Counting the days, tomorrow will be the first day of March. Other book friends read as usual: Since I promised to take the Queen Mother out of the palace for an outing, I should have made preparations in advance.
"Siyuan" has actually been cleaned up and put away properly. All kinds of daily necessities have been put in place, except for the barbecue items needed for the day of the outing.
As for the barbecue grill, charcoal and other tools, they are all in place. What is missing is food. Fortunately, it should not take two days to prepare these things. Well, let's set it to mid-March and let Yinzhen give the message then.
Give it to the Queen Mother. Let her choose a good life.
After the decision was made, Jinxi took Jiangrui out of the house and went to Nantang.
Since the two revealed their secret, the attic in the south hall has become a secret base for the two to meet.
"Uncle Mo, I'm here to see you again." As soon as he entered the Nantang courtyard, Jinxi greeted Mo Linsheng who was cleaning the courtyard. He motioned to Jiangrui to deliver the gifts on the carriage to Mo Linsheng's house.
Wing room.
"Hey, I haven't seen Gege here for a long time. Are you busy preparing the dowry? Haha... Come on, come and see what you can do with these extraneous things. My uncle lives here alone, so he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing. You are the same, Fourth Brother
Yes, is it true that husband and wife are of the same mind?" As soon as Mo Linsheng heard the voice of Jin Xi, he turned around happily and walked over, joking as he walked.
After these years of contact, the two have long become sworn friends and talk about almost everything.
"Uncle is making fun of me again." Jin Xi stamped her feet shyly.
When Mo Linsheng saw this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing loudly, "Uncle, I just saw that Gege was so cute. I couldn't help but want to tease Gege. By the way, it's an unlucky time for you to come. Brother Si has just left."
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"Oh? What message did he leave?" Jinxi was not in a hurry. If there was anything urgent, Yinzhen would send someone to the small building to deliver the message.
"No. I just sat in the attic for a while. However, I don't look very good. Could it be that you two had a fight?" Mo Linsheng said and winked at Jinxi.
Jin Xi couldn't help but roll her eyes. It's normal for that guy to have a bad face. It's really abnormal if he always looks shameless in front of her.
After hearing from Mo Linsheng that Yinzhen sat in the attic for a while, he thought he should have left a note, so he left Jiangrui down below to help Mo Linsheng wipe the seats in the church, while he slowly walked up to the attic.
Sure enough, in the European Chronicles on the middle floor of the display cabinet, I found a small note with a series of numbers written on it. I smiled. I followed the pages of the European Chronicles and turned to the vocabulary marked by the numbers. After finding them one by one, I translated
In one sentence, it is: "Go to the Pagoda on the 15th day of the year."
Do you mean to meet at Futa Temple on the 15th? But what if you don’t come to Nantang?
Jin Xi couldn't help but curl her lips, that guy, I really don't know what he is thinking in his mind. There are many places for the two of them to meet, including any shop. Why did he go to Futa Temple?
When she got down from the attic, she saw Jiangrui sitting on a chair in the church waiting for her, while Mo Linsheng was preparing lunch in the kitchen.
"Gege, Uncle Mo said that we should go back after lunch. What do you think?" When Jiangrui saw her coming downstairs, she hurriedly stepped forward to ask for instructions.
Jinxi nodded, "Then let's eat before we go. Anyway, we won't go back home. It's the same as eating anywhere, and we can still keep company with Uncle Mo here."
Mo Linsheng, who happened to come from the kitchen, nodded happily when he heard Jinxi's words. "That's right, you girls are too reserved."
"It's not that they like to be restrained. It's that this era has taught them to be so." Jinxi said with a slight smile.
Mo Linsheng nodded appreciatively, "Ge Ge is becoming more and more like Mr. Nan."
Mentioning Nan Huairen, Mo Linsheng and Jin Xi, who have passed away many years ago, cannot help but sigh.
"Uncle, if you have the opportunity to go to sea, would you like to visit Mr. Nan's hometown?"
"Going to sea? Haha, uncle, how could I expect such a good thing? It would be good to be able to retire here safely. Book fans also like to read:."
"Hypothetical. If uncle really has this opportunity, would you like to go out to sea and have a look?" Jinxi looked at Mo Linsheng like a curious baby and asked with a smile. Although he was talking about hypotheticals to Mo Linsheng, in fact,
She didn't just say it casually. The big ship customized by Yinzhen will set sail sooner or later. At that time, it will be necessary to find a few reliable and trustworthy people to come on board and manage the affairs.
She had discussed it with Yinzhen, and the technical craftsmen currently involved in shipbuilding in France were determined to stay. As for managers, Mo Linsheng was the best choice. Not to mention that he was used to seeing foreigners, just because of his
His advanced thoughts and speeches are already beyond the reach of many people in China. If you don’t find him, it will be your own loss.
"If I really have this opportunity, I will naturally be willing to go out. After listening to the descriptions of Mr. Nan and Mr. Bai, I have longed for their hometown for a long time." Mo Linsheng really thought that Jinxi was just asking casually, so he did not
He replied with a smile that was hidden from her.
"Yes. Uncle's decision is what I thought." Jinxi smiled and nodded, "If such a day comes, uncle, don't forget the ideal you mentioned today."
"Of course. Since it is an ideal, it will always exist in the heart. However, whether it can be realized is another matter." Mo Linsheng smiled naturally.
The three of them enjoyed the simple meal happily, and Jinxi took Jiangrui to say goodbye. When the carriage drove into Ximen Street, it was noon, and there were not many people on the street. Soon, the carriage drove to Ximen Street and the overpass.
Xiang Kee Tea House at the intersection.
Since Xi Teng Tea House became famous and famous, Xiang Kee has gradually declined.
In fact, this is exactly what Yinzhen wants. One teahouse is enough to collect information. But Xiangji's people have other uses.
As soon as Jinxi entered the door, the shopkeeper Luo An, who was standing at the counter checking accounts, noticed him. He hurriedly walked out of the counter and said, "Luo An has seen Princess."
"Excuse me. Luo An, has your master been here today?" Jinxi walked to the private room upstairs under the guidance of Luo An. When he saw no one around, he asked softly.
"Yes, but I only came here for a short while. I arranged my errands and then went back." Luo An replied respectfully. At the end, seeing Jin Xi lost in thought without saying anything, she thought she had something urgent to do to see her master, so she
He suggested softly: "Gege, do you need me to send someone to deliver a message to the master?"
Jin Xi came back to her senses and quickly shook her head: "That's not necessary. When you see his expression...is there anything wrong?"
"It should be fine." Luo An thought carefully, shook his head and replied.
"It's fine if you have nothing to do. You go down and do your work. I'll take a rest here." Seeing that there seemed to be noise coming from downstairs, Jinxi asked Luo An to go down first to greet him.
"It's strange, why is it so unlucky today? It fell off somewhere." Jinxi took a sip of the Pu'er tea that the waiter had just given and muttered casually.
"Gege, would you like me to send someone to explore the other shops to see if Brother Si is here?" Jiangrui suggested, seeing that Jinxi was a little unhappy.
"Forget it, after thinking about it, there should be nothing wrong. Otherwise, there is no way Luo An doesn't know about it." Jinxi shook her head. She held her chin up and admired the street view outside the window. The spring light outside the window was bright, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant. She couldn't help but sigh: "It's so soon.
It’s spring.”
"Yes, it starts to heat up as soon as spring comes, and it's Gege's big day as soon as summer comes." Jiang Rui answered with a smile.
Jinxi was about to scold her when she heard Luo An's voice from outside the door: "Gege, there is a girl downstairs who has fainted. It is inconvenient for my subordinates to get close... Can you please let Miss Jiangrui come down?"
have a look?"
Jinxi and Jiangrui looked at each other, then said toward the door: "Come down now."
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The girl who fainted was dressed as a Han girl. She was about fourteen or fifteen years old. Book fans also like to read:. On the surface, there were no symptoms, but after fainting for a while, she finally breathed. Jinxi hurriedly asked Jiang Rui to
The other party moved to a private room upstairs, and asked Luo An to send someone to Renhe Medical Center to ask for a doctor. If there was something wrong, Xiangji Tea House would not be able to express it to others.
"What's going on?" The person who followed the doctor turned out to be Yinzhen. When he saw the master and servant Jinxi busying themselves in the private room, he frowned unhappily and asked in a deep voice.
"Huh? So you are in the hospital?" Jinxi raised her eyebrows in surprise when she saw him. Seeing that the doctor was already investigating the cause of the girl's fainting, she pulled him aside. "I will go to the Nantang in the morning.
, I heard from Uncle Mo that you just walked away...are you okay?"
He raised his eyes and glanced at Yinzhen's face. He saw that his expression was indeed more serious than before.
"Let's talk in detail later. Let's talk about this first, why do I always see you picking up people?" The first one is Qingsui, the second one is Hua Sao, and now there is an unknown man and woman. Who knows if this person is in danger.
Thinking about this, Yinzhen's face became darker and darker, and he glared at Jinxi fiercely, "Have you forgotten what I told you? Safety first!"
Here we go again! Jinxi held his forehead speechlessly. Whenever he calls himself "Master", it means he is annoyed. But what is he annoyed about this time? It's in his teahouse, and it's his subordinates who beg.
own.
"Master, you are unjustly accused. It was your subordinate who begged for it. After all, we are all men, so it is inconvenient..." Luo An was not weak in martial arts, so he heard Yinzhen's angry scolding and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize.
"Inconvenient? I don't open a teahouse to save people. If someone faints in the teahouse for no reason, you can send someone to throw them out! You have been with me for so long, don't you even have this sense of safety?"
Hearing that it was Luo An's plea, Yinzhen became even more annoyed. Now that there is an assassin in the palace, although he has been arrested, who knows if there are still any accomplices wandering inside and outside the palace? It is better for these two people to take it upon themselves to save people and treat illnesses.
If he was really an accomplice of the assassin, the consequences would be disastrous.
"You think too much!" Seeing Luo An's explanation, Jinxi became even more angry, so he waved his hand and motioned for Luo An to step back first, pulled Yinzhen to the private room next door, and pushed him to sit down on the chair.
"Tell me, what happened? You are not such an angry person."
Yinzhen looked at her intently for a few seconds, then leaned back on the chair and said in a deep voice: "There was an assassin in the palace last night. Even my study showed signs of being rummaged through."
"Assassin?" Jin Xi asked in surprise, then scanned his body and asked anxiously: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Yinzhen shook his head, "Although the assassin was caught, he committed suicide by biting his tongue. We don't know who sent him, or whether there are any remaining members of the same party."
"No wonder you are so worried about us. Don't worry, Jiangrui and I still have some self-protection skills. As long as they are not muskets, ordinary weapons can still resist. On your side, since the assassin appears in your study, he must know your identity.
, now that Qi Ying is not with you, what should you do?"
"I'm fine, and Qiyi's skills are not weak either." Hearing Jinxi care about him so much, Yinzhen finally softened his expression.
"I originally planned to invite the Queen Mother out of the palace for an outing in Siyuan in the middle of this month, but now it seems that it must be impossible. There must be panic in the palace, right?"
"That doesn't matter. Just prepare more guards secretly. Besides, the Queen Mother left the palace incognito, and Siyuan is inside Deshengmen, so it won't cause such a big commotion."
"You mean, the outing plan is still going ahead?" Jin Xi was a little unbelievable. Such a big thing had just happened in the palace, how could the emperor still agree to it?
"The Queen Mother has mentioned it countless times. She is the oldest, so what if she disagrees?" Yinzhen shook his head with a wry smile.
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After the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, the girl who fainted in the teahouse also woke up leisurely.
After hearing her story, I realized that she had fainted from hunger.
"The little girl's surname is Xiang and her maiden name is Longyu. She went to Beijing to find her relatives, but she was stolen by someone on the way. She starved all the way until she arrived in the capital. She wanted to ask the shopkeeper for a bowl of water, but she never thought... Longyu, thank you all.
It’s a life-saving grace. Other book friends can read it normally:.”
Jinxi thought about it and realized that if she had not had food for three or four days, she would naturally become dizzy due to low blood sugar. He was about to say a few words to comfort her, but he saw her struggling to stand up and salute to thank her.
"It's very polite to the girl. We run a shop and naturally don't want anything bad to happen in the shop. Now that the girl is awake, why don't we go downstairs to have something to eat? Our Xiangji dim sum is also the best in the capital.
"Luo An is Xiangji's big shopkeeper after all. Seeing that Yinzhen didn't want to pay attention to such trivial matters, he naturally had to deal with it diplomatically to avoid his master being unhappy again.
"But..." Xiang Longyu heard what Luo An said and knew that he didn't want to take her in. So he set his sights on Yinzhen. Xiang Longyu, who had seen many businessmen traveling from north to south since he was a child, still had this vision.
Yes, it can be seen at a glance that Yinzhen is the master with the most say among these people.
Jinxi laughed secretly when she saw this. It seemed that Yinzhen was right. This time, she really got into big trouble. Although she understood in her heart, she still glanced at Yinzhen covertly, wanting to see what he would do.
deal with.
"Luo An, give her ten taels of silver and let her leave before nightfall." After hearing this, Yinzhen gave Luo An a faint instruction, then took Jinxi and left the private room.
"They are attracted to you." Jin Xi held back a smile and whispered into his ear.
"Since when have you become such a gossip?" Yinzhen raised his eyebrows and glanced at her. "Since you have so much free time, I will make you some more clothes for all seasons, as well as winter and summer shoes and socks. In case I can't find anything to wear after my wedding."
"..." Hearing this, Jin Xi couldn't help curling her lips. They haven't even gotten married yet, but he looks like a big man. Once he gets married, he will be able to pay off!
"What? Are you not convinced?" Yinzhen felt funny when he saw this.
"No, how dare you!" Jin Xi said quickly and flattered with an extremely flattering smile.
Yinzhen suddenly burst into laughter. (To be continued)