The drunken evening breeze of the spring night carries a hint of intoxicating floral fragrance, the apricot blossoms are blooming vigorously, and the petals float out from the depths of the high wall one by one, falling into the sideburns and clothes of pedestrians.

Jiang Banxia shook off the fallen flowers on his shoulders, and then slowly knocked on the side door of the Lu Mansion.

The person who opened the door yawned and looked reluctant, in their eyes, Jiang Banxia was a poor relative from the township, and they didn't know what benefits they were looking for.

"Thank you, little brother." Xiao Banxia had a smile on her face.

She could see that the subordinates of the entire Lu Mansion didn't want to see her, but she endured it, after all, she was now under the fence.

In the past, the Lu Mansion had already had dinner at this time, and all the houses were basically rested, but today it seems to be a little unusual.

Jiang Banxia grabbed a maid casually and asked, "This sister, there is a happy event in the house today?" ”

The maid slapped Jiang Banxia's hand: "Phew! Who's your sister, hairy. ”

"It's me who is abrupt." Jiang Banxia hurriedly withdrew his hand, only to remember that he was pretending to be a man now, and his rash behavior just now was a little inappropriate.

"The third prince will come back in a few days, and Madame is happy and is rectifying some clothes and utensils." The little maid pressed her head and quietly looked at Jiang Banxia.

Although he is a poor relative from the township, he is a master, and he is unusually handsome, and the little girl's heart is swaying for a while.

"Do you know why the third prince suddenly returned home?" Jiang Banxia asked thoughtfully.

The little maid made a shy appearance: "In the middle of the month, the Taiping Marquis Mansion is going to hold a 'Spring Appreciation Banquet', and the lady calls the third prince to come back to the banquet." ”

Jiang Banxia replied lightly, it turned out that he was participating in the Spring Festival Banquet, and the nobles of Kyoto liked to hold some meaningless banquets at the right time, and Jiang Banxia forgot about it after hearing it.

After all, she is not eligible to participate.

*

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Jiang Banxia got up, she wrapped her upper body tightly with long strips of cloth, and then slowly put on her underwear, blouse, and drag.

Even the shoes she wore were remodeled by her, and in order to walk better, cotton was stuffed inside, and at least her feet would not run around when she wore them.

She picked up the embroidered spring knife hanging on the wall, skillfully straddled her waist and brushed the folds on the hem of her flat coat against the bronze mirror, and went out.

Jiang Banxia went out very early, and the pedestrians on the street were sparse at this hour, except for a few early stalls, other shops were still closed.

"What does this official want to eat?" The stall owner who stood in front of the stove and cooked noodles greeted.

"Let's have a bowl of scallion oil noodles." Jiang Banxia untied the embroidered spring knife pinned to her waist and put it on the table, she took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick basket and held them in her hand, ready to eat noodles.

The stall owner had full enthusiasm on his face: "Official, it's not time yet, so get up early enough." ”

Jiang Banxia took the noodles and picked out two chopsticks, she said, "It's not early." ”

Just as she was about to eat noodles, a familiar figure appeared in her line of sight, Jiang Banxia raised her eyes and stared straight at the man walking towards her past the stall owner.

"Bring me a bowl of scallion oil noodles too!" Lin Cheng sat opposite Jiang Banxia with a big grin, waved his hand and shouted, "Put more green onions!" ”

"Okay!" The stall owner responded.

"You're coming here for breakfast too?" Lin Cheng picked and chose in the chopstick holder for a long time, and finally gathered a pair of chopsticks of uniform length.

Jiang Banxia frowned slightly, even if there was no wind, she could still smell the strong smell of wine on Lin Yuan's body and the rouge smell on the woman's body, and then look at the uneven clothes on his body, he must have gone to Fireworks Willow Lane last night.

Seeing Jiang Banxia's evasive expression, Lin Cheng sniffed the smell on his body and sighed, "It's really fragrant." ”

"Official, your face." The stall owner brought the noodles to Lin Yuan, and he picked up the chopsticks and took two bites: "Well, it tastes good." ”

Lin Xuan held the noodles in his mouth, and gestured to Jiang Banxia: "Hurry up and eat, if you don't eat noodles, you will be mushy." ”

Jiang Banxia didn't have much appetite after picking two mouthfuls of noodles, she pushed the bowl forward and sat on the stool with her arms folded to rest.

"Why did you eat so little?" Lin Cheng was surprised: "Don't be hungry for a while." ”

"That's how much we eat." Jiang Banxia didn't bother to explain.

Lin Cheng stared at the uneaten noodles in Jiang Banxia's bowl, stretched out his hand and fished it out in front of him, he didn't dislike it at all, he picked up the noodles and stuffed them into his mouth three or two times, it didn't seem to be enough, and called the stall owner to add more noodle soup, and poured it half-full.

"Did Mr. Lin go to help someone carry the bed board last night?" Jiang Banxia sneered: "It's like a hungry ghost reincarnated." ”

Lin Xuan sighed: "I haven't released the monthly fee yet, and my money is a little tight, not to mention that it's shameful to waste food." ”

After speaking, Lin Cheng patted four copper coins on the table, and he shouted to the stall owner: "The two bowls of noodles are on the table." ”

"Just leave it there." The stall owner was busy.

Jiang Banxia stared at the four polished copper coins on the table.

She heard Lin Cheng sigh and said: "The monthly fee does not rise once in one hundred and eighty years, don't look at me as the general flag, a month is only seven stones and five buckets, and there is not a thirty taels in a year, everything in Kyoto is expensive, why don't you need money, it will be stretched at the end of every month." ”

Jiang Banxia was slightly flustered, she didn't expect Lin Cheng to talk to her about the problem of Yulu.

"In addition to being a big official, there is no future in this business." Lin Cheng patted Jiang Banxia's shoulder seriously.

Jiang Banxia: "......"

So when you have no money, you still go out to drink flower wine? Jiang Banxia felt that he couldn't understand the thoughts of these men.

*

After breakfast, Lin Cheng went with her to Yingmao.

Today, the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen is particularly lively, and there are many people inside, and there are 100 people who participate in the selection of the Spring Festival, huddled together, noisy and noisy.

"What kind of selection method is today?" Someone was puzzled: "In previous years, Shangguan didn't directly assign people to go up, so why do you have to go through a process this year?" ”

"I heard it's going to be a big shot." The person who knew some news on the side: "Anyway, today's posture is not very good." ”

"Who else is the big guy besides Imagami?"

"Prince!" Someone interjected: "I think I may be choosing an entourage for the prince today." ”

"Unlikely, right? The prince is young, is it a little too early to participate in the spring festival? ”

“......”

The people below were all whispering, they were all confused about the situation on this year's Spring Festival, and so was Lin Sheng.

As the general flag, he was in charge of five small flags under his hand, and as soon as he stopped at the place, the small flags under his command came over.

"Lao Lin, don't be kind, you asked you to come to my house for dinner and wine last night, why did you run away?" The person who came was fat and tall, and he grabbed Lin Yuan's shoulder, without the slightest respect between superiors and subordinates, but like a friend.

"I'm afraid I'll destroy your family." Lin Cheng quipped.

"One more mouth, it's not that exaggerated." As soon as the fat man turned his gaze, he saw Jiang Banxia standing beside Lin Xuan.

He groaned, "This is?" ”

Lin Cheng introduced: "The 'brothers' who will work together in the future. He deliberately accentuated the words brother, wanting to see Jiang Banxia's reaction.

But in fact, Jiang Banxia didn't react at all, and he didn't show any annoyance at all.

She said hello, these people may be her colleagues in the future, so she must try to maintain friendly relations.

Seeing that Jiang Banxia didn't eat his jokes at all, Lin Cheng felt bored, and after introducing a few small flags under his hand to Jiang Banxia, he turned around and went to greet others.