There are two entrances and exits in this small courtyard, one is the door where the carriage has just entered, and the other door is the inner courtyard that leads directly to the inn for cooking, heating, and boiling water, where a man will be guarded for many years.

Li Xuandu asked the guy for hot water, and after taking a bath, he changed into the outfit of the Jianghu man, and then changed into a black-bottomed robe, covered with a stone blue crane, stepped on his head and cloud shoes, and then took out the folding fan with gold on a black background obtained from Fan Wencheng, like a son from a rich background.

This is also something that can't be helped, the Nancheng where the Qian family is located, going in and out is either rich or expensive, no matter how well dressed, it will not attract attention, if it is poor and sour, it will be eye-catching, Li Xuan doesn't want to be eye-catching, so he can only "follow the customs".

Besides, visiting someone is also a courtesy.

Then Li Xuandu left the inn and went to Nancheng.

The area of Nancheng and Xicheng is almost the same, but the number of people in Xicheng is more than 100 times that of Nancheng, and most of the mansions in Nancheng are rich households, covering an area of hundreds of acres at every turn, and naturally "the land is vast and sparsely populated".

If you want to go from the west city to the south city, you either need to pass through the north city or the east city, but fortunately, Li Xuandu is now in the east city, and you can go there directly.

After coming to Nancheng, the scene changed completely.

Because of the people coming and going, all the snow in the east city has been swept away, except for the roof, there is almost no white to see, but the south city is still covered with snow except for the necessary streets, which shows the tranquility of the south city.

Li Xuandu walked in the southern city according to his memory, almost walked through half of the southern city, and finally asked two pedestrians, and finally found a long alley with an inconspicuous entrance, and in the depths of the alley was a single-family portal.

Of course, this is not the ancestral home of the Qian family.

In any case, when the Qian family followed Emperor Taizu to start an incident, they were already a powerful place, and no matter how low-key they were, they would not settle down in such a place. This is actually a private residence of Qian Yulong, which is rarely known, and as for the purpose of the private house, it is naturally a golden house. There is no half a man in this private house on weekdays, in addition to the beautiful lady who was hidden by the golden house and a group of maids who are responsible for serving, there is also an old woman who has cultivated quite well, and in the early years, she was also a number one person in the rivers and lakes, but she offended the enemy and was hurt by someone, and there was no hope of being promoted to the true realm in this life, so she took refuge in the Qian family and became Qian Yulong's henchman.

Speaking of this beautiful lady, surnamed Liu Yushuang, it can't be regarded as a canary, her father is a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan, and she has no son under her knees, so she recruited a family affair for her, but she didn't expect her husband to die early, and became a widow at a young age. It happened that Qian Yulong knew about it, so he helped out.

Since it was the eldest son of the Qian family who spoke, naturally no one dared to go to Liu Yushuang's trouble anymore, and she came to the door to thank her, Qian Yulong had long been interested in her, and then he helped several times, so after going back and forth, the two hooked up and became adulterous, and Liu Yushuang made Qian Yulong's outer room with peace of mind. In other words, Liu Yushuang followed Qian Yulong, but did not enter the door of the Qian family, after all, the threshold of the Qian family is too high, and she is afraid that a widow will not be able to step through, even if she is lucky to step over, it is the life of a concubine.

Although Li Xuandu has never married a wife, let alone a concubine, he also knows the theory of wives and concubines.

The concubine room is divided into "noble concubine" and "cheap concubine", if you have a dowry, have a family background, and your mother's family is not good, but you have to marry into a family with a higher door than yourself as a concubine for other reasons, you are all "noble concubines". Although he has to obey in front of his wife, he is not allowed to be beaten and scolded. also gave birth to a son, and the son was also angry, and the mother was more expensive than the son, and it could be regarded as a "noble concubine".

In addition to these two, other concubines, maids, famous prostitutes redeemed themselves, and widows remarried, are all "cheap concubines".

You must know that the gap between the main wife and the cheap concubine is very large, just like the gap between the Shenxiao Sect and the Wind and Thunder Sect, the main wife can kill and sell the concubine room at will, almost like an item.

Although Liu Yushuang has the family property left by her father, she is too far away from the Qian family, and she is a widow, if she enters the Qian family, she will be a "cheap concubine", and she will be pinched and kneaded at will by Qian Yulong's wife.

She chose to be an outer room, but it was just a helpless move. Instead of going into the Qian family to be a concubine who is bound by rules and regulations, where can she compare to being free outside? After all, she has the family property left by her father, and she is not short of money to spend, so why bother to look at other people's faces.

As for why Li Xuandu knew this, it was because Qian Yulong brought Li Xuandu here in order to show his closeness, and the woman personally cooked and made a table of home-cooked food for the two.

Li Xuandu stepped forward and knocked on the door.

After a while, a crack opened in the door, revealing an old face, an old woman over the age of six, with a rickety figure, gloomy eyebrows, drooping corners of her mouth, and a face full of evil spirit, as if someone owed her a few thousand taels of silver and did not pay it back.

She looked at Li Xuandu expressionlessly, and asked coldly, "What do you have to do?" ”

Li Xuandu smiled and said: "My surname is Li, I am a friend of Brother Qian, and I came here a few years ago." ”

The old woman was stunned for a moment, stared at Li Xuandu for a long time, and then suddenly said: "It turned out to be Li Gongzi, how could Li Gongzi come here? ”

Li Xuandu said: "At this time, it is not good for me to go to the ancestral house of the Qian family to look for him, so I came here and was tired." ”

The old woman frowned suddenly: "The old body has already said that the eldest prince is not here......"

Li Xuandu interrupted her softly and said, "Whether it's the 'Mother and Son Fu' or the Flying Sword Messenger, please give it a word." ”

The old woman was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Please wait a moment, Gongzi Li." ”

Li Xuandu took a step back and stood in the alley outside the door and waited.

The old woman closed the door and left, and after about half a pillar of incense, the door opened again, this time in addition to the old woman, there was also the hostess of this private house, Liu Yushuang.

Liu Yushuang is a woman over thirty years old, her face has not changed much, she is still as polite as she was back then, and she shows the charm of a mature woman in her dignity.

Li Xuandu bowed: "I've seen my sister-in-law." ”

Liu Yushuang gave Li Xuandu a blessing and said with a smile: "The concubine has lost her welcome, and I hope that Li Gongzi will forgive me and invite Li Gongzi to come in and talk." ”

Li Xuandu shook his head and said: "Brother Qian is not in the mansion at this time, if I rush in, I am afraid that it will be inconsistent with the etiquette." ”

Liu Yushuang said generously: "The figure is not slanted, since my grandson once led Li Gongzi here, then he naturally regards Li Gongzi as a close friend, if I let Li Gongzi stay outside the door, he will blame me." ”

Since Liu Yushuang had already said so, Li Xuandu couldn't refuse, so he followed her into the house.

The house is not big or small, it looks empty when it is big, and cramped when it is small, and it is just right if it is not big or small.

After bypassing a shadow wall, you will find the main hall.

Entering the main hall, Li Xuandu and Liu Yushuang sat down separately, and immediately a maid sent tea, steaming, the tips of the green buds floated on the surface of the bowl, all floating there vertically, at a glance it was the newly picked Ming Qian this year, and it was also Qian Yulong's favorite.

Li Xuandu's nose took a deep breath of the tea fragrance wafting from the bowl, and praised: "Good tea." ”

Liu Yushuang said with a smile: "The first Lion Peak new tea of this year is picked when the buds are dewed at night, and Yulong loves this one the most." ”

Li Xuandu smiled slightly: "Brother Qian is a person who likes tea, and he is the most particular." ”

After about a cup of tea, a loud voice sounded in the front yard: "Zifu, Zifu, but I want to be a brother." ”

A moment later, a handsome boy entered the main hall, wearing a jade white cicada wing silk robe, revealing a small half of his white chest, and in his hand was also a folding fan with white jade as the fan bone. It's just that such a son-in-law from a family is not romantic, and he is not very noble, and even the arrogance of the children of the gentleman is lacking, but he is born with a reckless recklessness in the rivers and lakes, babbling, and the contrast is great.

Li Xuandu and Liu Yushuang stood up to greet each other.

The person who came casually threw the folding fan in his hand to Liu Yushuang on the side, held Li Xuandu's arm, and said with a smile: "Li Zifu, Li Zifu, I finally saw you again, don't come here after a long time, right?"

The person who came was the eldest son of the Qian family, Qian Yulong.