The rise of the poor

Chapter 629 Rainstorm
Coming out of the old lady's courtyard, Zhu Ping'an went to the outer courtyard to see Liu Mu and the others. When they arrived in the outer courtyard, the stewards of the mansion had already settled them down.

When Zhu Ping'an came in, Liu Dadao and the others were trying on new clothes with joy on their faces.

At this time, Liu Dadao and the others all changed into the navy blue guarding outfits of the Marquis of Linhuai Mansion, and their hairstyles were also tidied up. It is true that people rely on clothes and saddles, and the six of them looked tall in this outfit. He is more heroic.They are all hunters on the mountain, and they were born in hunting and martial arts, and the outfits of guarding the courtyard are just right for them.

"Take a look, this material must be made of Songjiang cotton cloth. I saw the local rich man in the town show off before, saying that this cloth is more than twice as expensive as ordinary cotton cloth." The six people were very satisfied with this outfit, especially It was Liu Dadao in front of a basin of clear water, grinning and taking pictures endlessly, just like a brat who wears new clothes for the New Year and can't wait to show off endlessly.

"Look at your worthless energy. Just now, Guanshi Li said that you have two sets of spring and autumn single clothes, and winter jackets." Liu Dachui and others laughed around Liu Dadao with their mouths wide open.

After Zhu Ping entered the yard, except for Liu Mu who discovered it immediately, the other five people did not notice it.

"Be serious, the young master is here." Liu Mu got up to remind Liu Dadao and the others.

"Ah...Hi, my lord." Liu Dadao and the others noticed Zhu Pingan who was smiling slightly, and immediately patted the back of his head in embarrassment.

Seeing that Liu Mu and the others had settled down, Zhu Ping'an felt relieved, stayed in the front yard for a while, and then went back to the back yard.

In the day of May, the face of the child changes as soon as it is said.

When Zhu Pingan just returned to the backyard, the sun was still shining brightly. After taking a bath and changing clothes, the outside was already covered with dark clouds, and the dark clouds rolled in. The thick clouds were like thick smoke from a fire, and the clouds almost hung down to the treetops. superior.

When Zhu Ping'an laid out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, raindrops the size of peas began to fall outside.

Tick ​​tick
Bean-sized raindrops slammed on the window sill.

"It's raining, it's raining."

The two little girls outside were yelling and chirping like sparrows, nervously putting away the washed clothes.

This scene reminded Zhu Ping'an of Tang Monk in Journey to the West. He couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, got up and closed the window to prevent the rice paper from being wet by the rain.

It didn't take long before it turned into a downpour outside the window.

It’s been a long time since I saw this kind of heavy rain. In my impression, the last time I saw this kind of downpour was on the way to Nanjing, oh, that is, on the way to the Yingtianfu Township Examination in Daming. The downpour made me see the landscape of dragons spitting water on the city wall of Yingtian .

Good rain knows the season, when spring is here.

Now is the time for wheat grain filling. With the heavy rain, the harvest of farmers in the suburbs of Beijing this year should be much better than in previous years.

Zhu Pingan withdrew his thoughts, lit the oil lamp, took a brush from the pen holder, dipped it in ink, and began to write quickly on the rice paper.

There was heavy rain in the capital, and the Hejian Mansion, which also belongs to Northern Zhili, was even heavier than the rain in the capital. The heavy rain poured down, as if the Milky Way had burst, and it didn't take long for the road to be half a finger deep. rainwater.

In Cangzhou, Hejian Prefecture, the torrential rain was the most violent.

Cangzhou belongs to Hejian Prefecture, borders Bohai Sea in the east, Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the whole territory.Half a day's journey north of Cangzhou is Tianjin Prefecture, and another three hours' journey north of Tianjin Prefecture is the capital city.

At this time, the rainwater on the official road from Cangzhou to Beijing and Tianjin had accumulated more than half a finger deep, and some sections of the road were even half a foot deep.

This kind of heavy rain has happened once in ten years for this section of the official road.

There was heavy rain on the official road, and the rain accumulated so much that the road could no longer be seen. The road surface was like a straight river. The rain slanted, blurring the vision, and it was almost impossible to see the road ahead.

Pedestrians who were on the road had already gone to the surrounding villages and towns to take shelter from the rain. Looking at the pouring rain in misery, they couldn't bear the slightest thought of hurrying.

"Drive Drive"

There were a few hoarse sounds of royal horses, followed by the sound of horseshoes treading water, and four horses galloped across the official road, splashing a series of water.

Through the rain curtain, you can vaguely see four heavily armed and sharply armored sergeants on horseback holding on to the reins, crawling on horseback to drive the horse. The purpose of crawling on horseback is to reduce the resistance of wind and rain, save horsepower, and improve Horse speed.

Not long after the four heavily armed soldiers galloped past, they heard a louder sound of chariots and horses marching behind the official road.

Six soldiers in full armor and more than a dozen uniformed guards scattered in an orderly manner, protecting the seven or eight carriages with the triangular red flag with the word "Li" in the middle of the official road, especially the one in the middle. The carriage pulled by three horses of the same color is protected by four heavily armed cavalry.

Soldiers on horseback and guards are all wearing straw rain capes, and the handlebars driving carts are also wearing straw rain capes.

The carriage was covered with several layers of felt cloth coated with tung oil, which effectively prevented the rainwater from soaking the interior of the carriage.

"Miss, it's raining so hard outside that I can't see the way."

The window of the three carriages in the middle was slightly opened, and the bun-faced little maid in the carriage couldn't help puffing up her bun-face in worry as she watched the torrential rain outside the window.Seeing that we are about to arrive in the capital, why is it raining so heavily all of a sudden, but please don't interfere with your journey, my uncle's birthday is coming.

The face that was already fat like a baby looked rounder now.

The carriage is very comfortably furnished, like the boudoir of a rich lady, complete with tea table, dressing table, soft bed, etc. On the soft couch sits a fair-skinned and beautiful girl, holding a volume of "Book of Songs", enchanting Leaning lazily on the soft pillow, he watched with relish watching the fire in the car.

"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. God loves it, so let him take care of it."

The stunning girl glanced out of the window upon hearing the words, and there was no slightest ripple in her pitch-black eyes.

The wind and rain did not move, which was in stark contrast to the little maid with a bun face.

"But." The bun-faced little maid looked out of the window worriedly, "Miss, what if the heavy rain hinders my journey?"

"will not."

There was a gleam of light in the piercing black eyes of the stunning girl, her lips parted slightly, and she said two words without a doubt.

"Ah? Really?" The bun-faced little maid was overjoyed, and looked at her young lady with big round eyes.

"Are you questioning me?"

The stunning girl turned a page of "The Book of Songs", slightly raised her small cherry mouth, and did not take her eyes off the page, but glanced at her from the corner of her eye.

The little maid with a bun face immediately shook her head like a rattle.

"Miss Qi, I have something to report in my humble position."

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the window, and then a team member in full armor came to the window of the carriage and respectfully clasped his hands.

(End of this chapter)