From Zhengyang Gate to the north, it will be to the chessboard sky street in front of the Daming Gate in a moment, the world's corporal and migrant workers Jia each to the sky, gathered in Si, shoulder rubbing hub, actually said noisy, extremely prosperous. Just a street to the north, there is a deep alley. There are six households in it, and when you go to the end of the household, you will completely stay away from the hustle and bustle outside, as if there is a cave, it is the quiet in the middle of the noise, and the style of hiding in the city.

The façade of this house is not high, and it is a small gatehouse built against the wall. The door is opened between the outer eaves columns, and there are brick patterns and ruyi shape flower ornaments above the lintel, which is also named from this, called 'ruyi door', which is very common. The door is also a common oil-black gate, on which a pair of brand-new red oil and black characters are pasted, saying: 'Zhilan gentleman's surname, pine and cypress ancient people's hearts', the noble and noble of the poetry and book door, without a trace.

Entering the gate, you will see a delicate shadow wall, go around and enter the outer courtyard, and the eyes are suddenly bright, different from the narrow and cramped small courtyard in the south, the courtyard in the north is open and atmospheric, making people open-minded and calm.

Passing through the living room and the lower room in the outer courtyard, there is a delicate hanging flower door, built on a three-story bluestone step. The two sides are the delicate brick walls of grinding bricks, the hemp leaf beam head on the outward side seems to be a red cloud, and the pair of upside-down short columns under the beam head are carved with lotus leaves, and the vertical pillars are decorated like budding buds. The beams between the weeping lotus pillars are carved with the pattern of 'Yutang Wealth', which is even more festive and auspicious.

The outer Nanmu chessboard door is wrapped with six rows of copper hoops, which looks very strong and heavy, and the screen door inside is made of fine ironwood, and the paint is bright and almost admirable, which is completely different from the low-key simplicity outside the door.

After the hanging flower gate, the hall house with three positive and four ears is magnificent, and the east and west wings are also carved beams and painted buildings; The cross road in the courtyard is all paved with bluestone, and there is a huge lotus pot in the middle, the lotus flowers in the jar are in full bloom, and from time to time I see a few golden carp jumping out of the water, making a 'crackling' sound.

Flower trees are widely planted in the courtyard, and a few jujube trees are planted in front of the main house, with green fruits on the branches; On the east side is a grape shelf, and on the west side there are cloves, begonias, elm plums, and mountain peach blossoms. Even under the window edge in front of the steps, there is a row of long strip-shaped flower beds, planted with grass jasmine, impatiens, morning glory, lentil flowers, it is indeed flowers and trees, elegant and pleasant.

A green lacquered window on the flower bed is divided into two doors, the lower fan is fixed, and the upper fan is supported. In winter, the Korean paper has been torn off and replaced with a paper paste cold cloth, which is breathable, cool and bright, and does not enter flies and mosquitoes, which can be described as a lot of benefits.

The summer sun, through the shade of the trees and the window lattice, became warm and pleasant, shining on the shelf bed with tassel brocade tents. A girl wearing a green and yellow silk gauze skirt and a lotus tie yarn shirt, which does not look luxurious, but feels elegant is sitting on the edge of the bed and making a female red, only to see her hair simply pulled behind her head. The lips are red without dotting, the eyebrows are green without painting, and she is born graceful, gentle and lovely, I am afraid that only the most beautiful water town in the south of the Yangtze River can give birth to such a water-like woman.

This girl is Ruohan, after two or three months of recuperation, she is already in good health, not only that, but also because of taking the 'Snow Lotus Yangrong Pill', she is more radiant and healthy than before.

She was unhurriedly the female red in her hand, and from time to time she glanced at the bed with a smile, and there was a bulge under the thin blanket, and she didn't know what was hidden.

I don't know how long it took, and slowly from under the blanket came an arm, then another, and then two big feet...... It turned out to be a man, a man, to be exact. The guy groaned and stretched his body, then lifted the quilt, was dazzled by the bright sun, quickly reached out to block his eyes, and muttered, "When, how can the sun shine on his face?" ”

Ruohan smiled and said, "It's noon, can it not be lit?" He put down the work in his hand, walked to a table of eight immortals, used a Chenghua Doucai grape pattern teacup, carefully brewed a cup of tea, and sent it to him: "Have you slept enough now?" ”

Shen Mo nodded, took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth in the spit pot that Ruohan held, sat on the edge of the bed for a while, and suddenly lost his voice: "Oh, don't I want to accompany you to Liulichang today?" Why didn't you call me earlier! ”

Originally, I agreed with Ruohan to accompany her to the glass factory today, but he couldn't wake up as soon as he lay down, and he didn't get up until he was on the third pole, and he couldn't help complaining: "Why didn't you call me earlier?" ”

Ruohan helped him put on his shirt and said with a smile: "It's easy to rest for a day, of course I have to let you rest." ”

Today is the last day of June, and the imperial court's Hugh Mu said, that is, the official's holiday...... This is again a violation of the ancestral system.

Although since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, officials have public holidays, can sleep lazy, play horses and hang or something, and even in the Tang Dynasty, 360 days a year, there are more than 100 days of not going to work, but anyone who can come up with a famous fake will take a grand vacation, and the salary will be paid, which is really too much for the officials of later generations to come, and they yearn for it.

But in this dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu was born as a bitter child, and he had to eat, let go of cattle, and fought wars, and his energy was extremely strong, and he took it for granted that his officials were also 'cattle and horses', and he gave three days off a year, namely the New Year, the winter solstice, and the eighteenth day of September, because that day was his birth.

In this way, some officials who lived separately in the two places could not even give birth to babies, and even if they were lucky, they also made 'children who did not know each other, and asked where the guests came from', which made the officials very resentful, and they could not do their work, so Emperor Zhu had to compromise, and there was a one-month winter vacation from the lunar month to the first month, and there was a surprise solution to any problems.

So for a long time, officials spent most of the year without holidays. But later, even Emperor Zhu's descendants couldn't get used to it, this emperor added a holiday, that emperor added a rest, and the number of holidays gradually increased...... By now, it has been three days off per month, the first, fifteenth and thirtieth days of the new year. In addition, New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan, Winter Solstice and other festivals can be taken for 18 days, and there are more than 50 days of vacation every year, not including the winter vacation that is reduced to half a month.

It is not surprising that this time no official said that the ancestral system would be maintained, and everyone made a fortune in silence, and the collective choice of surname amnesia...... But for Shen Mo, who was on an errand in the cabinet, there was no such good luck, since he joined Wuyi Palace, it has been two full months now, and this is still the first day of rest.

Originally, I agreed with Ruohan to accompany her to the glass factory today, but he couldn't wake up as soon as he lay down, and he didn't get up until now.

"Then let's get out of here." Standing up silently, Ruohan shook his head, pointed to the front yard and said, "Uncles are waiting for you." ”

"They're coming?" Shen Mo scratched his head and said, "Why don't you say hello in advance?" ”

"You've been busy here, and you haven't been together for two months, so of course they're coming." Ruohan combed his hair and said with a smile: "They won't let me call you, I have already prepared a banquet, please use it first, you can go quickly." ”

Shen Mo said apologetically: "I haven't been with you for a long time......"

Ruohan smiled: "It's long, can you still be so busy all the time?" ”

smiled silently and gratefully, but he couldn't see where the end of the busyness was...... The same department of the Guanzheng Jinshi, are so idle that they don't need to put salt in their meals, and now there are seventy-seven or eighty-eight people who have returned to their hometowns and provinces, and the first year of schoolwork is tighter, but from the second year, they can herd sheep. Not to mention going home to save relatives, even if you go back to live for a year and a half, as long as you name it 'travel and experience', you can do it.

Only him, Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin, and Xu Wei were pestered by errands all day long, and they had no time to talk about it, and the return date was even more hopeless...... In fact, he had already written the provincial report, but now that he has offended Li Mo, how dare he hand it over and cause trouble again? It can only be stored in the drawer of the duty room, and I don't know when it will be handed over.

He glanced at Ruohan with infinite apologies, and said in a deep voice, "I'm going." ”

Ruohan smiled and nodded, and watched him go out.

Trotting under the scorching sun, he was silent and arrived in the front yard, and he heard a burst of laughter in the hall, which seemed to be Sun Ling's voice: "If you were here, you would not be so proud!" ”

"Hehe, it's a pity he's not here." I heard Xu Wei say in a strange voice: "Drink quickly, don't lose it!" ”

Sun Ling picked up the wine and was about to lower his stomach angrily, when he saw Shen Mo standing at the door, he immediately put down the wine glass and said happily: "Brother Humble Yan, come and comment." ”

Shen smiled and went in, bowed his hand to everyone, sat down on the seat reserved for him, and asked with a smile, "Why do you want me to judge?" ”

"We're guessing and drinking." Wu Dui said with a smile: "Wen Chang made a pair and said: 'The two of them sit side by side, sit on two drums and three drums, one is afraid of cats and one is afraid of tigers. 'Let me guess a word. ”

Sun Ling took over the conversation and said: "I guess it's 'fresh', you see, the fish who are afraid of cats and fish, those who are afraid of tigers are sheep, and the fish and sheep are combined into the word 'fresh'." Isn't that right? The others also nodded in agreement: "But there is some truth." ”

Xu Wei squinted and smiled: "This riddle is three sentences, you have solved the first and second sentences, how to say the middle sentence?" What drum do fish and sheep drum? ”

"Clumsy words, you say, is this person using strong words?" Sun Ling took the case and said.

Shen Mo smiled and said, "Brother Wenhe, I think Senior Brother Wen means something else,"

"And what do you say?" Sun Ling asked rhetorically.

"The second drum is the time of 'Hai', and the third drum is the time of the 'son'. In the zodiac, Hai is a pig and a tiger; The son is a rat, and the cat is also afraid. 'Haizi' sits side by side, and the riddle may be a 'child'. Shen Mo smiled and explained, "I don't know if I guessed wrong?" ”

"Knowingly asked." Xu Wei rolled his eyes angrily.

"Haha, this is really brine tofu, one thing drops one thing!" Sun Ling said happily.

"You didn't guess it? What are you happy about? Xu Wei glared at him and said, "I haven't drunk your wine yet!" ”

Sun Ling wanted to cheat, but Xu Wei refused to comply, and the two of them made a fuss, causing everyone to laugh. At this time, the subordinates added a few hot dishes, and the seven of them pushed the cups again and changed the lamps, and ate and drank and had fun.

There was a very tacit understanding during the banquet, and no one asked Shen Mo and Xu Wei about their errands in Xiyuan, because they were both top secrets, and it was very confusing to answer or not to answer after asking.

However, the recent major events in the DPRK and China are enough for these young people who are new to the officialdom to discuss it with great interest. I only heard Wu Dui say: "Bingchen is just over halfway through the inspection, and the officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been deposed on charges of old age, illness, carelessness, incompetence, greed and other crimes, and more than 30 people from the two capitals and 13 provinces according to the procurators, the left and right political envoys, and there are countless people below the prefects, among which only in Zhejiang, there are three prefects and 17 prefects have been dismissed!" ”

Sun Yan continued: "Coupled with the investigation of Beijing officials in winter, more than 300 officials were deposed. Saying that, he sighed and said: "Many Yan Party figures have been disposed of, or called, or idle, and the spearhead is directed at Yan Ge Lao. ”

"Yes," Xu Wei nodded: "These two inspections have seriously impacted and weakened the Yan Party. But the Jingguan Sipin and above were not in these two inspections," he said and said with a smile: "If next year's Ding Si Jingcha is still presided over by Li Mo, Yan Ge Lao is afraid that he will become a bald chicken!" ”

"Obviously, Li Mo has His Majesty's acquiescence." Sun Ling exclaimed excitedly: "It seems that Yan Ge's old man is over!" Li Mo is going to take over! But seeing that others didn't squeak, he scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Forget and forget, Li Mo hates us to the core." "The seven of them are classmates and fellow villagers, and they are broken bones and tendons, and in the eyes of anyone, they are all one.

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry for dragging everyone down." ”

Everyone laughed and said, "If you're afraid of being dragged down, I won't come to you for a drink." ”

Shen Mo smiled movingly: "Don't worry, Li Mo can't do anything, and Yan Song can't fall down." ”

"Really?" Sun Ling said in disbelief: "Yan Song is seventy-seven this year, seven years older than Zhishi's age. I feel that His Majesty is now interested in letting Li Mo take over his class. ”

"It turned out to be possible," Xu Wei took a sip of the wine in the glass and said with a smile: "But now it's impossible." ”

"Why?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Because he and His Majesty are twisted." Xu Wei smacked his lips and said, "Your Majesty will not put such a person by your side." ”

While he was talking, a cold wind suddenly blew in from outside the door, and everyone looked out together, and saw a trace of rain clouds in the sky. They already knew that Yanjing was in the sky, and a cloud could cause rain, so they couldn't help but sigh and said: "This ghost solar term, why does it rain every day?" ”

"It's good when it rains, the crops are full, and the people are cool." Zhu Dashou laughed.

"It's a rainy day or a guest day," Xu Wei said with a smile: "We can eat big with peace of mind." ”

"I've been eating me for so many years, and I've never seen you feel sorry." Shen Mo laughed and scolded.

Sure enough, the cool soared, and immediately the dark clouds rolled, and the crackling downpour came in a blink of an eye, and the rain curtain covered the doors and windows in an instant, but it also dispersed the stuffiness at once.

Feeling the coolness brought by the heavy rain, Xu Wei excitedly knocked on the bowl with a chopstick, and sang a song full of Beijing rhyme: "The wind is thundering in the northwest sky. Suddenly, the dark clouds rolled and the black was long, and the heavy rain was a spring...... singing about the rain scene of Yanjing, which was indeed vivid.

Let this heavy rain stir up, and everyone forgot the original topic and talked about other things. After eating and drinking, the rain did not stop, so he withdrew the banquet and killed the time. Xu Wei, who is usually the most active, took the initiative to let Xian this time, and after watching a round, he got up and said, "I'm a little dizzy, go out to watch the rain and sober up." ”

Shen Mo also got up and said, "I'll accompany him, it's not good to let the rain catch a cold." ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on the cards, and they casually replied, "Go, go, go." ”

Silence left the hall, and at the end of the corridor, he saw Xu Wenchang standing facing the rain curtain, and at this time, a thunderbolt flashed in the sky, reflecting his back like a flicker.

Shen walked over, and Xu Weitou didn't reply: "What should I do?" ”

The light breeze on the silent face swept away, and he turned to an extremely sad look and said, "Helpless." Saying that, he sighed and said: "The two sides are not on the same level, just like a grasshopper shaking a tree, unless the tree is a cocoon to bind itself, otherwise even if we exhaust the mechanism, it will be useless!" When he was inside, he swore that Li Mo would not last long, but to calm the hearts of the brothers, in fact, he himself did not know what the emperor of Shinto thought of it.

"If Li Mo is not finished," Xu Wei said quietly: "Then you will be finished, and the brothers of the Qionglin Society other than me will never come out, and Wang He will gain a foothold in the southeast, and Hu Zongxian will also be finished." ”

"I know." Shen Mo stretched out his hand to pick up a handful of cold rain, and sighed again: "But I really can't help it." ”

"I have a way." Xu Wei said coldly: "But this method is too poisonous and ruthless, and it will kill people!" ”

"What's the method?" The silent and excited voice changed its tone.

"Let's talk about whether you dare to do it first." Xu Wei turned his head, and in a lightning bolt that pierced the sky, his face was extremely hideous.

"Dare!" Shen Mo gritted his teeth and said, but he was immediately unconvinced: "Still don't dare?" ”

(To be continued)