The eighth round
Early in the morning of the second day, Cai Wei and Yizhi had breakfast with Mrs. Caiwei, and Cai Wei made it clear to Mrs. Tai again, so she changed into the clothes she wore and wore a hat, and Mama Du and the nurse went to the second gate to take a sedan chair to the corner gate, changed into the Qinghu carriage waiting there, and followed the car of the fourth master all the way to Zuo'anmen.
Although Mrs. Tai was indifferent to Zhou Caiwei's granddaughter, she was extremely polite to Zou Fu and Geng Zhi, the two gentlemen who sent her thousands of miles away.
The old lady didn't want to see her four sons, but unfortunately there was no one at home, and the eldest man was not her own child, and she was appointed as the head of the military department to go to the yamen on an errand. The fifth master is also in charge of the business of the national eunuch, and he can't get out, and there is only one man who can socialize in the family, so he has to let him go.
Out of Zuo'anmen, and then go to Lixu, stay at a long pavilion, and the group got off the sedan car. The fourth old man ordered someone to put wine in the pavilion, Cai Wei also came out of the car, just walked forward, saw a small guy beating a horse rushed to him, jumped down with a "tom", hurriedly saluted, and ran to the fourth master, came to his ear and didn't know what to say, I saw the fourth old man Zhao Mingjun's face changed, and his face was difficult and said: "Oh, why is it so unlucky!" ”
Zou Fu observed his words, "If Master Zhao has any urgent matters, please go and cook first, it is not too early now, and the two of us plan to leave early." ”
Zhao Mingzhen (wei) arched his hand and said: "I'm really sorry for the two gentlemen, unfortunately there is an urgent matter suddenly, I want to talk to the two gentlemen for a while, but this matter is very urgent, and the relationship is serious, please forgive the two gentlemen!" Saying that, he raised a glass of wine, "Please also ask the two gentlemen to drink this cup, and I would like to say goodbye to the two gentlemen with this wine, and wish the two gentlemen a safe journey and return home as soon as possible!" ”
After speaking, he hurriedly drank a glass of wine, apologized to Zou and Geng again, and then said to Cai Wei: "Uncle has something to ride back to the city first, you send the two gentlemen to set off and take the two grandmothers back to the house by themselves, and you can also take my carriage back by the way, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, nothing will happen to you." ”
Cai Wei nodded and agreed, seeing that he didn't even sit in the car, and he was not afraid of the sun, he rode away on a horse, raising a cloud of dust, and looked at Zou and Geng secretly shaking their heads.
Cai Wei poured three more glasses of wine and said with a smile: "Are the two uncles still in a hurry to leave this time?" ”
Zou Fu also smiled: "It seems that my niece doesn't want us to go!" ”
"That's natural, my niece still has a lot to say to her two uncles! Although it is a bit rude for my fourth uncle to leave in such a hurry, if it is not, I am afraid that I will not be able to talk about my separation with the two uncles. ”
She picked up a glass of wine, "My niece would like to toast the two uncles with this glass of thin wine, although she is very gracious, but her niece still wants to thank the two uncles for their kindness." Uncle Zou personally sent me north to Yanjing, and Uncle Geng even had to protect the dozens of boxes of makeup and send them all the way to Beijing, and the road was not very peaceful, needless to say, the hardships were needless to say. Please also ask the two uncles to be worshiped by their nieces! ”
Zou and Geng didn't say anything polite, they accepted her worship with a smile, and Geng Zhicai said: "Actually, I didn't work as hard as my niece thought, according to your father's instructions, although there were many boxes transported all the way to Jingshi, except for more than ten porcelain antiques that were given to Bofu and left to you by your father." The rest of the dozens of boxes were all empty, and they were only pulled to the front of the Nabo Mansion when they were in the capital to exchange the silver tickets for fifty taels of silver ingots, and they were now packed. ”
Cai Wei was puzzled at first, since she had already brought a silver ticket, why did she need to exchange it into cash again, and add to these troubles in one fell swoop? After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly understood my father's painstaking efforts, the 30,000 taels of silver tickets were only enough for a small box, and the mountains and rivers were not obvious, which could be more eye-catching than these dozens of heavy boxes of silver ingots. Father really thought of everything for her, even though his father is gone, but his care and love for him can still be seen everywhere!
Zou Fu asked her, "You've been living in that house for nearly a month, are you used to it?" ”
Cai Wei hesitated for a moment and replied with two words: "It's okay!" "Anyway, now it's always An Yuanbo's Mansion that takes her in, and it's not easy to say that she is treated slowly by her relatives.
Zou Fu smiled: "We are close friends with your father, when he was seriously ill, I mentioned to him that I wanted to take you to my mansion and raise you with Yi'er, but unfortunately your father refused, he didn't believe me, but told me that he sent you to An Yuanbo's mansion has another deep meaning." ”
"Did your father say what he meant?" Cai Wei hurriedly asked, all these days, she has been thinking about why her father must send her to Yanjing, which is thousands of miles away from her hometown?
Zou Fu shook his head, "He didn't say this, but my uncle would like to give you a sentence today, 'Hardship and hardship, Yuru will succeed'!" ”
"Hardships and hardships, Yuru will succeed!" Zhou Caiwei was pondering this sentence in her heart, when she suddenly heard a voice say: "I heard that the two gentlemen will return, Ziqing is here to fold the willows and send them off!" ”
The voice was not very loud, but it was as clear and beautiful as a spring on the rock, as if it was about to flow into people's hearts.
Listening to his voice to save his people, although Cai Wei knew that the person who came must be extraordinary, she didn't want to turn her eyes and looked, so she was still taken aback. After she was picked up by her father, she often acted as a man's upbringing, especially when she traveled with her father, she dressed up as a boy in men's clothes and walked outside, and she also saw several people with excellent style. Several of her cousins in the Bofu are also handsome sons, and they don't want to compare with this person, but they are all compared.
Its shape is also, the style is particularly beautiful, if the independence of bamboo cultivation in the mountains; Its god is also, hearty and clear, Xiao Xiao is as calm as the wind of Panasonic.
The only fly in the ointment is that his body is slightly thin, and his complexion is very pale, a few points whiter than the white jade crown he wears, and he looks sick. At this time, it was already May, and many people had already changed into single clothes, but he was wearing a jade-colored thin cotton cloak in addition to a azure robe*.
When Zou and Geng saw him coming, they couldn't help frowning and said, "The day before yesterday, I made a special trip to your house to say goodbye, but I didn't want to work anymore and you came out to send us, so be careful that your cough is serious again." ”
The man coughed lightly and laughed: "I can't get better with this cough, so why bother about it anymore, until I say goodbye to the two gentlemen today, and I don't know when I can see each other again, why don't you come and send it to comfort my heart!" ”
At this time, Cai Wei took Mama Du and Zou and Geng to stand in the pavilion, and the boy was walking forward with a willow branch in his hand, but it was too late to avoid it, and fortunately the hat was still on his head, and he took two steps back at the moment.
I didn't want that person to enter the pavilion, my eyes swept over, and I actually looked at her and said with a smile: "After years of not seeing, Aunt Du doesn't remember me?" ”
Cai Wei was very curious, why did her Mama Du still be an old friend with this man?
Mama Du took two steps and was about to kneel down and salute, and her voice trembled slightly: "I don't want the old slave to see His Highness again in this life, I don't know if His Highness is in good shape now, dare to ask how the concubine is well?" ”
The boy personally helped her up and said with a smile: "Mother is in good health, she often mentions her aunt, but her aunt lives in Kyoto now?" Are you here to send off the two gentlemen? ”
Mama Du wiped her eyes, "Since the old slave went out of the palace and returned to his hometown in Sichuan, he didn't want his relatives to die at home, and I was the only one left, so I went to Master Zhou's house to be a nurturing grandmother, and today I accompanied my little master to send these two gentlemen." ”
Seeing Qin Min's gaze looking at Cai Wei, Geng Zhi said: "This is His Royal Highness the King of Yingchuan, this young lady is the daughter of Brother Zhou, who originally came out with her uncle to see us off, because her uncle had returned to the city beforehand, she was the only one left." ”
Zhou Caiwei was about to kneel down and salute, and King Yingchuan said: "Please don't be polite, girl, I am traveling in micro-clothes today, but I am a friend of the two gentlemen, not His Royal Highness the King of the County." ”
Cai Wei heard him say this, so he said a blessing, Qin Min also bowed his head, "Ling Zun was once my grandfather's high foot, and I also saw Ling Zun's demeanor in the past, but unfortunately the day is not a holiday, and I also ask the girl to mourn!" ”
Cai Wei saw that he also knew his father, and he was very respectful in his speech, so she couldn't help but have a good impression of him, thanked him, and listened to him and Zou and Geng: "Even if you send you a thousand miles, you will eventually need to say goodbye, and you will be separated by thousands of miles, and the bright moon will come to take pictures!" The sick body can't drink and say goodbye to the two, so they have to fold the willows and give them away to send them away! ”
After a few more words, Zou and Geng wanted to board the car and set off. Cai Wei personally took two small packages and stepped forward and said: "It's the heat of the summer on the way, my niece has specially prepared some pills to cool off, Uncle Zou has some more gadgets in the capital in this bag, please ask my uncle to bring it to the sister of the Zou family, they are all things she likes." Uncle Geng has some other pills in this bag, I heard that my uncle is also planning to go to sea, and the seasickness medicine in it is the most effective, and there are some other commonly used pills for going to sea, along with the prescription are all wrapped in one place. ”
The two took it with a smile, and instructed Cai Wei again, "Although the two of us went, you are no longer helpless in this capital, and you have other things to rely on." ”
Cai Wei was about to ask carefully, and because King Yingchuan was nearby, it was inconvenient to say more, so she had to watch the two uncles board the car after saying goodbye to everyone one by one, and gradually drifted away, until she could no longer see the slightest shadow of the car.
Cai Wei was still standing in place, looking at it in a daze, but she heard a few coughs ringing in her ears, and she was not the only one standing here, and the king of Yingchuan had not left yet.
Qin Min saw that she came back to her senses, and bowed slightly, "Let me take the first step, Aunt Du, if you have free one day, please come to the palace to talk about it, my mother often thinks of you." A year after my aunt left the palace, my third brother and I also went out of the palace to build a mansion, and the palace of the two of us was built in one place, both in the three alleys of Rizhongfang***, and my aunt just came to sit when she was free. ”
Mama Du agreed, and personally sent him into a small green sedan chair, and then came back to follow Cai Wei to board her carriage. Although Cai Wei was puzzled, she knew that this car was not where she spoke, so she didn't ask her, just a few gossips.
When the carriage drove into the city, Cai Wei gave her nurse a look, and Mama Guo understood, walked outside the car, took out a few coins of silver and quietly handed it to the coachman: "My wife is rare to go out, I want to buy some color threads, and our cousin also wants to buy some snacks from Wuwei Zhai to honor the old lady, and also invite the eldest brother to the front street after a while, and stop a little to make a convenient stop, and ask the eldest brother to take a bowl of wine to eat." ”
The coachman got the money, and when he arrived at the front market, he found a place to park the car, and Mama Guo went to buy what she needed, and after a while, she came back with a few bags of things, and not only bought the two most famous dim sum of Wuwei Zhai, but also bought some cakes and snacks for the coachman and a few small men who followed the car.
Cai Wei smiled at her as soon as she saw her nurse get in the car, and knew that the matter was done, but her nurse had a little bit of a look of wanting to speak. When the carriage arrived at the corner gate of Bofu, when they got off the car and changed into a sedan chair, they saw her nurse looking back at the back street, and they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts.