Prodigal Goro-kun

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, as soon as the Lantern Festival was over, the emperor immediately summoned the Yan family. He didn't know whether he had inspected the strength of the Yan family's caravan or was outraged by the poisoning of the Queen Mother. It was decided, so the matter of the Yan family's mission to Huihe was finalized, and the departure date was also set on the [-]th of the first lunar month, and they only had three days to prepare.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Yan Qiuer was invited to a banquet at the Zuo family's courtyard in the southwest of Chang'an City, accompanied only by Tang Shuo and Jin Dou.

"Mr. Wulang, why did the lord let you go to the banquet? This Zuo family is obviously an imperial merchant, but they went to another courtyard to hold a banquet. They have no sincerity at all. Why should we go?" Jin Dou drove the carriage steadily. Walking southwest, while paying attention to the situation on both sides, he complained to Yan Qiuer.

Yan Qiuer sat crookedly in the carriage, and after hearing Jin Dou's question, he smiled and said, "How do you know that he is not sincere? Perhaps his family has hidden gold and silver mountains, and he is afraid that outsiders will steal them if they go in." gone."

"Hey! Isn't it just some bad money? Who doesn't have it!" Jin Dou shouted disdainfully.

This really isn't something everyone has.

Yan Qiuer laughed lightly, then suddenly remembered something, and said to Tang Shuo who was sitting beside Jin Dou outside the carriage: "Guard Tang, I know that Father has ordered you to protect me every step of the way, but I think you are now So I went to the other courtyard of the Zuo family, and hid it in a place with a wide view, and then it will be more convenient to do things, Tang Guanshi thinks?"

Mr. Wu Lang wants him to hide in the dark?Tang Shuo thought about it carefully, and then he responded, raised his breath and jumped, and disappeared from Jindou's sight.What the lord is most afraid of is the insidious tricks of the Zuo family, and the insidious tricks will naturally not be used in the open, if he also hides in the dark and observes secretly, it will indeed be more beneficial.

Listening to the sound of the fabric rubbing and shaking from outside, Yan Qiuer knew that Tang Shuo had left, and Yan Qiuer was quite surprised that he left so simply.

The carriage staggered for nearly half an hour before stopping at the door of the Zuo's other courtyard at the time agreed by the Zuo's family.Yan Qiu'er got out of the carriage, looked up at the deserted appearance in front of the other courtyard of the Zuo family, and became a bit interested.

It seems that today's banquet is a small banquet, Yan Qiuer guesses that there will only be him and Zuo Yishan on the banquet table.

"Mr. Wulang, this...doesn't seem right. Could it be that we got the date wrong?" Jin Dou was also confused by the deserted scene in front of him.Not only was the left courtyard deserted outside the walls, but there was also no movement inside the walls.Didn't you say that you want to entertain the merchants from Chang'an City?When did the merchants in Chang'an City become so few?

Yan Qiuer was playing with the jade fracture fan that he bought yesterday, glanced at Jindou, and said with a smile: "How can I get the date wrong? If it is later, it will be too late." The caravan will set off tomorrow, and today is It was the last day for the Zuo family to turn the situation around, so let him see what the Zuo family would come up with.

Yan Qiuer opened the folding fan with a "shua", and pretending to wave the folding fan, stepped into the gate of the Zuo family's other courtyard.

Too late?What's too late?Jin Dou scratched his head, followed behind Yan Qiuer in a daze.

In order to welcome this only guest, the door of the Zuo Family’s other courtyard was open, and the doorman stood by the door and waited eagerly. I thought that today I would finally have the opportunity to see the demeanor of the legendary owner of the Yan Family in the Tianlan Kingdom’s business world, but I didn’t expect it The one who ushered in was actually a young gentleman, who is this young gentleman?

The doorman looked Yan Qiuer up and down, and seeing Yan Qiuer's well-dressed clothes, he knew that he was the young gentleman of a wealthy family, so he skillfully put on an amiable smile and asked politely : "May I ask what you can do for Mr. Xiao Lang to come here?"

"What's the matter?" Yan Qiuer stopped abruptly, looked the doorman up and down with squinted eyes, and then said lazily, "Why are the doormen from the Zuo family so dull? Today is not your Zuo family banquet." Are you a guest? What else can I do when I come here in person? Could it be that you come to a different courtyard in your left house to enjoy the scenery? Why can’t you even teach a disciple if you are a majestic emperor?”

"This..." Hearing Yan Qiuer's arrogant tone, the doorman secretly thought that something was wrong, although he didn't know who the person was, but hearing this tone was difficult to deal with, "I'm really sorry, the little one has eyesight Knowing Mount Tai, dare to ask Mr. Xiaolang's name?"

Yan Qiuer's face turned cold in an instant, looking at the doorman, he said angrily: "The Zuo family has a banquet, but the doormen don't even recognize the guests. The Zuo family is a royal businessman, it's really good to be in the officialdom. I don’t remember who was in the same company!”

The doorman was blocked by Yan Qiuer's two sentences before and after, and could not speak a word, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead in anxiety.

Yan Qiu'er wanted to scold this person again, but he caught a glimpse of a person coming from a distance from the corner of his eye, so he immediately changed the words when he came to his lips: "I was thinking of taking this opportunity to make friends with the Zuo family." Fan, since the Zuo family looks down on my Yan family so much, I don't have the cheek to stay here. Hmph!" Yan Qiuer flicked his sleeves, pretending to leave angrily.

"what happened?"

Zuo Yishan was counting the time and felt that it was time for the Yan family to come, so he came to the gate of the other courtyard to greet them as a show of respect.When he was approaching the door, Zuo Yishan heard the doorman arguing with someone. The other party's voice sounded a bit immature, but it was definitely not Yan Sheng or the four gentlemen of the Yan family.

Afraid of causing trouble for himself, Zuo Yishan slowed down, and wanted to wait for the doorman to settle the matter before he went out.Although Zuo Yishan is the concubine of the Zuo family, he is also a representative of the Zuo family among the merchants in Chang'an. In the eyes of others, he is also a person who can talk to the Zuo family, so some people want to cling to the Zuo family. People will always entangle him inexplicably.

However, when he heard the childish voice say the word "Yan's family", Zuo Yishan was taken aback, and hurried out.

As soon as Yan Qiuer heard Zuo Yishan's voice, she stopped in her tracks, but she didn't turn around, leaving Zuo Yishan an angry back.

"This... small... It's a small clumsy mouth, which offended this little gentleman, please punish him." As a disciple, at this time, he can only take the fault on himself, and any excuses and excuses will come to an end. make his fate even more miserable.

Zuo Yishan also knew that this matter might not be his family's fault, but he still kicked the doorman, pretending to be angry and said: "Useless thing! What use is it for me to support you!"

"I know I'm wrong, sir, please forgive me!" Zuo Yishan's feet were not heavy, and the disciple also knew Zuo Yishan's intentions, so he cried and begged for mercy.

Zuo Yishan gave the doorman a hard look, and then said to Yan Qiuer: "The servants of Zuo's mansion have nothing to do with it, and please ask Mr. Xiao Lang to have a lot."

"Hmph! Since you said that, it would seem petty for me to still be angry." Yan Qiuer turned around and looked Zuo Yishan up and down without hesitation, "Are you Zuo Yishan?"

"I'm right here." Seeing the arrogant young man opposite, Zuo Yishan couldn't be sure of the identity of the other party for a while, just to be on the safe side, he lowered his posture and bowed to Yan Qiuer.

"Oh, so it's you." Yan Qiuer curled her lips and continued, "This gentleman is the Wulang Lord of the Yan family, Yan Qiuer."

Lord Wulang of the Yan family?Zuo Yishan frowned, recalling who the Lord Wulang of the Yan family was, but he could only count four familiar ones, why did Lord Wulang appear?

"My father and several elder brothers have something to do, so they sent me here. Didn't you say that your Zuo family is going to entertain Chang An's colleagues today? Why didn't you see anyone else?" As he spoke, Yan Qiuer looked around, with a serious expression on his face. Confuse.

Zuo Yishan's eyes flickered, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "Mr. Wulang, please, the food and drink are all ready, just waiting for Mr. Wulang to take the table."

The smile in Yan Qiuer's eyes deepened.Zuo Yishan's reaction was quick, he only talked about the food and wine, but did not mention other people.

Yan Qiuer pretended not to understand anything, walked towards the other courtyard of Zuo's house, looked around while walking, and commented while looking: "Why is this other courtyard of Zuo's house so small?... this flower Is there no one to take care of it? Look, it’s almost dead... Oops! How can this pillar prick your hand?..."

Jin Dou followed Yan Qiuer, listening to Yan Qiuer's strange voices deliberately finding fault, she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so she could only lower her head and bite her lips tightly, feeling extremely uncomfortable.As for Zuo Yishan, his face became darker the more he listened, and finally endured Yan Qiuer's last sentence, but Zuo Yishan only wanted to beat Yan Qiuer up after hearing it.

"Tsk tsk, the Zuo family is obviously an imperial merchant, why are they so poor?"

Zuo Yishan stared at the back of Yan Qiuer's head, took deep breaths again and again, and then forced a smile, and said: "What Mr. Wulang said is that even if the Zuo family is an imperial merchant, they are only in the business world. In five years, the business has just started, and in terms of family savings, it is not as good as the Yan family with a hundred years of accumulation."

Does this mean that the reason why the Yan family is rich is not because of their ability, but because they have been doing it for a long time?

Yan Qiuer raised the corner of his mouth, sneered silently, then turned to Zuo Yishan, and said proudly: "That's true, is there any merchant in Tianlan Kingdom that can inherit a hundred years like my Yan family? Aren't they all after prosperity? In a sudden turn, I only left three or five years of achievements in the business world, and then it became a pity in people's mouths. However, in recent years, my Yan family has not been as popular as the Zuo family, and it is different to have the royal backing."

The glory of his Zuo family is not because of the backing of the royal family!Zuo Yishan was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Wulang, what are you talking about? How dare the Zuo family allow the royal family to support them. It's just to get the appreciation of the saint and run errands for the royal family."

Why is Yan Qiuer really the man of the Yan family?Isn't someone else pretending to be?Does the Yan family still have such a gentleman who doesn't know how to think twice before speaking?Isn't the head of the Yan family afraid that if this gentleman comes out, he will make enemies everywhere?

"Mr. Wulang, please take a seat quickly." Zuo Yishan led Yan Qiuer to the table full of wine and vegetables, thinking of stuffing Yan Qiuer's angry mouth with food and drink earlier.

"Huh?" Yan Qiuer stood by the table, looking suspiciously at the table full of food and wine, "My father said that you are going to entertain all the colleagues in Chang'an City today, and just this little food and wine? Isn't it too petty?"

Hearing this, Zuo Yishan got stuck in his chest again: "Actually, Zuo is the one who invited Yan's family to a banquet in his own name today."

Yan Qiuer looked at Zuo Yishan with a frown, and asked in puzzlement: "Only invite the Yan family? Why?"

Zuo Yishan said with a smile: "Zuo has always respected your father very much, and always thought that if he got a chance, he would have a long talk with him, but it turned out to be counterproductive. Zuo has never been able to wait for the opportunity. A few days ago, I chatted with three or five friends Encouraged, I mustered up the courage to pass the invitation to your father, but I didn't expect your father to be so busy, but Zuo was reckless and abrupt."

Yan Qiuer had already taken his seat, waving his folding fan, looked at Zuo Yishan with a smile, and said, "You just want to invite my father to a party, but you lied about entertaining the merchants in Chang'an? My father hates being cheated the most in his life. You should be glad that my father is not busy today." Empty dinner."

"What Mr. Wulang said is that Zuo was too excited and didn't think carefully." Zuo Yishan laughed dryly, raised his glass, respected Yan Qiuer, and then said, "If you offend your father, please don't blame Mr. Wulang, Zuo A certain self-punishment drink." After finishing speaking, Zuo Yishan drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Yan Qiuer stared at the food and wine on the table, the wine glass in front of him was already filled with wine, Jindou had just poured it.Cursing her lips, Yan Qiuer looked away, waving the folding fan in boredom.

Noticing Yan Qiuer's expression, Zuo Yishan asked, "What's the matter? Don't the food and wine on the table suit Mr. Wulang's taste?"

Yan Qiuer glanced at the food and wine on the table again, and lazily said: "I'm tired of eating on weekdays, and I lose my appetite when I see it."

The corner of Zuo Yishan's mouth twitched.Yan Qiuer didn't eat, why did he prepare this table of food and drink?

"Then... what does Mr. Wulang like? Zuo ordered the kitchen to prepare some for Mr. Wulang."

"Well...then let's have a plate of peanuts."

Yan Qiuer thought about it for a while, Zuo Yishan thought that he wanted to come up with some foreign dishes, and worried about whether he could cook them in the kitchen, but what Yan Qiuer wanted was a plate of peanuts?Doesn't the head of the Yan family give him peanuts on weekdays?He ran to someone else's house to ask for it.But at least his kitchen can be done well, and he doesn't have to hear any mocking words from Yan Qiuer anymore.So Zuo Yishan immediately ordered someone to go to the kitchen to get a plate of peanuts for the little ancestor opposite him.

Does Mr. Wulang like to eat peanuts?Tang Shuo, lying on a certain beam, made a note secretly, and followed Zuo Yishan's people to the kitchen without making any sound.He wants to make sure that what Mr. Wulang eats into his stomach is clean.

"Why didn't you have any singing and dancing at this banquet? Did you just let me watch you eat?" Sitting bored, Yan Qiuer started to find fault again.

Zuo Yishan was stunned.Everyone knows that Yan Sheng doesn't like noise and strangers, and the gentlemen of the Yan family are also influenced by Yan Sheng. They always choose quiet places when they meet with people or discuss business. In order to match their preferences, how could he Maybe knowingly?But who knew that it was not anyone he knew who came today, but this inexplicable Yan Wulang, what a headache.

"It was Zuo who was negligent, so... Zuo will send people to Pingkangfang to invite actors to perform for Mr. Wulang now?" In order to ask something from Mr. Wulang, he endured it.

Yan Qiuer gave Zuo Yishan a blank look, and said impatiently: "If my lord wants to see the actors from Pingkangfang, why do you come here?"

Zuo Yishan has been in Chang'an City for many years, and he thought that he has met all kinds of difficult people, but now he knows how well-educated and reasonable the people he met before, those people really care about them The identity of the Zuo family imperial merchant, the one in front of him is really difficult!You can't be beaten or scolded, he can hurt you so hard, you have to respond with a smile, Zuo Yishan has never been so aggrieved before!

Can't let Yan Qiuer dominate the conversation anymore, Zuo Yishan decided to change the topic: "The new year is just over, I wonder what your father is busy with? But you got new business for the Yan family?"

"Who knows." Yan Qiuer pouted, "But recently he often takes fourth brother out."

"Oh? Master Yan and Mr. Silang? This makes Zuo even more curious."

"Curiosity about what?" Yan Qiuer looked curiously at Zuo Yishan.

Zuo Yishan smiled slightly, and said: "Don't you know Mr. Wulang? Your father usually travels alone, and only Tang Guanshi is always with him. Occasionally, he will bring Mr. Dalang. This is the first time Zuo has heard of it. Your father takes Mr. Silang out."

When the peanuts were on the table, Yan Qiuer's eyes were attracted by the plate of peanuts, and he casually said to Zuo Yishan, "Really? You know the affairs of my Yan family very well, better than my Yan family." I understand. But it is true as you said, my father seldom takes the fourth brother to do business, and it is said that we will be together this time because my father wants the fourth brother to take the caravan to Huihe."

Can this peanut be eaten?Yan Qiuer rolled her eyes and looked around for Tang Shuo.He let Tang Shuo hide in the dark, but he couldn't hide without even giving a hint, right?

Tang Shuo, who was hiding in the dark, noticed that Yan Qiuer was looking for him, so he cautiously poked his head out from the beam.

An upside-down head suddenly appeared in Yan Qiuer's line of sight, startling Yan Qiuer. After seeing that it was Tang Shuo, Yan Qiuer lightly placed his index finger on the side of the peanut plate Twice.

Seeing this, Tang Shuo shook his head, and then immediately withdrew his head.Although I have confidence in my own strength, there is no guarantee that I will not be discovered, so be careful.

shake your head?Yan Qiuer raised her eyebrows.Shaking your head means it's not poisonous or you can't eat it?Yan Qiuer looked at the plate of peanuts and felt extremely entangled.In the huge Chang'an Yan Mansion, he really only had a tacit understanding with Yan Sheng, what hints did the others give!

Yan Qiuer gritted his teeth, picked up a peanut and threw it upwards, then stretched his neck, and used his mouth to catch the peanut. As you can imagine, the peanut didn't fall into Yan Qiuer's mouth, but instead fell to the ground.Yan Qiuer blinked, squeezed another one, and picked it up again, but still didn't catch it.

Zuo Yishan stared blankly at Yan Qiuer playing with peanuts, and felt more and more that Yan Qiuer, who behaved rudely and ignorant of etiquette, was not like the Yan family.But if he wasn't there, it meant that the Yan family didn't send anyone to his banquet at all today?Zuo Yishan thought over and over again, and when Yan Qiuer was having fun, he secretly ordered his servants to go to Yan's house to see if Yan Qiuer was from the Yan family.

The man hurried back, and before Yan Qiuer finished half a plate of peanuts, Zuo Yishan got the answer.This absurd little man is really from the Yan family!He is still favored!

Zuo Yishan thought for a while, and then said with some hesitation: "Actually, Zuo had something to ask your father for help today."

"Oh? What's the matter? You told me the same thing." Yan Qiuer happened to be tired from playing, so he tossed the remaining peanuts into the plate, and looked at Zuo Yishan with interest, "Father It is very rare to see strangers, and it is rare that my lord came today, and you invited me to eat peanuts, and I will pass on a message for you."

Can you buy him off with a plate of peanuts?Why did the Yan family produce such an incomprehensible gentleman!But for Zuo Yishan, this is something to be happy about.

"It's actually like this. The Zuo family has always been mainly engaged in business, and this year they also want to do business, so they want to ask your father for advice."

"Ask? How to ask?" The Zuo family wants to be a merchant?What is the use of a cloth seller as a merchant?Go to Persia and get some fabrics?

"Words are worse than deeds. Zuo has a cheeky face. I want to ask your father to allow the Zuo family to go with the Yan family's caravan." Zuo Yishan looked at Yan Qiu'er and smiled obsequiously.

Go with the Yan family's caravan?Which caravan do they want to go with?

Yan Qiuer raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Zuo Yishan and said, "Business is a troublesome thing, and you might lose your life, how can you just bring laymen with you?"

"It's not an outsider. It's a new merchant from my Zuo family. I have gone there a few times, but it's not as good as the Yan family's caravan. That's why Zuo came up with this thought. But Mr. Wulang, don't worry, as long as your father Promise, the Zuo family will not treat the Yan family badly." Zuo Yishan waved, and someone walked up to Yan Qiuer and handed Yan Qiuer a brocade box.

As soon as Jin Dou saw the brocade box, she stepped forward to take it without Yan Qiuer's order, and opened it first to check it, and handed it to Yan Qiuer after making sure it was safe.

Yan Qiuer glanced into the brocade box, then looked at Zuo Yishan, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Want to buy him off with a jade ruyi?How about giving him another plate of peanuts!

Zuo Yishan smiled and said: "Zuo knows that although Mr. Wulang has never been in the Yan family's business, he is very much loved by his father. This jade ruyi can be regarded as a meeting gift. I hope Mr. Wulang will speak a few words for the Zuo family in front of your father. It's just stuffing a few people in the caravan, which is beneficial and harmless to Mr. Wulang."

Yan Qiuer thought about it carefully, and then replied: "That's okay, I will go back to discuss with my father. In the beginning of spring, there seems to be a caravan going south to Ryukyu. I will see if I can leave your family. people get involved."

Go to Ryukyu?Zuo Yishan looked at Yan Qiuer in astonishment.Is this kid really stupid or is he playing tricks on him?

Really unable to read Yan Qiuer's expression, Zuo Yishan didn't dare to speak nonsense, so he could only test again: "The beginning of spring? Then it's too late. The Zuo family wants this caravan to be useful in the beginning of spring! Mr. Wulang just now Didn’t Lord Silang want to bring people back to Hehe? How about... take people from my Zuo family to Huihe to practice experience?”

"Go to Huihe?" Yan Qiuer sneered, "Then you should give up on this idea. Jindou, we can't afford to return this jade Ruyi to others."

"Eh? Goro-kun, please don't, you..."

"I just want to know, why do I have to die?"