Chapter Eighty-Nine: Farewell in the Night
"It's dry, watch out for the candles!"
The watchman went around the street and knocked on the Bangzi of the third watch, and the deep sound was even more distant and empty in this cold late autumn night.
After the autumn, the weather is getting colder, coupled with the recent water bandits, the people rarely go out at night, and the shops are closed early after dark.
Yangzhou Tan Mansion is not so peaceful at the moment, there are more than a dozen carriages parked on the back door street, the girls are busy moving things in and out, and seven white fat and jade-like delicate women surround a tall man, the man was born Zhou Zheng, forty-five or sixteen, it is the famous Tan Zhizhou Tan Gu Tan.
Lord Tan is still holding a person who is crying with pear blossoms and rain in his arms, who is the seventh aunt who just married this year, and the top brand of Happy Building.
On the first day of Yu Xi's listing, Tan Gu fell in love with him, and on the second day, the big red sedan chair stopped directly at the main entrance of the Happy Building. Although she is an aunt's wife, in Yangzhou City, she can be regarded as a phoenix in an instant.
Although this Tan Gu married seven aunts, the main room position has been empty, and no one cares about the top of several aunts, and there is no high or low between each other.
"My lord, Xi'er doesn't want to leave my lord. Even if it's death! and the children shall stand in the way of the adults."
Yu Xi was pitiful, and the wives next to her were so angry that her teeth were itching, and she cursed her all in her heart: If she is a little fox, she will seduce the master, and she will pretend to be pitiful and weak!!
The hatred of several of them is completely traceable, this Yu Xi has not passed the door, there is a harmony in the house, and there is no intrigue between the aunts and wives.
Because Tan Gu is evenly wet with rain and dew, the water is served very fairly, and the aunts and wives usually play mahjong and listen to small songs, and Tan Gu will pay for as many clothes and jewelry as he wants, not to mention the beauty of the day.
Since Yu Xi came, Tan Gu seemed to be transgendered, and he did the trick of King Zhou You's pet, only Yu Xi in his eyes, and his aunts and wives naturally couldn't bear it, but these women had too many peaceful days, and their hearts and eyes were really not bad, even if they were jealous of Yu Xi's pet, they couldn't think of a way to deal with her.
It is indeed strange to say, although Yu Xi is young and beautiful, there are many people who are better looking than her among her aunts, and Tan Gu's sudden single-mindedness and affection are really strange.
Tan Gu patted the beautiful woman on the back to show comfort, raised his hand to recruit the little maid to take a hot hand stove and stuffed it into Yu Xi's arms, and said with a unbearable face: "Xi'er is obedient, and after this period of time, I will take you back after dealing with the bandit for her husband."
The aunts and wives don't know anything about Tan Gu's corruption and collusion with the Japanese Kou.
The other aunts and wives were not to be left behind, "Master, don't drive us away, let us stay and serve the master, as long as we can stay with the master, we are willing to die."
This is five points true and five points false, and then point it directly, the first half of the sentence is true, and the second half of the sentence is false. It's not that the aunts and wives are ruthless and unrighteous, there is affection, but not much!
Yangzhou City was treated well, so they didn't want to go to other places to suffer and take refuge in the cold weather, and several people began to complain.
Tan Gu glanced coldly, "Why are you also fooling around."
They obediently shut up in an instant, and sure enough, the gold lord's words were useful.
Although Tan Gu is not right, he is still attentive to the people around him, there has been no news in the capital, and Liu Xuanhe of Dali Temple is also missing, how can he not be worried.
Although he, the money bag of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, has a hard background, he is only a chess piece on the chessboard of others vying for power, and he may become an outcast at some point. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, before that, these aunts and wives will be properly placed, and it will not be in vain for them to fight with him.
"Adults are in the way of following you?" Yu Xi looked at Tan Gu with teary eyes, and his iron heart could turn into a hot spring, seeing that Tan Gu's face was somewhat relaxed, Yu Xi took advantage of the victory to pursue, "Xi'er promises that she will never delay the adult's errands, but the sisters are gone, and there is no careful person around the adult to take care of it, so how can Xi'er feel at ease."
Yu Xi grabbed Tan Gu's clothes tightly, and said earnestly: "My lord, let Xi'er stay and take care of the adults, the poor and the yellow springs will fall, and Xi'er is willing to live and die with the adults."
Tan Gu looked at the affectionate woman in front of him, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of the shadow of the old man
How good it would be if the person in front of the fantasy was really her..
"How's the luggage?" Tan Gu asked.
The servants had already loaded their luggage into the cart for the final count.
A servant replied, "My lord, I have packed up, and the wives can get into the car."
In case his heart was shaken, Tan Gu skillfully let go of Yu Xi and entrusted her to his aunts and wives, Yu Xi did a good job of hiding the surprise in his eyes, secretly unwilling, and immediately began to make another plan.
The aunts and wives were reluctant to get into the car.
At the front of the carriage procession was a horse without a cart, and a young man who looked fifteen or sixteen years old stood with his sword in his hand, which contrasted with the lonely night, but did not look like a person from Tan Mansion at all.
Tan Gu glanced at the team, and finally left his gaze on the young man, and shouted at him, "Rong Eleven!"
When the young man heard someone calling him, he was not in a hurry to turn back, first patted his sleeve, and then walked to Tan Gu's side, with a casual attitude, as if he didn't care about Tan Gu's might at all.
"Yes."
Tan Gu had long been accustomed to the contempt of the young man, and he didn't blame him.
This young man was sent to him by an acquaintance, if it weren't for his young age and strong martial arts, such a cold person, he would not stay by his side to do things.
"Aunt Seventh is too weak, if you take care of it on the road, your aunt's thoughtfulness will be handed over to you. We must send them safe and sound to their hometown in Yongzhou."
Rong Shiyi glanced at Yu Xi, who was getting into the carriage, and replied, "Yes."
Soon he was back at the front of the line.
The carriage started slowly, Tan Gu felt a little strange, just now he seemed to see the corner of Rong Shiyi's mouth hooked, like a sneer.
It's an illusion, Tan Gu shook his head inexplicably, thinking that it must be the night dark who saw it wrong.
In a short time, the carriage had completely melted into the darkness and was out of sight, and the back door was silent.
At this time, the butler of the Tan Mansion hurriedly rushed to Tan Gu's side and whispered a few words.
I only heard Tan Gu say sharply: "Nonsense! The outside is so close, didn't you say that you won't meet for a while?"
The butler did not dare to say a word and stepped aside.
"Well, the word will be sent to me in two days. I'll make my own arrangements for the rest."
After speaking, Tan Gu waved his sleeves into the mansion, and the subordinates immediately closed the back door and followed in.