At the end of the meal, Yu Youlong came back from Peach Blossom and said to Luo Shi: "Liang Shizi said that he has no money"

Luo Shi was stupid when she heard this, raised her head from the tea bowl, and looked at Yu Youlong in a daze.

"But he said that he is worth a lot of money" Yu Youlong smiled helplessly, conveying Uncle Liang's inexplicable self-confidence back.

"The dignified son of Liangmen is crying poor? It's worth a lot of money, what does he want to do? ”

Luo Shi quietly put down the teacup, Fang didn't go to Taohuadu with Yu Youlong, not afraid of seeing him, but he hadn't sorted out his emotions yet, once they met, in case the affection flowed in their eyes, they would inevitably be embarrassed by each other, and Yu Youlong would discuss business with him.

Yu Youlong took out two invitations from his arms, the posts were exquisite, and the bronzing place outlined a nine flowers with gold powder.

Nine flowers are the worldly chrysanthemums, because the chrysanthemums bloom in September.

"On the third day of the ninth lunar month, Taohuadu will hold a chrysanthemum appreciation conference, and the ladies of Tongzhou City and even the rich families of neighboring prefectures and counties will be invited to come to enjoy the play."

Yu Youlong saw that Luo Shi's face sank, and he felt a little inexplicable, and continued: "He said that after the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting, he took out 100,000 taels of silver to help me raise food."

Luo Shi was taken aback, could he come up with this money?

"No, didn't he say what he was going to do?"

Yu Youlong shook his head: "He only asked me to borrow a team of officials, about a dozen people, saying that he was acting as a temporary servant of the Liang Mansion, so as to ensure the safety of these young ladies, I thought it made sense, so I agreed."

Luo Shi thought about it, I don't know what he wants to do, but it's definitely not a good idea! He also called a group of girls who admired his style to appreciate the chrysanthemums, who rarely saw through the chrysanthemums, didn't they all come to see him, a beautiful man who moved Kyushu?

I remembered that in the past, Sang Bai once said that Uncle Liang's market price at night - ten taels for a word, twenty taels for a love letter, and then develop, you must not touch your hands for fifty taels, hug a hundred taels, and kiss a thousand taels?

Otherwise, what would he take to make up 100,000 taels!

Thinking of a bunch of women lining up with silver to patronize Uncle Liang, her whole person was not good.

The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt in my heart, and the originally calm Luo Shi couldn't sit still.

Yu Youlong saw her appearance, and laughed: "Sure enough, Liang Shizi said, if you tell you about this matter, you are irritable and annoyed, so I will give you this invitation, if you deal with it indifferently, you don't need to be invited, but he is sure that you must be the former, haha, it's also strange!" ”

Bah!

What did he mean, did he think she would be jealous?

She's so good now, not sour at all......

Yu Youlong handed the invitation card for the chrysanthemum banquet to Luo Shi, and when he saw that she was hesitant, he was afraid to retreat, and said with a smile:

"There is only a gold leaf in the invitation, which means that whoever takes this leaf can enter the house, recognize it or not, if you don't want it, I will take it to my niece, she has admired Liang Shizi for a long time——"

"Who said I don't want to? For the sake of 100,000 yuan of grain and silver, I will definitely go to it in person."

Luo is awe-inspiring, and he believes it all, this excuse is perfect, and it must be justified to see Uncle Liang at night. And she didn't go against what she promised Liang's mother, she didn't enter the capital, and she didn't have private dealings with Uncle Liang at night.

He invited her, she answered, and that's it.

After taking the gold leaf in the invitation, she put it close to her, saluted Yu Youlong and said goodbye, and she walked out of the prefect's yamen from the side door.

Walking to the shop, Luo Shi has even begun to calculate, on the third day of the ninth month, what is better to wear?

*

Back at the shop, Xue Dacheng waited anxiously for her, but he promised it yesterday, and he would never break his promise, so although he hired a passenger boat to Jiangpu, he still waited for Luo Shi in the shop.

"Girl, you're finally here!"

"I'm sorry, I went to the prefect's yamen, this matter is not a burden that I can bear as a poor girl, fortunately, Lord Yu is a good official, he believed my words, and is planning to raise money to collect grain, and fight to the end with the black hand who operates the grain market behind the scenes."

Luo Shi explained softly as she invited him to talk in the shop.

"Do you want to stock up on grain?" Xue Dacheng was a little surprised.

"Yes, to balance the price of the market, we must have a market share, and if all the resources are in the hands of one person, we don't even have the power to negotiate"

Xue Dacheng didn't understand it at all, but he thought that since this matter was next for the governor of the children's state, he would give an explanation to the people.

Luo Shi saw that he was confused, so he went straight to the point and got straight to the point:

"I ask you to stay for a few more days, and when I raise the money, I will go to the Cao Gang with you!"

"You're going to the Cao Gang?"

Luo Shi nodded, she had a plan in her heart, but she had to persuade the Cao Gang to cooperate, if she succeeded, Jiang's ambition would be frustrated, not to mention that she could be asked to pay for her blood! After briefly saying a few words to Xue Dacheng, she said earnestly:

"When the time comes, I will rely on Brother Xue to help lobby!"

Xue Dacheng is a man who walks the rivers and lakes, and the Cao Gang takes righteousness as the foundation of the gang, and immediately said: "The girl saved my life, don't say that this matter is harmless to the Cao Gang, even if it is not beneficial, I am willing to give up my life for the girl!" ”

persuaded Xue Dacheng to live with peace of mind first, and she felt a little more at ease.

*

The autumn colors of September, first from the courtyard of the quadrangle, the iron stem begonia is full of trees, the grains are half green and half red, bending the branches, like Uncle Liang's handsome but flamboyant smile, bright to the astringent.

Luo Shi changed into a straight blue placket, twelve phoenix tail skirts, jade rings pendant on the waist, jade flowing, not glamorous but not shabby, small jasper, delicate and elegant.

Outside the courtyard, there are flower farmers walking the streets and alleys, and begin to sell chrysanthemums in September, and the sound of selling comes from afar, and it is long and subdued: "Planting-nine flowers"

Out of the courtyard gate, the carriage hired in advance had arrived, the coachman was dressed in a short beat, with a simple smile, and nodded towards Luo Xi with a smile: "Let's leave now?" ”

"Okay, let's go now, peach blossoms cross the Liang Mansion, and enjoy the chrysanthemum banquet"

……

When he got to the ferry and jumped out of the carriage, Rao was already mentally prepared, but Luo Shi still startled this battle.

All kinds of incense cars and sedan chairs crowded the gate, and there were always a hundred or so people in the sedan chair and coachman, who were wearing brown shorts, and their trouser legs were tightly tied, and they were sitting in the corner of the wall, talking loudly, some were local to Tongzhou, and some came from the next prefecture and county.

Besides, the young ladies and maids, dressed in fragrant sideburns, and wearing rings, they lined up in a long line, led by the mother-in-law, waiting for the porter to register before they could enter the gate of the house.

Luo Shi sighed secretly: My obedient, Emperor Shunzhenmen's draft, is nothing more than that?

She didn't have a maid and a mother-in-law, she was alone, and when she was in line, Si Yan Jia Ding asked with a smile: "Dare to ask the girl Fangming's mansion, can there be an invitation gold leaf?" ”

"Tongzhou Mansion, Luo Shi"

Luo Shi took out the gold leaf from her purse and was about to hand it to him.

Suddenly, she felt someone squeezing her on the side, staggered out a few steps, and as soon as her hand was loosened, the gold leaf fell to the ground - leaning over to pick it up, but was picked up by a mother-in-law first.

Before Luo Xi could say anything, the woman smiled, raised the leaf in her hand, and ran to the side to ask for merit from a woman dressed beautifully:

"Third Miss, I picked up a gold leaf, we can go in!"

Luo Shi was so shocked that her eyes were about to fall off, is this also called picking up? Can you still play like this?

The woman called the third lady, the fat powder is cheesy, her head is decorated with hairpin ring jewelry, she took out a champa to cover her mouth and smiled: "The nurse is so powerful, so I won't call the eldest sister and the second sister to take advantage of this, there are many sisters in the family is annoying, there are only two pieces of gold leaf, but there is less mine!" I can't buy it with money, and no one is willing to sell it, so I'm so angry."

"The third lady is good-looking, where is the eldest lady and the second miss can be compared, if we can go in, we will definitely be able to make Liang Shizi blue-eyed, and when she becomes a princess in the future, what will you care about those two little hooves?"

Luo Shi couldn't help but interrupt the intoxicated lust of the master and servant, and said lightly:

"Please return the gold leaf to me, I'm in a hurry"

The third lady's real name is Yin Baozhu, and she is the concubine of the Yin family, a wealthy businessman in Tongzhou, and the sisters above are strong, and she can't get gold leaves, so she can only use obscene tricks.

"Is there a name written on it? How can I say that it is yours, why should I return it to you if I have picked it up with my ability? ”

Yin Baozhu seems to be a poor girl, although she was born well and her temperament is also outstanding, but when she saw that the clothes were plain, and the satin was not grosgrain but Hang Jin, she became arrogant and didn't take people in her eyes at all.

Luo Shi didn't want to lower her IQ, so she didn't want to reason with her, so she only reached out and grabbed her collar and dragged her to herself-

Yin Baozhu was so frightened that her face was discolored, and she screamed in surprise, completely puzzled! Why is this person and this person so savage, even if there are many women and sisters in the family, everyone is intrigued and cynical, but they are all secretly stumbling, how can there be such a shrew, who will do it if she doesn't agree with her!

Luo Shi didn't hit her, but just pulled out the hairpin ring on her head, and even took off the earring.

Yin Baozhu's hair was all messy, her collar was untidy, and she touched it under the severe pain in her ears, and it was all blood!

"You little slut, you madman, what do you do, what do you do! Wow......"

Yin Baozhu's house fighting skills are useless, and in the face of Luo Shi's simple and rudeness, she can only sobbed on the ground:

"Give it back to me...... Give me everything back...... My earrings, this is given to me by my father, please return them to me......"

Seeing her collapse, Luo Shi stepped forward, unhurriedly removed the gold leaf from her palm, and smiled:

"I snatched it by my own ability, why should I give it back to you? You say it's all yours, you call them, I'll see if I agree? ”

Hearing Luo Shi say this, Yin Baozhu's little face turned pale with anger.

Facing Luo Shi's cold eyes, Yin Baozhu was about to scold, when she suddenly saw the man behind her, Yin Baozhu couldn't help but tremble, like a frightened deer, with watery eyes and tearful eyelashes, choked up:

"I don't know where you offended the girl, and you want to do this to me? If you like these, I'll give it to you, why bother to rob it, why do you want to rob it, why do you want to steal? ”

Luo Xian was waiting for her to scold, but suddenly the style of painting changed sharply, and she herself became a wicked woman who bullied weak women, and her face was confused with a capital letter.

It wasn't until the hairpin ring in her hand was taken away by Uncle Liang that she woke up.

Yes, I got it.

The necessary skills of house fighting are persistent, pretending to be weak.

"You robbed her?"

Uncle Liang glanced at Luo Shi at night, his tone was light, but his brows were unconsciously twisted, and there was a hint of blame in his eyes.

Luo Shi couldn't help but be angry, these routines are so good, they are all stinky problems that you idiot men are used to!

"Yes, I robbed it, what do you think? Send me to the government? ”

Uncle Liang sighed secretly at night, took out a square scarf, took Luo Shi's hand, and wiped the hair oil and fat powder stained on her palms:

"You can also see this cheesy thing, and if you don't care about it for a few days, you will really go back more and more - it stinks, hurry up and go in and wash it"

He looked down at her palm, scolded, and slapped her hand away.

For that Yin Baozhu, he didn't take a look at it, turned around and left, and then seemed to remember something, turned around and smiled at her:

"You want to come to the chrysanthemum feast?"

Yin Baozhu was stupidly fascinated by Uncle Liang's smile at night, and Mu Ran nodded.

"That's good, five hundred taels of tea are at your own expense, and the tickets are free."

His eyes flew, Yin Baozhu's heart was full of spring, and he immediately went out of his body, and his love was surging, not to mention five hundred taels, five thousand taels she was willing to come out!