Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 163 Cooperation (4)
Huiling stepped forward and took her hand and said, "It's okay, Sister Xianglai, I know you will find a way to protect me, and you won't put me in danger easily. Moreover, I think that if I can be right with the Lian family once, I will never lose my life." It’s not a waste of work, is it? For a woman like me who grew up in a small valley, it’s not easy to go to the capital and open my eyes to see the world. I don’t want to be like other women, staying by the man’s side for the rest of my life, doing laundry, cooking and having babies !"

Xianglai couldn't help laughing at what she said, and said: "If you help me, I will take you on the road tomorrow. Actually, I originally wanted to find Guifang, but it just so happened that she was going to give birth to Shunzi. I was busy with business, and I delayed the important matter of family inheritance, and now I finally have it, and I can't work for her no matter what."

Huiling smiled triumphantly: "It's fortunate that she came in time, otherwise I wouldn't have snatched this good opportunity!"

Huiling has a quasi-trust here, and Xianglai feels more at ease. Against a powerful force like the Lian family, it is impossible to do things without reliable people. Although Xu Che is doing his best for himself, he only cares about protecting his own safety, and other things are basic. If it can’t be done, the only person who can take it away now is Huiling.

The next morning, under the watchful eyes of the seeing-off people, she took Xu Che and Huiling away from Erdaoji, crossed Songning County and headed for the capital.

When passing through Songning City, the three stopped for a while, and she asked Xu Che to send a prepared letter to the shopkeeper Qi of Longsheng Bank, and asked him to pass it on to Luo Jinxing.For the sake of confidentiality, the letter did not mention the reason for entering the capital, and only left the new contact information to Luo Jinxing. In the future, it will be much more convenient to meet in the capital together, and there is still time to talk about things in person.

It was early winter when we returned to the capital.

After entering the city, she visited her father first, and then came to Yang Mengwan's place.

When she left, she left enough money for Yang Mengwan. Although Yang Mengwan was from a poor family for more than ten years, after more than a month of recuperation, she has basically returned to her graceful and luxurious appearance.

Now even she herself feels unreal, afraid that Xianglai will not come back after leaving, and she will return to the life of a disgraced laundry woman in a short time.

At this time, seeing Xianglai appearing in front of her again, I was really happy from the bottom of my heart. Looking at Xianglai, his eyes were no longer as hostile as before, and he asked her with concern: "Your business at Huikang has been taken care of." ?”

Xianglai nodded and said: "Well, I have already explained everything, how is your side, are you ready?"

Yang Mengwan looked far away, smiled with her mouth curled up, and said: "I have been ready since I promised you, and there is only one life left and right. Since I have the opportunity, I will go back and fight with them no matter what. , as long as they can get retribution, I will not hesitate!"

Xianglai said: "Okay, then I will start to prepare, let's start now."

Xianglai stayed at Yang Mengwan's place that night, and the two whispered all night to discuss the action plan.

The prosperity of the capital of Northern Liao Dynasty is said to be no less than that of the capital city of Southern Liao Dynasty. The slightly larger streets are full of people coming and going.

The mansion of the Liao Dynasty merchant Lianjia is located in Guangren Lane in the west of the city.

The people living here are either gentry and rich merchants or ministers and generals. Even the family's mansion is not inferior to any other. The vermilion lacquer gate with a width of three rooms is not something that ordinary merchants dare to build.

Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, even Xiushou was collecting and reconciling accounts with the managers in the front mansion, and the female family members in the back mansion were also beaming with joy.

On this day, Lian Zhao, the fifth master of the Lian family, came back from the outside, and the entourage behind him carried and carried a lot of things in his hands. It seemed that he had gone shopping for the New Year.

Back then, old man Lian was in a hurry, and before he had time to explain how the family would be separated, Lian Pu and Lian Zhao were young, so they never separated, so now there are four houses in the Lian mansion including the head of the family, Lian Xiu. The fifth master is the youngest but he is the most trusted by Lian Xiu, and sometimes he is asked to intervene in some business matters.

After he entered the inner courtyard, he saw his sister-in-law, Zhu Lanting, the mistress of the Lian family, who was directing the servants to load things into the car. She came over and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

Zhu Shi said: "I heard that when Fusheng came back, the frontier was poor, and he must have suffered a lot. I asked someone to send some supplements to him, and asked Xiangyin to supplement him."

The "Fusheng" she was referring to was Lu Fusheng, the husband of Lian Xiangyin's daughter Lian Xiangyin, General Dingyuan.

She and Lian Xiu have one son and two daughters. The eldest daughter, Lian Xiangyin, and the eldest son, Lian Gongliang, have already married, leaving only the youngest daughter, Lian Xiangjin, to live in her boudoir.

Lian Zhao listened to her talking and said with a smile: "The Lu family is also a military officer of two generations. If there is anything you want, do you still need it?"

Zhu said: "He has theirs at home, and I gave mine to let the Lu family know that the father-in-law is thinking about my son-in-law. Xiangyin is also good-looking."

On the surface, she has a very easy-going temperament, and she rarely loses her temper with the servants in the house. Lian Zhao is the youngest in the family, so she has no scruples in speaking, and often jokes with her.

Lian Zhao smiled and said, "Xiangyin is really blessed to have a mother like you..."

As he said that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but he stopped at the first movement, turned his head and said strangely: "By the way, sister-in-law, I was so surprised to see a person today."

Mrs. Zhu was checking whether there were enough things in the car, and said indifferently: "What kind of person makes you feel strange."

Lian Zhao pondered for a while and said, "Did you know that Tianxiang Rice Shop is opened in the city?"

Zhu said: "Didn't you say that people are strange? Why did you mention the rice business again? You told me about the Tianxiang rice business two days ago."

Lian Zhao frowned and said, "I saw Chen Xianglai, the owner of Tianxiang Rice Co., Ltd. today, tsk, it looks familiar..."

Mrs. Zhu turned her head and said with a smile: "Fifth brother has good eyesight. I have long heard that Tianxiang's mistress is beautiful. I don't want you to see it. What's the matter? If you are tempted, let your elder brother find someone to marry and come back to fill the house." , don't look at her becoming quite famous in the past two years, our family is going to marry her, and being a concubine is her blessing."

Lian Zhao said: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? I didn't mean that. I saw not only Chen Xianglai today, but also a woman. I said the strange thing was that woman. I said Chen Xianglai was familiar with it just by the way."

Zhu said: "No matter what you say, you still have a crush on two of them, don't they all want to marry back?"

Lian Zhao said: "Where, that woman is an old woman, how could I fall in love with it, it's just that old woman, why do I look so, like..."

Standing cold outside, Mrs. Zhu entered the room anxiously, and said, "What do you look like, you said it."

Lian Zhao looked at her anxious look and hesitated, "I think she looks like Yang Mengwan who was kicked out by you back then..."

Zhu Shi was taken aback by what he said, and the smile on his face just now disappeared without a trace.

After being stunned for a while, he said: "What are you talking about, Yang Mengwan was not kicked out by me, she was dissatisfied with your elder brother leaving the house by himself, if it wasn't for her, she would have ended up like that."

(End of this chapter)