorful porcelain plate began to emit a faint white cold air.

"Wow, a snowy ice plate!"

A noble lady shouted in a joyful tone.

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and motioned Fu Yi to divide the ice plate into smaller porcelain bowls.

After the food was divided, Chai Zhengzheng picked up the porcelain bowl and placed it next to the noble lady beside Gu Tingyi, and said with a smile: "Sister Chuhong, try this ice plate. I don't know if you have eaten it in Beiliao before."

While Chai Zhengzheng was talking to the girl from the Zhao family in Lulong, Fu Yi was already walking towards Rong Feiyan holding a porcelain bowl.

Before she got close, she saw Rong Feiyan smiling and waving at her, indicating that she didn't need to send it over.

Fu Yi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Rong Feiyan and saw that there was no cold food in front of her. She immediately guessed something.

Fu Yi bowed and walked back to Chai Zhengzheng.

After whispering a few words to Chai Zhengzheng, Fu Yi turned around and walked downstairs again.

After a while, Fu Yi came back with a fruit basket filled with clean, unfrozen fruits.

After handing the fruit basket to Zi Teng, Fu Yi whispered in Chai Zheng Zheng's ear, "Miss, when I went to buy fruit just now, I met Qing Yun, the close follower of Xu Jia Wu Lang, and Bu Wei of Qi Jia."

Chai Zhengzheng's eyes lit up and he whispered, "Oh? Did you say hello?"

"Hello. Qingyun and Buwei are also riding horses to the outside of the Old Song Gate to buy some cold food and drinks." Fuyi replied.

Before Chai Zhengzheng could ask, Fu Yi continued, "He said he had just returned from the north of the city. The school was closed today, so he went to Panlou with his classmates to have some fun."

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and nodded, "It's quite a coincidence that you can meet this."

After a quick glance, Chai Zhengzheng walked towards Gu Tingyi and said, "Sister Tingyi, I heard that Brother Xu Wu, Brother Gu Er and my cousin are all in Panlou Gaole."

Chai Zhengzheng sent something to Qi Heng. Even though he was his cousin, it still felt a bit abrupt.

There is nothing wrong with Gu Tingyi giving it to his biological brother.

Pan Lou,

Private room on the third floor,

There was no sound of talking in the room.

The sounds of "crunch, crunch" and "slurp" of chewing fruit and sucking juice are endless.

From morning till now, Xu Zaijing and others have not had a chance to drink a sip of water.

The sun is bright and the weather is hot.

Everyone was a little thirsty.

After entering the cool private room, everyone started to chew the watermelons, peaches and other fruits that had been soaked in cool water in Pan Lou's shop without caring about their image.

After a while,

Gu Tingye threw a piece of watermelon rind in his hand aside, took the handkerchief from the servant Zhique and wiped his mouth.

"Comfortable!"

Just finished.

"belch."

Gu Tingye burped again.

Afterwards, Gu Tingye looked down at the number of watermelon rinds in front of him, then looked at Xu Zaijing's, and asked in confusion: "Jing'er, I didn't see you doing anything just now, how come there are more watermelon rinds in front of you than me?"

Xu Zaijing looked calm and was about to speak.
"belch."

After a moment, Xu Zaijing said, "I eat melons without spitting out the seeds."

Hearing this, Gu Tingye gave Xu Zaijing a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Brother Jing, you are not afraid that the watermelon seeds will sprout in your stomach." Hearing this, everyone in the private room laughed.

Chang Feng, who was sitting on the other side, sat over with a smile after Zhi Que had finished cleaning the watermelon peel in front of Gu Tingye, and said, "Second Brother Gu, I heard that you and Liu Lang went to Mother Ruan's place a few days ago? How was it?"

"cough."

After Gu Tingye coughed lightly, he looked at Zai Zhang and Xu Zai Jing with a weak look in his eyes.

"Chang Feng, where did you hear this gossip?"

"Second Brother Gu, the servant beside me is familiar with Qiao Jiulang, I heard what they said."

"Indeed."

Zai Zhang spat the seeds into the porcelain plate beside him, then looked at Gu Tingye and said, "Erlang, just go, it's nothing. I won't go to Aunt Bai to complain."

Gu Tingye smiled and looked at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "It's not like I haven't been there before, Erlang, just don't be too obsessed with it."

Gu Tingye glared and said loudly: "Brother Jing, what are you talking about? How could I be addicted? I'm not Qiao Jiulang!"

The voice just fell,

Outside the private room came the voice of Changbai's servant Hanniu's message.

"Young Master Liang Liu and Young Master Qiao Jiu are here."

Hearing this,

Gu Tingye looked at everyone with some embarrassment on his face, with a hint of request in his eyes.

Outside the private room,
Han Niu, holding a half-eaten watermelon in his hand, led the two people in with a smile on his face.

After a moment, Liang Han and Qiao Jiu walked around the screen and entered the private room.

Qiao Jiulang smiled at everyone and said, "Just now outside my room, I vaguely heard someone calling my younger brother's name. I wonder which brother was talking about me?"

(End of this chapter)