Scholar and old attack

"Oh, Mrs. Jiang, don't be embarrassed. Who doesn't know that Mr. Jiang is famous for loving you. I heard that he never married a concubine because of you."

"That's right, this man can't control his lower body. Who doesn't have a Yingying Yanyan in the back house, like Mr. Jiang, who only cares about Mrs. Jiang, you can't find it with a lantern. "

"Mrs. Jiang, hurry up and show us all the presents Mr. Jiang gave you."

While these ladies were talking, they kept fiddling with their jewelry, either the hairpin or the bracelet, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Xu Shuizhou smiled embarrassingly. If the husband and wife can only rely on these vulgar things to maintain their relationship, is this kind of relationship still pure?

This... This is not very similar to the feelings of a brothel girl towards her benefactor...

No wonder the ancients were able to write poems that a husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes.

"What are you talking about? I'm so happy." Just when Xu Shuizhou was in a daze, Jiang Jingyuan walked over, with a faint smile in the twilight, and his gestures exuded a scent of spring breeze.

Immediately, the wives who were chattering around him just now quieted down.

Young Master Shi Wushuang, roughly speaking.

Everyone loves beauty, especially when women see handsome men, they can't help admiring them. Jiang Jingyuan, who is so young, has reached a high position with his own true ability. He is capable and capable. A man who is talented, intelligent, dedicated, and handsome is exactly what women want.

With such a gentleman always by my side, I don't care if he gives me any gifts, as long as I give him himself.

At this moment, Madam's eyes were red with jealousy, and she had completely forgotten what she asked Xu Shuizhou just now.

This Xu Shuizhou is just a country boy with no talent, no morals and low status, but he can have such good luck, I really don't know what kind of virtue his ancestors accumulated.

"I didn't talk about anything, I just chatted about some homework." Xu Shuizhou replied with a smile, lightly exposing the embarrassment just now, and never mentioned to Jiang Jingyuan that there are other days besides chrysanthemum viewing today.

"Master Jiang." After hearing Xu Shuizhou's words, the ladies realized that they hadn't saluted yet, so they hurriedly saluted Jiang Jingyuan.

From the corner of his eye, Jiang Jingyuan took a look at the clothes and jewelry on them, and seeing that they were all ladies of low rank, he nodded slightly as a gesture, without saying a word.

Seeing that Jiang Jingyuan didn't even look at them, the ladies couldn't help feeling a little disappointed in their hearts, and became more and more jealous of Xu Shuizhou.

How can this brother have a woman? It must be that Mr. Jiang has never tasted the beauty of a woman, and he has not yet understood the way of it, so he was fascinated by a brother.

After Mr. Jiang had tasted the beauty of women, this guy didn't know where he was thrown.

"Why do you sit here?" Jiang Jingyuan glanced at the seat Xu Shuizhou had chosen. It was neither high nor low, unobtrusive, and surrounded by officials and wives who were not of high rank and quality.

Xu Shuizhou was stunned, "Can't you sit here?"

"This is not where you should sit. They are all low-grade ones. Come on, I'll take you to where you should sit." Jiang Jingyuan lowered his head and smiled, holding Xu Shuizhou's hand with his slender hands, and gently held him Hold it up.

Xu Shuizhou got up and looked around, only now did he see that each table seemed to be exquisite, he thought he could sit casually, but unexpectedly made a joke.

"I... Did I embarrass you?" Xu Shuizhou lowered his head shyly, blaming him for not doing a good strategy before going out. Presumably, A Yuan came here because he felt the strange eyes of his colleagues.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and rubbed the top of Xu Shuizhou's lovely head, "No, it's just that I'm a little hungry, so it's not appropriate to sit here."

"Oh." Xu Shuizhou looked around a group of Yingying and Yanyan, knowing that Jiang Jingyuan hated the smell of makeup, he nodded and agreed.

The wives who were surrounded by Xu Shuizhou just now turned pale in an instant. Although Jiang Jingyuan's words were not explicit, they were insinuating that their rank was too low, and they were not fools, so why couldn't they hear it.

Looking at Jiang Jingyuan's gentle eyes towards Xu Shuizhou, they used their eyes to look around for their husband.

In the end, he saw his husband sitting on the corridor of the manor, sipping wine and admiring the seductively dressed seductive women in the center of the manor, without even giving them the so-called wives.

There is no comparison between people. At first, people who thought that Xu Shuizhou was poorly dressed suddenly felt that they were really pitiful.

The husband who sleeps next to the pillow has never had them in his heart, so he can use this money to comfort and comfort his soul.

If their husbands treated them like Jiang Jingyuan, why did they end up in such a cliché.

Yes, it is cliché.

The cliché is just their disguise, pretending how much the husband at home likes them, and pretending not to fall behind.

Seeing the scene of Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou walking side by side affectionately, these ladies were so angry that they almost broke the veil.

People are really more popular than people.

Jiang Jingyuan took Xu Shuizhou to sit in the position with the best view in front of him. A group of old ladies in their 60s and [-]s were sitting next to them. Only Xu Shuizhou had a pretty and tender face in the middle, which was a bit awkward.

"I'm a rare visitor today. I didn't expect Mr. Jiang, who didn't leave the house, stepped out of the house and came out to have a gathering." On the left hand side, a man with a malicious smile on his face greeted Jiang Jingyuan.

"Master Yao." He raised his hand without hitting the smiling face. Although Jiang Jingyuan and the Ministry of Justice Minister Yao Chongwen had some feuds, there are no permanent enemies in this world.

This time about the Xu family, their household department cooperated very harmoniously with the criminal department.

"Master Jiang is a very busy person. It is a great honor for us to take time out to participate in the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet. I respect Mr. Jiang for a glass of wine." Yao Chongwen took a glass of wine and drank it down.

Jiang Jingyuan also smiled and picked up the jug and sat down to pour the wine. Xu Shuizhou gently pulled Jiang Jingyuan's robe and said in a low voice, "You don't even know how to drink."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled, took the wine pot, covered it with his sleeve, blocked the mouth of the wine pot with the pulp of his index finger, poured it pretendingly, and then gave Yao Chongshan a glass in return as if he had wine.

After drinking, he smashed his mouth and turned the wine glass upside down to Yao Chongwen, who seemed to be saying, look, I drank every drop.

Xu Shuizhou suppressed a smile and blinked his eyelashes. It seemed that his worries were unnecessary.

"Hahahaha, I can't see that Mr. Jiang is so straightforward at such a young age. I have to drink another cup just for your straightforward attitude." Yao Chongwen appreciated Jiang Jingyuan's reciprocal attitude. As a wine man, the chrysanthemum wine made in September is quite to his liking, and he wished he could drink a few more glasses.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled, "I have long heard that the Zhuangzi's chrysanthemum wine is brewed at its peak. Today's first grade is really like this, but it's a pity that drinking has to wait for a long time. After the flowering period, the wine becomes worthless. Master Yao is a good wine man, why bother?" Use Jing Yuan as a wine raft, drink as much as you want, the owner of the wine must not disrespect Lord Yao."

Yao Chongwen laughed even more happily when he heard Jiang Jingyuan's words. He drank one cup after another, his eyes were a little dazed, and he thought Jiang Jingyuan was an interesting person, so he stopped calling Jiang Jingyuan to drink.

Xu Shuizhou obediently sat next to Jiang Jingyuan, listening to his nonsense, which was well-founded, and even fooled Lord Yao for a while, and couldn't help but want to laugh.

When he smiled, two intoxicating dimples would be revealed, and the old lady who had been looking at him couldn't help but sigh, "What a handsome brother."

Xu Shuizhou blushed for no reason, and smiled back.

However, there are also people who can't understand Xu Shuizhou. Seeing that he is sitting in the position of the second-rank adult at such a young age, they said in a bitter tone, "I don't know if this is the child of that family who is so ignorant. There are some seats in the back who don't want to sit. They just want to sit." Such a high position doesn't even look at one's own virtues."

Because it was an ordinary flower viewing banquet, not only the officials above the court came back, but some officials from other places also came back on vacation, and even the nobles and grandchildren came to participate, so there were many people who didn't know Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou.

Seeing that the two people were dressed in ordinary clothes, she didn't think about it in other directions. She thought it was the ignorant adult who brought his son out to meet the world, but didn't teach them the rules.

As soon as Xu Shuizhou finished laughing, he heard someone taunting him, and his face collapsed. He could make jokes, but it was too much to make jokes about their family, A Yuan.

"Isn't that right? Now some officials' wives have lost their eyesight. They think that they wear yellow clothes as dragon robes, and don't pay attention to other colors." Xu Shuizhou choked back repeatedly.

Immediately afterwards, he said, "Our husband is not as capable as others. He was only 22 and won the position of second-rank minister. When we go back, we have to talk about his incompetence."

Hearing Xu Shuizhou's words, Jiang Jingyuan also squinted his eyes in cooperation, and said with a smile, "Madam also thinks I'm incompetent, I will definitely work harder when I go back, and strive for another promotion, so that Madam can live a better life. "

The couple teamed up to stage a drama of bitterness, which completely silenced the wife who was choking just now. How could she be able to ascend to the position of minister at the age of 22, unless that Mr. Jiang?

Oh, she offended Mr. Jiang, the most popular person in the dynasty, as soon as she opened her mouth. I'm afraid she will be punished by her husband after she returns.

The lady's face was so ugly that her husband came over, he was just a fourth-rank official, and apologized repeatedly to Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou, "I'm sorry, my wife and the next official just arrived in the capital yesterday and are not familiar with the people in the capital." , causing trouble for Master Jiang and Mrs. Jiang."

Jiang Jingyuan seemed to be groveling, with a flattering look on his face, and he was no longer in the mood to make things difficult, so he waved his hand and stopped thinking about it.

The bystanders saw a lot of jokes, some pursed their lips and smiled, some covered their mouths to snicker, and some laughed loudly.

The woman was dragged into a corner by her husband, and he told her a lot. When she came out again, her eyes were red. It was obvious that she had been taught a lesson. The woman also felt ashamed, especially when she faced strange people around her. Looking at it, I wish I could bury my head under the table.

Xu Shuizhou crawled on the table boringly and watched people dance, coming and going, either flicking his sleeves, twisting his waist, or winking, nothing new.

"You have to persevere until the evening, and now you have to bear it in the morning." Seeing that he was bored, Jiang Jingyuan tore a piece of autumn grass at random, flipped his fingers, folded out a grasshopper, and brought it to Xu Shuizhou.

Xu Shuizhou's eyes lit up, and he picked up the grasshopper like a treasure and looked at it over and over again. Jiang Jingyuan folded it so lifelike that it was verdant on the table, just like the real thing.

"When did you learn it? Why don't I know." Xu Shuizhou had never seen Jiang Jingyuan do this before, but now it opened his eyes.

Jiang Jingyuan just smiled and said nothing. In order to learn this, he squatted at the door of the household department every day to learn from the children who met in the street, so that he could use it to coax the children one day. Unexpectedly, the children did not coax the children, so he coaxed the adults first. child.

"It's such a beautiful grasshopper, can my brother make one for me too?" At such a relaxed banquet, some people will bring their children out to see the world. Children are not interested in singing and dancing, so they find familiar people by themselves. If you want to play with others, you will see the grasshopper in Xu Shuizhou's hand and run over to ask for it.

Xu Shuizhou didn't break the grasshopper himself, he couldn't make the decision, so he could only stare at Jiang Jingyuan helplessly.

Jiang Jingyuan had no choice but to find some grass, and broke one for each of the children, letting them play with it by themselves.

When the group of children were sent away, another batch of women dancing at the banquet were changed to play the piano.

The sound of the piano is melodious and melodious, ups and downs, sometimes it makes people passionate, and sometimes it makes people sad.

Xu Shuizhou rolled his eyes, "The person who plays the piano should not be in the same group as the dancers just now. This piano skill cannot be taught by ordinary people."

Jiang Jingyuan dozed off, because he had a heart disease, he couldn't listen to music that could control people's mood, so he never learned how to appreciate music. Even if he didn't have a heart disease, he would Can't appreciate music.

Hearing what Xu Shuizhou said, he just gave a faint "Oh".

"She's quite pretty, do you want to take a look?" Xu Shuizhou was no longer bored, and stared straight at the woman.

Jiang Jingyuan glanced at the woman, and then looked away. He was so thin, with a long and sharp face, and he looked like a snake spirit.

"It's not pretty." When Jiang Jingyuan looked away, he didn't see the woman who seemed to feel his scrutiny, and smiled at him.

"She gave you a wink." Xu Shuizhou was taken aback by the woman's boldness, and when he heard Jiang Jingyuan's words, he smiled in a good mood and reminded Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan casually picked up a piece of chrysanthemum cake, stuffed it in his mouth, and said calmly, "It's not surprising, a woman who is so ugly, she just wants to marry a man after she catches her."

Jiang Jingyuan looked at Xu Shuizhou while eating the pastry, and said with a smile, "My Ah Zhou is still pretty, and I never get tired of looking at it."

"Slick tongue." Xu Shuizhou pushed Jiang Jingyuan, blushing, and quickly glanced around, seeing that no one was looking at them, he turned his eyes away again.

After a zither was played, a man stood up and said to everyone, "This is the little girl Fangfang. She is eighteen years old this year. Please take care of me."

"It turned out to be a blind date. It seems that this chrysanthemum banquet is not ordinary. It is a chrysanthemum appreciation and a thank-you wife. Now it is a blind date. It is really a multi-purpose banquet." Jiang Jingyuan understood, and it turned out that the woman just now was not the girl in the building.

He thought it was a nobleman in that building, but he looked a little anxious, he didn't look like he was eighteen, but he looked like he was in his twenties.

"The girl is staring at you." Xu Shuizhou has been watching for Jiang Jingyuan. When he saw the woman named Fangfang sizing Jiang Jingyuan up, he knew that she had a crush on Jiang Jingyuan.

"..." Jiang Jingyuan, who was still eating chrysanthemum cakes, dropped the chrysanthemum cakes all over the table.

"Not interested." Jiang Jingyuan didn't even raise his eyes, he was a little displeased, he is a man who only likes men, and he doesn't care about women at all.

"Women who stare at married men are mostly not good things. You should stop watching too much, you will be blinded." Jiang Jingyuan did not forget that Xu Shuizhou said just now that this woman is beautiful.

"Well, I don't want to watch it." As soon as Xu Shuizhou finished speaking, he saw the woman named Fangfang walking towards Jiang Jingyuan.

At first Xu Shuizhou didn't pay attention to it, thinking that she was passing by them on the way, but he saw her floating in front of Jiang Jingyuan, with a voice full of temptation, "May I ask the official's name."

The woman's voice is like a yellow warbler, not only pleasant to listen to, but also giving people a sense of fantasy, especially those big watery eyes staring straight at Jiang Jingyuan, just like Jiang Jingyuan is her sweetheart, people can't help thinking Take a good caress.

Her voice fell in Jiang Jingyuan's ears, and Jiang Jingyuan felt that his eardrums were hurting. The voice was as unpleasant as a male duck's throat, and the smell of rouge powder on the woman made it difficult for Jiang Jingyuan to breathe.

Jiang Jingyuan pulled Xu Shuizhou past him and sniffed him lightly, oh my god, he finally came back to life.

"I don't have any surnames or names, Miss, please ask Gao Ming, my wife and I will be in harmony." Jiang Jingyuan felt that what he said was giving this woman a step down.

As expected, the woman's eyes dimmed for a moment, but she was not as sensible as Jiang Jingyuan thought. Instead, she said in a deeper voice, "If the official family doesn't dislike it, I will be a concubine to serve the official family, and the little girl will feel very honored." .”

"Ouch~" Jiang Jingyuan couldn't hold back his retching, he felt nauseous just now, and he couldn't help it even more, if this woman stayed by his side for a moment longer, he would really vomit.

"My husband is not feeling well, you should find Gao Ming elsewhere." Xu Shuizhou saw that Jiang Jingyuan was about to vomit tears, he couldn't bear it, and his attitude towards the woman in front of him also cooled down.

"Miss Fangfang, Mr. Jiang is not close to women, there are many good men in the world."

Wang Linjie was also transferred back to Beijing from Datong this time, but he came a bit late, just when Miss Fangfang was playing the piano. A woman named Fangfang fell in love with her junior brother.

After seeing a good show, but seeing that his junior was disgusted by this woman, he had no choice but to come out to rescue him.

This woman named Fangfang was a bit reluctant, but seeing that everyone on the field was looking at her strangely, she finally retreated shamelessly.

"Alright, alright, everyone is leaving." Xu Shuizhou gently carried Jiang Jingyuan's back, served tea and rinsed his mouth again, and managed to restore Jiang Jingyuan's state.

"Brother." Jiang Jingyuan saluted Wang Linjie, looking at him curiously, not knowing how he came back.

Wang Linjie seemed to know what Jiang Jingyuan was thinking, and said with a smile, "The last time you sent me the credit, you were naturally transferred back. Only when you came back did you find out that your younger brother is doing well in the capital, and now your name is spreading all over the place. gone."

Jiang Jingyuan, "Everywhere, it's just small things that don't make it to the public. It's the common people's love."

"Okay, what are you and my brother delaying? I came back this time and passed by the frontier, but I heard that Prairie Khan was spit out three liters of blood by you. This is the second time he has been planted in your hands." Wang Linjie said When I looked up, I was a little bit excited. When did the Ming Dynasty have such a scene.

"I really don't blame me this time, it's all thanks to the soldiers of the general family city. Without them, what would I be able to accomplish by myself." Jiang Jingyuan shook his head and refused to admit that it was his credit.

"I also heard that you captured Xu Changming alive, how do you plan to punish him?" Wang Linjie already knew the grievances between Jiang Jingyuan and the Xu family, so he was also curious about what Jiang Jingyuan planned to do with him if he didn't kill Xu Changming.

"Lord Yao, I wonder if the execution time of your Ministry of Criminal Justice has been fixed." If Wang Linjie didn't say anything, Jiang Jingyuan would have almost forgotten about it and turned to Yao Chongwen.

"This time the chrysanthemum feast will be executed when you go back. Why is the chrysanthemum feast not enough for you, and you want to have a head feast for a while." Yao Chongwen teased Jiang Jingyuan with a smile.

"That's natural. On the day of the banquet, I will set up a few tables at home. At that time, I will have to invite Mr. Yao."

Needless to say, Jiang Jingyuan really had this plan, and if he had to avenge his revenge, it wouldn't be justified without a few banquets.

"Come on, I don't dare to drink the wine in your house casually, but this time my brothers are outstanding, and they are working hard. Your household department really didn't show anything." Yao Chongwen drank a lot of wine but Not drunk yet.

Since Jiang Jingyuan purged the government and the opposition last time, the people below dared not be greedy anymore. Life has been very tight recently, and Jiang Jingyuan must have known the salary of the court.

"Okay, it will be as Master Yao wishes in the future." Jiang Jingyuan smiled slightly. Now that the household department has money and shipping, it is not an easy matter to increase the salaries of the officials.

"I just like Master Jiang's straightforwardness now." Yao Chongwen raised his glass again and drank it down.

"Junior brother is getting more and more imposing now, I'm ashamed of myself." Wang Linjie watched Jiang Jingyuan and Yao Chongwen gag the whole time, and couldn't get in a word, thinking that Wang Linjie had been an official for many years before he got to his current position.

But as for Jiang Jingyuan, in just one year, he became a second-rank official, holding the lifeblood of the entire imperial court, many times higher than his official position who has worked hard for many years.

Thinking back to when we first met, the whole boat did not take him seriously, now, no one dares to take him seriously, even those talented scholars who went on the boat with Jiang Jingyuan back then all boasted about Jiang Jingyuan in Datong How did he win Taifu Gu's favor for his bravery and martial arts?

"Okay, don't disturb your good time with your husband, I have to go to appreciate the chrysanthemums too." After sighing, Wang Linjie got up and left in a hurry without waiting for Jiang Jingyuan to reply.

"Go back and send a gift to senior brother." Jiang Jingyuan looked at Wang Linjie's back and said softly to Xu Shuizhou.

"Well, good." Xu Shuizhou nodded.Said to remember.

Speaking of rituals, Jiang Jingyuan remembered that today is the day of thanking his wife, and out of the corner of his eyes, he couldn't easily see a few emerald greens under the roots surrounded by chrysanthemums.

Jiang Jingyuan got up and rummaged under the chrysanthemums a few times. It will be noon, and everyone's eyes are on his every move.

"Master Jiang, what are you looking for?" There was a young servant who was very discerning. Seeing that Jiang Jingyuan was looking for something, he thought he had lost something and came to help him find it.

"No need." Jiang Jingyuan rummaged for a while, and suddenly found what he wanted to find, carefully picked it up by the root, and brought it to Xu Shuizhou.

"This is..." Xu Shuizhou looked at a piece of grass in his hand, a little puzzled.

"You count how many petals this grass has."

"Three petals."

"There are three colors of leaves in one season, and three autumns when the leaves fall. I will give you the present." Jiang Jingyuan said softly, and said with a finger as white as jade, "Spring green, summer red, autumn yellow."

Xu Shuizhou was still puzzled, and looked up at Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan immediately said, "In this way, Yu Shi, I only owe you a white head."

Xu Shuizhou suddenly raised his head to look at the extremely gentle man, he seemed to crush the sunlight into his eyes, which were dazzling and warm.

"Crack, click!" Something in the manor shattered to the ground.

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