unlucky ghost

The first three seniors talked and laughed and went straight to the hall, Tan Zishi followed a few juniors, a little nervous, when he came to the door, he saw a crowd of people inside, and when he wanted to slip away, he was called by the young man in official robes Living.

"Brother Tan and I met for the first time, but I felt that we hit each other very well. I wonder if I can have a drink or two in my study. There are so many people here, it makes people feel uncomfortable."

Seeing that Tanzi couldn't escape, he simply followed him into the inner courtyard.

"Brother Tan seems to be a gentleman, but Shifu's discipline is a little stricter." The two gossiped while walking, Tanzi really touched his face, it was the first time he heard someone say that his face was gentle, It was almost like listening to a joke.

"I don't know if Shifu has ever mentioned to you that our Liu family now has three elders, one is my father, who lives in the east courtyard, the second uncle lives in the west courtyard, and the third uncle has now moved to Huai'an with my elder brother to live permanently. It has been five years. I haven't seen each other for six years, and my father has not come back in time for his birthday." The young man led the way enthusiastically, pointing and drawing to Tan Zishi along the way.

Tan Zishi thought to himself, if he said so much, he probably really regarded himself as an unmarried brother-in-law.

Xiao Gezi and Qin Qing saw his master's face was cloudy and uncertain, and saw his eyeballs moving around, fearing that he would give birth to messy intestines again, so they had to follow closely.

"This is my second brother's bedroom. My second brother belongs to my second uncle's family. Since we grew up together, we are the two closest members of the family, so we live in this courtyard together." Just talking, Tanzi asked in a very cold voice: "Forgive me for taking the liberty, and dare to ask brother's name?"

The young master chuckled, slapped himself on the head, and said, "I'm so confused. I just talked about myself, and I forgot the serious things." After speaking, he stopped for a while, and smiled at Tanzi, "My name is Liu Xun. Zhou, the letter is true, the second child of the same generation in the clan, what I said just now is the one who greeted guests outside the gate with me, the fourth eldest in the clan, and there are two younger brothers under him, both of whom have not yet arrived. As for the crown, it’s hard to explain the miscellaneous things.”

Tan Zishi nodded.

"If I remember correctly, Brother Tan can reach the crown now?"

Tanzi really couldn't answer for a while, because there were too many trivial moments on weekdays, and he couldn't remember.

It was the little pigeon who was clever, and came to his ear to wake him up.

Tan Zishi suddenly remembered, turned his head and gave the little pigeon a sideways glance, and smiled at Liu Xunzhou as if nothing had happened: "Not yet, but it will be soon, after the new year, the ninth day will be."

"No wonder I feel like old friends at the first sight, brother Tan, we are very kind. It turns out that we were born in the same month, and I was born in the tenth day of the lunar new year. Do you think it's a coincidence?"

Tan Zishi also smiled and said, "What a coincidence."

The two talked and laughed all the way into a large study.

There is a faint fragrance floating in the room, and the furnishings are exquisite and orderly.

The maid came in with fragrant tea.

Liu Xunzhou invited him to a seat, and the two of them leaned on the pear wood table, drinking tea and chatting.

The grass and trees in the courtyard are still green, the breath is slightly cool, and the servants come and go in an endless stream, all looking panic-stricken.

"There is still a shortage of chairs and stools in the west hall, you guys, don't be lazy, move there quickly!" A small steward at the gate of the courtyard shouted loudly: "The people from Anguo Mansion are still waiting half a street away, hurry up and go Accept it."

A few servants in silk shirts responded and went outside.

The young steward was so anxious that he took the time to say to a young servant in Tsing Yi outside the door: "Lian He, where is your master? The talents from Huarong Mansion are here, let me know soon, so I can go out to meet him."

"It's just a matter of getting busy." Liu Xunzhou put down the teacup, walked outside the door leisurely, and smiled at the man: "It means that I am accompanying Mr. Gu in the hall at the moment, and there are a room full of distinguished guests. Here, where can I go, I will go in a while."

The young steward wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in embarrassment, "It's time for the second master."

Liu Xunzhou waved his hand, and said: "Simply ask them to come in all at once, ask more people to move outside, put the carriage outside, and let them look carefully. It's just that this is from the Anguo Mansion, from our relatives. , and a few people from the imperial court, they must be carefully led in through the back door, and they must not lose their etiquette, hurt their friendship, and be a joke."

"What Second Master said is true, I'll do it right now." The man ran away after speaking, not daring to look at Liu Xunzhou more.

Liu Xunzhou smiled to himself, turned back to Tanzi and said with a real smile: "I'm not going to accompany you here, there are too many people in the hall, I think Brother Tan is also a quiet person, and I can drink tea here and enjoy the scenery with peace of mind, after a while I'm afraid someone will call you."

Tan Zishi nodded slightly, and said, "Second brother, please go ahead."

Before Liu Xunzhou walked out of the courtyard, a young man dressed in white walked up to him, he couldn't see his face clearly from a distance, but his lips were red like rouge.

The man and Liu Xunzhou bowed to each other, talked and laughed a few words, went straight into the courtyard gate, and walked towards the pool to practice.

Tan Zishi was drinking water with his head down, when he looked up, he saw a young man with a handsome face, his lips didn't blush, but he stared at him with a blank face.

"Young Master Tan, are you safe?" The young master bowed to him first.

Tan Zishi didn't remember him, he stood up in a daze, and bowed to the man, "Brother?"

When the little pigeon heard this, his face became uncomfortable, and he thought to himself, the road to the enemy is really narrow.

The man's face was calm, his eyes were sharp, and he said: "Brother Tan must not remember me."

Tan Zishi shook his head.

The man said again: "Xia Fengyi, I once had a relationship with brother Tan."

Tan Zi frowned, and said to the little pigeon, "Gege, when have I seen him?"

The little pigeon hastily shrunk her neck, not daring to look up at Feng Yi.

With a straight face, Feng Yi said neither angry nor happy: "Master Tan is a nobleman who forgets a lot, so it doesn't matter if you can't remember."

Tan Zishi smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Just now I came from the hall, your father is sending people all over the yard to look for you, I'm afraid it's about to have a banquet."

When Tan Zishi heard this, he made a bitter face, and said sullenly: "Where is Brother Feng, why don't we sit together?"

Feng Yi smiled faintly at him, and refused: "I can't compare to Young Master Tan's status, so Young Master should go by himself." After saying that, he went out the door.

Tan Zishi just left the courtyard gate and walked towards the crowded place.

"Master, do you really not remember that young master?" Little Gezi asked after Tan Zishi.

"I don't remember, why, have I really seen him?"

The little pigeon looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so she leaned over to Tan Zishi and said, "Master, Fei Zuzi took you to the kiln." "That time, you were drunk, and when you left the house, you walked out of the house and walked out." Belittle him, and say that he... has rouge on his mouth..."

"What?" Tanzi said angrily when he heard this, "How could I do such a bastard?"

"Grandpa, I dare not say such trivial things."

Tanzi frowned and thought for a while, then said again: "My lord, why did I treat him lightly?"

The little pigeon buzzed: "That's... you wiped his lips in front of a group of women, saying... that he is a beauty..."

Tan Zishi stopped and looked back at Qin Qing.

Qin Qing hurriedly said: "Master...it's true..."

Tanzi frowned, and said displeasedly, "Why don't you two stop me?"

The little pigeon hurriedly said, "Master, you are so drunk, who can stop you..."

Tan Zishi raised his feet and walked forward. After walking a few steps, he turned around and confessed: "No one is allowed to mention this matter again. Just pretend that you are delusional. If you dare to talk nonsense, be careful and drive you out."

The little pigeon hurriedly said: "Yes!"

Tan Zishi squeezed to the entrance of the hall, and heard the elder of the Liu family yelling at Master Tan: "How can I miss my young master in a blink of an eye, send someone to come quickly, so that I can meet all the elders."

Master Gu also said: "Brother Tan, you didn't ask me to see you in the past, but today you have to ask the young master to toast us old men."

Master Tan hurriedly laughed and said: "Everyone loves you, how can he get on the stage."

The elder of the Liu family said unrelentingly: "Brother Tan can't say that, the young master is still young, how can he be perfect."

Tanzi was stunned at the door, hearing a group of old men yelling inside, and stepped in bravely.

As soon as Tan Zishi entered, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

All the old and young looked at him curiously, and the old birthday star was also left aside.

"Come here soon, don't be rude in front of the elders." Master Tan saw him and hurriedly called him over.

Tan Zishi saw that so many people were staring at him, all of them had puzzled expressions on their faces, and they were in a dilemma, but they were pushed by the little pigeon behind them.

The little pigeon whispered: "Master, there are so many people watching, so go in quickly."

Tanzi's face was so stiff that he couldn't laugh anymore, looked around, and walked up to his father.

"Bastard, hurry up and salute." Master Tan glared at him angrily, raised his hand and pointed one by one, "This is your uncle Gu, this is your second uncle, this is your third uncle, this is your fourth brother Liu Xunqing... ..."

While his father pointed, Tan Zishi bowed and saluted.

After bowing for a long time, the head was almost bowed to the ground, the elder of the Liu family hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Tan, don't ask the young master to salute, there are so many people, each of them bows, this is not to tire the young master." gone."

Everyone also laughed and said: "I know that your Tan family has taught their children well, so you don't have to be so strict outside, we all see this, and understand..."

Tanzi straightened up and straightened his sleeves.

Master Tan said with a smile: "The dog doesn't go out very often, so there is a lack of etiquette, please forgive me."

The elder of the Liu family patted Tan Zishi on the shoulder, and said: "Okay, the sun is already high, since you have come to congratulate the old man on my birthday, don't be restrained, and follow me to the courtyard to enjoy the theater and drink. Just a little bit."

The elder of the Anguo Mansion is full of good fortune, and he smiled and said with a big belly: "Brother Liu, when it comes to drinking, we must decide the winner today!"

The elder of the Liu family said: "You have been defeated for 20 years, but you still don't give up. How dare you brag about Haikou, old man, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman..."

A group of elders and elders crowded around and went out first, and Tanzi walked last.

Tan Zishi heaved a sigh of relief when those bad old men were gone.

The little pigeon laughed and said: "My master is really not afraid in the face of danger, and he is not surprised when things change. I really admire it."

Tan Zishi raised his hand to stop the sycophant, and walked outside.

Before he could take a step, a group of rich and luxurious women in hairpin skirts burst in from outside the door, they all surrounded Tan Zishi talking and laughing.