Wife's Observation Log

In fact, if Chang Yuan wanted to let go of this, she could always let it go. After all, although Xie Zhen didn't get along as close as he did with Lan Wei in private, because he didn't care about many things, he seldom made things difficult or forced others.If it wasn't because Lan Wei was annoyed by her "sister" bullying, Xie Zhen wouldn't have called "Xunmei" to ask her to treat her.Perhaps if it wasn't for Lan Wei's excuse to Chang Yuan to put on the posture of "the ghost letter must be for the sake of not paying the money", Xie Zhen might not use the military camp regulations to ridicule Chang Yuan.

Therefore, Chang Yuan said that he wanted to make a bet, unless Lan Wei disagreed, Xie Zhen should have agreed as a matter of course.

Also because of this feeling, Lan Wei decided to be considerate to each other. She didn't need Xie Zhen to taunt and refuse. She also tried to face Chang Yuan head-on. In the past two years, she has seen a lot of teaching and learning in Tiangong Academy, and she thinks she is still better than before. His vision is much more venomous, and he has some confidence.

The clothes at the next table are not particularly conspicuous, but some of them can be excluded. He wears a swastika, which is mostly worn by the common people and landlords. The more elegant commoners usually wear a small cap, and the lower class will wear short brown.Combined with the language, the neighboring table should be financially acceptable.

However, there is only an ordinary fan bag tied on the side waist of the adjacent table, and no more identity can be seen.

Chang Yuan said that when she came in, she saw the other person's belt hook. The hook button was normally embedded in the belt, and the hook hook was hung in the hole.That also ruled out the possibility of being a family of honorable and noble officials. You can tell by looking down at each other's belts, because the materials used are better, and everyone would not or would not be willing to punch holes in the belts, but put a part of the leather belt on the gold Protecting the jade ring, the head of the hook is directly hung on the ring.

However, it is even more difficult to guess if the top and bottom are excluded. As for the group in the middle, it must be relatively large, and it is impossible to find a needle in a haystack.

Lan Wei started to get into trouble.

Deng Zhen looked around and said in a low voice: "The minister threw bricks first? It's a rough guess."

Xie Zhen agreed, and Deng Zhen quickly said: "I think this person's facial features are about [-] years old, and there is no obvious trace of martial arts from his body shape to his knuckles. He should be a local scholar, and his age may be Juren. "

Lan Wei was reminded to look at the knuckles at the table next to him. His hands were long and dry, and only the ring finger knuckles were obviously bulged. It really looked like a person who wrote and read, but whether he was a local, Lan Wei felt hard to say, Chang Yuan Still pretending to mutter there, Xie Zhen was the next one to conjecture: "The coiled-neck silk robes are old-fashioned, but they are almost new. If you have enough money at first, considering the policies implemented during this period, if it is not Jiangnan Tianshe who was born in the Imperial College in Beijing, or a local grain merchant, the fame is at most a scholar. If the Imperial College does not have classes today, they should call friends to come out. So it’s more like a grain merchant.”

The Yan Dynasty neither suppressed merchants, nor even canceled the early imperial examinations like the Ming Dynasty, but in the palace examination, the requirements for practical responses were much more emphasised, and the number of admissions was also reduced.After all, the country has just recovered from the war, and there are not so many talents who can apply for it. It is very reasonable to open the Guozijian and Academy in the early days of the dynasty to cultivate talents and supplement them with recommendation.This may also be why, Xie Zhen does not agree with this person as a juren. Now that there is a shortage of talents, it is easy for a juren to get an official position as a county magistrate in the province where he was admitted, so there is no need to be idle.

"Your Highness is too honest," Chang Yuan said with a smile, "I have talked about fame, occupation, and background, and Xunmei is not accompanying me. I guess the right one is my guess. I guess that elder brother is originally from Yunnan."

"He doesn't have an accent in Mandarin." Lan Wei couldn't help retorting, "Your guests are booked."

"Why are you in such a hurry to judge me? You haven't even speculated yet."

She was right, and Lan Zhan admitted that the analysis in his heart did not successfully point to a small range of accurate identity characteristics, especially, there was nothing different from them, even after listening to the ideas of Deng Zhen and Xie Zhen, It's just a sudden realization, and this information.What's more, everyone's betting on this round also has the pride of not being able to rely on the wisdom of others, at least not to copy the answers completely.

Lan Wei could not observe other information, but felt that the aura of the neighboring table was a bit close, a bit like Hu Le+Sun Jiandou. Thinking along this line of thought, the more the neighboring table looked like a craftsman, if he could know it was It would be better to do something.

Speaking of which, why did Chang Yuan conclude that this person without an accent was originally from Yunnan?

In the end, Lan Wei's gaze fell back on the hand at the next table. Only the ring finger of the right hand is protruding. What about the left hand?

"He should be a craftsman, a coppersmith, and his fame should be at least a scholar, or he has brothers who are above a scholar."

Chang Yuan gave a "tsk", but she couldn't tell whether it was contempt or approval, and then she cupped her hands: "Your Highness, can Xunmei verify the answer?"

Xie Zhen smiled: "Go."

Chang Yuan went to chat with the other party in high spirits. It is not surprising that she got into any beach with her posture. After a while, she stood up and asked, "Can I let the big brother come to fight the table for a while?"

When she said this, she was looking at Xie Zhen. She changed very naturally. She didn't need to be reminded to expose the identity of the prince. What Lan Wei was thinking about was still being astute as a general.

Xie Zhen also switched to her "approachable micro-service private visit" mode, and warmly welcomed the neighboring table. Chang Yuan pushed her chair towards Deng Zhen, leaving an empty space for the neighboring table, facing Xie Zhen.When the table next to her stood up, Lan Wei knew where Chang Yuan's speculation came from.

This cunning woman deliberately said that when she came in, she saw the belt hook of the other party, and normally put the hook button on the belt, but she deliberately did not say that this person was wearing a copper belt hook.Since the Western Han Dynasty, people who used belt hooks used jade more. After the Yuan Dynasty, it basically went from the emperor to the common people. Obvious clothing features.

The main copper mines of the Yan Dynasty depended on Yunnan, which is linked to the position of the callus on his left hand and the distribution of scars. This person must be the ancestor who came up from Yunnan by boat, and pulled his own furnace and molds ashore as he passed through various cities, melting them. Copper liquid processed copper pieces, and finally settled in Beijing.

Sure enough, the brother at the next table confirmed the information about Lan Wei and Chang Yuan's line, and added with a smile: "I originally stayed in Suqian for a long time and wanted to settle down. The thought of the perch. It was because the Tartars were too restless at that time, and later my father took the initiative to lead the family to follow our Yan army to the north."

"The eldest brother inherits his father's business, is he still doing the bronze wares business? I think brother Zun looks like a scholar." Chang Yuan began to verify the line between Xie Zhen and Deng Zhen.

The elder brother at the next table shook his head, showing several hideous scars on the palm of his left hand, some of which were long and burnt: "I learned it when I was young, and I am not good at learning. In fact, I am not good at reading, but it is not bad to be exempted from the conscript at home. My dad is very old."

It's not good, but it can be exempted from conscription. The scholar didn't run away. In fact, there is no need to ask about this one. It's time to see if it's a grain merchant or a farmer. To solve his curiosity, Xie Zhen, who should verify the answer most, suddenly said: " Is eldest brother a regular visitor here? In fact, we just heard that elder brother talked about the authentic dishes, and we still wondered what you do. If you can recommend some dishes for us, let’s be hosts today, let’s eat together. "

Before Chang Yuan was talking about sharing a table, and no one was ordering food all the time. Obviously, no one here really planned to have a table with strangers. Among other things, even if the East Palace usually reserved guests and served a few dishes, the palace people It will also serve cloth dishes in small bowls.

But Xie Zhen took the initiative to speak, and the other three naturally did not dare to object.My brother had tea before, and he left after eating half of the dishes. Xie Zhen and Deng Zhen each paid half of the money, so Lan Wei was the first to tease Chang Yuan: "You spent so long, the result is not good. Or half of each."

"Can it be the same? Deng Zhen lost, let him pay for it from his own house. You—" Chang Yuan rolled her eyes on Lan Wei, "It turns out that you didn't plan to pay in the first place, good job, Do you just want to eat His Highness's soft meal?"

Lan Wei thought about it carefully, it seemed that she hadn't really thought about paying for it, but His Royal Highness said to bring her to the restaurant, so she was justified in not paying, but she was too weak to refute Chang Yuan, so she just looked away Look at Xie Zhen, Xie Zhen said a few words to Deng Zhen at the side, and Deng Zhen made a swollen face and pretended to be a fat man, saying that he could still afford it. Xie Zhen could see that he was pretending to be poor for fun Inevitably, he looked light.

Although the guesses of the four people are all related to their professional accumulation and are very interesting, and even worth discussing, Xie Zhen and Lan Wei planned to leave first, but before they got up, they heard someone shouting : "Two... Dukes of the state."

It was Deng Zhen and Chang Yuan who were looking for, Xie Zhen glanced at it plainly, and Deng Zhen became nervous, as if he had done something guilty, but Lan Wei knew that he was just unhappy after inheriting the title, yes The name "Guogong" is a bit frightening.

Chang Yuan quickly turned around and locked on to the person who made the noise, who was the high-roller on the second floor at that time.

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Additional historical background:

Small cap: six-in-one unified cap, or melon skin cap.Because of the hair, the melon caps in the Qing Dynasty are far from the perception of the Ming Dynasty. (There is indeed a bit of melon skin without a high bun, and it may also be a bad impression due to historical reasons).