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Chapter Seventy-Two: Two Geese in the North and South

When I arrived in Xiguanfu, it was already April, and Xiguanfu was northerly, colder than Mingzhou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis year also suffered from rain, the embankment collapsed twice during the peach blossom flood, and the official road was flooded once.

Master Shen came all the way from Mingzhou with his son, and there were victims everywhere. When I arrived at Xiguan Mansion, I still saw a large number of refugees passing by.

Suddenly, a man stopped in front of the carriage and looked at them with a broken bowl. The coachman tried to turn around, but he stopped him again. Shen Laibao lifted the curtain and looked, and saw that it was a thin man, and he was about to give money to charity, but he was stopped by Master Shen and motioned him to stop.

"There are thousands of refugees on the road, and if you give it to one person, can you give it to all of them?"

"At least one can be given."

Master Shen shook his head, "Give one, then other people know that there are people here to give alms, and they will also flock to it, how much can you help when the time comes?" ”

Shen Laibao, who had never seen so many refugees, really didn't think of this problem, nodded in agreement, thought about it and said, "Every year the Chamber of Commerce will fund good deeds, so it's better to set up a porridge shed and give porridge for a few days."

。 Even if they want to flee, they can flee with their stomachs full. ”

Master Shen greatly appreciated his son's ability to be flexible, and was pleased with his son's kindness, so he immediately agreed.

Shen Laibao got out of the car and said loudly, "Starting tomorrow, we will give porridge outside the city for three days, and those who want to go to distant places can receive some dry food." ”

Everyone stopped, looked at each other, and was skeptical. When Shen Laibao returned to the car, he found that the thin man who was originally begging for food had retreated to the side, and he had no intention of stopping it.

The carriage entered the city smoothly, and there were many fewer vendors in the city than when Shen Lai Baolai was before, and the shops on the streets were also sluggish, and there were basically no people, and it was very depressed.

The Xiguanfu Chamber of Commerce Hall is in a big mansion, and there is no one living in it on weekdays, and no one can live here except the president when the Chamber of Commerce is opened, so when the Shen family father and son arrived, there was only an old man who guarded the door all year round.

Master Shen has been the president for a long time, and he stays here for ten days and half a month every year, and coming here is equivalent to returning to another home, which is very natural.

Shen Laibao has also been here for a few years and is no stranger. Thinking of the disaster victims, after the next person put away their luggage, let them go to the soup kitchen tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the time to open the Chamber of Commerce, but Shen Laibao saw that his father looked like he was going out, and asked, "Do you want to go out now?" ”

Master Shen said, "A few friends have already arrived first, I'll go see them first, and you can go too." By the way, let's go change into clean and neat clothes. ”

In the past, Shen Laibao would go to this kind of meeting with him to get to know his uncle and uncle in the business field, but he would not be asked to change his clothes first, after all, there was nothing wrong with this one. He was suspicious in his heart, and felt as if he had understood some hidden meaning, shouldn't it......

He went back to his room to change his clothes and came out, and found that his carriage had been wiped down, and the dust had been wiped away, so bright that it could reflect people's faces. He raised his brow slightly, becoming more and more sure of what he suspected.

I got into the carriage and walked for about two moments.

Shen Laibao got out of the car and took a look, it was a restaurant that looked good.

The façade of the restaurant is spacious, and two red-painted pillars stand in front of it, blocking out a large shadow. When Shen Laibao stepped into it, he was greeted by Xiao Er, who greeted him quite thoughtfully.

Master Shen was in front, he was on the side, and they went inside together and walked towards the second floor. When I arrived at a side room, the little second generation knocked on the door, and there was a slight laughter inside, and someone opened the door in a moment.

As soon as Shen Laibao entered inside, he smelled a quiet fragrance, his eyebrows suddenly rose higher, and his eyes swept inadvertently, and he saw that there were not only various uncles and uncles sitting inside, but also four or five girls, and a few men of the same age as himself. All of them are well-dressed, their hair is combed and neat, and their faces are full of reserved smiles.

――Sure enough, it's a blind date!

He glanced at his father, no matter what era it is, blind dates will not be outdated, and it is also a trend for parents to conceal their children and bring them on blind dates.

When Shen Laibao sat down, he thought that when he stayed in the town inn before, his father knew that he had a favorite girl, but now he took him to the blind date meeting as a matter of course, and it seems that his father really wants him to have three wives and four concubines.

Xu is other young people are quite low in appearance, or maybe Shen Laibao's appearance is too high, sitting in a crowd of young people, almost standing out from the crowd, attracting the attention of the five girls present, and even a few women looked at him with a look on their faces.

Shen Laibao didn't feel the admiration of the girls, but felt the burning eyes of the young people on the left and right......

He already had a premonition that he would not be happy with this meal

Sure enough, when the banquet began, everyone asked their own questions, and Shen Laibao was just about to eat a bite of food, when Woman No. 1 asked, "What's your name, how old is this year?" ”

After answering, she wanted to eat again, and then Woman No. 2 asked, "Are you learning business from your father now?" How's it going? ”

Shen Laibao, who had not eaten lunch and dinner all the way and was almost hungry, replied politely, he wanted to eat again, and ......

He was so hungry.

The Q&A session finally came to an end, and Shen Laibao could eat. Then he found that the few young people who had barely been questioned just now had eaten almost the dishes in front of them, and there was no turntable at all in this era! In other words, if he picks up vegetables, he has to lean over and grab the opposite one. But on the other side were five girls, looking at him earnestly, as if he was going to bring him the plate in front of him as soon as he was going to pick up the vegetables.

In the end, he still held back, ate the little food left in front of him, and finally sent two bowls of rice into his stomach.

He decided that when he returned to Mingzhou, he must promote the table carousel......

The women are in charge of questioning, the girls are in charge of watching people, and those who are fathers have not seen each other for a long time, and of course they are drinking and eating. A young man stood up and said, "I haven't seen a few uncles and uncles for half a year, and today the younger generation will give you a cup of uncles and uncles." ”

One person started his head, and the others poured wine to salute. When the next person wanted to pour wine for Shen Laibao, Shen Laibao gently stopped him and said with a smile, "I don't know how to drink, I get drunk when I get drunk." ”

All the uncles knew about his "problem" and did not advise him to drink. One of the young men sneered softly, "You can't even drink alcohol." ”

The other said, "No, if you can't drink, can you still be called a manly man?" ”

Before Shen Laibao could speak, a girl said, "I don't drink either." ”

Girl No. 2 said, "Me too." ”

Girl No. 3 hurriedly said, "Me too, it's good not to drink, it's not good to drink too much wine." I often advised my dad not to drink it. ”

The fourth and fifth girls echoed one after another, for fear that Shen Laibao would not hear that he was helping him. And it is simply a big advantage for women that men do not drink, and they are naturally more diligent in helping. In this way, the young people even looked sideways and sideways at him, burning their eyes, which made Shen Laibao sigh secretly.

Even if the number one hundred girl comes, he only needs his little flower. Really don't look at me like that anymore, I'm really not interested.

However, he had no way to say this, so he could only continue to be stared at with jealousy.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone knew that the chamber of commerce would be opened tomorrow, so they dispersed.

Master Shen and his friends went out first, Shen Laibao then got up, first politely let the women and girls out, and finally went out of the room. provoked the women and girls to secretly praise that wherever they were courteous to men when they were at home, they didn't care that they left directly.

So the praise for Shen Laibao was even more, and even the few young people who walked in front heard it. only stopped and let them pass, and when Shen Laibao came over, his eyes suddenly became strange.

Shen Laibao knew that they didn't like him, he didn't care about their eyes, he didn't have enough to eat, he just wanted to get out of here quickly, and then find an inn to fight again

"It's just because his father is rich that he has won the favor of the girls. Without a rich dad, it's nothing. ”

The voice behind him sounded coldly, and there were people next to him. Shen Laibao didn't want to pay attention to it, but the man mentioned his father again, and if he continued, he was about to scold his father.

He paused, almost the moment he stopped, and the voice of criticism stopped. He turned around slowly, although they no longer spoke, but he had memorized the voices of several people at the table, and he looked directly at the young man with long eyes. Seeing that the man's heart was empty, and he didn't want to lose face in front of others, "What to do?" Am I wrong? ”

Shen Laibao suddenly smiled, "Even if I am not the eldest young master of the Shen family, believe it or not, you and I will go out together, others will also look at me more." After all, not everyone has a good skin. ”

――If you don't want me to crush you with money, then I'll have to use my face to make a personal attack without kindness.

"Also, I'm the first in Moxiang Academy every year."

Moxiang Academy is the most famous academy in Mingzhou, and the expressions in the eyes of a few people who were still angry suddenly changed.

"It seems that there is still ...... The cave master has praised my words. ”

At this time, everyone was surprised, just because the cave master was an academician of Hanlin, especially a good handwriting, but everyone in the calligraphy world. Not to mention being praised by this person, it is an honor for him not to scold you for being ugly. But Shen Laibao is as old as himself, but he has received this kind of praise. The person who originally scolded Shen Laibao for fighting his father couldn't scold anymore.

"And ......"

The crowd couldn't help but listen.

Shen Laibao said, "I already have someone I like." ”

"Who is it?"

Shen Laibao smiled, "It's a very good girl." ”

Just now, he stood tall, his eyes were firm and seemed to have vast stars, and the whole person showed a sky-high heroism. But when it comes to this girl, the intimidating aura around her body has quietly disappeared.

It's just that this fleeting change has made others understand that he really has a favorite girl, and he will not have any thoughts about the girl at the table. Everything that is done to them is nothing more than courtesy.

Shen Laibao wanted to spend the bell, although he didn't know when she would be able to return to the house next door, but he was already like an arrow. He hadn't forgotten that he still had to get the consent of Xiaohua's mother, so maybe when Xiaohua came back, he would have already attacked his future mother-in-law.

Then you can marry Xiaohua, no longer have to hide it, you can walk side by side, and you don't have to avoid suspicion before and after.

You can also go together to eat duck neck in sauce, eat roast whole sheep, eat all kinds of food, buy and buy.

Thinking about it, he seemed to be hungrier and more eager for Xiaohua.

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"Do you know why the geese are flying south?"

"I don't know."

"To be honest, I don't know." ”

Hua Lang forehead.

He felt that he had lost a lot of weight in the past ten days, probably because it was too hard to cope with a plate

。 Always ask some strange things and don't say anything.,Drag him around every place you go.。 His energy always seems to be so abundant and tireless.

Hua Ling looked at the plate and bullied her brother again, and said, "Plate, don't bully my second brother." ”

Pan Zi asked helplessly, "I promised you not to bully your lover, and you still don't allow me to bully your second brother, so do you want me to bully you?" ”

Hua Ling thought about it and said happily, "Then you still bully my second brother." ”

Panzi laughed loudly, "I just like you to be so honest." ”

Hua Lang, who was teased, shook his head, the plate and his sister are actually people all the way, and they are too good at tossing people.

When Hua Pingsheng arrived at his destination, he went about his own business. The plate pulled the two out to play, and at noon, the three of them hid in the tea shed on the side of the road, drank a few cups of tea, and discussed where they would go to play.

Hua Lang knew that Pan was a big idler, and he didn't have to go to the academy and was forced to study by his family, so he was very free. However, he was quite strange about one thing, "Plate, why don't you go to Xiguan Mansion with Brother Bao to see the Chamber of Commerce, but come here with us." Anyway, the Chamber of Commerce is much more interesting than that. ”

"What's so nice about a copper-smelling businessman, and I can bully you here, and if I follow Shen Laibao, he will have to bully me. I can be the king here, and I can only be a small follower when I go with him. ”

Hua Ling raised her eyes, "Claim the king?" ”

The plate bowed down to the table, "You are the king, and I am the second king." ”

Hua Ling was immediately amused by him, "Well, Wang Er." ”

The plate smiled, and looked at the hairpin on top of her again, "It's changed again, it's so beautiful." ”

Hua Ling dialed the hairpin and said, "When the town was separated, Brother Noble gave me a full twenty-one pairs. ”

The plate said, "Then transfer me two pairs, and I'll give them to the girl I like." ”

"Brother Plate also has a favorite girl?"

"Nope."

"Then when you have it, go buy it yourself, what the girl's family likes is not hairpins, but hearts."

The plate smiled and looked at it again, it was small and chic, and it was indeed very beautiful. He touched his jade crown again, and tied all his hair together, it was really comfortable and cool in summer. The girl's family also has to tie her hair all kinds of trouble. Forget it, if he really wants to send it in the future, he will send a circle of brocade ribbons, so that the girl can tie up her hair and make her neck cool.

"Flutter flutter."

The sound of a big bird flapping its wings stopped nearby, but Hanabell didn't care. After a while, I saw that there was another person next to the plate, and looking at the clothes and demeanor was the secret guard of the Pan family. She paused slightly, completely unaware of when the dark guard appeared and where it came from.

Thinking of the night she stuffed the dagger into the guard's hand, I couldn't help but feel a little cold. If they had sensed the slightest danger, perhaps the dagger would have been stuck in her back.

Hua Ling ate the bun without looking too much, and after a while, the plate raised her finger, and the secret guard disappeared again in an instant.

Hua Lang thought for a moment and asked, "How did your Pan family train guards?" ”

Pan raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "What, you want to learn?" ”

"Well, if you can learn it, whether it's secretly executing orders or training the army, it will be useful

。 ”

"You can't learn it."

Hua Lang didn't give up and said, "Why did you come to this conclusion?" ”

The plate was silent for a moment before he said, "The guards in the palace are all cultivated by my grandfather, and as for the technique, it is probably Gu cultivation." ”

Hua Ling had seen how to raise Gu in the local dialect, and when she contacted him to say it, she immediately understood what it was. The complexion was suddenly not very good-looking, Hua Lang didn't know, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Find a thousand people with good qualifications, keep eliminating, and leave the last ten, which is the best." The plate looked at him and said, "The bad ones are already dead." The remaining ten don't want to die, they have to be strong. It is precisely because he is very strong that he can become the secret guard of the Pan family. ”

Only then did Hua Lang understand, and his stomach suddenly tightened, which was really uncomfortable.

Pan smiled, "The Pan family's things are definitely not something you can learn." If you can learn it, then you will also become a member of the Pan family. Hua Lang, if you can't find someone who will assist you wholeheartedly in the future, don't go to the barracks. That place, in fact, is quite scary. Because you have to face not only your comrades in the barracks, but also the enemy's tricks, and even the enemy may arrange detailed work in your camp, you are so upright, from a small soldier to a general, it will not be a problem for you. But once you're a leader, it could be a different story. ”

Hua Lang knew his weakness, and now that he broke it, he didn't hide it, and asked humbly, "Then how can I change it?" ”

"There's no way to change it, unless......" said Panzi, "or you will pay me a lot of money to be a staff member, and when you become a general, I will be your military advisor." Of course, you have to listen to me, and you have to feed me and drink. ”

Hua Lang asked, "Really?" ”

Panzi looked at him with eager eyes, and almost didn't laugh, "Of course it's fake, how can I go to a ghost place like the barracks to live a hard life." ”

Hua Lang was disappointed, "I think it's a pity that you gag like this every day, you are so smart on the plate." Although there are many crooked ideas, he is also a genius when used on the right path. ”

The plate didn't tie up, as a member of the Pan family, without his grandfather's big tree, he would die. With his grandfather's big tree, he would never let him go to the barracks for the rest of his life. He thought about it, and suddenly saw Hua Ling looking at himself. He glanced down at himself and said with a smile, "Could it be that the little flower girl likes me and looks at me like this." ”

Hua Ling lowered her eyebrows slightly, raised her eyes to look at him again, and said, "I found that Brother Panzi, you are very good-looking." ”

The plate snapped and put away the fan in his hand, "Little flower girl, you have to know that saying that a man is good-looking is not a compliment, but a sarcasm." If you say I'm handsome, I'll be happy. ”

"Qingxiu."

“…… Cool! ”

Hanazu thought for a moment, "It's beautiful." ”

The plate was back on the table, and Hua Ling sneered, "Okay, Brother Plate, you look very handsome, very handsome." ”

"That's pretty much it." The plate sat up straight and said, "Don't say such things in the future, I'll be sad if I say it again." ”

"Hmm." Hua Ling also thinks it's not good to talk about a man like this, but he is indeed very beautiful. She suddenly remembered the play she watched a few days ago, and the Danjiao in it was so beautiful that it was breathtaking. But later she found out that it was a man, which really shocked her

。 This will look at the plate, and if he plays the horn, it will definitely be difficult to distinguish between male and female.

However, she still prefers masculine men who can be seen in heroic appearance, such as her brother Noble Treasure.

"That's right." The plate said, "I was just disturbed by you, and I forgot that the flying pigeon that the secret guard brought me was about Shen Laibao." ”

Hua Ling was curious, "We've only been here for half a day, how can the pigeons find a place?" Will it still recognize people? ”

"Of course, pigeons don't recognize people, but our Pan family just happens to domesticate carrier pigeons here."

Hua Lang suddenly realized something, "Did the Pan family domesticate a lot of carrier pigeons in various parts of Dayang?" ”

Pan smiled, "I can't say this, otherwise I will be beaten." ”

In fact, needless to say, Hua Lang also guessed it. Shen Laibao went to Xiguan Mansion, they are just a small place here, and there are carrier pigeons coming and going, which shows how broad and dense the Pan family's eyeline is.

The plate was opened and the letterhead was opened, and after sweeping it roughly, his eyebrows and eyes were raised, "Little flower girl, do you want to listen to what your lover did in Xiguan Mansion?" ”

Hanazumi looked at him, "Hmm." ”

The plate smiled, she tacitly accepted that Shen Laibao was her lover, and she didn't blush, she was frank and generous, she was really a good girl, how could she be so likable, "He met with a bunch of girls and went on a blind date. ”

Hua Ling's eyes widened, and after a while, she calmed down again, "There must be someone else next to it." ”

The plate pursed the corners of his lips and said unwillingly, "Well, there are indeed other people." But...... The girls all looked at him, and asked questions, and he answered them one by one, and not a single one was left behind. ”

Hua Ling nodded, "A courtesy reply is definitely needed." ”

The plate that didn't succeed in hitting Hua Ling didn't give up, "When he left the inn, he deliberately let those girls go ahead and took good care of them. ”

"If it's me, Brother Noble will definitely be ahead of me, and you have to laugh at me for being slow, it's bad for him."

Although it is blame, it is more like a blame, and the plate is about to explode, "After participating in the Chamber of Commerce, we also went to the lake to enjoy the flowers." ”

"It's good to travel together and travel together in a mighty team, make a few more friends, and be more open-minded."

"I'm going to eat after swimming in the lake."

"I don't know if the food is good or not."

After eating, he sent them back to the inn.

The plate felt proud in his heart, and finally couldn't help but be jealous. Go back and slaughter Shen Laibao, scold him well, he will send a dozen washboards to Shen Laibao!

Hua Ling said happily, "As the son of the president, no matter how big or small, the hospitality is really good!" ”

"......" the plate almost flipped the table, "Did you peek at this letter, why don't you be suspicious, not suspicious?" ”

Hua Ling knew that he was playing this idea, and it was really easy to change his nature, so he patronized and made fun of the two of them. She smiled and said, "Because I believe in Brother Noble." ”

The plate looked at her who believed in Shen Laibao so much, and her feelings were as indestructible as King Kong, and she suddenly felt - no, open, heart!