Chapter Thirty-Eight: Sending Jade Pendants and Receiving Jade Pendants
Nowadays, the legend of Zhonggong's treasure is rife in the cultivation world, and the so-called Zhonggong is actually Gongsun Zhongmou, and this Zhonggong's treasure is not groundless, it is true. At the beginning www.biquge.info, Gongsun Zhongmou once mentioned to Xu Beiyou that the huge wealth of the Sword Sect and the Gongsun family was divided into two parts by him, the largest one was left in Biyou Island, and the other was handed over to his wife Zhang Xueyao, and he only had a small part of himself, which was left to Xu Beiyou after his death.
This very small part is nothing to Gongsun Zhongmou, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, but it is a lot of money for Xu Beiyou, for the current Xu Beiyou, he lacks everything, but he is not short of silver, and he can't say that he can still get hundreds of thousands of taels.
Because the restaurant does not provide accommodation, Xu Beiyou and Xiao Yuanying had to find a place to stay, this time he did not spare money, let the restaurant guy lead the way to find a clean place for them, only to see the guy take them through a few alleys, until they came to a secluded place, surrounded by tall courtyard walls, and then knocked on a small door, and a charming woman came out inside.
The guy smiled on his face, and said with a little flattery: "Mother Zheng, these two are foreign guests, and they don't want to live in that mixed inn, and they want to find a clean place to live, so the little one brought the two to you." ”
Zheng's mother is about 30 years old, not like a woman from a good family, to put it bluntly, she was born in fireworks, and she has been in this industry for a long time, and she is the best at seeing people, which can be called refining a pair of fiery eyes.
She just looked at the two of them, and a smile appeared on her face. Although Xu Beiyou and Xiao Yuanying are embarrassed, they can't fake their gas, especially Xiao Yuanying's Qingluan coat, which is dirty, but the knitting workmanship and materials are first-class good things, Zheng's mother has also seen the world at her own expense, but she has never seen clothes with this material a few times.
Mother Zheng's mind turned sharply, seeing that the two of them looked like brothers and sisters in distress, but if they looked closely, they didn't look like each other, could it be that this kid kidnapped the daughter of a big family and eloped? But she didn't bother to think deeply, the land of fireworks was the most filthy, she had been numb to it over the years, eating a little girl was really not a big deal in her opinion, and the two of them didn't look like locals, their own backers were still among the best in Xuancheng Mansion, and they were not afraid of getting into trouble, as long as they had silver.
Mother Zheng made up her mind in her heart, and slowly asked: "I don't know if you two want to stay for a while, or for a long time? ”
Xu Beiyou said: "Stay temporarily, you can make a price." ”
When Mother Zheng saw Xu Beiyou say this, she became more and more sure that he was a rich and noble brother who hid gold in his sleeves, and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to talk about money, how about the two of you move in and talk about it in detail?"
Xu Beiyou nodded, pulled Xiao Yuanying and went straight to the small door.
Mother Zheng took out a small piece of silver naked from her cuff and threw it to the guy who led the way, "This time you did a good job, if there are such guests next time, remember to bring it over, your benefits are indispensable." ”
The man took the silver, and his face bloomed with joy, and he said yes.
After approaching, I found that this courtyard is also connected to several other single courtyards, the small door that came in just now is actually the back door, and the front is a three-story main building, which is where the fireworks to receive ordinary guests are, the real rich and noble guests disdain to mix with other people, so they all come to this single courtyard, or three or five in groups, or alone, and then call the woman to accompany them, there will also be guests to charter a courtyard to live here for a long time, when Gongsun Zhongmou had chartered a single courtyard in the Golden Jade Garden of Julu City, so Xu Beiyou is quiet for this kind of winding path, It's not surprising that the quiet courtyard is in the middle of nowhere.
Xu Beiyou looked at Xiao Yuanying, the little girl was worthy of His Royal Highness the county lord from the heavenly family, her eyes did not squint, her face was light and light, and she had the meaning of not moving the eight winds.
The performance of the two made Zheng's mother completely put away the last trace of contempt in her heart, this small courtyard is not how magnificent, but it is also unique, some ordinary sons of rich and noble families come here for the first time, they are indispensable to look around and judge the taste, but the two in front of them have never looked at each other, obviously they have been in battle for a long time, maybe they are used to seeing the big scenes of the imperial capital and Jiangdu, and they don't care about these small fights at the level of the prefecture and city.
Mother Zheng welcomed the two into the main hall, and asked the maid to serve fragrant tea, and said: "I don't know how long the two of you want to stay, if you want to stay temporarily, fifty taels of silver a day, and the food and clothing of the maid and servant are counted in it, as for the girl, if the son wants it, it will have to be counted separately." ”
Xu Beiyou took out a brand-new silver ticket from his sleeve, pushed it in front of the woman and said, "Don't want a girl, it's hard to say how long you live, this is a silver ticket of five hundred taels, refund more and make up for less." ”
"Okay, Childe is really a cheerful person. Zheng's mother glanced at the silver ticket, and her eyes lit up, it was the silver ticket with the HSBC ticket number. After she gently put away the silver ticket, she got up and said, "Then the concubine will not disturb the son, if there is anything, just let the subordinates find the concubine." ”
Xu Beiyou sat on the chair and didn't get up, but just took the teacup.
After Zheng's mother left, Xu Beiyou asked the envoy to change the pot of tea, and then retreated, planning to have an open and honest conversation with the little county lord.
Xiao Yuanying sat on the chair, didn't touch the tea, and said, "If you let my sister know that we are in this kind of place, then we will have to see." ”
Xu Beiyou said flatly: "Then don't let her know." ”
Xiao Yuanying snorted lightly: "You know the peony, right? There is the responsibility of supervising the secret guard mansion, which can be called the spy of the spy, the spy of the spies, the spy of the spies, by the aunt of Moshu herself, the imperial grandmother said before her death that she would leave the peony to the eldest granddaughter, that is, my sister, so as long as she wants to check, there is almost nothing that cannot be checked, especially our whereabouts in Xuancheng Mansion, which has left too many traces and cannot be concealed at all." ”
Xu Beiyou took a sip of the teacup and said, "You seem to be very afraid of Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”
Xiao Yuanying paused, and said abruptly: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that the eldest sister is like a mother, and the father and queen mother will inevitably stand too high and too far sometimes, but my sister is closer to me." ”
Xu Beiyou said slowly: "Your sister doesn't want to get married, or she doesn't want to accept her fate, she doesn't want to be like this husband and children for a lifetime from now on, from this point of view, she is a very ambitious woman, so she took a fancy to me and wanted to emulate the Queen Mother back then, but unfortunately I am not the first emperor, and she is not the Queen Mother." ”
Xiao Yuanying was silent.
After a long time, she asked, "What do you say?"
Xu Beiyou put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Let's talk about me first, I followed the master to travel, and this is the tip of the iceberg of the Sword Sect, but this is too heavy, I can't afford it after I don't have the master, and I can't carry it." Besides, the queen mother gave the first emperor a huge prairie, which gave the first emperor the first capital to compete in the world in the future, but Her Royal Highness the princess did not have this capital, in the final analysis, she could only do business without capital. ”
Xiao Yuanying is not the kind of reckless man who only knows how to use force, and his mind is also exquisite, so he didn't pick up Xu Beiyou's words.
Xu Beiyou said to himself: "More importantly, the times create heroes, it was a troubled time, so the first emperor can take advantage of the situation, and it is the trend of the times to compete for the world, which can be said to be the same force of heaven and earth." Now is the prosperous era, the world is peaceful is the trend of the times, who wants to move against the trend, it is really going to end up with a hero who is not free.
Xiao Yuanying said calmly: "I didn't let you fight for the world, just to fight for a foothold in this world." ”
Xu Beiyou stretched out his outstretched right hand, and placed the jade pendant given to him by Xiao Zhinan in his palm, and his voice was flat, "Because of this, I didn't follow Master's will to refuse Her Royal Highness the Princess's invitation, and she also showed her sincerity, that is, to send your precious sister to me, which really flattered me." ”
Xiao Yuanying was silent, and seemed to have acquiesced to Xu Beiyou's statement.
Xu Beiyou put the jade pendant in his palm in front of Xiao Yuanying, and said slowly: "Yuanying, how old am I to you, just talk more and say some words that are simple and deep." You have this immortal qualification, you could have been a carefree person outside the world, why bother to wade into the muddy waters of the world? I have no other way, but you obviously don't have to. ”
Xiao Yuanying picked up the jade pendant, lowered his head and said, "You don't have to worry about my affairs." ”
Xu Beiyou sighed, took back the jade pendant from Xiao Yuanying's hand, and said softly: "This jade pendant should be given to me by you." ”