Chapter 33: A Farewell to the Mountains (5)
Merchants are all egoists, where there are interests, they will drill where, and now Ye Cizhun has successfully broken through the hearts and minds of most wealthy businessmen, making them gradually turn to the allegiance of King Xi. The loyalty of merchants is not only manifested in the tribute of gold and silver, but more importantly, in the transmission of information and intelligence.
The footprints of businessmen are all over the great business and the four seas, and they are sleek and sophisticated, and they have a wide range of contacts, and they are sometimes more efficient than professional spies to spy on some officialdom or civilian intelligence. At the beginning, King Xu used the connections of Haizhou merchants to find out the private morality of a group of officials, large and small, so that he was frequently impeached, which made King Xi very annoyed.
Moreover, when Ye Cizhun found out that he was being targeted, he also realized that it was no longer safe to exchange information with King Xi's spies in the official residence or mansion, and he had to find a more secret place. The so-called big hidden in the city, the more complex the quality flow, the more the sound of dogs and horses, the more he needs the best cover, Mianyue Lou is the best choice.
He hadn't had time to explain these to Su Yuming yet...... Will she understand herself?
But he thought about it, she first came to talk to him, and then came to the land of fireworks to find a husband, do these actions mean that she is going to completely break off her love with him and return to Xue Huijian?
Ye Cizhun desperately wanted an answer......
Su Yuming really couldn't understand Ye Cizhun who was sleeping in the willows, when Xue Huijin threw her down on the gravel road in the courtyard of Ruihe Residence, what she felt painful was not the bruised and bleeding palm, but the heart that was broken by Ye Cizhun who was lingering in the flowers in the Sleeping Moon Tower......
Xue Huijin dragged Su Yuming back to the bedroom, this place, he had never stepped into it since the Su family's accident, if it wasn't for Su Yuming going to Mianyue Tower to find him, the softest part of his heart would not be able to be awakened. Now, he suddenly remembered his original intention of falling in love with Su Yuming at first sight, and wanted to get back what belonged to him in the first place.
Su Yuming was still immersed in the sad emotions of meeting Ye Cizhun in Mianyue Tower and couldn't extricate himself, and naturally he didn't have the heart and energy to deal with Xue Huijin again, if he just came back to remember the past of the two, then let him be, anyway, there was nothing valuable to remember between them.
The cuckoo quickly served Xue Huijin tea and left the bedroom worriedly.
Xue Huijin slowly approached Su Yuming, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, he looked at the tithes in the bedroom, which was no different from the two when they were married, and even more plain, and his heart suddenly became mixed.
Su Yuming's expression was lonely, her eyes gradually reddened, Ye Cizhun, what did he think of her in his heart? A tool to relieve loneliness when you are bored? But even if he treats himself as a plaything, she has nothing to complain about, after all, the two of them have developed to this extent, and there is an element of Ye Cizhun taking the initiative, but it is indeed gradually formed with her acquiescence, what qualification does she have to accuse him?
Just as she was about to come out of her mind, she suddenly felt someone hugging her behind her! Su Yuming was startled, and then she realized that Xue Huijin was still in the room, so she hurriedly pushed him away, stood up suddenly, and subconsciously took a few steps back to the side, looking at him with horror in her eyes.
Xue Huijin frowned, and gave birth to a somewhat painful look, "Yu Ming, am I so terrible?" ”
Her eyes were like a wounded fawn, fearful, desperate, lifeless. In her eyes, what kind of person has he become?
"Hibiscus ...... I'm sorry...... I didn't mean to go to Mianyue Tower to embarrass you, I didn't know that tonight was the Haizhou Chamber of Commerce banquet for the Haidong Dao Jiedu envoy and the Haizhou Thorn History. It's just that my mother has great expectations for you, and she is afraid that you will be confused and sink into it for a while, so she asked me to remind you a little more. If you feel embarrassed, I'll never go again. ”
"No, I'm glad you came to me."
Happy? What does he mean by that?
"You haven't cared about me since the first day we got married...... Of course, I know that it was my recklessness that hurt you on your wedding night, but I just don't want to embarrass you too much, after all, you have other men in your heart when you get married...... However, since we are already husband and wife, the gift of Zhou Gong is a matter of course, as for how the flower candle in the cave room is made, is it really that important? ”
He can actually describe the aphrodisiac on his wife on the wedding night so lightly, and even a little justified! Su Yuming suddenly trembled with anger.
That incident left an indelible wound mark on her heart, and even now, she occasionally dreams back in the middle of the night, frightened. How could such a trauma be so casual in his eyes?
"Hibiscus, how many times do you want me to say it before you understand? From the moment I stepped on your sedan chair, I put Chunyue down, and I was ready to marry you hand in hand in this life. But you...... You actually use that medicine in our glasses...... What was supposed to be the best moment became my most embarrassing and painful memory...... How do you tell me to deal with myself? ”
This incident is just the beginning of pain, and the coercion after the newlywed again and again made her fall into the abyss, which she cried to Xue Huijin more than once, but is it useful? All he got was his idea that she was more sure of her and Xue Chunyue's connection, and his torture intensified.
If these are the original sins that the two of them have borne from the beginning of their marriage, then Xue Huijin and Aunt Ma's ignorance and even hastily cutting the table when the Su family was in trouble was the last straw that crushed Su Yuming's psychology, and the person facing the life and death crisis was her biological father, Xue Huijin could be so indifferent, and the degree of selfishness can be imagined. Coupled with the appearance of Ye Cizhun, Su Yuming's heart has been completely closed, and there is no chance to go back to the past and start again.
Facing Su Yuming, who was soft and hard, Xue Huijin lost patience again, and he suddenly stepped forward to pick up Su Yuming by the waist and throw him on the bed.
Su Yuming knew what he wanted to do, so he could only resist violently, and Xue Huijian, who was furious, almost smashed her shoulder blades. When the two were entangled, Xue Huijin suddenly touched a warm jade pendant from under her pillow, he was curious, picked it up and saw that it was actually a jade pendant on a man's belt. Suspicious, he immediately realized that it wasn't his!
At this time, Xue Huijin's whole person froze, Su Yuming was shocked and wanted to reach out to grab it, but Xue Huijin quickly avoided it and stood up. His eyes were fierce and stared at the jade pendant like a falcon.
His first reaction was that it should be Xue Chunyue's, but looking at the patterns on it, it didn't look like something from the Xue family, not like something from the businessman's family to be exact.
He looked at it again, and the lifelike divine beast on the jade pendant looked like a hedgehog, which was obviously a delicately carved single-sided relief hedgehog white jade belt. The hedgehog belt is a kind of sacred beast object that is often worn by the court members to symbolize the fairness and uprightness of the court.
"Whose is this?" Xue Huijin's eyes lit up with anger and forced him to look at Su Yuming.
There was no time to think about it, Su Yuming could only subconsciously answer, "My father's, the mascot he gave me before leaving, it's just to keep me safe." ”
Su Yuming's voice trembled a little.
"Will Su Qi have something that only the court officials like?"
"My father had a lot of friends, so what was so strange about one or two things that he had received from exchanging gifts with officials? The law of the great cause does not stipulate who can wear it and who cannot wear it. ”
"Anyone will have a pigg, but only the big businessmen will not have it! The pig symbolizes honesty and fairness, and the focus on doing big business is to buy cheaply and sell high under unequal information. In the eyes of the pig, good and evil, loyalty and treachery, good and evil, all have the Chu River and Han realms, and they can't rub in the slightest bit of sand, and doing business is about making good connections and making money in harmony, which are basically two ways of life that are not related to each other! Would Su Qi like a mythical beast like a hedgehog, which violates the principles of business?! ”
Su Yuming was speechless for a while, she was completely confused, so she would panic. She has been involved in business since she was a child, and she has always been well versed in business culture, but now she didn't even expect this to be the Su family and the Xue family, and they couldn't find a single badge ornament in the whole house, and they would actually make such a slip of the tongue.
"Say! Whose is it? ”
Xue Huijin pressed forward step by step, Su Yuming really didn't know how to deal with it, and in a panic, she could only say, "It was given to me by Qinyu...... Yes, Qinyu...... Since the accident in the Su family, I often can't sleep, and the cuckoo is worried that there will be evil things, but the things of gods and ghosts are taboo in the house, so I dare not tell others. Qin Yu accidentally found out, so she lent me her father's old belongings for the town house...... It is said that the pig is righteous and awe-inspiring, and can drive away all evil demons, so I put it under the pillow to be a psychological comfort! The reason why I was talking nonsense about my father's belongings just now was because I didn't want to publicize these evil and townhouse things, so as not to make my mother unhappy when she found out. ”
If it is Ye Qinyu's father Ye Cikai's thing, it makes sense......
Although Xue Huijin was suspicious, he couldn't imagine for a while that there were other people he knew who would wear such ornaments.
"Since it's my brother and sister, then I'll return it for you. It's just a town house object, why use someone else's, I'll find it for you! ”
Xue Huijin looked at her for a while, but in the end, he didn't embarrass her anymore, turned around and went back to his east wing, but also took the jade pendant with him.
Su Yuming knew that he would definitely confront Ye Qinyu, but she knew Xue Huijin's character, and she would definitely send someone to closely monitor her and Du Juan's whereabouts before the matter was confirmed, so she couldn't go to Ye Qinyu to confess, and she didn't know if Qinyu could know her distress and help her deal with the matter. Su Yuming was worried and had no sleep all night.
Early the next morning, Su Yuming wanted to wait for Ye Qinyu to come out in the main courtyard, so as to hint at her. Unexpectedly, Xue Huijin was already sitting in the pavilion in the corner of the courtyard drinking tea, waiting for work.
Ye Qinyu came out of Xihe Ju and was stunned for a moment when he saw the two people in the pavilion.
Xue Huijin seized the opportunity, first came to Ye Qinyu, first exchanged a few casual greetings, and then took out the white jade belt ornament and handed it to Ye Qinyu.
"My brother and sister's intentions, Yu Ming and I both understand it. It is more appropriate to return such valuable things to my younger siblings, and if Yu Ming needs it, I will do it for him, so I won't bother my younger siblings. ”
Ye Qinyu, who saw the jade pendant, "chuckled" in his heart, this, isn't this Ye Cizhun's belt? !