There is a lot of snow in the north this winter. Since the middle of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow has fallen intermittently for more than ten days, and the entire capital has become completely white.
Jia Cong, whose confinement period was finally over, suddenly opened the door and wanted to take a deep breath of fresh air.
"Ah...precious freedom...cough cough cough cough cough..."
A gust of cold wind hit his throat, and the little fat man quickly ran back to the house, huddled beside the stove and muttered: "It's too cold, no one can try to drag me away from the stove!"
Daiyu made tea elegantly and said jokingly: "I told you it was very cold outside, but you just didn't listen. Go, go, enjoy your precious freedom, and breathe the fresh air that you have been dreaming about. .”
"Stop talking, stop talking, it's better to stay in the house. I'm not going anywhere today. Just listen to Sister Lin's lecture!"
These days, Daiyu would come over early in the morning and explain the classics and history to Jia Cong seriously, cramming them into the little fat man's head.
Daiyu tilted her head, handed a cup of tea to Jia Cong, and said with a crooked smile: "No, I will suspend lectures today. Later you will accompany me to Fahua Temple in the east of the city to burn incense and enjoy the taste in your mouth." free."
Jia Cong held the tea cup and sipped the Aoxue Plum Blossom Tea in the cup. Although he couldn't taste anything, he still praised it.
Dai Yuyan smiled, raised her hand and gently tugged on the little fat man's ears and said with a smile: "Okay, you rough guy, you have no taste at all, don't go searching for words. There is a Buddha in Fahua Temple today. Yes, maybe you can encounter something interesting..."
In fact, going to the Fahua Temple to offer incense today was not Daiyu's whim. If she had not received Jia Jing's order to explain the Classics and History to Jia Cong, she would have gone to the temple to offer incense and pray for her mother long after her childhood.
Almost all the adult men from the two mansions were sent to Jiangnan by Jia Jing. Except for Jia Lian who was already in Yangzhou, adult men from the clan such as Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Yun from the fifth house, etc. all packed up and followed him to help Jiangnan. The imperial army went south.
After hearing about the Japanese suppression, Jia Cong clamored to go south with the army. After being suppressed by Jia Jing, he was forced to stay in the house to study and cultivate his character until today.
As the wheels rolled over the snow on the road, Daiyu thought of Jia Cong's national poems in the Liang Garden and teased him to write another one today.
Jia Cong, who was wrapped up like a chubby bear, looked at the falling snowflakes outside the car and held back (copied) a poem for a long time.
"The sky and the earth are one, and there are black holes in the well. A black dog is white on the body, and a white dog is swollen on the body." (from "Yong Snow" by Zhang Zhang in the mid-Tang Dynasty)
Before Daiyu could laugh out loud, she heard someone laughing outside the car.
"Interesting and interesting, I never thought that a poem about snow could be written like this."
Jia Cong responded dissatisfiedly when he heard this: "I don't want to have ears across the car, eavesdropping on other people's conversations, it's immoral!"
He went to listen to the person outside the car and apologized: "Please don't worry, brother. I happened to be passing by and overheard someone reciting a poem. I was moved and listened to one more line."
The man's words were sincere. He introduced himself to his family and said, "I am Gu Su Lin Bai. I have been fond of poetry since childhood. I was abrupt for a while. I hope you will forgive me."
"Sister Lin, she is from Gusu!"
Jia Cong murmured to Dai Yu curiously, half-opened the car curtain, and stuck his head out to take a look.
I saw a young man of sixteen or seventeen, wearing ordinary Confucian clothes, but he could not hide his elegance. There was a middle-aged servant in front of him, leading a horse and driving slowly alongside his own carriage.
Although the voice coming from the car could tell that the owner was a child, Lin Bai was still a little surprised after seeing Jia Cong's appearance.
This appearance is almost the same as that of his elder brother from his natal family. He is really a handsome man.
"Are you from Gusu? Your surname is Lin?"
The man nodded and said, "I am indeed from Gusu. I am Lin Bai, the son of Suzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili. My courtesy name is Changqing!"
"The eighth room in Cheung Chau, sir, which room is it?"
Lin Bai was surprised when a woman's questioning voice suddenly came from the carriage. He responded smoothly: "I am the third brother of the Lin family in Changzhou. May I ask how the girl knows about my family?"
"That's my brother!"
Jia Cong turned around in surprise and saw Daiyu's face
Full of joy, he squeezed in front of him and opened the car curtain.
When Lin Bai saw a woman's face exposed through the car window, he almost subconsciously wanted to avert his eyes. After all, at this time when men and women are in conflict, it is easy to meet other ladies outside.
But I saw Daiyu's eyebrows curved with joy and she said: "Brother, my father is a direct descendant of Dafang, and now he is serving as the salt inspector in Yangzhou..."
When Shangxiang met her relatives, Daiyu was in a good mood.
As the carriage and horses arrived outside the Fahua Temple in the east of the city, Jia Cong found a teahouse to resolve his doubts.
"I also said, how can there be a man as handsome as Brother Lian in the world!"
Lin Bai looked at his cousin and future brother-in-law with a smile, and sighed: "Originally, I planned to visit Rongguo Mansion after the examination, but I didn't expect that we would meet here."
"Brother Bai has seen my second brother?"
"Before coming to Beijing, I went to Yangzhou to visit my uncle, and I hit it off with Brother Lian. He even took me to Qinghua Tower...ahem..."
Lin Bai coughed twice to cover up what he had missed.
"Brother Lian is not only a handsome man, but he is also very capable. He is truly a role model for us. When I went north, my uncle was preparing a personal entourage for Brother Lian, and sent Brother Lian to the Imperial Envoy to participate in the war against Japan. . I, a weak scholar with no strength to tie a chicken, can’t go with him, what a pity, what a pity!”
Another person who is conquered by the beauty of the second brother!
Jia Cong complained in his heart and listened carefully to Lin Bai's story. I don’t know what the second brother Jia Lian poured into this guy. He had already drank three cups of tea and was still bragging about Second Master Lian’s peerless style.
Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, interrupted Lin Bai's bragging to Jia Lian and asked: "Third brother, are you going to participate in the competition next spring? How many people are coming from our family this time? When I return to the south in September, Why haven't you heard from daddy that our family has a candidate?"
Lin Bai blushed when he heard this, and shook his head repeatedly: "It's embarrassing to say that our Lin family in Changzhou has only had me at the bottom of the list in the past seven years. I am really ashamed of my ancestors!" Z.br>
"Jiangnan Wenhua Splendid, Brother Bai is already one of a million to be on the list!"
Jia Cong didn't know how to comfort his second brother's little fanboy. Almost no one who could win the exam in Jiangnan was a simple person.
We must know that the number of pilot examinations for imperial examinations in Daxia has always been among the best in the four provinces of Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian. The nine northern provinces combined are not as good as these four provinces.
horrible!
Daiyu consoled her, "Third brother, don't despise yourself. The examination room is all about luck. No one can tell what the outcome will be until the end."
"Seventh sister, there is no need to comfort me. My family knows my own affairs. My uncle said that I have a solid history, but I am immature in policy matters. He did not recommend that I take this subject."
Lin Bai was calm and said with a smile: "But I was tired of staying at home, so I thought of taking this opportunity to wander around, which can be regarded as traveling around the world. My uncle gave me several greeting cards, saying that if I failed in the exam, , so he went to visit his friends of the same year, so that he could study at Jingzhong Academy for the future. By the way, I heard that brother Cong has vowed to take the test of Hwarang. Do you want me to take you to visit Xianda? How about we study together? "
As he said this, Lin Bai winked at Jia Cong. There was no teasing, but there was also a sense of amusement.
Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, and Jia Cong's face turned red to his neck.
He covered his face and replied: "Don't mention the matter of studying, don't mention it, let's talk about Qinghua Tower!"
Of course, Lin Bai refused to mention the matter of Qinghua Tower. After looking for an opportunity to deal with it, he went to Fahua Temple with Jia Cong and Daiyu to offer incense.
After skipping the incense and praying and adding incense, the three of them also went to the New Year's Fair outside the temple. Unfortunately, the snow was getting heavier and the weather was getting colder, so Jia Cong suggested returning home.
However, Lin Bai also made an appointment with a friend to attend a poetry meeting in the plum forest outside the temple. The three of them could only say goodbye for now. However, they had made plans to gather at the Rongguo Mansion tomorrow, which could be regarded as a visit from the descendants of the in-laws' family.
On the carriage back to the city, Daiyu was in a good mood because she met relatives in a foreign country, and shared her happiness with Jia Cong.
"I'm four
I haven't seen a few relatives in the clan since I was a year old, and I didn't expect to meet my third brother in the capital. It turns out that there are several brothers and sisters in the clan, and I am actually ranked seventh. In other words, there are six sisters before me..."
Jia Cong felt a little sad in his heart. It was said in the original work that after Lin Ruhai left, the Lin family's property was disposed of by the Jia family, and Daiyu was brought back to the capital. There was no mention of anyone from the Lin family in Gusu.
The Lin family is also a big family. Even if Lin Ruhai has no children, the Lin family's family business will not be handled by the Jia family in the final analysis. There are nephews and nephews in the family to inherit, and even Daiyu is looked after by the Lin family...
Why didn't you mention it? It’s scary to think about it!
While Jia Cong was responding to Daiyu's excited talk, he was thinking carefully about the Lin family's affairs. Suddenly there was a loud cry from outside the car, and the carriage screeched to a sudden stop.
He quickly reached out to hold Daiyu, who was about to fall over and hit the car, and asked in confusion: "What's going on?"
"Young Master, there seems to be trouble not far ahead. A large number of people have gathered around and blocked the road."
Jia Shiyi rushed back to the car window and reported to Jia Cong: "I have asked people to go to the front to investigate. I think we will know what is going on soon."
Not long after, a guard discovered the reason for the road blockage ahead.
It turned out that this place was close to the east gate of the capital, and thousands of refugees came from nowhere on the official road. The long queue blocked the official road back to the city.
People from the capital city who originally went to Fahua Temple to offer incense and attend a Buddhist meeting did not dare to go forward for a while. They gathered here one after another and sent people to investigate.
Jia Cong frowned and said, "There are thousands of refugees, and no one knows whether there will be people with good intentions among them. Let's take a detour to Nancheng!"
Jia Shi nodded in agreement. It was a coincidence that there were so many refugees.
"Young Master is right. The imperial court has long sent food to the prefectures and counties in Gyeonggi to help the victims. How can such refugees come to the capital to survive? There must be something fishy. We'd better take a detour and return to the city..."
Just as he was talking, a chaotic and sharp shout suddenly came from the front: "Run quickly! The refugees are killing people..."
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