flstandardbreds Chapter 107 Arrival in Huizhou
Chapter 107 Arrival in Huizhou
The situation of the Lin family is different. I don’t know what they are planning.
But since Jiang Yin knew about it, he would not ignore it.
No matter if she was being suspicious or something, she still had to leave someone here to guard just in case.
If there are any abnormalities, it is better to prepare in advance.
The incident in Guanzhong was just an episode, Jiang Yin still had to rush to Huizhou without stopping.
Eight days later, Jiang Yin's carriage slowly drove into Huizhou Prefecture, which is rich in historical heritage.
Huizhou is famous for its rice paper and inkstones. It has six counties under its jurisdiction, namely She County, Jixi, Yi County, Qimen, Xiuning and Wuyuan, with the provincial capital in She County.
Huangshan, the destination of this trip, is also located in She County. Huangshan is just as its name suggests, just like Mengshan, it is a mountain.
Huizhou's terrain is mainly composed of mountains and hills, although the Huangshan Mountain that Jiang Yin wants to go to is located in She County.
But in fact, Huangshan Mountain is located on the dividing line between Chizhou and Huizhou. It is the "boundary mountain" between the two places, and part of the mountain belongs to the neighboring Taiping County.
Taiping County is not under the jurisdiction of Huizhou Prefecture, but of Chizhou.
However, these are secondary to Jiang Yin. According to Boss Wu, the Huangshan Maofeng she is looking for this time mostly comes from Huangshan in Huizhou Prefecture.
After the carriage entered the city, Jiang Yin did not go to Huangshan immediately, but found an inn in the city to settle down.
She had to contact Jiang Si Niang first, and also take a walk around Huizhou Prefecture to see what the situation was like in Huizhou.
After having lunch at the inn, Jiang Yin sent some of his men out.
Some are setting off now to Huangshan to find Si Niang, some are going out to inquire about the news about Huangshan Maofeng, and some are going out to inquire about various news about Huizhou and Huangshan.
In short, all her arrangements now revolve around gathering information.
No matter what the news is, you can always unravel it and get the information you want.
After Jiang Yin had arranged everything, he brought Xiao Luo and Wang Heng to a teahouse in the city.
The name of the teahouse she chose was very simple, it was called Huiji Teahouse.
From the name, you can guess that this is a teahouse with a great history.
The exterior of the teahouse is a typical Hui-style building, and the interior is a two-story courtyard.
A stage was built in the middle courtyard of the quadrangle. Many open-air tea tables and chairs were placed around the stage, with guests sitting around chatting in groups of three or four.
On the stage, a play called "The Heroine and the Fairy" was being performed, which is the famous Huangmei Opera in Huizhou.
Jiang Yin found an empty table under the stage, ordered two pots of tea and a few snacks, and began to enjoy Huangmei Opera with Xiao Luo and Wang Heng.
"it is good!"
When the play reached its climax, Jiang Yin couldn't help but cheer along with everyone else.
She curled her lips slightly and sighed, "I've heard of Huangmei Opera for a long time. Seeing it today, it's really as good as its reputation. It's comparable to our Sichuan Opera."
She looked around and wondered why the yard was so lively.
Compared with the private rooms upstairs or on the first floor, you can feel the wonderful aspects of Huangmei Opera better in this courtyard outside.
Sichuan opera is occasionally performed in my own teahouse, but the teahouse is small and cannot compare to a professional stage.
But the courtyard houses here in Huizhou are just right, and the stage is big enough.
Xiao Luo bared her teeth and agreed: "If my lady likes it, we can come here often."
Jiang Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course."
Not to mention that she likes this comfortable and relaxing feeling, she has to come more often because she wants to get information and learn the style of Huizhou teahouse.
Moreover, she had just checked and found that the tea in this teahouse did not even have Huangshan Maofeng.
In other words, Huangshan Maofeng is not good enough to be sold in teahouses.
You know, before the tea-horse trade moved to the southwest, Huizhou was also the main source of tea for the imperial court.
Even now, it is still one of the main sources. However, the tea monopoly system has not yet fully prevailed here.
"it is good!"
Jiang Yin was immersed in his own thoughts when he heard cheers coming from upstairs.
She looked up at the stage, which was showing a sad scene. Obviously, the applause was not for this play.
The people drinking tea around and the actors on the stage were not affected at all.
That said, this kind of thing happens all the time and isn't surprising.
She raised her eyebrows and said, "Let's go up and take a look."
She wanted to see how different it was from their Chengdu Prefecture.
Jiang's Teahouse was not influenced by other teahouses to become a place for entertainment, but there were also many literati and scholars who gathered in the teahouse to recite poems and write couplets.
I think Huizhou is no exception.
As expected, as soon as she reached the second floor, she saw a group of young men with flowers in their hair, surrounding a painting and commenting on and admiring it.
Jiang Yin stood on tiptoe to take a look, but saw nothing.
She couldn't help but find a young man outside and asked, "Brother, do you know who is in here and what they are doing?"
Someone who can be praised by so many people is definitely not an ordinary person.
The young man turned around and saw that it was a beautiful lady. He quickly bowed and said, "Young lady, you are polite."
The tips of his ears turned slightly red, and he continued, "This is Li Gonglin, a hermit from Longmian."
"Mr. Longmian?" Jiang Yin took over the conversation before the young man finished speaking, and asked in surprise, "He is actually competing?"
She had heard of Longmian Lay Buddhist Li Gonglin a long time ago, and his most famous painting was "Longmian Villa Picture".
This is a long painting, and there are many tea-related themes in the painting.
For example, there are lush tea trees on the cliffs, splashing springs beside the tea trees, boys brewing tea beside the streams, and scholars drinking tea beside the rocks.
In addition, the painting depicts many scenes of tea activities, among which one scene is widely circulated.
An old man and a boy are bending over the stove to prepare tea. Beside them is a square box tied tightly with ropes, which is the tea set "籝".
It is also worth mentioning that this painting caused a sensation before it was fully completed, which is enough to prove how good the painting is.
She was a little excited. She didn't expect to see Li Gonglin here today.
“No, no.” The boy’s ears turned even redder, and he quickly explained, “I am a student of Master Longmian.”
Who is Mr. Longmian? How could he come here and paint in the teahouse for these students to see?
Jiang Yin glared and asked, "Master Longmian still has students?"
She felt a little disappointed, as she thought she was going to see the real person.
But if I remember correctly, Li Gonglin is only in his early twenties.
How could he have students when he was so young? Moreover, these so-called students were already able to compose poems and paint.
"Hey, how can you talk like that, little girl?" Another young man who couldn't squeeze in said dissatisfiedly, "Why can't Master Longmian have students?"
His paintings have the style of Mr. Longmian, which he cannot paint.
Jiang Yin's mouth twitched slightly as he said, "So, he is a student acknowledged by Master Longmian himself?"
Anyway, she didn't really believe it. Only these innocent students would blindly believe it.
She was not talking nonsense, but she had indeed never heard that Li Gonglin had any students.
Given Li Gonglin's reputation, it would have caused a sensation if he really accepted students.