Chapter 148: Breakthrough
"Xiaolang, have you slept?"
The voice of the winter solstice sounded outside the door, Xu You guessed her intention, and said with a smile: "Come in!" ”
When I entered the room, I saw that the autumn equinox was waiting for Xu You's wide clothes, and the winter solstice naturally came to help untie the bun, comb it and stop it, and picked up the hot water on the ground to wash Xu You's hands and face.
"Xiaolang, Su Tang, she doesn't deserve Xiaolang's affection...... I didn't tell Xiaolang before, she opened the door to welcome guests in the Mirror Pavilion, and every day she came and went with literati and scholars, playing the piano and singing music, drinking and writing poems, I don't know how happy she was. ”
Xu You's hands were put into the copper basin, feeling the comfort of the hot water to dispel the cold, and said lightly: "You are getting bolder and bolder, and I have to ask about my private affairs?" ”
Dong Solstice puffed down and knelt down, his hands were close to his forehead, and he didn't dare to move a little on the ground, but his tone was still stubborn, and he said: "Even if I make Xiaolang angry, I have to say some things." Xiaolang is the master of the dozens of servants in Jingyuan, no matter how big or small, no matter inside or outside, there is no difference between public and private. ”
Xu You wiped his hands, bent down to help her up, and said, "Kneel down, if you have something to say, I'll listen!" ”
Dong Solstice said in a low voice: "It is said outside that Su Tang can touch the piano for thousands of dollars, drink with 10,000 yuan, sit at the same table with 100,000 yuan, and sleep with 500,000 yuan......
Xu You scoffed and said, "Do you believe this?" ”
"Of course I don't believe it! Li Xianji of Wu County is the first prostitute in Yangzhou, and the overnight money may not be 500,000 yuan. Su Tang is not worth this price! ”
Xu You was a little speechless and said, "You look at the angle of the problem...... Well, it's tricky! ”
"Xiaolang, I'm not joking, since Su Tang has chosen this path, he has cut off the possibility of forming a good relationship with Xiaolang for Qin and Jin. She doesn't know how to cherish it, she is willful, why should Xiaolang wronged herself? ”
Xu You smiled: "Why haven't I heard you talk about these before?" ”
"I didn't think Xiaolang would like Su Tang at all, so how she lives her life has nothing to do with us. What's more, Xiaolang did not persuade her to buy some land in order to seek a long-term solution. She stubbornly didn't listen, and as a result, her money was scattered within a year, so she had to rely on erotic art to entertain people and feed the large group of slaves in the Mirror Pavilion, which was pitiful and lamentable! ”
Su Tang's family is short of money, and I heard the winter solstice mention it very early, she is a little girl, and there is no way to open source and reduce expenditure, no matter how much property her parents leave, it is an inevitable result to sit on the mountain and eat empty. Xu You once wanted to help her, but Su Tang was a person who would rather starve to death than accept alms, she has a way of thinking far beyond this era, closer to the independent women of later generations, doing what she wants, and not wanting to be bound by anything!
"There's nothing to be sorry for!"
In later generations, celebrities organized cultural salons and literati gatherings, and all walks of life didn't know how to pursue it, Xu You's expression was very calm, and said: "You don't know Su Tang, she likes to talk about poetry and essays with people, likes to interact with different people, and likes to experience a variety of lives, just like always calling herself a female brother on the worship post, but she just wants to live proudly, so that people don't think that she has no parents, she is lonely, weak and bullying." Since she enjoys everything in the moment, let her be, we are not in a position to judge her right or wrong! ”
"Little Lang ......"
"Well, you don't have to worry about this, there is no messy relationship between me and her. I met for the first time in the light market tonight, but I just remembered some of the past, so I lost my mind, and it has nothing to do with Su Tang! Xu You changed the topic and said: "By the way, that Shi Langjun, you ......" When the words came to his mouth, he kept silent again, originally wanted to let Dong Zhi investigate Shi Qiyu's identity and background, but after thinking about it, she covered her face with a curtain fence and showed people in men's clothes, there must be something unspeakable, and it was a little inappropriate to rashly send someone to investigate, and it also fell into the inferior.
If you are destined to meet, let it be!
Xu You is a resolute and decisive person, made up his mind, didn't think about it anymore, chatted with Dong Zhi about business, and said: "Don't talk about this, you are familiar with the vicinity of Mingyu Mountain, is there a suitable place to build a paper mill over there?" ”
"Is Xiao Lang going to open another gold sprinkle shop?"
"It's not going to open again, I'm going to move the current paper mill there. Liu Yan occupies Xiaoqu Mountain, which is always a big threat, and no one dares to guarantee that the interception of the Biyou River will not happen again, so we have to find another way! ”
"Well, Xiao Lang is right. The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Liu Yan, a villain, has ill intentions, and this time he has gained benefits, and he may not know when he will come to trouble again. It is best to move to the vicinity of Mingyu Mountain, no matter how much he curries favor with Lu Hui, it is impossible to occupy Mingyu Mountain. ”
Ming Yushan was originally Guo Mian's villa, and was later collected by Sili Mansion, and the gang of yellow-eared dogs were all familiar with the house, digging three feet into the ground to collect valuable things such as gold, silver, pearls, jade, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, makeup boxes, clothes, etc., and then only leaving the empty house that could not be moved was transferred to Qiantang County, and it has been sealed so far.
However, to put it bluntly, every grass and tree on the mountain of Mingyu Mountain has become the private property of the emperor's inner government, and Qiantang County has no power to dispose of it in the future, who to sell it to, and how much to sell it to.
"There is a lot of water around Mingyu Mountain, and there are no less than ten streams, even if anyone occupies Mingyu Mountain, they are not afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past. Tomorrow, you take someone to the field to investigate, and pick a flat place, but pay attention to waterlogging and subsidence. If there are experts in this area in Qiantang, you can invite them to investigate together and give more money. Remember, don't make a big fuss, do it quietly. ”
Dong Solstice comprehended and said, "Don't worry, Lang Jun, I wrote it down!" ”
Two days later, the new site has not been found, but the winter solstice has received information from the dark line planted in Liu Yan's mansion, and a sum of money will be transported to Qiantang from elsewhere at night. Xu You immediately made a decision and asked Zuo Yan to lurk on the transportation route of the convoy to see if he could find important clues and find out the secret behind Liu Yan.
In fact, this kind of thing is best left to Dark, although his martial arts cultivation is not as good as Zuo Yan, but he is very good at disguise, concealment and spying, and he is familiar with the road, which is more secure. However, Dark Yao has not completely regained his mind, and Xu You does not dare to easily lift his prohibition, nor does he worry about letting him go out alone to carry out the mission.
Trust, or mutual trust, takes longer!
Outside Qiantang City, the moonlight was as cold as ice and snow, and twenty ox carts creaked from a distance on the official road, and there were no less than 100 escorts around the vehicles. Whenever they encountered a silt or earth fortress that could not be passed, someone shouted in a low voice and commanded seven or eight people to push hard together, so that it took half an hour to walk out of a distance of hundreds of meters.
Zuo Yan stood on the hill on the right side of the official road, which was condescending and densely wooded, not afraid of being discovered. He followed him for most of the night, and the people who escorted the vehicles were no different from the ordinary rich and wealthy people, at most they were well-trained and seemed to be very strong. However, there are about more than ten people mixed in with it, just looking at the gait and figure, all of them are the cultivation on the nine-grade list, which is very incredible.
"Hurry up, and then sell hard. When you are ugly, you will rush to Xiaoqu Mountain, and the owner will be rewarded! ”
The person who spoke was tall, with a face covered with wind and frost, thick eyebrows and big eyes, which was impressive. But what really caught Zuo Yan's attention was a person who had been silent beside him.
The man was dressed in a green coat and a small hat, dressed as a slave, and his demeanor was also full of caution, but Zuo Yan vaguely remembered that he had seen this person on Xiaoqu Mountain. He was inconspicuous among the large number of slaves, but Zuo Yan was so profound in his cultivation now, as long as he looked at him, from the birds to the insects and ants, there was nothing to hide.
It turns out that this guy who doesn't look amazing is Liu Yan's real henchman!
Zuo Yan quietly followed the convoy to the southern foot of Xiaoqu Mountain, and looked across the mountain from the northern foot where the Sajinfang was located. There were already dozens of people waiting at the foot of the mountain, and after a brief confirmation of the handover, the boxes were moved down from the ox cart, and they were carried up the mountain in groups of five or six people.
The whole process did not make the slightest sound, and the duration was extremely short, and even the dogs in the village not far from the southern foot did not alarm.
After unloading the ox cart stopped for a while, fed the fodder and water, and immediately returned the way it came. Zuo Yan perked up and tracked for most of the night, and this will be the real highlight begins.
The next morning, the gates of the city were opened, and the crowd of people who had been isolated from the inside and outside because of the curfew gathered again, peasants carrying burdens, merchants laden with goods, traveling doctors walking the streets and alleys, all kinds of people together formed the noisy scene of Qiantang City this morning.
There is morning and there is evening.
When the twilight drums sounded, the people who lived outside the city hurriedly packed up their things, shouted hello to their companions or acquaintances, and then disappeared into the distant sunset as the city gates closed. When the night falls, it heralds the time when everything is quiet.
This is repeated, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
The winter solstice stayed awake all night, and as soon as the sky was bright, he came to Xu You, and said worriedly: "Xiaolang, it's been three days and nights, Fenghu Langjun hasn't come back yet, there won't be any accidents, right?" ”
Xu You said calmly: "Before being promoted to the rank of Little Grandmaster, you may need to worry about his safety. But the current Wind Tiger's cultivation is far beyond your and mine's cognition, and what he can and can't do is far beyond your imagination. In Qiantang and even Wu County, there are not many people who can keep him, and those who are qualified will never make a move easily. So relax, the longer he delays, the more important the clues he finds. ”
The winter solstice is a little calm, and Xu You's calmness and calmness are their biggest reliance.
In the afternoon, Zuo Yan finally came back, and Dong Solstice looked around him for the first time to make sure that he was not injured, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"What's going on?" Zuo Yan was inexplicably troubled by the winter solstice.
Xu You smiled: "She is worried that you will have an accident, and she has not eaten well and slept well in the past few days." ”
Zuo Yan knew that the winter solstice was a heartfelt concern, he was a person who came out of the sea of corpses and blood, although he felt that it was not necessary, but he was also very moved, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if I meet Sun Guan, I can't beat it, I can always run away!" ”
This sentence is Zuo Yan deliberately laughing, if he really meets Sun Guan, he may not even have a chance to run, just look at the fate of Yin Changsheng.
The more high-grade is like mountaineering, and the gap between the fifth-grade small grandmaster and the first-grade great grandmaster is far greater than the distance between ordinary people and small grandmasters.
"Why did you go for so long?"
"I followed a person to Wu County, and this person should be the tongue of Liu Yan's connection with the mysterious person behind him."
This is undoubtedly a major breakthrough, Xu Youdeng came to his senses and said, "Where did he go to Wu County?" ”
Zuo Yan lowered his voice and said three words: "Lin Wu Mountain!" ”