Chapter 115: The Inn
Ye Jingyan is the youngest son-in-law of Zuo Shangshu Ye Jinkao, and is quite loved by Ye Jinkao. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]
Ye Jingyan has a high talent for business since he was a child, and in less than seven years, he has turned a small tea shop into a large tea shop that collects tea, grain, cloth and other items. The state of Wei, which borders Dashun in business, is quite prestigious in the land south of the Yangtze River.
In the eighth year of Yong'an, Dashun suffered a rare flood and locust plague in a century. Ye Jingyan scattered most of his family wealth and purchased a large amount of rice from the Wei Kingdom in Jiangnan to relieve Dashun from danger.
Now, another seven years have passed, and Ye Jingyan's firm is one of the few in Dashun, and the scope of operation is even larger than before.
Wencheng, as a transportation hub extending in all directions, will naturally not lack the Ye family's business name.
After Li Qingmu rested in Wencheng for a day, he went directly to the silk village opened by the Ye family in a prosperous area. After inquiring, I learned that Ye Jingyan did not live in Wencheng on weekdays, but in Bian Zhou, south of the Yangtze River.
When Li Qingmu heard this, despair rose in her heart, Ye Jingyan was not in Wencheng, wouldn't she come in vain? The most important thing is that the silver taels on her body are no longer enough to support her to go south to Bian Zhou.
Seeing the disappointed expression on Li Qingmu's face, the news from the shopkeeper Ye of the Silk Village gave Li Qingmu hope again. Ye Jingyan is indeed not in Wencheng, but because he is back in the capital to do business, he has to pass by Wencheng, just in these few days.
Li Qingmu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, if she couldn't see Ye Jingyan, she could only rush to the capital and let the guards sent by Emperor Yongning find her.
Shopkeeper Ye put away the paper that Li Qingmu had drawn in the shape of a token, and said to Li Qingmu very politely, "This son, you can tell me where you live." When the proprietor comes, I will tell the man to inform you, so that you will not be tired back and forth. ”
The inn where Li Qingmu lives is called Fulai Inn, which is located on a slightly remote street in Wencheng, and can only be regarded as a third-class inn in Wencheng.
But this is such an inn, if Ye Jingyan can't come back within seven days, she can only find another place to live with her baggage.
Seeing that the shopkeeper Ye asked for the paper, Li Qingmu generously gave it to him.
Li Qingmu once saw Ye Jingyan when she left the palace four years ago, when Ye Jingyan gave her a piece of jade pendant, saying that no matter what she encountered, she could take the jade pendant to the Ye family's merchants for help, and the Ye family would definitely help.
It's a pity that the jade pendant as a token was left by her in the Dayue Jin Palace. Now, I can barely remember what that jade pendant looks like.
But in this way, Shopkeeper Ye still treated her with courtesy after seeing the paper with the token, which was enough to see how important that jade pendant was.
After leaving the silk village, Li Qingmu wandered aimlessly on the street. Now, she has no choice but to wait for Ye Jingyan to come back.
I walked around Wencheng for another three days, during which the guys from the Silk Village would send some pastries to Li Qingmu every day according to the instructions of the shopkeeper Ye, and by the way, inform Ye Jingyan where he is now.
On the first day of the sixth month of the first year of Yongning, the guys from the silk village went to the Fulai Inn again to deliver pastries to Li Qingmu, and told Li Qingmu by the way, "Little boy, the shopkeeper let the little one tell you that the Qing'er caravan has already sent news this morning, saying that the owner will come to Wencheng tomorrow and will stay in Wencheng for two days." In the past two days, I also asked the little boy to stay in the inn, and the little one may come to call the little boy at any time. ”
Li Qingmu was overjoyed after hearing this, glad that she had not waited in vain these days.
Early the next morning, Li Qingmu did not go out to hang out as before, but went to the second floor of the Fulai Inn to sit idly.
After asking for a plate of pastries and a pot of tea, Li Qingmu sat comfortably in front of the window facing the street and watched the scene.
When the inn's shopkeeper was serving pastries, he smiled at Li Qingmu and said, "Little boy, aren't you going out for a walk today?" ”
"Nope." Li Qingmu pointed to the sun rising in the east and said in his throat, "The sun is too big today. ”
"Little boy." The shopkeeper looked at the few guests on the second floor, and asked flatteringly when pouring tea for Li Qingmu, "In the past few days, the people who have watched the Ye family have come to look for the little boy several times, but the little boy is ...... with the Ye family."
"Something?" Li Qingmu asked vigilantly.
"No, no." The shopkeeper was not very old, and when Li Qingmu asked like this, he immediately turned red, "The little one thinks that the little boy knows the people of the Ye family." If that's the case, the little one also wants to find a good way out......" The shopkeeper lowered his voice, and muttered with a complaining tone, "The little one has been working here since he was nine years old, and now three years have passed, and the salary he gets every month is only a few coppers, and if something goes wrong, it is not enough to deduct it." Not to mention saving this idea to marry a mother-in-law, even if you support yourself, this mouth is not enough...... The little ones just want to find a way out for themselves. The Ye family is well-known in Wencheng for their good wages, small, small ......"
In the end, the shopkeeper looked even more embarrassed.
"Oh." Li Qingmu replied, "I don't know the Ye family, but I picked up something that belongs to the Ye family a few days ago." Shopkeeper Ye is very polite, so he will take care of me when I haven't left Wencheng. Raising the corners of his mouth and smiling, Li Qingmu said again, "If I really know the Ye family, will I still stay in the third-class guest room here?" ”
The guest rooms of Fujin Inn are divided into four classes, and Li Qingmu lives in the third class.
When the shopkeeper thought about it, he couldn't help but show a disappointed expression on his face. It happened that someone named Xiao Er elsewhere, so he pushed the pastry in front of Li Qingmu and said, "The little boy is slow to use, and the little one is busy." ”
After the shopkeeper left, Li Qingmu drank tea while looking at the scenery on the street. The street where the Fujin Inn is located is not bustling, and by noon, few people have passed downstairs.
However, under the sun, there is a different taste of tranquility.
Suddenly, Li Qingmu saw that from the far side of the street, the Ye family's men were coming with several people dressed in extraordinary clothes.
When those people approached, Li Qingmu saw that among those people there was Ye Jingyan, who had gray hair.
Li Qingmu stood up and wanted to take a closer look, but his right shoulder suddenly sank, and he sat back in the chair.
A nice female voice sounded in Li Qingmu's ears, "Mo Mei, long time no see." ”
Li Qingmu turned his head suddenly, and what caught his eye was Wu Yue, who had not been seen for a year.
Wu Yue was wearing cyan clothes, with a hint of indifferent smile on her face, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world. After she patted Li Qingmu on the shoulder twice, she sat down beside Li Qingmu, raised her eyebrows and asked, "What, you are surprised to see me?" ”
Li Qingmu was indeed surprised, Wu Yue was obviously supposed to be in the Liuyun Valley of Dayue, how could she appear in the Wencheng of Dashun?
As if knowing what Li Qingmu was thinking, Wu Yue made herself a cup of tea and said bluntly, "For you, so I'm out of the valley." ”
"Out of the valley for me?"
"Hmm." Wu Yue's tender white fingers tapped on the thick wooden tabletop, and said, "A year ago, I went out of the valley and returned to Beijing to look for you, only to find that you were gone. ”
"Looking for me?" Wu Yue has been living in seclusion in the valley for many years and ignoring the world, why did she come out of the valley to find her.
"Something." Wu Yue nodded, and said, "Aren't you the Ji of King Jin, why did you appear in Dashun?" ”
"I'm not." Li Qingmu shook his head intuitively, "I don't know how to tell you about this." But I'm not, I'm in Dashun because my home is here......"
Wu Yue nodded thoughtfully, and after taking a sip of tea, she said, "It's okay, it doesn't matter how it was before, what matters is how it will be in the future." ”
Just then, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs. Li Qingmu looked back and saw that Ye Jingyan had already gone up to the second floor under the leadership of the innkeeper.
Li Qingmu smiled at Wu Yue and said, "Wu Yue, I don't understand what you say. My friend is here, I'm leaving. ”
As he spoke, he wanted to stand up and leave.
"Let's go?" Wu Yue pressed Li Qingmu's shoulder extremely quickly, shook her head and said, "I finally found you, how can you go?" ”
In the distance, Ye Jingyan had already called the shopkeeper who was waiting on the second floor to his side.
"Wu Yue......" Feeling the strength coming from Wu Yue's hand, Li Qingmu frowned, "What do you want to do?" ”
"Go back to Dayue with me......" Wu Yue spit out word by word, "Marry the emperor......"
The last four words hit Li Qingmu's heart like a heavy hammer. She forcefully broke Wu Yue's hand away, and said with a pale face, "Impossible, Wu Yue, it's impossible for me to go back to Dayue with you...... Leaf, hmm......"
Li Qingmu's voice disappeared into Wu Yue's palm.
Li Qingmu looked at Wu Yue in front of her in horror, feeling something tender and smooth slip down her throat.
Wu Yue let go of Li Qingmu's mouth, reached out and took off the hat that Li Qingmu was wearing on his head, and scattered Li Qingmu's long hair that was not pulled up.
poured the unfinished tea on the handkerchief again, wiped off the makeup that Li Qingmu had put on her face, revealing her true face.
Raising her eyebrows, Wu Yue praised sincerely, "I haven't seen you for a year, and your whereabouts are becoming more and more marked." ”
Li Qingmu sat there, still feeling sick from the feeling that slipped through his throat. She tried to stop Wu Yue's movements, but she couldn't.
"Laugh one." Wu Yue snapped her fingers lightly, and first curled the corners of her mouth at Li Qingmu.
Li Qingmu felt that his face was no longer under his control, and he actually curved the corners of his mouth like Wu Yue.
"Not bad." Wu Yue looked at Li Qingmu's face with a smile, plucked a hairpin from her head, pulled up her long hair for Li Qingmu, and sighed lightly, "Fall into this beauty, why bother to practice yourself." ”
Li Qingmu scolded Wu Yue in her heart, but she didn't know why she couldn't move. She looked at Ye Jingyan, who was walking towards her, and only hoped that he could see herself and recognize herself. Sister-in-law Suo Miao pen cabinet concubine heir to the phoenix leads the country
After all, the two had a relationship four years ago.
Wu Yue took out a hat from behind her and put it on Li Qingmu's head. After putting down the veil, Wu Yue chuckled at Li Qingmu and said, "Good sister, enough trouble, let's go home." ”
At this time, Ye Jingyan was walking here with the shopkeeper Ye and his men from the Silk Village.
Xiao Er, the shopkeeper of the Fulai Inn, glanced at the table where Wu Yue and Li Qingmu had just left, and said to Ye Jingyan, "That little boy has been sitting here eating pastries since the morning Qing'er, and the little one is busy upstairs in the morning......
"This girl." Ye Jingyan looked at Li Qingmu under the hood, and smiled at Wu Yue, "A little friend of the old man is waiting for the old man here, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye. I don't know if the girl saw it...... "Yesterday, the wind was howling~ There was a click, and a window fell upstairs, and even the window frame fell off." There was another click, and another solar energy fell from the roof. There was only one click, and the water and electricity were cut off, and half of the city was stopped
A whole day, damn it~
Okay, three more today, one more now, two more and three more later. Let everyone wait for a long time~