Chapter 12: New Recruits
May has just begun, the weather has turned hot, and it is just dawning here, and the inn opposite Yichun Lou has already had guests on the road.
I couldn't see it clearly, but I saw a glass lamp emitting a faint light on the delicate carriage, and an ancient jade plaque hung in the other corner. After a while, three people came out of the inn, the first one was a young man in a white brocade robe, and slowly got into the carriage, and then another young man and a girl wearing a veil drove the carriage towards the gate of Linyuan City, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
In a partial hall of the Su Mansion at that time.
"Back to the master, it has been determined that the three of Bai Gongzi are out of the city, and the direction should be Chaotianyue, and the person I sent to watch it for three hours to confirm that there is no change before coming back to restore his life."
Su Changqing nodded: "Okay, I know." ”
Su Yihang paused for a while, and then said: "Also, the Li family's house in Manfeng Lane has been moving in the past few days, and someone should be moving in." ”
Su Changqing raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "Oh? Can you inquire? ”
Su Yi Channel. "I inquired, the Mo family from other places came to Linyuan to do business, I'm afraid they don't know about the house."
Su Changqing snorted coldly: "Heh, what if you know, it was Li Minghao and His Highness who had some friction at the beginning, and His Highness was also a big playful, and they happened to be in Linyuan, so there was that thing." People in this world pay attention to superstition, one to ten, ten to hundred, the more it is spread, the more it is not presentable, originally thought that the house will be stored in a few days, but now it is robbed, this matter is nothing. By the way, where is the long wind? ”
Su Yihang said: "Yesterday, the second prince also sent a letter back, and he should be able to reach Linyuan in two days." ”
Su Changqing's frowning brows stretched a little: "Okay, presumably His Highness should also come." Later, people will see that there are still empty houses in other parts of the North City, and you don't have to worry about the price, but the surrounding scenery should be exquisite, and the fewer people living nearby, the better. ”
"Yes, master!"
Su Yihang retreated from the room of the eldest prince of Su, and sighed deeply, he felt particularly psychedelic, thinking that His Royal Highness must have given the eldest prince and the second prince some kind of Gu to make them feel that person was elegant and easy-going? Playful? That's a Shura! It's a big day!
Besides, Mo Yanxi and the three of them walked in the direction of Tianyue when they got out of the gate of Linyuan City, rested three or four times along the way, and finally arrived at a post station when they arrived at the unitary time, Mo Yanxi and their carriage did not stop at the gate of the post station, but found a hidden alley, and there was a carriage parked in the depths of the alley, and a plainly dressed young man stood beside him, and Mo Yanxi and the three of them got off the carriage.
The girl wearing the veil looked at the young man in front of her, and asked crying, "Qin Lang?" ”
Qin Pingzhang turned around and hugged the visitor: "Liu'er, be good, don't cry, we are free, I will definitely take care of you, thank you for being willing to go with me." ”
That girl lifted the veil she was wearing, and it turned out to be Sakura Niang!
Seeing this, Mo Yanxi said to Xiangxue: "Xiangxue, go take off the sign and put it away." ”
Xiangxue obeyed: "Yes, miss." ”
Mo Yanxi took a step forward and looked at the two people in front of him: "You two will take this carriage to Tianyue, I have fifty taels of silver, you can take it, you can make a good living, if it is not good, sell this carriage, it is estimated that it can be exchanged for some silver." ”
Qin Pingzhang stepped forward and said: "Xie Bai Gongzi is complete." ”
Mo Yanxi shook his head: "I can't talk about it, I'm also here to help myself." In the future, it will be up to you to create, and I will take my leave. ”
After saying that, the four of them parted ways, Mo Yanxi and the two drove the carriage to the west for a while, and then changed the clothes prepared in advance in the carriage, returned to the post station to rest for a night, and the next morning the two drove the carriage to Linyuan City early. At noon, I returned to the Ruolai Inn in Nanshi, and the shopkeeper saw the person with a smile on his face, and he came forward to talk enthusiastically.
"Yo! Miss Mo is back, I'm afraid this trip will be tiring. ”
Mo Yanxi replied with a smile: "Blame me, I actually left something in Xiaolin City, fortunately, there is a caravan I know there, knowing that I am here, let the passing caravan come over and send a letter, saying that it is going this way, it is also a coincidence, I met it at a post station, it is not a rare thing, but a little relic left by my deceased mother, I always have to care." ”
The shopkeeper said: "Since it is a relic of my mother, I naturally have to care, God bless you for the safe arrival of one of your daughters." I saw that Miss Xiangxue went out yesterday, and I guess I was worried that I was in a hurry, and it was hard all the way, so let's go upstairs and rest. ”
Mo Yanxi nodded: "Thank you to the shopkeeper, let's go." ”
The two went upstairs, Sakura Niang was still settling accounts in the room, and she was relieved to see the two who returned safely:
"How's it going?"
Mo Yanxi grinned: "Ying Niang is wise, under the cover of Miss Dong, the identity of our Bai family should be silent." ”
Yingniang blushed a little: "I didn't do much, this matter was accidentally encountered by Xiangxue, it happened that Miss was going out of the city, I mentioned a few words to Xiangxue, she actually had an idea, and she found the two Dong girls by herself." ”
When Mo Yanxi heard this, he turned his head to look at Xiangxue, and said with a smile: "Yo~ yes, Xiangxue has followed me for so many years, but I didn't find that this elm pimple is sometimes quite smart."
Xiangxue stomped her foot: "Miss!! You two are making fun of people here, you two foxes have been following you for so long, how can you know a trick and a half, and now you can be regarded as a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks. ”
Mo Yanxi smiled: "I don't see, that Miss Dong is a delicate and expensive girl, and she has not lived a real life of exile, if there is a shortage of silver in the future, firewood, rice, oil and salt, no matter how affectionate people are, they are afraid of the hardships of this life, and when the time comes, they are only afraid... Anyway, this is the path they have chosen, and it is up to them to go wherever they go. By the way, Sakura Niang, has the land matter come to fruition? ”
Sakura Niang hurriedly replied: "Miss Hui, there is, the family listened to what I said, and agreed after thinking about it for half a cup of tea." The amount of the transaction is five hundred taels of silver, and I have already made an account and will send it to them tomorrow. ”
Mo Yanxi was very satisfied, and asked again: "Did you tell them about Xiucai?" ”
Ying Niang shook her head: "No, I have hired someone to go to Wenxi yesterday, and this matter is not a foregone conclusion, so I didn't tell them, in case our bamboo basket is empty, it will be useless." ”
"Yes, yes, it's getting more and more thoughtful! Come and check this out. ”
After Mo Yanxi praised Ying Niang, she took out two drawings and put them on the table.
Sakura looked over and couldn't help asking, "This is the construction plan, Miss!" Did you draw it? ”
Mo Yanxi nodded: "I just drew a few strokes casually, I was fortunate to go to the water town once, and I think the scenery over there is particularly soft and beautiful, and the architecture is also very good-looking, since we said that it is from the river view, it is naturally necessary to have some credibility." You two take a look, we should start working tomorrow too. Ideally, it should be completed in August. ”
Xiangxue came over, looked at it for a long time, seemed to have found something strange, and asked out loud, "Huh?" Miss, why does the door of this house you painted face the alley? I see that the doors of the houses in Nabei City are all open outward. ”
Mo Yanxi pointed to that place and replied: "This is inside, firstly, you can change the feng shui, and secondly, you can also bypass the flow of people, and it is easy to close people's eyes and ears." Sakura Niang tomorrow you and Xiangxue go to a repair workshop, didn't Chen say it, then Zhao craftsman and Wang craftsman are top, it is better to hire together, start construction at both ends, the house will build the scenery first, after the negotiation let Wang craftsman lead the team directly to the house, I personally stared at the start of the work, Sakura Niang, I painted the drawings of this shop workshop in more detail, I will explain it to you later, you go to find a painter and let him redraw a new one and then give it to Zhao craftsman, you personally stare at it. I'll just take a look at it sometime. ”
On the second day, Xiangxue and Yingniang went to the repair workshop to discuss related matters with the craftsmen, while Mo Yanxi went to the Pingfu workshop alone.
This flat workshop is not like other places, although it does business, but the door is closed day and night, and it is not a glorious business, and everyone's heart is clear.
Mo Yanxi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a pair of cloudy eyes appeared in a small dark compartment at the door.
"Who?"
Mo Yanxi said: "Do business." ”
When the man heard this, there was a hint of joy in his voice: "Please wait a minute." ”
After a while, the door opened, and it was a bloated woman in her thirties.
"Oops~ This little guest officer, please."
Mo Yanxi chuckled: "There are clean people here in the shopkeeper." ”
The woman twisted her waist and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, if you can get here, if you want to say that it is clean, it is naturally clean, and if you think it is not clean, it is natural..., but the girl is very faceless, not like the locals." ”
Mo Yanxi said: "I just came from other places, and the house in Beishi is being built, no, buy a few people who can use it first." ”
When the woman heard that she was from Beishi, her attitude became more and more respectful. Flattery:
"Recently, there happened to be a batch of fresh ones, do you want to go over and take a look first?"
Hearing this, Mo Yanxi followed the woman to the backyard, which was huge and had many rooms, so each room should be a different servant. There are quite a lot of people who come to pick people at this time, and they are all from all walks of life.
The shopkeeper didn't say much, and respectfully led Mo Yanxi to the innermost room.
Mo Yanxi asked, "I don't know what Mrs. is called?" ”
"The girl is polite, just call me Sanniang, it's here. Girl, look at it, these are all new girls, and they are the cleanest. ”
Mo Yanxi walked around twice, picked out four girls who looked delicate and had pure eyes, and asked:
"Sanniang, what kind of errands do you have for nursing homes. There is a shortage of men in our family. ”
Sanniang smiled: "Naturally, there is, the girl comes with me." ”
Mo Yanxi followed Sanniang to the other end of the courtyard. The room was full of men, and the air in the room was not very smooth, mixed with an unpleasant smell of blood. Mo Yanxi's gaze swept inside, and most people looked at her with great eagerness.
Mo Yanxi was pondering, and suddenly met a bright gaze, but in an instant, that gaze disappeared, Mo Yanxi looked in that direction, it was a very thin boy, at most eleven or twelve years old, but his skin was fair, his neck exposed on the outside of the cloth was almost full of scars, and his hands were tightly wrapped around his legs.
"What's your name?"
Mo Yanxi looked at the young man and asked lightly.
The young man didn't reply, and Sanniang hurriedly shouted: "Hey! What about you, look up your head, don't you have a chance to go out? ”
Only then did the young man react, stood up hard, and gestured in the direction of Mo Yanxi, saying, "My surname is Tang, and my name is Mingsang." ”
Mo Yanxi asked again: "Only now that politics and religion pass through southern Guangdong, there is also a big cold mulberry tree red." Good ambitions! How many years have you been reading? ”
"Six years"
Mo Yanxi nodded, looked at Sanniang and said, "Just him." ”
Sanniang and Tang Mingsang were obviously stunned, this hairy boy was so thin that he couldn't do any work, and he couldn't bring it back as an ornament. Sanniang thought in her heart, but her mouth was full of praise.
"You kid, don't you come over and thank the girl, you will go to someone's house in the future, but you must work hard, be faithful, and don't let down the girl's heart."
When Mingsang heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mingsang thanked my sister." ”
Sanniang smiled and said, "This kid is a little stupid and can't say nice things, so please don't mind the girl." ”
"Don't mind"
Mo Yanxi turned around twice more, and picked six people with some martial arts background to go out of the backyard together.