Chapter 222: Thirteen Returns to Beijing
Behind the flower wall of the garden, the jade finger wrapped an urn in a cloth, and held it in both hands heavily, and saw that the little eunuch on the opposite side wanted to hold it with his hand, and hurriedly said, "Carrying it, the bottom is still hot." Please go to w-w-w.. C-o-m see the latest chapter******"
The little eunuch took it with a smile and sniffed it, "It's so fragrant, I'll just say that my sister hurts me,"
Yuzhi wiped the ashes off his hands with a handkerchief, and said, "I specially stewed a jar, and when I go back, remember to share it with the people in your room, don't eat alone and let people say." ”
"I know it all." The little eunuch didn't dare to stay for a long time, he was guarding the second gate in the backyard, and ran to the back while no one was paying attention. "There's a lot of excitement ahead, but the back door isn't open. I think the master came back, but Master Li didn't come back. He said.
Yuzhi nodded: "Thank you for this news, I remember your goodness." Let's not talk about it, I'll look for you again when I have good things in the future. ”
The little eunuch also nodded at her, bent down and ran out of the flower wall with his things.
Seeing that he was gone, Jade Finger deliberately sat behind the flower wall for a while. This flower wall is planted with frangipani, which is said to be the wildflower that Li Fang Fujin likes. The master specially asked someone to move it back and plant it in the garden as a treasure. Other precious flowers and trees, whether peonies or peonies, must give way to its wildflowers.
At the end of March and the beginning of April, the flower wall has just been planted, and the high bamboo shelves are surrounded by frangipani flowers, and the tender green leaves are just emerging all over the shelves.
Jade pointed to his heart, this flower has entered the eyes of nobles, and wild flowers can also enter the house. It can be seen that there are no rules in this world, and what the superior says is what.
Just thinking about it, Yuxiang in Wugege Courtyard came out to look for her, saw her sitting here in a daze, stepped forward and pulled her and said, "You are idle!" Gege has been looking for you two or three times! ”
Yuzhi didn't say anything, and the two hurried back to the Wugege Courtyard. Before entering the house, Yulu lifted the curtain and came out and said, "Where did you go to play?" ”
Yuxiang pushed Yulu and said, "Okay, hurry up and call her in." I'll bring tea later. ”
Yuzhi entered the house alone, Wu Gege sat under the window, holding his chin to look at the early spring outside the window, and when he saw her coming back, he beckoned to him and asked, "Sent it to the little eunuch?" ”
Jade Finger stepped forward to squeeze Wu Gege's shoulder, and responded with a smile: "Yes." They ran out of oil and water in their stomachs, and the slaves and maids made a pot of braised pork, all of which were the size of fists, enough for them to eat twice. She whispered a few words in Wu Gege's ear.
Wu Gege nodded, "It's probably because the side Fujin is still on Zhuangzi." She swept out the window, to the room where the doors and windows were closed, and the three of the master and servant in the room did not show their heads.
Yuzhi was afraid that she would be angry again, and said, "It's getting late, I see that the wind is strong, so it's better to close this window." Without waiting for Wu Gege to speak, she leaned over and closed the window.
Wu Gege knew that she was weishenme, and sneered: "I don't have the heart to care about her. ”
Yuzhi helped her sit on the couch, Yulu brought tea in, she took it and put it on the kang table, "Why should Gege be as knowledgeable as a person like her?" Last time Fujin promoted her, didn't she have that blessing? I cried for two or three days when I came back, and I don't dare to go out until now. ”
Yulu laughed playfully: "Then they are bored in the house to hatch eggs!" ”
Wu Gege laughed: "She has no seeds, hatch a fart!" ”
After laughing, Wu Gege's face hung up again, and the two girls didn't dare to say anything, one knelt down to beat her legs, and the other stood behind her and pinched her shoulders.
Wu Gege asked the two girls to wait well, and the depression in his chest dissipated a little. She figured out that Fu Jin wanted to promote the Niu Colu clan and the Geng clan.
She's old now, and she doesn't have that to say. Among the few people who entered the mansion later, Wang's called the abolition. Geng's family hugged Fujin's thigh in the morning, and Niu Colu's family didn't open his mind anymore, and the blessing of his ancestors had a good surname.
Fu Jin took these two people, and he wanted to push the fourth master forward.
Not this time, there is a next time.
Master Li didn't come back with him, and he was only afraid that the Niu Co Lu clan would be weird again tonight.
Just as she was thinking, Yuxiang quietly entered the house and whispered, "I'm going to ask for hot water over there." ”
If you want hot water, you naturally have to start dressing up. The jade fingers looked at each other, Wu Gege was so angry that his face turned black, and he said hatefully: "If God has long eyes, let her fall and chew when she goes out!" ”
The girls in the room stood and did not dare to move or speak. Gradually, the voices in the courtyard became clearer. They listened to the door of the next room, the door creaked open, and the ginseng flower came out of the house, took the hot water from the dining room in the back yard, and said, "Thank you for this trip, let's use the money to buy some fruit to eat." ”
A little girl replied tenderly, "Sister Xiexie." Sister, when the hot water runs out in a while, I'll pick up the pot and put it under the window. ”
The little girl ran out of the yard briskly, and when the ginseng flowers entered the house and closed the door, they could not hear the sound.
Yuzhi and a few people breathed a sigh of relief, and when they saw that Wu Gege was no longer scolding, they dared to disperse lightly. Yulu and Yuxiang went out and hid in the corner room on the side, and after waiting for a while, Yuzhi also came, and they hurriedly asked, "How is Gege?" ”
Jade Finger sighed: "What can it be?" It is said that he wants to be alone. ”
The three of them sat in the room in a daze, and Jade Finger asked, "By the way, what about Yuyi?" ”
Yulu said, "I don't know where I went. Gege doesn't care about her, there's no work in the house, so she just goes out and runs away. As she was talking, a green-clothed girl came in with the curtain lifted, Yulu thought she had heard, and hurriedly got up to give up her seat, Yuyi waved her hand and said, "I won't sit, Master Li is back." ”
"Really?" A room full of girls stood up.
Yuyi nodded: "Fujin is also back, the second gate has already been swept away, and the door of the East Courtyard has also been opened." The jade jar has already arrived, and I heard her say that the jade bottle is with Master Li. ”
Jade Finger smiled and said, "That's good, I'll go and tell Gege." ”
She hurriedly turned to this side of the house, Wu Gege had nothing to do, was arranging the chess game, and when she saw her come in, she said, "I have heard the sound of you talking in the other side of the room here, what are you making trouble?" ”
Jade finger stepped forward and said, "Master Li is back." ”
Wu Gege stood up all of a sudden, walked around the room with joy, stepped forward to prop up the window, and pointed to Niu Colu: "I see how proud she is this time!" ”
Jade Finger was also happy, Gege was in a good mood, and their life was easy. She helped Wu Gege sit down and said, "Gege, do you want to go and say hello to Master Li?" ”
Wu Gege knew that Niu Colu's family was busy, and he was in a good mood, and said: "No, Fang Fujin must be very tired when he just came back, you go and say it personally, and I will go to ask for peace when Fang Fujin is free tomorrow." By the way, I'm afraid that the dining room is going to be busy with Fujin's meal, so you can go and pick up the food now, so that they won't be late and they will take some things to fool us. ”
Jade pointed to Yingying Yifu, "Yes, the slave will go." She went out of the house, and when she passed by Niu Colu's house, she deliberately walked over and quietly stuck it outside the window to listen.
In the house, Niu Colu was picking out clothes under the waiters of Ginseng Flower and Qiao Xiang, and she said, "Even if you pick it, what if you pick it?" Fu Jin is not here, and the master will not come back. ”
Shenhua persuaded: "Let's prepare, in case the master comes, we won't be in a hurry." As Mama Zhuang said, Fang Fujin is not here, and it is impossible for the master not to find someone all the time. It's either you or her, let's always be ready, we always have a better chance than others. ”
As he was talking, he suddenly heard someone laughing outside the window, Shenhua put down the clothes in his hand, walked to the window gently, pushed the window open, and saw a back figure turning in the corner.
"Someone's out there?" Hashika also came over to look outside. Shenhua shook her head and closed the window: "I heard it wrong, let's go ahead and pick out clothes for Gege." ”
Ginhua thought about the back she saw just now, a bit like a jade finger. What was she laughing at while hiding outside the window?
After a while, I heard someone coming back outside, and Shenhua went out to take a look, and Yuzhi actually came back with a lunch box. When she saw the ginseng flower, she also smiled. Ginhua looked at the sky, and returned to the house puzzled, Qiao Xiang asked, "What are you doing?" ”
Ginhua couldn't think right: "I saw the jade finger on Wu Gege's side, and I'm going to pick up food now." What time is this? ”
This point is certainly not lunch, and dinner is too early again. The three people in the room were stunned for a while, and Niu Colu thought first, "Isn't it...... The masters are all back? "She didn't even dare to say the words 'side Fujin'.
The other two girls suddenly realized.
There was a dead silence in the room, as if the joy and energy that had filled the room had vanished.
In the east courtyard, Li Wei had just gotten out of the car. Da Gege and Sangege followed Ergege over, waiting to greet her. She beckoned them into the house to drink tea, and if they wanted, they could do it conveniently.
Da Gege thanked her for the tea and said, "We have to go and say goodbye to my grandmother before we go back." ”
Ergege didn't have anything to be polite in the East Courtyard, and as soon as Li Wei said that she would go conveniently, she also took Sangege away. When they came back, Li Wei said, "It's just right, I haven't seen Fujin either." Let's go together. ”
Come back as soon as you're done.
Won Young was changing his clothes when he heard them coming. The pomegranate who waited for her said, "If the master does not want to see you, the slave and maid will go and say that you have rested?" ”
I get tired at the thought of seeing them. Yuan Ying shook his head and said, "No need, please wait for a while, I'll come out right away." ”
A few girls said goodbye, and Yuan Ying told them to go back and rest, and they didn't have to come over at night to say goodbye, so they just came back today and had a good rest.
As for Li Wei, she and Yuan Ying looked at each other with disgust, and after saying kind words, Li Wei also retired.
Back in the east courtyard, the jade bottle came over and said: "The master has been in the front yard since he came back, and just now he asked someone to spread the word that he won't come tonight, so you don't have to wait for him, rest early." ”
Li Wei sighed, she was also very tired from taking the car all the way. After seeing Hiroshi, he hastily ate something and washed up and fell asleep.
The next day, the Thirteen Blessings came. Fu Jin specially called her over, and Li Wei guessed that there should be something wrong with the thirteen Fu Jin before she went. Only after arriving did I know that the Thirteenth Master was coming back. The emperor toured the south, and it was an errand to ask him to come back.
The Thirteen Fujin heard the news yesterday, and today he specially went to the Fourth Master's Mansion to inquire. The person who went to the Thirteen Mansion to spread the word couldn't speak clearly, and Zhao Jia's family was even more worried if he didn't understand, for fear that the Thirteenth Master would ask the emperor to rush back.
She skipped Yuan Ying and only said to Li Wei: "My heart is up and down, and my lord doesn't know if it's good or bad when he comes back this time, so I have to come to trouble my sisters-in-law......"
Seeing that Fu Jin was also looking at her, Li Wei pretended to think about it, shook her head and said, "Our master never told me about the things ahead, and I never inquired." ”
Zhao Jia's expression immediately became sad, and he went to see the fourth sister-in-law, hoping that she would say two good words.
Yuan Ying said: "Sister, don't be in a hurry to refuse, just for the sake of the thirteenth brother and sister, if you can help, you can help......"
"You can't say that." Li Wei felt that she was worthy of the four big words of iron and stone, and she said with a straight face: "The gentlemen are all doing the official business of the imperial court, how can there be any reason for us to inquire indiscriminately?" ”
She felt that Fujin was suspected of sowing discord, and she even bit her to death, and she didn't dare and would not inquire about this.
Zhao Jiashi saw that it really didn't make sense, so he had to say goodbye first, and before leaving, he deliberately said to Li Wei: "It's all because I'm in a hurry, sister-in-law, don't be like me." ”
Li Wei still didn't want to offend people in essence, and also said soft words at this time: "You don't have to worry too much." Is there really a case, is it possible that our master will still look at the thirteenth master? ”
Zhao Jia's tears fell instantly, nodded hurriedly, and asked the girl to lead her out. The person who came back yesterday said that the thirteenth master asked how much silver the family could come up with? Zhao Jiashi was anxious when he heard it, he would ask like this, which means that he has no choice, otherwise he will not know how much silver there is at home?
Her Ama is long gone, and there is only a little brother left in the family who is only in his twenties, and now he is just a little royal history, and the whole family is still eating the old book, and I don't know how long it will take for him to come out. Usually, the thirteenth master also takes care of her mother's family, but at this time, he found that he was really unaccompanied.
She got out of the fourth master's mansion and got in the car, and the coachman asked her if she was going back to the house, she wiped her tears and said, "Go to the sixth sister's house." "Now I have to beg the sixth brother-in-law to go to the Internal Affairs Office to inquire about one or two.
In the east courtyard, Li Wei sat there and thought about it, and felt that she should still say something to the fourth master. Looking at the appearance of the Thirteen Fujin, it seems to be a big deal?
Zhao Quanbao hasn't come back yet, but he thinks of Cheng Xian...... She dispelled the idea of sending him and said to the jade bottle, "Call Xiao Xizi." ”
In the study in the front yard, Su Peisheng saw a familiar boy sneaking over the wall, and he walked to the corner and beckoned to him. Xiao Xizi ran up: "Grandpa Su." ”
Su Peisheng smiled: "Why are you here?" Oh, by the way, Master Li asked you to pass the word. Hehe, boy, this time it's finally coming out. ”
Xiao Xizi was also happy with a red face, and even hit a few Qian'er, and said, "Grandpa Su, the master is ...... now."
Su Peisheng raised his chin to the study: "Wait, the master is talking about something." You also stand here, in your yard, your brother Zhao Quanbao grew up here, haven't you been here a few times? ”
Xiao Xizi looked at the scenery in the front yard, took a deep breath excitedly, and nodded vigorously.
In the study room separated by a wall, Dai Duo and the fourth master were worried. 800,000 taels is missing 600,000 taels, this is not a hole. Dai Duo said: "This silver is still a trivial matter, but it is that master Weishenme who plays with this hand, which makes people can't figure it out." ”
The fourth master was also thinking about this, and he just hummed when he heard the words.
Dai Duo talked about it, and continued to shake his head and swing the dragon gate array: "If you want to say that he deliberately can't get along with your master, it's unlikely." If this errand is not done well, it is indeed not good for the master, but it is not good for the master - at least this benefit is not so big that the master can give you up. ”
Oh, yes. The fourth master is also sure that in the prince's place, his younger brother still has some weight.
Dai Duo said: "Then we might as well move this in advance, just think that if the silver doesn't count, what will happen next?" ”
He wrenched his fingers: "The Cao family's silver is not matched, and no one can make up this amount in one go." When the silver is sent to Beijing, it will definitely alarm many people. Everyone is staring to see who will be the first to return. According to the students, as soon as this silver arrives in Zhili, it should be seen by people, 200,000 taels and 800,000 taels are definitely different, and this matter cannot be covered. ”
It's uncoverable. Unless Thirteen can find another 600,000 taels on the road to make up for it.
This can't be done by killing Thirteen.
"The Cao family's excerpts have seen a lot of people. The amount of silver is not right, everyone will definitely say one, two, three after they know it. Whether it is to ask the Thirteenth Master for silver, or to trace the whereabouts of the silver, or to find the Cao family, this is possible. ”
The fourth master vaguely understood.
Dai Duo affirmed: "If this continues, I am afraid that the matter of owing silver will be ...... It's over. ”
That's right. The fourth master nodded slowly, and said with a sigh of relief: "Indeed." As soon as the Cao family's silver entered Beijing, everyone was not in a hurry to return the silver, but argued about the Cao family's silver. "Missing? Or is there someone who is pocketing himself? Or is the Cao family a fraud?
This is lively, who cares about the silver in Beijing? Let's fix the Cao family first.
"The prince wants to stir up the matter of the household arrears of silver...... the fourth master said, in other words, the prince does not want to repay the silver smoothly. Of course, he doesn't owe silver in the palace, but it's hard to say who he has. Not to mention anything else, Suo has not borrowed less for many years. Now that Sosang is dead, the money left behind falls on his two sons.
Is the prince afraid that the emperor will take the opportunity to copy Suoxiang's home?
The fourth master couldn't figure it out for a while, so he asked Dai Duo to go back first. Su Peisheng came over and said that Master Li asked someone to pass the word, and he said, "Ask someone to change the tea." Tell Kiko to come in. ”
Xiao Xizi knelt down when he came in, and the fourth master drank two sips of tea and asked him, "What's the matter with your master?" ”
Xiao Xizi said about the Thirteen Fujin, and said: "Our master is afraid that the Thirteen Fujin is really urgent, and the Thirteenth Master doesn't know what's wrong outside, and he is worried that he will miss the master's business, so he called the slave to give the master a gift." ”
The fourth master only thought of the Thirteen Fujin at this time, "Your master is thoughtful. Okay, go back, tell her not to worry, and say I know about it. ”
After Xiao Xizi retreated, he asked Su Peisheng to find out where the Thirteen Fujin Capital had gone, and heard that he had gone to the house of Iljue Logen Yiduli. He had no impression of this person, Su Peisheng checked it clearly, and said: "This person is the sixth sister of the Thirteen Fujin Mother's family who married, and I heard that there is a foreigner in the Internal Affairs Office." ”
In other words, an official position bought with money.
When it comes to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is the eighth master. The fourth master heard that the Thirteen Fujin had entered the house of the Yierjue Luogen clan, and it was too late to call her out now.
He walked around the house twice and called for Fu Min to be called.
Fu Min is his companion, and he rarely uses him. Fu Min came quickly, and the fourth master said: "You hurry out of the city and go to your thirteenth master, just say that the eighth is likely to know about this matter, and tell him to make plans early." ”
Fu Min left immediately, and soon heard a report that he had left the city.
The fourth master breathed a sigh of relief. As long as you can catch up with the eighth master before you notice, it doesn't matter if you enter Beijing or if something happens. Otherwise, if you ask the eighth child to hold on to this matter, it will be difficult for Thirteen to get out.
As for the Thirteen Fujin, she can't be told to run around anymore. In the evening, he arrived at the East Courtyard and asked Li Wei to go to the Thirteenth Master's Mansion tomorrow.
"Isn't it a hurry to call Thirteen Fujin? Okay, I'll go. Li Wei said.
The next day, she went to the Thirteen Masters' Mansion early in the morning, and just blocked the Thirteen Fujin at the gate. The carriages of the two men were huddled head to head. Li Wei heard that it was the carriage of the Thirteen Fujin, and remembered the words of the fourth master yesterday, so she hurriedly ordered the coachman to block the road.
The people of the Thirteen Prefectures saw that the carriage here was also followed by a team of guards, and they didn't dare to rush into it, so they came over to inquire, and heard that it was the Fourth Master's Mansion who came to visit, so they hurried to go back.
Zhao Jiashi was in the car, and when he heard this, he said to the girl: "Is it the fourth sister-in-law?" ”
She hurriedly asked someone to turn the car back to get out of the way, and came to the car in person to ask. Who knew that after the curtain was lifted, it was Li Fangfujin who came out.
Zhao Jiashi asked her to come back yesterday, but she didn't expect that she would come to the door again today, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she just said, "Sister-in-law?" ”
Li Wei boldly guessed that the Thirteen Fujin probably did something inappropriate and embarrassed the fourth master.
She got out of the car directly, took Zhao Jia's hand and said, "I came to see you on purpose, let's go in and talk." ”
She dragged the thirteen blessings for the host, and when she went to the house and waited for the girl to have tea, she even called the girl down. Zhao Jiashi also saw that she was not coming to daoqian or to set up, and when only the two of them were left, Zhao Jiashi couldn't wait to ask: "Sister-in-law, is there any news?" ”
Li Wei doesn't know anything, but she has natural confidence in the fourth master, and she also has confidence in the hardcore fourth master party of the thirteenth master. Anyway, the aura of the fourth master must be shrouded in his dear thirteenth brother.
She affirmed, "Don't worry. After you left yesterday, I told our master immediately. Our lord said that he already knew about this, and he already had a way, so don't worry, don't ask around, lest people know about it and ruin their plans. ”
Zhao Jiashi asked again and again: "Is it really okay?" ”
Li Wei replied categorically: "It's really fine." Our master has said that it will definitely be fine. ”
No matter how Zhao Jiashi looks at it, she feels that Li Fangfujin is confident, and her heart can be regarded as falling back into her stomach. She let out a sigh of relief, hurriedly called someone in to wait, re-served tea, and said that she would leave Li Wei to eat. Li Wei resigned and said, "It's okay if you're fine, I'm also afraid that you will be in a hurry." Then I'll go back first, and if there's anything else, you can just ask someone to go to my side and talk about it. ”
"Also, I was bad yesterday and was too unkind to you." Li Wei couldn't say that it was because Fujin was in the same trench as her yesterday that she was so fierce to her.
How could Zhao Jia's be angry? said again and again: "Sister-in-law, don't say that, my sister-in-law has taught me the right lesson, but I am ignorant." Besides, my sister-in-law feels sorry for me, didn't she inquire for me? If I complain about my sister-in-law again, I will be a person with no conscience. ”
She personally sent Li Wei into the car before coming back, and called the next person: "Go and tell my sixth sister that the matter is over, so that they don't have to worry about me." I'll go and thank them myself. ”
Li Wei returned to the mansion, and the fourth master was still ahead, so she had to call someone to tell him. sighed that I didn't have a chance to show my skills.
Five or six days later, the fourth master came back to rest, and when he was washing, he suddenly popped up and said, "By the way, I haven't rewarded you yet." Explain that you have done a good job, what do you want? ”
The second monk Li Wei was puzzled, but it didn't prevent her from taking the benefits, and immediately said, "What did the master say? ”
The fourth master put down the towel, unbuttoned it and said, "The master said it." ”
"I owe it first, and I can't remember what I want for a while." She said beautifully.
Fu Min sent a letter back and said that he had met the thirteenth master, he was in a good mood, and teased her: "If you don't say it quickly, the master will forget it." ”
Li Wei also found that she was living a very happy life, except for the desire to watch American dramas on the computer and the Internet, which was beyond the ability of the fourth master, there was nothing else she wanted.
…… Isn't it possible to tell him that he wants to eat fat sausages?
One afternoon a few days later, the fourth master was resting in the house with her, Su Peisheng came to knock on the door, and said through the screen: "Fu Min is back." ”
Fu Min was dressed in the dust, he worked hard all the way, and he didn't even dare to rest.
The fourth master helped him up: "How?" ”
Fu Min stepped forward and said in a low voice, "The Thirteenth Master has returned to Beijing." Now it's eighty miles away from Beijing. ”
Could it be that Thirteen has a way? The fourth master was caught off guard, and he asked Fu Min, "What's the matter?" ”
Fu Min shook his head and said, "I don't know." When I arrived, 800,000 taels was not a lot. It's just that the thirteenth master said that when sent to the household, it can only be weighed in the next box, and it cannot be opened. ”
The fourth master laughed angrily, and he asked Fu Min rhetorically: "Is this possible?" ”
Fu Min also knew that the Thirteenth Master was not doing this authentically, and he didn't weigh it in the other box, and the Thirteenth Master was sure that two catties were definitely enough. But if you don't open the box, it is the responsibility of the fourth master to enter the warehouse.
If Thirteen is here, the fourth master can slash him with one sword.
Fu Min saw that the fourth master's expression was getting more and more distant, and he knew that this master was angry.
He said: "Master, there may not be no room for turning around in this matter. On that box, there is an imperial seal. ”
The imperial seal is not something that anyone can tear. At least if the fourth master is not present, none of the officials in the household department will dare to tear it up.
The fourth master breathed a sigh of relief, and said that he would have to be a turtle with a shrunken head again. It seems that the crown prince still left room for him. But the premise is that he can't get in the way of the prince's affairs.
He waved Fu Min away and pondered alone.
In the afternoon, Li Wei heard the fourth master tell her that she was going to Zhuangzi.
"Still going?" She said.
"It's just a summer getaway." The fourth master said with a smile.
Li Wei said in her heart, I believe you are a fool, do you have a summer vacation in April?