Fang Jinshi and Li Bao waited for a while. Cui Wenyu came out of the house, closed the door and said, "Let's go."
Fang Jinshi saw that he had changed into black clothes, and his trousers and legs were very greasy. He seemed to smell a fishy smell when he was close. These clothes must be what he usually wears when selling pork. Fang Jinshi had just told him that he wanted to take him with him. When he went to have a drink, he deliberately changed his clothes like this.
Fang Jinshi couldn¡¯t help but frowned and said, ¡°Brother Cui, are you going to go out wearing these clothes?¡±
Cui Wenyu looked at her whole body disapprovingly: "It's not that I don't want to give Mr. Fang face, the clothes I just wore will be seen by guests tomorrow. I'm afraid they will be stained by drinking and drinking. I'm too lazy to come back and wash them. The last time I saw you, you were wearing the same clothes. My clothes are now pawned at the pawn shop, and I also have a monk's robe, but since we are having a drink, it is too inappropriate. Today I am just accompanying Young Master Fang Zhuangwei as a follower, so I don't need to worry too much. If Young Master Fang really feels that I am unworthy, Your identity has been compromised, please take this money back." As he spoke, he took the ingot of gold from Fang Jinshi in his hand again.
Even the kind-hearted Gao Chong felt that he was going too far. Although his clothes were torn when he was the poorest, he could still wash them clean every day, let alone go out to meet guests.
Fang Jinshi stared at the ingot of gold in Cui Wenyu's hand, smiled and stepped forward to pat his waist and said: "Let's go, let's go, as long as you like, my friend is not the kind of snobbery who only recognizes clothes and not people." .¡±
Cui Wenyu twisted her body, as if she felt uncomfortable with his enthusiasm. Several people came out. Cui Wenyu locked the door and followed Fang Jinshi across the small bridge in front of his house. Cui Wenyu caught up with Fang Jinshi and said, "I don't know where I'm going. Is it far to eat and drink?"
Fang Jinshi replied: "It's not too far. I'll find a carriage to take you back after eating. It's at the Huibin Building. Do you know where it is?"
Cui Wenyu was stunned: "Huibin Building?" He stopped for a moment. Fang Jinshi was a little strange, so he also stopped and asked: "Yes, what's the problem?"
Cui Wenyu had a hesitant look on his face and said after a long while: "Since I have accepted your money, I have to go if I don't want to. It is only natural and right to accept people's money to help them eliminate disasters."
Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "I'm serious, we are just going to have a drink together. If you are in trouble, don't force it."
Cui Wenyu said: "It's okay to go, let's go." He walked forward, as if he was afraid that Fang Jinshi would regret it and take the money back. Several people came to the carriage, boarded the carriage and headed towards the reception building.
The carriage moved forward slowly. Fang Jinshi had washed his hair at Mianxianzhuang before. He casually tied his hair into a bun. Now it felt a little loose. Usually Xue Ling helped him tidy up his hair in the morning. Sometimes it was Qiao Ling in Jiangnan. Son, Fang Jinshi said to Qiao Ling'er, "Please help me tie my hair again."
Qiao Ling'er, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Gao Chong. Ever since she met Gao Chong, she felt a little embarrassed when she was a little intimate and ambiguous with Fang Jinshi. However, she still untied Fang Jinshi's bun and tied it up again.
Cui Wenyu was sitting in the corner and suddenly said: "Is this girl your crush?"
Qiao Ling'er's face turned red and she stopped holding her hand. Just when Fang Jinshi was about to answer, Gao Chong answered first: "She is my sister."
Cui Wenyu didn't get the answer to his question. He just said "Oh" and stopped asking. He didn't know what he meant by suddenly asking.
Qiao Ling'er hurriedly helped Fang Jinshi tie up her hair. The Huibin Building arrived just in time. Several people got off the carriage. According to the specifications of the Huibin Building, it must be a brightly lit and lively time. But Fang Jinshi stood at the door and looked at the hall. There were only a few candles that were not very bright, and there were no guests. The front hall seemed unusually quiet.
Fang Jinshi was about to leave when the two waiters at the door stopped him and said, "I'm sorry, our shop is closed today and we won't accept customers. Please move elsewhere."
Fang Jinshi said: "We were invited by Wang Daguan. My surname is Fang. Please let me know."
The clerk looked at him, said wait a moment, turned around and went inside to announce. Not long after, the clerk led a person out. When he saw Fang Jinshi from a distance, he said hello: "Brother Fang, you've been waiting for a long time, buddy." We don't recognize you, don't blame me." It was Wanyan Zongbi.
Fang Jinshi bowed his hand to him and said quickly: "You're welcome. When I came last time, Mr. Wang Yan said that there would be a lot of fun tonight. Let me come and open my eyes. So I came, and I didn't give the prince a call in advance." I really shouldn¡¯t say hello.¡±
Wanyan Zongbi said: "You and I don't need to be so polite anymore. Please come inside." Fang Jinshi led Li Bao and others to the front hall of the reception building. The light here was much brighter than at the door. Wanyan Zongbi said to Fang Jinshi. : "Brother Fang, who are these people?"
Fang Jinshi replied casually: "They are my entourage. I heard that the prince's Huibin Restaurant is good at wine and cooking, and they want to follow me to get some glory. The prince will not be stingy."
Wanyan Zongbi narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother Fang was kidding, please come inside." Although he didn't say much, Fang Jinshi felt that he glanced at Cui Wenyu a few more times. Cui Wenyu's eyelids were lowered and he just looked at the ground.
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Fang Jinshi couldn't tell for a moment whether Cui Wenyu's clothes were really different, which made Wanyan Zongbi look at her so much, or whether it was because of something else. He, Li Bao and others followed Wanyan Zongbi through the front hall where he had been last time, and arrived. In the first courtyard at the back, there was a small pond with a gorgeous boat beside it. It was in that boat that Fang Jinshi met Cui Niannu for the first time last time.
At this time, the pond was completely dark. Compared with the bustle when I came here last time, it was too quiet now. Wanyan Zongbi led Fang Jinshi to the door of the backyard and said: "It's still early, the wrestling competition hasn't started yet." , I¡¯ll have someone take you to have a drink first, and then watch the game after you¡¯re full and drunk.¡±
Fang Jinshi said: "Last time, I just heard Mr. Wang Yan say it casually, and I didn't ask in detail what kind of competition this wrestling match is. My lord, let me tell you."
Wanyan Zongbi said calmly: "It's nothing. I just have nothing to do. I invited a few friends who raise strongmen in the courtier's house to come over and let the strongmen compare their strength and win a fortune."
Fang Jinshi said oh, and Wanyan Zongbi said again: "I'll ask Tang Kuobian to come over and take you to a place to drink." He said to the waiter next to him and asked the waiter to ask Tang Kuobian to come over, and then asked Fang Jinshi to come over. : "I have other things to do, so I'll excuse you for a while."
Fang Jinshi said politely: "The prince is busy in advance."
Wanyan Zongbi bowed his hands and left. Fang Jinshi stood waiting in the courtyard and asked Gao Chong intentionally or unintentionally: "Have you been here before?"
Gao Chong shook his head: "I've never been here."
Li Bao came with Fang Jinshi last time. Fang Jinshi didn't need to ask him. In fact, he guessed that Gao Chong had never been here. The reason why he asked was just to avoid being so deliberate when asking Cui Wenyu next. He turned around Xiang Cui Wenyu also asked: "Where is Brother Cui, have you been here?"
Cui Wenyu looked around and said, "How can I afford to come to this place where rich people come?"
Fang Jinshi heard some inexplicable resentment in his words, as if he hated all rich people, so he could only laugh and said: "You can't say that."
Cui Wenyu continued: "You are so proud that the Jurchen Prince Liang has to go out to greet you in person." There was something unfriendly in his words. Fang Jinshi said: "How do you know it is the Jurchen Prince Liang? Did you meet him before? Pass him?"
Cui Wenyu said calmly: "I haven't seen him before, I don't know him, I'm just guessing." After saying these nine words, he turned away, looking like he didn't want to talk to him anymore.
Li Bao thought on the side that this young man was so unreasonable. He paid him to come with him, but he was always talking irritatingly. He didn't know why Fang Jinshi invited him to come, so he wanted to find an opportunity to ask him.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a strong man walked in. Fang Jinshi looked back and saw that it was Tang Kuobian. He stepped forward with a smile and said hello: "Brother Tang, we meet again so soon."
Tang Kuo defended himself twice, then came over and bent down, cupping his hands and saying, "I don't dare to take it seriously. Mr. Fang, you should just call me by my name."
Fang Jinshi said: "I must at least call you General Tang."
Tang Kuobian once again raised his hand and said, "Young Master Fang, you can call me whatever you want."
Fang Jinshi felt a little strange in his heart. He had met Tang Kuobian several times and knew that he was a kind-hearted and enthusiastic person. The two of them were still talking and laughing last time when he accompanied him to choose gifts to bring home. Not long after, he suddenly became uncharacteristically polite.
Fang Jinshi guessed that the last time Tang Kuobian led him to rush into Wanyan Zongbi's meeting place, he must have been severely reprimanded by Wanyan Zongbi when he turned around, and maybe even warned him not to get too close to Fang Jinshi again, so he was so superficial. polite.
Fang Jinshi felt a little guilty in his heart. He smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Then please trouble General Tang to take me to a place where we can have a drink."
Tang Kuobian raised his head and looked at Fang Jinshi's smiling face. He seemed to understand what Fang Jinshi meant by patting him on the shoulder. He also said with a slight smile on his face: "Master Fang, please come with me."
Fang Jinshi followed him up the stairs at the back to the second floor. Tang Kuobian took them to a private room to sit down. When they sat down, Tang Kuobian said, "I don't know what dishes you guys like."
Fang Jinshi took charge of his own business and said, "If you have any signature dishes that you are good at, just make the decision for us."
Tang Kuo argued: "I'll ask, I don't know some of them."