A guy from the store came up and asked the two of them about the meal they wanted to eat and went down to prepare, Liu Yuru sat down in the room, opened the cloth bag and looked at the lipstick she bought. And Gao Jun looked at the heavier and heavier rain outside the window, and it seemed that he couldn't stop for a while. In the stable in the courtyard, the charcoal fire has been settled by the guys, and the material has been fed.

At this time, he saw a carriage with a purple velvet cloth tent hurrying in from outside the door of the inn, and the rain knocked a layer of mist on the cloth, and a tall horse was carried in the wheel, and it was still holding its head high in the rain.

Obviously, this time it was a man of status, because behind this carriage there were also three carriages with blue cloth tents, all of which seemed to be followed by the people in the first carriage. And on the side, three more burly men came in, each with a horse, and each of them was draped in oilcloth.

The owner of the first carriage did not rush into the shop to shelter from the rain, but called the car to stop and keep the other three carriages behind the carriage in the rain. And the three big men also led the horses to stop, and waited for their master's orders in the rain. Gao Jun looked strange, and he didn't know what this person he had never met was going to do.

Because it was summer, most of the guest room windows were open outward, and the tall man looked out through the window and saw that the side curtain of the purple canopy carriage was opened by a woman's hand, and the people inside were looking out. The tall man looked at her posture, and she was looking at her own charcoal.

After a few moments, the side curtains of the canopy were lowered, the hand was withdrawn, and the cars continued to gallop towards the shop. Then I heard the chaos outside the room, and the man was receiving him loudly and warmly, and it took a while to settle down a little.

The tall man wondered why the mysterious man had looked at his charcoals, but he thought that he must have studied horses in some way. He turned around and saw Liu Yuru sitting on the bed, setting out the seven boxes of lipstick one by one, and opening one of the boxes, which she had left for herself.

Master Gao smiled and asked, "You all like these things?" ”

Liu Yuru raised her head and looked at the tall man, "That's nature, we love these, just like adults love horses, although things are different, but the mood is the same." ”

"We love horses because they are loyal and strong, and if we ride them, we can conquer all directions." ”

Liu Yuru said, "We love these rouges. It's because their beauty is not reserved at all, and they can be drawn and wiped at will to make women look better. ”

"I think it's more intriguing that you don't apply fat powder." ”

Liu Yuru listened, saw that Master Gao, and thought that he was not talking, so he put away the lipstick. "Even so, nine out of ten women will like these things when they see them." They don't have to erase it, but they have to keep it. ”

She said that the introduction of rouge to the Central Plains was related to Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions. The so-called "rouge" is actually a kind of flower called "red and blue", the red and blue flowers are plucked whole after the flowers bloom, and then placed in a stone bowl repeatedly with a mallet, and after the yellow juice is removed, it becomes a bright red pigment.

There are two kinds of rouge for women's makeup, one is made of silk cotton dipped in red and blue flower juice, called "Mianyan Branch"; The other is processed into small and thin flower pieces, called "golden flower swallow branch". Both types of rouge can be shade-dried and can be applied with a small amount of water.

Gao Jun said, "It turns out that a piece of rouge also has so much knowledge. ”

Liu Yuru said something related to this, the heavy rain outside the house seemed to make the two people in the house have nothing to do, anyway, they can't sit still, and the interest of the tall man is not pretended, so he listened to her seriously:

In addition to red and blue, the raw materials used to make rouge are chongjiang, pomegranate, mountain flower, and Su Fangmu. Chongjiang is a crimson dye, its color is relatively strong, not as bright and transparent as red and blue. The pomegranate flower is also a red pigment, which is often used in Chang'an workshops to dye women's skirts, when called "pomegranate red skirts", but it can also be used to make rouge.

The two of them were talking without a match, and the guys outside the door had already come in. One person served a lacquered plate and placed the rice, roast and appetizer soup on the table. The other man held a jar of wine in his hand, and two porcelain bowls were poured on the mouth of the jar, and he very quickly slapped the seal, filling it for the two of them, and then one of them withdrew first.

Another person said, "This son, a guest officer asked me to tell me that he would like to invite him to come over the house after the son and his wife have eaten, and when I come to pack up my things, I will lead him over to see him." ”

Master Gao asked, "Who is it?" ”

The man said, "I can't see it clearly, but according to the villain, it must be a high-ranking official and a big family." With that, he withdrew.

Gao Jun didn't know who it was, so he said that he would ignore him first, and then care about it when he was full. Liu Yuru can also drink some wine, and eat slowly with the tall adults. Liu Yuru said, "I don't know what's going on, I want to come to the door." ”

Gao Daren is humane, "It's nothing more than grabbing horses, changing horses, begging horses, and buying horses." ”

Liu Yuru said strangely, "Can you really guess it, Lord Gao?" But I don't believe it, so why don't we make a bet? Master Gao smiled and asked, what is the bet? Are these lipsticks?

Liu Yuru said, "If Lord Gao can even guess and guess the intentions of the people who have not seen him, then there are few people in Xizhou who can compare, and I will lose." Don't say it's these lipsticks, all my things are at the mercy of the tall man. ”

Master Gao tilted his neck and dried the wine in the bowl, and said with a smile, "You think beautifully!" Liu Yuru's face changed, and she heard Master Gao say next, "The whole thing is a business without capital, you women, together with all your things, are already my highest, and you bet on it, I am stupid." ”

Liu Yuru smiled and invited each other with wine.

After the meal, the man came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, led the tall man out, and turned outside the door of another guest room. The three sturdy servants who had seen the tall man before stood by the door of the guest room, and they all looked at the young man in a dirty white robe who had been brought by the man, and he didn't even lower his head. Only one person reached out the door, made a call inside, and let the tall man in.

Inside, a slender maid invited Gao Jun to sit down on a wooden chair in the middle of the house, poured tea, and then went to the inner room to invite the master. After a while, Yahuan came forward and led a richly dressed woman in her forties to come out and sit down opposite.

Gao Jun looked at this woman, her posture was square, her fingers were steady, her face seemed familiar, and she couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart, is every better-looking woman your acquaintance?

The woman stretched out her hand to invite Gao Jun to tea, and Gao Jun looked at her hand, and recognized the hand that was outside to raise the curtain to look at his horse, and at a glance he knew that it was pampered, with slender fingers, delicate and white maintenance, and even his nails were like amber.

Before she could speak, Master Gao said, "The horse under me is from the deep mountains and forests, it travels north and south with me, and it is very human, it is suitable for people and horses, and I will not sell it." If the lady has nothing else to do, she will take her leave. (To be continued.) )