Peerless luthier

There is a huge, simple and elegant courtyard house located in a corner of Andu. (.) At night, the exquisite lanterns hung on the corridor are lit up.

Occasionally, a breeze blows, and the wind chimes hanging on the beautifully decorated door will be swayed.

The elegantly dressed maid walked through the corridors with a few small plates of snacks, and came to the side room carved with simple patterns.

"Knock Knock-"

A clear and pleasant female voice came from the room: "Who?"

The maid saluted politely outside the wing: "Miss Si, Yudie is here to bring you some snacks."

There was no movement in the wing.

There was a creak—the door opened, and a room of bright light poured out from the door.

In the inner room facing the door, you can see elegant and elegant decorations. The furniture used are extraordinary one by one, and soft wool carpets have been laid on the floor, which shows that this family is either rich or expensive.

Bai Jinyu, who was wearing beige cotton, stood at the door, wearing a thick overcoat, her hair was not tied up, and her face was getting smaller and fairer.

Yudie smiled and said, "How long has Miss Four been back?"

Bai Jinyu stepped aside to open the door, caressing her black hair casually: "I've never gone out before."

Yudie just smiled and said nothing.

Walking inside, Yudie, who was following Bai Jinyu, lowered the heavy silk curtains raised in the room one by one.

Bai Jinyu was sitting on the imperial concubine's couch in the side room, flipping through a thick book: "Put down the snacks, and you can go out."

Yudie respectfully placed small dishes of snacks on the peach wood coffee table one by one.

Yudie said with a smile: "Miss Si, are you satisfied with the batch of bells sent by Xiangxiang Building?"

Bai Jinyu raised her eyes from the book: "The bell is good. I saw a few writing brushes that were not very good when I went back to the pen and ink room. I registered the number for the shopkeeper. The new drawing is in the drawer. You can take it to the second young master."

Yudie nodded, turned around and found the clearly marked "writing brush drawing" in Bai Jinyu's desk drawer.

Yudie put it away, bowed her head and said: "Yudie will send it to the second young master."

Bai Jinyu nodded and turned her gaze back to the book.

Yudie saluted and retreated.

When the door was closed, a trace of teasing flashed in Bai Jinyu's bright eyes: I don't know, did that idiot find out.

After a while, when Bai Jinyu was excited about reading, he heard a knock on the door.

Bai Jinyu was disturbed, she frowned slightly without raising her head, and said, "Who?"

A clear male voice came from outside the door: "Fourth sister, it's me."

Second brother?

Could it be that the drawings are not satisfactory?

Bai Jinyu hurriedly got up from the imperial concubine's couch, put on her overcoat and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was a slender man in a dark blue robe with clear eyebrows. He was handsome and had a usual smile on his face, which made people feel good.

Bai Jinyu has always liked her second brother, so she smiled: "Why, second brother knows that your favorite lotus roll has just been delivered to my room?"

Bai Ting pretended to be taking advantage, and said with a loud smile: "In this case, the second brother will come to sit down even more."

Bai Jinyu let Bai Ting into the room with a giggle.

Sitting at the mahogany table, Bai Ting watched Bai Jinyu's increasingly frowning brows calmly while drinking tea, and when Bai Jinyu began to grit his teeth, Bai Ting put down the fine celadon teacup.

He softly comforted Bai Jinyu: "Fourth sister, don't be angry, this matter is not something he can do just because he wants to."

Bai Jinyu looked into Bai Ting's concerned eyes, and swallowed the anger that was stuck in her throat and was about to erupt.

Bai Ting smiled gently: "I'm here to let you know first, it really is right. This pawnshop is worth a lot—but it's just a pawnshop. When your third brother is old, even if you spend a lot of time, Father still has to train him."

Bai Jinyu lowered her voice and sneered, "Hehe, I ran that pawn shop before! Why should I hand it over to him now?"

Bai Ting saw it, but smiled and said nothing.

After being silent for a while, Bai Jinyu looked at the paper voucher on the coffee table, and her fingers began to tap on the table involuntarily: "Second brother, tell me, how about the small pawn shop next to the pen and ink room?"

Bai Ting drank his tea and said in his heart: You little fox, you can change your mind quickly.

Bai Ting put down his teacup and said with a smile, "The location of the store is good, but it's a pity... tsk tsk."

Bai Jinyu approached Bai Ting with sly eyes: "How about eating it?"

Bai Ting knew what the strong Fourth Sister thought, and he always agreed with it.

Bai Ting clicked on the desktop: "I can go and discuss it with Lord Han."

Bai Jinyu became interested: "It's better to cooperate with Prince Han, let the pen and ink room and the small pawnshop become one store, and then give him a share every year."

Bai Ting tapped Bai Jinyu's head: "You think Prince Han is so foolish, are you trying to name Prince Han?"

Bai Jinyu smiled: "I've already set my sights on that store, and I'll show you the paperwork I made last month."

Bai Ting nodded: "Take a look."

Bai Jinyu took out a key from her body and opened the large chest next to the imperial concubine's bed.

Inside were neatly placed boxes of wooden stationery, and Bai Jinyu pulled out a box from the top and dug out a stack of documents.

Bai Ting took it and read it carefully.

After a while, Bai Ting said: "How do you know that Prince Han will definitely want the paulownia piano we brought back from Dongdan?"

Bai Jinyu smiled mysteriously: "Second brother, do you know that the old King Han has a paulownia qin?"

Bai Ting nodded: "That's a top quality piano, it seems to have been bestowed by the imperial court back then."

Bai Jinyu lowered her voice: "Second brother, guess where that piano is?"

Bai Ting raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it in the treasure house of King Han's Mansion?"

Bai Jin said, "Of course not."

Bai Ting looked at Bai Jinyu's trickery.

Bai Jinyu said slowly: "That piano is at the home of Zhong Han, the piano master who worked in the Han Palace back then."

Bai Ting was a little surprised: "Why is it at his place? I have heard of Zhong Han, and his piano skills are good..." He speculated: "Could it be rewarded by the old King Han?"

Bai Jinyu smiled and nodded.

Bai Ting took a sip of tea and was a little puzzled: "Where did you know that?"

Bai Jinyu picked up the paperwork on the coffee table and looked through it: "I found it in his piano room a few days ago."

Bai Ting was silent for a while.

After a while, he said, "You went to Zhong Han's house? Do you have any clues?"

Bai Jinyu raised her eyes: "Not currently, but it doesn't mean in the future."

She paused, put down the document a little, revealing her pair of bright and bright eyes, she said softly: "Second brother, guess who else I met?" Bai Ting asked suspiciously: "Who? "

Like a memory, Bai Jinyu slowly said with a puzzled smile, "When I was eight years old, that idiot who played with me in Yundi for a long time."

He slowly recalled, but he remembered that when Bai Jinyu was eight years old, he followed him to Yundi to escape the summer heat.

He said: "Is it the little girl who accompanied you to catch fish in the rice field?" Then he said dissatisfiedly: "How can you call someone 'dumb'?"

Bai Jinyu giggled, "He's not a girl!" Looking at her second brother's surprised eyes, Bai Jinyu calmed down her smile, "However, he doesn't remember me at all."

Bai Ting quickly said: "I will definitely remember it in the future."

Then he looked at Bai Jinyu in surprise: "Why is it a boy?" He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and asked, "Could it be Zhong Han's son?"

Bai Jinyu nodded, "I've investigated, and it's their youngest son—Zhong Yi."

Bai Ting pondered: "I haven't heard much about it."

Bai Jinyu smiled.

Bai Ting raised his head: "What about their eldest son?"

Bai Jinyu picked up the document to read, and said, "It seems that his name is Zhong Li, and he is an adopted son." She paused, then looked up from the document: "He has a good relationship with Prince Han, and they always exchange letters. It is said that Prince Han Even the enrollment quota of Kanyuan Pavilion in Fancheng for the first time this year has been pre-determined for him."

Bai Ting said with a smile: "The ability is not small."

Bai Jinyu recalled Zhong Yi's face, his clear eyes seemed to be full of trust in his brother, and his clean voice seemed to deny it over and over again.

Just let this idiot be like this forever.

Thinking this way, Bai Jinyu turned a page of the document.

As soon as his fair hands picked up the teacup habitually, Bai Ting suddenly shrank his pupils, and quickly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. The paper seemed to be the Jin style used by the people of the Northern Jin Dynasty. The fonts are quite different.

He asked eagerly, "Say, what's his name?"

Bai Jinyu said in surprise, "Zhong Li, it's a ritual."

He looked down, and then slowly handed the paper to Bai Jinyu.

Bai Jinyu took it in doubt, and slowly suppressed her smile while watching.

After a while, Bai Ting and Bai Jinyu looked at each other.

They tacitly knew that the person they were looking for at a high price was him.

Bai Ting drank several sips of tea, but still couldn't hide his eyes.

Bai Jinyu also looked pensive.

After a long time, Bai Ting broke the silence: "He... has such a great background, I am very curious, how the Zhong family adopted him as an adopted son."

Bai Jinyu said with an expressionless face: "Perhaps, the Zhong family doesn't know yet."

Bai Ting said: "Do you know when Zhong Li came to the Zhong family?"

Bai Jinyu was stunned: "I never asked about that."

Bai Ting was silent.

Bai Jinyu tentatively asked, "Do you want to discuss this matter with elder brother?"

Bai Ting's expression froze, and his tone became cold: "It's better not to let your elder brother worry about it. I just married Meijiao Niang, how can I be distracted and take over these trivial matters."

Bai Jinyu immediately fell silent obediently.

After a while, Bai Ting made up his mind, and he said: "Well, let's keep this matter secret for a while, and the Northern Jin people will not be able to make any movement for a while, so take this opportunity to inquire more, although these characteristics are really true. It is very... similar to this bell ceremony."

Bai Jinyu said: "This is also a method of delay. I know the Zhong family a little bit, maybe I can get some news from Zhong Yi. If it is true, we should report it to the court as soon as possible."

Bai Ting said seriously: "This matter must be kept secret."

Bai Jinyu nodded and let out a leisurely breath.

This secret has not yet come to the public, so it must be made clear at present, otherwise, the consequences are not something their Bai family can bear.

The lights of Bai's house were brightly lit, and the night in Andu seemed peaceful.