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Chapter 223: Peach Villa

Chen Danxia returned to Zhiyuan, practiced calligraphy ink and ink. After writing two pages, Mo Shu came in and sent her a letter written by Xu Lang. These days, Xu Lang was busy with official duties, busy dealing with his grandfather, busy coaxing his grandmother, busy designing and planning Zhao Gongfeng, and busy fighting wits and courage with Gao Yan and the former King of Rui. However, although he was too busy to come, it did not prevent him from writing a letter to express his heart.

The words are written in a flying and phoenix dance, and the words are written in a passionate way. Chen Danxia saw her pretty face so hot that she picked up a pen and wrote a reply letter to him. After writing the letter, she called Mo Shi and sent it out. Chen Danxia took out a copybook and started practicing calligraphy.

"Girl, the uncle is here." Shiqin reported outside.

Chen Danxia put his pen down and stood up to greet him, "Brother."

"Sister, what are you doing?" Shen Bomi asked.

"I'm practicing calligraphy." Chen Danxia said with a smile.

"No need to serve tea, my sister and I will leave after saying a few words." Shen Bomi ordered.

The smile on Chen Danxia's face faded. He knew that Shen Bomi was sending Gao Yan's mystery lock picture today. I wonder what the talented Zhang Dacai made this time? Chen Danxia was shocked and she was actually looking forward to solving the puzzle. Chen Danxia's mouth twitched slightly. Could it be that she was abused?

With Shen Danxia's random thoughts, Shen Bomi put the picture that Mr. Huang gave him on the table, "Sister, look at this."

Chen Danxia frowned, what is this painting?

"Brother, who did this? It was a mess, it was impossible." Chen Danxia spent a long time trying to see what the words were written on it.

"I can't draw it, this is the one." Shen Bo said with a tight face.

Chen Danxia suddenly realized that the mystery lock became more and more difficult and the pattern became more and more complex. Gao Yan wanted her to see and solve it in person.

"Sister, this may be the last mystery. Don't worry, solve it slowly." Shen Bomi asked Chen Danxia to delay time.

Chen Danxia looked at the picture and said, "This is not the last mystery."

"Are you sure?" Shen Bomi asked with a frown.

"The first three puzzle locks are the same, and the fourth puzzle lock is different, indicating that there are at least six puzzle locks. The first three are the same, the last three are the same, and the fourth one is the twelve zodiac signs, and the fifth one should also be related to the sky." Chen Danxia's eyes lit up and he counted, "Twenty-eight constellations, brother, this is the twenty-eight constellations map."

Shen Bomi looked at the picture on the table and felt dizzy. The twenty-eight constellations map, what is that? Forget it, he didn't want to know and asked, "How long does it take to untie it?"

Chen Danxia smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I only know this name. I don't know how to solve it. I have to read Zhang Shancong's manuscript and maybe I can find the answer." She is not a versatile person. Her understanding of astronomy is limited, very limited. She has to admit that Zhang Shancong's knowledge is very profound. Setting up a puzzle lock also involves astronomy.

"Have Zhang Caizi collected all manuscripts?" Shen Baimi asked.

"No one knows how many manuscripts he has, and I don't know if I have collected them all." Chen Danxia sighed. Zhang Shancong is indeed talented, but he also likes to be mysterious. His manuscripts are very complicated and messy. The most speechless thing is that there are two books that remember the lyrics of pop songs, and one in one remembers that it was actually his hunting for romance.

"If you can solve it, you can solve it. If you can't solve it, there is no way." Shen Bomi said calmly. After the deployment over the past year, he has some confidence to deal with Gao Feng.

"Yes." Chen Dan's chin.

In order to solve the mystery of the twenty-eight stars, Chen Danxia collected all the manuscripts of Zhang Shancong on the desk and read them one by one. She solved the four riddles in the first based on her own knowledge. She had to use Zhang Shancong's manuscripts to use this mystery.

Chen Danxia opened a book and said, "Yi means it, from the sun and the moon, and from the change of yin and yang, it becomes famous. Yi said: Changes do not reside, and the circulation is six voids. Therefore, the key to divination is to be integrated and not to be muddy." Chen Danxia pouted, "What the hell? I can't understand."

Although I couldn't understand, Chen Danxia still gritted his teeth and finished reading it. He couldn't find any useful information. He brought another book, "Chop one pound of pig, cow, and sheep into a filling, half a pound of shrimp, half a pound of crushed shrimp, half a pound of crushed horse celery, fennel, Sichuan pepper, pepper, almond, and red beans, pound into powder, pound ten taels of shredded ginger, 1 and a half pound of wax gravy, 1 and a half pound of wheat sauce, 1 and a half pound of green onion, 1 and a pound of salt, 2 and a pound of whipped whisk and cut it into finely."

menu!

This chapter is a great talent, it turns out to be a foodie!

Chen Danxia swallowed and continued to watch, "Refining the sesame oil, stir-fry the meat together, then add other ones to the pot, stir-fry and collect the juice, leave it cold, seal and store it for easy consumption at any time. This recipe..."

"Ah!" Chen Danxia threw the book aside and cursed, "Stillman."

Chen Danxia didn't want to see it anymore, so he called Mo Si in and drank the mulberry and honey paste. He looked at the clock. It was half a quarter of an hour before Wei Shizheng, so he took Mo Li Mo to Wuyayuan.

Every afternoon, it was the time for her to learn rules and incense. Madam Wei Shi Zhenghua came. Seeing Chen Danxia standing there waiting for her, Madam Hua smiled and said that she had taught so many girls. Only this girl has never slacked off since the first day of learning rules, nor has she gotten angry. She also respected her, a nanny. She even cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for her on her birthday. If the wife was willing to keep her, she would be willing to serve this girl.

Shen Shizheng, after learning the rules, the maid brought fresh pastries and tea made in the kitchen. Chen Danxia and Madam Hua went to the outdoor room to eat pastries and tea. In front of Madam Hua, Chen Danxia paid great attention to his dining etiquette. He inserted a piece of pastry with a bamboo stick in his right hand, pinched a handkerchief with orchid fingers, half-stood and half-covered, and ate the pastry with a small mouthful.

"Girl remember, it is best not to eat pastries that are prone to deterioration when you are outside." Madam Hua warned.

"Yes." Chen Danxia put down the crispy cake in his hand.

Shiqin walked in in a hurry and saluted, "Girl, I have to report if I have something to do."

Madam Hua stood up tactfully and said, "I will leave."

When Madam Hua left, Chen Danxia asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

Shiqin opened her mouth, but she wanted to speak but stopped, as if she didn't know what to say. Chen Danxia picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said, "No need to talk, what do you say."

Shiqin licked her lips and said, "The Fourth Master and the eldest daughter of the Zhou family met in the Zhou family's garden and were seen."

Chen Danxia was stunned for a moment, "I remember Miss Zhou was born in the legitimate family." Shen Baixian was born in the illegitimate family. Among the seven brothers of the Shen family, they were not visible or exposed. This time, it was really "impressive".

"Miss is correct," Shiqin said.

"Will the Zhou family be willing to make this marriage?" Chen Danxia asked with a frown.

"For the reputation of Miss Zhou, the Zhou family should agree to get married." Shiqin thought.

Yes, for the sake of Zhou Wan'er's reputation, the Zhou family agreed to this marriage, which made Zhou's family very uncomfortable. No matter how annoyed, unwilling, or angry she had to handle the marriage for her concubine's son, not looking at the monk's face, who made the bride her niece? She also hoped to marry her daughter to her sister-in-law's nephew, the famous talented man in Jinzhou City.

"The second room is so lively now." Chen Danxia stroked his forehead and shed tears of sympathy for Zhou.

Because Zhou Wan'er had a secret marriage, the marriage was handled, and the six rituals were kept simple, and the date of wedding was set on the ninth day of the fourth lunar month. Fortunately, the second and third cottages had been separated, otherwise Shen Baiwei would have to wait until Shen Baiyu got married before he could get married, so Zhou Wan'er's stomach could be waiting.

Although Zhou helped to handle the marriage due to his brother and sister-in-law's face, he was so confident that Shen Baiqiang took his anger on his biological mother, Aunt Ding, and sent Aunt Ding to a farm outside the city to recuperate.

It would be fine if Chen Danxia heard about the second house. A few days later, he received a post from Zhang Mu'er, inviting her to go to the village in the suburbs to pick cherries on the 19th. Chen Danxia read Zhang Shancong's manuscripts these days, and was dizzy when he read them, and wanted to go out and briskly, reply to her and accept the invitation.

"Wuwuwu, I want to go too." Yuan Qingyin looked at Chen Danxia pitifully and said.

"Sister-in-law, you haven't finished your confinement yet, so you can't go out." Chen Danxia flatly refused, "I will bring cherries back for you to eat."

"You want to bring Duoduo's back." Yuan Qingyin asked.

"Don't worry, I must bring a lot of them back, and then we will brew some cherry wine and drink it during the Chinese New Year." Chen Danxia smiled.

"Okay, okay." Yuan Qingyin smiled and narrowed her eyes. During the Chinese New Year, she could drink as much as she wanted.

On the 19th, Chen Danxia took Mo Shi Mo Wang, Mo Li Mo Qi, and six guards, accompanied by Shen Baiyu, and took a carriage out of the city to Hantao Villa in Zhang's family. At the gate of the city, he met Yan Suxin and Yan Yu who accompanied her.

"Sister Yan." Shen Baiyu bowed.

"Brother Chen." Yan Suxin bowed.

Chen Danxia's eyebrows moved slightly and the corners of his lips raised. The two of them had already called each other with their brothers and sisters. It seemed that her brother was about to have a good deal.

After a few greetings, Chen Danxia got on the carriage of the Yan family and sat with Yan Suxin. Yan Yu got on the carriage of the Shen family. He happily arrived at Hantao Villa with Shen Baiyu and met Zhang Muer and her second brother Zhang Fang. After a while, Li Yunqian and her cousin Song Xuan came, greeted and greeted and greeted each other. The Zhang brothers and sisters accompanied everyone to visit the villa.

There is a hot spring in Hantao Mountain Villa, where hundreds of cherry trees are planted near the hot spring. In the late spring where the beginning of summer is more than ten days before the beginning of summer, the cherries are ripe and hang red on the branches, waiting for others to pick them.

"The cherry tastes very sweet. Do you think it's time for the servants to pick it, or should we pick it ourselves?" Zhang Mu'er winked and asked everyone about her opinions. She wanted to pick it herself, but she knew that her brother would not allow it, so she asked this on purpose.

"Pick it yourself." Chen Danxia, ​​Li Yunqian, Shen Baiyu and Yan Yu said in unison.

Song Xuan shook his head and said, "The tree is too high. You can go up the tree to pick it. It is not safe. It is better for the servants to pick it."

Zhang Fang also disagrees with them climbing trees.

"Sister, you are a girl. You are wearing a skirt and it's hard to climb trees. It's better for you to climb trees and pick them for you." Shen Baiyu coaxed her.

"I came to pick cherries specifically. If I don't climb trees, why should I do this far? I'll just wait at home." Chen Danxia pouted.

"That's it." Li Yunqian and Zhang Mu'er also pouted, looking unhappy.

"This tree is not too high. Build a wooden ladder to protect the people. We will be careful and will not fall. Let us pick it ourselves." Yan Suxin begged.

The four girls insisted on climbing the tree to pick cherries themselves. The brothers couldn't stop them, so they had to agree and ordered the servants to set up wooden ladders, and they personally protected them. Chen Danxia held a small bamboo basket and climbed the ladder to pick cherries.

Everyone was enjoying the joy of picking cherries with their own hands. A servant hurried over to report to Zhang Fang: "The second young master, the prince, the prince of the Xiangqing Hou Mansion, and the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guardian, Mr. Xu, accompanied a young master into the village."

Zhang Fang's face changed slightly. There would be no one else except the ones in the palace who could accompany his elder brother, Zhao Chengzhi and Xu Lang.

Young Master?

Could it be that the eldest prince has arrived?

"Mu'er, there are guests here, I'm going to go in front." Zhang Fang said.

"Guest? Who? Second brother, have you invited someone too?" Zhang Mu'er stuffed a cherry into her mouth and asked vaguely.

"You can eat it before washing it, and your stomach will become worms." Zhang Fang frowned.

"I wiped my clothes clean, not dirty." Zhang Mu'er smiled.

"You... I'm too lazy to talk to you. I'll go ahead first. Please ask the servant to wash two plates of cherries and send them to the front." Zhang Fang said.

"I know, I know, go quickly and go quickly." Zhang Mu'er drove him away, without him staring at him, she could eat whatever she wanted.

Zhang Fang greeted the servant lady to look at the nervous Mu'er, and he went forward.

"Mu'er, why is your second brother gone?" Li Yunqian asked casually.

"It seems that he invited the guests." Zhang Mu'er spit out the cherry pits and said.

"Who is it?" Li Yunqian asked.

"I don't know, he didn't say it." Zhang Wu'er took a basket of cherries down the ladder.

Li Yunqian didn't ask.

Four girls picked a basket and went down the wooden ladder. Shen Baiyu and the other two climbed up the wooden ladder to pick cherries. Zhang Fang accompanied the eldest prince Gao Ju, Zhao Chengzhi, his elder brothers Zhang Jun and Xu Lang. Song Xuan stood high and looked far. He often went in and out of the palace, recognized Gao Ju and others, and said, "The eldest prince, Zhao, Zhang Jun and Lord Xu are here. It is better for the sisters to avoid it."

"There is no need to avoid it. We met the eldest prince when we entered the palace last time." Zhang Mu'er frowned.

When Chen Danxia heard that Lord Xu was coming, she refused to avoid it. She hadn't seen Xu Lang for a long time, and she had a rare opportunity to meet. She had to cherish it. Li Yunqian grew up on the frontier as a child. The people there were tough people and the prohibitions on men and women were not strict, so she felt that there was no need to avoid it. Although Yan Suxin was a lady of a noble family who was polite, she did not avoid it. She wanted to advance and retreat with them. She just climbed the tree to pick cherries out of this idea. Otherwise, with her nature, she would not have done such an extraordinary thing.

While speaking, Gao Ju and the other two had already come over, and they couldn't avoid it even if they wanted to avoid it. Everyone saluted and said, "I have seen the eldest prince, please pay my respects to the eldest prince."

"No need to be so polite, please raise it." Gao Qi helped his hands with his hands, "I am a guest, I have disturbed your pleasure in picking cherries, so please forgive me."

"The arrival of the eldest prince has made the villa full of glory." Zhang Yun said with a smile.

"I wonder if I can taste a few cherries?" Gao Ju asked with a smile.

Zhang Yun ordered the servant to take down the cherries and clean them, and asked Gao Ju to sit down at the viewing pavilion in front of him. Everyone followed Gao Ju and walked into the pavilion. Chen Danxia quickly walked to Xu Lang and "open his mouth."

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