Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 46 years

February [-]th, Xilaishun

Wu Xuesong, the second shopkeeper of Wu Ji, and Zhong Fu, the owner of Yinxiang Silk and Satin Shop, got out of the carriage one after the other. They both straightened their clothes and entered the store under the leadership of Xiao Er.

The hall was full of people, and the private rooms on the second floor were also extremely lively. This restaurant welcomed the prince on the first day of its reopening, and now it is well-known in the capital.Even ordinary people, when they have a lot of money in their pockets, they all want to have a meal in Xilaishun so that they can feel extravagant.

"These two are Shopkeeper Wu and Boss Zhong, right?" Ji Hongde walked out from behind the counter, and cupped his hands at them, "Our treasurer is waiting for you two on the second floor, please follow me."

"Thank you," Wu Xuesong saluted, and followed Ji Hongde up to the second floor.

A group of people turned left and right to the deepest part of the corridor, and the voices outside gradually faded away. They saw two guards with knives in dark blue robes standing outside the door of a particularly exquisitely decorated box.

"Please, please," Ji Hongde raised his hand, and the two guards pushed the door open.

Wu Xuesong and Zhong Fu looked at each other, and after forcing themselves to calm down, they walked into the box.

Su Wei crossed his legs and sat in front of the round table, holding a bowl of cow's cheese newly sent by Mongolia and sizzling and drinking.

"Su Caidong is so stylish." Wu Xuesong smiled dryly after stepping into the door, "If Boss Zhong hadn't accompanied me, I would have thought I was going to a Hongmen banquet."

"Shopkeeper Wu is serious." Su Wei put down the bowl, and smiled at the two of them, "It's just that there are too few people in charge these days, so it's all about taking precautions. Please sit down, both of you."

There was nothing else in the box except Su Wei and his entourage. Wu Xuesong and Zhong Fu also felt relieved for the time being, and sat opposite Su Wei.

"I've heard that Su Caidong's restaurant is full of guests every day, and seeing it today really deserves its reputation," Zhong Fu said with a gentle smile, poking his stomach.

"It's just TOEFL, Boss Zhong praised it very much." Su Wei bent his lips, pointed to a few plates of dim sum on the table and said, "This is made from steamed milk cakes wrapped with bean paste and jujube paste. , the taste is very mellow, you two should try it more."

"Thank you, Su Caidong." Wu Xuesong didn't touch the pastry, but held up the tea bowl beside him and said, "I don't know how Su Caidong arranged for Mr. Mu after the last farewell? I thought I would be able to feast my ears today."

"Yes," Zhong Fu pretended to wink at Su Wei, "It's rare that shopkeeper Wu is free today, please come out and play a song, Mr. Mu."

"I'm afraid this won't work," Su Wei took a bite of the milk cake, "Ji Sheng Tang has a new batch of goods, and Mu Ci is helping to keep the accounts."

Zhong Fu was taken aback for a moment, Wu Xuesong also lost his expression, and the only sound left in the box was Su Dacaidong's chewing.

"Su Caidong invited you today, do you have something to talk about?" After a while, Wu Xuesong broke the silence.

Su Wei took a sip of tea, swallowed what was in his mouth, and threw up his hands again, "Since shopkeeper Wu asked, I won't beat around the bush. There is something here, please take a look at it." Then, Su Wei pushed the flat box on the table in front of Wu Xuesong.

Wu Xuesong pondered for a while, then reached out and opened the box, "This is it!"

"This is the two Huaihe diversion nests that shopkeeper Wu painstakingly planned." Su Gonggong leaned back on the chair comfortably after eating, "My master said, since Wu Ji's people are so courageous, then I will give you a chance." .”

Wu Xuesong's face froze, and after being stunned for a moment, he raised his head carefully and said, "Dare to ask Su Caidong, who is your lord?"

"Didn't shopkeeper Wu know it early in the morning?" Su Wei took another piece of paperwork from Xiaoyingzi, "Sign this contract, and Wu Ji and Ji Shengtang will be partners in the future."

Wu Xuesong pursed his lips, and forcibly concealed his dissatisfaction on the bottom. He took a look at the document and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, "Several bills?"

"What?" Su Wei narrowed his eyes, "Does Shopkeeper Wu feel too little?"

"I don't dare," Wu Xuesong hurriedly lowered his head and squeezed his palms, "It's just that Wu Ji has never been involved in the salt business, so I'm afraid he won't be able to bear the heavy responsibility. There are quite a lot of salt merchants in Beijing now. It’s better for Cai Dong to choose another—”

"Master Wu," Su Wei put the tea bowl back on the table with a "click", "Do you know where you are?"

Wu Xuesong was stunned, and Su Wei stood up leisurely, "Since shopkeeper Wu has concerns, we can't force others to make things difficult. Give shopkeeper Wu two days to think about it. I have other things to do today, so I won't accompany you." Alright, please go ahead, both of you."

Su Wei led Xiaoyingzi and left Xilaishun with the guards, leaving Wu Xuesong, who was sullen, and Zhong Fu, whose legs were weak, to look at each other in the box.

"Master, today the emperor is on a tour to the south, and the prince has left Beijing to see him off. What else can we do?" Xiaoyingzi lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, then turned around and said uneasy, "You can't Go and see what Muci is called, if the prince asks, don't blame me for not respecting the teacher."

"Where do you have so many crooked thoughts?" Su Wei glared at Xiaoyingzi angrily, "Little Shuzi was taught to be bad by you!"

"Who said, Xiao Shuzi behaves properly." Li Ying sat upright, "Even Master Jia said that Xiao Shuzi is much more stable than you were before."

Su Wei flew over with a sharp eye, thought for a long time, opened the window and ordered, "Let's turn to Ping An Noodle Restaurant!"

Beijing suburbs

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother rode behind Luanjia, and when they got the official way, they could send them off with respect.

"This is Huang Ama's sixth tour to the south." The third elder brother took a step back and walked side by side with the fourth elder brother. "Recently, Huang Ama likes to take a few little ones with her when she goes out. Only the second elder brother, It’s never going to fall.”

"Second brother is a prince, so he should patrol around and understand the people's sentiments," said the fourth elder brother, looking ahead, with a flat tone.

The third elder brother snorted lightly, glanced at the fourth elder brother and said, "I see that the old fourteen is quite the limelight of Yinxiang back then, why do you, as an elder brother, still look like you are not close to others?"

"The third brother has been studying books for too long." The fourth elder brother reined in the rein, glanced back and said, "If you want to get close to people, isn't there someone who is approachable behind you?"

"You two lords," Ao Ge, the commander of the guards, came on horseback, and cupped his hands at the two of them, "The Holy Majesty said that there is no need to send them off anymore, and the official road is ahead."

"Understood," the fourth elder brother tightened the reins, raised the whip with one hand, and said, "Everyone get off the horses, kneel down and send them away!"

After the Shan shouted Long Live, the southern patrol army went to the official road.

After the ten elder brothers got up with the crowd, they spat secretly, "I don't know what Huang Ama thinks, let him take the prestige for nothing."

"Old Ten, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds," the ninth elder brother Yinzhen said in a low voice, "Before leaving, Huang Ama asked the third and fourth brothers not to allow the princes to act recklessly in the capital. You The ban has only been lifted not long ago, so who are we talking about?"

Elder Brother Ten snorted coldly when he heard the words, "You think I'm afraid of him? At worst, it's just grounding—"

"Yinyu!" The eighth elder brother frowned, "Huang Ama is not in the capital, you are not allowed to make trouble. Recently, there have been many remnants of the past in the people, making people panic. You are going to make trouble again this time." , Huang Ama must be furious."

Yinbi pursed her lips, glared fiercely at the fourth elder brother in front, and finally let out a reluctant "hmm".

In the evening, Prince Yong's Mansion

Fujin was leaning on the soft couch, her face was still a little sallow, she had been ill these days, and she had only delivered supplements twice before, and the fourth elder brother didn't even go through the door once.

"Master, take your medicine." Shi Yao stepped into the door cautiously, put down the medicine bowl, and stood aside with her head bowed.

Fujin glanced at Shiyao, picked up the medicine bowl and gently scooped up the black medicine juice and said, "What's the matter? Can't find anyone who can do things for Fujin?"

Shi Yao pursed her lips, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said, "It's because the slaves are not doing well, the people in our yard can't be sent out, and the slaves outside were all frightened by what happened in the darkroom that day. hide away."

"Get up, I don't blame you," Fujin slowly used the decoction, and stood up as if he couldn't taste the bitterness, "You ask the second sister-in-law to come over to the house tomorrow, I have something to discuss with her."

"Yes," Shiyao stepped forward to cover Fujin's legs with a blanket, "Master has been ill for the past few days, and the third elder brother has been making troubles a lot, so the master can coax him .”

"Let's wait a little longer." Fujin's face softened a little, "my place smells like a lot of medicine, so be careful not to smoke him."

Su Wei came out of Ping'an Noodle Restaurant and ate a bowl of Tofu Nao by the side of the road.

Xiaoyingzi sat on the shaft of the car, frowning, and looked back at the flag signboard of the noodle shop from time to time.

"What are you thinking about?" Su Wei smacked his lips. He drank millet porridge for two days, and finally managed to eat something tasty. He wished he could stretch his stomach.

"Master, don't come to this noodle shop," Xiaoyingzi pouted, "Master will tell me to come here next time if there is anything to do. Anyway, I'm just talking to that person named Xiuxiang."

"Why?" Su Wei blinked his eyes strangely, "Xiuxiang's matter is big or small, I don't worry if I don't come here in person."

"But," Xiaoyingzi said with a look of hesitation, fingering his fingers silently for a long time.

"Just tell me what you have to say." Su Wei returned the empty bowl to the shopkeeper, took out two copper coins and handed it over, "This noodle shop is not very eye-catching, I just sit in it for a while, it doesn't matter."

"It's not because of the noodle shop, I just think," Xiaoyingzi got into the carriage behind Su Wei, and said with a sullen face for a long time, "that embroidered fragrance is interesting to Master—"

"Pfft!" Eunuch Su sprayed his apprentice's face with a sip of tea. Fortunately, the heater in the car was no longer hot, and Xiao Yingzi avoided the danger of being disfigured.

"I'm serious," Xiaoyingzi said while wiping her face with her sleeves, "that girl blushes when she sees Master, she doesn't dare to speak loudly, and she specially added red dates to Master's tea today. Weird."

"You're so strange!" Su Wei slammed Xiaoyingzi on the head, "We are eunuchs, we are eunuchs! The girls are not stupid, how could it be possible—"

"How is it impossible? Wu Gege doesn't even—"

Su Wei stared, Xiaoyingzi closed his mouth in time, and after a moment of silence, he muttered, "The first one in the mansion, one in the small courtyard, and this time I will add embroidered incense, let the prince know about it, master this month Don't even think about going out."