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The rain was beating on the canopy, Lin Yanchao was a person who recognized the bed, and he had a lot of thoughts, so he didn't sleep well all night, and he woke up before dawn, and he couldn't sleep no matter how he slept.

Lin Yanchao simply didn't sleep, opened his eyes, pillowed his head with his hands, and looked at the canopy above his head. This canopy is made of bamboo pieces with a bamboo hoop in the middle, which is a typical canopy boat.

Because of the heavy rain last night, in order to prevent the cabin from flooding, the boatman propped up the movable and retractable Ming Wa Peng, and put it away when it was rainless.

Lin Yanchao almost stared at the canopy, and in his ears was the sound of the captain swaying.

Lin Yanchao pushed the canopy window with his hand, and the starlight shone into the cabin, Lin Yanchao blinked, but the sky in the distance was already a little white.

Soon there was a sound of a rope outside the canopy, which was the boatlady squatting beside the boat with a tin bucket to drain the water, ready to raise the fire and make soup.

Lin Yanchao simply supported his body and looked at the scenery around the canal, the water flow on the canal was gentle, and the boat was walking quietly in the river.

Lin Yanchao took the Sanming tile white canopy hired by his family.

The white canopy boat is varnished with tung oil, so it is easy to identify on the black water surface at night, so it is often used as a night sailing boat and a ferry. Lin Yanchao hired a Baipeng boat to travel day and night and go home quickly.

Now that the sky is gradually getting brighter, there is a noise on the canal, and there are more boats on the river.

The black canopy boat generally travels in the middle of the river, not the white canopy boat. Because the Upong ship is generally a private ship, it is a large ship with a Ming Wa. Rich people build three Ming tiles, four Ming tiles, five Ming tiles are also idle, and there are even six Ming tiles, and the boat naturally travels in the river.

In the prosperous Jiangnan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rich gentry of Suzhou and Hangzhou traveled by boat, and they traveled by canopy boat, and they also compared each other with each other by boat, showing the luxury of weekdays. Of course, Lin Yanchao is not out of money to hire a good boat to travel, but he is low-key, and he is unwilling to hire a big boat, which attracts people's attention.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao's Sanmingwa Baipeng ship has three canopies, the rear canopy is the place where the boat's family lives and the fire, and the female dependents sleep in the middle cabin, while Lin Yanchao and others live in the front cabin.

The three-tile boat is undoubtedly much smaller, and people can't stand up straight in the cabin, but Lin Qianqian thinks it's okay, yesterday he and a few maids played a horse crane in the narrow cabin for a long time.

Soon the boat lady brought breakfast, and the ordinary salted fish was porridge.

The boatlady and the boatman have been supporting this husband and wife boat for decades.

The boat lady said to Lin Yanchao with an apologetic face: "Master, there is nothing to eat on the boat, please forgive me." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and took a big bite of the porridge and said, "I am also from a bitter family, and I have eaten worse than this, so it's okay." ”

The boat lady was overjoyed at the moment: "Thank you, master." ”

The boatman said: "Master, there are still thirty miles of waterway to Shuiqiuyi, we can have a dinner in time, it must be a good meal." ”

The boatman said to Lin Yanchao while rocking the oar.

"Yes." Lin Yanchao replied, and began to pick up rice again, and a bowl of salted fish porridge was also very sweet.

Lin Yanchao traveled by boat from Tongzhou overnight by water, and arrived at the next waterway station.

After arriving at the waterway station, after the waterway post clerk surveyed Lin Yanchao's official plate, he let Lin Yanchao and his party enter the post to rest.

The others even the boatman, the captain, and the boatlady were properly accommodated. As an official of the imperial court, Lin Yanchao can live in the official post when he returns to his hometown and province, and it is needless to say that he eats and drinks for nothing.

After Lin Yanchao changed his clothes and wiped his face, Yiding served him tea and said: "Master Hanlin has worked hard all the way, Lord Yicheng said that he has a guest to accompany him, and he will make amends with Master Hanlin in a while." Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be surprised, although there were many people who knew about offending Zhang Juzheng, but it was limited to the high-level officials in Beijing, but even a post man dared to look at himself, it was too arrogant.

Seeing that Lin Yanchao showed a slight displeasure, this post Ding ushered in the past officials here every day, and he knew how to figure out the meaning of Shangguan best.

Yi Cheng hurriedly said: "Master Hanlin, don't blame, today, the nephew of the former Ministry of Rites Master Dong passed the post and said that he was going to Beijing to take the exam, so Yi Cheng was accompanying him?" ”

Lin Yanchao asked, "What kind of nephew is the nephew of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Of course, it's no taste, and people haven't been admitted to the Jinshi yet. However, he will be admitted to the Jinshi in the future, and he will be a few officials, isn't it a matter of his family's words. Yi Ding said with a smile.

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said, "Okay, I know, tell your master that you don't have to come to accompany me." ”

"Thank you, sir, thank you for your tolerance." After saying this, the post man retreated.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jichuan said: "Even the officials' post stations are used as inns for these people to live in, is there still a royal law?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Which official is not a public weapon for private use, don't say it." ”

After a while, the post Ding brought food to Lin Yanchao and the others.

The six dishes and two soups used by Lin Yanchao and his family were very rich, and the boatmen he hired were also well fed. In this regard, everyone's anger calmed down a little, and it seems that Yi Cheng is not too much.

After dinner, Lin Yanchao stayed and slept peacefully in the waterway station, because he couldn't sleep well all night last night.

Tonight is in the post station, so Lin Yanchao wants to have a good night's sleep.

But unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Yanchao was about to lie down, he heard the sound of silk and bamboo music coming from the courtyard next door.

Lin Yanchao, as a six-grade Hanlin, of course, enjoys the treatment of a separate house in the post station. But people are tossing so much next door, and it is impossible to sleep peacefully.

Lin Yanchao called Yiding and asked, "What's going on next door?" ”

Yi Ding hurriedly apologized and said: "Master, this is really sorry, Dong Gongzi was happy to drink with his friends tonight, so he called Tangzi." ”

Lin Yanchao scolded from the bottom of his heart, you Dong Gongzi relied on the name of your family, and acted nonsense, not only eating and drinking for nothing in the post station, but also calling the prostitute.

"This is called the money of the hall, and it is also from the post station."

Yi Ding smiled bitterly: "That's not it, isn't it? Which official is not like this? ”

Eat chicken, the public also reimburses the invoice, this is really walking.

Lin Yanchao asked again: "You said that Dong Gongzi is the nephew of the Ministry of Rites, is that the Dong Shangshu of Wucheng?" ”

"Who else but him?"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Okay, I know it in my heart." ”

After speaking, Lin Yanchao came straight to the courtyard next door, and pushed the door in without saying a word.

Lin Yanchao used a lot of strength, and suddenly the door slammed, and the people in the room were drinking and having fun, but they were all stunned when they saw a person in his twenties suddenly walk in.

At this time, Dan saw a man in brocade clothes at the table slapping the table and shouting: "Which bastard, who broke in for Lao Tzu without opening his eyes?" ”

"Who do you say, bastard?" Lin Yanchao asked.

"That's you."

As soon as the man finished speaking, the table was full of chuckles. (To be continued.) )