It was already dark, a few cyan glass lamps in the elegant room of the restaurant were clearly flickering, the table was full of wine and food, the ripe fragrance was overflowing, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Cao, and Fan Zhen each had a girl to accompany and persuade them to drink, and Wu Lingchun, who was wearing a light pink light shirt, saw that Zhang Sangongzi wanted her to sing the song of Wu Lang, so he grinned, took a handful of three strings and plucked it, and said: "The slave family sings two songs and hangs the branches." Holding the three-stringed "Zheng Zheng Congcong" played a few times, Jiao Didi sang:

"The iron can't be ironed and frowned, and the scissors keep my heart worried, and the embroidery needle can't embroider the mandarin duck buckle. Both are intentional, and it is difficult to start in front of people. It should be my marriage, brother, be patient. ”

Zhang Cao said with a smile: "This song is good, I see that the spring heart is moving, come again and again, there is always a good thing when the spring heart is moved." ”

Then Wu Lingchun sang again: "The pretty family, you want to kill me, and today you are here." I like to work hard, and I hugged my clothes. You're all over the place. Hug and worry are scattered, and hug and boredom are gone. It is not allowed to share a bed together. It's good for me to stand in front of me. ”

Zhang Cao Dale: "Wonderful, **, the mood is full of joy, just stand and see how to solve the fire, and then there are no waves, sing a song and I will reward three coins of silver." ”

At this moment, the other six girls all rushed to sing, Zhang Cao smiled and said: "Come one by one, my son will act as an examiner today to evaluate which of you sings well - Xiao Wu, you have already sung two songs, let them sing first." ”

Zhang Yuan couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhang Cao call Wu Lingchun Xiao Wu, and Mu Zhenzhen, who was standing behind him, couldn't help laughing.

The six girls sang their own voices, and I sang again before you sang it, this is "About Brother Love, Agree to When the Flowers Bloom", and that is "The pretty family pulls the slave outside the window, bites the slave's cheeks, and unties the Xiangluo belt with both hands." Brother, wait a minute—"

Fan Zhen, Wu Ting and others are all forty or fifty years old, a few glasses of Suzhou Laotan wine in the stomach, only the mountain songs are in the ears, one by one the faces are red and the ears are hot, the old man chats about the youth madness, and the girl who accompanies the wine touches and pinchs, that James Yuan Ping said that he looks more dignified, this time with the strength of the wine, his head is under the table, why? Appreciating the little feet - Mu Zhenzhen looked shy, didn't dare to look at it anymore, lowered his head and looked at the back of the young master's head, the young master sat upright, drinking is just drinking, the young master is not like them - Zhang Yuan got up and told the hotel guys to fry a big bowl of egg rice and a small bowl of meat soup, the guy hurriedly went, and it didn't take a moment to serve it with a lacquer plate, Zhang Yuan instructed Mu Zhenzhen: "Zhenzhen, go to dinner." Although he is not as indulgent as Zhang Cao and Zhan Shiyuan, he is not disgusted by it, look at it, laugh and laugh, it's very interesting, this is life.

There is also a small square table in the corner of the elegant room, which is for the guests to play horse hanging, wiping teeth, Mu Zhenzhen sat on the small table to eat, and the healthy servants behind Zhang Cao Nengzhu and the little servant Fu'er were so greedy that they swallowed their saliva, they went out to the banquet with the third young master, and they always ate some leftovers, how could there be a special call for egg fried rice and broth for the maid like the young master of Jiezi!

The servant can be honest and sincere, only envy has no other thoughts, the little maid Fu'er is more obscene, and thought: "I heard that this Mu Zhen really has martial arts, and now he is the personal servant of the young master of Jie Zi, presumably she waits well at night, so the young master of Jie Zi spoils her so much." ”

Mu Zhenzhen, a fallen girl, didn't expect that she would still be envied and jealous of this day, she just felt that the young master treated her so well, what should she do, and she couldn't take it out?

It was Wu Lingchun's turn to sing again, and Wu Lingchun sang by playing the three strings: "Under the lamp, look at the delicate posture." His face was red, he didn't say anything, he just lowered his head. How can you be a gentle and romantic son-in-law. The gold buckle was embarrassed, and the silver light was blown with a smile. I have endured infinite turmoil with you, and tonight is harmonious. ”

"It's a fish." Zhang Cao stroked his palms and laughed, and asked Zhang Yuan: "Jie Zi, how did you say Xiao Wu sang this song?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "It is also gratifying to let the surname be made." ”

Zhang Cao said to Wu Lingchun: "Xiao Wu, Zhang said that you are happy, you sit in his arms and drink a leather cup with him, and I will reward you with one or two silver." ”

Wu Lingchun was instigated by Zhang Cao, and there was a heavy reward, put down the three strings, and was about to sit in Zhang Yuan's arms, Zhang Yuan stopped and said: "I don't like this, don't be annoying." ”

Wu Lingchun deliberately frowned and said pitifully: "The slave family only spends a sip of wine on the son, and he earns a tael of silver, and the son pities the poor slave family, let the slave family earn this tael of silver." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I'm not a donor, and you're not a monk, so let's sing songs." ”

Wu Lingchun was a little annoyed, so he said: "Then the slave family sings another song to split the jade." Singing: "The ability to get acquainted with private affairs is low, and when there is not much happiness, my sister said to me, you seem to have beaten a homestead and did not live well, which caused little Anunu to be full of scabies and leave the house." ”

Zhang Cao slapped his thigh with a smile and said: "Jiezi, Xiao Wu jokes that you have low skills, and you are not happy with the phoenix, you have to show her some skills." ”

Wu Lingchun was afraid that Zhang Yuan would be annoyed, so he hurriedly laughed and said: "How dare the slave family make fun of it, this song is sung like this." ”

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "My brother may still be a boy man, if any of the seven of you can lure him to bed, I will give ten taels of silver." ”

As soon as the seven girls heard this, they stared at Zhang Yuan with infinite spring in their eyes, pretending to be smiling and beautiful.

Zhang Yuan frowned and said, "Third brother, this is too vulgar, what do you treat me for, and you want to tease me again?" ”

Few people dared to sweep Zhang Cao's head, but in the face of Zhang Yuan, Zhang Cao didn't dare to go too far, and said with a smile: "That's it, these private people really don't have any appearance, next time we go to Hangzhou and Nanjing to see the famous demon queen there - drink and drink." ”

After a while, he ordered the wine, and if he couldn't answer, he would be punished with a glass of wine, and he made a fuss until he handed over two drums, Zhang Yuan got up and said: "Today, we will all disperse." ”

Zhang Yuan was not greedy for cups, Zhang Cao and Fan Zhen were all drunk, Zhang Cao asked Nengzhu to pay six silver for the banquet and three taels of silver for the wine, and helped each other downstairs, and each hired a rattan sedan chair to go back - although Zhang Yuan was not drunk, but also had four or five points of alcohol, and walked a little vain, Mu Zhenzhen called a bamboo sedan chair to let the young master sit, she helped the sedan chair back to the East Zhang Mansion, and when she got off the sedan chair outside the bamboo fence gate, Wuling and Dashi greeted each other, and Mu Zhenzhen put Zhang Yuan in, Zhang Yuan thought he was sane, But his legs and feet were not very obedient, and he said, "I will go to the well first and wash my face, so that my mother will not say that I am full of alcohol." ”

The cold well water rinsed his mouth and washed his face, and the strength of the wine was greatly reduced, Zhang Yuan straightened his clothes and towels, and entered the inner courtyard from the hall to see his mother Lu, Zhang's mother Lu saw that her son was not drunk, so she was relieved, and said a few words casually, telling her son to rest early.

Zhang Yuan returned to the bedroom of the West Building, fell asleep, today he drank too much wine, accompanied Qin Minping to drink at noon, and only then drank with Zhang Cao and Fan Zhen for half a night, and fell asleep with his head on the pillow, he didn't even take off his shoes and socks, he woke up thirsty in the middle of the night, and when he sat up, he saw a light like a bean on the small case, and a person fell asleep on the side of his bed, and when he looked at it, it was Mu Zhenzhen, and there was a sand pot teapot on the ground, presumably Mu Zhenzhen knew that he would be thirsty after drinking, and he would find tea in the middle of the night, so he went to cook tea, and waited and waited to sit on the footstool and lie on the side of the bed and fell asleep- The fallen girl crossed her arms and padd her head, her head was on the side of Zhang Yuan, sleeping peacefully, her eyelashes covered her eyelids without moving, her lips were pursed, and the indentations in her upper lip looked extremely delicate, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but stretch out her right index finger to touch her lips - as soon as the fingertips touched the soft lips, Mu Zhenzhen woke up, hurriedly stood up and said, "Young Master-"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "I want to drink tea." ”

Mu Zhenzhen poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhang Yuan, the tea was still slightly warm, just to quench his thirst, Zhang Yuan drank two cups in a row, Mu Zhenzhen packed up the tea set and left in a hurry.

Zhang Yuan went out to relieve himself and came back, and saw that Wu Ling, who was sleeping on the couch outside, also woke up at this time, and asked, "Young master, what about Sister Zhenzhen, didn't Fang just cook tea for the young master?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I've already drunk tea, Xiao Wu-" This "Xiao Wu" reminded him of Wu Lingchun in Baihualou, and he couldn't help laughing, and asked: "You went to the meeting to report the good news and got a reward?" ”

Wu Ling suddenly became energetic, and said with a smile: "The steward of the Shang Mansion rewarded me with two coins of silver on the orders of Miss Shang. ”

Zhang Yuan asked, "Miss Shang has a reply?" ”

Wu Ling said: "Xiao Wu didn't see Miss Shang, it was a maid who replied, saying that Miss Shang was very happy, and asked the young master when he would go to White Horse Mountain to study?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It's not hot yet, go when it's hot." "Anyway, go into the inner room and lie on the bed, thinking about the happy appearance when Shang Ran got the happy letter, he is also happy in his heart, from now on he is a child, and he is a child with the county test and the government test, the social status of the child is lower than the student but higher than the general public, the number of children is large, only Shanyin, Huiji two counties have more than 10,000 children, is a force that should not be underestimated, and often does evil in the township, so the general public gave the child a nickname called "Tong Tianwang" - "Tong Tianwang!" ”

Zhang Yuan laughed silently, the difficult road to the imperial examination, he finally took a solid first step, and suddenly remembered Wang Yingzi, the head of this government examination also has the credit of Yingzi's sister, thank her, I don't know how her brother-in-law in Xiaoshan is, Teacher Wang should be back, right?

…… In the morning of the next day, Xu Shijin, the prefect of Shaoxing, summoned 840 children who passed the government examination in the palace of the government, and the professor of the school sent the test papers to the children, which is the evidence of passing the government examination, and it is also the admission ticket for the next year's road examination. Come to the government to get the examination papers to participate in the Taoist examination - according to the convention, the top 12 children in the government examination, the prefect wants to give a banquet, at noon, Xu Shijin set up two tables of banquets in the government house, Zhang Yuan sat at the head of the Xu prefect's house, the students and teachers talked very happily, and the suspicions that had disappeared disappeared, and now Xu Shijin and Zhang Yuan are close teacher-student relations.

(To be continued)