Chapter 254: Tea Eggs
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The capital is now an eventful place, and even the richest man in the capital does not have the busy traffic of the past, and the door of the house is closed. After being promoted to the Tongxiang Realm, my perception was much more sensitive, and I sensed that the strength of this mansion was not simple, and there were more than a dozen masters of the Xuanxuan Realm alone. After thinking about it, Zhang Million is a rich man, and it is normal to raise some martial arts masters to take care of the family.
When Zhang Youqian went south, he brought a guard Xue Yinglong, who was also a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes back then. After getting tired of the battles in the rivers and lakes, many characters in the rivers and lakes either retreated to the mountains and forests, like Xue Yinglong, and were invited by these wealthy families to provide for them, and were supported by their own families on weekdays, and were responsible for the safety of the entire court at critical moments.
This is my first time to Zhang Mansion, compared with the King of Jinling and the Xie family, although there is less of a wealthy background, but the entire courtyard is arranged in a patchwork manner, and it is not as brilliant as I imagined. It seems that Zhang Million is not as vulgar as Zhang Youqian said.
After dinner, a pretty maid brought a snack, which was a few tea eggs. I said that I thought that a big family like the Zhang family would be delicious all day long, but I didn't expect that even the refreshments would be so down-to-earth, so I ate five or six pieces one by one.
The little maid's face was full of bulging, and she said that you look really ugly.
I said it's just tea eggs, and the breakfast is spread for ten cents for three, can you still eat the taste of dragon liver and phoenix marrow?
The little maid looked at me with a look at the soil buns, and said, this egg is laid by the best pheasant, smoked with rosin branches, put eighteen kinds of spices, and soaked in Lushan clouds and Wuyi Mountain red robe for three days before it was made, I originally prepared it for my son-in-law, hum, it is cheap for you to eat.
I asked, is this thing expensive?
Lushan Yunwu is twenty taels of silver a catty, Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao is thirty-five taels and one catty, and three catties of tea can be boiled into ten tea eggs.
I suddenly said, no wonder Wanwan said that we can't afford to eat tea eggs, poverty really limits our imagination, and there will be a dozen more tea eggs like this.
Someone coughed twice behind him, Zhang Million didn't know when he came to the living room, the little maid pouted, looked at me unwillingly, and after saluting Zhang Million, the money was withdrawn. Zhang Million glanced at her and said that the girls in the house are becoming more and more unruly, Su Shaoxia, please don't mind.
I saw that Zhang Youqian didn't come out with him, and asked, what about Zhang Youqian?
Zhang Million smiled and said, he was playing cards with a few aunts in the back. Su Shaoxia, my family Youqian has caused you a lot of trouble in Jinling, thanks to your care along the way. I said yes, who made us colleagues and friends?
Zhang Million put his hands in his sleeves, walked out of the living room, and came to the courtyard. He looked at a few peach trees at the door, and said, this peach tree was planted here by his mother twenty years ago from the old house, when it was planted, it was just a branch, and now it is a peach forest, and every spring, the peach blossoms are full of gardens.
I wondered in my heart, said, Uncle Zhang is saying that you are now full of peach and plums?
Zhang Million shook his head and said, I mean, even if you have more money, you can't change the law of natural growth, and you can't beat birth, old age, sickness and death. To tell the truth, this peach blossom was a gift from a friend who was a dart together, and it was this peach blossom that blessed my Zhang family with prosperity and longevity.
Qin Sanguan?
Zhang Million sighed, you heard him
I said in my heart that I had not only heard of him, but my ears had been cocooned by this name for the past two years. Zhang Million said again, he has too many fetters in the world, leaving too many traces, the Central Plains Dart Bureau, the Six Doors, and us old people. Thirty years have passed.
He has a chivalrous heart, and he is willing to go to the soup for the common people in the world, for his confidante, for his relatives and friends, but he doesn't think about himself. Over the years, I have read countless people, but you are the most similar to him.
Zhang Million's words were in the clouds, which made me a little confused, so I had to ask, what does my uncle mean? Zhang Million suddenly said, you have ambitions, chances, and are a good person. But my son, I don't need a friend like you.
I'm a little annoyed, I don't understand.
Zhang Wandao, when you become a father, you will understand. Over the years, I have responded to Zhang Youqian's requests, let him live a life without worrying about food and clothing, let him be a gentleman in the capital, and live a life of playing birds and insects, and not letting him practice martial arts, just don't want him to get involved in the sinister rivers and lakes. But since he met you, he has become like a different person, he has begun to care about others, and he has also learned martial arts.
I wondered, isn't that good?
My son of Zhang Million doesn't need to be like this. There is a saying that with great power comes great responsibility.
I think I've heard this somewhere, by the way, isn't that what Peter Parker's uncle said to him?
Zhang Million ignored me, and went straight to the topic, the changes in the palace, the rebellion in the Underworld, the Inner Village, the Netherworld Cult, the rivers and lakes, or the temple, our Zhang family is just a businessman who does his duty, and he doesn't want to get involved, if you can really understand the mind of a father, please keep him away from these things.
I suddenly understood that this was the real purpose of Zhang Million calling us here. As the only son of the Zhang family, Zhang Youqian has been carefree all his life, but because of his acquaintance with me, he was involved in disputes in the rivers and lakes, which Zhang Million didn't want to see, so he told me this.
I looked at Zhang Wandao and said, Uncle, I understand what you mean, don't worry, I won't involve him in this matter. Zhang Million bowed to me and said, Thank you Su Shaoxia.
As he spoke, he took out a box from his bosom and said, "I know that the brotherhood between you cannot be measured in money, but these are my little meanings, and I ask you to accept them." I was going to refuse, but if I didn't want to accept it, he would definitely not be at ease, so I said, thank you, uncle.
I didn't say goodbye to Zhang Youqian, I went straight out of the house, the box in my arms was a little heavy, and my heart said that this million was really willing to pay for blood, and when I opened it, I saw that the box was full of a box of tea eggs, no more, no less, exactly twelve.
I laughed at myself, what a big deal.
I ate twelve tea eggs in one go, I felt that my stomach was a little supportive, and I was about to find a place to drink some tea, when suddenly a figure flashed in front of me, it was Qi Xiaowei, the master of the White Tiger Hall of the Sihe Hall, I hurriedly stopped and said, Qi Hall Master.
Qi Xiaowei was described as haggard, and when she heard me call her, she hurriedly stopped, and when she saw me, she exclaimed with a shocked face, Are you Su still there? Jiang Xiaobai?
I nodded and said, I'm so sorry, I lied to you before.
Qi Xiaowei sighed and said, Since you have come out, what about Zhao Jiuye? I have been to Neizhuang and found that there are officers and soldiers everywhere, and the entrance is also closed.
I was silent, she seemed to have guessed something, and asked, "Where did he go?" I nodded, and told her a rough story about Neizhuang. Qi Xiaowei's face was pale, and said that this is the case, no wonder he refused to let me participate in this operation, it turned out that he had a heart of death.
There were rumors before that Qi Xiaowei was the face of Zhao Jiuye, but in this section of the Sihetang, she took good care of me, and this kind of thing was not asked after all. However, looking at her heartbroken look, it is estimated that the rumors between her and Zhao Jiuye are not far from ten.
After learning the news of Zhao Jiuye's death, Qi Xiaowei seemed to be more than ten years old all of a sudden, she said, when I came to the capital, I was just a woman in a green building, and I was appreciated by Jiuye, and I climbed to this position step by step, but I didn't expect it to be empty.
I asked her what she was going to do.
What are you going to do? Qi Xiaowei said, what do you know what your plans are? I still want to find Zhu Runze and kill him to avenge the Ninth Master. But what's the use of that? I'd better find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to retreat to the mountains and forests, or go back to my hometown in Jiangyin, find someone to marry, and spend the rest of my life.
I was silent for a moment and said, you made a wise choice.
After chatting for a while, I suddenly asked, Master Qi, what is the relationship between Sihetang and Neizhuang?
Qi Xiaowei laughed, what do you think?
I said that with Zhao Jiuye's martial arts realm, I am afraid that he will not be able to create an unearthly place like Neizhuang. Could it be that this inner village was really founded by the one in the palace today?
Qi Xiaowei said, it can be said that it can be said that it is not.
What do you mean?
Qi Xiaowei said that Sihetang was founded by Zhao Jiuye, although the inner village was taken care of by Zhao Jiuye, but its real owner is the most mysterious organization on the rivers and lakes, the Hero League. The reason why Zhu Wuneng was able to restore was just a deal with the Hero League.
I was shocked in my heart, how can this hero alliance be able to mobilize the forces of the rivers and lakes, not to mention, even the throne can be used as a bargaining chip. So he asked, what kind of force is the Hero League?
Qi Xiaowei said that my status is low, and I can't participate in it at all, but as far as I can see, the forces behind this Hero Alliance are amazing, and the plans are also very big, these people's identities are mysterious, even I have never seen them, just ask who else in the world can not put the throne in their eyes?
I exclaimed, the underworld?
Qi Xiaowei said I don't dare to speculate on this, but if this is the case, it is not impossible, which requires you to find the answer yourself. Well, it's not too early, I'm ready to go.
I'll say one last question.
Qi Xiaowei frowned and said Why do you have so many questions.
I smiled, sister, now I'm confused, scurrying around like a headless fly, without any clue, anyway, you're going to go into hiding, why don't you just tell me.
A hint of blush flashed on Qi Xiaowei's face, and she said, "You're trying to squeeze me dry."
This pun made me blush a little and couldn't speak.
Qi Xiaowei laughed and said Xiaobai, do you know, my sister sometimes thinks you are very cute like this, okay, I won't tease you, you ask, if I know, I will tell you.
I was concerned about whether Xu Ruonan was involved in this struggle, I originally thought that she and Sihetang had robbed Meng Yue, but after attacking Neizhuang, there was no trace of the Netherworld Cult, so I asked, what does Sihetang have to do with the Netherworld Sect?