The Wang family was worthy of being a powerful party, and the carriage they equipped was fast and stable. When it got dark, the group entered Zhengzhou and immediately found a large carriage and horse shop to stay. Anyway, the silver coins given by Wang Yuanba were enough to cover their travel expenses.
Liu Menghua didn't feel distressed at all.
Unexpectedly, after settling in, Li Wanlan wanted to go to the night market. Yue Lingshan was lively and young, so she asked Li Wanlan to take her with her. Liu Meng and Linghu Chong were left sitting in the inn.[
Liu Meng was unwilling to try things like shopping. No matter in ancient times or modern times, it was a woman's patent. It was better for gentlemen to make some side dishes and drink by themselves.
Immediately he took Linghu Chong out and found a nearby tavern that was open at night. He ordered two cold dishes, two stir-fried dishes, two dimes of sorghum roast, and drank happily.
Linghu Chong didn't dare to drink even a drop of wine. He watched helplessly as Liu Meng poured cup after cup into his mouth. He was so uncomfortable with the slander that he had no choice but to drink the tea in one gulp.
Seeing the other party's depressed look, Liu Meng was overjoyed and in a better mood. He took a piece of braised pig ear and put it into his mouth, chewed it slowly a few times and said: "Senior nephew Linghu, after your internal injuries are cured, will you be able to do anything?"
What’s the plan?”
Linghu Chong was stunned and replied: "Go back to Huashan. My master and master's wife are getting old, and I have to support them to take care of themselves." Liu Meng shook his head, "You are Senior Brother Yue's first disciple, and you are also a member of the Huashan Sect.
Disciple, as long as you don’t fall into the devil’s path, sooner or later the position of leader will be yours.”
"My nephew has never thought about taking over as the leader. Second junior brother Laudeno has a reliable character, and junior brother Lin is smart and steady. No one of them is more qualified to be the leader than my nephew." Linghu Chong held the tea bowl in both hands and felt something strange in his mouth.
Bitter. I just wish I could look at my junior sister all the time. If the leader is not the leader, what does it matter?
Liu Meng laughed out loud, and secretly sighed: Linghu Chong is really an infatuated person. With his personality, it is really not appropriate to be the leader of a sect. Fortunately, he already has a comprehensive plan, and he only needs to obey his orders.
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"Who do you think among your junior brothers and sisters will be better than you in martial arts? A hundred years from now, your master and master, who will be able to hold up the banner of the Huashan Sect when foreign enemies attack? As senior brother, you,
You don’t want to throw away this responsibility, do you?”
Liu Meng was sipping the sorghum roasted like fire and teaching Linghu Chong a lesson. He felt that it was really wonderful to have good wine and good food while scolding the protagonist. Suddenly he thought: Could it be that he is so good at being a teacher in his heart?
This good mood only lasted less than an hour because the two prodigal girls, Li Wanlan and Yue Lingshan, came back happily.
Five taels per ingot, a total of eighty ingots, four hundred taels of snow-white silver, were spent by the two of them. They bought a lot of rouge, gouache, snacks and toys, and even hired two porters to send them back.
Seeing the stunned surprised expressions of Liu Meng and Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan blushed in embarrassment, while Li Wanlan said confidently: "Zhengzhou just can't compare to the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. Uncle Lingshan, wait until you are free."
Let me take you around."
Still want to go to Jiangnan? Liu Mengqian swallowed his saliva and reminded: "It seems that all the money has been spent." Li Wanlan tilted her beautiful eyes and said indifferently: "Isn't it just a few hundred taels of silver? We are not short of money."
As he said that, he took out the banknotes from the jingzhi robe he had just bought, shook it coolly, and then said: "Why, are you feeling distressed? A dignified elder can't even afford a woman, right?"
There was a crisp click, and in the excitement, the bench Liu Meng was sitting on was crushed to pieces. He screamed: "What did you say?! Woman?! Whose?"
Li Wanlan snorted, took a colorful brocade shawl, handed it to Yue Lingshan and said with a smile: "Lingshan, this will look good on you." Then with a murderous look in his eyes, he looked at Liu Meng and said word by word: "
How about yours?!"
My woman? When did you become my woman?
Liu Meng's heart was like thousands of horses galloping, but facing the murderous intent conveyed in those beautiful eyes like autumn water, he dared not say anything more, so he could only laugh dryly, touch the tip of his nose, and shut up with Linghu Chong in a sensible manner.
The ostrich rose.
Just when he was about to go back to his room to sleep, he deliberately said loudly: "Well, madam, my husband is a little tired today, please give me a smack on my waist first," and then he flashed back to the room, and there was indeed a high-decibel sound coming from behind.
Angrily yelled "Get out!"
The Kaifeng area in Zhengzhou has the most powerful people, and Liu Meng didn't want to really spend women's money. He immediately went out for a full circle at night and raised several hundred taels of silver to come back and use it as travel expenses.[
On the second day, we rushed again and entered Kaifeng.
Lan Fenghuang had woken up. After thanking Liu Meng repeatedly for saving her life, she quietly left alone in the evening. Liu Meng also understood that she must have gone to Luoyang to look for Ren Yingying, so he comforted Qu Feiyan for a few words and decided to return to Hengshan.
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It was just a carriage when we arrived, but it was much more troublesome when we returned.
Li Wanlan, the Six Immortals of Peach Valley, Linghu Chong, and Yue Lingshan couldn't sit down at all, so they immediately bought six horses for the Six Immortals of Peach Valley to ride, and hired two carts to carry the many precious medicinal materials that Li Wanlan had collected in Bao Gong's Temple, along with
The two green pine and green bamboo path boys were taken away together.
After Li Wanlan inquired about various situations in Hengshan in detail, he spent a lot of money and bought ten brothels from various brothels through human traffickers to use as maids. As for some exquisite daily necessities, not to mention some.
So four more carriages and six horses were added to the team, and it was like a corrupt official visiting his family. They dragged the family and their families all the way through the state and counties, and it took nearly two months to reach the border of Hengyang.
By this time, the team had expanded into a huge group of ten carriages, twelve donkey carts, and ten horses. Liu Meng had already lost count of how much money he had raised by going out every night. Anyway, it was just a white jade fan.
The screen cost a thousand taels of silver!
When they arrived at Hengshan City, the thirty or so Hengshan disciples at home began to unload the items together, filling the courtyard to the brim. Everyone was dazzled by the exquisite and luxurious objects and decorations.
When the hired accountant registered the price there and sang out the prices one by one, the poor Hengshan disciples, who had always been poor, were all afraid that if they accidentally broke something, they would have to pay for it even if they sold it.
I'm sorry!
Although the Sanjin Residence where Liu Meng lives covers a large area, there are not many houses, so of course it cannot accommodate so many things. Fortunately, the garden built previously has been basically completed, leaving only the pond that has not yet been cleaned.
Li Wanlan immediately took over the power, and with a light hand, he took the diehard Qu Feiyan into the garden to choose a place to stay.
The exquisite two-story pavilion, with cornices and carved railings, was so beautiful that the little girl Qu Feiyan took a fancy to it at a glance. Li Wanlan named her "Yanyun Pavilion" and assigned two maids to serve her.
daily life.
Then he chose the two-story building at the top to live in and named it "Tingyu Building". And the three-story building was named "Jicui Building", and he also picked a bedroom for Yue Lingshan in it. As for Liu Meng,
They can only be assigned to the waterside pavilion by the pond.
Linghu Chong was placed in a small building in the inner courtyard, living with four disciples including Qi Ayi and Meng A'er. Li Wanlan also renovated the warehouse in the backyard for her to use for refining medicine without permission, except for two little Taoist boys.
, no one is allowed to enter. They also specially arranged for the Six Immortals of Peach Valley to live in the wing room, and asked them to guard the backyard. If anyone found trespassing, they would be killed.
Next, Li Wanlan squeezed out the last taels of money from Liu Meng and asked the craftsmen to continue building the garden. Liu Meng also saw the drawings, and the scale was more than doubled, covering an area of more than forty acres! And what do you think of the layout?
Why did it look familiar? Later, after asking around the corner, I found out that she had copied the entire Lingering Garden in Suzhou!
The Lingering Garden in Suzhou! How much money does it cost! Even if I am a thief every night and raise donations every night, I still have to work hard for half a year! Besides, there are so many corrupt officials and toubobs asking me to raise donations!
This was the first time that Liu Meng was angry. Li Wanlan's eyes filled with mist, and she said with a sense of grievance: "I just miss home. I have always been precarious, and finally I feel safe. It's okay to be luxurious."
, anyway, I will have to leave this world in four years."
The beautiful woman's aggrieved expression was extremely endearing. Liu Meng sighed, thinking about it, she had been on tenterhooks the whole time. It was rare to meet him here and let her relax and live comfortably for a few years. It was really not a big deal.
Excessive.
But if I miss home, what does it have to do with building a lingering garden?
"I'm from Suzhou." Li Wanlan rarely showed a delicate and shy posture. Seeing that Liu Meng was still puzzled, she had to continue: "My home is in Liuyuan."
Live in Liuyuan? Home?
Liu Meng was completely defeated. As expected, he could not understand the living realm of these gentlemen and ladies, and his own life was too far away from them.[
make money!
To be precise, it's a fundraiser.
Liu Meng set his sights on the prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that Suzhou and Hangzhou are the richest in the world. If he works hard for months and raises tens of thousands of taels of silver, it should be no problem, right?
Unexpectedly, Li Wanlan had his own way. He asked the accountant to write a notice, and then asked the housekeeper Huang Ping'an to send people to Hengyang, Xiangtan, Zhuzhou and other cities to post it.
The notice was very simple, written in black and white, "I pray that Hengshan, the miracle doctor of death, will open a clinic to treat illnesses, and he will give you a thousand taels of gold and silver. Those who are not cured will be returned tenfold!"
Then all the east wing rooms of the inner courtyard were vacated, a side door was opened, and a high wall was used to separate it from the inner courtyard. A flagpole was erected at the door, and a red cross flag with a white background was raised, with the words "I will not die" written on it.
Four big characters.
After this move, the Hengshan Sect immediately became a hot topic in the surrounding prefectures and counties, and the arrogance of seeking death quickly spread along with the thousand taels of medical treatment money.
Mr. Mo Da, the head of Xiaoxiang Yeyu, stood at the door with his huqin, looking up at the "Wish to Die" full of small sticks of incense, and then asked with surprise on his miserable face: "This is..."
"
Liu Meng could only smile bitterly and explained softly: "Your sister-in-law is a well-known doctor and her medical skills are extremely good. She wants to help the world and benefit the world, and by the way...it will also increase the reputation of our Hengshan sect."
