Lu Yun's family did not take an official ship, but a passenger ship of a merchant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the merchant does not belong to the Seven Great Valves, it is recognized as the first chaebol of Daxuan. They have a short history, they only started to develop a hundred years ago, and they have been doing business for generations.

In that year, when Emperor Gaozu raised troops, the head of the merchant poured his money into help, and solved the problem of soldiers and horses and grain and grass for Gaozu. With the identity of the imperial merchants, the merchants took the opportunity to expand their business territory in a big way, and almost all the industries they were involved in formed monopolies. It's like on the Grand Canal, the ships coming from south to north are all hanging the banner of merchants!

It is because there is no need for the imperial court to keep so many ships, and only when high-ranking officials travel, there will be official ships. Even the family members of high-ranking officials can only take the passenger ship of the merchant. What's more, Lu Yun and them are far from being the family members of high-ranking officials......

Fortunately, there is no open-eyed thief who dares to fight the idea of a merchant passenger ship, so Lu Yun did not specifically charter the entire ship, which is too expensive and too ostentatious, but not beautiful. He just rented the entire warehouse, ordered his subordinates to take care of the valuables day and night, and rented another cabin for Mrs. Lu, his sisters and brothers, and those guards to live in.

Unknowingly, the ship arrived in Suzhou, and the passenger ship docked at the Gusu wharf, Lu Ying couldn't wait to pull Lu Yun ashore and visit Gusu City with great interest.

Looking at the small white-walled bridge and weeping willows on the revetment in front of her, Lu Ying jumped excitedly and bought many local specialties, only to be pulled back to the boat by Lu Yunqiang before the sun set.

"It's so annoying, people haven't had enough of it!" Lu Ying held a box of Suzhou-style pastries, and angrily scolded Lu Yun who was disappointed while eating.

"Sister, if you delay the ship any longer, the boat will ......," Lu Yun explained helplessly.

"This water chestnut cake is so sweet that even I can't stand it." Lu Ying talked about something else, picked up another dim sum, and stuffed it into Lu Yun's mouth: "Taste this ......"

Lu Yun was just about to dodge, but he was suddenly stunned for a moment, Lu Ying followed his gaze, and saw that his mother actually appeared on the deck, talking to a mother and daughter.

This is really unusual, because Mrs. Lu has not seen outsiders at all these years, and she has been chanting Buddha in the cabin all day long when she gets on the boat, and she even sends her into the room for dinner.

The sister and brother couldn't help but tighten their hearts. Lu Ying threw the snack box to Lu Yun, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth without a trace, and quickly got on the passenger boat.

"Mother!" As soon as she got on the boat, Lu Ying attracted the attention of the three of them. I saw that the mother and daughter were wearing Su-like dresses, which were very elegant, and they looked like they were from the official eunuch's house.

"This is Lu Ying, right?" The woman actually knew Lu Ying, and took her hand with a loving face. "I haven't seen her for more than ten years, and I've become a big girl."

"It's the little girl." A rare smile appeared on Mrs. Lu's face. But when he turned to Lu Ying, his expression became gloomy again: "Where did you run away, you dead girl?" Why don't you come and see your aunt soon? ”

Lu Ying was confused, but she still obediently did enough courtesy.

At this time, Lu Yun also came up and called his mother in a low voice. In front of outsiders, Mrs. Lu did not show anything abnormal, and asked him to come to see his aunt as well.

When the woman saw Lu Yun, her eyes lit up, she stretched out her other hand to hold him, and looked up and down in a loud voice: "There are such handsome young men in the world, and a pair of children are so prominent, my sister is really a blessing!" ”

"Ning Er really looks like a lady," Mrs. Lu actually regained her vitality in front of the woman, and also smiled and pulled up the girl with a delicate face and a weak willow slenderness. "My family is like a wild girl!"

"Mother......" Lu Ying twisted her body and said, "How can anyone say this about their daughter." ”

"Aunt smiled," the delicate girl lowered her head embarrassedly and said, "Ning'er is in poor health, if only she could be like Sister Ying'er." ”

"Hey, this child's life is also bitter." The woman looked at the girl with pity and said, "I have been weak and sick since I was a child, and I grew up in a medicine jar. ”

After the three juniors had greeted each other, a sailor appeared on deck, ready to unmole and start the ship. The group then moved back to Mrs. Lu's upper room to talk. After chatting for a while, Lu Yun's sister and brother learned that this mother and daughter were the wife and daughter of Cui Yingzhi, the Shou of Yixing County. And Mrs. Cui was born in Pei Valve, and Mrs. Lu's mother was also born in Pei Valve, and she was Mrs. Cui's cousin. So Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Lu are cousins.

In this era, there was no intermarriage between the scholars. Even within the scholar clan, the children of the eight major families rarely marry the small and medium-sized scholar clans, and they basically marry each other between the clan and the seven lords. In this way, everyone can naturally talk about relatives......

This year is the 70th birthday of Mrs. Cui's uncle and Pei Qiuqing, the owner of Pei Valve. Cui Yingzhi was on official business and couldn't go in person, so he sent his wife and daughter on the road early. They first crossed the Taihu Lake to Suzhou by boat, and then sent their men on the boat, also wanting to pack a cabin. only to learn that someone had already taken it away......

The passenger ship of the merchant is not something that can be chartered by idle people, and Mrs. Cui asked people to inquire and learned that it was the family of the newly appointed Dali Temple right Cheng Lu Xin. Mrs. Cui was overjoyed, so she took her daughter directly onto the boat, and laughed on the deck: "Seventh sister, why don't you come out to see me soon?!" ”

When Mrs. Lu heard the voice, she was overjoyed when she saw that it was her, and the two sisters chatted passionately on the deck until Lu Yun and the two came back......

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The boat sails on the river, the wind and waves are calm.

The so-called long drought meets Ganlin, and the old acquaintance is in another country. Mrs. Lu has been in Hangzhou for ten years, and she has hardly seen a sister of her own, and meeting Mrs. Cui at this moment is like opening the conversation box, and she has endless words to talk about all day long. In just a few days, that's more than what has been said in the last decade......

Lu Ying was really worried that her mother would say too much, so she didn't dare to leave an inch left and right, serving in front of the two elders all day long, but she quickly became acquainted with Cui Ning'er, the daughter of Mrs. Cui. Cui Ning'er is innocent and simple, and her body is weak, Lu Ying takes good care of her. She soon became Lu Ying's little tail, following behind all day long, and her sister kept screaming.

On the other hand, Lu Yun was ready to kill people at any time. But after a few days of contact, Mrs. Lu did not show anything abnormal, and she also explained very properly about the ten years in Hangzhou, and Lu Yun gradually relaxed. The only thing that annoyed him a little was that Mrs. Cui seemed to be very interested in him, always pulling him to ask long and short questions, with a strange look like a mother-in-law picking a son-in-law.

On this day, Lu Yun easily escaped from Mrs. Cui's clutches and walked to the stern of the boat to take a breath. saw Cui Ning'er wearing an emerald dress, sitting on the railing next to the boat, a pair of calves swinging back and forth in mid-air, occasionally revealing a thrilling snow-white color.

Lu Yun frowned, and walked over with heavy steps.

Cui Ning'er heard the footsteps behind her and turned back to him and smiled slightly. The river breeze blew her hair flying, and she looked more and more weak and pitiful.

Lu Yun is white-clothed and snowy, his clothes are fluttering, standing there is really like a jade tree facing the wind, which makes people reluctant to look away. What he said was a bit sinister: "Beware of falling ......"

"Do you care about people that much?" Cui Ning'er lost the mood to appreciate the male color, and said with a smile: "You should say, sister, you are not in good health, let my brother help you down." ”

"......" The corners of Lu Yun's mouth twitched, and he said expressionlessly: "I don't care about you, I'm just worried that if you fall, you will have to trouble the boatman to save people." After a pause, he seriously emphasized: "Also, you are only one day older than me, don't take advantage of me." ”

These words naturally caused Cui Ning'er to laugh coquettishly, and she kept laughing until her face turned pale, and her breathing was a little short.

"You'd better be quiet......" Lu Yun stretched out his hand helplessly, Cui Ning'er helped him, carefully got down from the railing, and held his heart and gasped a few times, before calming down.

Cui Ning'er propped her arms on the railing, watched the boiling water lapping the side of the boat, and said quietly: "It's hard enough to be sick, if you still have a bitter face, then what's the taste of this life?" ”

Lu Yun was a little nostalgic when he heard this, he lowered his head, and looked at this girl carefully for the first time, only to see that she was pale, had a pointed chin, delicate facial features, and a thin figure, which seemed to be inconspicuous. But with those big eyes like deep pools and lakes, everything is extremely smart.

Lu Yun stared at those eyes tightly and didn't say a word.

Xu was a little shy when he was stared at by Lu Yun, and Cui Ning'er turned her head with a slight blush, avoiding his gaze. "Your mother didn't teach you, is it rude to look at girls like this?"

"Nope." Lu Yun shook his head and said.

"It seems that there is some estrangement between your mother and son." Cui Ning'er asked casually.

"Is it......" Lu Yun frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Maybe in the past two years, I've been too rebellious......

"You? Rebel?! Cui Ning'er seemed to have heard some big joke, and she laughed again.

Where would Lu Yun get entangled in this question, and instead asked, "Is it normal between you and your mother?" ”

Cui Ning'er was stunned. "What's wrong?"

"In the past few days, I have seen that your mother has been obedient to you......" Lu Yun paused for a moment, and said in a different way: "It's just to offer you as a bodhisattva." ”

"Isn't that weird?" Cui Ning'er's heart tightened, but she said with a look of course on her face: "My mother spoils me, and people are sick again, of course they are cared for." Saying that, she stretched out her slender fingers, pointed at Lu Yun and smiled: "I know, because your mother doesn't love you, so you are jealous of me." ”

"......" Lu Yun looked at the hand, and the familiar feeling came to his heart again, but when he heard Cui Ning'er's words, he couldn't help but look gloomy and stopped speaking.

Cui Ning'er also lost interest in talking, and tightened the scarf draped on her shoulders and said, "I went in, and my mother was in a hurry if I couldn't look at me for a while." ”

Lu Yun nodded, and watched Cui Ning'er enter the cabin before turning his head to look at the river.

Seeing that the passenger ship had turned westward and went upstream, he realized that he had reached the Huai River.

"Once you cross the Huai River, you will be in the north......" Lu Yun took a deep breath, he had lived in the south of the Yangtze River for ten years, and he was finally going to return to that land!