When the woman in yellow heard this, she was also a little curious, leaned down and glanced at the silk brought by Ji Qingwen, and said, "It's really something that weaves the yamen, it seems to be even better than the previous one." Alright, the silk in the storeroom is almost exhausted, so let's take it. Bother these two, pick up the silk over there, and naturally someone will answer. ”

As she spoke, the woman in yellow pointed to a hut to the east.

"That's not right!" Ji Qingwen blurted out, "Listen to the girl, have you seen the silk produced by my Suzhou weaving before?" ”

The corners of the woman in yellow raised her mouth willfully: "You came to meet my husband?" Or did you come here to try the case? My husband is waiting for you in the inner courtyard, if you like to see it, please go back if you don't see it. What do you do with so many words? ”

Ji Qingwen crossed over and been a "rich second generation" for more than a year, and he didn't learn anything else, so he developed a belly of smugness, seeing this woman in yellow talking so meanly, he suddenly became a little angry, and just scolded the word "you" when he opened his mouth, but Li Yan pulled his cuffs.

I only heard Li Yan say in a low voice: "Brother Ji, we have a request for help today, but we can't attack here." Let's be restless, let's go first and see, see. ”

Ji Qingwen knew that Li Yan had good intentions, so he swallowed back the unspoken words, and with a stomach full of anger, he followed behind the woman in yellow and entered the inner courtyard of the Qian Mansion.

The inner courtyard of Qianfu is a garden, and the specifications and shapes are similar to the weaving yamen in Suzhou - but the garden that weaves the yamen is built by the weaving admirals of many generations; Qian Qianyi is a scholar, and he can have such a garden that is not inferior, and it can be seen how rich he is.

The crowd walked around the inner courtyard path for quite some time, and finally came to a pavilion.

So the woman in yellow asked Ji Qingwen and Li Yan to be here later, and then ran into the attic to report, but after a while, she heard a scolding voice from the attic: "Lord Ji is here, what else do you need to report?" Please, please! ”

This reprimand was extremely loud, so loud that it didn't seem to be reprimanding the maid who was close by, but as if it was deliberately said to Ji Qingwen and Li Yan.

Ji Qingwen's city mansion is not deep, and when he heard this, his mood suddenly improved a lot.

But Li Yan behind him was an extremely smart person with nine know-hows, and he immediately heard a little strange from Qian Qianyi's slightly contrived tone, and quietly reminded Ji Qingwen: "Brother Ji, this Qian Qianyi, you have to deal with it carefully." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, his heart tightened again, and he quickly tidied up his clothes, and walked cautiously to the attic.

Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi was extremely enthusiastic, and he had already walked out of the attic, first gave Ji Qingwen a deep look, and then said with a smile on his face: "It turned out that Lord Ji, the Weaving Admiral, was here." It was supposed to be Qian who went to visit you first, but today it was the adults who came to the cold house to inquire first, Qian was really rude...... It's rude......"

In the past two days, from Liu Ruye's description, Li Yan's speculation, what he saw and heard in Suzhou and Changshu, and his feelings when he came to Shanghu, Ji Qingwen had already tacitly assumed that Qian Qianyi should be an arrogant scholar, but he didn't expect his attitude to be so humble.

So Ji Qingwen was a little curious, raised his eyes and looked at Qian Qianyi carefully: I saw that he was in his forties, his face was very clear, he had three well-combed beards under his chin, he was wearing a spotlessly washed lake blue silk robe, and his hair was meticulously combed and tied up in a bun with a Confucian scarf.

This kind of dress, no matter how you look at it, is a great master of Confucianism, so Ji Qingwen really can't have any disgust and malice on Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi saw Ji Qingwen looking at him vigorously, and suddenly smiled and said: "Qian is rude again, come, this is not the place to talk, please go here." ”

As he spoke, Qian Qianyi led Ji Qingwen and Li Yan to his small pavilion.

I saw that the decoration in this small pavilion was very simple, not only did not there be porcelain calligraphy and painting used by daily readers to attach elegance, but there was not even a piece of couplet plaque, but three of the four walls were leaning against the bookshelves that had been pushing up to the ceiling from the ground, and the bookshelves were full of all kinds of books.

Li Yan is a knowledgeable person, casually glanced at the bookshelf, and saw a lot of rare books, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Qian, I am afraid that there are more books here than in the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Imperial Court." Not to mention anything else, just this Tang engraving book "Bamboo Book Chronicle" should be the only book in China, right? ”

This sycophant was shot to the right point, which provoked Qian Qianyi to stroke his palm and smile: "This gentleman is really like a torch." To say that this "Bamboo Book Chronicle" is still what I asked for from a famous man in Xiangyang! At first, he refused to live or die, but three years later, his old father passed away and asked me to write an "epitaph" for him. Qian saw that it was an opportunity, so he promised him not only to draft it for him, but also to write this "Epitaph" by himself, but to exchange it for this "Bamboo Book Chronicle". That celebrity is the most filial person, so he gave me this book painfully. ”

Li Yan listened attentively, and after Qian Qianyi finished speaking, he said: "This celebrity used this "Bamboo Book Chronicle" to exchange for a "Epitaph" written by Mr. Qian Shouzhi, which is not a loss!" ”

Qian Qianyi was happy to say this, smiled and invited Ji Qingwen and Li Yan to sit down, and ordered the girl in yellow to make tea for the three of them.

After a while, the woman in yellow held a tea basin, walked up flutteringly, and put a cup of steaming tea in front of Qian Qianyi, Ji Qingwen and Li Yan.

When Ji Qingwen saw this tea, he immediately exclaimed: "Glass? How do you have glasses here? ”

You must know that glass products are common objects in modern times, and you can buy one for ten or eight yuan in the supermarket; But in ancient times, this was a priceless treasure, and it may not be possible to buy it with silver.

After Ji Qingwen crossed over, although he was born in a rich family, he had never seen a glass once, but this Mr. Qian Qianyi was able to take out three at a time!

No wonder Ji Qingwen sighed with emotion.

Qian Qianyi was stunned when he heard Ji Qingwen's words, and then said with a smile: "It is worthy of the Weaving Admiral, and the emperor can speak in front of him." I bought these cups from a foreign missionary, and ordinary people think they are crystal cups carved with hollow carvings. But no matter how polished the crystal cup is, how can it be so smooth and clear? ”

As he spoke, Qian Qianyi stretched out his hand again and said, "Qian Mou has patronized Xianbao, so that the tea is waiting for a cold." Come, please have tea. This tea is this year's new tea before the rain, and the tea is also laid down after the snow melted last year. ”

When Ji Qingwen saw it, he nodded with a smile and thanked him, looked down at the glass teacup, and saw that this Wang Qingcha was really different-

The young tea leaves are carefully roasted and naturally stretched out under the right water temperature, like a fairy dancing in the water; The turquoise tea has no impurities, and calmly transpires up refreshing water vapor, which is in response to the quatrain of "the pearl of the sea and the moon has tears, and the blue field is warm and the jade is smoking".

Ji Qingwen couldn't help but take a sip of tea carefully and swallowed it, and a warm current ran through the esophagus in an instant and quickly melted all over the body, as if all the internal organs had been washed - even a layman like him, who never paid attention to the way of drinking tea, suddenly felt the benefits of this tea.

The so-called "take other people's hands short, eat other people's mouth short".

Ji Qingwen drank such a good tea, and he was actually a little embarrassed, and said to Qian Qianyi: "In the next generation, I don't know Mr. Qian, why does Mr. Qian treat me so well?" ”

Qian Qianyi said: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and there is a sequence in hearing the Tao. Moreover, the order of hearing the Tao is not based on age. After Lord Ji arrived in Suzhou Weaving, he did a lot of good things for the people of Suzhou in addition to his position, and Qian was also very admired. Not to mention ......"

"What's more?" Ji Qingwen asked.

"What's more, Lord Ji is the senior apprentice of Sun Chengzong's old superintendent, and he belongs to my Donglin party. It's the emperor's cha again. In public and private, Lord Ji should be Qian's guest! As he spoke, Qian Qianyi made another "please" gesture and said, "Come, come, please use tea, please use tea." ”