Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 29
With a huge sum of one hundred taels of silver in his hand, Huo Bingcheng moved his luggage from the awning boat to Suxianglou.It turned out that he was going to find an inn in the county city to live at will for a few days, and return to Taolin after the turmoil of Tong Sheng's incident passed.

Now that he has the money in his hand, he is ready to be happy these few days.

The two went back to the wharf where the awning boat was berthing. Huo Bingcheng's book boy had been waiting here for a long time.The middle-aged man followed the fake "Zhang Xinzhi" all the way, and finally found that the man boarded a passenger ship at the East Wharf and headed east.

Zhang Zhe and Huo Bingcheng debated for a while, but they couldn't figure out who this person would be. Why did they pretend to be Zhang Xinzhi?
Zhang Zhe also has money in his hand, 20 taels!According to Huo Bingcheng, one mu of good paddy fields around the county can be purchased for only fourteen or five taels, while in Taolin County, one mu can be bought for only eleven or two taels.

After Huo Bingcheng was busy asking Shutong to carry his luggage away, Zhang Zhe couldn't help but walk around the pier and buy some things.

The boatman driving the black-padded boat was a servant of Huo Bingcheng's family. The old man helped Zhang Zhe carry all these things onto the boat, and then he took his oars and carried Zhang Zhe westward.

When we left Wuling, the sky was already crimson, and the lake was filled with sunlight, and the lakeside and sky turned black and blue.

Because the boat is sailing against the current, the water journey is very slow.

When the awning boat sailed from West Lake to Zhantian Lake, the stars had already filled the sky, and half of the jade plate was ups and downs in the lake.

Just as the awning boat stopped on the shore in front of Zhang Zhe's courtyard, a figure jumped out from under a tree on one side.

"Lang Jun, why did you come back so late?" The joyful voice was Sanqi, whoever it was.

It happened that the things Zhang Xin bought at the pier market were not light, so he let him carry them, and the two of them walked home.

"It's getting dark, what are you still doing by the lake?"

Sanqi patted her head: "I guessed that Mr. Lang would come back tonight, so he made me wait."

Zhang Zhe laughed: "Why did you think of waiting for me by the lake? Why didn't you get carried away by those hundreds of mosquitoes?"

"When I came back from the field, my mother boiled mugwort leaves water for me to bathe, and told me to wait here until the middle of the moon. If Mr. Lang doesn't come back then, he really won't come back today."

Before the two reached the courtyard, Zhang Zhe heard the faint sound of Yaoqin.

Zhang Zhe was a little surprised: "I remember that when my wife left Meng's house, she brought a box of books with her. Where did this Qin come from?"

"Mr. Huo Lang just asked Mr. Huo to leave this morning, and a guest came to the house. He said it was the lady's companion in the boudoir. I was in the field at the time, and it was my mother who helped the lady greet him. It must be the guest who sent me here."

Zhang Zhe was about to step into the courtyard when he suddenly felt that the song Meng Xiaowan was playing was somewhat familiar. After listening carefully, it turned out to be the song "Red Bean Song" he sang yesterday.

He waved his hand to signal Sanqi to relax his hands and feet, and walked a few steps lightly to the door of the main room.Only then did I hear clearly that in the main room, Meng Xiaowan was still singing in a low voice.

"I can't swallow the jade grains and the golden water shield chokes my throat, I can't see it in the Linghua mirror, and I describe it as thin,"

The singing voice is not bad either!

Zhang Zhe was about to put his ears on the wooden door to listen carefully, but Sanqi behind him made a movement, which alarmed the people inside the door.

Sanqi carried a bag of fine noodles on his shoulders and a piece of tenderloin in his hand, all of which Zhang Zhe bought back from the market.This is where the tenderloin was wrapped in yellow paper, but it still attracted a lot of mosquitoes. Just now, the sound of Sanqi slapping mosquitoes was a little louder.

Zhang Zhe was about to take his ears away from the door, but Bai Lu opened the door with a snap.

"Ah, my uncle is back. Are you... listening to the piano?" Bailu's voice gradually became weaker, as if she also realized that she seemed to have spoiled my uncle's "good deed", because of her girl's temper.

Sure enough, the sound of the zither stopped, and Meng Xiaowan's cold voice came: "Your lord wants to hear it, so you can tell my concubine clearly. Why do you have to act like this?"

Mother Chen came out in a hurry. She knew that her daughter was playing and singing my uncle's music, but she was bumped into by my uncle again, so she spoke like this in embarrassment.

Zhang Zhe was also a little embarrassed: "I just came home, but I heard the tune was a bit familiar, and I was about to come over to have a look, but it happened that Bailu opened the door."

Mother Chen greeted Zhang Zhe with a smile, and asked Bailu to play Zhang Zhe's dust. Just as she was about to say a few words with a smile, she happened to see the fine noodles and meat of Sanqikang at a glance.

Sanqi is also a person who will come, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Mr. Lang is worried about the big lady's bad food these days, so I specially bought fine noodles and good meat from the city!"

Meng Xiaowan came to the door just in time, and gave Zhang Zhe a salute with no expression on her face.When the husband returns home, the wife welcomes him. This is an ancient ritual.

But when Sanqi said this, Meng Xiaowan gritted her teeth and sneered.

"Fine noodles? Sure enough, he likes to listen to the bottom of the wall."

She only thought that Zhang Zhe had overheard her conversation with Chen's mother a few days ago, and heard that Chen's mother said that he was going to find some fine grains to eat with her, so he bought fine grains from the city.

Zhang Zhe was taken aback by what she said, and he didn't understand why he had something to do with listening to the wall when he came back from buying some fine noodles?

Mother Chen hurriedly spoke good words for Zhang Zhe, but Meng Xiaowan and Zhang Zhe were silent, they both looked at each other indifferently.

In the end, Zhang Zhe became playful, and suddenly stepped forward two steps and came in front of Meng Xiaowan. The distance between the two was less than half a foot.

Meng Xiaowan did not expect that Zhang Zhe, who had been acting indifferent these days, would suddenly tease her.Immediately, his face turned slightly red, and he took a half step back.

Zhang Zhe went straight to Meng Xiaowan's Yaoqin, and put down the things he had been holding in his hands. It turned out to be two small chess boxes.Seeing this, Sanqi hurriedly took the chessboard off his back and handed it to Bailu.

When Meng Xiaowan saw the chessboard and chess pieces, her heart moved slightly, and she tentatively said: "I just borrowed a chess record from Mr. Lang, why does Mr. Lang be sure that my concubine can play chess?"

"How can Mrs. Shentu's disciple, whom she can't ask for three times, know how to play chess?" Zhang Zhe gave her an indifferent look.

After thinking for a while, Meng Xiaowan knew the general idea in her heart.

"Did Lang Jun meet Master Gong in the county town today?"

"That's right, I happened to have a conversation with Mrs. Gong in Nanxing Building today."

Meng Xiaowan sneered and said, "Yeah, that's all. Master Gong is a master of chess, and you don't have to keep in mind the winner or loser."

Zhang Zhe looked at her beautiful face with some amusement: "I really don't care about winning or losing. I just hope that Master Gong of yours won't be too concerned."

After saying this, Zhang Zhe took out a letter of silver and handed it to Mother Chen.

Mother Chen knew right away that the red silk contained about twelve or thirty taels of silver, and she said joyfully, "Where did my uncle get these silver coins today?"

"It's just a game of blindfolded chess with someone in Nanxing Building. I don't want to win a lottery afterwards." Zhang Zhe said vaguely, and led Sanqi out to the study.

Bai Lu wondered: "Then Nanxing Building has such a strange rule, even if you lose, you will get a lottery? There are so many more!"

Meng Xiaowan clutched her chest and was a little breathless, with a look of desolation in her eyes. After a long time, she whispered to Chen's mother: "What did he mean, he didn't lose, it clearly means that he won Master Gong's game of ghosts and gods." .I know that only the winning side of Nanxing Building has always won the lottery. This person is full of nonsense, hey~~!"

(End of this chapter)