Presumably Hosokawa Mochiyuki was depressed, but Komatsu Reiko was very excited.
He waved his hands indifferently, "It's just not easy, but it's not impossible. I never thought that this trip would be solved easily, and the difficulties now are just expected."
After a pause, he continued: "Where does Xu Chengfei live?"
Hosokawa Mochizuki cheered up and quickly replied: "The Kuang Yihou Mansion is located at the root of the East Imperial City in the inner city. Almost all the residences of the Ming Dynasty's dignitaries are here."
"Okay, prepare my name card, and I will go to meet him in person tomorrow." Komatsu Lingzi's eyes flashed with inexplicable meaning.
...
Kuang Yi Hou Mansion.
Xu Chengfei had been following Han Du for so long. After returning to the capital, he spent a lot of effort to settle the three guards of Shanziying and Wuliangha, and then responded to the congratulations of the nobles one by one. Now that he was finally free, he was ready to take a good rest.
I was hiding in the study room reading when I suddenly caught a glimpse of the butler's figure emerging from the door.
Xu Chengfei put down the book in his hand, raised his head and asked softly: "What's the matter?"
The housekeeper came in quickly and respectfully handed over a name card, "Master Marquis, someone just came to the house to hand over a name card."
"Whose name card is it?" Xu Chengfei asked strangely.
He had just finished a banquet with all the nobles who came to congratulate him. Even if someone wanted to come to congratulate him, they should have handed over the name card long ago, why didn't they just come now?
Everyone lives in the capital, and yet he is just handing in his name card now. Doesn't that mean he looks down on him?
The housekeeper said quickly: "I asked, but the other party didn't say anything. He only said that he was an old friend of the Marquis."
As he said that, the butler glanced at his Lord Marquis with a strange expression, placed the name card in front of Xu Chengfei, and then withdrew with an embarrassed expression.
Xu Chengfei glanced at the housekeeper and let him leave. Then he took out the name card and suddenly smelled the fragrance of powder in his nose. At this time, Xu Chengfei finally understood that the butler's expression was so strange just now. He knew that this thing belonged to a woman at a glance. He also said that it was his old friend and refused to say his name. No wonder the butler misunderstood it.
"...The spring breeze once passed, and I will remember it in my heart. When I say goodbye to the past, I reluctantly leave it..."
Xu Chengfei only glanced at it and frowned tightly, "What nonsense? When did I have such an old friend? It's simply inexplicable."
Xu Chengfei didn't even have the interest to continue reading. He directly picked up the name card, squeezed it hard, and threw it into the barrel.
"Maybe we found the wrong person."
...
Ever since she handed Xu Chengfei the name card, Komatsu Reiko had been waiting quietly in the hall. At first he thought Xu Chengfei would come to her immediately, so she waited confidently.
But as time passed day by day, no one came, not even a message, which made Komatsu Reiko anxious.
"Have you sent the name card to Kuang Yihou's mansion?"
Faced with doubts, Hosokawa Mochizuki quickly knelt down and said, "Master, my subordinate personally sent the name card to Kuang Yihou's mansion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it."
Komatsu Reiko quite recognized Hosokawa Mochiyuki's ability to do things. If he had said so, he would definitely have sent the name card.
"Is there someone obstructing this?" Komatsu Lingzi asked to himself, and then said: "I heard that the concierges of these officials in the Ming Dynasty will not do anything for you if you don't give them some benefits, and they will even Will deliberately sabotage your affairs. When you sent a name card to Kuang Yihou's mansion, did you give some money to the concierge? "
"This...that's not true. It was the negligence of my subordinates." Hosokawa Noriyuki quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
Komatsu Lingzi nodded slightly: "That's it, they definitely didn't give the name card to Xu Chengfei. In this way, you go and give the name card again. Remember, you must give some money to the concierge."
"Yes, my subordinate will do it now."
Hosokawa Mokiyuki came to Kuangyihou's mansion again with his name card, handed it to the concierge, took out a piece of gold from his arms and pressed it hard into the concierge's hand.
The concierge's eyes widened as he looked at the heavy gold nugget in his hand. He has been guarding Kuangyihou Mansion for so many years, and he has never seen anyone give gold as soon as he comes.
The color of this piece of gold is not very good, and its fineness is not the top-grade red gold, but it is big. After weighing it, I found that there were at least ten taels, which was a huge fortune.
Hosokawa Mokiyuki saw all the changes in the concierge's expression, and then told the concierge in poor Ming Dynasty Mandarin to hand over the name card to Marquis Kuang Yi with his own hands. After receiving a positive answer, he turned around and left with satisfaction.
Xu Chengfei once again got the name card, only to see some even more outrageous words written on it. He frowned and said involuntarily: "It's really inexplicable..."
Then he pinched again, threw an arc again, and threw the name card into the barrel.
After a few days, Komatsu Reiko still had no news about Xu Chengfei.
I couldn't help but call Hosokawa Mokiyuki to me, "What did you do? Did you ask someone to hand over the famous post to Xu Chengfei?"
"Master, I asked someone to personally hand over the name card to Xu Chengfei. For this, I also spent ten taels of gold." Hosokawa Mokiyuki quickly defended, and then said bitterly: "Baga, that damn pig , How dare you lie to me! Please give me another chance, master, and I will definitely send you the name card."
However, Komatsu Reiko directly waved her hand and rejected his proposal, "No, this time I will pay a visit in person to see if Xu Chengfei sees him or not."
The next day, Xiaosong Lingzi changed into Daming's clothes and came to Kuang Yihou's mansion in full attire.
The guarding soldier saw a dark carriage slowly stopping at the door. Just as he was about to step forward to ask, he saw a smooth-skinned plain hand reaching out from inside the carriage and lifting the curtain.
Just seeing this hand, the soldiers who stepped forward couldn't help but widen their eyes and swallowed. Anyone who sees this beautiful hand can't help but imagine in their mind how the owner of this hand can conquer a country?
Sure enough, when she poked her head out, even though she was wearing a veil, everyone just saw her slender figure, and they all said in their hearts: This is indeed a great beauty who will captivate the whole country.
"May I ask this girl, why do you come to Kuang Yihou Mansion?"
Xiaosong Lingzi smiled slightly behind the veil, and a clear and melodious voice like an oriole came out slowly like a mountain stream, "I am an old friend of Marquis Kuang Yi. I have come to pay homage to Marquis Kuang Yi, and I would like to ask this military master to pass on the message."
"Don't dare, don't dare..." The soldier quickly returned the gesture with his fists raised.
This woman looked very pretty at first sight, and she kept saying that she was an old friend of their Marquis, and she might have some kind of entanglement with him. He is just a guard soldier, how can he bear the title of "military master" for this woman?
Come and try it quickly. 】
"It's not a coincidence that this girl is here. The Marquis went to the military camp to organize military affairs today and is not in the palace. How about coming back another day, girl?"
"Not there?" Komatsu Reiko frowned, what an unlucky thing? I just came to see Xu Chengfei and he happened to be away?
There was no way, since Xu Chengfei was not here, she couldn't force her way in, right? He had no choice but to ask: "Can I ask when Marquis Kuang Yi will come back?"
"Um..." The soldier suddenly found it difficult to answer, "Let the girl know that the Marquis is rectifying military affairs in the army. Each time he rectifies military affairs, it takes a long time and a short time. It's really hard to decide when he will come back. I know, but please forgive me, girl."
Don't know when you will come back? This made Komatsu Reiko frown even more. She felt that Xu Chengfei was avoiding her on purpose. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? He was obviously there when the name card was handed over, but he came to the door in person, and Xu Chengfei went to the military camp. Isn't it obvious that he wants to avoid her?
"Hide... There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty. You can't hide past the first year of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth year! I want to see how long you can hide!" Xiaosong Lingzi snorted coldly in his nose, turned around and boarded the Got on the carriage and left.
In the days that followed, Xiaosong Lingzi came several times, but every time he was told that Marquis Kuang Yi was not in the house. At first, the soldiers guarding the gate would tell her the whereabouts of Marquis Kuang Yi, but later they didn't even bother to tell her the whereabouts. They just dismissed her with the words "The Marquis is not here, come back another day."
But the more this happened, the more convinced Komatsu Lingzi became that Xu Chengfei was deliberately avoiding him, and the more she came to visit him.
Soon, news spread among Xungui. That is, Xu Chengfei cheated on a girl outside, and now he was blocked in the door. Whether they are common people or nobles, women are definitely the most interesting topics among men.
Nowadays, a stunning beauty comes to visit Xu Chengfei almost every day. If there is no story, who would believe it?
Even Xu Chengfei's wife didn't believe it, and she even thought of letting this woman in in front of Xu Chengfei.
"Master Marquis, if the Marquis really likes that woman, just give her the title of concubine and take her into the mansion. I am not a jealous person. Why should the Marquis block the woman at the door of the mansion for no reason? Have people seen the joke?"
Xu Chengfei was being dressed by his wife. When he heard this unexpectedly, he frowned in confusion: "What woman? What concubine? What are you talking about?"
Seeing that Xu Chengfei was full of doubts, the lady thought that he was pretending to be ignorant, so she said: "Master Hou, this is not a big deal, why do you need to hide it? The woman has come to the door, doesn't it have anything to do with Mr. Hou? ?”
"What woman, what does it have to do with me? What are you talking about?" The more Xu Chengfei listened, the more doubtful he became.
Seeing Xu Chengfei's demeanor, the lady couldn't help but said: "That's right, she is the woman who has often come to the house to see the Marquis these days! Could it be, is it really a misunderstanding?"
"A woman is looking for me? It's just baffling. What is going on?" Xu Chengfei looked at his wife with doubtful eyes.
The lady looked at Mr. Hou blankly, and quickly explained: "It's...someone said that Mr. Hou was here and cheated on the woman outside, so they came to the door. Could it be that... Mr. Hou You haven’t dated any woman?”
