Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 77 Yanjing
When the banquet was near, everyone was drinking all kinds of meat and vegetables. Only Shen Zhan sat on the top seat calmly, holding the wine soberly.

Master Lu, the prefect of Jining, was sitting opposite him, chatting and laughing happily.

The county magistrates are not as good as they are now. No matter how capable others are in the capital, they will not be able to manage Jining, so after coming here, they are all kind and pleasant to the officials here.Especially Mr. Lu, he gave enough face.

I didn't expect to stab him in the same way face to face and behind the back.

This is the kind of person he hates the most in his life. If you are not kind, don't blame him for being unrighteous.

The foyer opened, and a group of women came in twisting their waists and hips, standing in the middle, and dancing amidst the sound of fluttering silk and bamboo, with their breasts bumping and the atmosphere sultry... Shen Zhan put the wine cup without changing his expression.

Master Lu was also looking at Shen Zhan, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

Three dynasties changed, and he was firmly seated as the prefect of Jining, not because he was lucky, but because he was smart!For a military officer like Shen Zhan who licked blood with a knife and came from a low background, he would not last long in the court.

The example of the bird's end bow canopy has been used by emperors throughout the ages with perfect proficiency.

In less than three years, or even less than three years, the ending of the Zhennanhou will be revealed.

Therefore, when Shen Zhan came, he greeted him, he was also sensible, walked around the hatchback, and the tea would be cold when people left, he was bound to take back the treasures in Jining Mansion.

See if Shen Zhan has the ability to bring troops to Jining?The ability to eat black people, when he did it, Shen Zhan didn't know that corner, wiping his nose and grabbing steamed buns.

Master Lu turned his mind, smiled slightly, and went up to respect Shen Zhan with a wine cup, at this moment his subordinates ran over and shouted: "My lord, something has happened."

"What are you doing in a panic, what's the matter, tell me!" Lord Lu frowned and stared, his subordinates came forward and whispered something in his ear, his expression changed, and he said uncertainly: "you sure?"

"Definitely." The subordinate replied: "Master Hou's people are waiting at the door, come and report in person."

He thought so, but he had to wait for Shen Zhan to leave before doing anything.Master Lu suddenly felt that this matter was difficult to handle, so he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Shen Zhan.

It will definitely not work if you don't tell him!Lord Lu thought for a while and went forward, stood in front of Shen Zhan, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, your subordinates have come here, and it seems that they have something to report."

"My subordinate?" Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows, Min Wang was sitting at the door drinking, "Which subordinate, come in and talk."

Shen Zhan's appearance was obviously ignorant, and Master Lu was even more surprised. It wasn't Shen Zhan calling for a thief, so who would have done it?
The young man who was cooking in the salt well during the day was brought in by someone. As soon as he entered the door, he rushed over full of righteous indignation and shouted: "Master, our salt well was smashed."

Shen Zhan was also stunned for a moment. Why did something happen to the salt well he just went to during the day... This is too coincidental.

But his reaction was extremely quick, the look on his face turned cold, he grasped the point, and looked directly at Master Lu.

Lord Lu rolled his eyes, and replied: "It is estimated that there are bandits from somewhere around. Seeing that your two wells are good, Lord Hou, they dared to snatch them."

"Bandits?" Shen Zhan asked sharply, "Lord Lu, the surrounding area of ​​Jining Mansion is peaceful. Xiaoxiao was wiped out by Lao Tzu a few years ago. Where did the bandits come from? I think it's you, Master Lu, who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and wanted to Swallow Lao Tzu's salt well."

He immediately seized the opportunity to strike first, no matter what the truth was, he first put the responsibility on Yamen and Master Lu.

"Master Hou, Master Hou misunderstood, this matter gave me a little courage, and I dare not do it." Lord Lu wiped his sweat, "Please give me two days to ask Master Hou, and I will definitely check it out. Give Hou Ye an explanation!"

"Okay, I will give you two days." Shen Zhan got up, kicked over the coffee table in front of him, pointed at Master Lu, "If this matter does not come to a satisfactory conclusion, I will kill you!"

Like a bandit, he pointed at Lord Lu's nose, and strode out the door after speaking.

There was no sound in the whole hall, everyone knew that Shen Zhan was not easy to mess with, he was born in the market, and he killed people without blinking an eye.But this time when they saw him, he was very pleasant and talkative, so much so that they all forgot Shen Zhan's real temperament.

Now when the incident happened, Shen Zhan's sudden attack really scared them a lot.

Lord Lu fell down on the ground with a thud, and cursed: "Which thing that crawled out of the latrine will stab me at this time. Come here, seal all the official roads for me, and level the surrounding hills. Anyone who is suspicious, no one will be let go!"

Someone should go, and the dancing girls hid in the corner of the door and trembled in fright.

Shen Zhan strode out, Min Wang came over with his horse, and the young man followed, before he finished speaking, they interrupted him, and then continued, "Brothers were also beaten, and the other party threatened us Said to evacuate within three days, otherwise they will come to fight every ten days and a half months."

"But report to the family." Shen Zhan got on the horse, and the young man also got on the horse. He shook his head and said, "No. They all covered their faces, and they started to fight as soon as they got up, but they looked like they were well-behaved practitioners."

They are all Yeluzi, and they can tell the difference from those who have come from the martial arts school as soon as they make a move.

"Let's go and see." The three of them went out, and the servants of the magistrate's office followed closely behind.

Min Wang thought about it, and asked: "Master, Mr. Lu, he shouldn't be so stupid, even if he thinks about it, he should wait for you to leave Jining before finding a reason to do it."

"It doesn't matter who it is. I think it's him, it's him!" Shen Zhan snorted coldly, and said, "He can't escape responsibility for this matter."

Min Wang was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that Shen Zhan didn't care who did it at all. There are two things right now, one, is Yanjing's brother injured?Second, no matter who did this, they must put the shit pot on Master Lu's head.

Clean up and beat up!He was scared and convinced, and in the future, not to mention that they opened two wells around Jining Mansion, even if they opened ten wells, Master Lu would have to send troops to guard them.

"Great Master!" Min Wang clasped his fists, admiring Shen Zhan's reaction ability, "This opportunity is simply sent from the sky, let's kill this Master Lu so that he can tell him that not everyone can move!"

Shen Zhan patted his horse out of the city and shouted: "If my brothers are injured, I can't spare them!"

The two left the city one after another.

The horse riding was fast, and it took half an hour to arrive near the salt well. The surrounding butter lamps were brightly lit, and everyone was chatting noisyly.

"Master is here." The young man yelled, the other side suddenly fell silent, and everyone ran towards this side, shouting at each other.

Shen Zhan got off his horse and glanced at him. There were not many people, but several of them had color on their faces. He asked, "Where is the old man, let him tell the story."

"Old Ba, I'm here." Elder Lu came forward with someone's support, and said, "Fist and feet are all from a practicing family, and the clothes he wears are also of good material. From the old man's point of view, I'm afraid they are not some bandits."

Shen Zhan nodded and walked towards the well. Mr. Lu handed him something, "Master, take a look."

Shen Zhan took it over and saw that it was a token from the magistrate's yamen. He flipped it over and handed it to Min Wang, "Give it to the guards who are following and let them identify it."

Min Wang should be.

"It seems that he was reserved when he started." Mr. Lu looked back at the guards who were dismounting from the horses, and said in a low voice: "I see, it doesn't look like they are really here to fight and make trouble. As for the purpose, I can't think of it for the time being."

It's not like fighting and making trouble, otherwise his brother wouldn't be injured so lightly.On the way here, he thought that there would be one or two casualties, but now it seems that he thought seriously.

This matter is strange, it seems that someone deliberately knew what he was going to do, so he rushed ahead of him and handed him a ladder.

An excellent and ingenious ladder that left Mr. Lu speechless.

He nodded secretly, looked at Mr. Lu and said, "Go and lie down." Then he pointed to the four elders, "Let's go together."

It doesn't matter who handed the ladder, the other party will always jump out to get it, and he just waits!

What we have to do now is to go along with the flow and settle Mr. Lu.

"Master Hou, this must be a misunderstanding." The magistrate's pusher took the lead, holding the token with his waist bowed, "It's definitely a misunderstanding. Your salt well is here, and it's too late for us to protect it. How dare you come here to make trouble for life?" thing, what do you say?"

Shen Zhan stood with his hands behind his back, long gone from the amiable look he had in the daytime, "You just need to tell Ben Hou whether the token belongs to you or not."

"Yes!" The pusher nodded, then shook his head hastily, Shen Zhan didn't give him a chance to explain, "We injured five people, the Marquis is going to investigate. As for whether there is a misunderstanding and how to prove it, it is your own business."

In the winter, there is a cold wind blowing, and the official is sweating.

Shen Zhan entered the shed and looked at Mr. Lu who was lying on the bed and was seriously injured. He had a great reputation, and everyone in this industry knew his name. When the pusher saw that he was the one who was injured, he immediately knew that something was wrong.

This is a living treasure in Shen Zhan's hands. With him here, there is no need to worry about not having to dig a well. Now it is him who is hurting, and Shen Zhan will definitely be furious.

This consequence...how could they bear it.

"Old man, I've invited a doctor for you, just keep going." The pusher wiped his sweat with his sleeve, "As for the person who hurt you, I will search with all my strength, and I will definitely not let these bandits go."

Mr. Lu looked at the official with a half-smile, and said, "Please trouble me to search." Then he looked at Shen Zhan, "Give the tokens dropped by those people to the official."

"Yes." Shen Zhan said in a deep voice, "Since he told him to give him time, then I will wrong you to wait two more days."

Mr. Lu reluctantly nodded, and complained in front of the pusher: "But Lord Hou, I am so stupid, even if this matter is not done by the Yamen, it has nothing to do with them. You don't know, someone came to me earlier Money has been stolen here, 500 taels, enough for old people to eat and drink for many years. I know you just hate this kind of thing the most, so I didn’t dare to tell you.”

"It's unreasonable!" Shen Zhan yelled angrily, like a grumpy reckless man, he lifted the officer's collar and stared at the other party, "How dare you break ground on my head after eating the guts of a dog or a leopard. What do you think? If I go to Yingtian, I will have no power or influence."

Tui Guan couldn't step on the ground with his legs, his face was pale with fright, and he was about to faint.It is said that Shen Zhan is vicious, and he has seen it today. This iron-blooded evil spirit is not something ordinary people can have.

"Don't dare, don't dare. There must be a misunderstanding." He looked at Mr. Lu pleadingly, "Mr. Lu, I don't know who has no eyesight to make trouble here. I will investigate when I get back and give you an explanation. Please help me explain to Lord Hou."

"I have eyes to see!" Shen Zhan threw the pusher on the ground, "I tell you Lord Lu, there is no answer before dark, so ask him to bring his head to see me. Don't think that I, Yanjing, dare to cheat if you can't see me. Hell. Anyone in this world who wants to blackmail Lao Tzu has not yet been born!"

The push officer fell to the ground with a thud, his head was buzzing with fright, he clearly wanted to say something, but his words were already unclear, he faltered and nodded, and crawled out.

Shen Zhan was just like a gangster, they underestimated him.

"Master Hou." Old Master Lu looked outside and said in a low voice, "Who do you think did this?"

Because it was too sudden, and there were no big forces around here, and they didn't go to interact with anyone, this group of people seemed to appear out of thin air, and disappeared after making a fuss.

"No rush." ​​Shen Zhan poured tea for Mr. Lu, "People always want to do things, and when this matter is over, someone will definitely come to recognize the merit."

Mr. Lu thought it made sense, nodded his head and said, "Perhaps, there are forces near Jining that we haven't noticed."

Shen Zhan was about to speak, when suddenly Qingliu rushed in through the shadows, "Master!"

Shen Zhan's eyes darkened, the aura around him was frighteningly cold, he turned to look at Qingliu.

Qingliu hurriedly replied: "Grandpa, Miss...is gone."

"What do you mean missing?" Shen Zhan's eyes burst out from the depths of his eyes, like a sharp sword, even Qingliu couldn't stand it, "I searched all around, but there was no girl."

Shen Zhan narrowed his eyes, brushed the green willow away, went out the door without a sound, got on his horse, and galloped away.

"Let's go." Min Wang pulled Qingliu, pointed at her and said, "Look at you, you can't do anything well!"

Qingliu was also very aggrieved, and replied angrily: "I didn't expect..." The two also got on their horses and left.

In the shed, Mr. Lu and the others were puzzled. Why did the people who were still there during the day disappear at night?

Where can a woman go in the middle of the night?
"Could it be that someone robbed him?" Mr. Lu sat up abruptly, "How unreasonable is that, he dared to take advantage of our wife."

Min Wang turned around and asked Qingliu, "Didn't you stay by the girl's side? How could you not know she was going out?"

"I saw the girl rested, so I made a pot of tea and drank it next door. I fell asleep for some reason, and when I woke up, the girl was gone." Qingliu wanted to kill herself, knowing that the girl Cunning, scheming, how could she be so careless.

It must be that the girl has been too quiet and well-behaved these days, which made her feel that the girl is determined to go to the capital with her master to get married.

"You were drugged." Min Wang said in a deep voice, "Now I hope that the girl escaped by herself, otherwise, this matter will be difficult."

If Su Wanru didn't escape by herself, then someone captured her, who captured her, and what was the purpose?
The corners of Qingliu's mouth trembled, the tea she drank was brewed by herself, even the tea leaves were brought, who would have the opportunity to put medicine in her teapot?Could it be the girl herself?Probably not, she didn't come to her at all...

She couldn't figure it out, but the fact was already there, the girl was gone.

Shen Zhan whipped his horse, threw the horse to the boy at the door, and strode to the backyard. The door was open, and the light in Su Wanru's room was on. He almost trotted forward, and suddenly pushed the door open. Shouted: "Little girl!"

The door was pushed open, and the light was on, but there was no sign of Su Wanru.

Clenching his fists angrily, he searched the room, but Su Wanru's belongings were gone. He hung down on the table angrily, and shouted: "You bastard!"

He just said that what happened tonight was so strange that a group of people came out of nowhere, made a fuss in Yanjing, and then disappeared.

Just gave him a chance to attack Lord Lu.

He was still thinking about the other party's purpose and why they gave him a ladder.

Now I finally understand that this was done by no one else but that little bastard, using her messy hands to pretend to be a bandit and walk around his salt well... She really did it very well, both Grabbing Lord Lu's handle, he led him and Min Wang to the saltworks.

Even if Qingliu finds out that she has escaped and rushes over to report the news, an hour will pass, this hour is enough for her to run out of Jining mansion quickly.

"You wait for me." Shen Zhan kicked down the door, and the wooden wall fell to the ground. He went out angrily and bumped into Min Wang and Qingliu. Min Wang asked, "Master, we Are you going to chase the girl?"

"Don't chase. Go and get her group of cronies." Shen Zhan snorted and strode out the door.She thought it was good to hide it from him, and pretended to send a special expert to respond to Tian, ​​and found some kind of Ruyue bodyguard agency, flirting with that head Zheng's family.

He's not blind, he can't see anything.

He didn't find out where the other party came from, but Zuo You and Hou Song and Su Ji couldn't escape.

"With this little ability, I can crush you to death with my hands, little white-eyed wolf!" Shen Zhan was so angry that he said that there would be one or the other, but he fell into the hands of that girl again. Where is his face? put.

Min Wang followed, and the three of them went straight to Ruyue Escort in the dark, and Shen Zhan stopped suddenly in front of the door, and Min Wang asked in a low voice: "Can we send someone over here? If these people are arrested, the girl will definitely come back."

Shen Zhan didn't speak, he stood with his hands behind his back and looked at the plaque of Ruyue Bodyguard Agency, his anger gradually calmed down.

After a while, he suddenly said: "Forget it!"

Xiao Baiyan managed to find someone she could trust. If he rushed over like this and got her out of the way, she might be so angry, and then she would really hate him.

He turned around on the spot and walked back, asking as he walked, "Is that Dr. Mei still there?"

"It's still there this afternoon, but I don't know about it now, why don't you go down and take a look?" Min Wang said.

Shen Zhan nodded slightly, and said, "Go and have a look, and by the way, see if that male or female thing is still there." He knew everything about Du Zhou in Jining, but he didn't obstruct his eyes in front of Su Wanru , he doesn't care about it.

He is very clear that he is not pleasing to the eye, but to Su Wanru, he is a very important person.

He still has this measure.

What he wanted was her, not pushing her into a corner and forcing her to commit herself to him.

This is contrary to his original intention.

Although he really wanted to rape her, he tied a rope and hung her on his body.

Shen Zhan went back to the inn again, Su Wanru's door was still open, he pushed his own door to enter without even looking at it, he was stunned for a moment when he entered, there was a stove by the table with a pot on it , He frowned and walked over to remove the lid of the pot, only to see four steamed buns and a bowl of Laba porridge warming in the pot.

"You bastard!" Angrily, he grabbed a steamed bun and took a bite, choked immediately, and drooled again, "I thought making a few broken steamed buns would make my master stop being angry with you!"

He sat down, ate four steamed buns in one go, drank a big bowl of porridge, and sat alone in the room sulking.

Qingliu stood at the door, not daring to go in, and stood shyly against the wall.

The two times the girl left, it was by her hands. She really wanted to tell Shen Zhan that she should be transferred elsewhere, even if she followed Mr. Lu.

Since the girl came, she hasn't had a good time.

Shen Zhan leaned on the chair, the steamed buns were still digesting in his stomach, it seemed that the bad breath was also digested along with it... Anyway, this time she left was much better than the last time, last time she was really pitted If he hadn't responded, Bao Buqi would have been killed in Fengyang by a mob.

This time it was different, she left and secretly helped him, although he didn't need it, but her heart was already toward him.

Shen Zhan closed his eyes and laughed. The steamed buns were also good. She was a lazy girl who didn't even want to stretch out her fingers in the winter, and she actually mobilized everyone to make steamed buns for him twice.

For the sake of this matter, when we find her, we have to clean up more lightly.

"Master!" Min Wang hurried back and said, "Mei Ziqing and Du Zhou are still in Jining, nothing happened."

Shen Zhan was almost sure that Su Wanru was sent away by someone from Ruyue Escort, "find a way to find out what is the origin of Ruyue Escort." He added: "There is also the woman who does odd jobs in the kitchen, don't startle the snake."

Min Wang should be.

At this moment, Su Wanru is nearly a hundred miles away from Jining Mansion. She was running alone in the night, and the wind blew on her face like a knife. It reminded her of the last time she rode a horse with Shen Zhan...

"That person is so stupid, wouldn't he not know how to take advantage of the situation to attack Lu?" Su Wanru felt a little regretful, she made him some steamed buns, some Laba porridge, and just dropped a letter, and I don't know if he obeyed She means to do.

"Don't worry about it." She said to herself, spurning herself, "You're so lenient. He's a marquis with a heavy army in his hands. You're a fugitive. You can't let anyone know your identity, and you're still worried about him!"

Su Wanru thought about it, gathered up the skirt of the dragon's clothes, patted the horse and continued on her way.

It was pitch black all around, and there was not even a wild dog on the official road. Her hands were so cold that she lost consciousness, so she could only hold the rein in another hand. After finally surviving at dawn, she came across an inn. She went in to wash up and fell asleep. After the hour, she got up and ate something, prepared some dry food and started on her way. In the afternoon, she entered Jinan City.

As more people entered the city, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and went to a restaurant to eat, remembering the bank note that Master Zheng gave her when she was sent away.

"It's better to save it. It's not safe to take so much money on the road." She settled the bill and asked someone to find the Tongtian ticket office. ?”

"I'll open an account to save money." Su Wanru took out Su Jin's seal, "Use this."

The manager nodded yes, holding the seal to invite Su Wanru to drink tea in the private room behind, and he took the seal to do business, Su Wanru never drinks tea casually outside, so just sat and waited, and after a while the manager held a plate Dim Sum came in with a smile, and said, "Girl, you already have an account at our ticket office, now you just need to deposit the bank notes in your hand."

"Yes?" Su Wanru raised her eyebrows and asked, "When did you open it?" She was so poor a while ago, there was no way she could open an account to deposit money.

The manager said: "Wait a moment." After a while, he brought a small iron box over, "Do you have the key for the girl?"

Su Wanru shook her head.

"Then wait a moment, I'll go and talk to our other two managers, only three people's keys can open a box." He went out again, hurriedly invited two people over, each pressed their fingerprints, and opened the box. A box with Su Jin's name written on it.

Su Wanru was curious, so she got up and looked into the box, and saw an account book inside. The account book was very thick, and the manager took it out and handed it to her, "This box is only available for accounts with a lot of money. Take a look, girl. The amount of money is right."

Su Wanru opened the account book out of nowhere, and saw page by page listing when the account was received and the amount.

Turning to the last page, the most recent one was deposited more than ten days ago, a total of 12 taels, and her account already has more than 50 taels.

How could this be?
She looked at the person in charge in disbelief and said, "Are you sure this account belongs to me?"

"I'm sure." The person in charge said with a smile: "The villain has already verified it just now. There should be an account that has not been recorded here, because the money is all in the sky, and it will take another half a month for us to make it up. "

Su Wanru nodded, handed over the account book to the manager, forced a smile and said, "About my family kept it for me, I'll go back and ask them."

"Young lady is so lucky!" Su Wanru waved her hand in compliment, "Put it away, I'm taking my leave."

As he walked out, the manager asked after him, "Miss, is your money gone?"

Su Wanru didn't seem to hear, and went out in a daze.

No wonder the last time Shen Zhan asked for her private seal, she joked that she couldn't borrow interest money... She didn't ask what it was for when he returned it later.

Unexpectedly, he actually opened an account for her, and deposited so much money in it in a short period of time.

Su Wanru turned into the alley with her head down, kicked the corner of the wall, and shouted: "It's amazing to be rich, but to be rich everywhere is to be ignorant and poor!" As she spoke, tears fell down, and she choked up and said : "When my second brother comes out, I'll throw all the money in your face, so we don't need your money."

Wiping her tears as she walked, she called to Su Ji, "Come out and help me deal with him. He keeps blocking my way, and I can't do anything about him."

"Help me beat him up so hard that he's looking for his teeth all over the floor. His mother won't even recognize him!"

She couldn't continue talking, she squatted on the ground and cried, covering her face, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, "I'm just a crazy person. Do you have to give everything you have when you meet a woman for no reason? There are so many women in this world, how many do you have?" Do you have so much energy?"

She simply sat on the ground and cried, no matter what the passers-by thought, anyway, she was just angry, and her liver hurt from anger!
Long Wei, who was escorting her around, looked at each other, wondering why Su Wanru entered the Tongtian ticket office, and cried heart-piercingly when she came out. Could it be that she heard some bad news.

"Girl." A person came out and squatted in front of Su Wanru, "You... are you okay?"

Su Wanru wiped away her tears, shook her head, and said, "It's okay." She smiled at the man, and said, "I'll fetch the horse, and we'll set off after dinner." He can do whatever he likes, It has nothing to do with him anyway.

The man watched her small figure disappear around the corner, and couldn't help but wonder inwardly.

The princess was brought up by the empress, and she is really the same as the empress... I think back then, when the empress was a girl at home, she was like this, resourceful and resourceful, but still innocent and lively as a girl.

Perhaps, with the princess and the Second Highness present, there is still hope for the Later Song Dynasty.

Su Wanru left Jinan City, and walked for two consecutive days. Yanjing was already in sight... She bid farewell to Longwei outside the city, "I'll just ask someone to go there, and you guys take it away, so as not to arouse suspicion."

She was going to the Xiufang mentioned by Mr. Zheng. She settled down first, and then met with the three generals to discuss the following matters.

The crowd should be separated at the gate of the city.

Yanjing City is far less prosperous and quiet than Pingjiang Mansion, perhaps because many people here have migrated here, or maybe it is because the climate here is not as good as that of Jiangnan, whether it is the surrounding buildings or the clothes of pedestrians on the street, it is far inferior to Pingjiang Fu and Yingtian.

"The dynasty has been established for so many years, and the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is nothing more than this." Su Wanru looked around and walked away in no hurry, but one thing is good, people here mostly speak official Chinese, she can understand it.

"Excuse me." Su Wanru stopped a peddler and asked with a smile, "Where is the residence of Marquis Zhennan?"

The peddler pointed to the front of this street, "Go straight ahead, there is a way, the girl should rent a carriage." He said again: "The Hou's Mansion is on the edge of the imperial city. It is a house bestowed by the Holy One. Very wide."

Su Wanru cupped her hands to express her thanks, and the peddler said enthusiastically, "But Master Hou has gone to meet the heavens. If the girl looks for Master Hou, I'm afraid she will be in vain."

"I'm looking for a mother in Lord Hou's mansion." Su Wanru smiled awkwardly, "Thank you, uncle."

The peddler smiled and left. Su Wanru walked along the long street. As the peddler said, it was really far away. She found a noodle restaurant on the way and had lunch. After walking for a long time, she finally arrived at On the right hand side of the road, you can see Zhennanhou Mansion.

It's big and lavish.There is a gilded plaque, a vermilion gate full of copper nails, two red lanterns hanging at the gate, and a servant standing with a straight waist guarding the gate.

"Show off!" Su Wanru laughed, and turned around to leave, but she glanced at the mansion opposite Zhennanhou's Mansion, which also had the same gold-plated plaque, with a few large characters written on it: Prince Ning's Mansion.

She froze for a moment and was very surprised, she didn't expect that Zhao Yan's mansion was opposite to Shen Zhan's.

I haven't heard from Shen Zhan, but I guess it was given to Zhao Yan by Zhao Zhiang after he went to Yingtian, otherwise he would have muttered something to her.

"Didn't Zhao Zhongyuan choose the fiefdom? Why do you want to grant the mansion?" Su Wanru walked back talking to herself, and then realized that Zhao Zhongyuan was not married yet, so Zhao Zhiang must arrange his marriage before he can be granted the fiefdom. Kaifu.

At that time, the father did the same to the second brother, forcing him to get married, otherwise he would not be moved out, and he would not be opened a house, because he was afraid that he would meet some dubious people outside and make troubles.

Su Wanru walked back for more than half an hour, asked many people, turned around, and finally found Baoying Embroidery Workshop in an alley.

Mr. Zheng said that the master Baoying embroidery here is very good, so he took such a name.The embroidery workshop has been open in central Beijing for more than ten years. Because there are not many embroiderers, they can't take on big jobs, so it is in a tepid state in the north and even in the capital.

Moreover, Yanjing's Jinxiufang has always been domineering and powerful, and the big and small Xiufangs here are so suppressed by them that they can't hold their heads up.

She stepped forward to knock on the door, and the person who opened the door was a woman in her thirties, wrapped in a blue floral cloth, watching her look up and down, Su Wanru took off her veiled hat and smiled at her, saying: "Excuse me, I am Introduced by Grandma Liu of the warehouse rice shop to be an embroiderer."

"It's you." The woman looked at her face carefully, frowning, "Mrs. Liu didn't say she was a pretty little girl. You came to the capital alone? How old are you, are you married?"

Like Jinxiufang, the control over Xiuniang is relatively strict. After all, she is a woman, and there are always more things to pay attention to when walking outside.

"I came with my elder brother at home. He has something to do first, and he will come to me in a few days." Su Wanru said with a smile: "I am fifteen this year, and I am not married yet."

The woman nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The embroidery workshop is not very big, it has three independent yards inside and outside, a big one-story house in front, with beautiful curtains hanging around, bursts of fragrance wafting out from inside, the woman pointed to that room and said: "Usually everyone is together When we do things, we seldom have fun together. Where did the girls work before, or did they all take jobs at home?"

"I used to stay in a showroom in Yingtian for a few months, and then my elder brother came to the capital, so I came with him." Su Wanru followed the woman and stopped outside the next room. Come down and say: "Auntie, the embroidered lady introduced by Granny Liu is here."

"Let her in." A voice from inside responded, and the woman opened the door and went in, saying to Su Wanru: "Our aunt is inside, you have something to tell our aunt."

Su Wanru nodded, and stepped into the room.

The room is not big, with a big window on the east side, and outside the window seems to be the big room next door, where seven or eight embroiderers are working in several rows.

Sitting by the window with her back to the door was a woman with gray hair who was bending over and doing something on the embroidery frame, when she heard the sound she turned her head to look at Su Wanru, nodded slightly, and said, "Come and sit. "

Su Wanru should have gone forward to salute, the woman squinted her eyes and looked at her, nodded, and said: "Grandma Liu has told me about your situation, she said that you are good at Suzhou embroidery and double-sided embroidery, I want to be a woman in my twenties, but I don't want to be a little girl."

Su Wanru smiled awkwardly, and the woman asked again: "Do you have your own embroidery?"

"Yes," Su Wanru handed over a half-worn handkerchief, "I embroidered this before. Later, I went to Xiufang to do business and didn't have time to do private work, so..."

The woman took the veil and looked at it carefully, "Not bad. Although the pattern is small, it shows the skill."

Su Wanru didn't speak.

"You can keep it." The woman returned the handkerchief to Su Wanru, "My surname is Huo, everyone calls me Aunt Huo, and I am the owner of Xiufang."

Su Wan felt blessed, and said, "Hello, Aunt Huo."

"Yeah." Aunt Huo said, and shouted out of the window: "Ah Cai, a newcomer is here, I'll bring it to you."

After saying that, I saw a woman in her early thirties walking towards this side with a smile on her face. She was wearing a plum red beige, with a round bun, and her slightly chubby figure looked very festive and kind. , "Sister, this is the newcomer. The birth is really good. Give me your hand, and I'll take a look."

Su Wanru stretched out her hand out of the window, and asked A Cai's woman to pinch her hand, looked her up and down, and said with satisfaction: "This hand is not bad, it's Xiuniang's hand."

"Are you good at Su embroidery or Hunan embroidery?" She asked.

After Su Wanru introduced her, Ah Cai nodded and said, "Same as my sister, she is from Suzhou embroidery." Then she said to Aunt Huo, "Sister, this time there really is a girl from Suzhou embroidery."

Is it all Hunan embroidery?But the one hanging on the door is Suzhou embroidery.

"Don't listen to her nonsense." Aunt Huo said: "But now you and I are the only ones in the Xiufang who are Suzhou Embroidery. A Cai said that in order to avoid Jinxiufang, we have to take on more Hunan Embroidery work in the future, so that we can protect ourselves. I think It makes sense, so there will be no embroiderers who accept Su embroidery."

It turned out to be the case.

"My surname is also Huo, we are sisters." A Cai said: "From now on, you can call me A Cai."

Su Wanru looked at Aunt Huo, Aunt Huo shook her head helplessly, and said, "Don't listen to her nonsense, you can call her Little Aunt Huo, or you can call her Mrs. Qin."

Mrs. Qin, so Huo Cai is married.

As if responding to her words, she heard the sound of footsteps running outside the door, and a delicate and milky little girl shouted: "Auntie, auntie, niece is hungry, niece is hungry!"

Su Wanru backed away a bit, and saw a four or five-year-old girl in a red brocade jacket rush in and hugged Aunt Huo, "Auntie, I want to eat horseshoe cake, so I will give ten dollars to my daughter."

"Okay!" Aunt Huo said, and casually counted ten coins in the pot next to her embroidery stand to the little girl, "Eat less, dinner will be in a while."

The little girl nodded, and ran away with a smile on her face.

"This child, he doesn't call me mother when he sees me. He knows you as an aunt in his eyes. My heart is so sore," Huo Cai said with a smile on his face, "The boss is about to leave school soon. , I'll take a look."

Aunt Huo nodded, took a sip from the teacup, and found that the tea was cold, she picked up the teapot to refill it, and found that the teapot was empty, so she looked back at Su Wanru in embarrassment, "Su Jin, help me get some hot water."

"Yes," Su Wanru picked up the kettle on the stove and added hot water, Aunt Huo took a sip of tea and sighed comfortably.

Su Wanru put the kettle back and looked back at Aunt Huo.

On her right is a small table, on which there are all the things she needs to use, which can be taken at hand.

She looked towards Aunt Huo's legs, and saw that there were blankets on her legs, and her legs were a little stiff on the extended footrests of the chair. The shoes were very clean, even the soles were white and clean.

Inconvenience?Su Wanru suddenly realized.

No wonder she felt a little strange.

"You see how careless A Cai is. She asked her to familiarize you with the environment, but she forgot about it as soon as she turned her head." Aunt Huo shook her head and sighed, and shouted to the outside, "Girl Xian, come here."

After the words fell, a girl who thought she was seventeen or eighteen years old came over, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, "Auntie, you are looking for me."

"Take Su Jin around and talk to her about the things in the workshop." After Aunt Huo finished speaking, Zhou Xian smiled at Su Wanru and said, "Su Jin, come around from the outside, and I will introduce you to everyone first." .”

Su Wanru said hello to Aunt Huo, lifted the door curtain and just stepped out when someone bumped into her face, smelling of alcohol, she jumped and stood against the wall.

"Sister." The man reeking of alcohol rushed into it, "Sister, why didn't you listen to me and sell this place, and you won't earn a few taels of silver all year round. What's the point of you staying here?"

After the man finished speaking, he closed the door with a bang, followed by the sound of closing the window.

Su Wanru vaguely heard the sound of smashing things inside.

(End of this chapter)