Luo Kaichao recognized this long-lost mark, and couldn't help but think in his heart, and he was a little anxious for a while, eager to quickly find his second uncle and ask what was going on.

But the Duchess of Zhenguo summoned and had to wait. At this time, in the corridor in front of Pingzhang Courtyard, a voice came from the west, this time, it should be the Duchess of Zhenguo.

The old lady and the "lady" of the Zhenguo Mansion had already gone into the courtyard without looking back, and a large group of maids and maids who followed outside also went to the courtyard like running water. In the open space outside, only Luo Kaichao standing in the shadow of the lamp and the little maid standing on the steps were left.

The little maid also heard the voice coming from the verandah in the west, and she didn't look at it with her feet, but turned around and said to the courtyard: "Madame is here!" ”

Only four mothers-in-law and four maids came out of the courtyard this time, much more orderly than the group of people who were in chaos first, standing on both sides of the steps, waiting for the Duchess of Zhenguo to come over.

Luo Kaichao hesitated for a while, but slowly paced out of the shadow of the lamp, and stood behind the row of mother-in-law on the right with his head bowed and his hands down.

He Ningxin was dressed in a big hat, holding the maid's hand, and brought people around.

The four mothers-in-law and four maids standing at the gate of the courtyard hurriedly blessed her, and said in unison: "I've seen Madame." ”

He Ningxin snorted, glanced at these people, and immediately found that there was one more person behind the mother-in-law, so she stopped and looked behind the row of mothers-in-law.

Luo Kaichao felt the eyes of the Duchess of Zhenguo looking over, hurriedly took a few steps forward, walked out from behind the row of mothers-in-law, knelt directly on the ground, kowtowed to the Duchess of Zhenguo, and said: "Xiaomin Luo Kaichao, meet the Duchess of Zhenguo!" "Very respectful and courteous, taking a small businessman to see the nobleman's pettiness and courtesy, which is very in line with his current status.

He Ningxin seemed to be a little familiar when she heard the voice, and nodded with a smile: "Boss Luo is polite, get up, it's cold on the ground." ”

Luo Kaichao was a little surprised by He Ningxin's courtesy, but he didn't think much about it, he stood up, raised his head and saluted, and glanced at He Ningxin.

He Ningxin saw Luo Kaichao's appearance clearly at this time, and sure enough, it was the husband she chose for Tonglu that day, and she was a little happier in her heart, and she became more and more kind to him: "I'm busy today, so I won't leave Boss Luo." In the future, the seafood in our house will have to bother Boss Luo's shop. ”

Luo Kaichao hurriedly smiled and said: "The Duchess of Zhenguo has orders, don't you dare to disobey?!" ”

He Ningxin nodded, started to go to the courtyard, and as she walked, she instructed Luo Kaichao: "If you are free in the future, let your lady come in and sit." ”

Luo Kaichao was stunned for a few moments, then hurriedly nodded yes, and watched He Ningxin enter the courtyard of Pingzhang Courtyard.

The mother-in-law who led him in waited for the Duchess of Zhenguo and her party to walk away, and then came out of it slowly, smacked her lips at Luo Kaichao and said, "Let's go, what are you doing there?" With that, he turned around and walked in front, and took Luo Kaichao out of the second door.

Luo Kaichao couldn't wait for a moment, as soon as he came out of the Zhenguo Mansion, he asked the little guy who was waiting outside to go back and send a letter to Tonglu, and he flew to the big mansion of the Luo family of the imperial merchant.

The eldest master of the Luo family was still practicing calligraphy in the study of the outer courtyard, and heard the people outside reporting that Luo Kaichao had come to ask for peace, and the old man Luo looked at the dark sky outside, and glanced at the hour on the big self-striking bell with a height of people in the corner of the house, and knew that Luo Kaichao must have something urgent, so he said: "Let him come in." Bring us two cups of tea. ”

Luo Kaichao hurriedly entered Master Luo's study, and when the people who were waiting in the room went out, he didn't care about drinking tea, and said a little anxiously: "Second uncle, my nephew saw the people from Bee Ma Tang in the Zhenguo Mansion today. "Very concise and to the point.

Master Luo was also taken aback, stood up and asked, "You didn't admit your mistake?" "That Bee Matang has done a lot of evil, and it was exterminated by unknown people as early as seven or eight years ago, how can there be any fish that have slipped through the net?

Luo Kaichao snorted and said with a smile: "How can you admit your mistake?" - This is the famous Yang Lan on the road, Miss Lan, the wife of the hall master of Bee Ma Tang, and now she is also old, she can't be called Miss Lan, she can only be called Aunt Lan. Second Uncle remember? ”

Speaking of this Lan girl from decades ago, a smile appeared on Master Luo's face, and he scratched his head with his hand, and said, "How can you not remember?" At that time, I was still young, only in my teens, and I followed your uncle to Jiangnan Huicheng Mansion to attend the wedding banquet of the eldest daughter of the Yang family. On that day, Huicheng Mansion was really lively. The eldest daughter of the Yang family married and married the eldest son of the Fan Yang Lu family. Ten miles of red makeup are lined up, from the Yang family to Qingjiang mǎtou. And at the other end of Huicheng Mansion, this Lan girl made her debut in Shaoyuan. The song "Water Tune Song Head" was amazing, not only the words were good, but also the song was good, and no one in the world had ever heard it, and she immediately became a red girl. She has a high vision, and her mother who raised her also wants to hoard Juqi, indulge her, and agree that she will not sell her body. Later, she was the first to wear a red dress and show her thighs from time to time, which fascinated the sons and chivalrous masters in the Jiangnan area, but no one could kiss Fangze. ”

At that time, it was more than forty years ago, and Luo Kaichao had not yet been born, but he knew about the glamorous dance in a red dress and exposed his thighs, and added with a smile: "My nephew is not blessed to see the Nalan girl dancing, but I have seen others dance many times, what is it called 'Carmen' dance, and later it was banned by the government on the grounds of immorality, so I can only dance in some secret inner doors." "It is also a song of red silk that I don't know, and the grand occasion of Wuling Gongzi fighting for his head.

"So many people are sought after, why doesn't this Lan girl find a good family to marry?" Luo Kaichao was a little curious, when he was on the road, this Lan girl was almost forty years old, and she followed the hall master of Bee Ma Tang, and she didn't know if she was a wife or a concubine. He smiled again and said, "My nephew also heard people talk about the life experience of this lady of the Bee Ma Hall, saying that she seems to be from everyone's background. I also laughed at the person who passed the word, 'everyone from the background' is a means for the people in the hall to raise the value of their own girls, and they are serious. ”

Master Luo was silent for a while, and after a long time, he said with some difficulty: "These words are not out of nowhere. As he spoke, he picked up an invitation he had just received and showed it to Luo Kaichao.

Luo Kaichao opened it to take a look, but it was the joy of the Yang family in Huicheng Mansion in Jiangnan, and it was a wedding post sent to relatives and friends.

Seeing Luo Kaichao's confused look, Master Luo shook his head and said, "Look at the joy sticker, there were originally two flowers side by side, only one was left, and the other one was pasted with red paper." ”

Luo Kaichao took a closer look, it was exactly like this, and asked, "What kind of custom is this?" "I thought it was a unique etiquette in Jiangnan.

Master Luo sighed and said, "The people over there in Huicheng Mansion all think that the twins are ominous. So once a twin child is born in the family, one must be sent away, leaving only the eldest one. "The one who is sent away will be kept at the house of distant relatives. If the one left in the house dies, the one that was sent away will be brought back. If the one in the family grows up safely, the one outside, if it is a daughter, when she grows up, prepare a dowry to marry. If it is a boy, it is passed directly to a distant relative. However, very few of these children who were sent out grew up alive, and most of them died.

This paste-hugged flower hints at twin daughters, but now there is only one left.

Luo Kaichao was a little confused, but also a little understood, and looked at Master Luo with wide eyes: "It can't be so coincidental, right?" ”

Master Luo smiled and said, "I don't know either." I just know that this Yang family, over the years, several pairs of twins have been born. - Calculating the age, if this Yang Lan girl is really as she said, she is also from a big family, and most of them are from the Yang family. ”

Luo Kaichao was dumbfounded, and said, "Then the Yang family can let their girls fall into the dust?" ”

Master Luo laughed at him and said, "When did you see when did the Yang family admit that she was the girl of the Yang family?" - That's I'd rather she's dead than admit it. ”

Luo Kaichao shut up, he didn't know these things. What the specific situation is, probably only the Yang family knows.

When Master Luo remembered back then, his face was also a little embarrassed, and he said, "She's a person, her life is not good." If she was really from the Yang family, her luck would be even worse. The eldest daughter of the Yang family, who was the same age as her, got married, but she took the stage on the same day and sold herself. ”

Luo Kaichao was silent. There are so many people who don't have the same life, they have to be taken care of, where can they be calculated?

Master Luo was immersed in his own memories and continued: "She was too high-minded back then, although there were many people chasing her, but they all just wanted to kiss Fang Ze, where did she ever think of marrying her back to be a wife?" - You said, if you marry a girl in the hall and go back to be a wife, even if you don't sell your body, the family will be over. People will say that the housewife came out of the hall, where can the girl and boy in the family be serious? This is blocking the way for future generations to live. The son and brother of a serious family are chasing joy and laughter outside, and this idea is still there, so naturally no one agrees to marry her. In fact, let alone marry, even if it is a concubine, it will not work. At most, it is raised as an outhouse. ”

Luo Kaichao nodded and said, "It's a pity." fell into this quagmire from the beginning, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get rid of the shortcomings in her background. - unless she changes her name and surname, so that people don't know who she used to be. "It's also risky. Once it is found out, with a lowly woman as his wife, the common people can still say that as long as they get rid of their nationality, they will be fine. If you are an official, you can only hide it, and you can't get rid of it. Let people participate in a book, and it is common to lose officials and go to knighthood.

Master Luo didn't speak, lowered his head and thought about his thoughts.

Luo Kaichao asked curiously: "In that case, why did she still make a house for others later?" "Don't you have to be a wife?

Master Luo let out an "ah", glanced at Luo Kaichao, and then said: "When a woman's family is old, she will always want to have a home." Can't be a main room, isn't the outer house also a house? Besides, she refused to do so before, but there was no man in her eyes. Later, if I agreed, naturally someone could afford to pay enough money. ”

"Who is it?" Luo Kaichao was even more curious. I can't believe that Miss Lan, who used to be ruthless, also has such a side.

Master Luo shook his head and said, "I don't know, probably no one knows." I only heard that she debuted at the age of seventeen, and eight years later, she finally met someone to redeem her, and she was willing to follow that person, so she handed over the money to her mother and left. It's been twelve years since I left, and when I come back, I'm already old, so I can only follow the old hall master who is about to enter the ground in Bee Ma Tang, and be an unknown 'hall master's wife'. He sighed again: "Women, the most afraid thing is to find a liar man, and her life will be ruined." It sounds like she thinks that this Yang Lan girl has been deceived.

By the time Luo Kaichao was mixed up on the road, this lady of the owner of the Bee Ma Tang had already become a ruthless character, holding half of the power of the Bee Ma Tang, and she was active in her mind and ruthless in her methods, and she ran the Bee Ma Tang very well, and she was in the limelight on the Southeast Road at that time.

Thinking of the methods of the later Bee Ma Tang Hall Master and Lady, Master Luo's face became solemn, and he turned around and sat on the circle chair just now, muttering as if asking Luo Kaichao, and as if talking to himself: "What is she doing in the capital?" ”

These three religions and nine streams on the road generally do not come to the capital. Even if it is really unavoidable, they are all cautious and cautious, cautious and cautious, and no one dares to run to the mansion of the dignitaries and nobles.

Luo Kaichao heard Master Luo's question, and hurriedly said, "I don't know what to do." She is now, but she is the 'mother' of the old lady of the Zhenguo Mansion! When it comes to the word "mother", it is very ironic.

Master Luo's hands trembled, and he took out two jade handballs from the drawer below, played with them in his hands, and asked Luo Kaichao with his eyes half-closed, "What are you doing in the Zhenguo Mansion again?" ”

Luo Kaichao was speechless for a while, and he was stunned for a long time before he said with a smile: "The Zhenguo Mansion has taken care of my nephew today, and the nephew made a special trip to the Zhenguo Mansion to thank the Zhenguo Duchess for taking care of her." ”

Master Luo still had his eyes half-closed, sneered when he heard this, and said, "Don't think about coaxing me, you kid." Looking at me, I don't know, your lady Tonglu has a holiday with the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, right? ”

Luo Kaichao was taken aback, his heart was worried, and he didn't understand Master Luo's methods, so he quickly knelt down for Master Luo when he heard the words, and a cold sweat broke out on his back, for fear that Master Luo would let him give his wife for the sake of the Luo family.

Master Luo's slightly closed eyes caught a glimpse of Luo Kaichao actually kneeling down for himself, and hurriedly opened his eyes and said, "What are you doing?" Get up. Don't worry, I'm not going to be so stubborn, and I'm not going to be so boneless, I can't afford anything. ”

Luo Kaichao saw that Master Luo didn't mean to let him be a wife, so he was relieved, stood up with a smile, and saluted Master Luo again before saying: "The second uncle is a burdensome person, and my nephew has always listened to the second uncle." - My nephew really doesn't have any disrespect for the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, as long as Mrs. Marquis Ningyuan raises her noble hand, I can kowtow to her. ”

Master Luo raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and said, "Don't say this." Our family, it's not up to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, it's a good thing for you to hide now, let Tonglu hide in the future, don't just take a look at Mrs. Ningyuanhou. - They are the queen's foreign family, and they have three princes to support them. Today's saint can say that once the prince succeeds to the throne, we have to be careful. ”

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