[Qing Chuan] Five elder brothers intermittent salted fish

"Cao Shidi is now in the year of Dancing Elephant. He has already been valued by the sage at such a young age. The so-called family and career, Cao Shidi should start a family as soon as possible! My younger sister..." Su Jianglian stood in the corridor and changed her body. Cao Luan, who had clean clothes, chatted.

In Su Jianglian's view, it is a great thing to be able to marry the Cao family. Even if Cao Luan is not Cao Yin's son, he is still the younger generation that the Cao family values ​​very much. Sent to the Forbidden City to be the personal guard of the Holy Majesty, you must know that the last person in the Cao family to have this honor is Cao Yin, who is currently weaving in Jiangning.

Cao Yin entered the palace at the age of 16 and was selected as the Luan Yiwei of the current emperor. After that, he rose steadily from Suzhou Weaving to Jiangning Weaving. Although Cao Luan dare not say that he will have the blessings of Cao Yin in the future, he is still a teenager. Juncai has a bright future.

Cao Luan knew what he wanted to say after hearing Su Jianglian's first words. It's not that he has never heard of the reputation of Miss Su's beauty and talent. It's just that his little sister of the Su family is only twelve or thirteen years old. , for a man in his twenties, it's really not the right age.

"Brother Su was joking, although your little sister is young, she already has a good name, how can I be a warrior! No matter how you look at it, she is not a good match!" Cao Luan put his hands behind his back, and he will be younger than Su Jiang Lian is still young, but she can speak decisively as if she can be her own master.

Su Jianglian has always been fighting among people, so he can hear the meaning in Cao Luan's mouth, obviously thinking that his sister is too young.But don't say that Jiangnan women, that is, the emperor in the Jinluan Palace in the Forbidden City, married the first queen who was only 11 years old, so it's nothing to be young.

"The younger sister in the family will be fourteen in the winter, not too young! It's a good age to talk about marriage. My father treasures his little daughter the most. No matter how many good children he sees, Lang Leng looks down on him! Cao Shidi You have a good-looking appearance, a dignified appearance and a clear heart, unlike a businessman like me who smells like copper, even if you have the status of an imperial businessman, you are used to talking nonsense when you see people."

After all, Su Jianglian smiled self-deprecatingly.

When Cao Luan heard this, he silently curled his lips, as if the two of them were standing here and Su Jianglian spoke the truth for the first time, and it was really not easy.Although it sounded like he wanted to laugh, Cao Luan didn't agree with him, and changed the topic slightly by turning his side slightly.

"Brother Su is going to Beijing this time, or is he going back to Jiangning?"

"Back to Jiangning, back to Jiangning! This is not with my cousin..." Su Jianglian looked at the lights upstairs, stopped talking and asked: "I'm not talking too much, the young master who came with you this time ..."

Cao Luan glanced at it and only smiled: "It's nothing, it's my colleague from the north who wants to travel to the south of the Yangtze River..."

Before Cao Luan could finish his sentence, Su Jianglian approached Jiji and interrupted: "Brother Cao Shi is taking Wei Wei as an outsider, and that young master is wearing the brocade material that Jiang Ning weaves and pays tribute to. Which of your colleagues can wear it?" Can I use brocade material?"

As soon as Su Jianglian said this, Cao Luan narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Brother Su is wrong!"

"Where are you talking? Even if I misjudged gold and silver, I wouldn't misjudge this brocade material. You don't know that my Su family was in the cloth business. If you misjudged my eyes, wouldn't my eyes be suitable? Is there any reason to misunderstand? Cao Shidi, you might as well give me a thorough understanding of the relationship between our two families, and make me somewhat prepared. Don’t neglect the little Belle upstairs, right?” Su Jianglian said this, no Self-consciously, the distance is closer and the sound is also smaller.

Cao Luan raised his eyebrows slightly, and only sighed: "It's not that I don't want to say that it's... Brother Shi... forget it!" After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave. Su Jianglian grabbed him and asked: " What is Brother Shi doing? Is there anything we can't say between you and me?"

"Didn't you keep it from me too? You didn't let me know who lived upstairs, did you? They all have unspeakable secrets, so it's good for us to be fools!" After finishing speaking, Cao Luan turned his head. After leaving, Su Jianglian pulled him and whispered: "Okay! You go to my room to talk! It's not that I don't want to talk about it, it has too much to do with it. If it wasn't for you, Brother Yu, I would be really scared The old man upstairs is determined not to confide a word!"

After finishing speaking, Su Jianglian put his arms around Cao Luan's shoulders, and went upstairs like a brother.

Yinqi, who is full of wine and food, is washing his face and preparing to go to bed, but Liu Qinghui is still sitting in a daze with worry, seeing him like this, he is afraid that he will feel uncomfortable, so he said: "What's the matter? What's the matter?" You and I can't talk about holding back?"

"Fifth brother, I don't understand..."

"It's the Fifth Young Master!"

Liu Qinghui, who was forcibly corrected by Yinqi, said awkwardly: "Fifth young master, you know that there are some women who shouldn't live in this building, and there must be officials who don't follow the law behind them. Why don't you pay attention to it?" Woolen cloth?"

Yin Qi lifted the hot veil from his face, and said: "Our group is going to the south of the Yangtze River to control the floods. Everything else is outweighed by the importance of this matter. Since it is not important to you and me, one thing more is worse than one thing less! Tonight All I want is to settle down here and continue on my way tomorrow, now that my wish is fulfilled, there is no need to cause trouble!"

"But……"

Yinqi raised his hand and interrupted Liu Qinghui, "I know what you want to say. You are pure-hearted and kind, and naturally you will not feel angry when you encounter injustice. It's just that the matter is important or not. It doesn't matter what stupid officials and villains are all in our hands now. It is urgent. It is not yet the flood season, and the rain has already filled up to this point, so we must seize all the time!

As for the flamboyant guy next to him, I've asked someone to inquire about it. We can't deal with him now, and we may not have a chance in the future.Even if I can't deal with him, can't I go to my father and sue him? "

Yinqi's words reassured Liu Qinghui. Seeing that he was relieved, Yinqi smiled and threw the hot towel over and said with a smile: "You idiot squatting in prison and squatting stupidly, wash it and go to bed early Ordinarily, your body is weaker than mine right now, so you shouldn’t have to work so hard, but we are fighting against the sky now, so hurry up!”

"Hi! My life is so poor, why not be tired!" Liu Qinghui grabbed the towel and stood up. Although the journey was hard these days, the fifth elder brother fed him delicious food and drink along the way, with a thin face The face is also rosy now.

Yinqi patted him on the shoulder, and only smiled: "Pretentious! When you were young, you always said that we were born in a wealthy family, and we have to pay back all the blessings we enjoy. Now this is the time to use us!"

Liu Qinghui bent down slightly, soaked the towel in his hand in hot water, and the steaming water was still penetrating every pore in his hand, and said: "Master, you have grown up now, and you can see farther than I can see." Already! When did this happen?"

Liu Qinghui suddenly looked back at Yinqi and asked, "Master, when did you grow up? It seems like a flash!"

Yinqi lifted the quilt, lay on the bed and sighed loudly: "Dream! I grew up in a dream! Haha..." He yawned big, closed his eyes and said nothing Stop talking!

Only Liu Qinghui's face was still dripping with warm water, he ignorantly savored Yin Qi's nonsense that was obviously not the truth but was indeed the truth, and competed with himself in a daze.

Yinqi only heard about You Shiran from Cao Luan when he was gnawing dry corn bread in the early morning of the second day. He squinted his eyes slightly and couldn't remember who You Shiran was from his memory. He only looked at Liu Qinghui With a glance, he asked, "Do you know who he is?"

"Master Shi Lang of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you just sent a fat job outside!" Liu Qinghui said vaguely with a chopsticks of pickles in his mouth: "Passing salt and censors is only an errand for the Governor of Liangjiang, and the matter of salt transportation can be compared with Jiangning weaving. The comparison is fat and bad. I just didn’t expect it to be so far away from the capital, so I’m not shy about it!”

Liu Qinghui said this with no expression on his face. He didn't look angry but felt that he was choking, so he picked up the tea at hand and drank it.

"Aren't you angry?" Liang Shan gnawed his cornbread and asked wonderingly, Liu Qinghui didn't even look at it and said, "What's the use of being angry, it doesn't rain anymore when I get up early today, it's a blessing in heaven, let's go on our way after eating!"

Halfway through these words, Yin Qi and Liang Shan stared blankly. Wasn't it Liu Qinghui who was so angry that he couldn't sleep last night?

Cao Luan on the side obviously didn't understand the tacit understanding between Yinqi and Liang Shan, he just said: "Although I found out You Shiran's identity, Su Jianglian also knows your identity!"

"You said it?" Yin Qi raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Cao Luan didn't hide anything, just said: "Yes and no!"

"What are you talking about?" Liang Shan asked with a sideways face.

"I said earlier that the Su family is in the business of the weaving imperial merchants in Jiangning. Young master, you are dressed in brocade material with Suzhou embroiderer's cloud patterns on it. Even if you are wet from the rain, you can't hide it from Su Jianglian's eyes." ah!"

Cao Luan looked at Yinqi's newly-changed velvet robe this morning, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows and shaking his head meaningfully.

Following his eyes, Yin Qi also looked down at his clothes, and sighed helplessly: "Sure enough, I have been corrupted by a luxurious and voluptuous life for too long, and I really have failed the moral standards and living habits of poor peasants."

After saying this, he left the three people at the table staring at each other dryly, and went upstairs to change clothes.

Now that his identity was known, Yinqi changed his clothes and took advantage of the early morning to get rid of these people and go to Huizhou Mansion with his entourage, so as to save himself the embarrassment of encountering hypocritical people during the day.

Strange to say, since the heavy rain here in Jinan Prefecture for several days, the sky has really cleared up. During these days, the further south you go, the less rain you see.The southern weather, which should have been humid, was also scorched by the hot sun for several days, and Yin Qi was used to covering himself in the Forbidden City.

He traveled under the sun for several days, and when he arrived at Huizhou Mansion, he looked like a black boy.

"Master! Don't we go directly to the government office?" Liang Shan led the horse and followed Yin Qi panting, Yin Qi slightly pulled the neckline and said: "No, I'm hot and hungry, let's eat a bowl of noodles first!"

As he said that, he went straight to the stall on the side of the road and sat down. Obviously, they were distinguished children who came all the way from the capital, but now they all seem to be fleeing. Even Cao Luan, who has been praised by Liang Shan for his handsome and upright appearance, also has a look on his face. His unshaven beard was rather emaciated.

"What kind of noodles are these?" Yin Qi stared at the bowls of cold noodles with clear soup and little water brought up by the boss, and couldn't help raising his head and asked.However, the boss spoke Huizhou dialect, and after talking for a long time, several people didn't understand a single word.

Sure enough, it is a lie that the whole world speaks Chinese Mandarin in TV dramas.

Regardless of the fact that hunger is the most important thing, he picked up the bowl and started eating.Although it seems simple and has no ingredients, and even the noodles are cold noodles, but the salty and fragrant soup accompanied by soft noodles slides into the stomach as soon as it enters the throat, and even the hot heart seems to be cooled.

Just as the few people were feasting, a few more muddy people came and greeted the boss for food, wine and vegetables.These people complained and chatted while waiting for the food, and it seemed that not all of them were locals, nor did they all speak the local dialect of Huizhou.

"Damn it! This job is done by people, so it's really a ghost! It will be demolished and rebuilt later. I think these officials are so busy that they have nothing to do!"

"It's not that the water-blocking dike was built yesterday, and it's going to be scrapped today. It's full of money inside and out!"

"Hey! I don't get it now? It's not repaired or demolished. How can the masters make money from it?"

After finishing speaking, several people cursed a few dirty words in a low voice, although Yin Qi and the others couldn't understand, they knew that they probably greeted the [-]th generation of their ancestors or something.

Yinqi tilted his head, looked at Liu Qinghui and asked, "They said that Wei... is it?"

Liu Qinghui said: "About embankments? Southerners seem to call this kind of dikes!"

"Then which fair are you talking about?"

"I'm afraid it's not the one Jin Yu and the two adults are arguing about?"