At dusk, in order to avoid violating the night ban, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Siwei went hand in hand and agreed to take Zhu Ping'an to visit the capital in the next day.
At this time, there were a lot less people in the inn, and those who remained, like Zhu Ping'an, also stayed in the inn.
When Zhu Pingan was about to get up and go upstairs, the innkeeper led the waiter over. The innkeeper was an old man with long sleeves and good dancing. He was about fifty years old and had a good conversation. He cupped his hands and apologized to Zhu Pingan:
"This young master is the result of poor discipline and has offended many people. On behalf of the boss, I apologize to the young master. This store will also clean up such arrogant clerks to correct the store's rules and hope that the young master will be kind to you."
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, the shop assistant next to him hurriedly apologized to Zhu Ping'an, with an expression as if it was the end of the world, "Young Master, I'm so young that I can't see the mountains! I looked down on others and hit the Young Master! The Young Master has a lot of people, Let’s spare the little one this time~!~!~”
Looking at the shopkeeper who handed over his hands to apologize, and the shop assistant who looked like it was the end of the world, Zhu Ping'an was startled for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips and shook his head with a smile.
The matter is over, and besides, I didn't suffer any loss. In addition, I got free room and board for a month. Why would I care about such a trivial matter? Looking at the apocalyptic look on this store clerk's face, he should probably remember this lesson, why there is no need to drive everyone away.
So, Zhu Ping'an raised his hand to the shopkeeper in return, shook his head slightly and smiled indifferently, and lightly let go of the contemptuous shop assistant next to him.
"Thanks to your shop, I have a place to stay. Thank you for peace and security, so why should I offend you? As for this guy, a small punishment is enough. If he makes mistakes in the future, he will be expelled."
After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, the shop assistant next to him who looked like he was at the end of the world breathed a sigh of relief, and looked up at Zhu Pingan gratefully, feeling ashamed and regretful.
"The gentleman is kind and kind. It is rare in the world."
The shopkeeper looked at Zhu Pingan with a sigh and said something sincerely. If Zhu Ping'an's talent in the couplet just shocked the innkeeper, then now. Zhu Ping'an's character once again shocked the innkeeper.
"Why don't you thank the young master quickly? If the young master hadn't interceded for you, I would have kicked you out of the store." The shopkeeper turned to scold the shop assistant next to him.
"Thank you so much, Master. I will definitely change my past mistakes. Master, I am so kind to you. I will wear a grass ring in my mouth. I will never forget it."
The shop clerk's face turned red and he looked at Zhu Pingan with shame. He was very grateful to Zhu Pingan for his generosity.
"The customer is the Jade Emperor. Don't do this again in the future."
Zhu Pingan shook his head nonchalantly, patted the shop assistant on the shoulder and said something.
The customer is the Jade Emperor. After hearing these words, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up and he seemed to be touched, and then looked at Zhu Pingan's eyes. Even more respect.
Zhu Ping'an also saw that the waiter in the store had regrets, so he helped him speak to the shopkeeper. Zhu Ping'an's tolerance towards others is not unprincipled accommodation, nor is it a compatibility of good and evil, but a combination of tolerance for others and criticism of mistakes. If the other person is stubborn, he will not condone it.
After this incident, the store clerk seemed to be a new person. After leading Zhu Pingan to the room, he immediately went downstairs to get a bucket of hot water for Zhu Pingan and sent it to Zhu Pingan's room.
As soon as Zhu Pingan entered the room. I couldn't help but admire the generosity of the inn.
The room is decorated with carved beams and painted beams and is roughly divided into three parts: the bedroom, the living room and the balcony. As soon as you enter the room, you can smell the faint scent of sandalwood filling your surroundings. The decoration in the room is also extremely luxurious, with gold-carved flowers blooming enchantingly among the white stones. There is also a small rockery bonsai in the living room, which is probably a scene of a meandering stream, and there are many other such decorations.
The most commendable thing is that the rooms are luxurious and comfortable. The porch and foyer stretch to the north and south. The arrangement of tables and chairs in the room also gives people a comfortable feeling, and there are various living facilities.
The room may have earth dragons hidden in the walls, and the room is as warm as spring. Zhu Pingan walked leisurely to the balcony, and sure enough he saw a small chimney made of glazed tiles protruding from the outer wall. The location was quite secret. As expected, it was Dilong. The owner of this inn was really willing to spend money. Earth Dragon is the imaginative wisdom of the working people in ancient my country. They built the walls of the room into hollow "walls", commonly known as "fire walls". There is a fire channel dug under the wall, and the charcoal opening for lighting the fire is placed under the eaves of the corridor outside the house. When the charcoal fire is burned in the charcoal mouth, the heat can spread along the wall to warm the entire house. In order to ensure smooth thermal circulation, there is an air hole at the end of the fire channel, and the smoke is discharged from the air outlet under the platform. The heat circulates and the whole house will feel like spring all year round.
Of course, this is also very expensive and most people cannot afford it.
The city knows how to play!
However, very satisfied.
After Zhu Ping'an was satisfied with visiting the room, he took a hot bath and soaked away all the dust and dust along the way. After taking a bath, I changed into thinner and clean clothes, took out the books, pens, ink, etc. I brought in my luggage one by one and placed them neatly on the desk.
Then, he turned on the oil lamp, sat at the desk by the window, spread out pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and recorded his recent experiences in a small book.
After writing about his experiences, Zhu Ping'an opened the Analects of Confucius at random, found a sentence from it, and tried to write an eight-part essay. Having been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, I have become familiar with the Eight-part essay style. The more you practice the Eight-part essay, the better you will get at it. I picked up the pen and polished it, and took the time to finish writing an eight-part article. Then I read the eight-part article carefully and revised its shortcomings carefully.
By the time this eight-legged essay was revised and perfected, the entire capital was shrouded in boundless silence and darkness.
Turn off the lights and fall asleep, have a good night's sleep.
It was still dark the next day, around six o'clock. Zhu Pingan had already gotten up and washed himself. He went downstairs with his schoolbag slung across his body and a black wooden board under his arm. He left the inn and walked along the street. At this time, the night prohibition has ended. The regulations on night prohibition in the Ming Dynasty are very clear. The evening drum is sounded at three o'clock at the first watch to start the night prohibition; the morning drum is played at three o'clock at the fifth watch to end the night prohibition. It's three o'clock in the morning, which is about 5:10 Beijing time.
It's still dark outside. In this season, it's probably around seven o'clock in the capital. However, although it was still dark at this time, there were already many people on the street outside. Zhu Pingan walked forward aimlessly with a cloth bag slung across his body and a black wooden board under his arm.
After turning left and right, I somehow ended up on West Chang'an Street, which is close to Xiyuan. Most of the people living on this street are high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
At this time, the eastern sky was reddish and tinged with black. The sky was gradually getting brighter, but the visibility was still not great.
A hazy red dot appeared in front of the streets of Chang'an, and five or six rays of light appeared, coming from south to north. When people nearby saw the bright light, they consciously moved to both sides of the street to avoid it. Zhu Pingan was also pulled to the side of the road by an old man with a white beard.
As the red light got closer, I realized it was six big red lanterns.
Six red lanterns surrounded a curtain-covered sedan carried by eight people. There were guards on both sides of the sedan carrying swords, and two maids holding red lanterns followed on both sides of the sedan.
Zhu Ping'an squinted his eyes slightly and watched the elegant sedan approaching slowly.
When he was approaching Zhu Pingan, Zhu Pingan heard an old man coughing from the sedan. After the cough, he saw a maid holding a lantern naturally stretched out her jade hand to open the curtain on the side window of the sedan, and then elegantly Bend your knees and raise your pink face at 45 degrees.
Almost at the same time, half of the old man's face appeared through the side window of the sedan, with a very kind look on his face.
Then, a spitting sound was heard.
As if she had cooperated tens of thousands of times, the maid outside the sedan raised her pink face at a forty-five degree angle, lightly opened her red lips, took the thick liquid spit out by the old man into her mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Then the curtain is closed and the sedan continues to move forward.
vomit
This scene appeared too suddenly, and it caught Zhu Pingan's sight on the street without any precautions, making Zhu Pingan retching in response.
When a guard with a sword standing beside the sedan heard the sound, he glared hard at Zhu Pingan, his eyes full of warning, and then continued to move forward with the sedan.
Damn it, the city knows how to play!
Zhu Ping'an looked at the sedan chair going away, and in his heart ten thousand grass and mud horses roared by. (To be continued.)
