Chapter 11 The Lion Grabbing the Hydrangea
Li Xuancheng was a relative of the imperial family. After Zhang Juzheng's death, Emperor Wanli had already begun to rule, and the power of the country and relatives increased. Although the Ming Dynasty suppressed the country and relatives more severely, those who could speak to the empress dowager would always have some influence on the emperor.
Therefore, when Duke Wei saw this uncle and his youngest son, he was happy to let them have more contact. The Xu family has been the first family of honorary ministers for many years, but it is not entirely due to the family's wealth. For example, the descendants pay great attention to managing their connections. Therefore, these days, Xu Qiyun's main task is to accompany Li Guojiu.
Xu Qiyun only went to provide porridge and relief for the people once, and then he gave full responsibility to Guan Xiaokun and Rui Qingxing. He just accompanied Li Xuancheng to travel around the mountains and rivers every day. But Li Xuancheng seemed to have some worries in the past two days, and was often in a state of distraction and depressed, so Xu Qiyun became more concerned.
This day, when Xu Qiyun asked Li Xuancheng to come out, he thought to himself that he had visited several famous places in a row, but Li Xuancheng was not interested. He went to the Qinhuai River, and the female porridge and the "hundred flowers" were competing for beauty. This uncle still didn't see it. I think it was because he was obsessed with immortal arts since childhood and was devoted to seeking the Tao.
Since this is the case, he will inevitably be interested in the famous mountains and rivers, so Xu Qiyun wanted to take him to Qixia Mountain for a tour. The two walked through the courtyard, and several sedan chairmen were sitting there chatting. A few casual words of chatting came into his ears. When Xu Qiyun heard this, he suddenly stopped.
I heard a sedan chairman say, "This morning, I will carry our master to the garrison house. I heard the sedan chairman on the Ministry of Justice Rui's mansion that Mr. Zhang of the Ministry of War would do a charity sale in Baichen Building. This is a rare thing. I have heard of selling things, but it is the first time for a charity sale."
Another sedan chair owner said: "It's rare. The so-called charity sale is about selling things. However, the money for selling things is used to do good deeds and cannot be put into his own pocket. It's for charity sale. I heard that in order to raise the military pay for the anti-Japanese war, someone had made this thing, which was not new."
Xu Qiyun said: "What are you talking about? Zhang Hongying wants to do a charity sale?"
The sedan chairmen then realized that the young master had come over, so they quickly stood up to salute, claiming that he was. Xu Qiyun sneered and said, "Can these guys make trouble and sell charity? What can they sell for? Just rely on the reason for doing good deeds, so that people can pay the money by obediently?"
Li Xuancheng smiled and said, "Brother Xu, it's better to see how they sell charity, which is more interesting than traveling around." This was exactly what Xu Qiyun thought, and Xu Qiyun said, "Since the uncle also finds it interesting, let's go and have a look."
Xu Qiyun and Li Xuancheng rode their horses, took seven or eight guards, and rushed to Baishenlou.
Outside the Baichen Tower, the lion dance team and the dragon dance team performed hard in the sound of gongs and drums. Countless people gathered around, and there were crowds of people.
In a moment, firecrackers ignited again in the field, and the smoke of gunpowder was rolling, deafening. Many children covered their ears and screamed and cheered. When the firecrackers stopped, they did not care about the adult's reminder and warning, so they rushed forward in a swarm, stepping on the firecrackers all over the ground, and picking up the smelly stinky ones that didn't explode.
Guan Xiaokun and Rui Qingxing stood by the roadside with their hands folded in their hands. Looking at such a grand and lively scene, Guan Xiaokun laughed and said, "What are they doing? Are they not afraid that no one will buy it now?"
At this moment, someone from behind patted Guan Xiaokun on the shoulder. Guan Xiaokun turned around and saw that it was Xu Qiyun and Li Xuancheng. He couldn't help but say in surprise: "Oh, young master, uncle, why are you two here too?"
Xu Qiyun frowned and looked at Baishanglou, saying, "Isn't this your property? Why do you lend it to him for a charity sale?"
Most of the officials in Jiangnan do business, but doing business is a cheap business after all, and it is difficult to publicize it. Especially those who use the convenience of their official status to make profits for themselves, they have to be more secretive. Therefore, even Rui Qingxing doesn't know that this restaurant is the Guan family's property. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at Guan Xiaokun in surprise.
Guan Xiaokun said: "I am not usually managing this restaurant, and I don't know that they rented it and wanted to sell it here. I just came to see it by chance. I don't know what they want to sell. I heard about it before. I heard that they went to the homes of gentry and powerful people to raise funds, and were sent to other people for some rags. It wouldn't be just selling those rags."
Speaking of this, Guan Xiaokun couldn't help laughing out loud. Li Xuancheng gently shook the folding fan and smiled and said, "I want to know what they are going to do, just look at it. Let's go in and take a look."
When Guan Xiaokun heard this, he hurriedly said, "Uncle Guo wants to watch the fun, so okay, I will arrange a good private room for you right away!"
Li Xuancheng said: "No! Let's sit in the hall!" After saying that, he put away the folding fan and walked first. Guan Xiaokun was stunned at first, then suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Yes! Yes, yes! We just want to see them embarrassingly!"
Ye Xiaotian directed the entire charity sale, and did not pay attention to the arrival of Li Xuancheng, Xu Qiyun and others. Ye Xiaotian patted his chest and promised Zhang Hongying that according to his idea, he would definitely raise a large amount of money. After hearing this, Zhang Hongying and others also thought that Ye Xiaotian's idea was very reliable, so he chose this "Baishenlou" for charity sale.
This Baishen Building is not far from Chongyi Building. It is said that the master of Baishen Building is the retired official chef in Chongyi Building. Perhaps even the chef of Chongyi Building may not be better than the masters of other big restaurants in Jinling City, but it is rare. The dishes cooked by this chef before can only be eaten by foreign guests and officials who receive foreign guests. The food is rare and expensive, so the business of this Baishen Building is not ordinary. After hearing Zhang Hongxing's introduction, Ye Xiaotian chose this place as the charity site.
Ye Xiaotian said: "Okay, it's almost done. Let the lion dance team enter the hall and bring the spectators in. We'll prepare now..."
As he was talking, a stinky smell suddenly came. Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but cover his nose. Looking up, he saw two cars carrying garbage and scattered water passing by. The stinky smell came and everyone covered their noses and dodged. Ye Xiaotian said: "Why are there people transporting garbage and scattered water at this time?"
Kuai Peng is an Jinyiwei, and he knows this a little, saying: "There are more and more refugees. In order to prevent accidents, the city of Nanjing is no longer allowed to influx again, so it is much more difficult to get in and out. Therefore, during this period, it takes a lot of time to transport toilets, garbage, buckets, etc. in the city out of the city at one time. It cannot be transported in the morning, and there are all dragged until the afternoon."
At this time, the car carrying the water was slowly driving over. Ye Xiaotian waved the unpleasant smell in front of him and said, "Okay, let's start now."
Two golden-eyed lions danced and walked, dancing to the Baishen Building, which was opened at the entrance. As soon as you entered the main gate, there was a long hallway corridor. There was an empty room on the left and right of the hallway corridor. That was where the guest coachman waited for the owner, and he always used a seat screen to separate it. Today, the Baishen Building was booked, so the two hatchbacks were naturally empty.
The people watching the fun followed in one after another. Baishen Building was covered with red colors, with eight big characters on both sides, which were written by Tang Xianzu himself. However, from "raising funds and providing disaster relief, working together" to "charity sales and working together to help the disaster relief."
At the front of the hall, there is a circular platform about three feet high and three meters in diameter. It is where the opera and music are located. There were many scattered squats under the stage, but now they are lined up very neatly. Two lions danced forward from the wide aisle between two rows of tables and chairs. A lion snatched the hydrangea, stood up, and stood in front of the stage.
The curtains on the stage were pulled, and Ye Xiaotian, who was wearing a blue shirt, appeared just now, just in the center of the two lions grabbing the hydrangea. The big red pomrose seemed to be hanging on his chest. This appearance was quite handsome and immediately won a lot of prizes.
The Baichen Building is three floors high, and the second and third floors are all private rooms. The space above the hall on the first floor leads to the roof. The two and third floors are surrounded by a veil. The side facing the hall is covered with a golden hook. If you want to watch the dance and music in the hall, you will hook the curtains and put down the drooping curtains if you want to speak quietly.
At this time, the curtains were all picked up. In each of the private rooms, there was a beautifully dressed lady with two or three maids standing beside her. The lady either swayed the round fan or held the dried fruit, looking at the hall below curiously.
There were only three people sitting in one elegant room. All three of them sat by the window railing and looked downstairs with concern. It was Zhan Ning'er, Xia Yingying and Sister Sun.
Ye Xiaotian bowed to the people below the audience with a full face and said, "Thank you, all the kind and kind people, for coming to support us. Our disaster relief charity sale has officially begun now!"
The two male lions shook the lion's head and threw the red embroidered bead in the air. The lion's mouth opened, and two fireworks suddenly spewed out. The fireworks splashed, and the fireworks exploded. Ye Xiaotian looked into the air with his right arm, and just grabbed the tassel of the red embroidered bead falling from the air.
The fireworks dissipated, and the two lions had already gone around the backstage. Ye Xiaotian was alone on the stage, holding a red ball in his hand.
"Wow! Brother Xiaotian is so great!"
Xia Yingying was like a silence in Xizi's heart, her eyes shining red.
Although Sister Sun didn't speak, she looked so excited that her cheeks were flushed, and she looked like her heart was full of spring.
Zhan Ning'er curled her lips and poured cold water on them and said, "This is a charity sale, not a show, it's a limelight! It's so boring!"
Having said that, she looked at Ye Xiaotian in the audience again and said to herself: "This damn smelly guy is really... quite cool, very... good-looking!"
Seeing Ye Xiaotian's scene, Li Xuancheng and Xu Qiyun both agreed, one tilted down the corner of his left lip and the other tilted down the corner of his right lip, and at the same time showed a disdainful smile.
At this time, there were only tables, chairs, benches and benches. The people who watched the fun rumbled and left the market rumblingly, as if the tide was receding, they ran faster than the trump card. They didn't understand what a charity sale, they only knew that it was for disaster relief. Since it was for disaster relief, they must have money. They might be slaughtered by someone if they ran slowly, so they rushed to flee in panic.
Li Xuancheng and Xu Qiyun sat in the side seat. When they heard the movement beside each other, they turned their heads and laughed in silence. Seeing this scene, Guan Xiaokun laughed loudly, Rui Qingyun was already laughing and couldn't even sit steadily. The daughters of the boudoir on the second and third floors were also stunned by this scene. The dried fruit held in a girl's hand fell down and fell from the third floor. They were stepped on by the people who were snatching to leave.
Seeing this, Zhang Hongying's smile froze on his face and said to Liu Junyang in a low voice: "I said Xiao Liu, is Xiao Yezi's move possible? If we fail again, we will be embarrassed to go to grandma's house..."
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