Xiang heard Sister Gui'er speak like this, frowned secretly, and was about to refute Lian Zhenyun nodded, and said to Rui'er: "There are many things in the back house, and Lianxiang will always be unable to take care of it." You have always been safe, and I am relieved to look at the stems. ”

Lian Xiang was a little hesitant when she heard Lian Zhenyun say this. Rui'er smiled: "Since the master said so, the slave will be careful, and she will move over tonight to take care of Sister Terrier."

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Lianxiang sighed secretly, and had to laugh and say: "Although there is Rui'er, the adoptive mother still has to use it, and the master ...... it."

Lian Zhenyun nodded and said: "Change: the matter of buying a servant woman, you can do it." ”

Lianxiang breathed a sigh of relief, and when she was about to withdraw, Sister Gui walked to the table and said, "The master and the second master enjoy the moon, and the slave is willing to play a few tunes to offer wine." ”

Lian Zhenyun smiled: "Yes; I will call you, and tell your girl to take the lute. Sister Gui responded happily, walked to Lian Zhenyun's side, took the wine jug in Lian Dahe's hand, and poured him wine.

Lianxiang took Rui'er and retreated silently: Go, half a leaf passed the fruit pot in Rui'er's hand, and retreated behind the two. Lian Xiang held Rui'er's hand and sighed as she walked, "I have wronged you." She has been getting more and more unpredictable these days. ”

Rui'er shook her head and said: "The maid was originally a girl, and the terrier branch is an excellent sister of the slave and maid, but the master doesn't say it, the slave and the maid are also going every day, so what grievances are there." It's just that she sings well, and the response during the banquet is not inferior to the concubines of the salt merchants. The men outside all praised one or two, and the lord had decency, so he naturally spoiled two more points, and his morale was inevitably higher. After a pause, he smiled again: "Auntie, don't worry, she can't act like this, but she doesn't dare to cross you." My aunt and grandmother are the most favored, and I always go to your house on five or six days in January. Everything in the inner house is in charge of the aunt and grandmother. ”

Lian Xiang shook her head slowly, "Master came to me to take a scene, so that I could suppress the inner house." You and I are too restrained, the master's temperament, I love her so charming, you look at the three sisters in the private house outside, which one is not that tune? In January, she spent fourteen or fifteen days outside, and six or seven days in her house. ”

Between words. The two of them had already gotten off the flybridge. Entered the flower wall of the back house. The sound of the lute sounded behind him. Sister Gui'er crossed the lake with a grumbling voice. Faintly heard.

Rui'er could hear it. The singing is a song of Yangzhou tune Qinghe mistake: "The first meeting." Agreeable. The young are not more than twenty-eight. Black oil and dark clouds. Red and a little red lips. The skin is dark and intoxicating. It's hard to learn. Hate only hates that it's not early to meet her. It is often wished to sit in front of the bottle. Singing and hugging each other. A glimpse of a truth. One look at a full. Although it is half a moment of entertainment. The right to reduce the sorrow and the ......"

Looking at the water pavilion from afar. Snuggled up to Lian Zhen's side and whispered and smiled at the pretty figure. Forced smile: "That's it." I have been in Yangzhou for more than three years. Didn't bring in one. When the guests were feasting, they asked those sisters to come to the house and sing. Who dares not to go to the aunt and grandmother first to flatter and greet the courtesy. Slaves and maids can be regarded as able to live in peace......"

Lianxiang didn't speak for a long time. I saw that I had arrived at the gate of the Terrier Branch. smiled: "It's fifteen today." Don't talk about that. I count the days. Madame will be there the day after tomorrow. It just so happened that my grandfather bought a three-piece painting boat. Let's go with my wife on a boat in and out of the city. He sighed slightly. Until then. Whose house does the lord love to go to? I don't have the time to pay attention to it......"

But only three or four days. Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang's official boat passed through Yangzhou City. After passing through the Cao River, it goes straight to the small Qinhuai River in the city. Qi Su Niang walked into the front cabin. I heard a noise of gongs and drums. Looking out of the hatch from afar. I was taken aback.

I saw that the wharf was draped in red gongs and drums. The prefect of the fourth grade is lined up. Red gourd, apricot yellow, Luo Hongli, eaves umbrella held high. The flying tiger flag and the guard flag sounded in a strong wind. The four people lifted the blue nickname and the big car curtain rolled low. It is layered on top of each other. stood in black and pressed a large area to greet the officials and gentry. There were three or four hundred of them.

Chen Yan was talking to Zhou Zhu in the front cabin, and when he saw Qi Su Niang's face full of surprise, he stepped forward, looked at the crowd wearing stone blue official robes, and pointed out with a wry smile: "Yangzhou Mansion has jurisdiction over two states and six counties, plus Fu Lizuo, there are already a lot of these officials. There are also river officials, Cao Si officials, Yangzhou River Biao Green Camp Qian, or the salt department's fellow knowledge, deputy envoy ......" and pointed to another gentry in brocade robes and said: "Those are all local salt merchants, not to mention the general merchants, nest merchants, and transportation merchants, they are field merchants, and I am afraid that those who are far away in Dongtai County have also rushed over." After a pause, "I didn't expect them to come so well......"

Zhou Zhu stroked his short beard, "Salt merchants have always been arrogant, relying on wealth and power, bribing people all over the place, arrears of taxes and delaying taxes, and most of the officials do not worship on weekdays." Now that they are so complete, I think they also know that Lord Chen will not accept their money, so they are naturally short-hearted. In the past few years, in order to make up for the shortfall, Lord Cao, the two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions, has not been ambiguous about the salt tax and the purchase of salt, and they already know something powerful......"

Chen Yan nodded and smiled: "Salt and Cao taxes are the two largest inputs of the imperial court, and Yangzhou Mansion has taken the lead in both, so people have to keep an eye on ......."

Qi Su Niang heard the word Cao Tax, and couldn't help but think of Li Siqin, and concentrated on distinguishing among the gentry, but only saw the black and oppressive head, so she had to give up.

Chen Yan changed into a lapis lazuli and gold throne top official hat, put on a five-clawed eight-python white-background cloud goose mending stone green official robe, tied a silver guard carved gold round plate with a belt, told Bi'er to wait carefully, and smiled at Qi Su Niang, "Today must be busy, you will have a good rest when you get to the mansion behind the palace." I'll come back in the evening to talk to you. ”

Lian Zhenyun watched as he got off the boat, and after chatting with the officials, he got on the horse and headed towards the officials. Expecting that there was nothing else to do, he was impatient to join in the fun, so he pulled Li Siqin to slow down and retreated from the gentry.

Li Siqin said in a low voice: "Big brother, the surname Cui Di'er is also here." Stand over there. Lian Zhenyun glanced over, "If he doesn't follow him to the yamen to see the salute, where will he look at something?" ”

"He's watching the boat...... Granny's ...... Since he came to Yangzhou, I have not had a day of worry. Every day, we have to prevent him from taking the smuggled salt on our ship......"

Lian Yun didn't seem to hear it, frowned slightly, and said to himself: "Why is he staring at the ...... in the cabin" As he spoke, Lian Dahe led the horse over.

Lian Zhenyun sat on the horse, watched Qi Su Niang walk off the barge from a distance, bent down into the tin-topped blue nick and the four people carried the big official sedan chair, and the thirty guards of the prefect's yamen gathered around the sedan chair, and shouted that the officials rang the nine half-palace gongs, Fang Yi pulled the reins, and raised the whip. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to idianm, more chapters, author, genuine reading)