Chapter Seventy-Six: The Second Beginning
Wang Xu's Horse Mansion is located at the junction of Gaotou Street and Lecture Hall Lane, close to the Imperial Palace, covering a huge area, which can also be seen that Zhao Shu attaches great importance to Princess Bao'an and Wang Xu, and on the west side of the Horse Mansion, it is in the West Garden, which is very famous in Tokyo City, and the annual West Garden Gathering is held in this garden. Li Gonglin, who often participated in the West Garden Elegant Gathering, had a hand-me-down work in later generations, called "The Elegant Collection of the West Garden", which described the scene when the scholars held the West Garden Elegant Gathering.
The West Garden Gathering is one of the top gatherings in Tokyo, generally speaking, only twice a year, and most of them are concentrated in summer and autumn, whenever the gathering is held, the noble children and famous scholars in the city of Tokyo will rush to the West Garden of the Horse Mansion, or ** for fun, or for fame and fortune, although Zhao Yan does not like Wang Shu very much, but he also has to admit the influence of the West Garden Elegance.
Today is the day when the West Garden Elegant Gathering is held, the West Garden, which usually seems quite deserted, is also lively all of a sudden, from the morning, the gate of the West Garden has been full of traffic and horses, the people who enter and exit the gate are either the children of the nobles, or the scholars who are full of poetry and books, and if you observe carefully, you can show an interesting phenomenon, those brightly dressed noble children will turn left after entering the West Garden, and those who read the books are all turning to the right.
Zhao Yan also left the courtyard early this morning and entered Tokyo City, and then joined Cao Song and Hu Yanping to come to the West Garden. Zhao Yan felt very curious about this ancient gathering, and didn't know if there were any rules, so he could only follow Cao Song into the park, turn left and come to a small artificial lake, only to see the rippling blue waves here, there are several painting boats scattered on the lake, and there are exquisite pavilions and corridors distributed by the lake, which looks like a landscape painting.
"It's a good place, I didn't expect there to be such a place in Tokyo, I should have visited it before I knew it!" Zhao Yan held on to the railing and stood in the pavilion while admiring the beautiful scenery.
"Of course it's a good place, this garden was originally a royal property, and then Princess Bao'an married Wang Xu, which was given to the princess by His Majesty, speaking of which, the princess loves your younger brother the most, if the third brother you speak, maybe the princess will give you this garden, and then Wang Shu will no longer be able to borrow this Xiyuan Ya Container to force!" At this time, Cao Song next to him suddenly smiled and said, during this time, he was influenced by Zhao Yan, and from time to time he would also pop up one or two words in later generations, such as the word "pretending to be forced", which has almost become his mantra.
Originally, Cao Song was just joking, but as the saying goes, 'the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional', Zhao Yan heard Cao Song's words but his heart moved, he was not greedy for this garden, but felt that Cao Song's words were very reasonable, Wang Xu's reputation in Shilin is very high, among them, this West Garden Elegant Collection is also an important means for Wang Xu's reputation, and it is impossible for him to come to Wang Xuan every time to make trouble, but if he can turn this garden into his own industry, then there will be less important venue in the West Garden, see what face Wang Xuan still has to hold the West Garden Elegant Gathering?
Zhao Yan wanted to get familiar with the environment of the West Garden, so the three of them came early, at this time there were not many people in the West Garden, and when they met someone they were familiar with, the other party would come forward to say hello, after all, Zhao Yan was also a county king, and among the noble children who attended the party today, almost none of them were able to pass Zhao Yan in terms of identity. However, Zhao Yan appeared, although those who greeted him were enthusiastic on the surface, but there was a little contempt in their eyes when they looked at him, it seemed that the last Zhao Yan was really not very good.
Just as Zhao Yan and the three of them were enjoying the beautiful scenery of the West Garden while walking, suddenly Cao Song next to him pulled Zhao Yan and Hu Yanping, pointed to a few people in front of him and said with a lewd smile: "Third brother, look, the brothers of the Gao family are pestering Xue Ning'er, let's go say hello!" ”
The Gao brothers that Cao Song was referring to were the same guys who borrowed the dog fighting dog to pit him last time, Zhao Yan looked up, and saw several young nobles of different heights standing in a long corridor, talking about something around an extremely beautiful woman. Speaking of which, there are a lot of aristocratic girls who attend the party today, but these women are all gathered in one place, and basically they will not act alone, only those ** women who come here will talk and laugh with those yamen, it can be seen that Xue Ning'er, who was surrounded by several brothers of the Gao family, is definitely not a serious woman.
After Cao Song finished speaking, he pulled Zhao Yan and Hu Yanping and walked towards the Gao brothers, last time he was cheated of money, and the Cao family suffered the loss of the Gao family in business, which made Cao Song hold back the fire in his belly, but now the Cao family has reversed the unfavorable situation in the business with honeycomb coal in one fell swoop, as for the 50,000 yuan owed by Cao Song, it is not worth mentioning, so Cao Song is now anxious to get back the lost face.
But before Zhao Yan and the three of them approached, the Gao brothers had already seen Cao Song who was excited, and the tallest guy immediately changed his face, pulled a few brothers, and then turned around and left, it seems that they also know what Cao Song is here for, this is not the time to be a hero, not to mention that the Gao brothers are not heroes, so they made a decision almost at the same time, that is, to turn around and leave, as if they didn't see Cao Song, although this is also very embarrassing, but it is better than being ridiculed by Cao Song in person.
"Brother Gao Liang, I haven't paid back the 50,000 yuan I owed you last time, what are you running?" Cao Song, the bastard, was unforgiving, seeing the Gao brothers retreating, but he still shouted loudly, but his voice attracted the attention of the people around him, and he just saw the scene of the Gao family brothers fleeing with wolves, people who don't know the inside story are confused, and those who know the inside story are smiling and explaining to the people around them, which attracted a lot of snickering for a while.
Hearing the snickering around them, the brothers of the Gao family also blushed with anger, and they couldn't pull their heads when they wanted to leave, and finally the tall young man forced a smile and said: "Brother Jiu'er, our brother is suddenly a little anxious, so I won't accompany him, as for the 50,000 yuan, the small money is not enough to worry about at all, and from then on, this account will be written off, and no one will mention it again!" ”
This tall young man's name is Gao Liang, he is the eldest of several brothers in the Gao family, compared to the other younger brothers, he is still a little scheming, and he will forgive the debt of 50,000 yuan with one mouth, and this kind of arrogance can finally save a little face for their brothers, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Liang hurriedly pulled a few younger brothers away, otherwise when Cao Song said something unpleasant, they would not be able to step down.
Cao Song was still a little tender in the end, and when he heard that Gao Liang had waived the debt of 50,000 guan, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, the Gao brothers had already gone away, which made him secretly annoyed, now the Gao family has a request for the Cao family, and his 50,000 guan is not a matter at all, I'm afraid that even if he wants to pay it back, the Gao brothers don't dare to accept it, but it's a pity that such a good opportunity was wasted by himself.
"Giggles, Gao Yanei is so courageous, but in comparison, Cao Yanei is more majestic, and he can make Gao Yanei's brothers flee from the wind, the little woman really admires!" At this moment, Xue Ning'er, who had been laughing with the Gao brothers just now, came over and smiled, and at the same time a pair of wonderful eyes gently glanced at Zhao Yan and Hu Yanping, although it seemed ordinary, it made Zhao Yan feel like a spring breeze, as if staying with this woman made people very comfortable.
At this time, Zhao Yan also had time to take a serious look at this Xue Ning'er, only to see that the other party was twenty-eight years old, slender and delicate, with a goose egg face, slender eyebrows, delicate and beautiful facial features, wearing a simple goose yellow skirt, combing her hair and flying fairy temples, and not having too many ornaments on her body like other women, only a white hosta and a white jade pendant on her waist, which looked extremely simple, but made her look like a fairy in the Moon Palace who did not eat fireworks in the world.
"Haha, thank you Xue Xing for your compliment, these days Cao is busy with family affairs all day, I really can't take time to visit Xing, and I really miss it in my heart, when I see it today, it is finally a solution to Cao's lovesickness!" Cao Song looked at Xue Ning'er's flower-like face, and couldn't help but show a look of intoxication.
This Xue Ning'er is not simple, she is known as the second line in Tokyo, only under Yan Yuru in the first line, but it is said that the talents of these two women are actually comparable, the reason why Xue Ning'er is ranked lower is mainly because she is more greedy for money, which makes others evaluate her lower, but even so, there are still countless noble sons who worship under Xue Ning'er's skirt, Cao Song happens to be one of them, and the paintings he stole from Zhao Yan were given to Xue Ning'er in front of him.
Regarding Cao Song's later words, Xue Ning'er just smiled slightly, and then gently moved the lotus step to Zhao Yan and saluted: "Ning'er visited the county king, I heard that the county king has become married, but unfortunately Ning'er has a humble status and can't go to the mansion to congratulate, so she can only stay in the boudoir and pray for the county king, but I didn't expect the county king to come for several months, it's really sad!" ”
When Xue Ning'er said the end, there was an expression of resentment on her face, as if she was really sad that Zhao Yan didn't go to her.
Speaking of which, Zhao Yan used to be the same as Cao Song, he was the follower of this Xue Ning'er, and he was even more obsessed than Cao Song, Zhao Yan also spent a lot of money on Xue Ning'er at the beginning, but he was just listening to music and chatting, and there was no substantial progress.
Today, Xue Ning'er thought that if she said a few words of implied friendship, she would definitely make His Royal Highness the county king bow down under his skirt again, but she didn't expect Zhao Yan to just smile indifferently after hearing it: "Thank you Little Lady Xue for your concern, this king is also flattered!" ”
Zhao Yan said that she was flattered, but there was no half excitement on her face, which made Xue Ning'er stunned at first, with her understanding of Zhao Yan, the other party should not be this kind of reaction, but Xue Ning'er is also a master on the scene, and soon smiled as usual: "The people who marry are different, but the county king is more stable!" ”
After Xue Ning'er finished speaking, she greeted Hu Yanping next to her, and as a result, Hu Yanping was so excited that she crashed three times in a row, and she couldn't even finish her words, but Xue Ning'er was very patient, and kept waiting for Hu Yanping to finish a sentence with a smile, but her eyes swept over Zhao Yan from time to time, thinking about why there were so big changes in the other party?
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