The ox cart creaked on the dirt floor, and the children's feet dangled beside the wheels.
"Grandpa, grandpa, why is this road called Jiama Camp?"
Children just know how to read, but whoever sees them must read them.
The old man scratched the top of his head, "I don't know about this, I just heard that there have been two emperors before and after this horse camp, but it is a place of outstanding people, Xiao Shun'er, you take a few more breaths, maybe you can also shine on the lintel in the future?"
” The child was obedient, quickly wrinkled his nose and took two deep breaths, then pointed to a tall house on the side of the street and asked, "Grandpa, why is this house so much bigger than other houses, and it has eaves and corridors, and it looks so rich." ” The old man was asked again, and thought to himself for a long time about the vermilion gate, but finally shook his head, "There is no plaque in such a big house, and I don't even know who lives in it, which is really rare." ” As they were talking, there was a sudden coughing laughter from under the courtyard wall, and the grandfather and grandson were startled, stopped the ox cart, and looked in the direction from which the sound came, and they saw a young old man squatting in the corner of the wall, holding a half-eaten roasted bun in his hand.
The old man was already small, and he was crouching under the shadow of the high wall, so they didn't even see him.
The child leaned over and said, "Grandpa, what are you laughing at?"
Are you the owner of this house?
” The old man coughed again, coughing so much that his sternum trembled slightly, but he smiled in his mouth, "Little doll, look at my homespun clothes, it seems that I can afford to live in this house?"
” The child shook his head honestly, "Grandpa, I'm afraid you're not a servant of this family." ” The old man didn't admit it or deny it, he smiled again, his eyes were deeply wrinkled, "Little doll, this house is not so beautiful, it is similar to the house next to it, but the mountains are not high and the water is not deep, and from this house came out of the founding emperor of our Great Song Dynasty." ” Hearing him say this, the eyes of the ancestors and grandsons widened at the same time, "Could it be that this is the former residence of Emperor Taizu?"
” "That's right, it is rumored that Taizu was born with red light all over the room, and the fragrance lasted for a long time, and the body was golden after birth, and it remained unchanged for three days.
Because there was a red light in the middle of the night, looking at it from afar, it seemed to be a fire, and the neighboring people rushed to put out the fire. ” The grandfather and grandson were amazed, and before long, the child raised his cheeks and asked, "Then why is this place called the Horse Camp?"
” The old man smiled, "Taizu was in Luoyang in the ninth year of Kaibao, and returned to his former residence to live temporarily, one day, he pointed to a place with a whip and said: 'In the past, I played with a group of children on a horse, and I was afraid that the group of children would steal the stone horse behind my back, so I buried it here, I don't know if it is still there?'
His attendants went digging and found a stone horse.
So from then on, this place was called the Horse Camp. ” The child sighed a few times after hearing this, "I heard that Taizu has spent half his life on horseback, and the soldiers are like thunder, so he has loved horses so much since he was a child."
But that year, what did he do in Luoyang?
Is it just nostalgia coming?
” The originally relaxed expression on the old man's face suddenly froze, he looked at the grandfather and grandson who were engrossed in listening to the story, and his tone became straight and stiff, "Emperor Taizu decided to move the capital to Luoyang in that year. ” The grandfather and grandson looked at each other, and neither seemed to have a sense of it, or rather, the word "moving the capital" was too distant and unfamiliar to them, even if they could understand the meaning of the word list, they could not understand the intricacies and undercurrents below.
So, the old man continued to talk to himself, "Before Taizu went to Luoyang to investigate, the ministers kept writing and put forward reasons why it was not suitable to move the capital.
Some say that the Jingyi withered palace is not prepared, some say that the suburban temples are not repaired, and some say that the military food is not sufficient and the barriers are not set up, and even more, it is said that the weather in Luoyang is too hot and not suitable for the emperor and hundreds of officials to live.
But Taizu did not listen to them, but arrived in Luoyang as planned and worshiped the heavens in the suburban temple. ” Interestingly, when Taizu was preparing to worship the sky, the rainy day for several days suddenly changed, and the sky was full of sunshine, Taizu was very happy, and said that this was a good omen for moving the capital.
And some officials who had opposed the relocation of the capital also changed their minds and preferred to move the capital to Luoyang. ” The child smacked his lips, "But, I heard that the carved beams and paintings of the Song Palace in Bianliang are gorgeous and majestic, why did Emperor Taizu come to Xijing?"
” After saying this, he ate a slap from his grandfather, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of misfortune." ” The old man smiled and said, "What do children know, I also heard about it from others, and I talked to you two about it, everyone should not take it seriously, let's just have fun." ” The child rubbed his head, "Old man, tell me about it, why does Taizu have to move the capital?"
” The old man stared at his dark eyes for a while, and slowly stood up with his waist up, "Because, something strange happened in the Song Palace in Bianliang, and it made a good palace uneasy, so Taizu was in a hurry to move the capital." ” The thunderstorm came suddenly, rough and bold, and within a quarter of an hour it had already poured the ground through.
Yun Jin and Lan Xun walked out of the Yanchun Pavilion side by side, and ran along a path paved with cobblestones in the direction of Feihua Pond, the satin clothes on their bodies were all wet, and the embroidered shoes were also stained with thin mud.
Yun Jin tidied up her hair that was wet by the rain, put her hand on the pergola and looked into the depths of the heavy rain, and said urgently, "Niangniang is still waiting for me to go to the imperial kitchen to get her fragrant medicine vine flowers, I don't know when the rain will stop, how can I wait for the mother?"
” Lan Xun stepped forward and comforted, "Sister Yunjin, don't be in a hurry, our mother has always been reasonable and kind to the palace people, she knows that you missed the time because of the heavy rain, and she will never blame you." ” Yun Jin smiled, "Niangniang is kind-hearted, I'm not afraid of being blamed by her, but recently Niangniang has always been worried about the things of the previous dynasty, and she has no appetite. ” Lan Xun shook her lips, stepped forward to take her hand, and asked softly, "Sister Yunjin, what happened to the previous dynasty?"
” Yun Jin glanced at her, "It's better not to know what you shouldn't know, and the province will bring trouble to yourself in the future."
At this point, her eyebrows suddenly frowned slightly, and her gaze fell over Lan Xun's shoulder to the corner of the dark corridor behind, "Lan Xun, do you see a white cloth hanging there?"
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