Shen Ao was open and honest, teaching the Zhou family to be caught off guard, Mrs. and Zhou Heng were in a dilemma, and it was difficult to choose for a while, if this young master Zhou changed something else, he would naturally support Shen Ao unconditionally, although he and Shen Ao were not brothers, they were better than brothers, these two said that one of them was on business in front of the palace, and the other was studying in the country, and they got along less, but this brotherhood was not left behind.

It's just that Shen Ao wants to marry Zhou Ruo and be his brother-in-law, but he doesn't dare to make a decision for a while, he just thinks that it's not bad for his sister to marry his cousin, but his cousin has too many wives and can't support him easily.

Mrs. raised her eyes and said to Xiang'er on the side, "Xiang'er, go and invite Miss." ”

After a while, Zhou Ruoying came in, she did lose a lot of weight, she seemed to be smiling on her face, with a hint of resentment at the corner of her mouth, she was wearing a green shirt today, with a long skirt reaching the ground, at this time the sunset was about to go down, and the faint yellow sunlight sprinkled into the Buddha Hall through the panes, shining on her face, making her complexion more fair, like a plain plum blossom, standing proudly.

When she saw Shen Ao, there was no expression in her eyes, she just carefully snuggled up to her wife and sat down, and said in a low voice, "What did my mother call me to do?" ”

Madame held her hand, as if she wanted to prepare words, but before she could speak, Zhou Heng said, "Sister, Shen Ao has come here to propose." ”

Zhou Ruo was stunned for a moment, then wiped a trace of shame on his face, and didn't dare to look at Shen Ao, then frowned, and said, "Really?" Shen Gongzi's blessings are boundless, and he is not satisfied if he can't think of it? ”

This sentence was full of irony, which made Shen Ao's old face red, but he didn't know how to deal with it. He knew in his heart that Zhou Ruo was an extremely strong woman with strong self-esteem, and it was not easy for her to nod her head.

Mrs. said: "Ruo'er, there are no outsiders here, just say it, although your father's side has not agreed, if you nod, try to fight for your mother's will." ”

Zhou Ruo said indifferently: "Mother doesn't have to worry about me, I don't have to marry him, if he really wants to marry me, unless there are stars all over Bianjing City tonight." ”

These clouds are very thick, the autumn wind is cool, and it is about to rain, and there are no stars coming out for a few days, this sentence is the meaning of teaching Shen Ao not to be delusional. Although Zhou Ruo was resolute in refusing, but when the words came out, her heart was sour, she always felt that Shen Ao was annoying but made her feel a little affectionate, especially when she heard the news of Shen Ao's marriage, she always tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, sometimes she couldn't sleep anymore, but when she saw him, her heart was messy.

There were a few tears in her eyes, but she said very strongly: "Otherwise, I would rather my daughter not marry and accompany her mother for the rest of her life than marry him." ”

Madame couldn't help but clench her hand and sighed, "Silly boy......" but there were no more words.

Zhou Heng looked at the sky from the window, and couldn't help but say, "In such weather, where will there be stars." He sighed, feeling a little sorry for Shen Ao.

Shen Ao said to his wife: "Since this is the case, then the student has taken his leave." ”

Seeing that Shen Ao was leaving, Madam couldn't help but say, "What? Is Shen Ao angry? If you can't be a husband and wife, it's good to be a brother and sister, and you have to live in harmony......"

Shen Ao interrupted with a wry smile: "I'll go to the stars." Then he hurried away.

Do stars? Zhou Heng slapped his thigh: "I'll go too!" He took Fan Yang's hat and hurriedly chased after him.

After leading the horse from the stable, Zhou Heng was still asking on the side: "Cousin, how do you make stars?" ”

Shen Ao took a deep breath: "It's too late, let's go to the Ya Mountain House to find Wu San'er first, and ask him to find a few more people, cousin, are you willing to let me be your brother-in-law?" ”

Zhou Heng scratched his head and hesitated: "I am willing, but your wife and brother are too many." ”

Shen Ao was speechless, this guy actually learned to speak code words, and said with a smile: "Even if I am your brother-in-law, you are the only one who has a wife and brother, and Chun'er and they don't have a younger brother." ”

The two turned over and got on their horses, and together they arrived at the Yaya Mountain House, at this time it was already a little dark, Shen Ao found a guy and asked, "Where is the shopkeeper Wu?" ”

After a while, Wu San'er came over in a hurry, but it was Na Chun'er, who looked down from the second floor, saw Shen Ao, and immediately avoided hiding again, for fear of breaking the customs.

Wu San'er said: "Brother Shen, what happened, your face is not very good. ”

Shen Ao said: "Go, gather all the people, I'll teach everyone to do a favor, and you go and buy some things for me." As he spoke, he went to find a pen and paper, wrote on the paper: "rice paper, scissors, cotton thread" and other common things, and said to Wu San'er: "Buy as much as you want." ”

Then he said to Zhou Heng: "Cousin, I urgently need something, please help." ”

Zhou Heng patted his chest and said, "My cousin said it directly." ”

Shen Ao said: "Does the front division of the palace have a reserve of fierce fire oil?" ”

Fierce fire oil is oil, at this time to the Northern Song Dynasty, fierce fire oil has already begun to use, but because the fierce fire oil is flammable, so it is not much used in the people, but it is more widely used in the army, when the Southern Tang Dynasty lord Li Yu faced the crisis of the Song army attacking Jinling, its god guard army Yu Marquis Zhu Quanyun had used the fire oil to attack the Song army, due to the change of wind direction, the flame burned their own army and collapsed.

By the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song army was more mature in its use of fierce fire oil. At that time, an ordnance superintendent was set up in the capital, which was an organization specializing in the manufacture of weapons, with 11 factories under it, including a workshop specializing in the manufacture of special devices for spraying explosive oil.

Therefore, Shen Ao expected that the front division of the palace must have a special storage warehouse for fierce fire oil, Zhou Heng ate in the front of the palace, and the officers of all sizes were familiar with him, so it was not difficult to get some fierce fire oil.

Zhou Heng thought for a while and said: "Yes, yes, but you have to go to the Treasury Department to get it, it is far away from the Yaya Mountain House, even if you ride a horse, it will take an hour to go back and forth." ”

Fierce fire oil is particularly flammable, so it is stored extremely carefully, just in case, it is generally stored far away from the downtown area, this point, Shen Ao has already thought of this, so he said: "You go and get some, just one barrel is enough." ”

Zhou Heng nodded and went immediately.

At this time, Lu Zhizhang heard the movement downstairs, went downstairs to look, saw Shen Ao, and said in surprise: "Why is my cousin here?" ”

said that he wanted to pull Shen Ao to review the manuscript for him, but Shen Ao pulled him back and stopped: "If you don't review the manuscript tonight, it is your cousin's happiness, you can also stay and help me do things later." ”

Lu Zhizhang sighed and said, "But Ming said that the printing workshop is still waiting for my manuscript." Seeing Shen Ao's eyes, he immediately said, "Okay, it's a big deal, I won't sleep tonight." ”

After Wu San'er bought all the things, dozens of guys and accounts in the Suiya Mountain House gathered around, and Shen Ao taught them step by step how to make what they wanted, and then taught everyone to do it together. As he spoke, he called the cook to cook some food, and he couldn't let everyone work in vain, so he would have to be treated later.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… Zhou Ruo is not small in the boudoir, and the three houses have never been separated. There is a pear marble bookcase in the area; There are all kinds of celebrity laws on the case, and dozens of treasure inkstones. All kinds of pen holders, pens inserted in the sea of pens like a forest. Usually Zhou Ruo is bored, and will also make some calligraphy and painting, but she knows that her calligraphy and painting are not good, so she has not publicized it, since she met Shen Ao, she is even more diligent in calligraphy and painting, Zhou Ruo is such a strong woman, I can't see Shen Ao so bullish, always want to kill his majesty, but no matter how this calligraphy and painting is practiced, it is still very poor compared to Shen Ao, which makes her a little discouraged.

Leaning against the corner of the wall, there are a few sons on one side, and there is a large Ru kiln flower sac on the several, and a white chrysanthemum full of crystals. On the west wall, there is a large picture of Xiangyang smoke and rain, and there is a guqin, which has not been used for a long time, but it has been cleaned up and dust-free.

Facing the bed, there is a dresser, on which is a diamond-shaped bronze mirror, as well as a grate, rouge and other things. Leaning against the window, looking at the dark sky outside the sky, Zhou Ruo's heart was very sour, he pursed his thin lips, and muttered in a low voice: "There will be no stars today." ”

A crisp girl behind her is called Bi'er, Zhou Ruo's personal girl, Zhou Ruo's thoughts, she knows best, and said with a smile: "Miss, the young master is cheeky and begging for a kiss, since you really like him, why do you refuse, and say that there are stars in the sky, where will there be stars in such a sky." Bi'er can't help but feel sorry for Zhou Ruo, in fact, she still has a good impression of Shen Ao, the young master is very popular in the house, and he is also a very good person, he has a smiling face when he sees people, that is, he will give some small gifts in jokes, and besides, the young master is the champion, and he has become an official, and it is said that he will come back with a champion in the imperial examination in the future, and the future is unlimited.

A man is handsome and unparalleled, where can I find such a good uncle? Bi'er talked about Shen Ao's many benefits in front of Zhou Ruo, what is handsome and chic, what is knowledgeable, and what is kind.

Zhou Ruo said with a straight face: "Dead girl, you will talk nonsense, he is so good, why don't you marry him." ”

Bi'er smacked her tongue and said in a low voice: "If he wants to marry me, I will definitely marry." ”

Zhou Ruo listened, she was angry and funny, and an inexplicable sourness surged in her heart, with her stubbornness, how could she nod her head, this time she said such heavy words, I am afraid that she and Shen Ao will have no fate in this life. Unconsciously, her eyes were a little moist, she hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes with a square towel, and said, "Turn off the lights...... Go to bed! ”

Bi'er said: "Miss do you want to wait, maybe in the second half of the night, there are really stars in the sky, it is not certain, I used to look at the stars with my brother in the haystack when I was young, wait, wait, always don't come, I cried, in a daze to the second half of the night, my brother woke me up, I looked, the stars in the sky came......" She babbled a lot of words, making Zhou Ruo angry and funny.

At this time, Bi'er's eyes fell on the window, and she suddenly said in surprise and joy: "Stars...... Stars ......"

Zhou Ruojiao scolded: "Don't talk nonsense. The eyes unconsciously looked out of the window, and when they looked at it, they found that there were really countless points of light in the sky flickering, and the stars were shining, and the sky was like broken diamonds scattered all over the sky, crystal clear, and brilliant.

"In such weather, how can there be stars ......" Zhou Ruo was stunned, and stood for a while, his eyes looked at the sky through the pane, and the towel in his hand couldn't hold it, and it fell silently.

"Sister...... Sister ......" Zhou Heng's voice came from afar, and after a while, Zhou Heng's face appeared from the window, and Zhou Heng said with a smile: "Sister, look...... Stars, cousin brought stars......"

His recklessness brought Zhou Ruo back to his senses, and he was startled, although he was a younger brother, how could he be so reckless in flipping over other people's windows, if he was sleeping or changing clothes...... Zhou Ruo didn't know what it should be like, and said angrily: "What are you messing around, go quickly." ”

Zhou Heng smiled wryly: "Yes, yes, but it's not me who is messing around, Shen Ao, Shen Ao, you climb up quickly, hey, be careful of falling......"

Shen Ao? Zhou Ruo was ashamed and angry, her boudoir was on the second floor of the attic, and it was okay for this baby brother to climb on the windowsill, even if the bad guy was here. Immediately, I was a little afraid, in the middle of the night, two daredevils climbed on the windowsill of the young lady, if they really fell, this is not good, so they didn't dare to say anything serious, for fear that they would be scared of something, and they felt that they couldn't swallow it.

At this time, another head popped up, and a familiar face showed Zhou Ruo's unforgettable smile, and said happily: "Cousin, the stars are here." Then he coughed: "The stars are all over the sky, the autumn breeze is cool, and on this good time, the students can't help but sing aloud, the name of this song is 'The stars represent my heart'." ”

What a strange name, singing here, I don't know how many people it will attract, Zhou Ruo hurriedly said: "Don't sing!" ”

"Huh? Not allowed to sing? Shen Ao was very sad: "But if you don't sing, your cousin won't know the student's intentions, so you must sing, and let my cousin know my sincerity." ”

Zhou Heng impatiently climbed the windowsill and squeezed towards Shen Ao and said, "Cousin, what are you waiting for, you have to sing quickly." ”

Zhou Yao is ashamed to death, really let this guy sing it, God knows what the consequences will be, this guy is faceless and skinless, and it is really difficult to deal with, so he hurriedly said: "No...... No more singing, I ...... I know what you want, okay? ”