Chang'an is good

Chapter 104 Does She Like Eating Chestnuts Too?
Because Cui Jing was born with a stubborn and cold face, and because of his status and military achievements, he could always give people a sense of intimidation, which prevented him from many unnecessary communication troubles.

Because of this, when he faced Yao Tingwei's outrageously enthusiastic behavior, he really lacked the experience to deal with it, and he didn't have a clear charter in his mind.

But due to stubborn instincts, it is impossible to be led by the nose——

This caused Yao Tingwei to pull it, but failed to move it.

Yao Tingwei pulled it again, but it still didn't move.

"..."

Yao Tingwei silently looked at the lower body of the unmoving young man. Is the young man's chassis so solid?
But Yao Tingwei was not willing to give up, the smile on his face faded, he leaned slightly closer to Cui Jing, and said in a slightly lower voice: "The lower official is dealing with a headless murder case recently..."

Cui Jing looked at him: "?"

Seeing that there was a trace of exploration in his slightly perplexed expression, Yao Yi felt confident—the young man really likes unique things.

"Because the case was very strange, and the progress of the case was blocked, the officials tried to find some clues from the events before his death. The deceased was a member of the army and had a military post, so it was a little special, so Yao had some clues. For details, I would like to ask Governor Cui..."

Chang Suining ignored his joke.

Yuan Xiang, who was eager to protect the Lord, was even more breathless, and looked at the Chang family's wife uneasily.

After Lao Qiao drank a few glasses of wine, this show of showing off his children's filial piety and generosity to others was a little exaggerated...

"It was just decided after the game." Chang Suining said, "I haven't had time to discuss with you—"

Even if it was just out of etiquette to treat acquaintances equally, Chang Suining also invited at this time: "If Governor Cui doesn't dislike it, please come with me when you have time."

But why is Yao Tingwei so old?
Seeing that someone came in after that, Qiao Jijiu was very surprised: "Master Cui?!"

As far as Chang Suining is concerned, there are very few things she likes and is within her reach. It would be too boring if she had to hide even this little hobby after a new life.

After Qiao Jijiu was startled, he smiled and waved his hands: "Where is that..."

Two food tables were added in the dining hall, and Chang Suining and Qiao Yumian sat on one.

Facing those reproachful eyes, Chang Sui Ning was silent.

Qiao Yumian reminded from the side: "But I remember that Mr. Cui Liulang's celebration banquet was also at the Dengtai Tower. It seems to be three days later?"

"Or because His Highness the Crown Prince liked to eat chestnuts, Qiao Jijiu planted this tree to remember the old owner." Cui Jing walked over.

Does Qiao Jijiu's family also like to eat chestnuts?

Before Cui Jing could answer, Yao Tingwei on the side had already smiled and said: "The Xuan Ce Mansion of Governor Cui is only one street away from Dengtai Tower, but it's just a matter of lifting his feet, and Cui Liulang will also be in Dengtai Tower that day. Hosting a banquet, two things collided in one place, Cui Dadu thought it was even more necessary to go."

She could only cooperate and said: "Apprenticeship is a major matter, and it cannot be sloppy."

Around the Dragon Boat Festival, the curfew will be temporarily lifted in the city, so there is no need to worry about the time to go back, and the group drinks until late at night.

What hurricane has brought this one here!
Seeing Qiao Yang's demeanor, Yao Yi smiled and said nothing—is it unexpected?Attracted by the murder case.

Chang Suining also looked over, just in time for Cui Jing to follow the prestige.

Now when I heard that another official came, I felt that my husband was talking nonsense again, so I became impatient and left the rest of the work to the cook—her cooking skills were practiced for the children, but Not for him to entertain his colleagues.

With these words, the invisible tense atmosphere around was relieved.

"Okay, okay...then let's all go!" Qiao Jijiu raised his glass in a good mood: "I will offer you a glass on behalf of my daughter-in-law and apprentice, thank you for your appreciation!"

"It hasn't been decided yet, we have to wait for the list of invitations to be drawn up tomorrow—"

"It doesn't matter, father and the others are familiar with the shopkeeper of Dengtai Building, just say hello then!" Chang Suian said, his voice suddenly paused, and it took him a long time to realize that Cui Jing was still sitting beside him——

On the other hand, Cui Jing looked over instinctively, and quietly clenched the bamboo chopsticks in his hand——

Wei Shuyi said with a smile: "Chang Niangzi will definitely become famous after what happened today."

Because Chang Suining was going back to the Chang Mansion today, he did not go back to the courtyard with Qiao Yumian, but left the dining hall and waited for Chang Suian in the courtyard.

Qiao sacrificed wine first to get drunk as a respect, and was helped back by Chang Suian and Wei Shuyi.

Chang Suining nodded truthfully: "I like it."

As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation: "Why don't you talk while walking?"

What did he do wrong to be used repeatedly by Yao Tingwei in just one night?
Thinking back on the experience during the day, I felt that I didn't do anything during the day I came to the Imperial College, and was used by others.

Before seeing Qiao Yubai coming over, Yao Yi asked with concern: "Seeing that your son was injured today, I was really worried, so I wanted to come and have a look... I wonder how your son is doing now?"

Although... It seems that Mrs. Chang didn't invite Yao Tingwei, right?
Cui Jing had a rare reflection.

"You child..." Qiao Jijiu sighed, paused, and then asked in a compromising tone: "How many tables do you plan to set?"

He smiled shyly: "Besides, the Dengtai Building is huge. It has three floors, which is enough."

"It's not a misinformation, I told them." Chang Sui Ning said.

"Wei Shilang doesn't say anything, I will definitely send invitations to your mansion tomorrow." Chang Suining looked at him and said, "At that time, Wei Shilang and Mrs. Duan will be invited to come together."

He just casually said to a group of officials after the knockout match, "If you don't dislike it, why don't you go to the humble house to deal with it at night"... This is clearly a polite remark!
These people came to his Guozijian to watch the execution, and it was the best of humanity for him to order the Guozijian to take care of their lunch at noon, so how could there be any reason to take care of their dinner?

Since she was chosen to be in the Dengtai Building, she wanted to attract people's attention, and naturally she should not let anyone who could be pulled over.

Yao Yi's expression froze, and Qiao Jijiu was also taken aback: "... When did this happen?"

Qiao Jijiu warned: "Don't be too extravagant..."

Yao Yi suddenly realized - he just said, how can he act so ostentatiously, it turned out to be a misrepresentation.

The lights and the night competed and merged, and the eyes of the two met for a moment.

Anyway, he didn't really come to see Mr. Qiao Lang.

It's just that this respect was confiscated.

Wei Shuyi, as a young and promising servant of Dongtai, is always the focus of attention wherever he goes. It is really suitable for such a person to go to her apprentice banquet and ask her to get a handful of wool—not to mention that Wei Shuyi is willing to go there on his own initiative. Yes, even if he doesn't want to go, she will definitely find a way to get there.

Cui Jing who finally came out of the dining hall heard this sentence, paused slightly, and looked at the girl who was looking up at the snow-white chestnut flowers blooming on the branches.

After all, he wasn't waiting at all.

In the past, Ning Ning would be surprised if she said that she drank wine, but now Ning Ning will only think it is reasonable even if she pours spirits with a sea bowl.

Qiao Jijiu made a look of surprise: "Go to Tailou? What are you doing with the money!"

But God's will, he really wants to go to the Tailou - Cui Lang's celebration banquet cannot do without today's teammate Xi Zhiyuan, just for this reason, it is worth his trip.

This tree is a female tree, and the flowers bloom on the top of the branches, which cannot be broken unless one climbs up.

"Girls like to eat chestnuts now?" Xi'er asked.

After a pause, he asked tentatively: "It's already settled? Where are you going to put it?"

Mrs. Wang, who has good cooking skills, likes to cook, especially for her own children. Tonight, because An Sui is here, she happily went to the kitchen to work until now.

"Ms. Yao came late, and I have been waiting for a long time for the sacrificial wine!" Yao Yi said with a shameful smile as soon as he saw Qiao Yang.

Xi'er inevitably has lingering fears about her daughter getting drunk.

The guests had arrived, Qiao Jijiu could only invite them into the hall with a smile on his face, and secretly signaled the servants with his hands behind his back to go to the kitchen and beg his wife to add a few more dishes to save his life.

But there is a large chestnut grove outside the city, and the capital has no shortage of chestnuts to eat, and it is still rare to plant them in the courtyard.

But the previous rumors are still there, so I guess that child should be too embarrassed to invite him directly... In that case, he might as well invite himself!
Chang Suining saw Yao Yi's reaction in his eyes, and he felt more thoughtful.

"..." Under the watchful eyes of those two, who were either on guard or nervous, or watching the excitement, or dissuading, Chang Suining and Qiao Yumian said: "No need, I don't like drinking."

Yao Tingwei smiled even wider and sat up straighter.

Qiao Jijiu felt a little puzzled.

Being used seemed to be his inescapable destiny.

Although Qiao Jijiu didn't believe his nonsense at all, he replied with a smile: "It's nothing serious, it's just that the doctor told me to rest for a while, so I can't come to see you, so don't blame me if I'm rude."

Chang Suining himself is one.

"?" Yuan Xiang and Chang Ji rarely looked at each other.

Although he is the Minister of Dali Temple, because he still has a case in hand that has not been completed, and there is no rest for the Dragon Boat Festival, but he can also consider taking half a day to cheer this child up.

And the candidate who is equally suitable and more than inferior is naturally Cui Jing.

The young man is a genius by nature, his official career has gone too smoothly, he has not undergone much polishing, and he is lacking in human feelings and sophistication, which is barely understandable...

This sense of fate forced Cui Dadu to nod his head.

Yao Yi noticed that the atmosphere among the young people was a little weird, but he couldn't get to the bottom of it, so he said with emotion: "Today's shooting match was full of twists and turns, very thrilling..."

Everyone eats separately, and as the host, Qiao Yang doesn't care about the small details, and because of Wei Shuyi's presence, the atmosphere during the dinner is extraordinarily casual.

In the final analysis, in the officialdom, everyone cheered so actively for the sake of his old face, and he deserved a toast.

Hearing the commotion here, Wei Shuyi, who was talking with the brothers and sisters of the Chang family in the corridor, turned his head to look over, and said with a smile, "So Cui Ling'an also likes to eat fish?"

At the same time, the eyes of Wei Shuyi and Chang Suian also fell on Chang Suining.

"..."

"Three days later it will be the Dragon Boat Festival." Wei Shuyi smiled and asked Chang Suining: "There is nothing left and right in Wei's home that day, I wonder if I can ask Mrs. Chang for an invitation, and also have a glass of apprentice wine?"

Qiao Jijiu reacted for a moment when he heard the words, and then showed disapproval: "What's the matter of discussing or not? What kind of apprentice banquet does my family hold, why do I have to make such vulgar rituals?"

The five-day holiday makes people happy. Although the son was beaten for not being able to live up to it, the daughter was too hard-working and helped to beat him back.

"Girl likes these bristle-tailed flowers?" Xi'er enthusiastically said, "Maidservant climb up and break some for you?"

"Then it's a good season to eat chestnuts, and the maid peels chestnuts for the girl every day." Xi'er said, and was a little curious: "But why is there a chestnut tree planted here? A chestnut tree is planted in the yard, and the maid And it's the first time we've seen each other."

The night breeze brought some coolness to Xia Ye, Chang Suining walked slowly to a tree planted in the yard, and looked up at the snow-white flower spikes on the tree.

If he took a look at the almanac before going out today, the almanac would definitely have the warning "Easy to be exploited" written on it.

What's more, there are many people who like to eat chestnuts, and there is nothing to hide.

While Yao Yi and the others were drinking and chatting, Qiao Yumian asked Chang Suining, "Ning Ning, do you want to drink?"

Saying that, he looked at Wei Shuyi again: "The three of us will go together together, wouldn't it be lively?"

But Wei Shuyi's words have brought the focus of the conversation to her in a logical way, so Yao Yi was able to mention it casually: "On the way here... I heard from some students that Mrs. Chang and Qiao Jijiu are going to pay homage to their masters. Banquet?"

Wang's side dropped the pick, and they simply took their seats early.

"No problem!" Chang Sui'an said generously, "Ningning can just draw up the list, at worst, we will book the Dengtai Tower on the same day!"

There are two lanterns depicting bamboo orchids hanging on the corridor, casting a faint warm light on the girl's body, reflecting the moon-blue skirt like a cloud veil in the sky, and the fair face is also reflected very clearly.

Yao Yi hurriedly said: "Where...the recovery is more important!"

Dengtailou is a first-class restaurant in Beijing. Its dishes are notoriously good, and it is notoriously expensive.

What's more, if he came to his private residence, he would have to pay for the food at his own expense - guess anyone who wants to be shameless can't do this kind of thing, right?
But Wei Shilang really came over!

She originally asked this casually out of caring, but it made many people in the hall tense up suddenly.

He doesn't care about apprenticeship or not, and he has always disliked excitement, but in this world, which parent can refuse his children to express their filial piety to him in front of everyone?
Chang Suining: "I'll be at Dengtai Tower in three days."

"No need." Chang Suining shook his head lightly: "I was just thinking, the flowers bloom so densely that there will be a lot of chestnuts in autumn."

Qiao Jijiu laughed helplessly when he heard the words: "I just heard about my acceptance of apprentices today, and they couldn't wait to arrange a teacher apprentice banquet with me? I don't know where these misinformation came from..."

Hearing this "like" from the heart, Cui Jing's eyebrows and eyes moved slightly in the night.

He has always been reticent, and usually rarely takes the initiative to talk to anyone, but when encountering matters related to His Highness the former Crown Prince, he will always say a few more words.

Chang Suining turned to look at him.

"How did Governor Cui know that His Highness the Crown Prince likes to eat chestnuts?"

This person has taken over her Xuan Ce army, let alone her moon bow, so he even knows her little likes and dislikes so clearly?

　Have you eaten glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival?I ate big ones and small ones, like cat and dog paws~ Send a picture for everyone to see, good night~
　　
　
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