After the eighth prince finished speaking, the scene suddenly became quiet.
The third elder brother glanced at him, then glanced at the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother. Afterwards, he realized that something was wrong.
In the past, several of these brothers were as good as one person. Is this done?
The fifth elder brother looked dull and had no intention of speaking.
Brother Jiu raised his chin, hugged his shoulders, and looked at the pavilion in the distance.
Brother Ten then whispered to Shi Fujin: "You must be hungry. I'll make up for it soon..."
Everyone came to pay their respects early in the morning and had not had breakfast yet.
Shifu Jin said: "Are you going back then? You have to go out soon, don't delay!"
The scene was quiet, and these two words of the young couple fell on everyone's ears.
Brother Thirteen lowered his head and looked at the rose flowers blooming in the corner.
The fourteenth elder brother glanced at the eighth elder brother and then at the ninth elder brother.
He had an average appearance among his brothers, so he had a bit of a thief look.
The third elder brother said "haha" twice: "Then go and do your work, don't delay the business."
The eighth elder brother's face turned red, he glanced at the ninth elder brother helplessly, sighed, and turned around to leave.
Everyone looked at Brother Ninth.
The eighth elder brother's expression just now was wrong, as if the ninth elder brother was ignorant.
The third elder brother said: "Is this a quarrel? It's strange. Why are you so red-faced?"
Before he finished speaking, something strange appeared on his face.
Isn't it the rumor about that and that?
At that time, there was no obstruction to the entrance of the Eight Blessings. After the commotion, did it calm down after returning to Beijing?
It was a private matter. Shu Shu, the "person involved", was also in front of him, and his younger brothers and sisters were watching. The third elder brother couldn't talk about it, so he turned the conversation around and said, "If you have something to say, talk to me. I'll be free later." Brothers, just let’s talk it over, maybe there is some misunderstanding.”
Brother Jiu didn't want to mention this, so he said, "I'm hungry. The buns delivered by the kitchen in Zhizao Mansion yesterday were pretty good. Let's go back too!"
Everyone continued walking back without any delay.
San Fujin couldn't restrain his curiosity, so he changed places with Wu Fujin, came closer to Shu Shu, and whispered: "What's the reason for this, why are you so angry?"
Shu Shu didn't hide it, but she didn't say it in detail either. She just said: "It seems that the servants over there are disrespectful. Who knows, our master didn't elaborate."
San Fujin listened and tasted it in his heart, feeling that it was more like Brother Jiu's excuse.
The ninth elder brother is the prince's elder brother. To say that there are brothers who are close to each other and some who are estranged from each other, it is fair to say that it was a temporary indifference.
He was lower in rank. Even though he was the son of a concubine, he still had an elder brother above him, so the dignity before the emperor was only due to his fifth elder brother.
But when it comes to servants, even if they are not under the name of Ninth Prince, according to common sense, no one would dare to confront the prince.
What is the reason for this lake?
San Fujin was surprised and uneasy.
She glanced at Wu Fujin and saw that Wu Fujin still looked calm and his expression remained unchanged.
San Fujin pursed his lips, cursing in his heart.
On weekdays, she seems to be acting like a sister-in-law, but in fact she is just out of concern for face, and has no intention of worrying at all.
You know, this is not just about the feud between the two princes. If the reason is really related to Shu Shu, it will not be left behind in front of the elders.
What would the emperor think?
What would Concubine Yi think?
And if Brother Jiu has a grudge, will he be able to live peacefully in the future?
It's just that like her third elder brother, she knows to avoid taboos if she thinks deeply about it. Now is not the time to talk about this.
Therefore, when they arrived at their respective courtyards, everyone dispersed first.
Shu Shu and Brother Jiu went back to the room and changed into regular clothes.
Breakfast was also brought, including the steamed buns that Brother Jiu had brought before, as well as rice cakes, and the thinner ones were wontons with dried shrimps and glutinous rice balls with meat fillings.
Brother Jiu took a bite and said with surprise, "Isn't this the meat glutinous rice balls we make during the first month?"
Shu Shu smiled and nodded.
It's almost the same thing, but the one in front of me is even bigger. A bowl can only hold four, which is already quite full.
It looks like the size of a baby's fist.
Brother Jiu's joy lasted very short, and he realized something was wrong after the second or third sip.
He didn't embarrass himself and immediately took out the empty bowl and spit out the dumplings in his mouth.
"What's going on? The salty stuffing is mixed with the sweet stuff?"
He muttered and looked carefully at the remaining half of the dumpling.
The inside is the color of soy sauce, and the gravy visible to the naked eye is bright red, which seems to be pure meat.
Shu Shu swallowed all the glutinous rice balls in her mouth, and then replied with a smile: "I'm not confused, Suzhou people are addicted to sweetness, this is because sugar is put in the meat filling!"
Brother Jiu grinned and said, "That's too sweet. I thought yesterday's cherry meat was just a sweet dish..."
Who would have thought that even meat glutinous rice balls are sweet.
Brother Jiu looked at the little wontons and didn't dare to try them.
It's not that he doesn't eat sweets, it's just that the sweetness and freshness are mixed together, which is weird.
Seeing that he looked afraid of falling into a pit, Shu Shu ate the wontons with a spoon.
Fortunately, even if sugar is added to this, it should only enhance the taste a little, not significantly.
She nodded and said, "The wontons are pretty good and can be eaten."
Brother Jiu then took his own bowl and ate all the wontons.
Even though it tastes a bit bland and contains less oil and salt, compared with the glutinous rice balls just now, it is already a normal meal.
I ate breakfast quickly and it wasn't even before Chen Zheng finished it.
The couple rinsed their mouths and lit people to follow.
Today, Xiaochun and Xiaotang are not going with them. They have to stay to pack their luggage and clean, iron and put away the clothes Shu Shu has worn in the past few days.
Sun Jin also had an errand here, which was to go to Gao Yanzhong to find people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange the ship.
We can't bring up the matter of changing ships when we arrive at the dock tomorrow.
"Didn't you say that Third Brother and the two of them were in the same boat before? Just follow that standard and let them free up two boats."
Brother Jiu ordered.
Sun Jin made a note and went to look for Gao Yanzhong.
Ten Prince and Shi Fujin also changed into regular clothes.
Shi Fujin was used to wearing Mongolian robes, and he was also wearing riding clothes on this journey, which was very similar to Mongolian robes.
Now it was an authentic flag dress, a loose cloak with a slanted lapel, and a layer of shirt inside that seemed to her to be similar to a cloak.
They are all loose and fat.
Shi Fujin looked down, not satisfied.
The silver-red flag suit given to her by Shu Shu before was a perfect fit for her. The Prince Fujin Ji suit in the morning was dark blue and made her look slimmer.
After changing into ordinary clothes, after several layers of clothes, she looked very bloated.
She lowered her head and whispered to Shu Shu: "Sister-in-law, can the style of this dress be changed in the future? Adding a belt to the outside would make you look too fat?"
Shu Shu glanced at Shi Fujin a few times. This was really not a fault of the people in the sewing room. This was obviously the color chosen by Shi Fujin himself.
It's bright red on the outside and light red on the inside.
Shu Shu said: "Look back and think about it carefully. Banner people don't like to wear skirts. They wear robes on top and trousers on the bottom. This belt is hidden inside."
Shi Fujin thought that the ones his sister-in-law had given him fit him before, so he said, "When I get back to Beijing, I'll ask Xiao Chun to help me draw two clothes. I want them to be a little waisted, not like this."
It was just a trivial matter, so Shu Shu naturally accepted it.
The Thirteenth Brother and the Fourteenth Brother were already ready. When they heard the movement here, they all came to join them.
There were many people on his side, so Brother Jiu didn't ask for help, so he sent someone to find Li Can to accompany him.
Li Can heard that they were going to Taihu Lake to see lake rocks, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, there are many lake rocks there, the biggest one is the Ji family's."
Brother Jiu touched his chin and said, "Isn't their family a salt merchant? Why is this business so scattered?"
Li Can replied with a smile: "The Ji family got rich relatively early. It was an official family in the previous dynasty, and its wealth has lasted for more than a hundred years. Others say that their family's ancestral graves are good, their descendants are well-educated, and they are constantly promoting scholars and promoting people!"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "Their ancestors may be alarmed, and their bones may be broken!"
Li Can was stunned, looked at Brother Jiu and said, "I didn't expect you could think of this?"
Isn't he the prince's elder brother who doesn't have a mansion?
It feels very knowledgeable.
Brother Jiu raised his chin and said proudly: "What's the point? There are many people in this world who harm others and do not benefit themselves. If these words get out, the ancestral graves will probably be plowed down!"
The richest man in the south of the Yangtze River is even jealous of himself, let alone the locals.
And the title of "No. 1 Salt Merchant" does not belong to the Ji family. What about taking office?
The person bragging about their family's ancestral graves could not possibly be among those people.
That's what words can kill.
Even though he was killing dead people.
Brother Jiu looked at the murderer files last year and found that there were not many premeditated murders.
It's almost half vendetta, half love killing.
The person who committed the vendetta did not say anything about killing his father and humiliating his mother. In that case, there would be human feelings besides legal principles, and the death penalty would not usually be imposed.
Among them, there are such colleagues who are at odds with each other.
Or the neighbors are jealous and resentful.
Suzhou Prefecture is surrounded by Wu County and Changzhou County.
The Weaving Yamen is to the west of Wu County, and Taihu Lake is in the southeast of Wu County. It is where Wu County meets Wujiang County next to it.
It was almost twenty miles, and the carriage took half an hour to pass.
When we get to the front, it is not as dense as the courtyards in the city, but an individual courtyard surrounded by Taihu Lake.
When the carriage heard the news, Li Can pointed to the largest yard in front and said, "There are a lot of stones right there. When I first came here the year before last, I came over to see them. I estimate there are thousands of good stones. "
Here we not only buy lake stones, but also purchase them from outside, creating a yard the size of several acres, filled with lake stones worth hundreds of thousands of taels.
The fourteenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother were riding on horseback, but now they both came down.
Brother Fourteen said with a smile: "They say there are water bandits hiding in Taihu Lake. With these lake rocks worth thousands of gold on display, no one has any idea?"
Li Can smiled and stopped talking.
Where are the real lake bandits?
Is it possible to live without food or drink?
They are just thugs and lackeys raised by powerful people.
Although the Ji family is not a local in Suzhou, they have been a scholar for several generations, and their in-laws and relatives are all in the officialdom, and they are not local snobs.
Brother Thirteen was also looking at Taihu Lake and felt that the water was vast. Before, when he looked at Hongze Lake, he thought it was big. This Taihu Lake seemed even bigger.
It's just that in the other courtyard Li Can mentioned, there seems to be a big ship parked at the pier in front.
After taking a few more glances, Brother Thirteen realized something was wrong and said, "Brother Ninth, isn't that a ship from the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Someone is transporting stones!"
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I have been sleepy for the past few days, and I can't get up even when the alarm clock goes off. I thought it was because of the cold weather. I started to get hot at night. I took my temperature and it was 37.7. I was sweating and had a low fever. No wonder I have been wanting to sleep for the past two days.
I'm here today, the leader of the alliance is updating and the debt due from last month is also slowing down.
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