Nanjing Gongyuan is located in the east of Yingtianfuxue, between Qiwang Street and Gongyuan Street, and is adjacent to Taipingli. The famous Qinhuai River flows through its southwest, makes a circle, and bypasses it from the northeast, thus making this one-third of an acre of land the most outstanding place in the whole Jinling. Surrounded by the Qinhuai River, there are many singing towers and wine shops, and the river houses and water pavilions compete for beauty, even so, the Kuiyuan Building built on the edge of the Gongyuan Courtyard is still second to none. For its good mouth, every time the township test season, it is difficult to find here, even in ordinary times, it is often full of friends.

Although Xu Zhen's seven-grade officials are nothing in the huge city of Nanjing, there are only a handful of local officials in Nanjing in Taipingli, and now is not the autumn season, Kuiyuanlou readily agreed to the Xu family's charter. From the evening, Xu Zhen and his two sons, as the master, arrived first, and then several elders and subordinates of the Xu family. Those guests who were a little different in identity naturally arrived early, giving gifts and congratulating, and there was laughter and laughter for a while.

The Xu family has not had a serious official for many years, in addition to Xu Zhen, there is still a person in the fourth room, but he has not worked the dots, and he has not had a good job for many years, and he can't look down on the poor, so he only nests at home. If you want to say that a person is naturally decent in a small town and countryside, but this is Jiangnan, which is full of talents, it is natural to sit and eat more and more. Therefore, Xu Yu's promotion, the whole clan is counting on him to continue to rise, not to mention the whole clan, but the pomp and circumstance are not small.

Master Xu first threw away the patriarch's shelf, and hurriedly opened up with a smile on his face. Although he couldn't study, after all, he had been in charge of clan affairs for many years, and he always had the ability to deal with people, and he didn't snub any guests. And a few children of the younger generation are even more needless to say, even if the young masters who don't help the oil bottle at home are poured, they also follow the elders and the guests with a smile at this time, and this time they bow down again and again, and they almost can't even straighten their waists.

Xu Xun also came early. Master Xu was taken aback when he first saw him, and he was scolded for splitting his head and covering his face, until Xu Xun took out Xu Xun's post, he closed his mouth stupidly, but he was unwilling to go to Xu Zhen to ask. Coincidentally, Xu Zhen was greeting Shen Tuiguan of the government, and the housekeeper Zhu Sihai naturally stopped Master Xu. Hearing the reason, the big butler of Xu Zhen immediately laughed.

"Our lord also had the help of the second master in the past, and there is only one single seedling in the second room, how can our lord leave people behind?" Zhu Sihai said it in a high-sounding manner, and when he saw that Master Xu was uncomfortable for a while, he slowed down and said in a tone of voice, "It's just a matter of adding a pair of dishes and chopsticks, don't think about it so much." If you don't like to see him, can't you just let other young masters do those things to welcome guests? ”

Master Xu was speechless by Zhu Sihai's call, although he was still unhappy, he had no choice but to admit this fact. Even so, he still saw that Xu Xun's nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, but the distinguished guests gradually came, and he didn't care about this stubble. However, his two sons, Xu Dong and Xu Jin, watched Xu Xun sitting there alone and bored, and they were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground. After taking a moment, Xu Jin flashed to Xu Xun's side, and reached out to press the empty table with a smile.

"I didn't expect the seventh brother to drill into the camp very much, and this place was also mixed in lightly and skillfully. However, today is a good day for the sixth uncle, you don't want to eat empty rice, right? ”

"Thousands of miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate. Thinking about the sixth uncle's heavy is his heart. ”

Xu Xun sneered when he saw Xu Jin's words, but he continued to drink tea there leisurely, without the slightest intention of continuing to talk. It wasn't until Xu Jin stabbed two more sentences and didn't see any reaction, and he didn't have to throw his sleeves and leave, that he looked sideways in the direction of the main table. At that moment, there was a commotion below.

"Wu Qigongzi is here!"

With this uproar, everyone on the seat turned their heads to look in the direction of downstairs, and saw that it was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old young man in Chinese clothes who was greeted upstairs by the smiling Xu Zhen, and many people got up to say hello for a while. Most of the people who don't have an official body are called the Seventh Young Master, those who have an official body are more reserved, most of the people with low official rank are called virtuous nephews, and those with higher official ranks are called the table words.

Xu Xun watched this scene from his seat, but there was no ripple in his heart, and he looked around while drinking tea as usual. It's just that Xu Dong and Xu Jin's conversation not far away still can't help but get into his ears.

"It's all Xingqi, but Bing's surname is simply different, and I don't know if others see this scene, and they are ashamed!" Xu Jin squinted as he spoke, and deliberately raised his voice, "I don't know what means were used to deceive the sixth uncle's post, but it is really enough to beg for nothing to come to a place full of friends today!" ”

"Say a few words, I was heard, and I said that my Xu family has no rules." Xu Dong is already in his early twenties, and he has already married a wife, so he is calmer after all, glaring at his brother unhappily, and then squinting at Xu Xun, and then reprimanded, "Who in the clan doesn't know that he is a mud adou who can't support the wall, why bother to surrender his identity and this kind of person theory!" ”

Xu Xun, who was evaluated as this kind of person, held the teacup in one hand, but he didn't move. Not only that, but those other Xu family disciples seemed to be satisfied that he would not be welcomed, and they would always drop a few words of sarcasm when passing by. Knowing that everyone was looking forward to him, he couldn't bear to have a seizure on the spot and left, Xu Xun became more and more indifferent and continued to taste the tea at hand slowly.

As night gradually fell, the banquet was about to start, but there was a guest who was late, and it turned out to be the ruler of the government. This one is a five-rank official, the third person in the government, and when he came, he also brought the news that Liu Fucheng was coming, and for a while, the four were in an uproar, and even Xu Zhen showed an incredible expression. I thought that these two were at most the nephews and nephews of the family who came to sit down, but they didn't want to show up in person, which gave him an ordinary face. So, he hurriedly invited Fang Zhizhong to the main table, and it was logical that in order to make room for Liu Fucheng, who would come later, someone from the Xu family was removed from the main table.

As soon as this son adjusted, Xu Xun was naturally rushed to the next table downstairs for a backup table. He didn't care, he thought that he would enjoy this sumptuous banquet by himself for the most part, but unexpectedly, after a while, there was one more person in an empty seat next to him. Xu Xun had no intention of picking up strangers, but when he saw the person's appearance clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

"What do you see, don't you know it?"

Realizing that it was the little girl who was easy to hairpin again, Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh dumbly, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he whispered: "The girl is too bold, and she dares to get into this place today?" Aren't you afraid of being recognized by someone like my third brother again? ”

"Don't call me girl!" The little girl glared at Xu Xun angrily, and then snorted coldly, "It's not a big deal to recognize it, and the people here can't do anything to me." It's you, it's so easy to get up to this Kuiyuan Building, why are you still being left here? Also, are you ready for a congratulatory gift? I heard the few small private discussions of the Xu family before, saying that the juniors will give congratulatory gifts to Master Xu Liu one by one, if you go up, you should be careful not to show foreign appearances. ”

ps: After midnight, ask for a recommendation -. －