A few days ago, it was drizzling in Longcheng County.

It's sunny today.

It's rare for the sky to clear up once.

The Su Mansion on Luming Street seems to follow the name of Su Xian, the master of the Su family, and at the beginning of construction, many interesting and exquisite Jiangnan gardens were built.

Some are full of flowers and trees, courtyards and pavilions, strange stones, and rockeries.

Some are pink walls and green tiles, several poles and green bamboos, and the windows are full of pictures.

There are also springs and pools, low walls and windows, exotic flowers and plants, and zigzag corridors.

All kinds of different styles.

All of them show the elegance and mind of the owner of the forest garden who has no quarrel with the world and is a rich man.

When Ouyang Rong came for the first time, he almost got lost, but fortunately, there was a Su Mansion maid to lead the way.

However, because he occasionally came to find Xiao Senior Sister or Su Dalang, after he came a few more times, he gradually became familiar with the road.

The same is true today.

In the morning, the southeast side of Sioux Province.

Outside a garden called Juxian Garden, which is located in a slightly remote location, there are several figures waiting for tea in a high platform for people to rest.

It's just that the tea is about to cool.

"Ming Mansion, what about Su Dalang? Didn't you call us to go to Yunshui Pavilion to recuperate today, and said that you would gather here, why don't you see a figure now? The tea is cold. ”

Yan Liulang, who rushed to wait in high spirits, complained a little:

"Hey, I finally waited until a rest day, and I was able to come out to play, but Da Lang this guy, let us pigeons go, no, wait a while, he has to treat him!"

Yan Liulang's face "gritted his teeth" and said.

He didn't wear a blue fast-catching suit today, but a black round-necked soap robe, which was quite neat and sassy.

Located in the middle of the pond, this high terrace is connected to the shore by a wide and narrow waterfront walkway.

Surrounded by a turquoise pond with a few golden carp.

Merlot Garden was next door, and Ouyang Rong came earlier and waited longer than Yan Liulang.

But now he was in the water pavilion, leaning on the railing with great interest, holding a box of bait in his left hand, and gently throwing his fingers into the pond.

The golden carp gently swings its tail.

"Maybe it's a shower or something."

Ouyang Rong fed the fish slowly, turned his back to the Juxian Garden where the Su family lived not far away, and said softly:

"Just now, when you haven't arrived, he came out for a while, looked elated, and said that he had just finished today's morning class, and he would send the teacher out later, and then he should be able to rest for half a day......

"Hey, it's the same as going to school during the holidays, but Brother Su's studies seem to be really tight, and he only has this half-day vacation every month."

Ouyang Rong sighed.

Yan Liulang gasped:

"Hey, it's only been half a day? Now that you're studying so hard?

"Isn't it to look for flowers and ask willows, chant poems against each other, add fragrance to red sleeves or something, I used to think that being a scholar and reading was easier than us rough people playing gongs in the county government."

"Still not satisfied for half a day?"

Ouyang Rong's face:

"Only people who are useless to the imperial court will take a long vacation, a pillar like Da Lang, the star of Shilin, taking a half day is already his highest tolerance for self-requirements."

"......" Yan Rokuro.

"Mingfu, what about you?"

"Me? Am I not with you? ”

Ouyang Rong sighed and shook his head, put down the round box of bait in his hand, reached out to take the handkerchief handed by Liu Ashan, and wiped his hands.

He turned his head and said solemnly:

"A few days ago, I dealt with the affairs of the Liu family, everyone cooperated beautifully, take the servants out to play, and treat you, this is called team building."

Yan Liulang and Liu Ashan looked at each other, and they didn't understand what "team building" was, but it didn't prevent them from understanding the general idea.

And the young county magistrate in front of him often has some strange words in his mouth, and the two people who haven't read much are only regarded as scholars, and they are similar to "Zhihu Ye", which are all sage words in ancient books.

As for why sometimes Master Xie, who has read the books of sages and sages, also looks at each other in confusion with them...... Needless to say, of course, because the knowledge of the senior brother is more extensive and profound than that of the junior sister.

"Also, let's not go to Yunshui Pavilion to maintain health today, don't think about these all day long. I'll talk to him when Da Lang comes out later. ”

Ouyang Rong shrugged:

"Let's go out more, do something other good for the body and mind, and don't worry about any health."

Yan Liulang muttered in a low voice: "But I think the health tea ceremony is also very beneficial to the body and mind......"

"Ah Shan's family is about to betroddle him, don't take Ah Shan badly." Ouyang Rong pursed his lips, "Besides, I can't go if I want to go now." ”

Yan Liulang was curious: "Ah, why is this?" ”

"The last time I came back, I asked the city order department in the yamen to send an official document and asked Yunshui Pavilion to order rectification."

"......" Yan Rokuro.

His eyes were a little resentful, "Mingfu, I heard Brother Ahsan say that Miss Weilai has come back recently, and you don't have to worry about Mingfu......"

"It's okay with Vila."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, nodded again, and said:

"To open a green building, you have to have a business license from the Imperial Court Teaching Department, and they have a good restaurant for eating and watching plays, which is not only illegal but also frictional, which is not good."

Yan Liulang sighed for a while, and muttered in a low voice: "The Ming Mansion is really strict." ”

Ouyang Rong's face became more serious:

"It's not strict, I don't know about other places, but it's like this in Longcheng County, it's not that the Qinglou can't be had, but it must be compliant, and the source of the dust women in it must also be legal."

He shook his head: "Otherwise, if you let the wild prostitution shop develop, it will be easy for the world to decline, and it is not surprising that there will be some phenomenon of forcing good people to become prostitutes, which is not good, very bad." ”

Yan Liulang closed his mouth, put away the cynical expression he had just made, and nodded:

"It's still thoughtful from the Ming Mansion."

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

That's when it happened.

Not far away, on the path leading to this pond in Juxian Garden, a tall figure appeared in a hurry.

"Lianghan, Rokuro, it's bad."

Su Dalang, who had a sad face, trotted all the way from the narrow path, broke into the water pavilion, and sighed at Ouyang Rong and the others who were stunned:

"I don't seem to be able to go, I was going to send Mr. Yuan away, but I don't know why, the old man came to be interested today, saying that he would give me a few more lessons and teach me how to write prose.

"Lianghan, Liulang, I have to stay with the old gentleman, you go play."

Su Dalang is like a defeated rooster, sighing, and judging the appearance of the morning.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but glance at him more, "You have a rest day once a month...... Don't even have half a day off? ”

Su Dalang nodded bitterly.

Yan Liulang couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and comforted:

"It's okay, it's okay, Da Lang, in the words of the Ming Mansion, Da Lang, you are a person who is of great use to the court and the society, which is a good thing."

Su Dalang was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean by someone who is of great use to the imperial court?" ”

Ouyang Rong glared at Yan Liulang.

The latter shrank his head, then seemed to remember something, and turned to say with a serious face:

"By the way, Da Lang, why don't you give us the silver, didn't you say a treat, let's help you spend it."

“……”

Su Dalang was speechless for a long time, but he still silently reached into his arms and took out silver beans.

He said with a serious face:

"It's really right for me to ask, let Lianghan, Liulang, and Brother Ahsan wait for a long time, are you going to Yunshui Pavilion, hey, then I'll ...... out"

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously, don't listen to Rokuro's nonsense."

Ouyang Rong hurriedly held Su Dalang's hand down and shook his head.

He thought for a moment, frowned slightly and asked:

"Da Lang, this old Mr. Yuan is the Master that your father found for you that you often mentioned before?"

Su Dalang's face was a little solemn, and he said:

"The old gentleman's surname is Yuan, the word is Xiangshan, he used to be a famous official in the imperial court, and later retired...... Mr. Yuan is highly respected and knowledgeable, and my father told me to follow and study well. ”

Ouyang Rong saw Su Dalang's face, although his expression was serious, his eyes still seemed to be a little lost.

He tried: "Why don't I intercede for you, and see if I can give you half a day off, you will be tired." ”

"Forget it." Su Dalang hesitated, "Old Mr. Yuan is very good, but his temper is a little weird. ”

He shook his head, deflected away from the topic, and prepared to take his leave:

"Lianghan, Liulang, you go, I have to go back, I really can't accompany you to Yunshui Pavilion to drink health tea this time, huh."

Ouyang Rong just wanted to speak.

An old voice suddenly came from the shore not far from the water pavilion;

"What kind of health tea to drink? Da Lang, this is the friend you said was waiting for? ”

Ouyang Rong, Yan Liulang, and Liu Ashan all turned their heads curiously.

I saw an old scribe in a purple Confucian robe, embraced by four scholars, through the narrow path on the pond, and into the high platform water pavilion in the middle of the water.

The old scribe was about a young man, with gray hair, a lot of old spots on his face, and a cane in his hand.

A few scholars behind him respectfully held the book suitcase.

Even Ouyang Rong saw a teacup brought in.

The shelves are not small.

"Teacher, why are you here?"

Su Dalang immediately greeted him and respectfully supported the old scribe.

Yuan Xiangshan nodded and said, "Come and see the friends you have made for the teacher." ”

Su Dalang: "Teacher, Brother Lianghan and Brother Yan are going back, and the apprentice will go back to class now......"

Yuan Xiangshan shook his head and didn't speak.

Standing on crutches, he led the scholar to sit straight on the main seat near the center of the lake in the water pavilion, raised his eyelids, and looked at Ouyang Rong and the others one by one.

"The old body is not very good, take the liberty to sit down, you can sit too."

After Yuan Xiangshan sat down, he took the tea handed by the scholar and took a sip before swallowing slowly.

Su Dalang cast a helpless look.

Seeing this, Ouyang Rong and the others looked at each other, but they didn't sit down, but still stood.

Yuan Xiangshan was no longer polite, and after asking Su Dalang about the names of Ouyang Rong and the others, he cleared his throat and said:

"What Yunshui Pavilion's health tea, where are you going to take Da Lang?"

Yan Liulang coughed, "I didn't go anywhere, I was just going to go out for a spring outing or something, old man, ......"

"Knock-"

Yuan Xiangshan suddenly looked at the ground with a cane and interrupted Yan Liulang's explanation:

"Hmph, don't think that the old man doesn't know, the old man is not a rotten Confucian, and he came from your age, and I don't know the twists and turns between you young people?

"What to drink health tea, what health tea to drink at a young age, isn't this just a code, maybe you want to go to which Qinglou Song Fang to find flowers and ask willows.

"Don't fool the old man."

Everyone in the water pavilion was suddenly dumbfounded.

Yuan Xiangshan lowered his head again and took a leisurely sip of tea, nodded and said:

"Heh, did you guess right? You guys, you guys, drinking any kind of tea will only hurt you......"

"......" Ouyang Rong, Su Dalang and others.

Yuan Xiangshan turned his head and frowned at Su Dalang and said:

"When I saw your anxious look in the morning, I guessed that you would not study well, and it was right.

"Hey, this vacation shouldn't be released, a little slack, you will be wild, now you even drink health tea, what are you going to do in the future, what tea do you want to drink?"

Su Dalang opened his mouth: "Teacher, I ...... the students"

Yuan Xiangshan tapped his crutches and interrupted, lowered his eyelids and said:

"Your father and mother have high hopes for you, entrust you to the old man, let you study hard, look at you, are you worthy of the ardent expectations of your relatives?

"What are you, you come and stand, go back and talk about you."

Su Dalang nodded with a sad face, and honestly stood behind the stern old scribe who was sitting on the pole, holding a teacup to his division commander.

Seeing this, Yan Liulang on the side couldn't help but explain:

"Sir, you really misunderstood, we really didn't go to drink tea this time......

"So you've been there before?"

“……”

Yuan Xiangshan shook his head in disappointment, glared at Su Dalang and said:

"Did you go last time, to be honest? Dalang, you, how can you rest assured that you will be given a holiday, if you don't pay attention to it, you will be taken badly......"

Su Dalang's face was flushed, and he whispered urgently: "Teacher, the student is wrong, don't say it, Lianghan and they are still there......"

His own teacher said these words directly and unceremoniously in front of his friends.

It's not just a matter of not deserving his face.

Su Dalang's face was very hot, and he couldn't help but cast apologetic glances at Ouyang Rong, Yan Liulang and the others.

Ouyang Rong shook his head slightly.

However, he couldn't help but glance sideways at Su Dalang's "fatherly" Master.

The latter was still gushing and admonishing.

Ouyang Rong's mind flashed back to the scene he had seen in Su Dalang's study last time.

I also understood some things, but I couldn't help but sigh a little when I looked at Su Dalang's eyes again.

"Da Lang, for the teacher, I understand that you are an adult and a crown, and you are an adult, but look at what time it is now, what is your situation?"

Yuan Xiangshan folded his palms with both hands, held his cane, and knocked on the floor to admonish, he didn't seem to notice whether the words would embarrass Su Dalang and Ouyang Rong and the others, or rather, the old man didn't care.

"Don't say that you share your parents' worries, but at least don't let them worry about it, now is the time to focus on your studies, have you finished reading "Erya", what about "Zhou Li"? You should put the love between men and women first, and the fun is too, let these go, and study hard first......

"The heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin...... Not to mention that it makes you tired and hungry, how about you work hard a little?

"You, you, you're really going to be angry as a teacher."

Knock knock knock——!

The sound of crutches knocking on the ground resounded in the water pavilion, and the old scribe kicked his nose and glared, his tone stern.

"Yes, the students don't dare, the teacher is angry, the teacher is angry......"

Su Dalang hurriedly handed over the tea, his face was serious, and he coaxed.

Ouyang Rong glanced sideways at the master and apprentice, but did not make a sound.

It's not very good for sound, either.

However, someone didn't speak, but Yuan Xiangshan seemed to notice someone's calm eyes.

The old scribe's brow, which was full of forehead lines, furrowed slightly, and then smoothed it out.

He returned the teacup to Su Dalang, and suddenly turned his head to Ouyang Rong, who had been standing silently with his sleeves cageed, and said:

"Your name is Ouyang Lianghan, and you are the new county magistrate of Longcheng County?"

Everyone held their breath and looked at Ouyang Rong.

I saw Ouyang Rong nodded, and he gave up his hand to be polite three times:

"Mr. Yuan, I have admired my name for a long time, and I am disrespectful and disrespectful."

(End of chapter)