Chapter Seventy-One: News from the West Garden

Although Cheng Zhu Lixue originated in the Song Dynasty, in fact, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Cheng Zhu Lixue just appeared, and it was not too much valued, coupled with the social atmosphere at that time inherited the Tang Dynasty, relatively speaking, it was still very open, and women were not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, but from time to time they could go out to visit friends, burn incense and worship Buddha, etc., aristocratic women generally have their own social circles, of course, the circle is also women of the same status......

The banquet held by Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang also invited the noble women in their social circles, and as the two of them, almost all of the people who came to the banquet this time were the top ladies in Tokyo, so from the morning, the two of them were in front of them while directing the subordinates while waiting for the arrival of the guests.

Maybe it's because Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang have a bigger face, maybe those noble women are really boring, so they seem to be very positive about this kind of banquet, which was originally scheduled for the afternoon banquet, but before noon, the people at the banquet have already arrived, and then two hundred women gathered together to chatter, and the parents kept talking.

Don't think that women with high status won't gossip, liking gossip is a common problem for almost all female animals, especially these aristocratic women stay at home most of the time, and now they finally get together, so the voices of these women getting together are directly from the front yard to the back yard.

Zhao Yan naturally couldn't come forward for this kind of women's gathering, and he couldn't even go to the front yard, so he could only listen to the noise in the front yard when he stayed in the backyard, but Zhao Yan was not alone, and now he had two old friends in front of him, that is, Cao Song and Hu Yanping, they heard that Zhao Yan's other courtyard held a banquet, so they came with the ladies of the family, of course, they couldn't participate in the banquet, they could only come to the backyard to accompany Zhao Yan.

"Third brother, you're really not interesting, you don't notify me of the wild boars coming here in the other courtyard, if you can let me shoot two wild boars with my own hands, then who dares to say that our Huyan family does not have the previous bravery?" Hu Yanping lowered his chopsticks like the wind, and said while stuffing wild boar meat into his mouth, it is very amazing that although his mouth is stuffed with food, he can still speak very clearly, it seems that although the other party's head is not normal, he is also talented.

"That's it...... It's like, whatever...... My third brother-in-law and I are also behind the gate, and we have also practiced riding and archery since we were children, not that we boast, let alone two wild boars, even if it is two tigers, as long as we go out of the horse, we will definitely be able to catch it! Cao Song also boasted at this time, but he was much worse than Hu Yanping, and the pork stuffed in his mouth made his speech a little slurred, and it could be seen that both of them were very satisfied with the dishes made by wild boar.

"Some of them can't stop your mouths, these two wild boars were hit by my third sister, even if you sue you, do you dare to rob her?" Zhao Yan said without giving face. Cao Song he knows a lot, as far as he knows, in addition to stealing, this guy is simply a powerless chicken, as for Hu Yanping, it is said that their family inheritance of riding and archery kung fu is very good, but with Hu Yan's usual problem of crashing from time to time, I am afraid that even Lu Bu's courage will not be able to swing it.

Hearing the name of Princess Shoukang, Cao Song shrank his neck in fright, and hurriedly stuffed a few mouthfuls of vegetables to suppress the shock, Hu Yanping was directly frightened, and was stunned with half a piece of meat in his mouth, and only recovered after a while, and directly diverted the topic and said: "Third brother, the wild boar meat I make in your house is particularly delicious, and I will also let the cook in the house come to you to learn another day!" ”

"Count me in, the taste of this braised pork is the most to my liking, and there is also this sweet and sour sweet and sour tenderloin, when my chef learns it, let my father taste it!" Cao Song also immediately echoed at this time, for Princess Shoukang, he was not less involved when he was mixed with Zhao Yan before, he didn't dare to go to the front door just now, but came in directly from the back door to find Zhao Yan, what he was afraid of was meeting the other party at the door.

"Haha, what Brother Huyan said is the truth, it's not me boasting, the wild boar meat made in my house is a must, not only varied, but also delicious, and the whole city of Tokyo can't find a second one!" Wild boar meat is actually similar to domestic pork, and the nobles and wealthy people of the Northern Song Dynasty don't like to eat pork, so the cooking method of Daozhì pork is very simple, nothing more than steaming, boiling, frying and so on.

After chatting a few words about food, Zhao Yan suddenly remembered something, and asked Cao Song at the moment: "Brother Jiu'er, I heard that your uncle arranged you to take care of the family's coal business, how are you doing now, and how are you doing in that other thing?" ”

"That thing has been almost done, it is estimated that there will be a counterattack in the next two days, as for letting me take care of business, it is a good thing for me, compared to studying or being an official, I think it is more suitable for me to do business." Cao Song smiled and said that he could only take care of the family business if he was not successful in the family's Chinese, but after a few days of adaptation, Cao Song realized that he might really be the material for business, and even his father Cao Ping had already let him participate in the purchase of crushed coal.

"What kind of dumb riddle are you playing, and what is that thing referring to?" Hu Yanping said in confusion at this time, although he is half of the Cao family, and the Huyan family and the Cao family are also very close, but such a major event related to the honor and disgrace of the family will never tell Hu Yanping, the son-in-law, to know.

"Hehe, this matter is very important, the third brother-in-law should not ask, you will naturally know in two days!" Cao Song smiled and said, their Cao family used all their financial and material resources, and finally signed a document with several large coal mines around Tokyo City to purchase crushed coal, and a lot of tools for making honeycomb coal were also made, and even the stove for burning honeycomb coal was ready, just waiting to launch a Jedi counterattack against the Gao family.

Although Hu Yanping has a little problem with his brain, he is not stupid, and he was born in a family, so he naturally knows that it is better not to know things, so he didn't ask again when he heard Cao Song's words, and he didn't even think about it, so as not to guess anything from Cao Song's words just now, and then make him embarrassed.

"That's right!" At this time, Cao Song seemed to think of one more thing, and hurriedly said, "Third brother, I told you last time that Wang Shu is going to hold a Xiyuan Elegant Gathering, and the young nobles and famous scholars in the city will participate, and it was postponed for a few days due to the flood, but in the past few days, there has been news that it will be held in seven days, do you still want to go?" ”

As soon as he heard about Wang Xu, Zhao Yan once again remembered the scene when his sister Princess Bao'an was sick, and said angrily: "Go!" Why not? A scumbag like Wang Shu can have such a great reputation in Shilin, I think those scholars are blind! ”

Zhao Yan's anger this time was not only influenced by the previous Zhao Yan, he himself no longer had any good impression of Wang Xu, maybe Wang Xuan is indeed very talented, but compared to his talent, this person has huge flaws in his personality, especially for his wife, it doesn't matter if he has no feelings, but he hits Princess Bao'an from the emotional aspect everywhere, and even records in history that when Princess Bao'an was sick, he actually took ** home and did something bad in front of the princess, and finally made Princess Bao'an angry. died at the age of thirty, and it can be said that Wang Shu was actually the murderer of Princess Bao'an, a poor woman.

Thinking of the history of his previous life, and then thinking of the memory left by Zhao Yan in the last life, Zhao Yan is only angry with Wang Xu, for such a ruthless and unrighteous person, Zhao Yan will never tolerate him to continue to be prosperous, and for his poor second sister Princess Bao'an, Zhao Yan also has the responsibility to free her from her unhappy marriage.

"Third brother, although Wang Shu is a person with a beast's heart, but with his talent, he has gained a firm foothold in the Shilin, and has made friends with the younger generation of scholar leaders, such as the Su brothers, Huang Tingjian, Li Gonglin and others, if you want to deal with him, it is not easy, after all, those scholars' mouths are not forgiving, even if you are the prince, I am afraid they will not be afraid of your identity, so you must not be impulsive!" Cao Song persuaded again at this time, he knew that Zhao Yan would be this reaction, originally Cao Song didn't want to tell him about Wang Xu, but the matter of Xiyuan Yaji spread very widely, and Zhao Yan would know about it sooner or later, so it was better for him to tell Zhao Yan personally, and then persuade him.

"Brother Jiu'er, don't worry, I already said last time, I won't be brutal when dealing with Wang Xu, this time I will defeat him from his proudest place, so that he will hide when he sees me in the future, and then see what kind of arrogance he has?" When Zhao Yan said the end, a trace of hatred flashed on his face again, Wang Xu's matter had too much impact on the previous Zhao Yan, and the current Zhao Yan also hated Wang Yan unconsciously.

"Third brother, you're not kidding, are you? Wang Xu's proudest thing is his paintings, do you want to beat him in painting? Hu Yanping and Cao Song asked almost at the same time, neither of them could believe that the words just now came from Zhao Yan's mouth.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, anyway, you try to pull as many people as you can that day, and I'll let you watch a good show then!" Zhao Yan turned to a smug face at this time, originally he was worried that his paintings would not be accepted by this era, but he didn't expect the outside world to have such a high evaluation of the paintings that he had inadvertently circulated, and even Ouyang Xiu was buying them with a lot of money, which also made Zhao Yan more confident to defeat Wang Shu in terms of painting skills, and overwhelm him in the limelight at the Xiyuan Yaji held by Wang Xu, presumably this feeling must be very cool!

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