Chapter 41: Wang Heng's Scales
Welcoming the two in, Wang Heng looked around and asked Liang Xinming how he lived and if it was convenient. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Liang Xinming was busy thanking the teacher for his concern, saying that everything was fine; while letting the two into the hall, please take a seat, Hui Niang and Chaoyun both came to visit.
Hui Niang's eyes were still full of vigilance when she looked at Wang Heng.
Wang Heng also didn't have a good impression of her, he didn't look at her squarely, anyway, she was the wife of his protΓ©gΓ©, and he shouldn't have stared at her, so he simply ignored it.
Hong Fei also brought a lot of books and manuscripts, and the three of them discussed how to choose books to read according to the requirements of the examination.
When she was young, Hui Niang brought in the charcoal stove and tea set and boiled water to make tea.
Liang Xinming hurriedly got up and said to her: "You are busy, I'll come." β
After that, he rolled up his sleeves and put the charcoal stove in a corner of the hall, Xiao Chaoyun hurriedly took a small pestle and stuffed it under his father's buttocks, and Liang Xinming sat down.
Chaoyun himself also sat next to him with a small stool.
Hui Niang had already added red-hot charcoal to the charcoal stove, Liang Xinming used a pair of wooden chopsticks to add a few pieces of raw charcoal into it, all of which were empty, and he didn't know where to take a small round fan, fan it lightly a few times, and then handed it to Chaoyun, signaling her to fan it with such strength, and Chaoyun fanned it up in style.
Liang Xinming went to prepare tea leaves and rinse tea sets.
This ordinary but warm scene made Wang Heng and Hong Fei watch.
Wang Heng felt that Liang Xinming's set of actions of boiling water, washing tea sets, and making tea were extremely elegant, and the deep love for licking calves revealed by teaching his daughter made people's eyes hot.
It didn't take long for Liang Xinming to serve tea with a respectful attitude.
Wang Heng took it and took a sip.
Very rough flower tea, the tea leaves should be the wild tea they brought from home, a little old, but Wang Heng felt very mellow.
He looked at Liang Xinming and said: "You also do these things yourself, and you really feel sorry for your daughter-in-law." I don't know, who thinks you are Xie Yuan. β
Liang Xinming explained: "I just stayed yesterday and there was no bedding. I bought the fabric and was in a hurry to make it, waiting for the cover at night. β
Hong Fei and Liang Xinming walked into Beijing together, and they were used to seeing her being considerate to Li Huiniang, so they said with a smile: "Qingyun is a deep and righteous person, and he is the most considerate to his wife. β
Wang Heng was silent and lowered his head to drink tea.
After drinking a cup of tea, the two got up and said goodbye, saying that Liang Xinming had just settled down, so they wouldn't bother much, and asked Liang Xinming to eat outside.
Liang Xinming hesitated slightly, and secretly thought to himself: If you want to take a career in office, socializing is inevitable. If you refuse to go even if you are not invited by your teacher, what will you do in the future? If you want to be alone in the officialdom, it is difficult to move an inch.
Wang Heng was staring at her, afraid that she would not be able to refuse, and was about to teach her not to be withdrawn and high-minded, and to treat friends after studying, which can also increase her knowledge, but she nodded and said, "The student obeys", and her heart is happy.
He added: "You don't have a horse to travel, let's not go far, just in Wuren Lane on Desheng Road - turn from Dezheng Road - there is a real mutton restaurant." After eating, it is convenient for you to go home. After speaking, I was surprised to be so considerate.
Liang Xinming nodded, went to greet Hui Niang, and coaxed Chaoyun a few more words, telling her to be obedient and obedient, come back and bring mutton to her to eat, and then go out.
Hong Fei introduced Liang Xinming as he walked all the way: "...... Chang'an Avenue and Suzaku Street near the imperial city are the residences of princes and nobles, and the restaurants and shops there are luxurious and luxurious. This street belongs to the bustling area of the market, bringing together all kinds of special flavors and foods in the capital, which are cheap and affordable. Zhenzhen Mutton Restaurant is one of the time-honored restaurants. Originally, his house was just a large courtyard, and the guests sat in the lobby to eat. Now the building has been built, and there is a private room upstairs. That's why your teacher is willing to come, otherwise he won't look down on such a place. It's easy for you to stay here and get by......"
Liang Xinming listened very carefully, and asked about the overall pattern of the capital.
Hong Fei gushed endlessly: "The imperial city is in the middle of the capital. Outside the Imperial City is the 'Inner City'. There are four gates in the inner city, namely Donghua Gate, Xihua Gate, Nanhua Gate, and Beihua Gate. Outside the four gates, it belongs to the outer city. The outer city was expanded after the first year of Yingwu, and commerce was more prosperous than the inner city......"
Wang Heng was very unhappy and puzzled: Why did Hong Fei and Liang Xinming go to Beijing on the same road, and their relationship was so close? Seeing that Liang Xinming talked to him very easily, although he couldn't find anything rude to himself, he was much more unfamiliar.
Wang Heng stretched his face all the way and walked silently.
When you go to the Zhenzhen Mutton Restaurant in Wuren Lane, you will see that it is a large courtyard house, in which the main house is three floors, and the stairs are set outside, and you can stretch up in the form of a verandah. The three noblemen, who seemed to have just arrived, were leading their men to the second floor. One of the sons turned around and saw Wang Heng and the others, and came over to greet them with a smile.
It turned out to be Meng Wulan, and the other two didn't know each other.
Liang Xinming felt that the other handsome young man was very familiar, and stared at him in shock as soon as he saw it, and suddenly his heart was awe-inspiring, and he also guessed the identity of the other party - this person is at least five points similar to the son of Wu Zhifu, and since he is with Meng Wulan, he must be the young master of the Wu family, maybe it is another son of Wu Zhifu!
Sure enough, after Meng Wulan's introduction, this is the second son of Wu.
Liang Xinming suddenly realized that he had recognized the wrong person before!
Wang Heng came in with a stiff face, and when he saw Wu Ergongzi, he remembered the quarrel with his father last night, his face sank, and his eyes were much colder.
He went to the Hanlin Academy today, and only then did he hear about the recent events in the capital: the Meng family and the Wu family were in activities, and begged the emperor to be lenient with the Wu prefect. Emperor Jing Kangdi naturally refused to let go. There were rumors that if the emperor had pardoned the Wu prefect's father, wouldn't it have refuted the face of the Wang family's father and son? Therefore, the Meng family and the second son of Wu turned to the Wang family to ask the king for advice and asked him to intercede in front of the emperor, as if the life and death of the Wu prefect were controlled by the Wang family. How could Wang Jian disagree with his son, of course he refused to agree.
In the end, things changed, and no one paid attention to the crimes committed by the Wu prefect, but only paid attention to Wang Heng's injustice, so Wang Heng reprimanded Wang Heng that day.
Therefore, it is strange that Wang Heng can give them a good face.
He only nodded to Meng Wulan, and went straight past them, went up to the second floor, and ignored Wu Ergongzi, let alone invited them to have a drink together.
Meng Wulan was extremely embarrassed, and Wu Ergongzi's expression froze.
Liang Xinming greeted Meng Wulan slightly, and went upstairs with Hong Fei.
The three of them sat down in the private room, and Liang Xinming deliberately asked Wang Heng: "That person is so familiar, a little like Young Master Wu, the one who killed the poisonous tiger." β
Wang Heng said: "This is his younger brother, Wu Fan." β
Liang Xinming asked tentatively: "The teacher doesn't seem to want to see him?"
Wang Heng said: "It's not seeming, it's just not waiting to be seen!"
So I told me about what happened in the capital recently.
Hong Fei said: "It's really unreasonable!"
Liang Xinming was puzzled: "Why did he coerce and persecute the Wang family?"
Wang Heng said: "No matter what, he doesn't want to blackmail me!"
Liang Xinming tried to see something in his eyes, but in vain.
Hong Fei saw that his face was not good, so he gave Liang Xinming a look, changed the topic, ordered food first, and then talked about the customs and food of the capital.
When I was young, the dishes came.
As a senior foodie, Liang Xinming has rich experience, first look at the appearance, then smell the aroma, and conclude that the mutton of this house is authentic without waiting for tasting.
She immediately decided to put her weight loss plan back and eat enough today.
You can't blame her for being greedy, she hasn't eaten mutton, it's hard to come across such an authentic flavor. Look at the mutton soup, clear and crystalline, the gum is boiled out, if it is frozen, it is definitely the best mutton cake jelly, it looks like jelly. And the aroma of roast mutton automatically drilled into her nose, and her stomach immediately rebelled. The color of the braised lamb chops was ruddy and oily, and she wanted to grasp and gnaw on it with her hands. There is also stewed haggis......
Wang Heng saw that she was eating seriously, and another little girl who regarded eating as a great pleasure in life appeared in front of her, and her mood became inexplicably sunny.
Whatever Liang Xinming ate, he also followed.
Before I knew it, I ate a lot of mutton.
Hong Fei was surprised and said, "You have a good appetite today." β
Only then did Wang Heng wake up and feel that he had eaten too much meat.
He was about to speak, when the guy came in to serve the food, and when the door opened, the private room opposite was noisy, and the laughter came to his face: "...... At such an age, he is not married, he doesn't even have a roommate, and he can't stand it if it's a man, unless he's not a man at all. Hahaha...... I only pity the four girls of the Meng family, who have first-class appearance but have to live and be widowed. It's okay to keep alive and widowed, but he still has a name, and he can't even give someone a name. I guess he wouldn't dare to marry. If you marry and look like you can't eat, won't it be even more uncomfortable? I had to hide my eyes and ears from people because I didn't get married. β
This was followed by a mess of questioning:
"It can't be!"
"Look at that extraordinary-looking person, why isn't it a man?"
"Be careful to let Wang Hanlin hear. β
"That's right, Lord Wang is a celebrity in front of the emperor!"
"Young Master Hua, are you talking drunk?"
The voice that spoke was a young man, and he drank too much wine, seeing that everyone didn't believe it, he was anxious, and his voice suddenly rose more than one layer, and the guy here went out and took the door after delivering the food, but he couldn't block his voice, and it was intermittently transmitted to this private room.
"How can't it! You don't know, do you? Wang Heng was sick when he was a child...... Known as 'Three Inches Ding'...... Now he's taller and looks like a man...... Actually, it can't...... He had to like men......"
"Doesn't he have many confidants?"
"It's all fake......! I've asked, he's never stayed overnight in the Qinglou, he's never touched those women......"
"Oh", "Ah" and other voices suddenly realized burst out.
But the silence here was eerily silent.
Liang Xinming didn't need to raise his eyes, he also felt Wang Heng's calmness, just like before the storm, the black clouds crushed the city and wanted to destroy it, and it was about to flash and thunder, and the earth shook the sky!
Who is this young master Hua, who is sacred, daring to touch the tiger's buttocks?
There's a good show to watch now.
touched Wang Heng's reverse scales, and the consequences were very serious.
This reverse scale also involves Lin Xin'er......