Jinyi Night Walk

Xie Chuanzhong tasted the top-quality stone flowers with twenty-column bills and asked with a smile: "It will be autumn soon, and all the annual gifts for the Duke of the country have been prepared..."

"There are still two things, master, don't worry, you can't miss the time, and you don't have to worry about buying things. It's just that the top grades are hard to find. I have a heart on my body!"

A pretty woman responded with a smile, and walked to his side with a pretty willow.

This woman is only seventeen or eighteen years old, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a graceful figure, and rosy skin. The whole person is like a ripe peach, and water will flow out with a light pinch.

This woman was originally a popular girl from the "Bi Chung Hall" in Beijing, her boudoir name was Nang Ran, but she was later redeemed by Xie Chuanzhong and accepted as a little star.The girls there are understanding and know how to serve others, since they came to Xie's mansion, they greeted the old Xie as if Zhu Bajie had eaten ginseng fruit, and his whole body felt comfortable.The red girls in the brothel are all good at poetry, painting, and financial management. Since then, not only have they become Lao Xie's bedside pets, but many things in business have also been entrusted to her.

Lao Xie knew that he was ignorant of culture and had a rough temperament. According to his taste, the festival gift he had prepared for Fu Guogong Yang Xu would be impossible, so he handed over the matter to Xun Ran, regardless of his background in brothels. , piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, she knows everything, she is a real talented woman, and she is no less than many young ladies from rich families.

"You old man, you just have some spare money, burn it!" Mrs. Huang came in, and when she saw her husband's order, she said angrily: "The Duke happened to come to Beijing a few days ago." Chengcheng, how good would it be for you to meet at your door and send your heart in person? We still have to make preparations, and send someone to Jinling in time for the Chinese New Year, and we’re going to have a hard time!”

"elder sister!"

Seeing his wife coming in, Xun Ran hurriedly took away the hand on Xie Chuanzhong's shoulder, and obediently saluted Mrs. Huang.

Although Xie Chuanzhong dotes on her, she dare not be rude in front of Xie Chuanzhong's first wife.Don't look at the wives fighting happily in the Gongdou drama. In fact, few concubines dare to challenge the wife of the wife. After thousands of years of development, social families have their own perfect order. Concubines can be favored, but It is impossible to endanger the status of the wife of the first wife. On the contrary, the wife of the first wife wants to punish her, but there are plenty of sons.Especially for the women in the brothel, it is not easy to find a good family from a good age, let alone be proud of being favored.

Mrs. Huang rolled her eyes and said: "You are also fooling around with the master, so you don't know how to persuade him!"

Xun Ran felt a little aggrieved, but she didn't dare to contradict her, so she had to lower her head.

Xie Chuanzhong glared at his wife and said, "What do you know? The Duke of the State came to Beijing for a pilgrimage. There is a free husband to take care of you, huh? You give the gift to the Lord, and the Lord will bring it to Liaodong." Go? Besides, how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Duke of the country? What kind of trouble are you going to cause the Duke of the country? There are many ways here, and if the gift is not delivered in the right way, isn’t it flattering and slapping the horse’s hoof? ?”

Xun Ran wanted to laugh when she heard this, but she didn't dare to laugh out loud in front of his wife, and her pretty face turned red like two petals of peach blossoms just blooming.

After listening to Mrs. Huang, she also felt that what her master said was reasonable, so she stopped arguing. As soon as she sat down on the chair next to her husband, she thought about it, and suddenly said: "I said, it turns out that the old man gave it to our family. The business in Liaodong is more than it is now. The goods from Liaodong are more in the hands of our Xie family. Now it is different. More mountain goods in Liaodong go by sea, and how much less money our family makes. Did you bring this matter to Jinling when people gave gifts? Tell me..."

Xie Chuanzhong sternly said, "Another bad idea! You can't take all the benefits, can you?"

He subconsciously looked around and leaned slightly, and said in a low voice, "I heard that all the seagoing boats from Shandong to the Kanto are named Peng, and they belong to Mrs. Qi's family. All the benefits will be given to our Xie family? Speaking of which, the Peng family is the father-in-law of the Duke, so they are much closer than ours, aren't they?"

Mrs. Huang sighed and said: "This drama is also true! Hey, you said that the daughter of our big girl's family is also thirteen this year, and she wants to be windy..."

Xie Chuanzhong's nose was almost crooked, and he said angrily, "I said, what do you mean by taking advantage of money? Just like your granddaughter, is she worthy of the Duke of the country? Even if she is, she can't! Mrs. Fei That's our little aunt, your granddaughter..." What kind of generation is this! "

Xun Ran couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly bowed to the two of them: "Master and Madam chat first, Xun Ran goes to check the accounts!"

After walking out of the room, Xun Ran covered her mouth with her sleeve and giggled.

At this time, the old steward of Xie's mansion ran over in a gust of wind, saw Xun Ran at a glance, stood up quickly, and shouted anxiously: "Madam Ran, the Duke has come to our house!"

This nonsensical sentence stunned Xun Ran, and said in a daze, "You said Jing..."

The old steward said: "Master Guo, Lord Fu Guo, the husband of our Aunt Xie's grandma, should be the Duke Fu!"

Xun Ran was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Then why are you still standing there? Hurry up, hurry up and open the door to welcome in! Ouch!"

Before she could say a word, she realized that as the Duke of the country, there was no reason to rush in without the head of the family to greet her personally. She immediately ran back in a hurry, rushed into the house, and shouted: "Master, Madam, Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up to the front of the mansion to welcome you, the Grand Duke has come to our house!" Mrs. Lu just said displeasedly! "Yelling, what are you... After hearing the next sentence, she stood up abruptly and exclaimed: "What did you say? "

When Xunran said it again, two whirlwinds immediately blew up beside him, Xie Chuanzhong and his wife Huang Shi seemed to be running towards the front, Xunran was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly lifted her skirt and chased after the master Madam greeted her from behind...

"Okay, okay, it's done after taking the Duke of the country into the mansion, go and go, they all disperse!"

Seeing a large group of young men surrounded Xia Xun, Xia Xun smiled wryly. Xie Chuanzhong immediately felt that something was wrong, so he rushed the whole family out, and ordered: "Xun Ran, quickly serve tea to the Duke!"

"Yes, master!" Xun Ran agreed, and hurriedly followed him out.

When the room was empty, Xia Xun couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. The whole family, young and old, gathered around, which was really overwhelming.

Xie Chuanzhong asked Xia Xun to sit up, half-bent in front of him, and said humbly, "Master, what do you order? Just let someone greet you, and I will pass. How can I trouble you to move over here."

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Hey, family, there's no need to be so polite."

As he spoke, he took a look at this flower hall. The carved gate, the hall is magnificent, the doors, windows, tables, chairs, desks and screens are all elegant and generous. Could it be that the candlestick is an expensive item, but one can only see the grace and grandeur, and cannot see the nouveau riche demeanor who wanted to hang all the belongings of the Ministry of Finance on his face before, so he couldn't help laughing: "The layout of this hall is very good now. !"

Xie Chuanzhong laughed and said: "The Duke of the country praised it. This is all arranged by Chuanzhong's concubine Xunran."

Just as he was talking, Xunran brought the tea tray and walked into the hall, Xie Chuanzhong hurriedly said: "Oh, it's her!"

Xia Xun glanced at the woman who brought tea in, and nodded slightly.Knowing the rules, Xun Ran came in with tea, secretly glanced at this big man whom she had known for a long time but had never met before, and then gently backed out.

Xie Chuanzhong glanced at his wife Ru with satisfaction, leaned closer to Xia Xun and said, "Master Guo, what are your orders for your visit this time?"

Xia Xun looked serious, and said, "Chuanzhong, sit down and speak slowly!"

Xie Chuanzhong was included in the genealogy of the Xie family in Chenjun, so in terms of seniority, Xie Yufei had to be called her aunt. Xia Xun was Xie Yufei's husband, so he could naturally call him by his first name.

Seeing his expression, Xie Chuanzhong felt apprehensive in his heart, he would make a prince of a state feel a headache and even come to the door in person to find the things he entrusted..."

..." How big of a deal is that?

Xie Chuanzhong sat on the stick with half a nun's ass owed, leaned forward and said, "Master Guo, tell me!"

Xia Xun coughed and said solemnly, "Chuan Zhong..."

"exist!"

"At the beginning, you...have invited many famous people from the north to verify your family's lineage and origin?" Jin Xiaopin sorted out

Xie Chuanzhong's heart skipped a beat, and his expression suddenly changed. In the past few years, he had long forgotten about it, and even he himself completely regarded himself as a descendant of the Xie family in Chenjun. With money and status, his children and grandchildren are filial , In this life, there is nothing else to ask for. Today, the Duke personally came to the door, but suddenly asked about this matter. Could it be that he sensed something wrong and came to ask the teacher for his aunt?

Xie Chuanzhong quickly stood up and said, "Yes, Chuanzhong back then..."

Xia Xun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the word yes, and said, "Okay! Find out all these people for me, since they are all experts in this industry, no! Not only these people, but through They, continue to inquire, if there are any talents who are proficient in geography, clan branch, and population research, find them all for me, I will be of great use!"

Xie Chuanzhong was stunned when he heard this: "Master Guo's tone doesn't sound like he's troubling me, what is Mr. Guo trying to do? Oh..."

Xie Chuanzhong suddenly realized, and looked at Xia Xun with ambiguous eyes. Don't ask, this must be a very famous Duke, who has both rights and powers. He also wants to find a great ancestor for himself. It's normal, it's normal. !Even my Emperor Taizu, someone helped him climb up to Zhu Xi, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty. If the Duke is looking for a famous ancestor, it is very likely that he will be the general of the Yang family...

Xie Chuanzhong nodded and answered while thinking wildly.

Xia Xun didn't know that Xie Chuanzhong thought of his heart and came up with such a powerful reason for him. He just saw a shop of the Xie family on the road, and suddenly thought of Xie Chuanzhong's attachment to the Xie family in Chenjun.

Thank you for telling him about this matter from beginning to end, and he knows it all.Xie Chuanzhong is a local snake in Beijing. Those people he found who are specialized in understanding the customs, geographical changes, and population movements of various places, and helping the rich and powerful to find their ancestors, aren't they the best helpers for him in the lawsuit?

Xia Xun said: "This matter is very urgent, very urgent! If some people pretend to be self-confident and refuse to come, you can report my reputation and say that I am the Duke of Fu! Right now, don't Let go of everything, and start handling this matter immediately. I will give you two days, and there are only two days. Within these two days, you can coax, persuade, rob, or steal. These people please come back, I will come to see them in two days!".Have you thought about it?