[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

"For the defense of the capital, the equipment is naturally top-notch. What's more, the Shenji Battalion is directly commanded by the Emperor Daqi. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is his personal soldier. If you have good things, of course you will be equipped with your own strength as soon as possible. I guess it will still be powerful. The stronger weapons were hidden by Emperor Daqi and have not been revealed." Nangongyan frowned, feeling pressured immediately.

The current situation is not optimistic. It was originally thought that Emperor Daqi was exaggerating, and there was a lot of water, mainly for the purpose of intimidating and deterring southern Xinjiang.Now it seems that intimidation and deterrence are true, but their strength should not be underestimated. Maybe Emperor Daqi still has secrets, and many things have not been revealed to the public.

This road came from southern Xinjiang. The pace of Nangongyan and his party was not fast. They were aiming at the purpose of investigating Daqi. Naturally, they had to take a good look along the way. The people's livelihood and the people's conditions can best reflect the strength of a country, and we can't just look at the capital. One place is just generalizing and making blind decisions.

Among them, the most visually shocking thing for Nangong Yan and his party is the cement dams built everywhere. From south to north, grand and solid dams have been built in every larger land boundary, some have been built, and some are still under construction.They even watched from a distance with their own eyes that the mud-like brown thing became an indestructible existence after drying.

In fact, Southern Xinjiang has obtained some cement powder through special channels for research, but up to now, it has not figured out any of the formulas.The cement shipped to various places is all finished products, and the formula and method of production are firmly controlled by the emperor in the hands of his confidantes. Nanjiang's hand has not been stretched so long, and the officials in charge of research and development can be inquired about.

What Nangongyan heard and saw the most along the way was that the life of the people in Daqi was getting better and better. The emperor of Daqi reduced taxes and reduced corvees, and he could hear praises everywhere he went.

Since ancient times, taxation has been the most important source of income for a country. Emperor Daqi dared to reduce taxation for many years, and built dams and other large projects that cost money and labor.It can only be explained that he has money and there is no shortage of silver in the treasury, so he is full of confidence.

Nangong Yan saw almost everything he wanted to see, "Let's go to the Goddess Temple tomorrow, it's the last trip to end this trip." Everyone said that the Goddess Temple is amazing, and it's rare to just enter the temple to worship.If it really works, bless him to find the person he has been looking for as soon as possible, and don't let him worry about it and lose his mind.

"Yes!" Several people retreated one by one, leaving only Prince Nangong resting in the room.

There were no outsiders at the moment, Nangong Shizi took out a palm-sized scroll from his arms, and slowly opened it.I saw the back view of a beautiful woman painted on the scroll, wearing a delicate and complicated dress. Just from the back view, I can feel that this woman must have a magnificent appearance, which is rare in the world.

Presumably because of frequent flipping, the scrolls are a little yellowed and worn.Nangong Yan rubbed it carefully, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Who the hell are you? Why do you keep falling into my dreams, but you don't even show me a side face? How can I find you?"

It turned out that since Nangongyan was ten years old, he always dreamed of a woman from time to time. In the dream, she was always surrounded by fairy spirit, and the sound of water was gurgling. The woman was hidden in the hazy mist, making it hard to see clearly.

Nangongyan, who didn't understand anything at first, fell into a dream with "Sister Fairy long" and "Sister Fairy short", but no matter how he shouted, Fairy never made a sound, as if he didn't know his existence.Later, when Nangong Yanchang grew up and the queen of Nanjiang began to choose concubines for him, Nangong Yan was shocked to realize that there was someone living in his heart for a long time, and he couldn't let it go or forget it.Even though he has never even seen this person's face, he knows that if he misses this person, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

The queen of Nanjiang knew that her son had someone she liked, so she naturally wanted to know more about it. As long as the status and status were not too disparate, it would be fine to hire her son.Nanjiang didn't pay much attention to family background and status, but paid more attention to the relationship between men and women.Just from the Flower Street Festival held every year, it can be seen that this is actually a blind date for unmarried men and women in disguise. If you see the right way, as long as the parents of both parties are not feuds, the two surnames can generally achieve good things.

It's just that the son's position is special, and he is the future king of southern Xinjiang. The queen still has to consider the family status of the future daughter-in-law.If it is too low to support the status of a queen, it will be bad, and Nanjiang will lose face at that time.

It's just that the queen never expected that, not to mention that she didn't know the family background of her future daughter-in-law, her own son had never even seen her face, but just a back view in a dream, she fell in love with her, and even reached the point where she would not marry unless she was a king.The queen didn't know whether to be angry or to laugh, thinking that her son was still young, let him relax for two more years, and took the opportunity to find out if there was such a girl.If you can't find it, you have to listen to her, the queen mother.

Nangong Yan has been looking for four or five years since he was 14 years old, and participated in the Flower Street Festival every year, but he never met the woman of his dreams.How dare he go looking for someone based on his back?Ge Yinnangongyan felt that if the woman in the dream really appeared in front of him one day, he would be able to recognize it immediately.He firmly believes that there is a fate between the two, otherwise why would he always meet her in his dreams for many years.Nangong Yan chose to ignore that in his dream, he was like a person who broke in by accident. The girl didn't even know that he was watching him silently.

At the beginning, the king and queen of Nanjiang were not in a hurry, but in a blink of an eye, their son was eighteen or nineteen, and he was still obsessed with the mysterious woman who didn't show up.Eager to hold a grandson, and eager to let Nanjiang have a next generation of heirs, the two couldn't bear it anymore, and began to help Nangong Yan choose his concubine frequently.

Nangong Yan was also a little discouraged at this time. From the beginning full of confidence to the current hesitation, maybe it was really just Nankey Yimeng, it was just a fantasy in his mind, and there was no such a woman in reality.Then he was not as resistant to the choice of concubine arranged by the queen as before, and he was quite resigned to his fate.

However, Nangong Yan seemed to accept his fate, but in fact he was still not fair in his heart, but he could always pick out ten or eight faults in the women chosen by the queen.It's not that they think the family background is low, or they think the parents are not good-looking, or they have a bad temper, even if these problems are the result of fault-finding.

This is the eldest son in Nanjiang, and the son finally let go and is willing to choose a concubine. The queen does not want to follow Nangongyan's wishes to help him choose a satisfactory one.Otherwise, it will be a matter of a lifetime. It is not popular in Nanjiang not to like concubines, but you can still choose ten or eight people you like.

This challenge lasted for more than a year, Nangong Yanxu was about to turn twenty, even though the queen could see that her son still missed the so-called woman in her dream, she still couldn't bear to force him to marry a concubine right away.

It happened that the king of Nanjiang was having a headache about Daqi again, so Nangongyan volunteered to visit Daqi, with the last bit of extravagant hope in his heart.Maybe this woman is not in southern Xinjiang, but she seems to be a member of Daqi in her clothes.He was the one who turned to the left before, and didn't pay attention to it. Now that he thinks about it, he thinks it's possible, and his determination to go to Daqi becomes stronger.I also secretly regret why I didn't think of it sooner, and I wasted a few years for nothing.

After the king of Nanjiang disagreed, he even agreed to obey his mother's arrangement to marry a concubine after returning, and finally got the permission of the king of Nanjiang.Nangong Yan thought it right, if he really didn't meet him in Daqi, then he really could only treat it as Huang Liang's dream, and never read or mention it again.

So Nangong Yan secretly embarked on a journey called visiting the reality but finding his wife.

After seeing enough of Nangongyan, he couldn't help rubbing the portrait twice before carefully rolling up the portrait and putting it back into his bosom.The scroll happened to be close to Nangongyan's heart, as if the two of them were always together.

On the second day, the group set off early and went to the famous Goddess Temple to offer incense.When Nangong Yan arrived, there was already a long queue in the temple, and the few people got up early to catch the evening market, so they could only line up behind the queue.

"Master, I don't know how long I'll have to wait in such a long line, why don't my subordinates line up here first, and you go shopping?" They didn't want to spend money to go special, but they just wanted to spend money You can't spend it even if you buy something special.The Goddess Temple is unified by the government sending people to take charge of everything. Whether you are a high-ranking official or a commoner, there is a rule when you enter the Goddess Temple-first come, first come, if you are not convinced, go out and turn left, and go back early.The Goddess Temple is too small to accommodate the Buddha.If you really don't want to queue, please come early the next day.

When I came here, I found that when I was still seven or eight miles away from the Goddess Temple, there were many stalls along the road, selling food, games, and all kinds of exquisite gadgets modeled on the Goddess. Quite lively, just like a bustling small commercial street.The coming of the Goddess Temple has really stimulated a lot of consumption and helped many people earn a lot of subsidy money.

Looking at the endless queue, Nangong Yan did not refuse: "Alright, Nan Yan and I go to sit in the pavilion over there." Then he led the silent Nan Yan to the pavilion not far away.

As soon as Nangongyan arrived at the gazebo, his vision changed, only to find that there was a large bamboo forest with a good view behind him. The shadows of the bamboos were graceful, and the shadows of the trees were dim.

Nan Gongyan walked through the bamboo forest silently, the front was very lively and full of people's voices, he did not expect this place to be so leisurely and quiet, enjoying a rare time.

The bamboo forest is dense and flourishing here, Nangong Yan walked in it for some time, and vaguely heard a female voice coming from inside.

"Sister Daiyu, thank you for coming to offer incense with me today." A gentle and pleasant voice sounded.

"Sister Xian, you're welcome. Anyway, I have nothing to do at home. It's good to go out for a walk." Daiyu didn't show it on her face, but she thought in her heart that if she couldn't refuse the invitation of Sister Xian who was handed over as a handkerchief, she wouldn't come Incense! Is it interesting to worship yourself?She really wanted to go out for a walk, since her father had restricted the number of times she could go out in disguise since Jiji, she was a little bored recently.

"Sister Xian, what did you ask for? Do you want to ask for a good husband?" Daiyu continued to tease.

"Sister Yu, you want to be beaten, how can you make fun of me like this, I came here to ask the goddess to bless my father and mother to be healthy." The girl known as Sister Xian's face became hot, and she couldn't help but argue.This is the main purpose of her trip today, but at the end she quietly promised a word from Hao Erlang.She just incidentally, not on purpose.

"The Goddess must have heard my sister's wish, and will definitely make my sister's wishes come true!"

"Thank you, sister Yu Jiyan."

"I've found a good husband!" Daiyu hurriedly added a sentence after she had thanked her, which caused the Xian girl to chase after Daiyu and beat her up, no longer caring about her ladylike manners.

After Nan Gongyan heard a female voice in the depths of the bamboo forest, he vaguely saw through the forest that there were two girls and maidservants sitting in the forest, and was about to turn around and back out quietly, for fear of being abrupt.

It's just that he was not ready to walk away, the two chased out one after the other, and the voices of the maids came from behind: "Miss, slow down, slow down."

The incident happened suddenly, and when the eyes of several people met, it was already inevitable.Nangong Yan stared blankly at the woman who suddenly rushed out in front of him, completely forgot the etiquette upbringing in the past, and his mind went blank.