Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

The woman said, "Please wait a moment, my two guests. I will go get you some rouge. You can help yourself to the food on the table."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Just now the servant called her Young Madam. It seems that she is the new generation of the proprietress of Yuchuntang. Judging from her words and deeds and her competence, Yuchuntang should not have any major problems at least for this generation."

express approval.

This is the first person who makes her like him at first sight and fall in love with him after hearing the first sentence.

Shen Lian said: "Are you hungry? Eat some fruit or cakes."

At this time, a maid came and brought two cups of tea. She said, "This is the best Longjing tea that our young lady specially ordered for you. Please enjoy it slowly, my two guests."

Shen Lian nodded: "Thank you."

He picked up a cup of tea and took a look at the color of the tea, which was golden and clear.

I sniffed it gently and it had a refreshing fragrance.

He took a sip, nodded slightly, and said, "It is indeed a good tea."

Now, he understood more and more why Yuchuntang's business was so good.

These pastries, this cup of tea, are all about details!

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Give consumers a feeling of extreme importance and comfort.

If I need similar things in the future, I will definitely come here to buy them again.

At this time, the young lady came back.

"I kept you two waiting for a long time."

Then he nodded and said, "This is it."

The woman said, "This is a scented rouge specially developed by our Yuchuntang. It has a light orchid scent and a fresh fragrance. This series sells very well among the noble ladies in the palace. The young lady has good taste. This rouge just suits her temperament."

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"Girl, you can look at the back of the rouge box."

"Orchid 9981?"

The woman said, "This is a feature of our Yutang. Through this number, we can find the worker who knows this rouge and the source of the orchids used. If there are any problems in the future, you can come to us."

The woman said with pride, "In the entire Tang Dynasty, only Yuchuntang dares to do this, so you can rest assured, young lady."

Shen Lian then said, "I saw a rouge from an elder a few days ago. It also had a number on it. It seemed to be the rouge from your Yuchun Hall."

"Oh?"

The woman said, "I wonder which one it is from Yuchuntang?"

Shen Lian looked at the woman and said, "Plum Blossoms Twenty-Nine."

Brush it.

The woman's eyes suddenly widened.

After Shen Lian said the five words "Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine", his eyes were always focused on the young lady of Yuchun Hall.

Therefore, the surprise expressed by the young lady of Yuchun Hall and the changes in her pupils did not escape Shen Lian's eyes.

Shen Lian understood.

Sure enough, Plum Blossoms 29 has some special meaning for Yuchuntang.

At least, it's different from the other numbers.

Even if Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine is not related to the woman who gave them the advice, it definitely has something special about it.

At first, Shen Lian was still thinking about how to get the question.

Just like how he extracted the words of Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine from the young lady without making any expression.

But in the end, he gave up this method.

The servant is different from this young lady.

This young lady is well-informed and comes into contact with different people every day. She has become extremely capable through repeated business transactions.

Therefore, it is very difficult to get her to talk without attracting her attention.

Moreover, once she noticed it, she might be wary of me and dislike me.

So something may be concealed.

Therefore, since there is danger, Shen Lian might as well ask directly and to the point.

Although this kind of question is a bit abrupt.

But it's better than having others notice your clichés.

Shen Lian was also a very perceptive person. She had lived in the palace since she was a child and was accustomed to all kinds of overt and covert tactics, so she naturally noticed the obvious change in this young lady after Shen Lian mentioned "Twenty-nine Plum Blossoms".

Shen Lian suddenly understood that Shen Lian came here for other purposes besides buying rouge for others.

But Shen Lian was not angry. She knew that Shen Lian had been carrying a lot of things. That secret was weighing on Shen Lian, making her feel sorry for him.

If Shen Lian could solve some difficult problems here, he would be very happy.

The entire hall was silent for a moment.

But soon, the young lady of Yuchun Hall regained her polite smile.

She looked at Shen Lian and said, "Sir, are you sure the rouge number you mentioned is Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine?"

Shen Lian nodded, and at the same time, he took out a box of tobacco from his arms and said, "Take a look."

The woman hurriedly took the rouge box.

She turned the rouge box upside down and took a look at the back. Sure enough, there was the words "Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine" engraved on it.

He examined the rouge box again carefully.

The style of this rouge box is completely different from the current style.

It is indeed the original style.

In addition to the style and number, there are some special patterns somewhere on the box.

It was a very simple plum blossom pattern.

And there is a small black dot on the petal in the upper right corner of the plum blossom pattern.

This black dot is the anti-counterfeiting mark of Yuchuntang’s first batch of plum blossom rouge.

Although there is no word for anti-counterfeiting logo in this era...

But Yuchuntang had already considered the solution of being imitated by others.

Therefore, after seeing this anti-counterfeiting mark, she was completely sure that this rouge could not be wrong.

She couldn't help but look at Shen Lian and said, "May I ask, sir, what is your relationship with the owner of this rouge?"

The servant next to him also blinked and looked at Shen Lian.

He could feel that the rouge numbered Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine seemed particularly unusual.

Shen Lian said: "A very close relationship between elders."

He didn't make it very clear.

But that's enough.

Shen Lian looked at the young lady and said, "I found this rouge among some miscellaneous items left to me by my elder. This elder suddenly disappeared more than ten years ago and her whereabouts are still unknown. So I wanted to try my luck and wanted to know if you still remember her and if you know what kind of person the owner of this Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine is."

The young lady glanced at Shen Lian. She was silent for a while, then said, "I'm not that old either, so I've never had any contact with her."

"However, my father-in-law has had contact with He Qi." "So, if you want to know, you can go to my house and find my father-in-law. Maybe he can tell you."

Shen Lian's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands and said, "If that's the case, then it's troublesome."

The young lady shook her head: "In fact, my father-in-law has been looking for her all these years. He should be very happy if you go there."

"I'll ask a servant to accompany you, and you can just follow him."

The servant that the young lady found happened to be Wang Er, who had just been tricked by Shen Lian.

"Wang Er, take these two distinguished guests to the mansion and find the master. Tell him that they are the descendants of Meihua Ershijiu, and the master will naturally understand."

Wang Er nodded quickly and said, "Yes."

After saying that, he looked at Shen Lian and the other person and said, "You two are honored guests. Please come this way."

Shen Lian immediately followed Wang Er and left Yuchuntang's headquarters.

Wang Er said, "Our boss's residence is not far from here. We only need to walk for half an incense stick of time to get there."

Shen Lian nodded.

He said, "Wang Er, have you ever heard of the story of the rouge numbered Plum Blossom 29?"

Wang Er scratched his head and said, "I have never heard of this story, and many of us Yanzhi have some stories."

"For example, in Peach Blossom 135, there is a poignant love story about a down-and-out scholar and a rich lady, who both died for love in the end."

"For example, the rouge numbered Plum Blossom 356 is a happy love story. A poor boy was willing to pay all his money to buy the rouge numbered Plum Blossom 356 and gave it to his sweetheart. In the end, this wholehearted love moved the rich girl's family, and they finally got married."

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"We have many stories like this, so you may have heard the story of Plum Blossom 29, but you may not have a deep impression of it."

Shen Lian thought to himself, if you have heard it, you will never forget it.

After all, judging from your young lady’s reaction, this Rouge story is definitely very important.

But Wang Er remembered those love stories but not the story of Plum Blossom Twenty-Nine. This could only mean that this matter might be a very high level of secrecy in Yuchun Hall.

He is not an important person and it is not clear.

Shen Lian nodded: "There are too many stories, it's normal that I can't remember them all."

As he walked, he casually asked, "When did your master stop caring about Yuchun Hall's affairs?"

Wang Er said, "Three years ago, my young master married his wife. She was originally a shopkeeper at Yuchuntang. She worked there for five years and had the highest profits among all branches for five consecutive years."

"Later, she fell in love with our young master. After they got married, the old master decided to hand over Yuchuntang to the young master and the young mistress. In the past three years, the young mistress has doubled the profits of Yuchuntang every year, so the old master was completely relieved and no longer cared about the affairs of Yuchuntang."

Shen Lian nodded and said, "Your young mistress is indeed very good at business. It's not surprising that she can achieve such results."

"Your master is also very magnanimous. He is willing to entrust such an important matter to your young lady, which is enough to show his magnanimity. I think that with your young lady here, Yuchuntang's business will at least not be a problem in the next few decades."

Wang Er looked at Shen Lian in surprise and said, "Our master also said so. He said that as long as the young lady is here, Yuchun Hall will never go downhill in the next few decades."

"How could you guess this, my dear guest?"

Shen Lian smiled: "Your young lady has such a talent, and your master is willing to give her a stage to perform freely, and your young master does not restrict his wife. It is not surprising that there will be such a future."

Wang Er just felt that Shen Lian was too smart, and he couldn't help but respect Shen Lian more and more.

Just like that, after they walked for half an incense stick, Wang Er stopped and said, "Sir, this is it."

Having said that, he went forward and knocked on the door.

Soon, the door was opened.

A man who looked like a doorman looked out.

Wang Er said, "Young Madam asked me to bring two distinguished guests here to inform the master. Young Madam said they are the descendants of Plum Blossom 29."

The concierge looked embarrassed and said, "It may be inconvenient for the master now."

"Inconvenient? What's wrong?" Wang Er asked.

The doorman said, "There was a thief in the house, and my grandfather is interrogating him now."

Wang Er exclaimed, "A thief in the house?"

The concierge asked hurriedly, "Why are you so loud?"

Wang Er immediately shut up.

He looked embarrassed and said, "This is the order of the young lady. I can't report it to you!"

"Wang Er, what happened?"

At this time, Shen Lian's voice rang out.

Wang Er hurriedly said, "Sir, I'm so sorry, something happened in our house, and the master may not be able to see you right away."

Shen Lian said: "I just heard you say that your family was robbed, and I thought, maybe I can help you find the thief."

The founder of Yuchuntang was named Zhao with a single character named Cheng.

Yuchuntang was founded more than two hundred years ago and has been passed down for ten generations.

Now, the head of the Zhao family is the legendary Zhao Xun, who has thoroughly developed Yuchuntang.

At this time, Zhao Xun was sitting on a chair in the side hall, frowning and looking at the five people kneeling on the ground.

These five people were all dressed as servants of the Zhao Mansion and were all around twenty years old.

At this moment, they all lowered their heads, with a look of fear on their faces.

And in front of them, there was a treasure chest.

But the lid of the treasure chest had been opened, and there was nothing inside.

"You have all worked in my Zhao Mansion for many years."

"So you should know my personality. I am nostalgic, so I am willing to give you a chance."

"As long as someone admits who stole this thing and voluntarily hands it over, I can forgive your mistake."

"I will just ask him to leave our Zhao Mansion and will not embarrass anyone else."

"But if none of you are willing to admit it, then I will have no choice but to send you to the authorities."

"If the government intervenes in the investigation and finds out who did it, no one will be able to save you."

"According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if you steal something, you will be beaten with a stick and thrown into prison."

When the five servants heard what Zhao Xun said, their faces changed.

They hurriedly said, "Master, I am innocent!"

"Master, I didn't steal anything!"

"Me too, I am loyal to the master. It was Old Ye who gave me a meal and made sure I had enough to eat. How could I do something like that!"

"Master, I won't do such a thing."

All five of them claimed they were innocent.

No one is willing to come forward and admit it.

Zhao Xun shook his head in disappointment.

He said, "You five are the only ones who have entered and exited that room."

"No one except you will have access to this."

"Moreover, everyone else can prove to each other that no one has ever entered that room except the five of you."

(End of this chapter)