Chapter Eighty-Four: Undercurrent
Su Huihui sat for a few hours, and then lay on the bed for a while, until the sun entered the room, and then waited for Ruixiang to bring water into the room to wash.
She had a relative, and asked the maid as if unintentionally: "Did you sleep well next door at night, you got up later than me today." β
Ruixiang touched her head: "Maybe I was too tired yesterday, and I slept until this time." But the girl was earlier than usual...... The girl's face is not very good. β
Su Hui said: "You don't have to make breakfast, I'll go to the mansion and come back at noon." In the afternoon, you will leave for Yongzhou, you pack your things. β
In the early morning, there were more and more people on the street, and she walked alone on the stone road, and before she knew it, she was in front of the yamen. She probably remembered that Yan Xigui was going to spend half a day saying goodbye to the prefect in the third year of junior high school, and he asked her to come to the mansion, so it wouldn't be the prefect Xiao who came to greet her personally, right? The soldiers guarding the yamen told her that the yamen would not open until the end of the year, but the prefect Mao Zheng diligently braved the cold wind and went out to the mansion.
She hesitated for a moment, then decided to bother anyway. The little servant made an announcement, and then Qin Yuan, the old steward of the Yan Mansion, came out to greet the guests. Su Huihui felt that it was Yan Xugui who had greeted him, and the steward knew something β‘β‘, so he let a prefect come to serve her instead of serving.
"Master Su's steps are lighter. β
There was no one in the main hall, and it turned out that the host and guest were all in an inconspicuous tea room. The tea room can be connected to the main house, and the back of the screen can also lead to the transept. Qin Yuan took her into the ear room, and that look was to let her listen to the corner.
People can get some useful things from listening to the corners, but if she is replaced, she will become a pit herself, and she begins to suspect that it is because she has not accumulated virtue on weekdays. The fragrance of the tea is gentle and elegant, floating in through the carved window, Su Huihui lowered his head, picked up a stool in the ear room to sit on, and pricked up his ears to listen obediently.
However, there had been no movement over there, and she was about to think that the prefect knew that she was hiding here, and just as she was becoming more and more uneasy, an unfamiliar voice finally said:
"Can Childe agree?"
Neither the prefect nor Yan Xugui. This voice is not outstanding at all, the kind that can no longer be found when thrown into the pile, but there is a slight coldness in the speech, like a hard iron plate.
It seemed like she had heard it somewhere.
Yan Xugui stayed awake all night, sat on the main seat at this time, dialed the incense stick, and said lightly: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue asked his people to come to Jiaying City in person, and Yan received this intention." The three generations of my Yan family have been subject to Nan'an for forty years, and now they are at odds with Jingzhong, and they have to seek a way to liberate themselves from the Yue Domain. β
Governor Xiao was overjoyed: "Childe is wise, the official thought that this thing would not be done, so there was a lot of offense to Childe at the banquet, please forgive me!"
Another person dressed as an ordinary guard, stood in the center of the hall, and said without shock: "Your Highness said that if you get the help of the Yan family, you will definitely hand Xun Muhua into the hands of the prince, the accident ten years ago was an accident, and His Royal Highness did not expect to be deceived by others to mess up, so that the old marquis was involved......"
"Don't mention it later. Yan Xugui interrupted him, "I have promised Lord Xiao to fund and support the major merchants in Jiyang's name under the name of the Yue Domain. Not only Yuan Ping, but also Qi Ning and Nan'an will arrange them one by one, and these belongings account for nearly half of the Yan family's property. β
Su Huihui held his chin, it turned out that Yan Xugui just asked her to listen to this. What handle does Yan have in the hands of King Yue, it seems that it is because of his body, and he must be cured by the medicine in King Yue's hand. But what disease can last for forty years? That Xun Muhua was robbed of the Liang Kingdom by her master, so that everything they are doing now is to make up for it. In order to save himself, he did not hesitate to help King Yue, who was in the same situation as Fanjing, this matter...... Does Sheng Yunyi know?
Could it be that he asked the Yan family to pretend to unite with Nan'an? She suddenly had confidence, if he didn't worry about Yan Xugui, he shouldn't let her go with him, after all, it was still very dangerous to deceive a veteran who had been in politics for many years.
Xiao You repeatedly agreed, "Thank you Gongzi, thank you Gongzi!" "The south is not like the north, where the rich local families can hold half of the officials, and the number of government decrees is limited by it. He is now an important deployment of the Yue King in the three southern provinces, if he gets the support of these merchants, then Jiyang Mansion can go sideways in Yuanping Province, and the next Youbu political envoy is in his pocket.
The man took out a glass bottle and handed it to Yan Xugui: "Childe can inspect the goods a priori." We had no ill will towards Childe in the previous temptation, otherwise Childe would not be standing here. The Yan clan's people are more than enough to deal with a group of rabble, and we can guarantee that Gongzi will not encounter anything that is harmful to his safety in the future. β
Yan Xugui looked carefully at the light, and the transparent bottle contained only a small residue.
He put it in his sleeve pocket and said with a smile: "Yan is a businessman. β
"The Yan family doesn't do loss-making business, and the son is willing to help the prince achieve great things, so he bets on the money. However, this sincerity, Childe still has to ......"
Su Huihui followed this person's train of thought, what Yan Xugui is doing so far is not to hold the two batches of assassinations accountable, and to promise Xiao Zhifu at the dinner party on Chinese New Year's Eve. He told her at that time that Xiao You would do it even if he didn't ask for it, which was probably the so-called sincerity. However, this is not enough in the eyes of the other party, because no one can trust a person who has an unusually close relationship with the enemy.
Yan Xugui has a special identity, in addition to the head of the largest merchant in China, he is also a member of the foreign family, and he is a partner from childhood to adulthood.
So what else does he have to do to make the people sent by the Yue Clan fully trust him?
Su Huihui nodded curiously behind the window, anyway, there was a screen blocking it, and the three people couldn't see it. She wondered who the person who sounded familiar and uncomfortable was it, maybe she'd seen it too?
Yan Xugui chuckled.
"Your Excellency, do you know that there may be people in the world who can unravel the Gu poison that Emperor Hui gave to his ancestors and passed down from generation to generation without the Xun Muhua in your hands?"
The room instantly became extremely quiet, and the sound of tea boiling was very distinct.
Su Hui listened intently.
"The last Xunmuhua was taken away by Yuxiao Mountain, and at the beginning of the year, Yan brought back a person in the grassland, who was the only person left in Yuxiao Mountain. Not only that, but her fate with this antidote is really not shallow. β
Su Hui got up suddenly, and dizziness struck.
The scene in front of her was shaky, the faint aroma of tea lingered on the tip of her nose, and her blurred vision touched a burning incense stick in the corner, and she cursed herself for being careless.
Where can the smell of tea be so strong.
"Since it is sincere, Yan will hand this person over to His Royal Highness King Yue for disposal. β
The stiff laughter grew farther and farther away, and someone lifted her body off the ground, and there was a whisper of squirming.
She still had a trace of consciousness left, she couldn't see anything, and her last thoughts ran thousands of miles away.
Does Sheng Yunyi know?
*
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the river rain began to shine.
The Taiyuan ferry port is full of people, and people in the city who go home for the New Year are waiting in line for boats, hoping to return early to start the year's work. From the seventh to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the ferry will gather boatmen to make some spare money for people crossing the river.
In the evening, the water was as wide as a mirror, and the small waves hit the side of the boat, and after standing at the bow for a long time, I couldn't help but feel irritable. The boatman looked at the last group of people of the day with a gloomy face, shouted a few times to signal them to hurry up, and then neatly propped up the oars and prepared to go ashore.
"Big brotherβwait for me!
The boatman looked back and snorted, "Damn! That's the little rabbit who is delaying time!" and then shouted to the others to ignore it and continue sailing.
"Mother! My son really can't rest assured of you, but what should you do if you can't hear or see the shore! Ouch, feed the Bodhisattva Buddha blessed! On the boat, please take care of your mother! Unfilial son can only take the dry road to pass!"
The boat was immediately noisy, and the boatman looked to see that there was indeed a scrawny old lady sitting in the stern with her eyes closed.
"Rower, let's turn around! Wouldn't it be a loss of morality for people to come up!"
The boatman glared fiercely at the shore, "Wait for me!"
When the man on the shore jumped on the boat, another boatman blamed: "You can't see your own wife well, what's the matter!"
"Thank you, big brother! Thank you! Mother, we have met a good person......" He wiped his eyes while sitting next to the old lady, lowered his voice and leaned into his ear and said, "The old lady can help us and save us in an emergency." β
After a few moments, the old lady lifted her eyelids and slowly stretched out her hand.
The boat had reached the center of the river, he took out a few copper plates and handed them over, breathed a long sigh of relief, and ripped off the cyan hat and took it in his hand to spin around.
"The river breeze is cool!
This man was of medium height, dressed in a gray cotton coat, white and pure like a scholar, and the hat turned so fast between his nimble fingers that he couldn't fall off.
He squinted at a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl next to him, "Little girl, I see that your face is very good, your eyes are bright, you must have been in full bloom recently, but you should be careful!
The girl whispered in a dialect of nowhere, and he naturally squeezed her wrist, "Isn't it fate......-telling?
As soon as his body was light, he looked up with a stiff smile, and a big man with his clothes dragged him viciously to the side of the boat:
"Dare to tease Lao Tzu's daughter! Today, your mother is here, and Lao Tzu will throw you down to feed the fish!"
He swallowed, "Pulse...... The pulse is vague and floating, and it is advisable to ...... It is advisable to use five coins of desmodium, three coins of hosta pollen, two coins of white danpi, with licorice and peach gum to fry to seven minutes, drink before eating and warm water, once in the morning and once in the evening......"
The big man was startled, the strength of his hand suddenly loosened, and he fell on the board of the boat and coughed on his chest, looking frightened.
"Are you a doctor? Even the best doctor in Taiyuan said that there is no way to cure my family's illness!"
The person dressed as a scholar got up, and said quietly: "Isn't it a few years, more than two years, less than three years, I can't sleep well at night and have no energy during the day, I can only drink porridge and swallow water when I eat and vomit......"
Dahan said earnestly: "Please save my daughter!
He nodded profoundly, "Yes, I'm a doctor, but I don't often help people treat diseases, and last time I was in Fanjing." Alas......"
The girl looked at him from top to bottom and said a few words to her father.
He patted his chest and said to the big man: "But what! I like to treat a beautiful and lovely little girl the most! Today, on this boat, we can give you a medicine to get rid of the disease, and everyone will be happy!"
Dahan said dangerously: "Sir, don't talk big, we poor people don't have anything, we still have strength." β
The unscrupulous doctor did not seem to hear the warning at all, and touched the girl's hand with a smile on his face and great interest.
"Little girl, I've already told you Fangzi, are you still telling fortunes?"
When there were still about ten zhang from the other side, the doctor who rubbed the oil blew the prescription of wild grass written on it, "Little girl, take the medicine that my brother prescribed for you, and ensure that you will have a dragon and a tiger, eat well and sleep well within a month." β
The father and daughter glanced at each other, "Diagnosis ...... gold"
"Ah, no, no, no, I never charge money for medical treatment, and I only collect money for fortune telling. Since you don't want usβ"
He suddenly stopped.
A gust of wind blew on the calm river, and when he reacted, a crude arrow had been inserted into the hat in his hand, and it was nailed straight to the side of the ship, and he staggered back and fell to his knees.
"Catch the thief!"
A large ship on the river is getting closer and closer, and the sound is coming from above.
At the bow of the boat stood a man, his body as graceful as a cedar, and his very ordinary wooden bow was gently pulled by him, the arc was full and smooth, and the arrow pointed directly at the head of the surgeon.
"Catch the thief! He's the one with the hat! He's stolen the master's money bag!"
Everyone on the boat was shocked, it turned out that this scholar who was the last to get on the boat and didn't behave like a good person was really not a good person.
The boatmen had long since become tired of him, and shouted, "Throw him down!"
"Yes, I was mistaken by such a person!"
The old lady said in a loud voice: "Well, what about my son? I was mistaken, this is not my son." β
Dahan took the prescription and looked around, holding his daughter's hand, "Nan, let's leave it alone." β
"Wronged!"
The doctor let out a scream, and was thrown into the water with a "poof", causing a splash of the old high, and someone on the big boat immediately jumped into the water to catch the thief.
The soup thief lay dying on the surface of the boat, panting violently like a dead fish, shaking his finger at the person who looked down at him from top to bottom, spitting out the waterway:
"You, you ......"
The man squatted down and groped behind his waist, and when he got up, he had an extra money bag in his hand, and the embroidery was exquisite.
"Wronged! wronged! I didn't steal it! it was himβ"
"Did I hide the money bag in my sleeve and deliberately smear some water stains on your body before handing it over to my master?"
The man's tone was sarcastic, sneering, and his voice was as smooth and soft as satin.
The owner who shouted just now to catch the thief was a fat man dressed in flowers, one of the best merchants in Taiyuan, and at this time Wan Yuan hated, "That's it, you still quibble! If it weren't for this gentleman, the money I gave to the third aunt would be gone! Mrs. will be in charge of the silver ticket, do I still have spare money to buy jewelry!"
The doctor was stunned for a moment, and then burst into tears: "Oh my God! Open your eyes and see! Anyone can blame anyone!"
The man's half-silver mask shone with a chilling light, and he turned to hand the money bag to the shipowner, "This man has stolen something from below, too." Now that Zhang Dahu has got the money back, according to what he said before, this one will be taken away and disposed of. β
"Haha, of course, of course! Thank you, sir, you will definitely take this!"
The boat was just about to dock, Zhang Dahu took out a few pieces of broken silver from the money bag, and wanted to stuff it into his hand, but the other party took out a square handkerchief, carried the collar of the thief through the silk silk, jumped from the bow of the boat easily, and jumped ashore.
The people on the boat were all speechless, "In these days, there are really not many people who have kung fu and good hearts......!