Chapter 605 The customer watering the orchids [Please vote for me!]
Taoshouzhai big boat, in the hall.
After leading the two guests from afar, Yu Nianyuan quickly picked up Li Shu's back collar before the eldest sister Xue Zhongzhu went crazy, and lifted her helplessly out of the door, waving her short legs.
The master and apprentice left the hall to Xue Zhongzhu and the two guests.
In a small room at the back of the hall, Yu Nianyuan came back and brought back a bowl of fish soup to comfort Li Shu.
Yu Nianyuan turned around and left, called the proprietress of Taoshou Zhai and gave some instructions.
Not long after, the defense on the merchant ship became increasingly tight, and the figures of Yue girls coming and going were in a hurry.
After enjoying the wind and rain at the bow of the ship for a while, Yu Nianyuan counted the time, turned around, and walked into the hall again with his bare feet tied with a red rope...
Participate in secret meetings.
About two quarters of an hour later.
Yu Nianyuan left the secret meeting hall again.
Holding a bowl of delicious and milky white sturgeon soup in one hand, she walked into the small room at the back of the hall where the well-behaved disciples were.
"Master! Did I make Master Uncle angry again? Her eyes were so scary just now..."
Li Shu rushed over, hugged Yu Nianyuan's thigh, and buried her face in her thigh, with a look of reluctance on her face.
Yu Nianyuan lowered his head and touched Mr. Zha's little head. At the same time, he handed out a handkerchief to signal Li Shu not to wipe her nose on her thigh.
"Master..." Li Shu looked a little embarrassed and lowered her head to wipe her nose with water.
Yu Nianyuan's face was calm. He poured a bowl of fish soup into the empty bowl in front of Li Shu and drank half of it.
"Although your uncle is busy with important things, he never forgot to ask me to bring you another bowl."
"Is it a gift from my uncle?"
Li Shu held the fish soup bowl in both hands and asked curiously:
"Master, why are you so courteous to me when you have nothing to do? Isn't it what you said is either adultery or theft?"
Yu Nianyuan:......
The gentle female gentleman in white suddenly felt that she did the right thing by not letting her disciple stay in the hall for too long.
At this time, I heard some slurping sounds of soup.
Yu Nianyuan lowered his head and glanced at his good disciple.
I saw Li Shu holding a bowl bigger than her face in both hands, raising her head and finishing a large bowl of white sturgeon soup in one breath: "Suck, suck, suck~"
She put down the empty bowl and panted slightly. The edges of her mouth were covered with milky white soup stains, and she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.
Yu Nianyuan took back the handkerchief, wiped Li Shu's nose, and said:
"I'm really flattering you today. You ate more than the guests."
The little lolita who stood in front of the boss held an empty bowl in her hands, licked her lips, and asked eagerly:
"Master, there is one left, when will it be put into the pot?"
Yu Nianyuan asked back: "I caught one for my master in the tank this morning, and you still looked unhappy, didn't you?"
Li Shu sniffed, tapped her chin with her index finger, and whispered:
"I was afraid that Dabai and Xiaobai would be separated before. Master, let me tell you, they have such a good relationship. On weekdays, they spin circles together in the water tank every day, which makes my head spin. Such a good relationship
, do you think we can break it up? I can’t bear to part with it.”
Mr. Zha's little loli sighed, paused in her words, and took the fish soup bowl handed over by her master. She lowered her head and took a sip from the edge of the bowl. The corners of her mouth turned white. She waved her little hand and made a decision:
"Forget it, Xiaobai is gone, how can Dabai live alone? The two of them go together, and they have someone to take care of them on the road. To use the words in the book taught by Master, it means...it means...stay together and fly together, and retire to the world."
"Shut up, I didn't teach you how to use it this way. This is not a two-way trip, it's a two-way trip."
"It's all the same..." Li Shu grabbed the hem of the gentle lady in white and shook it: "Dabai, when will master take action, I will be prepared."
"Ready to eat?"
"No, it's preparation for sadness."
"Ah."
Yu Nianyuan shook his head, was silent for a while, and whispered:
"We have to wait until Uncle Qi returns home. This is what your master specially left for her to recuperate."
"When will Uncle Seventh come home? Does she like the blindfolded eldest sister?" Li Shu asked innocently.
Yu Nianyuan remained silent.
She walked over, opened the window, and looked towards Jiangzhou.
The room was quiet for a while.
Yu Nianyuan heard Li Shu's weak voice coming from behind him.
"Master, I'm sorry, I won't make fish soup anymore. It won't matter how long I wait..."
"No."
Yu Nianyuan suddenly interrupted:
"We will take your seventh uncle home right away." After a pause: "We will definitely take her home."
Under Li Shu's bright eyes, Yu Nianyuan turned his head and glanced in the direction of the hall where the secret discussion was taking place.
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"Mr. Wei came all the way from the southwest and avoided many obstacles. It was a hard journey."
"It's not hard work, it's because the queen has worked hard. The incident involving the Xingzi Lake Giant Buddha was also thanks to the queen's intervention, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
Xuezhongzhu's face was cold and he didn't answer.
In the hall, after master and apprentice Yu Nianyuan left, only Xuezhongzhu and two men in coir raincoats and bamboo hats were left.
The latter two had already taken off their bamboo hats and raincoats, shook the rain off their bodies, and sat down together opposite the candle in the snow.
In front of the three of them, each had a bowl of delicious and milky sturgeon soup.
However, the white sturgeon soup in front of the candle in the snow did not move at all.
The other two men in coir raincoats and bamboo hats lowered their heads silently, drinking soup to warm their bodies.
Xuezhongzhu looked at the two of them with a pair of green eyes and a cold gaze.
In other words, he was just looking at one of them, the middle-aged man named Mr. Wei who was taking the lead.
She turned a blind eye to another man who seemed to be his deputy based on the seating order.
This Mr. Wei was wearing a washed white shirt, with a thin face and pale lips, as if he had caught a bit of cold. From time to time he took out a white handkerchief, covered his mouth and coughed.
The deputy man following behind him was younger, plain-looking, a bit stuffy. He was also wearing a shirt, but he had a strong build. He looked less like a scholar and more like a military attache of the border army.
The Menghulu man was carrying a cylindrical cloth bag behind his back, which seemed to be wrapped around a scroll.
If Ouyang Rong were here at this moment, he would definitely recognize the two of them.
Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing.
The two of them followed Li Zhengyan and raised the flag to rebel.
Wei Shaoqi was privately called sir by Li Zhengyan.
As for Du Shuqing, if what Khufu and Ouyang Rong described is correct, he was involved in secret activities when Cai Qin and other 1,500 soldiers rebelled...
Wei Shaoqi took a full bowl of fish soup from Du Shuqing and took a sip. He raised his head and looked at the indifferent Xuezhongzhu with bright eyes:
"I heard that on that day, the eldest female monarch and the noble sect's hidden master turned the tide and intercepted the Buddha's head on the street, thwarting the conspiracy of the false emperor Baozhou..."
Xuezhongzhu didn't seem to want to mention that incident at all, and interrupted with a wave of his sleeves:
"The collapse of the Xingzifang Buddha and the annihilation of thieves have nothing to do with this sect, or it is not directly related... I will not mention this today."
Wei Shaoqi suddenly showed a strange smile that said, "I understand." When he saw this scene, next to the cushion of the candle in the snow, a snow-white long sword named after his best friend made a "clucking" sound and started to tremble.
Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing couldn't help but look sideways.
Xuezhongzhu first closed his eyes, took a deep breath, opened his green eyes, and tried his best to calm down in a dignified tone:
"Mr. Wei, it took a little longer than MiXin expected to arrive."
"There was a delay on the way."
Wei Shaoqi smiled and said in an understatement:
"Qin Jingqin's Xuanwu Camp is really annoying. I passed them several times on the road, but fortunately, I have been to this area of Jiangzhou with Shu Qing, especially Shu Qing, who has a photographic memory, is proficient in terrain, and is good at
He is a natural-born military strategist who can make maps... He is very familiar with this area, so he was safe all the way."
"That's good."
Only then did Xuezhongzhu take a look at the young man Menghulu who could be praised by Mr. Wei.
Du Shuqing sat upright, taking off a cylindrical cloth bag from his back and placing it horizontally on his knees, without squinting.
Wei Shaoqi thought of something, put down his soup bowl, and said as usual:
"Actually, I could have arrived one day earlier, but when Shu Qing Ailan passed by an old place, he stopped for a while, spent an extra night, and took care of a pot of old orchids..."
"You two are in Jiangzhou territory, under the eyes of the imperial court, and you still have such a leisurely life?"
"Isn't it the same for the eldest lady? Isn't this ship sailing on the river so arrogantly under the eyes of the puppet Zhou court?"
"Uh-huh." Xue Zhongzhu was noncommittal.
After a while, she glanced at Wei Shaoqi, who had a gentle face and was drinking soup with a smile, and nodded sullenly:
"About the Giant Buddha, thanks to Mr. Wei and Mr. Li for the initial reminder."
"Easy to do."
Wei Shaoqi shook his head and said seriously:
"However, the construction of this giant Buddha on the boundary of Tiannan Jianghu has indeed destroyed the tacit understanding between the Liqian royal family and the Yuanjun of that generation at the beginning of the founding of Daqian.
"Tiannan Jianghu is the farthest away from Guanzhong. Yuanjun and Guizong have put a lot of effort into stabilizing Tiannan Jianghu over the years.
"This is what Mr. Li also means. Our Kuangfu Mansion and the British Mansion respect the existence of Lord Yuan, unlike Bao Zhou, and there is no intention to offend."
Xuezhongzhu's face softened slightly:
"It's rare for you to have this understanding. Our Jianze has been following the rules for too long. Now many people think that we, Jianze, are disobedient to the court's discipline. But who has crossed the line? Does Zhou Ting dare to admit it?"
Wei Shaoqi smiled slightly.
Xuezhongzhu suddenly said:
"I have always been curious, why did Mr. Wei rebel? I heard that in the Yushiyuan, Master Di thought highly of you and even raised you as a successor..."
Wei Shaoqi's expression remained unchanged and he whispered:
"Master's kindness is indeed difficult to repay, but...different ways do not lead to mutual conspiracy."
"Why are they different?"
Xuezhongzhu raised an eyebrow and asked.
Wei Shaoqi's expression was visibly sad. He stared at the steaming white sturgeon soup in his hand and didn't know what he thought of. He said softly:
"Master is planning things after death. I understand you, but I don't agree with you. Some things are wrong if you do them even a moment later."
Xuezhongzhu didn't ask further questions, and said with an uninterested expression:
"I thought he was loyal to Zhou Tong and was working for the empress of the Wei family."
Wei Shaoqi was quiet for a while, then suddenly asked:
"If the master is acting as an aide, why didn't he personally come to deal with our rebellion in the southwest? To clean up our army?"
"Isn't it to avoid suspicion?"
The candle in the snow pouted:
"Can Empress Wei trust him enough to let him out of sight and go to Lijing to quell the rebellion?"
Wei Shaoqi shook his head:
"Even if I can't come, I still have a hundred ways. As long as I intervene in the southwest war with all my strength, Mr. Li and I will have lost long ago, and there will be no chance now."
"You're not afraid of death. You said it so lightly."
The blue eyes of the candle in the snow narrowed slightly:
"Why do you feel that you have no belief in winning? Is it because I feel wrong? Then what are you fighting for?"
Du Shuqing lowered his head to drink the hot soup and glanced at Jiang Yu outside the window.
Wei Shaoqi smiled and said: "Eradicate the violent guards and restore Li Qian."
Hearing this standard slogan of rebellion, Xue Zhongzhu frowned slightly.
"The Xunyang Prince's Mansion that you want to support does not support this, nor does it work with you." She sneered.
Wei Shaoqi looked calm and drank the soup gently.
At this time, Du Shuqing was full and walked away to wander around the hall.
Passing by a desk where books and poetry manuscripts were placed, he seemed to have discovered something. He picked up a poetry manuscript and looked down at it.
"What is Shuqing doing?"
Before Xue Zhongzhu could frown, Wei Shaoqi asked curiously, while Du Shuqing remained silent.
"Put down the things." Xue Zhongzhu said coldly.
Du Shuqing walked back, ignored the candle in the snow, and said in a low voice:
"The song "The Sapphire Case" was written by Ouyang Lianghan not long ago during the Lantern Festival, and Mr. Wei praised it on the way."
Wei Shaoqi was stunned and looked at Xuezhongzhu with a smile:
"Do you like this, too?"
Xuezhongzhu suppressed his anger and said:
"I'm not watching this in private. Second Junior Sister likes this kind of stuff, and she has to teach the new disciple on weekdays. You are the guests, there is no reason to touch the master's things."
"Sorry, Shu Qing has such a temperament. Whenever he goes to a place, he likes to observe the details of the surrounding terrain and think about escape routes in advance..."
Wei Shaoqi turned around and asked Du Shuqing to apologize.
The latter lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Excellency, please calm down."
Xuezhongzhu snorted coldly: "Observe the retreat? Are you worried about me? Do you think I will betray you?"
"No. It's just Shu Qing's habit of leading troops. It's hard to change for a while. I hope you won't be surprised, my eldest daughter."
Wei Shaoqi shook his head, turned to look at the poem manuscript that Du Shuqing had just put down, and sighed:
"Don't be fooled by this man's poetic talent alone. He is not only proficient in poetry."
Xuezhongzhu frowned:
"What's the meaning?"
After a pause, seeing Wei Shaoqi's sighing expression, she nodded again:
"Second Junior Sister seems to have said the same thing. She said that this person should be the leader of the Giant Buddha of Xunyang Grottoes, similar to Lin Cheng back then."
"Lin Cheng is far inferior to him." Du Shuqing suddenly said.
Wei Shaoqi also nodded lightly:
"If the person who presided over the Xingzi Lake Giant Buddha was not Lin Cheng, but Ouyang Lianghan, and he was not marginalized by those idiots in the imperial court, then it would not be so easy for the queen to succeed. We can't tell, and it will be too late.
"But fortunately, the imperial court is like this. There is always no shortage of self-righteous people. The layman guides the expert. This has been the case in the past and will be the case in the future."
Hearing this, Xue Zhongzhu couldn't help but look sideways and took another look at the Lantern Festival poem that she had previously thought was "pretty good".
Du Shuqing said dullly again:
"Mr. Wei has advised you not to kill Lin Cheng and Wei's people before, but you didn't listen. Although it has temporarily delayed the landing of the Buddha, it has helped Ouyang Lianghan regain his position and cleared out his political opponents. This is not a matter for us.
A good thing."
Xuezhongzhu looked at him coldly:
"First, Lin Cheng and others were not killed by me. Second, are you teaching me how to do things? Do you think our Yunmeng Jianze is the sword in your Kuangfu Army's hand, like an arm?"
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
"Okay, that's it. Don't mention the past anymore. I'm here today to discuss important matters with you, my eldest daughter. Don't disturb your interest."
Du Shuqing whispered: "I'm telling the truth."
Xuezhongzhu sneered: "It's the truth, but it's just a bit of nonsense."
Wei Shaoqi had no choice but to take the initiative to calm down the atmosphere.
Xuezhongzhu's expression quickly calmed down and he glanced at the long cloth bag on Du Shuqing's lap...