I'm just a dude

Chapter 43

Qi Yuan didn't ask in detail, and hurried back to find Mrs. Peng, only saying that the friends he knew in the Imperial College wanted to play with him.

Mrs. Peng readily agreed, and gave him a bag of broken silver, and said with a smile: "You have never had many companions, and it would be great if you can make friends now. If you see something you like, buy some yourself." After finishing speaking , and asked people to go to the small kitchen to fill Qi Yuan with the few peaches he got in the afternoon.

Mrs. Xu Hanlin sent the peach over. Mrs. Xu is from Ningbo Prefecture. Her natal brother would send something to Beijing from time to time. These peaches are especially rare and much tastier than those sold in Beijing.Peng Shi only received a few in the afternoon, and now he gave them to Qi Yuan, asking him to share with his friends.

Qi Yuan was even more happy, thanked Mrs. Peng heartily, and ran out joltingly with the basket in hand.

The few people outside waited for a long time but did not see Qi Yuan coming out, they all thought he had gone back to change, but after waiting for a long time, they saw a "squeak" at the back door of the uncle's mansion, and Qi Yuan came out with a basket of peaches.

Ruan Hong immediately burst out laughing, and asked him: "Brother Qi, who do you see going out to drink flowers and wine and bring their own fruits?"

Qi Yuan only wanted to share the delicious food with everyone, he couldn't help but let out an "ah" when he heard this, and froze at the door.

"Can't you bring them?" Qi Yuan said blankly, "My mother said these peaches are delicious."

Ruan Hong clicked his tongue and was about to speak again when Fang Chenghe knocked his head.

Fang Chenghe said with a smile: "I can already smell peaches here, my virtuous brother must leave one for me later." After speaking, he stretched out his foot and kicked Ruan Hong.

Ruan Hong clutched the back of his head, and before he had time to protest to him, seeing that he raised his foot again, he was furious, jumped up and said, "My clothes are dirty!"

Fang Chenghe apologized without sincerity: "I'll wipe it for you."

Ruan Hong snorted, and squinted: "Wait, I'll throw you off the horse in a moment!" After he finished speaking, he took the rein of the bay red horse, turned over, sat behind Fang Chenghe, smiled, and knocked on the horse. He touched the back of Chenghe's head below.

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight again, Xu Yu smiled helplessly, helped Qi Yuan onto the red-maned horse, and let him sit sideways, then got on the horse himself, took him in his arms, and shook the reins lightly.

The two BMWs headed straight for Chongwenmen.

Qi Yuan was puzzled, tilted his head and asked, "Are we going out of the city?"

Xu Yu gave a low "Yes", "Go to Tongzhou."

"Why?" Qi Yuan asked curiously, "Is there no restaurant in Beijing?"

Seeing him blinking his big eyes, full of curiosity and ignorance, Xu Yu couldn't help but smile.

"That's not it." He smiled lowly, and then said, "It's just because someone said that they have admired Xu's beauty for a long time, and they thought that if they could go boating with me, drink together, and enjoy the scenery and the moon Wouldn't it be great...Xu Mou didn't agree at the beginning, and felt deeply regretful, so a few days ago, he specially arranged for singing girls in the boathouse, good food and wine."

Qi Yuan: "..." I was trying to escape back then, but I really dare to say it...

He blushed and coughed lightly, pretending not to understand, "Really, Mr. Xu is really a good man!"

"Mr. Qi is too famous." Xu Yu smiled and asked suddenly, "Then Mr. Qi's long-cherished wish has come true, are you happy now?"

Qi Yuan: "..."

He blushed and turned to stare at Xu Xuan.

It happened that a few people arrived in front of Chongwen Gate, the guard recognized Xu Xuan and Ruan Hong, and saw that Qi Yuan and Fang Chenghe were both Imperial College students, and they had paperwork with them, so they let them go immediately.There was a caravan in the back who had been interrogated for a long time. Seeing these four people galloping out, they felt a little annoyed.

Seeing that half of the people in the caravan were young people, and all of them were dressed as merchants, the guard couldn't help shouting coldly: "They all have fame and fame. If you want to do this, you should go to the exam to be a scholar , or just take out the guide honestly. If anyone wants to fish in troubled waters and travel to other places, the government's board is not vegetarian."

The other guard next to him was even more contemptuous, and said with a sneer: "They are just idlers who don't have a career, don't waste your time with them."

Merchants don't do production, they can make money by buying low and selling high, so their status is at the bottom of the four people, and the sergeants are especially disliked.

Qi Yuan turned his head and saw the group of young businessmen being pushed and shoved by the guards, he couldn't help being angry, but the horse under him was galloping, and the moment he turned his head, the red-maned horse neighed and galloped happily.

When the few people arrived in Tongzhou, it was already dusk.Ruan Hong rode his horse in front and led several people straight to the northwest.

Qi Yuan's journey was bumpy, his back was sore and his legs ached, he looked up suddenly, and saw the lights of thousands of houses suddenly lit up in the twilight, they seemed to be skimming the edge of the lights and walking on the embankment, on both sides of the long embankment Green willows are sandwiched between the banks, water and light reflect each other, tongues of fire are lit, the heat is blown away by the evening wind, and the smell of river soil is continuously sent.

Qi Yuan regained his energy immediately, took a deep breath, and widened his eyes a bit.

You Ji was already waiting on the other side of the long embankment.Behind him were two strong servants, and on the other side were the young boy in Tsing Yi and the beautiful maid from Ge Lao Mansion.

Xu Wei helped Qi Yuan down, and explained with a smile: "This is a branch of the Tonghui River. The Lu River has been silted up in recent years, and the water here has risen, making the banks of the river much wider. The scenery is also nicer. "

A full moon had already hung in the sky. At this time, there were boats, large and small, on the river, all of them hung lanterns high, and the banquet was full of singing and singing, boiling like boiling.Qi Yuan hadn't seen such a lively scene for a long time, and he was both surprised and happy, but he could only sigh secretly in his heart for a long while.

Today it was Ruan Hong who was the host. He rented a five-foot-long painting boat, which was exquisitely painted and hung with lanterns. The furniture inside should all be yellow rosewood.

Qi Yuan followed behind, and as soon as he entered the cabin, there were a few beautiful girls with pink faces and peach cheeks, waiting beside him with smiles.

These girls are called "cockpit girls", and they are rented out with the ship.Although Ruan Hong rented the boat at a high price, he didn't use them, and let them wait on the boat with the maidservants of the Duke's mansion.

Ruan Hong sat down with a few people straight away, and let You Ji and the others go out to play by themselves, then said: "Whether Ruan can win the hearts of beauties today depends on everyone."

Qi Yuan was confused by what he heard, and when he asked Fang Chenghe, he found out that Ruan Hong had taken a fancy to a famous prostitute from Yangzhou.

The prostitute, nicknamed Wanjun, was raised and trained in the mansion since she was a child. She is good at playing piano and chess, knows calligraphy and painting, has a beautiful appearance and a light body.Ruan Hong has admired him for a long time, and a few days ago, he finally used Fang Chenghe's painting as a stepping stone, got a word from the beauty, and made an appointment to meet on this boat.

It's just that Wan Jun is too smart, not only can he see that the painting is not written by Ruan Hong, but also knows that he is familiar with the legendary Shuntian Mansion prodigy Qi Yuan, so he proposes to meet the painter and the young prodigy tonight.

Ruan Hong went to find Fang Chenghe, and then asked Fang Chenghe to find Qi Yuan, who knew that Fang Chenghe turned around and told Xu Yu first.

Qi Yuan knew the name of Jun Jun, most of the lean horses in Yangzhou City were raised by salt merchants, but Jun Jun grew up with rich scholars, so he was quite knowledgeable and acquainted with many famous people.

He used to be a well-known dandy in the city, and the Qi family was also a merchant, so he was looked down upon by many literati and scholars, so someone deliberately asked Wan Jun, how is the young master Qi in the east of the city?The man probably wanted to hear her say a few harsh words.Who knew that this vicious prostitute actually smiled and said to others: "If you have a son like this, you will have no regrets in this life."

Now when he heard that this person wanted to see him, Qi Yuan couldn't help becoming nervous: "Why is she seeing me!"

Hearing his tone, Ruan Hong felt sorry for Miss Wanjun, and shouted strangely: "What can Miss Wanjun do? She won't like you!"

Qi Yuan stared: "Of course she won't fall in love with me! She's eight years older than me!"

"That's right, she..." Ruan Hong was stunned suddenly, "What did you say?"

His whole body seemed to be strangled, his face flushed, and he said in a broken voice, "How old is she???"

Qi Yuan: "..." Ruan Hong didn't know his age?

However, I was talking too fast just now, and almost forgot my current identity.

Fortunately, other people didn't realize this, Fang Chenghe still smiled and said: "Brother Shen Zhi is [-] this year? It seems appropriate to calculate."

Xu Yu also said to Qi Yuan: "Don't worry, brother Shenzhi asked us to help today, just to make us act stupid, so as to set off him, and when the girl comes, we just don't talk .”

Qi Yuan thought this proposal was good, so he hurriedly agreed.

Only Ruan Hong's face turns red and turns pale, and he wants to go back on his word for a while, for fear that Miss Wanjun will marry him because she sees him young and handsome. ?He himself was in a state of agitation, afraid that he would come all the way and make some friends laugh at him.After being anxious for more than half an hour in this way, I heard someone talking outside.

Not long after, four or five little girls with buns came in, and put cakes, fruit, wine and meat on another banquet, and someone came in with a glass bottle filled with jasmine, brocade mats and powder boxes, Furnace three things.

It was the first time for Qi Yuan to drink flower wine, and now he couldn't help being secretly surprised that a singing girl had such a big show.

Curious in his heart, he probed his head and looked out, and saw a girl with a soft waist and limbs curling up from outside the cabin.

Ruan Hong also straightened his neck and saw it from a distance.Miss Wanjun's facial features are not very stunning, but her face is smaller than others, her pink nose is straight, her mouth is small, her waist is softer than others, her frown and movement are like weak willows, or her eyes are more beautiful than others. Others are more charming and have a longer neck. In short, she can't be said to be special, but since she entered the cabin, everyone's eyes have been attracted to her.

Miss Wanjun smiled at them and bowed down gracefully, Qi Yuan came back to his senses and couldn't help thinking secretly, if this woman becomes a mother, will she beat the child?

His mind was full of what this person said about "you have a son", so he subconsciously compared her with his own mother.His thoughts were far away, and he didn't notice the other party's scrutiny.

On the contrary, when Xu Xuan saw this woman coming up, she stared at Qi Yuan non-stop, turned slightly sideways, and simply blocked the other party's gaze.

Wan Jun raised his eyebrows and smiled at him: "I've heard about the third son's name for a long time."

Xu Yu only nodded slightly, then turned to Ruan Hong and said, "Feng Zhou and I went to the back cabin to enjoy the moon."

Ruan Hong has been very satisfied since this woman boarded the boat, now the more she looks at her, the more she feels that the other party's eyes are full of radiance, as beautiful as peach blossoms, which suits her heart very well.Xu Yu wanted to leave, of course he was eager to do so, so he hurriedly made a bow.He frequently looked back at Fang Chenghe and winked.

Who knew that Fang Chenghe seemed to be incomprehensible, and drank by himself there, without any sign of walking away.

Qi Yuan was dragged by Xu Yu, and entered the cabin at the back, only to realize, "Hey", "Why didn't Brother Fang come over?"

Xu Yu lowered her eyes, seeing his eyes shining brightly and his eyeballs rolling wildly, she couldn't help but smile: "What is he doing here?"

"Brother Ruan wants to spend a good night with the beauty." Qi Yuan chuckled, "Brother Fang didn't do it on purpose, did he?"

Xu Yu was a little surprised by this, she glanced at him, "On purpose?"

"That's right!" Qi Yuan said, "Miss Wanjun is so beautiful, maybe Big Brother Fang also likes it!"

Xu Yu: "..."

He couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, sighed secretly, turned around and went to make the bed first.

Qi Yuan was still pondering on the sidelines: "If Big Brother Fang also takes a fancy to Miss Wanjun, will they fight?"

"Why?" Xu Yu paused and asked him, "You think Miss Wanjun is pretty?"

Qi Yuan nodded, "Yes!"

"Then how does she compare with Miss Fu?" Xu Xuan looked at Qi Yuan and suddenly asked, "Which one do you like better?"

Qi Yuan was thinking about others, but he didn't expect the topic to suddenly turn to himself.

He let out an "ah", opened his mouth, and looked at Xu Yu.He has never met Miss Fu, this Wan Jun, said that he wants to be his mother...

Qi Yuan couldn't tell the difference.

The two sat face to face.Qi Yuan was quick-witted, and simply moved the stool forward, put his hands on Xu Xuan's lap, and asked with a smile, "What about you?"

Xu Yu raised her eyebrows.

Qi Yuan asked, "Miss Wanjun and Miss Fu, um, and the girl from our Qi Mansion, which one do you like better?"

"Me?" Xu Yu took a deep look at him and whispered, "I like this on my leg."