[Qing Chuan] Five elder brothers intermittent salted fish

In fact, Yao Chi's people were only stranded in Jinan Mansion because of the weather. Originally, the group was going north to the capital.Several generations of the Yao family in Yangzhou have been in the business of salt merchants, and Yao's father's generation has also squeezed into the top four salt merchants. A son who is unwilling to take on the burden is doing well.

Yao Chi and his cousin Su Jianglian went north this time to welcome the newly-appointed Yan Yushi You Shiran, who inspected the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, but who knew that the master of the Yanyuan had left the capital early on, and the two of them had spent a long time. Only then did I catch up with Lord You in the post house in Jinan Prefecture.

Although the salt censor of Lianghuai is not a big official in frontiers, he is indeed a fat job with plenty of oil and water. The business of Yangzhou salt merchants has always been equivalent to the royal purse. A seasoned expert for many years.

It's just that You Shiran has one way of being an official, and another way of eating, drinking and enjoying himself. He never stopped looking for flowers and asking willows along the way, so it's all because Yao Chi paid for it.

Doing business and investing is a very normal thing, let alone the officials who are in charge of their salt merchants. No matter how crazy You Shiran is, Yao Chi only cares about paying money. It's nothing, but now it's inconvenient to travel due to the spooky rainy weather, and You Shiran blatantly brought a woman to live in the official posthouse, and he didn't even avoid people, which really made Yao Chi and others very sad.

Tonight, there was another burst of laughter from Yingying and Yanyan in the next room, and Su Jianglian, who was only noisy, had a headache, went out and sighed helplessly, and went into Yao Chi's room.

"Second brother, why are you here so late?" Yao Chi was wearing a coat and sitting under the candlestick reading a book. When he saw Su Jianglian, he actually understood why he came, but he still asked politely.

Su Jianglian frowned and was full of anxiety. He didn't even need to look up, just listening to his small and angry footsteps, he knew how irritable he was.

"Listen! Listen! What do you look like? The people who live here are all officials. If you don't care about other people's business, it's fine. What kind of crime is it if you run into someone with a tendon? Then The woman You Shiran brought with her is a secret door that can't even be considered a nobleman..."

Su Jianglian is young but very serious. Naturally, he has seen the background of a big family in Jiangning. Even if he is a prostitute, he still has to classify women into three or six grades. For You Shiran Tens of thousands of people will look down on those who don't pay attention to behaviors.

Yao Chi just smiled lightly, "It's better to steal than a concubine. Officials like him are usually serious and prudish. Now that we're away from the capital, can you and I control him?"

Su Jianglian: "Aren't you afraid of accidents? Don't worry, the master of the Salt Institute has been dismissed before arriving in Yangzhou. Will you and I have a good end then?"

Yao Chi: "Then can you persuade him, or can you control him? Take one step at a time, and then go south to our border, it will be easy to talk about..."

"But..." Su Jianglian still wanted to say something, but he heard a noise downstairs, and after listening quietly, he realized that it was someone from the post house.

Yao Chi got up slightly, walked to the door with Su Jianglian and opened a gap slightly, only looking at the people downstairs, Su Jianglian only said: "It's so late, who is it?"

Yao Chi just shook his head and didn't answer. He frowned and took a closer look at the group. Although there were many people, they were just looking forward to it. It was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who wanted to bring so many servants out on a trip, or was it some dandy from an adult family? My son, if you can't get things done here tonight, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Thinking of this, Yao Chi thought about going out and arranging two rooms to relieve his urgency today, but Su Jianglian grabbed him before he could put his hands on the door frame.

"Yao Chi, look at that boy!"

"What's wrong, brother? What are you looking at?"

Yao Chi looked puzzled, but Su Jianglian opened his eyes and said excitedly: "Look at the clothes on his body, the cloud-pattern gauze robe! It's made of brocade! Su embroidery! Yao Chi, I don’t need to say more about the meaning of Jiangning’s brocade! This is the material that was offered to the Forbidden City!”

"Second brother, you mean..."

Yao Chi's eyes widened suddenly, and just listening to Su Jianglian's description, he suddenly had an impossible guess in his mind, but then he thought about how the royal relatives and relatives would come to this wild place like Jinan Prefecture What a small place!

But my cousin's family has also been doing Jiangning Weaving Mansion's business for generations. If it comes to fabrics, no one has a more accurate vision than him. He grew up listening to the sound of the loom. The hundreds of people in his family rely on this cloth for their livelihood and wealth. The clothes on the young man downstairs were from Yunjin, so Yao Chi would not have the slightest doubt.

Su Jianglian looked nervously at Yao Chi beside him, his palms suddenly sweated in the cold weather, and he said in a confused way: "Believe me, this must be made of Yunjin! Jin Gui, who can wear this material, who else is not a relative of the emperor? The boy downstairs is still young, he looks only fifteen or sixteen, could it be some... elder brother?"

"That's not enough!" Yao Chi said decisively: "Brothers are all at the age of studying in the Forbidden City, not yet old enough to go to the capital to take charge. But second brother, you say that it is Yunjin, and I believe it all. From this point of view, maybe Who is the little Belle of the prince's family? If you are favored by the Holy One, it would not be uncommon to give a few bolts of brocade material! Besides, you can see that the one downstairs has red lips and white teeth, and is born with a good appearance. My little lord!"

Su Jianglian, who used to feel his heart beating non-stop, subconsciously let out a long sigh of relief when he heard Yao Chi's analysis, but then he thought that even if he came to drink Lord Baylor, it would not be a trivial matter!

"It's over, it's over! Today, this young master is considered a Baylor master, and You Shiran's set..."

Yao Chi hurriedly put on the outer robe on his body. He raised his head and tied the long gown and jacket around his neck, and said, "You Shiran can't be counted on. You and I have to come forward for this matter. Second brother, if you feel wronged tonight, please let me know." Live in the same room with me, and let the followers vacate the room later, and we will not escape this disaster if we don’t take good care of the master downstairs.”

After finishing speaking, Yao Chi tidied up the gray gown on his body, stroked the folds of his chest, and then took a deep breath and opened the door.Su Jianglian followed closely, and when they reached the stairs, they saw a young man in coir raincoat and bamboo hat with a knife in his hand. Take off the hat on your head.

"Cao Luan?" Su Jianglian suddenly pulled Yao Chi back, and whispered, "Cao Luan of the Cao family weaving in Jiangning! Master Cao's nephew, this one was sent to the capital at a young age to serve as a royal guard, that's him! The last time I went to the Cao family for business, I happened to meet him at home to visit relatives, Yao Chi's matter today..."

Su Jianglian suddenly fell silent while he was speaking, no matter how softly he spoke, the two of them stood so brightly and imposingly in the stairwell that it was hard for anyone not to notice.Look at each other twice and no one speaks, only you look at me and I look at you, just waiting for the other party to speak first.I don't know why, but there is still such a sense that the enemy can't move and I can't move.

The shopkeeper was the first to react. He walked up to the stairs courteously and said, "Hey! Why did you two come down? It's a big night and the greetings are not good enough. Some young masters are on their way We are making arrangements!"

Before Yao Chi could speak, Su Jianglian who was behind him suddenly yelled and went straight to Cao Luan and said, "Cao Shidi, oh Cao Shidi! I didn't expect it to be you! Do you remember me? Me! Jiangning Su family, Sujiang Lian!"

Cao Luan wiped his face with a towel, panted slightly and replied, "Master Su! When I went back to my hometown in Jiangning last time, I met you once!"

"That's right! That's right! I knew you were in high school in Beijing, but I never expected to meet you in this small inn! What a fate, hahaha!" Su Jianglian's polite and false warm smile immediately faded away. Resounded throughout the posthouse.

Before Cao Luan could open his mouth, he said again: "Brother Shi is going back to Jiangning again?"

"I……"

"It's so good that you and I can be companions on the road!"

"not me……"

"Oh? I don't know which family's young master this young man beside him is? This majestic appearance is really extraordinary! After all, it is the water and soil at the root of the imperial city at the foot of the emperor!"

"he……"

Cao Luan wanted to speak several times, but was interrupted by Su Jianglian's ardent greetings, so he had no choice but to remain silent.Unexpectedly, when Cao Luan stopped talking, Su Jianglian also stopped, and became embarrassed again after being speechless for a while.

"Here, Yao Chi, a person from Yangzhou, is also his cousin! The two of us were upstairs just now and heard the noise from below. This rainy night is so muddy that it is really difficult to move, and the post house is full again. I am afraid that there is no place to stay tonight. Discuss how many rooms will be allocated to you, although it is shabby, but it is also good for everyone to have roof tiles and quilts."

Yao Chi's words were polite, Yin Qi thought for a moment that a good man would not suffer the immediate loss, no matter what his thoughts were, it was better to give them a house than to sleep on the street.

Liu Qinghui on the side was a little stunned, still stuck in the reprimand of some people who shouldn't live in the posthouse just now, and said bluntly: "I don't think it's not that there are no rooms upstairs, but there are some people who shouldn't live there. The person is!"

When these words came out, Su Jianglian and Yao Chi's expressions were naturally not good. The two of them naturally understood who the person Liu Qinghui was referring to should not live there, but for the sake of the overall situation, they still wanted them to come. To cover up this matter, no matter how embarrassing your face is, you can only bite the bullet and explain:

"You guys don't know about this matter, the one who lives upstairs..."

"Okay! I'll only thank the two of you since I have a tile to cover my head. As for the others..." Yin Qi slightly dragged his voice and glanced at the upstairs, and said with a faint smile: "Why bother with things that have nothing to do with us?" ask!"

After finishing speaking, he nodded towards Yao Chi, and Yao Chi immediately knew that this young master was deliberately not embarrassing them and giving them face, so he immediately arranged for the shopkeeper.

At one moment they shouted to boil more hot water, at another moment they had to prepare some good wine and food;He was busy, as if he was the owner of this post house.

Taking advantage of the effort to go upstairs, Yin Qi just glanced at Cao Luan lightly and said in a low voice, "Do you know him?"

"Master, yes! That's the eldest son of the Su family in Jiangning! His family provides Jiangning with weaving most of the fabrics, so he has a close relationship with my uncle!" Cao Luan said in the vernacular of the time, after all, Su Jianglian just said He revealed all his old connections, and if he concealed anything, he would be a guilty conscience.

Yin Qi only turned his head and gave him a look, and said in a low voice: "You go to make a fool of yourself, and see which god is enshrined above?"