Early the next morning, Su Jin deliberately dressed up, discarding the luxurious robe, the gold silk tie, the purple gold-wrapped belt, and the black and translucent pigskin boots.

Su Jin's dress today is a gentle and elegant scholarly route, wearing a cyan cotton shirt, wearing a square hat, the props in his hand are a volume of Analects annotations, the only luxury left is the 'big three yuan' jade pendant given by Yan Biyun on his waist;

Naturally, I wanted to prepare some gifts for the first time, and I heard that Mr. Bao said that Mr. Natixue was an old man over sixty years old, so Su Jin instructed Xiao Sui'er to prepare two large cloth bags of walnut powder, peach crisp cake, loose bean cake and other loose and soft pastries that are easy for the elderly to eat.

After everything was ready, he looked left and right to ask Rou Niang if they were properly dressed and if the gifts were suitable.

Xiao Sui'er originally thought that the princess's reading exam was just a rise, and even Rou Niang Huanniang actually felt that Su Jin was hot in her heart, but seeing that Su Jin attached so much importance to this visit, it seemed that she was going to take it seriously.

"Is the prince really going to take the top prize?" Xiao Sui'er asked with a small face while helping Su Jin sort out the buttons under his ribs.

Su Jin said with a smile: "Children's families, it makes people laugh when they say it, and they still take the top test, is the champion so good?" I'm going to worship the mountain and squeeze the single-plank bridge. ”

Xiao Sui'er pouted and said, "People are not children anymore, can you still do what the prince wants to do?" I don't believe it. ”

Su Jin's heart was hot, and he stretched out his hand and flicked it on her little face: "Just by your words, the master can't embarrass you." ”

When he looked up, he saw that Rou Niang and Huanniang were looking at him deeply, Su Jin understood their thoughts, their lives revolved around them, and they would support them unconditionally in every decision they made.

"That's what keeps men moving." Su Jin sighed in his heart, who could disappoint the eyes that were silently watching behind him?

The street is very lively, although it is early in the morning, but people take advantage of the cool air of the morning to come out to buy and sell goods, and occasionally there is a nest of people gathered around from time to time to make a roaring sound; Su Jin knew that it was Guan Pu.

Song people love to gamble, in addition to the familiar dice cockfighting crickets, ordinary people's favorite is the pounce, the way of pounce is to gamble anytime and anywhere, as large as cars, horses, boats, and boats, as small as radish and cabbage can pounce, the gameplay is also very simple, for example, someone wants to buy a chicken, the chicken seller will ask: "Pounce?" ”

The buyer naturally can't ask for it, so the two sides negotiate the price and odds, if the chicken price is agreed to be ten yuan, then take ten copper coins in the clay pot or throw it directly on the ground, according to the odds corresponding to the number of positive and negative sides agreed by both parties; If the buyer rolls the six pure (back) four characters (front), then take away the free chicken without spending anything, if it is rolled pure or muddy words, then ten times and twenty times the payment, the highest odds can reach 30 times.

If the buyer delivers the canopy and throws a muddy word, agreeing that the odds of the muddy or muddy word are 20 times, then the buyer needs to pay 20 times the original price of 200 wen to buy this skyrocketing chicken and go home.

The imperial court once strictly banned gambling, but how can the folk gambling style be banned? The government will turn a blind eye, which is similar to the sound of mahjong in the streets and alleys of later generations, in fact, it is also good for public security, idlers have nothing to do and wander around the streets to make trouble, but it brings unrest to the society, it is better to let them have fun.

As for those who gamble and gamble, and pressure their wives and concubines to gamble, it is another matter, things always have good and bad sides, and no one can demand perfection.

Su Jin stuck his head out of the car window, looked at the person who was hit and laughed in ecstasy, and the person who lost the fight was secretly amused; The small people in the market may feel the happiest at this time, and Su Jin feels that this era is true and credible.

The car arrived in front of the door of Bao Mansion, the porter went in to inform Lord Bao, and after a while, Bao Zheng went out of the house in plain clothes, and there was already a small guy who came to the big car, Bao Zheng and Su Jin got into the car and went first, Su Jin stepped into the car, and instructed the little pillar to follow the mule cart of Lord Bao, and the two cars were twenty steps away from each other and drove westward.

The mule cart slowly travels westward, gradually moving away from the central city, the road is no longer a bluestone avenue, but a gravel path that only allows two cars to go wrong, the scenery on both sides is also very different, the shade of the trees is denser, the grass is deeper, the birds and finches are jumping on the branches on both sides, and occasionally there are gray rabbits rushing out of the grass and disappearing quickly.

Su Jin looked a little confused, how could there be such a place in the city, when he came, Su Jin was looking all the way, and he didn't go out of the city gate, how could he be in such a remote and quiet place.

I asked Xiaozhuzi, Xiaozhuzi was familiar with this place, and replied: "Son, this is near Shushan Lake in the west of the city, there is a small corner of Shushan Lake in Xicheng, there was once a bandit in the Dashu Mountain on the lake and on the other side of the lake, and the people who originally lived here gradually moved to the east, and this place gradually became cleaner. ”

Su Jin sighed, it turned out to be a place close to bandits, no wonder it was sparsely populated, maybe now although the bandits have been eliminated, but Xicheng has gradually declined, and people don't want to move back to live, it's a pity that such a quiet and fresh place is deserted.

Su Jin also looked at the problem with the eyes of modern people, in later generations, the city was highly developed, the crowd was dense, there were a bunch of people everywhere, and it was rare to have a clean place; Not to mention that there are so many grass and trees wasteland in the city, the corners have been turned into reinforced concrete by calculating developers, and people are used to gray, white and black buildings everywhere, so Su Jin was naturally a little surprised to see this place within the city wall; In fact, these are not surprising in the eyes of the Song people, these places are simply barren mountains and mountains, and no one has any special ideas about it.

Just thinking about it, the carriage shook, but it was going downhill, Su Jin grabbed the wooden ribs of the carriage and poked his head out to watch, the scene in front of him suddenly opened up, a pool of blue water in front of him, the white mist transpired in the distance and could not see the other side, there were faint mountains in the distance, hazy at least dozens of miles, presumably that was the Dashu Mountain in the west of the city, and the scar-faced black seven had gathered in this Dashu Mountain.

Bao Zheng's car stopped in front, Su Jin hurriedly ordered to stop, got out of the car, and saw Bao Zheng smile and said, "Su Gongzi, how is the scenery here?" ”

Su Jin praised: "The lake and mountains, the fog and smoke, the place where the gods live." ”

Bao Zheng said: "That's right, this place should be called the abode of the gods, but it's a pity that people have been affected, but the abode of the gods is uninhabited, which is sad and sad." ”

Su Jin knew what he was referring to and shut up.

"Lord Tixue is very interested, and it is really a good vision and a blessing to choose this place to build a residence."

Su Jinxin said: This Lord Lu is really a person with a unique style, it doesn't look like he is mixed in the officialdom, the officials and gentry of Luzhou City have piled up to buy land and build a house on the shore of Xiaoyao Lake in Xiaoyaojin, but this master of learning has gone to live in Xicheng, which is far away from the city, I hope that not only is the place of residence different, but also that people should not be the same as a raccoon dog.

"The frame can rest and eat some grass by the lake, and it will be not far to the mansion of Lord Lu, how about you and I stroll along the lake?" Bao Zheng asked.

"It's great to be able to walk here with adults, it's really like 'the heart flies in the clouds, and the people walk in the painting.'" Adult please! Su Jin stretched out his hand and asked Bao Zheng to go first.

Bao Zheng was in a good mood today, and said with a smile: "What a 'heart flies in the clouds, and people walk in the painting.'" Although I don't have much respect for poetry, I am very happy with your eloquent talent. ”

Su Jin was embarrassed, and he didn't know whose poems these two sentences were, and he pirated them smoothly, to the point of not thinking about it, it was really shameless to the point of shamelessness.

The two walked along the lake and pointed out the scenery to talk about it, a few little guys followed from afar and did not dare to disturb, there were also fishing boats near the lake in the mist on the lake, and there were several songs from afar on the lake, which sounded tactful and simple, Su Jin listened carefully, and only listened to the song and sang:

"The little carp's red gills swim from the east of the lake to the west of the lake; Huxi wants to eat Ganoderma lucidum grass, Hudong wants to eat green moss, if you don't want to be a little lady, my brother can't come. ”

Bao Zheng and Su Jin sounded interesting, and the two looked at each other and smiled, full of joy.