Chapter 60: The Dream of Huangliang
"Have you gone to the theater garden in the west of the city to listen to the play? It's been a full house lately. ”
"You're talking about that "Huangliang Dream", right? I went to listen to it, tsk tsk, it's really a wonderful song, especially the lyrics in it - don't look at this power all over the world, rich and rich, who knows that it is flowers and fire...... Cooking oil with fire, isn't this exactly what the Baili family is saying today? ”
"Be quiet, you can't say this, be careful of causing death."
"Smack!" "What a powerful Baili!" Emperor Wen threw the fold in his hand to the front of the steps.
Queen Baili on one side didn't dare to breathe, and secretly complained in her heart that her father and brother had done too much in recent years. So much so that the impeachment of the Baili family is one after another, and now there is a book of words circulating in Nanyang County, which is ostensibly the rich lady and the poor scholar, but in fact it contains mysteries, using the Eastern Han Dynasty's relative Liang Yi to control the government, reflecting her Baili family.
"How many times have I told you, how many times have I persuaded your father and brother who are ambitious to be wolf, but they still don't know how to restrain themselves, and now they are making trouble in the people's livelihood!" Although Emperor Wen is old and powerless, he is not confused. After tolerating it for so many years, it is also because of the intricateness of the Baili family's forces, and now the officials who have risen up to resist the Baili clan have gradually gained the upper hand, plus the support of the people.
This Centrich's edifice is about to fall.
"Someone! Check it out for me, and all relevant people will be severely punished and punished! ”
In just one month, the national war Baili Yuan and the national uncle Baili were sentenced to death for the crimes of forming a party for personal gain, disregarding people's lives, and looting people's fat and ointment, and the number of Zhulian was nearly 100.
The local officials who colluded with the Baili clan were also severely punished one by one, and they lost their official positions at least and their names at worst. There are dozens of officials involved in Nanyang County under the jurisdiction of Baifu Yin, and because of the relationship between his cousin and nephew Boss Yang, Lu Taishou and Sheng Huaixu of the Sheng family shop have always had a bad relationship, but they were lucky not to be listed.
As for Sheng Huaixu and others, the evidence is conclusive, they have framed and mutilated many peers, and even participated in instructing their subordinates to induce the Jiang family's maid Caiwei to poison their own miss, and other crimes were sentenced to death.
Since then, in Nanyang County, a single Sheng family shop has declined overnight.
"I saw him rise up a tall building, I saw him feast guests, and I saw his building collapse." The drama on stage is singing.
The audience applauded endlessly.
Zhu Yi came to the front yard from the backstage, went upstairs and walked to Gui Mingyue's table and sat down.
"Young Master Bai, Miss Gui is polite" Zhu Yi changed his pretentiousness in the past, and said with a clear fist.
"Boss Bamboo, I'm glad to be there." Gui Mingyue also smiled lightly, the Baili clan fell, and the previous boss of this drama garden was also imprisoned because he was involved. Now the owner of this huge opera garden in the west of the city has become Zhuyi.
In addition to his many years of business operation, of course, Gui Mingyue's "Huangliang Dream" made him famous.
"The contemptible person's surname is Li, not Zhu, Zhuyi is just my stage name" Zhuyi rolled her eyes.
"Ahem, cough, cough," Bai Muzhi hurriedly took a sip of water.
Zhu Yi took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve and put them in front of Gui Mingyue, "Well, this has only been more than a month, and I will send someone to Angelica Pavilion in the future." ”
Gui Mingyue picked up the silver ticket and counted it, five thousand five hundred taels, not bad, not bad, he only earned thirty percent, it seems that this writing book is more profitable than making jewelry, Gui Mingyue thought like this, and his eyes were a little brighter. However, there is also a credit to Bai Muzhi in this book, such as those sentences full of deep meaning, which I can't write.
Why don't you take out two thousand taels out of it, no, one thousand five hundred taels and give it to him? Thinking like this, he trembled and twisted out three of them and handed them over......
Bai Muzhi paid attention to her tangled appearance from beginning to end, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"No need, I also want to thank Mingyue for helping us investigate the case, let's put away the silver quickly" Bai Muzhi smiled at the corner of his eyes.
Gui Mingyue shook her head this time, although she loves money, she never wants to be greedy for other people's cheapness. So he resolutely put the three silver tickets in Bai Muzhi's hands, this Bai Mansion Yin is a Qing official in addition to the name, and there are really few officials in the Great Eastern Dynasty. It has to be said that there is a reason why so many officials who collude with businessmen to seek private wealth take risks.
"That's how she likes silver?" Ji Yunyi, who was sitting in the private room and faintly watching everything that was happening outside, suddenly felt very eyesore when he looked at Bai Muzhi's smiling face.
"I heard that Bai Fuyin is about to be promoted to Beijing because of his meritorious handling of the case," Wu Jingnan said.
"Oh, isn't this Bai Muzhi going to enter Beijing too?"
"Of course, their Bai clan was originally rooted in Kyoto, and Bai Fu Yin came to serve in Nanyang County for a few years, and it was only a foreign transfer. Now is the best time to enter Beijing. "Wu Jiaming is an imperial merchant on the surface, but secretly he has a huge organization to collect information about officials from all sides.
"Anyway, I'm leaving, too." This time, Ji Yunyi came to Nanyang County, and he was also ordered by the second prince to secretly investigate the case of the Baili clan. Otherwise, with Bai Fuyin's power, the case would not have been ascertained so quickly. Now that the case is closed, Ji Yunyi is also going to return to Kyoto.
As for Gui Mingyue's idea of using a big drama to arouse public opinion, no matter how much the saint favors the Baili clan in his private heart, he has to make up his mind to get rid of it...... This made Ji Yunyi's eyes look at Gui Mingyue with some more complicated exploration meanings.
"Mingyue, I came here to say goodbye to you, and we will leave for Beijing the day after tomorrow" Bai Muzhi suddenly changed his face and said seriously.
Ah, leaving? Wouldn't my plan to make money by writing a book be implemented? Seeing that the predictable large amount of silver had turned into foam, Gui Mingyue's face was a little gloomy.
When Bai Muzhi saw her like this, he thought that she was reluctant to give up on herself, and her heart was happy, and then she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
At the moment, both of them were silent.
"It's okay," Gui Mingyue's eyes lit up, "You go to Kyoto, we can still make money!" ”
"Earn money?" It turned out that she was unhappy not because of her departure, Bai Muzhi was helpless and funny.
"Yes, now that Hu Bugui's business has returned to its previous liveliness, I want to expand the flower business to Bianliang first!"
As long as it was about business and making money, Gui Mingyue was simply glowing, Bai Muzhi couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a long time to react: "Why don't you drive your Angelica Pavilion to Bianliang?" ”
Angelica Pavilion, but also have to think in the long run, although it is the first good business in Nanyang County at the moment, but in Bianliang, Kyoto, where there are many skilled craftsmen, it is not necessarily, and the craftsmanship of the mother Yu is also limited, and there are very few craftsmen in the workshop who can do it seriously......
"This, I have other plans, Brother Bai, can you help me go to Bianliang City and listen to the market?"
"Absolutely! I'll do my best! ”
"Then Mingyue thanked Brother Bai first!" Gui Mingyue replaced wine with tea and saluted.
With the entry of Bai Muzhi and his family into Beijing, Nanyang County has gradually entered autumn. Under the strict teaching of Master Mengzi, Gui Mingyue's words can finally be eye-catching, of course, in the words of the master, it can only be eye-catching.
Angelica Pavilion's business is getting busier and busier day by day, and Sanchunhui, who belongs to high-end jewelry and can be "privately customized", has also become a hot topic among young ladies and wives in the city.
These people who have "private customization" love to compare with each other together, such as Miss Lu Yanran, who has recently received a lot of pocket money and loves to show off.
I saw that her Sanchunhui golden hoop body was very dazzling, only a peacock was lying on it, the peacock's head and body were braided out with extremely fine gold wire and finer green bamboo wire, and the eyes were embellished with black gems, and the whole image was lazy and casual; The peacock's long tail feathers are inlaid with many small gemstone particles like stars, and the color is varied, smooth and bright.
This makes her so fond of it that she has to give a review when she meets someone.
And Liu Huanting, who is often with her, also very much wants a jewelry that is so different and exclusive to herself. However, she doesn't like to socialize on weekdays, and she is not familiar with Gui Mingyue, afraid that she will see that she is just the daughter of a squire, and she is unwilling to build it for herself wholeheartedly.
Seeing this, Lu Yanran volunteered to take her to find Gui Mingyue.
This Lu Yanran and Gui Mingyue are also considered to be unacquainted, plus Leng Bingxiang of Lian Nashang Mansion, Su Tingwei of Honglu Temple's Qing family, and Guiyu Concubine of the General's Mansion...... They are all good friends with it, so they also think that this Gui Mingyue is not bad, although the background is low, but the people are rich and the jewelry and flowers they sell are so good-looking.
In fact, Liu Huanting thought too much, in the eyes of the wealthy fan Gui Mingyue, it was the uncle who gave the silver, and she would never treat her differently because her family was an official.
What's more, this Liu Huanting's father is one of the top squires in Nanyang County, and some of them are silver. And he has always had a close relationship with the Wu family, the richest merchant of the Dadong Dynasty. This time, Liu Huanting is going to participate in the crown ceremony of Wu Jingxuan, the second son of the second room of the Wu family.
And this Wu Jingxuan is also a wonderful person, he is nearly twenty years old and has not yet married, it is not that there are not many people who ask for marriage, but he has always been above the top.
At that time, there was a ballad that Wu Jiaerlang had six don'ts. Don't be cheesy, don't be sour; Don't be too glamorous, don't be too bland; Miss Jiao doesn't want it, and the mother insect doesn't want it.
Originally, Father Liu didn't want to take the initiative to mention this high family, but this Miss Liu was moved when she saw Wu Jingxuan for the first time.
Father Liu was also distressed when he saw her not thinking about tea and dinner, and this time he thought about taking her to show the old woman of the Wu family and the second lady, whether he could take a fancy or not, it all depended on this idiot's own ability.
Liu Huanting looked at the Sanchunhui that Gui Mingyue had made for her, and her face was a little complicated and indescribable.
The hoop body is chiseled gold, engraved with lotus leaves that are stretched out or rolled up in the wind, as well as hollow water lines. The inlay on it is quite wonderful, there are two swimming fish made of thin gold sheets, a pair of herons, a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water and a frog, and there are lotus flowers carved with jade, the ruby carved is blooming, the topaz carved is half-open, and the lotus leaves polished by green jade, and there are even dewdrops carved by white jade on it......
And these small scenes of lotus ponds, the big ones are only the size of the little finger belly, and the small ones are as small as soybeans and rice grains, all of which are exquisite.
Seeing the "Sanchunhui" in her hand, Liu Huanting was happy and worried.
The joy is that it is novel and wonderful, and the worry is that it is too novel, wonderful and exquisite.
Nowadays, the ornaments of Dadong women are basically hairpins, hairpins, step shakes, flower hairpins, group crowns, flower crowns, hanging shoulder crowns, crown combs, collars, Yingluo, earrings, rings, bracelets, bracelets, etc. And the style is also relatively fixed, in addition to the Angelica Pavilion of the Mingyue family from time to time out a few novel and rare styles, most of the others are some broken branches of plum blossoms, begonias, peach blossoms, and bees to catch plums, bees to catch chrysanthemums, bees to pick flowers, butterflies love flowers, butterflies to play flowers and the like...... Mature women can have more styles, such as melons, lychees, pomegranates, peaches, etc., which imply many children and longevity.
Where have you ever seen such a move of the whole lotus pond to the ornaments?
It was Liu Huanting who was happy and worried, but after thinking about it, maybe it was such a different thing that should be able to attract the attention of the Wu family.