The moon comes to take pictures

It's almost August, and the early osmanthus trees have bloomed, and the streets of Nanjing are full of fragrance.Xie Yan asked someone to break a few, put them in a large bottle, and put them next to him when he closed his eyes and rested his mind. Last night, the Chamber of Commerce and the officials of the Garrison Office had a drink, and they returned late, so they only took a rest at this time. He was paralyzed after a hangover Limbs and limbs, frowning and turning over, suddenly someone came from the courtyard, and whispered outside: "Master."

It took a while before Xie Yan responded: "What's the matter?"

"The things were delivered, but the second master refused to accept them."

His tiredness dissipated all of a sudden, and he sat up abruptly: "Why didn't you accept it?"

The reporter opened the door and came in, and stood on the edge of the door curtain with his head bowed: "I didn't say anything, but I just didn't want to accept it."

The ones that were sent over were nothing more than common playbooks on the market, not to mention bribery, let alone flattery, so it would be impossible not to accept them. Xie Yan looked at him suspiciously: "A small item," he suddenly figured out. What, a little displeased, "It's you who offended the doorman."

"How dare you little one!" The man plopped on his knees, "Master knows, little ones are always amiable." After a pause, he stammered, "I think the Ning family is already in trouble..."

"Shut up." Xie Yan patted the couch, and the man didn't dare to speak.

After a while of silence, Xie Yan waved his hands wearily: "Go out."

You were fine before, why did you change your face today?Ning Ruichen is not such a hard-hearted person, he is very soft-hearted, and his ears are also soft... Xie Yan lay on the couch, unable to close his eyes no matter what, when he closed his eyes, Ning Ruichen called him brother.

The last time we saw each other was in the garden of Daxing Palace. Ning Ruichen was sitting next to him watching a play. At that time, he and Yuan Junyu went out for a while...

At that time, why did they suddenly go to the cave to find the jade pendant?

Are they...

Xie Yan, like a small man in the market, carefully pondered Yuan Junyu's work, and suddenly became a little dazed. He felt that this person was absolutely impossible, so he couldn't help opening his eyes, and a sneer unconsciously appeared on his mouth.

Another day's feast was three days away, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and Zhang Shenxiu had been away for half a month.Before Xie Yan went out, he received a letter from Zhang Shenxiu. It should have been written at the pier. The handwriting was a little scattered. He briefly talked about the situation, and he knew that the area was indeed safe, so he felt relieved.

Another one, Xie Yan heard that Liu Jiao had disappeared without a trace, and he didn't know where he went, so he believed in his heart that Liu Jiao had slipped away with money. Officer, let him go.He only planned to wait for Zhang Shenxiu to come back, calculate how much money his family was short of, and pay him the price himself.

The banquet was held behind the Reclining Buddha Temple next to Shuixi Gate. As usual, some actors were invited to accompany them. Cui Zhu treated the guests with familiar faces. To his surprise, Xie Yan saw that Wu Shiji was also present.

It turned out that the third division of Nanzhili was also captured by Cui Zhu.

But sooner or later, Xie Yan heard about the Wenshe, a few literati formed cliques, saying that they were singing the wind and making fun of the moon, but there are many officials here, teachers, students, father and son factions, how could it be simple What about singing the wind and making the moon?Even those who do business with him can see that Nanjing will be divided into two sooner or later.

When it splits into two, it's time to fight for the top.

During the exchange of pleasantries, Xie Yan was ushered to the upper seat, and Cui Zhu invited several tables in total, looking around, there were only one or two eunuchs, and they were calling each other brothers and sisters, and they were in full swing.

Cui Zhu asked someone to change the branches, hooked his arms again, embraced a delicate girl, pressed it on her lap, and asked her to pour wine.When pouring wine, he turned his face to talk to Xie Yan.

After chatting for a while, it was all commonplace, suddenly Cui Zhu chuckled, and grabbed Wu Shiji who was at the next table: "Master Wu! Our family treats guests, why are you so sad!"

Wu Shiji didn't expect him to come so suddenly, he was unprepared, and almost knocked down the wine glass.

Cui Zhu's face was naturally not bitter, and he smiled brightly: "Look at the little girl next to you, are you still worried?"

Before Wu Shiji could speak, a drunk next to him laughed and answered: "He, Eunuch Cui doesn't know, last time on Chaoku Street... he mistook that loyal uncle for a girl!"

Wu Shiji said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Oh," Cui Zhu stood up at once, motioning for the girl to calm down Wu Shiji, "I know that person, he has some flair, next time I invite him over, and it's all for young master Wu to settle the feud with him!"

By this time, the people at the banquet were almost drunk, Wu Shiji reeked of alcohol, and said impatiently: "Slap me in the face, this is unjustifiable!"

Cui Zhu patted Wu Shiji's shoulder with a smile, and drank a few drinks with him: "Forget it, why bother to make such an unpleasant incident? Well, I'll be the host again tonight, please go to the Qinhuai River..."

Xie Yan laughed along, and a few tunes passed, Cui Zhu turned around with a smile, and came back to chat with him.

"There's still one more person missing today." Cui Zhu's face became hot from eating, and he tilted his head lazily, looking really regretful, "I don't see Brother Shu Zhou, he and his little couple really make people think about it."

Xie Yan has a good capacity for alcohol. After several rounds of drinking, he still didn't show his face. He smiled and said, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will probably be back. If the order goes well, maybe I can make it in time for the holiday."

Cui Zhu raised his glass with a smile: "I said you are really heartless, teach your brother to travel far away, and you stay in Nanjing to enjoy yourself!"

Although he said this with a smile, it really didn't sound good. The chatter and laughter on the table stagnated for a short time, and then resumed in the next moment.

Xie Yan filled the wine glass, drank it down, and said to Cui Zhu, "Eunuch, you have misunderstood me. The shop in Nanjing also covers the area of ​​Shicheng...it can't be done without me."

This was clearly told to Cui Zhu, and Chang Xi insisted on keeping him.

"He went to Zhoushan." Cui Zhu's smile deepened, perhaps because of his drunkenness, there was a kind of indescribable mystery.

"Zhoushan...what?"

Cui Zhu played with the golden lotus cup, shook it vigorously, and listened to it: "Weiqing should be well informed, there have always been Japanese pirates there, and now Nanjing is... eh?"

Xie Yan reminded him: "Business comes and goes in wind and rain. After all, it is entrusted by others. Sometimes life is just a weed."

"Entrusted by others..." Cui Zhu seemed to be chewing the weight of the word carefully.

Xie Yan threw out a sentence: "Elder-in-law, isn't it also entrusted by others?" After he finished speaking, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and glanced at the night outside with a kind of indifference that was not afraid. Floating on the Qinhuai River.

Cui Zhu laughed loudly, stood up, and waved to the long-awaited guests: "Let's go, go play on the Qinhuai River, tonight, if you don't enjoy yourself, you are not allowed to go home!"