Yuan Laohan walked on his legs only, walked for two or three days, and finally arrived in the capital on this day. He has never left Xishankou in his life, and at this time he saw the prosperity of the capital, but things are not people, but it is no longer the world of the Han people. He was melancholy for a long time, looking at the dark, and thought to himself, how to find a place to live first.

He ordered a bowl of noodles at a restaurant to satisfy his hunger, and took the opportunity to ask the bartender how to get to Jinxiulan in Huayuanzi Hutong. It turned out that although he had never been to the capital, a distant cousin had been in the capital. This cousin has a daughter who works in Jinxiulan. The old man has no relatives, calm down at this time, and it is not so easy to sue the emperor in his heart, so he must find a place to settle down first, and then slowly discuss the strategy. At this moment, the only person he could think of was this niece, so he asked the bartender how to go.

The bartender listened to him and looked him up and down. Seeing that he was ragged and had no rich family, he couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Is there any relationship between my brother and Jinxiulan?" ”

Yuan Laohan replied: "The little brother is right, the old man is here to join his relatives." The old man's niece lives in Jinxiulan, and the old man doesn't know what to do. ”

The bartender nodded and said, "I said, there are no relatives like my brother in Jinxiulan." ”

Yuan Laohan asked, "What?" Is Jinxiulan a rich lord? ”

The bartender replied enviously: "No one in the whole Beijing knows about Jinxiulan, their family is a new nobleman, and the emperor is favored by the emperor today." The little master of Jinxiulan is Gege, who was enshrined by the emperor. ”

When Yuan Laohan heard this, he was overjoyed. Since Jinxiulan is so facely, then climb up to Jinxiulan and beg his niece. If you can see the little master, please ask the emperor. Or can it be sued? Isn't it a good thing that someone handed me a pillow when I was sleepy? Thereupon. Yuan Laohan hurriedly settled the meal money and asked how Jinxiulan would go?

Since he was a relative of Jinxiulan, the bartender was also happy to flatter, and said to Yuan Laohan: "Out of the store, turn west to Daqing Gate." After arriving at the Daqing Gate, you will end up at the end of the Huayuanzi Hutong to the east. When you get to the mouth of the alley, you will naturally see the splendid land. ”

Yuan Laohan thanked the bartender, followed the route the bartender said, and arrived at the gate of Jinxiulan in a short time. He looked up. The big plaque is hung with five gilded characters of "Qin Ci Gege Mansion". The male lion on the left side of the doorway opened his mouth widely, and the female lion on the right closed her mouth. On both sides of the lintel is written: The dry years are hidden like brocade, and the Kun Road is clear and bright. It turned out that Ruoqing and Jinxiu were written on this lintel, and it was also very atmospheric.

Seeing an old man only wandering outside the door, the gatekeeper approached and asked, "Then brother, do you want to find someone?" ”

Yuan Laohan said in his heart, the style is so big, but the little guy doesn't have a big shelf. The little master really has a good way of governing the family. So, the old man replied, "I asked, can I live here with a picture screen girl?" ”

The two little maids had never heard of this name, and if the little maid in the backyard knew something, no one outside the door of the girl in this house had ever heard of it. The two little guys shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Yuan Laohan said again: "Trouble that little brother to go in and inquire." The old man is looking for her urgently. ”

The little guy was embarrassed and said, "It's not that we don't care, it's just that our rule here is that we don't care about the outside of the door, how can we inquire about you?" ”

Yuan Laohan hurriedly said: "The old man rushed here all the way to see her." I can't see you now, but what can I do with the old man? ”

The little guy thought about it and said, "Don't worry, brother. You wait here for a while. Or if there is a master inside, you come forward and ask. If it's really the girl inside, I think the master knows. ”

Yuan Laohan asked again: "What master?" ”

The little guy was about to get back to him. Another guy hurriedly stepped forward and pushed him and said, "Don't say it, the second master is here." ”

This second master is the dark fragrance of Jinxiulan. The chief steward was leading the dark incense and was walking out of the house, and a small guy next to him was leading the horse. When the little guys saw the two of them, they hurriedly bowed their heads and asked Second Master An to be good. Dark Xiang nodded slightly, but did not answer, and still instructed Degui to say: "The wall on the west side of the front hall has collapsed in some places, find someone to repair it today." There is also a goldfish pond in the backyard, it's time to change the water and find someone to clean up the silt in the pond. ”

Degui remembered them one by one and said okay. After Dark Fragrance finished explaining the matter, the little maid led the horse over, and Dark Fragrance was about to get on the horse and leave. Yuan Laohan next to him suddenly ran forward and only knelt in front of the horse. Dark Xiang was taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed the horse's head and raised the horse's hooves high, so as to avoid hurting Yuan Laohan. Dark Xiang stabilized the horse, jumped off the horse, and asked Yuan Laohan, "This old man, what are you doing here?" ”

Yuan Laohan hurriedly kowtowed and asked, "The old man asked the master, is there a girl named Huaping here?" ”

Hearing this, Degui hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up, and said, "But the picture screen girl who is waiting in the Gege room?" ”

Yuan Laohan replied: "Huaping is the niece of the old man, and he only said that she was in Jinxiulan, and he didn't say that he was working in anyone's room." ”

Dark incense said: "There is only that one picture screen here, and there is no second picture screen." Come with me, then, and I will bring you to her. ”

Yuan Laohan hurriedly thanked him. The little servant led the horse, and the dark incense was in front, leading Yuan Laohan through the front hall, the middle hall, and finally the inner room. He saw Hongcui walking out of the study, and hurriedly asked her, "Miss Hongcui, can the painting screen be in the house?" ”

Hongcui glanced at the old man Yuan behind Dark Xiang, and guessed in her heart that the poor relatives of the painting screen family were coming to fight the autumn breeze. But she and Pictorial are both waiting, and the relationship is not bad on weekdays, so there is no need to offend at this time, so she said: "Pictori is making the bed in the bedroom, I'll call her for you." ”

Dark incense is busy Xie Hongcui. After a while, Hongcui led the picture screen over. Yuan Laohan hurriedly approached and asked, "Niece outside the screen, do you still know me?" ”

The painting screen opened his eyes wide, and he looked at it for a while before he said, "Uncle Yuan, why are you here?" Busy introduced to Dark Fragrance and Hongcui: "This is my uncle, I met when I was at home." ”

Seeing that he was the old man who painted the screen, Dark Fragrance Hongcui hurriedly said hello. Yuan Laohan didn't dare to be straight. After the introduction, the painting screen led Yuan Laohan into the small tearoom inside, arranged for the tea to be entertained, and then asked, "Uncle, why are you here?" ”

If you don't mention it, it's enough, when you mention Yuan Laohan's tears, he bends his knees and wants to kneel down for the painting screen. How dare he accept his gift? Busy also knelt down and said, "Uncle has something to say, what is this?" My niece can't afford it. After that, he first helped Yuan Laohan up, and slowly stood up himself.

Yuan Laohan hurriedly explained in detail how he was bullied, how he came to the capital, and wanted to ask someone to see the emperor once and make decisions for him. After listening, she said in her heart, she didn't dare to make decisions about such a big matter, so she had to ask Gege to ask. So, the painting screen said: "Uncle, don't panic, let's live here first, let me ask about my family." If she agrees, it will be done nine times out of ten; If she doesn't agree, I advise my uncle to go home. ”

At this time, he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and Yuan Laohan didn't care if he could make it or not, so he just asked the picture screen to ask quickly.

The painting screen came out of the tea room and slowly paced into the study. Hongcui was studying ink, and Gege was sitting behind the desk, raising his wrist to write. Hongcui's eyes were lively, and when she saw the picture screen coming in, she knew that she had something to discuss with Gege, and it was inconvenient for her to be here, so she hurriedly said to the picture screen: "Painting screen, where are you hiding and being lazy?" Come and grind the ink, I'm going to go to the toilet in a hurry, and I'm going to get sick. ”

The painting screen knew Hongcui's thoughts, and was busy saying yes. Hongcui walked away quickly, as if she really couldn't hold back. Gege saw that the ink had been ground and said, "Hongcui, this girl is hairy at all times." After that, he picked up the wolf pen, soaked it in ink, and wrote a big "Wu" word. Since entering Jinxiulan, the painting screen has followed Gege, but I also know a few words, and I know some words and ink. At this time, when Gege wrote the word "Wu", it was inconvenient to disturb, but it was inconvenient to see how she wrote it. Soon, Gege wrote "Lingchun" again. Painting the screen in the heart, Wu Lingchun, do you want to write words?

Sure enough, Gege quickly wrote the dragon and snake, and wrote in an instant: There are no high-rise buildings. Sand gulls are flying in the sea. Talking about the success or failure of the past and the present is in vain, and it becomes spring and autumn in an instant. A glass of turbid wine must be drunk, and the rivers and lakes are free to swim. laughing at several things in the world, all turned into flowing boats.

Although the painting screen is slightly familiar with the words and ink, seeing that this word is bold and generous, he can't help but move Ren Xia complex, and first asked tentatively: "Gege, do you know Yuan Chonghuan?" Huaping knew that Yuan Chonghuan started from the Chongzhen era to the Qianlong period, and in the hearts of Jingshi people, he was a heinous sinner. The people in Beijing said that he rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and led the Qing troops into the customs, which put the people of Beijing in dire straits. Although it is now the world of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan, an old man, is still a second minister in the minds of the people of Beijing.

Gege stopped writing and asked: "I naturally know him, but the world doesn't know, but I know that Yuan Chonghuan is a rare talent." But what does this do, you ask? ”

As soon as he heard this, Huaping hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Ask Gege to call the shots!" ”

Gege was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "You get up, you have something to say!" If I can be the master, I will naturally be the master. ”

Huaping got up at this time and said sadly: "Huaping can't understand, but there is an uncle who has a good relationship with the Yuan family. If Gege wants to understand, call him in, and ask him. ”

Gege said, "That's fine, call him in and talk." ”

The painting screen went out to summon Yuan Laohan in. When he saw Gege, he naturally kowtowed. Gege remembered that he was older, and ordered him to sit down and speak. Yuan Laohan saw Gege at first sight, but fifteen years old, handsome face, elegant posture, and didn't know whether it would help or not, but at this time there was no other way, so he had to say gracefully: "The old man's name is Yuan Cheng, and he has been a servant of Yuan Inspector for generations, and since his father's generation, he has begun to guard the tomb in the Yuan archway in Xishankou, and it has been seventy-five years. ”

Gege nodded and said, "Xishankou, I know. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Yuan Inspector Ling Chi to be executed, but it was at the entrance of Xicai Market. At that time, the executioner cut the superintendent 3,543 knives, and the crowd of people in Beijing was surging, vying to buy the superintendent a mouthful of meat to eat. Whenever Ruoqing thinks of this, there is an indescribable sadness and pain in her heart. ”

Hearing Gege say these words that were rebellious at the time, Yuan Laohan immediately knelt on his knees, kowtowed several times in a row, and said with gratitude: "Thank you Gege, thank you Gege!" My supervisor has been wronged. (To be continued......)