On the afternoon of August 14, Yang Lian, the official of the "Spring and Autumn Classic" of the Zhejiang Township Examination of Yimao, was reviewing the first recommendation sent by the three marking officers, as usual, he first glanced at the comments of the academic officials at the end of the volume, and then began to read the papers. But when he finished reading this first art, his expression became solemn, and he finished reading the next six articles in one go, and said: "Wonderful, full of righteousness, Lang Lang Xuanxuan, and the "Spring and Autumn" people are also loyal and righteous. ”

Yang Lian's book is also "Spring and Autumn", so he will be temporarily transferred to serve as the "Spring and Autumn Classic" room official, those who read "Spring and Autumn" pay attention to the way of the three kings of the Ming Dynasty, the discipline of distinguishing personnel, don't be suspicious, and know right and wrong, and summarize it in four words is "clear distinction between right and wrong", Yang Lian is such a person, at this time, he saw the seven pure atmosphere and accurate discrimination techniques recommended by Gu Jiaoyu, especially the four Spring and Autumn inscription arts, which made him sigh with emotion, and felt that I was not alone, that is, I summoned Gu Jiaoyu to ask if the judgment, edict, and table of the second scene were sent? Gu Jiaoyu said that as soon as it was delivered, Yang Lian asked Gu Jiaoyu to find the second exam paper with the same number as the "Yiguan Benfang Paper", and after reading it, he said: "I don't want to watch this third game, this person is the crown of the "Spring and Autumn" room." ”

Gu Jiaoyu is overjoyed, if there is no objection to the deputy chief examiner and the main examiner, then the candidate of this volume will be the Spring and Autumn Jingkui, this exam paper is recommended by him Gu Jiaoyu, although the marking officer has no status, and he can recognize the protégé like the room official and the chief examiner, but it is always his glory - Yang Lian asked Gu Jiaoyu to evaluate the second exam paper, and then he also wrote a few comments in the back, and the seven articles of the first field were put together in a paper bag, and the words "first name paper" were written on the paper bag and put aside-Gu Jiaoyu asked cautiously: " Since Yang Xianzun attaches so much importance to this exam paper, why is he not recommended to the deputy chief examiner? ”

Yang Lian smiled slightly and said: "This is a work of pressing the papers, it should be placed at the end, and it is prudent to wait for the three exams to be completed, and then recommend the first roll out of the room." ”

Gu Jiaoyu only said yes, and retreated to the adjacent room to continue to read the papers.

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Zhang Yuan didn't know that his room official would be the famous Yang Lian, he is now eliminating all distractions, devoting himself to the exam, the third session on August 15, is still the third watch to search and enter, take a nap, Tianming exam questions down and start writing, three policy theories, respectively, on the scriptures, history, current affairs to the candidates to ask, the first policy to ask the origin of gossip, Zhang Yuan began: "The sage's scriptures are also not left to teach, and do not rely on the number." The Confucian scriptures are also based on reason, but not reason. The number of people who cover the world is not reasonable, the reason of the world is not the sky, the saint has a tacit understanding of the sky, and he can be the way of tomorrow ......"

Sprinkled with enthusiasm, a policy of more than 1,000 words in one go, this policy is the time to really show knowledge, many candidates usually say that they only read eight shares, the rest know nothing, the policy is just nonsense, but because the field only attaches importance to the first seven arts, after the examiner read the million-word exam papers, he has long been dizzy, and the third field of the policy is basically not very good, but in Zhang Yuan, he wants to start and finish well, and he also has the spirit to make the four policy papers detailed and smooth - at the beginning of twilight, Zhang Yuan handed in the paper and went to the direction of Longmen, and finally finished the exam, he has done his best, As for the result to put aside for the time being, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, go back to the boat for the festival, to get drunk and rest, when you walk through the Mingyuan Building, you see the lights upstairs, the fragrance of wine is overflowing, and the examiners are also ready to drink and admire the moon and write poems on the Mingyuan Tower-As soon as you get out of the dragon gate, Mu Zhenzhen trotted over and said diligently: "Young master, the exam is finally over." While taking the test basket in Zhang Yuan's hand.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Yes, I finally finished the exam and have nothing to do." ”

Zhang Dai's maid Su Zhi stepped forward to give a salute to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan was a little strange how Su Zhi came, Su Zhi is small feet, can't go far, the first two are waiting on the boat - wait for a while in the square in front of the Dragon Gate, Zhang Dai, Qi Biaojia and others came out one after another, all of them are relaxed and interested, Zhang Dai is the best at playing, proposing to go to the West Lake to drink and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone responded enthusiastically, from the ninth to the fifteenth day of the first month, the heartstrings are tight, eat badly, sleep badly, now it's time to have fun, and happy that the weather is sunny today, The full moon of the fifteenth has risen on the other side of the Qiantang River-Qi Biaojia said: "Wait for the little brother to go back to the boat to bathe and change clothes-" He took three exams on the "", and he was ashamed of himself.

Zhang Dai grabbed Qi Biaojia and said, "Let's go together, don't delay, it's dawn when you go back to the boat to bathe and come back." ”

From Hangzhou Gongyuan to the West Lake Broken Bridge about four or five miles of road, Laifu to hire a few sedan chairs, Zhang Yuan was willing to walk, so take the sedan chair of the sedan chair, walk on foot, talk and laugh, go out of the west gate of Hangzhou to the broken bridge on the north shore of the West Lake, all the way but listen to the drum cymbals and pipes endlessly, Qingge Man sings in the ears, comes to the broken bridge, only to see the tourists like weaving, the boat flute and drum on the lake, the Eguan feast, the lights are excellent, the sound and light are chaotic, most of these buildings and boats are only wandering on the shore, enjoying the moon in the sky and the moon in the water, watching the scenery of the lake shore and the chaotic tourists- The idlers on the shore are drunk and full, in groups of three or five, singing without a song, seeing that there are famous babies sitting on the balcony of the building boat and squeezing to the shore to see, these people are not admiring the moon, mainly watching people - at this time, it is about the end of the end of the month, the broken bridge is crowded, the boat touches the boat, the sedan chair driver, the column is on the shore, and there is a soap Li shouting, the sergeant is burning, many people are shouting to hire a boat to tour the lake, but at this time, where can the boat be hired, Ni Yuanlu said: "It's a pity, I had to walk away on the shore of the lake." ”

Zhang Dai smiled: "Come with me." "Lead everyone around the lake to the direction of King Yue's tomb for a journey, to the Yulian Pavilion, the high willow causeway, the building boat scales, the Yulian Pavilion is also called the cable boat pavilion, the lake swimmers are from here to buy a boat into the lake, at this time the lights are bright, the hustle and bustle is like the city, but although there are many boats moored on the shore, they all have their own owners - Zhang Dai smiled, led everyone to walk dozens of zhang road, a corner of the lake, a remote city, here is already deserted and there are no tourists, but there is a painting boat quietly moored on the shore, the first two lanterns lined with the dark lake lonely red, The boatman saw Zhang Dai and his party at the bow of the boat, and immediately got up and greeted: "Zhang Xianggong is here." Soon, four more lanterns were lit on the boat, and suddenly the light was several feet, and the lake was blue and rippling - Ni Yuanlu said happily: "Zongzi has already prepared a cruise ship, no wonder he is so determined." ”

Zhang Dai said proudly: "Take precautions, if you wait for the three exams to come out and then look for a boat, then you can only watch others draw the happiness of the boat sheng song, and my generation is helpless on the shore." ”

The servant Nengzhu suddenly walked up to the boat from the cabin, and said with a smile: "The young master of the sect will let me come to the lake to hire a boat after the second exam, and wait for the ministers to come." ”

Everyone was happy and got on the boat one after another, Mu Zhenzhen helped Su Zhi to get on the boat - Zhang Yuanxin said: "The eldest brother is really leisurely, the scientific expedition is so nervous, he still wants to swim in the lake on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, this calm and leisurely is also rare, this is the player in his bones." He said, "Hey, this boatman is familiar—"

The boatman on the painting boat heard it, and said with a smile: "Two Zhang Xianggong, the last time I went back to the Huxin Pavilion to see the snow, it was also a villain's boat." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Great, old patron." ”

This small painting boat is about four zhang long, Zhang Yuan's seven Xiucai and more than a dozen servants sit in it, a table of eight immortals, surrounded by chairs, the table wine and food melons and fruits have already been prepared, all are extremely exquisite, the fruit has Nan Min Fu orange, Tangqi mandarin, Xiaoshan persimmon, as well as grapes, chestnuts, watermelon is naturally indispensable, the Mid-Autumn Festival watermelon will be well, the wine has Suzhou three white wine, Shaoxing wine, Yangzhou snow wine, each an urn, the appetizer has bone-in abalone snail, fish breast, yellow finch, lettuce, leek sprouts, river crab, corrugated cockles...... Zhang Dai said: "Don't talk about things in the house tonight, violators will be punished for drinking." ”

Zhou Menong said: "Zongzi is right, at this time, I want to vomit when I think of those eight-strand articles." ”

The boat family joked: "Several ministers will definitely go to high school this time, and they will be the government and county in the future, so they don't need to study anymore." ”

Everyone laughed.

The painting boat rows to the lake leisurely, and you can see the cruise ships coming and going everywhere, but the ensemble of the sheng song, the bamboo and flesh are hairy, and under the bright moonlight, the green and yellow lotus leaves along the lake are still fragrant - the painting boat surrounds the west of the lonely mountain, and when passing under the Xiling Bridge, Zhang Dai said: "I know where the fishing flute is, and it is suspected that it is on the first bridge in Xiling——" pointed to the Xiling Bridge and said to Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, Wang Xiuwei took a boat on the broken bridge last year, and it was on the shore of this Xiling Bridge, Yanke also went ashore to chase, but he fell, haha." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled, recalling the chance encounter on the broken bridge, Xiuwei cloth robe and bamboo cane, like a fairy under the moon, that is really a good start, Xiuwei is okay in Qingpu, and it is really difficult for her to learn the Longmen account - Mu Zhenzhen on the side suddenly "Huh", lying on the railing of the painting boat and staring at the side of the Xiling Bridge - when Zhang Yuan looked, he saw a delicate boat, a beautiful woman standing on the bow of the boat, and several men on the shore were getting on the boat from the pedals. After ten years of not returning, it can be called a gentle township and a golden cave - Zhou Menong saw the beauty under the headlight of the boat, and his eyes couldn't help but be hot, and said: "What's the fun of my generation just drinking, it's good to call a few songs to be lively." ”

The boatman who rocked the boat immediately responded: "Do you want to ask for a few princesses to drink flower wine, the villain can introduce——"

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Let's change this one, the tiger brother is young, don't be ashamed of him." ”

Fourteen-year-old Qi Biaojia heard Zhang Dai say this, although her face was always so serious, her cheeks were flushed.

Huang Zun is a cautious person, and he doesn't like to travel in a narrow way, and said: "It's best for me to drink and enjoy the moon." ”

Mu Zhenzhen approached Zhang Yuan and said in a low voice: "Young master, the maid saw that there was a person over there who seemed to be Dong Qichang's eldest son, and now that he is on the boat, he can't see it." ”

"Dong Zuyuan!"

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, he really has excellent eyesight, he shouldn't be mistaken, didn't Dong Qichang's family move to the capital, why did Dong Zuyuan appear in Hangzhou, and the rumor of "once stepping into the sky" was really done by the Dong family?

Zhang Dai saw that Zhang Yuan's expression was different, so he came over and asked, "Jiezi, what's the matter?" ”

At this time, Zhang Yuan's painting boat had bypassed the lonely mountain and went south along the Su Causeway, and the boat on the side of the Xiling Bridge also slowly sailed from the shore - Zhang Yuan pointed out: "Dong Zuyuan seems to be on the boat over there." ”

Zhang Dai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "So the stone cloth that night is really the Dong family's conspiracy?" ”

Zhang Yuan sneered: "The Dong family and his son want to move a stone to hit their own feet, then we will take advantage of the situation to smash it." "Call the boatman and ask if you recognize the beauty on the boat over there?"

The boatman shook his head and said: "There are a lot of bewitching concubines and beautiful babies on this lake, where can the villain recognize them, but look at this painting boat is extremely exquisite, it seems to be the boat of the Xu family after the tomb of King Yue." ”

Zhang Yuan asked: "Is it the daughter of Xu Jiheng in Suzhou?" ”

The boatman nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it is Xu Jiheng's daughter, named Ansheng, beautiful and intelligent, versatile, and her friends are all famous people in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are very famous in Suzhou and Hangzhou." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "The last time Xiuwei left Shanyin, when he passed through Hangzhou, he stopped here at Xu Ansheng. Then let the boatman row slowly, let the boat behind catch up, and called Laifu over to tell a few words - Zhang Yuan sat and drank, and heard the boat behind him sing softly, when the two boats were side by side, the side of the boat was not more than a foot apart, Zhang Yuan's ears were extremely sensitive, and he heard a woman's voice in the sound of the orchestra in the song: "Wang Wei came to Hangzhou in half a month, and now lives outside the Yongjin Gate, but she has a disagreement with Mr. Wang, and she is afraid that she will not come to see." ”

Zhang Yuan's heart sank slightly, and he secretly wondered: "Xiuwei arrived in Hangzhou half a month ago, why didn't you come to see me?" ”

I heard a middle-aged man's voice say, "It's not that I want to see her, it's Dong Gongzi who wants to see her." ”

This is Wang Ruqian's voice, Wang Ruqian is also on this boat, very good, then it can be sure that the rumors of "once stepping into the sky" are from the mouths of Dong and Wang, can this be regarded as the same hatred of the enemy, hit it off, and be embarrassed.

Then I heard Dong Zuyuan say: "You just said that you invited her to swim in the lake and admire the moon." ”

The woman groaned for a moment and said, "Okay, but you can't make it difficult for you, because it won't look good for everyone to make a fuss like that." ”

Wang Ruqian said with a smile: "How can this be, everyone is a Sven person, and Dong Gongzi is just admiring him, besides, Wang Wei has also visited Dong Hanlin, and he was introduced by Chen Meigong." ”

Dong Zuyuan said: "I was not in Huating that time, and I had a good relationship with the Oiran of this old courtyard." ”

Wang Ruqian smiled: "That ......"

The boat quickly crossed Zhang Yuan's boat, and the sound of their speech gradually became inaudible, except for the sound of Yu Shengxiao, which was endless-Zhang Dai asked: "Jie Zi, Wang Ruqian is also on this boat, I heard their voices, it seems that Wang Wei was also mentioned." ”

Zhang Yuan was in a bad mood, nodded and said, "The rumors were released by these two people." While ordering the boatman to follow the boat-Wang Binglin and Zhou Menong also knew about Zhang Yuan's old grudge with Dong and Wang Ruqian, they were all extremely annoyed, Wang Binglin said: "This is too despicable, I actually use such obscene means to frame and slander Jie Zi and my colleagues in the Han Society, I might as well unite some Han Society candidates, and go all the way to Wang Tixue and He Fangbo to ask for their lives, and to severely punish the rumor-mongers, how about it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Don't worry, we'll discuss it after the list is released." ”

Huang Zunsu nodded and said: "Since we know that Dong and Wang are behind the instigation, then we are already anti-guest, there is no need to rush to punish them, first visit slowly, find evidence, and then give a thunderous blow after the list is released." ”

Wang Binglin praised: "The eldest brother is really resourceful, then let me and Brother Zhou's two servants go to visit, these two people are quite capable, and the people of the Dong family and the Wang family don't recognize them." ”

At this time, they also had no intention of admiring the moon, everyone drank while talking about the affairs of the Han Society, their painting boat followed the boat a few zhang apart, there were many boats on the lake, and Dong Zuyuan and Wang Ruqian would not be suspicious - the two boats crossed the West Lake one after the other, arrived at the east shore of the West Lake, and moored on the shore across the ten zhangs, Zhang Yuan saw a servant woman go ashore from the boat, and went to Yongjinmen, he also took Mu Zhenzhen and Wuling ashore, turned his head and asked Huang Zunsu's servant to go ashore with him, four people stood under a peach tree, and the peach tree had not yet fallen leaves. The branches are luxuriant, and the shade is like ink - about a moment later, under the moonlight, a small sedan chair came from inside the Yongjin Gate, and Mu Zhenzhen said in Zhang Yuan's ear: "Young master, the sedan chair is followed by Xue Tong and Hui Xiang." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", his heart ached faintly, he would ask the Huang servant to stop him before Wang Wei got on the boat, but - the green cover sedan chair passed by the peach tree, Zhang Yuan heard Wang Wei in the sedan chair let the sedan chair man stop the sedan chair, and whispered two words to Xue Tong, Xue Tong agreed, then ran to the shore, and asked loudly: "Which boat is Aunt Xu?" ”

The beautiful woman with a graceful figure walked up to the bow of the boat and beckoned, "Brother Xue, this way-"

Xue Tong asked, "Aunt Xu, who else is on the boat?" ”

As soon as Na Liren hesitated for a moment, Xue Tong had already jumped on the boat, extremely agile, looked at the cabin, and immediately shouted: "Aunt Xu is deceiving!" Glaring at the beauty, he ran off the boat, and said loudly to the side of the small sedan chair: "Aunt Wei, Aunt Xu lied to you, there are several men on the boat, and I recognize one of them as Mr. Wang from Huizhou, yes, it is that Mr. Wang." ”

Wang Wei in the green cover sedan chair "snorted", and immediately returned to the sedan chair, the sedan chair man was hired by her, so she naturally turned around, and the servant woman of the Xu family was stunned there, not knowing what to do.

Wang Ruqian and Dong Zuyuan both stood at the bow of the boat at this time, Wang Ruqian didn't speak, just sneered with his hands, Dong Zuyuan folded his fan and patted his chest "pop", and said hatefully: "Cheap and rude, if it weren't for the fact that there are many people here, I would have asked her to get on the boat, a girl in the song dared to be so presumptuous, relying on the momentum of Zhang Yuan's kid - she hasn't left the country yet, right?" The last sentence was asked to the beautiful Xu Ansheng.

Xu Ansheng heard Dong Zuyuan speak like this, his heart was unhappy, and he said lightly: "Isn't it rumored that Zhang Yuan wants to accept Wang Wei as a concubine after the middle move, and then he will naturally get rid of her nationality." ”

"Middle-lifted." Dong Zuyuan sneered: "Do you really think that he is a talented man, he will be lifted if he says that he is in the middle!" ”

Wang Ruqian also sneered.

Xu Ansheng shook his head slightly, secretly regretting that he promised to make an appointment with Wang Wei for Dong Zuyuan tonight, it seems that Dong Zuyuan's intentions are very unkind, he sighed lightly, and ordered Zhouzi to return to the boat to the west——......

The two sedan chair drivers carried the sedan chair and walked quickly, Xue Tong was fine, he could keep up, and the little maid Huixiang was struggling, shouting: "Wei Gu - Wei Gu -"

When it came to Yongjinmen, the sedan chair slowed down, and someone behind strode after him, and said near the front: "Aunt Wei, wait a minute——"

Xue Tong Huo Ran turned around, this twelve-year-old child was like a little lion, his hands were on his waist, his body bowed slightly, and shouted: "What are you talking about!" ”

People came and went in front of Yongjin Gate, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were good onlookers, and there was a slight disturbance, and they immediately gathered a group of people to see the excitement - the people who were chasing hurriedly stopped and pointed back: "Zhang Jiezi Zhang Xianggong is here." ”

As soon as Wang Wei in the small sedan chair heard this, he ordered the sedan chair to stop, and Xue Tong had already shouted in surprise: "It's really Jie Zi Xianggong, and Brother Xiaowu." "Run to catch up.

Zhang Yuan followed Xue Tong to the sedan chair quickly, Wang Wei was lifting the bamboo curtain and getting off the sedan chair, Zhang Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Xiuwei, sit back in the sedan chair and talk." ”

Wang Weimei's eyes flashed, as bright as the morning star, and he sat back in the sedan chair, and the two sedan chair drivers lifted the sedan chair and walked away, and the crowd of onlookers dispersed.

Zhang Yuan followed the side of the sedan chair, looked sideways at the window of the small sedan chair, the curtains slowly lifted from the inside, revealing Wang Wei's beautiful face, smiled, and his voice was sweet and intoxicating: "Jie Zi Xianggong, a coincidence." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and asked, "Xiuwei, why are you here?" ”

The little maid Huixiang said quickly: "I don't know yet, my aunt has been in Hangzhou for more than half a month, and Miss Ruoxi asked Aunt Wei to take care of the Shengmei branch in Hangzhou." ”

Zhang Yuan said "oh", patted his forehead, and said in his heart: "I see." Asked Wang Wei: "Then why didn't you come to see me earlier?" ”

Wang Wei said with a smile: "I've seen it a long time ago, in the early morning of the ninth day of the first month, Xiu Wei watched Jie Zi Xianggong enter with his shoulder outside the east gate of the Gongyuan, and I also came to see it when he appeared in the evening, Jie Zi Xianggong seemed to be quite proud of the exam, I didn't come to the next two games, and I was going to wait for the list to come and see——"

Zhang Yuan laughed loudly, his mind was open, and some of his previous doubts and unhappiness disappeared, but the full moon at the head of Juecheng was extremely bright, and said: "So if I am not on the list, you will not see me?" ”

The girl in the sedan chair smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for three years, I can wait, but I think I can't wait, so this subject must be in the middle." ”

Zhang Yuan laughed, and stopped laughing for a while: "Do you know, I just stood under the big peach tree on the shore to see if a certain woman would be deceived." ”

Wang Wei said "ah" and asked, "What if I am deceived into getting on the boat?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Then decisively arrest and escort him back to bring him to family justice." ”

Wang Wei could hear the doting in Zhang Yuan's tone, how did the word "family law" make her happy, but she snorted lightly and said: "Am I so stupid, recklessly losing Xu Ansheng's boat, Xu Ansheng is-" did not go further.

Zhang Yuan Zhengse said: "Xiuwei is still a little reckless, if Xu Ansheng is uneasy and kind, he will coax you up with an empty boat first, and you will not be able to help where you will be taken at that time, you must know that Dong Qichang's eldest son Dong Zuyuan is also on that boat, and they are all crazy." ”

Wang Wei said in her heart: "I, Wang Wei, am not a powerless woman, and Sister Xu is not that kind of person, she must have been coaxed by Wang Ruqian this time." He said: "Jie Zi Xianggong is right, Xiuwei knows." Asked: "Why did Jie Zi Xianggong meet them so coincidentally?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "In Xiling Bridge, the eldest brother was talking to me about your boat ride to Xiling Bridge last year, and I saw Dong Zuyuan on the boat, and I heard that they were going to lure you on the boat, so I followed, the hero saves the beauty." ”

Wang Wei smiled, and suddenly said: "Jie Zi Xianggong, that Wang Ruqian and Dong Zuyuan are together, could it be ——? ”

Zhang Yuan knew what Wang Wei had in mind, and it seemed that the rumor of "once stepping into the sky" was spreading widely, so he smiled slightly and said: "Xiuwei is smart, I will find out about this matter, you take me to see the Hangzhou branch of Shengmei now." Then he turned and told the Huang servant to go back to the ship and report that he would return to the ship later.

Mu Zhenzhen and Wu Ling followed Zhang Yuan with Wang Wei's small sedan chair into Yongjinmen, Shengmeihao branch is on the side of Wanxian Bridge where Yongjinmen enters, three frontage frontages, two floors up and down, three inside and outside, covering an area of one acre with zero, four hundred and eighty taels of silver bought, all by Wang Wei single-handedly, with a Lu servant, a family of four, to Wang Wei to give Wang Wei a hand, see Zhang Yuan, happily come to visit, Uncle Yao also came out to greet - Wang Wei led Zhang Yuan through the hall to the inner courtyard, said: "This second entry will be a warehouse, Ruoxi's sister said that she would personally send a boatload of silk and cloth to Hangzhou next month, and the store would officially open at that time. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Great, my sister is busy now, and my brother-in-law also went to Nanjing to participate in the township test, right?" ”

Wang Wei said: "Yes, I left at the beginning of last month. ”

While talking, enter the third entry, a large patio, a small building in the shape of a zigzag, there is a small round table by the patio, the moonlight shines down from the rectangular patio, you can clearly see the watermelon, vegetarian dishes, fruits and moon cakes on the table, and a pot of wine, it seems to be Shaoxing wine, a maid sat on the side and dozed off, heard the movement, raised her eyes to see Wang Wei and Zhang Yuan, surprised and delighted, hurriedly got up, and said to Zhang Yuan Wanfu: "Why is Master Jiezi here!" ”

Zhang Yuan recognized this maid, named Xiao Tao, who was her sister Ruoxi's maidservant, it should be her sister Seeing that Wang Wei was short of manpower, let this maid help Wang Wei - Zhang Yuan sat down at the small round table and said with a smile: "Does Xiuwei celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival alone, but do you want someone to accompany you?" ”

When Wang Wei saw Zhang Yuan tonight, he was very happy in his heart, and said, "Isn't Jie Zigong not accompanying his friends on the boat?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and didn't answer, and cut the watermelon in half with a paper cutter, half of which was divided into five fans, he, Wang Wei, Mu Zhenzhen, Hui Xiang, and Xiao Tao each had one fan, and the other half let Xiao Tao send it to the outer courtyard for Uncle Yao and Xue Tong to eat, Wang Wei said: "No need to send it, I prepared a big watermelon for them earlier." ”

The moonlight in the patio gradually moved to the right, looking up, you can see the full moon from the sky in all directions, Wang Wei looked up at the bright moon, looked down at Zhang Yuan, and said: "There is a small garden behind this, can you take a look at it?" ”

Zhang Yuan followed Wang Wei to the back garden, sure enough, it was a small garden, not much bigger than the patio in front, there were a few laurel trees, very fragrant - Wang Wei said: "After this while, I want to plant some flowers and plants in this small garden." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um" and asked: "Xiuwei, are you still used to learning Longmen accounts and taking care of cloth shops?" ”

Wang Wei said: "It's okay, but I'm afraid that I'm too busy and have no leisure time." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Hire more people, it won't make you too busy, and there will definitely be time for poetry and painting." ”

Wang Wei couldn't help but smile, and said: "Although I am a little busy, I am actually happy in my heart, and I feel down-to-earth, I used to travel all day long, but I felt that I was lost, as if I had lost something, and I was always looking for it——"

Zhang Yuan looked at the girl bathed in the moonlight and asked, "Have you ever found the lost thing?" ”

Wang's delicate eyelashes fluttered like butterflies, and after a while, he raised his eyes to look at Zhang Yuan, and said softly: "I thought I had found it, but I don't know if I really found it. ”

This girl's eyes and whispers can really hook people's souls, Zhang Yuan took her hand and said, "Okay, I'll look for it with Xiuwei." ”

(To be continued)