Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 46 years

February [-]th, at the entrance of Longfu Temple Street

Su Dacaidong took back the heavy wooden box tremblingly, and secretly glanced at the man from the corner of his eye. The feeling of the palm just now was a coincidence, or...

While carefully observing Su Wei's expression, Yu Jia curled up his mouth and said, "I haven't introduced you yet. This is Yin Shengrong, the violinist of Xiaoren's piano shop. He is not only good at playing guqin, but also has good handwriting. He usually works in the piano shop. Steward, this is the first time I have come to Beijing with the villain. If the rich owner is interested in qin music, ask the villain to be the host tomorrow, and let Shengrong talk to you about some songs."

"How did the shopkeeper talk?" The man who had been hanging his head in silence slowly raised his head. Only then did Su Wei notice that there was a little red mole between his eyebrows, which added a bit of charm to the originally delicate and fair face.

But right now, Su Wei didn't have the time to appreciate it. Xiao Yingzi, who was sitting behind him, almost turned his eyes into light bulbs.

"Su Caidong is a very elegant person," Yin Shengrong said with the corners of his lips pursed, "Although Wansheng is not skilled, he can't let the shopkeeper arrange the occasion to be flattering. If Caidong is really good at playing the piano, why not go to the west mountain with Wansheng at night In the wild, how about playing the piano and talking under the willow branches in the moonlight?"

As soon as Yin Shengrong finished speaking, the master and apprentice in the car stayed where they were.After Su Wei had 1 thoughts in his mind, he was left wondering why his peach blossoms were blooming in some strange places.But Xiaoyingzi's mind was already full of corpses and blood, and he was carrying a sack of incense candles and nodding behind the prince.

However, Yu Jia didn't know the inside story, and just thought that the people in the car were silent and were waiting to go down the steps, so he quickly answered, "Yes, yes, they are all villains and vulgar. This businessman eats and drinks all day long, but he is not stained. No matter how good the piano sound is, you can’t hear the charm. Don’t look at Shengrong’s politeness to you. When the officials and lords in Huizhou invited him to teach the piano, it depends on his face. In our company The luthiers here are all extraordinarily expensive, unlike those who sing in restaurants and restaurants. Today, it was Su Caidong's extraordinary temperament that made him meet speculators. In this way, if you are free tomorrow, the villain will go to the suburbs of Beijing to arrange it. "

Su Wei swallowed heavily, but he recovered temporarily, looked up at the sky, and said in a hoarse voice, "Boss Yu is too polite, Jishengtang has just established its foothold in the capital, and there are not so many twists and turns." Go around. Tomorrow, I will make an appointment with Wu Xuesong, the second shopkeeper of Wu Ji, in Xilaishun. If the shopkeeper Yu is interested, let’s have a cup of tea together. It’s getting late today, and Su’s family has something to do, so I won’t accompany you any more. I’ll give it to Yu another day The boss made up the meeting gift."

"Su Caidong is being polite, but the villain didn't think well." Yu Jia reacted quickly, and gave another salute to Su Wei, "Su Caidong can go, the villain will definitely arrive tomorrow."

The horse's hooves were lightly raised, and it kicked and stomped towards the long street.

Su Wei held the box for a while, and then slowly opened the lid, a golden light rippling in the dimness, Su Wei made a rough calculation, it was as much as a hundred taels, "Boss Yu is really generous, a The selling price is 100 taels of gold, so it can be seen that selling salt is a lucrative business."

"It's more than a hundred taels of gold." Xiaoyingzi said coolly, "Isn't he even prepared for you? He can play the piano, he can write, and he looks good. According to my apprentice, the master is listening to the wind. The romantic affair that Ge Meiyu gave to the beautiful woman has already spread in the capital."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Su Wei slapped Xiaoyingzi on the forehead, "I tell you, don't talk too much in front of the master about what happened just now, do you hear me?"

"Well," Xiaoyingzi raised his chin, and stretched out his hand to Su Wei to make a move.

"What are you doing?" Su Wei hugged the wooden box in his arms subconsciously.

Xiaoyingzi raised a finger and shook it, "100 taels, no bargaining!"

At night, Prince Yong's Mansion

In the study room of the East Courtyard, the fourth elder brother straddled the back of the chair with one hand, tapped the table with the other hand, and said to the stiff-necked Su Dagong in the middle of the room with a rogue look, "On the willow tree on the moon, it's so good to make an appointment after dusk... It's like a poem or a painting, Su Caidong!"

"Well, this is not what I want," Su Wei swallowed, "Besides, I don't want to go either."

"Really?" Fourth elder brother narrowed his eyes, "I didn't want to enjoy the moon with others, but I would like to play the piano in the small courtyard to pay my bosom friend, right?"

Su Wei silently turned his head and stared at Xiao Yingzi at the door, then turned around and said, "Muci is from a scholarly family, and he was forced to sell himself to pay off the family's debts. It's hard to find smart and capable accountants nowadays, let alone not Are you telling me that Mu Ci has a clean background and is a useful talent?"

"You've learned how to argue with words," the fourth elder brother rolled up his sleeves and stood up. Xiaoyingzi ran to the yard in a hurry, and closed the door for the two of them considerately.

"Why did I accept such an apprentice who turned his elbows outward!" Su Wei was pushed onto the couch by the fourth elder brother, pulled his neck and yelled at the fourth elder brother, "You are the one who trained Xiaoyingzi badly! You just find fault all day long I’m in my thirties when I do that, I’ve got old arms and legs, and you’re still torturing me!”

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and gnawed on Su Wei's chin, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "You have old arms and legs in your [-]s? Even if you are in your [-]s or [-]s, I am still willing to torment you!"

next day

At the gate of Xilaishun, two carriages stopped one after another.Seeing each other, Wu Xuesong turned pale, but Yu Jia smiled first, "Isn't this Brother Wu? What a coincidence today."

Wu Xuesong snorted coldly, got off his pedals, and swayed his robe, "Don't put on a show with me, this is the capital, not Jiangnan. Brother Yu, be careful not to catch a flattery, but to a horse's leg instead."

"Shopkeeper Wu really knows how to tell jokes," Yu Jia followed Yin Shengrong behind him, and smiled softly at Wu Xuesong, "I don't know who has paid homage to every threshold that can be obtained since entering Beijing. I wish I could bow down in person. It’s better to lower your body to carry shoes and feet for others. You’ve lost all face of our Huizhou merchant gang, why are you now teaching us a lesson.”

"Hey, what a sharp mouth." Wu Xuesong glanced at Yin Shengrong, then turned to Yu Jia and said, "Brother Yu has spent a lot of money, even bringing our most famous luthier in Huizhou. Why, I don't know why the streets are full of people in this capital city." There are high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but there are still people holding this golden bump?"

"Don't bother shopkeeper Wu." Yu Jia straightened his sleeves and walked into the room, "Our Longsheng shop is the most sincere in cooperating with people, and it can't compare to Brother Wu's tricks."

Ji Hongde welcomed a few people upstairs, and it was still the box last time, "Please wait for a few shopkeepers, our treasurer has something to delay, and we will be there in a while."

"I have to work, I have to work," Yu Jia repeatedly cupped his hands at Ji Hongde, making Wu Xuesong sneer.

After Ji Hongde exited the private room, Wu Xuesong sat down at the round table and said, "Although brother Yu and I have always been two-way people, we are still fellow villagers in this capital. Brother Yu reminded Brother Yu today that this time Brother Yu But I came at the wrong place. Now I am riding a tiger, I dug a hole for myself, and I have to jump if I don’t want to jump. Brother Yu still has room for change, so why bother to wade into this muddy water?"

Yu Jia smiled softly, and sat on the other side of the round table, "Brother Wu has underestimated Yu, and Yu is not trying to win over someone who doesn't care what is right or wrong for a while. Brother Wu is just trying to lure a nest, a few Two small profits, but what my Longsheng firm is looking for is far more than this."

Wu Xuesong frowned tightly, and before he could speak, the door of the box was pushed open from the outside.

"This is—" Wu Xuesong and Yu Jia were all taken aback. The person who came in was not Su Wei, but a man in a third-rank official robe.

Yu Jia looked up and down, stepped forward first and said, "But the guard commander of Prince Yong's Mansion? The villain Yu Jia, send your greetings to your lord."

Fu Nai nodded slightly, and Wu Xuesong hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Su Caidong is a little ill today. I am sending a message on behalf of the master." Fu Nai did not sit down, but stood at the door and said, "The matter of the Yanzheng can be big or small. Since the two of you intend to take refuge in Prince Yong's residence, the prince will give it to you." This opportunity for the two of you."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord," Yu Jia's eyes lit up, and he bowed again and again.

"Shopkeeper Yu is quite far-sighted." Fu Nai glanced at Yu Jia, "As long as you do your best for the prince, you will not lose your three melons and two dates. But if you eat inside and outside, fish in troubled waters, you will lose it." It's not just my own head on the neck."

"The villain understands that the villain must do his best for the prince," Yu Jia nodded frequently.

"What about shopkeeper Wu?" Fu Nai looked at Wu Xuesong.

Wu Xuesong gritted her teeth, stepped forward and said, "Wu Ji is willing to go through fire and water for the prince."

"That's good, shopkeeper Wu is also a smart man." Fu Nai stroked the cloud pattern on the waist knife with one hand, "The prince knows that the two shopkeepers are both from white backgrounds, and now that he is working for the prince, the prince can't treat you badly. Dear friends Let’s bring all the family’s heirs into the capital next time, and the prince will arrange a good future for them. It will be more convenient for the two shopkeepers to return to Beijing to handle business in the future.”

Wu Xuesong tightened his body, and Yu Jia pursed his lips, then cupped his hands and said, "I understand, I will go back and write a letter to let my family go to Beijing."

Hearing this, Fu Nai raised the corners of his mouth, and glanced at Wu Xuesong with sharp eyes like a blade, "Since that's the case, I can go back and return to my life, and I hope the two shopkeepers don't disappoint the lord."

"My lord, please stop." Yu Jia walked up to Fu Nai, took out a few banknotes from his sleeve, and handed them over, "The villain came in a hurry, and I didn't have time to give you a generous gift. I hope you will forgive me."

"You're welcome, shopkeeper." Fu Nai didn't accept the banknote, and turned and walked out, "If you want to please the prince, the two shopkeepers just need to serve Su Caidong well."

East courtyard

Su Wei fell asleep until the sun was high before barely getting up.

Xiaoyingzi walked up to the bed with a serious face, and said while passing the towel, "My lord sent Mr. Fu Nai to go to Xilaishun, and it must be settled now. Master doesn't have to go anywhere today, just stay in the small courtyard obediently." .”

"You don't need to remind me, I didn't want to go anywhere!" Su Wei threw the towel back into the basin, and lay down on the bed in large characters, "Go and bring me breakfast, and a plate of stinky fermented bean curd, I'll eat it on the bed Who told him to torment me, let him be smoked tonight!"

Xiaoyingzi rolled his eyes when he heard that, and refused to comment on his master's increasingly mentally handicapped revenge methods.

"Eunuch Su, Eunuch Su," Zhang Qilin hurried in, looked at Su Wei on the bed and said angrily, "Why are you still lying down? Fujin sent someone over, and asked you to go there by name."

"Ah?" Su Wei turned over and sat up, "Did you say what's the matter?"

"No," Zhang Qilin scratched his forehead, "The lord just went to the cabinet, and he won't be able to come back for a while, why don't you send Kukui to notify him?"

"No, no," Su Wei moved to the bedside to put on his boots, "Fu Jin can't do something to me for no reason, can he? I'll go and see, maybe something really happened."

"Master, I'll go with you," Xiaoyingzi helped Su Wei take the robe, "I'll wait outside then, in case—"

"Okay, okay," Su Wei waved his hands, put on his robe and went out, "I'm going to the Fujin courtyard, not some dragon's lake or tiger's lair, you all calm down for me."

Fujin courtyard

Su Wei stepped into the door and saluted Fujin who was sitting in the main hall, "Slave Su Peisheng greets the princess."

"Get up," Fujin held a jade Ruyi in his hand, with a peaceful expression, "I have been ill for the past few days, and suddenly remembered that when the prince was seriously ill last year, the two ends of Su Gonggong Zhuangzi's palace were busy, and they made a lot of contributions. But the prince There doesn't seem to be any rewards there."

Su Wei was taken aback for a moment, and quickly leaned over and said, "That's what a slave should do, I dare not ask for any reward."

"Then how can I do it?" Fujin smiled, "The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. Since Eunuch Su has made meritorious service, he should be rewarded. Come on!"

"Your servant is here." Shi Yao brought out a tray from the inner room and put it in front of Su Wei, "This is a special gift from the princess to Eunuch Su. We are all envious after seeing it. Eunuch Su, thank you."

Su Wei had also developed his eyesight. From the imprint on the red cloth, he knew that there were about 50 taels of silver. Fujin had never been a big spender, so such a reward was extremely rare.

"Slave, thank the princess for the reward," Su Wei said after beating Qian'er, and took the tray.

Fujin smiled slightly, and covered the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, "I heard from the servant in front that Eunuch Su often goes out to do errands recently, so who is always around the prince?"

"Most of them are Zhang Bao, Zhang Qilin, Xiaoyingzi, and Kukui," Su Wei replied respectfully with his head down.

Fujin nodded slightly satisfied, and then asked again, "The weather has been hot recently, how is your appetite? Are you satisfied with the meals sent by the kitchen?"

"My lord is not picky when it comes to food," Su Wei replied a little strangely, "As long as the ingredients are fresh and in season, my lord likes to taste them, and my appetite has always been good."

"That's good," Fujin smiled awkwardly, "I have hired two dim sum chefs, what time does the prince usually eat at night? Do you like salty or sweet dim sum?"

Su Wei blinked his eyes, and finally understood, "When it comes to the princess, the prince does not eat snacks regularly, and he will use more after finishing things. The snacks in the study and bedroom are always prepared. As for the taste, the prince I like the milky ones, the salty ones are basically not sticky, and the sweet ones should not be too sweet."

"So that's how it is..." Fujin bent the corners of his lips, the rationality in his head couldn't suppress the sourness in his heart, and he said after a moment of silence, "That's all for today, you go down first."

"Yes, the slave is resigning," Su Wei took his reward and exited the small courtyard.

Fujin in the room sighed for a long time, Shiyao at the side wanted to try to persuade her, but the words slipped around her lips a few times, and finally swallowed them back.

In the evening, East Courtyard

The fourth elder brother frowned slightly when he heard what Su Wei said about the day's affairs.

Su Wei lay on the couch, flipped through the ledger and said, "Most Fujin is also for the sake of the children, so you should answer more or less, as if it were for others to see."

The fourth elder brother gave Su Wei a sideways look, and leaned on the soft cushion, "It's not that I didn't respond. At the beginning, I thought that even if we couldn't be a husband and wife, we could at least be a family member, but what happened?"

"This matter can't be slapped," Su Wei flattened his mouth, "Anyway, I don't want to make sandwich cakes..."

The fourth elder brother chuckled, moved to Su Wei's side and said, "I don't know, you know your daily habits so well, tell me again, what kind of snacks do you like to eat?"

Su Wei raised his eyebrows and glanced at the fourth elder brother, "I didn't pay attention to what kind of dim sum you like to eat, I was talking about what kind of dim sum I usually like to eat. Anyway, you are not much different from me, I will give you You can eat anything..."

The room was silent for a moment, and after a while, Grandpa Su's screams sounded.

On the porch outside the door, Xiaoyingzi exhaled slowly, leaning on her chin with one hand, lazily looking at the sky full of stars.If only such a quiet and peaceful life could last forever...