"After eight hundred years of watching, the June 1st romance is unforgettable!" Xu He quickly said the second line.
How could everyone dare to look down on this little boy at this time? Everyone, whether they were the ministers or the students, lowered their heads and thought about the allusion in the second couplet.
The first person to react was Shen Xuan. He patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Master Xu has great literary talent. I admire him!"
Speaking of this, he pointed to the Pingshan Hall on the middle peak of Shugang and said: "It is said that Pingshan Hall was built by Ouyang Xiu, who was the governor of Yangzhou at that time, eight hundred years ago."
Everyone suddenly realized what he said.
Wang Hengyuan laughed and said: "Just now I was thinking about the meaning of this [Six One Romance], but it turned out to be Ouyang Xiu's nickname [Six One Lay Master]!"
"Xu Anshou has done a good job, Mr. Shen has made a wonderful interpretation! The wonderful couplets in today's literary meeting will be copied in Shilin in the future. We are lucky enough to be together in the meeting. How honored and honorable are we? !”
Shen Xuan laughed and said, "Looking at today's situation, the person who leads the literary couplet must be Young Master Xu! Someone is here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed as a butler entered the cabin and saluted with his hands raised: "Sir, what are your orders?"
At this time, Shen Xuan returned to the style of a young master from aristocratic families. He smiled slightly and said calmly: "My father is protecting the small lakeside house by the lake. Can you bring the key this time?"
The housekeeper said: "In case the young master wants to stay, I took the key before leaving!"
Shen Xuan nodded: "Go get the key!"
After a while, the butler came back with a tray holding a bunch of brass keys on red silk.
Shen Xuan took the bunch of keys, took two steps forward, put them in Xu He's hand and said with a smile: "As the leader of the literary society today, I will leave the small building near the lake for the young master to rest and stay in the future!"
Before Xu He could speak, he turned to the housekeeper and said, "After I return, I ordered someone to take the house deed and the land deed and send them to the home of Mr. Xu in Hailing County!"
At this time, everyone in the cabin looked at Xu He with envy.
Among them, some scholars are not from wealthy families, and the land adjacent to Baoan Lake is very expensive. Owning a house there is beyond their dreams.
Seeing that Xu He had obtained a valuable property with just a few pairs, these people were eager to replace it.
As for Wang Hengyuan and Zhou Fu, who are already wealthy merchant families, they may not care about real estate, but they are envious of receiving the kindness of Mr. Shen.
When Xu He saw that Shen Xuan really sent the key, he shook his head and said: "I happened to meet at the right time today, and I also got a few pairs by chance. Mr. Shen's so-called lucky draw is nothing more than that!"
Shen Xuan pretended to be angry when he heard this, and put the key into his hand: "Does Mr. Xu look down on me?"
"this……"
Xie Liangcai laughed loudly: "Xiaohe, just accept Mr. Shen's kindness. Don't be polite to him. His family is not short of the money from this other hospital! Don't be embarrassed!"
Shen Xuan pointed at Xie Liangcai and said, dumbfounded: "Brother Defu, you..."
At this time, Ma Juren [shy and timid] walked into the cabin with his tail between his legs.
When Shen Xuan saw this, she rolled her eyes and smiled at Xu He: "Brother Xu, this old Mr. Ma is a teacher. Even if you lose a bet between literati, you have to admit it, but the teacher is the teacher, so why not let me be the student's substitute?" How about pouring some wine for you, sir?"
Ma Juren was shocked when he heard this: "Young Master..."
Shen Xuan smiled and waved her hands, poured a glass of wine in front of everyone and bent down to offer it to Xu He with both hands.
Xu Heyun took the cup from Shen Xuan's hand calmly and looked at the master and apprentice with a smile, thinking that Shen Xuan could win people's hearts.
But what does this have to do with myself?
Thinking of this festival, he raised his head and drank the rice wine in the cup. It was sweet, not high in alcohol, and good wine.
Sure enough, when Ma Juren saw this, his eyes changed when he looked at Shen Xuan, as if a soldier would die for his confidant, his throat rolled, and he almost shed tears.
Shen Xuan comforted him again, and then complimented Ma Juren, meaning nothing more than "Old Ma, you stumbled, don't take it to heart, you are still very talented" and so on.
With Shen Xuan's long-sleeved dance, the tense situation at the wine table completely disappeared, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
Xu He couldn't help but secretly admire this young master named Shen Xuan.
This man is as gentle as jade in his dealings with others, and generous in his dealings.
Not only can he get along with officials and officials like Xie Liangcai, but he can also make scholars like Wang Hengyuan who were born in merchants feel that he can get close to him.
As for those scholars from poor families, he could also take care of everything, and they were happy in the cabin for a while.
After a while, there was a boat in the distance shooting towards the boat like arrows.
When approaching the painting boat, the boat slowed down. At this time, the boatman on the boat brought large and small food boxes to the painting boat.
I saw the four words "Wang Ji Fish House" written on the food boxes.
Xu He felt extremely cordial when he saw it. Isn't this just a takeaway for future generations? Sure enough, although things in this world are changing with each passing day, many new things actually had their prototypes in the past.
When the dishes were arranged, everyone sat down.
Shen Xuan smiled and said: "The boat is simple and we can only order a table. Although it is not a delicacy, people in Yangzhou say that the fish they cook is quite good. You are welcome, come on, let's have a drink together first!"
After that, he raised the small porcelain wine glass in his hand and expressed his gratitude to everyone before drinking it in one gulp.
The wine has passed three rounds, and the food has passed the five flavors.
The guests were all drinking, chatting and laughing.
Shen Xuan and the others at the table were also chatting about the recent events in the Wei Dynasty.
"I heard that the Japanese war in the southeast has been getting hotter recently! After Lu Budang took office, he lost two of three battles. The General Affairs Department of the imperial court received hundreds of copies of the memorial to impeach him a day!" At this time, one of the officials' sons said.
Xu He heard this and heard that this matter was related to Lu Yun, so he put down his chopsticks and listened.
At this time, another person said: "The two defeats in three battles are just the cunning of the Japanese pirates. They avoided the border troops brought by Lu Yun and targeted weakly defended areas. The memorial to impeach Lu Yun was not because of these two defeats in three battles!"
The person who just spoke asked curiously: "Oh? Why is that?"
"Because he, Lu Yun, is as afraid of the enemy as a tiger, and the border troops he brought were stationed in Hangzhou and refused to move forward, wasting the court's money and food!"
Speaking of such a sensitive topic, Xu He looked at Shen Xuan and Xie Liangcai.
Sure enough, one of them was smiling and stroking his wine glass, while the other was pretending to be drunk and talking to the people around him.
At this time, someone suddenly said: "Master Shen, what does Mr. Shen Ge think of this matter?"
"Mr. Shen Ge?" Xu He remembered that when the group of people introduced Ma Juren, they once said that he was the teacher of Songjiang's old chief minister's family. Thinking about it this way, Songjiang's old chief minister was one of Shen Xuan's elders, but he didn't know who it was. Father or grandfather.
Shen Xuan smiled and said: "Lu Butang has been in charge of the army for many years. He is a well-known Confucian commander in our Wei Dynasty. He must have deep meaning in standing still. I have not yet served as an official, so I have no way of knowing many details, so it is difficult to comment!"
The person who just asked the question heard what he said and knew that he was cautious, so he didn't press him and went to drink on his own with a smile.
A literary meeting ended quickly on the misty and rainy Slender West Lake.
When they arrived at the pier, Shen Xuan took Xu He's hand and said, "Xian brother, if you have the opportunity to go to Songjiang, you must find me!"
Xie Liangcai smiled and said: "Xiaohe, the Shen family is known as Shen Ban City in Songjiang. Most of the looms and land in Songjiang City belong to the Shen family. If you go there, report his name so that it can be used!"
Shen Xuan smiled and said nothing. After saying goodbye to everyone, he came up to the pier, got into the long-awaited sedan, and left surrounded by Ma Ju and other servants.
When he walked away, Xu He looked at the sedan chair and asked Xie Liangcai, "What is the background of Mr. Shen?"
Xie Liangcai said cheerfully: "His grandfather and father are both bachelors. His brother Shen Qiong is currently a member of the Ministry of Rites. He himself passed the provincial examination a few years ago and has already gained the title of a civil servant!"
"...Two generations of college students, three generations of officials!" Xu He secretly exclaimed, no wonder the other party gave him a yard by the Slender West Lake without blinking an eye.
"What is he doing in Yangzhou?"
Xie Liangcai smiled slightly: "Why else? Isn't it just for salt production? A while ago, the salt production at the Baoba batching laboratory burned down. The court did not delve into this matter. In the future, the salt production will definitely be over-produced. The Shen family will advance it in advance." The layout must be based on the official salt business."
Then he added: "How do you know Wang Hengyuan? His family is the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou. Shen Zongqi came here to take away the remaining salt from the kitchen households through official channels, and on the other hand, he took advantage of the Zhou Dynasty. Yi falls, joins forces with several big salt merchants, and eats the salt from those salt merchants who are close to Zhou Yi!"
When Xu He heard this, he looked in the direction where the sedan chair was leaving with a complicated expression.
Zhou Yi and Ge Youli died in order to lead the whole family to death, but in the end they took advantage of others. Alas~~~~
At this moment, Xu He found a familiar figure appearing not far away.
Xie Liangcai also noticed the person, and he said softly: "Isn't that Miss Yaoguang? Why..."
It turned out that not far from the pier, Su Yaoguang, who was dressed in a sarong and had a wooden hairpin in her hair, was talking to a bald man. After a while, she followed the man and left in a hurry.
Watching the beauty go away, Xie Liangcai looked dejected: "I didn't expect... Miss Yaoguang is dressed like this! Zhou Tianxiong deserves to die!"
