Chapter 22: Night tour of Jinling (2)

After leaving Houji Teahouse, the sky was already dark outside. Gan Ziyi strolled and once again arrived by the Qinhuai River. The docks on the banks were crowded with people. The servants on the flower boats of various families were running back and forth, busy. He had no interest in these scenes that were overwhelming. He felt moved and suddenly remembered that he was bickering with the maid named Ruyan in his dream boat last night. A smile appeared on his lips. He looked forward a few times, looked in the direction, and walked.

The dream boat on the three-story building still stopped on the shore. Under the bright lights, it was like a giant ship on the shore. The spectators on the shore were much more lively as last night, and few people dared to board the boat to get through the pass. They stood behind the crowd and looked at it for a few glances. The gong sounded, and the smoke changed into a light purple shirt and walked out of the cabin gracefully: "Dear handsome men, my lady set up three passes by the Qinhuai River..."

As soon as he finished speaking, an extremely rough and unpleasant Tianjin accent sounded: "I'll try it?"

Everyone turned their faces and looked over. Gan Ziyi took a square step, crossed the springboard and boarded the bow of the boat. When Ruyan saw him, she was furious and said, "Why are you again?"

"Is it like this? Can't it?" Gan Ziyi spoke in Tianjin dialect, which was even more unpleasant than when he came before: "I came yesterday and didn't pass the three levels. I came again today, and I'm just fulfilling the appointment."

"When will my lady make a covenant with you? I want you to come here to fulfill the promise and offer treasures?"

"What do your lady think? I don't care. I am a habit. If you don't finish things, you always feel uncomfortable and can't sleep well. You must stop after it. I said, Ruyan, are you afraid that I will pass three levels in a row, and finally see your lady wanting to leave the boudoir, and you are jealous?"

"You..." Ruyan shyly: "You! Who would be jealous of my lady?"

Gan Ziyi took out a silver ingot from his arms, "Five taels of silver, how much is there, please give me back."

"Didn't you agree to ask for ten taels of silver last time?"

"I'm young and really have no memory." Gan Ziyi teased unruly: "Last time you said that two people came to pass the level, and one of them always had to suffer a loss. Now I'm going to do it myself, do you still have to pay ten taels?"

Ruyan didn't expect that he was so good at memory. "Like a woman, I can remember all kinds of things! There was no scattered silver on my boat," Ruyan's eyes rolled, "Why would you like to ask Mr. Gan to the next place to get five taels of cash and then board the boat?"

"You little girl, you are so bad, so bad!" Gan Ziyi deliberately teased: "I ask you, are you the bad idea of ​​unzipping the cable and starting the anchor immediately after getting off the boat?"

Ruyan was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect that her thoughts would be seen through by this person. The last time she met in the boat in the dream, she knew that Gan Ziyi was definitely not the playboy who had money and no place to use it. On the contrary, after several times of identification of books and jade artifacts, she had a good conversation. However, no matter how a girl looked at him, she really couldn't connect him with a knowledgeable expert. She didn't expect that he had such skill to observe his words and expressions. She said stubbornly: "You... don't talk nonsense! Without my lady's words, who dares to drive the boat without authorization?"

"Do you know, I know?" Gan Ziyi said with a smile: "But it's not OK to drive me off the boat. Let's do this, I'll give you the silver. Can I get through the barrier now?"

Ruyan had no choice but to let him board the boat, and sat down again in the cabin where he sat opposite him yesterday. Ruyan took out a tin can and took out several small bags wrapped in mulberry paper, which were shaped like wontons, but in fact they contained tea leaves.

Gan Ziyi knew that this kind of tea is called Hexiang. It is a small bag of good tea leaves placed in the buds of lotus flowers to bloom. The tea brewed has the fragrance of lotus flowers - in fact, the fragrance is scented, and it only has its name - but using such tea to make tea is not only solemn, but also the meaning of treating this guest as an elegant person.

Gan Ziyi clapped and laughed: "It's indeed extraordinary. People in Jiangnan just think carefully."

Ruyan was stunned for a moment: "What did you say?"

"You know I'm hungry, so did you prepare wontons for me for late-night snacks?"

Ruyan guessed that he was joking, but he was still angry and turned red: "Ruxue? Put away these things and make a cup of chrysanthemum tea for Mr. Gan so that the master can diarrhea!"

Gan Ziyi laughed loudly: "It's just right, just right! The young master is going to stay up late and pass the barrier, just about to chrysanthemum tea to relieve the fire!"

For this young master who couldn't get through the needle, Ruyan really didn't know how to cook. When the water boiled, he still brewed lotus tea for him. A piece of tea smoke rippled and held it in front of him: "Mr. Gan, please use it."

"It's just that the fragrance is full of people, which makes people feel relaxed and happy." Gan Ziyi restrained his jokes: "Thank you, Miss."

Ruyan retracted her hand and sighed: "How good is it to speak well like this? Why do you always have to joke?"

"Life is short. If you can't enjoy it in time, wouldn't you let down this great years?" Gan Ziyi gave a replies without answering, put down the teacup, and asked again, "How is it? When will you start to pass the level?"

"My lady said the day before yesterday that the young master Zhishen Ruohai has passed two levels in a row. If he is free, he will eliminate all the previous two levels. He can only ask the young master to pass the third level."

"Is it wine pass?" Seeing Ruyan nodding frequently, Gan Ziyi scratched his head pitifully: "I will never drink wine, and I know nothing about the beauty of this day. Why not change it and still let me choose one among calligraphy, painting, jade porcelain and treasures to replace wine pass?"

"This is not OK. My lady said that the three gates were set up for Junyan and Yashi to show their talents. How could the young master find another replacement?" She shook her head: "No."

"This is a tough thing. If I never drink, how can I get through it? Then I will be drunk and abrupt. It would be fine if Miss Saixiangjun is abrupt. If a person loses his manners, it will make Miss Ruyan work hard for me and feel unbearable."

Ruyan really couldn't guess which sentence he said was true or which sentence was false. He just listened to his words and thought of himself, and felt extremely sweet in his heart: "Then, why not wait a moment, and then say it after I asked my lady?"

"Okay." Gan Ziyi called her again: "Please tell your lady that if she can't agree, Gan doesn't want to show his ugly face in front of others, so she might as well get off the boat."

"As soon as you get off the boat, is there anyone tied your feet?" Ruyan curled her lips, wrinkled her beautiful nose, and walked up the stairs.

After waiting for a long time, I saw Ruyan coming down into the cabin again: "My lady agreed. I won't let you pass the wine pass, but I will set up another pass for you. Please give me some advice."

“What is it?”

"Young Master Zhishen is like a sea. When it comes to writing, he is naturally amazing. My lady said that I have thoughts recently when I read "Fangshixuan Collection of Literatures". I was idle and made a small order, asking your master Bu Yunhe to write one. I thought I could pass the barrier."

"What are you talking about? I can't understand what I lost my text!"

Ruyan rolled her eyes in anger, and saw that his expression was so narrow-minded that he probably understood that Mr. Gan was naughty by nature and must say good things badly. He was satisfied with it, so he had to say it again in vernacular: "I just ask the master to write a small poem. As long as my lady is satisfied, she will naturally let the master climb the tower to meet him."

"That's it. You don't know a few words. Do you hate it if you learn the sour scholars? Don't you like this in the future, oh?" Before Ruyan's face showed anger, Gan Ziyi immediately said: "Well! In order to see Miss Saixiangjun's face again, and for Miss Ruyan's efforts to work hard many times, I will write a poem. I wonder where your lady's original work is?"

Sai Xiangjun's poem is written like this: "A coincidence of the pagoda, I can see the jade trees in front of the wind, and I can speak the green willows on the river, so that I can keep the orchids. The strange clouds, the snow rolls on the clear pond, embrace the sky and the present and the past, the deep words, the Qingxia is not separated from the soil. I even envy the unparalleled national scholars, the peerless beauty, and the fairy partner Liu Fanshu. I am really lucky to be together for three lives, and I am not in vain for frequent travel, embroidered curtains and discuss the heart, ask for words on the jade platform, and take care of my hometown. The clouds in the east of the sea rise, and the ten lights and five colors compete to see them."

Gan Ziyi smiled and walked aside. There was a painting of dough that was prepared for the following stationery utensils. While he walked, he was plastering in his heart. He was already sure of it while counting breaths. He picked up his pen and wrote a small poem on the golden snow paper with a pretty beautiful thin gold body: "Ten days of sailing, the wind blows the green trees in the south of the Yangtze River. Looking at the qi of Lingyan Mountain from afar, I know that there are immortals and talents living in it. A generation of lyrics, ten years of heart breaking, the boudoir has never been in the past, the orchids are reflected in jade, and the wind and gods are gone. Life is hindered by fate, men and women are clearly counted. The clouds and ducks in their eyes are together, and they can be sad to travel. The south country is sang flowers, the West Lake is hanging old, the East China Sea is going to the courtyard, and the red makeup is white, and I praise everyone to see it myself."

After writing it, I took a look at the book and handed it to Ruyan: "For you."

Ruyan rarely didn't quarrel with him. Look at the little lyrics and then look at him. It seems that he can't believe that such a new and fictional text was written by him. Could it be that he copied it from somewhere? "Hey, what are you looking at? You can't think it was a copy by me, right? Today I am the only one, and there is no Mr. Li here!"

Ruyan's face turned red, and she sincerely curled her blessings: "Young master is really a talented woman who admires Wudi. She has offended many times in the past, so please let her beg you."

"Aren't you? It's just a small poem, which is worthy of your rudeness at the beginning and then respect? Tell you, there are not many young masters, and there is still plenty of surplus! Hahaha!" Gan Ziyi laughed proudly, his evil appearance was hard to describe. After laughing, he waved his hand: "Hurry to lead the way and take us upstairs to see the beauty."

Ruyan curled her lips in anger and walked upstairs. Gan Ziyi looked at her beautiful and curvy posture from behind. She really loved her more and more. "Hey, don't just read the words, be careful when walking, don't fall or break your nose, it will be bad."

The girl was walking very smoothly, and she was jokingly talking to him below. She was almost unable to stand firmly and was about to fall. She turned around and glared at him fiercely, and then she really went upstairs.

This time passed quickly. Miss Sai Xiangjun, whom I saw the day before yesterday, appeared at the entrance of the building, "Young Master Wanfu."

Gan Ziyi took a hard saliva, "Suck!" He stepped forward a few steps and stood near the petite Saixiangjun: "Hello girl. I went in a hurry yesterday, but I didn't get close to the girl's face. When I saw her today, it was indeed the national beauty of the sky, which made me... envious!"

Ruyan and Saixiangjun did not expect that he would say "censored" words in the end, and burst into laughter, like a peony blooming, "Young Master is joking." Saixiangjun said: "It's your master who has unique skills and plays in the world, and has the legacy of the ancestors of the Wei and Jin Dynasties."

"Where!" Sai Xiangjun said the words "Gambling on Earth". If she still naughty words, she would seem despicable.

Gan Ziyi restrained his hippie face and changed his tone to a pure official language: "It's not that I intentionally joke with the girl, but I am so naturally and I feel so depressed in the mansion. When I get here, I have no scruples, so I will have all kinds of rude things. Please forgive me for the first time."

Ruyan's heart trembled. Seeing his handsome and serious look, he felt uncomfortable, and smiled and nodded: "Young Master, don't be polite."

"Ruyan, why don't you bring tea to the young master?"

After using Xiangming, Sai Xiangjun asked, "Is the young master a native of Beijing?"

"I am from Tianjin, otherwise I wouldn't be able to speak such a pure Tianjin dialect." Gan Ziyi smiled: "But now my home is in Beijing. Therefore, I can also be considered a person in the capital."

"Is it for official business here in Wuzhong?"

"It's not considered a matter of business. Half is official business, and half is for hearing that there is a railway in Jiangning City, so I want to open my eyes." For some reason, Gan Ziyi was not interested in this beautiful Sai Xiangjun, but he felt even more cute about Ruyan, who always bickered with him. When he said this, he suddenly asked, "Miss Ruyan?"

"Ah?" Ruyan was startled, why did she ask herself: "What are the instructions for the young master?"

"But there is late supper, I'm hungry."

"There are shrimp rotten noodles and walnut boxes. I wonder if the young master is used to it?"

"I'm used to eating, I'm used to eating. As long as I don't spend money, I'm used to eating."

Ruyan burst into laughter, Ruchun flowers bloomed, deliberately squeezing him in words: "When I entered the cabin just now, didn't the young master take out five taels of silver? Why did he say he didn't spend money?"

"Oh, yes! Then I have to eat more, I have to eat enough."

The women in the cabin chuckled repeatedly, moved their lotus steps lightly like smoke, and went to the back cabin. "The young master's words are humorous. Is it really the only one I have seen in my life, but I don't know, is it the same joke in the mansion?"

Gan Ziyi shook his head helplessly, "Hey! So things in life are often unsatisfactory." He said: "The rules in our mansion are very good. When we talk to the servants in the mansion every day, we must behave in a regular manner, as if we were solemn to Dabin. Think about it, even speaking to the servants in the mansion is like this, what fun is there to say?"

Saixiang Jun was born in the end. Even though he was still an innocent young man, his words were not weak at all. "If the young master had such a joy of talking in the mansion, I am afraid that the young master and I would not have the opportunity to meet today."

"You can really talk!"

While speaking, Ruyan brought a big food box and opened it. It was fragrant and filled with a few colors of pastries: "Please try it, my lady, this is made by my lady by myself. Please take a look. Can you still taste it?"

"Gourmet utensils. It's not enough to be eaten. But the word "scent" is the only thing that makes people's index fingers move." He picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, and chewed it in big mouth: "Well, um. It's so delicious, much better than those servants in my house! Miss Ruyan, you can deserve the reputation of female buck teeth."

The two girls were stunned and laughed out loud regardless of their demeanor: "Buck teeth? You might as well call me to let go of my mouth! That's Yiya!"

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While everyone was laughing, time passed quickly. After eating a few snacks and using tea, Sai Xiangjun was about to speak when he heard footsteps outside the cabin: "It's cool at night, why not come and explore the secrets inside with Brother Li again!" Someone came to pass the barrier again.

Ruyan wanted to refuse to enter the cabin on the grounds that someone was chatting with the lady, but it was too late. The four of them entered the cabin and saw a petite woman with picturesque eyebrows sitting on the ground with a young man, chatting and laughing, and they were stunned: "Is this...?"

Saixiangjun wanted to avoid it again, but his momentum was too late, so he had to stand up and bow: "Good boys, please."

The four men were taken away by Sai Xiangjun's color at the same time, and they no longer had the arrogant attitude before entering the cabin: "Good girl. I'm reckless, please forgive me."

"How dare?" Gan Ziyi also stood up and looked at everyone. One of them knew Li Ciming, who had met last night. The other three, one was about the same age as Li Ciming, with a red face. It could be seen that he was well maintained. His pair of sword eyebrows flew into his temples. In terms of appearance, he was the first of four. The second grade was around thirty years old, with a wide forehead and a pair of smiling eyes, which was very likable. The last grade was the longest, with a clear nose and a perfect skin. I don't know if I had seen it somewhere, but Gan Ziyi felt that this person looked familiar.

The longest man in the grade also thought Gan Ziyi was very kind-hearted and couldn't remember it for a moment: "This is Miss Sai Xiangjun, who is famous in Qinhuai?"

"I dare not, I am Saixiangjun, who is this master?"

The middle-aged man who was very likable took a step forward and smiled and introduced: "This is Mr. Wang of my family. I have heard of Sai Xiang Jun's name for a long time, but I regret not knowing Jing. I am lucky to meet him today, and I will not be in vain for my life."

Saixiang Jun Piaopiao said: "Mr. Wang is in peace." After saying that, he looked at Li Ciming and smiled: "Mr. Li, we are meeting again."

Li Ciming was embarrassed by Gan Ziyi's arbitrary behavior yesterday and left the table quickly. He actually saw him again on the boat today. He didn't like him, ignored him, and bowed straight to Saixiangjun: "I left in a hurry yesterday, so please don't be surprised by my girl."

"Where, my grandmaster, I learned about it yesterday. Today I boarded the boat with my jade toe. I would like to ask my son to teach you more." Sai Xiangjun turned around and ordered: "Ruyan, Ruhua, why don't you bring tea to a few young masters?"
Chapter completed!