Chapter 106: The Dinner Party
The maid ran to the backyard to report the news, and only You Shigong and Sanniang were left in the hall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Sanniang spoke loudly and provoked a few words, You Shigong's heart was full of joy, and a pair of big hands touched around. You Shigong's wanton behavior frightened Sanniang, and she hurriedly said: "Master, there are many people here, let's go back to the backyard." ”
You Shigong nodded and was about to agree, but unexpectedly, a maid flashed out from behind the screen and whispered: "Master, Madame invites the master to go to the back hall to discuss matters." ”
"Got it."
You Shigong looked unhappy, and secretly touched Sanniang when he stood up. After three years in the army, the sow raced the sable cicada, You Shigong endured his lust and walked quickly to the backyard. Mrs. You was already waiting at the door. You Shigong's wife is less than forty years old, her appearance is ordinary, her skin is clean and fair, she is of medium height, her figure is slightly plump, her face is calm and peaceful, and she looks at her husband silently.
"Madam, let's go in and tell the maids to retreat first."
Entering the back hall, Mrs. You took off her armor for You Shigong, and brought a puff fan to fan gently. The heat wave in the capital hit people in June, and although it was nearly evening, You Shigong was still hot and dry. After changing out of long-distance running and putting on a short coat, You Shigong felt cooler.
Seeing that Mrs. You wanted to speak and stopped, You Shigong took a sip of tea and said, "Say, what's the matter?" ”
"Master, I heard that you are going to marry Xianglian to a stranger?"
You Shigong asked with a fox face: "Who did you listen to?" ”
"Brother Hui told me when he came back, and I also asked You Feng, a general, to know a little bit."
You Feng is the general who escorted Wen Qing back, and he is also You Shigong's personal general, You Shigong never hides between him and the general, so many things You Feng is clear. After bowing his head and pondering for a while, You Shigong felt that it was better to break the marriage as soon as possible.
A woman on the left side of the gate is quietly approaching, intending to surprise her father, who has not returned for a year. When she leaned towards the door, she heard something about herself.
"Madam, he is not a stranger, his name is Shen Jia, I plan to marry Xianglian to him, He Shuai is the matchmaker."
The woman outside the door suddenly stopped, and whispered to her ears.
"Master, He Shuai is a rough man, how can he understand such a thing as a matchmaker? I think it's pure nonsense. You are busy with state affairs in foreign wars, and it is rare to return home once on weekdays, Xianglian's marriage is still based on the opinions of the women in the family, do you say that it is not a master? ”
"! Xianglian's mother went when she gave birth to her, who are you going to ask to help her Zhang Luo? Besides, Xianglian is my child, I am her father, can't I express my opinion? ”
Mrs. You saw that You Shigong was slightly angry, and hurriedly fanned the fan while helping You Shigong gently beat his back.
After being silent for a while, when You Shigong's anger dissipated a little, Mrs. You continued: "That young man named Shen Jia, with three women, I happened to meet in the courtyard in the morning, and I chatted with them, these three people have lost their parents since childhood, even that Shen Jia. This person who has lost his parents since childhood, no one to take care of him, his temperament is inevitably a little wild, and his temper is not much better. When this girl got married, she became a member of the other party's family, and she was beaten and scolded, in case anything was bad, wouldn't it be a pity for Xianglian's flower and moon appearance. ”
You Shigong raised his head, stared at Mrs. You for a long time, and a few words burst out of his mouth: "What did my mother say?" ”
"The old lady was devoted to reciting the Buddha, and she didn't say anything, only that we should decide everything for ourselves. Master, although Xianglian is young, she looks very much like the second mother of the year, over time, it will definitely be the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, and when the time comes, she will marry Wangmen in Beijing, and the You family doesn't need to work so hard, sir, don't you say? ”
You Shigong pretended to yawn, tried his best to hide his anger, and said slowly: "You go first, this matter has been decided, don't chew your tongue." ”
"Master, Xianglian has lost her mother since she was a child, and she has been by my side since she was a child, I treat her like a daughter, I am doing this for her good, master, that Shen Jia is a martial artist, with a rough temperament, Brother Hui'er who beats him in three or two strokes is in pain, if Xianglian marries him, he will only suffer."
"Shut up! You are a woman, what do you know, get out! ”
"Master, the concubine is for the future of the You family!"
"Get out! Get me out! You Shigong was furious, his eyes seemed to bulge, and he pointed to the door and roared wildly. The maids outside the door heard the old man's anger and hid far away, and soon, all the people around the back hall disappeared.
Seeing You Shigong spill his anger on himself, Mrs. You cried bitterly. You Shigong kept a straight face and ignored it. After staying for a while, Mrs. You hid her face and hid in her room and sobbed.
In the evening, the You Mansion put up lanterns to prepare a dinner party to celebrate the return of his lord from the battlefield. Some old friends from the past, as well as court officials, also came together, like Xiong Tingbi, the original Liaodong Jingluo, You Shigong's boss, naturally will not be absent from this important occasion.
Also present on behalf of the Donglin Party were Liu Yixian, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou. I don't have a deep impression of Liu Yijing and Shen Jia, but Zuo Guangdou's name is well known. Decades later, Shi Kefa, who refused to stay in Yangzhou and became famous all over the world, was his disciple.
Zuo Guangdou's thick eyebrows raised high, set off his sharp eyes, and his gaze swept on Shen Jia, with a feeling of being penetrated into his heart. Sure enough, it's a royal history, and everyone has their own thorn function. Yang Lian was familiar with Shen Jia, afraid that Shen Jia would not know him, so he quickly stepped forward to introduce Liu Yijing, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zuo Guangdou to Shen Jia, and Shen Jia hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.
Liu Yixiao's face was peaceful, his eyebrows were pleasing to his eyes, and he even smiled when he spoke, and praised You Shigong's achievements from time to time, and the welcoming boy You Wenhui could only laugh. Physiognomy is the easiest to deceive people, and if anyone thinks that Liu Yixiao is a good person, it is very wrong. You Wenhui and Shen Jia are tonight's welcome boys, since Liu Yixian came to the door, the protagonist of the topic quickly became Liu Yixiu, he kept idleming about You Shigong's brave progress in front of the guests, and at the same time did not forget to stimulate the Zhejiang Party of the year.
Liu Yixiao's behavior of openly praising others and secretly pasting gold on himself can be seen by many people. Obviously, the luck of the Zhejiang Party back then was too bad, and the level was limited, and the fierce generals under his command were like clouds, like You Shigong, who was not even ranked, but it was such a favorable situation, and Liaodong lost again and again. Now Yuan Yingtai of the Donglin Party is just a layman, but under him, he has won big victories one after another, what does this mean? Isn't it caused by the low ability of the first assistant before?
Watching Liu Yixie's impromptu performance at the gate, some disagreeing people hurriedly covered their ears inside, while most of them applauded on the sidelines. Shen Jia admired Liu Shoufu's five-body approach to oppression. Indeed, in the face of several solid victories in a row, any objection is pale in comparison. The Donglin Party played the role of a pig teammate in Liaodong, but with the help of Liu Yixiao's mouth, this disadvantage was transformed into a advantage, which Shen Jia admired.
Seeing the flood of responses, Liu Yixiao stopped talking at the right time and beckoned the visiting officials to enter one by one. As a welcome boy, Yu Wenhui looked angry, obviously this kind of role-grabbing behavior made him very embarrassed. And Shen Jia didn't care, and hid in the corner to rest.
Not long after the busy situation continued, an old man of medium height, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a slightly round face asked with a smile: "I heard that Shen Shoubei was in the mansion during today's review, why didn't you see him go out to greet him?" Don't you think I'm an old man who didn't bring any gift money? ”
After saying that, the old man laughed to himself.
"Brother Zhizhi, you're late, you should be punished with three glasses of wine, haha~" Liu Yixiao smiled at the old man.
"Lord Shoufu, there is something at the old man's house today, he didn't go to the school, and the old man regretted it at night, so come and see, what about the kid who drives? Let the old man come out and take a look. ”
Liu Yixiao turned his head to look around, pointed to Shen Jia behind the flower bed, and said, "That kid is lazy." ”
There was a lot of noise, and there was a commotion everywhere, and Shen Jia didn't notice that someone was looking at him. Soon the old man walked up to him and stared at him head-on, without blinking his eyes. Shen Jia was a little curious, and said in his heart, what's the matter with this old man, is it possible that he can't do it with peach blossoms on his face?
"You old man, what are you staring at me, I'm not a big girl!"
The old man smiled, stood up and was about to speak, but unexpectedly Shen Jia started chattering again.
"Hurry up and see, don't block my view, I'm hiding here tonight to watch the girl."
The old man looked ignorant, moved his body slightly and said, "Sister? Where's your sister-in-law? ”
Shen Jia got up, stretched, and was about to leave, but was slapped on the back of the head by a big hand.
Don't think about it, it must be You Shigong, in the capital, only he will do this.
"Can't you be polite when you talk to the emperor? Didn't your teacher teach you how to be a human being? ”
"You Zongbing, talking is talking, why are you talking so much, you just say that the old man is a young Zhan thing, and the old man is used as a target."
Emperor? Shen Jia came back to his senses, could it be that this old man was Sun Chengzong? Shen Jia stood up, circled around Sun Chengzong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun, you can teach me too!" Mix up with your disciples, and maybe you can even climb with the emperor as a senior brother! ”
Sun Chengzong sneered, but the flame of You Shigong's qi almost burst out of his eyes.
"It's easy to say, when you are free, come to my house, worship us, maybe you can grind your lazy appearance, what's the matter? Shen Shoubei? ”
Shen Jia twitched his face and didn't speak, but fortunately, You Shigong broke the siege and invited everyone into the house. The guests have almost arrived, and the hall is full of people, and many people have already started drinking. Seeing Sun Chengzong come in, everyone got up one after another to give up their seats. Under the humility of everyone, Sun Chengzong sat down at the head of Liu Yixie.
At the beginning of the dinner, the maids and servants rushed in and presented the food and wine one by one. You Wenhui and Shen Jia transformed themselves into wine boys and served in the hall. You Wenhui had already forgotten all the unpleasantness of the day before yesterday, and he was complaining to Shen Jia that these old men were old and their hearts were not old, you see, these eyes have never left a few beautiful maids.
Liu Yixiao made another cameo appearance as the host, told a bunch of nonsense that didn't hurt or itch, and beckoned everyone to raise a glass to celebrate. As soon as the wine glass was empty, You Wenhui and Shen Jia carried the wine jug and poured wine. Liu Yixiao has a lot of nonsense, and his ability to control the field is too strong, so Shen Jia decided to kill this guy first. So he carried a pot of spirits and poured a full glass for Liu Yixie.
The aroma of sorghum wine permeated the hall, and some drunkards sniffed around, and soon noticed that the Shousuke wine glass was different. No one said it, the first assistant, it's no different, can it be the first assistant? The people at the banquet drank and ate food while chatting, and some people said some anecdotes. Naturally, the anecdotes were indispensable to Shen Jia's assault car, so Shen Shoubei's identity was pulled out again. The crowd discussed with great interest.
Fortunately, Yang Lian and Xiong Tingbi knew, so they told everyone one by one, which saved Shen Jia trouble. There were many factions in the banquet hall, and the officials only cared about drinking and talking nonsense, and did not talk about state affairs. This also made You Shigong feel a little relieved.
Shen Jia, as the focus of the discussion, was not called out for interrogation, which surprised him. Only Sun Chengzong, who knew the inside story, knew that the emperor had not yet made up his mind about Shen Jia, and the ministers had to keep their distance and watch from the wall, and everything would not be known until two days after entering the court.
The officials toasted to Lord Shoufu, and it didn't take long for Liu Yixiao to speak with a big tongue. You Wenhui looked at this scene in amazement, and praised Shen Jia with a thumbs up. Several officials who were close to Liu Yixian saw that Shoufu was too strong to drink, so they simply sent Liu Yixiu home.
Without Shousuke present, the rest of the officials began to be in a mess. Guess the wine and punch, chant poetry and make a pair of brains. Both civilian and military officials have joined in. Sitting at the bottom is He Shixian's eldest son, He Zhengting. He is twenty-one years old this year, and he has been on duty in the Criminal Department, and he is caught in a group of bigwigs in the capital, and He Zhengting has long been impatient. At this time, as soon as Shoufu left, He Zhengting slipped out to find You Wenhui.
"Wen Hui, did you get Shoufu drunk?"
"You think I did it? If I had this ability, would I still need to be bored at home every day? ”
You Wenhui pointed at Shen Jia, who was smiling next to him, and shouted, "He did it!" ”。
"Shen Jia, come over and meet Brother Zhengting, he is the boss of Uncle He's family."
Shen Jia turned around and saw a young man staring at him, so he said, "Yo, Brother Zhengting, Uncle He said that if I don't have any money in the capital, I just have to ask you to get it, does this still count?" ”
You Wenhui's nose was about to be crooked, others heard these just as polite, but this cowardice was more serious, You Wenhui was about to open his mouth to count, but unexpectedly He Zhengting said angrily: "My father mentioned you in the letter, saying that you are a young talent, and I never thought of meeting you in this corner today, this is fate!" ”
After that, He Zhengting snatched the wine jug that Shen Jia said and poured a glass. Shen Jia's mind flowed, and he quickly snatched the You Wenhui wine jug and poured himself a glass, and toasted with He Zhengting. He Zhengting poured a cup, the spicy spicy sorghum wine made his face red, and his stomach was even more overturned, after a while, He Zhengting relieved himself and yelled: "Good wine!" ”
A good amount of wine, a good amount of wine has to continue to drink, Shen Jia decisively lifted the wine jug next to He Zhengting and hurriedly filled it for him.