Lin An felt that since he entered the Zou family and started to be a long-term follower for his master, he had good luck.

First of all, when he transplanted ginkgo trees, he was appreciated by the lord and became the steward of the Zou family, and there were more than a dozen people under him who had to look at their faces. After his wife drove someone out that day, he had selfish intentions again, called his mother-in-law from the countryside to make up for the shortage, and got a living with less work and more money. Her daughter won the favor of her wife again, and became the first powerful maid after Aunt Zhou, and her monthly money was about the same as what she got, not counting the various things that the masters rewarded her on weekdays. I heard from my daughter that Mrs. recently revealed that she was going to send her son to Mrs. Zhuangzi's maiden house to take charge of affairs. From now on, the family doesn't have to go back to the countryside to bask in the sun, every time he thinks of this, Lin An feels that his hard days of more than 40 years have finally come to an end, and his face is full of red all day long.

At noon on this day, Lin An went to King Ning's Mansion with his master for a banquet, and only saw the beast-headed gate outside from a distance, and knew that Lin An was not qualified to enter with this status, and only waited in the gatehouse prepared by the entourage of the palace for guests.

Lin An had been here a few times, and he was very familiar with the people in the gatehouse, and he was sitting at the end, and the entourage who went to the banquet with his master like them and other mansions were gagging, and they were so red in the face and red in the face that they were spitting everywhere. It was August, and the heat was unbearable, and more than a dozen people were inside and couldn't care about anything else, wiping sweat and fanning the wind with their clothes bare-chested.

"Where is Zou Kongmu's family? Come here!"

Suddenly, I saw a few people dressed as chamberlains running around, and a few of them were carrying a large gold utensil, and when they arrived at the gatehouse, they carefully placed them on the ground, lest they bump into them.

The people in the room were so frightened that they hurriedly sorted out their clothes and came out, so they invited them into the house, dusting the husks on the seats, and pouring tea, so they were not busy.

The head of the chamberlain waved his hand and said, "But I don't have that time to drink tea, what about Zou Kongmu's family?" ”

A few subordinates hurriedly got out of the way, Lin An was so frightened that his face was like dirt, and he stepped forward tremblingly, he didn't know what was going on, anyway, it must have something to do with his master!

But don't be the old man who got drunk in it and collided with the nobles, how about this group of people who want to make fun of me?

No matter what Lin An was thinking, I saw the waiter smile and said, "You are Lin Steward, right?" Your lord got a box of ice from the prince, saying that it was for your pregnant wife to cool off, and you want you to take us to Zou's house quickly, otherwise if this ice melts, we won't be able to eat it and walk around!"

Lin An breathed a sigh of relief, and walked out of the corner gate with the waiter with joy, and instructed the sedan chair man who was waiting outside for the master to return to the house, not to always think about avoiding the summer and being lazy.

Several people hurriedly got into the carriage of the palace and went all the way to the Zou family, although there were many pedestrians on the road, the carriage did not have the slightest intention of slowing down. Lin An was riding a carriage for the first time in his life, and his heart was abrupt, he opened the curtains, and saw the pedestrians on the road rushing to avoid them one by one as if they were seeing some kind of flood beast, and felt that he had rarely borrowed the palace to play a great prestige.

Seeing that the car is not as luxurious as it is said in the play, I think it is just an ordinary carriage for the next person in King Ning's mansion, but why is it so cool in this car? couldn't help but be curious, and said: "This father-in-law, the little one is really lucky to be able to sit in the carriage of the palace." If you want to say that there are really any devices in the palace that are of the highest quality, even this carriage is also expensive, and it looks ordinary on the outside, but it is cold and swishing inside!"

The waiter at the head didn't speak, just pursed his lips and smiled, and a young eunuch on the side looked fast, lightly clasped the big gold utensils placed on the carriage, and sneered: "Huh! Look at this, this is Bingjian, it's all ice! Otherwise, how could it be so cool in the car!"

Lin An hurriedly stopped, afraid that he would say the wrong thing again, provoke them to laugh, and make people look down on them. Under his heart, he was beating drums, and his eyes were staring at the ice like brass bells.

On this hot day, where did they get the ice from the palace?

In less than two sticks of incense, the carriage arrived in front of the Zou family, Lin An hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, and said: "Don't dare to work a few, find someone for the small one." ”

Then he beckoned the little man who was guarding the door to leave a few fathers-in-law to drink a cup of herbal tea before leaving, and called three mothers-in-law, and one of his own mothers-in-law, a total of four people, each with the round handle on the ice jian, and sent it to the second door.

Seeing this, the waiter in the carriage didn't bother to get out of the carriage to drink tea, so he ordered the coachman to leave quickly while the cool air in the car was still dissipating.

"Oh, what kind of thing is this, why is this cold in your hands?"

Seeing the rare appearance of his mother-in-law, and in front of outsiders, he couldn't help showing off, and his voice also rose, and he said proudly: "This is a device from the palace, and the gold is expensive!" There is a big ice ballast in it, and being able to touch it is a blessing for you to rest for several lifetimes!"

Lin An opened his mouth and coaxed the four uninformed mothers-in-law into a fog, and he hurriedly tightened his hands in a panic, for fear of knocking it off.

I heard it too, and I couldn't help but be curious. It's not winter, where does the ice come from?

Lin An and his entourage arrived outside the main house, and only the mother-in-law carried Bingjian into the house. At that time, Ying'er was fanning Mrs. Kang, her hair was stuck to her forehead, and she didn't have time to straighten it.

Mrs. Kang was crooked on the kang and talking to Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhou was making a small dress for a baby in her hand, and when she saw her mother-in-law carrying a boxy big gold vessel, she asked what was going on?

I also listened carefully, only to see Lin An standing sideways outside the house and replying, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Hui, Mrs. Auntie, this is called 'Bingjian', there is ice in it, it is the coolest, it was rewarded to the master by His Royal Highness King Ning, and the little one was brought to the wife to cool off." ”

King Ning? It turned out to be the "Broken Prince".

I remember the scholar mentioned that he was the son of the emperor, and he was the third oldest in order of age. When he was a child, he was inadvertently injured in the face by the later prince during play, because the wound was too deep, no matter how much medicine the imperial doctor used, he couldn't erase the scar on his face. Since then, he has been lazy all day long, and in recent years, he has become more and more secluded.

Although it took me a lot of effort to figure out who the "emperor" and "prince" were, I understood the title of "prince of broken phase" once.

Everyone in the house was happy when they heard Lin An's words, of course, the most joyful should be Ying'er, who had been fanning for a long time. Mrs. Kang asked again, "Do you know when the master will come back?" ”

Lin An smiled: "If it's usual, I'll be back in just one or two hours." Mrs. relaxed, the little one had already instructed Lai San who carried the sedan chair to do it, and it didn't matter. ”

It's just that today is different from the past, King Ning actually kept the scholar and returned for dinner.

When the scholar came back, it was already three o'clock, and he didn't say much to anyone, so he asked Mrs. Kang and Aunt Zhou to rest first, only took a pot of wine, and did not allow others to come, and sat on the stone bench under the ginkgo, sometimes touching my bark twice, and pouring wine one by one......

I saw the abnormality of the scholar today, and knew that he had something on his mind, so I waited quietly for him to speak.

"Brother Tree, Brother Tree, don't look at you all over the body and are rough, but I know that the core of the tree inside you must be smooth and smooth. Now I know that His Royal Highness King Ning is the same as you - the core is not broken. You say, "Why do I know?"

The scholar looked up at the crescent moon, his eyes were misty, and he seemed to have infinite thoughts.

"Today's wine banquet has risen, and there are few sober people on the field, and then the shooting and overturning wine order is carried out. The answer to my riddle is the word 'water', and I say a riddle - 'autumn'. Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness shot the word 'pool', and pointed to the small pool outside the pavilion, saying: 'Although my pool is shallow, it also has the beauty of shallowness!' As soon as he finished speaking, the wine turned sour!"

"Hehe, 'When the people are in the water in the small pool, there is no harm in the shallow place, there is a Wolong.'" ”

The scholar sat down and added a glass of wine, took two sips, took out a small piece of paper from his arms and rubbed it for a long time, spread it out, it was the word "pull", he stared at the palm of his hand with blazing eyes, and muttered: "King Ning ordered someone to pass down the pen and paper, and said: 'When this king comes, you will write down what you have shot on the paper, and only this king will read it, and then drink a cup together. In this way, if you guess wrong, no one will know, and you won't cause jokes. He wrote a reply to all the people, and passed it on, until I was the word 'pull'. I guessed at a glance, it's a 'cloud', 'The young man's heart should be in the clouds, who reads the cold and sits on the woo." ’”

"Brother Tree, do you know what I shot? Hahaha! The scholar came up drunk, and pointed at the sky frantically, only to hear an angry cry, "'Black'!"

"'The black clouds turned over the ink and did not cover the mountains, and the white rain jumped into the boat.' Big husband, have big ambitions!"

The scholar's voice was generous and powerful, as if he had spit out all the qi in his chest, and he savagely broke a small branch of a tree and danced in the courtyard, showing his madness, and he was no longer as polite as before. At this moment, the scholar seems strange and unruly!

When the branch was broken off by the scholar, it hurt, but I could clearly feel the satisfaction of the scholar. I also noticed this satisfaction when the scholar learned that Mrs. Kang was pregnant.

After dancing for a while, the scholar lost the branch and staggered to the back room where Qiao'er lived.

No, it's not! These two kinds of satisfaction are not the same!

What's the difference? I do not know.

I don't know? I only know that I would like to see the things that make the scholar feel satisfied, and even if he becomes crazy, he is still the scholar who tied a strip of cloth to me......