Chapter 434: Du Mansion Merchant Ship, the third young master who has not met for a long time
The next day, when Du Wei woke up, there was no one around.
When Linglong and Yu'er came in from outside the door, she was not too surprised, and the two maids talked about the previous night while serving her to groom and dress.
It turned out that after the merchant ship burned out, the door of the warehouse was unlocked, and all the people inside were released, and those people saw that the ship was burned and all their belongings were burned, and they were all in chaos.
At this time, even if it is a report to the official, it is in vain, the burned things can no longer come back, people can only cry without tears, some of them have silver on their bodies, and they can still have food money, like Lu Kexin, a delicate woman, when she came out at night, she didn't even wear all her clothes, how could she still think of bringing money out.
When Du Wei and her party returned to the dock, they saw Lu Kexin crying and sad, sitting weakly on the wooden box at the dock, and her maid Xiaolian was constantly mourning the merchant ships coming and going, begging them to take them for a ride.
When Du Wei and his entourage appeared, the people stranded on the dock turned their eyes to her, and after escaping last night, many young women and their relatives talked about the fact that the woman in front of them was the first to escape from the warehouse.
Lu Kexin immediately jumped up when she saw Du Wei, "You ......" she pointed at the other party tremblingly, "You must be in the same group as them!" Grabbed our stuff, grab her! Send her to the official! ”
Lu Kexin's words attracted the attention of many people, and they looked at Du Wei, in this case, the party who is usually accused will at least explain, or at least have a response, but the woman in front of her has an indifferent face, as if the person Lu Kexin is referring to has nothing to do with her.
"Are you all deaf! She must have colluded with those people to deceive everyone! Lu Kexin roared, completely devoid of the reserve of the official lady.
The wreckage of the merchant ship that had been burned yesterday remained on the docks, and a few officials were standing there pointing their fingers, and they turned their heads when they heard the noise here.
"What's going on?" The official looked Lu Kexin who looked excited up and down.
"She!" Lu Kexin pointed at Du Wei, "The merchant ship was burned yesterday, it must have something to do with her, I saw her escape from the warehouse first, the door was obviously locked, otherwise she had accomplices outside, how could she escape first!" ”
Hearing this, the official turned his head and looked Du Wei up and down.
At this moment, another official arrived not far away, close to his companion's ear, and whispered.
Soon, the official changed a smile on his face and said to Du Wei: "Dare to ask if you are the young lady of Du Mansion, right?" ”
Du Wei knew that these things on the dock must have been taken care of in advance, so she was not nervous and nodded yes.
"The cargo ship of Du Mansion has arrived, and it was looking for you everywhere just now." The official made a gesture of invitation with a smile, and beckoned to his companions in the distance: "The young lady of Du Mansion has found it, hurry up and inform the ship!" ”
On the wharf, a three-masted merchant ship stands in the middle of the river, because the hull draft is too deep, so it does not dock, and there are several small boats moored on the shore, which are used for back and forth.
There was a young man standing on the boat, dressed in a long shirt with a delicate face, and from the side, Du Wei almost mistook him for his eldest brother Du Yifan.
Hearing this, the man turned around, and the crew of the boat hurriedly set up the gangplank.
"Here's the man you're looking for." The official cha rushed to the road.
The young man on the boat got off the boat, thanked him, and the attendant who followed him hurriedly handed over a few purses, and the official accepted it with a smile.
Du Wei saw it in her eyes and knew that there must be a lot of silver money in it.
The young man came to Du Wei's approach, looked up and down, and suddenly smiled: "Little sister, do you recognize me?" ”
Du Wei shook her head suspiciously, but seemed to remember something, "Could it be ...... You are the third young master of Du Mansion......"
The man smiled, "Exactly, I am your third brother Du Zhenghong, this time I closed the shop in Fengzhou City and returned to Liangzhou, and I happened to pick you up by the way." ”
When Du Wei heard this, she hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and called Feng Siyuan to also salute.
Du Wei didn't ask him how he knew he was here, who asked him to pick him up, and Du Zhenghong didn't take the initiative to mention it, his attitude was not very enthusiastic, but he was okay.
A few people got into a small boat and went straight to the big boat moored in the river.
Lu Kexin watched Du Wei get on the big boat on the dock, and a stuffy breath surged up in her chest, only to feel that her eyes were black.
Xiaolian hurriedly supported her and shouted in a trembling voice: "Miss, Miss...... Wake up! ”
At this time, there happened to be a few rich sons on the side who were about to board the boat, and Xiaolian fell to her knees, crying and begging them to save her.
The rich boys looked at Lu Kexin for a long time, and said with a smile: "It's not difficult for us to take her on the boat, as long as the beauty is willing to serve us...... It also saves the loneliness of the journey on the ship. ”
Lu Kexin just woke up, and when she heard this, she was ashamed and annoyed, and fainted again.
The merchant ships of Du Mansion had a smooth journey, and they walked much faster than ordinary merchant ships, and arrived at Liangzhou City in a few days.
After getting along for a few days, Du Wei remembered that in Du Mansion before, Mrs. Du and her eldest brother had told her about Du Zhenghong.
He was born to his aunt Ning Zhu'er, and he is a brother and sister with the third lady of Du Mansion, but his natural quality is a little poor, and he is the earliest to contact business, but he has always been inferior to his eldest brother Du Yifan.
Because he regained the title of imperial merchant and the business of Du's mansion was also good, Master Du withdrew the shop in Fengzhou City in the south, and Du Zhenghong came back with the merchant ship this time.
Returning with him was also a concubine he had in Fengzhou City, although no one revealed her identity to Du Wei, but after a few days of contact, she concluded that this woman must be from Fengchen, just by looking at her appearance and style, she can guess a thing or two.
And she also gave birth to a boy to Du Zhenghong, this is the first grandson of Du Fu, although it is a concubine, but it is also a lone seedling, and Mrs. Du will definitely like it when she goes back.
Presumably her third brother saw this, so he dared to take the charge of taking a concubine without authorization, and he secretly forgot about it in Fengzhou City, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, no one knows, but now that he has returned to the house, he will seriously raise her concubine position.
After getting off the merchant ship, Du Fu saw two carriages parked by the wharf at a glance, and there was a person standing next to the car, with a strong and elegant posture, wearing a lake blue robe, with some bookish anger, but there was no lack of heroic style.
"Big brother!" Du Wei was pleasantly surprised.
The man turned around, and when he saw Du Wei, the warmth in his eyes rippled like a lake, "Wei'er." ”
It was still that soft call, as warm as the sun into her heart.
At this moment, she felt like she was home, she forgot the reserve and rules that a woman in this world should have, and pounced on it all at once......
only stunned Du Zhenghong, Feng Siyuan and the others who followed behind him.
Du Zhenghong's concubine, Xiangnan, was holding the child in her arms, but a touch of disdain flashed in her eyes, and her attention was more turned to the luggage brought by the adopted daughter of Du Mansion.
When she got off the boat just now, the maid next to Du Wei had inadvertently opened the box, and the clothes produced by Youlan Pavilion deeply hurt her eyes.