Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 63
Tianbao six years, the fourteenth day of the first month.

Chang'an City, Wannian County, Shengping Square.

The morning light at dawn lightly shines on the bricks and whitewashed walls of the Du house, making it appear quiet and serene.

Du Wulang stretched his waist and walked through the promenade, hoping that this long day would end soon and night would come soon.

Because once the time passed, it would be the Lantern Festival, Chang'an City had no curfew for three consecutive days, and lanterns were hung all over the city...

In the main room, Lu Fengniang got up and couldn't wait to open the window and look out.

The snow has stopped since the third day of junior high school. Today the sky is cloudless and the sun is mild. I hope that there will be no rain or snow in the afternoon to hinder the trip of Shangyuan Night.

"cold."

Du Youlin was changing clothes, but he was too old to know how to do it, and his movements were clumsy.

Lu Fengniang had no choice but to put down the window, and went forward to help him put on his clothes, babbling.

"Lang Jun, there is a strange thing. Last night, I listened to the discussion of the servants. There are rumors in Chang'an City that Yang Laogou lost a son in the early years, and now he is looking for it."

"Hugh and the old man mentioned him... wait a minute, what son are you looking for?"

"Just before the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, an old man reported to the Wannian County Government that Dongyue was robbed on the official road and escaped after being detained for more than a month. He claimed to be an old servant of the Yang family of the Duke of Hongnong, He kept crying that Erlang of his family had been sold. Guess what happened, Mr. Lang? The Erlang he mentioned in his mouth is exactly the same as Xue Bai in our family."

Du Youlin frowned and asked, "What else?"

"The servant girls only hear this."

"You woman, you used to be chattering and noisy in the past, and that's all you heard when you were seriously inquiring for news."

As long as she didn't beat her son, Lu Fengniang would never get angry with Du Youlin, and asked softly, "Then I'll go inquire again?"

"Don't talk nonsense at home, let the slaves keep their mouths in check."

"Could it be that Xue Bai is really..."

Du Youlin interrupted her with a wave of his hand, as if he wanted to analyze something, but in the end, he only put on a deep face.

Lu Fengniang asked again: "For the matter of Xue Bai living in the back house, Mr. Lang has a way to use it earlier, and it will be the Lantern Festival."

"No hurry." Du Youlin said, "The timing has never been coincidental, so wait."

"Why is it not a coincidence?"

"We'll talk about it after that fiendish maid has left. Since she's here, the daughters won't go there either. What's the rush?"

When Lu Fengniang heard this, she immediately felt that it made sense.

Du Youlin was about to go to the study, so he pushed open the door, just in time to see Xue Bai push the door out of the house in the East Wing.

He suddenly thought of something, turned around, hesitated to speak to Lu Fengniang, finally coughed twice, and said: "Go and talk to Erniang, the old man wants to treat guests in Fengwei Building in the morning, one elegant room is enough, isn't it?" It doesn't matter when you're eating."

"Your Majesty? Now, in this elegant room in the Fengwei Building, the royal relatives and relatives are all..."

"I don't have this face?"

Du Youlin gave a soft drink, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

He knows in his heart that things may not be done, and it is not good to say a lot of things before doing them, so as not to make people laugh.

But that old dog Yang failed to take a concubine and came to recognize his son again, which is definitely not a good thing.This time, I would like to ask Mrs. Du to give a big word, and protect a few children when something happens.

~~
When Xue Bai got up, Jiao Nu was still sleeping soundly in the ear room.

She could faintly hear her snoring.

At the beginning, the maid had a vicious look, but after breaking away from the control of the right minister's mansion, she gradually revealed her true nature, eating food and sleeping too much.

For more than ten days before and after the New Year's Eve, he had done the same boring morning exercises day after day, and the sisters of the Du family went to Fengweilou early, so she relaxed her vigilance a little.

Leaving the house lightly, Xue Bai stayed in the porch for a while, and saw Du Youlin walk away proudly.

After that, Du Jin came from the veranda.

She always went out early, Xue Bai couldn't help asking: "Hasn't today passed yet?"

"On the Lantern Festival, I wait to watch the lights at night, sleep more in the morning, and stay up late at night."

As Du Jin said, seeing Jiaonu's absence, she felt anxious and said with a small smile, "Hey, a handsome son-in-law of the Prime Minister's family is left here, and no one is watching him, so you're not afraid of being stolen by thieves?"

She had been suppressing dissatisfaction for many days, and finally found a chance to vent it.

But when Xue Bai turned his head and met her eyes, Du Jin realized from his deep eyes that this was a young man with vigor, and such a joke seemed like a molestation.

Think again, so what if you are teasing?

So what if it was stolen?
The two got closer, Du Jin hooked her finger, hooked Xue Bai's finger, and stuffed a paper roll over.

"Second Mother!"

Lu Fengniang just came out of the main room, waving hurriedly on the steps.

"Come on, I have something to tell you."

Du Jin smiled and walked away.

The door of the wing room opened, Jiao Nu came out rubbing his eyes, stood behind Xue Bai and sniffed like a watchdog.

If there is nothing, you can smell a faint fragrance of styrax on his body.

"Ah."

She was very unhappy, and said: "You are a man who doesn't even have a place to stand. How can he be worthy of being a prime minister in this dilapidated house?"

"Not in a hurry." Xue Baiyun waved a Ba Duan Jin lightly, "Maybe soon I will have my own house."

"That's right, otherwise, could Seventeen Niang still live in this crappy place?"

"Oh? Seventeen Niang?"

Jiao Nu suddenly woke up, realizing that he was too relaxed.

……

In the morning Xue Bai was sweating, ready to take a bath and change clothes, fetched hot water, stood in front of the barrel and untied his belt, then he turned to look at Jiaonu.

"Want to see?"

"Ah."

Jiaonu sneered and went out.

Xue Bai naturally took out the note from Du Jin from his sleeve and looked at it.

Recently, Fengweilou has reserved banquets for rich and powerful people every day. In fact, Deng Tong and Du Wulang are taking care of many chores. The Du sisters don't have many confidants and manpower, so they often inquire about some secrets in Chang'an City in the dark.

For example, years ago they learned that Zhang Quyi of Shangzhu Kingdom planned to marry his daughter as Prince Liangdi.

Right now the East Palace is in danger, there must be a secret behind this move, presumably some powerful person took action to help Li Heng.

The note was spread out, and the writing was very small, and the strokes were very graceful, which was Du Yan's handwriting.

It is conceivable that last night, the two sisters sifted through hundreds of pieces of news again, sorted out this information that they thought was very important and copied it down.

"Yang Shenjin went to Shaolingyuan every day during the seven days of rest and bathing, or it was rumored that the straw man in the ancestral tomb was bleeding, so he followed Shi Jingzhong's method to drive away evil spirits."

Xue Bai frowned, slightly puzzled.

But even his white body can realize the obvious inadequacy.

Why did the saint get angry because of Mingzhu's words?The one who was angry was not Yang Shenjin giving a concubine, but Yang Shenjin was in contact with a demon monk. This demon monk had supernatural powers, and he won seven consecutive cockfights in front of the prodigy chicken boy.

After this incident, Zheng rushed to Yuan Zhengri to take a rest, giving Yang Shenjin a chance to ease the anger of the emperor.

Dare to communicate with the demon monk?

Throwing the note in his hand into the water and crushing it casually, Xue Bai closed his eyes, thinking about it in his mind.

If he had followed his original plan, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion would have simply found a good family, and the matter would have been settled simply, but it happened that he met such a smelly and hard one.

It doesn't go well every time.

~~
Lu Fengniang had talked with Du Jin, and finally picked out a round fan in front of the bronze mirror, for going out at night.

But saw Qing Lan walk in.

Lu Fengniang knew Qinglan's intentions early on, and considering that Xue Bai had added [-] slaves to the Du family and donated [-]% of the profit from Fengweilou, she had already taken out her body deed and prepared to make arrangements after the Lantern Festival.

Seeing that the little servant girl was unhappy at this moment, she couldn't help but tease her.

"I asked you to comb Xue Bai's hair, how did you come back?"

"Returning to my wife, Mr. Xue Lang has his own servants to comb his hair and change his clothes."

"This evil maid."

Lu Fengniang waved her fan lightly, held Zhizhu in her hand, and said with a smile: "Go and get the plum cake from my natal family."

This day has already been busy with many things, the mother of the head of the family entered the east chamber with the cakes, and her eyes lit up when she saw Xue Bai in a brand new gown.

She couldn't help thinking that it would be great if she could have another daughter with Mr. Lang [-] or [-] years ago.

"You can deal with it as you like for breakfast and lunch?" Putting the plum cake on the table, and inviting Jiaonu to eat it together, Lu Fengniang and Xue Bai chatted casually, "How do you arrange today?"

"I'm going to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in a while, and I'm supposed to serve the banquet until after Chouzheng lights up the lamp."

"It's so late? Fortunately, the Lantern Festival will be held all night. Tonight we will have a night outing with our family. After you are busy, you can find us outside the Xingqing Palace. Under the lantern held by Mrs. Jingzhao Du, you can find out if you ask."

"it is good."

After Lu Fengniang finished speaking, she was about to leave, but Xue Bai hurriedly saw her off.

After leaving the room, Lu Fengniang lowered her voice slightly.

"By the way, Yuan Zhengri, you have also met my cousin. Tonight he will take his daughter out for a trip, and then he will also look at Fan Yang Lu's lanterns. They are like flowers and jade, dignified and decent, and they will definitely be richer than those who made a fortune. Home is much better, those lanterns are big and bright, but they have no foundation."

Xue Bai understood, and responded politely with a smile.

After having an early lunch, he took Jiao Nu to the right minister's mansion.

~~
Xue Bai's gift had already been prepared, it was an abacus.

The abacus is something that has existed since ancient times, but the current system is slightly different from the beaded abacus, and Xue Bai made a slight improvement.

He has been rich recently, and he uses the best small-leaf red sandalwood. The abacus is separated by a beam, with two beads on the upper end and five beads on the lower end. A line of small characters is engraved on the frame——

"Clouds are in the sky and water is in the bottle."

This poem was used because Xue Bai thought of it when he was looking for a craftsman to make it, and he had a hunch that Li Linfu and the emperor would like it very much.

Monarchs and ministers, the emperor and the right minister should be high above, and the water should be kept in the bottle in a safe amount, and should not be swayed at will.

When Li Linfu presents this plan, the sage will be able to think of his great contribution to Datang's finances, which has the same effect as Yang Zhao's words of Wan Jin, and everyone will be happy.

really.

When Xue Bai arrived at the right minister's mansion, Li Linfu's eyes lit up when he saw his gift in the midst of his busy schedule.

He raised his hand to silence many high-ranking officials in red robes. He focused on caressing the well-carved small characters and read them twice in succession.

"Good artistic conception, just this sentence, the artistic conception is profound."

Looking away from the abacus, and looking at Xue Bai again, Li Linfu had rare approval in his eyes, and smiled at everyone.

"This kid is paying attention."

"Congratulations to the right minister, Shangyuan has received a good gift."

After all, it was the Lantern Festival, and even the Youxiang Mansion had a little more festive atmosphere.

Li Linfu just waved his sleeves and said to Xue Bai: "The children and grandchildren are all in the west courtyard, you go to accompany them, and in the evening, go to the banquet with the real minister..."

In fact, at this age, Li Linfu couldn't stand staying up with the saint every year on Lantern Festival.

But this is the habit of the saint from his youth and frivolity.

Not long after he came to the world, all the officials participated in the performance of "Fu Wang enjoys all the fun during the day, rests at night, and works at night, which may not benefit the holy pilgrimage". It is hoped that the saint will play during the day and everyone at night. I can't stay with you anymore.

It was not changed back then, and it is even more impossible to change now.

Even if they are over [-] years old, they have to come to Xingqing Palace to have a banquet at midnight, and burn the night in Huae Xianghui Building at the time of ugly, feasting and drinking all day long, without sleep all night...

"Ah Lang, the tea is here."

A bowl of tonic was brought up, with a bitter taste.

Li Linfu raised his eyelids and watched the servant girl test the poison first, thinking that it would be good to get through the night.

In the hall, an official reported softly: "Your Prime Minister, broadcast news from the state that Huangfu Weiming has been eliminated."

"Ah."

Li Linfu drank the medicine and responded lightly.

The case of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming happened in last year's Shangyuan Festival, and they were not relegated enough to allow them to survive this year's Shangyuan Festival.

~~
Jiaonu led Xue Bai out of the hall and went to the west courtyard, and she stopped when she heard the noise inside.

"Mr. Xue Lang, please, it is inconvenient for servants to enter."

It was a rare blessing, she watched Xue Bai enter the west courtyard, and hurried to the back yard.

Passing through the gates of the courtyard, bypassing the path of flowers and trees, I rushed to an elegant small courtyard, entered the boudoir, and saw Li Shiqiniang sitting in front of the bronze mirror while Mian'er was doing her makeup.

Mian'er was a little regretful and said: "Hey, I have to go to Xingqing Palace for a banquet at Zishi, and I can only walk around for three hours after nightfall."

"Shangyuan Festival has no curfew for three days."

"That's true, and Mr. Xue Lang will also go to Xingqing Palace..."

Li Tengkong's makeup didn't change much today, but he put in some careful thought that wasn't easy to see.

For example, there are flowers on the forehead, and for example, the jacket is deliberately thicker, so that her somewhat thin figure is a little fuller.

"Seventeen Niangs go to Yuan Ankang."

"You're here. There's a gift box for you over there. Let's ask for a lottery." Li Tengkong sat in front of the bronze mirror, endured it, and then asked: "What's interesting since January? You sat and said .”

Jiaonu usually has a bad attitude towards Xue Bai, but for the sake of his own future, he has already prepared to say good things, for example, he has worked hard recently and is a man with both civil and military skills.

Of course, these have to be said one by one.

"The servants also went to Fengweilou when it opened, and tasted a few stir-fried dishes. The same ingredients, steamed and fried taste really different..."

"Really? Everyone in Chang'an City is talking about it, but I haven't eaten it."

"Then it doesn't matter." Mian'er spoke sweetly, and immediately said, "No matter how popular it is, it's just for the purpose of being hired by the Prime Minister's family."

Li Tengkong has a thin skin and quickly stopped her.

"Don't talk nonsense."

~~
Xue Bai had something to say to Li Linfu in private, but it was inconvenient in the lobby.

With a little worry on his face, he calmly walked into the west courtyard, looking around, the gathering of hundreds of noble children made one's scalp tingle.

Most of the people present were the children and grandchildren, son-in-law, nephew and nephew of the right minister's house, and their families were prosperous. Li Linfu must be very pleased to see this full house of children and grandchildren.

"Xue Bai."

Li Xiu was holding a wine glass and joking with a handsome young man, when he saw Xue Bai, he immediately waved.

"Come on, let me introduce you, this is the son-in-law of my Shi Niang."

There was a pause at this point, and it was Li Xiu's etiquette to let the person being introduced decide whether to declare himself or not.

"Yang Qixuan." The young man saluted with crossed hands, smiled reservedly, and refused to say more.

"My sister-in-law is extraordinary. She is the direct family member of Hongnong Yang's family and a close relative of Hongnong County Lord." Li Xiu laughed, "You can get closer in the future."

Xue Bai dealt with it properly, and found an opportunity to whisper to Li Xiu: "I have something important to discuss with Shi Lang."

Li Xiu nodded, and went to a secluded place with Xue Bai.

He smiled and said: "After tonight, Yang Qixuan will support you among Yang Shenjin's clan."

"Shiro is too troublesome. It's just that I heard that Yang Shenjin often goes to Changyuan Mausoleum on the outskirts of the city recently. Does Shiro know why?"

"He is extremely filial, and there is something wrong with the tomb of his deceased father, so it is inevitable to worry about it." Li Xiu said, "He told me about this, and he will not miss the matter of recognizing relatives."

"Does the right person know about this?"

"Father knows." Li Xiu patted Xue Bai on the back, "Don't worry, funerals are common sense, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion won't even settle for such a small matter...I'm still busy, so let me socialize."

Xue Bai squinted his eyes and understood what Li Linfu was thinking.

Turning back to the west courtyard, I don't know which descendant of the Li family is shouting.

"Listen to me, gentlemen, the family banquet was held earlier today. When it gets dark, I have to go to the lantern festival to find a pretty lady!"

~~
evening.

Looking out through the window of the small building, many lanterns of different shapes have been erected on the long street in the distance.There are already many little ladies wearing beautiful corset skirts and can't wait to go out to play.

"Tonight is the Lantern Festival."

"nonsense."

"Mr. Pei didn't arrange it earlier or later, what's the matter with tonight?"

The man who spoke had a strong Liangzhou accent. He was Lao Liang, a veteran of Longyou. He was wearing armor, the armor of the Jinwu Guard, and there was a token on the table beside him.

"Stupid." Tuoba Mao scolded: "There is no curfew tonight, and the night is dark, and it is easiest to escape after killing someone."

"I don't understand. Everyone else has withdrawn, but how many of us are left?"

After Jiang Hai finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Mao and asked, "Brother, what do you think?"

Jiang Mao has recovered from his injuries, but there are many more scars on his face.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "Thought so much, Mr. Pei can do whatever he says, as long as he can take good care of our mother and son."

The crowd stopped talking, fastened their armor in a silent atmosphere, and clanged.

Lao Liang walked to the window again, staring at the street scene in the distance.

"Still watching?! Let's take a look at the picture."

"I heard that Xu Hezi is going to sing a big song in front of the Xingqing Palace tonight?"

"Mr. Jiang has given you fewer orchids and Silla maidservants, right?"

"I'm not talking about women, do you understand Daqu?" Lao Liang cleared his phlegm and began to sing: "Luohualuo, Luohualuomomo..."

"Don't bother! It's so ugly, you fucking understand Li Taibai?"

Jiang Mao said: "Which is Li Taibai? This is King Luo Bin. He used to sing a lot, but General Huangfu liked to listen to it."

Everyone stopped chatting and looked at the blueprints that Tuoba Mao had spread out.

"This house is in Chongyifang. It is 150 steps square and occupies one-eighth of the square. A lady surnamed Han will come to pick us up. Our own armor, long-handled Modao, and crossbow arrows have all been sent in. ..."

After finishing speaking, Tuoba Mao looked out of the window, and whispered a few more words.

"Be careful, Wu San was planted last time, no one will die this time."

"Here."

"Find an appropriate time, commit a few murders first, and let the waste of the sixteen guards run."

"Here."

"Wait until it gets dark before leaving."

Six people dressed up as Jinwu guards came out from the ten king's house in Anxingfang in the northeast of the city, and walked south along the street.After passing through Pingkangfang and Xuanyangfang, turn west and you will arrive at Chongyifang.

~~
Night falls.

This night, there was no sound of evening drums in Chang'an City.

Only one flower lamp is lit...

　1.6 words are divided into three chapters, thank you for the first order, and bow to you~~
　　
　
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