Chapter 53: After the Rain

In less than half a day, the content of this holy decree spread throughout Shangjing, and there was an uproar. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Li Shuci came out of the Kongshan Pavilion, his face was expressionless, and his eyes were red and swollen. To outsiders, it was obviously a look of despair after a struggle. Li Shuci is also happy that others think so. Otherwise, after such a change, how can you explain that there is no reaction?

Mu Yun and Xiang Jiu went out of Shangjing to do business for Li Shuci in the past few days, and as soon as they stepped into the territory of Shangjing, they heard the news that Prime Minister Li Cheng's granddaughter and Dr. Yang's eldest grandson were married by the king. This thunder turned Mu Yun and Xiang Jiu Zhi dizzy, and the two of them rode horses and walked slowly on the road, this time they were two scholars from Youfang, and their faces were naturally not the usual ones. Xiang Jiu asked incredulously: "How old is this Li worm? Before it grows, it is engaged? Although it is very beautiful now, if it takes another two years, it will be long, and it will not be a pit for other people's sons?"

Mu Yun heard that Xiang Jiu was thorny in his words, and he didn't pay attention to it, since the last time the two of them teamed up to trick him into eating pills that he shouldn't take, he hated him. Behind Li Shuci's back, they all called her "Li Worm". Facing everyone's doubts, Xiang Jiu explained: "The mother worm has not yet grown up, and she has become a plum worm for the time being." Li Shuci only raised his eyebrows and smiled after hearing this, and he was not as knowledgeable as him.

Xiang Jiu is used to talking to himself, and no one can ignore him and not let him stop even for a moment, "I don't know whose son is so unlucky, how many immoral things he has done in his previous life, then Li Worm is as cunning as a fox now, with a bad stomach, and he will be able to get it in a few years? This kid is planted in Li Worm'er's hands, and I don't know how much he will suffer in the future." If I meet him one day, I will be a good man and warn him well, lest a good man with a good style will be left with only one miserable situation......"

Mu Yun was originally a talker, but when she met Xiang Jiu, she didn't have the slightest desire to speak. Just listening to him, I feel that life is already very noisy. If it weren't for the fact that the things Li Shuci ordered this time were a little difficult to do, and she needed a high-level master to protect her, she would rather go on the road alone! Along the way, Mu Yun had already cultivated a peerless martial art that would never go to her heart with her left ear and right ear out.

Mu Yun should be blowing the wind in Xiang Jiu's ears, she rubbed her hands, "You can count it as entering the city, and you have to take care of it for a few days when you go back, these days the snow is strong and windy, and my face will be blown by the wind." ”

"Your girl's house is in trouble, and the front is the Remnant Wind Inn, let's go there to rest, speaking of which, this inn is also a witness to our fate!" Xiang Jiu didn't care about Mu Yun rolling his eyes at him, his legs clamped between the horse's belly, and he walked a few steps. Lehehe got off the horse first, handed the reins in his hand to Xiao Er, and strode into the door. He said loudly: "Little Er, first warm a pot of good throat roast." Then a raw fried pork lung, a lamb's feet, and a small plate of crispy fried duck intestines. ”

"Eh! Xiao Er brought a pot of wine first, this is the unique wine brew of the Remnant Wind Inn, which is unusually spicy, and it is like burning in the throat. Most of the merchants and passers-by like to drink this wine to keep warm up. "The guest officer will sit down for a while, and the food will come soon!"

Mu Yun sat down behind Xiang Jiu, scanning the lobby of the store, plus they only had three tables of customers.

At the far corner of the square table on the left is an old man with a little girl. The little girl was dressed in a pink shirt, looking delicate and cute, about six or seven years old, leaning very dependently on the old man's arms. Sitting to their right are two middle-aged men, drinking tea and chatting. There were three tea sets on the table, and I guess there was one more who hadn't arrived.

Mu Yun stomped his feet twice, the winter in Beijing is much colder than the summer, there are not many customers in the store, but there is no noise in the past, the stout and short-bearded man is holding a hot tea cup in his hand, and whispered: "The business in Taizhou is really fast." In the first few years, there was always a flood there, and the people rushed to other capitals. Now it's gone, and all the people who have a little capital are drilling there. ”

"Can you do it with capital alone? You can't do it with capital alone......, the boundary of Taizhou is now a golden shack, and there must be a drill camp in it, if there is no helper behind you, can you stand on your feet?" But they are all shipped from overseas, and in the past, these good things were paid as tribute from overseas every year to get a few points, but now as soon as the port is opened, those who have money have invested money and made powerful contributions, and they have all gone to do business at sea. ”

The short-bearded man exclaimed: "Who is in charge of such a good livelihood, and how much oil and water does this need?"

"Taizhou County guards Ling Hongzhi, guarding the five acres and three points of land in the harbor, and he doesn't dare to move his buttocks, for fear that others will take advantage of the loophole and take away this gold and silver nest. But if there is no one behind him to support him, who can believe it? A small county guard can hold such a big bowl? With such a big belly, I am afraid that there is not such a large amount! As for who is holding it, then we don't know......

"Then the business at sea is also risky, isn't it?"

"Snort!" the thin man sneered, "As the saying goes, the bold are to be killed, and the faint-hearted are starved." The risk is big, but if you go to sea and come back to stay alive, the rest is a boatload of silver, don't you think about it? ”

The stout man took two sips of tea and said enviously: "I heard that the rich and noble families in Taizhou are not worse than those in the palace, and some are not even comparable to those in the palace." ”

The thin man was about to answer, when the young man in the blue indigo shirt and his hand in his sleeve pushed the door in from the outside, his eyes lively. He first arched his hand towards the two of them, squatted in front of the small red clay stove in the middle of the hall and roasted it, and then sat down in front of the empty tea bowl and whispered, "Inquired...... It is said that people will follow after the new year, and people will follow, how about it?

The three of them glanced at each other a few times, and the thin man said, "Is this accurate?"

"It's uncomfortable to pinch your throat and talk like this, go, go to my house and say, and let my mother-in-law cook a few small dishes for our grandfather to drink!"

The three of them paid for the tea and went out on their heels and feet.

Xiang Jiu's ear power is naturally not weaker than Mu Yun, and he muttered: "Shinong businessmen, businessmen have the lowest status, but as long as they are away from the feet of the Son of Heaven, I think they can live more nourishing and comfortable than anyone else, and money can make ghosts grind." ”

Mu Yun said: "You said that our girl, wouldn't you want to mix it too?"

Xiang Jiuyan glared, "She? What is the matter with her little lady still wanting to go to heaven? If she doesn't embroider in the backyard, she still wants to go to the sea to do business, can her hand stretch so long? really...... What a ......."

Xiang Jiulian said two truths, thought about it, suddenly became excited, and said: "Is it true? If I really buy a boat and can go to sea, I have to stammer, how interesting is this?"

After dinner, the two went back to Li's Mansion and the other went back to Banbianlou.

Li Shuci is burning incense and learning calligraphy, and with his grandfather's help and recognition, it is much easier to do things than before. In the past few days, the sky has been sunny one after another, but Li Shuqiao's letters have become more urgent than one another, flying from Lingxin Nunnery to the eldest aunt like snowflakes. Qingge was next to the bookcase, reading Li Shuqiao's letter softly.

Li Shuci listened carefully, but there were still some begging Zhou to go to his grandmother to intercede and let her go home, the days of poverty and boredom in the nunnery were unbearable for people like her. "Okay, don't read it anymore, fold the letter back to its original state, and send it to Zhou as usual. ”

Qingge asked: "The eldest girl has also written a lot of letters like this, and the eldest lady has been indifferent, and she is really willing." ”

Li Shuci is now more and more calm and comfortable, watching Zhou's every move in his eyes, "My daughter, how can she not feel distressed, it's just that she is at another time, even if she begs anyone now, it is useless, grandfather and grandmother will not let her come back easily." ”

Qingge thought for a moment, "Could it be ...... The eldest lady is waiting for the uncle to return to Beijing?"

Li Shuci looked at Qingge appreciatively, "The girl next to me is really smarter than the other." ”

Qingge's face flushed: "Follow the girl, you can't let the girl think about everything all the time." ”

"Li Shuqiao desperately wants to go back to the Li Mansion and wants to return to the Shen family, but I can't let Li Shuqiao come back so simply. ”

As he spoke, the pen in Li Shuci's hand paused in the air and said, "Muyun is back." ”

Qingge was stunned, listened attentively, and after a few breaths, he faintly heard the sound of talking outside, opened the door to see, and really saw Mu Yun with a pair of sheepskin boots on his feet, dressed in a short costume, and wearing a black cotton cloak. "The girl's ears are really good now. ”

Mu Yun saw Qingge open the door and looked at her, ran forward in a few steps, asked the girl first when he entered the door, and then paused in the chair, took the hand stove handed over by Qingge, and said, "Everything is done." ”

Li Shuci smiled: "Don't worry, warm up your body first, and then go back and forth after eating." ”

Mu Yun was used to it, so he changed his clothes in a moment, ate a good meal, and said: "The winter in Shangjing is really cold, and when I was outside, I thought, if it weren't for the girl, now my eldest brother and I don't know what kind of life we are living, can we drink such good tea and wear such warm clothes." ”

Li Shuci knew that she was missing her parents and family, and said with relief: "Don't think so much, everyone has their own fate." ”

"Fate is ......", Mu Yun read it twice, and said in frustration: "In the past, my parents were here, and I didn't worry about three meals a day, and I didn't know what kind of nurturing kindness was, but now, I don't have the opportunity to taste it anymore." But I am grateful for the kindness of the girl, if it weren't for the girl, my eldest brother and I would have no food and clothing, and there would be some ghosts and ghosts behind us, chasing and killing day and night, even if it was safe and sound, it was just a female doctor and a buddy in the hospital, and my livelihood was a problem, so what kind of revenge and hatred. ”

Qingge patted Mu Yun's hand, Mu Yun smiled, "This half moon has walked around Shangjing for three states and counties, the journey is not short, I and Xiang Jiu have traveled for nine days and nights, and finally completed the things that the girl ordered." ”

Li Shuci nodded, "Thanks to you." You can't show the slightest rumor about this, otherwise it won't work......"