Chapter 0037: The Queen Mother
Li Xian is a round and lively person, and he can see through it at all.
Hearing Chen Mu say this, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Master Chen, if you look down on the small one, let the small one lead the horse for you in the future." β
Chen Mu smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to say this, you get up first, we still have a lot to say." β
Li Xian stood up excitedly.
Chen Mu asked kindly, "What did you do at the beginning, so serious?" β
Li Xian sighed: "When we were in the capital back then, we also mixed up the reputation of Li Yanei, where do we go, the people we know are rich and prominent. The three major brothels in Pingkangfang - Wanhualou, Caiyun Pavilion, and Meixian Courtyard are all places we often go to. It costs a few taels of silver a day, but it is just a sewing of water. But one day, a son of the Meng family, who didn't know how many generations he had, competed with me for the first night right of the Oiran of Caiyun Pavilion, and as a result, the two of us soared to the price. Every time I raise ten taels, he will be like a penny, and he will have to press me. For a penny, isn't he looking for fault? I was also young at the time, so I got into a big fight with him. As a result, the boy was a sick man, and I knocked him to the ground with a flying stool. And then I got into trouble. β
"Killed?"
"I'm not dead, but half of my body won't move. The doctor said that it was a paralysis disease. If the wound heals and still can't recover, it will be like this for the rest of your life. β
"Oh."
Chen Mu invited Li Xian to drink tea, and while drinking tea, he observed.
After observing for a long time, it is difficult to decide whether to keep someone like Li Xian by his side.
I don't know much about this world, and I can't grasp some things accurately, so it's better to make a roundabout with Li Xian, promise him first, and if I find him useful in the future, I will take him to the third division; If it is useless, when you return to Zhangye from Luoyang, you will intercede with Lin Song again. As for whether Lin Song gives face, then he doesn't think about it deeply.
Chen Mu stretched out his hand to push the gift box and said, "Take these gifts of yours back first, I may not mention you in front of Lin Song today." β
Li Xian hurriedly pushed the gift box back and said, "If Chen Ye is willing to accept me, these gifts are yours." β
At this time, the lame man gently pushed behind Chen Mu.
Chen Mu didn't know what was in the box, but he heard the lame man say that a gift could buy a captain, and it must be worth a lot.
Chen Mu smiled: "I went to Luoyang to see the patriarch Tang Qiong this time, and after I saw it, I will definitely come back." I'll come back to you then. β
Li Xian wanted to go back to Luoyang with Chen Mu, but Chen Mu didn't agree, so he gave up. But the gifts were all left. When I opened the box, I saw that it was real gold jewelry. It's really quite valuable.
When I met with Lin Song that night, I was a model of officialdom etiquette, and I didn't know much about each other, so the conversation was always superficial, talking about things, praising each other, and talking about some romantic things.
Speaking of these, Chen Mu suddenly remembered the girl he saw during the day, and couldn't help but reminisce - the appearance is dusty, and the bones are refreshing, which can be called an alternative elegance. The only thing that is not beautiful is that the girl is still too young and likes to speak quickly. But on the contrary, Chen Mu also likes to tease such people, and he finds it quite interesting.
Of course, it's not a good thing for someone to be disobedient, but if everyone around is an obedient elm pimple stuffy oil bottle like Zhang Han, it's actually quite maddening.
Nothing to say all night, and the next day.
The lame man had already changed into a cart, two horses and mules pulled it, Zhang Han drove the car, and Chen Mu and the lame man sat in the car.
When passing by the city gate, there was a hustle and bustle outside the car, Chen Mu opened the curtains and looked around, and in the crowd, he did not find a girl wearing a pink skirt with her hair tied into a bun.
It seems that she has given up.
Lowering the curtains, Chen Mu leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.
For miles, the hustle and bustle that enveloped the car was gone, replaced by the clattering hooves of horses, the creaking of axles, and the clatter of wheels.
"Stop!" A girl's voice broke through the air and was very crisp.
"Phewβ" Zhang Han tugged at the reins.
The second horse let out a neigh, the carriage stopped suddenly, Chen Mu hurriedly held the window of the carriage, so that he could hang and throw out of the carriage at once.
"You don't want to die!" Zhang Han scolded loudly.
Chen Mu lifted the curtain and looked up, sure enough, it was the girl in the skirt, today she changed her head shape, her hair was scattered behind her back, adding a bit of girlish atmosphere.
Chen Mu smiled: "You are simply ghostly. β
The girl pinched her waist and scolded: "Your name is Chen Mu, you are a corrupt official, I want to do the right thing for heaven!" β
Chen Mu laughed and said: "Your name is the yellow-haired girl, you are a thief, I want to arrest you." β
"I'm not called a yellow-haired girl."
"And what's your name?"
"My name is ...... How can I tell you? β
"Zhang Han, leave her alone and continue to catch the car."
"Alas, alas, don't go!"
The girl was in a hurry, jumped into the carriage, and sat on the other side of the carriage.
Zhang Han ignored her and hurried forward.
Chen Mu rolled up the curtain in front of the car and said to the girl, "Do you want to come in and sit?" β
The girl said contemptuously: "I don't want to squeeze with you." β
Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "You don't ask me where I'm going, you just get in my car?" β
The girl twisted her body: "I know you're going to Luoyang, I'll go too." β
"Okay, pay the fare."
"You're a bus, and you don't spend money."
"I don't spend money, so why should I give it to you for free?"
"Isn't that a drop-off? Oops, don't pick and search. β
"I think you also have a hundred pounds of meat, you are pressed on the wheel, have you asked Ma Tong if you agree?"
"Oh, you're not a horse, how do you know it doesn't agree?"
"I'm their chief, and if I say I don't agree, they don't."
"Huo ββ, then you let them say something and try, if you say, I'll get out of the car." The girl was quite interested.
The loud laughter of Chen Mu and the cripple came from the carriage, making the girl blush.
The cripple whispered, "It's sticky." β
Chen Mu said in a low voice: "Don't act rashly until you find out the details." β
The cripple nodded.
After driving for several miles, the scorching sun was rising, the girl was speechless all the way, she was a little wilted by the sun, suddenly turned her head, and said in a stiff tone: "Hey, you won't invite me again?" β
Chen Mu laughed jokingly: "How dare you, how dare you." You're not too crowded, but it's better to be more spacious outside. β
The girl lowered her head slightly, stared, and pretended to be fierce.
The carriage was indeed not very spacious, Chen Mu moved to the side and patted the wooden board beside him: "Come and sit?" β
The girl turned her head angrily and ignored the person.
The cripple lowered his voice: "'Beauty plan' plus 'want to capture the old indulgence', the plan is in the plan." β
Chen Mu said in a low voice: "In your mouth, everything is knowledge. β
The lame man said: "The gate valve is deep, and it must be guarded against." Now that you have been born, your combat power is extraordinary, and all the gates are staring at you. Don't think that if you are in the Divine Army, the other Gatelords and the royal family will not know about you. β
Chen Mu nodded: "At least the royal family must know." β
"What? Do you mean to take refuge in the emperor? β
"There are four forces in the Liang Dynasty, and I can't jump around easily."
The cripple nodded: "There is another possibility." β
Chen Mu said: "It was the Tang Clan Gate Valve who sent someone to check my details. β
"Huh." The cripple laughed: "You kid is really good, you are a monkey if you stick to the hair." β
"You're an old monkey who has lost his hair."
Except for the lame, there was no one in the army who could make Chen Mu speak so fast.
In the face of different people, either Chen Mu deliberately maintained his majesty, or those people did not dare to joke with Chen Mu.
If you are surrounded by such dull people, life will become too boring.
The carriage went on, and it was nearly noon, the sun was on its forehead, and the girl was sweating.
Chen Mu knocked on the door frame: "As long as you name it, I will let you come in and sit, and I will go out to bask in the sun for you." β
The girl turned her head, squinted a pair of big eyes, looked through her eyelashes, and said angrily: "My name is the Queen Mother." β
The cripple snickered.
Chen Mu glared and pretended to be shocked: "Your girl's name is very strange, her surname is Wang, and she is called Mu Niangniang." β
The cripple laughed.