70. Tie a plum
I don't know what Guan Yunchang's mood was when he went to the meeting alone, and what kind of mentality Liu Bang had when he participated in the Hongmen banquet, but I knew that I was not worried about being invited to speak at the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War-because I believed that he Li Zaixing was an understanding person and should not do stupid things.
Otherwise, I don't think he's any more difficult than Black Coal or Tumut.
When I went to the meeting, I had no regrets, after all, it was useless when there were too many people, and it seemed like I had a big shelf. I went out at half past nine, and before ten o'clock, I arrived at the Shangshu Mansion of the Military Department located on the north side of Prince Gong's Mansion.
When we arrived at the door, our own doorman picked up the horses, and I went into the yard one after the other.
The courtyard is very large and magnificent, with blue bricks, large tiles and red lacquer columns, and there is an endless stream of servants coming and going. I followed the butler who greeted me, and without squinting, I walked into the west courtyard where Master Li Zaixing of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War was about to receive me.
When they came to the door, they saw a man standing there. This man was eight feet tall, with three long strands of hair, dressed in civilian clothes, and looked dignified, although he was already in his forties, his demeanor was not diminished. It is the goal of my trip - Li Zaixing, the secretary of the military department, Lord Li!
When he saw me arrive, he didn't greet me like someone else, but he was not indifferent, but stood there with a smile, like a green pine, tall and unyielding! I'm really a good man! It is worthy of being a fierce general who fought in the east and west back then! Confucian generals!
So I strode forward, stopped when there were still five steps left on both sides, smiled and looked at Li Zaixing for a moment, and then gave a military salute and said, "Junior Sun Qilan, see Master Li!"
Li Zaixing returned a military salute, but said with a smile: "You gave a military salute, but you call yourself a junior, why is this?"
I said: "The military salute is a respect for your past achievements; Calling the younger generation shows the identity of the visit today. "It means that I respect you, but I am not afraid of you, both in terms of attitude and posture.
What I said was neither humble nor arrogant, and Li Zaixing, who listened, nodded secretly. Today, sycophants are like carp crossing the river, but there are very few people who dare to say this to themselves. Look at me again, my face is calm, not cowardly, but even more joyful, and said with a smile: "Heroes are teenagers!" Please! ”
As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation into the room.
I also said, "Senior, please!"
As he spoke, he made a gesture of please and took two steps forward. Li Zaixing was overjoyed, came over and pulled me, and the two of them entered the West Courtyard together. The housekeeper went to the other courtyard with no regrets, and someone greeted him.
Inside is a very large small square yard, the courtyard gate faces east, a total of three rooms, the northeast and southeast corners of the courtyard are all kinds of plum blossoms. Now it is early winter, the plum blossoms are blooming, and a green pine in the middle of the yard is contrasting with the plum blossoms.
Seeing me stop to enjoy the flowers, Li Zaixing smiled and said, "It's all planted by the little girl in her spare time." This kid is not good for other bonuses, only this plum blossom! ”
I smiled and said, "There are a few plums in the corner, and Ling Han opens them alone." I know that it is not snow, but there is a dark fragrance. Mei Lan Zhu Ju, plum blossom is the head of the four gentlemen, presumably Ling Ai is a very stylish person! ”
When Li Zaixing heard this, he smiled dumbly and said: "If you can see it later, I will let you see the little girl's bones!" ”
I didn't know how to answer this, so I could only smile and say nothing. Li Zaixing stopped talking and took the lead into the main room of the West Courtyard.
When the curtain was lifted and entered, there was a small table in the room, on which was a pot of wine, and four or five dishes were covered by a hedge. The two of us sat opposite each other, Li Zaixing lifted the fence with a smile, and said with a smile: "This is made by a little girl." This child, in addition to cooking, is like a woman, and the rest ...... Alas, don't mention it! Come on, come on! Eat vegetables! ”
I fixed my eyes and saw that there were four dishes and one soup - called Huatongzi chicken, Hangzhou Dongpo meat, casserole fish head tofu, Longjing shrimp, and a pot of osmanthus fresh chestnut soup. As soon as the fence was lifted, my stomach gurgled with the smell of the dish. Li Zaixing didn't speak, just picked up the wine jug with a smile, poured me a cup of Shaoxing rice wine that was hot inside, and said with a smile: "In winter, rice wine with wolfberry, astragalus, and raisins is boiled, which is the most heart-warming and nourishing!" Come on! Try! ”
I know he has something to say, but since he is not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, and he raised a glass to touch, the aroma of wine overflowed, I couldn't help it anymore, a glass of wine in the stomach, suddenly felt warm in the stomach, from the stomach to the tongue, and then to the dough, I felt a wave of heat rise!
I laughed and said, "Good wine!" ”
Li Zaixing smiled: "Come and eat!" Don't just drink! Saying that, he took a pair of chopsticks and gave me Dongpo meat: "The Dongpo meat made by the little girl is the most expressive, try it!" ”
I hurriedly picked up the bowl and took it, the aroma was fragrant, the color was ruddy, and I took a chopstick to the entrance, wow, it was really crispy and fragrant, fat but not greasy!
I praised it repeatedly: "This Dongpo meat is the best I've ever tasted!" ”
Li Zaixing said with a smile: "If you see the little girl, don't you dare to say that!" This kid is going to jump again, blame me for always saying that she doesn't look like a girl! ”
I can't help but be stunned, they all say that being a father's favorite girl, this Lord Li has a unique understanding of his daughter! So I diverted the topic and said: "Ling Ai's cooking skills are really unique, but I don't know, why do you only cook Hangzhou food?" ”
Li Zaixing put down his chopsticks and sighed: "In the past, I was an official in the sea area, and my superior, Qi Jiguang, was each other's horns to jointly exterminate the Japanese invaders. My daughter was very active when she was born, and when she was seven or eight years old, she became more and more naughty, she didn't like red clothes and loved arms, she danced knives and guns all day long, and always went to the sailor to be naughty! Learning to dive today, and learning to command and fight tomorrow is really a moment of peace. ”
Then he sighed and said: "But after coming and going, I was very familiar with the military merchants along the coast of Hangzhou, so I learned this only female worker and came back!" Otherwise, hey, hey, you can only be a boy! ”
said and sighed again: "Now this child is almost sixteen years old, but he is still naughty all day long, last time he said a personal family, who knew that this child proposed that unless she surpasses her in martial arts, she will not marry!" How many boys are her opponents? So it ...... Alas! ”
As he spoke, the curtain was lifted with a hula! A figure rushed in with a faint fragrance, and said in a crisp voice: "Daddy, you slander your daughter's reputation like this again!" People are just more lively, so you don't have to say things like women! I want you to pay it! ”
When I turned my head to look, I saw a young woman standing in the doorway.
When you look closely, the woman is tall, with her half-length hair delicately leaning on it, and her skin is a healthy color; willow eyebrows, big eyes, light makeup painted between the eyebrows, smart eyes seem to be able to speak; The bridge of the nose is high, and the small lips are slightly upturned, as if smiling rather than smiling.
The girl was wearing a white gown inside, a samurai vest with black and gold trim and red flowers, and a big red cloak diagonally on the outside! Stopping there, it is just like the red plum standing proudly in the wind and snow at the door, which is pleasing to people's hearts, but the color is difficult to give.
Seeing that I was staring at her blankly, the girl tilted her head slightly and snorted, stepped forward and sat on the small chair between me and Li Zaixing, with her elbows propped on the table, her hands folded on her chest and her chin, and she looked at me and said, "You are Sun Qilan?" ”
I glanced at Li Zaixing, Li Zaixing took a sip of rice wine, lowered his eyelids, and said lightly: "Wind bones." ”
I nodded, turned to the girl and said, "Exactly, it's Sun Qilan down there!" ”
The girl asked, "Is that the Sun Qilan who defeated the Tatars?" ”
I replied, "That's that Sun Qilan!" ”
The girl asked again: "Is that the Sun Qilan who broke my brother's right right leg?" ”
I replied again: "It's that Sun Qilan!" ”
The girl Huo stood up and walked up to me, I thought she was going to take revenge on her brother, but because of Li Zaixing's face and her gender, it was not easy to move, so I could only secretly use the cold crystal trick as a precaution. Who knew that she patted me on the shoulder three times and said with a smile: "Well done!" I wanted to teach that bastard a lesson, but you did it first! ”
I couldn't help but wonder, what kind of rhythm is this? Talking back? I didn't know how to answer, but the girl said crisply: "For this, my mother is still angry with my father, right? I told my mother, your mother's forbidden street tiger, if you don't teach you a lesson, I'm afraid that you will take the Forbidden City away! ”
I couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this girl is really a cool character, but not annoying!
So I arched my hand and said: "Yesterday I did report the idea of teaching him a lesson, if I don't admit it, deny that I don't know that he is a relative of your house, that is not my style!" ”
The girl smiled and said, "I respect you as a man!" Come, I'll have a drink with you! "Saying that, I'm going to serve Li Zaixing's wine glass!
Li Zaixing pressed the wine glass and said angrily: "Huamei! There are guests here today, why are you still crazy! Spread the word, will anyone dare to ask you in the future? ”
The girl smiled evilly at Li Zaixing, made a grimace and said, "Stingy!" , Fu sat on the chair just now, squinted at me and smiled: "I am Li Huamei, the old stubborn daughter in front of you!" I have long heard that General Sun is a young hero, and when I saw it today, I was not too disappointed, but it was whiter than I imagined! ”
I was speechless and didn't know how to answer, so I could only pick up the teacup and drink it. Li Huamei came up and said mysteriously: "What my father said is right!" As for me, I usually like to dance with knives and guns, and my father often says that no one will dare to marry me in the future, but I don't want to marry that ordinary man! But what...... I think you're pretty good, so why don't you marry me! I practice martial arts with you every day! How is it? ”
Hearing this, I almost squirted out a mouthful of water, swallowed it back, and choked me coughing again and again! Li Huamei came over and patted me on the back twice, and laughed: "Look at you are also a man, why are you scared like this!" ”
Li Zaixing said angrily: "What kind of system has the girl's family become!" Not yet...... Why don't you go and see if the rest of the wine is scalded? ”
Li Huamei grinned, stood up and said lazily: "I know!" Lord Shangshu! Xiaguan will go and see! ”
After speaking, he put his hands behind his back and shook his legs to go out. Suddenly, he turned around again, walked up to me in a few steps, stretched out his hand to me, and said, "Bring it!" ”
I was stunned and said, "What? ”
Li Huamei said angrily: "Wages! ”
I was even more confused: "Wages? ”
Li Huamei pointed to the dishes on the table, tilted her chin and pouted, and said, "After eating the dishes made by Miss Ben, don't you give back the gift?" ”
Li Zaixing said angrily: "What a gift! Fix all these quirky ones! Go, go, go! ”
Li Huamei was not afraid at all, pouted, and didn't leave!
I didn't take out some things in my heart, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get rid of this female devil, and suddenly I had an idea, reached into my arms, and sure enough, there was a small box, so I gave it to her!
So he handed the box to Li Huamei with both hands! She paused for a moment and said, "What a gift!" What is it? As he spoke, he opened the box, and then let out a "wow" exclamation! With his right hand, he pinched out a string of pendants that reflected gorgeous blue light from the box!
Nothing else, it's the Tears of the Sea that I "bought" from the store yesterday!
Li Huamei's eyes are full of little stars, it seems that as long as she is a woman, she likes this kind of shiny thing! She asked intoxicated, "What's its name?"
I smiled and replied, "Tears of the Sea."
Li Huamei hummed in a daze, and asked me again, "Where did you come from?"
I replied truthfully, "I bought it from the Jade Pavilion."
Li Huamei exclaimed in surprise: "Qingyu Pavilion! Wow! No wonder it's so exquisite! ”
As soon as the words fell, his face sank, and he asked me, "You bought it?"
I wondered, didn't I just say it, so I replied briefly: "Ah!"
Li Huamei tilted her head and asked me, "Who are you going to give it to?"
I wondered, "I didn't plan to give it to anyone!" I bought it if it looked good. ”
Li Huamei suddenly pointed at me and shouted, "You don't plan to give it away, you don't plan to wear it yourself, right?" Do you have a cosmithosis? ”
I was embarrassed and asked the sky speechlessly.
Li Huamei put the tears of the sea back into the box with a disgusted expression, closed it, and said proudly: "You foolish pendant, Miss Ben is only ......"
As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly turned into a bright smile and said, "I won't want it!" Give it back to you, I don't know which girl you will harm to trap! I'm also doing the right thing for heaven! ”
After that, he lifted the curtain and ran out of the door!
Suddenly, he lifted the corner of the curtain again, stretched his head into it and said with a smile: "Brother Qilan! Thank you for the pendant! After saying that, he was gone.
In Li Zaixing's long sigh, I was left messy in the wind, with a black line......