Chapter 39: Departure

"What? Are you really going to give her the recipe? ”

As soon as Pei Baoer went home, she was questioned by Liu Yun, and she was very glad that he probably wouldn't remember the cloak mystery case before he went out.

Dani was also worried: "Lady, this is your ability to settle down, if it is given to the Lin family, where will you still have a foothold in this shop in the future?" ”

Pei Bao'er didn't know this truth, but the situation was stronger than people, and she was impatient to continue to deal with villains like Mrs. Lin. If you can give up some things in exchange for a peaceful life for the family, it may not be a good thing to make less money.

It's just that Liu Yun didn't buy this explanation, he felt that he was dragging Pei Baoer back, and even prepared to leave with his baggage.

"If I'm gone, that Lin Si won't come to harass you, and you don't have to worry about me, I can always ...... alone."

Pei Baoer was helpless, so she had to explain to him in detail.

“…… Well, that's it, three squares for my free body, and the one-year contract ends early. Oh, by the way, I didn't give it for nothing, she had to pay a hundred taels of silver to buy this recipe. In the end, he also made fun of Liu Yun, "Look at your anxious roar, it's very different from usual, this is like a young man~ Hey, I just praised you and sighed, like a little old man......"

Liu Yun didn't say anything more, just looked at her and sighed.

"Your prescription is worth more than a thousand gold, a hundred taels ......"

Pei Bao'er pouted, anyway, she wasn't a fool, she just gave a few of the most basic to Mrs. Lin.

That's the 1.0 version of the foundation recipe that she decided after many experiments, which was made about a year ago, and then it was the 1.1 or 1.2 version that was really used on the faces of Su Niangzi and others, and then Ruyuge was even more after the 1.4 version. At first, the foundation was relatively dry, but later she added propolis and other substances to improve its viscosity, and even grinded and extracted hyaluronic acid stock solution of low purity from the vitreous body of the bull's eye beads to increase the moisturizing effect of the foundation. Naturally, she couldn't tell the greedy old witch about these housekeeping skills.

Yuan Wulang can be regarded as half a professional, but after getting the recipe, he found that there are some differences in texture between what he made and Pei Baoer's. Mrs. Lin also wondered, wondering if she had reservations, but Pei Baoer was fooled by Pei Baoer on the grounds that the weather was dry and cold affecting the production.

She also "kindly" instructed Yuan Wulang that it is best to bathe, change clothes and burn incense before developing these rouge gouaches, and only with a pious heart can we develop better quality. Yuan Wulang was convinced of this, and under his painstaking research, those few basic formulas were actually improved by him himself, and Mrs. Lin was quite satisfied, and she did not continue to harass Pei Bao'er, but everyone was happy.

After this matter was decided, Pei Baoer began to plot and plan to move.

Although she has lived here for two years and has some feelings, she is unwilling to live under the nose of Mrs. Lin, a greedy old witch. As she said before, Pei Baoer is not a person who can nest in a small place for a lifetime, since she knows that there is still a vast world, and there is no war or anything at this time, why not go out for a walk while she is young?

Liu Yun naturally did not object, he could vaguely guess her plan. Dani's family is ruined, and it doesn't matter where she goes. As for Xiao Yan'er, where does he know what moving is, except for the big cat next door who is a little reluctant, he is still very interested in the distance described by Pei Baoer, because Pei Baoer told him that there are a lot of delicious sugar people, as well as good-looking young ladies and beautiful clothes......

If you want to go far away, it is still a long door that will not turn back, and there are two and a half children who are not too old, and they do not have a big carriage, so most of the belongings are naturally not allowed to be brought. Those are not worth much, Pei Baoer is ready to give them to the Cheng family next door, which can be regarded as repaying them for their care all the time.

As for those bottles and cans, they are really heavy, most of them are made of porcelain, which are easy to bump and break, Pei Baoer didn't bring much, only picked up some rare raw materials to take away, and stuffed the two makeup boxes of his size to the brim, and the rest were counted as the first batch after the year, and the last batch of inventory before handing over the recipe was sent to Ruyu Pavilion.

Luo Shi learned that she was leaving Ruyu Pavilion, and she also came to Osmanthus Alley, and her words were very unfair for Pei Baoer.

"The Lin family is really bullying, but they want to force you away...... The newcomer Yuan Wulang is now living in the back storeroom, and I see that the things he has made up are not as good as yours, and they are very rough...... What I hate the most is that Lin Siye, who doesn't know how to pretend to understand all day long, shows his prestige in the shop, and disturbs several business ......"

Pei Baoer didn't dare to say too much, and she didn't even mention leaving Taixing County, so she could only comfort her a few words.

After the matter of Ruyu Pavilion came to an end, she asked Liu Yun to come forward and exchange all the silver deposits at home for silver tickets, with large and small denominations, which were sewn into several cotton jackets to prevent being robbed on the road. He also pulled Dani to make a lot of scones, dried meat and other dry food, ready to take it with him on the road.

Before leaving, she also carried a heavy gift and took Xiao Yan'er to visit Mrs. Wang, who was the life-saving benefactor of her and her cheap son. She didn't tell the neighbors the truth about her whereabouts, but only said that she would go back to Liu Yun's hometown and take the children back to worship their ancestors. When Pei Baoer told Mrs. Wang like this, she felt quite guilty.

When she mentioned this after returning home, Liu Yun pointed out coldly: "You don't want to say anything, are you afraid of being found by that person?" ”

Pei Bao'er blushed, but said stiffly: "Don't say stupid things, I'm just afraid that the Lin family will know our whereabouts and come to trouble me again in the future." ”

Before leaving, she still had a trace of secret anticipation in her heart. However, until she actually got into the old rented carriage, she could not see the person who had not been heard from for a month. Even the Yousheng Bookstore next door to Ruyu Pavilion failed to open its doors again after it closed a year ago, as if it had closed down.

When Pei Bao'er went to Ruyu Pavilion for the last time, she was stunned at the door of Yousheng Bookstore for a while, until she saw someone next to her probing her brain and looking at her a few times, and then she hurriedly walked away.

"Ah Liang, where are we going?"

Xiao Yan'er was very excited to get into the carriage for the first time, to be honest, it seemed that this was also Pei Bao'er's first time riding in the carriage, but she was not excited at all, and was even a little motion sickness.

"Well, we're going to Qingzhou. But this car can't go there directly, we have to go to Yuncheng first, then change to other carriages, and then go to Donglin. ”

Xiao Yan'er's eyes narrowed curiously, these names were unfamiliar, but they sounded like a good place.

"I've heard Grandpa say that the climate in Qingzhou is better than ours, the winter is not so cold, and the snow is not so thick. There's still the sea there, I don't know what it looks like......" Dani said yearningly.

Pei Bao'er raised her eyebrows, Qingzhou is quite far away, almost three to four distances from Taixing County to the capital, and the direction is not quite the same. At first, she still heard this place name in Qi Heng's mouth, and then, when she went to buy spices a few years ago, she heard a lot of things from the merchants who traveled south and north, such as the sea, which is almost the easternmost part of the border, combined with various descriptions, she speculated that Qingzhou is estimated to be rich in seafood resources, and there are exactly what she needs. Although the economy there is not particularly developed, it is not bad, and Donglincheng is also a well-known big city in the territory of Dasheng Kingdom, and it is a certain distance from the capital and Suzhou and Hangzhou, so it should be regarded as a good place for hiding and allowing her to show her strength and make money again.

"Your grandfather has been to Qingzhou?"

Dani smiled and nodded, and was quite proud in her words: "Grandpa ran to business when he was young, and he also ran darts with people, and he has encountered robbers several times and retreated, his old man's ability is not small~"

As Dani's culture teacher, Liu Yun has been a little frustrated in the past few months, because he found that Dani has an average talent in this area, but prefers to follow Pei Baoer to learn how to tinker with those bottles and cans, or go up to the trees to catch birds under the command of Xiao Yan'er, and her skills are very flexible.

He laughed and teased, "Shouldn't I have taught you a few tricks too?" ”

This was originally a joke, but I didn't expect Dani to nod shyly. This surprised everyone, but she quickly said: "But Grandpa said that my bones are not good, and I can only learn to strengthen my body, and I can't fight." ”

Pei Bao'er deliberately showed a disappointed look, and sighed: "That's bad, if you run into robbers on the way, we are really ......."

Liu Yun immediately snorted nervously, and said a few words like "no taboos", as if he was worried that Pei Bao'er's words would provoke robbers.

Pei Bao'er didn't think so, how could there be such a coincidence, they just happened to go with the caravan, the horseman outside was still a guy from the caravan, this road was often walked, she also inquired, and they all said that it was very safe.

Just when this small broken carriage staggered towards Yuncheng, the capital was cloudy and panicked.

Because, the condition of the little emperor who fell ill a few years ago is getting worse and worse, and he didn't even appear on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and then the Great Dynasty Meeting was even more nowhere to be seen. The hundred officials were worried, and they wanted to ask to see but were all turned away, and even the three Yang adults who cooperated with the auxiliary government couldn't say that they could see it, which really made people think about it.

What's even more strange is that on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, after the officials on leave returned to work, a new news came out -

The Lord Regent, who presided over the first day of the first year of the new year and the great court meeting, was also sick, and it was very serious, and it was said that he was bedridden!

Those who are addicted to metaphysics began to wonder, could it be that these two noble masters collided with some evil? Or, the feng shui is not good, and the royal dragon vein was cut off by someone with ill intentions, so he summoned such a calamity?

The pragmatic don't believe in these, and the mainstream among them is more conspiracy theories.

For example, at the beginning, when the regent was not sick, there were rumors that the little emperor was not actually sick, it may be that he finally got tired of the good name of brother and brother Gong and wanted to replace him, maybe he poisoned the little emperor or something, or the little emperor was not sick at all, but was just under house arrest, so that he could plan for the future, force the palace to usurp the throne or something.

The biggest evidence in favor of this statement is that it was seen that on the night when the news of the little emperor's serious illness broke, a mysterious carriage ran from the inner palace to the regent's palace, seemingly picking up someone in a hurry. The news spread from among the guards at the city gate, and when the officials who were so concerned connected and analyzed the matter, they felt that it was very likely that they were poisoned.

But some people think that this is nonsense: "When Your Majesty fell ill, the prince was still out and did not return, and he hurried back after learning about it, how could it be?" ”

Especially after a short time, when the regent himself fell ill, this suspicion was even less, but there were still some people who felt that it was the one who was playing tricks, covering himself, diverting the attention of the ministers, and lowering their vigilance and vigilance.

But everyone knows that among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the people who like to get along with the regent the most are the three auxiliary political lords Yang Yan, Yang Siyue, and Yang Shen, as well as Xie Yushi of the Yushi Terrace. But these people actually revealed the style of talk, confirming that the regent himself was indeed very sick.

Lord Yang Yan is a small man, the most amiable of the three, and he speaks more tactfully.

"The prince has worked hard for the country, and his body is at the end of his strong crossbow, so it's really time to rest." In other words, if the prince can't afford to be sick, it will be too good, and the old minister will definitely do a good job for you!

Lord Yang Siyue has a thin figure, a sallow and slender face, and he is always gloomy on weekdays, and he is a little irritable when asked about this.

"What does the prince's condition have to do with you? Then I want to inquire, but you went to the Tai Hospital to ask for a pulse! ”

The other Lord Yang Shen Yang was silent, and when asked about this, he stared at you silently with his eyes open, or asked how your ministry's budget was going until the other party didn't dare to ask again.

These three all took the initiative to visit the sick, but Xie Yushi was more special, he was specially invited to the mansion by the regent.

What exactly was talked about that day, outsiders don't know, only that Xie Yushi finally brushed his sleeves away, and even kicked the door of the Regent's Mansion before going out, and even said something shocking to the people who inquired about good deeds.

"Yes, I'm sick and dying, so hurry up and prepare for the funeral."

The ministers were taken aback, but fortunately, some sober-minded people stood up to refute the rumors.

"What nonsense? The prince has been in bad health in the past few years, and he always has a serious illness every winter, but this time it is particularly powerful, and it is worth shouting? With this idle time, it is better to prepare in advance for the coming of the Beidi envoy after the next year. ”