On the left side of the shopping street are covered with flat-roofed mud houses, and the rows are extremely spectacular, and at first glance there are thousands of them. Some of the two or three rooms were divided into a fairly regular yard, and some were scattered so that the roof of the house was overgrown with wild grass, which looked very dilapidated.

The houses on the right side of the street are obviously much better than those on the left, each courtyard is built in a luxurious and exquisite way, and the streets are so wide that even if a hundred or ten people ride through at the same time, it will not feel crowded.

Kiko led everyone to turn right, and in less than a pillar of incense, they arrived at the gate of a courtyard where two large willow trees were planted at the door. Kiko ran to pat the knocker, and soon an old man opened the door. Kiko didn't know what to say to him, and the old man withdrew from the threshold and welcomed the carriage in.

Xizi wiped the beads of sweat from her head, explained to Steward Zhang, and went into the backyard to report. However, soon he led a middle-aged steward out with a dejected face.

The steward must also be a person who often walks around outside, and his actions are very thoughtful and tactful, he first walked to the carriage and saluted respectfully, and then said with a smile, "I have long heard that Young Master Dong's family is coming, how do you know that it is Mrs. Cao who is here in person." Our lord has been feeling a little unwell in the past two days, and the ladies of the family have not come with him, so it is not good to receive Mrs. Cao in person, and I hope that Mrs. will not be surprised. ”

Dong Rong raised her eyebrows and replied lightly, "Mr. Yang is polite, I ran here without saying hello in advance, it is really rude, and I will have to bother Mr. to take care of it more in the future." ”

"What Mrs. said, Cao Dong's two families are also good families, and they should have more contacts. After traveling all the way, Madame must be tired, so I will arrange for someone to take care of the yard and ask Madame to settle down. As he spoke, he called a little steward who was waiting not far away, and asked him to take the key to open the door of a nearby courtyard, and then smiled and led the steward in to take a look around, and then said, "This courtyard is the closest to the gate, and it is convenient to enter and exit on weekdays and there is another stove room, and it is most suitable for Mrs. to live." ”

Steward Zhang was also very satisfied, and after thanking him repeatedly, he asked for advice under the pretext of having something, so he led him to the second gate. Yun Rui and the others hurriedly helped Jin Beiwang down and sent him into the wing room to settle down, Xizi originally saw the car door open, and wanted to come forward to serve, but when he saw everyone helping out a strange man from inside, his mouth was so shocked that he stood at the door stupidly for a long time and didn't react.

Steward Zhang turned around and saw him like this, and when he guessed the outline, he smiled and said, "What are you thinking about, that's the injured person that Madame rescued halfway." Speaking of which, you should also know it, it's the gold boss in Kyoto. ”

"Boss Kim?" Kiko suddenly realized and shouted, "No wonder I look familiar!" How did he run into a convoy with our team, and why was he so seriously injured? ”

Steward Zhang glared at him and responded, "You ask me?" I also want to ask you, how did the white and pure raised at home become a wild boy after just over a month of going out, didn't the second young master suffer more? Hurry up and wait outside the main room, Madame will definitely ask you for questions.

Xizi immediately made a bitter face, drooped her head and followed Steward Zhang to the porch of the main room to wait.

The owner of this yard may have a rich family background, or this yard is reserved for hospitality on weekdays, and the home furnishings in the main house are very complete, and people can almost live in it with a futon. Dong Rong changed into a set of light clothes, and even before she could drink tea, she told Zizhu to go to Xizi to come in and ask questions.

Zizhu originally wanted to persuade a few words, but when he saw his master's cold face, he hurriedly ran out. Xizi is also a well-behaved person, as soon as she enters the house, she kneels down, and the bamboo tube pours beans and generally tells the things of this month clearly.

It turned out that Mr. Yang brought a group of disciples to the military city in the name of congratulating his old friend on his birthday, and he also planned to let the disciples see how hard the border soldiers worked to protect the people and the country that day. lest they only know how to eat, drink and have fun on weekdays, and occasionally moan and piece together two lines of poetry without illness and think that they are the pillars of talent.

It's a pity that there is an old saying that is good, if you are not afraid of no good things, you are afraid that there are no good people. His idea is good, but he can't stop his disciple from being angry.

This old man Meng, who has passed his life, was born as a top jinshi, and he also taught in the academy back then, and later returned to the military city when he was old and homesick. His ancestors have been living here, the people are prosperous, when the city was built, he also donated a huge amount of silver, plus for many years has been building bridges and paving roads, relieving the poor, so it is very prestigious in the local area.

This time, on the old man's 60th birthday, the family directly opened a flowing water banquet outside the ancestral house to entertain the villagers and neighbors, and dozens of tables were set up in the inner courtyard. The border troops stationed in the city, from the highest-ranking General Wu to several adjutant generals below all came to congratulate them, and the remaining such as Shijiao or squires were too many to count, and the scene was very lively.

Mr. Yang and Mr. Meng have been friends for many years, and they are very deed, and the two have not seen each other for seven or eight years since they were in the academy, and now they are naturally very happy to get together. Old Man Meng directly opened a light and non-entertaining courtyard for old friends to settle down, and on the day of the banquet, Dong Ping and others were specially arranged to sit on the side of the main table.

As a result, halfway through the banquet, everyone somehow talked about the hard work of the border army, and General Wu naturally wanted to be polite. I didn't want someone next to me to laugh loudly, "What hard work, it's just a group of mud legs, let them defend the city just to reward them with a bite to eat!" If we want to say that it is hard, we will work even harder when we read the books of the sages! ”

Most of the people present were locals, and they were more or less related to the border army, and when they heard this mean words, they frowned and looked at them together.

Unexpectedly, it was actually a very luxuriously dressed scholar who was making a lot of nonsense, and some people who knew the inside story looked at Mr. Yang again.

Mr. Yang was so angry that his face changed at this moment, and he scolded loudly, "Xue Renyi, what kind of place can you be wild?" Don't hurry up and apologize to the generals! ”

Xue Dashao had already drunk most of the jar of spirits at this time, and he felt that he was extremely arrogant. If he is the boss, he is the second, and no one else is in his eyes. These days with Mr. traveled far away, along the way by his classmates ostracized, the anger accumulated by Mr. reprimanded by Mr. could no longer be suppressed under the urging of alcohol, not only did he not restrain himself, but shouted even louder, "Why do you want me to apologize? A group of illiterate old men, but they think they are heroes after dragging a few tattered wooden sticks around the city twice? Hmph, who wouldn't do that little bit of, do you have the ability to let them pick up the pen and make a fuss? It's a pity that I can't read a basket of big characters! also said that he worked hard, haha, he was really thick-skinned! ”

Dong Ping and others have quarrels with Xue Dashao on weekdays, and they originally wanted to see him like this. But seeing that the general Wu on the main table could have two taels of frost on his face, and the remaining lieutenants even put their right hands on their waists, everyone was shocked to realize that the situation was not good. Dong Ping got up and covered Xue Dashao's mouth, turned around and handed it to Xu Mao and another classmate to drag people out, and then hurriedly bent down to make amends for Xue Dashao.

Mr. Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and was about to signal his old friend to help him play a round. I don't want that General Wu opened his mouth, he was originally a bad temper, and he was born in a family of military generals who had led the army for generations, and now he was completely angry when he heard that a little scholar dared to laugh at himself, and sneered loudly, "Since this talented man of the academy looks down on us and other border troops, and speaks loudly about our simple duties on weekdays, then do you dare to enter the military camp as a March pawn?" You don't have to do better than ordinary soldiers, as long as you can persevere, I, Wu Mengda, will kneel and kowtow, admitting that we who carry knives are not as good as you pencils! How is it? ”

Soldiering in the barracks? Before Dong Ping could react, Mr. Yang and Old Man Meng were already stunned. Mr. Yang is well-informed, and naturally he has heard that ordinary soldiers train hard and eat very poorly. Old Man Meng knows more because he lives in the military city, and if these powerless scholars go to the barracks to live in March, they will have to shed their skin even if they don't die.

The two old men glanced at each other, and they both got up to stop them, but Xue Renyi, who should have killed a thousand knives, broke away from Xu Mao's hands at this time and replied loudly, "Okay, just do it." If you don't kneel and kowtow, the master won't be surnamed Xue! ”

"Okay, there's a kind!" General Wu laughed, and the laughter shook the roof as if it were falling to dust. After laughing, he turned to Old Man Meng and saluted and said, "I was originally here to congratulate the old man on his high birthday, but I didn't want to encounter such an interesting thing." Don't blame the old man, tomorrow's army camp will usher in a group of reading masters, let me go back and prepare first. Another day, I'll come to the door again. ”

After speaking, he didn't allow Old Man Meng to speak, and shouted loudly, "The generals will listen to the order and follow me back to the camp!" ”

"Yes, General!" Several lieutenant generals responded with a bang and quickly followed the main general out of the courtyard.

Dong Ping and the others saw the coldness in the eyes of those deputy generals when they left, and couldn't help but shudder, and finally looked at Xue Dashao, who was lying on the ground and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he couldn't wait to drown him with a mouthful of spit. What a bastard who has more than enough success and more than failure!

Mr. Yang knew that the matter was irreparable, so he reluctantly sat for a while before confessing to his old friend, and then took his disciples back to the other courtyard. All the scholars drooped their heads, and there was no good way to think about it. After all, when the gambling contract was concluded, all the famous people in the city were in front of him, and there were many witnesses. Even if they used the excuse that Xue Dashao was drunk, or sent him to the military camp alone, it would not work, because in the eyes of everyone, they were all from Bailu Academy, representing the face of the academy. If there were rumors that some academy disciples would break their contracts and be afraid of hardship, the academy's face would be blackened, and they would definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Everyone was worried that they didn't sleep well all night, but fortunately, the old man Meng rushed over early the next morning and comforted everyone as long as they held on for a few days, and when General Wu was discouraged, he helped everyone make peace.

When the scholars heard this, they immediately barely cheered up, and they got into the carriage and went to the barracks spontaneously, as for Xue Dashao, everyone excused himself to have no place and drove him behind the car. Xue Dashao also knew that he had caused trouble, so he reluctantly endured his anger and did not quarrel with everyone anymore. (Finally the yard came out, and it was won!) Praise yourself for one, haha. Finally sleep, good night! ）R638