Chapter 18: Showdown
A drawer of buns was divided and eaten by a table of big men, and Yue Xi barely ate the bun he took a bite of, and he didn't even dare to drink the porridge.
Seeing that everyone had put down their chopsticks, the big man quickly took the dishes and chopsticks and sent them to the kitchen.
"Cloud painting girl, let you drink less tea!" He put the hot tea brewed by Yun Hua on the table, and the big man brought the words to Yue Xi.
Yue Xi poured a cup of tea as if he didn't hear it, and pushed the teapot out: "Whoever drinks it will pour it himself." ”
"Lord Ye, how is the approval of the carriage and horse shop?" Yue Xi watched the teapot pass out in everyone's hands, and when it reached Ye Miancheng's hands, there was no water pouring out of it, Xilai ran in from outside, picked up the teapot and ran out: "Aunt Yunhua, give!" ”
Yue Xi shook his head secretly: The house is full of men, Yun Hua and Xia Ran have been on the mountain for a long time, and they are no longer used to seeing so many people, where is it still like a girl who has seen the world from the Prime Minister's mansion?
"This approval is in the county office, so what's so difficult, it's just that you have to pay all kinds of miscellaneous taxes first." Ye Miancheng picked up the teapot on the table that had been refilled, poured a cup of tea himself, took a sip and put it in front of the master very naturally, he looked at Yue Xi and said: "If we want to set up a carriage and horse shop, we will pay more taxes first." ”
"Tell me." Yue Xi motioned for him to continue.
In ancient times, most dynasties were 'heavy agriculture and suppressed commerce', which has almost become the only law followed by the rulers of all dynasties. It is based on agriculture and has set up a lot of obstacles for businessmen, and the status of businessmen is even lower to the dust.
Yue Xi's soul comes from modern times, although she does not have this kind of contempt for businessmen, but if she wants to do some business, she will inevitably be bullied by the government.
These are also things that she has thought of a long time ago.
"If you don't pay taxes, the officials who approve the supervision will not print the white deed, and it will be invalid." Ye Miancheng looked at Yue Xi and said, "It is related to our carriage and horse shop, and it depends on how many livestock you want to buy and how many vehicles you have to prepare before you can calculate." 'Counting vehicles and ships' and 'livestock taxes' are indispensable. ”
"That is, we have to buy and get off the carriage first before we can calculate the money that should be paid, right?" Yue Xi lay on the table, smelling the tea in the teacup with the tip of his nose, and his mind was extremely clear.
"That's what it means." Ye Miancheng nodded.
"Veterinarian Sue." Yue Xi's eyes glanced at Su Jinyan, who was sitting upright, and said, "How about handing over the messenger to you to buy livestock?" ”
"Master." Su Jinyan said 'the minister is a veterinarian' in order not to treat Yuexi, but now he is called by her from time to time, he is used to hearing it, but after all, he is not a veterinarian, and it costs a lot of money to buy livestock, Su Jinyan still said truthfully: "This, Gao Gonggong is more suitable." ”
"Leave the matter of buying livestock and vehicles to the old slave." Gao Gonggong took over the conversation and didn't say much.
"Okay, then tomorrow Gonggong Gao, you will go down the mountain again if you are tired, and Su Jinyan will follow." After thinking for a while, Yue Xi asked again: "How many of us are learning to drive a car now?" ”
"Old cough, sunny day, bean sprouts, rabbit, wealth fan, third sister......" Chu Yingzhi counted them one by one with his fingers, and finally said: "Six!" ”
"Why don't you go to study, I think you're doing a good job of driving a donkey cart." Yue Xi looked at the big man sitting at the end of the big dining table and said with a smile.
"I'll catch the car! But Brother Chu doesn't look down on me! Others were sitting, the big man had been squatting on the chair, and when he heard Yue Xi's question, he suddenly jumped to the ground and said proudly: "When I was a child, I herded cattle and drove carts at home, and no one taught me, but then I learned it myself, and then I caught up with the famine, and the family couldn't eat, so my father sold me and left the cattle ......."
Yue Xi listened to him, and listened to him tell a sad story in an indifferent tone.
From childhood to adulthood, after being sold countless times, the eldest man still became a beggar...... In his father's eyes, this son, who never grew up, was useless without a cow.
"Give me a set of cars for my treasures." Yue Xi sat up slowly with her hands on the table, her waist was still bent, and she smiled and said to the big one: "When the carriage is ready, you can catch the car for me." ”
"Really?!" The boss with the big mouth open looked at Yue Xi in surprise: "Master, you let me give you a car?" Don't you think I'm cold? ”
"Chu Yingzhi picked a few of them to learn to catch a car, and he didn't think you were cold." Yue Xi said softly: "Our carriage and horse shop is newly opened, and you may encounter someone or something on the road, and a few of them look imposing without losing their strength, which will make those who want to move their crooked eyes be honest." ”
"I don't know what to do!" Chu Yingzhi stretched out his hand and nodded a few times towards the big man and made a gesture of slapping his mouth: "Listen to what our big boss says!" ”
"Hey, hey!" The big man hurriedly said to Chu Yingzhi: "Brother Chu, is it not possible if the brother is wrong?" Brother pays you no! ”
"Shh Chu Yingzhi glared at him, and finally shook his head angrily: "Who is as knowledgeable as you." ”
"Uncle Gao." The big man turned his face and smiled at Gao Wen and said, "Our big boss has something to say, don't forget to equip Baoqi with a trailer when you go out to buy a car and livestock!" ”
"I can't forget it." Gawain smiled and nodded.
The people in the palace all called him Gao Gonggong, but these people who came back with Niangniang called him 'Uncle Gao', which made Gao Wen feel very comfortable to hear, so he was also kind to the group of people from the God of Wealth Temple.
"Oops, now it's good!" As he spoke, the big man jumped on a chair and squatted on it, and said to himself, "They are tall and drive big mules, and I am short and drive small donkeys...... Hey, not bad! ”
"There's another thing, I've been hiding it from you for a long time, and now I think I have to explain it to you."
Yue Xi opened his mouth towards the door at the beginning of his words, feeling that he was really lacking in qi, so
It was really lacking in qi, so he turned his head and said to Gonggong Gao: "You go and help me invite a few women in the backyard to come over, I said these words in front of the people in the palace." ”
"Yes." Gao Gonggong immediately got up and walked out.
"Boss, aren't we ......" Chu Yingzhi whispered to Yue Xi: "Why don't we avoid it first?" ”
"No one can avoid this." Yue Xi glanced around at these people present and grinned: "We are a bunch of grasshoppers tied to a rope, and no one can escape." ”
"Yes, it seems that we are also on the rope." Ye Miancheng looked at Ye Qiu with a smile and whispered, "Look at what you are looking for for your master, why did you find such a maiden family when you have nothing to do?" ”
"......" Ye Qiu had no intention of laughing, he raised his head and looked at Yue Xi with a solemn face.
"Don't look at her." Ye Miancheng turned Ye Qiu's face to himself again: "The one sitting above, if she is willing to say it, then she must have thought of a solution, besides, life and death are rich and noble, no matter whether you live or die, the master will accompany you." ”
Ye Qiu looked at him with a gentle expression: "I don't want to die, I haven't lived yet......"
'Smack! Yue Xi picked up the teacup and slapped it on the table, making everyone who was engrossed in watching the two gossips surnamed Ye tremble at the same time!
"In addition to male singles here, female singles, Ye Miancheng, you are not ashamed, pay attention!" Yue Xi said with a frown.
"Isn't this scary to see what you say, I'll make a few idle words to tell everyone not to be afraid." Ye Miancheng was scolded by Yue Xi, but he still didn't care, picked up the teapot and refilled the teacup with water and sent it to Ye Qiu: "Are you thirsty?" Drink more water, that's ......."
As he spoke, he glanced at Yue Xi's pale face as if unintentionally, and immediately turned his face away.
Yue Xi really wanted to drag the quilt in his hand to Ye Miancheng's head!
This bastard's eyes are so annoying, it clearly means that he is even drier than a man now!
Yue Xi pondered the cup for a while, and still put it on the table: Wait for this guy to handle the approval document for me, see if I don't hide Ye Qiu for a few days! Suffocate him!
Originally, the slightly dignified atmosphere in the Tao Hall was eased a lot by Ye Xianling's agitation, although everyone was still speculating about the content of Yue Xi's conversation, the feeling of uneasiness in their hearts had faded a lot.
After a while, several concubines followed Gonggong Gao into the main hall together, and even Chu Huihui, who was not out of the house, was helped over by Xiuzhu and Bilian.
The two dining tables were separated, and the men and women were divided, and Yun Hua and Xia Ran took out the oil lamps in the side halls on both sides and put them on the two tables, and the hall was lit up.
"Everyone's here?" Yue Xi looked at Gonggong Gao.
"It's all there." Gao Gonggong replied in a deep voice.
"When we're ready, we'll get down to business." Yue Xi was injured, and his voice was weak, but fortunately, it was quiet in the hall, and everyone could hear it.
"How can I say it......" Yue Xi leaned back, thought for a moment and then spoke: "I entered the city a year later, and at that time I knew that notices were posted everywhere in the imperial capital, and the content of the notice was to announce the world, and what was written on it was the news of my death. ”
The hall was still quiet, and there was no exclamation as Yue Xi imagined.
This surprised her......
Yue Xi sat up straight, looked around at the people sitting in the hall and frowned: "Now, in Dazhao, your queen mother is my ......" She pointed back to her nose and said, "It's a dead person!" Do you understand this? ”
There was an almost eerie silence in the hall, everyone looked at her, everyone didn't speak, but there was a little pity in their eyes......
"What do you mean?" Yue Xi stood up on the table, bent over and shaking slightly.
"Daddy!" Xilai was the first to rush over and hugged her waist and whispered, "The aunts in the palace know it......"
"You know?!" Yue Xi turned his head to look at Jiang Lan: "Lan Lan, you know? ”
"Master, sit down." Yun Hua and Xia Ran supported her left and right: "We're all listening." ”
Jiang Lan stretched out her hand to cover her mouth and turned her face away: "Hmm." She nodded in a nasal voice.
"Master." Gonggong Gao got up and pushed the chair behind Yue Xi forward, he glanced at Yun Hua and Xia Ran, and watched Yue Xi sit down slowly before continuing: "When you were seriously ill, you insisted on going back to Beijing, and it was Imperial Doctor Su who escorted you back. ”
"Later, he said that you died not far from the west of the imperial capital. At that time, the news of your death had already been transmitted back to the palace, and it was still the queen mother's message from the father-in-law who came from the palace, so that everyone in the palace would go back to the palace. ”
"Such a big event is not child's play, and the strange thing is that no one from the palace has ever come to the palace to inquire!"
"At that time, the old slave felt that this matter was strange."
"It's just that the people in our palace are all living day by day, and the living can't take care of it, who will worry about a dead person?"
Yue Xi closed her eyes and quietly listened to Gao Wen's account of her experience of dying and coming back to life, her face expressionless.
"But in a few days, you actually came back alive...... "Gonggong Gao pointed to Chu Yingzhi and the others who were sitting at the bottom of the table and said, "I also brought them back." ”
"Huh!" Gao Gonggong looked at Chu Yingzhi and the others who were sitting at the bottom and smiled: "Chu Xiucai, you didn't expect that the big boss you recognized was our queen mother of Dazhao, right?" ”
"Huh!" Chu Yingzhi also smiled, he stood up and arched his hand to a few people called Huazi who came over with the God of Wealth Temple: "Brothers, how about you say that I, Chu Yingzhi, recognize this big boss to everyone?" ”
"The big boss didn't treat us to say! Brother Chu, your eyes are good! The big man suddenly got up from his chair and said to the people in the hall, "Whoever is afraid will get out!" I'm going to drive the donkey cart for the big boss! ”
"Yes, Brother Chu, your heart is bright, although the big boss we recognize is a girl, she doesn't lose to you everywhere! Our brothers are all served! ”
"Do you hear that?" Chu Yingzhi smiled at Yue Xi: "Big boss, my brothers praise me for my bright heart and bright eyes!" ”
Yue Xi nodded, and also smiled: "Your eyes are not bad, Lao Tzu wanted to come here with a vote, but who knew that he was falsely accused by a few of you......"
"Actually, I've been blind for a long time!" Chu Yingzhi looked at Yue Xi and smiled indifferently: "The head of the family still remembers that night, when we touched the old nest surnamed Zheng, didn't you think I was too close to you and asked me what kind of illness I had?" ”
Yue Xi raised his head and thought about it before nodding: "It seems that there is such a thing." ”
"I was framed, my leg was broken, and I was blinded by a stabbing eye, so I followed you closely, because I couldn't see clearly......"
Chu Yingzhi said that he looked at Yang Jingshu beyond everyone's sight: "I'm just a waste, how can I be this family?" ”
Two lines of hot tears fell down Yang Jingshu's eyes, and she also stared at Chu Yingzhi, but her eyes were hazy with tears, so that she couldn't see the person standing not far away.