Lu Qingyi and the other three finally came to Liu Zhaoshun's mansion, the plaque above the gate "Liu Mansion" is golden, and the two big stone lions at the gate are majestic.

Liu Zhaoshun greeted him personally at the door, although he was a person in the tea business, but he was five big and three thick, and he still had a full beard, so he didn't look like a businessman, but like a practitioner.

Lu Qingyi and the three of them came all the way, and Liu Zhaoshun saw the three of them, and they didn't dare to recognize each other for a while, until they saw Lu Teng shouting, "Brother Liu." He reacted.

Liu Zhao said: "Brother Teng, how did you become like this? ”

Lu Teng said: "Brother Liu, it's really a word, we have gone through a lot of hardships along the way to get here. ”

"Let's not talk about it, come, you guys come first." Liu Zhaoshun welcomed the three of them into the mansion.

The three of them sat down, the maid served three cups of tea, and the three of them drank it all, and Lu Teng told Liu Zhaoshun about the murder of his brother.

"I have a handwritten letter from my father here, please take a look at Uncle Liu." Lu Qingyi said.

Liu Zhaoshun took the letter and wrote:

"Brother Liu: King Ning, a thief, has already sent people into the mansion, and Lujiazhai seems to be more auspicious today. Presumably, I will not have the opportunity to meet Brother Liu again. I pity my pair of children and ask Brother Liu to take care of them, and I am grateful. Rousseau's masterpiece"

"Looks like this is my brother's last letter." Liu Zhao said by the way, "Brother Teng, don't worry, with my Liu Zhao Shun, I won't let you go hungry." ”

Liu Zhaoshun seemed to think of something again, and said: "Brother Teng, I remember that my brother has a son and a daughter, why, didn't they come?" ”

Lu Teng pointed to Qingqing, who was dressed as a man, and said: "In order to avoid unnecessary trouble on the road, I can only wronged Qingqing women dressed as men along the way." ”

Liu Zhaoshun suddenly realized, "So that's the case." I haven't seen each other for many years, and these two brothers and sisters have grown so big that I really don't recognize them at once. Okay, okay, the descendants of the Lu family are still there, so there is hope. I told the housekeeper to tidy up the room for everyone first, and you to take a bath first, and then pick up the wind for you. ”

Liu Zhaoshun said to the housekeeper again: "Steward Xin, you go and put hot water for the guests." Arrange a bath, sort out the three upper rooms, and then arrange the kitchen to cook a good meal. ”

The three of them took a comfortable hot bath and changed into a suitable set of clothes. The hard work of many days finally came to an end with coming to Liu's Mansion.

The dinner in the evening was quite sumptuous, because the Liu Mansion had a distinguished guest. At the dinner table, in addition to the three members of the Lu family and Liu Zhaoshun, there were three other people, a woman who looked rich and noble, who looked to be over forty years old, and the other was a young woman who looked not much older than Qingqing, tall and tall, fair-skinned, and fragrant. The third was a young man, with fair skin, like a scholar.

At this time, Qingqing had already changed into a girl's clothes, and Qingqing's beautiful appearance coupled with the breath of youth attracted young people to look here frequently.

Liu Zhaoshun first welcomed everyone on behalf of the Liu Mansion, and introduced Lu Qingyi and others in turn, "This is my lady" It turned out that this noble lady was Liu Zhaoshun's original partner, Liu Lu Qingyi nodded and said, "Mrs. Liu." ”

"This is the concubine I just took in." It turned out that this beautiful young woman was Liu Zhao's concubine for a short time, this young woman is not an ordinary person, her name is Ding Ling, and she can be regarded as a flower in Hangzhou, and she knows as many officials and nobles.

Ding Ling said: "You all came from afar, you are all old friends of the master, this is back, but you have to have a lot of fun, there are many places to play in Hangzhou City." ”

"Thank you, Second Madame. When we first came to Hangzhou, we already felt the prosperity and grandeur of Hangzhou. Lu Qingyi said

"If you want to play Hangzhou City, there is no month that you can't play." Qingqing Road.

"If you don't like it, I can be a landlord." The young people in the room said

"Haha, this is my dog Liu Shifeng, follow me in the tea business." Liu Zhao said by the way.

Lu Qingyi greeted Liu Shifeng.

Lu Teng said: "Liu Gongzi has a personable demeanor and is really a talent. ”

"It's all with his mother, if it is with me, it will be a face full of nonsense." Liu Zhaoshun said with a smile.

Causing the crowd to giggle.

"Master, this son is like a mother, but he is famous. The son is like a mother, the gold hits the wall, you see, our Liu Mansion is earning a lot now! Ding Ling said.

"What about our Liu family? It can be regarded as a tea shop for generations, a tea business, and a tea dealing. Our Hangzhou city is most famous for West Lake Longjing, which is produced in the area of Shifeng, Longjing, Wuyun Mountain and Hupao in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. And Anhui Huangshan Maofeng, Lu'an Gua Pian, Taiping Houkui, etc. are all high-quality tea, Brother Lu and I, this deal has been fought for decades. ”

"Master, you're nostalgic again," Mrs. Liu said.

"You don't know, Brother Lu and I are not only dealing with tea, but also heart-to-heart, I think back then, I went to Anhui to do tea business, and stayed in Lujiazhai for a few months, Brother Lu was hospitable, you two brothers and sisters were only so tall back then, and now they have grown taller, I can't recognize them all of a sudden."

"Brother Liu, my brother has always treated you as his own family." Lu Teng said.

"Patronizing and talking, come, come, eat." Ding Ling said.

"Oh, oh, oh, yes. Brother Teng, come, drink. This is the best Shaoxing daughter red, which has been hidden for more than ten years. Liu Zhao said as he gave Lu Teng, and Lu Qingyi poured wine,

Lu Teng took a deep breath with his nose, "Fragrant, it is indeed a good wine." ”

Liu Zhaoshun raised his wine glass, "Come, it's done." ”

Lu Teng, Lu Qingyi raised a glass and drank it with Liu Zhaoshun.

Ding Ling picked up the wine jug, got up and twisted her waist, and walked towards Lu Qingyi, "Qingyi, fill the wine." Then he added wine to Luten. Ding Ling put down the wine jug and raised the wine glass, "The master's brother is my brother, Qingyi, Brother Teng, I toast you two with a glass." ”

"I can't see that the second lady has a good amount of alcohol." Lu Teng said, "I'm a rough man who really doesn't know anything, come, do it." ”

Qingyi also raised his glass: "Second lady, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, Qingyi also respects you." ”

The three of them also drank it all.

Liu Shifeng has not drunk since he was a child, so he didn't toast everyone.

During the banquet, everyone talked and laughed, and Ding Ling seemed to be the owner of this family, getting up to toast, looking very attentive. Liu Shifeng occasionally got up during the banquet and replaced the wine with tea, but he stared at Qingqing, and Qingqing also felt Liu Shifeng's strangeness and was a little embarrassed.

In the evening, Liu Zhaoshun was in a small hall outside the room.

Mrs. Liu, Ding Ling, and Liu Shifeng got together. Liu Zhaoshun specially recruited them, although Liu Zhaoshun is the head of the family, there are some things that the family still knows, especially the major events related to the court.

"Sir, today a few distinguished guests have come all the way from Anhui, presumably with big business." Ding Ling said.

"If that's the case, then I don't have to be miserable. Ladies, Shifeng, there is one thing I want to talk to you about. ”

"Master, what's the matter that makes you so sad?" Mrs. Liu said.

"These three are the brothers and a pair of sons and daughters of my best friends in Anhui, and their family has suffered misfortune, and the whole people of Saizi have been killed by traitors."

"So they are so pitiful." Mrs. Liu said.

"It turns out that I came to take refuge, master, isn't that going to be in our Liu family?" Ding Ling said, "This time it seems to be a big loss." ”

"Our Liu family provides rations for a few more people, but there is no problem, it's just ......"

"Master, is there anything unspeakable in this?" Mrs. Liu said.

Liu Zhao paced along and walked around unnaturally, but the sentence was still not spoken.

"Dad, is there anything you can't say about this?" Liu Shifeng said.

"Master, you made me die in a hurry, what the hell is going on, so mysterious." Ding Ling said.

"This matter, if it is not done well, will take the lives of our family, so our family must be consistent in this matter and never talk nonsense to the outside world."

"Master, is it so serious?" Ding Ling said.

"The Lu family is offended by the court!" Liu Zhaoshun said softly.

"Court! How is this good, if this is against the court, this is going to be full of," Ding Ling said.

"What to do? "Sir," Mrs. Liu said. "Our family's lives are in your hands."

"Madam, this is not so serious, King Ning is known to be fierce and cunning, but he can't cover the sky with one hand." Liu Zhao said by the way.