Chapter 265: The Plain Bamboo House Hides Jiao
The door lock clicked, and a vermilion wooden door separated the two. Hearing Luo Bai and leaving, He Angelica went up to the second floor with the food box, knowing that there was no bed in the Jing Pavilion, and planned to choose a futon and meditate and pranayama until dawn, and the foreign true qi in the meridians had not yet been refined into his own. She is not very good at this item, and she can only collect one or two drops of dantian a day, which feels like Yugong moving mountains, Jingwei reclamation, and holding one grain after another, one grain after another.
I have to admit that as a man-made master, she is so different from a real master, and she has a bigger gap with her enemy Zhu Quan, and to take revenge on him is tantamount to moving mountains and reclaiming the sea, and it is impossible without perseverance.
On the second floor, there was a person sitting quietly in the wide-backed chair in the corner, He Angelica had expected that he might come to meet him privately, but at first sight, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. She said hello: "Boat passing, so late at night, what are you doing?" ”
Chang Nuo folded the fan, sighed and said: "He asked me to come, he asked you to go to Xinyuan to serve him, I told your old lady, my sister invited you to go to Feng's house to play for a few days, and she agreed, as long as Lingtang returned to Luo's house, explain to Qing...... Her crime, the Luo family can let you go to the Feng family as a guest, and it doesn't matter how long you stay. ”
"Xin Yuan?" He Angelica asked, "Feng Gongzi's suburban courtyard?" Didn't you say that you were going to pick me up and live there before the year? Why didn't the two of you show up until today, let me wait so hard, Childe, you don't believe in your words, why don't you send someone to send me a letter after you miss the appointment, didn't you arrange a bodyguard for me? She placed the food box on the prayer table and served snacks outside one by one.
Chang Nuo didn't expect her to have such a kind attitude, he was stunned for a moment, he apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I was busy two days ago and forgot this section." On the night you and I parted, I finished a few things you delivered, and I received a letter from the prince, asking me to build him a bamboo building in the Xin Garden, and asked you to stay in the bamboo building, which has only been half built so far, so I delayed coming to pick you up......" Speaking of this, he felt that something was wrong, stopped the conversation and asked, "Aren't you angry with him, he just treated you like that in the ancestral hall." ”
"Bamboo Building?" He Angelica's action of serving the plate was stunned, and he was a little suspicious, "What kind of bamboo building?" ”
Chang Nuo described with a smile: "Ten feet high a bamboo building, the whole body of the material by the green bamboo, this is not the latest novelty, the latest is that the bamboo building railings and decorations are carved from jade, green jade and green bamboo shine together, you must like it when you see it, light and elegant, the most suitable for you to live." Even through the veil, he could feel her expression of surprise and wonder, and he thought she was so happy to hear it, so he further described, "There are three floors, the first floor has a bath, the second floor has a bedroom, the third floor has a cradle, uh, it's a baby room, and he said that your children will sleep there." I told him at the time that the mirror was facing the bedroom, which was not conducive to feng shui and was not conducive to sleep, but he insisted on making it like that. ”
He Angelica slowly wiped the cold sweat in his palms with a handkerchief, and asked slowly: "I am only living in a guest house for half a month, you have built me a new building to live in so much, it really makes me uneasy, how can I be lucky enough to live in such a jade building?" ”
Chang Nuo walked to the side of the case and sat down, spontaneously picked out a pair of bamboo chopsticks and snacks to eat, and said in surprise after taking a bite: "Meat filling!" "I tried both kinds of meat filling, chicken and pork dim sum and mutton dumplings, and then looked at the inside of the suitcase, there were two plates of Zhenjiang's famous sesame dried meat, Chang Nuo couldn't help laughing, "Your cousin is so caring, meat is the most hungry, it's hard for him to buy you so much in such a short time." ”
He Angelica had dealt with the man in front of him several times in his previous life, mainly to propose marriage to Luo Baiqian's youngest daughter Luo Shiyan, and Chang Nuo in his impression was a very serious and serious person, and he had never seen him show a smile. Ever since she learned that this Feng Gongzi was the general Chang Da, she felt that the disguise technique was really a wonderful thing, which could help people change their faces and hearts.
She sat down and picked up a crystal mutton dumpling, only looking at it but not eating it, and the tempting aroma penetrated through the veil. She was silent for a moment and asked, "What is the situation of He Fu's family?" Has he had any money? ”
Chang Nuo took it into his arms while eating, and said vaguely in his mouth: "Don't you say that I almost forgot, I added more than a thousand taels, and made up a whole number for you, 24,000 taels of silver, and it should be used as atonement for the prince's previous words and deeds, don't be angry with his rudeness, I promise, he won't be like that in the future." ”
He Angelica was noncommittal, flipping through the thick stack of silver tickets, although 20,000 taels of them were silver from her grandfather's antique Sizhen, but she still had to sigh, power is really a good thing, it can bring convenience and wealth that ordinary people can't imagine. She worked hard for three years to have a net worth of 15,000 taels, and now she flipped through this stack of silver tickets, land deeds and gold coupons in her hand, and she suddenly thought that her wealth was equal to the northern industry of Luofu Sanfang, and it was not impossible for her to choose to abscond with the money as soon as Sun Meiniang was finished.
Chang Nuo also mentioned the situation of He Fu's family: "As soon as the guy entered the prison, his two concubines eloped with the people in the family, and after the government confiscated the family property, there was still a sixty-year-old mother and a four-year-old daughter left in his family, and his sister and brother-in-law also lived with him all the year round. Look, he's really interested in you, and he even bothered to understand the situation of your stepfather's family," Chang Nuo consciously teased her interestingly, "You reconcile with the prince, and I'll tell you the whole story." ”
Made? He Angelica let out a sharp laugh and said, "I don't dare to be angry with a big man like him, whether it is to turn his face or 'reconcile', it is all his own decision." Tell me, I'll listen to it as a joke to accompany the meal. As she spoke, she took two plates of snacks, walked behind the screen, and took off her veil while instructing, "I'm afraid that my sick appearance will scare you, so don't come close." ”
Chang Nuo suddenly remembered that she was sick when she broke up last time, and he promised to take her to Qi Xuanyu to see a doctor, but as soon as he got busy, he forgot about it without a trace. He hurriedly apologized and said, "I will bring Qi Xuanyu to treat you tomorrow night, and his wonderful rejuvenation will definitely make you recover as before." ”
He Angelica really wanted to meet the master of the Qintian Prison, so he didn't refuse to see a doctor. She suddenly remembered that Qing'er had said that Qi Xuanyu's father, Qi Jing, had appeared on her left and right more than once, and once Qing'er was almost hit by a galloping carriage, and was pulled away by Qi Jing at the last moment. Qing'er, who was frightened and closed her eyes at that time, heard a male voice sounding overhead, and couldn't help but be moved, thinking that it was an encounter of fate, but the moment she opened her eyes, she was disillusioned, and the national teacher was twenty years older than her father.
Since Qi Xuanyu has the ability to calculate his previous life, Qi Jing must be even more proficient, he was once very interested in Qing'er, is it something that has come out of divination? After all, Qing'er has always regarded herself as the only existence in this world, unscrupulously saying those strange words, and acting maverickly everywhere, which can be used as evidence of her life experience.
Is Qi Jing's research on Qing'er purely curious, without malice, or does it have some unknown purpose? The next time I see Qing'er, I must discuss this matter with her.
Chang Nuo looked at the slender shadow on the screen, and said with a smile: "You must have a great appetite when you hear it, He Fu's sister and brother-in-law don't work all year round, and only live on the silver He Fu defrauded from your mother, his brother-in-law partnered with others to open a winery, but defrauded the partner of 2,000 taels of silver in the name of the land deed and the need for silver turnover, and the partner did not dare to come to collect debts because of He Fu's arrogance." It just so happened that the He family's spending in the capital in the past few years was also two thousand taels of silver, so I took this silver together and regarded it as He Fu's original number to repay your mother's dowry. Then you and the bastard will be settled. ”
He Angelica chewed the chicken roll in a small bite, two clear? It's early.
Chang Nuo continued: "However, as soon as He Fu is bad, the debt collector will immediately come to the door, and the He family has already been surrounded by walls, even if they sell a few of them, they can't buy a hundred taels of silver, let alone two thousand taels." ”
"Huh?" He Angelica asked with concern, "How is that good?" The people of their family have never known how to make money, only know how to spend money, and they have lived in the unfamiliar capital for more than four years, and they don't know if they have a new money bag, and they are willing to follow them to pay the bill without complaint. ”
"How can there be such a good thing," Chang Nuo smiled, poured out a glass of water from the white porcelain spouted pot, and tasted it as if he were tasting fine wine, "Alas, it is really a lot of compassion to mention this matter, and it is only to blame He Fu's brother-in-law for seeking skin with the tiger, finding such an inhuman partner, and defrauding other people's money with a wealth obsession." Now that the tiger is powerful, he has given He Fu's mother, daughter, sister, and brother-in-law four people to the epidemic disease and evil in Beizhili, and the adults will lame one leg, and the little doll will cut off one ear, so that their family of four will beg in the downtown of the capital, when will they get the three thousand taels of silver with interest, and when will they be willing to untie the iron lock on their necks. ”
He Angelica frowned: "Who is so vicious, even the ears of children, who is the partner?" "The capital is really a place where there are many talents, and there is such a way to collect debts, she can't think of it if she wants to break her head, and even if she does, she really can't do it.
Chang Nuo thought for a moment, folded his hands and counted: "The cousin of the brother-in-law of the housekeeper of Princess Lin'an's mansion, ha, can be regarded as a person with a backstage. His actions were so unjust, and he let his subordinates lead the chains every day, and dragged the old and young people like dogs to swagger through the market, which should have aroused the anger of the people and scolded them for their brutal acts. However, in the past few years that He Fu's family has lived in the capital, they don't know how deep the water in the capital is, how many crocodiles and dragons there are under the water, and as soon as they arrive in the capital, they boast of being rich and famous in the south, and run rampant in the market, so that the people in the nearby area are deeply affected. They don't know that those crocodile dragons only regard their domineering behavior as a monkey show, and if they really want to be serious with them, I'm afraid they won't even be able to withstand a sneeze. ”
He Angelica used chopsticks to fiddle with the Chinese food on the plate and asked: "So, the He family is full of evil, angry and resentful, and so depressed that no one is upset for them?" ”
"Yes, no one sympathizes with them," Chang Nuo looked at the shadow on the screen and asked with a smile, "Qingyi, are you happy to hear it?" It's easy to take the lives of these people right now, they pick up food from the ground and garbage baskets to eat, and they put everything in their mouths, and if there are one or two poisonous buns in them, you can only blame them for their bad luck. ”
He Angelica asked: "Yangzhou is not far from the capital, is it possible for them to beg for food to come to Yangzhou?" I haven't seen you for a few years, and I'm almost forgetting what Mrs. He looks like. ”