Chapter 12: Competition
There were several family members standing in front of the door of the mansion, carefully checking the invitations in the hands of the guests. If you don't have a pen, a fun www.biquge.info and a court, you can't easily enter it.
Meng Fan had already received the prayer post that his father had prepared for him, and after the palace guard carefully checked it, he let him in.
Meng Fan's post is different from his father's post, his father's post is the main post, after all, it is Fu Yin's birthday, and the Liu family naturally carefully prepared a congratulatory gift.
And Meng Fan, who is a small character, is holding a sub-post, and he can enter directly without having to prepare for those cumbersome congratulatory gift registrations and the like.
Fu Yin naturally understands that on his birthday, it must be an opportunity for everyone to get to know each other, and the older generation will naturally bring the younger generations of the family to come over. And the sub-post is for these children.
Just like the outside of the wall, there is no luxurious decoration in the courtyard, it is simple, the flowers and plants are like grass, the new green spit branches, the flowers and plants in the early spring are gorgeous, the fragrance is full of garden, although it is not luxurious, but it is full of classical and elegant atmosphere, the owner of this courtyard is an elegant person.
There are many people in the courtyard, but fortunately, the courtyard is large enough, but it is not crowded at all. Meng Fan wandered around boredly, he didn't know anyone here, but he was also a little lacking in interest. I saw a place where all kinds of pastries and snacks were placed, so I sat down and tasted it comfortably.
At this moment, the birthday has not yet begun, everyone is communicating with each other, which is also the plan of Gongsun Fu Yin, so that these people can move around more, communicate more, and work together to drive the economic development of Lin'an.
An outlier like Meng Fan, after he came, he only knew how to eat and eat, and it was really difficult to find a person.
"Ning Xuan, look, isn't this the guy I met at the door?" Above an attic, the woman in red looked at the young man who was eating and gobbling up at the bottom, and couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh. It's really curious to see such an unsociable guy on such an occasion.
"This guy isn't going to sneak in and eat and drink. No, I'm going to get him out. The stunning woman dressed in red frowned and said angrily.
"Qiu Han, you are too underestimated by our family's guards. With them, there must be people who can come in with such fanfare, how can anyone get in. The woman in white, who was called Ning Xuan, smiled lightly and said indifferently.
"Hmph, too. However, I don't know whose guy this guy is, I haven't seen it. Arrogant, lazy to eat. The woman in red named Qiu Han said sneeringly, glaring at Meng Fan with a look that seemed to be a little unkind.
Poor and innocent Meng Fan has already offended people invisibly without knowing it. Let Meng Fan know that his face must be full of grievances, who is this to provoke whom, this is simply a copy of Dou E's injustice.
However, fortunately, Meng Fan is not a master of everything, so naturally he doesn't know that he has offended the beauty invisibly. So, he continued to eat snacks comfortably.
It's just that often you don't look for trouble, and trouble will always come to you.
No, Meng Fan was eating comfortably, but a group of people walked over to this side.
"Hey, is that Li Shaoxuan of the Li family, he walked towards that guy. Haha, there's a good show to watch, Ning Xuan, let's also sneak over to take a look. "Ye Qiuhan often goes to Xiao Feiguan Book Club, and has met a few times with Example Xuan, this learned young lady in Lin'an Mansion still knows a lot, after all, Xiao Feiguan is the most famous gathering place for talented people in Lin'an.
And she knew Huang Shaoxuan in front of her, and with a little knowledge, she showed off everywhere. On weekdays, it's one of the objects that Miss Night hates. However, today's Huang Shaoxuan is much more pleasing to the eye.
"Qiu Han, how do you care about this kind of person. When did it become so boring. On the side, Gongsun Ningxuan rolled her eyes at Ye Qiuhan and said. This time I looked back, it was really amorous, but it was a pity that no man was lucky enough to see it.
"Don't, just go and see the excitement. I know that these great talents in Lin'an Mansion can't get into the eyes of your talented woman, so they should be happy. Maybe in addition to the first genius Su Muchen in Lin'an, there are really other hidden talents. Besides, you're going back to the capital, so you can't play with me once. Ye Qiuhan took Ning Xuan's hand and gradually approached Meng Fan's location.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Ning Xuan smiled helplessly, there was really nothing she could do about this small hair from childhood to adulthood.
The two of them were on the second floor of the house, and the pastry location where Meng Fan was located was not far from the second floor, so Ye Qiuhan and the two approached and were condescending, so that it was not easy to be found, but they could hear the sound downstairs.
Among the group of people, Liu Rushi was among them, looking at Meng Fan who was sitting there eating pastries, and smiled coldly, didn't the third uncle say that he wanted to cultivate you? Today, I will tell you to lose face in this Gongsun Mansion, and see what face you will have in the Liu family in the future. This Li Zixuan was instigated by him.
"Brother Rushi, is this Brother Liu Fan who has only recently returned to Lin'an Mansion?" Li Zixuan walked to Meng Fan's side, pointed at Meng Fan, and then asked Liu Rushi in the crowd with some curiosity.
"Yes, this is my cousin, Liu Fan." Liu Rushi walked out of the crowd, and immediately pulled Meng Fan's clothes, and introduced: "Cousin, let me introduce you to you, this is the son of the Li family, Li Zixuan and Brother Li." ”
"It turned out to be Brother Li, who has admired his name for a long time! Like thunder, see you today, and I will be fortunate to meet you. Oh, by the way, the younger brother has just returned to Lin'an, and he is not familiar with everyone in Lin'an, so don't be surprised. As he spoke, he clenched his fists slightly at everyone.
"It turned out that I had just returned to Lin'an Mansion, no wonder I hadn't seen it." Ye Qiuhan said.
A greeting with everyone and the snake's tail can be regarded as knowing everyone. Most of these people are the children of merchants in Lin'an Mansion, and they know each other on weekdays, and the only fresh face is Meng Fan.
"Brother Liu Fan, I had nothing to do just now, and I was over there to face the couplet. I don't know, does Brother Liu have any research on this couplet? Li Zixuan asked instead, a hint of pride flashing in his eyes.
"Ning Xuan, there is a good show to watch, it seems that this Li Zixuan is trying to find trouble with this Liu Fan. It is best to humiliate him so that you don't see him angry. Ye Qiuhan said indignantly, she was still angry about Meng Fan's actions before.
Ning Xuan shook her head and smiled helplessly, but she was a little curious about the young man below. Although he has always been giggling and not doing a good job, he is the only person here who makes Ning Xuan unable to see through.
"Well, I'm sorry Brother Li, I may have disappointed you, I'm really not good at these. I just eat, drink and have fun, and then chat with beautiful women to relieve boredom and so on. Meng Fan said helplessly, he was not stupid, he could naturally see that these people were here to find trouble, and Meng Fan was not interested in wasting time with them here.
"Brother Liu, this is your fault. We are all the same age, and only by learning from each other can we increase our knowledge, and one day, we will serve the court and contribute to the country in the future. Li Zixuan said righteously, that look, adding golden light to his body, it is estimated that he can become a Buddha.
Meng Fan was a little speechless, this guy is really funny, running the train with his mouth full, he can talk better than himself, and he can serve the court with a pair. At the same time, there was some desolation in my heart, the northern Xiongnu iron horsemen were eyeing the tiger, waiting for the opportunity to set foot in the land of Great Xia, but these so-called talents were obsessed with comfort and stayed until the next year. Once the Hun iron cavalry stepped into the Central Plains, could these people still have such leisure? Meng Fan sneered in his heart.
"Yes, with a great talent like Brother Li, he will become an official in the court, which is really a blessing for the people of the world and a blessing for Daxia. With Brother Li's literary brilliance, I think that even if the northern Huns heard it, they would be willing to disarm and return to the field and return to the desert to herd horses. Meng Fan grinned, laughing heartlessly.
When everyone heard this, they also praised Li Zixuan, and Li Zixuan looked proud, as if he was already a big official in the dynasty at this moment.
Everyone below was laughing, but the two people upstairs fell silent, with complicated expressions flashing in their eyes. And the eyes that looked at Meng Fan also changed slightly.
Ye Qiuhan, the daughter of Ye Changli, the governor of Jiangnan, can be said to have grown up in the army since she was a child, and she also followed her father to fight against the Japanese in the southern coastal areas, and she knows the cruelty of war. Moreover, the northern Xiongnu iron cavalry, with a huge team and strong combat effectiveness, is by no means comparable to the coastal pirates. She could hear the sarcasm in Meng Fan's words.
Gongsun Ningxuan, the granddaughter of Lord Yin of Lin'an Mansion, lives in the capital, and has heard a lot of news about the Xiongnu in the north, and she understands the tyranny of the Xiongnu. How could it be that a few words could make the Huns give up the war. He is satirizing the reader. At the same time, he was also worried about the situation in the Great Xia Kingdom.
What kind of person is he?
A question arose in the hearts of the two women at the same time.
"Since everyone is so interested, I naturally can't sweep everyone's elegance, why don't we add some color, wouldn't it be much more interesting." Just when the two girls upstairs fell into deep thought, the figure downstairs that was still worried about the country just now disappeared.
Forget it, whatever. The war has nothing to do with me, that's what the emperor should worry about, and I still earn my money honestly. Meng Fan laughed self-deprecatingly, he really managed a lot, he really thought he was the emperor.
Since this is an opportunity to make money, Meng Fan doesn't want to miss it, as the saying goes: If you don't earn money, you are a bastard. Besides, the ready-made business opportunities were in front of him, and as soon as his mind turned, he had already decided that his first pot of gold would be dug on these talents, after all, these people were all children of a family, and they were either rich or expensive.
"Color?" Everyone was a little curious.
"yes, wouldn't that be interesting. It can also stimulate our wisdom even more" Meng Fan smiled, like a big bad wolf deceiving a group of little red hairs.
"For example, if you think Li Gongzi will win, then you will press Li Gongzi. And if you think I'm going to win, you can also press me. Meng Fan grinned.
"There's a bit of a gambling element to it." Li Zixuan frowned and said. Gambling is a disgraceful thing for readers. Especially at this moment, it is on the birthday of Lord Fu Yin, which is indeed a little inappropriate.