Chapter 575: People are in tea

After a while, the subordinates of Tianxiang Pavilion brought a servant.

This person saluted and took out a post, and handed it over with both hands, "My lord, this is a post sent by the prefect of my family, and I want to invite Lord Pony to go to the heavenly tower to taste tea tonight." ”

Dengtianlou is an elegant teahouse in Guanquan Mansion, which does not sell wine and food, but only sells tea that is not cheap. There are also a large number of piano, chess, calligraphy, paintings = and ornaments in the building, which are all elegant things.

If you have something you like, you can also buy it home, and in order to look elegant and tasteful, everyone doesn't say buy it but says it's a copy.

But anyone who thinks that he has a taste in Guanquan Mansion must come here as a guest, but fortunately, in addition to tea, the refreshments are also extraordinarily exquisite, even if you drink tea, it will not make people swell.

Zhuang Rou had asked the people of Tianxiang Pavilion about the situation of Guanquan Mansion in the past few days, and she knew about this Heavenly Tower, and she had no interest in wanting to see it at all.

In this kind of place, there must be many rules, and there will be a lot of literary and sour talents, which is terrible.

But now that the prefect is entertaining, of course she has to go there, after all, she can be an official in a place full of rivers and lakes, and this network and means will not be bad.

So, Zhuang Rou took the post, "No problem, I must be there tonight." ”

After saying that, he took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and stuffed it into the man's hand.

The official also excused himself, then put it away with a smile, "Thank you, Master Ma, then I'll go back and report to the prefect." ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Zhuang Rou said with a smile, and the official retired and left.

After the people left, she opened the invitation card and looked at it a few times, and the prefect's surname was Zhao, and she didn't say that she could bring a few people over, she thought about it and planned to go by herself.

Qin Qiu stayed here to guard Zhuang Jin, as for Old Man Song, because Tianxiang Pavilion was closed these days, the girls didn't accept guests, he went to play with those girls every day, and he couldn't see anyone in the gentle township.

Yinba is even more difficult to go, and those literati may faint alive when they see it.

No one has an opinion on this decision, not to mention that it is not fun to climb to the sky, and it is even more annoying to go to see the official, who will suffer this in the cold weather.

At night, Zhuang Rou wrapped herself in a thick cloak and rode into a carriage against the cold wind to climb to the sky.

Sure enough, it was not a happy thing to go out at night, her mood became depressed, and she almost wanted the coachman to send her back to Tianxiang Pavilion halfway.

Fortunately, the tower is not too far away, and it will be there in a short time.

This is a seven-story color building, hanging a lot of colorful lanterns, and the lanterns are all written, some are puzzles, and many are missing half a sentence of couplets, only half a poem is also a lot.

Zhuang Rou got out of the carriage and looked up curiously at the lamps hanging by the windows, only to see that from time to time there would be maids using bamboo poles with hooks to take off the outside lights by the windows.

At other windows, there are also new lanterns with inscriptions, which are very lively.

"It is our honor to climb the sky, the prefect is already waiting upstairs, and the villain will take the horse upstairs." The waiters who climbed to the sky were dressed in a refreshing and elegant manner, but they were also deliberately different from the literati who came.

Otherwise, it will make them feel that they are dressed the same as their subordinates, and they are laughing at them.

Zhuang Rou handed the groom a piece of broken silver, asked him to drink a glass of wine outside to keep warm, and followed the waiter upstairs.

She went all the way to the seventh floor, where the whole floor was divided into two private rooms for the sake of tranquility.

There is not only a place to enjoy the scenery and drink tea, but even the soft couch for a night of napping is also separated, the fragrance is light, and there is a faint fragrance in the air, which is not sweet but has a calming effect.

At the door of the room on the left, there were two servants, one blocked Zhuang Rou, and the other went into the room to report.

The prefect here is full of big shelves.

Zhuang Rou stood at the door and smiled, looking at the official who had been staring at him, and felt that he was a little nervous.

She smiled and said, "Do you want to be searched?" ”

"Huh?" The official was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "I want to search on weekdays." ”

"Are you afraid of death, or are you trying to put on an official show? Seeing him, he had to be searched. Zhuang Rou said with a smile, if they dared to search themselves, they would be killed on the spot.

Before the servant could speak, the door opened, and a hearty laugh came from inside, and a fat man who looked very kind came out of it.

"It's really Zhao's honor to be willing to appreciate the light." Governor Zhao said with a smile, as if he was very familiar with Zhuang Rou.

Zhuang Rou nodded slightly, "Lord Zhao is polite." ”

Governor Zhao waved his hand and let her in, "Zhuang Concubine, please take a seat." ”

The tea set has already been set up in the house, and the water on the small stove is already hot, waiting for the guests to take their seats and start making tea.

The tea maker was an elegant female tea master, and when she saw the guests seated, she didn't need to be reminded, nor did she greet the guests, as if she was the only one in the room, and began to make tea.

Zhuang Rou knelt opposite her, watching her brew tea with a light and graceful technique, and a fragrance wafted in the room for a long time.

It's right that you didn't bring Yinba over, if it was there, maybe the beauty and atmosphere would have to be ruined by it now.

The female tea master put the jade cup filled with tea in front of Zhuang Rou and Zhao Zhifu, a small tea bowl like a bull's eye, and drank the tea in one gulp, and the mouth was full of aftertaste.

When the tea was entered, Governor Zhao swallowed it and praised: "Sure enough, the same tea can only be drunk here." ”

"It's really good tea." Zhuang Rou didn't know much about tea, but she still knew how delicious it was, and she was waiting to see when this Zhao Governor would open her mouth and mention the real purpose of asking herself to come to taste tea.

After only a cup of tea, Governor Zhao asked casually: "Zhuang Yuma, I heard that you have a peerless treasure map?" ”

"Huh?" Zhuang Rou didn't expect him to mention this, he studied hard for many years and was admitted to the top prize, and he became the prefect after so many years of officialdom, can he still believe this?

She was a little puzzled and said, "Lord Zhao, you actually believe that kind of rumor?" ”

"Hahaha......"

Governor Zhao laughed and said: "Zhuang Yuma first came into contact with these people in the rivers and lakes, and he didn't know anything. A large part of them practice martial arts every day, and there are not many of them who have read books, and even if they are masters, there are people who only know their own names. ”

"Even if there is a hidden treasure, it is very possible to take a name like a peerless treasure map."

He touched his beard and said with a kind face: "I heard that these Jianghu people are rumored to have a peerless treasure map in Zhuang Concubine, and they all want to take it from you." ”

"These Jianghu people are lawless, as long as it is good for them, it is okay to kill people and sell goods. Regardless of whether the treasure map was on the colt or not, they would definitely give it a try, and the colt only brought a few people, but it was quite dangerous. ”

If he didn't want to hear what he was going to do, Zhuang Rou wanted to have a seizure at this time, this is Guanquan Mansion, he is a prefect, and he actually has the face to say that the bandits in his city are lawless.

What about sects and people in the rivers and lakes, as long as they do illegal things, they will be arrested if they should be caught, and those who should be killed will be beheaded, and they will also follow the people in the rivers and lakes to say what the morality of the rivers and lakes, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?

But she endured it, showed a somewhat panicked expression, and said anxiously: "What can I do, I heard that the people in the rivers and lakes are very powerful, where can the people I bring stop them." ”

"Lord Zhao, you are the prefect of this place, what should the official do now?"

Governor Zhao picked up the second cup of tea, drank it and comforted him: "Zhuang don't have to be too anxious, there is this official here, and the safety of the horse will be guaranteed." ”

"It's just that the peerless treasure map is on the horse, which is easy to cause death, and Zhao is willing to take this murderous goods. Even if they are powerful in martial arts and their six relatives don't recognize them, but this official can be regarded as a dignified prefect, and they don't dare to openly break into the yamen. ”

Zhuang Rou said movingly: "Lord Zhao understands the righteousness so well, how can Zhuang Mou throw this life-threatening matter to the adult for his own selfish interests." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, you are a person with a wife and children, and they don't dare to look for you directly, so they may target your wife's and children. I'm different, I'm alone, and my only brother haunts the palace every day. ”

"If those charlatans want to kidnap their relatives and blackmail me, let them go to the palace to catch them, I'm afraid of what they will do." She said indifferently, how could she deceive herself with this.

Governor Zhao frowned slightly, "Zhuang Concubine, this is not a trivial matter, you have to be careful." ”

Zhuang Rou picked up the tea, raised her head and drank it, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Governor Zhao, my cup of tea is poisonous, do you have that cup?" ”

"What! Poison! Governor Zhao threw down the teacup like a hot potato, and a catcher who had been staying in the corner suddenly stepped forward.

He took out a finger-long silver needle and stirred it into the tea, and the place where the silver needle touched the tea was immediately as black as ink.

"My lord, it's poisonous!" The head catcher snorted coldly, and immediately clasped Zhao Governor's hand, and Zhao Governor's face was already so frightened that his face turned white.

Zhuang Rou thought that he put the poison, but now that Zhao Zhifu is so frightened, I am afraid that even he does not know that it is poisonous.

She looked at the female tea master, the tea was found to be poisonous, but she still continued to make tea as if nothing had happened, quiet as ever.

Governor Zhao stood up and kicked over the tea table with one kick, "You dare to poison me!" ”

The female tea master finally raised her eyes slightly and looked at Governor Zhao's mansion.

The head catcher immediately protected him behind him, and pushed him backwards towards the door, "My lord is dangerous, leave quickly!" ”

Zhuang Rou sat in place and didn't move, but the poison was forced out by her internal force, and she was not in a hurry to leave.

(End of chapter)