The reunion of the sisters not only said that the three girls were ecstatic, but the others were also happy for them. Xu Hao laughed, immediately ordered to prepare a few tables for the banquet, and simply sent someone to bring Zhang Lianyi, Mu Lanxiang, and the Zhu sisters.

During the banquet, everyone knew that Mu Lingxia turned out to be Gu Meixian's sister, and they all happily congratulated.

This matter soon spread to the Xu Mansion, and it became a good story for a while.

The next day, Mrs. Xiao sent someone to pick up Zhu Mingzhi and Gu Meixian to ask about the details of the sisters' reunion.

Xu Yu seemed very enthusiastic, citing the first adventure he encountered in his life. In addition to rejoicing for Zhu Mingzhi, he regretted that he shouldn't have speculated the year before last, saying that Gu Yinglian was dead, which made Mr. Sheng heartbroken and sick for half a year.

Now fortunately, Mr. Sheng did not die of illness, if he died, wouldn't he have to compensate Gu Ying for a Mr. Sheng? In short, he was itching, and wanted to write a letter to Mr. Sheng immediately to inform him of the good news, but he thought that everything is about fate, he first lost his conscience and married a good wife, and later learned that Gu Yinglian died in a foreign land, and he was looking for it everywhere with a sense of guilt, but in fact, he had already left it.

What's the use of telling him now that Gu Yinglian is not dead? Can you still take the daughter of the grandfather as a concubine? It's just to add to his troubles, and if he knows that he is upset, he won't know that it's over, so he can't tell him. Thinking about it, he put the matter on hold.

Besides, Mr. Sheng guessed from Xu Yu's tone that year that Ying Lian was really dead, and he was sick for several months. Last year, Bo Cike was named Hanlin, and every time he thought of Ying Lian, he would feel sad and compose poems and lyrics to sacrifice her.

His wife Leng is not only virtuous but also has insight into the world, knowing that her husband can never forget Gu Yinglian, firstly, what he can't get is always the best, and secondly, he just can't forget Gu Yinglian's appearance and talent, there is no need to deal with a dead man, choose to forbear.

On this day, Mr. Sheng remembered Gu Yinglian again, and went to the bank of the Qinhuai River to burn incense and pay tribute, but because he was upset and couldn't write an article, he asked someone to find his friend Zhu Hao to help him do it.

Zhu Hao's wife who returned to his hometown that year died of illness, and this year he married a new Mrs. Ru, both of whom committed the so-called sin of negative love, and the two nerds can be called sympathetic to each other.

So you made me a pun, I will write you one, missing the beauty, crying and singing on the side of the Qinhuai River, the result was a sensation in half of Jinling, everyone said that these two talented people were stupid.

This matter was included in the imperial history, and the officials were punished in the name of unruliness and ordered to return to their hometown to think about it behind closed doors for two years.

Originally, Mr. Sheng and Zhu Hao were going to participate in the imperial examination next year, so it was delayed. Xu Huo was very dissatisfied when he learned about it, Xu Youzhen at this age was still very impulsive, and launched a frenzy in the Guozijian, saying that if today's time is employing people, these pedantic officials have ruined the future of two good people for no reason, so what else do I do? What officer? He actually wrote a note about the elderly overnight and asked someone to send it to the ministry.

It happened that Mr. Sheng and Zhu Hao also asked for leave, and the officials approved, and the three of them thanked each other, stroked their palms and laughed in front of the yamen, boasting that from now on, the three of us brothers will be righteous first, and we can go back to our hometown to have a good leisurely ride.

In April, the day before each of them took their families to leave, they met to talk about poetry and drink on the Qinhuai River.

When the wine was half-drunk, Xu Huo pulled off the scholar's towel on his head, threw it on the deck and stepped on it, then threw it into the water, and said disdainfully: "From now on, there will be no need for this Raushzi."

The half-drunk Mr. Sheng and Zhu Hao laughed, and the three of them continued to drink bitterly, Xu Huo became more and more, standing at the bow of the boat and looking up to the sky and smiling, as if in the whole world, only the three of them were unrestrained and happy people, and the rest were mediocre ants in the dust, in fact, he had already regretted it.

Suddenly, Xu Huo wiped his eyes, pointed to the shore and said, "Look, there are people over there."

Mr. Sheng and Xu Huo walked over and looked, and sure enough, the whole street on the shore was crowded with people, and they didn't know what they were looking at, so they told the boatman to lean the boat over, and saw that it seemed to be a great wedding, and the deacon walked by in front of him.

Dazzled for a while, a green tweed dragon and phoenix carried by eight people slowly drove over, it seemed that there was no one sitting inside, and he knew that he was going to greet his relatives. Then another team of deacons walked over, and they came over to take a look at the dragon and phoenix, but there was no one sitting.

Because of the frustration of the three of them, they lingered in the mountains and rivers of Jinling during this period of time, and they didn't want to provoke Xu Yu and other friends, so they didn't know anything about the news in the city.

"Strange!" Xu Huo said.

Look at the back or a deacon, a goose yellow Caiyu, there is no one sitting inside, it seems that the whole team is together, the three of them don't understand, I don't know if it's a kiss?

Confused, I waited for Caiyu to pass, and saw two eunuchs walking over with a pair of yellow cards, with the words written on it to complete the marriage, followed by four edict pavilions.

In this situation, the three of them somewhat understood. Looking further back, I saw a team of brightly armored guards supporting a sweaty and bloody horse, and the person sitting on it was none other than Xu Yu.

The three of them laughed at the same time, and saw that Xu Yu was wearing a lucky dress today, with a big red colored bead on his left shoulder, his expression was shy, his eyes swept over, he smiled at Mr. Sheng, and lowered his head with a red face.

He was followed by dozens of fine horses, and a group of young men from wealthy families sat in high spirits.

Mr. Sheng smiled: "Interesting and interesting, marrying four beauties together is really the first joy in life."

"It's so hateful, such a big happy event, you don't come to invite us to have a glass of wine." Xu Hui said dissatisfiedly.

Zhu Hao said: "Let's close the door ourselves, who can blame us?"

Mr. Sheng smiled: "Let's continue to find a place to drink, and when we get drunk, we will break into the cave room at night, okay?"

"Good!" Xu Hui clapped his hands in agreement.

At that moment, the three of them paid the money to go ashore, and found a tavern casually, looking at the signboard that said "It's better than Lou", Zhu Hao smiled, and Xu Huo said: "Okay, this name is good, everything is not as good as a cup in hand."

went up to the second floor, chose a private seat by the window and sat down, and the bartender ran up and asked, "Three masters, what kind of wine do you want?"

Xu Huo learned the accent of the Shandong people and said, "I want to drink and burn the knife."

Mr. Sheng and Zhu Hao smiled and said, "What do you learn from Liang Shanbury?"

"Huh." Xu Huo laughed, and the bartender also felt funny.

"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was praised as one of the four major love stories of the Han folk by later generations, the other three are "The Legend of the White Snake", "Meng Jiangnu Crying on the Great Wall" and "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", among which the "Legend of Liang Zhu" is the most charming love legend in China, since the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, it has been circulated in the folk for more than 1,000 years.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the "Ten Paths and Four Fan Chronicles" recorded: "The righteous woman Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo are in the same grave, that is, their affairs."

Until the Song Dynasty, "Xianchun Biling Chronicles" recorded: "Zhu Yingtai Reading Office, called 'Bixian Nunnery'." There is a poem: 'Butterflies fly all over the garden, and there is a reading altar in the blue sky.' 'It is commonly said that the English and Taiwanese women studied with Liang Shanbo when they were young. After turning into a butterfly. ”

The story of Liang Zhu has also been circulated abroad, and later generations found that the earliest relevant record belongs to Goryeo. But the love legend that really made it a household name originated from the prosperous home of the Ming Dynasty.

"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", like the four famous novels, is that the author borrowed various versions of the stories that have been circulated among the people for a long time, sorted them out and reprocessed them artistically. It's not that before Journey to the West was born, there was no story of Sun Monkey, no Liangshan heroes, and no Taoyuan Three Knots.

Just one Liang Zhu, there are Shangyu version, Hangzhou version, Yixing version, Weishan and other versions. The relatively complete story was formed in the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty began to be sung around by artists, and the Yuan Dynasty was created into a quyi, which spread more widely, and then was included in the "Ancient and Modern" by Ming Dynasty artists such as Feng Menglong.

Mr. Sheng said to the grinning bartender, "Three pots of old wine."

"What's that appetizer?" The bartender asked.

Xu Huo said: "I saw a few baskets of shrimp outside just now, eat drunk shrimp, and want to live."

The bartender asked again, "What else do you want?"

Mr. Sheng said: "We don't need anything else, you can bring a lot of drunken shrimp, and then three plates of bamboo shoots, which are best eaten with wine."

"Okay!"

The bartender turned and ran, and soon came up with three pots of old wine, filled them for the guests, and ran downstairs again, this time with a basin for vegetables, and the green shrimp in it were bouncing around, and a large bowl was specially covered.

Xu Hui, who was half-drunk, directly reached out and lifted the bowl, and dozens of prawns jumped out in an instant, jumping all over the table. Mr. Sheng smiled and dodged, while Xu Huo had already caught one and put it in his mouth to chew, and caught another one to eat, letting those shrimps jump around.

He picked up the jug with one hand, and fished for shrimp in the basin with the other, letting the shrimp jump all over the table.

Drunken shrimp is not only wine, but also green onions and coriander and other ingredients, Zhu Hao didn't have time to dodge, his face was splashed with a lot of soy sauce foam, and he stood in the distance and scolded: "It's true that the officials said that you are debauched, you mean ghost, how can you eat like this?"

Xu Huo smiled and didn't speak, and suddenly hit the drunken shrimp in his hand, Zhu Hao dodged it, and hit Mr. Sheng in the face.

Mr. Sheng was taken aback, and then scolded with a smile: "It's the opposite, even the shrimp dare to rebel."

Call the bartender and tell him to sweep all the shrimp on the table and the floor, and then see that there is not a single shrimp left in the basin, and the wine jug is empty.

"Hurry up and add wine and food." Zhu Hao shouted.

Unexpectedly, Xu Huo slapped the table, stood up and said, "I'm done drinking, let's go."

Zhu Hao didn't know that he was in a bad mood, so he forcibly pressed the person down, and scolded with a smile: "Are you going to die?" Like a bad god, you will leave after a meal sacrifice, be careful to bump into the real evil god, and catch you as a drunken shrimp and eat it. ”

"Good scolding!"

Mr. Sheng laughed so much that his waist bent, and Xu Huo also laughed when he saw this, and he didn't leave. The three of them chatted while eating, and drank another pot of old wine in the blink of an eye.

Xu Huo was about to shout to add wine, but Mr. Sheng hurriedly said: "I can't eat it, I will be really drunk if I eat it again, and I will be hated by others when I go back to Xu's Mansion."

"Forget it." Xu Huo nodded, seeing that it was not too early, he wanted to go to Xu's Mansion.

As soon as the people stood up, they suddenly saw that the people in the room were in chaos, and they ran out one after another, Xu Hui did something, and hurriedly looked out the window, it turned out that Xu Yu's welcoming team had returned.

The welcoming team couldn't see the end at a glance, Xu Huo had no intention of watching, turned his head and urged: "Let's go, let's go over now."

"There's no hurry." Mr. Sheng didn't move, "It's useless to go at this time, I have to go to the church." ”

Xu Huo said: "Let's walk over, and when we arrive, we will probably finish worshipping." Don't sit still, or Brother Xu will complain about our rudeness. ”

Mr. Sheng thought about it, and after settling the accounts at the moment, he didn't sit in a sedan chair when he came out, nor did he take a small servant, nor did he buy gifts, so he went straight to Xu's house with empty hands.

After walking for a long time, the housekeeper of Xu's Mansion said that he had paid a salute, and the three of them went to say hello to Xu Hao first, and Xu Hao smiled and said a few polite words.

The three of them congratulated the masters of the Xu family one by one, and Xu Ye, who had been busy all day, was flawless, and hurriedly said that he invited the three of them into the garden to take a look at the new house. (To be continued)

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