The rockery is full of twists and turns, and the cornices of the corridor are curved, which is a beautiful and elegant garden. Different from the laissez-faire wild fun of Princess Taiping's Mansion, even a small grass here has traces of axe chisel, and any place is arranged with ingenuity and order.

The hall was very spacious, because there were only a few cases, and it seemed very empty. Behind the case sat a person, about thirty years old, lightly dressed and soft-robed, with an ordinary appearance, but a pair of sharp eyes. He wears a high crown and a wide band, and sits behind a few cases, quite a bit of the charm of the Han and Jin dynasties.

In front of him, there were long tables full of condiments and food: sauce, garlic, mustard, pepper, turnip, chili, green onion and ginger and other spices were served in small plates, and there were deer spine, lamb neck, chicken tongue, shrimp, hump, beef, mushrooms and other kinds of food, cut into slices, like flower petals.

In the middle of the table, there is a simple copper hot pot with a bronze tripod style, and the boiling water in the pot is boiling and steaming.

A feminine girl dressed in a plain narrow-sleeved skirt and a short waist skirt tied around her waist knelt on the side of several cases, and was leaning over the case, a pair of delicate little hands methodically put a flavor condiment into the boiling water, and made a pair of ivory chopsticks carry a piece of venison, rinsed it in the boiling water for a while, then dipped the sauce into a small orchid dish as thin as a cicada's wings, and held it in both hands in front of the master, the action was extremely elegant.

The high-crowned man did not look at the fragrant food she handed over, but leaned his shoulders slightly, supported his chin with one hand, and listened to the voice of a man standing bowed in the hall.

"Yang Fan has arrived in Chang'an, first went to meet Princess Taiping, and then separated from the team and went to Gongsun Mansion alone."

"Gongsun Mansion? Is it Gongsun Bufan's home? ”

"Yes!"

The man with the high crown took the piece of shabu venison and put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, swallowed the venison, and then slowly asked, "What is the relationship between him and the Gongsun family?" ”

The man replied: "Yang Fan's wife was a maid in Gongsun's Mansion when she was a child, but because she was a sister to Gongsun Girl, she was also regarded as her own by Gongsun Bufan. Now she is pregnant and has been sent back to Chang'an. The one who stayed was Gongsun Mansion. Yang Fan was visiting his wife. ”

The boy sneered. Said: "Yang Fan! Since he came to Chang'an, don't go! ”

The person who bowed slightly hesitated and asked, "Isn't the eldest prince going to secretly return to Chang'an in the near future, and will you discuss this matter with the eldest prince?" After all, he is a court official! ”

The boy glanced at him and sneered: "Just a criminal department, as long as he dies without flaws, what can go wrong!" Could it be that this thing. Can't I be the Lord? ”

The man's face changed, and he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes!" ”

"Yang Fan!"

The man with the high crown stopped the ivory basket, and his face showed resentment: "If it weren't for you, how could my eldest brother be easily defeated!" This time, since you have come to Chang'an. I'll tell you to come and go! ”

His eyes slowly raised, and Sen Ran said, "You go and arrange it, I want to hear about his death as soon as possible!" ”

The man didn't say anything more, but took a deep look and quietly withdrew.

The high-crowned prince sent the man away, and concentrated on eating.

He eats carefully, chewing slowly, as if he were writing a word. Very patient and focused. And never speak while eating.

The little maid next to her soaked the fresh meat and dipped it in the sauce. Handed it to him again, ordinary people may feel very impatient when eating like this, but this son seems to have been used to eating like this, and the speed of his meal is really not fast, so the process of shabu shabu and dipping sauce is also very calm.

At this time, another person was introduced into the hall, so Childe put down his chopsticks again, and he did not have the habit of eating while talking.

This is a guest, not strictly speaking, not a guest, but a businessman.

There is only one thing this businessman sells, and that is people!

He was a slave trader, the biggest slave trader in Chang'an City, Long Fei.

Long Fei's figure is not burly, and he is even a little weak, and he always has a very humble smile on his face, but everyone knows his fierceness. can become one of the best slave traders in Chang'an, without any real skills, if you can suppress the ruthless and cunning way of your subordinates?

But now the humble and humble expression on his face was respectful from the heart, because the son sitting in front of him was surnamed Lu, and his home was in Fanyang. This is a real child of a family, with a huge Liliang person, Long Fei is not even qualified to lick his toes in front of this noble son.

Long Fei smiled before he could say anything, and humbly bent down to Lu Gongzi.

Long Fei's slaves are from a rich source, whether it is the horse bandits in the grasslands of the Western Regions, or the pirates in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, they all have close ties with him. Therefore, the prisoners of war of Turkic Tibet, the ruined aristocracy of Persia, the maidens of Goryeo Silla, the Dai and Kunhua slaves in the south, can flow into his hands in an endless stream.

The slaves handled by Long Fei have never been Tang people, because it is illegal to sell civilians in the country, and the risks are too great to outweigh the losses. These alien slaves are also very popular with wealthy families, so Long Fei is a legal slave trader, so he has become the most popular businessman in wealthy families, so he can have a place in front of Lu Gongzi.

But Long Fei stood there and refused to move a single step, as if he was afraid of stepping on someone's hall. He cheered up and bragged hard to this high-crowned and well-led Lu Gongzi, the man in front of him who was not amazing was the heir of the Fan Yang Lu family, and he was one of his biggest buyers.

"Lu Gongzi, this time the villain has 300 newly transported Goryeo and Silla girls in his hands, who are delicate and beautiful, have a gentle temperament, and all of them can sing and dance, and they are all good at singing and dancing. In addition, there are 500 Kunlun slaves, all of whom are docile and hard-working, and nine of them are water-based.

Last year, Childe was careless, didn't he lose to Cui Gongzi in the game of searching for pearls in the water, hehe, as long as Childe chooses one of these nine people, I believe that no one among the other sons will be able to win against Childe. ”

Entering the water to find pearls is a game played by the prince of Guijie, they throw the pearl worth a thousand gold into the river, and then let the water-based haode slave enter the water to find the pearl, whose slave is the first to catch up, who wins, if the fishing is slow or simply can't find it, then it is naturally a loss.

Just talking about the three hundred Shilla slaves and Goryeo maids, Lu Gongzi was still a little lazy and couldn't lift his spirits, and when he heard that he had a Kunlun slave with a good water nature in his hand, Lu Gongzi became interested: "Okay! These nine people. I'm going to do it all! ”

Long Fei was stunned. said: "Childe, enter the water to find pearls...... It's enough to have one or two people who are very good at water, so why ......"

Lu Gongzi glared at him and said, "If Cui Fang and a few of them buy other water-based haode Kunlun slaves, how can I guarantee that I won?" I want these water-based haode! That's all it takes! ”

Lu Gongzi sat up straight and picked up the piece of venison. After chewing slowly, he took a sip of wine, and waited until the food was completely swallowed before he said, "My grandmother's birthday is approaching, and you have chosen one hundred of the most haode from Silla and Goryeo, and I will send them to serve my grandmother." ”

Long Fei said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes." Would you like to see it for yourself? ”

Lu Gongzi waved his hand. said: "No, it's not the first time I've dealt with you, I can trust your vision." In addition to the nine water-based haode, you choose fifty more young and strong Kunlun slaves. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Tomorrow!" Lu Gongzi said with great interest: "Take those nine Kunlun slaves to Qujiang, I want to see their skills for myself." ”

It's late autumn now, and when you get up early, there will be a layer of hoarfrost on the grass leaves, and the maple leaves on the mountain have turned crimson. The water in Qujiang is also starting to get cooler. Kunlun Nu came from the south and was not adapted to the cold river water. But he wanted to see the water nature of those Kunlun slaves in this season, and those people could only jump into the river, looking for a pearl he cast in the mud at the bottom of the river, and have fun with him.

"If their water nature is really good, I must find Xiao Cui and them, and everyone will compete again!" Lu Gongzi slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Last time, I lost to him one of my favorite Persian princesses, this time, I want to win his favorite concubine and avenge this 'one arrow'!" ”

Long Fei complimented with a smile on his face: "Childe will definitely get what he wants!" ”

Lu Gongzi hahadaxiao got up, and in his eyes, killing a five-grade member of the imperial court seemed to be far less important than a game of throwing pearls into the water.

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Yang Fan stayed in Gongsun Mansion.

Gongsun Bufan is a very hearty and hospitable fat old man, after a short time together, Yang Fan found that the male character of Gongsun Lanzhi girl that made her father hate it was actually inherited from this old man Gongsun himself, but the same kind of character is much more comfortable when it appears in a man, so he and the old man Gongsun get along very happily.

Aunt Pei was born in a family of Pei characters, although her swordsmanship is amazing, but in the eyes of ordinary people, she is a graceful and noble woman. Living and moving, this Aunt Pei has not been walking outside for many years, and she looks more like a kind and kind old woman.

Now Aunt Pei believes in Buddhism, and the most common thing she does is to knock on wooden fish in her own Buddhist hall, so Yang Fan has only seen her once, and she has never had a chance to see her again.

The days in Gongsun Mansion were plain and warm. Early in the morning, Yang Fan accompanied Xiaoman for a walk in the garden, and at this time the Gongsun girl was practicing swords in the forest; When Yang Fan accompanied Xiaoman and Anu to have breakfast together, the Gongsun girl was still practicing swords; When the sun rose and Yang Fan was about to go out to visit Liu Yitian, the commander of Chang'an Mansion, the Gongsun girl was still practicing swords.

Yang Fan was moved, if a person can focus on one thing so much, even if he has average talent, his achievements are definitely good. What's more, Miss Gongsun seems to be by no means a stupid person, and her master is not a mediocre person. Listening to Xiaoman, Anu and Gongsun Girl have been defeated repeatedly, and now seeing her practice swords so hard, she really wants to make a move, but I'm afraid that she may not be her opponent.

The master leads the way and practices in the individual.

Yang Fan has too many things to do, and the time he has spent practicing martial arts is far less than that of this Gongsun girl.

Yang Fan originally wanted to find time to compete with this Gongsun girl in swordsmanship, after all, she is Xiaoman's senior sister, it is not good to make too much trouble, and she can ease the relationship between them by virtue of the competition, but now that she has seen the crazy energy of the Gongsun girl when she practiced swords, this idea has long disappeared.

He didn't want to compete with a female swordsman in martial arts, his wife and prospective wife were watching from the side, winning or winning, losing ...... It's a shame! (To be continued.) )