Strange Records of Xijing

After entering Guangdefang, Pei Jingxing led Su Yan around inside and walked to a shop named "Jinxiuxuan".

"The owner of this shop has something to do with the palace," Pei Jingxing explained, "Many of the cloth used in the palace's embroidered room is supplied by Jinxiuxuan. Let's go in and inquire about it, and see if there are any of them. news."

Of course Su Yan listened to Pei Jingxing's words, nodded, and followed Pei Jingxing into the Jinxiu Pavilion.

There were two or three groups of customers in the Jinxiu Pavilion looking at the materials. A waiter saw Pei Jingxing leading people in, and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Good cloth."

Pei Jingxing was not interested in this: "Come today, I want to order a dress for grandma."

The clerk turned around and said, "Then Pei Jie came to the right place. Mrs. Pei once praised our shop, saying that the fabrics in our shop are colorful and comfortable to the touch. I just don't know what kind of clothes Pei Jie wants. A piece of clothing?"

"Can you make the decision?" Pei Jingxing asked him with a light smile.

The clerk quickly understood, and said with a smile: "Pei Street envoy, wait a moment, I'll call the shopkeeper to come out."

After the buddy left, Su Yan couldn't help asking, "Didn't you come to investigate Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi?"

Pei Jingxing stared at Su Yan, with a half-smile: "How did you teach Huaiyu to go to the palace to find Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi today?"

Su Yan understood, it turned out that Pei Jingxing, like himself, also planned to make side-stepping remarks.

The shopkeeper of Jinxiufang is a middle-aged man with a good look. He came out from the back room and greeted him with a smile: "It's rare for the envoy of Pei Street to come to visit. Mr. Chen is too far away to welcome you."

Pei Jingxing greeted him a few words, and said, "Grandmother's 69th birthday next year, I want to find a piece of clothing for grandma, after much deliberation, I came to Jinxiufang."

The shopkeeper of Jinxiufang was named Chen Minggui. When Chen Gui heard this, he knew it was a big deal, so he immediately said: "Please also invite the envoy of Pei Street to go to the inner room with Mr. Chen, and let's talk carefully."

With that said, Chen Guiyong cast his eyes on Su Yan who was beside Pei Jingxing, and asked, "By the way, who is this?"

"This is my friend, surnamed Su."

"So it's Mr. Su," Chen Gui turned his head, and filtered through several households with the Su surname in Xijing, but he didn't find Su Yan.

But whoever came was a guest, Chen Gui didn't show it on his face, he led Pei Jingxing and Su Yan to the inner room, and on the way he told the previous guy to make tea.

"Emissary Pei is planning to make clothes in Jinxiufang?"

Generally speaking, rich families have tailors who specialize in tailoring clothes. Therefore, when these families come to the cloth shop, they usually choose some fabrics they like, and after they buy them home, the tailors at home will tailor the clothes.

Pei Jingxing's grandmother was Mrs. Yingwuhou, and there were several tailors serving her at home, so Chen Gui asked this question.

"That's right." Pei Jingxing said, "Grandmother's 69th birthday, I plan to prepare three birthday gifts for her old man, and please don't tell shopkeeper Chen."

"That's natural." Chen Gui said, "I just don't know what kind of clothes Pei Jie plans to make? Is it a smock, a shirt, a skirt, a cloak, or something else?"

Pei Jingxing replied: "I want to make a cloak for my grandmother. The old man is old and can't stand the cold, and my grandmother doesn't like to stay in the house all day. The cloak is just right. This cloak doesn't have to be too fancy, but it has a good meaning."

Chen Gui asked again: "The cloak is also good, but I don't know what the meaning of Pei Street envoy is? Mrs. Pei's 69th birthday, how about using the pattern of the waves of the East China Sea and supplementing it with green pine from Nanshan?"

Pei Jingxing shook his head and said, "The implication is good, but it's too vulgar. Besides, I originally wanted a red cloak, but if it's supplemented with green pine, it's too rustic."

Chen Gui didn't feel irritated by Pei Jingxing's various demands, on the contrary, he became more determined to complete this business - the more thought Pei Jingxing spent, the more money he was willing to give.

So, he followed Pei Jingxing's intention and continued: "If you want to use red for the cloak, you can embroider a few phoenixes with gold thread to make it a good omen that there will be a phoenix."

When Pei Jingxing saw Chen Gui take the initiative to say the word "Phoenix", he was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and continued: "Grandmother doesn't like to show off, she doesn't like phoenixes embroidered with gold thread, why don't you get a bird that looks like a phoenix?" Meaning?"

"This..." Chen Gui hesitated, "A hundred birds face the phoenix, isn't there also a phoenix?"

"There is no need for a phoenix," Pei Jingxing said, "as long as the white bird is embroidered with a hundred birds on the cloak."

Chen Gui understood: "That's right, a hundred birds look to the phoenix, and the phoenix is ​​the old lady, so why is there a phoenix on the cloak? The envoy Pei is really smart."

Pei Jingxing ignored Chen Gui's flattery, and immediately asked, "But this is just an idea of ​​mine. I have never seen the cloak of the Hundred Birds Picture before, and I don't know how the finished product is. Shopkeeper Chen has a Can I see something similar?"

"The cloak of the Bird Picture?" Chen Gui shook his head and said, "We don't have any here."

"What about the others?" Pei Jingxing asked again, "Long skirts, blouses, capes, as long as they have a picture of a hundred birds."

Chen Gui's face became a little stiff: "Street envoy Pei, I'm really sorry, we don't have any here."

Pei Jingxing hesitated for a while, and said, "That's all I can do. I have to go to Linglong Village to ask about it later."

Linglongzhuang and Jinxiufang are both well-known cloth shops in Xijing. To put it bluntly, they are rivals for business.As soon as Chen Gui heard that the big customer was going to the opposite house, he hurriedly said: "Pei Street Envoy, please stay a while, although there are no ready-made clothes to see, but our Jinxiu Pavilion has a pattern of a hundred birds facing the phoenix. If Pei Street Envoy wants to see Well, I'll find out tomorrow, and let our lady make some out first, so that Pei Jie can have a look at it, okay?"

Pei Jingxing originally wanted to try his luck, as long as he could find clues about Bai Niao Chao Fengyi, now that he heard what Chen Gui said, he stopped and deliberately remained silent for a moment, lifting Chen Gui's heart high. Only then asked: "Oh? Is that the pattern of the cloak?"

"No, it's a long skirt." Chen Gui mentioned this, and his speech became awkward. "That was when I was still an apprentice, and the pattern was designed by my master. In short, Pei Street makes you rest assured that this hundred Bird-patterned cloaks, you can’t find another one in Xijing.”

Pei Jingxing still shook his head: "If there is a long skirt, I will believe it."

Chen Gui gritted his teeth, and said: "Pei Street Envoy, my master was originally a craftsman in the palace, and the long skirt was also made by the nobles in the palace. This is the end of the story, it depends on whether Pei Street Envoy believes it or not."

Pei Jingxing accepted it as soon as he saw it, "Since that's the case, then I'll wait for news from Shopkeeper Chen."

Chen Gui didn't expect Pei Jingxing to let go so easily, he quickly reacted and said: "Pei Street Envoy don't worry, I will send someone to deliver the pattern to the house in a few days. I don't know what fabric Pei Street Envoy plans to use To make a cloak?"

"Let shopkeeper Chen decide these things. I only have one requirement, and that is to be worthy of my grandmother's status."

When Chen Gui made a calculation in his mind, he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime deal, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Okay, after I discuss it with the embroiderer, I will use that material to make a pattern and send it to Pei Jie for review. "

Coming out of Jinxiu Pavilion, Su Yan finally couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.

Pei Jingxing looked at Su Yan helplessly: "What's so funny?"

Su Yan quickly suppressed his laughter, waved his hands, and said, "It's nothing, I just think that Chen Gui is too easy to deceive."

"People die for money, and birds die for food." Pei Jingxing said while leading Su Yan away, "I gave him such a large business, of course he will relax his vigilance."

Su Yan nodded with some insight, and then asked Pei Jingxing: "Chen Gui said that his master painted the pattern of birds facing the phoenix, should we go to his master?"

"Of course." Pei Jingxing looked up at the position of the sun, estimated the time, and said, "It's just that I'm going to the inner office now, so I have to wait for a while."

Su Yan didn't expect anyone to help him. Pei Jingxing stayed with him all morning and even dug out a useful clue from Chen Gui, which was beyond his expectation.

"It's okay, I'll go by myself."

"Do you know where Master Chen Gui lives?"

Su Yan was a little annoyed and shook his head.

His angry appearance almost made Pei Jingxing unable to bear the urge to touch his head: "It's just a little bit, since Jin Wuwei is responsible for the safety of Xijing, he can't stay in the inner office all the time Are you going?"

"You mean..."

Pei Jingxing imitated Su Yan's original appearance, and blinked at the latter: "But right now you and I are going to separate for a while, and Chen Gui didn't show me the pattern of a hundred birds facing a phoenix immediately, which means that this thing is not in his hands. It may be in the hands of his master. I will go to the Neiya to order a pot of tea in this restaurant, and you will look at Chen Gui. If the picture of a hundred birds facing the phoenix that Chen Gui said is really what Xiannu said It is absolutely impossible for Master Chen Gui to hand over the said Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi, so Chen Gui will have to go there himself."

Su Yan understood, it turned out that Pei Jingxing didn't know who Chen Gui's master was, so he just waited for Chen Gui not to tell himself.

Maybe Pei Jingxing's business was too big, Su Yan didn't sit in the restaurant for long, when he saw Chen Gui coming out of Jinxiu Pavilion and walking to the west.

Su Yan hurriedly paid the bill and went downstairs, followed behind Chen Gui, mixed in the crowd, kept a distance of about thirty steps, followed Chen Gui leisurely, and came to Changping Square in the southeast corner of Xijing.

Su Yan hid behind the tree and saw that after Chen Gui knocked on the door, the person who came out to answer the door came back not long after entering, and said a few words to Chen Gui, Chen Gui turned and left.

From the beginning to the end, Su Yan did not see anything passed between the two.

Seeing that Chen Gui was about to go far away, Su Yan hesitated again and again, but decided to give up on Chen Gui's line first, come out from behind the big tree, walk to an inconspicuous corner, and climb over the wall to enter.

Compared with Jinwang Mansion and the previous Shangguan Mansion, this courtyard is really too small.After walking around for a while, Su Yan found the residence of the owner of this family.

Will the pattern of a hundred birds facing the phoenix be in his hand?

Just as Su Yan was considering his next move, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from the room.

"Mr. Qu, the Bainiaochao Phoenix Clothes are very important treasures to our clan. Please, Mr. Qu, tell me where the Bainiaochao Fengyi is."

The woman's voice was like that of a yellow warbler, but the accent was not very good, and her tone of voice was very strange—it was the woman in yellow gauze from the juggling troupe I saw in West Market that day.

Why is she here?

Su Yan took out the mirror, swept it with his right hand, and the scene in the house appeared on the mirror.

I only heard the white-haired old man in the room sneer: "Your family treasure? I drew the pattern of the hundred birds facing the phoenix clothes, and it took fifty embroiderers in the palace half a year to embroider the hundred birds facing the phoenix." When did the pattern become a sacred object of your clan?"

The woman in Huangsha said again: "Mr. Qu is right. This Bainiaochao phoenix garment was made by you Zhou Dynasty people, but it contains a map leading to the holy land of our family. We have been displaced for decades and cannot find our way back. The road to home, the body and soul of the clan members cannot return to the holy land after death, and they are tortured by wind knives day and night. I also ask Mr. Qu to show me kindness and tell me the whereabouts of Bai Niao Chao Fengyi."

After finishing speaking, the woman in Huang Sha bowed down to Mr. Qu, her forehead resting on the ground: "Mr. Qu, if you can tell me the whereabouts of Bai Niao Chao Fengyi, I am willing to dedicate myself to Mr. Qu."

"Joke!" Mr. Qu was furious when he heard the words, "Who do you think you are? Do you fall in love with a man? If it weren't for the fact that you are a descendant of Xiannu, I would never see you today. "

The woman in Huangsha bowed again: "Then please Mr. Qu, for the sake of aunt, tell me the whereabouts of Bai Niao Chao Fengyi."

Mr. Qu was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to help you. Back then, when the Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi was given to the abolished prince by the first emperor, it was in the hands of Xiannu. The abolished prince was defeated and captured, and all his wives and children were killed. I wanted to save Xiannu, but unexpectedly I was a step too late. As for the Bainiaochao Fengyi, I don’t know where Xiannu took it. Perhaps when the Prince’s Mansion was raided that day, Bainiaochao Fengyi and other things One piece was taken back to the royal private treasury."

The woman in Huangsha raised her head, her affectionate eyes were full of tears: "So, can you not get back the Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi?"

Mr. Qu sighed: "Sorry, I really can't help you."

The woman in Huangsha wiped away her tears, stood up, folded her hands on her chest, and saluted Mr. Qu: "Even so, I still want to thank Mr. Qu."

"I didn't help you, so I have nothing to thank."

"At least Mr. Qu pointed me in a direction."

Mr. Qu was shocked: "Do you want to go to the royal private treasury to find Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi?"

The woman in Huangsha had a calm face: "My family has left the Holy Land for more than 30 years because of the abolition of the prince. I have never seen the Holy Land since I was born. If I die on the way to find the Holy Land, my parents will definitely be proud of me. "

"Why are you bothering?" Mr. Qu persuaded, "Where is the royal private treasury that you can enter if you say so?"

The woman in Huang Sha didn't waver because of this: "There will always be a way. Mr. Qu, I will take my leave first."

Mr. Qu collapsed all of a sudden, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, he kept muttering: "Why is this necessary?"

The author has something to say: I forgot to post the saved manuscript_(:з」∠)_