After the beginning of winter, the weather is not as cold as in previous years, the sunny and sunny weather for most of the year not only makes people have the illusion of a small spring in March, they have taken off their thick cotton robes and fur furs to put on jackets, and even the peach trees in the Dongshan Col outside the capital have spit out flower bones, attracting all kinds of literati and guests in the capital to call friends and Ji to hug each other, vying to witness this rare early spring. But the incomprehensible style of God is always against people, the three sons of the plain Jiang Li two talented people in the front foot of the poem to sing and harmonize, with the tea poems and paintings of the three unique stage names of the world, and the three sons of the plain of the same name of the new work of the monk "Spring Tour to Nanshan" ink has not dried, the back foot of the lead gray thick clouds have been swept across the sky, a confused and dim, the wind with pieces of goose feather snow crazy whirling, immediately stirred the world into a dizzy. No one can walk in this weather; The large crowd of people who came to Huaiguna New were stopped by the wind and snow, and they rushed into the town of Xiaoluo at the foot of the mountain. The market town, which had been quiet for decades, came alive in an instant. These merry and handsome people, including relatives, friends, and servants, brought four or five hundred, plus mules and horse vehicles, and the town's large and small inns and horse shops were overcrowded. Some people have quick brains and legs, and when they enter the town, they go straight to the official post station. Although according to the imperial court system, they are not qualified to live in this place specially for officials, but they can always get a place where they can spend a lot of copper coins, and it is better to rely on them than to squeeze in a hotel. Those who are more interested in the spring have changed the spring to enjoy the snow, and sent people to the big market to invite celebrity chefs, the wind and snow outside are tight and colorful, and the house is drunk and singing, and the chanting is endless......

The snow lasted for a day and a night, and it didn't gradually light down until around noon the next day. The earth has long been white. At a glance, the mountains and ravines, the fields and canals, and the rooftop courtyards are full of chaotic snow worlds.

Xiaoluo is a common market town on the plain, an official road runs through the east and west, and more than ten tea shops and wine shops are lined up high and low along both sides of the official road; The others are ordinary houses with wooden walls and mud walls. Most of the people living in this town are the family members of the craftsman camp of the Ministry of Industry in the east of the town, one end holds the salary of the Ministry of Industry, and the other uses family handicraft to earn a salary in a private workshop, so most of the family's days are very stable and quiet. Today was supposed to be a fair, but because the snow had not stopped and the local area had not yet had time to clear the road, there were few pedestrians on the street, even though the shops on both sides of the street were open.

It was almost noon, and the snow had not stopped, and the snowflakes the size of broad beans were still falling. The clanging of iron was no longer heard in the artisan's camp on the east side; Every house is burning at noon, and the air is filled with the smell of stove fires. There was a cry of playful cheer from somewhere in the back street, and then a wild dog burst out of the corner with a head of snow on its head, startling the wild cat that was rummaging and planing in a pile of snow-covered garbage on the side of the street; Wildcats blow up their dirty fur, whining menacingly in their throats, and desperately dance their bony paws to protect their "lunch". But it was clearly no match for the wild dog, and seeing that its threats and protests were ineffective, it ran away with something it didn't know what it was......

Just as the wild dogs were happily enjoying their lunch on the garbage heap, a man came out of a thrift store on the other side of the street. The light cyan cotton robe indicates that this is a nine-grade micro official; It's just that you can't see whether the silver nails on his belt are single or double, which makes it difficult to tell whether he is a positive ninth rank or a subordinate ninth rank. He lowered his head, bent his waist, as if he was full of thoughts, and his feet were also in a hurry, and the clogs of the snow touched the stone path under the snow, making a continuous clicking sound, which was particularly clear in the silence.

"Brother Gongdu!" Someone was shouting on the side of the street.

But this nine-rank official didn't stop as if he hadn't heard it.

"Yang Gong! Yang Gongdu! The man shouted again.

Yang Heng sighed secretly, stopped, raised his head and glanced at the place where the voice came from, as if he had just seen the person standing on the steps of the post house, his face was both surprised and abrupt, and he squeezed out a smile and arched his hand and said, "It's Wanggong!" I don't know if it's because it's freezing or other reasons, his face is a little red, and his eyes can't help but dodge the inquiring gaze of Yicheng Tan Wang, and he smiled dryly and said, "Wanggong, I'm short of money these days, I owe you money, and when the annual salary before the holiday is paid, I will definitely pay it back in full......"

Tan Wang waved his hand generously and said with a smile: "A few thousand dollars is nothing, it is rare that Gongdu still thinks about it every day." I've said it many times, and I'm not in a hurry to use the money, so you can use it first, and when you have a lot of money, it's not too late to pay me back. As he spoke, he walked down the steps and whispered closer, "I just saw you enter Wang Ji's old goods one by one, and sell them again?" ”

Yang Heng swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a bitter face and did not deny it. It's not a glorious thing, he doesn't have the cheekiness to tell anyone else!

"Our old lady is sick again?"

Yang Heng smiled bitterly. His old lady has a cough and a tight heart, and the diagnosis of gold decoction can not be broken all year round, the weather has changed greatly in the past few days, and it is suddenly warm and cool, and the old man can not stand this toss, and the problem has become more and more serious since the middle of the night last year, and he coughed for half a night. At dawn today, he went out in the snow and asked the doctor to prescribe two decoctions, but after paying the consultation fee, he had no money to catch the medicine, so he had no choice but to sell one of his wife's thick silver bracelets for money......

Tan Wang frowned and thought about it, then suddenly reached out and took out a two-tael official silver slip from his pocket, stuffed it into Yang Heng's hand, and said, "You can use this first!" ”

Yang Heng was taken aback by Tan Wang's generous actions. He was like pinching a hot coal, and hurriedly handed the silver pot back, and said in his mouth: "Wanggong, this is absolutely unacceptable!" You are also a person who drags your family, and there are more than a dozen people in the family who are counting on your salary...... "He and Tan Wang are just general friends, and the previous borrowing money was also met by Tan Wang, and he regretted it for a long time afterwards, but his situation was embarrassing, and he hurriedly couldn't pay back the money, otherwise he wouldn't want to have any dealings with Tan Wang, who is said to be recommended by a certain clan royal family to be an official? Although he is a member of the Ministry of Works, after all, he is in charge of an inner workshop that makes bows and crossbows...... The consequences are unimaginable!

Tan Wang stuffed the silver basket back and said, "Don't worry, take it!" One by one, I still have it here! He took out two more silver pots from his arms, knocked one in one hand, and grinned, "Last night, there were distinguished guests in the inn, and there were five or six silver ingots, and I kept them, and let the brothers below take the rest." ”

Yang Heng was holding the silver basket in his hand, his face was red and white, and he was speechless. Only then did he know that Tan Wang was really a warm-hearted person, and he didn't succumb to befriending him because he fell in love with Neifang. He's wrong to blame someone!

Tan Wang saw that he didn't speak, and thought that the money was still not enough, so he stuffed the two silver slips over, reached out and took out a piece of gold with a thumb-sized Huang Chengcheng, and said with a smile: "I still have this here." Just now an officer from the north came in, don't look at the person who is only a seven-rank captain, but he is full of pomp and pomp, and said that he wanted the restaurant to send a first-class banquet, and he stretched out his hand and threw me a piece of gold. I won't hide it from you, brother, I have been working in this Xiaoluoyi for six or seven years, and I don't know how many foreign officials have passed through the accommodation from here to do business, and we have done our best to do our best, and when we leave, we have rewarded two strings of one string, some have rewarded half a piece of cloth and a few feet of brocade, and there are also silver, but you can buy a table and throw a piece of gold on the table, or the first time you see one by one, these old soldiers from the north are really generous! ”

Yang Heng returned the two silver squirrels to him and said, "This one is enough, no matter how much it is, it won't be useful." Hope for the public's kindness, Heng has no teeth and never forget! After speaking, he clenched his fists and saluted again, and without waiting for Tan Wang to return the salute, he turned around and stepped on the snow high and low.

Tan Wang was about to catch up, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves and the creaking of the spokes of the wheels in the west, and four warm-up cars and a rack car carrying goods slowly came along the official road that was tightly covered by snow. In order to protect against snow and cold, the cotton curtains of the four car warmers were lowered, and it was not clear who was sitting in the car. When he got closer, he saw that in addition to the coachman on the wheel of the first carriage, a postman he had sent out early in the morning to pick up people was also there, and there was a six-edged crimson moulle lantern hanging next to the carriage of the carriage, so he knew that the important person he was waiting for had arrived. He didn't care about chasing Yang Heng anymore, so he quickly stood on the side of the road with a smile, patted the falling snow on his shoulder, dressed up, and waited to greet the guests.

Without waiting for the carriage to stop, the poster jumped to the ground, and his face was full of uncontrollable joy and came over and said, "Tan Tou, the show lady is here!" ”

Tan Wangli ignored the guy who was almost grinning to the back of his head, and bowed his hand to the Hu Nuxiu Niang who got out of the car, and said respectfully and respectfully: "Ping, Pingyuan Tan Wang, I have seen and seen the beautiful lady of Yuxinfang......" Because he was too excited, he was now a little stuttering even when he spoke.

Xiuniang, who was wearing a hood and a fox fur, bowed her head and returned the salute: "The inner teaching workshop escorted Xiuniang to see Lord Tan." Xiuniang was frightened, and the adults were tired to welcome her. ”

Tan Wang's mouth was bigger than that of the poster, and his eyes had narrowed into a slit. Xiuniang from Yanshan is the most amazing red-card kabuki in the capital at the moment, and her specialty is the singing book "Fuhu Monk" and the major key "General Order", which is already popular with half the sky, and even today is Jinkou Yuyan praises it loudly, I don't know how many princes and nobles want to see her and listen to her songs; Now listening to her respect herself as an adult, and confessing to herself, she has long been so happy that she can't even distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and she says that she doesn't dare to be a person and can't stand it.

At this time, the people in the other three warm cars all came down, except for Xiu Niang's Fengqin girl and two drum bells accompanying her, the other two cars were eight dancing girls and two chefs from the Lantern Market twenty miles to the west. Speaking of which, these dancing chefs who can be invited to perform for your guests today are not urgently unknown, like the female chef Feng Qiniangzi is the famous "taste seal" in the Central Plains, and the dancing girl Thirteen Qiao, who is said to be the confidant of Luoyang's talented man Qian Li; But when they compare with the current popular Xiuniang, they immediately look a lot inferior.

Tan Wang and everyone have seen it, and he lowered his voice and instructed first: "Tan Mou warned everyone: today's guests are not only Jiang Ting and Li Xian, two scholars, but also Princess Nanyang and He Tu Monk, all of whom are walking in the workshop, more or less should have heard some rumors, wait for the next hall to speak, pay attention to yourself, don't cause trouble and cause everyone to suffer and suffer!" ”

Recently, rumors have spread that Princess Nanyang and the great monk He Tu are everywhere, and they are also here?

Everyone's expressions were all grim, their lips tightened, they looked at each other and nodded silently, but no one had any extra words......