This is an old house, with arched windows, and unknown emerald plants are placed in front of the window, with small white flowers blooming, exuding a faint fragrance.
There are many white gauze tents hanging from the roof, which are propped up in mid-air by a round bamboo brace, so that the gauze tents hang down to the floor in columns.
Some of the gauze tents are closed, the fabric is very thick, and the people inside are completely invisible, only a three-legged low stool is placed outside the cloth tent, which should be for the guests to step on when they come out, and some of the gauze tents are still open, and you can see that inside is a waist-high round heavy bath barrel with an iron edge, and two or three layers of thick towels are placed on the edge of the barrel.
Xia Xun has been in this era for a long time, and his living conditions have always been very good, and he has become accustomed to bathing alone, and then asking him to sit in a pool with many people, it is really not adaptable.
There was a bath bucket at the entrance of the door, and Jiang Xu chose the bath bucket, and Xia Xun was taken to the end, and the waiter signaled that he was the bath bucket in front of him.
Xia Xun looked at it, there was a row of hooks against the wall, knowing that it was to hang clothes, so he took off his clothes and pants and hung them on the wall one by one.
Xia Xun stepped into the wooden barrel in the stirrups, and the wooden barrel was halfway along the edge of the installation of a sitting position, Xia Xun first turned around and untied the gauze tent, let it close, and then sat in the bath bucket, leaned his head on the edge of the barrel, relaxed his body, and quietly felt the feeling of heat entering his skin.
After a while, a waiter in the bath room walked softly, opened the gauze tent and whispered a few words, Xia Xun didn't know what he was talking about, he expected to ask what he needed, so he shook his head, and the waiter left.
Sure enough, the boy had come to ask him if he needed something to eat, and many people here liked to drink some red wine or eat a plate of food while bathing.
Xia Xun likes to be alone quietly when he takes a bath, and he usually has to think about a lot of things, and only at this time can he completely relax himself and let his body and mind rest completely.
Occasionally, where would there be a few gentle conversations, Xia Xun's ears were very good and he could hear clearly, but he didn't understand a word of French, he just regarded it as the wind in his ears, and suddenly, a few whispers suddenly got into his ears, which was Chinese In this place, when he heard Chinese, he was inevitably a little surprised: "Could it be that some of the crew members on his ship have also come here to take a bath."
Because of this, Xia Xun deliberately listened to a few words, but the more he listened, the more suspicious he became.
I only heard a voice with a middle surname say in a low voice: "I heard that there are many Orientals on the dock, so I went to take a look." ” The voice of the questioner was a little hoarse: "Where did the Orientals come from?"
"They came by boat, there were more than 600 people, judging from their clothing and clothing, the small ones were not at ease, so they deliberately approached and listened to them."
The hoarse voice said, "How?"
The voice of the Chinese surname who replied trembled a little, and he felt very strange, and he didn't know whether it was excitement or fear: "They and I heard that they spoke Chinese and had an accent from the Jiangnan area."
"What is the King of Swallows?"
The hoarse voice suddenly raised, as if he had also noticed that he had startled others, the voice stopped abruptly, and the two of them suddenly fell silent.
Xia Xun's closed eyes had already opened, his eyes were shining, his heart was beating fast, and a name was on his lips, but he couldn't believe it: "That person, is it possible that he will be here?"
"It's impossible, it's impossible, it's impossible, where they came from, how could Daming's ship sail here, it's impossible" The hoarse voice was a little incoherent, and the voice with the surname was anxious to comfort: "Sir, don't worry, sir, I don't think, they may not have come to you" The hoarse voice trembled: "If not, how could they appear here, I have already hid in the sky, how can they appear here" As he spoke, his voice raised again, with a nervous tremor, and there were already disgruntled people in the bathroom, protesting with heavy coughs.
The voices of the two people were lowered again, this time it was a very low whisper, the speed of speech was extremely fast, Xia Xun could only vaguely hear some words, after a while, Xia Xun, who was listening attentively, heard the sound of "bang" water, he straightened his waist, leaned into the opening of the gauze tent, opened a little gap with his fingers, and looked out gently.
In front of him was a bath bucket, the gauze tent had been lifted, and a white-faced bearded old man came out of the bucket with a man in his arms, who stepped on a wooden bench, and the old man leaned over and took a pair of wooden slips, put them on his feet, helped him down, and then went to the wall to get his clothes.
In Xia Xun's position, he couldn't see his face clearly, he was carrying Xia Xun on his side, and Xia Xun could only see most of his back and slightly sideways figure.
The height seems to be about the same, but this man is bloated, has a big belly, his hair is gray, just looking at this back, he should be at least fifty years old, could it be him Thinking of his hoarse and completely unfamiliar voice, Xia Xun couldn't help but shake his head.
But if it weren't for him, who else could have such a conversation The old man with a white face and beard and loose muscles, why did he walk down the footstool so respectfully, just one step away was the slipper, and he actually asked someone to squat down and put it on him one by one, such a big pomp, except for an emperor who was used to this kind of waiting, who else could there be Xia Xun squinted and stared, the man was waited by the old man to get dressed, and then hurriedly walked outside, Xia Xun immediately dodged out of the water and swept to the window, so that with the gauze tent in front of him, even if the two turned back, they couldn't see him standing here.
Xia Xun hurriedly grabbed a towel to dry his body, and then quickly got dressed.
When he came to Marseille, he had completely forgotten the task given to him by Zhu Di, but he never expected that he would encounter such a scene here by accident.
Would that person be Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen If it was him, would he arrest him and hand him over to Zhu Di to be secretly executed, or would he be killed on the spot and bring his body back Xia Xun didn't have time to think about these, he just wanted to catch up now and determine the identity of this person.
Xia Xun hurriedly got dressed and walked to the front lobby, Duck was sitting on the bench waiting for guests in the lobby, and when he saw him come out, he couldn't help but stand up in surprise and asked, "Sir, why did you wash so fast?"
Xia Xun didn't have time to pay attention to him, hurriedly flashed out of the door, looked left and right, the streets were chaotic, the alleys were twists and turns, and the figures of the two people were no longer visible, at this time Duck took his hat, coat and cane and chased him out, Xia Xun asked anxiously: "Two Orientals just came out of it, you saw it" Darker said blankly, "See, does Mr. know them?"
Xia Xun said: "You are familiar here, take me to find them" Duck immediately turned around and asked the doorman, Xia Xun slapped his forehead, he was really confused, the square inch was in chaos, the two doormen were there, and the two Orientals had just left, so they naturally knew which direction they were going.
Duck asked the doorman a few words, and then said to Xia Xun: "Sir, go this way" The two people hurriedly rushed down the alley, rushed to the end of the alley, looked left and right, and saw that the two people on the road on the right hand were walking forward in the middle of many pedestrians, Xia Xun immediately said: "Follow them" Duck asked, "Sir, don't you call that entourage of yours?"
Xia Xun said: "Don't worry about him, he can't find me, he will go back to the dock." ” In the distance, I saw the old man walking with the fat man with gray hair, and some people who came on the way saw them, and would raise their hats and greet them, and it seemed that they should live nearby, and know many people around them.
Duck followed Xia Xun at a trot, panting breathlessly: "I asked the doorman just now, and he said that the person who just left is Mr.
Ribery and his servant, you don't have to worry, if you know his name, we can always find him." ” The two men followed the two men two streets, and when they turned into an alley, they were nowhere to be seen, and Duck inquired of the children playing in the alley, and learned where Mr.
Ribery lived.
It's not a very big compound, but it's very tidy, and judging by the living conditions of the house, it should be considered a medium-sized family in this place.
Xia Xun patted Duck's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "You are waiting for me here" Without waiting for an answer, he walked forward alone.
The courtyard door was hidden and not plugged in, it can be seen that the two people were in a hurry, Xia Xun gently pushed, and walked into the courtyard, the ground is a mowed lawn, and there are three or four horse chestnut trees in the lawn, which seems very quiet.
Xia Xun walked slowly along the path in the middle of the lawn, and when he reached the door, he stopped, and was silent for a moment, before gently pulling the door knocker, and slowly opened the door, the gray-haired fat middle-aged man in the room was talking to a chestnut French woman about thirty years old in French, and the old man was hurriedly packing up his things.
Suddenly, the back door opened, and two children, one older and one young, ran in from the back yard, the older one was a girl, the younger one was a boy, the girl was seven or eight years old, and the little boy was only four or five years old, and they all looked very cute.
"Daddy" They affectionately called the obese middle-aged man, and they used a Fengyang dialect of Chinese.
"My little liver" The middle-aged man squatted down, hugged a pair of children, and said, "Daddy will take you to the countryside to play for a few days?"
"Why do you want to go to the countryside, it's so dirty there, last time we went to the countryside, I stepped on a foot of cow dung, I don't want to go."
"Good daughter, be obedient, take your brother to get your things first, we will set off in a while, don't worry, we will be back soon" He patted his daughter's shoulder to comfort her, and when he spoke, he turned his face sideways, and Xia Xun saw his appearance.
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Although his hair is pale, his cheeks are fat, and there are two obvious eye bags under his eyes, from his facial wheel, he can vaguely see that he is really his Emperor Zhu Yunwen of the Ming Dynasty Under the shadow of the corner, Xia Xun slowly flashed out and asked softly: "The emperor doesn't plan to abandon his family this time?"
To be continued: