Chapter 36 The Drawbacks Are Becoming Apparent
"Zhu's carriage!"
"Master Zhu is here!"
"I wonder if the amazing woman is here?"
The endless discussions came and went, Tao Muqing paused, took a deep breath and got out of the carriage with Zhu Kefu.
Knowing this, she ignored the requirements of the old farmer and the master to be veiled, and these countless scorching scrutinies made her really uncomfortable.
Seeing that she was a little nervous and restrained, Zhu Kefu took her hand with a smile and said with a smile: "Sister Junyao, let's go." ”
Under her hand, Tao Muqing's nervous heart slowly fell, and he smiled back.
An old man dressed in navy blue clothes hurriedly greeted him, bowed down and asked, "Master Zhu, the hall master and all the adults are already in the hall, waiting for Master Zhu to discuss together." ”
Zhu Rongguang took two steps, suddenly turned around, Yao Huifen knew what he meant to look back, and said with a smile: "You go, she has us to take care of." ”
"Hmm. Only then did Zhu Rongguang rest assured that he would go with the old man, while Tao Muqing followed his wife and them through the corridor and water pavilion of the Daodao, and everyone who passed by looked at him.
When they passed the Blue and White Water Pavilion, an old lady came over on crutches, accompanied by a delicate woman, who obediently held the old lady's arm and bent slightly to salute.
The woman said softly: "Shuxue has seen the eldest aunt and Sister Kefu. ”
"Hmm. After Yao Huifen answered coldly, she saluted the old lady and said, "Huifen has seen my uncle and grandmother. ”
Zhu Kewen and Zhu Kefu also saluted one after another: "I've seen my uncle and grandmother." ”
The old lady swept Zhu Kewen and Zhu Kefu with cold eyes and didn't pay much attention to them, but looked Tao Muqing up and down, and said to Yao Huifen: "Huifen, Shuxue is also surnamed Yao, she is your niece, and now she is also a second-order jade, and her understanding is no worse than those outsiders. ”
When the old lady talked about outsiders, she glanced at Zhu Kewen intentionally or unintentionally, Zhu Kewen was not annoyed, but smiled casually.
Yao Huifen knew what she meant, but she deliberately pretended to be confused and said: "Uncle and grandmother, what are these words, although I am married to the Zhu Mansion, if the Yao clan needs me, I will not have any excuses, and when the jade refining conference is over, I will let the master give me some advice." ”
"Alas. The old lady stepped forward and gently held her hand, and said with a smile: "Master Zhu, he has been tired of the matter of the Jade Refining Conference, how can he let him worry about this trivial matter again." ”
The old lady paused, looked at Tao Muqing and smiled peacefully: "Is this girl the apprentice of Master Zhu?"
was named by her, Tao Muqing was not surprised, she knew what she meant from the beginning.
Tao Muqing nodded slightly and saluted: "Jun Yao, I've seen the old lady." ”
Yao Huifen said bluntly: "Her affairs, don't talk about me, it is difficult for the master to make the decision." ”
When the old lady heard this, her face changed, and her voice was slightly unhappy: "What's the matter? The little girl is so untamable? The master can't let the apprentice do some trivial things? Or is it the water that others say about the spilled by the married person, you were perfunctory to me at the beginning?"
Yao Shuxue gently pulled the old lady's sleeve and said softly: "Grandmother, forget it, Shuxue doesn't want to embarrass her aunt, and she doesn't want her grandmother and aunt to be unhappy about Shuxue's affairs." ”
After Zhu Kewen and Zhu Kefu glanced at each other, the two looked at both sides of the water pavilion and looked around, quite a feeling that they couldn't bear to look at directly, which made Tao Muqing want to laugh.
Tao Muqing was afraid that the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, so he pretended to be uncomfortable and coughed lightly, and just wanted to open his mouth to relieve his wife, he pulled the corner of Zhu Kewen's clothes.
Zhu Kewen suddenly said, "Sister Chang, what was the meditation mantra you taught me last night? ”
Did he try to stir up trouble? When did he teach him any formula, but he pulled himself to talk about it last night.
Tao Muqing saw that the old lady's face sank, glared at Yao Huifen, and said coldly: "Hmph! The Yao clan raised you white-eyed wolf for nothing! Shuxue, let's go!"
"I'm sorry, it's all Shuxue's fault, please aunt and Miss Chang don't be angry. Yao Shuxue apologized softly, and even I felt pity, which attracted the sideways eyes and discussions of the people around me.
Zhu Kewen and Zhu Kefu didn't care about the eyes of the side at all, and pursed their lips speechlessly at the back of the two leaving.
"Mother, do you think she will tell them that I'm not again?" Zhu Kewen also whispered softly, and I looked at Yao Huifen with pity, which caused Yao Huifen to smile helplessly.
"Okay, let her go, the Yao clan is not yet her turn to come to her room at will. Saying that, Yao Huifen continued to lead the way, turning left and right on the wooden plank road, and the more he walked inside, the more noisy the voices became, and the people slowly gathered.
At the end of the plank road are wicker weeping ponds on both sides, each willow tree is almost full of people, behind the willow tree is a high wall red tile, and the plaque on the open floating nail red gate reads "Yuxi Block".
In the middle of the Yuxi seat is the high platform fighting jade field, the surrounding of the field is the officers and soldiers of the city lord of Zhang, there is a table placed under the high platform, almost full of people, on both sides is the two-storey observation building, one is called the cloud building, the other is called the rain building, and in front is the Yan Wei building, the nine seats in a row on the high platform are still empty.
I didn't expect this Yanyu Hall to be so vast!
As soon as Tao Muqing and the others stepped into the Yuxi seat, they attracted everyone's attention, and the old lady turned her head disdainfully and said a few words to the old lady next to her, only to see the old lady looking at her wife with a reproachful face.
Yao Huifen didn't pay much attention, and at this time, Yiya Huan slowly stepped forward.
The clothes worn by the maid ring servants in the front hall are all earthy yellow, while the clothes of the maid ring servants in Yuxi Seat are obviously much more elegant, and each of the maid ring servants looks elf and capable.
Yahuan saluted and asked: "According to the instructions of the hall master, this year, the Zhu Mansion and Luoyun Villa will be seated in the Cloud Tower together, and Mrs. Zhu will come with the slaves." ”
Zhu Kewen said in a low voice: "It is said that this Zheng Hall Master is well-informed, and what he said is true, he must know that Sister Chang's identity is related to Luoyun Villa, so he deliberately arranged it like this." ”
Her identity Chang Junyao is known to a few of them, but as far as Master Wei and the medical concubine Niangniang know, it has not been announced to the outside world, Tao Muqing thought about it.
Yao Huifen reminded: "This Zheng Hall Master is indistinguishable from good and bad, and he has to be wary of people. ”
Zhu Kewen and Zhu Kefu obediently agreed.
Tao Muqing followed them up to the second floor of the Cloud Building on the left, with the Zhu Mansion seat on the left and the Luoyun Villa seat on the right.
More than ten people came to Luoyun Villa, with Chang Ling as the first table, Shu Yang was also there, and there were two men and a delicate woman at the same table as Chang Ling, all of whom were of the same age as Shu Yang.
And there were nearly 20 people from the Zhu Mansion, and Tao Muqing only knew one person, and that was Zhu Changfeng, who returned to the Tianque faction.
Zhu Kefu and Zhu Kewen walked over excitedly when they saw him, and Zhu Kewen said excitedly: "Big brother, why are you here! Father said that there are important things in your sect that you can't come back, and I'm quite disappointed." ”
"Big brother. Zhu Kefu's words were short, but the admiration in his eyes was overflowing.
Unexpectedly, he was still the object of worship of these two brothers and sisters, which surprised Tao Muqing.
Zhu Changfeng looked at Tao Muqing briskly, and then said with a smile: "Let's see if you have made progress." ”
"You'll watch me later!" Zhu Kewen smiled proudly.
"Okay!" Zhu Changfeng already liked this younger brother, and when he saw his high-spirited and confident big round eyes shining, he even touched the top of his head dotingly, and Zhu Kewen seemed to enjoy it.
Seeing this scene, Tao Muqing couldn't help but think of Xiaodouzi, every time he touched the top of his head, he would dislike him, not like Zhu Kewen who enjoyed it.
"Jun Yao. ”
Tao Muqing relieved himself and saw Chang Ling patting the vacant seat beside him, and saw that his wife nodded lightly before walking over and sitting down.
The people of the Zhu Mansion walked over by her, although they were puzzled and didn't know the relationship between her and Luoyun Villa, but they didn't say much and ask anything.
As soon as Tao Muqing sat down, the gongs and drums in the corners downstairs were noisy, which was very exciting.
As the gongs and drums sounded, the people who were originally surrounding retreated to both sides, and a middle-aged man in white and elegant was in front, the medical concubine Niangniang, the city lord Zhang, the four major jade alchemists and the two major jade connoisseurs headed towards the chairman.
Everyone's eyes suddenly shifted from the direction of the cloud building to the medical concubine Niangniang, but only one line of sight always fell on Tao Muqing to look.