The New Year is getting closer. Bai Tang failed to take his annual leave as early as last year. It is really that the newly moved officials have too much demand for stationery supplies, and the workshops of Mulberry Garden are constantly rushing to print all kinds of flower notes, and the production of cooked silk has also increased. He himself received familiar VIP guests on the second floor of Songzhuzhai every day, and also prepared New Year's gifts for them. Although it was only a small piece of wood carved bookmarks and a few pieces of notepaper, it still made the guests feel at home and very happy. There are not a few people who pay the VIP fee for next year on the spot.

On this day, he welcomed an unexpected visitor.

"Mr. Yan!"

Yan Zong wrapped his thick scarf, and the thin man was still trembling like a dumpling. Bai Tang hurriedly invited him upstairs to roast the fire. Secretly thought: Yan Zong is from Guangxi, and it is really difficult for him to survive in this part of Beijing.

Roasting the stove, Yan Zong's body finally had warmth. He looked at the tea room and praised: "Lian Gongzi can always make Yan refreshed." ”

Bai Tang served hot tea and asked with a smile: "But the silk book is used up?" I'll ask Quanhong to send some? ”

Yan Zong shook his head and said, "I haven't painted for a long time. ”

Bai Tang was stunned: "Why?" ”

Yan Zong held the tea and said with a smile: "I'm preparing for the exam." ”

Bai Tang ahhh Only then did I remember that Yan Zong was a Jinshi in the Yongle period in history!

"Will try...... Next year, right? Can you be sure, sir? ”

Yan Zong was slightly surprised: "Let's give it a try." ”

Bai Tang's eyes rolled, and he thought of Ah Jian's Xiangshan Academy. I couldn't help but smile and asked, "Sir, can you worship a famous teacher for guidance?" ”

Yan Zong frowned and said, "I read books by myself at home. ”

"How's that going to work?" Bai Tang Zhengse said, "There is still more than a year to go, find a good gentleman to explain the exam questions and the writing routines of the Bagu Wen, and analyze current affairs - it is best to have classmates discuss together, Mr. Yan, please forgive Bai Tang for saying bluntly, it is not advisable to do it behind closed doors!" ”

Yan Zong sighed: "I think the same way. ”

That's good! Bai Tang smiled and asked, "Mr. should have heard of the Qin family in Jiangnan, right?" Can you know that his family opened a academy in Xiangshan? ”

Yan Zong nodded and said embarrassedly: "Yan is here for this matter." I have to take an exam when I enter Xiangshan Academy, and I am not afraid of the exam. I just wanted to ask Lian Gongzi to write a letter of recommendation with me. ”

Bai Tang's eyes widened: "With Mr.'s painting skills, it's no problem to enter the academy to be a gentleman!" Why do I need my references? ”

Yan Zong blushed and said, "I'm going to apprentice." However, the former students of Xiangshan Academy are weaving, and the assessment is extremely strict. You cannot register without a letter of recommendation. Thinking that the son and the young master of the Qin family were friends, he came to ask for a letter of recommendation with a cheeky face. ”

Yan Zong is not a painter who can only paint. He has been in the palace for many years, and he always has some way. If you don't go to the famous ministers of the court but come to him to ask for a letter of recommendation, you will not lose the election because you see the relationship between you and Ajan, not to mention, it is much better to owe him a favor than to owe him a favor to the old foxes in the court! Bai Tang is happy to be a good person. Smiled: "That's it, sir!" ”

He sat down at the table and grinded, quickly wrote a letter of recommendation, dried it and handed it to him: "Mr. Yan is outstanding, and he will definitely be on the gold list next year!" ”

Yan Zong said gratefully: "Thank you Gongzi for your help!" ”

Before going out, Bai Tang took a piece of Korean paper and a new calendar and stuffed it to him: "This year's New Year's gift is in a hurry, don't dislike it, sir!" ”

Yan Zong couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.

Quan Hong saw it in his eyes, and his expression of surprise and suspicion was exactly the same as his father's original. What the hell is the proprietor doing? How can you be so considerate to a black and thin student?

Bai Tang pursed his lips and said pretendedly: "I will meet your host." Yan Zong will become a great weapon in the future! ”

Quan Hong's ability to serve Bai Tang was a little believed, and he couldn't help but step forward and ask in a low voice: "The owner will help me take a look." When will I be able to ...... Achieve good things with Wenlan? ”

Bai Tang sneered: "It's not difficult to achieve good things. Marriage is a success...... The marriage of three lives is marriage, and the marriage of dew is also marriage, isn't it? ”

Quan Hong stood in place, looked at him and asked, "What kind of marriage is the owner and the third master?" ”

He and Xu San are in a special situation, and they are really different from you pair of real mandarin ducks! Bai Tang patted him on the shoulder and said: "Think about it, life is short for decades, don't ask for anything to last forever, cherish the moment, and take pity on the people in front of you." ”

Quan Hong glared at him in shock: "Does the third master know that you are this kind of person?" ”

Bai Tang's face turned: "If you have the ability, you can go and report him again!" ”

Quan Hongdeng felt embarrassed, and let the owner know about the grandson last time: "The owner, it's not what you think." The third master informed me early that if there are people from the Han Palace, the East Palace, and the palace if they come to Songzhuzhai, they must inform him. He was worried that you would be wronged. ”

Bai Tang didn't want him to know the mind of the grandson, and said coldly: "In the future, when someone comes from the East Palace, you don't have to let the third master know!" ”

Quan Hong had no choice but to respond: "Yes." ”

Is Xu San a fool of him? Liang Dong was cautious, and the two little guys didn't even recognize Xu San. Songzhu Zhai can secretly communicate with him about the song, except for Quan Hong, who doesn't think about him!

In the afternoon of the next day, Bai Tang received a New Year's gift from the Qin family in Suzhou.

During the Chinese New Year, there was not much joy on Ah Jian's face, and even the smile was a little reluctant. He took off his fur in a gloomy mood, sat cross-legged on the couch in the tea room, and looked at the celadon vase lotus on the table without saying a word.

Bai Tang secretly felt strange, and asked with a smile: "I heard that the students who have been enrolled in Xiangshan Academy have almost crowded across the mountain gate recently?" ”

Ah Jian smiled: "There are quite a lot of students. He cheered up, "By the way, I saw the letter of recommendation you wrote for Yan Zong." The gentlemen in the academy have asked me to thank you! ”

"Thank me for what?"

"Mr. Yan is a court painter and has outstanding painting skills. The academy just asked him to teach students to draw in his spare time. ”

"You're shrewd!" Bai Tang smiled and sighed, "Make the best use of things and make the best use of people!" ”

Ah Jian looked at Bai Tang's smiling face, was silent for a moment, and said, "Bai Tang, I'm married." ”

Bai Tang was stunned, his phoenix eyes widened slightly, and he said happily: "This is a good thing!" Which lady is it? Isn't it your cousin, the girl from the Ruan family? ”

Ah Jian pulled the corners of his mouth: "Yes......"

He didn't dare to look at Bai Tang's sincere smile anymore, the more happy he was for himself, the more sad he became. I was so sad that my internal organs were tangled together, and I could barely breathe in pain. It's just that this family affair was asked for by himself. Just when he found out that he had strange feelings for Bai Tang, he fled to Beijing in a panic, and in order to make himself die, he wrote to his father to urge him to marry himself as soon as possible.

thought that if he was married, and the object of his marriage was the person he liked, he would be able to forget or force himself to give up that ridiculous feeling! But now I found that I didn't seem to be relieved as expected, but moved forward with shackles and weights!

Bai Tang's smile gradually closed, and he asked suspiciously: "You don't like this family business?" "He remembered that Ah Jian was quite fond of Miss Ruan!

Ah Jian smiled wryly. Over the past year, he has never forgotten Xu San's cruel and true words when he was alerting himself: Even if there is no Xu San, Baitang cannot belong to him!

Repeating this over and over again cut a knife on his heart, when he forgot the pain, he thought that he had successfully cut off the relationship, until the news of the engagement came, he found that he was really deep in the mud and could not extricate himself!

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