I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 23 Four Talking Guys

While eating soup cakes, Yang Lixin interjected: "It will be the first day soon. There is a big temple fair at the Guandi Temple in the south of the city. There are a hundred operas, juggling, and puppet shows. There are also various snacks, such as stewed fish, fried jelly, Almond tea, mutton steamed buns, Jiangmi cut cakes. I really drool just thinking about it.”

"I'm going to visit the temple fair, I'm going to visit the temple fair!" Hearing his enthusiasm, Zhu Zi immediately stopped the chopsticks in his hand and yelled loudly.

Guo Yi was annoyed by his yelling, and waved his hands helplessly: "You have money there, get out of here after eating."

Zhu Zi was stunned for a moment, and asked inexplicably, "What? Second Young Master, are you not going?"

"I'm going to discuss business with pedestrians, and I don't have time to accompany you. After you finish shopping, return here. Let's spend the night at uncle's house."

"That, that..." Zhu Zi hesitated, he wanted to go to the temple fair, but when he went out in the morning, his father told him to protect the second young master.

Naturally, Guo Yi saw his hesitation, and couldn't help feeling warm. He waved his hands again and said, "Okay, leave mother-in-law. I'm not going out of the city again, just find a teahouse to sit."

In fact, he didn't know where to go to find the traveler.

However, places where dragons and snakes mix like teahouses or Goulanwa City are often places where news spreads.

The teahouse is fully functional, integrating tea drinking, leisure, entertainment, making friends, learning, socializing, and gatherings, and can meet the consumption needs of different classes and people.

For example, "Dingjia Sucha" is just at the corner of "Linshui Lane". Figure paintings or flower sketches are carved, and huge shop signs are erected in front of the door.

Letter: Ding Jia Su Tea.

Guo Yi stood at the corner of the street, looked up, and then stepped in.

What caught the eye was a wooden hollow screen.Turning from the right, there is the banquet living room of the tea house, with three horizontal rows and four vertical rows, with tables and chairs placed.On the surrounding walls, there are still several calligraphy and paintings of celebrities.

Very artistic atmosphere.

There are also several charcoal basins around the corners for heating.

Guo Yi looked around, there were only a few guests, less than half of the attendance.

"Sir, please come inside!"

Seeing him coming in, Dr. Tea, dressed in a blue shirt with a collar, hurriedly bowed to entertain him: "Master, would you like some tea and soup?"

"Clean tea."

Tea is just tea.Soup refers to drinks such as fruit juice or sweet soup.

Dr. Cha led him forward, and asked, "My lord, there are a few literati on the second floor who are talking loudly, do you want to go up and listen?"

His attire and the domineering demeanor he has cultivated over the years are indeed a bit too eye-catching. At first glance, he looks like a son of an official family.

"It's good to listen to it, and lead the way."

The doctor responded, then raised his arms falsely, leaning sideways to lead the way.Follow the wooden steps and go up to the second floor.

Turning around the wooden screen with poems painted on it, you can see several elegant small tables around the fireplace.

Round wooden carved tables and chairs with a small red clay stove on it.The charcoal fire in the furnace is booming, and the tea is curling up on the furnace.

At the small table in front of the screen, two old men in black sat facing each other.One is holding black pieces, the other is holding white pieces, and they are negotiating with each other.

And near the fireplace in front of the window on the south wall, four young men dressed as literati in blue double-breasted long-sleeved trousers and soft-footed headbands were talking loudly.

"Yesterday, Brother Yang's fourth uncle came back from She (xi) Prefecture. According to him, the 'Daze Township' rebel army led by the bandit leader Li Sanhu has occupied two prefectures and seven counties.

Even Xinzhou City had fallen and was occupied by rebels. "

And the young man sitting with his back to the window immediately put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "However, Mr. Xu has always advocated surrender, surrender, surrender. It has been more than three months since September. The more you surrender, the stronger the power of the rebel army will be. It's really ridiculous!"

As soon as the words fell, the young man sitting by the window retorted: "Xu Xianggong has always advocated the surrender. After all, those rebels are also the Li people of our Great Zhou. They were displaced because of the flood, and they could not wait for the court's rescue. Had to take the risk."

"Brother Fang, this statement is wrong. Since the flood in September, the imperial court has allocated millions of stones of relief food. It is those rebels who are greedy, and under the instigation of those who have a heart, they confronted the imperial court and went to evil. road.

If I ask you, the imperial court should send a large army to suppress it, and cut through the mess quickly.The longer the delay, the more accidents. "

"Send an army to suppress? It's easy to say! Where to send the army? Since autumn, Xixia has been invading the border on a large scale, and several military states that stick to the western front are strictly on guard.

No one could say for sure whether they wanted to rob Qingzhou and Weizhou of autumn grain, or whether they wanted to make a large-scale invasion while the Beiliao invaded Hejianfu.

After all, the imperial court has no soldiers to send at all.As for those local armies, don't mention them. "

"Brother Shaohua, I am serious. Why send troops to suppress it? It's just a group of poor people whose homes have been destroyed by floods and have nowhere to go!"

"You can't send troops, and you can't even surrender! I heard that the food in Xinzhou has been sold at a sky-high price. Many famous big companies are collecting food and transporting it to Xinzhou to make money. If the court delays, I don't know How many poor people will starve to death!"

No wonder the recent price of food has risen from 70 Wen to about [-] Wen. The feeling is that someone is making a fortune for the country.

Guo Yi had some insights, but he was powerless.

"My lord, your tea is here, please use it slowly!"

There are two tea doctors one behind the other, one holding a small stove, and the other carrying a teapot and tea bowl.

Guo Yi just chose the tea table near the north window, where he can drink tea while watching the pedestrians coming and going outside the window.

And the four chattering guys over there have already changed the subject.

The man sitting with his back to the window waved his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about those bad things, let's recite poems and get it right. Hey! The winter snow poem by 'Chen Gangshi' has been very brilliant recently. ! Even 'Mr. Wangshan' praised him."

The man called 'Fang Zhi' immediately put down his teacup and responded, "Oh! That Dongxue Fu is really good. It rhymes with the rhyme, has a long meaning, and is very suitable for the occasion."

"Of course not bad. Chen Gangshi is the talented leader of the younger generation in our Jiangling Mansion. If it weren't for 'Lu Zixi', Miss Lu would have been married to someone else, and they are a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match made in heaven!"

"Brother Maocai, this statement is wrong! That can't be regarded as a gifted scholar or beautiful woman. With Miss Lu's talent, she is not inferior to Chen Bandit at all."

"Brother Fang, what you say is justified! With Miss Lu's talent, even Daoist Guo praised her: her temperament is as beautiful as orchid, and her talent is as good as a fairy!"

Hearing the words, the man sitting by the window shook his head and groaned, "Guan Guan Jujiu, in Hezhizhou, a fair lady, a gentleman! If it wasn't for Miss Lu's marriage contract, I would have wanted to pursue it!"

As soon as the words fell, the other three laughed endlessly: "Young brother Maocai, you must think too highly of yourself!"

"Brother Maocai, with your appearance, you should read more books. After all, there is Yan Ruyu in the book!"

"Hahaha…!"

(End of this chapter)