Mei Shi welcomes the rain.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the rain began to drip. The dripping cornices, the rippling river, the mossy stone bridge, the graceful and shiny bluestone alley, occasionally on the side of the street, I meet a "holding an oil-paper umbrella, wandering alone in the long, long and lonely rainy alley, how I hope to meet, a lilac-like, sad girl......"

Don't think that the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is always so poetic, and it will also have a fierce and irritable side.

Today's Haiyu Town was ravaged by a torrential rain, just now the drizzle that has arrived slowly gradually, after a burst of lightning and thunder, brewed into a cheerful, heroic rainstorm, the bean-sized raindrops hit the ground heavily, like a fierce war horse four hooves kicking, big sound boring and boring, full of a kind of thousands of troops, rushing turbulent majestic!

Two figures walked into the alley, the rain was pouring down, and the oil-paper umbrella in his hand was blown to the side from time to time, and the rain drenched the corners of his shoulders and shirts. The two of them were in a hurry, just covering their heads and faces with umbrellas, ignoring the wet shoes and socks brought up by the footsteps during the march, and quickly came to a house at the end of the alley, hiding under the rain eaves at the door, and knocked on the courtyard door with a bang.

Soon the sound of footsteps stepping on the stagnant water in the courtyard was heard, the door latch was opened, and the courtyard door was pushed open, revealing a servant dressed in green cloth.

"Who are you looking for?"

One of the young men with frosted sideburns asked, "Brother Zhu can be in the mansion?" A certain surname Lu, who had made an appointment with Brother Zhu, came to visit today. ”

The servant said "oh", quickly opened the courtyard door, and said sideways: "It turned out to be Master Lu, the head of the family has explained, if you come, you can enter directly, you don't need to pass through." ”

The young man nodded, and walked into the courtyard with the other.

The servant closed the courtyard door and trotted to the front to show the two of them the way.

The courtyard is not big, but it is repaired very exquisitely, the rockery is readily available, and even a delicate water pavilion is built on the side of the lotus pond that is not big, and the lotus pond is cool in summer, but it is also a little elegant.

There is a bamboo in the corner of the wall, and the bamboo leaves are washed by the rain and become more and more verdant, which is very interesting.

The servant led the two through the courtyard paved with blue bricks, went straight to the door of the main house, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, and said in a loud voice: "Back to the head of the family, Master Lu has arrived." ”

A male voice in the room said, "Please! ”

The servant pushed open the door and said respectfully, "Two, please come inside." ”

Outside, the rain was pouring down, but inside the house was cool and tidy.

The bright mahogany floor, near the inside, is a finely patterned reed mat, on which is placed a carved lacquered tea table, a set of white tea sets are placed in the tea tray, and a crystal porcelain plate holds the generally ripe plums.

A fat man in royal blue clothes knelt behind the tea table, staring at a pot of water on the small red clay stove, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he waved his hand casually: "The two of you please sit down, who will open this pot immediately, give the two of you a long new tea this year, the top Longjing, you can't drink it if you have money!" ”

This casual gesture made Lu Xiaoyu's heart faintly filled with anger.

At the beginning, he was a Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and this thing was a fat dog shaking his head and tail in front of him, but now that he has been dismissed from office, the Lu family has also collapsed, and he has begun to put up a score with himself?

What is it!

However, thinking that it was true that he came today, he could only endure his anger, sat opposite the fat man, and said with a smile: "Then Lu Mou is blessed, but it is said that this high-grade Longjing is all royal tribute, and it is absolutely not allowed to be sold on the market, and the Fang family is also very strict in its control and management, but I don't know where Brother Zhu got it from?" ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to those who came with him to sit beside him, without formality.

Zhu Qu's fat face like Maitreya Buddha was full of pride, and he said disapprerovingly: "What about the imperial tribute?" We didn't go to rob the emperor! In the end, these three Wu Zhi are still the world of our Jiangdong Wu surname, and he Fang Jun is a bird? What is it to get some tea leaves out of his tea plantation! Nowadays, it is rumored that Fang Jun likes to eat human brains in Suzhou, and his reputation is already extremely bad. And the people of Jiangnan said that they didn't know that Fang Jun went south to compete with the Jiangnan people for profit, so as to welcome the emperor? Let me tell you, even if Fang Jun's life is great and escapes in Niuzhuji, when he arrives in Haiyu Town, it will still be difficult to move an inch! ”

Lu Xiaoyu snorted slightly, it's up to you? Fang Jun's pit has been dug up, just waiting for you to jump in, you are still complacent here...... I don't know where the confidence comes from.

He didn't bother to argue with Zhu Qu, but the one next to him spoke.

"The Fang Jun you are talking about, but the emperor's son-in-law in Chang'an?"

Zhu Qu seemed to have only noticed this person brought by Lu Xiaoyu at this time, looked up and glanced at it, and was immediately stunned.

The man was of short stature, kneeling like a big horse monkey, with a beard on his face, and he couldn't see his original face. And although this person speaks in a straight and round manner, he is too blunt, and he is obviously not a person who often speaks Chinese.

asked Lu Xiaoyu: "Who is this?" ”

Lu Xiaoyu introduced: "This is the minister in charge of finances in front of the Emperor of the Japanese Kingdom, His Excellency Ji Shiju. It is probably equivalent to the civil department of the Tang Dynasty. Previously, he had sent Tang envoys to Chang'an and met Fang Jun. ”

The Lu family and the Wa Kingdom have always had a paper business, and this time it happened that Ji Shiju came to procure goods for the emperor, and Lu Xiaoyu changed his mind and asked him for help. But he never thought that this Ji Shiju and Fang Jun were also old acquaintances, and when he heard that Lu Xiaoyu's plan was related to Fang Jun, he immediately agreed happily.

Zhu Qu was shocked when he heard that he was a senior official equivalent to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he immediately thought that the country of Wa was so big, and he was poor to death, so how could the emperor want to go there?

He didn't pay much attention, just let out a "hmm", lowered his eyelids, and stared at the bubbling water in front of him.

Ji Shiju is not very self-conscious, and he is not angry with Zhu Qu's contempt.

This time I came to Datang, which is completely different from the last time.

That time, except for Lishan outside Chang'an, who was despised by Fang Jun, the officials along the way were extremely respectful to him as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty. However, this time, Ji Shiju felt the atmosphere of "national pride and pride". With the invincibility of the Tang army in the south and the north, a sense of national pride became stronger and stronger, and even ordinary people became less and less interested in the Japanese country.

However, for Ji Shiju, the "Japanese traitor", there is no psychological barrier at all......

There was silence in the room for a while.

Zhu Qu lifted the kettle, pinched out a handful of flat and green tea leaves from a porcelain jar under the tea table and threw it into the teapot, and then washed the tea, made tea, and divided the tea in one go.

Sipping tea and ridiculing from all over the world, Zhu Qucai asked: "Is what Xiaoyu said in his heart yesterday true?" ”

Seeing that he was on the right topic, Lu Xiaoyu put down the teacup in his hand and said solemnly: "Naturally, it is true." To tell the truth, the Lu family was in a dilemma, and continued to do a business to ask for a dilemma, so he begged to come to His Excellency Ji Shiju. Thinking of his old friendship, His Excellency Ji Shiju promised that if he could really have high-quality shipbuilding timber, he could recommend it to be sold to the Wa Kingdom, and the emperor would buy it for shipbuilding. ”

Zhu Qu glanced at Ji Shiju, shook his head slightly, and said, "Presumably Xiaoyu is mistaken, if you want to buy wood, you can go to Fang Jun." Nowadays, the big river outside Haiyu Town is full of giant trees used in shipbuilding for several miles, presumably Fang Jun can't use so much, and it doesn't hurt to sell it secretly. The Zhu family is in the silk business, where did you get the wood to sell it? ”

Seeing that Zhu Qu denied it, Lu Xiaoyu was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Everyone lives in Jiangdong and has been friends for hundreds of years, why should Brother Zhu bother me?" I didn't mention where Brother Zhu's timber came from, let alone whether Brother Zhu had any wood, but just begged Brother Zhu to help the Lu family with this favor, if he could help the Lu family buy the wood needed for shipbuilding, the Lu family would buy it at double the market price, and how much would be wanted! If this business is completed, from now on, the Lu family will always remember Brother Zhu's great kindness, but there is a drive, and he will never shirk! ”

Don't have wood?

People are fools! You don't have it in your hand, and the wood that Fang Junshui lost has been eaten by the Dragon King of Jiang?