Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 40 Unreasonable Contract
Have a good night's sleep.
In the early morning of the next day, when the golden light came out from the east to shine on the earth, Wen Shu opened his eyes refreshed,

After washing up, she had a simple breakfast, and wandered to the south of the city.

Although the south of the city and the north of the city were far apart, Wen Shu walked slowly and got up early, so it was more than enough to arrive before Chen Shi.Just one thing, she didn't know the exact address of Marquis Weiyuan's Mansion. Lu Xi didn't mention it yesterday, and she forgot to ask, and she just remembered it this morning.

Wen Shu was a little annoyed, and now she had to go to the place to inquire again, thinking about it, while walking quickly to the south of the city.

At the beginning of the hour, the sun had already risen to mid-air, the streets were full of noise, but the front of Weiyuan Hou's Mansion located in Xuandefang in the south of the city was deserted.

Looking at the closed door of the Hou's Mansion, Wen Shu felt a little nervous. Hearing that the door of a rich family is not easy to open, she came to be a maid by herself. Turn around and go to the side door.

She didn't know which side door of the Hou's Mansion would be open, but generally the big families would enter through the east side door and the west side door for things, so they went east as if they were lucky.

Fortunately, she was lucky, the east door was opening at this time, and there were two young servants standing outside the door, one on the left and one on the right.

Wen Shu sized it up for a while, then stepped forward and asked, "Dare to ask the two brothers, Lu Xi, is Guanshi Lu here?"

She didn't dare to directly say she was looking for Lu Shaoqing, for fear of being beaten out. Instead, it was Lu Xi. Since Lu Shaoqing sent him to pass on the message, he should be his cronies, so his status in the mansion must not be low. wrong.

Sure enough, the two servants didn't look different when they heard that, they just looked her up and down, and asked: "Young lady, is your surname Wen?"

Is this a greeting?
Wen Shu froze for a moment, then nodded again and again.

One of them said with a smile: "Miss, it's time to come. Guanshi Lu gave an order yesterday. Wait a moment, mistress, and I'll report back."

"Thank you, little brother." Wen Shu smiled and waited quietly outside, while secretly thinking about what he would say when he saw Lu Shaoqing.

But after a while, Lu Xi followed the messenger boy out.

When he saw her, he smiled but did not welcome her in. Instead, he approached her and whispered: "Little lady, wait here for a while. I have asked someone to arrange carriages and horses. I will ask the little lady to go with me later." The other courtyard in the west of the city."

Wen Shu was taken aback, and asked: "Why do you want to go to the other courtyard in the west of the city? Didn't you say that you are in the Hou's Mansion?"

"The young master rested in another courtyard last night. Didn't the young lady say that I want to make a written statement? It's better to do it face to face." Seeing her hesitation, she said: "If you are worried, young lady, I can also give you the address. You can go by yourself. Also makes."

"No, I'll go with you." Wen Shu said without hesitation.

Just kidding, there is still a long distance between the west of the city and the south of the city. Her legs have been sore since she left this morning, so she doesn't want to leave again.

As for whether this Lu Xi is good or bad, she saw him come out of the Marquis Mansion with her own eyes, proving that he is indeed from the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, and if he can clearly state the IOU, he should also be from Lu Shaoqing.

Although Lu Shaoqing was not a good person, and she didn't like him very much, he was still a majestic court official, so he wouldn't want to murder a little girl like her.

"The little lady wait a moment, the car driver will be here soon."

Before the words were finished, someone turned around with a carriage from the back courtyard wall. Lu Xi stepped forward and said a few words, then led the horse over and invited Wen Shu to get in the carriage.

Wen Shu looked at the carriage and nodded, took a few steps forward, jumped onto the shaft with a push of his hands, lifted the curtain and saw that there was no one inside, and sat in.

Lu Xi, who followed closely behind, just took down the horse stool from the shaft of the chariot, and couldn't help being stunned when he saw it, then put the horse stool back in the original place embarrassingly, sat on the shaft, coughed and said: "We are about to set off, Miss Wen Sit down." After saying that, with a shake, the horse began to trot.

Wen Shu sat in the carriage and looked around strangely. Although she usually hires a carriage, she has never been in a carriage. Usually they are mule carts and ox carts.

All this is due to the lack of places to raise horses in the Kingdom. There are Shaanxi Road and Yandi on the border that are suitable for raising horses.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which have not been recovered for a long time, are not only a pain in the hearts of previous officials, but also a pain in the hearts of the entire Song Dynasty people.

After feeling it for a while, Wen Shu felt that compared to the stable and slow speed of the ox cart, the horse cart was indeed much faster, but at the same time it was also bumpier than the ox cart.

The carriage drove for about a quarter of an hour, and finally stopped at the side door of a small courtyard near the lake.

"The little lady is here."

In the other courtyard, Lu Yuancheng had just got up and was about to have breakfast after a simple wash, when the porter reported that Lu Xi had brought a girl over.

"Let them in."

After a while, Lu Xi led Wen Shu in and lowered his head to report: "Master, Miss Wen has arrived."

Lu Yuancheng turned his eyes away from the food on the table, and glanced at the two people standing outside.

As soon as he looked over, Wen Shu outside the flower hall froze for a moment, and his eyes showed a little surprise. It is true that Lu Shaoqing's clothes and scores today are quite different from those in the past.

In the past, he always wore dark-toned clothes and had a serious face and a serious face, as if everyone in the world owed him something.

Today she is dressed casually and elegantly, with a pair of moon white long gown with double breasts on top of the plain undershirt, her hair is not combed meticulously like before, it is half bobbed and half scattered on her shoulders, and her facial expression is also a bit softer, she looks quite A little lazy.

"I've met you, my lord." Wen Shu bowed his head and blessed himself.

Without raising his eyes, Lu Yuancheng took the contract paper that had been prepared on the table, and said, "Lu Xi has told you everything, take a look at this contract, and sign it if you have no objection."

Hearing this, Lu Xi hurriedly stepped forward to take the deed paper and handed it to Wen Shu, while Lu Yuancheng turned his head and continued to eat his breakfast.

Wenshu didn't dare to be sloppy about the deed paper, and looked at it seriously after receiving it.

I saw it said: She is willing to be Miss Lu's personal maid for half a month, and accompany her to Cangzhou to visit her relatives and perform the duty of protection. If the eldest girl returns safely after half a month, she owes Lu Shaoqing a debt of gratitude. The fifty pennies will be cancelled, and if the eldest girl makes any mistakes on the road, she will pay Lu Yuancheng one hundred pennies!

After reading the deed paper, Wen Shu's breath became stagnant, what does it mean for a big girl to make a mistake, she will pay back a hundred guan!

It's five or six hundred miles to Cangzhou, and no one can tell what dangers will happen on the road. She is a weak woman who is slightly stronger than ordinary people, so she has no ability to make such a guarantee.

After thinking about it, she said directly: "This contract is unreasonable, I will not sign it."

(End of this chapter)