Flower Manting has always been an early riser.

As the man grows old, he becomes less sleepy.

Maybe cherish the rest of your life.

He opened the door of the cabin, and the cold wind swept in with a goose-feather snow, which made him shiver.

He squinted at the white expanse outside the door and grinned.

Ruixue Mega Year!

I hope that Ningguo will have a good harvest in the coming year.

He turned and went into the house, took a robe from the wall, and put it on his body, and a hat and put it on his head, and then went out, closed the door, and walked into the cold wind and snow of the early morning.

After walking unhurriedly for half an hour, he came to an alley called Qiuyuefang.

This place is located in the northwest corner of Kyoto, and it is located in a remote area, and belongs to the urban area of Kyoto.

Therefore, the courtyard houses in this alley look very old, and there is only one food shop in the whole alley, which also sells cheap food such as steamed cakes and grass cakes.

Hua Manting bought a drawer of steamed cakes in the restaurant, thought about it and bought four more straw cakes, and then came to a small courtyard at the west end of the alley.

The courtyard is small.

There was only one bare willow tree in the yard.

There is an old well under the willow tree.

Next to the old well is a small bamboo chair covered with snow.

Nothing else.

The fence of the courtyard is very low, and there is no need to protect against thieves.

Because the thieves in this neighborhood know that the owner of this small courtyard is very poor, and he will even beat the thief's idea!

The small wooden door on the fence was a non-existent door, and there was no deadbolt, so even if there were, it could be crossed in one step.

Hua Manting pushed open the small wooden door, walked into the courtyard, and only five steps later, he stood in front of the door of the grass house.

He looked at the roof of the cottage with some concern, if the snow fell heavier and piled up thicker, he was afraid that the cottage would collapse.

He knocked.

Xu is dream was disturbed, and an impatient voice came from the door, "Who! ”

"Open the door!"

In a moment, the door opened, and a head poked out of it.

The hair on this head is gray and gray, and it is also an old man.

He just glanced at Hua Manting, then retracted his neck, "If you want to come in, hurry up, it's so cold outside...... What are you doing early in the morning?! ”

Hua Manting walked in and closed the door.

The light in the room was dim, so the old man fumbled around and lit an oil lamp.

Hua Manting frowned slightly: "Why didn't you make a charcoal fire?" ”

The old man sat down cross-legged and shivered: "There is no silver, the price of charcoal has risen this year, it is too expensive." ”

"I only gave you a hundred taels of silver last time, how long has it been? A month, right? You're gone? ”

The old man smiled: "I went to Yihong Mansion twice, and I drank two pots of painting screen spring, and it was gone!" ”

"These days, prices have risen so much that even the girls in the building have risen in price!"

"I think back then, let's go to Yihong Mansion, even if we order an Oiran, if we don't stay overnight, it will only cost a hundred taels of silver a night, and now it's ......"

He shook his head, shrugged his nose, unceremoniously took the grass cake steamed cake from Hua Manting's hand, took a piece of hot steamed cake and took a bite, and said while chewing:

"You haven't been to Yihong Mansion for a long time, have you?"

"I can tell you, it's just an ordinary girl, just drink and listen to music, don't think about thirty taels of silver!"

"And the painting screen spring is too expensive!"

"Ruilu, three hundred and fifty wen a catty, you know. Do you know how much a pound of the picture screen spring that has just started to sell in Kyoto? ”

Hua Manting really doesn't know.

He even knew at this time that Li Chenan had actually sold the painting screen spring to Kyoto.

"How much?"

The old man stretched out a slap, "Five taels of silver a catty!" The price of more than ten times Ruilu is in short supply! Can you believe it? ”

Hua Manting stroked his long beard and laughed, "I believe it!" ”

"Because when the old man went to Guangling City, in his tavern under the banyan tree, the price of this painting screen spring was three taels of silver a catty. Shipped to Kyoto, sold for five taels, reasonable. ”

The old man stretched out his neck and swallowed the steamed cake in his mouth, but suddenly said: "The price of this painting will rise!" ”

Hua Manting was stunned: "Why?" ”

"I heard that there won't be many sales in Kyoto in the future, and I heard that he wants to sell this painting Ping Chun to other countries next."

Hua Manting grinned: "This kid likes silver." ”

The old man pursed his lips, "So, this regent, he's not reliable!" ”

Hua Manting shook his head, "Nian Chengfeng, I'm afraid you're looking away!" ”

This old man's name is Nian Chengfeng.

was able to let Hua Manting visit in person, he was obviously not an ordinary person.

In the first year of Zhaohua, the first emperor who had just entered the mausoleum ascended the throne as the emperor.

Canonized Li Chunfu as the crown prince, the eldest grandson Jinghong as the prince and teacher, and this Nian Chengfeng was named the prince and the prince!

At that time, they were called the three divisions of Ningguo, and they were all ministers of Ningguo's humerus!

In the second year of Zhaohua, the eldest grandson Jinghong resigned as the crown prince and prince and took charge of the Imperial City Division.

In the spring of the sixth year of Zhaohua, Li Chunfu, the crown prince and concubine, said goodbye to old age and went to Guangling City.

And this Nian Chengfeng was in the winter of the seventh year of Zhaohua, that is, waiting for Lu Zhanxiao to be destroyed, and after Queen Lu committed suicide by hanging the beam, she also resigned and retired.

He was alone and didn't go anywhere.

Of course, the place where he originally lived was not this dilapidated place, but after he resigned, he lingered in the land of fireworks...... As he gets older, he seems to be still majestic, and of course it is more likely that he spends money on the atmosphere.

He was deeply liked by the girls in the building, so in just two years, he sold the big mansion in the bustling part of Kyoto and simply lived in Yihong Mansion!

It's expensive to live in that place!

After another year, he was driven out by the bustard in the building.

Xu is girl in the building remembered his care for the past two years, and gave him ten taels of silver in private, so he bought such a small courtyard with a thatched house in this Qiuyue Alley, and then quieted down.

for there is no silver to toss again.

At the beginning, the prince Taibao, who was the official residence of the Qinglou, disappeared from the field of vision of the girls in the Qinglou, and the girls who used to drink with him are now either good, or bustards, or disappear in a corner of the city.

Maybe I'm also looking at this snow at the moment, thinking about the first-class guy who spent a lot of money back then!

Sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Many people in Kyoto even thought that the old man had died, but few knew that he had fallen here.

But Hua Manting has always known.

Because they've been friends for years.

"I'm not looking for you today, not because of his wine. It's about asking you to come forward and ask for someone. ”

"Who, please?"

"Warm Cooking Rain!"

“……”

Nian Chengfeng was obviously taken aback, and asked after a moment's silence: "Let Wen Boiled Yu help him?" ”

Hua Manting nodded, his face solemn: "He's leaving!" I can't stop it. But he always needs someone to watch him, right? It's a pity that you're too old, warm boiled rain is the most suitable person! ”

Nian Chengfeng pursed his lips: "I just ate a steamed cake from you, and you want the old man to go and ask Wen Boiling Yu to come out of the mountain?" ”

"Actually, I'm curious, why do you work so hard to help Li Chen'an?"

Hua Manting smiled slightly: "He is Mr. Chunfu's grandson, you ate and drank for nothing in Mr. Chunfu's mansion for three years!" ”

Nian Chengfeng choked, "But that kid is not the emperor!" ”

"Didn't he also appoint himself a regent? Although he is not the emperor, he is exercising the rights of the emperor, but he still has some things to deal with, and he will come back to be the emperor sooner or later! ”

Nian Chengfeng didn't know why Hua Manting was so sure and so enthusiastic, he leaned over: "I suspect that kid is your illegitimate son!" ”

"You old and immodest person, the old man is here to tell you the right thing!"

"I don't know if I can convince Wen Zhuyu, but before that, you have to invite me to Juxian Pavilion for a meal, and ...... I'll have to see if that kid is as good as you say. ”

"Okay, I'll try to ask him to meet at Juxian Pavilion tonight."

"Okay, by the way, tell him to bring a few more jars to paint Pingchun!"