After Li Ershao arrived in Suzhou, he lived directly in Guiyuan Temple, Guiyuan Temple was built in the former Yuan Tartar Dynasty, famous for a thousand-armed Guanyin up to more than ten meters, the whole Guanyin statue is carved with a camphor tree, there is really a magic workmanship, because the folk like to worship Guanyin for children, so the Guiyuan Temple is said to be extremely prosperous in the incense, however, more than ten days ago, the entire side hall of Guiyuan Temple was Song Shiyong and others made the silver wrap down, the famous thousand-armed Guanyin happened to be in the side hall, there are the people in the market who pious to burn incense and ask for children, The monk apologized and said: So that you donors know that there are nobles in this temple who are happy and have chartered several cross-courtyards, and the Guanyin Hall is also among them, and the little monk is here to merge. If, how do you go to the Arhat Palace, the Arhat Hall enshrines the statue of the Zen Master Jidian, which is the most effective...... As the monk was talking, the sound of people and horses outside was boiling, and the monk's face was faintly happy, and he hurriedly closed it and left.

The custom of the Celestial Empire, burning incense in the temple, there is no reason not to burn incense at the door of the temple, although this Guanyin Temple can not be burned, it is not bad to worship the Zen master of Jidian. At this time, there was a Xiucai who wore Yuan color (in the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was said that Yuan color, which refers to undyed fabrics) and sneered: "But seeing that I can't afford to buy sesame oil money, the people outside are full of voices, and the horses are neighing, thinking that some rich man is coming, at this time go to flatter and get a count of two silver, wouldn't it be bad to talk nonsense with me here." ”

This Xiucai supported a young woman with a slightly sickly face, and the young woman couldn't help but glance at him when she heard it, and then she was blessed and said apologetically to the people around her: "The concubine is straightforward and fast-talking, don't be surprised." Everyone returned the salute, was lively, the corner of the street took the lead to run a red horse, the knight was about forty years old, the appearance was extremely strong, the eyes were swept, there was a sense of murder, bluffing these ordinary people one by one backwards, at this time, countless horses ran over again, and the knights were all strong men in their thirties, full of dust but capable and fierce.

Li Er accompanied thirty elite family members of Ning Yuan Bo Mansion, this Ding two words sounded like a slave in Tsing Yi and a small hat, in fact, these thirty elite family members were equivalent to thirty knights on the side of the Europa continent at this time, considering the territory and population that Li Chengliang actually controlled, it was actually nothing wrong to say that he was the king.

Good horses in Jiangnan are extremely rare, these thirty families ride a color of jujube red high-headed horses, just these thirty horses, it is enough to scare the vast majority of Jiangnan people, this appearance, it is really good, those knights to the south, has been enjoying the attention ceremony, at this time to Suzhou, suddenly the eyes lit up, the heart is thinking, no wonder they all say, heaven in heaven, underground Suzhou and Hangzhou, it is really a good place, compared to our Liaodong, it is really heaven and earth.

These knights are very good riding skills, to the front of the temple, put the legs between the legs, the reins are slightly a little, the crotch of the red horse will open the four hooves to the side of the pace, suddenly give way to the middle of the spacious road, their behavior makes the onlookers all make a roaring sound, in the minds of the people of Jiangnan, the horse, either forward or backward, but it is absolutely unimaginable, this horse can still run sideways, especially dozens of horses at the same time to make such an action, in the eyes of the people of Jiangnan, there is really a sense of evil, in the final analysis, it is because of the young horses in the south.

Li Jiading let go of the middle of the road, the corner turned a few carriages, the first carriage is two snowflakes with money markings of the extremely divine horse jade flower skull pulling the carriage, just the praised monk Zhike flattered and followed the carriage all the way trotting, panting while running, when the carriage stopped, the monk had gasped, made a group of monks, one hand on his chest and sang the Buddha horn loudly, "the little monk is the temple Zhike Shou ......" After speaking, he quickly pouted his butt to lift the curtain on the carriage.

"The monk." There was a loud shout next to him, Li Zhengyi, the leader of the Ningyuan Bofu family, took the reins of the horse, and the red horse under his crotch hissed and stood up, and the horse's hooves the size of the bowl bounced several times in the air, and the Shou Zhu monk who turned his head when he heard the cheer was so shocked that a few pieces of oil sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead, and his white and chubby face was also frightened and bloody, but it turned from white to blue, like the look of a ghost in the middle of the night, he took a few steps back, his feet were unstable, and he sat on the ground with a buttocks.

Li Zhengzhi snorted, took the horse to the second carriage, shook the horse's head under the crotch, kept snorting, Li Zhengzhi bent down on the horse, and said to the carriage: "Second Shao, the face of this temple is too small, our carriage can't get in......"

The system of the carriage and the carriage is naturally different, this is like the sedan chair of Fusang, two people lift, the person sitting in it must curl his legs, but the sedan chair of the Ming Dynasty can normally sit in two people, such as the sedan chair that Zhang Juzheng sits, thirty-two people carry, and there is a miniature garden rockery in the sedan chair, which is really indistinguishable. The carriages in the south, most of them are narrow, the horses in the south are mostly Yunnan horses, the horses are large, and the big green donkeys are probably the same as the big green donkeys at the point of the gods, and Li Ershao's carriages are all brought from Liaodong, the two horses of the carriage are abnormal, the heads of the horses in the south are less than the shoulder height of the two jade flowers, and the rest of the horses pulling the cart are placed in the world in the south of the Yangtze River, which is also the horse of the gods, so they can't enter the door of the Guiyuan Temple.

"Song Shiyong, what is going on?" Li Rubai opened the curtain and jumped out of the car while complaining, walked quickly to the side of the first carriage, and reached over to lift the curtain, "Senior sister, our carriage is a little bigger, and we can't enter the temple gate, so I was wronged that my sister walked two steps." ”

This carriage was originally Li Rubai's, but Yan Qingwei and him were a teacher's disciple, a fellow sister, in this era of etiquette, the same door is sometimes even closer than the brothers of a fellow mother, he naturally can't take it big, so he gave up his carriage to Yan Qingwei to ride.

The first to get off the carriage was Yan Qingwei's maid, named Hua Xueyin, who can be regarded as the son of the Yan family, since Xiaoqian arrived at the good official, she dialed to Miss Yan, her father is a steward of the Yan family, Yan Dazhang dialed her to her daughter, I wanted to watch her daughter, I don't want Yan Qingwei to be a demented woman, and her ability to brainwash people is not shallow, just like what was said five hundred years later, maybe women are more petty bourgeoisie and literary in their bones, Yan Qingwei simply bought Hua Xueyin, and disliked her name Sanse, This Hua Xueyin's father has been working in the Yan family all his life, and he feels that Xuehua Silver is naturally the most lovely in the world, so he named his daughter Hua Xueyin.

Hua Xueyin and Ying Xuehua, in this era, are equivalent to the names of Zhaocai, Jinbao and names such as washing ink and serving inkstone, the former is extremely vulgar, and the latter is sunny and snowy, this simple-minded maid feels that Miss is the object of her loyalty, like Yan Qingwei sneaking out of the house and running to find the teacher Xu Wenchang, Ying Xuehua not only did not dissuade Miss, but applauded happily. However, this is fortunately an allusion to the good official who does not know this name, if the good official listens to it, he has to say that these two names are quite vulgar, and the name that was later changed is especially vulgar.

Jumping out of the car, Ying Xuehua hurriedly reached out to give Miss a hand, and while helping her own Miss get out of the car, she also said to Li Rubai: "Young Master, I've been talking about it for several days, don't you prepare a stool for getting on and off the carriage......" Li Rubai said with an embarrassed face, and quickly retreated to the side.

In the words of later generations, this Miss Yan's new maidservant girl is full of petty bourgeois taste, and in this era, she and Yan Qingwei get together, and they really complement each other very well, quite like the matchmaker meets Cui Yingying, like calling Li Rubai Master Master, which was invented and created by this maidservant, she thinks that since there is a cousin young master, a young master aunt, then, this Young Master Li is the senior brother of the young lady, so it is naturally the young master.

The Master said, "If you are near, she will get carried away, and when you are far away, she will resent." This may not be universal, it can be used to describe this maidservant, it is really appropriate, along the way, I don't know how many times I nagged Li Rubai, for example, this stool for getting on and off the carriage, Jiangnan does have this style, but Li Rubai is a skilled military general with a bow and horse, and he is already in the carriage not to show off when he goes to Jiangnan, and now you are still pointing to the stool used by others to get on and off the carriage, where to reason, so Li Rubai feels that seeing this is a bit big.

"Yingxue, don't be rude." After Yan Qingwei got out of the car, she first scolded Ying Xuehua, and then smiled apologetically at Li Rubai: "Senior brother, my little sister's family is a businessman, and she lacks some discipline, which makes my senior brother smile." ”

Li Rubai hurriedly shook his hands continuously, "Senior sister, how dare you be a brother." As he spoke, he turned over and asked her to go first, but Yan Qingwei didn't go first, Ying Ying went over, asked the monk to get up, and said a few words of apology to the monk, and the monk Shou Qi, who was scared half to death, laughed so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and he didn't dare to say that he didn't dare to do it again and again, and he also knew in his heart that the other party's identity was extraordinary, so he just went up to make fun of himself, afraid that he would pat the horse's legs.

"Yingxue, add a hundred taels of silver to the master to make sesame oil money in front of the Bodhisattva." Yan Qingwei turned her head and instructed Ying Xuehua, only then did she smile slightly at Monk Shouqi, folded her hands and bowed slightly, and then turned around and entered the temple.

The Xiucai lady who was watching from a distance looked enviously at the snow-white fox fur sewn cloak on Miss Yan's body, and felt that the fox fur really set off the young lady like a fairy, but the Xiucai snorted and said loudly: "See, as soon as you make a move, it will be a hundred taels of sesame oil money, how can the monk be willing to entertain me and others, naturally I have no face and no skin to greet people." Hearing this, the talented lady next to her secretly stretched out her foot and stepped on her father-in-law.

When the Li family and the others entered the temple, the onlookers outside suddenly changed from whispering to loud discussions, all talking about the luxurious style of the crowd, not to mention anything else, just the two jade flowers that pulled the cart, they were really like heavenly horses, they were really full of praise, and they couldn't wait to say: I should replace them.

Most of the ancient monasteries also have such inn-like livelihoods, naturally, compared to what Yuelai Inn, the cost of living in the temple is not small, much more expensive than the inn, which is also a great source of income for the temple.

The Li family lived in Guiyuan Temple, accompanied by thirty elite families, and many servants of the Li family, who were immediately busy boiling water, making beds and quilts, and going to serve the horses, Li Rubai took a bath first, and was immediately refreshed.

"Let him in!" Li Rubai took a sip of hot tea, sat down on the chair next to him, and after a while, Song Shiyong hurried in, with a young man behind him, it was his nephew Song Xiaole, and the two knelt on the ground, "I've seen the commander." ”

"Get up!" Li Rubai put down the teacup and asked Song Shiyong, "Where have you been?" ”

Li Rubai attacked his father Li Chengliang's position as the commander of the Tieling Guard, this position is similar to those local officials of the Tusi Xuanwei Division, the times have spread, the military guards below are said to eat the imperial court, in fact, there is no difference from the servants of the Li family, so, like Song Shiyong and Song Xiaole, he also has the ability, and his temper is not small, and he is not willing to put down the shelf when he sees the officials outside, but when he meets Li Rubai, he has to kneel.

"These days, I am with some officials of the Caoyun Yamen, and I am planning the grain of Nanzhili." Song Shiyong hurriedly made his words clear. When he saw Zheng Guofan bullying the younger brother of the Xu Guogong family on the river, he also felt that this uncle was extraordinary, and he seemed to have two brushes, but he went to Nanzhili to buy people's hearts for Ning Yuanbo, could it be that Uncle Zheng Guo could buy people's hearts? Naturally, he couldn't, but he had to deal with the officials of the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing, especially the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these people were the main force that flocked to impeach high-ranking officials, and if these people were done, he Song Shiyong would not have done anything wrong with Uncle Ning Yuan's errand.

After listening to Song Shiyong's careful explanation, Li Rubai couldn't help frowning a little, this is already a well-known thing in the world to favor Concubine De today, why is his father willing to agree to those officials of the Caoyun Yamen to cooperate with them, and offend Concubine De, isn't it too unwise!

"Call Li Zhengzhi." Li Rubai immediately ordered his subordinates to call Li Zhengzhi, the leader of the family.

This Li Zhengzhi is still Li Chengliang's distant brother, naturally, it has been a few generations apart, and he is not so close, but when he fights and his brothers go into battle, such a person is used as the leader of the elite family, which is naturally appropriate, and he is not afraid that he will betray or anything, therefore, Li Zhengzhi is also qualified to participate in all confidential matters.

"Two less." After Li Zhengzhi came in, he just arched his hand to Li Rubai, compared to Song Shiyong, although he was also from a family, Li Zhengzhi's background was much harder, and Song Shiyong hurriedly gave Li Zhengzhi a salute.

Listening to what Li Rubai said, Li Zhengzhi said: "Second Shao, this matter, the master is indeed very clear, Song Shiyong's line is ......" He turned his head to look at Song Shiyong, and said: "It's still correct, our Ningyuan Bofu now has a heavy military position and high power, even if it is a concubine and a concubine, in fact, it is useless, if you make more friends with the officials of the Imperial History and Daodu Procuratorate, it will be beneficial, at least, it will not be the master to fight a battle, and countless ministers below have flocked to impeach the master." ”

Li Rubai sighed, frowned slightly, and said: "However, if you offend Uncle Zheng Guo too ruthlessly, wouldn't you openly slap Concubine De and the emperor in the face, Song Shiyong ......?"

"Humble duty." Song Shiyong hurriedly responded.

"Don't get involved in those Caoyun Yamen matters for the time being." Li Rubai said slowly: "Since I am here to ask for marriage, I must have a courtship, and Ming'er will send the dowry directly to the Wu family." ”

Song Shiyong wanted to speak and stopped, and nodded immediately.

The second said, here is a big fanfare, countless rare treasures, ginseng, mink, Dongzhu, etc., packed in boxes, just opened like that, and pulled all the way to the Wu family.

(To be continued)