The prosperity of Yangzhou, from clothing, food, housing, travel can be reflected, water and land transportation is convenient, the north and south commercial goods gather here, overseas treasures, but also through the port of continuous transport in, in some aspects, not inferior to the capital Chang'an, from Li Lizhi to the palace can be seen, melon and fruit cakes, everything, local food, all together.

"How are you doing?" Liu Yuan found an opportunity, walked up to Pei Jingyan's side and asked softly.

"Well, it's good, Xie Lu Xie cares." Pei Jingyan smiled with a little shyness, lowered his head, and replied in a low voice.

Liu Yuan hesitated for a moment and continued: "Tomorrow I will go back to Jintian to sweep the tomb, surprise the geese, are you interested in walking with me?" ”

I used to call Miss Pei, but now a "startling goose" made Pei Jingyan feel shocked, hesitated for a moment, and shook her head gently after the most reluctant: "No, I'll stay here in the palace to accompany the princess, you and a few ladies can go." ”

Although I also want to go in my heart, Pei Jingyan is afraid that Cui Mengyao and they will misunderstand, and the relationship that has finally eased up suddenly stiffened, Pei Jingyan from Pei's family in Hedong has received a different education from ordinary women, in addition to the compulsory piano, chess, calligraphy and painting for upper-class women, she is also learning how to get along with people, Bing Xue is smart, she understands that Liu Yuan's four wives and concubines, Xiaoniang has no opinion, Liu Yuan is what he says, Sanniang is a little smart, but there is no reliance and no background, Hu Xin is from Tubo, she is smart, she has always cared about nothing, Cui Mengyao is the only one who really talks about things in the backyard of Liu's mansion, and the reason why she is bad to herself in front is not that she is jealous, but that she doesn't like the feeling of being deceived.

It turned out that they were still friends, but in a blink of an eye, they became ambiguous with themselves again, and they probably didn't want to change anyone.

Liu Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, that's right." When you play cards for a while, you lose less and lose more, and first enliven the relationship. ”

"Well, Surprise Goose understands." After Pei Jingyan finished speaking, he hesitated, lowered his head and said with some embarrassment: "But"

"Xianggong, come and see, this fish is so big." Cui Mengyao suddenly shouted happily, and when Liu Yuan heard this, he said sorry to Pei Da Beauty. Hurriedly walked over to take a look.

Pei Jingyan was a little helpless, and wanted to say that he only had a few dozen taels on him, but he said it too quietly in the back, and Liu Yuan didn't hear it.

His status in the clan is not high, and his monthly money is not much. This time she set off to Yangzhou, although Pei Caixia took out her own money and let Pei Jingyan take it. But where was Pei Jingyan embarrassed to ask for her. Resolutely refused, Li Li questioned them, played cards once, and often went up and down hundreds of taels, last time Liu Yuan lost Li Li's quality in one breath by more than a thousand taels, Liu Yuan's idea is good. But where did he have so much money to be a "wealth boy"?

Just when Pei Jingyan was depressed, her personal maid Xiang'er gently walked up to Pei Jingyan and whispered, "Miss, look." ”

Pei Jingyan turned his head to look. Taken aback, I saw Xiang'er holding a delicate silver bag, and when she opened it, it was full of gold ingots, not to mention hundreds of taels, and when it was replaced with silver, it would have to be more than a thousand taels.

"Where did it come from?"

"It was given by General Liu's maidservant Dai Qisi, let the slave and maid keep quiet, miss, this, what can I do?" Chun'er said a little overwhelmed.

Looking at Liu Yuan's back, Pei Jingyan felt a pang in his heart, and whispered: "Just keep it, and I'll return it later." ”

"Yes, miss."

After playing around, several women laughed and played cards in the gazebo near the lake.

"Liu Yuan, come, this palace will have another discussion with you." Li Lizhi said to Liu Yuan.

"Okay, princess, the more than 1,000 taels owed to Liu can be settled now, it's not too late for us to play after we finish settling the account." Liu Yuan said with a grin.

It's okay not to mention the silver, but as soon as the silver is mentioned, Li Lizhi immediately turned her face and said: "Forget it, a few of our women play cards, don't want you men to mix" After speaking, he turned his head and said to the women: "Which of you plays?" ”

"Meng Yao will accompany the princess for a pastime." Cui Mengyao and Li Lizhen have a good relationship, and they were the first to respond.

"The slave family is also a member." Du Sanniang sat down as a matter of course.

Hu Xin, who was holding Xiao Liu Xue, shook his head and said, "I want to take care of Xiao Xue'er, I can't play with you." ”

Xiao Niang looked at Liu Yuan, then shook her head and said, "I don't know why, Xiao Niang has a headache and can't play cards with a few people." ”

Cui Mengyao said a little boredly: "No, it's three missing one again?" ”

"Then the goose is on the top, I don't know what Madame thinks?" Pei Jingyan said bravely to himself.

"Okay, then come on" Cui Mengyao said with a smile: "If you lose in a while, just don't cry your nose." ”

So a few women played cards by the lake, and Liu Yuan was not idle, so the people in the palace drove a flat boat, and took Xiaoniang and Dai Qisi to fish in the lake, which was also a special taste.

Liu Yuan and his entourage waited until the sunset West Mountain, then they reluctantly said goodbye, all of them were satisfied, Cui Mengyao and Du Sanniang were lucky, each of them earned more than 300 taels of silver, and kept talking about how to lose first and then lose, Pei's woman is smart, playing cards, even "releasing water" is also very clever, Cui Mengyao and the ghost elf Du Sanniang did not notice it, Xiao Niang, Dai Qisi not only saw the beautiful scenery, but also ate a lot of food, Liu Yuan boated in the lake, caught a few big and fat fish, Take the fish back as a trophy, and you will have something to eat in the evening.

It's a good time to come and go home.

Looking at the happy appearance of the women, Liu Yuan also nodded secretly, it seems that this thousand taels is worth it, the family and everything are prosperous, and he is caught in the middle, and sometimes he does need to use a little means.

When the group returned home, Liu Yuan found a strange thing: the old loyal slave Zhao Lao didn't have the door to greet him, and he didn't know what he was busy with, but Liu Yuan didn't care, and asked Cui Mengyao and the others to bathe first, and then instructed the subordinates to send the fish they caught to the kitchen for processing, and then lay down on the leisure chair to rest, and the little lady thoughtfully walked behind Liu Yuan, and Dai Qisi left and right, pressing the motorcycle for Liu Yuan.

"Senior brother, I'm tired today." The little lady said softly.

"I'm tired, I'm tired a few days ago, come, rub it more here, and work harder."

Dai Qisi on the side covered her mouth and smiled: "Master, you are tired even if you eat?" ”

"You don't understand this," Liu Yuan said with a smile: "Eating is just a reason, as the so-called world does not have a free lunch, in addition to eating, you have to deal with a lot of things, such as relationships, intercession, asking for help, and so on. ”

"Senior brother has worked hard."

The three of them were chatting, and Zhao Lao suddenly walked in and called out respectfully: "Hello young master, hello second lady." ”

"Hey, Old Zhao, what's going on, why are your eyes red, you're okay?" The little lady suddenly screamed in surprise.

Liu Yuan looked up and was also startled, only to see that Zhao Lao's eyes were red and swollen, and vaguely, there were eye marks at the corners of his eyes, as if he had cried, Liu Yuan was anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly asked, "Old Zhao, what happened?" Is someone bullying you? If you are so short-sighted, I will immediately vent my anger for you. ”

Which one in Yangzhou is so bold that he bullies the people of Liu Mansion under his nose, and he is afraid of a long life? And Zhao Lao is already an old man who is about to die, can he succeed? Besides, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, he can walk sideways in Chang'an, and in the small Yangzhou, there are still people who dare to get along with themselves?

Old Zhao was greatly moved in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Young master misunderstood, old slave, old slave is happy, happy, no one bullies." ”

"Happy? What is it that makes you cry? ”

"Young Master" Zhao Lao suddenly choked up and said, "There are two people who want to see you." ”

"Oh, who?"

Zhao Lao said with a pass: "The young master will know at a glance." ”

If someone else came to report, Liu Yuan would be gone, but as soon as he saw Zhao Lao's abnormal appearance, Liu Yuan decided to see it.

"Hey, young master, please wait a moment, the old slave will go and call them in." After saying that, he ran out of the house again, as if he was not an old man who was about to die, but a young man chasing the wind in his prime.

Soon, a man and a woman walked in, and as soon as they entered the door, they knelt on the ground together and shouted in unison, "Knock and thank you." ”

"You are" Liu Yuan froze suddenly, these two people seemed to be kind-faced, but they couldn't remember it for a while.

The young man smiled and said, "Little Chen Zimo, this is the Chen Zhao family, formerly known as Zhao Ziyun, Engong, do you remember?" ”

"Ah, it turned out to be you" Liu Yuan suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, some trivial things, why worry about it, don't be so polite." ”

Three years ago, because of the shortage of manpower, Liu Yuan went to the slave market in Yangzhou to buy slaves, and happened to meet the Jiaofang Division to sell slaves, this Zhao Ziyun is the daughter of a criminal official, and she is also in the ranks of the auction. They were married to each other.

No wonder Zhao Lao, who has always been calm, suddenly went berth, crying so much that his eyes were red and swollen, and he couldn't help himself when he saw the old master.

I haven't seen him for three days, I should be impressed, Chen Zimo hasn't seen him for three years, and he has changed a lot, he is brightly dressed, his face is confident, and he also has a valuable jade pendant on his waist, Zhao Ziyun on the side is ruddy and shiny, with a happy smile between his eyebrows, which is very different from three years ago when he was dressed simply and his face was colorful.

It seems that Chen Zimo has mixed well in recent years.

Chen Zimo said with a straight face: "It's a trivial matter for Engong, for Chen, it's not inferior to the grace of saving lives, if you can't save Sister Ziyun that day, Chen would rather plunge into the river and get rid of it, fortunately, Engong's righteous action, otherwise how can we be a couple today?" Xie Engong. ”

"Xie Engong" Zhao Ziyun also said gratefully, and after speaking, the two of them kowtowed heavily to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan hurriedly helped Chen Zimo up, and said while helping: "Okay, okay, Chen Gongzi, please, Liu can't afford such a big gift." And the little lady also helped Zhao Ziyun, who was excited, up. (To be continued......)