"A pair of thief's slippery eyes, at first glance, they are lustful, and they are dizzy, as long as they are beautiful, they can probably be taken by him. The person he looked down on was really a mold that had been poured for eight lifetimes. ”

"If we hadn't come out this time to be more low-key, we really wanted to beat him up to relieve our anger, and it could be regarded as relieving the anger of the merchant girl and our quiet book."

Xiang Fanhua waved his fist angrily, Bao Jingshu was originally in a very bad mood, but when he heard someone's concern, his heart was moved, and most of the displeasure that had just been used as bait disappeared.

"But he still has a good eye." Jiang Liuyu noticed that Bao Jingshu was in a bad mood, and it could be regarded as a secret praise and platter.

"As for the merchant girl who can be favored by Master Kong, it is estimated that she must be a good person, let's go to their house in a while and take a look."

"Well, I'll look for a place first." Xiang Fanhua nodded, and the person who sent out before was very considerate and brought a map of Yangcheng, which was sandwiched on the last page of her booklet.

"The merchant is a scholarly family, and there were originally a lot of industries in the family, but in the first two years, I don't know why it suddenly fell, and now the family is crowded in the old house on the edge of Yangcheng City."

"There are no rich forever, but there are poor people far away. The poor have been busy for more than ten generations, and they may still have four walls, but the rich have been rich for two or three generations, and they will soon be ruined by their descendants. ”

Jiang Liuyu suddenly felt something in her heart for some reason, muttered a long list of some and didn't, and listened to Xiang Fanhua a little confused.

"Why did you suddenly become philosophical when you spoke, so I was still a little unaccustomed to it."

"I've always been so literary, I can only say that you usually know too little about me." Jiang Liuyu was complimented, and immediately raised her eyebrows happily, almost with a tail cocked to the sky.

Bao Jingshu was amused by her appearance and wanted to laugh, "What the princess said is very reasonable, so I also hope that when I talk to the merchant master for a while, the princess can also use her three-inch incorruptible tongue to make them change their minds." ”

Since he had no contact with the merchants, Jiang Liuyu didn't know that Bao Jingshu had quietly dug a hole for himself, so he only wrinkled his nose and thought for a while, then stretched out his index finger, very sure. "I know, no problem, just take care of this kind of thing."

"I thought that Master Kong had been troubled for so many years, what was the difficulty, but I didn't expect it to be easily solved by us. As long as we agree with the merchant, we may be able to return to the capital tomorrow. ”

Bao Jingshu was the only one who was keen to return to the capital, and when he heard Jiang Liuyu say this, he immediately almost applauded happily, but Xiang Fanhua felt a little uncomfortable.

"If that's the case, then we're no different from wasted effort, and it's too boring." Xiang Fanhua patted the cushion under his body, and the mark that he had just pressed down with his hand would disappear immediately as soon as he raised his hand.

"But what the princess said with such certainty made me feel an ominous premonition."

Xiang Fanhua just guessed two sentences, Jiang Liuyu was shocked in his heart, and remembered the terrifying Murphy's law.

The less you hope for something to happen, the more likely it is to happen. Jiang Liuyu felt sad when she thought about it, if it really went against what she expected, I am afraid that the marriage contract would not end.

Several people came to the old merchant's house with different attitudes in their hearts, got off the carriage, and stepped on the bluestone slab brick road covered with thin moss.

The old merchant house is located in the depths of the alley, Jiang Liuyu looked up with his feet on his feet, the whitewashed and tiled buildings, the black oily wooden gate with polished tiles, and the plaque on the gate, with the powerful calligraphy of the two big characters of the merchant house.

In the distance, a few dog-tail grasses grew sporadically at the heels of the walls, and the occasional distant shouting could be heard in the alley, and everything seemed very peaceful.

People who grow up in this environment will probably not be much worse. Jiang Liuyu thought so in her heart, and Bao Jingshu also looked up to look around, but looking at her expression, it was estimated that it was a completely opposite cognition to Jiang Liuyu.

The alley was a little narrow, and when the maids got out of the carriage, Jiang Liuyu asked the groom to park the car outside the alley. According to Jiang Liuyu's instructions, Xiaoyun stepped forward and knocked on the door first.

After waiting quietly for a long time, no one came to open the door. Xiaoyun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and knocked a few times in a row, but the result was still the same, so he had to retreat in a gloomy manner.

Jiang Liuyu patted Xiaoyun's shoulder to comfort her, Xiang Fanhua was unhappy, her hands crossed her waist, and she raised a pair of eyebrows.

"Didn't you say that it was still a scholarly family, why was it so rude? will find a soft persimmon to pinch, falling stars, you knock on the door for us, the louder the better, don't worry about saving my face. ”

"Yes, ma'am." There are relatively few words about falling stars, and I like to prove it with actions.

At this time, it was inappropriate not to use Bao Jingshu, and Jiang Liuyu felt that Xiang Fanhua's decision was a little wild.

"This, Mrs. Shi, calm down first, maybe it's just that the alley is too deep and people haven't heard it."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door of the falling star. The heavy and loud voice would only reverberate in this alley, not only blocking Jiang Liuyu's next words, but also making his guess instantly slap his face.

Jiang Liuyu opened her mouth very helplessly, Xiang Fanhua was satisfied now, and nodded in approval, "Good job, for people like them who have no one in their eyes, they have to use this extraordinary method." ”

"Knock, knock, knock, knock what?" As soon as their hands fell, there was the sound of someone walking behind the black oily wooden door.

The man struggled to move the deadbolt from the wooden door, and kept complaining. Listening to the voice, it was a little old, and several people suddenly felt a little embarrassed on their faces.

With the sound of a "squeak" deadbolt, through the crack of the black wooden door, Jiang Liuyu and the others clearly saw what kind of customer's old face was behind the door.

"I'm sorry uncle, we came here today to visit the merchant, I don't know if your master is here?" Xiang Fanhua pursed his lips and pulled the falling star to take a step back.

Jiang Liuyu smiled dryly and took the initiative to cater to her, but as soon as she finished speaking, the face of the old man behind the door became a little indescribable.

"Do you have anything to do with him?" The hoarse voice was accompanied by anger that was difficult to ignore, Jiang Liuyu was very inexplicable, and she didn't know when she offended this old man with a strange temper.

But it's still important to get down to business, Jiang Liuyu barely held back this temper, and still smiled at each other. "That's the case, we are friends of the merchant friend, and we just came from the Ma family, even if we come to see if the merchant's master and young lady are in good health."

"From the Ma family?" As soon as the old man heard these words, he immediately changed his attitude, at least he eased up a lot. "Okay, then you can let me in."

"Thank you." Jiang Liuyu sighed secretly in her heart, sure enough, the name of a rich person is more useful.

The three ladies followed the old man's footsteps to the merchant hall, and they didn't see a few people along the way, but only after they came in, a very young man came to serve tea.

When Jiang Liuyu and the others were looking around, the old man lifted the hem of his clothes and leaned over to sit on the main seat.

"So you're the merchant's master?" Jiang Liuyu asked on the left half of his eyebrows, and the old man lost his eyes and took the pipe from the table next to him and smoked. "What's wrong? Isn't it like? ”

"You said that you came from the Ma family, so what are your identities, but the servants of the Ma family are still distant relatives?"

I really haven't seen the old man who came to open the door in person. Xiang Fanhua looked at them, Sega was down, and the merchant who was still pretending to be a good man couldn't help but slander in his heart.

Jiang Liuyu was still hesitating how to answer, and Bao Jingshu rushed in front of her and shook out her true identity. "Don't be rude, this is Princess Jing, don't hurry up and kneel down."

"The king, the princess?" Master Shang was stunned, and even the corners of his mouth holding the cigarette holder slowly opened, with a surprised expression.

Jiang Liuyu didn't expect Bao Jingshu to be so straightforward, so she quickly pulled her sleeve. Bao Jingshu patiently explained, "Most of the scholars are clothed, not to mention that this person also has a desire for money, if the princess does not reveal her true identity, he will not tell the truth." ”

This is indeed the case, but being preemptively explained to the identity is inevitably a little unhappy. After Jiang Liuyu and Bao Jingshu discussed, they immediately put out the princess's shelf.

"Why, don't you think it's fake?" Using his words to block back, Master Shang was speechless, Jiang Liuyu looked at his speechless appearance, and felt very relieved.

"You don't have to doubt it, you should still remember Kong Yu Kong, who had a good relationship with your family a few years ago." Afraid that Jiang Liuyu would not be able to speak, Bao Jingshu is now completely replacing Xiaoyun's responsibility to speak for Jiang Liuyu.

Master Shang nodded unconsciously, and after getting a positive answer, Bao Jingshu stood upright, "He is now named the secretary of the Ministry of Rites by His Majesty, and he has a very good relationship with King Jing." ”

Later, the prince found out that Kong Shangshu had not been married for so many years, just because of a baby kiss set in his childhood, he had the heart to help him. It's just that the prince and nobles are busy, so they sent the princess to come forward, and seeing the princess is like seeing the prince. ”

Bao Jingshu wanted to make Master Shang fearful, and deliberately said these things very high-sounding. Jiang Liuyu wanted to laugh when she heard it, Bao Jingshu told a set of lies, and he didn't need to make a draft.

Saying that, Bao Jingshu also asked Jiang Liuyu to show the jade pendant he was wearing on his waist, and the dragon-shaped lines on the jade pendant were particularly conspicuous, and Master Shang immediately fell to his knees in fright.

"The villain has seen the princess, so he is rude, and I hope the princess will forgive his sins."