Chapter 20 concubine reward friend

The two sat side by side and talked in a low voice for a while before ending.Hu Xueyan wore a hood with the brim pressed down extremely low, and brought along a clever boy named Ah Fu, and opened a seldom-opened wicket in the garden. The door was a long alley, there were no pedestrians in the alley, there were, and Because it was extremely cold this day, and the northwest wind was strong, they all kept their heads down and walked quickly. No one noticed that Hu Caishen, who usually hugged before going out, would walk in the desolate place with only one servant. take to the streets. "Ah Fu," Hu Xueyan asked, "Do you know where Master Zhou lives?"

"Why don't you know? He lives in Longtongzui." "Yes! Long Tongzui." Hu Xueyan said, "Go faster and tell him I'm going." "Yes." Ah Fu asked, "What if he's not at home?" "In such a cold day, he won't go out." Hu Xueyan said again, "If you're not here, you can leave a message and come and find me in the restaurant next to the Temple of the King of Chenghuang Mountain when you come back." Ah Fu agreed, and walked forward with big strides, while Hu Xueyan stepped into the car and walked slowly.As soon as he entered Longtongzui, he saw that Ah Fu had already turned his back. When he found the owner, he rushed to greet him.

"How are you, not at home?" "Yes!" Ah Fu pointed back, "Isn't that?" It turned out that Zhou Shaotang had rushed to greet him.When they met, Hu Xueyan shook his hand and gave Zhou Shaotang a wink. Zhou Shaotang understood. He was afraid of alarming passers-by by calling out loudly, so he met him and asked in a low voice, "Why did you come?" Hu Xueyan couldn't answer this question, so he just smiled and said, "You didn't think of it, did you?" "I really didn't expect it." Hu Xueyan realized that someone was paying attention, so he quickened his pace, and instead walked in front of Zhou Shaotang, stopped at the entrance of the alley, looked up and said, "I haven't been to your house for twenty years. I remember it was The fifth house facing south and north."

"Moved to the opposite side, the fourth house facing north and south." "Not bad, not bad! You later bought the house opposite, but it's the first time I've come back." "This house has bad Feng Shui." Why is Feng Shui bad?Hu Xueyan couldn't ask questions for a while, because he had already arrived at Zhou's house.Zhou Shaotang's wife, who met Hu Xueyan more than 20 years ago, remembers very clearly that she was born very rich, and now she is even more blessed, with a pair of small feet supporting a buffalo-like body, and it is very difficult to move. Expensive", she felt flattered, with a smile all over her face, very attentive.

"Don't do it, don't do it!" Hu Xueyan saw that she came to offer tea in person, staggering and unsteady on her feet, so she was really worried that she would fall, so she said honestly, "Sister Zhou, don't say hello, your Dharma body is too heavy, isn't it okay if you fall?" Just kidding." "Isn't it! It's so easy on you. Mr. Hu Da is willing to come to us because he treats us as one of our own. If you are polite, you will see him outside." Zhou Shaotang said again, "If you have something to ask Ah Chun and Ah Qiu to come Do."

It turned out that since Zhou Shaotang was supported by Hu Xueyan, his situation has been getting better and better, and he likes to talk about ostentation. There are four servants in the old couple. Ten years old. "It's better to be respectful than to obey." Mrs. Zhou sat down panting, and greeted Hu Xueyan, "Is the old lady still in good spirits?" "TOEFL, TOEFL." "How is Mrs. Hu?" "fine." It seemed that he wanted to ask Mrs. Snail and his concubine. Zhou Shaotang already knew what happened to the Hu family this morning. He was afraid that her wife would make the scene awkward if she asked too much, so he hurriedly interrupted.

"Mr. Hu Da is eating at our place." He said, "It's too late to prepare by myself. I think we can only order food to treat guests." "Shaotang," Hu Xueyan said, "Listen to me, don't bother me! To be honest, I'm tired of delicacies from mountains and seas, especially at this time, I can't eat them after you make them. I'll come today, I think of the days when we were together in the past, we were able to eat well, get sleepy, and be at ease, just like gods, so at this moment, I don’t feel like I’m a guest. If you are polite, it’s not my original intention to come. You Do you understand what I mean?"

"I didn't understand at first, but I understood when you said it." Zhou Shaotang thought for a while and said, "Unfortunately, Fatty Zhang died, otherwise invite him to eat 'wooden tofu' together, and listen to his dirty jokes, even if you are outside When it snows heavily, I don’t feel cold anymore.” When mentioning Fatty Zhang, Hu Xueyan couldn't help being sad, and his nostalgia became more and more intense. "Who are the old friends from back then?" He said, "I really want to invite them to talk about it." "It's another day." Zhou Shaotang said, "I think of someone, should I invite him to have a drink?"

"Which one?" "Mr. Wu." Hu Xueyan thought for a while, and readily agreed, "Okay, okay." He said, "I think of another person, Zheng Junsheng." This Zheng Junsheng is a well-known Ankang artist—Hangzhou people call Tanhuang "Ankang", and when they are born, they are clean and ugly. Five people sit and play and sing, and respect their ugliness. They call it "Little Hualian". Zheng Junsheng is singing Xiaohualian .This person is also a friend who had a drink with Hu Xueyan and Zhou Shaotang back then.It's just because Hu Xueyan's status is very different, Zheng Junsheng is ashamed of himself, and he doesn't want to get in touch with Hu Xueyan. Hu's family has a festive meeting, and he never accepts it.When Hu Xueyan thought of this incident, he felt brooding, and wanted to make up for this shortcoming this day.

Knowing what was on his mind, Zhou Shaotang nodded and said, "Okay, I have contacts with him, and I'll call someone to invite him." Immediately, he called Guisheng, his servant who had been employed by him for ten years, and said, "You come here I went to Mr. Zheng’s house in Ankang, and said that I invited him to come to talk about important matters, and then I invited Mr. Wu to have a drink. Oh, when you go to Mr. Zheng’s place, don’t say that there are guests at home.” This is because Zheng Junsheng is afraid Knowing that Hu Xueyan is not willing to come here, I specially told him to do so.

After the confession, Zhou Shaotang made a plea, and went to the back to discuss with Mrs. Zhou how to entertain the guests.Then sat down in the main room and chatted with Hu Xueyan by the fireplace. "Have you read "Declaration" today?" The guest spoke first. "Look at it roughly." Zhou Shaotang said, "The eight-character commentary: add oil and sauce, nonsense. You don't pay attention to them." "I don't care. You see it as scolding me, but I see it for myself, they praise me." "It's good if you can see it openly." Zhou Shaotang said, "There is a saying, 'a centipede is dead but not stiff.' As long as you can see it openly, you will still have a few years to live happily." "I can see it, but it's just a lie to myself. For more than a month, I often have a strange idea, where to find a kind of medicine, if I take it, I will teach people to take it and forget it." Hu Xueyan added, "Of course You can’t even forget your time, parents and brothers, it’s best to cut off a part of your life.” "Which section do you want to cut?" "From the time I met Wang Youling to today, cut off this period of time, and return to the time when we were together before, it is like a fairy." Zhou Shaotang's mood was different from his, and he felt that it was an exaggeration to say that he was like a fairy when he went back to the hard life.So smile and keep silent. "Shaotang," Hu Xueyan asked again, "Do you think I am in this situation, what two things should I do to feel that being a human is a bit fun?" Zhou Shaotang thought about it for a while, and he was thinking about it seriously, but finally he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "To be honest, I can't think of it. I can only advise you to think about it." "I think so myself." "Oh!" Zhou Shaotang sincerely wanted to share the joys and sorrows with Hu Xueyan, but his status was so different that we couldn't talk about it, but his mood was the same, so when he heard Hu Xueyan's words, he urged excitedly, "Quick! Speak out and listen." .” "Don't be impatient, let me tell you something first." He was talking about the adventure in Lao Tonghe, and after he finished speaking, he talked about his feelings, "I give tea and medicine every summer, and porridge in winter. , cotton-padded jackets, coffins, and a nursery. This kind of good work is being done. To be honest, it is called indifference. The so-called "doing good is the happiest" has never occurred to me. Shaotang, what do you say? , what's the point?" "I think," Zhou Shaotang said, "probably because you think this is what you should do, just like eating every day, and routine matters don't matter whether you like it or not." "That's right, if you get rich, you should do this kind of good deed. It's money for me, not me, so I don't think it's valuable to get rich—" "Ah, ah! I understand." Zhou Shaotang interjected, "If you want to do something, you can't do it without money. Only when you have money can you do what you want, then you will feel the value of getting rich." "You're half right. If you have money, it depends on opportunities. Opportunities depend on time and people." "What do you call watching people?" "For example, if you want to help a friend, but you can't do what you want, and you suddenly win a lottery, and that friend is in trouble, wouldn't the chance be good? How would you know that if you give the money away, they won't accept it. This Just to see people." "Why?" Zhou Shaotang said, "When you are in need, and you are good friends, there is no reason not to." "If you don't accept it, you don't accept it. There is no reason to say it." "Then," Zhou Shaotang couldn't help shaking his head, "this person must be stubborn, with a weird temper and unreasonable." "What about you?" "If it's me, I will definitely accept it." "Okay!" Hu Xueyan smiled and pointed, "You said this yourself, so don't rely on it then!" Zhou Shaotang was stunned, "Why should I?" He said, "Mr. Hu Da, what you said baffled me." Hu Xueyan smiled and didn't answer, but asked, "Mr. Wu lives very close, doesn't he?" It turned out that Mr. Wu used to live outside the Luosi Gate. When Mrs. Luoshi entered the Hu family's gate, Zhou Shaotang helped with the wedding and met Mr. Wu. The two had similar tastes and became close friends.Mrs. Snail acted as Mr. Wu's "mother's family" and advised him to move to the city. If there was anything to discuss, Mr. Wu asked Zhou Shaotang to find a house. He bought a house in a famous winding Thirteen Bend Lane. Since then, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou have sworn sisters.Hu Xueyan asked this question because Zhou Shaotang proposed to invite him to drink, and thought of something on the spur of the moment, so he happened to discuss it with him. "Coming soon, coming soon." Sure enough, after a while, Mr. Wu came and was surprised to find Hu Xueyan present. "Shaotang," Hu Xueyan said, "I want to borrow your study and have a few words with Mr. Wu." "Ah, Mr. Hu Da, don't laugh at me. How can I call my bookkeeping place a study?" "As long as there are books, it is a study." "There are books, Shi Xian Shu." Shi Xianshu is the calendar.Although Zhou Shaotang said so mockingly, his study was not too tacky, and he asked Ah Chun to bring a brazier and prepare tea, and then he closed the door himself so that they could talk in peace. "Mr. Wu, do you know anything about my family?" "What? I don't know at all." Mr. Wu looked a little nervous. "I sent them all away." "Uh," Mr. Wu thought for a moment and asked, "How many?" "A total of ten people." In Hu Xueyan's garden, ten of the famous "Twelfth Floor" were expelled, leaving two, of course there is Mrs. Snail, and who is the other one? He was thinking like this before he could speak, but Hu Xueyan changed the subject and talked about Zhou Shaotang. "Shaotang's only son died. There are three ways to be unfilial. Having no offspring is the greatest. Do you mean to take another concubine?" Why do you ask this?Mr. Wu was a little surprised, and replied truthfully: "I asked him, and he said that there is no suitable person for the time being." "Aren't his two girls all grown up?" "He doesn't like any of them." Mr. Wu said, "His wife intends to take Ah Chun to take over the house, and after persuading him twice, he doesn't want it." "What kind of person does he want?" "It's hard to say. But, from the looks of it, he looks like Yuan Zicai." "Yuan Zicai?" Hu Xueyan was puzzled, "How about Yuan Zicai?" "Yuan Zicai likes older ones, and doesn't like yellow-haired girls." Mr. Wu read another poem: "Xu Niang's flavor is better than young people." Mr. Wu and Zhou Shaotang knew each other very well. According to him, before Zhou Shaotang felt the pain of bereavement, Mrs. Zhou, who was so virtuous that she was almost a good person, persuaded Zhou Shaotang to take a concubine to take care of her daily life because of her bloated body. Among them, Aqiu and Zhou Shaotang, he chose one to take over the house, but Zhou Shaotang flatly refused because of many reasons. "His words can't be said to be unreasonable." Mr. Wu said, "Old Zhou is not only practical, but also considers both the outside and the inside. Concubine, someone will embarrass him in front of and behind him, saying that he is smug, and if he begs someone who is not fair and can't get it out, he will laugh at him even more. Since he has such a reputation, he must really enjoy it Yanfu is a good deal. As long as the character is really good, after a long time, those who laugh at him and scold him will turn to envy him and admire him, then it will be interesting." "So, what kind of person does he want?" "First, of course, it's about appearance. A beautiful wife and concubine are all said to be dead. It's not beautiful to marry a concubine. Second, you have to have a good temper and not bully Mrs. Zhou." Hu Xueyan nodded and praised: "Good! Shaotang finally has a conscience." "The situation is different now." Mr. Wu went on to say, "The purpose of asking for a concubine is to carry on the family line, so there is a third thing to add: to be suitable for a man." "So, I'm talking about a person now, what do you think? My seventh one is Zhu." Mr. Wu was stunned, and after a while he said, "Mr. Big, do you want to give Mrs. Qi to Lao Zhou?" "Yes!" Hu Xueyan said, "Didn't General Nian do such a thing?" "It's not just the old general who gave concubines. It's common for ancients to give concubines. However, those who came out of your house have a high level of vision. Mister, you have to consider this matter." "What do you think is inappropriate?" "First, will she feel aggrieved? Second, if she is used to eating and has a higher vision, will she be able to live with Lao Zhou?" "I can't make it through." Hu Xueyan replied, "Let me tell you the truth, not only did I ask Fourth Sister Luo to ask her, I mentioned it to her face to face this morning, and I won't feel wronged. Besides, is she really The doctor's daughter is also literate, so her knowledge is different from others, and following Shaotang is like fourth sister Luo following me, she also knows that we are all planning for her." "Fine. But what about old Zhou? Have you talked to him yet?" "Of course we did." "How did he say?" Hu Xueyan smiled and said: "No matter how good a friend is, when encountering such a thing, it is always inevitable to refuse." "I don't quite agree with that." Mr. Wu said, "Old Zhou is round on the outside and square on the inside. He will never do anything he thinks he can't do." "Why can't he do it? She has all the three conditions you mentioned." Hu Xueyan added, "As for the friend's concubine, he is too embarrassed to ask for it. It depends on others. If you persuade him, he Yes, but if you don’t think so, he won’t agree. Today you and Zheng Junsheng have a good time beating the side drums. There is one more thing I want to entrust to you, and only you can do it.” "Okay! Tell me, Mr. Big." "Speak with Mrs. Zhou first." "This!" Mr. Wu patted his chest, "Wrap it on me, the beauty of a gentleman, I'll go right away." "Okay! But please talk to Mrs. Zhou in private, and it's best not to tell Shaotang first, and don't let a third person know, absolutely, absolutely." "Yes!" Mr. Wu replied, "I will give you the code later." So one goes forward and one goes backward.Hu Xueyan, who was going forward, walked to the hall, and happened to meet Zheng Junsheng entering the door. He looked at the dark place from the bright place, but he couldn't see clearly. He went up the steps and heard Hu Xueyan say hello. "So Mr. Hu Da is here!" He was an ugly singer in "Ankang", and he has acquired the ability to gag and adapt to the situation, so he was a little stunned, and then laughed, "No wonder I woke up this morning. When I meet the God of Wealth, my luck is coming." Hu Xueyan originally wanted to say that the God of Wealth was out of luck.After thinking about it, doesn't this mean that Zheng Junsheng was unlucky, and he happened to meet someone who was unlucky?So he smiled and changed his words: "But the God of Wealth is barefoot." "Barefoot is barefoot, and the God of Wealth is always the God of Wealth." "It's an old friend after all, and he still praises me." Hu Xueyan's heart moved. His "God of Wealth" shouldn't be called in vain. See if there is any way to express his heart? Just thinking about it like this, I only heard the host say: "Please sit down! It's rare that Mr. Hu Da doesn't forget his old friend, sit down and talk slowly." "Let's talk first." Zheng Junsheng asked, "Is there anything you want to take care of me?" "Nothing else, I sincerely invite you to accompany Mr. Hu Da." "Oh, you picked me as an escort, do you have anything to say?" "Mr. Hu Da missed the old days and wanted to meet the friends who were together every day." "Anyone else?" "It's too late today, so I invited you, and Lao Wu." Zhou Shaotang suddenly remembered, "Hey! Where did Lao Wu go?" "Come on, come on." Mr. Wu flashed out from behind the screen in response, "I'll talk to my sister-in-law in the back." "Have we finished talking?" Hu Xueyan asked. "It's over." During the exchange of these words, Zhou Shaotang didn't realize that the message was conveyed, and Zheng Junsheng didn't think that there was a mystery hidden in their words.Of course, Hu Xueyan remained calm, only thinking in his heart. "Master!" Ah Chun came to ask for instructions, "The dishes are all ready, shall we serve dinner now?" "Everyone is here. Let's go!" So he opened the table and set the tableware.There are many dishes, some ordered by "Baofaner", and some made by themselves. The main dish is fish head tofu, which Hangzhou people call "wooden tofu". The same is sliced ​​meat, tofu coating, and mixed vegetables, called "meat and vegetarian dishes"; the other is "three shrimp tofu" with shrimp oil, shrimp roe, and a few shrimps.These are the dishes that Zhou Shaotang and Hu Xueyan often ordered for supper with friends when they were humble. Since Hu Xueyan is full of nostalgia, Zhou Shaotang specially ordered these two dishes to relive old dreams. The dishes that come out of the home kitchen are much more elaborate, a huge Yipin pot, boiled fatty chicken with ham, plus twenty pigeon eggs, and a steamed white fish, just these two dishes, plus the fish head Tofu will fill a square table. "Please sit down, Mr. Hu Da, please take your seat." "No! No! Today Mr. Wu should be invited first, Junsheng second, and me third." "There is no such reason." Mr. Wu said, "Junsheng and I are regular visitors to Lao Zhou's place. You come here rarely, so you should sit on it." "No! Mr. Wu, you sit down first. I have a reason. I'll talk about it later. If I'm wrong, you fine me with alcohol, okay?" Mr. Wu sensed some reason, nodded his head and said, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful. Junsheng, the two of us sit first." After sitting down and pouring wine, the hot Huadiao smelled bad, and Zheng Junsheng was greedy for the drink, and said: "Good wine!" After drinking a glass first, he said with a smile, "Spring is not a day for studying, and summer is so hot that it is good to sleep. Wait Autumn and winter have come, and a glass of old wine is like a fairy." Everyone laughed, and Hu Xueyan said: "Junsheng, you have to sing a good song for me today." "In a word. What do you like to listen to? It's a pity that I didn't bring Sanxian, so I only sang dryly." "Your specialty is 'horse wandering'. You talk more than you sing. It doesn't matter if you don't have Sanxian." "I have a place to borrow the Sanxian guy, it doesn't matter!" Zhou Shaotang raised his glass high, "Come, come, the food and drink must be hot." Some took a sip, and some drank it down. Zheng Junsheng drank his glass and took a photo, saying: "To be honest, I never thought that I would have a drink with Mr. Hu Da here today." This sentence sounds like a joke about Hu Xueyan's "downfall". Zhou Shaotang, the host, in order to dilute possible misunderstandings, said: "I didn't expect that Mr. Hu Da would come today. It is a rare opportunity. I am not drunk or drunk. return." "It's rare for old friends to get together. I have something in my heart to say." Hu Xueyan stopped, looked around for a week, and finally fell on Zheng Junsheng, "Junsheng, how have you been?" Zheng Junsheng didn't know what he meant by asking this question, so he thought about it and replied: "It's still the same, you can't eat enough, you can't kill if you're hungry." "How do you get enough to eat?" No one had ever asked him this question, and he himself had never thought about it. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of the idea that he had thought about once, and he thought it was a wild idea, so he immediately threw it away, and then said: "I can handle it myself Just a team." "Oh," Hu Xueyan asked immediately, "how do you play it?" "If you have money, you will get it right away." "you say!" As a result, both Zhou Shaotang and Mr. Wu knew Hu Xueyan's intentions, and they used winks to encourage Zheng Junsheng to speak quickly. Of course Zheng Junsheng also understood that Hu Xueyan meant to help him, so he couldn't help hesitating, because he had been reluctant to ask Hu Xueyan for help, and when his career failed, he would do this instead, and felt that it was unreasonable. "Tell me!" Zhou Shaotang urged him, "You said it yourself, although Mr. Hu Da is barefoot, he is the God of Wealth after all, and it will be easy for you to help you get money and get a team together." "It's disrespectful, and I'm ashamed of it. And I feel a little bit unwilling. How do you say this?" Zheng Junsheng asked himself and said, "Thinking about it, I should have spoken to Mr. Hu Da long ago, and it would be more than one thousand taels of silver. Yes. But," he especially raised his voice, and then changed his words, "I want to speak sooner. Mr. Hu Da is willing to help me with tens of thousands of silver. Zhou Shaotang was taken aback when he heard his words, and then laughed: "Two well-known idioms are icing on the cake and giving charcoal in a timely manner. If you use it like this, it will be fresh." "However," Mr. Wu interjected, "thinking about it carefully, he did not make a mistake. Mr. Hu Da is in the snow, and it is even more rare to deliver charcoal for others. Come, come, have a drink, I hope that Junsheng's team can do something vigorous." "Thank you Jinkou." Zheng Junsheng drank up the wine and said excitedly, "If my team fails, if it succeeds, you all look at it, they must be first-class good characters .” "That's right! I'm thinking the same way, why don't you do everything, if you do it, you have to look good. Junsheng, you don't have to worry about money, I can still get three to five thousand taels of silver." Zheng Junsheng nodded, blinking his eyes wildly, as if he had other plans in his mind, at this moment, Aqiu came and whispered in Zhou Shaotang's ear, "Madam please." "What is it?" "I don't know, I just want to ask the master to come in some time, the wife has something to say." "Okay!" Zhou Shaotang stood up and said, "Excuse me for now. I'll come as soon as I go." As soon as he left, Zheng Junsheng hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, and then began to speak, but first he winked at Mr. Wu, motioning him to listen carefully. "Mr. Hu Da, I have an idea. You figure out the capital and let me set up a team. Everything will be calculated leniently, at most two thousand silver, but you have to give me five thousand, and the other three thousand will not be used." He gave Mr. Wu another wink, this time for him to speak up. Mr. Wu is a person who is very careful and understands the world. He knows Zheng Junsheng's intentions, and Hu Xueyan can take back the three thousand silver at any time. That is to say, since the common saying of copying the house, there have been ways to send money to the homes of close relatives and friends, but it is often out of entrustment. Since this is an illegal act, the entrustee is always embarrassed. Not one.Mr. Wu believed that Zheng Junsheng acted bravely and had no intention of taking advantage of the fire, but to Hu Xueyan, the amount was too small to be worth talking about, so Mr. Wu pretended not to know and remained silent. In fact, Zheng Junsheng really had a deep intention for Hu Xueyan's sake. He was thinking about the worst, assuming that Hu Xueyan would ransack his home after he was dismissed, and the family would have no means of living. There is a team set up with his capital, and he can make a living by joining. Zheng Junsheng himself only wants to receive a salary as an employee. Hu Xueyan couldn't think of this at all, so he readily agreed: "Okay! I'll lend you five thousand silver. As long as someone says: Ting Tanhuang must be in Zheng Junsheng's team. My five thousand silver is worth it." Hu Xueyan then said to Mr. Wu: "You come to my place tomorrow. Apart from Junsheng, I have something else to say to you." Speaking of this, I saw Zhou Shaotang going and coming back, and he didn't speak after entering the table, he just raised his glass to persuade him, but he himself seemed a little absent-minded, raised the cup to his lips, but put it down again, a pair of chopsticks dangling in the air, as if he didn't know Where are the chopsticks from?Hu Xueyan and Mr. Wu saw this situation and smiled at each other, but Zheng Junsheng was puzzled. "What happened?" he asked, "Being fascinated, seems to have something on his mind?" "I have something on my mind, and I have never had it before." Zhou Shaotang looked at Hu Xueyan and said, "Mr. Hu Da, what do you tell me?" It turned out that Mrs. Zhou sent a girl to invite Zhou Shaotang in just now, just to talk about Hu Xueyan's gift of a concubine.Mrs. Zhou is really virtuous and happy to see this good deed. Although Mr. Wu did not need to tell Zhou Shaotang to take care of her according to Hu Xueyan's wishes, she was afraid that Zhou Shaotang would not understand her intentions. If someone mentioned this good deed, he would definitely use "" I want to ask my wife what she means first." It would be a waste of time to answer, so it is better to be straightforward and express your attitude first. Having such an unexpected marriage in Zhou Shaotang, he was naturally overjoyed, but as far as being friends is concerned, it is necessary to put on a show.At this time, others will come to beat the side drum, Mr. Wu said to Zheng Junsheng under Hu Xueyan's wink, "We are going to have Lao Zhou's wedding wine." "Oh, oh, okay!" Zheng Junsheng has seen a lot, and he has already sensed the subtle expression between Zhou Shaotang and Hu Xueyan, "Probably some elder sister in Mr. Hu Da's house who wants to become Zhou Shaotang My aunt and wife." "Elder Sister" refers to the girl, and Mr. Wu replied: "You guessed it halfway, it's not a maidservant, but a concubine. In Hangzhou, there was General Nian in the past, and Mr. Hu Da in the future." He praised Aunt Zhu very much. "Congratulations, congratulations! Another good story about West Lake." Zheng Junsheng said, "When it comes to General Nian, he gave away his concubine for a purpose, unlike Mr. Hu Da. The concubine has a good home, she is upright, and her loyalty is compelling. This good thing must be maintained to the end, and in my opinion, there must be a way." "Oh," Hu Xueyan asked very attentively, "please tell me, what should I do?" "Let me start by saying that the great general gave away his concubine back then, not only one in Hangzhou, and all the concubines he gave away were pregnant—" It turns out that Nian Gengyao's ancestor's surname was Yan, from Huaiyuan, Anhui, and his ancestor's name was Yan Fu.As a rule, one can ask the Ministry of Rites to make corrections, but in that case, all formalities must be completed before they can be distributed as officials. After Nianfu became an official, he was sent to Liaodong as a censor, and his descendants settled there.When Taizu of the Qing Dynasty raised his troops, the Han people in Liaodong were captured as slaves, called "Baoyi". "Coating" can be divided into "Upper Three Banners" and "Lower Five Banners". The elder brother Nian Xiyao and himself were all under the disciples of Prince Yong in the Kangxi Dynasty, and Prince Yong was the later Emperor Yongzheng.Nian Gengyao's younger sister was originally Prince Yong's concubine, and was later made a noble concubine.After Bao Yi entered the customs from Longlong, he was also able to take the exam, and because of his relatives and Austrian aid, his success was often referred to as a matter of care. Nian Xiyao was also a second-rank official when Nian Xialing became the governor of Huguang. Nian Gengyao himself was the Imperial Academy in the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, and was appointed Governor of Sichuan on the recommendation of Prince Yong.In fact, this is a chess move played by Prince Yong in order to seize the throne. It turns out that Kangxi had already selected the heir to the throne in his later years, that is, the same mother and brother of Prince Yong, the fourteenth son of the emperor, Wang Yinzhen of Xunjun. It implies that fate returns.It was a tacit open secret that King Xunjun would be the future emperor. Nian Gengyao was the main assistant of the king of Xunjun to conquer Qinghai. In the winter of the sixty-first year of Kangxi, the emperor fell ill and was unable to afford it. , Prince Yong was able to collude with Emperor Kangxi's cronies, and later Long Kedo, who was honored as "uncle" by Yongzheng, cleverly won the throne. Yongzheng's city mansion is extremely deep, and shortly after seizing the throne, he decided to kill Longkodo and Nian Gengyao.Therefore, at the beginning, he talked sweetly to Nian Gengyao, wooed him and cultivated his arrogance. His heart, all kinds of actions show that he is Wu Sangui's second. But the situation is different, Wu Sangui still failed, how could Nian Gengyao be lucky.Yongzheng used the methods of cutting off his wings and taking away his military power. When he begged for mercy, Nian Gengyao realized that the family would be destroyed, so he gave a pregnant concubine to others, hoping to leave his own flesh and blood. This remark was unheard of by everyone present, "Then," Mr. Wu asked, "Did Nian Gengyao leave any blood?" "Yes." Zheng Junsheng replied, "There is a strange surname, which is the birth name of my Zheng Junsheng. Anyone born with the surname is the descendant of Nian Gengyao." "Why did you choose such a strange name?" "This also has a history. The year character is reversed, and the first stroke is moved to the top. Doesn't it look like a new character?" Zheng Junsheng said, "I've said it, let's get back to business. I just thought, in case Mrs. Zhu has It's not good for the two families to have a mess in the future when they're pregnant." "Ah, ah!" Mr. Wu looked at Hu Xueyan and said, "I have to ask Mr. Da himself." "It's hard to say." Hu Xueyan pondered for a while and said, "Old Zheng's words are very good. It was a good thing in the first place. It's not good if there is a misunderstanding in the future. To be on the safe side, I have a way. It's settled, please Shaotang find a place first, let her live alone for two months, and see if she's in the usual situation before consummating the house. Do you think it's okay?" "Yes, yes!" Zheng Junsheng and Mr. Wu agreed in unison. "Then, the two of you are matchmakers, so I need to ask you two to worry about how to arrange it." It turned out that this was the reason why Mr. Wu and Zheng Junsheng were invited to sit up.Now that things have happened, Zhou Shaotang is old-fashioned, no longer speaks hypocritically, and toasts one by one, Hu Xueyan being the first. "Mr. Hu Da, I don't need to say anything. All in all, Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he can see people's hearts over time. If I can survive, the ancestors of our Zhou family will kowtow to you, Mr. Hu Da in the underworld." "Slip of speech, slip of speech!" Hu Xueyan said, "How dare you say such a thing, you will be punished with alcohol." "Yes, yes, fine wine." After Zhou Shaotang drank the second glass of wine, he toasted Mr. Wu again. "We should respect him first." Mr. Wu pointed to Zheng Junsheng and said, "If he can't see through it, maybe there will be a misunderstanding. If a good thing becomes so bad, it will make people unable to cry. .” "Not bad!" Hu Xueyan said, "When it comes to this level, I have to respect Old Zheng." "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." The three drank their drinks, and finally it was Mr. Wu's turn. "Old Zhou," he volunteered, "I'll make arrangements for your happy event." "Then it wouldn't be better. Please please." During this meal, the host was the first to get drunk. Hu Xueyan didn't drink too much, so he didn't dare to drink too much, so he was sober as usual.Mr. Wu readily agreed.They thanked their master, said goodbye to Zheng Junsheng, and walked back to Yuanbao Street with their servants.