As soon as they got off the carriage, they saw the majestic gate of the Luo family's mansion. Under the stone lion at the door were patrolling guards. Almost as soon as they saw the eldest young master of the Luo family, they respectfully saluted the eldest young master of the Luo family. Just a cold nod.
Then, they took the initiative to open the heavy gate like a city gate for the eldest young master of the Luo family.
As the door opens, you can see thousands of households, and suddenly a bright scene appears. Although the Luo family mansion is only a middle-class family, the Luo family mansion occupies a very large area, and this scene is almost comparable to a royal palace.
Looking at such a luxurious mansion, even Jiang Nianjiao and Zhao Yanzhen couldn't help but sigh that the Luo family was really rich.
Because the young master of the Luo family has lived in the Luo family mansion for a long time, he seems to be used to this kind of thing.
With a normal look on his face, he led people to a large courtyard. In the main hall of the courtyard, people were coming and going, drinking and drinking, and it was clearly a scene of a grand banquet.
Seeing this, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but ask, "Are you hosting a banquet now?"
Upon hearing Jiang Nianjiao's inquiry, the young master of the Luo family just smiled and shook his head and said, "It's yes, it's no."
"Why did you say that?" Even Zhao Yanzhen couldn't help but ask at this time.
Young Master Luo then whispered, "These people are all guests of the house. Banquets like this are prepared almost every day. The purpose is to make them happy."
Hearing this, Zhao Yanzhen just said calmly, "It seems that the Luo family is really a wealthy family."
Hearing this, the eldest son of the Luo family just laughed and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously!"
However, his expression clearly showed that he was right.
It's not like Zhao Yanzhen has never seen other aristocratic families. Even the Chen family back then was also a hairpin family, but its family's property was far less wealthy than that of the Luo family.
When he thought about the time when his father ordered the Chen family to be raided, the entire Chen family only had three million taels of snowflake silver. Even if the mansion was auctioned, the total would only be six million.
This is still a capital city where every inch of land is at a premium.
However, the Luo family's land is still in the city, but it is ridiculously large.
Even Anxi, a place that strives to make money, may not be so luxurious.
Moreover, he has lived in Leiyang for so long, and he has not heard any rumors about the Luo family's exorbitant expropriation. On the contrary, almost everyone in Leiyang City praises the Luo family as a benevolent family.
Some sections of roads and some bridges in Leiyang City were almost built by the Luo family.
How could such a magnanimous person cover up the past with a simple sentence: "The Luo family is an aristocratic family."
At this time, Zhao Yanzhen was deep in thought, but at the same time, several younger brothers and sisters of the eldest son of the Luo family happened to come over.
As soon as they saw Cui Lingwei and the others, they took the initiative to get down from the table and said, "Brother, you are back. We are having a drinking ceremony, why don't you come and join us."
Before the eldest brother of the Luo family could speak, the other legitimate daughters of the Luo family grabbed Cui Lingwei and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go over and play together."
Hearing this, Cui Lingwei's face immediately turned red.
She wanted to refute, but the eldest brother of the Luo family had already spoken for her first, so he just pretended to reprimand, "It's neither serious nor serious."
How could those girls not know that their eldest brother was not angry at all? They just laughed and pulled Cui Lingwei to the banquet.
Cui Lingwei was pushed forward by a group of girls at a loss. Du Zechi, who was following silently behind him, watched all this with cold eyes.
Looking at his dark face, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Du Zechi was unhappy.
However, Du Zechi was not important to them and had no value. Who cared whether he was happy or not.
If Cui Lingwei hadn't insisted on taking Du Zechi with him, maybe Du Zechi wouldn't even be able to enter the Luo family's gate.
On the other side, Luo Jingshan led Zhao Yanzhen and Jiang Nianjiao to the banquet venue.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a handsome and charming young man wearing a dark brocade robe with a narrow waist and broad shoulders next to Luo Jingshan came up to him.
He first called "Brother."
It seems that this is another brother of Luo Jingshan.
It's just that this younger brother seems to have never been brought out by Luo Jingshan.
Luo Jingshan looked at him with a calm expression.
He seemed to have no intention of introducing the two of them to his younger brother. He seemed to be planning to lead Jiang Nianjiao and Zhao Yanzhen into the inner house. .
However, when Luo Jingshan's younger brother saw Jiang Nianjiao, his breathing was obviously stagnant, and a look of surprise and greed flashed across his face.
He didn't care that his elder brother ignored him and only took the initiative to introduce himself to Zhao Yanzhen and Jiang Nianjiao.
"Hello, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Luo Jingcheng. What do you call me?"
When Luo Jingcheng took the initiative to introduce himself, Zhao Yanzhen was not from Luo's family and it was hard to embarrass him, so he just said, "My surname is Zhao and my name is Yanzhen."
Then he pointed at Jiang Nianjiao and said, "This is my wife, her surname is Jiang and her name is Nianjiao."
When Zhao Yanzhen introduced Jiang Nianjiao, he obviously added an accent to the word "Madam", and the reason why he did so was naturally because of the strange look in Luo Jingcheng's eyes when he looked at Jiang Nianjiao just now.
He has always known that his wife is beautiful, and many people look at her when she walks on the road, but he can still distinguish between pure appreciation and coveting. The man in front of him clearly covets his wife.
Therefore, he must let the other party know that the beautiful woman in his eyes is his wife.
Since he is a master, most people will naturally not have other thoughts, and Luo Jingcheng seems to be no exception, but he is much more daring than ordinary people. "It turns out it is a madam and not a young lady. What a pity."
After saying this, Luo Jingcheng only showed a smile that he thought was charming and handsome.
However, Jiang Nianjiao ignored this person.
Luo Jingshan happened to also say something, "What nonsense are you talking about here? Why don't you hurry up and entertain the others."
Hearing Luo Jingshan's words, Luo Jingcheng obviously did not take his elder brother's words as the main purpose. He only smiled and said, "Brother, aren't the room full of drunken dancers enough to keep them happy? Besides, they are all regular customers now. Where do we need to bother to entertain."
"It seems like these two are new distinguished guests. Can't I entertain them with my eldest brother?"
After saying this, Luo Jingcheng even wanted to turn his back on the guest and directly bypass his brother and take the initiative to talk to Zhao Yanzhen.
"I wonder where Mr. Zhao comes from?" Luo Jingcheng asked in a low voice.
Zhao Yanzhen only said quietly, "Go to Beijing."
When he heard that they were from Beijing, Luo Jingcheng whispered again, "Shangjing is quite far from here. Why do you two want to come here to play?"
When Luo Jingcheng asked, Zhao Yanzhen told him directly.
"We didn't come to Leiyang alone. We also visited many other cities. However, my wife was pregnant and the travel was too hard. In addition, it is very hot in Beijing now, but the climate in Leiyang is just right. Therefore, for my wife It’s not that hard, so I asked her to live with me temporarily in Leiyang.”
After hearing this, Luo Jingcheng suddenly realized.
"You two are really at ease. Being able to travel around like this, I guess you two are not ordinary small families."
When Zhao Yanzhen heard this, he just said quietly, "It's just a small family, but since I'm not the eldest son, I don't need to worry too much about the housework."
Luo Jingcheng immediately said happily, "What a coincidence, because I am not the eldest son, I don't have to worry too much about taking care of the housework, but it is really a pain for my elder brother at the moment."
When Luo Jingshan saw Luo Jingcheng's hypocritical attitude, he just said, "It's not hard work. It's not as hard as my second brother jumping in and getting busy."
These words are clearly filled with needles.
Luo Jingcheng didn't care either.
On the other hand, Luo Jingshan's younger brothers and sisters saw that he was already seated, but Luo Jingshan and his group were still at the door. They couldn't help but shout, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Luo Jingshan then led Zhao Yanzhen and Jiang Nianjiao to sit aside.
On the other side, several girls were laughing and chatting with Cui Lingwei sitting on the main seat.
As a result, when they saw their elder brother coming, they all returned to their original positions, laughing and joking.
When Cui Lingwei saw this, she naturally wanted to get up, but Luo Jingshan called out to Cui Lingwei, "Cousin Lingwei, isn't this position comfortable?"
Cui Lingwei naturally shook her head when she heard this and said, "That's not the case."
"Since that's not the case, then my cousin can sit here."
"But isn't it appropriate for me to sit in this position?" Cui Lingwei said awkwardly.
Luo Jingshan only said in a low voice, "What's wrong? Since this is a place to sit, it's for people to sit."
Cui Lingwei, who was dizzy after Luo Jingshan's words, finally stopped feeling dizzy at the moment.
She just sat embarrassedly with Luo Jingshan. It seemed that she was already the wife of the eldest son of the Luo family.
However, her vision was obviously still very cramped, and if someone came to tease her, she would be a little shy.
On the other side, Luo Jingshan's younger brothers and sisters just laughed and started drinking, and the atmosphere was actually very appropriate.
Jiang Nianjiao and Zhao Yanzhen had almost never lost a round in the drinking order, so the wine cup was still not available for them to drink from.
Afterwards, everyone suggested throwing a pot, which had some effect at the time.
However, Zhao Yanzhen was also a master, and almost everyone present was defeated by him.
Zhao Yanzhen's unabashed performance also surprised Jiang Nianjiao. Jiang Nianjiao didn't know what kind of medicine Zhao Yanzhen was selling in his gourd.
However, when she was watching Zhao Yanzhen throw the pot and was about to pour herself a glass of wine, Luo Jingcheng, who was very close to them, suddenly said, "Madam, drinking alcohol is harmful to the body, so why not drink a glass of this sherbet."
While he was talking, he found a pot of sherbet from the tray in the maid's hand and poured it to Jiang Nianjiao.
Naturally, Jiang Nianjiao didn't care. Someone poured the fruit wine, so she drank it. At this time, the sherbet had obviously been placed in ice and slightly chilled.
The green fruit wine, with its slightly sweet and slightly sour taste, seems to put the entire refreshing summer between your lips and teeth.
