Chapter 420: Gu Zhenxuan
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather in the capital is as cool as a day. Huo Roufeng is very boring, from childhood to adulthood, the most boring life is now.
Mrs. Huo invited an embroidery master in her own embroidery workshop to teach her female red, Huo Roufeng was very interested at first, but after a few days of study, she found that she was interested in painting patterns, not embroidery.
So the embroidery master was replaced by a female teacher who was good at flowers and birds, and after a few days, Huo Roufeng found that she liked to appreciate paintings more than to paint.
Mrs. Huo thought this was very good, so she invited a retired old shopkeeper to teach Huo Roufeng to appreciate antique calligraphy and painting. The old shopkeeper surnamed Cai, in the Huo family's Gu Zhenxuan for 20 years, a few years ago Gu Zhenxuan opened a branch in the capital, he went from Hangzhou to the capital, the two sons are now in the capital of Gu Zhenxuan, Cai Lao retired and did not return to the south, Huo Da Niang sent a two-entry house to him, he stayed in the capital to retire.
Huo Roufeng originally liked to collect antiques and KitKat, and Cai Lao taught him very patiently, so she became interested and studied very seriously with Cai Lao.
Before Huo Qingzhou left Beijing, she left her a box, which contained all the things she asked Huo Qingzhou to find for her.
When she was in Guangdong, she wrote to Huo Qingzhou and asked him to find her a book of military books.
This is what she has always wanted to read, but this kind of book has been passed down from generation to generation in the family of military generals, and it is impossible to buy it outside.
Huo Qingzhou has always been obedient to his sister, not to mention that he can ask his friends to find it, even if he can't find it, he has to dig three feet into the ground.
In less than a month, he had more than a dozen copies copied, and a box full of them was packed with Huo Roufeng's favorite romances.
These days, she studied with Cai Lao during the day, and read military books at night, and Mrs. Huo could only shake her head helplessly after hearing about it, even she didn't know how her sister changed from learning embroidery to learning treasures.
After more than ten days, it was September.
On this day, Huo Roufeng followed Cai Lao to Gu Zhenxuan.
In the past, Huo Jiuye often came to Gu Zhenxuan, and Gu Zhenxuan was very familiar with Huo Jiuye up and down, so when Huo Roufeng came, she wore a power fence, separated by a light veil, and outsiders couldn't see her face.
Regarding the fact that Jiu Niangzi is Huo Jiuye, Cai Lao didn't even tell his son, Gu Zhenxuan's people heard that it was the daughter of the Huo family who came, and they were accompanied by Cai Lao and the eldest lady beside him, so they didn't dare to ask more.
It just so happened that Gu Zhenxuan received more than a dozen new goods, and Cai Lao asked Huo Roufeng to evaluate them one by one. Huo Roufeng saw that there was a plum vase in front of the dynasty, like the one in her sister's house that she broke when she was a child, so she asked Bai Zhi to order the shopkeeper to wrap it up for her, and take it back when she left.
After a while, Bai Zhi came in with a brocade box, which was specially used to hold antiques in Gu Zhenxuan.
Huo Roufeng saw that the brocade box was made of yellow rosewood, so he sighed and said, "Gu Zhenxuan's box has been replaced with a yellow pear one?" It used to be just an ordinary thin wooden box. ”
Cai Lao explained: "It's no wonder that Jiu Niangzi doesn't know that two years ago, someone brought a box with a Huanghuali to inquire about the origin of this box. I happened to be on the counter, and I saw that although the box was carved in an antique way, it was not an old object, it should be something from the last few years, but it was just old, so I told her the truth. The woman was very disappointed, turned around and left, and on a whim, I asked her to leave the box in the shape, and there was an old carpentry business, and I asked for her. The woman was pleased, so I asked the man to draw the box out. ”
"A few days later, there was an old woodmaker to come, I showed him that, he looked at it and said, he had seen such a box, the box was used by the Xie family to decorate the festival and birthday gifts, very particular, and then the Xie family fell, good things flowed out a lot, this kind of daily box is not valuable, if you really want to find, you can also find it."
"Unfortunately, the woman never came again, and I forgot about it. At the beginning of the year, I was going to retire for the elderly, packing up the cage in the shop, and accidentally found this paper with a box pattern, and suddenly had a whim, so I discussed it with the current big shopkeeper, and replaced the original thin wooden box with this kind of yellow pear box, although the cost is high, but it is more precious, and the lady has also praised it. ”
Cai Lao said complacently, this was the last thing he did for Gu Zhenxuan before leaving, but it was also a proud work.
I heard that it was carved according to the Xie family's gift box, Huo Roufeng took a closer look at the Huanghuali box, it seemed to be a little familiar, she should have seen this kind of box in her previous life, it was just a box, she was in the palace, and she didn't pay attention to it.
"What is the woman who came with the box like, do you remember?" Huo Roufeng asked.
"It should be a female dependant of a large family, wearing a power fence, not seeing her face, her speech and demeanor are decent, she only has a maid by her side, and she should still be very young when she listens to her voice, at most thirteen or fourteen years old." Cai Lao has a deep impression of this woman.
Huo Roufeng frowned slightly, two years ago, this woman was thirteen or fourteen years old, so this woman should be about the same age as her, at most one or two years older than her.
The Xie family's box...... The woman had a maid with her.
Huo Roufeng suddenly remembered one thing, last time in Chuwentang, she once saw a maid, and she guessed that the maid had quietly come out to do things for the master.
Thinking of this, her heart beat wildly, and she thought of someone.
Huo Sijin!
Huo Sijin and Xie Sicheng knew each other, and she asked the maid to go to Chuwentang to find Xie Sicheng, shouldn't it be sneaky.
The woman who came to Gu Zhenxuan brought an imitation Xie family box, could it be that this woman is Huo Sijin?
Whether it's true or not, Xie Sicheng is also surnamed Xie.
Although I don't know if this imitation box has anything to do with Xie Sicheng, Huo Roufeng thinks that the woman is Huo Sijin.
Huo Roufeng didn't have the heart to stay in Gu Zhenxuan anymore, she wanted to find Mrs. Huo, as far as she knew, after learning that Huo Sijin was the girl in Wanhua Temple, Mrs. Huo asked people to find a way to blend into the locust tree alley, and later after Huo Qingzhou and Huo Roufeng recognized each other, Mrs. Huo withdrew the person back.
Huo Roufeng just wanted to meet the people who had slipped into Huaishu Hutong back then.
She had never seen them before, and she wanted to ask in person, perhaps to be able to ask something she didn't know.
Huo Roufeng said goodbye to Cai Lao, and let Bai Zhi and Banxia hold the Huanghuali box, and then went out of Gu Zhenxuan.
Today she came in a carriage, and the three masters and servants were about to get into the carriage, when Huo Roufeng heard Bai Zhi lower her voice and said, "Jiu Niangzi, look, that is the person I met in Chuwentang." ”
Hearing this, Huo Roufeng looked over and saw four or five maids hugging a woman into the silver building across the store from Gu Zhenxuan.