Chapter 22 Entering Luoyang City at Night
Seeing that Zhao Yue hadn't spoken for a long time, Lu Bu said, "Changjiao, just write down what I said, and don't leak it to others." ”
Zhao Yue was thinking, listened to Lu Bu's words, and nodded silently.
He knew that Lu Bu must have leaked some confidential information to him, in order to let him persuade his relatives and friends to leave Luoyang as soon as possible, but he thought about it carefully, he really didn't have any important people in Luoyang.
Zhang Duan has already gone to Hangu Pass to guard the town, and the emperor is far away, even if something happens, he will not be implicated. And Liu Zheng is a dignified military marquis of the Han Dynasty, so there must be nothing wrong.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yue smiled with relief and said, "Thank you for the reminder from Brother Fengxian, Zhao Yue will keep it in mind, and he will never leak it to the outside world, he will only tell the people he cares about, big brother can rest assured, right?" ”
Lu Bu breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, and nodded reassuringly.
Zhao Yue asked again: "Brother Fengxian, you have already joined Dong Zhuo's subordinates, I don't know what your plans are for the future?" ”
Lu Bu thought for a while, slowly walked to the stream in the woods, looked at the reflection in the water, and then said slowly: "Plans?" I don't have any plans, I have already worshiped Dong Zhuo as my father-in-law, and I will be loyal to him in the future, his plan is my plan. ”
Although Zhao Yue looked down on Dong Zhuo in his heart, he admired Lu Bu's loyalty very much, and at the same time, he remembered Lu Bu's betrayal of Ding Yuan, and he was also very worried, worried that the world would blame Lu Bu and regard Lu Bu as a shameless traitor.
The two of them talked like this, quite speculatively.
That night, Zhao Yue sent Lu Bu away, and the barracks fell into darkness, and the night was as cold as water.
Cao Ping was working hard to practice the swordsmanship that Zhao Yue had taught him in the open space of the barracks, and in the room, Zhao Yue was lying on the bed with his head in his hands, but he kept muttering in his heart.
"Brother Fengxian said that something will happen in Luoyang, but it's not right......"
Zhao Yue frowned, turned over, thought about it again, but suddenly sat up with a "poof".
If what Lu Bu said is true, then that person in Luoyang City will probably be greatly implicated!
Zhao Yue understood this, didn't think much about it, rushed out of the door like the wind, and ran towards Luoyang City.
Cao Ping, who was practicing swordsmanship, saw this scene and shouted behind his back: "Brother Changjiao! Where are you going? ”
Zhao Yue was flustered in her heart, and she didn't have time to answer Cao Ping.
Seeing that Zhao Yue didn't answer, but just ran out of the barracks alone, Cao Ping couldn't let him go, threw away the branches in his hand, patted the dust on his body, followed Zhao Yue's back, and ran towards Luoyang City together.
The bustling Luoyang City is still so colorful at night, Zhao Yue has long been familiar with the streets up and down Luoyang City, even at night, he can shuttle between people with ease.
However, it's hard for Cao Ping, he is not familiar with the terrain, let alone so many people, he can still follow Zhao Yue's back closely at first, shouting him and so on, but seeing Zhao Yue disappear in the alley, he can only stand helplessly on the street, slowly looking for Zhao Yue's whereabouts like a headless fly.
Zhao Yue is not going anywhere else, it is a big merchant in Luoyang. He wanted to tell Ma Lu the news, so that she could be more vigilant and know what to do.
I don't know when it began, Zhao Yue's heart can't forget the girl Ma Lu, she is so young and beautiful, but she is so mature and charming, she always exudes the fragrance of flowers, and Ma Lu has helped Zhao Yue again and again, which makes Zhao Yue have an inexplicable good impression of her.
The boy didn't understand the amorous feelings, but he simply thought in his heart that this girl was what he wanted.
When you come to the door of the big business, there are still many people around the three large tables where you buy and sell treasures, and the treasures on the table seem to be as brilliant as in the past, making people salivate.
Ma Wen and Ma Wu were selling at the gate of the mansion, telling the information of the treasures one by one.
"I want to see Miss Malu, can you let me in!" Zhao Yue, dressed in a brand-new red cloth dress with jet-black buns, shouted in the crowd, which aroused everyone's ideas.
"Where did this young man come from, there are more people who want to see the owner of the business, do you see? Today's lucky person has already gone in, so you can try your luck tomorrow. A kind man with a white beard pointed to the door of the big merchant's mansion and bent down to Zhao Yue.
Zhao Yue didn't have time to pay attention to others, and squeezed to the front of the crowd with difficulty, and wanted to sneak in without saying a word, but was caught by Ma Wu.
"You little, you want to steal into my house, what a bold man!"
Zhao Yue was speechless, pointed to herself, and said to Ma Wu: "I met your master before, look at me, do you remember?" I came to her this time because I had something important to tell him, and I hope you can let me in, thank you. ”
Ma Wu didn't seem to have any impression of Zhao Yue, and at this time, he grabbed Zhao Yue's hand and didn't let him in.
This can't be blamed on Ma Wu's forgetfulness, a place like this that is open for business, receives thousands of guests every day, and gives out countless treasures, how can they remember the name of a nobody.
However, Marven seemed to have a little impression of Zhao Yue, he waved his hand and asked Ma Wu to let Zhao Yue go and go to the side to greet the guests, but he called Zhao Yue aside and chatted with him in a whisper.
"This little brother," Ma Wen said humbly and politely, "I have an impression of you, are you the one who went to the hospital last time to get medicine, but couldn't pay for the medicine, and was bumped into by my master and helped you pay for the medicine?" ”
Zhao Yue finally met someone who knew him, and hurriedly said politely: "That's right, it's me, my name is Zhao Yue, I have something to say to your Malu girl." ”
Marven smiled lightly and replied politely: "This little brother, my master is not something that ordinary people can see, just tell me if you have any difficulties, is it that you need money urgently, so you want to ask for a reward?" ”
Zhao Yue was speechless, but his heart was in a hurry, he didn't understand why the people in the Malu Mansion were like this, did he seem to be short of money? Does he look like a begger?
It's unbelievable!
When he was pestering, Cao Ping slowly found the big merchant here. In fact, he didn't follow Zhao Yue, but followed the people along the way all the way to the street, and was attracted by the lively scene here, but he didn't expect to see Zhao Yue here by mistake.
"Brother Changjiao!"
Cao Ping shouted, hurriedly ran over, and asked Zhao Yue why he came here late at night.
This kind of thing, Zhao Yue can't say anything at all, not to mention that Lu Bu told him to keep it secret, there are so many people around him right now, if he tells Cao Ping, Cao Ping will make a big difference.
Zhao Yue thought about it, and could only simply tell Cao Ping that he wanted to enter this mansion and find the owner of a big business, but he was obstructed.
While the two were talking, a man holding a brocade box suddenly came out of the house, and as soon as the man came out, he immediately received the cheers of everyone present.
Cao Ping looked at the man with strange eyes and asked, "Brother Changjiao, this person is not right, he is dressed in the ordinary, and he doesn't look like a person from this mansion, why can he go in?" ”
Zhao Yue could only say patiently: "This is the rule of big merchants, every night there will be a lucky person who is selected, enters the big business, and gets a treasure sent by the owner of the big business, this is how I got his Feiyun boots before." ”
Cao Ping nodded after hearing this, and said to himself: "I see, this unattractive person is the lucky person who received the treasure from the big merchant tonight." ”
Zhao Yue said anxiously: "Cao Ping, hurry up and help me think of ideas, don't say it's useless, I have something important to find the owner of a big business." ”
Before Cao Ping could speak, he saw the man holding the brocade box walking to the middle of the crowd, raising the brocade box in his hand high, and accepting the blessings of everyone.
In the crowd, the voice of him began to introduce the treasure he had given away.
It can be seen that the person who obtained the treasure is more honest, and he was coaxed by everyone, his face was flushed, as if he was very embarrassed.
"What's embarrassing, open it and take a look!" Shouts rang out from the crowd.
"Yes, I heard that the mistress of this big merchant is a beautiful girl, what did she give you? Open it and take a look! ”
The person who obtained the treasure could only be embarrassed to open the brocade box under the request of everyone, and in the brocade box, a painting scroll wrapped in red silk lay quietly in the box. According to the man, this is a masterpiece from the Western Han Dynasty given to him by Ma Lu, the owner of a large merchant.
Cao Ping glanced at the brocade box in the man's hand, rolled his eyes, and then secretly said to Zhao Yue: "Brother Changjiao, I have a way to let you in." ”
Zhao Yue was overjoyed, her eyes widened, and she asked, "What way?" ”
Cao Ping whispered a few words to Zhao Yue, Zhao Yue was reluctant at first, and finally could only reluctantly agree.
Seeing that Zhao Yue agreed, Cao Ping quickly ran to the person holding the brocade box, snatched the brocade box, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then pretended to be disdainful: "Don't waste your efforts, this is fake." ”
The treasure in the man's hand was taken away for no reason, and he was wondering in his heart, and how could he not be angry when he heard a young man of half an age say this. So, he snatched the brocade box in Cao Ping's hand, and said dissatisfied: "Don't touch my things, this is priceless, besides, how can the things given to me by the owner of the big business be fake, where is the child, don't talk nonsense!" ”
Cao Ping pretended to be mysterious, and said proudly: "Hey, it's the first time I've seen someone who has been deceived and is so happy, I bet it's fake, if you don't believe it, my eldest brother and I will go in with you and confront the owner of that big business!" As he spoke, Cao Ping pointed to Zhao Yue on the side.
It turned out that this was the way he came up with it. first deliberately looked for trouble, saying that the treasure obtained by that person was a fake, and then looking for an opportunity for that person to take Zhao Yue and him in. Cao Ping guessed in his heart that since there were so many rare treasures in the big merchants, the owner must be an arrogant person, and he must not be able to hold his breath when he heard someone questioning that the gift she gave was a fake.
After listening to Cao Ping's words, the scene instantly fell into a boil, and people coaxed together, asking Marven and Ma Wu to take the three of them in to confront the owner of the big business.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Wen could only let Ma Wu and the rest of the family guard the gate, while he trotted all the way into the mansion and asked his master Ma Lu.
As Cao Ping expected, Marven came out after a while, silently waved his hand at Ma Wu, and motioned for the three people to take the treasures in the brocade box in.
The owner of the big merchants, Malu, is finally going to meet them.