The moon comes to take pictures

Two days after Ning Ruichen returned home, Cui Zhu's post arrived, saying that it was the Mid-Autumn Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party, he had made some chrysanthemums at home, and invited some friends to come and enjoy them.

To be honest, Ning Ruichen doesn't have any bad feelings towards Cui Zhu now, especially after Cui Zhu said that he came from the same family, Ning Ruichen even had some sympathy for him.

Ning Ruichen was not surprised when this post was sent. Cui Zhu has always behaved like this. He wanted a seat but didn't send the post, which made people suspicious.

Ning Ruichen was about to go back, and was going outside to call Bao'er, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a few people walking outside the wall in a cluster, as if they were chasing people away.

"What's the matter?" Bao'er happened to come over, Ning Ruichen called him into the room and asked him strangely.

"Sent away a few servants," Bao'er didn't take it seriously, "It seems that the family has also sent a group away recently, I guess it's not very clever."

Ning Ruichen had never been in charge of whether the servants of the family would stay or leave, so he didn't think much about it, so he asked Bao'er to lay out paper and ink, and wrote a reply.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. After having dinner with his family, Ning Ruichen went out to Shuixi Gate, where it was always lively, and going north from there was Cui Zhu's house.

Stopping and stopping, at the moment of Shen Shi, the sedan chair stopped and leaned forward to lift the curtain. Before Ning Ruichen approached, he knew which gate belonged to Cui Zhu, and there were a few men with swords standing at the gate. Powerful eunuchs may not be able to persuade so many masters.

Ning Ruichen went to the door to post a post, and the eunuch who registered his name transcribed his name, and no one came to chat, which made Ning Ruichen heave a sigh of relief. When he turned around, he saw Cui Zhu talking and laughing with someone coming over , a large group of people wearing light furs, said while laughing heartily.

"Second Master Ning." Cui Zhu called out, and Ning Ruichen went over, cupping his hands slightly.

"Sure enough, let's go on time. Let's go inside. There will be good wine and tea... and good calligraphy and painting..." Cui Zhu blinked, and the effect was immediate. There were laughter and laughter all the way, and when we arrived at the garden, there was a golden autumn scene, and there was no depression. There were some potted chrysanthemums inside, and there were already a few people sitting there, either petty officials, or white men without a job, Ning Rui The minister took a few glances, but did not see Yuan Junyu.

"Eunuch Cui." He whispered.

Cui Zhu had a heated chat with someone, and didn't notice the sound. Ning Ruichen passed through the crowd, quietly picked a corner and sat down, and saw that there was a table similar to the main seat in the center of the garden full of chrysanthemums. It was empty, it must have been used by Cui Zhu to entertain distinguished guests.There were also actors singing in the garden, but I couldn't hear them clearly, but it was a lively event.

Ning Ruichen sat for a while, and suddenly heard the chime ringing. It turned out that the stage was singing Dawei: "Sitting on the east of the river...seeing the mountains and rivers in sight..."

At this moment, Cui Zhu broke away from the group of people, "Why are you here alone?"

"I was a bit tired on the way here." Ning Ruichen kept his thoughts hidden, and said a few words casually, but Cui Zhu could see it: "Second Master shouldn't be sitting here, you have status."

When he said this, Ning Ruichen understood that this Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party was not just a casual chat among friends, it looked like it was meant to be distinguished from superior to inferior, no wonder there was a eunuch registered at the door, no wonder the ones who came first They are all small characters, and the distinguished guests are all behind.

Sure enough, Cui Zhu smacked his mouth outside the moon gate, and said with a smile: "Here."

After the winding path full of pines and bamboos, the voices of people gradually approached. Before the people arrived, the clothes sash fluttered and appeared from the corner of the door. Two eunuchs came in with lanterns, followed by a group of lively attendants. Take a closer look, Those were officials who were laughing at each other, and that was the highlight of the day.

The garden suddenly boiled, and the people who had been sitting went up to chat and make friends.Cui Zhu was also going there, Ning Ruichen grabbed him in surprise: "Didn't you say that all the people who came here today are friends?"

"Huh?" Cui Zhu tilted his head slightly, "These adults are indeed my friends."

"I have to go." Ning Ruichen was displeased.

Cui Zhu chuckled: "These scare you? They're not tigers, leopards, wolves, can they still eat you?"

This is scarier than tigers, leopards and wolves. Ning Ruichen looked at him with a complicated expression: "I don't associate with people in the officialdom."

After speaking, get up and leave.Cui Zhu held him back: "Don't worry, just take another look."

Those people are coming this way, talking and laughing, the one who is surrounded by the center reveals his true face, among a group of old guys, is a person as elegant as jade, with a bamboo green robe, a jade forehead, and a dot on his face. So far proud, slender and neat, that is Yuan Junyu.

Cui Zhu said implicitly: "None of them are outsiders, besides, they won't sit at the same table for a while. The second master should save me face. If you go back like this, how can I treat guests in the future?"

They were whispering their ears here, and soon someone noticed and came over to greet them.Ning Ruichen didn't talk to people very much, but there was nothing he could do. Because of Cui Zhu, people always came up to chat, and Ning Ruichen had to force a smile in response.

When he finished dealing with it, he looked up again, and all the officials, big and small, had already taken their seats, but Yuan Junyu was not among them.

"Good second master, don't lose your face, you come with me." Cui Zhu laughed at him, shook off a bunch of followers, walked to a stone step covered with vines, went up, and there was an open room next to him. The water is open, and there are already guests sitting in it.

"I'm talking about you, here we come." Yuan Junyu glanced at him, pinched a small teapot in his hand, and turned back and forth on the tea set, with seven or eight literati sitting beside him, talking about some interesting things.

Cui Zhu laughed: "Don't make such unpleasant remarks."

The few people echoed the joke, and looked at Ning Ruichen quietly while talking. In this gap, Cui Zhu quietly pushed Ning Ruichen over there: "You have always had the best relationship, brothers are nothing but brothers." , Come, I'm relieved if you take a seat."

Ning Ruichen didn't understand Cui Zhu's intentions. He sat next to Yuan Junyu hesitantly and looked out of the open room, only to realize that the place is really winding and secluded. People outside don't observe carefully, and they can't see the mountain, stone, pine and bamboo. , and there is such a small pavilion.

"Why are you here?" Yuan Junyu handed him tea.

Ning Ruichen stared at the several pots of chrysanthemums in the open room, and asked in a low voice, "Did I come here by mistake?"

"No," Yuan Junyu thought for a while, "I will protect you."

With Yuan Junyu here, Ning Ruichen felt much more at ease. After eating a few dishes, the people at the table were chatting about some elegant things, when suddenly someone frowned: "Why is he here too?"

The tone was not good, Ning Ruichen followed his gaze and looked outside without any trace, it was still bustling under the shadow of the cluster of lights, but there was an extra man in red clothes, if he didn't pay attention, he couldn't see it at all.

Immediately, someone was upset, and with a flick of chopsticks, the literati's energy came out: "It's nothing to do with a few businessmen, why are Changxi people also here?"

When Cui Zhu was not here, these people echoed: "Doesn't this make it difficult for us to step down!"

Ning Ruichen was confused, business?Does that mean that Xie Yan is here too?Why is it that Changxi's people come, but they can't get off the stage?

"Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient." Yuan Junyu waved his hands and said some polite words.Everyone was also aiming at his reputation as a loyal uncle, and they calmed down one after another, and did not mention the matter of whether to stay or not.

Ning Ruichen hastily ate two mouthfuls of food, tugged Yuan Junyu's sleeve under the table, and asked softly, "Xie Yan is here too?"

"Ah."

Hearing that he was not happy, Ning Ruichen pursed his lips and swore to him: "I won't look for him."

Yuan Junyu turned his head after a long time: "Whether you look for it or not has nothing to do with me, and I don't care about you anyway."

Ning Ruichen seemed to have completely forgotten his absurd behavior, and immediately said: "You don't care about me, it makes me feel worse than you do not care about me."

"...Since when did I take care of you?"

"On that day..." Ning Ruichen murmured, his face suddenly became hot, "I won't tell you anymore."

Yuan Junyu didn't let him go, the sleeves under the table were dangling: "What the hell is going on with you?"

"..."

They were entangled here, and didn't notice the movement on the other side. After a while, Yuan Junyu withdrew his hand, took an orange slowly, probably inadvertently wanted to take a look, and hit the opposite side of Changxuan Looking back, he suddenly saw Xie Yan over there, looking straight into the open hall.

A Xie Yan, Yuan Junyu didn't think it was worth taking it to heart, but the feeling like a bone stuck in his throat was real.He turned slightly, "The one just now is the Jinyiwei next to Chang Xi." Yuan Junyu turned the orange and broke it in the middle, "It's called Wei Shui."

Ning Ruichen responded half-understood, as if he was more interested in the conversations of the other people at the table.

Yuan Junyu reached out and pinched his leg: "Don't be distracted."

Ning Ruichen glanced at Yuan Junyu shyly, and quietly lifted up the crumpled robe.

"People around Changxi, be careful and don't get along with each other." Yuan Junyu peeled the orange slowly, and the orange peel just spread out, breaking off a piece, insisting on feeding him: "Apart from your family, there is only me, You don't need to be on your guard."

I don't know why, Ning Ruichen's face was red, because there was something in his heart. After eating that slice of orange, his mind was just buzzing, and he bumped him lightly with his elbow, and said without thinking: " There are not so many people with evil intentions..."

Yuan Junyu ignored the words, but what he thought in his heart was why not?There was one seated on the opposite table, looking at it without covering up.Yuan Junyu saw it clearly, that piece of orange entered Ning Ruichen's mouth, and Xie Yan turned around to drink with others.

"Is it sweet?"

Ning Ruichen couldn't stand being so tired: "It's okay..."

The meal lasted until the moon was in the sky, and because of Wei Shui's arrival, the people sitting in the open room excused themselves to leave. Ning Ruichen was worried, and when he thought about whether he wanted to leave too, a small person came up from the side steps. Fire, it seems to be reported.

"Master, my father-in-law asked if I would like to show my face and have a drink."

This is not like Cui Zhu's style, Yuan Junyu estimated that Wei Shui was in trouble, so he agreed, sent the fireman away, and said to Ning Ruichen: "You wait for me here for a while, and I will see you off later. go back."

All the way outside, people came to persuade him to drink in twos and threes, laughing and joking, it was hard to tell which one was the guest and which one was the entertainer who came to cheer him up.Yuan Junyu straightly took the seat next to Cui Zhu and sat down, took the golden lotus cup handed over to him in a big way, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Your Majesty is proud." Wei Shui admired, and moved his fingers, and the charming young man beside him took the wine pot with a chuckle, filled it up, and stroked the wine with his fingertips: "Master, The servant respects you."

Because all the important people were pressing down here, the table looked quiet, Yuan Junyu also smiled, and swept away the boy's fragrant sleeves: "I drank the wine, I can't bear the beauty's kindness."

"Look, have you got an ax in the class?" Wei Shui pulled the boy back into his arms, and the people around him recognized that it was the small rail he got from Chang Xi's house, and their words that were loose for a while were restrained a lot.

"Tongzhi just deceived me when I was young and ignorant. If I had been shown the world earlier, why would I?" Xiao Langan laughed, showing no shame at all.

Cui Zhu booed: "Wei Tongzhi got such a wish-fulfilling treasure!"

Xiao Langan seemed to be angry, he twitched the flowers on his sideburns, and slammed them softly on Wei Shui's chest: "Okay, everyone makes fun of me, I don't want to wait any longer." He ignored no one and let others make fun of him, Just throw up your sleeves and leave.

Cui Zhu laughed and shouted from behind: "Wei Tongzhi is really annoyed!"

Xiao Langan turned around and stuck out her tongue quite delicately: "I'll take a breath!"

All of a sudden, the atmosphere became lively again, and Yuan Junyu was smiling, watching them flatter each other genuinely and falsely.

After walking a small distance, the table was visibly relaxed, Wei Shui said with a half-smile, "I'm here for our Duke today, Eunuch Cui, don't you think it's wrong?"

"Where is this talking?" Cui Zhu drank a lot of wine, his tongue was slightly straight, and he hooked his shoulders with Wei Shui, "I have always regarded Wei Tongzhi as my brother, besides, you are my fifth uncle's confidant, see Brother Wei, If you see my fifth uncle."

Yuan Junyu couldn't help teasing: "Do you recognize your brother or your uncle?"

These words were so witty, all the restraint disappeared in an instant.At the table, you come and go, you draw circles and punch, and you make orders.Even at this hour, Yuan Junyu should be leaving. I wonder if Ning Ruichen is in a hurry?

It looked like a stick of incense, and the wine glass had been empty several times. Cui Zhu's wine was not light, but a strong wine with strong stamina. The people at the banquet were talking drunkenly, and suddenly someone said: "Thank you, boss. What about people?"

"Yes, he is the best drinker, why is he gone?"

Cui Zhu found a waiter and ordered, "Look for it."

As soon as the voice fell to the ground, a graceful figure came in from outside, Xiao Langan held the door and leaned gracefully: "Are you looking for me?"

Everyone laughed and said, "Wei Tongzhi is here, and everyone knows you want to go back."

Xiao Langan pouted: "Then who are you looking for? I see, all the Lelings in Nanjing are here tonight."

Cui Zhu spread out his fan and pointed: "Wei Tongzhi, listen up, this makes me a luxurious, extravagant and lustful bastard?"

"How dare I, my slave?" Xiao Langan didn't care who it was, he rushed forward and acted coquettishly, "We all know that Eunuch Cui is upright! But who are you looking for? If you don't tell me, I won't forget."

Then someone replied: "I want to thank the boss, you are outside to enjoy the wind, have you seen him? Hurry up and call for a drink!"

"He," Xiao Langan poured the wine, his eyes rolled up, looking naive, "he left the gate early, and he took someone with him." He paused for a moment, giggling: "I don't know who is so blessed Already!"

The author says:

I can't finish writing during the day. .Two chapters combined into one