Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 88 Iceberg
Murong Wei laughed and said: "I was born to be watched by others, so what's the matter? Who dares to bump into me?"

The guards and servant girls are by my side, and the people in this village are not stupid, many of them know that the master is coming, so how dare they come over.

Lu'er thought about it, she really made a big deal out of a molehill.

This Zhuangzi belongs to the young lady, and he has entered his own territory here.

Murong Wei just came here to relax and follow a lot of rules, so it would be better to stay at ease in the palace.

Xiangtao came over with a yawn: "Princess, this servant is holding an umbrella for you, so don't let it dry out. What's so interesting about this village?"

"It's just relaxing and relaxing. Do you need to come here to see the scenery?"

When Murong Wei went out, Xiang Tao quickly held up a twelve-handled oil-paper umbrella with pictures of ladies, and Ai Chun and Lu Shao hurriedly followed.

The little eunuch had arranged for guards to come and accompany him, and Murong Wei saw that it was all right, the crowd was so eye-catching along the way.

"You don't need to follow me, my concubine will just walk around for a while, and my servant girls will just follow."

Before those guards could speak, Murong Wei turned impatiently and walked away.

The guards felt a little helpless when they saw it, so they had to follow from a distance, just to ensure safety.

In fact, even they themselves don't believe that anything can happen in this Xiaojiazhuang in a good manner.

The reason why Xiaojiazhuang is called Xiaojiazhuang is because the surname Xiao is the most.

As soon as Murong Wei came out, the sister-in-law of the Zhou family came to accompany her. She was accompanied by her youngest son, Baozhu, who was eight or nine years old this year. His eyes were very clever, and he looked like a clever ghost.

"Sister-in-law Zhou doesn't need to come to accompany me, I think it's enough to let Baozhu accompany me around."

Sister-in-law Zhou was busy with work, but in fact she didn't have time. Seeing that Murong Wei liked Baozhu, she asked Baozhu to stay.

"Bao Zhu, is there anything interesting in this village?" Xiang Tao took out a candy and said, "Tell me about it for my sister."

Baozhu glanced at the piece of candy, squinting his eyes, as if disdainful of Xiangtao's stinginess: "Of course I have, hehe, I won't say it. I'm not a child anymore, and a piece of candy wants to lie to me?"

Murong Wei looked amused, pointed to Xiangtao who was jumping in anger and said: "Haha, Xiangtao has passed this time!"

Baozhu said with a smile: "Madam, Baozhu will take you to play. There is a stream here, and there are river snails over there."

As soon as Murong Wei heard that she was interested, the group turned around and finally arrived at a small river.

The water is very clear, snails and fish can be seen in the stream, the aquatic plants are dense, and a few big trees are planted beside the bank, Murong Wei stands under the willow tree and looks into the water.

"There are really screws, Baozhu, you go and get some companions to grab some screws together, we will eat screws tonight. I will give you ten coins each later, okay?"

If it weren't for the inopportune moment, Murong Wei really wanted to go down and do it by herself.

It has been many years since I have grabbed this thing by myself in the water, and my index finger twitches when I think about it.

The delicious taste of fried snails seems to spread between the lips and teeth of the taste buds.

When Murong Wei gave the order, Bao Zhu was overjoyed when he heard that there were ten Wen coins, and ran away to call for someone.

"If the princess wants to eat it, she can be caught, so she doesn't need to pay for it, right? Is this food delicious?" Lu Shao was a little puzzled, she was born at home, how could she ever eat this food.

Aichun looked down, and said with a smile: "It's much more interesting for slaves to look at than to eat directly. Wangfei, this is really interesting. When the time comes to eat the ones I caught with my own hands, it will be delicious. I just don't know if slaves have that kind of food. Try it."

Murong Wei glanced at her, this girl was really knowledgeable, she praised: "Well said, you will all have a share later."

A few girls hurriedly thanked them.

Baozhu came back, but he didn't expect that after a while, he would call seven or eight little chubby boys, all of whom were used to making troubles in the country, with rosy faces, wearing bunts and rolled up trouser legs, all of them looked at him with bright eyes. Murong Wei obviously wanted to ask about the ten cents.

Seeing the appearance of these little buns, Murong Wei felt a childlike innocence for a while, "Each one will cost ten cents in a while, and I won't miss you."

The little chubby guys cheered and jumped into the creek to grab the screws.

The stream is not deep, if not for the scruples, Murong Wei actually wanted to jump in and play by herself.

Baozhu made the most noise, holding a bamboo basket in his hand and throwing screws into it.

The maids were rarely so happy, the master and servant were laughing and playing together, and when the little chubby guys came up, they had already prepared a lot of screws.

Murong Wei saw that it was quite a lot, so she gave them some more copper coins, so happy that these children almost didn't jump into the water to take a bath.

Murong Wei is not short of this little money, but seeing the happy smiling faces of the children, she is also sincerely happy.

"Well, this has to be cleaned up, Lu Shao, take the things back and let the people in the kitchen clean up."

Lu Shao agreed, and went back first carrying the bamboo basket.

Bao Zhu happily looked at her with expectant eyes: "Madam, there are still many things in this river."

Murong Wei burst out laughing, Xiangtao twisted Bao Zhu's small ears, and said in a persuasive way: "You still have to make progress, our wife won't catch anything."

"Oh." Bao Zhu closed his mouth in disappointment, his eyes rolled around, obviously thinking of some good idea to earn some extra money.

Murong Wei couldn't understand what he was thinking, but she also found it interesting, let's play with him.

Bao Zhu rolled his eyes, pointed to the west and said, "Ma'am, have you seen the bridge over the river? There is a boat under that bridge. Madam, do you want to take a boat? The water over there is much deeper."

It was actually close to the edge of Xiaojiazhuang. Seeing that it was a little far away, Ai Chun asked, "Is that too far away?"

"It's not far, it's not far. The boat belongs to the fifth old man. He is the punter. Madam can ask him to take you around. You can also go fishing on the boat."

Murong Wei set up an awning to look around, but she wanted to go and see, anyway, it's not too far away, taking more walks is good for the body and mind.

Murong Wei was about to go over, when an inappropriate voice came from this side.

"This madam, Han Wen is polite."

Murong Wei turned her head and saw that it was the man named Han Wen whom she had seen in the morning.

At this moment, he was freshened up, he had changed into a clean blue cloth, and he had been washed, but there were still marks of bruises on his face, but it was much worse than in the morning.

It was only then that Murong Wei noticed that his facial features were very regular, his eyebrows were thick but not messy, his eyes were big and energetic, dark like a star, his nose was handsome, and his lips were moderately thick.

Because the chin is slightly square, the whole person looks like a gentleman. His eyes seem to be bright all the time, and he looks energetic all the time. He hid his depression deeply.

If this person is dressed in brocade clothes, in a high-rise building, and talks freely in the room, he must be the focus of everyone's attention, and everyone can't help but be overwhelmed by his demeanor and words.

Looking closely at Murong Wei at this moment, he seemed to be in a strange mood. His whole body was tense, filled with an inexplicable excitement, and his expression was a little dazed for a while. The expression on his face seemed to be pain, hate, sadness angry.

Murong Wei frowned, and took a step without moving her expression, "What's the matter, Mr. Han, why don't you leave?"

The maids also had pretty faces, and Xiangtao, who is always pungent, stepped forward and pinched Xiao Man's waist, cursing: "You are never finished, do you know the identity of my wife, our family has no shortage of servants, you Don't rush to stalk me. If you come again, I'll call the guards to beat you up!"

Baozhu also stood up vigilantly, "Are you that weirdo? Brother Dahei told me that you were beaten badly. Didn't you go to see a doctor? You were told not to enter the village. If you come again, I will call you a dog."

Han Wen regained his composure. Seeing Murong Wei's alert face, he smiled wryly and said, "Ma'am, I don't intend to bother you. I really just want to repay your kindness. I know Madam may have misunderstood me and wanted to cling on purpose. You won’t even have that bit of character.”

Murong Wei said lightly: "Since that's the case, since the young master knows that I don't intend to ask you to repay the favor, why bother?"

Han Wen was stopped by her question, and was momentarily at a loss for words.

He knew he shouldn't be like this, but he just wanted to stay by her side.

He has no malice towards her, but who will believe this?
Han Wen was silent for a moment, and said: "I have no ill intentions towards Madam. I am just trying to do my best. Han has a lot of things. If Madam needs it, Han Wen is willing to serve Madam."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows, she really didn't understand what this man was thinking.

How could she take a person who was rescued halfway for no reason, casually, back to the palace?

She didn't know his background at all, so what did she ask him to do?
This man's demeanor doesn't look like a person who is willing to eat and die, he seems to be capable.

But why did she use him?

Lu'er was dissatisfied and said: "What do you know? You are not good at martial arts. It is useless to be a guard. There are many capable people in Wen's mansion. If it is you, you know someone halfway, and you don't know the details. You can bring them back casually." Are you going home?"

Han Wen paused for a moment, and said, "How can I, a down and out person, harm Madam? Han Wen still has some insight in the business journey, if Madam doesn't believe me, you can let me start as a shop assistant in a shop."

Murong Wei was at a loss for words, who would understand this matter?
She shook her head, "Lu'er, go back and pick some petals, go back and make rouge, go back."

She was too lazy to go shopping.

"Wait, I am also proficient in making rouge powder, and I can also make high-grade rouge powder."

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the other party, seeing his persistent gaze, she was very confused.

"You... What do you want? Don't tell me that you really want to repay a favor." Her expression was cold, she is not a fool, don't think that this can fool him.

Seeing what he said, Han Wen no longer insisted on what he said before, knowing that she would never keep him.

"Forget it, since Madam said so, Han Wen will no longer hide it. I just want to find a chance to cooperate with someone, so that I can make a comeback."

With piercing eyes, he spoke eloquently, "I believe that with my talents, if Madam is willing to give me a chance, it will be a win-win for both parties."

Murong Wei snorted, it would be over if she said so earlier, what kind of drama of repaying her kindness must be encountered, is it ridiculous?

She just said, there is no free lunch in this world, there must be some reason for this person to be so pestering, right?

"Why choose me, why should I cooperate with you?"

"Because my wife happened to save me, and I haven't entered the capital yet. I chose my wife because my wife saved my life, and it is indeed to repay my kindness. Since Mr. Han dared to brag about Haikou, he is naturally talented. Otherwise, Mrs. Han can be imprisoned by Mrs. Han. Don't talk too much!"

When he was talking, his whole person seemed to have an inexplicable brilliance, people's eyes could not help but fix on him, and they seemed to be convinced by his sonorous tone all at once.

Murong Wei blinked her black eyes, this person is indeed a talent, his eloquence alone is extraordinary.

Judging by his demeanor, he also looks like someone from a wealthy family who has been used to bossing around since he was a child, and he will not change his character even when he is down.

This person must have been in a high position before, why did he fall so suddenly?

"You said you have this talent. If so, you can find a shop to do it. Why come here?"

Han Wen lowered his eyes and said: "Because of some reasons, Han did not dare to reveal his identity at will. I am from Yangzhou."

Murong Wei thought for a moment, if this person is really capable of making rouge and gouache, he would be considered pretty good.

She was still discussing Yangzhou incense powder with others before, but in the blink of an eye, she ran into a Yangzhou native.

"You don't want to reveal your identity, have you done anything illegal?"

He shook his head, looked at the few people around, and said: "The villain is just an internal matter of the family, and it is not convenient to show up. Before the madam reveals his identity, the villain will not talk about it."

Murong Wei narrowed her eyes, "Then tell me about the production of incense powder."

Murong Wei waved the servant girls back, leaving Han to ask, "Can you speak now?"

Han Wen only briefly introduced some processes, and judging from what he said, he really knows these things very well.

Murong Wei nodded, since this person has such ability, she can try it out as she sees fit.

No matter what problem he has, as long as someone checks it out, it must be found out.

"Okay, my family's dowry shop has a rouge and gouache shop. If you have the ability, I will let you enter it naturally. I am Princess Luo, can you say who you are now?"

"Princess Luo..."

Han Wen was slightly startled. Although he had seen that she was extraordinary and the guards were extraordinary, he did not expect that she was actually from the royal family.

The princess is indeed a noble one.

Han Wen's eyes dimmed for a moment, her status was not something his family could afford to offend, so naturally she would not tip off the news.

"Qi Wen, the fourth son of the Qi family in Yangzhou, fled to Beijing because he was murdered by a traitor. He changed his name to Han Wen." When he said these words, his face was a little gloomy, as if he was thinking of some past events, and his expression was unpredictable.

Murong Wei looked at him in surprise, Yangzhou Qi family, she had heard of it too, Southern Qi and Northern Zhang, two big and wealthy families, the most wealthy in the world, with business connections all over the world.

A family like the Murong family is a family of officials, but it is different from a family like the Qi family.

The Qi family mainly deals in silk porcelain, restaurants and restaurants, etc. Rouge and gouache are just one of the businesses.

There must be some infighting in the big family. Seeing Han Wen like this, he seems to be evading the family's pursuit.

Murong Wei narrowed her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The young master was forced to leave during the family strife, right?"

Han Wen's eyes were a little cold: "It was murdered by others. If the princess doesn't believe it, she can send someone to investigate. Han Wen is now nothing but Zhai Ran, and now all he can repay is what he has learned."

Murong Wei pondered for a moment, "If you want to rely on me to deal with your Qi family, it is absolutely impossible. I will not deal with a Qi family for no reason because of you."

"Princess, don't worry, Han Wen will never take advantage of King Luo's influence, and I will report my own affairs."

Murong Wei saw that he was serious about what he said, and she was not very willing to give up this business talent for a while, if she used him to manage her business, it would be good.

However, if you recruit such a person, you have to pay attention to him involving King Luo in the revenge of your family.

"Han is willing to sign a contract with the princess. Han is just someone hired by the princess. The princess does not have to be responsible for what I do."

Seeing her hesitation, Han Wen knew what she was worried about, so he said so.

Sure enough, Murong Wei agreed: "Okay, if you are really talented, I will not be stingy with you. If you have real skills, the prince will think highly of you, and as long as he is willing to help you, you want to take revenge Things will be much easier.”

Han Wen clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Princess, for your success. Xiao Ke will definitely do her best to live up to the grace of Princess for saving her life."

When Murong Wei thought about it, she felt that today was really funny. On the way, she could also pick up a young master from the Qi family, a genius who is good at business.

Murong Wei wouldn't use him right now, she asked him to live with Dr. Shen, so she asked him to write a plan after returning.

Seeing Han Wen leave, Lu'er was puzzled and said, "Is the princess really using him? I don't know the identity of this person."

"No matter what purpose he has, as long as he can use it for me, I don't care what he wants, as long as he can make money for me."

Many people may have such and other problems, but it is impossible for everyone to demand high quality from each other.

No one is perfect, as long as you can give full play to your abilities, you are fine.

She also didn't think Han Wen could have any influence on her. If he was really capable and made a lot of money for her, Murong Wei and Xiao Mingrui would not mind helping him.

Murong Wei was in a pretty good mood. Although today's incident was weird, it was considered a good one.

Seeing that strange man leave, Baozhu patted his head and said, "Ma'am, shall we go boating? We can fish right now."

Murong Wei looked at the stone bridge in the distance, and said with a good mood: "Okay, take me to have a look. Lu'er, you go to Han Wen, arrange his affairs, and let Dr. Shen treat his injuries well. "

Lu'er was reluctant, she didn't know why, she just felt that this person's purpose was not so simple.

But the concubine obviously valued his ability, what could she say, and then she had to leave.

Xiang Tao and Ai Chun walked along the small river with Murong Wei, and a few guards in the distance followed.

The village was quiet, and there was nothing messy about it. It was now afternoon, and many farmers went to the fields to tend the crops, very busy.

Some people saw them and thought they were the family members of the nearby country gentry, so they didn't notice anything.

Baozhu lively led Murong Wei to the small stone bridge. This stone bridge seems to be a bit old, and the traces of the years have left many scratches on it. At this moment, there is really a black-covered boat tied under the stone bridge.

"Five old grandpas, get up!" Baozhu shouted towards the bottom of the bridge, the voice echoed in the east of the bridge, the voice was very loud, and an old man with white beard and hair came out of the black-covered boat, yelling at Baozhu Said: "You bastard, why are you shouting?"

Baozhu said with a smile: "Our wife of Zhuangzi has come and said she wants to go on a boat trip. Fifth Grandpa, I will bring you business."

The old man looked up, and sure enough, he saw three women standing in front of him, one of them was obviously the leader, and hurriedly said, "So it's Madam, the old man was rude."

Xiangtao shouted: "Please row the boat over, Madam wants to board the boat, and your boat money is essential."

The fifth old man's face was full of smiles, "Hey, the old man is coming."

The five old men rowed the boat to a relatively flat place on the shore, Xiangtao looked into the boat, there was an ebony table in the boat, and there were tea hanging teacups, and there was a bamboo curtain inside, so it was quiet.

Xiangtao jumped down first, seeing that there was no problem, Aichun helped Murong Wei into the boat, Baozhu ran into the boat, and then went to play with the old man.

Murong Wei entered the cabin, Xiang Tao took a handkerchief and spread it, and let Murong Wei sit down.

"Where are you going, ma'am?"

The five old men shouted from the bow through the curtain.

"Walk around casually, row slowly."

Murong Wei sat in the cabin and looked out, the breeze was blowing, the shallow grass was swimming in the small river, and the fish were swimming among the water lilies, Murong Wei watched it interestingly, admiring the scenery of the two banks.

When the guards saw that the princess had boarded the boat, someone rode over immediately, fearing that something might happen to her.

But seeing that the boat was rowing slowly, there was nothing wrong, so he rode slowly to follow.

Although the weather wasn't too hot, Murong Wei thought it was troublesome to have her hair loose, so she took out a handkerchief, tied her hair into a bun again, and tied it up with the handkerchief.

Xiang Tao smiled and praised: "Wangfei looks pretty like this. I heard the poem you read before, saying that heavy makeup and light makeup are always suitable. Isn't that what you mean?"

Aichun nodded: "Indeed."

The clear water reflected the face of the delicate guest on the boat. She wore a plain gauze dress and her black hair was tied up with a light blue silk scarf. She really looked like a village girl.

Bao Zhu came over with a fishing rod: "Madam, do you want to fish? The fish here are stupid and stupid, but they are easy to catch."

Murong Wei also had a leisurely mood, seeing him take a fishing rod made of bamboo, get the bait, and immediately catch the fish calmly.

It doesn't matter if you can really catch her, the reason for this is that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to care about the mountains and rivers.

The rural scenery on both sides of the strait is full of wildness, the weeping willows on the bank are swaying in the wind, the wild flowers and vines are all over the banks, and the bees and butterflies are flying around freely in this summer afternoon to collect honey.

Just at this time, a cloud of smoke rose horizontally in the distance, accompanied by a rumbling roar, resounding in the ears.

Several people didn't know what happened, and all looked into the distance.

But on the left bank, there were about ten riders galloping towards this side from the east, the horseshoes were rumbling, and the people arrived before the sound.

Murong Wei was surprised to see it, she didn't know what happened, she was still very strange in her heart.

"I don't know where they came from. These are good horses." The five old man set up a pergola and looked into the distance. At this moment, he could already see a group of knights.

Although they couldn't see their faces clearly, they could still see the fat and healthy galloping horses, and the knights on the horses were clad in strong armor and chain mail, each of them was holding weapons, shining coldly in the sun.

Although it was only a dozen riders, it gave people the feeling of being crushed by a heavy tank, and the huge roar made people unable to resist the idea of ​​resistance.

Murong Wei could see that it was strange, where did the soldiers come from, but their aura was extraordinary, they should be elite.

How could there be soldiers and horses coming here?

The fifth old man took a deep breath, and widened his eyes in surprise: "Where is this military master, so majestic, even more powerful than the elite of the Beijing camp!"

The soldiers of the Beijing camp are already very elite imperial guards, but compared with these soldiers, they lack something.

It is murderous.

Murong Wei was surprised, this thing is really strange, where did some soldiers come from, what are they doing here?
"Strange, where are they going?"

The knights were getting closer and closer, until Murong Wei could clearly see the gleaming sabers on their armors. This group of human-shaped killers were all tall and burly, with a look of indifference on their faces. Son, but a pair of eyes are always watching the surroundings vigilantly, if someone really dares to offend, I am afraid that they will immediately violently kill people.

Whoever saw the evil spirit all over his body had to dodge far away, but no one dared to step forward to make trouble.

These soldiers vaguely surrounded one of the men in the middle, apparently guarding him.

Murong Wei just watched curiously, and suddenly those horses stopped.

With an order, the horses stopped immediately, and the order was forbidden, and the knights immediately formed layers of protection.

The man at the head rode out of the column and asked the five old men, "Boatman, where is Gu's Village?"

Seeing the majesty of these sergeants, the five old men's legs have long been weak. When they met this man, they just asked where the Gu family village was, and then shook their hands and said: "Master, you go forward, there is a fork in the road, go south The road goes straight to Gujiazhuang."

(End of this chapter)