The autumn rain is colorful, falling down the eaves, dripping through the stones.

Dong Ce stood outside the door of the Cao family's guest room, quietly watching the rain scene in the courtyard, until Liu Fu came running with an oil-paper umbrella, and the two of them walked out of the verandah with their umbrellas and stepped into the rain.

Today, Dong Ce was invited by Wang Fuyan to go to Shuiweixuan, speaking of which, he also released the fat man's pigeon for two days, and now it is time to meet him.

Dong Ce first inquired about the people of Cao's mansion, and after learning that Shuiweixuan was not far from here, he went directly on foot.

When the two came to the door of Shuiweixuan, Dong Ce saw Wang Fuyan who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and there was a strange fat man with the same body shape but very cute next to Wang Fuyan.

"Master Dong." Wang Fuyan bowed his hand to Dong Ce, and said with a smile: "Wang has been here for three days, and he can finally see the master!" In the tone, there is no lack of complaint.

"It's really a trivial matter, not intentional." Dong Ce walked under the eaves, closed the oil-paper umbrella and threw a splash behind him, then handed it to Liu Fu, and then looked at the cute fat man beside Wang Fuyan and said, "Who is this?" ”

"Hehe, I'll introduce you to the master." Wang Fuyan said, then stretched out his hand and introduced: "This is the big proprietor of this Shuiweixuan, Shi Shiliang is outside, and this ......" Wang Fuyan was about to introduce Dong Ce, but Shi Shiliang hurriedly said: "It must be the grandson of Dong Chuangxi, Dong Gongzi!" ”

"It was in Xia that Dong Ce saw Shi Yuanwai." Dong Ce smiled lightly.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Shi Shiliang said, and said: "The front door is not a place to talk, everyone is invited." ”

The three of them exchanged pleasantries again, and then they came all the way to a side room on the third floor of Shuiweixuan, while Dong Ce's little follower Liu Fu stood pitifully in the corridor and waited.

Speaking of which, no matter the scale or decoration, this Shuiweixuan is not inferior to Wang Fuyan's ten-mile fragrance, and even better in many places, but the delicacies here are all aquatic products.

As soon as he entered the wing, Dong Ce smelled a fragrant fresh fish soup, and couldn't help but move his index finger.

"Come on, come on, Master Dong will try the signature dishes of the small shop, white mirror soup, golden jade fish, drunken silver hook ......" Shi Shiliang greeted with a smile.

Dong Ce was not polite, after sitting down, he tasted a bowl of soup directly, and immediately knew that this white mirror soup was actually Guiyu soup, and the golden jade fish did not need to taste him to see that it was fried by Taihu Lake whitebait, as for the drunken silver hook, it was actually white shrimp, this dish Dong Ce also tasted in Taihu Tower, but the taste here is indeed better than Taihu Tower.

The three of them ate for a while, and Wang Fuyan spoke first: "The contemptible people have just come to Suzhou, and they can be regarded as being invited by the virtuous king, I am ten miles of incense on behalf of Jinling, Shi Yuanwai represents Gusu, and some famous chefs from the state capital also come here to prepare the food of the flower viewing party." ”

When Wang Fuyan said this, Shi Shiliang put down his chopsticks, looked at Dong Ce and continued: "This sounds like a flower viewing party, but in fact it is a gathering to solve the Jiangnan Rebellion, as we all know, the three kings of Jiangnan, King Huan does not ask about the world, King Xian does not ask about court affairs, and King Yue only asks about Hua Niang, so after the flood in Jiangnan, the three kings rarely intervene, but now the official eunuchs of the Shi clan are not effective, resulting in the people not living well, King Huan and King Yue I don't know, but King Xian is really going to rectify, and ......"

Without waiting for Shi Shiliang to finish speaking, Wang Fuyan said: "Brother Shi, we are not an official eunuch, it is useless to worry about this, let's talk about our own business." ”

"Oh, it's Shi who digressed." Shi Shiliang smiled ashamedly, and said: "Master Dong, after I learned about your deeds from Brother Wang, I also think that your strange skills can attract customers and make you and me famous, I wonder if you are interested in developing in Gusu?" ”

"I can't ask for it." Dong Ce nodded and said, "The art garden I created is just a beginning in Jinling, and it will inevitably develop into major state capitals one day." ”

"That's the best." Shi Shiliang smiled and said: "Jinling has you and Wang Yuan's appearance, it must not be difficult to become famous, and in Gusu, I hope that Master Dong can join hands with my Shui Wei Xuan, I don't know if you can agree?" ”

Dong Ce was silent for a while when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "I have seen several famous buildings in Gusu before, and I originally had some intentions, but since Shi Yuanwai is a friend of Wang Yuanwai, this matter is easy to say, but now I am busy with the affairs of Jinling Art Garden, and I can't go to Gusu to develop in a short time." ”

"No problem, no problem." Shi Shiliang hurriedly said: "But I hope Master Dong can play a hand to take the lead!" ”

"It's fine, I don't know how to ......"

Just when Dong Ce was about to ask carefully, suddenly, a loud shout came from the next room and asked: "Rong'er, I have learned that the son of the Dong family who is married to you has come to Gusu, and he is here to withdraw from the marriage, isn't this what you want the most?" But what do you mean by that now? ”

"What are you doing so loudly!" A woman's voice also raised again, and she said dissatisfiedly: "You are deaf, what does it matter to you whether I divorce him or not?" ”

"You and I are in love, but it's because Dong Ce is in the way that we are a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, why does it have nothing to do with me now?" The man's tone dropped suddenly, but the tone of his voice could still come through the wall.

Wang Fuyan and Shi Shiliang were both taken aback, and then they all looked at Dong Ce on the side, but saw that Dong Ce had a calm face, but in his slightly narrowed eyes, the complex color flashed!

"Bitter mandarin duck, heh!" The woman's voice was full of sarcasm, and she said coldly: "I asked you to come to my house to propose, why didn't you come?" ”

Although the voice was small, but at this moment, in Dong Ce's room, the three of them didn't say a word, it was just a needle drop, could they not hear what was said next door!

"Propose marriage!" The man suddenly smiled and said, "You have promised to kiss, I will go and propose, hehe...... Spread out, how can I, Ye Xize, have the face to gain a foothold here? ”

"That's just a verbal marriage, if you go to my good wife and sincerely impress her old man, she may not agree, and you and I may have a bad reputation afterwards, but it may not be a good story, can't you take a risk for me?" The woman's tone was full of complaint.

"How is this called risk? This is to ruin the reputation of you and me to the point of stinking! We can't let the two families lose face for ourselves, do you hope that your Cao family will bear the infamy of being untrustworthy in the future? When the man said this, he sighed and softened his tone: "Rong'er, we are not young anymore, we can't live only for ourselves, don't mention the previous things, now that Dong Ce is going to withdraw from the marriage, you can also find a way to get your family to agree, so that we can get married again!" ”

"Master Dong, let's change places?" Shi Shiliang lowered his voice.

"No, they'll be gone soon." Dong Ce shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Shi Shiliang didn't say anything, he glanced at Wang Fuyan, but saw that Wang Fuyan was even more speechless and shook his head, they didn't expect that they could hear such unspeakable things when talking about business, if Dong Ce was not there, they would naturally listen to the play, but the party Dong Ce was sitting on the side, born as partners, and the two couldn't help but be depressed.

"yes, it's not small!" A woman sighed from next door and said with a smile: "It's because it's not small that I can see it more clearly, don't say anything else, have you worked hard for me and for us?" ”

As soon as he heard this, the man immediately complained: "Why not? If I hadn't waited for you, I would have been married, and you have done a lot of things, but those that I once said were useless efforts, but they ruined your reputation, but I know your intentions, so I am still willing to wait for you, isn't that enough? Do I have to be cheeky to beg you for a good wife? Can't you just talk to her? ”

"I didn't say that?" The woman regained her composure, her tone was very indifferent, she could only hear the sound of the chair rubbing the floor, and suddenly the man shouted: "Rong'er, don't go first, what do you think...... Rong'er ......"

The sound of the door closing with a "poof" scared Shi Shiliang all over, and he didn't know if he was really scared or distressed if the door was broken!

"I said, they dispersed quickly, and if they went out just now, they would have bumped into each other directly." Dong Ce smiled faintly, Wang Fuyan and Shi Shiliang also smiled awkwardly, making Dong Ce seem to be outsiders, they are the parties involved.

But just as the two of them put their minds at ease and were about to talk about business, suddenly, there was a shock from outside the door.

"Huh? Liu Fu, why are you here? Could it be ...... that it was the woman who spoke, and as soon as she finished speaking, the door was pushed open.

A woman outside the door, wearing a pink and white pleated skirt, her bun is like a butterfly with wings spread out from the back of her head, and her pretty face is a snow-fronted nose, phoenix eyes and red lips, she is really a good jade person!

Wang Fuyan and Shi Shiliang were both amazed, but they quickly woke up after a long time on the battlefield, but because of this, they were depressed, why didn't they stay for a long time, so they didn't have to face this embarrassing situation!

"I heard you!" Who else can this calm-talking woman be besides Cao Luorong?

Dong Ce put down his chopsticks and responded, "I heard it." ”

Wang Fuyan and Shi Shiliang were both stunned, they didn't expect Dong Ce to be so calm, after all, this woman is now his fiancée, and Fang just had a private meeting with someone next door to him, he was not annoyed when he learned about it, and he didn't know if he didn't care, or was he hiding waves?

Cao Luorong expected Dong Ce to have this face, smiled faintly, and was about to speak, when suddenly a man's voice came from behind her.

"Rong'er, don't worry, you have to say it well, don't say it clearly......" As soon as the person who spoke walked to the door, the three people in the wing room saw a handsome boy with long eyebrows and sideburns.

After Shi Shiliang saw this person, he seemed to think of something, with a clear face, and was about to greet him, but saw Cao Luorong looking directly at Dong Ce, and pretended to be displeased: "Don't call it like that, my husband is here." ”

The man couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and followed Cao Luorong's gaze and fell into the side room, and at this glance, his face suddenly changed, and then he didn't say a word and left through the door.

"Why did you use me as a shield?" Dong Ce suddenly frowned.

"I ......" As soon as Cao Luorong opened her mouth, Dong Ce preemptively said: "Have you ever thought about how it feels to be a shield?" There was nothing in the first place, but you women had to make a lot of trouble, how obvious is the resentment on that kid's last face, don't you see? These cubs are the best at telling right and wrong, a piece of paper can make people stink for 10,000 years, and now I have become a thorn in his side, he did business in Gusu every day, once he knows, heh! ”

Wang Fuyan and Shi Shiliang both nodded their heads, Dong Ce was right, especially when they opened a restaurant, they were most afraid of offending these talents, because they were in groups and hated the same enemy, offending one was equivalent to offending a gang, and even the entire Gusu talents, in this way, can your business be successful?

"But I just don't want him to follow me, can't I let you do me a favor? It's still a loss and a lot of suffering. Cao Luorong was upset.

Dong Ce was even more unhappy, and said bluntly: "One yard is one yard, sharing hardships doesn't mean that they are friends, you can have told him well, I don't feel for you anymore, and even say that he is hypocritical, cowardly, despicable, shameless, and indecent, etc., etc., etc., these can be said, I don't believe that he will still pester you with a dead face, but why do you still want to move me out, it's fun, right?" Do you know what your game is for me? What a calamity! ”

"You evil eye! I still think of you as a friend! Cao Luorong pointed at Dong Ce and said angrily: "I just want him to target you, so that you can't do business, see that you ignore me, see that you don't take me seriously, you conscienceless ......" Saying, Cao Luorong also dodged two oil-paper umbrellas from Liu Fu's hands, and smashed them towards Dong Ce, and finally didn't even look at it, and shouted while running: "Dong Ce is a big bastard!" Dong Ce is a bastard! Whoever does business with Dong Ce will all become poor! ”