Beautiful step by step

Chapter 76

There was a light rain last night, and the ground was a little sticky when I got up early in the morning.Holding the washbasin in his hand, Gu Yu tiptoed across the second bluestone road, the toes of his embroidered shoes were still damp.Stamping on the steps, she crossed the threshold and entered the bedroom.

Although it is not yet late autumn, the bedroom has already been covered with thick carpets.Silver charcoal is burning in the incense burner in the center of the carpet. The fire is not very strong, and you can only feel a little warmth when you get close to it.I don’t know what recipe is used to make the silver silk charcoal. It doesn’t smoke when it burns, but it brings out a refreshing smell, which is refreshing.

Gu Yu took off his shoes, stepped barefoot on the wool carpet, walked to the embroidery bed, and gently pushed the beautiful woman who was sleeping with the quilt on her arms.

"Miss, it's time to get up."

Wei Wei let go of the quilt, changed her position and continued to sleep twisted.

Yesterday she was exhausted, she got up early in the morning to dress up and go to the Liangzhou government office for a banquet, and sat upright all morning.That sitting posture looks dignified, but whoever sits knows, holding your head up all the time is definitely more tiring than standing at the front desk in high heels.I thought about coming back in the afternoon to save my body, but Xiaomi from Yanjia Village arrived.After sipping hot tea, she could only cheer up and go to account.After dark, Yan Heng finally finished his work, and Yan Heng, who hadn't seen anyone all afternoon, brought a new account book.

This account book is of great importance, and Yan Heng took advantage of the Governor of Chu's birthday banquet and the yamen guards were lax.In order not to attract attention, she turned on the lights to fight at night, and even brought Uncle Wei, father and son as helpers, and the four adults worked so hard that they were all converted into a secret account book with Arabic numerals.

After working hard all day long, she didn't even take a shower last night. She closed the account book and climbed onto the bed and fell asleep immediately.

It felt like she had just fallen asleep when someone called her by her ear.

"Ma'am, someone is here to send greetings."

visit……

Could it be that Mrs. Chu was so aggrieved that she wanted to call her over to get her back?

In a clever move, Wei Wei regained his sanity and narrowed his eyes.Rubbing the eye feces, the eyes that were covered with glue could finally see the light.

It turned out to be three poles in the sun.

"Which one is it?"

Gu Yu handed over the hot towel: "The servant girl who heard it said that it is Mr. Qian, the Tongzhi of Liangzhou."

"The Qian family?"

Letting Gu Yu wipe her face, Wei Wei recalled the person surnamed Qian she knew.

"Could it be the Treasurer Qian of Tongyuan Commercial Bank?"

Taking back the towel, Gu Yu changed it for her to wipe her hands.Holding that white and soft hand, the cool temperature spread to the palm of her hand, she couldn't help frowning.

"It's not winter yet, and Madam's hands are already so cold. Last night was Liqiu's vigil, she must have been lazy and didn't keep an eye on the stove. When I first came in, the stove was almost off. If I didn't get close, I could hardly feel the temperature."

Wei Wei stretched his hand into the hot towel: "It's not her fault, it's because I feel hot in the middle of the night, and Ah Heng turned down the stove intake."

How can it be hot in the middle of the night?

Gu Yu's doubts were almost written all over his face, which made Wei Wei blush.After sorting out the account books last night, Yan Heng went back overnight. She was a little cold in bed by herself.He came back not long after the stove was lit, and she felt hot again with the human stove.He muttered a few words, and vaguely heard him pull his shoes off the bed.

In the morning, he got up earlier than her for a while, and she kicked off the quilt for a while, and her hands became cold again.

Facing Gu Yu, she must not admit that she kicked the quilt.After dealing with Yan Baihu and the Zhou family, Gu Yu has become more and more like a housekeeper.The nagging and the motives were all for her own good, which made her helpless and couldn't bear to refute.

"It's okay, by the way, where is the post?"

After changing her clothes, Wei Wei asked, Gu Yu took out a post from her bosom and gave it to her.

Wei Wei opened the post, and the somewhat chubby font came into view. She suddenly remembered the fat lady who made her order yesterday to resolve the embarrassment and asked her to order "Havoc in Heaven".

The words are like the person, and the words on the post are full of strokes.The black ink makes people feel that the handwriting is white and fat.

There are not many words in it, roughly speaking, her son will catch up with Zhou the day after tomorrow, just in time for the big army to leave for Youzhou, so I want to invite everyone to have a good time together.

Catch the week... the official wife of Liangzhou City must go to this kind of thing.

"Gu Yu, are you saying that Madam Qian's post was inspired by someone else, or... her own intentions."

Gu Yu put away the water basin: "What did the post say?"

"Tell me to attend the Qian family brother's catch-up banquet in the future."

Although Gu Yu didn't go to Chu Governor's birthday banquet yesterday, but he also heard from Batu, who went with him, that his wife was sold out by most of the official wives in Liangzhou.Although Madam fought back easily, she still felt that Madam suffered a great loss.As for those people, if they bully her wife well, they will not lose money in the end, they deserve it!
"Brother Qian's grabbing the Zhou banquet, Mrs. Qian shouldn't be able to overthrow herself... right?"

When it comes to the end, Gu Yu is a little uncertain. According to the logic of the capital, all the wives want to do it with a hidden needle in their hands, and calculate the computer and then calculate it. The nine bends and eighteen bends will never be seen by ordinary people.

But Liangzhou is different here, even Mrs. Governor's methods are so straightforward.Mrs. Qian is just an acquaintance, an acquaintance... how could she forget such a big matter.

Excited, Gu Yu almost threw away the basin: "Ma'am, I remembered."

Wei Wei looked at the water basin dangling in her hand with a funny face: "You're so grown up and still startled, what big event do you think of?"

"Madam, we came to Liangzhou City not long ago. I don't know the surname of every official in Liangzhou City, but I have heard of Qian Tongzhi."

While fastening the buttons, Wei Wei asked unhurriedly, "What did you hear about him?"

"Qian Tongzhi is a good man, no, he is a good official. I heard people say that the officials in Liangzhou City are all like Zhou Qianhu. They like to be greedy for money. They use the money they get to buy concubines. They only have money. Tongzhi is different. No, now there is an adult who is much better than Qian Tongzhi."

Wei Wei raised the corners of her lips, what is meant by "same as Zhou Qianhu", obviously the latter learned from the former.Greedy money to buy a concubine... Wei Wei remembered the account books that the boss had worked so hard to calculate last night. The annual silver turnover of the Liangzhou government office was so large that it was scary.It turned out that after the money was stopped, all of them raised concubines.It is really vulgar to compare the number and quality of concubines, and there is no innovative spirit at all.

"Ah Heng is naturally the best."

Wei Wei never hesitated to praise Yan Heng.

Gu Yu nodded: "Madam is right, Your Excellency is indeed the best man in the world."

"Qian Tong knows that he doesn't take concubines?"

Gu Yu realized that they were talking about Qian Tongzhi: "Yes, but the reason why Qian Tongzhi is famous is not that he does not take concubines, but because of his friendship with Mrs. Qian. Qian Tongzhi started from scratch, and Mrs. Qian suffered a lot in the early years. It is difficult to hurt the body and heirs, and the stomach has not moved for many years after giving birth to a girl. After Mr. Qian was promoted, Mrs. Qian once fell in love with a girl from an official family and wanted to marry her as a common wife. Relying on filial piety, Mrs. Qian The woman almost drove Madam Qian to a dead end, and even poisoned Madam Qian at the most serious time. Fortunately, Master Qian woke up at the critical moment, smashed the medicine bowl and swore to God that he would never take a concubine in this life."

It turns out that there is still such a paragraph in it, Wei Wei pondered, Qian Tongzhi is not as good as expected.If he paid enough attention to Mrs. Qian, Mrs. Qian would never dare to poison his daughter-in-law, after all he was the head of the family.

If a man lets his wife be bullied by her mother, there are only two possibilities.First, he doesn't pay enough attention to his wife; second, he is a wimp who can't even put his family in order.Of course, a slap can't make a sound. Most of the time, being a wife is too useless. When encountering problems, she never uses her brain to find a solution.

However, in the era of three wives and four concubines, and even comparing with concubines, a man like Qian Tongzhi is already considered good.

"Gu Yu, you just said that Mrs. Qian has only given birth to a girl for many years. Then this brother who runs the full moon wine is the eldest son of the Qian family?"

Gu Yu thought for a while: "The Qian family has no aunt, so it should be Mrs. Qian's own brother. Madam, the Qian family has been looking forward to this son for so many years. Even if there is a big reason, Mrs. Qian, who is a mother, will not interfere. I asked my son to catch the Zhou banquet."

What Gu Yu said was reasonable, and he sorted out the post in his hand. The simple lines of words were extremely dignified, and it was not difficult to see Madam Qian's intentions when writing the post.

After going through thousands of mountains and rivers, he was able to get a good life for his sons and daughters. It was so insane to use his own son to catch the Zhou banquet as a raft.Wei Wei believes that Mrs. Qian not only wants to hold the Zhou banquet well.Even the other way around, if anyone wants to sabotage the Catch Zhou Banquet, Mrs. Qian will absolutely find that person desperately.

"The day after tomorrow, two days from now. I went to the banquet three times, and each time I was chasing after a horse thief. I was so anxious."

Gu Yu proudly said: "Madam is not afraid of horse thieves, and besides, in the previous two banquets, Madam was not the most eye-catching. Madam is a skill that ordinary people can't learn."

Wei Wei teased her: "It's all flattering."

Gu Yu pretended to be surprised: "What the servant girl said is all the truth, if you don't believe me, ask your lord."

grown ups?

Wei Wei looked towards the door, not knowing when Yan Heng had appeared there.With his back to her, he kicked a heater in his hand and kept rolling on his clothes.Sleeves, shoulders, every place that might touch her, he didn't let go.

The stove in the bedroom had been completely turned off, and the windows were opened for ventilation. The coolness after the autumn rain came, but it couldn't penetrate Wei Wei's heart at all.

"My lord is here, then I will retreat first."

Holding the basin of water, Gu Yu blinked, and when he reached the door, he thoughtfully closed the door for the two of them.

Yan Heng glanced at the door, put down the stove and walked in, asking suspiciously, "Anything else you want to ask me?"

What do you call...

"Ah Mao is looking for a doctor. If your hands and feet are cold, order a few more stoves."

He still remembered the matter of the contraceptive pill, and Wei Wei was a little complicated.Probably just came back from the outside, his bun was wet by the rain, and the scattered hair hung down and stuck to his forehead.As soon as he entered the door, he didn't ask for a towel to wipe his face, but first covered her hands and clothes to keep her warm.

"I don't want to look for a doctor. Qian Tongzhi's brother will hold a weekly banquet in the future, and Madam Qian sent someone to send a post. I just sighed casually, why I am so rushed every time I go to the banquet."

"Even if the time is short, Ah Mao's preparations are not inferior to others. Yesterday in the front, Lord Inspector even praised you for the proper preparation of the congratulatory gift."

Wei Wei showed helplessness: "Last time it was easy, there was a dress that was worn at the Liu family's flower viewing party, and I used the ready-made dresses. But this time I can't, it doesn't matter what I wear here, it's A Tong's place. "

"Ah Mao is going to take Ah Tong?"

Wei Wei nodded affirmatively, paused, and explained to him slowly: "I think from Mother, I'm talking about A Heng Niang, to A Tong, the girls raised by the Wei family are all outstanding. At that time, Mother had an imperial decree Now, she has no choice. But Ah Tong is different, I hope she can live more comfortably."

Aoi actually thought so.

Yan Heng was quite touched. The biggest doubt in his life was that he wanted to support his son but would not treat him as a relative.Day and night in the past three years, he often wondered if his mother could have lived longer if he had been so mature and sensible when she was alive.After marrying Ah Mao, although he was happy, he still had regrets in his heart.It would be great if my mother could see Ah Mao while she was alive. She is such a good person that even the Zhou family can get along well, and she will definitely like a good daughter-in-law like Ah Mao.

After arriving in Jiuquan, Ah Mao once said that he saved enough money to enshrine the golden body for his mother in Huangmiao, and he also felt that this was the best way to make up for his regret.Unexpectedly, Ah Mao came up with a new method now.Mother's past regrets can be made up for by the next generation of girls from the Wei family.

"Ah Mo..."

Looking at her dark eyes, Yan Heng said distressedly: "Sometimes I feel that I may be wrong to marry you."

What is rhythm?
"Ah Mou is really kind. You have such a smart mind. No matter who you marry, you will have a good life. But if you marry me, you can only suffer in the northwest. There is not even a room in Liangzhou that can do it. Inns, not to mention decent clothing stores and jewelry stores."

It turned out that it was because of this, Wei Wei withdrew her heart, wrapped her cold five-fingered hands around his hands, and passed her fingers one by one through his fingers, wantonly absorbing the warmth of his body.

"Ah Heng, what do you think I am wearing now?"

You don't need to look at Yan Heng to know that she is facing the sky, wearing the exercise clothes that the two of them used when they practiced.The exercise clothes were made by Ulan's mother when she was in Jiuquan, and the single-color clothes made of fine cotton are fat and bulky.It is obviously the simplest style, but it has an elegant style on her body.

"Ah Heng think about it again, as long as I don't go out on weekdays, what do I dress up at home?"

The warmth of the big hands came, and the smile on the corners of Wei Wei's lips became wider and wider: "Ah Heng is so stupid, those brocade clothes are a matter of face, and they are worn out for others to see. Of course, living at home is as comfortable as it is. , Although Liangzhou City is not prosperous, the things here are enough for me. Everything is enough, and everything beyond is superfluous. "

Seeing Yan Heng heaved a sigh of relief, Wei Wei took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead.

"Look at you, the rain hasn't stopped completely, and you've been busy going out in the middle of the night, your hair is all wet. Have you taken care of everything in the yamen?"

Yan Heng looked a little hesitant: "The account book has been put back to its original place, but when I came out, I met Lord Inspector?"

Wei Wei was surprised: "Lord Inspector? You were seen by him?"

"It's strange to say that although I had already left the accounting room at that time, it had just rained last night, and I left some shoe prints on the way back. The governor just said hello to me, and ordered the gatekeeper to sweep the courtyard, and then did not enter the mansion Ya left."

"Master Inspector reacted strangely."

It stands to reason that he and Wu Shangshu wear a pair of trousers, and Yan Heng pulled Wu Shangshu's power in Jiuquan, and he is responsible for the emperor's secret decree, the governor of Chu should be on guard against him.

Wei Wei bit her lip, seeing Madam Qian's post out of the corner of her eye, a flash of light flashed in her mind: "Ah Heng just said that yesterday, Lord Inspector Chen praised me for preparing well for the birthday banquet?"

"That's true."

Wei Wei asked back: "But am I really well prepared?"

Yan Heng made his fortune by relying on spoils of war. Although they were not short of money, the family could not produce many valuable things.Due to the haste in the governor's office post, she could only pick out a piece of Wala jewelry and send it over.This thing is rare in the capital, but it is a bad street in the northwest of the place of origin. The governor of Chu actually agreed?

And yesterday, in the face of Mrs. Chu's provocation, the Governor of Chu repeatedly defended her.

A person who can be an assassin will really be tricked by her tricks?
After thinking and thinking, Wei Wei came up with a bold guess: "Aheng, I think the relationship between the governor of Chu and Wu Shangshu may not be that good."

(End of this chapter)