The master and servant have arrived at Zhao Shengzhai's residence while talking, only to see that there is no one in the courtyard, empty and silent, dozens of phoenix tail bamboos are planted in front of the study room, and a piece of privet is planted on the east and west sides of the main hall, at this time, every branch is full of white flowers.

At this time, the big maid in the courtyard, Hongyao, saw someone coming, hurriedly greeted her from under the porch, and said, "You are the uninvited guest last night, right?" ”

Shen Fu nodded with a smile, Kankan raised his head, and saw that this red medicine girl had eyebrows across the spring mountain, her eyes were covered with autumn water, her skin was more tender than petals, her eyes were brighter than the stars and the moon, she was wearing a half-old hibiscus color Hangzhou embroidered peony jacket, and a crescent moon white cat fluttering butterfly trimmed pomegranate skirt.

"My lord is washing, and my son has to wait a while!" The red medicine warbler is singing.

Shen Fu's face was solemn, he hummed lightly, then put his hands together, straightened his waist, took out the posture of Chengmen Lixue, and waited respectfully.

In an instant, Zhao Xingzhai walked out of the hall, and saw Shen Fu standing with his head down, waiting, so as not to reprimand Hongyao for not knowing how to be hospitable.

Shen Fu couldn't bear to see Hongyao being scolded, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, don't blame, people are common, uncle is a junior, and the juniors are waiting for the elders, it is a matter of course, but this girl doesn't have a lot of reminds, and the juniors should be like this!" ”

Zhao Xingzhai listened, his face was a little kind, and he said: "Breakfast has just been put on the table, and the virtuous nephew should not have eaten yet, so it is better to sit down with the old man!" ”

When Shen Fu heard this, he hurriedly thanked him and honestly followed Zhao Xingzhai in.

The two of them sat down as guests. Zhao Xingzhai glanced at Shen Fu, and saw that he only sandwiched the dishes that were close, so he couldn't help but be polite, and said: "Abandon the simple, the meals are even simpler, the virtuous nephew is used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, I must be afraid that he can't get used to eating these!" ”

Shen Fu smiled faintly and said: "Uncle misunderstood, the younger generation has never liked big fish and meat, and it is always good to eat lightly!" ”

Zhao Xingzhai was greatly surprised, and said later: "Today, I want to go out to meet two big people, one is Ban Songxuan, the supervisor of Jiangning Mansion, and the other is Liu Xueting, the deputy supervisor of Jiangning!" These two people have very different personalities. Ban Songxuan is a tall and virtuous man, usually does not eat heavy taste, clothes do not re-pick, just bury his head in research, in Jiangning, Songjiang this area, quite famous, can be described as Mount Tai Beidou. In comparison, Liu Xueting is much inferior, not only is he greedy for wine, but he is also insatiable, and he has a bad reputation! ”

"Uncle is going to see these two people?" Shen Fu stared at Zhao Xingzhai intently and asked.

Zhao Xingzhai pondered for a moment and said calmly: "These two people are very important in the school, if you want to enter the school safely, I am afraid that you will not be able to go to visit!" After that, he looked at Shen Fu and asked: "That class of government supervisors has always cherished talents, and the virtuous nephew came from afar, but did he bring a few articles with him?" If so, it's best to give it to me, and I'll take it to the Banfu Supervisor for appreciation! ”

"Yes, before the younger generation came, my father specially told me about it!" Shen Fu replied, and hurriedly turned around and instructed Pingshun, "Go back and get it quickly!" ”

Seeing that Shen Fu was in a hurry, Ping Shun hurriedly took three steps and two steps, and ran out of the house with a smoke.

Zhao

The provincial governor let out a sigh of relief, and said: "As for this deputy eunuch, although the virtuous nephew can rest assured, this person's preferences, the old man has already figured it out!" ”

From Zhao Xingzhai's description just now, Shen Fu had heard that Liu Xueting was a villain who was greedy for ink and money, and when he saw Zhao Xingzhai looking confident, Shen Fu expected that Zhao Xingzhai must be ready to take money to give favors, so he smiled comfortably, and unhurriedly took out the twenty taels of silver prepared in advance from his sleeve, slowly put it on the surface, and said: "The younger generation is taken care of by Uncle Domeng, how dare you let your uncle break the money again?" These twenty taels of silver should be the thoughts of the younger generation! ”

Zhao Xingzhai stared at those silver taels, his glowing eyes gradually dimmed, and even a trace of coldness crossed the corners of his eyes.

"I am thinking of my friendship with your father, and I am really walking around for you, how can you pickle me with these things?"

"Uncle, don't misunderstand, these twenty taels of silver are definitely not meant to pickle you!" Shen Fu was flustered, and he almost didn't choose to speak, "Just now, my uncle said that the deputy eunuch was corrupt and unskilled, and the younger generation thought to himself, it's not strange to have many people, this silver is just begging my uncle to give me a favor!" ”

After listening to Shen Fu's statement, Zhao Xingzhai slowly calmed down and said: "I thought about it, don't bother the virtuous nephew, let's eat, as for the twenty taels of silver, I must not accept it, otherwise, where will my friendship with Ling Zun be placed for so many years?" ”

Shen Fu saw that Zhao Xingzhai's face was calm, and he knew that the misunderstanding had been resolved, and his beating heart finally calmed down, and he never mentioned twenty taels of silver.

After breakfast, Zhao Xingzhai was anxious to go out to pull relations, and Shen Fu was inconvenient to follow, so he could only hand over all the articles written by Su Ri to Zhao Shengzhai along with the silver.

Zhao Xingzhai held the gift and solemnly told Shen Fu that enrollment was just around the corner. Shen Fu didn't care, but thanked him again and again.

Not long after, Zhao Xingzhai went out on horseback.

Shen Fu felt bored, so he led Pingshun out of Zhao's house, and played in the market until the twilight of the West Mountain, and the master and servant came back.

Pushing open the door, Shen Fu saw that the room was quiet, so he hurriedly slipped in and lit the candle.

At this time, Hongxue pushed the door in, burned a piece of incense stick in the incense burner, and asked Shen Fu if he wanted to inform the kitchen to prepare supper.

Shen Fu went out for a long time, tasted the local food all over the morning, and didn't feel hungry, so he smiled and declined Hongxue's kindness.

Red Snow sneered.

Shen Fu saw that she was leaving, so he immediately made a decision and asked, "By the way, I just passed by Mr. Zhao's courtyard and found that there were still lights and candles in Mr. Zhao's house, I wonder if Mr. has come back?" ”

Hongxue replied in a soft voice: "The master came back early, and he sent someone to call Childe just now, but Childe didn't go out by chance!" ”

Shen Fuji was worried about the admission, afraid that there would be any accident in the middle, so he showed a worried look on his face at the moment, and said: "You serve Mr. Zhao every day, you should understand Mr. Zhao's living habits, I only ask you, when does Mr. generally settle?" ”

"Our lord pays attention to health, four o'clock and eight festivals, punctuality, generally speaking, as long as it is night, the lord will not call people to serve!"

Hongxue smiled.

"Over time, the people under us will also find the law, as long as the lights in the old man's room are not extinguished, it has not stopped!"

Shen Fu listened, put down the things in his hand casually, and hurriedly walked out of the house.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Hongxue hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Childe just came back from outside, it's already this time, where are you going to be a night wanderer?" ”

Shen Fu didn't look back, and said with a smile while taking light steps: "I'm not going to be a night wanderer, I'm going to see Mr. Zhao!" ”

Hongxue laughed, and looked at Shen Fu's back blankly, thinking: "Such a talent, I don't know if there is a wife at home?" If not, I would be willing to serve a broom and the well; If I have, it doesn't matter, I'm willing to be a concubine! ”

Where would Shen Fu think of Hongxue's thoughts, but he strode to Zhao Xingzhai, and Yang took the red medicine to go in.

When Zhao Xingzhai heard that he was coming, he hurriedly ordered the red medicine to bring people in, and then found a grass-gray robe and put it on, and slowly came out to greet him.

Seeing the false courtesy, they each sat down.

Zhao Xingzhai saw that Shen Fu was a little hesitant with his expression, as if he wanted to ask something, knowing that he was worried about whether he could enter the school to study, so he didn't go around in circles with him, so he opened the skylight and said brightly: "There is already eighty percent hope that you will enter Jiangning Mansion to study!" Today, the supervisor of the class government read your article and think that you have good qualifications and can be admitted, as for the deputy governor, I haven't had time to meet it, but this person has weaknesses, if the bait is heavy profit, it should not be difficult to move! ”

When Shen Fu heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you Uncle Yucheng for this, the younger generation is grateful!" ”

Zhao Xingzhai saw him smiling, and couldn't help but reveal his heart: "Virtuous nephew doesn't have to be polite, I only take the lead in the middle of this matter, at most it can be regarded as throwing bricks and leading the way, after all, your article is done well, otherwise, things will not go so smoothly!" ”

Shen Fu bowed his head in shame.

Zhao Xingzhai thought that Shen Fu would go out without saying hello during the day, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, so he opened his mouth and asked: "By the way, just now I sent Hongyao to Huixiangyuan to look for you, Hongyao said that you are not in the room, where did the virtuous nephew go?" ”

Shen Fu saw him asking, so he had to say frankly: "The younger generation has just arrived, and there are still many things I don't know about the customs and customs of Jinling, so I want to take advantage of these few days to travel and travel more, so as to increase my knowledge in case of future needs!" ”

"Well, you have a good idea!" Zhao Xingzhai tasted a sip of Longjing tea, and said with a faint smile: "Entering the country is prohibited, and entering the country is prohibited!" You are young and want to know more about the local customs and social conditions, which is reasonable, but you need to be careful and don't go to those remote and remote places that no one has set foot in, otherwise, in case there is a good one, I will not be able to explain it to your father! ”

Shen Fu said with a calm face: "The younger generation should remember my uncle's teachings!" ”

"This is the article you sent this morning, I asked the Banfu supervisor to keep it up, he has read them one by one, and also made annotations on it, you take it back and read it slowly, review the old and learn the new, and you will eventually benefit!" Zhao Xingzhai said as he pursed his lips, "Now it seems that

There is no big problem on the side of the class superintendent, tomorrow we will only see how the deputy superintendent is doing! ”

Shen Fu respectfully took the stack of rice paper, and said grovelly: "Uncle has worked tirelessly for the younger generation, and the younger generation is really unable to repay it!" ”

"Don't go out of the way!!" Zhao Xingzhai quickly helped Shen Fu up, then turned around and sat on the Huanghuali chair, and said with a smile: "Now that the matter is halfway done, the virtuous nephew should also take care of it from now on and review his homework as soon as possible, so as not to enter school in the future and fall behind!" ”

Shen Fulian claimed that it was, and saw that Zhao Xingzhai had no explanation, so he retreated.

Back to the other courtyard, Shen Fu saw that the magnolia flowers in the courtyard were elegantly pigmented and smelly, and he spontaneously had a heart to splash ink and paint, so he quickly opened the door, put a bookcase in the window, and then painted in the wind.

It just so happened that he had just finished a soak of night urine and was about to return to the room to rest, when he saw the window of the hall open. Smooth and coarse, for fear that Shen Fu would forget to close the window and catch a cold at night, so he hurriedly walked a few steps to the window.

Just as he was about to close the window, he suddenly saw a dark hand stretched out. He was originally timid, but when he saw this terrifying scene, he almost frightened his soul away, so he exclaimed, stumbled, and hurriedly ran away against the wall.

Shen Fu was also frightened when he heard the movement, but he was familiar with the voice, so he had the courage to poke his head out. After taking a look, Shen Fu saw that he was smoothly touching the root of the wall, climbing and running, and immediately leaned forward and backward with laughter, unable to close his mouth.

When Pingshun heard the laughter, he hurriedly turned around, and saw that it was his young master standing behind the window, Pingshun immediately stood up again, patted his chest, and relieved the tension in his heart.

"My grandfather, in the middle of the night, you don't sleep, why do you paint your hands black and black, and run out to scare the little one?"

Shen Fu glanced at him and said with a smile: "What about me, didn't you sleep too?" ”

Pingshun sighed helplessly, bypassed a few clumps of cannas, hurriedly entered the room, thoughtfully made a basin of water, and served it to Shen Fu with his own hands.

Shen Fu closed the window with his elbow, turned around and washed the ink on his hands, and then wiped his hands while saying to Pingshun: "I went to see Mr. Zhao just now, and Mr. told me that the enrollment can be expected, and I estimate that it will be a matter of the past few days, so don't wander around, pack our luggage as soon as possible, and save yourself from rushing to leave!" ”

"We live here well, so why bother moving around?" When Pingshun heard that he was going to move his nest, he was not very happy.

Shen Fu glanced at him and sighed: "Mr. Zhao attaches great importance to his friendship with his father and is very thoughtful and meticulous to me, but he always feels uncomfortable living in other people's homes, so it is better to enroll in school as soon as possible and leave here as soon as possible!" ”

Pingshun nodded, and said: "The master is here properly, and he should also send a letter back to the house, so as not to worry the old lady!" ”

Shen Fu's face was full of approval, and he immediately picked up the pen to write a letter, thanks to Pingshun's advice: "Ye Er is going to write a letter, don't be so anxious, the left and right will be free in the next two days, right now, the night is also deep, Ye Er should rest early, and boil it carefully."

Body! ”

Shen Fuhan said with a smile: "You are becoming more and more interested in me, in the past, I didn't see you so serious!" ”

Pingshun touched his head and said with a smile: "Since the father promised the little one, he would personally go to the little one to say goodbye, the little one is grateful, and he always wants to repay one or two, but the master also knows that the small ability is limited, and the small heart has more than enough strength to do it, and he can only do his best in daily life!" ”

Shen Fu was silent, just slowly and methodically packed up the manuscripts on the table, and then saw the moon gradually rising and the Milky Way in the sky, and hurriedly expelled Pingshun out.

(End of chapter)