Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 81 Rumors (please subscribe)

"Minglan is good. Although you have lost your little mother, you still have a big sister, a grandmother, father, mother, and brothers and sisters. And your little mother gave birth to a younger brother. You are the older sister, and you will take care of me on your behalf in the future. Brother, right?" Hua Lan comforted in a soft voice.

Minglan remembered that her mother told her to take good care of her younger brother before she died, and said, "Yes, my mother asked me to take good care of my younger brother. Where is my younger brother?"

"Dad named Xiao Qi Sheng Changlin. He is now being taken care of by a wet nurse. You have to eat well. Only in this way can you have the strength to take good care of your brother."

After Hua Lan finished speaking, she found that Minglan didn't respond. When she lowered her head, she saw that Minglan had fallen asleep.

The maid at the side quickly took Ming Lan, carried her to the bed, and said, "Miss Six, Miss Six hasn't spoken a word these past few days, she just fell asleep and fed some porridge, and the doctor said she wouldn't last long. Now I'm finally willing to speak."

Hualan looked at Minglan on the bed and said, "When she wakes up, take her to see Chang Lin. Only with care can she survive."

"Yes." The servant girl replied.

……

Bai Family Ancestral House
Gu Tingye has lived here since he inherited the Bai family property.

The second and third bedrooms were all driven out by him, but he didn't do anything wrong. After all, it was the blood of the Bai family. Gu Tingye left some property for each room so that they could live on.

Not long after Yuan Wenshao arrived in Yangzhou, the news spread throughout Yangzhou, and Gu Tingye naturally also learned about it.

The last time Yuan Wenshao asked him to deliver a letter, he was too puzzled and wanted to ask Yuan Wenshao all the time.

When he learned that Yuan Wenshao had arrived in Yangzhou, he could no longer sit still and sent someone to send an invitation to Sheng Changbai.

Sheng Changbai was taking Yuan Wenshao to wander around Sheng's house. After receiving the invitation and reading it, he said to Yuan Wenshao, "Brother-in-law, Second Young Master Gu from Bianjing Ningyuanhou's Mansion, would like to invite us to Linjiang Pavilion tomorrow."

Yuan Wenshao sighed in his heart, what was supposed to come had come.

He had probably guessed Gu Tingye's purpose for looking for him, but this matter had to be settled.

"Okay, it just so happens that I haven't seen him for a long time." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

……

In the evening, Yuan Wenshao was warmly entertained by the Sheng family.

After eating in Shou'an Hall, they chatted until late at night before going back to their rooms to rest.

The old lady left Hualan behind and chatted with her until late at night before falling asleep.

No one knows what exactly they talked about.

Yuan Wenshao got up early the next morning and practiced martial arts for half an hour before going to Shou'an Hall to greet the old lady.

By the time he arrived, Sheng Hong and the others had already arrived.

"Grandmother, father-in-law and mother-in-law, my son-in-law wasted time practicing martial arts and asked the elders to wait for me. It really shouldn't be." Yuan Wenshao saluted.

"This is how a general's disciples should be. I heard Hua Lan say that you practice martial arts every morning, which is very good." The old lady smiled.

Sheng Hong nodded and said: "As a military general, martial arts is of course important, but the general's strategy is not courage. Usually, he should read more military books."

"What Yue Zhang said is that my son-in-law has been educated." Yuan Wenshao responded.

Of course, he knew that martial arts only gave him the courage to go to the battlefield, and high martial arts didn't mean everything.

However, martial arts can guarantee his survival on the battlefield, and he will not give up, and he often reads military books.

"Okay, let's eat first, the little ones are hungry." Mrs. Wang smiled.

After eating, Yuan Wenshao chatted with him for a while.

The old lady said: "Okay, you don't have to stay here all the time. There are many beautiful places in Yangzhou. The season is just right now. Let Changbai take you for a stroll."

"It's grandma."

Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Changbai looked at each other and got up to answer.

They were going to go to Gu Tingye's appointment, but now that the old lady spoke, she just had a reason to go out.

……

Linjiang Pavilion is the largest restaurant in Yangzhou, behind the restaurant is the Grand Canal.

When Yuan Wenshao and Chang Bai came to the restaurant, Gu Tingye was already waiting at the door.

"Erlang, long time no see." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Brother Yuan was knighted as a young man, he is really a role model for my generation. I have been in Yangzhou all this time, and I have not been able to personally congratulate Brother Yuan on his knighthood. I hope Brother Yuan is not to blame." Gu Tingye said enviously.

"Erlang is ridiculous, he is just an earl, far inferior to the Gu family." Yuan Wenshao shook his head.

Gu Tingye envied him, and he still envied Gu Tingye.

They were born in a marquis family, and although they were all legitimate second sons, their elder brother had a hidden illness and was not going to live long, and he had no heirs.

The title will still be his in the future, and his grandfather left him a large inheritance, making him the proper protagonist.

"Brother Yuan's words are wrong. Nowadays, people who have made meritorious deeds are all ancestors, but Brother Yuan was awarded the title because of his own meritorious service on the battlefield. Except for the lords who were awarded the title at the beginning of the founding of the country, in the past hundred years, only a handful of people have been awarded titles due to their merits. Brother Yuan, you don't need to be humble." Gu Tingye laughed.

Changbai interrupted the two of them and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, Erlang, let's go in and talk."

"Yes, yes, brother Yuan, please come inside Changbai." Gu Tingye greeted.

Yuan Wenshao nodded and walked in side by side with Gu Tingye.

What made him a little strange was that there were only some waiters in the entire Linjiang Pavilion and not a single customer.

Gu Tingye seemed to see Yuan Wenshao's doubts and said with a smile: "This restaurant belongs to the Bai family and is now under my name. I made it clear today that I will not accept other customers."

What a big dog!
Yuan Wenshao said: "Let Erlang spend money."

Gu Tingye waved his hand and said, "It's still early now. There is a canal behind the restaurant. We have made a fishing platform. How about we fish and chat for a while?"

"Haha, it would be nice if I could eat fish caught by myself." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

Changbai knew that Gu Tingye had suddenly invited his eldest brother-in-law out, so he must have something to say, so he said, "Today, Feng Ya Ji has released a new collection of poems. Will come again."

"Since Changbai has something to do, let's go first. You just need to come back before noon, and then try the fish that Brother Yuan and I caught." Gu Tingye smiled.

After Changbai left, Gu Tingye took Yuan Wenshao to the fishing platform behind the restaurant. The servant at the fishing platform brought the fishhook with the serial number bait and was sent away by Gu Tingye.

Yuan Wenshao threw the hook into the river, looked at the river, and waited for Gu Tingye to speak.

Gu Tingye was only 16 years old this year and had an unstable personality. He did not beat around the bush, but looked at Yuan Wenshao and said, "Shouldn't you explain the original letter?"

"Explain what?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

Gu Tingye was in a hurry, and said in a bad mood: "You asked me to deliver a letter to the maid next to your father-in-law's concubine. Do you know how much it will affect my reputation if things come to light?"

Yuan Wenshao heard the words and said calmly: "Then have you ever thought about the impact on the Sheng family and me if you win over the betrothal goose on the day I send you the offer?"

Gu Tingye felt a little unreasonable when he heard this. What he did back then was indeed a bit unreasonable.

Although he was ready to release water in his heart, he couldn't explain it to Yuan Wenshao, otherwise it would only appear that he was quibbling.

Yuan Wenshao saw that Gu Tingye fell silent, the smile in his eyes flashed away, he looked across the river and said leisurely: "Erlang, do you remember that day at Guangyuntai? That was the first time we met formally." He glanced at Yuan Wenshao suspiciously, but nodded anyway.

Although the two were both in Bianjing before, they had different circles and did not meet each other. That was indeed the first official meeting between the two.

"At that time, I was very dissatisfied with the marriage that my family had arranged for me, and I drank to drown my sorrows every day. In fact, when I first heard that my family had arranged a marriage for me, I sent someone to Yangzhou to learn about the situation of the Sheng family. .”

"On the second day of our acquaintance, someone I sent came back from Yangzhou. He told me that the young lady of the Sheng family was raised by the old lady of the Sheng family. She was well-bred and had a good reputation in Yangzhou. I accepted it. this marriage."

"Besides, that servant overheard something about the Sheng family, to be precise, about Wei Xiaoniang. It happened that you came to me that day, and I wanted you to bring a letter to remind her ." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Because of this?" Gu Tingye said in disbelief when he heard this: "Have you ever thought about how much impact this matter would have on you and the reputation of the entire Yuan family if it were exposed?"

"Otherwise, why do you think it's because of that?" Yuan Wenshao looked at Gu Tingye and said, "Do you think I have an affair with her?"

"You should have investigated it? I grew up in Bianjing since I was a child, and I have never left Bianjing."

Gu Tingye fell silent when he heard the words. He did investigate, even Wei Xiaoniang.

He knew that there was no intersection between Yuan Wenshao and Wei Xiaoniang, and it was precisely because of this that he couldn't figure out why Yuan Wenshao asked him to send that letter.

However, he didn't believe Yuan Wenshao's explanation. He didn't think Yuan Wenshao would be so kind as to risk the reputation of the Yuan family and himself to save an irrelevant person.

However, when he thought about it carefully, he seemed to be unable to think of any other possibility.

Yuan Wenshao didn't want to talk about this topic, so he changed the subject and said, "Are you planning to stay in Yangzhou forever?"

Although there were many loopholes in his explanation, Gu Tingye had no way to verify this matter, so it was considered a thing of the past.

Gu Tingye was a little annoyed when he heard this and said, "I just have some things to deal with."

Yuan Wenshao glanced at Gu Tingye with a half-smile, but said nothing.

He could see that the reason why Gu Tingye stayed in Yangzhou for so long was mostly to escape.

He should know something about his mother, but now he doesn't know how to face his father, so he has been refusing to return to Bianjing.

Seeing Yuan Wenshao's expression, Gu Tingye had a bad feeling in his heart and said, "Do you know something?"

Not many people in the Bai family knew what happened back then, but he still learned about it from his mother's nanny, Nanny Chang.

"What can I know?" Yuan Wenshao said, "I just want to ask you for help, but I don't know how to ask."

"What's the matter?" Gu Tingye asked confused.

"The Bai family is a salt merchant. Now that you have taken over the business of the Bai family, can you give me some salt? You should know that I have divided the government now, and it doesn't matter if there is no income from the government. Don't worry, you can spend as much as you want. .” Yuan Wenshao said.

"You want to open a salt shop in Yangzhou?" Gu Tingye asked in surprise.

"No, I want to open one in Bianjing." Yuan Wenshao said.

To be honest, salt is the most profitable business in this era.

But if you want salt, you have to ask for Yanyin. Yanyin has long been monopolized by major salt merchants.

There are interest groups behind these salt merchants, and ordinary people can't get involved at all.

Gu Tingye shook his head and said: "It seems that you don't know anything about salt. Although the Bai family has some salt imports every year, they can get a lot of shares, but these salts can only be sold in Huainan Road. If they are shipped to Huainan Road Anything else is private salt.”

After Gu Tingye's explanation, Yuan Wenshao realized that he had some ideals.

The price of salt varies from place to place. In order to ensure the use of salt in different places, each place has a share, and it cannot be shipped to other places.

The Bai family's foundation is in Huainan Road, and the salt they get can only be sold in Huainan Road.

"Forget it, then I'm thinking of other ways." Yuan Wenshao said.

After the matter was discussed, the relationship between the two became more harmonious.

Gu Tingye not only asked Yuan Wenshao about the situation in Bianjing, but also asked Yuan Wenshao about Minglan.

Yuan Wenshao didn't hide anything and told him everything he knew.

However, he didn't know much about Minglan's situation. He only knew that Minglan had been very sad since Wei Xiaoniang's death and refused to eat or drink.

After listening to this, Gu Tingye sighed when he thought of the young girl with bright eyes and good looks when he threw the pot with him.

Yuan Wenshao looked a little strange. Is it possible that Gu Tingye is interested in Minglan now?
That's pretty beastly.

When it was almost noon, Changbai came back.

The three of them ate together before returning home.

……

"I heard that the Seventh Young Master had a tough life, so he defeated Xiaoniang Wei to death. I heard that he will defeat the Lord in the future."

"Really? Didn't you say that Wei Xiaoniang died of dystocia?"

"Who can say for sure about this kind of thing? Anyway, Miss Wei died right after the seventh son was born, which is not a good sign."

Yuan Wenshao looked at Changbai's gloomy expression and said, "I drank a little too much, so I'll go back and take a nap first."

The servants who were chatting over there heard the voice, and when they turned around to see Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Changbai, their faces turned pale with fright, and they bowed and said, "I've met the eldest uncle, the second young master."

Sheng Changbai ignored them, but nodded to Yuan Wenshao and said, "Brother-in-law, walk slowly."

Yuan Wenshao nodded and walked towards the yard where he lived.

After he and Sheng Changbai returned home, they heard such rumors.

But he is an outsider after all, and it's not easy to intervene, so he can only leave and hand it over to Sheng Changbai.

After Yuan Wenshao left, Sheng Changbai said with a gloomy face, "Where did you hear this nonsense?"

"Second Young Master, slaves and servants are mean, don't talk nonsense, please forgive me, Second Young Master."

"Please spare my life, Second Young Master."

Several servant girls quickly knelt down.

"Tell me!" Sheng Changbai said solemnly: "Where did you hear it?"

"Back to Second Young Master, many servants in the mansion are spreading the word, and the servants don't know who is leading the way."

"Yeah, the servants also heard about it, so they only said a few words."

Sheng Changbai ignored them, but turned to the entourage behind him and said: "Let the slaves discuss the master, and each of them will play thirty boards."

"Second Young Master, please forgive me, the servants dare not."

Sheng Changbai ignored their pleas and went to Wei Ruixuan.

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