Chapter 464: Going to the Feast
The good weather on this sunny day is a good day for Miss Lu to receive her righteous son.
Li Qianqian and Lan Tang prepared a gift and went to Lu's house together, Li Shu did not go, but stayed at home and continued to bury his head in the pile of books, while Lan Hai went to Fengjiazhuang to rudder Meng Dasheng to recuperate.
As soon as Li Qianqian and the others arrived, there was a big girl next to Miss Lu to greet them in person, and there were many female guests on the second door, and they couldn't help but ask, whose young lady was that? How did the big girl around Miss Labor come to pick them up in person?
Miss Lu is one of the protagonists today, so she didn't greet guests at the second gate, and it was Miss Lu's sisters who greeted and entertained the ladies at the second gate.
made everyone more curious about the identities of Li Qianqian and Lan Tang.
Miss Lu Er wanted to ask the eldest maid what she was doing here when she saw her at the second door, but when the guests came to the door, she couldn't leave for a while, so she let the eldest maid slip away, and when she saw who she was picking up, she wanted to stop her, but it was too late.
Miss Lu Si didn't know when she walked to her side, looked at Li Qianqian's back, and said, "Eldest sister, is this preventing us?"
"If you want to prevent it, it's also to prevent the fifth sister, right? She is small, and my father has always loved her the most. "At the beginning, it was rumored that Master Lu wanted to emulate Boss Jin and inherit the family business with his grandson, referring to Miss Lu Wu's son.
The other sisters also want to, but their son is slightly older, not younger than the son of Miss Five, generally speaking, if you want to have a stepchild, you should choose the younger one, because the child is not sensible, easy to teach, and the child is older and sensible, it is inevitable that the biological father and family will be remembered in their hearts, and they are not so close to the adoptive parents' family, and no one wants to spend effort to raise a white-eyed wolf.
originally thought that this matter would be settled, but he didn't expect his father to change his mind, and he delayed the matter for several years, and finally picked the orphan Lu Run in the clan.
Lu Run is fourteen years old, can such a big child be raised?
They wanted to object, but in this matter, the eldest man who had always loved his daughter was abnormal, and as long as they mentioned it slightly, the father sank his face and made it clear that he didn't want to hear them.
The father couldn't speak, so the sisters changed to the eldest sister, after all, the child was recorded in the name of Miss Lu as a righteous son.
I don't want the eldest sister to be so busy that her feet don't touch the ground, and it is really difficult for them to talk to her.
As for Lu Run, let alone talking to him, it is difficult to see him, because Master Lu is afraid that the previous accident will happen again, so he protects him tightly and does not let people see him.
In fact, this is not surprising, because their second uncle has not given up, and two days ago he instigated that Lu Gui to come out to make trouble, but Lu Gui was really timid, he cried at the door, and was reprimanded by the porter, not only that, but also how the eldest lord treated him well when Lu Gui was here, he never thanked him, and asked the eldest lord to take care of his family.
The eldest lord didn't pick him, because Lu Gui has grandparents and parents, as well as an uncle, he is not like Lu Run, his grandparents and parents have passed away, and the brothers and sisters-in-law in the family have a difficult life, the eldest master chose Lu Run and the other three children, those three children are not as qualified as Lu Run, but the family situation is comparable to Lu Run.
Lu Gui was forced over by his grandfather.
The old man said well, it is good to learn some skills from the eldest nephew, and in the future, he will be a little housekeeper in the shop, and it will be good to earn money to support himself.
But later I learned that Lu Runde was valued by the eldest master and learned more things than others, so the old man came again and asked the eldest master to wait for Lu Guitong.
Later, there was an accident, and their sisters privately guessed that it was Lu Gui's family who did it, but they didn't expect that it was their second uncle's thief.
I just don't know when Lu Gui hooked up with their second uncle?
Li Qianqian and Lan Tang followed the big girl into Miss Lu's boudoir, it was a real boudoir, and the incense was fragrant, but I don't know what kind of incense it was.
As soon as Lan Tang entered the house and smelled the fragrance, he frowned first, and then ordered someone to open the window and personally extinguish the incense in the incense burner.
"What's going on?" Seeing this, Second Mrs. Lu said with a bad heart, but there was a smile on her face.
"It doesn't smell right. Lan Tang looked at Miss Lu, who was sitting at the top of the hall, "Miss doesn't smoke incense on weekdays, why are you ...... today?"
Seeing this, Miss Lu didn't know that there was something wrong with the incense, she looked at the second Mrs. Lu with a smile, "It's the second lady who said that today is a good day, smoke some incense to add joy." ”
"The second wife was coaxed, right? If the fragrance smells too much, the vitality will gradually be broken, and the person's body will become weaker and weaker, and finally she can only stay in bed and wait for death!"
"Gah, is it so serious?" There were not only the Lu family in the house, but also several official wives, all of whom had close contacts with the Lu Chamber of Commerce.
The Lu Chamber of Commerce let them make money, but no successor has always been their hidden worry, Master Lu has five golden flowers under his knees, married four, and the only one left, they have also moved, and the idea of giving people to their own masters as concubines, but looking back, it is better to leave her outside, otherwise with Miss Lu's means, I am afraid that after entering her own door, there will be no place for herself and her children.
Later, seeing that Miss Lu led the caravan to the north and south, earning a lot of reputation for the Lu Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time making them earn a lot of money, the idea of accepting her for her husband became more and more faint, and then I heard that because the eldest lord wanted to marry the eldest daughter to the prince of Zhao as a concubine, the father and daughter fell out, Miss Lu ran away angrily, and went to Ruiyao to teach what to do!
This incident made them panic, Master Lu is old, and the only one who can carry the eldest lady of the Chamber of Commerce runs away, if this Lord Lu has a case, then the money they have invested over the years will be wasted?
In fact, the money they invested in has already paid off, and they have made a lot of money, but who would be afraid of having more money?
Fortunately, although Miss Lu has become the steward of the Ruiyao Sect, she does not forget to bring her own chamber of commerce, the Chamber of Commerce and the Ruiyao Sect have cooperated in the past two years, and the dividends they get every year are several times that of the previous year, and because Miss Lv is in charge of the Ruiyao Sect's business in the Northern Jin Dynasty, they can buy things at a discount as long as they go to the Ruiyao Sect's shop, although it is a pity that they have not been able to mix a share in the Ruiyao Sect's shop, but the gifts that Miss Lv has given in the past two years are all Ruiyao Sect's jewelry and clothes, which is enough to surprise them.
You must know that the gifts given by Miss Lu can't be bought in the shop.
Therefore, Miss Lu wants to accept her son, and they will go to the banquet according to the appointment when they receive the post, if they don't take advantage of this time, when will they have a good relationship with Miss Lu?
Today, in addition to coming by themselves, they also brought their daughter-in-law and daughter, but they didn't expect to encounter incense.
A wealthy lady wearing a crimson gauze shirt whispered to the lady beside her, "I thought this kind of thing would only happen in the lord's dignitary's house, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in this business?"
"Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, even if it is a small farmer, there are also brothers who fight in front of the old man in order to fight for a few acres of land?"
"That's right. ”
They were talking quietly, and over there, Miss Lu had asked the maid to take out the incense burner, and the second Mrs. Lu wanted to say anything, but Miss Lu blocked it, so angry that she got up and brushed her sleeves away.
Miss Lu invited Li Qianqian to sit down, and Li Qianqian smiled and declined, "Today is a good day for Sister Lu, and she should be in the first place." ”
When Miss Lu saw that she refused, she did not force her, so she let her sit beside her and introduced her to the ladies present.
Li Qianqian saw that the faces of several ladies were a little ugly, and after thinking about it, he said to Miss Lu, "Originally, today is a good day, and I don't want to meet villains, for the sake of safety, it is better to let Sister Tang take the pulse for a few ladies and ladies, and it is good to calm everyone's hearts." ”
Miss Lu smiled and nodded, "Yes, I invite you to come today, I don't want to bring you tired, I'm really sorry, my sister is the daughter of the Blue God Doctor, and her medical skills are good, so I will ask her to diagnose everyone's pulse, if this incense is affected, it is better to treat it early so as not to affect your health." ”
Originally, all the ladies were a little worried, and they originally wanted to find a doctor to check the pulse as soon as they left, but now they heard that Miss Lu said this, and heard that Lan Tang was Lan Hai's daughter, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's rare to meet the heir of the Blue God Doctor, so we won't be polite to you. "The leader was a petite official wife, about thirty years old, but Xu is the highest position in the husband's family among all the ladies, so everyone else looked up to her.
"The ladies don't blame it, it's just that the little girl is lucky. Miss Lu smiled and asked her to sit down, and Lan Tang took her pulse.
Lan Tang put his hand on the lady's wrist for a while before saying, "Mrs. is not affected by the incense, but her body is a little weak, but it is not bad, it is not very serious, you don't need to take medicine, you just need to pay attention to your diet on weekdays." ”
"Really?" said the lady, smiling, and rose to give up her seat.
The next few ladies and ladies all let Lan Tang diagnose one by one, and everyone was relieved to learn that they were not affected.
Seeing that everyone was fine, Miss Lu ordered someone to serve tea and snacks again, but everyone looked at Lan Tang and stopped, Miss Lu saw this, so she asked Lan Tang for advice: "What kind of incense did my second aunt bring? Where did it come from? Why is it so powerful?"
Lan Tang replied, "That kind of fragrance is a kind of fragrance on the body of a snake, I heard that it is only produced in the Gulian Mountains where the Eastern Qi and Southern Chu meet, this snake is difficult to catch, the snake catchers at the beginning are because of their unique fragrance and capture, but the snake dies The fragrance dissipates, in order to preserve the fragrance, some people make it into incense, because of the special fragrance, this incense once became a tribute to the Eastern Qi Dynasty." ”
Later, there was a favored princess in the Dongqi Palace, because of the love of this incense, the Dongqi Emperor gave her all the incense of the tribute, the princess loved it very much, and smoked this incense day and night, but less than a month, the incense disappeared, the original name of the incense was abandoned by the Dongqi Emperor, renamed the incense, and ordered people to destroy all the incense, and also ordered not to make this incense again. ”
"So, where did this incense grab come from?" asked Li Qianqian in a shallow voice.
Everyone's associative ability is not bad, and they soon thought of the accident of the carriage of the Ejiang Palace, at that time, there were no rumors in Beijing that someone drugged the horse, which caused the horse to go crazy.
"After the Dongqi people came, we have more of these strange medicines here. ”
"Yes, yes, do you remember Princess Zhenyang's concubine? Wasn't it because he entertained the envoy from Dongqi at the beginning, and then he fell unconscious. ”
"Alas, this Dongqi man is really bad!"
When Miss Lu invited everyone to sit down with a smile on her face, she was also pulled by these officials and wives to ask that the second master Lu's family had dealings with Dongqi, and told her that she must be careful to guard against her second uncle's family.
Miss Lu thanked them one by one, and replied sincerely, she will definitely be cautious.
Li Qianqian and Lan Tang followed alongside, and after listening, Lan Tang whispered to Li Qianqian, "They will remind Miss Lu like this, not because they are afraid that if her family has a case, they will lose a lot." ”
Li Qianqian smiled on his face, but his hand quietly slapped Lan Tang, "Just take it to heart, why do you say it?"
Because of the 'incense' incident, when the banquet was dismissed, Miss Lu also specially ordered someone to send generous gifts to those officials and wives, and the officials and wives did not expect that there would be a return gift.
This thing was opened for people to do when Ruiyao Sect first entered the Northern Jin Dynasty and opened in Huacheng, and then it has not been heard of since, but the people who have a ninety-five discount card in their hands have attracted much attention, because the merchants under the name of Ruiyao Sect rarely give discounts!
I didn't expect them to gain so much today, and several officials and wives made an appointment and decided to take the ninety-five discount card to Jinyifang tomorrow to buy new clothes for themselves, their daughters, and daughters-in-law.
On the other side, Second Mrs. Lu went home angrily, waiting for the second master Lu at home, Elder Lu Song's father and son, and Lu Gui's father and grandfather, when they saw her coming back, they couldn't help but ask her, "How is it?
"Smooth fart! Not long after the order, a dead girl came, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she let people extinguish the incense, didn't you say, no one knew the incense? But the dead girl directly pointed out that there was a problem with the incense. ”
"Who spoiled our good deeds?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it. However, the big girl was very polite to her, and ordered the big girl next to her to greet her in person. ”
Second Master Lu glared at his wife with hatred, "You, what did I say about you, didn't you ask those big girls? Since the big girl sent someone to pick it up, the other maids waiting beside her should know the identity of the dead girl." ”
After speaking, he was still angry, and scolded the old wife so much that he didn't dare to raise his head before he sat back in the chair, picked up the tea and drank it in one go, before relieving the pain of dry mouth.
"Then, I'll send someone to ask again?" Second Mrs. Lu waited for her husband to finish scolding before asking timidly.
"What's the use of sending someone to ask now? You go and ask now, I'm afraid that the big girl will already order it to go down, and no one will be allowed to say it." Second Master Lu was indignant.
Elder Lu Song said, "Don't worry, the days are still long, can they protect that kid for the rest of his life? ”
When they put their effort into that kid, the more outstanding that kid's performance is, once he has three long and two short in the future, Master Lu will definitely not be able to stand it, the big girl is a woman, no matter how tough she is, when the righteous son dies and the old father is seriously ill, I don't believe how long she can carry it!
Second Master Lu saw that he was confident, although he was puzzled, but he was finally a little relieved, it seemed that Elder Song was reliable, alas! Thinking of marrying his daughter to King Ji of Zhao State before, it was really a stupid trick! That guy patted his ass and went back to Zhao State, but his poor daughter was thrown by him in the Northern Jin Dynasty like this.
If Xiangzhu marries someone else and is treated like this by his son-in-law, he can still take his daughter back, let's marry another lover, but if he marries the royal family of Zhao State, how can he take it back?
"Second master, then our family is ...... Gui"
"He, let him recuperate at home honestly! ”
Lu Gui was so angry that day that he choked, and when he went back, he fell ill, and his injuries did not heal and he became sick.