In Jiangning Mansion, Shen Langu took a small sedan chair, and Shen Ruo and his wife followed into the Chen Mansion where they lived temporarily. Soon Mrs. Chen sent a message and asked the girl of the Shen family to meet her in the upper room.

Lan Gu got off the sedan chair at the door of the house, and the two maids led her mother and daughter to the house. Entering the courtyard, Shen Langu looked up and saw a middle-aged beautiful woman standing on the steps with a smile, with a dignified and wealthy bearing, she hurriedly stepped forward, gently pulled the green sleeves, and bowed down and said, "The folk girl has seen Madame." Without hesitation, he bowed four times.

Mrs. Chen liked her upright attitude very much, and after a careful look at it at the moment, she secretly praised in her heart, the girl in front of her had a face like a spring flower, a waist like a weak willow, a light body, and a natural elegance.

Invited Lan Gu into the house and sat down, Lan Gu was humble and did not dare to sit, Mrs. Chen admired this beauty who knew how to advance and retreat even more, asked some things, and saw that Lan Gu spoke tactfully, answered freely, and did not say a word of nonsense, and appreciated it very much.

Mrs. Chen looked up and saw Wu standing aside, and said with a smile: "You go, your daughter will be handed over to me." ”

Wu said with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Meng lifted her, afraid that she would not understand etiquette when she was young and would lose her rules. ”

Mrs. Chen said: "Don't worry about it, her etiquette is good." ”

Mrs. Chen really didn't have a good impression of the short-sighted Wu family, who rashly came to send her daughter, and said in a light tone.

After Wu instructed her daughter to leave, Mrs. Chen asked to bring snacks and tea fruits for Lan Gu to eat, and after chatting for a while, she felt very deed. In the evening, the wine was set up to entertain Lan Gu, and the two of them were drinking each other, when the maid came in and said, "The master is back." ”

Hearing the sound of boots outside the window, Shen Langu hurriedly stood up and stood, her mood was extremely complicated.

Chen Yi walked into the house without knowing it, and was surprised to see a young beauty beside his wife, with a delicate face and a graceful body, and hurriedly asked, "Who is this?" ”

Mrs. Chen's eyes were inquiring. After saying this with a smile, Shen Langu walked over with a red face and bowed down solemnly, thanking for the grace of the day.

"Oh!" Chen Yi understood it, and didn't react to this matter, nine out of ten officials had concubines, and they were born with a social atmosphere of male superiority and inferiority to women, so it was impossible to be surprised. Of course, his wife, son, and daughter have all been born, so it is not up to Chen Junzi to make the decision in this regard.

There are few men who do not dream of hugging left and right, especially in ancient times. Chen Yi naturally couldn't avoid vulgarity, glanced at Shen Langu, and said with a smile: "I'm going to move into the yamen tomorrow, there are many things to do tonight, don't go back to the upper room, Mrs. Let's talk to Miss Shen." ”

Mrs. Chen pondered her husband's thoughts and said with a smile: "We can have a long talk tonight, and tomorrow you will go to the yamen with us to play for a few days." ”

Meanwhile. Master Xia's friend Zhang Zhongyu invited him to listen to the play, but no one came, so he called two husbands and two female actors to set up wine in the restaurant.

Zhang Zhongyu is a showman, greedy for money and not sexual. It's just fashionable to call Xianggong, and the five of them sat in a proper manner, and no one came after waiting for a long time.

"Eat first." Zhang Zhongyu was very puzzled, and frequently looked outside.

One of the ministers asked, "This Xia Ye invited by Zhang Ye." I remember that when he first arrived in the capital, I knew him, and he was shabby. But the day before yesterday, we sang in Zhu's mansion. I saw him from afar, he was very decent, he had a big saddle and a big horse, and his attendant was also riding a horse, what kind of official is he doing now? ”

"Not yet official." Zhang Zhongyu responded casually while watching: "He became a master in Xu Mansion and made a fortune, so he will naturally be broad." ”

The two female actors, one twelve and the other thirteen, have not yet left the school, they are beautiful and handsome, and the owner knows that Zhang Zhongyu is not good for women and men, so they sent them out to socialize. The thirteen-year-old girl said prettyly: "The slave family has heard that the Duke of Xu's mansion is extremely rich, except for the emperor, even if it is his family, is it true?" ”

"It's just a discussion from outside." Zhang Zhongyu said with a smile: "I don't know much, I only know the fields of Xufu, there are more than 100 in the village alone, and the rent for one year is worth the money of the previous house, and it is conceivable that it is a very rich family." What's more, Xu Jiagui is the head of the country, a close relative of the royal family, and it is difficult to think about being rich or not. ”

Xianggong said: "Our owner often mentions that Xu's Rongye is his uncle, and Xu Guogong is our old club's family friend. You said that there is such a good world friend, and our owner doesn't even bother with it? The younger brother often persuaded him to go for a walk, but the owner said that it was all old and old, and he was still young at that time, and Xu Fu might not know about it, so he refused to go. It is now the eldest young master of Xufu, I saw him on the street a few days ago, riding a white horse, followed by more than a dozen horses, and his appearance is very decent, I said that people will inherit the prince in the future, but our owner still refuses to go, I don't know what temper. ”

"I know that." Zhang Zhongyu shook his head with a smile, "Master Xu is very particular about people, and he doesn't have any arrogance, and he is kind to anyone. Last year, your owner had an incident, how much did I ask for him in front of Mr. Xu? How much effort did it take? He didn't know yet, and I didn't tell him. Reasoning, your hosts should thank me heavily. ”

What did the two men and two women ask? Zhang Zhongyu said with a smile: "I will know in the future, I can't say it now, so I don't have to scold me for being a fool." ”

At this time, a person wearing a pair of fine straw sandals, a pair of three-cylinder green Xiangyun gauze pants, a white sweatshirt, and a black lacquer painted gold Dongying fan walked in with a smile.

"I'm waiting for you, but Lao Xia hasn't come yet." Zhang Zhongyu said with a smile, and the two ministers had already jumped up and left the table to greet each other.

This person's surname is Xi, and everyone calls him Xi Shiyi, who is a child of everyone in Lingnan. Because of the slang of the Lingnan people, eleven is a local character, and the people here in Jinling ridicule him as Xi Laotu. When Xi Shiyi first entered Beijing, he spoke Cantonese, and few people could understand Cantonese, but now he has spoken official dialect.

Xi Shiyi, like Zhang Zhongyu, is a talent who lives in the capital, and he failed to pass the examination. Zhang Zhongyu is keen to move around the officialdom, making friends everywhere with people from various wealthy families, and accidentally got acquainted with Xi Shiyi.

Xi Shiyi spent money lavishly, spent money like dirt, and achieved nothing in Beijing for many years, relying on his family's strong foundation. At that time, Zhang Zhongyu and Master Xia were invited to eat and watch a play all day long, and the three of them were raccoon dogs, and the better their friendship became. Among them, Zhang Zhongyu is not lustful, and Master Xia likes the south wind, whenever he talks about the taste of the dry road, Xi Shiyi's life is the best, and he regards Master Xia as his bosom friend.

Compared with Xi Shiyi, Master Xia undoubtedly has more rules, first, he is timid, second, his wife has interests, and third, he has no willful capital. Xi Shiyi is rich and powerful, and after being familiar with Jinling, he is lawless, just because he is from Lingnan, he is not like a son of a family, and he is afraid of being looked down upon, so he is unscrupulous wherever he goes.

After sitting down, Zhang Zhongyu asked, "What have you been so busy with lately?" I don't see anyone. ”

Xi Shiyi grinned and said, "It's all about the little things, come, let's drink!" ”

After eating and drinking for a while, Zhang Zhongyu saw that Master Xia was still not coming, and knew that something might have stumbled, so he said: "Now there is a famous Qin Yan, who lives in Qiushui Hall, and her master is called Changqing, have you seen it?" ”

"I haven't seen it." Xi Shiyi hugged Xianggong and said indifferently: "I've heard of it, that girl is good." ”

Zhang Zhongyu was about to speak, when the thirteen-year-old girl shouted, "What's good? How many plays have you sung? Proud like everyone's girlfriends. You asked her to accompany her to drink, her master begged her to come, and he didn't say a word at the end of the banquet, asking her to pour a glass of wine or something, and it was even more useless. ”

Xianggong also said: "What a big shelf." Once I accompanied a guest to her house, saying that I would never be a guest. is the famous characters in the past, and the few people who are popular now don't have such a big shelf. She had to sit with the person she liked, and she simply ignored the one she didn't like, thanked her for something, and didn't see her say anything to anyone. ”

"Such a sister, she didn't meet me." Xi Shiyi and Xianggong shared the same hatred, and said proudly: "If you meet Lao Tzu, if she dares to do this, I will scold you for being raised by a bitch, and she will bite off my eggs?" ”

The four young men burst out laughing.

"Humph!" Zhang Zhongyu suddenly sneered: "Don't say that you are old-fashioned, even your two old uncles, the famous eldest son of Jinling, can't embarrass others at all, but often suffer from her." If I tell you to go, I don't even want to see people. ”

Another little minister had just debuted, and he didn't understand anything from other places, and shouted: "I don't believe it, Xi Shiyi is so arrogant, why don't you come to stammer?" Doesn't she like silver? ”

Zhang Zhongyu said with a smile: "If you take the money, you can smoke her; This little beauty, money can't be smoked. ”

"You just brag." Xi Shiyi doesn't believe in evil, "Look at me in the past, I guarantee that she will definitely come out, and she will be very good to me." ”

The older Xianggong said: "Not necessarily, with Xi Ye's financial resources, maybe he came out to see him, which is already considered a high feeling." It's impossible to be nice to you, I haven't seen her treat people well, even a big man with a head and a face, and her face is cold. It's her younger sister and younger brother who can socialize, but her appearance is not good, no one likes it, and her master Cao Changqing is also a weird temper, who only loves money, and when the money is in hand, she doesn't pay attention to people. ”

When Xi Shiyi heard these words, he didn't believe it, and clamored to see and understand. Zhang Zhongyu was about to ask him if he was familiar with Changqing, but said disappointedly: "Don't say it, Changqing's opera troupe is Xu Wen, the boss of the Xu family, how dare you provoke him?" ”

"What's wrong with Boss Xu?" Xi Shiyi sneered: "My family's overseas business has always been taken care of by Xu Sanye, and only the third master in the entire Lingnan is the first to look forward!" At the beginning, Lao Xia was not the Xu Mansion that I helped him enter? I only recognize the third master in my eyes, which green onion is he Boss Xu? If it weren't for the third master's brotherhood, he wouldn't even be a fart in the capital. ”

"Beware of the trouble that comes out of the mouth." Zhang Zhongyu hurriedly scolded.

Xi Shiyi then smiled and said: "Lao Tzu is this temper, okay, let's not talk about it!" When we're happy enough tonight, we'll go to meet Naqin Yan tomorrow. ”

"I'm too lazy to care about you." Zhang Zhongyu stood up, let the two little girls leave, leaving Xi Laotu and the two fathers-in-law Hu Tianhudi, settled the account and left. (To be continued......)