Li Xiaoqi frowned slightly, and was silent for a moment before looking at Shopkeeper Sun and asking, "I remember that the Yan family's ancestral home is from Taiping Mansion?" ”

"Yes, it is the people of Hexian on the edge of Taiping Mansion, and now they live with the county are relatives who are farther away, and Lord Yan's family has settled in Taiping Mansion since the last generation." Shopkeeper Sun explained carefully, Li Xiaoqi nodded, leaned back, put himself comfortable, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Sun carefully talk about the situation of the Yan family. ”

"Okay, Yan's family is a big family, but Yan's branch is not prosperous, Yan's branch, Yan's grandfather started the family, Yan's grandfather was a goldsmith at the beginning, and he walked the streets and alleys with a pick, and he was also a capable, and then the business got better and better, and it was developed, and there was more money, so it cost silver, so that the two sons got out of the business, but unfortunately the two sons said that they studied very hard, but in the end the foundation was much worse, and they did not succeed for more than ten years, This Yan has two sons in the family, three sons in the second room, among the five sons of the third generation, Yan Daren has made a name for himself in the examination, Yan's father and biological mother have died early, and now there is only an old lady in the second room, Yan Daren has been smart since he was a child, and he is very favored by his grandfather and father, and his mother has not treated him well, and now the family is also happy, and the mother is filial piety. "Shopkeeper Sun said in great detail,

"Who is good friends between Lord Yan and the Wu family?"

"And Wu Guifei's uncle Wu Houye's fourth son befriended, the two of them are the same branch of Jinshi, I heard that the fourth son was very big when he was young, often beyond his means, Yan has nothing else at home, that is, there is no shortage of money, no less to fill the hole for him, so come and go, the two of them will not be reversed, Lord Yan relied on the four sons of the Wu family, this eunuch is also smooth, now these four sons are in the Ministry of Rites as a hall official, the two often feast and drink together, the four sons also often come to Jiangnan Fang, the hands of the people are very big, that is, after eating the account, When I returned, Lord Yan came to get the silver and the account. Shopkeeper Sun didn't know whether to smile bitterly or sneeringly and shook his head, Li Xiaoqi listened intently and asked, "Why haven't I heard of this?" ”

"The fourth son was born to the second stepwife of Marquis Wu, and the second lady gave birth to the fourth son in childbirth in the second year after marrying back, and in less than half a year, Marquis Wu married the current lady, who is also a poor person, and he is not a talent, I heard that the Wu family does not take him seriously." Shopkeeper Sun explained, Li Xiaoqi exhaled softly, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, everyone in this family has a rotten account that cannot be mentioned.

Before the two finished speaking, Fifth Brother Zhao came back with the medicine out of breath, Xi'an took the medicine and went down to decoction, Fifth Brother Zhao took two or three green cloth bags from the shopkeeper Sun's car, and carried them into the main courtyard, Shopkeeper Sun turned his head and saw the green cloth bag in Zhao Wuge's hand, raised his hand and patted his forehead and smiled: "Look at it, I am busy talking to the fifth master••••••

"Uncle Sun can't be called the fifth master, he has to be called a girl!" Fifth Brother Zhao handed the green bag to Li Xiaoyi, and solemnly corrected it, and the shopkeeper Sun hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a girl, yesterday was the Neutralization Festival, according to the rules of this Taiping Mansion, I want to send a hundred grains, melons and fruit seeds, take an auspicious one, I prepared it for the girl yesterday, and brought it over today, when I heard that the girl was sick, I forgot it all!" ”

"Take an auspicious place? What a good fortune? Li Xiaoqi opened the green sac, looked at the hundred grains and melon and fruit seeds inside and asked, and the shopkeeper Sun coughed a few times in embarrassment and explained: "Seeds, giving birth to children, probably this is what it means." Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said with a smile while holding up the bags of seeds: "I think it's better to take this kind of seed back and transfer it to Sister Sun and Sister Zhang!" Fifth Brother Zhao grinned and said: "This is the girl's, Mrs. Sun and Sister Zhang's Uncle Sun have also prepared, and yesterday they were still talking about looking for someone to bring it over!" Li Xiaoqi smiled and put the seeds on the table, looked at Fifth Brother Zhao and ordered: "You can't be idle yet, go to Dachang, let him pick two people for you, there is nothing at home, I have things here, you go to find Danyue and Begonia to ask for a list." Fifth Brother Zhao simply agreed, turned around and went out to get busy.

Li Xiaoqi watched him go out, turned his head to look at Shopkeeper Sun and asked in a low voice, "The people who •••••• over there, are you okay?" ”

"It's all good, the girl is relieved, very polite, don't worry about everything, a guy came a while ago, and was about to discuss with the girl, I want him to take the fifth brother's errand, let the fifth brother come back and follow you on an errand, I heard that Shuncai went to eat the military rations, the girl has a lot of things now, there is no one around who can use it, those •••••• are not as good as the fifth brother after all, Jiangnanfang, the girl also knows, that's it." Shopkeeper Sun's voice was as low as a whisper, and Li Xiaoqi nodded: "You think thoughtfully, it's best if the fifth brother can come over to help me, Jiangnanfang, you talk about it, let them find someone to come and help you, I want to take you back at the end of this year, see everyone, come back in the New Year, you have to be able to walk away." Shopkeeper Sun nodded hurriedly: "I know what the girl means, don't worry, girl." While speaking, Xi'an decocted the medicine and sent it over, Danyue and Haitang took a gargle and tea, Li Xiaoqi drank the medicine with a bitter face and rinsed his mouth, and the shopkeeper Sun saw that Li Xiaoqi was tired, and he didn't dare to delay more, so he got up and said goodbye, Li Xiaoqi raised his hand to stop him and ordered: "If Uncle Sun sees Lord Yan these days, by the way, tell Lord Yan about me coming to Taiping Mansion to seek medical treatment." Shopkeeper Sun agreed, said goodbye and went back to Jiangnanfang.

After such a good effort, the clean room in the back has been cleaned up, and the kitchen has also boiled hot water and sent it up, Li Xiaoqi took a medicinal bath, and when he came out, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

I slept until the next morning, and woke up listening to the cheerful birdsong outside the window, Li Xiaoqi stretched her sour body, although she was still top-heavy, but it was much better than yesterday, Danyue heard the movement and came in and lifted the curtain, carefully looked at Li Xiaoyi's face, and said with a smile: "The girl's complexion is much better." ”

"Did you two have a good night's rest last night?"

"Good! I slept soundly this night, and just told Haitang that I slept dead last night, and I didn't know that the girl slept peacefully at night, and she said that she didn't know either, and she slept too deeply! Danyue explained and answered, Li Xiaoqi exhaled a long breath and said: "That's good, you can rest if you can sleep, you won't get sick if you can rest, let Xi'an check the pulse of the two of you later, one illness is enough, but you can't get sick the second!" Danyue pursed her lips and smiled, neatly took a pillow and put it behind Li Xiaoyi, helped her to sit up and suggested: "Girl, rinse your mouth first, drink a bowl of red date soup and then get up to wash?" ”

Li Xiaoqi smiled and responded, drank the soup by the light moon and Begonia, washed up and took medicine, and crooked to the couch under the south window of the East Wing, Haitang reported with a smile: "Nanning came over in the morning, and said that if the girl has spirit, tell them, and report to the girl if she has something." ”

"Let them in." Li Xiaoqi hurriedly ordered, Haitang agreed to go out to call someone, and Danyue took a cup of red date soup with a warm cup and put it on the table in front of Li Xiaoyi, and then retreated to the back to pack up his clothes. Begonia led Changchang, Nanning and Xi'an in, the two saw each other, and looked at Begonia for a long time and exited the house, only to look at Li Xiaoqi and report in a low voice: "The girl let me inquire about it, a little believed, Taizhou Song Zhiqian has not gone out since he returned to the countryside, and he accepted three disciples in the middle of last year, plus his son, and taught these four students every day, Mr. Lin and Master Zhijing did not inquire about the useful letter here, only said that they entered southern Sichuan the year before last, and at the beginning of last year, I heard that they left northern Sichuan, and now I don't know which place." Li Xiaoqi frowned, now that the situation in Taiping Mansion is like this, where can these two people go? Chang Chang looked at Li Xiaoyi, who was frowning, carefully, and then said: "Miss Luoyan of the Red Mansion returned to Taiping Mansion with Qian Fuze at the beginning of last year, but she didn't enter the Qian family, not even the Taiping Mansion, so she rented a courtyard at the foot of Baiyun Mountain and has lived until now. ”

"Oh?" Li Xiaoqi put down the warm cup, looked at Changchang in surprise, and then said: "I heard that Qian Fuze is jealous and fierce, and when the concubine enters the door, she has to beat twenty sticks to get rid of her temper, and I heard the mother-in-law of the other courtyard under Baiyun Mountain say that it was Luo Yan himself who proposed not to enter the Qian family, and now Qian Fuze goes to the Baiyun Mountain Courtyard every ten days and eight days, and stays for one night at most." Li Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, and sighed softly, they are all poor people!

"Let people look at this courtyard, ask more about how the wild goose is doing, there are no people who come and go, and they usually can't go out." Li Xiaoqi commanded in a low voice, and agreed in the long run, Li Xiaoqi was stunned for a while, and then turned his head and asked, "Has the Taiping Mansion been more stable recently?" ”

"Jia Yi said, than the first half of the first month of the month is much more stable, the beginning of spring, the Taiping Mansion even whip the spring cattle have been dealt with indiscriminately, yesterday's Zhonghe Festival is more lively than the beginning of the spring, said that the palace is still fighting grass as usual, I heard that the day of the Ding will also be a big sacrifice to the sages, it seems to have passed." There were some doubts in the long run, Li Xiaoqi thought for a long time, looked at the three of them and said in a low voice: "This is not for sure, we know too little things, in the long run, pay attention to all the places, one is all the doctors in the hospital, those who go to the hospital normally every day, and go home normally don't care about him, just look at the doctors who stay in the palace, inquire which ones they are, what they are good at, how long to go back home, and the second is Prime Minister Lin Cheng's mansion, the eldest prince's mansion and Wu Guifei's brother Wu Houye's mansion, all keep an eye on who enters and who leaves, How long you have been in and what gifts you have brought, no matter how big or small, you have to write down them and hand them over every day. Chang Chang Shen agreed, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Xi'an and ordered: "Send a message to Changming, first hide it safely." Xi'an agreed, Li Xiaoqi lowered his head and thought about it, sighed and ordered: "Let's do this first." The three of them agreed to quit, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look out the window, and sighed again, the news he could get was far less than he imagined, and the matter of this Taiping Mansion was far more difficult than he imagined.