Section XIII

Yululi leaned a little lazily against the window, slowly drinking a bowl of mare's milk wine. This thing is very common in Qingting, the three northwestern provinces. At first, she was not used to drinking at all, but she followed the local customs, walking in the cold desert, this thing is an indispensable thing to keep out the cold, although she is not afraid of the cold, but it is always uncomfortable when it is cold, and she can only pinch her nose and drink. She has been in the Southern Han Dynasty for more than half a year, and she has been borrowing wine to drown her sorrows more and more, and she has unconsciously become accustomed to drinking this kind of wine with a strong milky smell.

"Guest officer, you have been sitting here for a whole day, you are going to drink, do you want to change positions and let other guest officers ......"

The shopkeeper's face wrinkled into bitter gourd, and he pleaded in a low voice. This location is near the window, and the Governor's Mansion is even more unobstructed, and there are always some businessmen and visitors who come to look up and worship, so it is extremely popular. Yululi had been dominating the place since the morning, and had ordered a few jugs of mare's milk wine, which was absolutely unacceptable to him. So the shopkeeper thought about it again and again, and came to drive people away.

"What did you say?"

Yululi came back to her senses, and her dark eyes turned around with difficulty, and she hiccuped.

"This, what Xiao Lao'er means, is whether the guest officer can give up a position, Xiao Lao'er is easy to do business." The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said carelessly: "Look, guest officer, I am also a small business, and I can't afford to lose money......"

Merchants are harmonious and make money, no one wants to offend customers out of thin air, besides, who can open an inn in Shacheng for decades, who has a lot of eyesight? Although Yululi is alone, she is heroic, bending her bow and angry horse, not to mention him, even a pig knows some origins. But no matter how it comes, it is impossible to delay your own business, as the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing your parents. What's more, this is in front of the Governor's Palace, and this little girl doesn't dare to be wild. Thinking of this, the shopkeeper straightened his chest again, and looked at the delicate "killing father and mother" enemy in front of him with confidence.

"Oh, I see." Youluli wiped a few drops of wine stains from her mouth, and said slowly: "You are in this position, open for a day, how much do you earn." ”

The shopkeeper raised his fingers and chattered and said: "Now that the northwest is preliminary, Shacheng has a very large floating population, and this location can receive about ten waves of guests every day, and this position can seat four people, on average, according to two guests per wave, it is twenty guests." If you spend 20 wen per person, you should ......"

He shook his head and was about to say more, but Yululi interrupted him and said impatiently: "Okay, don't be wordy, I have covered this place." As she spoke, she reached into her bosom and pulled out a fist-sized ingot. The shopkeeper's eyes were straight, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. But his eyes slowly changed, and then his mouth opened wide, and his legs shook like chaff.

Yululi's hands are very small, and her fingers are also very slender, although her complexion is slightly darker, but the structure is even, and when she flexes and stretches her fingers, she can even see the flesh-colored small swirls at the joints, which is very pleasing to the eye. But with such a reverie-inducing hand, the ingot of silver was like a noodle, and it was slowly pinched and deformed by her.

The shopkeeper's tongue was a little knotted, and he stammered, "That's it...... It's right, hehe, you use it slowly, the little old man is a treat, a treat. His mouth trembled, his legs trembled, he bent down and bowed, then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and turned to leave.

"Stop." Yululi drank coquettishly, and the shopkeeper stiffened like a marionette and turned around, still with a smile like a dead father and mother on his face, and swallowed his saliva with difficulty: "Guest officer, do you have any other orders?" ”

Youluli pulled the silver ingot, which was a little deformed, like a noodle, and stuffed it into his hand in the shopkeeper's stunned, and then looked at him slightly drunken and said, "Listen, my aunt and grandmother in this position will be wrapped for half a month, and I will have to be wordy." ”

The shopkeeper has been doing business for decades, whether the silver is real or fake, you can feel it when you touch it, he stretched out his hand and swiped it, and almost fainted with happiness. This ingot of silver is also ten taels, one tael of silver is a thousand wen, and ten taels of silver is ten thousand wen. Even according to the price he falsely reported just now, if it is 400 wen a day, this ingot of silver is enough to cover this position for nearly a month. His thoughts spun quickly, and a smile like an audience for the Virgin Mary appeared on his face, and he kept saying, "Yes, yes, yes." The little old man is not verbose, not verbose......"

After standing up for a long time, Yululi felt a little dizzy in her brain, and she took out an ingots from her arms again, and burped with wine: "Also, uh! Prepare a room for me, I want the cleanest, my aunt and grandmother are going to live here recently. Remember, uh......"

I thought I would meet an overlord meal, but I didn't expect to change into a God of Wealth. The shopkeeper was overjoyed, took the silver from Youluli's hand, and was about to pat some sycophants. Suddenly there was a commotion, and the two of them were taken aback, and at the same time turned their heads to look down.

The door to the governor's palace was wide open, and a large group of brightly armored sergeants rushed out of it on healthy camels. When these men went out of the house, several of them got off their camels and began to post announcements in front of the house, while the other camel riders shouted and whipped like rain, and a large group of knights ran from the downstairs into the distance.

What's wrong?

The two glanced at each other, and Youluli's wine was half gone, and she staggered and pointed down and shouted, "Shopkeeper, go down and see what the announcement says?"

In fact, she didn't need to shout, the shopkeeper was already a little itchy, but he didn't dare to act rashly. Now that Yululi had said this, he bowed as if he had been pardoned, and said, "Yes, the little one will go." Then he turned his head and ran away.

Yululi watched him rush downstairs in high spirits, squeezed into the crowd of onlookers, stood under the announcement for a while, and then came out with a smile on his face, and rushed up to the second floor. Far away, he said happily: "Rich, rich, haha, haha." ”

Seeing him get carried away, Yululi breathed a sigh of relief. This guy's mouth is crooked, and it doesn't look like there is a war, so that the wood doesn't have to run around anymore. She grabbed the mare's milk wine and drank it again, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, the more fierce the war between the North and the South, the more beneficial it was for the Nanban. What the hell is wrong with me, how can I have such thoughts. Just thinking about it, the shopkeeper walked up to her and said with a smile: "Hahaha, guest officer." In ten days, Our Lady and Lord Wu will have a wedding, hahaha, what a joy. ”

He danced with his hands and feet. Then he explained: "I really didn't expect that Our Lady of Bailing was the daughter of Governor He. Ahem, I'll just say, ordinary people who give birth to such a beautiful daughter, only who can ...... it"

You Luli only felt dazed, looked at him a little hollowly, and said, "Which Lord Wu?" ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, looked at her a little strangely and said, "Who else could it be?" It is the general of Zhendong of the imperial court, who led the troops to attack Fengtai and relieved the siege of the northwest. He said to himself happily: "This is a fortune, the governor marries a daughter, it must be a big deal, the northwest realm, who dares not to come?" Hehe, I'm afraid it's full every day. ”

He seemed to remember something, looked at Youluli with some resentment, and continued: "The guest officer is really making a fortune, if you set an hour late, it is impossible to get this price." As he spoke, he was thinking: "This chick must be related to Governor He, otherwise she would never know the news in advance and spend a lot of money to book a room." ”

Yululi had the heart to care about the twists and turns in his heart, and sat back at the table a little dejectedly. During the Southern Expedition, she had met He Yi and knew the relationship between Wu Ming and her. At that time, it was not worth it for Wu Ming to be so infatuated with a music girl. But she never expected that this woman would become not only the Holy Mother of Bailing, but also the daughter of the Governor of the Northwest, which made her feel a lot of pressure.

She took another sip of wine, but remembered Pamory's words: "...... If you hesitate any longer, not only will Zhu Huai's precious daughter become your opponent, but the little girl of the old monk of the dead wood may also stick to it, and after a while, God knows what kind of aunt and eight women this kid will marry. When the time comes, he has a lot of grandchildren, and you just wait to be. ”

This damn wood, dumb melon, the number one fool in the sky. Seeing my aunt and grandmother answering shyly, I was like a mouse seeing rice to other women, I can't wait, you wait for me! Yululi clenched her fists, and her delicate face was covered with frost, secretly hateful. Thinking in his heart, a pair of big eyes involuntarily glanced towards the governor's mansion. Downstairs, more and more people rushed to tell each other, and countless soldiers and sergeants came in and out of the governor's palace, in an endless stream.

Most of these people went out to buy, and although Shacheng was not angry, some shops for daily necessities had already opened. Meat markets, vegetable markets, grain stores, etc., all have merchants doing business. Although He Xiaotian is wealthy, the war has just ended, and the things to be organized for the wedding can be afforded for a while, so he has to go to these businessmen to buy them.

He Dingrui and Xie Lufang mingled in a large group of jubilant subordinates, and walked out of the governor's palace with gloomy faces.

"Uncle Xie, how can this be?" He Dingrui looked at Xie Lufang blankly and asked softly.

Our Lady of the Hundred Souls is the daughter of Governor Ho! Hearing the news, He Dingrui only felt that the sky had fallen. Our Lady is kind and kind, and she is the goddess in his heart. When she was in Pingyao, she single-handedly gave tens of thousands of refugees hope to survive. If there are good people in the world, Our Lady is the best in the world.

However, he turned out to be the daughter of Governor Ho?

He Xiaotian has a common enmity with himself, and the Holy Mother of Bailing is also his mortal enemy, and even Lord Wu has become his mortal enemy. He Xiaotian is the eldest grandfather, and he has not been in contact with it yet, and he does not know it. But Our Lady and Lord Wu are really good people, not only saved their mother and son, but even got an errand for themselves, but they turned out to be their enemies of life and death. He turned his head to look again, and there was a lot of people, and in the afternoon sun, everyone was smiling and happy. But his heart became colder and colder, and he was wordy, and all that was left was to cry without tears.

It is said that God loves to play tricks on people, and it seems that this is the case.

"How so?"

Xie Lufang muttered, and his heart was also at a loss. When he first heard the news, his first reaction was impossible. His parents died when he was a child, and later He Xiaoyun took him in and made him a portable scholar. He Xiaoyun led people to assassinate Sun Yunni, the stake was too big, he naturally knew the cause and effect, although the matter was exposed, but he, like He Xiaoyun, unanimously agreed that He Yi's brothers and sisters would be killed. But He Yi was born again after the twenties, and became the Holy Mother of Bailing, which made him feel absurd. Fortunately, his Jiang Gui temperament is old and spicy, and after only losing his mind for a while, he regained his composure, turned his head and comforted He Dingrui and said: "Don't panic, son, we are in the dark, and they are in the light." As long as your identity is not revealed, we are safe. ”

His words did not reassure He Dingrui much, and he was still in place like a log, his face was gray. Xie Lufang hurriedly pulled him and said softly: "This is too conspicuous, let's walk first, and talk while walking." ”

He Dingrui was pulled by him, walking forward like a walking corpse, seeing that the flow of people nearby was thinning, He Dingrui stared at Xie Lufang, and said indifferently: "Uncle Xie, they don't know our identity, so just leave it alone......"

"Confused!" Before he finished speaking, Xie Lufang interrupted him, and said with some hatred: "If you leave like this, your grandfather's revenge will not be avenged?" Your father's revenge is gone? Besides, your mother is still in the Governor's Palace, how are we old, how are we young, how are we going? ”

He Dingrui actually wanted to say that since Lord Wu didn't know his identity, he simply went to say goodbye openly, and with his and the character of the Holy Mother, he would definitely not embarrass himself. But as soon as he saw Xie Lufang's somewhat distorted face, remembering the content of his words, his mouth moved, and he didn't say it after all. He thought for a moment, then said, "So what do we do next?" ”

A trace of hideousness appeared on Xie Lufang's elegant face, and he said viciously: "If he does eleven, I will do fifteen." He's not going to get married, I'm going to make a big fuss about the wedding banquet, so that he really has no successor. ”

He Dingrui heard him say in horror, and said with some surprise: "Uncle Xie, what are you going to do?" ”

Xie Lufang didn't answer his words directly, but asked, "Childe, what does Wu Ming kid arrange for us to do now?" ”

After knowing that Wu Ming was the opposite, he even changed his title. He Dingrui couldn't change his words, and still said: "Lord Wu wants us to help clean the garden in the past few days, serve tea and water, etc., and do what we can." ”

He is now a staff officer with the army, and it is impossible for him to do these chores, but there is a shortage of people in the Governor's Mansion now, after all, there is half of Wu Ming's marriage, so it is naturally not good to watch others get busy, but he took a group of subordinates to watch the play leisurely, so Xie Lu grabbed such an errand.

Xie Lufang regained his composure and said with a smile: "That's right, if the old man takes advantage of this to poison, it will not be much easier than an outsider." ”

"What?" He Dingrui was startled and shouted: "How can this be done? ”

This time it screamed very loudly, and the passers-by around looked at it with some surprise. Xie Lufang was also taken aback by him, he pulled He Dingrui and said, "What are you talking about, be quiet." ”

He Dingrui looked at the pedestrians who seemed to be coming and going, and he also knew that he was out of shape, so he hurriedly whispered: "Uncle Xie, don't go, it's not good if you are discovered." ”

Although he was worried about Xie Lufang's safety, he didn't want Wu Ming and his wife to be harmed, but it was not easy to say this, so he could only follow Xie Lufang's words and try his best to persuade him not to take risks.

If Xie Lufang knew what He Dingrui was thinking, he was afraid that he would be unceremonious again, but now he was only moved: "Don't worry, Childe, they won't find out." Seeing He Dingrui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he patiently explained: "Large-scale poisoning, it is easy to expose yourself without saying anything, and it is not easy to succeed." According to common sense, on the wedding day, no one else is allowed to enter and leave the new house at will until the newlyweds move in. When the time comes, I can take the opportunity to clean up, and I can ......."

It's just that the more he explained, the more worried He Dingrui became, but he couldn't find any reason to stop Xie Lufang. After listening to Xie Lufang in a daze, he was pulled by him in a daze and walked into the distance.