Taohuaxi

Chapter 66 Trap
"The craftsman who can make this hairpin must be a clever and well-educated craftsman. Or he may be a scholar from the nearby village who failed in the scientific examination. It takes a lot of work to carve and engrave. Bean sprouts, you should give more Give some money to others." I stroked the concentric knot on the bamboo hairpin.

"Sister, don't worry, I gave you... ten taels of silver." Feng Gao said.

Inside, Cai Qingyao had already fallen asleep.

A shooting star streaked across the sky, like a drop of water splashing from a river.

The wind picked up outside and blew the doors and windows open.

Feng Gao stepped forward, carefully covered the doors and windows, then walked to the inner room and added a blanket to Cai Qingyao.

I said: "It's already very late. Douya, you have to rush back to Beijing tomorrow, so take a rest. My sister is gone."

He took off his black robe and put it on me.

"It's windy at night, sister, please don't get cold."

On the black robe, there are several words woven with gold thread: The palace ordered the governor of the Ming Dynasty East Jishi Factory.

He looked at me and said: "Sister, after I leave, I'm afraid that Zheng Tai will harass you again. With this black robe around, he will be wary. I will leave two factory guards here on the pretext of monitoring river transportation." Yangzhou. I have told you that if anything happens to my sister, she should go to the Hedao Si Yamen to find them. They will fly pigeons to pass messages to me. Although Zheng Guifei is in power, she will always give Dongchang and the Secretary Li Jian a little favor. "

I nodded.

"Douya, take good care of yourself in Beijing."

He watched me get on the carriage, took out a piece of cake from the basket, and bit it into his mouth.

"Okay. I'm waiting to return from my official position. I will eat the cakes made by my sister and drink the wine made by my sister every day."

This is often the case in life when gatherings and separations occur, meeting each other and having fun.

His thin and slender figure stood at the entrance of Qingyue Pavilion, blending into the night.

Every time we met, he was happy, and every time we said goodbye, he tried his best.

The next day, Feng Gao took his new consort Liang Bangrui to the capital.

Liang Mansion was surrounded by red silk cloth.

Many people in Yangzhou city rushed to the Liang family to congratulate him.

Once he becomes the son-in-law of the Tian family, he becomes a relative of the emperor.The Liang family master is good at dancing and mingling with guests from all over the world.Among them, I am particularly close to the Zheng family.Zheng Tai went to Liang Mansion almost every day, as if he was planning and discussing something with Mr. Liang.

Zhujia Winery, the Zheng family has especially many orders.

Zheng Taizi drank family wine by the canal and fell in love with it.He ordered all the brothels, brothels and underground gambling dens under his command to use Zhujia wine for guests to drink.

The guys transported cartloads of flowers and wine and took back piles of banknotes.

When I am keeping accounts, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart.

Zheng Tai bullies men and women and runs amok. How come he ate Feng Gao's turtle on the counter last time, so he swallowed his anger without making any move, and instead favored the Zhu family even more?
This is not like his style.

I ordered the guys to be extra careful and mark all the wine shipped over there, and have the person in charge there check it in person and sign for it to be done properly.To prevent them from making a fuss about wine inadvertently.

The guys said: "Master, you are worrying too much. Every time we go back, the people under Uncle Zheng are always polite. They say that Uncle Zheng has given instructions to take special care of you, Master."

"Extra care" from a flowery Tai Sui is not a good thing.

I ordered the guys to say: "No matter what, be careful about sailing the ship that lasts ten thousand years."

"Yes."

On the sixth day of the lunar month, Hua Lian came back from the mountains and was quite tanned.

Zhu Xifeng was sitting on the door pillar. When he saw her from a distance, he shouted: "Damn girl, you are back! I thought you were bitten by a wolf in the mountains!"

Hua Lian glared at him.

He was so frightened that he quickly took a few steps back: "You, you, you, don't even think about letting a snake bite me. My sister is waiting for you inside..."

Hua Lian didn't say a word and came in looking for me.Zhu Xifeng followed her astoundingly.

"My boss." Hua Lian called me.

I smiled: "Is the farming going well at home?"

She nodded, with a bit of discomfort on her dark face: "It went well. The clan elder in the village said, tell me the family relationship——"

Before she finished speaking, Zhu Xifeng interrupted.

Zhu Xifeng heard the word "promise" and said hurriedly: "Just you? Are you still married? Who wants to marry a woman like you? She is ugly and black, and she will be lost if she falls into a pile of charcoal." He is also fierce and does not know how to serve his husband. After marrying someone, within three days, he will be divorced and go home. It is better not to lose that person..."

Hearing this, Hua Lian rolled up his sleeves and geared up.

When Zhu Xifeng saw this, he ran away.

Hua Lian chased him away and ran all over the yard.

I wish ghosts howling and screaming at Xifeng.

The servants in the mansion snickered.

After a while, Zhu Xifeng was beaten and Hua Lian came in.

I sat on a chair and slowly drank a cup of Mingqian.

I said: "Where did you just talk about?"

Hua Lian said: "When the village elder wanted to marry me, I refused. I don't want to get married. I just want to learn from my boss."

She paused and said, "My boss, when I was returning to the city from the mountains, I passed by a mass grave and saw a person."

"Who?"

"The eldest young master of the Cheng family, Cheng Cangshi. He went to the mass grave to collect the body of the woman who harmed his employer."

Wang Yuzhen was beaten to death by beggars in prison the previous time.She was a sinner, so the government randomly threw her body in a mass grave.

The old lady of the Cheng family had already warned Cheng Cangshi not to collect the body for her.

He actually went there secretly without telling the old lady.

I said: "Cheng Cangshi and Wang Yuzhen have been married for more than ten years, and they are still in love. Since he is dead. If he wants to collect the body, let him."

"Yes."

I said to Hua Lian: "I'm used to having you by my side. These days, without you, I always feel like I'm missing my left and right hands."

She said nothing, took two steps closer, and leaned against me.

She suddenly saw the hairpin on my head and stared at it closely.I asked: "What's wrong?"

She thought for a while and shook her head: "Nothing. There are many Minggan bamboos used to make this hairpin in our village."

Tao Qian has a poem that goes: The pavilions are illuminated by bright lights, and the flowing water is clear and elegant.

This bamboo actually has such an elegant name.

I smiled and said: "Maybe the craftsman who sells bamboo hairpins is the gentleman in your village. Feng Changgong gave him ten taels of silver, so your husband will not have to worry about the firewood and rice for two years. But give it to the children well. Teach.”

Hua Lian lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said: "My boss, there is an account at Xijiekou. They said that the money should be paid on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, so I have to go and collect it."

I nodded.

She put down the sachet, walked to the door, turned back, looked at me, and said, "My boss, there is something in my heart that I don't understand. But I think I will understand it in the future."

I got it wrong and said, "That kid from Xifeng is more naughty. I don't have any objection if you teach him a lesson. He should be well disciplined."

Hua Lian didn't say anything else and went straight away.

At dusk, I was taking inventory at the wine shop, and Uncle Zheng Guo came.

He didn't come for several days. When he saw me, he said mysteriously: "I wish you the best, boss, I have something to tell you."

I didn't look up.

He lay on the counter and said, "Don't you want to hear about Qin Mingxu? Aren't you very familiar with that boy?"

I stopped what I was doing and said, "What's the matter?"

"Have you ever heard of Liluo from Chunxiangyuan?"

Li Luo, the No. 1 prostitute in Yangzhou.I heard that there is something wonderful about her, she is as soft as water, as tender as cotton. When a man is close to her, he feels as if he is lying on a cloud and forgets himself.

One night, a thousand gold.

When Zheng Tai saw that I didn't speak, he stretched out a finger and said angrily: "Then Qin Mingxu is used to showing courtesy in front of Boss Zhu and acting like a dog. Does Boss Zhu think he is a serious person? Bah! Behind his back, he’s not just a beast in clothes! He entered Chunxiang Courtyard at noon, and he hasn’t come out yet. He and Liluo are in the room, the door is closed tightly, and I don’t know how many times they’ve been at odds with each other!”

"Don't talk nonsense." I said.

Although Qin Mingxu is a provocateur, he is not despicable and should not end up like this.

He won't get close to me and have sex with a prostitute at the same time.

Zheng Tai swore firmly and said, "Don't you believe me, boss? I, Zheng Tai, swear to the sky that I am not lying."

"And how do you know?"

"Chunxiangyuan is the property of my Zheng family. I heard people talking about this, and I wanted to hide it for him so as not to make Boss Zhu sad. But when I think about it, Boss Zhu is such a strong person. If he is... It would be bad if he cheated. Boss Zhu thinks that I, Zheng Tai, have eight wives and concubines in my family, so I am not a serious person, and Qin Mingxu is more decent than me. This is wrong. I, Zheng Tai, am so lustful, and I show it to my face, no It seems that some people are doing one thing openly and another secretly..."

He said: "I'll take Boss Zhu to have a look and let Boss Zhu understand!"

I pondered for a while and followed Zheng Tai.

This thing is weird, and I'm worried that Qin Mingxu will be harmed by Zheng Tai.

All the way to Chunxiangyuan.

Zheng Tai took me up to the second floor and pointed to a room on the east side.

There is an agarwood sign with the word "Pear Fall" hanging on the door.

The door was indeed closed.

Zheng Tai opened the door with a determined expression and went in——

A beautiful girl, dressed in a thin tulle with a graceful figure, was lying on the bed.Such coquettishness makes even me, a woman, blush after seeing it.

There was no one else in the room except her.

The windows are open.

When Zheng Tai saw this, he angrily shouted: "What's going on!"

The girl stood up from the bed in a daze, looked at the bedside, and said hurriedly: "Uncle Guo, I don't know what's going on! That Young Master Qin obviously entered the room and drank wine with the slave... "

Zheng Tai kicked him: "Trash!"

I turned around and left.

Zheng Taiyou shouted from behind: "Blessings to the boss, blessings to the boss, blessings to the boss..."

Come back to the wine shop.

The guys reported: "Master, Master Qin is here and waiting for you in the backyard."

I walked to the small room in the backyard and he was sitting there with his injured foot.

I whispered: "Jumped out of the window?"

"Yeah. It doesn't matter if I got scratched by the thorns under the wall."

There was some indescribable joy in his eyes: "Sang Yu, you really went to catch a traitor, I'm very happy. You... care about me."

I took a strip of cloth and bandaged him.

He said: "Tian Sheng Lou supplies silk and satin to the Zheng family. Zheng Tai found an excuse today and asked me to come over. As soon as I entered, he locked the door from the outside. I..."

"You don't have to explain, I believe you."

"It doesn't matter what stigma is attached to me. I don't care at all. I'm just afraid of disappointing you."

He reached out his hand and brushed the hair from my forehead.

"Sang Yu, shall we get married?"

I am silent.

There was silence in the hut.

The word "getting married" was so sudden to me.I thought I had the courage to start over, but I instinctively resisted these two words.

Qin Mingxu broke the embarrassment and called Hua Lian to bring him wine.

The page turned slightly.

When the years in the south of the Yangtze River passed by the fragrance of blooming flowers, in April, something big happened in the capital.

(End of this chapter)