Jiangning's Chinese New Year's Eve is the same as the capital, and the bustle of the inner city contrasts sharply with the depression of the outer city. As the Duke of Wei in the social class hierarchy, if he wants, he can treat every day as if he has been in the past. And every time there is a specific festival, in order to show the difference, it is extravagant.

Before it got dark, firecrackers began to be set off, and this year, in order to celebrate the recovery of Miss Six's smallpox, 200,000 beaded whips were specially released. In addition, copper coins and steamed buns should be sprinkled to accumulate yin gong. Yigan was still wearing rags and mud in the winter, starving the children, looking at the high gate tower of the Wei Mansion with hopeful eyes, looking forward to the steamed buns and copper coins thrown out inside. As long as I grab it, my mother who is lying in bed will not wake up, and I will not go hungry again.

In the gatehouse, the little steward, who had already changed into new clothes in advance, was loading steamed buns and copper coins into baskets, preparing for the upcoming toss. Watching those children fight over copper coins and steamed buns is also one of the pleasures of the slaves of the wealthy family. A steward came out of the inner house and commanded the steward outside:

"Madame has a word, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve does not want to let the door see blood, and for a while, it is not allowed to throw out the steamed buns and copper coins like this, press people's hair." The kitchen will bring you meat and vegetables in a while, so don't stuff this cold steamed bun into your pocket. This year, I want to accumulate blessings for Miss Six, and no one should find yourself unhappy. ”

Jiangning's Spring Festival began from a young age, and when it came to Chinese New Year's Eve, it was pushed to a peak, and most of the high-ranking families and official eunuchs would drink and feast all night today, and then greet each other the next day, and the Xu family of Dagongfang was naturally no exception. Since Zhang Shunqing has no relatives in Jiangning, he was invited to the Wei Mansion during the Spring Festival, even if it is to entertain the daughter of the prime minister, this year will be very lively.

Juggling, fireworks, and a female troupe have all started to perform. Mrs. Mu, dressed in full costume, sat in the center, while Miss Xu Liu and Zhang Shunqing, who were veiled on their faces, sat in the closest position to her left and right. Thanks to Zhang Shunqing's blessing, Xue Sufang was also allowed to enter the inner mansion of the Duke of Wei and stood behind Zhang Shunqing as a maid.

She didn't care much about these performances, but the comings and goings in this courtyard, a large group of ladies dressed in auspicious clothes and full of pearls, made her secretly have an idea in her heart: although she is settled, it is difficult to be a good lady in that kind of place. I don't know if I can also get a seal and receive a grace in my lifetime......

The performance in the inner house is not only to entertain Zhang Shunqing, but also to make Miss Six happy, and to stop her from becoming a monk. Although the performers worked hard, Miss Six's interest was not too high, but she paid more attention when watching the play. Mrs. Mu looked at this niece and daughter and couldn't help but think of her sister who died early, and felt more and more guilty: If she hadn't dragged her to accompany her as Jiang Ning's companion, why did she have such a shameful thing, and why did she have this little pity?

She reached out to hold Xu Liu's hand and asked, "Son, you like to watch dramas very much, don't you?" When I look back, my mother will let you raise a female drama troupe by yourself and act for you every day. Today's play is fresh enough, the kite is wrong, I haven't heard of this play, how interesting is it? ”

"Mother...... In fact, my daughter doesn't like to listen to the drama very much, but the kite they played was written by Fan Gongzi in Guangdong, and her daughter had read this record book before. ”

"Oh, that's right. This Fan Gongzi is talented, and he deserves to be a great talent. ”

Mrs. Mu looked at Zhang Shunqing as she spoke, and the latter did not show it shyly, but smiled generously. "Of course Brother Fan is talented, among the talents that Xiaomei has seen, I am afraid that Brother Fan is the first to learn. Aunt, the sixth sister is always sitting in a panic, I took her over there, and several cousins came, just to get together together. ”

Mrs. Mu nodded, "Well, it's good that you're happy." Liu'er, don't you like that rich world very much? Just play a little more with your sisters. ”

The board game invented by Fan Jin, under the impetus of Miss Six, has opened up the market within the Wei State Mansion. Madame asked for everything, she asked the maid in the house to play with her, and naturally no one dared to refuse. Through these maids and servants, the concept of board games was popularized to other rooms.

Among the young ladies of the Xu clan, there are many people who are beginning to know that there is such a fun thing, but they can't say what it is. On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, a group of unmarried or newly married girls got together and waited for Miss Six to teach them.

Far away from his mother, and the sound of gongs and drums covered it, the two of them dared to speak. Miss Xu Liu said softly: "Sister, you are so lucky, Fan Gongzi is full of wealth, and he will definitely become a big official in the future." Just like this cowpox, although the credit is given to my brother, as long as my sister writes a letter, Shibo will be proud of who the real credit is. ”

Zhang Shunqing hurriedly explained: "Sixth sister, don't blame you for thinking back. His cowpox recipe himself is not sure to be effective, and the pox must be poisonous, and if it is not good, it will cause accidents. At the moment, I am still trying, not necessarily successful, sixth sister, you are a daughter, who dares to try you. ”

"Sister, you don't have to explain." Miss Xu Liu nodded and sighed again. "Sister, didn't you live in the flower village yourself? Even if Fan Gongzi doesn't care about me, can he still care about his sister? Even if Fan Gongzi said this cowpox liquid, the little sister would not use it, and the family would not agree. In the final analysis, life in the world is the result of the sound of the past life and the fruit of the present life and the cultivation of the next life, and the little sister is evil in the previous life, and the result in this life is retribution. Only now can we accumulate a lot of blessings to cultivate an afterlife. After the New Year, my sister will enter Beijing, and my younger sister also plans to lose her hair and go to the empty door to pay off her debts. ”

"You, it's the New Year's Eve, don't mention it."

A middle-aged mother-in-law came back from the front yard with a smile on her face and gave a salute to the two, Zhang Shunqing knew, this is Mrs. Mu brought a personal girl from her mother's house named Camellia, she is considered a confidant, I don't know what to do in the front yard, and I didn't care. I just looked back to greet Xue Wu and went over there to play.

Seeing her daughter and several sisters sitting down at a table and devoting themselves to the game, Mrs. Mu whispered, "Poor girl...... Finally there is something to make her happy, Buddha bless, but don't let her think about becoming a monk again. Camellia, how did you go to the front? ”

The mother-in-law whispered in Mu's ear: "The slave maid has seen it, it is indeed a first-class talent, and she is still good friends with the little grandfather. And this person is very free and easy, not as contrived as Wei Yongnian's sour ding. ”

"Eun, he's very close to those sluts?"

"That's not true, it's just that these women are all around him, but I don't see him start. According to the slave maid, there are some great talents. ”

Mu nodded and said: "It should be like this, Miss Zhang's eyes are above the top, even my son can't get into her eyes, how can a man who can be favored by her be bad?" ”

"Madam, this son is good...... But the Zhang family ......"

"Hmph, his Zhang family is just the leader of Wenchen, no matter how powerful and rich he is, it is only this life, where is it compared to our hereditary honor with the country. You don't have to worry about this, I'll do it, even if Zhang Jiangling's sum is really intercepted, can he still reform my family, the hereditary prince? ”

The lady in charge showed a sneer, "If Liu'er hadn't become like this now, I wouldn't have taken a Guangdong genius in my eyes." However, Liu'er likes these things he gets, likes the scripts he writes, and with him by his side, Liu'er can be happy, and he doesn't think about being a nun. As long as poor Liu'er is happy, I, a mother, dare to do anything! ”

The banquet in the front yard began in the afternoon, and by the evening it had already arrived at the high court. There were more than a dozen tables of gambling in the living room, and more than half of the popular Oiran leaders in Jiangning Qinglou were called here to accompany the wine and serve.

The New Year's greetings are at the beginning of the new year, and today's lively ones are mainly from the Xu clan, and then there are Qingke. Fan Jin's two servants were arranged to eat at the housekeeper's side, with a sea of fish and meat, so that Fan Zhigao's face was full of oil, and Guan Qing was also a bowl of wine. Feng Mingqi sat at the Qingke seat, sharing the table with a full scholar, and also recited the benefits of Fan Jin.

Although he is the best in the southeast with his martial arts, the difference between the martial artist and the family of the martial artist is very different. In previous years, there was no seat for him at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and after the fifth day of the new year, he could drink and eat in the nursing home, which was already considered a promotion.

If you can sit in the Qing guest seat at this time this year, in the coming year in the entire southeast rivers and lakes, your identity and fame will be greatly improved, and the benefits will naturally roll in. This kind of treatment, in the end, is still stained with Fan Jin's light, and through the cowpox incident, he got into a relationship with the Xu family.

Turning his head to look at Xu Weizhi's seat in Shangshuli, several young Jiangning gentlemen and the famous evil young losers in the Xu family clan were fighting around Fan Jin. Feng Mingqi knew that Fan Jin handed over such a big thing as cowpox to himself, although it was because it was easier to do this kind of thing as his identity in the rivers and lakes, and it did not mean to settle grievances with him for the Zhang family.

If you think about it, whether it is the Yijin Sutra or the treatment of Zhang's disease, it is really insignificant compared to the benefits brought by cowpox. If the two are considered grudges, they still take advantage of this side. If there is trouble in the rivers and lakes in the future, it will be difficult for him to ask the Zhang family father and daughter for help with this relationship.

The scheming of this scholar...... is very deep, and he also protects his own women very well, and would rather give up such a big interest than let Zhang Shunqing cut off relations with the rivers and lakes. Originally, Feng Mingqi was quite supportive of the matter between Xue Wu and Fan Jin, but now he was a little hesitant.

Although he was a martial artist, Feng Mingqi had a lot of contacts with scribes, and even some great Confucian celebrities were also his friends. In terms of academic talent, I am afraid that many of these people are stronger than Fan Jinwei. But the feeling they gave Feng Mingqi was different from Fan Jin, even if the martial arts cultivation had reached the point of being invincible in singles, Feng Si was still a little jealous of Fan Jin in his heart. If you are a friend of this kind of person, it is naturally good, but if you become his enemy, most of the time it will not end well.

The fate of the righteous daughter Wu'er is bumpy, and she chooses such a man to rely on for life, but she can protect her, but it is not good to say whether she can live a happy husband and wife. Perhaps, it's time for her to think again......

On Xu Weizhi's side, two people had already fallen.

A few young gentlemen don't look down on scholars on weekdays, everyone can't talk about it, and the three views are also very different, so they simply despise each other. But for Fan Jin, everyone is very respectful, and the way they express their respect is toasting. At first, they respected each other, and finally turned into surrounding Fan Jinjing, and when they found out that Fan Jin did have a terrible amount of alcohol, they were already a little drunk.

Xu Weizhi pulled Fan Jin's sleeve and said, "Brother Fan, this time the little brother's wealth and wealth all depend on you." Such a big credit, you don't blink and say send it, nothing else, you will be my brother in the future. Whoever dares to provoke you in Jiangning will provoke me, see if I don't smash his head! ”

"That is, I heard that Liu Kanzhi also punched Brother Fan, how can this be reasonable? I can't fight for women, but I have to be angry with others, it's really shameless. Find a day, bring some people, beat up the people in his criminal department, and make Brother Fan angry. ”

"That's right, this time the Criminal Department still dares to come out to fight for cowpox prescriptions, it's just that they don't know the height of the sky, don't teach them a lesson, in the future, in this city, who will know about us?"

The recital reported by Wei Guogong must have counted the cowpox epidemic prevention method in Xu Weizhi's labyrinth. But no one in the Xu family is an idiot, so they naturally know who studied this recipe. Although these people are gentle, they are not idiots, and no one really cares about this kind of great merit and wealth. Born in a family of eunuchs, they know better than ordinary people how much credit and benefits such a recipe has.

For these people, economic benefits are actually just like that, and there are no two things. The future in officialdom is limitless and must not be let go. Xu Pengju, the former Duke of Wei, intended to set up a concubine to attack the lord and deceive the imperial court, but he was impeached by the Liu family of Sincerity, and his official rank was demoted to the governor of Chengdu. After Xu Bangrui attacked the dukedom of the country, he was still the governor of the country. Although there is no obstacle to their power, there is always a lack of reputation.

This time, Xu Weizhi reported to the cowpox prescription in his own name, and the restoration of the title of Governor of Zuodu refers to Gu Jian Shi, if he is lucky, he may be able to hold multiple positions in the family, such a big benefit, no one will really care.

With such an interest relationship, the Xu family naturally has a good view of Fan Jin, who took the initiative to give credit. A bunch of people who envied Xu Weizhi naturally began to stammer Fan Jin, looking forward to making friends with him, taking care of themselves, and sharing a big credit for themselves.

Xu Weizhi's attitude towards Fan Jin was also very kind, so kind that Fan Jin felt a little weak. This guy has a bad track record of entanglement with Ge Laiguan, is it possible that he also wants to be friends with himself? If this is the case, he will have to run as far as he can, and he will be beaten up in a hurry, in short, he just wants to be a Hanlin, and he doesn't want to learn the way of life of Hanlin. Just when Fan Jin was wondering about Xu Weizhi's overzealous enthusiasm, a mother-in-law in the inner house came out to pass on his wife's order: Fan Gongzi was invited to meet in the inner house. [.]