Lin Jianlan saw that Yuan Xingjian didn't speak, and the atmosphere was extremely dull, so he had to say: "When Su Wenshu was in the hall, he wrote with both hands, and he carried the pen like flying, and he really admired it very much. ”

Su Wenwen has a rather cheerful personality, and said: "I am often sent by my family patrol and have been trained." ”

Xie Xun stood up again and said: "Su Wenwen and I are not good at drinking on weekdays, but I think you chivalrous and righteous people may like it, so I asked someone to buy a jar, but I don't know how to open it after fiddling with it for a long time, so I have to ask you to do it yourself." ”

Lin Jianlan said with a smile: "I don't drink alcohol on weekdays, but Brother Yuan has a lot of alcohol, but I haven't drunk it to the fullest today, so I was instigated by the store to come and see the excitement. ”

Xie Xun pressed his face and said: "When I mention this matter, I have to apologize to the two of you, and this morning I stopped you from punishing Wu and Cai, but it's a pity that the gold medal of the saint can be delivered, so that Wu Hong can escape the law." ”

Lin Jianlan nodded and said secretly: "I'm afraid that as soon as he comes out of Chang'an, King Liang will also send 'Ransong' to come here, but with his identity, it is really useless to do this errand, maybe he has other plans." Thinking of what I said today, I couldn't help but show a little gloom on my face.

His silence, the atmosphere on the table was even colder, the four of them sat around the table, no one spoke, no one even moved a chopstick on the meal, and Su Wenfang smiled in the middle of the night: "Lord Xie, the big heroes and heroes you usually talk about are in front of you, why don't you squeak?"

Xie Xun took down the wine jar and held it on his lap to fiddle with, did not look up, and said: "The heroic heroes who are chivalrous and righteous are admired by everyone, and I am not the only one?" It's just that it seems that Brother Yuan still has a grudge against me, and besides, I am too restrained here, so it is better not to see each other...... Alas, this jar still does not know how to open. As he spoke, his slender fingers lifted the mouth of the altar vigorously, but he couldn't open it, and he held the wine jar with red faces, but saw a pair of big hands pick up the wine jar, and slash it with his palms, and the mouth of the altar fell to the ground with the sealing mud and oil paper on it, making a crisp sound of cracking.

Yuan Xingjian carried the wine jar, filled the wine cups on the table one by one, raised his glass and said: "Yuan is not a small person, but he doesn't have contact with people in the officialdom on weekdays, and he is not good at words, in fact, I admire Lord Xie's actions today in my heart, so I will do it first as a respect." With that, he drank the wine in his glass.

Xie Xun looked up in amazement, and saw that his face was very sincere, not like a flattery, and was about to answer, when he saw him show a warm smile, and said, "Although you call me brother, I don't even know your name." ”

Xie Xun shook his arm, almost spilled the wine cup on the table, he was surprised and excited, and said: "The younger brother's surname is Xie Zhongju, after I finish inspecting the Jiangnan area, when I return to Beijing, the saint will definitely report Wu Hong's evil deeds again, even if the saint can't bear to hurt his life, there must be some restraint methods, although the younger brother is not good at drinking, but today he will accompany Brother Yuan to drink to the fullest!" He raised his wine glass and tasted it first, and then drank it all with his neck up, but it was the same as Lin Jianlan in the morning, his mouth was open and he sighed again and again, and his hands were fanning the wind in front of his lips, and his face suddenly turned red.

Everyone laughed, Lin Jianlan picked up the wine and touched it to Su Wenwen, but the two of them didn't drink it all, they both took a sip, and the atmosphere became lively.

Yuan Xingjian saw Xie Zhongju's expression firmly making a guarantee, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Although I want to kill them today, but at this moment, it seems that Xie Xiandi's method is better, and he will deal with it in public, first, so that other local wealthy families who rely on power and bullying people will not dare to do anything wrong, take their lives, and destroy their obscenity; ”

Xie Zhongju shook his head and said: "Saving public opinion, not I can do it alone, after the inspection, I will submit a detailed and complete report, corrupt officials should be dealt with, and inactive officials must also be replaced. ”

Yuan Xingjian said: "I see that Brother Xie Xian seems to know a lot about Jiangnan, and he seems to have a local accent, if what I say is right, you are from Jiangnan, right?"

Xie Zhongju said with emotion: "Yes, it's just that I sought fame in Chang'an when I was a teenager, and I haven't returned to my hometown for many years, and I haven't even had time to see the last time my father died. Officials are incompetent, collude with wealthy families and nobles, and many land laws and regulations not only do not follow the order, but do everything possible to find loopholes to annex land, which has actually caused the people in this rich land south of the Yangtze River to be displaced, and many people are wandering to the end of the world with their children and wives. ”

Lin Jianlan glanced at Yuan Xingjian, and saw a look of doubt in his eyes, and said secretly in his heart: "I don't know when his father died, not only did he not return to his hometown to guard filial piety, but instead made a patrol, it should not be like this, and this move is not in line with the laws of the imperial court." But listening to what he said, the heart of serving the country was overflowing, which made people awe-inspiring, so he said: "Since Lord Xie's father mentioned the current situation in Jiangnan in his letter, he is also quite worried about the country and the people. ”

Xie Zhong raised his eyes and said: "My father has no ambition in his life, and he has no results in several big exams, and in the end he only became a teacher in the village, and all his wishes in life are pinned on me alone, so even if he repays the country with death, he will ...... below" But Yuan Xingjian interrupted: "You can only serve the country when you are here, why do you die easily?"

Lin Jianlan was quite displeased when he heard his words, but he was a little surprised, seeing that his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, he actually had a worried look, and said, "Brother Yuan said 'again', what does this mean?"

Listening to Yuan Xingjian's word by word, he said in a deep voice: "If the seal letter in your hand is lost, I will apologize in front of the court, and I must not be humiliated by such a thief, they will never pay attention to you again after robbing the seal letter, take advantage of the chaos to escape, and tell the saint about today's events." ”

Xie Zhongju and Na Su Wenwen were suddenly surprised, Su Wenwen even grew his mouth, looked at Yuan Xingjian speechlessly, and after a while, Xie Zhongju lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I see, Brother Yuan's martial arts are superb, and his ear and eye power are naturally extremely outstanding, and that chaos must have been settled by Brother Yuan for me." ”

When Lin Jianlan heard this, he remembered that when he was watching the battle on the rooftop, Yuan Xingjian's expression changed greatly after seeing Xie Zhongju and Su Wenwen whispering, it turned out that he heard the conversation between the two in the midst of the noise, and understood that Xie Zhongju wanted to die, so he was so angry that he killed someone, but he felt too much, and he didn't know why Yuan Xingjian was so concerned about the life of a person in the official mansion since he was already a coward.

Xie Zhongju said indifferently: "When it comes to last resort, you can only sacrifice your life for righteousness, but the things that are worth paying for your life are different, just like when Zhou Xing was exiled, he hired a number of imperial priests and people in the rivers and lakes to escort him, and the master was like a cloud, but he was still killed, I heard that the chivalrous man himself was also a life of nine deaths, and he only succeeded in killing a bloody way, knowing that his life was hanging by a thread, but he had the heart of death to get rid of this thief who was hated by everyone in the world, if it was as Brother Yuan said, should he cherish his life and let Zhou Xing go?"

Yuan Xingjian was suddenly dumbfounded, his face became solemn, and he sighed for a moment: "Brother Xie Xian, don't talk about these old things, you have the ambition to repay the Lord, I only have admiration, nothing else to think." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Zhou Xing was exiled, but the people of the world and loyal ministers and good generals are still afraid that once he will regain his grace and make a comeback, he was intercepted and killed by the righteous man on the Lingnan Road that day. ”

Su Wenwen stroked his palm and said: "Yes, every time my family inspector mentions this righteous man, he has to say to me, if all the officials in the world have such chivalrous hearts and galls, why worry about not having a peaceful and prosperous world?"

The four of them chatted while drinking, Xie Zhongju was overwhelmed by alcohol, only one hand held the folding fan and shook it gently, although he had not drunk for a long time, the strength of the wine on his face did not seem to subside, Su Wenwen only drank a little, and had already made a pot of tea on the table, but Lin Jianlan always felt uncertain, most of them listened silently, and sometimes took a sip, the wine jar had been moved to the side of Yuan Xingjian, and he had also changed the big bowl, and he seemed to have some things on his mind.

I saw the moonlight outside the window, reflected on the tulip shelf, the fragrance of flowers hit people, the sound of night insects chirping occasionally came, Su Wenshu lifted Xie Zhongju up, walked to the window, the place by the window was quite cool, from time to time there was a breeze blowing, after a while, Xie Zhongju shook his head at Su Wen, Su Wenju let go of the hand he was supporting, and returned to his seat, Lin Jianlan was also looking out of the window in a daze, seeing Xie Zhongju turn his head and said, "Brother Yuan, do you know what I mean by inviting you today?"

Lin Jianlan "chuckled" in his heart, looked at Yuan Xingjian in a daze, saw him put down the wine bowl, and smiled at Xie Zhongju: "Lord Xie invited me, how could it be that he saw me, a vain character in the rivers and lakes, just out of curiosity?" "Isn't that what the adults said to me?" has changed the title back to "Lord Xie", and his voice has become much more indifferent.

Xie Zhongju was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Brother Yuan, do you think I'm curious? ”

Yuan Xingjian laughed and said: "In this case, don't ask your mother-in-law and mother-in-law, if you have something to say, say it directly." ”

Xie Zhongju said: "Since this is the case, the junior brother will say it directly. That Su Wenwen was extremely anxious, and glanced at him, but saw him gritting his teeth, and said loudly: "If the army of the Heavenly Empire is sent to Jiangnan in a few days, what is Brother Yuan's plan?"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Jianlan and Yuan Xingjian were both shocked, but Su Wenwen sighed heavily, hung his head helplessly, Yuan Xingjian squeezed out a sneer and said: "Why did Lord Xie ask me? Who would dare to stop the might of the Celestial Empire? It's a big deal that the Taihu Lake area has turned into powder. ”

Although he said calmly, his hands were tightly clutched under the table, Xie Zhongju's face turned red, and he muttered: "Brother Yuan really thinks so?

Su Wenwen quickly scolded: "Such a confidential matter, my family patrol does not set up a scheming to intersect with you, one is because of the heart of love for the people, and the other is that I have always admired you, I believe that you are a gentleman who rescues the weak, but I didn't expect you to ......."

But seeing Xie Zhongju waved his hand to stop: "Su Wenshu don't say it anymore, Brother Yuan has his own troubles, besides, I only came to Suzhou for one day, it is inevitable that I will not be able to win the trust of others, it is too late today, the younger brother still has to distribute those silver two books, forgive me for not being able to accompany the two for a long time, go out and turn right is the wing, the residence of the two has been arranged, don't dislike it." ”

After saying that, he put away the folding fan and gave a deep salute, and walked out slowly with Su Wenwen, but hesitated in front of the door, and then turned around and said: "Brother Yuan, your identity is no longer a secret, but you are not on the wanted list of the Imperial Kousi, do you know why?" but did not answer, and left the flower hall with Su Wenwen one after the other, and suddenly there was silence in the room.

Lin Jianlan didn't know what Xie Zhongju meant, and looked at Yuan Xingjian, but saw that he shook the jar, which was already empty, and frowned: "Brother Lin, I didn't drink all the fun during the day, and it was like this at night, it was really uncomfortable, go, go out and drink a few more altars from him!" ”

The two of them found a wine shop at random and sat down, asked for a jar of wine, a few dishes of side dishes, where could Lin Jianlan eat and drink in, watching Yuan Xingjian drink a few bowls in a row, but he was already drunk, and said secretly: "Look at Brother Yuan's amount of alcohol, how can he be a little drunk if he can't drink a jar?" but heard Yuan Xingjian say: "Are you thinking, why did I get drunk so quickly?"

Lin Jianlan said: "Yuan, Brother Yuan?"

Yuan Xingjian smiled and said: "I have a problem with drinking, if I am happy, a thousand cups will not be poured, if it is like today, it will not be good to drink one or two jars." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Is there anything unpleasant about Brother Yuan today? Although Xie Xun stopped us from eliminating the harm, you also said it yourself, and the disposal is much better." ”

Yuan Xingjian leaned against the window and said, "I'm not angry with him, he ...... I was really impressed, I had never seen an official like him. ”

Lin Jianlan said secretly: "Brother Yuan himself once said that he had no contact with the government, how can he say that he seems to have seen a lot of officials?"

But he saw Yuan Xingjian drink another full bowl, lay on the table, and muttered: "I'm not a righteous man, not a chivalrous man...... What is for the people of the world, I am just ...... For my own ......"