Chapter 24: Fireworks Willow Lane
Liu Qianyu's beautiful eyes lit up slightly when she heard this, and then she hummed softly and didn't speak again.
After Xiaohuan combed her hair in a bun, Liu Qianyu casually took a piece of writing from the table and handed it to Xiaohuan: "Huan'er, hang this uplink!" ”
"Yes, Miss!" The well-behaved little ring took the scroll, turned and walked out of the boudoir.
The living room on the first floor is connected to the courtyard rain corridor, which is spacious and bright, and quite elegant. There were more than a dozen people gathered in the hall at this moment, some of them were sitting on the side drinking and having fun, and some were pacing in the hall without stopping.
On the left side of the hall, there is a table table, on which are placed the four treasures of the study, and there are several calligraphy and paintings hanging on the left and right walls, among which there are several paintings of ladies, with different postures and forms, which can be described as lifelike.
However, these calligraphy and paintings did not attract everyone in the hall, because these people were all waiting for Liu Qianyu to appear. And the most anxious among them is Lu Zheng, who has been waiting for a long time.
"Brother Pan, with your help today, it will be easy to pass the test, but why do you have to ask for that cripple?" Lu Zheng hugged left and right during the banquet, and muttered unhappily while enjoying the beauty toast.
Sitting on the side of Pan Zhi, it was quiet around him, and a few dancing girls came forward to fight with Pan Zhi, but they were persuaded to quit by Pan Zhi's kind words.
At this time, Pan Zhisuo said helplessly: "Brother Lu, Shibei should be impressed for three days, and after he arrives, you can stop talking freely!" ”
"Humph! Waste is a waste after all! But this kid still has some ability, Brother Pan, this is not a good thing for your Pan family! You don't want to teach this nonsense a lesson? ”
Pan Zhi understood what Lu Zheng meant by his words, which was the dispute between Ye Yu and his Pan family's dyeing mill cloth. He took a sip of wine and didn't think so: "The Pan family's business has nothing to do with me, and the first place in the imperial examination is Pan's pursuit!" ”
"Hahaha!" Lu Zheng laughed wantonly, and then said speechlessly: "You, you!" What do you say about the way of Confucius and Mencius all day long, today I invite you to come to the wind and the moon to be happy, but you are so puzzled! That's it, Lu doesn't care about you. But whether you can see Qianyu Fangrong today depends on Brother Pan! ”
Pan Zhi saw Lu Zheng hugging left and right, and couldn't help but shake his head and responded: "With the help of Pan and Brother Ye, even if Liu Qianyu is tricky, won't it be your ......?"
"He? Hey! Brother Pan can't help but lift up that kid! Lu Zheng swallowed the food that Mei Ji sent to his mouth and said with a disdainful expression.
Seeing that Lu Zheng despised Ye Yu so much, Pan Zhisuo didn't say anything more, but turned his face sideways and looked out of the hall. And it was his side face, Ye Yu also happened to appear at the door of the flower hall. Pan Zhi was full of joy when he saw this, and he left his seat and greeted him.
As soon as Ye Yu entered the flower hall, he saw Pan's place at first sight. It's not that his eyesight is good, mainly because in this land of fireworks, only Pan Zhi is not accompanied by Meiji.
This unique phenomenon of the land of wind and moon, it is difficult for Ye Yu not to see it!
Seeing that Pan Zhisu greeted him, Ye Yu motioned for Guo Xiaotian to push him forward, and then arched his hand to the oncoming Pan Zhisuo: "Brother Pan, you are really good at picking a place!" ”
"Brother Xian laughed, please!"
"Brother Pan, why don't you and I reopen the table, Ye also has something to discuss with Brother Pan!"
Although Ye Yu is not the kind of person with a small belly, he feels that it is not necessary to let him sit at the same table with Lu Zheng. Although he didn't want to have a bad relationship with Lu Zheng, it was difficult to guarantee that the other party would not take the opportunity to embarrass him.
Pan Zhisuo glanced at Ye Yu and immediately understood what Ye Yu meant.
Moreover, from the conversation with Lu Zheng just now, Pan Zhi could see that Lu Zheng still had a deep affection for Ye Yu, and it would be a good way to alleviate the conflict if he separated the seats.
So Pan Zhi instructed the scholar to find the old bustard to take care of the affairs and reopened a seat not far from Lu Zheng. After Pan Zhisu sat down, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief: "Finally, my ears are clear!" ”
Ye Yu couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Pan Zhi's restrained look, and said in his heart that the old man of the Pan family seemed to have high expectations for this eldest grandson.
Now Pan Zhi is in the land of fireworks, but he is so restrained and unfamiliar. It must be that the old man of the Pan family disciplines Pan Zhi very strictly on weekdays, and what he teaches is also the way of Confucius and Mencius.
Regularity has become a habit, and it has naturally become what it is now.
"Brother Pan, you are clean, so Ye Mou accompanies you to visit Fireworks Willow Lane......" Ye Yu saw that although Pan's place was a lot more relaxed, his expression was still tense, so he teased.
Pan Zhisu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother Xian, you also know that Pan has never set foot in this land of fireworks, and he has always been used to it, and here Pan felt that no one was talking to him and it was very lonely, so he thought of inviting Brother Xian to come and reminisce about the old ......."
When Ye Yu heard this, he slandered in his heart, he was using himself as a foil.
Thinking of this, Ye Yu stretched out his hand and pointed to Lu Zheng's seat, and teased: "Brother Pan, look at that Lu Zheng, hugging left and right like a jade, why can't you be strong-blooded?"
Since you don't care about this, even if Lu Zheng is deadlifting, how can he influence you, the eldest son of Pan? Why, at this time, could it be that Brother Pan still wants to hide Ye? ”
Seeing Ye Yu say what he was thinking, Pan Zhi coughed unnaturally, and then said: "It's not a secret, Pan also wants to see the talent of this Oiran Liu Qianyu!" In the past six months, many rumors have been heard endlessly, and today Brother Lu specially invited Pan to help, so he followed the trend! ”
"Since ancient times, talented people have been matched with beautiful women, but it's a pity that Brother Pan, you are making wedding dresses for others! That's it, Ye is just a person who chats with you, don't mention this matter! ”
Pan Zhisuo was silent for a moment, then changed the previous topic and asked Ye Yu: "By the way, Brother Fang Cai said that there is something to discuss, I don't know what it is?" ”
Ye Yu just smiled, shook the wine bottle in his hand, and then teased: "Brother Pan, you go back and bring a message to Old Man Pan, the court has a legal system, the rivers and lakes have rules, and we must also have rules in business." If you want to compete for a high level, you can be open, and it is not good to stumble in secret......"
"What, is this true?" When Pan Zhi heard this, he immediately looked at Ye Yu in astonishment.
"Whether it's true or not, Brother Pan will find out when he goes back and asks!" Ye Yu smiled coldly, and after drinking the wine in the cup, he stopped talking.
On that day, She Dongcheng took a group of ruffians to look for trouble, and Ye Yu had already noticed a trace of strangeness. As Su Tai explained at the beginning, She Dongcheng bullied men and women in this county, but he didn't hear that he was cornered.
She Dongcheng's export that day was three thousand taels, which was nothing more than intentional. He Ye Yu and She Dong Cheng have no grievances, if She Dong Cheng is not entrusted by others, how can he be so tightly pressed?
In the eyes of everyone, She Dongcheng's deliberate provocation is more or less related to Lu Zheng. But in Ye Yu's view, this is exactly the cleverness of the people behind it.
Everyone knows that he has a conflict with Lu Zheng, and the relationship between She Dongcheng and the Lu family, so as long as the incident happens, people will naturally think of Lu Zheng.
Although Ye Yu visited She Dongcheng three times these days, he never took the initiative to ask She Dongcheng. In the end, in order to show his loyalty, She Dongcheng still told the person who instructed him to smash the field.
The result was just as Ye Yu thought in his heart, it was the Pan family who was operating behind the scenes. And the price offered to She Dongcheng is not low, and the bounty is 5,000 taels!
Just when Pan Zhisu was about to ask, a maid slowly walked down from the attic, and this maid was Liu Qianyu's personal maid Xiaohuan.
When Xiaohuan came to the hall on the first floor, everyone rushed to Xiaohuan's side. Xiaohuan pursed his lips, and then gently hung the scroll in his hand on the hook on the front wall.
After Xiaohuan glanced at the crowd, he then cleared his throat and announced in a coquettish voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, please listen, my young lady will meet friends with poetry, and if you are received by the young lady, you need to pass three levels."
There is the upper link of the sub-couplet, you must accurately match the lower couplet, and the lower couplet must be reasonable, battle, and rhyme, so as to pass the first level! ”
After Xiaohuan finished speaking, he stood quietly aside, waiting for everyone present to comment on the next link. For a while, everyone's eyes focused on the poetry couplet on the wall:
The boudoir is closed, and when you hear the commotion, you open (open) the door and ask.
The puzzled people quickly shook their heads and walked away, only the interested literati secretly gasped. This uplink looks simple at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it has far-reaching meanings and is extremely tricky.
"The Oiran really lives up to its name, and this Shanglian can be described as extremely tricky!" Lu Zheng put aside Mei Ji beside him, and came to the front in a few steps. Lu Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Shanglian for a long time, and finally had to sigh with such emotion.
"It is extremely true that the glyph of this character alone is enough to kill a lot of effort......"
"This first hurdle is so difficult, it seems that today is the ...... of seeing a beautiful woman again"
“……”
Everyone gathered in a circle and commented, and finally as time went on, one by one they returned to their seats in despair, looking for the wisdom they brought to give advice.
However, in this flower hall, there is only Ye Yu and Pan Zhisuo, and no one is in a hurry to pass the test from beginning to end.
Ye Yu raised his eyes to look at the couplet that had risen to a high place, glanced at Pan Zhi's place, and then said with a smile: "Look at the strength of this woman's font, revealing a Zhonglin delicate atmosphere!" It seems that this Liu Qianyu is also a general, Brother Pan, can there be a downlink? ”
Although Ye Yu's calligraphy is not good, it does not affect his research on calligraphy. Just like a foodie with sensitive taste buds is not necessarily a culinary chef.
However, from the eleven words written in this Shanglian, Ye Yu faintly felt a little strange. As for what the anomaly was, he couldn't say for a while.
Pan Zhisuo turned his head sideways and glanced at Shanglian, Fengmei frowned slightly for a little contemplation, then smiled slightly, picked up a glass of wine from the table and drank it, and said very confidently: "Although this couplet is not easy, it is not absolute!" ”
"That's nature! Brother Pan's quick thinking is naturally handy! Ye Yu hadn't spoken yet, but Lu Zheng came to the table with a wine bottle.
Lu Zheng walked beside Pan Zhisuo with a smile on his face, patted Pan Zhisuo's shoulder and continued, "Brother Pan, Lu Mou can rely on you this time!" Tell me how to deal with this link? ”