Chapter 42: The Fish Hangs on the Bait
Bidding farewell to the second prince and coming out of Fumanlou, Liu Zhenhan stopped riding a horse, and let Liu Dalang ride his horse back to the shop first, while he sat on the wheel as a coachman and drove the carriage in the direction of Liufu.
Liu Yunyun lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the back of Liu Zhenhan skillfully driving the carriage with a smile, and said: "Second brother, I didn't expect your carriage to drive so well, in the future, we can do a carriage and horse business, and you will be responsible for the training of the coachman." Liu Zhenhan turned sideways slightly, glanced at Liu Yunyun, and said with a smile: "Your second brother and I have a lot of skills, what?" In the future, you still want to blow up all the skills on my body and make you money? Now your ready-to-wear shop alone has a profit of 100,000 taels of silver a year, right? What a little money fan! ”
Liu Yunyun bent her legs slightly, stepped over the guardrail on the carriage, took the uninjured arm to support Liu Zhenhan's shoulder, and with a strong toe, she stepped out of the carriage, grabbed the crossbar in front of the car, and sat next to Liu Zhenhan. Let's go to the South Wall Nian Buddha Bridge first. ”
Liu Zhenhan turned around and took out a brand-new blue and white cotton cloak from the cage in the car, draped it on Liu Yunyun, and said with a smile: "It's too cold this day, you wear more!" Why do you go to the Buddha Bridge? As he spoke, he used his right hand to turn the direction of the carriage with a slight force.
"I want to make a shop for feng shui ornaments, and I have already told Master Yanshen, let him lead it." Liu Yunyun looked at Liu Zhenhan with a smile and said: "The ink treasure of the third prince, I am going to hang it in the most conspicuous place on the shop, and I have to discuss this matter with Master Yanshen." ”
Liu Zhenhan's hand holding the reins in his hand froze slightly, and he simply slowed down the speed of the carriage, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, he looked at Liu Yunyun with his eyebrows and said, "Yunyun, I know you want to help the family pave the road as soon as possible, but don't be in a hurry." My eldest brother and I are not without a little self-protection ability, you don't need to bother so much. Today, I see what the second prince said, and it is not all lies, and you can trust him for the time being. With him, at least my eldest brother and I are on an errand in the palace, and we can have peace for a while. ”
"Second brother, we don't have to think too much about whether what he said is false or true, at least our Liu family still has the value of use for his second prince so far! As for your errand with your eldest brother, since those people want to use the hands of others, why can't we use it? The reason why people are loyal is because they don't have enough chips for betrayal! On that day, if these two princes have the opportunity to sit in that position, do you think he can still look at us and laugh and drink like today? Watching us dangle around the people he cares about? Only by staying away from them and not getting in their way can we live a stable life. ”
Liu Zhenhan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, his face gradually turned pale, Liu Yunyun gently patted Liu Zhenhan's stiff arm, moved his body slightly, let himself lean closer to him, and continued: "There are three dangers in this world: lack of virtue and too much respect, this is the first danger; Inferior talents and noble status are the second danger; There is no great merit but there is a lot of money, and this is the third danger. What kind of character and ability is my father, you should understand better than me in your heart, now that the emperor has promoted our Liu family without warning, if you want to say that there is no purpose behind this, no one is pushing this move, will you believe it? ”
"He is a knife and I am a fish, we don't want to be a mermaid! If you want to be stable, you can only jump out of this quagmire and change to other fish to satisfy their appetites. Liu Yunyun looked at the famous Jinshui River in Jinjing, the gentle sunlight sprinkled on the slightly rippling river, such as Venus dotted, reflecting the surrounding pink walls and Zhudo, although there are no tender willow green trees, in this early winter, but there is a unique beauty of Xiao Ling.
Nian Buddha Bridge sandwiched the south of the northwest road. The Vermilion Bird buildings on both sides of the strait gradually stand up, and the green building painting pavilion is raised, the bead curtain is wrapped, the carved car is stationed in the heavenly street, and the BMW is competing in the royal road. The golden cui is dazzling, Luo Qi is fragrant, and the new voice is smiling at Liu Mo Huaqu.
Liu Yunyun sat on the wheel, turned her head excitedly and looked around, looking happily at the characters who had been in peace for a long time, the child with drooping hair in the distance, but practicing dancing; The old man of Ban Bai doesn't know the scene of fighting, he only thinks that no matter who is the emperor, as long as he can ensure this peaceful and prosperous world, and the people are happy and healthy, then he is a good emperor, no matter how they fight for the throne of the royal emperor, as long as they don't use these pure and simple people to make fish and meat.
Liu Yunyun asked Liu Zhenhan to drive the carriage and slowly walked along the Jinshui River for a long time, and looked at the business pattern around the Nianfo Bridge with great interest, and felt very satisfied. Liu Zhenhan looked up at Tian'er and felt that it was not too early, so he pulled Liu Yunyun, who was not yet happy, and went home.
Liu Yunyun and Liu Zhenhan quietly slipped back to Liu's Mansion through the back door, Liu Zhenhan first accompanied Liu Yunyun back to Yunyuan to take medicine, and then checked the daily necessities that Liu Yunyun wanted to bring to Baiyun Nunnery.
"After coming out, I went to the Buddha Bridge again?"
"Yes!"
A faint sandalwood lingers on the tip of the nose, but the air is filled with more of the musty smell of ripe Pu'er from the tea and ink on the desk, just sitting in this study, the middle-aged man behind the long case next to the bookshelf, and the man in front of the case in a silver-gray moire suit, Bi respectfully standing in front of the case, playing dumb puzzle-style dialogue, it doesn't seem to be very appropriate. There is a strong eerie aura in every word.
"Okay, I know, from today onwards, let's withdraw all of our people!" After the man behind the long case finished speaking, he picked up the pen, wrote down a few words like a flowing stream, picked it up and dried it slightly, and then carefully folded it and put it into a short pocket bamboo tube. The man in gray looked surprised, his eyes widened, and he looked at the middle-aged man in disbelief.
After the middle-aged man pretended to be a letter, he raised his eyes and looked at him, smiled, and said, "It is said that there is no shortage of smart people in this world, alas...... You, too, have to remember, if you do things in the future, you have to think more, okay, send this letter to Niangniang, withdraw all our people, don't leave any of them behind, withdraw them all! ”
The man in gray regained his calm look, pursed his lips, didn't say anything, hugged his fist slightly at the middle-aged man, turned around and walked out of the study without looking back.
Prime Minister Liu Cheng watched his eldest son walk out of the study, fell on the chair in a gloomy manner, as if he had aged several years all of a sudden, and sighed heavily, "The descendants are not good!" ”
In the secret room behind the bookshelf, Mr. Zheng walked out with a sad face, and saw Prime Minister Liu Cheng lying on the chair with his eyes closed, his face full of vicissitudes of life full of troubled expressions, and Wen Sheng'er opened his mouth to persuade: "The eldest young master is still young in the end, and there are still too few things to do, as long as the prime minister grasps the general direction, he doesn't have to worry too much!" Children, you have to go through experience to understand the hard work of parents. ”
Prime Minister Liu slowly opened his eyes, with a trace of confusion and distress in his eyes, raised his hand and waved it casually, stretched out his index finger, and pointed to the chair in front of the desk for Mr. Zheng to sit and talk. Mr. Zheng frowned almost inaudibly, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face, he only smiled and arched his hand to Prime Minister Liu, walked a few steps to the front of the case, and only sat on half of it cautiously...... Why should I ...... Well, I won't say any more, no amount of talk will help! ”
Mr. Zheng also sighed, Prime Minister Liu Cheng has a total of two sons-in-law, this eldest young master has been arrogant since he was a child, but his intelligence is mediocre but he thinks he is outstanding, the little young master is smart, but he only knows how to play all day long, and he doesn't seem to care much about anything.
"You also heard what Da Lang said just now, let's talk about it, what do you think this means?" Prime Minister Liu Cheng is worthy of being a prime minister for many years, and at this time, his eyes have regained clarity, squinting slightly, twisting his beard and looking at Mr. Zheng and asking.
Mr. Zheng picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, looked at Prime Minister Liu and smiled slightly, "Hehe, why should the prime minister ask more?" Aren't you already thinking like a mirror and making judgments? Prime Minister Liu Cheng nodded, Mr. Zheng put the tea bowl on the coffee table next to him without hurry, looked at Prime Minister Liu and continued: "In addition to the Jian'an Hou Mansion, the Second Highness has never had much contact with these nobles on weekdays, and even the Qian family, the mother of the concubine Niangniang, has not seen how much of this two Highnesses can be seen. Now he has seen this Liu family alone several times. At present, it seems that from Concubine Min Niangniang's persuasion of the emperor to give up the ruling of Liu Wentao, and then to some time ago, it is very clear that Liu Wentao's son was recommended to enter the palace to accompany him. ”
"You're right, huh...... Back then, I think the emperor has begun to be suspicious, the second highness is silent on weekdays, and even the third highness is not as eye-catching, but I think that among these princes, his mind is the most calm, and his scheming methods are not lost to today! In my opinion, he is now starting to contact the people of the Liu family, and it seems that he has already moved the mind of standing on his own. ”
Prime Minister Liu Cheng stood up from his seat, paced back and forth in the study, and put his hands behind his back, "I don't know what the emperor is planning, on this side, he has already cultivated His Royal Highness as a prince, but in fact, behind his back, he has stricter requirements for the Third Highness." ”
Prime Minister Liu turned his head and looked at Mr. Zheng sharply, "But I always feel that things are not as simple as they seem!" Concubine Min has been pampering the six palaces for many years, and she has never asked about the previous dynasty, but now she has a lot of maintenance for the Liu family, and recently even the queen has a hint of helping Concubine Min. Second Highness is really a good means! ”