Crown Jewels

Chapter 183 Greeting the Spirit Tablet

The carriage only occasionally heard the sound of ruts colliding, and the carriage was silent for a while.

This kind of atmosphere lasted halfway, Song Yan only silently clinked glasses with Fu Sinian, and the wine jar only briefly touched the corners of his lips, until the carriage drove away from the southern suburb where the ancient academy was located, and was about to pass through the Mingde Gate. Only then did he hang his head inexplicably and say something.

"Song Yan, you said—"

"I, Fu Sinian, am not so bad that I become a burden to others, right?"

As soon as he said this, Song Yan raised his eyebrows subconsciously. Feeling that Fu Sinian's gloomy look was a little familiar, he put his hand to his lips and coughed lightly for a long time, and said with certainty.

"What is this nonsense?"

However, after a few breaths of seriousness, "What kind of burden do you have? It's clearly a scourge. If you hurt others, you always hurt yourself. Do you really think that a girl can feel better when she says such things to you?"

Fu Sinian frowned, what kind of human talk is this?
Song Yan, did he come to comfort himself, or to sprinkle salt on his wound, but what he said later made Fu Sinian slightly stunned, and subconsciously frowned.

"Why do you say that—"

Facing Fu Sinian's puzzled gaze, Song Yan sighed lightly.

"I heard from the princess that Miss Shen has been a little out of sorts these days. A person like her can be criticized by her husband. If she didn't have something in her heart, how could it be possible?"

With that said, Song Yan snatched his wine jar with his cross-arm, opened the curtain and looked outside, seeing that there was still some distance from the West Market, so he sat in the carriage with peace of mind, and patted Fu Sinian who was still depressed.

"I said, brother—"

"It's no big deal, and there's no need to worry about it."

"Sometimes, you don't care what you hear and see, but you have to believe here!"

As he said that, Song Yan moved his eyes down, and pointed his fingertips at Fu Sinian's chest with a serious expression.

……

With the sound of ruts, they drove all the way from the Hanguang Gate of the Imperial City to Pingkangfang.

Finally, the carriage stopped at the door of Jun Youlai, and a woman wearing a light veil slowly stepped down from the carriage. She was slender and slim, but her back was straight. The waiter in the restaurant hurried forward to serve her attentively.

"Box No. [-] on the second floor—"

The clear and pleasant voice fell, and the waiter, who was wearing a white sweat towel on his shoulders, froze for a moment, then immediately smiled and said courteously.

"Okay! My lord, please—"

Holding the satin skirt, Gu Baozhu stepped over the stairs and came directly to the door of the box on the second floor. The waiter who was following him had already left, and there was a knock on the door, and the door opened immediately.

"master--"

The moment the wooden door was completely closed, Sangsang pulled Gu Baozhu into the inner room, the doors and windows were basically closed, and she led Gu Baozhu to sit in front of the bronze mirror.

Familiar with removing the hairpin from Gu Baozhu's black hair, he simply tied his hair into a man's bun and put a white jade hairpin on it. After a quarter of an hour, Gu Baozhu looked at the elegant young man reflected in the bronze mirror, and turned his head towards Sangsang nodded.

The two of them didn't talk any more, they took off their clothes tacitly. The men's long gown on Gu Baozhu's boat, the rare color of indigo made him a little mature, and he used to hold a folding fan in his hand, while Sangsang put on the skirt that Gu Baozhu took off, and put on his hair. Hood on.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Sangsang, who was wearing a skirt, walked down the second floor with her skirt lifted, greeted the waiting hall before, and walked slowly towards the carriage parked at the door.

After the carriage drove away, two strong men wearing straw hats appeared on the originally wide long street, holding wooden barrels full of grain in their hands as a cover, but their deep eyes were fixed on the back of the carriage, and they never heard of it. After a while, the two disappeared on the long street.

At noon, the gentleman came again, and the guests continued to come and go. There was a gentleman in a long robe holding a folding fan in his hand, and walked towards the west direction leisurely, without attracting the attention of others.

Gu Baozhu walked along the alley until he came to the nearby Chongyifang. Then he changed his leisurely demeanor, threw two pieces of silver at the nearest one, rented a carriage and drove towards the West Market.

The carriage was walking on the official road, and the sound of grunting ruts resounded for half an hour. Gu Baozhu fell asleep for a while, and arrived at the West Market just at noon when the sun was shining. comfortable.

The streets and alleys of the West Market are different from those of the East Market. There are more civilians coming and going. It is a long street for the common people to make a living. There are all kinds of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Because there are rich businessmen who go out and walk, so it can be regarded as a gathering of new things from all over the place. Er, with this degree of openness, there are also many Hu people with exotic looks who trade with the people of Yan.

Taking a look at her attire, Gu Baozhu felt that something was wrong, so she simply stopped in front of a shop facing the street, randomly selected a piece of mottled miscellaneous jade, and replaced the high-quality white jade on her head. In an instant, Gu Baozhu felt I am more in tune with the environment here.

There are a lot of new things on the shop, although they are not exquisite, but they are better than surprise. When Gu Baozhu casually looked at them, he let the voices of the people in the market listen to his ears, and there was an old man who was familiar with Jing Qiang. His bold temperament must have lived in Lin'an for generations. In the city; there is also the sound of wind music from the musical instrument shops of the barbarians in the Western Regions.

"Shopkeeper, this blood pearl, wrap it up for me—"

Of course, there are also businessmen from other places who are not familiar with Jing Qiang, learning to negotiate with the store in Lin'an in a nondescript manner. The rough voice, the tone is very heavy, and the articulate is not clear. It makes people want to laugh.

After Gu Baozhu picked out some gadgets and paid the money, he subconsciously looked in the direction where the voice came from just now, only the shopkeeper was left alone arranging the beads on the wooden table, as if he couldn't see the person who could hear the voice just now.

Gu Baozhu shook his head, not paying attention to it. When his eyes fell on the end of the streets and alleys of Xishi, his expression was slightly startled. Then, without further delay, he walked towards Fengyi Street, where he had been before, until a black man appeared in his sight. Only then did Gu Baozhu stop walking.

The people who entered and exited the shop all had serious faces, and no one was seen laughing or smiling. The shopkeeper was dressed in plain black clothes. When he saw Gu Baozhu coming in, he nodded to her, and invited her into the private room on the second floor. The independent space separated by wooden boards is very secretive, and outsiders cannot see what is going on inside.

Gu Baozhu walked in after being signaled by the store owner, and saw a carved spirit tablet standing vertically on the square table, which was inlaid with gold on a black background just like the plaque outside. There are all kinds of fresh melons and fruits around, showing full respect for the person with the spirit card on the table.

On the board, it is clearly engraved with a Wei stele, "First consider the spiritual position of Gu Gongtao's three princes."

Gu Baozhu looked at the missing word "Ye" on the spirit tablet, and held back the pain in her heart. She came to Fengyi Street in Xishi now because it was for the funeral, and she wanted to carve a tablet for her father, even if it is still There is no way to engrave the full name, but she believes that she will be able to move Gu Ye's tablet into the Gu Family Ancestral Hall in a short time.

With the help of the shopkeeper, Gu Baozhu carefully put the spirit tablet into the plaque, left an ingot of gold for the shopkeeper according to the previous agreement, and then left the dark alley in Fengyi, and returned to the main street of West Street where he had been before. .

With the spirit tablet wrapped in the bundle in his arms, Gu Baozhu had no intention of wandering around. He just wanted to go back to Song Yan's village in the southern suburbs as soon as possible. This time, he carved a spirit tablet for his father Gu Ye. The two of them discussed for a long time.

Gu Baozhu's money land deed is under her control, but after all, it was taken over from the "Prince Gong's Mansion", so it is impossible for her to safely invite her father's tablet there temporarily.

(End of this chapter)