Xia Ning

"Da da da" the sound of horseshoes from far to near, a simple and unpretentious carriage stopped in front of Zhizhou mansion, I saw Xia Ning getting off the carriage, holding an invitation card in his hand, walking towards the gate of the mansion .Although the housekeeper standing in front of the mansion to welcome the guests didn't know him, he still took the invitation card respectfully, looked at the post, and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, I will take you there!" Then he asked the people around him to welcome the guests, He took Xia Ning to the place where the banquet was held.

The banquet was held in the back garden of Zhizhou Mansion. As soon as Xia Ning entered the garden, he saw that the person sitting in the main seat was talking with the person at the table on the lower right, and only the head on the right was left empty.

The host was Wang Ruiqi, and when he saw Xia Ning entering the garden, he got up and walked to Xia Ning, saying, "It's my luck that the Imperial Envoy can come."

Xia Ning: "Lord Wang, just call me Zhenming."

Wang Ruiqi: "Then Zhenming call me Xianfu! Zhenming, this is Cui Zheyun, the head of the Cui family." He introduced the man beside him to Xia Ning.

Cui Zheyun, the current head of the Cui family, has formed a caravan since he became the head of the family and started selling tea and salt. Therefore, the Cui family's family business has more than doubled than when the previous head was in power.

Xia Ning: "So it's Patriarch Cui, I've admired you for a long time!"

Cui Zheyun: "Cui dare not be that."

Xia Ning: "Xianfu, do we have to stand here forever?!"

Wang Ruiqi smiled and said: "I was negligent!" After finishing speaking, he led Xia Ning to the main seat and motioned him to sit at the main seat.

Xia Ning pointed to the lower left side of the main seat and said, "I'm a guest, how can I take the main seat? I'll just sit here."

Wang Ruiqi said: "Then listen to Zhenming!"

After Xia Ning sat down, she saw the maid came out with lotus-leaf-shaped plates and put them on the table. Inside the plates were lotus-shaped cakes, and then several small dishes were served, all related to lotus flowers. There is a fragrance of lotus leaves in the wine.

Wang Ruiqi smiled and said: "I think you have already guessed the theme of this time! This time, you will use lotus as the theme and write a poem. The winner will get this painting fan made by Zhang Sanqian." They whispered for a while.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside: "I can't enter without Mr. Wang's invitation?"

He heard his voice when he didn't see the person, Xia Ning only felt familiar when he heard the voice, and then saw a man in white robe and hair coming in, walked to the center, "Ze Xian came uninvited, please forgive me." Said He blinked at Xia Ning.

Wang Ruiqi was displeased when he heard the words, rolled his eyes in his heart, and said: "Since Mr. Jing is here, he is Wang's guest, but there are no more tables left. Look..." The meaning of the words is very clear, that is, You came here uninvited. Although I welcome you very much, there is no room for you to sit, so just slip away!

Jing Zexian didn't seem to understand the meaning of the words, and said, "It's okay, I can sit with Aning."

Seeing that Jing Zexian walked up to Xia Ning and sat down carelessly, and Xia Ning didn't say anything to stop them, they couldn't help wondering how the two knew each other.

Wang Ruiqi: "I don't know who will come first?"

After finishing speaking, one of them stood up and said, "I am not talented, so I will write a poem and nod for you."

Here, Xia Ning looked at the man who got up to write a poem, and said, "Why are you here?"

"Of course I came to see you!"

Hearing this, Xia Ning glanced sideways at the hand holding his arm, and said, "Sit properly and don't move your feet." Of course Jing Zexian didn't listen, and even leaned his whole body on Xia Ning.Xia Ning moved a little to the side, but Jing Zexian didn't fall down.When Xia Ning was about to say something, the venue suddenly fell silent, and a voice came from the opposite side: "Master Xia was the champion of the last Jinke, and he must have already had a good work."

The person who spoke was Cui Zheyun, and Xia Ning said casually: "Little pond drinking incense with the boat, the moon pavilion singing high and the water pressing down on the sky. I remember Zeng Gehua Shenbowei, and Wusha had fun together in the peaceful year."

After everyone listened to each other, Wang Ruiqi's face became extremely ugly, only the people around him were not affected, and they applauded and said yes.Cui Zheyun suppressed the momentary anger on his face, and said: "The top of the list, this poem deserves it. What do you think?" Everyone responded after hearing this, and Wang Ruiqi also calmed down his anxiety and responded.

Jing Zexian said to Xia Ning in a low voice: "A-Ning, this step of yours is so delightful! Their faces are so ugly!" The two of them didn't think there was anything wrong with their whispering behavior, but from the eyes of outsiders, it was: two The person leaned against his shoulders and lowered his head, whispering in a low voice, as if his ears were rubbing against his temples.Then look at the two people dressed in white, one is free and easy, the other is indifferent, they seem to match inexplicably.Immediately, the eyes looking at the two of them took on an ambiguous color.

Since the two walked out of Zhizhou Mansion, both of them have been sized up and surrounded by this kind of gaze.

The author has something to say: Regarding some of the words used in the article, the words are not rigorous enough, and Ah Jin has not yet figured out how to say them.The poem quoted in the article is "Drinking the Past and Offering Wine to the Yellow Park Forest" by Jiang Anzhi in the Song Dynasty: "It is recorded that Zeng Feishi gathered wild felts and fought for the first place with a whip. Provoke the smoke from the imperial furnace. The boats accompany the boat with a small drink in the lotus pond, and the moon pavilion sings high and the water presses the sky. This day is separated by flowers and ginseng books, and the black yarn will have fun together in the peaceful year." Ah Jin changed this poem and used it.If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

small theater:

Jing Zexian: Ah Ning, don't you think they look at us a little strangely?

Xia Ning: Is it strange?I don't think so! (I know, I won't tell you!)

Jing Zexian: Is that my mistake? (scratches head)

Xia Ning: Yes.