One day at the end of July, Wan Kezhou received a letter from a friend in Zhejiang, it turned out that he traveled to the south when he was young, and met a like-minded and like-minded friend named Chun Yuze, this friend is also a Taoist priest who is not a monk, nearly 20 years older than him, and he is regarded as a friend who has forgotten his year.

After returning from the south, because of the changes in the family, Wan Kezhou has been guarding his daughter and has never gone out, and his friends in Zhejiang have been relying on letters to communicate, pinching his fingers, but he has not seen him for more than ten years. This friend and this spring contracted the disease, always not cured, the doctor asserted that he may not survive the end of this year, let the family prepare for the future, this Chun Yuze old gentleman wants to see his best friend again before crossing the crane to the west, but the remnant of the wish.

Wan Kezhou was worried about his best friend's life, and on the other hand, he called Ji Qing to discuss with him how to take care of Dong'er. Ji Qing heard that Uncle Wan would take a month and a half to go back and forth, so he suggested: "A month and a half, it is not long, it is not short, it is not short, instead of bumpy cars and horses every day, it is better to live in my house for a month and a half, it just happens that there is a flower garden in the back garden of my house, and what flowers and trees can not live long, so I simply pulled out flowers and plants and built two houses, which have not yet been inhabited, but just stored some objects. ”

Wan Kezhou thinks that he is reasonable, but in this way, he entrusts Dong'er to the Yang family to take care of it temporarily, fortunately, the Yang Mansion has a good attitude towards their father and daughter, and he is not worried about any grievances during his daughter's sending to the fence, but in this way, he has to visit Mrs. Yang again and entrust his daughter to the Yang family for the time being.

Mother Yang heard Uncle Liu say that Dong'er's feet were not accidental, and he would be as good as an ordinary person after two months of treatment, such a beautiful person without a disability is naturally a perfect person, Mother Yang was very happy in her heart, and listened to the plan of the 10,000-passenger boat trip and Ji Qing's arrangement, and agreed very happily.

Before Wan Kezhou came to visit Yang's house for the second time, Yang Boqing heard his wife Ma Shi say that Dong'er's father had come to the house, Ma described to her husband how young and handsome Wan Kezhou people are, and what is more unusual is that he is still a Taoist priest who practices at home, he used to make alchemy in the early years, and later he learned to make powder cream cakes for his daughter's family instead of practicing Dan, and the smell of antiperspirant deodorant body paste on the girls in Yang's house this summer is made by this home Taoist.

Ma also praised Wan Dong'er for the excellent genes inherited from her father, who was born peugeot and pretty, like a goddess in the sky and a fairy in the moon. Yang Boqing has always been inattentive to the affairs of the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in the inner house, even if Ma praised Dong'er as a fairy, he was not noncommittal, but he was very interested in the rumored old Taoist Wan Kezhou who knew the way of gold and stone, after all, the two bigwigs in the court----- Yan Song and Xu Jie, in order to win the trust of Emperor Jiajing, all deliberately studied the way of Huang Lao, Yang Boqing in order to get a touch of this atmosphere, intentionally met this in-law.

On the day when Wan Kezhou came to Yang's Mansion for the second time, Yang Boqing obviously had something to do outside, so he tried his best to shirk it and sat at home with his mother and waited for the guests to come to the door.

Wan Kezhou has no interest in these officialdom people, Yang Boqing insisted on meeting him, and he had no choice but to go through the motions, see Yang Boqing, respectfully salute, and said: "The grass people Wan Kezhou has seen Lord Yang Shilang, the grass people are people from the countryside, there are rudeness, I hope Lord Shilang will not be ashamed." ”

As soon as Yang Boqing saw Wan Kezhou himself, he was really a fairy wind and a fluttering coat, as if he could stand and fly up at any time, although Wan Kezhou looked younger and more handsome than Yang Boqing, in the end, Yang Boqing still shouted with Ji Qing and called Wan Kezhou an uncle: "Uncle is too modest, we are all a family, why laugh and say, the last time my uncle visited, the younger generation had something to do outside, and I never saw each other, it was a pity." When I saw it today, my uncle was really as handsome as a fairy, and his spirit was magnificent, I will call Uncle Wan an old fairy in the future, and our family can climb up to Uncle Wan's immortal relatives, which is a blessing from the Yang family. ”

Wan Kezhou said modestly: "It's just an appearance, Lord Yang must not care too much about this, the old man is not confused, and he is not graceful, he really killed the old man." ”

Yang Boqing couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw that this middle-aged man who looked younger than himself always called himself an old man, and asked: "I heard that my uncle can refine the golden pill, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Alas, that's just a foolish thing to do when I was young, people are not crazy and vain teenagers, it's not worth mentioning."

"Uncle's words are wrong, how can alchemy be confused? Today's saints are alchemists, and today's cabinet Yan Shoufu and Xu Cifu are all vying to refine pills for the emperor. According to my uncle, isn't there a bunch of fools above the court? ”

As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there are more than half a sentence of speculation, Wan Kezhou didn't like to socialize with these bureaucrats, but now he will be pulled to the court in less than three sentences, and he will deduct a basin for you to ridicule the court out of thin air, and an unjustified disaster will come, how can it not be disgusting.

Wan Kezhou patiently explained: "The old people in the countryside don't know about the court, if they are careless and collide with the government, please ask the squire to include more." Don't be like me, a grass farmer. ”

"It's okay, it's just a joke, the family doesn't speak two words, I heard Ji Qing say that my uncle reads poetry and books a lot, and writes well. You must know that there are many ministers in the court who are called the prime minister of Qingzi, and they can't come up with the strategy of governing the country and the country, but the Qingzi written out is quite liked by the emperor, so they are soaring. If I had my uncle's talent, I would be able to enter the cabinet one day sooner or later. ”

mentioned the matter of being an official again, this Yang Boqing is really an official fan. Wan Kezhou secretly disdainful, but said: "Lord Shilang's words are wrong, the old man is just fiddling with some poems and songs, absurd and wild tunes, and I can't do one eight-strand article." Let the old decay go to the examination room, I'm afraid I won't even be able to rely on a show. ”

Mother Yang stopped her by saying, "Boqing, your Uncle Wan came to our house today to say goodbye, so don't keep talking about the topic of fame." Mr. Wan, I heard that your friend is from Zhejiang, what is Zhejiang? ”

"Mrs. Hui, it's from Taizhou, Zhejiang."

"Taizhou, Zhejiang?" Yang Boqing spoke again: "Taizhou Governor Chun Yubin, I just met in April this year, that person is not bad, he is reliable, I can write a post for him, my uncle is on his territory, and I ask him to do something convenient." ”

Wan Kezhou was shocked when he heard it, because this Chun Yubin was no one else, it was the son of his old friend Chun Yuze, he didn't want Yang Fu to know that the friend he was going to send away was the Taizhou prefect's own father, Lao Tzu, the officialdom was complicated, some officials were attached to Yan Song, and some officials were attached to Xu Jie, and the relationship between the two Korean and Chinese bigwigs was the same, Wan Kezhou didn't want the fire in the officialdom to burn to his paradise, so he excused himself and said that he didn't need to.

But Yang Jiqing, who was sitting on the side, didn't know how deep the water was in the officialdom, so he interjected and said: "Coincidentally, this old friend of Uncle Wan is also surnamed Chunyu, and it seems that he is also an official eunuch, right, Uncle Wan." ”

Wan Kezhou smiled awkwardly: "Yes, yes." ”

Yang Boqing said to himself: "Strange, last time I saw Chun Yubin, I admired his surname is rare, it is rare to see, and he also told me that this surname is relatively lonely and widowed, and he is the only one in Taizhou, and he can't find the same clan, which is very cold." Uncle Wan, it seems that your old friend must be a member of the prefect's family. ”

Wan Kezhou concealed and said: "I have been in contact with that old friend for several years, only talking about the scriptures, never talking about each other's families, and I don't know if his son and nephew can be officials. ”

Yang Boqing said very confidently: "It doesn't matter if he is a father and son or an uncle and nephew or a grandson, he must be a member of the family, since the old man of the prefect's family is about to die, then Uncle Wan will also bring a sacrifice for me." ”

Wan Kezhou agreed gloomily, he also knew that this time he couldn't hide it, Yang Boqing's protégés and former officials were all over the world, and anyone who asked could help find out, not to mention that in a few days, if Chun Yuze really crossed the crane and ran west, Chun Yubin would have to keep filial piety for three years, and then everything would be revealed.

Wan Kezhou sent his daughter to the residence of Yang's mansion, and told him: "Don't break your mother's use, it's getting colder and colder in the future, don't forget to persuade her to wear more clothes, I will write back soon when I go there, you and Xiaohe live here, you must pay attention to your words and deeds, don't be the same as in front of me, joy and anger are all shapes and colors, and I will take you back when I come ..........back."

Since the Dong'er can remember, this is the first time her father left her, the last time she left, she was still a two or three-year-old child, with her own mother to take care of, this time to leave, there are only Xiaohe and Ji Qing around her to accompany her, although they are the same age, in the end it is not as good as indulgence around their parents, so they cried so much that they couldn't stop trembling, Wan Kezhou held her in his arms, patted her back, patted her for a long time, coaxed for a long time, and stopped crying.

The mother-in-law sent by Yang's mother to help clean up the room saw this scene and went back to chew her tongue with the old lady: "Old lady, that Dong'er girl doesn't know the etiquette too much, as the saying goes, men avoid their mothers, and women avoid their fathers, they are all such a big girl's family, and they are still arching in their father's arms, which is really immoral." ”

Mother Yang was very calm: "She is not everyone's girlfriend in the first place, and I didn't ask her according to everyone's standards." The mother-in-law listened to the mother-in-law so indifferent, and they were silent.

Later, this matter still reached Ji Qing's ears, and Ji Qing was annoyed when he heard it: "These old thieves are really talkative, what does it have to do with what others do, why do they love to tell right and wrong so much, I am really afraid that the world will not be chaotic." ”

Yang Chen persuaded: "Childe, there are many people in our house, don't say it's a long-tongued woman, even a long-tongued husband has it, one thing can make them say a hundred situations, they can arrange it for you what you haven't done, and these people are all confronted face to face for this kind of tongue, and I blush for them,"

Ji Qing frowned and said: "No wonder Dong'er doesn't care about doing the outer room, there are too many things about right and wrong, grievances and grievances in the big family." Fortunately, the mother is still towards Dong'er in the end. ”

Yang Chen seconded: "Childe, either if you want to live well, you have to be thick-skinned and tough, who doesn't talk about people behind your back, who doesn't talk about people behind your back, you have to enlighten her so much when you see Miss Dong'er, there are many people in our house, and there are many things she hasn't seen in the future, so you have to be a little mentally prepared." Don't mind being hacked, you don't know who hacked it. ”

Hearing this, Yang Jiqing's heart began to overflow with boundless sorrow, and finally, he instructed Yang Chen: "Don't let their master and servant know about this matter, I am angry when I hear it, let alone herself." ”

"Don't worry, Childe, I've become accustomed to this kind of thing, Childe thinks it's rare, and I don't think it's anything unusual. It's called being weird. ”