Chapter 273 Do you still have Hengshan Sect in your heart? !
Hangzhou is shrouded in fog today. In the courtyard of Meizhuang, the bushes are dark and looming in the white fog.
Ding Jian walked into Qinxin Courtyard, stood at the door and bowed, saying, "Master, the post station delivered a letter this morning, addressed to you."
In the piano room, Huang Zhonggong was tuning his instrument. When he heard Ding Jian's voice, he asked, "Where did you send the letter from?"
"It came from the capital," Ding Jian added, "It was sent by carrier pigeon."
Huang Zhonggong showed surprise, and then he thought of Cheng Zhirou. Judging from the time, she should have been in the capital for some time.
After realizing this, Huang Zhonggong said, "Bring it in!"
"Yes."
Huang Zhonggong took the small bamboo tube from Ding Jian, snapped his fingers, opened the bamboo tube, and poured out a roll of paper from it.
After opening it, he immediately showed joy on his face and said to Ding Jian, "Go and call the Third and Fourth Village Masters!"
"Yes!" Ding Jian bowed and slowly stepped out.
Huang Zhonggong looked at the small invitation and couldn't help but smile and stroke his beard. Then his expression froze and he couldn't help but frown. Why did this invitation seem so weird?
My dear friend Ou is a well-read scholar, and now he is the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of the Honglu Temple. How could he send out the invitation in such an 'unceremonious' way? .
Thinking of this, Huang Zhonggong glanced at the small bamboo tube on the table. Sending messages by carrier pigeons is usually a very urgent matter, but inviting the three brothers to visit the capital city doesn’t seem to be that urgent!
He even said that the three brothers would be fine if they left Hangzhou. Could it be that Ou Haoyou received some news?
Not long after, Tu Bi Weng and Dan Qingsheng came hand in hand. Seeing his elder brother in deep thought, the frank Dan Qingsheng bowed and asked in confusion, "Brother, what happened?"
Huang Zhonggong came back to his senses, looked at his two brothers and smiled, saying, "It's a good thing. Friend Ou received the gift from us brothers and was very happy. He invited us to the capital for a gathering."
As soon as these words were spoken, Tu Bi Weng and Dan Qingsheng burst out laughing.
Dan Qingsheng said excitedly: "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by my two brothers, I have been waiting for this day for a long time! Big brother, shall we set off today?"
Tu Bi Weng calmed down a lot. He frowned slightly, looked at Huang Zhong Gong hesitantly and asked, "Brother, I think we have reached the limit of our activities in Hangzhou City, right?"
Dan Qingsheng was also stunned, and then couldn't help but sigh: "Third brother is right"
"It's okay," Huang Zhonggong looked at the two of them and said calmly, "I'm too old to travel far. The third and fourth brothers are in their prime and can go out to make friends and have parties. As for this place, my second brother and I will take care of it."
Dan Qingsheng shook his head and said, "Brother, since we four brothers became sworn brothers, when have we ever separated?"
Tu Bi Weng also said, "Fourth brother, what you said makes sense."
"Then don't you want to have a long chat with Mr. Ou?" Huang Zhonggong smiled and tempted, "It's been more than a year since we last met. Maybe Mr. Ou has made some breakthroughs in calligraphy!"
Then he looked at Dan Qingsheng again, raised his eyebrows and said, "Since ancient times, calligraphy and painting have been inseparable. Don't you want to see the painting skills of our friend Ou?"
The two brothers looked at each other. The eldest brother really understood them. How could they give him up?
After some persuasion from Huang Zhonggong, Dan Qingsheng and Tu Biweng finally agreed. After packing their luggage, they prepared to leave for the capital the next day.
Before leaving, Huang Zhonggong gave Tu Biweng a letter and asked him to tell Ou Zanghua on his behalf.
It was not until the two brothers walked away that Hei Baizi came over belatedly and looked at his eldest brother in confusion: "Brother, is it really okay for them to leave Meizhuang?"
Huang Zhonggong looked at Hei Baizi, patted his shoulder, and said calmly: "If you want to go out and meet friends, you can go. I'm here to watch over you, so it's okay."
"This?" Heibaizi stared blankly at his elder brother who was walking away, not understanding where his sudden confidence came from.
Sit on a stone in the cool, brew tea from the neighboring spring. The lotus breeze brings fragrance, and the bamboo dew drops make clear sounds.
Liu Qing liked this courtyard because of its unique garden design.
Coincidentally, Ou Zanghua also likes it.
The summer is hot and the evening breeze is blowing.
Ou Zanghua and Liu Zhengfeng sat by the pond, with a bamboo forest behind them and a spring between them. Cold spring water kept bubbling up and flowing into the pond along the canal.
There were a total of 1,361 springs in the capital city. In later times, only 880 of them still had flowing water.
The maids poured the washed fruits into the spring water, while Ou Zanghua filled a half bottle of red wine in a glass bottle and placed it in the spring water to chill it.
"The swordsman Mohuaerche from the Western Regions gave Danqingsheng ten barrels of 120-year-old Turpan wine that had been distilled and brewed three times. Five Dayuan horses were used to carry it to Hangzhou. Then Danqingsheng followed the rules and distilled and brewed it once more. Ten barrels of wine became one barrel. This barrel is now in my hands, just right for my father to drink with."
As he spoke, Ou Zanghua took out some red wine and poured a glass for Liu Zhengfeng.
As the saying goes, the grape wine is good and the cup is glowing, and the pipa music is urging you to drink.
The moonlight cup is as thin as a cicada's wing, with natural patterns, smooth inside and outside, and transparent and bright jade. Under the moonlight, it will present a wonderful image of "moonlight ripples in the nectar and jade", and was deeply loved by all kinds of wine lovers in the Tang Dynasty.
And Ou Zanghua just happened to have several sets of wine vessels.
Liu Zhengfeng picked up the moonlight cup and took a sip. He was not a wine lover, so he naturally could not taste the layers of flavor in the cup like Linghu Chong could after just one sip.
Ou Zanghua happened to be the same, and they both felt that the wine chilled by spring water tasted quite refreshing.
"What is the situation of the Weiyang Palace Imperial Farm that Zanghua mentioned?" Liu Zhengfeng put down the moonlight cup and asked his son-in-law.
Upon hearing this, Ou Zanghua put down his wine glass and told Liu Zhengfeng the reasons and his thoughts in detail.
Old Liu listened very carefully, and waited until Ou Zanghua finished speaking before he suggested, "Zanghua's idea is very good. How about this? We open stores in nine cities: Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kaifeng, Xi'an, and Wuchang, and only sell things from the Weiyang Palace and Royal Farm."
"Specialty store?!"
"Haha. Zanghua is still quick-witted. This name is good, that's it." Liu Zhengfeng nodded with a smile and couldn't help touching his beard. It would be troublesome if the disciple was too smart.
Ou Zanghua thought of more. At this moment, he felt that his ideas were flowing and he even had some bold ideas.
He looked at Lao Liu and said sincerely, "Dad, Weiyang Palace and the Royal Manor are very important to me. I need a manager to coordinate the overall situation. I would like to ask you to come out and work harder for me."
"it is good!"
Liu Zhengfeng agreed without waiting for his disciple to finish. If Mo Da saw this, he would probably be so angry that he would break his erhu:
I kindly invited you to come out and manage Hengshan, but you either complained about the heat or the trouble, and just spent your days traveling, sightseeing, and composing music.
Now when my disciple says something soft, you agree without hesitation.
Do you still have Hengshan Sect in your heart? !
(End of this chapter)