Jin Yu Dynasty

Because it is a fun party organized by the government, as a general rule, a few days before the event, invitations were sent to famous people from various provinces in Beijing, which meant to have fun with everyone.

The person in charge heard that there was a Commander Zhan who was very powerful in Guangdong and was relaxing in the city recently, so he also sent an invitation as usual.

I don’t know how many times there are such large and small carnivals in a year, and Commander Zhan also knows that he is not a gentleman, and when he goes to that kind of occasion, he only sees rich ladies who are coy and beautiful. Hua Jiao, if you really want to get one or two to go to bed, firstly, it's not easy to get it, and secondly, even if you can get it, there are always so many troublesome things to come.

Instead of taking the time to participate in this event, it is better to call the note seriously and drink a table of flower wine.

That's why the adjutant handed over the invitation, and Commander Zhan waved his hand out, saying, "It's a bullshit fun party, no fun. The last time I was on a business trip to Guangxi, the Guangxi government also set up such a party. Those women touched it." I can't touch it, I can't sleep, I just know how to pull the hen's neck and sing foreign tunes, and I'll make a bird out of it! Don't go!"

His adjutant, surnamed Zhang, was thoughtful and thought it was inappropriate, so he persuaded him, "Commander, this is an invitation from the capital government after all. Those rich ladies in the club, although they are all women, can brag. Pillow style. Isn’t it just that we are going to do some big things in the city? It’s not good for us to have a little grievance with the capital government before things are done. If you really don’t want to go, can we also give To save face, find someone to replace you?"

Commander Zhan said, "That's fine, you can't leave, you can't go. Find someone who is free and go."

Adjutant Zhang said: "Since this is the case, we must find someone who has a certain position. Moreover, I heard that this fun party is held in a Western style, and we must understand a little foreigner's etiquette. Otherwise, if we find a small soldier , making a fool of ourselves, we don’t look good.”

Commander Zhan has recently learned bridge, and is very new to this foreign game, and he can bet on it, so his addiction is even greater.

He was busy looking at the cards, and was being nagged by the adjutant next to him, so he couldn't help but feel unhappy. He turned his head and glared at adjutant Zhang: "You are good at everything, you are just croaking. Didn't you talk about yourself?" Are you going to do it? Are you deaf or do you want to fight against the Commander!"

Seeing him like this, Adjutant Zhang knew that he couldn't continue asking, so he quickly saluted and retreated.

When I came out with the invitation card, I thought about it. There are several people with positions, but they are all busy, and even if they are free, none of the company commanders and battalion commanders who came out of the army can attend that kind of Western occasion.

He was worrying about the availability of candidates, and just happened to be across from Xuan Huai, who came over with sleepy eyes, and his eyes lit up immediately.

Lieutenant Zhang knows the details of this Xuanhuai, and he is the adjutant of Commander Zhan in name. In fact, this adjutant works in bed and only gets up at noon, and his walking steps seem to be weak. It can be seen that he did it again last night. Enough of the absurdity.

Such a person, who has a job and is full and idle, should be sent an errand.

What's more, he is also the young master of the big family, and he knows some things about foreigners.

Adjutant Zhang made up his mind, went up to him and greeted him with a smile: "Adjutant Xuan, are you free? I'll hold you up for a while and have a word with you."

Xuan Huaimin usually only follows his commander, and doesn't deal with others very much, especially Adjutant Zhang, because he follows the commander, and his eyes are higher than others, so he rarely deals with him. I don't know why he suddenly took the initiative to say hello today. Come, Qi said: "Adjutant Zhang, what do you need from me?"

Adjutant Zhang walked with him to a corner of the courtyard, and said, "Brother, I have a small matter, I would like to ask Adjutant Xuan to help me."

Xuan Huai was even more surprised: "A capable person like Adjutant Zhang, do you need my help?"

Adjutant Zhang said, "Don't say that, we are all colleagues, there is always time to help each other. Please, please."

So, I talked about the fact that the party had sent invitations.

He smiled again and said, "Brother has been thinking for a long time, and in the end only Adjutant Xuan is the most suitable. It's easy to say anything else, except for Adjutant Xuan who is proficient in Western banquets, there is no one else here."

Xuanhuai understood it, and the corners of his mouth turned up. He pretended not to care and said, "So it's a thing for Westerners. In the past, my father was in Japan, and he had many friends, and he often had invitations like this. I dare not say I am proficient, but I will go there once." , so you won’t lose the scene.”

Adjutant Zhang said, "That is."

Xuan Huaimin usually only needs to deal with Zhan Luzhao, and the rest of the time is free, and he feels bored, and he can't help but become interested in the fun party, so he asked, "I don't know when and where it will be held?"

Adjutant Zhang handed him the invitation: "It's all written here."

Xuan Huai opened it and took it out to have a look.

Although the invitation was sent a few days in advance, it took a day to send it over. Because it was not important, I stayed at the concierge for another day, and then it arrived in the hands of Adjutant Zhang. It took some more time.

Now look at the above date, tomorrow is the time to officially hold it.

Xuan Huai stared at the paper used for the invitation, it was very expensive, and he knew it had been prepared with great effort, after reading it, he was about to fold it and put it back in the envelope, when suddenly something fell and fell to the ground.

It turned out that there was also a piece of colored letterhead paper with floral fragrance inside the envelope.

The preparations for this symposium were really thoughtful, and they actually copied a copy of the program list, wrote it neatly on letterhead with a brush, and sent it along with the invitation.

Xuan Huai bent down to pick up the paper and unfolded it, his eyes swept to the last line, and his eyebrows twitched.

Adjutant Zhang saw that he looked strange, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xuan Huai concealed it and said, "No, I never thought that there would be so many programs in such a small symposium."

Adjutant Zhang said: "That's right. I saw that there were a lot of weird programs on the note, and I hadn't heard many of them. By the way, there is a bell called, I don't know what it is, don't We Chinese are talking about juggling, right?"

Xuan Huai smiled and said, "Where is it? It's far from it. This Vatican bell is a kind of Western musical instrument. It's really comparable. You can use our Chinese erhu as an example. It also draws the string with a bow."

Adjutant Zhang said in relief, "So that's it. To be honest, although foreign devils look ugly, the things they make are really good."

Xuan Huai said, "Of course it's very good. If it weren't for this, why would the commander think about doing business with foreign devils all day long?"

Adjutant Zhang hurriedly said: "Adjutant Xuan, don't talk nonsense, you are the commander's adjutant, it's not good for others to hear such unfounded things."

Xuan Huai also knew that he had missed the point, nodded and said, "I know."

Adjutant Zhang said: "The commander has something else to ask me to do, so I won't chat with you. I will have a drink with you when I have free time. I will leave the fun party to you. Tomorrow morning, I will ask the driver to wait for you outside the door. "

After a few words of advice, I walked away quickly.

Xuan Huai took the invitation and went back to his room. After a long day of boredom, Zhan Luzhao came back from outside.

During dinner, Xuan Huaipin told Adjutant Zhang that he had asked him to go to the fun club.

Zhan Luzhao said: "What kind of fun club is it? It's just a group of officials and ladies eating, drinking, and idlers doing their own business."

Xuan Huai asked, "If you don't allow me to go, I won't go."

Zhan Luzhao said: "Aren't you a complete idler, it's just right for you to go."

Xuan Huai responded with a sip, but didn't say anything else.

Zhan Luzhao had dinner, practiced Changquan for an hour, sweated profusely, took a bath, hugged Xuan Huai and went to bed.

After finishing the work, he leaned on Xuan Huaimin's body to pant, and asked, "When will you ask your brother out?"

Xuan Huaimin also felt his chest tight and short of breath, and said sullenly, "I called the mansion of the chief of customs today, and the servant said that he is not in, and he went to the General Administration of Customs early in the morning to handle business."

Zhan Luzhao snorted, "Don't play tricks with me. You called in the morning, so can't you call in the evening? I'm not that easy to deal with. You're just a jerk, you deserve to be beaten." Twist it hard.

Xuan Huai burst into tears from the pain, and begged for mercy: "It's really not perfunctory. I also called at night, and the servant said that he didn't come back, and he seemed to have gone to Fengshan with his boss. If you don't believe me, you can call and ask , the phone is outside, you dial it. If I lie, you will cut off my tongue."

Zhan Luzhao let go, took the quilt cover to help him wipe his face, and said with a smile, "Look at you, you're such a bear, you'll cry like a little bitch after twisting it twice. Well, I didn't really do anything to you."

Because of Zhan Luzhao coaxing him, Xuan Huaimin took the opportunity to turn his head away.

Zhan Luzhao persuaded him a few words, and seeing that he was aggrieved and refused to speak, he became annoyed after a while, and said coldly, "Xuan Huaimin, don't put on airs. I don't want to follow Lao Tzu, you just say it straight now. You can just pack up and leave. Is it possible that I can’t get your brother without you? I don’t believe it!”

Seeing that he was angry, Xuan Huai didn't dare to be brave anymore, wiped away tears indiscriminately, squeezed a smile and said, "Where am I putting on airs? You are hurting others by twisting, you must let me rest for a while."

Zhan Luzhao said, "Enough rest now, come on, let me show you the flute. Be careful, if you bite the skin, I will beat you to death."

Xuan Huai said, "I've always been careful."

As he said that, he got under the quilt and got up "carefully".

Repeatedly, I had fun most of the night.

Waking up the next day, the bedside was empty, Zhan Luzhao was gone, Xuan Huaimin also endured back pain and got up, washed and changed clothes, took the invitation, and went to the fun party by car.

Bai Xuelan stayed up all night, looking at the sky outside the window, her heart seemed to sink even more, so she said hello to the guards and wanted to go for a walk on the mountain alone.

He came out from the back door and walked up the grassy path.

The wind blows over the green leaves, and then blows over the skin, which is very refreshing and refreshing, which makes people feel refreshed.

Bai Xuelan seemed to be a little more energetic by the good mountain wind, her feet became much stronger, and her steps took bigger steps.

Holding back his energy, he went on for a while, his head and body were covered with sweat, he was gasping for breath, while he stopped and looked to the east, half a new sun was rising behind the mountains, the light could not only be described in terms of red and white, At first glance, it is a very brilliant golden color. Under the golden light, there is a sea of ​​green and blue waves on the mountain in the distance, and there is a living velvet brocade, and the branches and leaves nearby are also extraordinarily green and verdant.

Bai Xuelan's heart widened as she watched, unconsciously letting go of most of the sorrows of last night.Life is short, if you want to enjoy the magnificent beauty of this world for the rest of your life, you may not have enough time, so why bother yourself?

It's a pity, if you bring Huaifeng to watch, maybe it will surprise him.

He never sleeps in late, if he wakes up and finds that I'm not there, he doesn't know if he will worry about me.

If he is worried, he will definitely come up to me.

As Bai Xuelan thought this way, her lips curled up slightly.

He had a bad intention, and really wanted to know how much Xuan Huaifeng valued him. It was also a very happy thing to be able to play with Xuan Huaifeng occasionally like a child.

What's more, the scenery on this mountain is so fresh and moving. Huaifeng is here, and it is also a very good chance to watch it with me.

Because, although he was thinking about it, he didn't allow himself to go back to the villa.

After admiring the sunrise for a long time, I felt my eyes hurt a little. I turned my head to look at the surrounding trees, and suddenly saw a few clumps of green like open green velvet parasols more than 20 steps away, dotted with countless purple reds. , like little red or purple jewels inlaid on parasols.

Bai Xuelan walked over to have a look, sure enough, it was a few wild mulberry trees.

Bunches of bright and translucent mulberries are full of trees, hanging attractively from the green leaves. The half-ripe ones are red with green, and the ripe ones turn purple. One kind is too ripe, and even turns dark purple. Purple-black, the fruit juice inside is so full that it seems to be overflowing.

Bai Xuelan laughed, picked a ripe one and put it in her mouth to taste.

Sweet and juicy, it was delicious, so I picked another one.

If it were an ordinary person, since the tree is full of fruits, they would naturally only pick purple and black ones, which are ripe and sweet.

However, Bai Xuelan is not an ordinary person, she ate a black one first, then ate a green one, biting between her teeth, it was sour and astringent, her tongue felt a bit bitter and numb.

He ate the green one, but he didn't take it seriously. When he got interested, he simply tasted it in order, green red, red, purple red, purple, dark purple, black... one by one.

Suddenly, I thought, it turns out that the green trees of human feelings are generally like this, there is a process from sour to sweet, from astringent to fragrant.

Without this sour and unbearable initial stage, where will the final sweet and luscious fruit be brewed?

It would be untrue if there were only sweetness and no sourness.

Bai Xuelan groaned and laughed loudly, startled the birds that were pecking at the fruit in the treetops nearby spread their wings and flew high.

While laughing, he rolled up his sleeves. He didn't think it was dirty, and held the hem of his shirt with one hand as a temporary cloth pocket. With the other hand, he walked back and forth on the tree, picking a lot of mulberries.

Although I also want Xuan Huaifeng to be familiar with the process from sour to sweet, but Bai Xuelan thinks that Xuan Huaifeng can't eat sour. The green ones only picked a small bunch or two for the occasion, and the rest were ripe to dark purple hair Black ones.

After picking up a large handful of fruits, he took the spoils and strode down the mountain along the path when he came.

Halfway down the journey, suddenly a figure flashed behind the tree in front of him, looking like he was about to come face to face.

Bai Xuelan was overjoyed suddenly, she focused her eyes on that person, her face suddenly sank, and a layer of disappointment covered her.

Adjutant Sun also saw him coming down from the top, and while wiping his sweat, he rushed over and said with a smile, "You are so energetic, you climbed up the mountain early in the morning, so it is easy for us to find."

Bai Xuelan asked: "Why are you here? Where is Adjutant Xuan? Haven't woken up yet?"

Adjutant Sun said: "Adjutant Xuan woke up early. When I arrived at the villa, he was in a hurry to go to the mountain to find you. But I took over the task of finding you automatically."

So he told us what Xuan Huaifeng had to prepare for today's fun party.

When Bai Xuelan heard it, she was looking forward to it, but she didn't know it was today, her heart became more active, her complexion was better than before, she smiled and said: "The weather must be very good today, it's very suitable for fun activities." program. Let’s go, let’s have fun together.”

Adjutant Sun suggested with a smile: "Chief, I think you have to go and freshen up."

Bai Xuelan lowered her head to look at herself, it wasn't true.

There was a bunch of bits and pieces of fruit in the pocket at the bottom of the shirt. When I picked them, I was not careful, and the skin was scratched, and the juice flowed out, staining the white shirt with spots, purple and red.

Bai Xuelan laughed and said: "I saw it on the mountain. It looks very beautiful, the color is good, and the taste is even better. I couldn't resist picking some. After washing it, put it on a plate and give it to Huaifeng. It looks good and tastes good. .”

Adjutant Sun clicked his tongue twice, and said: "Adjutant Xuan is really lucky, but he is also really good, and he also does his best to help the chief."

Bai Xuelan said: "Of course it's good when you do your best, but it's just that when you get angry for a while, your temper is also scary. Now I want to let him do my best."

Adjutant Sun said, "Of course."

Bai Xuelan gave a surprise on purpose, and asked back: "Why is it natural?"

Adjutant Sun said: "Tolerance is a word that refers to superiors to inferiors. For example, elders to subordinates, superiors to subordinates, or, um, caregivers and those cared for. You are the superior, and Adjutant Xuan is the subordinate, of course. Only you, the officer, will be more tolerant to him and take care of him."

Bai Xuelan couldn't help laughing: "I finally understand, you are an adjutant like him, and you're all on the same front to deal with me, first use this principle of tolerance to put a big hat on me."

Feeling more at ease, he went down the mountain with Adjutant Sun talking and laughing.

Back at the villa, Bai Xuelan handed over the mulberries in her arms to the guards, and asked the guards to fill a large glass bowl for decoration in the living room, put them in the car and take them back to the mansion area.

Go upstairs to the guest room by yourself, take a shower, and come out refreshed.

Adjutant Sun was waiting in the living room. Seeing him coming down the stairs, he stood up and asked, "The car is ready. Are you going directly to the auditorium?"

Bai Xuelan thought about Xuan Huaifeng's serious personality, since he was going to go on stage, he would naturally dress up neatly to show respect for the audience. At that time, he was so handsome and beautiful.

For this reason, I can't dress too casually, otherwise it will look inappropriate to stand together.

He looked at the brand-new watch on his wrist and said, "Although it's just a celibacy, everyone in the government has to go, so I'd better go back and change into a decent dress. It's a pity that there are only a few ordinary sets of casual clothes in this villa. I should have known It should also be worn on some serious occasions, so as to avoid this trip.”

Adjutant Sun said with a smile, "Who would want such a temporary thing? The villa in Fengshan is prepared for sightseeing, so only light clothes are prepared."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Are you afraid that changing clothes will be late and you will miss Adjutant Xuan's performance? There is no need to worry about this. I have already told Mrs. Liao, who is in charge of planning, that the program of the General Administration of Customs must be attended by the chief executive." The show just started. Besides, she also said that the Fanling is a new thing, and there are not many people in the government meeting it, so I want to make this the finale."

Bai Xuelan felt relieved, got into the car and went back to the Bai Mansion in the city with Adjutant Sun.

When I went to the mansion to ask, it turned out that Xuan Huaifeng had already returned. He was worried that he would make the General Administration of Customs look bad if he was late for the performance, because after changing his clothes, he hurried to the auditorium by car with the Vatican bell box.

Bai Xuelan called the servant who reported to him aside, and asked, "Did Adjutant Xuan leave any words with you before he left?"

The servant said, "He walked away in a hurry and didn't say anything."

Bai Xuelan asked, "Did you say nothing?"

The footman still shook his head: "No."

He glanced at Bai Xuelan's pensive face, and asked in a low voice, "Chief, did Adjutant Xuan have something important that he forgot to do?"

Bai Xuelan said, "No, you can go."

Angrily in my heart.

This hateful person didn't even say an exhortation, not even a sentence "If the chief comes back, call him..."

When he went out, he climbed the mountain angrily and did not return after being locked out by him overnight, and he was not worried at all.

So heartless.

It's just that at this time, suffering alone is just asking for trouble.

For this reason, it would be too expensive not to go to Xuan Huaifeng's rare performance of the Brahman and Lingling.

Bai Xuelan had no choice but to ask again: "What clothes did Adjutant Xuan wear when he went out?"

The servant was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was recruited recently because of his relatives. When Bai Xuelan asked, she said, "I'm wearing a new white foreign devil's suit and a neck cloth. It looks like It's very refreshing."

Bai Xuelan was amused by him, and laughed and cursed, "I don't know anything. You will tell the visiting guests like this in the future that you will even lose my face. What kind of foreign devil wears a neck cloth, that's called a suit and tie."

The footman nodded again and again, smiled himself, scratched his head and said, "Exactly, I also think there should be a nice word, but when you asked just now, I couldn't remember it for a while."

Bai Xuelan said: "That's right, the Vinyl is a Western musical instrument, and you should wear Western clothes to match it well."

He went to the room, put on a new suit himself, tied the tie neatly, put on a pair of shiny leather shoes, and led Adjutant Sun to the government hall where the celibacy was held.