The moon comes to take pictures

The eldest son went to Beijing, which made the Nanjing officialdom busy for a long time, and then let it go.As soon as Yuan Junyu went to Beijing, it took several months. At the end of summer, there was still no news.When Ning Ruichen passed the Zhongyi Bo's mansion, he only heard a few conversations, arranging the ostentation in the palace.

A luxuriant flower wall was built in front of Uncle Zhongyi's mansion, and it was not yet a climate, only a few pink flowers were in full bloom, and a few day laborers finished their work, sat under it, raised their arms, and chatted enthusiastically.After a while, it was said that the palace gave a fugu feast, and that table didn't know which plate would eat the dead, but the son of the world tasted all of them without changing his expression.It is also said that the son and the royal family had a very happy conversation, and he would not be able to come back for a while.

Some are even more outrageous, saying that the emperor is interested in the son, and which princess is going to marry him.Ning Ruichen couldn't help recalling that the princess sister with this title seemed to have married Annan the year before last.

In addition, all kinds of rumors are so bizarre that no one can believe them.There is only one piece of truthful news from Beijing, that Uncle Loyalty has passed away, so His Royal Highness should be enshrined, but Yuan Junyu declined and said that he has no merit, and begged to wait until the year of his birth before inheriting the title .

Ning Ruichen didn't understand why, and he didn't take it to heart. His life was carefree, and he didn't need to think too much.But at the end of the month, there were some troubles. My sister-in-law was pregnant, her feet were edema, and she couldn't sleep at night. My eldest brother asked the Ministry of Industry for a long vacation and took his wife to Yangzhou to raise a baby.In addition, my father became more and more busy with his official duties, and the family was vacant again after he left.

These days, Ning Ruichen has also known quite a few honored children from Nanjing, but they are all shallow friends, and they can call each other by their first names after meeting each other.This is all second, he recently discovered an interesting place to go, from Qingliangmen to Dinghuaimen, there are big fairs for several days in a row this month, he went to Qingliangshan for a stroll when he had nothing to do, and saw that Jinling was still the same Jinling , flirtatious, noisy, not much chilled by his loneliness all day long, suddenly in his heart, it seems that he has a deeper understanding of Buddhism.

Recently, a few new shops have opened up in the former site of the stone city at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, almost occupying a whole street. Ning Ruichen wandered here when he came down from the mountain.The shops are full of good products from all over the world, and there are also jade Guanyin carved by Nanyang jade craftsmen, and sandalwood bracelets with a strong fragrance.What's even more strange is that it is a green fruit like a Buddha's head. The shopkeeper speaks with a Fujian accent and says that it is edible. Ning Ruichen waved his hands again and again, terrified.

After visiting the whole store, Ning Ruichen picked out a pair of dominoes made of ivory. The front was decorated with numbers and the back was engraved with golden lotus patterns.My sister-in-law likes to play horse cranes, and always says that the dominoes are not easy to touch, so I just gave this to her today.Ning Ruichen also happened to be studying recently, and when his little nephew is born, he may improve his poker skills, and maybe he can still sit on the poker table for a while.

After choosing something, Ning Ruichen asked Bao'er to pay the bill. After a while, Bao'er came over with her head bowed and pulled Ning Ruichen's sleeve, tears streaming down her face.

It turned out that the money bag had been taken away by Kong Konger on some road.

Right now, the sedan chair is also parked outside Shicheng, at this time, someone is called to pick it up, and when the person walks back and forth, the shop should be closed, and they can only wait until tomorrow.

Ning Ruichen's face felt hot, but he was reluctant to part with this set of dominoes.When he found the shopkeeper, he explained the difficulty embarrassingly, and said: "I will order this deck first, and I will send someone to settle it tomorrow."

The shopkeeper was shrewd and sophisticated, with Nanyin's official words in between: "This is the last pair. There are many customers who want it. Tomorrow... Even if the things are still there tomorrow, it won't be at this price."

He then reported the number, and the price of this pair of ivory plaques was the same as gold.When Bao'er heard this, she immediately became impatient: "Where did the profiteer come from! You know my family—wow!" Bao'er covered his forehead, "Master hit me again!"

The shopkeeper flicked his sleeves, squinted his eyes, and was sure that he would be foolish and easy to deceive: "I can't find a second pair of this deck in Jiangnan. At this price, the shop is very kind!"

Ning Ruichen grabbed Bao'er who was wandering around, gave a fierce look, and then took out a jade pendant: "Look, shopkeeper, can I use this thing as a mortgage? Keep it for me today, and I'll come back tomorrow, according to this number Buy it."

A piece of jade pendant that has been carried with me for many years, it has been warmed up to be very clear, it is not a noble family who can afford such a treasure.The shopkeeper traveled all over the world, he knew the goods, he muttered at the moment, and thought about the interrupted words of the child, his guess became deeper, so he took the jade pendant and said: "So, the boss happened to be here today, I will ask Ask my boss—”

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper called the assistant, and left immediately.

The guy was enthusiastic, pouring tea and water back and forth, seeing Bao'er purse his mouth, he took sugar pills for him to eat.Bao'er immediately forgot about the face of the shopkeeper, and happily chewed the sugar pill.

After about a cup of tea, the shopkeeper hurried back to the shop, put the jade pendant in his hand into a square brocade box, and returned it to Ning Ruichen.The shopkeeper said with a smile: "My eyes are dumb, the guest officer is actually a distinguished customer of the shop."

Ning Ruichen was taken aback.

The shopkeeper continued: "Not long after the store opened, the owner ordered that the thousandth customer, no matter how expensive the goods are, this order will be waived. I just checked the account books, and the guest officer has ordered the thousandth customer."

In the whole world, I have never heard of such a business.Ning Ruichen was very puzzled: "Is there such a strange thing?"

The shopkeeper's eyes turned back and forth on his master and servant: "There are far more bizarre things in the world than this." After finishing speaking, the pair of dominoes had been packed and delivered by the staff.The shopkeeper was very caring: "This thing is heavy, and there is another person from the small shop to deliver it to your house."

Ning Ruichen declined, "You're welcome...there's still some strength in this."

Finally got the ivory card. Ning Ruichen liked it very much. When he went out of the store, he saw some familiar faces. He didn't remember who they were for a moment. When he got home, he sent the ivory card to his elder brother's yard. The subordinates were placed in a high place to prevent the things from being damp when the elder brother and sister-in-law returned home.

In the evening, Ning Ji hadn't seen Ning Ji go down to the yamen yet. Ning Ruichen expected that his father would not come home today, so he ate first, made a bowl of plum soup, took off his heavy outer robe, and put a crepe dress over his middle coat. , smoked the new rosin, and lit the lamp under the wisteria trellis in the courtyard to pass the summer.

He was half leaning on the reclining chair, with his legs casually put down, barefoot, huddled under the lamp, reading a book, and then at the jasmine flowers in full bloom in the yard.

The breeze is bright and the moon is bright, the sky and the river are like a sky, the shadows of the trees tremble slightly, shaking the moon waves below the steps, Ning Ruichen smells the fragrance in his chest, and becomes more and more fascinated. When he was concentrating on reading, someone came to tell him: "Young Master, there is someone Here comes the post."

"What post?" Ning Ruichen shrugged his feet, fearing that outsiders would see his appearance, quickly took off his shoes, and at the same time accepted the post, sealed the outside with a paper, and saw that it was for him. of.At this time, it seems unseemly to send a name post, at least in Nanjing, it is considered unruly.

He didn't open it to look, and asked cautiously: "Who sent it?"

The person who sent the message replied: "It's a person wearing clothes, hanging a wooden sign in the palace, we... dare not refuse."

Eunuch, Ning Ruichen thought about it, he didn't know any eunuchs.

In the end, I unpacked the sealed post, and together with the famous post, there was also a receipt from the theater, and a short note, which contained nothing more than some polite words, such as visiting or talking, only the last The name post shocked him, the words Zhongzheng almost covered the red paper, and it was about the eunuch he saw at home that day.

Cui Zhu.