There are two rooms in the Dian Shi Mansion, and there is a garden in the front hall and the back yard. Because the relatives are all in their hometown, the young children are filial piety in front of their parents, and there are only one husband and two concubines in the house, and there are only five or six servants.

It was lunchtime, the cold wind was whistling with snowflakes, the master did not call, and most of the servants were eating under the kitchen.

Lian Zhenyun slowly walked to the entrance of the garden, led the little girl out in a hurry, and stopped saluting when she saw him. Lian Zhenyun raised his eyes, but he didn't see the woman, knowing that he was staying in the garden, he thought about it for a while, and said, "Can there be hot tea to relieve hangover?" ”

Because he often came and went, the little girl said honestly: "If you go back to the big boss, the slave maid is about to make tea for Mrs. Xiantai, and she is a little upset, resting in the warm pavilion in the garden." ”

The warm pavilion is the place where the snow and drink in the winter of the Yundian history, the four large copper pillars and the granite ground are followed by geothermal heat, and Lian Zhenyun often drinks in the pavilion with Yun Fupeng. Hearing this, Lian Zhenyun nodded expressionlessly, and said, "Make an extra cup, send it to the hall, and I'll use it when I come back." With that, he waved his hand and let the little girl go, until he saw her back disappear, and then hurried into the garden.

The wind is getting lighter, but the snow is falling heavier and heavier. He turned a dead tree at the corner of the path, and saw that the snowflakes were scattered on the warm pavilion with red lacquered copper pillars fifty paces away, and in an instant they melted into water, and flowed down the rain eaves and fell into the ditch under the eaves.

Lian Zhenyun brushed away the dead branches stretching diagonally on the side of the road, braved the snow, and walked step by step to the warm pavilion with four closed windows, leaving deep footprints behind him, and was buried by the flying snow after a while.

Lian Zhenyun came to the eaves, listened to the sound of a little bit of water, and suddenly remembered the woman's anxious look for her lover on a rainy night.

He was about to leave, but the presumptuousness of the woman's clothes flashed in his mind, the dissoluteness of the whole dress in public, the senselessness of the blind date in the clothes, and muttered to himself, "It's not a really well-behaved ......" Sheng Sheng paused and looked back at Nuan Ting.

Under the west window, a figure walked back and forth, as if waiting for something anxiously and anxiously, and it was clearly the woman. Lian Zhenyun's heart was hot, and he turned around suddenly, the silver and gold wrapped fragrant tea bag on his waist shook for a while, he hurriedly stepped forward and knocked lightly, and said in a slow voice: "Madam, Zhenyun came as promised." ”

Menge opened in response, gushing out a warm air with the fragrance of residual lotus, Lian Zhenyun took a deep breath, walked in, looked at the woman's happy face, and said softly, "Close the door." ”

The woman had already closed the door in a hurry, turned around and walked to the rosewood couch in the pavilion, this couch is the furniture commonly used by the rich families in Jiangnan, shorter than the bed, wider than the couch, fenced on three sides, covered with thick felt, and a small four-corner table in the middle, on both sides can be half lying on one person.

Lian Zhenyun saw the woman sitting on the edge of the small table, turned his head to look at him, the wide skirt of the agarwood-colored leaves and branches was hanging at the foot of the couch, half scattered on the ground, and involuntarily followed in a few steps, wanting to get closer to the woman, but stopped three steps away.

Lian Zhenyun saw that the woman was close at hand, within reach, and the bottom of his heart, which was snooping and watching, half cold and half hot, slowly became hot, and boiling water bubbles appeared, cooing and cooing, turning small splashes, and then surging waves, gradually boiling. The heat poured from the bottom of his heart to his mouth, but it was still air, and he wanted to say something to the woman, but he didn't know what to say, and all that poured into his heart was the continuous night rain, the moist silk clothes, the slippery wet hair, and the dark fragrance of the residual lotus......

"Big boss, look at this." Qi Su Niang was happy in her heart, she saw that Lian Zhenyun was very polite, but he did not obey the rules when he encountered major events, he was not an ordinary person, so he took advantage of the only opportunity to see him in the Yundian History Mansion and ask him to meet. I thought that most of them would not come, but in the end, the rules of this world, it is extremely inappropriate for a lonely man and a widow to meet each other, even if she does not dare to show her traces. Unexpectedly, Lian Zhenyun was so eye-catching and bold, and he took him more and more as a person, glad that he didn't spend his thoughts in vain. She took out the self-drawn engineering pattern from her sleeve and beckoned to Lian Zhenyun with a smile.

Lian Zhenyun woke up suddenly, moved his eyes, glanced at the pattern in the woman's hand, stood for a while, and heard the cold wind outside, the cold wind poured into his heart, and the sound of boiling water was quiet.

Lian Zhenyun walked over slowly and stood at the table. Qi Su Niang pointed to the seat opposite and said with a smile: "Big boss, please take a seat." ”

Lian Zhenyun slowly raised his hand and thanked him. He took two slow steps and sat down across from the small table. Qi Su Niang couldn't wait to put the pattern in front of him, and said, "Big boss, look at it, is it appropriate for the engineering organ on the gate to be changed like this?" ”

Lian Zhenyun was sitting precariously, taking the pattern into his hand with an expressionless face, at first he was a little absent-minded, but after a while, his eyes widened wider and wider, and the corners of his mouth finally brought out a smile. There was nowhere to add wood to the boiling water, but another fire was burning, and he turned his head and said, "Madam, who drew this pattern?" ”

Qi Su Niang pursed her lips and smiled, "Can you still use it?" ”

Lian Zhenyun nodded again and again, grabbed the pattern, stood up and walked to the window to take a closer look, "If such a change can really be used, when the tugboat crosses the dam gate, it can use less manpower and more power of the mechanism, so how much less can my Cao Gang brothers die every year?" How much less hurt? ”

Qi Su Niang was also happy, stood up and walked behind Lian Zhenyun and said, "If this is the case, what happened last month will not happen again, and the clumsy husband can save some worry." ”

Lian Zhenyun listened to her words, was silent for a while, seemed to be fascinated, and turned around after a while, "Madam, how much is this pattern worth?" The grass people are willing to buy ten times more. ”

Qi Su Niang smiled slightly, "It was originally a concubine given to the big boss, why mention this?" ”

Lian Zhenyun half-lowered his eyes, as if he was still looking at the pattern, and said, "Why didn't Mrs. hand it over to the county lord?" ”

Qi Su Niang tilted her head and smiled, "The humble husband promised the concubine that he would not go to the dam in the future, if I gave it to him, where would he not regret it and rush to do it?" It's just that he didn't pay attention to Caoyun in the past, but he was not as familiar with the big boss as he was familiar with the way and did it properly. Besides-" Qi Su Niang's tone paused, "There is something about the concubine, and it is convenient for the big boss to go back." ”

Lian Zhenyun lowered his head, slowly rolled up the pattern, and put it in his sleeve. "Madame, please."

Qi Su Niang said slowly: "The concubine heard that the boat in Qinghe has half a plan? On weekdays, Li Er's family escorts the boat to the capital to deliver grain, and it is indispensable to carry private goods on the way? ”

Lian Zhenyun looked down at the lines on the royal blue cuffs, and said slowly: "That's true." ”

Qi Su Niang slowly walked back to the side of the couch, leaned on the small table and sat down, "The concubine heard that even the big boss is very valued by the leader of the noble gang, I'm afraid that she will be promoted to the head of Huai'an Mansion in a year or two?" ”

Lian Zhenyun's voice was cold, "Madame's praise." "On such a cold day, the water is boiling, and the heat recedes quickly.

Qi Su Niang looked at Lian Zhenyun and smiled, "Don't worry about the big boss, the affairs of the Cao Gang have nothing to do with women like the concubine, the concubine is just asking the big boss for a promise, if the concubine is helpless in the future and needs money turnover, please also ask the big boss to bring some private goods for the concubine and make some fat powder money." ”

Lian Zhenyun finally turned his head and glanced at Qi Su Niang, knowing that she refused to let her husband who was an official get involved in the illegal sale of private goods, so she came to negotiate with him by herself, but she was so greedy for money and goods that she responded for a while......

Lian Zhenyun said slowly: "Where did you buy Madame's fat powder?" It's really worth a lot of money. ”

Qi Su Niang raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and smiled, "It was originally bought by my brother from Hangzhou, and I gave a few boxes to people before, and there are not many left, so I can't help but make plans for the concubine." While speaking, he looked at Lian Zhenyun for a long time, "Minghe said that if the clumsy man is the chief official of the county, state, or government, this pattern should be regarded as a concubine who thanked the two masters for their help last month, and did not want half a cent of silver." But if one day, the clumsy husband turns the river to work, and the concubine is short of fat powder, he has to bother the big boss to waive the fee and transport a few private goods for the concubine. ”

Lian Zhenyun was stunned, "the river ......"

The wind and snow outside the pavilion are getting stronger and stronger, and the little girl is walking in the garden with an umbrella and tea. Fang walked around the corner, and the snow on the dead branches was blown down by the wind, blinding her. When the girl was raising her hand to wipe her eyes, she saw a figure flash out of the warm pavilion in a trance, and when she looked at it again, she was gone, only confused.

Lian Zhenyun brushed away the snowflakes at the entrance of the front hall, pushed the door in, and was dragged to the seat by Yun Dianshi. After drinking three glasses in a row to keep out the cold, Li Siqin had already used the wine jar and was clamoring to change a big cup for him. Lian Zhenyun did not refuse, and drank three bowls of Jinhua wine in a row, especially if it was insufficient, he lifted the wine jar, put it to his mouth, and poured half of the jar in one go, which provoked Yun and Li to applaud again and again.

In a hurry to get drunk, Lian Zhenyun heard the sound of the door in the back hall, and looked hazy with drunken eyes, through the clear waves and clear water on the upper layer of Su Juan, the woman stroked the snowflakes, walked back to the table, laughed and talked with Xiang's family, poured a glass of wine, and drank to keep out the cold.

Qi Su Niang was full of joy, while slowly sipping wine, while leisurely watching the screen, Su Juan's first few trees on the left crimson peach blossoms, blooming extremely vigorously, and the middle and lower bends of clear waves and clear water. The peach branches fall with the wind and fall pieces of red petals, such as clouds interspersed, although it is affectionate, but falling in the ruthless clear waves, it will be traceless in the blink of an eye.

"What a picture of falling flowers and flowing water...... Qi Su Niang sighed lowly, but she heard a knock on the door of the front hall, and through the red petals of the clouds, she saw a little girl with half a shoulder of snow falling, holding a cup of hot tea, and walked in.

Lian Zhenyun lay on the table, looking at the hot tea in front of him in a trance, his fingers touched the rim of the cup, but he was shocked, although the boiling water in the cup was through the cold air in the garden, it was still scorching......

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