Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 67
After He Guang left Chang'an, he boarded the ship from Dengzhou Port.It took only two or three days to reach Tang Enpukou on the west coast of Silla.

After the Silla Kingdom sent tribute to the Tang Dynasty in 621, Goguryeo and Baekje in the north and west of Silla have slightly restrained their attitudes and stopped frequently harassing Silla's borders.Silla was able to enter a period of relatively stable social development.In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the business between Datang and Silla has become very frequent, and the people of Silla have special respect for the envoys and merchants from Datang.

He Guang did business in the Silla Kingdom not once or twice. With his rich travel experience and his good talk about the customs and interesting things of the Tang Dynasty, he soon gained a group of local Silla nobles and Hwarang disciples in Gyeongju. trust and affection.

On this day, He Guangzheng and Hwarangtu Jin Lihua were drinking at a restaurant in Gyeongju, the city of King Silla.When they were full of wine and food, He Guang and Jin Lihua started chatting.

"I heard that Brother He is looking for someone?" Jin Lihua raised his wine glass to touch He Guang, sipped and asked:
"Mr. Jin Lang is really well-informed. Yes, I am looking for a woman who returned to Silla from Tang Dynasty seven years ago." He Guang told him about the appearance of the Silla maidservant he had learned from Qiu Mo. , age and other information, roughly described with Jin Lihua.

After listening to He Guang's description, he thought for a moment and asked, "Are you sure she stayed in Gyeongju after returning to Silla?"

"Judging from the clues that have been found, it should be so." He Guang nodded in response.

"If that's the case, maybe I have a way to help Brother He find it." Jin Lihua pondered.

"What can Mr. Jin Lang do?" He Guang asked hastily.

"My uncle is currently in charge of Gyeongju. It is easy to check the population and household registration. If this woman returned from Tang Dynasty seven years ago and stayed in Gyeongju, she would have to go to the government for naturalization. As long as there is a record, it is not difficult to find someone."

Silla's household registration management refers to the "Da Suo Maang Yue" in the Sui Dynasty. When registering for naturalization and checking the account, not only the name, age, but also the appearance of the naturalized person at that time will be recorded for future reference. This is also to prevent fraud. It is a measure of the old and the young to evade taxation.

"That's really great!" He Guang felt his eyes light up when he heard that. "Then there will be Mr. Lao Jinlang!"

"Brother He is too polite." Jin Lihua waved his hands modestly and said, "I will take Brother He to visit my uncle tomorrow afternoon."

"Thank you!" He Guang repeatedly thanked.

After chatting casually for a few more words, the two took their leave.

The next day, Jin Lihua's uncle met He Guang and learned that he was a wealthy businessman from Tang Dynasty who came to Silla for trade.When he was young, he went to Chang'an with a mission. He deeply admired the magnificence and civilization of Chang'an City, so he also respected He Guang, a man from the Tang Dynasty, and he dared not neglect the task entrusted to him. It only took a short week Within a short time, he collected the people who basically met the requirements, and handed over the information to He Guang.

He Guang's business in Silla was almost done, and he had enough time to visit the people recorded in these materials.When he visited the eighth family, he knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded.

"Excuse me, is there a person named Pu Suzhen here?" He Guang walked to the nearby woman who was doing laundry at the mouth of the well and asked.

"No!" The woman shook her head, looked up at He Guang and said, "Did you find the wrong place?"

"Oh, excuse me." Seeing this, He Guang cupped his hands and turned to leave.

Unexpectedly, just as he took a step, there was a sound of chaotic footsteps behind him. Immediately afterwards, a group of women rushed to the washerwoman just now, surrounded her and cursed:
"Pu Suzhen! You bitch, how dare you seduce my man!"

"Pu Suzhen, we will fight with you!"

He Guang turned his head when he heard the noise, and saw that the woman who told him that Pu Suzhen didn't live here was surrounded by more than ten people.And the name that others called her was "Pu Suzhen".

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Pu Suzhen put a glass of water in front of He Guang expressionlessly.If he hadn't stepped forward just now, she might have been beaten by the women.

But she didn't feel grateful for it. Instead, she glanced at He Guang coldly. She invited him into the house just to avoid the women outside the house, and she didn't mean to answer him at all.

"Ma'am, are you okay?" He Guang asked as he put down the water glass.

"It's okay, thank you!" Pu Suzhen stroked her messy hair with her hands, and replied indifferently, her tone revealed an attitude of refusal.

"What do you want me for?" Pu Suzhen asked again.She is different from other Silla people, she hates Datang the most in her life.A stranger from Tang Dynasty came all the way to Silla to find her, and she always had a bad premonition in her heart.

"I was entrusted to find you." He Guang said bluntly.

Pu Suzhen was taken aback when she heard the words, and asked suspiciously: "Looking for me? Who sent you here?"

"The Qiu Family of Shanchun Hall in Chang'an City."

Pu Suzhen's expression suddenly became very ugly. Her eyes were filled with complex emotions of panic, hatred, sadness and pain for a moment.

"You go." After a long time, she slowly uttered three words.

"Ma'am, won't you listen to me explain the reason?" He Guang stared sharply at the woman in front of him.Judging from Pu Suzhen's reaction, he was sure that she was the Silla woman who Qiu Mo was looking for as a cook in the Qiu family.

"Get out!" Pu Suzhen closed her eyes, suppressed the fluctuating emotions in her heart, opened her eyes again and said, "Hurry up, don't force me to report to the police to arrest you."

Seeing the ferocious expression on her face, He Guang was secretly terrified.The woman in front of him had killed someone before, and he knew that Pu Suzhen was not trying to scare him, and now was not the time to continue entanglement with her, so he simply got up and left Pu Suzhen's house.

After He Guang disappeared completely, Pu Suzhen rushed to the water tank in the yard, picked up the water, and splashed it on her cheek.

"I didn't expect that I was found by them even though I went back to Silla..." Pu Suzhen murmured.

As if laughing back from the pain, she leaned on the water tank and slowly sat down on the ground.Tears slid down the already sallow and rough face, dripped on the floor tiles, and splashed a little bit of dust.

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After seeing Pu Suzhen, He Guang wrote a letter by hand and asked the messenger to send it to Qiu Mo across the ocean.After reading it, Qiu Mo held the letter sent back by He Guang, stared blankly at the candlestick on the table, and fell into a trance with no way out.

"San Niang, at least someone has been found." Shuang Han, who was sitting by the side, comforted her in a low voice.

"So what if I found it?" Qiu Mo sighed quietly, and murmured with reddened eyes: "If she refuses to admit it, and refuses to come to Chang'an with Uncle He, what can I do?"

In this day and age, there are no transnational extradition treaties.Besides, she has no real evidence in hand, and the other party has already left the border of the Tang Dynasty. If Pu Suzhen hadn't voluntarily returned to the Tang Dynasty, what could Qiu Mo do?

While Qiu Mo was still struggling with how to persuade Pu Suzhen to return to the Tang Dynasty, the third family of the Qiu family ushered in the biggest happy event in their history.

Qiu Li was practicing the music under the guidance of a famous guqin player. Madam Tian saw her daughter, who was about to marry Ji, become more and more graceful and charming. Although she was very pleased, she also began to worry about her daughter's future marriage.

For the two sisters of the Qiu family, if the second wife, Qiu Mo, and the third lady Qiu are famous in Chang'an for her talent, then her daughter Qiu Li, the fifth lady Qiu, is famous in the capital for her beauty.

Qiu Li is the youngest child of the Qiu family's younger generation, and the third bedroom is in charge of various major affairs inside and outside the Qiu family on weekdays. The entire family loves her, the third-bedroom daughter-in-law, and spends all her money on food and clothing. The highest standard of the Qiu family.

Lady Tian naturally puts her daughter on top of her heart and loves her, but she does not dare to relax at all when it comes to educating her children, especially her daughter who has been a beauty since she was a child.She knows how important a woman's beauty and manners are to her future marriage, so she pays special attention to Qiu Li's upbringing.

Qiu Li has to practice standing, standing, sitting and lying postures every day. In addition, she also needs to learn skills such as "Book of Songs", "Nv Commandments", piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and singing and dancing.After ten years of hard work, the daughter is also very competitive, and now there are so many husbands who propose to Qiu Li that they almost broke the threshold of the Qiu family.But Mrs. Tian still didn't want to decide on her daughter's marriage so early. Since Qiu Mo, a little lady, had also been favored by powerful disciples, her Li'er would only marry better.

"Mistress, there is an invitation from Fifth Lady."

Just as Mrs. Tian was thinking wildly, the voice of Qiu Fu, the old housekeeper of the Qiu Mansion, suddenly sounded from outside.

"Where did you get the invitation?" Lady Tian frowned slightly, and casually took the invitation from Qiu Fu.When he unfolded it and looked up, his eyes couldn't help but brighten up.

"Yan Wang's Mansion?"

Li You, King of Yan, is the fifth son of Li Shimin, the current sage, and his mother and concubine are Defei Yin.His uncle, Yin Hongzhi, was the Minister of the Ministry of Procuratorate and Officials of the court, and the imperial censor Zhongcheng. He was favored by the emperor and was quite powerful.

"Oh my god, this is... this is a real relative of the emperor!" Tian Niangzi was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly called Qiu Fu to stop, and said: "Go and tell the Lord Lang that the invitation for Wu Niangzi has arrived." , It’s an invitation from Prince Yan’s Mansion! Tell him to come back quickly.”

(End of this chapter)