Chapter 25: Travel(2)

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On the afternoon of the third day, there were many temples outside the city of Quanzhou.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ......" The melodious sound of wooden fish sounded in the temple grounds.

In Yunzhen Temple, there are three gold-plated Buddha statues enshrined in the simple and elegant main hall, which are three Buddha statues of Burning Lamp (left), Shakyamuni (center), and Maitreya (right).

Lu Wan knelt on the futon, respectfully held a bouquet of incense and bowed three times, then got up and slowly walked to the incense table, inserted the incense into the incense burner, and took out a small ingot of silver and put it into the merit box next to the incense case.

"Amitabha! Thank you to the benefactor for coming to give alms again. The old monk who was over eighty years old and had a snow-white beard who was kneeling on one side stopped the wooden fish in his hand and saluted and said. Listening to his words, Lu Wan seemed to have been here many times.

"Master of Pure Tribulation! You're welcome. Although Lu Wan did not have any joy on her face, when she saw the old monk saluting her, she hurriedly returned the salute and said.

"The female benefactor has given many times over the years, may my Buddha bless you from hardship and near eternal happiness! Amitabha Buddha ......" The old monk lowered his head as he spoke, closed his eyes and picked up the wooden fish again and knocked it on.

"Wooden fish! This is the Third World Palace, where my mother and my father met back then! But it is also the place where my mother disappeared, I was only two years old at the time, and I still vaguely remember what my mother looked like, but my father has always kept this matter from me for more than ten years. Lu Wan slowly turned around, walked to Shang Yu, who was standing in the center of the hall, and said.

"Second Miss! It's been more than ten years since your mother was kidnapped by thieves! I understand the pain in your heart, but we still have to go back to our house to get ready to go, so let's leave! Shang Yu didn't mind at this time, Lu Wan still called her "Muyu".

Twelve years ago, Lu Wan's mother Lu Li disappeared in this temple, according to Lu Weixuan the day before yesterday, he was kidnapped by unknown Fanbang bandits, asking for tens of thousands of silver taels, but he didn't see the other party release him, and then he completely lost his news, presumably he had already been torn up, and the bandits were completely unreasonable, which was a pain that Lu Weixuan would never be able to let go of in his heart.

After hearing this experience, Shang Yu quietly avoided the side, and after Lu Wan ran out of Lu Weixuan's study with tears, he entered Lu Weixuan's room later, and then listened to Lu Weixuan tell the events of the year again, and asked him to take Lu Wan to Yunzhen Temple to offer incense before leaving two days later, and beg for her dead mother.

Yesterday, Shang Yu was allowed to get together with his mother Shang Mei for a day, Shang Mei hugged his son in tears and cried for a long time, and then made a delicious meal for Shang Yu, and sorted out his son's clothes on the way, and most of the taels of silver that Shang Yu handed over to her in the past two months were put back into the mezzanine of his boots, and mended it with needle and thread, and reluctantly sent his son outside the warehouse at night, saying goodbye with tears.

At this time, Lu Shaobei had already led Luo Biqing and more than a dozen others to ride horses to the north, and in the morning, Shang Yu and Lu Wan also personally sent away several sea ships carrying nearly 1,000 people from Lu Mansion in the port.

When Lu Wan saw the sea ship gradually moving away, he cried loudly on the dock, which caused the soldiers under the jurisdiction of the city ship division who maintained law and order in the port to look sideways and look at Shang Yu and Lu Wan in surprise, and Shang Yu was also silently watching the sea ship leave, thinking about the mother at the place where he boarded.

"Wooden fish! It's already happening here, let's go back to the house and get ready to pack, let's leave immediately! After that, Lu Wan walked to the outside of the Third Palace, when she spoke at this time, there was no emotional fluctuation, her father insisted on marrying her, this is already an established fact, and her cousin Shen Fu is also her only relative in the world, and being able to marry into the Shen family can be regarded as her excellent choice.

In the past two days, Lu Wan seems to have suddenly grown up a lot, and has become much calmer, and in the past two days, he has become no longer as talkative as before, and he is also very polite to people, which in Shang Yu's eyes, he also feels a little incredible.

Hearing Lu Wan say this, Shang Yu hurriedly followed behind her, and said in his heart: "It turns out that Miss Di Er likes to mess around! There were many troubles, but she was very happy at that time, but she was lifeless at this time, and she did not know which of the two was better! ”

After Shang Yu and Lu Wan left the hall, a figure dressed in white fell to the ground from the top of the hall, flashing to the door of the main hall like a wisp of light smoke, looking at the backs of Shang Yu and the others.

"Poor boy! If you go to your aunt, you will be the daughter-in-law of the Shen family! Mother, forget it, but a wish! Listening to the voice, this person turned out to be a woman, but her face was covered with a light veil, and she couldn't see her face clearly.

The white-bearded old monk named Jingnan still knocked on the wooden fish, as if he had never found that there was another woman in the hall, and still recited the Buddha's name.

The sandalwood incense in the hall is very strong, the sound of the wooden fish Buddha is melodious, and the woman in white stands by the door, this scene looks very strange.

"Business manager, go out of the city to send the second lady this time! Be careful along the way! Lu Fu said in a loud voice outside the gate of Lu Mansion to Shang Yu, who was riding on a horse in front of the convoy.

"Thank you, Steward Lu! There is also a labor housekeeper in the house to take care of it. Shang Yu also said politely.

"If that is the case, then let's go! Before dark, you can rush to Longwang Town to fight, Lu Fu still has something to do, so you're welcome! Lu Fu forced a smile on his face and said, he wished that Shang Yu would leave the Lu Mansion quickly.

As soon as Shang Yu arched his hand, he turned around and shouted to the convoy behind him: "The convoy has started its journey, and strive to arrive in Longwang Town before dark!" ”

When the drivers of more than a dozen carriages heard Shang Yu's shout, they immediately agreed, and began to move forward in an orderly manner, slowly increasing their speed, and there were more than 20 horsemen behind the carriage slowly following behind, which were hired from the dart bureau to escort the convoy.

Shang Yu left the 20,000 taels of silver tickets, Lu Weixuan did not take it back, but asked him not to save money on the road, although he lived in the best shop, he could not weaken the limelight of the Lu Mansion, and more than ten carriages, not only brought nearly 20 servants and maids, but also brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry of the Lu family and Shang Yu purchased from the treasure street, if the total value is calculated, Shang Yu can't help but speak, then at least 300,000 taels, such a team, it is inevitable to hire a dart master to accompany it, and there must be a government to issue a road guide, so that it will be relatively safe to go to various places.

On this trip, Tang Mian, the prefect, issued a document, and the city shipping department also issued a list of goods and related documents, otherwise hundreds of thousands of taels of goods were found by officers and soldiers on the road, which would inevitably cause a lot of trouble.

Along the way, all on the official road, only a few places to pass through some relatively narrow mountain areas, small groups of robbers at most only more than ten people, in the face of these well-armed, highly skilled Quanzhou dart masters, they will never dare to come forward to rob the land, this is also the reason why the Lu business team has always been safe and sound over the years, and then there is the Lu business in the north and south of the river is also some famous, the larger bandits will receive some silver taels from the Lu business every year, and the smaller ones dare not rob!

When the convoy reached the city gate, it was already two minutes later, and the pedestrians in the city did not know that all the people in the Lu Mansion had left, and when they saw Shang Yu, the young steward, leaving the city, they were talking on the side of the street.

"I don't know where this business manager is going? Depending on the situation, he may have been promoted again and became the leader of the caravan! Look at these cars and those dart masters, it's really magnificent! It's just that the car seems to be a little less. ”

"You know what? How can the caravan leader be in charge? This merchant steward must be sending the caravan out of the city, how could he be the leader of the Naraushzi! ”

"Xiao Yu! Please wait for the brother! Shang Yu listened to the discussion in the city, and was feeling a little sentimental, when he heard a voice and the sound of horses' hooves not far behind him.

Shang Yu stopped on the side of the street, turned his face and looked back, it turned out to be Xiao Si, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Big brother! What are you doing here? ”

After a few breaths, Xiao Si stopped at Shang Yu's side, smiled and said: "When my brother always wants to send you, you go, our brothers will not be able to meet for a long time, and my stepmother has already boarded the ship and left the port, I came to the place after dealing with the accounts, fortunately, it is still in time!" As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears.

After slaughtering the village, Xiao Si was able to recover from the pain of losing his mother, that is, because of the brotherhood with Shang Yudi, coupled with Shang Mei's love for him like a parent, this time in order to stabilize all the shops in the Lu family's business city, Xiao Si was not idle for several days, and when Shang Mei's boarded the ship today, he was still reviewing the account books sent by dozens of shop stewards, so he missed the time, and at this time he could only rush to see off his righteous brother Shang Yu.

Two hours later.

"What? Are you saying that instead of giving you the tap, the shopkeeper also said that the merchant puppy sent by our house slammed the door tightly? Actually scolded you? Lu Fu sat in the original position of Lu Weixuan with some annoyance, looked at Lu Cai and asked.

"Yes! Big brother, that Shang Yu actually has a very clear grasp of the prices of all items, and all the shopkeepers in the treasure street say that he is even better than a ghost! The price of each item is quite accurate, and they only make a small amount of money, and they can't afford to give us a dip. Lu Cai's face turned a little red and said.

"What a bastard! Let this puppy mess up again, since that's it! Then Ah Cai, you go to the Walter steward of the state firm now, and say that I have something important to discuss! Lu Fu was angry, but he was not angry with his own brother, and he thought of a good idea in an instant.

"Big brother, that Walter white-faced ghost is not a good bird! What are you asking me to do with him? Lu Cai asked with some puzzlement after hearing this.

"Stupid! Walter has a lot of powerful people, if we find someone to overturn him when the merchant puppy leads the team to stay, the silver tickets in his hand don't have anyone's name written on them, and then we will divide it equally with Walter, and we will get tens of thousands of taels of silver out of thin air! Do you think it's worth it? Rufo couldn't help but say.

"Big brother, you mean to do that kind of thing? Wouldn't that be a bad old man? Lu Cai asked with some puzzlement.

"Stupid! We're just looking for someone to rob Shang Yu, a thief, and we don't want to have ambitions for Miss's dowry! Walter was one of the few good men among the Persians, and had secretly befriended me, and do you know how the purchasing steward before you disappeared? Rufo said with a sinister smile on his face.

"Could it be that the eldest brother is looking for Walter to find someone and kidnap the land?" Lu Cai couldn't help asking.

"Exactly! Those dart masters will only take care of the lady and the goods, the merchant puppy actually got 20,000 taels of silver this time, and he didn't return it to the account in the house, this time we are just looking for someone to take it back from him, you can go quickly! Lu Fu said a little harshly, he already had some thoughts about Shang Yu after he went.

Lu Fu, who left his master Lu Weixuan, immediately became greedy.

"Good! Then I'll go right away. Lu Cai then agreed and left the study.

After looking at Lu Cai leaving, Lu Fu muttered: "The master threw me here, why don't I take this opportunity to get more silver taels, and then leave Quanzhou, go incognito with my second brother, go to the countryside to buy hundreds of acres of fertile land, and be a rich man, it is better than being cautious every day after the soldiers and horses enter the city." When those people enter the city in the future, they will surely cause chaos in the city as they did in previous years! Walter will be able to help me. ”