Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 85 Zhu's Birthday Celebration ([-])

Fan Ning was overjoyed, it was rare for the little girl to find out, so he quickly introduced the other two stones to Zhu Pei.

"These two Taihu stones, one is called Three Pools Reflecting the Moon, which belongs to the top-grade Taihu stone, and the other is named by me, it is called Jinniang Wuyi Stone, which belongs to the high-quality Taihu stone."

Zhu Pei immediately fell in love with the second stone, "I like Jinniang Wuyi Stone, it's a good name."

She tilted her head again and asked, "Why is it called Jin Niang Wuyi Stone?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Then let me ask you first, what is the style of Wei and Jin?"

Zhu Pei thought for a while and said: "Wang Youjun's words float like clouds and startle dragons. Tao Yuanming's poems are pure and elegant, and enter a leisurely environment. The literati in the Wei and Jin Dynasties mourned the fallen leaves in the autumn, and liked the tenderness in the spring. It’s just a sentence, elegant and unrestrained, naturally uninhibited.”

"well said!"

Fan Ning secretly praised Zhu Pei for summing it up well, and he pointed to this Taihu Lake stone and said: "Look at this Taihu Lake stone, which looks like a dancer dancing casually, with fluttering skirts, and the stone is thin and bony. It's not like the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so it's called Jinniang Wuyi Stone."

Zhu Pei clapped his hands happily, "Well said, that's what I said when I was fighting stones!"

She hurriedly ordered her servants to carry the stone into the mansion. At this time, Fan Ning handed her the gold-painted wooden box again, "This is a birthday gift from me to your grandfather, pass it to him!"

"What is it?"

Zhu Pei took the wooden box and asked curiously, "Is it also a stone?"

"No, this time it's two bottles of wine."

"liquor?"

Zhu Pei frowned slightly, the Zhu Qiongyu liquid brewed by Zhu's house is also well-known in the capital, why did this brat send two bottles of wine?
Fan Ning said with a smile: "Don't underestimate this bottle of wine, it is unique in the world, if it wasn't for your grandfather's birthday, I wouldn't take it out."

"Look at what you said, it has the mysterious meaning of the style of Wei and Jin."

Zhu Pei pursed his lips and smiled, "I'll give it to my grandfather to taste, what does Fanning wine taste like?"

She winked at Fanning, "Come with me!"

Fan Ning followed Zhu Pei into Zhu's mansion through the side door. There was a lot of people in the main hall in the distance, but it was very quiet here.

"There are rich and powerful people from all over there. If you are interested, I will take you to get acquainted with them?" Zhu Pei asked him jokingly.

"If I go over there, I won't be treated like a monkey by them? Don't go!"

Fan Ning knew it well, and shouted that the child prodigy was coming, and guaranteed that everyone would come to watch, those who were studying poetry and scriptures, and maybe even disassembled himself into parts to study, but he was not in the mood to accompany him.

Seeing Fan Ning's character, Zhu Pei was also happy, so he smiled and said, "I'll take you to the back house, where it's quiet."

"Juppe, is your family in the liquor business?" Fanning asked in a low voice, finding the opportunity.

"My grandfather doesn't do wine business, but my third grandfather has several stores in the capital. He is a big wine merchant. Why do you ask this?" Zhu Pei gave him a strange look,
Fan Ning was a little embarrassed to speak, but if the opportunity is not seized, it will be fleeting.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "There are two bottles of wine in the box, you can give your third grandpa a taste of one bottle and let him evaluate it."

"Oh--"

Zhu Pei suddenly realized, and looked at Fan Ning with contempt on his face, "I thought that being a county magistrate would be a bit promising? But the nature is hard to change, and I am still a small money fan."

Fan Ning clasped his hands together and begged, "My little brother is poor, and the family is almost out of control. Your old man will help out, and I will give you the piece of Jinniang's dance dress."

"Hmph! Who cares about your broken stones? Whether you can help or not depends on the mood of the yamen!"

Fan Ning already knew Zhu Pei very well. She was a typical knife-mouthed bean curd heart. Since she said so, there was a clue to the matter, and Fan Ning was in a good mood for a while.

They walked onto a long covered bridge. It was early spring, and the plum blossoms were just blooming.

There are actually two acres of vegetable fields in the distance, which are yellow and full of rapeseed flowers.

"Jupei, how is Grandma Zeng?" Fan Ning saw the vegetable field and suddenly thought of the old lady from last time.

"She's doing well! I miss you all day long, and I expect you to pour vegetables for her."

Fan Ning couldn't help laughing, "Okay! I'll go and pour vegetables for her old man later."

Zhu Pei rolled his eyes at him, "There are no vegetables for you to water now, or you can water the flowers for me!"

"I'm a guest of your house, are you willing to let me water the flowers?"

"Hmph! I know you're not sincere."

While bickering, the two quickly walked across the covered bridge and directly entered the back house. There were a little more guests here, almost all of them were female relatives. They were all dressed in embellished embellishments, showing off their charms. Yanyan, with a strong fragrance.

Most of them are in groups of three or four, and gather together to enjoy flowers and fishes, and chat about family affairs.

Fan Ning scratched his head, with an embarrassed look on his face, "Jupe, I'd better go somewhere else! This place is full of female guests, so it's not convenient for me."

Zhu Pei covered his mouth and giggled, "You little brat, who would take you seriously, and even say that you are inconvenient, why are you inconvenient? It's so ridiculous!"

"Ape!"

A lady of about 40 years old came beside her, wearing a white embroidered beige, slender, graceful and luxurious, her black hair was combed into high clouds, her face was painted white, and her pair of red phoenix eyes were very special. sharp.

"Auntie, when did you come?"

Zhu Pei's tone was a bit cold. The last time my aunt was urged by Xu Ji to ask her not to participate in the prodigy competition, Zhu Pei still has a bit of a grudge.

"When are you going to see my cousin! He was beaten so badly, hey! The old man was too ruthless."

"That's what he deserves!"

Zhu Pei said coldly: "If you don't want to be a good gentleman, you must be a gentleman on the beam. If you want me to say, breaking his leg will let him learn a lesson."

Fan Ning suddenly understood that they were talking about Xu Ji, and that Xu Ji seemed to have been beaten badly.

Although Fan Ning had no news of Xu Ji, it was within his expectation.

In order to vent his anger, he not only bought a shop in Xu's family, but also made his father and uncle face the danger of losing his official position. It's no wonder that such a dude who doesn't know what to do is not severely punished by his family.

Wang's face suddenly darkened, why did his niece speak so badly?

She glanced at Fan Ning, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Whose yamen is this petty official? How can he enter the inner house casually?"

Fanning smiled, "Fanning!"

"You are...."

Wang's face changed, and she took two steps back in shock, staring at Fan Ning, and slowly, her brows stood on end, with anger flashing in her eyes, "You have caused my nephew so much misery, get out, you are not welcome here! "

Zhu Pei's face suddenly became gloomy, and she said to her aunt very dissatisfied: "This is my home, Fan Ning is my guest, please respect me, auntie!"

"You! You... actually spoke for outsiders." Wang was so angry that her eyes turned black.

At this time, all the surrounding female relatives looked at this side one after another, whispering, it seemed that Ape had a quarrel with her aunt, and who was that little official? Ape was protecting him.

Fan Ning gently moved Zhu Pei aside, he smiled lightly, and said to Wang: "Madam, if you are smart, you should be more polite now. I am the one who suffers. If I make things big and Xu Ji is suspected of stealing, will he still think about it?" Participate in the imperial examination?
Madam's husband is an official, right?Will the imperial court tolerate a tax-evading official sitting high in the temple?And the son, even if the son is admitted to the Jinshi, I am afraid that he will be dismissed from the merits, I have said nothing, if the wife still wants to make trouble, I will accompany you to the end! "

After finishing speaking, he smiled at Zhu Pei: "Jupei, let's go!"

Zhu Pei was really dissatisfied with his aunt in his heart. He married the Xu family and thought about the interests of the Xu family all day long. He never thought that he was her niece.

She ignored her aunt and led Fanning to her yard.

Wang Shi stood there motionless. Although her face was covered with lead powder, she couldn't see her face, but her neck was completely red, and her eyes shone with shame and fear.

"Dumb, don't pay attention to my aunt, she has a simple mind and has never been very knowledgeable."

Fan Ning chuckled, "I don't care about such small things!"

Not long after, they came to a yard, which is the yard where Zhu Pei lived. It covers an area of ​​five acres. In front of it is a large garden. In the garden, there are small bridges and flowing water. On both sides of the flowing water, there are seven or eight high-grade Taihu stones with unique shapes. .

There is also a small hill on which several lush trees are planted, and at the top of the hill is an octagonal white jade pavilion.

Behind are two red attics, one is Jupe's bedroom, and the other is Jupe's living room and study.

"Brother!" Zhu Pei shouted to the pavilion twice.

Only then did Fan Ning realize that there was a fat boy sitting in the pavilion, with his back to them, and he didn't seem to hear Zhu Pei's shout.

Zhu Pei had no choice but to say to Fan Ning: "The above is my elder brother, he is also a big fool like you, I will deliver wine to grandfather, you can sit with him!"

Fan Ning suddenly remembered what Zhu Yuanfu had said to him. Zhu Pei had a 15-year-old elder brother whose intelligence was only equivalent to that of a three- or four-year-old child. He had always lived in the capital.

He nodded, "Go! I'll accompany him."

"My elder brother has the best temper, you are not allowed to bully him!"

Zhu Pei instructed the maids in the courtyard to say a few more words, and then left with the wooden box in her arms.

Fan Ning handed the Taihu Stone in his arms to Jianmeizi, and walked quickly up the hill.

(End of this chapter)