Chapter Twenty-Four: A Visit to Yufu
After struggling with the tea stall Xiaoer several times to no avail, Su Yuxing finally had no choice but to pay for Fang Xuyuan's tea.
It's not because Su Yuxing is reluctant to pay for this tea, but because Fang Xuyuan drank tea for three taels of silver!
This Chengkou tea stall is not one of the famous tea houses in Luozhou, and the tea is a simple and astringent coarse tea, which is neither the best Biluochun nor the big red robe.
But in the end, Su Yuxing still compromised.
Because the price was clearly marked on the wooden board placed outside the tea stall, a bowl of coarse tea was one or two broken silver, Fang Xuyuan drank two bowls and spit out a bowl, which was exactly three taels of broken silver.
The most important thing is that this naked black tea stall is not afraid to report to the official! Because according to the "Tianlin Shu Discussion" or the "Market Closure Order", Xiao Er of the tea stall neither deceived customers, nor did he manufacture and sell fake tea.
One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer.
Although the person who suffered was not Su Yuxing, Su Yuxing could only lean his face and slap him, pay the silver taels for Fang Xuyuan in a proper manner, and left the tea stall.
"Senior Brother Yuxing, you seem to be in a much better mood. ”
Mu Yanxu followed behind Su Yuxing, and she could sense that Su Yuxing's back, which had been tight, finally relaxed at this moment, and she was relieved.
"That's natural, you don't know what kind of ability your senior brother has been on the mountain for five years? Do you really think that your senior brother is some kind of great martial arts genius? I am there but a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect myself. ”
Su Yuxing walked on the bustling streets, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and said leisurely.
"Actually, Senior Brother Yuxing, you can run, there's no need to ....."
"Hey, hey, I'm your senior brother, don't say this kind of thing in the future, since I'm your senior brother, naturally I have to stand in front of my senior sister. ”
Su Yuxing stopped beside the street vendor and grocery truck, and reached out to pick up a pendant with exquisite workmanship, in the shape of a white fan, with tassels underneath.
"How much?"
"Ten cents. ”
"No need to look for it. ”
Su Yuxing took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it on the grocery truck, and handed the exquisitely made pendant to Mu Yanxu behind him, "Try it, see how the gift your senior brother gave you." ”
Mu Yanxu was a little hesitant.
"When you went up the mountain, Old Man Yu and they all gave you a meeting gift, and my senior brother made up one for you today, but it was a little shabby, I hope you won't dislike it, junior sister. ”
Su Yuxing chuckled and shook his head, gesturing to put the pendant back on the grocery truck.
"Where would I dislike the things sent by Senior Brother Yuxing, it's just Senior Brother Yuxing....."
Mu Yanxu stopped Su Yuxing, took the pendant, and lowered his head in a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly.
"Why are you talking so hypocritically now, you weren't like that when you were in the mountains. ”
Su Yuxing leaned sideways and tidied up the curtain for Mu Yanxu with both hands, and said jokingly.
Mu Yanxu looked at Su Yuxing walking in front of him on the street through the tulle of the curtain, his vision gradually dimmed, and he gently tied the pendant on his hand to his waist, and kept up with Su Yuxing.
There are four city gates in Changqi City, the city gate that Su Yuxing entered is the south gate of Changqi City, there are many tile houses in the streets and alleys of the South Gate, teahouses, wine shops and other places, and one-third of the people of Changqi City live here in the South Gate Street of Changqi City. Go further north, walk through the bridge of the city and river in Changqi City, but it is mostly the mansion of dignitaries, quiet and deep, and it looks particularly solemn, Changqicheng County Order, County Cheng, County Lieutenant, Changqi City Zhichong Mansion Zhichong Captain, and left and right Guoyi Lieutenant all live here.
However, Su Yuxing walked across this bridge of the city and river not to visit these people.
"Senior Sister Yanxu, you stand here and wait for me for a moment, I need to visit an elder. ”
Su Yuxing took off the hat on his head, untied the vermilion lacquer sword box on his back and handed it to Mu Yanxu, he had already changed into an extremely simple white Confucian shirt on his body, and tidied up the hem of the Confucian shirt and said.
Mu Yanxu nodded lightly and took the hat and the vermilion lacquer sword box.
Su Yuxing then turned around and walked on this quiet street, the moss-covered street slate was a little wet, maybe it was a light rain in the sky before, or maybe the laundry woman next to the river bank under the stone bridge not far away accidentally splashed the water on the ground.
Su Yuxing walked alone on the street, and the cool breeze made Su Yuxing's thoughts a little disordered and drifting away, and there was even a little nervousness.
Su Yuxing didn't know how long he walked, and finally stopped in front of a mansion, there was a pair of stone lions in front of the mansion, the left stone lion played with the hydrangea with his right front paw, and the right stone lion stroked the young lion with his left front paw.
At the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate hangs a golden silk nanmu plaque, on which the dragon flies and the phoenix dances with two big characters.
Yufu.
Su Yuxing stepped over the high steps, walked to the gate, and tapped the beast ring. With a creaky sound, a head poked out from behind the door and stared at Su Yuxing carefully.
"May I ask what happened when the guest knocked on the door?"
"Ask to see the head of the Venerable Mansion. ”
Su Yuxing handed over the road guide that had already passed the deadline, and the yellowed paper wrote Su Yuxing's origin and identity in detail, but the servant who opened the door did not care about the expiration of the road guide, but cared about the information on the road guide.
"Yingchuan County, Luozhou, Su family, Su Yuxing?"
The servant in Tsing Yi whispered, and the original vigilant expression on his face also changed, and he hurriedly opened the door, his hands respectfully, "Mr. Xiao, please enter the house first and wait, it is easy to hurt yourself when the wind is strong outside." ”
The red candles in the lanterns carried by the Tsing Yi servants flickered, and the rain quietly dripped down the eaves, creating a circle of ripples on the ground.
"Don't blame Master Su, it's really that there have been a lot of miscellaneous things in the house recently!"
"Butler, please lead the way. ”
Su Yuxing waved his hand lightly to indicate that it was no big deal, looked at the long-shirted butler who hurriedly ushered in to replace the Tsing Yi servant, and said softly.
"Yes, yes, what do you need to prepare, Master Su? I will tell my subordinates to go and prepare. The butler asked in a low voice, wearing his unfinished robe.
"No need. ”
Su Yuxing shook his head, took the lead in taking the lantern in the butler's hand, and walked into the Yu Mansion with the lantern, and a blue-clothed servant hurriedly carried the lantern in his hand to lead the way in front.
The whole cobblestone-paved road was pitch black, and it was impossible to see anything except a little light under your feet and the sound of a light breeze and drizzle on both sides.
Something strange.
Su Yuxing looked down at his feet and said nothing.
Fortunately, when I walked through this road, I saw a winding corridor, and a few lanterns hung under the eaves, which made the whole Yu Mansion brighter.
"Su Gongzi seems to be very familiar with the roads in Fuzhong. ”
The steward hurriedly followed behind him and whispered.
Su Yuxing didn't speak, and continued to walk forward, the servant in Tsing Yi quickened his pace to help Su Yuxing lead the way, but the butler stood in place, watching the servant in Tsing Yi and Su Yuxing walk through this tortuous corridor, with a slight worry in his heart.
The head of the house is not in the house today.
Su Yuxing raised his eyes and looked at the white wall in front of him, covered with black tiles, the wall was built into undulating waves, and the red lacquered door of the moon hole in the middle was hidden, and the black plaque on the door was written with three simple characters, and there was a faint sound of the piano coming from inside.
"Miss is playing the piano, who is he?"
The servant in Tsing Yi knocked lightly on the door, and a yellow-clothed maid leaned out of the door, and her petite face was full of vigilance and swept Su Yuxing's face and asked.
"It's a scholar who came to visit the head of the house. ”
The servant in Tsing Yi replied in a low voice, as if he was very afraid of this yellow-clothed maid.
"Then come in. ”
The yellow-clothed maid Qiong's nose wrinkled slightly, half-covered the door, and her figure was slightly sideways, signaling that Su Yuxing could enter from outside the door.
It's just that Su Yuxing noticed that something was wrong, it stands to reason that his uncle should be in this Yunsong Garden, but now it seems that his uncle is not in the house today.
"It seems that my uncle is not in the house today, and I will come to visit another day. ”
Su Yuxing arched his hand slightly, wanting to leave.
"You don't want to see me when my father is away?"
Qingling's voice came from the garden, Su Yuxing sighed lightly, whispered to the Qingyi servant next to him for a moment, and finally slowly walked into the Yunsong Garden, the rain silk in the sky as fine as silver quills has shrouded the world like a light veil, a bend of green water like a green Luo jade belt around the pavilion, next to the carved wooden fence of the wooden pavilion, there is a crystal curtain falling, and the veil is swaying. Behind the curtain, someone wears a veil to caress the piano, between the ups and downs of the fingertips, the sound of the piano flows, virtual or real, changeable, like a quiet stream dripping spring clear and ethereal, and like the rolling river and sea.
Su Yuxing stood in place, quietly listening to the sound of the qin, his thoughts fluctuated with the sound of the qin for a long time, and finally said softly: "Wanyin's qin still plays so well." ”
"Yuxing Gongzi is very courageous, he will walk for five years as soon as he leaves!"
The crystal curtain was raised, and the woman leaning in the pavilion held the willow waist gracefully, delicate and delicate nose, not self-red cherry lips, skin like condensation, and ruddy face.
"If you continue like this, Wanyin's body can't withstand the destruction of yourself, and the early autumn drizzle is already easy to chill your bones. If your brother found out, he would definitely not be able to beat me, but I would have to be scolded by him again. ”
Su Yuxing raised his hand helplessly and said apologetically.
"It seems that you have succeeded in martial arts in the past five years?"
The woman in the pavilion covered her veil and smiled, revealing her delicate appearance, as if she had ten thousand styles, but Su Yuxing felt a little wrong.
Zheng Zheng Zheng.
The sound of the piano is no longer pleasant, as if thousands of troops and horses, shaking the battlefield, the drizzle is the soldiers, the breeze is the horse, and the general is the yellow-clothed maid behind Su Xi.
Su Yuxing narrowed his eyes and sighed lightly, his eyes seemed to reveal a hint of surprise.
The sound of breaking the air sounded in Su Yuxing's ears, Su Yuxing turned his head slightly, and the flames rising from the palm of the yellow-clothed maid behind him had spread in front of his eyes, and his throat was even more pressed against the tip of the oil-paper umbrella.
"Su Yuxing, what do you think of the martial artist I am looking for!"
Su Yuxing looked at Yu Wanyin, who finally couldn't restrain himself from revealing his true nature and laughed insolently, and glanced at the figure who slowly walked out of the corner of the garden, and sighed helplessly.
"Yu Qianshan, can't you take care of your sister?"