In the sound of the boat, the boat started. In the evening, the heat subsides, and the water is breezy and pleasant. The water vapor on the surface of the lake blows in with some heat, with the fragrance of lotus leaves and lotus flowers, which is very strange and wonderful. Fang Zi'an was in a good mood and was also full of expectations for tonight's activities in Wanchun Garden.

Soon after, when the boat arrived on the side of the tall building ship in Wanchun Garden, someone asked loudly on the deck, "Is that distinguished guest here?" ”

Fang Zi'an waved his hand and said, "Zi'an below." ”

"Fang Zi'an?" The people on the boat seemed to be a little stunned, but soon someone said: "That's a distinguished guest invited by Miss Qin, why don't you please come on the boat soon?" ”

The gangplank hooked up the boat obliquely, Fang Zi'an followed the gangplank to the stern deck, someone stepped forward to accept the invitation card to check that it was correct, and led Fang Zi'an to the brightly lit boat hall. Two women stood solemnly at the door of the boat hall to greet the guests, and when they saw Fang Zi'an Ju saluting, they opened the bead curtain and said in unison: "Please!" ”

Fang Zi'an nodded and returned the salute, walked inside, and the moment he bypassed the flower and bird screen in the door, a noisy sound came to the surface, and at the same time, there was a bright light in front of him. There were seven or eight tables of eight immortals in the huge ship hall, and there were fifty or sixty people sitting on chairs chatting and laughing. These people were richly dressed and brand-new, the gold and silver threads on their clothes reflected the light, the gold rings on their hands glittered in the light, and the jade on their hats also shone in anticipation. Some of these people are old, some are teenagers, some are handsome, and some are fat and big-eared. In short, these people are some of the most prominent figures in Lin'an City, as well as wealthy people and sons of wealthy families.

"Fang Zi An Fang Gongzi has arrived!" Someone behind him shouted loudly without warning, and even Fang Zi'an was startled by this voice.

All the guests who were talking and laughing turned their heads and looked at the door of the hall, all eyes focused on Fang Zi'an. Fang Zi'an tried hard to keep himself smiling, and walked along the passage between the Eight Immortals Table.

Whispering laughter came from the crowd, and someone pointed at Fang Zi'an's clothes. Fang Zi'an was still wearing the washed white cloth shirt, with a square scarf on his head, and a pair of ordinary mille-feuille bottoms under his feet.

"Who is this man? Fang Zi'an? Has anyone heard of this person? ”

"I don't know, I don't know. I've seen all the characters in Lin'an Mansion, but I haven't seen this person. ”

"I haven't seen it either. This person looks shabby, how did Wan Chunyuan invite such a person? Isn't it pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? Wearing this on purpose? ”

"What is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, you see his eyes flashing, it can be seen that he has not seen much of the world, and he doesn't know where to put his hands and feet when he walks, it looks like he is just a poor sour. Wan Chunyuan wants to invite him, you and I can't control it. We just don't have to deal with him. ”

The crowd whispered to each other and whispered, but Fang Zi'an listened to it but didn't care, he was mentally prepared before he came, and he knew that he would be incompatible with these people. Fang Zi'an also had no intention of blending in, otherwise he wouldn't need to wear an old cloth shirt.

A person greeted from the front and said loudly: "Fang Zi'an, oops, you're here." It's not small, it's the latest. Sit down, sit down. ”

That person was Li Quanzhong, the steward of Wanchun Garden. Fang Zi'an hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Accuse, I live too far away, so I came too late." ”

Li Quanzhong said loudly: "Yes, I forgot that you live in the ghost place of Sanyuanfang, it is far away, and you have to travel through the entire Lin'an City when you come here." ”

Li Quanzhong obviously deliberately spoke loudly, in order to let everyone hear. Sanyuanfang is a slum area known to everyone in Lin'an Mansion, and the people who live there are poor jingle people. The residence is already a label in the hearts of the people of Lin'an Mansion, and the people who live in Sanyuanfang must be low-status people, if they live in places like Baoyoufang, Taipingfang, and Qinghefang, they must be high-ranking officials and nobles. Because those places are the most prosperous places, how can ordinary people live in them?

Everyone on the mountain heard it clearly, and when they heard that Fang Zi'an was from Sanyuanfang, most of them laughed. Two middle-aged men in satin robes sitting near the left chatted unscrupulously.

"Sanyuanfang, this person said that he lives in Sanyuanfang, hahaha, that broken place can also live people? Li Gongzi, let me tell you, last month I had something to do to go to the pier outside Genshan Gate, passing by Sanyuanfang, which is like a pigsty. There's a stench in the air, me and him. Mother. I almost threw up. He hurried away. Hey, my Lin'an Mansion is such a prosperous and rich capital land, there is such a place, and the imperial court doesn't want to think of a way. ”

"Zhu Gongzi, you are a full man, you don't know how hungry a man is hungry. There are so many poor ghosts, where can the court take care of them? How does the imperial court manage it? Where will the money come from to control those people? Can't we build them houses and build them? What if you fix it? The poor ghosts will still toss and turn. Tell me to say, don't worry about it, build a wall to enclose it, out of sight and out of mind. ”

Fang Zi'an listened to this, and his brows furrowed.

Li Quanzhong was proud in his heart, and somehow, since he went to Sanyuanfang to see Fang Zi'an that day, Li Quanzhong thought that Fang Zi'an was uncomfortable. Maybe it was because Fang Zi'an gave him some colors in his words that day and scolded him a few words. Or maybe it was because Fang Zi'an lost face after being reprimanded by Qin Xiqing, in short, it was unpleasant to look at Fang Zi'an. can make this guy humiliated in public, and his heart is as comfortable as drinking ice water in June.

"Hey, Fang Gongzi, why did you come here wearing this? Don't you look at what kind of occasion this is? Didn't I have someone bring you a suit? Why don't you wear it? Dressed like this, I don't know that I thought that Wan Chunyuan invited the poor people from the streets, it's really terrible. Li Quanzhong still refused to give up, and began to criticize Fang Zi'an's outfit loudly.

No matter how good Fang Zi'an's cultivation is, he can't help it, but on this occasion today, Fang Zi'an doesn't want to make some trouble. But a few words of counter-attack are inevitable.

"Clothes are just a thing to keep out the cold, and it's good to dress properly and cleanly, so why wear so well? What's the use of dressing well? Don't you hear the phrase 'gold and jade are ruined on the outside'? No matter how well you dress, if you don't have poetry and books to learn, you're just a stinky skin. Fang Zi'an said with a smile.

"Oh, what a big breath, is this scolding us for all of us? This poor and big-mouthed man is not forgiving. Someone heard the meaning of Fang Zi'an's words and reprimanded loudly.

"This son, I didn't say anything about you. If you jump out and take your seat, I won't be able to stop you. I'm just talking about it. Fang Zi'an arched his hand.

The man was still about to be angrily reprimanded, and someone next to him whispered: "Ma Gongzi, aren't you going up by yourself?" Besides, you don't dislike your identity when you quarrel with this kind of person. ”

Hearing this, the young man sat down and shut up.

Li Quanzhong stared at Fang Zi'an and said in a low voice: "Fang Zi'an, there are all distinguished guests here today, no wonder I didn't remind you, you can't afford to offend everyone here." You'd better stay quiet, but don't make trouble. If you get into trouble, you'll have to carry it yourself. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled and leaned close to his ear and said, "Steward Li, you are the one who made it bad, don't you know?" I also give you a piece of advice, today is your Qin girl's music party, if you don't do your errand well, if you have to find my ballast, in the end your Qin girl will scold you. ”

Li Quanzhong sneered, immediately changed his smiling face, and said loudly: "Young Master Fang, please sit down, the song will start soon." ”

Fang Zi'an walked to an empty seat next to him, Li Quanzhong stretched out his hand to stop it, and pointed to a position in the far corner: "Young Master Fang, your seat is over there, go and sit." ”

Fang Zi'an glanced at the position, it was the most remote location, a table close to the servants and maids who served. The table was empty, apparently not the main seat, but the reserved seat. Li Quanzhong deliberately did this to show humiliation.

There was another burst of laughter. Fang Zi'an sneered, didn't say much, and walked over and sat down. Everyone on the mountain laughed for a while, and then they no longer had any interest in Fang Zi'an, and began to laugh and talk with each other again.

A moment later, a young girl came down the staircase in front of her, combing her shuanghuan, delicate and cute. Fang Zi'an recognized the girl, it was Xiaoling, the maidservant beside Qin Xiqing. She didn't want her appearance to be so harmless, Fang Zi'an saw her carrying a strong man out of the noodle shop with her own eyes.

"Steward Li, the girl wants me to ask, are all the guests here? It's about to start. The maidservant Xiaoling asked crisply.

Li Quanzhong nodded and said, "Please return to Miss Qin, all forty-three guests have arrived." It's time to go. ”

Xiaoling nodded and turned upstairs, suddenly turned around and asked in a low voice, "Is that Fang Zi'an here?" The girl asked several times. ”

Li Quanzhong pouted and said: "Come on, let's arrange to sit down, rest assured." ”

Xiaoling walked upstairs quickly, Li Quanzhong turned around, slapped his face a few times, and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, the song will start soon, Miss Qin is about to come down, please be quiet for a while, let us hold our breath." ”

Everyone on the seat stopped talking and laughing when they heard this, sat upright, and looked at the staircase with their eyes. Seeing this situation, Fang Zi'an thought to himself: Sure enough, the fame is not false, these people on the table are either rich or expensive, and they actually attach so much importance to Qin Xiqing, which shows that Qin Xiqing has a very important position in their hearts. If Qin Xiqing was just a dusty woman, it wouldn't be like this. This Qin Xiqing is also a mystery.

A moment later, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs, revealing a corner of the lake-green skirt around the corner. Everyone held their breath and stared at each other without blinking, only to see Qin Xiqing's figure descending from the stairs and entering the ship hall.

Qin Xiqing is wearing a lake-green gown skirt today, draped in a silver openwork silk scarf, with high temples and a golden hairpin slanted in her hair. A blue ribbon was tied around his slender waist, and a small golden jade pendant was hung. The makeup on the face is not heavy, only lightly sweeping the Emei and applying powder, the whole person's dress is elegant and pure, giving people a sense of beauty and dust. Where does such a woman have the slightest bit of wind and dust, she is simply a fairy in the sky.