Chapter 226: Oiran Race
Zhang Jun was successfully admitted to Tai College, but now that Tai College is still on vacation, he does not have to go to Tai College for the time being.
Lujian recuperated at home for a few days, and his body recovered a lot, and on the day of the beginning of spring, Shen Bai took Zhang Jun to visit her together.
On the way, Shen Bai told Zhang Jun about the relationship between Green Tip and Cha Bai, Zhang Jun heard for the first time that Cha Bai still had good sisters in Hanjing, although his expression did not change much, but he still had two more expectations than usual.
Lujian didn't know about Cha Bai's death, and when he saw Shen Bai bringing Zhang Jun here, he was surprised, and asked suspiciously: "Miss, ......who is this little young master?"
Zhang Jun stepped forward, took the initiative to salute, and said in a deep voice: "Jun'er has seen my aunt." ”
Green Tip opened his eyes wide in astonishment, staring at Zhang Jun for a long time before he realized that he was Chabai's child.
But Cha Bai has only been married for less than three years, how can he have such an old child?
Shen Bai held her hand and explained softly: "Chabai is the stepmother of this child. ”
I see.
Green Tip nodded, and then suddenly realized that Cha Bai didn't come today, only Zhang Jun was brought over by Shen Bai, and a lot of bad things must have happened in it.
Green Jian already had a faint guess, but he was afraid that Zhang Jun did not show it, so he took a jade pendant and a few gold leaves for Zhang Jun as a meeting gift.
She and Cha Bai had a rough and hard life, and her favorite thing was to save money, and the nature she gave to Zhang Jun was also the most tangible thing.
Zhang Jun didn't talk much, and Lu Jian didn't think he was cold, and Shen Bai said that he was admitted to Tai Academy, and even praised him again and again, and found an excuse to take Zhang Jun away after praising him.
The room was instantly quiet, and without asking Lu Jian, Shen Bai said frankly: "Cha Bai is gone." ”
Lujian was already mentally prepared, and it was still uncomfortable to hear it with his own ears, so he grabbed Shen Bai's hand and kept whispering: "I knew that the one named Zhang Dahai was unreliable, I persuaded her at that time, she was like being poured with ecstasy, and she had to marry far away." ”
Greentip choked up as he spoke, unable to sob.
Shen Bai hugged her and gently patted her back to comfort: "The injury on her body is not healed, don't be too sad, she is married to a non-human, and it is too hard to live, so it's okay to leave like this." ”
Green Tip cried for a long time before stopping, her eyes were swollen, and she said very lowly: "People like us, it is already a luxury to live in peace, how can anyone cherish it, she has been persuading me like this, but I didn't expect that in the end she chose the wrong path." ”
After opening a ready-to-wear shop for more than two years, I have seen all kinds of people, and the green tip is not as lively and acute as a few years ago, but it is much more calm and transparent than before Chabai.
Lujian's mood calmed down a lot, and Shen Bai cautiously raised his doubts: "Chabai is not a person who can blindly trust others, do you remember how she met Zhang Dahai?" ”
Shen Bai suddenly asked this question, which surprised Lujian, she looked at Shen Bai in surprise and asked, "Why did Miss suddenly ask this?" ”
Shen Bai said calmly: "Zhang Dahai has not been good to her in the past three years, and she is not a person with a good character, I don't believe that Cha Bai would make such a rash decision to entrust himself to him." ”
Shen Bai pointed out the key point, and Green Tip didn't dare to look her in the eyes, and said in a low voice: "After Miss left, we didn't have much to rely on in Beijing, and Zhang Dahai had always been courteous to Chabai at that time, and it was normal for her to want to settle down." ”
Everyone wants to live a peaceful life, but this stability always requires careful consideration.
Green Jian obviously knew something, but he didn't want Shen Bai to be involved, so he didn't want to say too much.
Shen Bai knew that she had concerns, and said softly: "I heard a lot of things since I came back, you opened this garment shop, Zhou Jue helped you a lot, the outside world is rumored that Mrs. Zhou is quite dissatisfied with you, this time you were arrested by Jing Zhaoyin and put in prison is also jealous and hated by the Zhao family, this time I said that I will help you get justice, and in the same way, I don't want Cha to die in vain." ”
Shen Bai's tone was very firm, and he didn't treat Lujian and Chabai as outsiders at all.
The green tip lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he whispered: "Although Chabai and I are from dusty backgrounds, we are not people who are contemptuous by nature, and we will never do such harmful things to seduce a married man." ”
Even humble people have their own bottom line and dignity.
Shen Bai was not surprised by Green Tip's answer, nodded, and said, "I naturally believe in you, so I can't let those people pour dirty water on you." ”
I haven't been maintained like this for a long time, my green eyes turned red again, and I finally couldn't help it, choked up and said: "Miss, Chabai was killed, if she didn't marry Zhang Dahai, it would be Miss Lu who was killed!" ”
Lu Xiu is even involved in this?
Shen Bai was surprised, and comforted the green tip and asked her to speak slowly, only then did she know the ins and outs of the matter.
After Shen Bai disappeared three years ago, Lu Xiu took the initiative to find Lujian and Chabai, and the three of them opened a ready-to-wear shop together, and encountered some trouble in the middle, Lujian and Chabai wanted to find Zhou Jue for help, but they couldn't see Zhou Jue because of their identity, and then they really couldn't help it, so Lu Xiucai went to find Zhou Jue.
At that time, Zhou Jue had just married Jiang Qinse, and Lu Xiu knew that the impact was not good, so he only sent a letter to Zhou Jue, and did not have direct contact with Zhou Jue.
After going back and forth, the two can be regarded as acquaintances, Jiang Qinse somehow found that the two were secretly corresponding, and noticed the ready-to-wear shop.
In this way, it is much more reasonable, when Jiang Qinse married Zhou Jue, it was considered to be married, and later Jiang De'an was sick and recuperated at home, and the Jiang family gradually declined, although Jiang Qinse's status was not as good as before, but it was not enough to accommodate the two maids of Lujian and Chabai.
What really made her feel a sense of crisis was Lu Xiu, after all, Lu Xiu was backed by the Lu family, the mother of the Queen Mother, and she had always been very pleasing to the Queen Mother, and her temperament was also very good, Zhou Jue and Lu Xiu got closer, and Jiang Qinse was naturally afraid.
Zhang Dahai met Chabai as a silk merchant, he claimed that he was from Zhouxian at that time, and wanted to buy some fashionable materials from Hanjing to sell them, and if they sold well, they could cooperate for a long time in the future.
Cha Bai and Lu Jian were defenseless, and tried their best to take him to various shops in the city for comparison and selection, and even accompanied him to see the place where cotton was planted to ensure that the raw materials were of the best quality.
Lu Xiu rarely came to the shop, only occasionally drew a new style of clothes and sent drawings.
Zhang Dahai stayed in Hanjing for half a month, met Lu Xiu once, and later he ordered a hundred pieces of cloth to be transported back to Zhouxian, saying that Lu Xiu was the real boss, and he was willing to sign the contract only if Lu Xiu was present.
Lu Xiu knew that he should go down, on the day he signed the contract, Zhang Dahai booked a good private room in the Crane Chasing Tower, Lujian Chabai and Lu Xiu went to the banquet together, after eating, Lu Xiu went home first, Lujian and Chabai were a little later, and they were ready to go back to the ready-to-wear shop after seeing Zhang Dahai leave, and the restaurant guy brought the cloak that Lu Xiu had fallen.
Lu Jian was carrying the money given by Zhang Dahai, and he didn't dare to stay outside for a long time, so he went back to the ready-to-wear shop first, and Cha Bai went to find Lu Xiu with a cloak alone.
Green Tip never thought that Cha Bai would disappear for five days.
Five days later, Chabai was sent back to the garment shop by Zhang Dahai, and she refused to say what happened to Chabai, but Zhang Dahai was very attentive to Chabai later, and it didn't take long for Chabai to say that he wanted to marry Zhang Dahai and return to Zhouxian with him.
Green Jian persuaded Cha Bai many times, but Cha Bai refused to listen, Green Jian had no choice but to help her prepare a dowry and send her to leave with Zhang Dahai.
Lujian has always felt that there is a problem with this matter, and after a month, when Lujian went to Li Dai's mansion to measure the size of Zhao, he accidentally found that Jiang Qinse's personal maid was also there, and she said that she had leaked her mouth when she talked to Zhao, and it turned out that the tea white disappeared for a few days, and she was imprisoned by Zhang Dahai.
Originally, Zhang Dahai was supposed to arrest Lu Xiu, but for some reason it turned into Chabai, they were afraid that things would make a big fuss, so they didn't make a noise, and let Zhang Dahai deceive Chabai away.
Lujian was very angry when she learned the truth, but she also knew that she had no power or power in Hanjing, and Lu Xiu was not a favored eldest lady of the family, so if she rashly broke this matter, not only could she not get justice for Chabai, but she might also involve other people.
Hearing this, Shen Bai figured it out and asked Lujian: "So you approached Li Dai and the Zhao family to collect evidence?" ”
Greentip nodded, his expression a little annoyed.
Her power was too weak, and the longer it dragged on, the less traces of that incident would remain, and the evidence she had gathered was rather limited.
Shen Bai had also guessed that this matter was related to Jiang Qinse, but she didn't expect that there were so many inside stories in it, she rubbed her green-pointed head and comforted her softly: "I will deal with these things in the future, you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't think about so many things." ”
The two talked for a while, and Zhang Jun brought the boiled medicine to Lujian to drink.
The medicine has a calming effect, and the green tip was tired from crying, and fell asleep quickly after drinking the medicine, and Shen Bai walked out with Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun's face kept tense, and when he was about to reach the door, he finally couldn't help it, turned his head to look at Shen Bai and asked, "Why is my aunt injured?" ”
Shen Bai said frankly: "Some people can't get used to her, so they let the people in the government arrest her and punish her." ”
"Why?"
Zhang Jun asked, still a little confused.
His eyes are dark and bright, although he suffered a lot of torture when he was in the Zhang family, he still has the sincerity of a young man, like a sword of good material, which can be extremely sharp with a little polishing.
These people in Beijing have a lot of criticism about Lujian and Chabai, Zhang Jun will always hear it in the future, he is much more mature than ordinary people, Shen Bai didn't treat him as a child, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Because in this world, there are many people who do not regulate their behavior according to right and wrong, but live for their own selfish desires, they just want to make themselves happy, even if they hurt others." ”
Zhang Jun pursed his lips and quietly digested what Shen Bai had just said, Shen Bai took him to the car, and specially asked the groom to pass in front of Lanyue Pavilion.
It's still daytime, and although the door of Lanyue Pavilion is open, it is deserted and there are no guests inside.
Shen Bai sat in the carriage and asked Zhang Jun, "Do you know what kind of place this is?" ”
Zhang Jun had a cold face and said very old-fashionedly: "It's not a good place anyway." ”
"That's what you know." Shen Bai answered for him, Zhang Jun did not deny it, and Shen Bai continued, "Your mother and aunt are from this kind of place. ”4E
Zhang Jun's eyes widened and instinctively retorted: "You are talking nonsense!" ”
Shen Bai didn't speak, he looked at him fixedly, Zhang Jun's chest rose and fell violently, and he opened his mouth and wanted to argue, but Shen Bai couldn't say anything.
When his emotions calmed down, Shen Bai said softly: "This place is indeed not a good place, but most of the people in it are not bad people, many of them have a miserable background, and they can't choose their own lives, just like you don't want to have a father like Zhang Dahai." ”
Speaking of Zhang Dahai, Zhang Jun's expression froze, and he also had a personal understanding of Shen Bai's words.
"Hanjing is much bigger than Zhou County, and there will be a lot more right and wrong, the people who study in Tai Academy are all children of families with heads and faces in Beijing, you have your back to the Great Commander's Mansion, no one dares to blatantly bully you, but your background will always be known, if you want to enter there, you must also be prepared to bear criticism."
Zhang Jun's face was even worse, when he was in the Zhang family, the three aunts and the subordinates in the house would often gloat behind their backs and say a lot of ugly things, when he arrived in Hanjing, he naively thought that he could get rid of all this, but now Shen Bai punctured his illusions.
"Where there are people, there is right and wrong, no matter how you used to be, what your background was, as long as you have a long mouth, you will talk about you behind your back, you can't care too much about what others say, no matter what, you have to have your own judgment, and no matter when, you have to remember who you are, what is important to you and what should be guarded."
These words were a little incomprehensible to Zhang Jun, and Shen Bai was not in a hurry at this time, so he said in a soft tone: "Your mother and your aunt are very good people, I told you so much just to let you know that no matter how others slander them, they are always your mother and aunt, if it weren't for them, you wouldn't be here, understand?" ”
"I know."
Zhang Jun answered this question very quickly, and Shen Bai wanted to say something more, but the coachman pulled the reins of the horse and said, "Commander Gu is here." ”
Zhang Jun immediately got out of the carriage and saluted politely: "Great Commander." ”
Gu Hengzhou bowed his head and said to the horseman: "You send him back to the Great Commander's Mansion first, I will take the Oriental girl to a place, and then send her back to the palace later." ”
The groom nodded without hesitation, Zhang Jun sat back in the carriage with some loss, Gu Hengzhou stretched out his hand to Shen Bai, Shen Bai stood on the wheel, grabbed his hand and got on the horse, Gu Hengzhou lightly clamped the horse's belly and walked forward.
After the kiss in the school, the relationship between Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou warmed up, and at this time he was riding the same horse with him, Shen Bai was not polite, and hugged his waist directly.
Gu Hengzhou subconsciously sat up straight, Shen Bai leaned his head on his back, and asked curiously: "Don't you have anything to do today, will you be too idle recently, Great Commander?" ”
Gu Hengzhou said: "I was originally going back to Beijing to recuperate, so naturally I don't have much to do. ”
Shen Bai deliberately asked: "Then will your money become less, what if you don't have enough money to spend in the future?" I'm spending a lot of money. ”
"No, it won't." Gu Hengzhou immediately denied, "Even if I unload my armor and return to the field now, you won't run out of money to spend." ”
Shen Bai grinned, she liked Brother Gu's confident and determined appearance.
It was still early, Gu Hengzhou first took Shen Bai to a restaurant near the river to eat and take a nap, and then took Shen Bai to the cruise.
Today, in the beginning of spring, the riverside is very lively, and several restaurants are hanging red lanterns and swaggering guises.
When he got on the boat, Shen Bai was still a little surprised, and asked Gu Hengzhou curiously: "Do we want to cruise tonight?" Just the two of us? ”
Gu Hengzhou raised his eyebrows and asked, "You don't want to?" ”
Shen Bai nodded again and again, she can do anything with Brother Gu, why doesn't she want to?
In order to show his willingness, Shen Bai ran on the boat with his skirt and stepped on the springboard, Gu Hengzhou followed closely to get on the boat, the boat drove out for a distance, Gu Hengzhou said: "Tonight, Lanyue Pavilion will choose an Oiran." ”
Shen Bai was surprised, he didn't expect Gu Hengzhou to pay attention to this, Gu Hengzhou was a little uncomfortable by her, and said lightly: "Don't you like to watch these?" ”
That's why he brought her because she liked it.
Shen Bai's heart softened, he walked to Gu Hengzhou's side, took his hand and said, "Brother Gu, so you took me out to play today?" ”
Gu Hengzhou replied, Shen Bai couldn't stop laughing, and after a while, he heard Gu Hengzhou say: "I had too few opportunities to accompany you in my last life, and I always feel sorry." ”
Shen Bai subconsciously looked up and wanted to look at him, but his eyes were covered by his big palm, his vision fell into darkness, there was a warm breath rushing in, a kiss from the dragonfly, and then his hoarse and emotional murmuring: "I help him make up for his regrets, this is what I deserve." ”
He always felt that there were two people living in his body, and he was competing with himself.
Gu Hengzhou let go of his hand after kissing and retreated, Shen Bai wrapped his arms around his neck and stood on his heels, deepening the kiss.
The two got tired for a while and began to concentrate on the cruise.
Lunch was strong, Shen Bai was not very hungry, so he let people serve snacks and pastries first.
There are quite a lot of people watching the Oiran competition today, and even the banks of the river on both sides are crowded with people, fortunately, Gu Hengzhou booked the boat in advance, otherwise he would not be able to make up for this excitement.
Lanyue Pavilion booked the largest painting boat, the painting boat is three stories high, up and down are hung with lanterns and colorful silk, after nightfall, it is very dazzling in the river.
In fact, in the previous life, Shen Bai watched the Oiran competition every year, she was a frequent visitor to Lanyue Pavilion, and even presided over two Oiran competitions, so she was very familiar with these processes, but it was the first time to watch the competition with Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou was too serious, Shen Bai stood next to him, and he was embarrassed to cheer for those girls.
The Oiran Race will not officially start until the end of the unitary hour, and the front is actually a bit boring, Shen Bai looked around, and was attracted by a small boat.
That boat was smaller than the one she and Gu Hengzhou had set, and the reason why it attracted Shen Bai's attention was because all the boats on the river opened their curtains to see as much as possible about the grand occasion of the Oiran competition, but the curtains of this boat were all drawn tightly, refusing to let others see any of the scenery inside.
Shen Bai was a little curious, stared at the boat twice, Gu Hengzhou soon noticed the boat, Shen Bai held back for a long time, couldn't help but bump Gu Hengzhou's arm, and said playfully: "I guess the people on the boat are looking for excitement and doing bad things, what does Brother Gu think?" ”
Gu Hengzhou didn't rush to speak, patiently observed, and after a while, a small guy stood up from the stern, looking like he had urine.
Gu Hengzhou frowned slightly, and said softly: "That's the little guy in the Guogong Mansion." ”
Hey, what a coincidence.
Shen Bai's eyebrows raised slightly, and he asked tentatively: "It won't be Gu Ershao again this time, right?" ”
Shen Bai just said this casually, and after waiting for a while, seeing that Gu Hengzhou did not deny it, he sat up slightly straight, and said in surprise: "No, it's really him?" ”
Gu Hengzhou responded: "Hmm." ”
The tip of Shen Bai's tongue licked around his mouth, and he wanted to laugh a little, Gu Hengxiu really doesn't have a long memory, at that time, he was broken by Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou when he secretly met Jiang Yinglou on the boat, and now he even chose to meet in this kind of place.
Therefore, this person has a little back, and he has to stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water.
Shen Bai and their boat were closest to the Lanyue Pavilion painting boat, and there were several boats around that were ready to see the excitement, which was not easy for Gu Hengxiu to see, Shen Bai was lying by the window and looked at Gu Hengxiu's boat unscrupulously.
The hull of the boat shook slightly, the water waves rippled in circles, the river became more and more lively, no one noticed what happened on the boat, but Shen Bai raised his eyebrows with interest.
Gu Ershao looked so thin, he didn't expect it to be quite energetic, and his interest in this kind of place was also high.
About a stick of incense passed, Gu Hengxiu's boat docked, and a person walked out of the cabin, the man was wearing a black cloak, the cloak was very long, up to the ankles, wrapping the person tightly, and it was impossible to distinguish between men and women.
The boatman set up a gangplank and reached out to help, but the man ignored it and went down by himself.
The cloak was too long to walk, so the man lifted it up slightly.
From a long distance, Shen Bai only saw a pair of royal blue silver-glowing shoes.
It should be a woman with a lot of status.
After the woman went ashore, she quickly disappeared into the crowd, Gu Hengxiu did not get off the boat, the boatman rocked the boat and returned to the river, it was obvious that he also wanted to watch the Oiran race.
Shen Bai retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at Gu Hengzhou and asked, "Brother Gu can see who the person who got off the boat just now is?" ”
Gu Hengzhou shook his head and said, "It's too far away to see clearly." ”
As soon as the words fell, a loud gong sounded from the painting boat of Lanyue Pavilion, and a young woman in a light tulle skirt streamed out of the cabin, and the crowd of onlookers around him immediately cheered.
Gu Hengzhou didn't even tilt his head, and looked at Shen Bai quietly, as if it had nothing to do with him no matter what happened around him.
Brother Gu is too good-looking like this.
Shen Bai swallowed his saliva, not wanting to act too frivolous, forcibly brought the topic back to business, and asked: "Gu Hengxiu is not young anymore, why is Gu Heng definitely married, but he hasn't married yet?" ”
Gu Hengzhou said: "He is not in good health, the medicine has never been broken, and the second aunt doesn't look down on those from low backgrounds, so she has been dragging it out." ”
Ye Wanyu is most proud of Gu Hengxiu, Gu Heng can still be reluctant, she never wants to compromise on Gu Hengxiu's marriage, if she can't find a girl with a good background and good character, it is better not to marry.
Shen Bai nodded, thinking of the girl who had just come off the boat, he was inexplicably a little distressed, and he didn't know which stupid girl was deceived by Gu Hengxiu's rhetoric, and she would definitely not be able to enter the door of the Guogong Mansion in the future.
Shen Bai was thinking about it, Gu Hengzhou suddenly leaned closer, and said meaninglessly: "I am the first among the three, and I haven't gotten married yet, so he naturally doesn't need to worry." ”