Chapter XII
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Yang Zhirou woke up, called Xiaohe who was still dreaming of Zhou Gong, and prepared to leave.
The man named Xiao Ziliang set off first after saying goodbye to Yang Zhirou, his people were all riding horses, which was much lighter than his own two carriages.
When Yang Zhirou and they packed up their things, the sky was already completely bright, in order to be able to rush to Lin'an before dark, they didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately went on the road.
The road did not stop, and finally arrived at Lin'an, the imperial capital of Eastern Wu, before dark.
It is said that Soochow is honored with black and red, followed by purple and gold, and only the buildings of the city gate and the roof of the imperial palace are paved with black tiles, and the houses of the common people are all green tiles.
From a distance, I saw a city tower about ten zhang high, the city wall is gray, the city tower is a black top and red columns, plus the soldiers patrolling under the city tower, it looks very depressing.
Only the two words "Lin'an" engraved on the city wall make people realize that this is the imperial capital of Dongwu, the heart of Dongwu, and the most prosperous existence of Dongwu.
One of the soldiers guarding the city was obviously dressed differently from other soldiers, and when he saw Fu Kang riding on the snow, he greeted him with a smile and greeted him warmly: "Oh, Doctor Fu, you're back." Yesterday I saw the little boy go out of the city to see a doctor, and he would be very happy if he knew that you were back. β
"General Wei, hard work. The old man still has something to do, so don't go back to Fu's house first, and ask the general not to tell me about that unscrupulous grandson. lest those people come and chatter and make people annoyed. "Old man Fu and this general surnamed Wei seem to be very familiar, although they haven't been together for a long time, Yang Zhirou still knows Fu Kang a little, and he won't explain so much with people who are not familiar with him, let alone show his childish side.
And the general surnamed Wei seems to be in his early thirties, very young, and at this age he has achieved the general's command of the city defense of Kyoto, and it seems that he is very popular with the emperor.
"Doctor Fu, what's in this car?"
"My patient, what? Do you suspect that I brought a spy into the city? Fu Kang pretended to be angry and said.
"How could it be, you misunderstood, how could I not believe you, since this is the case, I won't delay you." As he spoke, he made way for Fu Kang and the others to enter the city.
Yang Zhirou breathed a sigh of relief in the carriage.
After entering the city, Yang Zhirou asked Fu Kang to stop the car at a distance from the city gate, and said to Fu Kang: "Does this Lin'an have teeth, I want to buy a house." β
"What kind of house to buy, although I Fu Kang is not the richest man in the world, but there are still a few broken houses, what kind of place do you want to live in, I will take you there." Fu Kang patted his chest and said.
Yang Zhirou twitched the corner of her mouth and said: "No, there are too many people who know you here, and your name is so loud, I don't want to expose myself because of you, besides, I heard you say that the relationship between your family is complicated, I don't believe that you entered the house with your front foot, and no one told you about those people in your family with your back foot." β
"That's right, none of our family have peace of mind, if I go to the other courtyard, someone will definitely hear the rumors, or the girl is thoughtful." Fu Kang immediately dogged seconded.
Xiaohe, who was sitting next to Yang Zhirou, glanced at Fu Kang with contempt, and then said to Yang Zhirou: "Miss, then what should we do now, go directly to the tooth store to buy a house or find a place to settle down first?" β
Yang Zhirou thought for a while and asked Fu Kang: "Where is the tooth line?" β
Fu Kang scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe, I really don't know this, I've never been there." β
Xiaohe despised him even more when he heard him say this, and threw him two rolls of eyes and ignored him.
"Let's go find an inn to settle down in." Yang Zhirou turned around and said to the sick scholar in the other car: "Geng Jie, you will take the money and Huzi to buy a house with Huzi later, don't be too big or too luxurious, just be quiet." Write your name on the title deed. β
Geng Jie was first surprised by Yang Zhirou's trust in him, and even wrote his name on the title deed. But when I thought that Yang Zhirou must be hiding her identity, I was relieved.
After walking for more than ten minutes after leaving here, it is considered to be really entering the city.
Yang Zhirou and they came to an inn in the west of the city, temporarily settled, and then Geng Jie and Huzi left to Yaxing, Yang Zhirou put down his things and took Xiaohe to Xishi Street.
Lin'an City is located in front of Longqi Mountain, Longqi Mountain was originally called Qishan, Yunzong Wanjian changed the name of this place to Longqi Mountain after that, a name is enough to see its ambition.
The palace was built at the foot of Longqi Mountain, and there was a road leading to the gate of Lin'an City out of the palace, which divided Lin'an City into the East City and the West City. Dongcheng is mostly where the administrative government is located, and there are some dignitaries who live in Dongcheng, in short, this Dongcheng is not only rich to live in, but also has power.
Compared with the cold Dongcheng, Xicheng seems to be a bit mixed, especially the Xishi Street in Xicheng, which is the most lively and prosperous place in Dongwu.
Xiaohe happily pulled Yang Zhirou on a rampage on the street, Yang Zhirou looked at her helplessly, although she was two years older than Yang Zhirou but only eighteen years old, Yang Zhirou has experienced various changes since she was a child, she was already precocious, plus she was originally older than Xiaohe, so she looked much more mature than Xiaohe, Xiaohe looked more like a heartless child.
Just thinking about it, Xiaohe suddenly pulled Yang Zhirou and rushed into a store selling clothes.
"Miss, miss, let's buy you some clothes. Not only is the young lady not looking good now, but she is also not warm, and the slave has long wanted to change it for you, so don't stop me. As he spoke, he turned over the silk material that was placed on the counter with his hand.
"Hey, hey, don't flip if you don't buy it, you can't afford to pay if it's broken." The shopkeeper saw that these two people were wearing ordinary cotton clothes, and they had no money at first glance, and they were rummaging through the most expensive materials, and if they were damaged, they would be scolded to death by the shopkeeper.
"Hey! How do you know I'm not buying? Is this your attitude towards doing business, I want to buy it and don't let me see it, what kind of truth is this! "After Xiaohe was judged by the guys of Bafanglou last time, he hated this kind of person who looked down on people with low eyes, and he spoke very impulsively.
Xiao Er was frightened by Xiao He's fierceness.
"Miss, another person who looks down on people with dog's eyes. Let's go and buy it from another house. Yang Zhirou smiled and shook her head, helplessly dragged away by Xiaohe.
"Miss, please stay." At this time, a few people came out of the back of the store, and the first one had a skin like cream, delicate facial features, and a silk purple dress lined her with a hint of fairy spirit. He was followed by a woman in a rose-red silk brocade robe, although her appearance was not as good as the woman in purple walking in front of her, she was also one of the best, she was proudly raising her chin, looking at Yang Zhirou and Xiaohe with disgust, and she was not easy to get along with. They were followed by two maids, two mothers-in-law, and a man who looked like a guard.
It was the purple-clothed woman who walked in front who spoke, and she smiled at Yang Zhirou and Xiaohe: "Please stay, the second little boy of our house just now had a bad attitude, I will accompany the two of you on his behalf, and please don't mind the girl." β
"The eldest lady forgives the sin, it was a small one who neglected the guest, and it is not me who should be compensated." Xiao Er knew it was bad when she saw the woman in purple come out, the eldest lady was beautiful and kind, and she couldn't get used to the guys in the store throwing their faces at the guests. Last time, a guy from the rouge shop was bumped into by the eldest lady because he was bullying customers in the store and was sold. Sweat dripped down my forehead when I thought of this.
"Wow, that's beautiful!" Xiao He, who was standing at the door, couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the woman in purple.
"Sister Xue'er, why are you apologizing to the two untouchables, I don't think this guy is wrong, you look at the clothes they are wearing, they don't have much money at a glance, and it doesn't look good if they can't afford to pay for broken things." The woman in the rose-red dress took the hand of the woman in purple and said, glaring at Yang Zhirou and Xiaohe as she spoke.
Yang Zhirou raised her eyebrows, ignored them and said to Xiaohe: "Buy what you want to buy, we have other things." β
Xiaohe heard what the woman in pink clothes said and was about to refute, but when she heard Yang Zhirou's command, she walked to the counter with a mutter, took out the silver from her arms and said to Xiao Er, who was still kneeling on the ground: "Hey, I want this pink horse, this royal blue horse, and these horses." β
Yang Zhirou twitched the corners of her mouth, every time she has to tell others that she is rich in this way, isn't this the way of local tyrants, and besides, Xiaohe doesn't want to let herself wear these colors of clothes, rightγγγ
He shook his head and said to Xiao Er, "And these two pieces hanging on the wall are also wrapped for me." As he spoke, he pointed to the moon-white brocade robe hanging on the wall, as well as a blue-gray robe.
"Hey, you dead girl, Sister Xue'er is talking to you, you don't even pay attention to it."
"Whoever told her to speak should I have to reply?" Yang Zhirou can't stand this self-righteous woman even if she has a good temper, not to mention that she has a bad temper.
"You!"
"Alright, alright. Xiao Er, don't go and wrap up this young lady's things! The woman in purple smiled and pulled the woman in pink clothes who rushed over, and then said to Xiao Er.
"Hey, yes, yes, I'll pack it right away." Xiao Er listened to the order and quickly got up to give Xiao He's bag, and when he saw Xiao He take out the money, he thought to himself, this time he really looked away.
After speaking, the woman in purple nodded at Yang Zhirou, and then pulled the woman in rose-colored clothes who wanted to say something and left.
Yang Zhirou looked at the back of the woman and thought, this person is a character.
"Hey, man, who was that girl just now?" Although Xiaohe still hates the shopkeeper, he still can't hold back his curiosity and asks.
"That's the eldest lady of our family, I don't come often, I don't know how I came here today."
"I know it's your eldest lady, I'm asking, which eldest lady is she?" Xiaohe asked angrily.
"Merchant, this is Splendid Cloth Village, of course it is the eldest lady of the merchant!" After Xiao Er finished speaking, she looked at Xiaohe like an alien, as if she was ignorant of the question she asked, and then handed the wrapped things to Xiaohe.
"Miss Merchant! Ah! Isn't that person just now the first talented businesswoman Yixue! Xiaohe covered his mouth and said.
Paid, took the things, and went back to the street with Xiaohe.
"Merchant? Merchants in Yizhou, Soochow? I remember you didn't say that the surname Shang married his daughter to be the queen? Where did this come from? β
"Oh, miss, that's Shang Yixue's aunt, Shang Yixue is the eldest daughter of Shang Jingchun's eldest son, she is a famous talented girl."
"Oh? I remember that Su Yao's son Su Jinyu was only in his early twenties, so there are a lot of Su Yao in this Shang Jingchun? β
"yes, why doesn't Miss even do this... Oops, I forgot that Miss had amnesia. After speaking, he shook his head embarrassedly, and then continued: "That Shang Jingchun is more than 20 years old Su Yao, twenty-six years ago, that Su Yao was not the head of the Su family, but the Su family is simple, and no one fights with him, he is the head of the family, and he is very talented in business, and it seems that he has helped our emperor a lot, after our emperor left Liujie to go south, he also followed to Yingtian, and then step by step to get to today." β
Yang Zhirou felt that it was time to re-evaluate these two people. I thought that Shang Jingchun was the daughter who married in order to become a genius in one step, but now it seems that he is helpless, and now he is at least sixty years old, he should be afraid that the emperor will die and let his daughter become the queen, at least half of the chance to be able to keep the business.