Rebirth of a prosperous doctor girl
Chapter 130 Why did you regret the marriage?
Chapter 130 Why did you regret the marriage?
Mrs. Baozhen, who was originally frowning with sadness, suddenly opened her eyes, and the corners of her eyes and brows were full of surprise: "Help me up quickly, and bring me that smoky blue cardigan to change into. Forget it, I'll still wear that lake blouse." Blue one, look more energetic."
"Is my hair messy, do you want to put it in a bun again? And will my face look too ugly, do you want to apply some powder?" Madam Baozhen said in a light and expectant tone: "Open all the windows, Ventilate the air, then put out the sweet-scented osmanthus and replace it with agarwood, Jiulang likes the smell of agarwood the most."
"Use the mountain spring water I picked up a few days ago to make Longjing tea for Jiulang. Jiulang has always been particular about it. Otherwise, let's go to the hall. The smell of medicine in this inner room is too strong. How can Jiulang smell it..."
How could that caring and nervous look look like a mother who was waiting for her son to greet her?It is not an exaggeration to say that you are waiting for your sweetheart.
Gu Chongyang stood aside in amazement.
If it hadn't been for Nanny Yu's persuasion, saying that Wang Jiulang had already arrived at the gate of the yard, Mrs. Baozhen didn't know what to do.
Hearing Wang Jiulang's footsteps, Mrs. Baozhen stretched her neck and looked out.
The moment she saw Wang Jiulang, her face was full of smiles, her eyes were full of Wang Jiulang, and she could no longer see other people.
"You're here, come in quickly, why are you free today? I was bitten by a snake yesterday, and I was so frightened that I lost my backbone. Fortunately, you are here, so I am relieved. Why don't you rest more ? Are you tired all the way? Is it the water or dry road? The road is too uneven?"
Mrs. Baozhen stared at Wang Jiulang, as if looking at a child of how old, and asked endlessly.
Wang Jiulang's expression was cold, without any expression, and he didn't look at her. He just walked in and stood by the bed listening to her.
It seemed that he planned to show his face and leave.
Gu Chongyang was secretly stunned by the side, the way the mother and child get along is so strange.
I really didn't expect the relationship between Mrs. Baozhen and Wang Jiulang to be like this, and Wang Jiulang didn't even bother to save face.
However, anyone who knew that his widowed mother was pregnant with an abusive child would probably not have a good face.
Frozen three feet does not happen in a day. Judging from the current situation, the relationship between Wang Jiulang and his mother is not a matter of a day or two.
Could it be that...Wang Jiulang already knew Mrs. Baozhen was having an affair with someone else?
Gu Chongyang couldn't help being frightened by his own thought!
The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. Mrs. Baozhen's reaction was clearly that she felt ashamed of Wang Jiulang, and Wang Jiulang hated his mother, and was unwilling to meet Mrs. Baozhen at all, and made no secret of his dislike for her, so he came here occasionally Once, Mrs. Baozhen was so excited.
Only this can explain everything.
No wonder yesterday she said Mrs. Baozhen was Huamai, Wang Jiulang didn't refute or doubt at the first moment, but asked her who sent her.
I see!That's how it is!
Wang Jiulang resents Mrs. Baozhen, but because she is his mother, he has nothing to do.
Gu Chongyang couldn't help but recall that when his mother died, Biyun and Mrs. Zhong told her with certainty that her mother committed adultery and was found out, so she committed suicide in shame and indignation.The huge shock and extreme pain almost knocked her down.
It was later proved that the mother was innocent, and she proved her innocence with her life.
In comparison, Wang Jiulang is much more pitiful than himself.Knowing that her mother was unfaithful, she had no choice but to hide and muffle her.
Gu Chongyang felt pity in his heart
"It seems that you are fine." Wang Jiulang's voice was calm, and he said this without any other words.
Mrs. Baozhen felt as if she had eaten a phoenix egg, she didn't know where to put her excited hands, her voice was slightly choked with sobs: "This Miss Gu is very skilled in medicine, thanks to you asking her to come over, my body It’s almost fine, and you can go out in a few days.”
"Really?" Wang Jiulang raised his eyebrows suddenly, and glanced at Gu Chongyang.
His eyes were still sharp, but Gu Chongyang was not as scared as before, he just felt that he was enduring suffering just like his former self.
"Of course not." Gu Chongyang stood up and said, "Madam loves her son dearly and doesn't want Prince Wang to worry, so she deliberately concealed her illness. It will take more than a month to recover."
Mrs. Baozhen hurriedly said: "You don't have to worry, Miss Gu is doing it for my own good. In fact, I feel that I am already much better."
Wang Jiulang ignored Mrs. Baozhen, and only said to Gu Chongyang: "In this case, I will trouble Miss Gu for the next month."
Gu Chongyang said softly: "It's only natural for a doctor to treat a disease, it's not troublesome."
Wang Jiulang turned around to leave, Madam Baozhen hurriedly said: "This is the Dragon Well Well before the rain. It just came down this year. I let someone soak it in spring water. Would you like to have a taste?"
Unfortunately, Wang Jiulang didn't answer, and went straight out.
Mrs. Baozhen kept looking at the direction he was leaving for a long time.
Gu Chongyang saw that she was hugging the quilt, her eyes were full of concern, she looked like a loving mother, and sighed again.
poor person must have something mean.
She prescribed a prescription and said goodbye.
Seeing that Gu Chongyang came back safely, Shen Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief: "How is it? Is it going well? How is Mrs. Baozhen's body? How sure are you of clearing away the snake poison?"
After Wang Jiulang left yesterday, Gu Chongyang told Shen Yucheng that Wang Jiulang was the master of Nanjing Shifen Hall and the grandson of Wen Guogong in the capital.
Shen Yucheng was stunned on the spot: "You said, that Mr. Wang just now is Mr. Yushu's Mr. Wang Xu Wang Jiulang?"
"That's right, he came to Nanjing with his mother, Mrs. Baozhen, to build a public temple." Gu Chongyang said, "Uncle, you were a little rude just now."
Shen Yucheng broke out in cold sweat: "Oh! If it wasn't for Mr. Yushu, how could I have such a good appearance and demeanor, and I would do such a disrespectful thing."
If it wasn't for Gu Chongyang's obstruction, Shen Yucheng even wanted to come to the door to make an apology in person. He actually neglected the descendants of Shifentang so much, and if word got out, he might never want to be a human being again.
Therefore, Shen Yucheng didn't go anywhere today, and waited for Gu Chongyang to come back to ask about the situation: "What did Wang Jiulang say? Did he blame me? Did he blame you?"
"Uncle, I am Madam Baozhen's savior, and I am also Madam Baozhen's doctor. Since he came to invite me to treat Madam Baozhen's illness, he certainly did not blame you, let alone blame me. Don't worry alright."
Shen Yucheng said: "You know that our Shen family suffers because of not being able to produce a Jinshi. The family background is too weak, no matter how rich it is, it is just a merchant, and it cannot be compared with those big families who have been farming and studying for generations. The number one of Shifentang The head of the acting hall refused to be an official, but he presented "Xing'an Policy" like the former emperor. A "Xing'an Policy" preserved the prosperity and peace of the previous dynasty for 200 years. Very popular, it is a must-have book for every novice in officialdom."
He sighed regretfully: "If I hadn't been so rude yesterday, but treated Wang Jiulang as a guest of honor and asked your second cousin to come out as a companion, Wang Jiulang would give you a little advice, your second cousin might have a Jinshi." Hope. Even if you don't get a Jinshi, it won't be difficult to find a job as a juzi if you get Wang Jiulang's recommendation."
Shen Yucheng stomped his feet, unable to express how regretful he was.With eyes blind to gold inlaid with jade, the God of Wealth did not recognize it when he arrived at the door, so he missed this golden opportunity for nothing.
"Uncle!" Gu Chongyang comforted: "Shifen Hall is a sacred place in the hearts of scholars, and Wen Guogong's mansion is even more valued by the emperor. We are just a merchant, Qi Dafei, and it is not so easy to make friends with others. As Wang Jiulang, there are countless people who ask him to do things every day. How can he point or not point out your cousin because of your good or bad attitude. Even if he is willing to point out your cousin, there is nothing in our family that he can see What do we give in return for such a great kindness?"
yes!Interacting with people is the same as doing business. The emphasis is on mutual benefit. If Wang Jiulang wants anything, the Shen family really doesn't have anything for him.
Thinking about it this way, Shen Yucheng calmed down: "You are a child with great wisdom. You are calm-headed without being surprised. Uncle is not as good as you."
Uncle was just shocked when he met someone like Wang Jiulang. Gu Chongyang coaxed Shen Yucheng with a smile: "In Chongyang's heart, no one is as good as uncle."
Listening to his niece's words, Shen Yucheng laughed, and the annoyance he had just dissipated.
Since the end of March, the price of food in Nanjing City has risen again and again, and the price has actually increased by [-]% compared to previous years.
Only then did the grain merchants realize that this year's grain will make a lot of money, and they went to the countryside to collect grain.But the grain has already been purchased by the Shen family almost.
The Shen family is a large merchant, and has been responsible for most of the grain harvest over the years. The Shen family purchased three thousand shi of grain as a year-round grain stock, while other merchants did not have so much financial and material resources, and generally bought about one thousand shi.
Unexpectedly, the Shen family bought [-] shi this year, plus the [-] shi purchased by Gu Chongyang, a total of [-] shi, which almost took away all the grain around Nanjing.
Those grain merchants only knew that the Shen family had harvested a lot of grain this year, but they didn't know how much.
The Shen family got the news that the price of food was going to increase in advance, but they didn't tell them that they were planning for a rainy day, which was really annoying.They could only watch helplessly as the Shen family sold grain at a high price to merchants in the north who harvested grain.
Although jealous and jealous, but the Shen family has enough money to collect grain, and has in-laws like the prefect of Nanjing, those people can only complain in their hearts.
At the beginning of April, officials from the Ministry of Households who collected grain went south one after another. Local officials in all provinces got the news in advance and began to collect grain.It is not to cooperate with the harvest, but to collect grain. Each province and county has its own quota. The imperial court even used the amount of grain received as one of the references for the year-end class examination.
During dinner at night, Shen Yucheng praised Gu Chongyang again and again in front of the whole family, praising her for her foresight and courage, she is a good businessman.
In addition to the fact that Gu Chongyang helped Mrs. Baozhen clear the poison of snakes before, everyone in the Shen family directly turned from pity and love to this little cousin from the capital to admiration.
Even Shen Suying admired Gu Chongyang very much, not to mention Shen Rang, who bluntly said that Cousin Chongyang was very smart and was the person he admired the most.
For a dinner, Yan Yan laughed and laughed. Gu Chongyang liked the atmosphere very much.
Because of her outstanding performance, she has been recognized by her uncle, and she also has a reason to join the Shen family's grain business and various shops in an upright manner.
The ancestors of the Shen family only came from drug dealers. After several generations of hard work, they have grown a lot.In addition to being a pharmacy, a textile machine shop, and a grain store, the Shen family also had its own boat store in Fujian.
My uncle is well aware of the principle of grasping the big and letting go of the small. Although there are not many ships in the shipping company, the advantage is that the ships are very large. He has been cooperating with Guangdong Thirteen and often goes to sea with Guangdong Thirteen for overseas trade.Although the maritime trade is very profitable, my uncle is very cautious. Coupled with the control of the Guangdong Thirteen Bank, the majority of the Shen family's Fujian income comes from the shipping company, and overseas trade is only sporadic.
Although the Shen family can be regarded as the top few wealthy businessmen in Nanjing, but Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich and prosperous, if you look at the whole Jiangsu and Zhejiang, your uncle's family is nothing.Gu Chongyang never understood why King Rong chose his uncle.
Now that King Rong has arrived in Fandi Chaozhou, he will definitely make some moves next.As long as she pays close attention, she will definitely find the clues of King Rong's actions.
A few days later, Lord Dou, the magistrate of Nanjing, led the household supervisor and grain censor Ji Rong to visit Shen Yucheng.
Lord Dou is the magistrate of Nanjing and the in-laws of his sons and daughters, and Ji Rong, the governor of grain and censor, is an imperial envoy. Shen Yucheng didn't dare to neglect, so he went to greet him at the door in person. The group talked for a long time in the study, and Shen Yucheng kept them at Shen's house. lunch.
When Shen Yucheng sent Magistrate Dou and Ji Yushi out, Gu Chongyang just came back from Jiming Temple, and the two groups met at the door.
Gu Chongyang avoided it, and only entered the door after the guest's sedan chair was carried away.
Shen Yucheng said to Gu Chongyang: "Chongyang, I have something to tell you."
"Uncle, do you want to talk about the food?" Gu Chongyang smiled slightly and said, "Although I collected the food, I just came up with an idea. It is uncle who pays, people, and warehouses. The ones from the Shen family and Cousin Rang, those grains belong to my uncle, so you can do whatever you want."
"You child, you are so smart." Shen Yucheng and Gu Chongyang arrived at the study, and he said: "Just now, the prefect Dou and Ji Yushi left. Ji Yushi went south to collect grain, and he had a task of six thousand shi , but he only charges one thousand shi now, and he still needs five thousand shi, so I hope I can sell the grain to him at a price of four renminbi per catty."
When Gu Chongyang collected grain, he bought it for three renminbi a stone, but in previous years the grain was sold for around four renminbi a stone, and the Shen family did not suffer.
But right now, grain has been raised to six renminbi a stone. Ten days ago, the Shen family had just sold grain to a northern businessman for a thousand shi, and it was sold at five renminbi a stone.From this point of view, the Shen family suffered a bit from this business.
"Uncle, Magistrate Dou is an in-law. He personally came to the door to lead Ji Yushi to collect grain. We have to give this face. Ji Yushi is an imperial envoy, and the household department collects grain to relieve the people affected by the disaster. This is a meritorious deed." Things cannot be measured simply by price. Although the Shen family suffered a bit from this business, we did not lose money, but made less money. Although we earned less money, we gave the prefect Dou and Ji Yu Save face, and it will be much more convenient to do things in the future.”
After weighing the pros and cons, Gu Chongyang said: "This business is done."
"I have already promised Dou Zhifu and Ji Yushi, and they will come to the Shen family's granary to move grain this afternoon." Shen Yucheng praised again and again: "I really didn't expect you to see things so clearly at such a young age. I was worried about you before." Will you disagree, now it seems that I am worrying too much, you are far more mature and stable than I imagined."
Gu Chongyang couldn't help sweating on his forehead: "Uncle, can you stop doing this and praise me when you get the chance, I'm not as smart as you said."
She has never been a smart person, she just lived an extra life and knew these things ahead of others.
"Oh, we are shy in Chongyang." Shen Yucheng laughed and said, "There are no outsiders here, just us uncle and nephew. Isn't it normal for me to praise my niece? Besides, I'm telling the truth. You really Smart and powerful."
Gu Chongyang: "..."
"I asked you to come. Besides the one thing just now, there is one more thing." Shen Yucheng stroked his beard with a solemn expression: "Your cousin Qian received five thousand shi of grain this year, plus you bought In order to avoid others saying that our Shen family hoarded food on purpose, I will only say that our Shen family bought [-] shi this year."
Be careful sailing for thousands of years, uncle is right to do so.
"Except for the one thousand stones sold to the northern merchants and the five thousand stones sold to the imperial court, there are still two thousand stones left on the surface. Just now, Dou Zhixian secretly discussed with me, hoping that I would sell the remaining two thousand stones to him. He said that it would be purchased at six renminbi and one stone, I think this is not an easy matter, so I didn’t agree rashly, I just said to think about it.”
"I can't agree." Gu Chongyang said: "Uncle, the prefect of Dou secretly collected grain behind the court's back. If there is no food, then we can no longer sell food."
Many people like to make money when the country is in trouble, and the prefect of Dou may be one of them.He bought grain and shipped it to the north to sell at a high price. If he was found out, he would even implicate the Shen family.
Shen Yuben didn't want to agree, but because of the face of his relatives, he didn't refuse outright. After hearing Gu Chongyang's words, he said on the spot: "Then I will refuse him, saying that thousands of households in Nanjing City also need food. If the Shen family’s food business runs out of food, wouldn’t they be laughed out of hand by their peers?”
"Uncle is right."
At the same time, Ruifeng handed a letter to Wang Jiulang's desk: "Master Jiu, there is news from the capital."
Wang Jiulang opened the envelope and scanned it hastily, with a playful look on his face.
A weak woman, she was alone in the investigation of the truth about her mother's death, and she let the murderer die suddenly without anyone noticing, so that those who opposed her would end badly.Being able to escape from the den of tigers and wolves, this fourth miss of the Gu family is far more complicated than what he saw.
"Who did she learn her medical skills from, or can't find out?"
"Yes." Ruifeng's heart trembled, he bowed his body, and said cautiously: "I can only find out that it was taught by an expert when I was in Guichi, and I don't know anything else."
Wang Jiulang's handsome face showed a bit of awe, when he thought she was approaching on purpose, she used medical skills to prove her innocence to him.When he believed her, she suddenly became full of mysteries.
Is she innocent and kind or scheming, who did she learn her medical skills from, or is she really treacherous and loyal, so even he was deceived.
But after getting along for a while, he didn't even find any flaws, which doesn't make sense at all.
"Could it be an impostor?" Wang Jiulang spoke slowly, but Ruifeng's scalp tingled: "The one from Nanjing and the one from Beijing, could it be two people?"
"It is indeed a person."
It's been a long time since Master Jiu cared so much about something. There must be something wrong with the Fourth Miss of the Gu family, otherwise Master Jiu wouldn't be so concerned.
Ruifeng didn't dare to take it lightly, and said cautiously: "Miss Gu has a beautiful appearance, and she can laugh before the full moon. The elders in the family like her very much. The older she gets, the more similar her appearance is to the late fourth lady. Beautiful skin, anyone who has seen her will never forget it."
Gu Chongyang's appearance flashed across Wang Jiulang's mind, and he nodded involuntarily: "That little girl does have a good face."
This made Ruifeng even more nervous. Master Jiu cared so much, it seemed that Miss Gu Si might be in a bad situation.
He took out a scroll and handed it to Wang Jiulang: "This is copied from the study of Linjiang Marquis Sun Hao Shaoyang."
Wang Jiulang opened the scroll, and a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, smiling at Li Yan, appeared in front of him.
She was sitting on a swing in the garden, her eyebrows and eyes were curved, and the corners of her mouth were raised. It seemed that her charming laughter could be heard across a painting.
The dazzling facial features like fine gold and jade make people unable to move their eyes away. The wind blows her hair and skirt, as if she will ride the wind away at any time.
The picture is exquisite, and the characters in the painting are so lifelike that they seem to be right in front of them.This is just a copied version, how beautiful the original painting should be.
The artist of the painting is very skilled and has a very good understanding of the characters in the painting, otherwise he would never be able to depict the characters' shape and character so accurately.
Next to it is written: Life and death are in agreement with each other, and they are said to Zicheng.Hold your hand and grow old with you.
It was a man's handwriting at a glance.
Wang Jiulang tapped his fingers on the table twice, and Ruifeng hurriedly said: "The original painting was made by the grandson of Marquis Linjiang. He and Ms. Gu are childhood sweethearts and have a close relationship. Not only that, Ms. Gu is also his savior. Married. It's just unexpected that the grandson of Linjiang Marquis regretted the marriage and married his senior sister from the same family shortly after retiring from Ms. Gu. It is said that it was hurt by love that Ms. Gu stayed away from the capital and came to Nanjing .”
Wang Jiulang frowned: "Why did you regret the marriage?"
Not to mention her temperament, just because of her beautiful appearance, those young guys will definitely be dazzled by her, and it is not surprising that they chase her after her. How could they be willing to withdraw their marriage?
"This..." Ruifeng broke out in a cold sweat. If he had known that Master Jiu cared so much, he would have asked someone to investigate.
"I'm going to send a message back to the capital to ask people to check it out."
Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just stared at the people in the painting, Gu Chongyang, what kind of person are you?
He got up and pointed to the writing channel on the table: "Destroy it."
"Yes." Ruifeng picked up the letter, showing some hesitation: "This painting..."
Looking back, Wang Jiulang saw that the little girl in the painting was as gorgeous as a begonia, her eyes were as bright as stars, her smile was pleasant, and her dimples were deep. Power, so that people who see her will be infected by her joy involuntarily. Wang Jiulang's expression remained unchanged, but his voice softened involuntarily: "Keep it first."
Three days later, Gu Chongyang went to see Wang Jiulang after returning to Mrs. Baozhen's consultation.
Wang Jiulang has resentment towards Mrs. Baozhen in his heart, so he hardly meets Mrs. Baozhen.But he was very concerned about Mrs. Baozhen. He not only sent Nanny Yu to monitor Mrs. Baozhen's every move in the name of taking care of her, but even every time she came for a follow-up visit, she would be called in for questioning.
After coming down several times, Gu Chongyang knew in his heart that before Wang Jiulang sent someone to invite him, he would take the initiative to report the situation to him.
The same goes for this day.
It's just that he didn't expect that there were guests in Wang Jiulang's room.
Ruifeng invited Gu Chongyang to wait in the wing room.
She was very curious. Ever since the news of Wang Jiulang's arrival in Nanjing was released, there has been an endless stream of people coming to visit every day. Every day when he received greeting posts, he received soft hands, Wang Jiulang refused one after another, and rarely received guests.
I don't know who came this time, but I was able to see Wang Jiulang's face.
Gu Chongyang paid close attention to the movements in the main room. When she heard footsteps, she immediately got up and stood at the back door to look out.
I saw Ruifeng walking out with a 30-year-old man wearing a blue embroidered quail collar with a right lapel official robe. He was the governor of the household department, Yushi Jirong. look.
really weird!
The household department is in urgent need of food to help the victims. Since Ji Yushi has raised enough food, he should return to the capital early to sell the food. Why, it has been three days and he is still stranded in Nanjing.
And his expression, anxious and helpless, obviously encountered a huge difficulty.
The food has been prepared, so it's not worrying about business matters. Since it's a private matter, why would he ask Wang Jiulang?She hadn't heard that Ji Yushi and Wang Jiulang had an old relationship before, and Wang Jiulang wasn't the kind of person who would meddle in other people's private affairs?
Watching Ruifeng send Ji Yushi out, Gu Chongyang was puzzled and couldn't figure it out.
"That's the governor of the household department, the grain censor. If you have something to ask him, I'll ask Ruifeng to call him back."
A cold voice suddenly sounded beside him, startling Gu Chongyang.
"When did you come out?" She looked at Wang Jiulang standing in front of her, patted her chest, showing a puzzled look: "You were clearly still in the room just now, why did you stand in front of me in a blink of an eye? You Walking so fast, why is there no sound at all?"
Wang Jiulang couldn't help frowning, it's all going on, he just saw her staring at Ji Rong, and said something casually, which caused her to scream so much.
"You have something to say when you meet Ji Rong." He suppressed his temper and said, "I'll ask someone to call him back."
Gu Chongyang looked puzzled: "I have nothing to say to Ji Yushi, I just didn't expect to see him here, it's just a little strange to see him suddenly."
This panic was really clumsy. She had stared straight at Ji Rong just now. If he hadn't suddenly appeared and interrupted her sight, her eyeballs might have fallen out, and her soul might have followed. Ji Rong left together.
She obviously had something to do, but she insisted on admitting it.But he didn't want to think about it, as long as he said a word, Ji Rong could come back.But she denied it flatly, even if he wanted to help her, there was nothing he could do.
I really don't know if she is smart or stupid!
Wang Jiulang felt a little irritable, he knew it was a relapse of his illness, he calmly breathed out his luck, and after a few breaths, he slowly suppressed his agitation.
"My lord, are you angry?"
This soft and soft sentence made his suppressed anger turn up again, this Gu Chongyang always makes him angry easily.
Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just turned around and left.
This is outrageous.
Although Gu Chongyang didn't know why Wang Jiulang was angry, she also knew that she must have said something that shouldn't be said, so he was angry.
After getting along during this period of time, Gu Chongyang felt that although he was a bit colder, he was not unreasonable.
What's more, he is so talented, Gu Chongyang has always admired and envied talented people.
Wang Jiulang's footsteps were fast, and he walked three steps away in the blink of an eye. With a tall and sparse back, and a slender figure, he was tall and straight, and Gu Chongyang looked at him, feeling vaguely familiar.
She put aside the strange emotions and quickly followed: "My lord, don't be angry, I just wonder why Ji Yushi didn't rush back to the capital to sell the errands since he had collected enough six thousand shi, and he didn't intend to provoke you angry."
The person who was striding in front stopped suddenly, and Gu Chongyang was caught off guard and slammed into Wang Jiulang's back heavily.
Gu Chongyang couldn't help being stunned by the scent of aloes from the moon-white robe.
That year she was investigating the truth of her mother's death. Gu Tailai found Wu Dacheng and placed him in Liulichang Street. She was anxious to see Wu Dacheng and almost fell at the door of the shop on Liulichang Street. Fortunately, a man reached out to help her a handful.
The man was wearing a moon-white robe, which smelled like aloes.
No wonder she felt that Wang Jiulang's back was a little familiar. It turned out that he was him, and he was the person that day.
She never had the chance to thank him. She thought that she would never have the chance to meet him again, but she never thought that she would have this chance in Nanjing, let alone that he was Wang Jiulang.
Gu Chongyang was still in a daze, but Wang Jiulang had already turned around and straightened her up: "What you said is the truth?"
"What?" Gu Chongyang raised his head, with big watery eyes and red nose, which made people love and pity.
Wang Jiulang was startled, and the feeling of impatience came to his heart again.
The disease was taking an increasingly severe toll on him emotionally.
He let go of her shoulder and took a half step back calmly: "You just said that Ji Rong has raised enough food, who told you?"
"It's my uncle." Although Gu Chongyang didn't know why Wang Jiulang asked such a question, she knew that the matter was very important when he saw his serious face. When I went to the Shenjia Grain Store to buy grain, I saw my uncle sending Ji Yushi out, and the grain was taken away that afternoon, and my uncle told me this personally."
"You come with me."
Wang Jiulang turned around and entered the hall.
Gu Chongyang followed, he sat in the main seat, and pointed to the chair beside him: "You sit down first."
With this appearance, it was obvious that there was something important to say, Gu Chongyang felt a sudden heartache, he hesitated for a while before sitting down, the whole person sat upright with his back straight.
"According to you, Ji Rong has raised enough food, but do you know why Ji Rong came to me just now?"
Gu Chongyang shook his head, expressing that he did not know.
Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just looked at her in silence, his eyes were as cold as snow.
Gu Chongyang knew that he was dissatisfied with his answer, so he quickly thought about it. Wang Jiulang stopped when he said something about raising food just now, which meant that Ji Rong's coming must have something to do with raising food.When Ji Yushi was at a loss when he went out, he must have asked Wang Jiulang for something.
Could it be that……
Gu Chongyang quickly raised his head, and blurted out the thoughts in his heart: "Ji Yushi is here to ask you to help raise food!"
Wang Jiulang nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes: "You're not too stupid."
These words are not very nice, but Gu Chongyang's eyes lit up, and the corners of his eyes and brows were a little twitched. She was actually praised by the famous Yushu son Wang Jiulang. Can you not make people proud?
"However, he clearly has raised enough food. Prefect Dou indeed sent someone to take away five thousand shi of food." Gu Chongyang calmed down again after a moment of complacency: "Could it be that he is lying?"
"He said that he only raised two thousand shi of grain, one thousand shi was purchased elsewhere, and the other one thousand shi was purchased from the Shenjia grain store. But you said that the Shenjia grain store sold him five thousand shi of grain." Wang Jiulang He tapped the table with his fingers, looked at Gu Chongyang with raised eyebrows and said, "Either he lied, or the Shen family didn't sell it to him!"
"That's impossible!" Gu Chongyang immediately retorted: "The Shen family's grain shop has indeed sold five thousand shi of grain, I can guarantee this. But the time given by the court is only a month or so away, and Ji Yushi must Hurry up and return to the imperial court to report, otherwise there will be a delay, he will never collect enough grain but deliberately delay in Nanjing."
Gu Chongyang frowned, and his delicate eyebrows were twitched together: "Where is the problem?"
Seeing her frowning tightly, her bright red mouth tightly pursed because of her concentration, as if she was thinking with all her strength, she couldn't help but sighed.
This is not a big problem, is it worth her trouble?
Forget it, if she frowned, he should remind her.
"You're missing someone."
"Who?"
"Dou Haoxiao!"
Gu Chongyang was shocked: "Dou Haoxiao! Dou is so small, Mr. Dou, the magistrate of Nanjing, is actually so small!"
"You can be called a nickname." Wang Jiulang stood up lazily: "Think about it carefully, and come to me when you understand."
Gu Chongyang's heart was on Dou Haoxiao, and he didn't notice that Wang Jiulang got up and went out.
(End of this chapter)
Mrs. Baozhen, who was originally frowning with sadness, suddenly opened her eyes, and the corners of her eyes and brows were full of surprise: "Help me up quickly, and bring me that smoky blue cardigan to change into. Forget it, I'll still wear that lake blouse." Blue one, look more energetic."
"Is my hair messy, do you want to put it in a bun again? And will my face look too ugly, do you want to apply some powder?" Madam Baozhen said in a light and expectant tone: "Open all the windows, Ventilate the air, then put out the sweet-scented osmanthus and replace it with agarwood, Jiulang likes the smell of agarwood the most."
"Use the mountain spring water I picked up a few days ago to make Longjing tea for Jiulang. Jiulang has always been particular about it. Otherwise, let's go to the hall. The smell of medicine in this inner room is too strong. How can Jiulang smell it..."
How could that caring and nervous look look like a mother who was waiting for her son to greet her?It is not an exaggeration to say that you are waiting for your sweetheart.
Gu Chongyang stood aside in amazement.
If it hadn't been for Nanny Yu's persuasion, saying that Wang Jiulang had already arrived at the gate of the yard, Mrs. Baozhen didn't know what to do.
Hearing Wang Jiulang's footsteps, Mrs. Baozhen stretched her neck and looked out.
The moment she saw Wang Jiulang, her face was full of smiles, her eyes were full of Wang Jiulang, and she could no longer see other people.
"You're here, come in quickly, why are you free today? I was bitten by a snake yesterday, and I was so frightened that I lost my backbone. Fortunately, you are here, so I am relieved. Why don't you rest more ? Are you tired all the way? Is it the water or dry road? The road is too uneven?"
Mrs. Baozhen stared at Wang Jiulang, as if looking at a child of how old, and asked endlessly.
Wang Jiulang's expression was cold, without any expression, and he didn't look at her. He just walked in and stood by the bed listening to her.
It seemed that he planned to show his face and leave.
Gu Chongyang was secretly stunned by the side, the way the mother and child get along is so strange.
I really didn't expect the relationship between Mrs. Baozhen and Wang Jiulang to be like this, and Wang Jiulang didn't even bother to save face.
However, anyone who knew that his widowed mother was pregnant with an abusive child would probably not have a good face.
Frozen three feet does not happen in a day. Judging from the current situation, the relationship between Wang Jiulang and his mother is not a matter of a day or two.
Could it be that...Wang Jiulang already knew Mrs. Baozhen was having an affair with someone else?
Gu Chongyang couldn't help being frightened by his own thought!
The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. Mrs. Baozhen's reaction was clearly that she felt ashamed of Wang Jiulang, and Wang Jiulang hated his mother, and was unwilling to meet Mrs. Baozhen at all, and made no secret of his dislike for her, so he came here occasionally Once, Mrs. Baozhen was so excited.
Only this can explain everything.
No wonder yesterday she said Mrs. Baozhen was Huamai, Wang Jiulang didn't refute or doubt at the first moment, but asked her who sent her.
I see!That's how it is!
Wang Jiulang resents Mrs. Baozhen, but because she is his mother, he has nothing to do.
Gu Chongyang couldn't help but recall that when his mother died, Biyun and Mrs. Zhong told her with certainty that her mother committed adultery and was found out, so she committed suicide in shame and indignation.The huge shock and extreme pain almost knocked her down.
It was later proved that the mother was innocent, and she proved her innocence with her life.
In comparison, Wang Jiulang is much more pitiful than himself.Knowing that her mother was unfaithful, she had no choice but to hide and muffle her.
Gu Chongyang felt pity in his heart
"It seems that you are fine." Wang Jiulang's voice was calm, and he said this without any other words.
Mrs. Baozhen felt as if she had eaten a phoenix egg, she didn't know where to put her excited hands, her voice was slightly choked with sobs: "This Miss Gu is very skilled in medicine, thanks to you asking her to come over, my body It’s almost fine, and you can go out in a few days.”
"Really?" Wang Jiulang raised his eyebrows suddenly, and glanced at Gu Chongyang.
His eyes were still sharp, but Gu Chongyang was not as scared as before, he just felt that he was enduring suffering just like his former self.
"Of course not." Gu Chongyang stood up and said, "Madam loves her son dearly and doesn't want Prince Wang to worry, so she deliberately concealed her illness. It will take more than a month to recover."
Mrs. Baozhen hurriedly said: "You don't have to worry, Miss Gu is doing it for my own good. In fact, I feel that I am already much better."
Wang Jiulang ignored Mrs. Baozhen, and only said to Gu Chongyang: "In this case, I will trouble Miss Gu for the next month."
Gu Chongyang said softly: "It's only natural for a doctor to treat a disease, it's not troublesome."
Wang Jiulang turned around to leave, Madam Baozhen hurriedly said: "This is the Dragon Well Well before the rain. It just came down this year. I let someone soak it in spring water. Would you like to have a taste?"
Unfortunately, Wang Jiulang didn't answer, and went straight out.
Mrs. Baozhen kept looking at the direction he was leaving for a long time.
Gu Chongyang saw that she was hugging the quilt, her eyes were full of concern, she looked like a loving mother, and sighed again.
poor person must have something mean.
She prescribed a prescription and said goodbye.
Seeing that Gu Chongyang came back safely, Shen Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief: "How is it? Is it going well? How is Mrs. Baozhen's body? How sure are you of clearing away the snake poison?"
After Wang Jiulang left yesterday, Gu Chongyang told Shen Yucheng that Wang Jiulang was the master of Nanjing Shifen Hall and the grandson of Wen Guogong in the capital.
Shen Yucheng was stunned on the spot: "You said, that Mr. Wang just now is Mr. Yushu's Mr. Wang Xu Wang Jiulang?"
"That's right, he came to Nanjing with his mother, Mrs. Baozhen, to build a public temple." Gu Chongyang said, "Uncle, you were a little rude just now."
Shen Yucheng broke out in cold sweat: "Oh! If it wasn't for Mr. Yushu, how could I have such a good appearance and demeanor, and I would do such a disrespectful thing."
If it wasn't for Gu Chongyang's obstruction, Shen Yucheng even wanted to come to the door to make an apology in person. He actually neglected the descendants of Shifentang so much, and if word got out, he might never want to be a human being again.
Therefore, Shen Yucheng didn't go anywhere today, and waited for Gu Chongyang to come back to ask about the situation: "What did Wang Jiulang say? Did he blame me? Did he blame you?"
"Uncle, I am Madam Baozhen's savior, and I am also Madam Baozhen's doctor. Since he came to invite me to treat Madam Baozhen's illness, he certainly did not blame you, let alone blame me. Don't worry alright."
Shen Yucheng said: "You know that our Shen family suffers because of not being able to produce a Jinshi. The family background is too weak, no matter how rich it is, it is just a merchant, and it cannot be compared with those big families who have been farming and studying for generations. The number one of Shifentang The head of the acting hall refused to be an official, but he presented "Xing'an Policy" like the former emperor. A "Xing'an Policy" preserved the prosperity and peace of the previous dynasty for 200 years. Very popular, it is a must-have book for every novice in officialdom."
He sighed regretfully: "If I hadn't been so rude yesterday, but treated Wang Jiulang as a guest of honor and asked your second cousin to come out as a companion, Wang Jiulang would give you a little advice, your second cousin might have a Jinshi." Hope. Even if you don't get a Jinshi, it won't be difficult to find a job as a juzi if you get Wang Jiulang's recommendation."
Shen Yucheng stomped his feet, unable to express how regretful he was.With eyes blind to gold inlaid with jade, the God of Wealth did not recognize it when he arrived at the door, so he missed this golden opportunity for nothing.
"Uncle!" Gu Chongyang comforted: "Shifen Hall is a sacred place in the hearts of scholars, and Wen Guogong's mansion is even more valued by the emperor. We are just a merchant, Qi Dafei, and it is not so easy to make friends with others. As Wang Jiulang, there are countless people who ask him to do things every day. How can he point or not point out your cousin because of your good or bad attitude. Even if he is willing to point out your cousin, there is nothing in our family that he can see What do we give in return for such a great kindness?"
yes!Interacting with people is the same as doing business. The emphasis is on mutual benefit. If Wang Jiulang wants anything, the Shen family really doesn't have anything for him.
Thinking about it this way, Shen Yucheng calmed down: "You are a child with great wisdom. You are calm-headed without being surprised. Uncle is not as good as you."
Uncle was just shocked when he met someone like Wang Jiulang. Gu Chongyang coaxed Shen Yucheng with a smile: "In Chongyang's heart, no one is as good as uncle."
Listening to his niece's words, Shen Yucheng laughed, and the annoyance he had just dissipated.
Since the end of March, the price of food in Nanjing City has risen again and again, and the price has actually increased by [-]% compared to previous years.
Only then did the grain merchants realize that this year's grain will make a lot of money, and they went to the countryside to collect grain.But the grain has already been purchased by the Shen family almost.
The Shen family is a large merchant, and has been responsible for most of the grain harvest over the years. The Shen family purchased three thousand shi of grain as a year-round grain stock, while other merchants did not have so much financial and material resources, and generally bought about one thousand shi.
Unexpectedly, the Shen family bought [-] shi this year, plus the [-] shi purchased by Gu Chongyang, a total of [-] shi, which almost took away all the grain around Nanjing.
Those grain merchants only knew that the Shen family had harvested a lot of grain this year, but they didn't know how much.
The Shen family got the news that the price of food was going to increase in advance, but they didn't tell them that they were planning for a rainy day, which was really annoying.They could only watch helplessly as the Shen family sold grain at a high price to merchants in the north who harvested grain.
Although jealous and jealous, but the Shen family has enough money to collect grain, and has in-laws like the prefect of Nanjing, those people can only complain in their hearts.
At the beginning of April, officials from the Ministry of Households who collected grain went south one after another. Local officials in all provinces got the news in advance and began to collect grain.It is not to cooperate with the harvest, but to collect grain. Each province and county has its own quota. The imperial court even used the amount of grain received as one of the references for the year-end class examination.
During dinner at night, Shen Yucheng praised Gu Chongyang again and again in front of the whole family, praising her for her foresight and courage, she is a good businessman.
In addition to the fact that Gu Chongyang helped Mrs. Baozhen clear the poison of snakes before, everyone in the Shen family directly turned from pity and love to this little cousin from the capital to admiration.
Even Shen Suying admired Gu Chongyang very much, not to mention Shen Rang, who bluntly said that Cousin Chongyang was very smart and was the person he admired the most.
For a dinner, Yan Yan laughed and laughed. Gu Chongyang liked the atmosphere very much.
Because of her outstanding performance, she has been recognized by her uncle, and she also has a reason to join the Shen family's grain business and various shops in an upright manner.
The ancestors of the Shen family only came from drug dealers. After several generations of hard work, they have grown a lot.In addition to being a pharmacy, a textile machine shop, and a grain store, the Shen family also had its own boat store in Fujian.
My uncle is well aware of the principle of grasping the big and letting go of the small. Although there are not many ships in the shipping company, the advantage is that the ships are very large. He has been cooperating with Guangdong Thirteen and often goes to sea with Guangdong Thirteen for overseas trade.Although the maritime trade is very profitable, my uncle is very cautious. Coupled with the control of the Guangdong Thirteen Bank, the majority of the Shen family's Fujian income comes from the shipping company, and overseas trade is only sporadic.
Although the Shen family can be regarded as the top few wealthy businessmen in Nanjing, but Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich and prosperous, if you look at the whole Jiangsu and Zhejiang, your uncle's family is nothing.Gu Chongyang never understood why King Rong chose his uncle.
Now that King Rong has arrived in Fandi Chaozhou, he will definitely make some moves next.As long as she pays close attention, she will definitely find the clues of King Rong's actions.
A few days later, Lord Dou, the magistrate of Nanjing, led the household supervisor and grain censor Ji Rong to visit Shen Yucheng.
Lord Dou is the magistrate of Nanjing and the in-laws of his sons and daughters, and Ji Rong, the governor of grain and censor, is an imperial envoy. Shen Yucheng didn't dare to neglect, so he went to greet him at the door in person. The group talked for a long time in the study, and Shen Yucheng kept them at Shen's house. lunch.
When Shen Yucheng sent Magistrate Dou and Ji Yushi out, Gu Chongyang just came back from Jiming Temple, and the two groups met at the door.
Gu Chongyang avoided it, and only entered the door after the guest's sedan chair was carried away.
Shen Yucheng said to Gu Chongyang: "Chongyang, I have something to tell you."
"Uncle, do you want to talk about the food?" Gu Chongyang smiled slightly and said, "Although I collected the food, I just came up with an idea. It is uncle who pays, people, and warehouses. The ones from the Shen family and Cousin Rang, those grains belong to my uncle, so you can do whatever you want."
"You child, you are so smart." Shen Yucheng and Gu Chongyang arrived at the study, and he said: "Just now, the prefect Dou and Ji Yushi left. Ji Yushi went south to collect grain, and he had a task of six thousand shi , but he only charges one thousand shi now, and he still needs five thousand shi, so I hope I can sell the grain to him at a price of four renminbi per catty."
When Gu Chongyang collected grain, he bought it for three renminbi a stone, but in previous years the grain was sold for around four renminbi a stone, and the Shen family did not suffer.
But right now, grain has been raised to six renminbi a stone. Ten days ago, the Shen family had just sold grain to a northern businessman for a thousand shi, and it was sold at five renminbi a stone.From this point of view, the Shen family suffered a bit from this business.
"Uncle, Magistrate Dou is an in-law. He personally came to the door to lead Ji Yushi to collect grain. We have to give this face. Ji Yushi is an imperial envoy, and the household department collects grain to relieve the people affected by the disaster. This is a meritorious deed." Things cannot be measured simply by price. Although the Shen family suffered a bit from this business, we did not lose money, but made less money. Although we earned less money, we gave the prefect Dou and Ji Yu Save face, and it will be much more convenient to do things in the future.”
After weighing the pros and cons, Gu Chongyang said: "This business is done."
"I have already promised Dou Zhifu and Ji Yushi, and they will come to the Shen family's granary to move grain this afternoon." Shen Yucheng praised again and again: "I really didn't expect you to see things so clearly at such a young age. I was worried about you before." Will you disagree, now it seems that I am worrying too much, you are far more mature and stable than I imagined."
Gu Chongyang couldn't help sweating on his forehead: "Uncle, can you stop doing this and praise me when you get the chance, I'm not as smart as you said."
She has never been a smart person, she just lived an extra life and knew these things ahead of others.
"Oh, we are shy in Chongyang." Shen Yucheng laughed and said, "There are no outsiders here, just us uncle and nephew. Isn't it normal for me to praise my niece? Besides, I'm telling the truth. You really Smart and powerful."
Gu Chongyang: "..."
"I asked you to come. Besides the one thing just now, there is one more thing." Shen Yucheng stroked his beard with a solemn expression: "Your cousin Qian received five thousand shi of grain this year, plus you bought In order to avoid others saying that our Shen family hoarded food on purpose, I will only say that our Shen family bought [-] shi this year."
Be careful sailing for thousands of years, uncle is right to do so.
"Except for the one thousand stones sold to the northern merchants and the five thousand stones sold to the imperial court, there are still two thousand stones left on the surface. Just now, Dou Zhixian secretly discussed with me, hoping that I would sell the remaining two thousand stones to him. He said that it would be purchased at six renminbi and one stone, I think this is not an easy matter, so I didn’t agree rashly, I just said to think about it.”
"I can't agree." Gu Chongyang said: "Uncle, the prefect of Dou secretly collected grain behind the court's back. If there is no food, then we can no longer sell food."
Many people like to make money when the country is in trouble, and the prefect of Dou may be one of them.He bought grain and shipped it to the north to sell at a high price. If he was found out, he would even implicate the Shen family.
Shen Yuben didn't want to agree, but because of the face of his relatives, he didn't refuse outright. After hearing Gu Chongyang's words, he said on the spot: "Then I will refuse him, saying that thousands of households in Nanjing City also need food. If the Shen family’s food business runs out of food, wouldn’t they be laughed out of hand by their peers?”
"Uncle is right."
At the same time, Ruifeng handed a letter to Wang Jiulang's desk: "Master Jiu, there is news from the capital."
Wang Jiulang opened the envelope and scanned it hastily, with a playful look on his face.
A weak woman, she was alone in the investigation of the truth about her mother's death, and she let the murderer die suddenly without anyone noticing, so that those who opposed her would end badly.Being able to escape from the den of tigers and wolves, this fourth miss of the Gu family is far more complicated than what he saw.
"Who did she learn her medical skills from, or can't find out?"
"Yes." Ruifeng's heart trembled, he bowed his body, and said cautiously: "I can only find out that it was taught by an expert when I was in Guichi, and I don't know anything else."
Wang Jiulang's handsome face showed a bit of awe, when he thought she was approaching on purpose, she used medical skills to prove her innocence to him.When he believed her, she suddenly became full of mysteries.
Is she innocent and kind or scheming, who did she learn her medical skills from, or is she really treacherous and loyal, so even he was deceived.
But after getting along for a while, he didn't even find any flaws, which doesn't make sense at all.
"Could it be an impostor?" Wang Jiulang spoke slowly, but Ruifeng's scalp tingled: "The one from Nanjing and the one from Beijing, could it be two people?"
"It is indeed a person."
It's been a long time since Master Jiu cared so much about something. There must be something wrong with the Fourth Miss of the Gu family, otherwise Master Jiu wouldn't be so concerned.
Ruifeng didn't dare to take it lightly, and said cautiously: "Miss Gu has a beautiful appearance, and she can laugh before the full moon. The elders in the family like her very much. The older she gets, the more similar her appearance is to the late fourth lady. Beautiful skin, anyone who has seen her will never forget it."
Gu Chongyang's appearance flashed across Wang Jiulang's mind, and he nodded involuntarily: "That little girl does have a good face."
This made Ruifeng even more nervous. Master Jiu cared so much, it seemed that Miss Gu Si might be in a bad situation.
He took out a scroll and handed it to Wang Jiulang: "This is copied from the study of Linjiang Marquis Sun Hao Shaoyang."
Wang Jiulang opened the scroll, and a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, smiling at Li Yan, appeared in front of him.
She was sitting on a swing in the garden, her eyebrows and eyes were curved, and the corners of her mouth were raised. It seemed that her charming laughter could be heard across a painting.
The dazzling facial features like fine gold and jade make people unable to move their eyes away. The wind blows her hair and skirt, as if she will ride the wind away at any time.
The picture is exquisite, and the characters in the painting are so lifelike that they seem to be right in front of them.This is just a copied version, how beautiful the original painting should be.
The artist of the painting is very skilled and has a very good understanding of the characters in the painting, otherwise he would never be able to depict the characters' shape and character so accurately.
Next to it is written: Life and death are in agreement with each other, and they are said to Zicheng.Hold your hand and grow old with you.
It was a man's handwriting at a glance.
Wang Jiulang tapped his fingers on the table twice, and Ruifeng hurriedly said: "The original painting was made by the grandson of Marquis Linjiang. He and Ms. Gu are childhood sweethearts and have a close relationship. Not only that, Ms. Gu is also his savior. Married. It's just unexpected that the grandson of Linjiang Marquis regretted the marriage and married his senior sister from the same family shortly after retiring from Ms. Gu. It is said that it was hurt by love that Ms. Gu stayed away from the capital and came to Nanjing .”
Wang Jiulang frowned: "Why did you regret the marriage?"
Not to mention her temperament, just because of her beautiful appearance, those young guys will definitely be dazzled by her, and it is not surprising that they chase her after her. How could they be willing to withdraw their marriage?
"This..." Ruifeng broke out in a cold sweat. If he had known that Master Jiu cared so much, he would have asked someone to investigate.
"I'm going to send a message back to the capital to ask people to check it out."
Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just stared at the people in the painting, Gu Chongyang, what kind of person are you?
He got up and pointed to the writing channel on the table: "Destroy it."
"Yes." Ruifeng picked up the letter, showing some hesitation: "This painting..."
Looking back, Wang Jiulang saw that the little girl in the painting was as gorgeous as a begonia, her eyes were as bright as stars, her smile was pleasant, and her dimples were deep. Power, so that people who see her will be infected by her joy involuntarily. Wang Jiulang's expression remained unchanged, but his voice softened involuntarily: "Keep it first."
Three days later, Gu Chongyang went to see Wang Jiulang after returning to Mrs. Baozhen's consultation.
Wang Jiulang has resentment towards Mrs. Baozhen in his heart, so he hardly meets Mrs. Baozhen.But he was very concerned about Mrs. Baozhen. He not only sent Nanny Yu to monitor Mrs. Baozhen's every move in the name of taking care of her, but even every time she came for a follow-up visit, she would be called in for questioning.
After coming down several times, Gu Chongyang knew in his heart that before Wang Jiulang sent someone to invite him, he would take the initiative to report the situation to him.
The same goes for this day.
It's just that he didn't expect that there were guests in Wang Jiulang's room.
Ruifeng invited Gu Chongyang to wait in the wing room.
She was very curious. Ever since the news of Wang Jiulang's arrival in Nanjing was released, there has been an endless stream of people coming to visit every day. Every day when he received greeting posts, he received soft hands, Wang Jiulang refused one after another, and rarely received guests.
I don't know who came this time, but I was able to see Wang Jiulang's face.
Gu Chongyang paid close attention to the movements in the main room. When she heard footsteps, she immediately got up and stood at the back door to look out.
I saw Ruifeng walking out with a 30-year-old man wearing a blue embroidered quail collar with a right lapel official robe. He was the governor of the household department, Yushi Jirong. look.
really weird!
The household department is in urgent need of food to help the victims. Since Ji Yushi has raised enough food, he should return to the capital early to sell the food. Why, it has been three days and he is still stranded in Nanjing.
And his expression, anxious and helpless, obviously encountered a huge difficulty.
The food has been prepared, so it's not worrying about business matters. Since it's a private matter, why would he ask Wang Jiulang?She hadn't heard that Ji Yushi and Wang Jiulang had an old relationship before, and Wang Jiulang wasn't the kind of person who would meddle in other people's private affairs?
Watching Ruifeng send Ji Yushi out, Gu Chongyang was puzzled and couldn't figure it out.
"That's the governor of the household department, the grain censor. If you have something to ask him, I'll ask Ruifeng to call him back."
A cold voice suddenly sounded beside him, startling Gu Chongyang.
"When did you come out?" She looked at Wang Jiulang standing in front of her, patted her chest, showing a puzzled look: "You were clearly still in the room just now, why did you stand in front of me in a blink of an eye? You Walking so fast, why is there no sound at all?"
Wang Jiulang couldn't help frowning, it's all going on, he just saw her staring at Ji Rong, and said something casually, which caused her to scream so much.
"You have something to say when you meet Ji Rong." He suppressed his temper and said, "I'll ask someone to call him back."
Gu Chongyang looked puzzled: "I have nothing to say to Ji Yushi, I just didn't expect to see him here, it's just a little strange to see him suddenly."
This panic was really clumsy. She had stared straight at Ji Rong just now. If he hadn't suddenly appeared and interrupted her sight, her eyeballs might have fallen out, and her soul might have followed. Ji Rong left together.
She obviously had something to do, but she insisted on admitting it.But he didn't want to think about it, as long as he said a word, Ji Rong could come back.But she denied it flatly, even if he wanted to help her, there was nothing he could do.
I really don't know if she is smart or stupid!
Wang Jiulang felt a little irritable, he knew it was a relapse of his illness, he calmly breathed out his luck, and after a few breaths, he slowly suppressed his agitation.
"My lord, are you angry?"
This soft and soft sentence made his suppressed anger turn up again, this Gu Chongyang always makes him angry easily.
Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just turned around and left.
This is outrageous.
Although Gu Chongyang didn't know why Wang Jiulang was angry, she also knew that she must have said something that shouldn't be said, so he was angry.
After getting along during this period of time, Gu Chongyang felt that although he was a bit colder, he was not unreasonable.
What's more, he is so talented, Gu Chongyang has always admired and envied talented people.
Wang Jiulang's footsteps were fast, and he walked three steps away in the blink of an eye. With a tall and sparse back, and a slender figure, he was tall and straight, and Gu Chongyang looked at him, feeling vaguely familiar.
She put aside the strange emotions and quickly followed: "My lord, don't be angry, I just wonder why Ji Yushi didn't rush back to the capital to sell the errands since he had collected enough six thousand shi, and he didn't intend to provoke you angry."
The person who was striding in front stopped suddenly, and Gu Chongyang was caught off guard and slammed into Wang Jiulang's back heavily.
Gu Chongyang couldn't help being stunned by the scent of aloes from the moon-white robe.
That year she was investigating the truth of her mother's death. Gu Tailai found Wu Dacheng and placed him in Liulichang Street. She was anxious to see Wu Dacheng and almost fell at the door of the shop on Liulichang Street. Fortunately, a man reached out to help her a handful.
The man was wearing a moon-white robe, which smelled like aloes.
No wonder she felt that Wang Jiulang's back was a little familiar. It turned out that he was him, and he was the person that day.
She never had the chance to thank him. She thought that she would never have the chance to meet him again, but she never thought that she would have this chance in Nanjing, let alone that he was Wang Jiulang.
Gu Chongyang was still in a daze, but Wang Jiulang had already turned around and straightened her up: "What you said is the truth?"
"What?" Gu Chongyang raised his head, with big watery eyes and red nose, which made people love and pity.
Wang Jiulang was startled, and the feeling of impatience came to his heart again.
The disease was taking an increasingly severe toll on him emotionally.
He let go of her shoulder and took a half step back calmly: "You just said that Ji Rong has raised enough food, who told you?"
"It's my uncle." Although Gu Chongyang didn't know why Wang Jiulang asked such a question, she knew that the matter was very important when he saw his serious face. When I went to the Shenjia Grain Store to buy grain, I saw my uncle sending Ji Yushi out, and the grain was taken away that afternoon, and my uncle told me this personally."
"You come with me."
Wang Jiulang turned around and entered the hall.
Gu Chongyang followed, he sat in the main seat, and pointed to the chair beside him: "You sit down first."
With this appearance, it was obvious that there was something important to say, Gu Chongyang felt a sudden heartache, he hesitated for a while before sitting down, the whole person sat upright with his back straight.
"According to you, Ji Rong has raised enough food, but do you know why Ji Rong came to me just now?"
Gu Chongyang shook his head, expressing that he did not know.
Wang Jiulang didn't speak, just looked at her in silence, his eyes were as cold as snow.
Gu Chongyang knew that he was dissatisfied with his answer, so he quickly thought about it. Wang Jiulang stopped when he said something about raising food just now, which meant that Ji Rong's coming must have something to do with raising food.When Ji Yushi was at a loss when he went out, he must have asked Wang Jiulang for something.
Could it be that……
Gu Chongyang quickly raised his head, and blurted out the thoughts in his heart: "Ji Yushi is here to ask you to help raise food!"
Wang Jiulang nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes: "You're not too stupid."
These words are not very nice, but Gu Chongyang's eyes lit up, and the corners of his eyes and brows were a little twitched. She was actually praised by the famous Yushu son Wang Jiulang. Can you not make people proud?
"However, he clearly has raised enough food. Prefect Dou indeed sent someone to take away five thousand shi of food." Gu Chongyang calmed down again after a moment of complacency: "Could it be that he is lying?"
"He said that he only raised two thousand shi of grain, one thousand shi was purchased elsewhere, and the other one thousand shi was purchased from the Shenjia grain store. But you said that the Shenjia grain store sold him five thousand shi of grain." Wang Jiulang He tapped the table with his fingers, looked at Gu Chongyang with raised eyebrows and said, "Either he lied, or the Shen family didn't sell it to him!"
"That's impossible!" Gu Chongyang immediately retorted: "The Shen family's grain shop has indeed sold five thousand shi of grain, I can guarantee this. But the time given by the court is only a month or so away, and Ji Yushi must Hurry up and return to the imperial court to report, otherwise there will be a delay, he will never collect enough grain but deliberately delay in Nanjing."
Gu Chongyang frowned, and his delicate eyebrows were twitched together: "Where is the problem?"
Seeing her frowning tightly, her bright red mouth tightly pursed because of her concentration, as if she was thinking with all her strength, she couldn't help but sighed.
This is not a big problem, is it worth her trouble?
Forget it, if she frowned, he should remind her.
"You're missing someone."
"Who?"
"Dou Haoxiao!"
Gu Chongyang was shocked: "Dou Haoxiao! Dou is so small, Mr. Dou, the magistrate of Nanjing, is actually so small!"
"You can be called a nickname." Wang Jiulang stood up lazily: "Think about it carefully, and come to me when you understand."
Gu Chongyang's heart was on Dou Haoxiao, and he didn't notice that Wang Jiulang got up and went out.
(End of this chapter)
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