Chapter 52 The Teahouse Flyer
Qin Xufei asked about the news of the Qin State, Qi Shijie nodded and replied: "In the past, we were smooth, but now the prince is in charge of Dachu, and Fang Qingchen does not care about political affairs, and some people in the country are loose, and our people take the risk to contact, and there are really people who quietly pass on the news." ”
Qin Xufei sneered when he heard this.
"It is said that after receiving the letter of state from us, that person was furious and did not appear for several days. For many days in a row, there were many corpses in the palace that died of sudden illness and were transported out of the corner gate. Most of the men were killed by the living rod, and the women were ......" Qi Shijie said with a cold face: "They are all covered in scaly wounds, and many people's lower bodies have been beaten to pieces." ”
Qin Xufei frowned deeply. Before his royal brother ascended the throne, he had always had a cold temperament, and he had to maintain a virtuous atmosphere outside, and his joy and anger were invisible. Now that he is the Ninety-Five Supreme, the death of a few people serving in the harem is not a big deal, and it doesn't matter.
"Among those who died of sudden illness, including Lan Concubine."
"Lan Concubine?" Qin Xufei was at a loss for a while. Before his brother became the emperor, there were a lot of concubines, and after becoming the emperor, he chose a show again, how did he know who was who.
"Lan Concubine's daughter married to Yan Kingdom as an emperor. This time, after she died of a 'sudden illness', the man posthumously gave her a concubine. ”
"It's Lechang's mother." Qin Xufei remembered it at this time. Lan Concubine was originally an old person in the domain, her status was extremely low, and she was not favored, but before Lechang got married, in order to look good in the "national body", King Qin promoted her to a "concubine" position. At that time, Qin Xufei was no longer in the Qin State, so in his impression, the title of Lan Concubine was completely unfamiliar.
Thinking of Lechang, Qin Xufei couldn't help but feel a little gloomy. That one always stands in the shadows. A little girl with lonely eyes. He was very loving. But at the beginning, he was handsome, and all he could do was to visit her every time he came to the door, chatting a few words, and hugging her. Later, he went to another country and couldn't return, and when he heard that Lechang was sent to Yan Country as a political bargaining chip at a young age to get married, he only sighed helplessly.
"Le Changgui is a princess, but in this life, I am afraid that except for this mother-in-law, I am afraid that I will never be cared for by others. If you know......" he sighed: "Did they inform Yan Guo of this news?" ”
"It is said that it was only recently that I sent a message. It's not an official state letter, it's just a casual official document. It seems that King Qin does not want King Yan to treat this matter seriously. Qi Shijie sneered.
Qin Xufei was still confused: "Brother Wang's temperament is a little brutal, but he has a deep city, how can he be so reckless this time?" Although Concubine Lan came from a humble background, she is now the mother of the Queen of Yan Kingdom after all......"
It is said that the man was in a very bad mood during those days, and he was often drunk. When he gets drunk, he abuses the palace people at will. That night, he was drunk and fainted. So I mistakenly translated Lan Concubine's name......"
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When Qi Shijie reported this secret matter of the Qin Palace to Qin Xufei, a fast horse came to the outskirts of Yanguo Beijing.
After a long journey, day and night, the rider only felt parched and dry. Tired to death.
Turn the corner. Suddenly, there is a two-story small teahouse built purely with green bamboo on the side of the road, and the style is simple. But it's clean and fresh. Upstairs, the "tea" flag is planted obliquely, and the air is filled with the fragrance of leisurely tea. A few village girls who were diligent and diligent and clothed in blue flowers were busy back and forth, and there were so many guests that there was nowhere to sit, and the tables were set up outside the teahouse.
Immediately the man turned over and dismounted, ran to the nearest table, sat down and shouted, "Serve me tea." ”
Immediately, a village girl came over with a smile on her face to make tea, and the sweat wiping hand towel handed over was also clean.
The man looked left and right, feeling quite fresh: "Your teahouse is newly built." I also went to Beijing a few years ago, and it was still empty, and there was nothing. ”
The village girl had been dealing with the guests for a long time, and she spoke quite briskly and neatly, and said with a smile: "Qing...... Our proprietor originally built a small tea shed here, and the business was very good. Because the guests couldn't sit down, they decided to build such a teahouse. The countryman's family is not very particular, so it is not easy to use embroidery to build casually, but there is a private seat upstairs. Although it was a little rougher, the nobles of the city liked it very much.
The man nodded slightly, smiled and looked up at the bamboo building: "It's good that it's simple and natural, and the farmhouse is funny." Raising a glass with one hand and taking a sip, I felt that the boredom disappeared, and I smiled again: "Good tea." The tea is good, the building is good, and the place is well chosen. To have such a vision, the boss must be a master, right? ”
The village girl chuckled: "What kind of tall and dwarf, also from the same village as me, if you are curious, you will see her after sitting for a while." Usually she greets guests like us, but today she has something to do, and now she is upstairs in the private seat, and when she finishes her business, she will come down. She said as she looked up and gestured in the direction of the private room.
The man followed her gaze and looked up, but saw a window on the second floor suddenly open, and a black shadow rolled out of it screaming and screaming.
The man jumped to his feet in shock, pressed one hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and when he looked at it again, he could already hear a thud, and a man groaned and slowly got up from the ground.
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After Qinggu opened a tea shed and made a fortune, many people in the village wanted to learn from her, and they also set up tea stalls on the roadside. But the tea brewed is not as good as her, and she has to give up if she can't last two days. As for driving her away, blackmailing her, etc., don't mention it, everyone has long been afraid of her.
Qinggu is a gentle person, regardless of the old evil. When the tea shed was bigger, she recruited a few clever and willing girls in the village to come and help, and the wages were far better than farming, so the people in the village rushed to come.
Originally, Qinggu was already very satisfied, but Rong Qian came up with the idea to let her simply build a teahouse, and the tea in the future would be divided into high, medium and low grades, and given to guests from different places. This building is not luxurious, just use the most ordinary and cheapest bamboo, according to the word "simple". Qinggu was dizzy when she heard this, but she never disobeyed him, but just complied with peace of mind.
The villagers took their wages to help repair the teahouse, but they thought in their hearts that she was not greedy enough. Surely you will die. But the teahouse is up. Business is too good to be true. The number of rich people and officials who have come and gone in and out of the capital is innumerable, and the magnificent houses have been lived in for a long time. As for the more expensive the land requisition, the more face-saving they feel. Those who brought their ladies out to go out are particularly fond of the two small private rooms on the second floor of the teahouse.
Under word of mouth, Qinggu's business in the small teahouse has become more and more prosperous, and it has become a landscape in the suburbs. The business of the teahouse is good, and there are more people who are red-eyed. And the matchmaker in the four towns and eight towns received the news that the female boss of the teahouse was looking for her husband, and immediately began to visit the door. Don't say that this woman is old, don't say that he doesn't look very good, and his legs are a little disabled, but she is rich. Are you afraid that you won't be able to find a husband if you have money? That's thanks to the matchmaker. Can it be less?
In the blink of an eye, Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Er, and a number of others were listed by the major matchmakers. But. The female boss's brother-in-law is not having a good time. Don't look at that person is a thin and crippled tuberculosis ghost, usually he can fall down when the wind blows, no matter how these matchmakers praise the man, the family is well-off, both civil and military. Kind-hearted. The future is great...... He always chatted a few words, and he could easily ask the general real situation, and then he would look at the names on the list and swipe down.
This one doesn't work. A farmer, illiterate in big characters, his sister can now write and count, not worthy.
This doesn't work, he's too old, and he's still continuing, and he's too wronged by his sister.
This is even worse, grumpy, it will be bad for her sister......
He picked it up, and it almost crooked the nose of a matchmaker. Don't look at what your sister-in-law is, an old girl in her twenties, plus ugly and crippled, do you still want to pick a fairy?
But the person who looked sick and crooked, and there were only two or three people left on the list who seemed to be almost qualified in all aspects, but he no longer discussed marriage, but asked Qinggu to meet with them in turn. This, this, this...... Where in the world is there a woman who wants to meet and choose a husband, but for the money, Mrs. Wang really worked hard to persuade a woman to meet today.
Now, Zhao Shusheng, who was about the same age as Qinggu, was already sitting in the private room upstairs, opposite him, restrained, sitting this big boss of the teahouse who is now famous in three towns and eight towns.
Although Qinggu runs a teahouse these days, she often sees guests from all over the world, and she can gradually face everyone calmly and calmly, but thinking about the future marriage at this moment, she can't help but stiffen her whole body, and she has regained her previous restraint and timidity.
sat there in a daze, with his head down, from beginning to end, and didn't raise his eyes to look at Zhao Shusheng, who was praised by Wang Matchmaker as the number one talent in the world.
The big wedding event was suddenly brought up by Brother Rong, and she hadn't thought about it before.
However, since he had said so, she agreed. For so long, how had she disobeyed him. As long as he says it, she will do it.
She knew that Brother Rong suddenly mentioned this matter just because he didn't worry about her. She understands that her eldest brother Rong is a native of another world, and one day, that person will leave. When he leaves, he will always hope that she will be happy and have something to rely on, so she must reassure Brother Rong, don't worry him, don't worry him.
No matter who it is, as long as it is the person selected by Brother Rong, it is naturally good.
She sat stiffly like this, however, even with her head lowered and her face sideways, it was easy for the person opposite to have an unobstructed view.
Zhao Shusheng frowned slightly. He also came to the teahouse to drink tea, and he also thought that the landlady who gently entertained all the guests was very amiable, but if this woman wanted to be his wife, it was a different matter. Men, verbally they want to say that they want to marry a wife and marry virtue, but in their hearts, who dares to say that they don't look forward to a great beauty in bed. Even if he is a farmer, marrying a wife thinking that he will be able to work and be able to give birth, this appearance is not not picky. What's more, he is a rare scholar in the countryside, although he has failed to pass the exam several times, but he may have a bright future in the future.
Qinggu didn't speak, Zhao Shusheng didn't feel happy in his heart, and he didn't speak, and the scene stiffened. The matchmaker standing on the side could laugh with a spring breeze: "Young girl, this Zhao Gongzi, but we are a rare scholar and a rare talent in three towns and eight towns." If you are a good person and a good scholar, you will have to be able to find an official and a half-job in the future, and when the time comes, you will be the wife of the official! ”
"Zhao Gongzi, this young girl, has a good temperament. People are industrious. He is kind and kind, and he will definitely be able to help Fu Wang's family......" The matchmaker said as she carefully tugged at the corners of his clothes.
Zhao Shusheng came back to his senses and saw that the matchmaker was desperately trying to make a look at himself, and immediately remembered the real problem.
I have always only been able to read, and I don't know how to farm at all, and I used to rely on my eldest brother to do all the labor work in the family. Now that the eldest brother has married his sister-in-law, he listens to the pillow wind, and he no longer refuses to raise a younger brother who may be an official in the future, and shouts every day that he wants to split up. The sister-in-law smashed pots and bowls all day long, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai. The words are ugly and explicit,
One day he doesn't separate his family, and one day makes him feel bad.
He usually pretends to be literate and looks down on the crops in the village, but he really wants him to divide the family and get a few acres of land. I don't know how to play with it at all.,Recognize a few words.。 There was no one in the village to write to him, or to ask the child for a husband, and this belly of poetry was not as practical as a hoe. If he can't marry a wife who can support him, he really doesn't know what to do in the future.
Remembering his own predicament. He had to endure the grievances first. With a sinking face, he said, "I'm a reader." In the house, we must pay attention to the number of etiquette. When you become a pro in the future, I will take care of this teahouse for you. Don't be out and about entertaining guests every day. ”
Qinggu snorted in a daze, and didn't fully react.
"I know that it is inconvenient for you to do things in a woman's family, and there must always be a man to help, and there is no way to ask your brother-in-law to make decisions for you. It's just that when you enter Zhao's house in the future, don't get too close to him, he is not your own brother, and you must always avoid suspicion. Zhao Shusheng even had a deep voice.
Qinggu stared at her in a daze, completely ununderstanding, where did this person come from to be qualified to dictate to her and Brother Rong's affairs.
Zhao Shusheng was very unhappy. The man surnamed Rong who lived with this woman was really a thorn in his heart, although he heard that the man was very sick, and he might not be able to do things like men and women at all, but this gossip was ugly, and to marry this woman, it was really, really...... Such an ugly, a little disabled, and a ruined woman......
He considered himself an amazing reader. At this moment, he wanted to set up a dismount, and teach her what she meant before she entered the door, so that when she could embarrass him, her words became more and more majestic: "Of course, he helped you, so you have to give some meaning." It's just that in the future, be sure to let him move out of the house, and he is not allowed to touch the business and accounts of the teahouse again, and he will ...... in the future."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that a table was overturned, and he instinctively held his head in his hands, fell back, and as soon as the collar was tightened, the whole person was picked up.
Qinggu carried him in one hand, clenched her fist in the other and raised it high, this person, this person, it doesn't matter if she looks down on her, how dare you say this about Brother Rong. He actually wanted to kick Brother Rong out of the house, and he actually wanted to occupy Brother Rong's teahouse?
Zhao Shusheng is among the strong men in the countryside, although he has always been a thin and useless scholar, but he never thought that he would let a woman easily pick it up, and when he looked up, he saw that his face with Qingji was full of anger, and he was so frightened that he was terrified, God, what kind of woman is this, she is a monster at all.
The matchmaker was so frightened that she screamed loudly next to her, and the sound was so loud that it pierced people's eardrums.
Qinggu was stunned, and suddenly thought that her strength was getting bigger and bigger, and if she beat someone, she might kill someone, so she put down her fist, just looking at this scholar shrinking into a ball, remembering his intentions to Brother Rong just now, in the end, she couldn't get angry, walked to the window, pushed open the window, and threw it away, this scholar was like a tattered, came out of the window, sturdy, and fell to the ground.
Qinggu leaned out of the window, pointed at Zhao Shusheng and shouted, "I won't marry you, you get out." ”
Fortunately, the teahouse was low, and there was no stone slab underneath, so Zhao Shusheng stood up with a sigh, his whole body was rolling into mud, and he also pointed here and shouted: "I just starve to death, and I won't marry a woman like you!" As he spoke, he stepped back defensively, and fell down again with his feet up, and then got up with a snort, his face blue and white: "You shrew! You, you, you, this is trying to kill! I'm going to the government to sue you! ”
Qinggu was anxious, leaned forward and shouted, "You are talking nonsense!" The second floor of my place is not high, so I still threw you into that soft place, or you ...... You ......"
Zhao Shusheng is just fighting with his tongue and refusing to suffer, seeing that she is angry, he panicked in his heart, and hurriedly limped into the distance, while running, he shouted: "You just want to kill someone, I'll sue you, I'll sue you......"
Qinggu has always been docile and does not cause trouble, and suddenly was told that she was going to sue the official, she was really startled, and she stayed at the window for a long time in this leaning posture, and suddenly realized that everyone inside and outside the teahouse below was staring at her, and her face immediately turned red, so she quickly shrank in and slammed the window shut.
At this point, the stunned people downstairs were in an uproar and began to discuss.
The man who came from afar outside the teahouse also opened his mouth: "This, this, this is your boss?" ”