Although Chen Xin has never been on the battlefield to fight, he still has to exercise his physical fitness in the military camp on weekdays, and he has also killed people with his own hands, and it is not a problem to beat the pampered fat man, and there is also the help of the stupid monk, a giant Mac, who beat the fat man and one of his followers to roll on the ground, and let out a big sigh. Song Wenxian naturally applauded loudly, and took the time to come up and kick it from time to time, lest the world would not be chaotic, and Liu Minyou kept persuading them to stop.

There was a mess in the hall, the rich merchant and his servants shouted loudly inside, the two green hands of the courtyard ran over, Zuo Changhao stopped them, and calmly said, Chen Xin had enough, he didn't look at the fat man on the ground, and went to a small pool outside to wash off the nosebleed of the fat man on it.

There are often fights and brawls in the Qinglou, although there are mostly Sven people on the Qinhuai River, but there are also many rough people like Chen Xin who are vassals and elegant, the bustard named Li Lihua came to see it, and she was not flustered at all, she knew that Zuo Changhao was more underworld, and her few green hands did not dare to provoke these people, so she just persuaded the rich merchant to dissipate his anger, called two pretty maidservants to help him go to a small building, and asked the servants to ask the doctor to treat the injury. Then a few helpers cleaned the inside, and the tables and chairs were set up again, and they looked neat again.

After settling down with the rich merchant, the bustard came to apologize to Chen Xin and the others, asked them to rest on the painting boat by the river, and sent people to urge the lazy daughter to urge her.

Chen Xin was angry, and when he arrived at a painting boat outside the door, Grandma Li led the way diligently, Zuo Changhao apologized to Chen Xin again and again, and said: "General Chen will wait on the painting boat first." Lord Xu estimated that it was almost empty. I'll send someone to take a look. ”

Chen Xin nodded, and took the group to the painting boat, there are two floors on the boat, downstairs is the hall, upstairs is the bedroom and terrace, the hall is very spacious, there are a few coffee tables, a round table in the middle, the decoration is also very elegant, but he is not in the mood to appreciate. Choosing a seat in the hall and drinking tea to pass the time, Song Wenxian talked about beating the fat man just now, and his eyebrows danced.

The bustard mother hurried in. gasped and said, "A few sons, wait a while, my daughter is dressing up ......"

"Let her go to the boat to dress up, and come immediately, Chen Gongzi is a distinguished guest of Lord Xu, how can she be allowed to slacken." Zuo Changhao was also a little annoyed, he originally wanted to greet Chen Xin and the others, but now he lost face.

As soon as Li Lihua heard Lord Xu, she didn't say anything more, and hurriedly went to urge herself, it seems that Xu Xinsu is somewhat famous in black and white.

It's a long time coming. In the middle, Nie Hong and the others arrived, Chen Xin asked Nie Hong and Pu Zhuang to get on the boat, and the others were on guard under the boat, and the sea dog also brought his flintlock short gun, although he estimated that the rich merchant had no power, but it was always better to be safe, and after putting the gun and a few paper shell bullets into the inner pocket of his clothes, he felt more at ease, and Chen Xin felt that he had a kind of battlefield syndrome.

After waiting for another cup of tea, Grandma Li finally pulled a plain-clothed woman in. is fifteen or sixteen again, with beautiful eyebrows, affectionate eyes, and very elegant makeup, which looks beautiful. It's just that she's a little smaller, and a maid behind her is holding a lute. The other maidservant girl was holding a flute.

Li Lihua came over and said to the two: "A few sons have been waiting for a long time, this is Yan'er, who is the best at pipa and purple jade." ”

The little woman looked a little unhappy, Li Lihua pushed her behind her, and then said lightly: "What do the sons like to listen to." "Crisp with a gentle Wu Di accent, just talking is like singing.

Zuo Changhao looked at Chen Xin, where did Chen Xin understand these things, so he had to smile and shake his head, over there Song Wenxian was still holding the maid, and said loudly at this time: "So let's come to the Peony Pavilion, don't you listen to how beautiful the authentic Nanqu singing is." ”

Tang Yan asked, "What kind of tone do guests like?" ”

"Kunshan dialect is good."

That Tang Yan found a chair to sit on after making a thousand blessings, the maidservant gave the pipa, Tang Yan took it and put on a posture, which was completely different from the cold appearance at the beginning, her watery eyes swept around, everyone felt that she threw a wink at herself, and Chen Xin also waited for him to speak with interest.

A few crisp pipa sounded, Tang Yan lightly spit out her lips and began to sing, her voice was very good, like a pearl and jade, but her Kunshan dialect Chen Xin and others didn't understand, I didn't know what she was singing, as soon as the novelty passed, Chen Xin felt a little bored again, and tasted tea, Zuo Changhao looked at him and Liu Minyou's appearance, and said to Tang Yan: "Change the sea salt cavity." ”

Haiyan is sung in official dialect, Chen Xin and others can understand a little, this time I understand, "On the shore of the lake and mountain, by the lake and mountain, the clouds are steaming and the clouds are glowing." Outside the carved fence, outside the carved fence, the red turns the cui. provoked the bee sorrow butterfly love, the upper edge of the Sansheng stone ......"

The lyrics and songs are beautiful, Tang Yan also performed very well, Chen Xin finally got into a state of it, Zuo Changhao saw him, leaned over and whispered: "This Tang Yan can spend the night, her ordinary guests don't pay much attention to it, you have to kiss Fang Ze and please her, but the villain has some face on the road, if the adults can see it, they can stay here." ”

Chen Xin looked at this junior high school girl, thin and small with a weak look, he really didn't have any interest, his eyes were always rolling on Li Lihua, this mature woman was more flavorful, but he didn't know if there were rules for the old bustard to accompany him in Qinglou, so he didn't say anything for the time being, but politely declined Zuo Changhao.

After singing a song from the Peony Pavilion, Chen Xin and Liu Min had a habitual applause, Tang Yan and Li Lihua looked at them strangely, I don't know what they meant, Chen Xin reacted and coughed dryly.

He wanted to explain, and a bold man's voice came from outside: "Tang Yan plays and sings, you can let the fish listen, Li Lihua, you are well trained, I don't know if you can make Lord Chen angry?" ”

Before the words fell, a middle-aged man walked into the cabin, he was very tall, wearing a brocade robe, wearing a scribe's scarf, elegant bearing, beautiful hair over the chest, and a kind of calm and arrogance in his demeanor.

Zuo Changhao called out to the adult, stood up and greeted him, Chen Xin estimated that it was Xu Xinsu, this Haikou who should have died in the first year of Chongzhen, because of his butterfly wings, he was still alive and well in the third year of Chongzhen, and he was promoted from general to guerrilla, Xu Xinsu's change of fate affected the situation off the coast of Fujian. Li Kuiqi, who should have been defeated and killed last year, is also alive. and also pressed Zheng Zhilong and beat him.

Chen Xin hurriedly stood up, and before he could speak, Xu Xinsu didn't look at Zuo Changhao, and came up directly to Chen Xinyi and bowed: "Fujian Navy Guerrilla Xu Xinsu, I have seen Lord Chen, the subordinates of the lower officials are not well greeted, and the tired adults are frightened, guilty of sin, and the lower officials went to visit a few adults who just returned to their residences, and they rushed to come immediately when they heard about it. This led to the culprit being taken here and handed over to the adults for disposal. ”

Chen Xin hurriedly said: "Thank you, Lord Xu for having a heart, but this matter has nothing to do with Brother Zuo, it happened suddenly." The official also taught that person some lessons, don't pay attention to him anymore, and please don't blame Brother Zuo. ”

Xu Xinsu bowed again, and after getting up, he said to Zuo Changhao behind him: "Since Lord Chen pleaded, I will spare you once today, since the official sent you to greet Lord Chen and his party, you should know what your duty is, even if the incident is sudden, you should not let Lord Chen do it himself, if there is a next time." So he cut off his left hand. ”

Zuo Changhao answered in the back with sweat, and Li Lihua opened her mouth to intercede with Zuo Changhao: "Lord Xu, Brother Zuo is also ......"

Xu Xinsu interrupted her with a wave of his hand, and said lightly: "This matter is not pursued by Lord Chen, and it will be revealed, you serve the wine and food first, and I will invite Lord Chen to travel with Qin Huai." There was an inviolable bearing in his words, and Li Lihua, who was fighting hard, didn't dare to say much in front of him, and hurriedly went to urge the wine in person.

Xu Xinsu turned his head and put on a smiling face. As soon as he stretched out his hand to ask Chen Xin to sit first, he was a guerrilla, and his level was lower than Chen Xin, Chen Xin was humble, and he still sat on the top left side first according to the rules of officialdom.

Chen Xin introduced Liu Minyou and Song Wenxian to Xu Xinsu. Xu Xinsu didn't have the slightest arrogance, and greeted them one by one. He also introduced his entourage to Chen Xin, a young man surnamed Zhan, with a dark complexion and a fierce face, and the other was the Shinyouemon he had seen in Goto, he changed into Middle-earth's clothes and followed behind Xu Xinsu like a tail, and he nodded his head in rare greetings after seeing Chen Xin and Song Wenxian.

Chen Xin paid attention to the window of the painting boat, it was almost dark, in addition to Nie Hong and Pu Zhuang, there were several figures standing in the bow of the boat, it should be Xu Xinsu's bodyguard, it seems that Xu Xinsu is very careful, it is said that the boat is the most difficult place to be attacked, and his subordinates are still so vigilant.

Xu Xinsu sat down and said to Chen Xin: "I heard Tang Yan singing outside the cabin, I was afraid of disturbing the adult Yaxing, so I didn't come in until she finished singing. ”

Chen Xin sighed: "My brother is a rough person, and he doesn't understand the accent a little. It still takes a bosom friend like Lord Xu to taste the taste. ”

Xu Xinsu said to Tang Yan: "Master Chen is an all-round talent in humanities and martial arts, Fang Cai has already praised Yan'er greatly, you can accompany Lord Chen to drink a few more glasses of wine in a while, as long as Lord Chen is happy, he will double his head." ”

That Tang Yan was used to being used to those guests on weekdays, and she had always been the core, but these people came but completely left her aside, and she didn't like it in her heart, so she only hummed softly.

Xu Xinsu said quietly: "Some Nanqu prostitutes, a little famous, are full of shelves, and raise their own worth, fortunately, Li Lihua is a straightforward person, and the daughter she taught disdains to do those tunes, is Yan'er like this?" ”

When Tang Yan heard this, she had to squeeze out a little laugh and agreed.

Chen Xin was funny when he heard it, but this Tang Yan shelf was too big, and some guests were waiting to sleep lazy, and he also said at the moment: "It's better to steal than a concubine, it's better to steal than to steal." But the more you have an appetite for something, the more price these Merry Seeds are willing to pay. ”

Xu Xinsu laughed and said: "Lord Chen said it interestingly, Lord Chen fought in a bloody battle for the rest of his life, and I am afraid that these things about the love of children have already been seen through." ”

"Lord Xu has won the award, we are all military generals, and the people we deal with are either Jiannu or sea giants, all of whom are extremely vicious, I don't know what will happen tomorrow today, how can I think about my children's affection."

Xu Xinsu said approvingly: "Your Excellency is worried about state affairs, no wonder you are so favored by the princes of the DPRK and China, but since you arrive in Qinhuai today, you will put aside those disturbing things for the time being, and travel to Banqiao with the lower officials, and rest when you get drunk." ”

Chen Xin hurriedly said: "Lord Xu should no longer call himself a subordinate official, when he was still down, he had a lot of help from Li Gongzi, and Lord Xu was the elder of Li Gongzi, but he should be the next to perform the gift of the junior." ”

Xu Xinsu said proudly: "They are all people who have walked on the sea, there are not so many exquisite, when Li Gongzi was reminded by Lord Chen, he sent Xinyouweimen to Fujian to guard the next, and he was almost forced to leave in the middle left, and then the surname Zheng was really in the whole city, just to find me, trace back to the source, or Lord Chen's reminder, Xu has never had the opportunity to thank him in person, if Lord Chen does not dislike it, you and I are brothers." ”

As soon as the title was changed, the relationship between the two immediately became much closer, Chen Xin and Xu Xinsu talked about the sea trade back then, Xu Xinsu also increased his nature, and Chen Xin talked about the various contacts with Li Dan, the father of Li Guozhu, as well as some of Li Dan's legendary experiences, everyone listened to it with relish, Zuo Changhao and Song Wenxian also came up to have fun, and the atmosphere was more harmonious, only Liu Min couldn't interject the words, and Tang Yan over there was left out by them in the cold, holding the pipa and biting her lip without speaking.

After a while, the maidservant put the wine and food together, and the painting boat slowly rowed to the Wuding Bridge downstream. At this time it was twilight, and the maidservants hung lanterns in the cabin and outside the ship, and illuminated the hall very brightly.

Chen Xin looked out from the window, the painting boats were off the shore, the boats in the Qinhuai River moved the moon shadow, the lights meandered, the silk and bamboo smelled each other, the river houses on both sides of the bank were also brilliantly lit, and many scribes and prostitutes on the shore walked in pairs.

Xu Xinsu introduced: "This place is the long board bridge, the front and back of the light, the eagle peak two temples, Zhongshan East Garden in front of it, Qinhuai Vermilion Bird truss behind it, is the most prosperous place of Qinhuai lightship. When there is a solar term, there are more boats traveling, and there are even hundreds of connected boats, and the lights are lit. Chen Xin looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, if his butterfly wings have no effect, this is only the last glory of Qinhuai, to the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the old courtyard became a vegetable field, as a Ming Dynasty widow wrote, "And now the bright moon is as empty as water, and there is no Qingxi long board bridge." ”

Song Wenxian looked at the other lightships with great interest, and asked Xu Xinsu, "Lord Xu, why are the women on the boats dressed very plainly?" All like the Northland Green House with heavy makeup. ”

Xu Xinsu said with a smile: "Nanqu women are dressed elegantly, which is more enchanting than reverie, so Nanqu and Suzhou are the first fashions, and the Quartet takes it as a style, and people call it Su, in fact, most of them are still the style of Nanqu." Song Wenxian lowered his head and thought about it, it was indeed elegant and more reverie.

Xu Xinsu raised his wine glass, saluted Chen Xin and his party, drank for three rounds, and let Tang Yan continue to play and sing, and two prostitutes danced with him.

At this time, there was a sudden shout from behind, "Sure enough, it's Ruan Huzi, hit him......"

Chen Xin peeked out of the window and saw more than a dozen people standing on a painting boat behind him, using teacups, bowls and chopsticks to hit another painting boat. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Biquge www.biquge.info to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. ).rt