Xiao Ayao wants to buy clothes for the little marquis?!

can teach the apprentice who is as arrogant and lonely as an iceberg on the outside, and as narcissistic as a peacock on the inside, Master Kukai is not such a pure monk with a heart like stopping water, which will make him completely think of the apprentice.

Unlike the arrogance and joy of the little marquis, Master Kukai felt the pressure on his face.

Although he really wanted the two apprentices to get together, he knew better that he couldn't do it himself. Hu Jiuling's attitude is in his eyes, and he is 10,000 against his own girl getting too close to the little marquis. If it is too much, sometimes it will only be counterproductive.

"Ahem......"

The cool breeze in the Fuqu Pavilion was blowing, and the two people who looked at each other across the flat-headed case were awakened by the sound of coughing, and finally realized that there was a third person in the room.

"Master Kukai ......" realized that his behavior was a little unreserved, Ah Yao blushed and explained urgently: "Brother Jing has helped the Hu family so much, I always want to repay one or two." It just so happens that there are samples left over from the tribute over the years, and the styles are very complete, maybe there are some that he once wore in the capital. ”

It turned out that this was the case, and he felt that Xiao Ayao would not have such superb means of chasing lovers. Looking at her innocent little face, Master Kukai understood that his little apprentice had not yet opened his mind.

After a little relief, it was followed by more and more melancholy, what should the little marquis do?

Turning his gaze to the little marquis, seeing that there was a trace of cold air emanating from his body, Master Kukai's heart tightened, and he quickly changed the topic: "Today we are going to talk about going to the banquet." ”

"The master is right!"

When it came to business, A-Yao quickly cheered up and sat upright, staring at the young man opposite with apricot eyes. I don't know if it's her delusion, but I always feel that his face is a little gloomy.

Lu Jingyuan was about to die of anger, but he didn't expect that girl to think so, he was really happy in vain. His mind spun fast, and soon he remembered the previous few times. staring at him when getting out of the carriage is likely to be a knee-jerk reaction after being frightened; Wrapping his arms around his neck tightly when he shuttled through the mulberry forest, it may also be that he forgot about his male and female defenses in excitement.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had discovered the truth, it turned out that all those snickering joys before were all wishful thinking on his part, and the thought of his foolish pride made his face more and more gloomy. In the end, even the rough nerve A-Yao found out.

Approaching the young man, she cautiously asked, "Is Brother Jing angry?" ”

How can there be such a scary little girl! For the first time, Master Kukai understood Hu Jiuling, how could his beloved disciple marry such a moody person.

Even if he understood, this little thing was not enough to shake his support for the little marquis, so he began to open his mouth to play a round: "Little A-Yao, he may be thinking about recruiting military salaries tomorrow." ”

It turned out that he was thinking about business, no wonder his expression was so strict. Nodding, Ah Yao retreated lightly, and before she could sit down, she heard the young man opposite say:

"No matter what kind of banquet, you only need to do one thing."

Lifting the brush and ready to record at any time, A-Yao looked at him intently.

Whatever the girl's reason, as long as she could set her eyes on him. Now like this, it is better than him can only jump to the osmanthus tree in the courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing and look at her secretly. Thinking like this, Lu Jingyuan's heart gradually calmed down.

"Finding a proper long history is fully responsible."

"Long history?" Writing these two words on the rice paper, A-Yao paused: "Is it the housekeeper of the palace or the princess's mansion?" But I couldn't find them. No, Brother Jing is talking about finding a proper person in charge? ”

Lu Jingyuan nodded, this girl is not so stupid.

"The most important thing for those in power, whether they are officials or businessmen, is to have the ability to recognize people. It's too tiring to do everything yourself, find the right person and put it in the right place, and you can do it yourself. ”

Brother Jing made sense, and Ah Yao nodded heavily. Sitting on the top, seeing the big apprentice wrapping the little apprentice in a few words, Master Kukai was a little unbearable.

"Brother Kejing......"

Hearing Ah Yao speak, Master Kukai stopped when he came to his lips.

Sitting on the side of the flat-headed case, A-Yao's face was full of doubts: "If you haven't tried a thing yourself, don't understand how to do it, and don't know what to pay attention to, and you are confused when you mention it, wouldn't it be easy to be fooled by the people below." How do you find the right person? If you're unlucky, won't you find a bunch of pretending people to take care of things? ”

"Stupid."

A-Yao pouted, looking a little aggrieved.

Seeing that her face was full of unhappiness, Lu Jingyuan's mood suddenly improved, and he asked you to lie to me and say that I was buying clothes. Secretly refreshed, he had to admit that the girl had a point, although he had the ability to look at each other, and could see other people's abilities from his face and some details, but most people like her still had to distinguish according to their own experience.

But the silly girl doesn't have to, she is going to marry him in the future, and he will help her choose the most satisfactory housekeeper. She just needs to enjoy her happiness with peace of mind, and she doesn't have to worry about this.

Ah Yao thought completely opposite to her, in her previous life, she had enough of the suffering that she was incapable of. When she was protected, she was still carefree, but when the big tree above her head that sheltered her from the wind and rain fell, she fell into an embattled situation, and within a few years she was eaten alive by jackals, tigers and leopards.

In this life, she must be motivated and learn everything she should learn.

The two of them had different ideas, and the Fuqu Pavilion was silent, and seeing this, Master Kukai finally spoke, relieving the stagnant atmosphere.

"Xiao Ayao is right, and Hou Ye is even more right. Whether you know how to do it yourself, or find someone who can do things, it's good to be able to get things done. Now what we are doing now is tomorrow's military salary banquet in Yunlailou. ”

After the topic was skewed several times to 108,000 miles, it finally got back on track.

All the invitations have been sent out, the place of Yunlailou has been decided, and the only thing left is the dishes for tomorrow's banquet.

"Although the Huaiyang cuisine in Yunlailou is a must, the poor monk always feels that it can be done better."

Do better? Ah Yao thought about the several Yunlailou banquets that Daddy had attended, and the major silk merchants gathered, eating things were fake, and talking about things was true. No matter how delicate and delicious the dishes are, everyone is busy intriguing and striving to maximize their own interests during the whole process.

"If you can make everyone have a good meal......

A certain fragment flashed through Ah Yao's mind, so fast that she could barely grasp it.

"Have fun? The poor monks had participated in the Dharma with Rinpoche in the northwest, and the roasted whole sheep feast of the local herdsmen was really lively. Young ladies and girls sang and danced around the campfire, and mare's milk drank glass after glass. ”

Roasted whole lamb feast? She remembered! In his previous life, it was almost at this time, Shen Moci held a warm pot banquet in Yunlai Tower. A hole is cut in the middle of the table, a copper pot with soup stock is put in, the charcoal at the bottom boils the soup pot, the meat and vegetables are put in and shabu-shabu, and the fresh meat slices with water shine are sandwiched out and dipped in the sauce.

The reason why I was impressed was because Daddy also went to the banquet. It was also that time that Daddy, who had always been restrained, came back with the smell of alcohol, and then a few days later, the Hu family's treasury was opened, and boxes of silver were carried out. Daddy, who usually never frowns when he takes silver, will sigh and look gloomy, and even she can notice the depression of love.

When she asked, Daddy only sighed, and vaguely said that the court has a life, and other families donate so much, if the Hu family is less, not only will they not be able to get by on face, but they will also have to eat the first row when they enter Beijing in the future.

At that time, she didn't know anything about the outside world, and she didn't know about donating military salaries, and later after Daddy's accident The treasury was stolen, she gradually left this matter behind. It wasn't until this moment that she understood the cause and effect.

It must have been when he was recruiting military salaries in his previous life, Daddy fell into Shen Moci's trap and lost a lot of money. Perhaps in his previous life, he left Qingcheng uncharacteristically and brought Uncle Gui into Beijing in person, and there are deeper reasons.

What is the reason for this?

Intuition told her that this matter was very important.

Noting this doubt in her heart, when she looked up at the two of them again, she proposed two ideas: a roasted whole sheep banquet and a warm pot banquet.

"Everyone is lively and lively, eating some meat and drinking some wine, the atmosphere is warm, and there are not so many worries and calculations."

When it came to eating meat, she looked at Kukai Master in a monk's robe with a slight apology, and seeing that the other party didn't care, she naturally continued.

After she finished speaking, I saw the two of them looking at her together, with joy and excitement in their eyes.

The little apprentice is really smart, so that all the silk merchants can blend into the warm atmosphere, and unconsciously pay more, which is much better than the same meticulous calculation in the face of meticulous and regular Huaiyang dishes. His vision for picking apprentices was as good as ever, and Master Kukai thought proudly.

Lu Jingyuan thought of the last time, in the pagoda forest behind Huashou Temple, this girl used the silk village as an example to refute Shen Moci's equation. It seems that every critical moment, the idea she comes up with can make people's eyes shine. Once it's crooked, and what about twice?

is worthy of being the girl he fancies, Lu Jingyuan also thought proudly.

"It's the last day, and Yunlailou must have prepared the poultry eggs and meat dishes for tomorrow's banquet, and changing the warm pot can reduce waste; However, this recruitment of military salaries is for the soldiers in the northwest, if the roast whole sheep banquet in the northwest is adopted, everyone gathers around the bonfire, the atmosphere is more enthusiastic, not to mention, but also more empathetic. ”

Ah Yao brought out the advantages of the two banquets one by one, and now it was not only the two of them, but even the secret guards hiding on the beams of the room also showed appreciation.

Hou Ye is really wise and martial, obviously when he first came to Qingcheng, everyone felt that the scheming Shen family father and daughter were the best partners to work with, and only he decided to identify the Hu family with unparalleled insight. As a result, it only took a long time to get the reputation of the Shen family ruined with the help of the Hu family, and they had to bleed heavily under the pressure, and the Hu family, who was grateful to him for helping him repeatedly, had to help him even more.

It is worthy of the Hou Ye, unfathomable, and the realm is beyond the imagination of a secret guard like him.

Excited, Lu Ping, who was leaning on the beams of the house, couldn't help shaking his legs, and a few grains of dust fell out of thin air. Angle relationship, Lu Jingyuan, who was sitting in the rising sun, happened to see the strange vibration of the dust.

"Roast the whole sheep for a feast."

"Roasted whole lamb...... Is it too late to prepare? ”

In her selfish heart, A-Yao also wanted to choose the roasted whole sheep banquet, and the warm pot was something that Shen Moci had used, and she always felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

"Just tell me to do this kind of thing." Looking meaningfully at the other side, his thin lips raised lightly, he shouted in a deep voice: "Lu Ping." ”

In Ah Yao's puzzled gaze, a person appeared out of thin air in the open space between the two. The navy blue robe, the inconspicuous facial features thrown into the crowd, isn't this the ......

"You seem to be at the foot of Dongshan, following the knife guard behind Brother Jing, right?"

Do you recognize this? Because this face, which was still automatically invisible in the crowd, was chosen as the secret guard, Lu Ping was very confident in his appearance. But having faith does not mean that he is always willing to be ignored in his selfish heart. Now the girl who has only one side of the relationship is still a cute and kind girl who recognizes him, which makes his favorability towards Ah Yao rise in his heart, and he sees that he is about to break through the sky.

"It's a subordinate." Because he was so excited, he spoke with a bit of a trill.

He seems to have found the wrong person? Lu Jingyuan, who usually thinks that Lu Ping is a caring subordinate, feels that he is not pleasing to the eye.

"You go, Ming Yun came to the building to prepare a roast whole sheep feast, and by the way, the first floor was made into the same atmosphere as when you were in the northwest."

I'm busy with you, let's see if there's any effort to think about that girl. While sinking into the vinegar vat, Lu Jingyuan did not forget to hit his opponent with clumsy means.

The goddess Tiyì's roasted whole sheep banquet is under his full responsibility, so happy! Happy, Lu Ping immediately turned his brain, because there are often businessmen from the south to the north in Qingcheng Silk Market, and there is no shortage of special items from the Western Regions such as cumin powder and cashmere carpets. The main dish of the sheep is killed now, and then the rest is only ......

"Hou Ye, Miss Hu, and the rest of the subordinates can do it, only the charcoal fire of roasting mutton, and the charcoal in the shop in the cold city has already been sold out at this moment."

"Lu Ping is a suitable subordinate, if there is something to do, he only needs to tell him, if he can't do something, he will naturally say it." Lu Jingyuan took the opportunity to repeat Fang Cai's argument, which was taught to him by the eldest princess of Ning'an. Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people.

"Charcoal?!"

Ah Yao's eyes widened, she finally understood what Daddy had forgotten. In addition to the scarcity of mulberry leaves, there is also the fact that the silkworm room is too frozen and the silkworms are dead. If you want to keep warm, you have to rely on the charcoal stove to heat, if the silkworm dies, what is the use of a single mulberry leaf.

She had to hurry to see Daddy.

Just as she was about to get up, she saw the others in the room and realized that she was still in class. She was so anxious that the tip of her nose was sweating, and she had an idea.

"That...... Charcoal, huh? I'm going to ask Daddy. ”

It's all in a hurry, Kukai Master smiled and nodded. With his permission, Ah Yao nodded to the opposite young man and the secret guard in the middle, then lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, and ran out with small steps in her embroidered shoes, disappearing at the door of the Fuqu Pavilion like a gust of wind.

"But Miss Hu, Master Hou ordered a batch of fine black charcoal from Linzhou, which can completely replace ......"

Under the increasingly dangerous gaze of the little marquis, Lu Ping's voice became smaller and quieter, until it was completely silenced at the end.

"You like A-Yao very much?" Lu Jingyuan stood up and approached him.

"Of course." Lu Ping nodded without thinking about it.

"Oh?"

Instinctively told him that it was dangerous, Lu Ping hurriedly remedied: "My subordinates just think that the Hu family girl is kind, intelligent and cute, if the sister of the same mother can grow up, it is probably what she looks like now." ”

With your face, can your sister be as cute as A-Yao?

After making up for the appearance of Lu Ping's facial features on Ah Yao's face, and then comparing Ah Yao's current face, Lu Jingyuan suddenly found that the girl he fancied had a beautiful face. A strange sense of satisfaction rose in his heart, and he didn't feel so annoying when he looked at Lu Ping.

A carrier pigeon flew outside the window, took off the bamboo tube on his leg, poured out the note inside, and frowned when he saw a short line of words.

"Shen Moci rescued Song Qinwen, who was hunted down, and recommended the latter as King Ping's staff, and wanted to hold a warm pot banquet to secretly raise silver taels?"

Chop the grass without removing the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows.

He had always understood this, but people had only seen the withered grass stubbornly burrow out of the ground again and again, but they had never noticed the pain of its body being cut off and the wildfire burning its entire body, and the long-term endurance of its long-term energy as it hiberned in the dark, damp ground.

Don't want to give up? That's just what I wanted!

"Master Hou, do you need subordinates?" Lu Ping made a motion to wipe his neck.

"No, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, I want to see who is still standing behind them." There is a more important point that he didn't say, he wanted this pair of dog men and women who had harmed A-Yao in their previous lives to experience the despair of being kicked into the abyss from the clouds when they were close to success again and again.

"Leave the tracking to others, you just need to protect A-Yao secretly."

"Subordinates obey." Zha Qian retreated, and Lu Ping went to prepare a roast whole sheep banquet as ordered.

After he retreated, Master Kukai said in a low voice: "Lu Ping is the best kung fu among the secret guards around Hou Ye, and in this year's competition, he alone can defeat three secret guards of the same period. ”

Every royal secret guard is screened layer by layer, from the northwest snow-capped mountains to the southwest swamps, the Gobi Wind Valley, and the thousands of cliffs, all of them have left their blood and sweat, and all training is between life and death, and elimination means death. The strength of the secret guards trained in such a harsh environment can be imagined, and even the most poor ones can take charge on their own.

But Lu Ping can fight with one enemy and three, such a secret guard, even the ten fingers around the emperor can be counted. If it weren't for the special identity of the little marquis, it would never be possible to get one.

However, now, he sent Lu Ping out so casually.

"Originally, I thought you were just on a whim, but I didn't expect ......"

"The master is too worried." Lu Jingyuan's face became gloomy: "Recently, martial arts have improved, and there is no longer a need for secret guard protection. ”

After speaking, he rolled up his sleeves, raised the hem of his clothes, and walked out proudly.

"Dead ducks have hard mouths."

While the master and apprentice were fighting wits and courage, Ah Yao asked the next person, and after making sure that Daddy was still in the house, she trotted to the study. Before he could get closer, Hu Gui, who was guarding the door next to him, had already stood up and made a "shhh" gesture to him.

"Shen Jinshan is inside."

What did he come to do? Ah Yao's eyes widened. Under Hu Gui's guidance, she stood on tiptoe and walked lightly to the door, listening to Shen Jinshan's voice inside.

"With black charcoal in one hand and a deed in the other, most of the villagers within a radius of 100 miles from Qingcheng have signed the contract, and now most of the raw silk is in the hands of someone Shen."

Hearing the sensitive word "black charcoal", A-Yao held her breath and continued to listen.

"Brother Hu wants to use the best raw silk for tribute, and Shen can't give it, but it's just that this profit......"

There was a sound of snapping her fingers in the room, and then she heard Daddy's voice: "Sanqi Kai, since you can find this directly, you definitely don't want that little Sancheng." ”

"Not only this batch of tribute satin, but also the pure profits of the Hu family in Qingcheng Silk City this spring, I will also take seventy percent."

"It's a lion's mouth, huh."

"If the tribute is delayed, it will be a disaster for the family to be investigated from above. Compared to what Shen wants, it's really nothing, right? ”

"Let me think about it."

Daddy's slightly hesitant voice came, and Ah Yao, who was standing outside the door, fell into shock.

Whether she knew it or not, there must have been a matter of recruiting military salaries in her previous life. Because of Shen Moci's warm pot banquet, the silk merchants drank a few more glasses under the warm atmosphere, and the result of indulgence was that they couldn't help but shout higher prices. Daddy, as the leader of the silk merchants in Qingcheng, must donate more than two pieces of silver.

Then in the cold spring, the Shen family mastered the charcoal, and relied on Song Qinwen to master the mulberry leaves, and controlled all the raw silk in Qingcheng in a two-pronged manner. Shen Jinshan took this as a threat, and the Hu family, who donated military salaries at that time, was a little ineffective, and of course they couldn't get so much silver taels. I don't know what happened later, in short, Daddy didn't get the best raw silk, and he couldn't get together the silk used for the tribute, so he could only bring the most powerful uncle in the family to Beijing in person.

I see, she finally figured it out.

But after thinking about it, she found that the current Hu family had fallen into a dead end again. Although there are mulberry leaves, the black charcoal that ensures that the silkworms are not frozen to death is in the hands of the Shen family, and the Shen family can be invincible with this alone.

"Brother Hu may not know that it was your good relatives who secretly sold mulberry leaves to me. Brother Hu has been an upright person all his life, and Shen admires him, but sometimes people just need a little means. ”

"You ......"

Daddy's unbelievable voice came through the door, and then Shen Jinshan's flamboyant laughter.

The laughter was full of the villain's arrogance, and he couldn't wait for someone to come forward and scratch his face. Ah Yao's slightly thin body trembled, how could there be such a person. Just as she was about to rush in, someone from behind grabbed her by the sleeve.

"Girl," Hu Gui whispered, "Master, he has his own plans." ”

What else can Daddy do, no, the mulberry leaves are what Daddy asked his uncle to give to Shen Jinshan. She has been raised in the deep boudoir, and she lacks insight into some things, and she can't imagine that the silkworm room needs a charcoal stove to keep warm when the spring is cold, can't Daddy think of it?

How can it be!

Since he had already thought of it, how could he be forced to this point by Shen Jinshan.

"The villain has ambition, hey, the villain has ambition." Daddy's helpless voice came from the door, although it sounded helpless at first glance, but the father and daughter have been thirteen years, how could Ah Yao not hear the depth of his voice without a little heaviness?

"Succeed or lose, Brother Hu, tomorrow is the recruitment banquet, Shen is determined to be the head of the meeting, but now he has some ineffective turnover, so he wants to advance some silver to Brother Hu first."