Chapter 19: The New Moon
Ling Nuantang also knew that her trip was just a small deal, so when Hong Bowei came up and invited her to meet the princess and the county lord in the Hou Mansion, she was also surprised.
The Ling family's business is doing well, because of the production of musical instruments, they have gained some elegant reputation, but firstly, they are not very rich, and secondly, their family is only a commoner, and it is a great honor to be able to go to the Hou Mansion to meet the princess and the county lord of the dynasty. Of course, Ling Nuantang didn't know that the little Yanziping Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, the princess was nothing at all, and there was a double emperor here.
As soon as he entered the gate of the Hou Mansion, suddenly a fragrant breeze hit, and a beautiful girl dressed as a maid greeted her happily, stretched out a beautiful little hand that was rare in a double room, and grabbed Ling Nuantang's arm: "But Miss Ling?" ”
Volunteering, Xiao Jiu welcomes the door... The person who has done the first thing in Fengyi, when he heard that Ling Nuantang had arrived, he must be the first to come to greet and see.
Miss Ling shook her head: "The word Miss is a bad girl, Ling Nuantang never dares to be it." ”
Xiao Jiu is lively and loves to laugh, and is born gossip with a delicate heart, but she has been strictly trained since she was a child, and she never does things in the slightest abrupt and unreasonable, and the conscientious little maid brought her into the middle hall while greeting distinguished guests. The first banyan and the little whisk are waiting here.
When she arrived at the place to see the nobles, Ling Nuantang was cautious about etiquette, but before she could bow down, Ren Xiaozhu took a step forward to help her up, and said with a smile: "I have heard the name of Tang Di for a long time, and I got my wish today, and I finally saw you." ”
After speaking, Xiao Yu felt that he really had no reason to 'hear the name of Tang Di for a long time', so he said cheekily: "I like music since I was a child, and I especially like flute rhyme." The county lord on the side smiled, her sister she knew best, and what Xiao Yu couldn't hear the most was those silk and bamboo music that was not salty or light, but she was so happy when she watched the monkey show juggling.
Xiao Yu personally pulled her into the seat, and Xiao Jiu served on the side, bringing good tea...... The eyes of the three women all fell on Ling Nuantang, and they looked at them carefully through greetings.
Whether it is appearance, manners, or bearing, Shi Xiaoxiao deserves the words 'peerless', although the nickname 'beautiful monk' is a joke of friends, but it is not for nothing, and the woman who can be remembered by him will naturally not be bad. Ling Nuantang can be regarded as a beauty, but she walked all the way through the Hou Mansion from outside the door, coming from far and near, and her demeanor fell in the eyes of Chu Rong and Xiao Fu, which was good-looking, but it was not amazing.
But when she sat down and talked and laughed, the county lord and others gradually discovered her uniqueness...... When Ling Nuantang pays attention to herself, Ren Churong will feel that she is listening to me very carefully, even if what I say is just an inconsequential joke, she is still serious; When Ling Nuantang smiled, Ren Xiaoyu would think that she was really happy, that smile was not very bright, but it revealed the glory from the inside out, if there was no happiness from the bottom of his heart, who could smile his eyes brightly?
When Ling Nuantang spoke, Xiao Jiu couldn't help but pay attention to it, unwilling to miss every word, not how good her voice was, so far, the most crisp and pleasant voice everyone has ever heard is none other than 'Do you do claws, Ge Laozi' Ayigo, Xiao Jiu once shook his hand and sighed: Such a beautiful voice, it's a pity that she uses it to say foul words every day... Compared with Aigo, Tang Di's voice is ordinary, but she is full of energy when she speaks, not that she is excited or exaggerated, on the contrary, she does not raise her eyebrows, does not pout, and does not shrug her shoulders and wave her hands, but she speaks quietly, but the quietly revealing and just right look on her face will make everyone feel that it is a pleasure to 'watch' her speak.
After a short period of effort, Ren Churong finally found two words and two descriptions suitable for Ling Nuantang: vivid and vivid.
The facial features are delicate but not the most beautiful, but I have never seen such a vivid woman, a vivid woman.
With her, it seems that the middle hall and the Hou Mansion have become a background, a picture scroll... She is not the protagonist of the painting, but without her, the painting would be gone. It's a very strange feeling, Ren Churong is difficult to express clearly... In fact, if you think about it, the only thing that can make Shi Xiaoxiao feel tempted in this world is the words 'vivid and vivid'.
After greeting for a while, the county lord turned to the topic: "Ling Yun is famous all over the world, and she can go to Yanziping to open a branch, and she will be honored to be in the upper and lower towns, but I am still a little worried, with the current situation in Yanziping, Sister Ling's business, I am afraid that she will not be able to make any money for a while......"
Xiao Yu has been with her sister since she was a child, and the sisters have a tacit understanding, Chu Rong was a little cold-mouthed, so she pretended to be enthusiastic and said frankly to Ling Nuan: "Let's say okay first, if you make money, you have to stay, if you don't make money, you are not allowed to leave immediately, I am the first to be reluctant." ”
Ling Nuantang responded: "Fengyi has a golden nest, there is a wonderful fragrance auspicious place, and it will be prosperous in the future, I am afraid that it will be crowned Nanli and the world, and if I want to open a shop again, I am afraid that I will not be able to grab a good place... In fact, this is the business experience of the elders in the family, I don't know this, Nuan Tang in this life, only love flute, drum flute. The princess can rest assured, she will not leave for the time being, as for the future...... One day the shop will close down, and I don't want to leave, a quiet town, rare with good water and soil, and I won't leave easily. ”
replied decently, the county lord was noncommittal, just smiled, Xiao Yu was a little anxious, and said with a smile with bright eyes: "Speaking of Miaoxiang auspiciously... Miss Ling should know that the local host is Master Wuyan, I seem to have heard someone say that you and he were old acquaintances. ”
The topic suddenly turned to Shi Xiaoxiao's body, obviously, Ling Nuantang's expression was in a trance, and then responded: "In the past, my 'Ling Yun' in Hongcheng was adjacent to Master Wuyan's Qing Xiu blessed land, and it was right to meet, but when it came to old acquaintances...", she shook her head lightly: "I can't talk about acquaintance, I only said two words." ”
Shi Xiaoxiao said it was 'six words', and Ling Nuantang said it was 'two sentences'. Ren Xiaozhuo's eyes itched so much that he couldn't stand it, knowing that he shouldn't ask, but he still asked, "Which two sentences?" ”
Chu Rong frowned, and when they first met, they went to ask about private matters, which was a bit excessive, so he immediately coughed, and then glared at his sister again.
However, Ling Nuantang was very calm, smiled clearly, and responded to Xiao Yu's question: "At that time, Lingyun in Hongcheng had just opened, and when he passed by, he came in and took a turn, chose a flute and asked: How much." I answered: 300 words. Then the man caught up, he paid the bill and bought the flute, and he left. ”
Ren Xiaozhu was dumbfounded, Song Xiaojiu was dumbfounded, and the county lord of Chenghe was speechless...... In fact, when she was at sea, Shi Xiaoxiao said clearly, 'I only said six words to her', but this sentence was passed around by women, and gradually became: Ling Nuantang's six characters broke the heart of the Buddha without Yan.
Now the truth is restored:
How much?
Three hundred texts.
The few women present didn't know whether to sigh in disappointment, or praise in surprise: You two still remember such a little thing...... At least, they now understand that Shi Xiaoxiao's flute is a business of 300 yuan...... According to this price, what Mrs. Silk is going to do now is a big deal of almost 30 million tang flutes: one million taels of gold.
Full of real gold, most of them are one hundred taels and one ingot, and the twenty-one states of the whole territory of Dayan are transported, and they are summarized to the north one by one, and the money is secret, but it has not escaped the ears and eyes of Xie Men's lackeys in the end.
Recently, the two members of the Silk family have been busy with their own work, and the husband has led the big dog and the little dog to fight heartily with Wuyiwei; The lady led her henchmen to track down the gold, and now the gold has basically ended, and it is stored in two places, a sum of nearly 300,000 taels, under the banner of a caravan, hidden in tea, silk and other goods, temporarily stored in Yanyun City, Xiongguan in the extreme north of Dayan; The other amounted to 700,000 taels and was transported into the deep mountains at the junction of Yan and Inurong, but the specific location has not yet been determined, and the gold transporters are trekking hard in the mountains.
Even now, Xie Men's lackeys have not been able to figure out who this amount of gold came from, but it is not difficult to see that the money is going to flow to the grassland, as for why it was divided into two payments, it is not difficult to guess the clue with Mrs. Bao's scheming: the money is used for trading, 300,000 taels is fixed, and the big head of 700,000 taels is the capital.
Make up your mind first, wait for the other party to really do things, and then pay off the principal.
Thinking about it this way, the 300,000 yuan in the first place may flow into the grassland at any time, and Mrs. Silk was once annoyed.
In the previous discussions, both Xie Men's lackeys and Tan Guide decided not to do anything during the gold transportation... The routes and dates of the transportation of gold vary from state to state, as if twenty-one golden streams converge to the north.
With Tan Guide's strength, the total number of people is enough to divide into twenty bandits, but it is not so convenient to really fall into action, not 10,000 people can move 10,000 people. The imperial court was searching for rebels everywhere, and the people and horses that had been well hidden suddenly exploded like a swarm, and there was no way not to expose them. This time, on the premise of ensuring that they are not detected by the imperial court, they can at best move two or three lines at the same time, as long as one of the lines is robbed, the other lines will be vigilant, and the thieves will have no chance, they want to make a big profit, so they have been patiently waiting for all the gold to converge.
No one would have thought that the final destination of this money would be the enemy dog Rong, so when they found out that six of the lines and a total of 300,000 gold had been remitted to Yanyun City, the thieves were left with nothing but dry eyes.
When the money enters Yanyun, it has nothing to do with Xie Men's lackeys at all, and there are many soldiers in Xiongguan, I am afraid that it will be easier to steal Chang'e's jade rabbit from the moon than to snatch so much heavy gold from that city.
Fortunately, there are still 700,000 taels hidden in the mountains, and like the Great Living Buddha, Mrs. Silk is not greedy...... At this moment, Mrs. Silk was in Tan Guide's camp, having dinner with Lao Shuai, and halfway through the meal, a henchman puppy rushed to present a secret report, and at the same time sent a burden, Tan Guide understood the rules, temporarily avoided it, and only after the puppy left did he enter the account again, and then found that Mrs. Silk was full of frustration.
The old handsome white eyebrows: "Things have changed? ”
"That's good news." Talking about the good news in her mouth, Mrs. Silk was still helpless, and Tan Guide said: "Looking at your appearance, it really doesn't look like there is good news." ”
"That's true, great news." Mrs. Silk reported the good news with a sad face, and as if she was afraid that the other party would not believe it, she took out the burden she had just received, and threw a heavy gold ingot on the table with a 'dang' sound: "You see, this money is already in hand." ”
There is no need to ask, this piece of gold comes from the deep mountains, Tan Guide's eyes lit up: "What's going on, tell me carefully!" ”
Mrs. Silk gave a salute and said with a wry smile: "You let me slow down, I'll go out and take a look at the moon, and when my mind calms down, I will tell you the truth as it is." ”
What kind of person is Tan Guide, he has his own responsibility in his chest, and he will not be in a hurry at this time, so he smiled when he heard the words: "Madame, please, don't worry about me... But today is the first day of the new year, there is no moon in the sky, you can only look at the stars. ”
On the first night, during the New Moon, there will be no moon in the night sky.
On the night of the first month, there was not only Mrs. Silk, but also Yan Guoshi's swallow top...... Yanding has been on the plateau with straw for a while, but he is not in a hurry to go to Rinka City, this is not their idea, the itinerary after entering Tubo is led and arranged by the reception disciples sent by the Great Living Buddha, and the Great Living Buddha intends to kill the majesty of the national teacher and sink the surname of the national teacher, so he instructed the disciples not to bring them over immediately as soon as they met, and go around first.
With the city government of Yanding, how could he put this kind of little trick in his heart, and he was at peace along the way, and the other party led him how to go, anyway, he knew in his heart that even if the people from Chai Cuo Ta led him to the edge of the sky, they would eventually have to send them to the Great Living Buddha again.
After dinner, the national teacher and the straw walked outside and chatted, during which they raised their heads and looked down at the night sky, and said in a ventriloquish voice: "It is said that the plateau is closer to the sky, so the moon is also brighter, according to me, but there is no difference." ”
Straw didn't find where the moon was, and then remembered that today was the first day of the new year, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you haven't seen it clearly, there is no moon tonight, so what's the difference." ”
The laughter from the ventriloquist was dull and abnormal, and the national teacher glanced at the straw: "No?" So where did the moon go? ”
Straw was stunned, and felt that the question of the national teacher was a bit confusing.
The smile in the national teacher's eyes became stronger, and he asked himself: "The moon hasn't gone anywhere, it's still in the sky, but you and I can't see it." New Moon, not visible. ”
When it comes to the new moon, the national teacher seems to be interested, while wandering at will, while whispering: "The moon is respected by heaven and earth, and the galaxy chases the moon and moves......" The saying of the Chinese planet has existed since ancient times, the Han people believe that the sky is round, and the heaven and earth where they are located is the center of the universe, and the moon surrounds endlessly, and the movement and change of the stars in the night sky are all due to the moon and the moon sets, which is the rhetoric in the mouth of the national teacher.
"The moon rules the night star, and the moon is not seen on the first day of the new month, but the galaxy still moves by itself...... It's a bit like the world. The tone of the national teacher did not change, but there was a touch of arrogance in his eyes that were lowered and looking at the ground: "Maybe there is a hand that is pushing the world, but how many people in the world can see this hand?" ”
Straw wanted to yawn, thinking that it was a little inappropriate, and after patience, he laughed dryly.
(To be continued)