Chapter 361: Dragon Boat Festival Encounter with a Promiscuous Woman
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
Nine bronze gongs cleared the way, and yamen runners holding street-cleaning whips guarded them on both sides. Behind them, several people held plaques that read "Keep Away" and "Silence", as well as golden gourds, axes, and green umbrellas. There were probably more than twenty people in total.
It was quite a grand occasion , but the thing guarding the center was just a small blue velvet sedan chair carried by two people.
If it was an ordinary person, two people would have barely been enough to carry it, but the person sitting inside was Sun Shaozong, so the two sedan bearers began to pant not long after leaving Shuntian Prefecture.
But there is no way, because the court stipulates that officials of the fifth rank can only ride in a sedan chair carried by two people. It would be inappropriate not to go out in a sedan chair today.
However , Sun Shaozong was afraid that he would tire them out and hurt himself, so he lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and asked Zhao Wuwei, who was guarding beside him, "Captain Zhao, how far are we from the Jishuitan now?"
He had set up a full set of ceremonial guards today in order to go to the vicinity of Jishuitan and preside over this year's Dragon Boat Festival together with officials from the Ministry of Rites. In fact, this was originally Jia Yucun's task, but something went wrong with his "blind date meeting", so he had to temporarily ask Sun Shaozong to take his place.
"It's not far. Just turn two or three streets and you'll be there."
Zhao Wuwei responded, but suddenly he remembered something and added: "But the platform is on the other side of the river, so I'm afraid we'll have to take a detour to get there."
Before he could finish his words, the sedan bearer in front of him stumbled and almost threw the sedan out.
"Stop the sedan!"
Sun Shaozong immediately shouted to stop the sedan chair. The two sedan bearers in front and behind hurriedly took the sedan chair off their shoulders as if they heard a sound from nature, and sat on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Stop, everyone stop!"
Zhao Wuwei hurriedly called out to the whole team to stop, and then he heard a rustling sound from the sedan chair. Then Sun Shaozong ordered from inside: "Don't move the support, just carry the sedan chair to the nearby alley."
Although the two sedan bearers were a little confused, they had no choice but to grit their teeth, carry the sedan on their shoulders, and tremblingly walk into a nearby alley.
Sun Shaozong stopped the sedan chair again and asked Zhao Wuwei to disperse the people who had followed to watch. Only then did he get out of the sedan chair dressed in a short-collared shirt.
"Sir, you are..."
Zhao Wuwei and the two sedan bearers were stunned.
Sun Shaozong tidied up his hair and said nonchalantly, "It's hot and stuffy inside anyway, so I might as well come down and walk for a while. When you carry my official uniform and hat to the Jishuitan, I can sit on it later."
The two sedan bearers knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed, saying, "Sir, how can we do this? We, the humble ones..."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said without question: "No need to waste words, it's settled! I'll go ahead, you guys hurry up and carry the sedan chair and get on the road."
Having said that, he walked out of the alley on his own and blended into the bustling crowd.
Today is really a good day to go out, because the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Orchid Bathing Festival. People will choose to bathe in orchid soup to remove dirt the day before. Therefore, on this day, even the old man who picks his feet can smell the fresh fragrance of plants.
In addition, all the snack shops on the streets and alleys will steam a few trays of rice dumplings to suit the occasion, and the sweet aroma of bamboo leaves, glutinous rice and dates will fill the entire street.
It was still more than half an hour before the Dragon Boat Festival, and Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry. He just walked with the crowd, stopping from time to time. When he saw some snacks he liked, he bought them to try. If they didn't suit his taste, he gave them to the beggars on the roadside.
It has been less than two years since he came here, but his taste has become picky. Eighty percent of the things he buys from the street stalls are not to his liking - after all, spices and condiments are mostly luxuries these days, and small vendors can't even afford them.
Perhaps because he saw that Sun Shaozong was generous, a man with a wretched appearance flashed out from the alley next to him and approached Sun Shaozong stealthily.
Sun Shaozong originally thought he had encountered a thief and was about to catch him red-handed, but the thief pulled out a few embroidered portraits of women from his arms, shook them at Sun Shaozong and said, "Master, you are all alone, why don't you hire two girls to accompany you to the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Damn~
It turned out to be a pimp from a brothel!
Just as I was speechless, I saw the old man put his hands to his mouth again, and said mysteriously: "To be honest, my family has some relationship with the Shuntian Prefecture official. When the dragon boat is idle in the evening, you can go on it with the girls and have fun, and also get some of the dragon horse spirit!"
Okay~
This person is a relative of Shuntian Prefecture!
Sun Shaozong was even more speechless. Just as he was about to send the guy away, someone suddenly snatched the embroidered portrait away, flipped through it, and sneered, "Such a mediocre woman, how can she be worthy of this gentleman? Get away from me as soon as possible, so as not to pollute my eyes!"
Having said this, she threw the embroidered portrait back.
The old man took it in a hurry, glared at the man angrily, and was about to spit out some obscenities, but suddenly he was stunned and froze on the spot.
It turned out that although the man was dressed like a man, wearing a long gown with a stand-up collar and a dense beard, the old man spent all day hanging out with the girl, so how could he not see that she was indeed a beautiful woman?
I'm afraid that even if all the girls in my yard were gathered together, they still couldn't compare to the natural charm and seductiveness between her eyebrows!
So the male turtle turned around and walked complaining vaguely: "It turns out that he already had an appointment with the female, but he didn't tell me earlier, it was a waste of my saliva."
After the turtle man walked away, the female dressed as a man looked at Sun Shaozong with a smile and said, "Master Sun, do you still remember me?"
Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said, "It's hard for me to forget a woman like Miss You even if I want to."
Who else could this woman disguised as a man be but Sister You San? !
“Hehe…”
Although Third Sister You was dressed in men's clothes, her smile was still as sweet as a silver bell, crisp and soul-stirring.
After laughing, he raised his cardamom-painted orchid finger, pointed at Sun Shaozong's outfit, and asked curiously, "Are you on a secret visit, sir?"
"No, it's too hot in the sedan, so I got out and took a walk."
Sun Shaozong explained casually, but couldn't help but ask curiously: "Miss You came out alone?"
"nature."
Third Sister You pretended to be pitiful and said, "My family can't afford any personal maids. We only have an old nanny who has to take care of all the big and small things at home. How can she have the time to accompany me to relieve my boredom?"
As she spoke, Fox Eyebrows glanced at Sun Shaozong with a charming look, and said in a coquettish voice: "It is also thanks to Lord Sun that the capital is governed by a rule that no one picks up things on the streets and no doors are locked at night, otherwise I would not dare to wander the streets alone."
"You are so kind, young lady."
Although Sun Shaozong's heartbeat quickened due to her teasing, now was not the time to flirt with a woman, so he collected his thoughts and said with a bow, "In that case, I will not disturb you - goodbye!"
After saying that, he took big strides and walked towards the Jishuitan.
Third Sister You originally thought that by using her ever-effective beauty trap, she could make this brute fall at her feet, and take the opportunity to take the jewelry she had just set her eyes on.
Who would have thought that Sun Shaozong would leave without any reluctance!
How could she accept such a psychological gap?
"Master Sun, Master Sun?!"
She chased him and shouted twice. Seeing that Sun Shaozong did not turn around, she became more and more annoyed. However, she refused to admit that she was not charming enough, so she stamped her feet and said to herself, "You must be doing something shameful when you are so secretive and impatient! I will catch up with you and find your weakness. I will see if you can still be so arrogant in the future!"
