[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

On the eve of New Year's Eve, not only Wang Chao Mahan felt that when they were in Yangzhou, Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou, who had a good relationship, seemed to be in a cold war these days, but even Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao, who had always been dull, felt that there was something wrong with them.

As a courtier, Bao Zheng was called into the palace by the emperor on New Year's Eve to attend the palace banquet, and Zhan Zhao was naturally accompanying him to protect him.Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also drank with the yamen outside to watch the new year, and everyone in the post seemed to be interested, only Gongsun Ce and Huamanlou were left.

Gongsun Ce sat at the table, staring at the teapot on the table, and felt angry when he thought of what Bao Zheng said before he left.

"Gongsun Ce, you have a weird temper, ah no, the young master has a short temper and a lot of small tempers. Even if Hua Manlou is your good friend, you can't let him let you go everywhere. If you quarrel, I apologize. I don't often tell you Sorry, it's nothing."

Bao Zheng's words really made Gongsun Ce feel that he lost all face and face, and wished he could put another layer of ashes on Bao Zheng's face.

But since Huamanlou and Huamanlou came back from the restaurant that day, except for the necessary talking time every day, the rest of the time was extremely awkward, and even sitting alone together felt uncomfortable.

Is this a quarrel?But they didn't even count as quarreling.

Sighing, he planned to stand up and go to the kitchen to see what he could eat tonight.Things in Beijing are too complicated. I think about how to get the evidence every day, catch the mastermind behind the scenes, return justice to the common people and innocent people, and clean up the grievances of King San Lian, but I have no clue. After a few days, there was no progress at all.

As soon as he opened the door, he looked up and saw a man in moon-white clothes standing in front of the door. He raised his hand and was about to knock on the door. He said in surprise, "You..."

"Today is New Year's Eve."

"I know." Gongsun Ce turned sideways to let Huamanlou in, and closed the door to block the cold outside.

Going back to the table, he poured a cup of tea with the teapot and pushed it to Huamanlou's hand. When he passed by just now, he felt the air-conditioning on his body, and he could feel it from a distance. For some reason, Gongsun Ce's heart softened and his temper disappeared. , "The tea is made from freshly boiled water, and it's still hot."

"kindness."

"Hua Man Lou, why don't you spend New Year's Eve with Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue?"

"You want me to go?" Hua Manlou asked without answering.

Gongsun Ce sat down, not necessarily feeling awkward, "I don't want to, but if you go, I don't blame you, I can see that they are your very good friends, if something happens to them, you will risk your life to save them." They, like you and me, they worry about you because I'm in trouble."

Hearing this, Hua Manlou smiled and said, "It's good that you understand."

"It's just that there are some things that bother you. Once you think about it, you'll understand everything." Gongsun Ce finished, "This time, I didn't think carefully and involved you. In fact..."

"Then you still don't understand."

"No, what I mean is, I know I don't care about your friends and family, but if you don't come with me, I will feel... sad." Gongsun Ce has never said such a thing in his life, As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but stood up and walked out, "I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything to eat."

"The cook should go home."

"what?"

Hua Manlou stood up, "We may have to go to the restaurant and order some dishes to bring back."

"You can do it yourself..."

"You can?"

"A gentleman stays away from the kitchen." Gongsun Ce said with a smile, "I think the dude won't know how to do it. It's better not to harm the kitchen, but go to a restaurant in the city to order food and bring it back to heat it up. Otherwise, when it's Zishi, I'm afraid we will Neither of them can make a dish."

Huamanlou had thought a lot in the past few days, and what Lu Xiaofeng said made Huamanlou very confused.

What is most important in Gongsun Ce's heart, he knows better than Lu Xiaofeng.Lu Xiaofeng, who has only met Gongsun Ce a few times, can know it, let alone him.It's just that every time he heard that Gongsun Ce was confident because of the progress of the case and finding out the murderer, he could imagine that Gongsun Ce must be in high spirits at that time, making people dare not look directly at him.

He was reluctant to let Gongsun Ce become ordinary.

Taking an umbrella, Gongsun Ce stood outside the eaves holding the umbrella, waiting for Hua Manlou to come over, "What's wrong? Did you forget to take something?"

Hua Manlou shook his head, walked under the umbrella, "Let's go, even the restaurant will be closed when it's late."

"It is."

The streets on New Year's Eve were more lively than the streets of Yangzhou on Laba Day. Even in the capital where many things that made the people fearful happened, the excitement was not dissipated in the slightest.Children holding candied haws and sugar figurines running up and down the street seem to have endless energy, but some of the vendors on the street have already started to pack their things and plan to go home for dinner.

While watching, Gongsun Ce talked to Hua Manlou vividly and vividly, and he didn't feel thirsty until the entrance of the restaurant.

When he arrived at the restaurant, shopkeeper Huang saw Hua Manlou, and immediately said: "Master, please come inside, I plan to stay in the private room—"

"No, let the kitchen prepare some food and wine, and we'll take them back."

"Okay, I'll let the kitchen prepare it, and you guys go sit and rest first."

"kindness."

Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce sat down in the lobby. Gongsun Ce drank tea to moisten his throat and remembered that he hadn't seen Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuuxue, "Why didn't you see them? If they were there, it might be more lively, you..."

"They have always been used to being free. They were never seen before, and it is the same now."

"You guys are really weird, you won't see each other for a year or so?"

"kindness."

Gongsun Ce found it interesting again, so he simply asked, "Then how did you and Lu Xiaofeng know each other? Bao Zheng and I have known each other since we were young. We had contacts with the Bao family, and later we were in the same academy with Bao Zheng, I didn’t like him, and I compared him everywhere, but Madam Bao is a nice person, but it’s a pity that you can’t see her, she has gone wandering.”

"There will be a chance in the future."

"Too."

"Lu Xiaofeng and I have known each other since we were young, but he has always liked freedom and wandered around. He met Ximen Chuuxue, and I only knew Ximen Chuuxue because of him." After Hua Manlou finished speaking, he thought for a while, "There is another one with him. A person who is as good as Qinggong is Sikong Zhaixing."

"Reaching for the stars? That's an interesting name."

"How to say?"

Gongsun Ce rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "You all live up to your name."

Hua Manlou was taken aback, and after thinking about it, what Gongsun Ce said was indeed reasonable.

After some more words, shopkeeper Huang came over with a food box, "Master, Mr. Gongsun, the food and drinks are all ready, but it's cold, I'm afraid I'll have to warm up when I go back."

"Well, thank you shopkeeper."

"You're welcome, you're welcome, young master and Gongsun Gongzi, go slowly."

After leaving the inn, Gongsun Ce glanced at the food box in his hand, "There is always a feeling of cheating food and drinking."

"It's not cheating, at most it's free."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows, "Young Master Hua is in a good mood, you can make jokes now."

Hua Manlou replied: "It is true that I am in a much better mood than the previous few days."

Gongsun Ce lifted a rock and smashed his foot, touched the tip of his nose, "You also hold grudges? This is not my fault alone, you are also involved. If you answered the conversation that day, I wouldn't feel a little embarrassed , and leave."

"Problems always exist. If they are not resolved and brought up in the future, it will be more difficult to solve."

"That too."

Back at the post house, even if you have an umbrella, but two men have an umbrella, and they are not delicate women. It is inevitable that their clothes are covered with snow, so they take the food box into the kitchen and change into dry clothes in the room Re-entered the kitchen to heat up meals.

Gongsun Ce took the initiative to light the fire without even thinking about it. Hua Manlou opened the food box, smelled the smell and asked, "Master Huang knows your taste?"

"When I went to Beijing to rush for the exam, I went there once, and it happened that something happened that year."

"kindness."

When Gongsun Ce saw that the fire was burning, he lifted the lid of the pot. The water in the pot had already begun to boil. He hurriedly set the steamer up, washed his hands, put the vegetables from Huamanlou into the steamer, and then covered the steamer. When I took it away, I was scalded by the steam, and I quickly grabbed my earlobe, "Huh, it's scalded to death."

"Are you hurt?"

"It's okay." Gongsun Ce knew that Huamanlou couldn't help, and he didn't want Huamanlou to think too much, so he took a stool and pulled Huamanlou to sit down, and asked while making a fire, "What do you eat on New Year's Eve?" ? We make dumplings here."

"Tangyuan, but I haven't eaten it for some years."

After hearing this, Gongsun Ce turned his head slightly to look at the expression on Hua Manlou's face, "You don't often celebrate New Year at home?"

"Most of them are delayed by other things, but every year on my father's birthday, the whole family is there, so it's more lively than New Year's Eve." Hua Manlou seemed to understand Gongsun Ce's mood, and then talked about other things.

The steamer was steaming hot, and the food was ready in a short time.

Gongsun Ce asked Hua Manlou to go back to the house to make room for the tea, and put everything back into the food box by himself. When he was putting out the fire, he suddenly thought of something. He just covered the open fire and went back to the room with the food box.

After the meal, Hua Manlou just went to take a bath and came back, but Gongsun Ce who came back earlier than him did not know where he went.

Just as he was about to find someone, he heard Gongsun Ce knock open the door and put something on the table.

"Where did you go?"

"Come over and talk."

Hua Manlou closed the door and went back to the table. When he got close to Gongsun Ce, he smelled a smell. After a moment of shock, the smile on the corner of his mouth was sweeter than honey, "To the kitchen?"

"Your nose is really sharper than a dog's nose." Gongsun Ce sat down, curled his lips and said, "Sit down."

Hua Manlou sat next to Gongsun Ce as promised.

Gongsun Ce held the bowl, looked at the irregular balls in the bowl, and scooped one up. In the celadon spoon, the white and fat glutinous rice balls looked very attractive. Gongsun Ce let it dry for a while before saying: "You Turn around, I have something to say."

"What—" Hua Manlou just turned his head and opened his mouth when he was stuffed with a smooth and refreshing glutinous rice ball, showing a hint of surprise.

Seeing that Hua ManLou hadn't swallowed it down, Gongsun Ce put down the bowl, "Sure enough, a gentleman far away from the kitchen, failed."

As soon as the words fell, hands were added to the chin, and the head was forced to turn away. Before he could be surprised, the face in front of him approached, and his lips touched a piece of warmth.

"Very soft."