Fantastic scenery

After two days, Huo Tailing finally had the opportunity and courage to ask the master: "What is the name of Mr. Fang's son?"

The master asked, "Does he still have a son?"

"..."

When I went back that day, Niu Yuhuan seemed to be in a good mood to see Fangshu at night. He went into Fangshu's room and asked, "Sister-in-law Liao said just now that you are having fun while eating, what are you thinking! Could it be that you really met a woman you like?"

"There is no woman in the governor's department!" Fang Shu said, and hurriedly flipped through two pages of the book.

"Oh... I went to the Jiyao store today to give away the mandarin duck quilt. I met the eldest son of the Chen family who is going to get married. He looks greasy, with wide cheeks and fat body. He must have been bought by their shop. It's time to eat! Who do you think he will marry?"

He didn't know if Fang Shu listened or not, so he shook his head.

"It's Hu Zuomei, the second daughter of Hu Langtou's family at the Knife and Iron Shop on Chang'an Street. She is just at the age of a boudoir. She is wrapped in a pair of three-inch golden lotuses and has a delicate face. She is a little too thin, but it's not bad..."

"What's the matter?" Fang Shu heard the last sentence and asked.

"The male is fat and short! The female is fat! Both of them are fat, so they get points!"

Fang Shu didn't understand at first, but when he realized it, the tips of his ears were red.

"Originally, I wanted to drag a matchmaker to ask about the situation of Hu Zoumei, but later I found out that her mother... is too powerful, your father definitely doesn't like dealing with this kind of person, and then this woman was married by her mother. The young master of the Jiyao shop...You said our family is so poor...Who will marry in the future?"

"Isn't it good that no one wants to? Eat less with your mouth open, and buy less chopsticks."

"Hard mouth, when you like that girl, you can add a few more chopsticks!"

"Mother is not serious again!"

"Chen Erniang in Jiyaohang married a fairy daughter-in-law because of her son's marriage. She was very happy. She also invited San Le Ji, Si Qin Tong, and Wu Hu Qiang from the capital, bought a lot of fireworks, and hosted a banquet for half of the people in the capital. There are also many officials who even gave invitations to us. They are really rich and powerful! I was happy today and gave me ten taels of silver as a reward, but I didn’t ask her for it... The so-called poor don’t get their food! "

Upon hearing this, Fang Shu asked, "When will we get married?"

"Four days later...you ask what this is for, your father probably won't be able to go...but you can take a look, I'm afraid that half of the city's Meijiao'e will come out..." The heart of spring is rippling, this Fang Shu is sixteen years old and still looks like an old monk in meditation, I am afraid that he has read too much, and his mental or physical development is not complete, so anxious that my mother only cares about this matter.

"Oh……"

Niu Yuhuan was surprised, "You want to go?! That mother is also going to join in the fun!"

"Father won't hit me..."

"He dares!"

Just have this sentence.

"This is the friend you said?" Niu Yuhuan was wearing a jade-colored gauze and light makeup today, looking just like Fang Shu's sister.Niu Yuhuan looked Huo Tailing up and down, he was no taller than Fang Shu's shoulders, thin and small, but still dressed extremely formally, like a little detective.A little scared and hid beside Fang Shu. "Looks weird and smart!"

"This is my mother." Seeing that he was uncomfortable, Fang Shu introduced him to each other.

Huo Tailing was a little nervous, caught half of it, and said, "Mother..."

Upon hearing this, Niu Yuhuan smiled like a flower, "Oh! Why did you have an extra son for no reason?"

Huo Tai was embarrassed, "It's not...I..."

Niu Yuhuan: "How come the friend of the boy's son is also the boy?"

"Mom! Don't talk nonsense in front of outsiders."

"Ouch...you don't know what you say, mother."

Huo Tailing was a little anxious, he was bored and speechless, but this beautiful brother was not bored at all, instead he led him by the nose, speaking naturally and generously, eloquently, eloquently, not like himself, what he wanted to say I really can't hold back a word.

"You still haven't introduced me to your little friend?"

"His name is Huo Tailing, he is Lord Zeng's apprentice, he is considered a little brocade guard."

"Master Zeng? Did you meet the governor a few days ago?" Niu Yuhuan looked at the boy and felt fond of him, "Xiao Tailing, just call me Niu Ganniang. Let's go, we should go in too."

Just now, Huo Tailing had just washed his clothes and was about to go back to his room. When he passed by the compound, he saw a slender white figure under the big tree in the dark night. He was surprised and happy, and he didn't dare to confirm it. He ran forward and asked: "Why are you here? Come to find my master? He has gone to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he will not be back for half a month."

"I'm here to find you and take you out to play."

This was beyond Huo Tailing's expectation, and he began to stammer again, "Where are you going...it's getting dark..."

When Fang Shu heard this, he felt that he had been rejected, and he felt very bad, "Afraid that I will sell you?"

"Master said...you need his permission to go out, especially at night..."

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away... how can he control it? If you don't say it, nothing will happen?" Fang Shu's tone was gentle and seductive. Huo Tailing was already moved, but he nodded at this provocation.

"Then brother wait for me first..."

"Ok!"

In this way, Huo Tailing, who never went out at night for private affairs, was forced out by Fang Shu.

The Chen Mansion was brightly lit, red and orange lights were everywhere, crowded with people, it seemed that there was no way to see the edge, there was a sea of ​​people, probably so, Fang Shu held Huo Tailing's hand tightly in the dark, fearing that he would be pushed away.Here, Guanshi Guo recognized Niu Yuhuan, and let her in without even looking at the invitation. She packed a gold-encrusted glass bowl in a mahogany box as a present and gave it to Guanshi Guo. After a few polite greetings, Guanshi Guo sent her away. Three people go in.

I can see the piles of gifts on the side, such as the golden body inlaid with jade to give away the son of Guanyin, the pure gold longevity lock, the gold hairpin with cloud and phoenix pattern, the sapphire fan with flowing gold, the dragon and phoenix quilt with golden silk... most of the things of this businessman are inseparable from gold. Some officials of the fifth and sixth grades came to the door, afraid of revealing their wealth, so they could only stick some gold leaves in the books they gave, which made people dazzled, and said bluntly: "The book has its own gold house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu. !"

Fang Shu thought to himself, "Damn the sages!"

It seems that Huo Tailing has never seen such a scene, although Fang Shu has never seen it before, nor has he looked left and right like him, and his eyes are full of light.Fang Shu saw him from the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Niu Yuhuan didn't take two steps before meeting three women, namely: Deng Shi, the wife of Yan Ruanyun in the left hand of the Ministry of Rites; The proprietress, Mrs. Su.

It is said that three women make a play, and four women make a table.

It was only heard that they started talking nonsense again, saying that Niu Yuhuan was really a heavenly figure when she dressed up, but she was more or less jealous.

Mrs. Ren was also born elegantly, only with some wrinkles. She said: "Yuhuan is delicate and beautiful, and time has never defeated her beauty!"

"Where! Where! I'm old and still talking about this. By the way, Mrs. Yan, your daughter didn't come?"

Yan Ruting, the daughter of Ren's family, is really beautiful and talented, and she is also a lady of talent and virtue. She has just passed the age of Jiji, and the person who proposes marriage has stepped through the threshold.

"She doesn't like the excitement, she doesn't want to go out, and I don't bother to force her, this is your son?!" Then Deng noticed the two teenagers behind her, the taller one was six points similar to Niu Yuhuan, I knew it was mother and son at a glance.

"Yes! I don't usually go out, but today I suddenly became interested and said that I want to go out to get some air."

"How old is it? What's your name?" Deng's eyes sparkled, making Fang Shu feel a little uncomfortable.

Fang Shu bowed politely, and replied politely: "Hello, Auntie! I'm sixteen, and the junior's surname is unique."

"Ouch! The young man was born well! The name is also well-gotten--to be a young man, the scenery is really amazing! I wonder if there is any girl named here?"

Fang Shu was speechless, thinking that these aunts were too anxious.

Huo Tailing thought that he finally knew his name, but he didn't ask it himself.

Niu Yuhuan was happy when he heard that, but he couldn't show his face and pretended to be sad, "Not yet, the family conditions are not good, and he has an honest personality, and he doesn't like to hang around outside. How can he know a good family?"

"Let's come to the house as a guest some other day... I like this nephew very much!"

The Su family and the Ren family laughed, and said, "Hey! This is not going to be an in-law soon! This nephew, just looking at it makes people happy!"

Ren's looked at Huo Tailing who was standing behind Fang Shu and said, "What about this little one? He's also born smart and well-behaved, why don't you book it for me?"

Niu Yuhuan covered her face with a square scarf and smiled, "This is not my son, but he is still a godson. It's amazing if it grows!"

Fang Shu rolled his eyes a few times in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "A few aunts are chatting, I will take my brother to take a look..."

Mrs. Deng waved her hand, "Come on, let your mother accompany us to have a good chat~"

Huo Tailing's attention was on his hands the whole time, and his palms were sweating from nervousness.

A few days ago, Niu Yuhuan knew that Fang Shu wanted to go out for a wedding, and he also offered to say that he wanted a set of clothes and didn't want to wear sackcloth, so he paid a lot of money—five qian and silver, and asked the tailor Cai to make a blue shirt.

Fang Shu puts on it to add more elegance and breeze. He is really a young man with thin spring shirts and red sleeves all over the building.

"Aren't you born in April? Today is also the beginning of April. I heard that there will be fireworks later. Have you seen the fireworks?"

It turned out that he did everything possible to bring him out just to celebrate his birthday and watch the fireworks, and his heart was soaked in the soil like spring rain.

"I did not see it……"

"Mother secretly took me to let go..." Fang Shu pulled Huo Tailing to the corner of the courtyard wall, there was a wooden ladder, Fang Shu struggled to climb up, and seemed a little stuck, "Good brother, push down elder brother!"

Huo Tailing could only reach his buttocks, seeing him in mid-air uncomfortable, he didn't dare to be rude to him.He climbed up the wall with his strength and went up to the courtyard. He stretched out his hand to pull Fangshu, and with a force he pulled Fangshu to the courtyard wall.

"Good brother! Yes! This must be at least ten feet high!", Fang Shu was overwhelmed with surprise, and hooked his shoulders, "There are really two brushes!"

The body temperature penetrated into Huo Tailing's skin through Fang Shu's thin shirt, and then into Huo Tailing's heart, his chest beat rapidly, and then quickly pumped blood throughout his body, even his face became hot.

"Fortunately... there is no problem with the three-storey building..."

"Wow~", Fang Shu's expression was deliberately exaggerated, "Tai Ling is really powerful! He is young and has extraordinary skills."

Huo Tailing didn't dare to look at him, but could only look at the crowd below, there were handsome boys and girls, and there were ladies and masters, but the expressions couldn't be seen clearly.

Huo Tailing listened to his praise and just wanted to change the subject. Just now a man entered the door in a four-person sedan, wearing a navy blue Taoist robe and a small cap.

Huo Tailing pointed to the man and said: "This Imperial Academy attendant, Shen Yiguan, is very cunning. He wins over the minister of the official department, beats down officials who disagree with him, or assassinates them secretly. He even bribed Mr. Fang , but was rejected by Mr. Fang, and please be careful, Mr. Fang!"

"How do you know so much?"

"Master asked me to observe him for a period of time, as a practice rehearsal..."

"Why did you assign such a ruthless character to you?"

"It's not... I only found out after I went to observe. This person is too cunning to collect evidence."

"I will remember to remind my father to keep him away from villains."

The gongs and drums started to be played in the distance. The two of them sat on the courtyard wall and could see the corner of the street not far away. The wedding band came slowly with gongs and drums. Before the band, there was a dragon and lion dance. Huo Tailing was unconscious grinned.

The bridesmaid stood in front of the door, and a group of people surrounded him, stretching their feet and stretching their heads to reach up to see.

There was only a whistling sound, and a colorful flower bloomed in the sky, making Huo Tailing's face blush, and it bloomed for more than ten times, showing different shapes in the night sky.

The bridesmaid roared: "Praise!"

Walking out of the crowd, the groom was indeed fat and big-eared, looking silly, standing in front of the sedan chair.

Higher and more brilliant fireworks rose in the sky again, Huo Tailing unconsciously leaned on Fang Shu's shoulder, Fang Shu did not move, for fear that if he moved, the child would fall aside again.

The bridesmaid set off fireworks once as a courtesy.

Beauty is beauty, gorgeous but fleeting, just like their friendship.

Fang Shu asked him, "Does it look good?"

The bride has been sent to the bridal chamber, and the fireworks are almost over.

Huo Tailing nodded, "It's beautiful...my brother showed me fireworks...I want to show my brother more beautiful fireworks too."

"Are you so obedient? I think this is also very good... Didn't you watch it with me too?"

"Thank you...", Huo Tailing couldn't help but his eyes turned red, and the disappearing fireworks were engraved in his mind.

Fang Shu looked at him sideways, "Why are you crying?" He took a sweat towel from his pocket and wiped away his tears. "It turns out that you are also a crying bag."

"I... I'm a little happy...".

"Silly boy."

Fang Shu woke up from the jolt, the three people beside him had been making a fuss for a long time, but they are still sleeping now.

I almost forgot, it turned out that the boy was so submissive before, and he would pack some nutty snacks for his junior when he went home.Thinking about it, most of the resentment towards master and younger brother is just because of his so-called partiality of master.

Curious about his master's eccentric method.

After ten days of traveling overnight, it can be considered that he has arrived at Dati University. When Li Jingde saw Fang Shu, he felt that there was a guest from afar, and he was very happy!

Li Jingde is keen on studying academics, and is even more obsessed with Ming literature. However, his Mandarin is not satisfactory. Fang Shu often communicates in Korean, but he insists on using Mandarin. , Aware that this matter must be practiced.But it's hard for Fang Shu, a question can be explained in two sentences, and it can take half an hour. Fortunately, Fang Shu is very patient, which also makes Li Jingde's impression of him better.

It’s just that from the content of the conversation, Fang Shu was a little uncomfortable with the view of the Joseon Kingdom on the war against the Japanese. It seemed that it somewhat weakened Da Ming’s contribution and enhanced Yi Sun-shin’s military exploits.Fang Shu has no intention of arguing. It's hard to be alone, let alone a nation.

One day at the dinner party, Fang Shu took the opportunity to entrust Nan Jinji and the two siblings to Li Jingde. Li Jingde was kind and honest, and Fang Shu was more at ease.

After the discussion in the study room, Fang Shu bid farewell to Li Jingde, "Lord Li, I will return to court tomorrow as a teacher. Thank you for taking care of me all these days."

Li Jingde was very sorry, he wanted to stay with Fang Shu for a while, but Fang Shu tactfully refused, and Fang Shu also kindly invited him to the capital as a guest, the two said goodbye, and a servant came to inform—there was a new arrival guest.

Fang Shu followed Li Jingde out to see that it was Huo Tailing, Ji Jin, Chen Can and others.

Fang Shu didn't want to see anyone who came, he just stood quietly behind Li Jingde and looked at them quietly.

Except that Ji Jin would look at him from time to time, Huo Tailing turned a blind eye to him and just nodded his head as a greeting, nothing else.Huo Tailing communicated with Li Jingde alone, saying that he was here to admire Master Li's great Confucian style, Li Jingde was modest, and only said: "Don't dare to be! Don't dare to be!", Li Jingde's crappy official words made Huo Tailing confused, Let the translators on the side coordinate.

Since they are guests, banquets are naturally indispensable. Li Jingde is not good at socializing, and banquets are also very boring for this group of generals: light, no wine, not even singers.

Ji Jin is a lecherous person, but there are some maids who bring the dishes, and he wants to have a willow waist and a peach buttocks.

They are all the guests of the adults in the house, so they can bear it if they suffer a little loss.Fang Shu couldn't stand it any longer, and asked Ji Jin with a smile: "Is the food in Mr. Li's house to Mr. Ji's taste?"

Li Jingde attached great importance to etiquette, and set up a single table for each guest, and for the convenience of communication, everyone sat facing each other, Ji Jin sat directly opposite Fang Shu, and Huo Tailing leaned on Ji Jin, listening to Fang Shu's words, All looked at him.

"Hey! No, hiss, what does Mr. Fang mean by that?!" Ji Jin was a little irritable and rushed into speaking.

Huo Tailing was originally talking with Li Jingde, but was interrupted by Ji Jin's unfriendliness.

Fang Shu saw that he had all the spoons on the table, and scolded him in his heart for being a reckless fool.

"I just see that Mr. Ji's mind is on other things, there is no other meaning...".

Fang Shu had targeted him before, if Chen Lin hadn't suppressed him, he might really have been beaten up.I hated this sinister literati so much in my heart, even if it was not interesting, I had to find something interesting.

"Mr. Fang is really funny. I'm all thinking about the conversation between Mr. Huo and Mr. Li. What's the matter? What's the problem?"

"This is very good...Master Ji is too sensitive!"

Ji Jin was about to throw a bowl and stand up, but Huo Tailing held his shoulder, "Oh...Master Ji, I neglected you, here is tea instead of wine! Why don't you accompany me...", Huo Tailing poured it for him After drinking the tea, he raised his hand and touched a cup abruptly.

"Hey! Where is it! Where is Mr. Huo's problem!"

"Since there is no problem, Mr. Ji don't care about it like this. The two great Confucian scholars here will be frightened by you."

Ji Jin and Huo Tailing also have some friendship, if Huo Tailing hadn't recommended him to the emperor, he would not have been able to come to the Korean battlefield, and he would not have made great military exploits.

Hearing what he said, he naturally nodded and said yes, and quickly said: "I am so reckless! You still don't know? Don't spoil everyone's interest!"

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Huo Tailing cast a smug look at Fang Shu, and even revealed a joke, Fang Shu also glanced back at him, only shaking his head in his heart.

Li Jingde also noticed the desolation of the meal, and said: "You guys try this steamed rice with chestnut powder, this is also the food that can only be eaten during the Korean New Year."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and ordered the servants, and after a while, he served some delicious meals and distributed them to the guests present. Fang Shu still prefers sweets, and the aroma made him twitch his index finger, and started to eat too, praising: "Sweet and glutinous are suitable, to my liking."

Li Jingde showed a smile on his face, "I didn't expect Mr. Fang to like sweets, and I dragged you to eat some barbecue before. I'm really careless."

"The barbecue is also very fragrant, and it is quite different from ours!"

Li Jingde is in his early thirties, and his appearance is not particularly outstanding, but he is quite attractive, and he can taste it after a long time.

Huo Tailing, however, looked more and more unpleasant, Li Jingde smiled at Fang Shu, and in Huo Tailing's eyes there was flattery, which made him want to tear that face off. When he saw him for the first time just now, Fang Shu Following him, the two of them came out talking and laughing, they were really angry, they almost tried to drag Fang Shu and leave, and they didn't want to pay attention to Chen Lin's request.

Chen Lin himself is a rough person, he heard that Li Jingde is not lustful, he is not greedy for money, he only likes to do some learning, fearing that he might not be able to deal with this sour scholar, so he asked Huo Tailing to bring Ji Jin and Chen Can to establish a good relationship with this Li Jingde Well, it's a matter of personal preference. When I go to Wangjing, I have Li Jingde's kind words, so I can ask for more rewards from the King of Korea.Chen Lin's purpose is to make money, Huo Tailing sometimes thinks that he goes to the battlefield regardless of life and death is also for money.

Fang Shu and Li Jingde discussed miso soup, spicy cabbage... During this period of time, the two of them only focused on discussing the Four Books and Five Classics, Shan Hai Jing, etc., and did not talk about food. When the topic started this time, Fang Shu was busy. Introduce Sichuan dishes of Ming Dynasty, Huaiyang cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Shandong cuisine.

Unexpectedly, Li Jingde is also a gourmet lover. He heard so many cooking methods of various foods in the Ming Dynasty, and named them with profound cultural background. He said that if he has the opportunity, he must go to the capital to experience it. Some famous snacks, after a meal, can be regarded as full of "harmony".

Fang Shu was actually very tired in his heart, and when he returned to the room, he collapsed on the bed, pretending to be normal in front of Huo Tailing, it was a physical and mental test.

Hearing the knock on the door, Nan Jinji's soft voice came, "My lord...it's me!"

Fang Shu stood up and opened the door, asking, "Why are you here?"

"I know my lord will be leaving tomorrow... I'll say goodbye, I didn't tell those two siblings, I'm afraid they might start a fight..."

"It's still you who are careful... I have already entrusted you to Mr. Li Jingde, and you will be treated kindly."

"Well... I wish you all the best..."

"Thank you."

"The villain has an unfeeling request at the end...can you give me a hug?" Nan Jinji Kanfang Shu's face began to be tangled, "I just want to keep it in mind...it is very likely that I will never see you again... Forget it, the villain will step back now."

When Fang Shu hesitated and tried to give her a ceremonial hug, she had already exited the door, no matter what, don't implicate her intentionally.