Yun Ning and a few people wrote poems on the side, Xu Yu didn't look at them, and let them mess around, thinking that no matter how good the poems were, there was no artistic conception in his opinion, that is, tragedy would move people for a long time, and their sisters were carefree, and they didn't worry about food and clothing.

flipped through Gu Yinglian's poetry collection, and repeatedly recited the two sentences "The box is empty and Lao Lang is in love, and the candle flowers often weep for Nong", and suddenly said to Zhu Mingzhi: "According to these two sentences, the two of them are in love." ”

"And how do I know?" Zhu Mingzhi had already seen the intention of Xu Yu's words, and simply said: "You are envious of other people's affection, and you want to make a legend or novel for them, right?" ”

"That's what I thought." Xu Yu's eyes lit up, "There are so many masterpieces, it is not difficult to reproduce the details of this pair of lovers, and after my compilation, it will definitely be passed down through the ages." ”

"Idiot!" Zhu Mingzhi shook his head, "Don't be ashamed for a thousand years, the beginning of chaos will end up?" You write fiction and don't care about it. A person who is still alive, in case Ying Lian is also alive, your masterpiece comes out, how can she be a person? It is not easy to know that what is easy is easy to lose.

Xu Yu frowned and thought about it, and Zhu Mingzhi simply explained: "You see that there are many novels in ancient and modern books, how many can be achieved?" It is important to know that most of the things recorded in the novel are committed by the person who wrote the book, and in the end it became a lifelong hate, so he deliberately talked about it with pen and ink, and talked about masturbation, but in fact, the ending was the opposite. For example, if you want to buy a strange book, but people read it to you first, then it doesn't matter if you buy it or not, even if you buy it, it won't be valuable.

If it is easy to lose, there are also parables, such as the two sons of Tiansun and Morning Glory, who only get together once a year, and their lives gather for three hundred and sixty days a year. A hundred years and 36,000 days, one day is a scene of two nights, isn't it 72,000 nights? Tiansun and Morning Glory are 72,000 years of fate, which shows that the fate of mortals is also fixed. ”

Xu Yu smiled: "This is wrong, my father said that the universe is almost equal to eternity, in millions of light years, relatively speaking, the history of human beings is only less than a million years, and since Xia Shang Zhou invented writing, it is less than a few thousand years." Therefore, the fate of the two sons of the heavenly grandson is unimaginable to mortals, and all kinds of touching stories have been passed down from generation to generation, so why not be eternal? ”

"Nope." Zhu Mingzhi disagreed, "Your ending must be a lover who will eventually become a family." ”

Xu Yu sighed: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to make up for my regrets." ”

"Regret is a foregone conclusion, and your pen can't be a god, so it's better to respect the two of them." Zhu Mingzhi insisted on his own opinion.

"Okay then." Xu Yu gave in.

On this day, Xue Wen's scholar Wen'er came to Xu's Mansion again to deliver a letter. Along the way, I saw a group of officials' sedan chairs, and there was an endless stream of gongs and shouts. The whole street was crowded with all kinds of people, and the sound of people was loud.

Squeezed from the side of the road to the front of Xufu, and saw a temporary Ma Peng outside, tied to dozens of tall horses. There are also two flower trellis on the left and right. It was full of housekeepers and masters with status, and the walls on both sides of the gate were full of black-pressed family members, and many pro-soldiers stood in groups.

Look at the service of those sergeants, there are five military governors. There are also those who command the envoys, there are also those who command the palace honor guards, and the Jingwei commands the envoys. More he didn't recognize.

It seemed that there was something going on in the house, and Wen'er didn't dare to go in lightly, so she went to the tea shop at the corner of the street to find an acquaintance. As soon as I stepped into the threshold, the building was full of soldiers eating tea and chatting, and finally found Zhulan's second son Xue Yu on the second floor, who was not only friends at the wine table, but also a little related to each other.

Wen'er pulled Xue Yu out and said, "I have a secret letter to present to the second master in person, can you help me meet it?" ”

"No problem." Xue Yu agreed.

Wen'er asked as she walked, "What's so lively today?" Why didn't my master move? ”

"Oh." Xue Yu explained: "Today is the second day of the eighth month, it is the 60th birthday of the eldest lady of the East Mansion, and the 38th birthday of the fourth master of the West Mansion, so the east and west mansions are lively and lively, and most of the military attaches who came to congratulate are under the command of our lord, so I will come here to say hello first, and then go over to congratulate him." If you want to see the second master, I will take you to see you in the garden, there are guests outside, it is inconvenient. ”

"Thank you, brother." Wen'er followed him into the gate with a smile, and saw that the dripping eaves on both sides of the long corridor were also full of servants, deacons, etc., and there were many people crowded.

The second gate is hung with red colors, and there are several Jinyi Wei generals sitting on the chairs, with a total of 100 people, guarding day and night inside and outside the noon gate, and the noon gate is the main gate of the Forbidden City, the status of the Jinyi Wei general is the highest, and the Xu family is the only one who gives ten people to guard the palace gate, this honor is unique.

Because there is a Jinyi guard here to suppress the idlers, after entering the door, I feel much more refreshed, there are only twenty or thirty empty official sedan chairs, and many of the pro-soldiers of the Xu Mansion are standing in two rows.

Suddenly hearing the sound of cannons inside, Xue Yu hurriedly pulled Wen'er to the side, and carried out a two-seater sedan chair from the hall, followed by seven or eight housekeepers, and went out in a blink of an eye.

Wen'er asked in a low voice, "Who is it?" ”

Xue Wen shook his head, and the soldier on the errand next to him said: "The left and right governors of the Right Army Governor's Mansion." ”

Wen'er stuck out his tongue, his own family is a civil official, and it is rare to see a martial artist in his leisure, but the Xu Mansion is different, and there is no military officer above the sixth grade in Beijing who does not come to visit.

Suddenly, there was another cannon sound, Wen'er craned her neck to watch, but she didn't see anyone come out halfway. It turned out that this cannon was sent off at the gate, and after a while, three more cannons were fired, and many housekeepers and stewards ran out of it, and then a lot of boxes were carried out in a string.

The boxes were covered with satin, full of dazzling flowers, fruits, and peaches, and they walked in front of Da Wen'er one by one. Wen'er nodded roughly, there were a total of twenty-four birthday boxes, and the good things in the boxes couldn't be seen clearly, anyway, they felt that everything was rare.

"Don't look at it, come on." Xue Yu in front turned around and beckoned, and Wen'er hurriedly followed.

After passing through the hall and passing through the hall, the big red satin curtains with the word "longevity" were hung everywhere all the way, Xue Yu took Wen'er to the west verandah and walked a short way, and entered a wall door, which was covered with a blue and red rain corridor.

Wen'er walked in a daze, entered another gate, and looked up to see a plaque hanging above the garden gate in the distance, with the book "Yisu Garden".

Xue Yu is the chief steward next to Xu Yu, he grew up together since he was a child, his mother is the housekeeper Zhulan, and the little guys in the corridors on both sides ran over to say hello, and the mother-in-law who was in charge of the door also greeted him affectionately.

But even so, Xue Yu couldn't bring outsiders in without authorization, and instructed Wen'er not to walk around here, and asked someone to bring him a stool and herbal tea, and he went in by himself.

Xu Xue's two families are close friends, and they know Wen'er a lot, and the big guys chatted with each other.

For a long time, a little guy shouted: "The second master is out!" ”

Wen'er hurriedly stood up, he had never seen the second son of the Xu family, and at a glance he saw Xue Yu coming out with him, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, younger than his own age.

He wears a purple and gold crown with bunched hair and a four-clawed python's arrow-sleeved coat. It was covered with a vest of Nishidi Wenjin, about two or three feet long, and a row of tassels and whiskers underneath, just as long as a coat.

There are four buckles of ancient jade tied around his waist, lined with a white lake crepe shirt, his face is full of beauty, his eyebrows are picturesque, and he feels that he has compared his own masters.

Because Xu Hao was not at home, Xu Yu came out to entertain in person, Wen'er bent down first and said: "My lord was going to come to say hello, but because he was on official business, he said sorry." ”

"Don't dare." Xu Yu smiled: "When I go back, I should go to your mansion to ask Uncle Xue for peace." ”

Wen'er took out the letter in her arms and handed it to both hands, Xu Yu took it and opened it and looked at it carelessly, looked a little surprised, and said, "I know." I'll go over tomorrow and meet this person by the way. ”

"Yes." Wen'er Weiwei, seeing that the second young master of the Xu family still had something to explain, suddenly ran over to a twelve or thirteen-year-old servant, "Mrs. called the young master to go." ”

"Okay." Xu Yu hurriedly said to Wen'er: "I won't reply to the letter, your family will go to greet you on your behalf, and please take care of the guest." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Wen'er and Xue Wen came out and asked casually, "Why don't you see a guest here?" ”

Xue Wen said with a smile: "There are many guests, of course, most of them are in the East Mansion, the West Mansion and the Zhengyuan, and several courtyards are crowded with guests, even a Suyuan Garden is also crowded with the ladies of various families, you can't see it." ”

Wen'er nodded, secretly admiring. It turned out that there was a guest in the Xue family, who was in the poetry collection sent by Gu Meixian, the talented son of the Sheng family, he and his wife heard that Gu Yinglian was missing, and they searched for it all over the south of the Yangtze River for a year, and most of the poems made under the feeling were sent to Gu Meixian.

The couple went to Jinling and lived in Xue Mansion, and then Sheng Gongzi fell ill. By chance, I heard the women of the Xue family describe how beautiful the girls in the garden were, and one of them looked like the missing Gu Yinglian regardless of their appearance and age, and the shocked Sheng Gongzi asked Xue Wen to help investigate.

The last time Xue Wen sent Wen'er to Xu's mansion, it was for this matter, but Xu Hao was not at home, so Xue Wen put it aside for inconvenience in the investigation, and waited for Xu Hao to come back. But Sheng Gongzi was seriously ill and worried that he had little time left, so he privately begged Wen'er for help.

Wen'er came back to inform Sheng Gongzi of the situation and Xu Yu's words, and praised Xu Yu for how handsome he was, without any childish habits. When Sheng Gongzi heard this, he wanted to see Xu Yu more and more attentively.

I didn't see Xu Yu's shadow for a few days, but I saw it several times in my dreams, so Sheng Gongzi was very disappointed, blaming Xu Yu for being a gentleman after all, not close to people, and his hot heart was cold.

Until August 16, the illness was better, but he was still afraid of the wind, Sheng Gongzi proposed to go to Xufu in person, but his wife couldn't persuade him, so he had to follow him, asked to add a few more clothes, borrowed the warm sedan chair of Xuefu, and still invited Wen'er to follow.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Xu Mansion, the steward said: "The second young master was invited by the old lady of the Zhu family to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he is not at home. ”

The disappointed Sheng Gongzi had to come back, and after a few days, he went again, and the door said, "I haven't gone home yet." ”

At this time, Gongzi Sheng was really angry, and he never mentioned the word Xu Yu again. (To be continued......)