The West Bund mansion is still in the preparation period, and Yu Dana is very busy.

During Ye Feitian's recuperation, he was not idle, and secretly contacted Qiao Lan to arrange for Qiao Lan to be attached to the Qiao family clan in Changzhou.

Neither of the two generals has done well.

Qiao Lan sent Fang Xiaoyong to Jirentang to sell a bottle of ginseng, deer antler and wolfberry wine, which was said to be a secret recipe of the ancestors. After the wine arrived, she pretended to make some medicinal herbs, but in fact she didn't do anything, just mixed two bottles with spiritual spring water.

Ye Feitian and Yu Dana were called to the study, one had just recovered from injury, the other was overworked, and neither of them looked very good.

was called to the study together, and they all thought that Qiao Lan had something important to discuss, and they were all ready to fight.

Qiao Lan pushed the tray on the table towards them, and on top of it were two gourds that were in their hands, "Take it! one for each person." ”

Ye Feitian and Yu Da consciously took a gourd by themselves, and they could smell a strange aroma of wine without getting close to smell it.

"Master, this is ...... Wine!?"

"It's wine, it's not wine!" Qiao Lan pretended to be mysterious, "Definitely a good thing." I used ginseng antler wolfberry wine as the base wine, concocted it, and specially rewarded you both. ”

"Ginseng deer antler wolfberry wine?!Isn't that ......" Yu Dana and Ye Feitian looked at each other, they both knew that the effect of ginseng deer antler wolfberry wine was to nourish yin and nourish the kidneys. If this was given by others, they would definitely have to weigh whether there was an ulterior motive behind the wine, but it was obvious that their masters would never be untargeted, let alone have the idea of not entering the stream.

"A small cup a day is enough, don't be greedy. Qiao Lan also didn't forget that Jirentang made a name for itself, which is to nourish yin and nourish the kidneys. All right. You can't say it too clearly, otherwise it will be too shameless. "Also, never fall into the hands of others. ”

"Understood!"

That night, Ye Feitian and Yu Dana both drank a small glass before going to bed, but they didn't feel anything unusual, until the next day, they were busy for a long time, and then they realized that today's physical strength was obviously more abundant than before, and then they immediately thought of the medicinal wine given by Qiao Lan.

Before the medicinal liquor is drunk. Ye Feitian has always been pinned to his waist. He didn't leave his body for a moment, and Yu Dana never let his wine gourd appear in front of people.

Ye Feimo, a disobedient guy, forgot the pain after the scar, and always felt that Ye Feitian's gourd must be filled with good wine. Licking his face several times and begging. Ye Feitian was annoyed by his question. Kicked him out of the door. He stopped.

The construction of a mansion in a country generally has to go through four steps: laying the foundation, placing the foundation, securing the door, and completing it, and ordinary people will have two ceremonies at the beginning and end of the house.

The auspicious day for the laying of the foundation stone of the West Bank Mansion was chosen on the eighth day of November.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Wang Banxian, a well-known feng shui physiognographer, was invited to the west bank.

Wang Banxian took a broken compass left by his ancestors and wandered around for a long time. He looked solemn, but in fact, his heart has turned up the stormy waves, he is clear about the feng shui treasure land within a radius of ten miles from Wuli Town, how the feng shui on the west bank he also has a number in his heart, not particularly good, here to build a house, dangerous mountains and bad waters, Ding Cai and sparse, but at this moment, what he calculated is the mountains and rivers, Tibetan wind and gathering qi: due east direction, water veins are smooth, rich on the one side; southwest direction, official fortune is prosperous, unspeakably expensive.

He told Yu Dana about the calculated feng shui and fate, and Yu Dana wrapped up ten taels of hard-earned money, and gave another fifty taels as happy money.

The amount of money indicates the trust and satisfaction of the master family. got sixty taels of silver a day, this is the most generous master Wang Banxian has ever met, and he smiled toothlessly for a while.

But this money, Wang Banxian received it without a weak heart, the hexagram he calculated for the Qiao family was definitely the clearest in his life, that is to say, the Qiao family is about to rise, and it is either rich or expensive.

Yu Dana immediately asked his personal attendant Huo San to send the two hexagrams back to Qiao Lan's house to Qiao Lan, and when he came back, on the paper with the hexagram written on it, the word "Dong" on the first hexagram was stamped with Qiao Lan's seal.

At that time, Wang Banxian had not left, and when he saw Yu Dana commanding people to set up an altar in the east direction of Shanbao, he was so surprised that his jaw was about to fall.

No wonder he was surprised, the two hexagrams, a person will choose the second one, but how can this Qiao family go the other way? Rich, rich, although these two are always said together, but in fact, the two are not equal, no matter how rich they are, it is better than being an official.

Wang Banxian was afraid that something was wrong, so he also found Yu Dana and vaguely repeated the two hexagrams.

Yu Dana didn't understand what he meant, so he had to make it clear that this was what the head of the family meant.

After listening, Wang Banxian has nothing to say.

The foundation stone of the West Bank mansion is about to be laid, and many people have received the news.

On the 8th day of the 1st of November, Castle Peak Village was bustling with activity, and many people stood by the Yaoshui River early in the morning to watch, and there was no Chen family member. The thorny hedges of the west bank were so thick that there were no gaps for peeping, but the gate was open, and looking through the doorway, I could barely see a little. If it weren't for someone guarding the door, I guess they would all have gone in and had a look.

Soon, eight horses arrived in the dust, and when they looked closely, they saw that there were two small dots running underneath.

Qiao Lan was riding on the snow, with a mask on her face, and she couldn't see clearly. She is wearing a burgundy gold-rimmed brocade robe today, with a silver hair crown on a gold background, and the overall look is a little more stable than usual.

Next to her was Feng Qixiang, also wearing a mask. The sacrifice was a family act and had nothing to do with others, but he had to come together and say that he was watching the ceremony.

Qiao Lan originally wanted to let Chen Yueya come over to watch the ceremony, but was vetoed by Mama Liu, and the conversation at that time was "The second girl has a marriage contract, and the sacrificers are too talkative, and if you are not careful, you will be collided." "It's just a verbal marriage contract, and it hasn't been decided yet. "Since this marriage contract cannot be counted, let alone appear in front of people rashly. ”“……”

Seeing that the main lord of the west bank was coming, the crowd gathered in the east quickly moved out of the way.

The bridge connecting the east and west banks has been widened several times, but it has been completely overturned not long ago and replaced with a single-arch bridge made of masonry, into which horse-drawn carriages can run directly without even a moment's relief.

Zhu Wenmei was also in the crowd, she was focused on Feng Qixiang, she hadn't seen her for more than a month, thinking about it day and night, but she didn't have the opportunity to meet. Today is just a fun, unexpectedly saw the deity, this unexpected joy, made her crazy, forgetful to look at the person on the tall horse.

Haunted by her dreams, she followed her across the stone bridge and was about to go in, but was stopped by someone. She wasn't annoyed, just stood by the door, stupidly looking at the person she liked in the distance.

Yu Dana was still checking the preparations to make sure that nothing went wrong, and when he saw Qiao Lan coming, he hurriedly ran over to greet him. Qiao Lan got off the horse, and the first thing she wanted to do was to squat down and take care of the wolf and dog who had been jumping all the way, "It's okay, I'm not tired after running so far." ”

"Wang!"

"Wow!"

There are several steps in the sacrifice, all of which are guided by Wang Banxian, who acts as a phase master.

As soon as the auspicious time arrives, the sacrifice begins.

Qiao Lan took off her mask, went to the altar with various sacrifices such as pigs and sheep to worship the god of the land, and then hoeed at the selected main gate due east, and said "a profit, a great construction, and a good construction", which can be regarded as the completion of the foundation.

After that, it is necessary to "frighten the ghosts", that is, to drive away the wandering ghosts and wild ghosts that live here, so as not to make the house restless in the future.

The methods of "frightening ghosts" are different, the heroic invitation troupe, the ordinary beating of gongs and drums, and the shabby shouting a few times, in fact, the louder the movement and quiet, the better.

The crowd on the east coast thought that the Qiao family was so magnanimous that they would definitely invite jugglers or troupes to have a lively time, but no, only a few people came out to beat gongs and drums, and after beating everywhere, they called it a day. Everyone couldn't help but be disappointed, but soon, they saw that the Qiao family still had a back-up move.

Five bonfires were lit in the middle of the open flat, and the cones worked in pairs to throw bamboo tubes into the bonfires, and ran away. The bamboo tube was burned for a while, and they burst one after another, making a bang-bang popping sound, and this sound of popping sound, transmitted to Daqingshan to form an echo and rebounded back, together with a new popping sound, a sound, a burst, deafening.

No one had ever heard such a popping sound, and many people were dumbfounded.

In the last round, Feng Qixiang grabbed Yu Shiguan, snatched the bamboo tube in his hand, and carefully observed it for a while, but he still couldn't understand it.

After the ghost, it is to worship the foundation master, and after the worship, the whole ceremony is over.

On the east bank, there were still people watching the excitement, and then there was a sound of gongs and drums from the direction of the east bank village, and soon, a little girl ran over, shouting while running, "Sister Mei, Sister Mei, hurry up and go home, your second brother has been admitted to Xiucai." ”

This sound was undoubtedly a thunderstorm on the ground, and the crowd that was still watching the west bank dispersed in a hula, and they rushed to Zhu Lizheng's house to watch the excitement, maybe they could catch up with Zhu Li's decent money.

Zhu Wenmei didn't care about her sweetheart for a while, and hurriedly lifted the corner of her skirt and ran home.

The eighth day of November is a good day, for the Qiao family, the West Bank mansion broke ground, and for the country, today is still the day of the trial list.

Zhu Lizheng's big blue-brick house was crowded with people who congratulated him.

Zhu Li was sitting in the hall and receiving the worship of the people, and his mouth was almost cracked to the base of his ears. Zhu Sun's is a lot more reserved, she has always liked to serve shelves, originally served the shelves of everyone's ladies, and now she serves the shelves of grandma Xiucai.

Zhu Zhengqin, that is, Zhu Wenfan's father, is handing out happy money at the door, not much, only one person, and two who are closer.

Unlike other people's ecstasy, the smile on Zhu Wenchang's father's face was a little stiff. Zhu Wenchang was also admitted to the Tongsheng in the school examination, but he failed in the hospital examination, because of Zhu Wenchang's light, he has been completely forgotten, and just last year, Zhu Wenfan was only admitted to the Tongsheng and not to Xiucai, and the Zhu family is obviously also so happy.

Because Zhu Wenfan was still in Lishan County to pay his teacher Xie You, and he hadn't come back yet, Zhu Lizheng waved his hand, and three days later, he held a flowing water feast.

The main lord has not yet returned, but the rich families of Wuli Town have heard the wind and have sent gifts to congratulate, lest they will be later than others, and one or two even come with congratulatory gifts in person. (To be continued......)