Chapter 22: The Flood of Arrivals (I)
Kuiyuan Tower is only two alleys away from Xu's house, so Jin Liu and Ruisheng didn't follow this night. Although they didn't go, the two of them were all uneasy, not only Jin Liu, the porter, was looking in front of the door, but even Ruisheng ran out from time to time to ask about the movement. In the end, Jin Liu got impatient, and Suo moved a small bench for Ruisheng to come out, and the pair of porters and servants sat facing each other, waiting and chattering their teeth. As he spoke, Jin Liu mentioned Latham & Watkins' father.
"I said Latham & Watson, I've been in Nanjing for so long, do you want your father?"
"I don't want to."
"Tsk, really don't want to or fake don't want to? I can remind you, although you have to have a loyal character to be a subordinate, if you lose even your filial piety, be careful that the young master will not wait to see you. You haven't left Lao Tzu since you were a child, how can you not want to? ”
"I don't want to, I don't want to!"
Ruisheng was annoyed, so he stood up all of a sudden, left Jin Liu and walked out angrily, but as soon as he walked out of the gatehouse, he saw a figure coming in from outside, and he was overjoyed, hurriedly rushed forward, and blurted out and asked, "Young master, are you okay?" ”
Jin Liu, who heard the movement, also came out of the house, and after a sneak glance at Xu Xun's expression, he knew that tonight must be very smooth, and he hurriedly stepped forward to flatter: "Looking at the young master like this, the gift given today is very good for the sixth master's temperament, and it must be a compliment!" ”
A night of vanity and grievances was enough to make people tired, and Xu Xun didn't want to continue the topic at this time, so he immediately waved his hand. After instructing Jin Liu to lock the door, he asked the two of them if they had dinner, and when he learned that they had already eaten, he thought about it and then opened his mouth and ordered: "In this way, is there any moromio?" To make some mash eggs, I just drank too much and was a little hungry. Make a few more, you wait until now, you think about it will be an empty stomach, eat some supper pad. ”
Since Xu Xun said this, Jin Liu naturally couldn't ask for it, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to instruct his daughter-in-law. And Ruisheng followed Xu Xun into the second gate, but finally couldn't help asking, "Young Master, are you really not angry in Kuiyuan Tower today?" If the lord says something unpleasant, you will go back to the room for a while and scold, no one else will hear it! ”
Although Xu Xun wanted to joke about whether you are someone else, but looking at Ryson's serious face, he couldn't help but smile and pat the thin shoulder: "It's very smooth today, besides, when you are angry, you can't swallow your anger in front of you and dare not speak, and you jump behind your back and scold your mother, what is that?" is a manly man, can bend and stretch and find the field, that is serious. ”
His own young master said so happily, and Latham was naturally relieved, and he was so unhappy with a smile on his face after following Xu Xun to walk forward. When the two bowls of mash eggs were served, Xu Xun pushed the bowl containing the two eggs in front of him, and he was even more flattered, and he put it off for a while before he happily lowered his head and ate it violently. Xu Xun looked at the cute eating appearance, and suddenly couldn't help asking, "Latham and Watson, you came to Nanjing because of your deceased mother's words?" ”
Hearing this, Latham Rousheng, who was still gobbling up just now, suddenly stopped moving. He stared at the rice bowl for a long time, and then whispered without raising his head: "Mother said, the young master is a good person." ”
However, looking at the way Rayson ate his stuffy head, and remembering that night, he made the little guy cry, sighed for a while, and stopped asking, and after eating, he dropped the dishes and chopsticks and went back to the house. Lying on the sturdy shelf bed, he thought about Xu Yi's attitude when he heard his entrustment of Tian Mu's affairs, and couldn't help but groan.
In this year, the government gradually [***], there is no need to report the fish scale book for land sales, but he inquired about it, the Ming Dynasty's household registration yellow book system is extremely strict, he is carrying the money from selling land, and he can't go far without a road guide, unless he is ready to be a fugitive without household registration, otherwise, the power of the clan is enough to make him irreversible. Therefore, today he had to take the first step to stabilize his chess, not only the seventh prince of Wu, but others also had an impression of him, and even attracted others to send that big red thorn. As for those acres, send them to Xu Liuye and see how this one is disposed of, if the other party still has a trace of heart, it would be good, if it is also blackhearted......
Then let them fight against each other first!
This night was probably the most peaceful sleep after Xu Xun came to the Ming Dynasty. When he woke up, he felt unusually bright outside, so he struggled to sit up. Ratham didn't respond, he thought it was strange, so he put on his clothes and pulled his shoes out of bed and screamed again, and waited for a long time before a figure broke the curtain and rushed in.
"Young Master!"
Ruisheng saw that Xu Xun had already gotten out of bed, and was about to explain, but Xu Xun waved his hand and asked what time it was. Knowing that it was Si Zhengdu, Xu Xun smiled bitterly after being surprised, knowing that he had slept easily in his heart, so he rarely overslept in a rare way. After putting on his clothes under Latham's service, he sighed that he was now a standard coat to reach out for food and open his mouth, but at the same time asked, "What, there are guests outside?" ”
"Young Master, how do you know?"
Xu Xun asked casually, but unexpectedly told the truth, and he was taken aback: "Who is here?" ”
"Back to the young master's words, early in the morning, Grandpa Liang came to take a look, and learned that the young master left without getting up, and then another guest came, but I didn't recognize it." Rayson shook his head honestly, thought for a moment and said, "Sixth Brother Jin seems to have a wrong face when he sees the carriage where the guest is sitting, I think maybe he recognizes it." ”
was dizzy by Latham's words that he didn't recognize, Xu Xun didn't ask any more questions, and after washing, he had some breakfast and hurried to the front. As soon as he entered the small inverted hall, he saw the middle-aged man sitting in the guest seat standing up with a smile and greeting him, and called him the seventh prince familiarly. After searching all over the memory but no impression, he was even more puzzled in his heart, and when he asked the other party's name and surname, the other party claimed to be surnamed Wu, from Renhe, and he became more and more sure that this person should be the first time he saw him.
Because this middle-aged man surnamed Wu seemed to be afraid that others would not know, he emphasized that he had donated a title outside the staff, and Xu Xun also called Wu Yuanwai by the way. However, after a few words, the other party never mentioned the matter, but inquired about his family background, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, and it happened that at this time, Latham poked his head in, saying that Xu Liang was coming, and he took this opportunity to sue him and leave the house.
"Young master, Grandpa Liang is over there in the stable, what should I do with this person?"
"You go inside and stay with us." Xu Xun said casually, and seeing that Ruisheng's face suddenly became bitter, he suddenly remembered that this little guy had never seen the world, and it was not suitable to deal with this kind of old oilman, so he changed his words and said, "In this way, you go to the door to replace Jin Liu, and let him accompany someone to talk." As long as you set it out and go through the details, I will be rewarded when I look back! ”
A sentence of reward made Ruisheng's eyes wide, and Xu Xun couldn't care about this kid who was in the eyes of money, and immediately hurried to the stable. It is said that it is a stable, but in fact it is just a grass shed erected on the edge of the vegetable garden, and the horse pulling the cart is leisurely grazing in it at this moment, and Xu Liang, who is dressed in short clothes, is pacing with his head down, and suddenly raises his head when he hears the sound.
"Uncle!"
"Brother Xun!" Xu Liang walked over quickly, looked Xu Xun up and down for a while, and suddenly grinned, "Okay, I heard about it early this morning, you earned a lot of face last night!" It's just that why didn't you say earlier that your father still has an old friend? Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked that stinky monk to help pay attention to the news, and I owe him a favor! ”
Although he knew that Xu Liang could be trusted, Xu Xun still couldn't say that the old friend Shibo was made up by himself, so he could only smile: "I'm sorry, let the uncle worry for me." ”
"What's the matter, I'm a rough man, I can't help you if I want to." Xu Liang seemed to be a little embarrassed, scratched his head and coughed dryly and said, "I came today to say to you, the person who was drawing water at Dazhong Bridge with me said that he had leaked his mouth, and said that Master Xu's family sent someone out early in the morning, and he was riding a horse." He just lost such a big face yesterday, maybe he won't give up, all in all, you should be careful. ”
Xu Liang came here twice in the morning, but for such a thing, Xu Xun naturally felt grateful in his heart, and immediately thanked him. Xu Liang only said that it should be, but curiously asked more about the details of Kuiyuan upstairs yesterday, and said with a smile that he wanted to talk more among the four towns and eight neighbors, Xu Xun knew that the old man was so straight-tempered, and the surname Suo smiled and only went with him. When he sent people out, he remembered that Xu Jin had let go of the cruel words to drive Xu Liang away, and his heart didn't move.
"Uncle, after all, you live in the third brother's house, even if the rental money is no longer the high price of 100 yuan, it is inconvenient after all, you might as well move to me." Without waiting for Xu Liang to refuse, he said with a smile, "The outside world only said that I hired you to do the work, so no one will be picky!" There are only four people living in such a big house, and the uncle has moved in, so I'm also a little more lively here, isn't it? ”
Xu Liangyuan insisted on refusing, but after hearing the latter sentence, he remembered the words of Monk Huitong earlier, and his expression gradually loosened, but he didn't agree, only said that he would say goodbye with a smile when he thought about it later. And Xu Xun sent people to the door, just to see a richly decorated carriage parked there, the coachman looked left and right on the seat, and was stunned at first when he saw him, and then immediately pulled the hat, eager to shrink the whole person under the hat. But the swaggering carriage was in front, and the coachman's appearance was behind, Xu Xun only thought about it for a while, and immediately remembered the encounter at the east gate of Yingtianfu.
Isn't it the horseman who claims to be the master of Yin Wuxiong's fellow sect of Ying Tianfu?