The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 19

The style of the large garden of the Shengguo Mansion inherits the overall style of the Guogong Mansion, but it is a little different. The layout is sparse and there is a sense of simplicity.

The garden occupies a huge area, and it is said that the upper half of the top is the Duke's Mansion.

Meanwhile, more than a dozen corridors divide the courtyard into different but connected spaces.

Although there are many corridors, they are all different, and there are many halls hidden in them.

In these places bluestone is used for tiles and glazed glass is used for windows; white jade is used for the floor and walls are inlaid with fine porcelain.

There are exquisitely polished copper palace lanterns every few feet beside the eaves and walls.

The interior of the palace lantern is brightly polished on three sides, and only the front side is a movable glass window door. It is said that candle grease is lit at night, and the lighting can reach several feet away.

"This is the main road of the garden. At the end is the library of the Duke's Mansion. The trees and flowers on both sides are carefully arranged. There are flowers and trees to see in four seasons, and the scenery is also different." Sheng Xiangxun saw the man in his arms. The little girl turned her head to look back and forth curiously, and then introduced.

Sheng Yuan felt that his eyes were not enough.

This garden road is paved with bluestone, with hundreds of years old trees planted on both sides.

These old trees are lush with branches and leaves, the canopy is huge like an umbrella, the trunk is straight and towering, and the thinnest tree seems to be surrounded by three or five people.

Around the ancient trees, there are all kinds of rare and rare embellishments.

Those verdant green branches and leaves, those fresh and tender petals seem to echo each other under the gentle sway of the wind.

"If Sister Yuan wants to come here to play, she must bring enough maids and women, and she must not sneak here by herself. If she enters a certain corridor, she might get lost." Sheng Xiangxun thought about it when he saw his little daughter looking seriously Think, can not help exhorting.

In this regard, Ms. Anthane, who once lost her way, has a right to speak: "There are many other scenery here, all of which are unique. The last time I got lost, I got lost in the scenery of the lake and couldn't find my way!"

Mrs. Zheng heard her mentioning the bad things before, and said to her angrily: "Are you willing to mention it?"

Sister Antha quickly shrank her neck and remained silent.

Although the entire Duke's mansion turned upside down because of their daughter's troubles at that time, it's an old thing, and her daughter is doing well now, Sheng Xiangxun naturally doesn't mind, and kindly rescued her second daughter, suggesting: "Dozens of steps ahead There is a small path on one side, from there we pass the steps leading to the viewing platform, from which we can see the whole garden, let’s go there.”

Zheng sighed.

Xin said, with such a father, it would be nice for the child not to be spoiled.

Sheng Xiangxun smiled ingratiatingly at his wife, took her hand and walked down the path. It didn't take long before he saw stone steps with just the right slope.

"It used to be an earth-rock slope with a height of about tens of feet. It looks like this after reconstruction." Sheng Xiangxun patted the fence made of white jade, smiled and said to Sheng Yuan in his arms, "Sister Yuan, look Come on, walk up from here, a total of 490 five steps, and when you can practice boxing and kicking, Dad will bring you here for morning exercises."

"Where's sister?" What Sheng Yuan wanted to ask was whether her sister had practiced now, but because she was lazy and her words were simple, her father thought it was asking her sister to follow.

"Sister Ni is not suitable for practicing boxing at a young age. She has just started squatting. It is not easy to follow the morning exercise." Sheng Xiangxun weighed the little daughter in his arms, and looked at the frail older daughter, sighing a little.

The Duke’s Mansion was originally based on martial arts, so all the children in the family practiced martial arts. Whenever the children were able to learn martial arts, they must invite the imperial doctor or female doctor from the imperial hospital to feel the pulse of the child until the imperial doctor and female doctor thought it was suitable for practice. , will be enlightened.

His sister Anthane was delayed from entering elementary school because her bones were not strong enough, and she is still practicing Jiu-Jitsu with the wife of the family's martial arts master.

But the little daughter in his arms is different. When Sheng Ming, the youngest son of the fifth house, arrived at the beginning of martial arts, he was tempted to invite the imperial doctor and female doctor of the future mansion to Yong Fan Yuan to show his sister Yuan. .

Unexpectedly, after seeing it, people would say that the child looks very good and has a very healthy body. If it is not because the child is too young, it is no problem for her to practice Kung Fu now.

Sheng Xiangxun was extremely happy when he thought that he would be able to take his daughter to do morning exercises in the near future.

Sheng Yuan didn't know what her father was thinking. Looking at the three-foot-wide steps on the viewing platform, she felt her chest grow wider.

After about a cup of tea, the four members of Sheng Xiangxun's family wandered up.

Sure enough, the scenery at this moment is very different.

Sheng Yuan was held in her father's arms, approaching the railing and looking from afar, the layout of the whole garden came into view.

"When you first entered the garden, didn't you ask where the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra came from? Look over there!"

Sheng Xiangxun hugged Sheng Yuan and pointed in the direction for her.

Sheng Yuan looked over, and saw a plum blossom-shaped space surrounded by pavilions appeared in front of him.

"It's the place where birds and animals are raised in the mansion. There are special servants to take care of them every day, and there are also special musicians to play the piano for the animals inside."

Sheng Yuan really didn't expect that there is even a zoo in the mansion? !
Immediately a little excited: "What's there?"

"Now there are some cranes, falcons, deer, eagles, peacocks, parrots and so on. They are not very rare. In the early years, when your great-grandfather was here, it is said that elephants, tigers and leopards were raised in the mansion!"

Sheng Yuan heard the pity in her father's words, and her eyes widened: My good guy, are the nobles in this time and space so brave?
"If I have time in a few days, I'll take your sisters to play with peacocks and sika deer." Sheng Xiangxun originally wanted to open his eyes with the little girl who had never seen the world, but the weight of the girl in his arms was so touching, he pondered Thinking that if he really wanted to go this way again, he would be able to take sick leave, so he changed his mind.

"Look over there, that large area is a bamboo forest, there is a bamboo bridge over there, and there is a place called Lake View.

Behind the scenery of the lake is a large grassland. It will be fine in a few days, and our family will go there to fly a kite. "

Sheng Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard that he could play.

"Sister, when the time comes, let's go to the bamboo forest to play, walk along the cobblestone path there, and we will reach Jingtan. There is a small waterfall in Jingtan, from where we can row to the lake scenery." After promising many opportunities to play, Sheng An was happy to start planning.

The Jingtan she was talking about was actually in the bamboo forest. There used to be an earth and rock slope that was shorter than the viewing platform, and it was remodeled when the Duke's Mansion was built.

Channels were built and organs were built on the steeper slopes, which attracted the running water from the mansion to rush down, forming a miniature waterfall. The water fell to the bottom of the circular pit surrounded by bluestones, forming a not too small pool. water.

Two waterways meandering outwards were dug on the edge of the pool, one of which led to the bamboo forest, forming a stream around the bamboo forest.

The other one is wider, flowing like a river, and finally merges into the garden lake, where is the lake scenery that Sheng Xiangxun said.

The lake surface of the lake view is sparkling, the water quality is good, it is very suitable for fishing and leisure; there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, named Huxin Pavilion, which is also a good place to enjoy the scenery.

As for the gentler side of the earth-rock slope, many pavilions were built from top to bottom.

Next to these pavilions is a complete running water stream that has been brought in.

The stream winds down from the top of the slope like a ribbon, and finally joins the stream channel surrounding the bamboo forest.

The moment Sheng Yuan saw this scenery, he thought of Qushui Liushang.

"You can see that we can see clearly from above, but when we go there in person, because there are many corridors and paths, and there are rare and exotic stones as partitions, people who are not familiar with it can easily get confused." Sheng Xiangxun saw the little girl watching In a daze, the eldest daughter seemed to be ready to move, and ordered again in a hurry.

"Father, you said that the eighteen streets in the inner city of Beijing defend the imperial city, and each street is the same size as our mansion, and the imperial city is even more magnificent, but the history books of previous dynasties say that their capital is also The current Kyoto, but the area of ​​Kyoto at that time does not seem to be so large."

After being reminded several times not to get lost, Sheng An suddenly remembered her doubts when she was reading a few days ago, and couldn't help asking.

When she said this, Sheng Yuan's ears perked up: That's great!Another story to listen to!

(End of this chapter)