Chapter 10: Confrontation
The wine on the rose pattern is steaming, and the fragrance is scattered,
The turtle slaves took advantage of the heat to unveil the painting and cut off their sight, and everyone came back to their senses, in a trance, as if they had a spring and autumn dream, and they sighed, Shao Fang smacked his lips and muttered: "I thought that when I saw these four sisters, I saw the fairies in the world, but I didn't expect to compare with the water girls, they are like nuns who have just left their heads, and they can't show any femininity,"
Cha Jijia squinted and smiled: "That's natural, people are beautiful, but if you want to have a taste, it's difficult, the water girl looks vulgar needless to say, but this 'part' on the body is real mountains and real water, it can be said that it is difficult to find in the sky and difficult to find in the ground,"
Gao Yang didn't say a word, knowing that painting while dancing was just a small skill that was pleasing to the eye, on the contrary, this painting paper was light and difficult to erase, but I was afraid that the pen would be broken, and now it was done under her feet but there was no harm at all, obviously not in the paper, but in the people, and saw that Chang Sihao was still stunned, so he stabbed him: "Hey, look, everyone is in,"
"Oh, yes, yes," Chang Sihao nodded in his thoughts, Gao Yang patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Yes, don't eat river fish today, check the hall master,"
"Yes, the little one is here, don't call the hall master, how can I afford it, swordsman, you command," Cha Jijia smiled and bowed,
Gao Yang said: "Our grandfather wants to give the third prince a cheer, I don't know if the owner of the museum welcomes it,"
"Ouch, look at what you said, what is your identity, we can't invite you if we want to invite you on weekdays, you have it, don't say anything, a few of the grandfathers hurried to the house to warm up, hehe, hehe," Cha Jijia said and led the way in front of his head, Gao Yang ordered his warriors to go to Yishulou to obey the order, and led Chang Sihao and Shao Fang to follow him, and in the noisy sound of grabbing the "Water Girl Foot Washing Wine" to drink, he walked into the Yanxiang Pavilion with a big grin,
The predecessor of the main building of this Yanxiang Pavilion was originally called Yuzhu Tea House, before being bought by Xu Sangongzi, Gao Shao and the two of them also came, the two of them swept around while walking, only to see that the building was painted in a new way, the landscape was majestic, the characters were demure, each had its own wonderful, the white wall between the paintings was decorated with red knot ornaments, the style was ancient and simple, the ingenuity was exquisite, and the painting was decent, complementing each other, the overall pattern of the main building did not change much, the original shadow could be seen vaguely, to the second floor, the eyes suddenly opened up, the original wall has been all painted into water rhyme blue, the color is bright and fresh, many boxwood scattered round tables are spread out radially, around the north side of an oval exquisite stage connected by a long white road, more than a dozen duck-shaped lavender furnaces are scattered in the meantime, all of them are Song Dynasty shapes, the carving is exquisite, the warmth is fragrant, the ceiling in the middle of the roof has been partially knocked off, the east and west south sides each leave a crescent-shaped piece of overhang, modified into five large, eight small and thirteen boxes, plus column support, there is a dark ladder on the side to go up,
Gao Yang raised his face and asked, "Whose idea is this, knock down the floor slab, it is a lot brighter," Cha Jijia smiled: "Back to the swordsman, besides my son-in-law, who else can be this master," Shao Fang said: "As soon as the box on the third floor is changed, the guest capacity will be reduced by one-third, and the brightness is brighter, which is greatly detrimental to the business," Gao Yang smiled: "Old Shao, no wonder the library is run by you, you are also a Danyang hero, and your name is called." Flip the palm and shake Sunan', why don't you turn your palm and pat your head, what is the place in the capital, there are fewer people who burn bad money and don't spend anywhere, this box is a symbol of status, I'm afraid that the price of one will be three or four scattered under the top, to show wide in front of the girls, compete among the prostitutes, and the money in your hand must have a place to smash it,"
Shao Fang didn't believe it: "The price of three or four scattered platforms is just too high," Gao Yang pointed out: "The check manager is here, you might as well ask him," Zha Jijia smiled and said: "Liegong was wrong this time, the box in our hall is not priced," Shao Fang was very surprised: "No, how to sell," Zha Jijia smiled: " This is the idea of our third son, the main building only receives VIPs with status, one hundred and one on the first floor, two hundred and one on the second floor, each table is limited, there is no real price in the box, the base price of eight small bags is eight hundred taels each, the seats are calculated according to the head, the four on both sides of the five major boxes are two thousand taels each, and the base price of the big bag in the center is five thousand, all of which are competitive by the guests, the highest price wins, and the largest 'rainbow yin' box can be shared with the water girl, and the opportunity to watch the song and dance up close,"
"Hahahaha," Gao Yang laughed, "This abacus is well played, I thought it would be a lot to set three or four times the price of the box, but I didn't expect that your third master is darker than me,"
Check the chicken rack and say: " Needless to say, there are people who are willing to fight in this world, and there are people who are willing to suffer, whether they are expensive or not, just look at whether the guests feel that it is worth it, we have these boxes, that is very exquisite, you see, from the dark ladder over there, there is a road that can accommodate four people side by side, the corridor is connected to the south of the corridor, the north is to the box, not to mention anything else, just the ground is paved with red carpets, this thing is produced in the windmill country of the extreme west, not to mention the people, even the palace is rare to see, as for the furnishings in the box, it is not to mention,"
Gao Yang looked up, there is a nameplate on the forehead of each box upstairs, the largest one in the center, hanging is "Hongyin", leaning on its left is "Fog Language", the right side is "Gull Whispering", the most on both sides is "Cloud Song" and "Haixiao", the rest of the small boxes are lined up on both sides, the appearance is extremely gorgeous, it is indeed pleasing to the eye, because he asked: "The names of these boxes are fog and sea, why don't you get anywhere, who gave it,"
Check the chicken rack with a smile: "The swordsman doesn't know, the names of each of the five boxes have their own elegant origins, originating from a poem by my third son, the poem name is 'Shuiyan Xiangsong', which is written: Wanli Yunge Changhai laughs, Qianfan language fog to the gull, Hongzhen seven-string chanting, endless east flowing water and fragrance, after this poem was written, my son is very fond of it, chanting from time to time, and then the box was built, which is to take the words Yunge, Haixiao, Wuyu, Gull and Hongyin to make the name, even the text on the card, is also the son's own book,"
Although Chang Sihao doesn't understand poetry, he also vaguely feels that this poem seems to be only made to please Shui Yanxiang, nine does not match eight, the meaning of patchwork is obvious, and it is even more funny to shake his head and chant from the chicken rack, but the words on the card are written very tall Zhuo Jun, I heard that it is the chubby Xu Sangongzi's own book, but it is a little unexpected,
Gao Yang looked at Shao Fang, and then looked at the chicken rack, and finally couldn't help it, burst out laughing, and praised: "Okay, good, your son is worthy of being personally supervised by Xu Ge Lao, and he is really well-educated,"
"Ouch, Liegong, what's the matter, are you making fun of Xiao Ke again," Xu Sangongzi led a group of followers and walked over with his stomach up,
Gao Yang smiled sideways: "How dare you, how dare you, I am pondering the business experience of the son, and I can follow the door of learning to make a fortune," Xu Sangongzi laughed: "Duke Lie is joking, Your Excellency is among the ten musketeers of the Xuanbu of your League, in charge of financial power, in terms of economic acumen, who can compare to you,"
The two of them approached, each stopped, looked at each other and smiled, but there was some confrontation in their eyes.
Chang Sihao had no good impression of this Xu Sangongzi, but when he looked sideways, he saw two people behind him, one was wearing a painting robe, the corners of his eyebrows were towering, and the other was wearing a green shirt, his eyes were clear, it was the Jiang and Zhu Erwen scholars he met in Koufuju yesterday.
The two scribes also saw Chang Sihao, with a slight smile in their eyes, and nodded slightly as a greeting,
Chang Sihao responded in the same way, thinking: "They deliberately teased me at the wine table, and even criticized Xu Ge Lao, but they didn't expect that they themselves were actually from the Xu family, and they seemed to be the strategists and thinkers of the third prince of Xu, so what was the purpose of what they said to me?" When looking behind the two of them, there was another person, in his early thirties, with light eyebrows on his rectangular face, a subtle smile in his eyes, wearing a square scarf, wearing a light purple clothes, a jujube-colored ancient wood chain belt on his waist, a pair of water-green jade Pixiu hanging obliquely, with big sleeves like a bag, weaving clouds and flowers on it, his temperament is different, and his identity seems to be similar to that of Mr. Jiang and Zhu, and he thought: "It is said that everyone with status has to be 'Yangshi' and 'Yangke', they may all be this kind of people,"
Xu Sangongzi felt a little pressure in front of his tall and burly figure, he squinted and smiled, and took the lead in asking: "I heard that your league has a lot of official affairs, military, government, agriculture and business, and it is no less complicated than the Son of Heaven to govern the country, how can the Lie Gong be so idle today?"
Although what he said was an understatement, but there were taboo things in it, it was really troublesome compared to it, Chang Sihao was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that this young master of the official seemed to be a straw bag, and there were a lot of crooked shafts in his stomach, and he laughed loudly: "Childe, my league is at best a society that studies swordsmanship, and he manages several businesses under his hands, making some small profits, trying to support the Tao through business. To business and education, barely maintained, Ling Zun is the first assistant, is a cabinet minister, when the prime minister, the name of the broadcast, grace is sprinkled, everyone is the world Yi Yin, big and small, no matter how big or small, are handled by his figures, that is really under one person, above ten thousand people, to say that official business is busy, I am afraid that no one can be busy with his old man, ah, hahahaha,"
Daming due to Hu Weiyong's rebellion case, removed the official position of prime minister, since then, although the people still follow the habitual saying, but the official no longer "prime minister", "prime minister" said, although Yi Yin is a great sage in ancient times, but help Shang Tang to oppose Xia, it is really a usurpation, these words seem to be compliments and compliments, but every sentence in the heart is implied insinuation, and the forehead of Xu Sangongzi is sweaty, but because he opened this mouth first, the other party's words are hidden and not revealed, There is no excess, if he refutes it, he can't find the words to fight back for a while, and he is embarrassed and unusually embarrassed.
Chang Sihao's eyes swept the purple-clothed people behind Xu Sangongzi and the two scribes Jiang and Zhu, expecting that they would open their mouths to grab the white for their masters, but unexpectedly, these three "strategists" stood leisurely, looking indifferent, as if they couldn't understand the allusions in the words,
Gao Yang was very happy to occupy the peak, but he accepted it when he saw it, and continued: "Hahaha, the Yishulou opposite is under Gao's system, this son knows, we are neighbors, and we can't say hello when we open, I can't say it, buy and sell, no matter what you do, it's not all personal popularity, if you don't hold other people's field, how can people give you face,"
Xu Sangongzi understood the meaning of these words, and he smiled busily: " Hehe, Brother Gonglie rest assured, if this restaurant is a mess, I can't open it, and I don't dare to open it, don't say anything else, I can't explain it to my father, this is not ambiguous, the day before yesterday, there were a number of rudes at Shao Daxia, and it also hurt Brother Gonglie's face, it's a small thing, isn't it, hey, I'm not afraid of Liegong's jokes, for this water girl, I'm not willing to open anything, yes, I don't talk about it today, since you can appreciate it, it is to give you the opportunity to accompany the crime in the next place, check the stewardship,,"
"In,"
"Please go to the No. 1 Yunge box on the third floor, the wine banquet singer is at your disposal, the fee is free, I invited,"
"Yes," Cha Jijia replied with a smile on his face,
Gao Yang smiled and said: "Oh, the first day it opened, I asked the prince to break the bank, teach Gao how embarrassed, I think the box is very boring, Xiao Chang, Lao Shao, let's sit on this stage, and save some silver for the third son,"
Xu Sangongzi laughed with him: "Gong Lie is polite, you can have leisure another day, go to Yishulou to drink a few cups of tea, don't you all come back, hahaha, yes, you are a bright person, naturally you want to sit in an open place, where do you think it is good, pick at will, check the stewardship, serve well, Lie Gong, there are many things to open, there are a lot of distinguished guests, I have to go to receive one or two, unaccompanied, forgive my sins,"
The two sides parted for a while, Xu Sangongzi led the crowd forward, and when he passed by by mistake, Chang Sihao and Na Jiang and Zhu Erwen glanced at each other, but no one spoke.
The chicken rack walked in front to assist the three people, and looked to the west, and found a table diagonally facing the central round platform to sit.
Chang Sihao also sat down with Shao Fang, looking around and feeling that this place is a little biased, but you can look at the whole audience, it is more comfortable to see, and it is not ostentatious, the maid came to offer tea, check the chicken rack and personally served and chose a few girls with good looks to come and accompany him, seeing that there are more and more visitors on the second floor, and they are busy with a crime, the three of them drink tea and look around, the guests who come up are all wearing silk and satin, and wearing jade hanging beads, obviously they are some wealthy businessmen, The official gentry are few, they are mostly together, and there are many acquaintances with each other, three or three in two to talk and say hello, after a short time, the guest face is gradually full, after the chicken rack stands on the stage and preaches the name of the box and the bidding rules in public, the four suddenly became enthusiastic, everyone has the heart to win, and the quarrel starts quickly, but one person said loudly: "Since it is a fair bid, the big box in the center should also be taken out, Xu Sangongzi is forced to stay by virtue of the identity of the master, but I am afraid that it is not very suitable,"
This voice sounded very familiar, Chang Sihao followed the sound and looked at it, and said in his heart: "It turns out that they are here too,"