Chapter 229: Jiang Lingfeng's Relic
Different from Xijiangyue in Jiangzhou, Wanxing Building has no bells and whistles, and is more similar to the style of rural Hakka.
There are almost no gold, silver and jade carvings on the third floor of the entire store in Wanxing Building, and some are just ordinary wooden tables and chairs, and even the carvings on them are very rare.
Just like the "chickens and cranes", Wanxinglou has no reputation in Jiangzhou, but its geographical location is in the prime location of the prime location.
And the background of Wanxinglou is no more ordinary, just an ordinary couple. The dishes in the building are cheap and good value for money, and the important thing is that the two people are also kind to the outside world, so it has become a place for ordinary residents to stop and drink tea and laugh.
Although in such a treasure land, ordinary dignitaries would not even look at it directly, let alone stay for a meal.
This is also Jiang Chang'an's favorite place.
Many people are often curious, because the boundary where Wanxing Building is located is owned by the Jiang family, how can such a restaurant with cheap dishes make a living? Not to mention anything else, the rent in this boundary is not a small amount every month.
Although it was close to evening, you could still hear the bustle from three streets away.
The two men crossed the threshold and found a more remote place to sit down.
The ears were filled with all kinds of noisy and noisy conversations, all of which maids had scandals with which slaves outside, and which sons fell in love with Xijiangyue's new brand, and the fool Wang in the west of the city looked for a tigress's new daughter-in-law.
Some dignitaries may not help frowning or even scolding when they hear this kind of noise when they pass by, but for Jiang Chang'an, who has experienced countless murderous and silent long nights, this kind of "full of vitality" is the best sound.
These ordinary people don't care about the Qingxiu Society, maybe in the eyes of cultivators, these people are just ordinary people, but for them, those cultivators who only know how to meditate every day in order to achieve immortality are obsessions.
They will find it very strange that some people may only live for 60 years, but they are willing to spend 30 years to achieve enlightenment and practice in order to live forever.
For them, when the sun sets, after tea and dinner, three or five confidants and friends push cups and change lamps, talk and laugh wantonly, and don't care about any red tape and obscure scriptures.
The corners of Jiang Changan's mouth pursed into a smile, this is Hongchen......
Although he sat in the corner, the gorgeous and wealthy clothes still made many people recognize his identity as the fourth son of the Jiang family, but he only glanced at it lightly, then turned his head and continued to do his own thing.
The proprietress is plump, thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and it can be seen that she was also a beauty when she was young, not graceful and luxurious, and her gestures revealed a good wife and mother.
Seeing Jiang Changan and Chen Pingsheng, she was stunned for a moment, and then excitedly poked the man next to her who was taking care of the storefront, and trotted over in three steps and two steps.
Rushing to Jiang Chang'an, the proprietress looked carefully for a moment without blinking, only to realize that the distance was too close, so she quickly took half a step back, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Little boy." ”
Her hands trembled, and she couldn't see her expression clearly when she lowered her head, and she could see tears on the ground.
"Yun Niang......" Jiang Changan hurriedly picked her up, and his heart was also tasteless, and he only felt that there were a lot of grievances that he wanted to confide in the woman in front of him.
Chen Pingsheng was very familiar with this favorite place of the two people since childhood, and said with a smile: "Brother, you don't know, after you disappeared, Yun Niang was reluctant to move a table in this store, even if an ornament was broken, she had to buy an identical one." ”
Chen Pingsheng knew what status this woman who was called Yun Niang by Jiang Chang'an was in his heart, and Jiangzhou knew that the Jiang family's good mother Si Xueyi was weak, especially after giving birth to the fourth son Jiang Chang'an, her body was even weaker, and then she had to screen out a young nurse.
At that time, the twin brothers Jiang Xiaoru and Jiang Lingfeng, the second son, were only two years old, and the second son was taken away from the Jiang family by an old man in the mountains, and Guo Yun became the nurse of Jiang Lingfeng and Jiang Changan.
If you have milk, you are a mother, and Guo Yun can also be said to be the second mother of two people.
Jiang Lingfeng and Jiang Chang'an Chen Pingsheng would come here to sit here for a while in their spare time, there were no expensive dishes, but they were indeed the favorite dishes of several people, and they could always make the most delicious taste in the hands of this woman.
This is also the reason why an ordinary woman without any background can find a place in a prime location close to the Jiang family, and no one dares to disturb her.
Guo Yun held Jiang Changan's hand in his hand and rubbed it vigorously, looked at him with blurred tears in his eyes, and said: "On the day of the disappearance of the little boy, Yun Niang found a lot of places, the gambling house that the son loved to go to, and the teahouse where he loved to listen to books, but he didn't find it, Yun Niang invited a stone bodhisattva to offer in the store, and prayed all day, thank God, the little boy was finally safe......
She said that her hands kept clasping together and performing Buddha salutes, as if thanking the gods in the sky for sending the little boy back safely, but in the end, she couldn't cry.
After a while, Jiang Changan wiped away her tears, Guo Yun wanted to say something, but she still held back.
"Yun Niang, say whatever you want. Jiang Changan said with a smile, the woman in front of him knew him best, and he was not.
Guo Yun still hesitated for a while, and said, "I've heard about the matter of the third son......"
Jiang Changan's eyes were deep, Jiang Lingfeng was a forbidden area in his heart, and only the closest people could ask about him.
"But ......," Guo Yun frowned.
"Yun Niang, but what?" Jiang Changan was puzzled.
"But I came here once before the third prince left......"
"Came once?" Jiang Changan was suspicious, every time Jiang Lingfeng came to Wanxinglou in the past, he would call him together, without one exception, why was he alone this time, and it happened to be at this juncture when he entered the palace under the emperor's edict.
"That's right, little boy, you wait a minute. Guo Yun seemed to remember something, and hurriedly walked upstairs to the room, and after a while, he held a wooden square box in his hand.
"That day, the third prince brought this box, and asked me to hand it over to the little boy himself. Guo Yun handed the wooden box to Jiang Chang'an.
The wooden box was warm and cool, and a stream of agarwood entered his nose, Jiang Changan recognized at a glance that it was the Jiang family's ordinary wooden box used to store medicinal materials to retain their medicinal effects, there was nothing special about it, the entire wooden box was intact, and it could be seen that it had never been opened.
The two people beside him were the most trusted people, and Jiang Changan had nothing to avoid, so he opened the wooden box directly.
"This ...... What are these birds' eyes? Why are they red?" Chen Pingsheng glanced at and wondered.
Inside the box is an animal's eye, an eye similar to a human eye to be exact, except that the center of the pupil is more prominent, like a bird's eye, and like a fish's eye.
Although there are many monsters in the world, it is extremely rare to think that the eyes are directly blood-red, and it is no wonder why Chen Pingsheng can't see what this thing is.
Chen Pingsheng had never seen it, but Jiang Changan was very familiar with it, and he was taken aback.
He had seen this thing not long ago, it was the half-bird, half-fish ancient creature he had encountered at the bottom of Fengyue Lake, and he had even almost lost his hand, so he was deeply impressed by those bloodshot eyes, and recognized it at a glance.
The second brother discovered the palace under the water!
Jiang Chang'an was horrified in his heart, what did he find at that time, and why did he ask Yunniang to hand it over to him before going to the capital?
There were too many questions in front of him, and Jiang Changan suddenly found that the more he knew, the deeper he sank into a fog.
Guo Yun continued to recall: "That day, that is, the day before the third prince left to go to Jingzhou, I always felt that there was something wrong with the third son's expression, which was different from usual, but I couldn't say it specifically, like ......"
"Like what?"
"It's like I had a premonition that something was going to happen!!
Jiang Chang'an's pupils shrank suddenly.