It is said that Wen Yanbo came to the teahouse to look at the account, listened to Wen Hai's report, and tasted it carefully for a long time, only to feel very proper, and for a while, frowned, supported the case with his elbows, clenched his fists, and knocked on the door of his head one by one. When Wen Hai saw it, he asked, "Brother, do you think there is anything wrong?" ”

Wen Yanbo raised his head unconsciously, and said with a smile: "Uncle Hai is an old man next to my grandfather, and he specially dialed it to share my worries, and he has always been thoughtful in everything. Zuo is just worried about yesterday's events. Wen Hai listened, and it was not easy to persuade deeply, but he was silent.

Wen Yanbo was quiet for a long time, and then said, "Speaking of which, how is Ouyang Xu doing these days? ”

Wen Haidao: "A few days ago, I sent two articles, the writing is really good, the officials are very good, but it is a pity that the output is too small, the tea workshop should receive three or four thousand people every day, and it is never sung to the next day, it is really in short supply, it is not as good as those words in the first time, not to mention the high output, and the words on the banner can be written for the new products of the tea house." ”

Wen Yanbo responded, leaned back in the chair, leaned down, and said: "Originally, I didn't want him to write many words for the music workshop, those words were still used by the people in the past, if he sent them, write them down in the book, if he is not free, don't bother, after all, the examination is his serious business." ”

Wen Hai smiled and replied, "Yes." The two said a few more words, and Jiang Xiaoliu came in to report: "Brother, the rich official is here." ”

Wen Yan Bonahan hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”

Suddenly, Fu Liangbi came to the room in plain clothes, the two of them saw the ceremony, Wen Yanbo invited him to sit on the tea case, and asked Wen Hai to go down to sencha and put the fruit, Wen Hai responded to the call to go, Fu Liangbi smiled and said: "Thanks to Brother Wen's kindness, it's just that I have something to ask for on this trip, so I might as well reduce the number of courtesies, and I can open my mouth better." ”

Wen Hai retreated, and Wen Yanbo said: "I don't know what the rich brother is doing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Fu Liangbi was silent for a long time, but then said: "I have heard some rumors along the way, as if Brother Wen has encountered something tricky, although I am not talented, I have also been a criminal officer for two years, maybe I can come up with ideas to relieve your worries." ”

If it were someone else, Wen Yanbo would be self-conscious but said that it was okay, but in the face of Fu Liangbi, he had three points of caution and five points of self-control, and he thought of such a troubled matter, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Fu Liangbi saw that he was reluctant to speak, so he had to say: "After Master Fan was deposed, I was worried about the third brother in the courtyard, and I once looked for him in private. Wen Yanbo didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't say anything, waiting for him to speak.

Fu Liangbi had to continue: "Speaking of which, the master intends to let me inherit his mantle, so I am matched with the sister of the memory, I am grateful for the master's kindness, and I am very close to the sister of the memory, and I have never thought about him, and I took advantage of the situation until ...... It is embarrassing to say that I think I am so ashamed of my master and ashamed of memories, so I refrain from being self-contained and dare not act arbitrarily, but a few days ago, my sister found out about this and encouraged me to come as I pleased, so that I made up my mind...... My purpose here is to get out of my country. ”

Wen Yanbo didn't feel it, and said: "It turns out that for this matter, Su Yiyi is a happy member, if you want to accept her, you and I will go to the household tax case together, and sign the letter of assignment, why do you need to leave the nationality so cumbersome." He also said that it is not appropriate for you to be married yet, and you are only eight grades, and you have no elders in your family, but you are supporting a prostitute. ”

Fu Liangbi looked straight at Wen Yanbo and said: "If I don't get rid of her happiness, even if she enters my house, everyone in the world thinks she is a domestic prostitute, and even a concubine is not as good as me, which is really not what I want,"

Wen Yanbo said: "You still have to get rid of her nationality and become a good concubine." You are a counselor, don't you know what is wrong with this, you have spent so much time for a courtesan, and which serious family can tolerate it. If you are in the officialdom, you will inevitably have discord with others, and if people use this to participate in your virtue, you will not fall into the mouth. Since you really like her, then I won't let her go on stage, let her go back to the house to raise her, and it's not too late for you to marry a wife. ”

Fu Liangbi smiled and said: "Sure enough, as Ouyang said, Brother Wen is a thoughtful person. ”

Wen Yanbo smiled and said: "I think Brother Ouyang has nothing to talk about with the rich brother, and he won't hide it, my selfishness, the rich brother probably knows it, so why bother with Miao Zan." ”

Fu Liangbi smiled lightly: "Although Brother Wen is selfish, he treats each other with sincerity, not perfunctory, and sincerely thinks about us, which is also admirable." If you and Remembrance can be fulfilled, it is also a good relationship. It's just that I don't want to take her as a concubine. Wen Yanbo said: "Do you still want to marry her as a wife?" ”

Fu Liangbi nodded solemnly, Wen Yanbo couldn't help laughing, and said: "You can think about it, although there are also examples of scholars marrying prostitutes as wives, but most of those prostitutes are wealthy and famous, and they are very prosperous. ”

Fu Liangbi was silent for a long time and said, "But she touched me deeply. ”

He smiled again: "It's ridiculous, although I am born with self-improvement, I refuse to do nothing, sometimes I encounter things I hate, I don't want to agree, I can't avoid them with selfishness, and I am more eager to find a pure land, eat vegetables and swim, and don't care about these things." It's just that in the end, I was forced by reality and had to give in. I know very well that my sister is outstanding, if I can get her, it is high, when I get along with her, I am always ashamed of my shortcomings, I can't be at peace, she is also the temperament of loving and guiding people upward, and striving for perfection......"

I was speechless for a while, so I could only hang my eyes and shake my head, and stayed for a long time before I said: "You are not, you are a good match, you are a good match." ”

Wen Yanbo's heart became more and more open, and he was afraid that the joy would be too obvious, so he hurriedly pressed down his smile, humbly conceded, and said: "If the rich brother has made up his mind, I won't say more, just ......" He paused, but said again: "It's just, does Yan Daguan know about this?" ”

Fu Liangbi said: "I haven't told you yet, I want to get out of my nationality first." ”

Wen Yanbo said: "That's not right, Su Yiyi is not an official prostitute, when I bought it, it was filled with my family's prostitute, which was recorded in my father's name, if you want to get rid of her nationality, you have to ask my father to go to the household tax case." That is, if you want to invite your father, you must tell the whole story of the matter, he knows very well what Yan Daguan thinks about you, and he doesn't want to offend. ”

Fu Liangbi listened, pondered for a long time, and then smiled: "I think this matter can't be done overnight, today I also came with the intention of discussing with you, you are in the officialdom, you know that officials below the fifth grade, if I redeem her, I can't raise money for a while, and I have to inquire first and then go to prepare." Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "This matter is the best thing to say, you just need to pass the level of Yan Daguan first to be serious!" ”

Fu Liangbi smiled and said that he was alive, and after a long silence, he remembered the gossip he heard when he came, and asked again: "When I came, I heard in a trance that you were so unhappy yesterday, and you refused to say it at first, so you are willing to say it now." ”

Wen Yanbo remembered yesterday's troubles, shook his head, and said: "This matter is a long story, it is a matter of the department, although I have just arrived, but it is all some copywriting records, and the maintenance of the work, Zuo is just a few used to it, so that I can use it, and I have allocated a place to take care of it together." ”

He sighed, and then said: "I have only been taking care of it for a few days, but yesterday a stout man broke into the division, saw me, and asked me who I was, and I was about to answer, but the old master was busy pushing him out, and he hid on one side, and took out the smelly pig and sheep from his bosom...... smashed it on my head and face, and it made a lot of trouble for a while. ”

Fu Liangbi frowned and said: "I don't know who is so bold as to dare to insult the imperial court officials." ”

Wen Yanbo said: "For a while, Brother Zimei patrolled to the neighborhood and wanted to visit me, when he saw this and this, he hurriedly ordered someone to take him down and send him to prison, but I didn't have time to try him, but he was cried and shouted by his family and shouted that if there was a good villain, they would not live, and they would die in front of my door. Seeing that I was anxious, he granted me leave and asked me to take care of the matter first. ”

Fu Liangbi said: "People like you, are you afraid that these people will not succeed, and they will make trouble?" ”

Wen Yanbo frowned and said: "You don't know, it turns out that the person's surname is Lu, he is a famous salt merchant, his nature is upright, the salt he sells is good-looking, and the price is fair." Besides, why did he beat me, it turned out that the surname Lu every time the cargo ship arrived, the warehouse in Lingang was always rented out, and he had to rent another house for storage, he was really profitable, and rented a house, hired a husband to carry these expenses, it was inevitable to raise the price of salt, he had a hand, surnamed Zhang, everyone could not afford to buy the salt surnamed Lu, they could only buy the surname Zhang, and he came and went, he suspected that the surname Zhang was a ghost, and ran to his house to make trouble.

Only the surname Zhang is a profiteer, and the salt he sells is mixed with impurities, which is really unbearable. He will go through the back door of procurement, and the profits can be imagined. Bought a high-gate compound, hired countless nurses, no matter how strong the surname Lu is, but a pair of fists, he was beaten out after a few times.

I don't know who slandered him, telling him that the man surnamed Zhang bought the warehouse management, so he could always rent out the warehouse in advance, and the man surnamed Lu had nowhere to be angry, so there was such a show. ”

Fu Liangbi said: "I have been a criminal officer for two years, and I have seen a lot of such people, both hateful and pitiful, and the most difficult to do, I don't know the person who guides behind the scenes, can you check it." ”

When Wen Yanbo heard Fu Liangbi say that he was both hateful and pitiful, he couldn't help but say yes, and when he asked about the people behind the scenes, he sneered and said: "Who else can I take over here, and whoever I lose is whoever." The one who is partial can't move, and he has to turn big things into small things, and small things into small things. ”

Fu Liangbi looked back on it for a long time, smiled, and said: "I only hate that I was born poor, and there are always things that I have to endure, but I didn't expect that you are the same." ”

Wen Yanbo sneered: "I'm afraid that I am better than you." After being quiet for a long time, he said: "If this Lu family is a good student and asks for help in front of me, I will naturally handle it impartially, even if I can't severely punish that one, I can also give the surname Lu a clear way, where do I know that he listened to slander and did this stupid thing, causing everyone to be uneasy." I hate that his family came to my house and embarrassed my parents, which is really intolerable. ”

Fu Liangbi said: "I don't know what the officials and Mrs. Wen think. ”

Wen Yanbo said: "Naturally angry, but what can it be, although the Lu family is hateful, they are all honest and good people in the end, old and young, but they are scolded and warned in public, and they just blow away." As for the head of the Lu family, although I can't bear to be punished harshly, I can't be spared lightly, so that the joker thinks I'm weak and can be bullied. At the moment, I don't have a clue, and I'm still thinking about it. ”

Fu Liangbi listened, and secretly thought that he always thought that the Wen family was a shrewd and powerful person, but at the moment, it seemed that he had a long temperament and did not use his power to oppress people, so he was a little more relieved, and asked: "I don't know who the person behind the scenes is, even you can't touch him." ”

Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "Speaking of this person, you have had a holiday with him. Fu Liangbi was relieved for half a minute and asked, "Could it be that it is Lu Gongbi?" ”

Wen Yanbo nodded.

Fu Liangbi remembered that day when he was invited to the banquet, he was carelessly drunk, and he was almost humiliated, so he frowned and shook his head, and said, "I thought you two had a good relationship. ”

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "He, he has too much, but he doesn't know what he wants, the brother in front of him is another strong man, he knows that he can't compare, and he doesn't want to endure hardship, so he simply speculates on the old lady, the more favored he is, the more wanton he is." In his eyes, if he obeys him, he is a friend, and if he does not obey, he is an enemy, and there is no past affection at all. It's like a child, in the end, it's still too smooth and unsinned. ”

He pondered for a while, and then said: "It's also my negligence, Yang Yingge didn't pay attention to him, I sent a few courtesans to play with him, I saw that he was also happy, and there were no two words, just when he had forgotten the memories to the back of his mind, some time ago, at the full moon banquet of my eldest brother and second son, he saw the memories and thought about it again, and went home to sue his father for proposing.

His father remembered my mother's attitude at the table, so he went to my father and said, 'Is your second brother's family matter decided, if it is decided, if not, I look at the girl in the family, and I can make peace with it.' My father smiled and said no, although it was not decided, but it was already in his heart, and he couldn't give up easily. Lu Gong asked again and again, my father didn't know the doorway, and said it truthfully.

After hearing this, Lu Saburo completely understood the matter, and now that he has the opportunity, he naturally wants to torture me. ”

He also saw that Fu Liangbi could not understand, so he explained what he did not understand.

When Fu Liangbi heard this, he smiled unconsciously and said, "In this way, you and I must join forces to let him know the stakes." In the end, there is a fixed number in the dark, who would have thought that you and I could get together. ”

He also said that Yizhi had recently become interested in "Yi", so he borrowed it from Ouyang Xu to read, but it was really as Ouyang Xu said, it was jerky and difficult, and she saw that she was in the clouds, full of doubts, and pestered Ouyang Xu to interpret, Ouyang Xu couldn't be entangled, so she found "Biography" and "Xiang Biography" and asked her to read them first.

However, he remembered that he was still beyond his strength, and he knew more and more that he didn't know why, and felt that the heat was pressing, drowsy, so he simply closed the book, lay on the desk and looked straight into the yard with his eyes, it was the sun shining, and the sun was shining on the blooming gardenias, jasmine, and golden lanterns, and the flowers were full of flowers, and the light and shadow were hesitant.

Li Ping and Rui'er were also under the corridor, lying on the low table, sitting on the stepping pestle and writing their names. Li Ping's name has few strokes, and he only taught it once before remembering it. Rui'er is very difficult, just a Rui character, you have to write off a whole piece of rice paper, the cursive word is still it, the rest of the strokes are written bigger and bigger, the more you write, the more separated, and it is a memory that you can forget at a glance, from time to time you have to take the one written by the memory to compare, and she is preoccupied with searching the liver and digging out the intestines, unlike Li Ping who has to look around for a moment, and he is sweating all over the place.

Yizhi was looking, and he didn't realize that the light and shadow in front of him were blurred, overlapping, and they were all blurred, and for a while, his eyelids were heavy, and he yawned slightly, and then he fell asleep, and he didn't know how long he slept, and he felt that someone was gently pushing himself, so he half-opened his sleepy eyes and asked what to do.

Xing'er said: "Girl, Sister Du sent a girl to invite, saying that she would invite the girl to Fanlou to eat wine and listen to the play." ”

Yizhi was in a trance for a moment, recalled the words, frowned slightly, buried his face in the crook of his arm, and said with a sullen face: "On such a day, I refuse to move, and I will die of heat when I think about it." ”

Xing'er had to push back and say: "Sister Du said that she wanted to invite the girl for Sister Sheng'er's business, but she was always idle, she didn't meet the girl on a good day, and she thought that the girl had always been afraid of heat, so she must be too lazy to move, and specially told the girl that she must go, if the girl doesn't go, she will come to invite her in person." Girl, let's go to the night market later, and in a few days it will be the Beggar's Day, which will be full of Qiluo, double-headed lotus, grinding and drinking, and it is very interesting to think about! ”

Xing'er paused for a moment, and then said: "Sister Du also said that as long as the girl is willing to go, she can eat whatever she wants." ”

When Yizhi heard this, he unconsciously propped himself up and said, "Let's change your clothes and make up." Xing'er agreed to get up with Yizhi, changed her clothes and makeup, and went to Fan Lou.

Even in front of the door, I saw the carriage of the Sheng family, so I went inside, and sure enough, I saw Sheng Yuzhen slowly walking into the Fan Building, and Yizhi called her to stop, and the two of them met the ceremony and walked in together.

This meeting is Shen Shi, there are a few tables scattered in the hall, and there are only a few open windows in the Accord on the second floor, and I see Du Yingqiu standing in one of them, she is waving to the two, and the two of them go up.

Sheng Yuzhen entered the pavilion and saw a large pot of ice cubes on each of the four corners of the hall in the shape of begonia flowers, and a few small plates of candied dried meat were placed on the square table in the center. When Yingqiu saw the two of them coming, he called the boy who was waiting and said, "First flood the papaya and cut a bowl of melon to cool off the heat for the two younger sisters." ”

Yizhi smiled: "I'm tricky, I can't get rid of this bit of fruit." ”

Yingqiu smiled: "What's the hurry, I have my own arrangements." Then he instructed the kid, remembered to listen, but it was just enough, and saw the stage change of roles, singing her father's new work "Yulou Chun", so she fell on the window lattice to listen, Yuzhen also came to the window to sit down on the couch, with a soft chant: "Yan Hong returned after spring." Calculate the myriad of things. When you come like a spring dream, you go to the clouds and have nowhere to go. Wen Qin admires the immortals. I can't keep Luo Yi. Persuade the gentleman not to be a sober person, and there should be a number of drunken flowers. ”

Yi Zhi was secretly surprised and asked, "Have you also read this poem?" ”

Yuzhen said with a smile: "Lord Yan's words are all in the capital, but I'm afraid I can't find a few people who haven't read them." After a pause, he smiled again: "It's a pity that I don't know why I know it." I don't know if you can solve a problem or two. ”

Yizhi was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "This is a poem lamenting the impermanence of love, and there is no other deep meaning." ”

Yuzhen said with a smile: "I don't think so, don't say that the scholar doctor, even in the Taixue and other schools, there are many people who eat wine and prostitutes, regardless of the upper class, that is, the inferior family, if there is no child, it is also to take concubines." The official is upright and solemn, abides by his duty, only your mother is by his side, and everyone comes to persuade him, and there is a reason, which shows the firmness of his mind. Why is there such a sudden emotion at this time, and then look at the last sentence 'Persuade the gentleman not to be a lonely person, there should be a number of drunk flowers' It can be seen that there is something else. ”

Yizhi asked, "Have you heard anything?" ”

Yuzhen glanced at Yingqiu, and saw that she was still arranging, so she said softly: "I heard that on the day Fan Daguan was demoted, the rich official and your father had a dispute in the political hall, and the rich official went crazy for a while, and accused your father of being ......."

Yi Zhi said: "It can be seen that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles." Even you've heard about it, but I don't know how it's spread outside. As he spoke, he looked straight out of the window, sighed lightly, and said, "Actually, I don't understand whether my father's "Jade Mansion Spring" is admonishing Brother Liangbi or admonishing himself...... I didn't dare to guess or ask. I just hope that things will pass soon, and the Qingming Yuan will be together again. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw Su Zimei taking Su Fu to the hall, and was about to say hello, when he saw two Japanese women surrounding him, and his depressed mood was unconsciously relieved, so he smiled, flicked Yuzhen, and motioned her to look.

When Yuzhen heard the news, she smiled and said: "Su Ri heard rumors that I can occasionally meet the Japanese country at sea and send a boat of women, and a group of twenty or thirty people and even my Great Song Dynasty...... Seeing the men in Zhongzhou, they chose to be beautiful and recommended to sleep, and the name was 'degree species'. ”

He covered his lips with an embroidered handkerchief and said with a smile: "I can see the real chapter today." ”

coincided with Su Zimei and the two Japanese beauties talking and laughing, and suddenly saw Su Zimei stretching out her hand to make a gesture of please, and took the two Japanese beauties to the second floor pavilion, Yuzhen unconsciously put her hand on Yizhi's hand, and was about to ask, Yizhi quickly glanced at Yingqiu, saw that she was giving instructions properly, looked at the two, and hurriedly said: "Those two women must be people I know, and wait for me to ask, you mediate for me, okay." ”

Yuzhen thought to herself for a while, so she had to nod. Remembering the excuse of going to the toilet, he went with a smile. She walked out of the pavilion, walked a few steps, then carried her skirt and walked forward quickly, looking for a long time, just saw Su Zimei's figure disappearing around the corner, hurriedly chased up, and even in front of a pavilion, suddenly stretched out a man's arm, dragged her, remembered it, was pulled into the pavilion, and was pushed against the wall, held his mouth, unconsciously frightened, bluffed and trembled.