Cheng Yanjin's face was full of bitterness, and he promised to be happy when he negotiated the price, but how to explain to the Luo family had a problem, he glanced at Pei You, Pei You was drinking tea with his head down, and he didn't look at him.

Helpless, he had to explain to Father Luo in a low voice: "This is because the wine shop is related to the King of Chu, so you have to give the King of Chu a face!" So I didn't negotiate the price. ”

Cheng Yanjin's explanation is not tenable at all, if it is the shop of the King of Chu, it should be cheaper, how can there be a reason to slaughter his own people.

Although Luo Shixin's family property is thick, he doesn't care about this money, but Luo's father is a thrifty person, and all this money is earned by his son's meritorious service, he doesn't want to be this wronged person.

He couldn't make sense with Cheng Biting Jin, and Father Luo stepped forward to give Pei You a salute again, "This proprietor, the price is negotiable, but a table of one hundred hangs is too outrageous, can it be a little cheaper." ”

Pei You didn't hurry to take out a contract and shake it open, "I'm not an unreasonable person, it's written very clearly in black and white, if Uncle Luo doesn't recognize this Cheng Biting Jin's account, that's good, I will admit this wedding banquet, I don't want a penny, I'll go to Yang Yuanqing, I'll see what he says." ”

Pei You stood up, "Shopkeeper, let's go!" ”

The shopkeeper followed Pei You and walked out, Luo's father sighed, this is called sophistication, since you entrust someone to do it, then don't do it, you have to admit it, otherwise people will be offended, and their reputation will be ruined, in the final analysis, the responsibility lies with themselves, it is their own entrustment to help, and more importantly, this is their son's marriage, and the Luo family can't afford to lose this face because of thousands of hanging money.

Father Luo had to stop them, "Please stay!" ”

Pei You stood still and said coldly: "I have only one way to stay, you admit this account." ”

Father Luo glanced back at Cheng Yanjin, and was stunned for a moment, Cheng Yanjin was no longer there, this guy. I don't know when I slipped away.

Helpless. Father Luo had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, "Okay! I admit it, I admit it! ”……

The meal was eaten until dusk. Yang Yuanqing has not yet appeared, Father Luo is a little anxious, and the King of Chu is the most important guest. If he didn't come, the Luo family really couldn't afford to lose face, so he hurriedly found Niu Jinting and said in a low voice: "Enter the court, you go to the Chu King's Mansion to see if the King of Chu has set off." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Jia Runfu shouting at the gate: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the princess have arrived!" ”

The entire mansion suddenly fell silent, everyone stood up, and saw a dozen guards coming first. Immediately afterwards, Yang Yuanqing, who was dressed in a purple robe and wearing a black cage hat, walked in unhurriedly.

Next to her, she was followed by the princess of Chu, who was dressed plainly, wearing a pale yellow fine linen dress. Lightly apply vermilion powder to the face. His head is combed in a high bun, but there is no jewel on his hair. There was only one jasper hairpin, and although she was dressed plainly, her noble and calm temperament and shallow smile at the corner of her mouth still fascinated the guests present.

Father Luo hurriedly greeted him and gave a deep salute, "Welcome His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the princess to the dog wedding, the Luo Mansion is very honored." ”

Yang Yuanqing hugged his fists and saluted back, and said apologetically: "I wanted to come early, but the Ziwei Pavilion meeting has just ended, and I came late, Uncle forgive me!" ”

Father Luo heard him call himself uncle, and his heart was even more excited, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Your Highness and the princess, please come with me!" ”

At this time, the officers present all clasped their fists and saluted, "See the chief!" ”

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to everyone and smiled: "Today is General Luo's wedding, it has nothing to do with official business, everyone is casual." ”

Yang Yuanqing and Pei Minqiu sat down on the main seat, several maids stood behind Pei Minqiu, and there were only the two of them on the entire main seat.

"What about Shixin, have you gone to greet your relatives?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

"I've already gone, and I won't be back until night."

Father Luo continued: "Your Highness's state affairs are heavy, I really don't dare to delay, although Your Highness leaves early, it doesn't matter, as long as Your Highness is willing to come, it will be our big face." ”

It is generally customary for a person like Yang Yuanqing to attend the wedding, just to sit for a while and give the host a face, even if it is a junior brother Luo Shixin, it is impossible to sit with him all the time.

"I've just come to leave, let's sit down! Uncle, even if he goes to greet other guests, I am free to do my best. ”

Father Luo didn't dare to sit with Yang Yuanqing, so he had to give a salute and retreat, but at this time, Pei Minqiu saw Pei You at a glance, and was suddenly surprised, and hurriedly beckoned to her, "Sister You!" ”

Pei You had already finished settling the accounts, she was complacent, and she was asking the guys to serve them wholeheartedly, but she suddenly heard Pei Minqiu's voice, and when she turned around, she saw Pei Minqiu, and was immediately overjoyed, and walked forward quickly, but a female guard stopped her.

Pei Minqiu explained with a smile: "This is my cousin, it's okay, let her in." ”

Pei Minqiu said, 'This is my cousin', which immediately relieved Luofu, who was not far away, it seems that what Cheng Yanjin said is true, since it is the princess's cousin, it will not be a loss to pay a table of one hundred hanging money, otherwise he will really panic in his heart if he suffers this big loss.

At this time, someone seemed to be pulling him behind him, Luo's father turned around, but saw that it was Cheng Biting Jin, sneaky, and appeared behind him at some point, Father Luo thought that he had just run away, and he was annoyed in his heart, and was about to scold him, but Cheng Biting Jin pointed to Pei You, who had already sat in the main seat, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, I'm not wrong!" ”

"Say your head wrong!"

Father Luo knocked him on the head, and said angrily: "I asked you to do something, but your kid made me lose 7,000 hanging money, just once, and I won't believe you next time." ”

Cheng Yanjin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Uncle, this time it's my fault, I am willing to bear half of the extra 7,000 hanging money, and I apologize to Uncle." ”

Father Luo saw that he was indeed very sincere, so he forgave him in his heart, and sighed: "Forget it this time, anyway, it's not that outsiders make money, our money is also a reward from the king of Chu, let the princess's cousin earn it, and it won't be wronged, this matter is over, don't mention it again." ”

Cheng Yanjin was ashamed in his heart, thinking about when he would help Luo Shixin again and return the favor.

In the main seat, Pei You spoke quickly, frowned and said to Pei Minqiu: "Why do you wear a hemp skirt, this is a wedding, how cold it is to wear a hemp skirt!" ”

Pei Minqiu sighed helplessly, "You ask the person next to me about this, I said to dress a little festive today, to give Luo Shixin a face, he didn't say that they are all officers, and they can be taught to be frugal by dressing plainly, but I think this makes it difficult for other women to be people, don't you say?" ”

In front of Pei You, Pei Minqiu seemed to have returned to the girlhood of speaking freely, and the princess's quiet demeanor was gone, and she also complained a little about Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing had to pretend to be deaf and dumb on the side, as if she hadn't heard anything.

Pei Minqiu asked again: "You are also here to attend the wedding, what about the child?" How not to bring. ”

Pei You smiled self-deprecatingly, "How can I be invited to participate in this kind of general's wedding, a small businessman, and I prepared the wine and food you eat." ”

Yang Yuanqing on the side remembered that Luo Shixin had said that today's banquet was set by Cheng Biting Jin, and he suddenly understood in his heart that Cheng Biting Jin should go to please Pei You, so he smiled and said: "Sister You should make a lot of money today!" ”

"It's not a big profit, your black-faced subordinates are really happy to do things, let me make a small profit."

Speaking of this, Pei You suddenly said to Yang Yuanqing vigilantly: "Let me make it clear first, this banquet has signed a contract, and the host's family has also admitted it, and the account has been settled, don't worry about it, let me do a loss-making business, then I won't do it!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and didn't say anything more, he estimated that Cheng Biting Jin was slaughtered, but since the two sides had settled the account, it meant that Father Luo also admitted it, so he didn't care.

At this time, the tall and fat Yang Wei stepped forward quickly, saluted Pei Minqiu, squatted in front of Yang Yuanqing and whispered: "Manager, there is something important. ”

"What's the matter?"

Yang Wei whispered a few words to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing nodded, turned back to his wife and said, "I'll come when I go." ”

Pei Minqiu smiled, "Husband, try to be as casual as possible, here is Sister You to accompany me!" ”

Yang Yuanqing got up and followed Yang Wei to the east courtyard of Luofu, more than a dozen guards also followed them, the east courtyard was a guest room, almost empty, there was no banquet, they walked into a room, only to see a person standing in the room, the leader of the person was blue-eyed and high-nosed, wearing a pointed brimmed hat, but it was his old friend Kangbas, who had not seen him for many years.

"Lao Kang!" Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed and blurted out.

Kang Ba took off his virtual hat, bowed down, and said with a smile: "Sogdian merchant Kang Bas, see His Royal Highness the King of Chu." ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that there were still outsiders in the house, so he held back the excitement in his heart and asked with a smile: "I heard that you have returned to Sogdia, and you have been going for three years, so you should be doing well in your hometown!" ”

"It's really good, it's very popular, I went to the Roman Empire, and the oriental silk and porcelain shipped were very popular with the princes and nobles there, and the emperor there also made me an official."

The Roman Empire was also the Byzantine Empire, which was called the Great Qin Empire in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile: "Did you go to Constantinople?" ”

"The King of Chu actually knows about Constantinople, it's not simple!"

Combas praised and turned back to introduce the two of them to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing noticed the two of them as soon as he entered the door, dark blue eyes, brown hair, pointed and large noses, also of Western race, but not Sogdians, should be Romans.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, these two people are death row prisoners that I ransomed from death row in Constantinople, and now they are my slaves, they were originally craftsmen in the army, and they have some skills, I specially brought them to the Great Sui, hoping to be useful to His Highness."

The two hurriedly stepped forward, pressed their hands on their chests, and bowed deeply to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing saw that they were not young, one was in his forties, and the other was nearly fifty years old.

"What's in it for me?" Yang Yuanqing asked curiously.

Kang Ba smiled slightly, took out a bottle from the bag, took out a small bowl, poured out some liquid from the bottle, he handed the bowl to Yang Yuanqing, and said with a smile: "Your Highness take a closer look, what's the difference?" ”