Guangdefang Osmanthus Lane, in front of Yuan Xudong's courtyard, a group of people slowly stopped. The leader was Yuan Xudong who was riding a tall horse. Xiao Yan, Xiao Li and others were following on both sides on horseback. In the middle of the group was Yuan Xudong.
A luxurious carriage. At this time, Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, Sun Sanniang, and Yin Ping girl all got out of the carriage. They looked at the other courtyard belonging to Yuan Xudong in front of them, with pink walls and red doors, a high gate courtyard, and two more at the door.
A stone lion, very majestic. There is also a dark gold plaque hanging directly above the gate of the other courtyard, with the two characters "Xiao Mansion" written on it. It is very imposing and majestic at first glance.
After getting off the carriage, Zhao Pan'er and others followed Yuan Xudong into the courtyard and began to look around. Xiao Yan and Xiao Li led their men to disperse into the courtyard, each performing their duties. The courtyard was extremely elegantly decorated, with a total of seven large and small ones.
There are courtyards everywhere, and each courtyard has its own characteristics. Among them are pavilions, terraces, pavilions, and groups of servants. Sun Sanniang was so shocked that she said from ear to ear:
"Master Xiao, is this still called a small courtyard?"
“Don’t Pan’er want to live in a big courtyard with seven entrances and seven exits?”
Yuan Xudong glanced at Zhao Paner and smiled:
"Let's go, I'll show you around. There are seven gardens here with different scenery. You can live in whichever garden you want!"
"Okay, thank you Mr. Xiao!"
"Thank you Fan Lang!"
Yuan Xudong took Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, Sun Sanniang, and Yin Ping girl around to visit. From time to time, he could meet the maids and servants at home. These people greeted them respectfully. Some of them were the original servants of the Xiao family.
Some of them were recently bought by Yuan Xudong with money. It would be difficult to take care of such a large yard without dozens or hundreds of servants. If only Zhao Pan'er and a few people lived there, it would be almost like a haunted house if it was empty at night.
The courtyard was too big and there were too many gardens. In addition, Zhao Paner and others wanted to live in the same garden. Yuan Xudong took them to carefully visit the largest and most beautiful garden. Sun Sanniang ran around and carefully
He looked at each room and said excitedly:
"This yard is too big!"
At this time, she took her fancy to a side room, turned around and looked at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, and Yin Ping girl who were lagging behind and said with a smile:
"Hey, I want this room, don't take it from me!"
With that said, she ran to the next room to take a look, then ran back and grabbed Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl, and ran over in a hurry to inspect the room together:
"Look at this room, the seal, the silver vase, you guys, take a quick look, do you still like it?"
"like!"
Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl said in unison. In the end, Sun Sanniang chose a side room, Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl chose two connected side rooms. As for Zhao Pan'er and Yuan Xudong, the main room in the middle of the garden was naturally reserved for them.
After the two of them chose their respective rooms, Yuan Xudong took Zhao Pan'er and others to the garden of the garden. They walked under the pavilion in the middle of the garden. Song Yinzhang looked at the beautiful garden and smiled:
"This garden is so beautiful. I will practice pipa here in the future!"
Hearing this, Sun Sanniang next to her smiled and said:
"I'll make some fruits, and I'll put some tea on the table, and we can chat here!"
"OK!"
Seeing that everyone was so happy, Zhao Paner smiled and suggested:
"Otherwise, I'll prepare the tea, Sanniang will prepare the fruits, Yin Ping will clean up the house, and Yin Zhang will play the pipa later. How about we celebrate here, return to Tokyo, and move into a new house?"
"OK!"
After each assigned their tasks, the person Yuan Xudong sent to the Sanyuan Inn to retrieve the luggage for Zhao Pan'er and others came back. Song Yinzhang got his Guyue Pipa and started practicing, while the Yin Ping girl took the maids in the house to pack up.
In the house, Zhao Pan'er went to the tea room to prepare tea, while Sun Sanniang went to the kitchen and began to prepare some small cakes such as tea fruits. Yuan Xudong had nothing to do, so he decided to make tea with Zhao Pan'er and communicate with each other.
In the tea room, Zhao Pan'er was standing in front of the table preparing tea. At this time, Yuan Xudong walked up behind her, hugged her body from behind, and gently sniffed her hair with the tip of his nose. His hands moved from bottom to top, from top to bottom.
Zhao Pan'er reached under the skirt of her clothes and finally put it where it should be. When she was suddenly attacked by Yuan Xudong, Zhao Pan'er was startled and almost screamed. When she found out that it was Yuan Xudong, she saw Zhao Pan'er's face was red and her ears were red.
He struggled twice and said coquettishly:
"You, take your hands away!"
"don't want!"
Seeing Zhao Paner's blushing face, Yuan Xudong gently bit her ear from behind and exhaled:
"Tell me, who did you lend my gold medal to? A man or a woman?"
"I won't tell you!"
Being attacked by Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner gritted his teeth and said:
"Wait until this time tomorrow, I will get the gold medal back to you, you, woo woo, please let me go quickly, woo woo!"
"Pan'er, why are you so unwilling to obey?"
"how old are you?"
Seeing that Yuan Xudong used to be jealous of "Ouyang Xu" and now he is jealous of "Zhang Haohao", Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but sneered:
"He is a man, and he is a gentle and elegant gentleman. Why, are you angry?"
"you"
Although he didn't know whether Zhao Pan'er was telling the truth or was deliberately angry with himself, Yuan Xudong was really angry. Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was so arrogant, he really wanted to beat her up to vent his anger, but he couldn't bear it in his heart.
After turning around, he leaned into Zhao Pan'er's ear and smiled evilly:
"Pan'er, I have to ask you for mercy today!"
"What?"
Before Zhao Pan'er could figure out what Yuan Xudong said, Yuan Xudong told her with practical actions. As soon as Yuan Xudong finished speaking, he pressed Zhao Pan'er on the table, and a rustling sound rang out.
, seeming to understand Yuan Xudong's plan, Zhao Pan'er lay on the table, holding the table with both hands, her face flushed with embarrassment.
About half an hour passed, or maybe it was an hour. After all, happy time always passed by in a flash. Yuan Xudong didn't remember it clearly. It was probably too hot in the tea room. Yuan Xudong and Zhao Pan'er were both dripping with sweat, and their clothes
They were all wet. Yuan Xudong was a little better. Although he was a little weak due to the heat, he was full of energy and his eyes were bright. Looking at Zhao Pan'er again, he saw Zhao Pan'er's eyes were intoxicated and his face was flushed. He slightly opened his cherry mouth and gasped for air.
Her hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her face. She lay lazily on the table and said in a weak voice:
"Bad guy, are you satisfied now?"
"Satisfied, satisfied!"
Looking at the lazy Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong lifted her up and held her in his arms. He made tea and said with a smile:
"Tell me, what happened to the gold medal?"
She glanced at Yuan Xudong with watery eyes. After moisturizing, Zhao Pan'er snuggled into Yuan Xudong's arms, rubbed his chest like a lazy cat and said softly:
"Then you promise me one thing and I'll tell you, okay?"
"What's up?"
Seeing that Zhao Pan'er still dared to negotiate terms with him, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but hold her in his arms and stroke her gently, just like a cat. Zhao Pan'er narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
"You are not allowed to be angry, you are not allowed to be angry with me, and you are not allowed to be angry with Yin Zhang, okay?"
"Introduction?"
Hearing Zhao Pan'er mention Song Yinzhang, Yuan Xudong understood. He just said, how could Zhao Pan'er lend the gold medal to others casually? Song Yinzhang was pretty good at it. She was as cute as a little girl who hadn't grown up yet.
, kind, but also confused, stubborn, and easily deceived. Thinking of this, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but look down at Zhao Pan'er in his arms and asked:
"You gave the gold medal to Yin Zhang, and she lent it to someone else?"
"Hmm~~"
Zhao Pan'er nodded slightly, and then told Yuan Xudong the whole story, including Chi Yanei, He Si, Lu Wu, Zhang Haohao and others. After finishing speaking, she looked at the thoughtful Yuan Xudong to plead for Song Yinzhang:
"Yinzhang is a naive little girl. She only focuses on playing the pipa. She doesn't even know how much a pound of rice is. It's my fault. I shouldn't have put the gold medal with her. In the end, she was given a good hand by that Zhang.
Borrow it, if you want to blame it, just blame me, I will accept the punishment, so don’t blame Yin Zhang, okay?"
"Accept the punishment?"
Looking at Zhao Paner who was willing to take on all responsibilities, Yuan Xudong smiled softly:
"Pan'er, I said you were arrogant because of favors and you still don't admit it. You clearly know that I'm not willing to beat you and punish you, so you still say that on purpose?"
"Where is it?"
Hearing what Yuan Xudong said, Zhao Paner blushed and said:
"If you want to hit me and punish me, just do it. I didn't mean it!"
"Yeah?"
Looking at the tough-talking Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong suddenly held her in his arms, face down and butt up. He slapped her hard twice on the butt and said:
"Are you going to listen to me again?"
"Ah~~"
She didn't expect that Yuan Xudong would suddenly hit her, or hit her in such a shameful place. Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but scream, she lay on his knees, and whispered with a blushing face:
"Be obedient~~"
As Zhao Pan'er spoke, she closed her eyes tightly, secretly waiting for Yuan Xudong to continue punishing her. The expected slaps did not come again. Zhao Pan'er opened her eyes slightly, looked up at Yuan Xudong and said doubtfully:
"What’s wrong with you?"
"What's wrong? Do you want me to continue beating you?"
Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was a little confused, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile. He turned Zhao Pan'er over and let her sit on his lap. He reached out to pull the clothes off Zhao Pan'er's shoulders. Zhao Pan'er was startled and said shyly:
"What do you want to do?"
"Look at your injuries!"
Yuan Xudong grabbed the clothes on Zhao Paner's shoulders and tried to pull them away:
"When we were having sex just now, I saw that you were feeling a little uncomfortable. Are you injured? Otherwise, do you think I would let you go so easily?"
"Just let go, you don't need to worry about it, I'll be fine!"
Zhao Pan'er was so embarrassed that she struggled and protested in a low voice. Even when they were having fun just now, Yuan Xudong didn't take off all her clothes, just.
"Don't move. Who said you were obedient just now?"
Yuan Xudong held Zhao Pan'er down and pulled the clothes off her right shoulder. That snow-white and delicate skin exuded an indescribable allure. Zhao Pan'er was so embarrassed that she wanted to struggle to stand up, but was pressed down hard by Yuan Xudong.
, he looked at her round and white jade shoulders with some bruise marks on them, and couldn't help but feel distressed:
"Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore, everything is healed!"
Seeing Yuan Xudong looking at his exposed shoulders with burning eyes, Zhao Paner blushed and said shyly:
"Young disciple, have you seen enough?"
"No!"
Yuan Xudong said confidently. After that, he pulled down the clothes on Zhao Paner's left shoulder and aligned it with the right side. From then on, a piece of holy light appeared in front of his eyes. Mortals could not look directly at the beautiful scenery of the prosperous age. Only he could see it.
I can see it, but I can't express it in words or words. Anyway, it is very beautiful and shocking. Men will be in a daze for a while after looking at it. At this time, Zhao Pan'er's face was red to the root of her neck. She saw Yuan Xudong looking at her with burning eyes.
Looking at herself, she couldn't help but turn her head, not daring to look into his burning eyes. By some strange mistake, Yuan Xudong lowered his head.
What they didn't know was that Sun Sanniang was hiding outside the door and peeping, and she was dumbfounded. After she made the pastries, she waited in the garden for Yuan Xudong and Zhao Pan'er to come over. Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl were also waiting there.
But after waiting for a long time and still not seeing Yuan Xudong and Zhao Pan'er, Sun Sanniang volunteered to come over to see the situation, and saw an extremely shocking scene. It turned out that Young Master Xiao was so bad. It was really bad!
After peeking for a while, Sun Sanniang's breathing gradually became disordered. She felt that her secret was about to be exposed if she didn't leave, so she quietly stepped back. At this moment, Song Yinzhang's voice suddenly sounded behind her:
"Sister Sanniang, what are you hiding here and looking at?"
"Ah~~"
Suddenly hearing Song Yinzhang's voice, Sun Sanniang, who had a guilty conscience, was startled and almost died of fright. She quickly turned around and pulled Song Yinzhang and the Yin Ping girl behind her out:
"Nothing, nothing, let's go to the garden and wait!"
"Sister Sanniang, why are your face so red?"
"Is it red? Maybe it's too stuffy in the room. It'll be fine after a while!"
After Sun Sanniang took Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl to escape, there was another rustling sound in the house. After a while, Yuan Xudong and Zhao Pan'er walked out of the house. They did not go directly to the garden, but went back to the house to change.
After putting on clean clothes, he returned to the tea room and went to the garden with the tea that had been prepared long ago. In a somewhat strange atmosphere, the afternoon tea ended.
As night fell, the moon was dark and the wind was high, Zhao Pan'er and others went back to their houses to rest. Yuan Xudong originally wanted to rest in Zhao Pan'er's room for the night, but she kicked her out and asked him to go to Song Yinzhang's room to take good care of her sister.
Since Zhao Pan'er requested this, Yuan Xudong had no choice but to obey. He left Zhao Pan'er's room and went to the side room where Song Yinzhang and Yin Ping girl were staying. They had a romantic night and had nothing to say.
At the same time, in Ouyang's house, Ouyang Xu was sitting in front of the desk anxiously waiting for the palace's father-in-law to come and announce his entry into the palace to see the magistrate. At this moment, a voice came from outside the door:
"The angel announcing the decree from the palace has arrived!"
When Ouyang Xu heard that the father-in-law who was announcing the decree in the palace was coming, Ouyang Xu quickly stood up to greet him. At this time, the father-in-law who was in charge of announcing the decree screamed:
"The official's oral instructions say that three Jinshi, Yijia, Jinke, will enter the palace at noon tomorrow. Please read this!"
After announcing the decree, Ouyang Xu bowed to his father-in-law in the palace and said:
"Long live the Holy One!"
"Congratulations to Tan Hua Lang!"
"The decree was announced late at night. I have found a noble man in my work. Please stay and have a cup of thin tea!"
"OK!"
Glancing at Ouyang Xu, the father-in-law who was responsible for announcing the decree waved to his two young eunuchs. After they bowed and stepped back, Ouyang Xu immediately took two steps forward, offered a piece of mutton-fat jade with both hands and said respectfully:
"The edict was announced late at night. Thank you for your hard work, noble Lord!"
"You're welcome, Mr. Tanhua!"
After taking the mutton-fat jade and touching it twice, the father-in-law who was responsible for announcing the decree immediately smiled. He sat down in front of Ouyang Xu's desk. Ouyang Xu stood respectfully not far from him, letting the servants at home offer the good things.
Tea, at this time, while the father-in-law was sipping tea, he looked at Ouyang Xu who was standing respectfully in front of him and smiled with satisfaction:
"Ouyang Guanren, now you are happily reunited after being admitted to the imperial examination, and later you are Gao Niangniang's nominated son-in-law. Your future is limitless. I am afraid I will rely on you a lot in the future!"
"As long as the nobles have something to do, just give them the order!"
Looking at the noble man, Ouyang Xu tentatively said:
"Oh, by the way, I heard that there has been quite a big fuss about prophecy cases recently!"
Hearing this, the noble man changed his face slightly and said with a smile:
"Tanhua Lang is well-informed!"
Seeing that the noble man looked wrong, Ouyang Xu hurriedly explained:
"Because I heard that this case is related to Jiangnan, and I am from Qiantang, so I am worried."
Before Ouyang Xu finished speaking, the noble man waved his hand and said with a smile:
"Tanhua Lang, don't worry too much. No matter what, the official family will not vent their anger on you. But this time, the official family is really angry. They didn't eat the royal meal the whole day before yesterday. Fortunately, there are immortals from Yuqing Palace."
The master has repeatedly advised me to adopt the method of maintaining good health!”
"A way to maintain health?"
Hearing that officials praised health preservation, Ouyang Xu immediately inquired:
"Young nobleman, I wonder which Taoist treasures the officials like?"
"Tanhua Lang is very smart!"
Glancing at Ouyang Xu, the noble man chuckled and said:
"Officials like to seek immortality and ask questions. As long as it is Taoism that can prolong life, he likes it. The immortal master of Yuqing Palace said that there are three fairy mountains overseas, namely Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou. Immortals live on the mountains, and the pavilions and palaces are all made of gold.
Built with silver, there is also a panacea that can make people immortal if they eat it!"
Ouyang Xu has naturally heard of the story of Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty visiting immortals and asking for medicine in the East China Sea. However, Emperor Qin Emperor and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty were not able to live forever. Throughout the ages, no one has ever been heard of anyone who can really achieve immortality. Thinking of this, he looked at the noble man and said,
:
"Is there really a medicine for immortality in this world?"
"Who knows?"
Looking at Ouyang Xu, the noble man stroked and played with the mutton-fat white jade he gave, and said with a smile:
"If the officials say there is, then of course there is. If the officials say there is no, then of course there is not. Tan Hwa Lang, do you understand?"
"Thank you, Mr. Zhonggui, Ouyang Xu understands!"
Outside Ouyang's courtyard, a group of men in black sneaked in over the wall. The steel knives in their hands were unsheathed and glowed with a cold metallic light. At this moment, the leading man in black saw the two young eunuchs squatting outside Ouyang's house and couldn't help but
With his eyes narrowed, he raised his right hand and waved back in the darkness, signaling the men in black to stop and exit the yard. After exiting the yard, the men in black quickly merged into the dark night and disappeared.
In the middle, a man in black looked at the leading man in black and frowned slightly and asked:
"What's wrong with you? Why did you give up the mission?"
"The situation has changed. There are people from the palace here, and the young master did not ask for a specific time for completing the task. We will just find another opportunity in the future!"