Flowers are expensive

Chapter 510
"It's not that you are useless! If you don't invite me again, let the old lady not come down in front of relatives, will I have good fruit to eat? Isn't it just an Izumo Club? I will go to the meeting in person, and I am not afraid that I won't be able to invite you." !"

Immediately, the butler prepared the sedan chair, and went to the Izumo Club with An Shi.It was still in the morning, and the venues of the Izumo Club were all at night, so it was quiet inside and outside the yard.

After the notification, a man who looked like a servant led the two into the flower hall, where there were already two people waiting.

At the first sight, An An saw that the woman on the main seat was dressed a little strangely, she didn't look like a person from the Central Plains, and she had a big belly and a veil, she was very surprised.After An sat down, An Shi asked, "Are you the class leader of the Izumo Club?"

The girl standing next to the pregnant woman replied: "Yes, this is the leader of our Izumo club, leader Li."

"The host doesn't look like someone from the Central Plains, where did he come from?" An asked, looking the pregnant woman up and down.

The pregnant woman frowned, and said in a sinister tone: "Hungry is Smecta from Korea."

"What?" Anshi was confused.

The girl next to her translated: "My class leader said that she is from Korea."

"Oh, it's from Korea, no wonder the tone of the voice is so weird! Hey, girl, can your class leader understand me?"

"Madam, don't worry, my class leader just doesn't know how to speak the local dialect, but he can understand it. I don't know if Madam is here, what advice do you have?"

"Why else? I have sent someone here before, and I wanted to invite you to perform in Zuofu for a few days, but your class leader refused, saying that you are not allowed to enter the official family, and you are afraid of this and that. My wife came here for the sake of it." Let your hearts go. You just go, the reward will be more and not less."

"I'm sorry, ma'am," the girl replied politely, "our troupe master has always had three things not to do, and the official family is the first, so please forgive me! If your family really appreciates our company's plays, please It's the same if you move over to the lower society to watch it."

An Shi was very surprised, and asked, "Why?"

"Oh, it's a long story..." Before the girl finished speaking, the pregnant woman lowered her eyebrows and wiped her tears.Anshi hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?" The pregnant woman looked pitifully and said: "Hungry Ouba died, got into a lawsuit with Smecta, and Smecta won't enter the officialdom."

An's was stunned, which language is this?The girl next to him translated again: "My class leader said that her husband got into a lawsuit just to perform for an official master and died, so she swore that she would never be an official in this life."

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Seeing that the pregnant woman's belly was still upright, An Shi felt a little more sympathetic, and asked, "Then this is considered a posthumous child in your team leader's belly?"

The girl nodded and said: "That's right. One of the reasons why my class leader doesn't enter the official family is because my class leader is about to give birth, so it's inconvenient to go to your house. Third, it's a custom in Korea that widows can't take off their veils until they remarry." , I'm afraid it will be abrupt to everyone in the family."

An Shi frowned slightly, and looked carefully at the pregnant woman's belly, seeing that it was really round and round, no different from the one who was about to give birth.If he was really born in the Zuo Mansion, he might be scolded by the old lady and the master!
At this moment, the pregnant woman withdrew her tears, pointed at An Shi and said, "Smecta, it's ok!"

"What? What did she say?" An Shi asked the girl.

"My class leader said that we can reserve the venue and perform for everyone in your mansion. But if you want to go to your mansion, please forgive me, Madam, I really can't go."

"Yeah!" The pregnant woman nodded repeatedly, "Smecta, Smecta."

"But my old lady's legs and feet are inconvenient! How about doubling the price?" An asked unwillingly.

"NO! NO!" The pregnant woman immediately shook her finger and said.

"Huuhu?" An's face changed, "What does this mean?"

The girl endured the funny, and continued to translate: "NO means no, my class leader still refuses." The pregnant woman patted the purse on her waist again and said: "This is a lot of Smecta, and there is no shortage of Smecta. , Smecta of Korea, Dali, Tianzhu, Liao, and Jin! Smecta!"

An Shi's expression became blank again, she was about to collapse, she couldn't understand at all!The girl translated again: "My class leader said that she is not for money. She and her husband-in-law have been to many places, including Dali, Koryo, Tianzhu and Liao. There are many people who like their plays, including the crown princes of various countries. .So, opening Izumo Club is not to make money, but to be happy."

"Then you made up your mind not to go?" An Shi didn't want to talk to the pregnant woman anymore, it sounded too awkward!

"I'm sorry, ma'am, it's really not feasible to go to your residence to perform. However, if your residence is willing to book the show, we welcome it!"

Anshi immediately got up, looked at the master and servant with dissatisfaction, and told the housekeeper to turn around and leave.When their backs disappeared at the gate of the courtyard, the pregnant woman grabbed her veil and let out a long breath: "I'm smothered, Smecta!"

"Hahaha..." The girl bent over with a smile, "Your Majesty... Oh, no, class leader, what you said just now was really funny! Did you see that? I can't understand what you're saying! It's so funny!"

The pregnant woman cleared her throat and said back to her original voice: "If she understands, why should I pretend? I just want to make trouble so that she can't understand and think I'm so profound, that's fine!"

"Then you said, will people from the Zuo Mansion come to reserve the venue?"

"According to our spy who has been lurking in the capital for a long time, the old lady in Zuofu likes listening to books and watching puppet shows. She often invites a troupe to perform in the mansion, and the performance lasts for several days. I also went to other troupes to take a look. , It’s just so-so, she can watch it for a few days at that level, as long as she watches our Izumo Club’s, I’m sure she’ll want to watch it for the rest of her life!”

"What if the Zuo Mansion wants to force us into the mansion?"

"That's even better! I'm afraid that the people in his left mansion won't do things that bully others. As long as he dares, he will definitely make a fuss in the Golden Palace! Come on, stop talking nonsense, there will be performances tonight!"

The master and servant looked at each other and laughed again.At this moment, the servant who was going to see An Shi off came in and said: "Team leader, the second squad leader is back!"

"What about her?"

"She brought a woman back through the backyard door."

"Woman? What woman?"

"I don't know."

"Go and see!"

This pregnant woman is none other than Xi Xi who sneaked into the city in disguise.According to Xixi's plan, they successfully disguised themselves as entertainment troupes, sneaked into the city, and opened an Izumo club in a relatively lively place, specializing in storytelling and drama performances.Although it hasn't been long since I came to the capital, there are no empty seats every day, and I soon gained a little fame in the capital.

When Xixi heard that Zhuang Yunxian had brought a woman back, she rushed to the backyard to find out.As expected, Zhuang Yunxian did bring a woman back, and, like her, she was pregnant.

"Xin'er, show her quickly!" Zhuang Yunxian wiped off her hot sweat and told Xin'er.

Xin'er hurriedly stepped forward to give the woman a pulse.Xixi looked at the unconscious woman and asked, "Who is this? Where did you find it?"

Zhuang Yunxian took off the outer layered jacket, threw it on the table, poured a cup of hot tea and took a couple of sips, panting and said: "I picked it up outside the city."

"Didn't I tell you to contact those spies in the city? You went to learn to do good deeds instead? Who doesn't want a daughter-in-law?"

Zhuang Yunxian raised her sleeves and wiped off her hot sweat, "It's from Prince Qi's Mansion!"

"Ah!" Xixi was quite surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Is she the daughter-in-law of Prince Qi's mansion? Whose? Prince Qi or Dong Guo Qizheng?"

"She is Prince Qi's concubine, and everyone in the house calls her Mrs. Shu."

"how do you know?"

Zhuang Yunxian took another sip of hot tea and said: "Once upon a time, I followed Zhao Yuanyin to the capital, and he lived in Prince Qi's mansion. I sneaked into Prince Qi's mansion and wanted to kill him secretly. Now you should understand why I am Now you know?"

"Madam Shu?" Xi Xi turned to look at the woman and said, "You look quite young! About your age, right? Why did you pick her up outside the city? Did she faint?"

"It's not dizzy," Zhuang Yunxian put down the teacup heavily, and said angrily, "Someone took her outside the city, intending to kill her twice!"

"Really?"

"If I'm not mistaken, Princess Qi should have sent someone to do it. Fortunately, I found out in time, otherwise she should be queuing up at the Hall of Hell."

"Then you didn't let anyone find out?"

"No, I waited for the person who did it to leave before I got her back."

Xixi shook her head and sighed, "Then Princess Qi is quite cruel! It's fine to imprison Prince Qi and his own son, but also to kill Prince Qi's concubine, it's too vicious!"

"That woman was able to kill Ying Mingxing's mother when she was young. It is conceivable that she has a vicious heart! She must have seen that Mrs. Shu was pregnant, and she was afraid that another man would be added to the Dongguo Mansion. , This is the killer! If I hadn't found out, I'm afraid I would have died twice."

"What about the spies lurking in the city? Have you seen it?"

"See, they said that since Zhao Yuanyin and Prince Qi and his father and son were put under house arrest, they haven't seen the three of them have been out of Prince Qi's mansion, and they should still be alive."

"Have they already exposed their whereabouts?"

"Not yet. Although Zuo Fu and Yu Fu have been sending people to search for their whereabouts, they have always been very careful in doing things and never met Zhao Yuanyin directly, so even if these two families know that Zhao Yuanyin has spies in Beijing, they can't do anything for a while." Find out."

"That's good, tell them what I said?"

"I have already told them to stand still for the time being, and just watch the movement of Prince Qi's mansion."

At this time, Xin'er got up and said: "She is about four months pregnant, and there are marks on the back of her head, and her whole body is soaked. She must have been knocked unconscious and put in the water, intending to suffocate to death."

"That's right!" Zhuang Yunxian nodded and said, "The person who shot her took her to a small river outside the city, knocked her unconscious and threw her into the water."

"I'm going to grab some anti-abortion and refreshing medicine and come back."

Xi Xi said: "Then you go quickly, don't delay."

After Xin'er left, Xixi hurriedly called Wuye to help Mrs. Shu change into clothes.When Xixi and Wuye were busy, Zhuang Yunxian suddenly remembered something, patted her on the shoulder and said: "By the way, do you and Zhao Yuanyin know someone named Tian Yisheng?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Xixi turned around and asked.

"I heard from a spy that he seems to have been in and out of Zuofu very frequently recently."

"No way? Tian Yisheng is the son-in-law of the Xie family. Now that the Xie family has been implicated by Qingyuetang, he should also be suspected. Why does he go in and out of the Zuo mansion frequently?" Xixi asked in bewilderment. .

"Could it be that he betrayed Xie's family and saved his own future?"

"Yi Sheng shouldn't be that kind of person, right?"

"Who knows? After all, he is still so young. It's not easy to be a Jinshi. Why should he sacrifice such a bright future in vain? Without Xie Moxiang, he can still marry a good girl, and Zuo Tian is willing to take care of him. I will definitely be able to find a good position in Beijing."

(End of this chapter)