For safety reasons, Niu Jinxing stayed directly at Tian Jianxiu's house. However, Zhang Nai believed that Kaifeng was located in the rear and he himself was the most brave and brave in the world, so he scorned Niu Jinxing's caution.

Zhang Nai and Dang Shousu left Pingyang Palace on horseback together. As soon as they left the house, the Taiyuan veterans who were guarding the mansion outside all bowed and said: "Yihou!"

Zhang Nai touched the back of his head and said with a hearty smile: "Brothers, thank you for your hard work. Things in Kaifeng City will be over soon, and you will all receive rewards by then."

The soldier asked in surprise: "What's going on in Kaifeng City?"

Dang Shousu snorted, immediately pulled Zhang Nai away and said, "Brother Shuangxi, don't talk so much, let's go first."

"Okay, I understand."

Zhang Nai casually said a few words to Dang Shousu, and then walked away with him to go back to the mansion for dinner. The Tianfu guards watched Zhang Nai go away from a distance, thinking about what Yihou said.

Is there any major event about to happen in Kaifeng City to reward the soldiers?

The Yihou Mansion is still some distance away from the Tian Mansion. It is also one of the luxurious residences granted by Li Zicheng. Zhang Nai's wife Tian was pregnant at this time and was still resting. The one who served lunch was Zhang Nai's Xina house.

Concubine, this beautiful concubine is a young lady from a wealthy family in Taiyuan. Not only is her figure and appearance very good, she is also knowledgeable and courteous, far above the Tian family.

The new concubine had just taken off Zhang Nai's war robe and put on a long silk dress. Dang Shousu followed Zhang Nai through the courtyard gate. In front of him was a two-story building with carved flowers on the open doors and windows. Under the eaves

There is a plaque hanging with the four characters "Founding Marquis" written on it. Looking down from the small building, you can see that although the garden of Yihou Mansion is not large, it has winding corridors, flower pavilions, rockery ponds, pavilions and pavilions.

All are arranged in an orderly manner.

Zhang Nai smiled and said: "Isn't it true that although a sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs?"

Dang Shousu blinked a few times and replied: "This sparrow is not small, but much bigger than the prison country and the Jin Dynasty palace."

"Old man, please sit down first, let's eat first." Zhang Nai's concubine had already prepared a table of food. Yihou sat down and said, "Laiheng is still a child, what's the use of living in such a big house?"

?If you ask me, it is Prince Fu’s Palace in Luoyang and Prince Zhou’s Palace in Kaifeng, these two palaces are the most coveted.”

Dang Shousu said with some embarrassment: "The Queen Mother lives in the palace."

Zhang Nai picked up his chopsticks, took a bite, and said gloomily: "Compared with the Queen Mother's palace, my place, alas, my place can only be called a 'humble room'... Is that so? A humble room!"

The lunch was very exquisite. Many of the dishes, such as eel paste in oil, bisnail shrimp, beggar's chicken, lion balls in soup, duck in Suzhou sauce, etc. were all delicacies from the south of the Yangtze River, which were completely different from the northwest dishes that Dang was accustomed to eating.

Most of these dishes have a sweet taste and are extremely delicious. Among them, there is a kind of honey-glazed dried tofu. The ingredients are ordinary, but the honey sauce was bought from Changshu by Zhang Nai through Dashun’s military channels. The taste is very layered.

Rich.

Zhang Nai ate one bite after another, but Dang Shousu was really not used to these Jiangnan dishes, so he just took a few bites to show off. After a while, a guard from the Yihou Mansion came in and lowered his body and whispered to Zhang Nai.

After saying a few words, he left immediately.

Dang Shousu didn't pay much attention to it. After he and Zhang Nai finished eating, when Zhang Nai asked his concubine to prepare some tea, the soldier ran back again and bent down to report something to Zhang Nai.

After hearing this, Zhang Nai looked strange at first, then laughed again, and then said to Dang Shousu:

"Ever since the death of the late Emperor, you, old man, have been so arrogant and military every day. It is rare for you to take time to have a meal with me today. You see, it is better to come early than to come by chance. As soon as you come to my house, we will have

Here’s the big news.”

Dang Shousu was surprised and said: "What big news? Brother Shuangxi, what news did the guards of the Hou Mansion send? Am I lucky enough to listen to it?"

"Come with me and we'll talk while we walk."

Zhang Nai led Dang Shousu from the back door to the garden, and walked dozens of steps along the path paved with bluestone slabs. Looking back, he saw a small building with four corners protruding above the white wall and green trees, and it turned out to be the center of the garden.

Another scenery.

They walked through the courtyard and then into the courtyard. The gardens were deep and unique. What surprised Dang Shousu even more was that there were a number of beautiful empty windows cut into the wall that separated the gardens. Through the empty windows,

There is a view of the garden next door.

Zhang Nai introduced: "This used to be the private residence of Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan Province. It is said that some construction masters from Suzhou and Hangzhou were invited to come and build it. The method of creating this garden is called borrowing scenery, which means borrowing the scenery next door.

"

Dang Shousu said: "It's wonderful, it's wonderful. Every empty window is a painting. It is indeed much prettier than the palace of the Jianguo and the Prince of Jin."

Zhang Nai laughed and said: "In the past, the late emperor wanted to give Laiheng the garden of Henan Governor Li Xianfeng, but Laihengfei said no and chose a small courtyard of an evil gentry to live in. The evil gentry's house and the garden of the governor

In comparison, it is naturally far behind.”

While the two were talking, they came to the small garden in the backyard. There was a pond in the middle. There were a few strange rocks lying in the corner of the pond, which added a bit of wild interest to the small garden.

Lotus flowers are planted all over the pond. Now that it is almost autumn, half of them have withered. Groups of small fish are still swimming around in it. The breeze blows, the flowers and leaves sway, and there is a faint fragrance, which makes Bianzhou look like Hangzhou.

On the north bank of the pond, there is an elegant room with open doors and windows. A horizontal plaque reads the words "Lotus Breeze Brings Refreshing Pavilion". Two couplets hang with bamboo-carved couplets, which Zhang Nai said were written by Shao Shichang, his advisor.

Zhang Nai stretched out his arms and sat down easily. Dang Shousu felt that his figure was not as strong as before. Did he lose weight because of such a good diet?

Dang Shousu also thought of the beautiful concubine Zhang Nai had taken in. She was so plump and her skin was particularly fair. Is it because of this?

A maid came back and stood behind Zhang Nai to fan him. Dang Shousu sat under the maid's fan. He smelled the unique fragrance of the maid, which came from her extremely thin silk shirt.

The maid wore a very thin silk dress and a tube top underneath. The tube top was probably made of gauze, and musk and many other spices were placed in the compartment of the tube top, so it was always transparent.

A scent comes out.

Dang Shousu thought about whether there would be an intoxicating fragrance that would make the Marquis of Yi feel ecstatic when Zhang Nai untied the maid's lapel in the boudoir.

Suddenly the handle of the maid's fan seemed to accidentally touch Dang Shousu's shoulder blade, and her body shook slightly, as if she was afraid of something.

Dang Shousu seemed to see the maid's eyes immediately turn red, almost sobbing. He was puzzled, but he was impressed by the maid's delicate charm, and he was thinking about some unspeakable scenes.

Zhang Nai pulled the maid's fan over, slapped it on the table, and cursed: "Why are you so careless? This is Uncle Weibo, the founding father of Dashun. How can you serve such a lord so carelessly? Damn!"

beat!"

The maid immediately knelt on the ground and sobbed softly with tears in her eyes: "Master Hou... Master Hou, this slave made a mistake and should be beaten...should be beaten."

Dang Shousu was shocked by Zhang Nai's behavior in the private house. He was speechless. Zhang Nai shook his hand in disgust and asked the maid to go down first and deal with him later.

Dang Shousu quickly advised: "It's just that the fan touched me...Brother Shuangxi, I am also a veteran who has experienced many battles. Why would I care about bumping into me like this?"

Zhang Nai said with a smile: "Of course I know this. Hey, you haven't settled down yet, so of course you don't understand. The maids and servants in these homes are all ghosts and ghosts. Everyone is more cunning and difficult to handle than the other. Don't you

If you are more fierce, you won't be able to suppress them in the future. If there is an incident where an evil slave bullies the master, where will the face of the Dashun Dynasty be put?"

Dang Shousu nodded in embarrassment and then said, "Brother Shuangxi, what kind of big news is this?"

Zhang Nai replied: "Another mutiny occurred. It seems that the news that Brother Guo was seriously injured was spread. There is a rumor in Kaifeng now that Brother Guo's injury was so serious because of Laiheng.
Chapter completed!