For safety reasons, I made a long circle in the middle of the night, walking through corridors and buildings until I reached the front yard before turning back again. During this period, he also deliberately wandered around in crowded places, just to get rid of the suspicion that he had been to that yard.
As soon as I entered the small courtyard, I saw an acquaintance sitting in the hall at midnight.
Zhao Yun came out.
Ye Xiayou and Zhao Yunchu were sitting opposite each other, and the little girl Hongzao was carrying food out of the food box.
"Young Master Ye is back." The little girl who saw the night watch first said hello.
Only then did Zhao Yunchu, who was chatting happily with Ye Xieyou, pay attention. He quickly stood up to greet him, clasping his fists and saying, "Third Young Master, we saw each other after we said goodbye yesterday. We are really destined to meet each other today."
It can only be said that Zhao Yunchu's appearance is reasonable, and he is not surprised at midnight. Liangsha's coming-of-age ceremony is to entertain relatives and friends. Yesterday, I heard Liang Haobin mention the relationship between Fenshuiling and the Zhao family where Zhao Yunchu lives. If It would be strange if the Zhao family didn't come.
It's just that he was able to find this place, which was quite unexpected in the middle of the night.
"I just mentioned you to Mr. Zhao and told him to go ahead and see if there is anyone who can help me, and you came back." Although she didn't know what her brother was going to do, this sister was very good at fooling people.
In the middle of the night, he cupped his hands and called out "Brother Zhao", guessing the purpose of this person's coming here.
"Yesterday I couldn't see Taishan, but I actually recognized the third young master and the second young lady. I really have poor eyesight." Zhao Yunchu was very polite, "I only found out the identity of the two of them at noon today. I was very scared. Isn't this through the water village?" I borrowed the food, borrowed the flowers, and offered it to the Buddha, so I came here to accuse you."
For this kind of people who seem to be naturally familiar with each other, I have always stayed away from him in the middle of the night. As the old saying goes, being courteous for nothing is a traitor or a thief. Regarding these simple truths that have been passed down orally from generation to generation, Ye San is not as unconventional as his sister to have his own opinions. He completely follows and believes them.
Ye Sangeng, who was not good at communicating with others, was obviously trying to figure out how to speak. The sympathetic sister could guess based on his brother's hesitation, and said: "You won't go out when I ask you to go. It was dinner time and you disappeared without even saying a word, so why were you there?"
The topic was changed at the right time. In the middle of the night, he no longer thought about how to be polite to this uninvited Zhao family, and said: "I met... I met an acquaintance." After careful consideration, he settled on the title just now. Xia Ao who accidentally bumped into him.
Indeed, otherwise he would not be able to explain clearly what he just saw and heard in a few words in front of Zhao Yunchu.
Ye Xiayou is so smart, he knows what he means after hearing the string, and said: "Is there anyone you know here? Admit your mistake."
Ye San was even more embarrassed and said yes, and said: "I followed him and saw that it was not the case, so I walked around for a while and then came back."
In a few words, under the deliberate guidance of my sister, I finally completed the lie.
Although Ye San didn't know the reason.
Ye Xiayou said again: "Just now, a servant from the village came to ask you. Mr. Zhao sent him away with help. I will replace the wine with tea later. Thank you Mr. Zhao for your help."
There is something in Ye Xia'er's words, and when Ye Xie's heart moves in the middle of the night, he can more or less understand something.
They sat down one by one. Hong Zao wetted the brocade handkerchief for Ye San Geng to clean her hands. Ye Haoyou forced Hong Zao to sit down as well. This little girl, who had been hungry since she was a child and had never been treated like this when she entered Fenshuiling Water Village, fearfully refused, but she did not overturn Ye Xuanyou's stubbornness.
Zhao Yun said "I am the host", frequently asked for wine, tea and vegetables, and did all the work of red dates, leaving the little girl to eat the vegetables in awkward little bites.
As for the "tea instead of wine" that Ye Xiayou had just implicitly confessed, Zhao Yun had already thrown it out of the sky amidst Zhao Yun's constant courtesy. Before the food was eaten, he drank a lot of wine, which made him drink a lot of wine. The little girl who got red dates ran to the wine cellar twice, and it was interesting to swing around with her small body holding a big wine jar.
After three rounds of wine, I didn't eat much food. Hong Zao was the only one who kept picking up food with his cheeks puffed out. Eating at night was still the same as before, just based on not being hungry. In the past, I mostly chatted with my younger brother, but this time I just quietly listened to the drunken chatter of the two grown men across from me.
Compared with traveling around the world in the middle of the night, whether it is taking my sister with me in the past three years or traveling by myself three years ago, the knowledge gained from traveling thousands of miles also makes me talkative after drinking. got up.
During the entire dinner, it was Zhao Yunchu who started the conversation, and from then on, it was basically Zhao Yunchu who was talking about random things. Zhao Yunchu's occasional interruptions mostly changed from speaking to listening after a certain sentence in the middle of the night.
As the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books.
It was not until the third watch of the night that the third jar of wine was emptied. According to Zhao Yunchu, an old man from the mountains who was good at wine in a nearby city took the autumn dew as a guide and brewed the sake. He couldn't control himself in the middle of the night. Although his fair face remained unchanged, his eyes became wandering and he spoke with a loud tongue.
It is said that wine is a person who forgets sorrow and brings joy, and can relieve sorrow. When you first drink it, you are elegant, you can talk freely through the ages, you are heroic when you are slightly tipsy, you are bold and bold when you drink it, you are vulgar when you are drunk, you are stupid and stupid.
It was obvious that the staggering two people were about to reach the last step. If Ye Xiaer hadn't slammed the table in an extremely angry manner, I would have ordered Hong Zao to make another trip in the middle of the night.
Hong Zao watched the angry Ye Xie leave and stood aside, hesitating again and again, but decided to take care of this kind-hearted elder sister who had difficulty walking, instead of serving the two drunkards who were struggling to pick up peanuts.
Holding the wine jar in one hand and holding his head that seemed to be unable to hold it up with the other, he watched the little girl Hong Zao help her sister to a side room. In the middle of the night, she took advantage of the strength of the wine and said disdainfully: "Woman, you are too short-sighted. Brother Zhao , I’m not complaining, my sister is just too strong, and she will never be able to get married in this life. When a man drinks, look at how she looks. On weekdays, I just drink one or two bowls to satisfy myself, and the same is true for her. Her face is not her face, and her nose is not. Nose. Let me tell you, if she hadn't cried blindly because of me, I would have sent her home a long time ago just because of her nagging."
Zhao Yun used his chopsticks to compete with a peanut that fell on the table in front of him, and said vaguely: "What the Third Young Master said, siblings are siblings after all, and the Second Young Lady is doing it for your own good."
Ye Sangen disagreed very much, "To tell you the truth, my sister has such a stubborn temper that she can't even get back what she has decided. If Brother Zhao wants to marry a wife, he must keep his eyes open and don't meet my sister." Like this." As he spoke, Ye San Geng's blurred eyes were full of disgust, which was obviously the grievance he had been holding back from being restrained by Ye Xia You on weekdays.
Zhao Yun used one hand to pull him closer to the third watch, and fanned vigorously with the other hand, "Lower your voice and let the second lady listen. I'm afraid you will suffer again."
"Don't worry about her, she just has this temper. She thinks she was born a year or two earlier than me, and she always puts me under pressure. When I say go to Dengzhou, she insists on going to Yanzhou. When I say visit the West Lake, she insists on visiting Daze." Finally someone came. Being able to listen to what he was saying, Ye Sangen wanted to express all his complaints, "When I came to the watershed this time, I said I couldn't stay too long and meddle in other people's business. It's good for her. She sees a good person, a poor guest, and a poor family, so she insists on getting along with her." Hand, doesn't she remember how we offended the person in the first place?" Speaking of this, Ye San even lowered his voice deliberately, "What kind of ability is Liang Zhongting? If we were to pursue him, I wouldn't be able to beat one of him out of ten."
After being drunk, Zhao Yun worked hard, patted his shoulder in the middle of the night, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, Third Young Master, our Zhao family has always been on good terms with good families. This time, I'm offering the crown gift to the boy from Liangsha specially to my grandfather." Order, follow my father back home and make this trip again. If the good old village leader is in trouble, I, Zhao Yunchu, will definitely not sit idly by."
Ye Sangen was quite moved and directly clasped his fists and said: "Thank you in advance, Brother Zhao. I have been worried about this all day long. Brother Zhao's words really gave me a reassurance. Come on, come on, drink and drink." .”
But where is the wine? Ye San yelled about Hong Zao even louder, but he only yelled once before being held down by Zhao Yunchu, "Third Young Master, wait a little longer. There are plenty of opportunities to drink wine. As a brother, I have something to ask for before you drink too much. I want to discuss it with you." An explanation."
In the middle of the night, he looked at Zhao Yunchu without saying anything, his eyes were full of questions.
"Third Young Master, didn't you drink too much?" Zhao Yunchu asked again uncertainly.
Midnight patted his chest, "Brother Zhao, don't you know where my family comes from?"
Thinking of the person mentioned in the middle of the night, Zhao Yun regained some energy in his sleepy eyes, but then he became trance again. He said: "In that case, I will speak frankly. Just now I met the great elder of Shuizhai Presbyterian Church in the front yard. We need to go to the back mountain to find the leader of the village, Liang Lao. Needless to say, the Third Young Master can probably guess why."
Hearing the name Liang Lao Village Master, he carefully put the wine jar back on the table in the middle of the night. Naturally, he also realized what it meant.
Very satisfied with the reaction in the middle of the night, Zhao Yunchu burped and continued: "But I will use some tricks to send the great elder back. Third Young Master, do you want to know what I told the great elder?"
Ye San seemed to be a little confused. He shook his head at a loss and nodded again, "Brother Zhao, don't be so secretive. Just say it."
Zhao Yunchu leaned his head forward, close to the ear of Midnight, and whispered: "The Zhao family takes over the watershed, and you can share meals with the great elder."
Ye San Geng straightened up in a daze and looked at Zhao Yunchu in disbelief. Obviously, this sentence was a bit surprising to Ye San Geng. After all, Li Liang, the guest of honor, said yesterday that it had only been a long time since he had been on good terms with the Zhao family. When the Zhao family suffered this change, did Xia Lu Dong Fan add insult to injury?
Zhao Yunchu also pulled back his forward leaning body. There was no hint of drunkenness in his eyes. He was very sober and said: "If Third Young Master is willing to help, I will give you my true words."
Ye Sangen was even more confused, "How can I help?"
"As long as the Third Young Master stands by and watches." Zhao Yunchu picked up three peanuts with chopsticks very skillfully and threw them into his mouth. The peanuts roasted with some spices are the most fragrant, crisp and delicious, and make a popping sound in his mouth. , "At that time, every year during the Yuan Dynasty, we will go to Panshan to pay our respects."
In the final analysis, what I am interested in is the official power behind the midnight watch.
For example, they have more or less businesses to maintain the most basic livelihood, and those who seek profit will naturally be pursued by these profit-seeking people. Isn't it not what they hope to climb into the officialdom?
Ye Sangen waved his hand directly, "Don't mention it again. My sister and I got into trouble and asked for the Luminous Monument to be taken out. Don't expect me..."
"Hey." Zhao Yunchu pressed the back of Ye Sangeng's hand and interrupted, "A family can't speak the same language. Broken bones are still connected with tendons. How could Lord Ye really embarrass his descendants?"
In the middle of the night, he smiled sarcastically.
Zhao Yun's eyes were menacing, "Third Young Master, this business is sure to make a profit. Do you want to do it?"
Ye San was even more confused: "Let me think about it, after all..."
Interrupting again, Zhao Yun laughed and said: "Third Young Master, don't be anxious. If you have time in the past two days, you can go to my place. I have brought some jars of good Penglai wine. This is something highly praised by Penglai Daguan Island in Dengzhou. "
In the middle of the night, he nodded in agreement.
Zhao Yunchu stood up and clasped his fists to say goodbye. He strode out of the small courtyard without waiting for a reaction in the middle of the night.
In the hall, in the middle of the night, I poured the last drop of wine into my tongue, still feeling unfinished.
Behind one wall, Hong Zao was thoughtful.
In the side room, Ye Xiayou smiled.
Outside the hospital, Zhao Yunchu snorted coldly, "The Ye family has a son, but it's just mediocre."
