Chapter 13 Peony Flower Society

Seventy-two yuan of money, 36 households with a total of 82 refugees, received 1640 merit points and prestige, the total merit value is 2845, and the prestige value is 4345.

Among them, several fake refugees who were holding on to death and did not leave were beaten with five water and fire sticks and ran away in disgrace.

spent the money he won from Jixiang Casino yesterday, but he accumulated a lot of prestige for himself, not to mention how comfortable Zhao Hao felt in his heart.

Leaving the market, Zhao Hao led Zhao Ling and all the slaves to continue to wander around Jiangning City.

As the most prosperous and wealthy city in the south of the Yangtze River, Jiangning has too many places worth visiting, such as Yuhuatai, Xuanwu Lake, Stone Town, Niutou Mountain, Jiming Temple, Mochou Lake......

Just a short distance out of the market, suddenly there was a commotion and shouting from behind.

Liang Lie hurriedly reported: "The second son of the Wang family is calling for the son behind his back. ”

Zhao Hao looked slightly stunned, and immediately ordered the sedan car to be stopped.

A gorgeous carriage stopped beside everyone in the Zhao Mansion, blocking most of the entire street, and I saw Wang Jue lifting the curtain with a spring breeze on his face.

"It's really a place in life where we don't meet, I didn't expect to meet Brother Zhao here again."

In the face of Wang Jue's straightforwardness and enthusiasm, Zhao Hao's heart was slightly hot. Perhaps, this is his first real friend in this world.

"Yesterday, thanks to Brother Wang's kindness, I didn't expect the foolish brother to fall asleep, don't blame it."

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Wang Jue learned that Zhao Hao had helped a group of victims in the city today, and he was in awe.

"Brother Zhao helps the world, he is really a model for my generation, but where do you want to go now?"

Zhao Hao smiled: "But wandering around the city, there is nowhere to go." ”

Wang Jue's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "I made an appointment with a few close friends to go to Baihuazhuang to participate in the Peony Flower Festival, so my cousin is also there, why don't you go together?" ”

The peony flower meeting began in the Sui and Tang dynasties and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Every April is the season when peonies are in full bloom, and peony flowers will come slowly from all over the world.

Among the peonies in the world, only Luoyang is the most famous, and Luoyang's peony flower will naturally be the most prestigious. Ouyang Xiu once wrote "Luoyang Peony Record" cloud: "When the flowers bloom, Shishu is often in the ancient temple, the abandoned house has a pond for the city, and the curtain is opened, and the sound of sheng song is heard, the most prosperous in ...... Until the flowers fall. ”

As the saying goes, "the flowers bloom and fall for 20 days, and the people of a city are crazy", the peony flower meeting in Jiangning City, although it is not as prosperous as Luoyang, but it is also very prosperous, especially Baihuazhuang is the most.

Those who can get the invitation of Baihuazhuang are either quite famous or rich or expensive. As the only son-in-law of the four major mansions, Baihuazhuang naturally did not dare to snub Zhao Hao, but after the year before last, Zhao Hao had made it clear that he would no longer participate in the Peony Flower Meeting, so he was not invited to participate again this year.

As for Wang Jue, he has always liked martial arts and light literature, and he has never been interested in this kind of vassal and elegant peony club, and if he was not forcibly pulled over this year, he would not participate, so he didn't know Zhao Hao's past.

As for Zhao Hao...... It's impossible to remember your own past. For him who has just crossed into this world for less than ten days, he is curious about everything, so he is naturally willing to accept Wang Jue's invitation.

Wang Jue was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "In this case, if Brother Zhao takes a sedan chair, it is too slow, why don't you go in the same carriage with Brother Yu?" ”

The two walked side by side to Wang Jue's carriage, and Zhao Hao's eyes unconsciously stopped on an extremely richly decorated carriage on the side.

Wang Jue smiled with a slightly embarrassed expression: "This is the carriage that my brother is riding, my brother has always been shy, he doesn't want to see people, and I hope that Brother Zhao will forgive his sins." ”

Zhao Hao laughed: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

At the moment when he turned his head, he suddenly saw that the curtain of the carriage next to him was lifted, revealing a fair and delicate face, and then quickly lowered the curtain.

The two boarded Wang Jue's carriage, and the carriage started slowly with a whistle on the handlebars.

The two carriages galloped on the streets of Jiangning one after the other, the four white horses walked in unison, maintaining the same speed, the luan bell made an extremely pleasant sound with the wind, the low-hanging curtains and curtains fluttered in the wind, and the small wind chimes hanging on it also tinkled crisply, and the spring breeze penetrated into the car with the fragrance of flowers...... He really hasn't sat on this before, but it's better than a Mercedes-Benz BMW.

The carriage went out of the south gate, all the way to the south, the official road in the suburbs gradually became a little bumpy, Zhao Hao unconsciously closed his eyes slightly, and gradually entered a half-asleep state, no way, the physical fitness was too poor, and it was a little motion sickness to sit in a carriage.

By the time he woke up, Baihuazhuang was already in front of him.

The big black and gold plaque above the entrance of the villa, and the three big characters of "Baihuazhuang" in the book, are like a shocking dragon and magnificent, and even Zhao Hao, a guy who writes ghosts and draws talismans, is secretly admired. Signing "Halal Layman", Zhao Hao naturally knows who this Halal Layman is, a generation of lyricist Zhou Bangyan, is regarded as a Hongru in this era, and can get its inscription, and the owner is naturally extraordinary.

The villa is twenty miles away from the suburbs of Jiangning City, by the mountains and rivers, covers an area of hundreds of acres, is built according to the garden style of Suzhou and Hangzhou, among which the pavilions and water pavilions, ponds and fish, rockeries and strange stones, there must be everything, and the endless unfolding, is the large area of flowers and trees.

Baihuazhuang, as the name suggests, is naturally planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, peach blossoms bloom in spring, peonies compete for beauty, lotus is as clean as snow in summer, pomegranates are like fire, golden osmanthus is fragrant in autumn, chrysanthemums bloom, even in the winter when the flowers are withering, there are plum dots, and the occasional falling snowflakes together decorate the flower village.

At this time, it is the season of blooming flowers, the group of flowers is gorgeous, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, but only the peony is the most eye-catching. The rich flowers, white as snow and red as the glow, messed up the eyes of flower admirers.

Entering the villa, someone immediately greeted him, and the owner of the village set up a banquet in the Baihualou in the garden, but he could not accommodate many family members, so he could only bring a few people to go.

So Zhao Hao and Wang Jue walked together, followed by Zhao Ling, Liang Lie and the two house slaves of the palace, and then followed by a thin son, silently followed behind the two with three or four maidservants, keeping a distance of five or six steps from the two.

Although Wang Jue's expression was a little embarrassed, Zhao Hao was very embarrassed, because at the moment when the thin boy got out of the car, he only saw some of the basic characteristics of the thin boy at a glance.

The skin is so white and tender that it can squeeze out water, there is no shadow of the Adam's apple under the chin, and the posture is like a weak willow supporting the wind, and the wide robe can't hide the ...... that has been tied. Pectoral muscles. Although he is dressed in men's clothes, he is extremely beautiful, with the pure and weak atmosphere of a woman in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and shows the generosity of everyone's ladies, which makes Zhao Hao feel that even if he is really a man, I am afraid that those who want to pick up soap can also line up in a long line.

In this era, there are no creatures like big X cute girls, so it's obviously a Xibei boy. Everyone just tacitly agrees, but there is no need to be embarrassed.

The Hundred Flowers Building is located in the middle of the villa and is five floors high, and the VIP reception hall of the Flower Club is located on the fifth floor.

The lobby on the fifth floor is circular in shape, with no walls or windows except for the parapet that is more than one person high on all sides, so that guests can enjoy the flowers. The tables and chairs in the hall are arranged in two rows along the guardrail, leaving a space in the middle, covered with a thick splendid silk carpet, and a screen is erected, and there are yaoqin and pipa in front of the screen...... You can sing, you can dance, you can play musical instruments.

Sitting in the private seats next to the guardrail, you can look at the sea of flowers around you, smell the fragrance of flowers in the air, and the crisp bird song, bathed in the spring breeze, and feel relaxed.

At this time, dozens of people have arrived in the hall on the fifth floor, groups of three or five, all of them are richly dressed, mostly teenagers, and there are also middle-aged and elderly Confucian students who are old and serious, and everyone is drinking and chatting, or admiring flowers, or discussing poetry, and there is no low-key person.

The owner of Baihuazhuang is a great Confucian, named Lu Qing, about forty years old, it is said that he is a disciple of the halal monk Zhou Bangyan, quite famous, and has a very high reputation among the scholars in Jiangning City.

Wang Jue's arrival has attracted the attention of many people, in previous years, Wang Xuan, the eldest prince of the palace, came to participate, and this year, in exchange for the second son, naturally aroused everyone's curiosity.

However, when everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Hao's body, the audience actually caused a burst of whispering, and even the palace housekeeper who came to greet him was dumbfounded, and even Lu Qing, the owner of the Hundred Flowers Village sitting in the middle, and several big Confucians beside him also showed surprised looks.

As a result, the son of Na Xibei, who came with Wang Jue, was ignored by everyone and sat in his position calmly.

Zhao ...... Zhao Gongzi, please here! The butler who came to greet him stuttered a little.

Zhao Hao saw everyone like this, and he was confused. , is Lao Tzu a wanted criminal, even if he has been sick for a while, and it comes a little suddenly, he doesn't have to react so much.

However, the housekeeper was an old man, and the look of surprise on his face flashed, and he quickly arranged a conspicuous and honorable position for Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao sat down with a grin, while Zhao Ling and Liang Lie stood behind him, and the whispers on both sides gradually reached his ears.

"The Zhao family gentleman actually came to participate in the peony flower party, and his face is quite thick."

"Yes, I was humiliated by the third son of the Zheng family the year before last, and I dared to come?"

"Haha, I still remember the year before last, the Zhao family's ghostly words, as well as the bullshit poems, were humiliated by the third son of the Zheng family."

"It seems that the son of the Xie family is also here today, he is the cousin of the gentleman, and most of them will help him."

Zhao Hao sorted out everyone's discussion a little, and his heart was already clear in an instant.

It seems that the peony club of Baihuazhuang, called flower appreciation, actually has the meaning of poetry pen meeting. Listening to their discussions, the predecessor Zhao Hao appeared in the peony flower meeting the year before last, so he no longer participated in this meeting, so he came rashly with Wang Jue today, and everyone had all kinds of surprised expressions.

Zhao Hao himself naturally has no attainments in poetry, but ...... Some of the memes have been played rotten by the traverser, so it's best not to force me to play them again...... Zhao Hao smiled helplessly.

"Cousin Xie Gongzi is over there, is Gongzi going to meet?" Liang Lie next to him asked quietly.

Zhao Hao looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw that in the east direction from him, there was a young man in blue, about the same age as himself, who was looking towards him.

"Xie Yu, force: 35; Intelligence: 74; Speed: 16; Light work: 15; Politics: 72; Command: 21; Health: 92; Host's Opinion: 65. ”

Since his surname is Xie and he is a cousin, he is naturally his mother's nephew, although his favorability towards himself is average, it is not low, and he has to go to the ceremony.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and roughly greeted each other with words such as "Uncle and aunt are in good health" and "Uncle and aunt are healthy", Xie Yu lowered his voice and whispered: "If the person surnamed Zheng is provoked, the younger brother doesn't have to deal with it, and the brother has his own plans." ”

Zhao Xie's marriage is a family, one is prosperous, one is lost, and naturally they advance and retreat together. Xie Yu may not like Zhao Hao, but he has to maintain the face of the Zhao Mansion.