【Chapter 58】Old Knowledge
Yuan Pingzhi's remarks are quite interesting, "The two of us, this time, are here to ask for the same valuable 'red goods' for the cardinal-news from the imperial capital that Qiongmen has newly produced a piece of philosopher's stone from Xiliang. The Cardinal was very interested and interested in acquiring it, so it sent the two of us to inspect the texture and ask about the price. ”
When Yu Moji was on duty in the Chamber, he paid special attention to the so-called "philosopher's stone", which should be the kind of special stone produced in Chilu Mountain that Tu Lian said. The stone that first caused Tu Lian's former team to fall apart and caused him to lose his best friend has been made into a mecha box, which is now stored in the Cardinal's House; And Yu Moji saw with his own eyes the piece that Tu Lian and the others brought out, that is, the piece of stone that Yosha lost his life because of it, but he didn't know where it had gone.
Unexpectedly, Qiongmen, a place that is 800 miles away from Chilu Mountain, actually has a golden stone.
I'm looking forward to it. Since she left Chilu Mountain, there has been no news of Tu Lian's caravan. She secretly hoped that this philosopher's stone in Qiongmen was really the fruit of their labor. If this is the case, Yu Moji can be sure that Tu Lian, Lang Wang, and Cele, at least some of them left Chilu Mountain alive.
Yuan Yizhi claimed to have brought Yu Moji to inspect the goods, and Yu Moji was originally worried that his name would not be true, and he was afraid that people would expose the stuffing when they were investigated; After asking, she knew that Yuan Zhizhi really had the ability to inspect the goods. Therefore, Yu Mojian guessed that the "general surnamed Yuan", who Tu Lian had said before, recorded the function of the golden stone in the book, was either his family or himself.
Yuan Yizhi's fame is widespread, and it is not inferior to the book written by the "general surnamed Yuan". As soon as Yu Mojin had a little contact with the Qiongmen Chamber of Commerce, he found that the people here had obviously heard of Emperor Yuan Yuan, a young general who was very knowledgeable, almost omnipotent, and omnipotent. With this reputation, the two "distinguished guests" of Yuan Pingzhi and Yu Moji did not make much effort to get permission to enter the Chamber of Commerce.
When they went, they found out that in fact, the Chamber of Commerce was just a medium, and the real philosopher's stone was still pressed in the hands of the merchants. It's just that the philosopher's stone is too valuable, and the merchant who doesn't know who his name is very cautious and never shows up. Yuan relied on it to inspect the goods, and had to go through layers of intermediaries to convey the news, and then borrow the chamber of commerce's site handover, which was very troublesome.
However, Yuan Yizhi came this time, and his original intention was not to point the golden stone, so he was happy to delay in the Chamber of Commerce for a few days and listen to some useful information.
At the same time, the owner of the Chamber of Commerce did not seem to intend to let go of Yuan Yizhi, a rare guest. In the past few days when Yu Moji and Yuan Pingzhi were in the Chamber of Commerce, they kept seeing the owner of the Chamber of Commerce sending people to send thousands of strange things, which were gifts and goods that he thought Yuan Pingzhi might be interested in. Yuan relied on his goodness as a stream, and also showed an attitude of cherishing it. When he commented on the ink marks that he couldn't see a reason at all, he behaved like a plaything and lost his mind.
If there really is a gentleman who can grow into such a look, and such an elegant temperament...... Yu Moji sighed secretly, and said in her heart that all her prejudices about the gentleman could also be left behind.
After a few more days, the owner of the Chamber of Commerce finally sent someone to deliver the news, saying that he had finally negotiated with the merchant who owned the philosopher's stone, and the other party was willing to talk to him face to face. The owner of the Chamber of Commerce intends to take advantage of this to be the east, set up a banquet, and introduce Yuan Pingzhi, a distinguished guest from the court, to the local businessmen.
Since Yu Moji claimed to be Yuan Pingzhi's protégé and was stained with the light of this temporary teacher, he was naturally among the objects of the banquet. When the day came, she continued to pretend to be a teenager and followed behind Yuan Pingzhi.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yu Moji walked into the banquet hall, he smelled a fragrance that was not easy to notice, but it was very familiar. She had never used incense herself, and she was feeling strange, and when she looked up, she saw her old friend Wei Linyuan.
After not seeing him for many days, Wei Linyuan's appearance became more and more extravagant, and the clothes and accessories he used looked much more extravagant. Compared with everyone here, Wei Linyuan is obviously much younger. However, judging from the number of seats, his status is not low.
Seeing acquaintances here, Yu Moji didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. She was hesitating when she saw Wei Lin glance at her silently.
He had apparently recognized the ink marks on the men's clothing. But for some reason, Wei Linyuan did not reveal the fact that the two of them knew each other. Since he refused to recognize each other, Yu Moji was also happy. She decided to wait and see.
After sitting down, Yu Moji realized that on the wine table, in addition to Wei Linyuan, there was actually a person from her past. The man had been keeping his head down, very unobtrusive; At this moment, Yu Moji saw his face clearly, and immediately recognized it.
They weren't familiar with each other, and Yu Moji couldn't even remember each other's names anymore.
It was the young man who had been talking to Yu Moji in the team that had rescued Yu Moji, who had been seriously injured in the past, from Chilu Mountain. Although Yu Moji is not very skilled in personnel, and sometimes she is a little blind, but she remembers all the people in the caravan - who can forget the person who sent him to death?
However, even if the same thing is the same thing, the impression left on the victim and the perpetrator is likely to be different. After all, the young man had only been with her for two or three days, and Yu Moji was not sure if the other party still remembered her.
She was still hesitating, not sure whether to step forward to reveal her identity, or to carefully hide her current half-male appearance. As soon as she looked up, she saw that the other party's eyes were already staring at her.
Counting Yu Moji and Yuan Yizhi, there were only four young people at the table. Among these four people, Yuan Zhizhi was born with a comfortable demeanor, as if nothing could difficult him; Wei Linyuan was originally a high-spirited young man, but after leaving Waige, he gradually became more stable; The composure of the remaining ink marks was forcibly pretended.
And this young man who failed to remind Yu Moji of his name seemed to be the most restrained one.
When he saw Yu Moji, his expression immediately changed, and he blurted out: "You ......"
Yu Moji's mind was still entangled in planning because he didn't react fast enough, and suddenly encountered such a scene, and in a hurry, he actually forced him to look confident. She winked at each other and said, "We haven't seen each other in a while." ”
Yu Moji couldn't remember the other party's name, so he had to omit the title. On top of such a formal banquet, this is actually a kind of behavior that is not very polite. However, with Yu Moji's previous set of actions that she felt inexplicable, this move showed that she was very familiar with this young man.
The young man's surprise was forcefully suppressed. He touched his head a little dazedly, and finally had to nod his head according to Yu Moji's words.
Yu Moji could see that the young man was very nervous, obviously unwilling to cause more trouble.
Yu Moji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When tigers and leopards are around, whoever is cowardly first loses. In this situation, many things are unknown, but the one who loses first is not Yu Moji.
Yuan Pingzhi was originally greeting people on the side, but when he noticed this, he quietly gave Yu Moji an inquiring look.
Yu Moji's appearance of being a bamboo in his chest was simply used to deceive himself. However, that momentum has not faded now, so although she didn't understand what Yuan Pingzhi was asking, she still maintained an expression of victory, and nodded at Yuan Pingzhi.
Yuan Zhizhi: "......"
Yuan Pingzhi roughly said to Yu Moji in advance that according to the customs of Qiongmen and Juping, the banquet pays attention to "eating without sighing" and "drinking tea and leaving the case". This rule says that when eating, it is most taboo to sigh and spoil the atmosphere, so there are many troublesome things that cannot be discussed at the dinner table, and the main task is just to greet each other and climb the relationship; When it comes to drinking tea, it is the right time for you to come and ask for news.
Unlike Yuan, Yu Mozhen has little interest in these customs and customs, and thinks that there are many old-fashioned customs that are unreasonable—for example, this rule of not sighing, isn't it a waste of time?
However, when it was really time to start eating, Yu Mochen felt that the habit of not talking about things when eating was actually quite in line with her mind.
She had planned to use the time between meals to think about countermeasures. However, she thought about it, but she really didn't have a clue. Later, she had to wait and see what happened, and focus on food. After all, this banquet was hosted by the wealthy owner of the Chamber of Commerce, and many of the dishes were in a style that Yu Moji had never seen before, which looked very tempting.
The banquet custom of "eating without sighing" once again reflects its superiority - no matter whether Yu Moji and Yuan can find out the source of the thousand-year-old gold in the hands of the mountain bandits after a while, they can finally eat a good meal relatively easily.
At the wine table, it is naturally the responsibility of the owner of the Chamber of Commerce to introduce the guests. Yu Mochen knew that he was not very good at remembering people's names, so he deliberately paid attention to listen to them at this time.
Among the attendees, the older ones are all big businessmen in the Qiongmen area, who came this time, on the one hand, to have a relationship with Yuan Pingzhi, and on the other hand, to watch the rumored and extraordinary philosopher's stone to see if there is a chance to get a piece of the pie. The two young people, one is Wei Linyuan, who came to contact the Qiongmen Chamber of Commerce and supervise the Wei family firm. According to the touting of the owner of the Chamber of Commerce, the merchants surnamed Wei in the Quanqiongmen are not as high as Wei Linyuan's status in the clan. And the other was the young man who looked even more nervous than Yu Moji.
I only heard the owner of the Chamber of Commerce introduce, "This is the second son of the Zhang family in Nanping." ”
Yu Mochen hadn't heard of this place in Nanping, but he finally remembered that this young man's surname was Zhang. She was about to pretend to look like she had admired her name for a long time, but Wei Linyuan, who seemed to have been much calmer, suddenly opened her mouth and said slowly, "Nanping Zhang family? How come I haven't heard of it? ”