Enter the Room

  Chapter 167

   "Eunuch Wan agrees to see me!" The smile on Song Tao's face couldn't stop bursting out.

  She clasped her hands together and couldn't help but silently recited "Amitabha Buddha" in her heart.

  The man standing opposite her kept nodding, and said with a smile on his face: "The chief manager of Wanfu made an appointment for us to go there early tomorrow morning."

  The man's name is Song Ren, and he is a helper that Song Tao recently discovered from the Changjiang Wharf.

  In his previous life, he worked as a manager in Song Jiyun's kiln factory. When Song Tao first entered the kiln factory, he worked under him.

  Song Ren is not only shrewd and capable, bold and careful, but also has a good character. Even Song Jiyun once praised him.

   It's just that she didn't have much contact with Song Ren at that time, and she didn't know his origin, nor did she know when he entered the Songjia Kiln Factory. It took her a long time to find him.

   Sure enough, not long after Song Ren came to her side, he settled the matter with Eunuch Wan.

  The people she sent to contact Eunuch Wan before gave a lot of gifts, let alone Eunuch Wan, even the servants around Eunuch Wan couldn't handle it.

  Song Tao happily rewarded Song Ren with fifty taels of silver.

  She is going to train Song Ren to be her right-hand man.

   Song Ren was also very happy.

  He is Tuyouping, and he married into the Song family with his mother. Recently, he changed his surname to Song because of the death of his stepfather's own son.

   Unexpectedly, Song Tao hired him to work in a kiln factory with a high salary as soon as he changed his surname.

   It can be seen that you still have to rely on the big family to enjoy the cool!

  He reminded Song Tao: "Since Wan Gonggong likes jade porcelain so much, do you want to bring some more exquisite jade porcelain to visit Wan Gonggong this time?"

   "Of course." Song Tao laughed.

  She had already prepared, and burned several jade porcelain objects during this period.

  It's just that when they arrived at Eunuch Wan's mansion as agreed, things didn't go as smoothly as they had imagined.

  Eunuch Wan's mansion was filled with a tense atmosphere.

  As soon as they saw them, the servant next to Eunuch Wan kept urging them: "Hurry up! Our adults are going to go out soon, if we are late, we can only wait for the next time."

  Song Tao suddenly felt bad, but since she came, she could only lead Song Ren to follow quickly.

  When they sat down in the hall where Mr. Wan received guests, Mr. Wan didn't come over for a long time. And those servants who served them tea were quite negligent, and they looked like they didn't care about anything they asked. It wasn't until she dealt with these people fiercely that there were some sincere smiles on their faces, telling them that they would never give up. Father-in-law is having breakfast.

   As for when Eunuch Wan would go out and what to do when he went out, he decided to go out on the spur of the moment. He had already decided that he would go out today.

   After finally waiting for Eunuch Wan to come, Eunuch Wan treated them with a cold attitude. He neither asked them why they came, nor did he intend to say anything to them.

   Even if Song Tao wanted to say a few more words, she couldn't find a suitable opportunity.

   Coming out of Wanfu, Song Tao couldn't help feeling depressed.

  Song Ren was even more frustrated: "It's still because I have limited skills, and I haven't been able to make people in Wanfu look at us differently."

  They all realized that today was obviously not a good time to meet Eunuch Wan—Eunuch Wan was in a hurry to go out and had no intention of entertaining visitors at all.

  But if the friendship is reached, even if Eunuch Wan goes out temporarily, they can get the news in advance and come to see Eunuch Wan at another time.

  Song Tao had no choice but to cheer up and comfort Song Ren: "This is an accident, no one thought of it!"

  Song Ren felt even more guilty when he heard the words, he said: "Miss San, why don't I stop going to the kiln factory for a few days and stay in Wanfu. I don't believe it, his Wanfu is still impregnable!"

Song Tao admired his reluctance to admit defeat. After thinking for a while, he simply said: "Then you go to the accountant to pay a few hundred taels of silver, and you can arrange it when it's time to do it. You don't have to save money for me. But it shouldn't be spent, you I have to find a way to save me. After all, we are just starting now, and when the situation of the kiln factory improves in the future, I will share the dry shares."

   At the end of the sentence, it has been faintly carried, with a bit of ridicule.

  Song Ren was overjoyed, and repeatedly promised: "Miss San, don't worry, I will definitely get this matter done."

  The two went to the mule cart of their own kiln factory.

   Who knew that when he raised his eyes, he saw Eunuch Wan's big sedan chair hurriedly carried past him.

   "This is it?" Song Tao's heart tightened, and she told Song Ren, "Let's follow."

  See if there is a chance to talk to Eunuch Wan again.

  Song Ren thought the same way.

   The two followed closely.

  Unexpectedly, the more people go north, the more people walk, and when they reach the gate of the city, it is already impossible to get in.

  Wan Gonggong official Weijia, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate immediately stepped forward to evacuate the crowd, and soon left the city. Song Tao and Song Ren were blocked in the city.

  Song Ren casually pulled someone to inquire.

  The person who spoke was flushed and excited: "You don't even know this! Today is the day when the Songjia Kiln Factory sent the Avalokitesvara porcelain statue to the Temple of the Eight Immortals! Everyone is going to watch the fun."

Before Song Ren could open his mouth, someone next to him spoke up: "I heard that an eminent monk from Mount Jiuhua, who is in the Wuming Temple, was invited to give a lecture. The Temple of the Eight Immortals is no longer crowded. If you want to see the excitement, you can go next to the Temple of the Eight Immortals." Hui’an Square, there are stalls and jugglers over there. I see that there are more people than Yaoshen Festival, and it’s interesting.”

   "No!" Everyone started to discuss, "I saw Jiang county magistrate's sedan chair passing here before, and I saw Eunuch Wan's sedan chair just now. I heard from the people in front that they all went to the Temple of the Eight Immortals."

   "I also saw Master Ma's sedan chair! It is estimated that everyone in Liang County has gone today."

   "How many people are there!"

  Everyone was chatting and laughing, it was very noisy.

  Song Ren grew up in the Song family, and he also heard about the grievances of the three brothers of the Song family. But when he was looking for something in his place, he naturally wanted to stand by Song Tao's side.

  He was hesitating how to tell Song Tao about this, but Song Tao had already lifted the curtain of the car and said coldly: "Let's go back to the kiln factory!"

  Song Ren quickly answered "Yes" and instructed the coachman to leave the North City Gate.

  Song Taoduan sat in the carriage, the handkerchief in her hand was twisted like dried plums.

  *

  Song Jiyun stood on the second floor of the Nuan Pavilion next to the Avalokitesvara Hall of the Eight Immortals, looking at the dark heads inside and outside the nunnery, his scalp felt numb.

  If the County Magistrate Jiang hadn't transferred the yamen servants to maintain order, and had arranged in advance a place where shops and peddlers in the city could set up their stalls, there might be a trampling accident in the Temple of the Eight Immortals.

   But she was also a little confused.

  She asked Zheng Quan: "Why are there so many people?"

   At this time, unlike later generations, all news spread very fast.

Zheng Quan had just returned from patrolling, and before he even had time to take a sip of tea, he immediately said, "I heard from Mr. Shao that they contacted the tooth shop and hired people to yell in the streets and alleys, and on the hills in the countryside. Now Liang County There are very few people who don’t know about the statue of Guanyin. When I came here, I heard Mr. Yuan and the county magistrate Jiang say that I am afraid that the Eight Immortals Temple will be crowded with people these days, so I asked the county magistrate Jiang not to remove the people from the county government. , each person in our family pays them one or two taels of food every day."

  (end of this chapter)