Prime Minister

Chapter 166 Blue and White Porcelain

By the Jinming Pool, Seventeen Niang looked out the window, but saw a group of people walking by the river bank.

Zhang Yue and Wang Anguo walked among them, but saw the lotus leaves on the Jinming Pond in the spring, and heard that on a rainy night, the people of Bianjing would come here to listen to the sound of the rain hitting the lotus leaves. scene.

Coincidentally, there was a spring rain at Jinming Lake last night, but in the daytime, the sky was clear and clear. When I raised my eyes to the edge of the pool, I could see the water droplets on the lotus leaves glistening, which was a first-class fresh atmosphere.

Zhang Yue looked at the poolside where the willows were green like smoke, and there were many buildings and jade buildings. Many tourists on the bank went out for an outing, many of them were gentlemen and ladies. The environment here is quiet, and there are even people fishing by the pool.

As for the Linshui Palace facing the north, it is guarded by the imperial army, and the emperor and ministers often come here to watch the water play.

Zhang Yue and Wang Anguo walked from the quiet west bank to the bustling east bank, where a lot of colorful sheds were set up, and the common people gathered here to watch the water swing, compete for bids, etc., and many vendors brought their business to the imperial garden. A noisy scene.

Wang Anguo was too fat to walk for a long time.The two walked for a while and were resting at a stall. Wang Anguo was sweating profusely, and Zhang Yue was sitting beside him just in time to hear the sound of quarreling.

The two stepped forward and saw that a stall owner was arguing with customers.

It turned out that the stall owner was selling characters near the lake, but the tourist accidentally spilled the ink in the inkstone, and as a result, there were dots of ink all over a large piece of paper.

The stall owner grabbed the tourist and asked him to pay for his ink paper, but the tourist refused.

Zhang Yue smiled, and picked up his pen when the stall owner was arguing with the tourists.

The stall owner was holding the tourists, seeing Zhang Yue was so surprised and asked: "What are you doing..."

But Zhang Yue inspected the distribution of the ink marks and wrote two lines of poems.

Wang Anguo at the side glanced at the scenery of the lake and mountains beside Jinming Pond, and said with a smile: "The lotus leaves are infinitely blue in the sky, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun. This poem is very suitable for the occasion and has endless aftertaste. This is even the case for a poem that I got by chance. , let alone doing it in a serious way? Saburo is really a great talent!"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother Pingfu, just kidding."

The stall owner on the side was even more pleasantly surprised: "Xiao Langjun has a good handwriting, which is far better than mine. My handwriting is only [-] yuan, and Xiaolangjun's handwriting is at least [-] yuan. Xiaolangjun saved me. I really don't know how to be grateful for the words on paper."

As he said this, the stall owner touched his whole body, and then said shamelessly: "The shop has not opened today, and food and clothing have not yet been settled. There is only 150 yuan. Please accept it, Mr. Xiaolang."

Zhang Yue Wang Anguo looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Seeing that you are also a solid person, this word is my gift to you. But please find someone who knows the goods and sell this word!"

The stall owner quickly said: "How does this make..."

Without saying a word, Zhang Yue put the money on the stall and left with Wang Anguo.

Zhang Yue chatted with Wang Anguo all the way, and came to a place selling porcelain.

But I saw that the stall owner placed all kinds of porcelain, and hired people to look after him.

Zhang Yue glanced at it casually, and Wang Anguo said to Zhang Yue: "Sanlang, look at the sky celadon porcelain from Ru Kiln."

Zhang Yue followed Wang Anguo's gaze, but saw a porcelain vase as blue as the sky and as bright as a mirror standing there.

The stall owner on the side said enthusiastically: "This official is a person who knows the goods. This is exactly the sky celadon. It was originally an imperial product in the palace and was selected by the imperial court. This is the place where the rain is over and the blue clouds are broken (Xiehe). Make the future', it is exactly this porcelain."

Zhang Yue understood that when Ru kiln brought sky celadon porcelain to Chai Shizong to ask for a vessel, Chai Shizong saw its appearance and commented: "After the rain, the sky and the blue clouds break (the association), and the color of the one will make the future."

Zhang Yue looked at the porcelain color of this bottle, it was really like the sky after the rain, it was refreshing at first sight, it was like waiting for the rain to clear up and the clouds to clear and the mist to clear.

The stall owner saw Wang Anguo's expression and knew his intentions, so he said again: "Official, look at this porcelain as thin as paper, with fine lines on the body of the bottle, and the sound of knocking is like a chime. The most important thing is that it is blue in the sky. The best glaze color, it is rumored that this kind of glaze color must be fired in rainy days, it is really rare.”

Zhang Yue heard the stall owner's words and said in a low voice, "The sky is blue waiting for the mist and rain, but I'm waiting for you. The smoke from the kitchen is rising, thousands of miles across the river."

Wang Anguo looked back and asked: "Is Sanlang composing music? What kind of ci name is this, why have I never heard of it?"

Zhang Yue said melancholy: "It was made by chance. The azure glaze you mentioned needs to wait for the misty and rainy days to be fired. Isn't it just like between a man and a woman who wait so much but find it difficult to see each other?"

Wang Anguo smiled and said, "Sanlang has a sweetheart?"

Zhang Yuejiu became ill and said: "Maybe it's because the concubine has no intentions."

Then Zhang Yue added a sentence to himself in the bottom of his heart, he just had a good impression, not a liking.

Immediately Zhang Yue asked the price: "How much is the celadon this day?"

"Thirty sticks! No second price!"

This...at this price Zhang Yue, no matter how much Wang Anguo liked him, he could only resign.

Zhang Yue and Wang Anguo continued to browse the stalls, but they heard a burst of applause.

Zhang Yue heard the sound and looked, but saw two painted boats moored on the pool, with swings on the boats.

The men in single shirts climbed onto the swings, swinging steadily, higher and higher, and then doing various juggling on the swings, and Yuhou of the left and right military courtyards played with drums and flutes, winning the favor of the common people sitting in the colorful shed. The merchants couldn't help applauding.

But when the swing was at the same level as the swing frame, the male trickster suddenly soared into the air. Amidst the exclamation of men, women, children and children, he did several somersaults in the air, and then threw himself into the pool.

There are a few people who look like officials on the side to judge.

Zhang Yue saw many maids in the Linshui palace opened the bead curtain and looked at the swing, talking and laughing.

Zhang Yue and Wang Anguo watched this scene and continued to browse the stalls.

Wang Anguo suddenly said: "I still don't want to part with the celadon. If someone buys it, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

Zhang Yue said: "Since that's the case, I'll scrape together some money for you."

Wang Anguo smiled and said, "Thank you, Sanlang."

The two turned back together to find the celadon vendor.

At this moment, there are already more people around Jinming Pond, people are coming and going, and the two of them seem to be struggling to walk against the pedestrians.

When Wang Anguo arrived panting, he saw a man in front of the vendor, who seemed to have taken a fancy to the celadon, and was bargaining with the vendor.

Wang Anguo also rushed forward immediately.

Zhang Yue also stood aside, but at this moment, he felt a gaze from his side looking at him.

Zhang Yue didn't pay attention to it at the beginning, it was probably just a passerby looking at porcelain with him, and after the other party looked away for a while, he felt that the other party seemed to be looking at him again.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but look, but saw that the other party had a scarf on his head, a long shirt with narrow sleeves, a leather belt around his waist, and shoes on his feet.Although it is men's clothing, Zhang Yue can tell that the other party is a woman.

Women's clothing and men's clothing were popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty also inherited it.

But seeing the other party's face is so bright, Zhang Yue knew at first glance that she was a beautiful woman, Zhang Yue knew that the other party was a woman, and he didn't dare to look at him, his old face blushed and looked aside.

But hearing the other party's slight smile, Zhang Yue couldn't help but wonder, did he forget to wash his face when he went out today?
"Zhang Lang!"

Zhang Yue couldn't help turning his head when he heard the words.

But when he saw the other party, he said, "When the Huai River is gone, will Zhang Lang be safe?"

(End of this chapter)