He laughed silently. Lu Zhixian is not short of clever, cheap him.

"More money doesn't make it look good. The Wei family doubled their pledges. ”

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A bright last quarter moon overhead. Entering the night of Jiangnan in early autumn, the summer heat has not subsided, and frogs are singing everywhere.

In the hustle and bustle of the restaurant, Qi Tang monopolized the best waterfront pavilion on the second floor, drove out all the slaves, sat alone in the pavilion, and wrote family letters with high interest.

"Father, respectfully."

The letter boasted that the trip had gone well.

He successfully found the ancestral house of the Wei family, successfully met the cousin of the Wei family, and also met Wei Dawei II by the way. The condition of the cousin of the Wei family is not bad, Wei Dawei Er, the two gray-clothed servants are just servants! Guarding the door all day long, raising pigeons, decoction and sweeping the floor, not a big deal, "secretly check whether there is a hidden intention to rebel" Yunyun, impossible, exalt them!

In the new line, it was written in the family letter that the son made an unannounced visit to the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Businessmen are afraid of things and are easy to handle. By the way, I made an excellent deal, and if I took it to a pedestrian who knew how to see it, I could get at least three times the profit. It was a bonus.

Everything went well, but the secret visit to official business took a lot of time, and I beg my father's permission to take some more time.

My son may be away in the middle of autumn.

His crown was celebrated at the end of August. If everything continues to go well, after the middle of autumn, he may be able to take the Ye family back to Jiangning. Bride Ceremony Coming-of-Age Night, Spend ...... with the Woman You Like

Qi Tang stopped writing and smiled expectantly at the moonlight outside the window.

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Under the bright lights of the Ye family's mansion, Ye Fuliu was also writing family letters at the desk.

"Third brother, respectfully."

The letter was full of thoughts for his brother.

I haven't seen you for a long time, but everything is okay at home? The third brother remembers going out occasionally, contaminating popularity, and talking to people a lot. If you really don't like to talk to people, you can find some cats and dogs to talk to.

I sent a letter to Jiangnan to produce a number of local products, knowing that the third brother likes to eat crabs, and sent 20 catties of freshly caught crabs. Three cans of drunken crabs.

This year, the Ye family settled in Wukou Town, Jiang County, under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan East Road. There are many merchants here, people come and go, and it is safe to settle down.

The newly acquired Ye family mansion in Wukou Town covers an extremely wide area and has many good old things. A new rare seven-ring secret word lock, the secret word has not been decoded so far...... If the third brother is present, he will be able to solve the secret word smoothly.

Thinking of where to write, I wrote a dozen pieces of paper with gusto.

On the last piece of paper, write down the invitation, can the third brother come to Wukou Town, Jiang County in August, and the whole family will be reunited in autumn?

Ye Fuliu bit the pen and thought for a while, and wrote the last sentence seriously:

"Fuliu knows a fellow senior, surnamed Wei, twenty-six years old, rich and elegant, quiet and few words, saved a rich net worth, and has returned to the south of the Yangtze River. Furu was very fond of him. I just don't know if he is willing to join the Ye family and discuss with the Ye family. ”

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Meanwhile. The Wei family across the wall.

Wei Huan sat under the bright light. The chest of drawers in the study opened, revealing the brocade box that had been stored for many years.

A palm-sized white jade plaque lay quietly in the brocade box velvet. Flawless jade shimmers in the warm yellow light.

The white jade is flawless and does not require too much carving. Only in the corners of the jade plaque is a detailed depiction of the carp and dragon, blooming hibiscus.

This is one of the few old objects that were attached to him at that time and followed him into Beijing when he was young. The long golden blue spikes have faded over the years. He took the jade plaque in his hand, caressed it with his fingertips, and carefully examined it under the lamp for a moment.

As an object for gifts, the jade plate itself is still in hand, but the old tassels are not made. You have to make a new ear to match before the middle of August and autumn.

Taking advantage of the fact that the two families meet for the festival and have a feast on the other month, they need to find a proper time to give the gift in person without being abrupt......

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Meanwhile. In the west courtyard of the Wei family.

Wei Da and Wei Er sat opposite each other under the lamp, Wei Da moved his mouth to read the name, Wei Er raised the pen to record the name, and wrote four long columns, about thirty.

"So many people? All please? Wei Er asked as he wrote, "Don't you need to inform Lang Jun in advance?" ”

Wei Da proudly patted the case, "I just want to surprise Lang Jun, and invite him to come in the middle of autumn!" Let them all see with their own eyes, Lang Jun came to Jiangnan to recuperate for half a year, and his body is very good! Hahaha......"

Chapter 42

The autumn breeze is crisp, and the yellow leaves are falling.

Every household in the town of five is preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the long street is congested early in the morning, and the big and small merchants who travel far and wide rush home to celebrate the festival donkey carts, ox carts, and horse-drawn carts. The streets are full of donkeys and horses, and everywhere are the greetings of relatives and friends who have not seen each other for a long time.

Ye Fuliu led Su Qiu to rush a few mornings and evenings, and sent all the rituals of the shopkeepers of the twenty-five shops under the command of the Ye family.

Jiangnan is fast by water, and it can be sent to shops everywhere in three to five days.

There was also an endless stream of visitors giving gifts outside the Ye family. The large and small cloth merchants who had business dealings with the Ye family sent gifts one after another, and the chief steward of Qin was so busy in the outer courtyard that his feet did not touch the ground.

Su Qiu sorted out the gift list for a long time, and suddenly remembered something, and flipped through it in surprise. "Hey, there is no Shen family. Amitabha, has the Shen family's caravan finally left the town! ”

Ye Fuliu drank the sweet soup slowly, "Yesterday I went out to buy autumn pears and touched the account office of the Shen family's caravan. The people are still in town. ”

The account room is a confidant of the Shen family, and yesterday he stopped her halfway and described with tears in his eyes how the Shen family has been haggard and decadent recently, drinking and getting drunk in the restaurant and pavilion all day long, and being sober for only two hours a day, waking up and drinking with a pair of bloodshot eyes, drinking by the window and staring in the direction of the Ye family in the north of the town......

"Oh, he also has a wallet, the most expensive window pavilion in the restaurant to drink. It's not good. Ye Fuliu answered on the street, ignored the call of the Shen family's account office, and left directly.

"Speaking of which, Qi Shizi hasn't shown up for a long time." Ye Fuliu scooped up a spoonful of sweet soup, "Back to Jiangning City?" ”

This Su Qiu knew: "Many people in the town are looking for Qi Shizi, and Lu Xianzun has also sent people to look for it several times, but they can't find it. I have heard people talk about what kind of secret official business Qi Shizi is undertaking, probably because he does not want to see Lu Xianzun, so he retired from the pavilion chartered by the restaurant, and rushed to the neighboring county town at night to prepare for office affairs. ”

"He's still on covert duty?" Ye Fuliu was a little surprised, "People can't look good." ”

Qin Long shouted from the front yard through the courtyard wall, "The Wei family next door is sending a gift gift!" Su Qiu, come out and help. Wei Da sent a lot of venison and deer blood. ”

This voice was shouted from the front yard into the inner courtyard, and Mo said that Ye Fuliu and Su Qiu were here, but they were afraid that the Wei family next door would hear it.

Su Qiu sat and didn't want to go.

He lowered his head and continued to collect the gift list full of stone tables, and whispered, "Lady, I bother you to go." ”

Su Qiu's reaction was a little unusual, Ye Fuliu glanced at her several times, didn't ask much, got up and said, "I'll take a look." ”

Wei Da stood in the courtyard and waited.

Sure enough, there were whole bags of venison scattered on the ground. It was cleanly cleaned, and the loin on the front leg and back leg was there, and it looked like a whole deer.

"The autumn is high and cool, and Lang Jun has been moving diligently these days. Yesterday I went to the mountains again, and I happened to catch a deer drinking water from a creek and shot it directly with an arrow. ”

Wei Da mentioned another cowhide sac with a closed mouth, "A lot of deer blood has been collected in it." Lang Jun instructed that the deer blood nourishes the qi and blood, and the autumn season is just right for tonic, and the deer blood is for Ye Xiaoniang. ”

Ye Fuliu took the cowhide sac, "Seeing that the weather is getting cooler, it's just time to make some deer blood soup." Thank you Saburo for me. ”

Wei Da smiled heartily, "Let's not be polite. The newly acquired deerskin Wei Er is still tanning, and when the tanning is finished in a few days, it will definitely be sent to the Ye family. ”

Saying that, he looked left and right, and asked in surprise, "It's been cold in the morning and evening lately, is Suqiu Niangzi sick?" I didn't see her for three or four days in a row. ”

Qin Long squatted on the ground to clean up the venison pieces, and said while rummaging through them, "What's wrong with her?" We only met in the morning, and the people were in the backyard—"

"A little cough. People are resting in the backyard. After Ye Fuliu finished speaking, he chatted a few more words and sent Wei Da out of the door.

Qin Long dragged the whole cowhide bag of venison in the direction of the kitchen, and asked in wonder as he walked, "Why does Su Qiu have a cough?" I looked at the gift list with her in the morning, and she read three pieces of paper in one breath without panting. ”

The kitchen is located on the west side of the second courtyard. Pushing open the false hanging flower door, Su Qiuren was standing by the door, Qin Long's words were obviously heard clearly, and he took the cowhide bag in Qin Long's hand and dragged it to the kitchen with great difficulty.

Qin Long snatched back the cowhide bag from her hand, "The whole deer is in it, let alone forty or fifty catties, what can I rob from." Carrying a cowhide bag through the hanging flower door, he asked Su Qiu, who was standing by the door, in a daze, "Are you really sick?" ”

Su Qiu covered her mouth and coughed twice, "I'm sick." ”

"Hey, don't say it sooner. You rest and go. Qin Long urged repeatedly, "I'll send the Wei family that meal in the evening." ”

Ye Fuliu followed behind Qin Long, and when he walked through the Hanging Flower Gate, he also asked Su Qiu exactly the same four words, "Are you really sick?" ”

Su Qiu bit her lower lip, her eyes slightly reddened. "Lady, why do you knowingly ask."

Ye Fuliu leaned over to take a closer look at Su Qiu's reddened eyes, Su Qiu turned her head to avoid it, Ye Fuliu couldn't see her expression clearly, and her dark eyes showed a little distress.

"I know you're on your mind, but I can't guess that the other day was fine. Which of the Wei family offended you? ”

She took Su Qiu's hand and pulled the person a few steps to the side, and asked quietly, "Wei Da is the one who comes to the door the most." Did he do something wrong, say something wrong, and offend you......"

Su Qiu was already so suppressed that she couldn't help it, and a loud choked voice rushed out of her throat.

"He didn't do anything wrong, let alone say anything wrong. It's his mistake! ”

Ye Fuliu: ?

Su Qiu has really suppressed a lot of emotions in her heart these days. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached more and more, Wei Ye happily organized a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for the two families to enjoy the moon together, and the shadow in Su Qiu's heart became bigger and bigger.

Lu Zhixian is the parent official of the entire Jiang County! It has jurisdiction over four counties and towns in Jiang County, and thousands of households!

An official in the imperial court was frightened like this by Wei Jialangjun, and Wei Er, as a domestic servant, dared to call Lu Zhixian by name, when the Wei family was in the north...... What an arrogant mountain bandit who kills people without blinking!

Su Qiu whimpered and took Ye Fuliu's hand, "Lady, listen to my advice." Not only Wei Da was wrong, but the entire Wei family was wrong! ”

Ye Fuliu: ??

Su Qiu wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Our family is a businessman who does business, and the Wei family and the Wei family are mountain bandits who are used to cutting off their heads!" Wei Jialangjun don't look at people who look like they are gentle, that's a ruthless mountain bandit leader! Wei Da...... Woo, I used to use a knife to cut people all day long...... How can we get mixed up with their Wei family. ”

Su Qiu persuaded emotionally, "Lady, withdraw early." Doesn't our Ye family have other houses in nearby counties and towns? Don't wait for the end of the year, hurry up and pack your bags and fly away overnight! ”

Ye Fuliu: "Ah this." Su Qiu, your voice is quieter. ”

Su Qiu's choked voice became louder, "We have been dealing with mountain bandits for several months, and today the head is still there, who knows that the head will not be there tomorrow." It's a matter of life and death, lady, you still care about me talking loudly and quietly! ”

Ye Fuliu: "...... Su Qiu, look next door. ”

Su Qiu wiped her tears emotionally.

The word "next door" brought her too many associations, and she quickly turned around and looked across the courtyard walls between the two houses, which were a foot and a half apart.

Wei Sanlangjun, the leader of the Wei family's big mountain bandits, and Wei Da, a ruthless mountain bandit who cut off his head without blinking, stood side by side on the railing of the wooden building, unable to say anything on his face, and his two eyes went down in tandem, staring at the side of the Ye family's courtyard.

Su Qiu gasped and forced her composure, "Lady, can't they hear us from such a distance?" ”

Ye Fuliu: "Hmm...... It's hard to say. ”

Su Qiu lowered her head and hurried to the inner courtyard.

Ye Fuliu watched Su Qiu's back leave, then looked at the opposite side of the courtyard wall, and went over to say hello, "San Lang is early." Thank you for the venison blood. ”

Wei Huan looked down at the railing and responded as usual, "Fuliu is early." Deer blood should be used appropriately, not excessively. ”