Shen just asked the ins and outs of the matter, and didn't ask him to do anything except ask him to treat Lao Yan Song well, because Shen understood very well that Zhang Shi was just a chess piece that could be discarded at any time, and in the struggle opposite him, there was no use value at all.

That night, Shen wrote a long letter and sent it to the capital, and the next day he left Fenyi and rushed to Zhejiang. He originally thought that he could rush back to Shaoxing and accompany his old father for this year, but he was blocked by heavy snow and delayed his trip, and he arrived in Jiande County early on the 29th.

Shen said to the two gentlemen: "There are still three hundred miles away from Shaoxing, and we can't rush back, and the Bu people say, 'Thirty does not stop, and it is difficult to be idle for a year#39; , we won't be in a hurry tomorrow. ”

The two of them are in Ningbo, which is farther away than Shaoxing, so they naturally have no idea, so they said: "I can't go back anymore, let's celebrate the New Year here, and I will go on the road next year." "Approaching the end of the year, speaking is the atmosphere, and a mouth is next year, next year." f brittle, we don't live in the post house" Shen smiled and said: "Find a hotel to live in, save yourself from welcoming and sending you, and disturb Yaxing." Both of them knew that he didn't like to make noise, so they both said, "That's the best." ”

Yu walked into the county seat and looked for an inn to stay. It's all this time, it's not a last resort, who will live in the hotel? All inns have rooms, let the jun choose, but there is one thing, Chinese New Year's Eve, eat and drink by yourself, cooks, guys also have to celebrate the New Year.

Now the three of them were dumbfounded, couldn't they even eat a decent Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? Thinking about it, Shen Mingchen still has experience, and said: "I know that there is a place, and it will not be closed tonight." The two were overjoyed and asked him where he was. Shen Mingchen was a little embarrassed: "I just don't know adults, is it convenient or not?" Shen immediately understood, and said, "You said it's Qinglou?" ”

Shen Mingchen nodded and said, "Well, that place is three hundred and sixty days a year, and every day is the New Year." Then he asked, "To go or not to go?" "Go." Shen pondered for a moment, nodded fiercely, and said, "Can anyone still recognize me?" ”

So he sent Hu Yong to find a place to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, and during the day he nested in the inn Tanzhen "Jue, hungry and messy for a while, wait until the day is dark, the old people who have nourished their spirits, change into brand new robes, and go out of their respective rooms to gather."

Shen Mingchen didn't mention it, wearing a brand-new lake silk jacket, a rat-gray mink leather buckled vest, a leather hat of the same color on his head, and thick-soled warm boots on his feet, he looked like a child of a rich and noble family.

Shen Jie and Yu Yin, although they like to dress plainly, but today is the New Year, of course, they all took out the clothes that are usually pressed at the bottom of the box, the latter wore a new Lanna cotton robe, a gray fox fur out, a dark satin gown, and a dark warm hat on his head, Shen Mingchen clapped his hands again and again: "Sure enough, people rely on clothes, you should have worn it like this." Yu Yin was a little embarrassed and said, "How could there be such conditions before?" "Although it is not for the sake of prophecy, Shen has not treated them badly, and it is certain that there will be no second owner in the whole world, and he can give them such generous treatment.

Shen is also rare to wear a gray tweed robe, covered with moon-white fox fur short, wearing a lynx skin winter hat on his head, and a bright face on the velvet boots with a thousand layers of bottoms.

Hu Yong is also new inside and out, he rushed up and gave Shen a thousand first, and then said with a smile on his face: "I have to ask Gongzi An, the place has been booked, the largest 'Qiwu Building' in the county, "I know that Gongzi loves to be quiet, and I specially wrapped the entire West Pavilion!" There is a good view of the river, and you can also watch the snow. "If you are not clever, you can't be the captain of the guard, Shen liked to bring three feet instead of an iron pillar, I'm afraid there is also a reason for this.

The group laughed and went out into the street. Jiande is the main road from Jiangsu, Zhejiang to Jiangxi and Fujian, and the water and land officials are all using this as the hub, so the city is very large in scale and has quite a lot of residents.

At this moment, there are already sparse firecrackers, and occasionally fireworks explode in the night sky, which is very beautiful. The aroma of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner exudes from every household, making people who are still walking on the street feel like they have lost their souls.

In fact, Shen began to suffer from homesickness a few days ago, he missed his father who was close to Shaoxing, his wife and children who were far away in Beijing, and he didn't know what happened to his father's body, I don't know if Ruohan's anger disappeared, I don't know if he usually learned badly from his two brothers, and he didn't know if his little daughter, who was more than half a year old, was still so delicate?

Yes, during the suppression of bandits in southern Gansu, he received a letter from Beijing, saying that Ruohan had given birth to a daughter. made Shen, who had always hoped to have a daughter, fluctuate. Although the war was still frequent, he still found time to keep writing letters to ask about his daughter's situation, but the female doll had been weak and sickly, which made Shen worried...... If this child has any strengths and weaknesses, he will be unable to let go of it for the rest of his life, and his relationship with Ruohan may never go back.

In short, there are many worries, and he can usually be paralyzed by the tense military plane priorities, but on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, which is a family reunion, he can no longer suppress it, which makes him sad.

So when he arrived at the 'Qiwu Tower, after sitting down on the carved beams and painted buildings and the gorgeously decorated West Pavilion, he still looked very calm, and when Yu Yin and Shen Mingchen saw this, they whispered to the girls who accompanied the wine to sing some cheerful and beautiful tunes.

Hu Yong had already said hello, those girls knew that they were big financiers, so they naturally refused to allow it, not to mention the New Year, who would want to play those who complained about it?

But no matter how cheerful the music is, no matter how warm the pavilion is, Shen can't be happy, but feels that he should sing 'Good day, beautiful scenery and empty cars, more suitable for the occasion.'"

Yu Yin and Shen Mingchen smiled bitterly, and they didn't know how to enlighten them. At this time, there was a sound of talking downstairs, it seemed that there were quite a lot of people, Shen Mingchen signaled for the music to pause, and then heard Hu Yong say in a rough voice: "I'm really sorry, the upstairs has been taken down, you better go elsewhere." "The guards like to be noisy, they are all eating and drinking in the front yard, and only Hu Yong and a few guards on duty have opened a table downstairs, and I don't know who broke in again.

"What the hell is going on?" A somewhat familiar voice sounded, and asked angrily, "Didn't I wrap up the West Pavilion for a month?" As soon as he saw the appearance of Hu Yong and the others, he knew that there was a big man sitting upstairs, so he had to get angry at the brothel owner.

The boss spoke cautiously and said: "I never thought that the uncle Chinese New Year's Eve would also come here, and I have to make my own decisions...... said with a certain pain: "The second half of the month's house will be returned." It's so small that you can't afford to pay the big officials. ”

"Where do you think I'm short of money?" The man exclaimed, "It's so late, where do you want me to find a place?" Can you afford to snub your guests? The two sides were stiff, and a richly dressed scribe came down from above, and said lightly: "My lord said that the New Year will be lively, if your friends don't dislike it, please come up together; If you don't want to be disturbed, it's so big above, let's play each other, and the two have nothing to do with it. ”

These words were polite, and all the grievances of the three parties were immediately eliminated. The man and his friend summed it up, and he really didn't want to pick up the place at such a late hour, so he had to do it. But when he went up to the second floor and saw the noble man sitting in the right seat, who was usually known as a guy who was not afraid of the sky and the earth, he shrank his neck and wanted to go back.

Shen didn't say anything, just looked at him with a playful face, that person is also a scene person after all, how can he learn to be a turtle, after instinctively retreating, he stretched out his head again, and said with a look of surprise: "Oh, I said how to see the magpie all the way today, it turns out that I can see you here and now, I really asked me to hand over Huang Gai." But he said that this person was Shao Fang, a hero from Danyang, who had dealt with Shen in Nanjing, and when he saw Shen, he was wearing civilian clothes, and he was in the Qinglou, how dare he reveal the other party's identity.

It was supposed to be 'delivered to the canopy', but this guy vaguely said that it was Huang Gai, and Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, "One is willing to fight and one is willing to suffer." Shen was amused by him, and said: "Sure enough, rotten wood can't be carved, you rotten wood, why don't you get up and sit down?" ”

Seeing that Shen Yu's tone was full of affection, Shao Fang was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted his friends: "Come on, there are no outsiders here." "Chopping and pretending to be familiar with it from time to time is an indispensable skill for mixing rivers and lakes.

There were five people who came up, all of whom were not young, so Shen didn't need to look at them, he could smell the family spirit on them...... This word is not derogatory, because he has felt it from Sun Ling, Lu Guangzu and others, sometimes it is synonymous with good cultivation and morality, but it is not a compliment, because the pride and self-restraint in their bones are often the reason why they are not likable.

But they hid the latter very well, and tried their best to show the former, and they all arched their hands towards Shen and said: "Disturb ● disturb ......"

Shao Fang introduced to both parties, and for Shen on this side, he only said that he was Shen Gongzi in Beijing, and for the five people who came with him, he was only vague, saying that they were his business friends.

"Meeting is fate, let alone meeting at this moment?" Shen smiled and said; "How many noble surnames?"

The five people reported their families, one surnamed Wu, one surnamed Zhou, one surnamed Xie, one surnamed Feng, and one surnamed Zhao.

When I re-seated, I was sitting at a large table. Shao Fang's anti-guest Zhang Luo got up, first asked people to take ten jars of daughter red, and then added some good dishes. "If you want so much wine, the amount of decay is amazing!" Shen couldn't help laughing.

Shao Fang said with a smile: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, if you don't drink three hundred cups, won't you live up to this beautiful day?" Saying that, he poured a toast for Shen and said: "If the son doesn't like to drink, drink slowly, the long night is long, let's drink all night, I'm afraid we have to ask for ten more altars......"

Shen was originally in a very depressed mood, so this Shao Daxia gaged for a while, and he was a lot of joy, so he picked up the wine bowl and said, "Congratulations to the New Year, first f for respect." And he threw up his head and drank it all.

At this time, the rules of the wine table, the first cup must be the guest of honor, a bit of a set tone, see Shen drank happily, everyone applauded, and then the host respected the guest, the guest respected the host, if it was drunk three rounds, it is said that it should have been married, but the two sides are not familiar with each other, how can there be any common language?

Fortunately, with Shao Fang here, naturally it will not be cold, and when he saw that everyone had wine, he smiled and said: "It's boring to drink dry, so let's have some tricks." As he spoke, he patted the ** beside him and said, "Beauty, do you have a lottery holder after you?" ”

The ** pretended to be stupid and said: "Uncle asked for a sign, you should go to the temple." The crowd burst into laughter.

Shao Fang pinched her ** and scolded with a smile: "Prodigal hoof, dare to make fun of you Uncle Shao?" I'm talking about the detoxifying wine sticker; It's not the kind in the temple. ”

"Sooner on." The ** left the table with a smile and came back with a delicate sticker.

There are 50 orders in the lottery holder, and a command flag. The obverse is engraved with a double tick 'Analects Jade Candle #39; The four characters are obviously the title of this set of orders. Each of the 50 orders is engraved with an edict, stating whether to drink or not, to drink and not to drink, to drink more and drink less, etc., and everyone needs to drink or not drink according to the order. Shao Fang handed the order flag to Shen Zuo, Shen gave in modestly, and said with a smile: "Anyway, it is to take turns to sit in the village, I will come first!" After saying that, he took one out of the stick, looked at it, and flipped it on the table. Shao Fang hurriedly asked, "What is it?" Shen shook his head, smiled without saying a word, and tasted the perch with chopsticks. At this time, even Shen Mingchen couldn't hold back, and asked, "Could it be that you want to play dumb riddles?" Shen smiled at him, but still didn't answer.

Those who came with Shao Fang also said: "Even if it's a dumb riddle, then you have to say what you have to guess, right?" ”

Shen didn't say anything, only stole the vegetables and sent them to his mouth. Everyone couldn't do anything about him, so they shook their heads and said, "I can't guess." ”

Seeing that only Yu Yin was present and didn't speak, Shen looked at him with interest, meaning, what do you say?

Yu Yin didn't say anything, the two stared at each other for a long time, suffocating everyone present, and Shen Mingchen finally couldn't help but say: "I can't stand it, I also admit the punishment." As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the stick, and after just looking at it, he reluctantly handed it to Shao Fang beside him and said, "Who came up with this?" What a lack of morality

Shao Fang took it and looked at it, only to see that it was written: 'Zi said: The gentleman who speaks one by one drinks three cups, without saying a word. And they showed it to the people, and they laughed and scolded the man who made the lot, and then ...... I drank three glasses of pleasure. Shen Mingchen asked Jin Yin with a smile: "Fang Cai's son has signed it, have you seen it secretly?" ”

"Do I have a hook in my eye?" Yu Yin looked at several people across Shen, rolled his eyes and said: "After reading the sign, Childe didn't say a word, and he buckled it on the table, obviously telling us that punishment is related to speaking■■r■■■" said with a little smugness ="Although I don't know which sentence it is, it's always wrong not to speak, right?" And they laughed at him for his cunning, and poured him a cup.

Then take turns to sign it, what 'eats are not good, and persuade the master to drink three bells. , "Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself, drink five bells yourself" and so on, in this laughter one after another, everyone drank a lot.

I have to admit that wine is a good thing to close the distance, and if you think it's not very useful, you must not have had enough.

Everyone present drank the benefits, shouted five and drank six, and called brothers and brothers, which was called a happy one. Yu Yin was still sober and said, "I have to change the way we play, otherwise everyone will have to be carried out."

Everyone also felt that they were a little anxious to drink, so they called ** scribes to play Bo Lottery Holders one by one, and it was difficult to make the wine order here, not necessarily everyone would, but it was difficult to defeat the champion, so everyone accepted it happily.

When it was Shen Mingchen's turn to draw lots, he took out a look and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a disassembly word...... Then he handed it to everyone to see, and when everyone looked at the sign, it was not simple at all. The requirements are very strict and impermeable, in the middle, push up, and win a minute. ”

Seeing that everyone couldn't understand it, Shen Mingchen smiled and said, "How about I throw bricks and lead the jade first?" The crowd applauded, and they listened to him: "The words are impermeable, but the words are in the middle; The word is pushed up, and the word Lu wins a minute! Saying a drink proudly, many people realized that it was necessary to find an airtight word, push the middle part to the top, and form another word.

In fact, with Shen Mingchen's narrow-mindedness, he wouldn't have said it so early, but he was afraid that if Shen couldn't guess, wouldn't he have a dull face? In fact, he didn't know that the adults of his family were masters of this way, but they had been busy with official business and had never let him understand. Seeing Shen, he smiled and said, "It's not difficult to let you solve this problem." I'm interested in a ...... The word Tian is impermeable, and the cross is in the middle; The cross was pushed up, and the ancient characters were pounded. ”

According to the gourd to draw the scoop, the rest of the people also understood, Yu Yin will 'wei' into 'apricot' that Xie boss will 'prison, the word will become 'she' The rest of the people also have their own changes, and finally only Shao Fang remained, seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said with a bitter face: "What can be put up, let you use it up, but how can I be good?" And they began to cry out; If you cannot command, you must be commanded. So he took up the cup and poured it into him. He hurriedly parried and shouted: "Stay and stay, I have to ......" "You talk ......" Everyone didn't believe it. Shen Mingchen smiled: "It's no longer useful." Unless you are Cangjie, you are not allowed to make words. "Listen to me." Shao Fang smiled slyly: "The word is impermeable, and the word is in it: R is not a word." The crowd laughed again = "Go on■■■■■■"

Shao Fang picked up the wine glass, drank it all, and said with a grimace: "Push it up with one word, one bite and a big gong!" The crowd burst into laughter.

Then Shao Fang drew lots, he took out a look, it was a word side order, asking to raise two words with the same sound, and then go to add the word next to it, into another word, and finally by this word to give a vulgar f60 to think about it, he smiled and said: "There is water to read clear, and there is no water to read green." went to Qingbian water, adding heart and ears to the essence. Shen Mingchen smiled when he heard this: "Drink high, right?" The blue word adds to the heart is 'please, also.'

Shao Fang smiled and continued: "That's right, my saying is, 'If you have the heart to intercede, I'm afraid you won't be allowed to ask,......

It's too late to finish writing, I'm afraid of being scolded by my mother, so I'll send it regularly, and I'll see you at 7 o'clock in the morning......