Chapter 212: Encountering Old Acquaintances in the Grandmaster's Mansion
Xiang Mu and Jiang Taiyi are both interesting old men, and going to Shi Chongsheng's house to play on the field is just a joke, of course they won't fight and go to people's doorsteps.
But it's not just a joke, they really do this kind of thing, there is proportion, but the scene can't be weak.
Hearing Zhang Huangting's refusal, the old men were a little dissatisfied, but Li Mi got off the donkey, saying that the Zhang family had a good relationship with Shi Chongsheng, and he didn't do anything about playing the field, and it was always okay to introduce him on his behalf, but Zhang Huangting still shook his head and smiled bitterly, and Li Mi didn't understand it very much.
Zhang Huangting didn't want to help, and explained to Li Mi at this time: "This Shi Chongsheng Grand Master has a strange temperament, if he sees it right, he will have to help if he goes bankrupt, if he doesn't see it right, even Jinshan Yinhai can't invite his old man......"
"Although my Zhang clan is a famous family in Hangzhou, the grandmaster is not very affordable, the reason why there is this friendship is entirely because my sister Zhang Suwen is his disciple, but my sister has already made people harm......"
"For this matter, the sect master also took his apprentice, called my Zhang family, and asked my father to compensate him for one of his apprentices, crying and crying for many hours before leaving......"
Xiang Mu and Jiang Taiyi heard this, and they could imagine it, after all, it was not unreasonable for Shi Chongsheng to be called Shi Lao Wei by Xiang Mu, there were no daughters, and he also asked people to pay a female disciple, although it seemed unreasonable, but it could also be seen that he was really distressed about Zhang Suwen.
Li Mi could naturally feel it, but what surprised him was that Zhang Huangting actually told the fact that his sister Zhang Suwen was killed!
Zhang Huangting has not had Zhang Suwen's personality since he followed Li Mi, perhaps Li Mi knew his biggest secret, and he didn't know whether to treat him as a man or a woman, his psychology had serious self-defense and protection, and he focused on his own personality, but forgot his sister's personality.
In any case, being able to do this shows that Li Mi's guidance has worked, and it is also a positive effect!
Li Mi was happy because of Zhang Huangting's improvement, but Xiang Mu and Jiang Taiyi were not happy, and the Zhang family was unwilling to help, so they asked 369 to find someone to help.
Li Mi hurriedly persuaded these two old ancestors, if they really knocked on the door, Zhen Mi would definitely be alert, and when the time came, it would be difficult to find her traces!
After thinking about it, Li Mi still asked Xiang Mu and Jiang Taiyi to rest, and he and Zhang Huangting came to visit.
As for the reason, in addition to the talent Lu Chongning, Li Mi has seen Zhang Suwen's last face, and when it comes to the cause of Zhang Suwen's death, only Li Mi knows best, maybe with this relationship, maybe he can get the reception of Grandmaster Shi Chongsheng?
Zhang Huangting had nothing to say to Li Mi, his biggest secret was known to Li Mi, and there was no scruple between the two, so he immediately took Li Mi to Shi Chongsheng's mansion.
Although Xiang Mu is a big collector with a lot of wealth, his mansion is very low-key, like a treasure jade wrapped in green mud, but Shi Chongsheng is different, his mansion is splendid, and its predecessor was the palace of a certain prince in the Southern Song Dynasty!
In ancient times, the social hierarchy was very strict, although money could make ghosts grind, but being too rich would also cause trouble, not to mention anything else, although Shi Chongsheng had also been an official in the imperial court earlier, but in the end, he was a pensioner, and he lived in the palace of the Southern Song Dynasty, is it really no problem?
And Li Mi also really realized how much energy Shi Chongsheng, who was respected as a great grandmaster, had!
All kinds of carriages, whether official or civil, lined up all the way from the front of Shifu to the end of the street!
Those doormen and brokers who begged to come to the door to meet them, etc., took walking small men, carrying gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, and surrounded the stone mansion.
Many people are still squatting at the back door, just waiting for the people of Shifu to come out and take out the garbage, it is said that the great grandmaster peeled a fruit casually, although the peel was picked up, the person figured out the great grandmaster's knife technique from the peel, and since then he has become famous.
This also reminded Li Mi of the scene in Xing Ye's movie "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", those people are not all waiting for the Tang Mansion to take out the garbage, or can the shredded paper of a few words be regarded as ink treasure.
Outside the Grand Master's Mansion is three layers inside and three layers outside, and the porter carrying the gift is even more sweaty, it is the beginning of November, and it is still in full swing.
Li Mi was also a little stunned when he saw this situation, and Zhang Huangting also smiled bitterly: "Now I know how difficult it is for the Great Grandmaster to roll back the word, right?" ”
Li Mi also shook his head and smiled, fortunately, Zhang Huangting's appearance is outstanding, and the Zhang family is a local family, many people recognize this young master of the Zhang family, and the porter and others saw that Zhang Huangting was dressed in fresh clothes, and they also gave way, so they squeezed to the door with Li Mi.
Many people are crowding in front of the gatehouse to ask to see, and the four or five people in this gatehouse are busy, but they are busier than the signing room of the prefect's yamen on the day of the announcement.
Zhang Huangting squeezed up to report the name of his family, and the porter also politely reported it, after all, Zhang Suwen has a great relationship with the great master, and these subordinates also know things.
However, the concierge came back soon, Zhang Huangting's treatment was almost the same as that of Old Man Xiang Mu, although he didn't say a word, but in the end he still wanted to send Zhang Huangting back.
Li Mi was also a little disappointed, he couldn't break through, and he could only think of another idea, and when he was about to leave, he inevitably glanced into the mansion with some reluctance.
This sweep is not tight, but it is actually for Li Mi to see an acquaintance!
Li Mi didn't finally arrive in Hangzhou last time, where can he have any acquaintances in Hangzhou? But he just saw one, isn't that the talented Lu Chongning!
At this time, Lu Chongning was wearing a coarse cloth short coat, and Xiushi was no longer wearing a shirt, grabbing a big broom, and was sprinkling and sweeping the yard!
Li Mi was also puzzled, how could this Lu Chongning clearly go to the Zhang family, how could he appear in Shi Chongsheng's house, and as a showman, he was not a subordinate person, how could he do the job of sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard?
"Lu Xiucai?"
Zhang Huangting saw that Li Mi was not leaving, and when he followed Li Mi's gaze, he also found Lu Chongning, and inevitably frowned.
He would never call Lu Chongning his brother-in-law, because when his sister Zhang Suwen wanted to marry Lu Chongning, he was the one who was most strongly opposed, and he almost disobeyed his father for this.
Even if his sister took Lu Chongning back to Hangzhou to save his relatives after getting married, he ignored Lu Chongning and never recognized Lu Chongning's identity as a brother-in-law.
Seeing that Zhang Huangting and Li Mi refused to leave, and went to visit the mansion, the man urged a little impatiently.
"The two sons, the grandmaster also replied, I really didn't have a spare place to see the two of you today, please go back, there are still a lot of people behind......"
As soon as the porter said this, Lu Chongning also followed the sound and looked over, and when he saw that it was Li Mi and Zhang Huangting, he was also surprised, and hurriedly walked over and walked towards the two people.
"Mr. Li, Huang Ting! How did you guys get here! ”
Zhang Huangting just pursed his lips and didn't pay attention to it, and even turned his head away, unwilling to look at Lu Xiucai.
Lu Xiucai was obviously used to this attitude towards him, but Li Mi felt a little embarrassed, and said to Lu Chongning at this time.
"Lu Maocai, why are you here?" In fact, Li Mi still didn't ask for half of it, why did he, Lu Chongning, do all the things that he did to sweep the little guy here?
Lu Chongning also smiled a little bitterly, and said to Li Mi: "It's a long story, let's come in and sit down, there are many people outside, and it's smoky." ”
Li Mizheng was worried about his door, so he happily responded, although the porter's face was a little gloomy, but after all, there was no obstruction.
Li Mi can also see from this that although Lu Chongning is sweeping here, his subordinates dare not offend him, otherwise he would not have the right to bring Li Mi and Zhang Huangting into the mansion to receive them.
After arriving at the residence, Li Mi's guess was indeed verified, because Lu Chongning did not live in a bunk room, let alone a temporary guest room, but a small courtyard with a study!
After the guests and hosts were seated, Lu Chongning also began to boil water and make tea, taking advantage of this gap, Lu Chongning and Li Mi talked about the old ways.
"I didn't see you for a few months, how could Mr. Li come to the Great Grandmaster's Mansion?"
Li Mi also smiled, some of these things are really not easy to talk to Lu Chongning in detail, so he will pass by.
"There is a case involved, I want to come to the Great Grandmaster for advice, but it is Lu Maocai, how can you be a guest in the Great Grandmaster's Mansion?"
Lu Chongning shook his head and smiled, but Zhang Huangting didn't show any emotion, and muttered on the side: "What do you say all day long, but now you are sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard for others, my Zhang family can't afford to support you!" ”
Zhang Huangting is the brother-in-law in the end, and he is so outspoken in front of his brother-in-law, it is inevitable that he will be a little disrespectful, not to mention that anyone can hear the sour words in his words.
However, Lu Chongning was not annoyed, but said to Zhang Huangting: "Huang Ting, you don't know, the great grandmaster has brought people to the house to make trouble in three days, how can he ask Lao Taishan to compensate him for a good apprentice......
Li Mi had also heard of this, and said that Shi Chongsheng was just making trouble for a while, but he didn't expect it to be really a posture of not giving up.
"When I arrived at home, I saw that Lao Taishan was troubled, so I took the initiative to tell the great grandmaster, I can't protect Su Wen, if I want to compensate, I, as a husband, will compensate the great grandmaster."
Li Mi was also a little stunned, and said in his heart that he was a showman, and this Shi Chongsheng really dared to accept it!
"After the great master brought me back, he also tried me, but he said that my qualifications were dull and not suitable for learning his craft, so he asked me to do some chores in the mansion, without merit, and I couldn't eat and live in vain, and when I saw that there was no place to spare, I went over to help."
Although Lu Chongning said it lightly, Li Mi and Zhang Huangting were not blind, so how could they not see his difficulties.
Shicai Menzi's eyes were also full of disdain when he looked at him, and Shi Chongsheng's death of his apprentice Zhang Suwen was blamed on the Zhang family, and even the Zhang family didn't give face, let alone Lu Chongning.
Although Lu Chongning worked hard and obeyed his words, Shi Chongsheng couldn't look down on Lu Xiucai, and he was angry in his heart, he couldn't see it horizontally or vertically, and vented the grief and anger caused by Zhang Suwen's death on Lu Chongning, how could he be happy?
Seeing the difference between Li Mi and Zhang Huangting's faces, Lu Chongning also smiled and said: "The great grandmaster treats me very well, there has never been a shortage of clothes, and he will also remind me to prepare for the exam, although he has a strange temperament and speaks mercilessly, but his heart is very kind." ”
While talking like this, the teapot on the stove also gurgled and jumped, and Lu Chongning skillfully made tea, and talked to Li Mi for a while before he took the initiative to speak.
"Mr. Li, there is nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, you can tell me, what is the so-called matter of looking for the great grandmaster, although Lu sent someone under the fence, but he can still see the great grandmaster at any time......"
Li Mi was originally afraid that Lu Chongning would be embarrassed, but now he took the initiative to speak, explaining that it was indeed not as unbearable as Li Mi thought, so Li Mi picked something important to make it clear to him.
"In short, that woman is very likely to be in the Great Grandmaster's Mansion, so that's why I chased here......"
Lu Chongning heard Li Mi say this, and also nodded, and then said to Li Mi: "When the general arrest said this, Xiao Sheng remembered that there was really such a woman two days ago, and now she lives in the guest room of the mansion courtyard......
When Li Mi heard this, he was also in good spirits!