Chapter 140: The Story of Encounters

A group of scholars walked out of the calligraphy and painting shop, Du Yiyi retreated to the shop behind her, and looked at Yan Xinglu, who was surrounded by scholars in the center holding the weeping willow picture with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, walked in front of her eyes, she walked into the calligraphy and painting shop again, she needed to do something for Du Yiyi, for that story.

The picture of the return of the soldier who has not dried is still on the desk, and the shopkeeper is sitting next to him and carefully admiring it, today Yan Xinglu once again showed his name as a talented man among the scholars and did what he has always insisted on, and the shopkeeper also successfully sold calligraphy and paintings and got his favorite.

The shopkeeper didn't notice that there was anyone behind him, or that he was too obsessed with admiring the paintings to look back at people.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this painting?"

"Not for sale!"

"One hundred taels!"

"Not for sale!"

"Five hundred taels!"

"Not for sale!"

"One thousand taels!"

"Not for sale! Don't you understand what I'm saying! The shopkeeper roared impatiently, turned his head to look at the person behind him, and saw that it was a richly dressed lady, he rolled his eyes coldly, and explained impatiently: "I won't sell as much as I give!" ”

Du Yiyi raised his eyebrows and smiled, the shopkeeper's temperament is really different from ordinary people, "Shopkeeper, I am very moved by the story of General Shen and Princess Rui, it just so happens that Yan Gongzi is also a talented man I admire, the gentleman has the beauty of an adult, the shopkeeper should be regarded as a good deed, sell it to me!" The price is yours! ”

"Go to the damn gentleman, do good deeds and go to Lingyin Temple to find a monk, what are you looking for me!" The shopkeeper rolled his eyes impatiently.

"The people of the capital regard General Shen and Princess Rui as scandals, why does the shopkeeper like this painting?" The shopkeeper's heroic words with a bit of ruffian made Du Yiyi cry and laugh, she had never seen such a scholar.

"A good man should serve the country as an iron-blooded horse, General Shen joined the army at the age of thirteen to kill the enemy, how many of today's Dahe can do it? How can such a big hero be such a shameless villain, I think some people can't see that General Shen is making up nonsense now, even if there is anything between the two people, it is just Du Yiyi's wishful thinking, going to jump off the city tower on the wedding night, alas............ You see, now that she's married, she'll be fine! Ask what is the situation in the world! ”

The shopkeeper gushed about his understanding of the relationship between Shen and Du, who had always been the great entertainment of the people in the capital, and rolled up the painting whose ink had dried.

"Bold, how dare you say that, Princess Rui!" Mother Xu jumped up and pointed to the shopkeeper.

"That's not to be said! I didn't say anything about you, what are you anxious about, Princess Rui herself doesn't care about this, I think Princess Rui is also a poor person, if I want to be a woman, I also like General Shen! The shopkeeper raised two thick eyebrows with a wicked smile.

This shop is all hers, not for sale? Du Yiyi has a way! "Mother Xu, take out the rent slip on credit from this shop and show it to the shopkeeper!"

"Yes!" Mother Xu lowered her head and took out a dozen pieces of money in her sleeves, rummaged through them, and found the notes signed by the shop on credit for rent and brought them to the shopkeeper.

"This ............" The shopkeeper looked at his signature and handprint on the note dumbfounded, and then looked at Xu's mother and Du Yiyi, who were angry, and couldn't help but cry bitterly, how could this have happened to him! Xiaosheng has seen Princess Rui! ”

"What do you think you should be guilty of ruining the reputation of this princess?" Du Yiyi and Xu's mother made a look, and Xu's mother immediately put away the note.

"Xiaosheng............ Please also ask Princess Rui to forgive her sins! The shopkeeper pouted bitterly, although he has the identity of a lifter, he can't afford to provoke Wang Sun Guixuan!

"Present this painting to this princess, and this princess will pardon your crimes!"

The corners of the shopkeeper's mouth curled, and he was so annoyed that he didn't know what to say, he knew that he could get the silver he bought just now, but now this is a waste of his efforts!

Du Yiyi sneered: "What? Don't want to? If you don't want to, take it to Shuntianfu, cut your identity first, and put you in prison for a year and a half! ”

"Don't, don't, don't! Niche............ Niche............ Xiaosheng is willing to present this painting to Princess Rui, and may Princess Rui forgive Xiaosheng's mistakes! The shopkeeper pouted and touched the picture scroll in his arms, gritted his teeth and presented it to Xu's mother, who took it and retreated to Du Yiyi's side and opened it to look at Du Yiyi.

Seeing the man on the horse and the child in his arms, Du Yiyi smiled and asked Xu's mother to put it away. "Seeing that you are also interested, I will not worry more about you, and I will not take advantage of you, and you will use this to offset the rent you owe for two months! Anyway, you can get it by drawing easily, and I can't lose it! ”

"Thank you Princess Rui for your kindness!" The shopkeeper bowed with a bitter face.

"It's good to sell it early, and I'm asking for hardship! However, there is a saying that a gentleman does not take the favor of others, and if you do not do evil, I will give you one or two more good things to do when the time comes! Mother Xu, let's go! Du Yiyi proudly took the scroll that the shopkeeper held in his hand for only half a moment, and took Xu's mother out of the door, leaving the shopkeeper with a look of chagrin and regret for not being at the beginning, pursing his lips and gritting his teeth.

"Princess, the butler is back!"

Fang left the calligraphy and painting shop, and the gardenia who stayed outside ran over, and later followed the housekeeper who had just returned.

Stopping to wait for the housekeeper to come forward, Du Yiyi asked, "What do these people say?" ”

"There are two families who are willing to take the goods as collateral, and the men of the three families are not at home and can't make up their minds, so they have to wait for them to come back and go on a run!" The housekeeper stood respectfully behind Du Yiyi and said.

"Then how hard you have to go and run again, by the way, there is still something to entrust to you, you go and inquire about the situation of the dry goods shop tailor shop and the shopkeepers of this calligraphy and painting shop and tell me!" Waiting for a group of people in front of her to leave, Du Yiyi stepped onto the street towards the alley where the sedan chair was placed, the biggest success of this trip, maybe it was the painting in her hand, these shopkeepers, she didn't think she could help anything, let them change from being the boss back to working who is willing, she has always felt that her yard is too manpowered, now it seems that she really wants to use it, but only to find that it is not enough!

The melting snow turned into a colder wind, and the black hair blew into the sedan curtain, Du Yiyi straightened out his sideburns, and opened the picture scroll in his hand, the snow-capped mountains in the vast sky and earth were almost the same color as the world, the team of iron horsemen was heroic, and the face of the Shen Ke wearing armor and helmet in front of him could still be recognized, and the children in his arms could only see the hands and feet hanging down weakly, the red plum was waving in the wind, the flowers fell on the branches, and the iron horse under the tree seemed to be alive and was rushing towards the red plum, this painting was far from the picture in her memory, But compared to the sadness in her memory, this red plum has more hope implications.

"In the past, I went back, and the willows were still there. Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling. The way is slow, thirsty and hungry. My heart is sad, and I don't know how to mourn. ”

muttering these few lines of poetry, Du Yiyi stroked the face of the general in the painting and smiled: "You saved Du Yiyi's life, she gave her life back to you, and we don't owe each other!" ”

Ning Xiao is still in a very depressed mood today, Du Yiyi also knows that maybe there will be no more that cheerful and straightforward Princess Ning Xiao in the world in the future, Ning Zhiyuan went out again, Qinglan stayed quietly in his yard, and this huge mansion will never be lively. After dinner, she persuaded Ning Xiao to go to sleep, and after practicing the sword with those masters for a while according to her habit, Du Yiyi took a bath and fell asleep, the matter of the store could not be rushed for a while, she had to think about it and think about it more.

As soon as she got off the trip, Xu's mother suddenly ran over and knocked on the door, and loudly announced outside the door that the prince was coming.

Du Yiyi hurriedly got up and picked up his coat, and only then did he put on an arm, and Ning Zhiyuan pushed the door in.

Ning Zhiyuan never came here at night, this was a default rule between her and him. Ning Zhiyuan's face also seemed to be a little bad, and when he entered the room, he kicked out the stool under the table with his foot, sat at the table and stared at her, Du Yiyi's heart flashed countless pictures that might appear next, and he calmly said the agreement between himself and Ning Zhiyuan.

"Are you afraid of me? Since you dare to die, you are afraid of what I will do! Ning Zhiyuan sat at the table, Du Yiyi stood on the edge of the bed, and the distance between the two was only a few steps.

"Say whatever you want!" Du Yiyi has already put on her outer clothes.

"Do you know where I've been today?" Ning Zhiyuan stood up with a sneer and walked towards the bed.

"The two are irrelevant and we have an agreement, where do I know where you went!" Du Yiyi frowned, staring at the approaching person.

"Yan Mansion!" Ning Zhiyuan walked slowly, the shadow in front of him shrouded the bed, and Du Yiyi quickly took two steps to the side before he got out of this shadow.

"What does it have to do with me when you go to Yan's Mansion!" Her left eyelid was throbbing violently, and an ominous cold came out of her heart.

"You can be wishful thinking about Shen Ke, and you can elope with Yan Xinglu, but you are so afraid of your husband! Hehe...... Du Yiyi, what do you want me to say about you! Ning Zhiyuan turned his head and looked at Du Yiyi, who looked terrified.

"Whatever you say, it's getting late, so let's go back to bed quickly!"

Ning Zhiyuan's tone and expression were really strange, although she and him had not had much intersection in the past month or so, most of them were respectful when they met, and Ning Zhiyuan had never made any face with herself, she didn't dare to provoke him at this time.

"I heard that you asked the housekeeper to take you to those shops on Chopping Horse Street today?"

For this? Ning Zhiyuan is not such a stingy person, in an instant, she thought of where she should have come, but fortunately she did not frame the painting. "Those shops are in arrears of rent, I think I'm idle anyway, so it's a bit of a waste to collect rent, so it's better to do something myself!"

"You also went to a painting and calligraphy shop? Met Yan Xinglu? I haven't seen old people meet for a long time? ”

Ning Zhiyuan snorted coldly, his eyes as sharp as knives seemed to be eager to break through Du Yiyi's body to see what was going on.

Ning Zhiyuan has always been suspicious of the matter between her and Yan Xinglu, so she will hide in the corner today, I can't imagine that Ning Zhiyuan can know about today's events so quickly? If you sit upright and walk upright, where will you be afraid of this.

"I've seen all the five shops that have opened their doors, and I didn't go to the calligraphy and painting shop alone, since you can know about this, you should be able to know that Yan Xinglu and I haven't said a word from beginning to end, is it possible that I have lost all my freedom?"

"But you bought Yan Xinglu's painting! Used to see things, think about people, comfort and lovesickness? Or is it used as a possibility that you will see each other next time? Ning Zhiyuan's gaze was as cold as cold water, some things he could endure, but some things he didn't want to endure, no matter what the relationship between him and Du Yiyi was, no one wanted to see the wife between him stealing people behind his back.

"This has nothing to do with Yan Xinglu, even if someone else painted that painting, I would buy it, you are also a person who has struggled on the edge of life and death, you should know what it feels like! Shouldn't I be happy that someone can speak up for me and Shen Ke? When did the world misunderstand me? ”

Du Yiyi replied coldly, there were still words in her throat that she wanted to say but couldn't say, she couldn't anger Ning Zhiyuan, she was already at a disadvantage if she married him, in such a society, it is very common for a woman to be beaten by her husband, and she can't let herself become a tragedy that even looks down on herself.