Chapter 376: Asking for Help
Du Mei had something on her mind, and woke up earlier than usual on the second day, after all, she was staying here, and she lay down until it was dark and got up, just afraid of disturbing others. The old woman who was sleeping outside heard the sound and knocked on the door to bring in a new set of lilac-colored clouds and butterflies, as well as some delicate gold and jade jewelry head-facing jewelry.
"This ......" Du Mei opened the door, stunned for a moment.
"The clothes and jewelry were sent by the young master in the middle of the night yesterday, and the girl fell asleep at that time, so he put them down and left." Wu came in, put the tray on the table of the eight immortals in the room, and said with a smile, "Don't look at our young master's informality on weekdays, no one is right, but his mind is really fine, and the girl will be blessed in the future." ”
"I ...... We're not...... There is no ......" Du Mei was blushed by her, and she couldn't tell for a while.
"Girl, wash up first, I'll comb your hair later." Wu saw Du Mei's embarrassment and thought that she was just shy like a little daughter, so he quit empathetically.
Du Mei opened her mouth and stammered, becoming more and more indescribable, gritted her teeth, simply stopped talking, and hurriedly washed and cleaned her face, just afraid of delaying the hour.
After a while, Wu really came again, although she was old, her hands were very skillful, and it didn't take much effort to tie Du Mei's black hair into a cloud pendant incense bun, obliquely inserted into the simple red sandalwood hairpin, the forehead hair was naturally fluffy, and the hair bun on the back of the head seemed to be falling instead of falling, which was extremely soft and beautiful.
"Girl, choose some beaded flowers to wear." Wu stroked her sideburns and said.
"So be it." Du Mei said as he looked at the blurred shadow in the bronze mirror. She really doesn't like heavy jewelry, and besides, these are Murong Xi's, and it is a last resort to ask him for help, and now it is not good to borrow these valuable things from others.
"The young master said that today I want to go out with the girl to visit important people, although the girl is naturally beautiful and has a clear appearance, and these mundane things are not used on weekdays, but in order to appear grand, you still need to add some icing on the cake." Wu persuaded softly.
"Then Aunt Wu is in charge, please be more concise." As soon as Du Mei saw Wu's curling technique, she knew that she was used to grooming and dressing up, and she was not good at it, so she simply handed it over to her~
Aunt Wu chose a beaded flower inlaid with emerald rubies to cover her sideburns, and put on a pair of earrings with gold thread and droplets of rubies, and she had to reach out to pick up the bracelet, Du Mei hurriedly took her hand: "Okay, Aunt Wu, these are enough." ”
"You girl, there are only too few people, where you look like you, you feel troublesome a little more." Wu saw her frowning and looked reluctant, so he had to give up.
While the two were talking, Murong Xi knocked on the door and came in.
"Amei, did you sleep well yesterday? Are you still used to living here? Murong Xi walked in with a smile on his face, and when he saw Du Mei sitting there with a bright and radiant face, he was stunned.
"The young master is here, I'll go and prepare breakfast." Wu bowed and bowed, and withdrew with interest.
"Ah Mei is so good-looking today, and the Nine Heavens Xuannu is nothing more than that." Murong Xi looked around her and said with a smile.
"You just have to laugh at me, it's not what you said, you can't be too shabby when you ask someone for help in a while." Du Mei tilted his head and gave him a blank look.
"I'm telling the truth." Hearing this, Murong Xi's peach blossom eyes rose, looking at Du Mei and smiling, obviously her words pleased him, they have known each other since they started, and they have always been very awkward to get awkward, and they pinched when they met, and it was rare that Du Mei was like him today.
"Okay, I don't have any flowers on my face." Du Mei was numb by his laughter, and forced himself to calm down.
"Let's go and have breakfast." Murong Xi got carried away and wanted to take Du Mei's soft water.
"Lead the way!" Du Mei pointed his hand and avoided his hand.
"Let's go." Murong Xi was not annoyed, he was still smiling, and went out of the door with his hands.
Du Mei followed behind Murong Xi and kept walking inside, and he couldn't tell the difference last night, only to find out at this time that this house was long and narrow, and it seemed to be two back-to-back courtyards, connected together.
The two walked for about half a cup of tea under the cover of flowers and trees, only to see a hidden small door at the end of the road, and when they pushed it open, it turned out to be a back kitchen!
"Where is this?" Du Mei looked around with her skirt and said with some surprise.
"Aunt Wu's noodle restaurant." Murong Xi smiled, opened the curtain and went in.
"Go sit outside, you'll have to do it in a moment." Aunt Wu was busy on the stove, and she didn't look back and said, it seemed to be like this often.
Du Mei walked through the back hall and walked to the dining room outside, only to find that Aunt Wu's noodle restaurant was facing the Xicheng Pier in Gangneung City! It was too early in the morning, and the coolies on the docks were rushing to get the first wave of work, so there was silence in the noodle shop.
"I didn't expect it, the scenery here is not bad." Murong Xi accompanied Du Mei to stand at the door of the noodle restaurant, looking not far away.
At this time, the sun has just risen, the golden sun shines on the sparkling water, the boats coming and going are busy and crowded, and the coolies on the dock are carrying large bags and trotting to load and unload.
"Uncle Ping and Uncle Qiang's children are doing things here." Du Mei put his hand on the pergola and looked.
"I'm afraid I won't have time today, so I'll find them to meet them another day." Murong Xi tilted his head to look at her and said.
"I'll just say that, I haven't even seen what they look like, where to find them." Du Mei shook his head and turned to go back to the house.
"If you think about it, I can do it." Murong Xi followed behind her, speaking extremely arrogantly.
Du Mei raised his eyebrows, not bothering to pay attention to him.
"Eat it while it's hot, and don't mess with the noodles." Wu smiled and came out with two large bowls.
Today's noodles are covered with chicken breast torn into thin strips, more than a dozen slices of sausages cut so thin that they are almost transparent, braised eggs, small meat balls, thousands of shreds, spinach dotted in between, and when the noodles are opened, there is a white poached egg lying underneath.
Eat in the mouth, it is still a reluctant delicacy, the chicken breast is marinated with condiments in advance, marinated in white water, and torn into a trace along the texture, fresh and salty, very bitten.
"It was too late last year, and I didn't have time to ask, tell me now, who are we asking for?" After all, there were two people involved, Du Mei was not sure, and when she saw that there were only two of them in the dining room, she asked Murong Xi.
"What we want to ask for today is also a prince, that is, the seventh prince Chu Zhan, he was born to the concubine who was very favored by the emperor during his lifetime, his fief was originally in Shu, but because he is not tolerant of local damp poison, he has been repeatedly treated for more than ten years, and in recent years, he has written every year to express his feelings, and the emperor is now looking at brotherhood, allowing him to return to Beijing for treatment, so that he will live for a long time." Murong Xi said briefly.
"Can he really help?" Du Mei was a little suspicious.
"The size of the family is a king, the court can speak, Shen Zhanghua and Lin Dai are obviously wronged, as long as the emperor is willing to send someone to conduct a fair trial, where can he worry about not being released." Murong Xi smiled and continued to eat noodles.
The two talked about the etiquette that the high-ranking family should pay attention to for a while, and ate while talking, and even ate a big bowl of noodles, and after a while, the dock was idle for a while, and the noodle restaurant gradually became inert, Murong Xi saw this, and did not greet Aunt Wu, and left from the gate with Du Mei.
"Shouldn't we go?" Du Mei was anxious and couldn't help asking.
"Well, let's go slowly, and we have to wait for the King of Shu to go down to the early dynasty." Murong Xi sat in the carriage with Du Mei, and a strong man drove the carriage around the city.
"I have 15,000 taels of silver tickets here, and I don't know if it's enough? Du Mei asked worriedly.
"It's enough, my face must be worth two million taels." Murong Xi smiled lightly, looking completely unconcerned.
"So, you easily let me owe you two million taels?" Du Mei knew he was joking and glared at him.
"If you don't get on, I don't mind if you make a promise!" Murong Xi suddenly leaned over and said seriously.
"If you talk nonsense, I'll turn my face!" Du Mei's face darkened instantly.
"Ah, didn't I see that you were nervous, just a joke, why are you still angry?" Murong Xi clapped his hands and said with a slight snort.
"Who made you not walk properly all day, I didn't tell you, why haven't you arrived yet." Seeing this, Du Mei also felt that he was making a little fuss, so he casually lifted the car curtain.
"I'll sit down, and I'll be there in a while." Murong Xi stretched out his hand and pressed the corner of the curtain of the car, and handed Du Mei a cloak inlaid with white fox fur and sea blue.
The carriage turned around and stopped at the west gate of a house, and the little guy who watched the door probably recognized Murong Xi, and when he saw him get out of the car, he immediately nodded and came up to greet him.
"Is the prince back?" Murong Xi threw a dime of broken silver and asked casually.
"I'll just get back to you in a moment." The little guy grabbed the silver and ran away with a grin.
Murong Xi took Du Mei who was surrounded by a big cloak, and the two stood for a while, and then the little guy ran back, and soon a white man hurriedly came to pick him up, talking to Murong Xi with a spring breeze on his face.
Through the corridor through the shadow wall, although the house is large, but not luxurious, the vermilion paint on the pillars is a little mottled, the path that no one walks is covered with moss, the two men talk loudly, Du Mei does not say a word, only follows behind, occasionally glances at the surrounding scenery.
Soon they arrived at the main courtyard, and the white man let the two into the living room, turned around and went out.
Du Mei looked around, Murong Xi said, this is also the prince, but the decoration in the house is much worse than Chu Lin's Yan Wangfu, except for the tables and chairs in the living room, there is only a pot of spring orchids with tassels and flowers on a small table, and there is nothing else.
"It's rare that Brother Murong is here so early!" The two of them were standing when they heard a hearty voice coming from the door.
Du Mei turned around and saw a burly middle-aged man in a homely brocade robe stepping through the door with a smile.
"I've seen the prince of Shu, and I'm here to disturb me again, and I ask for forgiveness!" Murong Xi saluted respectfully.
"I wish you were coming every day. Haha, sit down. The man known as the King of Shu sat down at the table and beckoned.
"Who is this?" The King of Shu turned his eyes to look at Du Mei.
The girl in front of her is tall and thin, her eyebrows are like Yuandai, her eyes are like stars, her pink skin is white and white, and her thousands of green silk are black like ink.
"Lord Wang, this is Du Mei of Dujiagou." Murong Xi stepped forward to introduce.
"Ha, you're Du Mei!" The King of Shu leaned back and exclaimed in surprise.