Early Spring in Gangnam (II) (Part I)

In the middle of Cuiming Mountain, several hot springs slowly overflow from different locations in the mountains, slowly gliding over the still cold rocky shore in early spring with hot and humid heat. Since Hangzhou is only half a meal's drive here, the big families in the city occupy a piece of land here and build a courtyard for winter. Now that the spring cold is in full bloom, many families of large families come here after the New Year to escape the cold and soak in the hot springs to go to the cold. Many large families will also bring relatives and friends to go out together, some to entertain guests, and some to show off. After everyone came, in addition to soaking in the hot pool, they naturally had to eat, drink, play, etc., and there was an endless stream of pedestrians and vehicles coming and going in the valley.

A black lacquered nanmu carriage silently walked on the mountain road, whether it was the driver's livery or the car there was no special mark, it looked very ordinary, ordinary people saw it and thought it was a carriage of relatives and friends invited by a large family. It's only occasionally that when the curtain is opened, the figure exposed inside is amazing.

Because of the shadow of that year, Lian'er didn't dare to face the old house of the Zhou family, she didn't want to go to the place where her parents and relatives returned to the west, she would rather feel that they were still in the world in her dreams, so that she would not feel lonely and would not have the urge to follow them. Although she is no longer alone, there is already Xinjie by her side, but the loneliness buried in her heart has not been completely removed, and there is even a trace of melancholy that one day he will turn around, and he will be alone. Feeling the panic and depression in his heart, although he didn't fully understand what sadness included, he was willing to think about her and take care of her.

originally wanted to take her to Beijing and no longer go to the old house of the Zhou family. But since he came to Jiangnan, but he couldn't enter the door, he was afraid that his little lady would one day think about it and feel regretful, so he thought of this compromise method and came to the courtyard of Cuiming Mountain to go around. He didn't tell her directly that he wanted to go to the Zhou family's courtyard, but just said that he would come to Cuiming Mountain to go around, soak in the hot springs, and go to get tired, so that he could finally go on the road to Beijing.

The more the family in this Cuiming Mountain, the more the family occupies the position of the spring or the upstream of the hot spring. The Yumen and Chen families, as a century-old family, occupy two springs in the south respectively. The Zhou family was favored by Emperor Gaozu and rewarded a mansion on a spring in the north. The ancestors of the Zhou family in the mansion are very ingenious, and the hot spring water is drawn from the bottom of the house, which not only has an indoor hot spring pool, but also makes the master bedroom warm and comfortable. When she was a child, Lian'er often followed her mother and mother to escape the cold here.

Coming from the south, Xinjie did not say that he was going to the Zhou family's courtyard, but said that he bought a mansion in the northwest corner by chance. He remodeled the whole house, and turned the courtyard of the best spring in the cliff into his private domain, either by himself or by entertaining close friends. Further out is for a few mysterious figures of the Aoki Society, and it is not open to the public. Only a few important people in the Aoki Society know that this is the place where a few big people practice their internal strength, but others come to escape the cold in winter, but they come at the hottest time of summer, and hone themselves in the spring water that is so hot that it is difficult to get close to in summer. Further out, there is a large garden, planted with a variety of exotic flowers and plants, all kinds of flowers compete for beauty throughout the year, in this sea of flowers, there are more than 20 small courtyards of various styles for the guests of the Aoki Tea House. When guests come here, they can wrap up the whole yard, call friends and invite friends to come, drink tea and feast guests chant poems and paint, and some people come quietly, just want to enjoy the warm and quiet days. In a word, you can be as comfortable as you want. The annex has just been built, and after the recommendation of the old customers in the city of Aoki Tea Society, for a while, the literati and ink merchants in Hangzhou Jia Shijia, but those who have no ability to set up another courtyard in Cuiming Mountain, or those who are inconvenient to have a banquet at home and want to find a good place, all kinds of people flock to it. Just like today, the old man of the Zhang family, a big tea merchant in the city, made a birthday, and he packed the three largest courtyards here, which were used to entertain male and female guests and people in the clan. The Zhangjia tea plantation is second to none in Hangzhou, and all its fragrant tea shops are all over the country. Since it is a tea brewer, this banquet place should pay more attention to complementing each other, and there are many contacts with the Aoki Tea House, making the elegant and comfortable Aoki Villa the best choice.

The shopkeeper of Aoki Tea House Hangcheng not only made a reservation for it early, but also prepared a gift to congratulate him.

The Zhang family has a very high status in Hangzhou, and the person who received the invitation is also a head and face in Hangzhou, black and white, gray area, and no character can be left behind, such as Yumen. If there was no Yumen to help shake it, the Zhang family's tea would not have been transported to various places so smoothly over the years. The old lady of the Zhang family and the head of Yuda have known each other since childhood, and they have cooperated for many years, and they have to give each other face. It's just that this year, the Zhang family chose this birthday place in Xinjie's industry, although when the younger generations chose the place, they didn't ask the old man, and the old man of the Zhang family was inconvenient to shake out the old friend's family back then, and a group of descendants didn't know the embarrassment here, but the old man of the Zhang family didn't think that the head of the jade family would be really embarrassed, After all, the jade gate is too huge, and the head of the jade family has been smooth sailing for decades, and he has long stopped putting the interaction with everyone in his eyes. It's already very face-saving for Yumen to have a deacon or something.

It's just that he didn't expect that to his surprise, the head of the Jade Sect was a special face-saving person today, not only came early in person, but also brought a few of his proud disciples, as well as the family members of the eldest disciples. panicked, the old lady of the Zhang family not only hurried to the main gate of the Aoki Courtyard to greet him, but also took a large number of disciples and nephews in the clan to wait. In fact, he didn't want to come originally, but this grandson has been invincible in the mall for many years, and the Tang family can't rely on it, but he never wants to come to Yumen. Although he has secretly helped him for many years, and has worked his martial arts cultivation, this kid is still lukewarm. In the past few days, this stinky boy has come to Hangzhou, but he only knows that he will not come to see him when he accompanies the woman, so he feels very unhappy. Although Zhao Weimeng went to see him yesterday, ostensibly to make peace with his ancestors and grandchildren, but in fact, he had his own idea, but this kid didn't even want to put a step. Although he has never retracted his words about driving his mother out of the Jade Gate over the years, this kid is too faceless to give him and never thinks about him.

After thinking about it all night, he woke up this morning, and suddenly he had an urge to see what this kid was capable of. It is said that this kid's Yuehuaxuan and Aoki Society are genius designs, and this Aoki Villa is very tasteful and intelligent. His grandfather had never come in, and today he wanted to really see the eyes of this boy. So I decided to come to pay homage to the Zhang family. Zhao Weimeng also more or less guessed the master's thoughts, his daughter happened to come back, and she had been in the academy for a long time, she didn't ask about the world, she only knew that there were a few useless scholars in the academy, so she also wanted to bring her to see her. Zhao Zhiyuan heard that she was coming to the Zhang family's birthday banquet, and she was overjoyed for a while, because the Sun family also received an invitation, and the eldest lady of the Sun family was coming, and she wanted to come to the Sun family. Although the governor of Liangjiang is the home of the eunuchs, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the face of the tea Zhang still has to be given, although it is not a century-old family, but the tea friends are very well implemented in the generations of the Zhang family, and there are many powerful Qing guests who have made friends. Even if it is a businessman, the Sun family has to give them some face. What's more, I came to a place like Cuiming Mountain. Although the Sun family is good in Jiangnan, the governor of Liangjiang is not strong enough to have his own industry in Cuiming Mountain. Even if the Sun family is arrogant, there are not many opportunities to come. The people who can be invited to the mountains are either rich or expensive, not to mention far away, even the charter silver of thousands of taels a day in this Aoki Annex, the Sun family can't afford to pay it. In other words, even if you can afford it, you won't spend on it, but more to keep it up and down in Beijing to save for your future career. Therefore, this invitation is still very popular with the young people of the Sun family, and the eldest lady of the Sun family even informed Zhao Zhiyuan early that she hoped to see her at the birthday banquet, on the one hand, to show off, and on the other hand, she also wanted Zhao Zhiyuan to go, and also have an acquaintance who could talk.

Zhao Zhiyuan has also been worried about this matter these days, although it is said to the outside world that her father is the eldest disciple of the head of the Jade Sect and the helmsman of the Jade Gate in the future, but this matter has not officially crossed the clear road in the Jade Gate, and she Zhao Zhiyuan is not the real daughter of the Jade Gate. How do you know that this early in the morning, the old master is in the mood, and he brought them out with him, Zhao Zhiyuan was indescribably happy in her heart, where to care if her father had other ideas.

So all the way to the gate of the Aoki Courtyard, the people of the Zhang family warmly welcomed each other into the Yihe Garden and the Lotus Garden that the Zhang family had packed. Although the Lotus Garden entertains female relatives and the Lotus Garden entertains male guests, the owner deliberately opened up the bamboo forest path between the two places for the convenience of the Zhang family, and even more thoughtfully hung red lanterns on both sides of the bamboo forest road to celebrate his birthday. Snacks and refreshments such as peanuts and melon seeds are also placed on the stone tables in the bamboo forest on both sides of the path, and both men and women can sit and rest in groups. What's even better is that the Lotus Garden is built on the lotus pond, and the Lotus Garden is on a slightly higher hillside, overlooking the lotus pond from afar. For the convenience of the Zhang family's happy event, the proprietor removed the flower wall that blocked the Yihe Garden, so that the lotus pond could not only be seen on the side of the Lotus Garden, but also the situation in the Yihe Garden from afar.

On the way here, her father repeatedly told Zhao Zhiyuan that if the owner of the Aoki Villa arrived, she must behave well, but Zhao Zhiyuan didn't listen, thinking about whether Sun Gongzi would come. When I entered the Lotus Garden, I saw the eldest lady of the Sun family, she naturally happily went over to say hello, and then the two of them made a place, and soon went to the bamboo forest in the middle of the two gardens and went to the Sun family several sons.

Early Spring in Gangnam (II) (Middle)

Sun Yaoyang was a little surprised when he saw Zhao Zhiyuan, but he also treated it indifferently, and on the surface he showed joy, and looked at her gently and affectionately, which made Zhao Zhiyuan's heart very sweet. The eldest lady of the Sun family watched her brother play with this stupid beautiful girl with this money, and she was quite proud of her brother. Zhao Weimeng usually dotes on this daughter very much, her monthly monthly silver is not much higher than her daughter, and her annual share can't catch up with the cost of this stupid girl's ten days. Therefore, when she was in the academy, it was all Zhao Zhiyuan's expenses, she just pretended to be reserved and gentle, and let the stupid girl paste it upside down. Clothes and jewelry, as long as she likes it, Zhao Zhiyuan took the initiative to give it away, and over the years, she received a lot of things. Although this kind of person is not qualified to be her sister-in-law, she has no objection and is even willing to accept her as a concubine by her brother. A woman wants to be small in her husband's family, if she has a sister-in-law to rely on, it is a good way out for them, with the help of her sister-in-law, it is better to compete with the main house, in that way, her sister-in-law can start from her, and take it for granted. She figured this out a long time ago, so in the past few years, she has been giving Zhao Zhiyuan the opportunity to get close to her eldest brother, and even helped them teach and receive each other privately and pass letters.

If Zhao Weimeng knew that he had attracted calculations for his daughter because of his favor, he would definitely regret it. He originally sent his daughter to Qixia Academy to make friends with famous nobles, but he was born recklessly, and after being received by the head of the Jade Sect, most of them were responsible for the internal affairs of the Jade Sect and managing the disciples and descendants, and did not really have the opportunity to deal with the powerful family. I don't know that most of the so-called powerful families, the children don't have much money at their disposal, and there are many families who look lively on the outside and are very embarrassed inside.

Only this time, Zhao Zhiyuan told her that her father invited her home, probably for a blind date, and the other party may be related to Yumen, a rough businessman. This fat duck that has been raised for many years is about to fly, who will patch up her clothes, jewelry and precious rouge gouache in the future? After a few people sat and chatted for a while, the eldest lady of the Sun family deliberately invited Zhao Zhiyuan and her brother to go around the depths of the bamboo forest. As he walked, he chatted, "Zhiyuan, why can't you go back to the academy recently?" Although she knew it, she had to ask so that she could give Zhiyuan a chance to speak, and give her eldest brother a chance to confess, although the eldest brother didn't seem to be in a hurry.

"It's not what I told you last time," Zhao Zhiyuan said while glancing at Sun Yaoyang: "My father has to let me wait at home, saying that the other party has been in Hangzhou recently, and if there is a chance, it is best to meet him." ”

"Isn't the other party in Hangzhou on weekdays?"

"No, I don't say I haven't been here for a year or two. This year, I was sure to come over, so let me go home and wait. It really annoyed me, my father said that he was the son of an old man, but I had never met him, and I heard that he was busy with affairs, and he walked everywhere, how could such a person be reliable, I don't know what my father thought. ”

"Zhiyuan, I think your father may be a chivalrous man who values love and righteousness. Look at how much your dad usually treasures you? He loves you so much, he doesn't want you to climb to a high house, but he wants you to marry the son of an old man, which can be seen for the love of the year. ”

Zhao Zhiyuan didn't dare to say, her father mentioned to her last night that marrying each other was the best guarantee to ensure the Zhao family's future status in Yumen. She is the daughter of the Jade Gate outside, how dare she mention this. Therefore, she pretended to be shy and melancholy and bowed her head and said, "My father just said that the other party's ancestors were kind to him, and he hoped to repay the favor through my marriage." It's just that I've never seen what the other party looks like, and it's a person who runs a teahouse and a wine shop, walking on the rivers and lakes all year round, It's rare to be at home all year round, and he is rude at home, talking and drinking, and hurting people when he moves. Although his ancestors were kind to my father, I was really afraid, what if I didn't pay attention to annoy him, and I was worried about my life? As he spoke, he became more and more sad and began to sob.

Although her father told her that she was the owner of the Aoki Tea House and the owner of the most luxurious Yuehuaxuan in Hangzhou, there was a lot of age difference between their young ladies of Qixia Academy and the friends around Xinjie, and most of them still didn't care about the family's livelihood, didn't understand the world, and didn't understand the outside business, and many of them were still ignorant. And in the past two years, Xinjie has rarely been in Jiangnan, and the brothers in these people's families may have acquaintances, but they rarely mention it in front of their younger siblings, so even if Zhao Zhiyuan heard someone in the academy mention how the third son of the Tang family or the grandson of the Chen family, Tang Sangongzi, was suave and talented, but no one told her that Tang Sangongzi was the owner of Yuehuaxuan and Aoki Society. She just thought that the people who opened the restaurant and tea shop were rough people, or her father's kind of Jianghu people. The two have never been linked, let alone hung with the wealthy. In her eyes, the most noble in Hangzhou, except for the sons of the Chen family of the Queen Mother's mother's family, are the sons of the Liangjiang Governor Fu family, who have the highest official titles.

She thinks that she is versatile and good-looking, and she has been praised by the masters of the academy, as well as the praise of famous ladies such as Miss Sun, who should not fall into a vulgar and ordinary family, and should marry into a wealthy family and become a noblewoman. At this moment, Miss Sun gave her a ladder, of course she had to use it well, to show her sorrow, and to make Sun Yaoyang feel compassion.

Zhao Zhiyuan's careful thoughts, Sun Yaoyang still saw it very clearly. Although he was disdainful in his heart, on the surface, he still needed to play the elegant and amorous Pianpian son, and his gentle eyes were full of pity, which greatly comforted Zhao Zhiyuan.

"Zhiyuan, you don't have to worry too much, Lang Lang Qiankun, even the people in the rivers and lakes need to respect my Great Zhou Law. If someone really dares to bully you inexplicably, I, Sun Yaoyang, will not let him go first. ”

"Thank you, Brother Yaoyang, I'm just afraid that if it is really within his sphere of influence at that time, Zhiyuan will call the heavens and the earth not to be spiritual, it is said that this person can do martial arts, and if he is annoyed, he will kill people invisibly." After speaking, he made a trembling and scared look. Killing people invisibly, it is indeed that she heard her father once mention it when talking to people about Tang Sanshao's martial arts, saying that it is difficult for young juniors to be outstanding, and their skills are profound, and they can often kill people invisibly. At this moment, in order to enhance the effect, she came out of context.

"How can it be, it's a man and not a god, how can it be. But don't worry, if something happens, either my brother or I will help you. Miss Sun also comforted her, but the eldest lady just felt that Zhao Zhiyuan didn't want to marry, and she was alarmist.

"Zhi Yuan is so worried, do you know what kind of character the other party is in the rivers and lakes? Even if the peddler pawn has a livelihood, there is always someone to fear, let's take the other party's weakness first, and take precautions in advance if something happens. "Sun Yaoyang is the pride of the Sun family, and he is all on the road of fame, after all, he has more eyes than his sister who only looks at the little things at home, With Zhao Weimeng, who loves his daughter, and is a deacon in Yumen, even if he repays the favor, if the other party is too bastard, he will not push his daughter into the fire pit. Zhiyuan doesn't like each other, but it's possible to think about the worst. And if the other party is too strong and unreasonable, I am afraid that he and his sister will need to stay away from Zhiyuan in the future, and they can't play these ambiguous games with her, so as not to harm the pond fish.

"Although he is not a pawn of a peddler, he is not a powerful person, just a rough man who opens a restaurant and a tea shop."

"You don't have to be afraid of this kind of person, it's hard to be afraid of this kind of person. He's just afraid that he will coax you to please you, and he will be rude to you, where do you dare to be rude to you? Miss Sun really couldn't look down on Zhao Zhiyuan's retarded mind, so she couldn't help but interject.

"Hey," Zhao Zhiyuan shook her head, listening to her father's tone, only Daddy begged him, how could the other party have the other party's share in Daddy, "You don't know, Yumen has the rules of Yumen, but you just pay attention to Yumen's livelihood, and don't participate in the rest." My father wouldn't use Yumen's means to help me because I was his daughter. ”

This statement made Miss Sun sneer in her heart.

"And this vulgar and unbearable coarse person, how can I deal with this kind of person every day?"

This is true, Sun Yaoyang and Miss Sun agreed. And the appearance of the beauty Qi Qiran is quite tempting, but Sun Yaoyang still feels uneasy, this Zhao Weimeng's status in Yumen is so important, If the other party is really his benefactor, if he wants to repay the favor and marry his daughter, how can he plan for his daughter and help the other party do some big business, it should not be a small business. If it is a large restaurant and tea shop, it is not a simple family that can stand in such a fiercely competitive place as Hangzhou. If you still want to have something to do with Zhao Zhiyuan in the future, and the other party is a difficult one, it will be troublesome. And if you want to enter Beijing as an official in the future, this reputation is even more important, so you have to ask more: "I don't know which restaurant or tea shop in Hangzhou?" Tell us to be prepared. Or you can find the person or thing that the other party is afraid of, you can handle it, and there will be a way back in the future. ”

"Speaking of which, it is also a first-class restaurant in Hangzhou, which is the owner of Yuehuaxuan in the east of the lake."

"You mean the shopkeeper of Yuehuaxuan? Is it the son of the shopkeeper? Zhu Gongzi is fourteen or fifteen years old this year, which is the age of saying that he is a parent, and he has already passed his childhood, and his fame is still expected to go further, he is just afraid that he will not have the ability to kill people and prevent fire. This surprised Sun Yaoyang, Yuehuaxuan was the third young man of the Tang family, even if he was the shopkeeper under him, he was also a figure with a head and a face. Is this Zhao Zhiyuan a bad brain?

"It's not the shopkeeper's, my father said it was their owner, in his twenties, a perennial elusive, fierce and vicious person."

Early Spring in Gangnam (II) (Part II)

"You mean the owner of Yuehuaxuan?" Miss Sun was also surprised, she and her brother glanced at each other, although she was also in the academy, she was not completely ignorant of the world, the owner of Yuehuaxuan was not an ordinary person, it was the third young man of the Tang family. The Sun family is an official in Liangjiang, so it is natural to find out the characters everywhere, so as not to inadvertently step on any of them that they can't be provoked. Is this Zhao Zhiyuan's brain in water? Even the three young men of the Tang family dare to dislike it, it is an idol in the minds of countless women, and the elder brother knows Tang Sanshao, and he also has three points of respect when he mentions this person. But Miss Sun is not so kind to wake her up, it is better that she loses this marriage in a daze, where is she worthy of Tang Sanshao. So she glanced at her brother, and deliberately cared: "This Yue Huaxuan is also a big field in Hangzhou, it is estimated that the family is not short of money, Zhiyuan, do you know what else he does to make a living besides Yue Huaxuan?" ”

"What else?" Zhao Zhiyuan said disdainfully: "In addition to that restaurant, I heard my father say that the tea house in this Aoki Villa is also his." Daddy said he'd be here today. After all, the Zhang family is such a big scene, and the important people in Hangzhou are here, a businessman, why don't you hurry up and take the opportunity to make more nobles and do business in the future? I just can't stand this kind of philistine behavior, and I interact with people for the sake of profit. ”

Miss Sun and Sun Yaoyang looked at each other again, and said in their hearts that Tang Sanshao used to cling to these people, these people should cling to him.

Miss Sun pursed her lips, ready to find an excuse to get out and let her brother get close to Zhao Zhiyuan alone, how can this kind of stupid woman be matched with Sanshao, It is more practical to stay in her brother's backyard to make her a cash cow. She needed to find a place to clean herself up again, if it was really Tang San who came, she would have to create a chance for herself to appear in front of him no matter what. Although it is unlikely that you will climb to the top three, you must always give it a try.

Xinjie did come today, but the group did not enter through the front door of the courtyard, but took the side door on the east side. It's just from here, you can see the original courtyard of the Zhou Mansion at a glance, although the imperial court has planned to return it to the Zhou family, but the Zhou family has no descendants to take over, and the Queen Mother is unwilling to announce the whereabouts of Wanning, so the courtyard has been low-key closed, but the servants of the Chen family are entrusted by the Queen Mother to take care of it regularly, so that the grass and trees in the garden are still thriving. Although the courtyard is cold, it does not seem to be depressed and deserted. The Zhou family didn't like to be lively, so it didn't look much different from the past.

Lian'er couldn't help but get out of the car and head towards the Zhou family's courtyard. Xinjie ordered someone to drive the car into his small courtyard, and walked over with her. The Zhou family's mansion in Hangzhou was copied that year, and the courtyard here was not affected, the flowers and trees in the garden were not moved, and the furnishings in the master's room were still the same. The subordinates here have already been scattered after the accident of the Zhou family, and the current subordinates are all sent by the Chen family, and they only know Xinjie as the grandson of the aunt and grandmother who married the Chen family, and the grandson of the head of the Chen family. He was curious about the veiled woman he was traveling with, but he didn't explore too much, because he heard that this young master* might just be curious about the Zhou family's courtyard, and it happened to be near his property, and he came to take a look, and happened to have a woman by his side.

Lian'er sat down in her mother's original bedroom and slowly looked at the objects one by one. I heard that the Jingwei of the Aoki Society came to report, and someone came to see Xinjie with the Aoki Society Honor Token. Xinjie probably guessed that it was the head of Yuda, but Lian'er seemed extremely nostalgic here, and he couldn't bear to break her good memories. Instead, Lian'er heard it and took the initiative to let him go back to the other courtyard first, and come back together later. Before leaving, Lian'er suddenly saw a pair of ivory folding fans on her mother's dressing table, the workmanship was very exquisite, and when she opened the folding fan, she sprinkled gold on the gold surface was the work of the famous family Qiu master of the previous dynasty. But she doesn't remember seeing it in her mother's or father's belongings as a teenager. Because there are not many surviving works of Master Qiu, and the fan is even rarer, it must be a priceless thing, why does it appear in the mother's room, and it is a house that has not been inhabited for more than ten years. Xinjie also stared at the folding fan, because of his mother's case, he visited his mother's girlfriend's place many times, hoping to find clues, he could be sure that the last time he came, there was no such fan here.

In the innermost courtyard of the Aoki Annex, Yuliang, the personal servant beside the head of the jade family, sat quietly in the living room waiting for the little master. Originally, he had always been the hidden guard beside the head of the jade family, and since the little master followed his aunt to walk the rivers and lakes, the old master was not at ease, and often came out secretly to see the little master to cover up some risks for him. But Tang Xiaoxiao is a shrewd person, and he doesn't like others to follow her secretly, so he can't get too close to them, and can only clear some obstacles for them within the scope of his ability. Despite this, this child has faced a lot of storms over the years. But it's gratifying that the little master is capable, and he has secretly established such a huge force as Aoki Society. And now his martial arts have been in the rivers and lakes alone, and few people can compare with wisdom and strategy. The little master is now out of breath, and he has also felt comforted for the old master over the years. Although the old master has always been reluctant to let go of the young lady's affairs, it is only a matter of time before the little master returns to Yumen.

"Uncle Liang." Xinjie greeted him politely when he came in. Yuliang has known and appreciated all these years of taking care of him in secret, especially when he was young and weak. Although his grandfather had a good face and was unwilling to deal with him openly, he understood and didn't care, and of course he wouldn't take the initiative to come to him.

Looking at the little master of the Yushu in front of him, he was more calm than when he saw him the previous year, his face was a little more kind, and his conscience was also very happy: "Little young master is good." How have you been doing lately? ”

Xinjie nodded and didn't speak, he didn't think that Yuliang had time to chat with him more, and sure enough, the other party was straight to the point: "The old master has been waiting for the little master for a few days, I thought you would find the old slave to arrange, but there was no movement, although the old master didn't say it on the surface, he was in a hurry." No, I came here today by myself, just to meet you. Even if you look at it from a distance through the crowd, you are willing. ”

"There are too many people to socialize outside, it's inconvenient, let him go to Yilan Garden to rest later."

When Xinjie walked into the room from the hidden woods of Yilan Garden, the head of Yuda was not surprised, but looked at his outstanding grandson quite comfortingly.

"You should go and meet Zhao Weimeng's daughter."

Xinjie raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he didn't expect that his grandfather and grandson had not seen him for a long time, and his grandfather would say this after greetings.

"You have already reached the age of getting married, since the Tang family is not concerned, then the grandfather will worry about it for you."

"My father promised me that I would decide the marriage, and I am already engaged, and I am my uncle's niece."

"Is that the woman you've been with lately?"

"Yes." Although he is his grandfather, the affairs of the Zhou family are more complicated, and he doesn't want to talk much now.

"The orphan girl who came from a small family, no matter how capable she is, she is limited in what she can help you, it's good to be a concubine, and the wife must be carefully chosen. I don't have to choose the daughter of the Zhao family, or you have to marry her as a wife, if you are pleasing to the eye, you can also be a concubine, after all, your status is different. Accepting some different women in the backyard will always help. You need to know that the Jade Gate will be handed over to you sooner or later, but you didn't grow up with me, and if I was fine, if I was gone one day, those old guys would definitely embarrass you. Only by giving them peace of mind and feeling that even if they change masters, their status is secure, can they be used by you. ”

"Your old man didn't take a concubine back then."

"I'm different from you. What's more, you don't have a chance to have a childhood sweetheart and a woman who doesn't guess, so don't think about those unrealistic. With your current status, none of the women out there are who are not here for fame and fortune. ”

"Your old man just looks down on me like that?" Xinjie teased.

"The old man also knows your reputation in the past few years, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, how do you know what the purpose of these women approaching you is? Instead of spending so much time and energy discerning, it is better to treat everyone equally and do what you have to do. Men are meant to focus on the great cause. ”

"Although Lian'er and I are not childhood sweethearts, we have enough trust in each other."

"That's just a hot-headed idea for you."

"Aren't you and your grandmother together all your life? Although she has been dead for many years, I haven't seen your three wives and four concubines. Your old man values feelings so much, why can't you trust us? ”

The head of Yuda was a little sad: "Your mother was the same back then, and Tang Lan also promised me repeatedly that he would not wronged her. At first, I also believed that Biyan and Tang Lan's kid would treat my daughter well, but so what? Not only did he not protect her well, let her suffer the anger of the big house, and finally left you in swaddling clothes, not even leaving his life. She is gone, Tang Lan can't even guarantee your normal young master treatment in the Tang family, how can you let me trust outsiders? ”

"I'm in a different situation from Lian'er and my father and mother."

What's the difference, not to mention that her helpless orphan girl status is easy for her to have a lofty heart, The people of the Bai family are originally white-eyed wolves, and her uncle is not a reliable master. You have followed Tang Xiaoxiao everywhere to look for him since you were a child, and you have suffered so much, maybe where he will enjoy himself. ”

"Do you know anything?" Xinjie's heart suddenly moved, his grandfather can accuse him, he can complain about Lian'er, but the head of Yuda is also a rational old man, and he is also an upright old man, and he will not speak ill of people behind his back for no reason.

Yu Zhenxiang coughed lightly, restrained his temper, and shook his head decisively: "Since your mother's accident, I am not interested in anything related to the Tang family. Let's not talk about what I have. You go and meet the girl of the Zhao family first, see if it fits your eyes, you don't have to accept her, but at least let your grandfather know what kind of woman you like, and I will help you plan. ”

Early Spring in Gangnam (III) (Middle)

"No, I just want to marry Lian'er."

"Regardless of this, it doesn't matter if you go out to see Man Man or not, and another key is to meet the people of the Zhang family. The tea Zhangjia is by no means as simple as it seems. Their infiltration in recent years is by no means just tea, or just money trading. Many industries in Jiangnan are more and more involved with them. Jiangnan is the foundation of Yumen, you need to know it in your heart and take precautions as soon as possible. ”

Yu Zhenxiang didn't say anything more, Xinjie was stubborn, he already knew it, and if he continued to talk about it, he was afraid that he would break up unhappily today. It's so rare for him to see a child, and he doesn't want to go too far. At the moment, I just wanted to distract him with something else. It's just that I didn't expect Xinjie's reply to be: "I know, they seem to be planning big things behind their backs, and the Zhao family and your three disciples you just mentioned have a lot of dealings with them. ”

"You've been keeping an eye on them?" The old man was surprised.

"If it's just them, it's really not worth my energy, I'm just afraid of what they will do to your old man." Yu Zhenxiang was quite comforted when he heard this, nodded lightly and smiled: "How can they take my old man?!" ”

After leaving the old man's house, Xinjie walked into the woods behind Yilan Garden again, intending to turn back to the gate of the front courtyard from the hidden path first. Just after walking a short distance, I heard a strange noise from the side of the stream below the path. The trail is on the hillside, parallel to the stream flowing from the hot springs below, with abrupt rocks and woods, and the path is not visible from the stream, but the person in the path can easily see everything below. This stream is a confluence of hot spring water from the two main hot spring springs of Aoki Annex. Because of the medicine in the hot springs, it has the effect of treating rheumatism, dispelling wind and cold, and smoothing the skin, so it is actually a suitable spring water for women to soak in. Therefore, in this area, he let people build a lot of small houses and flower canopies, and the flower canopies have all kinds of exquisite soup pools, which are specially reserved for female dependents. Each pond has a waterway connected to the stream, and when needed, the hot springs are put in from the waterway, and the used water is drained from the ditch on the other side of the canopy. Each canopy is covered by a wall of flowers and trees, and the spacing in the middle is also very large, which not only blocks the line of sight but also insulates sound. Today, because the Zhang family has packed a few large yards, I am afraid that there will be many female guests, so I also wrapped all the flowers in this area in advance. The flower canopy near the side of the Lotus Garden, everyone has long been occupied, but the remote flower canopy behind the bamboo forest is not cared for.

And at this moment, the voice coming from the flower canopy directly under his feet was definitely not a woman soaking in the hot pool. He used to walk among the flowers, and he understood what was going on as soon as he heard it, he didn't like to meddle in the first place, not to mention that this was a place where the Zhang family chartered the field, and the Zhang family had any background on the Internet recently, and there was no accident on this occasion, but it was really unexpected. He was about to ignore it and hurry up to do something good and go back to accompany Lian'er, but the sudden man's voice made him pause. This voice must be someone he knows, but he can't remember it for a while, but when he hears him call "Zhiyuan", everything will be clear. Sun Yaoyang is worthy of being a celebrity and a gentleman. He smiled lightly and walked on.

In this canopy is indeed Sun Yaoyang and Zhao Zhiyuan. After knowing that the marriage arranged by Zhao Zhiyuan's family was Tang Xinjie, Sun Yaoyang suddenly had a wonderful idea in his heart. For their generation of young people, although Xinjie does not live in Jiangnan for a long time, he was born in Jiangnan, the Tang family has a good foundation in Jiangnan, and he is a descendant of the Chen family in Jiangnan, and he also appears here from time to time.

With the status of the Sun family and his own intelligence, Sun Yaoyang was originally a first-class person in the circle, but after so many years, he still couldn't surpass the brilliance of Xinjie. It is false to say that you are not jealous! Since martial arts are incomparable, Wencai is also taken advantage of by him, and when he asks that Zhiyuan is about to arrange a marriage with him, he suddenly thinks that it is a good thing to make a hat for Xinjie. Let you be the number one talent in Jiangnan, and use the rest of his women, for a while, this evil taste grows wildly in my heart. Zhao Zhiyuan had already been tempted by him, waiting for him to propose, it was really easy to get her. After her sister left, Sun Yaoyang didn't talk to her for a few words, so he coaxed her out of the bamboo forest and went deeper. Behind this bamboo forest, the flower canopy is really a wonderful place, not only quiet and remote, but also the soup pool in the flower canopy has already been prepared for guests, smoky, warm and comfortable, and there are soft cushions paved with white cotton cloth by the pool, which is convenient for sitting and lying down during the bath break, which is an excellent place to act.

Sun Yaoyang is also a veteran, his mother bought him a room at the age of eleven, and all kinds of means emerged one after another, coaxing Zhao Zhiyuan to resist in three strokes. Sun Yaoyang also felt extremely excited this time, in addition to the physical satisfaction, the biggest stimulation was thinking that this would be Tang Xinjie's woman, looking at a few small plum blossoms on the white cotton cloth under Zhao Zhiyuan, thinking that the proud person would use his own leftovers in the future, his heart was not ordinarily comfortable. Who made that person so eye-catching, where he was, it would never be difficult for people to see the light of his Sun Yaoyang.