The woman pushed the door open a crack, two feet away, and she cowered behind the door and watched.

Chen Mu and Zhang Han stood outside the wall, and they could see the situation in the courtyard without crossing their feet.

The woman said, "You are not allowed to come in, throw your waist card to me." ”

"Phew! How can you, woman, talk to our captains? It is very taboo in our army to land the waist card. How many people, unless they die in battle, the waist card never lands! You know what! Zhang Han shouted.

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and said in his heart: No wonder Zhang Han has always been lukewarm to Zhong Lixiang, it turned out that Zhong Lixiang once lost my waist card. This Zhang Han, heh, is very cute.

Perhaps because of Zhang Han's military spirit, the woman not only did not shrink back, but walked out, walked to the wall, and stretched out her hand.

Chen Mu looked at the woman, she was not young, she was estimated to be in her forties, she was dressed ordinarily, her appearance was even more ordinary, she had calluses on her hands, and she looked like a working person.

Chen Mu untied the waist card and handed it to the woman.

The woman took it in her hand and looked at it by the moonlight. She seemed to have seen the officer's waist card, and she could be sure that this waist card was real, but she still pointed to the words on it and asked Chen Mu: "You read it to me." ”

Chen Mu almost didn't laugh out loud, and said in his heart, you don't know how to read, let me read it to you? You might as well not ask.

Chen Mu smiled and said: "The third division of Shence, the captain of the patrol department, the sixth rank of the military department, Chen Mu." ”

The woman pretended to nod her head: "I only know a few words, but I remembered when I heard you say that." ”

As she spoke, the woman handed her back the card, her expression seemed to ease a lot, but she was nervous again, and she lowered her head slightly to think about something, as if she was uneasy about the offense just now.

Chen Mu felt that she might only know "San" and "Lu", and it was useless not to care about her, so he asked kindly: "Who are you Zhang Youtian?" ”

He ...... It's my cousin. ”

"Cousin?" Chen Mu smiled: "Oh, okay, I have a note from him here, I don't know if you can recognize his words." ”

The woman took the note and looked at it, and said with some excitement: "Oh, it's the old ...... Old cousin's words. ”

"Oh, that's good." Chen Mu and Zhang Han glanced at each other, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, "He asked me to help pick up the things, and said that he would give them to his daughter." Since you know how to read, can you help us get it? ”

"......" the woman bowed her head.

"If you don't recognize it all, I'll read it for you." Chen Mu said with a smile.

"Oh, thank you, sir." The woman raised the note with both hands and handed it to Chen Mu, and said with a face full of shame.

The lame man's handwriting is indeed very distinctive, a bit similar to the thin gold body, and the handwriting is quite windy, and the dead lame man must be lying when he says that he doesn't know how to read. But Song Huizong, Zhao Ji, an outstanding representative of thin gold in this era, has not yet been born. It's a pity that even if the word lame remains, it's useless, because he's not a celebrity.

Tell the woman the location, and the woman quickly goes back to the house and takes out a shovel. If you look closely, you can see that the whole body is made of wood, and it looks more like a pointed head [lěi sì]. The Liang Dynasty always fought wars, the consumption of iron was huge, the price was also high, and the women lived in the city, and there was not much farm work, so they used this kind of wood to turn the earth.

Chen Mu smiled and didn't speak.

Zhang Han couldn't stand it: "Hey, this eldest sister, are you going to let our captains stand outside?" ”

"Oh, the slave is rude, the slave is rude." The woman ran over in a panic and opened the door.

She called herself a slave, Chen Muyi frowned, could it be that the lame man followed Zhonglang to surrender and affected his cousin?

Perhaps.

But when the lame man was forgiven, why wasn't his cousin, who was punished for sin, forgiven?

Missing?

The door opened, and the two entered.

In fact, when I opened the door, I walked from the outside to the inside, and there was no place to sit in the yard.

The woman asked Chen Mu to go to the house and sit, but Chen Mu said no.

The woman said to go and get a chair, but was stopped by Chen Mu, Chen Mu said, you continue to work, I am in a hurry.

The woman worked very quickly, but Zhang Han still felt that she was too slow, so he walked over and snatched the pointed rake, and divided five by two to make a pit.

"Wow!"

Zhang Han raised his head: "I dug it." ”

The woman didn't seem to know that there was something hidden here, and she also looked at it.

Chen Mu walked over: "Keep digging, dig out the whole thing." ”

Zhang Han, a strong man with four-grade combat power, digs the soil like sand. After a while, he dug out a green cloth package, the wrapping skin was seriously rotten, and there was an oilcloth package inside, the oilcloth did not look badly rotten, but Zhang Han pulled it with his hand, and it broke with a stabbing sound.

When I lifted the tarpaulin, there was a piece of wax paper wrapped in it, and it was very heavy to hold.

Zhang Han said: "It seems to be silver." He shook it: "Such a big piece is almost a hundred taels." ”

"One hundred taels..."Chen Mu rubbed his nose.

Zhang Han: "Open it and take a look?" ”

Chen Mu waved his hand: "Don't move the packaging, take it away directly." ”

"Whoa!"

When the Liang Dynasty was first founded, a pound was sixteen taels, and later the "great inventor Empress Dowager" was born (at that time, she was called Queen Han), engaged in agricultural construction, and made brilliant achievements, and at her suggestion, the hexadecimal system was changed to the decimal system. It used to be half a catty and eight taels, but now it is half a catty and five taels.

"Okay, now that the things are in hand, let's go." Chen Mu handed the note to the woman and said, "You keep the note, it is also a witness." ”

"Oh."

The woman sighed and took the note.

Before leaving, Chen Mu also took out some loose silver from his pocket and stuffed it into the woman.

The woman was grateful, and stood in the doorway, watching them leave.

Chen Mu felt that this woman was still very simple, and if she was herself, she might not be willing to let people take things away easily. Or perhaps, the lame man had already made arrangements for his cousin many years ago?

The lame man is cunning and cunning, and has many thieves in his heart, which is not possible.

The pace of the soldiers was very fast, and when Chen Mu and Zhang Han returned to Wanhualou, the group of welcoming girls at the door had not yet changed shifts.

Seeing Chen Mu running back again, the group of flowery girls pounced again.

In fact, there are many people passing by the door, and I don't see them all so enthusiastic.

Zhang Han thinks: This must be because they think that the lieutenant is good-looking, well-dressed, and still a young officer, so they work so hard.

In fact, Chen Mu has another set of experiences. There are also non-material reasons why girls like to be with people like Chen Mu.

This time, Chen Mu was not very anxious, and he talked with this group of hall girls at the door for a while, pulling the girls to blush, and gradually dispersed one by one with a pout.

Zhang Han estimated that the next time the captain passed by again, these women would not pounce again.

Without further ado, I saw Yu Linglong again, in the backyard of Wanhualou, Fangqing Pavilion, just outside the gate of the piano room. Two thugs stood in the doorway, staring at this side.

The mother and daughter were waiting in the small pavilion, and Chen Mu and Zhang Han strode over.

When they met again, they were not as rusty as the first time they met, Chen Mu hugged his fists, and the mother and daughter were deeply blessed.

When I got closer and looked closely, Zhang Cripple's daughter was simply too beautiful.

The first time they met, the girl was shy and timid, her beautiful eyes flowed, and she smiled and smiled countless beautiful and moving, although she did not communicate much, looking at the woman's demeanor, she knew that the girl's personality was tame, like a fawn leaning only on her mother's side.

No wonder Yu Linglong said that this daughter is not easy to take out, and it will definitely be the cash cow of Wanhualou in the future.

When my daughter turns 16 next month, she will start going upstairs to meet customers. According to the reaction of the guests, Wanhualou made adjustments to her incense house.

At first, a beautiful girl like her would be arranged on the third floor, and the cleaners on the third floor would compete with each other, and if the grades were good, they would be sent up layer by layer. If you are at the bottom of the grade, you will send it down.

If you send it to the first floor or the last place, you can only go to the Red Pavilion.

However, Chen Mu believes that such a beautiful woman, even if she is not good at words, cannot be without achievements. What's more, she is the daughter of a lame, the girl's mind is much like her father, and after years of training, it is estimated that she will not be a stupid girl.

If a prostitute also has a heritage, starting from her mother's side, she is also a family.

Chen Mugang sat down, and his daughter handed over the teacup.

Chen Mu thanked him, took it, and took a sip.

The daughter walked up to Chen Mu and knelt down.

"The slave family greets my uncle with incense."

Chen Mu almost choked, and hurriedly said, "You don't have to be so gifted, please hurry up." ”

Maybe it's a habitual action, when there are juniors "New Year's greetings", a handful of money is a handful of money.

Yu Linglong immediately walked over and pushed her hand and said, "I can't do it." This time there are too many troubles, and the slave family has nothing to repay, and it is always appropriate to receive a big gift. ”

The lame's daughter stood up, not below her mother's height, about seven feet three inches, that is, about one meter six or eight. This can be regarded as an excellent slender figure among the women of the Liang Dynasty. In Chen Mu's opinion, the people of the Liang Dynasty were generally a little short. But the children of aristocratic families are generally quite tall. Maybe it has something to do with nutrition. As a seedling cultivated by Wanhualou, Hanxiang will definitely not have problems in terms of nutrition.

Chen Mu sighed in his heart, the cripple can have such a good daughter, if the old rabbit cub can see his daughter, I don't know how happy he will be. Unfortunately, he may not have this opportunity. Thinking of this, pathos rushed through his nose. Chen Mu's eyes were slightly red.

immediately shifted his attention and said, "Zhang Han, bring the things up." ”

"Whoa."

Zhang Han took out the things, the wax paper on the surface was untouched, Chen Mu smiled: "Open it and take a look, I don't know what it is." ”

Yu Linglong thanked her, glanced at the thug, blocked the thug's sight with her body, and then reached out to unseal the wax seal, which turned out to be a gold brick with a hundred taels.

In the Liang Dynasty, one gold topped with ten silver, which is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver and one million Wen.

All four of them were stunned.

"Xiang'er, take 戥 [děng] Zi. Alas, forget it, let's go to my house and say it. ”

It can be seen that Yu Linglong's mood at this time is very complicated, excited, happy, nostalgic, and afraid.

I don't know what she's afraid of, is it difficult, worried that someone else will rob her of her gold?

She reached out to grab the gold brick, but she let it go, and only the second time did she grab the gold brick and hide it in her arms, and ran towards her house.

Chen Mu wanted to follow in, but was stopped by the thugs: "My lord's anger, the rules of Wanhualou." Behind the Fangqing Pavilion, men are not allowed to enter. ”

Zhang Han said: "Then how can you enter?" ”

"The slave originally wanted to be a eunuch, but there was no way, and he couldn't enter the palace if he cut it off, so he could only run here to eat."

Zhang Han was speechless.

Soon after, Yu Linglong ran out crying and pleaded, "Where is he?" I'm going to see him, can you take me to Hexi. ”

Yu Linglong's big tears and eyes were hazy, and she was affectionate, which couldn't help but move people. Chen Mu was deeply relieved by the lame. What a blessing it is for a man to have a woman who loves him deeply for decades.

Chen Mu didn't answer her question, but said, "This ingot of gold plus silver tickets is enough for 1,200 taels." Is this money enough for you to redeem yourself? ”

Yu Linglong cried: "It's enough for me, but my daughter can't." Now she is the priceless treasure of Wanhualou. ”

Yu Linglong paused, raised her eyes to look at Chen Mu, lowered her head again, and muttered, "If the high-status gate lord is willing to come forward, maybe ...... Maybe you can take people away without money. ”

After speaking, Yu Linglong felt weak in her heart.

It's easy to say, but it's not necessarily that easy to do.

Chen Mu looked up at the stars and thought for a moment, he seemed to be calculating something, and seemed to be a little embarrassed, but in the end he still said in a deep voice: "Within a month, I will try my best to do it, but whether I can do it depends on Hanxiang's fate." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Jade Linglong fell to her knees.