Chapter 369: Husband and wife, man and woman

Chen Lan entered the house, and when the others who were behind arrived at the door, they tacitly divided into three dials, Changdi Hongying guarded the door, Hongluo went to the tea room, and Aunt Yun quietly entered the east wing alone, thinking that although the rain stopped this morning, it was still gloomy and wet, so she thought about turning her clothes out to breathe, but when she turned to a jade-colored burden that she was carrying, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, and as soon as she untied it, she felt that there was a thick book on it.

When she opened it, her brow immediately furrowed. But I saw that the book was full of strange words like ghost drawings, and it was not like the writing of people from top to bottom and from right to left today, but one horizontal strip after another, and I didn't know what I was writing. Looking left and right to see the essentials, she put the book down casually, but then suddenly remembered something, picked it up again, and carefully turned a few pages again.

"It's not handwritten, it's printed? The old lady with two bookcases is not here, so it should be someone else stuffed in. Is it for me, or for someone else...... What kind of medicine is this sold in a gourd? ”

Aunt Yun's head hurt when she thought about it, and she was sure that she didn't know a word, so she couldn't help but put down the book again in despair. Absentmindedly tidying up her things, she walked out with the book on her face hesitant, stopping a few times, but finally reaching the door. But when the curtain was opened, she almost collided with someone.

"Sister Yun?"

Seeing that it was Aunt Liu, Aunt Yun, who was holding the book in her hand, immediately made a decision. Quickly pulled it in, she divided it by two to explain what happened, and the book was stuffed over: "Sister, look at this?" ”

Aunt Liu opened it in wonder and took a look, but it turned out that her head was too big and she didn't recognize a word. After thinking about it, she said to Aunt Yun, "It looks like a Western character...... In this way, the old lady obviously has something important next, and after tonight's stubble, let's give the things to the lady to see. If it doesn't work out, whatever Mrs. does with this thing. ”

It is said that it is easy to be sleepy in spring, and in the afternoon, the number of people on the streets of Yangzhou has decreased by more than three or four percent compared with the morning. After the restaurant finished a business, some simply got off the door panel and prepared all kinds of materials for dinner early, some still left the door open, temporarily changed to a teahouse, and some gathered two or three idlers at the door, hoping that the leftovers could be pulled out and sold for a price, or hoping to find a job.

Therefore, when the three carriages stopped in front of the rather imposing guest building, they inevitably attracted the attention of many people. Only the surrounding retinue guards were well-trained to occupy all the important places around, and they involuntarily expelled many idlers, and then erected the fence. Seeing this style, the guys who were probing their brains to see the excitement in the vicinity all retracted their heads, and a small restaurant quietly lowered the door panel.

Mrs. Pingjiangbo, who got off the carriage, had a gloomy face, and the first one crossed the threshold into the lobby, and saw a small servant of her husband Fang Han kowtowing forward, saying that the master was upstairs, and she pedaled upstairs without saying a word. The other three ladies at the back stood in silence for a moment, and when the little servant got up, he came forward with his hands down.

"Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Ai, the upstairs box has been prepared, and Lord Zhou is also waiting upstairs, please come with the little one."

Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Ai glanced at each other, and neither said anything at the moment. And Mrs. Jiang stood there, and when she saw that no one paid attention to her, her face couldn't help but turn red. After barely standing for a while, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately turned around and walked out. When she got to the door, she tripped over the threshold because of her agitated mood and her eyes not seeing clearly, and if it weren't for a girl beside her, she almost fell to the ground.

"Madam, it doesn't matter to you, do you?"

"It's okay to get on the bus, let's go back"

Barely bursting out these words, she helped her knees and stepped forward, and when she got to the carriage, she even shook off the girl and stepped on the stirrups to get into the carriage by herself. When the curtain was lowered and she sat firmly, she slumped into her position, and her hands on the armrests were even trembling slightly. After a while, she muttered to herself: "The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, all of them were old men who did wrong things back then, and now that he is sick, he doesn't care about anything." It was the seventh child who had a problem with the gift this time, and he simply hid at home, why did we let the long room suffer? The old man's generation of patriarchs has been for so many years, and now he wants to hide from it when he unloads it, where is it so cheap"

The girl who accompanied her was silent, but another mother proposed: "Mrs. is right, the third old lady should not have let the fifteenth master go to the capital, and now there is no containment." However, since we arrived in Yangzhou, we just went back empty-handed, and those clansmen had something to say. The business industry here in Yangzhou is under the management of Jiang Shilang, why don't we go over there and take a look? He is your junior, and he is also the deacon of the clan, and now that your clan woman has arrived, it is not easy to support him? ”

"Yes, yes, go find Jiang Shilang" Mrs. Jiang's eyes lit up, and then she patted the armrest heavily, "Next, let him come forward and get things done, the credit is always ours, as for not being able to do it, it is also his Jiang Shilang's incompetence He is not the result of cultivation at home today, so he will naturally do his best to do his best, or will you come up with an idea, I will be rewarded when I go back"

The girl on the side saw that Mrs. Jiang finally turned her anger into joy, and the mother was busy thanking, and her eyes couldn't help but wander a little. The other side ordered to go down, and the carriage was immediately rerouted, and when it arrived at the place, the mother immediately got out of the car, and when she saw the two young men coming up, she nodded reservedly and said, "The eldest lady of the family is here, go and call Jiang Sigong out." ”

The two young men glanced at each other, and one of them bent down deeply with a smile: "Mom is late, Sigong happens to be absent at the moment......"

"What?" The mother's eyes widened suddenly, and then she showed deep displeasure, "Since he is in charge of Yangzhou Mansion, how can he easily leave the place?" Where have the people gone? ”

"Returning to the eldest lady." That little guy was carefully trained by Jiang Shilang, although the mother's words were unusually polite, he still maintained that unchanged smile, "It was someone from the puppet garden who invited the fourth prince to accompany him, so the fourth prince naturally didn't even care about a few important business, and just took a few capable people away." It won't be long, why don't you take someone to chase after you, and maybe you can catch up? ”

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Jiang, who was still sitting in the car just now, immediately pulled up the curtain of the car, and the whole person leaned out regardless of etiquette: "Is it really someone from the puppet garden who invited Jiang Shilang over?" When did it happen, how many people came, and what shape? ”

In the face of this series of questions, the young man's head hung lower, but the eyes that looked at the loess road under his feet turned sharply: "If you go back to the eldest lady, the little one doesn't dare to lie, it is indeed someone from the puppet garden, about a quarter of an hour before you come." As for the people who came, there were more than ten or twenty, and as for the appearance, the small ones couldn't say clearly, but they only knew that the young man was very polite to the fourth prince. ”

For the sake of a young man, he was very polite to Jiang Shilang

Thinking of the humiliation she had received in the Doll Garden before, Mrs. Jiang clenched her fists fiercely, and then immediately retracted and sat down. After sitting there for a while, she said weakly: "Forget it, find a place for us to settle, and then send someone to Jiang Shilang's side to inform him, so that he can come to see me as soon as he comes back."

The box in the center on the third floor of the meeting building.

No matter how annoyed Mrs. Pingjiang chattered, Pingjiang Bo Fanghan still stood motionless in front of the window with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he turned his head with a cold face: "Don't be long-winded, do you think this is those ladies and wives who want to see your face on weekdays?" I tried my best to persuade Xu Yang not to bring his mother-in-law who was too successful and more than ruined, but called you over, didn't you think you were good at dancing with long sleeves? Now that you have asked the three girls of the Chen family to agree to take Jing'er with you, what else do you have to be dissatisfied with? I'm not like the Ai family for fear of losing control of Jinling Academy, nor like that Zhou Taitong, who stubbornly refuted the emperor's reply, unlike the Jiang family, who was short-sighted back then, the reason why I came here was to make a friendship with Lala, what is there to be afraid of when she is difficult to deal with as a man? ”

"This ......," Mrs. Pingjiang said in a disgraceful manner at what her husband said, "I thought something was wrong...... It's just my lord, aren't you afraid? You promised Jing'er to the fifth elder of the Chen family, but now that the Chen family's room is in a posture, I hope that the title borrowed in the future will be returned......"

"That's what Chen Laosan has to worry about, let's even talk about it, even if there is no long house, Chen Laosan still has a concubine, don't forget that I promised my daughter to him, not for his sake, but for his sake, but unfortunately he himself was blinded by interests. Don't worry about this, Jing'er will have no serious mother-in-law in the future, you have also seen the girl of the Xu family, she is honest and has no heart, as long as I buy her a dowry, will she still have a hard time? It's Xu Yang, who raised such a useless child, and he won't look so good when he is guilty, he is mediocre and self-righteous, and there is no successor."

Speaking of this, Fang Han couldn't help but laugh gloatingly, but when it came to having no successor, he couldn't help but remember his words after he drunk Wang Anzhi that time.

"Since the uncle doesn't have much ambition and doesn't lead the troops to fight, it is unlikely that he will replace the earl with a marquis. Not only that, but the success of the merit is also easy to fail and easy to fail, and you don't have the heart to think about it. As for now that you are involved in sea trade, this is a job that Jiangnan has done in the civil and military capital, and it should not be a good thing, but if you can get involved in sea trade, will others not interfere in Cao Yun? Isn't the uncle here, this Cao River, which was dredged more than a hundred years ago, is now silted up much more than before? As soon as this Cao Yun is blocked, the governor of Cao Yun will come to an end in the future. ”

The Wang Anzhi who was left in Nanjing City by him at the moment, although he was a little frivolous, but his vision was sharp If according to what he said, Xu Yang's father was calculated, so he should not act rashly now, lest he become a human knife.

In a box on the west side of the Hui Guest Building, the Inspector Yu Shi Zhoutai's face suddenly became extremely delicate after listening to the lady's detailed explanation of what he had gone to see at noon. He was not as harsh as Fang Han was to his wife, he comforted him with kind words, and hurriedly ordered his head to send food up, and when he saw that his wife was almost half full, he showed a pleasant smile.

"I want to make such a trip for nothing. I thought that Mr. Yang used to be Du Lao's younger brother no matter what he said, so he didn't even understand this bit of etiquette, and he didn't expect him to be so stubborn. At this point, Madame doesn't have to stay here longer, and the family can't do without you, so you better go back first. ”

Mrs. Zhou is usually a typical person who does not go out of the door, but this time it was difficult for her to go out, also because of her husband's request, at this time, she was naturally greatly relieved, but she had to be full of apologies. But her husband personally sent her to the door, and she asked again with concern, and hurried downstairs with her hat on. Seeing the figure disappear, Zhou Taitong, who was standing at the door, finally put away his smile and turned into the box without saying a word. Below came the shouting of the coachman, the sound of the whip, followed by the sound of the horses' hooves, and in a short time there was a dull thud in the room.

The two little guys guarding the door outside glanced at each other, and both bowed their heads silently. Only when they were waiting for the sound of smashing things from inside, someone noticed that someone was walking on the other side, and when they looked up, it was Mrs. Ai, and the two immediately exchanged a knowing look, and hurriedly bowed down together.

"Madame......"

"Open the door, I'll talk to your master."

After entering the house, Mrs. Ai saw Zhou Taitong standing in the corner, and her hand had already held the porcelain bottle on the side, so she coughed lightly, and when she saw that the person first turned her head, and then her eyes brightened to greet her, she lowered her face and said: "Since you want to make that kind of change in front of Mrs. Zun, why can't you hold back at this time?" Don't forget, in addition to the Pingjiang Boxu garrison, there are also the Jinling Prefect and the Governor Cao Yushi are here. If they hear the news and spread it, do you want to be famous? ”

"I ......" staring at Mrs. Ai, who was still unable to hide the charm of the jinghai cloth skirt, Zhou Taitong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "Master, it's my self-cultivation that is not enough, but that Yang Jinzhou is really too deceitful, he and Du Lao joined forces to come to this trick, these small academies in Jiangnan will naturally compete for the imperial court, and how passive will Jinling Academy be when the time comes?" Also, he wants to train here, in a calm place like Jiangnan, what kind of soldier he trains, he is clearly a drunkard who does not mean to drink, in case he really makes a big move......"

"That's enough" Mrs. Ai stared at Zhou Taitong for a long time, and said lightly, "You are a capable student of the mountain, don't just rely on impulse in everything." It's like you got rid of the three people in Jiangnan in one go, and everyone praised you as a capable minister, but in fact? You yourself know that you, the inspector of the imperial history, are the ministers of the heavens, if you lose this letter, what will you have left? ”

"Master......" Zhou Taitong muttered and couldn't say anything. Seeing that Mrs. Ai shook her head and turned around to leave, he actually caught up with him and grabbed Mrs. Ai's sleeve, "Master, don't be angry, I'm just, I'm just a moment of righteous indignation......."

Looking at the hand that was tightly tugging on her sleeve, Mrs. Ai first showed a surprised expression, and then frowned and said, "What are you doing here?" Let go, let people see that you are enough to be on a par with the governor of the imperial history, and you don't have to do it anymore" When Zhou Tai retracted her hand in a sneering manner, she asked solemnly, "Let me ask you, did you mean it yourself, or the meaning of the capital, or what information did you get?" You honestly say that if you prevaricate, you won't want me to see you again in the future."

"Yes, yes." Zhou Taitong wrung his hands uneasily, raised his head and glanced at it, lowered his eyes and said, "It was I who opened the joints of the celebrant and learned that the imperial court was going to make a big move here in Jiangnan, plus those officials were not fuel-efficient lamps, they were all staring at Jinling Academy, and the news about the sea was very bad, so I ......"

"So you don't care about the book? You, I don't know when you will really be able to take charge of yourself" Mrs. Ai looked at Zhou Taitong angrily, until the person bowed her head again and admitted her mistake, she mentioned again, "The master of ceremonies and eunuch Qu Yong is a treacherous person, don't fight the idea of the master of ceremonies again." As for the next thing, it's the same, Jinling Academy has its own master and me to make arrangements, don't worry about it. As for the affairs of the sea, others are just chasing after the wind and shadows, what are you coaxing? Okay, if you go to the puppet garden later, you should prepare well, and when you question, you must be righteous and awe-inspiring, don't let people look down on you."

It wasn't until she walked out of the box and walked to the small room in the northwest that as soon as Mrs. Ai entered, she ordered her mother behind her to close the door, and then looked down at the sleeve on the left, and she tore it with her hand, completely ripped off the half of the sleeve, and threw it on the ground in disgust. With half a sleeve bare, she slowly walked to the chair under the window, and sat down on the chair, with a look of apprehension and annoyance on her face for a while, and finally took a deep breath.

"Miss......"

"Let someone send a letter to Dad immediately" After only a moment of silence, she said word by word, "It's still the old rule, you write." I don't care what method he uses, this Jinling Academy must not allow outsiders to interfere, he should know how many of them are taboo and he is Yuanfu, if he can't even do this kind of thing, then it will be no wonder that I will be implicated in him Also, what did that Qu Yong do when he came to Jiangnan, let him tell me clearly, don't always play dumb riddles with a pretentious appearance"

Speaking of this, she paused, and then gently rubbed the temples on both sides with her right hand, and then put down her hand and raised her head: "There is a word on the sea, saying that the Fujian side has started to build warships again, and in the past two years, there have been more and more explorations around their workshop. If he has a good law, don't hide it, the Ryukyus have already been ended, and once Korea and the Japanese kingdom are not established, Jiangnan will not be much better."

ps: Everyone's pink votes are too powerful, and when this book has reached the later stage, and the weight of love is far inferior to political affection, I am really touched to have this achievement. However, there are still two days left at the end of the month, hold on to it, and clench your fists