Beyond the cloth shop street, not far away is Xu Ji's pastry shop, close to the teahouse and wine shop, forming another bustling and lively street scene in Hangzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoPeople come and go endlessly, rich and noble sons have nothing to do most of them choose here, and the literati and scholars often visit the Heming Building, which is rich in literature and academics, and the teahouse restaurant on a street has more of a rouge gouache drunk hazy.

Nangong Hua sat leaning against the windowsill, and on the table were several plates of perilla paste, snowflake crisp and lion chongyang cake bought from Xu Ji's pastry shop. Chen Zhongqing is very careful, and he orders desserts that the other party likes to eat.

Nangong Hua put down the teacup in her hand, looked at the son in front of her who was adding tea for herself, and asked softly, "Son Zhongqing, the slave family doesn't understand why they chose to apologize for something that can be solved by reporting their names." If you say that it is Chen Zhongqing, a great talent in Hangzhou, the shopkeeper naturally does not dare to embarrass you. ”

"But he'll be embarrassed by the porter."

Chen Zhongqing restrained his expression and said seriously, "If I say that I am a great talent in Hangzhou City, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop will accommodate all his anger on the porter, and the porter may end up not receiving a salary, and then the family will be hungry today." A tael of silver is just a gesture, but it can save a person's life. It's still a good deal. ”

The voice was as calm as warm tea in a cup, but it made Nangong Hua look at him differently. I remembered that thought.

"Gongzi Zhongqing is different from those who read."

Nangong Hua looked at the scholar in front of her, bit her lip and said, "The slave family has been in Hangzhou for so many years, and I have seen all kinds of scholars, and they have never had a deep relationship with the peddler pawn and the Qinglou geisha without exception. But Zhongqing's son is like, how can you say it......"

"Equal treatment."

Chen Zhongqing took her words, "You want to say that, right?" ”

Nangong Hua nodded seriously, "Yes, yes, it is to treat everyone equally, whether it is a dignitary or an ordinary person, Gongzi Zhongqing always shows a humble and polite appearance, and even the other party is just a porter." You're not at all like those high-ranking readers. ”

Chen Zhongqing smiled bitterly and shook his head, in the era of deep-rooted feudal etiquette and class, equality and fraternity were just unattainable dreams for others.

"People, there must be two points of benevolence and one Buddha's heart, otherwise what is the difference between it and jackals, tigers and leopards?"

"The father of the slave family was originally a military attache in the first dynasty, and then because of the involvement in partisan disputes, the family was corrupted after being punished and exiled, and he wandered in a foreign land, and then came to Hangzhou with his adoptive mother, and was sold into a song and dance workshop as a prostitute, and later became a famous prostitute by high-ranking officials and nobles. People are in the dust, who knows who is sad? The best ending is just to take advantage of the rouge list to be sold at a price, sell yourself into the home of a high-ranking official and nobleman to be a home remedies concubine, and be lucky enough to survive until the day when the old Zhu Huang still has a chance to straighten up. ”

Chen Zhongqing sighed and said, "I'm afraid I'll never see the end of my day." ”

"Behind the slave family is the Qin family, the Qin family plans to use the money to smash out an Oiran head, and then marry smoothly, but unfortunately people are not as good as the sky, and the son has not re-held it since the Rouge List was mixed that night. However, fortunately, the feat of Zhongqing's son failed to make them get their wish. ”

Chen Zhongqing asked curiously, "Because they are all busy digesting the vacated Qin family's share now, they naturally have no time to take care of this matter." Businessmen value profit over separation, and a concubine is naturally not as important as taking someone else's business in their eyes, but from the tone of the Nangong girl, it seems that she is very pleased with this matter? ”

The tea on the table was cold, Chen Zhongqing poured out the cold tea and refilled it for her. Nangong Hua stared at the rising heat and said softly, "Young Master Zhongqing, if you were to marry an old man who was fifty or sixty years old, would you be happy?" ”

Chen Zhongqing was stunned and almost spilled the teapot. Put down the teapot in his hand and sighed, "So that's the case, the Qin family is not marrying Qin Danqing, but Qin Zhengxi?" ”

Nangong Hua sneered and said, "Qin Danqing, as the eldest son in the family, will inevitably be the role of marrying with other family businesses in the future, Qin Zhengxi Qin Lao is upright and will not do such a thing." I'm talking about his younger brother, Qin Zhusheng, who is one year apart. ”

Qin Zhusheng?

Chen Zhongqing thought about it, it seemed that he had never heard of this person's name from the Qin family, and it seemed that the Qin family's trip to the water was far more complicated than he imagined. Qin Zhengxi is a person who knows the destiny of heaven, how young can his younger brother who is one year old be young?

After considering the words and emotions, Chen Zhongqing finally decided to help this little favor. whispered, "I can come forward to help you solve this matter of the Qin family." ”

"Gongzi Zhongqing, you can't solve it."

Nangong Hua shook her head and sighed, "The Qin family has a big business, even Qin Danqing is a friend of Zhongqing, how to solve it?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I said I could, I will. What I want to do, the whole city of Hangzhou can't stop it. ”

"The great cause of the Qin family ......"

"No matter how big it is, it's bigger than Bianliang's Shangshu right servant?"

She raised her head and looked at Chen Zhongqing with a puzzled look, originally she always thought that the other party was just an ordinary official in Bianliang, but she didn't expect that it was Shangshu's right servant behind her.

"Is what Gongzi Zhongqing said true?"

Chen Zhongqing didn't answer him, and continued to talk on his own.

"No matter how big it is, how big is the transfer department?"

"No matter how big it is, it's bigger than the Bianliang Chen family, which is the most in the middle of the day?"

The tone was calm, but it was like a thunderclap, falling on the heart of the geisha with a good face, her eyes flashed with tears, for an official eunuch family, it may be just a gesture, but for Nangong Hua, it is an unrequited kindness, so many years of Qinglou passers-by, no one has ever been as benevolent and righteous as Chen Zhongqing has helped himself.

"If the son can really help me, the little lady will not be able to repay me...... Can only ......"

"Shh

Chen Zhongqing put his index finger to his lips, signaling that the other party didn't have to continue, the last thing he wanted to hear was that he couldn't repay the promise, and his position was destined to give the other party any name except for giving her the identity of a side room. Wait until it is quiet before whispering, "Hmm...... It's just that the effort of raising your hands is not enough, if the Nangong girl sees it like this, she will be even more ashamed to be it. Cherish the hard-won freedom, and I don't want you to be a canary in a cage when you enter the Houmen, freedom is more important than anything else. ”

As if he remembered something, Chen Zhongqing smiled and led the topic to another place, "By the way, the name Nangong Hua should just be your stage name, right?" ”

Nangong Hua nodded and laughed, she hadn't been so happy for a long time since she had fallen into the dust.

What he said next made Chen Zhongqing frown slightly.

She smiled and said, "Well, my father's surname is Li, and the slave family's original name is Li Xiangjun." ”