Seventy-two. Li Lao'er
After Shangsi, Chang'an was awakened by the east wind blowing both inside and outside. Qin Nanxi was trapped in the boudoir and thought about the smoke and waves on the side of the Qujiang Pond, and the willows were still there, and suddenly remembered the mountain building.
"Sure enough, seeing a mountain is a mountain, and seeing a mountain is not a mountain!" She smiled and sighed secretly, lowered her head and chewed Situ Yi's letter again. The letter is short and long, and she knows the thoughts between the lines. Attached to the letter this time was a small note made by himself, between two thin bamboo strips, sandwiched between a wild plum of Yunze, which had dried up and was very delicate, but still bright and dazzling with red and yellow petals. Qin Nanxi looked at it and liked it, and carefully picked up the plum blossom note, only to feel that the dark fragrance of the plum added the tranquility of bamboo, which was refreshing. He could even guess the taste she liked, and he could make it!
"I can't imagine that the eldest cousin has such a delicate mental technique!" Xiao Luomei's smiling voice interrupted Qin Nanxi's intoxication.
Qin Nanxi hurriedly covered the plum paper with a handkerchief, turned around to greet Xiao Luomei with a red face. Since she went home, only Xiao Luomei has come to see her every day under the pretext of taking care of the boudoir. The letters and messages outside were also transmitted to Qin Nanxi through her.
"Okay, it's not an outsider, what kind of etiquette do you do on ordinary days!" Xiao Luomei helped Qin Nanxi to get up, full of smiles.
"What's the good thing? My sister-in-law is very happy to see it! Qin Nanxi got up and said.
Xiao Luomei said happily: "It's really a good thing to say. Recently, a wandering monk from the Western Regions came to Chang'an, and I heard that this person's medical skills are very good, and he said that ordinary sick children can be cured by hand, and even the disabled symptoms can be treated like ordinary people. It just so happened that the wandering monk was very close to your brother, so your brother deliberately placed him in a house outside the city, and by virtue of his fame, he let out the news, saying that he was healing your wounds, and that the wandering monk had made a guarantee that you would be the same as at the beginning. In this way, within two months, you will be able to go out open. ”
Qin Nanxi felt happy when she heard it, after all, this kind of day of living in the boudoir without seeing the light of day made her very anxious.
Xiao Luomei said, turned around and beckoned, and said to Qin Nanxi: "Miss Xiaofei has been pestering to come to see you since the day before yesterday, saying that she has something important to say to you." I wanted to speak for me, but she refused, so I had to bring her in. ”
Qin Nanxi glanced at Xiao Fei who flashed in at the door, and said apologetically: "Nan Xi thanked my sister-in-law for Xiao Fei!" She has been lonely and helpless since she was a child, so her temperament is a little eccentric, so let her be allowed to do so for a few more days, and it will be good if she gets acquainted with the house. ”
Xiao Luomei nodded and said, "I don't want to ask about your little girl's affairs." I'll take care of the previous business first. Let's talk. He turned and left.
Xiao Fei saw that the door was locked, and turned to Qin Nanxi's side, and the timid expression on his face just now faded.
"You're afraid of my sister-in-law?" The two are really used to getting acquainted, and Qin Nanxi doesn't greet her politely.
Xiao Fei tilted his head, thought about it seriously, and then nodded and said, "Let's talk about your sister-in-law, who is gentle and soft-spoken, is a first-class and harmonious person I have ever seen." However, when I saw her, I was inexplicably afraid, and I always felt that her eyes were bottomless, and the smile was true and false......"
"My sister-in-law is a real famous lady, her upbringing style is naturally something you haven't seen, where will it be bottomless, true and false?" Qin Nanxi habitually defended Xiao Luomei, but her heart was also inexplicably moved. Yes, my sister-in-law is indeed an inscrutable person. For example, for Situ Yi, she never refused to admit that he was her nominal cousin, but today's "big cousin" is very smooth. Is it just because she is going to marry him that her sister-in-law is polite to him?
"I've checked the storyteller Li Lao'er's grandchildren." Xiao Fei turned around and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and just took a sip and said urgently.
"Oh? How? Qin Nanxi gathered his mind back.
"Li Lao'er's family was originally on the Li Mountain outside Chang'an City, and he also read some books in his early years, but unfortunately he was just in time for the war when he was young, and he didn't have the opportunity to seek fame. On weekdays, I only rely on storytelling and walking. But after all, he has read some books, and his storytelling business is really different from ordinary people, and within two years, Li Lao'er's has become a famous mouthpiece of the Chang'an generation. It's just that these things were a few years ago, and then there were more and more orchids in Chang'an City, and those who listened to books didn't have much of the heart to listen, so this Li Lao'er went north to beg for a living. ”
"He hasn't started a family, where did he come from?" Qin Nanxi asked puzzled while adding tea to Xiaofei.
"Hey, I'm not done yet! What are you anxious about! Although Li Lao'er does not have any biological children, he has a righteous son. The little girl who followed him was the child of his righteous son, and this little baby had the same life as me, and he lost his father and mother at a young age! Xiao Fei sighed, took a sip of tea, and paused.
"Who is Li Lao'er's righteous son, why did he walk ahead of Li Lao'er at a young age?" Qin Nanxi secretly thought about it, and intuitively felt that this Li Lao'er's righteous son might get some information. He took Xiao Feixin and asked directly.
"That's just a tenant with a thin life. Because he drove a good car, he came to Chang'an City in his spare time to find some loose money for people to replace his family. It is said that that when he arrived in the city, he met a big proprietor. The proprietor turned out to be a butler of the prince's family, and invited him to drive in the small courtyard of the housekeeper in the outer courtyard of the palace to listen to the call. The palace is like heaven, Li Lao'er, the righteous son, is a passionate and noisy person, as soon as he comes and goes, he gets acquainted with the housekeeper, and the housekeeper pities him for his thin covering, so he kindly gathers a pot of charcoal to keep warm with him, I don't want to enjoy this handlebar style and wait for a good life, I don't know how to open the window, and I drank some strong wine before going to bed, and as a result, I died in the housekeeper's house in the outer courtyard of the palace on the second day. I heard that the steward of the palace had lost his errand for this matter. Xiao Fei said lively, but he didn't pay attention to Qin Nanxi's eyebrows that were getting tighter and tighter.
"Do you know which palace it is?" Qin Nanxi asked lightly, and her slender fingers slowly slid on the edge of the cup, shaking the green tea soup in the cup to ripple faintly small ripples.
"This, I haven't heard of it, there are so many palaces and marquis mansions in Chang'an City, and it is naturally taboo for such people to stand up for this. It's been a long time, and I can't tell which palace it is! Xiao Fei scratched his head, leaned over to Qin Nanxi, saw the pondering eyes in her eyes, and cautiously continued, "If this matter is important, I will inquire again, there is nothing I can't inquire!" ”
Qin Nanxi raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, and said with a smile: "No need, I thought of that palace." ”
Chang'an City is indeed scattered with many mansions of noble princes and eunuchs, and the people do not know what to do, and the mansions of those high-ranking families are called palaces. But the prince who can really be called the king, and who opens a mansion outside the forbidden palace, has only three or four miles in the Manchu Dynasty, but there are only the prince of the royal brother, the second son of the emperor, the king of Changping County, the fifth son of the emperor and the king of Qingjun, and now the king of Changning County, who is now the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu. Qin Nanxi pondered for a moment, and then asked again: "That handlebar style died in the palace like this, and this matter is not so simple, right?" ”
"You are really like a god" Xiao Fei saw her asking, and her eyebrows danced again: "Li Lao'er is so easy to have such a righteous son, and he expects him to die, but it is gone, so he will naturally not be reconciled." He went to the palace to theorize, to say that this prince is also a good person who is kind and charitable, this matter has nothing to do with him, but when he heard about Li Lao'er's situation, he actually tried his best to appease Li Lao'er, and the old man was obedient, and this matter was so private. Li Lao'er transported the handlebar-style corpse to send it, and then took the little grandson to travel around. ”
"Then since the prince is kind and charitable, why does Li Lao'er still take his grandson to the rivers and lakes?" Qin Nanxi lowered his head and took a sip of tea and asked lightly.
"This~ I don't know" Xiao Fei didn't carefully scrutinize the unreasonableness of this, but Qin Nanxi knew that Li Lao'er was famous for telling stories, and someone wanted to use his mouth to spread the word, so he naturally wanted to find an opportunity for Li Lao'er to be willing to listen to him.
"What else?" Qin Nanxi raised his head and changed the topic.
"Also, the ballad you said is indeed often sung by little children in the streets and alleys, and it is indeed only five sentences, not long, and I will remember it after listening to it."
"When did this ballad spread?"
"I promised a little hairy two meat buns, and he was willing to tell me, saying that he only heard it for the first time in the middle of last autumn." Xiao Fei was only responsible for inquiring about the rumors in the market for Qin Nanxi, and he couldn't guess the complexity inside, so he still only cared about selling and asking for credit.
"What are you talking about Brother Yi?" Qin Nanxi went against the usual, completely ignoring Xiao Fei's invitation, and frowned and asked.
"That's naturally excellent, saying that the general is the golden-bodied god of war, with the great general here, Dachu is too peaceful!" Speaking of Situ Yi's reputation, Xiao Fei's cheeks were slightly red with excitement.
Qin Nanxi's heart sank when she heard this, and her original worry became thicker.
"Hey, there's one more thing" Xiao Fei sat up straight and said with a little embarrassed smile.
"What?"
"It's that big-headed ghost, he gave me this, saying that he wanted you or me to find him once something happened, so I took this and went to all the shops with the word 'Fu' in Chang'an City, and found a message called 'Little Diamond'." Xiao Fei said as he took out a small thing from his arms and held it in front of Qin Nanxi.
A small arrow only the length of a thumb lies quietly in the palm of Xiao Fei's palm, with a golden copper arrow, a red arrow body, and white tail feathers, which are very delicate and cute.
"Is this a token?" Qin Nanxi took the small arrow and pondered. There are countless shops with the word "Fu" in Chang'an City, and each of them can find a "little diamond"! Such a thing was definitely not done by that simple-minded man of Mordan.
Qin Nanxi's heart rippled slightly, and he said secretly: "No wonder I was followed by someone since I left the house, Brother Yi knew about it early on!" No wonder he is in the frontier, but he can know the public opinion in Chang'an well, it turns out that Chang'an City has already had a big net of his! ”