Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 189

Chapter 189

In the Cloud Tower, there is no excitement from the crowd many years ago. Cailian smiled and explained that after Ms. Ding passed away, many girls in the Yunlou had left. Those who marry, those who go home go home. Cailian didn’t find other girls to come in, and there was no shortage of flower houses in the city. After Huayouxian went to Yangzhou, the business in Yunlou was not as good as before. When the girls left, it was almost impossible to find flowers.

“It’s nothing bad, usually everyone will do some other small rouge gouache business to make some money. It’s enough to make a living.” Cailian smiled and said, “It’s just that the sisters have no other place to go. The building was built by my mother alone, which is the home of the sisters.”

People should be contented. They are doing this now, and they are also very good.

Hua Youxian asked everyone to sit down in the banquet hall, first ordered them to arrange the wine and dishes, and asked Yan He, “What are the young masters doing now?”

A few years have passed. The teenagers have grown into youths. They no longer have the youthful state of the past, but they can also see that each experience is extraordinary.

“Now I am a doctor,” Lin Shuanghe shook his folding fan lightly, and said solemnly: “It’s just a medical woman, thanks to the love of the world, and she won the nickname’White Sage Hand’, which is very ashamed.”

He Yan looked at Lin Shuanghe in amazement. Although Lin Shuanghe didn’t say anything about it on weekdays, it was the first time he saw him show off since the reunion.

Mostly, I always want to behave better in front of people I admired when I was young.

“This one is even more powerful,” he pointed at Yanhe with a fan, “Return to General Lang from Germany, General Yan.”

Cai Lian was very surprised, “The young masters are so amazing now!”

Yan He felt uncomfortable inexplicably, touched his ponytail, and hummed, “Not as good as General Feng Yun.”

“General Feng Yun?” Hua Youxian was taken aback, followed Yan He’s gaze, and saw Xiao Jue calmly drinking tea, “Master Xiao…is this General Feng Yun now?”

Lin Shuanghe: “Exactly.”

Hua Youxian and Cailian took a breath at the same time. The group of teenagers reported themselves back then, but this one and one of the masked teenagers never spoke. At that time, everyone thought that either the identities of the two of them were too precious to be leaked, or the identities were mediocre and not worth mentioning. But Hua Youxian felt that, in terms of the outstanding appearance of the white-robed boy, it was the first kind.

Now that after so many years, he did not expect that he was the well-known Youjun Captain Weihe.

“This one is even more coincidental,” Lin Shuanghe pointed to Yang Mingzhi, and said with a joke, “Now your governor of Jinling City is this Master Yang.”

Yang Mingzhi moved his lips, but finally he didn’t say anything.

Huayouxian and Cailian didn’t know the origin, but were very happy, saying: “It seems that Young Master Yang is really related to Jinling City. It’s a coincidence!”

“It’s not.” Lin Shuanghe snorted, “How is this a coincidence.”

“These two princes looked a little strange,” Hua Youxian looked at He Yan and Chu Zhao, and said suspiciously.

“It’s the first time for the two of them to come to Jinling,” Lin Shuanghe explained, “This is a surname Chu, you call him Chu Gongzi. Well, this one is a good friend in the next, and he has been pro-appointed by your Majesty Wu’an at a young age. Lang, also a subordinate of Governor Xiao, is called He Yan.”

“Master Chu, Master He.” Hua Youxian smiled and saluted, “Since it’s the first time to come to Jinling, you must taste the wine and food in Yunlou.”

As soon as he said this, Lin Shuanghe’s eyes lit up, “Girl Youxian, is the cook who entered the Cloud Tower still the same person?”

Hua Youxian smiled and nodded: “The wine and dishes are all made by the sisters in the building. They are exactly the same as before. If the young masters like it, everyone will be very happy.”

He Yan still remembers that the wine and dishes in the Yunlou are indeed superb. They are completely different from those in the Shuojing restaurant. They are sweet and mellow, and they are endlessly memorable. Later, when she returned to Shuojing, the He family never treated her food or clothes badly, but she never tasted the same delicacy as she had in the Yunlou building.

During the greetings, not long after, someone brought wine and food to the long table. They are all home-cooked dishes, duck shortbread biscuits, plum cakes, small wontons, red bean lanterns, lard dumplings…golden and fragrant. After arriving in Jinling in the afternoon, He Yan was hungry long since he hadn’t used any food. Seeing everyone just talking and enduring, finally couldn’t help it, silently raised his chopsticks, held the smoked fish silver noodles in front of him, and ate with small bites.

The silver noodles are thin and soft, and the mouth melts when they are cooked, and the hot belly will pull out all the gluttons in the stomach. Seeing that no one was paying attention, He Yan picked up another crystal bun.

Lin Shuanghe was talking to Hua Youxian about the interesting events of these years, where did the youngsters who came with Xianchang Pavilion back then go. He Yan listened, without delaying eating, grabbing a piece of flowering steamed bun without stopping.

The dishes are naturally delicious, especially after just passing the days in Rundu City when there is not enough to eat dry cakes, even the tofu brain has become more precious than the imperial meal. He Yan saw a plate of glutinous rice lotus root on the other end of the long table, and he was a little bit ready to move.

The glutinous rice and lotus roots entering the Yunlou are sweet and delicious. If you bite it down, you seem to bite down the small bridge and flowing water, the breezy and sunny Jiangnan water town. She loved this bite very much back then, and still remember that when she came to Yunlou for the first time, that plate of glutinous rice and lotus root asked her to eat clean. So I wanted to take advantage of everyone’s talking, secretly grab a piece to taste, whether it is the same taste in the past.

It is a pity that this plate of glutinous rice lotus root is really unfortunate, and it happened to be placed on the long table, the farthest end from her.

He Yan furiously raised his chopsticks and tried to stretch his hands to pick them up. Unfortunately, he was too far away. If he stood up to pick up the vegetables, he would be too rude. After trying a few times, he had no choice but to give up. She was sighing in her heart. The next moment, she suddenly saw a piece of glutinous rice lotus root in the bowl in front of her.

He Yan was taken aback and saw Xiao Jue put down his chopsticks, as if he was not the one who just did this. He also didn’t look at He Yan, and listened to Lin Shuanghe’s words.

The tips of He Yan’s ears turned red. Before she could figure out what to do next, she saw another piece of glutinous rice lotus root in the bowl in front of her. She was taken aback, and subconsciously raised her head, facing Chu Zhao’s smiling expression. .

The conversation on the table stopped at some point. Two pieces of glutinous rice and lotus root suddenly appeared in He Yan’s bowl, and everyone else on the table was staring at her with unclear meaning.

He Yan’s eyes are black, what is this? She just wanted to grab a snack quietly, why did she become the center of attention?

Chu Zhao smiled genially, as always, while Xiao Jue looked at her calmly, making people feel like sitting on pins and needles.

Yanhe frowned and looked at her for a while, his chopsticks tapped the edge of the bowl, and said: “I want to ask, Wu Anlang, are you a relative of the emperor?”

He Yan: “…No.”

“Since it’s not,” Yan He asked incredulously, “Why are they two?” He pointed at Xiao Jue with his chopsticks, and then at Chu Zhao, “They would do this kind of behavior like a pet.”

He Yan was frightened as soon as the word “competition” came out.

Before she could think about how to reply, Lin Shuanghe was already laughing, stretched out his chopsticks and picked the piece of glutinous rice and lotus root that Chu Zhao had pinched to He Yan. The Fourth Young Master Chu understands me. It’s so good,” he took a bite, “It’s so sweet! Thank you Fourth Young Master Chu.”

When Chu Zhao saw this, he was slightly startled, then smiled and shook his head without saying anything.

He Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Shuanghe was a good person, so fortunately, the matter was over. Otherwise, Xiao Jue could not figure out what she thought of her in his heart. But Chu Zhao is also good, how could he suddenly pick her up with vegetables? If this behavior falls into the eyes of others, it will inevitably feel strange.

On the contrary, Hua Youxian seemed to see something, smiled and clapped her hands, and a girl in a fallen pony bun brought a small jar of wine forward.

“The young masters haven’t drunk the Bifang wine in the Yunlou for a long time.” She put the wine jar on the table, “This jar of Bifang wine, there is only the last jar left this year.”

The girl attending took a few glass cups, and the bifang wine was poured into the cup, which was green, bi-ying and fragrant. He Yan still remembered that the wine he entered into the Yunlou in his youth was sweet and stale, and the drinker was slightly drunk, but not too drunk. I was looking forward to it for a while. When the girl was about to pour the wine in front of He Yan, Xiao Jue glanced at her and suddenly said, “Give her a bowl of milk.”

He Yan: “…”

The girl who poured the wine was also taken aback, looking at Xiao Jue at a loss. He Yan asked inexplicably, “Captain, why should I drink cow’s milk?”

This person was very calm and said, “The milk grows taller.”

Yan He touched his chin, glanced over He Yan’s body, nodded and replied, “Indeed, this kid is indeed shorter.”

Hua Youxian laughed, “Master Xiao, there is no milk when entering the Yunlou. Bifang wine is a little bit fierce, and I am afraid that this young man can’t drink it. Lilac, you go get rose dew.”

Not long after, a girl took Qiangweilu, and when Qiangweilu entered a cup, it was a light red color completely different from Bifang Wine. He Yan picked it up and took a sip. He couldn’t help but be taken aback.

This wine was exactly the same as the sweet wine she had tasted in Yunlou.

Yanhe on one side also snatched a cup, only took a sip and frowned, “What is this? It’s sweet, like sherbet.”

“This is Rose Dew, which is for the girls to drink on weekdays.”

Yan He didn’t notice anything, and laughed at He Yan and said, “Wu Anlang, did you hear that? This is for a girl to drink! Are you still a man?”

He Yan is really speechless. Just thinking about how to answer the conversation without being rude, Lin Shuanghe on one side relieved her, Lin Shuanghe shook the fan, and said unhurriedly: “Yan Nanguang, you came to the Cloud Tower when you were young, and now you come to the Cloud Tower again. , Does your wife know about this?”

Yan He’s face changed drastically.

“Ms. Chengxiu attaches great importance to etiquette, and Mrs. Xia also has a clean body. I am afraid that no one of the Xia family has ever been to the flower house, so it just made an exception here. I wonder what Ms. Chengxiu would think of you when she knew about this?”

“You… don’t talk nonsense.” Yan He stammered in retort, but this rebuttal was very imposing.

He Yan heard this and said strangely: “Ms. Chengxiu? Is it General Yan’s wife?”

“Ms. Xia Chengxiu, the eldest daughter of the Imperial College to worship Lord Xia, is tender and polite. How many people in Shuojing wanted to hire a beautiful woman for their young master, but Yan Nanguang took the lead.” Lin Shuanghe laughed and teased, “all said. The hero is sad for the Beauty Pass. We, General Yan, heard that he listened to his wife very much in the mansion. The wife told Dong never to go west, and the wife refused to drink, so she would only drink tea when socializing with her colleagues. It is really a model of a good husband.”

Yan He flushed red, “Lin Shuanghe, you… don’t talk nonsense here!”

“Oh? Isn’t that the case? When I return to Shuojing, I must ask my wife carefully.” He said.

Yan He didn’t dare to say anything, if Lin Shuanghe really asked Xia Chengxiu to confront him, wouldn’t it be that he immediately slapped him in the face. He glanced over the people on the table, simply blazed a new trail, raised his ponytail, put the wine cup in front of him on the table, and said loudly: “What’s wrong with Madam’s words? A man can bend and stretch! Besides, this general has at least a wife, Do you have any? Do you? All of you here, may I ask which one of you has a wife now?”

He Yan: “…”

This is really impossible to answer.

Yanhe drank the wine in front of him again, and he didn’t know if the Bifang wine was particularly intoxicating. He was already drunk, and first asked Lin Shuanghe: “You are mixing with women every day, and all the women in the world are you. Sister, do you have a wife?”

Lin Shuanghe: “…No.”

As if he had won a battle, he asked Yang Mingzhi with satisfaction, “You have a gentle temperament, and you are so tall. You all say that talented people are not short of beautiful women. Do you have a wife?”

Yang Mingzhi: “…No.”

Yanhe became more and more interested, and looked at Chu Zhao, “You have…” He paused suddenly and said to himself: “Your wife has already made an appointment, nothing more, next one.”

He asked He Yan again: “Little man, do you have a wife?”

He Yan: “…”

She really can’t have this.

Yanhe turned to Xiao Jue again, and looked at him proudly, “You are the number one in Xianchang Pavilion, with a handsome face, outstanding posture, and there is no match for civil and military. The threshold outside Xianchang Pavilion for those years will be broken by the girls. , But… do you have a wife?”

Xiao Jue looked at him calmly.

“You don’t have one at the first sight!” Yan He swept the whole wine table with one person, probably thinking that he had a wife is a very high honor, more and more happy and proud, patted the table, stood up and shouted loudly. Said: “In this way, you are not very good. Do you know how amazing it is to have a wife? When you return home late at night, there is no one waiting under a lamp, right? Have you ever drank a wife to cook when you have a headache and brain fever? Hot soup? Don’t even mention the clothes and boots sewed by the lady herself, ho,” He glanced at the crowd contemptuously, as if looking at the world’s emperor, “Don’t say there is a lady, you are still alive, I’m afraid that you don’t even have a girl’s hands. Pulled, the first kiss is still there.”

He Yan covered his face with his hands and couldn’t bear to look again. Yang Mingzhi couldn’t help pulling La Yanhe’s robe, “Brother Nan Guang, it’s over.”

Seeing this, the girls pouring wine and playing the piano couldn’t help laughing. I just think this young man who looks arrogant and arrogant is also kind of reckless and cute at the moment.

Cai Lian smiled and said, “Young Master Yan is wrong. We are in the Cloud Tower here. If we are a girl, we don’t lack anything. The young masters are so good. If you want to come, you really want to pick the sisters in the building, everyone. It’s all willingly.”

He Yan almost fell the cup in shock, what is this? Is this the beginning of self-recommended pillow seats? Can not! Absolutely not! Although it was Ruyunlou, she always regarded Ruyunlou as a serious tavern.

As soon as she thought of this, she saw that the two beautiful and charming girls beside Cailian had already glued to Xiao Jue. She had a really good eye and picked the best one here. He Yan moved faster than thought, and subconsciously shouted: “No!”

The two girls who were trying to persuade them to have a meal, the others on the table looked at her.

Facing Xiao Jue’s thoughtful gaze, He Yan calmly said: “We will come here with a group of people, only drinking, not talking about love.”

Hearing that, Huayouxian smiled more happily. She pours a glass of Bifang wine by herself and respects Heyan, “The little son is so cute, the slave family toasts you a glass.”

He Yan felt like a simple and honest scholar who had strayed into a fairy hole. At this moment, he was really weak, pitiful and helpless.

After drinking a cup of rose dew, Cailian smiled and said: “Young masters still remember that we were here many years ago and we sang and danced together,” she looked at Yanhe, “Young Master Yan had danced swords on the table at the time. .”

Yan He was taken aback: “Why don’t I remember?”

It’s okay that he didn’t say this, and when he said that, He Yan also remembered it. At that time, Tong Qiushi was driven away for Hua Youxian and after Liu Rui was frightened, everyone drank and celebrated in the Yunlou Building. The girls who entered the Cloud Tower played the piano and danced, so it was so lively. Mother Ding offered the best Bifang wine to entertain, Yanhe drank the most and drunk the fastest. When he was drunk, he drew out a long knife and cut the lotus flower that was used to decorate the vase into two halves.

Everyone was startled. Before he had time to stop him, they saw the particularly brightly dressed young Lang stepping onto the table and starting to dance his sword. And dance and chant: “There is a tree in the east of the sky, and a candle dragon is placed underneath. I will cut the dragon’s feet and chew the dragon’s meat, so that it will not be able to go back at night or fall at night!”

The little friends hurriedly pulled him and tore him off the table. Lin Shuanghe covered his mouth and smiled at the girls next to him: “This guy is drunk and talking nonsense. It’s not true, sister Let’s forget this time, don’t take it to your heart.” While turning around, he scolded Yanhe: “What slaying dragons…this kind of rebellious remarks, and dare to talk nonsense. If your father knows, he can take you back to fight tomorrow. Broken leg.”

It’s a pity that Yan He was completely drunk at that time.

“At that time, everyone was drunk,” Lin Shuanghe sighed, recalling the past, “Bifang has a strong drinker, now think about it, except for Huai Jin, it is He Rufei who has the best drinker and is the most sober.”

“He Rufei?” Yan He was frustrated when he heard He Rufei, and hummed: “I think he poured out the wine secretly. If you say he has a good drinker, I don’t believe it! He must have moved something. ”

He Yan lowered his eyes and looked at the crimson fermented wine in the wine cup in front of him. He thought, that time, she was indeed not drunk, and even when everyone was unconscious, she returned to her house soberly, and her clothes collapsed. . There is no other reason, because at that time everyone drank Bifang wine, and she was the only one who drank rose dew like today.

Rose dew is just like Yanhe said, it is a sweet sherbet, although it is considered a wine, it is definitely not as good as Bifang wine. Besides, she was very cautious that day, so she drank very little, so when everyone lay down, she could still stand tall.

It’s just… why did she alone get Rose Dew back then?

He Yan couldn’t understand.

A girl played the pipa, her voice was brisk, and she heard people’s great joy. When I was young, I always liked watching tragedies on the stage and listening to sad songs. As I grow older, I strive for a perfection in everything, but knowing that it is difficult.

What you ask for is just an instant.

Cailian covered her mouth and smiled: “Not only that, the young masters still left various calligraphy in the Yunlou Building at the time, but after a long time, those calligraphy were lost. Otherwise, they can still take a look today. , Is also a pleasure.”

“What’s so great about Calligraphy,” Yan He disagreed. “Just write another copy. We talented Yang is here. What can’t be written, right?”

One of Yang Ming was stunned and did not speak.

Hua Youxian seemed to be touched by his words and said, “Wait a moment”, and got up and left the table. No one knew what she was going to do. After a while, the girl came over with a long scroll and walked to everyone.

“Girl Youxian, what is this?” Lin Shuanghe asked.

Hua Youxian looked at the scroll in her arms and stroked it lightly, her eyes full of nostalgia and memories. She said softly: “I wonder if the young masters still remember that the Prince Wang was also there when we celebrated in the Yunlou Building.”

Everyone fell silent.

“Prince Prince” was the cause and the end of everything back then. Since the reunion, everyone deliberately avoided talking about this person because he was afraid that Huayouxian would be sad. Although I don’t know why, it is possible that a girl who is willing to sacrifice herself for her love and travel thousands of miles to reconcile resolutely, must have encountered enough sad things.

“When you talked about the young masters drinking, Prince Wang once painted and portrayed all the young masters.” She said, and asked the girl beside her to help unwind the scroll. At that time, there was no luggage, only this.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the scroll in his hand slowly spread out and fell into the eyes of everyone.

The rest of Wang Sheng didn’t make evaluations, and his talent was indeed true. The brushstrokes capture the characteristics of each person very well, and they are lifelike, but when you see the scroll, the lights are on, and Hu Qin sings and sings endlessly. The beautiful girls had skirts like upturned waffles, and the long seats were tilted with their flasks and cups.

A young man with a high ponytail stepped on the table, frowning and dancing, and there was a young man under the table, holding a folding fan in one hand, and busy pulling him with the other. Yang Mingzhi on the side was not as stable as he is now, but his expression was as gentle as ever. The sister on the side held him to persuade him to drink, and waved his hand to refuse in a panic.

He Yan also saw herself.

The girl with a mask sat in the corner, amidst laughter and laughter, she seemed to be forgotten, and she tilted her head slightly, as if following something. As far as she could see, she was sitting in the middle, casually bowing her head and drinking. Robe boy.