Startled Meng

"Master Yan, please wait a moment, Xiao Er is getting you wine." The shopkeeper of the restaurant ran back from outside the house, spit out white mist, rubbed his hands to warm them up, and quickly counted on his abacus.

Yan Cijing put the silver on the counter and stepped aside to wait.

The rich aroma of wine was pleasant, Yan Cijing looked at a group of children running past holding candied haws, and smiled slightly.

The wind that leaked in was still a little cold, and Yan Cijing squinted his eyes when the wind that came in when the curtain was wide open.

A gentle and refined man came in, asked the shopkeeper for some shochu, then smiled lightly and asked:

"My wife is not good at drinking, so I insisted that I should also try shochu in the winter solstice, but the shochu is too strong. What kind of wine is there in the store, is it light wine that the female relatives will not burn their throats when they drink it, and drinking too much will not hurt their health?"

The shopkeeper graciously recommended Lujiu.

At this time Xiaoer brought in the prepared shochu, Yan Cijing thanked him and left.

Lifting the curtain and going out, a carriage was waiting beside the wine shop, and the woman in the sedan chair was helped down by the maid.

With a crimson cloak and a circle of rabbit fur on the brim of the hat, against a calm and gentle face, she saluted Yan Cijing: "Master Yan."

Yan Cijing recognized her, she was Qiu Ruzhi, she was married and a woman, she nodded and said, "Ma'am."

Qiu Ruzhi was holding a gentle woman's bun, and she was no longer as self-willed and savage as she was when she was a daughter of the Qiu family. Her smile was no longer innocent, but she was still beautiful. She asked, "Master Yan, why didn't you let me go to the street?" Is the servant accompanying you?"

Yan Cijing shook the jug in his hand: "I have an appointment with someone, so let the servants at home go to the festival to have fun."

She doesn't wear fancy clothes, but just a face of crown jade is enough to make people never forget, but she is also modest and polite. There is something in Qiu Ru's words: "Master Yan, I am convinced that I lost."

lose?Yan Cijing didn't understand.

Qiu Ruzhi looked at her husband who came out of the wine shop, her eyes fluttered: "Young Master looks at you, it seems that there are bright stars and moons hidden in your eyes. I used to be very envious, until I also met someone who looked at me like this."

Yan Cijing followed her gaze and saw that it was the man who wanted to buy dew wine. He understood and said:

"Ma'am, the official's congratulatory gift has not been delivered yet, a picture that is a good match for a hundred years."

Watching the chariots and horses go away, Yan Cijing went on the road again and boarded the arch bridge. The boats under the bridge brought back memories of the night of the full moon.

The night of the winter solstice falls very quickly, but the sky is blue and white at the end, and there is no moonlight or stars.

Yan Cijing walked faster, counting the days as he walked.

After the winter solstice, he was going back to Beijing, and everything in the mansion had been explained, except for the brief separation from Yu Fangzhi, he didn't know what to do.

Yu Fangzhi told him that he had already told Ruku that he could use the manpower in Beijing at will.

The Yuzhai next to Yan's Mansion is always occupied, and Yan Cijing can come in and out at will.

In the end, Yan Cijing couldn't bear it any longer, took his hand and asked him, "What should I do when I want to see you?"

At that time, Yu Fangzhi turned into a liar who bluffed children, and said: "When you miss me, just call my name from the air."

"Will you come?"

"meeting."

Yan Cijing laughed as soon as he heard it, it's not that he will never see him again, but he only went back for a month, and the round trip was only two months, so it seemed like he would never see him again.

It's funny to be too depressed, Yan Cijing decided not to think about parting anymore, think about Yecheng, think about Xia Changying.

In an instant, he actually wanted to tell Xia Changying that he was no longer alone.

"Master Yan, the general is already waiting in the greenhouse."

"it is good."

Yan Cijing hid his thoughts, handed the shochu to Yue Junshan, and followed him through the corridor.

The evening wind was getting colder and colder, and Yan Cijing's breath was frozen into white air. He looked at the red-lighted greenhouse from afar, and he had a premonition in his heart. He quickened his pace, one step ahead of Yue Junshan, and his only son opened curtain.

"Master Yan."

"General He."

Yan Cijing called General He, but kept his eyes on the person who was walking step by step.

He didn't know that there were also bright stars and moons in his eyes at this moment.

"Is it cold?" Yu Fangzhi blocked everyone's sight and stroked Yan Cijing's face.

Yan Cijing looked after Yu Fangzhi, and said with a smile, "It's not cold."

There are He Qian, Duan Chengkong, Yu Fangzhi and Yan Cijing in the room.

He Qianqian was so powerful that he broke grapefruits with his bare hands. He broke twenty grapefruits in a row, kept five, and sent the remaining fifteen to the dining room of Yue Junshan and the officers and soldiers next door. uniform.

Yu Fangzhi and Yan Cijing were warming wine in front of the fireplace.

"Why are you here?" Yan Cijing asked.

Yu Fangzhi replied: "The nineteenth concubine at home is making a fuss because of who will accompany my father for the festival. I feel annoyed, so I came with Master." He asked again, "General He invited you, why didn't you come here before?" Heard you?"

Yan Cijing stared at the flames jumping in the closet, "I thought you were going to be with your family."

"Aren't you a family member?" Yu Fangzhi said while reaching out to grab Yan Ci, Yan Cijing was frightened to death, and quickly flung it away.

This scene happened to be seen by Duan Chengkong, who was serving the food, and he cursed: "Sinister! What are you doing? Come here! Move the table!"

Duan Chengkong looked at Yu Fangzhi's eyes with fire, hotter than the flames in the fireplace:

"Go get the copper pot!"

"Bring the meat, too."

"Pour out the wine!"

Yan Cijing had a ghost in his heart and dared not say anything.

He Qian felt strange: "Didn't you praise your apprentice just now? Why does it seem like you want to eat him now?"

As soon as Yu Fangzhi opened his mouth, he immediately received two warning looks, one from Duan Chengkong and one from Yan Cijing, so he had to shut up and do things obediently.

Duan Chengkong took Yan Cijing to his seat, and said with a smile: "The villain doesn't understand the rules, don't mind Mr. Yan, I will teach him for you later."

Yan Cijing shook his head no, nodded no, and sat down side by side with Duan Chengkong.

On the long table, one side faces the fireplace, Yu Fangzhi and He Qian sit on both sides, and Yan Cijing and Yu Fangzhi are separated by Duan Chengkong.

Moreover, the goshawk on Duan Chengkong's shoulder was extremely huge. After Yan Cijing had a meal, he didn't see Yu Fangzhi how many times, and just turned his face to eat the feathers.

He Qian: "Steam meat in a copper pot, Mr. Yan, you are welcome!"

Yan Cijing: "Please."

If you want to drink, you have to pad your stomach first, and the four of them use chopsticks to eat meat, which is outrageously harmonious.

After He Qian's wife passed away, he did not remarry. He suffered for many years. Yu Fang knew that he was rich and happy on the surface, but in fact he was carrying a deep hatred. Yan Cijing also had revenge. Only he knew the pain. Duan Chengkong was better, unrestrained, But being alone is only for a long time, and there will be lonely times.

The four of them get together, which is also considered ingenious.

After drinking for three rounds, Duan Chengkong thought about He Qian's injuries and asked him to drink less, but He Qian just wanted to continue drinking so he could speak soft words:

"Master Yan, Luo Sheng's matter, I blamed me for not thinking carefully, and almost made a big mistake, please bear with me!"

With a bowl of wine, the kung fu of raising one's head will be bottomed out, Yan Cijing followed, "It's the traitor who is too cunning, General He doesn't have to blame himself."

Although the two had had disputes, He Qian could bend and stretch, and Yan Cijing was unreasonable and unforgiving. Sitting down and having a meal like this, all conflicts were resolved, and He Qian even brought up the war in the past.

Said that he would always remember the third day of June in Yuankang's 56th year, when Luo Sheng knelt under his door and invited him to fight, and the second prince who came with him was the current emperor.

Yan Cijing stopped He Qian's hand from pouring wine: "The third day of June?"

He Qian was drunk and sleepy: "Yes! I can't remember it wrong. I will remember this day until I die. In the 56th year of Yuankang, the third day of June!"

Yan Cijing snatched his wine bowl and asked with clear eyes: "General He, do you still have the troop transfer order from back then?"

"Yes! Yes! Do you want to see it? Come with me!" He Qian stood up slowly, pulled Yan Cijing out, and just took two steps before falling to the ground with a "plop", Yan Cijing was stunned. , Duan Chengkong rushed over, took a breath, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Just passed out drunk, I'll help him back to the room."

Seeing that Yan Cijing's expression was different, Yu Fang asked, "What's the matter? Is there any problem with the deployment time?"

Yan Cijing shook his head: "I'm not sure yet, I won't know until I go back and read the records."

Once he regained his senses, Yu Fang knew that he was leaning on him, Yan Cijing pushed, but did not push, and said anxiously: "Get up quickly, don't be seen by your master."

"If you see it, you will see it," Yu Fang knew whether he was afraid, "I saw us holding hands this time, and I might see something else next time, so I just told him to forget it."

"No." Yan Cijing said seriously, "If you say so, I won't have the face to see him."

"Okay, okay, don't say it." Yu Fangzhi smiled, "Smell me a sip, and I will hide it for you."

"We'll talk about it when we get home." Yan Cijing glanced over Yu Fangzhi's thin lips.

Yu Fang knew the nonsense: "No, just now."

Yan Cijing knew that he was a good drinker, but he also pretended to be drunk, leaned on him, and even closed his eyes, not looking good, Yan Cijing tried his best to push him away.

"Go home...whatever you want at home."

Yan Cijing pushes harder, Yu Fangzhi hugs him tighter.

In the eyes of Duan Chengkong who entered the door, his eyes were really shocked.

"Scumbag! What are you doing just sitting there? Go to the kitchen and serve glutinous rice balls!"

The author says:

Xiao Yan: SOS!