Nian Sheng threw away the book in his hand, glanced at the hanging toad suspiciously, and still couldn't believe it and asked, "Really?" ”

Hanging Toad hated to shout with his own young lady, "I don't believe you can go out and have a look." The thirteenth master and the sixteenth elder brother are about to enter the mansion while talking, and if you go out now, you may be able to watch it. ”

It turned out that the sixteenth elder brother heard that his companion was sick, so he dared to come to visit the patient when he got out of the study. The house suddenly chattered busily, just to welcome the arrival of the two elder brothers.

After listening to the words of the hanging toad, Nian Sheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then shook his head, with a smile of unknown meaning on his face.

Hanging Toad couldn't understand Niansheng's reaction, so he had to ask, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I said why did he get sick so 'suddenly', I'm afraid it's not a natural disaster, it's true." The voice seemed to be talking to himself.

"What the hell are you talking about, Miss? Why can't the slave and maid understand? The toad asked.

Nian Sheng propped his head with one hand and looked sideways at the hanging toad, "Do you want to make a bet with me?" ”

"What bet?" The toad's appetite has been whetted by the chanting.

"Bet that Brother Thirteen will definitely come to see me later." Niansheng didn't know where she got this unashamed confidence, but she had a hunch that Yinxiang's visit this time was definitely not to accompany the sixteenth elder brother to see Guan Zhu".

Hanging Toad thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Then the slave has to bet that the Thirteenth Master will not come to see you, right?" ”

Nian Sheng nodded, "Of course, the two sides have to be different to bet, otherwise how to bet?" ”

"That's fine. The slave bet that the thirteenth master would not come back. "Hanging Toad said seriously." But let's say it, as long as the Thirteenth Master doesn't see you, or doesn't talk to you, it can be regarded as a slave win. "It's probably because he has been denied by the voice on weekdays, and he didn't forget to say the conditions for winning or losing carefully.

Nian Sheng had nothing to refute, stretched out his right hand and said, "Okay." Come, high-five. ”

The master and servant patted their hands lightly, and it was regarded as a bet.

As soon as the letter from Guan Zhu, who got up early and asked for leave from illness, was sent to the study, Yinxiang also got the news in the military department.

Calculating that it was almost a break in the middle, Yinxiang deliberately went to the study and asked Yinlu to go to the Malhan Mansion to see Guan Zhu after school.

Yinlu is one year younger than Guan Zhu, and it is the time when he is playful, although he is a little hesitant to leave the palace rashly, but Yinxiang said, "On the way back, Brother Thirteen bought you a candy man." He nodded busily and said yes.

So the two brothers waited for Yinlu to leave school, and then took a carriage out of the palace and went to the Marhan mansion.

Lord Marhan saw off his relatives and nobles in the paddock, and before he had time to return home to take a look, he was ordered to go directly to the Nanyuan camp to supervise the exercises.

Lord Marhan was not in the mansion, and as soon as Mrs. Marhan received the letter that the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother were going to visit her son in the mansion, although she was wondering, she had to rush to invite the uncle Hongtai to come over to help with the entertainment, and at the same time instructed the mansion to pack up and prepare, and not to neglect the prince.

When Yinxiang took Yinlu to get off in front of the Malhan Mansion, Zhaojia Hongtai had already greeted him respectfully in front of the door.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, Hongtai led the two elder brothers into the house.

Compared with the mansions of other high-ranking officials in Beijing, Lord Marhan's mansion can only be called decent, but it is better in being delicate and delicate, and there is always a lot of thought in the corners, which is also chic and interesting.

Even a child like the sixteenth elder brother felt that it was novel, and kept pointing to ask Hongtai.

In comparison, Yinxiang is much more silent, and at first glance he is also looking around, but it doesn't look like he's looking at something, but as if he's looking for something.

Hongtai had already discovered that Yinxiang was unusual, but it was not good to ask directly, so he could only pay attention to it quietly.

As he walked, Yinxiang suddenly stopped and looked carefully at a big house with a green tiled roof not far away.

Hongtai saw that Yinxiang was not leaving, so he walked back, followed his gaze, and suddenly Fuzhi Xintian had a guess, so he asked half-jokingly: "What?" Does the Thirteenth Master also like the color of this tile roof? ”

Yinxiang pointed to the roof and said, "What kind of tile is this?" The color is so special, I haven't seen it anywhere else. The shape seems to be different from that of a regular tile. ”

"The Thirteenth Master is really good eyesight." Hongtai said politely before explaining, "The color of this tile is something that my eldest brother invited southern craftsmen to try more than a dozen clay colors and carefully selected and specially fired it, called 'mint green'." The recipe for the ingredients is still locked in my eldest brother's study, and it has never been passed on, and it is naturally impossible to see it elsewhere. ”

Hongtai said and pointed to the tile roof to show Yinxiang, "You see, most of the ordinary Wandang is arched, semicircular, and this tile is pressed in the middle of the arch, and it burns out like a peach heart." ”

"It's really ingenious." Yinxiang looked at it again according to what Hongtai said, and found that this was indeed the case.

"For this ingenuity, I don't know how much less waste. The middle one is shallow and unformed, and it can't be burned out if it is deep, which is really labor-intensive. Hongtai remembered the effort spent in order to order and burn these tiles, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

Yinxiang glanced at the other houses a few more times, and found that only the roof of that place was made of this emerald green tile, "Is it because it is cumbersome to burn, so only that one is used?" ”

When Hongtai heard this, he looked at Yinxiang meaningfully, and then said indifferently, "That's not it." It's just because my eldest brother thinks that this tile costs a lot of money and feels sorry for the silver, so he didn't change it. ”

Yinxiang saw that Hongtai was serious, and nodded, "It's no wonder." ”

Hongtai saw that Yinxiang believed that it was true, and couldn't pretend anymore, so he couldn't help laughing. "Brother forgive me, the slave just said that he was distressed that the silver was a joke. That place is the residence of the slave niece, and the eldest brother loves her, so this house is only used for her. ”

Yinxiang was stunned for a moment, and then realized that what Hongtai's niece was talking about should be the sound of reading, and his heart jumped a few times faster, inevitably a little embarrassed, and then smiled and waved his hand, no more.

Hongtai bowed again and asked Yinxiang and Yinlu to go to the main courtyard.

Mrs. Marhan ordered someone to arrange a curtain between the side hall and the main hall of the main courtyard early on, changed the clothes of the guests, and waited in the side hall behind the curtain with her maid and maid.

Waiting for Yinxiang and Yinlu to enter the hall, Mrs. Marhan led everyone to bow and pay respects.

Yinlu was young, where did he go through such a battle, watching the people kneeling down in the dark, he timidly hid behind Yinxiang for half a step.

Although Yinxiang also went to some banquets with Yinzhen, but it was all the entertainment of officialdom, and the old men were just calculating and messing around with each other, how could it be the same as the situation in front of him, it was inevitably a little cramped. However, he still held on to Brother's shelf, and smiled so that everyone was exempt.

Mrs. Marhan got up in the side hall behind the veil of the veil, and blessed Yinxiang again, and said respectfully: "Brother is coming to the cold house, and he is shining. How fortunate the dog is, he has to be compassionate. The grandson was sent to leave the house, the concubine was dull, and where the greetings were not considerate, he also looked at Haihan. After speaking, he commanded his subordinates to serve tea, because the sixteenth elder brother was young, and specially asked people to prepare milk, a variety of preserved fruits, and snacks.

Everything was almost arranged, and Mrs. Marhan left Hongtai to entertain the guests, and she was about to quit and go back to her room. Because he remembered that the two elder brothers came to the house to visit Guan Zhu, they still had to dissuade them a few words after guarding the etiquette, so they said: "Elder brother is very loving, and the concubine is ashamed of the dog." It's just that the sick person is inevitably ominous, and this visit is ......"

Yinxiang knew the rules and didn't sit down, "Madame is polite." The sixteenth elder brother and I came to visit Guan Zhu, and the master left some homework in the study, and we also brought it. Guan Zhu is the companion of the sixteenth elder brother, and if he wants to come and study together, it is always difficult to leave too much homework behind. ”

Mrs. Marhan said politely, Yinxiang also replied reasonably, and the politeness on both sides was considered to be a courtesy.

Mrs. Marhan then bowed and withdrew.

Only the Yinxiang brothers were left in the hall, Hongtai and a group of servants who were waiting, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

Yinxiang sat down and took a sip of tea, and chatted casually with Hongtai.

Yinlu was happy at a table of dim sum, and ate a little bit of almost everything, but the little eunuch who followed him was frightened but couldn't stop it.

Still Yinxiang couldn't see it, and stopped the sixteenth elder brother and said: "You eat less, your stomach is small, if you are greedy for a while, what trouble will you cause in other people's houses, I think you are embarrassed?" ”

Yinlu stuffed a piece of walnut crisp in his mouth, and when he heard Yinxiang say about himself, he hurriedly chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed: "Thirteenth brother, you can also taste it, the dim sum here is more delicious than in my Eniang Palace." ”

Yinxiang felt that his younger brother was embarrassed, and he had the heart to reprimand a few words, but was stopped by Hongtai with a smile.

"The sixteenth elder brother is still young, and the thirteenth elder brother doesn't have to be too strict. The food in this house is fairly clean, and it doesn't hurt to eat some. Hongtai said and turned his face to Yinlu and said, "If the sixteenth elder brother likes it, I will let someone bring you some back when I go back to the palace." Go back and eat slowly. For now, use less, and then it's time for my son to have dinner. ”

Yinxiang and Yinlu are still living in the palace, so naturally they can't stay outside the palace for dinner at will, and Hongtai said this intentionally to remind them to pay attention to the time.

Yinxiang borrowed Hongtai's words to find a step for himself to go down, "Hongtai is right, let's go to see Guan Zhu is serious." ”

Yinlu reluctantly put down the snacks in his hand, and confirmed with Hongtai that he could bring them back to the palace, and then followed to see Guan Zhu.

Guan Zhu pretended to be sick in the house for a day, and he was bored for a long time. As soon as he saw Yinlu come in, he didn't care about pretending to go down again, and as soon as he rolled out of bed, he ran out, took the hand of the sixteenth elder brother and said happily: "It's rare for you to come here, I have a lot of treasures for you to see." ”

Guan Zhu was about to take Yinlu to see the gadgets he played with on weekdays, when he heard a light cough behind him.

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