Chapter Thirty-Eight: Entering the Mufu
Xiao Heng was stunned for a while before he reacted.
Concubine Qianniang he had seen when he was a child, not a few years older than him, smiling gently and softly, but a little cold, there were few people who could speak. That day, she stole plum blossom cheese, climbed over the wall into her yard, and smashed it at her feet, she helped him up and folded a plum blossom for him: "Don't run around, children, take plum blossoms to coax the mother, and the mood will be good." β
He shook his head: "I don't have a concubine, I only have a queen mother." She was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that there was indeed such a fifth prince, took his hand into the house, and brought him a whole plate of plum blossom cheese: "Take it, if it's not enough, come to me at any time." β
He stuffed the slow plum blossom cheese in his mouth, gobbled it up, put a pair of soft hands on his head, and said with a soft smile: "Eat slowly, don't choke." β
Concubine Qian Niangniang is one of the few people in this world who treats him gently. But when he tried to find her again, her palace was empty. In this palace, there are ups and downs of honor and disgrace every day, and it is common to be favored and move the palace.
It's a pity that I can't eat such delicious plum cheese anymore. That's what he thought at the time.
Unexpectedly, even such a good person was defeated with the plum blossom and disappeared.
Zhao Zheng wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and restored the invincible person Zhao Houye. The old things that I just told are like a dream.
He pointed to the jade pendant in Xiao Heng's hand and said, "This is the only thing I can find with the strength of the Zhao family." That person hid too deeply, Xiao Sheng did it too ruthlessly, and asked the five princes, return my Zhao family, and give my beloved daughter Zhao Xian justice! β
Xiao Heng's fingertips rubbed against the smooth jade surface, like the coldness of the heavy snow that winter: "I don't give up." β
The third object is a handscroll.
Topographic map of the capital.
This is not a particularly confidential thing, but the sharp gaze still shot at Zhao Zheng again. Zhao Zheng shook his head: "It's an old thing of my Zhao family, the source is no longer available, and it has been about twenty or thirty years." In addition to the layout of the capital, there is also a little bit of the distribution of the Imperial Forest Army in the capital, and you can study it yourself. β
He looked at Xiao Heng and said, "My Zhao family has been loyal and good for generations, but I am the only one who has made this great rebellion. You must succeed, only in this way can you correct my Xian'er and my Zhao family! β
Xiao Heng nodded: "I will live up to the trust of the Hou Ye." β
Seeing the carriage go away, he went around again and went into the courtyard. Gu Yuze warmed the wine, and put a few plates of meat on the table. Xiao Heng handed over everything to him, and told him about Concubine Qian. Gu Yuze frowned slightly, and poured a glass of wine: "Concubine Qian, but she is a good person, gentle and gentle, I met her when my mother and I entered the palace." Such a good person, it turns out that this is ......"
Xiao Heng took a drink to himself.
Gu Yuze sighed and asked, "Marquis Zhao is also a person who values love and righteousness. But this jade pendant, where do you go to find it? β
Zhao Zheng must have tried his best to find this thing. How to check, it depends on his Xiao Heng's ability. He snorted softly and poured another glass for the person opposite: "Drink too much?" Don't you just have a way in your hand? β
Gu Yuze looked at the letter in his hand and laughed twice: "It's really stupid." β
At night, Xiao Heng packed up his things and set off for the capital early tomorrow morning. He didn't have anything to clean up, but when he left, he would cut off contact with Shen Muyao. There were many pieces of waste paper on the ground, and I still didn't think about what to say. Again he clutched the paper, he couldn't write, so he stood up and paced. This went around the room twice, and when I looked up, I was facing the bright moonlight.
The lady who is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, is she also admiring the same moonlight at this moment? Is she happy or worried, is she also missing him?
Still not many words, I'm afraid that there are one or two more sentences, and I can't hold my thoughts.
My wife, A-Yao, I will leave Xuzhou and go to the capital.
Don't read it, take care.
The capital is lively, but it is not an ordinary town. Going around and around, from the bustling bazaar to the quiet and less crowded road, an extraordinarily magnificent mansion coiled beside the silent avenue. A young man with a servant knocked on the door. Someone opened the door, asked him a few words, and let him in.
The two large characters of Mufu are shining in the sun.
The young man brought a letter of recommendation, and he was afraid that he had a good future. After a while, someone led him out again, and went around and around again, and then went to another mansion, but it was different from the grandeur just now, and it was quiet and elegant. The little servant led them to a courtyard and said to them: "Mr. The master of the house has seen it, and he will be a second-class protΓ©gΓ© of Mufu in the future, and he will live in this courtyard and study hard, and the master of the house will come to see it from time to time, if he is appreciated by the master of the house, he will have a bright future." β
The young man thanked him and led his servant into the courtyard. Xiao Heng put away the things he brought, beckoned, and asked Yun Huai to close the door.
The Mu family has a big business, and on the surface it is no problem, but in private, he asked him to find out some clues. The most prosperous theater in the capital, there are many luxury teahouses and restaurants, Qinlou Chu Pavilion, and the Mu family's industry behind the scenes. Relying on the Mu family to be an official and the money for normal business, you can't do this, and there must be something unknown behind the deep-rooted property of Mufu. Xiao Heng planned to find these things to threaten the Mu family to cooperate.
More importantly, it was Zhao Zheng's words. Even if he knew that he Xiao Heng might want to win over the Mu family, it was impossible to prepare a letter of recommendation and know that he would definitely go to the Mu family to investigate. This letter of recommendation said that it was to help him enter the Mu family, but in fact, it was implying to him openly and secretly: Zhao Xianxian's matter may have a lot to do with the Mu family.
This seemingly calm Mufu, what kind of undercurrents are surging in private?