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After three days of anxious days, Lao Jiang was under great pressure and was forced to go to Chunhe Lou to meet the rumored second prince. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This night, the wind and the moon were cold, Lao Jiang got off the carriage at the gate of the archway on Xihe Street and walked to Chunhelou.

Chunhe Building, second floor

The proprietress of Mingyue, who was dressed in plain and elegant clothes, knelt at the bottom of the desk, and the second prince bent his legs and reclined on the couch above.

The proprietress of Mingyue looked at the moonlight outside the window and said loudly: "Your Highness, will Elder Jiang come?"

Huang Li half-closed his eyes and said lightly: "That girl is a person who values love and righteousness, and she will not abandon Duan Qianyan." ”

"Your Highness......" she lowered her head, thought for a moment and asked, "Shall we use her like this?"

"What? When will you be worried? Are you concerned about that girl?" Huang Li opened his eyes, "Huh?"

"No, no. "The proprietress of Mingyue has palpitations and lowers her ground.

Huang Li withdrew his eyes and looked at the night scene under the dark curtain. He kept waiting, believing that the kitten would not be treacherous, and that he believed in his own vision and did not look at the wrong person.

The hoarfrost of the cold moon formed a hazy mist, faint and sparse. Huang Li looked a little sleepy when he saw the scene, supporting his chin, his eyelids fighting up and down, and he couldn't support it.

The proprietress of Mingyue looked at the hour, it was already midnight, she had been waiting here with the second prince for a day, and the person had not yet arrived. Just when she was about to ask His Highness if she wanted to rest, Xiao Er's voice came from outside the door-

"Boss, Mr. Jiang has arrived. ”

Two

The moon is high, and the third watch is over.

When Lao Jiang came out of the Spring and Building, his mood was the same as the night in early winter, low as a broken flower and a leaf.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince is really not an ordinary person, Miss is right, the rumors are all false, it is better to see it with real people, Lao Jiang is now a head and two big, in the end, I understand why Miss avoids the second prince, if this transaction is successful, I am afraid that the peace of Dongzi will be broken, and it will even subvert the pattern of Southern Chu.

Xinghai Yuelou, the second prince, the Xingyue family, the prince, the original Jingdi ...... I don't know how many people and how many things are involved in the transaction.

Thinking of the conversation just now, Jiang Lao was terrified, and for the second time in his life, he had a timid and scared heart.

Thinking worriedly, Lao Jiang didn't bother to pay attention to the surrounding environment, which street he walked, which direction he was going, and he didn't pay attention at all. He walked the blind road with his head down, and by the time he realized it, it was too late, and he had lost his way for the second time in his life.

The night by the sea was as cold as winter, and in a strange place, Lao Jiang was really scared. Before he knew it, he had come to a silent alley, with high walls on both sides, and a thin mist in the air, which looked sparsely populated, and which was rarely walked around on weekdays, and whose houses were dilapidated and abandoned for a long time, and the cold wind was blowing, and the yin qi was heavy, and he could not help shivering.

"Jiang Lao"

A female voice sounded eeriely behind her, low and depressed, like a ghost.

Lao Jiang's body trembled, and he was stunned like petrification, and his nerves and facial features instantly tensed.

"Old Jiang?" the female voice sounded again the next moment.

Lao Jiang's legs were weak, his back was cold, he subconsciously turned around, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his heart was drumming, if it wasn't for the yin qi being too cold, making his brain a little clear, I'm afraid he would have fainted straight up. After he saw the female ghost clearly, he sat down completely limp.

"You...... You're ......"

His mouth trembled, and he couldn't say a complete word.

In the clouds and mist, a curling figure walked out of the pale green cold night painting, she was wearing a white dress, long hair was scattered, her face was as white as jade, and a pair of big eyes looked at him calmly.

She stood there, like a glowing phantom in the cold moonlight.

"It's only been more than three years since I saw you, and you've forgotten about me. The "female ghost" with clear eyebrows said lightly.

"Miss......" Lao Jiang wiped his sweat with palpitations, and wanted to stand up, but found that his efforts were in vain, and his legs were weak and he couldn't move.

Wen Wen stroked the broken hair in front of his forehead and sighed. "Old Jiang, it's too cold to sit on the ground, get up. ”

Lao Jiang looked at her embarrassedly, "Miss...... My legs were weak and I couldn't get up. ”

"......" Wenwen broke out in a cold sweat, he hadn't seen it for more than three years, how could Jiang Lao still be the same as before, he hadn't changed.

"Come on, you'd better sit. She turned her head away from looking at his cowardice, and asked, "How is Xiaoxue?" "Miss?" Lao Jiang was stunned for a moment, then reacted and replied: "Miss is very good, Liu Gongzi is here, Miss will be fine." ”

"That's not what I'm asking, is she causing trouble again?"

Lao Jiang looked up at her, and for a while grievances came to his heart, and he choked up a few times, "Miss, you don't know." Miss, how willful she is, she provoked a thousand words for no reason, and she couldn't get rid of me by eating and drinking. No, he was arrested, and Miss got involved in the royal affair in order to save him, how is this good. ”

When it came to the matter of Miss, Lao Jiang complained bitterly.

Wen Wen frowned and asked suspiciously, "Who is Duan Qianyan?"

"The origin is unknown, it is not clear. ”

Wenwen stood behind his hands and asked, "What royal matter did she talk about?"

Lao Jiang said: "The second prince of Southern Chu, the emperor leaves. I finished talking to him about the deal just now, eldest miss, the matter that the young lady is involved in this time is not simple, the second prince is not simple, he wants to destroy Xinghai Yuelou. Although the current situation in Nanchu is much more peaceful than that of Dayin, how can a country have real tranquility; The second prince is actually not as uneasy as the rumors, and his scheming does not lose to anyone, he has this strategy, and Nanchu will not be peaceful. Now he wants to unite the Gold and Silver Chamber of Commerce and King Bai Pusi to bring down the Xinghai Moon Tower jointly built by the empire and the Xingyue family, he ...... This is going to ruin the peace of Nanchu. ”

"Nanchu has already reached a turbulent time, and if the peaceful days are too long, sooner or later chaos will arise. Wen Wen's eyebrows were stained with solemn frost dew, and he said in a low voice: "Isn't King Bai Pusi a business in Duanmuqi, how can it be related to the Southern Chu royal family?"

Lao Jiang rubbed his legs frozen by the bluestone bricks, and replied: "A year ago, the eldest lady, you sent me a letter and asked me to secretly find out who is behind the scenes of King Bai Pusi. I checked for a year and didn't have any news, until just now, the second prince personally told me that he was Duanmuqi, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find out until I died, let alone guess that the owner of King Bai Pusi was him. No wonder no one found out when he came to Dongzi, it turned out that he was such a character. ”

Lao Jiang sighed, as a businessman, although he did not accept the fortune of his peers, but as a man, he admired the mind of the second prince.

"With his forbearance and methods, there are few people in the world who can match him. I'm afraid that even his prince brother and Da Yin's one can't think of his true face. Like me, he is also hiding in the shadows and manipulating everything, this person is not simple. Wenwen's eyes were cold in an instant, and her temperament was cold an octave, she turned to Lao Jiang and said: "He doesn't know Xiaoxue's identity yet, my existence must be kept, as long as he thinks that the Gold and Silver Chamber of Commerce is yours, and other things will follow his wishes, since the transaction has been reached, you can't get rid of it, you can rest assured that you can do a big job with him." I want to see how he, the prince with a dual identity, can turn Dongzi upside down. ”

"Miss...... Miss, you are going to ...... "Helping the Gang to Abuse!" Lao Jiang was shocked beyond words. I thought that when I saw the eldest lady, he told her what had happened in the past few months, and with the eldest lady's mind, he would definitely think of a way to solve the mess that the young lady had broken into. I never thought about it...... She didn't intend to solve it at all, but instead added fuel to the fire and made the matter even bigger.

It's terrifying to think about, the crazy second prince, the bold lady, and now there is another mysterious lady, do the three of them really plan to destroy a city when they join forces?

Lao Jiang thought about it, and suddenly remembered what happened more than three years ago......

He is a small merchant who is not very wealthy, and his family business cannot gain a foothold in Dongzi at all, and with his financial resources, he will be ruthlessly swallowed up by big commerce in less than half a year. He is an ambitious man, but unfortunately his family is ruined, he owes a huge debt, and has no money to repay. So he learned to trade by sea, to make money by shipping goods overseas, and to support a family by selling silk brocade, but he didn't have much money, and he didn't have much business, so he had to do it himself. Once, when he was delivering goods for Da Yin, he encountered a storm in the sea, and his ship and his goods were all lost overnight. Penniless and hungry, he was like a half-dead fish on a river beach, roasted to death by the scorching sun. He was lucky enough to hide in a wine barrel during the storm and was taken to Dayin by strong winds and waves, where he wandered around and wandered for several days, and finally when he gave up hope of life, the eldest lady appeared.

The eldest lady's surname is Han Mingwen, this name is a special existence, at least for him, she is a god-like figure.

She spotted him wandering on the street in plain clothes, and she saw him hanging on his body, a special official document customised by the imperial court and the Dongzi trading house, as long as it was available to shipping merchants. At that time, he only had this thing on his body, and the eldest lady recognized Xinghai Wendi and guessed that he was a Southern Chu merchant who was wandering in a foreign land. So, she saved him and gave him two life-changing choices: either return to Dongzi with enough money to return home, or sign a contract with her, she will help him grow his business, and he will serve her as his master. Without saying a word, he chose the second one without hesitation.

Instead of going back to the hard days of running a mess, it's better to let go and fight hard. As the eldest lady said, how many times can you start over in your life, if you don't want to regret it in the future, you can boldly break through once, maybe you will have a better day.

With the financial support of the eldest lady, a shipment so large that he had never seen it before arrived in Dongzi, along with a huge sum of money, fell into his name.

The eldest lady didn't want outsiders to know about his relationship with her, so he never saw her again after leaving Da Yin.

His correspondence with the eldest lady was only letters, and the eldest lady did not seem to like too frequent correspondence, and only wrote him three or four letters a year. According to the explanation in the letter, he changed the industry to the Gold and Silver Chamber of Commerce, and since then he has been sitting on the position of the three giants of Dongzi.

The outside world thought that he had lost his fortune and became rich overnight, but in fact, only he knew in his heart that everything he did was given by the eldest lady. Without her, he was nothing. Therefore he truly served her as Lord, and he did all the commands of her letter.

After more than three years, he finally saw how strong the eldest lady was, even if she was not in Dongzi, she could run a business in another country.

To be honest, he was scared when he signed the contract, it was the first time in his life that he got lost, the first time he had a timid and scared heart, and even so, he doesn't regret it now.

Lao Jiang is an old man, and when he reaches his age, what else is there to be afraid of. So this time, the eldest lady said that she would do it with confidence, and he would do it.

"Miss, I will definitely do my best to protect Miss before the accident in Dongzi. Lao Jiang kowtowed heavily to Wenwen.

Wenwen was a little surprised by his action, and hurriedly helped him up. "Elder Jiang doesn't have to be like this, you just obey me. Seriously, you're the one to be implicated. ”

Lao Jiang shook his head, tears in his eyes, "Miss, I have no children and no daughters, if it weren't for your favor, I would have died in a foreign land." ”

"For so many years, I have never cared about the Gold and Silver Chamber of Commerce, the Gold and Silver Chamber of Commerce has always been taken care of by you, and I am very relieved that you will do it. Because I know you can make the Chamber of Commerce flourish. Wenwen smiled at him and said gently, "I'm in Dongzi now, Xiaoxue and Anan are also here, don't tell them what I'm here or what I've seen with you." They have also received the letter they gave them before, and they will not worry about me at the moment. Now the trouble is Xiaoxue's fault. You take a good look at her for me, and after settling the deal with the second prince, you will immediately send the two of them back to Dayin, it is better to be in Dayin here, they are not safe. ”

Lao Jiang promised, "I understand, that eldest lady, what are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about me, just do your own thing, remember-" Wenwen leaned over, stared at Lao Jiang's eyes seriously, and said solemnly: "When you go back, you must not mention my affairs to anyone, you must send them away before the Dongzi Rebellion, you know?"

“...... Be. Lao Jiang's body trembled, his heart rose to his throat, and he sat down on the ground all of a sudden, his legs weak again.

Wen Wen withdrew her stern gaze, fell silent, and turned to leave, and soon, her figure returned to the clouds, and the layers of mist once again covered her, and no one could lift her veil.

Lao Jiang, who was half stunned and half distracted, got up from the ground for a while, and turned back to the road home with palpitations.

Two

Here, there is no end to the alley, and everything around is hidden in the fog, hazy and indistinct.

"Xiaoxue's ability is quite big, and it has only been more than half a year, and she has caused such trouble. ”

In the cold space, a faint mocking female voice floated faintly from one side, this voice was beautiful and harsh, like a ghost but not a ghost.

Wen Wenmu continued to walk towards the depths of the alley without looking away, and replied coldly to the female voice: "Xiaoxue has always made me uneasy, and half of the reason why she caused trouble was because of me." If it weren't for my disappearance for no reason, she wouldn't have come here, let alone met the emperor. ”

"Yo, take the trouble on yourself, your sister's temperament is the same as always. The female voice snorted disdainfully. "Speaking of which, you don't mean that Sang scolded Huai, but indirectly blamed me for getting you to Nanchu. Hmph, swearing doesn't take any dirty words, I hate this the most. ”

Wenwen stopped, grimaced, and glared at the tree trunk in the mist on the right, "Can you come out and talk? If others see it, they will think I'm talking to a ghost." ”

"Hey, that's not what you said, I need to be careful. The scene in the fog suddenly became blurred, a black shadow condensed into the form of a "human", and the mist dissipated, and a woman floated in the cold alley. "Your sister has caused a lot of trouble this time, if she is really allowed to join forces with that second prince to destroy Xinghai Yuelou, Nanchu will be turbulent, and the pattern of the Central Plains will change. Her beautiful long blue hair was scattered behind her, and a faint white gas came out of her body.

Wen Wen glanced at her, thinking of Jiang Lao's complaint just now, he guessed that these troubles must have been caused by that girl; this thought, the anger that had been suppressed in his heart was instantly vented to the blue-haired woman, "Damn girl, will she die if she doesn't make trouble for a day!"

"What's the use of you being angry at me, wouldn't it be nice if you had the ability to catch her and beat her. Biluo was a little depressed, she was called by Wenwen from afar, she was not acting as a balloon, no one could bully.

The more Wen Wen thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally stomped his feet angrily, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Stinky girl! When I go back, I will definitely hang her up and beat her to death!" "Don't rush to kill her, what should I do with this deal?" You can't just leave your hands and leave the mess to the little old man just now. Biluo asked unhurriedly. "Whoever makes the trouble will clean it up, anyway, Anan is here, so I don't have to worry about the mess. "You two sisters are the same. ”

"If you have time to talk coolly, why don't you help me find out what happened to Da Yin during the four months I was in a coma. Wenwen was annoyed by her sister-in-law, but she was as rational as her, and she still had to investigate some of the troubles in a series of troubles.

Biluo landed on his feet, and picked out the purest clouds from the sea of clouds in a blue dress. "You suspect that there is a role in these things. ”

"Nanchu's Xinghai Moon Tower, such a big thing, it is impossible for Da Yin not to know about it. I don't believe that they will not move in the past four months, and even if they do not now, I am afraid they are waiting for something. Wenwen's face was gloomy, and he raised his feet and continued to walk forward slowly, "I know Huaqi too well, this dead girl is different from Xiaoxue, she doesn't even want her family for a man, her ability is not smaller than mine, and she still has some ability to help that stinky man." I'm not afraid of what will happen to her, I'm afraid that she will do something stupid for a man. ”

Biluo flipped his palm, held a delicate small mirror in his hand, and sighed to himself: "Alas, you people are really troublesome. ”

"It's already troublesome. Wenwen's heart was so angry that he didn't notice for a while that the person following behind him was looking at the mirror, so he said as he walked: "I plan to throw the matter of the second prince's transaction to Anan and Lao Jiang to deal with." I didn't want to care about Nanchu's affairs from the beginning, but since Xiaoxue and the others were dragged in, it seems that I can't stand by and watch. ”

"So, you're ready to intervene?" Biluo didn't look away. The beauty in the mirror, the green daisy thrush, and the lips moisturizing the lips of Qiong, make her happy in her heart.

Wenwen shook his head without thinking, "Don't interfere, but I will help them secretly." ”

"You're so willful. Biluo put away the mirror.

"If I'm really willful, do you think there are still peaceful days in Dongzi?"

"Isn't it trouble?"

"It's troublesome enough, so let you come. ”

"What are you going to do?

"Didn't you say that there was something wrong with that Duan Qianyan next to Xiaoxue, you go and check!"

"Check people, don't you mean Da Yin's business. ”

"Just check the two together, the trouble is dead. ”

"Oh, then by the way, check Xiao Shi again. ”

"Why are you looking for her?

"It's not for you to do it, it's bothersome, anyway, I think it's fun. ”