(200) Cui Xiu's encounter
Cui Xiu grew up in the Thousand Faces Gate, and is the only daughter of the Thousand Faces Lady who is in charge, and since she can remember, the whole sect feels that she is the successor of the name of the Thousand Faces Lady in the future.
Cui Xiu is a very smart and self-disciplined person, he has been very strict with himself since he was a child, carefully studying the things of disguise every day, and his business ability is also one of the best in the whole school.
When the age is up, the family has ordered a family affair, and the marriage of the parents' orders and the media's words cannot be said to be good or bad, anyway, it is a respectful life for many years, Cui Xiu is not allowed to lose his body shape for the sake of his disguised career, so he said before he got married, and he couldn't have children.
After getting married, he found a few concubines for the man, and now there are a bunch of children.
Three years ago, the former head of Thousand Faces Gate was Cui Xiu's mother, Cui Lanying, who was old and felt that she was powerless, so she decided to set up a new head.
When people reach a certain age, their minds become more open-minded, not only will their hearts become more tolerant, but they will also do a lot of things, and they will not consider the gains and losses of their own family's interests.
Cui Lanying doesn't want her daughter to be the head of the house, Cui Xiu's business ability is beyond doubt, and the whole sect is also convinced, but Cui Xiu's personality is very introverted, and he is not good at socializing, to be precise, he doesn't like to socialize.
But as the head of the family, his biggest responsibility is to carry forward and strengthen the gang, and Cui Xiu really can't do this. It's no problem to let Cui Xiu be an elder, but his business ability can be ranked in the top three in the gang.
Cui Sanniang, although she is ten years older than Cui Xiu, but she joined the gang many years later than Cui Xiu, and her roots in the gang are not deep.
If Cui Sanniang is the head, there is a stain, that is, she has a bad reputation in the rivers and lakes, and she is nicknamed "spicy hands urging grass". Cui Sanniang felt that she was also wronged, if she had known that she could be the leader, she would definitely have restrained this matter.
Cui Lanying doesn't care much about this, the children of the rivers and lakes are not the ladies in the boudoir to be married, what they are talking about is this kind of arrogance that dares to love and hate, besides, they are all adults, and the love of men and women is voluntary, and there is nothing to care about other people's gossip.
Cui Lanying was also afraid of hurting her daughter's heart, and she had talked to her daughter about the matter of becoming the head of the house, but Cui Xiu was relieved, of course she understood her weaknesses, and she had been worried that she had social phobia.
Cui Sanniang never thought that she could be the head of the Thousand Faces Gate, but she really wanted to be, her master gave her this opportunity, and she must perform well.
The three fires of the new official will definitely anger the interests of some people, and Cui Sanniang originally had no foundation in Qianmianmen. There are often people behind her back who say that Cui Sanniang used a trick to get the title of a thousand-faced lady.
Some people even went to Cui Xiu to lobby and support her in snatching back the title of the lady with a thousand faces.
Although Cui Xiu has an average relationship with Cui Sanniang, she also knows that her mother's decision is correct and she doesn't want to get involved in the gang's infighting, so she wants to go out for a walk.
Cui Xiu grew up in Qianmianmen since she was a child, and she didn't have many friends outside, that is, a few years ago, Qianmianmen accepted a Beijing woman named Zhang Yangzi, who opened a grocery store at home.
Cui Xiu used to be Zhang Yangzi's teacher, and the two still had a little friendship in private, and the two occasionally had some correspondence in recent years, and Zhang Yangzi knew that Cui Xiu had not been out a few times.
When writing letters, I often invited her to come to the capital to play.
Cui Xiu just didn't like the atmosphere in the gang now, so he happily agreed, and arrived in the capital a few months later, the economic conditions of the Zhang family were okay, and he recruited a son-in-law, Zhang Yangzi because he knew how to disguise, although he was not exquisite, but he could also make a little money.
There are very few people in the capital who do disguise, and after a few years, Zhang Yangzi is still famous.
One day, Zhang Yangzi came to an old customer, this customer only comes once a year, the disguise request is very simple, to give his master a disguise, but the shot is very generous, the only requirement is to keep it secret.
But this time, he came with a portrait, and brought a woman, saying that he wanted to make an imitation, and he had to be exactly the same as the person in the portrait, and how much money was negotiable, and this was a big job, and he would come often in the future, and it would probably last for nearly two years.
Zhang Yangzi is very self-aware of his own skills, you said that if you do a casual model, it will be no problem, but if you make an imitation, this difficulty factor is too high.
Businessmen will never send away customers who are sent to the door, so Zhang Yangzi discussed with Cui Xiu and asked her to make a move to keep the customers.
Making an imitation costume is too simple for Cui Xiu. Cui Xiu felt that he had been in the capital for a month, and his food and accommodation were in the Zhang family, although he also gave out the money, but the main family had spoken, and it was not a difficult matter, so he readily agreed.
Cui Xiu made a move, of course, there was no need to react, and the guests were very satisfied with Cui Xiu's craftsmanship.
Cui Xiu also gave a few friendly suggestions to the guests, and it can be seen that the woman who is doing imitation is a maid, but she has to pretend to be a young lady at the moment, so you must pay attention to your walking habits and tone of voice, otherwise the imitation will be like again, and as soon as you walk and talk, you will be completely exposed.
The guest was very satisfied, and gave more money before leaving.
Who would have thought that a few days later, this guest came again, this time without a maid, and directly said that he wanted to ask Cui Xiu to make a move, pretending to be a lady in his house, that is, a few days ago, to imitate the maid.
The guest said that his master's sister was not in good health since she was a child, and she was sick this time, and she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it, and she would soon close the New Year, and the house did not want to do funerals, and the lord and his wife were not in good health, so they couldn't stand such a big stimulus.
The young master of the family meant that he wanted to pretend that his sister was not dead first, and the maid a few days ago was the stand-in for the original plan.
The young lady in the mansion the day before yesterday is still gone, and the maid will not change her appearance, and her makeup will not last long, so I want to ask Cui Xiu to be a stand-in, I don't need to do anything special, pretend to be more than a year, and then the young master will find a way to let Cui Xiu get out, and the money is easy to discuss.
Cui Xiu inquired carefully, she is a young lady who is a concubine, and she is usually not treated in the house, and she has no chance to show her face, her job is actually very simple, mainly to be a rice worm, and she doesn't have to do anything.
Cui Xiu felt that this guest was a piece of filial piety, and said that he had nothing to do, he came out to avoid the limelight, stayed in the capital for two years, and then returned to Qianmianmen, and estimated that the things in the sect, Cui Sanniang, would make it all clear.
This kind of work that has money and does not have to do things is not always available, so I agreed.
This life is really simple, at first Cui Xiu was lying in bed every day and pretending to be in bad health, and then pretending to be in good health slowly, anyway, he is a concubine, the little lady is not there for a long time, and she is not favored in the house, and no one usually takes care of herself. But there is a degree of food and clothing.
Occasionally, during the New Year's Festival, Cui Xiu asked his nominal father and mother to say goodbye, and Cui Xiu began to feel a little difficult, because this mother was not much older than her real age, and fortunately, she didn't go often. Anyway, everyone knows that they are not in good health.
Cui Xiu quite likes his current life, he doesn't have to worry about anything, and concentrates on studying his favorite disguise technique.
Cui Xiu didn't contact Qianmianmen after he went out, mainly because he was afraid that his identity would be exposed, anyway, he had been talking about it for more than a year, and he was passing quickly.
As a result, one day in May this year, the little guy who hired him said that he would like to do himself a favor, that is, to go to Wankelou to find the eldest young master, Cui Xiu also felt that it was nothing, so he readily agreed, and it was indeed fine, so he came back after a meal.
About a month later, the little guy said again, please help people change their appearance, according to the portrait to do, look at the portrait, Cui Xiu recognized, this is the first beauty in the capital selected in this year's Beijing Han Yuan, although he doesn't often go out, but Han Yuan's portrait was all over the street a few months ago.
The silver was calculated separately, and the price was high, and Cui Xiu agreed to take over the business.
As a result, when I arrived at the place that day, the model also arrived, Cui Xiu felt that it was not good, this model was very good-looking, but her facial features were too different from Han Yuan's, and her walking posture was not the appearance of Miss Unquite.
The little guy is also in a hurry, where to find someone at this time? Just asked Cui Xiu, can she go on? You can add money, anyway, the task is very simple, attract the attention of the Admiral of Jiumen, and ask him to send someone to send him back to his home, it is best to pull a son to match.
The little guy understands better than Cui Xiu that too many people in Han Yuan's capital have seen it, and if the imitation is not similar enough, the consequences will be very serious, and if the fake Han Yuan is exposed on the spot, all the plans will be ruined. The losses are huge.
Cui Xiu felt that it was not difficult for him to imitate Han Yuan, after all, his eldest lady had been pretending to be for more than a year, and he had a lot of experience in this matter, and many times he felt that he was only eighteen years old.
This little guy has always been very good to himself, and at this moment he asked him to find the right person in the wilderness, and it was indeed a bit too much, so he promised to play himself.
Although he was not satisfied with the completion of the final task, he even felt that Jiang Qingchen liked men as much as the rumors in the capital. But fortunately, when I was in the idle garden, someone picked me up, and finally I evacuated safely.
The later task was to give the two men the appearance of an old couple at the riverside teahouse, although he didn't dare to ask what was going on. But it didn't take long for someone to come to the door.
A person who claimed to be codenamed Tuna revealed Cui Xiu's true identity, and also said that he was Zhu Ziguo's undercover agent in Xiliang, Cui Xiu's behavior has constituted a crime of endangering national interests, if he does not cooperate with his actions, he will report Cui Xiu back, and by the way, he will add a crime of murdering the daughter of the Ministry of Rites.
This time, Cui Xiu was really scared, and found the little guy who hired him, but the little guy didn't say much, just promised that after this matter was over, he would help her get out immediately.
Cui Xiu understands that the more she knows, the more bad it will be for her. It's just that I'm really worried in my heart, just after the matter of Taifu Mansion ended, when I was hesitating and panicking, Yuheng suddenly found her, which filled her heart with hope.