Chapter 13 The edge of the dew lotus blooms
Since Xie Hengxu was appointed as the general of the four Xiaocai cavalry to command the Gyeonggi army, no one will make trouble in the "Diner Huan", the higher status is hindered by their own dignity and the face of the Rongguo Mansion, but the lower status is not afraid to find themselves uncomfortable, recently poured into the capital so many foreign giants, Tillian has guessed that something will happen sooner or later, but she didn't expect that the person looking for trouble would dare to toss like this, it is simply both eyeless and stupid.
Outside the 'Diners', there were guards by the Gyeonggi army who did not allow people to enter and exit, and the three layers of water outside the ironclad and halberd-wielding soldiers were blocked, and the carriage could not go in, so Tillian had to get out of the car and walk.
Her natural beauty is outstanding, and she is even more extraordinary in a cinnamon-colored brocade skirt, and as soon as she appears, she causes the people around her to be amazed and whispered.
The crowd consciously moved out of the way, and the adjutant who led this group of Gyeonggi troops saw Tillian at a glance, so he strode forward to personally separate the crowd for her, and several people went up the steps before saluting, and said respectfully, "Miss Jiang." ”
Gently bowing her head, Tilian lifted her skirt and crossed the door railing of the restaurant, and there were a lot of people in the building at the moment, many dignitaries and nobles who were already dining in the building had come out of the elegant room to watch the farce at this time, but more of them gathered together in twos and threes to discuss and chew their tongues.
Compared with the relishing of the excitement of others, Uncle Wen, the big shopkeeper, saw Di Lian who entered the door at a glance, and immediately hurried downstairs and shouted with a bitter face, "The girl is here, the old slave is incompetent." ”
His action caused everyone to look downstairs, and they saw a girl in a snow-clad dress walking up the stairs of Zhumu unhurriedly, with a white jade-like face and eyebrows, with low eyelids, indifferent and cold, elegant and noble manners, like a maiden stepping out of the clouds, the noisy atmosphere was instantly silent, and everyone was amazed, suspicious, and sighing.
Someone who knew it exclaimed in a lost voice with the person next to him, "It's the daughter of the left minister!" ”
Stepping on the second floor, Di Lian slowly paced towards the troublesome wing, and the moon eyes glanced at the exclamator, which instantly stirred up a wave, and everyone was amazed and discussed, and Di Lian turned a deaf ear.
Uncle Wen and Liu Junchen followed behind Di Lian left and right, and Uncle Wen pointed to the open doors of several elegant rooms passing by, and said with an old face, "These rooms were smashed by the prince of Xiyue. Hearing this, Tilian swept lightly, stopped outside the tightly packed elegant chamber surrounded by everyone, and glanced sideways at the several messy elegant chambers on the right that were also smashed, and her cold eyes narrowed slightly.
Seeing this, Liu Junchen raised his hand to wipe the sweat stains on his forehead, and said in a low voice, "Those few rooms were smashed by the third master of Huafu Ju." ”
There are a total of eight wings.
With a shallow hook of her lips, Tillian lifted her skirt, raised her right foot and kicked the door open, ignoring the whispers of many onlookers in the corridor, stepping in, the moon eyes were clear, and the protagonist of the trouble was clearly sitting at the Eight Treasures table with one left and one right.
On the left, a purple brocade dress with a gold crown inlaid with jade, aged about twenty years old, with a white face, red lips, long eyebrows and thin eyes, is a feminine and arrogant portrait, and there are more than a dozen small servants behind him.
On the right is a clear yellow cardigan arrow sleeve suit, the edge of the shirt is outlined with ink lines to thicken the blooming ink chrysanthemum, the age is around ten ** years old, the body is tall and wide, the eyebrows are eyebrows, the nose is thin and the lips are straight, the expression is difficult to hide the arrogance and conceit, there are only four tall and sturdy ink clothes behind him, all of them are arrow sleeve military uniforms, and they look like they will do some kung fu.
At a glance, Tillian separated the identities of the two, Tillian was looking at the two people in the room, and the two were also looking at her, their expressions were a little stunned, and the man in the purple brocade dress even raised his lips slightly with a look of interest.
Plain hands folded between the abdomen, Di Lianyue's eyes were slightly bent and smiled shallowly, holding up the elegant and noble lady of a famous girl in the capital, and said in a clear and gentle voice, "Dare to ask the two, but I'm not well entertained, but if the prince and the third master of Ju can say the mistakes, Di Lian will definitely hold a banquet here to make amends, and order the restaurant to make more improvements." ”
But I heard someone outside the door sigh, "Oh, I think that when Miss Jiang was three years old, she asked Yunhou, who was rich in the world, to lose thousands of taels of silver, and today Xiyue Hou Shizi and Ju Sanye are afraid that they will not be good." ”
Zuo Xiang's daughter loves money, which is known to everyone in Kyoto, she can make the business of Yunhou lose money at the age of three, and Xie Hengxu has not married her before handing over the property to her, these things can be known, where can the ordinary small wealth enter her eyes?
The people in the room naturally heard the discussion of the people outside, and the Hou Shizi of Xiyue reacted first, he held the table and lifted the child and said with a smile, "Beauty is like jade, the original way is the daughter of the left minister, Ziji has already heard of Miss Jiang's good name, and it is really fortunate to be able to see it today." ”
Hearing this, Tilian's face did not fluctuate, and she walked down on the soft couch in the compartment, Liu Junchen and Uncle Wen stood on the side, looking at Xiyue Ji vigilantly, I heard that this Xiyue Hou Shizi is the most obsessed with beauty, but he can't let the girl be molested on their territory.
Seeing her ignoring herself like this, Xiyue Ji was not annoyed, stared at Di Lian with a smile and looked at her a few times, sat down again, poured herself a cup of tea and said slowly, "A few days ago, I heard that this famous 'diner Huan' of the Xia Lan Dynasty is the property of Xie Hengxu, the third young master of the Rongguo Mansion, and it is really not intentional for Ziji to be so formless today, I didn't think that it would alarm Miss Jiang, Ziji is ashamed, and I will accompany Miss Jiang first with tea instead of wine." ”
Watching him drink the tea in the cup in one gulp, and not forgetting to raise his eyebrows in a dignified manner, Tilian did not move with a light smile on her face, and said unceremoniously.
"Since I know that I am without a form, I think the prince has already thought about how to compensate for the loss of 'Diner Huan', Zixu is busy with government affairs and can't get out, his property is now in charge of me, and the matter of compensation, the prince and the third master of Ju can talk to me." , after saying that, he lightly instructed Liu Junchen, "Go get the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and we will draw and sign after we talk." ”
Liu Junchen bowed his head in response, turned around and left the room.
Xiyue Ji looked stunned, and smiled for a moment, "Miss Jiang is really a straightforward person, Ziji appreciates it!" ”
The smile did not decrease, and Di Lian replied, "Let the prince and Ju Sanye laugh, as people say, Di Lian is concerned about money, since she is a businessman, the income and loss are still clearly proven in black and white, so that people can be down-to-earth." Today, I don't talk about the rules, I just talk about the silver, as long as the two of you pay my losses clearly, Tillian is still willing to make friends. ”
Hua Shaoju, who had not said anything, only got up at this time, bowed his hand, and looked arrogant and serious, "Since Miss Jiang is so refreshing, Shaoju will also compensate Miss Jiang first, Shaoju is willing to bear the loss here today, and will never let Miss Jiang lose." ”
Xiyue Ji on the opposite side raised his eyebrows and said, "Since I have done it, I dare to admit it, my Xiyue Ji is not short of these few silvers, there is no need for you to charge the big head here, you and I are half of each other, can it be considered fair?" ”
Tillian bowed her head and stretched out her hand to signal the two of them to take a seat, "Your grievances and disputes will be settled after paying off the debts and leaving my 'Diners' Joy, since the two of you are sincere to make up for it, then Tillian will let people count the losses." Without waiting for the two of them to reply, he nodded to Uncle Wen.
After a while, Liu Junchen returned, and the little servant behind him held a tray, with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on it, and a white jade abacus half an arm.
Turning around and taking the abacus, Liu Junchen lightly ended his left hand, and the five fingers of his right hand 'crackled', while dictating the words clearly. Uncle Wen took the pen and ink and began to write in detail one by one.
"There are a total of 36 elegant rooms on the second floor of 'Diners', and the furnishings in each compartment are the same, but the chamber of Chaoyang is different from the chamber of the back of the sun, and the four rooms smashed by the Hou Shizi of Xiyue are the elegant chambers of Chaoyang, with a total of 400 taels of gold; the landscape ink treasure hanging in each room is a total of 2,000 taels of handwriting by a famous artist; and the four sets of tea sets of gold lacquer glazed cups are specially customized by the official kiln Diners Huan's exclusive, a total of 800 taels, a vermilion wood carved eight-treasure table with nine chairs and a purple wood couch totaling 1,600 taels of labor expenses, four pairs of celadon viewing bottles totaling 2,000 taels, plus the food money ordered by the guests in each elegant room, a total of 500 taels, and the silver that the Marquis of Xiyue needs to repay. ”
Before he could say the number, Tilian, who was listening quietly, interjected lightly, "In addition, it will take at least three days to re-regulate the original appearance of these four elegant rooms, and the elegant rooms of my 'Diners' will not be empty every day, and the delay of these three days will cost at least 5,000 taels of silver, which are within the scope of compensation." There are also today's guests in the restaurant who are afraid that they will not be able to continue dining, and all the food money that has been served on the table and has not yet been settled is counted, and it can be divided into two and recorded in the accounts of the prince and the third master of Ju; The four wings that Ju Sanye needs to compensate for are Beiyang, with a total of 200 taels of gold, and the food money ordered by the guests is calculated separately by Mr. Liu, plus the furnishings in the above elegant rooms, and Uncle Wen has another record for Ju Sanye to sign. ”
There was silence inside and outside the house, and everyone was stunned and dumbfounded.
Uncle Wen's hand holding the pen trembled, raised his eyes to look at Tillian, and saw that her expression was light and calm, so he lowered his eyes and added according to her words.
Liu Junchen's fingertips were slightly cool and his palms were wet, he hung his head and silently added the amount mentioned by Di Lian, and finally coughed dryly, and said clearly word by word, "After this calculation, the Hou Shizi of Xiyue needs to repay my 'Diner Huan' 18,300 taels of silver, and the number of silver that Ju Sanye needs to repay 'Diner Huan' is 18,000 taels." After that, he put the abacus back on the tray held by the little servant, and stood quietly beside Tillian with his eyebrows lowered and his hands lowered.
After another half of the tea, Uncle Wen put down his pen and ink, got up, and held two points of arrears with a restrained expression and handed it to Tillian.
Raising her hand to take it, Di Lian glanced at it cursoryly, then saw the last amount of silver, and handed it back to Uncle Wen and motioned for him to give it to the two people at the table.
After taking the note, Xiyue Ji's feminine face twitched slightly, and he looked sideways at Hua Shaoju, but saw that the third master of Hua Jiaju, who had always been arrogant and conceited, looked at people with a dull face.
Seeing that the two of them sat in a daze and didn't speak, Di Lian smiled lightly and said gently, "What is the difference between the prince and the third master of Ju?" ”
With a slight movement in his throat, Xiyue Ji's face at the moment was completely devoid of the banter and hanging, only to see him reluctantly smile and raise the note in his hand, and said dryly, "Eighteen thousand three hundred taels, Miss Jiang, is this some." ”
Dai raised her eyebrows slightly, and Tillian blinked and said, "It seems that the prince doesn't know much about the market of our capital's 'Dinershuan' main building, the prices in Kyoto themselves are more expensive than those in the outer city, and the wine and food here are more refined than those in the outer city. If it was three years ago, the daily income of this restaurant was not so high, but now it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a daily income, and the prices of various restaurants in the capital have risen recently. Although this 'clear rice brewing' is the taste and texture of the wine, it is indeed a genuine rice juice, even if it is drunk a hundred cups, it is not drunk, except for the restaurant next to my 'diners', the so-called rare is expensive, and the price is not too high, right? ”
Seeing that the faces of the two of them were even darker, Di Lian finally smiled gently, and said to Hexi, "In fact, this is only tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Di Lian doesn't pay attention to it now, but the most important thing at the moment is the national mourning period of Empress Aijing. The emperor is worried about the matter of the Empress Aijing, and he pays the most attention to the regulation of etiquette on weekdays, and he will inevitably be angry and take Xiyue Marquis Mansion and Washington Mansion to open the knife, even if it is not easy to see blood during the national funeral, but heavy punishment is inevitable, whether it is to demote the official and remove the knight or copy the fine and return to the treasury, in this way, I am afraid that there will be more than tens of thousands of taels of silver, right? ”
Su Rong is smiling like a flower, this woman's beautiful soul is granted, but every word is so disturbing at this moment.
Hua Shaoju pursed her lips and said in a deep voice, "Now that everyone knows that even if we return this silver, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape being referenced." ”
Is this going to break the jar? The moon eyes narrowed slightly, and Di Lian laughed lightly, Washington monopolized the operation of the South China Sea, which is a financial resource that is not thinner than the Yun family's gold mine, although it cannot be compared with the Yunhou Mansion, but the Hua family is not short of more than 10,000 taels of silver, so it is just conceit, and he doesn't want to let himself crush him.
"It seems that Ju Sanye wants to meet the emperor more than repay the silver, and since this is the case, Di Lian is gone." Laughing, Tillian got up and was about to leave.
Xiyue Ji on the side looked slightly anxious, glared at Hua Shaoju, and hurriedly got up to stop him, "Miss Jiang stays, this silver will definitely be repaid, but it will take three days." ”
The clear moon eyes smiled, and Di Lian said, "The prince is really a gentleman who does what he says, as long as the prince signs this note, don't say three days, even five days, 'diners' can wait." The implication is that Ju Sanye, who swore that he would repay all the losses, is a hypocrite who only says but does not do.
Hearing the meaning of her words, Hua Shaoju's face became even more ugly, but Xiyue Ji almost lost his smile, glanced at Hua Shaoju, and neatly signed his name and surname on the note, although he owed such a big debt after going out, and the old man of his family would inevitably peel off his skin when he went back, but as long as Tilian did not pursue their 'great disrespect' crime, it would be the best, but if Lord Zuo Xiang spoke, which imperial history would be boring to himself? No one really cares about such things, and Emperor Rui knows that he doesn't have the heart to bother with such a small fight.
Xiyue Ji understands, Hua Shaoju can naturally figure it out, since Xiyue Ji has signed, he will be even more embarrassed if he doesn't sign it.
After putting away the notes, Di Lian very kindly instructed Uncle Wen to set up a table of wine and food for Xiyue Ji and Hua Shaoju, which was considered a 'diner'.
At this point, it is strange that Xiyue Ji and Hua Shaoju still have the heart to eat, so they politely excuse themselves one after another, and leave the 'Diners Huan' one after another.
After this day, Tilian became famous again, and the left minister's daughter loved money and became obsessed with the words of the lotus flower can get ten thousand taels of gold and silver, such rumors were exaggerated, and once became a legend in the business world.