In the evening, Xu He and the three of them took a carriage to Ma's house not far from Dongguan.

Ma's family is in Qujia Lane, not far from the old city gate.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Xu He found that the Ma family did not seem to be simple.

It's not that the gate of the Ma family is magnificent, compared to the Shen family, the gate of the Ma family is not as good as the Shen family's garden in Huai'an Mansion.

However, the exquisitely carved wooden fence in the middle of the pillar exposes the director's low-key and luxurious.

Wu Decao came to Menzi to hand over the post, and the Menzi saw that it was a guest invited by his young master, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly invited the three of them into the house.

Most of the gardens in Yangzhou are small and exquisite, which is different from the delicacy of Suzhou gardens and Yangzhou gardens.

Suzhou garden requires a garden with mountains and waters, pavilions and pavilions, the garden is small but complete, and everything that should be there must be arranged.

Yangzhou gardens are different, such as the courtyard of the Ma family, the direction of pursuit is completely different from the garden in Suzhou, it pays attention to a kind of simulated natural interest, winding paths through the secluded, and then feel in the mountains and forests.

Bypassing the bamboo forest, not far away, a bright hall stands surrounded by trees.

There are already a lot of people in the hall.

When Xu He and the three of them were introduced into the hall, they found that there were indeed many familiar faces.

Xie Liangcai was the first to greet him and smiled: "Liangsheng, you are here!" ”

Xu He looked left and right and said, "Where is the master's house?" ”

Xie Liangcai said: "Ma Cong? He and Marlowe had just been called out by their family and should be back soon! ”

After speaking, he looked at Qi Jiguang behind Xu He and wondered, "Who is this?" ”

Xu He introduced: "This is the son of the late Deputy General Qi of the Daning Dusi, and my student Qi Jiguang Qi Yuanjing of Master Xie!" ”

Xie Liangcai's face didn't show anything when he heard that it was the son of the deputy general of the Daning Dusi, but when he heard that it was Xie Kun's student, his expression was solemn and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Beiming's disciple, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Xu He smiled and introduced to Qi Jiguang: "This is Brother Defu, the son of Yiling Gong of Dali Temple!" ”

Xie Liangcai glanced at him, and said to Qi Jiguang with a smile: "I call Liangsheng's mother aunt!" It's all your own people, don't be restrained when you come! ”

Qi Jiguang is really stupid, he can't figure out that Xu He, a small student, has such a wide range of contacts.

and who worships the Hou family of Ning Guohou, and calls the son of the Qing family of Dali Temple a brother......

After the two met, Xu He looked around and said, "Where is this Ma family coming from?" How do you feel like it's not an ordinary family? ”

Xie Liangcai led everyone to a secluded corner and said: "The Ma family was originally from Huizhou Mansion, but Ma Cong's grandfather moved his family to Jinling because he was in the position of a waiter in the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing. ”

"Ma Cong's father and Ma Luo's father are cousins, and the two have partnered to do raw silk business in Yangzhou and also get involved in the salt industry, so the two of them have taken root in Yangzhou Mansion."

It is no wonder that the ancestors are high-ranking officials and run the most profitable business in Nanzhi, so the lintel is low-key and luxurious, which is in line with the identity of the official and the wealthy family.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and it turned out to be the Ma family brothers following a middle-aged man towards Mingtang.

Behind them, there were many scholars dressed up in beautiful clothes, who were obviously the scholars of the Ma family and the Xixi.

As soon as he entered the door, the leader smiled and said: "Everyone is the best among the scholars in Yangzhou, because I thank you for taking care of my Ma family's nephews on weekdays, so I will wait until the annual examination is over, and invite you to come to the cold house for a gathering!" ”

Hearing this, everyone knew that the person who spoke was Ma Cong's father.

Xie Liangcai said in a low voice: "The Ma family still has a big house as a political envoy in Jiangxi, so I don't know whose way to enter the program, and now the momentum has overwhelmed Zhang Hengyuan's family and become the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou." ”

I looked down on it, but I didn't expect Marlowe, who was eating chaff vegetables and studying hard in the dormitory, to have such a deep background.

Isn't this the King of Volumes? The family conditions are good, life can still endure hardships, and reading is still motivated.

It is said that the good rich is only three generations, but what about the stupid and vegetable?

This banquet is estimated to be a semi-cultural banquet organized by the Ma family.

Except for Qi Jiguang, almost all of them were students and lifters.

Ma Cong's father first welcomed him, and then went out under the pretext that he had something to do.

But the group of literary friends and Xixi of the Ma family all stayed.

At the beginning of the feast, everyone was still a little restrained at first.

But when the wine is drunk, the atmosphere is lively.

At this time, a literary friend named Xin Li of the Ma family proposed that it was too boring to simply drink, and it was better to drink with wine, and the banquet was applauded.

Hearing that there was going to be a drinking order, Qi Jiguang's face became unnatural.

He grew up in a poor family, and he didn't read for a few years, although he knew how to read and write.

But in front of the readers, he is still a little timid.

Especially where has he played the games played by scholars, and the officials in the guard house eat and drink, at most they play a [same number], which is the guessing boxing of later generations.

Even the banquet games suitable for military generals, such as throwing pots, are not popular in the national dynasty.

Xin Li, who proposed the alcohol order, smiled: "Why don't you just do the flying flower order?" ”

There are thousands of ancient wine orders, and Xu He's heart is also bottomless just now.

It would be embarrassing if he played a drinking order that he didn't know.

Fortunately, Flying Flower Order, this kind of wine order is relatively simple compared to others.

In fact, it is a kind of poetry game.

For example, let the Lord recite the poem: "The flowers can be folded and must be folded!" ”

And said that the word [flower] was used as the word "flower" for the flying flower order.

Then the next person will answer: "The falling flower is independent!" ”

Because the second one is the word "flower".

And so on, and the third reads: "Tears are splashed when you feel it!" ”

Until the end: "Spring City is full of flowers!" ”

This is a complete process of flying flowers.

Of course, if you can't answer it, you have to drink, and the game starts again, choosing another word as the word "flower".

However, there is another way to order the Flying Flower Order:

When flying flowers, the first few words of the poem are "flowers", and the first few people drink in a certain order.

Those who have watched Ba Jin's "Home" will probably remember this description: "Shuying said 'When the flowers fall and meet you', Shuhua below should eat wine." ”

Why does Shuhua drink alcohol?

Because she sat in the second position under Shuying, combined with the rules of the Flying Flower Order, it was naturally Shuhua's turn.

When the wine was half-drunk, everyone heard that the fun was coming, and they were all interested, and they were about to start.

The main table was already shouting, and when it came to Xu He's table, there were twelve people on the table, and Xie Defu was pulled to the table of the familiar scholar, that is to say, only Xu He, Wu Decao and Qi Jiguang knew each other on the table, and no one else had seen each other.

However, at the beginning of the meeting, everyone introduced each other.

Of course, Xu He, as the star of the imperial examination of Nanzhili, was naturally praised by everyone as soon as he said his name.

But not everyone buys Xu He's account.

For example, a white-haired gentleman sitting on Xu He's head, seeing that everyone was polite to Xu He, the banquet was enthusiastic, but he poured himself a glass of wine and said: "Now that he is the boss, he often wants to fold his face when he sees that the minister is unfair." How can we tend to be hot and hot, look at people's eyebrows, and hope to push and save it?"