"I don't know, I still have to ask for news first, so that I can communicate."

"It's easy for you to go to the Shen Mansion to inquire, and the relationship between the back houses is very important."

Yu Niang nodded, she knows this truth, many things are maintained by the back house, the friendship between men is very important, the friendship between daughters and brothers is also very important, she has also seen a lot of people who are good friends with their fathers and mothers, if they are only good friends with one side, it is inevitable that there will be some resentment, but if both sides are very friendly, the man and the man can talk, and the woman and the girl can also talk and laugh together, then the relationship will be solid, the general situation is unshakable, and the affection is not unusually deep.

"Sister Xie Ling reminded."

Yu Niang deliberately took a trip to Shen Mansion with her second aunt in the afternoon, and the second aunt went to talk to Lin Piao, so Yu Niang chatted with Xiao Yuejuan'er and asked in a low voice about the situation in Brother Ergou's mansion: "If there is someone in his house, why haven't you brought it out and seen it?" We sisters can also get together together. ”

Xiao Yue and Juan'er's expressions were a little difficult to explain, after all, although they didn't know much about Ergou, they had probably heard of it, and it was still a little difficult to deal with that porcelain jade.

Yu Niang is rare and persistent, thinking that everyone is sisters, and it is always appropriate to meet each other and get to know each other.

Xiao Yue lowered her voice and told her the identity of the porcelain jade, Yu Niang raised her eyes in surprise, and Xiao Yue whispered again: "I haven't been good yet, I'm still a mother." ”

Yu Niang's eyes widened suddenly: "Huh? ”

This was completely shocking news for her.

She felt surprised by the identity, but it was not unimaginable, and the rest felt a little too strange: "Why? Doesn't Brother Ergou like him? ”

"I don't know, anyway, Brother Ergou doesn't lack this money, maybe he doesn't want to, so I advise you not to approach that porcelain jade, we have all inquired, he is a powerful person, he was in the middle of the family in his early years, he was a very ambitious and talented person, but he became an old bustard step by step from Oiran, and now he is not thirty years old."

Xiao Yue said, there is a trace of awe between the words, in all kinds of people, but everything that can be made is a very powerful character, but the bustard is a difficult existence for Xiao Yue to forget, beautiful, powerful, and ruthless, because of the bad life is also extraordinarily cold and terrible, there is a kind of gorgeous and black cloud on the body, basically every bustard has this tone, to this crowd, Xiao Yue can only salute.

Yu Niang listened to her description, dispelled her thoughts in her heart, and felt that it was difficult to approach, if she got together casually, not only would she not make the relationship better, but she would even offend the other party invisibly.

Yu Niang sighed: "Brother Ergou's marriage is also bumpy. ”

Xiao Yue shook her head: "Who knows him, he is very confused, and he doesn't know what he is doing, he said that he is not allowed to come blindly and he is still doing this, I doubt that he is afraid that his sister-in-law will scold him, so he said that he and Porcelain Jade are serious, but sometimes it doesn't look like it." ”

Chapter 187

The second aunt sat next to Lin Piao and drank tea, looking at Lin Piao: "Piao'er, do you want to go out for activities recently?" Recently, the military family members in Beijing are going to get together, if you want to go, I will arrange for you to go over to play, and it can be regarded as a distraction, the military family is different from those noble girls, and they have to speak a lot more directly, unlike the young lady of the Wenchen family. ”

Lin Piao heard it: "Auntie, are you an official now?" If you say that you can arrange me, I am not a military dependent. ”

The second aunt was a little proud on the tip of her eyebrows: "It's not me who blows, but now I can be considered to be able to eat well among military families, mainly because Erzhu fought well, and I am a little older, so everyone is willing to give me face." ”

When Lin Piao saw the appearance of the second aunt, he knew that after mixing in Beijing for so long, he finally had a circle and a sense of accomplishment that suited him: "Well, I'm worried that I have no place to play, you know, I'm making friends in Beijing now, I have to take a step back first, there are too many twists and turns, I don't bother to care about so much, it's better to lie at home and save trouble." ”

"I feel the same way, so I stayed in Tongxi Building at the beginning, I didn't like to hang out with others, and I felt very annoyed, mainly because Shen Hong was a civil servant, and the people who came and went were literati and artists, and there were no cool people."

As soon as the second aunt said, it was rare to arouse Lin Piao's interest in socializing, these people he met in Shangjing, the most cheerful and good to talk was actually Mrs. Qi, but they were in a hurry all day long, and they didn't worry about clothes and jewelry, Lin Piao had nothing to do and it was difficult to get together with them, and with this opportunity, he could meet them.

"It's good for you to come, everyone wants to get to know you, you are at home all day long, they say that you are like a fairy, it is very difficult to invite, people actually admire you very much, and want to get acquainted with you."

Lin Piao smiled: "That's good, just distract yourself, don't dislike me, just don't dislike me, I'm not a military family." ”

"Don't worry, that can't." The second aunt now has a somewhat unassuming posture, and the smell of the military family is becoming more and more refreshing.

"Let's get together by ourselves then, and your Uncle Qiu is alone in Tongxi Building, let's talk to him first, and ask him to arrange his own life."

Lin Piao thought of Uncle Qiu: "He's busy now, Da Zhuang married his daughter-in-law, and the Hua family naturally joined forces with Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang can't manage the affairs of Beijing, and now Uncle Qiu is learning to manage it, so as to prevent others from making mistakes." ”

The second aunt smiled: "Speaking of which, he is now in charge of more and more things, the last time I went out with him to order goods, those shopkeepers called him Qiu Shopkeeper, very majestic." ”

Lin Piao nodded, bowed his head and took a sip of tea, the Hua family chose Da Zhuang, originally because he was looking at Da Zhuang's ability and his long-term route resale organization network, the Hua family already had power in many places, and after combining with Da Zhuang, the Ningbei region gradually had a tendency to be dominated by them.

The Hua family is an old businessman, so he naturally knows the truth of making a fortune in a muffled voice, and he doesn't come out to show off and celebrate, but the scale is expanding invisibly.

"Auntie, you asked Yu Niang to go to the store to help look after the store, but I think it's still a little bit unexpected, let's find another pastime for her."

The second aunt was a little worried for a while, she was thinking about things, and felt that people always had to have something to do in their hands so that they would not be bored, and no matter how idle the work was, they had to have a job to be more down-to-earth, and they didn't know how to arrange Yu Niang for a while.

"It's annoying to say, Yu Niang went to your side once, and there were people who came to apologize for several days, and I didn't put any of them in to see the dishes on the dishes, so I didn't have to let Yu Niang go to fight with them."

Lin Piao nodded: "This is how it should be, that person I should have been angry for Yu Niang, I stood upstairs and looked at it for a while, thinking about how Yu Niang would deal with it, but Ling Yuchu walked in and they left." ”

The second aunt sneered: "It's good that you didn't go down, if you go down, they will change their faces and flatter people will be disgusting, you don't like such a scene the most, and it will also make you upset when the time comes." ”

"Yu Niang is still young, and she just came to Beijing again, so she will get better after slowly polishing it."

The two agreed on the final outcome of the discussion.

In the afternoon, when everyone dispersed, Lin Piao went to the study to look for Shen Hong, and before he entered the courtyard, he saw Qing Yu standing outside. ”

Lin Piao was a little surprised: "The secretary of the ministry? ”

Shen Hong often gathered outside and rarely brought people into the mansion.

Qing Yu whispered: "The lord has already returned, and the secretary of the ministry came to visit later, so I saw him in the mansion." ”

Lin Piao nodded, thinking that Shen Hong and the other party were at the same level, both were Shangshu, and their qualifications were older, but they didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to come to the door, if there was something to discuss, it would be enough for the left and right waiters to send one out casually.

Lin Piao raised his head and glanced inside, and saw that Shanzi was walking out of it, and when he saw him standing at the door, he ran over quickly: "Little sister-in-law, are you here?" Let's go to the adult's room first, that old Shangshu is difficult, and it is estimated that it will take a long time. ”

Lin Piao asked softly, "It's nothing, right?" "If you want to say that it is difficult, Lin Piao is really worried The two of them are not speculative, Shen Hong is so artistic, and he secretly scolds the old man, don't scare people.

Shanzi shook his head: "It's okay, Lao Shangshu is just verbose, nothing else, he came to the door this time to ......" Shanzi can't say things directly, but he can say a general idea: "There is something to ask adults for help." ”

"Uh-oh."

Door-to-door begging.

That's nothing.

Lin Piao walked to Shen Hong's room under the escort of Shanzi, Shanzi helped him close the door behind him, there was a faint woody aroma in the room, which was the natural wood fragrance of wooden furniture, the smell of incense that had been lit before had not completely dissipated, mixed into a faint fragrance floating in the air, Lin Piao walked to his own exclusive soft couch, sat down, picked up the idle book he put down last time and began to read.

The old Shangshu next door is making a lengthy statement of his life history, from the early twenties when he was admitted to school and successfully stayed in Beijing, the long history of promotion and change, and he was recalled from the outside, back and forth Now he is almost 50 years old, and a few years ago he finally achieved the position of the secretary of the ministry, thanks to the trust of the new emperor after succeeding to the throne still let him stay in this position and contribute to the country.

In short, this old man is very good at talking about it, and he has looked at the past 40 years.

Shen Hong was across from him drinking tea and listening quietly.

"Actually, many years ago, there was a person like you, and at that time I thought that everything was going to turn around, but unfortunately he was in a hurry and finally failed, but you are different."

"Shang Shu praised it falsely, Shen Hong is no different from thousands of students."

"No, you survived here, he didn't."

"The adults are talking about Lord Bao?"

Shang Shu looked slightly startled, and quickly restrained the expression on his face, still looking like a plain and chattering old man: "You know him? Bao Xuan? ”

"I heard it by chance."

Shang Shu was silent for a moment, and his heart was full of turmoil: "He used to be my protégé, but unfortunately, he wants to change Daning, and young people want to change Daning. ”

Shen Hong took a sip of the teacup: "My lord, continue." ”

Shang Shu glanced at Shen Hong: "But the world that young people hate is forged little by little by the old people, and the old people will not allow them to do such things easily, this is rebellion." ”

Shen Hong smiled lightly: "Adults don't have to be too nervous, it's all over." ”

The official Shangshu suddenly raised his eyelids: "No, nothing has passed, what Bao Xuan once wanted to do was what I didn't dare to do, and what Bao Xuan couldn't do was something that Lord Shen could do." ”

The official secretary sighed, he was also from a humble family.

It's been too long, when he first came to Shangjing, he thought he could change something, the eyes of time fell on Bao Xuan, and now he wants to pass it on to Shen Hong, he knows what Shen Hong is doing.

He knows.

He stood up, even though he was living a golden and noble life in Shangjing, but time and countless things had weighed down his spine a little.

He clasped his hands, bowed slightly, and saluted Shen Hong: "From now on, all this will be entrusted to the adults." ”

Shen Hong got up and held his hand: "My lord said that he was laughing, Shen Hong was just doing something within his bounds, please sit down, my lord." ”

Shangjing is staggered and complex, countless root systems grow here, and they can always find the one that is in harmony with the qi.

Lin Piao was lying here, because the study room and this room were separated by a wall, and the old Shangshu in the back was a little excited when he spoke, and his voice became louder, Lin Piao could vaguely hear what they were saying, and he thought that people's routes were really different.

Lao Shangshu was born in a poor family until now, although he did not dare to act rashly, he still wanted to support the poor family and let the students in the world have a way to rise, while Bai Shoufu wholeheartedly regarded the family as his own belonging, and wholeheartedly planned for the family, and the life or death of the students was not his business.

Lin Piao praised Lao Shangshu.

*

When it came to the day of the outing party, Lin Piao, the second aunt and Yu Niang took a carriage to the other courtyard first, and the place where they met was because of the privacy of the family, and the news of the military was more deadly than some things in Wenchen, so it would not be held directly in the mansion, but in some landscape courtyards with good scenery nearby.

Lin Piao and the others sat in the carriage and walked all the way, and they happened to see a small pavilion with a very unique landscape on the road, as if a lot of pavilions had been built, which looked very chic and not like an ordinary courtyard.

The second aunt lowered her voice and said, "I'm not sure, I heard that it's where the brother named Porcelain Jade lives." ”

Lin Piao opened his eyes slightly: "It turned out to be him, he lives here?" ”

"Yes."

Although they didn't know what to say, in fact they were all secretly paying attention to this matter, after all, it was a lifelong event, and they couldn't turn a blind eye.

"I don't know if he's in the mansion right now."

"What's the flow? Do you want to meet him? ”

"Naturally, I'll see it when the time comes, it's too abrupt to come to the door now."

"Also, he should have come to see us, and there is no reason why we should go to see him specifically."

In the courtyard, the brother who was standing on the lotus pond bridge to feed the carp seemed to feel something, looked outside, and sprinkled all the fish food in his hand into the pond, and the red, red and white carp swarmed up and turned into a piece.

"What's the sound?"

"Madam, Master Li is here."

"Oh, please come here."

Porcelain Jade went back to the room and changed into a coat, and in the summer he dressed cooler, changed into a more decent suit, and also put on socks, and began to pour tea at the low table.

Li Lingyue walked in briskly and sat down cross-legged across from him: "Guess what I found today." ”

Porcelain Jade glanced at him: "It turns out that there has been progress, and I thought you were also here to chat with me today." ”

"Why do you keep bothering you to explain and make a flower, where do I always have so many things to complain about." Li Lingyue put the things on the table, opened the envelope with the letter opener handed by the servant, and then pointed out the two things to the porcelain jade.

"I found this old file in Dali Temple, because at that time everything was knocked to death, and no one went to investigate it deeply, but I found a small mistake in it, that is, at the beginning, it was Carpenter Tan who was identified as Carpenter Tan, but then his attention was transferred to another person for some reason, and Carpenter Tan was easily exonerated in this way."

Porcelain Jade frowned and looked at it.

Li Lingyue said: "It is normal for Dali Temple to handle this kind of case carelessly, but the person who identified it changed his mouth too quickly, and if he didn't want to identify it, why did he have to identify it at first, and then as if nothing had happened, he immediately put a long charge on the head of another person." ”

"Carpenter Tan." Porcelain Jade thought for a moment: "I was too young at that time, and I didn't have any impression. ”