"Then Brother Lu, find a girl and I will give you a betrothal gift." Lin Su was very generous.
Lu Guo's legs were shaking like a sieve. After a while, he said irritably, "I don't know why those girls don't like me. Can you really do it with what you're doing?"
"You have to be patient when chasing someone, don't be impatient," Lin Su said with a smile as he stood up, "Just wait and see."
Chen Tang returned the lantern once without seeing anyone, and then he returned it again without seeing anyone. Furthermore, Xiao Huang had helped Yun Hui's family pick a fight a few days ago, and his little help almost ended up causing trouble. He was in a very bad mood: "So where did your shop owner go?"
Although he was smiling, his teeth were grinding as if he wanted to eat someone.
"The owner thought the scenery was great today, so he went to the east of the city for a boat trip. He should be back by night." The waiter said politely.
Chen Tang was really good-tempered for not being so angry that he was fuming. He had things to do here, but the man actually went to the lake leisurely: "The store owner is really in a good mood, let's go."
He got on the carriage, but someone reported: "Master, the newly opened Zhenbaozhai in the capital has taken away our Shen family's business, and all the people have gone there."
"Who is the shop owner?" Chen Tang's mood became even better.
"It seems to be Yunlaike's shop." The servant lowered his head and dared not speak.
"Go to the east of the city!" Chen Tang gave the order directly.
Even if he had to dig three feet deep into the east of the city and drain the lake, he would still find the person.
The Green Lake in the east of the city is as its name suggests, with willows hanging down and green waves rippling on the lake. The lake is connected to the Bi River, and the water source converges here. It is one of the magnificent sights in the capital.
When boating on the lake in spring, pretty girls shuttle through the colorful flowers and green willows, and their smiles are more pleasing to the eye than the flowers.
But the young women of this era were just little girls to Lin Su. Although they could embroider and recite poems, they were still very naive and romantic.
The pleasure boat passed through the center of the lake. Lin Su looked at the shore from afar. When he noticed the carriage coming from afar, he put the flute at his waist to his lips and blew it gently. The melody seemed to spread along the green waves, attracting the girls on the shore who were reading poetry and looked over at him chatteringly.
"It seems to be the sound of a flute."
"It's as ethereal as fairy music, even the master's playing can't be as good as this." A girl lifted a willow branch to look around, but she only saw the pleasure boat passing by. A figure was sitting leisurely in front of the boat, facing the clear water, as if blowing out the liveliness of the entire spring day.
"I wonder whose son he is?"
"Xiao Wan'er is eager to get married."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
The sounds of playfulness and flirting were endless in the ears, and the girl was beautiful and charming, which was a perfect match for the spring scenery. If he had seen her in the past, Chen Tang would have written a poem for her, but now he was standing on the shaft of the cart, gazing at the pleasure boat in the middle of the lake, and seeing the word "cloud" on it, his heart was burning with anger.
"Oh, someone is coming, hurry up."
"Go, go..."
A woman shouted, and everyone ran away. Although there was no saying that women could not see men outside the dynasty, they had to keep a distance from each other.
Without those noisy sounds, the sound of the flute became even more ethereal, as if it had descended from the sky, following the mountains and flowing water into the world.
The beauty of its music was not even a bit inferior to the piano music that night. The shop owner was quite leisurely and even brought the musicians with him.
"Young master, there is no Shen family's pleasure boat nearby. You have to wait here." said the servant.
"No need." Chen Tang didn't even get off the car. He floated directly from the shaft, tapped the blue waves a few times under the nervous gaze of the servants, and landed directly on the distant pleasure boat.
The pleasure boat sank slightly, but the sound of the flute did not even stop. Everyone had already arrived here, but Chen Tang was not in a hurry. He looked at the back of the man sitting on the edge of the boat with one leg bent and the other leg hanging naturally, and felt a bit thoughtful.
He guessed it was a man, but he didn't expect that he was such a different man from what he imagined. Most of the musicians in the music troupe were slender, and even the men had a kind of tenderness. The literati were more elegant, and they all wanted to make themselves as thin as a monkey.
But just by looking at the back, you can tell that this man is different from those men. Although he is sitting with his legs bent, you can see that he has a slender and strong figure, unlike the average weak scholar.
But he was also right. Someone who could play such a passionate melody shouldn't be powerless. He was narrow-minded.
The flute sound ended, but it seemed to still ripple on the green waves. The man stood up, turned the flute over and put it on his waist. When he turned around, Chen Tang was secretly on guard, but met a pair of deep eyes with a smile.
This person's life is quite good. His facial features are clearly angular and he is handsome to the point of being sharp, but it does not make people feel too defensive. It is as if he really came from the sky like the sound of the flute.
"Master Shen?" Lin Su walked towards him, neither hurried nor slow, even the pendant on the flute swung at the same pace.
But he was too calm. When he got close, Chen Tang couldn't help but take a step back. When he saw the smile on the man's face deepen, his face darkened: "Master Su Wen is really in a good mood. Where is your shop? Could you show me the way?"
Why does his words sound so timid? He's clearly just a musician.
Lin Su walked past him, opened the door of the pleasure boat and said, "Master Shen, please follow me."
At that moment, Chen Tang hesitated for a moment. You couldn't blame him for being suspicious. It was mainly because everything had gone wrong before, and now it was going too smoothly, which made people feel like there was a conspiracy.
And this happened on someone else's territory, which was a mistake.
Lin Su glanced at him, and without waiting for him to enter, he went in first, leaving the door open there. When Chen Tang caught up, he had already walked some distance.
Does this person want to anger him to death so that he can seize the Shen family's property?
Delusion! Dreaming!
Chen Tang followed with some caution until they arrived at a place that looked like a tea room. There he saw the musician boiling water and making tea there. Apart from the servant he had just seen, there was no one else in sight.
"Where are your shop owners?" Chen Tang lowered his eyes and smiled, "Could it be that I, the young master of the Shen family, am not worthy enough for your shop owners to come out and meet me?"
"That's me," Lin Su said, placing a cup of tea in front of him. "Don't I look like one?"
Chen Tang: “…”
He just felt that the person in front of him was not as simple as he seemed, but he didn't expect that this person was the owner of Yunlaike's shop.
I feel like I've been fooled.
He had been doing business for many years, but he was fooled by a young man who was just starting out.
"So you're not Su Wen?" Chen Tang sat down across from him, staring at him intently and asking, "I didn't expect Yun Laike's shop owner's flute music to be so good."
"Su Wen is just a nickname," Lin Su met his gaze without hesitation, "My real name is Lin Su. I have long admired Young Master Shen's name and have been friends with him. I wonder if I could address you by your courtesy name?"
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