Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 121 Communication
"This is different from what is recorded in the history books."

"What do the history books say?"

"In "Zuo Zhuan", it is recorded that 'Rui Bowan's mother, Rui Jiang, hated Rui Bo's many pets, so she chased her away and lived in Wei.'."

"How much do you like?"

"There are too many concubines, dating means lust."

Lin Xiaoxiao asked Kong Ci: "How many concubines does Uncle Rui have today?"

Kong Ci said: "Bo Rui was married when he was in South Korea, one wife and three concubines. He hasn't been named wife yet after he ascended the throne."

In other words, when Rui Bojiwan was a proton in South Korea, he married a wife and took three concubines.According to the practice of this era, princes and kings can title their wives and concubines after they ascend the throne.However, after Ji Wan became Rui Bo, he did not make his original wife his wife, and all the original wives and concubines belonged to Chong Ji now.

Cui Panpan was surprised: "Four, not too many."

Kong Ci hadn't finished his sentence yet: "Not four. Rui Bo didn't seal the royal family, but almost every one or two years he accepted a favorite concubine. Counting the previous four, there are now nine favorite concubines in his harem. .This is just a well-known concubine, not counting the dowry concubines."

Lin Xiaoxiao: "."

Cui Panpan: "."

Kong Ci said again: "These nine concubines were raised in the palace. It is said that Rui Bo also set up a manor outside the palace and raised many concubines and concubines."

"Cough," Lin Xiaoxiao cleared her dry throat, and asked, "He raised so many concubines and gave birth to many children, right?"

"I never heard that Rui Bo had a queen." Kong Ci said.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Cui Panpan looked at each other.This Rab is really full of flaws.

Three days passed quickly.Although the life in the city is relatively monotonous, she was very happy and bought some millet for storage.

Xinglan Manor in the south of the city.

Han Wu arranged the banquet in person, and sent chariots and horses to pick up the guests at Ruijin Pavilion.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Cui Panpan also rarely dressed up today.Especially Lin Xiaoxiao, who changed her tomboy look and wore a flowing skirt, unexpectedly has a different style.

The mother-in-law was not as bold as Chun'er, but she also praised her "good-looking" several times.

Knowing that Han Wu sent a carriage to pick him up, Amu asked Cui Panpan: "Cui Zi, should we use our own carriage or theirs?"

Han Wu sent a car to pick him up to show his sincerity.If Lin Cui refused, it would be somewhat shameless.

Cui Panpan said: "Use theirs. You go with us and pay attention to the movement. If the other party's attitude is not good, come back and get our carriages and horses before picking us up."

Amu said that he understood what Cui Panpan meant.

A banquet is naturally a dinner party.

The pick-up carriage arrived just in time.It was not yet dusk at this time, and the sun was neither too hot nor too hot.

Cui Panpan got out of the carriage and saw Han Wu at a glance, feeling slightly surprised.She didn't expect that Han Wu would come to the door to greet him in person.

Lin Xiaoxiao got out of the car, and quietly tapped the back of the dazed Cui Panpan.

Cui Panpan came to his senses immediately, and introduced Lin Xiaoxiao and Han Wu.

"Shannu, this is Mr. Han Wu. Mr. Han Wu, this is Yu Jingzi, the daughter of Kunlun Mountain."

"Han Wu has seen Kunlun Mountain Girl."

"Young Master Han Wu, you don't need to be too polite."

Han Wu personally took Lin and Cui to the manor.

Cui Panpan looked around and asked, "Why don't you see Mr. Gu Yan?"

"There is something going on at Gu Yan's family. Today, there is only one person, Han. If there is a lack of hospitality, I hope Shannv and Lady Cui will forgive me."

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "My lord, you don't have to be cautious, the two of us can do as we please."

Han Wu smiled, and while leading the way, introduced the passing scenery.

A manor in this era is a manor, without too many fancy decorations, the yard is used for farming, there are grains and vegetables, and flowers are rare.

The banquet is set in a pavilion surrounded by fields that have just been harvested.Less than half of the straw in the field has been processed.

It's quite interesting to choose here, and it can also make people not too restrained.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Han Wu twice.

Han Wu's appearance is between Song Chaoxu's son and Hu Zigui.Not as beautiful as Zhaoxu, but more masculine than Zhaoxu.Not as elegant as Huzigui, but a bit more domineering than Huzigui.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked away, feeling a little inexplicably uneasy in her heart, always feeling that Han Wu's identity is not simple.

Speaking of which, Kong Ci found out about Gu Yan's identity in three days, but he didn't find out about Han Wu at all.This in itself suggests some possibility.

At the banquet, as if talking about it casually, Han Wu asked Lin Xiaoxiao about her identity.Lin Xiaoxiao didn't say much, and directly took out the bronze inscription.

Judging from Han Wu's expression, he was quite surprised.Maybe I didn't fully believe in the words of the imperial edict to seal the mountain girl before, maybe I thought they were bluffing and deceitful.

Bronze inscriptions cannot be faked.

After Han Wu confirmed the inscription, he was obviously more respectful to Lin Xiaoxiao.

Han Wu held the inscription in both hands and returned it to Lin Xiaoxiao, and asked, "I am very curious about how Lady Cui and Shannv met?"

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "I went to Zheng State with Princess Hua and her relatives. I met Panpan in Qingcang Mountain and hit it off right away."

Cui Panpan seemed to recall for a while and said: "At that time, I was guarding the tomb for my sister in Qingcang Mountain. This matter is the fate between me and Shannv."

Han Wu was very good at finding topics, and the three of them talked a lot.During the banquet, food was served, including vegetables, meat, soup, and even wine.

Lin Xiaoxiao took a sip of the wine, and found that it was brewed from grain, with a mellow and strong taste, higher in strength than the batch of wine captured by the Huaguo slave capture team, and even a little over the top.

Cui Panpan also took a sip, his eyes lit up immediately.

Han Wu noticed the change in Lin Cui's expression, and immediately asked his servants to bring up a few more jars of wine.

Lin and Cui did not dare to drink too much on the territory of strangers.Cui Panpan really liked the taste of this drink, so he just said to take it away.

Cui Panpan's straightforwardness seemed to make Han Wu quite happy, so he directly asked the servants to move the drinks to the carriage, so as not to forget it when they left.

At the banquet, what impressed Lin Xiaoxiao the most was the Chicken McNuggets.This wheat-flavored chicken is not that wheat-flavored chicken.

The practice of Maixiang chicken is somewhat similar to that of lotus leaf chicken. Instead of lotus leaves, it is wrapped with millet stalks.The juice of the fresh straw has a special sweet taste, which will brush the surface of the chicken with a layer of syrup, but it will not be greasy.The stomach is stuffed with spices, buried in charcoal and smoked.

It was so delicious that Cui Panpan couldn't help asking how to make it.Lin Xiaoxiao remembered it in her heart while listening.

Then there is a pot of boiled pork slices.

A servant brought up an open cauldron.There is thick soup in the cauldron, and burning charcoal is placed under the cauldron.When the soup boils, pick up the paper-thin slices of meat and put them in the kettle to scald them before you can eat them.The soup has a strong flavor, and there is no need to dip the meat after it is cooked.

This way of eating is the same as shabu-shabu.What Lin Xiaoxiao cared about was the soup, which tasted very special, even with a milky aroma.

Cui Panpan was also curious, so he asked.

It turned out that fresh goat's milk and some health-preserving herbs were added to the soup.

Cui Panpan blinked: "There is a chef in your house."

Han Wu said with a smile: "The capital city is comfortable and comfortable. I just think about how to eat and drink on weekdays. I may not be a chef. They are just idlers."

Cui Panpan asked with some embarrassment: "I wonder if I can ask for a recipe for the soup ingredients?"

"Why not?" Han Wu took out a handkerchief and unfolded it, "I figured out this soup when I had nothing to do, so I just wrote it to you."

Han Wu ordered someone to fetch pen and ink, and wrote directly on the handkerchief.

Cui Panpan murmured: "It turns out that you are the cook, you are so free."

"Uh..." Han Wu felt as if he had been shot by an arrow in the knee.

After Han Wu finished writing, he folded the handkerchief and handed it to Cui Panpan.Cui Panpan took it and put it in his pocket.

Lin Xiaoxiao silently ate the sliced ​​meat and watched this scene, always feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with the scene in front of her.

When the banquet reached the middle banquet, Han Wu called the dancer to come forward and perform the dance.

A group of beauties are wearing beautiful clothes and dancing gracefully.The dancers are highly skilled and obviously professionally trained.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Cui Panpan watched with great concentration.

During the second dance, Han Wu beat the drum out of interest, in response to the dancer's movements.Cui Panpan was very face-saving, and clapped his hands at the side to add to the fun.

After three dances, the dancer steps down.

Han Wu suddenly raised his head to look at Lin Xiaoxiao, and asked, "I heard that Shannv collected ten shi of grain in the city these days, do you need Han to send a carriage to help transport it?"

With a flash in Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes, she flipped her hands and took out a basket of grain from the warehouse, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Han Wu is asking about these grains?"

Without waiting for Han Wu's answer, Lin Xiaoxiao turned over the grain and put it into the warehouse again, with the same smile on her face: "No need, I can carry it with me."

Han Wushang was a little taken aback, perhaps because he couldn't believe what he saw.

Cui Panpan covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu Han, the mountain girl came from the mountain, walked in the world, and observed the world's situation. She has her own magical skills."

Han Wu took a breath, his complexion returned to normal, and he laughed at himself: "It's because I have less experience."

It happened that there were new dishes on the table again, which relieved the awkward atmosphere between the three of them.

A dinner, the host and the guests enjoy themselves.

When meeting for the first time, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't have a bad impression of Han Wu, on the contrary she found him very interesting.When dealing with Lin Xiaoxiao, Han Wu seemed a little more cautious, not as relaxed as he was with Cui Panpan.

No aggressiveness, no obsequiousness, just to the point.

In this way, both parties are satisfied.

On the second day, Lin Xiaoxiao and his party left Ruidu.First send Cui Panpan and others back to Chongyifang, then Lin Xiaoxiao and Kong Ci rode donkeys back to the mountain.

There is still a lot of work to be done on the mountain.The road must be repaired before winter comes, and the fence must be erected.In a short period of time, I can't do what Niu Shoushan did. Fortunately, Rui has a good manners and doesn't need to guard against robbers for the time being.

The point is that Lin Xiaoxiao is not very satisfied with the temporarily repaired house.

Ruiguo has more rain than Huaguo, so the winter is quite cold and humid.Wooden houses can't be too demanding, but you can't burn too much charcoal in the house, it will kill people.

Lin Xiaoxiao wondered if she could fix floor heating, or something like a kang.She couldn't make up her mind, so she could only tell her ideas and let Gong Shugou and a group of craftsmen experiment.

These all take time to do.

Let's not mention Lin Xiaoxiao's desperation on the mountain for now.

Besides, when Cui Panpan returns to Chongyifang, there are many things waiting for her to do.

The first is the shop opposite Panxia, ​​which has been redecorated and converted into a tea room and study room.

This time, she plans to combine the tea room and the study into one, instead of dividing them into two separate rooms, but dividing them into two areas in one hall.The second floor is changed into individual compartments, which is convenient for guests who want to talk about privacy.

The store has been sold, but the renovation has not yet started.

Cui Panpan had so many plans in his mind that he couldn't decide which one to use.Sometimes having too many choices can be an annoyance.

On this day, Han Wu came to the Kunlun grocery store and went to the tea room on the second floor.

Cui Panpan is drawing blueprints in the tea room.She plans to draw all the decoration contents that she thinks of, and then compare them one by one before making a decision.

Han Wu looked at the looming figure inside through the curtain, and exerted a little force on his feet.

The wooden floor made a sound, but it failed to disturb the people inside.

Han Wu had no choice but to cough lightly again, and finally saw the figure inside move.

Cui Panpan looked up and saw the figure behind the curtain, and recognized Han Wu at a glance.

"Master Han Wu, please come in."

Han Wu lifted the curtain and entered.Cui Panpan stopped writing and put the numbness aside.

"Miss Cui is busy?" "Master, come to drink tea?"

Cui Panpan got up and took down the tea leaves that Han Wu had stored on the shelf, and said, "I have bought the shop opposite, and I plan to move the tea room and study there. My son should go to the opposite side when he comes to drink tea."

Han Wu took his seat, picked up the sackcloth that Cui Panpan had just put down, unfolded it, and looked at it carefully.

"Is this a picture drawn by Mrs. Cui?"

Cui Panpan was a little embarrassed: "I can't get into the eyes of the young master because of my clumsy work."

"Where?" Han Wu looked at it seriously, "This is the layout plan of the shop opposite. Mrs. Cui has a whimsical idea, and I find it quite clever."

Cui Panpan's eyes lit up: "Can you understand? Which one do you think is better?"

Han Wu asked with a smile: "It turns out that Mrs. Cui has too many ideas and can't choose?"

"That's right," Cui Panpan smiled wryly, "It's just that there are too many ideas. I think this is good, and that is also good. In the end, I don't know which is better."

"Then I will help my lady take a look."

So, Cui Panpan made tea, and Han Wu looked at the pictures.The two chatted while tasting tea, and by the way, decided on the decoration plan of the store opposite.

"So good."

Cui Panpan picked up a pen and re-drawn the negotiated plan.What she drew was a floor plan.

Han Wu watched from the side, and asked: "It seems that this is the first time I have seen Mrs. Cui's painting style, and she looks very particular."

"Hmm," Cui Panpan narrowed his eyes, "is it more intuitive from time to time? Do you want to learn? It's very simple."

Han Wu chuckled: "I can't ask for it, I'm afraid Mrs. Cui won't teach me."

"I can teach you, it's nothing to keep secret."

Han Wu took a look at Cui Panpan and asked, "Madam Cui, have you decided on the signboard of the store opposite?"

"I've already decided on the name," Cui Panpan tilted his head and said, "but we still have to decide who to write."

The signboard of the Kunlun Grocery Store was written by Kong Ci.Cui Panpan wanted to change the opposite to a more elegant style, but he didn't know whose handwriting to use for the time being.

Han Wu solemnly said: "Ms. Cui taught me how to draw, and I will never repay you. If you don't want a new signboard, teach me."

"Are you here to write? Write a few words for me to see."

"What should I write?"

"Kunlun Tea Library."

(End of this chapter)