Early Spring in Gangnam (I) (Middle)

"Why not love? Although that kid is fat, he has been like me in the past few years, he has a few dollars in his hand, and there is never a shortage of women around him, only a sincere lover. ”

Lian'er looked at him and didn't speak. He suddenly became alert, as if he had said something wrong, being too comfortable with Lian'er made him too relaxed, He quickly opened his eyes and saw Lian'er glaring at him.

"I didn't mean that, I just said that he chased all the way because he liked the crescent moon, not for fun."

"There has never been a shortage of women around the third young master?!"

The words made him nervous. "Lian'er, I didn't mean that, I just said that the most precious thing for me is a lover who loves each other sincerely."

"Which one of them doesn't really love you?"

"But I don't love them, you know I only have you in my heart."

"Really?" The words were super flat, and he tried to sit up slowly, ignoring him, but his arms were tightly wrapped around her, and he immediately covered her under his body.

"Lian'er, you know that I only have you in my heart..." She buried her face in the pillow, ignored him, and made him use all kinds of methods, trying to kiss Xiangze, but she turned around and avoided it, which made him very annoyed, and said a bunch of good things, and suddenly found that she turned to look at him mischievously, and couldn't help but burst out laughing, he knew that he had been fooled and teased by her again. I wanted to make a straight face and be angry with her, but the smile like a flower, the soft skin that trembled in the laughter was too tempting for him, and he desperately wanted to have it. At the moment when he threw her to the top, she no longer thought about the crescent moon or the other retinue on the ship, and let her husband knead her deeply into her body.

At this time, Xinyue and He Liangwei had already returned to the ship, although she heard these movements clearly, but she could also guess the approximation, and suddenly raised her eyes to see He Liangwei looking at her full of desire, she felt a little embarrassed, and ran back to her cabin. She liked it, but she wasn't ready, she didn't think she could give herself away so without any scruples. What will it look like when you hand it over? She wasn't sure. She wanted to ask Sister Lian tomorrow.

When the group arrived in Hangzhou, it was already early spring in February, and there was still a little residual snow on the broken bridge of the West Lake. After settling the new moon, Xinjie plans to accompany Lian'er to rest in Hangzhou for a few days.

Lian'er originally wanted to go back to the old courtyard near the Zhou family in the Lin Yin Temple, but after seeing the dilapidated courtyard wall from afar, she didn't have the courage to go further. The Zhou family was a well-known scholarly family in Jiangnan back then, and overnight, the whole family was connected with seventy masters and servants and five members of the Yan family, the mother's maiden family, except for her, all of whom were killed. Although Tang Lan secretly stole her out of the Zhou Mansion before the bloodbath happened, she did not witness the tragic scene, but in an instant, she changed from a pampered young lady to an orphan under the fence. She was afraid that there was still the blood of the past, and she was afraid that the desolation there would wipe out her warm memories of that home, and swallow up the opportunity to see them warmly in her dreams.

Her fear made the people around her who loved her feel pity, although he had asked people to take care of the Zhou family's old mansion before he set off from Xianyang, and his subordinates had already cleaned up the inside. Returning the Zhou family's old mansion to its former state was originally intended to surprise her, but seeing that she was about to collapse, he still decided to quickly take her out of that area.

In the next few days, they all stayed in the Hangzhou branch of Baihuatang, and never went to Zhoufu again, except for most of the time to take care of Baihuatang's affairs, and sometimes they traveled together, but whether it was boating on the lake, or stepping on any historical site, it would remind her of the scene when her mother and mother took her on a trip, when she was tearful and depressed, there were lovers who wiped her for her, and this silent attachment bound them tightly.

There may be really fate between people, and the West Lake is also the birthplace of Xinjie, and his body is mixed with the delicacy of the south of the Yangtze River, and it also gives birth to the boldness of the northerners. This mixture of dual personalities makes him a very charismatic knight and a considerate lover. In the eyes of outsiders, he is steady and meticulous everywhere, but in Lian'er's eyes, he is sometimes a paranoid child who has not really grown up. She is often pestered so that she has no room to breathe, sometimes the sun is bright and happy, sometimes she is paranoid and stubborn, and she is naughty like a child.

Last night, I just wanted to go back to the room after a small gathering, but because she joked that he was not as delicate as a Jiangnan man, he let him pester her to Dadan, until he had listened to his lover's praise and reciprocated her body's passion for him again and again, so that she could take a nap after the East turned white. At this moment, the various reports of the high hall master of the Hundred Flowers Hall in front of them became hypnotic sounds, but where the duty was, she had to listen carefully.

The new moon asked all kinds of questions, although it seemed naïve, but it could not but be said that this girl was extremely serious. Looking at the crescent moon, she suddenly found that this girl had grown up, and she was properly handling the relationship between her and He Liangwei, and at the same time trying to use what she should do to relieve all kinds of troubles in her heart, or to delay the temporary relief of these troubles until later. This made Lian'er feel funny, and that night she was worried about her arguing with Xinjie, and it seemed that he knew his sister better. Perhaps the hard work and busyness of Baihuatang will also allow this little girl who left home for the first time to reduce some nostalgia and miss her family. Xinjie and Lian'er will soon leave here for the capital, leaving her here alone to face everything.

Since he handed over the affairs of Baihuatang to his wife, Xinjie was relieved to focus more on other affairs. When Xinyue and Lian'er were busy in Baihuatang, he came to Aoki Tea House in Hangzhou alone, as the owner, to inspect the shop, and it was a matter of course. But the shopkeeper here was in the inner courtyard of the Aoki Tea House at this time, standing in front of the owner with a sweaty face, and he didn't dare to wipe it.

"Brother Yun, you are a veteran in this area, you have been checking for so long and there is no clue?"

"In those years, someone very shrewdly erased all kinds of traces, and after many years, many of the parties are no longer in place, and it is really difficult to trace."

Brother Yun, Hu Yiyun, used to be a famous catcher in the south of the Yangtze River, many years ago, when he was catching water thieves, he was surrounded by water thieves and trapped in a reed, and his left leg was injured, I thought I would confess, but I met Xinjie who happened to be passing by there to save him. At that time, Xinjie was less than fifteen years old, although his strength was still far from that of adults, but no matter how martial arts and wisdom he had, he was very comparable. Hu Yiyun, who has been rolling in the public for nearly 20 years, has to be impressed. As a fast catcher, Hu Yiyun has good means, and mixed in the officialdom, firmly sitting in the first place of the six doors in Jiangnan, and he is also a person who is exquisite and has a lot of means in handling things. Even so, in some cases, as long as he adheres to his principles, he will still offend people and bury a lot of reefs for himself. Finally, one time someone who hated him found a mistake and read a book, and opened up the relationship between the officials, and gave him a bad review for three consecutive years. Although Hu Yiyun is not addicted to official duties, he is also a person who is honest and honest in eliminating harm for the people. He consciously exalted himself in order to uphold justice for a greater and wider number of people. However, officialdom is not an ideal world, and twenty years of ups and downs have made him understand that the imperial court is not a place where justice is truly administered for the people. Since then, he has the heart to leave the public gate, just as the review and approval of the official department came down, and the official was demoted by one level, he took the opportunity to resign from the official gate and leave the public gate, and opened a tavern by the lake in Hangzhou with a group of apprentices.

Since Xinjie established the Aoki Tea Society and Yuehuaxuan, he took over the tavern of Hu Yiyun and his disciples and became part of the Aoki Tea Society, and Hu Yiyun also became the head of the Jiangnan District of the Aoki Society's Information Department.

Since the stability of Aoki Society, one of Hu Yiyun's important tasks is to find out the case of Xinjie's mother back then. Over the years, he has completed all the other affairs that Xinjie has explained very successfully, it is this case that he has worked, and he has only just had some eyebrows in recent months, but with his identity as the number one master in Jiangnan in the six doors of the year, for so many years, this progress is indeed a bit embarrassing. Unexpectedly, before this embarrassing thing was over, the master brought up the case of the Zhou family again. Let him come to light in the near future no matter what. But two months passed, but he didn't find out at all, and at this time, the master personally inquired, and he was speechless and even more ashamed.

Looking at Hu Yiyun's nervous appearance, Xinjie smiled: "Brother Yun, you don't have to feel embarrassed, I also know that it is very difficult after many years, even the old lady of the Queen Mother has not made much progress in checking in the name of the imperial court for several years, you have only been a month or two, it is very difficult." I'm here today to ask, first, to know the new developments, and second, to explain to you, this matter may be quite difficult, but I must find out. Not only do I feel that this matter is related to my mother's case, but I also need to give an explanation to my mother. If I can't protect her and find out the truth for her Zhou family, I feel ashamed. I'm just going to let you know that this isn't a matter of urgency, but it's very important to me. ”

"I understand. But the people who did things back then were really very meticulous and clean. ”

Xinjie took a deep breath and sighed unconsciously: "You can arrange these two things to continue." In addition, recently, more attention has been paid to foreigners who enter and leave Hangzhou and people who come to the capital. ”

"What is the main aspect?" There are quite a few people who come in and out of Hangzhou every day, and Hu Yiyun has to ask more questions when he hears such a big request.

"I can't say it for a while. You know, a lot of things happened in Kansai around the New Year that were related to the Turkic Mongols, and they all went to the Tang Gate. I'm not sure if they're targeting the Tang Gate, or if they're targeting me. If it's the latter..."

Xinjie didn't say anything clearly, Hu Yiyun naturally understood that if it was the latter, the master himself would be one of the targets, and Aoki Sheyue Huaxuan would also be his and would also become targets.

"I see, but the net is going to move wide."

"How's that guy lately?" Xinjie has always pursued the principle of employing people without doubt, and since it was handed over to Hu Yiyun, he believed that he would handle it, so he moved the topic to something else.

Early Spring in Gangnam (I) (Part II)

"He seems to be very peaceful recently, and he hasn't made too many moves, but he will go to An Xinju every fifteenth day to meet the old master." Although Xinjie's thinking jumps fast, Hu Yiyun can still keep up quickly.

"It's normal for people to want to climb up, and people who are not motivated can't do big things, just don't be too greedy. If you cross the line, you will cut off your hands. Xinjie said indifferently.

"Would you like to consider revealing something to the old master?" Hu Yiyun asked cautiously, after all, this is the master's own private matter: "Yumen is too attractive to people regardless of power and wealth. If it makes people feel that there is no owner of good things, it will inevitably lead people to greed. ”

"Ownerless wealth, huh." Xinjie still said lightly: "Whether there is a master or not, what is your own is your own." If you don't even have basic integrity, how can you be up to the task in the future? Take this opportunity to let them wash up. ”

Hu Yiyun had to bow his head, after all, Xinjie was the master, and the jade gate belonged to his grandfather's family, so he decided what he wanted. However, he can foresee that Yumen may be bloody in the next few years. Neither Xinjie nor the old master of the family has expressed any intention of Xinjie taking over the Yumen, not only that, but for so many years, there is not even a basic connection. In the eyes of outsiders, after the head of Yuda expelled his daughter, until she passed away, he had no intention of recognizing it, and as for the children left by his daughter, he never had any contact. And Xinjie has also been quite independent in recent years, whether it is Tangmen or Yumen, he has not relied on it, relying on himself to make a scene. Although Aoki Society is low-key, and no one really understands its strength, some people feel that it is not inferior to the hundred-year-old Jade Gate. Tang Sanshao is not uncommon with everything in Yumen, everything depends on himself.

However, the old master is too old, and it is inevitable that the big position will be passed on to others. His only bloodline Xinjie has not yet returned to Yumen, and it is difficult to guarantee that no one will have other ideas. Several disciples of this jade master had various ideas, and this big disciple was one of them.

"Let them make trouble, as long as it doesn't hurt the old master. Nothing else matters. "He really doesn't care about Yumen's power and money, he only cares about the old people who are related to him by blood. Although he had some nostalgia for his mother's expulsion from the Yumen because she married into the Tang family, as he grew older, he seemed to begin to understand his grandfather, which was the heartache of his daughter's self-deprecating status as the pearl of his palm. Flat wife, to put it nicely, there is a wife, and if you don't say it well, she is a concubine who is treated better. The dignified daughter of the Jade Gate makes it difficult to speak, so that the grandfather, who is the owner of the door, cannot face the people in the Jade Gate, and while being ridiculed, it is more heartache for his daughter.

"It doesn't look like an extreme way at the moment. He already knows that you have returned to Jiangnan, and he has already picked up his daughter from Qixia Academy a few days ago. It is said that this young lady is excellent in the academy's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting evaluation, and her appearance is outstanding. In the past two years, many people have come to the door to ask for marriage, but they have not responded. When he was in the academy, he had a good relationship with the daughter of the governor of Liangjiang and the daughter of the prefect of Hangzhou. ”

"Does she have someone she likes?"

"According to our observations, she was arrogant and unpopular with ordinary people, and when she was in the academy, most people thought that her father was the heir of the future Jade Gate, and there were many people who sought after her. If she is looking at anyone, it may be the eldest son of the Liangjiang Governor's family. ”

"Master Sun?" Xinjie smiled with a little interest: "Sun Yaoyang is a person who attracts women." ”

Although he doesn't often go back to Hangzhou, he knows a lot of people here. Sun Yaoyang is not simple, he has the background of the Sun family, the value of his grandmother's family, and he is also outstanding in literature, and he can be regarded as a leader in the place where talents gather in the south of the Yangtze River. With his background, he did not go all the way to the imperial examination, and after years of accumulation, he has received a lot of recommendations from Jiangnan literati, and has entered the Hanlin Academy to recruit talents. Not surprisingly, in the last year or two. If there is a suitable position and opportunity, I am afraid of it faster.

"Yes, it's just that there are a lot of people around Sun Gongzi, and many famous families in Jiangnan are very optimistic about Sun Gongzi, and many people have tried it. Because Miss Sun is close to her, she and Sun Gongzi have met a lot, and Sun Gongzi seems to be interested in her, but it is not clear. Mrs. Sun has stated on different occasions many times that the young lady of the Sun family does not look at her family background, but she needs a gentle and virtuous talented woman who can take charge of herself. Having said that, everyone understands that the young lady of the Sun family needs to be helpful to Sun Dashao's future. ”

"Most of the Sun family are civil officials, only Sun Du Fu has taken the road of martial arts, and then up, there is not much to borrow. If you want to stabilize the south of the Yangtze River and collect military attaches and Jianghu forces, Yumen is a good help. It's just that Mrs. Sun's mother's family is afraid that they still think that they can make a difference in the capital, and Sun Yaoyang is taking the Hanlin Road again, so he will not be married until Sun Yaoyang enters Beijing. If you want to be among the clear streams, you won't be involved with the Jianghu sect. Sun Yaoyang likes to play some false feelings and pretenses, and he claims to be a romantic talent, but I am afraid that this time he wants to add a sum to his vain admiration, not sincerely. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything. As long as you don't come to me for trouble, don't hurt my cousin, whatever they want. If it's really annoying, whether it's Sun Yaoyang or someone else, just send her out and don't get in the way. You asked you to send someone to keep an eye on them, because you don't want them to find trouble and hurt our people and the head of the Jade Lord. When necessary, let Sun Yaoyang get married as soon as possible, or let her marry early. As for the rest, it's more important to let them go and focus on our own business. ”

"If they marry the Sun family, it won't increase their bargaining chips, and it will be even more difficult for the head of the Jade Sect to control them."

"As far as the Sun family's ability is concerned, if the head of the Jade Sect can't hold it down, he won't be in charge of the Jade Sect for nearly fifty years." Xinjie never doubted the ability of the head of Yuda: "As long as he saves his old man's net worth, I believe he will deal with the rest." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand what you mean."

"Just remember when you make a move, don't let people know it's my guys. Keep things clean. I don't care about Yumen, I only care about that person's health and safety. ”

"You've done so much for the old master, don't you want him to know?"

"I do my best to be at peace with myself, and nothing else."

Hu Yiyun bowed his head and said he understood. At the same time, there was a slight disturbance in his heart. How many people in this world are greedy and not enough, chasing fame and fortune. There is a force to show ten merits, and this young master is so indifferent, ignoring the great wealth and power. If he either has more power and wealth, he really has an innocent and exquisite heart. Maybe that's why he's still willing to obey him at his age.

While the two were talking, someone reported that there was a visit from Mr. Zhao. The two of them looked at each other, and they both felt in their hearts that this person was really fast. It's a secret place, and the other party can come to the door, and it can only be said that while they are spying on each other, others are spying on him. And he's very concerned about his whereabouts, and there's a way to figure it out. After the person who asked the reply to take the guests to the living room in the outer courtyard, Hu Yiyun quickly reacted: "It was the subordinates who were derelict in their duties, and they actually heard your whereabouts." I'll arrange for someone to investigate thoroughly. ”

In the Jade Gate, the head of the Jade University also received a letter in the evening, and his eldest disciple, Zhao Weimeng, who managed the evaluation of the disciples of the Jade Gate, went to the Aoki Society during the day, and the content of the discussion was unknown. However, there are many legends in the Yumen at night, according to Zhao Xiangzan, the old master is alone, too lonely, and wants to find the younger generation back to honor him. This time Tang Gongzi came to Hangzhou, Zhao Xiangzan got up and persuaded Tang Gongzi to come to Hangzhou to meet his grandfather. Willing to thread the needle for the reconciliation of the two. The son of the Tang family said that everything respects the choice of his grandfather. The head of the jade master sat in the rocking chair he usually sat in, looking at the boundless darkness outside the door, and did not speak.

In the mansion of the governor of Liangjiang, Sun Yaoyang was opening a letter. When the sister handed it to him just now, he smelled the faint fragrance of acacia flowers, and knew that it was Zhao Zhiyuan who gave it to him. She has always liked to collect acacia flowers and clip them between paper sticks and books. In terms of appearance, Zhi Yuan is the best among the ladies he knows, not only is she outstanding, smart and well-behaved, but the key is that she can understand his mind very well, and they have a tacit understanding with each other. Therefore, since we met, we have been chanting and exchanging poems with each other, which is very interesting. But it's just fun, and I didn't really think about how I really wanted to be with her.

However, when she opened today's poem, her careful thinking was revealed, and he was a little annoyed. It is impossible for the Sun family to take the initiative to propose to Yumen. Let's not talk about whether his mother will agree, that is, he himself has not seriously thought about it, although Yumen has a huge influence in Jiangnan, but it does not have much direct help for his career. And he took the road of celebrities, and Yumen still seemed a little vulgar. It would be great if Zhiyuan was born in a family of poets and scholars in the capital, but it's a pity. The play of the small boudoir can be fun, and the serious marriage is still not to be discussed. He unfolded the snow wave sign and thought about how to put pen to paper, not only can he not propose marriage, but also keep her, and continue this hazy relationship. Is it to continue to pretend not to understand what she meant, and follow her to praise the sprouts of early spring? Or is it full of bitterness and sorrow, and you can't make your own decisions, and you are depressed and sad? After pondering for a long time, he was going to choose the latter. The latter can not only withdraw from embarrassment, but also continue the secret relationship between the two, even if she is married, she can continue to play. Especially when I heard that her father wanted to marry her to a rough man on the rivers and lakes, that kind of vulgar and vulgar person must not be in line with Zhiyuan's wishes, so her heart will remain with him. And women are stupidly soft-hearted, especially women like Zhiyuan, although they are not so kind, but for the sake of fame, they deliberately pretend to be very sympathetic in ordinary days, and he can just use this to give her room to play, and there will be more fun in secretly interacting in the future. After making up his mind, a beautifully worded seven words were written in one go, and after it was sealed, someone was found to send it out. Then he put the matter aside and went on something else.