Ministers and others get married by decree

Qin Fengchi looked at him tiredly, put down his teacup and went to change clothes.

Qin Song hurriedly got up and went to serve him.He opened the big bag that he carried with him, and took out a set of dresses from inside. The clothes had creases and needed to be ironed out with a hot teapot.

Qin Fengchi sat directly in front of the dressing table, skillfully arranged a single bun for himself, picked up a folded jade hairpin from the small makeup box he brought to fix the bun, and inserted a small gold-plated flower tube on one side Hairpin and a small jade comb wrapped with peony flowers.In the end, he chose a pair of beaded gold lilac stud earrings to wear.

He looked at the woman in the mirror left and right, touched up makeup powder and lip balm, and pasted a piece of Mei Tian on his forehead, the size of a thumbnail, just to be satisfied.There is a poem that says, "The emerald dimples attached to emerald tinsel are as light as a smile, and the jade and phoenix-carved hairpins are about to fly away."Although high buns and cloud temples and plum makeup and pearls are popular in the palace in recent years, after all, the folks still focus on elegance and chic, not luxury.

After Qin Song finished ironing the clothes, he brought them over.He waited on his master to change the lotus narrow-sleeved top, and put on a white inner shirt with pink and green half-sleeves, and a light yellow six-panel silk skirt underneath.This dress, the trim of the half sleeves, the belt and the cloak are all lotus root pink, which looks very refreshing on a hot day.

When Qin Fengchi slowly waved a flower-and-bird fan with a gauze cover, his eyes had become mellow and affectionate, and he seemed to be staring at him.

Qin Song has been with his master for several years, and seeing his make-up more than ten times, he still finds it refreshing and astonishing, as if seeing him for the first time.In the business of spies, everyone has the skill of disguising, and there are even those who can shrink their bones and change their appearance.But like his master, once dressed up, from makeup and clothing to words and deeds, and even temperament and style, it can fit the character himself, which is rare.

"Master, where are we going first?" The guards in Fucheng were also divided into ranks, and there were quite a few of them.

Qin Fengchi leaned against the window, raised his fan to block out the sun: "Did Jiuniang receive the letter in the first ten days?"

Qin Song thought about it for a moment, then nodded affirmatively: "Got it."

"Then go to her place," Qin Fengchi said, "Ten Mile Yanyun Lane in Tianjin Mansion, if you can get a song and music line, no one will miss an invitation card for any banquet occasion."

This is to borrow strength.

Let me tell you that Gu Jiuniang is used to taking a lunch break, but for some reason today, she only took a break for half an hour before waking up sleepily.

The sun is getting to the west, and through the gaps in the bamboo bushes outside the window, there are mottled shadows, which are lightly blocked by the light gauze door curtain.It was a hot day, and only a thin layer of bamboo mat was spread on the floor, and a set of tables and chairs made of rosewood wood inlaid with marble landscape made the basic tone of the room look very calm; The antique bronze ice mirror against the corner of the room, and the air-conditioning floating in it, make the room a bit more luxurious.

Hanging on the powder wall is a contemporary landscape painting. Under the painting, there is a table with a guqin and a musical score.An antique incense burner with white glaze is spitting out the smoke of agarwood, just like "a small curtain hook is hung, and a wisp of smoke rises from the furnace".

From this point of view, although this boudoir is luxurious, it is also elegant.Every piece of decoration is where it should be, no more, no less, very appropriate.The person who arranged this room must also be a woman with a proper personality and no lack of style.

Gu Jiuniang is exactly such a person.

She was half leaning on the soft pillow, her eyes were sleepy, and she sat up slowly after a while.

The girl Qingrou was still a 12-year-old girl, she walked around the screen with a smile when she heard the noise.Seeing that Gu Jiuniang was about to get out of bed, she took a tulle beanie to cover him up, and then poured a cup of weak tea and handed it to him.

"My lady, why are you awake now?"

Gu Jiuniang took a sip of tea, frowned slightly, and was also confused: "For some reason, it seems that there is something waiting for me, and I can't sleep well." She pondered for a moment, and said to Qingju, "Go to the concierge and ask Ask if anyone is visiting today."

Qingrou was very puzzled.If something happened, the concierge would have informed her long ago.Although she muttered to herself, one good thing about her was that she was obedient enough. Hearing this, she took the teacup from Gu Jiuniang's hand, put it on the table and went out.

Waking up from a nap in summer is always hot and dry.

Gu Jiuniang picked up the bamboo fan next to the pillow and fanned it lightly. After smelling the faint fragrance, the hotness subsided a little bit.She thought about it for a long time, except that she received a letter from Beijing at the beginning of the year, nothing else happened...

"Miss!"

Qingrou yelled, and the talent hastily lifted the curtain and entered the room.She walked around the screen, her face flushed with heat, and she whispered to Gu Jiuniang, "Miss, what a coincidence, I just arrived at the concierge, and I met two girls from Beijing to visit. One of them is really tall ! Taller than our concierge!"

Gu Jiuniang frowned, and hurriedly pulled the embroidered shoes out of bed: "Where are the two guests?"

"I put them in the stone pavilion," Qingrou said anxiously, "Lady, put on your clothes before going out!"

As if Gu Jiuniang had never heard of it, she casually threw the fan on the table and walked out quickly.

The area of ​​this house is not big, but a garden enclosing a small courtyard, but the garden occupies a large area and is full of scenery.

Qin Fengchi was leaning against the fence of the gazebo, waving his fan and looking at the koi swimming in the pond outside.

This is a stone gazebo with four floors and double eaves. Compared with the wooden gazebo, it is more simple, but it is exquisitely carved and not crude.Looking out from the pavilion, there are rugged mountains and rocks, surrounded by green water, rustling bamboo leaves, and a few clusters of red, pink and white flowers dotted among the rocks, making people feel like they are in the south of the Yangtze River.

Qin Song stood aside, gazing at the delicate garden, muttering in his heart.He thought to himself, this Ninth Lady has a decent life, she is no longer the poor person she used to be, and he wonders how much loyalty is left?

His ears twitched slightly, and when he looked up, a beautiful woman was coming slowly from the corridor in the distance.

The beauty is petite, but curvaceous, and the translucent gauze gown can't cover her snow-white neck and half of her breasts, just like the poem says "a slow-tie skirt with half-exposed breasts".The closer he got, the more Qin Song could see her appearance and recognized her.

Gu Jiuniang's eyes were full of eagerness, and her oval, unusually white and tender face was dripping with sweat. At this time, her red lips opened and closed, and she panted slightly, causing her round chest to rise and fall.

"My lord!" She squatted deeply outside the gazebo.

Qin Fengchi turned his head, propped his forehead, and looked her up and down.

"I haven't seen you in a few years, I've grown up."

Gu Jiuniang couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled when she heard the words. She is such a big person, but in the eyes of adults, she still seems to be the thin little girl back then.She suddenly relaxed all over, but she was still embarrassed to look up at the people in the pavilion, so she turned sideways and bowed lightly to Qin Song.

"Master Xiao Qin."

Qin Song nodded at her uncomfortably, then turned his head away from her.

disheveled, what does it look like...

Qin Fengchi tapped the stone bench in the pavilion with his fan: "Come and sit."

Gu Jiuniang hurriedly walked up the steps with her skirt in hand, and sat on a corner of the stone bench with a respectful attitude.In fact, she was very excited.Just now she was looking from a distance in the veranda, and only saw Qin Fengchi's general attire, but she couldn't tell whether this person's face had lost weight, whether his expression was serious or happy, and she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"Why do you always keep your head down? Raise your head, I have something to ask you." Qin Fengchi's undisguised voice sounded low and low.

Gu Jiuniang hesitated for a moment, then boldly looked up at him.

The person in front of him, in terms of women's clothing, is even more beautiful than her.But what she looked at was not the appearance on the outside, but through those, she looked at the man who rescued herself from the sea of ​​suffering a few years ago.

Qin Fengchi asked: "Are you going to attend Chen Danian's church tomorrow?"

Gu Jiuniang was startled when he heard the words: "Exactly. I heard that the prefect Chen invited all the commercial houses in Fucheng to have a banquet together. It is a rare feast. There was a lot of competition among the thirteen lines, but I, a newcomer, won the invitation. "

Only then did she come to her senses and looked at Qin Fengchi's attire.

"Aren't adults going too?"

Qin Song at the side secretly rolled his eyes, thinking, if he didn't want to go, who would come to find you, a bratty girl!

Qin Fengchi smiled and said: "You don't need to know anything about it, just find an identity for me."

Gu Jiuniang hesitated for a moment: "This...identity is easy to get, but there are so many merchants on such occasions, if someone is abrupt, how should I deal with it?"

She said it tactfully, but she was actually afraid that there would be businessmen drunk and prostitutes at the banquet, and she was even more afraid that if those officials fell in love with the appearance of your lord.

Qin Fengchi couldn't help laughing, and covered his mouth with a fan: "I'm here to do business, so I have a countermeasure. You just need to help me sneak into the banquet."

He doesn't blame Gu Jiuniang for worrying in vain, after all, this little lady didn't join the Feather Guard, and hasn't received any missions in the past two years, so she is considered a low-level whistler, no different from ordinary people.In fact, most of the whistles are ordinary people, who receive letters and renew files every year, but they are really useful only one out of ten.

Gu Jiuniang really didn't know much about Qin Fengchi's ability, seeing that he behaves like a woman in every word and deed, and looks like two people with the tall and cruel man in his impression, she can't help but secretly marvel.

She thought for a while, and said: "Since that's the case, where is your lord living now? It's not easy to go in two places tomorrow, and you have to pick up your lord and Jiu Niang together."

Qin Fengchi said: "Ke's Mansion on Fuqian Street."

Gu Jiuniang nodded: "It's easy to find."

She also gave some details about the hall: "My lord, Jiu Niang can arrange for you to be a female prostitute who will accompany you. At that time, the musicians will come out one by one with the karst drum or the twirl flute, pretending to play music. It will be eye-catching. It’s just that tomorrow the musicians will wear purple clothes with hairpins and white flowers, and the collars are embroidered with peonies. There should be no slight difference in the makeup of these costumes. I can prepare clothes and jewelry for adults. This makeup..."

Qin Song interjected: "Isn't it peony makeup? I know how to do it!"

He looks like a delicate little girl, but he is like a male duck when he opens his mouth.

Gu Jiuniang wanted to laugh, but held back, hurriedly got up and said, "Jiu Niang is going to prepare clothes now, my lord will wait a moment."

By the time Qin Fengchi's master and apprentice returned to the mansion, it was already past half of the time, the summer days were long and the sky was still bright.

Chu Lou slept in the mansion shop, listened to slang music for half an afternoon in the lobby on the first floor, tipped three or five small coins, drank a pot of tea, ate two plates of fruit, and was extremely bored.If it wasn't for Qin Fengchi's promise not to go out casually, there would be a lot of food and entertainment in this prefecture, but it's a pity that he can't go anywhere, it's really boring.

When I was depressed, I saw two girls stepping into the shop outside the mansion. They were Miss Qin's master and servant who had been out for a long time.

Qin Fengchi was wearing a veiled hat, with a tall figure, walking through the hall like no one else, and went straight to Chu Lou's table. The little girl behind her was holding a brocade bundle in her hand, which looked like a bag of clothes.

"Miss Qin!" Chu Lou stood up excitedly.It's back!

Qin Fengchi raised his eyebrows slightly, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

"It's my fault for keeping you waiting." Her voice was low and soft, as if full of apology.

Chu Lou's face turned red, and he waved his hands quickly: "You are out on business, so why worry about me—there are a lot of programs in this shop, and the slang songs are quite novel, I'm not in a hurry at all!"

Qin Song on the side burst out laughing, quickly covered his mouth, and glanced at Qin Fengchi in panic.

Qin Fengchi sat down at the table as if he hadn't heard of it: "If we don't order some food, I'm hungry too."

Chu Lou was feeling annoyed, for some reason, his brains seemed to evaporate in front of Qin Fengchi, and he was so stupid in everything he said and did!He pursed his lips and said depressedly: "This fruit is delicious, I ate two plates..."

Qin Fengchi seemed to be coaxing him: "Where is the fruit? I didn't eat the bean curd rolls yesterday, why don't you ask me to have a taste?"

Chu Lou's mood gradually calmed down, and the three of them then ordered food and talked while eating.

"Can the girl go out tomorrow?"

Qin Fengchi nodded: "I will meet you in the evening, is there somewhere for you, Young Master?"

Chu Lou thought about it for a while, and he had an old friend in Tianjin Mansion who he could visit.They used to play together when they were young, and when they grew up, they were classmates in the Imperial Academy for two years, but later he transferred to the martial arts school, and that classmate also took a job with his family, so they never saw each other again.Speaking of which, his classmate is now considered one of the best yamen in this prefecture.

On the evening of the second day, Chu Lou lay on the fence on the second floor and watched Qin Fengchi get dressed in a horse-drawn felt cart. The felt cart was gorgeously decorated, and there were maids holding musical instruments wrapped in cloth outside the cart, as well as some makeup boxes and baggage. .

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like visiting friends.

Thinking of Qin Fengchi's identity, Chu Lou couldn't help thinking wildly.But no matter how you think about it, the other party didn't tell him the truth, obviously they just didn't want him to know...

He shook his head, calmed down and prepared to go out.In the morning, he paid someone to send a greeting card to his classmate, and the classmate immediately replied to the post and invited him to be a guest at home today.Coincidentally, the appointment is also at this time.

Chu Lou changed into an indigo jacket with narrow sleeves, and a black belt inlaid with jewels. Although the color was a bit duller and plainer, the material was gauze, which was also very breathable.He first went to the street to find a shop, looked at it for a long time, and found a picture of Ye Wancheng's summer in a bamboo grove. works at that time.

"Where did you get this painting?" He asked the boss with interest.

The boss smiled and didn't answer.

Chu Lou didn't care about it either, he lowered his head and looked at it carefully, and was sure that the painting was authentic, so he decided to buy it.But this painting can't be used as a gift, it has to be sent back to his second brother.Chu Fang's favorite painter is this Ye Dashou. Although this painting is immature, it is very meaningful to fans, and it is a treasure that must be collected.He had no choice but to pick out a good inkstone and two pieces of ancient ink as gifts for visiting.

After paying the money, Chu Lou ordered the storekeeper to send the painting box back to the mansion, and walked to the classmate's house with the package.

The classmate's surname is Chen and his name is Tianyong, he is the nephew of the prefect of Tianjin.It was heard that the prefect of Chen had no son, so he raised this nephew as his son, hoping that he would support him until his death. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Tianyong is the number one yamen in the prefecture.