Chapter 51: Undercurrent
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Bai Jiangchuan was in a very happy mood, a red tide appeared on his fair face, he picked up a small piece of mutton bone from the plate and threw it on the ground, and a snow-white poodle sprang out, crawling at his feet, obediently gnawing on the bone.
Bai Jiangchuan likes to raise dogs, and has raised all kinds of dogs, and this is only the thirteenth dog he raised, because the twelve dogs raised in front of him were all killed by him.
Bai Jiangchuan only likes to raise obedient dogs, as long as any dog is slightly disobedient, its result is only death.
"In this way, the so-called Shen Xunhuan Shen Gongzi is Su Shi, the second son of General Su's Mansion."
Du Heng replied, "Yes." ”
"Is this Su Shi the one who doesn't learn and has no skills, and is idle all day long."
"Yes." Du Heng suddenly frowned and said, "It's also the Su Shi in the capital." ”
"A linkage with the capital?" Bai Jiangchuan's eyes narrowed, and he said softly, "Interesting." ”
Even if Bai Jiangchuan knew Su Shi's true identity, he still didn't have the slightest worry, but felt that this gamble was getting more and more interesting.
"What is our Second Son Su doing today?"
Du Hengdao: "According to the report, it seems that Su Shi will participate in today's Jinghu Poetry Club, and Li Zhonghong, the son of Li Shangshu, invited him by post. ”
"Li Zhonghong?" Bai Jiangchuan's eyes lit up: "I'm afraid he didn't have any good intentions when he invited Su Shi, and Su Shi was only afraid that he wouldn't have a good time at the poetry meeting." ”
Then he asked lazily, "What about Chen Ang's father and daughter?" ”
"They have already released all the people they recruited to collect information about the Thirty-six Fang Restaurant."
"They went too?"
Du Heng shook his head.
"And what are they doing?"
Du Heng replied: "They boiled two buckets of black plum soup and were going to push it to Jinghu to sell." ”
When he heard the news, Bai Jiangchuan's mood was even happier.
Because he knew that Chen Ang's father and daughter boiled a hundred buckets of black plum soup every day, and they couldn't sell a few hundred taels of silver a month.
If Chen Ang's father and daughter didn't take any action, he would be a little worried, but now it seems that the other party is already poor in donkey skills, so Bai Jiangchuan is more at ease.
He had already begun to figure out what chips to ask the General's Mansion for after winning the game.
The identity of the second prince of Su is much more noble than others, and naturally his hands and eyes are much more expensive than others, so the price to be paid by the general's mansion will of course be much greater.
Although Su Shi signed Shen Xunhuan's name, the handprint was Su Shi, not to mention that there were so many witnesses, so Bai Jiangchuan would not worry that the General's Mansion would repay the debt.
He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then smiled with satisfaction, because he felt that the tea tasted just right at this time.
At this time, the tea is fragrant and the temperature is suitable.
Jinghu Lake is between two mountains, and the mountain on the left is called Qingqiu.
Qingqiu Mountain is not high, the grass is green, standing on the mountain at a glance, full of verdant.
In a forest in the mountains, two people walked slowly along the forest. One of them was less than forty, dressed in regular clothes, dignified in appearance, and had a calm bearing.
The other was no more than sixteen years old, dressed in an apricot-colored robe, and looked as handsome as a woman.
Zuo Xiangting enjoyed the scenery of Qingqiu for a while, and only felt refreshed and in a leisurely mood.
He stood quietly in the forest, looked at the quiet lake under the mountain, and said slowly: "Central Plains, the three-day period has arrived, can someone match the couplets produced by Su Shi?" ”
Zuo Zhongyuan sighed and said: "It is not easy to deal with the next link of 'Smoke Lock Pond Willow', and I am afraid that I will not be able to give this Tianxia thirty days of time." I don't know where the Su nerd found this eternal absolute. ”
Zuo Xiangting groaned: "You have done a good job in this matter. ”
Although Zuo Zhongyuan was praised, his face did not show the slightest joy, but sighed: "At that time, as soon as I heard this couplet, I knew that something was wrong, but at that time, the Qin Mansion had already agreed to Su Shi's request, and it was inconvenient for me to speak. ”
"So I had to spread the secret news, and said that Su Shi wanted to challenge the talents of the capital with a union. In this way, if someone can match this couplet, the marriage contract between the Qin Mansion and the General's Mansion will naturally be dissolved, and the prestige of the General's Mansion will plummet. ”
"Even if no one can tell it, in the eyes of the world, the Qin Mansion is also forced to marry a daughter, and the reputation of the Qin Mansion has also been hit. And since the Qin Mansion has been so humiliated by the General's Mansion, even if the Qin Mansion marries its daughter, the Su and Qin families will be upset. Not to mention ......"
"What's more?"
"That Li Zhonghong seems to be tall and arrogant, but in fact he is narrow-minded, and he is infatuated with Qin Nan, the more widely this matter is publicized and the more powerful it is, the more angry he will be, and he will naturally try his best to deal with Su Shi, this time the poetry meeting is only afraid that it will begin."
Zuo Xiangting said slowly: "Will Su Shi participate in this Mirror Lake Poetry Meeting?" ”
Zuo Zhongyuan couldn't be sure about this matter, and he muttered: "According to common sense, even if Su Shi wants to participate, his eldest brother Su Zhou will not allow it." After all, in the poetry club, you have to chant poems as endowments, and with Su Shi's talent, participating in the poetry club will only disgrace the general's mansion. ”
"So, Su Shi won't come?"
Zuo Zhongyuan did not speak, because although he thought that Su Shi would not participate, he had a strong premonition that Su Shi would definitely participate in this poetry meeting.
Li Zhonghong was also very happy, although he pretended to be calm and sat on the pleasure boat, but the excitement and excitement rushed back and forth in his heart like a wave, making his heart almost unbearable.
Because he already knows the lower link of "smoke lock pond willow".
Today is just three days away, and even better is that today is the day when the Mirror Lake Poetry Club is held.
Thinking that he was about to face the couplets that no one could match in front of many talents at the poetry meeting, and from then on he became famous in the capital, his heart seemed to jump out.
What's even better is that when he made this couplet, the marriage contract between Qin Nan and Su Shi was naturally dissolved.
Although Li Zhonghong kept telling himself to be calm, his hand holding the teacup couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his eyes were full of regret when he looked at the sky, because it was still early at this time, and there was still an hour before the time when the poetry meeting would be held.
At this time, an hour is indeed too long for Li Zhonghong.
Su Shi walked lazily down the street, stretching at least three times and yawning seven or eight times along the way.
Lin Mo couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but say, "Childe, where are we going to go now?" Do you want to rent a carriage? Childe might as well take a break in the carriage. ”
Su Shi thought about it, looked at the sky again, there was about an hour before the poetry meeting, and it was too late to walk, so he nodded.
When the two got into the carriage, Su Shi lay down and fell asleep.
Outside the Qin Mansion, Qin Yue and Qin Nan got into the carriage.
The sound of horses' hooves shattered.
In the carriage, Qin Yue looked at Qin Nan with guilt, but Qin Nan looked out the window expressionlessly.