Except for stealing

Uncle Jibei overslept again, early in the morning the Earl's mansion was flying like dogs and dogs, Uncle Jibei was running in front, and a group of servant girls were chasing after him.

The servant girl on the left caught up with him panting, and handed him a handkerchief to wipe his face, and the servant girl on the right swung his legs round to bring him water to rinse his mouth, while the countess at the back got out of breath, clutching her stomach and shouting: "Master! Shoes, shoes!"

Uncle Ji Bei held his crooked official hat with his left hand, held his left shoe with his right hand, and rushed forward with one leg in a very curious posture.

But his pampered old arms and legs were really disappointing. Before he put on his shoes, his left foot tripped over his right leg. Everyone in the courtyard gasped and exclaimed: "Master!"

Even the white-haired dog sitting in the wind and rain corridor in the mansion got up and "owed".

In front of him was the bluestone floor tiles that he had cleaned up spotlessly. Seeing that a dog was about to eat shit, Uncle Jibei closed his eyes sadly.

The imaginary pain did not come, Ji Beibo cautiously opened one eye, and immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to the person who supported him: "Luo Pu is here."

The person who came was a young man in white clothes, at the age of a weak crown, his body was like a pine tree, his face was like a crown of jade, he held a fan in his left hand, and his right hand precisely supported Uncle Jibei's arm to help him stand, and said with a smile on his lips: "Uncle Grandpa, slow down."

Uncle Jibei stood firm, and it was not easy to lose his dignity in front of the juniors. He straightened his official hat and asked, "Has Master Hou gone out?"

Pei Yan nodded and said, "My father left the house before dawn."

At this moment, the red sun had already set on the eaves, and the morning light shone on Jibei Bofu's face. He looked serious, lifted his feet, and ran out in a hurry without thinking about talking.

A group of sluggish servant girls chased after her again.

The countess patted her chest, tidied up her messy hair, and said, "Why did Luo Fu come so early today? Yiqing hasn't gotten up yet... Yingyue, go and wake up the third son."

Pei Yan bowed and said: "There's no need to call him, I'll just go to his room and look for him."

The two grew up together since they were young, and they have a very good relationship, and they don't need to communicate with each other to find someone in the other's house.

The countess watched Pei Yan disappear around the corner, sighed softly, and said: "This Erlang of the Pei family has a very good appearance, but he is just a dandy with no ambitions, and every day he and Yiqing play tricks on cats and birds." , spending time and drinking, doing nothing..."

The countess got more and more headaches as she talked, she raised her forehead and said, "Can Yiqing learn from his elder brother? He's nineteen years old, and he hasn't been in shape all day. Yesterday, he was charged by a gambling house to go to the house. "

The maid on the side didn't dare to say anything, and silently supported the lady to walk back.

The countess thought of her elder son who fought bravely at the frontier and reported frequent victories, and then thought about her useless younger son. She sighed and comforted herself: "Fortunately, he didn't take all of the eating, drinking, whoring and gambling." Now, if one day he really goes whoring, see if I don't break his leg!"

The person who was lucky enough to keep his leg was sleeping soundly while hugging the quilt.The young man's face was as delicate as a painting, his white and soft face was pressed against the quilt, his mouth was slightly open, and the corners of his mouth were sparkling, and the ice-blue quilt was wetted with saliva.

In April, the climate in Chang'an was comfortable, the windows of the inner room were not closed, the wind blew in, and a few pages of idle books on the couch were turned.

There was a slight knock at the door, followed by barely audible footsteps.

Pei Yan walked slowly to the bed, put the folding fan on his chin, looked down at the soundly asleep person, and slightly raised the corners of his lips.

After a while, he turned around and walked around the outer room, and came back with a Langhao pen soaked in ink in his hand.

Shen Yiqing dreamed that it was raining, and the icy cold rain fell on her face, a little itchy.

He hurriedly found a place to hide, hid under the eaves, and reached out to wipe the rain on his face.

He didn't know what was going on, but the rain was rubbing more and more, he frowned, and shouted: "Pei Yan!"

Pei Yan's voice was very close, and he answered, "What do you want me to do?"

Shen Yiqing yelled: "Look at my face, there is a lot of rain, and I can't wipe it clean."

Pei Yan laughed "puchi" and said, "I'll wipe it for you."

The corners of Pei Yan's lips were raised, and he bent over, holding a Langhao brush in his hand, drawing casually on that fair face.

Shen Yiqing pursed her lips, rubbed her face against the quilt, and slept very soundly.

Shen Yiqing's maid, Lianqiao, came in to serve tea to Pei Yan, and when she saw her young master's colorful face, she almost laughed out loud, Pei Yan turned sideways, and made a silent gesture to her.

The appearance of Erlang of the Pei family was praised by Man Chang'an, and any random move could make the woman blush and her heart beat, Lian Qiao also blushed for a moment, put down the teacup, and said in a low voice: "Young master read the picture book last night. It’s late, maybe I’ll sleep until the sun is up.”

Perhaps sleepiness is contagious, Pei Yan looked at Shen Yiqing on the bed, and yawned lightly, saying: "I woke up a little early, sleep a little longer, I don't have to wait in the room."

Forsythia withdrew.

Pei Yan took off his outer shirt and lay down next to Shen Yiqing. There was really not enough space outside, so Pei Yan couldn't sleep, so he turned over and unceremoniously pushed Shen Yiqing in with his hands and feet.

Shen Yiqing seemed to be in a coma when he fell asleep, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he fiddled with it, but now he just groaned and threw his arms and legs on Pei Yan.

Pei Yan got used to it, adjusted a comfortable posture, and closed his eyes.

The room was quiet and quiet. Listening carefully, you could hear the steady breathing of the two of them. The sunlight that came in slowly shifted their positions, and climbed onto the bed bit by bit.

Shen Yiqing was awakened by the light, frowned and opened his eyes, facing Pei Yan's face.

When did this person come?

Shen Yiqing was dazed for a while, propped up his arms and was about to sit up and put down the bed curtain, but as soon as he moved, Pei Yan opened his eyes.

The two looked at each other unexpectedly, and did not speak to each other for a moment.

Pei Yan didn't speak because he just woke up and couldn't react, Shen Yiqing didn't speak because...

Pei Yan came to his senses at this moment, closed his eyes and turned over in an instant, tore off the bed curtain casually, and said vaguely: "It's still early."

Shen Yiqing turned over and rode directly onto Pei Yan, grabbing his lapel, and said sinisterly, "Brother Pei, open your eyes."

Pei Yan: "..."

Pei Yan slowly opened his eyes, looked at Shen Yiqing's face that was scribbled by himself, and was rubbed by him again, the corners of his lips were pulled, and he couldn't hold back, and smiled sideways.

Shen Yiqing fixed his face with both hands, and saw her own appearance clearly from his eyes.

He squinted his eyes, looked at Pei Yan who was full of smiles, for a long time, hummed softly, and got out of bed.

Pei Yan lay sideways on the bed, watched him wash his face, and lazily said: "Just draw a few times, so you won't lose your face?"

Shen Yiqing's tone was soft: "Not at all."

Pei Yan put his hands behind his head, closed his eyes, swayed his raised legs slightly, and said: "Today there is a polo club at Princess Pingle's residence, it should be lively at the time, let's go..."

Before he finished speaking, a basin of cold water was poured over his head.

There was an ink-colored water on the mattress, he hid quickly, but the clothes on his body were still wet.

Pei Yan got out of bed in a hurry, and was about to speak, looking at Shen Yiqing whose face hadn't been washed, couldn't help laughing.

Shen Yiqing glared at him: "Are you still laughing?"

Pei Yan stepped forward, grabbed Shen Yiqing's shoulders, and coaxed: "Didn't you also splash me with water? It's evened out."

Shen Yiqing was not happy, pushed Pei Yan to sit on the stool, rolled his eyes, and said: "Unless you let me paint, I will go to your house to paint secretly in the middle of the night today."

Pei Yan picked up the folding fan on the table, twirled it twice with his fingertips, blocked Shen Yiqing's hand grabbing the pen, and said with a smile: "Mr. Pei is waiting for Mr. Shen tonight."

Shen Yiqing: "..."

Shen Yiqing was not really angry, but just had a quarrel with him. After the quarrel, she asked the servant girl to change the water to wash her face, and said: "No, Princess Pingle, is that the polo club? It's the flower viewing party. Give it to her house The only son has been selected for two years, and the ladies in Chang'an are not good-looking and come from a good family background, and they have a bad temper, so they are not good enough for her family."

Pei Yan walked to the couch by the window and sat down, flipped through the notebook at the top, took a sip of the cold tea left by Shen Yiqing last night, and said: "Princess Pingle treats him as a treasure, and puts all her heart and soul into him. This person Wang Sheng is an embroidered pillow, which cannot be used much."

Shen Yiqing threw down the handkerchief to wipe his face, squinted at him and smiled, "You can say that other people are embroidered pillows, but you are the number one embroidered pillow recognized by Chang'an."

Pei Yan: "..."

Pei Yan slowly buckled the book, looked up at Shen Yiqing, and asked warmly: "Yiqing doesn't like me like this?"

Shen Yiqing came over, sat beside him with a grin, grabbed a pastry and threw it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "You and I are both powerful elder brothers in our families, with rich family backgrounds, rich clothes and good food all our lives, and it's okay to spend our lives indiscriminately. nothing."

Pei Yan laughed, lowered his eyes and said: "That's true."

Shen Yiqing rushed out of the window and ordered to prepare the meal, picked up the cup in Pei Yan's hand and drank the remaining tea, and continued: "But you and I are different, you have a bright mind and know a lot, as long as you think, do it." I can do everything well, unlike me, who has a stupid brain, who can do nothing without reading or writing, who can sleep for half a day after reading a stick of incense, and can eat and drink every day, and live a good life, he is worthy of his parents."

A gust of wind blows in, it's cool, a pink cherry blossom slowly falls on the table, and the tea flowers are in full bloom in the yard outside the window, and the spring is in full bloom.

Pei Yan's eyes fell on the cup, and he said softly: "How stupid are you?"

The servant girl came in with the court food, but Shen Yiqing didn't hear what Pei Yan said, pulled him up, and said as if offering a treasure: "Yesterday, when Auntie entered the palace, I specially reserved the food that the Empress gave you."

Pei Yan was dragged to go outside, seeing his slightly messy hair before getting up in the morning, raised his hand to straighten it for him, raised his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Shen, you poured water all over me, at least let me Change your clothes."

There is poetry--

Chang'an Avenue is narrow and sloping, with green cattle and white horses and seven incense carts.

The jade chariot crossed the main hall, and the golden whip came towards the Hou family.

The dragon titled the treasure cover bears the morning sun, and the phoenix spits out tassels to bring the sunset glow.

It is about the prosperous scene of Chang'an.

In the late spring and April, the streets of Chang'an are full of flowers, and the young man in brocade clothes strolls slowly, attracting the attention of many people.

Recently, a new musician came to Xianlefang. It is said that he is from the Western Regions and is good at playing huqin, lute and Qiangdi.

This fresh and lively Shen Yiqing said that he wanted to get together.

Pei Yan changed into his clothes, still in white, Mr. Pian Pian waved his fan, glanced at the excited person beside him, and teased, "Are you going to listen to that orchid play, or just for that orchid?"

Shen Yiqing blinked at him lightly, and said, "Need to say?"

Pei Yan wrapped his arms around his neck, leaned close to his ear and said ambiguously: "If you like Hu Ji, I'll give you two or three."

Shen Yiqing had just stuffed a piece of brown sugar in his mouth, his teeth were a little stained, and he couldn't open his mouth, so he gave him a look, and after finally swallowing it down, he said: "I don't like your Yingying Yanyan."

Pei Yan felt aggrieved, and said in a low voice, "Where did I get Yingying Yanyan? Don't you know how clean my backyard is?"

Shen Yiqing patted his hand down, crossed his arms and squinted at him: "Okay, you will send it over tonight, and make me happy."

Pei Yan: "..."

Pei Yan shook his fan and said, "It's not convenient tonight."

Shen Yiqing narrowed her eyes, said in a calm tone, "What's the inconvenience?"

Pei Yan laughed, leaned into his ear and said: "Someone said he would come to my house to paint at night, I have to wait for him."

Shen Yiqing stuffed another candy into his mouth, "Hehe" laughed, and said, "That person won't go."

Pei Yan caught up with him and asked, "Why?"

Shen Yiqing raised his chin, his eyebrows and eyes were a little proud, and he said: "The man is going to buy that orchid today and bring it back to his house to listen to the music. He must be busy tonight."

Pei Yan: "..."

While talking, Xianlefang had already arrived, Pei Yan stood where he was, his eyes were dark and gloomy, a guy came up to meet him, seeing him like this, he didn't dare to go forward.

Shen Yiqing was about to enter the door, seeing that he didn't keep up, she turned her head to look at him, and the smile returned to her eyes, which quickly made the guy on the side almost think that the moment just now was an illusion.

Xianlefang is very lively, with silk and bamboo bursts, and the smell of tea.

Seeing the two of them, the boss greeted them quickly, and said with a smile, "Young Master Pei, Young Master Shen, you are rare visitors."

Shen Yiqing swept around the lobby and said, "What about Orchid?"

The boss wondered: "It's upstairs, but..."

Shen Yiqing didn't have time to listen to him, but he strode upstairs directly.

Pei Yan took a step behind, and asked casually, "But what?"

The boss hurriedly said: "Young Master Pei, hurry up, the Second Young Master of the Earl's House of Loyalty is also here."

Pei Yan closed the folding fan with a snap, frowned and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Did you two give me a break?

Quan Chang'an knew that Uncle Jibei's third son and Uncle Zhongyi's second son were enemies, and it would be easy not to demolish the building or fight to the death when they met.

When Pei Yan went up, there was no bloody storm as imagined. On the contrary, the two sat at each end, and the scene was actually very peaceful.

It was rare for Pei Yan to be a little confused. When he walked to Shen Yiqing's side, before he could open his mouth, Zhu Yi, the second son of the Loyalty Earl's Mansion, said, "Pei Er's opening just happened, so give us a witness?"

Pei Yan lifted the corner of his robe and sat down, leaned back comfortably on the seat, raised his legs, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the green tea, then said slowly, "What testimony?"

Second Young Master Pei is a dandy, but he is also a good-looking dandy. This set of unscrupulous moves, other people may think they are stupid when they do it, but he is very seductive when he does it. Even the beautiful Huqin on the stage who is playing the huqin Ji also couldn't help looking over.

Zhu Yi drooped his eyelids, and looked straight up at Shen Yiqing. This person always had such a gloomy feeling of kidney deficiency, and his tone of voice was always yin and yang: "This bearded girl is beautiful, Shen San and I They all fell in love, and the one with the highest bid will win the beauty."

Pei Yan: "..."

Pei Yan looked at Shen Yiqing, saw him looking like a fighting cock, raised his neck high, and said with a sneer, "Just let me see the family property of the Earl of Loyalty."

Pei Yan felt helpless, Shen Yiqing might not be really interested in this orchid, but when he met Zhu Yi, he had to take this orchid back today.

On the stage, Orchid finished the song and got up to salute. She was wearing a different dress from Chang'an, boldly revealing her thin waist and half of her thighs. Her exotic appearance was half hidden under the tulle, but her beauty could still be seen.

Those big eyes swept everyone present one by one, and the eye sockets were deeper than those of the Central Plains people, making those blue eyes look extremely deep, like hooks.

With downcast eyes, Pei Yan flicked the tea leaves with the lid of the cup, and said, "Miss, who is the most eye-catching in this room?"

That Hu Ji's beautiful eyes turned around, she chuckled softly, and said softly: "A woman is only looking for a man who cherishes her in her life."

"Young lady speaks Chinese well," Pei Yan looked up at her for a moment, then asked, "May I ask why you cherish her?"

"Does it need to be said?" Zhu Yi's eyes were almost glued to the orchid, and said: "Of course the one who spends the most money is the most cherished."

The girl just smiled and said nothing, which was her acquiescence.

Shen Yiqing sneered and said, "Stop gossip, how much do you pay?"

Zhu Yi: "100 taels."

Shen Yiqing shook his legs, and mocked: "You might as well ask the beggar at the door for 100 taels if he will follow you."

"Don't worry," Zhu Yi said with a half smile, "I'm paying gold."

Pei Yan frowned slightly, his words were like gold, with Shen Yiqing's temperament, today might not end well.

Sure enough, Shen Yiqing couldn't bear Zhu Yi's excitement the most, so he turned around and said, "200 taels."

Pei Yan summoned the servant with him, gave some instructions in a low voice, and the servant went downstairs.

Zhu Yi over there also increased the price: "Four hundred and one taels."

This is deliberately pressing him.

Shen Yiqing was annoyed in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and said, "Eight hundred and two taels."

Zhu Yi dropped the cup on the table with a bang, gritted his teeth and said, "1000 taels."

Shen Yiqing said lightly: "One thousand five hundred taels."

There are many wealthy families in Chang'an City, among which the Earl's Mansion of Jibei is considered one of the best, because Mrs. Jibei and Shen Yiqing's mother was born as a merchant and the only daughter in the family. Money, and there is no precedent for spending a lot of money for a showgirl.

The smile on Hu Ji's face on the stage was just right, and it hadn't changed much, as if it didn't matter to her how much gold they gave, but Zhu Yi's face changed a little.

It's not that he can't afford it, but...

Zhu Yi stared at Shen Yiqing sullenly, and the words almost came out between his teeth: "2000 taels."

Shen Yiqing raised his chin, looked contemptuously, and opened his lips and said, "Two thousand and five hundred taels."

Zhu Yi was enraged by his provocation, and regardless of the obstruction of the servant behind him, he said, "Three..."

"Second Master Zhu," Pei Yan said in a quiet but clear voice, easily interrupting Zhu Yi's words. He lazily supported the armrest of the seat with one arm, dexterously turned the folding fan with the other hand, and said lightly: "The Zhu family A few days ago, Uncle was reprimanded by His Majesty for making mistakes in the salt accounts, so today you spend a lot of money here for an orchid, is there something wrong?"

Zhu Yi's face was gloomy, and he took back what he was about to say.

Normally, if he would be bold enough to compete with Shen Yiqing, it would be a big deal to gain a reputation as a romantic, but now, as Pei Yan said, if he really spends so much money to buy a woman, it will be a fire for his own family.

He suddenly stood up, looked at Shen Yiqing viciously, and said: "Today you are cheap, we will have a long life!"

After finishing speaking, without looking at the orchid, he turned and went downstairs.

The boss, who was lying on the stairs and eavesdropping tremblingly, was taken aback, and hurriedly saluted, only to wipe his sweat when he saw that he was nowhere to be seen.

He walked upstairs and looked at Shen Yiqing with a smile on his face: "Young Master Shen, look..."

After Zhu Yi left, Shen Yiqing was in trouble, and turned to ask his entourage, "Do I have enough money?"

Liqu didn't speak, and stared at him with big eyes: What do you think?

Pei Yan's entourage, Feng Bai, came back, stopped beside the boss, and handed him the bank note in his hand.

No more, no less, exactly 500 taels.

Shen Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief, bent his eyes, and asked, "How did you know the final price?"

Pei Yan didn't answer, he stood up, narrowed his eyes and said: "I think there's something else to do at home, so I'm leaving first."

Shen Yiqing was taken aback, then stood up: "Pei Yan..."

Just two steps after chasing him, the boss stood in front of him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, you paid ten thousand taels of gold, and Biqing is yours now."

Shen Yiqing watched Pei Yan go downstairs and couldn't catch up with him, so he stopped and turned to look at Orchid on the stage, but felt troubled in his heart.

He didn't want someone at first, and he was competing with Zhu Yi when he bought her, but now how to arrange her has become a problem.

He must have just left this Xianlefang, and everyone in Chang'an knew that Mr. Shen was spending a lot of money for a Le Ji, and he should be scolded by A Niang when he returned.

He absolutely can't take people back, and A Niang will be angry if he takes them back.