【Autumn Thoughts】
Fatty crab paste, colorful congealed flower cake.
The autumn wind carries Yuejiao, and the silver plate falls into the fallen flowers.
A small poem describing food, Xiao Luolan smiled.
After going up to the second floor, Xiao Luolan ate some more food. She guessed that the poem written by Mr. Xiao seemed too good for the meal. After finishing the meal, Xiao Luolan looked out the window to eat.
Chunhua glanced at the mistress and asked Xia He, who was sitting at another table, to eat quickly and not to keep the mistress waiting. The two guard brothers who protected them had already finished eating. Only this greedy one was left. Chunhua was a little bit Hating iron does not make steel. If the mistress hadn't been kind-hearted, she wouldn't have tolerated Xia He's temperament.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Chunhua opened the door and saw a guard from the mansion. Not far away stood a middle-aged man with slender eyes in a golden robe.
Chunhua was impressed by him.
"Chief Lian would like to see the mistress," the guard said.
Chunhua turned around and reported back.
When Xiao Luolan heard that it was Lian Shiqing who was asking for an audience, she propped herself up, thought for a moment and said, "Chunhua, please invite someone in."
Chunhua pulled Xia He out and waited outside the door: "Master Lian, the mistress lets you in."
Lian Shiqing stepped into the door, wearing a golden robe and jade belt, with a smile on his face: "I pay my respects to the general's wife."
"Master Lian, please sit down. I wonder what Master Lian wants to see me for?" Xiao Luolan realized that there were no twists and turns, so he asked straight to the point.
Lian Shiqing twirled the jade ring on his thumb, his eyelids drooping slightly. He sat on the table and poured himself a cup of tea: "General's wife, can you let Lian have a sip of tea before we talk."
Xiao Luolan was startled. She sat on the high chair by the window, straightened her body, hesitated for a while, and said, "Master Lian, you can drink if you want. You can wait until you finish drinking."
It's just a cup of tea. It's been poured. How can she still let others drink it?
Lian Shiqing took a sip of tea, and the smile on his face remained unchanged. He turned the teacup and stared at the tea leaves floating in the water. After finishing the cup, he said, "I came here just for one thing."
Xiao Luolan listened carefully.
"Lian told the general and his wife before that the Holy Emperor wanted to commend the general. He sent the eunuch Peng Hui here a few months ago. He is expected to arrive in Langge in the spring of next year. If we hurry up, the time may be shorter. "
When Xiao Luolan heard this, he thought of Peng Hui, a confidant of the current Holy Emperor, who was at odds with Clan Leader Zhou because Clan Master Zhou once killed Peng Hui's nephew.
"Then what?" Xiao Luolan asked doubtfully, something happened.
Lian Shiqing smiled bitterly and said: "The Holy One wants to make the general the King of Zhenbei. This is absolutely true. You are the general's wife, so naturally you are the first-grade wife."
"Logically speaking, Youzhou was the land of Yan before the Qin Dynasty. There were kings of Yan, King Xiang of Yan, and the crown prince of Yan." Lian Shiqing then raised his head and looked at the beautiful Jiedushi wife of Youzhou: "You are the mistress of Youzhou. , the title should be Mrs. Yan."
The current Holy Emperor’s favorite concubine, Imperial Concubine Xi, her sister was granted the title of Lady of the State of Wu by His Majesty, and Imperial Concubine Xi’s younger brother was also granted the title of First Grade Duke. When he came, the little uncle was seeking the position of general. , I also want to get a general.
It is true that when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
It turned out that there was a problem with the account ban. Xiao Luolan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She thought it was a big deal, but in fact she didn't care much about it.
"Did the title change? What did it change to?" Xiao Luolan was a little curious as to what the title was changed to, and asked Lian Shiqing to come over and explain.
Lian Shiqing looked at the Jiedushi's wife. The gauze on both sides of the brim of the hat was brushed to both sides. The gauze drooped to cover the whole body, covering the long light brown fur. The clothes were all in a color that was not very eye-catching, and the brim of the hat did not look like anything else. The lady's pearl grid is a simple full-width light and transparent gauze.
However, the snow-colored pearls cannot block the mature beauty of this Youzhou mistress.
That face can make the moon shine.
If you have never seen it, others will not believe it. In the bitter cold land of Youzhou, there can be no stunning beauty. The better the name given, if the name is not worthy of the truth, it will only make people laugh.
Lian Shiqing made up his mind, lowered his head and said in a deep voice.
"As far as Lian knows, it is..."
"Mrs. Huarong."
The lady with beautiful face and beautiful face is the lady with beautiful face.
Chapter 140 (revision)
Xiao Luolan looked down from the window at Lian Shiqing's leaving figure, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
Lian Shiqing's words still echoed in his ears.
Mrs. Huarong, compared to the original Mrs. Yan Guo, was less dignified and a little more frivolous. However, Xiao Luolan was not particularly troubled, uncomfortable and angry. She just looked at Lian Shiqing observing her face and quickly tensed up. There was a faint look on his face.
Xiao Luolan learned this trick from Clan Master Zhou. As soon as Clan Master Zhou's face cooled down and his eyebrows tightened, the people below immediately became cold and solemn, and became silent.
After the others left, Xiao Luolan sat on a chair, guessing that the title might be because the emperor disliked Sect Master Zhou and deliberately treated him badly. However, Xiao Luolan privately felt that the emperor was too petty to do this.
The crowd outside Dengyun Tower was very noisy, and there was an endless stream of stall sellers shouting.
Xiao Luolan opened the door and took Chunhua with her, while Xia He left.
"Mother, are we going back to the mansion?" Xia He obviously still had some unfinished thoughts, and his beautiful eyes still held a yearning for the outside of the mansion.
Xiao Luolan raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was estimated that it was around one o'clock in the afternoon. It was a little early to go back now. Sect Leader Zhou and Shen Zhi were a little busy recently. They had dinner at the government office many days and waited until dark before coming back. Qingxue today She went to play again, so she didn't have to rush back.
"Let's go shopping for a while." Xiao Luolan said, and the group of people walked along the neighborhood shops for a while.
"Madam, why don't we go to a teahouse to listen to books? You can make a pot of tea and listen to it for a long time, and there are melon seeds and candied fruits in the teahouse." Xia He suggested eagerly: "I know there is a teahouse that sells storytellers. The stories people tell are so nice.”
Xiao Luolan remembered that Xia He introduced Dengyun Tower, so she agreed. Chunhua hugged Snowball and glared at Xia He who was running around with his mistress. She had a calm and quiet temperament and felt that she had summoned the storyteller team to her house. Just tell the story to the mistress alone. After all, the teahouse is a mess.
At the Tianxia Tea House in Guifang, Xia He found a private room on the second floor with ease.
Xiao Luolan looked down at the middle-aged storyteller on the central circular table below. He was wearing a simple thick green robe. There was a long table in front of him, and there were three or two female storytellers next to him. Separated by a layer of gauze, he could only hear the striking of the table. The audience suddenly fell silent.
Men, women, and children gathered around the stage. As soon as the storyteller started, the rich and loud voice came out, with a straight and round tone, and a mellow transition at the end, with the unique tone of Youzhou Northland.
"Today we talked about General Long Wei's raid on the gangster's lair, and found that the gangster was so bold that he kidnapped a young lady from the town's family and was about to forcibly marry her."
"It seems that we came at the right time." Xiao Luolan took off the curtain and said with a smile, and asked Chunhua and Xiahe to sit down and listen to the book. The two guards stood on both sides of the door, with their hands on the long knife at their waists. , looking alert.
There are all kinds of tea, snacks, melon seeds and cakes on the table. Even on the second floor, you can hear the voice of the storyteller telling stories, and the crowd's booing can be heard from time to time below the stage.
Xiao Luolan listened for a while. The storyteller should be telling a story about a hero saving a beauty. She looked sideways and noticed that Chun Hua and Xia He had reddened cheeks and bright eyes.
"... When the master of Juren heard that his beloved daughter had been saved, he would express his gratitude to General Long Wei on the spot and hold a grand banquet in honor of all the soldiers."
"In the fragrant boudoir in the backyard, the sweet girl was in tears, and her mother hurriedly said: "My son, please stop crying, or your eyes will swell. "
"The girl's name is Li Niang. She is about twenty-eight years old. She has been beautiful since she was a child. She threw herself into her mother's arms and cried, "My son has entered the wolf's den. Although the bandits have not succeeded, he is innocent outside." My reputation is ruined and I don’t know how many people are gossiping about me. How will I survive in the future?”
When Xiao Luolan heard this, he actually didn't like it very much.
But when the storyteller in the hall changed his voice, the mother gritted her teeth and angrily said: "My son, don't talk nonsense, why can't I live? I can teach my son to know, don't say that my son is innocent, even if he is a second marriage, Your father and I will not let you suffer in vain."
"In the future, there will be scoundrels who use this matter to verbally abuse you. Your father's status as a civil servant is not just a decoration! Call the servant and give him a few sticks, and keep it so that Laizi will never say another nonsense!"
"If he persists, he will be thrown into jail. We don't have a chastity memorial arch here. The county governor has clearly encouraged people to marry twice and three times. My son can rest easy. My mother-in-law is here for everything."
"The girl burst into tears and smiled, and said repeatedly: "Aniang, my good Aniang. "
My mother also called my son softly.
Xiao Luolan listened with rapt attention. She just felt that the story told by the storytelling team was really good. She just heard the voice of the storyteller woman in the audience, and the continuous calls really awakened her heart, and her eyes couldn't help but get wet. , Daughter, daughter, a daughter is also a son, and she is also a piece of flesh that fell from the body. How can you be willing to let your daughter die for the sake of unwarranted innocence? Especially when Xiao Luolan really has a daughter. Just thinking about it, her heart will be torn. 's tight.
When the storyteller came to an end, Xiao Luolan found that the rewards below were very few, and more people called General Long Wei to report to the court to claim credit. Several literati next to the elegant seats in the hall looked sullen and left in a puff of their sleeves. Xiao Luolan left. It was too far away and I couldn't hear clearly. I could only vaguely hear something like "disgraceful to family tradition..." "corruption..." and so on.
People around him burst into laughter. Some were disdainful, some were in agreement, and some were dissatisfied, with different expressions.
Xiao Luolan could guess what the leaving scholar said at a glance. She thought for a while, took out the money bag from her waist, found the right place, and threw all the remaining broken silver into the circle below. In a big tripod next to the shaped platform.
Almost as soon as the broken silver hit the ground, a gold particle was also thrown into it.
Xiao Luolan turned around and saw that it happened to be the private room next to theirs. She didn't plan to buy anything big when she came out this time, but only prepared a few pieces of broken silver. Now it seems that the person next door likes this story as much as she does.
"I'll reward you too." Xia He also threw down a small silver horn, and Chun Hua also followed suit and lost a piece.
This time the silver reward in the big cauldron immediately became richer.
The storyteller team was stunned for a moment, and then the middle-aged man who headed it walked up to the stage, bowed in the direction of Xiao Luolan on the second floor, and said with a loud smile: "Thank you to the distinguished guests on the second floor for the reward."
Then, he turned around, rolled up his sleeves and said, "If you know what will happen next, please listen to what I have to say."
Continuing to turn to behind-the-scenes storytelling, Paitang Muxing, and a cappella debut.
You tell me and I will come on stage.
Xiao Luolan listened to it all afternoon, and for the first time she felt that storytelling was so interesting.
She didn't get up until late in the evening, when the storytelling team ended and everyone in the audience had left.
"Mistress, do you want to summon this team of storytellers to your house tomorrow?" Chunhua followed the mistress. Seeing that she liked the team of storytellers very much, she asked.
Xiao Luolan shook his head: "Let him stay here. We can come here often to listen when we have time."
As soon as the door opened, the door of the box next to it happened to also open, and two strange people came out, both dressed in black robes. One was obviously a man, and the other was covered in black robes, and his figure and face could not be seen clearly.
The man in black robe was wearing an exorcism mask. It was obviously a red mask to exorcise evil spirits. When he wore it, he seemed to attract evil spirits inexplicably.
Zhou Zhai's guard clenched the handle of the knife vigilantly, faintly smelling blood.
When Xiao Luolan saw them approaching the stairs, he stopped and let the two of them go first. Unexpectedly, the two of them stopped moving. The short man in black robe and the man in black robe in front stepped back slightly, actually letting them go. Go first.
Xiao Luolan subconsciously touched her curtain and saw that it was well worn. Do these two people know her?
"Mother, let's go first." Chunhua said.
Xiao Luolan smiled at the two of them and said, "Thank you both for making way."
The guards were in front and behind, with Xiao Luolan and the others in the middle. Xiao Luolan was holding Xueqiu, and when he was passing by them, he suddenly heard a mute female voice.
"Madam, please stay. Do you like the story just now?"
Among the silver rewards thrown away, only this lady gave the most and left the last.
Xiao Luolan turned his head and saw her talking to him. He nodded and said, "I like it. The story is very good." It was a bit beyond her expectation. She liked the story.
The short woman in black robe seemed to laugh: "I like it too."
"I wrote that story. I wanted the story telling team to tell it to me exclusively." The woman in black robe said to herself: "But I don't like it. I like to have the story telling team tell it to me in public. It’s just the first volume, and we’ll talk about the second volume in a few days.”
"Will Madam still come to listen?"
Xiao Luolan thought for a moment and said, "If nothing happens at home, I will come."
