In the past few days, Su Chonghua has occasionally had some strange emotions pass through his mind. The specific reasons for this period were not even clear to him himself.
All along, due to the old lady's attention, Su Chonghua's status in the Su family has always been high, and because the real manager of Yushan Academy is Su Zhongkan, he has been an important participant in the second room of the Su family for several years.
Recently, the second and third bedrooms have joined forces to attack the big house, intending to eliminate the weakest but most threatening branch of the Su family. He has also participated in it. Occasionally at various gatherings
, let’s talk about the current situation of the second house of the Su family. Although the external troubles have not been eliminated, at least the internal worries have been somewhat settled. A big step has been taken on the road to fighting for the real management rights of the Su family. Everyone is very happy about this.
of.
Today was a big day. He had understood such a thing since he got up in the morning, and everyone's mood was a little different. In the early morning, he met Su Zhongkan in the nearby yard, and met other shopkeepers and other people who were close to the second room.
In charge of things, everyone is talking and laughing.
He also understood that tonight's matter had already been decided. Su Tan'er spent too much money to prepare for the imperial business, but it did not bring any benefits. Now, it also caused the merchants outside to start targeting Su.
The distrust of the family. These things can all be discussed tonight. Many people in the Su family worked together, and some elders who originally did not agree with a female head of the family or were a little wavering about it also began to stand up.
As for the second and third bedrooms, even the third uncle, who has always been strong, is powerless at this time.
However, just when everyone in the second house is filled with expectations, the emotion still comes out occasionally, especially when I occasionally see Ning Yi's leisurely and carefree figure from the side in the past few days.
There will always be some extraneous thoughts in my mind.
Set the storm...
What he occasionally remembered was this poem he saw a few days ago. That poem was really good.
After all, Su Chonghua still has some real material. He is also a well-known scholar in Jiangning. He has been writing poems and lyrics for so many years. Naturally, there are not many poetry works that can shock him at first sight. It just so happens that Ning Yi's two previous capitals
This is true - drinking wine and Pei Di naturally does not count - the same is true for the poem "Ding Feng Bo" he is seeing now. Of course, if he only reads it alone, he will feel that this poem is just a literati's self-comfort and self-intoxication, which is obviously
Even though I was completely defeated, I still wanted to write myself as if I were the winner. This poem is still hidden and I dare not take it out, which is proof of this.
But... every time I really see Ning Yi, combine it with this poem, or see some poems written by others, the feeling will always be a little different. Su Chonghua was thinking thoughtfully on the side of the private school classroom at this time.
Watch.
"...Here we talk about the science of planning. You will only learn this in the afternoon. However, I don't want to tell you how to calculate. However, some of the logical systems in planning are the principles and methods of thinking about things. It is very interesting...
There is a country called Greece in the far west. There is a story there called Zeno's Paradox. One day a great hero who ran very fast met a tortoise. The tortoise said: 'If you race with me, you will never be able to win.
You can't catch me...'"
In front of the classroom, Ning Yi was giving a lecture with a smile, and the chalk drew lines on the blackboard: "The great hero said, no matter how slow I run, my speed is ten times as fast as yours, how can I not catch up with you. So the turtle said,
Let’s use an analogy. You are a hundred feet away from me, and your speed is ten times as fast as mine. Then you come to chase me. When you ran a hundred feet away, to my current position, I ran forward ten feet.
, so you continued to chase me for ten feet, but at this time, I ran forward another ten feet. After you chased me for ten feet, I was still in front of you... You can keep getting closer to me, but you will never catch up.
I, the great hero, think he is right, but Monk Zhang Er is confused..."
His courses were always like this. They were obviously about the average college courses, but they tended to involve a lot of messy things, but they were usually more interesting. The new disciple named Zhou Junwu behind him raised his hand and said: "Sir, Greece
Where is it?" So Ning Yi smiled and started explaining Greece.
Looking at such a leisurely figure who almost didn't care about today - or even seemed to have not taken into consideration the changes in the Su family in the past month or so, coupled with the "Ding Feng Bo", the weird feeling surfaced again.
, he frowned and waited for a long time before turning around and leaving.
This Li Heng's lyric writing skills are so profound that just one lyric can have such an impact on him.
Su Chonghua thought in his mind, then shook his head...
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The morning gradually passed, and in the afternoon, some of the courtyards of the Su family were filled with people, and it was as lively as the New Year. By this time, the camps had finally begun to become completely clear. There was no need to worry too much, just go and wait.
That's all for tonight. Some people from the big room, second room, and third room are still coming back one after another.
The courtyard where Su Yu is located also has a lot of visitors today.
"...I also think that the second girl is in charge of so many things in the family. After all, she is under too much pressure. Of course everyone knows her ability. If there is a man in the big house who can take over, even if something happens this time,
We also think we can let her continue to control it. But after all..."
"At this time, the situation of the three-bedroom apartment is indeed not good anymore. Third brother..."
"Alas, if nothing happens to Boyong..."
The furnishings in the guest room are not gorgeous, but they look calm and graceful. Su Yu is sitting at the top, leaning on a cane, closing his eyes and concentrating, while the people below are talking to each other.
They are old brothers in the family. Tonight's clan meeting, in the final analysis, still requires them to come forward and come up with this idea. For the things to be discussed in the evening, it is always better to let it go and discuss it in outline first.
Putting aside all kinds of positions and butt issues, they don't know Su Tan'er's ability, but the current situation of the Su family is that the third family is trying to seize the property. Su Boyong has fallen, and there is no other way. If Su Tan'er continues to hold on, I'm afraid it will end
It became a vicious cycle of internal friction. Su Yu obviously understood these things, but up to this point, he had not made a clear stance.
After all, this old man's prestige is too great. If he doesn't express his position, there will be no outline of this matter. At night, there may be a quarrel. They are all old people, and most of them don't want this kind of thing to happen.
After all, Su Yu is still in charge of the real estate dispute. If the old man can't change his mind and has to stand in the granddaughter's position and fight with everyone at night, then the consequences for this family will be difficult to predict.
Although Su Yu has been very sober all these years, he is getting old, and no one knows whether he will suddenly get into trouble tonight.
"So, third brother, you have to tell me about these things."
Lao Qi below was a little anxious. He stood up and spoke, and looked at the others. Several other old people also joined in. Su Yu opened his eyes a little and squinted at them: "What are you talking about?"
"You have to have a certain idea of what you are going to do about Er Yatou's matter. If you speak, we will have a certain idea in our hearts..."
"I don't know for sure, how can I give you an accurate estimate?"
"No... Third brother, you can't be unsure about this matter. For so many years, everyone has listened to you."
"At night, you have to listen to what the boss, second, and third boss say, what the others say, and what the second girl says, so that the matter becomes clear and everyone can see it clearly."
"Third brother, you are talking nonsense. Of course you have to listen to what they will say, but everyone knows what they will probably say. If you don't express your position first, we will..."
"Old Seven." The cane paused on the ground. Su Yu looked at the seventh brother in his early fifties in front of him. Then his eyes softened and he sighed, "No one knows what it will be like until the end. In short, when the time comes,
If it makes sense, just follow it, if it doesn't make sense, just let it go, as long as you don't say outrageous things, I can't see clearly about this now."
The old man closed his eyes and continued to rest his mind: "Anyway, let's talk about it in the evening."
The afternoon sunlight shone on the door, casting a large area of bright light, and then the buzzing of discussion started again...
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Swish, swish, swish, in the slightly remote tea house, three maids and several shopkeepers were busy flipping through many notebooks and copying things in front of them. Opposite them were a few people belonging to the core of the Wu family.
The sun shines through the eaves, the wind blows, and occasionally there are quiet conversations.
Su Tan'er sat aside and drank tea quietly. Ever since the Wu family surrendered, everything has gone smoothly. Now both parties have almost formed a tacit understanding of cooperation. Of course, the partner who cooperates will definitely not be happy.
Wu Qilong was also drinking tea quietly not far away, looking at the light spot not far in front of his feet. Since the first day, Wu Chenghou did not come, and Wu Qilong has been taking the lead.
"Tonight, I heard that Xue Yan and the others have made an appointment to have dinner at the Yuexiang House on the other side of Shizi Street. Most of the people from the Lu family and the Chen family will also be there." Wu Qilong spat out a mouthful of tea foam, as if to say that it had nothing to do with him.
"They are very concerned about this matter, and their expressions afterward may be very interesting." He said it was interesting, but the expression on his face was not interesting at all.
Su Tan'er was no longer too lazy to provoke him with these things. The first day was a tit-for-tat confrontation. First, she threatened others. After that, it didn't matter anymore: "As promised before, you should tell me other things today."
Wu Qilong looked aside: "Later, if I can tell you later, I'll tell you later. I'm happy."
"Whatever you want." Su Tan'er turned her gaze to one side, "But if you drag me away, I can't bear it, but my father can't either."
"snort."
Wu Qilong snorted coldly, and after a while asked: "What is your husband-in-law doing now?"
"Walking around, playing chess with friends, or going to listen to a girl singing." Su Tan'er raised her head and smiled, "As a wife, I can't ask too much about my husband's affairs outside...
…Just take care of the house.”
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Ning Yi was indeed watching the girl's acting.
On the second floor of Zhuji, Ning Yi is sitting at a seat, drinking tea and eating snacks. Nowadays, there are people playing, singing and performing in front of this restaurant for a long time. Of course, the performance Ning Yi is watching is not this.
Yuan Jin'er was sitting next to him at this time, and not far away diagonally across the way, the great talent named Liu Qingdi was also sitting there, casting his gaze over.
Liu Qingdi had already found Zhuji a few days ago. I don’t know what channel he used to find Yuan Jiner, but in any case, he has been coming here often recently. Today Yuan Jiner is here, and Ning Yi is also here.
, so she sat over calmly, and her attitude with Ning Yi was quite intimate.
There are rumors in the world that Yuan Jin'er had an affair with Cao Guan and Liu Qingdi before. It's hard to say how deep the relationship between the talented man and the beautiful lady is. Maybe it's not as abnormal as Gu Yanzhen's before, but Liu Qingdi has a grudge against Ning Yi.
There are various complicated reasons, such as everyone is a talented person, such as Yuan Jin'er's performance. Ning Yi is always stared at like this, and Ning Yi is a little helpless. This Liangzi has already stood up in Yancui Tower.
It's knotted, and it seems like it won't be untied for a while.
"Do you think it's interesting?"
Ning Yi smiled and leaned towards Yuan Jin'er.
"It's...interesting."
Yuan Jin'er also leaned over, acting like a little bird clinging to someone. In fact, Ning Yi couldn't take any advantage at all. An oiran is an oiran. He kept a distance with his hands and pushed Ning Yi this way.
"Where's Yunzhu?"
"Sister Yunzhu said that she won't come out to join in the fun. She is sorting out the accounts inside. I have no choice but to come out as a little girl to accompany you, a great hero."
It was early winter, both of them were wearing thick clothes, and Yuan Jin'er was also dressed nicely. The two of them looked close to each other, squeezing around with a small space between them, and Liu Qingdi watched from there.
His eyes were on fire.
"Since our situation is so ambiguous now, wouldn't it be very reasonable for you to say that I would be frivolous towards you?"
"Okay, this girl is willing to go all out and sacrifice this appearance so that Sister Yunzhu can see what kind of person you are."
"Am I afraid?"
"come."
"If you don't take advantage of it... you are making things difficult for me..."
Yuan Jin'er pursed her lips and smiled, extremely pure. The two people's eyes met in the air, and sparks were generated. The next moment, Ning Yi was planning to do some highly dangerous actions. Yuan Jin'er twisted his body and made a "pop" sound.
A clear slap rang out in the hall on the second floor. Liu Qingdi, who originally didn't want to look at the behavior of the doggy couple, looked over, and everyone else also cast their gazes over.
In the field of vision, the pure and beautiful girl stood up and took two hurried steps back to the side. Things on the table were clattering. She covered the side of her face with one hand and looked at Ning who was sitting there.
Yi, the tears have already come out. It is really pear blossoms with rain, which is pitiful.
"rogue!"
Too bad I got a head start...
The slap just now didn't hit at all. Yuan Jin'er seemed to stand up suddenly and slapped her. In fact, only the sleeve of her clothes brushed Ning Yi's cheek. However, Yuan Jin'er was born in dancing. At this time, the sleeves of her clothes
It was so big that she slapped it with both hands, which was immediately seen as a very embarrassing slap in the eyes of others.
"...Beasts, anxious monkeys, and disciples..."
Yuan Jin'er wiped her tears and blinked at Ning Yi. Ning Yi curled his lips and said, "You are cruel." Liu Qingdi stood up suddenly, and Yuan Jin'er said: "I haven't promised you yet.
Well, you...how could you do this..."
Then ran away.
Liu Qingdi was probably not the only one who was indignant in the restaurant, but after hearing Yuan Jin'er's final tone of voice that seemed to be irritating and complaining, for a moment she felt unclear about the relationship between the two. Ning Yi sighed, raised his tea cup and
Face turned to one side.
A few guys who were more or less aware of Ning Yi's relationship with Yuan Jin'er and Nie Yunzhu were stunned there for a long time, wondering what these bosses were up to.
I can’t drink this tea anymore…
Yuan Jin'er rushed into the room and stood proudly in the corridor. Then she brewed her feelings for a while, wiped her tears and ran inside, opened the door inside, covered her face and cried with great sincerity: "Sister Yunzhu
, Ning Yi is getting more and more excessive. I joked with him, but he turned against me. Many people saw it. If you don’t believe me, ask Xiao Ding and the others..."
Yunzhu was stunned for a long time: "In public...how could he treat you so lightly?"
"He kissed me on the face." Yuan Jin'er sat next to Yunzhu, sniffed, and said with a stubborn look, "It was originally a joke, but he must have done it on purpose!"
Yunzhu held her face and looked at it for a while, then kissed it: "Okay, help him flirt with you."
"Really!" Yuan Jin'er protested, "Sister Yunzhu, you always believe him or not me!"
"It's strange that he would do this in public. He still wants me to trust you...come and help me with the accounting books."
"This is very difficult to calculate... No, why not? Men are all like that. He thinks he is doing it secretly. You won't believe it in public. He has calculated this well. It's too insidious. If it happens next time
He gave me to him in public..." Yuan Jin'er struggled for a while, "You gave me to him, then Sister Yunzhu, you don't believe me..."
Although they were both Qinghuan before, the influence in the brothel was still very powerful after all. The woman next to him would never be able to say such words. Yunzhu burst into laughter and said, "If he, if he really does this in public,
You gave...that, well, no matter what it is, I don’t believe it..."
Yuan Jin'er had a sullen face, but then she couldn't help but laugh: "You are just partial anyway." She turned to help with the accounting books.
"He has something to do tonight, so why don't you bother him all the time?"
"I bother him because I like him. It's not because I hate him..."
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With a bang, he put down the tea cup. The afternoon sunlight had begun to turn warm and yellow, shining in the teahouse. Su Chonghua was also awakened by the sound and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.
"Brother Chonghua seems to have something on his mind in the past few days. Could it be that he is worried about what will happen at home tonight?"
The middle-aged man in front of him is tall and thin, with a goatee. He is one of Su Chonghua's daily poetry friends. His name is Chen Lu, and his nickname is Kongshan Jushi. He is also somewhat famous in Jiangning. He met Su Chonghua on the road in the afternoon, so he came over for a drink.
Tea.
"Heh, nothing will happen tonight..."
"Brother Chonghua, please don't hide it from me. I heard in the past few days that your Su family's clan meeting is approaching, and there will be some big changes. You attended the poetry meeting two days ago, and you seemed a little absent-minded and uninterested. It's not that you were worried about this.
, so what? If there is really nothing to do tonight, wouldn’t it be better for you and me to just ignore that vulgar thing and go to the party at Changyun Pavilion with me."
"Even if the outcome of the clan meeting has little to do with me, I still have to attend it after all." Su Chonghua smiled, and then thought for a while: "Ah, but speaking of the poetry meeting a few days ago... I was actually just lamenting about poetry.
, it really requires some talent. I saw a one-word poem a few days ago, and my heart was very complicated. I often think about it these days, but I have lost interest in writing poetry."
"Oh?" Chen Lu was interested, "It sounds like this word is very good?"
"Excellent." Su Chonghua shook his head, "It's just that the person who wrote the lyrics paired it with these words, which really makes people sigh."
"Brother Chonghua's words have made me more and more curious. Don't try to hold back any longer and tell me quickly."
"Oh, this is our cousin, Ning Yi and Ning Liheng. Brother Kongshan has heard about this person's deeds in the past. There are also some reasons for the current situation of our Su family... A few days ago, he
But I casually wrote a poem, and it was only for the nineteen-year-old child at home to watch privately. I saw it accidentally. This poem "Ding Feng Bo"... has an artistic conception that I have never seen before, and it is unprecedented compared to the two previous poems.
Not inferior at all, so every time I see this person, or see other people's poems, I can't help but think about it, and my interest in writing poems and lyrics actually wanes. But this person is really not good at it..."
Su Chonghua shook his head, stretched out his fingers and dipped his fingers in the tea. In the approaching afternoon sunshine, he sighed while writing the words, as if he wanted to savor the words again in this way.
The middle-aged man opposite listened and looked at these words, and his eyes gradually became serious...
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In front of the small teahouse on the other side of the city, carriages came over. Su Tan'er and Wu Qilong stood under the eaves, preparing to leave separately. Wu Qilong looked at the sunlight.
"The people you want are..."
Su Tan'er's eyes were cold originally, but when she heard Wu Qilong say these words, her eyes trembled at some point, and she frowned slightly, but did not speak. Until he finished speaking, Su Tan'er thought
After a while, he arrived: "Is it them?"
"Believe it or not."
"No, I believe you."
"Um?"
"We already know some people. If you have something to hide, you might really have problems." She smiled and said, "Did you know that the day we showed off with you, my husband came home and said the first thing
What’s one thing?”
"What?"
"Qi Guangzu is a traitor."
"..." Wu Qilong frowned and looked here.
"Because the first thing you said to my husband was: It was indeed you."
"so what?"
"He asked Shopkeeper Zhou for information. Shopkeeper Zhou was not drunk. Once you start to have problems, you will try to find out more or less. Xianggong originally designed several ways for Shopkeeper Zhou to reveal information unintentionally. To Qi Guangzu, Zhou
What the shopkeeper said was that what he admired most was his grandfather and husband... The husband said, you shouldn't have said it so many times, and he knew as soon as he heard it whether it was a guess or whether he was certain...
I just didn’t expect them…”
There was silence, like a cold cave that sucked Wu Qilong in. Su Tan'er glanced at him.
"Let's go. Let's work together well. I don't want to kill all your Wu family. That would be bad for the reputation of my Su family."
Turning around, Su Tan'er's eyes became cold. Wu Qilong stood there, watching Su Tan'er's carriage go away. The sunlight on his body could not warm him up. On the other side, Ning Yi's casual figure seemed to be...
Standing there, looking over, shining the shadow over the entire Wu family...
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In the Su Mansion, people were already talking and laughing, and came out of the courtyards one by one. The noisy voices included relaxation, worry, talking and laughing, and chuckling. All kinds of people were getting closer and closer like the new year.
Gather together, greet each other and greet each other.
The dinner has almost been prepared. After the dinner, there will be a clan meeting that will determine the direction of the Su family for the next few years. In the city, Xue Yan, Xue Jin and others have also gone out, one after another towards tonight's meeting.
Rush over to the meeting place.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we are having a party tonight, but we have spent a lot of money to invite the oiran to come over. You are so lucky, you should behave well then..."
"Oiran? Could it be Miss Qilan?"
As a merchant, the Xue family has always been on good terms with the Puyang family. This year's oiran competition, the Puyang family will promote Qilan as the oiran. It is not a busy season recently, so she is the one who can be invited. However, Xue Yan shook his head.
"Originally, I wanted to invite everyone from Qilan to come over, but Puyang Yi is also hosting a banquet today, and there are a bunch of talented literati, including Cao Guan, Liu Qingdi, etc. It's the Puyang family's face, so Qilan has to be in charge. As a result,
I invited Luo Miaomiao..."
At the same time, Su Chonghua, who had been hanging out all afternoon, also rode a carriage and rushed home. Ning Yi said goodbye to Yunzhu and also walked on the street home. The Su family was still outside at this time.
, have also gathered at home.
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As the vehicle passed through the streets, Su Tan'er sat in the carriage, closing her eyes and thinking about many things. Then she took out a piece of paper and wrote three names on it. When she opened the curtain, Geng Huyuan
He was sitting on the shaft of the car outside and turned around.
Su Tan'er handed the note to him with a cold look: "Do as planned, be careful, don't be tricked by the Wu family in the end."
Geng Huyuan nodded, put the note into his arms, jumped out of the carriage, and ran in the other direction.
The sunlight streaming in through the opened car curtains was not warm.
Soon after, in a certain joint room, Guard Geng showed the three names to another person, and then put the note into the fire and burned it.
At the door of a shop in the Su family, Xi Junyu was sitting there basking in the sun, closing his eyes and pondering all the arrangements he had made along the way. Soon after, he sighed, but also smiled, got up and walked in the direction of the Su mansion.
"It's almost time to eat. Let's get ready." In Su Yu's courtyard and the reception room, the old man at the head finally opened his eyes and spoke with a smile. Then everyone began to stand up and chat in trivial matters.
They went out one by one in broken sentences.
Su Boyong, who was still pale, was sitting in a wooden wheelchair and was pushed out of the door by his wife and concubine. In the yard outside, many stewards following the big house, including Su Yunsong and Sudan Hong, were waiting for him.
He smiled and waved, but of course his face was still weak: "Let's go, let's go, I'm a little busy tonight..."
Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, Xi Anzhi, Yu Daxian, Su Wenxing, Su Wengui, Su Wenji... dozens or hundreds of people, and various interest networks began to tighten.
The entrance of the Su Mansion also seemed lively. Su Tan'er got off the carriage, and then she saw her husband not far ahead who was greeting and greeting a relative and friend of the Su family, so she walked over with a smile.