On a May afternoon, the fields tumbled with the rich scent of flowers, and wildflowers of all colours were in bloom, red, pink and blue, adorning the sides of the official road with their splendour. In the blazing sunlight, butterflies and bees danced from the grass dotted with wildflowers.
Discordant cicadas hissed through the bushes and trees ……
The rice was also entering the pre-maturity period of irrigation, and old farmers with backpacks and farm tools were in groups, humming wild tunes and chattering about their harvests as they travelled along the wide official road to the farmland. Almost to the farmland, a sound of hoofbeats came from behind, attracting the attention of the old farmers, who turned round to look back.
Only to see in the distance, carts clattered, horses rustled, and smoke rolled up all along the wide official road.
“What kind of people are these?”The old farmers looked at each other in disbelief, they couldn’t see too clearly from afar, they just vaguely saw the carts and horses.
But didn’t let them wonder for long, soon, this huge sounding carriages and horses were less than thirty metres away from the crowd, and could be seen clearly. To be a little clearer, these old farmers have been creeping to the sides of the official road, in time to avoid the road.
Although the people can also walk on the official road, but encounter officials travelling, the people have to avoid in time, otherwise it is against the law. Generally, is the official passes by, the people also have to avoid the official road on both sides, rules and regulations waiting for the official to pass can.
No ordinary people feel where not right, the official road, when the official repair, you have to let people go first.
Ten horses in two rows whistling, to the old farmers near the front, lifted the reins, slowed down the speed of the horse, slowly forward. War horse is heavily armed sergeant, face expression scanning the old farmer prostrate on both sides, eyes as sharp as a falcon, see it does not carry sharp edges and other things, there is no security risks, only to withdraw their gaze.
To be war horse steering through, the old farmers quietly glanced, and then breathe carefully, this May days are hot, just past the horse steering sergeant is from top to bottom fully armed, helmet, ear protection, neck protection, shoulder armour, body armour, chest armour, leg armour ……
At a glance, they are very different from those dangling soldiers in the guardhouse, the eyes are experienced life and death blood battle can only have.
Leader of the ten horses, followed by a powerful caravan, the caravan stretches a long time, a total of seven or eight carriages, each carriage is inserted with a triangular “Li” red flag. Before and after the caravan are uniformly dressed guards, horseback patrol.
Caravan in the middle of the carriage than before and after the carriage are large, carriage four windows, such as moving house, more exquisite workmanship, wide carriages carved with flowers, three brightly coloured steeds pulling the car, flying eaves on the roof of the car inserted two flags, in addition to the triangular “Li” word red flag, there is also a red “Zhu” red flag.The red flag of the word “Li”, and a red flag of the word “Zhu”.
“Where are the three horses pulling the car ……”
“Grand ah, this is which big official travelling with his family. When, we can also sit in that carriage.”
When the caravan is far away, the prostrate roadside people only gasping for air to get up, patted the dust on the body, looking at the trail of the car and horse, envious.
“What are you dreaming about in broad daylight, planting your land well is fundamental.”
An old farmer forcefully slapped his own young son who was standing foolishly on the side, also slapped to wake up the crowd, then the old farmers not without envy glanced from afar, then brought on their farming tools and walked towards the fields.
The front of the powerful caravan along the official road forward for a period of time, in the official road around the corner and then changed another more straight road, towards the north to continue to move forward.
Changing roads several times, all the way to the north.
I don’t know how long I’ve been travelling, but the carriages and horses, which had not stopped their hooves all this time, slowly came to a halt.
“We’re almost at the capital, why aren’t we going?”
The biggest carriage in the middle resounded with a girl’s enquiry, a small hand pushed open a window casement from within, then a bun-faced young girl with baby fat poked her head out from within, puckering her small mouth to the guards outside the carriage, urging forward.
“I’m sorry Miss Painting, please report back to Miss, we can’t go forward for the time being, the wooden bridge in front of us is broken, although the river isn’t wide, the water isn’t shallow, so it’s impossible to wade across the river.”The retainer who heard the sound and rushed over, spurred his horse over and pointed at the river in front of him to reply back.
“Then what to do?”The bun-faced maiden wrinkled her bun face.
“I sent someone to the village to ask for directions, there is no other bridge nearby, the nearest is ten miles downstream after, but because there are mountains on the other side of the river downstream, crossing the river will have to go around for more than twenty miles ……”The guardian returned.
“Ah ……All this point, another one to hour to evening, cross the river and then go around that far, have to walk another day ……”The bun-faced young girl sniffed, skimmed her small mouth, and her eyebrows wrinkled.
“Miss, this is tragic ……I asked clearly, the bridge in front of me is broken, there is another bridge ten miles downstream, only after crossing the bridge you have to make a detour of more than twenty miles ……”The bun-faced maiden shrank back from outside and talked back to the maiden sitting in the middle, anxious.
Inside the carriage is very comfortable, curtains hanging on all sides, a pear wood coffee table, built-in fruit plate and tea, a Ru kiln flower capsule, inserted full of freshly picked wildflowers; tea table in front of a small stove, by the craftsmen elaborately designed to prevent bumps in the delicate shelf fixed; near the window of the car position there is a shelf, placed in the trousseau and copper inlaid glass tomato mirrors.
Behind the coffee table was a soft cushion, covered with silk damask of moderate thickness, on which leaned a delicate maiden.
The young girl looks beautiful, skin colour white cream, eyes as black as ink, slightly powdered, lips like cherry petals, can not say the absolute beauty.
Black as spring long hair, pulled a new woman hair bun, bun on the hair accessories layered, exquisite and luxurious, with gold wire braided into flower branches, stamens, decorated with red beads, and there are gold butterflies hanging down, with the carriage trembling, the gold butterflies pendulous also shook with it. The gold hairpins on both sides of the bun and the pendants on the earlobes were also in the same set as the walking rocker, dotted with red pearls and draped with red pearls.
The slender thousand-like body wore a long red dress, with gold silk thread smudging the edges, and also outlined with peonies and cloud patterns.
Absolutely beautiful and gorgeous.
Her face was as absolutely beautiful as a fairy, and her temperament was as gorgeous as a princess.
“We can’t take a detour, or we won’t be able to catch up with the stinking clam ……Husband’s birthday ……”
The delicate girl held a volume of Poetry Scriptures in her hand, but her mind was not on the Poetry Scriptures, hearing the words of the bun attendant’s question to come, she slightly shook her head and turned her gaze out of the window.
Seeing this, the bun maid obediently opened the window casement, so that her own young lady could see the scene in front of her.
The delicate young lady looked through the window to the front, and a moment later her black as ink eyes lit up as she called the bun maid to her heels and instructed a few words.
A few moments later, the door of the car opened, and the bun maiden walked out, heading towards the river, and accompanied by the guards, covered her nose and knocked on the door of a house by the river.
This courtyard was a bit shabby and didn’t smell too good.
“Hey, old man, how much is this shabby house of yours for sale?”The bun attendant covered her nose and pointed at a wooden house in the old man’s yard and asked.
“Ah, for what?”The old man who opened the door was stunned.
“Would you like to.”The baozi maid urged, covering her nose.
“Give me ten taels of silver, I ……”The old man who opened the door thought about it, his family still has two houses, and this broken house has not been lived in for several years, leaking rain ……
The bun maid sniffed and without thinking, she touched out a ten taels of silver from the scented bag on her waist and handed it to the old man, then added, “If you remove a few long wooden bars from this broken house and fix this bridge in front of your door in two quarters of an hour, I will give you this broken house back again.”
“Really?”The old man lit up.
“Hurry up, from now on, you won’t get it back after that time.”The bun attendant urged.
Fortune moved him, the old uncle called a few of his neighbours, and soon removed a few beams from the broken house, and within two quarters of an hour the bridge was repaired.
Without stopping for a moment the caravan crossed the wooden bridge and continued on its way
