Mikago

Suddenly, the Double Ninth Festival is just around the corner.

As early as two or three days ago, thousands of pots of chrysanthemums were sent as tribute from Bianzhou to Huiqing Hall.The weather has been sweltering and hot these past few days. In order to prevent the flowers from blooming early, a pergola was specially set up in the yard with silk silk, and golden bells were tied to deter birds and birds.

In addition, the birthday gifts from various places in the Daning Dynasty were carried into the palace one after another.Treasures are piled up like a mountain, and all of them are temporarily stored in the left treasury in the palace.

Zhao Yang couldn't hold back, and sent the little eunuch to peek over and over again, and then came back to report one by one carefully.Those gifts that were given too lightly, or that did not meet Zhao Yang's wishes, were unceremoniously returned and ordered to be given again.

Compared with Zhao Yang's extravagant scenery, Lu You, who was born on the same day of the same year and the same month, seemed much deserted.

It's not that no one misses him - his elder sister Ye Yueshan asked someone to send a letter from home and an exquisitely embroidered purse.Inside the purse was the gold bracelet passed down to Ye Yueshan by her mother.

Ye Yueshan said in her family letter that she hoped that one day, her younger brother would be able to give this family bracelet to a like-minded person, so that the marriage could be completed early.

Apart from her sister, Master Li Honghe would also send some rare gadgets to Lu You every Chongyang Festival.

This year, she also gave a wooden box early, which contained the chimney that the two of them used to rescue Orchid last time, as well as several porcelain bottles with different patterns and a stack of recipes.

Lu You took the formula and scanned it roughly, and found that it was actually teaching him how to use the medicine in the porcelain bottle to concoct a variety of smokes with different pathways.

And since that day in the plum garden hut, Tang Ruilang showed his true colors again.Almost every day when he went to the Hongwen Museum, he would force Lu You with such and such gadgets, as if returning to the romantic time the two of them spent together in the Imperial College a few years ago.

On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, the Hongwen Hall was closed as usual, and students were not allowed to enter the palace without permission.Tang Ruilang didn't know where he got the ability to send a huge camphorwood box to the Jackdaw's Landing of the Ministry of Internal Affairs two days in advance.

Inside the box were money, clothes, medicines, books, and even a delicate bosom furnace for winter.There are all kinds of items, about twenty items.

Among them, what fascinated Lu You the most was a white jade flute.

I still remember that in those days, the Taixue Hall also had a general education course on rhythm.Apart from the guqin that almost everyone can play, Lu You only has a soft spot for the flute from the Western Regions.

At that time, he thought that the sound of the flute was clear, distant and outstanding, and it could be regarded as a kind of solitary elegant music.There were many leisurely afternoons when he and Tang Ruilang met in the pavilion in the forest of steles to discuss the flute music they had learned recently.

But he didn't expect that many years later, Rui Lang would still remember the tranquility of the past.

Put in the box together with the jade flute, there is also a stack of flute scores.All handwritten with Biyun Chunshu paper, all in Tang Ruilang's handwriting.

Anyway, it didn't take up much space, so Lu You simply sewed a cloth pouch to carry the jade flute and music scores in his arms.He thought that Zhao Yang wouldn't think about him during the Double Ninth Festival, and he should be able to have a leisurely time for a while, just to cultivate his sentiments.

The matter was indeed half right by Lu You - Zhao Yang was really busy inquiring about those birthday gifts, and he didn't even think about him; but another unexpected gift disrupted his plan.

Around the Double Ninth Festival, Qi Yunchu allowed Lu You to rest for three days.He is allowed to enter and leave the palace, even leave the capital, to do whatever he wants to do but dare not or cannot do.

Go to Liuquan City and meet Sister Yueshan!

This was a decision that Lu You made in an instant.

Therefore, Rui Lang's jade flute was carefully put into his bosom, Lu You packed his bags overnight, took the token of the Ministry of Internal Affairs specially given by Qi Yunchu, and left Yong'an Gate at dawn on the day of Chongyang.

Riding on a horse, he passed by those officials who were coming to court from the north, and headed towards Mingde Gate in the south of the city.

Liuquan City is more than twenty miles east of Zhaojing.If you ride the horse and raise the whip, you can arrive in an hour.

But perhaps because of the four words "near the hometown", Lu You was not in a hurry.He stopped and walked along the post road, and did not enter the outskirts of Liuquan City until noon.

Liuquan City, built on the mountain, has beautiful scenery.However, in terms of the size of the land occupied, it is still less than [-]% of Zhaojing.

But such a tiny city became famous because of the Li Palace of the Daning royal family.The city gates on all sides are strictly guarded, and all kinds of arrest papers of wanted criminals are plastered.

With the token of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lu You is of course unimpeded.He entered the city in a leisurely manner, first chose a clean and decent looking inn, and rented a room.

In the room, he carefully removed the human skin mask, and then changed into a rough, but clean and tidy common people's clothing. Then, carrying a small burden, he walked towards his uncle Qin Yizhao's mansion.

The Qin family's mansion is located in the most prosperous and lively Baijingfang in Liuquan City, and it is the largest mansion on the East Street.But after all, it is the home of merchants and civilians, and it cannot be overridden in terms of shape, so the appearance is far inferior to the bureaucratic mansions in the capital that Lu You has seen.

Considering that he was still wearing a crime on the surface, Lu You did not enter the room openly.After observing for a while, he chose to go around to the west and knocked on the side door.

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps lazily coming from inside the door.

The person who opened the door was a servant in his early thirties, with a dark and thin face, narrowed eyes, and two mustaches drooping from the corners of his mouth.

He asked sharply, "What?"

It seemed inappropriate to rashly report my sister's name, so Lu You said, "I have a treasure that I would like to ask Mr. Qin to hold my eye on, and I also ask this little brother to recommend it."

The servant looked Lu You up and down, and saw that he was dressed plainly, so he snorted and said contemptuously, "For a guy like you who came here recklessly, we have to have eight hundred if we don't have a thousand children every day." Don't you want to steal our Qin family's money with some broken stones and rotten wood? Let me tell you, the master is not free, so get out of the way as soon as possible!"

As he said that, he wanted to find a broom to drive people away.

Lu You was not annoyed, and hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, I haven't finished my words yet. This is a little thoughtfulness, please be considerate."

Saying that, he took out a piece of broken silver and stuffed it into the servant's hand.

The servant weighed in the broken silver, and this was considered to have a good face.

"Hey, it's lucky for you, kid, to meet my lord's confidant. I won't tell anyone else—yesterday, a member of Chen's family from a neighboring town had a wedding, and the whole family went to have a wedding. The servant came back and reported that the convoy would be back in a while. I think you might as well just sit here and wait, at most a bowl of tea will do.”

Drink wedding wine?I don't know if sister Yueshan went with the Qin family.But since he claimed to be looking for Master Qin, it is inconvenient for Lu You to change his words at this moment.

It happened that there was a clump of wild chrysanthemum growing at the corner of the road, which looked lovely and fragrant.Lu You asked for a small bamboo stool from his servant, sat on the edge of the flowers, and took out the flute music handwritten by Tang Ruilang, trying to figure out whether it was right or not.

The work of a cup of tea passed quickly, and sure enough, there was a movement from outside the square gate on the north side of the East Street.When the movement got closer, it was a team of chariots and horses. Although it was far less luxurious than the one in the palace, it could be seen that it came from a wealthy and wealthy family.

Lu You immediately got up and wanted to walk towards the convoy, but the servant just grabbed his arm.

"Hey! I said you can wait for a while! Talk about business, talk about business, no matter what, you have to wait until the master enters the house first? My master hates people who don't know how to behave, so don't cause trouble for me!"

Lu You is not short of time, but if he offends this little devil in front of him, he might cause trouble for his sister.Thinking of this, he suppressed his excitement and stood quietly in the corner looking out.

The chariots and horses stopped at the gate of the Qin Mansion in a blink of an eye.The middle-aged man riding on the tall horse at the front is Lu You's uncle Qin Yizhao.

Here, Mr. Qin dismounted from his horse, and another servant girl helped Mrs. Qin out of the carriage behind him.The couple didn't speak a word, they just stepped into the threshold one after the other with a cold face.

Lu You continued to wait.After Mrs. Qin's carriage, another small fragrant carriage came slowly.There are hanging curtains on the hood, and there are silver bells shaking gently, which is really eye-catching.

Lu You remembered that the sedan chairs that the concubines and princesses used to ride in the palace were also so small and cute, so he naturally began to wonder if the person sitting in this fragrant car was Sister Yueshan.

Suddenly, he heard a childish voice of order coming from the incense car.

"Yue girl, hurry up and hug us down!"

Before Lu You came back to his senses, he heard a woman agree in a low voice, and turned out from the back of the incense car.

……how come? !

Lu You felt as if someone had punched him hard in the chest.He shook his body, and hastily grabbed the wild chrysanthemum bush next to him with one hand.

After the initial whirlwind had passed, he finally saw it clearly—about fourteen or five steps ahead, Ye Yueshan was dressed in coarse cloth, her hair was wrapped in a green cloth, she looked like a servant girl, and there was no sign of an official at all. Miss old decency? !

Ye Yueshan walked quickly to the front of the incense car and opened the curtain.He skillfully carried Master Qin's sons and daughters down.

Those two children were covered in brocade, with long-lived golden locks hanging around their necks, and jade bracelets clinking in their hands, and Ye Yueshan's shabby and gloomy appearance seemed to be the sky and the earth.

Looking at Ye Yueshan's tired and helpless back, Lu You immediately understood everything.

Ye Yueshan has been lying all along.The Qin family didn't really treat her kindly at all.In the past few years, she has been serving as a slave in the Qin family in exchange for this so-called lowly "asylum"!

A rush of hot blood surged in Lu You's heart and rushed straight to the top of his head, even making his scalp throb with great anger.

"Hey, then who? Boy, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you—"

The servant who just accepted the bribe was holding the horse with one hand, while remembering the existence of Lu You.But when he turned his head, there was nothing in front of him, only the bush of wild chrysanthemums in the corner of the wall, a few of which were crushed and thrown on the ground, in a mess.

After leaving the Qin residence, Lu You returned to the inn in a daze.But he didn't go upstairs to rest, but ordered a table of meals, and silently chewed on the scene just now, thinking about countermeasures.

After a while, Xiaoer came over to serve the food.Lu You threw out a few copper coins, and took the opportunity to ask Xiaoer about the Qin family in the pretext of treating him to a drink.

Seeing him as a young man with a handsome face, the Xiao Er was not on guard, took two sips of wine with his mouth open, and then narrated all the rumors and dissatisfaction with the Qin family in the city over the years.

It turns out that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liuquan City has had a very prosperous medicinal material business because it is close to the Yaowang Hospital of the Imperial Medical Office.The medicine gardens outside the city are connected into one piece, and the medicine shops in the city are everywhere.Among them are Zheng, Zhu, Zhao, and Li, the four most famous families of medicinal materials.

As for the Qin family, it was originally a rare goods business that ran all over the world.However, in the past few years, the Qin family did not know which high-ranking family they had been with, and which god's guidance they had obtained, so they actually intervened in the medicinal material business, annexed medicinal gardens externally, bought medicinal shops internally, and monopolized the relationship with the Medicine King Hospital. The trade of medicinal materials.In this way, the Qin family piled up wealth like a snowball, but at the same time, it also made many colleagues have nowhere to go.

In the recent period, the Qin family has also invited some strange witch doctors from Xirong Guidi, relying on the joints opened up in the business of strange goods.It is said that the disappearance of the corpses in the mass graves in the eastern suburbs outside the city has a lot to do with these strange people.

After a meal, Lu You's understanding of the Qin family has changed a lot.He couldn't help sighing secretly, lamenting that he was ignorant of world affairs before, he only knew the good and evil likes and dislikes in books, but he didn't know the true face of the people around him.

But then again, if the Qin family hadn't treated Ye Yueshan harshly, would the various things that Xiaoer had told him still arouse my disgust?

Today, Lu You no longer has to worry about this kind of thing.After paying for the meal, he walked out of the inn and began to walk around Liuquan City, looking for opportunities to chat with staff from silk and satin shops, cosmetic shops and other shops, and inquired about more news about the Qin Mansion.

It was only when the sun was setting and the lights were coming on that he changed into neat clothes, covered his face with a cloth scarf, and quietly left the inn to go to Qin's house.

The Qin Mansion shrouded in darkness was peaceful and quiet on the surface.But Lu You knew that hidden in the seemingly quiet darkness were the guard and the fierce dog.

Of course, he had been prepared for a long time, and after lightly climbing over the courtyard wall, he stepped onto the roof.He stooped, his footsteps were silent, and he walked quickly on the solid roof.

The author has something to say: You asked about the return date, and the night rain in Bashan raised the autumn pond.Why cut the candles in the west window together, but talk about the rainy night in Bashan.