Chapter 43: Pretending to be a good ally
Xu Sa's wine was bought from the winery under the name of Longxing Villa.
And that winery belonged to the Xu family more than ten years ago.
The shopkeeper of the winery has not changed, and he is one of her ungrateful distant relatives in the past. Distant relatives came to defect, and my father divided the shops one by one to take care of them as shopkeepers, and he didn't know that he was raising a group of white-eyed wolves until he died.
Xu Sa took advantage of the fact that she was still the wife of the owner of the village, and went to the winery on purpose. She did not announce the identity of the owner's wife, but she left a hand of protection. As a result, the shopkeeper of the wine shop really didn't recognize her, so she didn't announce her identity, and only bought a jar of wine back.
"Dragon's Range?" Master Fu saw the logo of the wine jar in her arms clearly, and raised his eyebrows, "Have you paid the silver?" β
"Of course I did, I didn't tell the shopkeeper my identity." Xu Sa lifted the red cloth on the wine jar and sniffed it, then smiled meaningfully, turned over and poured a full bowl into the wine bowl.
Hearing Xu Sa's words earlier, Master Fu's eyes sank. But when he saw that she poured a jar full of wine, he laughed again: "You are arrogant." β
"Wine is a thing that is refreshing only when you drink it in large gulps."
After Xu Sa finished speaking, he picked up the wine bowl and brought it to his mouth, and poured it down.
In the end, she smashed her mouth twice, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that there is only one altar." β
She really wanted to buy three jars, and when she got drunk, she went back and smashed the white-eyed wolf's wine shop!
"There won't be anyone in the main building tonight." Looking at her, the owner of Fu Zhuang also poured himself a bowl of wine, "Later, if I get drunk, Mrs. Lao will parry, call Hengyuan, and carry me back to bed." β
"Well, how do you feel...... Are you breaking the jar with me? Although a bowl of wine will not get drunk, it can make Xu Sa's mood completely different.
She held her face, looked at the owner of Fu Zhuang fixedly, and grinned: "It seems that the two of us are living happily day by day." β
"If you like it, don't do it."
Master Fu chuckled, sat opposite her and slowly drank a bowl of wine, then wiped his mouth, and said quite subtly: "This is the first time, I take the initiative to drink." β
"Hey, when you say that, I'm still a little panicked." Xu Sa poured himself another bowl, "I have to hurry up and suppress the shock, I look at you now like a dog who will go crazy at any time!" β
When the words fell, I suddenly felt that it was not good for me to say this. Xu Sa pursed his lips weakly.
But I saw that the owner of Fu Zhuang was holding his forehead with one hand, half-leaning on the edge of the stone table, and his face was already slightly red.
"Hey," stretched out his paw and carefully poked his arm, Xu Sa asked, "You're not going to get drunk, are you?" β
There was no answer.
"No, you're a little scary, and the amount of alcohol is too bad......"
Quietly retracting her claws, Xu Sa walked around the owner of Fu Zhuang, feeling apprehensive, for fear that this person would stand up and scare her at first.
However, the owner of Fu Zhuang was quiet and tight. It was as if I was asleep.
"Hey, Fu Rushen?" Xu Sa was beside him, pretending to be calm and poked his head.
"Xu Sa......"
A hoarse voice came from between his lips, stirring the hearts of those who were called.
It's too late to step back. The waist was grabbed, and the smell of wine lingered, Xu Sa's body sank and sat straight on the other party's lap.
"Fu Rushen, you, what are you doing?" Xu Sa panicked and wanted to stand up, but his strength was so great that she couldn't resist it.
He didn't speak, just buried his face in her arms, put his hands around her waist, and sent the wine all over her body.
"You, you can't be a hooligan by getting drunk? Fu Rushen, let go! β
Xu Sa struggled hard, but the more he struggled, the more he couldn't do it.
"Reluctant to ......"
The whispered words poured into her ears, breaking all the defenses in her heart, like peeling off a cocoon, removing her last resistance layer by layer.
The man in his arms lifted his face.
She seemed to realize something, and met his eyes.
What is affection? Xu Sa didn't quite understand. I only know that the moonlight is beautiful this night. There was moonlight in his eyes, drunkenness, and her.
I don't know if it's narcissism, but in his eyes, she seems to be more beautiful than the moonlight in a thick drunkenness.
He blinked, and a smile hung on his lips: "I can't bear you, what should I do?" β
"What should I do?" Xu Sa subconsciously repeated the rhetorical question.
Fu Rushen raised his hand, pressed it on the back of her head, pressed her down, and gave her slightly hot lips.
"What to do, I can't bear you, I can't bear ......"
The lips are grinding and the voice is subtle. In the middle of the night, he fell asleep as if drunk. Xu Sa let him lie on the table, and looked at him with slightly red eyes for a while.
Then he reached out and gently poked him in the cheek.
"What an insatiable greed!"
Turning his head and laughing abruptly, Xu Sa turned around and walked around to the front of the main building. Hengyuan and Xinyu were still guarding there, and when they saw her, they didn't react smallly: "Master! β
"Madame!"
"Your owner has drunk too much in the backyard, you can find a way to get him back to bed." After exhausting to Hengyuan, Xu Sa beckoned to Xinyu, "Let's go, listen back to the Wind Pavilion." β
Hengyuan already knew that Xu Sa could speak, but it could be seen that Xu Sa said to him unabashedly, still a little uncomfortable, and nodded for a long time: "My subordinates understand." β
On the way to Tingfeng Pavilion, Xinyu had been following silently and did not speak. Xu Sa didn't say anything.
When he arrived at Tingfeng Pavilion and closed the house, Xinyu called out softly: "Master-"
"What's wrong?" Xu Sa sat at the table impatiently with his forehead propped up.
Xinyu looked at her with her eyebrows curled for a long time before she said, "Why did you tell Master Fu Zhuang about how you can speak?" You're leaving soon......"
"I know, that's why I told him." Xu Sa chuckled, "I told him that I might go to Ruyi Building as a nurse, do you think I can pretend to be dumb for the rest of my life?" If I don't pave the way for myself now, if I show my stuff one day, Master Fu will not be so relaxed when I question me again. β
Xinyu was stunned by her: "Are you all planned?" β
"Hmm." Xu Sa nodded, "I didn't tell Fu Rushen that my voice had recovered because I didn't have much contact with him at that time, and I didn't know much about him, and I didn't know anything about it." But now, I'm a little bit bottomed up. β
Xinyu pondered for a moment and tried to guess: "You mean that Master Fu Zhuang is trustworthy and a good person?" β
Xu Sa shrugged: "I can trust him a little bit." As for whether he is a good person or not, it is difficult to judge. β
Xinyu saw that she was not completely partial to Fu Rushen, and finally felt a little relieved. only said: "In short, master, you must protect yourself, the slave can do too little, except for the two sentences of telling you, there is no other way." β
Xu Sa smiled slightly and pinched Xinyu's face: "Don't worry, how to go ahead, your master knows it in his heart!" β
Xinyu was pinched by her and smiled, nodded and said, "The slave knows!" β
On the other side, the main building.
Hengyuan was ordered to go to the backyard to move the owner of the Fu Zhuang, but as soon as he arrived, the other party sat up, scaring him so much that he almost sat on the ground.
"Lord, master?"
Glancing at him, Fu Rushen pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, "What are you panicking about?" β
Hengyuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "You didn't drink much?" β
"I stood a little bit of wine, and a lot of it was spit out in my sleeves. It's just a little dizzy. With irritation in his tone, he looked in the direction of Tingfeng Pavilion, "Madame is gone, right?" β
Having already changed his eyes to look at his master, Hengyuan nodded and said, "Yes, Madam has already listened to the Wind Pavilion." β
"How was she feeling when she left?"
"Emotions?" Hengyuan recalled, "It's okay, Madame was quite calm when she left. β
The finger fell from the center of his eyebrows, put it between his lips and rubbed it twice, and the owner of Fu Zhuang withdrew his hand and said, "I know, the rest will continue according to the plan." β
Hengyuan nodded hurriedly, and saw his master turn around and walk towards the main building, and hurriedly followed, and after a while, he remembered one thing: "By the way, master, the eldest lady wrote today, saying that she was coming back." β
"Big sister?" Fu Rushen was slightly surprised, "Is there only the eldest sister?" What about Xiao Jiang? β
Hengyuan: "The second owner said that there are still some things, and he wants to act alone, and for the time being, the eldest lady will come back with the people below...... The second owner may have to wait a while to come back. β
"He'...... again"
The voice was stunned, and the owner of Fu Zhuang shook his head in annoyance: "That's it, whatever he wants, let him go." β
Hengyuan followed behind and didn't dare to say anything more.
For the next two days, Longxing Mountain Resort was very quiet. Xu Sa would go out for a walk every day, but he didn't go to Ruyi Building again, but changed some shops to shop around and ask about recruitment.
Back in Tingfeng Pavilion, Xinyu couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth and clenched her fists at Xu Sa: "Master, you have done too comprehensive in this play!" β
"You still don't know your master?" Xu Sa picked up the pig-faced mask on the table, looked at it, and pouted, "It's a pity that I will always carry this thing in the future." β
"That's right," put down the mask, Xu Sa got up and took two steps forward, leaned over to look at the outer wing, and muttered softly, "Yuan Kun has been so quiet these two days, what's wrong with him?" β
Xinyu flattened her mouth: "The slave doesn't know what's wrong with Bingtuozi." After all, it's your master's apprentice, and the slave can't take care of it for you...... However, Bingtuozi seems to have something on his mind in the past two days, and when the slave maid brought him food, he saw that his expression was very solemn. β
"Really?" Xu Sa scratched his neck, "Then I'll take care of him." β
"Good! There you go! Xinyu happily coaxed her out.
Xu Sa: "......"
Catching up with his master's narrowed eyes, Xin Yu's heart was empty, and he laughed twice: "You go, you go!" β
Xu Sa rolled his eyes.
Gu Yuankun was born with a very poor sense of direction. He knows this himself, so he never runs around on weekdays. When Xu Sa went out, he sat honestly in the outer wing, but it was not the same as usual.
Xu Sa saw what he was writing on a piece of paper, and frowned: "Rebel? β
Gu Yuankun seemed to be very focused, and only when he heard her voice did he suddenly raise his head, and then he picked up the paper on the table and carried it behind him.
Suspicious with a capital letter.
"What do you write, rebel?" Xu Sa walked into the outer wing suspiciously.
"Didn't write anything." Gu Yuankun replied with a stiff face.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and Xu Sa sat on his table strangely: "What are you writing?" Sneaky. β
"Something that has nothing to do with you." Gu Yuankun said coldly.
ββ¦β¦β
Gu Yuankun pursed his lips, and added a little uncontrollably on his face: "It's true, it has nothing to do with you." β
Xu Sa couldn't help but guess: "Are you writing a letter?" β
ββ¦β¦ Well. β
Admit it?
Xu Sa felt even more strange.
In the past, her apprentices were always armed with weapons. At this time, it is placed on the table.
She sighed, picked up his broadsword, and drew it to see that the blade was still shiny from him...... Xu Sa comforted a little in his heart: "Yuan Kun, you know, Master has a lot of things to do, and he can't keep an eye on you all the time." β
"But if one day you feel that you can't stay by Master's side anymore, can you talk to Master? Don't say goodbye without saying goodbye, Master is afraid that he won't be able to stand it. β
Looking at her twice, Gu Yuankun sighed, and impatiently snatched the weapon from her hand: "What are you thinking, I can't say goodbye without saying goodbye." I'm just, juggling some of my own business. β
After a pause, he met Xu Sa's eyes, and said, "I won't leave unless you don't need it anymore." β
"Stop talking stupid." Xu Sa rolled his eyes and poked his forehead, "You will always have to start a family in the future, you have to go, you must not delay your life because of me, just remember to tell me before you leave." β
Otherwise...... She was really afraid that she wouldn't be able to stand it.
Unable to see his father and mother for the last time, the family was destroyed by fire.
Her younger brother has not recovered from his illness for a long time, she ran all over the Longye Medical Center with her younger brother on her back, and finally found an old doctor in a small alley, but when she put her younger brother down, her younger brother was already out of breath.
Even after years of relief, she is still afraid, afraid that she is a camel that is about to be crushed by a straw.
"Don't overthink it." Looking at Xu Sa with a black face, Gu Yuankun snorted coldly, "No one can control me, I will do whatever I want to do." β
"Okay." Touching the tip of his nose in a gray way, Xu Sa shrugged, "Then you're busy, I'll go." β
She's an apprentice...... It's really awkward as always, like a hedgehog, and if you have a soft belly, you have to put up a thorn to face people.
In contrast, Master Fu Zhuang is very different from her son when she first came into contact with him.
Sitting bored in the room, eating the hot bird's nest soup that Hengyuan had just delivered, Xu Sa asked, "Hasn't Xichun's reply arrived?" β
"Mrs. Hui, Longxing Villa has not received a reply yet." Hengyuan shook his hand.
Xu Sa nodded, although it was a happy thing to be able to talk to people normally, but I don't know why, her heart has been a little blocked.
"Hengyuan," inadvertently, Xu Sa swallowed his bird's nest and asked, "Is your master busy these two days?" β
Hengyuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly searched for the ...... that the master had instructed him in his mind Then shook his head: "I'm not busy, but the master is worried about something." β
"What's the matter?"
"The eldest lady is coming back. But the eldest lady doesn't know about the master's marriage to you. He was thinking about how to tell the eldest lady about this matter satisfactorily. β
"Huh?"
Xu Sa remembers that there was such a thing. Fu Rushen has a sister.
I heard before that his eldest sister went out to run errands with the second owner, maybe she didn't wait for her to come back, she would leave first, Xu Sa didn't care much, why didn't she leave yet, Fu Rushen's sister was about to come back?
"Then ......" Xu Sa put down the spoon and asked a little solemnly, "What does your master think?" β
"My subordinates don't know." Hengyuan shook his head, "But the master doesn't seem to want to trouble you, for fear that you will be delayed by him." β
ββ¦β¦ Delay? β
Xu Sa opened his mouth and waved his hand with some annoyance for a long time: "You go back first." thanked him for his bird's nest for me. β
"Yes, ma'am, my subordinates have retired first."
Knowing that she was a fake, she left immediately, but Hengyuan still insisted on calling her Mrs.
Xu Sa drank the bird's nest and pouted with a sigh.
Is she really not qualified as an ally? She is very professional in acting, but in Master Fu's house, it seems that she has always been quite perfunctory...... Is that really good?
Although her goal is to leave safely, if she works harder, she may still be able to gain more from Fu Rushen's mutual benefit...... That's not a bad thing.
Thinking of this, Xu Sa squinted.
Maybe she could take a longer-term view?
In the afternoon, she went to the main building with her skirt.
Seeing her coming, the owner of Fu Zhuang was still a little surprised: "Why are you here?" β
Seeing that there was no one else in his bedroom, Xu Sa cleared his throat, walked to his desk and asked, "I heard Hengyuan say that you are worried about your sister's coming back?" β
Master Fu frowned: "How can he tell you about this." β
"I asked him!" Afraid that Hengyuan would be dragged down by her and blamed, Xu Sa hurriedly explained, and after speaking, he bit his lip again, and muttered with a wandering gaze, "Why hasn't the Xichun Marquis Mansion replied yet?" β
"I don't know about that." After Master Fu finished speaking, he asked her again, "Is there something you are here for?" If there is a problem, just say that I will do it if I can. β
"Huh? No no! Embarrassed by the positive concern of his allies, Xu Sa waved his hand again and again, turned around and went to the chair and took a cushion and put it next to his table, pursed his lips and said, "What I think is, I didn't leave anyway, if your eldest sister comes back, you can't explain...... I can do my best to help you get this over. β
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Xu Sa stretched out a finger and poked it on his desk, dragging out his voice: "But what-"
"There are some things I'm curious about and want to ask you."
Master Fu raised his eyebrows: "What can you ask me here?" β
"Uh, ahem." There was a little nervousness in his heart, Xu Sa bit his lip, "Actually, it's some of the things I found when I wandered around the street these days." β
After a pause, Xu Sa's finger nodded on the table: "Didn't I read the memorabilia of Longxing Villa before?" I found that when Longhang Villa was first built, it actually received more than 30 shops surnamed Xu. You know that my surname is Xu, so I paid a little attention, I have visited the shop under the name of Longhang Villa in the past few days, and I found that there are many shopkeepers there who are also surnamed Xu......"
"Do you know that more than ten years ago, the rich businessman surnamed Xu in Longye City was rivaled by the country?" Master Fu suddenly asked.
Xu Sa was stunned for a moment, nodded and shook his head, showing a blankness: "I seem to have vaguely heard it." β
Master Fu Zhuang didn't doubt it much, and said: "When the Xu family in Longye was destroyed, you were still young, and you were in Changliao, so it was normal to not know. β
"Destroy the door?" Xu Sa looked shocked.
Master Fu Zhuang did not doubt it, and said: "More than ten years ago, Xu Shang was the number one wealthy merchant in Eastern Chu, sitting on gold and silver, and being rich enough to rival the country. But he is a kind and charitable person, and has donated a lot of silver money for the construction of Longye City, and has a very good relationship with the Marquis of Eastern Chu......"
After summarizing the things that Xu Sa knew, he finally sighed lowly: "In the Xu family, in the end, there is only one pair of sisters and brothers' bodies left that have not been found. and Chu Shizi back then was also nowhere to be found in the Xu family. After that, my father, second and third uncles took over the shop left by Xu Shang. β
"Is that so?" Xu Sa smiled bitterly, "I don't know if those siblings are still alive." β
Master Fu looked at her hand that stopped poking at the table, and said, "Actually, the portrait you saw before is one of the two missing children of the Xu family in the past, the slightly older girl in it. β
"Are you looking for her?" Xu Sa raised his eyes in surprise, "Why are you looking for her?" β
"It's hard to say." Master Fu looked at her with a smile, "After all, you are from Changliao." β
"Knowing that I'm from Changliao, you shouldn't have told me what happened just now!" Xu Sa pretended to be angry.
Unaffected by her anger at all, Master Fu's smile deepened: "I'm afraid that after you see that painting, you will keep thinking about it." β
"Why do I think about it?" Xu Sa pouted.
"Then let me tell you, Longxing Villa bought her family's shop, and you won't think much about it?" The owner of Fu Zhuang slowly seduced.
But it just so happened that Xu Sa wouldn't eat his set. Because she's the one who painted it!
She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Speaking of which, you weren't too old at the time, were you?" The shops were all bought by your father's generation, what do I have to think about? β
"Oops, it's been discovered." Master Fu regretted, "I thought I could make you taste it." β
"Huh?"
"No," Master Fu coughed lightly, "Anyway, you know that those shops were bought by my father's generation. However, as far as I know, when they bought the Xu family's shop, they shouldn't have any big evil ideas. So don't worry, at least the surname Fu has no ill will towards the surname Xu. β
Xu Sa: "......"
To be honest, she was a little panicked.
Was it her delusion? How does she feel that the owner of Fu Zhuang is in ...... Wire fishing?
It's not like she's self-inflicted, is it?
"Well, in short, you answered my doubts, I'll help you, I'm righteous!" Standing up unnaturally, Xu Sa said, "If your sister comes back and I haven't left yet, I'll help you perfunctory this matter!" β
"Okay." Master Fu Zhuang bowed, "I just hope you can be perfunctory." You also know that the Fu family is only left with me and the eldest sister, since many years ago, the eldest sister's fiancΓ© died in the turmoil in Dongchu, and her health has not been very good, so I hope you don't get angry with her. β
"Can I trouble you to pretend to be a good wife, if you can? I think I can have a deep relationship with you, and in the end I was beaten with a stick, so that my eldest sister could comfort me. In this way, she is probably more receptive. β
Xu Sa: "......"
She almost forgot that this man had always asked for more thieves...... It really returned to the state of thinking that he was difficult to serve and wanted to strangle him to death in an instant!
But...... Xu Sa was silent, but still nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, I will try my best to be a good ally before leaving." β
When the owner of Fu Zhuang heard this, he was quite surprised: "What's wrong with you?" Haven't you been slacking off all the time before, looking forward to the retirement of the book and not getting along with me for old age? β
"But isn't the book of resignation still in hand?" Xu Sa spread his hands, "And I suddenly found that if I want to stay in Longye, I can't annoy you, otherwise there will be no good fruit in the future." So I decided to be positive. β
Master Fu Zhuang raised his eyebrows: "You seem to regard me as a street tyrant in Longye City." β
ββ¦β¦ You've found out. β
Xu Sa pretended to be weak and silently looked away.
Fu Rushen seems to be dealing with it casually, but in fact, it is not easy to get important words out of his mouth.
However, over the years, in order to find out the cause of the Xu family's tragedy, she has also suffered a lot. If she can dig up any news from Longxing Villa before leaving, she can arrange the road behind when she goes out.
For example, it was necessary for her to know who was appointing Longxing Villa to find her, and what was the purpose.
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