In the early morning of the next day, a carriage stopped at the gate of Qingxu Palace, and after a while, Guo Song came out of the small gate with a few entourage, leading a few horses.

Today, Guo Song changed into a new dress he just bought, a light cyan shirt, a black gauze hat, a leather belt around his waist, black leather boots on his feet, and a long sword at his waist.

"Senior brother, get in the carriage, don't ride a horse!" Zhang Lei pulled the curtain and shouted.

Guo Song turned over and said with a smile: "Senior brother, just follow me as a guard!" ”

"I can't afford to hire a guard like you."

Zhang Lei glanced at Kang Bao, who looked like a black bear, and secretly smacked his tongue, where did the junior brother find such a majestic figure.

He pulled the curtain and commanded, "Go!" ”

The coachman flicked his long whip, the carriage started slowly, turned around and drove towards the outside of the fangmen, and Guo Song and his entourage followed on horseback.

Qujiang Pond is the largest lake in Chang'an City, half in the city and half outside the city, the east bank of Qujiang Pond is the royal garden Hibiscus Garden, there are countless pavilions and pavilions in the garden, countless magnificent palaces, the Hibiscus Garden is facing the water, surrounded by the city wall, the guard is strict, ordinary people can not enter at all.

Every summer, the Son of Heaven will bring the harem concubines and children to the Furong Garden to spend the summer under the escort of thousands of guards.

The huge team of the Son of Heaven will not walk the street, they take the sandwich wall channel, the Chang'an city wall is divided into two city walls inside and outside, the two city walls are separated by a hundred steps, and a hundred-step wide sandwich wall channel is formed in the middle, whether they are returning to Beijing from the outside, or going to Qujiangchi for vacation, they all take the sandwich wall channel, thousands of people, and the people of Chang'an can't see them at all.

The west side of Qujiang Pond is an ordinary garden, the area is vast, for the common people of Shishu to go out for leisure, the south of Qujiang Pond belongs to the powerful area, hundreds of various garden houses have been built, all of which are owned by royal relatives and powerful officials.

Of course, ordinary people can also take a boat to play, there is a cruise ship dock in the northwest corner, there are all kinds of boats and painting boats, you can charter a boat for a family, you can also buy a ticket to board a large painting boat cruise ship.

However, whether it is a cruise ship or a painting boat, you can't get close to the Hibiscus Garden on the east coast, and there are ships with palace guards patrolling the coast.

There is an artificial island in the center of the lake, called Qingqiu Island, there are docks on both sides to park boats, this regardless of identity, only recognize money, as long as there is money, you can drink and enjoy the scenery in the island restaurant, and even live on the island for one night.

To be able to be adjacent to the Hibiscus Garden, of course, the price is also extremely expensive, first of all, the island fee is 100 per person, and then whether it is drinking or lodging, it is several times the price in the city.

Although it was expensive, the big merchants of lower status were willing to pay for the life of the powerful and satisfy their vanity.

The carriage stopped at the dock in the northwest corner, Guo Song and his entourage also turned over, Zhang Lei came out of the carriage and smiled at Kang Bao and others: "The painting boat of the bag is relatively small, and it can't sit so many people, a few people can choose, if you want to take a boat to tour the lake, I will charter a boat for you alone, you want to eat and drink on the shore, you go to the best Qujiang restaurant, you can eat and drink as much as you want, I will settle the bill!" ”

Kang Bao and several people looked at Guo Song, Guo Song smiled and said: "There will be more days on the boat in the future!" It's rare for Zhang Dongzhu to be so generous, you can eat and drink with your stomach open, and eat tens of thousands of taels of silver, and his eyes will not blink. ”

Everyone laughed, Zhang Lei's face trembled, and he quickly estimated in his heart that even if he ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, drank the best Meishou wine, and wrapped a few powders for fun, the money would be at the top.

He patted his chest and said, "You can go eat and drink, I still have a few bottles of the best Meishou wine in my carriage, and I will also give them to you." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted and thanked Zhang Lei, Zhang Lei pointed to a painting boat and said to Guo Song: "It's that painting boat, junior brother will go up first, and your sister-in-law's boat will come directly later, I will take a few of them to Qujiang Restaurant, and they will come immediately." ”

Zhang Lei took his two personal guards and Kang Bao to Qujiang Restaurant together.

Guo Song went on the painting boat alone, the painting boat is actually not small, it can sit more than a dozen people, it is very elegantly paved, and there are two maids who serve tea and water, compared with other painting boats and cruise ships, it seems relatively tall, and of course the price is not cheap.

"May I ask if Childe is the proprietor of Zhang?" The boat boss stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"I'm a friend of proprietor Zhang, he went to the restaurant, and he will come over immediately."

"Under the surname Qiao, everyone calls me Qiao San, I have been driving a boat in Qujiang for almost thirty years, if there is anything, the son will tell me."

Guo Song smiled and nodded, "This is your ship?" ”

"Where is my boat, this kind of boat is very expensive, I can't afford it, I'm just a boat leader."

"How much does this boat cost for a day?" Guo Song asked again.

The boatman gestured with his hand and said in a low voice: "Renting this boat is either expensive or rich, with a minimum of 80 yuan a day, and then give us some tea money, which is about 100 yuan." ”

"What about the boat?" Guo Song smiled to the side again.

"Childe, it really can't be compared, that kind of painting boat is very light, it is shaking to sit on the boat, and the body will be seasick if it is a little worse, but it is not cheap, it takes twenty times a day, and the black shed boat package is five times a day, and the cheapest is the Chase cruise ship, five hundred dollars for a ticket, sit a bunch of people you don't know, and then turn around twice and it will be over, less than an hour."

"Actually, it's quite expensive."

"Of course it's very expensive, the locals don't actually take a boat very much, it's too expensive, mainly from other places to Beijing, they all want to see what the royal garden looks like, see what the palace where the emperor lives, like we are not rare, when An Lushan's army entered the capital, the palace was not guarded at all, and we also went into the Daming Palace together for a walk, in fact, it was just like that, a person lived in such a big palace, panic!"

The captain of the boat is very talkative and blows the sky.

At this time, Zhang Lei hurriedly walked over and said with a smile: "It's all arranged, let's go!" ”

"Don't you wait for sister-in-law?" Guo Song asked.

"Your sister-in-law's boat is waiting for us at the mouth of the lake, and we'll go over to pick us up."

Guo Song was a little puzzled, to see the garden house, just bypass it directly from the land, why did he have to take a boat and charter such an expensive painting boat, but thinking of Zhang Lei's wealth, he didn't bother to ask.

The two got on the boat, and the boat boss held up a long pole, and the ship slowly went off the shore.

At this moment, several house-looking men galloped up on horseback, waving and shouting, "The ship is back!" ”

The boat boss hugged his fists and said: "A few uncles, this boat has been chartered by guests, I'm sorry!" ”

"Fart! Hurry up and bring Lao Tzu back, otherwise you will look good. ”

Several family members scolded and began to threaten the ship boss, the boat boss glanced at Zhang Lei in embarrassment, Zhang Lei waved his hand, "Don't pay attention to them, just drive the boat!" ”

This kind of boat fight often happens, and the boat boss has seen a lot, and in the end it is the proprietor who comes forward to settle the dispute, so he has to sigh secretly, pretend to be deaf and dumb, and prop the boat away.

A few people scolded on the shore, helpless, had to turn around and report to the master, speaking of which these people were also stupid, jumped on the boat, and chased the painting boat back, but they didn't expect it.

Guo Song soon felt the comfort of this boat, the hull is very heavy, very stable, the painting boat rows the waves, he doesn't feel that he is sailing at all, the clear water is like a mirror, the breeze is light, it is refreshing, and after a while, the unpleasantness brought by a group of people just now disappeared.

Tea and snacks were placed on the table, and the two maids served them very attentively, presumably they would also receive a good tip.

"Their ship is there!" Zhang Lei suddenly pointed to a passenger ship and shouted.

Guo Song was stunned, who are they? Who else is there besides Li Wenyu, Guo Song immediately reacted, it should be Zhang Lei's two children and the nurse.

The boat slowly approached, and on the board, I saw two young women coming out of the canopy. With a bang, the girl in the white dress like snow in the back turned out to be Xue Tao.

He suddenly understood that the senior brother and his wife had painstakingly arranged it just to let themselves be with Xue Tao.

Li Wenyu is in good shape, she walked over lightly, took Xue Tao's hand and got on the painting boat, but she went back again, she suddenly glared at Zhang Lei fiercely, "Dead fatty, what are you still standing there for?" ”

Zhang Lei reacted, hurriedly ran over, his body was crooked, and he almost fell into the water.

Xue Tao was also stunned, "Eldest sister, ...... are you?"

Li Wenyu smiled and said, "The painting boat is too crowded, and we can't sit so many people, so we won't go." ”

Xue Tao suddenly saw Guo Song coming out of it, and he was immediately ashamed, and hurriedly shouted, "Eldest sister, I'll sit with you." ”

"Next time!"

Li Wenyu had already removed the ship's plank, squeezed her eyes, and said to the old boat: "You just follow my boat." ”

The passenger ship swung and headed for the south shore.

Xue Tao had no way out, so he had to cut his hair, and gave Guo Song a blessing gift, "Brother Guo, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Guo Song scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I only came back yesterday, I was supposed to be a guest at your house tonight, and I took a look at you by the way, but I didn't expect ..... I really don't know..... How to say that? My brother is hiding it from me..... Well, your parents are all right! ”

Xue Tao couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he saw him incoherently, so he pursed his lips and smiled: "My parents are in good health, don't you invite me in to sit?" ”

Guo Song patted his head and blamed himself: "Look I'm really confused, it's windy outside, Miss Xue hurriedly came in and sits." ”

Xue Tao's eyes flowed, he glanced at Guo Song affectionately, and walked into the cabin generously.