Chapter 408: Visit
Yingying chatted with Li Xinniang for a while, and then went back to her room in the East Mansion and fell asleep. But she couldn't sleep for a long time, because her mind was full of Yue Peng's appearance. She also pondered how to vet the candidate.
The next day I went to the college, she still deliberately didn't bring books to share the table with Yue Peng, and the two of them also had a tacit understanding in class, and after class, the two talked about the poems and articles they learned in class. At noon, we ate together again. After school in the afternoon, Yingying and the little scholar went directly to Yue Peng's residence in the college, a square room, with only a wooden bed, a bamboo table and a bamboo chair, which was very shabby.
Yue Peng goes to school for free, so the living conditions are not as good as those of other students who pay tuition to go to school.
Yingying frowned at the sight of such a room.
Yue Peng said: "Brother Xian, Brother Fool feels that he is satisfied with having such a place to live in this Lin'an Mansion. ”
Ying Ying nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Brother Yue, I'll go and talk to the dean and ask him to change your room." ”
Yue Peng hurriedly stopped and said, "Thank you Brother Xian for your kindness, it's just that you need money to live in a good room." ”
"It's okay, the younger brother is here to make money for Brother Yue." Yingying said.
"How's that good? Brother Xian bought me clothes and invited me to eat and drink, and I felt that I owed too much to Brother Xian. Yue Peng said.
"Huh? Since we are good brothers, isn't my money your money? Ying Ying smiled.
But Yue Peng was really frightened, he didn't want to owe Liu Yingming too much, so he strongly objected, and said that he felt very good living in this room.
Seeing Yue Peng's repeated insistence, Yingying will forget it. Then I went home.
In this way, I went to school every day and contacted Yue Peng, and I learned more about him. Yue Peng is indeed a rare good gentleman. Because Yingying asked Yue Peng to go to Qinglou according to Liu Yong's wishes, but he strongly refused. And he also has a posture of turning his face with Yingying. and told Yingying that if she mentioned it again, then even her friends would have to do it. Yingying also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and no longer mentioned the matter.
Another time, Yingying saw that Yue Peng was in distress, so she took out 20 yuan to Yue Peng, but Yue Peng said that he would not take anything, he said that the college would give some living expenses every month, about 20 yuan, which was enough for him. Sometimes he also went to the market to sell calligraphy and paintings to earn some change.
Yue Peng didn't want money, and Yingying had no choice, so he had to invite him to a meal every once in a while. It's also a way to improve your life. In this way, Yue Peng was already embarrassed, and more than twenty days later, Yue Peng took out all his savings and invited Yingying to a meal.
Yingying wanted to pay, but Yue Peng said that he would not do anything, and this time he had to ask. I didn't have the money to go to any high-end restaurants, so I had to find a tavern. It can be regarded as a slight return to Yingying's favors. Although he will have a hard time in the future, his heart is more steady.
Yingying told Liu Yong all these things, and Liu Yong was very satisfied, so he asked Yingying to find a time to invite Yue Peng into the mansion, and after the inspection, Yingying's true identity would be revealed.
Yingying also said to Yue Peng according to her father's request: "Brother Yue, the younger brother officially invited my brother to my house as a guest. ”
Yue Peng didn't dare to refuse when he heard this, so he said, "Okay, the foolish brother must go to visit." ”
"Okay, then in three days." Ying Ying smiled, and then told Yue Peng the address of Liu's mansion, but she didn't say the word Liu's mansion. But the address is also clear, and you won't find the wrong place.
In the next three days, Yingying did not come to class, which made Yue Peng feel a little strange and worried, could it be that Liu Xiandi was sick? He began to worry and wanted to visit immediately to find out about his friend's situation, but he had already made an appointment with Liu Yingming to visit in three days, so it was not good to go in advance, which seemed a bit abrupt.
He had no choice but to spend three days in a state of extreme anxiety.
On the third day, he borrowed more than a dozen yuan from his classmates and bought a few snacks to find the address given to him by Yingying. He quickly found it, but he stood in front of the gate of Liu's Mansion and hesitated.
He looked left and right, and then at the two soldiers in front of the door, not daring to go inside. He thought to himself: "Is this Liu Yingming's home?" The address is right, the surname is also right, it seems to be right. But wouldn't it be embarrassing to get it wrong? ”
Just thinking about it, a small guy came out of the door and asked with a smile: "This Lang Jun is surnamed Yue?" ”
"Well, Xiaosheng is surnamed Yue." Arch your hand aside.
"Okay, then please come with me." The little guy waved his hand.
Yue Peng followed the little servant into the door, and thought to himself: "That's right, this must be Liu Yingming's mansion." It seems that my virtuous brother's father is a high-ranking official in the court, otherwise the house number would not be called the house. ”
The little guy directly led Yue Peng into the hall on the first floor. At this time, Liu Yongzheng was sitting on the Taishi chair, Lin Qingrou was sitting on the Taishi chair next to him, and Su Erniang and the others were sitting on the chairs on both sides.
In Yue Peng's eyes, this formation seemed to be entering the yamen hall.
Xiao Wu said directly to Yue Peng: "This is our Zuo Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty, Liu Xianggong." ”
Yue Peng was shocked when he heard it, and there was only one thought in his heart, I accidentally entered the Prime Minister's Mansion. So much so that he was stunned for a long time before he quickly bowed and bowed deeply.
Liu Yong nodded.
The little maid introduced: "These are all our wives. ”
Yue Peng hurriedly bowed one by one.
"Please be seated." Liu Yong smiled and waved his hand.
Yue Peng sat down in fear, and his eyes didn't dare to look at Liu Yong, after all, Liu Yong was the prime minister, the highest official of the imperial court. But I was thinking about him as a virtuous brother, why wasn't he there? It turned out that he was the son of the left prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty. No wonder you have a bold shot.
He also heard that today's Prime Minister Zuo is dedicated to the people, opening up sources and reducing expenditure for the imperial court, and he himself is also doing big business. This is a role model among their students, but I didn't expect to arrive at Prime Minister Zuo's house today.
"Late life was invited by Liu Yingming in the same year to come to visit." As soon as Yue Peng sat down, he got up again and handed over the two packets of dim sum to the little girl. It's a bit of a greeting!
But it's better than empty-handed.
"I don't know if this is the Prime Minister's house, please forgive Prime Minister Zuo for coming abruptly." Said on the side.
"Okay, sit down, Liu Yingming invited you here, so naturally it's not abrupt." Liu Yong said.
"But I don't know where Liu Yingming is now?" Yue Peng came to visit his classmates, so he naturally wanted to ask.
"He's out, he'll be back in a moment." Liu Yong said.
"Oh, I'll wait for him that night." Yue Peng said.
"Okay, let's get to know each other too." Liu Yong said with a smile.