When Eunuch Wei made the wild dogs climb up the trees, the capital was still in the first month of the year. In the past few years, Yan State's trade has been prosperous, and there was peace and prosperity everywhere. It was not the biggest gold-selling cave in the capital, but it was the most famous and had the most tricks.
Talented prostitutes who can accompany men of letters to drink tea and play chess, beautiful prostitutes who can win and fight with local rich men, and "ushers" who don't do anything except play the piano and pour wine, and whose eyes are not distracted and whose ears are not distracted and who don't listen, are all available.
.It is usually crowded with customers, but this time it became even more noisy and lively.
This day is the ninth day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival has not yet come out and the Chinese New Year has passed. The romantic men are the most at ease. A leather goods businessman is inviting many friends to have a drink because he has many goods.
He was sent to the military camp, so he also invited a doctor from Yu Heng's Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Industry and several generals. Among them was Sun Shaozu, the commander of the Beijing camp.
There was a young man at the banquet. He had handsome eyebrows, slender eyes, pink face and red lips. His waist was as straight as a pine tree, and he raised his hands like a warrior. He was amiable but not flirtatious. The man sitting next to Sun Shaozu was a man who had recently made a fortune.
The nouveau riche heard that Long Yang was good and fell in love with him immediately. So he quietly asked Sun Shaozu about it.
Sun Shaozu didn't recognize him, so he asked the fur trader who was the owner. The fur trader said: "This uncle's surname is Qin..."
Before I could finish a word, I heard a commotion outside, and the door of the house was pushed open with a bang. I saw a woman standing outside the door, with a graceful figure and bright appearance, wearing a brand-new lynx fur.
- But she was only wearing a half-worn pine-colored coat. Everyone had seen countless beauties, but no one had seen such stunning beauty. Everyone was shocked. The woman was followed by five or six maids and women, and they walked straight into the house.
Lailai glanced at everyone - even though there were many people in the room and the woman only glanced at them, everyone felt that she was looking at them. She then said softly: "Little girl, there is something important at home, and my brother must go back immediately.
, I hope you friends will not blame me."
Everyone stammered: "But it's up to the lady's convenience."
The woman glanced at the beautiful young man. The young man was stunned, stood up and said, "Sister, what's the matter?"
The woman glared at him and said, "Just leave if I ask you to. Why is there so much nonsense?"
The young man muttered: "You're celebrating the New Year, you have to worry about eating two sips of wine. How old am I..." He glanced at the beams, but his feet didn't move.
The woman got angry, stepped forward, grabbed the young man, and poked his forehead with her finger: "How old are you? How do I know how old you are? Are you sensible now that you are older? What's the use of just growing older?
"But he turned around and left. The young man complained from behind, "Sister, my biological sister! Please be gentler! My wrist is about to break." The two siblings pulled him away.
The place where they ate and drank was at the back. It was very spacious, with two eight-lattice doors. The woman came in through the front door, and there was a small courtyard outside the back door that led to the hut. There was a handsome young man from a wealthy family sitting next to the young man at the banquet.
The young man had just left. Not long after the woman and the young man left, the man came back from behind and pushed the door open. He saw that the seat next to him was empty and asked, "Where is Mr. Qin?"
The fur trader was still immersed in the beauty of the woman. Hearing this, he said: "His sister just called him away, saying there was a family emergency."
The young master slowly walked back to his seat and sat down. He picked up the wine cup and motioned for Fan Tou to pour the wine. He sneered, "What's the emergency? I'm just asking him to come out to drink. His sister is a shrew."
Before she finished speaking, she heard the front door open again. The beautiful woman just now stood at the door and said coldly: "Uncle Xiaolan, who do you think is a shrew?"
Uncle Xiao Lan's face turned pale with fright, and he looked around hurriedly: "What shrew? Who said a shrew? Did you say it? Did you say it? Aunt Liu, you heard wrong, no one said a shrew." Sun Shaozu
Several straightforward drinkers laughed in unison.
The woman stared at him fiercely and said, "You also come with me."
Uncle Xiaolan pointed to his nose: "Me? Why should I leave too?"
"There's an emergency at home too."
Uncle Xiaolan said inexplicably: "My family is in good order..."
"Jia Lan!" the woman shouted sharply and winked at him, "I said something was urgent and something happened."
Uncle Xiaolan was so frightened that he stood up quickly and lost the wine cup he was holding in his hand: "Yes, yes! My nephew, leave now, what did aunt say?" The woman entered the house and said another blessing, leading the two of them.
The two left in a hurry.
People in the room craned their necks to wait for them to disappear, and all turned to look at the fur trader on the east road. The fur trader touched his belly and said, "Uncle Xiaolan just now is the eldest grandson of the second room in Rongguo Mansion. Now
Mr. Jia Huan is no longer in charge and is busy helping Princess Jian'an run the school; Uncle Xiaolan is taking care of their house's business. Mr. Xiao Qin, whose only name is "Zhong", is Uncle Xiaolan's best friend. His fame is also
After passing the exam, he felt that being an official was too tiring. Now he is doing business with his brother-in-law. The business is not big but very profitable. The Suzi brand chocolate has been selling like crazy in the past few months. There are three stores in Beijing that stock it, and one of them is the Qin family.
.”
Everyone clicked their tongues. Long Yangke, who admired Qin Zhong, was even more amazed: "I don't know how the two siblings were born in this family. Who is Mr. Qin's brother-in-law?"
The fur trader said: "I didn't just recognize you today. How can I not know what you are thinking? I advise you to give up this thought as soon as possible. That Mr. Liu is not easy to mess with. In his early years, he worked as the head of the Taiping Escort Bureau and traveled all over the world.
I don’t know how many battles I have seen. In the first few years of Rongguo Mansion..." He took a sip of wine and said, "That’s it, don’t mention this, let’s have wine." He called Fentou for more wine.
Everyone said: "How can I say half-sentence? I stir up people's thoughts and then swallow them." They all forced him to speak.
The fur trader laughed and said: "I will only say this today at the banquet. I will not recognize you outside this door." Everyone swore that they were mouthless gourds. The fur trader raised his wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
, Fang Dao, "In the past, the Rongguo Mansion owed the court 800,000 yuan. There was a traitor in the partial manor, and it couldn't afford to pay it back. Jia Sheming was a bastard on the outside, but he was sober on the inside. I don't know where he got the news.
The Supreme Emperor had people secretly investigate the crimes of the Rongguo Mansion long ago, and he was ready to confiscate their house just after the late Emperor died. At that time, the treasury was empty and the Supreme Emperor was very poor. Jia She thought that he could repay the debt of 800,000 yuan.
If the other family doesn't return it, it will be difficult for the Supreme Emperor to liquidate him in the future."
Someone below said: "Jia She is the first one who pretends to be confused while pretending to understand. Before the chaos in the capital, he ran to the southern island and took away his two sons and one grandson. He didn't even leave his daughter behind.
.”
"Who says it's not?" said the fur trader, "but Jia She didn't have that much money at that time, so what should I do? So he opened a Taiping Escort Bureau. It was an escort agency on the surface, but when he left the capital, he changed his clothes and covered his face.
, who knows what they do?”
There was an uproar at the table. "So that's it!"
The fur trader said: "The husband of this woman just now is the chief thief of the Taiping Escort Bureau. Not only is he highly skilled in martial arts, he is also capable of other things. If you dare to think about her wife and brother-in-law, are you looking for death? You see, the source of cocoa tea is in the prince.
In Teng's hands, his family got a share. After all, the Liu family and the Qin family have long been connected with the Rongguo family."
Everyone said: "We don't dare, we just ask."
The fur trader sighed: "I have lived for more than fifty years, and there are not many people I admire. Jia She is one of them. This man is the most cunning and the best at protecting himself wisely. People have not even heard about all kinds of news. He has long been
Got it. And it's very accurate. I have been prepared for it long ago." Everyone agreed. Then they stopped mentioning the Qin family siblings.
The banquet was about to break up, and everyone was very drunk. The guest from Longyang next to Sun Shaozu took advantage of the wine and talked to Sun Shaozu: "I really admire Mr. Xiao Qin in my heart. His sister is obviously prettier than him, and I only admire him."
Another guest was also drunk and poked his head from the side: "Nonsense, that eldest sister of the Qin family is good-looking, even if she is a shrew."
Another one said: "Not bad, not bad! So what if she is a shrew, I am happy to let her act arrogantly!"
Sun Shaozu was also very drunk. Hearing this, he immediately thought of the shrew in his family and said bitterly: "What kind of shrew is she! You have never seen a shrew."
Another general at the table laughed when he heard this: "The one in General Sun's family is also a dominatrix hahahaha..."
Sun Shaozu was full of frustration, so he picked up the wine cup in front of him and smashed it into pieces: "One day I will kill that dominatrix!"
Sun Shaozu was very drunk that day, and the servants helped him back home. Just after he had given him the sobering soup, Xia Jingui led the maids and women in, and frowned: "Where did you pour horse urine again? It made him stink.
.”
Sun Shaozu usually thought that Xia Jingui was pretty, but today he just saw Qin Zhong's sister, and Xia Jingui immediately fell in love with her. He thought that he was a general in the imperial court, and he had to end up with such a shrew; that Liu was just a thief.
, to have such a beauty as the Qin family. He couldn't help but feel unhappy, pointing at Xia Jingui and scolding him. Naturally, Xia Jingui would not let him scold him, and started to scold him. Sun Shaozu was angry, and he stepped forward and hit Xia Jingui with his fist; Xia Jingui said: "
He howled "Ouch" and raised his foot to kick Sun Shaozu in the stomach - the two started fighting again. Although Sun Shaozu was strong in martial arts, he was so drunk at the moment that he couldn't beat Xia Jingui and received several hard blows. The servant girl
We have long been accustomed to it and have stayed away from it.
The next day when he sobered up, Sun Shaozu touched the wounds on his face. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. In the afternoon, the good man from Long Yang at yesterday's banquet came to his door. He leaned in front of Sun Shaozu and said with a smile: "I asked Mr. Qin
The place where I live. Brother Sun Xian, would you like to accompany me and take a look?"
Sun Shaozu was feeling uncomfortable, so he said solemnly: "I won't go."
Long Yangke came closer and said in a low voice: "Brother, my eyes are not in vain. I have already seen that you have fallen in love with my sister."
Sun Shaozu sighed: "So what if I fall in love with her? Her man has an unruly relationship with Rong Guofu. Can I still get her?"
Long Yang asked: "Who said you have to get it? Just take a closer look. Don't you want to look at the eldest sister of the Qin family again?" Sun Shaozu thought.
Two days later, Long Yang's guest came again, and asked Sun Shaozu to go see Qin Zhong. He advised, "Isn't it good to make friends with Mr. Qin?"
Although Sun Shaozu envied Sister Qin's beauty, he did not miss her at first. This person came and made a noise the day before yesterday, but Sun Shaozu thought more and more of her beauty, and became a little shaken. Long Yangke gave some more advice.
, Sun Shaozu agreed.
The two of them put on neat and wealthy clothes, mounted a tall horse and rode to Qin's house. When they got to the door, they told the doorman that they were friends of Mr. Qin. The doorman asked them their names and identities, and agreed to go in. After a while,
The disciple came out and said: "We men are not at home, please come back." As he said that, he secretly glanced at Sun Shaozu several times. Sun Shaozu was surprised.
Long Yangke, who was going with him, refused to give up: "Where have you men gone?"
"How do you know this, slave?"
"When will you come back?"
"This servant doesn't even know." As he said this, the servant glanced at Sun Shaozu again. Sun Shaozu was puzzled, and looked at each other with Long Yangke, and then withdrew his horse first.
As soon as they turned the corner, Long Yangke asked: "General Sun, do you recognize Mr. Qin?"
"The final general doesn't recognize him." Sun Shaozu said, "I just saw him for the first time a few days ago."
"That's strange." Long Yangke thought, "Then the disciple has been looking at you from left to right for a long time. What was he doing?"
"I'm surprised too."
Long Yangke looked at the soldiers following Sun Shaozu and said, "Do you guys have any scouts? Why don't you send one to inquire. I don't think they are strict-mouthed."
"...I really didn't follow the scouts today." Sun Shaozu said, but he had other plans in mind.
After returning home, Sun Shaozu sent a scout to the door of Qin's house to explore the door. The doorman really had a long tongue, and the scout couldn't help it after just a few words. He whispered: "I'm just telling you, you
Don't tell others about it." The scout nodded vigorously. The disciple said, "The extremely powerful general you mentioned will definitely die a good death in the future. His entire family will be executed, and the nine clans will be implicated! Anyway, if you see him on the street, avoid him.
Stay far away."
The scout was shocked: "Why? I think he is very impressive."
Menzi hummed: "Is it grand? There are many who are grand. Is Prince Yitada and Chitose grand? How about the prince who has been a serious man for decades? A few days ago, our uncle went out to have a drink, and our aunt occasionally listened.
He said that there was this majestic general who was drinking with him. He was so frightened that he didn't even change his clothes. He only wore a homely jacket and a cloak and ran out - to the brothel! Isn't he in a hurry?
They called us men out and asked what kind of relationship we had with that general. Our uncle looked at a loss and said he didn't recognize this man at all. My aunt didn't believe it, so after asking her again and again, she learned that their banquet had just started and there were many people at the table.
We haven't had time to get to know each other yet. Our aunt breathed a sigh of relief and thanked all the gods and Buddhas in the sky. We gave her countless warnings and told her not to have anything to do with this person."
The scout asked curiously: "Does your aunt know fortune-telling? How can you tell that the general will die a good death?"
"How could she know how to tell fortunes?" Menzi said, "It was just my uncle who told her. Our uncle is the most familiar with the men in Rongguo Mansion, and he is the confidant of Mr. Rongguo Gongshe. It was the uncle who told us about this matter.
." He said sternly, "Zuo only lasted for more than ten years. Not only did that general have to die a good death, but also everyone who had anything to do with him had to die a good death. Just as Prince Yohitada and his family died, so will they."