Volume II-18 Journey to Luoyang (X) (I)
++++++++++++++++++ the demarcation line of Luoyang (X) (above).
A manor on Xihu Mountain in Luoyang City is located behind the dense forest of the high cliff in the north, if it were not for the familiar people, coming from outside the forest, they would never have thought that there was such a huge manor behind the woods. The dense bamboo fence encloses half a circle, and the other half of the Zhuangzi is a cliff. It is said that it is a cliff, but it is not too high, but after the river is shallow in winter, a dozen feet of rock walls are exposed. If it is a summer flood season, it is about ten feet high from the river. The river is not particularly wide, and you can see the garden of the houses in the estate from the opposite bank. It's just that it's not easy to stand on the other side, and it's all big rocks that don't leave your hands behind.
After a heavy snowfall last night, the cliffside is covered with red plums. In the midst of the merlin stood a young woman, her silver cloak swaying gently in the wind. Out of the garden to her side stepped a handsome man, full of spirit, his gaze that had just condensed and suddenly became gentle when he came into contact with the woman. If someone stands on the opposite shore, they can see this handsome pair of beautiful immortals. Before seeing Ming Xinjie, he took Lian'er out and came here, except for the leader of the Aoki Society, he didn't bring anyone else, including the steward of Baicaotang sent by Mrs. Tang and Mother Liu. This is the place where Aokisha concentrated on training Jingwei. It is also one of the important places where Aoki Society stores confidential and valuable items. Since he decided to hold hands, he decided to share Aokisha with her.
After walking around with her here, a messenger from the Aoki Society brought an urgent message from the prince from the city, and she consciously went out and asked him to take care of things.
"Done?" He asked softly as he walked over and took her hand.
He nodded slightly, not wanting to continue the topic just now: "Do you like it here?" ”
"Loved it, the scenery was beautiful and it was quiet."
"Actually, it's safe. This is where my uncle found out, and he gave it to his aunt. My aunt gave it to me so that I could live here after I got married, or it would be a retreat for my family. Unfortunately, I didn't want to start a family at that time, so I moved the Seiwei of Aokisha here. If I had known, I would have left it to ourselves. After a few years, find a good place, move them out, and we'll rearrange it. ”
"No, I think that's good, even if we come, your small courtyard will be enough. One or two people don't need a big place, and we don't need a group of servants, a simple population, where we need to make a big move. ”
Most of the women who have chased him in recent years, in addition to being confused by his skin, most of them are still for money and power, as well as a superior life. When he really met the person he was interested in, he found that these advantages seemed to be indifferent to her, and he was slightly frustrated. But whether she cared about it or not, he was going to give her the best. It's just that in the urgent letter sent by Yiyi just now, it was mentioned that the recent conflict between the queen and the queen mother was white, and I hope he can accept to choose any woman in the Zhen family to alleviate the conflict, even if it is not a wife, a flat wife. If he really doesn't want to, he will help arrange the marriage of Xinye and Zhen Ming. In his mind, the ninth brother is quite outstanding, and Zhen Ming's qualifications of the Zhen family are too poor to be worthy of his younger brother. He understood Yiyi's situation, but he felt very uncomfortable imposing other women on him in this way. These people jumped up and down, it seems that their lives are too comfortable, and they actually use his marriage with his ninth brother as a raft, since they have made a move, it seems that it is not his style to not fight back. Thinking of this, a faint trace of coldness in her eyes quickly flashed, and then she put her hand on her chest: "My lady has the final say, as long as the lady is happy, she will obey whatever she wants." This title surprised her a little, although they were unusually close for two months together, but they never officially talked about marriage, and she always planned in her heart that if he had another marriage, she would leave. At this moment, he said so solemnly, did he make up his mind? The suspicion that flashed in her eyes made his heart ache slightly, and he thought about whether to tell his grandmother to adjust it, or give Lian'er the name first before talking about anything else. Otherwise, he would always be upset, lest she would easily turn away.
She was a little confused, but she wouldn't ask. So he directly covered up the sadness in his heart and turned to other topics: "Let's go, didn't you let Mother Liu wait in Baihuatang at noon?" From here, it will take more than an hour to enter the city and then to Baihuatang. ”
"There's no hurry, it's been two quarters of an hour here."
She was surprised at what he had said, and looked at him with big innocent eyes, as if to see if he was joking. He smiled slightly, it was not easy to find something that frightened her, had obvious emotional ups and downs. He watched with enjoyment, and couldn't help but want to get closer to the eyes. Just a subordinate walked over: "Master, our ships are ready, and the brothers upstream and downstream have confirmed that there are no ships within five miles." ”
The group came to Merlin, and when the mechanism opened, a staircase was revealed.
"Go down from here and take a boat to the opposite bank, and across the opposite mountain is the Baihuatang Luoyang General Hall." Seeing her surprised expression, he was tempted and satisfied at the same time, and said with a smile: "A quarter of an hour by water, a quarter of an hour on land." There's no need to worry, and it doesn't matter if they wait, grandma sent them out to help us do things, and we don't have to be ancestors. He deeply understands her situation under the Tang family's fence over the years, and he is unwilling to go beyond it in the slightest. Gently pulled her and wrapped her around her waist, "We have a rare chance to come out, this is our own place." ”
She blushed suddenly, after all, several leaders of the Aoki Society had just come over one after another after him. Seeing that she was shy, he smiled slightly: "You don't have to be so restrained here, this is my place, this is your place." If one day, if something happens to me, all the people here and the high-flying people are all deployed by you, and they will protect you. ”
Her smile froze suddenly, although she was touched by his trust and care, but the long court life made her extremely sensitive. The third son of the Tang family, how many people in the rivers and lakes are frightened, He actually said this at this moment, what did he face?
"I hope this day will never come, if there is such a day, I will definitely use the power you gave me to make the person who made the attack regret it and break the corpse into pieces."
Baihuatang Luoyang Hall Bamboo Garden, is the Baihuatang Jingwei stationed center and precious medicinal materials planting, processing and storage in Zhongzhou, Liu's mother because she has followed the old lady for many years, for the general setting of Baihuatang quite familiar, and the two Xianyang stewards of Baicaotang rarely contact Baihuatang, and only feel dizzy when they come here. They always knew that the old lady and her aunt had set up a Baihuatang outside the Tang Gate to help the suffering women and children. In the minds of many of them, Baihuatang is a shelter for a group of women and children, and every year Baicaotang pays a large amount of money to Baihuatang to purchase a large amount of medicinal materials, and the people of Baihuatang make a living by planting medicinal materials for Baicaotang. Only when they arrived here did they realize that Baihuatang actually didn't need to rely on Baicaotang, the precious medicinal materials and high-grade elixirs it produced by itself would live well in any medicine store it sold. Although these pills are not like the holy medicine of the Tang Sect such as Bailing Grass to cure injuries and poisons, they are all precious pills for women and children to maintain their health and save their lives. Many of them are hard to find in the capital and palace. A few days ago, they followed the third young master to the Baihuatang River Courtyard in the north of the city, where hundreds of outstanding embroiderers took a group of teenage girls to make all kinds of exquisite embroidery and supply them to the high-ranking families in Luoyang and Zhongzhou. is that the output of these two items is no worse than Baicaotang.
The Tang family knows that it is the eldest young master who will be in charge of the family business in the future, the Baicaotang and Ping'an Inn of the Tang Gate, the Ping'an Inn, which has been established by several generations of the Tang family, has gathered a large number of capable people of the Tang family, and looks vigorous on the outside, but if you think about it carefully, it is not necessarily much stronger than the Baihuatang operated by the third young master in recent years. Thinking about what they heard about last night, the industries of Aoki Society and Yuehuaxuan not only make a lot of money, but also have extremely strong power, and the two of them understand more in their hearts why the old lady sent the third young master to Luoyang to rectify the Baicao Hall. It's just a pity that he didn't give birth to his wife, he is not the sister-in-law of the family, and he can't succeed as the head of the Tang family, so he can only help temporarily this time.
Mother Liu was invited by the old lady to go to Luoyang to take charge of the old sister, and only the two of them were left drinking tea and chatting, waiting for the arrival of the third young master and Miss Biao.
Although the two of them were sent by the old lady, they were summoned by the wife alone before leaving, and specially promised them benefits, so that they would not let the third young master go smoothly this time. Now that I think about it, my wife is really stupid. If Luoyang of the Tang Gate is not properly handled this time, it will not affect the matter of money, but the involvement of so many lives and the meticulous work of foreign vassals. Thinking about the usual behavior of the wife and the eldest young master, the two of them thought about how to get closer to the third young master.
When the two of them saw the young master and Miss Cousin coming together, and then heard the third young master instruct the stewards of the Baihuatang to accept the white girl's orders from now on, the two of them instantly found the answer, this is the meat of the third young master's heart.
Lian'er felt a little bit of these meanings from their eyes. She just smiled faintly and elegantly, focusing more on the steward of Baihuatang sorting out the affairs here for her.
Most of the stewards lined up patiently, and whoever had their turn came respectfully and reported softly. As soon as I was halfway through listening, I heard a burst of footsteps, and I saw a woman wearing a high Huilong bun, wearing a pink cotton jacket, and holding the sword in her waist with her right hand. Along the way, he paid no attention to the women who followed, nor did he pay any attention.
The visitor looked at the stewards of the room, and glanced at the woman sitting on the right seat, expressionless. When the eye caught the figure standing by the window, holding a cup of tea, and looking at the snow scene outside the window, the brilliance was instantly covered with that immature face, and he quickly jumped over: "Brother Jie, Brother Jie, you finally came to see Yan'er." "He spoke so loudly that he didn't care about the people in the hall who were talking about business.
The people in the Baihuatang Hall have long been accustomed to seeing this girl's unscrupulousness, and several supervisors still have a slightly good show expression. Mother Liu, who had already come back and was standing beside Lian'er, frowned, moved her lips, and before she could speak, she heard her cousin say idly: "Steward Qin, continue what you just said, does this shipment only take the northern route every month?" "It was as if I hadn't seen the little girl just now. A faint smile appeared on Liu's mother's face. There are really a lot of people who have come out these days, and Miss Biao doesn't even look at it, this little girl, she is naturally more able to deal with it. It's just that this girl is too uneducated, and when she goes back, she still has to send her away, otherwise it will be a disaster to stay in Baihuatang.