[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 2 From Jinling to Beijing

Two days later, the snow had not disappeared.

The door of Xue's house was opened, and there was a row of dark blue oilcloth carriages in front of the door, which looked inconspicuous, but the inside was comfortable and luxurious.Xue Pan helped Mrs. Xue get into the carriage, and said with a smile, "If Mom gets tired on the way, let's stop and rest—"

"What are you talking about, kid!" Mrs. Xue pinched her son's face, and said intimately, "Going to Beijing this time has a lot to do with your future, so you don't care about it."

"I'm thinking of my mother and sister." Xue Pan rubbed his face, making jokes to tease Mrs. Xue, and Mrs. Xue's joy blossomed after a while.Xue Baochai looked at it, and said with a delicate smile, "Mom, you see that my brother is a master of Juren, and he doesn't look like one at all."

"Your brother is just like that, and I'm afraid he won't be able to change it when he becomes an official." Seeing her daughter, Wang Xue waved her hand and said, "It's cold outside, come in first, and your brother will ignore him."

Xue Baochai said to Yinger Huaer behind him: "I'll accompany my mother to relieve boredom first, and you follow Zilan and the others to sit in the back." Chun Handong helped Baochai into the carriage, and then followed.

Xue Wangshi brought two big maids with her when she went to Beijing this time - Zilan and Zichuan, and Baochai brought more, four big maids, four second-class maids, two third-class maids and two old mothers.Xue Pan is really precious to Xue Baochai. He has been in business all year round, and when he has any weird things, he is always close to Xue Baochai and Xue Wang. When the boy goes out to play in clothes, he sees a lot of weird things and things, the ordinary things are no longer eye-catching, and his mind is broadened.

Xue Baochai got into the car, and the mother and daughter were talking intimately. Seeing that her son was going to ride a horse, Mrs. Xue knew that she couldn't persuade her, so she kept nagging. Seeing that her son was obedient and obedient, Mrs. Wang felt relieved and said with a smile, "I won't bother you anymore. If it's cold, get in the carriage. Don't show your temper."

"Understood." Xue Pan replied with a smile, put down the curtain, walked to the front and got on the maroon horse.

The guards followed the six horses and stood guard on both sides of the carriage. There were eight carriages in total, three with a comfortable roof, three ordinary ones, one for the maidservant, one for the servant, and one for the precious ones. Items of clothing, the rest of the car did not have a large box of maids and servants' luggage and other miscellaneous things.

Xue Pan rode a big horse and walked in front of the vehicle. Mother Xue made a dark red silver cloak for him because she was afraid that he would be cold. The collar was made of fiery red fox fur. He has big eyes, is handsome and tough, and after seven years of being a scholar, his body has become more refined, so that he can deceive outsiders while riding a big horse.

Although the Xue family has lost the name of the imperial merchant, after all, it has taken root in Jinling for so many years, and its influence is still there.With such a big battle today, I heard early that the peddlers who knew about Xue Bawang were looking up at the horse team that opened the way.The weather is cold, and the peddlers who get up early and get late at night rub their hands and breathe, it's still fucking cold after this year is over, but when they think of the women in the house, there are silly smiles on the faces of the peddlers!Seeing Xue Pan, who was imposing immediately, they all greeted each other, "Master Xue is going to Beijing?", "Master left so early?", "Why don't you sit comfortably in the car for a while, this cold man?" ?”…

Xue Pan has a good temper, nodding his head with a smile, saying a few words from time to time, "It's quite cold, how's the business going?" and so on.

The carriage disappeared, and the outsider who had just arrived in Jinling for a few years couldn't help but opened his eyes and said curiously: "This Xue family is also a big family, I didn't expect Uncle Xue to have a good temper."

"You have only been in Jinling for a few years. If the old man knows that Uncle Xue still has a nickname, what do you think?" The peddler looked sharply, seeing that his appetite had been whetted, and said, "Stupid Overlord!"

"I think Mr. Xue is very kind, and Mr. Xie Yuan, how can he look like a domineering king? Don't say that we, outsiders, are fooled..."

The peddler raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said with relish, "Uncle Xue was a domineering character when he was young, even his dead old father couldn't discipline him. I heard that the old master who came into Xue's house was beaten and kicked by Uncle Xue." You didn't see that temper, but you are only ten years old, and you can play like a tiger with big horses and big fists, and the people in Jinling City don't back it up. Calling "Stupid Overlord"? Tsk tsk..."

"and after?"

"Oh, I remember that day when the snow was heavy, I set up a stall here. The horse that Uncle Xue was riding went crazy, and the boy followed behind. Uncle Xue stumbled and stumbled on the horse's back. The stall bumped into it, luckily I dodged quickly, but this Uncle Xue fell down and landed on my stall, the blood on his head made me trembling and stretched out my hand to touch the tip of Uncle Xue's nose, I was frightened to death I'm dead, I'm out of breath." The hawker imitated vividly.

More and more people were listening to the excitement, urging the peddler to continue talking.

The peddler was complacent, and even made gestures, saying: "The boy who ran over saw it, and was so scared that he peed on the spot. Uncle Xue is the only seedling of the Xue family. If he really went like this, this boy will also be buried with him." I immediately kicked the boy and said, "I don't want to ask the doctor to see it." Then the boy hurried back with Uncle Xue on his back. I saw that the boy's legs were shaking so badly, so I went Handleman, after Uncle Xue came back after being rescued, his temper subsided, and he was able to say a few words when he met me..."

"I think you are afraid that the Xue family uncle will die in your stall, and the Xue family is looking for trouble for you! How can you have such a kind heart!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone laughed.

The peddler laughed and cursed a few words, but did not argue, and the lively crowd gradually dispersed.He looked at the carriage that had disappeared for a long time, thinking about Uncle Xue's help to him later, grinning with white teeth, Uncle Xue is kind, but his temper...

Spring time is March [-]th. Xue Wang is worried about her son's future. Just after the fifteenth day of the new year, she packs up her luggage and arranges housework, and then rushes to Beijing. Seeing that her son means that she will stay in Beijing in the future, Xue Wang also Don't mention what to do if you didn't pass the exam. Anyway, what your son says is what you say. Even if you sell the entire Xue family, Xue Wang, you have no objection. My son is now a master. All the ancestors of the Xue family came from business. It's easy to have a son who looks like a Wenqu star, and she has to support everything. Even if she doesn't pass the exam and spends money, it's okay to ask sister Jingli to give Pan'er a good job...

The Xue Pan brothers and sisters didn't know that Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang in Beijing still had private letters, and naturally they didn't know about the benefits Mrs. Wang promised to Mrs. Wang in the letter.There are still two months before Chungui, and there is plenty of time, so Xue Pan naturally didn't want to drive the horse-drawn carriage through the official road, so he walked by water, and now he is playing chess with Xue Baochai.

The two brothers and sisters laughed and chatted. Baochai dropped a chess piece during the conversation, and Xue Pan, who was blocked by Xue Pan, became a dead game. You're playing, it's no fun!" He has resisted for so long, his sister is like a cat teasing a mouse, sooner or later she will die.

Chun Han covered his mouth and smiled, Xue Qing came up to Xue Pan with hot tea, and said, "Master is still amazing!"

Xue Pan took the hot tea and glanced at Xue Qing, "You're still teasing me! Am I the one who gets annoyed when I lose?"

"Of course my brother is not, why don't you play another game?" Xue Baochai smiled innocently with his chin propped up. Seeing that his brother was not interested in playing chess, he picked up the chess pieces one by one, "Brother, when you get to the capital, don't be yourself. Go out to play alone, the capital is lively, if you go out to play, you must take me with you!"

"Like a small tail." Xue Pan put down his teacup, thinking of Jia's Mansion in the capital, "I heard from Xue Zhong that Jia's Mansion has strict rules, and I'm afraid it will be busy when we arrive."

"Brother, don't scare me that I don't study much. Their Jia family has good rules, but our surname is Xue, so we don't have to abide by their Jia family's rules. Besides, my brother is not about to take the imperial examination, so he must study at ease, and let my mother take care of all the entertainment. Yes." Xue Baochai's eyes were bent, with the naughty and cuteness of a girl.

Xue Pan shook his head, he seemed to have misled Xue Baochai, this little girl has more and more evil ideas now, but she has a calm and generous face, and she handles things safely, no one can find fault, but the core seems to have begun It was gray, and it didn't take long for it to become a dumpling filled with black sesame seeds.

"Looks like a ghost." Xue Pan agreed, but he has never been the one who hugged Buddha's feet temporarily. He was a ten-year-old man, and he didn't play in the past seven years. , The ancient imperial examinations were not so simple. There are so many scholars in the country who take the imperial examinations every three years. How many people can really become famous?The foundation laid in the past is that Xue Pan is not impatient when the exam is about to come, and he does not admire it beforehand.

The waterway is fast, and they arrived in the capital before the end of February. The Xue family's boat is big, and although there are not many things, most of them are precious items. The Xue Wang family is worried and specially asks the two big maids who serve beside him to take care of it, and Xue Qing also takes care of it. After getting off the boat for help, Xue Zhong led a group of people to wait early. Seeing Xue Pan bent over to meet him, he said, "Wanfu, my lord, how are your wife and eldest girl?"

Xue Zhong is an old man in the Xue family. He was bought back by Xue Pan’s old man when he was 14 years old. He was not called Xue Zhong at first, but later Xue Pan’s old man personally changed his name to Xue’s surname and gave him the character Zhong. People's loyalty to the Xue family is to think about the Xue family with all their heart, and then they have a child, Xue Qing, and they whisper in their son's ears all day long, if Xue Qing doesn't take good care of him, his father will beat him up first.Back then, Xue Pan rode his horse on the street, fell off the horse and lost his breath, even though Xue Qingshou was not at the side of the horse to serve him at the beginning, he gave him a full meal. Regardless of whether Xue Pan loves Xue Qing's service or not, Xue Qing will always guard Xue Pan in this life. Fortunately, after waking up, Xue Pan doesn't think that Xue Qing doesn't know how to have fun, saying "be careful" all day long. that's it.

"Thanks to Uncle Zhong taking care of the house in Beijing last year, my mother and sister are safe and well." Xue Pan said in a gentle voice.

Xue Zhong is over 40 years old, and he is very careful about the rules of the house. He has never been sloppy. By calling him that, Xue Pan has already accepted the bottom line.Bending down at the moment, he said politely, "Master, I want to go back to the house first---"

The side of the wharf was bustling with people. A man in a navy blue coat was beating his head, followed by seventeen or eight servant girls. When the man in the head saw Xue Pan, his eyebrows and eyes were crowded together, and he showed a flattering smile. One made a bow, "The villain Lan Er pays homage to Uncle Xue---" He raised his eyes cautiously, seeing that Xue Pan was still talking to the servant beside him, Lan Er thought to himself, this Uncle Xue followed Mrs. Wang's mouth very much. Same thing, immediately knelt down, kowtowed politely, and the little servant woman behind her knelt down when she saw it.

"Brother, I guessed it right!" The crisp voice came from Chuanfang, and the coquettish voice seemed to be coquettish and more like winning in a fit of anger. There was a little arrogance in the words, but it was not at all provocative. It's disgusting, but it makes people curious to see how they speak.

Lazy Er was attracted by the voice and looked back, only seeing a circle of embroidered gauze.

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