Chapter 17 The Chen Family's Cloth Journey
The conversation in the tea room continues.
Chonghua: "Okay, let's not talk about our sect, you will naturally understand about the sect in the future, now let's talk about these other sects." mentioned the Wudang faction earlier, so naturally it is indispensable to talk about Shaolin. ”
In the next few days, Chonghua successively said a lot of exercises and martial arts anecdotes to Laifeng and others, of course, Laifeng and others also learned the "Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine" and "Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques" to the ordinary stage in the past ten days, and added two points of wisdom.
The key point of choice is: there are three kinds of superb swordsmanship, the "Dugu Nine Swords" class that anticipates the enemy's first opportunity, the fastest and strongest "Yue Nu Qing Sword" class and the "Taiji Sword" class that fights slowly with speed. There are two kinds of superb knife skills, the domineering and ingenious, the "Broken Sky Knife" class and the weird and tricky "Nine Returns" class. The transcendent internal skills are all about the same, and the difference is not much in the end, the difference is only in the height that the exercises can reach. I won't say much about Qimen weapon exercises, and I won't say much about my own martial arts miscellaneous studies, and I'll show it when I meet it in the future.
After saying this, Chonghua followed Laifeng and others to continue to talk about some short things in the parents. chatting and chatting somehow talked about Chen Ajiao, in fact, Chonghua didn't know about Chen Ajiao at all, but when it came to Lu Yuan, Chonghua still had a certain understanding. After listening to what Laifeng and others said, Chonghua told Laifeng and others what he knew.
"Senior brother Lu Houye also had contact with him a few times before his death, mainly for the treatment of some injuries after returning from the war. Lu Houye is too upright, and such a character in the army will definitely bring out a tiger and wolf division, but such a character in the court is easy to be attacked by others. Lu Houye's soul returned to Jiuquan, and it was not strange for those people to do such a thing. ”
Lai Feng and the others said: "Then won't this chill the hearts of other soldiers? ”
Chonghua shook his head: "Things in officialdom are not as simple as you think, the main thing is a good word, who knows how many people's interests are involved?" I really wanted to see the thoughts of the wind and others, Chonghua said: "It's naturally good for the junior brother to be so old-fashioned, but remember to think twice when you encounter such a thing in the future." ”
Lai Feng and the others nodded on the surface, but they were very disdainful in their hearts: I haven't asked, will you trigger this later plot? Officialdom, uncle, what am I afraid of if I can be resurrected!
didn't say much about Lu Yuan's affairs, but instead focused on Chen Ajiao, Chonghua thought about it and said: "This kind of craftsman's house like the senior brother said, the senior brother has never heard of it in the capital. But if the junior brother is not in a hurry, the senior brother will help you ask these days. ”
Lai Feng and the others said: "I don't bother my senior brother to come forward with this matter, senior brother just tell me who knows about this matter, and I'll go." ”
Chonghua originally wanted to go in person, but after thinking about it, maybe it would be a good thing to give his junior brother a visit by himself, which was also an opportunity to contact this group of people. Chonghua knows that the darkness of officialdom is like dark night and dusk compared to martial arts. One is black and can't see the edge, and the other can still see people.
"So, I'll fix a book, and you take my letter with you." After speaking, he took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter, and then told the location of the insider to Laifeng and others.
Laifeng and the others came to the door of a cloth village with the letter, checked the address, and walked in.
The shopkeeper in the store saw the wind and waited for him to come in, greeted him and said, "What kind of fabric does the guest need to see?" The satin cloth we have here is a must in Beijing, and this craft is a unique technique, which cannot be embroidered in other stores. ”
Laifeng and others looked around, and there were basically no people in the store at this time, so the two guys were moving fabrics on the side. I walked up to the shopkeeper and asked softly, "I don't hide it, I didn't come to your store to buy anything, I came to ask the shopkeeper about someone." ”
The shopkeeper said softly when he saw the wind and others, as if it was not a fair and honest thing, and frowned and said: "This son is invited, my Chenjia Buzhuang is doing business in a fair and honest manner from Qinhuai to the capital, if you have something to ask, just say it, why be so sneaky." ”
This can't be blamed for coming to the wind, waiting for the wind to come, Chonghua explained, this Chen family cloth shop is also a branch of the imperial business, it is inevitable that there will be entanglements with the palace, it is best not to say with fanfare, the less people know, the better. Laifeng and the others said softly as just now: "Have you heard of Chen Ajiao? ”
Lai Feng and the others kept looking at the shopkeeper when they spoke, although the shopkeeper covered it up very well, but when he heard the name Chen Ajiao, his brows were involuntarily tightened and he was still caught by Lai Feng and others, and he only heard the shopkeeper say: "Why did the son inquire about this person?" ”
The shopkeeper's question did not admit or deny it, but it obviously conveyed a message that I knew this person, at least I knew something. But if you want to know more, it's up to you to do what you do with this person.
Laifeng and the others didn't know what the shopkeeper thought of this matter and Chen Ajiao, so he said vaguely: "Chen Ajiao has something to ask me, so I came to ask about the situation." ”
The shopkeeper said: "Since the son is here to ask someone, he will not hide it." Chen Ajiao did know each other, but she didn't know what the son was asking. ”
Lai Feng and the others said: "I don't know if the shopkeeper knows about Chen Ajiao and Marquis Lu Yuan." "Lai Feng and the others didn't say anything about Lu Yuan's military service, but they also wanted to see if this shopkeeper knew about it, if they knew the later ones, they would say it in detail, if they didn't know, then there was nothing to say about this shopkeeper, and in the end, they had to go to Chen Ajiao's house to know.
The shopkeeper really didn't know about Lu Yuan's military service, but said: "Didn't Lu Yuan's kid marry Chen Ajiao, what happened?" Speaking of this, the shopkeeper's expression gradually became serious, "Did Lu Yuan bully Chen Ajiao?" ”
Lai Feng looked at the shopkeeper's expression and said: "I don't know what the relationship between the shopkeeper and Chen Ajiao is, this matter is still a little troublesome, and some things are not easy to tell the shopkeeper." ”
The shopkeeper was silent for a while, then led the wind and others to the back, and said as he walked, "Childe will follow me inside." ”
When he arrived in the inner room, the shopkeeper beckoned Laifeng to sit down, poured tea and asked, "I don't know where Gongzi is, and where did he meet Chen Ajiao." ”
Lai Feng and others said: "People in Hengyang, as for where I saw Chen Ajiao, it is a little inconvenient to reveal to be honest, this matter is really important, if the shopkeeper can't call the shots, please tell me where to find a person to call the shots." ”
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "In this case, I will give you a letter, and you can go to the head of the house to see it." ”