Li Bozhang looked in the direction of everyone's applause, Mr. Shan held a folding fan in his hand, and put some noisy onomatopoeia in his mouth, acting vividly.

He and Chen Mian stood and listened carefully, and only then did they understand that Mr. Shan was talking about the fire in the Snake Fang last night.

Most of the customers of this restaurant are officials of all sizes near the yamen and the sifang, and they all sit here at noon or after duty. Chen Mian and Li Bozhang came on weekdays, and the shopkeepers were sharp-eyed and precocious, so they only led them to the second floor and gave them snacks and melon seeds.

"It's strange that this Langfang has no grudges with people for a long time, and there is no enmity in the near future, when everything is peaceful, you pass by their yamen, and you don't even look at it, just think that someone lives there."

Mr. Shan pursed his lips and quickly took a sip of tea, looked at the few white clothes sitting on a table below, and continued: "If it wasn't for a fire last night, burn it clean, you wouldn't have come here to listen to my nonsense......"

The people downstairs hardly spoke, and they all closed their mouths to listen to Mr. Shan.

Chen Mian therefore said in a low voice: "He said that he was blowing nonsense, didn't he know that others took his words seriously, his left ear entered, and he turned his head and opened his mouth to tell others." The guards at the door of my family occasionally have to talk about it and sprinkle it around, but they seem to be slaughtering for the officials. ”

"Mr. Shan, don't talk about this, after listening, let's go home and eat. What is the fire in the Snake Workshop? ”

"Since it's a heavenly fire, it's definitely different from ordinary fire. Yesterday, at the second watch, Shan was practicing his voice in the yard of his home, and suddenly heard a shocking thunder in the sky. ”

Chen Mian said again: "Look, this is nonsense. ”

Li Bozhang said: "Let's just listen to the story." ”

"Mr. Shan is afraid that he is dreaming, although the Snake Fang is nameless, how can we people the size of sesame seeds go in, and how can you burn your hands?"

Mr. Shan shook the folding fan: "At first, I also felt that it was a dream, and I slapped my ears with my hands, but it happened that two heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals walked behind me and asked me why I hit myself." I said that I was in a nightmare, I should be sober and sober, and the heavenly soldiers and generals laughed and said that I was very sober.

I saw that the two of them were busy putting out the fire with pots and buckets around, and only the two of them were calm and relaxed, and asked why they didn't move, what do you think he two did to me? ”

Chen Mian climbed on the railing, turned his fan, and asked curiously, "What do you say?" ”

Mr. Shan learned from them to cross his waist, and shouted angrily: "The Snake Fang vainly injured the fairies who went down to the mortal tribulation, and ordered them to go to the Dao Ancestor's alchemy furnace to twist a string of fire, and the lower realm came to punish the Snake Fang!" ”

He also talked about the appearance and clothes of the two heavenly soldiers and generals.

In an instant, he looked at it again, stood motionless on the stage, and the people below got up to visit.

Suddenly, Mr. Shan opened his eyes and held his heart, gasped three times and said: "When I opened my eyes and looked again, I saw the little boy with his eyes as big as lanterns, and he called me to eat...... Only then did I realize that it was really terrifying! ”

The people below immediately laughed and asked him where he slept at night, and some of the melon seed shells in their mouths sprayed on the heads of the officials in front of them, and the officials laughed with the people without noticing at all.

Chen Mian couldn't help laughing twice, thinking that Li Bozhang was beside him, and he didn't let him see the joke, so he stuck his jaw with a tiger's mouth.

Li Bozhang said: "It is said that one of the ten sentences in Mr. Shan's words is true, and I just listened to it, but I think he has really seen the person who set the fire." ”

"According to the appearance he just described, why don't you draw two pictures and send them to the Five Cities Terracotta Division to try your luck?" Chen Mian said.

Li Bozhang didn't care, and said: "The little official of the Shicai Hanlin Academy said that Qin Jie's return to Beijing has also returned, and the Snake Fang is under his jurisdiction, and he has always disliked others interfering in his own affairs, so let's do this more, I'm afraid that there will be no chance to sit together and eat and drink in the future." ”

Chen Mian peeled a peanut, removed the red skin and threw it into his mouth: "He doesn't like to eat and drink, let's send it to the next post tomorrow, invite him to Liangyuan to escape the summer, maybe we can meet him." ”

The two waited for the wine to come up, ate two glasses, and went home separately.

……

Xu Yuan came back from the study with the little servant, loaded a lot of good things in the car, and stopped in front of the house.

The person waiting in front of the door was bought by Jin Ting for ten taels of silver from the box alley, and the family was gone, and Jin Ting said that his name was not good. It turned out to be called "Kejia", so he was given a new name "Xuejin", according to the surname of the Xu family, and he was a member of the Xu family in the future.

Xuejin saw Jin Ting at a glance and knew that Xu Yuan was in the car, so he hurriedly straightened his sleeves and stepped forward to call Jin Ting.

Jin Ting helped Xu Yuan get out of the car, and asked Xuejin: "Are Princess Baozhen and the third lady home?" ”

"No, I only sent twenty strong men to drive back the carriage and horses, and I asked to know that the princess and the third lady were invited to the palace by King Chengping as soon as they entered the city."

Xu Yuan listened and told Jin Ting to move the things in the car into the house, and he had no intention of going in.

Xuejin thought that he didn't rest after he got off duty, so he persuaded: "Why don't you go in and sit and wait, the princess and the third lady have just returned to Beijing, and King Chengping has time to see them in the future, and he should go back tonight." ”

Xu Yuan glanced at the courtyard, "When they come back, you will quit the princess and come back." Now this is the residence of the female dependents, you are my man, and it is not appropriate to stay here any longer. ”

"Xuejin is saved, does the son have any other instructions?"

"It's gone." Xu Yuan got into the car, lifted the curtain again, and said, "The third lady asked me why I didn't come, so I went back to the recent inconveniences, and I will come to see her another day." ”

Xuejin should be, Jin Ting came out and confessed to him a few more words, and still went to the door to guard.

……

Ruan Miaoling hadn't been a guest at Chengping's Mansion for many years, and she suddenly stood inside, as if in a dream.

The pomegranate flowers planted in the yard are in full bloom, and the azaleas planted in the soil under the window are bright red, one is pink, and the other is pink and white.

She remembered that her aunt loved to cook these things the most, and she would repair the pruning scissors when she was free, and if she was busy in the palace, she would hand it over to the maids to take care of, and there was no mistake in a day, because of this, the palace was like spring in all seasons.

Li Qingping went and returned, and first compensated Princess Baozhen: "Dad ordered me to pick up my aunt and cousin early in the morning, and as soon as I left, the mother of the fourteenth prince in the palace invited my father into the palace and gave a lecture to the fourteenth prince." I just sent someone to ask, and I can only come back when I want the key to the palace gate. ”

Princess Baozhen smiled: "Your father is busy with things, it is better to be at ease than to stay at home." ”

Ruan Miaoling was next to Princess Baozhen and asked Li Qingping: "Cousin Qingping, why don't you see your aunt?" ”

The maid brought the pastries to the warm house, Li Qingping knew that she liked to eat, so she ordered someone to queue up to buy them early in the morning, wrapped a piece of sugar paper and handed it over, and said: "Princess Caicai invited Qingchi into the palace to talk, and her mother was worried that she would come to the palace, so she followed her into the palace." ”

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