"I was about to look for you," Feng Dashen looked at his comrade Chen and said respectfully, "Lao Tongzhi has come to the cold house in person." Sit down, sit down. ”

"Is the dyeing shop stable? Why haven't you heard about it in the past few days......" he asked, holding a teapot in one hand.

"The shopkeeper sent a servant to tell me today that the house is stable. If the squire wants to pay a visit, the official is willing to be an introducer. The comrade laughed.

After hearing this, Feng Dashen's hand carrying the pot trembled excitedly, and the tea poured out. He hurriedly apologized to his comrade Chen, wiped the table with a rag, and then nodded straight and said: "Shicai is emotional, a little disrespectful, I hope the adults don't want to laugh." ”

"That's a good thing, and I understand your excitement." Chen Tongpao didn't care.

"But ......" Feng Dashen rubbed his hands and sighed: "I have seen the shopkeeper, but I can't go empty-handed; If I bring a few gifts and then go, I am afraid that I am not genuine, which is really difficult. ”

The colleague now came up with an idea for him: "It's better to do this, you can prepare a table of good wine and food in the house, invite the shopkeeper to have a meal, I will say a few words to him, and he will naturally come." Wouldn't it be nice to be able to talk to the shopkeeper in this way? Today, I only see that I am reluctant to give up the pain in my flesh. ”

Feng Dashen thought for a while and said, "I have buried ten years of old wine in my yard, and I will take it out and drink it tomorrow; Although the good dishes must be fully prepared and exquisite, they are only more than 20 taels of silver, and the grass people can still afford it. ”

"Don't forget to call the shopkeeper of the gambling house." Chen Tongpao reminded.

"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Wen?" Feng Dashen got up.

"There are some conflicts with the family, I want to help mediate one or two, and you have to judge the situation when the time comes."

Feng Dashen nodded again and again: "Lord Chen has helped you with such a favor, and he will definitely not cause you trouble, don't worry." ”

Comrade Chen stood up, bowed, and said goodbye: "I'll go home tomorrow, and just wait for good news." ”

Feng Dashen's invitation was sent to the palace in the morning. The Hunan people picked up the post, read it again, and handed it to the steward beside him.

"What kind of old love is this?"

The steward looked at the general situation and bowed down to answer: "In order to let the squires support Lord Chen's promotion, the shopkeeper wrote a letter to Wen ...... The person who gambled and gambled began to handle this. Therefore, I owe a favor, and there has been no movement so far. ”

"How can you repay him for this favor?"

Before the steward knew how to answer, he saw a servant leading Chen Tongpao to the hall.

"Why didn't you report me?" The Hunan people changed color and scolded the minion.

Comrade Chen waved his hand: "Alas, the shopkeeper doesn't need to be angry with him, it's because the official doesn't want to be too troublesome, so he specially instructed." ”

"Let's go down." The Hunan people glared at the minion, turned their heads and saluted to their fellow Chen: "Lord Chen, the junior saw you for the first time, and he didn't greet you in person, it really shouldn't be!" What are you doing here? ”

Comrade Chen glanced at the invitation on the table, pointed to it and said, "That's it." ”

The Hunan people picked up the invitation card and showed it to their comrades: "The villain has not been in power for a long time, and he has not taken care of the old things. ”

The comrade said: "What this squire is desperate for is just to see you." If I see you in person, this favor will be repaid. ”

Xiangren slapped his thigh: "It's hard to say!" I accepted the invitation to attend his feast. ”

It was nearly noon, and the Hunan people and their comrades came out of the house, mounted their horses together, and ran straight out of the city gate. After walking a dirt path in the countryside, he jumped off his horse and walked into the outer gate of the Feng family's house.

The Hunan people pulled the horses of their comrades, held the bridle tightly in their hands, and said with a smile: "Lord Chen will go in and rest first, and I will tie the two horses to the stable." ”

"Thank you for your hard work." His comrades looked at him twice, said no more, and went straight to the hall.

The Hunan man led the two horses, constantly thinking about what his eyes meant, and before he could figure it out, he had already walked to the stable.

He kicked away the weeds in the shed, first tied his horse, and then grabbed Chen Tongzhi's horse and tied it in the shed next to him.

Just as he was about to tie it, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, which frightened him into a hurry to throw down the bridle, and when he looked back, he was as if he was frozen, and he was stunned.

It turned out to be Wenzhong. Wen Zhong dragged a majestic tall horse and greeted him, but beckoned to him very normally, far less than the reaction of the Hunan people.

"The big shopkeeper, you're here too?"

Wen Zhong thought to himself, of course I knew you would come.

"Squire Feng also invited you? Brother Wen, isn't this a coincidence! "The Hunan people still tie the reins.

"It is said that Squire Feng has prepared a large jar of aged wine, and he has been busy recently, and he hasn't had a drink for a long time!" Wen Zhong laughed.

The Hunan people obviously didn't want to talk to him too much, and they didn't accept Wen Zhong's stubble. Wen Zhong sneered, threw off the bridle, and went out of the shed.

The Hunan people just lowered their heads and looked at it, and the reins in their hands were tied to the wrong place.

"All three of you are here!"

The Hunan people lifted the curtain and saw that the inner room had prepared four round chairs made of sandalwood, a square table in the middle, four pairs of silver chopsticks, and more than ten famous dishes were placed.

"The younger generation and Feng Gong have not met, so they have to spend such a lot of money on hospitality, I am really grateful!"

Feng Dashen smiled even more happily: "The shopkeeper is a celebrity in Jiangdu, what is this thing enough, come and sit down with the shopkeeper Wen and Chen Tongzhi, you are old friends, talk and chat." ”

The Hunan people just smiled at Wenzhong, and sat down without any other courtesy.

"How old is the shopkeeper this year?" Feng Dashen's eyes narrowed into a slit.

"It's only over twenty."

"The big shopkeeper, you are the same age as my dog, but you have such a far-reaching talent, it is really respectable!" He kept wrapping his arms around the neck of the Hunan people, clasping almost.

Seeing that Wen Zhong was a little anxious, and the Hunan people over there were not very happy, they hurriedly picked up the silver chopsticks and said with a smile: "Don't let this wine and food be cold." Let's talk while eating, and help the fun! ”

"Since Tongzhi speaks, let's eat and drink first!" Feng Dashen immediately poured wine for everyone, "For my sake, please drink it all in one gulp!" ”

The four of them took a bowl together, and Wen Zhong blurted out: "Good wine!" ”

After three rounds of drinking, Wen Zhong was a little drunk. He took advantage of this season, grabbed Feng Dashen's arm, and said: "My Wenzhong has been engaged in business for half his life, and I can't sleep well, especially these days. If you want to make friends with this big shopkeeper, you can help with the affairs of the dyeing workshop in the future, and I will have nothing to do. I'm concentrating on my gambling house and taking a leisurely time, what do you think? ”

The Hunan people were originally sleepy when they heard this, and when they heard this, they raised their eyes to look at Ding Wenzhong, as if they had woken up from wine, but their eyes couldn't close.

When Feng Dashen saw this scene, he was stunned, his eyes slipped left and right, and he didn't know what to do.