In the evening, Yanagi Temple.

At dusk, the crimson sunset filled the sky, and the sunset had not completely disappeared, showing its face in the clouds from time to time, and then the dusk sunlight poured over the entire backyard.

Gu Zhirong lay on the wisteria chair, tilted his head, and stared blankly at the grape trellis above his head. The tea on the grape trellis was freshly poured, and the snacks were freshly brought, but she didn't even move.

Lu Shui and Mingyue stood far away, Lu Shui looked at the back of his young lady worriedly, and said worriedly: "Mingyue, young lady has been lying for about an hour, just looking at the grape trellis, what do you say about this grape trellis, Miss shouldn't be sick?"

Mingyue shook her head: "Didn't Miss say it early this morning, many people wish she was sick, she can't really be sick." Even if you want to get sick, you have to avenge Cai Qing before you get sick. ”

"Phew, bah, bah. Lu Shui hurriedly said, "What is not sick, how unlucky, I hope that Miss will never get sick, there are still many things waiting for Miss to do." ”

"Yes, there are a lot of things waiting for Miss. Mingyue sighed.

Lu Shui was silent for a while, remembered something, turned his head to look at Mingyue and said, "Now that the autumn mood is getting stronger and stronger, I just went to the warehouse to get some silver charcoal." I heard Zhao Datong's family, who was in charge of the warehouse, talking to a few mothers-in-law, saying that when the eldest lady came back last night, she quarreled with the eldest man in the room, and the quarrel was fierce, and the glass bottles, tea sets, and vases in the house were all smashed. The eldest lady also shouted for the eldest lord not to come back, but the eldest lady was angry, and moved to another courtyard in a fit of anger. ”

Speaking of this, Green Water stuck out his tongue: "What do I think." The eldest lady's maiden family is too strong, and it really hurts the eldest master. ”

The eldest lord attacked the title, but it was only five grades. And the eldest lady's brother is a general, who has made countless meritorious contributions and is a member of the dynasty. Therefore, the eldest lady married into the Yuanning Hou Mansion, which is considered to be a lower marriage. The eldest lady's maiden background is too prominent, and the eldest lady dares to be angry in front of the eldest lady. And because of this relationship, even the old lady is very jealous of the eldest lady. Even if she knows that she has been collecting money for her mother's family, it is difficult to say it. This time, it was the tenant farmers who came to the door, and everyone in the street knew about it. If you don't make some punishments, not only will the house be restless, but people outside will also have a lot of tongues, so. The old lady was disposed of like this. It was indeed a last resort.

Mingyue obviously knew what had happened in the past, shook her head and said: "It's not bitter, when the old marquis was there, he made this marriage, and the current eldest lady married the Lu family of Changguo Mansion, it was all agreed a long time ago." ”

Lu Shui vaguely heard the old man in the mansion mention that the eldest lady married the merry boy of the Lu family in the Changguo Mansion was not voluntary. There is a certain interest relationship. But what kind of interests does this noble lady marry into the Marquis of Yuanning?

Lu Shui really couldn't understand: "Could it be that the general has a request for us?"

Mingyue shook her head gently.

Green Water also finds it strange. How could the sister of a dignified general look down on the eldest lord? In addition to having a knighthood, the eldest lord does not have too many advantages, his literary talent is not outstanding, nor is he good at martial arts, let alone the official career economy, and he will always be just a five-grade lord. But that's fine, after all, the direction of the hall is unknown now, and it's much safer to be a bystander. Of course, this is just the old lady's strategy, dormant and ready to move. But can the eldest lady wait that long?

She frowned and said, "Then Mingyue, what is the general's picture?"

Mingyue poked her head: "You little girl, don't think so much, some things don't have to be too clear, you also know, it's not good to know too much." ”

Lu Shui didn't follow: "Do you know it?"

Mingyue smiled and said: "I don't know, I used to be like you, I was curious about everything, and I often asked the old people in the house to ask questions, but people always refused to tell me, saying that I knew too much and it was not good for me, and then I stopped asking, so I don't know what the reason is for this." ”

"So you don't know. Green Water pouted, looking not very happy.

Mingyue smiled, watching the wind blowing across the grape trellis, and there was a slight sound from the grape trellis, so she said to Lu Shui: "The wind is blowing, you go to the house and get the stone blue silk silver fox cloak." The young lady sat down like this, and she didn't know how long she was going to sit down, and since she told us not to disturb her, we waited by the side. ”

Mingyue means that since she can't persuade her young lady to go back to the house, she can't be frozen.

Green Water answered, turned around and went back to the front yard.

As soon as Mingyue saw the green water leave, she heard Gu Zhirong under the grape trellis: "Mingyue." ”

Mingyue hurriedly walked over and said in a low voice, "Miss?"

Gu Zhirong turned sideways slightly, and looked at Mingyue with a smile: "You did a good job, don't let Lu Shui know too much, I'm afraid she will repeat the mistake of picking green." ”

Mingyue frowned: "Miss......"

Gu Zhirong smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about it." Li Dayou in the west of the city did a good job, you take ten taels of silver to Zhang Dafu's family, let him send it to Li Dayou, please be sure to accept it, and say that there will be more places for us to help him in the future. ”

The bright moon responded.

Gu Zhirong said again: "You try to inform Uncle Wang, let him take my letter, go to Zhengtong Yinhao, withdraw five thousand taels of silver, fold it into a silver ticket, and let him receive it for the time being, and he will be able to use it in a few days." ”

Mingyue was inexplicable: "Miss, what are you doing with so much silver?"

She remembered that it was rare for her young lady to be so lavish, and judging from this situation, it must be that something was going to happen in the near future. However, she really couldn't figure out what her young lady was thinking.

"It's okay, it's just that my hands have been a little itchy lately, and I am a little anxious when I see that our silver is stored in the silver village, and I don't make money. Gu Zhirong got up with a smile and glanced at the tea and snacks on the grape trellis, "These are all withdrawn, I'll go to the study first, Mingyue, you will come over later, I have something for you to do." ”

At this time, it happened that the green water came over, and seeing that her young lady had already gotten up, she hurriedly put the cloak on her body and said, "The weather is cold, don't freeze the young lady." ”

Gu Zhirong nodded, tightened the half canopy on his body, and thought for a while: "Green water, you go to the stable to take a look, see how my little peach is, if it is cold today, maybe it will rain again after a while, you go and see where the stable needs to be repaired, make a list, and ask a master to repair it, so as not to make my little peach also sick." ”

Lu Shui nodded hurriedly, suddenly remembering that this thing was done by Cai Qing before, and he couldn't help but have a slight red circle in his eyes, and bit his lip.

When Mingyue walked into the study, she saw that Gu Zhirong was writing a letter, the content of the letter was not much, she quickly wrote it, and it was still sealed with dense wax.

Seeing that Mingyue was looking at her with inquiring eyes, she didn't hide it: "You handed over this letter to Uncle Wang, but you just asked us about some things about the ships that were delivered to the border gates, I don't know if the things I asked Uncle Wang to do a few months ago have been completed?"

Mingyue then remembered that a few months ago, when she had not yet been assigned to the miscellaneous room, one day she saw that the young lady had drawn a lot of strange things, saying that she was asked to ask Uncle Wang to build them, and then load them on the cargo ship for safety. She looked at the drawings and didn't know what they were, but thought they looked like artillery or something.

Mingyue took it, carefully put it in her arms and took it closely, Fang said: "Miss don't worry, Uncle Wang has always done things safely, and I'm afraid this matter has already been done." ”

Gu Zhirong said softly: "The goods in Baojian Hall ...... Very important. Then he asked, "How many days has it been since our cargo ship left?"

Mingyue thought for a while and said: "It's been almost ten days, according to Miss's instructions, sail during the day, rest at the shore at night, don't venture to sail, the road is very peaceful, and nothing happened." ”

Gu Zhirong took the map, looked at the route for a while, and suddenly said: "I remember that I have a distant cousin who lives near the border pass, and I haven't seen him for many years. When my mother was alive, there were very few relatives on my mother's side, and it was time to visit and contact my feelings. ”

Mingyue looked at Gu Zhirong in amazement: Why did the young lady suddenly propose to go to see her uncle at this time? (To be continued......)