History of Empress Dowager Development

Chapter 59

The country of Qi is divided into 36 prefectures, and the commonly referred to as Jiangnan refers to Yuanzhou, Suizhou, and Yezhou, which are close to the south of the Huai River, among which Yuanzhou is the most extensive and rich.

Linlang's maternal grandfather was the magistrate of Yuanzhou, and Linlang's uncle inherited his father's business, and he still served as Yuanzhou's parent officer. Because of his outstanding political achievements and good governance over the years, the emperor specially appointed him to take charge of the affairs of Suizhou and Yezhou.Zhizhou is not only in charge of various local government affairs, but also has the power to supervise the military administration, which has a great influence. The status of the Qin family in the south of the Yangtze River is also flourishing.

The state capital of Yuanzhou is in Huaiyang City, which is about [-] li from the capital to Huaiyang. When the group travels day and night, when they pass by the state capital, He Wenzhan still needs to convey the government order for the petition to the local area and stay for a day and a half.

When they arrived in Huizhou that day, the group stayed in the post station. He Wenzhan and the two writers went to the government office as usual. Lin Lang was free, so she went to the next door to look for Xu Lang.

Xu Lang went south this time for traveling, so he was relatively leisurely. He didn't bother to move during this half day, and he was sitting by the window reading a book at the moment.Lin Lang knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, because it was half-hidden, she pushed open a crack and looked, and saw him looking up at the door, but didn't make a sound, as if he wanted to see what she could knock on. when.

She curled her lips secretly, and no longer hesitated, opened the door and entered the room and said, "Second Brother Xu, is he busy now?"

"It's not too busy." He put the book down casually, and saw that the name looked like a military book.

Lin Lang stood in front of the round table, poured tea by herself, and asked softly, "Huizhou's inkstones are famous all over the world. Since Second Brother Xu is free, can you take me out?" When she talked about the inkstones, her eyes flickered With the light on, Xu Lang smiled imperceptibly, and said, "I'll be back in an hour."

"What can you do in one hour, two hours?" She tried to bargain.

Xu Lang sat there without moving, his eyes swept over the military book, and he seemed to want to continue reading.Lin Lang hurriedly said, "What about an hour and a half?" Seeing that he was still sitting still, she really didn't want to waste time, so she softened her voice and said sweetly: "Second brother Xu..." The ending sound circled, Nuo Nuo It's a bit coquettish.

Xu Lang by the window smiled slightly, then raised his face and said, "That's an hour and a half, don't wait too long." His eyes fell on the little girl at the table, and his heart was as bright as the market outside.

When they were young, the two had a good friendship, Lin Lang treated him like He Weijie, and sometimes she would act softly and coquettishly.Gradually growing up and becoming more sensible, she is not as clingy and sweet as she was when she was a child, especially in the past six months, she is only a ten-year-old doll, but she behaves like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and she has even learned to be polite and avoid suspicion.If she hadn't been guided by her most precious inkstone today, I'm afraid she wouldn't have shown such a soft-spoken and coquettish demeanor.

But rare things are precious, and it's rare for a little girl to act coquettishly, Xu Lang put it on his face, but his heart has long since softened.An hour and a half is nothing, if she is willing to call him so sweetly a few more times, she is willing to accompany him for a year and a half!

The two of them left the inn without Jinxiu and Mama Yang's company, only Cui Shisan, who was accompanied by Xu Lang, followed.

Huizhou is rich in inkstones, and you can see small shops with inkstones everywhere when you walk on the street.If you are willing to take the time to browse one by one, you will be able to pick out a lot of good things, and they are also interesting.It's a pity that their schedule was in a hurry, and they couldn't pick and choose carefully, so the three of them went straight to the most prestigious Hanmo Pavilion here.

Hanmo Pavilion has three floors, and each floor is a spacious hall. There is a row of red sandalwood tables in the middle with paper and pens on it, and the ancient shelves on the four walls are full of inkstones at different heights.In addition to all kinds of inkstones in Huizhou, there are famous inkstones from other places, ancient inkstones that have been handed down for hundreds of years, and large and small inkstones carefully carved by folk artists for viewing. In addition, there are several private rooms with collectors Our treasures are for appreciation only, not for sale.

Lin Lang stepped into the door, cheering in her heart, her eyes were stuck on the shelf, and she never looked at Xu Lang again.

Most of the people who come and go in the Hanmo Pavilion are literati and collectors, and there are also scholarly women who come to grind ink on the case for fun, which is very lively.Of course Xu Lang didn't dare to let Lin Lang run around alone, and always followed her within two steps. She looked at many inkstones and said a lot during the time spent burning incense, but she never looked at him from the beginning to the end.

Xu Lang felt at a disadvantage. It seemed that in her eyes, he was no match for these inkstones.Just now, he was complacent about the soft "Second Brother Xu", but now...he couldn't help but took the inkstone from her hand, bowed and said, "Sixth sister, I suddenly remembered something."

"What?" Lin Lang finally set her eyes on his face, and slipped towards the inkstone from time to time.

Xu Lang said slowly: "I remember the last time my sister promised to make something for me?"

Did she promise?Lin Lang didn't think about it for a while, Xu Lang reminded: "That time at the Nanshan Academy painting meeting."

(End of this chapter)