Xiaoman, mid-April, the first wait, bitter vegetable show.

The next day after the wine game was the Xiaoman season, and Gong Sheng naturally chose to take the yellow stable to go on an errand. The so-called striking while the iron is hot is naturally to consolidate the friendship of officialdom.

When I arrived at the Yellow Stable, I was a little familiar with each other, and the stable ordered Cao Guangxi, Li Jun, and the two bookkeepers to greet each other with hot faces. Gong Sheng exchanged a few words one by one, and then went to walk the horses as usual, and at noon he had dinner with several officials who took the yellow stable.

There were not many bites of food at the table, and a few people chatted and chatted, and Cao Guangxi, the stable commander, suddenly said: "It's time to retire an old horse again this month." Li Jun also said: "When you are old, you will retire." The other two bookkeepers in the room echoed suit.

Gong Sheng asked them: "Does our horse farm have to shave some old horses every year?" Or what? ”

Cao Guangxi said while putting vegetables into the bowl: "How can the yellow stable also be a horse farm of the heavenly family, of course, we must ensure the standard of the horses." A horse can be ridden at the age of three, and most people live to be fifteen, but the horses we ride in the stables are basically five to ten years old, so they have to be cleaned every year. ”

Cao Guangxi paused, put a bean into his mouth, chewed it and continued: "And this new horse has the funds allocated above, and the money from selling the old horse... He laughed again and said, "But no one cares." ”

But this is greed... When Gong Sheng heard this, he had a few points in his heart, and it was estimated that this was the way to get money from the public. The world is as black as a crow, but each has its own greedy law. Although Gong Sheng was not used to it, he also knew that he couldn't break the rules when he first came, so he had to say: "This is the first time I've heard of this." ”

Li Mingcheng diverted the topic on the side and said: "This kidney bean is so tender." So they tacitly agreed not to talk about selling horses.

"Did you hear that? The iron mouth spoke again, and sure enough, he said that the country would continue to be in chaos. ”

"The iron mouth is straight to Mr. Nangong? What did he say? ”

"How to say it specifically, what are you talking about, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, it is not the blessing of the society, the kings are in charge of the army, I am afraid that Wu Chu is not far away."

When he got off the table after lunch, Cao Guangxi caught up with Gong Sheng, and the two went side by side. Cao Guangxi said as he walked: "There are 2,000 small horses in the Yellow Stable, mainly four to twelve years old, and some are three or thirteen or fourteen, and they will sell about 50 horses every year, and four or five horses a month. ”

Gong Sheng listened, thinking that this money was a lot, and he still knew the value of a horse in the army, and sure enough, he heard that Cao Weicheng continued: "A good horse of ours can be sold for one hundred and fifty taels to two hundred taels on the market, depending on the quality, of course, our horses are not small, so they are sold cheaply, but eighty taels are always available." Half of the money in exchange must be paid to the servant, and the remaining three layers of the distribution are at the disposal of the adults, and the remaining stables and stables are one and a half layers each, and the two books are each one and a half, and the remaining two layers are reserved for funds, which are to be handled by the adults. ”

Gong Sheng listened silently, calculating the account in his heart: a horse is worth eighty taels, which can be exchanged for two old cows, ten pigs, or a young woman with some looks on the black market.

There are as many as 50 horses sold in the yellow stables a year, and the money is 4,000 taels, and the monthly price is about 330 taels. According to Cao Guangxi, even if half of it is paid to the Taifu Mansion, it will be 480 taels a year in his hands, and 40 taels of silver a month.

Calculate the amount of money you get every month, 8,000 wen, only 8 yuan. The income from selling horses was five times that of the official family. Gong Sheng sighed with emotion in his heart.

What do you mean? Too little? Cao Guangxi saw that Gong Sheng didn't speak, thinking that he didn't have enough money, so he hurriedly said: "But our horses are good, not all of them are sold until thirteen or fourteen, and some are sold on eleven or twelve, and those with good quality are sold to one hundred taels or more." ”

Am I greedy? Forget it, let's take it as the reward for capturing Jia Nanfeng alive. Gong Sheng smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Three days later, Gong Sheng got the silver obtained from Cao Guangxi's sale of official horses, and sold three horses for two hundred and fifty taels. Gong Sheng divided half of it to prepare for the filial piety of the servant's mansion, and the rest was divided according to the routine, and there were thirty-seven taels in his own hands.

With money, of course, it has to be spent. Looking for a day to bathe, Gong Sheng invited Tai Shiyu and Gongsun Ce to go to the restaurant for recreation. Officials of the Great Jin Dynasty were on duty for five days and could bathe for two days, which was a rule inherited from the Qin Dynasty. This is what the folk saying "wash your hair every three days and bathe every five days".

Gong Sheng dragged the two of them to Lejin in the south of Jiugong City, and the ghost sent him to the restaurant where he had fun with his colleagues in the yellow stable a few days ago. Of course, it's daytime, but there are no wandering warblers.

chose a private room to sit in, the three of them chatted about the current situation, and the atmosphere of eating and drinking became stronger. At this time, there was a discussion next door, which attracted the attention of the three people.

"I heard that in the imperial court, Situ Wang Rong and Shangshu ordered Wang Yan to be deposed."

"It's no wonder that once a son of heaven and a courtier, the two princes of Langya have a prominent status, if they don't bring them down, how can King Zhao give the command? In my opinion, if the king of Zhao wants to further control the Chinese army, Sima Yun, the king of Huainan, must be removed. "The sound is clear and gives a bright feeling.

"There is turmoil up and down, and I think it will be difficult to settle down, and I am afraid that the current situation is not suitable for staying in Kyoto for a long time." The sound is deep and gives a sense of peace.

After listening to a few words, Tai Shiyu smiled and said, "It seems that I met an acquaintance, go and say hello." With that, he got up, pushed open the door, came to the next door, and knocked lightly three times. Gong Sheng and Gongsun Ce also naturally left the table and followed.

A voice came from inside, "Please come in." So Tai Shiyu pushed open the oil-paper wooden lattice door of the half-moon frame, and saw that there were also three people sitting inside, who were the people he met in the Tingwei Mansion - Yuzhang Guolang Zhongling Yang Yan, filial piety Dai Yuan, and Fubo General Sheren Tao Kan.

"Yiyuan? Are you there too? Please, we're worried about the lack of alcohol. Dai Yuan greeted Tai Shiyu with a smile, and his voice was clear, it was the one who just said that he wanted to take out the King of Huainan.

Dai Yuan is dressed in a sky blue flowing water pattern silk satin wide-sleeved brocade robe, his eyes are sharp and peaceful, and his face is not angular, but also round, and he has a dignified appearance that can make a girl's heart beat.

Tai Shiyu pulled Gong Sheng and Gongsun Ce into the table, and introduced the two of them: "This is Dai Yuan Dai Ruosi, Mr. Pingyuan recommended him as filial piety, well, Mr. Pingyuan is Lu Shiheng Lu's writings." ”

The so-called Mr. Pingyuan is Lu Ji, one of the three handsomes in Luoyang, and the current writer. Lu Ji is Lu Yun's brother, Tai Shiyu was caught by Lu Yun and went to Tingwei on an errand, and it was indispensable to meet Lu Ji, and Dai Yuan often accompanied Lu Ji, so Tai Shiyu knew Dai Yuan.

As Wu Chu people in the south, they naturally have to help each other in the northern soil and the Central Plains. Dai Yuan is from Guangling, Tao Kan is from Lujiang, and Yang Yan is from Yuzhang, all three of them are appreciated by Gu Rong, the leader of the Southern Scholars, and they also get to know each other under Gu Rong's introduction. Through Dai Yuan, Tai Shiyu also got acquainted with Tao Kan and Yang Yan.

Tai Shiyu then introduced: "This is Yang Yan Yang Wenhe, the current lieutenant commander of Yuzhang Guolang. ”

Yang Yan was in his forties, with a Chinese face, his face was red, obviously he was not strong enough to drink, he raised his glass and smiled and motioned for the three of them to enter the table.

Tai Shiyu pointed to the remaining one and said, "Tao Kan Tao Shixing is currently serving as a housekeeper under General Fubo. ”

Tao Kan is over forty years old, wearing a plain blue fine linen coat, although a little old, but very clean and tidy, he heard Tai Shiyu introduce himself with a smile, and there is a kind of calm and calm temperament in his smile.

Then Tai Shiyu pulled Gong Sheng and Gongsun Ce to introduce them to the three southern scholars, and he pulled Gong Sheng and said: "Gong Sheng Gong Yinglong, the former captain of the forbidden army, is now Bi Ma Wen. But you should know that he was the one who captured Jia Nanfeng not long ago. ”

Hearing that the imposing young man in front of him was the warrior of the forbidden army who captured Jia Nanfeng alive, Tao Kan, Dai Yuan, and Yang Yan were all in awe. Gong Sheng smiled and arched his hand to the three of them.

Tai Shiyu pulled Gongsun Ce and introduced: "This is also my army robe, Gongsun Ce, the word is far away, and the current position of Gongcao is the captain of the shooting school." ”

Tao Kan couldn't help but sigh and said with a smile: "It's also a heroic boy, not like me." Although it was self-deprecating, there was a sense of peace in his tone, thinking that it was this Taoshi who just said that Luoyang was not suitable for long-term residence.

The six of them sat down again, the wine was like a rotation, and they talked with each other, and they all expressed their opinions and argued endlessly when they talked about the current situation.

"What does Mr. Tao mean is that there is still a turmoil in Luoyang City?" Gong Sheng asked.

Tao Kan took a sip of wine and said: "People's hearts are the most dissatisfied, none of us can judge that Zhao Wang is willing to stop here, and I don't know what the future holds." But a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and it is not a bad idea to stay away from the place of right and wrong. ”

Hearing this, Dai Yuan put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Brother Tao is too cautious, for small fish and shrimp like us, this may be an opportunity for the fish to leap into the dragon gate." ”

"Yes," Gongsun Ce on the side also agreed, he said: "It's hard to say what the future will be, the eldest husband rises to the challenge, does not avoid the arrow, and misses the opportunity I am afraid that I will regret it for the rest of my life." As he spoke, he took a sip of wine, and then slapped the wine bottle in his hand on the case, "Why don't you take a Wu hook?" Isn't this a battlefield where the big husband gallops! ”

"Hahaha," Gong Sheng laughed, "I also have this intention, he is changing every day, and it is the season for my generation to make contributions." ”

Dai Yuan laughed when he heard such a bold statement, and he was already a little drunk, he casually tapped on the wine glass and bowl with chopsticks in his hand, and chanted in a long voice: "Sweep away the frost outside the window in February, look at the flowers in the city in March, listen to the rain on the eaves in June, and wash autumn in September." It's still a good scenery on the river, hahaha, everyone is smiling, and I miss my hometown. ”

"At this time, I went to Guangling to understand the scenery of April in the world. Tao Kan said while picking up the crucian carp meat with chopsticks.

Tai Shiyu also held the cup and said: "If you have the opportunity, you want to go to the hometown of Jiangzuo Sanwu." Are we a pay bar? Ya is good. ”

"The wine is obviously elegant!" Dai Yuan immediately corrected Tai Shiyu, and then waved his chopsticks and said, "Punish wine!" ”

Tai Shiyu raised the cup but refused to drink it, only to hear him say: "It is better to be happy alone than to be happy, and it is better for one person to drink than to drink it to everyone, and it is boring for me to drink this wine alone." ”

"Hahaha, come, I'll have a drink!" Dai Yuan immediately took a cup and drank it with Tai Shiyu.

During the banquet, Tao Kan said at the moment when the two were drinking: "Eighteen elegant things, ordering tea, burning incense, hanging paintings, and arranging flowers are the four elegant ways, looking for bamboo, visiting the lotus, asking chrysanthemums, and exploring plums... ”

"It's a four-way meeting." Dai Yuan took over the conversation, "Listening to the rain, appreciating the snow, waiting for the moon, and viewing the land are the four kinds of elegance, and the six kinds of elegance are Qing Offering, Fan Dai, Asking the Qin, Harmony Music, Petting, and Rewarding Wine." ”

The so-called eighteen kinds of elegant things are the way of bathing the Japanese literati and scholars, every time the bathing Japanese scholars get together, or burn incense, hang paintings, bottle offerings, or play the harp, ceremonial tea, chant poems, there are good deeds will be roughly classified as 18 elegant things.

Tai Shiyu listened to Dai Yuan's poems tapping on chopsticks, and also came to the mind of a master, and said at this time: "You also give a poem, you can taste it." Saying that, he held his chin with one hand and patted the table with the other and said: "The crucian carp is steamed in the mouth, Du Kang is warm and fragrant, feast on the pork belly, and taste the green plum osmanthus cake." ”

"Good poetry." "Yiyuan Dacai." "You two are running on us." Several people applauded, and then there were poems and poems, and no poems were punished for drinking. When the wine was half-drunk, Gong Shengyin was really not good at poetry, and every time he was punished for drinking, he was already a little drunk. He got up and went out to get some air.

Following the path of the previous days, I came to the catalpa tree again, and the long green weeping silk was still there. Gong Sheng casually ripped off a capsule and played with it, and suddenly heard the footsteps of another person behind him, so he turned around.

The purpose was a childish and delicate little face with a surprised look, and Gong Sheng settled down and looked carefully again.

"It's you."

"Is that you?"

The little girl and Gong Sheng asked at the same time.

Gong Sheng smiled and asked, "Don't beat me today?" ”

The girl blushed a little and was a little embarrassed: "I'm beating the bad guy." ”

Gong Sheng laughed: "So I should fight?" ”

The girl pursed her lips and did not speak, her eyes were delicate and smart, as clear as a pool of autumn water.

Gong Sheng walked over, but the little girl didn't run away this time, although she looked a little scared.

Gong Sheng stretched out his finger and pointed to his nose and asked, "Look at me like a bad person?" ”

"Like!" The little girl nodded solemnly, and then looked at the young man in front of her with a pair of bright eyes, but there was a little curiosity in her eyes.

Gong Sheng was amused: "You little girl, I'm a big official." ”

The little girl's face stiffened slightly, obviously because the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty had left a not so friendly impression on her. She bit her lip and asked, "You... Is it really an official? ”

Gong Sheng nodded: "Yes, of course, it's not particularly big." I'm Bi Ma Wen. ”

"Bi Ma Wen? What is that? ”

"Well, you can understand it as an official position to manage the horses."

"Groom?"

“。。。 No, I'm Bimawen. ”

"You didn't mean to manage the horses?"

"I'm in charge of thousands of horses!"

"A very good groom?"

"It's not a groom! It's Bi Ma Wen! ”

"Poof... The girl's face suddenly burst into laughter, and a small flower bloomed on her snowy smile.

Looking at the girl's smiling face, Gong Sheng also smiled, "Gong Sheng, my name is Gong Sheng." The palace of the palace, the victory of victory. What's your name? ”

The girl's face turned red, she lowered her head and whispered softly, "Lili." ”

"You're here.。。?" Gong Sheng planned to ask the girl if she worked in a restaurant.

"This is my cousin's shop, I'll help." The little girl spoke quickly, as if she had thought of something.

"That's right." Gong Sheng said.

"Or else?" Lili tilted her head sideways to look at Gong Sheng.

"It's hard work to help here," Miyatsu shrugged and changed the subject.

"It's good, just to get away from the drunkards. The drunken old man is the most annoying~" After speaking, Lili's little mouth was pursed, and the look seemed to be saying that Ben Mushroom was cool and helpless, but there was a way to do it~

"You've got the stone fungus to help." Gong Sheng said.

"I'm sorry... But it doesn't seem to hurt you... The little girl's eyes were rolling, and she looked weak.

The sunlight shone on the simple leaves of the catalpa tree, and the young green fruit strips cast long shadows, and the shadows of Gong Sheng and Lili also reclined in the shadows of the trees. The shadow moved with the wind, confusing the distance between the two figures.

"Ah, there is still little cabbage to wash, my cousin should be in a hurry in a while, I'm going to start work~", said Lili and waved her hand to Gong Sheng.

Gong Katsuya waved goodbye to her, and then returned the way he came. When I returned to the private room, there was a lot of laughter inside, and when I opened the door, I saw a few people who were still drunk, and they were really not drunk and did not return.

"Escape from alcohol should be punished!"

"Hahaha!" Am I afraid of alcohol? Laughter in the middle of the palace sheng re-entered the battle, straight to the point that it was difficult to solve...