"Because there is a moat outside Tongjimen, therefore, when the Nanjing Garrison Mansion was built, it attracted living water. This is a common practice of building houses and gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, so the water pavilion near the water is naturally indispensable. Although the weather has not yet entered summer, the temperature under the sun is still extremely high, and everyone is dressed tightly, until they enter this water pavilion and are blown by the breeze on the water surface near the window, which is much more comfortable.

Nanjing's garrison Xu Yang and Pingjiang Bo Fang Han got together, and several wealthy families who were vassals in the past also sat close to them; And Xiao Lang, the prince of Zhendong Hou, is another group, and Jiang Shilang is also among them; Steward Zheng of the Yangning Hou Mansion was not qualified to come, but he used the horn seal of the Zhu family that Chen Lan gave him to invite several powerful bigwigs; As for the Jiang family's uncle and nephew, they seemed a little lonely.

At this time, the two of them didn't care about the open and secret fights at home, and the two heads were very close.

"Third uncle, will this banquet be a Hongmen banquet today?"

When the third old lady heard what Master Jiang said, she almost didn't get angry. Yesterday he personally came forward to suppress a lot of dissent, and sent away all the people who wanted to support the account, and he was glad that this nephew was really a commodity who couldn't support the wall, but now when he heard such words on this occasion, he almost wanted to slap it on the head.

"Hongmen's feast? What kind of feast, do you think we need such a big battle to deal with our family? Any character here can sneak out, it's enough for us to drink a pot! Seeing that Master Jiang was a little stunned, the third old lady couldn't help but sneer, "It's the first time for the eldest nephew to come to this kind of occasion, since this is the case, just stop and sit and watch what others are going to do, and don't think about the rest" No matter how much we want, it's all in vain! ”

As he spoke, the third old lady saw Xu Yang and Fang Han walking together to Xiao Lang, the prince of Zhendong Hou, and whispered something to him with a smile. The next moment, I saw Xiao Lang standing up, but he beckoned to Jiang Shilang on the side, and actually stepped forward with him. The four of them stood by the railing of the water pavilion and talked, although all the people around them cast extremely concerned eyes, but they could only look at it like that.

"Why did that Xiao Shizi believe in Shiro as an outsider so much, and he was brought on such an occasion!" Seeing that everyone was even laughing a lot softer, Master Jiang's eyes couldn't help but glance at the four people over there, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction on his face, "How old is he" and how many things do you know If you say the wrong word, you will lose the face of our Jiang family for no reason! ”

"People are willing to mention him, so what's the solution!"

The third old lady also hated Jiang Shilang so much. Well, at the beginning, he let out the wind to let Jiang Shilang come to see, "Otherwise, he will be expelled from the clan, but this late-born junior didn't pay attention to it at all, and went straight back to Nanjing to help Master Jiang make up the turmoil of the boss, although Master Jiang did not reuse it, but in a blink of an eye, he climbed the biggest tree of Hou Shizi in Zhendong!" On the contrary, he "Even if Master Jiang just can't support the mud on the wall, but he firmly pinched the handle in Chen Lan's hand, and he could only be moved by someone like an abacus bead!"

It's all Chen Lan, it's all the lord of Haining County, since there are so many important people attending today's meeting, shouldn't he think of ideas, don't let himself be held in his hands for the rest of his life?

As he was thinking so, he only heard a deliberately raised voice outside: "Master Qiqi" Haining County Lord is here! ”

Hearing this, Fang Han Xu Yang and Xiao Lang, who were talking on the side of the railing, raised their heads at the same time, and Xu Yang smiled heartily: "It's finally here, Brother Fang, Xiao Shizi, let's go and greet each other together." ”

Fang Han had heard about yesterday's incident, coupled with Xu Yang's style and glaring words at today's banquet, he already had some amount in his heart, and he was naturally full of promises at this time. And Xiao Lang was silent, "Just nodded lightly." Seeing that these three people went out together," Jiang Shilang hesitated slightly, then lowered his head and followed. At this time, "the other people in the room suddenly couldn't stop sitting [text nuoqiu.com update], stopped laughing, and immediately put down the teacup holding it, and swallowed it even more vigorously while chewing and drinking in his mouth. After a person looked at each other and exchanged glances, he didn't know who took the lead, and Hulala actually went out of the house.

Chen Lan took Aunt Yun to turn around, and he saw a group of people in front of the Water Pavilion. Xu Yang and Fang Han behaved like this, she naturally understood the reason, and it was not strange for Xiao Lang to be outside, but the diligence of the dozen or so people behind her made her heart move. Walking a few steps quickly to catch up, she smiled and met everyone, and after a few words, she entered the house under Xu Yang's virtual invitation.

"I was originally worried that there were a lot of idlers here, and the county lord wouldn't come, but fortunately, the county lord was a face-apprehending after all." At this time, everyone arrived, Xu Yang sat down in the main seat, and then looked at Chen Lan with a smile and said, "Today is also because of the name of the county lord, so I can invite so many people, so when I talk about business at this time, I naturally want to invite the county lord to listen and be a witness." No one would have thought it would be so simple to be a witness. The uncles and nephews of the Jiang family looked at Chen Lan's indifferent posture, their backs had already left the backrest, and their bodies even leaned forward a little unconsciously; The few people invited by Steward Zheng knew that the seal of the Zhu family of the Marquis of Yangning was in Chen Lan's hands, and they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest; As for the people brought by Xiao Lang, not to mention, they all relied on the big tree of Zhendong Hou Mansion to be so developed, although Mrs. Ai spoke, she still didn't dare to offend the Hou Shizi of Zhendong easily; Therefore, in the eyes of most people, the only variable is Pingjiang Bofanghan.

However, it was Fang Han who spoke immediately after Xu Yang. He actually echoed with a smile: "The county lord of Haining is also acting like the eldest princess, and it is naturally an honor for us to be here today." As he spoke, he glanced at the people present with different faces, and said lightly, "I think you should all know that all the academies in Jiangnan were funded by the private sector before, and this time the imperial court is about to issue a decree to canonize them." This can be described as great news, not only that, but the last time the county lord of Haining also revealed that the imperial court intends to set up a national eunuch in Nanjing, and select the prisoner to fill the tribute examination. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience. For more than 100 years, "there have been many ups and downs in the capital Guozijian, from the initial direct official, to the later can all participate in the examination, and then to the prison students who can huā money to buy for a while, and then to the later drastic rectification and today's merit-based examination, all in all, the quota of a prison student is still very precious, and even the first student who will try to fall because of the big man's sponsorship and continue to study in the Guozi Prison, so that he can simply enter the Hanlin without going through the right way. If Nanjing also has a Guozijian, it will undoubtedly be great news for them with a wealthy family.

Chen Lan was smiling slightly, but seeing that Fang Han suddenly pulled this stubble out, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. After seeing Fang Han that day, she immediately sent someone to send a letter back to Beijing to her stepmother, Princess An, although the palindrome in the capital had not yet arrived after all, but she and Xiao Lang had discussed a thing or two after all. At this moment, seeing everyone's faces excited, she didn't know that if she couldn't say a word or two at this time, all the momentum she had built up these days would be in vain, so when she saw everyone looking at her, she made a plan.

"Master, there are people out there asking to see you."

At the critical moment, the sudden voice from outside naturally made Xu Yang very displeased, and immediately scolded: "Confused, I didn't see that there are so many distinguished guests here, and I don't see anyone else!" ”

However, after being silent for a while, Xiao still did not retreat, but Xiao added a sentence in his heart: "Master, can you allow Xiao to come in and report?" ”

Xu Yang didn't want his subordinates to be so ignorant, so he immediately became even more annoyed: "Could it be that the mob in Nanjing City is doing luan?" ”

There was silence outside for a while, and then I only heard the xiao guy lower his voice and said: "The person who came said that it was Qu Yong's ......, Xiao remembered that the eunuch Qu Gonggong seemed to be this name." ”

This last sentence made the entire water pavilion fall silent. Pingjiang Bo Fanghan suddenly remembered the famous thorn that was sent to his home but was missed by the scholar, Chen Lan also remembered the post submitted by Aunt Yun yesterday, and as for the rest of the people, they were all in surprise and pondered the meaning of the six words of the master of ceremonies and the supervisor Qu Gonggong. Almost instantly, Xu Yang stood up, nodded to everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, let me leave for a while." ”

Xu Yang strode out, and when he walked out of the xiao road with the xiao guy, he suddenly stopped walking.

The little guy was careless and almost hit his back, and when he hurriedly retreated, he didn't expect a black shadow to suddenly attack, and before he could react, he was slapped heavily in the face. The face of the master in front of the meeting was full of anger, and he hurriedly covered his face and knelt down, only to hear an angry shout from the top of his head.

"Since you already know that it is Gonggong Qu, why don't you find a reason first, and shout so loudly at the mouth of the men!"

"Xiao's damned, Xiao's damned." The little guy was so frightened that he bumped his head again and again, until he was kicked again, and then he stopped and grabbed the ground with both hands and didn't dare to defend again. It wasn't until there was no movement and he raised his eyes to find that his master had disappeared without a trace, so he sat down there and breathed a sigh, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.

Xu Yang left, and there was no owner in the water pavilion, and the atmosphere naturally seemed stiff and dull. Although the two sons of the Xu family were there, Xu Yang and Fang Han Xiao Lang had never brought them when they talked before, and everyone knew that these two sons didn't know much about it, so at this time, the eldest son Xu Ao tried his best to bring up the conversation, but no one answered, so he had to keep his mouth shut. On the contrary, Xu Jin, the second son on the side, looked at Chen Lan, who was sitting and drinking tea, several times, and a wisp of anger flashed between his eyebrows.

Suddenly, he asked in shock: "Dare to ask the county lord of Haining, Lord Yang has not been known until now, and even His Royal Highness King Jing has not heard from him, I don't know what the latest news the county lord has."