I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

The woman took two mouthfuls of food, picked up the jug, raised her neck to the spout, and drank a few sips.

Mrs. Wei came over with a smile on her face, raised her hand, pointed her five fingers together at the stool the woman was standing on, and said with a smile: "Madam, can you give me a seat?"

The woman looked up at her, and saw that this person had very beautiful makeup and bright clothes, and more importantly, the aura of nobleman exuded from this person couldn't help but make people feel heartbroken.

But there was a bit of contempt in the woman's eyes, and she said: "Sister is really interesting, the fan building is huge, there are hundreds of private rooms in the upper wing, and a thousand tables and chairs in the hall below, why do you just sit with the younger sister?"

"The private seats in the wing room are quiet, but they are also too stuffy; although there are many tables and chairs in this hall, they can't match the full seats of guests and friends."

Mrs. Wei turned her head and looked around, said with a smile: "It seems that my sister is a place for heart-to-heart talks."

The woman chuckled, didn't speak, glanced at it, and saw another woman walking with a young girl, feeling a little suspicious in her heart.

Mo Yunxiao gently tugged on Mrs. Wei's sleeve, and said, "Yu Ru, let's go, it's too presumptuous to disturb you like this."

Before Mrs. Wei could speak, the woman's eyes lit up, and she said to Mrs. Wei with a somewhat joyful tone, "What? Are you playing Wei Yuru?"

Mrs. Wei chuckled and said, "Do you think I look like me?"

The woman also smiled, and looked at Mo Yunxiao with sly eyes: "So, this is the female Yan Luo Mo Yunxiao, right?"

Mo Yunxiao showed a reserved smile and said, "Yes, it's me."

She thought this woman would say a few polite words, but she rolled her eyes, snorted coldly, played with the wine cup in her hand, and said, "It's better to be famous than to meet."

She paused for a while, then looked up at Mo Yunxiao, and said four words: "Pursue fame." After that, she continued drinking.

Mo Yunxiao was also taken aback, unable to figure it out for a moment.

Mrs. Wei was also a little confused, but when she was about to speak, she was preempted by the little Wang girl: "Sister! Did you speak ill of Mo Lingshi?"

Miss Xiao Wang's eyes were burning, and she looked at the woman with a serious expression.The woman was also a little surprised, and said with a smile: "What? You want to stand up for your sister Mo?"

"Woo! Don't talk nonsense!" Mo Yunxiao felt a little guilty, and pulled Miss Xiao Wang to leave.

But the latter shook off Mo Yunxiao's hand, and said to the woman: "I'm just a kid, what can I do? It's just that I don't understand why my sister speaks to Mo Lingshi so rudely." .”

As soon as the woman raised her head, Mo Yunxiao and Mrs. Wei also looked at her quietly.They also want to know the whole story.

The woman's complexion darkened, she took a piece of fish soup with chopsticks into her mouth, chewed it, and said with a smile: "I'd rather touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao; I'd rather eat ten buckets of vinegar than Mo Helu. Okay, Mo He Lu is a frightening female Yan Luo. However, our female Yan Luo is also a pretty girl, um...she was born with a sign, no wonder King Jian and the officials are so fond of you."

Seeing the woman's frivolous expression, Mo Yunxiao's anger that had not erupted for a long time could not help but well up.Her face was flushed, and her eyes were almost on fire.

She pulled a stool and sat opposite the woman, gritted her teeth and asked, "What are you trying to say?"

"He Lu!" Mrs. Wei was the first to get nervous, for fear that her stubborn temper would come up and do something out of the ordinary.

But the woman was not afraid at all, she just chuckled and said, "What? Are you angry?"

As she spoke, she poured a glass of wine and handed it to Mo Yunxiao, saying, "I'll tell you after you drink the wine."

Without hesitation, Mo Yunxiao picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp, keeping her eyes on the woman.The woman clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Okay, he is a neat person."

She took another bite of the food before continuing the topic just now: "Mo Yunxiao, King Jian let go of thirty concubines from his family for you. This matter has become a good talk in Tokyo. Hehe, King Jian is certainly romantic, but You are not easy to get along with. Fanlou and Song Jiaxing retired first, and Minglou was ransacked and imprisoned later. Isn’t it a blessing from heaven to be able to enter the palace with such an identity? But you are entangled with the officials again, hehe, all the time A sugarcane is sweet at both ends, but you also have it."

Mo Yunxiao stared and said angrily, "What did you say?"

The woman was proud and fearless, and asked, "Did you know in advance about King Jian's rebellion?"

Mo Yunxiao didn't know how to answer this question, so she hesitated for a long time before saying, "This matter has nothing to do with you."

"That's right, it has nothing to do with me." The woman smiled and said, "A few days ago, the government appointed you as an envoy, asking you to house some homeless women outside the city. Can you do it?"

Mrs. Wei interjected, "Today we are going to resettle these girls."

The woman smiled contemptuously, and said: "The court's turnover costs are huge, and a day of delay in such a major matter as resettling the population will cost a day. You should leave as soon as you receive the imperial edict, instead of being too hesitant to ignore the important matters of the court. So when I say you, I'm just trying to gain fame, it's okay to be a female Yan Luo, but if you really want to be a female husband like Shangguan Wan'er, I'm afraid the difference is very far."

"You..." Mo Yunxiao couldn't help but slapped the table and stood up, angrily said: "I met you by accident, but you repeatedly uttered bad words, it's really unbearable!"

The woman also stared at her, and said, "Mo Yunxiao, you have to choose a place to show your prestige. This is Fanlou, not your Minglou."

Mrs. Wei was about to smooth things over, but she saw Cao's mother walking quickly with a smile in the distance.

"Oh, my Miss Li, what wind has brought you here again." Mother Cao flattered the girl as soon as she came up.

Mo Yunxiao and Mrs. Wei looked at each other, as if to say: It really is Li.

Mama Cao is a slick person, she guessed what was going on when she rolled her eyes, she hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Ms. Li probably doesn't know, but this is Mrs. Wei, the first wife of Privy Councilor Zeng Bu Zeng, and also a frequent visitor of our fan tower." .Oh, by the way, Mrs. Wei wrote a good poem. I heard that Miss Li also has a lot of accomplishments in Ci and fu.

She paused for a while, but when no one answered, she introduced again: "This one is a close friend of Mrs. Song Wu, the owner of Fanlou..."

"I know, Mo Yunxiao." This Miss Li was still sitting proudly, keeping her eyes on Mo Yunxiao.

Mama Cao was taken aback, and smiled: "Yes, yes, since we are all good friends, we just met today by chance. I am overwhelmed, so I will add a pot of sorghum wine for the three of you. Let's talk slowly." .”

"Okay, I also accept Cao's mother's affection, let's talk slowly." Miss Li said: "However, I have nothing to say with this Miss Mo. It is Mrs. Wei, little sister, I look up to you." Ci Fu has been written for a long time, I wonder if I can impromptuly fill in a que today?"

Mama Cao clapped her hands and said, "Oh, that's great. The two talented women in Tokyo City exchanged poems and essays, which will become a good story in the future."

Mrs. Wei smiled coldly, took Miss Xiao Wang to sit down, and said: "Actually, when it comes to Ci Fu, I just earn a little fame, not a big reputation. But my friend is capable of both literature and martial arts, and he is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting." .”

Miss Li and Mo Yunxiao looked at each other and smiled disdainfully.

Mo Yunxiao was also a little guilty, and hurriedly said: "Yu Ru, don't you try to flatter me. Talk about poetry with someone who is not worth it."

As she said that, she was about to leave, but Miss Li suddenly got up and stopped her, saying: "Since Mrs. Wei said that you are proficient in all kinds of poetry, calligraphy and painting, you might as well write a que to have a look."

"Why should I show you!" Mo Yunxiao stared and was about to walk away, but Mrs. Wei grabbed her arm and said, "He Lu, since Miss Li wants to read your poems, why bother to shirk. "

Madam Wei turned to Miss Li again and said, "It's just that we've been too busy today, and our wrists are sore. I'll recite He Lu's poems, can I trouble you to write them down?"

"Okay!" Miss Li agreed immediately.

So in Fanlou's lobby full of diners, two tables were pushed together, and four candlesticks were moved over. The candlelights on the candlesticks were brilliantly lit, illuminating the surroundings very brightly.

The Four Treasures of the Study were placed on the table, and a large piece of rice paper was spread out.The diners around gradually gathered together, wanting to see what kind of words Mrs. Wei would recite.

Miss Li has already dipped the wolf hair in her hand with thick ink, waiting for Mrs. Wei to recite.

Mrs. Wei cleared her throat, and read slowly: "Looking at the sword while drunk, I dreamed of returning to the company of blowing horns. Eight hundred miles of fire under the command, fifty strings turning outside the fortress, autumn soldiers on the battlefield. Lu Feikuai made by horses, bows It’s like a thunderbolt and a string of shocks. To end the affairs of the king and win the fame in life and death, it’s a pity that it happened for nothing.”

Mrs. Wei was chanting, and Miss Li was writing down with pen and ink.The diners around also followed silently.

After a while, Mrs. Wei had finished reading the entire speech, and Miss Li stopped and wrote it down.

Mo Yunxiao watched from the side, staring at Mrs. Wei with wide and surprised eyes: "Yu Ru, you still remember...remember that day I was at your house..."

"That's right." Mrs. Wei said with a smile: "The song "Broken Time" you wrote is still hanging in the middle hall of my house. I get up every day to read it, and I always feel that my chest is full of pride."

Miss Li also watched the poem carefully, and couldn't help being amazed: "Good words! Really good words!"

"This song "Broken" is full of heroism, which is completely different from the usual banquet lyrics." Mrs. Wei stepped up and said, "This song is bold and free, unlike Su Dongpo's "Nian Nujiao". More precious, It is a woman who wrote this poem, a woman who is trying to gain fame in your mouth."

Miss Li raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't think this word is written by Mo Yunxiao."

Hearing this, Mo Yunxiao's heart suddenly tightened, and his palms were covered with cold sweat.But she didn't know how Miss Li saw it.

Mrs. Wei also asked with a smile, "Why do you see that?"

"This word is certainly heroic and full of an atmosphere of serving the country and giving up the family." Ms. Li said: "However, it is also born out of military poems. If there is no military career, I am afraid it will be difficult to write such words and sentences. And Miss Mo is only a girl, how could she have been in battle? From my point of view, this seems to be written by some unknown Confucian general."

Miss Li's analysis was clear and logical, and Mo Yunxiao secretly admired it after hearing it. She never thought that she had such a deep understanding of poetry.

But Mrs. Wei chuckled and said, "Then why don't I tell you that the head of the Mo family, Mo Chenglin, once fought against the Xixia people in Yongle City."

"What?" Ms. Li was a little surprised, and some diners around began to whisper.

Mo Yunxiao's face was hot, and she hurriedly came up to Mrs. Wei and said, "You can't show your family ugliness, forget it."

"Oh." Mrs. Wei understood, thinking that the affairs of the Mo family were too tortuous to say clearly, and talking too much would lead to misunderstanding.

So she could only say: "Miss Li, I can only say so much. This poem was indeed written by He Lu. Believe it or not is up to you."

After she finished speaking, she took Mo Yunxiao's hand and walked away. Miss Xiao Wang also followed, and the three of them went upstairs together.

Miss Li looked at the words in front of her for a long time and finally nodded in praise: "It's really impressive."

In the middle of the night, the diners and drinkers in Fan Lou hadn't dispersed yet, and the second watch was the busiest time for the night market.But that Miss Li has already left.

Mo Yunxiao stood on the corridor with her hands on the railing and looked down. She saw the singing girl in a graceful figure, the guests were full of alcohol, and the uncle and handsome men were galloping in the lobby.

She often let out a sigh of relief, recalling what Miss Li accused her of. "Could it be that I'm really a person trying to catch my name?"

Just as she was thinking this way, she felt her body sinking, and it turned out that a jacket was covering her body.

Song Wusao came over and said, "I heard from Mother Cao that you had a fight with that little lady from the Li family?"

Mo Yunxiao nodded aggrievedly, and said, "She said I was just trying to gain fame."

Fifth Aunt Song smiled slightly, and said, "Actually, Miss Li is as hot-tempered as you are. She blamed you for a moment of righteous anger. When she understands the whole story in the future, she should know how reckless she was today."

"Fifth sister-in-law, who is this girl Li, I think Mama Cao is quite afraid."

"This Miss Li is quite similar to you. She has the same personality and family affairs." Song Wusao said with a smile, "Her father was an official in the court, and he was a member of the official department. It is said that, of course, I also heard that Ah, her father once studied under Su Dongpo, and he is a very important figure in the court. So Mrs. Wei dare not neglect her."

Mo Yunxiao rolled her eyes and asked again: "Then what's her father's name?"

"It seems to be called Li Gefei."

"Ah!" Mo Yunxiao suddenly yelled in shock, which made Fifth Aunt Song tremble with fright.

"What's wrong with you?" Song Wusao complained with lingering fear: "Why are you so surprised?"

Mo Yunxiao grabbed Mrs. Song's shoulder and said excitedly, "Then Miss Li is Li Qingzhao, isn't she?"

Fifth Aunt Song smiled and said, "That's right, it's her."

Mo Yunxiao froze on the spot, unable to recover for a long time.