Chapter Twenty-Four: The Drunken Beauty
On this day, the sun is shining, the autumn breeze is refreshing, located in the suburbs of Gusu Mansion on the shore of Yangcheng Lake, a splendid manor is located.
At this time, in the manor, there is a huge wooden pavilion built on the lake water, the wooden pavilion is three zhang high, five zhang long and wide, and it is circular.
In the pavilion, on the brown and yellow wooden floor that was polished to a smooth and bright surface, sixteen cases that were too high were surrounded by a circle, and most of the men and women sitting behind the cases were handsome and handsome, and they were embarrassed to look like flowers in the closed moon.
The men and women of this pavilion talk happily about wine, talk about the world freely, and the hearty voice that comes out of the veil from time to time, and smile skillfully, all make the passers-by who enjoy the scenery by the lakeside village envy and longing.
Huang Zhongqin, the chief manager of Huixian Village, sat in the pavilion, swept the people in the pavilion, picked up a glass of wine and said: "Everyone, the flower viewing party will be held in five days, and the Xianwang will also be present at that time, everything will be ready, but the Xianwang has been busy appeasing the victims these days, and has no time to ask about the affairs of the village, so a couplet written by the Xianwang himself, I am afraid that I will bother you today!" ”
When everyone listened, most of them were flashing with golden light in their eyes, this is definitely a good opportunity to make a name for themselves, and every time Huixianzhuang holds a conference, there will be scholars present, if they have not entered the village, they will see their own independent independent door side, how can they not catch people's attention?
A handsome and extraordinary young man stood up and hugged his fist in the south and said: "King Xian is close to the country and the people, and he has every opportunity, and he has been running around for the disaster relief in Jiangnan for a month and not entering the house, alas, I am really ashamed to say that what we have done for the victims of Jiangnan is less than one ten-thousandth of King Xian!" ”
"Well said!" Another blue-shirted young man with long eyebrows and sideburns also got up and said: "We naturally can't compare with King Xian, but we are also willing to contribute to the disaster victims, I can't hide it, I have already discussed this matter with Brother Lu, Brother Qian, and Brother Wang for a long time, and decided to sell the treasures at home and donate all the money to the disaster victims!" ”
"Oh! I don't know ...... the colorful picture of the drizzle in Brother Ye's house."
Without waiting for the person to finish speaking, the man surnamed Ye smiled heartily and said, "How can it be missing!" ”
Everyone gasped when they heard this, you need to know that this picture is the last painting made by Gongsun Fu, the unjust death of the famous minister of the previous dynasty, and according to rumors, when this painting was painted, Gongsun Fu had been beaten into the dungeon by the faint king, that is to say, this painting was made by him in prison, and it is rumored that the ink he used to paint was ground with tears!
"I can't imagine that Brother Ye has done such a thing for the disaster victims, okay, I, Jia Li, am also willing to sell the treasures at home, hoping to contribute my meager strength to the victims of the Jiangnan disaster!"
"The little woman Liu Su is also willing to contribute her meager strength, and I hope that your brothers will not make fun of her!"
"How dare you!" All the talented people saluted in unison.
Before the matter of this connection is finished, the talented and beautiful people in the pavilion have begun to talk about the topic farther and farther. In the end, Huang Zhongqin had to pull them back, and said with a wry smile: "Sons, ladies, I thank you on behalf of Uncle Wang for everyone's wishes, but at this time, let's finalize the union!" ”
"That's right!" The man surnamed Ye nodded and said with a smile: "But there are so many talents here, who can replace King Xian?" ”
"Let's do it!" The man named Jia Li smiled faintly and said: "One person will go out of the upper union first, and the rest will be right, who will be on the upper link first, and then let the rest of the people be right, if everyone is not right, how about this union?" ”
"Good! Just use Brother Jia's method. Huang Zhongqin said, and said with heavy eyebrows: "But it can't be delayed for too long, so let's do it, how about three incense sticks?" ”
"I see, one stick is enough!" The man surnamed Ye said proudly.
"I'll forget it, which of you will come first?" Huang Zhongqin looked at the dozen men and women present, it was not that he didn't want to participate, but he asked himself if he couldn't learn from others, so don't be ashamed!
"This ...... everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one has stood up for a long time, not because of fear, but because I can't think of a link that I can take out at this moment.
"I think, how about letting Sister Cao come first?" The beautiful woman named Liu Su said with a smile, this woman has a gentle voice, and she is even more quiet and elegant, and she is the best daughter among the five beauties in the pavilion in terms of appearance and temperament.
Hearing this, everyone's heads were full of sweat! The collective swept their eyes to a corner, and saw that a woman dressed in a goose yellow dress, who simply didn't know what she was reserved, used a futon as a pillow, the floor as a couch, lying on her stomach, and biting the wine jug in her mouth, but the person seemed to be asleep, but just looking at its side, its appearance was definitely not weak!
"Uh...... Then it's up to Mrs. Cao to come first, Mrs. Cao...... Cao Niangzi...... Did you hear that? Cao Niangzi ......"
Huang Zhongqin called for a long time, and the woman lying on the floor seemed to hear that the person was still half-asleep and half-awake, so he rolled on the spot, slowly pulled back the futon and sat up, casually arranging the loose clothes, and swaying slightly with the drumming snow white in the placket, while seeing the rest of the women frowning, it also made many men secretly swallow saliva, and sighed only a little!
Cao Luorong yawned and asked lazily, "What's the matter?" After speaking, she picked up the wine jug she had been holding in her hand and poured it towards her mouth, but unfortunately half a drop of wine did not flow out, she threw the wine jug angrily, and then took the wine jug of Liu Su next door, and saw that Liu Su secretly shook her head and smiled without saying a word.
"Uh......"
Huang Zhongqin sweated profusely, wiped his forehead, and said with a smile: "You all want to hear what Cao Niangzi has to say." ”
"yes, yes, uh......." Cao Luorong burped, wiped her mouth gracelessly, and forced her half-squinted phoenix eyes to ask, "What are you going to do?" ”
"This ......" Huang Zhongqin couldn't help but scold in his heart, it wasn't for Cao Luorong who took his words as a fart, because she couldn't hear it at all, this girl came here purely for the good wine of the virtuous king! Every time she gets drunk, if it weren't for the fact that this woman is really amazing, the fifth uncle is greatly appreciated, and there is even more uncle support, otherwise Huang Zhongqin would have kicked her out.
"I'm going to hold a flower-viewing party, but this is only secondary, mainly to convene famous families and wealthy businessmen from all over Suzhou to come to discuss disaster relief!" Huang Zhongqin resisted the urge to throw Cao Luorong out and reluctantly explained.
Cao Luorong shook her loose hair, stretched out her hand and scratched her head, and asked impatiently: "Didn't you mention any disaster relief last time, why didn't you see any movement?" ”
Huang Zhongqin raised his eyebrows, clenched his fists fiercely, and said: "It is precisely because everyone was negligent last time that it caused the tragic situation in Huzhou, so I convened everyone again to discuss countermeasures." ”
"There's still more to come." Cao Luorong's delicate little face wrinkled, and she said impatiently: "Then use flowers to make it, uh, a reward for all gentlemen, flowers are not flowers." ”
Cao Luorong spit out a wine burp, and when everyone heard it, they were secretly happy at first, thinking that it must not be difficult, but after thinking about it carefully, they couldn't help frowning.
"Brother Ye can have a downlink?" A young man asked a man surnamed Ye.
"The flower of a gentleman is nothing more than Mei Lan Zhu Ju, but because of this, relative words must not be sloppy, to be honest, there is no countermeasure now." The man surnamed Ye smiled bitterly.
"Yes, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, or poetry and songs, they cannot be used in this link, Cao Niangzi, this link is really amazing!" Huang Zhongqin saluted Cao Luorong, but Cao Luorong didn't care at all, and as soon as she bit the mouth of the pot, she poured several mouthfuls in a row.
"And that's not all!" The man surnamed Ye shook his head and said, "Cao Niangzi's association has always had a deep meaning, and it shouldn't be as simple as just having its shape!" ”
"Oh! Could it be that Brother Ye thought of the deep meaning? Jali laughed.
"No, no, no, now it is becoming more and more difficult for Ye to see through Cao Niangzi's thoughts!" After the man surnamed Ye finished speaking, he sat back in place with a wry smile, during which he did not forget to take a deep look at Cao Luorong, and the complex feelings in his eyes were overflowing, so that Liu Su, who was not far away, couldn't help but secretly be happy, secretly thinking that this Nizi who didn't know what to be reserved, although her temperament had changed greatly, but the old love was still immortal, I really don't know if it was enviable, or jealousy?
Although the man surnamed Ye said that one stick was enough, Huang Zhongqin still asked people to prepare three sticks of incense, but even so, no one could answer during this time, Huang Zhongqin couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and asked the man surnamed Ye to write Cao Luorong's upper couplet, and then he ordered someone to paste it outside the village, and then released the words, and the above person can have the qualification to enter the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
As soon as this couplet came out, and then heard this, the talented and beautiful people who were playing outside instantly rushed to the village gate.
"Brother Dong, in front of the Huixian Village on the shore of Yangcheng Lake, this village was built at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the person who built the village was Huang Xu, the fifth son of Ning Taizu, because he liked piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, so he specially built this manor to make friends with literati and ink writers, and the world's scholars."
Next to a horse, two young people walked at the same time, one was mediocre in appearance, with old clothes but cleanly washed, and the other had an angular face, eyes like fox eyes, and a slender figure like green bamboo perseverance.
"Huixianzhuang!" Dong Ce glanced at the huge manor in the distance, retracted his gaze and smiled: "This name evokes a lot of memories for me." ”
"Oh, it turns out that Brother Dong has already been here!" The young man who accompanied Dong Ce said with a smile.
"No, it's just that in my memory, I have this name, Brother Ouyang is, you seem to have a different kind of affection for this village!" Dong Ce smiled at the young man.
This young man's name is Ouyang Zhi, he met Dong Ce when he first entered the boundary of Suzhou, when Ouyang Zhi fainted on the road, Dong Ce saw that he was hungry and fainted, and couldn't help but cry and laugh and took him in.
Ouyang Zhi smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said: "Alas, I used to dream of going in, but everything will change its flavor after a long time, this place was originally just a place for the exchange of humanities and scholars, but because of the identity of the virtuous king, and the intervention of some scholars who are eager to seek talents, this place has become a place for scholars!" ”
"Elector!" Dong Ce was shocked when he heard this, he naturally knew what this meant, to put it bluntly, it was a draft, but after being selected, that person would be a soldier, that is, he would have the opportunity to become an official!
"Exactly, but this did not lower the grade of Huixianzhuang, but it was higher and higher, causing many people who only had half a drop of ink in their stomachs to retreat, and those who believed that they were rich and wealthy and only eight high-ranking bachelors were vying to drill into it, but in the end, there were a few people who could sit in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion!" Ouyang Zhi said in the end, sneered and said: "Besides, the most important thing is that the Empress Dowager Yin made an understatement, turning the holy place that was originally a place to enhance fame into not only a place to enhance fame, but also to get to know first-class talented women in Jiangnan, and if you can't get to have another fragrant trip, it's just, hehe......"
Looking at the disdainful sneer on Ouyang Zhi's face, Dong Ce couldn't help but be curious: "Could it be that Empress Dowager Yin said that all women in the world can be men?" ”
"Cough, this is still behind, there was a sentence before, the woman of my Daning Dynasty should also break out of the boudoir, see all the great mountains and rivers, learn talents and virtues, so as to raise more outstanding juniors!" Speaking of this, Ouyang Zhi was very dissatisfied and said: "Although this is not bad, but the first to come out are those prostitutes and Qingqi people, and their fame has also been taken away from them, causing many women with real talents to be ashamed to dance together, you can tell me about this...... Cough! ”
Dong Ce smiled and said nothing, judging from his concept in later generations, this is actually nothing at all, but in this year, especially for ancient traditional men like Ouyang Zhi, it is really difficult to accept!
After the two of them talked, they happened to go outside Huixian Village, and what was more coincidental was that they saw a large group of people pouring out from inside, which instantly made the outside of the village impassable.
The two of them couldn't help but be curious, and after a little inquiry, they learned that it was Huixian Zhuang who asked for a connection, which made Ouyang Zhi interested and a little depressed at the same time, and his mood was so complicated that Dong Ce was depressed.
"Brother Ouyang, can you accompany me to have a look?" Dong Ce pretended to propose.
"Okay, okay!" Ouyang Zhi paused, and then responded.
When the two of them walked through the crowd and came to the front of the village, Ouyang Zhi suddenly screamed and secretly said goodbye, but Dong Ce just glanced at it and couldn't help scolding: "This Nima is scolding!" ”