Today's social climate is not as closed as later generations thought.

Wealthy families built a garden, although it is a private garden through and through, but before moving in, there will also be open to the township, as long as you are neatly dressed, you can enter the garden. But this kind of garden is limited after all, and no one will be left to eat and eat, let alone go upstairs through the hall and peep at the doors and windows.

The invitation sent by Xu Sheng is actually more similar to this kind of invitation to visit the garden.

Even if he lent him a leopard gall, he didn't dare to let a group of squires rashly appear in front of the elder pavilion.

If this displeases the elder, whether it is his steward in the house, or his position as the treasurer in the cloth shop, all of them will leave him. So the guests he invited were only confined to the main entrance to go in and hang around, and then settled in the side courtyard for a meal.

If he was lucky, the elder would not have known that there were such guests in the garden.

If it was bad luck, the elder asked, it was also a famous squire in Songjiang Mansion, who admired the demeanor of the elder pavilion. Moreover, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture is so big, you can find out some of the relationships you want.

What's more, he still has the umbrella of Xu Erye above him, and he sold thirty invitations for five taels of silver, earning one hundred and fifty taels of silver for nothing. One hundred taels of them were to be honored to the second master and saved as private money.

Considering the price of goods at the time of Longqing, this one hundred taels is by no means a small amount.

On the morning of the tenth day of the first month, Xu Jie arrived at his new garden, and he was really satisfied with the layout of the landscape, but unfortunately now that he has lost his position, he will attract the crazy attack of the imperial history if he is not careful. He believed that his heir to the mantle, Zhang Juzheng, could take care of him for the rest of his life, but the strength of Gao Gong and Gao Suqing was not something that Zhang Juzheng could compete with in three or two days.

When the old friends were almost here, Xu Jie and everyone slowly looked at the two small gardens, and then returned to the main hall to rest and talk. Among these people, the oldest is already in his eighties, and the youngest is in his fifties.

Most of them, like Xu Jie, are Nie Bao's protégés, and they prefer to drink and have fun when they sit together, and talk about their knowledge.

Nie Bao is a 12-year jinshi in Zhengde, and started his career as a county magistrate of Huating. He also has an identity, which is the successor of the heart of Yangming Duke Wang Shouren. He came to Songjiang to take up a post, and naturally brought Yangming Psychology here. Later, Nie Bao also served as the prefect of Suzhou, so he had a lot of weight in the Jiangnan Mind lineage.

Xu Jie was the first auxiliary minister in the court, and he was also a bull's ear in the academic world. At present, when discussing the study of conscience, there is no cliché of ordinary scribes gathering to drink and write poetry.

At this time, Xu Fan naturally accompanied him, Xu Ying was too young to be interested in it, and he was not qualified to participate. However, Xu Kun, who has always liked to rely on his father's side, unexpectedly did not show up.

At this time, Xu Kun was wandering around the garden, and he had to arrest someone and ask him: "Where is the broken blue and white porcelain?" ”

When he finally found the repaired blue and white porcelain, Xu Jie's side had already opened. However, this porcelain has a different artistic conception after repair, although it is from the hands of craftsmen, but it cannot be erased without conscience. Otherwise, it will expose his lack of artistic aesthetics, and that is to steal chickens and rice.

"How careless! Whoever cares of this garden, let him pack up the bed and leave! Xu Kun had already thought of the lines, but he saw that the gourd bottle was indeed mended, and he immediately attacked.

Of course, Xu Yuanzuo knew that his main target today was this second young master, who had been hanging from the ground in the distance. Hearing the sound of the second young master in the flower hall, he knew that success or failure was in one fell swoop, and hurriedly appeared in the middle of the road.

Sure enough, Xu Sheng quickly ran out of the flower hall, and when he saw Xu Yuanzuo from a distance, he smiled cruelly: "You did a good deed!" Broke the vase of the imperial gift, and didn't go with me to see the second master! ”

Xu Yuanzuo stood still, and when Xu Sheng walked in, he smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Xu, I offended a lot before, and I still look at Haihan." ”

It's okay not to mention this, but when he mentioned it, Xu Sheng gritted his teeth. He said, "It's useless to talk too much! Hurry up and see the second master and wait for the fate! ”

"Shopkeeper, I'm not a buddy of the cloth shop." Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "Why do you want to listen to the second master? ”

"Hmph, see if you don't give up!" Xu Shengyin smiled: "You smashed the treasure given by the Heavenly Family, and you still think Xu Cheng can keep you?" Or are you going to take a gamble to see if the uncle protects you? ”

"Don't dare." Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "I believe you can protect me." ”

"Why should I protect you, you think too much." Xu Sheng holds his hands up, and the villain has ambition.

"Shopkeeper," Xu Yuanzuo said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I chatted with the visitors in the Winter Garden just now. ”

The guests of the Winter Garden are the Songjiang squires who bought the invitations.

Xu Sheng's face was gloomy: "You want to blackmail me with this?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Yuanzuo laid out the carriage and horses.

Xu Sheng's yin anger was even worse: "Then you go and tell the second master, even if it makes trouble for the master, I am not afraid!" ”

"The shopkeeper can't be full of words." Xu Yuanzuo slowly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve: "The second master is involved in the private sale of invitations, so you are naturally not afraid that the master will know." But does the second master know that you sell an invitation for ten taels of silver? ”

Xu Sheng was furious: "Nonsense! I only sold for five taels! ”

Xu Yuanzuo handed over the rice paper without saying a word.

Xu Sheng took a look, and sure enough, some people wrote five taels after their names, and some wrote ten taels.

"This is their private monopoly, what does it matter to me!" Xu Sheng crumpled the paper into a ball and slammed it on the ground.

"Do you believe it?" Xu Yuanzuo asked softly.

Xu Sheng's face froze.

He can have today, all thanks to the trust of the second master. If the second master is suspicious of him, his backer will naturally be unstable.

"Around the second master, isn't there even a person competing for favor?" Xu Yuanzuo said softly again.

Xu Cheng's psychological defense line showed cracked lines.

His position has a lot of oil and water, and the scenery is decent, I don't know how many people are staring at it. Everyone is an old man of the Xu family, and their ability to do things is also among the best. If this matter is taken by someone with a heart to chew the root of the tongue, it is indeed irritating.

"Now they don't jump out, they just don't want to be the first bird, and they can't fight snakes but get bitten by snakes." Xu Yuanzuo said: "If I want to be kicked out, I have nothing to scruple about, and I have to be this bird." He saw that Xu Sheng's face was still stagnant, and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed my fault to break the porcelain bottle, but if you want to drive me away with this, then make a plan to die and die together." ”

Xu Sheng's heart completely collapsed, and he said viciously: "I'll go and tell the second master, you are waiting here!" ”

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head: "I still have an errand, where can I wait here?" If the second master still has something to say, it's not too late to pass it on to me. He turned around and left, ignoring Xu Sheng's black face.

Xu Sheng knew that he was caught by Xu Yuanzuo this time, and there was no chance to drive him out, but how to tell the second master for a headache. If you tell the truth, there is no doubt that the second master is suspicious, which is very bad. The only way to get the best of both worlds is to plug the gap in the silver yourself......

He searched the ground and finally found the paper ball he had thrown away. Unfolded the calculation, Xu Sheng's heart suddenly cooled half: those big dog families have so many people reselling invitations! Unless you are willing to put silver into it, you can't wipe it out at all!

Is silver important? Or drive away Xu Yuanzuo to eliminate the hatred in his heart?

Xu Sheng took two steps, and finally stood on the side of Yinzi: Xu Yuanzuo is just an ant-like little person, and there will be more opportunities for him in the future!

Xu Yuanzuo walked out of the crescent moon gate and turned his head to look at Xu Sheng, only to see that he was walking extremely slowly at the beginning, and then suddenly accelerated his pace, knowing that he had made up his mind. Based on Xu Yuanzuo's ability to observe people's colors, it was judged that Xu Sheng would most likely choose silver, so the numbers on the paper just now were exaggerated.

Luo Zhenquan quietly walked behind Xu Yuanzuo and asked in a low voice, "How?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo turned around and said, "Let's go over quickly." As long as the matter over there is finalized, let alone Xu Sheng, even Xu Kun will not dare to make trouble. ”

Luo Zhenquan was still bottomless in his heart, and he always felt that a guy who stood at the cabinet had to wrestle with other people's big shopkeepers and young owners, and he was a little self-conscious, but looking at Xu Yuanzuo's confident attitude, he doubted whether he was worrying about the sky.

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