The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Minister Liu Mengchun of the Ministry of Etiquette not only has a smooth career, he has a happy family. He lived for more than 40 years without a concubine. The husband and wife were affectionate. A few years ago, he also had a young daughter, who is now four years old.

Liu Mengchun likes to raise some turtles, fish, etc. as a pastime.

Some time ago, Liu Mengchun once asked Yun Yan to buy the green turtle he got from the Royal Garden. Unfortunately, Yun Yanhui did not agree. However, the turning point has come. Today, Liu Mengchun received a letter from Yun Yan back to the trustee, asking him to go over, and Liu Mengchun immediately thought, could it be that the kid changed his mind?

Liu Mengchun couldn't help being a little excited, and he hurried home when he was about to change into civilian clothes and went to find Yunyan back. They met at Daxiangguo Temple.

After Liu Mengchun entered the yard, he saw the little daughter squatting with his back to him. If it was on weekdays, he would definitely go up and tease her daughter first, but now he is in a hurry to go out, so he hurried in to change clothes.

After entering, I saw that the lady was also dressing up.

Liu Mengchun asked, "Where are you going, madam today?"

The maidservant smiled, "The wife of your immediate boss invited the monk from Daxiangguo Temple to talk in the mansion today, and invite us to listen to it, and I will also take Xiaonan."

Liu Mengchun didn't care much, nodded, and also reported, "I have made an appointment to watch the turtles at Daxiangguo Temple."

"I'm looking at your turtle again." Madam servant blamed it a bit, but it wasn't really to blame. Her husband's hobby was much better than others. It costs a little money to buy a turtle, but it is also affordable.

Liu Mengchun changed his clothes, his wife just finished dressing up, and the two went out together.

The servant madam yelled, "Xiao Nun, I'm leaving now, what are you doing?"

Their little daughter stood up and turned around. Liu Mengchun and his wife saw that she was holding a rabbit and a tortoise.

Liu Mengchun saw at a glance, isn't the tortoise his favorite and kept in the glass water tank in the study? At the moment, she is putting her limbs in Xiao Nun's hands.

For an instant, Liu Mengchun could hardly breathe.

"Xiaonan, what are you doing..."

His daughter wants to come very well and can't play with his pets.

Xiao Nan blinked, "Daddy, A-niang told me a story about the tortoise and the hare. I want the hare and the tortoise to show me. Your turtle runs so fast, the hare didn’t doze off. , And it runs fast without it."

Where is it? That rabbit originally came out of the kitchen. His legs have been tied for a long time, and it still moves.

When Liu Mengchun heard this, he immediately turned to look at his wife.

The maid of the attendant covered her cherry mouth, "Oh, the story told by the monk last time was interesting to me, so I told Xiaonan to listen to it. I didn’t expect that she took it seriously, Junjun, don’t be angry. It's no problem."

Mrs. Attendant said, hurriedly asked the servant to take the turtle back into the tank, feed something to soothe it, and put the rabbit back in the kitchen, and take the little girl to wash his hands.

While washing her hands, Xiao Nan said to the attendant: "Daddy, where are you going, let me tell you the story of the tortoise and the hare."

Liu Mengchun's face was stiff, still remembering that he was a loving father, "Okay, let's talk about it, Xiaonan."

So Xiaonan finished the story of the tortoise and the hare with the occasional supplement from the lady servant.

After listening to it, Liu Mengchun's face looked much better. Only then did she know why the wife relayed the story to Xiaonan, so she touched her head, "So, Xiaonan must remember to be a rabbit that is not lazy."

Xiao Nan smiled and said, "Hmm! Dad, are you going to listen to the story with us today? A-niang said, today, the master of Daxiangguo Temple is going to tell a story about General Xiong."

"Daddy has something to do, Xiaonan will tell him after listening to it, okay?" Liu Mengchun said kindly.

Xiaonan nodded vigorously, "Okay, Dad, I'll write it down and tell you."

Mrs. Attendant should also set off. Liu Mengchun said goodbye to her. In all his busy schedule, he first went to see if there was no damage to his tortoise. Then he went out and went to Daxiangguo Temple.

...

When Liu Mengchun arrived at the agreed place of Daxiangguo Temple, he saw two people standing outside the yard, both of whom he knew were "tortoise friends", both of whom were in business, and everyone was a tortoise lover, so they had a little friendship.

Liu Mengchun stepped forward to say hello, "Two of you are coming to the incense today?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads together.

Liu Mengchun felt a little strange, and suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that...you also Yun Yan came back to the appointment?"

The two nodded again.

Liu Mengchun: "..."

This Yunyan returned... Could it be that he wanted to auction it?

This auction method has been used since the Song Dynasty’s foreign flower tea trade. Because the effect is quite good, nowadays, if there are treasures for sale in the private sector, an auction will be held. The highest bidder is common, but auctions are more standardized.

When Liu Mengchun saw them, he immediately suspected that Yun Yan was going to auction the green turtle.

Liu Mengchun was full of suspicion, and went into the yard with the two of them. Sure enough, he saw that there were other rich people who raised tortoises in Bianjing, and suddenly felt relieved. His officials are not the highest, and the money is not the most. There is no way to be anxious.

Liu Mengchun sat down to drink tea and waited. After a while, Yun Yan came out.

Yun Yan coughed back, and everyone was quiet immediately.

"Surely everyone must be wondering why I asked you to be here today." Yun Yan smiled back and didn't mean to pretend to be a ghost, "Look at this, you will understand."

He turned around and shouted, and another young man came out of the room. This young man, Liu Mengchun, looked vaguely familiar, and thought for a while, isn't it the kid from Zheng Zhiyuan's family, who is now in the Hanlin Academy of Painting.

Zheng Ling took out a small basin and put it on the table.

Everyone was sitting. At this time, they stood up one after another in order to see, but they were all stunned.

In that basin, there were about twenty turtles, all with green hairs on their backs. They were about the length of two knuckles. Although they were not too long and dense, they were definitely genuine green turtles!

It is really rare for so many green turtles to gather in one place. There is no market for this gadget nowadays. Among those present here, few have raised green turtles, and even if they do, there is only one.

But now, there are twenty!

Liu Mengchun's breathing suddenly rose, he couldn't get one of them, twenty of them... there will always be one of his own!

Looking at the other people again, they all straightened their eyes, staring at the turtles.

It's not that they are ignorant. Everyone here is rich and identifiable. It's not a problem to buy all these twenty. However, they were surprised, why Yun Yanhui had so many green turtles.

Liu Mengchun couldn't help but walked over there, but Yun Yan stopped shouting back, "Everyone sits down, listen to me, okay?"

Liu Mengchun sat back absently, only to hear Yun Yan reply: "Everyone must be very strange, where did I get so many green turtles."

Saying this immediately attracted the attention of Liu Mengchun and everyone present.

Yeah, how did he get here?

"Some of you here know me, and some don't know me, but I believe everyone who comes here must also know one thing. A few months ago, the official gave me a green turtle." Yun Yan said slowly. The look on his face was extremely solemn, "After I went back, I offered the green turtle a good life. I was afraid that it would be lonely, so I bought some ordinary turtles to accompany him."

"But I never thought that after a while, other tortoises also gave birth to green hairs, which were only a little bit at the beginning, and then they grew longer and longer. I added a few more for verification, who knows Twenty of them were combined, and in the end they all grew green hairs, which have been so long until now!"

The audience was in an uproar!

What? These tortoises were originally hairless, but because they were raised with the green tortoises bestowed by the official family, they also grew green hairs? Some of them have green hairs at home, and they have been placed in the same tank with ordinary tortoises, but their tortoises have not followed the long green hairs!

Isn't this green hair something you can meet but not ask for?

Could it be that it was because the tortoise grew up in the imperial garden and was also tainted with some spirituality...

Green turtles are regarded as auspicious, and if they have such deeds, they will be even more true. Could it be said that the current saint’s governance is good, so such auspicious green turtles have emerged so many?

The thoughts of all the people here are full of thoughts. The more they think about it, the more excited they are. There are countless stories in their brains. At the same time, they deeply hate, why is this tortoise not in their hands?

Really auspicious, this must be auspicious.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the emergence of so many green turtles.

"Everyone loves tortoises, and many of them have asked me to buy the Green Turtles from the Godsend. Although I don’t want to resell this one, because it’s very meaningful. But now that there are so many more green tortoises, I am useless. , It’s better to sell it to you, it’s the beauty of an adult."

When Yun Yan said this back, everyone was very happy.

"But...what about the price?" someone asked.

Originally, according to the market price of green tortoises, it should be sold for tens of thousands of dollars, but now that green tortoises can be produced in batches, even if it belongs to auspicious things, the price shouldn't be that expensive, right?

After all, everyone is not stupid. After the original excitement faded, the real problem was immediately thought of.

No matter how auspicious it is, this is what Yun Yanhui wants to sell. I think I know.

Thinking of this, I can’t help but feel jealous again. Why is this person so lucky? He has such an auspiciousness, which can be called a cornucopia... No, it’s a treasure turtle. If this tortoise is in their hands, how should it be used...

"The price I can follow the original market price," someone interrupted and said, "As long as you agree, control the number of green turtles!"

If the quantity is controlled, the price remains unchanged, and the green turtles of these people are even more precious.

Yun Yan shook his head, "Since it is auspiciousness, it is natural to be'Zebei Tianxia'. Everyone, the growth rate of this green hair will take several months to grow to this length, and this is the first batch. It will be a few months later, and its hair length will always be shorter."

Can't sell the uniqueness for a lifetime, but it can still be sold for a few months, and the first batch of limited editions.

Others said, "Then I can send my turtle to you, and wait for it to grow green hair?"

This is even more thoughtful, to customize the green turtle.

After hearing this thought, many people's eyes lit up.

Yun Yan nodded back, "Naturally, but I can't guarantee success."

Someone asked a few more questions one after another. In the end, everyone looked at me and I looked at you.

"Actually, I just told you the news today. An auction will be held in a few days, and you can come to participate in that time." Yun Yan said with a smile, "Before that, you can consider it yourself."

Except for some insufficient conditions, there is only one idea left.

What to consider, buy! Not to mention whether buying a tortoise is equivalent to supporting the official...

According to Yunyanhui's meaning, the green turtles will not be expensive in the future, but these first batches are relatively special and cannot be compared, and the price will definitely be higher. It may even be more expensive than the wild green turtles before!

However, for these rich people who spend a lot of money just to be happy for themselves, it is nothing.

A tortoise, a pot of flowers, how about tens of thousands of flowers? If the conditions are not good, just wait until there are more green turtles, and then buy cheaper ones.

However, they want to get their beloved thing the first time.

Not to mention, it can also be customized! In this way, you can get green hairs from your favorite turtle species!

...

Yun Yan returned to the green turtle before being auctioned off, and was recruited into the palace by Renzong.

As soon as Renzong saw Yun Yan returning, he rushed to grab him, "Where is my green turtle? Bring it!"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Excuseme? Your green turtle? ?

The author has something to say: a certain day.

Ge Yan and Zhao Baitian went on an outing and found a natural hot spring.

Zhao Baitian blushed and said: "Let's come..."

Brother Yan: "Okay! Let's develop here!"

Zhao Baitian: "..."

...

The short paragraphs I wrote on Weibo before, put it here~