Chapter 55 "Living Up to the Truth"
Now that the woman who spends a lot of money and refuses to see Hua Rujiang's side has been delivered to the door in person, how can Hua Rujiang let go of this opportunity to see her face.
As soon as they entered the courtyard gate of Huating Pavilion, the two saw that although the woman in the middle covered her face with a light veil, the inviolable awe-inspiring momentum exuded around her body was enough to make people look sideways.
Xiao Xinyi saw the two of them enter the hall and got up to introduce Yun Jingzhu: "This is the son of Zhuge Qinghong of Zhuge Villa." ”
Yun Jingzhu bowed slightly: "I've seen Zhuge Gongzi." ”
Zhuge Qinghong hugged his fists and said, "I've seen Miss Yun." ”
Xiao Xinyi walked to Hua Rujiang's side and said, "This is the son of Hua Rujiang of the Langya Hua family." ”
Yun Jingzhu bowed slightly: "I've seen Hua Gongzi." ”
Hua Rujiang hugged his fists and said: "The name of Miss Yangyun for a long time, when I saw Fang Fang today, I knew that the rumors were true, and I was fortunate to be able to see the girl." ”
Yun Jingzhu replied lightly: "Hua Gongzi's name, the little woman has already heard of it. ”
Hua Rujiang was overjoyed, stepped forward and asked happily, "Really?" Miss Yun, you really remember me. ”
Zhuge Qinghong grabbed his arm and said to Yun Jingzhu: "Miss Yun smiled, this time the two of us came here to discuss something important with Miss Jiang. ”
When Xiao Xinyi heard this, he turned to Yun Jingzhu and said, "Sister Yun, Begonia has something to do today, and I'll bother you another day." ”
Yun Jingzhu nodded and said, "Since the little sister has something important, I won't stay longer, Cai Sang, send the little sister out for me." ”
When Yun Jingzhu's maid heard this, she saluted Xiao Xinyi and said, "Miss Jiang, please." ”
Xiao Xinyi, Zhuge Qinghong and Hua Rujiang saluted Yun Jingzhu and walked out of Huating Pavilion quickly.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Xinyi and Zhuge Qinghong closed the door and asked.
"I just got the news that a merchant from the Heavenly Dome Kingdom is coming to Yongcheng recently." Zhuge Qinghong said.
"Heavenly Dome Country?" Xiao Xinyi was stunned.
"Yes, Tianqiong Country, thirty years ago, Tianqiong Country led 100,000 troops to invade our country through the Broken Sky Cliff, fortunately, the old general Hua who was still alive at that time used strange soldiers to beat his 100,000 troops and abandoned his armor and fled, so far the two countries have no diplomatic relations, but in the past two years, Tianqiong Country and Cangchen Country have faintly made friends. Therefore, the DPRK and China handed over the credentials to the Tianqiong Kingdom, and the two countries reached an agreement to re-establish the state for mutual trade. Recently, some merchants from the Heavenly Dome Kingdom passed by Yongcheng to purchase silk, and I have received definite news that the Chu family is preparing a large amount of silk, presumably planning to win the business of the Heavenly Dome Kingdom. Zhuge Qinghong replied.
"Then in this way, we can take the opportunity to find out the true strength of the Chu family." Xiao Xinyi thought for a moment.
"In the future, my dynasty will inevitably trade with the Heavenly Dome Country, and the Chu family values this business so much, it seems that they also want to get a piece of the pie in the Heavenly Dome Country." Zhuge Qinghong replied.
"So this time the Chu family will definitely go all out." Hua Rujiang said.
"We must grasp this God-given opportunity, and tomorrow we will send additional people to closely monitor all the people sent by the Chu family, I don't believe that we can't find useful clues." Zhuge Qinghong said lightly.
It's just that I don't know if Chu Yang and Chu Zhaohua are also busy preparing silk now.
On the sixth day, Xiao Xinyi was checking the entry and exit of the grain store, Hua Rujiang rushed into her room from outside, poured a cup of tea and drank it all before she could speak, wiped off the tea stains on her mouth and said to Xiao Xinyi: "The strength of this Chu family is really strong." ”
Xiao Xinyi refilled another cup of tea for him and asked, "What did you find?" ”
Hua Rujiang said: "You definitely can't imagine how strong the Chu family is now. ”
"How strong?" Shoshin asked.
"This time, the Heavenly Dome merchant came to purchase Phi Xiang Jin, do you know Phi Xiang Jin?" Hua Rujiang asked.
"I don't know." Xiao Xinyi replied with some embarrassment.
"Phi Xiang brocade and imperial brocade are the most precious silk in our dynasty, but the imperial brocade is only used by the court, so the most precious in the folk is the phi Xiang brocade, which is called an inch of brocade and every inch of gold. Phi Xiang brocade is a kind of rare silkworm called fragrant silkworm spinning silk, not only with its own fragrance, and when it meets fire, it does not melt into water, it is impermeable to water, the silk is soft and the color is pure, and it also has the name of pearl brocade. It is an extremely rare thing, the output of this brocade is scarce, and the new brocade woven every year is obtained by the wealthy merchants and magnates at a high price, but this time the Chu family has collected twenty-three pieces of fragrant brocade, and they are all sent from all over the country overnight. Hua Rujiang finished speaking in one breath and drank the tea that Xiao Xinyi had poured again.
Xiao Xinyi looked at him with a puzzled expression, Hua Rujiang looked at her expression and said: "Let's just tell you, it's not easy to get a piece of Phi Xiang Jin, and the characters who can shoot this brocade are either rich or expensive, even if they are photographed, they are placed at home for showing off, but the Chu family just sent someone to pass a word and brought all the Phi Xiang Jin back, it can be seen that these twenty-three families are all looking forward to the Chu family, and the most unfortunate is also jealous of the Chu family, and now there are still a few teams of people who have not returned, Zhuge Yin is waiting for news over there, and the teams I am responsible for monitoring have all returned." ”
Xiao Xinyi pondered for a moment and asked, "Since the Chu family has such a strong strength, why do they still do the business of robbing the house." ”
Hua Rujiang opened his golden fan with a bang, and said while shaking it: "This is also where Zhuge Yin and I are puzzled, in the past, we just thought that the Chu family's wealth was not right, but now although the Chu family has problems, with their current strength, they should no longer do this unpopular thing." ”
Xiao Xinyi was silent, the mystery behind the Chu family seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. She felt that there was no need to monitor the Hesheng grain shop anymore, since the Chu family's power was all over the place, presumably this small grain shop was not the key to finding out the family at all.
Xiao Xinyi asked Zhuge Qinghong where he was hidden, and brought a hat to look for him, Hu Guyue and Qin Youyou followed her inseparably, and Hua Rujiang took Leng Moyan and Lan Yun to continue to closely monitor around the Chu family.
Hesheng Grain Store only sent one of Zhuge Qinghong's subordinates to watch there. Xiao Xinyi didn't know when Zhuge Qinghong installed his people in Yongcheng, but every time he needed manpower, his subordinates appeared beside him, and Xiao Xinyi felt that there seemed to be some mystery in Zhuge Qinghong.
The three of them saw Zhuge Qinghong in an inn not far from Chu's house, he was sitting at the table with his brows furrowed, and when he saw Xiao Xinyi come in, he put down a piece of rice paper in his hand and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
Xiao Xinyi replied: "Hua Gongzi told me all about the current situation, I'll see what I can do to help." ”
Zhuge Qinghong nodded and said, "Sit down and talk." ”
After Xiao Xinyi, Hu Guyue and Qin Youyou sat down, Zhuge Qinghong pushed the rice paper in front of the three of them and said, "Just now, two more teams of people brought back the Phi Xiang Jin, and this piece of paper records all the information of these twenty-five families. ”
Luohe Zhao family originated in 714, to sell fur for the industry, the existing shop seven, all in the territory of Luohe, there are 21 people in the family, the head of the family is Zhao Gu, the parents are still there, a wife and four concubines, the wife Niu is the daughter of the former Luohe County Ling Niu Xi, the four concubines are all fireworks Willow Lane Congliang, there are seven sons and six daughters, the eldest son Zhao Xi is twenty, has not yet married a wife, and Zhao Gu takes care of the shop at home, the second son is nineteen years old............
Suiyuan Wang's family originated in 732, to sell tea as a business, the existing shop four, a total of 11 people in the family, parents have passed away............
The detailed information of each family is recorded on the rice paper, and even the ancestral homes of the servants in the family are clearly checked, but most of them are merchants, and only three belong to the Jianghu sect, all of which have only developed in recent years, and their strength is not too strong.
Xiao Xinyi read all the information of these twenty-five families and asked Zhuge Qinghong: "What do you think of this matter?" ”
Zhuge Qinghong hesitated for a moment and said, "The Chu family...... There is a big problem. ”
The Chu family has a big problem, even if Zhuge Qinghong doesn't say it, several people already know it. But walking in the rivers and lakes is a chivalrous word, and walking is a righteous word. Yu Gong, as the eldest prince of Zhuge Villa, has the responsibility to maintain the tranquility of the martial arts, and he wants to clear up the grievances of his father's life and death. In public and private, Zhuge Qinghong must find out whether the Chu family has done anything to harm the heavens and reason and destroy the peace of the martial arts, and once it is confirmed, it will inevitably be made public to the world.
But people are not ruthless, the Chu family sisters and brothers are his best friends, and they have helped him a lot, how can he be as calm in his heart as he seems on the surface.
Xiao Xinyi thought of this, knowing that he shouldn't ask him such a question at this time, he changed the topic and said, "When will the merchants of the Heavenly Dome Kingdom come here." Zhuge Qinghong replied: "If nothing happens, we will enter the city at noon the day after tomorrow, and we will find a way to sneak into the Chu family and act when the opportunity comes." ”
"Okay, it's up to you." Xiao Xinyi said.
While the two were talking, the last team of people who went to get the incense brocade also returned, and Zhuge Qinghong looked at the last secret report in his hand and didn't speak for a long time.
After all the people sent out by the Chu family returned, Zhuge Qinghong left his two subordinates in his hiding inn and returned to Youxinshe, where he had not returned for five days. When I went back, I fell asleep and didn't wake up until the next day. By the time Zhuge Qinghong carried the Splitting Star and the Moon to the open space where he hadn't been for five days, Xiao Xinyi had already taken Jiuxiao there to stroke the qin, she sat cross-legged on the thick cushion, and Jiuxiaoqin was on her lap.
After Zhuge Qinghong approached, he heard that she was playing an ethereal and elegant tune, the sound of the piano is far away, the goodness is like water, and the far-reaching and subtle sound of the piano seems to have a soothing effect.
Zhuge Qinghong waved the double swords in his hands with the sound of the qin, and the scorching cold light crossed the sky like a meteor in the hazy night. Xiao Xinyi plucked the strings, like a gust of wind blowing out from the Jiuxiao Qin, Zhuge Qinghong slashed down with a sword, as if to split the clouds of sorrow in his heart. Between the changes of the piano sound, it was like a drizzle falling from the Jiuxiao Qin, and the Moon Slashing Sword ran out, as if it was about to cut off the disturbing feelings in this world.
After a song, the sky was already bright, Zhuge Qinghong stopped the double sword and panted slightly, he has practiced swords since he was a child, but he has never been as exhausted as today, but he has never been as happy as today, when the double swords in his hands danced wildly, he seemed to see everything through the sound of the Lingling qin.
He wants to find out about the affairs of the Chu family, which is for the chivalry of the rivers and lakes. But the Chu family's sisters and brothers also want to keep them safe, for the sake of morality in their hearts. Even though there is no perfect way to have both worlds in the world, he will try his best to live up to the righteousness of martial arts and your sincerity.