The New Year is coming.

Luoyang North, West and South markets are closed at the beginning of the year, but this does not affect the holding of private celebrations.

On the morning of the first day of the New Year, Yang Yun sent "New Year's money" to all the girls in the family, and everyone had a lot of shares, except for Wu Yuan, who seemed to be preoccupied, the rest of the girls were elated.

After eating dumplings in the morning, Yang Yun went to visit Yang Xuanjian, and wanted to see his sister by the way, but was told by the porter that Yang Xuanjian would not see any guests at the beginning of the year.

Probably meaning, Yang Xuanjian didn't want his fellow villagers and clansmen to come to see him at the beginning of the year, so as not to be invited.

Yang Yun returned to the Drunken Immortal Tower.

Zuixian Building was closed, but just after the hour, the neighbors of Shanglinfang came to congratulate Xinxi, and Yang Yun seemed to be the most high-profile person in the entire Shanglinfang.

Dong Qirong also came and sent a New Year's gift to Yang Yun.

Yang Yun didn't take all the orders, and the ones that were too valuable were returned, and he was going to see Songmei, the fake master, as an apprentice that day, but because Songmei caused trouble, Yang Yun temporarily canceled the plan.

After noon, Henan Yin Liu Hengzheng arrived.

As the supreme local administrator of the Eastern Capital, it is a miracle to personally congratulate a Taoist priest who has no official character on the New Year.

Yang Yun invited Liu Hengzheng to the second floor of the Zuixian Building and sent refreshments, Liu Hengzheng behaved very politely to Yang Yun, and did not mention the ugly thing of Songmei.

"Liu Fuyin, I want to talk to you about the situation of the family teacher." Yang Yun took the initiative to pick up the topic.

Liu Hengzheng had a secretive smile on his face, as if he had known that Yang Yun would mention this, and waved his hand and said: "Heavenly Master is a master outside the world, and it is really common for him to have things that are not confined to ordinary etiquette...... Yang Daochang didn't have to talk to the junior official at all. ”

can say that Songmei's flirting with women from good families is "informal", Yang Yun noticed that Liu Hengzheng was indeed full of "sincerity".

Liu Hengzheng is counting on Songmei and Yang Yun to make him prosperous, even if Songmei really has a problem with morality, it will not hurt him.

Yang Yun's face was ashamed: "This time it is thanks to Liu Fuyin for coming forward to mediate." ”

Liu Hengzheng was a little angry: "It's also that family doesn't know the world, the Heavenly Master just entered the inner house, and he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so he had to make a fuss, and now many people in the Eastern Capital are talking about it, it is the government's failure to fulfill its responsibility to quell the rumors, I hope Yang Daochang, you don't see the blame." ”

Saying that, Liu Hengzheng got up and bowed to Yang Yunshen, his face full of apologies.

Yang Yun hurriedly returned the salute and explained: "As an apprentice, I shouldn't have talked about the length of the master, but now that the matter is too big, I have also persuaded the master to let him leave Luoyang temporarily to avoid the limelight, but he is used to doing his own thing, and he doesn't care, alas...... After all, he was making trouble for Liu Fuyin. ”

Liu Hengzheng was very surprised by Yang Yun's "reasonableness", as if Yang Yun had the demeanor of a master, but the one who called himself Master Yang Yun, in the eyes of people like Liu Hengzheng who were used to seeing scenes, he was more like a tasteless apprentice.

"What's the matter?"

Liu Hengzheng snorted and revealed the matter.

After that, Yang Yun talked to Liu Hengzheng about the arrangements after the New Year, and Liu Hengzheng was very concerned about whether the emperor would invite Wuzun's master and apprentice into the palace.

Liu Hengzheng said: "The junior official has not heard about this from the palace, and I think that the two Taoist masters are both commensurate with the heavenly master by the saints, and the association often goes in and out of the palace...... However, the affairs in the palace are not easy to discuss in the outside world, in the end, the two Taoist chiefs do not have any connections and relationships in the palace, and when the junior official gives gifts to Gao Gong later, he will ask the two Taoist chiefs. ”

In Liu Hengzheng's intentions, you masters and apprentices have the ability, but if you want to mix in the palace, you can't just rely on a spell, you need someone to take care of it, I can help you take care of it.

Yang Yun smiled and shook his head: "Our master and apprentice are reckless people, they don't understand the etiquette of officialdom, and the director is just some perception of Taoism, plus he is used to acting unscrupulously on weekdays, how dare he walk around the palace?" Besides, the tutor and I both want to live a few ordinary days, and the pursuit of fame and fortune may not be in line with the state of mind of the cultivators. ”

"Haha, the two Taoist chiefs are really free and easy, but since the junior official said it, it will definitely be done, the two Taoist chiefs just wait, the junior official has been in the officialdom for many years, the relationship is still there, the door is good, as long as the two Taoist chiefs don't forget the junior official in the future." Liu Hengzheng said with a smile.

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Ning Lan hoped that Yang Yun would intercede with Liu Hengzheng, and through Liu Hengzheng's relationship, Songmei could continue to be his heavenly master in Luoyang and be a god stick.

But Liu Hengzheng doesn't seem to blame at all, after all, there are many types of cultivation, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor had three thousand maidens and soared in the day, and there were many tributaries in Taoism who specialized in men and women, even around Li Longji, there were also Taoist priests of this sect, and the Tang Dynasty was open, so Liu Hengzheng was not surprised.

Yang Yun didn't know where to speak, and finally when Liu Hengzheng left, Yang Yun didn't mention letting Liu Hengzheng go to make peace with the big families in Luoyang.

In Yang Yun's view, whether or not to invite Songmei back to do things is not a parental decision of Liu Hengzheng, and now it is Songmei himself who has messed up his reputation, but fortunately, he Yang Yun has never made money by doing things, this matter can be put aside for a while, maybe the situation will improve after the limelight is over.

For two days, Yang Yun was entertaining the guests of Shanglinfang.

There are many big families in Shanglin Fang, although they have also heard of Songmei's bad deeds, but they have not linked this matter with Yang Yun's virtue.

In the first year of the Luoyang earthquake, Yang Yun gave an early warning to avoid casualties in Shanglinfang, and the family of Shanglinfang was still grateful, and took advantage of the Spring Festival to give Yang Yun a gift, and get close by the way.

There were many people who invited Yang Yun to go back to do things, but they were all rejected by Yang Yun.

The people of these big families can see that Yang Yun and "Wuzun" seem to be two different systems, the master is keen on doing things, but the apprentice likes to do business, and the customers of the Drunken Immortal Building are full of business, and they don't think that Yang Yun will lack that money.

In the first few days of the Spring Festival, no one from the Mi family came to talk to Yang Yun about the exclusive sale of high-grade wine, but the female shopkeeper of the tea garden that Yang Yun had visited before came to the door with gifts.

Yang Yun did not refuse, and took Ru Nu to visit inside and outside the Drunken Immortal Building, and Ru Nu said in surprise: "This is the best restaurant north of Luoshui?" It doesn't look special, and the venue is not big enough, so it has popularized Hu tables and stools, but in recent years, many restaurants in Luoyang have also become popular with this, which is not unusual. The ability of the Taoist to do business can be seen. ”

Ru Nu looked at Yang Yun with a little respect in her eyes, but the traces of the axe and chisel were obvious, and Yang Yun could feel that Ru Nu was more like she had something to ask for.

Yang Yun remained silent and invited Ru Nu upstairs to let Ru Nu taste the delicious food of the Drunken Immortal Building, but when pouring the wine, Ru Nu politely declined.

"The slave family is not strong enough to drink, and I heard that the wine in the Drunken Immortal Building is very strong, I am afraid that I will get drunk and not wake up after a few glasses, how can I be rude as a guest?" Ru Nu said with a smile.

Yang Yun smiled: "Then it's better to replace the wine with tea, but the tea in the Drunken Immortal Building is not as good as the one in Miss Ru's shop." ”

Ru Nu turned Yang Yun white, a smile appeared on her face, and said: "It's just that I have been in business for a long time and am familiar with the tea ceremony, if the Taoist chief thinks that the tea of the slave family is good, the slave family can send some here for the guests to taste." ”

The meaning revealed in Ru Nu's words seems to be that she wants to jointly operate with Yang Yun, you open a restaurant to sell my tea, and my tea shop also sells wine by the way, and everyone expands sales together.

But Yang Yun never wanted people to get involved in his business, he didn't know the tea ceremony, and at his age, it was really inappropriate to be wrapped up with a "widow" who had not remarried since his dead fiancé, and this widow was not a simple woman at first glance.

Yang Yun was embarrassed, did not directly refuse, and said with a smile: "If I have the opportunity, I will introduce guests to your place to taste tea." ”

Ru Nu understood the meaning of Yang Yun's refusal, her face did not change, and she did not mention anything about mentioning business later, and tasted the dishes of Zuixianlou in small sips, full of praise.

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After eating, Yang Yun personally came out with a daughter, and she walked slowly into the carriage.

When Yang Yun turned around and walked into the Drunken Immortal Building, Ru Nu also lifted the curtain from the carriage and looked out, her face was slightly disappointed, accompanied by a faint sigh.

The carriage drove smoothly, and soon stopped outside the tea garden, and when it entered, a woman wearing a cloak and deliberately covering her face was waiting, and when she saw that she was a little impatient to come back, she stepped forward to inquire.

"Have you negotiated?"

Ru Nu shook her head slightly, sighed, and said: "At a young age, you are famous in the Eastern Capital, if you don't have a little Taoism, how can you do it?" It's really difficult to talk about business with such a person, and you are blocked by others as soon as you show your words! Besides, people have a good business and make money every day, how can they want to do business with me and share the profits? ”

The woman sat back in her seat, poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "I thought that as long as you went out, there was nothing that could not be done...... Didn't you boast that no man could resist you before? ”

"Even my sister is making fun of me?" Ru Nu said a word, which sounded like a joke, but her tone was obviously a little heavy, more like a weak counterattack.

The woman became serious and said, "Don't forget, you are just the shopkeeper we hired, this is not your industry, since the land movement last year, your turnover has plummeted, if you continue like this, the tea garden will close sooner or later, and you don't want your hard work to go to waste, right?" ”

There was a hint of threat in his tone.

Ru Nu was silent, biting her lower lip with her teeth, frowning slightly, very unhappy with such threatening words.

The woman put aside the teacup in front of her, stood up and walked out, warning in an indifferent tone: "Give you three months at most, if not, you will go to Yangzhou...... If you don't want to do something that entertains people, let that little Taoist priest listen to you, his ability to make money will be of great help to our cause. ”

"He's too young, I can't do anything about him." Ru Nu argued.

The woman had already walked to the door and glanced back at Ru Nu: "Even Changchun Zhenren, you have a way, but a young man with strong blood is helpless?" It's a big deal, and you can't make your own decisions, I'm just here to remind you that how to get out of the current predicament depends on your choice. ”

After speaking, the woman walked out of the tea garden and disappeared into the winding alley.

Ru Nu stood there and was stunned for a long time before she slowly walked to the place where the woman had sat just now and opened a wooden box on the table.

The wooden box was given to the woman before, and the woman didn't take it away, and when she opened it, the gold and silver jewelry inside was still there.

"Am I really useless? Forgot what you were looking for in the first place? Sure enough, people who do great things never pay attention to things other than interests...... When you run out of pieces, you can sacrifice at any time. ”

Ru Nu's eyes were a little red, and her voice trembled when she thought of the grievances.

Just as she was losing her mind, a maidservant girl came from the backyard and saluted, "Madam, the hot water and tea leaves for the opening of the market have been prepared, but it seems that the tea leaves taste wrong." ”

"The tea has only been left for a month, how can there be a problem? Or is this batch of tea itself ......" Ru Nu took care of business matters, no longer felt sorry for herself, and devoted herself to being her shopkeeper, going to the backyard to check the situation of the tea.