But it was said that Zhenming used the airs of elders to coax Liu Mingqiu into confusion. After a while, she said: "This matter is not trivial. Let this junior think about it for a while."
Zhen Ming said: "That's fine. I just don't want you to waste your skills in vain."
Jia Cong asked smoothly: "How many of your people are still with Concubine Hui? Please come over. My uncle said, don't waste your skills."
Liu Mingqiu said: "We are following Concubine Hui, who was originally led by the master. Now she has gone to Nanyang to find her junior uncle, and she doesn't know when she will come back."
Jia Cong immediately laughed out loud: "You still want to wait for her to come back? She can't come back." Liu Mingqiu asked why in surprise. Jia Cong said, "I went to the State of Chen in the early years, and Concubine Hui and the King of Chen had a big problem with each other.
She wanted to hit the fat sister-in-law dozens of times. With her skill, the blows couldn't hurt her, but her face was extremely embarrassing. In addition, King Chen's sister-in-law also used Uncle Zhou as a slave. It can be seen that Concubine Hui and her son
The two of them didn't take their sisters seriously at all and regarded them as two slaves. As the master of a country now, how could Zhou Xiaolan be willing to let her own sister be a slave? If Master Zhou didn't find Java, it would be fine; if
Once found, Zhou Xiaolan will not be released even if she is placed under house arrest."
Liu Mingqiu said calmly: "Master's kung fu is better than that of my junior uncle."
Jia Cong faked a smile and said: "Do you think Zhou Xiaolan fights with fists and kicks? Dare I ask how Zhou Damei's kung fu compares with firearms?" Liu Mingqiu took a breath. Jia Cong looked at Chen Ruijin and said, "Your junior uncle has already won
Java, I must be drinking cocoa tea every day. Oops, I always forget to send someone to Spain to make cocoa recipes, otherwise I can give it to her."
Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "We don't need to think of a way, my uncle will do it himself. With her skills, it's not easy to make a recipe."
Jia Cong thought the same thing. For such a master of the inner world, coaxing, interrogating, and peeping are no big deal. He hurriedly said: "In that case, let's send someone over to contact him first. Cocoa tea is comparable to
Brown gold is big business." Chen Ruijin nodded.
Liu Mingqiu looked at the two of them and smiled bitterly: "So, Master will not be able to come back if we can't protect him?"
Jia Cong said: "The words 'baobuqi' can be removed." Besides, Concubine Hui doesn't have much time left to live, and she won't be able to find her master when she comes back.
Chen Ruijin also said: "If you live comfortably for too long, your master will also change. It is more comfortable to be the emperor's sister than to be a slave, and you can have cocoa tea to drink every day." She clapped her hands and smiled, "I am the most cocoa tea. Since it is
When my uncle goes to Java, he must ask her to give me more money."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "She would think about going to Java to get your cocoa tea that year?"
Liu Mingqiu hurriedly asked what was going on, and the two of them explained in detail the reason why Zhou Xiaolan left King Chen and chose to go to Java. Liu Mingqiu was dumbfounded when he heard this; Zhenming was also a little surprised, and then smiled and stroked his beard: "In the past
When King Wen of Chu went to collect food for Mrs. Xi, did this little Zhou girl go to attack Java just for food?"
Chen Ruijin smiled as brightly as a bright cloud, and praised the delicious taste of cocoa tea: "Master Taoist, I have never tasted it; it is really worth conquering a whole country."
Jia Cong also laughed: "Both men and women are the same, but most men don't add honey for seasoning. There must be some in the library. I'll send some with my uncle, so you can try it too." He called the boy from Baoyu Courtyard through the wall to come over.
, and asked him to tell Mistress Lian to get some cocoa tea for Uncle Uncle; Zhenming knew there were no servants here.
Suddenly the boy came back and said with a smile: "Mrs. Lian said that during the war in Java in the past two years, most of the cocoa tea was shipped from West Africa, which was not easy to buy. The girls bought it last time and divided it among them. The new ones haven't been made yet.
Here we are. I sent her own ones first."
Chen Ruijin said: "Leave hers to Fu'er, my place is better." He stood up and wanted to go back to the yard to get it.
Liu Mingqiu said hurriedly: "I'll go with you. What you said is so absurd, I'll take a look at what the cocoa tea looks like first." The two senior sisters pretended to be affectionate and left.
As soon as they left, Jia Cong happily bowed around Zhenming several times: "Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure! Uncle, I am so humbled!" Zhenming said nothing and pointed to the tea. Jia Cong was too busy to stand in for him.
He poured the tea and held it in both hands.
Outside, Chen and Liu walked back to Jia Cong's courtyard before entering the courtyard gate. Liu Mingqiu suddenly leaned against the door, looked at Chen Ruijin and said, "Why did the young master rebel against King Chen?"
Chen Ruijin also looked at her and sighed for a while: "You don't believe that she left because King Chen wanted to take her into his house?" Liu Mingqiu was at a loss. Chen Ruijin said, "She is neither a fan nor a slave. She is also a fan.
Doesn’t the Master, the Madam, have a body deed in his hand? Does Concubine Chen Wanghui have her body deed in her hand? For decades, the inner court has been able to trap your family named Liu, not because if you leave, the emperor will
The whole country is under arrest and the army is searching for them? Does King Chen have that much power? In the early days, slaves did not dare to escape, just because they were afraid of being caught back and beaten to death. Nowadays, I don’t know how many people on our island were once escaped slaves. Their masters
I know where the person is, but I can't do anything about it."
Liu Mingqiu stared at her and said, "Have you never thought of helping me gain a foothold in Jia Cong's backyard?"
Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "I don't have to say anything about this kind of thing. After all, it is the man who makes the decision."
"I saw the way he looked at you..." Liu Mingqiu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Isn't that female doctor from Shu a misinformation?"
Chen Ruijin couldn't help laughing and said, "That female doctor is me."
"No wonder." Liu Mingqiu paused and said seriously, "What Master said is true, you really can't have a son." Chen Ruijin shrugged, noncommittal. "I heard a few days ago that Jia Cong wanted to give Nanyang a name.
As a country in Malaysia, I'm afraid he has more ambitions than just one country. In the future, a male will eventually succeed him."
Chen Ruijin couldn't help but laugh: "Do Sister Liu's ears have sieves? How come you can hear some things but not others? Didn't you see him leading the army with Miss Lin? Didn't you hear him say that there are many empresses in the West?
Didn't you hear him praising the good work of Junior Master Zhan Java? Didn't he know that Junior Junior Uncle was a woman?" Liu Mingqiu had obviously never thought about this part and was stunned.
Chen Ruijin ignored her and went inside to find cocoa tea. He took it to Zhenming's place and cooked it himself for everyone to drink. Some had milk and honey added, and some did not. Everyone tasted both. In the end,
Zhenming, Liao Shouping, and Jia Cong drank pure drinks, while Chen Ruijin and Yuan Shikai drank sweet drinks. Zhenming actually smacked his lips after drinking: "No wonder Zhou Yatou is going to fight to seize the origin of this thing. Hasn't she already finished it? Jia Cong
, send someone to buy it quickly!" Jia Cong hurriedly responded, and everyone laughed.
When Jia Cong finished flattering Zhen Ming and returned to the courtyard, Liu Mingqiu was still standing against the door. Jia Cong shouted from a distance: "Niece, why don't you come to drink cocoa tea?"
Liu Mingqiu looked up at him and asked: "How big is overseas?"
Jia Cong was overjoyed: "You also want to go out and conquer the country? Come on, let me look at the world map with you! Please come in quickly." Even though he was a fool, Liu Mingqiu could see that he treated her completely differently from just now, and he was very happy now.
Enthusiasm is real. I couldn't help but glance at Chen Ruijin.
After explaining the map for half a day, Jia Cong went back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Liu Mingqiu sat with Chen Ruijin for a while and explained the reason why she came here.
It turned out that a few days ago, spies from the Shu Kingdom sent a message to the Chen Kingdom, saying that Jia Cong had fallen in love with a female escort, Chen Siniang, and also admired a female doctor from the Shu Kingdom. Zhou Damei immediately guessed that the female escort was Chen Ruijin. Concubine Hui heard about it.
Ting thought for a long time and said, "Isn't Chen Ruijin older than him?"
Zhou Damei said: "Two years older."
Concubine Hui said: "It turns out that he likes older women. It's also true that his mother died early and he made friends with his sisters because of his younger brother. It happened that the girls in Rongguo Mansion were all very clever." She said regretfully, "Lin Hai
That daughter is really good."
Zhou Damei said: "According to the letter from the Shu Kingdom, Jia Cong doesn't look down on women with ordinary means. This is because their family has a flower house and they have seen a lot of all kinds of tricks. Those who have skills, the older Shuangli
He likes women."
Concubine Hui smiled and said: "The King of Shu doesn't have such a woman, but we do. That girl Chen first followed Liu Dengxi, and now she has followed him for these years. She will not be of the same mind as us." Zhou Damei nodded and picked the choice.
Liu Mingqiu came out.
After hearing this, Chen Ruijin shook his head and said: "Because she was so favored by the emperor and had a smooth life in the first half of her life, Concubine Hui thought that this trick could be used all over the world. She never thought about the reason." Then he stood up and said, "Sister Liu just didn't do it.
Have some cocoa tea, and I will cook it for you again." Then he took the silver frost charcoal tea stove to cook it, and said, "Concubine Hui is favored by the emperor. Although she is naturally beautiful and docile in front of men,
There are many reasons for her own intelligence, but there are so many beautiful, docile, and intelligent women. After all, the Supreme Emperor doted on her only because of Eunuch Liu. Furthermore, the Supreme Emperor himself had mediocre qualifications, so it was inevitable that he would get a smart woman who knew the harem well.
Listen to her words. She is a natural female Zhuge. She has not been out of the palace much since she was four or five years old. Everything she has seen is in the palace. There are two worlds inside and outside the palace. After leaving the palace, Concubine Hui is divorced.
She is a fish in water. If she had followed a wise king back then, how many words would the wise king have listened to her?"
Liu Mingqiu looked at the furnishings in her house and asked, "Why is your house so plain?"
Chen Ruijin hummed: "Sujing? My sister, do you know what these are?" He pointed to a Western stone statue on the other side of the screen, "That was made by the Greeks two thousand years ago." He also pointed to a gold bracelet on the dressing table.
, "This was made by the Egyptians four thousand years ago." He turned around and pointed to the glass vase on the table, "It's from Venice." He raised his finger to the candlestick on the shelf, "It's from Persia." He said with a smile, "There are only a few of them in this world.
If you want it, you can get it.”
Liu Mingqiu said softly: "Then you are different from Concubine Hui?"
Chen Ruijin burst into laughter: "I already have these things, and I only started spending time with Jia Cong on this trip to Shu. Miss Wu is not like him, and she can get whatever she likes by herself? Tell Liu
Sister, just tell me, you can spend the money you earn comfortably. If you don’t believe me, go out and work as an escort to earn some money and give it a try."
Liu Mingqiu was silent again. Chen Ruijin made the cocoa tea, mixed it with the fishy beef and honey and placed it in front of her. Liu Mingqiu picked it up and tasted it, and couldn't help but praise: "It's really good, I've never tasted it before."
Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "So my junior uncle went to fight."
Liu Mingqiu asked again: "If Master stays in Java, can you trust him?"
"Yes, we want to do business with Junior Master Uncle." Chen Ruijin said, "If we get accurate information and she is retained, why don't you all come over and follow Taoist Zhenming? It's better than following King Chen."
Liu Mingqiu was in a daze for a while and murmured: "Let's talk about it later." Chen Ruijin smiled and took a sip of cocoa tea.
Although Liu Mingqiu was Chen Ruijin's friend, it was inconvenient to live in Jia Cong's yard, so Wang Xifeng wanted to find a small guest house for her. Zhenming said: "Is there any room near this yard, Pandao? Chen girl is busy, Liu Mingqiu is so busy.
The girl had time to spend some time with the poor man." Liu Mingqiu then lived in the courtyard on the other side of Zhenming. Zhenming also came to Chengtian Mansion for the first time, and everything was new. He often took Liao Shouping, Yuan Shikai, and Liu Mingqiu to go shopping on the streets, or
I went to the library to get some books. The Chinese New Year was about to come, and there were a lot of things in the market. When I encountered something expensive, I just put it in Jia Cong's account. Yuan Shikai was still a child and liked many things. Sometimes he couldn't afford to buy them. He blinked and looked at the real things.
Ming Zhenming waved his hand: "Buy!" Jia Cong added another sum to his account.
That night, Jia Cong and Zhen Ming came back from chatting about Western things for a while, and were about to go to bed. Suddenly someone came from outside to report that Jarvis was here, and hurriedly asked him to come in. Jarvis was dejected.
The deputy looked defeated, which startled him: "What's wrong?"
Jarvis smiled bitterly: "I don't know what went wrong, so I came here to discuss it with you."
This afternoon, Lin Daiyu finished her meeting with the military personnel. Everyone packed up and left the conference room. Jarvis glanced at her and lingered for a long time. Daiyu knew that he had something else to say, so she pretended to try to figure out what was going on at the table.
There was a sand table on the table. What did the others not understand? They all ran away with a roar, and the last ones who left closed the door for them.
Jarvis said seriously: "Minister Lin, I want to propose marriage to you."
Daiyu was caught off guard and was stunned for a moment, her face flushed with embarrassment. After a while, she whispered: "This... this is going to be a war..."
Jarvis said: "I've been thinking about it for the past few days. Mr. Lin doesn't want you to go out to lead the army. I'm afraid it's because you haven't gotten married yet. He's worried and will vent his anger on you. If we can get married earlier..."
Before she finished speaking, Lin Daiyu had already lowered her face: "I'm so busy right now, I have no time." She picked up the document bag and left, leaving Jarvis in the conference room. Jarvis was stunned for a long time.
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After hearing this, Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "I can't believe you said such stupid things. Brother Yao'er. Do you want to marry Lin Daiyu or Lin Hai?"
Jarvis said anxiously: "I've been thinking about it for two years and I can't come up with a good excuse. I can't just ask for marriage for nothing."
"Ahem..." Jia Cong finally choked on his saliva, coughed for a long time, pointed at him and said, "You still need an excuse to ask for marriage? What do you mean to ask for marriage for nothing? Do you like her?"
Jarvis said softly: "I fell in love with her from the first time I met her in the small house in the south of the city."
Jia Cong stumbled: "Isn't liking it an excuse? Is this something she can't bear to hear?"
Jarvis's face turned red with embarrassment: "I can't say this... in front of her."
Jia Cong was stunned for two seconds, then covered his face and said: "You, you, you... my God! I never dreamed..."
Jarvis said: "I understand in my heart, and she also understands in her heart!"
"I know in my heart that I have a fur ball!" Jia Cong felt that this matter was full of noise and he didn't know where to start. "Pure heart-to-heart communication is like an alien! How can anyone chase a girl without saying love words?
...Brother - you listen to me. If you have language barriers, go to Chengtian No. 1 Bookstore and buy a copy of "Three Hundred Love Stories" to study and memorize some classic lines. It will definitely be better than using Uncle Lin as an excuse.
powerful."
Jarvis was an honest man. Seeing that he was sure of his words, he believed him deeply and thanked him solemnly before leaving. Jia Cong waved his hand behind him: "We are so familiar with each other, so I won't send you off~~"
After waiting for a long time, I heard Jarvis's footsteps disappearing far away. Jia Cong laughed at the desk and banged the table with his hands. Chen Ruijin heard it clearly in the yard and heard him laughing like that,
He couldn't help but laugh for a long time. Jia Cong finally stopped laughing and ran out. He and Chen Ruijin looked at each other for a while, and the two laughed again.
The next day Jarvis went to buy a copy of "Three Hundred Love Stories" early in the morning and memorized it very well. Everyone laughed at it for several years. This is a story for later. (..)