On the first day of May, it was still a sunny day.

Early in the morning, Qian Qianyi rode a horse to Zhongye Mansion to chat.

"The prince is so idle today," Zhong Ye had just finished moving his muscles and bones, sweating shirtless, his tendons and flesh seemed to be cast in copper, his beard and brown hair and teeth were white, he looked at Qian Qianyi and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I haven't congratulated the prince on his good fate." ”

Qian Qianyi looked proud, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, as long as you take out a jar of pear blossom snow from your private collection and give it to me to drink, even if you sincerely say goodbye." ”

"It just so happens that I just got ten jars a few days ago," Zhong Ye said while wiping his side, "I asked the gourd to get two appetizers." ”

Then he turned around and called for the winter melon: "Go and bring a jar of wine that the camel uncle sent a few days ago." ”

"Why is it just an altar? At least three altars must be taken. Qian Qianyi hurriedly said: "I can drink one jar myself, and your grandfather will have at least two jars of wine." ”

Qian Qianyi drank Wu Liuniang's pear blossom snow here in Zhongye last year, and he fell in love with it since then, but unfortunately there is not much wine, and he can only satisfy his cravings every time.

He wanted to pay more money to buy more, why didn't Zhong Ye tell him the origin of the wine, knowing that Wu Liuniang was a strange woman, Qian Qianyi boasted of being romantic, Zhong Ye was afraid that the two of them would hook up together, and he would become a pimp in disguise.

"Don't tell the truth, people did send ten jars of wine, but it's been a few days, and you also know the amount of wine our grandfather, and now there is only one jar left." Winter melon said helplessly: "Just this altar, if you come a few hours late, I'm afraid it will be gone." ”

Qian Qianyi had to smile bitterly when he heard this, Zhong Ye was addicted to alcohol, and the amount of alcohol was extremely large, he had never seen anyone who drank more than Zhong Ye.

About a tea hour later, Qian Qianyi and Zhong Ye were drinking and chatting at the stone table under the tree.

On the table are two plates of appetizers, one with dried loaches and one with boiled beans.

These two appetizers are really shabby compared with the identity of Duanwang Shizi, but Qian Qianyi doesn't think that the craftsmanship of the gourd is unrivaled in the world, and any wild vegetables can make people have an aftertaste.

What's more, Qian Qianyi has never tasted any rare things from the mountains and seas? On the contrary, I feel that the fireworks in the world are full of flavors, and the ordinary ones are the most timeless.

"It's really rare that the son of the world got what he wanted, and he still had the strength to come to me to chat." Zhong Ye took a big sip of wine and said, "In such a good weather, why don't you ask the six girls of the Wei family to go out to play?" ”

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he couldn't help but show a little frustration on his face, and said, "Originally, I asked Lan Er to go out to the lake today, and Shao Er and his wife. Who would have thought that Shao Er's wife is now very happy, let alone taking a boat, it is difficult to go out. ”

According to the custom of the Great Zhou, men and women who have been married can meet once a month, but they must be accompanied by family members and are not allowed to meet privately.

Qian Qianyi thought about inviting Shao Tong and his wife, so that they could not only comply with the rules but also enjoy each other without interfering with each other.

Shao Tong spoiled his wife excessively, and even in front of everyone, he couldn't stop him from behaving intimately towards Wei Lanpei.

With such an "improper" brother-in-law as him, Qian Qianyi can naturally follow suit.

Taking the opportunity to hold Wei Laner's little hand or touch the shoulder of incense, just thinking about it is wonderful.

It's a pity that such a longing was in vain, so I ran to Zhongye to drink stuffy.

"I said Manlang," Qian Qianyi began to eat after three glasses of wine: "Then Xiao Yining has been in the palace for some time, right?" Do you have any plans? In case you are looked down upon by others, don't you want to cover your head and cry and faint in the quilt? ”

Zhong Ye smiled bitterly and was silent, when he mentioned Wei Yining, his heart was like being soaked in bitter water, and his chest was indescribably depressed.

"You are talking, do you still treat me as a brother?" Qian Qianyi asked Zhong Ye with drunken eyes.

"What can I say? All the women who enter the palace to accompany the study are not given to marry the sons of the family, and I have an empty title, but in fact I am penniless. ”

"If you want, I will go and tell the emperor for you," Qian Qianyi patted his chest and said, "There is no need to be so depressed and depressed. ”

"If I am not so depressed and drowning, I will personally ask the emperor for it." Zhong Ye looked up to the sky and sighed: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he has no other skills, so it is a shame to let his women be underfed and clothed. It's just like that, I'm like this, I didn't insult others, so forget it. ”

Although Zhong Ye held the title of Guogong, but since he was robbed of 20 years of money because of the murder of the anti-decree, secondly, his family originally had a fief in Longxi, and later negotiated peace with the Turks, Nikan surrendered to the Great Zhou but was killed by Zhong Ye, Nikan's people were not angry, in order to calm down at this time, they gave them the Zhong family's fief in Longxi as compensation.

The Zhong family's house in the capital was given later, so he only had a place to live in the capital and no fief.

He himself has no real job, and he has no meritorious service, so he has nothing to do, and even if he occasionally makes money, he spends money like dirt, and it is difficult to have savings, so it is very difficult to live.

"Hey, Manlang, you're really born at the wrong time." Qian Qianyi sighed: "If you were born twenty years early, coinciding with the war against the Turks, with your own ability, why can't you become famous?" It's just that now there is no war to fight, no land to collect, and even the geniuses of Tianzhong have nowhere to show. ”

Zhong Ye heard this, but smiled silently.

"If you are willing to lower your figure, there may not be no one to help you," Qian Qianyi took a sip of wine and said: "I think I also had this idea at the beginning, but if you told me about Qi Jinggong, I know that I can't help you." ”

Because Qian Qianyi was close to Zhong Ye, he saw that he was really embarrassed, and he also wanted to help him, after all, Duanwangfu had money.

But Zhong Ye told the story that Duke Qi Jinggong wanted to reward Confucius with a food place but Confucius refused, because the eldest husband did not take it.

intended to tell Qian Qianyi that he was useless.

Qian Qianyi respected him even more when he saw him, but he no longer thought of helping him.

"Manlang, I didn't think I had anything wrong with me before, and I even laughed at you for not being capable," Qian Qianyi was a little drunk, and his tone was a little vague, but his words were deafening: "But since I fell in love with you, I slowly felt that something was wrong, why can't people like you be reused, but those idiots can be in a high position, this court seems to be sick, and it is not light." ”

Qian Qianyi's voice became lower and lower, and finally fell asleep on the table.

Zhong Ye was not drunk, his deep eyes were full of cold and lonely light, he felt the sickness of this world earlier than Qian Qianyi.

From those veterans who were loyal to the border, from the children of the official family with a human face and a beastly heart like the Feng family brothers, from the powerful relatives such as the Xu family, and even from the small people in the market such as Wu Liuniang, Zhong Ye had long sensed a certain sense of decadence and dispersion.

It's just that there is so little he can do.

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