Chen just asked the whole story. Apart from asking him to treat Old Yan Song well, he didn't ask him to do anything, because Chen knew very well that Zhang Shi was just a chess piece that could be discarded at any time, and had no use value in the struggle opposite him.
That night, Chen wrote a long letter to send it to the capital. The next day he set off and left Fenyi and rushed to Zhejiang. He originally thought that he could rush back to Shaoxing and spend the year with his father, but was blocked by heavy snow, which delayed his trip and arrived in Jiande County on the 29th day.
Chen then said to the two gentlemen: "There are still three hundred miles away from Shaoxing. We can't go back every now and then, the people of the divine said, "It's not time to stop for thirty years, and it's difficult for a year to 39, so we won't rush tomorrow."
The two of them had Ningbo, which was farther away from Shaoxing, so they naturally had no idea. They said, "I can't get back anymore. Let's celebrate the New Year here and go on the road next year." As the end of the year approaches, they speak in a grand manner, and they open their mouths to next year, next year's. "F-small we don't live in the inn," Chen said, "Let's find a hotel to stay in, so that they can't get welcoming and sending us, disturbing 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 town and found a hotel to stay. It was time to go, so who would stay in a hotel? All the inns have rooms, so I can choose from it, but there is one thing, New Year's Eve, I will take care of myself, and the chef and the guy have to celebrate the New Year.
The three of them were stunned. Could it be that they couldn't even have a decent New Year's Eve dinner? Thinking about it, Shen Mingchen was still experienced and said, "I know there is a place that I won't close tonight." The two of them were overjoyed and asked where he was. Shen Mingchen was a little embarrassed: "I just don't know if it's convenient or not?" Chen immediately understood and said, "You said it's a brothel?"
Shen Mingchen nodded and said, "Well, that place has 360 days all year round, and it is full of New Year every day." As he said, he asked again, "Do you go or not?" "Go." Chen thought for a moment, nodded fiercely and said, "Can anyone recognize me?"
So Hu Yong was sent to find a place to have a delicious New Year's Eve dinner. He stayed in the inn during the day and was hungry. He made some things a little while when he was hungry. When the sky got dark, the elderly who were energetic changed into brand new robes and walked out of their respective rooms to meet.
Needless to mention, Shen Mingchen wore a brand new lake silk robe, a rat-gray mink buckle with a vest, a leather hat of the same color on his head, and a thick-soled warm boots on his feet. He looked like a child of a wealthy family.
Chen and Yu Yin, although they like to wear simple clothes, this is New Year. Of course, they took out the clothes they usually put in. The latter wore a new blue cotton robe, a gray fox fur, a black tribute satin jacket, and a black warm hat on his head. Shen Mingchen clapped his hands repeatedly, "It turns out that people rely on clothes, you should have worn this way long ago." Yu Yin said a little embarrassedly, "Where did you have this condition before?" Although the lord did not make a promise, Chen had never treated them badly. He said with certainty that the second boss could not fight in the world, and he could give them such generous treatment.
Shen was rarely wearing a gray robe, a short fox fur coat covered with moon-white fur, a winter hat with lynx skin on his head, and a bright face on the velvet boots with a thousand-layer bottom. Standing in the middle, a handsome and handsome young master in the turbid world.
Hu Yong was also refreshed inside and outside. He rushed up excitedly and first laid a thousand pieces of Chen. He smiled and said, "Young Master, please ask Gongzi'an. The place has been booked. The largest 'Qiwu Tower in the county. I know that Gongzi loves tranquility, so I specially booked the entire West Tower! There is a good view on the river and you can watch the snow." If you are not smart, you can't be the captain of the guards. Chen liked to bring three feet to the front, but not the iron pillar. I'm afraid there are reasons for this.
The group went up the street with a joke. Jiande is the main road from Jiangsu, Zhejiang to Jiangxi and Fujian, and the water and land officials are all used as a hub, so the city is extremely large and there are quite a lot of residents.
At this moment, there were already sparse sounds of firecrackers, and sometimes fireworks exploded in the night sky, which was very beautiful. Every household emitted the fragrance of the New Year's Eve dinner, making people who were still walking on the street feel as if they had lost their souls.
In fact, Chen started to be homesick for a few days ago. He missed his father who was close to Shaoxing and his wife and children far away in Beijing. He didn’t know how his father was in good health. I wonder if Ruohan’s anger had disappeared. I wonder if he had learned bad things from his two brothers. I wonder if his little daughter, who is over half a year old, is still so delicate?
Yes, during the period of the bandit suppression in southern Gan, he received a letter from Beijing saying that Ruohan had a daughter, which made Chen, who had always hoped to have a daughter, fluctuate greatly. Although wars were still frequent, he still took time to write letters to ask about his daughter's situation. As a result, this girl has always been weak and sick, which makes Chen feel heartbroken... If this child has any problems, he will be unable to let go of his whole life, and his relationship with Ruohan may never be able to go back.
In short, I have most of my concerns and can usually use nervous military affairs to paralyze them, but on the New Year's Eve when my family reunion was reunited, I could no longer suppress them, which made him feel sad.
So when he arrived at the Qiwu Tower, he sat down on the carved beams and painted buildings and ornate Western Tower Pavilion, and he seemed very heavy. Seeing this, Yu Yin and Shen Mingchen whispered to the girls who were accompanying the wine to sing some cheerful and beautiful songs.
Hu Yong had already said hello. Those girls knew they were big financial supporters, so they naturally refused to agree. What's more, who would like to play those sad and upset people during the New Year?
But no matter how cheerful the music is and how warm the pavilion is, it is impossible to be happy. Instead, I feel that it is more appropriate to sing the "Good Times and Beautiful Scenery".
Yu Yin and Shen Mingchen smiled bitterly, not knowing how to enlighten him. At this time, a voice sounded downstairs, and there seemed to be a lot of people. Shen Mingchen signaled the music to pause, and then heard Hu Yong say in a rough voice: "I'm really sorry, the upstairs have been wrapped up, so you'd better go somewhere else." The guards liked noisy and were having a drink in the front yard. There was only Hu Yong and a few on duty who opened a table downstairs, and some people broke in again.
"What the hell is going on?" A familiar voice sounded, and he asked with anger: "Didn't I have packed Xige for a month?" When he saw Hu Yong and others' appearance, he knew that there was a big man sitting upstairs, so he had to get angry at the brothel owner.
The old man spoke carefully and said, "I never thought that the old man would come here for New Year's Eve, so Xiaode made his own decision..." As he said, he was sure to say, "The house prophecy in the second half of the month is returned in full. I'm so young that I can't afford to pay the high-ranking officials."
"Look at where I lack money?" The person said with anger: "It's so late, where do you ask me to find a place? I'll neglect the distinguished guests. Can you afford it? "The two sides were stiff, and a rich scholar came down from above, and said lightly: "My lord said that the New Year is just for fun. If my friends don't dislike it, please come up together; if you don't want to be disturbed, you'll be so big, and we all play with our own, and the two have nothing to do with it."
This was very polite and immediately eliminated all the resentment of the three parties. The man and his friend decided that he really didn't want to touch the place again so late, so he had to do so. But when he climbed to the second floor, he saw the noble man sitting in the right seat, who was usually known as not afraid of heaven or earth, shrank his neck and wanted to retreat.
Chen didn't say anything, and just looked at him with a joke. After all, the man was also a scene man. How could he learn to be a turtle? After instinctively retreating, he stretched out his head and said with surprise: "Oh, I said why did you see magpies all the way today? It turns out that I can see you at this time and here. I really asked me to be lucky to marry Huang Gai." But this man was actually Shao Fang, a hero from Danyang. He had dealt with Shen in Nanjing. When he saw Chen, he was wearing casual clothes and was in a brothel. How dare he call him the other party's identity?
This guy should have been 'for-for-transfer Huagai', but he said vaguely as Huang Gai. Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai and was willing to beat the other one. Shen was amused by him and smiled: "It turns out that rotten wood cannot be carved. Why don't you get up and sit down?"
Seeing that his tone was intimate, Shao Fang was overjoyed and hurriedly called his friends, "Come up quickly, there are no outsiders here." He always chopped and pretended to be very familiar, which is an indispensable skill for the world.
Five people came up, both of whom were not young, and they could smell the aristocratic spirit on them without looking at them... This word is not a derogatory meaning, because he had felt it from Sun Ying, Lu Guangzu and others. Sometimes it is synonymous with good cultivation and moral character, but it is not a compliment, because the pride and self-pride in their bones is often the reason why they are not likable.
But they hid the latter very well, showed the former to show it, and bowed to Chen one after another, saying, "Damn it ●Damn it ..."
Shao Fang introduced to both parties that he said that Chen was only Mr. Chen from Beijing, and he was just vague about the five people who came with him, saying that he was his business friends.
"Meeting is fate, let alone meeting at this moment?" Chen said with a smile; "How many surnames are you?"
The five people reported themselves, one with the surname Wu, one with the surname Zhou, one with the surname Xie, one with the surname Feng, and one with the surname Zhao.
After sitting down again, a large table was filled. Shao Fang took the initiative to arrange it for the host, first let someone get ten jars of daughters, and then add some excellent dishes. "If you want so much wine, you can't help but have a huge amount of amazing!" Chen couldn't help but smile.
Shao Fang smiled and said, "It's New Year's Eve. If we don't drink 300 cups, wouldn't we let this beautiful scenery be disappointed?" As he said, he poured a toast for Chen and said, "If the young master doesn't like to drink loudly, drink slowly. The night is long and long. If we drink happily all night, we may have to have to take another ten more jars to get there..."
Chen was already quite depressed and depressed, which made Daxia Shao make a joke, and he became much more excited. He picked up the wine bowl and said, "Congratulations to the New Year, first f, first." Then he raised his head and drank it all.
At this time, the rules of the table are that the first cup must be received by the guest. It means setting the tone. It will drink happily when you see it. Everyone praised it and then respected it together. Then the host respected the guest and the guest respected the host. After drinking for three rounds, it is said that it should have been a relative, but the two sides are not familiar with each other, so how can they have a common language?
Fortunately, with Shao Fang here, it will naturally not be a mess. Seeing that everyone was drunk, he smiled and said, "It's boring to drink, so let's do something." As he said that, he patted the prostitute beside him and said, "Beauty, do you have a sign for chasing me?"
The prostitute pretended to be stupid and said, "The uncle asked for a sign, it's time to go to the temple." This made everyone laugh.
Shao Fang pinched her fat buttocks and scolded, "Wandhounds, how dare you make fun of you, Mr. Shao? I'm talking about the wine sign for Jie Men'er; it's not the kind in the temple."
"I'll say it earlier." The prostitute smiled and left the seat, and took a delicate sign for a moment.
There were fifty orders in the sign barrel, and one side of the sign flag was engraved on the front. The two-tab of the Analects Jade Candle, which was obviously the title of this set of orders. Each of the fifty orders was engraved with orders, which clearly stated whether to drink or not, whether to drink, Zhang drink or Li drink, drink more or less, etc. Everyone should drink or not drink according to orders. Shao Fang handed the order flag to Chen, and Chen gave in a humble manner, and then said, "Anyway, I take turns to sit in the banker, I will come first!" After saying that, he pulled out of the sign barrel, looked at it and then turned it over on the table. Shao Fang hurriedly asked, "What kind of sign is it?" Chen shook his head, smiled but didn't say anything, and picked up a chopstick and picked up a thin bar of the perch to taste. Now even Shen Mingchen couldn't help but ask, "Is it a sign to play a dumb puzzle?" Chen smiled at him, but still refused to answer.
Those who came with Shao Fang also said, "Even if it's a dumb riddle, then you have to say what you want to guess, right?"
Shen Zi didn't say anything, but just stole the food and sent it to his mouth. Everyone had no choice but to take it, and they shook their heads and said, "You can't guess it."
Seeing that Yu Yin was the only one present, Chen looked at him with interest, meaning, what do you say?
Yu Yin didn't say anything. The two of them stared at each other for a long time, making everyone present very depressed. Shen Mingchen finally couldn't help but say, "I can't stand it anymore, I will accept the punishment for wine." As he said that, he reached out to pick up the sign, took a look at it and handed it to Shao Fang beside him helplessly, "Who thought of this? It's so unethical.
Shao Fang took it over and saw it, and saw it: 'Tsai said: A gentleman is reluctant to speak. If you speak one by one, you drink three cups, and you don't say anything." He passed it to everyone, and everyone laughed and scolded the person who made the signature, and then... drank three cups happily. Shen Mingchen asked Jin Yin with a smile: "Your Majesty has finished signing just now, have you seen it secretly?"
"Do I have a hook on my eyes?" Yu Yin rolled his eyes and said, "After reading the signature, the young master said nothing, and he kept it on the table, obviously telling us that punishment is related to speaking ■■r■■■■■” As he said, there were some smug words, "Although I don't know which sentence is a combination), there will be no mistakes in speaking, right?" Everyone laughed at him with a cunning smile and forced him to give him a cup.
Then he took turns to finish the bill, "Eat without any resentment, and advised the owner to drink three pounds. "Do not do to others what he does not want others to drink five pounds." And so on, everyone drank a lot of laughter here.
I have to admit that alcohol is a good thing to bring the distance closer. If you think it is of little use, you must have not drunk enough.
Everyone present had the best drinks, shouting and calling each other six, calling each other brothers, which was so happy. Yu Yin was quite sober and said, "I have to change the way of playing, otherwise everyone will have to carry them out."
Everyone felt that they were drinking a little anxious, so they asked prostitutes to play bloggers one by one. The wine recipe here was difficult and not everyone knew it. But they thought it would be difficult for the top scholar to defeat him, so everyone accepted it happily.
It was Shen Mingchen's turn to draw lots, and he took a look and smiled, "It turned out to be the word "unpacking"... and then he gave it to everyone to pass it on. When everyone saw the sign, it was not simple at all. The requirements were very strict and not airtight. Push it up in the middle and win one o'clock."
Seeing that everyone couldn't understand it, Shen Mingchen smiled and said, "How about I throw the bricks and jade first?" Everyone applauded, and then listened to him, "The word "未" is not airtight, the word "未" is in the middle; if the word "未" is pushed up, the word "Lu" wins a bell!" As he said, he drank a cup with pride. Many people realized that it was just to find a word that was not airtight, push the middle part on top and form another word.
In fact, with Shen Mingchen's narrow-minded nature, he wouldn't have said it so early, but if he was afraid that Chen would not guess, wouldn't he be blind? In fact, he didn't know that his master was such a master, but he had been busy with official duties and had never let him understand it. So he smiled and said, "It's not difficult to let you understand this. I'm talking about a... Tian's word is not airtight, and the cross is in the middle; if the cross is pushed up, the ancient word is one zhong."
By copying the gourd, the rest of the people also understood. Yu Yin turned the 'environment' into 'xing'. Boss Xie changed the 'ruo' and the word 'she'. The rest of the people also had their own changes. In the end, only Shao Fang was left. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said bitterly: "You can use up all the things you can put up, but what should I do?" Everyone started to cheer, "Since you can't order, you must be ordered." So he picked up the wine glass and wanted to fill him. He quickly held it and shouted : "Live and stay, I'll get it..." "You talk..." Everyone didn't believe it. Shen Mingchen smiled and said, "It's gone. It's a good use. Unless you are Cangjie, you are not allowed to create characters." "Let me tell me." Shao Fang smiled sly and said, "The word "is not airtight," one word in the middle ■■r■■一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一
Shao Fang picked up the wine glass, drank it all, and grimaced and said, "Push up one word, one mouthful of one bench!" Everyone laughed.
Then Shao Fang draws the lot. He took out a look and said that it was a word next to the next to the word, and asked to sing the two characters homophones, and then sing the word next to the word next to it to form another character. Finally, he cited a common character from this character. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "When there is water, it is clear, and if there is no water, it is also clear. When he went to the water next to the border, he added heart and ears to the essence. Shen Mingchen laughed and said, "Are you drunk high? The word "Qingxin" is 'please, too.
Shao Fang smiled and continued, "I'm right, my saying is 'I'm going to plead for mercy, but I'm afraid I won't ask for it...
Chapter completed!