The person who came was Xie Kai. Zhang Hui was hit on the head and was about to have a seizure, when he saw that it was him, he immediately turned his anger into joy, and hurriedly joined hands and smiled: "Why are you? When did you come back to Nanjing? Quietly don't tell me first." As he spoke, he looked Xie Kai up and down.

Xie Kai was originally here to look for him, and his friends were happy to see each other, but when he was looked at from head to toe like this, he couldn't help but feel furious, and shouted, "What are you looking at?"

Zhang replied: "I see Qizhuang's complexion, this time I am looking for something, there must be something important to ask me." Xie Kai was suddenly shocked, his face changed, and he was about to speak, when he heard Zhang Hui and continued slowly: "Otherwise, such a step-by-step stare can't really be as the saying goes, all actions should be in the phase." ”

Xie Kai was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said angrily: "Okay, you Zhang Huaiying, do you scold me for being a tailed dog?" Sure enough, when I saw Zhang Hui and left and right, everyone around me laughed. Xie Kai himself laughed, raised his fist and slapped it on his shoulder, and said, "I asked you to take advantage of me again-you are obviously a slippery and unforgiving person, why do others only see you as loyal?"

The two laughed and laughed before they saw each other again. Zhang Hui asked him to eat tea in the house. Xie Kai hurriedly stopped and said, "When you get to the mountain, where is there still a reason that your head is covered with tiles and surrounded by mud and plaster? ”

Zhang replied: "I've just been out for a while, and now I just want to sit and rest in the house." ”

Xie Kai glared and said, "Lie to your face! If you really want to be in the house, why did you just bump into me at the door? Come and follow me honestly." I remember that there was a large stone table over there, and it was said that it was not pleasant to sit on, and it was okay to lie upright. Anyway, there are bamboos all around, and the people next to me bumped into each other, and they all have rhetoric. ”

Zhang replied: "What kind of rhetoric is this? A good scholar and student, who is biased towards learning the hermit school, let the teachers in the academy hear it, and you can't immediately turn the sky upside down? You come to calculate me again, is there anything lurking outside?"

Xie Kai was amused and sighed: "Huaiying still wants to find something - knowing that you are clever, where can you calculate." I tried my luck, but it didn't work out. ”

Zhang Hui ignored his words, called the scholar Zhou Wanlai, and instructed: "Let a few people go and remove the stone table and stone piers in the Banshan Pavilion, take a rattan couch, a collar and a collar to spread it, and then make a pot of tea, and take it together." ”

Xie Kai hurriedly said: "You don't need to make it, I only took the tea stove and tea utensils for a while, and filled a bucket of freshly drawn mountain spring water." Seeing Zhang Hui's strange face, he smiled and said: "The fool has a thousand thoughts, or there is one." The so-called market proverb has more or less a truth. For example, at this moment, if it weren't for a bucket, how could it be enough for Huaiying to quench his thirst?"

Zhang Hui was saved, just because he had made fun of Xie Kai before, and then he was seized of the opportunity and hit back with his own genus. On the contrary, after looking at the joke, Xie Kai's eyebrows and eyes were gloomy, although his friends reunited, laughing and happy, he couldn't hide it, thinking that he was laughing casually, I was afraid that it would be a prophecy, and I couldn't help but calm down. So he turned his head and urged the boy servant, and quickly sent Yiying to sit and lie down and send the tea vessel to the pavilion to prepare, and he took Xie Kai's hand and slowly walked towards the mid-mountain pavilion.

But it is said that this half-mountain pavilion is built on the mountain rock that rises out of the mountainside, leaning on the mountain on one side, volleying on three sides, there are pine vines and ridges entrenched, there are streams and streams like verdant, the pine blows the clouds, the bamboo and the mountain lan, although it is not high and dangerous, but it is also refreshing and dusty. The two of them went to the pavilion, first took a look at the mountains, and then fried the water to cook tea, the aroma steamed, soaked into the heart, and the spirit was clearer. Xie Kaiyin praised: "Good tea, it's worth my trip." ”

Zhang replied: "You don't necessarily come for this sip of tea. Let's talk about some accidents. When you were in Yangzhou in the first half of the year, you said that you were afraid that you would have to say goodbye until the end of autumn, so why did you suddenly return?"

Seeing his concern, Xie Kai was grateful, and said with a smile: "It's actually a good thing." My sister-in-law was diagnosed with pregnancy. The eldest man of the family was very happy and valued, and the eldest lady wrote a letter to Yangzhou, and she must come to Nanjing's home. And the end of the month was my mother's birthday, so my cousin taught me to escort all the way back to Ning. ”

Zhang Hui suddenly thought that Xie Kai's cousin Xie Ji was more than half of this year, although he had a son and three daughters under his knees, no son-in-law was born. At this moment, his wife Shen is pregnant, and she must be solemn, and Yangzhou has no close elders, so she wants to send it back to Jinling Xie's family to be raised. Because of the smile: "Sure enough, I want to congratulate Brother Yun." Today is the day of Guanyin's enlightenment, so I think I must have given an extra stick of incense?"

Xie Kai said: "Why not just a burn? Originally, today's Buddha was scheduled, from the eldest lord and the eldest lady downwards, everyone in the family who could come came." Now that they are all on the earth, who will save this merit?"

When Zhang Hui heard this, he hurriedly said: "In this way, the relatives of Qizhuang are also on Qingliang Mountain? Why didn't you say it earlier? I should go and see you." As he spoke, he jumped up, but was grabbed by Xie Kai and said, "What are you busy with?" My old men all follow the way of the sages, but with the old lady to worship the Buddha, they just rejoice when they see goodness. This time I am also taking advantage of the Buddhist meeting, and at this time, we are looking for friends and have already dispersed, who are you going to worship?"

Zhang Hui pondered for a moment, it was indeed reasonable, and said with a smile: "Yes." In the morning, my cousins and I were at Chongzheng Academy, and if there were elders who wanted to visit, it would naturally make people greet each other. So far, no one has come, so it is obvious that we juniors don't want to be mixed and disturbed. At this point, he realized that something was wrong, looked at Xie Kai busily, and asked: "You actually accompanied your wives and grandmothers to watch the whole Buddhist event? ”

Xie Kai made a bitter face and said, "Thank you Huaiying for your kindness." The family is all in the family, and it's not easy for me to be lazy as a junior. It's just that there is a difference between inside and outside, and it's really not as good as our ordinary Zen and Taoist tours, if it weren't for my aunt's care, I don't know when I would feel uncomfortable. ”

Zhang Hui was stunned when he heard this, thinking that Mrs. Gu, that is, Xie Kai's mother, was the only daughter of Gu Ge's old son-in-law, how could a sister suddenly come out and call Xie Kai to shout affectionately, but he had never heard Gu Chong and others mention it?

Zhang Hui saved Xie Kai from saying that it was his mother Hong. recalled that when he was in Changzhou before, Xie Kai visited his parents with Gu Chong and his wife that day, and his appearance and words were pleasant, which made the Hong family very fond of him, and he treated him as his own son and nephew. This time, if Xie Kai was to accompany the elder Buddha and was not comfortable among the female dependents, Hong's then spoke out to solve the siege, but it was also reasonable. It's just that Xie Kai called it intimate, as if he was deliberately trying to catch himself as a son of man, and Zhang Hui couldn't help but laugh. For a while, I couldn't help but think about this side, and suddenly thought that although Xie Kai was free and easy, he was the son of everyone, and he treated people and behaved like etiquette, not to mention that he accompanied his own relatives and relatives to worship the Buddha on a trip, and they were all familiar with it, but this "uncomfortable" was that even his mother saw the mood and solved the siege, which shows that it is not ordinary and embarrassing. Thinking of this Qingliang Temple Buddhist event again, it attracted the relatives of the powerful families in Jinling City, among which there are not many noble elders, but also many ladies - thinking of this, Zhang Hui realized in his heart, and couldn't help but sympathize with Xie Kai very much, and he was even more glad that he had asked for permission early, and sure enough, he and the two of them escaped this scene.

He was full of lawsuits here, and Xie Kai was upset over there, so he pushed him and said, "What's wrong with you?

Zhang replied: "If you want to say it yourself, you have to ask me first? You want to go far and wide to talk about a long story, but blame me?" Xie Kai glared at him, Zhang Hui smiled and shook his head, ate another cup of tea, and said: "I just have to ask first, but I really asked, I'm afraid that Qizhuang will be unhappy again...... Don't worry, listen to this sentence: Standing up and starting a family, spreading branches and leaves, are all human roads, really good things, but why are you dissatisfied?"

Xie Kai exclaimed: "I didn't say anything, how can you guess it? Have you heard any rumors?"

Seeing that this was wrong, Zhang Hui hurriedly said: "You sit tighter! What is it difficult to guess what I said? At your age, you and I are in a family of such age, and there are only two things that people need to pay attention to, and they themselves are also concerned, one is study, and the other is marriage. In terms of academics, you have been enlightened by celebrities since childhood, and you are willing to study hard in the academy for several years, and you can steadily take down the next person without the grace of your family, who can say more? You had a funeral in the winter of the previous year, and now there is no hindrance, and the family will naturally be busy with it. Today's Buddhist affairs have been completed, and the relatives of each family have gathered in one place to talk and have fun, but with a you, I am a nerd and can guess the reason, why bother with any rumors. It's just that although you are not accustomed to restraint and impatient to deal with it, it should not be described as this at the moment—not like shame, but as if there is some side trouble. If Qizhuang really believes me, then tell me. But your family has chosen something that is not suitable? As long as it is not really decided, there is always room for manoeuvre. ”

Xie Kai listened to his words, his face changed several times, and finally sneered: "Listen, full of marriage and family affairs, there is no shame at all, and with the persuasion of Lao Cheng, this is from the mouth of eighteen or nineteen years old? Seeing that Zhang Hui was about to argue, Xie Kai raised his hand, intercepted his words first, and said: "Come on, I know that you want that 'gentleman frank' rhetoric again, and save your strength, I deliberately tease you here." Zhang Hui only laughed helplessly and said, "That is the case, or you say." Who's going to do it?"

Xie Kai shook his head and sighed: "It may not be decided, about six or seven points." Speaking of people, you also know that it is the third uncle's uncle's house. ”

When Zhang Hui heard that it was his family, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he smiled: "This is not bad. Lord Fan is loyal to the country, Jane is in the Sacred Heart, and the Fan family is upright, and his children are also promising. And the Xie and Fan families are connected by in-laws, and they are more close than others. As for the rest, needless to say, just looking at Aunt Fan's maiden junior, you know that her character and upbringing must be first-class. As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and said: "I remember that when I was in Yangzhou, Brother Yun often went to Fan's house to walk around. At that time, it was also discussed that people who had been in the capital for a long time were naturally willing to get close to each other. Now it seems that you had the idea at that time, so I ordered you to escort your family back to Nanjing, so that it would be convenient for your elders to act in front of you. ”

Xie Kai sneered and said, "In the end, Huaiying is smart, I guessed eight or nine points in one sentence." Yes, my cousin did. He saw it clearly, only wrote a letter to the old lady, and immediately ordered my lord and wife to send people to Yangzhou overnight. ”

Listening to his deep resentment, although Zhang Hui also understood why he was angry, he finally persuaded Wen Yankuan: "In this way, it is indeed Brother Yun who has not done it, obviously he is kind, but he is in a hurry." But he has been taking care of and looking at you since he was a child, and this kind of 'eldest brother is like a father' is rare for ordinary people. Presumably, your lord and wife will not have much to do with him for this, not to mention that they are all people who are generous and repay each other with virtue? ”

As he spoke, Xie Kai nodded here, and finally said, "Huaiying, I can listen to your relief." And I myself know that the Fan family is not bad in terms of family, and in terms of identity, the two are also worthy. If it really becomes this family business, not only the parents, but also the third uncle and the third aunt should have a lot of fun. However, I just don't feel angry -- in his Xie Ji's eyes, Xie Kai Xie Qizhuang's family affairs are just the fish on the board, and he can weigh them at will? As long as I can have enough benefits and interests with him, I don't care about my cousin's reputation all his life, what kind of people dare to use them as relatives? Huaiying, I don't accept it, I really don't accept it!"

Zhang Hui was taken aback when he heard this, thinking that there must be a heavy hidden feeling, and he actually asked Xie Kai to say this. But seeing that he couldn't hold back his ability to get up at this moment, he walked around in a circle in the mid-mountain pavilion, Zhang Huisheng was afraid of any accident, so he hurriedly got up and dragged him, pressed on the couch and sat firmly, and casually fished out a handful of the bucket containing mountain spring water, opened his palm, and made Xie Kai's face full of face.

Xie Kai was stirred by the cold water, and the fire in his heart suddenly leaked, and he also came to his senses. sat down, didn't brush the water on his face, and sighed: "Huaiying, you don't know...... I thought that my third aunt's cousin and nephew should be okay. But don't you know, when my family's people in Beijing came back, they said that her family had hated the Pingyuan Hou family, and she had forcibly retired from her relatives and had no land! And my brother, my cousin who was full of heart and wanted to earn a future for the Xie family, the most bitter thing in the past few years was that he didn't have a good word to catch up with the faction of Yanguan Qingliu, and this time it didn't hit her hand out of the box? Not to mention that Miss Fan was just withdrawn from her family, and there were some obstacles from her relatives, so she was more unbearable, but anyone who could ask him to step on the face of the four kings, eight dukes and seventeen marquis was also willing! As for me in his calculations, who is I-'Plum Blossom doesn't care about Xie Boxing, the most romantic is Sixteen Lang', the absurd and prodigal and disobedient son of his relatives, what is the sentence 'I have repented'?

Xie Kai has been depressed for a long time, and at the moment, his friend is by his side, and he finally vomits. Zhang Hui sat beside him and didn't speak, only used his palms to stroking the meridian acupoints with Xie Kai when he was angry, and took tea to moisten his throat with him. However, Zhang Hui was only calm on his face, and his heart was already turning over the river and the sea, and he couldn't say anything: Xie Kai's seizure, in the final analysis, was actually not much tricky; he said that he hated Xie Ji, but when he listened carefully to the last few words, he knew that the root was still in himself, and he hated his own family for not fighting and committing a big mistake, so even if he didn't like it in his heart, he didn't dare to have a real argument about family affairs. As for those Xie Ji's plans in his personal affairs, he may have a lot of selfish motives, but which of the big clans is not like this, if he really wants to talk about these, not only does he despise Xie Ji, but even he himself despises it. The only thing that matters at this time is how the Miss Fan family gave birth to a character and how she provoked those unhappy things. It must be known that although Xie Kai is casual on his face and has been romantic, he has been with Mingyang Academy for several years, and he knows that he is the most obsessed with clearing his name in his bones.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hui made up his mind. Seeing that Xie Kai finished venting, he sat still in a daze, and Zhang Hui then spoke: "Zi is silent, and the strange power is confused. I have always disbelieved the so-called Chong Ke theory. Since you have followed your cousin for many days and listened to him explain the situation in Beijing and the movements of the imperial court, you naturally know that sometimes the two factions compete for everything. The fire at the city gate still affected the fish in the pond, not to mention that the Pingyuan Houfu was originally on the edge of the undercurrent whirlpool? But all rumors and legends are the rarer and more unbearable, the more they can be spread, and they are just sensational. Except for the words deliberately released by the private boat of the Qinglou, I dare to say that the words of the bad boudoir women's reputation outside are all farts, and they also pollute their ears when they hear it!"

Zhang Hui has always been polite and polite, and here suddenly a foul sentence fell on Xie Kai's ears, and Dunjiao couldn't help but laugh out loud, and his spirit couldn't help relaxing. Seeing this, Zhang Hui knew that he had to make persistent efforts at this time, and continued: "There is another one, although there are many people in the capital of your family, it is not as good as the foundation of Jinling, how can you find out the story of half a year or even a year ago? Most of it is hearsay. However, Aunt Fan will not know that her niece and daughter, and when your brother goes to Fan's mansion, he will not leave her relatives behind and prevent your sister-in-law from associating with her. You have been ordered by your brother to escort your sister-in-law back to Ningning, and she has also taught you for a few years back then.

When Xie Kai heard this, he was stunned: only then did he realize that the Fan family was embarrassed, and he would definitely not take the initiative to mention it to outsiders; He thought that it was Xie Ji's idea, and he was full of resentment and anger, and he thought about Fan Taosheng's family to a despicable and low place. is so cost-effective, but he is indiscriminate, rude and arrogant, and even offends his relatives. It's just that he has been blind, and he has been blindly confused and blind for a few days, but Zhang Hui has dissected the inside story with just a few words, and the comparison between the two is really embarrassing, but he became tough for a while, and said: "They are all relatives, how can anyone say that people are not good?"

He is very introverted here, and Zhang Hui can't hear it. So he smiled and said: "Qizhuang don't raise the bar." I really have two people here who are not related to her at all. After a while, I went to ask, and I saw whether it was good or bad. ”

Xie Kai said: "Are you talking about aunt? Who else is it?, I don't care about this." You said first, how can the cousin and nephew of the third aunt be bad? Even if it is involved in the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, although the noble family is a family, it is not ambiguous to marry the descendants of the descendants. must be virtuous, upright, generous and good at managing his family. ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "Is this bad?"

Xie Kai just shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "It's good, but it's a pity that it's not me, the housekeeper director, who has a mother and a sister-in-law...... If you can't talk speculatively, and have an interesting mind, what's the point of begging such a living ornament to be left in the house? ”

Zhang replied: "In this way, you have to be able to talk to you and have similar interests, so that you can teach you to be with each other - only you don't want to think about it, there are no less than thirty or fifty men in Mingyang Academy who have been scared away by your temper in the past three or four years. It's hard to find a woman you like, it's really hard. ”

Xie Kai sighed and said: "How is it not? I have seen a lot of women, and those who can really speak with peace of mind for a while can be counted in the palm of one hand." Suddenly smiled and said: "But in the past six months, I have met two people one after another, one is the cousin of the third uncle's family, that girl is really lovely, and the other is met at your house." ”

Zhang Hui was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Xie Kai said: "It's your cousin Shu Yi, who debated Li Linggong's guilt with me, and I have never seen a more powerful ...... Speaking of which, I remember that she hasn't promised anyone yet?" he said, and turned his head to look at Zhang Hui with a smile, not wanting to go around with a fist, and hit the Venus in front of him. Xie Kai was shocked and angry, and shouted, "Zhang Huaiying, are you crazy, why did you suddenly hit me?"

Zhang Hui roared: "It's you who hit! What are you chewing in your mouth? I don't care about the side, don't take back the sentence just now!"

Xie Kai said: "It's not true, what kind of evil fire are you risking......"

Before he could say a word, he saw Zhang Hui rushing over, and his eyes were a little red. Xie Kai knew that he had made a mistake, and he was stunned, and he was punched again in the face, and then he changed hands and wanted to come over with another punch. Xie Kai couldn't help but get angry in his heart, and he staggered away, shouting: "I was wrong, it's over if you hit me twice, why don't you still let go!" The two twisted together, and there was no discipline, dragging hands and kicking, only greeting each other's heads and bodies.

However, he said that although the two of them retreated and occupied the Banshan Pavilion alone, they still had to use water and charcoal, but there were naturally people waiting for them thirty or fifty steps away. So there was a commotion here, and the movement naturally couldn't be hidden. Everyone ran to take a look, but they were startled, and they didn't know the reason, so they hurriedly hugged the two first. I didn't want the two of him to scuffle, and each of them took a breath of anger, and at this moment they looked at each other as wolves, and they all laughed, but they were really happy - so regardless of the inexplicability around them, the two hooked their shoulders and went back to the house to wash and change their clothes. As for the two of them being bumped into by Huang Xing and Zhang Wang, how to say it, and see the next breakdown.