I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 36 Officers and Soldiers
It was already midnight, and the night markets in Tokyo had also retreated quietly, leaving confetti all over the floor.

But Mo Chenglin has not returned for a long time, and no one in the Mo family can sleep peacefully.Du Juan sat on the stone steps in front of the gate of the Minglou, pouted her mouth, rested her chin on her hands, and looked around eagerly. But seeing the fog thick and the leaves falling, the street was empty and silent.

She had been sitting for a long time, and couldn't help shivering. Suddenly, her shoulders sank, and it turned out that a fox fur coat was draped over her body.

Du Juan was taken aback, stood up hastily, and said to Mo Yunxiao who came beside him, "Miss, why are you here? It's cold outside, you'd better go inside."

Mo Yunxiao smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid it's colder in the room than here."

Du Juan didn't understand what it meant, so he said, "It can be called a stove made of colorful clothes."

Mo Yunxiao shook her head and said with a smile: "No need, that girl couldn't stay up all night, she climbed on the table to sleep, it's better not to disturb her."

Du Juan was a little moved, and sighed: "Miss, you are really more merciful. Then..." She hurriedly took off the fox fur coat on her body, and said: "Madam, you should wear it, your body is precious, in case you wear it Wind chill is a minor sin."

Mo Yunxiao pushed her hand and said, "You can put it on, you will be in charge of the store at home. This Mo family can live without me, Mo Yunxiao, but it cannot live without you, Du Juan."

Du Juan's eyes widened, and he said hastily, "Young lady is too serious. Du Juan has no virtue. When Da Lang is away, you are the backbone of this family. Although some things have happened these days, I know that one day, Da Lang will still entrust the Minglou to the eldest girl."

Mo Yunxiao shook her head with a smile, did not answer, but just sat gently on the stone steps.Du Juan also sat down with her and listened patiently to her speech.

"I never thought about doing business." Mo Yunxiao looked at the moon in the sky and said, "Perhaps you don't know, I have only one wish since I was a child, and that is to hold my own art exhibition."

"Painting exhibition?" Du Juan was a little puzzled, and couldn't help frowning.

"Yes, art exhibition." Mo Yunxiao showed a happy smile: "Our Chinese literati painting has a long history. Since Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty, poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal have been integrated into one. This is a unique phenomenon in China. A An excellent painter should also write a good character and fill in a good word. In the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo, Mi Fu, and the romantic emperor Song Huizong all greatly promoted the development of literati painting. In the Yuan Dynasty , and the Yuan Four Schools led by Huang Gongwang and Zhao Mengfu pushed literati painting to a new height, and in the Ming Dynasty, literati painting flourished even more, with Dong Qichang, Tang Yin, Shi Tao..."

Speaking of this, Mo Yunxiao suddenly woke up from her intoxicated fantasy, looked at the bewildered Du Juan beside her, and couldn't help laughing: "Is what I said, you have never heard of it?"

Du Juan nodded half-understood, and said: "Xueshi Su knows it, and I have read "The Complete Tang Poetry" and knows Wang Wei, but I don't know who Huang Gongwang or Dong Qichang looks like."

Mo Yunxiao said with a smile: "Anyway, these people are seniors that I respect very much. If one day, my paintings can be as famous as theirs, it will not be in vain."

Du Juan was taken aback for a moment, and asked: "But why have you never heard of this matter, Miss?"

"It's not because of Minglou." Mo Yunxiao slapped her knees and stood up.She paced back and forth and said, "Every time Daddy is on a business trip, he asks me to manage the Minglou. Pick up the brush and study the painting with all your heart.”

Du Juan also stood up and applauded: "Since that's the case, we will have another talented woman in the Song Dynasty. Ah! Didn't you say that Chinese paintings are a combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing? When you draw a picture, it's a big deal." Madam Wei, please write the lyrics. She is the leading female poet in our Great Song Dynasty. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to integrate her words and your paintings into one!"

"Yes, that's great." Mo Yunxiao also cried happily.But she changed her mind again, only to think that she and this best friend had an argument the day before, and she couldn't help but feel sad.

"It's not good! Miss Dujuan! It's not good!" A servant hurried over.Both Du Juan and Mo Yunxiao's hearts were tense, and they both thought that Mo Chenglin's delay in returning was probably more ominous than good.

The servant ran over, greeted Mo Yunxiao first, and then said to Du Juan: "Miss Du Juan, I am waiting for Da Lang to come back at the entrance of the alley. But who knows, Da Lang will have a team of officers and soldiers in the future."

"Officers and soldiers? Where did you come from?" Du Juan hurriedly asked.

The servant said: "It seems to be rushing to our teahouse."

"Ah?" Du Juan was startled, and hurriedly turned to look at Mo Yunxiao.

Mo Yunxiao listened intently, and sure enough, she heard the faint sound of horseshoes in the distance, which was very similar to the day Baocheng was killed.She didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly told Du Juan and the servant: "Go home quickly, tell everyone to go back to their rooms, and don't come out no matter what. The same goes for you two."

"Girl!" Du Juan grabbed Mo Yunxiao's sleeve, burst into tears, and cried, "But what are you going to do, girl?"

Mo Yunxiao gently grabbed her hand, smiled, and said: "You just listen to me and settle down at home. I have my own way to deal with them." After hearing this, Du Juan felt a little relieved, and then He entered the building together with the servant.

As soon as they walked for a while, the sound of horseshoes became clearer and clearer from far to near.Mo Yunxiao turned around, with her hands behind her back, quietly looking at the person coming.I saw two teams of cavalry marching side by side from the left and right sides, meeting and stopping in front of the gate of Minglou.Mo Yunxiao raised his eyes and saw that there were about 600 people coming.Their armor was bright, and they looked like the imperial guards of Tokyo, and the torches they held up high reflected half of the sky like daylight.

Mo Yunxiao stood on the stone steps, feeling quite flustered.But she pulled herself together and just watched quietly, without showing any signs of expression.

The leader smiled and urged his horse forward.The man had two beards, and he kept stroking his chin with his hands.He is Qiu Feng and Qiu Yuhou.

Mo Yunxiao raised her head, and said in a stern tone: "Qiu Yuhou, it's only been a few days since we left the Guanxing Tower. I didn't expect you to come to see me so soon."

Qiu Feng sneered, and said: "Yes, after seeing the Star Tower, I miss you very much, Miss Mo, so I came here today to look for you."

He was serious about what he said.Ever since he met Mo Yunxiao on the Star Observation Building outside Chuyuan that day, Qiu Feng couldn't sleep well, and couldn't eat well. "The nickname, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with.But I didn't expect to be lucky today, and I could take advantage of Mo Chenglin's case to rob him.At this moment, he believed that Mo Yunxiao was already a bird in his cage, and he was filled with pride.

But Mo Yunxiao laughed and said: "It's rare that Yu Hou misses me. If you miss me, you can come to the Minglou for a cup of tea at any time, and the younger sister will naturally come out to meet each other. But you are so open-minded and frightened my younger siblings. Not too spoiling the scenery?"

Qiu Feng sneered coldly and said: "Miss Mo, don't pretend to be confused. Your father has already been put in prison. As a soldier of the Western Army, he fled privately. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, he should be sentenced to the crime of confiscating his home and exile." .My official thought that I had a relationship with you once, and I don't want to force each other, but you should not think too high of yourself, and don't take me seriously."

Mo Yunxiao frowned, secretly screaming that it was not good.Her father was a deserter from the Western Army, as she had already guessed.But why is it such a coincidence that my father went out of the city today, but ran into this Qiu Feng's hand?Could it be... that Yuan Lu? !
Suddenly Mo Yunxiao's eyes lit up, and she woke up suddenly: "Oh, why did I forget. This Yuan Lu is Liu Dadao's subordinate and a member of the beggar gang. I clearly saw it at Baocheng's house the other day, so why didn't I think about it?" Wake up? But why did he frame my family?"

Mo Yunxiao's thoughts were chaotic, and she couldn't figure it out for a while.Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, Qiu Feng thought she was afraid, so he laughed and said, "Miss Mo, don't panic, since I'm here on an errand, I won't let the girl suffer. As long as the girl judges the situation, your father's case will be a big deal." To make it small, just hit a hundred whips."

Mo Yunxiao asked anxiously: "What did you do to my father?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Sheng will be promoted to trial the case tomorrow, and today he is only taking his father into custody, so he won't make things difficult for him." Qiu Feng changed the subject and said, "But girls should also be aware of current affairs, and don't go against the government. Otherwise, you can No good fruit for you."

"Ah! Has Daddy been arrested? I want Daddy!" Mo Yunxiang's voice suddenly came from inside the gate.

With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and Mo Yunxiang, Luyu and Du Juan rushed out together.Luyu and Du Juan naturally had to pull Mo Yunxiang with all their strength, but she pulled her up with all her strength, how could those two weak women pull her up.

Mo Yunxiang cried and shouted, "Where's my daddy? Where's my daddy?"

All the soldiers couldn't help being overjoyed when they saw it.It turned out that although this Mo Yunxiang was not as beautiful as her brother's, he could still be called beautiful.Especially when she cried, tears streaming down her jade-like cheeks, it was even more touching.

Qiu Feng was originally a libertine, so he was overjoyed when he saw Mo Yunxiang, clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, wonderful, this old man Mo is a well-bred daughter. Let's go, let's take it back first."

Mo Yunxiao was very anxious, so she slapped Mo Yunxiang heavily on the face, and shouted: "There's no business for you here, go back!"

Mo Yunxiang covered his burning cheeks, and after he calmed down, he saw that the soldiers in front of him looked like wolves and tigers, which made him feel scared.She was about to walk back, but the soldiers had already rushed up.Mo Yunxiao stared, and shouted: "Who dares to come up!" After saying that, she waved her fists and feet, and several soldiers who were rushing ahead were knocked off the stone steps by her, and they yelled "Ouch".

Qiu Feng took a look and said angrily: "Mo Yunxiao! Do you know that resisting arrest is a crime of extermination!"

"It's your subordinates who are presumptuous, I'm just controlling it for you." Mo Yunxiao said like this.

"Hmph!" Qiu Feng glanced coldly. Although he was angry, he was afraid that if he was too frivolous, he would cause trouble in the future, so he said to the soldiers behind him: "We are soldiers, not thieves, so don't let loose!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded.

So everyone got off their horses and walked into the gate of Minglou under the leadership of Qiu Feng.Mo Yunxiao took Mo Yunxiang and Du Juan Luyu to the side.Mo Yunxiang and Du Juan were nervous, they held Mo Yunxiao's arms tightly with their four hands, and watched the officers and soldiers file into the teahouse.

(End of this chapter)