The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 161: Old friends and new ones

This is the second time Yelu has come to the Song Kingdom. Compared with the first time, he is more calm and has been looking forward to it.

The year before last, Yelu went out to Song, representing Liao. He painted a portrait of the ruler of Song and met a good friend, Yun Yanhui. Although the distance between the two countries is long, whenever someone came to Song, he would take the opportunity to ask someone to send a letter to say hello.

This time, Yelu's shoes are semi-official.

Since this year, the wind of aquatic plants landscaping has been blowing from Song to Liao, which has made Liao extremely obsessed. Even Emperor Liao did the same. Of course, Emperor Liao would not take care of it by himself, but the bamboo forest listening to the Zen urn had stayed in his palace for a long time, and the palace staff were taking care of it carefully.

This month, Song Guo will hold an aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting, and invites aquatic plant landscaping enthusiasts in Liao Kingdom.

Liao Kingdom's aquatic plants tank played well, and they were all noble and high-ranking officials, and it was impossible for all of them to go to Song Kingdom. As a result, some people were selected almost according to the mission's standards.

Yelü Kuilu has both the experience of being an ambassador to Song and high artistic attainments, so he was chosen to study and exchange and became the head of the exchange group - and also shouldered the responsibility of purchasing.

Yelü Cuilu also raises aquatic plants, and unlike others, he prefers to pick wild. It is said that the most elegant literati of Song Dynasty went to harvest the wild, instead of using ready-made raw materials sold in shops.

The water plants are three-dimensional. When Yelu was playing with water plants, he felt that he had a higher degree of control over the picture when he was painting, which made him very happy.

Yelü knows that the organizer of this aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting is Kaifeng House, and the organizer is Shui Jing Ji, and the major shareholder of Shui Jing Ji is his good friend in Bianjing, Yun Yanhui. Yelu Yilu was more willing to go to Bianjing.

The Yelu Crawler team traveled for a month and arrived in Bianjing. This time, because it was an "academic exchange", there were not many officials with much fanfare, and only simple personnel came to receive them.

In addition to inviting people from Liao to the aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting, they also invited people from other surrounding countries.

Seeing that there was no Yun Yanhui among the people he received, Yelu grabbed an official from Kaifeng and asked, "I am a good friend with Yun Yanhui, the man in the house, may I ask if he is not, is he responsible for receiving other embassies? ?"

The official said with a good attitude: "You are Brother Yan's friend, no, although Brother Yan was not assigned to receive work, he originally came here today, so he must be looking for you, just temporarily. Stumbled on something."

Yelu asked bluntly, "What's the matter?"

The official said hesitantly: "It's... a family scandal, so it's inconvenient to publicize it."

Yelu walked on: "??"

Before I could ask, the official had already left in a hurry. Yelu was puzzled for a long time, and had no choice but to go back to Yunyan himself. He found a post house to lead the way and went to Kaifeng Mansion.

……

In the past two years, there have been many changes in Bianjing, not in architecture, but more novel objects sold on the street.

But Yelu's heart was attached to Yun Yanhui, so he didn't take a closer look, and went to Kaifeng Mansion to ask for an interview.

Because of Yelu's special status, soon, the judge in the palace came to receive him in person. Hearing that Yelu was looking for his friend in a private capacity, he said to take him to the parlour to wait for a while.

Considering that Yelu Yalu was from Liao, the judge followed him closely and planned to follow him until he was sent out of the house.

Yelü walked into the living room with the judge without thinking too much.

I didn't want to unexpectedly encounter Yun Yanhui on the road. Yun Yanhui was chasing a cow-colored cat, but the cat was very nimble, jumping left and right, and Yun Yanhui couldn't catch it at all.

Yunyan ran back and shouted, "Don't run, thief cat! See if I don't kill you!"

Yelu walks on: "..."

The judge: "..."

Uh...

Don't say Yelu's swaying shoes, even the judge thinks that this kind of Yan Geer is really rare.

"Brother Yan!" the judge shouted.

Yun Yan was stunned and stopped.

Yelü Yaolu greeted a little embarrassedly, "Yanhui, I heard that you have housework to do, so I came to the door by myself, didn't I disturb you?"

"Ah, no, Hailin, I was just going to find you in the afternoon." Yunyan smiled shyly, "I made you laugh."

"Brother Yan, what are you doing just now? Could it be that that cat is..." The judge suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly.

Yunyan turned a little indignant, "Yes, it's it! The three big-haired children are its species, you can tell by looking at the color of the fur!"

Yelu walks on: "..."

——This is exactly what the Kaifeng government officials said was a family scandal.

Two months ago, Da Mao suddenly gave birth to three kittens.

The cat was only pregnant for about two months. During the period, her belly would only bulge in the later period, and it would not be obvious if she didn't pay attention. However, Yun Yanhui has been busy with her work and hasn't brushed her hair for a long time, so she didn't notice it. Therefore, until Da Mao gave birth to a child, the whole family did not know that it was a child.

Yun Yanhui is quite displeased. The several mousers in the mansion have always only been active within the mansion, and each has their own territory. The kitten's father must be a wild cat outside, sneaking in and making a big hairy belly... !

Although this is an animal's instinct, he is still so angry that he doesn't know what to do until the child is born. Moreover, Yun Yanhui has always felt that she has to control the number of female cats with six hairs.

After all, this is ancient times. Without modern pet medical technology, female cats are prone to diseases in the womb after giving birth to many children.

Today, Yunyan caught this male cat to peek at Da Mao, and he rushed on it at the time, but he was unable to catch the male cat who had been hiding for so long.

The judge had to comfort him, "Forget it, there will always be a chance."

"Well..." Yun Yanhui glanced at the direction of the male cat's escape a little unwillingly, and said to Yelu, "Hai Lin, I'm sorry, I made you laugh."

Yelü shook his head dumbly, not quite understanding the attitude of the Kaifeng people towards cats, "Then, what will you do with the cat's child?"

"Wait until they are three months old and then get married." Yun Yan replied.

This is the usual practice of the Song people. Three cats per litter are considered too few. It is impossible for every litter to stay. Kaifeng mansion now has enough cats, and six hairs are in their prime. Until the time of retiring, the kitten will be married off, that is, to those who need it.

As for the customs of the Song people, Yelu found it interesting, and Yun Yanhui told him the rules when marrying a kitten.

Yelü was so inspired that he was going to make a drawing of a raccoon slave.

"Okay, I have preserved the portrait you drew for me last time." Yun Yan smiled back.

The two talked for a while, and Yun Yanhui also heard Yelu say that their exchange group came this time with the spirit of humility to learn.

For the aquatic plant lovers in Daliao, the biggest problem may be the explosion of the tank. Because the aquatic plants they raise are generally rough, and they like everything, so the phenomenon of cylinder explosion often occurs in the end, and some people even take it seriously.

Yelü sighed with emotion: "I've already burst the tank twelve times... Some aquatic plants are really hard to control, but when I think of the beauty after the scene, I continue to work tirelessly..."

Yun Yan returned to comfort him, "Take your time, everyone can discuss it at the exchange meeting."

Yelu walked back to Yunyan to look back at the tank he had raised by himself. Speaking of the scenery, it is definitely the first-class level in Liao's aquatic and grass field. It is a cliff with occasional weeds, and an old man Dai Li is fishing on the edge of the cliff.

"It's a pity you didn't bring this tank, it's really artistic!" Yun Yan praised back.

"You still have taste!" Yelu complained, "Some of my colleagues even said that the scenery I made was not in line with common sense, and no one's fishing rod would be that long."

Yunyan smiled back, this is clearly an artistic exaggeration.

However, although the landscaping of Yelu's curling shoes is good, it is still a bit lower than the domestic level of the Song Dynasty. The literati and poker here are really good at playing.

……

There are still a few days before the official aquatic plant landscaping exchange meeting will be held. Yelu wanted to go to the Daxiangguo Temple to see the new murals there in recent years, so Yunyan took him there.

Arriving at Daxiangguo Temple, Yunyan went back to see Liaoran and Xiaobao as usual, and put Yelu's shoes in the temple, anyway, he would stay motionless for a few hours.

No, I first saw Shuangyi outside the hospital.

"Shuang Yi, why are you here?" Yun Yan called back to Shuang Yi, who was bored and sat on the wall with her cheeks resting.

Shuang Yi jumped down with his hands on the wall and pointed to the hospital, "Send someone with a broken leg over to fix the bone."

The door of the hospital was open, Yunyan looked back inside. Although he couldn't see the patient, Xiaobao was indeed dispensing medicine. There was a gentle young man standing beside him, staring at Xiaobao's movements, from time to time. Asked the last sentence, I don't know if it was a pilgrim or a family member.

Yunyan replied: "Alas! Why did you break the human leg again!"

The young man there looked over in amazement.

Yun Yan Hui covered her mouth, consciously her voice was a little louder.

Shuang Yi was anxious, "What nonsense, he was hit by a carriage, I kindly sent him to see a doctor!"

Yunyan replied, "I misunderstood you..."

Yun Yan Hui felt that she couldn't blame herself, but Shuang Yi had a brilliant record.

Shuang Yi said angrily: "You don't care about me at all. When did I hurt someone and send them to see a doctor?"

Yunyan replied: "..."

Young people inside: "..."

Yunyan whispered back: "Don't talk about it, who is that inside?" He felt that the person was frightened.

"I don't know, a passing stranger insisted on helping me and sent them over together, saying that I was a weak woman who couldn't carry the patient, but I almost had to carry him together." Shuang Yi is also small "The body is too weak."

"That's a kind heart." Yun Yan replied and walked in.

"Brother Yan." Xiaobao shouted and introduced to the people beside him, "Donor Shen, that's my brother, Yun Yanhui."

"Shen Shizhu" heard the name, but his eyes widened a bit, "Yun Yanhui? But the inventor of scented tea, that Yun Yanhui?"

Several people present were stunned, didn't they say this was a foreigner? How do you even know something like this that most locals don't know?

Yunyan looked back and looked again, and confirmed that she did not know this person, "May I ask if Xiongtai is...?"

Then donor Shen blushed and cupped his hands: "In the next Shen Kuo, the name is in the deposit, the Qiantang person, who traveled to Beijing with his father, just because he heard about Yunlang's deeds a long time ago, so he was a little rude, and I hope you forgive me. "

Yunyan covered her mouth back, tears welling up in her eyes.

Everyone: "???"

Shuang Yi: "What's wrong with Brother Yan?!"

"Nothing." Yun Yan covered her face and muttered to herself, "Hey! I want Qing Shi to be named..."