Seeing Lu Bai's stubbornness, she could only lower her voice hesitantly, "This, I, I mustn't do it when I'm pretending to be Shopkeeper Shen. Is there anything I can do to avoid suspicion?"
Lu Bai was confused, "What is that?"
Lian'er rolled her eyes at him, "Brother, I didn't expect you to be so simple."
"What does this have to do with innocence?" Lu Bai said halfway before he suddenly realized, "Oh, it's that one."
Lian'er nodded, "Then I perform exceptionally, and that's it for us."
"Which one is it?" Lu Bai thought about this riddle.
Before Lian'er could say anything, Mrs. Shen blushed and went to the side, along with the maid in green clothes.
"Oh, it's just that the love is deeply rooted, and the love grows deeper and deeper, and we are committed to it for life!" Lian'er simply said it clearly.
Lu Bai was speechless.
He looked at Lian'er and waved his hand after a moment, "Okay, if you two are really related, then let's keep them. You can also stay here and continue to be shopkeeper Shen. They may be useful when we seek revenge in the future. Your place."
The key is that one is in the light and the other is in the dark, and the two do not interact with each other. It is generally difficult for anyone to suspect that they are a team.
"I play the main role, okay?" Lian'er said unconvinced.
She feels that when there is a rebellion, she will definitely play a big role.
Lu Bai smiled and said nothing, and just said: "Don't let anyone know about our relationship. If you do this, after you become Shopkeeper Shen, you will let me catch you, and then because there is no evidence, you will be arrested by Shen." They let you go under the coercion of the family."
Lu Bai turned to look at Mrs. Shen and asked if the Shen family would do this for Shopkeeper Shen.
Mrs. Shen nodded.
As long as they send the money on time, relieve the Shen family's money crisis, and relieve the Shen family head's anger, the Shen family will definitely help Shopkeeper Shen do this.
"Don't look at what Shen Xi said just now that he can hand over this business to other branches. In fact, without our branch, the business of Meiji Cloth Store will not be on track for at least half a year." Mrs. Shen said. .
Now is the time when the Shen family's money is most critical, and the Shen family will never give up on Shopkeeper Shen easily.
Lu Bai heard this and looked back at Lian'er, "Can she do it?"
Mrs. Shen smiled slightly and said, "To be honest with you, I take care of a lot of business in Meiji Cloth Village. Mr. Shen is mainly engaged in long-distance business, such as transporting silk fabrics, dealing in raw silk, smuggling to the northwest, etc." Out business.”
Even though Mrs. Shen has never been involved in these businesses, she has heard about them and knows a little bit about them.
Besides, shopkeeper Zichen doesn't go out every time. At least half of the time, he lets his subordinates go out, so now many of his subordinates know how to do business.
In this way, with Mrs. Shen taking care of her inside and some experienced hands outside, Lian'er can generally cover it up.
"I have taught her a lot in the past six months, which is enough for her to do business. Besides, people who are not very familiar with her will generally not be able to spot her," said Mrs. Shen.
Lian'er didn't forget to add: "Even if you see through me, I still have the ability to charm."
She didn't dare to use it against someone with a high level like Lu Bai, but for ordinary people or people whose cultivation level was lower than hers, Lian'er was still very good at luck.
Upon hearing this, Lu Bai asked, "How is your practice now?"
Lian'er murmured, "The Taoist tradition is about a hundred years old."
Lu Bai calculated that it was at the early stage of the Sky-Breaking Realm.
"But my charm skills are also great as my transformation skills. My charm skills were taught to me by Madam Hu herself. She said that I am very talented in this area." Lian'er said proudly.
Lu Bai asked her to take a rest.
At the same level, her charm skills may be useful, but at a higher level, her charm skills will have no effect at all.
This world is so strange.
Even if you can occasionally defeat the strong with the help of moves, everything is just a cloud in front of the interface, and it feels like the game has been set up. As long as the level is not enough, it will be difficult for even the most powerful professional players to win with their skills.
Lian'er curled her lips, very doubtful that they were not brothers and sisters at all, "You said, you have made rapid progress in practice and are considered to be a monster among geniuses. Why do I have to wait so long in my practice? Do you put all your cleverness into it?
He sucked it out of my mother's womb and left me with some stupidity?"
Lian'er felt very unbalanced.
Why, Lu Bai took all the good things.
She Gu Lian'er - no, now she should be called Lu Lian'er. Not to mention that she grew up sleeping in the wild. This talent has not even accounted for one percent of Lu Bai's.
"There are some things you can't help, just accept your fate." Lu Bai could only give Lian'er a gloating smile.
Then, he changed his mind and said, "All you practice is sorcery?"
Lian'er was not angry, "Yes, otherwise, I would like to learn human skills. Is there anyone who can teach me?"
Lu Bai walked around her, "Are you feeling uncomfortable in any way?"
Lian'er shook her head, she felt everything was fine.
Can people also practice black magic?
Lu Bai pondered for a while, but couldn't think of a clue and finally gave up.
Lu Bai had nothing to do next. After agreeing to deliver the money tonight, Lian'er would transform into shopkeeper Shen tomorrow, and Lu Bai sent people to arrest him, Lu Bai got up and left.
This time he went out openly through the main entrance.
When he went out, Lu Bai looked at the sky and saw clouds gathering in the sky. It was estimated that it would rain in the next period of time.
Gu Qinghuan also said in the morning that the rainy season in Jiangnan is coming soon. At this time, Jiangnan will feel uncomfortable if it doesn't rain for more than ten days. She also asked Lu Bai to use an umbrella, but Lu Bai didn't.
How could he, a dignified and dignified military governor, be caught in the rain?
After looking at the sky, Lu Bai lowered his head and headed towards the dock. He had to quickly find a few cargo ships heading to Yaozhou. Finally, the ones with the fastest pace could catch up with Erha and Hong Tailang who set off yesterday and tell them.
Lian'er was found.
Lu Bai thought like this and stopped after taking a few steps.
No!
The relationship between Lu Bai and Lian'er has to be kept secret for the time being. If he wants the boatmen to spread the word like this, as a man of the hour in the capital, it is estimated that tomorrow the people in the whole city will know that his sister has been found.
By the day after tomorrow, it is estimated that the matchmaker will have crossed the threshold.
Who wouldn’t want to cling to his in-laws, Lu Bai?
Lu Bai thought about it and finally decided to have someone deliver the message, but the content of the message changed. He asked the boatmen to tell Erha and Hong Tailang that the lotus seeds they were looking for had been found, and they must return immediately.
Beijing.
The ship Lu Bai was looking for was a bit demanding. Since it had to set off today, it also had to be fast.
Although many cargo merchants wanted Lu Bai to owe this favor, many were unable to do anything. Lu Bai searched several docks and only found a fleet at the dock on the south bank of Zhuquekou near noon.
This fleet is the charcoal fleet.
They just arrived in the capital today and loaded up a ship of porcelain. They will set off back to Yaozhou tonight. After they learned that Lu Bai was looking for someone to send a message, they hurriedly said that they could speed up their journey to catch up with Hong Tailang.
They deliver messages.
They just happened to see the boat Erha and the others were on yesterday. He was a familiar businessman who frequented the road. He knew their destination and there would be no problem of missing it.
For them, speeding up the process would allow Lu Bai to owe them a favor, which was a great deal.
If anything happens in the capital in the future, they can still ask Lu Bai for help to repay the favor.
After Lu Bai said his message, he looked at them carrying the porcelain and felt very puzzled.
Lu Bai knew that Yaozhou produced charcoal; Yaozhou was short of porcelain, and porcelain was often trafficked to Yaozhou for profit, and Lu Bai also knew that. However, the fleet only arrived in the capital this morning, so why did it unload the charcoal and have to go back.
It's only noon now, and the charcoal has been unloaded?
Lu Bai was purely curious and asked casually when leaving.
The charcoal dealer grinned. There was no black carbon between his teeth, so he looked like he was transporting charcoal.
He told Lu Bai that they were lucky. Three days ago in the evening, their fleet met a customer downstream. He rounded up all their charcoal. They unloaded the goods and rested before arriving in the capital.
Otherwise, they would have wasted a long time with the burning coals in previous years.
Lu Bai suddenly nodded, said goodbye to them, and then forgot about the charcoal matter.
Lu Bai walked onto the Suzaku Bridge and strolled toward the opposite side. As soon as he reached the center of the bridge, it suddenly started to rain. The pedestrians on the bridge immediately started running in a hurry, and the two vendors operating on the bridge also hurriedly packed up their things.
Lu Bai took the opportunity to buy a pack of candied fruits while the vendor was hurriedly packing up his things.
The hawker was in a hurry to close the stall, so Lu Bai slashed the price.
Lu Bai was not afraid of rain. The rain fell on his head and dispersed on its own. As he walked, Lu Bai ate some candied fruit and watched the rain sprinkle bits and bits on the calm water surface of the Qinhuai River, and then rippled away.
There are several painted boats floating on the Qinhuai River, hidden in the Willow Bay. The red flowers on the boats contrast with the green of the willow trees.
Lu Bai stayed on the bridge and watched, and the people on the boat also stood in front of the window and watched.
"Is that Lu Zhenfu?" A girl stood in front of the window, looking at Lu Bai on the bridge. She was wearing a crimson soft silk shirt, a light pink skirt, and her hair was tied with a red silk rope.
A sloping mountain-style black hair bun, with six pink apricot flowers inserted on it. The apricot flowers were just bought from the flower girl hawking along the street.
"Yeah." Red girl nodded.
It was rare for her to take a rest today, so she took a boat to chat with her sister, Hua Nu, a steward.
Flower slaves like flowers.
She likes flowers the most, and people are the same as flowers. Therefore, although she is not very famous on the Qinhuai River, she has attracted a group of young men who like her, as well as their sisters who are traveling with her.
"You really have a fairy spirit." Hua Nu looked at the figure on the Lubai Bridge.
Lu Bai's carefreeness and ease in the rain made Hua Nu's heart tremble when he saw it. This may be the temperament of a higher level of cultivation. Like a clump of bamboo, it has the tenacity of the bamboo and the modesty of the bamboo clump.
wind.
"Why--"
Miss Hong waved her hand in front of Hua Nu's face and said, "Come back to your senses, you must not fall in love with him. If he gets lovesick and loses all your flowers, it will not be a good thing."
"
Hua Nu came back to her senses and teased Miss Hong, "What, Sister Hong, do you have a crush on him?"
The red girl gave a bitter smile, "Me? I can't help myself. I'm rootless than that duckweed. Who can I fall in love with? I don't dare to fall in love with anyone."
The smile on Hua Nu's face faded.
She knew the red girl's situation.
It was well known to everyone that the emperor was lucky to have the red girl, so the red girl was regarded as the emperor's favorite, and no one dared to have any evil thoughts about her. However, the emperor never mentioned the matter of bringing the red girl into the harem, and just let her stay.
In the brothel.
No one knew what the emperor was thinking.
But everyone knows what will happen to the red girl next.
If the emperor had not forcibly brought the red girl into the harem, then the queen mother would have been there, so the red girl would not have been able to see the red walls of the harem. If she had given birth to a son and a half, she would have either been taken into the palace, or she would have been forced to abort the fetus.
If she has no sons and a half daughters, and the emperor abandons her, the red girl is afraid that she will have no place in the entire Southern Dynasty. No one will redeem her life, and no one will take care of her business. The only thing waiting for her is Qing Deng.
"Maybe he can save you." Hua Nu looked at Lu Bai on the bridge.
She could see that Lu Bai was a very strange being in the capital, no, in the entire Southern Dynasty.
She had heard someone say that Lu Bai had broken the Sword Immortal's Enlightenment Monument in a moment. His realm was unfathomable, and it was even possible for him to ascend to the Ascension Realm. He was now feared by Yiqiu Villa, wooed by the eight major sects, and wanted to be a pleasant presence even to the emperor.
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If this man opens his mouth to save the red girl from the fire and water, he will be able to catch her easily.
The red girl smiled bitterly.
How could he not know.
She saw with her own eyes that the emperor patiently flirted with Lu Bai.
However, Lu Bai was a stranger to her. He didn't even look at her, he didn't even look at her.
The only thing she has is beauty. Lu Bai is not interested in this. What can she do?
The flower slave looked at Lu Bai, who was dressed and eating preserves, and said after a while: "Then let me try, what if he likes me like this? In this case, I will invite her to have a cup of scented tea now."
The red girl smiled and said, "I think you have fallen in love with him."
Hua Nu said seriously, "I am doing this for you."
She jumped up by the window and waved, and said hello: "Mr. Lu, it's cold on the bridge. Come down and have a cup of tea to warm yourself up and enjoy the spring water of the river."
Lu Bai had just finished eating the candied fruit in his hand.
With his sharp eyes and ears, he naturally heard the greeting from the flower slave on the ship, and also caught a glimpse of the uncomfortable red girl next to him.
However, Lu Bai has no case to go to them for questioning now.
As for chatting, Lu Bai felt that chatting with these people was too troublesome, so he might as well find someone to talk in plain language and brag for a while. So Lu Bai nodded to them, put away the paper bag of candied fruits, and walked slowly to the north of Zhuque Bridge.
The head is gone.
"Why--"
Hua Nu was still greeting her, but she couldn't help but be startled when she saw Lu Bai go away.
Miss Hong laughed at her from behind, "It seems that Mr. Lu doesn't like you either."
Hua Nu pouted and said, "My girl is pretty and beautiful. He doesn't like me like this. What kind of person does he like?"
"Maybe she's like Miss Gu Si." Miss Hong restrained her smile, "Miss Gu Si is much prettier than us. I took a look at her from a distance in the Qinjia River Room a few days ago. To be honest, I
If I were a man, I would definitely be obsessed with Miss Gu Si."
Hua Nu nodded, "That's right. Taking care of Miss Fourth all day long, of course we won't be able to catch his eye."
To the north of Zhuque Bridge is the Imperial Street, and to the left and right of the Imperial Street are Gongyuan and the Ancestral Temple.
When Lu Bai Youzai got off the bridge, he suddenly saw a woman kneeling on the ground in the drizzle, on the Royal Street, where pedestrians were walking around, holding a human head in her hands and raising it high above her head.