I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 11
The city of Tokyo fell into a deep silence.The news of the sudden death of the Great Song Emperor quickly spread throughout the city, and will spread to every corner of the Song Dynasty in the near future.Liao, Xixia, Goryeo, Wa, and Annan will also know about it and send envoys to express their condolences.

Because of this, all businesses in Tokyo are silent.The tiles in Goulan are empty, and the wine in the teahouse is sizzling.

There are only a few tables of diners in Fanlou silently tasting Song Wusao's fish soup.There are no brothel singers beside them; and the teahouse still closes its doors to thank guests.Although the eldest daughter of the Mo family came back to life, she was afraid to celebrate just in time for the "national mourning".The two stone lions in front of the gate of the Minglou still roared with anger, and the confetti from the firecrackers had already been cleaned up by the servants.

Mo Yunxiao sat on the couch blankly, staring blankly at the display in the bedroom.

She looked around, and saw that facing the bed was a mahogany dressing table, with a clear and bright copper mirror inlaid on it, shining brightly.

Under the bronze mirror, there are three rather exquisite small drawers, embroidered with patterns of colorful clouds.On both sides of the drawer, there are two rows of small wooden rails that fold the dressing table in an embrace.This small wooden fence is slender and short. If you look carefully, you can still observe patterns such as dragon and phoenix presenting good luck, and a hundred birds facing the phoenix.

It is not known how ingenious craftsmen can do such fine carvings on such a small wooden railing.

There is a hanging window obliquely above the right side of the dressing table. It is the season when the wind is chilly, so the hanging window is tightly closed.On the other side of the bed is a sandalwood coat hanger.Mo Yunxiao looked around and saw that the clothes hanger was about two meters high, with copper hooks on it for hanging clothes, and a round copper ring inlaid at the waist, and a washbasin for washing and washing was placed on it.

Beside this washbasin, there is also a small copper stove.The stove is boxy, with ventilation holes through which warm air can be vented, and a stretchable tray at the base for changing the charcoal.

Mo Yunxiao looked around the room and smiled wryly, thinking in her heart: "Oh, Mo Yunxiao, Mo Yunxiao, I didn't expect you to fall into the water and go through a lot, and you are still called Mo Yunxiao. However, this Mo Yunxiao is not that Mo Yunxiao. I am a young and promising female painter, and I will hold my first solo exhibition next month. But what kind of person is this Mo Yunxiao? 'I'd rather touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao'? And why would someone call her 'Female Yan Luo'?"

At this moment, the door was pushed open with a "squeak".Mo Yunxiao raised her eyes and saw that Huan'er was walking slowly towards her with a sad face.

Her eye sockets were sunken, with tears in her eyes, her nose was slightly red, and her teeth were biting her bright red lips.

Seeing her walking towards him, Mo Yunxiao was also a little nervous, and didn't know what to say for a while, so she could only look at her with piercing eyes.

"Big...big girl!" Huan'er cried out choked up, and then threw herself on the head of Mo Yunxiao's bed, crying loudly.Mo Yunxiao was startled suddenly, and her body couldn't help trembling.

Huan'er cried and said, "Big girl! You've finally come back to life! You've finally come back to life! God has eyes!"

"I...hehe, yes, I've come back to life." Mo Yunxiao smiled wryly, then lightly stroked Huan'er's temples, then took her arm to help her up, patted the side of the bed and said :"sit down."

Huan'er was taken aback for a moment, then waved her hands again and again and said, "No way. You don't dare to sit with the girl."

"Oh, it's okay." Mo Yunxiao pulled her over.With an "ouch", she lost weight and could only sit on the edge of the bed.

Mo Yunxiao looked around, then whispered: "Your name is Huan'er, right? Is it my personal maid?"

Huan'er showed suspicion, and muttered, "Maid girl?"

Mo Yunxiao rolled her eyes, and then changed her words: "Is it the maid, the maid, the envoy?"

Only then did Huan'er nod, and said, "Yes. Miss Huan'er, you bought it from Ren Yazi yourself."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head sideways to look at Mo Yunxiao carefully, and asked, "Miss, you said the day before yesterday that you knew who the person who pushed you into the lake was. What about other people?"

"Oh, how could I..." Mo Yunxiao was suddenly alert in the middle of her sentence, and muttered: "The whole family doesn't know what happened. Listening to what they said yesterday, it seems that only this Huan'er is with Mo Yunxiao went to swim in the lake. Then she might be the murderer too?"

Thinking of this, her muscles tensed all over, she squinted her eyes, and said coldly, "Huan'er! Don't pretend to be stupid. The person who pushed me into the lake doesn't know anyone else, don't you?"

Huan'er stared at her almond-shaped eyes, and said in surprise: "Miss, why can't you understand what you say?"

Mo Yunxiao leaned forward, stared at Huan'er and said, "At that time, the only ones who went swimming in the lake were you and me, and the second and third girls had evidence of their alibi. Now you are the most suspicious person!"

"Ah! Big girl!" Huan'er immediately turned over and knelt down, crying and defending: "The big girl is Huan'er's life-saving benefactor, and she is a golden Bodhisattva who can never repay her life. The big girl fell into a coma, and Huan'er didn't even think about it." After living, he desperately blamed the second girl and the second mistress. Although Huan'er is reckless, but the heart of protecting the Lord is clear to the sun and the moon! I hope the eldest girl will learn from her!"

"Hmph! You're still sophistrying!" Mo Yunxiao slapped the edge of the bed heavily, and made a muffled "bang", which caused severe pain in her palm, and she couldn't help shaking her hand again and again.

And Huan'er could only prostrate on the ground, not daring to lift her head, and didn't see her so embarrassed and funny scene.

"Big girl!" Huan'er cried even more sadly.She wiped away tears, raised her head to look at Mo Yunxiao, and said: "In this cold Mo house, in this ruthless world, Huan'er only regards girls as his treasures. But now, girls also care about Huan'er." Doubts arose. How can there be a place for Huan'er in the whole world? How can Huan'er's innocent body be kept?"

Having said that, she already had tears in her eyes.Tears glistened in the sunlight.She showed a pale smile, and said: "Big girl, Huan'er can only repay the girl for her kindness!"

As she spoke, she was about to shake her head and bump into a corner of the charcoal stove on the right.This charcoal stove is made of metal, and the corners are sharp and sharp.She would definitely die if she hit it like this.

Mo Yunxiao was also taken aback, and shouted: "No!" Then she jumped up and grabbed Huan'er's collar tightly.But Huan'er declared her determination to die, and only heard a "beep", her clothes were shattered, and Huan'er also hit the mahogany dressing table behind her because she missed her head.

With a muffled "dong", the bronze mirror on the dressing table trembled, but Huan'er fell to the ground, looking at Mo Yunxiao in surprise.

Mo Yunxiao also lost her center of gravity because of rushing too hard.She screamed "Ah!", then fell off the bed, rolled over twice, and rolled to Huan'er's feet.

"Oh! This fell to my death." Mo Yunxiao stood up slowly while supporting her waist, rubbing it non-stop.

Huan'er looked at her, and suddenly stood up, hugging Mo Yunxiao's legs tightly.Mo Yunxiao staggered and was almost dragged by her again.

"Girl! Girl! Huan'er has absolutely no intention of harming the girl, please learn from her!" She said while crying.

"Okay, okay." Mo Yunxiao helped her up, wiped the tears on her face with her own hands, and said, "I know it's not you. The reason I said that is because..." She paused on purpose, looking Looking in the direction of the door and the hanging window, he continued, "It's because the partition wall has ears."

"Oh?" Huan'er instinctively looked sideways, but before she could turn her head, Mo Yunxiao brought her face back and whispered, "Come on with me in this show."

Huan'er woke up like a dream, nodded repeatedly, and said: "Okay, Huan'er will do what the girl says."

Mo Yunxiao nodded in satisfaction, then walked back to the bed to put on her shoes, and sat down again, looking like an official trying the case.

She said with a smile: "You just said that I was your savior, so tell me how I saved you!"

Huan'er tugged at the torn clothes, and explained sadly: "Seven years ago, the official family... oh no, now it should be called the first emperor. The first emperor changed his course when he took office, and restored Wang Xianggong's new law. The Su family brothers and a group of old party members were exiled or demoted, scattered all over the country. My father used to be a knife and pen official in Lantai, but because he took care of Su Dongpo who was imprisoned, he also ended up being a confiscated family. The members of Chu outside the city coveted Huan'er for a long time, and when they got this opportunity, they cleared the way to buy Huan'er. At this time, it was the girl who spent three times the money to buy Huan'er and saved Huan'er's current status. Innocent body. So big girl, what is it if you are not a life-saving favor to the little one?"

In the end, she couldn't restrain the pain in her heart, and she covered her face with her hands and began to cry.

Mo Yunxiao murmured: "Wang Anshi's reform has a far-reaching impact."

Then she raised her head again and asked Huan'er: "You are also a girl from an official family, but you were reduced to a servant girl by this drastic change. Don't you hate it after all these years?"

Huan'er wiped away tears, and showed a ferocious smile: "I hate! I hate the officials! I hate the court of the Song Dynasty. I also hate Chu Yuanwai and Wang Xianggong! But..." She sighed, shook her head and smiled bitterly: "After all, I am For a weak woman, she is very lucky to be able to survive, she cannot save Jiayan Jiaci, nor can she save Chengyu."

Mo Yunxiao's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Cheng Yu?"

Huan'er smiled helplessly: "Cheng Yu, Huan'er's cousin. Our two families are good friends, and we have already made a marriage contract. It's just that their family was also affected by my family. The whole family was stabbed in Fujian Road, and they will never be able to return to their hometown. "

Mo Yunxiao was taken aback for a moment, then murmured: "But it's really cruel."

Huan'er wiped her tears from both sides with both hands, and smiled wryly: "Yes, it's really cruel. My father's little servant, who was affected by this, is at most a thorn in his side. Second Mistress and her family are very sad. Her father was once abused by the king. With the support of Xianggong, he became the transshipment envoy of the two Zhejiang provinces. But later Shenzong died, and the previous emperor ascended the throne at a young age and was unable to govern the country, so the Empress Dowager Gao hung the curtain. But the Empress Dowager Gao had a heart for the old party, and she recalled Sima Xianggong to the court without saying a word , and many people from the new party. Among them are the father and brother of the second grandmother."

"Ah!" Mo Yunxiao was taken aback, looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Then she was also sold to Mo's house by Ren Yazi?"

Huan'er snorted coldly, shook her head and said, "Empress Dowager Gao is quite lenient, but her father and brother were dismissed from office, and she was not exiled. It was the Second Mistress who despised her old and sick father and her self-defeating brother, and wanted to climb high. Lang went to Xichuan to pick tea and met her. She cleverly flattered her and won Da Lang's favor, so he bought her back and made her his concubine."

Mo Yunxiao nodded, and murmured: "Looking at her charming face, I can guess it."

"It's just retribution." Huan'er smiled contemptuously, and said, "Li Xian'e, Second Grandma's personal servant, also imitated her and showed off a little coquettish in front of Da Lang, so she did it for the house confiscator. Third Grandma. The details of this incident have never been known to outsiders, even the Song family who have been friends with our family are not very clear. But there is no one in Mo Zhai who doesn't know. It's just..."

Huan'er paused, and sighed: "Good people don't live long. The eldest girl's mother, the head mistress of the Mo family, died due to dystocia."

Mo Yunxiao bit her lips lightly, and nodded her head thoughtfully: "So that's the case. Their surname is Jiang or Wang, I know for sure."

Seeing her in a daze, Huan'er took a step forward and asked in a low voice, "Miss, are there still people outside?"

"Ah? Oh!" Mo Yunxiao finally came to her senses, and hurriedly said, "They should all be gone, but we will continue to perform in the future."

(End of this chapter)