Chapter Twenty-Five: The Sorrow of Merchant Will
"Childish ghost, do you know that people are scary and scared to death?" Tonggu patted his chest to soothe the fright.
"Stinky girl, when did you become so timid?" Shang Yishe's words are playful.
Tonggu pulled Shang Yishe into the house to avoid the drizzle. "Why are you here?"
"I have two pieces of news to tell you today, first, after the auction ended, the Treasure Pavilion sent the money to the border of the Thousand Winning Countries overnight. Second, my henchmen have already contacted the monarch of Nanqiong Kingdom, and you will go to the teahouse with me to meet the monarch of Nanqiong Kingdom in a few days. Shang Yishe paused and then said, "Qian Yu has already reported to me about your adventure to save people today, why did you want to save that stupid brother and sister?" Their Xia family is a brainless family. ”
"A thousand wins? Do you mean that the four princes colluded with the Gentiles? Tonggu looked at Shang Yishe with a puzzled expression.
"I suspect that there are other people behind the Four Princes, and the Four Princes may just be knives in the hands of others." Shang Yishe sighed and said.
"Could it be the Third Prince?" Tonggu was not sure, because the third prince was already the crown prince, and it stands to reason that he didn't need to make another move.
Shang Yishe saw Tonggu's doubts, "I'm the same as you think, I also think that the third prince doesn't need to make extraneous branches, after all, the throne is already in his pocket." Shang Yishe glanced at Tonggu and continued: "Don't worry, the Seventh Prince is still investigating, and it shouldn't be long before there will be new news." ”
Tonggu lowered her head and thought deeply, she was not very clear about the relationship between the interests of the princes. The matter is shrouded in fog, and no key clues can be found.
Shang Yishe raised his hand and scratched Tonggu's upturned little nose and said, "Stinky girl, what do you want?" There's something I'm curious about, and I don't know if I should ask you. ”
Tonggu rolled his eyes and said, "I said I shouldn't ask, so don't you ask?" ”
Shang Yi's slender eyes bent up, and his laughter was gentle and subtle. "Stinky girl, tell me honestly, where did you get so many treasures? When Qian Yu first arrived in Lei Mansion, he had explored everywhere, you should be a disciple of the four walls, but you can take out the night pearl at the auction, and you can also take out such exquisite head and face jewelry at your sixth sister's birthday banquet, these treasures can't even be obtained by me, a big corrupt official. ”
"Ancestral heirloom, you can't buy it." The head and face jewelry that Tonggu gave to Tongdai was opened by the Moxisha rough that Tonggu bought at a large price when he traveled in the world. If it weren't for the automatic filling function in the nest, Tonggu would be reluctant to take out this set of jewelry. After all, such a glass flawless imperial green jadeite is very rare, and in order to make the best use of things, Tonggu did everything possible to please Lu Zigang to carve it, and finally got such a set of treasures.
"Who are you getting, stinky girl? Can I still not know your mother's background? Your mother single-handedly supported the first emperor to ascend the throne and got a lot of good things, but I saw those things when I was a child, but they are just ordinary treasures, and they are nothing compared to your treasures. If you don't want to say it, that's it, just the same, you must not lie to me. Shang Yishe's eyes looked at Tonggu's cheek with a sly look, which looked very mysterious against the background of the moonlight.
Tonggu had a sad face, and a sense of shame rose in his heart, after all, he was not the real owner of this body, was this a kind of deception? "My memory of my mother is very vague. You say that the emperor was raised by my mother? Isn't the former emperor the same age as the current emperor? What happened back then? ”
Shang Yishe realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, the past was too complicated, even his father was involved, and he didn't want to involve the little girl in front of him in this whirlpool. Shang Yishe avoided Tonggu's eyes, lowered his head and said, "I know about the same as you, I was still young at that time, and I don't remember much." Shang Yishe hurriedly changed the topic, "By the way, you haven't said it yet, why did you save the brothers and sisters surnamed Xia?" ”
Tonggu knew that Shang Yishe was deliberately evasive, and this reaction only showed that things back then might have been more complicated than Tonggu imagined. But Tonggu believes that paper can't hold the fire, and as long as there is enough time to investigate, it will come out sooner or later. "Sherpa is an upright person, with a clear temperament of love and hate, don't you think she is special among these ladies?"
Shang Yishe suddenly trembled, gasped and said, "You can't be a grinding mirror, right?" You're not a man? ”
Tonggu punched Shang Yishe in the shoulder, and said angrily: "What do you say? Do you think I'm like you? The whole city knows that you have broken your sleeves, and you don't have to pretend to be in front of me. ”
Shang Yishe became nervous and explained: "That's a miscommunication, I was killed, don't believe those rumors, I have a woman I like in my heart." ”
"Your deeds are already known to everyone, you are eighteen years old, but you have never been married, what else can you be if you are not a dragon yang fetish?" Tonggu didn't care about the rumors at first, but later, as Tonggu came into contact with more people, Tonggu realized that they all got married at the age of about fifteen in Yuguo, and people like Shang Yishe and the Seventh Prince were already older leftover men.
Shang Yishe rushed into his heart with anger, and said hatefully: "Back then, Nanqiongguo sent a delegation to Beijing for pilgrimage, and there was a princess of Nanqiongguo in the mission, and the princess came to make peace. According to the convention, it should be the prince and the pro, who would have expected that this princess would not be a prince. clamoring to marry me. At that time, I really couldn't help it, so I asked Aunt Xiang to play a scene and let the princess catch her, so that I avoided kissing. ”
"You're quite picky, princess, don't you even want it?" Tonggu touched his chin and looked at Shang Yishe meaningfully.
"The princess came to me for another purpose, at that time, the Nanqiong people colluded with our courtiers and wanted to pull my merchant off the horse. I am the only son of a merchant, and the rule of their Nanqiong Kingdom is that men are rich, and if I leave, the merchant will have no heirs. My father has a son with me, and those people will not be able to take the position of Situ in a few years, how can I let those people succeed in their tricks. I deliberately made a big deal about it, the princess of a country also wants royal face, and she can't marry a person with broken sleeves, so my business can continue. Shang Yishe recalled the situation back then, and couldn't help but shed a little sad look.
Tonggu has lived for more than 5,000 years, and she has never seen anything, and she knows very well in her heart that no matter what dynasty or country, officialdom has always been the most cruel battlefield without gunpowder. There is no bloody wind and rain here, there is no blade and sword shadow, but there are hidden killing opportunities everywhere, seeing blood sealing the throat, killing people invisibly. People who can stay in a pivotal position for a long time are by no means good, they must be cautious and cautious, and businesses are just a drop in the ocean in this world.
"Why is the merchant just a child of your own?" Tonggu suddenly changed his words.
"My mother was a well-known tigress, and my father was so scared that he didn't dare to marry again. After my mother gave birth to me, she disagreed with rebirth, saying that it hurt to give birth. My father couldn't do anything about her, so it became like this. Although Shang Yishe said so, he was happy in his heart. said that his mother was a tigress, but in fact his father loved his mother very much, otherwise it would be impossible to accommodate his mother in everything, which was a man's world in ancient times.
"I didn't expect that there is still true love in this world, which is also the lucky place of human beings, and the shortness of life has made human beings know how to cherish it." Tonggu thought of his mother, the helmeted hornbill demon, one wrong step, the wrong life to pay, how sad.
Shang Yishe's long eyes rippled, and a look of pity appeared. Although Shang Yishe felt that Tonggu's speech was a little upside down, he could feel the despair in Tonggu's mood. Shang Yishe took Tonggu's hand, kissed him shallowly, and said, "If you marry me, I will only marry you, and I will listen to you for everything." ”
Tonggu shook off his hand and retched and said, "Disgusting, I won't marry, I'm not interested in the relationship between men and women." Tonggu didn't want to continue chatting, and drove away Shang Yishe directly.
Shang Yishe shook his head with a smile and left the Lei Mansion. In fact, Shang Yishe has always been worried about Tonggu's injury. He knew that this girl was a skilled doctor, but he didn't expect to be so superb, but then he was at ease. Not long ago, Shang Yishe had caught the arsonist, that person was sent by the eldest prince, the eldest prince has always been ambitious, and Tonggu must have been regarded as a thorn in the side of the eldest prince in order to save himself. Therefore, Shang Yishe did not prevent Tonggu from doing business with the Four Princes, no matter what the purpose, after all, he could get some protection from the Four Princes, plus the power of Shang Yishe and the Seven Princes, Tonggu was safe at least temporarily. When he caught the arsonist, Shang Yishe's eyes were full of killing intent, as if Manzhu Sawa bloomed in his eyes, and the whole person was like crazy, thinking that Tonggu was burned to charcoal by this person, and this hatred spread to every pore of his body. Shang Yishe couldn't vent, and finally threw the person into the oil pot and blew him up alive. But he won't say this in front of Tonggu, although Tonggu is not an ordinary woman, he is a man, and he must protect his beloved.
Tonggu doesn't believe in love at all, she has lived for more than 5,000 years and has seen too many of you and me at the beginning, and finally came to look at each other and hated each other, the so-called love is just dopamine, and in the end, it is not the left hand holding the right hand. So Tonggu has never been emotionally moved in more than 5,000 years, she doesn't even know how to be emotional, maybe she has long lost her love. In the long years, the only thing she cared about was the little medicine fairy official, and the little medicine fairy official was the only emotional sustenance in Tonggu.
A few days later.
The rain was still pouring as usual, and Tonggu didn't go out of the room for a few days, and wrote some prescriptions according to his memory, intending to teach them to Bai Ze. Suddenly, a noise floated in through the crack in the door, and Tonggu opened the door, and it was Charlen wearing a white robe.
"Girl, it's not good, you can go to the infirmary." Charles couldn't even prevent the rain from invading, and he stood wet in the rain.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Tonggu answered.