Chapter Seventy-Two: The Time Is Set for the Winter Solstice
Nanfeng Pavilion, Pleiades Tower.
As soon as Gao Lang changed into the dark blue silk shirt that Crane Niang specially sent for him, the door was slammed.
Brother Xiao Chuan was waiting outside to lead Gao Lang to the hall.
Gao Lang had already followed Brother Xiao Chuan last night, and he was familiar with the work he should do, and today according to the instructions of Crane Niang, Brother Xiao Chuan led him around, and then he watched by himself.
The warm breeze in the hall is melting, the fragrance is fragrant, the curtain of soft smoke Luo, curtain after curtain, one after another, in the candle smoke and fog, it seems to be real and illusory, like a fairyland.
On the wooden platform in the middle of the hall, there are handsome men playing silk and bamboo orchestras, noisy and slow.
Behind them is a setting of mountain flowers and banana leaves in the twilight.
Gao Lang held a small copper kettle soaked in green orange oolong, going back and forth between the elegant seats.
He had to do very little, just add tea, run errands, and spread the word.
Some of the guests on the elegant seats in the hall are those on the lookout, and some are under the stand.
The guests under the stands were amazed at when such a good-looking little man came to the Nanfeng Pavilion, and he didn't go on stage because he looked so good, but instead started the work of serving tea and water.
It's a terrible thing!
Someone beckoned, Gao Lang carried the copper kettle over, and as soon as his hand was raised, the tea with the aroma of orange blossom flowed into the green jade cup.
The people in the banquet stared at Gao Lang's face vigorously, and only after a while did they speak, "What's your name?" You can come with me, I'm Lou Zhutou's nephew! ”
Gao Lang grinned and smirked.
"My nephew asked you!" Next to the man, a man in brocade clothes only smiled when he saw Gao Lang, and as soon as the teacup was put down, he put it on a posture.
This man Gao Lang has seen it several times, and it is the one that Chang'an bought to give Jin Xiaolou a few times.
As soon as Lou Zhutou's words fell, a wine glass was suddenly smashed on the private room on the second floor, and it fell on his head.
"Grandma's, which one doesn't have long eyes...... Lou Zhutou gasped in pain, jumped up and was ready to scold.
"Lou Zhutou, your nephew is a bit big." Someone upstairs poked his head out to speak, a face that Gao Lang didn't recognize.
But Lou Zhutou, who was in full swing, instantly wilted when he saw that person.
"Hutiha, why are you, why are you here? I am my mother's old man, and my little nephew is the eldest on my side. Lou Zhutou smiled bitterly and bowed, he didn't dare to offend this Hu Ti Ha, picked up the jade cup that had just smashed his head, and handed it to Gao Lang, "It's not about to be cleaned, send it to the adults upstairs!" ”
Gao Lang didn't nod his head, didn't bend his waist, took the wine glass and left.
Lou Zhutou was on fire, but he couldn't say a word.
This Hu Ti Shi, named Hushan, is not yet twenty years old, although he is young but promising, his family lives in the mountains of Shu, and he is a scholar.
In the late spring and early summer of this year, when I went to visit relatives by the Wuli River, I happened to meet Nanyi to attack, and even if I lost my pen and picked up a broad knife and spear, I knew that I was so brave, and he won again and again.
In less than three months, he had been promoted from an unknown spearman to a tihar.
Now he not only has to train soldiers, but also is in charge of the Xinning County Freight Yard and supervises the trade of grain, gold and silk.
This Hushan man is very gentle, but he is bloodthirsty, and his temperament is extremely rough and strong, and the previous person who offended him was nailed to a stake in the school yard and whipped to death.
Lou Zhutou can't afford to provoke this tiger to give jurisdiction.
Gao Lang just walked to the door of the Accord on the second floor, the carved wooden door of the white ash was opened from the inside, Hushan stood neatly, the rules were in order, and when he saw people coming in, he stepped forward to call a thousand: "Seventh master." ”
Gao Lang nodded, walked straight to the chair in the middle and sat down.
Chang'an stood aside, took the copper kettle in Gao Lang's hand, and poured a cup of kumquat oolong.
"Seventh Master, this person's name is Hushan." Chang'an introduced.
Gao Lang took a sip of tea: "You are a hero, remember that your blood should be used on the battlefield, not on your own people." ”
A police officer in Hushan looked down and hurriedly responded.
"What news did you bring with you?" Gao Lang glanced at Chang'an and asked.
"The Seventh Master is clear." Chang'an was impressed, the seventh master could always see through what he had done at a glance, "This news was brought by Hushan." ”
Hushan said: "A few days ago, I caught a spy from Nanyi in the camp, according to him, the reason why Nanyi came to commit this time was because someone in my court answered, and he promised to send Wulijiang away as long as he helped get rid of a person. ”
"Who is the one to be eliminated, but this spy never says, but does not know, until he is beaten to death." Hu Shan frowned, "I think this person may really not know, but he said that the time to do it is set on the day of the beginning of winter." ”
"Lidong?" Gao Lang put down the teacup and squinted, "There is still a month and three days." ”
Gao Lang raised his eyes and looked at Hushan: "The news is very good, you go down first." Guarding the Wuli River, we can't let an inch of the land of Dazhou. ”
"Yes!" Gao Lang's eyes were cold, but the words he said made Hushan's heart warm, he knew that the person he chose would not be wrong.
After Hushan went out, Gao Lang asked Chang'an: "Is there something going on in the capital?" ”
Chang'an replied: "Nanyang flying pigeon sent a message, and the emperor's illness became more and more serious. There was a new Miao doctor in the palace, saying that there was a kind of Wuli grass on Jinjun Mountain, which had a miraculous effect on coughing up blood, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to ask for orders to find it. ”
Jinjun Mountain is on the side of the Wuli River, on the side of Nanyi.
"When will it arrive?" Gao Lang's expression did not change at all.
"I guess it's coming soon." Chang'an lowered his hand and thought carefully, "If there is a delay on the road, it should be within this month." ”
"Gao Lang!" Downstairs, the crane girl pulled her throat and shook off the silk bamboo and crashed into the private room.
"Keep an eye on the old five." Gao Lang put down a sentence, got up and carried the copper teapot, and walked out.
Chang'an looked at the back of his seventh master leaving, faintly worried.
A storm is coming, and he can't guess who Nanyi is going to kill, but he is afraid that everything will be the same as a year ago......
A year ago, the danger was full of dangers, and the seventh master's abdomen and back were attacked, and he was still in Xinning, and Chang'an still had palpitations when he thought about it at this moment.
This time, Chang'an hopes that the seventh master is the last yellow bird.
As soon as Gao Lang arrived downstairs, he saw Crane Niang standing in front of the Nanfeng Pavilion and said to him, "Your lady has sent you a letter." ”
Letter? Gao Lang saw a coachman standing in front of him at the entrance of the pavilion, holding a letter in his hand: "Young master, Miss Xiaolou specially asked me to send it to Gao Lang Gongzi of the Nanfeng Pavilion this morning." ”
"A young couple is good, and if you don't see each other, it's like three autumns." Crane Niang laughed.
He Niang deliberately shouted like this, and more people saw this extraordinary-looking little man.
Crane Niang used Gao Lang as a vase and achieved the purpose of soliciting business.
Gao Lang took the letter and turned around and walked to the backyard, standing next to the rockery, under the eaves of the porch lantern, and opened the envelope.
Inside was a piece of paper, on which was drawn a small figure with a small nose and small eyes, dressed in thick clothes, holding a roast duck in one hand and a pig's trotters in the other......
Gao Lang's face darkened, which meant to keep himself fed and clothed...... However, does this Jin Xiaolou think that he is illiterate? To insult his IQ with such a shoddy picture......
Gao Lang was disgusted, and at the same time stuffed the picture back into the envelope and put it in his close-fitting purse.
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Last night, after Jin Xiaolou handed over Zhou Shuli's letter to Huang Guizhi, somehow, he suddenly wanted to write a letter to Gao Lang on a whim.
In modern times, communication between people is convenient and fast, and Jin Xiaolou has never written a letter.
At this moment, Gao Lang was not around, which just gave her the opportunity to write a letter.
It was only when she picked up the pen that she was shocked that with Gao Lang's five-year-old child's brain, could she recognize words? Why don't you draw a picture?
So, there was the letter that went to Gao Lang's hand.
"Xiaolou, it's time to eat." Guizhi stir-fried bacon and edamame and old pumpkin together, and then stuffed the half-cooked rice on top of it, covered the pot with a lid and boiled a cup of tea over a hot fire.
The bacon stew is done.
The sesame oil smoked from the fresh bacon is soaked in the rice grains, and the smell makes people drool.
In the evening, the scenery was quiet, and the two moved stools to sit in front of the door, holding rice bowls, watching the sunset and eating hot stewed rice.
"The sun is like a pumpkin, smashed to pieces and painted all over the mountains." Guizhi scooped a spoonful of rice and opened his mouth.
"Guizhi, if you are in modern times, you are a poet!" Jin Xiaolou praised casually.
"What generation?" Huang Guizhi was a little strange.
Jin Xiaolou realized that he had slipped his mouth, and hurriedly pulled it over: "Peerless!" You are the peerless poet Huang Guizhi! ”
As soon as her words fell, in the courtyard of the Jin family in front of her, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Tan Orion came to propose marriage with a pig's head and a fat goose and a smile on his face.