The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

"...Love doesn't need to be deliberately arranged, it will be very pleasant to kiss and hug according to the feeling, enjoy the present, don't be afraid of being hurt when you are happy, we believe that many miracles will exist. Death——"

Xue Pan sang happily for a while, and suddenly stood on the coffee table in front of the window, staggering, so frightened that Zhen Baoyu and Jiang Yuan ran up to drag him back.

There was a rush of footsteps outside, and Zhaocai and Jinbao, who were drinking and chatting with Gao Wei and other guards downstairs, rushed up in two or three steps, and asked eagerly, "Master, have you been drinking?"

"Come and play with it! I can't subdue once your uncle starts drinking madly." Zhen Baoyu yelled hastily.A pair of hands still kept hugging Xue Pan, not letting him move.

"I'm coming!" Zhaocai and Jinbao stepped forward, one wrapped his arms around Xue Pan who was struggling non-stop, and the other got a glass of wine and coaxed in a low voice: "Master, come again!" have a drink."

Xue Pan was in a daze, seeing the wine brought to his lips, he opened his mouth and drank it.Zhaocai quickly got another glass of wine and brought it to Xue Pan, who drank it down again.Seeing this, Zhaocai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay."

In the next second, Xue Pan really lost his strength and fell into a coma, smacking his mouth from time to time, muttering something in his mouth.Only then did Zhaocai smile and explain to Zhen Baoyu: "Master, he doesn't drink too much, he gets drunk after one drink. Then he makes trouble, and if you give him another two drinks, he will fall into a complete coma, and he probably won't wake up until midnight tonight. Woolen cloth!"

Zhen Baoyu nodded with lingering fear in his heart, and echoed: "This is not only a disturbance, but also a shame. I can't blame no one to drink with him. Who knows that he loses his status every time!"

As he spoke, he reached out and touched Xue Pan's forehead, and said, "My face is a little hot. The wind is biting cold outside, so if you go out like this, you may catch a cold."

After thinking for a while, he took the big coat that he took off just now and wrapped it around Xue Pan's body, and said to Zhao Cai: "Don't ride a horse, ask Fuyuan Pavilion to prepare a carriage, and send him back to rest quickly. Wake up at night In order to prepare some hangover soup for him to eat, so as not to have a headache and trouble tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Master Zhen!" Zhaocai and Jinbao hurriedly bowed and thanked after hearing the words.

"What is the relationship between me and your uncle, there is no need to be so polite." Zhen Baoyu waved his hand indifferently.Suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Fourth Master Long, who was still a little dazed, and said apologetically, "Look, you are a guest from afar. Originally, I wanted Xue Pan to be the host and take you for a stroll around Jinling Yes, something like this happened."

"No problem!" Fourth Master Long came back to his senses, and said with a smile, "I'm not in a hurry here, I can do it anytime. It's the person that matters, so I'll take Xue Pan back right away."

So the two bid farewell, Fourth Master Long took the drunk Xue Pan into the carriage, and the group returned to Xue's old house in a mighty manner.

Along the way, Xue Pan curled up in the corner like a sleeping kitten, and sometimes he felt cold as if he was holding on tightly to his body. Fourth Master Long saw it and sighed softly, a little dumbfounded Stretch out your arms and wrap him in your arms.The drowsy Xue Pan instinctively searched for a heat source, hugged Fourth Master Long's arms vigorously, found a comfortable position, and fell into a deep sleep.

The carriage wobbled into Xue's mansion through the corner gate.Zhaocai lifted the curtain of the car and wanted to hug Xue Pan out, but saw Xue Pan who was asleep, holding on to Long Siye's lapel tightly, and Long Siye had no choice but to hug Xue Pan, and got out of the carriage dumbfounded .

Gao Wei and the others saw it, and widened their eyes in horror.

Everyone was about to walk into Xue Pan's yard in fear, when they heard Xue Zhizhang's voice in front of them: "But Pan'er is back?"

Lucky, Jin Bao frowned, looked at each other bitterly, and shouted bravely: "Master!"

"En!" Xue Zhizhang nodded with a smile, glanced at Xue Pan in the arms of Fourth Master Long, and couldn't help being shocked: "Why did you go out vertically and come back horizontally?"

What is this called?The people in the yard heard black lines all over their faces.The butler Xue Gui held back the twitching of his mouth and glanced at everyone, then gently tugged at Xue Zhizhang's sleeve.

"Bah, bah, bah," Xue Zhizhang also consciously made a slip of the tongue, and hastily spat twice.The complaint in my heart is that Xue Pan abducted him with his cold and cold words.But under his feet, he walked up to Fourth Master Long on his own initiative, stretched out his hand and said, "Your Majesty is tired, I am really sorry. My son made you laugh."

"It's okay, little brother Xue Pan is also really temperamental." Fourth Master Long said, and handed Xue Pan into Xue Zhizhang's hands, only to feel a lightness in his hand, and a gust of cold wind blowing, unexpectedly a bit chilly.

"It's cold and windy, Fourth Young Master, let's go back to the house to rest! When Pan'er sobers up tomorrow, let him accompany Young Master to inspect." Xue Zhizhang wrapped Xue Pan carefully in his words, and motioned Xue Gui to come forward Carefully gather the big tail.After thinking for a while, he said: "Or I can send an experienced steward to accompany the young master to go shopping, so don't miss the fourth young master's business."

"It's okay." Fourth Master Long waved his hands and said, "I'm not in a hurry either, just wait until tomorrow."

"Then trouble the Fourth Young Master to wait another day." Xue Zhizhang said, worried that Xue Pan would be soaked in the cold outside for a long time, after saying goodbye, he hugged Xue Pan and hurried back to the inner courtyard.

And here, Fourth Master Long returned to the Haitang Pavilion in a strangely boring manner.As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a dozen people shuttling back and forth inside, and there were seven or eight large carts parked in the middle of the yard, so he couldn't help being stunned.

"Who are you?" Gao Wei immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Responding to the guest," a middle-aged man in a navy blue robe and a cotton gown of the same color bowed and said respectfully, "The young one is Zhang Kui, the steward of the outer warehouse of Xue's mansion. Order to send seeds to distinguished guests."

Gao Wei was taken aback when he heard the words, and subconsciously asked, "So many?"

No wonder he was surprised. For ordinary people, basically two bags of seeds per year are enough.Even at the Zhuangzi under the capital's palace, the seeds purchased in a year are only two large carts. When have you seen these seven or eight carts of seeds, if you calculate carefully, there may be more than a hundred bags.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Kui shook his head and said, "Where is this? There is not even half of it! The rest of the cellar of Haitang Pavilion can't fit, and it is about to be sent directly to the capital!"

Fourth Master Long frowned, and said: "No need, these are useless."

"This..." Zhang Kui looked at Fourth Master Long hesitantly upon hearing this.All the orders he received were sent out.

"It's okay, I'll talk to Xue Pan later." Seeing this, Fourth Master Long said calmly.

"Thank you for your understanding." Zhang Kui immediately bowed and thanked.During the conversation, the seeds were almost moved.Zhang Kui took another group of people and bid farewell to Fourth Master Long before he walked out of the yard in fear.

When only Fourth Master Long and others were left in the yard, Gao Wei stepped forward and said worriedly, "Fourth Master, we have had a lot of time to delay in Jinling City, I'm afraid—"

"It's okay..." Fourth Master Long said, seeing a trace of uneasiness flash across Gao Wei's face, and the strange awkwardness in his eyes kept flickering, he was shocked for a moment.In the past, I was such a rigorous and serious person, but today I said the tolerant and slack words of "no problem" many times, I couldn't help but shook my head with a wry smile, and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own orders. "

"Yes!" Gao Wei respectfully replied, and retreated with all the guards.

In the courtyard, Fourth Master Long looked up at the clear blue sky, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, thinking about Xue Pan's all kinds of madness at the banquet, he suddenly laughed softly.

In his more than ten years of life, he has never met such a person...

Not to mention how Fourth Master Long was thinking, Xue Zhizhang carried Xue Pan back to Ruirong Hall in the inner courtyard, and Mrs. Xue, who was teaching Xue Baochai how to manage the house, couldn't help being startled, and quickly stood up and asked: "What's the matter?" What's the matter?"

"Drink too much." Xue Zhizhang replied a little funny, went straight into the inner room and put Xue Pan on the bed, then turned around and explained to Mrs. Xue: "I think Pan'er is so drunk, I'm afraid it will take midnight to wake up , When the time comes, I will have a headache and dry mouth, and I am afraid that some maids will not take care of me carefully, so I will put him in Ruirong Hall and watch him under my nose, so as to save my servants from being distracted."

"Look at what you said." Mrs. Xue shook her head helplessly, "The girls in Pan'er's yard were all selected for him by you and me. They are all loyal, meticulous and thoughtful masters, how can they not be dedicated? If you say that, I'm going to feel wronged for them."

"It's not that they don't do their best." Xue Zhizhang bent over, and personally returned Xue Pan's shoes, socks, and coat, stuffed him into the quilt, and covered him tightly, and then said: "The little girl in the yard will be there again. She is loyal, and has little experience in serving drunk men. Unlike the maids in Ruirong Hall, who have rich experience. Among other things, even if the wife takes care of her personally, that is also excellent."

Xue Zhizhang said, walked forward with a light smile, hugged Mrs. Xue in his arms and teased.

Mrs. Xue married Xue Zhizhang at the age of 15, and gave birth to a pair of children within two years.At this time, she was not yet 30 years old, which was the age when she was in her mid-life and her charm was mature.To be able to give birth to such a beautiful "cold peony" as Xue Baochai, Mrs. Xue herself is of course not bad.Life is good, and there are not so many bad things to worry about.Originally, I was worried about my youngest son's reckless personality who didn't like reading all day long, but now he has changed a lot.In the past two years, Mrs. Xue's life has become more and more nourishing.

At this time, a blush flashed across the well-maintained young face, and he spat out a little annoyed, staring at Xue Zhizhang and said: "The sky is bright and bright, and I am becoming more and more disrespectful."

As he spoke, he tried his best to break free from Xue Zhizhang's arms, and walked towards the outer hall.When he walked to the door, he turned around and gave Xue Zhizhang another look, and went out with the curtains thrown.

This shy and ecstatic attitude made Xue Zhizhang's heart flutter, and he walked out happily.