Guan Zhuofan invited them to drink, firstly, to express his gratitude, and secondly, to take this opportunity to take a look at these sentry commanders under him—people often show their true side after drinking.

That Eshibo is purely a sycophant, and most of them have no real skills. Daniel Zhang is a person who has courage, but he is also a little banditry, and if he uses it in the right place, he also has his own strengths. And the sentry chief surnamed Ding, although he is not very good at getting into trouble, but he is stocky and steady, and his strength is introverted, but Guan Zhuofan is the one who looks at Haode the most, and he is ashamed that he forgot other people's names.

was judging in his heart, as soon as the curtain of the elegant seat was lifted, the head of the hall came in, nodded and smiled: "It's not interesting to drink dry, Boss Zhang ordered, ask Xiao Tangchun to serve two small songs to a few masters." He turned around and raised the curtain and said, "Please come in." ”

In was a girl holding a pipa in her hand, who made a blessing to several guests, smiled lightly, saw that her lips were red and her teeth were white, and her forehead was full of bangs, which were black and neat. The eyes of several sentry commanders were bright, and Daniel Zhang smiled even more: "Guan Qianzong, this is your face again, Tangchun girl is easy not to make a note, this time we have ears." ”

Guan Zhuofan knew that this Xiao Tangchun must be a courtesan from a nearby Qingyin small class, invited by Boss Zhang. He was originally a music blind, not to mention the small songs of this era, but he didn't want to sweep everyone's interest, so he said that he would listen to a few songs randomly.

Who knew that the sound of the pipa was really like a clear spring dingdong, and the ringing of pearls and greens immediately suppressed everyone's laughter, and even Guan Zhuofan stopped drinking and listened to it. Xiao Tangchun started to play this paragraph, his lips opened slightly, and he was about to start singing, but he heard a cheer from next door: "Okay!" ”

This sound is good, and the scenery is ruined. Xiao Tangchun's face changed color slightly, and when he pressed his slender five fingers on the string, the sound of the pipa was cut off.

Dafan is in the restaurant, and invites singers to sing, mostly to help the fun. If the guests next to him are happy to listen and cheer, the host will not only not be annoyed, but will also feel that it is a very face-saving thing. But there are rules for cheering, and you always have to wait for the song to end before you can speak out. And Fang Cai's praise is like punching the chest when others are ready to attack, not only is it incomprehensible, but it is simply applauding.

Before Guan Zhuofan could speak, Daniel Zhang had already raised his voice and scolded: "Wang bastard, do you understand the rules?" ”

The person next door seemed to know that he was at a loss and stopped squeaking.

"Come on, don't bother with him." Guan Zhuofan persuaded Daniel Zhang, "Miss Tangchun, ignore him, let's do it again." ”

"Yes, I'll change the tune." Xiao Tangchun put away the unhappiness, thought about it concentratingly, waved his wrist lightly, and started with a set of wheel fingers, which was as urgent as dense rain, and instantly recalled everyone's thoughts back to the song. After the prelude was played, everyone was inexplicably nervous, for fear that there would be another "good" next door, and they were all relieved until Xiaotang Chun started singing. A group of martial artists, listening to her Wu Nong's soft language, sang the Jiangnan minor tune glutinously, and couldn't help but feel crispy to the bones.

Who knew that when he sang the third sentence "The most sultry spring is in front of the willow flowers", the person next door suddenly howled and cried.

At this moment, even Guan Zhuofan was angry - isn't this a deliberate disturbance? Interrupted: "Pick him up for me!" The three sentinels had been waiting for Mr. Qian's words for a long time, pushed away the chairs and rushed out. I only heard a burst of shouting and scolding next door, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, Daniel Zhang and the sentry chief surnamed Ding walked in with a person on the left and right, and beat him to the ground, and Eshibao followed in.

"It's this guy," Daniel Zhang said hatefully, "a person who drinks is not honest, and comes to disturb the Qingxing of the masters!" ”

Guan Zhuofan took a closer look and saw that this person was in his thirties, thin, disheveled, struggling to get up from the ground, drunk and bowing, but his mouth was still shouting: "I am a lifter, you can't be rough." ”

"!" Daniel Zhang spat on the ground and pulled him on the chest, "There are thousands of lifters in the capital, and there are not many of you who are poor and sour!" "Raise your hands and fight.

"Hey-" Guan Zhuofan heard him say that he was a lifter, stopped Daniel Zhang, forced him to look at him, and said: "Since you are a reader, you should know the etiquette law, weishenme shouting and disturbing others?" ”

"I suddenly heard the hometown sound, touched the nostalgia, this is the true temperament, how can it violate the etiquette law?" The man was holding his neck and refused.

Guan Zhuofan couldn't talk about him, he was angry and funny: "Homesickness, homesickness, homesickness every day and not returning to your hometown, what are you doing in the capital?" The next subject will be examined, but I'm afraid it's still early. ”

Seeing that although Guan Zhuofan was a military attaché, he was not rude in his conversation, glanced at him, and sighed: "Alas, I can't go back to my home." ”

Eshibao was impatient and said, "My lord, don't talk nonsense with him, first take him back and lock him up for ten days and eight days, and then hand him over to the Xuezheng of Shuntian Mansion to pull him down." ”

Xiao Tangchun, who had been holding the pipa and shrunk beside him, heard what Eshibao said, and suddenly stepped forward and asked the man, "Mr. is from Suzhou?" ”

The lifter nodded: "Exactly." Miss Tangchun, you play these two tunes well and sing better. ”

Xiao Tangchun bit his lip in a daze, and suddenly turned around and knelt down to Guan Zhuofan: "My lord, the little woman begs you, spare him." We in Suzhou, the city was broken by long hair in May...... He must have been drunk and confused to run into you......"

As soon as she said this, not only Guan Zhuofan, but even Daniel Zhang few people understood, and they were silent for a while, only the person who lifted the man, still muttering in his mouth: "You don't have to tell them more, what do they know...... stupid！ ”

Well?

Guan Zhuofan stood up and walked in front of him: "Do you dare to say it again?" ”

A couple of whistles turned out to be strange. After Suzhou was broken by the Taiping army, there were many casualties in the city, and since he knew that he was from Suzhou, no one would be embarrassed by him again. But I don't know what he said just now, which made Mr. Qian suddenly angry.

“Stupid！” The man said, "What about you, can you understand?" "Jiashi.

“You_stupid！” Guan Zhuofan also replied.

The two of them stared at each other, and suddenly neither of them spoke.

Xiao Tangchun saw the two of them frozen there, for fear that Guan Zhuofan would suddenly become angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a forced smile: "My lord, sir, what are you talking about, why can't I understand a word?" ”

The man was talking about the word "stupid." Guan Zhuofan was almost about to ask the sentence "When did you pass through", but when Xiao Tangchun interrupted him, he laughed dumbly, knowing that he had drilled the tip of the horns: the capital is so big, and there is naturally more than one person who can speak English. With a thought in his head, he asked, "Sir, what's your surname?" Where to stay? ”

The person was taken aback by Guan Zhuofan, a military attache of the imperial court, who opened his mouth to be foreign, where had he heard of such a thing? I was shocked in my heart, but I put away my arrogance and replied honestly: "My surname is Li, and the benefit of the country and the people is called Libin, and I spend the night in the Fayuan Temple in You'anmen. ”

Guan Zhuofan nodded, secretly wrote it down, and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Li, please go back." Fang Cai misunderstood, my brothers have something abrupt, please don't be surprised. He turned his head to Xiao Tangchun and said, "Miss Tangchun, you can go back too, and next time you are free, come and listen to your little song." ”

A storm came down, and the song was not heard, and several sentinels felt regretful. When the person surnamed Li and Xiao Tangchun were gone, Eshiqi licked his lips and smiled at Daniel Zhang in a daze: "This Xiao Tangchun, I heard that she is still a chick, you like her so much, why not spend a sum of money and comb her cage?" ”

Combing cage means opening buds. Daniel Zhang smiled and said, "I don't have that spare money!" Besides, people are Qingqi people, and they have to be willing to be killed, and I don't believe that she can take a fancy to us coarse. I see, she seems to have a little bit of meaning for that act, folks. ”

"Shh Eshibao smiled disdainfully, "What a Qing person, two mouthfuls of spring wine, let her be a virgin woman, she will also become a prostitute baby!" ”

"That's all about nothing!" Daniel Zhang didn't believe it at all, "What kind of spring wine is made up by those who have nothing to do when they are full and think about their mother-in-law all day." ”

"How can you make it up blindly," Eshibao said very seriously, "The young shopkeeper of Feng Detang in the east of the city has this recipe in his hand, and he has to be a regular customer for twenty taels of silver to give a small bottle." ”

Just chatted about these nonsense things on the Fengyue field, and after eating the residual wine, several sentinels sent Guan Zhuofan home and returned to the camp.

Guan Zhuofan entered the door, only to know that Tubo and Bai had not yet fallen asleep, and Tubo was holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, saying that he was counting things with his grandmother.

"Yo, where did you get so many good things?" Guan Zhuofan walked into the main hall, and sure enough, he saw that there was a place, and the Bai family was moving around to take inventory. Seeing him come back, Bai straightened up and said with a smile: "Not long after you left, someone sent it one after another, saying that it was your brother in Nanying, and he gave you a congratulatory gift from Guan Qianzong." Well, the gift list is here, do you want to pass it? ”

Guan Zhuofan shook his head slightly-if he can be an official, he is much better than himself, and he still needs to work hard.